Independent Cryptic #12311

2026-03-24

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1a

Pressure to replace article in the end? That's as low as it gets (5)

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4a

Distracted cast not currently performing (8)

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10a

Disorganised runners-up withdrawing names one after another (7)

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11a

Handled sports equipment - a scam they say (7)

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12a

Reportedly leaves something taken by the patient (4)

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13a

England supporter hoping all playing finally contribute (10)

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15a

Bird sound from hen dropping large eggs (6)

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16a

School uniform summer shirt range (5)

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18a

Not saying much about old Yorkshireman in the van (3)

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20a

Trouble with inspiration for Springsteen? Quietly new drug embraced by support group (5)

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21a

Exist as an essential part where the definition ought to be (6)

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24a

Craft moral principles leader ditched for commercial treaties (10)

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26a

Palm and what's attached a bunch of bananas (4)

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28a

Spoke like a Persian perhaps but extremely misinformed about every vowel (7)

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29a

Unreliable time indicator united island in revolt (7)

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30a

I'm kept nearby at regular intervals to follow church burial plot (8)

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31a

Add space symbol (5)

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Down

1d

Fool declines credit (8)

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2d

Pond-dwellers came and a pair reproduced (9)

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3d

Excursion heading off after hot period (4)

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5d

Time-study men I now see set up record year (8)

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6d

Key American gym crew with time clocking mechanism (10)

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7d

Eye doctor scrubbing cover of sealant round windows (5)

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8d

Article boring distant relative (6)

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9d

Piano lacking seventh note given away (5)

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14d

Relax fit for semi-formal attire (10)

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17d

Personal counsellor priest that mostly messed up (9)

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18d

Where to find the time and day some Biblical end arrives (8)

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19d

I go back and forth write and occasionally double up with a hint of mirth (8)

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22d

The first half of the alphabet at first is centrepiece of elemental building blocks (6)

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23d

Exhausted genteel American behind mirror (5)

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25d

Panic contained by Territorial Army (5)

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27d

Briefly join detachment (4)

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