Independent Cryptic #1764

2023-12-17

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1a

Innocent Bobby binding hand initially cut (8)

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LAMB(an innocent/a simple person) + COP(a police office, nicknamed a “bobby” in Britain) containing ( binding ) 1st letter of ( … initially ) “ hand “.

6a

Trap set by eleven miserable Spanish bankers? (6)

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1st and last letters, respectively, of ( … bankers ) “ eleven miserable Spanish “.

9a

Winner at court remains for hearing (4)

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Homophone of ( … for hearing ) “ash”(remains after burning).

10a

Decrepit couple on strike (10)

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11a

City craft back carrying Russian rifle (6)

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Reversal of ( … back ) WORK(an activity, in this case, of making things by hand/craft) containing ( carrying ) AK(or “Avtomat Kalashnikova”, a family of assault rifles name after it original designer, Mikhail Kalashnikov).

12a

Dark soil disturbed in trade route (8)

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13a

Closely connected return bananas? (10)

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[HAND IN](to return/pass back) + HAND(a bunch of bananas).

16a

Gull in trees with aspiration called out (4)

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Homophone of ( … called out ) [ “H”(an aspirated consonant, one pronounced with an exhalation of breath) plus ( with ) “oaks”(large trees bearing acorns) ].

17a

Irish drawn to Patrick say excited reaction? (4)

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19a

Crew crossing one watercourse displays standard (10)

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MAN(to crew/to provide people to operate a craft or vehicle) containing ( crossing ) I(Roman numeral for “one”) + STREAM(watercourse/a continuous flow of water).

22a

The legendary king of rock-and-roll (8)

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Cryptic defn: In Greek mythology, the king who was punished by the gods by having to roll a rock up a hill, over and over again for eternity.

24a

Vicious perhaps to stop one being supportive (6)

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SID(an example of which/perhaps was Sid, a member of the punk rock band, the Sex Pistols) contained in ( to stop ) ONE .

26a

Mattress on ground and many different things (10)

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27a

Stench from pit all right in Ulysses ? (4)

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BO(abbrev. for “body odour”, a stench/bad smell from one’s armpit/pit) + OK(okay/all right).

28a

Venues constructed in stone with return of opera (6)

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29a

Big ship linked with Spain's generosity (8)

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LARGE(big) + SS(abbrev. for “steamship”, as used in steamships’ names) plus ( linked with ) E(the International Vehicle Registration code for Spain).

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2d

Stupid visionary sent up expansionist monarchy (7)

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ASS(stupid, as a noun, as in “Pay attention, stupid!”) + reversal of ( … sent up , in a down clue) AIRY(visionary/imaginative).

3d

Wretched Bradley's initial disclosure of documents (5)

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4d

Cheer up then crashing down? Not easily achieved (7)

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Reversal of ( … up , in a down clue) RAH(a North American term for a cheer of encouragement) plus ( then ) anagram of ( crashing ) DOWN .

5d

Questions politician involved in unpleasant matter (5)

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6d

Once-healthy duke blew out (7)

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EX-(prefix signifying “once”/formerly) HALE(healthy/fit) + D(abbrev. for “Duke”).

7d

General answer found in Mark Chapter 9? (9)

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A(abbrev. for “answer”) contained in ( in ) [ M(abbrev. for “mark”) + C(abbrev. for “chapter”, one of the parts/divisiona in a book) + ARTHUR(first name of Ashe, the tennis player in 9 across) ].

8d

Mistress last month put in clinic close to Chelsea (7)

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ULT(abbrev. for Latin “ultimo mense”/last month) contained in ( put in ) SAN(short for “sanatorium”, an institution provided medical treatment/clinic) + last letter of ( close to ) “ Chelsea “.

14d

Oscar having way with incredibly dry wit that may offend (9)

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[ O(letter represented by “Oscar” in the phonetic alphabet) plus ( having` ) RD(abbrev. for “road”, a way/thoroughfare) ] placed after ( with ) anagram of ( incredibly ) DRY WIT .

15d

s p (3)

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18d

Three card players in silly female attire (7)

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N,S,E(abbrev. for “North”,”South”, and “East”, respectively, representation for three of the players in the card game of bridge) contained in ( in ) TWIT(a silly/a foolish person).

19d

Sage Derby perhaps eaten by mum twice (7)

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20d

One looking smallceramics worker? (7)

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S(abbrev. for “small”) + POTTER(an example/? of a ceramics worker making, well, ceramic pots).

21d

Tough resistance shown by pair coming in down under? (7)

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[ R(symbol for “electrical resistance” in physics) plus ( by ) DUO(a pair/a duet in music or entertainment) ] contained in ( coming in ) AUS(abbrev. for “Australia”, a country refered to as “down under” by those in the UK).

23d

Period charm (5)

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25d

Gloomy bachelor in northern town (5)

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BA(abbrev. for “Bachelor”) contained in ( in ) SALE(a town in Greater Manchester, North England).