Independent Cryptic #1772

2024-02-11

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1a

This man's covered with paint at work (8)

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HE’S(“man’s”, using the third person masculine pronoun) contained in ( covered with ) anagram of ( … at work ) PAINT .

6a

Republican in raincoat running for President (6)

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9a

Britain left European Union, turning to the right (4)

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B(abbrev. for “Britain”) + L(abbrev. for “left”) + reversal of ( …, turning ) EU(abbrev. for “European Union”).

10a

Fellow regretted keeping guitar, not getting it (10)

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F(abbrev. for “Fellow”) + RUED(regretted/felt sorry for doing something) containing ( keeping ) STRAT(short name for the Fender Stratocaster, a model of electric guitar).

11a

Cheers on cheers reflected popular win (6)

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12a

Charge around on roundabout (8)

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14a

All in Schengen upset about Hungary's immigration barrier (7,7)

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Anagram of ( … upset ) ALL IN SCHENGEN containing ( about ) H(International Vehicle Registration Code for Hungary).

16a

Wee-wee in dribbles (6,2,6)

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LITTLE(wee/tiny) BY(-/following on indicated by the hyphen) + LITTLE(wee/tiny).

20a

During charitable gala I donated money for cause (5,3)

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22a

Cold duck on sea current gives quack (6)

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[ C(abbrev. for “cold”) + O(letter representing 0/duck in cricket scores) ] placed after ( on ) MED(short for the Mediterranean Sea).

23a

Light fitting in reach stupidly broken by Trotter (10)

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Anagram of ( … stupidly ) IN REACH containing ( broken by ) DEL(Derek Edward Trotter, alias Del Boy, character in the TV series, “Only Fools And Horses”).

25a

Curry ingredient in a can (4)

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A + LOO(like “can”, slang for a toilet).

26a

Silver vibrator decided upon jointly (6)

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AG(symbol for silver, the chemical element) + REED(a piece of thin cane or metal in a wind musical instrument that vibrates in a current of air to produce the instrument’s sound – not what some of you are thinking of?)

27a

Secret still repeated (4-4)

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2x ( … repeated ) HUSH(still/a silence, as in “in the hush of night”).

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2d

What well-behaved prisoner does as often as not (4,3,4)

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Double defn: 1st: If a prisoner is well-behaved, it’s possible that what he/she does/serves is half the time/half the sentence he/she was given; and 2nd: If something happens half the time, it happens as often as it does not happen.

3d

Female sex matter (7)

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SHE(third person singular pronoun for a female) + BANG(slang for an act of sexual intercourse/sex).

4d

Wearing cool hat like the kids (9)

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IN(wearing/wrapped in) + FAN(to cool/to create a current of air in order to cool) + TILE(slang for a “hat”).

5d

Educate form in hours (7)

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6d

On board, beaten seaman died (5)

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MATE(a seaman, specifically, an officer of a merchant ship under a master) + D(abbrev. for “died”).

7d

Embarrassment when cleaner at home hoovers dog's tail (7)

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[ CHAR(short for a “charwoman”, one employed as a cleaner in a house or office) + IN(at home/not out) ] containing ( hoovers ) last letter of ( …’s tail ) “ dog “.

8d

Lyric sounded outstanding (3)

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Homophone of ( sounded ) “owed”(outstanding/not yet repaid, with reference to a debt).

13d

Charlie chokes up collecting prize, for star pupil? (6,5)

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[ C(letter represented by “Charlie” in the phonetic alphabet) + CLOGS(chokes up/becomes blocked by thick or sticky matter) ] containing ( collecting ) LEVER(prize or prise/to use force to move, move out or open something).

15d

Cold shower affected army's devotions (4,5)

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HAIL(cold shower/frozen rain) + anagram of ( affected ) ARMY’S .

17d

Learner taxiing regularly in plane, say (7)

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2nd, 4th and 6th letters of ( … regularly ) “ taxiing ” contained in ( in ) TREE(an example of which/say, is the plane).

18d

Tongue lifted home-made meal (7)

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19d

Fox and wolf beginning to hunt excessively (2,5)

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TOD(a “fox “, in Scottish and Northern English dialect) plus ( and ) EAT(to devour food, in this case greedily/to wolf) + 1st letter of ( beginning to ) “ hunt “.

21d

Amateur with aim to improve (5)

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AM(abbrev. for “amateur”) plus ( with ) END(aim/an objective).

24d

Wrap up warmly? (3)

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Cryptic defn: To wrap one’s arms tightly around something or someone, showing warm affection for that something or someone.