Independent Cryptic #1783

2024-04-28

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1a

A day char regularly spent going to continent (6)

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A & FRI(day) & alternate letters of C h A r

4a

Quietly steal around two mushrooms (8)

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SH – quietly & TAKE – steal around II Roman numerals for two

10a

Unemployed 23 unfortunately losing seconds (9)

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23 is UNDERSTAND so S removed from UNDER(s)TAND* unfortunately

11a

Religious man is distant hiding heart of purist (5)

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Centre of pu RI st in FAR – distant

12a

Front of deserted vessel is gloomy (4)

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13a

Office worker by terminus perhaps lacking initial appeal (10)

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TEMP – office worker & (s)TATION

15a

Thrash king hiding article (7)

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16a

Irritable heads of TV entertainment taking care hiring youths (6)

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19a

Uniform patio rebuilt in ideal situation (6)

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21a

Caught turf accountants removing first of biscuits (7)

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C(aught) & (b)OOKIES with first letter removed, at first sight it looks like biscuits is doing double duty, but it isn’t

23a

Get beneath part of stadium (10)

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25a

Predict unpleasant aroma by outskirts of Dundee (4)

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B(ody) O(dour) & outsides of D(unde)E

27a

Leaving medal hanging around middle of stick (5)

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Middle of st I ck in GONG – medal

28a

A foolish sheep rejected plant (9)

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A & SILLY RAM reversed, seen something very similar in a recent blog of mine

29a

Toothless attendee moving about (8)

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30a

Arouse old jerk returning by Eurostar at first (6)

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EX – old & TIC – jerk reversed & E(urostar)

Down

1d

Freshened beer for dog (8)

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2d

Batman initially held by wrongly arrested Robin (9)

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B(atman) in ARRESTED* wrongly

3d

Scrawnier oddly deficient stick (4)

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Alternate letters of s C r A w N i E r

5d

Son in stew going to fashionable night club (7)

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S(on) in HOTPOT – stew

6d

Breach popular group around end of dinner (10)

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IN – popular & end of (dinne)R in FACTION – group

7d

Excuse from Crystal I bilked (5)

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8d

Quixotic former queen going to rave (6)

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9d

Calling race (6)

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14d

Whips around meeting genuine craft person (10)

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WHIPS* around & RIGHT – genuine

17d

Hot oil pool flowing by island riff-raff (9)

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H(ot) & [OIL POOL}* flowing & I(sland)

18d

Idiots notice person being evaluated (8)

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ASSES – idiots & SEE – notice

20d

Draw a tense region (7)

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21d

Dances about on air? (6)

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22d

Starts to go loopy during month in rainforest (6)

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G(o) L(oopy) in JUNE

24d

Steer right into seedy bar (5)

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R(ight) in DIVE – bar

26d

Cat couples audibly (4)

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