Independent Cryptic #1807

2024-10-13

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1a

Window on opening of fire escape (6)

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5a

Withdrew when erect and aroused (8)

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9a

Mastered swimming in groups according to ability (8)

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10a

Take possession of flash vessel (6)

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MO – flash & the blood vessel VEIN

11a

Conservative lists formerly unblemished record (10)

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C(onservative) & LEANS – lists & LATE – formerly

12a

I must leave city to make room for a monk (4)

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A replacing I in the city LIMA

13a

Working model directs film about alien (8)

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TRAINS – directs & ET the setters’ favourite alien

15a

Summary like what's shown on NY clocks (6)

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DIG to like & E.S.T. Eastern Standard Time which NY uses

17a

What starts scratching this spot on priest's ball? (6)

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S(cratching) & P(riest) & HERE – this spot

19a

These novels are great fun on nitrous oxide? (8)

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A GAS – great fun & nitrous oxide which is A GAS

21a

Mineral component of dental crowns (4)

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23a

Doctor cracked his garden furniture (10)

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25a

1 of a prophet cardinal soldier and artist (6)

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1 is flight, the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina was called HEGIRA so HE & GI & RA. I’m not sure about the HE being Cardinal, perhaps someone can enlighten me on this.

26a

Cryptic code is cracked by detective in stages (8)

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PI – detective inside a cryptic [CODE IS]*

27a

Singer following fashion? Not at all! (8)

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FORGE – fashion & TIT – bird – singer

28a

Contented as a kid (6)

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A & TEASE – to kid

Down

2d

Straw bedding absorbs litres more wee (7)

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LITTER – straw bedding with L(itres) inserted

3d

Drink pineapple crushes at home (9)

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IN – at home – inside GRENADE which is also called a pineapple

4d

Packs from cycling brand (5)

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STAMP – brand – cycled with the S moved to the end

5d

Left and right behind amended bill (7)

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RED – left politically & R(ight) & AFT – behind

6d

Raised funding in support of comedy writer's compilations (9)

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COM(edy) & PEN – writer & AID – funding reversed – raised

7d

C Uncle Vanya e (5)

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8d

Posers like drinking spirit with a twist (7)

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GIN inside SAME – like all reversed

14d

Fixed frequency in distributed datasets (9)

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F(requency) in a distributed DATASETS*

16d

Absurd eulogy mostly describing a river dip (9)

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Most of EULOG(y)* absurdly around (A & river CAM)

18d

Dummy's rank smell (7)

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19d

Funds for project wife set aside - most shrewd (7)

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W(ife) removed from (w)AR CHEST

20d

Rattle is interrupting when making showy greeting (7)

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IRK – rattle & IS all in AS – when

22d

Sort of film about fish (5)

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C(irca) – about & LING – a fish

24d

Large country's leading feature? (5)

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The first CHIN – feature so CHIN A