Independent Cryptic #1822

2025-01-26

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5a

Reason golf has 18 holes? (6)

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6a

Pet is concerned to get a bit of sausage (6)

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9a

Feel the loss of American wife (6)

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10a

Creamed rice and milk type Lear liked? (8)

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11a

Silver Edward kept in storage for a time (4)

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12a

Hot sandwich made by inventive baker - bravo (10)

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13a

Concrete wind break? (11)

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18a

E.g. Bob Dylan back in Bognor Regis town going wild (10)

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21a

Unfortunately a girl loses one shilling (4)

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22a

Fairy-tale writer with Irish name (8)

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23a

Dirty son covered with grease (6)

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24a

Arrest that woman said man attacked in Senate (6)

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25a

Cure connected with year by the sea (6)

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Down

1d

Imagine Labour's behind with Conservative party leading (8)

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2d

In Rome one editor surplus to requirements (6)

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3d

Dog raised knowing right from wrong in royal palace (8)

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4d

Car in cemetery tries heading for exit (6)

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5d

Englishman in Mexico perhaps good drummer (6)

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7d

Event where people talk therefore spies left (6)

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8d

Secretive Scottish family all but doomed (11)

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14d

Train tours are subject to alteration (8)

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15d

Improvised recital includes new instrument (8)

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16d

Drink can go cold when served up (6)

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17d

Graduate bank with nothing to spare (6)

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19d

Horse found in the middle of hunting-grounds? (6)

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20d

Slice of meat wrapped by butcher as he recommended (6)

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