Independent Cryptic #1826

2025-02-23

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1a

Decadent holiday starts with Jeff losing case (6)

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4a

A newspaper's covering gendarme's troubles (8)

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10a

Cheap supermarket by habit stocking one sort of biscuit (9)

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11a

Simple coming back through Cambridge via Newmarket (5)

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12a

Talk German equally (3)

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13a

Adrian's muscly boyfriend Clark tangled with a yobbo (5,6)

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14a

Win gold for old coach (6)

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16a

Concerning condensation reported late (7)

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19a

Massive cuckoo feeds little bird, start of contrition? (7)

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20a

Mike tries developing good qualities (6)

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22a

Show freezer a year on, full of good rump (5,6)

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25a

Our usual base turned clear (3)

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26a

Table set with candles, bread and wine, cook heard? (5)

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27a

Criminal acted alone mostly, according to reports (9)

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28a

Half fat separates before long in tea (4,4)

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29a

Starmer entered for bike race (6)

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Down

1d

Grip plum, having bitten a third off (6)

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2d

Bob Marley among others in castle, initially (3,1,5)

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3d

Murphy's one to argue against getting up (5)

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5d

Helpful woman just not the same after my dog exploded (5,9)

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6d

Attend new Hamlet, say, halfway through Lear (4,2,3)

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7d

Shin up branch following child's lead (5)

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8d

Notice son in terror kept rising and sinking (8)

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9d

Find your bottle - chance new dog has swallowed beer? (5,2,7)

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15d

Flag seen in Copenhagen and Borgen all over the place (9)

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17d

Work schedule marked up, one sets off (9)

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18d

Break from work initially suits head servant (8)

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21d

Lifted German's fruit loaf that's one pound lighter (6)

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23d

Absolute crackpot whose head has gone (5)

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24d

Picture from life-drawing class includes good elbow (5)

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