Independent Cryptic #1833

2025-04-13

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Across

1a

A breeze, even at sea (5,7)

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8a

Certainly, marines get out of shape (6)

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9a

Scouts' cabaret jokes involving new method (4,4)

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10a

Place where you need English and French both strange et normal (8)

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11a

Cocktail has oomph with vermouth added in (6)

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12a

Spot last year's swallows (4)

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13a

Fairy made from stone by the roadside to fill order (6,4)

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15a

Sickly youth drinking etc, a boozy mess (3,7)

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18a

Small beard cut with teeth (4)

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19a

Bang on target for ship in a storm? (6)

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21a

Great being hot, covered with insects (8)

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22a

Flog relics to monastery (8)

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23a

Monkey really having tail clipped by horse-doctor? (6)

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24a

Wrecked Syrian city contains green and free area in SE (4,8)

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Down

1d

Piano heavenly maiden keeps up for English lord (4,2,3,5)

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2d

Distributor of loaves and fishes has job dividing drink (7)

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3d

Feeling less clear about seat of power (6,3)

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4d

African running along behind American on the outside (7)

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5d

Lineker's predecessor left a lot of people upset (5)

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6d

GI's head treated by Spooner in surgery (4,3)

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7d

White lioness wandering across street? One changes sides in case (7,7)

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14d

City in the Champions League playing in Devon, eh? (9)

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16d

Dry sausage caught by software that's unreliable, mostly (7)

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17d

Ban consequently restricts doctor back in Chattanooga (7)

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18d

Uranium in anti-aircraft missile curtailed sortie for old fighter (7)

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20d

Championship belt Italian holds aloft (5)

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