Cryptic December 15, 2023 Answers
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Cryptic Crossword No. 11,600 by Phi posted on Friday, December 15, 2023
Across Clues
- Stale humour starts to corrupt old and basic part of the ear
- Dismissive comment about promotional material in songs
- Gold given to best group, including current air traffic controller?
- Opening temperature seen in molten iron
- Meal to host a debut
- It’s not always a scandal for politicians to be caught in this
- A hitch, with landmass quaking in Pacific territory
- Expression of unconcern playing cameo – yes, simple thing to play
- Infantryman under command is pleased
- Danish city, second to Copenhagen, not spread out
- Extracting energy, continue to study gas
- Tense, buttonholed by more brusque male, but not for long
- Vehicle repairer of the year, initially with ginger hair
- Switzerland leading the Spanish in one distributed hierarchical group
Down Clues
- Head of union avoiding hint about excellent nurse
- Gag involving university in alteration of image
- Excellent American expert probing Egyptian language
- Difficult situation after quantity of fabric found in concealed location
- Hinder eating most of the fruit biscuit
- Very quick, missing fine story-telling
- One torn apart following something done by Diana, ultimately?
- Director has a hit around Southern Spain
- Army shells exploded without causing damage
- Go on with abandon at the eleventh hour
- Austrian composer raised concern in French commune
- Part of cow seen with quiet frisson
- Respectable toilet, mostly sheltered, on reflection
- Writer’s mother enthralled by Quaker leader
- Dance beat with energy
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