7x7 Diamond Checked Cryptic

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• Scrapheap costruttore · 2024-09-16T18:13:53.042Z

  Solutions below:

  1A: Second = S, promotion = AD -> SAD

  4A: Parent = MOTHER, losing head -> OTHER

  6A: 6D = TAR; RILE intersperced through = T[R]A[ILE]R -> TRAILER

  8A: sounds like "Prince = HEIR" + "Herb = THYME" = AIRTIME

  9A: (SULU + ROM)* = ROMULUS

  10A:Student = BA, leaving Fruit = BANANAS --> NANAS

  11A: Chinese empire = HAN, backwards = NAH

  1D: Prime Minister = STARMER, losing Hesitation = ER, gaining A Numbeer = AN --> STARMAN

  2D: A = A, Hawaiian = HI, Fish = TUNA, &lit = AHITUNA

  3D: Kind of shop = DELI, In California = LA, Hotel = H --> DELILAH

  4D: leads [O]n [R]egiment [I]ntelligence [O]ut [N]orth = ORION

  5D: Early civilization = SUMER, ascending = REMUS

  6D: Part of s[TAR]man = TAR

  7D: Bible study = RE, 1st of September = S --> RES

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• Womble 🤓5:32 · 2024-09-17T09:25:43.736Z

  Thanks, Scrapheap! Took a little time to break into it but it came together nicely. Well clued!

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• sammisamsam 🤓3:52 · 2024-09-18T02:43:28.307Z

  Fun! 5D was a particularly good find

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