Times Cryptic #28005

2021-06-16

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Across

1a

Find different plugs to heat generating station (4,4)

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6a

Original ally seen to cross border (6)

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9a

Ragged person in Comedy Store? (8,5)

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10a

Perhaps like Sinbad, sailor put inside escaped (6)

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11a

Conservative on track in Bow Street? (8)

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13a

Scottish head meets the Spanish composer in city (10)

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15a

Seconds in plenty with tenderloin put in place (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

assemble the second letters of the words pLenty wIth tEnderloin pUt. The surface doesn’t make a lot of sense.

16a

Republican coming into club causes terror (4)

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R inside BAT for club.

18a

Hare and hounds shown in dailyCharles ecstatic initially (5,5)

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PAPER = daily, CHAS for Charles, E first letter of ecstatic.

21a

Progress slowly with polar explorer almost formless (8)

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INCH = progress slowly, OATES the explorer is incomplete. What a nice word inchoate is, I shall use it more often.

22a

Important food not fresh, saving little money (6)

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STALE (not fresh) has a P for penny inserted.

23a

Having influential friends like Elsie, Lacie and Tillie? (4-9)

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25a

Is it smoking jacket that becomes one? (6)

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witty cryptic, ha ha.

26a

Travel day after day in desire for rare commodity (4,4)

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GO (travel) D D (day after day) inside LUST (desire).

Down

2d

I'm going to run away from border in disgrace (3,4)

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3d

Twin meeting wife gives incomprehensible speech (6,5)

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4d

Chap does away with companion over veiled threat in bed (5)

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5d

Visual aid designed for single pupil (7)

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6d

Weak team member one transferred by coach? (9)

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rather obvious double definition.

7d

Bachelor's last words, popularly, in an artificial language? (3)

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well a bachelor at the altar has to say “I do” and after that he’s no longer a bachelor. IDO is an artificial language, we’ve seen it before quite recently.

8d

Quiz one about point that's not straightforward (7)

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12d

Callous lord cheated outrageously (4-7)

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14d

Club performer having stateside cops respond for audience (3,6)

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17d

Restoration novel in authentic setting (7)

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19d

Old coin, Chinese one with note in typical moneybox? (7)

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a PIG or piggybank is a typical moneybox; insert money! A FEN is a Chinese coin, 1/100 of a yuan, and N for a note.

20d

One seen at dusk endlessly following sun stroke (7)

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SOL (sun) I (one) DUS(K) (dusk endlessly). The /.

22d

Son having a nightmare sees skeleton (5)

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S for son, HELL for nightmare.

24d

Girl needing a way to escape reptile (3)

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LIZARD loses A RD = a road.