Times Cryptic #28552

2023-03-16

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Across

1a

Celebrity autographs for Leo and the others? (4,5)

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6a

Side with expert featured in business paper (5)

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9a

Reptile showing love for a voodoo priestess (5)

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10a

Much of East Anglia redevelopedeffect of numbers? (9)

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11a

Industrious worker with plainclothes officers detaining a settler? (7)

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

ANT(industrious worker) and CID(plainclothes officers) containing A

12a

Wolves after kill in Americathis could be a chiller (3,4)

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13a

Mistakenly seek, with hideous man, joint tenderness? (10,4)

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17a

Either of two men to talk about Newton's sacred song (9,5)

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

the two men are GREG OR IAN, then CHAT(talk) surrounding N(Newton)

21a

Easily approached a story with repeated introduction? (7)

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A, F-FABLE(story with repeated introduction). A clue like this brings back memories of Araucaria

23a

Tree house abroad entered with unending caution (7)

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CASA(house abroad) containing CARE(caution) minus the last letter

25a

Most sickly-looking Gunners seen around a training facility (9)

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PALEST(most sickly-looking), RA(gunners) surrounding A

26a

King cutting an old soldier's head off (5)

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R(king) inside A, VET(old soldier)

27a

5 in city imbibing rum (5)

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28a

My cat has unusual name: "Chichester"? (9)

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Down

1d

My northbound route taken through Salisbury's suburbs? Pity (8)

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

MY reversed and PATH(route) inside the exterior letters of SalisburY

2d

A daughter getting US university grant (5)

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3d

Drink for example supplied with good snack (6,3)

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4d

Two pianos a part of the family (7)

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GRAND(one piano), P(another piano), A

5d

Creature wanting fish braised in the cooking? (7)

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6d

Failure to remember polyphonic composition (5)

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7d

Writer thrown by Scots hooligan entering sober society (9)

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CAST(thrown) then NED(Scots hooligan) inside AA(alcoholics anonymous, sober society).  Reference to the writer Carlos, known for The Teachings of Don Juan

8d

Henry having stopped defeats gets cheers (6)

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14d

Holding trump, not played as first card, and not bothered (9)

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15d

Give up advantage and get moving (4-5)

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16d

Limit small space below second property (8)

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18d

At no time turning, go for comeback (2-5)

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19d

Old seat almost brought into curving line (7)

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CHAIR(seat) missing the last letter inside ARC(curving line)

20d

Discourage females? (6)

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22d

Muscularlike some bully? (5)

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you could get BEEF from a bull

24d

Running across a fish leaving river (5)

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