Times Cryptic #28553

2023-03-17

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Across

1a

It'd be out of place in crab menu (5,3)

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5a

Ingredient in plaster put over spot in face (6)

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reversed, SPY in MUG Didn’t.

9a

Settle amount in empty beer glass? (3)

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O PT = zero pints Did.

10a

Bebop's insiders interrupting one of Stones, who are troublemakers (4,3,4)

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{b}EBO{p} in ROCK (one of stones) + THAT (who) I could see what was going on with EBO, but I couldn’t imagine what the definition was!

12a

For an audience, musical collection bore a small organ (10)

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13a

Oh, endless joy to behold with desire (4)

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15a

Mutilate man's title from edition being recalled (6)

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MR (man’s title) + OF (from) + ED (edition) reversed

16a

Incisor's coating of enamel seen on outside of head (7)

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E{name}L after SCALP

18a

Innumerable other ranks including private following uniform (7)

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U + PTE (private) in MEN (other ranks)

20a

Time lost to abacus at last in turning beads (6)

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T becomes {abacu}S in ROTARY (turning)

23a

Reflection of petrifying monster would show no such spirit (4)

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GORGON reversed is NO GROG I could only think of MEDUSA and BASILISK. Must remember GORGON.

24a

Oil rig labourer to supplant sailor in rabble (10)

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OUST (supplant) + AB (sailor) in ROUT (rabble)

26a

Light support of container in case carried by Richard (11)

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CAN (container) + LEST (in case) in DICK (Richard)

27a

A childcount some 23? (3)

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triple definition

28a

No tension in parishioners clutching cross (6)

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LAITY around X

29a

Maybe use too few items plucked from cushion or bolster (8)

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Down

1d

Particular church rings Stepney's boundaries (6)

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CH + OO + S{tepne}Y

2d

Seen in context, remedy is immoderate (7)

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3d

Mum more properly binds leg for one in the long run (10)

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MA + RATHER around ON (leg)

4d

Low-key coronation may be so rude (13)

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6d

Perhaps Klein bottle volume with positive sign? (4)

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put V in YES (positive sign?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Klein

7d

Temporary odds, absorbing for golfers? (7)

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SP (odds) around TO PGA Not sure I get this one.

8d

Protective one's maintaining alternative line (8)

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MY (one’s) around OTHER + L

11d

Strange sins or original one (13)

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14d

More than one older lamb chop lasagne's crust's not kept well (10)

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RAMS (more than one older lamp) + HACK (chop) + L{asagn}E

17d

Of operations, precise as military ones (8)

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19d

Fire survivor's tool ultimately seen in photos (7)

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HOE + {see}N in PIX

21d

Maximally delay start of demonstration to shout from here? (7)

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PROOF TO with first letter moved to the end

22d

Not quite saying what'll reduce cholesterol (6)

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STATIN{g}

25d

Digs away from hills? (4)

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