Times Cryptic #28562

2023-03-28

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1a

Spicy sauce in vessel at university (7)

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5a

Trendy youngsters torn apart by start of unnerving nightmare (7)

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IN (trendy), CUBS (youngsters) containing [torn apart by] U{nnerving} [start]. Remembered from many a previous puzzle.

9a

Stop luxury car hemming in a road-mending vehicle (11)

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STEM (stop) + ROLLER (luxury car – Rolls Royce) containing [hemming in] A

10a

Teacher, possibly, avoiding time in jail (3)

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S{t}IR (time in jail) [avoiding time]

11a

Insect heading off close to rug (6)

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12a

Supporter male chancellor ultimately required during a depression (8)

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HE (male) + {chancello}R [ultimately] contained by [during) A + DENT (depression)

14a

Alluring old PM, the centre of attraction (8,5)

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17a

Eccentric newlywed glum about key varsity sportsman (9,4)

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CAM (eccentric), then BRIDE (newlywed) + BLUE (glum) containing [about] G (key). This was almost biffable with assistance from enumeration but having been beaten on my last blogging day by ‘eccentric / CAM’ I was onto the wordplay immediately.

21a

Attorney framing European legislation concerning US state (8)

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DA (District Attorney) containing [framing] E (European) + LAW (legislation), then RE (concerning)

23a

Continental resort in island by border (6)

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25a

Low state of mind daughter's thrown off (3)

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MOO{d} (state of mind) [daughter’s thrown off]

26a

Predatory reptile in cold air swimming without company (11)

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27a

Researcher originally assisting lab in some way (7)

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A{ssisting} + L{a b} [originally] contained by [in] ANY (some) + ST (way – street)

28a

Angry about name attached to a religious painting (7)

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Down

1d

Fate one's suffered supporting king (6)

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K (King), I’S (one’s), MET (suffered). I was a bit dubious about ‘suffered / MET’ but SOED has meet – encounter, experience, suffer (one’s death, a certain fate or treatment, etc). There is a musical called Kismet based on music by Borodin.

2d

Formula in geometry maybe or English grasped by other people (7)

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OR + E (English) contained [grasped] by THEM (other people)

3d

Married woman beset by need for food, an excellent person (9)

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M (married) + DI (woman) contained [beset] by HUNGER (need for food)

4d

Share game on table (4)

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5d

Youth taken in by devil is terribly misguided (3-7)

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6d

Cut up roast, initially restricted by word of warning (5)

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R{oast} [initially] contained [restricted] by CAVE (word of warning). ‘Cave’ is from the Latin ‘cavere’ meaning ‘beware’, and ‘keep cave’ was very much part of schoolboy slang at one time meaning to look out for approaching masters.

7d

Blacken name of woman in pub (7)

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8d

Sentence on introduction of yellow elastic (8)

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13d

Offer pay for US novice (10)

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15d

Cancelled in full, sadly, by current newspaper boss (9)

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Anagram [sadly] of IN FULL, then I (current), ED (newspaper boss)

16d

A rebel with intent, rising in scholarly circles (8)

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18d

State of gang girl cut down at Kent port, do we hear? (7)

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19d

Linguistic device sound on reflection: large one included (7)

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L (large) + I (one) contained by [included] NOISE (sound) all reversed [on reflection]

20d

After struggle, a stricken man finally raised capital (6)

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VIE (struggle), then A + {stricke}N + {ma}N [finally] reversed [raised]

22d

Crazy procedure to seal ends of cask (5)

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WAY (procedure) contains [to seal} C{as}K [ends]

24d

Voice disapproval of Mike's resonant delivery? (4)

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