Times Cryptic #28564

2023-03-30

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1a

Hint received by an old cleric who may be Victorian (10)

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TIP(hint) inside AN, O(old), DEAN(cleric). Guilty as charged, as I was born in Melbourne

6a

Beastly European's left dry (4)

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BRUTE(beastly) minus E(European)

10a

French soldier following horse and carriage (7)

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11a

Bell possibly attached to head of awful monster (7)

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CHIMER(bell, possibly) and the first letter of Awful

12a

Good person spokehad trouble with speech (9)

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13a

Bit to eat, not cold, before a dance (5)

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CRUMB(bit to eat) minus C(cold), then A

14a

Beautiful female bird crossing sides of lake (5)

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HEN(bird) surrounding the external letters in LakE

15a

Treated like little piggies etc.? (9)

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17a

An unknown draught in front part of room? (3,6)

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A(an), Y(unknown), WIND(draught) inside BOW(front part)

20a

Pick up pounds, having additional merit (5)

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21a

Climber is needing energy in repeated runs (5)

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IS, and E(energy) inside R, and R(runs)

23a

Archdeacon coming to Italian citygood undertaking (9)

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VEN(archdeacon), TURIN(Italian city), G(good)

25a

A part of the body in which one is most painful (7)

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A, CHEST(part of the body) containing I(one)

26a

Wild flower girl seizing knight (7)

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VOILET(flower and girl) containing N(knight in chess)

27a

Our late Queen as shown in The Times (4)

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28a

Showing courage, in hurry, being unable to hear? (10)

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Down

1d

Trees and how they finish up in wood-burners? (5)

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2d

Therapy's beginningreallythrough touch (9)

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3d

More than one prison is a pit internee gathered again (14)

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4d

Time old reprobate perhaps announced for excursion (3,4)

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5d

Having passageways or a road invaded by rebel (7)

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A, RD(road) containing CADE(rebel)

7d

The man drowning in strange fluid (5)

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8d

Great Dane on the loose in outside refreshment area (3,6)

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9d

Explosive ingredient: colonel rules it must be deployed (14)

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14d

Greeting Swiss city at start of evening, be out for a long time (9)

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HI(greeting), BERN(Swiss city) AT, and the first letter of Evening

16d

Study one supposedly monstrous location, being well prepared (9)

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18d

Fan with flower, conveying X? (7)

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19d

Convinced cleric currently upset about nothing (3,4)

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REV(cleric) and NOW(currently) reversed surrounding O(nothing)

22d

Sort of sound was weirdly going round church (5)

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24d

Managed to travel on train avoiding wet times (3,2)

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