Times Cryptic #28569

2023-04-05

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1a

Still presented as fair (4-6)

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6a

Dad's time is gone (4)

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10a

Tasteless, if popular, drink one had (7)

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

IN (popular) SIP (drink) I’D (one had).

11a

Old race vehicle out of gas rounding port (7)

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12a

Complete reversal of stage act getting some applause (9)

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13a

Over to the left, drawings by European (5)

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14a

Fly close to ground in fighter jet, heading east (5)

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

D (end of ground) inside MIG (Russian plane) E for East.

15a

Fury after backing pose with Apple gadget (9)

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

SIT (pose) reversed then I-PHONE.  Tisiphone was one of the mythological Greek goddesses of vengeance, collectively the Furies or Erinyes. If you put in TELEPHONE in a hurry, you shouldn’t be doing The Times crossword.

17a

Half-heartedly mock lame eccentric touring American city (9)

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

JE[E]R = half heartedly mock, (LAME)*, insert US.

20a

Fool touching gunpowder ingredient (5)

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21a

Game official using computers for makeover (5)

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23a

Champagne's outside in case with a single ale, almost heavenly! (9)

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

C[hampagn]E, LEST (in case) I, (a single) AL[E] (ale almost).

25a

Picture five thousand coming in to compete (2,5)

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

V (five) M (thousand in Roman) inside TO VIE = to compete.

26a

Pilot in need of a route from Italy to Qatar finally (7)

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

A, VIA (Roman road) TO, R (end of Qatar).

27a

Dodge marshal, overwhelmed by fear, perhaps (4)

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28a

English finish before Scotland ultimately could get started (10)

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

ENG[lish], END (finish), ERE (before) D (end of Scotland).

Down

1d

Be unfair to her, maybe, starting a little late (5)

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

being unfair to a “her” could be being sexist, so starting late would make it EXIST. It took me a while to stop looking for “be unfair” as the definition.

2d

Film is something additional after a stroll in the park (4,5)

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3d

Priest I envy: he's awfully prone to overreact? (14)

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4d

Agreement nothing but false, certainly (2,5)

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NOD (agreement) O (nothing) (BUT)*.

5d

Disguises knight in green dress every so often (7)

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

ECO (green), insert N for knight, then D r E s S.

7d

Inclined afterwards to improvelooking tired initially (5)

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8d

Meeting with milk producer in balance uneasily cut short (4-1-4)

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9d

Choose lipstick perhaps with care, to cover broken nose (4,2,4,4)

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14d

Girl leading procession millions resolved to jeer at (9)

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16d

Reveal more appropriate place to shop (9)

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18d

Desk in small room briefly overturned on seabird (7)

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19d

He must keep fighting harmful programs (7)

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22d

Strange pair after CD lifted bone (5)

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

RUM = strange, the pair after C D is of course E F, reverse all (“lifted”).

24d

Right to become centrepiece of easily understood graphic (5)

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

LUCID exchanges the centrepiece C for R.