Times Cryptic #28583

2023-04-21

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1a

Travel first class? Put yourself down for a saver! (6)

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4a

Time, with very large middle, to get XL! (3-5)

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9a

Fail with things at college (7)

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11a

Drop round, in pursuit of meadow plant, for dinner? (5,2)

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12a

Girl to be educated earlier retaking a course in India (5)

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

RITA (girl to be educated) with another A inside earlier in the word (earlier retaking a).

13a

Be done with ice breaking and falling in? (9)

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14a

One offering purse with fancy zipher gift? (10)

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16a

Collected monies originally given by state (4)

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

CAL (California, state) next to M (monies originally).

19a

One of two discs moved inside record player, making room for karate? (4)

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

O + O (two discs) with one of them moved inside DJ (record player.

20a

Room in a box is restricting, extremely (10)

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

RM (room) + IN + A, all contained by (… is restricting) TELLY (box).

22a

Begin by shoving hard to stop cat biting (4-5)

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23a

Tools to get hold of instead of spades (5)

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25a

Resort's website, editable without a single click, ultimately (7)

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

WIKI (website, editable) containing all of (without) A + I (single) + clicK (ultimately).

26a

Train in Peru trundling around (7)

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27a

Furious drunk committing crime on Tube? (8)

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28a

Making one pass on licence given to small boy (6)

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1d

Party drink to sink after picking up a snail? (9)

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

DO (party) + PORT (drink) + SAG (sink), all reversed (after picking up).

2d

Pick out dhal, oddly passing up bean (5)

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

reversal of (up) even letters from (oddly passed) pIcK oUt DhAl.

3d

Knowledge largely hard to find by day? None of us can see it (8)

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5d

City to have Liberal MP worn out! (13)

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

anagram of (out) TO HAVE Liberal MP WORN.

6d

Figure in charge, still (6)

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7d

New lad alone, somehow not missing anybody (3,3,3)

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8d

Overreact when volume turned up close to one (5)

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

reversal of (turned up) TOME (volume), then last of (close to) onE.

10d

For energy, helping to provide a great deal (13)

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15d

Wrong being at home with no lemon wedge? (9)

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17d

No reason not to be miles up indeed in a balloon! (3,2,4)

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

M (miles), then a reversal of (up) AY (indeed) inside A + SWELL (balloon).

18d

Mostly lacking knowledge about current matter as a whole (8)

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

most of UNVERSEd (lacking knowledge) containing I (current).

21d

One visiting sailor, lover of pop perhaps and heavy metal (6)

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

I (one), inside (visiting) OS (sailor) + MUM (lover of pop (father) perhaps).

22d

Montgomery is in this year overwhelmed by war captives (5)

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24d

Press pipe down underneath vineyard (5)

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