Times Cryptic #28603

2023-05-15

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Across

1a

Short man, old and grim, making nasty smell (8)

flowerflowerflower
5a

Plant, for all to see, chewed by dangerous reptiles (6)

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CROC(U)S.

9a

Sponger in airborne unit's barracks, perhaps? (8)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Not just amusement parks have ditched their extreme characters (6)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Follow English girl round back of barn (5)

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E([bar]N)SUE.

13a

Immature supporter wearing trendy hat (9)

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14a

Peer rarely seen to support female hugging old copper (12)

flowerflowerflower
18a

Oddly another ten men missing a bishop's installation? (12)

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Anagram of ANOTHER TEN MEN without A.

21a

Resident's daughter embraced by popular Dickens character (9)

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IN (D) WELLER, Sam Weller, that is.

23a

Resinous substance the Spanish mostly give out (5)

flowerflowerflower
24a

Like image of island shaped like a dunce's cap? (6)

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25a

Physical discomfort of beast of burden crossing narrow ravine (8)

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26a

Artificial offering from keepers at zoo (6)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Overwhelm sister during current appointment (8)

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Down

1d

Little darling's fit of sulks upset dog at first (6)

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POM upside-down + PET.

2d

Old string-player lines up for inclusion in register (6)

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L(RY upside-down)IST.

3d

Terrible couple keeping son in worn-out state (9)

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DI(S)RE PAIR.

4d

In France a slim monarch left Nancy at last, foolishly (12)

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UN + THIN KING + L + [nanc]Y.    The thin king has appeared in many puzzles.

6d

Arrest hooligan finally caught in wrecked building (3,2)

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RU([hooliga]N)IN

7d

Machair's extraordinary drawing power (8)

flowerflowerflower
8d

Soldier's strange complex involving hallucinatory drug (8)

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Anagram of STRANGE around E, the most common letter and drug in these puzzles.

11d

Note from Heather about a knight with roots on another continent (4-8)

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15d

Flower teacher planted outside a new food shop (9)

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D(A N DELI)ON.

16d

Bloke this person's employed to carry one's case (8)

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GEN(I)T I’VE.   One of the three I got stuck on, until I suddenly saw the meaning of case required.

17d

Hard-working breeding establishments concealing evidence of debt (8)

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STUD(IOU)S.

19d

Family groups delivering information on time (6)

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20d

Paper that ultimately children required (6)

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22d

Novelist or poet using elevated material (5)

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TOILE upside-down, T.S. or George.   My LOI, which I saw instantly when I wrote out the crossing letters backwards.