Times Cryptic #28613

2023-05-26

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Across

1a

European PM having a pop at philosophy, briefly (9)

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9a

Where lots go, after warning to move about (7)

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

CAUTION (warning) with C (about) moved I will let you decide if the grammar works on this wordplay. I figured it out, just barely, but not during my solve.

10a

Use up to ten: aim for reduction, somehow (3,4)

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11a

Roll back voluble Franglais speaker's gift? (5)

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LE GAB, reversed A voluble speaker has ‘the gift of gab’.

12a

As an all-rounder, returning towel, bat, pad and gloves (9)

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13a

Square peg on cross put in wrong (7)

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TEE (peg) on X (cross) in SIN (wrong)

15a

Behind award for cycling? (5)

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BAFTA with the last letter cycled to first I thought of this early on but it didn’t seem like a word.

17a

Censor page? (5)

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18a

Third rate musical for a rocker? (5)

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19a

Story briefly spread across papers making waves? (5)

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20a

It's not so acceptable in top class, book being added to wrong set? (7)

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23a

Swamp ended with tree: crossing hard! (9)

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OVER (ended) + W (with) + ELM (tree) around H (hard) Would have found this much faster if I’d not ignored ‘with’.

25a

With fluorine, no longer having to clean teeth (5)

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27a

Come forth, when expected, by reputation, to retreat (7)

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ETA (when expected = Estimated Time of Arrival) + NAME (reputation) reversed

28a

Fare, with third deducted, has people wasting tickets? (2-5)

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29a

Put up with long dayunpleasant conclusion! (6,3)

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Down

1d

Old Billor what it is now? (3,3)

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2d

10 up for disorder, but finally case dismissed at the end of the day? (10)

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EAT INTO (see above) UP anagrammed + {bu}T I was looking for something clothing-related, so I didn’t see this for a long time.

3d

Hazard guess finally, with some reflecting (4,4)

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{gues}S + AND (with) + PART (some) reversed

4d

Mafia muscle holds up deadly weapon (1-4)

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5d

Gathered there's a DVD shortly for release (9)

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THERE’S A DV{d} anagrammed “For release” meaning “let out differently” was a stretch for me.

6d

Royal award back in '91 for rousing chiller (6)

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OBE (royal award) reversed in XCI (’91) reversed (for rousing)

7d

I'm obliged to avoid capture (4)

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TA (I’m obliged) removed from TAKING (capture) In chess, a player can never leave or put their king in (or through) a position where it could be taken.

8d

I craft something witty (3-5)

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14d

Get to English class with dead snake? (10)

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16d

All the same classical things covered by an American writer (9)

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THO (all the same) + RES (classical things, as in the plural of the note ‘re’) in A US (an American) What a word and what a clue. EDIT: The suggestion has made, which I agree with, that RES probably means ‘things’, from Latin.

17d

Nonsense about exploding fuel bottle? Hardly! (4,4)

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18d

Refund: respond to "I'll scratch yours ..." ? (8)

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21d

Consequence of mounts being placed on piping (6)

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22d

Was host of children overheard following me around? (6)

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24d

Extract firm replies from the floor, oddly overlooked (5)

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every other letter in FIRM REPLIES  reversed (from the floor) This one, I was fortunate enough to know.

26d

Reveals where son's lifted sack? (4)

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OUTS (reveals) with S (son) moved