Times Cryptic #28617

2023-05-31

Solve on Times →

Across

1a

A time to abandon overdone religious ceremony (4)

Generating...

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

TRITE (overdone) deletes a T.

3a

Boss one in recent times restricted in cramped lodging? (6,4)

Generating...

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

STUD (boss) I (one) OF LAT[E] = in recent times losing the end / restricted.

10a

Posh mariner in hat avoiding lake and river (9)

Generating...

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

TRILBY = hat, delete the L, insert U TAR = posh mariner.

11a

Clown Launcelot covering two bachelors in slime (5)

Generating...

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

GOO (slime) has B B (two bachelors) inserted. Launcelot Gobbo as in The Merchant of Venice, which I did for O Level in 1963.

12a

Crime related to stolen goods receiver (7)

flowerflowerflower
13a

King murdered in dark and gloomy prison (6)

flowerflowerflower
15a

2 of 25 behind with credit given by wine people (15)

flowerflowerflower
18a

Company calls about poor lads maltreated in resort (8,7)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Skate home? Notice daughter holding a book (6)

Generating...

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

SEE D = notice daughter, insert A B[ook].

23a

Upheaval at Cape Canaveral? (7)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Short stay in French hotel for White House resident? (5)

Generating...

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

“une nuit” would be a short, one-night stay in a French hotel, so I NUIT. Some inuits still live in igloos I presume.

27a

Ecstasy taken into pub by super star group (5,4)

flowerflowerflower
28a

Free issue includes image facing the wrong way (10)

Generating...

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

EMANATE (issue) has PIC reversed inserted.

29a

Network in muddle, as Connery would have had it? (4)

Generating...

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

007 star Sean Connery was often the subject of debate as to whether he had a lisp or just a distinctive Scottish way of pronouncing things. If he said MESS (muddle) it might have sounded like MESH. Many of Connery’s more profound utterances are on record, such as “I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.”

Down

1d

Review top secret revelation's source after decoding (10)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Tea leaf from tea in Paris to impress one female (5)

Generating...

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

THÉ being French for tea, insert I and add F for female. Tea-leaf being CRS for thief.

4d

Went over point, reflecting, having introduced poetry (9)

Generating...

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

DART = point, reverse it and insert VERSE for poetry.

5d

Nymph in wood unbalanced, lacking warmth for male (5)

Generating...

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

MAD = unbalanced, swap M[ale] for DRY meaning lacking warmth.

6d

Last letter in newspaper a sheer fabrication? (7)

flowerflowerflower
7d

One in Larkin's position, 51, very naughty boy accepting God (9)

Generating...

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

LI (51) BRIAN (“he’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy” as in Monty Python’s Life of Brian) insert RA an Egyptian god. Philip Larkin was a librarian in Hull and a poet.

8d

Old city queen featured in play (4)

flowerflowerflower
9d

Artist using lathe? (6)

flowerflowerflower
14d

An award taken by Scots river along with other things? (3,2,5)

flowerflowerflower
16d

What's observed in 27, flying low, unable to change course? (3,6)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Broke in thuslever initially opening (9)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Unthinking nonsense keeping old boy in charge (7)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Deny match official cup ties on a regular basis (6)

Generating...

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

REF (match official) c U p T i E s.

22d

Find good university in Bath (3,2)

flowerflowerflower
24d

Is it extra stout that's inside to be selected? (5)

flowerflowerflower
25d

Frenchman in relationship for an age? (4)

flowerflowerflower