Times Cryptic #28618

2023-06-01

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Across

1a

Island flat where one can find space and return? (6)

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5a

Yorkshire town's bridge team, with third person, crushing resistance; bravo! (8)

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The bridge team are W and E, then THEY(third person) containing R(resistance) and B(bravo)

9a

Lied sung after retiring includes lyrics from liturgy (5,3)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Flirtatious girl, bubbly sounding, going out regularly (6)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Plain policy document the last to go (8)

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MANIFESTO(policy document) minus the last letter

12a

Hack back working following twenty-four hours in Paris (6)

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ON(working) reversed after JOUR(day in French)

13a

Pearly courtesan dancing short tango (8)

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anagram of COURTESAN minus T(tango)

15a

Curse of Dark Arts every now and again? (4)

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alternating letters in DaRk ArTs

17a

Page engaged by established Irish clan (4)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Worry with gold finish of Lübeck ornamental carving (8)

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FRET(worry), W(with), OR(gold) and the last letter of LubecK

20a

Edison having broken leg (6)

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21a

Survey potential client (8)

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22a

Excellent starters of teriyaki, if considerably vinegary (6)

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23a

Member of ruling clique occasionally moulding curved structure (8)

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alternating letters in mOuLdInG, then ARCH(curved structure)

24a

Jam session of maybe sixty minutes? (4,4)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Doctor final part of Treasury agreement (6)

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Down

2d

Expert in chasing work? (8)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Part in which true friend stripped, being into that sort of thing (8)

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PT(part) containing the internal letters of tRUe fRIENd

4d

Fair attraction sure to have some impact (6,3)

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5d

Time stuck in two US heliports ruined busy holiday (7-4,4)

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6d

One from Germany confined to home without energy? Unspeakable (7)

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EIN(one in German) inside HOUSE(home) minus E(energy)

7d

Missile sent skywards in anger suits industry (3,5)

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DART(missile) reversed inside RAGE(anger)

8d

Old hog somehow features in nomadic home culture (8)

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O and an anagram of HOG inside YURT(nomadic home). Not the spelling of this word I’m used to seeing, but clear from the wordplay

14d

Waterworks specialist runs over record kept by Hebridean isles (9)

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R(runs), O(over), LOG(record) all inside UIST(Hebridean isles)

15d

Urbane dweeb intermittently transmitting live (8)

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alternating letters in DwEeB then ON AIR(transmitting live)

16d

The so-called greatest compilers eschewing film VIPs (1-7)

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17d

Sheik evacuated flying alpine transporter (8)

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external letters of SheiK, then an anagram of ALPINE

18d

Discount 100 different picture frames (5,3)

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19d

Fleetingly fashionable, fine hotel outside northern part of African capital (7)

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F(fine), and H(hotel) surrounding the first part of ADDIS ABABA(capital of Ethiopia)