Times Cryptic #28640

2023-06-27

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1a

Party time! Partying hard, bit woozy ultimately (8)

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Anagram [partying] of HARD BIT, then {wooz}Y [ultimately]

5a

Hopes to some extent placed in The Times succeeded (6)

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ISH (to some extent – suffix) contained by [placed in] WE (The Times), then S (succeeded). I had ISH clued by ‘to some extent’ in my blog last Tuesday!

8a

Lady, one potentially a queen, we're told (3)

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9a

Caught criminal curious about computing, not going straight (10)

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10a

One old coat for Sophie, tattered? This needs tying up (5,3)

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Anagram [tattered] of ONE OLD S{ophi}E [coat]

11a

Work about empty environmentlines in e.g. Betjeman's Slough (6)

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OP (work) reversed [about], E{nvironmen}T [empty], RY (railway lines). Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn’t fit for humans now, There isn’t grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death! John Betjeman 1937

12a

For Louis I, I'm not sure this shows contempt (4)

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14a

E.g. daily fun for kids, turning on The Phantom Menace? (5,5)

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17a

Aggression from Uncle Dicky breaking peace (10)

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20a

Report from south London, say, sent over (4)

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23a

Games in bingo houses where bad players end up (3,3)

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24a

Support graduate with brilliance at Harvard, say (8)

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25a

Editing frames of video, Aleutian offers judgment (10)

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Anagram [editing] of V{ide}O [frames of …] + ALEUTIAN. The word unknown to me in the clue refers to islands in the Northern Pacific some of which are part of Alaska and others belong to Russia.

26a

Writer and broadcaster, one putting out a book (3)

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27a

Port thus knocked back by nurse (6)

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28a

At night, unlit street's bordering French city (8)

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ST’S (street’s) containing [bordering] ARLES (French city)

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1d

Printer associates during lockdown with flier (6-3)

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2d

Once again, came to run a PC without energy (7)

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R (run – cricket) + A + WOKE (PC – Politically Correct) containing [without] E (energy)

3d

White wine you once overturned? This may be on ice (6)

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4d

Briefly showing the money one gets for a quantity of gas (3-6)

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5d

Someone who flogs whiskey needing cooler (7)

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6d

European in area south of Nairobi's outskirts poking pig (9)

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N{airob}I [outskirts] + A (area) contained by [poking] SLOVEN (pig). ‘South of’ indicates the position of ‘A’. Slovens and pigs may be thought to share certain characteristics. I can’t find a dictionary entry that links the two words directly but my Collins thesaurus has pig = sloven.

7d

Time engineers put into different film-making location (7)

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T (time) + RE (Royal Engineers) contained by [put into[ ELSE (different). The name ‘Elstree’ has been associated with film and TV production for over 100 years but of the many studios that have fallen under the banner, only one was ever actually in Elstree, the remainder being in the neighbouring village, now sizeable town, of Borehamwood. Hitchcock made a series of films there, beginning in 1927.

13d

Shake and reportedly smash type of fern (4,5)

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15d

Ceremony is incorporated into plan by Brussels (9)

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IS contained by [incorporated into] EU CHART (plan by Brussels). An alternative name for the communion service in the Christian church.

16d

Hampers are unopened, firm and small (9)

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{a}RE (unopened), STRICT (firm), S (small)

18d

Mounties, say, arresting ace thieves (7)

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RIDERS (mounties, say – Royal Canadian Mounted Police) containing [arresting] A (ace)

19d

Dreamy, liberal article good for The Scotsman (7)

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21d

Like food which can be warmed up near Bow Bells (7)

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{h}EATABLE (can be warmed up) [near Bow Bells]

22d

Athlete's manager, perhaps (6)

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