Times Cryptic #28647

2023-07-05

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1a

Woman's not spotted saving uniform for such labours? (9)

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HER (woman’s) CLEAN (not spotted) with U inserted.

6a

A cover-up in hospital: only a single vaccination (5)

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H for hospital, I for one, JAB.

9a

Cold? Not advisable to fall asleep (5)

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C for cold, RASH = not advisable.

10a

Hesitant moving at first, becoming courteous (9)

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TENTATIVE rearranged, the AT moving to the start.

11a

Quality of sound initially leaves one shaken (7)

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12a

Stretched and felt another twinge? (7)

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13a

Stupidly lets cook put rum in starter (4,6,4)

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17a

Delivery for one unable to rise before ten! (5,2,3,4)

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21a

Capricious wife always fighting daughter (7)

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23a

Left job, but also went back? (7)

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25a

Horribly weta valid reason? (5,4)

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26a

Sudden pain, touching a knife (5)

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27a

Impatient snake's first time in the grass (5)

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S (first of snake) T (time) inside HAY (grass).

28a

Found a new place, having struggled after the start to house alien (9)

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1d

Chief witch shortly organised mob for big sacrifice (8)

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2d

Sphere's actual mass (5)

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3d

We who are present not drinking, having no success with wine guide (9)

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US HERE being “we who are present”, TT being teetotal, and E being WINE without WIN (success).

4d

One contacting English and American author (7)

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E for English, Norman MAILER the American author.

5d

This cancellation of a flat making you wild (7)

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in music a “natural” is an accidental note  (C, D, E, F, G, A or B) played without being a sharp or flat, marked by “♮”> on the stave if the key signature would expect it to be sharp or flat. At least, I think that’s what I remember from my piano lessons. Wild here meaning natural as in “re-wilding” meaning returning to a natural state.

6d

Chinese like to turn up in German league (5)

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7d

Elvis's can sort of rock (9)

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A reference to the 1957 Elvis Presley hit “Jailhouse Rock” and where “can” is slang for jail.

8d

British city suffers vital loss (6)

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14d

Nervous, twice circling edge of dangerous whirlpool (9)

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CHARY = nervous, BIS = twice, with D the edge of dangerous inserted. Depending on the version of the legend, Charybdis was either a sea monster (opposite Scylla) or the whirlpool created when the monster belched out swallowed water.

15d

Delicious things and a lot of money, the best part of a racket (5,4)

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16d

Effusive greeting from happy worker (4,4)

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18d

Be likely to order a Christmas tree brought round (3,4)

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BID = order, FIR the tree, with A inserted. Not an idiom I knew, I think it’s more American than English (so says Collins).

19d

Objectives given to sailor (7)

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20d

Police team check sample (6)

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22d

Calm partner holding ace (5)

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24d

Learn new arrangement for organ (5)

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