Times Cryptic #28649

2023-07-07

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Across

1a

Walker may use this trick to take in silly sap (8)

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5a

Where to pray about games installed in rogue computer (6)

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C (about) + P.E. (games) in HAL (rogue computer) HAL 9000, that is.

9a

Maybe Arabic circles love analysing signs and symbols (8)

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SEMITIC (maybe Arabic) around O (love) Helpful if you just know the definition.

10a

Way to transport goods around island without success (2,4)

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IN VAN (way to transport goods) around I (island)

12a

What happens in 11, 12 and also in 17, written out? (5)

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hidden in ELEVEN TWELVE and SEVENTEEN So goddamned fair, too.

13a

E.g. ladies and gents hiding pants showing eccentricity (9)

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14a

Where papers are kept in detective's investigation about plot (8,4)

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D.I.’S (detective’s) + CASE (investigation) around PATCH (plot)

18a

Drudge changing bather's towel (6-6)

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21a

Rash head of Armenia gets behind old, patriotic song (9)

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first letter of ARMENIA after EX (old) + ANTHEM (patriotic song)

23a

Assistant used on-line articles about classical law (5)

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A + A (articles) around LEX (classical law)

24a

Little time followed by long year (6)

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25a

Forbidding nurse to bind hip (8)

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26a

Someone refusing to accept old money (6)

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27a

Returns from Bury St Edmunds, initially going inside (8)

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INTER (bury) + ST around first letter of EDMUNDS

Down

1d

Kafka's first novel cutting if not authentic (6)

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first letter of KAFKA + SHE (novel) in OR (if not)

2d

Thrash metal about right for this band (6)

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3d

Unsatisfactory hearing air Holst composed drinking whiskey (4,5)

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anagram of AIR HOLST around W (whiskey) So did this one.

4d

Emptied ideal sauce into soupthis adds flavour (6,6)

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I{dea}L + LIP (sauce) in CHOWDER (soup)

6d

In China, majority group cry for attention in Asian city (5)

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7d

Endless calm around setter up for a bit of setting (5,3)

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PLACAT{e} (calm) around ME (setter) reversed

8d

Instigator of luminarism, as well as visionary artist (8)

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first letter of LUMINARISM + AND (as well as) + SEER (visionary)

11d

Business people admitting ordeal is challenging (12)

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CO (business) + NATION (people) around TEST (ordeal) ‘Challenging’ as a noun.

15d

Dislike eating meat I cooked? It's a source of iron (9)

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HATE (dislike) around MEAT I anagrammed

16d

Pupil once expelled after losing head complained (8)

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O.B. (pupil once) + {e}JECTED (expelled)

17d

Reportedly get The Kinks out of distress (8)

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19d

Furniture from person a crossword is compiled for? (6)

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if the SETTER is the compiler, the SETTEE is therefore the solver

20d

Incentive to turn up during motor racing (6)

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22d

Lake house in Thanet occasionally abandoned (5)

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HO (house) in T{h}A{n}E{t}