Times Cryptic #28653

2023-07-12

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Across

1a

Foaming at the mouth while nursing broken toe, perhaps? (7,3)

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10a

Drink containing old grape (5)

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

PINT (drink) has O for old inserted. Pinot is a range of grape varieties, p. noir, p. grigio, p. blanc etc., used especially in the Burgundy region.

11a

Human organ left in cup of tea? (9)

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

EAR (organ) THING (“cup of tea”) with L inserted.

12a

I ask more quizzically about bouillon that's overwhelmed a fish dish (8,6)

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14a

Cleanliness elevated boy or girl, reportedly? (7)

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15a

I stop after short timesomewhere to get a little drink? (7)

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

MIN (short time) I BAR = I stop.

17a

Titanic battle, shower wiped from terrain (7)

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19a

Bread cut after vehicle leaves (7)

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20a

Under the circumstances, the Best Picture (2,4,2,2,4)

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23a

Wine in cooler shown to the left alongside last of Shiraz (9)

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24a

Sound of sucker in drain (5)

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25a

Back in bureau, a seriously hairy man (4)

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26a

Filth originally inside an incisor unfortunately too deep to pick up? (10)

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Down

1d

Composer stripped for Native American tribe (4)

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2d

Legendary king with weapon beating sword, battle-axe (9)

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3d

Meeting client, senorita excited (14)

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4d

Potential killer, European breaking measure of work up (7)

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all reversed, DANE inside ERG.

5d

A heartless old F1 driver, father of many (7)

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7d

Pledge to collect one, finding lift quickly (5)

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to HOCK something is to pledge or pawn it; insert I = one.

8d

Generous offer shipping the gear abroad (10)

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9d

It's hard to imagine those people getting singled out on tour of Slough (3,4,7)

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13d

Animal with endless German ordnance: agree to confiscate that (10)

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16d

Ocean after the tracks initially in mindon this? (4,5)

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

BRAIN (mind) has O A T T inserted, those being the initial letters of ocean after the tracks.

18d

Wife invested in African currency, an African (7)

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W for wife inside RAND then AN.

19d

Horror story German playwright hasn't begun (7)

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21d

Will written finally with name in Indian state (5)

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

GOA the Indian state has N (end of written) N (name) inserted. I’M GONNA = I WILL.

22d

In church, vice out of bounds (4)

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