Times Cryptic #28655

2023-07-14

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Across

1a

Friend ringing a seabird taking protective interest (8)

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PAL (friend) containing A + TERN (seabird).

5a

Caught by light suggesting stopthere's curve in road (6)

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10a

Auntie's boss precise or vague? (8,7)

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11a

Clown, Greek character to work hard in cooking medium (7,3)

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13a

Wild cat's course by the sea reported (4)

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15a

Priest is featured in Times championing exclusive group (7)

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

ELI (priest) + IS contained by TT (times).

17a

Vengeful spirits certainly associated with Hibernia (7)

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18a

Make call to the writer in linguistics unit (7)

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19a

Cinders, initially wearing shoe, causing public outrage (7)

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first of Cinders contained by SANDAL (shoe).

21a

False god lacking originalitynot new (4)

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22a

Say Blixen, Pontoppidan and Kierkegaard, or 27s of a sort? (5,5)

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famous Danish authors, or barkers/dogs.

25a

Genius is on test cricket ground (6,9)

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27a

One earning crust from bread engages right tout (6)

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BAKER (one earning crust from bread) containing R (right).

28a

Here goes Oscar with child say, heading west (8)

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O (oscar) + MINOR (child) + EG (say), all reversed.

Down

1d

Stalk learner seen among Vegas rollers after training (7)

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L (learner) contained by DICE (Vegas rollers) after PE (training).

2d

Go off to climb, finding rocky height (3)

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3d

Think again about wayward son consumed by drink (10)

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4d

A pair of spectacles wrapped in pink paper in train (5)

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

A, then OO (pair of spectacles) contained by FT (pink paper).

6d

Karenina's twelve pies? (4)

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7d

Only dry bran to be mixed for this literary character (5,6)

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8d

Wedged beneath bank briefly, cuts slacks off (7)

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9d

Posh theatrical part in G&S showing unfair condition? (8)

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

U (posh), then LINES (theatrical part) contained by G and S.

12d

Vital energy deployed by lothariomight he ask for your hand? (11)

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14d

Slowing down where article blocks crumbling dirt road (10)

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16d

Speculator initially tensegold pinched in robbery (8)

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

first letter of Tense, then OR (gold) contained by HEIST (robbery).

18d

Black dog coats produce shineit's the local food (3,4)

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PUG (dog) contains B (black), then RUB (produce shine).

20d

Carlyle so thought to contain kingdom (7)

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23d

Adventurous heroine in charge bringing beer round (5)

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24d

Olympian goddess in seven-gated city without walls? (4)

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

tHEBEs (seven-gated city) missing its outermost letters.

26d

Ugandan dictator's name held in disdain regularly (3)

Generating...

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

regular letters from dIsDaIn.