Times Cryptic #28665

2023-07-26

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1a

Run off incline, changing direction at first (5)

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SLOPE = incline, change South to East.

4a

Promotional industry replacing content of billboards in part of South Dakota (8)

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B[ILLBOARD]S (contents of billboards) is replaced by ADLAND (where I used to work). Now a National park, the area has an unfortunate history (as far as the Sioux are concerned, at least).

8a

Cosmetic treatment transforming pert and saucy girls (7,7)

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10a

Obstruction, wide, first to last leading to jam (9)

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BROAD (wide) has the B moved to the front of LOCK = jam.

11a

Male embraced by lover not entirely a source of religious inspiration (5)

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SWAI[N] has M for male inserted.

12a

Mostly underhand offer? (6)

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SUB MITT could be “under hand”, so mostly omits the end T.

14a

Scorpion? A sudden sally will protect chief, note (8)

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A RAID  = a sudden sally, insert CH (chief) N (note).

17a

Boxer observed accepting inadmissible payment method (8)

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SAW (observed) with OUT (inadmissible) HP (hire purchase) inserted.

18a

Be part of a lot of work I put into pub (4,2)

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JO[B] = a lot of work, INN (pub) has I inserted.

20a

Cut back openings for computing trainees? Absolutely right (5)

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EXA (AXE = cut, reversed) then initial letters of computing trainees.

22a

Unexpectedly needing a forteor even louder? (9)

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24a

Standing behind stuff inside motorway shop (7,7)

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25a

Society rebuffed my fake orchestral piece (8)

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26a

Proposition left a married French woman taken aback (5)

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L for left, then A MME (Madame) reversed.

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1d

Form of AI no longer fresh, surely lacking core support (6,6)

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2d

Wartime beach: second that's turned over, I see (5)

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3d

Arrange peace after lab site vandalised (9)

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4d

Summon Bishop and judge to depose King (6)

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B for bishop, [R]ECKON = judge with R removed.

5d

Drank foolishly after a lot of narcotic, did one? (8)

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6d

Naval area upset about member of US military offering protection (5)

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7d

Exclamation of annoyance about two different names given to a swordsman (9)

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DARN ! with TAG and N for name inserted.

9d

Deadhanged in awfully secret plan (6,6)

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13d

Initially tense year after Asian island suppresses routine violence (9)

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BALI the Asian island has RUT (routine) inserted, then TY = initially Tense Year.

15d

Narrow escape in visit to cathedral personnel? (5,4)

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If you made a call to the Cathedral Close residents, you’d be visiting the cathedral.

16d

Dance supporter coming round with energy (8)

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FAN (supporter) with AND (with ) inserted then GO = energy. I’ve only heard of this dance through the familiar words of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. “I see a little silhouette of a man; Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?” and so on. Earworm time.

19d

Male set up by antihero in fiction (6)

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21d

Flower blooming, nothing less, up on border (5)

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23d

Man, after one day, displaying specific way of speaking (5)

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I (one) D (day) IOM (Isle of Man).