Times Cryptic #28675

2023-08-07

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Across

1a

Express disapproval with uniform dress for dancers (4)

flowerflowerflower
3a

Grim quality of nasty sneers after end of Christmas Eve (10)

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[Christam] S EVE + anagram of SNEERS.

10a

Canine ailment? Oh, the coat is mangy (9)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Old official always about arresting English (5)

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EVE(E)R backwards, a chestnut.

12a

Hour joining a line by hospital department entrance (7)

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ENT + HR + A L.  Using the dual meanings of entrance is an old trick.

13a

Twist editor queried to some extent (6)

flowerflowerflower
15a

Recite fictional broadcast adding points? (15)

flowerflowerflower
18a

What might blow up tent in another case using no energy? (15)

flowerflowerflower
21a

What's acceptable in clothing for imprisonment (6)

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D(U)RESS.

23a

Setter confused about round diamond (7)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Minor actor is remarkable, not ordinary (5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Turn up day before new gallery closes in university (9)

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EVE + N T(U)ATE.   Remember, there is only one gallery in cryptics.

28a

After that drug stashed in a specific roof beam (10)

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THE R(E)AFTER – and only one drug.

29a

Retained cap, changing bits of it? (4)

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KEP(-i,+T)   In upper case, you only have to remove a few serifs from the I, which are bits of it.

Down

1d

Child chased by adder regularly in moorland the whole way (2,3,5)

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TOT + HE([a]D[d]E[r])ATH.   Tricky parsing.

2d

Swimmer's time leading to defeat (5)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Does exceptionally well gaining one gold and upwards (9)

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EXCELS + I OR.

5d

Priest leaving bar incident (5)

flowerflowerflower
6d

English city demolishing round one area where Wedgwood worked (7)

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E + TRUR[o] + I + A, another one I just biffed.

7d

Controlling river channel and rivernot two rivers (9)

flowerflowerflower
8d

Staunch supporter of gardens (4)

flowerflowerflower
9d

Drought reduced Yorkshire town over time (6)

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THIRS[k] + T.   I wasn’t sure of the town, but this had to be it.

14d

Neat and decent reformed prior (10)

flowerflowerflower
16d

Gets piqued with its item requiring uncovering in protocol (9)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Get involved to help bury Edward in church (9)

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INTER + C(ED)E.

19d

Repeat over and overit takes a long time, note (7)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Preparation of cells is behind, including last two in Strangeways (6)

flowerflowerflower
22d

Stalks bound to be mostly cut fine (5)

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SHEA[r] + F.

24d

Exchange of invective I missed (5)

flowerflowerflower
25d

Try one's luck introducing European vegetable (4)

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BE(E))T.