Times Cryptic #28681

2023-08-14

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1a

Bring back the birch? This process might achieve it (15)

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9a

Heavenly girl left, crossing end of village street (9)

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[villag]E ST in CELIA L

10a

Welshman's old farm cart (5)

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O WAIN

11a

Share most of Latvian meat portion (6)

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12a

Throttle criminal finally overcome by rum (8)

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[crimina]L in STRANGE

13a

Pitch tents in French park, principally by river (6)

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EN (‘in’ in French) CAM (river that runs through Fenland Poly) P[ark]

15a

Characteristic belongings (8)

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18a

Rule made by party in connection with flunky (8)

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19a

Cut capers, initially like one in short dress (6)

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L[ike] I in FROC[k]

21a

Bridge-player heads for park area walking boxer (8)

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SOUTH (bridge player) initial letters (heads) of Park Area Walking

23a

Gloomy sergeant major wearing ring (6)

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26a

A legal right for a foreigner (5)

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27a

Oddly it blooms without resistance in a volcanic island ( (9)

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R in anagram* of IT BLOOMS

28a

Preferring to sit, nevertheless (15)

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if you prefer to sit, you are not with (in support of) standing; moving right along…

Down

1d

Prepare to make further use of army corps transport (7)

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2d

Distribute a complete set of religious books (5)

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3d

His catch originally flourished in a type of tank? (9)

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4d

Bar wading bird (4)

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5d

Reclusive tailor working in outskirts of Sydney (8)

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TAILOR* in S[ydne]Y

6d

As some would say, a deeper-sounding greeting in Honolulu? (5)

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7d

A speaker may deliver it during month on Russian river (9)

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8d

Athlete blowing top in US city convent (7)

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14d

Leftist composed music, not including Mass (9)

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16d

A simple fellow, perhaps, gathering last of firm fruit (9)

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[fir]M in PER (a) [Simple] SIMON

17d

Dialect Swiss primarily used in Catholic church (8)

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S[wiss] in ROMAN (Catholic) CH (church)

18d

Verbally scorn Scandinavian, showing contempt (7)

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if you diss a Dane, you show contempt for her/him/them etc. etc.

20d

Worn out, overwhelmed by extremely challenging vocation (7)

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ALL IN (worn out) in C[hallengin]G

22d

Husband going over a most important Asian capital (5)

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H A NO I (number one, AKA most important)

24d

I wander to north, finding indigenous people (5)

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reversal of I ROAM; not uncommon wordplay for these folk

25d

UK national acted effectively, securing runs (4)

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R in BIT; Collins has ‘act effectively upon’ for bite; one can imagine a gear cog biting perhaps