Times Cryptic #28712

2023-09-19

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1a

Take road to miraculous place? It may be a hoax (6)

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5a

Dimmest female faces an ordeal outside home (8)

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

F (female), then A + TEST (deal) contains [outside] IN (home)

9a

Dominates a group? Eric, our teacher, does this (5,5)

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10a

Girl showing passion, taking time to come to the fore (4)

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HEAT becomes THEA when T (time) comes ‘to the fore’

11a

Father's quiet, mother's initially ignored (8)

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12a

Engineers admitting notice must be constructed afresh (6)

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13a

Divine male 'urries along (4)

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

{h}ARES (‘urries along). The Greek God of War.

15a

The crafted publicity surrounding a performer (8)

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THE, SPIN (crafted publicity) containing [surrounding] A

18a

No payment for medical assistance, making one relaxed (8)

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19a

Pleasing sort of accent for which there is no answer (4)

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{a}CUTE (sort of accent) [no answer]

21a

Bird in sack losing tail? That's horrible! (6)

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23a

Sketch about an established body showing hostile gestures (3,5)

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25a

Vehicle occupied by male down-and-outs (4)

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26a

Friars: set involved with miracle (10)

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27a

Margaret's collecting last of the money for organised events (8)

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

MEG’S (Margaret’s) containing [collecting] {th}E [last] + TIN (money)

28a

Drinks got by criminals with little hesitation to imbibe (6)

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Down

2d

Distinctive character of a European capital locally (5)

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3d

One sent a message: ''Groom must wear a flower'' (9)

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

DRESS (groom) contained by [must wear] A + DEE (flower – river)

4d

Respectable ancestry, with exception of son (6)

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5d

Must they seem rude? (4-6,5)

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6d

Put down number turning up for information exchange (8)

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7d

It's something symbolic to loving couple when one leaves (5)

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8d

Firm dates arrangeddays of abstinence? (9)

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14d

Reportedly travelled half an hour to take advantage of wayside inn (9)

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16d

Covering a problem for rugby team in need of fresh talent? (9)

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17d

Men introducing the short picture that was a feature of TV (8)

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20d

Author gets nothing right? Gosh! (6)

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22d

Disturbance created by elevated clique (5)

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24d

Article penned by office worker, not entirely lucid (5)

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