Times Cryptic #28718

2023-09-26

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1a

European resort, flipping empty (8)

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6a

Kid given lead part in today's service (3,3)

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TEASE (kid), T{oday’s} [lead part in…]

9a

Injunction applied to key report (4)

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BAN (injunction), G (key – music)

10a

Worthwhile publicity heralding new lifeboat (10)

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11a

Memorabilia from fantastic vacation around Northeastern state (10)

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13a

Initiation perhaps concerned with accepting sex (4)

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14a

Big group essentially occupying squats from time to time (8)

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PER SE (essentially) contained by [occupying] S{q}U{a}T{s} [from time to time]. SOED: (Math. & Linguistics etc.) a set which includes another set or sets M20.

16a

She worked with men to create trap (6)

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18a

Type of medicine and some other balms (6)

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20a

Bishop back to take on the rest (8)

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B (bishop), REAR (back) containing [to take on] THE

22a

Northern city folk picked up from an offshore territory (4)

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24a

Engineer on-site a lot, in a jam? (4-2-4)

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26a

Intimate, strange cognitive dissonance at the end (4,6)

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Anagram [strange] of COGNITIVE {dissonanc}E [at the end].  Edit: Thanks to aphis99 for helping me focus on the definition here with ‘intimate’ as a verb meaning ‘proclaim’ or ‘make known’.

28a

Front of handbag has grey clasp (4)

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29a

Sharp tip of talon removed from bird (6)

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BITTER{n} (bird) [tip of talon removed]

30a

Heartless movie injected with fresh Disney imagination (5,3)

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M{ovi}E [heartless] containing [injected with] anagram [fresh] of DISNEY

Down

2d

Pharmacy initially needing licence to supply bromide (9)

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3d

Outfit for going out in? (7)

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4d

According to a sales assistant, goods finally turned up (2,3)

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A, then REP (sales assistant) + {good}S [finally] reversed [turned up]

5d

Pair of daughters united by love (3)

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6d

Volunteer force that is protecting flags from an island nation (9)

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TA (volunteer force), IE (that is) containing [protecting] WANES (flags). ‘Territorial Army’ is now called the ‘Army Reserve’, but historically the abbreviation is fine.

7d

A couple of animals, or nine cats, for instance? (7)

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8d

Written up, anecdote contains constant flair (5)

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TALE (anecdote) reversed [written up] contains C (constant)

12d

Soldier maybe is about to stay somewhere in France (7)

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ANT (soldier maybe), then IS containing [about], BE (stay)

15d

Half-hearted resentment over dismal show (9)

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17d

Work detail supported by current colleague in particular (9)

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SPEC (work detail), I (current), ALLY (colleague)

19d

Fight to establish comfortable position (3,4)

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21d

Small children possibly caught dipping into church donations (7)

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23d

Politician taken in by excellent cover story (5)

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LIB (politician) contained [taken in] by A1 (excellent). Another historial abbreviation, in the UK at least.

25d

Marketing ploy from e-tailer isn't occasionally scrapped (3-2)

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27d

Millions following one singular doctrine (3)

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I (one), S (singular), M (millions}. Another suffix which like ‘ology’ has become a word in its own right.