Times Cryptic #28765

2023-11-20

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Across

1a

English stigma made French scoff (8)

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6a

Kindly feeding extremely suspicious bees etc (6)

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WARM in S[uspiciou]S

9a

Eco-friendly vehicle part contains uranium, really oddly (6,7)

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U in CAR BONNET + R[e]A[l]L[y]

10a

Article about the setter's revolutionary nom de guerre (6)

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11a

Service is no good if earlier however (8)

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N G preceded by (‘if earlier’) EVEN SO (however)

13a

Weaselly type's rowdy intemperance leaving church (4,6)

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anagram* of INTEMPERAN[ce]

15a

Left sweethearts to shed clothes (4)

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16a

Man perhaps read aloud passage (4)

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18a

Old story about India at back of Republican magazine (10)

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I (India) in O STORY after (at back of) REP; a repository is somewhere you store things safely, in this case weapons, etc.

21a

Tough old bird's lost after terrible tale (8)

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a bit of Yoda speak here: HER[o]N (the bird HERON loses its O [old]) after TALE*

22a

Former magistrate thought about limits of lenience (6)

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IDEA reversed L[enienc]E; a Roman magistrate

23a

A billion goats slaughtered for world economic development (13)

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25a

Singular character departs on a trip (6)

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26a

Most stylish and vacuous supermodel, I'm afraid, is in France (8)

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S[upermode]L EEK (I’m afraid!) EST (‘is’ in French)

Down

2d

Flash one's lower parts (7)

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3d

Finally organising diverse people into rank and order (11)

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final letters of [organisin]G [diverse]E in ARRANT (rank, as in arrant nonsense) men (people)

4d

Low spirits start to get lower? (5)

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G[et] LOOM (lower, rhyming with ‘cower’)

5d

Backer briefly entering explosive function (7)

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6d

Fancy Easter sun and sweet wine (9)

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7d

Sky broadcast quality song (3)

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nice quadruple definition

8d

Mixture of male impetuosity and half-cut rage (7)

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the way I get this to work is as follows, though others may have better ideas: MALE* (with ‘impetuosity’ as the anagram indicator – seems odd) N (and, as in fish ‘n’ chips) [ra]GE. LuckofLucien’s got it: it’s M(male) ELAN (impetuosity: ‘impetuous ardour’ in Collins) [ra]GE

12d

Queasy hosts digested last of blood pudding (7,4)

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POTTED (digested, as in shortened or abridged – think of Reader’s Digest) [bloo]D in (hosts) SICK (queasy)

14d

Law firm exec regularly duped about new licence (1,4,4)

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[l]A[w]F[i]R[m]E[x]E[c] N (new) in HAD (duped)

17d

Cunning insult overheard (7)

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19d

Garments putting pressure on navels (7)

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20d

Devoid of ego, listener somehow gives way (7)

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L[i]STENER* (no ego, i.e. I)

22d

Silver pressing on primate's Christian love (5)

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24d

Confess some shallow notions (3)

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