Times Cryptic #28803

2024-01-03

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1a

Female holding drink pouches (8)

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6a

Disreputable person some consider as callous (6)

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9a

Engineer locates impure, valuable substance (8,5)

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10a

Cut through mass of stone and shell of concrete (6)

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

a PIER being a big stone thing, C[oncret]E.

11a

Changing tags in German, somehow (8)

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13a

Many labels come undone, certainly (2,3,5)

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15a

Old shipbuilder's failure to respond to doctor? (4)

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16a

Drive away from the entrance to Sutton Hoo (4)

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18a

Tiny insect shrivels if disturbed (10)

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21a

Desk forced open? That is acceptable (4-4)

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22a

Small white ball next to a large canine (6)

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23a

Even having money, this would be a great deal! (8,5)

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25a

French satire, not entirely truthful (6)

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26a

Fruit always once being primarily wrapped in fabric (8)

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

AY (always) B[eing], inside TERRY as in terry towelling.

Down

2d

Briefly adequatethough variableincrease in sound (7)

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

AMPL[e] = adequate, briefly; IF = though, Y an unknown number.

3d

Country united after the end of serious earlier rioting (6,5)

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

(S EARLIER)*, ONE = united.

4d

First-class sort of voting idea regularly netting millions (5)

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

PR (sort of voting), I d E a, insert M for millions.

5d

Possible spaces for bass, as featured in song (7)

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6d

Recall in relation to cars leads to certain embarrassment (9)

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

RE (in relation to) MINIS (cars) C[ertain] E[mbarrassment].

7d

Group from London area (close to Barnet) (3)

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8d

Italian team leaving a place in Georgia (7)

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

ATALANTA are a football team in Serie A in Italy, remove an A to get ATLANTA the big city in Georgia, USA.

12d

Fabricate nasty material to hide universal truth (11)

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

MANURE = nasty material (except for gardeners), insert U for universal and FACT for truth.

14d

To avoid disagreement, I had sounded confused (9)

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

supposed to sound like “MISS TIFF I’D”.

17d

Aromatic pastemostly strong, is it? (7)

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19d

Deride US city that's disgusting and extremely affluent (5,2)

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

LA (US city) UGH (that’s disgusting), A[ffluen]T.

20d

Runs what's too short, revolting horror film (7)

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

all reversed (revolting); R[uns], EH’S (what’s) ALS[o]. Apparently a slasher movie is a subgenre of horror film with sharp implements involved, not my sort of thing.

22d

Judge uncertain for a moment (5)

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24d

Staff party set up to follow conclusion of seminar (3)

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

[semina]R, DO reversed.