Times Cryptic #28805

2024-01-05

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1a

Subatomic merger in our fuelcans buckling! (7,6)

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8a

Giant blunder in field, Rome rescinding order (4)

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

OG (blunder in field = Own Goal) + ROME – (rescinding) OM (order)

9a

The limit in having no power around Paddington? (10)

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10a

Sailor bitter about boarding ship produces film (4,4)

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

TAR (sailor) + RAW (bitter) reversed (about) in (boarding) SS (ship)

11a

Guided through central Leon, missile finds old capital (6)

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

SCUD (missile) in (guided through) middle letters of (central) LEON Capital meaning currency!

13a

Offensive show covering Hell's inner regions (10)

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

INDICATE (show) around (covering) middle letters of (‘s inner regions) HELL

16a

Naked scoundrel at last donning pants (4)

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

last letter of (at last) SCOUNDREL in (donning) BAD (pants)

17a

Ancient priests in one school, coming from the east (4)

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18a

City of Lima in one answer that's anagrammed (3,7)

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20a

Senator one recalled, an adviser to Nero (6)

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22a

Shop piano, used in brooding genre, backing Mathieson? (8)

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

P (piano) in (used in) EMO (brooding genre) + MUIR (Mathieson?) reversed (backing) Didn’t know the fellow.

24a

Landlord with brains printed notepaper (10)

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26a

Scandinavians displaying no forte, the boozers (4)

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

FINNS (Scandinavians) – (displaying no) F (forte)

27a

Politician having chat outside Parliament is warmer? (10,3)

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Down

1d

Evening watching telly perhaps with good beer in Florence? (11)

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NIGHT IN (evening watching telly perhaps) + (with) G (good) ALE (beer) This is a very good clue.

2d

Companion always providing festive fare (5)

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3d

Teaching English with Latin could upset learners leaving (9)

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

E (English) + (with) LATIN COULD anagrammed (upset) – L L (learners leaving)

4d

Coffee business included in register of names (7)

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5d

Arbitrary decree given in country when close to collapse (5)

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

UK (country) + AS (when) + last letter of (close to) COLLAPSE

6d

The Spanish writer with garment lifting becomes tetchy (9)

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

EL (the[, in] Spanish) BIC (writer) + (with) SARI (garment) all reversed (lifting)

7d

Where Neagh is, lough, duck found therein? (3)

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12d

Queen occasionally insulted drunken hooligans (11)

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every other letter of (occasionally) QUEEN + INSULTED anagrammed (drunken)

14d

Focal point in long poem with short introduction (9)

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15d

Famed Greek in Brussels irrational, taking travels round (9)

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EU (Brussels) + PI (irrational) in (taking round) RIDES (travels)

19d

To which ruined tower cardinal is admitted? (7)

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21d

Skirt or a pair worn? (5)

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23d

Downfall: government's leader reproaching himself? (5)

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25d

Starter of quail for instanceand goose (3)

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

EG ‘G’ (starter of goose for instance) I imagine there will be objections to this one, but I appreciate the coordinate grammatical structure.