Times Cryptic #28811

2024-01-12

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Across

1a

Way of working among East Germans, a kind of infiltration (7)

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5a

Wander by rock face to find duck (7)

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9a

After restructuring, modernisation is excluded for figure below the line (11)

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10a

Gun that's shown in front of clergyman (3)

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

front of REVerend (clergyman). Another DNK – revolver, I presume.

11a

Where verdict is considered wrong (6)

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12a

Soup on vacation extremely chilled, or extremely chillied? (8)

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

outside letters of SouP + ICIEST (extremely chilled).

14a

Screen something uplifting that'll whet the appetite (7-6)

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17a

Take turns to go through this process for hiring public servants (9,4)

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21a

Criminal left inside country clubterrible (8)

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23a

Agents detaining loony flipping in birthday suit (6)

Generating...

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

CIA (agents) containing (MAD (loony), all reversed.

25a

Heads rolling in "hire and fire" will produce such anger (3)

Generating...

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

remove the first letter (heads) from hIRE or fIRE.

26a

Sounding sanctimonious in head to head (7,4)

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

PI (sanctimonious) in ONION (head), then POLL (head).

27a

Call idiot in Asian capital (7)

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28a

Disorder, not so alien in parliament (7)

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Down

1d

Invest in merger of Chelmsford and Aintree? (6)

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2d

Deer meat filleted, Cajun stews (7)

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

anagram of MeaT (without internals, filleted) + CAJUN.

3d

Not all in country united in support of southern ruler, right? Not quite all (9)

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

U (united) underneath S (southern) + EMIR (ruler), then R (right) + nearly ALl.

4d

Function without appearing in court? (4)

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

Latin for (appearing in court?) ‘without’.

5d

Energy outfit in the past controlling Midwestern state (3,2,3,2)

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

GET UP (outfit) + AGO (in the past) containing ND (North Dakota, midwestern state).

6d

Cook base for pilaf mainly in Greek style (5)

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7d

Close shaven Cockney? (7)

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

hAIRLESS (shaven), said with a cockney accent.

8d

Mountain flower on the right in bog (8)

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13d

Digital file manager, frenzied and fastidious, blowing top (10)

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15d

A martial artist getting into say, skipping (9)

Generating...

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

A, then DAN (martial artist) contained by VOICE (say).

16d

One dealing with worsening cough? (8)

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18d

Criminal swapping one key for anotherone's bound to work (7)

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

VILLaIN (criminal), swapping A for E (one key for another).

19d

More than one sheep gathering offspring wild garlic (7)

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20d

Fur that's spotted upset green group (6)

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22d

Grow desperate protecting knight errant (5)

Generating...

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

anagram of GROW containing N (knight).

24d

Appropriate place for criminals (4)

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