Times Cryptic #28826

2024-01-30

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1a

Pet about to return, so put out food? (5)

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4a

Soak takes crack (not Ecstasy), a sleep-inducing drug (9)

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9a

Sandwich spread and spam served with tea, note (4,5)

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10a

Londoner's mate from the Potteries? (5)

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

CHINA (Londoner’s mate – CRS: China plate). ‘From the potteries’ adds cryptic support.

11a

Supported DUP, the old leaders having deserted (6)

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12a

Musical roundabout (8)

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14a

Unwilling? (9)

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16a

Oxygen provided during close call (5)

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17a

Amount of corn perhaps that's not known for so long? (5)

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19a

Light support from one breaking into wonderful cry of approval (9)

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

I (one) contained by [breaking into] GRAND (wonderful), OLÉ (cry of approval). My LOI I was completely stuck on it until the G-checker arrived. Not a word I knew  and it has only come up previously in a Jumbo long ago and two Mephisto puzzles.

21a

Returning Yankee to preserve notes for all time (8)

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

Y (Yankee) + TIN (preserve) + RE + TE (notes) all reversed [returning]

22a

Energy of cities, modern and ancient (6)

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25a

"There's no commoner letter ...." (Macbeth) (5)

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There’s no commoner letter THAN E. Before he became King of Scotland, Macbeth was Thane of Glamis and later Thane of Cawdor.

26a

Learning dancing routine with Di (9)

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27a

Basic English, with the French in mind (9)

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28a

Thunder in Seville? You'll get clean through that (5)

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Down

1d

Council facility U? (9,6)

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{COMM}U{NITY} [CENTRE]

2d

Tortoiseshell initially spots litter (5)

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3d

Waves, but just a little applause? (7)

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4d

Frame airline before start of hijack (4)

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SAS (airline – Scandinavian Airlines System Group), H{ijack} [start of…]. As in window frames.

5d

In France, Peter eats fruit in second home? (4-1-5)

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6d

Heads for colleges in hills beyond park (7)

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7d

Works alone: career's very unhappy, we hear (5,4)

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8d

She's let brother loose with Acton? (9,6)

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13d

Worst of anything I kept in home (10)

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AUGHT (anything) + I contained by [kept in] NEST (home)

15d

Brand new teen drama (5,4)

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18d

Frank getting Charlie into crime before once (7)

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20d

I repeatedly snoresadly making more din (7)

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23d

Bulb working repeatedly without one (5)

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ON + ON (working) [repeatedly] containing [without] I

24d

Some knitting quietly used rude language originally (4)

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