Times Cryptic #28831

2024-02-05

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1a

Court request collected workshas to involve President first (6,6)

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9a

Dominant kid grabbing Pole repeatedly (5)

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BO(SS)Y.   Bonny was considered and rejected.

10a

£25, including fees returned by Mike Carroll? (9)

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P(DUES backwards)ONY + M from the NATO alphabet.   What Lewis Carroll is a DBE for.

11a

A cry for help about worst poisonous substance (8)

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A + S(BEST)OS.   where both worst and best are verbs.

12a

Move poet to pen right line (6)

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P(R)OPE + L, where a specific poet is required.

13a

Person possibly given documentation after prison sentence (4,4)

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15a

Courageous and fortunate in pursuit of power (6)

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17a

Writer's one book covered in a lot of rubble (6)

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SCR(I B)E[e].

18a

Bet success will be welcomed by a theatre fan (8)

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20a

Intense skill, circling where animal hides (6)

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AR(DEN)T.

21a

A youngster rejected fame without disagreement (2,3,3)

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A + SON + NAME backwards.

24a

Unduly sentimenta,l though not about son being involved in river disaster (9)

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CA(T[re]ACLY,S)M.   Most solvers will ignore the ridiculously convoluted cryptic and write in the obvious answer.

25a

Shy, cut short the argument (5)

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26a

"Fancy beer," I crow, "runs in my place for making it" (12)

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M(anagram of BEER I CROW + R)Y

Down

1d

Item that fixes part of cooker having new trouble (7)

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2d

Base receiving warning after cream tea curdledwhen still edible? (4-6,4)

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3d

Article from the pen of singular Saint: something deep (5)

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A + BY + S + S.

4d

Start to climb up to get on piece of furniture (8)

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C[limb] + UP + BOARD.

5d

Dance very unnecessary in party (4)

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6d

Fail to stress indication of softness in some carpeting? (9)

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UNDER(P)LAY.

7d

Policeman redirected persons to crime (9,5)

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8d

Exploit upset the person writing this procedure (6)

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ME upside-down + PLOY.

14d

Dodgy story supported by account provided by one mathematician (9)

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FIB + ON + ACC + I.    Is acc. a valid abbreviation for account?   Chambers says yes!

16d

Alfred picked up expression of sadness about King in sudden gathering (5,3)

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ALF upside down + S(H.M)OB.

17d

Scrutinise attention in school (6)

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19d

Catwalk is home to a fugitive (7)

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RUN(A)WAY, a bit of a chestnut.

22d

Egg on something explosive (5)

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23d

Worker in cloth often runs from laundromat machine (4)

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