Times Cryptic #28841

2024-02-16

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1a

Call again, ringing yours truly, offering treatment (8)

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5a

Copper lining for one doctor's piece of kitchenware (6)

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9a

Weight lifter to take girl's breath away (8)

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10a

What's after May first and second in Cuban capital city (6)

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

JUNE (what’s after May) A (first) + (and) second letter of (in) CUBAN The capital city of Alaska.

12a

Still having work briefly, English leftie's unlikely to lose it (4-8)

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15a

Ancient tribe back home to the east of rocks (5)

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

reversal of (back) IN (home) after (to the east of) ICE (rocks) A chestnut tribe around these parts.

16a

Person offering drive in car accepting current tax (9)

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MOTOR (car) around (accepting) I (current) VAT (tax) Didn’t know ‘motor’ as a noun meaning CAR, but this was easy enough.

18a

Irish fare well finally after firm shot (9)

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last letter of (finally) WELL after CO (firm) + CANNON (shot)

19a

Said why Heather's clothing is not straight (5)

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LING (heather) around (‘s clothing) homophone of (said) WHY

20a

Getting better drinks, Charlie enters sister's home (12)

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ALES (drinks) C (Charlie) in (enters) CONVENT (sister’s home) I was looking for PRIORY to make an appearance here.

24a

Group of drivers checking vehicle's lack of coordination (6)

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25a

Note slipped inside gift for master (8)

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26a

What Senor and Senora should have listed differently (6)

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anagram of (differently) LISTED

27a

Leading American male's going to cycle from Germany (8)

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Down

1d

Gold turned up by characters regularly in Swiss banks (4)

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OR (gold) reversed (turned up) + (by) every other letter (characters regularly) in SWISS

2d

Queen, say, getting kiss from Douglas? (4)

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MAN (queen, say [in chess [ironically]]) + (getting) X (kiss) Douglas is the capital of the Isle of Man. (I’m sure you all know this!)

3d

Fruit coated in flipping dry, old batter (9)

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OLIVE (fruit) in (coated in) reversal of (flipping) ARID (dry) One must remember that the Times puzzle does not clue apostrophes in answers.

4d

Put in post before protest, a teacher goes round lost in thought (6-6)

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6d

Good cut of meat is beef (5)

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7d

Voter wanting reform in China, possibly a little ruminant (10)

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8d

Case of professional too young for sacking (10)

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11d

Unlikely to give up precautions, I suspect (12)

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13d

What involves spells in tungsten-tipped long vessel (10)

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ITCH (long) CRAFT (vessel) with W (tungsten) on top (-tipped)

14d

Philosopher with rule about large historical division (6,4)

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17d

Climber securing a fast time is the object of admiration (9)

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VINE (climber) around (securing) A + LENT (fast time) How timely.

21d

I mean to travel around diversion in the east (5)

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22d

Christmas visitors, perhaps 13 but not 100? (4)

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MAGIC (perhaps 13 [WITCHCRAFT]) – (but not) C (100)

23d

Titanic problem for composer (4)

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