Times Cryptic #28849

2024-02-26

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1a

A fairy to quarrel endlessly? It could be the sherry! (8)

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A PERI TIFf

5a

Trainee protecting the female child looking innocent (6)

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9a

Big bird to be unsteady, mostly (3)

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ROCk ;legendary large bird

10a

Men go in lift possibly to get what restaurant offers? (5,6)

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12a

Star full of power, or police officer without staff (10)

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13a

Monkey: one pursuing bird (4)

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TIT I; sometimes (as here) a monkey, sometimes a plant

15a

Narrow thoroughfares or wide streams? (6)

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B roads will be familiar to British drivers: the Broads are shallow navigable lakes, linked by rivers, in East Anglia. Pretty wide streams, then

16a

Neighbour needs a dairy product (7)

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18a

Half of them were not well and sent message (7)

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20a

Tommy, for one, given food with little hesitation (6)

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23a

Hotel's documents read out (4)

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24a

Craftspeople needing skill if joining top decorators (10)

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26a

Like sale article at ground level? (7,4)

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a sale article is indubitably knocked down (in theory, anyway), while something at ground level may have been knocked down; hence the question mark and hence the non-ascription of double definition status. But I wouldn’t go to war over it…

27a

Song is heard in this Scottish town (3)

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28a

Granny joins group going round French city (6)

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29a

Creative impulse of a female, calm American (8)

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Down

1d

This clue is not a hard thing to bear (6)

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A CROSS; this clue is of course A DOWN!

2d

Finally the son has larkone getting away (7)

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thE S CAPER;  escapee is commoner and somehow less ugly

3d

Doing well, friend lacking airs and graces (10)

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4d

I will start to cheer on team, looking embarrassed and foolish? (3-10)

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6d

Greeting that comes from above (4)

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7d

Went berserk in rave outside port (3,4)

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8d

I attempt to follow gang in criminal activity (8)

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BAND (gang) I TRY (attempt)

11d

Criticise act to sell multiple raffle tickets? (4,1,5,3)

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if you tear off a strip of raffle tickets, you might be able to sell a bunch more efficiently, so long as you count them carefully, which you could do before tearing them off, I think

14d

Religious rite in river is working (10)

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17d

Puts up with relations in furry attire (8)

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19d

Instrument old character used to accompany Jolson? (7)

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21d

Smart English member meeting one from a colony? (7)

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E LEG ANT

22d

Little old gentleman is a god (6)

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25d

Island's broadcaster picked up (4)

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