Times Cryptic #28861

2024-03-11

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1a

Do for one bishop and cleric, looking back (4)

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4a

Performer, one sensible about places like London, not half (10)

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9a

Pub about to sway with English song (10)

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10a

Veg, not quite enough for a feast (4)

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

BEANo; you might have got there by taking by taking feast off BEANfeast, but I think this works better

11a

Prisoner with fantastic chatter (6)

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12a

Scottish town hospital attended by a poet (8)

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14a

Royal survivor giving what is expected to an audience (4)

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

sound like PAR; Catherine Parr was Henry VIII’s last wife, surviving him by a year and a bit. Claims to fame: with four husbands, she is the most-married English queen; she was the first woman to publish an original work under her own name, in English, in England.

15a

Is part-time working offering a sense of togetherness? (4,6)

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17a

Oliver's college? (10)

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

The Goldsmiths’ College (commonly called Goldsmiths) is part of the University of London. Although playwrights and novelist Oliver Goldsmith (She Stoops to Conquer, The Vicar of Wakefield) was educated in Dublin and Edinburgh, in a whimsical universe, he might be considered to have something to do with this place.

20a

Member turning to entertain a Highlander? (4)

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A in LEG reversed

21a

Fool was unwell, being attacked (8)

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23a

Strip joint vulgar, first to go (6)

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24a

Diary about daughter is something precious (4)

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25a

Excessively severe maidens possibly conned, we hear (10)

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

OVERS (maiden overs in cricket are those in which no runs may be debited against the bowler – simple game, isn’t it?) sounds like ‘tricked’

26a

Annoys sides playing with interrupting requests (10)

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27a

Report of solitary advance (4)

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Down

2d

Old evil upset speakersthey may go into further detail (11)

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3d

Support given to female, one Socialist, worked out badly (9)

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4d

Food that is eagerly sought by numismatist? (7)

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

a coin-collector might be on the lookout for a rare bit, a bit being a small coin

5d

Lack of concern shown briefly by Vicky and Priscilla (15)

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C (the abbreviation for cold) is the medial letter of the two girls, who therefore show ‘coldheartedness’; I wanted this to be halfheartedness

6d

Jolly lot with very big drink container? (7)

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7d

That is the day for assassination, foremost of tragedies (2,3)

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8d

Musical group turning up that may be in the groove (5)

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13d

Legal opinions in old rambling diatribe enthralling court (6,5)

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

CT (court) in O (old) DIATRIBE*; an observation by a judge on some point of law not directly in issue (often made with a faint smile masking a tremendous sense of inner satisfaction)

16d

Popular army officer usually (2,7)

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18d

Bloke holding drunk up is a sugary type (7)

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

reversal of SOT (crossword drunken guy) in MALE; also called malt sugar

19d

Scorn during school teststhey inflict unnecessary pain (7)

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21d

Cold? It's good to wear a hat (5)

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

G (good) in A LID (slang for ‘hat’)

22d

Sarah is turning up as apostle's companion (5)

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