Times Cryptic #28874

2024-03-26

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Across

1a

Secret split into specific parts (10)

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6a

Governing body that defines regime (4)

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10a

Perhaps geeky stores beginning to restrict part of service (7)

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INTO IT (perhaps geeky – into computers etc) contains [stores] R{estrict} [beginning]. Part of a church service.

11a

Realise I've developed stabbing pain (7)

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Anagram [developed] of I’VE contained by [stabbing] ACHE (pain)

12a

You're welcome to stay with me (2,2,5)

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13a

What remains of biblical figure in church? (5)

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14a

Where one may be prone to interrupting play (5)

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15a

Cook had advanced qualification (9)

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17a

Struggle to accept case for tenure is satisfied (9)

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CONTEND (struggle) containing [to accept] T{enur}E [case for…]

20a

Imagined being pretty, having lost pounds (5)

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FAIR{l}Y ( pretty) [having lost pounds]

21a

Sound volume requiring adjustment of dial (5)

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23a

Risk you reportedly run after coming last in race (9)

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ADVENT (coming), U (you) [reportedly], R (run), {rac}E [last in…]

25a

Knowledgeable writer who wrote nonsense about study (7)

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26a

What Walt Disney did for living (7)

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27a

Cutter's heading off vessel (4)

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{h}EWER (cutter) [heading off]

28a

Form of reconciliation for antagonists in Hamlet? (10)

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Down

1d

Conservative member to go to summit? (5)

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2d

Mindless individual's relative mostly eating fruit (9)

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3d

Union in which Labour's involvement is soon expected? (7,7)

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Cryptic

4d

Whose brain is smaller than the name suggests? (7)

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Cryptic

5d

Turnover of business centre failing to complete transaction able to recover quickly (7)

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CIT{y} (business centre) [failing to complete] + SALE (transaction) all reversed [turnover]

7d

Most suitable business agreement supporting auditor's view (5)

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8d

Suspect cheery ratof this? (9)

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9d

Daily Mail's first objectionable attempt to curry favour (5,9)

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CHAR (daily), M{ail’s} [first], OFFENSIVE (objectionable)

14d

Confront dean concealing university's apparent worth (4,5)

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FACE (confront),  VALE (dean)  containing [concealing] U (university). I didn’t know ‘dean’ as an alternative spelling of ‘dene’ meaning ‘valley’.

16d

Somewhat sour attitude initially tainted cult idea (9)

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A{ttitude} [initially], anagram [tainted] of CULT IDEA

18d

Loveless couple become confused and talk nonsense (7)

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19d

Sick patient naive doctor upset to some extent (7)

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22d

Let Liberal and Moderate meet (5)

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24d

Regular temperature, heat may contribute to this (5)

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EVEN (regular), T (temperature). Events often consist of various heats.