Times Cryptic #28882

2024-04-04

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1a

Note something not intended by a learner (10)

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Well. nobody intends to have an ACCIDENT, even when A L[earner]. Our answer is a musical note “a sharp, flat, or natural not in the key signature”. Possibly a right note, “but not necessarily in the right order”

6a

Promised Land lacking an amazing wedding venue (4)

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For the Hebrews fleeing slavery in Egypt, the Promised Land was CANAAN: deduct AN and you get the town in Galilee where Jesus dramatically accelerated the wine making process despite using water only.

9a

Splitlike some tennis courts (7)

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Split as in informed on. Wimbledon is an example of courts remaining true to the lawn tennis ideal.

10a

Rejected rubbish had to be reduced (7)

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A very ordinary word for rubbish, REFUSE, plus the reduced form of had as in he’D

12a

Rival firm getting more pruned, holding little in France (10)

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Firm is the usual CO[mpany], MORE, when pruned, lops the E off the end, throw in PETIT (does anyone not know that’s French for little?)

13a

Woman making time to fill Christmas stocking? (3)

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In our house, Santa came after midnight mass, so it wasn’t technically Christmas EVE, but you get the idea.

15a

London borough in distress (6)

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Distress as a verb.

16a

Street sellers covering area in vessels (8)

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Street sellers in Petticoat Lane and similar are COSTERS. Insert A[rea]

18a

Register a loan, taking vehicle around (8)

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A plus LEND for loan (verb, not noun) surrounded by CAR, the most likely of vehicles.

20a

It's not right for Parisians to be socially inept (6)

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Left (ie not right) for the French is GAUCHE, here applied in another example of prejudice against left-handedness.

23a

Curate's food, say, good (in parts) (3)

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Reference the famous Punch Cartoon first seen in 1895 and occasionally repeated. How we laughed!

24a

Home with those folk having single yen to be rich? (2,3,5)

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Home is IN, those people THEM, single ONE, Y[en], all respaced.

26a

A number of booksEnglishpenned by a single German (7)

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Books is/are N[ew] T[estament] add E[nglish] and surround with single I and GER[man]. Don’t lose time reminding yourself that single in German is ein. I know I did.

27a

Woman at number 13 taken in by this criminal group (7)

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Fetch down the woman at 13a and surround her with THIS (in plain sight!)

28a

Celt is more than a breath of fresh air, we hear (4)

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29a

Plot uneven with novel's ending held to be ''messy'' (10)

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(Garden) plot is BED, uneven is RAGGED, insert the end of [nove]L

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1d

What may be trapped in coastal garbage? (4)

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2d

Calm disrupted by first person's big noise (7)

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3d

Unworthy daughter is gesturing with finger, holding dad up (13)

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D[aughter] IS POINTING with the inclusion of a reversed (up in down clue) PA for dad.

4d

What could be untidy condition that's exposed (6)

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An anagram (could be) of UNTIDY.

5d

Lawn treatment needing a time to get into ground (8)

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Poking holes in a Wimbledon surface. A plus ERA for time plus an anagram (ground) of INTO

7d

Severe wind coming with energy (7)

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AUSTER is a south wind, to which is added E[nergy]

8d

People given messages, possibly sadder notices (10)

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11d

Heralding what could make air show endfog (13)

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14d

Something in sauce that is ''nautheating''? (10)

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Thuffering Thuccotash! Thylvester contributeth a lithping clue!

17d

Garden feature mostly separatedblunder admitted (8)

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19d

One left things in shelter outside entrance (7)

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21d

Herb is cold when meeting the girl, nasty almost (7)

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C[old] plus HER for the girl, plus most of VIL[e] for nasty

22d

Right or wrong mark? Put off comprehending that (6)

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Wrong mark is X, “comprehended” by DETER, put off. Only in comedy have I seen Roman soldiers marching to the Centurion’s “sinister dexter horribiles homunculos” but it might have happened.

25d

Guided? Not her, being well-worn, maybe (4)

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Guided is USHERED, take out HER (in plain sight)