Times Cryptic #28900

2024-04-25

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1a

Creative force, Doctor King pens article with class (6,6)

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MO(doctor), and R(king) containing THE(article) and NATURE(class)

8a

Dish right with garlic sauce, very filling (7)

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R(right) and AIOLI(garlic sauce) containing V(very)

9a

Lock enclosed by covering letter (7)

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11a

Steal from Savoy? (7)

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12a

Letter from religious figure entering English mansion (7)

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13a

Initiates in love attracting writers (5)

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14a

Shortened cryptic lamentations for the dead (9)

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16a

Cuddly companion engineered dry debate (5,4)

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19a

One on the pullattraction in London? (5)

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21a

Noble European round house sees canal entrance (7)

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EARL(noble), E(European) surrounding HO(house)

23a

Sikh distressed on tiresome course, back from Izmir? (7)

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24a

Property right in heart of Grateley taken by girl (7)

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25a

Grandmother piercing strong fabric (7)

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26a

Cardinal pursuing witches, eating fish, died somewhere in WC2 (6,6)

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TEN(cardinal number) after COVEN(witches) containing GAR(fish) and D(died)

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1d

See a book spy's concealednot secure? (7)

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V(see), A, B(book) inside MOLE(spy)

2d

Warriors close to Ugritjudge hiding among horses (7)

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last letter of ugriT, then J(judge) inside ROANS(horses)

3d

The Iliad complete? One's taken out most intense part! (9)

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The Iliad is an EPIC, then ENTIRE(complete) minus I(one)

4d

Minister to fly over Svatove after evacuation (5)

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RUN(fly) reversed over the external letters in SvatovE. Timely surface, as Svatove is in the Ukraine

5d

Row about new tempo initially elevated stress (7)

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NOISE(row) surrounding N(new), then the first letter of Tempo, all reversed

6d

Covered by socialist, revolutionary story told (7)

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RED(socialist) containing a reversal of TALE(story)

7d

Moving critter to Arkan American custom (5,2,5)

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10d

Delight consumes confident Barbarian in game (8,4)

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TREAT(delight) containing SURE(confident), HUN(barbarian)

15d

Fairy seen with Capek's play for first time imagined kingdom (9)

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TITANIA(fairy) with RUR(Capek’s play, notable for introducing the term robot) replacing the first T(time)

17d

Phoned to stop musical pair finding Mexican city (7)

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18d

About to eliminate resistance in the old capital (7)

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AROUND(about) minus R(resistance) inside YE(the, old). Capital of Cameroon

19d

Firm keeping personnel team majestically seated? (7)

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20d

Submit communication with success about liturgy (5,2)

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22d

Country poem without the Spanish part (5)

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