Times Cryptic #28907

2024-05-03

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Across

1a

Warm tribute, last of many (6)

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4a

Learned of English square housing University College (8)

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E (English), then DATED (square) containing UC (University College).

10a

Change regular journey (7)

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11a

Outline all but first of paradigm shifts (7)

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remove the first letter from pARADIGM and anagram.

12a

Hard drinker knocked back moonshine (4)

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13a

Composer and friend sit near Brahms and Liszt (10)

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15a

Smart visionary welcoming new tricks (9)

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16a

Goddess regularly suppressing her reaction (5)

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regular letters from hEr ReAcTiOn.

18a

Revise fourth letter following word of agreement (5)

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19a

Female experts declare it spares one's blushes (4-5)

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21a

Reverse engineering of terminus (10)

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23a

Mark's shock when failing to finish (4)

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SCARe (shock) without its last.

26a

Heroic Leander oddly dismissed as unmanly (7)

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EPIC (heroic) + even letters from lEaNdEr.

27a

My darling returned for a dance (3-4)

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28a

Loneliness and anxiety after loss of heart (8)

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29a

Commotion as hairy hosts left (6)

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FURRY (hairy) containing L (left).

Down

1d

Silent guy climbing with relations (5)

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2d

It's a crime to break a truce (9)

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3d

Tough time with press (4)

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5d

Frail stranger in empty doorway (7)

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6d

Green plan, green practice (10)

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7d

Bones of sailor shortened by injury at work? (5)

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8d

Humble setters' carriage (9)

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9d

Ply Rex, say, with beer (6)

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14d

An impressive way to hold up present that's most generous (10)

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15d

Unattractive male lacking cleaner clothes (9)

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17d

Supporter abbreviated part of speech by old Roman Republican (9)

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19d

Dad finally scrubbed and emptied mug (7)

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FATHEr (dad) without the last (finally scrubbed) + AnD without the central (emptied).

20d

Hypocrisy about division of territory (6)

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22d

Where spirit is made calm, as before (5)

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triple definition!

24d

Fabric-covered walls of library echo (5)

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REP (fabric) on top of the first and last (walls) of LibrarY .

25d

Reportedly flog prisoner here (4)

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