Times Cryptic #28945

2024-06-17

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1a

Different prayer endings beginning to anger God? (4-2)

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5a

Like an exciting football match that's lined up? (3-2-3)

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9a

Warm shoe currently black, covered in black powder (4-4)

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10a

Disorderly group in storm carrying goods (6)

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G G (two ‘goods’) in GALE

11a

Criminal collared by big match (5,5)

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13a

Recall working twice? An impossibility (2-2)

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14a

Father, as I recall, downsizes (4)

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15a

Pop music routine? (3,7)

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I didn’t know this was an expression, but I knew first-hand that fathers dancing was a source of great hilarity and/or embarrassment to children; Collins describes it thus: ‘enthusiastic but inelegant dancing to pop music, regarded as typical of middel-aged men’

18a

Made laws with member I criticised (10)

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20a

Lies flat in blind spot at first (4)

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21a

Cold beer to start? Smart man! (4)

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ALE (beer) C (cold)

23a

Cry as cadet cooked chicken (7-3)

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25a

Conclusion of scandal associated with gold sweet (6)

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26a

90s dance craze in stadium seen on computer (8)

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28a

Stop walking briefly to collect gear (4,2,2)

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29a

Describe right expression the wrong way (6)

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R (right) TROPE reversed

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2d

Staff study family's kitchen implement (9)

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3d

On radio, experienced swell style of music (3,4)

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4d

Fuss when commercial is on loop (3)

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5d

Tenant, heading off to get key (5)

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rENTER

6d

Stroke petracket follows (5-6)

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7d

In cargo pants? That's only natural (7)

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8d

Only flogged new stockings (5)

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12d

Two bad marks left in homework exercise? That's nothing! (6,5)

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16d

Spot E. Morse (in first of detective books) (3)

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17d

Easy decisionban Renoir works (2-7)

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19d

At home, European language broadcast is controlled (2,5)

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20d

With leaders of factory leaving, do up plant (7)

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Factory Leaving PARTY reversed

22d

Everyone heading north on old lady's animal (5)

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24d

Bond finally infiltrating dictator's organisation (5)

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27d

Smoke, say, ignoring English scoundrel (3)

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CURe (think bacon)