Times Cryptic #28954

2024-06-27

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1a

Suffer, with quite pained expression (5)

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4a

Briefly had successthey are about to retire (3,3,3)

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The syntax is tricky. Briefly HA[D], with success: HIT and THEY both (hence are) about (it).

9a

End of camping? Love to stop at home! (9)

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Camping is IN TENT (tee hee) and O for love stops, is stuffed into IN for home.

10a

Tend to back employees running shows (5)

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11a

Taking off: one's mass movement in art (13)

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Taking off gives IMPRESSION plus I’S M[ass]

14a

Monarch no longer to block vote against old tyrant (4)

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15a

Make early sporting exit, but not be "distressed" (4,3,3)

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From golf, I think, where after a couple of rounds only the lowest scores go on the further rounds. Hilariously, you don’t get your hair/tress cut.

18a

"Ta God" is, er a translation? (3,7)

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19a

Book with education essentials? It's fresh! (4)

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B[ook] with the three Rs of basic education, Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic. Don’t blame me.

21a

One refusing to change out of uniform into elaborate stitched mink (5-2-3-3)

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Formed  out of U[niform] in an anagram (elaborate) of STITCHED MINK.

24a

Are Wanderers after quiet sort of tournament? (3-2)

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More golf, usually, where professionals and amateurs (usually famous for other reasons) are paired. (They) are wanderers – (they) ROAM after P for quiet.

25a

Female porter maybe cross with artist (9)

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Porter is a kind of ALE, add X for cross and R[oyal] A[cademician] for artist.

27a

Is earlier pressure one exerts moving Society? (3-6)

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P[ressure] plus anagram of I (one) EXERTS plus S[ociety]

28a

Lack, for the most part, somewhere peaceful (5)

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Most of HAVEN'[T], (you) lack.

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1d

Fan of a fine old company performing song and dance (10)

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Tried to make it some sort of air conditioning, but its A F[ine] old company: ICI, performing: ON (stage, etc) song and dance ADO.

2d

Many failing to finish: a policeman's not happy? (3)

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3d

Jan's in this women's team in Italy (6)

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The abbreviated month. W[omen’s] team in Italy, that’ll be INTER Milan. Legend has it my excellent Mother in Law danced with every team member thereof when on holiday in Italy.

4d

Rough for one to wear one? Right (4,5)

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Okay, so HARSH for rough plus I (one) wears another I, in this case rather as a medallion in the middle  plus R[igh]T. &lit

5d

After function, leave for dance (5)

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6d

Unusual thing to have bloke close to union at? (3,5)

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A third &lit, if you will. An anagram (unusual) of THING, with HE for bloke and the end/close of [unio]N. Obviously, a bloke coming up to marriage/union would more likely be at the stag do getting tied to a lamppost on Bodmin Moor.

7d

Rashwith smellconcealing a strange mark (5-6)

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Smell gives you the colloquial HUM, and A strange: RUM, and mark: SCAR are interposed.

8d

He's French, or would be indeed, if not very (4)

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A common enough French male. If V[ery] were not included, he would be YES, or indeed.

12d

The end perhaps of Turkey's objections recounted by ministers (7,4)

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13d

Men raised Deutschmarks in tax: something for a rainy day? (5,5)

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Men gives O[ther] R[anks]’, add the reverse (raised) of D[eutsch]M[arks], place both in STRAIN for tax.

16d

Go out more? Missing Yankee's not spotted (9)

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Go out more and you STAY IN LESS. Remove the Y[ankee]

17d

One's not sincere, on reflection, in thanks for snack (5,3)

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A confection of coconut and dried fruit. One’s not sincere gives I’M LIAR, which is reversed (on reflection) withing TX for thanks – perhaps the thin end of the wedge of the Sign of the Times setting up camp in our hallowed fogeydom.

20d

Area quiet after 5-hour party (6)

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The wedge thickens? If you refer back to 5d, you’ll see it’s TANGO, NATO for T. Add H[ou]R, A[rea] and SH for quiet.

22d

One addressing autumn ending of off-peak fare (5)

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And now the thin end of the TLS wedge: To Autumn (you probably know the opening line, “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”) is by this chap, made up of the end of [off-pea]K and EATS for fare.

23d

Each smartphone download potentially interrupted by ring (1,3)

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Another fairly recent synonym. APP is a download, stick in a ring, which looks like O.

26d

For silly short film turned to Sky (3)

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And another. A short film, or VID[eo} is turned skywards.