Times Cryptic #28976

2024-07-23

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1a

Glaring malevolently, putting support round farm animal (8)

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5a

Initially some plays only occasionally featured such burlesques (6)

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8a

Worry principally about endless evil (3)

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A{bout} [principally], IL{l} (evil) [endless]. What ails thee?

9a

Repulsive new audience accommodation a university installed (10)

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N (new) + SEATING (audience accommodation) with A + U (university) contained [installed]

10a

Hang about, initially investigating expensive underwear (8)

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11a

Crazy, sacrificing last of rhubarb for pineapple! (6)

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{b}ANANAS (crazy) [sacrificing last of {rhubar}b]

12a

One of two giants crushing head of reckless spirit? (4)

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GOG (one of two giants) containing [crushing] R{eckless} [head of…]. I associate this with sea-farin’ folk. SOED advises it’s an abbreviation of ‘grogram’, originally a nickname of Admiral Vernon (1684–1757), who wore a grogram cloak, but afterwards applied to the mixture he ordered to be served out to sailors instead of neat rum.  Gog and Magog are two giants named in The Bible.

14a

Revolutionary directions: encrust rich tart (10)

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CHE (revolutionary), E S E (directions), CAKE (encrust)

17a

Swindle at seat of Irish kings? A harmless lie (10)

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20a

Means to reverse large sailing vessel (4)

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23a

Tension revealed by female teacher avoiding motorway (6)

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{M1}STRESS (female teacher) [avoiding motorway]

24a

Insufficiently cook goulash at first, being of little influence (8)

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25a

Talk with woman, the mistress of the house (10)

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26a

Bishop attending cricket club (3)

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27a

Required to be worked like dough, we're told (6)

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Aural wordplay [we’re told]: NEEDED / “kneaded” (worked like dough)

28a

Find out about article made of tanned hide once (8)

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1d

Nameless bird, ultimately with scant illumination (9)

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STARLI{n}G (bird) [naeless], then {wit}H + {scan}T [ultimately]

2d

Marmalade cat in Florida city? (7)

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3d

Singer allowed to entertain pub (6)

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4d

Sustained robin finally, one trapped in your and my outhouse (9)

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{robi}N [finally], then I (one) contained by [trapped in] OUR (your and my) + SHED (outhouse)

5d

Extremely sensitive singer consuming a fish (3,4)

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S{ensitiv}E [extremely] + BASS (singer) containing [consuming] A

6d

A coy girl unhappily accepting Heath's first minority government (9)

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Anagram [unhappily] of A COY GIRL containing [accepting] H{eath’s} [first]

7d

Obscure king crossing bar, a hazard at sea (3,4)

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13d

Gloomy detectives in burial ground (9)

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15d

Eurasian rose, say, worker planted in row (9)

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16d

Fill in rowing crew about northern lake in French (9)

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EIGHT (rowing crew) containing [about] N (northern) + L (lake), then EN (in, French)

18d

Object in lorry leaving Edinburgh for starters (7)

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19d

Trendy regular sweetheart, not unknown as an alternative (7)

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21d

Car British Leyland originally made, ultimately capable of being caught (7)

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AUDI (car), B{ritish} + L{eyland} [originally], then {mad}E [ultimately]. A sad name from the history of the British car industry; the brand became defunct in 1986.

22d

Change sides? That's a fault (6)

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