Times Cryptic #28996

2024-08-15

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1a

Plant fake diamond (8)

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9a

Diverse city, large, frenzied according to an Eastender (8)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

EC(city), L(large), then ‘ECTIC(frenzied, HECTIC, dropping the aspirant)

10a

Spot Greek character nursing temperature (6)

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11a

Mesh bag carrying flask right at the bottom (10)

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12a

Rubbish pud (4)

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13a

Agent with alias deployed somewhere in England (4,6)

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16a

US city railway dispensing with silver leaf (7)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

CHICAGO(US city) and RY(railway) minus AG(silver)

17a

Bachelor appeared, having acquired some flowers (7)

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20a

Chart-topping production of Paperback Writer? (4,6)

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22a

Fish or beef? (4)

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23a

Ban 19 pitching tent (10)

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25a

Reordered school uniform rather vulgar (6)

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26a

The old King, after eating odd pastry dish, is in a worse mood (8)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

GR(the old King), containing RUM(odd), PIE(pastry dish)

27a

Wandering, initially rambling content of Lincoln bombast (8)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

the first letter of Rambling inside ABE Lincoln, RANT(bombast)

Down

2d

Feeling of warmth from renovated loft bathed in quiet (3,5)

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3d

I'm facing a tricky introduction to traditional canticle (10)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

anagram of I’M,FACING,A, then the first letter of Traditional

4d

Crop producer phoned in "O to be in France, free at last" (6,4)

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RANG(phoned) inside O, ETRE(“to be” in French), and the last letter of freE

5d

Resembling Clark of Sevenoaks? (7)

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6d

Fruit regularly featuring in Psalm One (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

alternating letters in pSaLm OnE

7d

Every type of person, each topless, turned up for a walk in the park (6)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

every type of person is ALL SORTS. Remove the first letters of each and reverse

8d

Nation applying old tax to estate (8)

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14d

City that is supportive of new UK leader (4,6)

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15d

Royal Duke losing double topping of cheese (10)

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the cheese is DOUBLE GLOUCESTER, remove DOUBLE

16d

Coastal shipping navigation has explorer arriving on time (8)

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18d

Old Italian embraced by Petrus Canisius (8)

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19d

Vote in Republican leader from Alabama who had family issues (7)

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21d

Quiet coach from the south expected (6)

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24d

Leading motorsport article upset Green (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

F1(leading motorsport) and AN(article) all reversed