Times Cryptic #29036

2024-10-01

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1a

Mine with uranium left outside even though deplorable (7)

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5a

What could be pints of tonic (7)

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

A ‘pint of bitter’ is a standard order for beer in much of the UK. Collins: bitters – a liquor containing bitter herbs, roots, etc. and usually alcohol, used as a medicine or tonic and as an ingredient in some cocktails. I’ve never knowingly had it.

9a

Traveller departed without one carbon copy (9)

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REP (traveller), LATE (departed) containing [without] I (one) + C (carbon)

10a

Adaptable furniture fun to convert (5)

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11a

A talent king is able to knight at first in retirement (5)

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K (king) + CAN (is able to) K{night} [at first], reversed [in retirement]

12a

Office worker English consider mild in character (9)

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13a

Put back concerning chapter in correction for legally true statement (13)

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RE (concerning) + C (chapter) reversed [put back] at the start of  RECTIFICATION (correction) gives us CERTIFICATION. I have taken the legal definition on trust.

17a

Burns topsides cooking in dish (5-4,4)

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21a

Mostly put off about time in situ once abandoned (9)

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DETE{r} (put off) [mostly] containing [about] T (time} contained by [in] SITU. I’m not sure about the purpose of ‘once’ here but I think it has to be part of the definition. [Edit: KensoGhost confirms this below].

24a

Body temperature approximately (5)

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25a

First two characters to leave Belgian town (5)

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{b}ELGI{a}N [first two characters – A and B – to leave]. The Scottish town is associated with Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, of Elgin Marbles fame or infamy.

26a

Top managers on strike in computer facility (9)

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27a

Device that rocks cradle, with short wooden bar, not chromium (7)

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28a

Right intake needs to be fixed for fibrous protein (7)

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1d

Small dog eating top of royal uniform's wig (6)

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PEKE (small dog) containing [eating] R{oyal} [top of…] + U (uniform – NATO alphabet)

2d

A person with hard shoes and carpet's ruined (3,6)

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3d

Come and go as bird around empty chick (7)

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FLIER (bird) containing [around] C{hic}K [empty]

4d

Superlatively stupid, however for Texan (9)

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5d

Smile having caught river fish (5)

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BEAM (smile) containing [having caught] R (river)

6d

Fine fabric put over butter, say, and cheese (7)

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7d

A spot of index-tracking makes more (5)

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8d

Burning last of methane in piping (8)

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{methan}E [last of] contained by [in] SINGING (piping). SOED: pipe – talk or sing weakly and shrilly.

14d

Riding to hounds is flourishing (2,3,4)

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Fox-hunters ride to hounds. ‘Hunting pink’ refers to the red tunics they wear.

15d

Bring in insect in material (9)

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16d

Well-trained, I'd been to swimming (8)

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18d

Uncovered studies set up involving family relations (7)

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DENS (studies) reversed [set up] containing [involving] KIN (family relations)

19d

Future commanding officer and king for thirty-one days (7)

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OC TO-BE (future commanding officer), R (king)

20d

Impassive god holding summit of Olympus (6)

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WODEN (god) containing [holding] O{lympus} [summit of…]

22d

Follow on with witness covering sawn-off gun (5)

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23d

Relative swelling on giving up carbohydrate (5)

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{carb}UNCLE (swelling) [on giving up carbohydrate]