Times Cryptic #29114

2024-12-31

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1a

Outline of potential reason one's on a trip still (6)

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P{otentia}L [outline of …], ACID (reason one’s on a trip)

5a

Name that is ushering in artistic work? (8)

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CALL (name), IE (that is) containing [ushering in] OP (artistic work). Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry. Somehow in America her name has also come to mean a set of steam whistles producing musical notes, played by a keyboard like that of an organ.

9a

Literary tale-teller working through holiday period (8)

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10a

Relatives loading recoiling weapon for zapping (6)

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KIN (relatives), contained by [loading] GUN (weapon) reversed [recoiling). I’ve heard both definition and answer used with reference to heating up food in a microwave oven.

11a

Flounder to shrivel up, moving tail forwards (6)

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WITHER (shrivel up) becomes WRITHE when its tail letter – R – moves forwards

12a

Pitiful expression in ad removed from pine frontage (4,4)

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LONG (pine), FAC{ad}E (frontage) [‘ad’ removed]

14a

He, when cold, is quite ill, wanting temperature humid, possibly (6,6)

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Anagram [possibly] of QUI{t}E ILL HUMID [wanting – lacking – temperature]. A nice variation on the standard ‘He’ = helium device.

17a

Trim new garment dresses individual raising issue (6,6)

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SINGLET (garment) contains [dresses] PARE (trim) + N (new)

20a

Players worthy of the A team visit our ground (8)

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22a

Joke the wrong way about trouble or fix (4,2)

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PUN (joke) reversed [the wrong way] containing [about] AIL (trouble)

23a

Korean side's novel shot has no power (6)

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25a

One may hold wine container, put off consuming it (8)

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26a

Tolstoy heroine, with energy, squeezing figure's sensitive appendages (8)

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ANNA (Tolstoy heroine – Karenina) + E (energy) containing [squeezing] TEN (figure)

27a

Option for better tablets following wrench (6)

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YANK (wrench), E E (tablets). SOED: Yankee – a composite bet on four or more horses to win or be placed in different races.

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2d

Where to see art primarily like work snubbed by European (6)

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L{ike} [primarily] O{e}UVRE (work) [snubbed by European]

3d

Appeared woke and frivolous (4,2,5)

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4d

Like a poet's Hamlet, say, carrying quest off (9)

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5d

Expert on the fiddle in business, one banking on a couple of pounds (7)

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6d

Left leader number 50 to get overthrown (5)

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NINE (number) + L (50) reversed [overthrown]

7d

Son not showing up in brief class (3)

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{s}ILK (brief – barrister) [son not showing up]

8d

Computer stores in area to the north reportedly near shop with alarm (5-3)

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13d

Choice cut of movie limited by filming on set differently (5,6)

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15d

Protest from delinquent caned in haste heartlessly (3,3,3)

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16d

Like the original Mafia's crime, receiving lashes (8)

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18d

Princess's part in opera with revolutionary finale (7)

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19d

Dope visiting Brussels and eastern US city (6)

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21d

Men amid boxing ring belted figure seen in the dark (5)

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OR (men) + IN (amid) containing [boxing] O (ring). Orion’s Belt is a prominent feature of the constellation Orion (The Hunter). It consists of three bright stars that form a straight line.

24d

Indication, forgetting line, one may need this? (3)

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I originally had this as a double definition but I think it works better as an all-in-one with wordplay C{l}UE (indication) [forgetting line]