Times Cryptic #29147

2025-02-07

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1a

When acting clumsily journalist is overcome by remorse (7)

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5a

What's left after touching electricity supply? (7)

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9a

What bacilli regularly can make you (3)

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

every other letter from (regularly) bAcIlLi. I scanned this one quickly looking for somewhere to get a start, and bunged in ‘ill’. 1dn showed me the error, eventually.

10a

Frank has cut short walk clutching right shoe (5,3,3)

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

all but the last of (cut short) WALk, containing all of RT (right) + SANDAL (shoe).

11a

Britain for one day leading way, finally (8)

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MON (day) + ARCH (leading) + last of (finally) waY.

12a

Pretended to beg money from speaker (6)

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15a

Very loud goodbye from texter leads to slap! (4)

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16a

Mother keeping small object in hatch (10)

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MATER (mother) containing (keeping) S (small), then MIND (object). I spend a while trying to justify term=object (from maths/computing or the like), then wondering where the D came from / why DAM was reversed.

18a

Outside help needed with repair, surprisingly (10)

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19a

Uncertain period after expulsion of old member (4)

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LIMBo (uncertain period), minus (after the expulsion of) O (old).

22a

Modest earnings for salesperson, potentially a predator (6)

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23a

Delegating eg pundit for broadcast (8)

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25a

Making disclosure about an old soldier's farewell (5-6)

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27a

Husband turning to one during the match (3)

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‘h’ replaced by (turning to) I (one) in ThE.

28a

Get down tips on symphony for composer (7)

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29a

Left winger beginning to backtrack, as requested (2,5)

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RED (left winger) + ROOT (beginning), all reversed (to backtrack).

Down

1d

Bloodless revolution for agents capturing base (7)

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reversal of (revolution for) CIA (agents) containing MEAN (base).

2d

Classic beauty peculiar to English femaleonly her (5,2,4)

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3d

Gracious thing that I should keep! (2,4)

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4d

Villain in film shoot, female, interrupted by very short commercial (5,5)

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DART (shoot), then HER (female) containing (interrupted by) V (very) with AD (short commercial).

5d

Grew flower: one used for spray? (4)

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triple definition, the last pertaining to the device attached to the end of a watering can.

6d

Government department tax giving certain cars priority (8)

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7d

Great part of Crete seen during holidays (3)

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8d

In depression collecting pounds in aid of English city (7)

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

SAD (in depression) containing (collecting) all of L (pounds) + FOR (in aid of).

13d

Lay egg, fine on reflection, as one must eat (11)

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

UNITED (as one) contains (must eat) NIT (egg) with AI (A1, fine) reversed. UNI(NIT)(AI<)TED.

14d

General way to assess meaning (10)

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17d

Place not so clean (8)

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18d

Cream light source is preserved (7)

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20d

Stomach infection introduces source of irritation (7)

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21d

Extremely enthusiastic piece first to highlight boring essay (4,2)

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

GUN (piece), then first of Highlight contained by (boring) GO (try, essay).

24d

Unknown quantity, some clown (4)

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26d

White garment turning up in shrubland (3)

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