Times Cryptic #29150

2025-02-11

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1a

Didn't drink six-pack and exercised, right away (9)

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ABS (six-pack), T{r}RAINED (exercised) [right away]. Collins: six-pack – a set of highly developed abdominal muscles.

6a

Plant tax collecting rupees (5)

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9a

Moor Hospital hosts event (7)

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10a

Dire ego failed NE resident (7)

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11a

Fancy ignoring the French forecast (10)

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12a

Poke with tip of pointed stick (4)

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14a

Ignited high explosive fluid (5)

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15a

Receive verbal lashing after going round pinching guidance for players (4,5)

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16a

Batter tailless fish where cooks train? (6,3)

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18a

Dyke-builder left rubbish (5)

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OFFA (dyke-builder), L (left)

20a

Offensive practical joke deposes leader (4)

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{p}RANK (practical joke) [deposes leader]

21a

Patty sent back food following complaint, beginning to experience runs (10)

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BEEF (complaint), then GRUB (food) reversed [sent back], E{xperience} [beginning to…],  R (runs). No pastry is involved in this definition from SOED: patty – a small flattened cake of chopped or minced food, esp. meat.

25a

Capital city's new appearance and charm (7)

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26a

Pointlessness when cancelling key public service (7)

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{f}UTILITY (pointlessness) [when cancelling key – F]

27a

Hard currency area? One has to laugh (5)

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28a

Poor Pandit Nehru, eh, missing a game of cricket (3-3-3)

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1d

Fabulous writer regularly sampling mater's soup (5)

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{m}A{t}E{r}S {s}O{u}P [regularly sampling…]

2d

Snake exhausted after eating wings of eider (7)

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SPENT (exhausted) containing [eating] E{ide}R [wings of…]

3d

Famous Greek agreed to stop god of war (10)

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4d

What suggests self-confidence of acrobat group? (5)

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5d

Follow mountain pass, initially left and right, in special clothing (3,6)

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DOG (follow), COL (mountain pass), L (left), A{nd} [initially], R (right). Special clothing for some priests.

6d

Dog food (4)

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7d

Back the last nag leaving the start (7)

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8d

Veronica went very fast, stuck with ultimately large fine (9)

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SPED (went very fast) containing [stuck with] {larg}E [ultimately], WELL (fine)

13d

Tormented soul; obtain forgiveness! (10)

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14d

Part of Listener puzzle? (9)

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15d

Pseudoscientist saving wife from crazed Salem witch (9)

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17d

Article on Pacific island country featured in excellent publication (7)

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A (article) + NZ (Pacific island country) contained by [featured in] FINE (excellent)

19d

More hazy character of Verne's work? That's right (7)

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FOGG (character of Verne’s work), IE (that’s – that is – id est), R (right). Phileas Fogg is the main character in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days.

22d

French ref's unfair person (5)

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23d

Material artist over there (5)

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24d

Indian state home to unknown artist (4)

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GOA (Indian state) containing [home to] Y (unknown)