Times Cryptic #29151

2025-02-12

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1a

Animals no end of a nuisance (4)

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4a

Dropping in Nana, Barrie's first dog, for surgery (10)

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9a

Appears to admit verses' decency (10)

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10a

Border in London Fields? (4)

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

I assume this is &lit, a cockney version of HEDGE.

11a

Beside the water, a second lizard (6)

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12a

Puritan clubs fish (8)

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14a

Ready to tear back from office (4)

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15a

Scullion cleaned out a special potty in slow motion (6,4)

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

S[cullio]N, (A SPECIAL)*.

17a

Struggle to catch film titles, like Miss Saigon? (10)

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

VIE = struggle, insert ET (film) NAMES (titles).

20a

Pot eventually gets everyone high (4)

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

[po]T, ALL = everyone.

21a

About to be affected by a loveless taunt that's unbecoming (5,3)

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

IN FOR A DIG would be about the be affected by a taunt, remove the O = “loveless”. Short for infra dignitatem, Latin for below (one’s) dignity.

23a

One is set on starter of avocado in runny paste (6)

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

A[vocado] inside THIN = runny, add I = one.

24a

Vessel departs, in what manner? (4)

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D[eparts], HOW = in what manner?

25a

Substantial fare from route taken by ocean liner? (4,6)

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26a

Flower in a hole, again at its limits like that (10)

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

A, GAP (hole), A[gai]N, THUS = like that.

27a

Losing head, blowing motor race (4)

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2d

Against, say, pressure connected with job (11)

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

P for pressure, RE (connected with) POSITION = job.

3d

Dropping off three characters in succession in channel (9)

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SOLENT (channel between Southampton area and the Isle of Wight), insert O N M three consecutive letters of the alphabet (in reverse order, but it doesn’t say so!) EDIT I see if you start with the M not the first O they don’t need reversing.

4d

Comes down as dawn breaks (7)

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5d

Anglicans hire me to translate this speech (8,7)

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6d

Strip of French ground around Left Bank in Paris (7)

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DE (of, French) SOIL (ground), insert P (the left “bank” = letter, of Paris).

7d

Somewhat cylindrical little creature (5)

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8d

Diver trapped by icebergs moving northwards (5)

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13d

Part of digestive system is in fact now free of foreign bodies (11)

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COLON IS all inside in DEED = in fact.

16d

Touch a lip to smear oil (9)

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18d

Sailor and cook joining employees in corporation (7)

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19d

Attracts several taking part in apprenticeship (7)

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21d

God bringing rain, and where it may go cyclically (5)

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

Hindu God of the weather. cycle the DRA to the front, rain goes down the drain.

22d

Areas for discussion about large section of Life on Earth (5)

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

FORA (Latin plural of forum) has L inserted.