Times Cryptic #29161

2025-02-24

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1a

Arrangement of two things in time and space (6)

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T AND EM (think EN and EM in printing)

5a

Cor blimeylarge ducks and birds of prey (8)

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9a

Perfectly suited to pursue love with dream rogue (6-4)

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10a

In the morning, young lady initially radical (4)

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11a

Get hanky out suppressing cheers (5,3)

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12a

Penny most recently mentioned missing first sales talk (6)

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P lATTER

13a

Pass a drink (4)

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15a

Vindication of motoring group checking Volkswagen Golf GTI's rear end (8)

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POLO (Volkswagen) G (golf) ~I (last letter of GTI) in AA (motoring group); my last car was a GTI. Sadly, I never loved it as much as my old Toyota Echo…Or, my appallingly unreliable Mazda 929.

18a

Cheapest accommodation beginning to stoke anger at St Andrews? (8)

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19a

Nose is running for ages (4)

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21a

Not as much need, essentially, to get tenant (6)

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23a

Contemptuous comment about first bits of unwarranted nudity in The Shining? (8)

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U~ N~ in SLIGHT

25a

African country's correspondence with Liberal forwarded (4)

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MAIL (postal correspondence) with the L brought forward

26a

Party central welcoming girls on vacation with Dukeit's a mess (4,6)

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G~S D in DO INNER

27a

Sailor's view more pleasing to the eye according to report (8)

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28a

Really close to horse tails? (4,2)

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~E VERSO (the side of a coin opposite to the obverse; also called the reverse)

Down

2d

America's top bishop remains humble (5)

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3d

Describe in detail European river rising during romantic encounter (9)

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reversal of E (European) NILE in DATE

4d

Torture McFly perhaps with number one from Razorlight (6)

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MARTY (Marty McFly was played by Michael Fox in ‘Back to the Future’, if I remember aright) R~; I would have thought martyring involved a bit more than torturing, but perhaps it’s in a dictionary somewhere

5d

Old woman argues with adult, drunkthat's sweet (10,5)

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6d

Farm worker cultivated posh hedges endlessly (8)

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7d

Separately answer, then catch up (5)

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A TRAP (catch) reversed

8d

Essential article covering north-east is revolutionary regarding economic philosophy (9)

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NE IS reversed in KEY (essential) AN (article)

14d

Corrupt Greek character enthralled by bare ass (2,3,4)

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16d

Former guards live to pass on adherence to rules (9)

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BE DIE in ONCE

17d

Schedule repair of adrenal cortex, to start with (8)

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ADRENAL C~*

20d

Tense as joke degree regularly ignored (2,4)

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22d

Female corresponds about corpse (5)

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reversal of F FITS (corresponds=matches=fits)

24d

Goes round, but not with despicable people (5)

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wHEELS