Times Cryptic #29173

2025-03-10

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Across

1a

Dog chasing black bird (6)

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4a

Most amusing peer recalled in case (8)

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10a

High season issue (9)

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11a

Reptile beginning to generate reverberation, from the sound of it (5)

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12a

He campaigns against nonsense and expects to make a killing (11)

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a sort of extended cryptic definition, with a whimsical reference to those who take on BS

14a

Broadcast outstanding work of poetry (3)

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15a

Some royal PR I agree brought about radio exposure (7)

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17a

Trees usually shade this ace location (6)

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19a

Femme fatale forgetting ultimate sacred word (6)

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MANTRAp; Collins has this as American English, usually hyphenated. Interestingly, the book Mantrap, by Sinclair Lewis, and the silent film based on it, directed by Victor Fleming, who later co-helmed Gone with the Wind, are both styled as a single word.

21a

Lay rug in a street in Paris to the west (7)

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MAT in A RUE reversed

23a

Nick has suspension reversed (3)

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24a

Repel big man, somehow withstanding all attacks (11)

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26a

Hint of exasperation adult expressed (5)

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27a

After work, I phone Leohe loves a good whine on the blower (9)

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29a

State vessel evacuated American elite troops (8)

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ARK A~N SAS

30a

Copenhagen cybersex hosting business (6)

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Down

1d

Cow's lick below forehead (8)

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2d

Terrible entertainment briefly interrupts boring item (5)

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3d

Have friend over for drink (3)

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5d

Event where competitors use craft? (7)

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6d

Tricky deception shocked Nigel? Dear me (11)

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7d

Pen accompaniment to letter (9)

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8d

Tense argument leads to engineer lobbing tool (6)

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9d

Shabby-looking husband boards small boat (6)

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H in DINGY

13d

Tender cut of ling I'm often cooking (5,6)

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16d

Bardot endlessly tossed hair; that'll stop the traffic! (9)

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18d

Place for putting every other sample of early plants? (8)

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GREEN (nod to golf) EaRlY (every other letter in the word early)

20d

Jar American artist filled with noodle soup (7)

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21d

Getting older, each caged dingo freed from captivity (6)

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22d

Ecstasy and booze upset motherit's a complex problem (6)

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E GIN reversed MA

25d

Northern child I must shelter in farm building (5)

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I in BARN

28d

Boxer dog with a flat, wrinkled face (3)

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