Times Cryptic #29204

2025-04-15

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1a

Old man going round front of African deity's temple (6)

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PA (old man) containing [going round] A{frican} [front of…] + GOD (deity)

5a

Erudite academic with Afghan possibly in Bow (8)

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9a

Share regularly billed and apt for citation (8)

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10a

Declare supporter to be overcome by drink (6)

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11a

Worst Irish cause to get moving (6)

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12a

Amateurish agent brought back in one immediately following (8)

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REP (agent) reversed [brought back] contained by [in] I (one) + NEXT (immediately following)

14a

English dialect confusing manBrit or Hun (12)

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17a

Anorak Del Boy possibly carries travelling in spa? (12)

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20a

Monkey in scruffy state seen around Lincoln? (8)

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22a

Certain stars will accept conclusion of this prayer (6)

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ORION (certain stars) containing [will accept] {thi}S [conclusion of…]. Archaic or literary.

23a

Marksman's son backtracking about method of authentication (6)

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S (son), RE (about) + PIN (method of authentication) reversed [backtracking]

25a

Evidence of injury restricting first person with German sword (8)

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SCAR (evidence of injury) containing [restricting] I (first person) + MIT (with, in German)

26a

A sidekick bored by this writer's bitterness (8)

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A, CRONY (sidekick) containing [bored by] I’M (this writer’s)

27a

Course in French given by elder? (6)

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2d

Charm of talisman originally supporting a cross (6)

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A, MULE (cross), T{alisman} [originally]

3d

Superior? Not in status (11)

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4d

Warning over fat, some say, a waxy substance (9)

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5d

Tetchy expression of contempt involving old magistrate endlessly (7)

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6d

Old man of wisdom, a Native American of the past (5)

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7d

Creature found in oxbow lakes (3)

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8d

African abandoned reign after initially breaking hip? (8)

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Anagram [abandoned] of REIGN, then A{fter} [initially] contained by [breaking] IN (hip)

13d

Eg Raeburn's characteristic is encapsulated by wine (11)

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TRAIT (characteristic) + IS contained [encapsulated] by PORT. Did not solve. Simple enough wordplay but since I hadn’t the remotest idea who or what Raeburn might be I had no clue as to the  meaning of the word I was looking for. Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 – 1823). The only one I knew of was an agony aunt on Capital Radio in the 1970s.

15d

Rocky object encountered mounting old English ceremony (9)

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MET (encountered), then O (old) + E (English) rversed [mounting], RITE (ceremony)

16d

American Republican publication is able to set up drink (8)

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A (American), R (Republican), MAG (publication) then CAN (is able to) reversed [set up]

18d

Poem about unknown ship on unknown travels (7)

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ODE (poem) containing [about] Y (unknown) + SS (ship), then Y (unknown)

19d

Journey's over in five year period (6)

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21d

Limited accommodation for rabbit or donkey (5)

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BURRO{w} (accommodation for rabbit) [limited]

24d

Greek character's afterthought on India (3)

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PS (afterthought), I (India)