Times Cryptic #29260

2025-06-19

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1a

Location of cash register, matter for investigation (8)

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5a

Poem I penned in month, as divine (6)

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

IF(Poem by Kipling) and I inside DEC(month)

9a

Fight scene cut (3)

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10a

Solver's beef well done! (5,3,3)

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12a

Establishment opening on concourse to which another is possibly linked? (5,5)

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

first letter of Concourse, then an anagram of ANOTHER,IS. Fantastic clue!

13a

World is hurting (4)

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15a

Bolero's piece for record cover? (6)

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

a bolero is a waistcoat, so a SLEEVE would be a piece of one

16a

Derided and put away rapidly (7)

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18a

Knowledge and gift of flowers entrancing woman (7)

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20a

Friend's struck out at eventually (2,4)

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

INTIMATE(friend) minus AT

23a

Unexceptional rascal, and playing truant (2-2)

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24a

Film maker with great intellect screening coverage of Sartre? (10)

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

EINSTEIN(great intellect) containing the external letters of SartrE

26a

Lo! "Green" rays converted? (5,6)

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27a

Briefly rank equal in competition (3)

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28a

Bird that wouldn't fly? (6)

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29a

Famous solicitor set off (5,3)

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Down

1d

Only virtue it seems for tenderfoot (6)

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2d

One body part, not another according to Spooner (7)

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

Spoonerism of NO TAIL

3d

Chelsea bun cooked for a couple of supporters? (5,5)

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4d

Rul-ing by the majority? (5,8)

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

odd clue – kind of a cryptic definition, but the hyphen coming in the middle of rul-ing makes it more an all-in-one

6d

Love for Grecians, love for no Romans, ultimately (4)

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7d

Crafty beer for player (3,4)

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8d

Wedge, say, taking divot before a possible splash? (4,4)

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11d

Settle resolution that may help Polish (9,4)

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14d

Prophet for instance in dummy (10)

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17d

Cupboard containing empty space with little room in between (5-3)

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19d

Thief who's guilty of disturbing the peace? (7)

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21d

Con essentially cleaned out Rembrandt, stitching up great artist (7)

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

the middle letter of cOn, the outer letters of RembrandT and SEAM(stitching), all reversed

22d

Flip coin finally into fountain, to return (6)

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

the last letter of coiN inside the TREVI fountain, reversed

25d

Bird in garden, redbreast soaring (4)

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