Times Cryptic #29277

2025-07-09

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Across

1a

Kind of pie mainly containing sheep's smoked meat (8)

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5a

Heading for Italy, opera-singer stopping short, victim of flight problems (6)

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10a

Where you might be expected to keep still? (10,5)

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11a

Dispassionate cricketing body in the past welcomes conclusion of game (3-4)

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12a

Bloaters at sea giving up a seafood (7)

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13a

Faithless lover is scared to move (8)

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15a

Unreliable and profligate about spending, ultimately (5)

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

ROUE with the G of spending inserted.

18a

Greatly enjoy being ahead after part of race? (3,2)

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20a

Shakespeare on demand, as it were: a lot of choice? (4,4)

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light hearted second definition.

23a

Cracked beam twisting round back of another part of mast (7)

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MAD (cracked) RAY (beam) all reversed with [anothe]R inserted.

25a

After distribution of fuel, account backed Nile vessel (7)

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26a

Novel form of uranium fluoride to expel iodine? About time (3,6,6)

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(URAN UM FLUORIDE)* with T inserted.

27a

Inclination to follow English North? Sign up (6)

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E, N, LIST = inclination.

28a

Superficial company things backed by company's leader (8)

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CO[mpany], ITEMS reversed, C[ompany].

Down

1d

Father with length in fabric (6)

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2d

Succulent seed produce (9)

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3d

Wild Brazilian city according to the Times? (7)

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

RIO to us where us = The Times.

4d

Anger suppressed by doctor unable to move easily (5)

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6d

Opening of cut on shepherd's shin? (7)

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C[ut], LAMBER. A ‘lamber’ could be a shepherd, and you can SHIN up or clamber up a steep slope.

7d

Regular character in SF book entering base (5)

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8d

No specific group to bridge river in county (8)

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

SOME, SET, with R inserted.

9d

Wise to limit medicine waste (8)

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14d

One with sense to restrict family of ill repute (8)

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I, NOUS = sense, insert FAM[ily].

16d

Bird's prize for being first to reach summit (9)

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17d

Blade increasingly under soil (8)

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19d

Cartoon strip generating little money (7)

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21d

Heavy metal to damage stream after tipping (7)

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22d

Detectives turned up following obstruction of poet (6)

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24d

You are upset over protest excluding one from the country (5)

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

UR (you are) upset = RU, RA[i]L = protest excluding one.

25d

Mount painting from book (5)

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mount (reverse) OIL (painting) OF (from).