Times Cryptic #29282

2025-07-15

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Across

1a

Furniture component well attached to lower surface (9)

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6a

Revolutionary way figure presents (5)

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ST (way – street) + FIG (figure  – abbreviation) reversed [revolutionary]

9a

Call telephone number about lock (7)

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10a

Amateur mural ultimately delineated with felt-tip pen (7)

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{mura}L [ultimately] contained by [delineated with] DABBER (felt-tip pen). I didn’t know this, but Collins has: dabber – a felt-tip pen with a very broad writing point, used esp by bingo players to cancel numbers on their cards. ‘Delineate’ can mean to set boundaries, so I guess that justifies ‘delineated’  as a containment indicator.

11a

Discussed current plan (5)

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12a

Scientist's novel shocked nation (9)

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13a

Scraps publicity charges for boring items (8)

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14a

Asian city a German visited regularly (4)

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A, G{e}R{m}A{n} [visited regularly]

17a

Shy to caress, releasing anxiety (4)

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18a

Live in backward sleepy area somewhere in Spain (8)

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21a

Lacking practice, fix cocktail (5,4)

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22a

Sketch encapsulates back of designer garment (5)

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SKIT (sketch) contains [encapsulates] {designe}R [back of…]

24a

Following cut, Freudian slips not broadcast (7)

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Anagram [slips] of {f}REUDIAN [following cut from it]

25a

Foodstuff from plant covering lake roughly to the west (7)

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TREE (plant), containing [covering] L (lake) + CA (roughly – circa) reversed [to the west]

26a

Old obsolete Tesla parts returned (5)

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T (Tesla – logo) is contained by [parts] DEAD (obsolete) reversed [returned]. Edit: Thanks to Paul for pointing out that Tesla (T) was an SI unit before it became a car brand. I never got that far in my O-Level  physics.

27a

Set period to tidy up place again (9)

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Down

1d

Inferior shelters engineers exposed (5)

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2d

Not totally evident a lass is tantalising healthcare worker (6,9)

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3d

Splendid taking up tour of chambers overlooking river (8)

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4d

Where circus acts perform bounds of lunacy with determination (8)

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IN TENT (where circus acts perform), L{unac}Y [bounds of…]

5d

Happen to stop working (2,4)

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6d

Turning fat, short skinny monkey (6)

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7d

Breaking down feelings with Capitol riots (7,2,6)

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8d

Tattered rag's first of many torn using physical force (6-3)

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13d

Discuss speed on a cycle (3,6)

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15d

Dispirited and fed up with tardy daughter (8)

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16d

Thoroughly investigates lodgings of Parisian with record (4,4)

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19d

Cross top of range by climbing concealed nets (6)

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HID (concealed), contains [nets] R{ange} + BY reversed [climbing]

20d

Look chestnut horse over (6)

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RED (chestnut) + NAG (horse) reversed [over]. I’m a little surprised that ‘gander’ meaning ‘look’ appears to have originated in the USA, something to do with geese having long necks which they stretch to stare at things.

23d

River split after type of junction (5)

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