Times Cryptic #29283

2025-07-16

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1a

Supporter 'andled kit the wrong way (6)

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[H]ELD RIG all reversed.

5a

My word accepted by artist and Gauguin's inspiration? (8)

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9a

Food for school, possibly great weight on board (8)

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10a

Mite or horsefly? (6)

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11a

Male company transported by every carriage (10)

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STAG (male) EACH (every) with CO inserted.

13a

Crass and cross, reportedly? (4)

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14a

Measure of liquid has dropped on cheek (4)

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GALLON loses ON.

15a

Coarse stuff, race across Brighton beach, say? (10)

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18a

Just on a fish, net caught (10)

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RE (on) A SOLE with NAB = net inserted.

20a

Kick, long shot perhaps? (4)

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21a

Fin scratching surface of scale (4)

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23a

Man in club with fishsomething for the oven? (6,4)

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25a

A little dress and a leather shoe (6)

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here it is, hidden.

26a

Capital put on entertaining round dance (8)

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I took an age to get this – a dance I’d never heard of – and had to check it. I was thinking “capital” was going to be the definition. RIGA is the capital, DON has O inserted.

28a

Noble recalled something worth having when faced by prisoner (8)

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fortunately I’d seen this before somewhere. ASSET is reversed after CON.

29a

Boring item male put in jacket (6)

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2d

Alas, elite worried, so worried (3,2,4)

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3d

Somewhere in Ireland, good to go with colleen? (7)

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4d

Pig out in Essex appreciating truffles for starters (3)

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5d

Secret society in China, a friendly place? (5)

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TONG (Chinese secret society) A. TONGA was / is known as “The Friendly Islands”.

6d

Artist livin' under hotel has no new material, ultimately (4,7)

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H (hotel), (HAS NO L)*, the L from materiaL, BEIN[G] = livin’. I guessed him and deciphered it later.

7d

Record Bolshevik making a point? (7)

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8d

Winning for each person (5)

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12d

Capture of vessel by bounder calls for ensemble of fools (3,3,5)

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PAN a vessel inside CAD a bounder, BELLS supposedly = calls. Do you bell someone? A cap and bells is worn by a court jester.

16d

Reversible protection for consumers? (3)

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17d

Crime and rent source of wealth for country (9)

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19d

Correct spades perhaps used to cover plot (7)

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20d

European city from Barking station, northbound (7)

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22d

Adult publication secreted by minor, odd bits torn out (5)

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[m]I[n]O[r] with MAG inserted, an adult insect.

24d

Spirit associated with sailors a lot (5)

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I stared at this for a while trying to find a way to explain it. Even so I’m raising an eyebrow. KA is an ancient Egyptian name for a spirit of life; RM are Royal Marines so sailors of a sort; A. For me KARMA doesn’t mean LOT or fate, it means actions in this life which are supposed to affect your next one, but it’s this sort of crossword.

27d

Smother crack (3)

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