Times Cryptic #29284

2025-07-17

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1a

Intentionally signed off after purchase delivered (2,6)

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5a

Gruesome ban following change of leadership (6)

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FORBID(ban) with the first letter changed

10a

Chew some pork that's medium on the inside (5)

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a pork CHOP containing M(medium)

11a

One upshot of having much demand on the law changed (6,3)

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12a

Eddy's hands wrapped in trendy fleece gloves (9)

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R and L are the hands, inside HIP(trendy) inside WOOL(fleece). Nifty double container!

13a

Attitude entertains small group of friends (5)

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14a

Setter is taken in by semi-optimistic primate (7)

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I AM(setter is) inside half of SANGUINE(optimistic)

16a

Before payment, barely eat and drink (6)

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FEE(payment) coming after SCOFF(eat) minus the external letters

18a

Very valuable ancient information banks (6)

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20a

Arab revolutionary patrolling hospital in sheikhdom (7)

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anagram of ARAB containing H(hospital), then IN

22a

Man giving up coat for senior citizen (5)

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SOLDIER(man) minus the external letters

23a

When email fails in the interim (9)

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25a

Converting garden, use work clothes (9)

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26a

Porter maybe abandoning poet in mountainous region (5)

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remove COLE Porter from the poet COLERIDGE

27a

Grasping cap on gas piping (6)

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28a

Prompt cat eats last of mice and departs (4-4)

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Down

1d

Repercussion that's best dealt with by another near Bath? (8)

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2d

Senior copper bags stolen garment (5)

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3d

Economic relationship with flexibility, as a consequence exact (6,3,6)

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4d

Break down dispute cycling medal introduces (2,5)

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6d

Where marine life will never be happy (2,3,2,3,5)

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7d

Biblical adulterer, extremely tough female, crushed by degrees (9)

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external letters of TougH, and SHE(female) inside BA and BA(degrees). Needed the wordplay for this!

8d

A little lower on the right-hand side (6)

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9d

On policing, essentially Eastern girl bites tongue (6)

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central letters of polICing, after E(eastern) inside GAL(girl)

15d

Dodging deacon via dithering (9)

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17d

Go before stake and surrender (8)

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19d

10? — the ultimate position for Gordon Brown (6)

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last letter in gordoN, then UMBER(brown)

20d

Drag queen, formerly from lingerie club (7)

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remove ER(queen, formely) from BRASSIERE(lingerie)

21d

Show off on board, appealing fare? (3,3)

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24d

Animal caught in spin-drier (5)

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