Times Cryptic #29304

2025-08-09

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1a

Having a flutter with very becoming femaleit could serve one well (7)

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5a

Flower bed covering short borders can save hours (7)

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9a

Taxi meter running for additional minutes (5,4)

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10a

Partner's corny part has endless cracks (5)

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11a

Bound to fire unspecified number in shoot (5)

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12a

Navy say wartime captive's held by Polish resistance (9)

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14a

Last cowboys perhaps protected by exercising prior agreement (14)

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17a

Odd bits of ability Society considers quirky? (14)

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21a

Tissue daughter's stuffed into nose when cycling a mile (9)

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23a

Queen bearing pens for writing (5)

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24a

American with cereal chucking one bowl over (5)

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25a

Sensual relations written about in Flaubert? (9)

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26a

Hors d'oeuvre with gin for male in swingers' bar (7)

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27a

Scottish island wanting English sailor to commandeer ship (7)

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Down

1d

Hostile states European supports (6)

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2d

Unqualified successor to do lines for speaker (7)

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3d

Female called, about to leave Calais in LeShuttle? (9)

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4d

Recovering, control steady drinking in party (11)

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5d

US fighter plane taking time to circle round (3)

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6d

One's bagged triangle piecea passage from Smetana chorale (5)

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7d

Make distracted husband in loveless marriage empty garage (7)

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8d

Free time put aside for book by learned person (8)

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13d

Unclad Roman lady entertains backward people (11)

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15d

Simple pawn forced into working years and years without any rights (4-5)

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16d

Prisoner behind main means of escape (4,4)

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18d

Harry and Ian touring island where Notre Dame is located (7)

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19d

Peculiar pieces of ear discharge upset nurses (7)

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20d

Cover teacher facing hell in the East End (6)

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22d

Weeds spread around root of brassica (5)

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25d

Egg on anorak finally wiped (3)

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