Times Cryptic #29311

2025-08-18

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Across

1a

What schoolkids enjoy Romeo and Juliet season? (8)

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5a

Brave and fortunate in pursuit of power (6)

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8a

Old Catholic is a malevolent creature (3)

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O + R.C.

9a

Theatre backing variety in debased production (10)

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10a

Like a TV series is copied for broadcasting (8)

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11a

Impersonate fancy don (6)

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A very fine triple definition.

12a

Animals always found on delta (4)

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14a

Second important bit (10)

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17a

One directing acts of Wagner? (10)

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20a

Maiden butting in to make a knight foolish (4)

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DU(M)B.

23a

Second bag containing one jigsaw picture? (6)

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MO + SA(I)C.

24a

Make familiar account oddly unfamiliar (8)

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A/C + QUAINT.

25a

Youngster's inclination to accept benefit (10)

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26a

Father whipping son in anger (3)

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27a

Religious dissent unknown by present society (6)

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28a

Gosh! Nimrod's playingone follows instinctively (8)

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Down

1d

Demonstrated rise of tomato-like food (9)

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PROVEN + RED upside-down.

2d

Records where bees go following middle of month (7)

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3d

Make cautious progress in mostly excellent English (6)

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4d

Queen can appear in Mother's Day celebrated in church (9)

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MA(R,TIN)MA’S.

5d

Couple obese after one's shifted rich dessert (7)

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PAIR, FAT with the I moved up.

6d

Upper-class United dinners suffering vandalism will be not covered (9)

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Anagram of U + U + DINNERS.

7d

Family member coming over, name's Nike, not European at all (7)

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Anagram of NAM[e]’S NIK[e].

13d

Hit soldier raised in positiona complicated procedure (9)

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R(RAM GI upside-down)OLE.

15d

Unfaithfulness every former queen's shown during trial (9)

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TR(EACH E.R.)Y.

16d

Attempt to gamble on small new broker? (2-7)

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18d

For instance, a seaweed thrown up some time ago (4,3)

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E.G. A NORI upside-down.

19d

Shooting protester, not male, before end of rally (7)

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21d

One university heartlessly sacked (7)

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22d

Mike's after running scout convention (6)

Generating...

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

Anagram of SCOUT + M.