Times Cryptic #29315

2025-08-22

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1a

Concerning when brackets support nothing (7)

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AS (when) contains (brackets) PROP (support) with O (nothing).

5a

Confines of dim space suspect flees (7)

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anagram of (suspect) outermost letters of (confines of) DiM + SPACE.

9a

Cheap floor (9)

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10a

Married at traditional place for ceremony, shunning close island (5)

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11a

Became opposed to sour commander in street (6,7)

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13a

In general room trapped by enemy, presumably (8)

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15a

Avoiding the sides, slid one's oars straight (6)

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17a

Air conditioning enveloping church, it turned very cold (6)

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AC (air conditioning) containing (enveloping) all of RC (church) + IT reversed (turned).

19a

Olympian put in fencing work (8)

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POSE (put) + IN containing (fencing) DO (work).

22a

One furnishing shop reportedly is fraudulent type (13)

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25a

Fool contributing to recurrent deltoid injury (5)

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26a

Spread with great range avoided by him includes second-rate rice dish (9)

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JAM (spread) + himALAYA (great range) minus (avoided by) ‘him’, containing (includes) B (second-rate).

27a

Craft festival with delay returning (7)

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28a

Reporter's displaying gallantry on a regular basis (7)

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1d

Ancient symbol seen in an evacuated kasbah (4)

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AN + outermost letters from (evacuated) KasbaH.

2d

Bird coming from tor rose to fly around (7)

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3d

Correct boards for every game (5)

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4d

Scheming nurses adore surgeon ultimately, not orderly (8)

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SLY (scheming) contains (nurses) all of LOVE (adore) + the last of (ultimately) surgeoN.

5d

Dismissal of servant with duke for month (6)

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mENIAL (of servant) with D (duke) replacing (for) ‘m’ (month).

6d

Animal in village initially charges to appear aggressive (9)

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BAT (animal) + the first letters from (initially) In Village, all contained by (charges) COME (to appear).

7d

Smorgasbordmass dash for one on counter (7)

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M (mass) + ÉLAN (dash) + reversal of (on counter) EG (for one).

8d

Sprinkling substance in grass (10)

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12d

Odd graduate caught hunting wild bears (10)

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anagram of (wild) C (caught) + HUNTING, contains (bears) MA (graduate).

14d

The Spanish children did read regularly about polymath (9)

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EL (‘the’, in Spanish) + TOTS (children) + regular letters from dId ReAd, all reversed (about).

16d

Scary being among last in mine by explosive (8)

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anagram of (explosive) AMONG + last of minE + BY

18d

Very important vineyard of non-professional in retirement (7)

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20d

Stepped up to cover fellow sleeping (7)

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reversal of (up) TROD (stepped) containing (to cover) MAN (fellow).

21d

Hard-working person's code causing damage, unexpectedly (6)

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23d

Beat pounding with good guitar sound? (5)

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TAN (beat) containing (pounding) W (with), then G (good).

24d

Type of rodent, it leaves hollow (4)

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‘it’ is deleted from (leaves) CAVitY (hollow).