Times Cryptic #29330

2025-09-09

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Across

1a

Tradesman unexpectedly offers lad cold cuts (10)

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6a

A judge and a king not in harmony (4)

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9a

Prepared game company after fix accepted by backtracking lawyers (10)

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

PATCH (fix) + CO (company) contained by KC~S (lawyers – King’s Counsels) reversed [backtracking]

10a

Stop progressive characters in Wales threatening Protestant vicar (4)

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

W{ales} + {t}H{reatening} + {Pr}O{testant} + {vic}A{r} [progressive characters in… – letters 1,2,3,4)

12a

One fantasising he may follow in Shearer's footsteps? (12)

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

A cryptic hint with reference to sheep-shearing follows the main definition

15a

Just removing line penned by a haggard columnist (5,4)

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

ON{l}Y (just) [removing line] contained [penned] by A + G~AUNT (haggard)

17a

Month car manufacturer releases a Sierra (5)

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18a

Regularly signs for man below (5)

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

{s}I{g}N{s} F{o}R {m}A{n} [regularly]

19a

Old Hebrew translation of "realities" (9)

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20a

Badly desires maths teacher (12)

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24a

Leave without horror novel (4)

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25a

Hot island restaurant's last out-of-date sandwiches (10)

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

PASS~É (out of date) contains [sandwiches] IONA (island) + {restauran}T [’s last]

26a

Capital eliminating borders around country (4)

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27a

British Liberal politicians in Africa cope without second helping of a pudding (10)

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

B (British), L (Liberal), ANC (politicians in Africa – African National Congress), MAN{a}GE (cope) [without second helping of A]

Down

1d

Band like to be surrounded by silence (4)

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2d

Go on vacation (4)

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3d

Industrial facilities developing army craft, so supporting force (7,5)

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4d

Pub raised part of tarantula colony (5)

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5d

Both topless, servant girl teasing charming man (9)

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7d

Critic can demolish housing stock that's empty (4,6)

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

JOHN (can – lavatory),  RU~IN (demolish) containing [housing] S{toc}K [empty]. 1819-1900. I knew the name, but not that amongst many other things he was an art critic.

8d

Gave new order to back limits on diamonds (10)

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11d

In Berlin, and trapped by fluctuating short-term atmospheric disturbance (12)

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13d

Attack people close to priest protecting revolutionary in exile (10)

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

BA~SH (attack) + MEN (people) + {pries}T [close to…) containing [protecting] IN reversed [revolutionary]

14d

Religious setter perhaps upset following direction to ignore bishop (3-7)

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16d

Remove loveless marriages? Unlikely (9)

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21d

When son visits, check product produced by plant (5)

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22d

Make sense of hearing Beethoven's Ninth (4)

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

EAR (sense of hearing), {Beethove}N [’s ninth letter)

23d

Present that woman with drug (4)

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