Times Cryptic #29348

2025-09-30

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1a

Awfully idle pussies outside German city shops (13)

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Anagram [awfully] of IDLE, then CAT~S (pussies) containing [outside] ESSEN (German city)

8a

Yell, not about deception (4)

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9a

A Parisian charging engineers to assess pay (10)

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UN (‘a’ Parisian) contained by [charging] REM~E (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers), RATE (assess)

10a

Dad rushed round, one with a sort of obsession (8)

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11a

Trick lord falling into river (6)

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LUD (lord) [reversed [falling] and contained by [in] DE~E (river). M’lud (my lord) is a standard form of address to a judge in court.

13a

Female boss, a long time with little right, in muddle (10)

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AN + AGE (a long time) + R (little right) contained by [in] M~ESS (muddle)

16a

Get rid of heartless language (4)

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17a

Unconventional pronouncement of writer (4)

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Aural wordplay [pronouncement of]: “Wilde” (writer)

18a

New retrial with boy likely to result in freedom (10)

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20a

Consume with lack of seriousness, we hear (6)

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22a

Security device gets ordered outsideit stops invasions (8)

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B~ADE (ordered) containing [outside] LOCK (security device)

24a

Show where to go and use hot running water (5-5)

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26a

Stone, hard, in bit of fruit? (4)

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27a

Fail to get support after maiden and I separate (13)

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1d

Announcement surprisingly neat and cordial (11)

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2d

Proposition from learner meeting novel woman (5)

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3d

NCO swallowing drug is not spiritual (9)

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4d

Food and drink after this person's restricted by disease (7)

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I’M (this person’s) contained [restricted] by T~B (disease), ALE (drink)

5d

Report of wickedness unusual in church body (5)

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6d

Signing up for Lent, men denied minimum of food sadly (9)

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7d

Jock getting caught out as one having too much whisky? (3)

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S{c}OT (Jock) [getting caught out]

12d

Record author finally prepared for publication is no longer valid (11)

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DISC (record), {autho}R [finally], EDITED (prepared for publication)

14d

Deals with a daughter needing wardrobe items (9)

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A, D (daughter), DRESSES (wardrobe items]

15d

Gets on horses, not entirely secure at first (9)

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19d

English inventor of container carried by infant (7)

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BAG (container) inside [carried by] BAB~E (infant)

21d

Small bird atop an enormously important person (5)

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23d

Foreign character ending in dark, only half manifest (5)

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{dar}K [ending in…], APPA{rent} (manifest) [only half]

25d

Gosh, male offers some resistance! (3)

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OH (gosh!), M (male). The standard unit of resistance.