Times Cryptic #29358

2025-10-11

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1a

Bite on cup-holder (5)

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4a

Musical comedy really riding on score that's a failure (4,4)

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8a

Bad language changing? (14)

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10a

Tamper with car to miss social outing (9)

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11a

Echo before long coming round in loop (5)

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12a

Battery charge you'd say result of mobile phone use? (6)

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14a

Prevented from wobbling, small camellia stopped (8)

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17a

Soldier recalled evergreen old lover (8)

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18a

Typewriter's roller behind back of ribbon with page in front (6)

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20a

Very boring article crammed with endless sport (5)

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22a

One supported man in court getting fine dropped for parking (9)

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24a

Man of Grieg's genre who jazzed? (6,8)

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25a

Eg chisel on front of shelf also going far right (4,4)

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26a

Take as given the cause of sub-postmistresses' convictions? (5)

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Down

1d

Encouragement for selected pupils to start being productive (4,2,6)

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2d

Equally disposed resource (5)

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3d

Four cracks in each pot spread right across (9)

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4d

Exhausted German's no party tops (4,2)

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5d

Reduced state of 16 friendly relations which might lead to ruin (8)

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6d

Vexatious occupationwrong keeping it up? (3-2)

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7d

Sky viewer with unearthly interest in golf is out playing (9)

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9d

Following urge, that woman rows back from statement in court (4,8)

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13d

Oddball went and died after eccentric life (4-5)

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15d

Chilean author failing to finish drink completely (3,4,2)

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16d

City that is defined by smooth travel (3,5)

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19d

Attraction of a ring in your ear? (6)

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21d

On reversing, chunk taken from integral bumper (5)

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23d

Where large dam was built almost entirely with spades once (2,3)

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