Times Cryptic #29371

2025-10-27

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1a

Missing the past lots again, sadly (9)

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6a

Famous day school experiencing setback (5)

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D ETON reversed

9a

He's no longer working on plane, maybe having fixed electrical current (7)

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RE (on) I (electrical current) in TREE (plane, maybe)

10a

Insert court expert once found in European books (7)

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GRAF (the wonderful Steffi – referred to prosaically, here, as ‘court expert once’ ) in E NT

11a

Unspecified number subtracted from lower number (5)

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nETHER

12a

This might secure pay if sent out (6,3)

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14a

Pass tailless young horse (3)

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COLt

15a

Show contempt for lab workers? Ultimately adjust perception (11)

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DIS CERN (lab is here the European Organization for Nuclear Research) MEN ~T

17a

Tenant of facility left hospital guards more worn-out (11)

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EASE in L + H (the initials for left and hospital go around EASE, or, ‘facility left hospital guards’ in cruciverbal Yoda-speak) OLDER (more worn-out)

19a

Gentleman's opposite majestic basilica, restored at last (3)

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20a

Language's incredible power inspiring individual catching end of demonstration (9)

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ESP (incredible power – incredible, indeed) ~N in ERATO (inspiring individual – Muse of love and lyric poetry)

22a

Change top when husband leaves (5)

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hALTER

24a

The Republican Party stops loan instalment (7)

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a bit more Yoda-speak: R ANC (African National Congress) in THE

26a

Swimmer's fine withdrawn, I complain (3,4)

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OK reversed I CARP

27a

It turns to the left or to the right (5)

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well, it turns and it’s a palindrome

28a

Amateur actors moving quietly about (9)

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PLAYERS (actors) with the P moving ON (about)

Down

1d

Inquiry's intermittently followed by English healthcare worker (5)

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iNqUiRyS E

2d

Bag a portion of chips at Chelsea (7)

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3d

Fair game to reject loud transport link (3-6)

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4d

Butcher opens a gyros café (6,5)

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5d

Unrestricted payments to government cut (3)

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tAXEs

6d

Man on board's topless when the sun goes down (5)

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7d

Crush Liberal's support for leaders of terrorist regime (7)

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T~ R~ AMPLE

8d

Given film parts, set off (9)

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13d

Chef liked you, mostly getting cooked game from the US (5,6)

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CHEF LIKED YO; from the US, as hockey there is ice hockey

14d

Rubbish instrument Charlie picked up for enthusiast (9)

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reversal of ROT CELLO C

16d

Recalled musical was regularly staged, covering Romeo's story (9)

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reversal of EVITA R in RAN (was regularly staged)

18d

Material that surfaces when key banks start to press hard (7)

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P~ H in AS (when) ALT (computer key); more Yodaesque stuff: ‘Solvers, words meaning when and key go around the initial letter of press and the abbreviation for hard’

19d

Blade severed rope, releasing ring (7)

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21d

Come back to mind mongrel found beneath tree losing coat (5)

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23d

City gets drug for old age (5)

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RIPON, with the O changed to E (Ecstasy)

25d

Slippery character, old PM loses power (3)

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[Sir Robert] PEEL; the Old Harrovian who had two stints as PM in the mid-nineteenth century