Times Cryptic #29377

2025-11-03

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Across

1a

Member turned, with no flaws, to do preparatory exercise (6,2)

flowerflowerflower
6a

Discarded material by far side of the grate (6)

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SCRAP (discarded material) thE (far side of ‘the’)

9a

Being willing to get in repaired swing (6,4,3)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Sport clubs mock hosts (6)

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C in HOKEY (this can mean phoney as well as corny)

11a

Very enjoyable taking out first female available (8)

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fUNFILLED

13a

Sportsperson cut man with hard jabs (10)

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CAT (man, as in ‘cool cat’) H (hard) in (jabs) DELETE

15a

Suspicious of donations at prime locations (4)

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after several instances, we should be au fait with the ‘prime [number] locations’ trick by now: dONaTiOns (letters 2, 3, 5 and 7 in the word)

16a

Love habitual twitching of the ear (4)

flowerflowerflower
18a

Parliamentary supporters harass Communists according to Spooner (10)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Upright member is good sport missing golf shot (8)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Conservative and Labour front-bencher close (6)

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C [David] LAMMY; the aforesaid gentleman is Deputy Prime Minister under Keir Starmer. Tough for non-British solvers

23a

Doctor's practice by nobleman's estate reportedly housing duke (7,6)

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D (duke) in BESIDE (BY) MANNER (sounds like manor – ‘nobleman’s estate’)

25a

Game where Jack has commanding position (6)

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A sailor (Jack) might be found on the bridge – hopefully

26a

Separate from group in market in US idly going round (8)

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the old reverse hidden

Down

2d

Coming up at regular intervals, Diane's rent (2,5)

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dIaNeS TORE

3d

Tame reindeer is one performing to music (11)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Fluid from pen numpty emptied (5)

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RUN (pen, as in enclosure for animals) NumptY

5d

Make brownish-pink shade to shelter staff (7)

flowerflowerflower
6d

City guard circling base very loudly (9)

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E (number that is a mathematical constant and base) FF (very loudly) in SHIELD (guard)

7d

Uncooked crustacean shelled (3)

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pRAWn

8d

Transaction type organised with man (7)

flowerflowerflower
12d

Playing on console, an unpredictable person (5,6)

flowerflowerflower
14d

Blend is used in injury unit (9)

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IS in HARM ONE

17d

Raised money with pub band seen on screen (7)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Prudent being prepared for economic growth? (7)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Fault of French motor initially with exhaust upside-down (7)

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22d

Confusion over plugging bottomless pit (5)

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O in CHASm

24d

Exhausted, stopped working with energy lacking (3)

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DIeD; think ‘I’m done!’ then work back to ‘That did me!’ (or something a bit better!)