Times Cryptic #29395

2025-11-24

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1a

House instruction to make Cabot king (4-2-4)

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6a

Type of glass from old China (4)

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10a

Relative in one financial city area in northeast (5)

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N(I, E.C.)E, a compendium of cryptic cliches.

11a

Competition certain to involve zero sang-froid (9)

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COMP (O) SURE.

12a

Mail used by top-rated fencer? (5-5,4)

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14a

Person no longer working on Scottish island (7)

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15a

Put pressure on Doctor Milligan? (7)

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DR + A GOON, which is what Spike Milligan was.

17a

Terribly shy in pictures which will include mechanics (7)

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19a

Pet bird for example (7)

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20a

Small pub, possibly one worlds away from here (6,5,3)

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23a

Popular assembly holding society unfeeling (9)

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IN + SEN(S)ATE.

24a

Some cats showed excessive curiosity, it's said (5)

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25a

Style and verve of some Romance languages (4)

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26a

Court activity let a sinner off (4,6)

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1d

Group not allowed on the radio (4)

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2d

Moan about hard times unravelling special relationship? (9)

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C(anagram of H TIMES)RY.

3d

Book something else on Crete? (8,6)

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TREASURE + CRETE, invoking the slang meanings of something else and treasure.

4d

Reported what harvester may have needed to do for vehicle (7)

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5d

Order of butterfly with tails of green and red (7)

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COMMA + [gree]N, [re]D.    The setter’s favorite butterfly.

7d

Hades! Plus two but losing both points (5)

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8d

Rank place getting on top of renter (10)

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9d

Work in line running underneath Eternal City (14)

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13d

Pushing previous LP spun (10)

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16d

Medical procedure involved atropine and oxygen (9)

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Anagram of ATROPINE + O.

18d

Perhaps hoarding autograph over a number of years (7)

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19d

Obtain early buyer of gift with lines for books (7)

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21d

A lot of rubbish about opera (5)

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22d

Awkward situationhe is out of nets (4)

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