Times Cryptic #29404

2025-12-04

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1a

Bite head off tiger in shocker (6)

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first letter of Tiger inside TASER (shocker)

4a

Case of effectiveness by a cool hero (8)

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the external letters of EffectivenesS next to A, CHILL (cool)

10a

Garbage by night light? (9)

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11a

Waste collector out to lunch (5)

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another double definition, the waste being human in origin

12a

A concern at the end of the day? (6,8)

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14a

Problematically, where worms found from Cuzco? (5)

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16a

Mean spirit wildly booing, with exhausted bull held by horns at first (9)

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anagram of BOOING containing the external letters of BulL. Put the first letter of Horns at the front

18a

American players' association in Panama City (9)

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20a

Authority keeps mum? (3-2)

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21a

Official house for native of the tropics? (8,6)

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25a

Fashionable needs of French mission (5)

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A LA MODE (fashionable) minus DE (of, in Frenc)

26a

Stew pan ending on floor, serve one sandwiches (9)

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POT (pan) then the last letter in flooR inside POUR (serve) I (one)

27a

More in ground interred! (8)

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28a

Separate northern river (6)

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1d

What will activate journalist who's a bad speller? (4,6)

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2d

Pressure breaking sharpish utensil (5)

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3d

Earnest strains from One Direction? (7)

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5d

Native American leader of different faith (5)

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CREE (native American) and the first letter of Different

6d

Paint gone in one second (7)

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PAST (gone) inside I (one), MO (second)

7d

Subsequently, are United outside the box? (9)

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8d

Staple of vegan diet, say, cooked with a bit of oil (4)

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anagram of SAY containing the first letter of Oil

9d

Had an angle perhaps about popular ancient history? (8)

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13d

Asian in river and swimming in sea (10)

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15d

Storing charge, battery unit before a storm (9)

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CELL (battery unit) then A, RAGE (storm)

17d

Bill in tangle, undoing nets (8)

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19d

Chestnut tree? (7)

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20d

One's tight corset initially goes in or goes out (7)

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first letter of Corset inside an anagram of OR,GOES

22d

Penny under are you in foreign cash? (5)

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23d

Angel in heaven, you suffer less heartache, ultimately (5)

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24d

Topping gone, burning cakes while in oven (4)

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remove the first letter from HOT (burning) then insert AS (while)