Times Cryptic #29465

2026-02-13

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1a

Sporting activity drops during the night or dayit might not be broadcast (4,4)

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RU (sporting activity) DEW (drops during the night) OR D (day)

5a

Millions like touring southern mountains (6)

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M (millions) AS IF (like) around (touring) S (southern)

10a

Dim-witted opinion follows review of opulent show (4,2,3,6)

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11a

Dabbler flipped everything in shot (7)

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reversal of (flipped) ALL (everything) in DRAM (shot)

12a

Construction worker must laugh about road test ultimately (4,3)

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HA HA (laugh) around (about) RD (road) + last letter of (ultimately) TEST Not quite sure what ‘must’ is doing here. Does that work as a linking word? Thanks to starstruck for parsing this!

13a

Times employee perhaps resisted changes (8)

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anagram (changes) of RESISTED

15a

Gentleman thief, one often found in bed (5)

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18a

Local vermouth, right? (5)

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20a

Singer in church rejected port by drinking nothing (8)

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CH (church) + reversal of (rejected) RIO (port) + BY around (drinking) O (nothing)

23a

I beat back responsibility after leaving United States (7)

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I TAN (beat) reversed (back) ONUS (responsibility) – (after leaving) U (united) Very good and fooling.

25a

Child’s book with introduction relating to both new and old (7)

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B (book) + (with) AMBI- (introduction relating to both) N (new) + (and) O (old) Nice one!

26a

This rascal minds rocky Australian territory (9,6)

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27a

District 13’s leading man (6)

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28a

Extremely restless truncated nap on a set of books (8)

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SIEST{a} (nap, truncated) next to (on) A + set of books (NT)

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1d

What Americans might need for job to continue (6)

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2d

Raving mad old one forecasting disaster (4-5)

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3d

Court poet dislodging European colonist (4,3)

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WOO (court) DANTE (poet) – (dislodging) E (European)

4d

Did class traitor stop shunning north? (5)

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RAT (traitor) + END (stop) – (shunning) N (north)

6d

Outrage surrounding concerning dress (7)

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7d

Reduce sign of division (5)

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8d

Passing Bolt can lead to gold (8)

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FLEE (bolt) TIN (can) + first letter of (lead to) GOLD

9d

Diabolical sort of pub is caught in brief feminist movement (8)

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PH (pub) IS in (caught in) #METO{O} (brief feminist movement)

14d

Sorry about emus running into river (6,2)

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16d

Nearest source of beef welcomed by ape? (9)

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17d

Top article from Spain may catch up (8)

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EL (article from Spain) CAN (may) NIP (catch) reversed (up)

19d

Appropriate time to move queen (7)

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21d

Doorframes essentially framing king (7)

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22d

Wait hours on Eniac, say (4,2)

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24d

Project to drag when human resources is involved (5)

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25d

Where you might chuck stuff around like this animal (5)

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