Times Cryptic #29504

2026-03-31

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Across

1a

State agent caught youbeginning of life in pen (8)

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6a

Deft chopper eliminating American (6)

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9a

Support in French monarch’s household protects mature people (13)

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10a

Black cat energy (6)

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11a

True account by cleric (8)

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13a

When drunk, never share, lacking resistance and respect (10)

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15a

100 trapped in mine maybe frozen (4)

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Join a returning vessel (4)

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18a

Upset record previously charted at fourth and fifth positions only (10)

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21a

Expert meeting crude dancing farmer? (8)

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22a

Band beginning to sound rubbish (6)

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23a

Aging tips, time to changeit looks no different! (8,5)

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25a

Got hot soaking up bit of sun? (6) 🏆

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26a

Biased eastern revolutionary driven through with spike (8)

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Down

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Carbuncle I noticed when chatting (7)

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3d

Without trial incarcerating prisonerno questions asked? (11)

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4d

Look to take advantage of miserable individual (5)

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5d

Cash for one slicing tea bread (7)

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6d

Cries, deleting one chapter, done with rewriting climax (9)

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7d

Jacob’s mother possibly lives in Tunbridge Wells (3)

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8d

Name read backmisspelt it neverthelessmissing some letters (7)

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12d

Engineers instinctive about vehicle revived with new body (11)

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Sailor read aloud, not enjoying the first time, gave up (9)

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17d

Bans volunteers no longer welcoming one member of serving staff (7)

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19d

Four of them are on the fiddle! (7)

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20d

Full development of much of Peterlee (7)

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Dash into store on vacation for waders (5)

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24d

Fish leaving hint it might have been kept in well? (3)

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