Times Cryptic #29510

2026-04-07

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Across

1a

Plant holding partition down (7)

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5a

Company note port is full of spirit (3,4)

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9a

Tribal yet unusually free (2,7)

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10a

Where drinks are made without added carbon dioxide (5)

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11a

City kept changing sides before international (5)

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12a

Go into the Spanish sort of institute (9)

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13a

Drunk groom got us ice as proof of life? (6,4,3)

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17a

Sharing on social media popular with men only? Smashing! (13)

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21a

Emigrant touring island next to Iona, not quite making amends (9)

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24a

Short characters sitting in booster seat (5)

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25a

One’s observant in probing high-definition movie certificate (5)

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26a

Writer originally identifying location for Robin Hood (9)

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27a

A head bitten by short seabird’s beak (7) 🏆

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28a

Song about Cambridge University lacking in scope (7)

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Down

1d

Salomé’s opening nearby, it could be in the round (6)

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2d

Social cycling doesn’t involve national sports team (3,6)

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3d

Launching activity to influence legislators with years to go (7)

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4d

Brag about compound in Midlands city (9)

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5d

Tomb Raider: you play at first in skin of Croft (5)

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6d

Ban goes awry where muzzle may be covered (7)

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7d

Therapy that’s more pointed without special backing (5)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:

(sp) IKIER (more pointed) [without special] reversed [backing]. When this answer showed up in the 15×15 on Monday of last week I noted that it had appeared here on 4 previous occasions and each time I had said I didn’t know it. Finally today I have remembered it!

8d

Running amok with Halo, OK? (8)

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14d

Swiss production cast Hamlet around king and queen, say (9)

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15d

Increase appeal of cold Italian sauces, recalled on the way up (5-4)

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16d

Instantly appreciate formal headwear when out of work (4,4)

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18d

Where you shouldn’t pull with difficulty? (2,1,4)

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19d

British playwright dismissing top writer’s acting (7)

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20d

Get very tired after knocking out American amongst the best at Wimbledon? (6)

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22d

Chinese native with makings of father? (5)

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23d

More distant royal once found beneath here in Versailles (5)

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