Times Sunday #5196

2025-12-28

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Wretched school equipment stops working (5,5)

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She gives milk to children (3-3)

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Soldier captured by marine given back support (5)

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Given very little room, able to go solo (6-7)

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Variable parts of bill? Also, old territory (9)

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Princess eating type of nut and fancy caviar (6)

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Unconnected switch position? (6,3,5)

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Mixed nuts coating toast that is worst to eat (12)

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Plots beginning to scare Conservative ranks (10)

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Flying aloft, Christmas vision in yuletide poem (1,5,4,2,8)

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Use autopilot to avoid responsibility (3,6,2,2)

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Nice tea and spirit drink (3,6)

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Lacy satin pants that businessmen might use (9)

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Each pill possibly contains separate bit of helium (5,8)

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Diagnose an odd cooking substance in good side of turkey (4,3,5,8)

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Adhesive pioneers somehow used to coat axes (5,5)

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What you will play when Christmas is over (7,5)

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Ready for a Christmas treat (9,5)

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Anger cut short for promoting peace (6)

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In Perth, a Shanghai gin tipple's very popular (9)

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Stayed out all night, equalling record? (5,4,1,3)

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Was a model your lecherous type? (5)

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Love dressing for dinner (6)

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Cooking burrito, be given one Christmas blessing? (4,2,4)

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Down

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See a piece of dried fruit (4)

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2d

Yuletide song, very modern, embraced by joint parents (5,9)

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Yule TV special broadcast with no guarantee of success (13)

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Blooming extreme ride? (7)

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One with pork pies to scoff when served up (4)

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Invest over 500 in 9? (6)

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8d

New London location's bridge, one with dock (11)

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9d

It may change after a shower etc (7,8)

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Unaccompanied, a top lady of jazz keeps quiet (1,8)

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Bank's gift-wrapped stamp? (8)

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12d

Prepare to keep appointments most dignified (8)

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13d

Something smelly and smallnettles (8)

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Peak form of sweetbread? (5,4)

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Sweet stuff for which one bee enters flower (6)

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Something to stand on together (6)

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24d

Start of confession from average thief, not a criminal (7,2,6)

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25d

Is hardware store doing this Christmas bonus? (8,6)

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Wild tiger seen here? (9)

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One lecturing men twice at breaks (6)

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30d

Having lost profits incidentally (3,2,8)

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Slushy? Drove one out to lunch (11)

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Back-to-back articles on 50s records (6)

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Season to hide something in stockingright now? (3,6)

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Amazed and embarrassed with present Ulster sent over (2,6)

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38d

Is streamer we threw covered by quality benchmark? (8)

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Settler: One's given time (8)

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Is one fired up over British capital? (7)

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Endless Christmas leading to sister's apprehension (6)

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46d

Chris Tarrant's Christmas guide (4)

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Fruitno peach, it's said (4)

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