Times Cryptic Crossword #28075
Times Cryptic
· 30 clues with answers and explanations
· 2021-09-06
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Across
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African
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Charade
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SO (synonym="SO") + MALIAN (synonym="MALIAN") = SOMALIAN; definition: "African"
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SOMALIAN
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Lively
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Reversal
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EVIT(C)A backwards.
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ACTIVE
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Fool
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Deletion
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ASS (deletion) = ASS; definition: "Fool"
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ASS
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Frequently
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Charade
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OF (synonym="OF") + TEN (synonym="TEN") + TIMES (synonym="TIMES") = OFTENTIMES; definition: "Frequently"
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OFTENTIMES
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Figure
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Charade
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HE + P[anics] + TAG ON.
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HEPTAGON
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creature
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Charade
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COY + O[s]T[l]E[r].
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COYOTE
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Part of musical series
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NOT E.
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NOTE
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Jumper’s attachment
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BUNGE([wardrob[E], COR)D.
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BUNGEE CORD
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Large beers
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YARD S([t]OF[f])ALE, where garden is used in the British sense.
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YARDS OF ALE
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Ruler
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Charade, Reversal
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E (synonym of "European") + RIM (synonym of "border") [reversal: "heading West"]; definition: "Ruler"
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EMIR
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Chicken
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Charade
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S (synonym="S") + CARED (synonym="CARED") = SCARED; definition: "Chicken"
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SCARED
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Working with much smaller stuff
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Hidden word
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hidden in [tha]N A NOTE CH[ecker].
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NANOTECH
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What might give an obtuse result?
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Cryptic definition
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Cryptic definition
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PROTRACTOR
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sailor
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Homophone
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Sounds like TA to non-rhotic folk.
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TAR
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courageous
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Charade, Container
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SKY (synonym of "Broadcaster") + PUN (synonym of "joke") [container: "admitting"]; definition: "courageous"
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SPUNKY
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region
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Reversal
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ED I SEN(Y)T backwards.
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TYNESIDE
Down
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Song
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SE(A SHANT)Y, where the enclosing letters are Yes upside-down.
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SEA SHANTY
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Raucous area
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Anagram
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M(anagram of shop)IT.
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MOSH PIT
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sponge
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Charade
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A FOOL upside-down + H.
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LOOFAH
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surface
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Anagram
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anagram of RAFTUTORS ("RAF tutors") [anagram: "bombing"] = ASTROTURF; definition: "surface"
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ASTROTURF
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Help for presenter
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Homophone
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Sounds like AUTO QUEUE.
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AUTOCUE
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this
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Anagram
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anagram of MY + CHUM + ATE = TUMMY ACHE; definition: "this?"
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TUMMY ACHE
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Sunshade
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Charade
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VIS (synonym="IT") + IT (synonym="IT") + OR (synonym="IT") = VISITOR; definition: "Sunshade"
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VISITOR
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feathers
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Anagram
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anagram of IWONDERED ("I wondered") [anagram: "about"] = EIDERDOWN; definition: "feathers"
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EIDERDOWN
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Courage
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Charade
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G (synonym="ALL") + ALL (synonym="ALL") + ANTRY (synonym="ALL") = GALLANTRY; definition: "Courage"
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GALLANTRY
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unexpected success
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Double definition
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Double definition
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DARK HORSE
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drink
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A L(COP)OP.
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ALCOPOP
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Assistant, say, for a general / tidy
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Double definition
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Double definition
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ORDERLY
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Composers
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Anagram
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anagram of ARTEMIS ("Artemis") [anagram: "butcher"] = MAESTRI; definition: "Composers"
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MAESTRI
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gathering
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[ch]EERIOS upside-down.
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SOIREE