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Times Cryptic Crossword #28286

Times Cryptic · 30 clues with answers and explanations · 2022-05-10

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  • Def
    Dessert
    Type
    Reversal
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    BLANC (synonym="white wine") + MAN (synonym="staff") + EG (reversal="for example") = BLANCMANGE; definition: "Dessert"
    Answer
    BLANCMANGE
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    Count
    Type
    Charade
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    G (synonym="gravitational pull") + RAF (synonym="airmen – Royal Air Force") = GRAF; definition: "Count"
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    GRAF
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    anything but delight
    Type
    Charade
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    CHA (synonym="tea") + GRIN (synonym="smile") = CHAGRIN; definition: "anything but delight"
    Answer
    CHAGRIN
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    number
    Type
    Container
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    TE (synonym="musical note") in INGER (synonym="vocalist") = INTEGER; definition: "number"
    Answer
    INTEGER
  • Def
    scientist
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    PHYSICIAN (doctor) becomes PHYSICIST when ‘Ian’ (Scotsman) is replaced by 1ST (first) — Times for the Times
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    PHYSICIST
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    One bounding
    Type
    Container
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    NY (synonym="NY") + A (synonym="area") + LA (synonym="two American cities – New York / Los Angeles") = NYALA; definition: "One bounding"
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    NYALA
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    city
    Type
    Container
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    T{our} [start] + USA (the States), containing [taking in] L (large) — Times for the Times
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    TULSA
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    old region
    Type
    Reversal
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    H (husband) contained by [in] RISK (danger) reversed [back], all contained by [in] YORE (times past). Yorkshire is an ancient region, but I suspect that ‘old’ has been included in order to mollify those of a certain disposition who might otherwise feel inclined to protest that Yorkshire no longer exists as a single administrative entity. I have no connection with the place, but since there was a similar attempt to cancel my own home county of Middlesex this sort of thing annoys me just as I imagine it does any proud son or daughter of the historical County of Yorkshire. Such places continue to exist socially and culturally despite the activities of bureaucrats and politicians who seek to destroy their identity. — Times for the Times
    Answer
    YORKSHIRE
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    past
    Type
    Anagram
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    anagram of WESLITHER ("We slither") [anagram: "having to"] = ERSTWHILE; definition: "past"
    Answer
    ERSTWHILE
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    Group
    Type
    Charade
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    OCT (month), E{nds} + T{alks} [that have only started] — Times for the Times
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    OCTET
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    Man
    Type
    Deletion
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    ERRO{r} (mistake) [arithmetic presumably, dropped], L (learner). Arithmetic is one of the Three Rs of which only ‘Reading’ actually begins with the letter. — Times for the Times
    Answer
    ERROL
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    Really full
    Type
    Homophone
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    Sounds like [we hear] “pack doubt” (wolves maybe…have misgivings)
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    PACKED OUT
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    Simple
    Type
    Deletion
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    {he}ARTLESS (without pity) [man’s abandoned). Nice to be spared the usual Cockerney stuff. — Times for the Times
    Answer
    ARTLESS
  • Def
    Roman defence
    Type
    Double definition
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    Double definition
    Answer
    TESTUDO
  • Def
    where hops dry
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    KIL{o} (perhaps 750 grammes – a kilo being 1000 grammes), N (some amount – an unspecified number) — Times for the Times
    Answer
    KILN
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    Nobel prize-winner
    Type
    Anagram
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    anagram of HEREBEGINS ("here begins") [anagram: "novel"] = HEISENBERG; definition: "Nobel prize-winner"
    Answer
    HEISENBERG

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