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Times Cryptic Crossword #28335
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· 2022-07-06
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Across
Def
demands
Type
Deletion
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TASKS = lots of work, lose the T.
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ASKS
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for insurance
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JUST (only) INCAS (old Andeans) E(uropean).
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JUST IN CASE
Def
Obsession
Type
Charade
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HOBBY (synonym="bird of prey of falcon family") + HORSE (synonym="cavalry.") = HOBBYHORSE; definition: "Obsession"
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HOBBYHORSE
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Donkey’s
Type
Deletion
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AGNES Grey being the eponymous governess in Anne Bronté’s novel, lose her central N to get AGES, as in donkey’s years.
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AGES
Def
Gained an advantage / committed to staff
Type
Double definition
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Double definition
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SCORED
Def
necessary
Type
Reversal
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IN (elected) then LARGE T all reversed.
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INTEGRAL
Def
retired
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A Bachelor of Education, B.Ed.
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ABED
Def
activist
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ECO-WARRIOR
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in rage
Type
Deletion
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a compulsive buyer could be SHOPPING MAD, lose the heading S.
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HOPPING MAD
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are foolish
Type
Charade
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DO (synonym="DO") + TE (synonym="they are foolish.") = DOTE; definition: "are foolish"
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DOTE
Def
death instinct
Type
Container
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NATO (military alliance) inside T, HAS (end of combaT, possesses). The Greek word for death, and the God who personified death. Freud wrote about the concept of thanatos and eros being the instincts for death and life, bringing the word into present day usage.
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THANATOS
Def
good advice?
Type
Acrostic
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CAR is reversed into (H)OLE = space, initial letter unavailable.
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ORACLE
Def
Someone adored
Type
Charade, Container
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IN (synonym of "home") + CO (synonym of "company") [container: "entertaining"]; definition: "Someone adored"
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ICON
Def
walk in park
Type
Charade
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CHILD (synonym="youngster") + SPLAY (synonym="ed") = CHILDS PLAY; definition: "walk in park"
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CHILDS PLAY
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Crawl
Type
Charade, Container
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NAILS (synonym of "cops") + SPACE (synonym of "room") [container: "seen in"]; definition: "Crawl"
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SNAILS PACE
Def
Hammer-thrower
Type
Deletion
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THORP (old word for a village or hamlet) loses its P for power.
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THOR
Down
Def
Soup
Type
Anagram
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anagram of BORSCHT HOT C = SCOTCH BROTH; definition: "Soup's"
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SCOTCH BROTH
Def
Dried out
Type
Container
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B for bowled, inside SO(T) = almost drunk, ERE = before, DUP = party (as in Northern Ireland politics).
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SOBERED UP
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Sound
Type
Anagram
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anagram of AT SEA IF IN STORM S = STRAIT OF MESSINA; definition: "Sound"
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STRAIT OF MESSINA
Def
Sloth
Type
Anagram, Charade
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anagram of NEARIT ("near it") [anagram: "disturbed"] + I (abbreviation of "one") = INERTIA; definition: "Sloth"
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INERTIA
Def
Prophet
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A GURU = a swami, has his U moved to the top.
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AUGUR
Def
drawing support
Type
Charade
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EASE (synonym="gradually") + L (abbreviation="left,") = EASEL; definition: "drawing support"
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EASEL
Def
sherry
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MON (day) ‘boxed’ by AT = AMONT; ILL A = sick on A, DO = party.
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AMONTILLADO
Def
Special welcome
Type
Charade
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REDCAR (synonym="REDCAR") + PET (synonym="cherished. I had thought Redcar was in Teesside") = RED CARPET; definition: "Special welcome"
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RED CARPET
Def
spots
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This was my LOI as I couldn’t see the logic for a while. I think it is NO TIES (freedom) with C (a hundred, = many) squeezed in. Nothing to do with liberty to attack your acne.
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NOTICES
Def
Catches on / thin branches
Type
Double definition
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Double definition
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TWIGS
Def
Athenian market
Type
Charade
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AGO (synonym="Back") + RA (synonym="god") = AGORA; definition: "Athenian market"
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AGORA