Times Cryptic Crossword #28530

Times Cryptic · 28 clues with answers and explanations · 2023-02-18

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Across

1 A place in US city where everyone flew? (6)

Answer

LAPUTA
4 Taxi left event returning in transport system (5,3)

Answer

CABLE CAR
10 I omit Crab Co. supply, using only organic wholefoods (11)

Def

only organic wholefoods

Type

Anagram

Expl

anagram of I + OMIT + CRAB + CO. = MACROBIOTIC; definition: "only organic wholefoods"

Answer

MACROBIOTIC
11 Little creature nearly run over (3)

Def

Little

Answer

ELF
12 Old Scot going round looking embarrassed for project (7)

Def

project

Answer

PREDICT
14 Be sure voter gets this reversing excessive employment (7)

Answer

OVERUSE
15 Take risks with seafood item quite likely to go off? (5,2,4,3)

Answer

SKATE ON THIN ICE
17 I assault author spinning something about Adelaide (5,9)

Def

Adelaide

Type

Anagram

Expl

anagram of I + ASSAULT + AUTHOR = SOUTH AUSTRALIA; definition: "Adelaide"

Answer

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
21 Clubs greatly dislike a uniform building (7)

Answer

CHATEAU
22 Set small dwelling by lake (7)

Def

Set

Type

Charade

Expl

COT (synonym="dwelling") + ERIE (synonym="lake") = COTERIE; definition: "Set"

Answer

COTERIE
23 Style of music regularly encountered in Croatia (3)

Answer

RAI
24 Showing signs of distress with a straitened bent (11)

Def

Showing signs

Type

Anagram

Expl

anagram of A + STRAITENED = TEARSTAINED; definition: "Showing signs"

Answer

TEARSTAINED
26 Danish manufacturer accepts editor with English guide book (8)

Answer

BAEDEKER
27 What one needs here — news broadcast in Arabic (6)

Answer

ANSWER

Down

1 Streetlight failed without current and power (8)

Answer

LAMPPOST
2 What could illustrate The Iliad, say, from page one onwards (3)

Answer

PIC
3 Issue with anything set up to deceive (3-4)

Answer

TWO-TIME
5 A small award thus is apt ultimately for scientist (14)

Def

scientist

Answer

ASTROPHYSICIST
6 Stand made by Hannibal perhaps descending on Nola initially (7)

Def

Stand

Answer

LECTERN
7 Pancake mostly with beef left unstarted in the early evening (11)

Answer

CREPUSCULAR
8 Support is right behind (6)

Def

behind

Answer

RAFTER
9 Comic book hero to catch second of outlaws behind ring (14)

Answer

TINTINNABULATE
13 Live to be a RA working and introducing complicated designs (11)

Type

Anagram

Expl

anagram of LIVE + TO + BE + A + RA = ELABORATIVE

Answer

ELABORATIVE
16 Vehicle involves a loan which runs over a year (8)

Answer

CALENDAR
18 The engineers around at operations centre (7)

Answer

THEATRE
19 Learn a new job skill, getting put up in control (7)

Def

Learn

Answer

RETRAIN
20 Rock outcrop with a British beetle (6)

Def

Rock

Answer

SCARAB
25 This instant wicket comes after not out (3)

Def

This instant

Type

Charade

Expl

NO (abbreviation="not out") + W (abbreviation="wicket") = NOW; definition: "This instant"

Answer

NOW