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Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
INCISE |
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Cut segments from CSI, NCIS etc (6) |
csI NCIS Etc |
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ACADEMIC |
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A person studying a rat and mutated mice (8) |
A + CAD + anagram of MICE |
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SAMOA |
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Small NZ bird once spread around a Pacific island group (5) |
(S + MOA) outside A |
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CERTAINLY |
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Crate repacked by one and left in New York for sure (9) |
Anagram of CRATE + I + (L inside NY) |
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CHANCEL |
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Opening large part of a church reserved for the clergy and choir (7) |
CHANCE + L |
12 |
IMPASTO |
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I am after origin of old painting (7) |
IM + PAST + (O)ld |
13 |
RIOT |
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One involved in corruption and wild behaviour (4) |
I inside ROT |
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CIRCINUS |
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Fun show plugged by popular group of stars (8) |
CIRCUS outside IN |
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TACITURN |
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Act I, reviewed before performance, is withdrawn? (8) |
Anagram of ACT I + TURN |
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DEAN |
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Study divided up by a school head (4) |
DEN outside A |
22 |
NECKTIE |
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Kitchen tea informally presented without hat and formalwear (7) |
Anagram of KITCHEN TEA minus HAT |
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EARBASH |
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Roving bear has to chew the fat constantly (7) |
Anagram of BEAR HAS |
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ECONOMIST |
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Government adviser possibly organised fraud with nothing in troubled times (9) |
(CON + O) inside anagram of TIMES |
26 |
TRIPS |
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Helpful information about river expeditions (5) |
TIPS outside R |
27 |
TIDINESS |
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Order and sit around eating lunches, say? (8) |
SIT reversed outside DINES |
28 |
CLOSED |
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Compact kernel of Windows shut down (6) |
CLOSE + win(D)ows |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
INSECURE |
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Nice user, treated badly, is not adequately protected (8) |
Anagram of NICE USER |
2 |
COME ABOUT |
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Happen to change tack (4,5) |
Double Definition |
3 |
SCARCE |
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Electrical capacitance, somewhere in housing of alarm, is hard to find (6) |
C inside SCARE |
5 |
CARDIAC ARREST |
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Coaches holding assistant up, before time out, with heartfelt problem? (7,6) |
(CAR + CAR) outside (AID reversed) + REST |
6 |
DEADPAN |
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Straight-faced head of college soaking up commercial pressure (7) |
DEAN outside (AD + P) |
7 |
MINIS |
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Small cars try leaving the church (5) |
MINISTRY minus TRY |
8 |
CEYLON |
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Tea that’s brewed, noticeably lacking a bit (6) |
Anagram of NOTICEABLY minus A BIT |
10 |
CALLISTHENICS |
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“Buzz” in chest is corrected with exercises (13) |
CALL + anagram of IN CHEST IS |
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SCENARIOS |
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Plans from Rio found in wrecked Cessna (9) |
RIO inside anagram of CESSNA |
16 |
ENTHUSED |
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The abridged application, listed in conclusion, is inspired (8) |
[(TH)e + USE] inside END |
18 |
CUT DOWN |
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Duct, repositioned by individual, fell (3,4) |
ANagram of DUCT + OWN |
20 |
IN DEBT |
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Owing money, independent arranged bet (2,4) |
IND + anagram of BET |
21 |
BRUTAL |
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Unsweetened ale mostly is beastly (6) |
BRUT + (AL)e |
23 |
CROWD |
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Assembly line packed in music collection (5) |
ROW inside CD |