A quickish and crossword and a quickish blog as I have to get back to finish some work! Not absolutely sure about 15 across so if anyone’s got a better answer or explanation then be my guest!
| Across | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5 | CONFAB – CON + FAB | |
| 13 | SINGLE FILE – File of old records = singles (don’t singles still exist?) | |
| 15 | POSTURERS – Not sure about this. It would be POSTERS for pin-ups around UR for word of hesitation and POSTURERS as how pin-ups may be viewed? | |
| 17 | OXEYE – OX + EYE (sounds like I) | |
| 20 | TELESCOPE – (PETE COLES)* | |
| 22 | SILHOUETTE – Cryptic definition | |
| 27 | TRIODES – (I STORED)* A new word for me but as diode is perfectly familiar there was no need to hesitate | |
| 29 | SATIRE – SAT(URDAY) IRE | |
| 30 | VEHEMENT – VE(HE-MEN)T | |
| Down | ||
| 2 | NEWNESS – needs another W to give 2 of each of north, south, east and west | |
| 6 | ON THE HOUSE – roof slates usually are… | |
| 8 | BELVEDERE – (BE REVE{A}LED)* | |
| 15 | PARASITES – (EAST PARIS)* | |
| 16 | SOLITAIRE – I’m not familiar with Andy Williams work but a few letters made it inevitable | |
| 19 | PALMIST – CD | |
| 25 | BREST – B + REST | |
| 26 | RITE – R(IT)E, nice &lit | |
I’d difficulty with 15 ac too, while finally settling for POSTURERS without quite knowing why. I think your explanation may be correct – I thought posers might be part of the build-up but you could not then explain the T.
I assumed that POSTERS were pinned up items!