| Across | |
|---|---|
| 6 | BORIS – SIR + OB =< |
| 7 | RETICENT – CITE <= in RENT |
| 10 | HOGWEED – ((L)OW HEDGE)* |
| 13 | DOWAGER – “DO WAGER” |
| 14 | STAGE FRIGHT – Cryptic definition |
| 20 | CARAMEL – Chlorine = CL around ARAME which was new to me |
| 22 | REDRUTH – E + DR in RUTH |
| 24 | MARQUIS – MAQUIS around R |
| Down | |
| 1 | PROGRESS – PR + OGRESS |
| 2 | ASLEEP – One of three down clues where I can’t see the wordplay. Out = ASLEEP. LEEP = PEEL reversed. So old copper has to be AS? Is this AS the one? |
| 3 | BRIDGEHEAD – BRIDESHEAD around G minus S |
| 4 | STAB – STAB = Go and is half of stabling I suppose |
| 5 | ENDING – Wordplay in the answer, END IN G is a feature of THUG |
| 6 | BEHEST – Not sure of the wordplay. HE is probably diplomat but I can’t see where BEST around it comes from – if indeed BEHEST is right |
| 9 | THOR – sounds like (JOHN) THAW |
| 16 | TIMBUKTU – TIM + B + UK + TU. TU = Trade Union for workers? |
| 17 | GLOSSY – GLOSSARY – (A R). Cosmopolitan being a glossy magazine. This took me a long time, I hadn’t thought of glossary and was trying to justify classy to myself as an answer although it didn’t work for definition or wordplay! |
| 18 | PORT – Deal is a port in Kent |
| 21 | RARITY – Not entirely sure about this. RA for artist, if only ORITY, RIOTY, RITNILY or something like that was elegance I’d be home and dry but I can’t see it |
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RARITY It’s RITZY, I think, z not shown as abbrev for zero in Concise OED, or Collins, but it is in Chambers. Do not understand fully the BEST in BEHEST either.
BE-HE-ST is right. Very misleading, but the ‘forward once’ is George BEST. Could also be West Ham United’s former striker Clyde Best MBE, I suppose.