This one will have to be quick, so here goes…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CAPACITY — P.A. in CA CITY — Ca = California. |
| 10 | MARINE BIOLOGIST — cryptic def. — main = ocean. |
| 12 | OUTFITTER — OUT+FITTER — out = intent on getting. |
| 13 | UNHAND — UN HAND — not sure foreign worker is good enough here, surely many UN workers are British and may not work overseas. I’d have thought a question mark would have been in order here. Correction thanks to neildubya, UN= “a foreign” |
| 17 | HANGDOG — HANG+DOG — not a very nice image! |
| 18 | BONITO — I+NOB< + TO |
| 23 | EARTH — wEAR THick — my favourite clue. Simple, nice surface and a partial &lit quality if referring to Britain. |
| 24 | OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE — double def. |
| Down | |
| 2 | PARTHENON — PART+HEN+ON — I think the analysis here is correct. |
| 3 | CANADIAN DOLLARS — R in (A COLD ASIAN LAND)* — nice anagram… |
| 4 | TABLOID — TAB + “Lloyd” — ref. is to John Lloyd I think. |
| 6 | VIOLIN CONCERTOS — (CONTROLS VOICE IN)* — ..and again. |
| 8 | DETHRONE — DE(a)TH+R+ONE &lit — very clever. |
| 9 | POSTIE — (POET IS)* — another excellent but simple clue. |
| 16 | CHUCK OUT — CHUCK + OUT — I assume this is right though maybe another word fits the first part. |
| 19 | BUTCHER — BUTCHER(s) — butchers = butcher’s hook = look. |
13A – isn’t it “a foreign”=UN, worker=HAND?
Yes, of course. I missed the “a”! I even looked back at the clue when I thought it unsound for Dac and still failed to spot the “a”. I blame it on my glasses.
I looked “CHUCK” up. Apparently, it’s US slang for food. Hence chuck out(side) = picnic.
Double definitions invited for CHUCK, then.
In the cowboy films of my youth – late 1930s – the cowboys always awaited the arrival of the “chuck” wagon for their food.
Could someone please explain the BIOLOGIST in MARINE BIOLOGIST?
Not got the puzzle now, maybe you could quote the clue – from memory as Colin says it was cryptic definition (main = sea = ocean) though the biologist was not specified, maybe there’s a MARINE something else, but crossing letters would have helped perhaps.
I don’t have the clue available either but it suggested someone who studied to work in the main. I don’t think biologist was specified directly but the study aspect hinted at a scientist and, as nmsindy says, the checking letters left little choice.