| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | PACK, L in CAB (all reversed) – the BLACKCAP is a small songbird. |
| 9 | INDI[-a]’S,POSITION – I found this very tough and only got the answer by finding a word that fit the letters I had and working back from there. |
| 10 | W,AGE FREEZE – “frees”. This was deceptive too as, to me at least, “relieves” sounded like it was part of the definition. |
| 12 | KENS,IT – Patsy. Is she in some soap or other these days? |
| 14 | T,I,B in MALES |
| 24 | ZA in TARN |
| 25 | (THE RACES)* – CHEATERS. Wasn’t sure about this at the time of solving but dictionaries confirm that CHEATERS is a slang word for spectacles or glasses. |
| Down | |
| 2 | AIR in LAGE[-r] – I think LAIRAGE is right although it’s not in any dictionary I currently have access to (which doesn’t include Collins or Chambers). |
| 3 | R in CADE – was a bit unsure about this one too but a bit of searching finds that Jack CADE led a rebellion of men who tried to force reforms on the government of Henry VI. |
| 4 | CAST,RATED – was definitely not expecting “having lost balls” to be the definition here! |
| 5 | (STINT TOP TEACHER)* – PROTESTANT ETHIC. |
| 6 | JU[-st]ICE |
| 8 | (UNNAMED)* – I can’t believe how long it took me to spot “suspect” as the anagram indicator. But what a good clue though: “Unnamed suspect with no distinguishing features”. |
| 17 | BANK,I’S<,A – I’m hopeless with plants, flowers and whatnot but this wasn’t too tricky. |
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2D is right, according to Chambers:
lairage: n. a place or accommodation where cattle are housed or laired, esp at markets and docks.
No one’s mentioned 22 down (S?E?T) – is it SWEET (kind) and, if so, why?
“Kind of W-H-E-A-T”(5)
22d – I filled in SPELT, which is a kind of W-H-E-A-T.
Thanks, a new word for my vocabulary. And it fits that wordplay which had me intrigued from the first time I saw it.
At 5D I must confess to thinking “Protestant Work Ethic” surely, but a Google search put me right – the phrase comes from Max Weber’s “The Protestant Ethic and the spirit of capitalism”.