Financial Times 12,717 by Cincinnus

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Some snazzy clues here but also one that I could not solve (11D)!

Across
1. SO CALLED – anagram of ALL CODES
5. SHAPES – S[tylis]H + APES (copies)
9. HESPERUS – HES (He’s) + PERU (land) + S[chooner]
10. IGNORE – anagram of REGION
12. ROLLS – double definition
13. DIRECTION – double definition
14. ISOBAR – IS (is) + O (round) + BAR (obstruction)
16. GRANITA – GR (Greek) + ANITA (girl)
18. RUN OVER – double definition
20. PAST IT – PAS (governors) + TIT (bird)
22. MAHARISHI – MA[ta] HARI (thankless spy) + anagram of HIS. Nice one!
23. TENOR – anagram of NOTE + R[ecital]
24. LUANDA – L (Lake) + U (superior) + AND (as well as) + A (a)
25. STYLISED – anagram of TIDY LESS
26. ISRAEL – LEAR + [lo]SI[ng] backwards
27. GRANDSON – GRAND (a lot of money) + [o]S[b]O[r]N[e]

Down
1. SAHARA – A (a) + RA (painter) + HAS (has) all backwards
2. CASTLES IN THE AIR – double definition
3. LEEDS – homophone
4. ECUADOR – anagram of ROAD by ECU (City University). Where does the E come from?
6. HIGH CLASS – HIGH (type of school) + CLASS (form)
7. PROHIBITIONISTS – anagram of BRITISH POSITION
8. STEINWAY – STEIN (Gertrude) + WAY (direction — from 13A)
11. TRUG – R (skipper’s last) in TUG (boat) — See comments below.
15. BEVERIDGE – EVE (female) in BRIDGE (bit of a fiddle — as in violin)
17. GRIMALDI – anagram of A DIM GIRL. Perhaps not the first Prince Albert one thinks of!
19. REST – double definition
20. PAINTER – A (a) in [Harold] PINTER
21. DRYDEN – RYDE (island resort) in D[eadly] N[ightshade]
23. TALON – hidden word

4 comments on “Financial Times 12,717 by Cincinnus”

  1. 11 Skipper’s last seen in boat getting a basket (4)

    was among some three that I left unsolved.

    Now, going by the wordplay,

    Skipper’s last – R
    seen in- container/contained ind
    boat – TUG (tug-boat)
    getting – T(R)UG
    a basket – def?

    Reaching for Chambers, I find
    trug: a shallow wooden fruit-basket (Chambers)

    Not surprising that this unusual word not known to me in all my reading is marked ‘dialectical’

  3. The Beveridge report (published during the second World War) proposed setting up the National Health service.

  4. Thanks, Gouldman. I did not comment on that myself because I was unsure if the Beveridge concerned was that one or a reporter in the media sense of the word whom I was unfamiliar with.

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