Judging by the scrawl on the crossy I’m blogging from I must’ve had a few when solving this. So as I finished it, it was probably on the easy side for an Eye.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 6 | DOW JONES (J[ack] S[traw] DO WE NO)* AInd: fancy |
| 8 | UNREST Hidden in sUN RESTrained Last one in but only because I had initially written HANGOVER for 4/12 |
| 10 | HAIRDO H[illary] AIR (broadcast) DO (act) |
| 11 | REGRADE (ER)< [Michael] GRADE |
| 13 | DEROGATORY (GORED)< (back stabbed) A TORY (e.g. David Cameron) |
| 15/17/23 | NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY I suppose this is a double-definition, but I think I’m missing some meaning from the first half. It took a fair few crossing letters before the phrase appeared. Full clue: Fickle public’s changed opinion of Obama? Expect mean behaviour from now on (2,4,6,4,3) |
| 20 | DOWN AND OUT DOWN (hair) AND (as well) OUT (declared gay) Whole definition: Bum |
| 22 | ACTS [p]ACTS What a way to indicate removal of P, Ouch!: removing tip of penis |
| 25 | RUMBLE M[erchant] B[anks] inside RULE (injunction) |
| 26 | BRIEFS DD: shorts, defenders i.e. lawyers |
| 27 | SATANIST TAN (Brown) inside (AS IT’S)* AInd: gone pear-shaped Whole def: Follower of Nick |
| Down | |
| 1 | COQ AU VIN A kind of homophone-charade: “Dick O’Front” |
| 2 | ANY OLD IRON (NO LADY)* AInd: Sadly IRON (the sort Thatcher was) This song |
| 3 | USURERS US (/Private Eye/) UR (City) ER (Brenda) S[antander] |
| 4/12 | HUNG OVER Hidden in SHUN GOVERnment |
| 5 | GREAT TIT G[ordon] R[eally] EAT (chomp) TIT (idiot) |
| 7 | JUROR J[ack] (OUR)* AInd: upset; [pa]R[ty] (party’s centre) |
| 9 | SMEAR SM[all] EAR (organ) |
| 14 | GLITTERATI LITTER,A (refuse, one) inside (collared by) (GIT)* AInd: stupid |
| 16 | MANACLES MAN (Guy) (LACES)* AInd: undone |
| 18 | RUTHLESS DD one of them a CD: As Brown’s cabinet was when Kelly went. This had me thinking of Dr David Kelly at first, but I think this “joke” has been made before. |
| 19 | TORYISM TO (MIS[e]RY)* AInd: dire |
| 21 | OWNER [br]OWN (RE)< |
| 22 | ADMEN (MED)* AInd: Cruising; inside AN (one) |
| 24 | GOSH GSOH (Good Sense Of Humour, the most well known personal ad acronym) with “heart transplant” |
Re 21d: excuse my ignorance, but I must be missing something… how does the definition work? I get the “British forsaking Brown – about over” bit, but how does “he admits” = ‘owner’…?
An “owner” can be someone who “owns up”, thus “admits”, to something
Ah I see. Thanks..!