| Across | |
|---|---|
| 7 | ENVELOP ENV[y] (POLE)* AInd: dancing |
| 8 | SLIGHT DD |
| 9/16 | PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION (DOMINANT POLICE BRUTES – [justic]E)* AInd: As broken up. What an apt long anagram and &Lit clue this was. Top clue award here: As broken up by dominant police brutes, justice ultimately lacking (6,13) |
| 10 | CHASTITY (TITS)< inside CHAY Ref. yachtsman Chay_Blyth |
| 11 | WAR CRIME CD I suppose “unconventional” as it would be against the Geneva Convention. Clue: An unconventional atrocity (3,5) |
| 14 | TROPHY ([jerem]Y THORP[e]) AInd: maybe. Haven’t seen this old liberal in a clue for a while |
| 18 | SOCCER Homophone “Socker”, as in someone who “socks” as in hits, smacks |
| 20 | RACKED UP [c]RACKED UP |
| 21 | PENTAGON PEN (Prison) TAG (child’s play) (NO)* AInd: aggravation. I’m counting that as a anagram as “aggravation” surely is an anagrind rather than a reversal indicator |
| 24 | POPLAR POP[u]LAR |
| 26 | AGEIST Hidden in: frottAGE IS Terribly |
| 27 | GENERAL (ENLARGE)* AInd: bust |
| Down | |
| 1 | GET-UP-AND-GO GET UP (Don’t sit on your arse) AND GO (and quit) |
| 2 | EVIL (LIVE)< Live=On |
| 3 | ELECTION ERECTION change R to L This ELECTION/ERECTION L/R swap seemed very familiar but I had to look a long way back to find a similar clue Eye 352 Nov 2007 |
| 4 | EPIC PI (Goody-goody) inside EC (City area) |
| 5 | RIOT POLICE I (one) inside ROT (balls), PO (humourless) LICE (lousy things) |
| 6 | SHIT S[econd] HIT (success) |
| 8 | SCANT SCAN (read) T[elegraph] |
| 12 | COMIC STRIP COMICS (stand-ups) TRIP (experience drugs) Ref the Yobs cartoon that appears below the crossword though this has become Yobettes of late. Small voice: I think the joke’s worn a bit thin in that strip now |
| 13 | ENTER Hidden in dysENTERy |
| 17 | AL CAPONE CAP (crown) inside ALONE (one single) |
| 19/15 | RIGHT HONOURABLE RIGHT (a certain political persuasion) HONOURABLE (not involved in sleaze, etc) |
| 22 | EDGY ED (Balls) G[a]Y Ref. “Secretary of State for Children, schools and families” though as I’m writing this blog a week before it is published this may be out of date. |
| 23 | NIGH [k]NIGH[t] |
| 25 | PORN Homophone “pawn” (piece) |
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11a Stuck with ?a? I plumped for gay -gay being unconventional -why is that not the answer, please?
A War Crime is “unconventional” in the sense that it is against the Geneva Convention.