Independent 7203 by Glow-worm

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism

This was quite tough but ultimately enjoyable.
 

Across
1 Intellectual: Tell in (clue at n I)*.
9 Gyp: Hidden in “dodgy patella”.
10 Crenellate: Nell in Create.
11 Strand: Don’t really see what’s cryptic about this one. It looks like a direct definition, but I’m obviously missing some subtlety.
12 Tarrying: Tarring (= putting surface on) around [da]y.
13 Floorcloth: F loth around loo RC.
15 Heap: Initial letters of “Himalayas experiencing abnormal pressure”.
16 Envy: Odd letters of Edna + v + [pon]y.
17 Fuddy Duddy: F + [b]uddy [b]uddy around d.
18 In camera: American*.
20 Uneven: Hidden in “rerun event”.
21 Escarpment: Carp in (men set)*.
22 Oar: [b]oar[d].
23 Satisfactory: SAT is f + actor + Y[eovil].
Down
2 Night Blindness: (in l[a]bs things end)*.
3 Expiatory: Ex + PIA + tory.
4 Lucid: Rather unconvincing hom of “loose it”.
5 Chests of drawers: CD.
6 Unearthly: Une + art + H[en]l[e]y.
7 Lolly: Lo[CA]lly.
8 Standard Bearer: Didn’t entirely follow this – “Sinatra among singers – and one of his discs”. I suppose Sintra might be a standard bearer among singers and I can only assume that this must be a song or album of his, but not familiar with it.
14 Coffee pot: Hom of “cough” + EE + pot.
15 Housecoat: (UE + cahoots)*.
19 Amass: A + Mass.
20 Ultra: art[f]ul*.

9 comments on “Independent 7203 by Glow-worm”

  1. 4d Homonym of loose + id = primitive energies, I think.

    Sinatra’s songs can be regarded as ‘standards’, do a disc of them could be a standard bearer.

    coastline or coast + line, sort of three definitions.

  3. I think 4dn must be a typo – the phrase should surely be ‘give rein to’, which would make the homonym work OK.

  4. I think 4d is a typo and should read ‘rein’. But ‘primitive energies’ refers to the id I think, so not a play on ‘lose it’ but ‘loose….id’

  5. Homer nodded. 4 Down should have said ‘rein’ – this was a replacement clue supplied by the setter and obviously I didn’t check it properly. Mea culpa.

  7. I woke up this morning and wasn’t sure whether I’d dreamed the football, but no, I can’t claim that it had any effect on my failing to spot the mistake, which would have happened last week. The online version is now corrected.

  8. The clue to ENVY had a relatively cunning subsidiary indication but a giveaway definition. Since ENVY is one of the ten deadly sins, using ‘sin’ as a definition would have been a more subtle idea. I did this one while waiting for my wife at the hospital (nothing serious). Romped thorugh without understanding a lot of it, but that’s often the way and it stops me remembering other setters’ clues and copying them!

  9. 10d Surely crenellate implies indents and not indentures. Some sorts of indenture do have indents, but not the apprenticeship type.

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