I thought this was a pretty straightforward Cyclops — solved in one easy session (not meaning to sound smug, of course). Clues that made me smile included 13a and 23a.
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| 1 | CYCLOPS | City emptied by Conservative cuts gets me C[it]Y; C = Conservative; LOPS = cuts |
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| 5 | SIX-PACK | Dicky swallows unknown quantity every year (evidence of well-developed male) SICK = dicky; X + unknown quantity; PA = every year (per annum) |
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| 10 | CENSORSHIP | Cutting procedure develops his penis — cor, I should go! *(h[i]s penis cor); ‘cutting procedure’ is the definition. |
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| 11 | NICK | Can Clegg … Double definition — ‘nick’ and ’can’ are both words for prison or custody cell; Nick Clegg. |
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| 12 | EDISON | … an inventive sort, move ‘onside’? *(onside) |
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| 13 | BAWLS OUT | Report of bollocks on display is very critical Sounds like “Balls out” |
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| 14 | SNOB | Superior type of prick, having opening replaced [k]NOB = prick; K replaced by S. Definition: superior type |
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| 16 | ROGERING | Shagging ‘goer’ stupid is welcomed by band *(goer); in RING = band |
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| 18 | FREELOAD | Leader of nuts, so wine and dine at others’ expense *(Leader of) |
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| 21 | YANK | American shaggy creature penetrated by penis, centrally YAK = shaggy creature; N = |
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| 23 | APRES SKI | Fancy a pisser hosting Kelvin’s Klosters entertainment? *(a pisser K). Klosters. Great anagram |
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| 24 | NO GOOD | Pisspoor Bob eats crud NOD = bob (move up and down); GOO = crud |
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| 26/25 | LORD GNOME | His organ is handled by many — God! A very small one! I sort of assumed the word play goes: LORD = God; GNOME = a very small [mythical sprite]. But I think I may have missed something more subtle. Lord Gnome’s organ is Private Eye itself. |
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| 27 | ON THE ROCKS | In difficulties? Not he, twirling balls *(not he); ROCKS = testicles (vulgar according to Chambers |
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| 28 | WEAR OFF | Become less intense when wife takes organ away W = wife; EAR = organ; OFF = away |
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| 29 | ENTENTE | Government enterprise stifles political understanding Hidden in ‘Government enterprise’ |
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| 2 | YIELDING | Bending end of fanny injured Di in leg *(Y Di in leg), where Y = end of fanny |
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| 3 | LISPS | Says “thin” not “sin”? Lost – then piss off! L = lost (presumably; can’t find it in Chambers; *(piss) |
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| 4 | PARTNER | Live-in lover? Boring idiot endlessly after a bit! PART = a bit; NER[d] = Boring idiot endlessly |
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| 6 | IN POWER | Prone to tangle with WI, Cameron would prefer to be completely so *(prone WI). Let’s just be grateful that Cameron isn’t completely so — things could be even worse! |
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| 7 | PENIS ENVY | Dick secretly in demand by women who have this? Why ‘secretly’? I suppose it’s not something you’d admit to. Personally, I have greenhouse envy. |
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| 8 | COCK-UP | Boner gets Willy out of bed According to Chambers, ‘boner’ can mean ‘a howler, a blunder’. |
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| 9 | THE BIG SOCIETY | Cameron’s ‘baby’ article on large group dismissed by Thatcher THE = article; BIG SOCIETY = large group. Aargh! |
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| 15 | BARTENDER | Pissed Brenda takes right honourable’s rear for a source of booze *(Brenda); RT = right; E = honourable’s rear |
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| 17 | IN POCKET | So, not at a loss as to where to put your balls, when at table? Double definition — when playing snooker, pool or billiards, you would aim to put the balls in the pockets. |
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| 19 | EASE OFF | Drug unavailable, reportedly, so relax Sounds like “E’s off” |
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| 20 | DUNGEON | Prison shit takes a long time DUNG = shit; EON = a long time |
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| 22 | OPPOSE | Function like Labour MPs in Westminster, mate, with sex curtailed OPPO = mate; SE[x] |
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They’re making a film about the life of the late Edward Stobart. It should be good, if the trailer’s anything to go by.
Thanks for the blog, jetdoc. And of course thanks to cyclops for a nicely scatological solve, as usual. Yes I can’t parse 26, either.
Minor typo: 15d end of honorable is e, not t.
Does Norbert dentressangle (sp?) feature at all in the film? I’ve lived abroad for so long, I don’t know who’s who in uk lorry driving…and is he called “nobby” by his friends, so instantly becoming a ref for Cyclops?
Thanks jetdoc.
3d – L = lost probably refers to football league tables:
W = no. of matches won, D = drawn & L = lost.
7d – I just took “secretly in demand” as a sort of definition for “envy”, although the grammar would be a bit dodgy.
Thanks for pointing out the typo, Dreadnought. And I have always found the name Norbert Dentressangle fascinating.
Yes, Malc95, I also sort-of assumed L = ‘lost’. But Chambers doesn’t give it.
Hi jetdoc
Nor does Collins but L=lost is in COED.