Nutmeg fulfills the Quiptic brief very well.
| Across | |||
| 1. | Legalist holding back food for livestock (6) | ||
| SILAGE | A reversed hidden answer (‘holding back’) in lEGALISt. | ||
| 4. | Possibly trump one on account of heart (7) | ||
| CARDIAC | A charade of CARD (‘possibly trump’) + I (‘one’) + AC (‘account’). | ||
| 9. | Right function for Othello, say (5,4) | ||
| TITLE ROLE | A charade of TITLE (‘right’) + ROLE (‘function’). | ||
| 10. | African country‘s troubled reign (5) | ||
| NIGER | An anagram (‘troubled’) of ‘reign’. | ||
| 11. | Sleeping place for bounder on street (5) | ||
| ROOST | A charade of ROO (kanga, ‘bounder’) + ST (‘street’). | ||
| 12. | Beginning (or ending) imitation (6,3) | ||
| TAKING OFF | Triple definition. | ||
| 13. | Within Institute there’s money to burn (7) | ||
| CREMATE | An envelope (‘within’) of M (‘money’) in CREATE (‘institute’, verb; the capital letter is to confuse you). | ||
| 15. | Father’s thirty, oddly affected by advancing years (4,2) | ||
| PAST IT | A charade of PA’S (‘fathers’) + TIT (‘ThIrTy oddly’). | ||
| 17. | Turn informer, finding queen in clinch (6) | ||
| SQUEAL | An envelope (‘finding … in’) of QU (‘queen’) in SEAL (‘clinch’). | ||
| 19. | Baronet interrupted by unrefined bore (7) | ||
| BROUGHT | An envelope (‘interrupted by’) of ROUGH (‘unrefined’) in BT (‘baronet’). | ||
| 22. | He causes dreadful irritation right away (9) | ||
| INITIATOR | An anagram (‘dreadful’) of ‘i[r]ritation’ with an r removed (‘right away’). | ||
| 24. | Standard well below par (5) | ||
| EAGLE | Double definition. | ||
| 26. | Armies primarily approve of uniform (5) | ||
| ALIKE | A charade of A (‘Armies primarily’) + LIKE (‘approve’). | ||
| 27. | Judge taking long time about final polls (9) | ||
| REFERENDA | A charade of REF (‘judge’) + an envelope (‘about’) of END (‘final’) in ERA (‘long time’). | ||
| 28. | Great effort to conceal old hatred (7) | ||
| BIGOTRY | An envelope (‘to conceal’) of O (‘old’) in BIG TRY (‘great effort’). | ||
| 29. | Continuous decline left Paris reeling (6) | ||
| SPIRAL | n anagram (‘reeling’) of L (‘left’) + ‘Paris’. | ||
| Down | |||
| 1. | Caustic Rita’s back in charge (7) | ||
| SATIRIC | A charade of SATIR, a reversal (‘back’) of ‘ritas’ + IC (‘in charge’). | ||
| 2. | Release constructive toy — about time! (3,2) | ||
| LET GO | An envelope (‘about’) of T (‘time’) in LEGO (‘constructive toy’). | ||
| 3. | Hans Christian Andersen‘s dog? (5,4) | ||
| GREAT DANE | Double definition. … and Franz von Suppé was a Dalmatian. | ||
| 4. | Medical man from Prague heard on high (5-2) | ||
| CHECK-UP | A charade of CHECK, a homophone (‘heard’) of Czech (‘man from Prague’) + UP (‘high’). | ||
| 5. | Argument to continue at home (3-2) | ||
| RUN-IN | A charade of RUN (‘continue’) + IN (‘at home’). | ||
| 6,20. | In going to war, Neil developed foot problem (9,7) | ||
| INGROWING TOENAIL | An anagram (‘developed’) of ‘in going to war neil’. | ||
| 7. | Vessel for wine from a service in church (6) | ||
| CARAFE | An envelope (‘in’) of ‘a’ + RAF (Royal Air Force, ‘service’) in CE (‘church’ of England). Fine surface. | ||
| 8. | Foolish chap with extremely effeminate beard (6) | ||
| GOATEE | A charade of GOAT (‘foolish fellow’) + EE (‘extremely EffeminatE‘). | ||
| 14. | Curious men short of money, requiring first couple to leave (9) | ||
| ENQUIRING | A charade of EN, ‘[m]en’, with the m removed (‘short of money’) + QUIRING, ‘[re]quiring’ with the first two letters removed (‘first couple to leave’). A less common wordplay device, used twice. | ||
| 16. | Maybe Ruby’s cut flower (9) | ||
| STONECROP | A charade of STONE (‘maybe ruby’, indication by example, clearly stated) + CROP (‘cut’). | ||
| 18. | During vague illness, appeal for regular form of service (7) | ||
| LITURGY | An envelope (‘during’) of ‘IT (sex ‘appeal’) in LURGY (‘vague illness’. The word was popularised by, and maybe invented for The Goon Show, where it was spelled lurgi). | ||
| 19. | Deprived fellow in flat cap (6) | ||
| BEREFT | An envelope (‘in’) of F (‘fellow’) in BERET (‘flat cap’). | ||
| 20. | See 6 | ||
| – | See 6 | ||
| 21. | One caught in sting gets something to calm the stomach (6) | ||
| BICARB | An envelope (‘in’) of I (‘one’) + C (‘caught’) in BARB (‘sting’). | ||
| 23. | Turn up missing volume, showing no reaction (5) | ||
| INERT | IN[v]ERT (‘turn up’) witn the v removed (‘missing volume’). | ||
| 25. | Individual stabs King George — he’s had it (5) | ||
| GONER | An envelope (‘stabs’ to the heart?) of ONE (‘individual’) in GR (Georgius Rex, ‘King George’). | ||
Thanks, PeterO, but surely “bigotry” and “hatred” are not synonymous? Wouldn’t “intolerance” have been a better definition?
crosser – it’s good to hear from someone! I think you are right – the definition was so obviously in the right general area that I did not question it.
I found this on the tough side for one of these. Not entirely sure why in retrospect though.
Hah. I was about to mutter about brought=bore when I finally remembered a usage I don’t use!
Thanks Peter O. I found the SW as tough or tougher than most of the regular cryptics. Couldn’t see 18 at all before coming here – why ‘regular’ anyway ? Overall very neat (TY Nutmeg), but in terms of the Quiptic brief I doubt if many beginners or those in a hurry completed it …