Lorraine: Good morning to you all,
Unusually I did not do this weeks puzzle on Sunday but did it during the week. Lots of lovely clue’s this week, ‘bootless’ had me stuck for a while but lucky for me Nick was on hand.
Thank you to Everyman for another wonderful solve.
| Across | |||
| 1. | Woolly coat to take to the cleaners (6) | ||
| FLEECE | dd | ||
| 4. | Sack smaller, so of no use (8) | ||
| BOOTLESS | BOOT+LESS | ||
| 10. | Therefore gets expert to study something from the baker (4,5) | ||
| SODA BREAD | SO+DAB+READ | ||
| 11. | Banter after good goal (5) | ||
| GRAIL | RAIL after G | ||
| 12. | Learning, new actress (5) | ||
| LOREN | LORE+N | ||
| 13/14. | Not for long, one or two or three may with dog barking (4,5,4,8) | ||
| HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW | (ONE OR TWO OR THREE MAY+DOG)* anagrind=’barking(mad)’ |
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| 14. | see 13 across |
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| – | – | ||
| 18. | Tree is hiding the Prince, elusive character (4-1-3-4) | ||
| WILL-O-THE-WISP | (THE in (WILLOW+IS))+P | ||
| 21. | One of the Channel Islands – grow old on it in a retreat (9) | ||
| HERMITAGE | HERM+(AGE after[on] IT) | ||
| 23. | Article absorbing female, very pale (5) | ||
| ASHEN | SHE in AN | ||
| 24. | Some extra item or feature (5) | ||
| TRAIT | hidden: exTRA ITem | ||
| 25. | Football team, grimly humorous before game (9) | ||
| BLACKPOOL | BLACK[humour]+POOL | ||
| 26. | South American republic holding alternative view (8) | ||
| PANORAMA | OR in PANAMA | ||
| 27. | Wily yachtsman’s beginning to get vessel ahead (6) | ||
| CRAFTY | Y(achtsman) after CRAFT | ||
| Down | |||
| 1. | Girl upset breaking safety device in body of aircraft (8) | ||
| FUSELAGE | (GALE<) in FUSE | ||
| 2. | Eternal City, ancient, in conclusion (8) | ||
| ENDURING | UR(ancient city) in ENDING | ||
| 3. | Unexpectedly incriminate best high-ranking member? (7,8) | ||
| CABINET MINISTER | (INCRIMINATE BEST)* | ||
| 5. | Discipline in class (5) | ||
| ORDER | dd | ||
| 6. | Work it with ‘Telegraph’, somehow, to illustrate Charles Blondin, perhaps (9,6) | ||
| TIGHTROPE WALKER | (WORK IT+TELEGRAPH)* | ||
| 7. | Animals buried in huge landslide (6) | ||
| ELANDS | hidden: hugE LANDSlide | ||
| 8. | Boy in news, extremely lucky in resort (6) | ||
| SELWYN | (NEWS+L(uck)Y)* the anagrind ‘resort’ means to ‘re-adjust’ |
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| 9. | Be circumspect, at first, over hot meal cooked in a sauce (8) | ||
| BECHAMEL | BE+C(ircumspect)+H+(MEAL*) | ||
| 15. | New Year host in this Scottish town (8) | ||
| ROTHESAY | (YEAR HOST)* | ||
| 16. | Immediately cancel, over the phone (5,3) | ||
| RIGHT OFF | homophone: WRITE-OFF=cancel | ||
| 17. | No set pieces here in passable theatrical work (4,4) | ||
| OPEN PLAY | OPEN+PLAY | ||
| 19. | Stop talking in jail (4,2) | ||
| SHUT UP | dd | ||
| 20. | Other ranks row about a decree (6) | ||
| ORDAIN | OR(other ranks)+(DIN around A) | ||
| 22. | A line on tramp in book (5) | ||
| ALBUM | A+L+BUM | ||
| … | |||
26ac: According to what source is Panama in South America?
4a Boot =sack didn’t come to mind -presumably it is as in “I got the boot”. Hadn’t come across bootless=of no use.
Otherwise, didn’t have too many hold ups.
Thanks, Lorraine. I thought SODA BREAD was a nice clue, together with the anagram for CABINET MINISTER. But I think jackkt is right about Panama! Central America would be favourite, I fancy.
Thanks to Everyman as always for a pleasing Sunday morning puzzle.
Is it just me, or has the Everyman got harder the last few weeks?