Sil’s away with no or limited access to the internet, so you’ve got me again – I doubt he’s gone to watch the football somehow, so I return with a Crux crossword, FT Monday crosswords seem to be somewhat easy despite being prize crosswords and this was no exception.
Not being of a particularly religious bent I had to double check on 14d – he was an early Christian struck down for lying.
| Across: | ||
| 1 | WASHED | WAS + HE + (gla)D – almost trivial start, seemed too easy. |
| 4 | LOP EARED | OP in DEALER* |
| 9 | LOOSER | O in LOSER – lots of folks on the internet (especially Americans) can’t get loser/looser right for some reason. |
| 10 | CONTENTS | CONTENT + S |
| 12 | INERT GAS | ANGRIEST* |
| 13 | ANNEXE | ANNE + X(ten, number) + E(nergy) |
| 15 | SLEW | WELS(h) reversed |
| 16 | EVEN HANDED | Cryptic Def |
| 19 | RESTAURANT | [NATURES ART]* |
| 20 | LAIC | LA + I.C. |
| 23 | PRIMUS | PRIM (Victorian) + US |
| 25 | PASSABLE | PASS + ABLE |
| 27 | PACK IT IN | PACK + I + TIN |
| 28 | GROCER | Hom of GROSSER |
| 29 | RARITIES | IT in SIERRA* |
| 30 | FRESCO | FRES(h) + CO(balt) |
| Down: | ||
| 1 | WELLIES | WELL + I.E. + S(uede) |
| 2 | SCORELESS | Cryptic double definition – score less i.e. lose |
| 3 | ELECTS | (s)ELECTS with or without first letter |
| 5 | OBOE | O in O.B.E. |
| 6 | ESTONIAN | S(pades) in ETON + IAN |
| 7 | RANGE | Scottish club RANGE(rs) truncated – although Rangers seem in danger of going out of business |
| 8 | DISTEND | DIST(ance) + END |
| 11 | CARVERY | CAR + VERY see 19 not often all that hot in several ways in my experience 😉 |
| 14 | ANANIAS | [AN ASIAN]* see preamble |
| 17 | NATURIST | A in [IT TURNS]* |
| 19 | REPAPER | It’s a palindrome hence “about the same” |
| 21 | CHEERIO | CHEER + 10 |
| 22 | USUSER | No P in USUR(p)ER |
| 24 | IN CAR | Cryptic DD |
| 26 | FINE | F(urther) I(njustice) N(o one) E(xpects) |