A nice Sunday challenge from Poins. I definitely found this tougher than some of his/her weekday puzzles and needed the rain break during the tennis to finish it off. No problems with any of the clues though, which is always the sign of a good setter.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ASSUAGED – ASS + U(nited) + AGED |
| 5 | RUMPUS – US on RUMP |
| 9 | TOLERATE – Double def. |
| 10 | FAR-OUT – FAR[-e] + OUT |
| 11 | CONSPIRE – CON (swindle) + SPIRE (Spike) |
| 12 | RAPIER – Cryptic def |
| 14 | IRRELEVANT – R(ight) in IRE + VAN in LET |
| 18 | INTERESTED – RE: in IN TEST + ED (notes) |
| 22 | AWNING – [-f(ellow)]AWNING |
| 23 | ATTITUDE – TITU[-s] in (DATE)* |
| 24 | ITALIC – I[-rving’s] + TAL[-e] + pIeCe |
| 25 | ACCURATE – AC (Bill) + CURATE |
| 26 | ENDURE – END + [-s(ponsorship)]URE |
| 27 | REVERENT – EVER in RENT |
| Down | |
| 1 | ATTACH – ATTACH[-e] |
| 2 | SILENT – LE in SIN + [-judement]T |
| 3 | ABRUPT – A(mateur) + (BURP)* + T(enor) |
| 4 | ENTERPRISE – ENTER (record) + P(envy) + RISE (increase in price) |
| 6 | UNABATED – UN + A(thletic) + BAT + E[-mbarrasse]D |
| 7 | PRODIGAL – PROD + (GAIL)* |
| 8 | SATURATE – SAT + U(nion) + A RATE |
| 13 | RECEPTACLE – [-p]RECEPT in C (about) in ALE |
| 15 | VITALISE – (IT’S ALIVE)* |
| 16 | STANDARD – STAND + A[-udrey] + RuDe |
| 17 | FRONTIER – FRONT + I(ndependence) + RE (soldiers) rev. |
| 19 | MINUTE – MINU[-s] + T[-h]E |
| 20 | CURATE – RAT (singer) in CUE (reminder) |
| 21 | RECENT – (CENTRE)* |