Financial Times 14,297 by Bradman

An enjoyable solve

 

 

 

 

Across

1 PERICOPE a few words of Scripture

PER (one) I (in) COPE (priestly garment)

5 IAMBUS part of poem 1am transport

10 CONKING hitting on head – presume reference to Emperor’s New Clothes CON KING – although it was an emperor who was conned by two weavers

11 INDIANA Jones IN (at home) DIANA (moon goddess)

12 LAIRD landowner I (one) in LARD (fat)

13 OVERTAKEN passed OVERT (obvious) A KEN (little man)

14 BE OFF WITH YOU go away O (nothing) in (WE BIFF YOUTH)*

18 PLEASANTRIES polite conversation

PLEAS (requests) [m]AN (chap losing maiden) TRIES (attempts)

21 LANDSLIDE big electoral victory

LAND (country) SLIDE (go?/going? downhill)

23 CLONE person resembling someone else CL (class) ONE

24 ALL OVER entirely finished – re Geoff Hurst in 1966 World Cup

25 GRANDMA relation GRANDMA[ster] chess champ minus (REST)*

26 ENSURE guarantee [c]ENSURE (reprimand)

27 WRETCHED unhappy RETCH (sign of being sick) in WED (spouse)

Down

1 PICKLE preserve PICK (the best) L (left) [wors]E

2 RANCID sour RAN (acted as) CID (police organisation)

3 CHILDLESS &lit (tot – child)

4 PIGEON-FANCIERS (homer – homing pigeon)

6 AUDIT financial investigation A U (university) [ha]D IT

7 BLACK EYE result of fight LACKEY (servant) in BE

8 STANNOUS of bivalent tin (ANTS)* NOUS (common sense)

9 SIR EDWARD ELGAR (GIRL REWARDED AS)*

15 TRENCHANT keen [ba]R in TEN (number) CHANT (sing)

16 SPILLAGE something wasted S (second) PILLAGE (sack)

17 REYNOLDS Sir Joshua (LORD YEARNS)* minus RA

19 HOWDAH seat on elephant (WHO HAD)*

20 REPAID returned REP (theatre) AID (help)

22 SEVER divorce [bitternes]S EVER (always)

( )* = anagram    [ ] = omit