Azed 2145

1

Film starring e.g. Bruce Lee, arrogant about jumps? (9)

COCKY (arrogant) containing (about) HOPS (jumps)

C (HOPS) OCKY

CHOPSOCKY (a genre of films featuring martial arts.  Bruce Lee  tarred in many films of this genre)

11

Peepers excited about a star group (8)

Anagram of (excited) PEEPERS containing (about) A

PR (A) ESEPE*

PRAESEPE (a cluster of stars in the constellation)

12

Trembler rarely in grip of disease is malingering (5)

SEISM (hidden word in [in grip of] DISEASE IS MALINGERING)

SEISM (rare word for an earthquake; trembler rarely)

13

Gathering round exotic bird in little hat (6)

BEE (a gathering of persons to unite their labour for the benefit of one individual or family, or for some joint amusement, exercise or competition, as in quilting bee, spelling bee]) containing (round) ANI (a tropical American bird)

BE (ANI) E

BEANIE (small, close-fitting hat)

14

Plain cotton that’s half absorbing dried blood? (6)

TH (2 of 4 [half] letters of THAT) containing (absorbing) CLOT (a mass of soft or fluid matter solidified, such as blood)

T (CLOT) H

T-CLOTH (a type of plain cotton)

15

Aganippe, say – might feet be suggested by this? (4)

F ON T (suggests the formation of the abbreviation ft [feet])

FONT (fountain; Aganippe is a fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses)

16

Sing along meaninglessly composition of Falla (not loud) (4)

Anagram of (composition) FALLA excluding (not) F (forte; loud)

LA-LA (to sing an accompaniment using meaningless syllables such as LA-LA)

18

Surly lout, hard laid into hack (6)

H (hard, describing a pencil) contained in (laid into) COUGH (hack)

CHOUGH (surly or boorish fellow)

19

Coward maybe, in bother about lustreless lives (9)

DRAT (an expression of vexation; bother!) containing (about) (MAT [lustreless] + IS [lives])

DRA (MAT IS) T

DRAMATIST (reference Noel COWARD, playwright/dramatist)

23

Defunct uncle, one enshrined in grim bearing (9)

(EME [obsolete {defunct} word for uncle] + AN [one]) contained in (enshrined in) DOUR (grim)

D (EME AN) OUR

DEMEANOUR (bearing)

24

Like a drink?  This is wildly gingery (6)

AS (like) + A + RUM (example of drink)

ASARUM (the dried root of the wild ginger)

27

Bass trumpet in band creating fuzzy effect (4)

B (bass) + LUR (a long curved Bronze Age trumpet of a style still used in Scandinavian countries for calling cattle)

BLUR (ill-defined spot or smear)   A smear could be considered to be a band, but I think the clue is thinking of:

BLUR (reference the band BLUR fronted by Damon Albarn)

There are two distinct definitions here to go with one wordplay

28

Associate – more than one in Frankfurt is sinister (4)

LINK (more than one LINK gives LINKS [German for left {sinister}])

LINK (associate)

29

Less time to learn German?  It could be normal with these classes (6)

TO LEARN GERMAN excluding (less) T (time) gives OLEARNGERMAN which is an anagram of (could be) of NORMAL and GENERA

GENERA (taxonomic groups; classes)

Compound anagram clue

31

Anaesthetic drug: doze I have when coming rounbd (6)

(NAP [doze] + I’VE [I have]) all reversed (coming round)

(EVI PAN) <

EVIPAN (the proprietary name of a drug, hexobarbitone sodium, formerly used intravenously and intramuscularly as a basic anaesthetic)

32

Company abandoned morris dance customs (5)

MORESCO (a Moorish dance or morris-dance) excluding (abandoned) CO (company)

MORES (customs)

33

Chum holding a flap I connected to a sort of parachute (8)

PAL (chum) containing (holding) (A + TAG [flap] + I)

P (A TAG I) AL

PATAGIAL (the parachute of skin of a flying squirrel,)

34

The sort of thing Greens approve of, turning powdery in experience I’ve lost (9)

TALCY (powdery) reversed (turning) contained in (in) (RECEIVE [experience] excluding [lost] IVE)

REC (YCLAT<) E

RECYCLATE (material that has been RECYCLED; something that Greens approve of)

1

Players given guidance with solid defences (7)

CAST (players) + LED (given guidance)

CASTLED (with solid defences)

2

Sort of cornbread, one wrapped up in ham? (7)

ACE (one) reversed (up; down clue) contained in (wrapped) HOKE (overact; ham)

HO (ECA<) KE

HOECAKE (thin cake of ground maize; cornbread)

I’m struggling with this a bit.  The best I can come up with is:

(P [penny; small coin] + SO ([ike this]) containing (round) E (international Vehicle Registration for Spain)

P (E) SO

PESO (Spanish 5 peseta piece, but Spain uses the euro now and there is no reference to history)  I think the whole thing is an &Lit clue.

I was also looking at ‘seen in circulation’ as a containment indicator or even an anagram indicator, but couldn’t make either work

4

Musician, one accompanying harp in medley (7)

Anagram of (in medley) ONE and [accompanying] HARP

ORPHEAN (relating to the mysteries associated with Orpheus, a mythical Thracian musician and poet who could move inanimate objects by the music of his lyre)

5

The basics, including egg, covered with slice of Cheddar cheese (5)

C (first letter of [slice of] CHEDDAR) + (ABC [basics] containing [including] O [egg shape])

CABOC (a double cream cheese rolled in oatmeal.)

6

Roast fish served in a hulk at seas (8)

EEL (fish) contained in (served in) an anagram of (at sea) A HULK

K (EEL) HAUL*

KEELHAUL (rebuke severely; roast)

7

Bit of armour I glue on, mixing up lesson from the past (11)

Anagram of (mixing up) I GLUE ON + LERE (archaic [from the past] word meaning lesson)

GENOUIL* LERE

GENOUILLÈRE (the jointed knee-piece in armour)

8

Accepted ring, imitation? (5)

A (accepted) + PING (to make a sharp ringing sound)

APING (imitation)

9

Article without core and then put out of order providing effective power (5)

TE (first and last letters of, omitting the middle letter [without core of] THE [definite article]) + an angram of (put out of order) THE (definitie article)

TE ETH*

TEETH (sufficient power to be effective)

10

Aluminium silicate I put in grinder’s turned up in tea oddly (11)

(I contained in [put in] MILL’S [grinder’s] reversed [turned up; down clue]) + an anagram of (oddly) IN TEA

(S (I) LLIM<) ANITE*

SILLIMANITE (aluminium silicate)

17

French gateau, nutty stuff once carried on board (8)

FR (French) + an anagram of (nutty) GATEAU

FR AUTAGE*

FRAUTAGE (Shakesperean [old; once] word for loading or cargo; stuff once carried on board)

20

Sword length swallowed by small type of shark (7)

L (length) contained in (swallowed by) MORGAY (the small spotted dogfish [shark]or bounce)

MORG (L) AY

MORGLAY (Sir Bevis of Hampton’s sword; hence, a sword.)

21

Very small sum added to reserve fund – most disagreeable (7)

SOU (very small sum of money) + REST (reserve fund)

SOUREST (most disagreeable)

22

Aid when playing organ runs in Satie’s Capriccioso? (7)

R (runs in cricket scoring notation) contained in (in) an anagram of (capriccioso [kind of free composition]) SATIE’S

TI (R) ASSE*

TIRASSE (a pedal-coupler in an organ.)

24

Phoenician letter?  One has help with translation (5)

Anagram of (with translation) (A [one] and HELP)

ALEPH (first letter of the Phoenician alphabet)

25

May / June period, start of summer, terrible one? (5)

S (first letter of [start of] SUMMER) + IVAN (reference IVAN the terrible [1530-1584], Grand Prince of Moscow)

SIVAN (the ninth month of the Jewish civil year, third of the ecclesiastical year, part of May and June.)

26

Frantically busy Old Trafford local maybe, hosting international (5)

MANC (short form of MANCUNIAN [native of or related to Manchester; Old Trafford is located in Manchester) containing (hosting) I (international)

MAN (I) C

MANIC (frantically busy)

30

Part of central London given over for crown historically (4)

NOLL (hidden word in [part of] reversed [given over] CENTRAL LONDON)

NOLL (old [historically] word for the top of the head [crown])