Independent 8415 / Klingsor

Entry

1

Entertained by a couple of girls, I will be happy (6)

I contained in (entertained by) (JO [girl’s name] + VAL [another girl’s name] giving two [couple of] girls)

JO V (I) AL

JOVIAL (happy)

4

Only if desperate a loan shark seems good for starters (2,4,2)

Anagram of (desperate) (A LOAN and SSG (first letters of [for starters] each of SHARK, SEEMS and GOOD)

AS LONG AS (only if)

10

Am I unable to list a moving song? (9)

CAN’T I (am I unable) + an anagram of (moving) LEAN [list]

CANT I LENA*

CANTILENA (ballad or light song)

11

The opening of Sophie’s Choice is hogwash (5)

S (first letter of [opening of] SOPHIE’S) + WILL (inclination; choice)

SWILL (hogwash)

12

Female ravenously knocked back sandwiches (3)

EVA (hidden word [sandwiches] reversed [knocked back] in RAVENOUSLY)

EVA (girl’s name; female)

13

End of winter extremely parky, I heat most of home – otherwise this may result? (11)

Anagram of (R [last letter of {end of} WINTER and PY [first and last letters of {extremely} PARKY] and I HEAT and HOM [all but last letter of {mostly} HOME])

HYPOTHERMIA (subnormal body temperature, caused by exposure to cold)

14

Apple app not the first one to be password protected? (6)

(PP [APP excluding the first letter {not the first one} A] + I [one]) contained in [protected] PIN (personal identification number; password]

PI (PP I) N

PIPPIN (an apple of various varieties)

16

Swimmer getting question in exam right to start with (7)

R (right) + (QU [question] contained in [in] ORAL [type of examination])

R OR (QU) AL

RORQUAL (any whale of the genus Balaenoptera [finback]; swimmer)

19

Bone china initially discounted?  Return guaranteed (7)

(CHUM [friend; china] excluding the first letter [initially discounted] C) + (SURE [guaranteed] reversed [return])

HUM ERUS<

HUMERUS (bone of the upper arm)

20

Crowd going to America creates disturbance (6)

RUCK (mass of ordinary people; crowd) + US ([United States of] America)

RUCKUS (disturbance)

22

Complexities in French art catching a critic out (11)

(IN + ES [French for ‘art’, the old fashioned form of ‘are’]) containing (catching) an anagram of (out) A CRITIC

IN (TRICACI*) ES

INTRICACIES (complexities)

25

Cut skater’s display of skill short (3)

AXEL (figure skater’s move [a jump from one skate to the other, incorporating one and a half or {double axel} two and a half turns in the air]; skater’s display of skill) excluding the final letter (short) L

AXE (cut)

26

German’s beset by hair and skin problem (5)

G (German) contained in (beset by) MANE (hair)

MAN (G) E

MANGE (skin disease)

27

I’d back slightly reduced eating, being trained about it (9)

I’D reversed (back) + ([an anagram of {being trained] EATING excluding the final letter {reduced} G] containing [about] IT)

DI< ET (IT) IAN*

DIETITIAN (one trained to give advice in the rules for selection of food; wholly described by the clue) &Lit clue

28

Nothing can stop heartless relative providing addictive drug (8)

(O [zero; nothing] + TIN [can]) contained in (NIECE [relative] excluding the middle letter [heartless] E)

NIC (O TIN) E

NICOTINE (poisonous narcotic obtained from tobacco leaves)

29

Think about names for a type of seasoning (6)

FEEL (think) containing (about) (N [name] + N [name] giving names)

FE (N N) EL

FENNEL (plant used for seasoning)

1

US macho type, like from Easy Rider (6)

JOCK (in American slang, a macho young man whose clothes accentuate and display his physique) + (EASY excluding [from] AS [like])

JOCKEY (rider)

2

See, a bumbling lad’s in front of magistrate for property crime (9)

V (vide, latin for ‘see’) + an anagram of (bumbling) A LAD’S IN + M (first letter of [front of] MAGISTRATE)

V (ANDALIS*) M

VANDALISM (wanton criminal destruction of property)

3

Glaswegian perhaps heading off to find US sect (5)

HAMISH (Scottish [Glasgow] name) excluding the first letter (heading off) H

AMISH (of or belonging to a strict US Mennonite sect)

5

Empty-headed way to get bread in? (14)

If you use SCATTER as an anagram indicator to qualify BRAINED, you can generate BREAD IN

SCATTERBRAINED (incapable of sustained attention or thought; empty-headed)

6

Ordered tot’s crib first in expectation of maternity care (9)

Anagram of (ordered) (TOT’S CRIB and E [first letter of [first in] EXPECTATION)

OBSTETRIC (of maternity care)

7

Brothers who told stories scary for the listener? (5)

GRIMM (sounds like [for the listener] GRIM [scary])

GRIMM (reference the Brothers GRIMM, Jacob and Wilhelm who collected and published stories of folklore)

8

Possible description of Sun clues regularly cracked by Victor and Jack? (6)

(SOL [description of the sun] + LE [letters 2 and 4 {regularly} of CLUES]) containing (cracked by) (V [letter represented by Victor in international radio communication] + AB [able-bodied seaman; Jack {Tar}])

SOL (V AB) LE

SOLVABLE (possible [of clues to be cracked])  There’s more than a hint of &Lit in this clue

9

Detain an employee to avoid getting out of practice? (4,4,4,2)

KEEP [with IN, detain] + ONE’S HAND (employee) + IN (with KEEP, detain)

KEEP ONES HAND IN (avoid getting out of practice)

15

I’m out of saucy material (9)

IMPERTINENT (saucy) excluding (out of) I’M

PERTINENT (relevant; material)

17

Screeching turned opera into a flop (9)

LULU (reference the Opera by Alan Berg) reversed (turned) + an anagram of (flop) INTO A

ULUL< ATION*

ULULATION (screeching)

18

Barnet Council’s first to go ahead with backing new American president (8)

C (first letter of [first] COUNCIL) + HAIR (barnet, cockney rhyming slang for HAIR [from Barnet Fair]) + ([N {new} + AM {American}] reversed [backing]))

C HAIR (MA N)<

CHAIRMAN (one who presides; president)

21

Officer reportedly is a nut (6)

KERNEL (sounds like [reportedly] COLONEL [officer])

KERNEL (the edible part of a nut)

23

One century after another is producing tension (5)

TON (100 mph; century) + (I [one] + C [century])

TONIC (producing tension of the muscles)

24

Take possession of a square in Paris (5)

SEIZE (French for sixteen, which is the square of four)

SEIZE (take possession of) double definition