Lorraine: Good Morning to you all,
I must apologize now for not replying to any comments this week but Nick and I are in Northern Cyprus. I will however have a look as soon as we return.
Fairly straight forward this week, I could see no clues that should have baffled you. As enjoyable as always.
Big thank you to Everyman.
| Across | |||
| 1. | Absurd, like the team that always loses? (9) | ||
| POINTLESS | cdd | ||
| 6. | Start of Boléro- unaltered arrangement (5) | ||
| BASIS | B(oléro)+ AS IS | ||
| 9. | Peacock’s last put in to annoy Bohemian poet (5) | ||
| RILKE i | (peacoc)K in RILE | ||
| 10. | Guide showing policeman clergyman’s residence (9) | ||
| DIRECTORY | D.I.+RECTORY | ||
| 11. | Managed to invite endless resentment (7) | ||
| RANCOUR | RAN+COUR(t) | ||
| 12. | Fiery type, husband associated with Proust novel (7) | ||
| HOTSPUR i | H+(PROUST*) | ||
| 13. | Oddity in terribly icy dairy sons may reveal (12) | ||
| IDIOSYNCRASY | (ICY DAIRY SONS)* | ||
| 17. | Gofer may make off with diamonds, jewels originally in our vaults (6,6) | ||
| OFFICE JUNIOR | OFF+ICE+J(ewels)+(IN OUR*) | ||
| 20. | Rally rounding on head of state (7) | ||
| MONARCH | MARCH around ON | ||
| 21. | Weird row on street (7) | ||
| STRANGE | RANGE on(after) ST | ||
| 22. | Game not about to be brought round in place of cheese (9) | ||
| ROQUEFORT i | (c)ROQUET around FOR | ||
| 23. | Water animal and swine beheaded (5) | ||
| OTTER | (r)OTTER | ||
| 24. | Guide showing prophet round heart of marketplace (5) | ||
| STEER | SEER around (marke)T(place) | ||
| 25. | Stand for the Queen over there (9) | ||
| REPRESENT | (ER<)+PRESENT | ||
Down |
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| 1. | Picture – left artist with it (8) | ||
| PORTRAIT | PORT+RA+IT | ||
| 2. | Poorly in one in very large state (8) | ||
| ILLINOIS | ILL+IN+(I in OS) | ||
| 3. | Tired and emotional and shabby (3,5,3,4) | ||
| THE WORSE FOR WEAR | cdd | ||
| 4. | Embarrassed, the Parisian put up church official (5) | ||
| ELDER | (RED+LE)< | ||
| 5. | Additional payment made by cleaner entering sweep (9) | ||
| SURCHARGE | CHAR in SURGE | ||
| 6. | Having completed a circuit, but no further forward? (4,2,6,3) | ||
| BACK TO SQUARE ONE | cdd | ||
| 7. | Careless in dock, arrested by undercover agent (6) | ||
| SLOPPY | LOP in SPY | ||
| 8. | Crime writer wasted year on board (6) | ||
| SAYERS i | (YEAR*) in SS reference Dorothy Sayers |
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| 14. | Happy hour – binge in one next door (9) | ||
| NEIGHBOUR | (HOUR – BINGE)* | ||
| 15. | Duff gen? Vet it for sketch (8) | ||
| VIGNETTE | (GEN? VET IT)* | ||
| 16. | Genuine Greek and Italian film (4,4) | ||
| TRUE GRIT i | TRUE+GR+IT John Wayne, of course |
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| 18. | Feels upset and annoyed in trading centre in centre of Nassau (6) | ||
| SMARTS | MART in (na)SS(au) | ||
| 19. | Single and alone (6) | ||
| UNIQUE | dd | ||
| 21. | Build scenery at university (3,2) | ||
| SET UP | SET+UP | ||
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Many thanks, Lorraine.
Have a lovely time in Cyprus.
I holidayed there many years ago and really enjoyed it.
This was the usual pleasant Sunday morning solve. THE WORSE FOR WEAR was my LOI after I realised I had mistyped 22ac as “Roqeufort” ….
Yes, another enjoyable solve.
Thanks Lorraine; I thought the SW corner was the most difficult. I particularly liked ROQUEFORT and NEIGHBOUR.
Thanks for this – I found this week’s much more difficult than the previous ones
Thanks for a great crossword. We get these in the New Zealand Herald Saturday about a month after they appear in the Guardian. This one was tough. 6d stumped me! Looking forward to next week’s.
Found this one tough ! Got stuck at bottom left corner ( still learning )