Azed 2193

1

Nodding off, with party lacking vitality (4)

DOZING (nodding off) excluding (lacking) DO (party)

ZING (vitality)

7

Shoulder of e.g. lamb, left in, well done?  One must be left out (5)

L (left) contained in (in) ( SPA [well]) + DONE excluding [left out] ONE)

SPA (L) D

SPALD (the shoulder of an animal [e.g. lamb] used as food)

12

Wind covered by centre of palm away from the mouth (6)

BORA ( strong NE wind in the upper Adriatic) contained in (covered by) AL (middle letters of [centre of] PALM)

A (BORA) L

ABORAL (away from the mouth)

13

A coati operated on for sterility (6)

A + an anagram of (operated) COATI

A TOCIA*

ATOCIA (sterility in a female)

14

Team working in church, guarantee of quality? (8)

Anagram of (working) TEAM contained in (in) KIRK (church)

KI (TEMA*) RK

KITEMARK (a KITE-shaped MARK on goods indicating conformity in quality, size, etc, with the specifications of the British Standards Institution)

15

Rudimentary knowledge about taken in by a self-help group? (5)

A + (C [circa; about] contained in [taken in by] 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 or spelling}])

A B (C) EE

ABCEE (a first reading-book; hence, the rudiments or the basics)

16

Very strong spirit I included in tot knocked back (5)

(I contained in [included in] [DRAM {tot} reversed {knocked back}])

MAR (I) D<

MARID (a member of the most powerful class of jinn; very strong spirit)

18

Reprimand when one’s cut off strong cloth (7)

TICKING OFF (reprimand) excluding (cut) OFF

TICKING (strong cloth for making mattress covers)

19

Bagging degree, poor Gretel’s delirious – students often pass this (12, 2 words, apostrophe)

Anagram of (delirious) POOR GRETEL’S containing (bagging) D (degree)

PORTERS LO (D) GE*

PORTERS LODGE (many collegiate Universities have PORTER’S LODGEs that students will pass on their way in and out of College)

21

Salute by means of dance bidding farewell to a local chief deceased (12)

(CONGA [dance] excluding [bidding farewell to] A) + RATU (local chief in Indonesia or Fiji) + LATE (deceased)

CONGRATULATE (salute)

24

One sort of pike to take off waterway for canoeists (7)

I [one] + GAR (pike-like fish) + APE (mimic; take off)

IGARAPE (canoe waterway in Brazil)

28

I am clad in scarlet, coated as in winter? (5)

I’M (I am) contained in (clad in) RED (scarlet)

R (IM) ED

RIMED (covered in hoar frost; coated as in winter)

29

Major vessel is removed from tense area (5)

(AORIST [a tense, esp in Greek, expressing simple past time, with no implications of continuance, repetition or the like] excluding [removed from] IS) + A

AORTA (major arterial vessel carrying blood from the heart)

30

Ruined home spanning Ireland (old), part of estate? (8)

Anagram of (ruined) HOME containing (spanning) (IRL [Ireland] + O [old])

HE (IRL O) OM*

HEIRLOOM (any piece of furniture or personal property that descends to the heir-at-law by special custom; any object that is passed down through a family from generation to generation; part of the estate of a deceased person)

31

Cuckoo circled by duck?  Not duck – more like a cuckoo (6)

ANI (a tropical American bird, a black cuckoo with a curved bill and long tail) contained in (circled by) (ZERO [a score of ZERO by a batsman in cricket is referred to as a duck] excluding [not] O [the score of 0 {duck} …])

Z (ANI) ER

ZANIER (more like a slight silly or mad person [cuckoo])

32

A nude almost clutching her head in need (6)

A + (NAKED [nude] excluding the final letter [almost] D, containing [clutching] N [first letter of {her head} NUDE])

A NA (N) KE

ANANKE (necessity; need)

33

Brig wrecked off rock table? (5)

GIBRALTAR (reference Rock of GIBRALTAR) excluding (off) GIBR (an anagram of [wrecked] BRIG)

ALTAR (table used for the mass in the Eucharist)

34

Old boot one caught in a trap (4)

A (one) contained in (caught in) GIN (trap)

G (A) IN

GAIN (‘boot’ is an obsolete term for advantage; profit; any reparation or compensation paid)

Charity tax, zero on American tea leaves (5)

Z (zero) + A (American) + KAT (a shrub of E Africa, Arabia, etc, or specifically its leaves, chewed or taken as tea for their stimulant effect; tea leaves)

ZAKAT (in Islam, a tax of 21/2 per cent payable by Muslims on certain kinds of property, the money so raised being devoted to religious and charitable purposes)

2

Some Nigerians – in the same place others will accept one (6)

(IB [ibidem, Latin for in the same place] + (IBO [a tribe in Eastern Nigeria; in {Nigeria} others] containing [will accept] I [one])

IB IB (I) O

IBIBIO (a people of SE Nigeria, also know as Efik)

3

Take in odd misfit, a cunning old rogue (5)

R (recipe; Latin for take) contained in (in) GEEK (obsessively enthusiastic misfit)

G (R) EEK

GREEK (archaic [old] term for a cunning rogue)

4

Person disabled formerly, one learning a measure (7)

L (learner; one learning) + A + METER (a measure of length)

LAMETER (old [formerly] Scottish word for a cripple)

5

Applaud attempt to restrict paper that’s broadcast bunkum (12)

CLAP (applaud) + (TRY [attempt] containing [to restrict] an anagram of [that’s broadcast] PAPER)

CLAP TR (APPER*) Y

CLAPTRAPPERY (bunkum)

6

Air Sir Albert flourished, showing skill in court? (12)

Anagram of (flourished) AIR SIR ALBERT

BARRISTERIAL (showing skill in a court of law)

8

Worshipper in e.g. Sofia mosque

e, climbing old crooked work (5)

(KAM [Shakespearean [old] word for awry; old crooked] + OP [opus; work]) all reversed (climbing; down clue)

(PO MAK)<

POMAK (Bulgarian Muslim; worshipper in Sofia mosque)

9

It maybe a mite dry inside a chimney pot (8)

ARID (dry) contained in (inside) (A + CAN [chimney pot])

A C (ARID) AN

ACARIDAN (belonging to the order of Arachnida to which mites and ticks belong)

10

Piece of muslin in green furnishing cushion? (6)

LINING (hidden word (piece of) in MUSLIN IN GREEN)

LINING (possibly the inside of a cushion)  I’m not entirely sure what part furnishing is playing in this clue

11

Large piece of Scotland, area in grip of failure (4)

A (area) contained in (in grip of) DUD (a failure)

D (A) UD

DAUD (Scottish word for a large piece)

17

King given title, not upset about that bit of added knick-knackery (8)

Anagram of (upset) NOT containing (about) (R [Rex; king] + NAME [title])

O (R NAME) NT*

ORNAMENT (additional beauty or decoration;; a bit of added knick-knackery)

20

Church window unclear, being refurbished (7)

Anagram of (being refurbished) UNCLEAR

LUCARNE (a dormer window, especially in a church spire.)

22

Can I proceed heavenward like a rocket’s cone? (6)

(LAV [lavatory or can in American terms] + I + GO) all reversed (heavenward; down clue)

(OG I VAL)<

OGIVAL  (shaped like an OGIVE,shaped like the cone of a rocket)

23

Tree with reddish flowers it’s all right for monkey to devour (6)

TITI (small South American monkey) containing OK (all right)

TIT (OK) I

TITOKI (a New Zealand tree with reddish paniculate flowers)

25

Some explore diagrams showing form in life cycle of parasites (5)

REDIA (hidden word [some] in EXPLORE DIAGRAMS)

REDIA (a form in the life cycle of the trematodes [parasitic flatworms])

26

Wool for spinning from cloth scrap? Lubricant I dropped in (5)

OIL [lubricant] excluding [dropped] I contained in (in) RAG (cloth scrap)

R (OL) AG

ROLAG (a roll of combed sheep’s wool ready for spinning)

27

Whence mandarin rules, forever elevated above people (5)

AY (for ever) reversed (elevated; down clue) + MEN (people)

YA< MEN

YAMEN (the offices and residence of a mandarin)

28

American rose atop a ‘window’ allowing view of icon (4)

RIZ (American dialect expression denoting the past tense of rise; rose) + A

RIZA (an ornamental [usually silver] plate covering a Russian icon, with shaped holes through which to see the face and other features)