Lorraine: Good Morning to you all.
Not such an easy solve this week I found, I did struggle with the N E corner. I do hope you all managed better than me.
Big thank you to Everyman.
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| 1. | One may get bitter if one is used (4,4) | ||
| BEER PUMP | cd ‘bitter’ is a type of beer |
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| 5. | Mischievous member – is husband following one? (6) | ||
| IMPISH | (MP+IS+H) following I | ||
| 9. | Outstanding performer, girl in plant ignoring us (5,3) | ||
| CLASS ACT | LASS in CACT(us) | ||
| 10. | Son appearing in club concert (6) | ||
| UNISON | S in UNION | ||
| 12. | Country producing whisky, Africa’s first (5) | ||
| MALTA | MALT+A(frica) | ||
| 13. | Complex lecture by the Spanish sailor (9) | ||
| ELABORATE | ORATE after (EL+AB) | ||
| 14. | Country folk look round hydrogen plant (9,3) | ||
| PHEASANTS EYE i | PEASANTS+EYE around H | ||
| 18. | Shared views in popular stadium (6,6) | ||
| COMMON GROUND | COMMON+GROUND | ||
| 21. | Airman up for trial? (4,5) | ||
| TEST PILOT | cd | ||
| 23. | Friend describing university to a girl (5) | ||
| PAULA | (PAL around U)+A | ||
| 24. | Young cow provided that in here somehow (6) | ||
| HEIFER | IF in (HERE*) | ||
| 25. | To better score is excellent (3-5) | ||
| TOP NOTCH | TOP+NOTCH | ||
| 26. | Piece of classical music from Brahms on at arena (6) | ||
| SONATA | hidden: brahmS ON AT Arena | ||
| 27. | Charm one’s way in? (8) | ||
| ENTRANCE | cdd | ||
Down |
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| 1. | Grow into suit (6) | ||
| BECOME | dd ‘suit’ e.g. = “the dress becomes her“ |
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| 2. | Make possible arrest, breaking Helen’s heart (6) | ||
| ENABLE | NAB in (h)ELE(n) | ||
| 3. | Nut, as I chop it, changes shape (9) | ||
| PISTACHIO | (AS I CHOP IT)* | ||
| 4. | Famous sculptor I challenge, unwisely, in Missouri (12) | ||
| MICHELANGELO | (I CHALLENGE*) in MO | ||
| 6. | Fruit – piece to be consumed (5) | ||
| MANGO | MAN(piece, as in chess/draughts etc.)+GO | ||
| 7. | Decidedly trendy black suit (2,6) | ||
| IN SPADES i | IN+SPADES | ||
| 8. | Impeded female deer, wild deer (8) | ||
| HINDERED | HIND(a female deer)+(DEER*) | ||
| 11. | Fashionable sophisticate, but not a woman, surprisingly (3,5,4) | ||
| MAN ABOUT TOWN | (BUT NOT A WOMAN*) clever anagram |
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| 15. | Loaf of bread, key kitchen item? (3-6) | ||
| TIN OPENER | TIN+OPENER(key) from Collins on-line dictionary: “(British) a loaf of bread with a rectangular shape, baked in a tin“ |
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| 16. | Female’s stretching across bed with cold drinks (8) | ||
| SCOTCHES | SHES around (COT+C) | ||
| 17. | Negligence round embassy (8) | ||
| OMISSION | O+MISSION | ||
| 19. | Station American in English college (6) | ||
| EUSTON | US in ETON | ||
| 20. | Ms du Maurier had pen repaired? (6) | ||
| DAPHNE | (HAD PEN)* | ||
| 22. | Gather fuel around lake (5) | ||
| PLEAT | PEAT around L | ||
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