A fun-filled offering from my dear friend on Fridays, Bradman. Smooth surfaces in several clues alongside some ingenious word play.
FF : 9 DD: 7
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| 1 | SEMINARY |
Theological establishment, house no rector would enter (8)
SEMI (house) [ NAY (no) around R (rector, entering) ]
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| 5 | SPRAYS |
In extremes of sunniness make supplication for showers (6)
PRAY (supplication) in SS (extremes of SunninesS)
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| 9 | COVERAGE |
Imprisoned maiden? That gets media treatment (8)
CAGE (prison) around OVER (maiden, as in the game of cricket); I think this is clever wordplay for ‘Imprisoned’ to denote “in prison”.
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| 10 | ORDEAL |
Men coming to agreement in a trying situation (6)
OR (Men) DEAL (agreement)
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| 12 | NANNY |
Woman in the Big Apple may be a female beast (5)
ANN (woman) in NY (Big Apple) – Referring to Nanny-Goat
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| 13 | IMPRESSED |
This writer’s meeting journalists with one of them bowled over? (9)
IM (This writer, I am) PRESS (journalists) ED (one of them, journalists)
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| 14 | ASHORE |
A pump maybe conveying water finally to land (6)
A SHOE (pump, maybe) containing R (wateR finally)
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| 16 | CHEROOT |
One’s smoked, being a silly person, the girl maybe admitted (7)
COOT (silly person) admitting HER (girl)
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| 18 | ACADEMY |
Little woman going without notice in church school (7)
AMY (little woman) around (without) [ AD (notice) in CE (church) ]
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| 20 | PLENTY |
A lot of work outside part of Guy’s? (6)
PLY (work, as in ply one’s trade) outside
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| 22 | HERODOTUS |
Wicked man leading to several books by American historian (9)
HEROD (Wicked man, Roman king who massacred young boys) OT (several books) US (American)
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| 23 | MY EYE |
With which I perceive an expression of disbelief (2,3)
Double definition
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| 24 | LIANAS |
Plants wrecked by a snail (6)
Anagram of A SNAIL
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| 25 | HARD CASE |
Difficult person that may give the lawyers a problem (4,4)
Cryptic clue
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| 26 | WREATH |
Anger about first sign of enjoyment that may be evident in funeral (6)
WRATH (Anger) about E (first sign of Enjoyment)
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| 27 | REPLAYED |
Theatre boy letting you in – what’s being shown again? (8)
REP (Theatre, repertory) [ LAD (boy) around YE (you, old english)]
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| Down | ||
| 1 | SECOND |
Back on the podium at the games? (6)
Double definition
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| 2 | MOVING STAIRCASE |
Games Victorians played – you may find such in a big store (6,9)
Anagram of GAMES VICTORIANS
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| 3 | NERVY |
One’s innermost character, very troubled and anxious (5)
N (oNE’s innermost character) anagram of VERY
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| 4 | RAGTIME |
Music to tease the enemy (7)
RAG (music) TIME (enemy, am guessing from the book title “No enemy but time” by Michael Bishop; might there be a more straightforward reference? – TIME IS MY GREATEST ENEMY attributed to Eva Peron from Evita) [Thanks Aidan@4]
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| 6 | PERSEVERE |
Support denied one – hard not to give up (9)
PiER (support, denied one, i.e. without ‘i’) SEVERE (hard)
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| 7 | AVERSION THERAPY |
A veterinary shop could provide a form of treatment (8,7)
Anagram of A VETERINARY SHOP – Referring to the psychological treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while simultaneously being subjected to some form of discomfort. (from wiki).
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| 8 | SOLIDITY |
Dependability that is lacking in gassy types (8)
Cryptic clue (took me back to the “Three states of matter” science class I attended decades ago).
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| 11 | EPIC |
The picture that needs lots of trimming? (4)
&lit, hidden in thE PICture.
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| 15 | OVERDRAFT |
New advert for what a bank can offer (9)
Anagram of ADVERT FOR
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| 17 | CASH FLOW |
Stream of gravy (4,4)
Cryptic definition (I guess?)
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| 19 | YETI |
So far, one creature awaiting discovery? (4)
YET (so far) I (one)
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| 20 | POSTAGE |
River platform gets money for shipping goods? (7)
PO (river) STAGE (platform)
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| 21 | LEGEND |
Was first to accept army officer as outstanding person (6)
LED (was first) accepting GEN (army officer – General)
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| 23 | MODEL |
Way line is displayed by mannequin? (5)
MODE (way) L (line)
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*anagram
Bradman has put his cricket bat outside his front door today as a token of sadness. Last year I was in Sydney at this time talking to a congenial bunch of crossworders. Thanks to the few of you who solve my FT puzzle, anyway
I thought that ENT in 20a was Ear Nose Throat, a part of Guy’s Hospital.
20 ac. Given that it’s “Guy’s” and not “guy”, I’m inclined to agree with Cory on ENT.
4 dn. This may be a bit of a stretch but the quote “Time is my greatest enemy” is attributed to Eva Perón, subject of the musical “Evita”.
Coby @2: Thanks. I should have paid attention to the capitalization.
Aidan @4: The stretch (re Time) could be real at speeds approaching that of light due to time dilation (see Interstellar!)…… Just kidding !! Of course, you are right.
Cheers
TL
Bradman – I was quite shocked to read about Phil Hughes and was hoping that he would pull through the night he was in the hospital. It is indeed a sad day for Cricket when something like this (freak accident that it was) can still happen and does.
Who’s Little Amy? A lost Dickens character?
As happens, cricket and soccer terms were my stumbling blocks. Never heard of Guy’s hospital either. (Mind you, I’m not complaining!)
Thanks Bradman and Turbolegs
Peter @7: Amy is one of the title characters in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
Thanks Bradman and Turbolegs
Late to this one … and found it a little easier than normal from the Don for some reason – must’ve just been on his wavelength today. It was a welcome relief as I’ve been struggling of late with some of them both at FT and the Guardian.
Last couple in were CASH FLOW and WREATH.
I parsed ENT the same as TL, but see the hospital way is the right one. Didn’t parse REPLAYED at all, so thanks for that.
As for Phil Hughes, what a tragic loss from such a freak accident – it hit most Australians (whether cricket fans or not) extremely hard.