Azed 2223

1

Fosbury flops?  About last in field come to land without getting on the board? (8)

Anagram of (flops) FOSBURY containing (about) D (final letter of [last in] FIELD)

BO (D) YSURF*

BODYSURF (to surf without a board by lying on a wave; come to land without getting on board)

7

Amazonian aloft in tree (4)

UP (aloft) contained in (in) TI (a small Pacific liliaceous tree)

T (UP) I

TUPI (S American of a group of peoples inhabiting the Atlantic coast and the Amazon basin)

10

I’m aboard malfunctioning helicopter, hope half gone, in satellite’s lowest orbit (10, 2 words)

I’M contained in (aboard) (an anagram of  [malfunctioning] HELICOPTER excluding [gone] PE third and fourth letters of the four letter word [half] HOPE)  

ROCHE L (IM) IT*

ROCHE LIMIT (the lowest orbit which a satellite can maintain around its parent planet without being pulled apart by the tidal forces it creates)

11

Feel pain with work in steplike excavation (7)

STING (feel pain) containing (with … in) OP (opus; work)

ST (OP) ING

STOPING (steplike excavation)

13

Tennant’s tache?  Luvvie trimming it shortly initially (4)

THESP (thespian; actor [sometimes attributed facetiously]; luvvie) is defined as an actor or other member of the entertainment industry, especially when regarded as overly pretentious or affected) excluding the first letter (trimmed initially) T

HESP (Scot’s form of [Tennant’s, possibly a reference to the Scottish actor David Tennant] HASP [clasp].  Tache can be defined as a fastening or clasp

14

What’s said by one disgusted by weather rarely occurring here? (7)

BAH (expression of disgust) + RAIN (weather uncommon in the Arabian peninsula)

BAHRAIN (a kingdom on the Arabian peninsula beside the Persian Gulf)

15

SA sparrow that is seen on boggy ground (6)

MOSS (boggy ground) + I.E. (id est; that is)

MOSSIE (a common South African Sparrow)

16

Beetle heading for escape – it may go into sacks (4)

JUT (one definition of beetle as a verb is to JUT) + E (first letter of [heading for] ESCAPE)

JUTE (material used for making sacks)

17

Fool is penning crazy note in shameful treaties (9)

(ASS + IS) containing (penning) an anagram of (crazy) NOTE

ASS I (ENTO*) S

ASSIENTOS (treaties, especially ones like that between Spain and Britain, 1713 for the supply of African slaves for Spanish American dominions; shameful treaties)

21

Old blowpipe a Canadian used to pierce wild bears (9)

(A + CAN [Canadian]) contained in (used to pierce) an anagram of (wild) BEARS

SARB (A CAN) E*

SARBACANE (historical blowpipe used for shooting animals)

24

Daub Ali removed from studio in bits (4)

ATELIER (a workshop, especially an artist’s studio) excluding (removed) the letters A, L and I where they occur (in bits)

TEER (daub)

26

Summary creating an impact (second half cut) (6)

A + PERCUSS (impact) excluding two letters from the end (second half cut) SS

APERÇU (a summary exposition)

28

Let off sex education, troubled but not antilove in a way (7)

EXCUSED (SEX EDUCATION excluding [not]the letters [ANTI + O [zero; loves core in tennis] is an anagram of [troubled] of EXCUSED)  One of Azed’s compound anagrams

EXCUSED*

EXCUSED (let off)

30

Eddy Izzard shunned by a couple of Germans left (4)

ZWEI (German for two; couple of Germans) excluding (shunned) Z (izzard is defined as the letter Z in an archaic dialect) + L (left)

WEIL (whirlpool; eddy)

31

Small child holding sleeve spread (7)

MITE (small child) containing (holding) ARM (sleeve)

M (ARM) ITE

MARMITE (a vegetable based spread that people either seem to love or hate)

32

Orphan ape, tend with run, set free (10)

Anagram of (set free) APE TEND and RUM

UNPARENTED*

UNPARENTED (without parent or acknowledged parent, or parental care; orphan)

33

List of e.g. SNP candidates writing on line? (4)

L (line) and that’s as far as I go.  I can’t relate the remaining letters EET to ‘writing’

LEET (A Scottish term [SNP: Scottish National Party] for a list of candidates for a post)

34

A Radio 1 presenter often having a penny handy (8)

A + DJ (disc jockey; most of [often] Radio 1’s programming is presented by a disc jockey) + A + CENT (small value money; penny)

ADJACENT (handy)

1

Venomous snake, large thing ripping hams dreadfully (10)

BUSTER (something large) containing (ripping [?]) an anagram of (dreadfully) HAMS

BUS (HMAS*) TER or BU (SHAM*) STER

BUSHMASTER (venomous S American snake)

2

Misshapen toes – a doctor turned up hard tumour (7)

Anagram of (misshapen) TOES + (A + MO [medical officer; doctor]) reversed (turned up; down clue)

OSTE* (OM A)<

OSTEOMA (tumour composed of bone or bonelike tissue.)

3

Impure part of hydro’s system (6)

DROSSY (hidden word in [part of] HYDRO’S SYSTEM)

DROSSY (impure)

4

Exciting fiction is … into this possibly? (5)

SCIFI (FICTION IS is an anagram of [possibly] INTO and SCIFI)  Another of Azed’s compound anagrams

SCIFI (Science Fiction, possibly exciting)

5

Tiptop (light) beer served up in the Big Smoke (7)

(AI [excellent; tiptop] + LAGER [light beer]) all reversed (served up; down clue)

(REGAL IA)<

REGALIA (a big cigar; Big Smoke)

6

Catty response, feminine, left chaps restraining, ‘What?!’ (7)

F (feminine) +  (L (left) + MEN [chaps]) containing (restraining) EH (expressing enquiry; what?)

F L (EH) MEN

FLEHMEN (a response to a stimulus in some mammals, especially felines, taking the form of a grimace in which air is sucked in; catty response)

7

Stage person making bow? (4)

TIER (one who ties; person making a bow)

TIER (stage)  double definition

8

Sign covering letter indicating mutual falling out (6)

Anagram of (falling out) MUTUAL

UMLAUT*

UMLAUT (diacritical sign above a letter to indicate a vowel change)

9

One of the birds disturbing Tippi?  Yes and no (5)

Anagram of (disturbing) TIPPI

PIPIT*

PIPIT (a member of the lark genus)  I am not entirely sure of the Yes and No.  The Yes clearly refers to a PIPIT being a bird.  The only reference I can find to TIPPI is a French lady TIPPI Hendren who pursued a career in wildlife.  A PIPIT wouldn’t have been a disturbance to this lady.  Any better ideas gratefully received.

12

Self-denial time?  Fancy cuisine I avoided first as inedible once (10)

Anagram of (fancy) CUISINE excluding (avoided) one of the Is + LENT (period of fasting; self-denial time)  The word ‘first’ in the clue tells us that the anagram precedes the self-denial

INESCU* LENT

INESCULENT (archaic [once] word for inedible)

18

Boy meets girl in the endless cycle of existence (7)

SAM (SAMUEL, boy’s name; although it could also be short for SAMANTHA, a girl) + SARA (girl’s name)

SAMSARA (In Hinduism, the never-ending cycle of birth and death and rebirth)

19

After school, see me absorbed by English degree as planned (7)

SCH (school) + (ME contained in [absorbed by] [E {English} + D {degree}])

SCH E (ME) D

SCHEMED (planned)

20

Cantico adapted in the language of troubadours (7)

Anagram of (adapted) CANTICO

OCCITAN*

OCCITAN (another name for Langue d’Oc [the language of the troubadours])

22

What’s needed for meal I nicked from rising grocer (6)

(ÉPICIER  [grocer] excluding [nicked from] the second I) reversed (rising; down clue)

RECIPE<

RECIPE (what’s needed for a meal)

23

Alloy to end up in various European coins (6)

(DIE [end] reversed [up; down clue]) contained in (in) ORE (ÖRE are low value coins in Sweden; ØRE similarly in Norway and Denmark)

OR (EID)< E

OREIDE (variant spelling of OROIDE [an alloy of copper and zinc or tin, etc, imitating gold])

25

Sort of outer membrane unknown in eyes formerly (5)

X (letter frequently used to represent an unknown value in mathematics) contained in (in) EINE (obsolete [formerly] word for eyes)

E (X) INE

EXINE (variant spelling of EXTINE [the outer membrane of a pollen grain or spore])

27

Strong wine, one causing split in liver (5)

PORT (fortified wine; strong wine) + A [one]

PORTA (the transverse fissure of the liver; split in liver)

29

Attending university at the right time (4, 2 words)

U (university) + PAT (at the right time or place)

UP AT (attending, studying [at university]))