Azed 2235

1

Fuss that a PC stirred up, whereby stuff surfaces (11)

Anagram of (stirred up) FUSS THAT A PC

UPCASTSHAFT*

UPCAST-SHAFT (a SHAFT carrying material thrown up; whereby stuff surfaces)

11

Tender stuff, porcelain leaving port (4)

COALPORT (patterned porcelain ware made at COALPORT , near Shrewsbury, during the 19th century) excluding (leaving) PORT

COAL (material you would find in a tender attached to a steam locomotive)

12

We are accepting rise a pound short as formerly (but no more) (7)

W’ERE (we are) containing (accepting) (HILL [rise] excluding [short] L [pound sterling])

W (HIL) ERE

WHILERE (archaic [but no more] term for formerly)

13

Old Harry, lecherous by the sound of him (6)

HORNIE (sounds like [by the sound of] HORNY [sexually aroused; lecherous])

HORNIE (Scottish term for The Devil; Old Harry)

14

Supportive member‘s bucolic, joining clubs (6)

C (clubs) + RURAL (bucolic)

CRURAL (belonging to or like a leg; supportive member’s)

15

Mountain region, ergo on for tramping about (6)

Anagram of (for tramping about) ERGO ON

OROGEN*

OROGEN (mountainous belt)

17

Pass practicable for settler farming in Algeria (5)

COL (pass) + ON (practicable)

COLON (colonist; especially a colonial [settler] farmer in Algeria)

18

Issues of The Scotsman once scattered first to last (6)

SPRENT (archaic [once] word for sprinkled; scattered) with the first letter (first) S moved to the end (last)

PRENTS

PRENTS (Scottish form of PRINTS [issues]  The Scotsman is a national daily newspaper)

19

Telly strangely included in former tax without designation? (9)

Anagram of (strangely] TELLY contained in (included in) SESS (variant spelling of CESS [obsolete [former] word for a tax])

S (TYLEL*) ESS

STYLELESS (without a designation)

21

A VIP Positano diverted, having little energy (9, 3 words)

Anagram of (diverted) POSITANO + E (abbreviation for [little] energy)

A TOP NOIS* E

A TOP NOISE (very important person)

26

Its grand in W. African state, enjoying mild climate (6)

G (grand) contained in (in) BENIN (West African state)

BENI (G) N

BENIGN (mild weather or climate)

28

Precocious chit married first male to appear (5)

M (married) + ADAM (the first male as described in  the Bible)

MADAM (term used to describe a precocious child [chit]; she’s a little MADAM)

30

Part of sponge from set in washing trough (6)

LOT (set) contained in (in) TYE (an inclined trough for washing ore)

TY (LOT) E

TYLOTE (cylindrical sponge spicule, knobbed at both ends; part of sponge)

31

Only part of school on games will get this tea (6)

OOLONG (hidden word in [only part of] SCHOOL ON GAMES)

OOLONG (a variety of black tea with the flavour of green)

32

One strip of cloth (Scottish), new in, requiring no stitching? (6)

I (one) + (N [new] contained in [in] ROON [Scottish word for a strip of cloth])

I RO (N) ON

IRON-ON (designed to be attached by pressing with a hot iron thereby not requiring any stitching)

33

Old wine bowls react badly with odd bits of rosé (7)

Anagram of (badly) REACT and RS (letters 1 and 3 [odd bits of] ROSÉ)

CRATERS*

CRATERS (large two-handled bowls for mixing wine in , usually spelled as KRATERS)

34

Kids’ racer about out of where it races, spinning round? (4)

TRACK (where a [GO-] KART races) excluding (out of) C (circa; abut) reversed (spinning round)

KART<

KART (child’s home made vehicle for riding on)

35

Methodical type blends it with tasty mess (11)

Anagram of (blends) IT and TASTY MESS

SYSTEMATIST*

SYSTEMATIST (methodical type)

2

Cash distributed to bairns at Scots wedding (needy also turned up) (7)

POOR (needy) + (TOO [also] reversed [turned -up])

POOR OOT<

POOR-OOT (Scottish term for the scattering of coins to children [bairns] as the bride and bridegroom depart after a wedding.)

3

Bits of gold oil spattered on underside of vehicle (6)

CAR (vehicle) + an anagram of (spattered) OIL

CAR OLI*

CAROLI (gold coins of the time of Charles I)

4

Once having skill, injecting bit of cladode into old graft (6)

C (first letter of [bit of] CLADODE) contained in (injecting) SIENT (archaic [old] word for SCION [a detached piece of a plant capable of propagating, esp by grafting;])

S (C) IENT

SCIENT (archaic [once] word for ‘having science [skill]’; once having skill)

5

Card game associated with majority? (9)

TWENTY-ONE (a person of full legal age has attained majority  In the UK, before 1970, majority was considered to be achieved at 21 years; from 1970 it has been 18 years.  Possibly it will move downwards again as  in Scotland you can vote at age 16)

TWENTY-ONE (card game)

6

Letter from Scotland penned in Ayrshire region (5)

HIRER (hidden word in [penned in] AYRSHIRE REGION)

HIRER (Scottish word for one who rents out; letter)

7

Pot in chemistry lab, due for repair, cracking completely (6)

Anagram of for repair) DUE contained in (cracking) ALL (completely)

AL (UDE*) L

ALUDEL (pear-shaped pot used in sublimation; pot in chemistry lab)

8

Animal roaming free, because of having been caged (6)

IN (because of) contained in (having been caged) an anagram of (roaming) FREE

FER (IN) E*

FERINE (relating to or like a wild beast; wild; animal [derogatory])

9

Jazz violin missing opening section (4)

STRAD (Stradivarius , stringed instrument, usually a violin) excluding (missing) the first letter (opening) S

TRAD (a shortened form of traditional jazz)

10

Girl beginning to exercise, once crazy about relaxation (11)

DEMENT (an archaic [once] word for insane [crazy] containing (about) (LASS [girl] + E [first letter of {beginning to} EXERCISE)

DE (LASS E) MENT

DÉLASSEMENT (relaxation)

*11

Quite full (11)

No wordplay as this is the competition entry for which a clue has to be written

CHOCK-A-BLOCK (quite full)

16

What splinter group favours?  List MPs involved with it (9)

Anagram of (involved with) LIST MPS and IT

SPLITTISM*

SPLITTISM (breaking away; a splinter group wishes to break away from an existing group)

20

Street players cutting bit from Candide, within which parts rotate (7)

ST (street) + (ACTORS [players] excluding [cutting] C [first letter of {bit from} CANDIDE)

STATORS (stationary parts within which another part rotates)

22

Young man (not the first) restricting watercourse, paid in shares (6, 3 words)

(BOY [young man] excluding the first letter [not the first] B) containing (restricting) NALA (watercourse)

O (N A LA) Y

ON A LAY (paid in shares rather than wages)

23

Such as George one’s found digging in allotments? (6)

I (one) contained in (found digging in) PLOTS (allotments)

P (I) LOTS

PILOTS (reference George [automatic pilot of an aircraft in Royal Air Force slang)

24

Many remains, excavated, can be seen in -, I mean (6)

SMYRNA (if the letters of I MEAN are taken out of  the middle of [excavated]  MANY REMAINS the letters that remain can be seen to form SMYRNA)

SMYRNA (an ancient city from which many remains have been excavated)

25

Lord and Lady opening central part of fair (6)

DONA (sweetheart;, corruption of Donã or Donna; lady) contained in (opening) AI (middle letters of [central part of] FAIR)

A (DONA) I

ADONAI (name of God in the Old Testament, usually translated as Lord)

27

Co-star of Dana A, and others seen in fur (5)

GENE T (reference GENE Tierney [female],  co-star of DANA Andrews [male] in Otto Preminger’s 1944 film Laura)  I am not entirely sure what purpose ‘and others’ is playing in the clue

GENET (fur of an animal of the same name)

29

Not in French, but in English or Spanish (4)

HORS (hidden word in [in] ENGLISH OR SPANISH

HORS (out [not in] in French)