Azed 2271

1

Would-be doctor traps dog that’s rabid? (8)

Anagram of (that’s rabid) TRAPS DOG

POSTGRAD*

POSTGRAD (postgraduate; a student studying or researching for an advanced qualification after obtaining a first university degree)  Many do Masters degrees which don’t lead to doctorates rather than PhD courses which do, but it’s true that potentially some of the students will get their doctorates.

7

WI evergreen, one replacing universal cassava (5)

YUCCA (cassava) with U (universal) replaced by A (one)

YACCA

YACCA (either of two West Indian [WI] evergreens)

12

One year interned, in the manner of what immigrants go through (5)

(I [one] + Y [year]) contained in (interned) A LA (in the manner of)

AL (I Y) A

ALIYA (immigration to Israel)

14

Sentimentality once necessary in a doctor (5)

LOO (toilet; necessary is obsolete {once} or dialect slang for a toilet) contained in (in) GP (General Practitioner; doctor)

G (LOO) P

GLOOP (sentimentality)

15

Sort of appliqué work relating to an art style risen with time (9)

DECO (reference Art DECO [the style of decorative art characteristic of the 1920s and 1930s]) + UP (risen) + AGE (period of time)

DECOUPAGE (the craft, originating in the 18th century, of applying decorative paper cut-outs to e.g. wood surfaces; sort of appliqué)

16

You may get a —- cooked with ethnic recipe from Maori kitchen (4)

MAORI KITCHEN is a compound anagram of the entry, MOKI, and ETHNIC and A and R (recipe)

MOKI (a New Zealand sea fish which could well be cooked in a Maori kitchen)

17

She’s anybody’s making love (but only initially) in private (7)

L (first letter of [initially] LOVE) contained in (in) SAPPER (private in the Royal Engineers)

S (L) APPER

SLAPPER (promiscuous woman; she’s anybody’s)

19

In full fig, cloak a welcome luxury (7)

CAPA (Spanish cloak) + PIE (welcome luxury)

CAPAPIE (dressed from head to foot, e.g. of a knight in armour; in full fig [full dress or array]).

21

Not a neat medic is neglecting to cleanse thus (13)

Anagram of  (is neglecting) NOT A NEAT MEDIC

DECONTAMINATE*

DECONTAMINATE (method of cleansing)

23

Devilfish, say, none caught near whales possibly (7)

O (zero; none) + C (caught) + TO (near) + POD (shoal of sea creatures, especially whales)

OCTOPOD (devilfish is another name for an octopus)

27

Questionable old club cricketer getting a duck? (7)

BATTER (cricketer) + O (zero; duck score in cricket)

BATTERO (one form of the Shakespearean [old] word BALLOW meaning cudgel or club)  I think ‘questionable’ is in the clue as Chambers hints that BATTERO is not the most common usage.

30

What potter produces, quite round, with wheel? (4)

(ALL [quite] + O [round shape]) all reversed (with wheel)

(O LLA)<

OLLA (jar or urn, something a potter may produce)

31

Round, expanding? ‘Small’ label misapplied (9, 2 words)

MINI (small) + an anagram of (misapplied) LABEL

MINI E BALL*

MINIE BALL (a cone-shaped bullet [round] containing powder in its base, designed to expand when fired from a MINIE rifle) 

32

Content of postal delivery once released in instalments (5)

STALD (hidden word in [content of] POSTAL DELIVERY)

STALD (released on payments by instalments, archaic [once] past tense of STALL)

33

What Buddhists celebrate could be askew when it is (5)

Anagram of (could be) ASKEW

WESAK*

WESAK (variant spelling of VESAK [Buddhist festival held in May to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha])

34

Key element of horoscope, good following introductory matter (5)

HYLE (wood, matter) + G (good)

HYLEG (the ruling planet at the hour of birth; key element of horoscope)

35

Runs come into yard after a third of a mile (roughly) (8)

LI (a Chinese unit of distance, about one-third of a mile) + ENTER (come into) + Y (yard)

LIENTERY (form of diarrhoea; runs)

1

Parents hugging daughter worshipped Lily (5)

(PA [father] + MA [mother] giving parents) containing (hugging) D (daughter)

PA (D) MA

PADMA (sacred lotus; lily)

2

Repeated ‘whoopee’ with reduced acceleration – it’s key part of landing gear (7, 2 words)

OLÉ(an exclamation of approval, support or encouragement, sometimes used in English as an expression of triumph; whoopee) + OLÉ (again) to give repeated whoopee + G (musical key)

I’m not sure what the phrase ‘with reduced acceleration’ is doing in the clue.  On the basis that A is an abbreviation for acceleration, I looked to see if OLEA meant ‘whoopee’ but I can’t find such a definition

G is defined as acceleration due to gravity, so here too I can’t see any ‘reduced’.  Anyway I reckon the G is the musical key.

OLE O LE G

OLEO LEG (an oil-containing telescopic part of the landing gear of an aircraft, acting as a shock absorber)

3

Pervy, so the reverse of satisfactory (5)

SIC (thus,so) + (OK [satisfactory] reversed)

SIC KO<

SICKO (pervert; pervy)

4

Countryman’s understanding sticky stuff, one in rising sap (4)

A (one) contained in (in) (MUG [simpleton; sap] reversed [rising])

G (A) UM<

GAUM (dialect [countryman] term for a sticky mass)

5

Beginning to regret fitting with a tailor, awfully predatory (11)

R (first letter of [beginning to] REGRET) + APT (fitting) + A + an anagram of (awfully) TAILOR

R APT A TORIAL*

RAPTATORIAL (predatory)

6

Free of attractive elements, model is wild with rage (11)

Anagram of (wild) MODEL IS and RAGE

DEGLAMORISE*

DEGLAMORISE (make less attractive)

8

Weather’s opposite for clothing leg in mixed fabric (7)

ALEE (on the sheltered side; opposite side to where the weather is coming from) containing (clothing) PIN (leg)

ALE (PIN) E

ALEPINE (mixed fabric of wool and silk or mohair and cotton.)

9

Bean substitute?  Poet exchanges his last rubles for one (6)

COWPER (reference William COWPER  [1731 – 1800] English poet) with the final letter (his last) R (rubles) replaced by (exchanges for) A (one)

COWPEA

COWPEA (a leguminous plant [Vigna sinensis] indigenous to Asia but cultivated in other parts of the world and used like French beans; bean substitute)

10

Work in Church – it envelops certain churchmen (4)

OP (opus; work) contained in (in) CE (Church [of England])

C (OP) E

COPE (semicircular, sleeveless, hooded vestment worn over the alb or surplice by priests at certain Christian ceremonies; it envelops certain churchment)

11

A blue (Oxford?) – pinnacle of excellence (6)

A + PERSE (dark blue; Oxford University is associated with dark blue in contrast to Cambridge which is linked to light blue)

A-PER-SE (anything unique in excellence)

13

Evidence of breathlessness when doctor’s come round (4)

GP (General Practitioner; doctor) containing (comes round) AS (when)

G (AS) P

GASP (evidence of breathlessness)

18

Big bat, not old – wild clout’s caught (7)

An anagram of (wild) CLOUT contained in (caught) NE (obsolete [old] form of ‘not’)

N (OCTUL*) E

NOCTULE (the great bat, the largest British species)

20

Excellent lines penned by pilot of old (7)

LL (lines) contained in (penned by) STEAR (obsolete [old] version of STEER [pilot])

STE (LL) AR

STELLAR (excellent)

21

The old overindulge, shut up after mounting love couch (6)

(O [zero; love score in tennis] + BED [couch]) all reversed (mounting; down clue) + SH (be quiet; shut up)

(DEB O)< SH

DEBOSH (old form of DEBAUCH [overindulge])

22

Chief constable raised legal matters after function (briefly) (6)

COT (abbreviation for [briefly] cotangent [trigonometrical function]) + LAW (legal matters) reversed (raised; down clue)

COT WAL<

COTWAL (chief constable or magistrate of an Indian town.)

24

Uncommon stench from ketchup on kippers (4)

PONK (hidden word in [from] KETCHUP ON KIPPERS)

PONK (rare [uncommon] variant spelling of PONG [stench])

25

World-weary, little left, confined to home? (5)

L (abbreviation for [little] LEFT) contained in (confined to) BASE (home)

B (L) ASE

BLASÉ (indifferent to pleasure, etc because of familiarity; surfeited with enjoyments; world-weary)

26

Odd characters from lake entering inlet, perverse? (5)

LK (letters 1 and 3 [odd characters] from LAKE) contained in (entering) BAY (inlet)

BA (LK) Y

BALKY (perverse)

28

Shaw, e.g, to audiences blessed with creative skill (4)

ARTY (sounds like [to audiences] ARTIE [reference ARTIE Shaw [1910 – 2004] American clarinetist, composer and bandleader)

ARTY (blessed with creative skill)

29

Carved chicken, with stuffing (4)

W (with) contained in (stuffing) HEN (chicken)

HE (W) N

HEWN (carved)