A simple offering from ORENSE, making a rare appearance on a Friday. Thanks Orense for a gentle workout.
FF: 8 DD: 6
| Across | ||
| 1 | TAPESTRY | Video shot covering head of state’s hanging (8) |
| TAPE (video) TRY (shot) covering S (head of State) | ||
| 5 | OPIATE | Drug one took after operation (6) |
| OP (operation) I (one) ATE (took) | ||
| 10 | EPOCH | Period of lost hope encompassing century (5) |
| HOPE* containing C (century, 100 in roman numerals) | ||
| 11 | FLAUNTING | Relative in love affair is showing off (9) |
| AUNT (relative) in FLING (affair) | ||
| 12 | PROMOTION | Campaign for increased responsibility at work (9) |
| to be read as PRO MOTION (campaign) | ||
| 13 | IN-LAW | Home rule may be relative after union (2-3) |
| IN (home) LAW (rule) | ||
| 14 | WHOOSH | Which person quietly accepts duck noise? (6) |
| [WHO (which person) SH (quietly)] accepts O (duck) | ||
| 15 | DISOBEY | Resist but undress disheartened – why broadcast? (7) |
| DISrOBE (undress, disheartened – without central character) Y (sounds like why) | ||
| 18 | HIPSTER | He trips over a fan of modern jazz (7) |
| HE TRIPS* | ||
| 20 | REALLY | Mass meeting about Spain – no kidding! (6) |
| RALLY (mass meeting) about E (spain, Espana) | ||
| 22 | SET TO | Start working and fight (3-2) |
| double def | ||
| 24 | TEST PILOT | International crowd surrounding sanctimonious high flyer (4,5) |
| [TEST (international) LOT (crowd)] around PI (sanctimonious) | ||
| 25 | INDIGNANT | Dining out with worker in high dudgeon (9) |
| DINING* ANT (worker) | ||
| 26 | NOISY | Inquisitive about one being vociferous (5) |
| NOSY (inquisitive) about I (one) | ||
| 27 | GYRATE | Guy’s gutted with charge for spin! (6) |
| GuY (gutted, without inner letters) RATE (charge) | ||
| 28 | MOORLAND | Terrain needing low light beyond river (8) |
| MOO (low) [ LAND (light) after R (river) ] | ||
| Down | ||
| 1 | TIE-UPS | Hints about European Union links (3-3) |
| TIPS (hints) about EU (european union) | ||
| 2 | PHOTOSHOP | Alter image recently nicked in Post Office outlet (9) |
| [ HOT (recently nicked) in PO (post office) ] SHOP (outlet) | ||
| 3 | SCHOOL OF THOUGHT | Philosophy classes held here? (6,2,7) |
| cryptic def | ||
| 4 | RAFFISH | Smart flyers on perch, for example (7) |
| RAF (smart) FISH (perch, for example) | ||
| 6 | PENCIL SHARPENER | What might make the point for a writer? (6,9) |
| cryptic def | ||
| 7 | AXIAL | A line set under a team’s type of rotation (5) |
| A L (line) under [A XI (team , 11 to a side in cricket)] | ||
| 8 | EDGEWAYS | Seedy wag is removed from the side (8) |
| SEEDY WAG* | ||
| 9 | WARNED | Advised of fighting on northern outskirts of Enfield (6) |
| WAR (fighting) N (northern) ED (outskirts of EnfielD) | ||
| 16 | BALALAIKA | Graduate left answer as a rumoured instrument from Russia (9) |
| BA (graduate) L (left) A (answer) LAIKA (sounds like LIKE A – as a) | ||
| 17 | PHISHING | Reported trolling scam online? (8) |
| sounds like FISHING (trolling) | ||
| 19 | RATTAN | Judas gets brown climbing palm (6) |
| RAT (judas) TAN (brown) | ||
| 20 | RISOTTO | Rioja to start is excessive with nothing but a rice dish (7) |
| R (Rioja, starting letter) IS OTT (excessive, Over The Top) O (nothing) | ||
| 21 | STAYED | Stopped being formal in hearing (6) |
| sounds like STAID (formal) | ||
| 23 | TUDOR | Royal family study form, dismissing outsiders (5) |
| sTUDy fORm (without outside letters) | ||
*anagram
Very gentle indeed but enjoyable too
Thanks to setter and blogger
Thanks Orense and Turbolegs
Seem to be seeing this setter less and less over recent times with 2-3 months gaps between his appearances (last couple in November and February). This puzzle was certainly on the easier side but flawlessly clued.
Finished in the SW corner with SET TO, HIPSTER and PHISHING the last few in.