The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3752.
Everyman continues to come up with clues which require a fair amount of thought, while being perfectly fair, and having smooth surfaces. Many thanks to him.
| Across | ||
| 1 | ELASTICITY | Flexibility shown by university, on reflection, accepting most of criticism attached to it (10) |
| An envelope (‘accepting’) of STIC[k] (‘sriticism’) minus its last letter (‘most of’) plus (‘attached to’) ‘it’ in ELAY, a reversal (‘on reflection’) of YALE (‘university’). | ||
| 6 | STOP | Foil and items of kitchenware around (4) |
| A reversal (‘around’) of POTS (‘items of kitckenware’). | ||
| 10 | CATERER | Provider of food hundred consumed? About right (7) |
| A charade of C (Roman numeral, ‘hundred’) plus ATE (‘consumed’) plus RE (‘about’) plus R (‘right’). | ||
| 11 | TORNADO | Twister in trouble after split (7) |
| A charade of TORN (‘split’) plus ADO (‘trouble’). | ||
| 12 | BEYOND MEASURE | Excessively confident, following man obeyed foolishly (6,7) |
| A charade of BEYOND MEA, an anagram (‘foolishly’) of ‘man obeyed’; plus SURE (‘confident’). | ||
| 14 | DISGRACED | Last of planes used in research sped under a cloud (9) |
| An envelope (‘used in’) of S (‘last of planeS‘) in DIG (‘research’) plus RACED (‘sped’). | ||
| 16 | TRESS | Pressure releasing small lock (5) |
| A subtraction: [s]TRESS (‘pressure’) minus the S (‘releasing small’). | ||
| 17 | REMIT | Pay for area of responsibility (5) |
| Double definition. | ||
| 19 | END RESULT | Outcome ensured after work by lieutenant (3,6) |
| A charade of ENDRESU, an anagram (‘after work’) of ‘ensured’ plus LT (‘lieutenant’). | ||
| 21 | SOUTHERN CROSS | Article in disagreeable newspaper initially annoyed group of stars (8,5) |
| An envelope (‘in’) of THE (definite ‘article’) in SOUR (‘disagreeable’) plus N (‘Newspaper initially’) plus CROSS (‘annoyed’). | ||
| 24 | BRISTOL | Endlessly lively crowd around city (7) |
| A charade of BRIS[k] (‘lively’) minus its last letter (‘endlessly’) plus TOL, a reversal (‘around’) of LOT (‘crowd’). | ||
| 25 | TERRAIN | Blunder amid cheers at home ground (7) |
| An envelope (‘amid’) of ERR (‘blunder’) in TA (‘cheers’, thank you) plus IN (‘at home’). | ||
| 26 | RAGA | Musical form occupying learner again (4) |
| A hidden answer (‘occupying’) in ‘learneR AGAin’. | ||
| 27 | IRIDESCENT | One clear trail skirting edge of mirage, shimmering (10) |
| An envelope (‘skirting’) of E (‘edge of miragE‘; not a construction universally approved) in I (‘one’) plus RID (‘clear’) plus SCENT (‘trail’). | ||
| Down | ||
| 1 | EACH | Every train losing time (4) |
| A subtraction: [t]EACH (‘train’) minus the T (‘losing time’). | ||
| 2 | ANTIBES | Worker perhaps is grabbing beer without hesitation in French resort (7) |
| An envelope (‘grabbing’) of ‘be[er]’ minus ER (‘without hesitation’) in ANT (‘worker perhaps’) plus ‘is’. The answer reminds me of the hilarious clip of Boby Lapointe singing Framboise in Truffaud’s Tirez sur la Pianiste | ||
| 3 | TERRY PRATCHETT | Chatter, pretty excited, about King, fantasy author (5,9) |
| An envelope (‘about’) of R (Rex, ‘king’) in TERYPRATCHETT, an anagram (‘excited’) of ‘chatter pretty’, for a fantasy author whom I had not encountered before; fortunately the anagram was guidance enough. | ||
| 4 | CHRONICLE | Story about following river in stylish French article (9) |
| An envelope (‘in’) of R (‘river’) plus ON (‘about’ with ‘following’ indicating the order of the particles) in CHIC (‘stylish’) plus LE (‘French article’). | ||
| 5 | TOTEM | Bear, masculine symbol of tribe? (5) |
| A charade of TOTE (‘bear’, verb) plus M (‘masculine’). | ||
| 7 | TRADUCE | Malign piece of publicity breaking ceasefire (7) |
| An envelope (‘breaking’) of AD (‘piece of publicity’) in TRUCE (‘ceasefire’). | ||
| 8 | PROPENSITY | Be inquisitive, holding obvious pose, leaning (10) |
| An envelope (‘holding’) of OPEN (‘obvious’) SIT (‘pose’) in PRY (‘be inquisitive’). | ||
| 9 | TREAD THE BOARDS | Wild beast, rather odd act on stage (5,3,6) |
| An anagram (‘wild’) of ‘beast rather odd’.. Nice surface. | ||
| 13 | ADDRESS BAR | Direct obstacle in area of browser (7,3) |
| A charade of ADDRESS (‘direct’) plus BAR (‘obstacle’). | ||
| 15 | DEDICATED | Stalwart inspector with Jaguar perhaps in action (9) |
| An envelope (‘in’) of DI (Detective ‘inspector’) plus CAT (‘Jaguar perhaps’ – deceptive capital) in DEED (‘action’). | ||
| 18 | MAULING | Tearful, losing heart over group’s first heavy defeat (7) |
| A charade of MAU[d]LIN (‘tearful’) minus its middle letter (‘losing heart’) plus G (‘Group’s first’). | ||
| 20 | UPSTAGE | Outshine saint in cheerful time (7) |
| An envelope (‘in’) of ST (‘saint’) in UP (‘cheerful’) plus AGE (‘time’). | ||
| 22 | RULER | Leader some admire luridly overthrown (5) |
| A hidden (‘some’) reversed (‘overthrown’) answer in ‘admiRE LURidly’ | ||
| 23 | KNOT | Sandpiper in cluster (4) |
| Double definition.
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I found this quite easy which is unusual for the past few months. My last one in was MAULING which took a while to see.
I also found many of the clues were guessable just from my perceived clue definition. Enjoyable all the same.
Thanks to PeterO for the blog and Everyman for the entertainment.
Another classy offering from Everyman. I always find it easier to get into a crossword when the surfaces make sense, which Everyman’s invariably do. Some good clues here, particularly 9d and 3d (two of my favourite authors in one clue/answer.)
Thanks to Everyman, and to PeterO for the thorough blog.
Thank you Everyman for an enjoyable puzzle and PeterO for an interesting blog.
A nod to the Kiwis, what with the SOUTHERN CROSS and TERRY PRATCHETT – “In 1995, a fossil sea-turtle from the Eocene epoch of New Zealand was named in honour of him Psephophorus terrypratchetti by the palaeontologist Richard Köhler” – from the Wiki reference, and here is an interview with him in 2002 published in the NZ Herald.
Another enjoyable offering, on the easyish side. One that I wish I’d solved online rather than on paper as it took an age to remember 13d. 🙂
My favourite was 9d (loi)
Thank you Everyman and Peter
Cheers to Cookie @3 though i must confess to having never heard of the writer and the star group didn’t even spring to mind. Otherwise fairly easy today though a few new words for me. I really enjoyed the browser misdirection. Thanks again to Everyman & Peter O.
Some good clues here. My grandson used to read Terry Pritchett’s novels but not my taste.
Paul @ 6 how could you not think of Southern Cross? Thanks Cookie@3.
This one’s right up your street Barrie. I’m sure you got 9d and 20d without any trouble.
Thanks Peter for your explanations of he parsing,
Many thanks PeterO and Everyman. Another complete solve! I may have to move on to the big people’s cryptic if this keeps up, although I do enjoy my weekly Everyman. I, like Davy, found myself parsing in retrospect a fair amount today, but enjoyed the kiwi connection in 21ac. Didn’t know there was a kiwi connection with 3dn – thanks Cookie!
Thanks Audrey yes those two were up my alley, more so than Knot or Raga and I assumed the backwards crowd in 24 was Lots so had trouble parsing Bri.
Everything else yielded eventually although the SW corner was the last to go.
Nice to see a bit of Kiwiana. And some sun, too.
After declaring last week’s one an easier than usual, I found myself stumped with this week’s, and interested that others did not find the same! should have kept my opinions to myself. My favourite was 25ac for its ability to trick ( me anyway )
Found the left hand bottom corner the most difficult
never heard of raga or ‘knot’ they are my learnings this week
I’m with Vanessa. For the first time as long as I can remember I didn’t manage to solve a clue on the first time through. Never heard of the writer, the bird (sorry Pierre) or the musical form. Spelling issues in my mind with iridescent and Antibes so a bit of a nightmare really. Only managed to finish in the early hours waiting for the rugby to start which looks like another nightmare in the early stages.
Thanks to all.