Slormgorm for a change this Monday…
Admittedly, this was slow going with lots of misleading clues, but this also led to plenty of aha! moments which make solving all the more enjoyable.
FOI was the simple double definition at 5a. Some of the favourites today include OBSERVANT, ARTISAN, HIDES, BACKSLASH to name a few. A thoroughly enjoyable challenge, so many thanks to Slormgorm!
Across
1 City actor on tour goes around (7)
TORONTO
[ac]TOR ON TO[ur] (goes around)
5 One might fix heels an iced liqueur (7)
COBBLER
Double definition
9 Old relatives which featured on Hey Jude? (5)
NANAS
Double definition – the second part referring to the lyrics of Hey Jude
10 Draft speech for a Tory conference? (9)
CONSCRIPT
CON (Tory) + SCRIPT (speech)
11 Vessel carrying sick group of soldiers (9)
ARTILLERY
ARTERY (vessel) carrying ILL (sick)
12 Rude old boy’s left, creating this? (5)
SCENE
[ob]SCENE (rude, OB (old boy) leaves) &lit
13 Flower girl (5)
DAISY
Double definition
15 I’m employed to get the Bushes in shape (9)
TOPIARIST
Cryptic definition
18 Sharp-eyed old bachelor: Batman, perhaps (9)
OBSERVANT
O (old) + B (bachelor) + SERVANT (Batman, perhaps)
19 Cloaks and coats (5)
HIDES
Double definition
21 One beaten by good Parisian, then shot (5)
BONGO
BON (good, Parisian) then GO (shot)
23 Call attention to a spot on the ceiling, say (9)
HIGHLIGHT
Double definition
25 Anxiety in a goat? It must be distressed! (9)
AGITATION
(IN A GOAT IT)* (*must be distressed)
26 Tree disease stopped early close to Oslo (5)
MANGO
MANG[e] (disease, stopped early) + [osl]O (close to)
27 Most profound pain dogs contrary English editor (7)
DEEPEST
PEST (pain) dogs (E (english) + ED (editor))< (<contrary)
28 Craftsperson irregular soldier decapitated (7)
ARTISAN
[p]ARTISAN (irregular soldier, decapitated)
Down
1 Vessel tracked army vehicle on a road (7)
TANKARD
TANK (tracked army vehicle) on A + RD (road)
2 Call people who stalk animals (9)
RINGTAILS
RING (call) + TAILS (people who stalk)
3 New tips for ace server and landlady of Hooters (5)
NASAL
N (new) + A[ce] S[erver] A[nd] L[andlady] (tips for)
4 Those in the pit driving horse and cart (9)
ORCHESTRA
(HORSE CART)* (*driving)
5 Conservative with yen for sweets (5)
CANDY
C (conservative) AND (with) Y (yen)
6 Bad reaction overwhelms southern character (9)
BACKSLASH
BACKLASH (bad reaction) overwhelms S (southern)
7 French department has knowledge about one (5)
LOIRE
LORE (knowledge) about I (one)
8 Retirement present with note on top of it (7)
RETREAT
TREAT (present) with RE (a note) on top of it
14 A long drink? (4,2,3)
YARD OF ALE
Cryptic definition
16 Old man and goat in a rocky region (9)
PATAGONIA
PA (old man) and (GOAT IN A)* (*rocky)
17 Doctor is tending very deprived people (9)
INDIGENTS
(IS TENDING)* (*doctor)
18 Where one might find directors at the wheel? (2,5)
ON BOARD
Double definition
20 Record collection by Blue (3,4)
SET DOWN
SET (collection) by DOWN (blue)
22 In centre of church is one wet behind the ears (5)
NAIVE
In NAVE (centre of church) is I (one)
23 Religious type initially rejected for bank job? (5)
HEIST
[t]HEIST (religious, [t]ype intially rejected)
24 Cap one left up at Cambridge University (5)
LIMIT
(I (one) + L (left))< (<up) at MIT (Cambridge University)
*anagram
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