An absolute delight of a challenge from WANDERER this Friday, with some refreshingly new devices in play. Thanks WANDERER.
FF: 10 DD: 7. Starting this week, I will also mark my FOI and my LOI clues.
| ACROSS | ||
| 1 | LEADING LIGHT | Outstanding person, a shining example in 7 and 10, but not 26 (7,5) |
| cryptic references to the solutions of 7d ( LIGHT-hearted ) and 10d ( LIGHT brigade ) but not 26ac ( angel of LIGHT ) | ||
| 8 | IGNORES | Passes by Italian man when cycling (7) |
| SIGNORE ( italian man, with the ‘S’ moving to the end ) | ||
| 9 | APPAREL | Look less English, after putting on the Spanish clothes (7) |
| APPeAR ( look, without E – English ) EL ( the, spanish ) | ||
| 11 | HOLDALL | Real leather or artificial leather? Both satisfy the requirements for this bag (7) |
| cryptic def; “..reAL Leather..” and “artificiAL Leather..” both HOLD the word ALL | ||
| 12 | HASHTAG | One identifying Twitter topic that has Henry reeling, aghast (7) |
| H ( Henry ) [ AGHAST ]* | ||
| 13 | HANDY | Near neighbours buried in churchyard (5) |
| cryptic def; referring to H AND Y in “churcHYard” | ||
| 14 | TABLE SALT | Formally present sailor as one on board that’s seasoned? (5,4) |
| TABLE ( formally present ) SALT ( sailor ) | ||
| 16 | ANTIPASTO | A new clue a setter’s trying out, for starters or an appetizer (9) |
| A N ( new ) TIP ( clue ) ASTO ( “..A Setter’s Trying Out..”, starting letters ) | ||
| 19 | SITAR | “One with long neck and rounded body” only partially describes it, arguably (5) |
| hidden in “..describeS IT ARguably” – indian musical instrument | ||
| 21 | TENURED | Having an office under the vacated complex (7) |
| [ UNDER ThE ( vacated, i.e. without inner letters ) ]* | ||
| 23 | SPARING | Economical health resort used by band (7) |
| SPA ( heath resort ) RING ( band ) | ||
| 24 | DEIFIES | Worships one getting into beards (7) |
| I ( one ) in DEFIES ( beards ) | ||
| 25 | ANISEED | Some Arak, if an odd bit of it gets Denise drunk (7) |
| An ( odd bit of ) [ DENISE ]*; the A could also be interpreted as either of the two A’s in the odd positions of ArAk | ||
| 26 | ANGEL OF LIGHT | A broken leg? No getaway for Lucifer (5,2,5) |
| A [ LEG NO ]* FLIGHT ( getaway ) | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | LANOLIN | Fatty substance natural ovine sources supply in all cases (7) |
| NO ( “..Natural Ovine..”, starting letters ) in [ IN ALL ]* | ||
| 2 | ALREADY | Meal setter put away, prepared beforehand (7) |
| meAL ( without ME – setter ) READY ( prepared ); my LOI | ||
| 3 | INSULATES | Top off Alan’s suite with scatter cushions (9) |
| [ aLAN’S ( top off , without first letter ) SUITE ]* | ||
| 4 | GRAPH | Admiring Raphael’s representation of a relationship (5) |
| hidden in “..admirinG RAPHael’s..” – my FOI | ||
| 5 | IMPASSE | Deadlock when one politician confronts idiot online (7) |
| I ( one ) MP ( politician ) ASS ( idiot ) E ( ~online ) | ||
| 6 | HERB TEA | Bad breath: has taken tablet or tisane? (4,3) |
| [ BREATH ]* containing E ( tablet, Ecstacy ) | ||
| 7 | LIGHT-HEARTED | Carefree as a glamper appears to be (5- 7) |
| cryptic def; reference to LAMP ( light ) at the heart of gLAMPer | ||
| 10 | LIGHT BRIGADE | Girl, 8, unhappy with bad charging unit (5,7) |
| [ GIRL EIGHT BAD ]* | ||
| 15 | BOOKSTALL | Retail outlet applying charges by type of story? (9) |
| BOOKS ( charges ) TALL ( type of story ) | ||
| 17 | TENSION | Anxiety is rising in one part of joint (7) |
| SI ( reverse of IS ) in TENON ( part of joint ) | ||
| 18 | PORCINE | Piggy, initially patronised on requesting conch, is nobbled eventually (7) |
| starting letters of “..Patronised On Requesting Conch Is Nobbled Eventually..” | ||
| 19 | SHAVING | Seconds? Eating a thin slice (7) |
| S ( seconds ) HAVING ( eating ) | ||
| 20 | TRIDENT | Weapon detective found upside-down in river (7) |
| ID ( reverse of DI, detective ) in TRENT ( river ) | ||
| 22 | DISCO | What might get you jiggling two bits in nudist colony? (5) |
| split parts ( two bits ) of “..nuDISt COlony” | ||
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