Independent 10,811 by Klingsor

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An enjoyable puzzle from the always reliable Klingsor.

ACROSS
1 ANDES
Selection from Italian designer’s range (5)

Hidden in Italian designer (ref to a range of mountains)
4 REPELLENT
Driving away fast, one avoided reversing first (9)

Lent with leper< in front of it.
9 LANCASTER
New players breaking real ground for City (9)

N{ew} cast in real*
10 ALTER
Sign of hesitation after key change (5)

Er after Alt
11 HUMBUG
Sweet smell associated with insect (6)

Hum + bug
12 RITENUTO
Instruction to musicians playing trio to hold melody back? (8)

Trio* around tune<. Apparently it's an instruction to slow down quickly.
14 MILLENNIUM
Parent keeps naughty girl finally in line for many years (10)

Mum around ([gir]l in line)*
16 HAND
Help to give worker influence (4)

I think this is a triple def, I suppose the last one is in the sense of hand of God.
19 SOME
A little problem? So we hear (4)

Hom of sum
20 TREASURERS
Arrest involved capturing certain people handling money (10)

Arrest* around sure
22 MERCHANT
French sea song required for commercial (8)

Mer (French for sea) + chant
23 SHRIMP
Be sparing with hot, not cold, seafood (6)

Scrimp with h{ot} instead of c{old}
26 DOGMA
Opinion of boxer, perhaps Muhammad Ali originally (5)

Dog (boxer is an example thereof) + M[uhammad] A[li]
27 INEBRIATE
Brew a beer in it and get drunk (9)

(A beer in it)*
28 MESSENGER
Runner turned green after hash (9)

Mess + green*
29 AMOUR
Loved one needs protection? Not right (5)

A[r]mour
DOWN
1 ALL THUMBS
Awkward bum must head for bingo hall (3,6)

(Must b[ingo] hall)
2 DENIM
Material is exploited, having turned up (5)

Mined<
3 STATUTES
Time to stop representative figures making laws (8)

T{ime} in statues
4 RATE
Old car loses its initial value (4)

[C]rate
5 PARTICULAR
Exceptional pressure of the joints (10)

P{ressure} + articular(=of the joints)
6 LEAVEN
Raise the dough to quit before November (6)

Leave + N{ovember} (also phonetic alphabet)
7 ENTOURAGE
Attendants dashed out carrying incense? On the contrary (9)

Enrage around out*
8 TORSO
Roughly holding up end of elephant’s trunk (5)

Or so after [elephan]t
13 INFRINGING
At home, phoning about fellow trespassing (10)

In + ringing around f{ellow}
15 LYME REGIS
Gym relies on developing coastal town (4,5)

(Gym relies)*
17 DISAPPEAR
Briefly, did fruit containing juice die out? (9)

(Di[d] pear) around sap
18 EUPHORIA
Transport barrels out of plant (8)

euphor[b]ia
21 THRACE
Old country hotel surrounded by suspicion (6)

Trace around h{otel}
22 MODEM
Following fashion, Mike gets computer device (5)

M{ike} (M in the phonetic alphabet) after mode
24 IDAHO
Flipping old bore, I state (5)

(o{ld} had I)<. The had here will be in the sense of carried.
25 BEAR
European bound by rail for Paddington? (4)

E{uropean} in bar

13 comments on “Independent 10,811 by Klingsor”

  1. Isn’t 16 a quadruple definition? To hand is to give (she handed me the book).

    Thanks Klingsor and NealH.

  2. I too thought 16A is quadruple. Didn’t understand 18D (despite having euphorbia in my garden) as I haven’t previously seen B = barrels. Very nice, so thanks Klingsor and Neal.

  3. A rare treat – Klingsor on a Monday.

    I had ticks for REPELLENT, MILLENNIUM, MERCHANT, INCENSE and the quadruple HAND.

    Thanks to Klingsor for an enjoyable puzzle and to NealH for the blog.

  4. Most enjoyable and a great start to the week. I particularly liked 4a and 11a not to mention the quadruple 16a. Like Tatrasman, I have not seen B meaning “barrels” before.

    Thank you, Klingsor for the entertainment and many thanks to NealH for the blog.

  5. I’ve come to accept any words first letter is up for grabs in crossword land? .. didn’t help me as I’ve never heard of the plant!!.. of course it might be that in ancient publicans logs B might indicate a barrel?… the rest was excellent stuff.. a very pleasant Monday so far…
    thanks Klingsor n NealH

  6. I had come across b for barrels – it’s in Chambers – but I didn’t know the plant, either.

  7. Immaculately clued as always from Klingsor and a delight for a Monday. HAND was our loi and I struggled to get 2 definitions let alone 4! Many thanks to K and NealH.

  8. I meant to add that I thought b was an abbreviation for barrels of oil, but I can’t find it online

  9. @dormouse I do know the plant, my wife has recently planted some in our back garden. As for b as barrels, I’ve seen it so often over the years I didn’t give it a second thought.
    Very gentle for a klingsor, might explain the rare Monday slot. Thanks to setter and NH for the bloggage.

  10. Strange to think that the same plant contains euphoria in one name and purge in another (spurge).

  11. Although one of us is a performer in a small way we have to confess to not knowing RITENUTO and having to confirm it in the Oxford Dictionary of Music – but it was easily got from the wordplay. It’s the musical equivalent of stepping on the brake rather than just taking your foot off the accelerator.
    A very enjoyable start to the week although there were one or two we couldn’t parse properly.
    Thanks, Klingsor and NealH.

  12. As an avid fan of Terry Pratchett, I was struck by seeing Millennium, Hand, and Shrimp so prominently placed. RIP Terry.

  13. There’s BUGRIT in row 5 too Caretman, but I can’t see any sign of Foul Ole Ron himself.

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