Financial Times 17156 Guy

Thank you to Guy. Some nice surfaces here. Definitions are underlined in the clues.

Across

1. Submarine that’s German and Irish and American (8)

UNDERSEA : UND(German for “and”) + ERSE(the Irish Gaelic language) plus(and) A(abbrev. for “American”).

Defn: …/underwater.

6. Fine being sore after exercise class (6)

PEACHY : ACHY(sore/suffering from continuous dull pain, as you might be after exercising) placed after(after) PE(abbrev. for “physical education”/exercise class in school).

Defn: …, in North American slang.

9. Say, borstal pupil’s denial retracted after pressure? (6)

PRISON : Reversal of(… retracted) [ NO, SIR ](a pupils’ denial as said to a teacher) placed after(after) P(symbol for “pressure” in physics).

Defn: An example of which/say, is the borstal, a custodial institution for young offenders.

10. Structure on a pitch Rooney’s inside, most likely (3,2,3)

TEN TO ONE : TENT(a structure on a pitch/a cloth shelter that you pitch/set up) + inner letters of(…’s inside) “Rooney“.

Defn: The odds for something most likely to happen.

11. Censor government report (4)

BANG : BAN(to censor/to forbid) + G(abbrev. for “government”).

Defn: A …/sudden loud noise.

12. Exhibitor fashioned arty base for nude figure (6,4)

SHOWER TRAY : SHOWER(an exhibitor/one who shows) + anagram of(fashioned) ARTY.

Defn: A base/something to stand on for a nude figure/person, in this case one taking a shower.

14. Friend shortly runs single rounder after children (8)

MATRONLY : “mate”(a friend/companion) minus its last letter(shortly) + R(abbrev. for “runs” in cricket scores) + ONLY(single/solitary).

Defn: The unflattering description of one who is rounder/of heavier build after having children. Or is it the description of one who rounds up/tends to children in an institution? – but, if that were so, the clue gives no indication that the solution should be an adjective.

16. One egg put on for the whole family (4)

UNIT : NIT(egg of a louse) plus(put on) U(abbrev. for “universal”, the classification of film certified as suitable for viewing by everyone, including the whole family).

18. Hill-dweller taken aback by English mountain (4)

ETNA : Reversal of(… taken aback) ANT(a dweller of an anthill) placed after(by) E(abbrev. for “English”).

Defn: … in Sicily.

19. Mark round glass left by sediment from Spooner’s wine? (8)

RIESLING : Spoonerism of(… from Spooner) [ “lees”(sediment from wine) that has left a “ring”(a mark round a glass, a wineglass, say) ].

Defn: A dry white … from Germany.

21. Prince Charles collects amateur and dreadful china for fun (10)

PLAYFELLOW : POW(abbrev. for the Prince of Wales, currently Prince Charles) containing(collects) [ LAY(amateur/not professionally qualified) + FELL(dreadful/terrible) ].

Defn: A mate/china to play with/for fun.

22. Tree-trunk Jack climbs for acorns, say (4)

MAST : Double defn: 1. That formerly constructed from a tree-trunk, which a Jack/a seaman might climb on board a ship; and 2nd: Animal feed which could/say be made from, or including, acorns.

24. Here goes old Morris for example, heading west (8)

GERONIMO! : Reversal of(…, heading west, in an across clue) [ O(abbrev. for “old”) + MINOR(a model of car from Morris Motors) + EG(abbrev. for “exempli gratia”/for example) ].

Defn: An expression of excitement when, say, jumping from a great height:

26. Amazon creator’s cut, an extortionate sum (6)

RANSOM : “Ransome”(Arthur, an English writer of children’s books, which feature a dinghy called the Amazon) minus its last letter(…’s cut).

Defn: Sum of money paid for the release of a captive/sum paid for an act of extortion, “extortionate”, you might say. Also, an exorbitant sum as in “a king’s ransom”.

27. Grey animal swimming, a seal by the sound of it (6)

CYGNET : Homophone of(… by the sound of it) “signet”(a seal to authenticate a document).

28. Wrap up in warm layers when cycling (8)

ENSHEATH : [ HEAT(to warm/make hot) HENS(layers of eggs) ] with the last 3 letters moved to the front(when cycling).

Down

2. Some minor maiden? On the contrary! (5)

NORMA : Hidden in(Some) “minor maiden“.

Defn: Character in the opera of the same name, who is the major, not/on the contrary, a minor role, and who is a mother, not/on the contrary, a maiden.

3. Police state redeployment of army sergeant ain’t right (4,7)

EAST GERMANY : Anagram of(redeployment of) [ “army sergeant” minus(ain’t) “r”(abbrev. for “right”) ].

4. Wrong horse carries child up and down (8)

SINGSONG : SIN(a wrong/a misdeed) + GG(a child’s term for a horse) containing(carries) SON(one’s child).

Defn: Describing speech or voice with intonation or accent that goes …/alternately rising and falling rhythmically.

5. Creator of many plots, tho’ nearly no plot twists (7,8)

ANTHONY TROLLOPE : Anagram of(… twists) THO’ NEARLY NO PLOT.

Defn: Prolific English novelist.

6. Crack clear container for fruit (6)

PUNNET : PUN(a crack/joke using the meaning or sound of words) + NET(in terms of earnings, to clear/secure after all deductions).

7. Excitement at party with time flying (3)

ADO : “at” + DO(a party/a function) minus(with … flying) “t”(abbrev. for “time”).

8. National song Beethoven’s ninth has depended on (9)

HUNGARIAN : [ARIA(an operatic song) + 9th letter of(…’s ninth) “Beethoven“] placed below(has .. on, in a down clue) HUNG(depended/suspended from – though in rare usage).

13. Sell yellow tops to domestiques, equalising everyone on the Tour? (4,2,5)

TOUT LE MONDE : TOUT(to sell a ticket at higher than the official price) + LEMON(pale yellow colour) + 1st letters, respectively, of(tops to, in a down clue) “domestiques, equalising“.

Defn: “everyone” in the language of where the Tour de France is held.

15. Mary undressed like some dancing girls, perhaps revealing big arms (9)

ARTILLERY : “Mary” minus its 1st and last letters(undressed) + TILLER(… Girls, a popular dance troupe) + -Y(suffix added to a noun to signify that something has similar characteristics to/is like that which the noun refers to.

17. British prince is heading for retirement (8)

BEDWARDS : B(abbrev. for “British”) + EDWARD(a British prince, son of Queen Elizabeth II) + ‘S(contraction of is).

20. Determined to bear eleven sons, preferring those? (6)

SEXIST : SET(determined/fixed) containing(to bear) [ XI(Roman numeral for “eleven”) + S(abbrev. for “sons”) ].

Defn: …/favouring males, sons for example.

23. Carnivore stumped by grass (5)

STOAT : ST(abbrev. for “stumped” in cricket scores) plus(by) OAT(a wild grass related to the cultivated oat plant).

25. Allow women to crack on (3)

OWN : W(abbrev. for “women”) contained in(to crack) ON.

Defn: …/to acknowledge/admit, as in “I own to having lied”.