The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4027.
Something of a departure for Everyman: every answer is related to food and drink. At least there remains his standard ‘primarily’ clue, or we might be completely lost.
| ACROSS | ||
| 7 | FAJITA |
Note you’ll hear: warmer Mexican fare (6)
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| A charade of FA (‘note’ of the sol-fa) plus JITA, which is pronounced (‘you’ll hear’) more or less as HEATER (‘warmer’). | ||
| 8 | SMOOTHIE |
I’m persuasive. Like a milkshake? (8)
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| Double definition. | ||
| 9 | WILDFOWL |
Cryptic clue for wolf – or pheasant, perhaps (8)
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| Wordplay in the answer: an anagram (WILD) of FOWL is ‘wolf’ | ||
| 10 | SUPPER |
Meal measures up perfectly? To some extent (6)
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| A hidden answer (‘to some extent’) in ‘measureS UP PERfectly’. | ||
| 11 | SOUL FOOD |
In Korean capital, lacking energy, scoff seeing sweet potato pie, etc (4,4)
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| A charade of S[e]OUL (South ‘Korean capital’) minus the E (‘lacking energy’) plus FOOD (‘scoff’, noun). | ||
| 12 | ATE OUT |
Singular hawker, we’re told, dined – but not at home (3,3)
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| Sounds like (‘we’re told’) A TOUT (‘singular hawker’). | ||
| 13 | HOLLANDAISE |
Old French president concealing origins of affaire involving starlet: sauce! (11)
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| An envelope (‘concealing’) of AIS (‘origins of Affaire Involving Starlet’) in HOLLANDE (François, ‘old French President’, 2012-2017). | ||
| 18 | REUBEN |
With teetotaller absent, brunette prepared something with rye (6)
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| An anagram (‘prepared’) of ‘brune[tt]e’ minus TT (‘with teetotaller absent’). A reuben is a grilled sandwich of corned beef (not the canned stuff) and Swiss cheese (and thus not kosher, even though the sandwich is associated with kosher-style delis) with sauerkraut and Russian dressing on toasted rye bread. | ||
| 20 | COCONUTS |
Clown to stagger back: source of clip-clop sounds? (8)
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| A charade of COCO (‘clown’) plus NUTS, a reversal (‘back’) of STUN (‘stagger’). Remember this? | ||
| 22 | SCOTCH |
Put lid on whisky (6)
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| Double definition, the first being to cancel. | ||
| 23 | ICE CREAM |
Everyman ‘a hilarious person’, did you say? That’s … sweet (3,5)
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| Sounds like (‘did you say’) I (‘Everyman’) plus SCREAM (‘a hilarious person’). | ||
| 24 | WELL DONE |
Good job that’s how some like their steak (4,4)
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| Double definition. For the second, there’s no accounting for tastes. | ||
| 25 | SWEDES |
Northern Europeans‘ roots (6)
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| Double definition. | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | HARICOT |
Some paratha, ricotta and a kind of bean (7)
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| A hidden answer (‘some’) in ‘paratHA RICOTta’. | ||
| 2 | VINDALOO |
Rice and this curry can be arranged for Leonardo da Vinci! (8)
|
| ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ is an anagram (‘can be arranged for’) of ‘rice and’ plus VINDALOO. A rare case of a clue in which the definition appears sensibly in the middle (although it could be moved to the start). | ||
| 3 | BAROLO |
Booze; aroma: roses – or latterly, oak, primarily? (6)
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| The ‘primarily’ clue: ‘Booze Aroma Roses Or Latterly Oak’, for the Italian wine as an &lit definition. | ||
| 4 | MOUSSAKA |
Mostly chocolatey dessert? In other words … it includes lamb (8)
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| A charade of MOUSS[e] (‘chocolately dessert?’) minus the last letter (‘mostly’); plus AKA (also known as, ‘in other words’). | ||
| 5 | STAPLE |
Form an attachment to rice, perhaps (6)
|
| Double definition. | ||
| 6 | PINE NUT |
Languish with idiot having assembled something for pasta sauce (4,3)
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| A charade of PINE (‘languish’) plus NUT (‘idiot’). Pine nuts are used in pesto. | ||
| 8 | SALADE NIÇOISE |
I sailed oceans meandering to find Riviera speciality (6,7)
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| An anagram (‘meandering’) of ‘I sailed oceans’. | ||
| 14 | LUNCHEON |
Initially lacking punch (initially lacking): long time to get something to eat (8)
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| A charade of L (the initial ‘initially Lacking’) plus ‘[p]unch’ minus the first letter (the bracketed ‘initially lacking’) plus EON (‘long time’). | ||
| 15 | SUN-DRIED |
Not finishing various starters of Italian endives, dressed like some tomatoes (3-5)
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| A charade of SUNDR[y] (‘various’) minus the last letter (‘not finishing’) plus IED (‘starters of Italian Endives Dressed’). | ||
| 16 | PEACHES |
Attractive people that are often fuzzy and usually stoned (7)
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| Definition and two references to the fruit. | ||
| 17 | STEAMER |
Ship that may contain broccoli (7)
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| Double definition. | ||
| 19 | BOTTLE |
Grit that’s used for storing wine (6)
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| Double definition. | ||
| 21 | CHEESY |
Characteristic of Leicester …? How to characterise some grins? (6)
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| Double definition. |
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