ARTEXLEN kicks off the week…
A very neat and enjoyable puzzle. 20d was new to me, but solvable via the wordplay.
Thanks ARTEXLEN!
ACROSS
1. Desire to come before top athlete (4,6)
LONG JUMPER
LONG (desire) to come before JUMPER (top)
6. Show off clothing from the East (4)
BRAG
(GARB)< (clothing, <from the East)
10. Loom having lug on back (5)
TOWER
TOW (lug) + (RE)< (on, <back)
11. Admit about physical training for Open (9)
RECEPTIVE
RECEIVE (admit) about PT (physical training)
12. Minds black hole, circumventing it (4-4)
BABY-SITS
B (black) + (ABYSS (hole) circumventing IT)
13. Part held by dogsbody so necessary for engineer (5)
DYSON
[dogsbo]DY SO N[ecessary] (part held)
15. Stiff examination you ‘past’ — that needs correcting! (7)
AUTOPSY
(YOU PAST)* (*that needs correcting)
17. Empty apartment in east side of Dundee (7)
DEFLATE
FLAT (apartment) in [dun]DEE (east side of)
19. Legal document containing record with right tone (4,3)
DEEP RED
DEED (legal document) containing (EP (record) with R (right))
21. One with large bill in place needing repair (7)
PELICAN
(IN PLACE)* (*needing repair)
22. Sound from part of camera, not quiet (5)
UTTER
[sh]UTTER (part of camera, not SH (quiet))
24. Sally put on uniform, turning cooler and confident (8)
UNAFRAID
RAID (sally) put on (U (uniform) + (FAN)< (cooler, <turning))
27. Shrub I planted in hard area on frosty ground (9)
FORSYTHIA
(I planted in (H (hard) + A (area)) on (FROSTY)* (*ground)
28. Spaniard’s detective with self-confidence (5)
DIEGO
DI (detective) with EGO (self-confidence)
29. Person teaching English OK (4)
DONE
DON (person teaching) + E (English)
30. Staying hidden, deduce tent is camouflaged (10)
UNDETECTED
(DEDUCE TENT)* (*camouflaged)
DOWN
1. Fine to abandon wind instrument for stringed one (4)
LUTE
[f]LUTE (wind instrument, F (fine) to abandon)
2. Reportedly understood project on the French city (9)
NEWCASTLE
"knew" = NEW (understood, "reportedly") + CAST (project) on LE (the, French)
3. Uneven dried strips of beef (5)
JERKY
4. Happily married by bishop, one in cathedral city (7)
MERRILY
M (married) by ((RR (bishop) + I (one)) in ELY (cathedral city))
5. Bound around when gripped by need to exercise (7)
ENCASED
(C (around) + AS (when)) gripped by (NEED)* (*to exercise)
7. Group of soldiers is going around fifty bars (5)
RAILS
RA (group of soldiers) + IS going around L (fifty)
8. Banger seen adapted for veggies (5,5)
GREEN BEANS
(BANGER SEEN)* (*adapted)
9. Pals feud over what’s been dug up? (8)
SPADEFUL
14. Confined worker pleased, having hour to go (10)
HANDCUFFED
HAND (worker) + C[h]UFFED (pleased, having H (hour) to go)
16. Describes type of wine to go with fish (8)
PORTRAYS
PORT (type of wine) to go with RAYS (fish)
18. Treat to work with chic designer (9)
ARCHITECT
(TREAT with CHIC)* (*to work)
20. Diamonds and gold both sides of posh home for royal (7)
DAUPHIN
D (diamonds) and AU (gold) + P[os]H (both sides of) + IN (home)
21. At breaking point, calm down (7)
PLACATE
AT breaking PLACE (point)
23. Texted you are aboard vessel somewhere in Italy (5)
TURIN
UR (texted you are) aboard TIN (vessel)
25. Journey around centre of Elgin to find bank (5)
RIDGE
RIDE (journey) around [el]G[in] (centre of)
26. Firm doctor upset guy, perhaps (4)
CORD
CO (firm) + (DR)< (doctor, <upset)
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