Chandler is on double duty this weekend too – with a Quiptic found here
Chandler is good at pitching accessible clues for beginners, and there wasn’t much here to confuse
| ACROSS | ||
| 1 | BEDLAMP |
Confusion with power in aid for late-night reading? (7)
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| charade of BEDLAM (confusion) + P (power – abbreviation from physics) | ||
| 5 | GARBAGE |
Sack put in French station for rubbish (7)
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| insertion of BAG (sack) into GARE (French for station – as in the Gare du Nord in Paris) | ||
| 10 | SCAM |
Dishonest scheme among shameless campers (4)
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| hidden in (among) shamelesS CAMpers | ||
| 11 | SPECIALIST |
I tip scales wrongly for expert (10)
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| anagram (wrongly) of (I TIP SCALES)* | ||
| 12 | MANTRA |
Fellow with skill recalled slogan (6)
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| charade of MAN (fellow) + TRA (ART < skill recalled) | ||
| 13 | RATIONAL |
Reasonable allowance to introduce a learner (8)
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| charade of RATION (allowance) + A (from the clue) + L (learner – from L plates on cars) | ||
| 14 | AMBULANCE |
Name a club that’s arranged transport for patients (9)
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| anagram (that’s arranged) of (NAME A CLUB)* | ||
| 16 | LIVER |
Celebrity chef with no love for some offal (5)
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| deletion (with no love) from Jamie oLIVER (celebrity chef) – here the deletion is given to be O (love in tennis scoring) | ||
| 17 | TWITS |
Idiots beginning to taunt comics (5)
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| charade of T (beginning of Taunt) + WITS (comics) | ||
| 19 | ADMISSION |
A daughter calling to get entry (9)
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| charade of A (from the clue) + D (daughter in genealogy) + MISSION (calling) | ||
| 23 | FLAMINGO |
Fine language to describe a male wading bird (8)
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| charade with insertion – F (fine – from pencil gradations) + LINGO (language) around (to describe) A (from the clue) + M (male) | ||
| 24 | PLACES |
Steps to circle lake in locations (6)
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| insertion (to circle) of PACES (steps) around (to circle) L (lake – from maps) | ||
| 26 | TOOTHPASTE |
Cleaner of some ivories? (10)
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| cryptic definition – ivories can be piano keys or teeth, in this case, teeth | ||
| 27 | IRIS |
Flower put in hair, I suppose (4)
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| hidden (put in) haIR I Suppose – and for once a flower means the bloom of a plant, not a river. | ||
| 28 | DENMARK |
Study symbol in European country (7)
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| charade of DEN (study – as in a man cave at different times in history) + MARK (symbol) | ||
| 29 | ASSURED |
Confident American for all to see in fancy dress (7)
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| A for American + U (film classification for all to see) inserted into (in) anagram (fancy) of (DRESS)* | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 2 | EXCLAIM |
Show indignation getting cross amid Alice warring with Mike (7)
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| X (cross) inserted into (amid) an anagram of (ALICE)* with anagrind of “warring” + M (Mike – M in the NATO phonetic alphabet) | ||
| 3 | LIMIT |
Restrict a lot of fruit with appeal (5)
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| charade of LIM (a lot of fruit – so most of LIME) + IT (appeal – as in She’s Got It) | ||
| 4 | MASCARA |
Mother hiding a blemish has form of make-up (7)
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| insertion (hiding) of MA (mother) around (hiding) A (from the clue) + SCAR (blemish) | ||
| 6 | AVIATE |
Pilot has a struggle to keep a time (6)
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| pilot as in the verb, to pilot a plane – A (from the clue) + VIE (struggle) around (to keep) + A T (A from the clue, T for time from science) | ||
| 7 | BALCONIES |
Sole cabin after renovation has projecting platforms (9)
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| anagram (after renovation) of (SOLE CABIN) | ||
| 8 | GO SPARE |
Leave society facing cut and become very angry (2,5)
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| charade of GO (leave) + S (society – lots of abbreviations use S = society) + PARE (cut) – and when you GO SPARE, you lose the plot, or any other phrase that suggests becoming angry. | ||
| 9 | TERRACED HOUSE |
Engineer searched outer residence in a row (8,5)
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| anagram (engineer) of (SEARCHED OUTER) | ||
| 15 | ULTIMATUM |
Large chap in autumn shortly prepared final demand (9)
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| anagram (prepared) of (AUTUM)* (autumn shortly) around L (large – as in clothing sizes) + TIM (chap – name of a man) | ||
| 18 | WELCOME |
Our lot, initially late to arrive, admitted willingly (7)
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| charade of WE (our lot) + L (initially Late) + COME (to arrive) | ||
| 20 | IMPRESS |
This person’s urge to dazzle (7)
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| charade of I’M (this person’s) + PRESS (urge) | ||
| 21 | ONE-TIME |
Former individual given money in game (3-4)
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| charade of ONE (individual) + M (money) inserted into (in) TIE (game) | ||
| 22 | SNIPER |
Second little tyke quietly leaving is one with a deadly aim? (6)
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| charade of S (second – as in the unit of measurement of time) + NIPpER (tyke – with P (quietly) leaving) | ||
| 25 | ADIEU |
Stop in a university to make farewell (5)
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| insertion of DIE (stop) in A (from the clue) + U (university) |
So teeth can be called ivories? New to me. I couldn’t parse ASSURED, not twigging that there was a UK film classification lurking in it. Everything else fell into place very smoothly, and was over almost too soon.
Being a beginner I still find myself having to use the check about 2/3rds the way through for all but Carpathian’s quiptics and this was no different. However, I consider it a win that I was able to see the correct parsing of all but ASSURED, FLAMINGO and ULTIMATUM! As with Geoff Down Under@1, I did not know the UK film classification. Also, lingo evaded me and I’m hopeless with names in and out of crossword land. Particularly liked SNIPER and ADIEU!
Thanks to both Shanne and Chandler for the weekend double duty! Also to the blog in general, it’s how I’ve managed to get into this hobby!
Smooth puzzle, ta both. You can exclaim excitedly and delightedly as well as indignantly, but getting cross with Alice* + M is pretty neat.
gif@3. 🙂 Agree.