A fun challenge from GUY!
FF: 10 DD: 8
Happy New Year folks!!
| 1 | ATTACH |
Sally shortened husband’s tie (6)
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ATTACk ( sally, short i.e. without last letter ) H ( husband ) |
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| 5 | GATEPOST |
Supporter on way in had job following signs in the centre (8)
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G ( siGns, central letter ) ATE ( had ) POST ( job ) |
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| 9 | CAST-IRON |
Very strong inmate broken by highest category prison (4-4)
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CON ( inmate ) containing [ A ( highest category ) STIR ( prison ) ] |
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| 10 | LOOKER |
Queen on throne fed king’s dish (6)
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[ LOO ( throne ) ER ( queen ) ] containing K ( king ) |
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| 11 | LETHAL WEAPON |
LAPD film Pumpkinheads’ leader at Hallowe’en riots (6,6)
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[ P ( Pumpkinhead, first letter ) AT HALLOWEEN ]* |
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| 13 | PAPA |
He has kids twice yearly (4)
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PA ( yearly, per annum ) repeated |
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| 15 | NEEDLESSLY |
Arch east of rock stacks? Not necessarily (10)
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NEEDLES ( rock stacks ) SLY ( arch ) |
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| 17 | CONTESTANT |
Competitor is able to time laps running trial (10)
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[ CAN ( able ) T ( time ) ] around { ON ( running ) TEST ( trial ) } |
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| 19 | SAPS |
Commando regiment keeping quiet digs a trench (4)
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SAS ( commando regiment ) keeping P ( quiet ) |
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| 20 | CASH-STRAPPED |
Such hollow parts actors knocked almost broke (4-8)
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[ SH ( SucH, hollow i.e. without inner characters ) in CAST ( actors ) ] RAPPED ( knocked ) |
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| 24 | LAGOON |
Thug in 11 perhaps in pool by the sea (6)
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cryptic def; read as LA GOON ( referring to the movie in 11a, which is set in LA ) |
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| 25 | ABLUTION |
Washing line covered with pants in U-boat (8)
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L ( line ) in [ IN U BOAT ]* |
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| 26 | BAKELITE |
Debit card supplier releasing new, exclusive plastic (8)
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BAnK ( debit card supplier, without N – new ) ELITE ( exclusive ) |
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| 27 | YEASTY |
Truly filthy place smelling fungal? (6)
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YEA ( truly ) STY ( filthy place ) |
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| 2 | TRAVELATOR |
Walk that takes you trembling to Rev and altar (10)
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[ TO REV ALTAR ]* |
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| 3 | AITCH |
Answer long letter that starts in hope (5)
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A ( answer ) ITCH ( long ) ; 'H' ( first letter of Hope ) |
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| 4 | HARD LINES |
Bad luck which might trouble actor? (4,5)
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cryptic def |
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| 5 | GENOESE |
Piece of cheese one grates over Italian (7)
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hidden, reversed in "..cheESE ONE Grates.." |
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| 6 | TULIP |
Bulb potentially lit up slides (5)
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[ LIT UP ]* |
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| 7 | PROGNOSIS |
Forecast — short bit of TV with no intelligence? (9)
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PROG ( short bit of tv, PROGram ) NO SIS ( intelligence, mi6 ) |
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| 8 | SPEW |
Chuck out small bench (4)
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S ( small ) PEW ( bench ) |
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| 12 | CLAPPED-OUT |
Given a hand, blooming knackered (7-3)
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CLAPPED ( given a hand ) OUT ( blooming ) |
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| 14 | ARTICHOKE |
Vegetable Martin peeled, to bottle it (9)
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ARTI ( mARTIn, peeled i.e. without end characters ) CHOKE ( bottle ) |
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| 16 | LITERALLY |
Recover after diet exactly as stated (9)
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LITE ( diet ) RALLY ( recover ) |
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| 18 | ASSUAGE |
German physicist in the middle of false alarm promoted calm (7)
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GAUSS ( german physicist ) in EA ( falsE Alarm, middle of ), all reversed |
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| 21 | SUNNI |
Muslim given entry returned with blazer on (5)
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reverse of [ IN ( given entry ) ] after SUN ( blazer ) |
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| 22 | PITTA |
Upsetting advice — you shouldn’t have bread (5)
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PIT ( reverse of TIP – advice ) TA ( you shouldn't have ) |
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| 23 | GALA |
Knight that’s missing had big party (4)
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GALAhad ( knight, without HAD ) |
I had a completely different take to our blogger’s FF10 and DD8. I found this difficult and a little monotonous. I ticked CLAPPED OUT, NEEDLESSLY and LITERALLY
All solved and parsed in the end. NHO of several words/ meanings including SAPS and HARD LINES (who uses the latter?). Also, what makes “pants” an anagram indicator (in ABLUTION)?
Thanks Guy and Turbolegs