A fun challenge from GUY this Friday.
FF: 9 DD: 8
I am iffy about a couple of my parsings.
| ACROSS | ||
| 1 | REBUFF |
Snub someone who might quote the bible? (6)
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| cryptic def, read as RE ( Religious Education ) BUFF ( enthusiast ) | ||
| 4 | ASUNDER |
Dicky and Sue run in opposite directions (7)
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| [ AND SUE ]* R ( run ) | ||
| 8 | STUN |
Spinning ball’s hit for six (4)
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| reverse of NUTS ( balls ) | ||
| 9 | IMPREGNATE |
Prime agent trained to get in trouble (10)
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| [ PRIME AGENT ]* | ||
| 11 | POWER BREAKFAST |
Summit on Alpen? (5,9)
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| cryptic def; should def just be ALPEN? | ||
| 12 | ABUTMENT |
Meeting soldiers back in Aldershot after an objection (8)
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| A BUT ( objection ) MEN ( soldiers ) T ( aldershoT, last letter ) | ||
| 14 | REDACT |
Apparently very hot performers black out (6)
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| RED ( apparently very hot ) ACT ( ~ performers ) | ||
| 16 | LAUGHS |
Fun playing goulash with nothing to lose (6)
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| [ GoULASH ( without O – nothing ) ]* | ||
| 18 | WILDFIRE |
Spooner’s put telegram with other papers in incinerator outside (8)
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| spoonerism of FILED WIRE ( put telegram with other papers ) | ||
| 20 | SUPPLEMENTALLY |
Too flexible in your thinking? (14)
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| SUPPLE ( flexible ) MENTALLY ( in your thinking ) | ||
| 23 | PROPOGANDA |
Kosher butcher’s reported spread of indoctrination (10)
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| sounds like PROPER ( kosher ) GANDER ( butcher, with the meaning of look ) | ||
| 24 | ITCH |
It’s irritating, children coming after sex (4)
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| IT( sex ) CH ( children ) | ||
| 25 | SEA LORD |
Admiralty member put official stamp on your ID periodically (3,4)
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| SEAL ( official stamp ) ORD ( yOuR iD, alternate letters of ) | ||
| 26 | MORTAL |
Malt or blended in your cups? (6)
|
| [ MALT OR ]* | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | RATIO |
Helping nameless relation (5)
|
| RATIOn ( helping, without N – name ) | ||
| 2 | BUNDESTAG |
European lawmaker wanting label on end of sunbed changed (9)
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| [ SUNBED ]* TAG ( name ) | ||
| 3 | FRISBEE |
Flying saucer can be seen by billions breaking loose (7)
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| 5 | SNEAKER |
Unpleasant look about lining of fake shoe (7)
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| SNEER ( unpleasant look ) around AK ( fAKe, lining of? i am not sure i got this right as i would normally assume lining to imply FE rather than AK ) | ||
| 6 | NINJA |
Oriental spy passing through London in January (5)
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| hidden in “..londoN IN JAnuary” | ||
| 7 | ESTATE CAR |
Booty model’s pants crease at end of shoot (6,3)
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| [ CREASE AT T ( shooT, last letter ) ]* | ||
| 10 | PRETTY WOMAN |
Film in which pro, twenty max, withholds kiss and gets makeover (6,5)
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| [ PRO TWENTY MAx ( without X – kiss ) ]* | ||
| 13 | BRASSERIE |
Cheese sandwiches most insist on in cheap restaurant (9)
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| ASSERt ( insist, mostly ) in BRIE ( cheese ) | ||
| 15 | DEFEATIST |
Fearing the end, believer in God eating fine lunch? (9)
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| DEIST ( believer in god ) containing [ F ( fine ) EAT ( lunch ) ] | ||
| 17 | ST LEGER |
Member providing support during second half of dragster race (2,5)
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| LEG ( member ) in STER ( dragSTER, second half of ) ; horse race | ||
| 19 | LONG AGO |
Ancient toilet with new crack in it (4-3)
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| LOO ( toilet ) around [ N ( new ) GAG ( crack ) ] | ||
| 21 | PAPAL |
Online payment method avoided by yankee in the Vatican (5)
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| PAyPAL ( online payment method, without Y – yankee ) | ||
| 22 | LOCAL |
Pass through Hollywood Hills, perhaps upsetting resident (5)
|
| reverse of LA ( hollywood hills ) COL ( pass ) |
If frisbee is free around isb, how does the ‘is’ arise?
For 3d, I had B (billions) breaking ‘ is free’ (loose) and I liked this a lot, along with PROPAGANDA, BUNDESTAG and PRETTY WOMAN (top pick) for the surface.
I had the same thought as Turbolegs re ‘lining’ of ‘fake’ but I suppose the silk lining of a jacket is on the inside.
Thanks both.
Thanks for the blog , very good set of neat clues .
POWER BREAKFAST , I took summit to mean an important conference where they have things like this , perhaps including Alpen .
The explanation for FRISBEE seems to have flown away ? B inside IS FREE .
Still on 3d, I don’t see the anagrind though unless ‘breaking’ is the catch-all instruction.
Too slow as usual , but I agree with Diane@2 for SNE AK ER , I usually think of lining as the inside of a word from its use for clothes .
Try again for FRISBEE , IS B inside FREE .
Simple, is = can be seen, d’oh …
Turbolegs The use of “lining of” in 5D as an “insides indicator” is justified by Chambers, which lists “contents” as one of the meanings of “lining”. As a transitive verb, “line” can mean “to cover on the inside”, “to fill or stuff”, “to act as a lining for” (see Chambers) so “lining” and “lines” can be used as insertion indicators, and “lined with” as a containment indicator.
Comment #8
Simply don’t get the power breakfast solution. Also mortal for in your cups.
I thought frisbee was is (can be seen) by b (billions) inside (breaking) free (loose)
Don’t really understand power breakfast and mortal is new to me for drunk