A pleasant and breezy challenge from MUDD.
FF: 8 DD: 5
| ACROSS | ||
| 1 | PICKLE |
Relish tricky situation (6)
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| double def | ||
| 4 | SNITCH |
Seen on the edges, long grass (6)
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| SN ( SeeN, edges of ) ITCH ( long ) | ||
| 8 | ATTACKS |
Read out loud, a charge is offensive (7)
|
| sounds like A TAX ( charge ) | ||
| 9 | WALLABY |
Within reach behind screen, a jumper (7)
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| WALL ( screen ) A BY ( ~within reach ) | ||
| 11 | BANGLADESH |
Outlaw happy she moved country (10)
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| BAN ( outlaw ) GLAD ( happy ) [ SHE ]* | ||
| 12 | IRIS |
Flower girl with initials on invitation, Rose it seems (4)
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| double def; first letters of “,,Invitation Rose It Seems” | ||
| 13 | GIRTH |
Measure of circumference reversed in height, rightfully (5)
|
| hidden reversed in :..heigHT RIGhtfully” | ||
| 14 | FILMGOER |
Picture lover in golfer: I’m abandoned! (8)
|
| [ GOLFER IM ]* | ||
| 16 | LAUGHTER |
Expression of repugnance in future fits? (8)
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| UGH ( expression of repugnance ) in LATER ( future ) | ||
| 18 | BACON |
Meat cookin’, as some Americans might say? (5)
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| sounds like BAKIN’ ( cookin’ ) | ||
| 20 | EDEN |
Garden furniture behind table then, always at the back (4)
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| last letters of “..furniturE behinD tablE theN..” | ||
| 21 | CLEAR AS MUD |
Obviously like me, would you say? Too cryptic (5,2,3)
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| CLEAR ( obviously ) AS ( like ) MUD ( sounds like MUDD, me ) | ||
| 23 | LUCIFER |
Devilish clue, if right — for him? (7)
|
| [ CLUE IF ]* R ( right ) | ||
| 24 | PITCH IN |
Help when colliery hit (5,2)
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| PIT ( colliery ) CHIN ( hit ) | ||
| 25 | TENNER |
Note general meaning in report? (6)
|
| sounds like TENOR ( general meaning ) | ||
| 26 | LEEWAY |
General method, slack (6)
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| LEE ( general, robert edward ) WAY ( method ) | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | PITTA |
Bread ready to be thrown away, served up (5)
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| AT TIP ( ready to be thrown away ) , reversed | ||
| 2 | CLANGER |
Fault in bell? (7)
|
| cryptic def | ||
| 3 | LIKE A SHOT |
Immediately fancy, when sexy (4,1,4)
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| LIKE ( fancy ) AS ( when ) HOT ( sexy ) | ||
| 5 | NEATH |
Under stone, a thousand nails (5)
|
| hidden in “..stoNE A THousand..” | ||
| 6 | TELLING |
Powerful being a 4 Across? (7)
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| cryptic def; 4a refers to an informant who would be telling …. | ||
| 7 | HEBRIDEAN |
Scottish bairn, heed changes (9)
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| [ BAIRN HEED ]* | ||
| 10 | PERFORMER |
Through with old player (9)
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| PER ( through ) FORMER ( old ) | ||
| 13 | GRAND AUNT |
Currency banked by skinny relative (5-4)
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| RAND ( currency ) in GAUNT ( skinny ) | ||
| 15 | LIBERTINE |
Pollution of Tiber and Nile, immoral (9)
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| [ TIBER NILE ]* | ||
| 17 | GENTIAN |
Herb spoiling neat gin (7)
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| [ NEAT GIN ]* | ||
| 19 | CASH COW |
Beef dripping with gravy? (4,3)
|
| cryptic def | ||
| 21 | CRETE |
Tribe originally occupying native American island (5)
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| T ( Tribe, first letter of ) in CREE ( native american ) | ||
| 22 | UNIFY |
Uniform provided in US city, join (5)
|
| U ( uniform ) [ IF ( provided ) in NY ( us city ) ] |
Unlike Turbolegs with his DD of 5, I found this difficult in places.
I ticked NEATH (being a down clue created nice misdirection), GRAND AUNT (nice surface), GIRTH (nicely hidden), and LUCIFER (nice anagram)
I could not parse PITCH IN (not remembering CHIN for hit) and CASH COW just does not work for me
Thanks Mudd and Turbolegs
Thanks Mudd and Turbolegs.
Liked LUCIFER and CASH COW.
ATTACKS
I think the def should be ‘is offensive’.
BANGLADESH
Does the surface hint at Hasina?
Very enjoyable and relatively straightforward for once. Liked laughter, clear as mud, libertine, like a shot. Thanks both.
Our second lucifer this week!