For the first time in three or four years I solved the Azed last Sunday. Whether this was due to luck or premonition is anybody’s guess, but I heard a couple of hours ago that the scheduled blogger would not be able to cover this puzzle.
Had I known this at the time, I would have made notes during the solve and would have been able to write up the parsing at leisure rather than in a rush. Instead I have had to rely on memory so please excuse any errors.
I did have a ? against 21ac and I now find that I cannot fully explain 27ac and 29ac. Rather than delay this post whilst I consider these further, I will leave it to others to enlighten me.
Across
1 Feature of boils? Varied help given by good doctor, note (8)
PHLEGMON – an anagram (varied) of HELP plus G (good) MO (doctor) N (note)
11 E.g. Sturgeon organizing real end with English (twice!) (9)
LEADERENE – an anagram (organising) of REAL END E E
12 Host? One may be ordered —— the barricades (5)
TOMAN – one may be ordered TO MAN the barricades – a myriad
13 Stoops for slugs of Scotch (5)
BENDS – double def.
14 Gordon Bennett howls, penning what’s central in paper (6)
CRIPES – CRIES (howls) around (penning) [pa]P[er] (what’s central to paper)
15 Former writ union reversed on being brought in (6)
ELEGIT – TIE (union) reversed around (… being brought in) LEG (on)
16 Line for curlers uses all of central part (8)
HOGSCORE – HOGS (uses all of) CORE (central part)
17 No hawk / took the plunge over the pond (4)
DOVE – double def.
18 Doctor, greats disposed of – one accelerates fast (8)
DRAGSTER – DR (doctor) plus an anagram (disposed of) GREATS
21 Sea creatures Scottish relative trapped snarl wildly (8)
NARWHALS – WHA (Scottish relative) in (trapped) an anagram (wildly) of SNARL – WHA is a Scots form of ‘who’ but I don’t see how this is indicated by ‘relative’. Edit: see comment #2 – thanks sidey
26 Caledonian bear deserted local enclosure? (4)
DREE – D (deserted) REE (local enclosure) – endure
27 Components of a world miscellany? (8)
ALLSORTS – I assume the ‘components of a world’ is referring to the saying ‘it takes ALL SORTS …’
29 Dull wraps being marketed in thin glazed fabric (6)
TAMISE – TAME (dull) around (wraps) IS (being marketed ???)
TAMINE – TAME (dull) around (wraps) IN (being marketed) – Edited with thanks to Dormouse @1
31 Contents of guns to wait to load? The opposite (6)
UNSTOW – hidden in (contents of) ‘gUNS TO Wait’
32 Erect unit without a date (5, 2 words)
ON END – ONE (unit) ND (without a date)
33 Odd bits of Baltic No. I caviar will be served with them (5)
BLINI – B[a]L[t]I[c] (odd bits of Baltic) N (No.) I
34 Time of day ruttish civet’s after, being choosy (9)
SELECTIVE – SELE (time of day) plus an anagram (ruttish) of CIVET
35 Strong English wine, no good for celebration (8)
FEASTING – F (strong) E (English) ASTI (wine) NG (no good)
Down
1 Scots tip badly, retaining control – it’s a game involving coins (12)
PITCH-AND-TOSS – an anagram (badly) of SCOTS TIP around (retaining) HAND (control)
2 Aussie cheers stop, pair getting run out in the middle (6)
HOOROO – HO (stop) OO (pair) around (getting … in the middle) RO (run out)
3 Disabled person, one restricted by withered arm and leg (7)
LAMIGER – I (one) in (restricted by) an anagram (withered) of ARM LEG
4 See runs round circuit in passing (6)
ELAPSE – an anagram (runs) of SEE around LAP (circuit)
5 Delay, often unjustifiable, involving fool in apparatus? (7)
MASSORA – MORA (delay, often unjustifiable) around (involving) ASS (fool)
6 Stranger turning up, some stared, doubtful (5)
ODDER – hidden (some) reversal (turning up) in ‘staRED DOubtful’
7 Varieties Bedser bowled (6)
BREEDS – an anagram (bowled) of BEDSER
8 People with onset of gout giving work up, old (4)
MENG – MEN (people) G[out] (onset of gout)
9 Ingredient of salad chopped in, vinegared? This grain possibly (6)
ENDIVE – an anagram (chopped) of ‘in vinegared’ could be ENDIVE ‘grain’
10 Type of country wherein cowboys appear to take flight (12, 2 words)
WESTERN SWING – WESTERNS (wherein cowboys appear) WING (to take flight)
19 Attractive ring’s left by way of deposits (7)
ALLUVIA – ALLU[ring] (attractive ring’s left) VIA (by way of)
20 Composer making money in form of art associated with Italy (7)
TARTINI – TIN (money) in an anagram (form of) ART I (Italy)
22 Spinners pitching one in part of surface (6)
ARANEA – AN (one) in AREA (part of surface)
23 Notorious ‘sexter’, one detained, to begin again from the bottom! (6)
WEINER – I (one) in (detained) RENEW (to begin again) reversed (from the bottom) – Anthony Weiner
24 Rising mire, hindrance for little duck (6)
GOSLET – SOG (mire) reversed (rising) LET (hindrance)
25 Rocky? That star name (all forgotten)? (6)
STONEN – ST[all]ONE (That star … (all forgotten)) N (name)
28 Departed heading east, once given a lift (5)
LEFTE – LEFT (departed) E[ast] (heading east)
30 Blend ingredient for caramel dessert (4)
MELD – hidden in (ingredient for) ‘caraMEL Dessert’
Last week, I remember posting how difficult the previous week’s puzzle had been. I then sat down and solved this in about an hour, which is pretty good going for me.
I couldn’t work out the parsing of 21ac, either, but I had TAMINE for 29ac. The definition in Chambers includes the word “glazed”, which better fits the definition in the clue. IN meaning being marketed seems to make sense. The fabric is in this week.
I read 27ac the way you did: It takes all sorts to make a world.
re 21, who is a relative pronoun, Chambers gives relative as the same thing.
Thanks sidey
Had I had enough time to study Chambers in more detail, or a better recall of English lessons 50+ years ago, I might have got the ‘relative’ connection (there again I might not!).
A pretty quick solve for Azed, perhaps only a little longer than some daily cryptics. A handful where I struggled with the parsing, which isn’t bad for me.