My first Guardian outing for some time on a rather chilly St Andrew’s day.
There seems a bit of a theme with clergy, sermoniser, temple, dean, Swift and allegory but it’s too early for me to make much more sense of it all, perhaps someone can enlighten me.
Across
1 Record poem about island event (7)
EPISODE
EP – record & ODE – poem with IS(land) inserted, a gentle start at least.
5 First person to settle in South Sea archipelago (7)
ISLANDS
I – the first person & LAND – to settle in S(outh) S(ea)
10 Personal repair kit on display in the Tuileries (4)
ETUI
It’s been a while since I saw this old crossword favorite – it’s hidden – on display in thE TUIleries, slightly off the wall definition as it’s a small bag for holding sewing kit
11 Rent hotel or school in south-east Clydesdale, for one (5,5)
SHIRE HORSE
[HIRE – rent & H(otel) & OR & S(chool)] all in S(outh) E(ast)
12 Order fool to withdraw article in Times (6)
DIKTAT
KID – fool reversed & A(rticle) inside 2 x T(ime)
13 Utterly base and gruesome moral tale (8)
ALLEGORY
ALL – utterly & the mathematic natural logarithm base “e” & GORY – gruesome
14 North-west town’s lost rare items in soup kitchen (9)
STOCKPOTS
STOCKPO(r)T’S losing R(are)
16 Snide remarks set back great art in Paris (5)
GIBES
BIG reversed & (tu)ES French for (thou) ART, all a bit archaic to deliberately throw solvers . I’ve been got by ART too many times before
17 Present side at Old Trafford starts to earn respect (5)
OFFER
Old Trafford is a Manchester cricket ground, so the OFF side in cricket & starts of E(arn) R(espect)
19 Endless urban street party growing in volume (9)
CRESCENDO
Most of CRESCEN(t) & DO – party
23 Fellow feeling round government office for ruler (8)
KINGSHIP
G(overnment) inside KINSHIP
24 Church office worker lied regularly (6)
TEMPLE
TEMP – office worker & alternate letters of LiEd
26 Preacher’s small sin involving suspect monies (10)
SERMONISER
S(mall) & a suspect MONIES* inside ERR – to sin
27 15 characters in Pride and Prejudice (4)
DEAN
Another hidden, some characters in priDE ANd prejudice, 15 is clergyman
28 Golden reefs flanking northern 5 (7)
ORKNEYS
5 is ISLANDS, OR – golden & N(orhtern) in KEYS – reefs
29 Pages and pages of articles of faith on board (7)
SCREEDS
CREED inside – on board of S.S. a ship
Down
2 Nationalist conveniently hosts group (7)
PATRIOT
PAT – an adverb for conveniently with TRIO inserted
3 Flyer in posh part of London paper (5)
SWIFT
SW1 the postcode area for Buckingham Palace, hence posh & the F.T. paper
4 Daughter spoke out about tense workstation (7)
DESKTOP
D(aughter) & SPOKE* out & T(ense)
6 Girl associated with stars briefly (6)
STELLA
It’s most of STELLA(r)
7 Right-angled triangle has one next to it (9)
ALONGSIDE
Certainly a right-angled triangle has A LONG SIDE
8 Journalist goes up to present warrant (7)
DESERVE
ED(itor) reversed & SERVE – to present
9 Cynic ruffled top Irishman, Patrick perhaps (13)
MISANTHROPIST
A ruffled [TOP IRISHMAN ST. (patrick perhaps)]*
15 Minister nearly left Germany devastated (9)
CLERGYMAN
C – circa, about, nearly & L(eft) & a devastated GERMANY*
18 Lock worker’s increase in scale (7)
FRISEUR
A hairdresser apparently, not a word I keep in constant use. RISE – increase in FUR – scale in a kettle say
20 He abandons charities in trouble, taking off (7)
SATIRIC
HE is removed from a troubled C(h)ARITI(e)S*
21 Dope turns up all right in bust (7)
DULLARD
ALL reversed & R(ight) inside DUD – bust, broken
22 How come bar’s cutting noise from 11? (6)
WHINNY
11 is a horse, so INN – bar inside WHY
25 Fly plane over Germany and Spain (5)
MIDGE
Russian figher MIG over D(Germany) & E (spain)
Thanks Crucible
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