Usual Friday fare from Bradman, thanks to whom for a good workout.
FF: 9 DD: 8
| Across | ||
| 1 | DUBIOUS | Call admissions of debt suspicious (7) |
| DUB (call) containing IOUS (admissions of debt) | ||
| 5 | CAMELOT | Old books on desert traveller in ideal location (7) |
| OT (old books) after CAMEL (desert traveller) | ||
| 9 | COMTE | Philosopher to arrive on the scene? About time! (5) |
| COME (philosopher) around T (time) | ||
| 10 | POUND SIGN | Spooner’s authentic furniture material that may come with a cost (5,4) |
| spoonerism of SOUND (authentic) PINE (furniture material) | ||
| 11, 1 | EIGHTSOME REEL |
3 Mother I see with leg misplaced in dance (9,4) |
| MOTHER I SEE LEG* | ||
| 12 | RIGEL | Member, Irish, about to become a star (5) |
| LEG (member) IR (irish), all reversed | ||
| 13 | See 11 | |
| 15 | TASTINGS | Volunteers, smart, start to supervise wine events? (8) |
| TA (volunteers) STING (smart) S (start to Supervise) | ||
| 18 | STEWARDS | Groups about to go round political zone as officials (8) |
| STES (groups = SETS, reversed) around WARD (political zone) | ||
| 19 | MEWS | Think out loud where to put the horses? (4) |
| sounds like MUSE (think) | ||
| 22 | AMISH | Scotsman in the East End, member of a sect (5) |
| hAMISH (scotsman, cockney) | ||
| 24 | CAPITALLY | Top country embracing the start of liberalism splendidly (9) |
| CAP (top) ITALY (country) containing L (start of Liberalism) | ||
| 26 | DEFERENCE | Soldiers in rearguard action getting respect (9) |
| RE (soldiers) in DEFENCE (rearguard action) | ||
| 27 | ONION | Bulb operating, something electrically charged (5) |
| ON (operating) ION (something electrically charged) | ||
| 28 | PERCHED | Pole meeting journalist sat down (7) |
| PERCH (pole) ED (journalist) | ||
| 29 | NULL SET | Nutshell rotten, not hard – one is empty (4,3) |
| NUTShELL* (without H – hard) | ||
| Down | ||
| 1 | DICKEY | Faulty detectives going wrong way – what can help sort out problem? (6) |
| DIC (detectives = CID, reversed) KEY (what can help sort out problem) | ||
| 2 | BE MY GUEST | A welcoming invitation that could make me get busy (2,2,5) |
| GET ME BUSY* | ||
| 3 | OVERT | Open, not secret, with the leader gone (5) |
| cOVERT (secret, without first letter) | ||
| 4 | SUPPORTER | Fan to drink Guinness? (9) |
| SUP (drink) PORTER (guinness) | ||
| 5 | CHUTE | Report of fire in passage with rubbish going through? (5) |
| sounds like SHOOT (fire) | ||
| 6 | MODERNISM | Up-to-date style for which dimmer son is ill-suited (9) |
| DIMMER SON* | ||
| 7 | LYING | Being unfaithful maybe in bed? (5) |
| doubel def | ||
| 8 | TINKLE | Wee sound from a bell (6) |
| double def | ||
| 14 | LOW CHURCH | Place of worship without tower or spire, not in the Anglo-Catholic style (3-6) |
| cryptic def (whole clue actually) | ||
| 16 | SISYPHEAN | Shiny peas to be sorted out, requiring ridiculous amount of wasted effort (9) |
| SHINY PEAS* | ||
| 17 | GO WALKIES |
Led by good old wife, heavy drinkers wander off (2,7) |
| G (good) O (old) W (wife) ALKIES (heavy drinkers) | ||
| 20 | HARD UP | It’s not easy at Oxford, say, being unable to make ends meet (4,2) |
| HARD (not easy) UP (oxford) | ||
| 21 | CYGNET | Young bird and small seal in sound (6) |
| sounds like SIGNET (small seal) | ||
| 23 | INFER | Deduce number avoiding hell (5) |
| INFERno (hell, without NO – number) | ||
| 24 | CANID | Bounder outside home upsetting dog? (5) |
| CAD (bounder) outside NI (home = IN , reversed) | ||
| 25 | TROLL | Monster fish may be caught with this (5) |
| double def | ||
*anagram
Thanks for the blog Turbolegs.
Typical Bradman fare, as you say.
I do wonder, given that Modernism was a movement which ended in the last century, it can still be described as ‘up to date’.
Also, in the same vein, the TA no longer exists. Since 2014 is had been known as the Army Reserve.
Thanks Bradman and Turbolegs
Nice, this new interactive FT. Nearly all straightforward, but entertaining. I did give some thought about whether to enter MEWS or MUSE – with the “sounds-like” indicator in the middle, either could be right. I jumped the right way, in fact.
Thanks to Bradman and Turbolegs. I did not get the “key” in DICKEY because I am used to the “dicky” spelling. Still, I much enjoyed this puzzle. Note: in 9across it should read “come (arrive).”
Thanks both for a fun puzzle.
Isn’t 14d a double definition? 1. Place of worship without tower or spire, 2. Not in the Anglo-Catholic style.
Good point about TA, though maybe ‘former volunteers/army/…’ now, eh?
Did this on the new on-line version. A valiant effort, please people try and give feedback. I thought the set-up removed the solver a bit from the grid, so i am hoping something can be done about that experience. but very nice, though not my favourite font, which i forgot to complain about.
lovely puzzle, many thanks bradman and turbo legs
Thanks Bradman and Turbolegs
Nice puzzle and enjoyed this a lot more than last time. Got it all out bar 3-4 over lunch and then quickly finished off later. It’s funny how one’s mind works – don’t know how many times I’ve seen the East End reference to drop an H – but today the logic was to get the east (right) end of H AMISH to get the answer!
Had to check EIGHTSOME REEL and Auguste COMTE. Liked the Spooner clue and finished up in the top with that dance, CHUTE and the tricky DICKEY as the last one in.
dutch‘s comment @6 (Dutch?) did remind me of the fact that on my computer the new interactive version does not work in IE while it does in Chrome.
I am a dedicated pen & paper solver but, nonetheless, let’s hope that these additional FT options attract a lot of new solvers who’ll otherwise don’t do the FT.
The crosswords deserve it!
[incuding this one]