A traditional Sunday IoS puzzle from Peter. Thank you.
| ACROSS | ||
| 5 | TREPAN | Parent exchanged boring tool (6) |
| anagram (exchanged) of PARENT | ||
| 6 | TABARD | Bra recycled into little lad’s garment (6) |
| anagram (recycled) of BRA inside TAD (little) | ||
| 9 | BONNET | Good French tenor’s headgear (6) |
| BONNE (good, in French) then T (tenor) | ||
| 10 | EVIDENCE | Proof of English navy hacking innovative device (8) |
| E then N (navy) inside (hacking) anagram (innovative) of DEVICE | ||
| 11 | OGEE | S-shaped curve over letter (4) |
| O (over) GEE (the letter G) | ||
| 12 | CELLOPHANE | Instrument next to piece of glass containing hard protective covering (10) |
| CELLO (instrument) with PANE (piece of glass) containing H (hard) | ||
| 13 | ELBOW GREASE | Slob, we agree, adjusted to hard work (5,6) |
| anagram (adjusted) of SLOB WE AGREE | ||
| 18 | PORT DE BRAS | Red tops adapted to accommodate supportive garment for balletic figure (4,2,4) |
| anagram (adapted) of RED TOPS contains BRA (supportive garment) | ||
| 21 | LAUD | Praise for leaders of liberalism abolished under democrats (4) |
| first letters (leaders) of Liberalism Abolished Under Democrats | ||
| 22 | PARMESAN | Standard source of salt found in average cheese (8) |
| PAR (standard) then Salt (first letter, source of) inside MEAN (average) | ||
| 23 | ASSAIL | Go for a small sheet of canvas (6) |
| A S (small) SAIL (sheet of canvas) | ||
| 24 | ENTREE | Dish made from bent reeds (6) |
| found inside bENT REEds | ||
| 25 | CLAMMY | Moist like a shellfish? (6) |
| CLAMMY might be like clams (shellfish) | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | MEAN WELL | New name used by oil supplier to show good intentions (4,4) |
| anagram (new) of MEAN then WELL (oil supplier) | ||
| 2 | MASTIC | Resin in forest fruit, principally in chestnuts (6) |
| MAST (forest fruit) then first letters (principally) of In Chestnut | ||
| 3 | CAMISOLE | Coat hung up by setter without another garment (8) |
| MAC (coat) reversed (hung up) then I (the setter) and SOLE (without another) | ||
| 4 | GANESH | God with deep cut over sides of nose (6) |
| GASH (deep cut) contains (over) NosE (side letters of) | ||
| 5 | TROUGH | Rear of bowsprit attached to crude vessel (6) |
| bowspriT (last letter, rear) with ROUGH (crude) | ||
| 7 | DECENT | Good editor raised money (6) |
| ED (editor) reversed (raised) then CENT (money) | ||
| 8 | BELLIGERENT | Aggressive call by second in line upset regent (11) |
| BELL (call) by line (second letter in) then anagram (upset) of REGENT | ||
| 14 | OLEASTER | Tree that’s almost mature associated with Christian festival (8) |
| OLd (mature, almost) with EASTER (Christian festival) | ||
| 15 | SELFSAME | Identical edges of leaf found in seed (8) |
| LeaF (outer letters, edges of) inside SESAME (seed) | ||
| 16 | BORAGE | Herb with black fruit shedding end of skin (6) |
| B (black) then ORAnGE (fruit) missing skiN (end letter of) | ||
| 17 | MUTINY | Revolt by male leaving relative small following (6) |
| MUm (mother, a relative) missing M (male) then TINY (small) | ||
| 19 | TOMATO | Child carrying most of wild old fruit (6) |
| TOT (child) contains MAd (wild, most of) then O (old) | ||
| 20 | STALLS | Plays for time in part of theatre (6) |
| double definition | ||
Where is everyone? I really enjoyed this puzzle. Everything went in very smoothly apart from a few words and phrases, whose meanings needing verification – for me anyway! Thanks Peter and PeeDee.
“Where is everyone?” – Well, we’re here and we enjoyed the puzzle too.
A minor point about 10ac – some may object to N for navy, as it’s not in Collins, but as it is in Chambers it’s OK by us. And should the clue for 23ac have had ‘maybe’ or some such at the end, as a sheet of canvas could be something other than a sail (and btw a sheet in nautical parlance is not a sail but a rope used to control a sail)?
Lots to like so no real CoD but CELLOPHANE, ELBOW GREASE and BORAGE were among our favourites.
Thanks, Peter and PeeDee.
Where is everybody? Well, in my case, the lure of Azed was too strong and I spent the evening doing that. A bit harder than average this week so I didn’t finish till about an hour ago, then I started this, but by then I was getting tired and couldn’t complete it.