A fun workout from Alberich this Friday AM.
FF: 9 DD: 8
| Across | ||
| 1 | NOAHS ARK | Rescue vessel wrecked on a hot island (5,3) |
| [ON]* A H (hot) SARK (island) | ||
| 5 | CRIMEA | Wrongdoing linked with a former war zone (6) |
| CRIME (wrongdoing) A | ||
| 10 | BALDRIC | Blunt fatty shortened belt (7) |
| BALD (blunt) RICh (fatty, shortened) | ||
| 11 | LOGICAL | Reasonable description of diet food impresses soldier (7) |
| LOCAL (description of diet food) containing GI (soldier) | ||
| 12 | LENIN | Revolutionary heading from Leicester Square returns (5) |
| L ( Leicester, heading) INEN (reverse of NINE – square) | ||
| 13 | ABOUNDING | Rich adult forming relationships around university (9) |
| A (adult) [ BONDING (forming relationships) around U (university) ] | ||
| 14 | SLEDGEHAMMER | Advantage having husband in prison? It strikes a heavy blow (12) |
| [ EDGE (advantage) H (husband)] in SLAMMER (prison) | ||
| 18 | CROP ROTATION | Move corn or oat – tip for good farming practice? (4,8) |
| CORN OR OAT TIP* | ||
| 21 | DESIGNATE | European character breaks engagement for show (9) |
| [ E (european) SIGN (character) ] in DATE (engagement) | ||
| 23 | FLESH | Meat that’s raw changing hands (5) |
| FrESH (raw) with R (right) replaced by L (left) , changing hands. | ||
| 24 | MARINES | More than one jolly complicated seminar (7) |
| SEMINAR* | ||
| 25 | HOEDOWN | He would possess overwhelming love for dance (7) |
| [HE’D (he would) OWN (possess) ] containing O (love) | ||
| 26 | AT EASE | A kid is relaxed (2,4) |
| charade of A TEASE (kid) | ||
| 27 | APOSTLES | Advocates having porters perhaps outside station (8) |
| ALES (porters, perhaps) outside POST (station) | ||
| Down | ||
| 1 | NOBBLE | Aristocrat pens book revealing bribe (6) |
| NOBLE (aristocrat) containing B (book) | ||
| 2 | ASLANT | Literary lion takes time on a slope (6) |
| ASLAN (literary lion, from the chronicles of narnia) T (time) | ||
| 3 | STRANGLER | Star, not a person who could catch sole killer (9) |
| STaR (without A) ANGLER (person who could catch sole) | ||
| 4 | RICHARD STRAUSS | A CD, Sir Arthur Bliss’s last works, inspiring second composer (7,7) |
| A CD SIR ARTHUR S (blisS, last letter)* containing S (second) | ||
| 6 | REGAN | Half-hearted scolder upset king’s daughter (5) |
| NAGgER (scolder, half hearted i.e. without one of its middle characters) , reversed; from king lear | ||
| 7 | MACHISMO | Losing two pounds, Malcolm worried about his virility (8) |
| [MAlCOlM (without LL – two pounds) HIS]* | ||
| 8 | ALLEGORY | Totally grisly, gripping end to macabre tale (8) |
| [ALL (totally) GORY (grisly)] containing E (end to macabrE) | ||
| 9 | ALL OVER THE SHOP | Overworked retailer may be so disorganised (3,4,3,4) |
| cryptic def | ||
| 15 | ALOOFNESS | A jackass brought up point, displaying hauteur (9) |
| A LOOF (reverse of FOOL, jackass) NESS (point) | ||
| 16 | ACADEMIA | A media broadcast covering California’s scholarly world (8) |
| A MEDIA* around CA (california) | ||
| 17 | CONSERVE | Politician with minister to protect (8) |
| CON (politician) SERVE (minister) | ||
| 19 | RETOOL | Supply new equipment and thief turns up (6) |
| reverse of LOOTER (thief) | ||
| 20 | THANKS | D Washington’s co-star in Philadelphia cheers (6) |
| cryptic def, referring to T(om) HANKS | ||
| 22 | GENUS | Class brainbox lacks ego (5) |
| GENiUS (brianbox, without I – ego) | ||
*anagram
For 11a, I have lo-cal rather than local.
thanks Turbo — nice clear blog. I struggled with baldric not knowing the definition, only the Blackadder character which might be Baldrick actually (?)
Thanks for the blog, Turbolegs – a fun puzzle, as you say.
Lots of lovely clues, as usual: my particular favourites today were LENIN, HOEDOWN, RICHARD STRAUSS, ACADEMIA, MACHISMO, which made me laugh and THANKS – I always enjoy that device.
Many thanks to Alberich for providing some chinks in the gloom.
Nice end to the week with some excellent clues.
Had no idea that a jolly was a royal Marine nor that Regan was anything to do with King Lear. Obviously the wrong education for me.
Thanks all.
Probably my first ever Alberich. Does that sound familiar, Eileen? Enjoyed it, not too difficult, just had to check that Aslan was a lion and Regan was a King’s daughter. I had MACHOISM in 7d for a while.
Many thanks to both. Another enjoyable mind ramble. I do agree with Hovis@1 regarding Lo-cal.
HiNNI @5 if you’re still there – so glad!
Very nice: perhaps the first time i can complete an Alberich puzzle on my own!
I liked 14ac and 25ac.
However, I have a quibble about 22d. Class is a major zoological group, e.g. mammals. Then comes order, e.g. carnivors; then comes family, e.g. canides; only then comes genus, e.g. canis, comprising all the species of dog-like creatures. Thus, in my view class is not a good definition of genus.
Thank you Alberich and Turbolegs
Lucio @ 8
Class = genus may not be scientifically accurate, but it has two-way support in Chambers eThesaurus.
Thanks Alberich and Turbolegs
Entertaining puzzle that took a couple of sittings to get out and a little longer to complete all the parsing – did miss the LO-CAL at 11a though.
Liked the LENIN clue and do also like the device used at 20d.
Finished in the SE corner with HOEDOWN, ALOOFNESS and APOSTLES the last few in.