Fairly easy today, I thought. No major stumbling blocks, but some very nice clues as always from Dac.
Across | ||
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1 | SOAP DISH – ‘One with role of bar keeper’ is a nice definition | |
5 | TEASER – EASTER with ‘time give priority’ | |
10 | OLD – OLD[-ham] | |
11 | WEIGHTINESS – EIGHT in WINE,SS | |
12 | PEDAGOGUE – PE,D,”AGOG” | |
14 | GAGARIN – GAGA,R[-ussian],IN – Yuri was of course the first human in space | |
18 | WALLAH – WALL,A,H – Needed to check this one in the dictionary. The ‘someone’ defnition seems a little vague, but so is the meaning of the word, so fair enough! | |
20 | RONDEAU – (OUR DEAN)* | |
23 | ODEON – O + E in DON | |
24 | TRAINABLE – (LEARN A BIT)* | |
26 | UNEMOTIONAL – (MEAN LION OUT)* | |
28 | SEDANS – s[-ecur]E,DANS – ‘People carriers of old’ is another nice definition | |
Down | ||
1 | STOPPAGE – Double definition | |
2 | AIDED – HIdden rev. in cruDE DIAgram | |
3 | DOWAGER – DO,WAGER! | |
4 | STING IN THE TAIL – That’s the second time Mr. Sumner has appeared in a recent puzzle | |
6 | EMITTER – MITT in EER | |
7 | STEP ASIDE – (AS IT’S DEEP)* | |
9 | THE ENTERTAINER – John Osborne’s play and the tune which most people know from The Sting | |
15 | GRAVESEND – GRAVE’S END – I guess the strict Ximeneans would argue with the capital letter on ‘Town’, but I’ve got no complaints | |
19 | LINCOLN – Abraham, who’s not quite ABED at 27A | |
21 | NONPLUS – NO + PL in SUN rev. | |
22 | ROGUES – (GROUSE)* | |
25 | BRASH – BRAS,[-pus]H |
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