PEDROCK begins the week…
A fun challenge this morning, and a pangram to boot!
Thanks PEDROCK.!
ACROSS
1. Ordinary speed train substituted (10)
PEDESTRIAN
(SPEED TRAIN)* (*substituted)
6. Nothing inside freezer overnight (4)
ZERO
9. Shock about soldiers’ clothing (7)
APPAREL
APPAL (shock) about RE (soldiers)
10. Very, very badly (7)
AWFULLY
12. Coming out of foster care, one tells of what is to come (10)
FORECASTER
(FOSTER CARE)* (*coming out of)
13. Very good oriental dish (3)
PIE
PI (very good, pious) + E (oriental)
15. Girl to call out from small opening (6)
CRANNY
ANN (girl), CRY (to call) out
16. It comes with intelligence the quantity obtained by division (8)
QUOTIENT
Double definition
The first part referring to IQ
18. Number five remains, only one of them, for the month (8)
NOVEMBER
NO (number) + V (five) + EMBER[s] (remains, only one of them)
20. Gun law, say (6)
CANNON
23. Face stick-up (3)
MUG
24. As a precaution, the only place to pack (4,2,4)
JUST IN CASE
Double (cryptic) definition
26. After tea, smile with feeling of vexation (7)
CHAGRIN
27. Dear Bella scrambled egg before Victor inside (7)
LOVABLE
(BELLA)* (*scrambled), (O (egg) before V (Victor)) inside
28. One instrument or another did not start (4)
LUTE
[f]LUTE (another instrument, did not start)
29. Unusually wary in predicament, one dramatises the situation (10)
PLAYWRIGHT
(WARY)* (*unusually) in PLIGHT (predicament)
DOWN
1. Said dog found on top (4)
PEAK
2. Document ambassador shortened (7)
DIPLOMA
DIPLOMA[t] (ambassador, shortened)
3. Officer’s material, a number of books of greater importance (8-5)
SERGEANT-MAJOR
SERGE (material) + A + NT (number of books, New Testament) + MAJOR (of greater importance)
4. Put in charge again (6)
RELOAD
5. A container like this for plant (8)
ACANTHUS
A + CAN (container) + THUS (like this)
7. Outshine despite loss of brilliancy (7)
ECLIPSE
8. But this gassy enclosure is not expected to be found on campsite (6,4)
OXYGEN TENT
11. Fig leaf of interest to collectors? (5-3,5)
FIRST-DAY COVER
Double (cryptic) definition
14. Avoiding waste, capable of yielding a profit with the French turnover (10)
ECONOMICAL
ECONOMIC (capable of yielding a profit) with (LA)< (the in French, <turnover)
17. One’s own being with one going on lake (8)
PERSONAL
PERSON (being) with A (one) going on L (lake)
19. Tramp having state handout (7)
VAGRANT
VA (state, Virginia) + GRANT (handout)
21. One’s removing catch from food container (7)
NOSEBAG
(ONES)* (*removing) + BAG (catch)
22. Lose one’s apprentice during the month (6)
MISLAY
(IS (one’s) + L (apprentice)) during MAY (the month)
25. Bible passage once included by nondrinker (4)
TEXT
EX (once) included by TT (nondrinker)
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