Independent on Sunday 1760 Shabbo

Thank you to Shabbo. Definitions are underlined in the clues.

Across

1. Unwell, in pain, nurses finally treat leg and part of foot (8,6)

ACHILLES TENDON : ILL(unwell/afflicted by sickness) contained in(in) ACHE(pain/suffering) + last letter of(… finally) “nurses” + TEND(to treat/to give attention to) + ON(leg/one half of a cricket field).

10. A normal time to get divorced (5)

APART : A + PAR(normal/average, as in “his grades are above par”) + T(abbrev. for “time”).

11. China police ran amok (9)

PORCELAIN : Anagram of(… amok) POLICE RAN.

12. Back final runner at ‘untingdon? (7)

ENDORSE : END(final/the conclusion) + ‘ORSE(“horse”, a runner/competitor at Huntingdon Racecourse, revised in the manner of “Huntingdon/’untingdon”).

Defn: …/approve of.

13. Friend in possession of revolutionary weapon (7)

MACHETE : MATE(friend/pal) containing(in possession of) CHE(Guevara, Argentinian revolutionary).

14. Clear scope for a glove puppet (5)

SWEEP : Triple defn: 1st: …/to clean an area of dirt or litter; 2nd: …/the extent of something); and 3rd:

  together with Sooty:

16. Outfit with feathers gets reprimand (5,4)

DRESS DOWN : DRESS(outfit/the clothes one is wearing) plus(with) DOWN(the soft, fluffy feathers of a young bird).

19. Derby and Oaks arrange equipment for reporters? (9)

KEYBOARDS : Anagram of(… arrange) [DERBY plus(and) Oaks].

Defn: … to type out their reports.

20. South of France linked to a North African country (5)

SUDAN : SUD(of France/French for “south”) plus(linked to) A + N(abbrev. for “north”).

22. Evening out in club on endless binge (7)

IRONING : IRON(a golf club with a metal head) plus(on) “binge” minus 1st and last letters of(endless …).

Defn: …/getting rid of any creases or wrinkles.

25. Tasteful short lament by soldier (7)

ELEGANT : “elegy”(a lament for the dead in verse form) minus its last letter(short …) plus(by) ANT(a social insect, one of whose castes is the “soldier”).

27. Get rid of main changes in aristocracy (9)

ELIMINATE : Anagram of(… changes) MAIN contained in(in) ELITE(the aristocracy/the upper class).

28. Another old craft makes a comeback (5)

EXTRA : EX-(prefix denoting “old”/former) + reversal of(… makes a comeback) ART(craft/skill at a particular thing).

29. Dishevelled rogues join Conservative for a laugh (6-3,5)

SHAGGY-DOG STORY : SHAGGY(dishevelled/having long unkempt hair or fur) +DOGS(rogues/wicked individuals) plus(join) TORY(informal for a Conservative, a member of the Conservative Party).

Down

2. Find name in Yell for somewhere selling wicked products (9)

CHANDLERY : HANDLE(a name or nickname) contained in(Find … in) CRY(a yell/shout).

Defn: …, ie. products with wicks.

3. Playwright and poet initially leaves Bury (5)

INTER : “Pinter”(Harold, English playwright) minus 1st letter of(and … initially leaves) “poet“.

Defn: … in a grave or tomb with funeral rites.

4. Take real pride, training to become oral transliterator (3,6)

LIP READER : Anagram of(Take …, training) REAL PRIDE.

5. Two packs of aggregate including small credit (5)

SCRUM : SUM(aggregate/total) containing(including) CR(abbrev. for/small “credit”).

 

6. Training worries (9)

EXERCISES : Double defn: 2nd: …/perturbs.

7. Padre dressed in shroud (5)

DRAPE : Anagram of(… dressed) PADRE.

8. Grandmother eager to produce clothing (7)

NANKEEN : NAN(a child’s word for “grandmother”) + KEEN(eager/passionate about).

9. High Street shops – they need the dough, we’re told (6)

BAKERS : Cryptic defn: Those shopkeepers in the main business street in a town or village who – homophone of(…, we’re told) “need“/knead – dough/a flour mixture to make bread, pastries and other dough products to sell. Also, with the decline in business due to competition from out-of-town shopping centres, they do need dough/money.

Lovely surface.

15. Being talented, I burst into song at the end of concert (9)

PROMISING : [I + SING(burst into song) ] placed below(at the end of, in a down clue) PROM(a concert of classical music, in particular one of a series held in the Royal Albert Hall, London).

17. Segregate variety of chocolate (6,3)

EASTER EGG : Anagram of(… variety) SEGREGATE.

Defn: Ovoid shaped chocolate used for Easter festivities.

18. Former teacher produces great painting (3,6)

OLD MASTER : OLD(former/of a previous time) + MASTER(a school teacher).

Defn: … from a great artist of former times.

19. King raises problem with German leaders (7)

KAISERS : K(abbrev. for “king”, in chess notation) + anagram of(… problem) RAISES.

Defn: Former ….

21. Hundred up with openers from Birmingham and Durham in reasonable form (3,3)

NOT BAD : Reversal of(… up, in a down clue) TON(a term for, say, a speed of 100 mph, or a score of 100 or more runs, or a sum of £100) plus(with) 1st letters, respectively, of(openers from) “Birmingham and Durham“.

23. Franco-Prussian agreement on board? (5)

OUIJA : OUI, JA(“yes”/affirmative answer in French/Franco and German/Prussian respectively).

24. Defend media outlet that drops The Scotsman? (5)

GUARD : “Guardian”(the daily newspaper, a media outlet) minus(that drops) “Ian”(a common name among Scotsmen).

26. Identical time in race? (5)

EVENT : EVEN(identical/equal in number) + T(abbrev. for “time”).

Defn: A … being one of many in a sports competition.