An interesting puzzle from JULIUS this Friday.
Seems to be a theme around RICHMAL CROMPTON, of the JUST WILLIAM series .. i will leave it to the reads to point out other connections.
FF: 7 DD: 9
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| 1 | WATCHSTRAP |
Charlie wears floppy straw hat, Penny a bracelet (10)
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{ [ STRAW HAT ]* around C ( charlies ) } P ( penny ) |
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| 7 | BOLD |
Daring individual crossing loch (4)
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BOD ( individual ) crossing L ( Lake, loch ) |
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| 9 | DAHL |
Novelist had returned novel, finally (4)
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( reverse of HAD ) L ( noveL, final letter ) |
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| 10 | OSCAR WILDE |
A great writer? No, no… Noël Coward is rubbish! (5,5)
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[ noEL COWARD IS ( without letters of NO ) ]* |
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| 11 | JUMBLE |
Elephant dropping over walls of latrine — such a mess (6)
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JUMBo ( elephant, without O – over ) LE ( LatrinE, end letters ) |
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| 12 | MATCHBOX |
Vesta’s here, ready to provide illumination (8)
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cryptic def? |
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| 13 | HEAD GIRL |
Miss an important part of school? (4,4)
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cryptic def |
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| 15 | EVEN |
Flat, quits… (4)
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double def |
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| 17 | JUST |
…only fair (4)
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double def |
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| 19 | ROAD TOWN |
Reportedly travelled on horseback towards evacuated Western island capital (4,4)
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ROAD ( sounds like RODE ( travelled on horseback ) TO ( towards ) WN ( WesterN, evacuated i.e. without inner letters ) – capital of british virgin islands |
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| 22 | ICE CREAM |
Nice secret game uncovered as a treat for the kids (3,5)
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nICe sECREt gAMe ( without end letters ) |
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| 23 | PEBBLE |
Stone barrels placed in water (6)
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BB ( barrels ) in PELE ( water? ) |
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| 25 | ANTISEPTIC |
Barking police station loo out of order, lacking disinfectant (10)
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[ PolICE STATIoN ( without letters of LOO ) ]* |
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| 26 | OVID |
Old, short film recorded poet (4)
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O ( old ) VID ( short film recorded, video ) |
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| 27 | TYKE |
Yorkshireman at home in County Kerry (4)
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hidden in "..counTY KErry" |
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| 28 | LINCOLN IMP |
Man known for his address, imperial symbol of the city (7,3)
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LINCOLN ( man known for his address ) IMP ( imperial ) |
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| DOWN | ||
| 2 | AS A RULE |
Ace opportunity to find a bargain game installed, generally (2,1,4)
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A ( ace ) [ SALE ( opportunity to find a bargain ) containing RU ( game ) ] |
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| 3 | CELEB |
Leaders of Conservatives elected lovable Etonian Boris, a famous name (5)
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starting letters of "..Conservatives Elected Lovable Etonian Boris.." |
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| 4 | SLOVENIA |
Country boys love Niamh loads! (8)
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hidden in "..boyS LOVE NIAmh.." |
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| 5 | RICHMAL CROMPTON |
Wealthy individual acquiring Motor plc cooked books produced by her (7,8)
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RICH MAN ( wealthy individual ) containing [ MOTOR PLC ]* |
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| 6 | PIRATE |
Foolish talk about international raider (6)
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PRATE ( foolish talk ) around I ( international ) |
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| 7 | BRIGHTEST |
The most brilliant Beth Rigby forced to leave by heads of Sunday Times (9)
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[ bETH RIGBy ( without the letters of BY ) ]* ST ( starting letters of "..Sunday Times" ) |
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| 8 | LADRONE |
Bill runs into solitary old Mexican robber (7)
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[ AD ( bill ) R ( runs ) ] in LONE ( solitary ) |
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| 14 | DETECTIVE |
Policeman not working properly, time to replace force? (9)
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DEfECTIVE ( not working properly, with T – time , replacing F – force ) |
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| 16 | GAZPACHO |
Look, when leaving Spain poach fresh soup (8)
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GAZe ( look, without E – spain, Espana ) [ POACH ]* |
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| 18 | UNCANNY |
Weird upper-class child-minder caught breaking in (7)
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U ( upper class ) [ NANNY ( child-minder ) containing C ( caught ) ] |
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| 20 | WILLIAM |
Prince starts to want independent life, upsetting tabloid (7)
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WIL ( starting letters of "..Want Independent Life.." ) LIAM ( reverse of MAIL – tabloid ) |
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| 21 | REVEAL |
Expose article suppressed by party (6)
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A ( article ) in REVEL ( party ) |
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| 24 | BROWN |
Argument in Berlin exhausted former PM (5)
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ROW ( argument ) in BN ( BerliN, without inner letters ) , gordon |
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