Cyclops 807 – Indecent Hairdo

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Cyclops being Cyclops…with some political satire, risqué surface readings and punning definitions…but lighter than usual on the skoolboy smuttery…

Starmer, Trump and Musk all make appearances in clues, but each is fairly scathing of the politician in question, and they are summed up by 3D, with politicians talking out of their RECTUM!

I enjoyed the emetic surface read of 12D L(A)UNCH, and the ‘spouting members’ at 5D URINAL! It was also nice to see ‘Diana’ referring to someone/something other than Princess Di – I think Cyclops also used Diana <-> Ross recently as well.

 

 

My thanks to Cyclops, and I trust all is clear below.

(This blog has been produced while travelling abroad with only an iPad and then finished off on 3.5 hours’ sleep due to a delayed plane on the way home, so I am sure the odd mistake has slipped through, but I am too tired to care!…)

 

Across
Clue No Solution Clue (definition underlined)

Logic/parsing
7A LOPSIDED Unbalanced screwing spoiled date (8)

LOPSIDE (anag, i.e. screwing, of SPOILED) + D (date)
9A HAIRDO Cut end of rubbish broadcast by party (6)

H (end of rubbisH) + AIR (broadcast) + DO (party)
10A SCREW Cheat southern boat people (5)

S (southern) + CREW (boat people)
11A TALK MONEY Discuss financial cost of leak involved with Tony raking in millions (4,5)

TALK _ONEY anag, i.e. involved, of LEAK + TONY) around (raking in) M (millions)
13A CINNAMON Brown, wayward type, broadcast at start of the working week (8)

CINNA (homophone, i.e. broadcast – CINNA sounds like SINNER, wayward person) + MON (Monday, usual start of the working week)
14A DELHI City store stocking heroin (5)

DEL_I (delicatessen, store) around (stocking) H (heroin)
16A NEGLECT Info about the French court’s carelessness (7)

NEG (gen, info, about) + LE (the, in French) + CT (court)
18A HASHISH The geezer’s dipped into stew pot (7)

HAS_H (stew) around (dipped into by) HIS (the geezer’s!)
20A VOCAL “Shouty” is against pub not opening (5)

V (versus, against) + (L)OCAL (pub, not opening letter)
22A SCOTLAND Country estate after cost fixing (8)

SCOT (anag, i.e. fixed, of COST) + LAND (estate)
25A RESISTANT Proof of saint’s transfiguration during stay (9)

RES_T (stay) around ISTAN (anag, i.e. transfiguration, of SAINT)

[proof = resistant, as in windproof, rainproof, etc.]
27A IMBUE Squeezing bum casually, that is to impregnate (5)

I_E (id est, that is) around (squeezing) MBU (anag, i.e. casually, of BUM)
28A AMAZON Deliverer from shock not fully performing (6)

AMAZ(E) (shock, not fully) + ON (working)
29A INDECENT Dine out on little money? Not seemly! (8)

INDE (anag, i.e. out, of DINE) + CENT (little money)
Down
Clue No Solution Clue (definition underlined)

Logic/parsing
1D FLASH Female whip gets to put member out (5)

F (female) + LASH (whip)
2D WIN-WIN DEAL Starmer’s view of his post-Brexit “reset” – “gain upon gain then lead annihilated!” (3-3,4)

WIN-WIN (gain upon gain) + DEAL (anag, i.e. annihilated) of LEAD
3D RECTUM Wavering, etc, stuck in odd surroundings through which a politician talks? (6)

R_UM (odd) around (surrounding) ECT (anag, i.e. wavering, of ETC)
4D PALM Mitt‘s mate: MAGA chief (4)

PAL (mate) + M (chief letter of Maga)
5D URINAL Facility allowing members to spout? (6)

CD – a URINAL is where (penile) members can spout!
6D COPYRIGHT Catch attached to end of willy proper, which affects reproduction? (9)

COP (catch) + Y (end of Willy) + RIGHT (proper)
8D PARTING (SHOT) & 26 The last word in Hitler hair feature filmed (7,4)

PARTING (Hitler hair feature) + SHOT (filmed)
12D LUNCH Throw up to get rid of a meal! (5)

L(A)UNCH, throw up, getting rid of A!
14D DISCLAIMER Hell? Pretender’s denial (10)

DIS (Hades, Hell) + CLAIMER (pretender, e.g. to a throne)
15D UNIVERSAL Ran luvvies badly – not a very grand film producer (9)

Subtractive anagram, i.e. badly, of RAN LUV(V)IES, without one V (very)
17D TESLA Some states lamentably under Musk’s control (5)

Hidden word in, i.e. some of, ‘staTES LAmentably’
19D IGNOBLE One good peer? Shameful! (7)

I (one) + G (good) + NOBLE (peer)
21D CASUAL America, knocked about, shielded by anti-Trump state (only temporary) (6)

C_AL (California, anti-trump state) around (shielding) ASU (USA, America, knocked about)
23D OUTING Spin a revelation of someone’s being gay? (6)

Double defn. – an OUTING can be a trip, or a spin, e.g. in a car); and OUTING can be the act of revealing someone’s homosexuality
24D DEITY Diana getting fixed up with Lammy at last? (5)

DEIT (tied, fixed, up) + Y (last of lammY)

 

8 comments on “Cyclops 807 – Indecent Hairdo”

  2. Thanks MC, I found this a fun offering from Cyclops, thanks to him also. I was away on holiday with no access to the puzzle other than on my phone’s screen so I accomplished most of it on wordplay alone. Completion was a lot easier when I got home and had access to the grid and a printed copy to work with.

  3. Lovely Job…both yourself and Cyclops!!!
    Struggled with DEITY and filled in more in hope than conviction. Couldn’t get the CINNA bit either…..but filled in with blind conviction!!!

  4. DNF, was overthinking 4d PalM. I thought it referred to Mitt Romney, who is no great Ron T Dump pal, so I got totally lost. COD to the L(a)UNCH I think. Makes me think of a liquid lunch….
    Many thanks to mc_rapper67 and Cyclops.

  5. Many thanks.

    Gosh, I spent half an hour trying to get my last clue (AMAZON) because I had CESURA crossing rather than CASUAL. Silly me.

  6. AMAZON was my LOI too. It’s a very nice clue. Even with the correct crossings, ABATOR was the only candidate that reached my consciousness. It was only after a word search, I think my first here for some years, that I think the penny finally clicked.

  8. Mike at #7 – Dis is another name for Hades, the underworld, Hell…

    Collins: “the abode of the dead; underworld”

    And (belated) thanks to all other commenters as well…

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