More occasionally boisterous fun from Slormgorm
I think there is a minor typo in 6D.
| ACROSS | ||
| 7 | TUBA |
One with brass in bar knocked back drop of Asti (4)
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| BUT (bar) reversed (knocked back) + first letter of (drop of) A[STI] | ||
| 8 | ARCHIMEDES |
I screamed out on taking bath ultimately (10)
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| &lit and anagram of (out) I SCREAMED around (taking) last letter of (ultimately) [BAT]H | ||
| 10 | BLIMEY |
Jesus is black Briton, according to a Yank… (6)
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| B (black) + LIMEY (Briton, according to a Yank). The ellipsis refers to 11A, as an example of it. | ||
| 11 | SWEARING |
…highly critical about wife’s blasphemy (8)
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| SEARING (highly critical) around (about) W (wife). The ellipsis refers back to 10A, a swear word. | ||
| 12 | GOURMAND |
Servant tucking into fruit is a greedy guts (8)
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| MAN (servant) inside (tucking into) GOURD (fruit) | ||
| 13 | BOG OFF |
Promotional ploy by head of fell-walkers: “Take a hike!” (3,3)
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| BOGOF (promotional ploy) + first letter of (head of) F[ELL-WALKERS] | ||
| 15 | ILL-CONSIDERED |
Sick and embarrassed about Tory Party being rash (3-10)
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| {ILL (sick) + RED (embarrassed)} around (about) {CON. (Tory) + SIDE (party)} | ||
| 18 | NEPALI |
One after leaders to negotiate enfranchisement with China? (6)
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| &lit and first letters of (leaders to) N[EGOTIATE] + E[NFRANCHISEMENT] + PAL (China) + I (one), with “after” indicating the order of the wordplay. As a definition, this is plausible, if rather indirect. | ||
| 20 | EXPOSURE |
Old work retrospective bound to get publicity (8)
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| EX (old) + OP (work) reversed (retrospective) + SURE (bound to) | ||
| 22 | TRAIPSES |
Pair set off with son for lengthy perambulations (8)
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| Anagram of (off) {PAIR SET} + S (son) | ||
| 24 | SHANTY |
Quiet worker first to yodel a salty tune? (6)
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| SH (quiet) + ANT (worker) + first letter of (first to) Y[ODEL] | ||
| 25 | DISCOVERER |
You might say 8 records I’ve given a remix (10)
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| Anagram of (given a remix) RECORDS I’VE, referring to ARCHIMEDES, the solution to 8A | ||
| 26 | LAOS |
State the Spanish invaded by Asia’s western tip (4)
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| LOS (the [in] Spanish) around (invaded by) first letter of (western tip [of]) A[SIA] | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | GUILLOTINE |
Oil and gel unit supply for old chopper (10)
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| Anagram of (supply) {OIL + GEL + UNIT} | ||
| 2 | BALMORAL |
A line to break open Black… just castle! (8)
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| {A + L (line)} inside (to break open) {B (black) + MORAL (just)} | ||
| 3 | SATYRA |
Goat-like female some ordinary Tasmanian rejected (6)
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| Hidden in (some) [ORDIN]ARY TAS[MANIAN] inverted (rejected) | ||
| 4 | RIVERBED |
Banker’s bottom contrary vicar grabbed by shocked bride (8)
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| REV. (vicar) inverted (contrary) inside (grabbed by) anagram of (shocked) BRIDE. As noted by Martyn@1, Chambers, for example, enumerates this as (5,3), but other dictionaries also list this as one word. | ||
| 5 | RED RAG |
Infuriating item seen in left-wing paper (3,3)
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| RED (left-wing) + RAG (paper). This could plausibly be “double definition,” too. | ||
| 6 | MEAN |
Unkind bloke filled with animosity at the front (4)
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| MEN (bloke[s]–this must be a typo) around (filled with) first letter of (at the front) A[NIMOSITY] | ||
| 9 | CASH DISPENSER |
Bats chase spiders around new hole in the wall (4,9)
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| Anagram of (bats) {CHASE SPIDERS} around N (new) | ||
| 14 | FEDERATION |
American agent helping to protect European alliance (10)
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| {FED (American agent) + RATION (helping)} around (to protect) E (European) | ||
| 16 | OMISSIVE |
Old letter containing oversights? (8)
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| O (old) + MISSIVE (letter) | ||
| 17 | RASCALLY |
When conservative in conference becomes roguish (8)
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| {AS (when) + C (Conservative)} inside (in) RALLY (conference) | ||
| 19 | APIECE |
A cessation of war broadcast to every person (6)
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| A + homophone of (broadcast) PEACE (cessation of war) | ||
| 21 | PASTRY |
Unhealthy-looking cakes close to butter tart? (6)
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| PASTY (unhealthy-looking) around (cakes) last letter of (close to) [BUTTE]R | ||
| 23 | RAID |
Bust of king female attendant originally nicked (4)
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| R (king) + [M]AID (female attendant) minus first letter (originally nicked) |
I agree with our blogger’s summary. Good fun and quite approachable
I ticked ILL CONSIDERED, ARCHIMEDES (clever), and PASTRY.
I could not parse RASCALLY, so thanks for the steer (it seems so obvious now!). I guessed BOG OFF but did not really understand it, knowing neither BOGOF nor the version of “take a hike”. And I read the blog’s note, but I feel NEPALI is missing a real definition.
Thanks Slormgorm and Cineraria
Once again defeated by the dreaded rhyming slang, I couldn’t work out how China fitted into the wordplay for NEPALI. And the promotional ploy evaded me until I came here then googled BOGOF. I’ve never seen that reduced to its initials.
All else enjoyable and without problems.
GDU@2: BOGOF is in Chambers. In the US, I usually see just BOGO, or, less commonly, BOGOHO. BOGOF is so close to the rude phrase BOG OFF that I am kind of surprised that this would take hold commercially.