Pleasant fare from Phi, with one clue that defeats me but which will I’m sure be quickly explained. I wonder if the clueing style used in 10ac and 13ac is consciously Azedian.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SET OFF — 2 defs |
| 4 | BAOBAB — AB and BA about O B |
| 9 | POP (PAD) UM |
| 10 | GU(1)N EA |
| 12 | CORRECTING FLUID — (occurred lifting)* |
| 13 | W(HIP L{apsing})AS H |
| 14 | RUDDY — as the website shows, but I can’t see why. Ruddy is a euphemism, but what has this to do with sport’s critical moment? I suspect (because of ‘sport’) something Antipodean, but … |
| 16 | MANGA — man (a g)rev. — a manga is a Japanese comic book, as I discovered |
| 18 | HARDWARE — ward* in hare |
| 20 | NORTHANGER ABBEY — anger in (the baron by)* |
| 23 | JO(P L)IN |
| 24 | HA(Y)S TACK |
| 25 | COY {n}OTE |
| 26 | PEN TAD |
| Down | |
| 1 | SU(PERTH 1)N |
| 2 | TRADE UP — due* in (part)rev. |
| 3 | FRUIT MACHINE — (a much niftier)* |
| 5 | A QU(I F{ound})ER |
| 6 | B{urundi} ANT U{ganda} |
| 7 | BY AND BY — “bye-bye” |
| 8 | E(PI)C |
| 11 | ONE-HORSE RACE — a in (no score here)* |
| 15 | DARTBOARD — art in (d “bored”) |
| 16 | MUNTJAC — (jaunt)* in MC |
| 17 | A THE IS T{aunt} |
| 19 | W(HATS)IT |
| 21 | REPL{a}Y |
| 22 | YOKE{l} |
Hi John
14ac: RU [sport] + D-DAY with ‘a’ ‘expressed’.
Harder than usual from Phi esp top half of grid – I read 14 as Eileen did but it’s a little unusual and I can’t remember meeting it before but Collins justifies it – to force out (e.g. juice from an orange).
Or milk from the breasts, in which context I think that word is more often used.
Continue, continue …