Going back in time in US politics in this offering with two men called Dean.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 7 | DEMEANS – ME in DEAN’S – John Dean is the Nixon advisor here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dean |
| 8 | UP YOURS – DD |
| 9 | UNORTHODOX – (ROUND HOT)* OX |
| 12 | STEWART – (WE<) in START – Suitably obscene clue surface given the availability of “Rod” |
| 13 | SINGE – SIN (EG<) |
| 14/22 | RESTORING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE – (FILIBUSTERING CONCERN COPED)* – I was beginning to think Cyclops may be a G Brown fan … |
| 17 | DUMPS – D(im) U(seless) MPs – … then my confidence was restored in his opinion of politicians |
| 19 | IN RUINS – (RUN-IN IS)* |
| 24 | SPEWING – W(ith) in (PENIS)* G(reen) |
| 25 | AGILITY – I (Cyclops) LIT (inflamed) inside (GAY)* |
| Down | |
| 1/11 | DEAN RUSK – (NEAR)* in DUSK – He was the US Secretary of State during the presidency of both JFK and LBJ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rusk |
| 2/21 | GEORGE BUSH – CD – Not the W son |
| 3 | ON THE AIR – (TONE HAIR)* |
| 4 | APEXES – X (kiss) inside A PEES |
| 5 | DOORKNOB – (BONK ROO D(ate))< |
| 6 | BRASSERIES – BRAS SERIES |
| 10 | DETENTION – Detention fits the first half of the clue as a definition: “What’s the purpose of Guantanamo Bay?”. But I’m not sure how the second half of this clue works: “Maintaining no right but death initially”. I’ve just realised this is RETENTION replace R with D. |
| 12 | SPEED BUMPS – DD – Favourite clue for surface reading |
| 15 | TOMAHAWK – (ATOM)* HAWK |
| 16 | PORRIDGE – DD or this could be read as a single Cryptic Def. |
| 18 | SECOND – DD |
| 20 | IDEALS – (LADIES)* |
| 23 | CUTE – CU(n)T E(arth) – naughty naughty |