Everyman 3,598

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A relatively mild Everyman for me today

Nothing particularly tricky but TRIP HAMMERS look a moment to see.

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Across

1 Really hot flan out of order (3,4)
NOT HALF

[HOT FLAN]* out of order

5 Fail to remember tons, following fashion (6)
FORGET

FORGE (fashion) & T(ons)

10 Struggle to keep hotel by loud quayside area (5)
WHARF

H(otel) in WAR & F (loud)

11 Version of tune covered by experts with singular intensity (9)
ACUTENESS

version of TUNE* in ACES (experts) & S(ingular)

12 Animal story, fluid and sad, full of craft (9,4)
WATERSHIP DOWN

WATER (fluid) & DOWN (sad) with SHIP (craft) inserted (full of)

15 Reveller in middle of throng, one with conduct about right (9)
ROISTERER

Middle of (th)RO(ng) & 1 & R(ight) in STEER (conduct)

16 Smart son with ambition (5)
SWISH

S(on) & WISH (ambitiion)

17 Hour with old friend, not cold and boring (2-3)
HO-HUM

H(our) & O(ld) & C(old) removed from (c)HUM

19 Colour you’ll bear after renovation (5,4)
ROYAL BLUE

[YOU’LL BEAR]* renovated

21 Left, in lurid outcome, ruined like Joseph’s coat? (13)
MULTICOLOURED

L(eft) in [LURID OUTCOME]* ruined

23 Remarkable things flower power brought about, capturing hearts (9)
PHENOMENA

H(earts) in ANEMONE & P(ower) reversed

24 Dance in rehearsal, say (5)
SALSA

Hidden answer

26 Vegetables I had to return, upset (6)
DISMAY

YAMS & I’D all reversed

27 Tango with passion about to create drama (7)
THEATRE

T(ango) & HEAT (passion) & RE (about)

Down

1 Topical story, when broadcast, carrying weight (10)
NEWSWORTHY

W(eight) in – carried by [STORY WHEN]* broadcast

2 Meal ends in restaurant before siesta (3)
TEA

Last letters of restauranT beforE siestA

3 Area dry around trees initially (2,5)
AT FIRST

A(rea) & T.T. (dry as in no alcohol) around FIRS (trees)

4 Basil for instance fell after stunt, being giddy (7-7)
FEATHER BRAINED

FEAT (stunt) & HERB (basil say) & RAINED (fell)

6 Single move, short of energy, troublesome (7)
ONEROUS

ONE (single) & ROUS(e) less E(nergy)

7 Leader of band in valley, badly trapped by wild men above river (5,6)
GLENN MILLER

GLEN (valley) & ILL (badly) in MEN* wild & R(iver)

8 Time fixed up for experiment (4)
TEST

T(ime) & SET (fixed) all reversed (up in a down clue)

9 Film star transformed through PR, maybe (8,6)
HUMPHREY BOGART

[THROUGH PR MAYBE]* transformed

13 Maths primer not normally beating machines (4,7)
TRIP HAMMERS

[MATHS PRIMER]* not normally

14 Plug and rod among number worn out (10)
THREADBARE

AD(vert – plug) & BAR (rod) in THREE

18 Country farm’s last stale eggs (7)
MOLDOVA

Last letter of (far)M & OLD (stale) & OVA (eggs)

20 Brief inspection from king during relaxed event’s opening (4-3)
LOOK SEE

K(ing) in LOOSE & E(vent)

22 Torn items pedlar carries (4)
SPED

Hidden answer

25 Group making fortune (3)
LOT

Double definition

13 comments on “Everyman 3,598”

  1. Thanks, flashling. I finished the puzzle, but had never heard of trip hammers, and needed your explanation for the parsing of 23a.

  2. Thanks Everyman and flashling.

    No problems but TRIP HAMMERS were new to me and I had to check on the web. I had to parse PHENOMENA post-solve.

    GLENN MILLER reminded me of our music teacher at school, during WW II she played at times in his orchestra as pianist, not the AAF Band if I remember rightly.

  3. Thank you Everyman and flashling

    New word for me was TRIP HAMMER.

    My favourites were FEATHER-BRAINED & DISMAY (LOI) and I also enjoyed all of the anagrams.

    Small correction – 27a is T + (not “in”) HEAT + RE

  4. A nice straightforward puzzle. My favourites were ROISTERER, FEATHER-BRAINED and MOLDOVA.

    Thanks, Everyman and flashling.

  5. Lots to like in this puzzle and the level was just about right although there’s always a few clues that require a bit more thought. In that category were PHENOMENA (took a while to parse), DISMAY (yam isn’t the first veg that springs to mind), THREADBARE (last I think) and TRIP HAMMERS (never heard of them).

    I loved the BOGART clue which had a great surface and AT FIRST which was very misleading.

    Many thanks to flashling and Everyman.

  7. Got all this, enjoyed solving Acuteness but I’m struggling with Torn to mean Sped. Shouldn’t it be Tore?

    He tore off down the street / sped off down the street. How does Torn work?

  8. Yes, I’m with you on torn and sped Barrie, I didn’t put it in for ages because it didn’t feel right. Similarly with forget, it seemed too easy….. Had to look up roisterer,
    although having been one at times, had not heard that word before! Didn’t get theatre, and lot seemed vague as well.

  9. I solved this one except my last one in 16a I had Smith, thinking of Adam Smith the free market capitalist. Swish is a bit wishy washy, like ho hum and look see.
    A nice crossword thank you to the setter and Everyman.
    Have been watching the All Blacks winning 20 – 18 over the Springboks. It was a hard won victory. Well done ABs! 🙂

  11. Finally got one out on Sunday morning (couldn’t get back to sleep after watching the AB’s). The way I viewed Torn / Sped was along the lines of ‘I had torn / sped down the street’. Although I agree it is a bit tenuous, as’torn off’ would seem more correct.

  12. Mumble mumble. I’m not convinced.

    I’ll await a ruling from Blockhouse Bay.

    After this morning my nerves are shredded anyway.

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