Azed 2283

1

Art? I’d concern when it’s deviant or sexist? (12)

Anagram of (when it’s deviant) ART I’D CONCERN

ANDROCENTRIC*

ANDROCENTRIC (centred around men or males; sexist)

10

Airborne troops about to make earthwork protecting rear (7)

PARAS (paratroopers; airborne troops) containing (about) DO (to make)

PARA (DO) S

PARADOS (earthworks protecting against a rear attack)

12

Island record producers hope to achieve this with backing (4)

(A NO [number] I [one] – a Number One being what record producers hope to achieve) reversed (with backing)

(I ON A)<

IONA (Scottish island)

13

Goes off the rails, caught with weapon in minor affray once (8)

(C [caught] + ARM [weapon]) contained in (in) an anagram of (off the rails) GOES

S (C ARM) OGE*

SCARMOGE (archaic [once] form of skirmish [minor affray])

14

Fruit dad held in hand (5)

PA (father; dad) contained in (held in) PAW (hand)

PA (PA) W

PAPAW (fruit)

15

Biological triplet runs away from police line (5)

CORDON (police line) excluding (away from) R (runs)

CODON (a triplet of three consecutive bases in DNA or in messenger RNA, which specifies a particular amino acid in protein synthesis; biological triplet)

16

Stallion, as once, learning to take exercise initially (7)

LORE (learning) + TTE (first letters of [initially] each of TO, TAKE and EXERCISE

LORETTE (courtesan; STALLION is an obsolete [as once] term for a courtesan)

18

Solicitor making millions, gripped by disgust (4)

M (millions) contained in (gripped by) PIP (disgust; definition 5 in Chambers)

PI (M) P

PIMP (one who solicits for a prostitute)

20

Woggle, might one suppose?  It’s creating a row (7)

TIE RING (A WOGGLE is the ring of leather, plastic or other material through which Scouts, etc thread their neckerchiefs [ties]).

TIERING (creating a row)

22

Unable to play in key series, i.e. put out breaking record (7)

Anagram of (out) I.E. PUT contained in (breaking) CD (Compact Disc [record])

C (UPTIE*) D

CUPTIED (usually applied to a player who moves from one Club to another and is unable to play for the new team in later rounds having already represented his / her previous team in this year’s competition)

23

From e.g. Victoria fool finding himself in Cannongate (4)

NONG (hidden word in (finding himself in] CANNONGATE)

NONG (an Australian [Victoria] word for fool)

25*

A contract (4)

This is the competition word for cluing, hence there is no wordplay

BARGAIN (contract)

27

Crown jewel maybe consisting of less than half a precious stone (5)

IN (consisting of) + DIA (three of the eight [less than half] letters in DIAMOND [precious stone])

INDIA (INDIA was known as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the British Empire)

28

Money on eBay squandered, perhaps (5)

M (money) + an anagram of (squandered) EBAY

M AYBE*

MAYBE (perhaps)

30

Perverse old skill reflected in icon crafted by king (8)

(ART [skill] reversed [reflected] contained in [in] an anagram of [crafted] ICON) + R (Rex; king)

CON (TRA<) I* R

CONTRAIR (obsolete [old] dialect form of CONTRARY [perverse])

31

A ristorante serves this (not rare) bottled (4)

A RISTORANTE is an anagram of (bottled) ASTI, NOT and RARE, so if we ignore NOT RARE we are left with ASTI

ASTI (an Italian white wine which will almost certainly be served in a RISTORANTE)

32

Burmese people are born in what may be Indian backward (7)

(ARE + N [I can’t find an entry in Chambers that gives N as born.  NÉE is ‘born’ but not N as far as I can see])  contained in (in) (INK [reference Indian INK] reversed (backward)

K (ARE N) NI<

KARENNI (a group of eastern Karen [Burmese] peoples whose women stretch their necks by wearing brass collars)

33

Juggling trade transactions gladdens, alas when treated deviously (12, 3 words)

Anagram of (when treated deviously) GLADDENS ALAS

LEADS AND LAGS*

LEADS AND LAGS (in international trade, the early payment of bills, dividends, etc to concerns abroad, and the delayed invoicing of foreign customers and delayed conversion of foreign currencies into sterling [in order to take advantage of expected changes in the rate of exchange], which have an effect on the balance of payments situation; any variations in the times of completion of transactions; juggling trade transactions)

1

Fizz put into beer, strangely lactic, getting one enraged (12)

(POP [carbonated soft drink; fizz] contained in [put into] ALE [beer]) + an anagram of [strangely] LACTIC

A (POP) LE CTICAL*

APOPLECTICAL (archaic variant of APOPLECTIC [enraged])

2

Foreign duck, name applied to foreign goose leaving California (4)

N (name) + ADA (I can’t see the word play here.  I’ve tried looking at spellings of the word meaning ‘goose’ in foreign languages.   I’ve also looked at breeds of geese. Finally I looked at other meanings of ‘goose’ as given in Chambers but all to no avail.  I’m also not sure what is going on with California)

No doubt someone will point out the blindingly obvious allusion that I have missed.

NADA (nothing, zero, [duck score in cricket]; derived from Spanish [foreign])

3

Drummer and old piper played, ready to fall (8)

DR (drummer) + O (old) + an anagram of (played) PIPER

DR O PRIPE*

DROPRIPE (so RIPE as to be ready to DROP from the tree)

4

Like clean sheets, classically, as penned by artist, English (5)

(AS contained in [penned by] RA [Royal Academician; artist]) + E (English)

R (AS) A E

RASAE (Latin [classically], like clean sheets, found in Chambers under tabula RASA [a clean slate])

5

Fille de joie requiring shelter in bed?  The opposite (7)

COT (bed) contained in (in) COTE (small place of shelter for animals)  As required by the clue this is the opposite of shelter in bed

CO (COT) TE

COCOTTE (loose woman; prostitute; fille de joie)

6

Opium component in measure after cocaine’s taken in nostril (7)

C (cocaine) contained in (taken in) (NARE [nostril] + EN [measurement in printing])

NAR (C) E EN

NARCEEN (a narcotic alkaloid in opium,)

7

Element lacking any surrounding for misanthrope (5)

ANTIMONY (brittle bluish-white element (symbol Sb; atomic no 51) excluding the letters (lacking) ANY which form the surround

TIMON (reference TIMON of Athens, renowned misanthrope)

8

Scots reveal circle between water meadows (7)

O (circle shape) contained in (between) (ING [meadow, especially one beside a river.; water meadow] and ING [again, to give water meadows])

ING (O) ING

INGOING (Scottish word for a reveal)

9

It has no place in adulthood, changing since one ages (12)

Anagram of (changing) SINCE ONE AGES

CAENOGENESIS*

CAENOGENESIS (the state where adaptations to the needs of the young stages develop early, and disappear in the adult stage)

11

Healthy hospital opening in Edinburgh (4)

SAN (sanitorium; hospital) + E (first letter of [opening in] EDINBURGH)

SANE (sound in health; healthy)

17

Form of religion I vote against being introduced to a Chinese one (8)

(I + NAY [a vote against]) contained in (being introduced to) (HAN [native Chinese people] + A [one])

H (I NAY) AN A

HINAYANA (Theravada, one of the two main systems of practice and belief into which Buddhism split; form of religion)

18

Snub delivered by eastern poem in revolt that’s rising (7, 2 words)

(E [Eastern] + SONG [poem] + UP [in revolt])

(PU G NOS E)<

PUG NOSE (short, thick nose with the tip turned up; snub and snub nose are interchangeable)

19

Bread carried on head in travelling baskets (7)

PITA (variant spelling of PITTA [slightly leavened bread]) + RAS (headland)

PITARAS (travelling boxes or baskets for clothes)

21

Climber almost beneath sacred mountain of Aphrodite (7)

IDA (reference Mount IDA, either of two sacred mountains in Greek Mythology) + (LIANA [climbing plant] excluding the final letter [almost] A)

IDALIAN (relating to Aphrodite)

24

‘Bright’ fool heading intelligence department (5)

NIT (fool) + ID (intelligence department)

NITID (bright)

25

Cat, black, on top of tree (4)

B (black, as in pencil lead) + OAK (tree)

BOAK (vomit,cat)

26

Paid pound rent formerly (5)

GAVE (paid [thanks]) + L (pound sterling)

GAVEL (historically [formerly] rent or tribute)

29

Club ungraciously accepts such a tip (4)

BUNG (hidden word in (accepts] CLUB UNGRACIOUSLY)

BUNG (bribe, tip)