An unusual visit from Orense today this Friday, thanks to whom for a clean pleasant challenge. I stumbled, on a couple of clues especially in the NW quadrant and needed a little push to get over the line.
FF: 8 DD: 8
| Across | ||
| 1 | RECUMBENT | Lying about source of money pocketed by copper (corrupt) (9) |
| RE (about) [ M (source of Money) in CU {copper} BENT {corrupt} ] | ||
| 6 | SPRIG | Bound to miss the end of autumn shoot (5) |
| SPRInG (bound, missing ‘N’ – end of autumN ) | ||
| 9 | CAPER | Primate caught in credit scam (5) |
| APE (primate) in CR (credit) | ||
| 10 | CARNIVORA | In the circus, mostly finding enlisted men and beasts (9) |
| OR (men) in CARNIVAl (circus, mostly) | ||
| 11 | EXTRACTION | Removal of family history? (10) |
| double def | ||
| 12 | STOA | Sort of colonnade to put in South America (4) |
| TO in SA (South America) | ||
| 14 | ILL USED | Exploited laid-up press chief, employing American (3-4) |
| [ ILL (laid-up) ED (press chief) ] containing US (american) | ||
| 15 | TRIPLET | One in three rent after fall (7) |
| LET (rent) after TRIP (fall) | ||
| 17 | DAY TRIP | An excursion that provides pay dirt, possibly (3,4) |
| PAY DIRT* | ||
| 19 | PERIQUE | Annoyance felt inhaling the Queen’s tobacco (7) |
| PIQUE (annoyance) containing ER (queen) | ||
| 20 | CRAW | Source of cheap green crop (4) |
| C (source of Cheap) RAW (green) – this one was a new word for me. | ||
| 22 | ACCOUNTING | Finance bill having an effect (10) |
| AC (bill) COUNTING (having an effect) | ||
| 25 | TABLE WINE | Board victory – start to expect drink! (5,4) |
| TABLE (board) WIN (victory) E (start to Expect) | ||
| 26 | LLAMA | Team allowed to restrain such a creature (5) |
| hidden reversed in “teAM ALLowed ..” | ||
| 27 | RAMIE | Grass that is given to sheep (5) |
| IE (that is, id est) after RAM (sheep) | ||
| 28 | GETS AHEAD | Understands a boss’s advances (4,5) |
| GETS (understands) A HEAD (boss) | ||
| Down | ||
| 1 | RECCE | Survey’s right with European community committee disheartened (5) |
| R (right) EC (European Community) CE (CommitteE , disheartened i.e. without inner letters) | ||
| 2 | CAPITALLY | Very well, to make matters worse, they finished (9) |
| CAP IT ALL (make matters worse) Y (theY , last character) | ||
| 3 | MERGANSERS | Ducks answer welcomed by unions (10) |
| ANS (answer) in MERGERS (unions) – didnt know this one | ||
| 4 | EXCITED | Went out across cape, emotionally charged (7) |
| EXITED (went out) across C (cape) | ||
| 5 | TURF OUT | Get rid of grass (unfashionable) (4,3) |
| TURF (grass) OUT (unfashionable) | ||
| 6 | SKIN | Hide, if virtually broke (4) |
| SKINt (virtually broke) | ||
| 7 | ROOST | Settle origins of riots over open season thus (5) |
| starting characters (origins) of “…Riots Over Open Season Thus” | ||
| 8 | GUARANTEE | Ensure sentry finishes early, with ease, say, to support worker (9) |
| GUARd (sentry, finishes early i.e. without last letter) [ EE (with ease, say i.e. sounds like E’s) supporting ANT (worker) ] | ||
| 13 | CITRONELLA | Caught line in wild oriental grass (10) |
| [C (caught) L (line) ] in ORIENTAL* | ||
| 14 | INDICATOR | Popular autocrat has no time initially for signal (9) |
| IN (popular) DICtATOR (autocrat, without T – Time initially) | ||
| 16 | LIQUIDATE | Waste water, say on brewing tea (9) |
| LIQUID (water, say) TEA* | ||
| 18 | PACKING | How one may be sent off for boxing? (7) |
| double def | ||
| 19 | PROJECT | Stick out for a planned undertaking (7) |
| double def | ||
| 21 | ALBUM | White drops the last two for a record (5) |
| ALBUMen (white, without last two characters) | ||
| 23 | GLAND | Good boy given new organ (5) |
| G (good) [ LAD (boy) containing N (new) ] | ||
| 24 | MERE | Nothing more than water (4) |
| double def | ||
*anagram
I agree this was a clear and neat puzzle. For me too there were a couple of unknown words which I worked out from the word play: 19 and 27 across. Almost a pangram, missing only the ‘z’. Thanks Orense and TL.
A nice one! I liked “restrain” (means “hold back”) as a reverse hidden indicator. Also was looking for a z in the last few to complete the pangram–wonder if Orense considered “czar” for 20ac. Thanks to Orense and Turbolegs.
Thanks Turbolegs and Orense.
Have you been “put out to pasture” to solve this one Turbolegs?
PERIQUE was new to me too but clearly clued.
I too was looking for the “z”.
Good clean puzz.
Thanks Orense and Turbolegs
Clean and neat is a good summary … seemed to get a little surprise at what the definition turned out to be in quite a few clues.
PERIQUE was new … vaguely remembered RAMIE from another crossword.
Finished with TURN OUT, EXTRACTION and CAPITALLY as the last few in.