Quick Cryptic 428 by Flamande – Times for The Times

8 minutes for this one which was the easiest for some days, I thought. I am doing an emergency blog for Macavity so no clues today and comments are minimal. If further help is required please ask.

Across
1	SUDANESE – SUE (woman) encloses [entertains] DANES (people from Copenhagen maybe). D: African
5	SCOT – S (small), COT (place to sleep). D: Northerner
8	ORANGERY – O (old), RANGER (park keeper), Y (yen). D: conservatory.
9	ANNE – Hidden in {Americ}AN NE{wspaper}. D: name of girl
11	ATTACHMENT – Anagram [moving deviously) of THAT CAT encloses MEN (people). D: fondness
14	HOODIE – HOOD (outlaw – Robin), IE (that is – id est). D: youth wearing sweatshirt
15	PRISON – Anagram [dilapidated] of RIPON’S. D: jail
17	WELL-HEELED – WELL (enjoying good health), sounds like [so to speak] “healed” (cured). D: like the rich
20	LEAD – Two definitions: heavy metal / main singer
21	CLOTHIER – CLOT (foolish type), then I (one) inside HER (female). D: trader
22	GREW – Odd letters of G{a}R{d}E{n} W{e}. D: cultivated
23	TRENDIES – Anagram [disturbed] of RESIDENT. D: fashionable folk

Down
1	SNOW – S{pring} [first sign of], NOW (today). D: wintry weather
2	DRAB – BARD (poet) reversed [gets upset]. D: dreary
3	NIGHT NIGHT – Sounds like [reportedly] “knight knight” (two members of King Arthur’s court). D: sleep well
4	STREAM – Two definitions: current / way to set pupils
6	CONVERSE – Two definitions: chat / the opposite
7	TWEETING – TWEE (rather cute), T{h}ING [not hard]. D: posting messages
10	CHARLESTON – CHARLES (King), NOT reversed [up]. D: dance
12	SHOW A LEG – A straight definition: get up. Plus a cryptic hint: forget to wear a stocking?
13	SOULMATE – Anagram [organised] of MEALS OUT. D: husband for example
16	TELLER – Two definitions: reporter / one who counts votes?
18	MINI – MINI{m} (note – music) [cut short]. D: dress
19	EROS – ER (queen), OS (unusually big – clothing size). D: statue, with the usual reservation that the famous statue is actually of Anteros etc etc

7 comments on “Quick Cryptic 428 by Flamande”

Nearly a PB, but then spent too long getting my LOI 21ac. Might have to wait some time for another chance as good as today’s. Invariant

robjessel says:

29 October 2015 at 1:58 PM

Rushed through, but 21ac stumped me for a good 10 minutes
1. Anonymous says:
  
  29 October 2015 at 6:22 PM
  
  We are in good company, judging from the comments below ! Invariant

Great puzzle -very satisfying for a beginner, thank you.

Liked 6d, and 21a was my LOI too, held up for a while on it.

Needed two goes at this. Also took time to get 21a, liked 10d and last in, for some reason 3d David

Very frustrating puzzle as it all went in quickly until 21a completely defeated me. Eventually gave up on it thinking that I would kick myself when I checked the answer on here – but it’s not a word I’ve come across before. With hindsight it wa gettable from the word play.

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