A pleasant middle of the road puzzle with one trip down memory lane involving Regan, Carter and an old Jaguar car
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SLOP – two meanings 1=old word (discarded) for policeman=Bobby 2=loose garment; |
| 4 | SPARABLE – SPAR-A(B)LE; a nail; |
| 11 | PARAMOS – RAP reversed – AMOS; the high plains of South America; |
| 13 | TEAN – (pro)TEAN; variable=protean; an old poet; |
| 14 | ACCEND – A-CC-END; old word for kindle; |
| 15 | ICHOR – I-CHOR(e); medical term for “oozy stuff”; |
| 16 | POINTE – (toe in + p)*; p from p(ain); ballet manoeuvre involving the toes; |
| 17 | TRIANDRIA – sounds like “try andrea”; reference feminist Andrea Dworkin; plants; |
| 18 | SPORULES – (leprous)*; |
| 23 | PSHAWED – P(SHAW)ED; pedestrian=PED; |
| 26 | BIOMARKER – B(IOM)ARKER; IOM=Isle of Man; |
| 28 | ASANTE – AS-ANTE; advance=ANTE; argot in Ghana; |
| 30 | RIELS – (o)RIEL-S; Cambodian cash; |
| 31 | TAXEME – TAX-EME; old word for uncle=EME; word order etc; |
| 32 | AIRN – (b)AIRN; bairn=baby in Banff; AIRN=iron in Inverness; Sandy=a Scot; |
| 33 | STARETS – STAR(E)TS; Russian holy men; |
| 34 | SOLANDER – S(O)LANDER; a box that looks like a book; |
| 35 | PYET – P-YET; a magpie in Motherwell; |
| Down | |
| 1 | SPEISS – sounds like “spice”; arsenic and antimony compounds; |
| 2 | LANCE,PRISADO – (a soldier can p)*; p from p(anic); old Italian NCO; |
| 3 | ORTHROS – (or short)*; or=gold; Greek Lauds; |
| 5 | PONTIL – PONT-I-L; ferry boat=PONT; see punty in C – glassblower’s tool; |
| 6 | RECON – REC(k)ON; K=Cambodia (Kampuchea); SEAL’s slang; |
| 7 | ASCIDIA – AS(CID)IA; leaves; |
| 8 | BIEN – two meanings 1=well-off in Wick 2=well in Wattrelos; |
| 9 | LENTICELLATE – L(ENTICE)LL-ATE; lecturer=L; had=ATE; porous bark; |
| 10 | ENDEAR – (heartened – het)*; “up” in the clue appears to be padding; |
| 12 | MARRUM – MAR-RUM; grass; |
| 19 | ROMNEYA – ROM(NEY)A; reference Marshal NEY, le Brave des Braves; a shrub; |
| 20 | SHERIA – SH(ER)IA; |
| 21 | SWEENEY – S(W)EEN-YE reversed; W from W(embley); rhyming slang Sweeney Todd=Flying Squad; |
| 22 | ABATIS – A-BAT-IS; a rampart; |
| 24 | SKLATE – SK(L)ATE; L from (poo)L; slate in Stornoway; |
| 25 | DESIST – DE(S)IST; S=Sabbath; |
| 27 | ATMAN – A(T)MAN; T=time; |
| 29 | AXEL – AXE-L(and); a skater’s spiral; |
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