Having volunteered to cover this one I was hoping for something reasonably straightforward and so it turned out.
Completed in three shortish sessions, less than an hour overall. I find that these types of puzzles often benefit from a break to allow the brain to work on in the background. Often, immediately after returning
a number of clues are solved that seemed dead ends previously.
As with jerrywh, for whom I am covering, a reminder that this blog is published after the closing date for entries, but before the solution is published – so the accuracy of the solution is not guaranteed.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 PRAJNA – hidden reversed in romAN JAR Preserved | |
| 5 QUANTIFY – FIT = adjust, N = any number, all reversed in QUAY = loading area | |
| 9 KACHAHRI – (cloc)K, A,CHA,HR,I | |
| 10 URAEUS – U=Classy,RAE=ear (attention) reversed, followed by US | |
| 11 THWART – TART around H(eathro)W | |
| 12 LAZY JACK – LACK = absence around A, Z,Y(unknowns), J(udge) | |
| 14 REMAND CENTRE – REMANENT = left over or remaining, around DC, followed by RE(garding) | |
| 17 APPARATCHIKI – PAR = equal status, inside PAT = glib, all followed by CHI, all in AKI(n) | |
| 20 EKISTICS – K in (CITIES)* followed by S(cience) | |
| 22 ORKNEY – OR, KEY = island around N | |
| 23 ALBUGO – LB = pound in AU,GO | |
| 25 UMQUHILE – UM = I’m doubtful, QU(een), (c)HILE | |
| 26 ETOUFFEE – E(cstasy), TOFFEE around U (cinema certification – for all ages to view) | |
| 27 ENWOMB – BE = live around MOWN = cut, all reversed | |
| Down | |
| 2 RHAPHE – H(eroin) inserted twice into RAPE | |
| 3 JOHN-A-DREAMS – RE in JOHN ADAMS | |
| 4 ARHYTHMIA – (THAI ARMY)* around H(ospital) | |
| 5 QUILLON – QUILL,ON | |
| 6 ABUZZ – A(nswer),B(ritish),(f)UZZ (=police) | |
| 7 TWA – TA =cheers=thanks (slang) around W(hiskies) | |
| 8 FLUE-CURE – RUEFUL* around EC | |
| 13 JINRICKSHAW – JAW = bang on, around IN = popular, RICK = heap, SH = belt up | |
| 15 CHIBOUQUE – CHI(n), BOUQUE(t) | |
| 16 SPIKELET – SET = arrangement, around PIKE = jackknife (as in diving),L(eft) | |
| 18 COSTUME – COE = reach around STUM(p) = floor | |
| 19 PEPLUM – P(urpl)E,PLUM | |
| 21 IN-OFF – cryptic definition referring to potting the white ball in billiards/snooker | |
| 24 UTU – alternate letters in hUrTfUl | |
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