Another Bank Holiday Monday one for me. There is nothing contentious about this one, but there are some well constructed clues.
Across | |
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1 ARCHITECT – ARCH = structure, IT, E(nglish), CT = court | |
6 PAPYRUS – PAP = breast, YR = years, U.S. = America | |
10 SABLE – (u)SABLE = exploitable | |
13 AMALGAM – (MALAGA)*, M(adeira) | |
14 APRON – AN = article, around PRO = for | |
15 SUNFLOWER – (FUELS, NOW, R(un))* | |
16 DOT ONES IS AND CROSS ONES TS – (AN ODD STONE SCISSORS STONE)* | |
17 MAROON – MOON = daydream, around (ye)AR | |
18 LAZINESS – LASS = girl, around ZINE = periodical | |
19 OREGANO – E(uropean) in ORGAN = liver, perhaps, then O(nions) | |
22 REDISCOVER – RED = communist, IS, COVER = protection | |
23 RABBLE-ROUSER – (sc)RABBLER = one scratching, (sc)OUSER = Liverpudlian, with the SC = special constable removed twice. Cleverly constructed | |
27 HONEY – HONE = make sharper, Y = unknown | |
29 BETWEEN – BET = risk, WEE = very small, N = nitrogen | |
30 EYESIGHT – EIGHT = rowers, around YES = certainly | |
32 FILAMENT – LIFT*, around A MEN = crew | |
34 ARAL SEA – AREA = region around SAL* | |
36 MUTED – MUD = wet earth, around TE = tellurium | |
39 BREASTSTROKE – BROKE = poor, around EAST and ST(rait) | |
41 BLUE PENCIL – BLUE = squander, PENC(e) = money, I = 1, L(eft) | |
44 ETRURIA – ET = and in French, RURA(l) = country, around I(sland) | |
46 HEADREST – HEAD = van, REST = halt | |
48 NOBODY – NO = number, BODY = association | |
50 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT – CLASSIFIED = secret, ADVERTISEMENT = commercial, with the order of the terms changed from the clue | |
53 ILL HUMOUR – ILL = bad, HOUR = time, around UM = hesitate | |
54 INDRI – alternate letters in sIgNs DaRwIn | |
55 GO-AHEAD – GOA = Indian state, HEAD = intelligence | |
56 NOTED – N(ew), O.T. = books, ED(itor) | |
57 MARINER – MINER = collier, around (tAR) | |
58 EARNESTLY – (NASTY LEER)* | |
Down | |
1 AWARD – A, WAR = fighting, D(aughter) | |
2 CHARTERED ENGINEER – (CAREER ENDING THERE)* | |
3 INGENUOUS – INGENIOUS = invention, with U(niversity) replacing I = unit | |
4 ENMESH – H(or)SEMEN* | |
5 TRANSPARENT – TRANS = sex-changing, PARENT = mum or dad | |
6 PARANOID – PARA = soldier, NO, I.D. = identification | |
7 PANACHE – PAN = vessel, ACHE = long | |
8 RESPONSIBLE – (i)RE (i)S (u)PON (u)S (b)IBLE with initial letters removed. Another well constructed clue | |
9 SANDSTONE – SANE = sensible, around DON = South Yorkshire river, itself around ST(reet) | |
10 SILENCE – SINCE = after, around LE = the, in French | |
11 BOWLS – B(lack), OWLS = birds of prey | |
12 EARLS COURT – EARLS = possible parliamentarians, COURT = seek support of | |
17 MYRRH – final letters of (gu)M (variet)Y (fo)R (cense)R (churc)H | |
20 AESTHETIC MOVEMENT – (HAVE TEN COMMITTEES)* | |
21 HOMBRE – HOME = residence, around BR(other) | |
24 ANNEAL – ANNE = girl, A(bnorma)L | |
25 OPIUM – OP = work, I, UM = MU = foreign character, reversed | |
26 REMARK – REM = measure of radiation, ARK = large vessel | |
28 YEARS – YES = quite, around A(ny) and R(espite) | |
31 ERASER – ERR = mistake, around ASE = APE = copy, with the change of letter | |
33 TORCH-BEARER – TOR = prominence, CH(urch), BEARER = coffin carrier | |
35 SELF-SERVICE – SELF = personality, SERVICE = employment | |
37 DOLLY – double definition. Dolly was the first cloned sheep | |
38 ABREACTION – (OBTAIN CARE)* | |
40 STAFFROOM – STAFF = crook, ROOM = opportunity | |
42 EXONERATE – EX = former, ONE = cardinal, RATE = merit | |
43 PROVIDER – PROVER(b) = biblical saying, around I’D = I had | |
45 RESOUND – ROUND = ring, around (fo)ES | |
47 ARABIAN – ARIAN – heretic, around A and B(ishop) | |
49 GINGER – GIN = flavoured spirit, GER(m) = seed | |
51 ALLOT – A, LLOT = TOLL = ring, reversed | |
52 TODDY – T(ons), ODD = unusual, Y(en) |
I struggled with the 50ac/38dn intersection too.
CLASSIFIED took me a while but the C helped with ABREACTION.
ILL HUMOUR
Maybe ‘want’ means ‘lack’ here?
Thanks setter and also sghanson.
mike04