I had an easy week both with this puzzle and my Tuesday blog. Ran through this in double quick time virtually without looking in Chambers. No idea how well known the KP abreviation used here is – I associate it with a brand of nuts and North Korea – but Wiki has it.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | PASSUS – PASS-US; to serve on jury=PASS; as above=US; “fit” is the definition; |
| 5 | CATSUP – CATS-UP; chaps=men=CATS; tomato sauce; |
| 9 | INCORPORATE – (procreation)*; |
| 11 | CAVALIER – CAVA-LIER; bubbly=champaigne=CAVA; |
| 12 | PIROG – GO-RIP all reversed; Eastern European pie; |
| 13 | EMBLIC – (climbed – d=day)*; high=drunk=anagrind; a tree; |
| 14 | BRANKS – B-RANK-S; second grade=B RANK; section=S; struts; |
| 18 | ELATERITE – ELATE-R(IT)E; bitumen; |
| 19 | ROSTELLUM – ROSTE(r)-(MULL reversed);a small beaklike part, such as a projection on the stigma of an orchid; |
| 21 | YOGINI – Y-(INIGO reversed); |
| 22 | SHUFTI – change (u)P-(this) to (u)F-(this) then (ufthis)*; old slang for look; |
| 24 | CADEE – CA-DEE; messenger in Midlothian; |
| 26 | ATTERCOP – (b)ATTER-COP; a grouch; |
| 27 | PERIODONTAL – PERIOD(ON)T-A-L(ead); close to=ON “breaking” PERIOD and T; surrounding a tooth; |
| 28 | KIRPAN – K(I-R)P-A-(to)N; Kevin Pietersen (cricketer)=KP; a ceremonial sword or dagger carried by baptized Sikhs; |
| 29 | OUTAGE – OUT(r)AGE; |
| Down | |
| 1 | PIMP – P(IM)P; penny=old coin=P; |
| 2 | ANTI-RIOT – (tradition – d=hint of “doubt”)*; |
| 3 | SOLONETS – SOLO-NETS; soil containing sodium salts; |
| 4 | SPAZ – ZAPS reversed; |
| 5 | COVERTLY – C(OVERT)LY; nick=steal=CLY; |
| 6 | ARAME – A-RAME(kin); seaweed; |
| 7 | STILLICIDE – S(TILL-I-C)IDE; drips of rain from the eaves of a house; |
| 8 | PARCHESI – (e + pairs)* surrounds ch=check; Indian Ludo; |
| 10 | TRANSPUTER – shift=trans-F-er then change F to PUT to give TRANS-PUT-ER; pioneering microprocessor of the 1980s; |
| 14 | BARESARK – BARES-ARK; variation on beserk, a fierce warrior, often associated with Norsemen; |
| 15 | SALPICON – SAL(PIC)ON; ingredients diced or minced and bound with a sauce; |
| 16 | ARMGAUNT – A-RM-G-AUNT; jolly=RM; having thin limbs; |
| 17 | STONERAG – (strange)* contains o=ring; lichen; |
| 20 | STRIA – AIRTS reversed; |
| 23 | DODO – DO-DO; |
| 25 | EALE – (d)EALE(r); Waggeledagger misprint, probably for “evil”; |
I failed to finish, however, as I couldn’t get 1 across at all.
No problems with KP although I did consider Kev as well.
Thanks for the blog Jimbo.
Edited at 2013-04-21 01:40 pm (UTC)
Lots of clear wordplay as you would expect from Tim Moorey.