| Grateful for a straightforward one as I am feeling ever-so-slightly fragile this morning. Interesting solve, with any tricky wordplay generally compensated by biffability, e.g. 7dn which I didn’t parse until afterwards, and some nice anagrams. LOI 14ac. I returned a below-par time of 9 minutes, due entirely to unfavourable conditions (hangover). If this was Top Gear they’d call it a ‘wet lap’.
Across
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| 1 |
In uncomplicated final part of course (4,8) |
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HOME STRAIGHT – self-explanatory |
| 8 |
Sort to dance beside curious platform (7) |
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ROSTRUM – anagram (‘to dance’) of SORT, then RUM |
| 9 |
First pair of marines aboard harbour vessel, back in range (5) |
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GAMUT – MA (first two of MARINES) inside TUG, all backwards |
| 10 |
Rigidly precise, restricting small source of coloured light (5) |
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PRISM – PRIM with S inside |
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It helps to forget different men in a large part of the world (7) |
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AMNESIA – anagram (‘different’) of MEN, inside ASIA |
| 12 |
British avoiding showing intelligence? Correct (5) |
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RIGHT – BRIGHT minus B for British |
| 14 |
Bishop with crowd standing beside church yard in an irregular form (7) |
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BLOTCHY – B (bishop) + LOT (crowd) + CH (church) + Y (yard) |
| 15 |
Comic greeting America, including North and South American cities (9) |
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HILARIOUS – HI (greeting) and US (American) with LA and RIO inbetween |
| 17 |
The writer recalled hugging large tree (3) |
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ELM – ME backwards with L in the middle |
| 19 |
Snapshot, as it’s developed, reveals store worker (4,9) |
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SHOP ASSISTANT – anagram (‘developed’) of SNAPSHOT AS ITS |
| 21 |
Change with regard to group of students (6) |
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REFORM – RE + FORM |
| 22 |
Month with other ranks for council official (5) |
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MAYOR – MAY + OR |
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