Solving time: 3:58
Quite a few old chestnuts today (e.g. 10ac, 11ac, 7dn). One word I didn’t know but probably should have (2dn).
Music of the day, courtesy of 26ac: All Together Now by The Farm.
* = anagram, “X” = sounds like ‘X’.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 7 | RARE (double definition) |
| 9 | ETON CROP; rev. of (PORC + NOTE) |
| 10 | RAN C.I.D. |
| 11 | OS + CARS |
| 13 | TI + A(MAR + I)A |
| 14 | WALDORF SALAD; (DAD WAS ALL FOR)* – a kind of semi-&lit which doesn’t quite work but does remind me of this episode of Fawlty Towers. |
| 17 | SAN FRANCISCO; (FANS)* + RAN + C + [d]ISCO |
| 20 | ROSE(HIP)S |
| 22 | SALAMI; rev. of I + M[ade] + ALAS |
| 23 | RATIONAL – ‘X Y Z doctor’ for ‘anagram of XYZ’ is awful. |
| 26 | NO MAN’S LAND (cryptic definition) |
| Down | |
|---|---|
| 2 | ARTESIAN; (A NASTIER)* – my last entry. Apparently ‘artesian‘ describes a particular type of well, derived from Artois in France and exemplified by the Great Artesian Basin in Australia. |
| 7 | RANK AND FILE (cryptic definition) |
| 8 | RAISIN[g] |
| 12 | AIDES DE CAMP (cryptic definition) – as might assist military generals. |
| 15 | RENDITION; (N[ew] EDITOR IN)* |
| 19 | POT + AGE |
| 21 | SAT IN – like 14ac, this clue doesn’t quite work. |
| 24 | [f]OWL |
Here are the 9 missing answers:
1a (Turn scampi)* out of document (10)
MANUSCRIPT
21a Regular partner is calm (6)
STEADY
25a Look after part of castle (4)
KEEP
3d Peacekeepers secure right vessel (3)
U R N
4d Restrains dogs eating tip of bone (5)
CUR B S
5d (I’m upset)* about force (7)
IMPETUS
6d Material to waterproof cracked (urinal) and (tap)* (9)
TARPAULIN
16d Cloudy issue of pollution (4,4)
ACID RAIN
18d (Rum sort)* rebuilding platform (7)
ROSTRUM