Times 28921 – A dog’s life? – Times for The Times

A lot to like in this fairly simple offering, which starts out with a plethora of anagrams before deciding to give the double definition a run-out.

20:22

Across
1	Tavern in Western Peru represented in books (7)
	BREWPUB – anagram* of W PERU in B B
5	Like S&M, perhaps, in old courts? (7)
	ASSIZES – AS (like) SIZES (Small & Medium)
9	Rues dunce somehow becoming loose (9)
	UNSECURED – RUES DUNCE*
10	Liquor carrier moves out of Cuba (5)
	RUMBA – RUM (liquor) BA (carrier/airline)
11	One in Temple Bar knocked back first couple of bitters (5)
	RABBI – BAR reversed BI~~tters~~
12	Weirdly, adores eating fish food (4,5)
	SODA BREAD – DAB (fish) in ADORES*
14	Yank consortium bulldozed American peaks (5,9)
	ROCKY MOUNTAINS – YANK CONSORTIUM*
17	Very clear decision after taking drugs? (4-10)
	HIGH-RESOLUTION – HIGH (taking drugs) RESOLUTION (decision)
21	Mineral’s origin: can that’s been cracked open (9)
	INORGANIC – ORIGIN CAN*
23	China uncovered river creature (5)
	OTTER – pOTTERy
24	Lure politician into Vietnamese festival (5)
	TEMPT – MP in TET
25	Being sulky and low, eats seconds (9)
	MOODINESS – MOO(low) DINES S
26	Old man hacks into renowned computer (7)
	NOTEPAD – PA in NOTED
27	Establish disadvantageous position in court? (3,4)
	SET DOWN – if you’re a set down in tennis, you need to improve

Down

Britpop band extremely rowdy, lacking focus (6)

BLURRY – BLUR R~~owd~~Y

After downsizing, Newcastle use bionic footballer (7)

EUSEBIO – hidden; Portuguese superstar

Photograph yuletide saint and queen outside diner (9)

PICNICKER – PIC (photograph) NICK (Saint Nicholas, AKA Santa Claus) ER

Hospital working to support naughty kids — one in particular (4,7)

BART SIMPSON – IMPS (naughty kids) in BARTS (nickname for St Bartholemew’s – hospital in London) ON (working); NAUGHTY KIDS is doing a kind of double duty – as Bart might well try to do

Assist with unfinished opera (3)

AID – AIDa; opera by Verdi written to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal

Cancel US sitcom without finale (5)

SCRUB – SCRUBs; American noughties sitcom set in a hospital. No, never heard of it either

With energy, Zulu reportedly, enters short country river? (7)

ZAMBEZI – E (energy) Z (Zulu in phonetic alphabet) in ZAMBIa

Lacking organisation, band is infiltrated by US cops (8)

SLAPDASH – LAPD in SASH (band)

Betray what’s apparent in anti-vaxxers (6-5)

DOUBLE-CROSS – there are two ‘crosses’ in anti-vaXXers

Military display is beginning to trouble needleworker (9)

TATTOOIST – TATTOO (military display) IS T~~rouble~~

Name of chap on X (8)

CHRISTEN – CHRIS on TEN (Romsn numeral X)

Picked up famous dog’s rubber ring (7)

GROMMET – sounds like GROMIT, of Wallace fame

Busy period — Mike’s forgotten about self-esteem (2,3,2)

ON THE GO – mONTH (the letter M – Mike in the phonetic alphabet – is deleted (‘forgotten about’) from the time period) EGO (self-esteem)

Jail’s image promotion has feasibility (6)

PRISON – PR (image promotion) IS ON (has feasability)

Clothes stand (3,2)

GET UP – double definition (DD)

Government department, one fashionable in the sixties (3)

MOD – DD

Times 28921 – A dog’s life?

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