This should have been published yesterday, but I forgot about it. Clearly, my reliability hasn’t improved in my absence.
I quite enjoyed this one even though it did take me several sessions. I didn’t know 15a, but having looked her up, I rather like the clever way that the wordplay backs up the definition. It gets my COD. I also had no idea that a calculus could be a kidney stone. I read maths at university so there’s only one type of calculus that I’m familiar with.
Well done to crypticsue for noticing the nina that I missed – four of the down clues (symmetrically placed) mention the four card suits as part of longer phrases – IN THE PUDDING CLUB / DIAMOND WEDDING / CALL A SPADE A SPADE / CROSS ONES HEART – well spotted, Sue!
cd = cryptic def., dd = double def., rev = reversal, homophones are written in quotes, anagrams as (–)*, and removals like this
1 | MOUNT + AI + NASH (John Nash, the 18th/19th century architect who planned much of central London |
7 | BAD + GE |
10 | DAM + N |
14 | CHEVIOT = (THE + O + VIC)* – A breed of sheep |
15 | TARPEIA = |
16 | TRIP + O (round) + |
17 | UNPRETENTIOUS = (PRUNE)* + TENT + IOUS |
18 | ORANGEADE = RANGE (catalogue) + AD all in OE |
19 | SKATE – dd |
21 | UNDER-STUDY |
23 | JA(LOP)Y |
25 | C + ON + CLU(D)E |
26 | DEGENERATENESS = NET in (S + SEA) + RENEGED all rev |
29 | AND + IRON |
30 | ROLE MODEL = (E + DOME) rev in ROLL |
31 | SYRIA = S + AIRY rev |
32 | DENSE = (NEEDS)* |
34 | CE’S + S |
37 | SE(R + VAN)T |
39 | A HANDFUL OF DUST = (FOUND FAULT + DASH)* – I’ve heard of the novel, and the film adaptation, but I didn’t know it was by Evelyn Waugh. |
41 | PASTICHE – hidden |
43 | OBTUSE = |
44 | DEPENDENCE = (NEED PC NEED)* |
45 | SH(IR)E |
48 | THEREWITH = THREW (pitched) + IT (appeal) + H all about E |
49 | LETTERS PATENT = SPA in (LETTER + TENT) |
51 | PROJECT = C |
52 | AGA SAGA = (A GAS) + (A GA |
53 | A + BRE |
54 | S + PEW |
55 | GOA TEE – That’s West Indian, as in Western India, not the Caribbean. |
56 | KIDNEY STONE = (ID + N) in KEYSTONE – Not a meaning of Calculus I’ve come across before, but the wordplay and checkers left little doubt. |
Down | |
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1 | MOCK-UPS = M + (UK COPS)* |
2 | UNEXPLAINED = DENIAL + P + XENU all rev – I’d never heard of the supposed alien dictator at the heart of Scientology, but the rest was clear enough. |
3 | TRIBE = TRIE |
4 | IN THE PUDDING CLUB – cd |
5 | APTITUDE = (AT TIED-UP)* |
6 | HARBOUR SEAL = ARBOURS (retreats with trees) in HEAL (to restore) |
7 | B + LESS |
8 | DIAMOND WEDDING – cd |
9 | ENTRAP = RAP after ENT |
11 | A + VOCA |
12 | NAIVETY = NAY (No, old-style) about (I + VET) |
13 | DISGRACE = S in DIG + RACE |
20 | ENLARGE = rev hidden |
22 | THERM = TERM about H |
24 | CALL A SPADE A SPADE = CALLAS (Maria, soprano) + PAD (flat) + (PAD in EASE) |
25 | C(LAUD)IA |
27 | SE(A)TTLE |
28 | CROSS ONE’S HEART = CROSS + O + (SHEAR in NET) |
31 | STRATUS = STARTS (jumps) rev about U |
33 | NEAR THE BONE = EARTH in BEN rev + ONE |
35 | ADDLE = “AD’LL” |
36 | IN SIDETRACK |
38 | ARCHIPELAGO = ARAGO |
40 | DISH + EVE + L |
42 | ON DEMAND = NAMED + NO all rev + D |
43 | OCTOPUS = (COP’S OUT)* |
46 | ENTITLE = TIT in |
47 | BI(ST)RO |
49 | LE(AS)E |
50 | ACRES = C in ARES (Greek God of war) |
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