Time taken 11 minutes.
I’m not sure what’s happened about today’s QC blog so I am posting this one to cover for Chrisw. Sorry about the brevity, but if anyone has questions I shall be pleased to respond.
As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in square ones]
| Across |
| 1 |
Don’t allow a place to rest? Like unkind comments (6) |
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BARBED – BAR (don’t allow), BED (place to rest) |
| 5 |
More wild / pig meat for breakfast? (6) |
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RASHER – Two defintions |
| 8 |
Posing with sailor, become easy victim (7,6) |
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SITTING TARGET – SITTING (posing), TAR (sailort), GET (become) |
| 9 |
As reported, what the wind did is sad (4) |
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BLUE – Sounds like [as reported] “blew” (what the wind did) |
| 10 |
Battle to send away one looking for business (5-3) |
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SHOOT-OUT – SHOO (send away), TOUT (one looking for business) |
| 11 |
Useful hint about container for boiling vegetable (6) |
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TURNIP – TIP (useful hint) about URN (container for boiling) |
| 13 |
Like a lover, visibly embarrassed after fuss (6) |
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ADORED – ADO (fuss), RED (visibly embarrassed) |
| 15 |
He zooms around outside clubs to talk ingratiatingly (8) |
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SCHMOOZE – Anagram [around] of HE ZOOMS outside C (clubs) |
| 17 |
Cry loudly in rough fight when resistance fails (4) |
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BAWL – B{r}AWL (rough fight) [when resistance fails] |
| 19 |
Women’s rowing boat picking up in a display of strength (6-7) |
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WEIGHT-LIFTING – W (women), EIGHT (rowing boat), LIFTING (picking up) |
| 21 |
Runs inside to provide food in a bowl (6) |
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CRATER – R (runs) inside CATER (provide food) |
| 22 |
Coarse head of corn starts to turn healthily yellow (6) |
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EARTHY – EAR (head of corn), T{urn} H{ealthily} Y{ellow} [starts] |
| Down |
| 2 |
Mountain gazelle seen in safari — elegant (5) |
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ARIEL – Hidden [seen in] {saf}ARI EL{elegant} |
| 3 |
Wager small Scottish note, having things both ways? (7) |
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BETWEEN – BET (wager), WEE (small, Scottish), N (note) |
| 4 |
Teacher at university that’s not quite finished (3) |
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DON – DON{e} (finished) [not quite…] |
| 5 |
Reason to limit the supply of alcohol (9) |
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RATIONALE – RATION (limit supply), ALE (alcohol) |
| 6 |
Jack who’d only eat lean / fish (5) |
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SPRAT – Two definitions |
| 7 |
Devon river with very attractive effect (7) |
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EXECUTE – EXE (Devon river), CUTE (very attractive) |
| 10 |
Fan needing to drink beer (9) |
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SUPPORTER – SUP (drink), PORTER (beer) |
| 12 |
Relative brought up Egyptian god that’s obscure (7) |
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UNCLEAR – UNCLE (relative), RA (Egyptian god) reversed [brought up] |
| 14 |
Round puncture in skin of rover spacecraft (7) |
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ORBITER – O (round), then BITE (puncture) in R{ove}R [skin of…] |
| 16 |
Great power / could possibly … (5) |
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MIGHT – Two definitions |
| 18 |
… have weight move very slowly in hauling device (5) |
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WINCH – W (weight), INCH (move very slowly) |
| 20 |
Frostiness that is showing a cold heart? (3) |
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ICE – IE (that is) with C (cold) inside it [showing a cold heart] |
LOI 15ac SCHMOOZE COD 18ac WEIGHT LIFTING
WOD TURNIP
Anyway all done in the end in about 30 minutes in total. LOI was 10a. Many good clues but have to vote for 15a just to get Schmooze into a crossword (one of my first in). David
Thanks for filling in jack
PS I managed to get within 3 or 4 answers of completing today’s 15×15, so it’s well worth a go.
Thanks for the blog!
Paul G