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ACROSS
8 See this agent before going to sea (8)
9 Arouse the Scotsman by telling him to leave, I hear (6)
10 Its about a can, I see (6)
11 Its close when the sun is furthest away (8)
12 It's about the Ulster one hundred, in a cultural way (6)
13 This bloomer has no identification in the sky (8)
15 Una has about fifty, below her elbow (4)
17 And Santa came around to see who killed the hound (7)
19 Has a unique horn, I hear (7)
22 I will be wet all around (4)
24 You and me on the road to get the wine there (8)
27 So you wager I am dim (6)
29 The French desire to be like the stars (8)
30 First class fish, not good? (6)
31 Pure cheats (6)
32 Edward was on the oceans and spiced things up (8)
DOWN
1 About that menace (6)
2 A gin is in this badge (8)
3 A well defined decrease for the Sea King (5-3)
4 The holy man in the train, loved his uncles bride (7)
5 Lose the lot in a wager, for a dance (6)
6 Tear around after a degree for some back-chat (6)
7 This wise guy, Melville, he sings with a crazy group (8)
14 He took the Dublin tram back to Damascus (4)
16 No fowl in this den (4)
18 Yes, I can see eight (8)
20 Rare gas at Albert's during infancy (8)
21 A small bed I will lie on heard after the ball (8)
23 Can a bad eye with a tilt, sort stresses (7)
25 Set about twice and fly to sleep (6)
26 Tom rounds up the long one, for an American dish (6)
28 After the weekend Kenneth was wet (6)
Full Solution
ACROSS
8 chandler.
C + HANDLER
9 awaken.
AWA[Y] KEN
10 retina.
RE A TIN anagram
11 solstice.
ITS CLOSE anagram
12 ethnic.
ETH + NI + C
13 asteroid.
ASTER + O + ID
15 ulna.
U[L]NA
17 Setanta.
S [ET =and] ANTA
19 unicorn.
UNICORN
22 isle.
ISLE
24 Westport.
WE + ST + PORT
27 obtuse.
SO U BET anagram
29 sidereal.
LA DESIRE anagram
30 ailing.
AI + LING
31 chaste.
CHEATS anagram
32 seasoned.
SEAS + ON + ED
DOWN
1 threat.
RE THAT anagram
2 insignia.
A GIN IS IN anagram
3 clear-cut.
C + LEAR-CUT
4 Tristan.
ST TRAIN anagram
5 ballet.
B [ALL]ET
6 banter.
BA + RENT anagram
7 Melchior.
MEL + CHIOR
14 Saul.
SAUL
16 lair.
LAIR
18 eyesight.
YES EIGHT anagram
20 neonatal.
NEON + AT + AL
21 cotilion.
COT+ I'LL+ I + ON
23 stylist.
STY + LIST
25 tsetse.
TSETSE
26 omelet.
OM [ ELE] T
28 sunken.
SUN + KE
Solved Grid
1 comment:
Hi Tommy,
Another good one! I finished in about 15 minutes, not quite enough time to get through a whole mug of Barry's finest, but close. I'd call this one "upmarket and sophisticated", as there were lots of nice. classic references.
My notes along the way:
ETH-NIC: It always takes me a while to spot the cryptic use of little words like "the" ... very nice.
ASTER-O-ID: Classic clue structure, also nice.
S(ET)ANTA: great to see an Irish mythological reference instead of all that Roman and Greek stuff!
AI-LING: another classically formed clue.
C-LEAR-CUT: I got the answer, without understanding the "Sea King" reference, so had an "aha" looking at the explanation.
B(ALL)ET: Clue of the Day. I loved the use of "lose" to signal that ALL was engulfed by BET. Excellent!
MEL-CHIOR: classy answer, and so wise :)
SAUL: Runner up to Clue of the Day, with the classical answer combined with our own Daniel Day!
LAIR: I didn't quite get the connection between lair/fowl/den.
STY-LIST: Clever! sorts tresses = sort stresses :)
TSETSE: Also clever ... took me a while, this one.
OMELET: We Yanks are such sad spellers!
Great stuff, Tommy. I hope you find time to create another one. I do enjoy your crosswords. They're very Crosaire-like, but without the frustration!
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