Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2482 – Review
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Across
1a Stresses that may be produced by hairdresser (10)
HIGHLIGHTS – here stresses means overlays text with a bright colour, for special attention, and to do something similar to one’s hair
6a Request something enjoyable? Not sure (4)
PLEA – the something enjoyable is a PLEAsure; take away the sure (not sure) and you have a request
10a Not so wild West Americans partly revealed (5)
TAMER – this word meaning not so wild is hidden (partly revealed) in WesT AMERicans
11a Like short stay in hotel, completed near West End (9)
OVERNIGHT – a clever charade of OVER (completed) and NIGH (near) and then the end of WesT give us this short stay in a hotel
12a Control panel providing comfort (7)
CONSOLE – noun and verb make up this double definition
13a Person seeking satisfaction with a second helping (7)
DUELLER – another relatively straightforward double definition
14a Southern politician with powerful relations (5-7)
STORY TELLING – another nice charade combines S(outhern), TORY (a Conservative politician) and TELLING (powerful) to get the telling of tales (relations)
18a They control access to money in society, in most refined circles (5,7)
PURSE STRINGS – the person with these controls access to money – S(ociety) inside PUREST (most refined) and RINGS (circles) give us this answer
21a Get mine damaged falling heavily (7)
TEEMING – this anagram (damaged) of GET MINE gives a word meaning falling heavily
23a Swindled young lady, one of the Irish county set (7)
DONEGAL – DONE (swindled) and GAL (a shortened form of girl / young lady) give this county, town and bay in Ireland
24a A pot again broken in part of South America (9)
PATAGONIA – broken is your signal to find an anagram of A POT AGAIN to find this part of South America which includes parts of Argentine and Chile
25a Part of House, following second big shift in vote (5)
SWING – WING (part of a large house) following S(econd) gives a big shift in vote
26a Forcefully close big contract (4)
SLAM – a double definition; on the one hand to forcefully close a door and on the other to bid for a big contract in bridge
27a Bird found in Barbados and Martinique (4,6)
SAND MARTIN – this bird can be found hidden in BarbadoS AND MARTINique
Down
1d Problem about East being advanced in electronics (2-4)
HI-TECH – put E(ast) inside HITCH (problem) to get HIgh TECHnology electronics!
2d Undistinguished pair making sign (6)
GEMINI – identical twins (undistinguished pair / pair indistinguishable from each other) make up this Zodiac sign
3d Movie such as Ali? (4,2,3,5)
LORD OF THE RINGS – this Multi-Academy Award winning film about Hobbits could have been about Muhammad Ali, bit isn’t!
4d Left-winger supporting theatre means to travel a lot (9)
GLOBETROT – TROT (a Trotskyite / left-winger) supports GLOBE (Shakespeare’s theatre) to travel a lot
5d Nurse retains right to proceed in particular direction (5)
TREND – TEND (nurse) around (retains) R(ight) givfes to proceed in particular direction
7d Support arranged, being without advocate originally? (5,3)
LEGAL AID – this all-in-one clue puts LEG (a part of the body that acts as a support) and LAID (arranged, as in set the table) around A(dvocate) to give a term used for financial assistance given to those unable to pay the full costs of proceedings in court
8d Modify, say, second character in novel, such as Mr. Hyde (5,3)
ALTER EGO – a well constructed clue gives ALTER (modify), EG (e.g. – say) and O (second character in nOvel) to give Mr. Hyde, the ALTER EGO of Dr Jekyll in the well-known book
9d Brainy types with dreadfully elitist leaning (14)
INTELLIGENTSIA – these brainy types are from an anagram (dreadfully) of ELITIST LEANING
15d As heard about indirectly, a second indicator? (5-4)
THIRD-HAND – such news is heard about indirectly, and the third hand on a clock or watch indicates the seconds
16d Final comments that could make one happiest? (8)
EPITAPHS – these comments come from an anagram (could make one) of HAPPIEST
17d Non-alcoholic drink teenager oddly ordered (5,3)
GREEN TEA – some cunning misdirection here – oddly ordered is an anagram indicator for TEENAGER to give a non-alcoholic drink and not an instruction to take the odd numbered letters from somewhere
19d Showing lack of respect for many years? (6)
AGEIST – a fairly gentle cryptic definition
20d Continue signalling vessel (6)
FLAGON – to continue signalling is to FLAG ON; run them together to get a vessel
22d Sail from where Columbus started (5)
GENOA – this type of sail is named after the Italian port where Christopher Columbus was born
