Daily Telegraph No 28150
A full review by crypticsue
This puzzle was published on 25th June 2016
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A nice Saturday puzzle which didn’t cause me many problems, and my view was shared by many of the commenters on the day.
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Across
1a Cautious about Italian making donation (7)
CHARITY – CHARY (cautious) goes ‘about’ IT (Italian)
9a Damaged cassette leads to legal action (4,4)
TEST CASE – An anagram (damaged) of CASSETTE.
10a Dress at home (7)
HABITAT – HABIT (dress) IN (at)
11a Heather’s put by tip for something to eat (8)
DUMPLING – LING (heather) goes after (put by) DUMP (tip)
12a Broken carafes European’s dropped in commotion … (6)
FRACAS – Drop the E (European) from CARAFES and an anagram (broken) of the remaining letters will give you a commotion.
13a … 12 that shouldn’t cost anybody anything (4-3-3)
FREE-FOR-ALL – Another word for a commotion such as the solution to 12a could, without the hyphens, mean not costing anything.
15a Medic returns a harmonious conclusion? (4)
CODA – A reversal (returns) of DOC (medic) followed by A (from the clue)
16a It shows the cost of getting taken for a ride (9)
TAXIMETER – A cryptic definition.
21a What Santa repeatedly says reverted to shout of derision (4)
HOOT – Santa says HO repeatedly and this should be followed by a reversed (reverted) TO (from the clue).
22a Scruffy bit of publicity, taking shifty breather outside (10)
THREADBARE – An anagram (shifty) of BREATHER goes outside AD (an abbreviated (bit) advertisement {publicity]
24a Renegade let out shaking noise (6)
RATTLE – RAT (renegade) plus an anagram (out) of LET.
25a Progressed, getting offered money? (8)
ADVANCED – Double definition time.
27a Speech could be flat (7)
ADDRESS – A speech or somewhere you live which our setter is suggesting might be a flat.
28a Hindrance of course (8)
HANDICAP – A hindrance at a golf course or a race course.
29a Caught New York student heading west — he had knocked off illegally (7)
LYNCHED – A reversal (heading west in an Across clue) of C (caught) NY (New York) L (learner, student) followed by HED (he’d, he had)
Down
2d Principal part of building where nuts should fit in? (8)
HEADROOM – HEAD (principal) ROOM (part of building)
3d Artist wearing plaster that protects from cats and dogs (8)
RAINCOAT – RA (Royal Academician, artist) IN (wearing) COAT (plaster)
4d Established supporting vehicles one should leave immobile (10)
TRANSFIXED – FIXED (established) supporting or going after TRAINS (vehicles) without the I (one should leave)
5d Gold must come next to be dandy (4)
BEAU – AU (chemical symbol for gold) comes next to (or goes after) BE (from the clue)
6d Kind of economic policy in the red, turning green? (4-2)
STOP-GO – STOP (as indicated by a red traffic light) and GO (as instructed by a green traffic light)
7d Militant cardinal mixed up, losing direction (7)
RADICAL – An anagram (mixed up) of CARDINAL once you have lost N (the compass point, direction, North).
8d Playgoer ignoring unknown performing show of bloomers to be put on here (7)
PERGOLA – An anagram (performing) of PLAYGOER ignoring the Y (mathematical unknown).
11d Place of fantasy — fear grips chap getting left inside (9)
DREAMLAND – DREAD (fear) ‘grips’ MAN (chap), the latter getting L (left) inside.
14d Pop festival in June (7,3)
FATHERS DAY – This particular festival for pops (fathers) falls in June in the UK but not necessarily in the same month in other countries.
17d Disorganised choirmaster missing most of mass in oratory (8)
RHETORIC – The fourth clue where you are required to make an anagram of a word once you have removed a letter from it – this time a ‘disorganised’ CHOIRMASTER missing the MAS (most of mass)
18d Mix company drinks before City rises (8)
COALESCE – CO (company) ALES (drinks) go before a reversal (rises) of EC (the area of London where the City of London is located).
19d Diplomat gets cheers rising and falling — revolutionary (7)
ATTACHE – A reversal (rising) of TA (thank you, cheers) plus another TA (cheers but this time ‘falling’ downwards in this Down clue, and finally CHE (Crosswordland’s favourite revolutionary Mr Guevara).
20d Stop before opening (7)
PREVENT – PRE (before) VENT (opening)
23d A loose woman in the family (6)
AUNTIE – Time for a chestnut – A (from the clue) UNTIE (loose)
26d Partially consumed a mild cheese (4)
EDAM – Lurking partially in consumED A Mild.
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