Daily Telegraph No 28246
A full review by crypticsue
This puzzle was published on 15th October 2016
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A short-lived but enjoyable solving experience.
Across
1a Producing great strides — and forcing giants to wear small pairs! (6,8)
MAKING PROGRESS – MAKING (forcing) OGRES to wear PR, the abbreviation (small) for pairs
8a I rent out still (5)
INERT -An anagram (out) of I RENT
9a Growing one is illegal, but many of us grow more than one (3,5)
POT PLANT No 1 son, a keen grower of the second sort of plant rather than a cryptic clue solver, both ‘got’ this clue and smiled at it too.
11a I have to follow Eastern females, etc, being represented as useful (9)
EFFECTIVE – IVE (I’ve, I have) follows E (Eastern) and F F (females) and an anagram (being represented) of ETC
12a Take hold of feline companion (5)
CATCH – CAT (feline) CH (Companion of Honour)
13a Specialist doctor gets round ban (4)
VETO – VET (specialist doctor) and O (round)
14a One’s always right in store (8)
CUSTOMER – Another nice cryptic definition
17a Tough Roy upset to get curdled food (8)
YOGHOURT – An anagram (upset) of TOUGH ROY gives one of the less common ways of spelling this food
19a Such prospects show one’s in the pink (4)
ROSY – In the pink of course meaning that your prospects were hopeful or promising
23a American entering valley to gather corn? (5)
GLEAN – A (American) entering GLEN (valley)
24a Come in after fish and chips (9)
CARPENTER – ENTER (come in) goes after CARP (fish)
25a Float I made to burst and be capsized aboard rescue craft (8)
LIFEBOAT – An anagram (made to burst) of FLOAT into which is inserted a reversal (capsized) of BE
26a Intense sorrow as a result of grand fire sputtering (5)
GRIEF – G (grand) and an anagram (sputtering) of FIRE
27a Food that could be said to produce a curiously lasting feline smile? (8,6)
CHESHIRE CHEESE – a photographer might ask the Cheshire Cat (a curiously lasting feline) to say cheese in order to get him to smile for a photograph
Down
1d Female diplomat to get on first cruise (6,6)
MAIDEN VOYAGE – MAID (female) ENVOY (diplomat) AGE (get on)
2d Continue to have loud rumpy-pumpy exercises (4,3)
KEEP FIT – KEEP (continue) F (musical instruction to play loudly) IT (rumpy-pumpy or sexual intercourse)
3d See what may be put on board? (6)
NOTICE A verb meaning to see or something you’d put on a notice board
4d Concerned with digestion? Go getting nervous reaction (6)
PEPTIC – PEP (go or energy) TIC (nervous reaction)
5d Fleeing, one after another? (2,3,3)
ON THE RUN – pursued by the police, for example, might mean in succession.
6d Actor Lee Wild to move to a new setting? (8)
RELOCATE – An anagram (wild) of ACTOR LEE
7d Knight in Muscat going round sacred place (7)
SANCTUM – An anagram (going round) of MUSCAT into which is inserted an N, the abbreviation in chess for a knight
10a Sweet wine, not very much (6,6)
SHERRY TRIFLE – SHERRY (wine) TRIFLE (not very much)
15a Titled woman, 50, dropped by many (8)
COUNTESS – The Roman numeral for 50, an L, is removed from COUNTLESS (many)
16d Little brother developed colic — it’s greens (8)
BROCCOLI – BRO (‘little’ brother) and an anagram (developed) of COLIC
18d Grand king looks down on the old getting sent up, his bent being rather gloomy (7)
GREYISH – G (grand) R (rex, king) looks down on or goes over a reversal (getting sent up) of YE (the ‘old’ way of saying the) and an anagram (bent) of HIS
20d Sketch route for getaway? (7)
OUTLINE – Split 3,4, this might be a get away
21d After court order, the man appears to squirm in pain (6)
WRITHE – WRIT (court order) HE (the man)
22d Distance member goes round north — this is to be cut (6)
LENGTH – LEG (member) goes round N (north) and is followed by part of (to be cut) THis.
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