Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29036
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 27th April 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! This is a crypticsue review in disguise as I am a bit snowed under. All delays are my fault!!
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Across
1a Party’s rejected a constituent for boozy tipples (4)
SODA – A reversal (rejected) of DOS (party’s) followed by A (from the clue)
3a In aviators, undergoing turbulence leads to changes (10)
VARIATIONS – An anagram (undergoing turbulence) of IN AVIATORS
9a Did butterfly perhaps bring about gaping mouths? (4)
SWAM – A reversal (bring about) of MAWS (gaping mouths of voracious animals)
10a Caught by love, married before engagement to get accommodation (10)
COMPROMISE – C (caught) O (love) M (married) PROMISE (engagement)
11a Pain coming from headgear, a check-up unveiled (7)
EARACHE – Lurking in headgEAR A CHEck
13a Hood maybe involving bishop with grand larceny (7)
ROBBING – ROBIN (Hood maybe) ‘involving’ B (Bishop in chess abbreviation) and then followed by G (grand)
14a Review after seeing ‘Devil and Saint’ show (11)
DEMONSTRATE – DEMON (devil) ST (saint) RATE (review)
18a Choose twisted or clever end with a shock? (11)
ELECTROCUTE – ELECT (choose), a reversal (twisted) of OR (from the clue) and CUTE (clever)
21a Lie and refuse to see Republican ousting Democrat (7)
RECLINE – R (Republican) ‘ousting’ the D (Democrat) in DECLINE (refuse)
22a Herb tea’s brewed, take in the air (7)
BREATHE – An anagram (brewed) of HERB TEA
23a Common uniform, wearing stockings in see-through construction (10)
GREENHOUSE – GREEN (common land) and U (Uniform in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet) inserted (wearing) into HOSE (stockings)
24a Neglect to put about I’m making a comeback (4)
OMIT – TO (from the clue) ‘put about’ IM (from the clue) and then reversed (making a comeback)
25a Enforce reforms by November church synod? (10)
CONFERENCE – An anagram (reforms) of ENFORCE followed by N (November in the N P A) and CE (Church of England)
26a Something often in wood that bears nosh (4)
TRAY – – TRAYS that carry food (nosh) are often made of wood
Down
1d Shelves in which American lifted forks out (8)
SUSPENDS – US (American) is lifted into SPENDS (forks out)
2d Dull gathering Indian city stages, finally revealing plans (8)
DIAGRAMS – DIM (dull) ‘gathering’ AGRA (Indian city) followed by the S that is the final letter of stages
4d Issued an emblem of England (5)
AROSE – A (an) ROSE (emblem of England)
5d One is patron for organisation — time is of the essence (9)
IMPORTANT – IM (one is) followed by an anagram (for organisation) of PATRON and T (time)
6d Book about Putin’s cash likely to cause ructions (11)
TROUBLESOME – TOME (book) goes about ROUBLES (Putin’s cash)
7d Gold US soldier should divide in beginning (6)
ORIGIN – OR (heraldic term for gold) followed by GI (US soldier) dividing IN (from the clue)
8d Say Trotter’s around, one could go downhill fast (6)
SLEDGE – A reversal (around) of EG (say) DELS (Del Trotter’s)
12d Facility being new in bay, northern relative’s trapped inside (11)
CONVENIENCE – Insert N (new) in COVE (bay) and then trap N (northern) inside NIECE (relative)
15d So the umpire wants product of mine? (9)
THEREFORE – THE (from the clue) REF (umpire) ORE (product of mine)
16d Person shopping me should be arrested by order of courts (8)
CUSTOMER – ME (from the clue) ‘arrested’ by an anagram (order of) COURTS
17d Bank holds little European money of late (8)
RECENTLY – RELY (bank) ‘holds’ CENT (a little part of a Euro)
19d Terrible automatic reaction after picking up newspaper (6)
TRAGIC – TIC (automatic reaction) ‘picking up) RAG (newspaper)
20d What’s coming up on and off from one exec rocks TV (6)
SCREEN – Lurking in reverse (coming up) in alternate letters (on and off) of oNe ExEc RoCkS
22d Writer’s accepted as essential (5)
BASIC – BIC (writer, type of biro) ‘accepted’ AS (from the clue)
Got a bit confused with 8d as I thought Sleigh was the answer but couldn’t parse it
Thanks to Gnome for the explanation
This one nearly filled itself in but enjoyable all the same. Thought 26a was a bit weak.
Thanks to CS/GT for the review