DT 29174

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29174

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This puzzle was published on 5^th October 2019

BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment **

One of those crosswords where joining together solutions across a row or column produces some interesting results – I particularly like the 16/18a combination

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Across

1a    They boost growth of young theatre audiences (11)
GREENHOUSES – GREEN (young) HOUSES (theatre audiences)

7a    Barnet’s gone flat? You should ‘ave this emergency action (7)
AIRLIFT – A Cockney might refer to his hair as his ‘barnet’ so if it had gone flat, he might need a [h]AIR LIFT

8a    Sell cars? (7)
TRAFFIC – Double definition

10a    Heard grower identify drug dealer? (8)
PHARMACY – A homophone (heard) of FARMER (grower) SEE (identify)

11a    Watering hole state’s sited in Etna’s core (6)
TAVERN – AVER (state) in T N (the two letters at the ‘core’ of eTNa

13a    Free love then dash off (4)
OPEN – O (love) PEN (dash off some writing)

14a    One reckons copper should cut appeal and roll over (10)
CALCULATOR – CU (chemical symbol for copper) should ‘cut’ CALL (appeal) and then be followed by a reversal (over) of a ROTA (roll)

16a    Absurd and sadly ludicrous one should wear that (10)
RIDICULOUS – An anagram (sadly)of LUDICROUS ‘wearing’ or going round I (one)

18a    Animal pound holds up to twelve in the day (4)
LAMB – LB (pound weight) ‘holds’ AM (morning – up to twelve in the day)

21a    It’s mad busting in (6)
AMIDST – An anagram (busting) of ITS MAD

22a    One saves offshore if able to, getting conversion (8)
LIFEBOAT – An anagram (getting conversion) of IF ABLE TO

24a    Record’s verse part (7)
EPISODE – EP IS (record’s) ODE (verse)

25a    Rehearsed section of orchestra in Edinburgh (7)
TRAINED – Found in a section of orchesTRA IN EDinburgh

26a    More than one follower in family and sect ends badly (11)
DESCENDANTS – An anagram (badly) of AND SECT ENDS

Down

1d    Scraps clothes used before maturity (7)
GARBAGE – GARB (clothes) before AGE (maturity)

2d    Mystery ingredient of Seagram gin — enjoyment’s up! (6)
ENIGMA – Lurking (ingredient of) in reverse (up) in SeagrAM GIN Enjoyment

3d    Pronounced absence of frozen stuff used in eating place (10)
NOTICEABLE – NO (absence of) ICE (frozen stuff) ‘used’ in TABLE (eating place)

4d    Little beasts, knocking off street food (4)
OATS – Remove the ST (knocking off street) from STOATS (little beasts)

5d    They keep water out as well as looking different (3,5)
SEA WALLS – An anagram (looking different) of AS WELL AS

6d    To get a rise, Foreign Office’s exam is least difficult (7)
SOFTEST – A reversal (a rise) of FOS (Foreign Office’s) plus TEST (exam)

7d    Accepted lift (11)
APPROPRIATE – Double definition, the second one being lift in the sense of stealing

9d    Given change but no credit (11)
CONTRIBUTED – An anagram (change) of BUT NO CREDIT

12d    Familiar sweet filling maestro put on starter for dinner (10)
ACQUAINTED – QUAINT (sweet) ‘filling’ ACE (maestro), the result put on top of the D that is the starter for Dinner

15d    When they meet, something usually gets nicked (8)
SCISSORS – A cryptic definition

17d    Came to worship from north and south (7)
DEIFIED – ‘From north and south’ indicates that we have a palindrome

19d    Numbers getting answer peak, with small following (7)
AMOUNTS – A (answer) MOUNT (peak) S (small)

20d    Secure once more, say, entering shower? (6)
REGAIN – EG (say) ‘entering’ RAIN (shower)

23d    Sounds like the inevitable event for charity (4)
FETE – A homophone (sounds like) of FATE (the inevitable)