Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29622
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This puzzle was published on 13th March 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A nice straightforward pangram from Cephas
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Across
1a Patient fellow’s account, list of duties, tasks etc (3,11)
JOB DESCRIPTION – JOB (patient man in the Old Testament) DESCRIPTION (account)
9a Upset open vessel (8)
OVERTURN – OVERT (open) URN (vessel)
10a Become less rigid about the French vote (5)
RELAX – RE (about) LE (French definite article) X (vote)
12a Unemployed Ian didn’t like exertion initially (4)
IDLE – The initial letters of Ian Didn’t Like Exertion
13a Dignified sculpture with girl embracing queen (10)
STATUESQUE – STATUE (sculpture) with SUE (girl) ’embracing’ Q (chess notation for Queen)
15a Agree Ray confused in unclear situation (4,4)
GREY AREA – An anagram (confused) of AGREE RAY
16a Young animal going round Corsica perhaps in collision (4-2)
PILE-UP – PUP (young animal) ‘going round’ ILE (Corsica being an example, perhaps, of a French island)
18a Mythical female sailor went first (6)
FABLED – F (female) AB (sailor) LED (went first)
20a Round letter (8)
CIRCULAR – Double definition
23a Lengthy rambling (4-6)
LONG-WINDED – Tediously wordy and circumlocutory
24a Pitcher that, in pieces, is removed from the water (4)
EWER – Remove THAT from thE WatER
26a Flame coming from short jacket (5)
BLAZE – A truncated (short) BLAZEr (jacket)
27a Stance I’m adapting relating to meanings of words (8)
SEMANTICS – An anagram (adapting) of STANCE IM
28a Lets off Anne and Leo struggling to come out well from a difficulty (4,2,4,4)
FALL ON ONES FEET – An anagram (struggling) of LETS OFF ANN and LEO
Down
2d Half bite very rotten veal and oyster? (7)
BIVALVE – The first half of Bite, the abbreviation for Very and an anagram (rotten) of VEAL
3d Little Ernest said to make money (4)
EARN – A homophone (said) of ERN (little Ernest)
4d Messenger entertains tense attendant (8)
COURTIER – COURIER (messenger) ‘entertains’ T (tense)
5d I get in fancy light (6)
IGNITE – An anagram (fancy) of I GET IN
6d Suit(e)? (5-5)
THREE-PIECE – A type of suit
7d Indirect slanting (7)
OBLIQUE – Double definition
8d Hastily prepared without brief (11)
EXTEMPORARY – EX (without) TEMPORARY (brief)
11d Maybe reigning golf champion is a card (4,2,5)
KING OF CLUBS – Could be a description of a reigning golf champion
14d Revolutionary device that will not work when it is dry (5,5)
WATER WHEEL – Cryptic definition
17d Poets from Nine Elms running riot (8)
LINESMEN – An anagram (running riot) of NINE ELMS
19d Some contraband, an antiquarian handkerchief (7)
BANDANA – Hidden in some contraBAND AN Antiquarian
21d Owl flying over hill that’s not very tall (3-4)
LOW-RISE – An anagram (flying) of OWL goes over RISE (hill)
22d Start of sensuousness in marriage harmony (6)
UNISON – S (the start of Sensuousness) in UNION (marriage)
25d Responsibility lying with you and me? (4)
ONUS – ON (with) US (you and me)