DT 29652

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29652

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This puzzle was published on 17^th April 2021

BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **

Chris Lancaster set this crossword as a tribute to Prince Philip on the day of his funeral. I found it more difficult than most commenters did, but I did see the Nina – in addition to 1a and 29a, rows 4 and 8 spell out Rest in Peace

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Across

1a    Royal figure with bond he’d built across UK? (4,2,9)
DUKE OF EDINBURGH – An anagram (built) of FIGURE BOND HED into which is inserted UK

9a    Trim sailor, somewhere high (7)
ABRIDGE – AB (sailor) RIDGE (somewhere high)

10a    Danger signals exposed Malay spirits (7)
ALARUMS – One of my favourite words, usually accompanied by ‘and excursions’. The inside (exposed) letters of mALAy and RUMS (spirits)

11a    Film hen, perhaps (5)
LAYER – Double definition

12a    Part of tyre factory’s routine (9)
TREADMILL – TREAD (part of tyre) MILL (factory)

14a    Row about fresh contract (4,2)
DRAW IN – DIN (noise, row) ‘about’ RAW (fresh)

16a    International team’s second to wear unusual silver uniforms (8)
LIVERIES – I (international) and E (the second letter of team) to ‘wear’ an anagram (unusual) of SILVER

18a    Records go in artistic production (8)
TAPESTRY – TAPES (records) TRY (go)

19a    Workshop with boss I love (6)
STUDIO – STUD (boss) I (from the clue) O (love)

21a    Parking licence is commonplace (9)
PLATITUDE – P (parking) LATITUDE (licence)

25a    Occasionally asked after low creature (5)
MOOSE – The occasional letters of aSkEd go after MOO (low)

27a    Folding business? (7)
ORIGAMI – Cryptic definition

28a    Sign of hesitation entering museum gallery (7)
VERANDA – ER (sign of hesitation) ‘entering’ V AND A (museum)

29a    Finally resting, sleeps with grace, tho’ moving service here? (2,7,6)
ST GEORGES CHAPEL – An anagram of the final letter of restinG SLEEPS with GRACE THO

Down

1d    Terribly idle lad rang (7)
DIALLED – An anagram (terribly) of IDLE LAD

2d    1000 lines welcoming Queen in Irish county (5)
KERRY – K (1,000) RY (lines) ‘welcoming’ ER (the regnal cipher of our current Queen)

3d    Instructions to take on 51 English hospital workers (9)
ORDERLIES – ORDERS (instructions) to take on LI (Roman numerals for 51) and E (English)

4d    Get rid of ultimately vile joke for the audience (5)
EGEST – The ultimate letter of vilE and a homophone (for the audience) of JEST (joke)

5d    Angry group of proletarians turned up (5)
IRATE – Hidden in reverse (turned up) in prolETARIans

6d    Offer to purchase artist’s twisted material (5)
BRAID – BID (offer) to ‘purchase’ RA (artist)

7d    I endure if playing like Germany? (9)
REUNIFIED – An anagram (playing) of I ENDURE IF

8d    Problems of husband left surrounded by fools (7)
HASSSLES – H (husband) and L (left), the latter ‘surrounded’ by ASSES (fools)

13d    Broadcast race, then hack (7)
RELAYED – RELAY (race) ED (editor, hack)

15d    Attractive part of bowler’s job (9)
APPEALING – What a bowler does when he thinks the batsman might be out

17d    Delicately built type destroyed room etc over pub (9)
ECTOMORPH – An anagram (destroyed) of ROOM ETC goes over (in a Down solution) PH (pub)

18d    Those in charge of champion boxers? (3,4)
TOP DOGS – These people in charge sound like champion boxer dogs??

20d    Complete position of ‘w’ in ‘wall’? (7)
OVERALL – The W in wall goes OVER ALL

22d    Bad hairdo — run out in such a state (5)
IDAHO – An anagram (bad) of HAIrDO without the R (run out)

23d    American ruler loses kilo exercising (5)
USING – US (American) kING (ruler without the K for Kilo)

24d    Some kneel, visiting singer (5)
ELVIS – Hidden in kneEL VISiting

26d    Admit adult leaving Greece (3,2)
OWN UP – A grOWN UP (adult) without (leaving) the GR (Greece)