Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29712
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 26th June 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Solved in Weymouth before visiting the small but very interesting museum and then, after lunch, enjoying an extremely long overdue catchup with family at our niece’s wedding.
Parts of this Saturday Prize Puzzle were “typical Chalicea” but then others weren’t and I took longer than I’d expect for one of her crosswords. Normally when away from home, solving a puzzle I’ve got to review, I solve the crossword and then put the solved grid into my suitcase so it will be ready to use when I get home. Not this time as, because of all the clue differences between the paper and online versions, I had several Saturday morning email conversations with Tilsit about the paper versions of several clues. Hopefully the next Saturday PP will be more hint-giver-friendly!
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Across
1a Declined rubbish diamonds (7)
REFUSED – REFUSE (rubbish) D (diamonds)
5a Army securing large essentially superior case for weapon (7)
HOLSTER – HOST (army) ‘securing‘ L (large) followed by the essential letters of supERior
9a Stick with cold response one’s covered up with lip (9)
CRITICISM – C (cold) and TIC (response) IS (one’s) ‘covered up‘ with RIM (lip)
10a Notions partly guide assistants (5)
IDEAS – Hidden in part of guIDE ASsistants
11a Pave with stones and waterproofing material (5)
PITCH – To pave with stones or some waterproofing material
12a Shaver‘s strangely gone rusty (9)
YOUNGSTER – An anagram (strangely) of GONE RUSTY
13a Trembling, chant about winter in Paris (9)
SHIVERING – SING (chant) about HIVER (the French word for winter)
16a Portion of pastry dish with starters of chicken and egg (5)
PIECE – PIE (pastry dish) with the ‘starters’ of Chicken and Egg
17a Characteristic of drink of beer with nothing in it (5)
POINT – PINT (drink of beer) with O (nothing) in it
18a Lost and found note with too much inside (9)
FORGOTTEN – FORGE (found) N (note) with OTT (too much) inside
20a Style of music in clubs Callas is performing (9)
CLASSICAL – An anagram (is performing) of C (clubs) CALLAS IS
23a Additional craft recalled by one-time partner (5)
EXTRA – A reversal (recalled) of ART (craft) goes after (by) EX (one-time partner)
25a Sprite‘s pretty unknown (5)
FAIRY – FAIR (pretty) Y (unknown)
26a Unable to part, detective leaves unseen (9)
INVISIBLE – DI (detective inspector) ‘leaves’ INdiVISIBLE (unable to part)
27a Worry of short show before noon (7)
CONCERN – A truncated (short) CONCERt (show) goes before N (noon)
28a Superlatively gloomy day ship set out (7)
DARKEST – D (day) ARK (ship) and an anagram (out) of SET
Down
1d Unusually precise instructions (7)
RECIPES – An anagram (unusually) of PRECISE
2d On the radio, feeble pretence (5)
FEINT – A homophone (on the radio) of FAINT (feeble)
3d Most insignificant website regularly supporting insult (9)
SLIGHTEST – The regular letters of wEbSiTe supporting or going after in a Down solution, SLIGHT (insult)
4d United over Yankee god (5)
DEITY – A reversal (over) of TIED (united) followed by the letter represented by Yankee in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
5d German citizen‘s fast food (9)
HAMBURGER – double definition
6d Dishonesty mostly in government houses (5)
LYING – Housed in mostLY IN Government
7d Handle fellows with primarily tactful management (9)
TREATMENT – TREAT (handle) MEN (fellows) and the primary letter of Tactful
8d Again wait on book (7)
RESERVE – RE SERVE (wait on again)
14d Version of totalitarianism LA star rejected as fake (9)
IMITATION – ‘reject’ or remove the letters LA STAR from TOTalItarIANIsM and an anagram (version of) will provide the solution
15d Presence of virus; confine it somehow (9)
INFECTION – An anagram (somehow) of CONFINE IT
16d Problematic posers for university academic (9)
PROFESSOR – An anagram (problematic) of POSERS FOR
17d Tranquil, in the main? (7)
PACIFIC – double definition, main here referring to a sea or in this case, ocean
19d Are in retreat, like one’s neighbours? (7)
NEAREST – ARE (from the clue) inserted into NEST (retreat)
21d Approach filthy place on the outskirts of Lille (5)
STYLE – STY (filthy place) on the ‘outskirts’ of LillE
22d Rising dust storm continued (5)
LIVED – A reversal (rising) of DEVIL (dust storm)
24d Check on the French set of data (5)
TABLE – TAB (check) LE (French definite article)
I like Chalicea’s crosswords.
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Many thanks crypticsue. I really am sorry that you had all that hassle last week – it really was a mess (caused, I think, by the absence of our editor as well as his ‘problem’. Covid restrictions have now spoiled his well-earned break). I gather there was a mess with the Thursday proXimal toughie too. Good that you are getting back to family life – we wish we could.
3*/4*…..
liked 21D “Approach filthy place on the outskirts of Lille (5)”