DT 29832

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29832

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This crossword was published on 13^th November 2021

BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***

A straightforward Saturday Prize Puzzle

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Across

1a    Fish photographer (7)
SNAPPER – A type of fish or a slang term for a photographer

5a    Failure to put fastener on the ceiling? (5-2)
SCREW-UP – SCREW (fastener) UP (on the ceiling)

9a    Tramp wandering around old, old bar (7)
TAPROOM – An anagram (wandering) of TRAMP goes around two lots of the abbreviation for Old

10a    Top bowler (7)
SPINNER – Something that spins or a type of bowler in cricket

11a    Tailors are, not entirely surprisingly, relating to clothes (9)
SARTORIAL – An anagram (surprisingly) of TAILORS ARe (not entirely telling you omit the E)

12a    Puppy beginning to walk requiring assistance (5)
WHELP – The ‘beginning’ to Walk and HELP (assistance)

13a    Many years on in heaven, looking back (5)
YONKS – I haven’t heard anyone use this word to mean ages for literally YONKS – ON (from the clue) inserted into a reversal (looking back) of SKY (heaven)

15a    Coffee cup missed, tea brewed (9)
DEMITASSE – An anagram (brewed) of MISSED TEA

17a    Item that presses switch as on timer (5,4)
STEAM IRON – An anagram (switch) of AS ON TIMER

19a    Conservative prerogative (5)
RIGHT – Double definition

22a    Nothing seen in cutting pack of cards (5)
TAROT – O (nothing) inserted into TART (cutting)

23a    Hurry to get water for plant (9)
SPEEDWELL – SPEED (hurry) WELL (water)

25a    Crack in huge inn repaired (7)
UNHINGE – An anagram (repaired) of HUGE INN

26a    Loss of power consuming leader in Rome, a shocker (7)
OUTRAGE – OUTAGE (loss of power) ‘consuming’ the ‘leader’ in Rome

27a    Pardon me, nasty drunk! (7)
AMNESTY – An anagram (drunk) of ME NASTY

28a    Suffering evident in unit, or men triumphant? (7)
TORMENT – Hidden (evident) in uniT OR MEN Triumphant

Down

1d    Day is fairly empty for meet (7)
SATISFY – SAT (day) IS (from the clue) and the outside (empty) letters of FairlY

2d    Ambitious taking foot off? Painkiller required (7)
ASPIRIN – Remove the foot or final letter of ASPIRINg

3d    Advertisement for doctor (5)
PROMO – PRO (for) MO (Medical Officer, doctor)

4d    Memo about a surplus (9)
REMAINDER – REMINDER (memo) about A (from the clue)

5d    Inside shorts is a lengthy fibre (5)
SISAL – Hidden inside shortS IS A Lengthy

6d    Unstable rate, I warn, drops (9)
RAINWATER – An anagram (unstable) of RATE I WARN

7d    Lacking success, wife out more, presumably? (7)
WINLESS – W (wife) IN LESS (which you would presumably be if you were out more)

8d    A meaty fib? (4,3)
PORK PIE – Cockney rhyming slang for a lie

14d    Periods set up, one’s intervals (9)
SEMITONES – A reversal (set up) of TIMES (periods) followed by ONES (from the clue)

16d    Vegetable piece split (9)
MANGETOUT – MAN (chess piece) GET OUT (split)

17d    Orange pottery (7)
SATSUMA – Double definition

18d    Make round article made of clay (7)
EARTHEN – EARN (make) goes round THE (definite article)

20d    Explosive category including topless men (7)
GRENADE – GRADE (category) ‘including’ EN (men without the first letter (topless)

21d    Everyone in trial, most lofty (7)
TALLEST – ALL (everyone) in TEST (trial)

23d    Unsavoury — like an apple core? (5)
SEEDY – Unsavoury or abounding with seed, like an apple core perhaps

24d    Stop ruminants stealing last of breakfast (5)
DETER – DEER (ruminants) ‘stealing’ the last letter of breakfasT