Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30095
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This puzzle was published on 17th September 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
This had to be the work of Cephas as it was a pangram with plenty of anagrams
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Across
2a On good terms with class, head regularly knowing enough (4-8)
WELL-INFORMED – WELL-IN (on good terms with) FORM (class) and the regular letters of hEaD
8a Any number leaving, eat a large quantity (4)
MUCH – N (any number) ‘leaving’ MUnCH (eat)
9a Officer of business cross with lover (8)
COXSWAIN – CO (company, business) X (cross) SWAIN (lover)
10a Trio belt out part of opera (8)
LIBRETTO – An anagram (out) of TRIO BELT
11a Amateur excluded from sketch (6)
LAYOUT – LAY (amateur) OUT (excluded)
12a Worn down, having nothing for new beginning (6,4)
GROUND ZERO – GROUND (worn down) ZERO (nothing)
13a Drip returning, normal to remove front of optics? (6)
VISUAL – A reversal (returning) of IV (drip) and uSUAL (normal) without the letter at the front
16a American generation’s normal practice (5)
USAGE – US (American) AGE (generation)
17a Forty winks Felix has? (6)
CATNAP – A CAT named Felix may well have a NAP
18a Bursars got disorganised in the city (10)
STRASBOURG – An anagram (disorganised) of BURSARS GOT
21a Leave river holding record (6)
DEPART – DART (Devon river) ‘holding’ EP (extended play record)
23a Most wishy-washy from pub included by the way (8)
THINNEST – INN (pub) included in THE and ST (street, way)
24a Simple type dressed in iron with gold torch (8)
FLAMBEAU – LAMB (simple type) ‘dressed’ in FE and AU (the chemical symbols for iron and gold)
25a Case of free tuition (4)
ETUI – Hidden in freE TUItion is a small case for holding sewing articles
26a Infected? No admittance unfortunately (12)
CONTAMINATED – An anagram (unfortunately) of NO ADMITTANCE
Down
1d After most of month I take alternative lower rank (6)
JUNIOR – After most of JUNe comes I (from the clue) and OR (a conjunction linking alternatives)
2d At which point our nephew cracked up (9)
WHEREUPON – An anagram (cracked up) of OUR NEPHEW
3d Protected, like a building
like one in Pisa (6)
LISTED – Like a building that is protected or a description of such a building in Pisa
4d Desperately recruit next man to bring in old form of assessment? (6,3,6)
INCOME TAX RETURN – An anagram (desperately) of RECRUIT NEXT MAN into which is inserted (to bring in) the abbreviation for old
5d Deceive having hand cover that’s a bloomer! (8)
FOXGLOVE – FOX (deceive) GLOVE (hand cover)
6d Loud wordy exchanges (5)
ROWDY – An anagram (exchanges) of WORDY
7d Astonishingly, April due to give back number (8)
EPIDURAL – An anaesthetic administered in the back (back number) is an anagram (astonishingly) of APRIL DUE
14d Second rug removed and purloined (9)
SCROUNGED – An anagram (removed) of SECOND RUG
15d Final defeat that’s the end of the line? (8)
WATERLOO – A final defeat or a London railway terminus
16d Not going with the current trend (8)
UPSTREAM – Going against the current
19d Never mind runner on top of mine (4,2)
SKIP IT – SKI (runner) goes on top of (in a Down solution) PIT (mine)
20d Part of affair is questionably indecent (6)
RISQUE – Hidden in affaiR IS QUEstionably
22d Own up now Frenchman has sex appeal (5)
ADMIT – AD (Anno Domini, now) M (Frenchman) IT (sex appeal)
DT 30,095 17/09/22 13a
How does IV equate to drip? We just can’t get this one. Hope you can explain.
Thanks.
Tina. Torquay.
Welcome to the blog.
IV is an abbreviation for intra-venous, as a method of slowly and continuously administering medications of one form or another, commonly referred to as a drip.
2*/4*…..
liked 26A “Infected? No admittance unfortunately (12)”