Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3216
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 11th June 2023
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Apart from my solving it on a Tuesday morning, this Dada Sunday Prize Puzzle wasn’t any different from any of his previous ones
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Across
8a Footwear on your bike, did you say? (4)
SHOE – A homophone (did you say) of SHOO (on your bike)
9a Female cells in Govan neither opening nor closing (3)
OVA – The inside letters (neither opening or closing) of gOVAn
10a Nobleman coming in to New York, not far off (6)
NEARLY – EARL (nobleman) ‘coming in’ N Y (New York)
11a Poet skint, zero pocketed (6)
BROOKE – BROKE (skint) with O (zero) ‘pocketed’
12a Figure crack in the pan fixed (8)
HEPTAGON – GO (crack) inserted into an anagram (fixed) of THE PAN
13a The ground ain’t electrified (8,7)
DEFINITE ARTICLE – An anagram (ground) of AINT ELECTRIFIED
15a Country put into trouble, so thoughtless (7)
LESOTHO – Hidden in troubLE SO THOughtless
17a Tap out wrong letters in slightly obscure exercise (7)
MISTYPE – MIST (slightly obscure) PE (exercise)
20a Fast, as crowd on feet? (4,3,8)
LIKE THE CLAPPERS – A crowd enjoying something may well stand up to applaud
23a Wisest hunter hosts a presentation (8)
BESTOWAL – BEST OWL (wisest hunter) ‘hosts’ A (from the clue)
25a Delicious eats heading for oven, very warm (6)
TOASTY – TASTY (delicious) ‘eats’ the heading or first letter of Oven
26a Boy in underground network? (6)
WARREN – A boy’s name or an underground network
27a Blade has sliced head from swine (3)
OAR – Slice the head from bOAR (swine)
28a Biblical garden in Gethsemane deadly, looking back (4)
EDEN – Hidden in reverse (looking back) in gethsemaNE DEadly
Down
1d Ask for amount of electricity (6)
CHARGE – Double definition
2d Price on grotty old sheep’s cheese (8)
PECORINA – An anagram (grotty) of PRICE ON followed by O (old)
3d Film lost in hurricane? (4,4,3,4)
GONE WITH THE WIND – This film title does make you think of something lost in a hurricane
4d Dismiss bank worker (7)
CASHIER – Double definition
5d Astronomy in part confusing, take what help you can get! (3,4,2,1,5)
ANY PORT IN A STORM – An anagram (confusing) of ASTRONOMY IN PART
6d Have a go at munching a starter of Irish sausage (6)
SALAMI – SLAM (have a go at) ‘munching’ [what a lovely insertion indicator] A (from the clue), the result followed by the first letter (starter) of Irish
7d Singer dismissing case of English composer (4)
ALTO – Dismiss the ‘case’ or remove the outside letters from wALTOn (English composer)
14d Drink buddy knocked up (3)
LAP – A reversal (knocked up) of PAL (buddy)
16d Priest evidently leading Israelites, initially (3)
ELI – The initial letters of Evidently Leading Israelites
18d A part mixed with wet, running liquid (3,5)
TAP WATER – An anagram (mixed) of A PART with WET
19d Look inside trophy for shell (7)
SCALLOP – LO (look) goes inside SCALP (trophy)
21d Whole testament I put in before (6)
ENTIRE – NT (New Testament) and I (from the clue) put in ERE (before)
22d Fairly sure thing! (6)
RATHER – Double definition, the second being an interjection of agreement
24d Highest note raised in test (4)
EXAM – A reversal (raised) of MAX E (highest note)