Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30335
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This puzzle was published on 24th June 2023
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Another Saturday Prize Puzzle from Cephas, although without some of the characteristics we usually find in his grids
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Across
6a Supporter assisting in what Oliver wanted? (6,7)
SECOND HELPING – SECOND (supporter) HELPING (assisting)
8a Having stripped off, made green commercial (6)
ADVERT – The inside (having stripped off) letters of mADe followed by VERT (green in heraldry)
9a Don’t eat, upset about striker’s second tackle (6,2)
ATTEND TO – An anagram (upset) of DON’T EAT goes ‘about’ the second letter of sTriker
10a Bird roosting during the night (3)
HEN – Hidden in the last two words of the clue
11a Twice set out to find fly (6)
TSETSE Two lots (twice) of an anagram (out) of SET
12a One’s shelled quietly coming into land (8)
TERRAPIN – P (musical instruction to play quietly) inserted into TERRAIN (land)
14a Georgia accepts inexperienced driver, one in another state coldly hostile (7)
GLACIAL – L (inexperienced driver) inserted into the abbreviation for the State of Georgia, I (one) inserted into CAL (California, another state)
16a Busy working, he got injured (2,3,2)
ON THE GO – ON (working) and an anagram (injured) of HE GOT
20a Steers out of control? (8)
STAMPEDE – A cryptic definition of some out of control cattle (steers)
23a Uncompromising detective leaving area (6)
STRICT – DI (detective) leaving district (area)
24a Container tax (3)
VAT – A container or the abbreviation for Value Added Tax
25a Blow whistle in passage (8)
WINDPIPE – WIND (blow) PIPE (whistle)
26a Home to England’s capitalists? (6)
LONDON – The home to people living in the capital of England
27a Especially talented linguist’s present? (4,2,7)
GIFT OF TONGUES – A present for especially talented linguists
Down
1d Catholic‘s chosen to keep head of church in charge (8)
ECLECTIC – ELECT (chosen) to ‘keep’ the head of Church, the result followed by IC (in charge)
2d In Indiana, the maniacal curse (8)
ANATHEMA – Hidden in indiANA THE MAniacal
3d Chapter one not in favour of wine (7)
CHIANTI – CH (chapter) I (one) ANTI (not in favour)
4d Some regret slurs over province (6)
ULSTER – Hidden in reverse (over) in regRET SLUrs
5d Lady getting up after six in city (6)
VIENNA – A reversal (getting up in a Down solution) of ANNE (lady) goes after VI (the Roman numeral for six)
6d Dividing the team’s hilarious (4-9)
SIDE SPLITTING – SPLITTING (dividing) the SIDE (team)
7d Communicating one’s ideas but achieving a wrong mark (7,6)
GETTING ACROSS – GETTING (achieving) A CROSS (wrong mark)
13d Proust oddly missing dreary routine (3)
RUT – The even (oddly missing) letters of pRoUsT
15d Troublemaker, one Boris Johnson? (3)
IMP – Yet another I meaning one, followed by MP (the role Boris Johnson used to hold)
17d Young flier in a comfortable position (8)
NESTLING – A young bird (flier) or a way of saying in a comfortable position
18d Angry speech managed to stop former Conservative leader (8)
HARANGUE – RAN (managed) to ‘stop’ HAGUE (former Conservative leader)
19d Score below ninety (7)
SEVENTY – A number which is twenty (a score) below ninety
21d Spymaster I tip for position in the field (3-3)
MID-OFF – M (spymaster) I (from the clue) DOFF (tip, one’s hat perhaps)
22d Inventor moved onside (6)
EDISON – An anagram (moved) of ONSIDE