Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3226
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This puzzle was published on 20th August 2023
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Dada in a friendlier mode this time – I did seem to type the word ‘anagram’ quite a bit
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Across
1a Fish ultimately filling wet table, all one wants to buy (8,4)
SHOPPING LIST – H (the ultimate letter of fisH) ‘filling’ or inserted into SOPPING (wet) and LIST (table)
9a Hostile to Muslim official, criminal isn’t (7)
AGAINST – AGA (Muslim official) and an anagram (criminal) of ISNT
10a Help fool on the phone? (7)
SUCCOUR – A homophone (on the phone) of SUCKER (fool)
11a African river initially narrows, in leaving Egypt (4)
NILE – The initial letters of Narrows In Leaving Egypt
12a Stage appearing similar from either wing? (5)
LEVEL – Because it is a palindrome!
13a Launch aimed at ship (4)
TOSS – TO (aimed at) SS (ship)
16a Novel left in British city (7)
NEWPORT – NEW (novel) PORT (left side of a ship or plane)
17a Chocolate ending on carpet, upset (7)
TRUFFLE – T (the ending on carpeT) RUFFLE (upset)
18a Lift near the ground (7)
HEARTEN – An anagram (ground) of NEAR THE
21a Praise leaders of urban district brought into fold (7)
PLAUDIT – The ‘leaders’ of Urban District inserted into PLAIT (fold)
23a Mark, boy’s name (4)
NICK – Double definition
24a Dependable beer (5)
STOUT – And another
25a Line of soldiers went quickly for more than half a mile? (4)
RANK – RAN (went quickly) K (kilometre – more than half a mile)
28a Greek character turning nose up at Italian drink (7)
CHIANTI – CHI (Greek character) ANTI (turning nose up)
29a Agreement worth millions perhaps that doesn’t impress me much (3,4)
BIG DEAL – A lucrative agreement or an expression meaning so what? I’m not impressed
30a Keeping first bit of garbage, man returned rubbish in drawers, say (12)
UNDERGARMENT – An anagram (rubbish) of MAN RETURNED into which is inserted (keeping) the G (first bit of Garbage)
Down
1d Superficial pig touring large residence (7)
SHALLOW – SOW (pig) ‘touring’ HALL (large residence)
2d Sound of animal coming from Fido in kennel (4)
OINK – Hidden in fidO IN Kennel
3d Sick person? Obvious one needs tucking in (7)
PATIENT – I (one) tucking in to PATENT (obvious)
4d Note was rewritten easily (2,5)
NO SWEAT – An anagram (rewriting) of NOTE WAS
5d Taste defeat (4)
LICK – A taste of something or an informal word for a defeat
6d Self-publicist has performance cancelled (4-3)
SHOW-OFF – SHOW (performance) OFF (cancelled)
7d Rick, say, tedious person (4,2,3,4)
PAIN IN THE NECK – Twisting your neck might cause a rick or pain in the neck
8d Looking good in huntsman’s outfit? (7,2,4)
DRESSED TO KILL – looking good or a cryptic definition of a huntsman’s outfit
14d Enclosed compartment in back of car, hot (5)
BOOTH – BOOT (back of car) H (hot)
15d Youngster comes before an islander (5)
CUBAN – CUB (youngster) AN (from the clue)
19d Sale that’s posh in effect (7)
AUCTION – U (posh, upper class) in ACTION (effect)
20d Night on rocks for duck (7)
NOTHING – An anagram (rocks) of NIGHT ON
21d Leak fixer observing boards under opening in pipe (7)
PLUMBER – LUMBER (wooden boards etc) goes under P (the opening in Pipe)
22d Face etc rearranged in a manner of speaking (7)
DIALECT – DIAL (face) and an anagram (rearranged) of ETC
26d Queen locked out, entrance and exit barred (4)
ANNE – Remove the first and last letters (entrance and exit barred) from bANNEd (locked out)
27d Fit, Belgravia guest houses (4)
AGUE – Housed in BelgraviA GUEst
3*/4* …
liked 8D “Looking good in huntsman’s outfit? (7,2,4)”