Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3279
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This puzzle was published on 25th August 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Not so many anagrams this week, but quite a few insertions
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Across
1a Gold found in load, bringing chaos (6)
MORASS – OR (heraldic term for gold) found in MASS (load)
5a Meat-packing plant exposed (8)
REVEALED – VEAL (meat) ‘packing’ REED (plant)
9a US politician gets on with landlord (10)
REPUBLICAN – RE (on the subject of) PUBLICAN (landlord)
10a Money back for puppet (4)
TOOL – A reversal (back) of LOOT (money)
11a Fine part of speech, and so meaningful (8)
HANDSOME – Hidden in speecH AND SO MEaningful
12a Bird‘s egg sheep rolled over (6)
MARTIN – A reversal (rolled over)of NIT (egg) RAM (sheep)
13a Cross country, one having flown out (4)
SPAN – SPAiN without the I (one having flown out)
15a Filler or whitewash? (8)
STUFFING – Filler or a total defeat
18a Erudite types in retail, it being horrid (8)
LITERATI – An anagram (horrid) of RETAIL IT
19a Friend, completely unknown (4)
ALLY – ALL (completely) Y (mathematical unknown)
21a Tenor having scratched rear behind Toscanini’s back – he foolishly went too far! (6)
ICARUS – CARUSo (tenor) without the last letter (having scratched rear) goes after (behind) the last letter (back) of ToscaninI
23a Symbols in Old Testament grasped by people (8)
NOTATIONS – OT (Old Testament) ‘grasped’ by NATIONS (people)
25a Dude found behind old stone (4)
OPAL – PAL (dude) found behind O (old)
26a Newspaper produced includes article for basic pay (5,5)
DAILY BREAD – DAILY (newspaper) BRED (produced) ‘includes’ A (indefinite article)
27a Something musical in opening wine (8)
CLARINET – IN (from the clue) ‘opening’ CLARET (wine)
28a Looking from either side, it’s more bloodshot (6)
REDDER – A palindrome (looking from either side)
Down
2d A little telescope rarely works (5)
OPERA – Hidden in telescOPE RArely
3d Sweet thing entertained by a party a great deal (9)
ABUNDANCE – BUN (sweet thing) ‘entertained’ by A DANCE (party)
4d Poles either side of a toilet in bar (6)
SALOON – S and N (poles) go either side of A LOO (a toilet)
5d Genius in test cricket, so fantastic (6,9)
ROCKET SCIENTIST – An anagram (fantastic) of IN TEST CRICKET SO
6d Toxic love instant when overwhelmed by beauty (8)
VENOMOUS – O (love) MO (instant) ‘overwhelmed’ by VENUS (beauty)
7d Agent doffs cap for thesp (5)
ACTOR – fACTOR (agent) without his ‘cap’
8d Moving ‘ouse when heading north, Latino relocated (9)
EMOTIONAL – A reversal (when heading north) of ‘OME (house) followed by an anagram (relocated) of LATINO
14d First fundamental truth broadcast? (9)
PRINCIPAL – A homophone (broadcast) of PRINCIPLE (fundamental truth)
16a Honoured agent’s embraced last (9)
FLATTERED – FED (American agent) ‘embraced’ LATTER (last)
17d Old hat on lecturer, gone (6,2)
PASSED ON – PASSE (old hat) DON (lecturer)
20d Powerful horse, one not moving? (6)
STAYER – A horse of good lasting qualities for a race; someone who stays put
22d King, say, in possession of schoolkid? (5)
RULER – A king say or a possession every schoolkid needs
24d Speak of regret and the effect, first of all (5)
ORATE The first letters of Of Regret And The Effect