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DT 30827 (Full Review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30827

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 18th January 2024

BD Rating –Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

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Across

1a           Look surprised – space programme’s ending (4)
GAPE – GAP (space) and E (the ending of programme)

3a           Up close and personal truth about drug of winner (4-2-4)
FACE-TO-FACE – FACT (truth) goes about E (drug) and is followed by OF (from the clue) and ACE (winner)

10a         Schmaltzy book returned by student on Scots island (9)
EMOTIONAL – A reversal (returned) of TOME (book) followed by L (student) on or after IONA (Scottish island)

11a         Green sauce mostly something in gut (1,4)
E COLI – ECO (green) and most of Lip (sauce)

12a         Sewage emptied in East River (5)
SEINE – The outside (emptied) letters of SewagE, IN (from the clue) and E (east)

13a         Repaired hash-pipes in good order (9)
SHIPSHAPE – An anagram (repaired) of HASH PIPES

14a, 16a, 19a  As a rule eat beef – ox perfect cooked with rice! (1,6,1,6,5,1)
I BEFORE E EXCEPT AFTER C –  An anagram (cooked) of EAT BEER OX PERFECT with RICE

16a         See 14 Across

19a         See 14 Across

20a         Worry or laugh about publicity account (8)
HEADACHE – HE HE (laugh) goes about AD (publicity) AC (account)

22a         Revolutionary movement in West he introduced to alliance (9)
CARTWHEEL – W (west) and HE ‘introduced) into CARTEL (alliance)

24a         Directors wearied by tedious things we hear (5)
BOARD – A homophone (we hear) of BORED (wearied by tedious things)

26a         Times given stick? I should say so! (2,3)
BY GUM – BY (times) GUM (stick)

27a         Pushing for poet Andrew? (9)
PROMOTION – PRO (form) MOTION (Andrew, the Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009

28a         Threatened goal with cross (10)
ENDANGERED – END (goal) with ANGERED (cross)

29a         Regularly sat by set, getting eye problem (4)
STYE – The regular letters of SaT bY sEt

Down

1c            Reckon pub out of Irish beer? (5)
GUESS – GUinnESS (Irish beer) without the INN

2d           Well-known dog nursing rook in hospital department (9)
PROMINENT – POM (Pomeranian dog) ‘nursing’ R (chess abbreviation for Rook) followed by IN (from the clue) and ENT (hospital department)

4d           Ideas revised about horned beast in Christian emblem? (5,3)
AGNUS DEI – An anagram (revised) of IDEAS put about GNU (horned beast)

5d           Where City types hide cream cake … (6)
ÉCLAIR – City types might hide in an EC LAIR

6d           … getting an excess of it? (9)
OVERSEXED – IT being an informal term for sexual intercourse

7d           Peculiar charm found in Gesta Romanorum (5)
AROMA – Hidden in gestA ROMAnorum

8d           Long poem complete? One’s omitted most intense part! (9)
EPICENTRE – EPIC (long poem) ENTiRE (complete without the I – one’s omitted)

9d           This writer‘s rich source (4)
MINE – Belonging to this writer or a rich source

14d         Crabby Blair is CE? That’s changed! (9)
IRASCIBLE – An anagram (that’s changed) of BLAIR IS CE

15d         She who may exhibit power in wielding blade? (9)
OARSWOMAN – A cryptic definition designed to  make you think about the wrong sort of blade!

17d         Use it anyhow keeping fish for religious service (9)
EUCHARIST – An anagram (anyhow) of USE IT into which is inserted (keeping) CHAR (fish)

18d         Chap will sink putt in ghastly situation? (8)
HELLHOLE – HE’LL (he will) HOLE (sink putt)

21d         Penny met up with the French in shrine (6)
TEMPLE – An anagram (up) of P (penny) MEET followed by LE (French definite article)

23d         Stiff and cold – that puts off female (5)
RIGID – fRIGID (cold) without (that puts off) F (female)

24d         Sudden disappointment has bishop miserable (4)
BLOW – B (chess abbreviation for Bishop) LOW (miserable)

25d         Time to welcome new poet (5)
DANTE – DATE (time) to ‘welcome’ N (new)

 

 

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  1. Thanks for the solutions. I managed about half of it but overall found it rather tricky.

    Out of interest why the “…”s between 5d and 6d? Is there meant to be some connection or is it just to make the clues “flow”?

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