Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3069
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Nice fairly 3d and enjoyable Sunday crossword
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Across
8a Left Felixstowe, for example? (4)
PORT – Double definition
9a Initially teeth wonky: order a brace (3)
TWO – The initial letters of Teeth Wonky Order
10a Testament embraced by particular see (6)
NOTICE – OT (Old Testament) ’embraced’ by NICE (particular)
11a Wreck occupying a harbour (6)
MARINA – MAR (wreck) IN (occupying) A (from the clue)
12a Ship that carries sherry (8)
SCHOONER – Double definition
13a Take in lovely chap, mischievous character (5,10)
ROBIN GOODFELLOW – ROB (take) IN (from the clue) GOOD (lovely) FELLOW (chap)
15a Easy raids by Britain during the war (7)
BLIGHTY – LIGHT (easy) ‘raids’ BY (from the clue)
17a Haggard novel in classic, ruined (7)
TRASHED – SHE (novel by Rider Haggard) in TRAD (classic)
20a Wrong waterproof on, yet right legally (5,2,8)
POWER OF ATTORNEY – An anagram (wrong) of WATERPROOF ON YET
23a Found in river, cold shorn sheep (8)
FOLLOWER – the inside letters (shorn) of cOLd found in FLOWER (river)
25a Embroidered lace to pin down (6)
LOCATE – An anagram (embroidered) of LACE TO
26a Rare set, almost misplaced, in schoolboy’s possession? (6)
ERASER – An anagram (misplaced) of almost all of RARE SEt
27a Endless suffering: that’s right, though appears wrong (3)
SIC – Remove the end from SICk (suffering)
28a Organise type (4)
SORT – Double definition
Down
1d Site of many casinos: card cut in one (6)
MONACO – ACe (card ‘cut) in MONO (one)
2d Obvious industrial action? (8)
STRIKING – Double definition
3d A piece of cake in hand to be given to dependant (15)
STRAIGHTFORWARD – STRAIGHT (hand of cards) FOR (to be given to) WARD (dependant)
4d Groovy touring America, very close to city in Texas (7)
HOUSTON – HOT (groovy) ‘touring’ US (American) ON (very close)
5d Lift isn’t cheaper to repair, initially (2,3,5,5)
IN THE FIRST PLACE – An anagram (to repair) of LIFT ISNT CHEAPER
6d Constitutional crisis’s ultimate troublemaker online (6)
STROLL – S (the ultimate letter of crisis) TROLL (online troublemaker)
7d Hurt, a cook cut (4)
ACHE – A (from the clue) CHEf (cut cook)
14d Recite outstanding poem (3)
ODE – A homophone (recite) of OWED (outstanding)
16d Sign put up in Tokyo, electrified (3)
LEO – Hidden in reverse in TokyO ELectrified
18d Scary criminal practice somewhere in Sicily (8)
SYRACUSE – An anagram (criminal) of SCARY followed by USE (practice)
19d Decent angle capturing mood (7)
FAIRISH – FISH (angle) ‘capturing’ AIR (mood)
21d Join up squiggly lines on bottom of portrait (6)
ENLIST – An anagram (squiggly) of LINES on the ‘bottom’ of portraiT
22d Contents of vent and exhaust complete (6)
ENTIRE – The ‘contents’ of vENt and TIRE (exhaust)
24d Some buffalo, great big beast (4)
OGRE – Hidden in buffalO GREat
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