Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29467
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This puzzle was published on 12 September 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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Across
1a Rabbit by pan said to be a fabulous monster (10)
JABBERWOCK – JABBER (rabbit, talk a lot) and a homophone (said to be) of WOK (pan)
6a Level area’s reported weakness (4)
FLAW – A second homophone (reported) of FLOOR (level area). Lots of discussion about this clue on Saturday – if you solved it using the newspaper version, for me anyway, it was easy to spot the definition as the two parts of the clue are clearly separated by the printing layout
8a Cheers unknown country losing its first source of income (8)
TAXATION – TA (cheers, thank you) X (mathematical unknown) nATION (country losing its first letter)
9a Main board meeting of the day? (6)
DINNER – A cryptic definition of a day’s main meal eaten at a table (board)
10a Benevolence of Dennis cavorting in Kansas (8)
KINDNESS – An anagram (cavorting) of DENNIS inserted into KS (Kansas)
11a Catch part of hospital taking blame (6)
ENTRAP – ENT (Ear Nose and Throat Department of a hospital) RAP (blame)
12a Source of notes with nothing in order (4)
OBOE – O (nothing) inserted into OBE (Order of the British Empire)
14a Shaped like a diamond rich mob reformed (7)
RHOMBIC – An anagram (reformed) of RICH MOB
18a Old soldier chopped up tree in transit? (7)
VETERAN – An anagram (chopped up) of TREE inserted into VAN (Transit being an example)
20a Singular key developing into island (4)
SKYE – S (singular) and an anagram (developing) of KEY
23a Father’s bird is over the hill (4,2)
PAST IT – PAS (father’s) TIT (bird)
24a Like finest, outstanding, incombustible material (8)
ASBESTOS – AS (like) BEST (finest) OS (outstanding)
25a In alternator, questionable force (6)
TORQUE – Hidden in alternaTOR QUEstionable
26a Group that’s missing led old flier (8)
ZEPPELIN – The group missing its ‘Led’
27a Having power to remove both ends of slab (4)
ABLE – Remove both ends of tABLEt (slab)
28a A metal ring damaged part of harness (10)
MARTINGALE – An anagram (damaged) of A METAL RING
Down
1d Fast mover over snow? One going over water (3-5)
JET-SKIER – JET (fast mover) SKIER (mover over snow)
2d Fight packing them in (6)
BOXING – Double definition
3d Offer from former nurse (6)
EXTEND – EX (former) TEND (nurse)
4d Fuel store for festival (9)
WOODSTOCK – WOOD (fuel) STOCK (store)
5d Mostly eager to welcome greed, cooking dish (8)
KEDGEREE – Most of KEEn (eager) ‘welcoming) an anagram (cooking) of GREED
6d Make delicate adjustments to superior melody (4-4)
FINE TUNE – FINE (superior) TUNE (melody)
7d A very English mass, with song and prayer (3,5)
AVE MARIA – A (from the clue) V (very) E (English) M (mass) ARIA (song)
13d Turned out too late? (9)
OVERSLEPT – Cryptic definition
15d Sacrifice male accountant placed on vault (8)
HECATOMB – HE (male) CA (Chartered Accountant) TOMB (vault)
16d Gosh, one in quest fabricated incommunicable quality (8)
MYSTIQUE – MY (gosh) I (one) inserted into an anagram (fabricated) of QUEST
17d Mother is shifting line on map (8)
ISOTHERM – An anagram (shifting) of MOTHER IS
19d No French sight perhaps, an absurdity (8)
NONSENSE – NON (French word for no) SENSE (sight perhaps)
21d You and I will have a poncho, not half, only an arm (6)
WEAPON – WE (you and I) A (from the clue) PONcho (the first half of poncho)
22d Cut short brilliant woman (6)
STELLA – Cut short STELLAr (brilliant)
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