Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3180
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This puzzle was published on 2nd October 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A very friendly Sunday puzzle from Dada this week
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Across
8a Carelessness evident, having cut right cheek (9)
IMPUDENCE – IMPrUDENCE (carelessness) without (having cut) the R (right)
10a Huge scrape, it’s said (5)
GREAT – A homophone (it’s said) of GRATE (scrape)
11a I’ll get this drink mixed with our spoon, say (5,4,6)
WHATS YOUR POISON – An anagram (mixed) of WITH OUR SPOON SAY
12a Fury after prayer, mean (7)
AVERAGE – RAGE (fury) goes after AVE (prayer)
13a Passage more to the left of empty closet (7)
EXTRACT – EXTRA (more) goes to the left of (in an Across solution) the outside (empty) letters of CloseT
15a Cosmetic discovered, abhorrent to American (10,5)
FOUNDATION CREAM – FOUND (discovered) and an anagram (abhorrent)of TO AMERICAN
19a Somewhere in the far north, boy holds map (7)
LAPLAND – LAD (boy) ‘holds’ PLAN (map)
22a Country where I live, rail winding around it (7)
LIBERIA – An anagram (winding) of RAIL goes around I BE (I live)
24a Sailor qualified as tinker, tailor, soldier etc? (4,2,3,6)
JACK OF ALL TRADES – JACK (sailor) OF ALL TRADES (qualified as tinker, tailor, soldier etc
26a Valid noise (5)
SOUND – Double definition
27a An inebriated monarch, presenter of programme (9)
ANCHORMAN – AN (From the clue) and an anagram (inebriated) of MONARCH
Down
1d Prospect uplifting the four of us? (4)
VIEW – A reversal (uplifting) of WE IV
2d European port in effect up over choppy seas (6)
ODESSA – A reversal (up) of DO (effect) goes over an anagram (choppy) of SEAS
3d Sassy part of shoe, not unfilled (8)
INSOLENT – INSOLE (part of shoe) and the outside (unfilled) letters of NoT
4d Extent of French language ultimately wanting (6)
DEGREE – DE (French word for of) and GREEk (language without [wanting] its ultimate letter)
5d One doubts I can go dancing around street (8)
AGNOSTIC – An anagram (dancing) of I CAN GO around ST (street)
6d Old country shown in newspaper, Siam (6)
PERSIA – Shown in newspaPER SIAm
7d College polished off, we hear? (4)
ETON – A homophone (we hear) of EATEN (polished off)
9d Table where Paul ate crackers (7)
PLATEAU – An anagram (crackers) of PAUL ATE
12d Foul right after leader sent off (5)
AWFUL – “Send off” the leader of lAWFUL (right)
14d Drive down over a city in Florida (5)
TAMPA – TAMP (drive down) goes over A (from the clue)
16d Girl’s best friend in suit? (8)
DIAMONDS – A suit in a pack of cards, or as the song tells us ‘diamonds are a girl’s best friend)
17d Soil slightly damaged, taste evidence of disaster? (3,5)
OIL SLICK – An anagram (damaged) of SOIL (slightly because what we are doing is cycling rather than making an anagram, followed by LICK (taste). I wonder why Dada didn’t realise he had the first part of the solution hidden in the first two words of the clue?
18d Rank older man, almost entirely drunk (7)
EARLDOM – An anagram (drunk) of almost all of OLDER MAn
20d Vehicle in rally (4,2)
PICK UP – The vehicle has a hyphen between the two words
21d Short, like theatrical works (6)
DRAMAS – DRAM (short drink of spirits) AS (like)
23d Rod and line in cart (6)
BARROW – BAR (rod) ROW (line)
24d Only gravy on last of meat (4)
JUST – JUS (gravy) on the last letter of meaT
25d Drop some plates in kitchen (4)
SINK – Hidden in some of plateS IN Kitchen
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3*/3*….
liked 25D “Drop some plates in kitchen (4)”