Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3188
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This puzzle was published on 27th November 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Dada’s Sunday Prize Puzzle was definitely aimed at fans of anagrams and double-definition clues
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Across
1a Scent wood inside solid figure (7)
COLOGNE – LOG (wood) inside CONE (solid figure)
5a Consume bird (7)
SWALLOW – A verb meaning to consume or a type of bird
9a Hit knowing service easily broken? (9)
CHINAWARE – CHIN (a slang word meaning to hit by striking on the chin) AWARE (knowing)
10a Disrespectful behaviour in dressing? (5)
SAUCE – An informal term for disrespectful behaviour, or a type of dressing for food
11a Offer here (7)
PRESENT – Offer or be here
12a Commendation priceless originally, it is beyond praise (7)
PLAUDIT – P (the original letter of Priceless) and IT (from the clue) put after (beyond) LAUD (praise)
13a Performer, greatly appreciated, pranced about (3-6)
TAP-DANCER – TA (thank you, greatly appreciated) and an anagram (about) of PRANCED
16a Some thinner vessel, bottle (5)
NERVE – Hidden in soe thinNER VEssel
17a Sweet fighter, cut (5)
BOMBE – BOMBEr (fighter) ‘cut’ or without its last letter
18a Where police may have stopped car, a driver finally stepped out (5,4)
SPEED TRAP – An anagram (out) of A R (the final letter of driver) and STEPPED
21a Ice giant turning around rapidly, awesome initially (7)
GRANITA – An anagram (turning) of GIANT into which is inserted (around) the initial letters of Rapidly and Awesome
22a Leader in form has messed up the race (7)
TEACHER – An anagram (messed up) of THE RACWE
25a Commotion in Idaho, Ohio quite the reverse! (3-2)
HOO-HA – Hidden in reverse in IdAHO OHio
26a Old Hollywood actor as central in play (9)
LANCASTER – An anagram (in play) of AS CENTRAL
27a Those in attendance go off (4-3)
TURN-OUT – TURN (go) OUT (off)
28a Fine petticoats, firstly, neatly embroidered (7)
PENALTY – The first letter of Petticoats and an anagram (embroidered) of NEATLY
Down
1d Tilt, then tilt upward, front of plane (7)
COCKPIT – COCK (tilt) and then a reversal (upward) of TIP (tilt)
2d European river running through Oslo, I realised (5)
LOIRE – Hidden in OsLO I REalised
3d Slight injury in horses, did you say? (5)
GRAZE – A homophone (did you say?) of GREYS (horses)
4d Flexible seal shattered with little jerk (7)
ELASTIC – An anagram (shattered) of SEAL with TIC (little jerk)
5d Part of track for the night train? (7)
SLEEPER – Part of a railway track or a night train with sleeping compartments
6d Drunken beast and I declined drink (9)
ABSTAINED – An anagram (drunken) of BEAST AND I
7d Washer beneath in concrete, lifted up (9)
LAUNDERER – UNDER (beneath) inserted into a reversal (lifted up) of REAL (concrete)
8d Western supporter hasn’t started fight (7)
WRESTLE – W (western) tRESTLE (supporter without the initial letter (hasn’t started)
14d Ceremony before a dreary do (9)
POMPADOUR – A historical hairstyle (do) – POMP (ceremony) goes before A (from the clue) and DOUR (dreary)
15d On camera, I mixed drink (9)
AMERICANO – An anagram (mixed) of ON CAMERA I
17d Heavyweight cannonball? (3,4)
BIG SHOT – This informal term for a person of importance (heavyweight) could also describe a cannonball
18d Black stuff in hole visible at night (7)
STARLIT – TAR (black stuff) inserted in SLIT (hole)
19d Each number raised, taken down (5,2)
EATEN UP – EA (each) TEN (number) UP (raised)
20d Left on ship, fish for show (7)
PORTRAY – PORT (the left side of a ship) RAY (fish)
23d Another time when article put in a drink (5)
AGAIN – A (indefinite article) put or inserted between A (from the clue) and GIN (drink)
24d Large building no longer available to rent, well upset (5)
HOTEL – A reversal (upset) of LET (no longer available to rent) and OH (well)