DT 30191 (Full Review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30191

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This puzzle was published on 7^th January 2022

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Across

1a    One member permitted? That’s understood (8)
IMPLICIT – I (one) MP (member) LICIT (permitted)

9a    Principal pain? (8)
HEADACHE – HEAD (principal) ACHE (pain)

10a    Clinging? It’s difficult (6)
STICKY – Double definition

11a    Proper cost confused one looking for something precious (10)
PROSPECTOR – An anagram (confused) of PROPER COST

12a    Take care of a small charge (4-3)
BABY-SIT – A cryptic definition clue

14a    Point applied to country girl (7)
FRANCES – S (south, compass point) applied to FRANCE (country)

16d    Professional criminal‘s staff (5)
CROOK – Another double definition

17a    Feel depressed downstairs (5)
BELOW – BE (feel) LOW (depressed)

18a    Recruit occasionally seen before short turn (5)
ENROL – The occasional letters of sEeN before a truncated ROLl (turn)

20a    Clearly let on the radio (5)
ALOUD – A homophone (on the radio) of ALLOWED (let)

22a    Is there nothing that this cannot remedy? (4-3)
CURE-ALL – A cryptic definition of a substance designed to cure every ailment

24a    Sean was mistaken in Abertawe (7)
SWANSEA – An anagram (mistaken) of SEAN WAS produces the English name for Abertawe

26a    Freedom from drink, drinking beer every now and then (10)
LIBERATION – LIBATION (drink) ‘drinking’ the even (every now and then) letters of bEeR

27a    Develop need to indicate (6)
DENOTE – An anagram (develop) of NEED TO

28a    Exactly like personality, a Frenchman in London area (8)
SELFSAME – SELF (personality) and A (from the clue) M (monsieur, Frenchman) inserted into SE (area of London)

29a    Bony Lee’s talk disrupted (8)
SKELETAL – An anagram (disrupted) of LEES TALK

Down

2d    Provide inducement for friend to acquire books one and five (8)
MOTIVATE – MATE (friend) to ‘acquire’ OT (Old Testament books) I (one) V (Roman numeral for 5)

3d    So my Rachel unfortunately is inclined to weep (10)
LACHRYMOSE – An anagram (unfortunately) of SO MY RACHEL

4d    Underground room I see said to be difficult to understand (7)
CRYPTIC – CRYPT (underground room) I C (I see ‘said’)

5d    Disconcert cast (5)
THROW – Double definition

6d    Complain boat is where vehicles should be (3,4)
CAR PARK – CARP (complain) ARK (boat)

7d    Sour recluse is heard (6)
ACETIC – A homophone (is heard) of ASCETIC (recluse)

8d    Retaliation from salesperson, half rich, with Sarah (8)
REPRISAL – REP (salesperson) RI (the first half of rich) with SAL (Sarah)

13d    Bully‘s charge to cross river (5)
TROLL – TOLL (charge) to ‘cross’ R (river)

14d    It might help photographers concentrate (5)
FOCUS – Part of a camera or a verb meaning to concentrate

15d    Without flippancy, there isn’t any humbug (2-8)
NO-NONSENSE – NO (there isn’t any) NONSENSE (humbug)

17d    Support whip getting violent reaction (8)
BACKLASH – BACK (support) LASH (whip)

19d    To repeat jazzy drama (8)
OPERETTA – an anagram (jazzy) of TO REPEAT

20d    Purchased by local man, a Chinese calendar (7)
ALMANAC – Hidden in (purchased by) locAL MAN A Chinese

21d    In headwind left to become smaller (7)
DWINDLE – Hidden in heaDWIND LEft

23d    Rude Italian leader ignoring Georgia and yours truly (6)
RIBALD – GARIBALDI (Italian leader) ‘ignoring’ GA (Georgia) and I (yours truly)

25d    Half-dozen with most of finest sensations experienced (5)
VIBES – VI (The Roman numeral for six, half-dozen) with most of BESt (finest)