Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30665
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This puzzle was published on 13th July 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
I thought as I solved this fun Saturday Prize Puzzle that I had worked out who the setter was, but no-one turned up to lay claim to it, so I’m now wondering whether I guessed correctly
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Across
1a Implement choice of temperature scales? (4)
FORK A choice of either F (Fahrenheit) OR K (Kelvin)
3a Nonchalant during escape, giving little glower? (5,5)
FAIRY LIGHT – AIRY (nonchalant) inserted into (during) FLIGHT (escape)
9a High point getting married in a church (4)
ACME – M (married) inserted in A (from the clue) CE (Church of England)
10a Extravagant fellow entertaining lad in apartment (10)
FLAMBOYANT – MAN (fellow) ‘entertaining’ BOY (land) inserted into FLAT (apartment)
11a Sweet and affectionate social worker? (7)
FONDANT – FOND (affectionate) ANT (social worker)
13a Academic in chaos erupting over Left and Right (7)
SCHOLAR – An anagram (erupting) of CHAOS ‘over’ L (left), R (right) being added at the end
14a Points given for ignoring this flashy installation? (5,6)
SPEED CAMERA – A cryptic definition of what happens to your licence if you are caught exceeding the speed limit
18a Is no ketchup ordered for poor food stall? (4,7)
SOUP KITCHEN – An anagram (ordered) of IS NO KETCHUP
21a Article about Salvation Army seen in May? (7)
THERESA – THE (definite article) RE (about, on the subject of) SA (Salvation Army)
22a Withdrawn do-it-yourself recipe for tongue (7)
YIDDISH – A reversal (withdrawn)of DIY followed by DISH (recipe)
23a Hysterical, pour out port in land down under (10)
UPROARIOUS – An anagram (out) of POUR and RIO (port) inserted into AUS (an abbreviation and the IVR Code for Australia)
24a Spent greenbacks touring Spain? (4)
USED – USD (greenbacks being the informal name for US Dollars) into which is inserted (touring) the IVR Code for Spain
25a Vitality in appalling gag done about mate with ewe (3-2-3-2)
GET-UP-AND-GO – An anagram (appalling) of GAG DONE goes ‘about’ TUP (mate with ewe)
26a Committed student having whiskey in boozer (4)
SWOT – W (the letter represented by Whiskey in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet) inserted into SOT (habitual drunkard, boozer)
Down
1d Swimmer fine as filth bubbles around (8)
FLATFISH – F (fine) and an anagram (bubbles around) of AS FILTH
2d Jogger getting on with Daley’s bodyguard? (8)
REMINDER – RE (on the subject of) with MINDER, the bodyguard of Arthur Daley in the TV series of the same name
4d Vote to exclude leader’s share (5)
ALLOT – bALLOT (vote, without (to exclude) the ‘leader’)
5d Cut wood supporting seats (4,5)
RUMP STEAK – TEAK (wood) ‘supporting’ in a Down solution, RUMPS (seats)
6d Very courageous in the ordeal surprisingly (4-7)
LION-HEARTED – An anagram (surprisingly) of IN THE ORDEAL
7d Good woman accommodating 50 with pleasure (6)
GLADLY – G (good) LADY (woman) ‘accommodating’ L (the Roman numeral for 50)
8d Lecturers voice disapproval or start to shout (6)
TUTORS – TUT (voice disapproval) OR (from the clue) and the ‘start’ to Shout
12d Assistants leave after a day in ancient Rome (5-2-4)
AIDES-DE-CAMP – DECAMP (leave) goes after A (from the clue) and IDES (in Ancient Rome, the 15th day of March, May, July and October, and the 13th day of the other months)
15d Praise mature person shielding alpha particle (9)
ADULATION – ADULT (mature person) ‘shielding’ A (alpha), the result followed with ION (particle)
16d Awesome feller Bond consulted (8)
CHAINSAW – CHAIN (bond) SAW (consulted)
17d Not terribly keen about news boss being sharp (2,3,3)
ON THE DOT – An anagram (terribly) of NOT, HOT (keen), the latter going about ED (news boss)
19d Virtuous sort on step tied up? (6)
STRUNG – ST (saint, virtuous sort) on RUNG (step)
20d Advertise Crete as setting for mystery (6)
SECRET – Hidden in (as setting for) the first two words of the clue
22d Juvenile, year-old African antelope heading north (5)
YOUNG – Y (year) O (old) and a reversal (heading north) of GNU (African antelope)