Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3277
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This puzzle was published on 11th August 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
A Sunday Prize Puzzle where the right-hand side was trickier than the left.
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Across
1a Dessert wine gets a little shake (10)
AFTERSHOCK – AFTERS (dessert) HOCK (wine)
6a Sharp tail docked from small bird (4)
CHIC – Remove the tail from CHICk (small bird)
10a Animal dropped in lake (5)
CAMEL – CAME (dropped in, visited) L (lake)
11a Hate on tap, unfortunately, now (2,7)
AT PRESENT – RESENT (hate) goes on or after an anagram (unfortunately) of TAP
12a Formal wear, line worn by defender attending match (5,3)
BLACK TIE – L (line) ‘worn’ by BACK (defender) attending TIE (match)
13a Get right into wheeze (5)
GRASP – R (right) in GASP (wheeze)
15a Justify bending of axle-pin (7)
EXPLAIN – An anagram (bending) of AXLE-PIN
17a Design nicest new model, finally (7)
STENCIL – An anagram (new) of NICEST followed by the final letter of modeL
19a F1 area, awful (3,4)
THE PITS – An area at an F1 racing circuit or an informal term for the absolute worst thing, place, thing, or person possible
21a Coppers welcoming an act of reparation (7)
PENANCE – PENCE (coppers) ‘welcoming’ AN (from the clue)
22a Country kept in mind I adore (5)
INDIA – Crosswordland’s country of the moment is hidden in mIND I Adore
24a Old favourite tree (8)
CHESTNUT – Double definition
27a Get lost, as might dog and owner? (2,7)
GO WALKIES – An informal expression meaning go missing or an informal way of saying take a dog for a walk
28a First of pictures isn’t in colour (5)
PAINT – P (the first letter of Pictures) AINT (isn’t)
29a Dance not a fairy tale, we hear? (4)
REEL – A homophone (we hear) of REAL (not a fairy tale)
30a Grandpa and son cultivated plant (10)
SNAPDRAGON – An anagram (cultivated) of GRANDPA and SON
Down
1d Curved structure in circular chamber (4)
ARCH – Hidden in circulAR CHamber
2d A temple is transformed in photographic technique (4-5)
TIME-LAPSE – An anagram (transformed) of A TEMPLE IS
3d Priest invested in Roman Catholic curio (5)
RELIC – ELI (Crosswordland’s favourite Old Testament priest) ‘invested’ in R C (Roman Catholic)
4d Try number in lift (7)
HEARTEN – HEAR (try) TEN (number)
5d Squeeze under hollow cherry tree (7)
CYPRESS – PRESS (squeeze) goes under (in a Down solution) the outside (hollow) letters of CherrY
7d Last of prey gobbled by female animal, a carrion feeder (5)
HYENA – The last letter of preY ‘gobbled’ by HEN (female animal), A (from the clue) being added at the end
8d Thrown teacup lad broke, tea originally in it (10)
CATAPULTED – An anagram (broke) of TEACUP LAD with T (T originally) inserted into the result
9d Colour in suit packed by scribe (3-5)
PEA-GREEN – AGREE (suit) packed by PEN (scribe)
14d Abandoned bird, red (4-6)
LEFT-WINGER – LEFT (abandoned) WINGER (bird)
16d Friendly kind hugs first of comrades (8)
AMICABLE – AMIABLE (kind) ‘hugs’ the first letter of Comrades
18d Deceptive pretence, marrying (9)
CONFUSING – CON (pretence) FUSING (marrying)
20d Played once, it’s a separate piece (7)
SECTION – An anagram (played) of ONCE ITS
21d Exercise on ship embraced by youngster (5-2)
PRESS-UP – RE (on the subject of) SS (ship) ‘embraced’ by PUP (youngster)
23d Whiskey in quantity of medicine put out (5)
DOWSE – W (Whiskey in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet) inserted in DOSE (quantity of medicine)
25d Narrow part winding round bottom of staircase (5)
TAPER – An anagram (winding) of PART goes round the E at the bottom of staircasE
26d Rock cuckoo turned over (4)
STUN – A reversal (turned over) of NUTS (cuckoo)