Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3281
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This puzzle was published on 8th September 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
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8a Attendants confined to secure unit erroneously turned over (7)
RETINUE – Hidden in reverse (turned over) in securE UNIT Erroneously
10a Put down the whole thing, a fruit (7)
SATSUMA – SAT (put down) SUM (the whole thing) A (from the clue)
11a Food thrown at the pigs (9)
SPAGHETTI – An anagram (thrown) of AT THE PIGS
12a Out of the ark, go east (5)
PASSE – PASS (go) E (east)
13a Hatred as leader removed from stage (5)
ODIUM – P (the ‘leader’) removed from pODIUM (stage)
14a Tory returned with love – absolutely not! (2,3,2)
NO CAN DO – A reversal (returned) of CON (Tory) followed with AND (with) and O (love)
17a Mouse falling off girl (9,6)
SHRINKING VIOLET – SHRINKING (falling off) VIOLET (girl)
19a Faculty attached to French city in one’s formative years? (5,2)
EARLY ON – EAR (faculty) LYON (French city)
21a Personality spotted in Venice, LeBlanc (5)
CELEB – Hidden (spotted) in the last two words of the clue
24a Yellow lines everywhere, motorists often narked originally (5)
LEMON – A nice misleading surface reading. The original letters of Lines Everywhere Motorists Often Narked
26a Islander in rain, sad unfortunately (9)
SARDINIAN – An anagram (unfortunately) of IN RAIN SAD
27a Sea town crumbling easily (2,5)
NO SWEAT – An anagram (crumbling) of SEA TOWN
28a Old politician we found gathering everyone in around Post Office (7)
WALPOLE – WE (from the clue) ‘gathering’ ALL (everyone), the latter going around PO (Post Office)
Down
1d Sauce bottles right at the double (6)
PRESTO – PESTO (sauce) ‘bottles’ R (right)
2d More sexy am I when in control? (8)
STEAMIER – AM I inserted into STEER (control)
3d Where the king’s profile is correct (2,3,5)
ON THE MONEY – Where the king’s profile is found or an American slang expression meaning correct
4d Spying OAP, seeing wrinkly! (9)
ESPIONAGE – An anagram (wrinkly) of OAP SEEING
5d Initially slowing first, come to a halt (4)
STOP – The initial letter of Slowing and TOP (first)
6d Scout moved north in US city (6)
TUCSON – An anagram (moved) of SCOUT followed by N (north)
7d Footwear worn by a decision maker – here without it? (8)
BAREFOOT – BOOT (footwear) put round (worn by) A REF (a decision maker)
9d English or Irish poet removing cap takes lunch (4)
EATS – KEATS (English) or YEATS (Irish) poets without their first letter (removing cap)
15d Mammal with icy beard, did you say? (10)
CHINCHILLA – A homophone of a CHIN CHILLER
16d US state: name is not misspelt (9)
MINNESOTA – An anagram (misspelt) of NAME IS NOT
17d Great cash (8)
STERLING – Double definition
18d Sweet in lounge I try (8)
LOLLIPOP – LOLL (lounge) I (from the clue) POP (try)
20d Negligent in relation to blunder (6)
REMISS – RE (in relation to) MISS (blunder)
22d Old car explosive? (6)
BANGER – Double definition
23d Pull tie (4)
DRAW – And another
25d Season in which Trotsky arose? (4)
NOEL – A reversal (arose) of Trotsky’s forename