ST 3334 (Full Review)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3334

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating –Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***

 

Across

1a           Bureau finally opening it, large shabby binder (8)
LIGATURE – The final letter of bureaU ‘opening’ or going inside an anagram (shabby) of IT LARGE

5a           Genie that’s in bottle? (6)
SPIRIT – Double definition

10a         Queen and dad netting Auntie’s old home? (9,6)
ALEXANDRA PALACE – ALEXANDRA (Queen) PA (dad) LACE (netting)

11a         Great numbers in mines overlooking the seams? (7)
INTENSE – TENS (numbers) inserted into the inside letters (overlooking the seams) of mINEs

12a         Tricky as the work in cafe (7)
TEASHOP – An anagram (tricky) of AS THE followed by OP (work)

13a         Breakfast in detention? (8)
PORRIDGE – Something to have for breakfast or a slang term for a jail sentence

15a         Bone that is broken in arm, initially (5)
TIBIA – The initial letters of That Is Broken In Arm

18a         Being mother, Attila sent outside! (5)
HUMAN – HUN (Attila being the most well-known Hun) goes outside MA (mother)

20a         Craft inspiring lad is criminal (8)
ARSONIST – ART (craft) ‘inspiring) SON (lad) and IS (from the clue)

23a         University order not taken down (7)
UNEATEN – U (University) NEATEN (order or tidy)

25a         Storm, when copy after copy cleared out (7)
CYCLONE – CLONE (copy) goes after the outside (cleared out) letters of CopY

26a         Surprisingly rough, Leicester’s county (15)
GLOUCESTERSHIRE – An anagram (surprisingly) of ROUGH LEICESTERS

27a         Shudders at the thought of ropelike hair (6)
DREADS – Double definition

28a         An Athenian character comes in some style every year (3,5)
PER ANNUM – AN (from the clue) and NU (Greek letter) entered into PERM (hair style)

Down

1d           Foreword with falsified denial (4-2)
LEAD-IN – An anagram (falsified) of DENIAL

2d           Task originally forgotten visiting tidy visitors’ chamber (5-4)
GUEST-ROOM – qUEST (task without its initial letter) ‘visiting’ GROOM (tidy)

3d           Guide, one going on foot (7)
TRAINER – Double definition

4d           Highest point cooler, peak not reached (5)
RIDGE – fRIDGE (cooler) without its ‘peak’

6d           Crawler under vegetables, agricultural labourer (7)
PEASANT – ANT (crawler) goes under PEAS (vegetables)

7d           Get to sermonise having doffed cap (5)
REACH – pREACH (sermonise) without its ‘cap’

8d           The art of a bowler inspires a player (8)
THESPIAN – THE (from the clue) SPIN (bowler’s art) ‘inspires’ A (from the clue)

9d           Server: swear it’s malfunctioning (8)
WAITRESS – An anagram (malfunctioning) of SWEAR ITS

14d         Identify dog in sea when barking (8)
DIAGNOSE – An anagram (when barking) of DOG IN SEA

16d         European’s chained to US citizen (9)
BOSTONIAN – BOSNIAN (European) ‘chained’ TO (from the clue)

17d         Shoulders on sheikh muscular – lifted those? (8)
SHRUGGED – The ‘shoulders’ or outside letters of SheikH followed by RUGGED (muscular)

19d         Seen in Christmas month, one with great weight lifted (7)
NOTICED – A reversal (lifted) of DEC (Christmas month) I (Roman numeral for one) TON (great weight)

21d         Coins scattered over island, a Mediterranean location (7)
NICOSIA – An anagram (scattered) of COINS followed by I (Island) and A (from the clue)

22d         Free chocolate ice cream, last of all, cherry on top (6)
REDEEM – RED (cherry) goes on top of the last letters of chocolatE icE creaM

24d         Escape English spring (5)
ELOPE – E (English) LOPE (spring or leap)

25d         American Indian sandwiches ending on tabletop filled dish (5)
CREPE – CREE (American Indian) ‘sandwiches’ the last letter on tabletoP