Sunday 15 March 2020

The Sunday Crossword No 3091, Sunday 15 Mar 2020


ACROSS
1   Fervently adored hymnIn The Bag (4,3,3) HOME AND DRY*
9   To raise some children? No blessing (7) ENNOBLE [T]
10 Oriental force, hostile and red (7) CHIANTI {CHI}{ANTI}
11 A lever to push, by the sound of it (5) PEDAL (~peddle)
12 Primarily, ecologists' crusade: release of gases (8) EMISSION {Ec...s}{MISSION}
14 Twisted mess, they say? It’s not oblique (5,5) RIGHT ANGLE (~right tangle) (Correction - ~ wry tangle - See comments)
15 Disburden yourself in part: say 'no' (4) DENY [T]
17 Primarily dim and fairly thick? (4) DAFT Acrostic &lit
19 Favourite of the Queen, hes entangled with cowgirl (5,5) WELSH CORGI* {HES+COWGIRL}*
21 Clothing from River Island included in something to treat woman (3-5) TEE-SHIRT {TEES}{H{I}RT}
23 Old hat (pork-pie), on vacation, worn by buffoon (5) PASSE {Po...iE} over {ASS}
25 'Then!' ... 'Any minute now!' ... (etc) (3,2,2) AND SO ON {AND}{SOON}
26 Where a rubles circulated? (7) BELARUS* &lit
27 First signs of opposing Brexit: time ended by prorogation evokes passions (10) OBSESSIONS {Op...g}{Br...t}{SESSIONS}

DOWN
1   Put 19 to death, perhaps, for appearing guilty (7) HANGDOG {HANG}{DOG}
2   Thousand members of aristocracy decapitated for a kind of freedom (8) MOBILITY {M}{nOBILITY}
3   Inhaling helium in the morning: excuse me! (4) AHEM {A{HE}M}
4   European Community overcome by mad idealism to get rid of the pound, etc (10) DECIMALISE {EC} in {IDEALISM}*
5   Miser, drunk, in Champagne city (5) REIMS*
6   Keep speed trap working? That might be rare (8,5) PEPPERED STEAK*
7   Leaves tip? Everyman has (6) ENDIVE {END}{I'VE}
8   Yes indeed, I ask about diagnosis (6,7) KIDNEY DISEASE*
13 Writer where bonnets aren't endlessly represented! (4,6) ANNE BRONTE {BONNETs+ARENt}*
16 Latin offered by a top university, first third of course somewhere in Latin America (8) ACAPULCO {A}{CAP}{U}{L}{COurse}
18 Deals with American comedian (6) FIELDS [DD]
20 Makes another list of holiday destinations (7) RESORTS [DD]
22 Explosive on the fringes, hubbub includes rising rabble (1-4) H-BOMB {Hu..uB} over {MOB<=}
24 A bird spotted in hibiscus (4) IBIS [T]

Reference List
Island = I, Thousand = M, University = U

8 comments:

  1. Special at 10:30 will be an Alphabet Jigsaw by KKR

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  2. Peppered steak?=
    That might be rare
    Please explain how

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    1. Keep speed trap = Anagram fodder
      working? = Anagram Indicator
      That might be rare = Definition = PEPPERED STEAK*

      Read the article at the link placed over the answer in the main post and you will understand what is meant by 'might be rare'

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  3. Sorry for being late.somebody please explain

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