Sunday, 2 June 2019

The Sunday Crossword No 3050, Sunday 02 Jun 2019


ACROSS
1   At the end of the day, a lovable rogue (5,3) ABOVE ALL*
5   German army unit (1-5) G-FORCE {G}{FORCE}
10 Strike a pose, fabulous figure? (5) AESOP*
11 Composition of quiet soul (5,4) STILL LIFE {STILL}{LIFE}
12 50 admitted to pious golf club in California suburb (9) HOLLYWOOD {HO{L}LY}{WOOD}
13 Enormous honour's meeting earl (5) OBESE {OBE'S}{E}
14 Face of donkey kissed noisily (6) ASPECT (~ ass pecked)
15 Vociferously against taking pudding through to bedroom (2,5) EN SUITE (~ on sweet)
18 Waster, poet, communist (7) SPENDER [DD]
20 Is concerned about son, gives show of affection (6) CARESS {CARE{S}S}
22 Had put robe on (not grand) (5) OWNED gOWNED
24 Bigot at heart, host's without skill, dignity? (9) PARTRIDGE {P{ART}RID{biGot}E} &lit
25 Wasting time in Tate Modern, busy tourist spot (5-4) NOTRE-DAME {tATE+MODERN}*
26 Early on, state administered by old New Zealander? (5) SAMOA {St..e}{Ad...d}{MOA} &lit
27 'Savage'!? Sorry, it's 'unruly' (6) SADIST {SAD}{ITS*}
28 What toffs shoot, short-of-height bumpkins (8) PEASANTS PhEASANTS

DOWN
1   Flatness of a route's variable (6) APATHY {A}{PATH}{Y}
2   Old boy, solitary and square, extremely chaste date (9) OBSOLESCE {OB}{SOLE}{S}{Ch..tE}
3   Folly to have run into deserted cape (5-10) EMPTY HEADEDNESS {EMPTY}{HEADED}{NESS}
4   The French bay is severely run down (4,3) LASH OUT {LA}{SHOUT}
6   Tricky to anticipate surplus of rifles in mess (4,2,9) FULL OF SURPRISES*
7   In her novel, there's a valley (5) RHINE*
8   Breeze drifts over Tyneside, making someone cold (8) EBENEZER {EBE{NE}ZER*}
9   Even the old hippies do this (3-3) TIE-DYE {TIED}{YE}
16 Composed of sane mind, I will be a mole (6,3) INSIDE MAN*
17 Once snared by lasso on a sierra (2,4,2) AS SOON AS [T]
19 Parrot in old TV show (6) REPEAT [DD]
20 Train company greet stranger (7) CORTEGE {CO}{GREET*}
21 City's bankrupt financiers, hard to ignore (2,4) LE MANS LEhMANS
23 Celebrated being ruggedly toned (5) NOTED*

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Saturday, 1 June 2019

No 12641, Saturday 01 Jun 2019, Incognito


ACROSS
8   Rats! Rejected hero (4) STAR <=
9   Time-keeper's rouser consumes last meal (5) CLOCK {C{meaL}OCK}
10 Former President discharges queen's servant (4) PEON PErON
11 Bad actor's tool? (6) HAMMER [DD]
12 Student and peer produce letter (8) LANDLORD {L}{AND}{LORD}
13 The Spanish redrafted notice for poll (8) ELECTION {EL}{NOTICE*}
15 After morning's circular letter European graduate synthesises single celled creature (6) AMOEBA {AM}{O}{E}{BA}
17 Cons boss — that is, superior — in the beginning (7) STUDIES {STUD}{IE}{Su...r}
19 Once again film others wandering around commencement of opera (7) RESHOOT {RESH{Op..a}OT*}
22 Wildly pursues, without right, and consumes (4,2) USES UP PUrSUES*
24 Revolutionary Maoism captivates girl and Yankee resulting in aversion to marriage (8)  MISOGAMY {MISO{G}AM*}{Y}
26 Animal destroys the panel (8) ELEPHANT*
28 First PM's dance (3-3) CHA-CHA {CHACHA}
30 Company sailors' food (4) CORN {CO}{RN}
31 Perfect scheme by student (5) IDEAL {IDEA}{L}
32 Relative taunts endlessly (4) AUNT tAUNTs

DOWN
1   It may erupt when stake is reversed (4) ETNA <=
2   Stern expert and daughter gave a scowl (8) GRIMACED {GRIM}{ACE}{D}
3   Puerto Rico, not Peru, revised tax (6) OCTROI {puerTO+RICO}*
4   Then oil spoilt emergency contact (7) HOTLINE*
5   Purpose of cosmetics? Frighten relatives in residence (8) SKINCARE {S{KIN}CARE}
6   God! A referendum before beginning of October? (6) APOLLO {A}{POLL}{Oc...r}
7   Perform. Else, this is the way to go (4) DOOR {DO}{OR}
14 Flower? Plenty with Uncle Sam (5) LOTUS {LOT}{US}
16 Book space that is cleaner (5) BROOM {B}{ROOM}
18 Stress English redcap has leaders of Islamic State (8) EMPHASIS {E}{MP}{HAS}{Is...c}{St..e}
20 Eat greedily many a preparation on December 31st (8) HOGMANAY {HOG}{MANY+A}*
21 Time Dot may be left out (7) OMITTED*
23 Drink in base, lying down (6) SUPINE {SUP}{IN}{E}
25 Nickels may be recast, in absence of Nitrogen, to produce cutting tool (6) SICKLE nICKLES*
27 Steal gents' model (4) LOOT {LOO}{T}
29 What you extend when you say "Have a nice day", for starters (4) HAND Acrostic Semi&lit

Reference List
Queen = R, Student = L, The Spanish = EL, Right = R, Girl = G, Yankee = Y, Sailors = RN, Daughter = D, Book = B, Redcap = MP, Base = E, Gents = LOO, Model =T

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