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- 1A For "packet" think "packet steamer".
- 22A ...or more likely actress.
- 2D The epic poem is attributed to Homer.
- 5D You need to separate "working holiday".
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Solution and explanation of the answers...
Definitions underlined in bold italics, (Abc)* indicating anagram of Abc, {deletions} and [] other indicators.
Across
1
He may make a packet? (10)
SHIPWRIGHT – Cryptic Definition referring to a packet boat or steamer
8
Former chief friar (5)
PRIOR – Double definition.
9
Not just after a bit of frivolity at amusement park (7)
FUNFAIR – First letter [bit of] F{rivolity}, UNFAIR (not just).
10
Boringly renovated outside lavatory after emptying (9)
TEDIOUSLY – (outside)* [renovated], L{avator}Y [after emptying].
12
Slide downhill from short jump (3)
SKI – SKI{p} (jump) [short].
13
Bring up salary increase (5)
RAISE – Double definition.
15
Get up and go over twice the speed (5)
OOMPH – O O (over) [twice] MPH (speed).
17
Transport replacement on the way back (3)
BUS – SUB (replacement) reversed.
18
Party before match? (4,5)
STAG NIGHT – Cryptic definition.
20
Steps down as singers are misbehaving (7)
RESIGNS – (singers)* [misbehaving].
21
Character in Twelfth Night can take a bow? (5)
VIOLA – Double definition, the second a cryptic hint.
22
She might fall for an actor (10)
STUNTWOMAN – Cryptic definition.
Down
1 City street regrets pub being rebuilt (2,10)
ST PETERSBURG – ST (street) (regrets pub)* [rebuilt].
2
Epic poem I laid out (5)
ILIAD – (I laid)* out.
3
Turned up unprepared for a series of battles (3)
WAR – RAW (unprepared) [turned up].
4
At home put together brew (6)
INFUSE – IN (at home) FUSE (put together).
5
Money changed by hotel over working holiday (9)
HONEYMOON – H (Hotel in the NATO phonetic alphabet) (money)* [changed] O (over) ON (working).
6
Managed to reduce some money paid under duress (6)
RANSOM – RAN (managed) SOM{e} [reduced].
7
French crew practise moving cargo on the tracks, perhaps?
(7,5)
FREIGHT TRAIN – FR (French) EIGHT (rowing crew) TRAIN (practise).
11
Mistake in supervision (9)
OVERSIGHT – Double definition.
14
In pain, Sister to apply pressure (6)
INSIST – Hidden in paIN SISTer.
16
Boy goes under barrier to get fruit (6)
DAMSON – DAM (barrier) SON (boy).
19
Dark place to go in the outskirts of Gotham (5)
GLOOM – LOO (place to go) in [outskirts of] G{otha}M.
21
Swear there is nothing in German car (3)
VOW – O (0; nothing) in VW (German car).
SHIPWRIGHT – Cryptic Definition referring to a packet boat or steamer
PRIOR – Double definition.
FUNFAIR – First letter [bit of] F{rivolity}, UNFAIR (not just).
TEDIOUSLY – (outside)* [renovated], L{avator}Y [after emptying].
SKI – SKI{p} (jump) [short].
RAISE – Double definition.
OOMPH – O O (over) [twice] MPH (speed).
BUS – SUB (replacement) reversed.
STAG NIGHT – Cryptic definition.
RESIGNS – (singers)* [misbehaving].
VIOLA – Double definition, the second a cryptic hint.
STUNTWOMAN – Cryptic definition.
1 City street regrets pub being rebuilt (2,10)
ST PETERSBURG – ST (street) (regrets pub)* [rebuilt].
ILIAD – (I laid)* out.
WAR – RAW (unprepared) [turned up].
INFUSE – IN (at home) FUSE (put together).
HONEYMOON – H (Hotel in the NATO phonetic alphabet) (money)* [changed] O (over) ON (working).
RANSOM – RAN (managed) SOM{e} [reduced].
FREIGHT TRAIN – FR (French) EIGHT (rowing crew) TRAIN (practise).
OVERSIGHT – Double definition.
INSIST – Hidden in paIN SISTer.
DAMSON – DAM (barrier) SON (boy).
GLOOM – LOO (place to go) in [outskirts of] G{otha}M.
VOW – O (0; nothing) in VW (German car).
Very enjoyable clues-especially TEDIOUSLY and STUNTWOMAN. I guessed packet was SHIP but had to work through builder, maker, worker etc before I got to WRIGHT! Thanks for good test.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I enjoyed setting those two as well (especially the outside lavatory).
ReplyDeleteFun solve. GLOOM and OOMPH especially! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks and glad you found it fun and enjoyed the gloom
DeleteGreat puzzle. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback
DeleteVery enjoyable - main hold up was 1ac “Shipwright” which I eventfully got after an alphabet trawl - hadn’t heard of the packet steamer before.
ReplyDeleteHave to admit, I thought the clue for 9ac was incorrect at first - I initially parsed it as fun = frivolity, and just = fair, so I couldn’t work out how the “not” came into it. Then, I shifted a few letters across and it became clear 😀.
Liked 15ac “Oomph”, 19dn “Gloom” amd 18ac “Stag Night”
Thanks as usual!
JamesEd46
Glad you enjoyed it and it's good for me to know what people like/don't like.
ReplyDeleteAnother great job Sawbill - CODs (or CsOD) abound! Thanks for brightening up the morning :)
ReplyDeleteZak
Thanks Zak. It brightens up my day to get responses like yours.
ReplyDeleteThanks for enjoyable QC, Sawbill. So glad to be on the wavelength today. Liked TEDIOUSLY ((!), STUNTWOMAN , OOMPH, RANSOM, among others. LOI SHIPWRIGHT (COD).
ReplyDeleteThanks to John for blog.
Countrywoman, glad to have visited 1d a few years ago.
Thank you … I have always wanted to visit St P. (Surprising, given I have a Russian born wife).
DeleteDefinitely on the wavelength with 1a first in.
DeleteLast in was 10a where I quickly got the LY but was slow to see the anagram of outside.
COD to 15a.
Thanks to Sawbill.
I thought 1a would be the most difficult. I live and learn.
DeleteA very nice puzzle which took me 12 minutes - bang on my par for the Saturday Specials. How the three of you maintain such a consistent standard I do not know.
ReplyDeleteOnly issue was with 9A where the clue I read had "Not just after a bit of fun ..." not frivolity. Very odd, and threw me at first with fun being in both clue and answer. Did no-one else see this wording?
St Petersburg is a fabulous city, well worth visiting. Though sadly not now I suspect.
Many thanks Sawbill for a very classy puzzle.
Cedric
Thanks Cedric for your kind words. Fun should be Frivolity in that clue. Sorry about that!
DeleteSorry about the problem with the crossword.info version. My final edit of "fun" to "frivolity" didn't update correctly due to a bug in Crossword Compiler. Now fixed for further solvers.
DeleteJust got round to trying this. Very enjoyable and some fun clues. 1a the most tricky until I had all the checkers. I think a little red wine with supper helped my mental fluidity this evening... Really liked 7d Freight Train - could have been train------- until I saw the numbering for the letters in the answer. My printout had a typo on the clue numbers: 8a was really 6a but sailed over that. Many thanks for setting us a good weekend puzzle; we are all grateful for all your efforts - Andrew-Turner
ReplyDeleteThanks Andrew. I found FREIGHT TRAIN the most difficult to clue.
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