Weekend Quick Cryptic 135 - Solution

Phil Jordan, Sawbill and I are continuing to produce our series of Weekend Quick Cryptic crosswords. We take turns, publishing one a fortnight, and this week it's Sawbill's turn. 

You can find a link to the crossword here and the answers below.  Feel free to leave any comments or questions here as you would do on  TfTT .  You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here. 

Before looking at the answers, if you would like some additional help, click the label below.

Hints and tips...

Here are a few hints and tips.

• The capital P in 10A is an additional hint.
• The definition in 12A is more than one word.
• Use the phonetic alphabet in 20A.
• You need Roman numerals for 21A and 17D
• In 6D "on board" is an insertion indicator referring to being in a ship.

And click on this label to get the solution.

Solution and explanation of the answers...

 

Definitions  underlined in bold italics , ( Abc )* indicating anagram of Abc,{deletions} and [] other indicators.

 
Across
1 Right to join the police and our crazy Belgian detective (7,6)
HERCULE POIROT -  (R the police our)* [crazy].
8 Car from Ulster I'm returning first (4)
MINI – I’M [returning -> MI, NI (Northern Ireland; Ulster).
9 Vehicle I parked in front of outbuilding's disappeared (8)
VANISHED – VAN (vehicle) I SHED (outbuilding).
10 Comfortable situation in which Peace may develop? (3,2,5)
BED OF ROSES – Double definition, the second a cryptic hint… Peace being a variety of rose.
12 Behind old church, crowd spotted cat (6)
OCELOT – O (old) CE (Church of England; church LOT (crowd).
14 Rustle up favourable outcome (6)
RESULT – (Rustle)* [up].
15 Iron amulet reset with gemstone (10)
TOURMALINE – (iron amulet)* [reset].
19 Those that are left without a memento (8)
REMINDER – REM{a}INDER (those who are left behind) without the A.
20 Victor beginning to open the envelope for ballot (4)
VOTE – V  (Victor in the phonetic alphabet) and first letters of [beginning to] Open The Envelope.
21 Pence is tired around five strangely. He was… (4,9)
VICE PRESIDENT – (pence is tired v)* [strangely], with the roman numeral V for five.
 
Down
2 Proof Ned and I've turned up outside of castle (8)
EVIDENCE –  NED and I’VE [turned up] -> EVIDEN, and outside of CastlE.
3 Capital investment originally acquired by Carol, left out (5)
CAIRO – Insert the first letter of Investment [originally] in CARO{l} without the L.
4 Cheat and travel round all over the place (4,3)
LOVE RAT – (travel o)* [all over the place], using the round letter O for “round”.
5 Longs for trees (5)
PINES – Double definition.
6 Demands to be among first to hide on board (7)
INSISTS – IN (among), IST (first) in SS [hide on board a ship; i.e. insert into SS].
7 Starts to organise polo event not golf tournament (4)
OPEN – First letters of [starts to] Organise Polo Event Not.
11 They float about on wood not returning (8)
PLANKTON – PLANK (piece of wood) and NOT [returning] -> TON
13 Where to go later in confusion (7)
LATRINE - (Later in)* [confusion].
14 Comments on old German capital (7)
REMARKS – RE (on) MARKS (old German money; capital).
16 Below a couple of foreign articles (5)
UNDER – UN (a in French) DER (the in German) – two foreign articles.
17 Black and blue top worn by six (5)
LIVID – VI (six in roman numerals) in LID (top).
18 Some gas emissions within house (4)
SEMI – Hidden in [some… within] gaS EMIssions.