Weekend Quick Cryptic 147 - 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. 

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Hints and tips...

Here are a few hints and tips.

• In 11A "one" becomes "I" in the anagram fodder.
• 17A is a type of delivery used in cricket.
• In 9D the definition is "bridge ot pontoon".
• For 20D use the IVR code (what you see on a car numberplate) for Germany.

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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 Rather posh pale blue trousers (6)
SWANKY -  WAN (pale) in SKY (blue), [trouser] = put inside.
4 Agree current company originally raised dividend (6)
ACCORD – AC (alternating current) + CO (company) + initial letters of, [originally], Raised Dividend.
8 It prevented flooding from two hurricanes at sea (6,7)
SHOWER CURTAIN – (two hurricanes)* [at sea].
10 Time to return before last of torches gives out (5)
EMITS – TIME [to reflect] -> EMIT + last letter of torcheS.
11 Changing gender one was in control (7)
REIGNED – (gender I)* [changing], where I = “one”.
13 Join Italian club briefly and cause friction (9)
INTEGRATE – INTE{r} (Italian football club) [briefly] + GRATE (cause friction).
17 Delivery finished by member (7)
OVERARM – OVER (finished) + ARM (member). A normal cricket delivery.
18 Rubbish used to be outside of theatre (5)
WASTE – WAS (used to be) + outside letters of TheatrE.
19 Small boy starts feeling unwell behind centre in North East town (13)
MIDDLESBROUGH – S (small) + first letter of Boy [starts] + ROUGH (feeling unwell), after MIDDLE (centre).
21 Cuts roses, say, after failing to open (6)
LOWERS – {f}LOWERS (rose, perhaps) without the first letter.
22 Somehow dieted and improved (6)
EDITED – [Somehow] (dieted)*.
 
Down
1 Nurse in glasses is terrible (6)
SISTER – Hidden in glaseS IS TERrible.
2 Native from Lincoln beginning to be included (9)
ABORIGINE – ORIGIN (beginning) included in ABE (Abraham Lincoln).
3 Holds onto fortresses (5)
KEEPS – Double definition.
5 A croc is swimming somewhere near Sardinia (7)
CORSICA – (A croc is)* [swimming].
6 Gone, we hear, for eggs (3)
OVA – Sounds like, [we hear], OVER (gone).
7 Uncover study due for refurbishment (6)
DENUDE – DEN (study) + (due)* [for refurbishment].
9 Outside of Cordoba excitedly drag me finally across bridge or pontoon (4,5)
CARD GAMES – [Outside of] CordobA + (drag me {acros}s [finally])* [excitedly].
12 When unavoidable, drunk men used street (5,4)
NEEDS MUST - [Drunk] (men used)* + ST (street).
14 Advertisement - it might be pulled (7)
TRAILER – Double definition, the second a cryptic hint.
15 Common in Spain or Malta (6)
NORMAL – Hidden in SpaiN OR MALta.
16 Way to change them before owing money (6)
METHOD – [Change] (them)* + OD (overdrawn; owing money).
18 By the sound of it went around the globe (5)
WORLD – Sounds like, [by the sound of it], WHIRLED (went round).
20 Condensation forming in Germany (East and West) (3)
DEW – D (Deutschland; IVR code for Germany) + E (East) + W (West).