Weekend Quick Cryptic 159 - 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 Phil'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 8A the amount of paper is 24 sheets (now often 25) of the same size and quality.
• In 20A the forces are police forces.
• The General in 22A commanded the Union army in the American Civil War.
• In 21D “Cycling” is the effect of writing the word in a circle and starting at a different letter, still going in the same direction.

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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 Naked except for tie in the end (4)
BARE – BAR (except for) + last letter of tiE [in the end].
4 Card some sent around for colleagues (8)
COMRADES – (card some)* [sent around].
8 Got a lot of paper, we hear, before drawing begins (8)
ACQUIRED – A + CQUIRE  sounds like QUIRE (lot of paper) [we hear] + Drawing [begins].
9 Regularly email them about small thing (4)
MITE – Alternate letters [regularly] of eMaIl ThEm.
10 Moan as Ferrari, say, requires a bit of petrol (4)
CARP – CAR (Ferrari, say) + first letter of [a bit of] Petrol.
11 Relation travelling from the east (8)
ORIENTAL – (Relation)* [travelling].
12 Get rid of whisky (6)
SCOTCH – Double definition.
14 Beer on the way back? Edward is happy (6)
ELATED – ALE (beer) [on the way back] -> ELA + TED (Edward).
16 Possessions correctly left out over time (8)
PROPERTY – PROPER{l}Y (correctly) without the L [left out] around [over] T (time).
18 Small joint in vessel (4)
SHIP – S (small) + HIP (joint).
19 Past deliveries (4)
OVER – Double definition, the second referring to cricket deliveries.
20 Global forces (8)
INTERPOL – Cryptic definition.
22 In general, go down slope (8)
GRADIENT – DIE (go down) [in] GRANT (famous general). General Ulysses Grant was commanding general of the Union army in the American Civil War and 18^th President of the USA.
23 Back of seat on public transport's broken (4)
BUST – Last letter [back] of seaT [on] BUS (public transport). Note that “on” in an across clue in A on B means B then A, hence hear BUS then T.
 
Down
2 Old chair refurbished by a craftsman originally (7)
ARCHAIC - A + (chair)* [refurbished] + first letter of Craftsman [originally]. A by B, like “on” in 23A, means B then A, hence (chair)* by A means  A + (chair)*.
3 Provide joke online? (5)
EQUIP – E + QUIP. A bit of whimsy. An online joke might be an e joke.
4 Short, short dog (3)
CUR – CUR{t} (short) [short].
5 Profession helping with issue (9)
MIDWIFERY – Cryptic definition, referring to “issue” = “child”.
6 Country song about soldiers (7)
ARMENIA - ARIA (song) [about] MEN (soldiers).
7 More old paintings put up (5)
EXTRA – EX (old) + ART (paintings) [put up] -> TRA.
11 White rose develops in a different way (9)
OTHERWISE – (White rose)* [develops].
13 Reached a point with red tape coming first (7)
TAPERED – TAPE [coming first] + RED.
15 Newspaper people I sorted out (7)
EDITORS – (I sorted)* [out].
17 Traveller runs across (5)
ROVER – R (runs). + OVER (across).
18 Remove stunted bushes (5)
SCRUB – Double definition.
21 Small child cycling over the top (3)
TOT – OTT (over the top) [cycling] -> TOT. “Cycling” is the effect of writing the word in a circle and starting at a different letter, still going in the same direction.