Weekend Quick Cryptic 161 - 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.

• The philosopher in 1A is French, first name Albert.
• Both 9A and 10A are soundalike clues.
• Uncle Joe in 13A is a nickname used in the Western media during WWII.
• Epistaxis in 11D can result from a facial injury.
• For 18D you need to know your Roman Numerals.

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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 Where students may be quietly taken in by philosopher (6)
CAMPUS - P (piano; quietly) in [taken in by] CAMUS (Albert Camus; philosopher).
5 Arrive at the outskirts of Letterkenny - very pretty! (6)
COMELY – COME (arrive) + outside letters [outskirts] of LetterkennY.
8 Stole unfinished prawn cocktail (4)
WRAP – (praw{n})* [cocktail] removing the last letter of PRAW{n} [unfinished].
9 Is aware of, we hear, seedy watering hole's rapid demise (8)
NOSEDIVE – NOSE sounds like KNOWS (is aware of) [we hear] + DIVE (seedy watering hole).
10 Reportedly substandard sort of clue for "rain cats and dogs" (4,4)
POUR DOWN – Sounds like [reportedly] POOR (substandard) + DOWN (sort of clue).
12 Common complaint caught by veteran (4)
COLD – C (caught) + OLD (veteran).
13  Uncle Joe mistreated Latins (6)
STALIN – [mistreated] (Latins)*.
15 Prominently display page penned by hack (6)
SPLASH – P (page) in [penned by] SLASH (hack).
17 This sort of list may create a fuss (2-2)
TO-DO – Double definition.
19  Religious leader and Edward talked incessantly (8)
RABBITED – RABBI (religious leader) + TED (Edward).
21 Be in favour of Scottish barrister (8)
ADVOCATE – Double definition.
23 Feature in church I notice (4)
CHIN - Hidden in churCH I Notice.
24 Kitchen utensil is bigger we're told (6)
GRATER – Sounds like [we’re told] GREATER (bigger).
25 24 hours away - a welcome break (3,3)
DAY OFF – DAY (24 hours) + OFF (away).
 
Down
2 After reshuffle, Pretoria loses eastern transport hub (7)
AIRPORT – [after reshuffle] (Pr{e}toria)* without [loses] the E (eastern)
3 In camp I personally found a musician (5)
PIPER – Hidden in camP I PERsonally.
4 Newspaper proprietor includes a bit of Drambuie in drink at the end of the day (9)
SUNDOWNER – First letter [a bit of] Drambuie in SUN OWNER (newspaper proprietor).
5 Oddly chops lettuce (3)
COS – Odd letters of ChOpS.
6 Falsely claimed for health check (7)
MEDICAL – [Falsely] (claimed)*.
7 It's flat however you look at it (5)
LEVEL – A palindrome [whichever way you look at it].
11  See blonde suffering epistaxis (9)
NOSEBLEED – (See blonde)* [suffering].
14 Be careful - here's a guard! (4,3)
LOOK OUT – Double definition.
16 Law officer starts serving his electorate, revelling in fire fighting (7)
SHERIFF – Initial letters [starts] of Serving His Electorate Revelling In Fire Fighting.
18 More senior - odder when first 500 is cut by 95% (5)
OLDER – ODDER replacing the first D (500 in Roman numerals) by L (50 in Roman numerals = 10% of 500).
20 UncomfortabIe, but not beginning to be spiteful (5)
ITCHY – {b}ITCHY (spiteful) [not beginning].
22 Hear of Scottish town's display (3)
AIR – Sounds like [hear of] AYR (Scottish town).