REFUSAL: Anagram (should be disturbed) of the preceding two words A beam of light is inserted into an informal word for some rip offs.
WARLIKE: Anagram (flexing)WALKER placed around the letter that represents oneĢ4a Writes colourfully of some light-entertaining rip-offs (7)ĬRAYONS: Colourfully here is in the literal rather than metaphorical sense. SHARP EYED: Cryptic definition, think what something pointed is.ġ9a Hound, quite old for a dog - antique! (5)ĬURIO: A 3-letter synonym of a hound or mongrel and two letters that look like a number which is quite old in dog yearsĢ1a Demanded to get fifty rather than 100 grand (7)ĮXALTED: Replace the Roman numeral for 100 with that for 50 in a synonym of demanded.Ģ3a Round one, Walker flexing, ready for a dust-up (7) INCLEMENT: Anagram (spilled) of CLIENT placed around (mopped up) some guysġ6a Having the vision to make pointed observations? (5-4)
I’ll spare you a clipġ4a Bitter client spilled - guys mopped up (9) Incidentally the solution is also the name of a pop group involving two dysfunctional relatives of a different gender. OASIS: The chemical symbol of Oxygen, A from the clue and fifty percent of a relative. SPANIEL Hidden and reversed (partly cut back) in the clueġ3a Oxygen a half-cut relative needed in watering-hole (5) TWOSOME: A large book is placed around (about) a reversal (running over) of a swine in the animal senseġ2a Barker‘s role in a psychodrama partly cut back (7) VALIANT: Insert a reversal of a synonym of secure as a verb into an abbreviation of a ubiquitous duty or tax.ġ1a Book about swine running over couple (7) So many illustrations I could use here!ġ0a Fearless in duty, keeping revolutionary secure (7) Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.ġa Gay marriage maybe for bureaucrats (5,7)ĬIVIL SERVICE: Double definition, the bureaucrats being employees of the crown.ĪLSO RAN: We need synonyms of both too and organised or managed to give this loser. I was feeling a little hungover after the jubilee celebrations 🇬🇧 but a sea swim has cleared it and the setter (Zandio?) has given us a very fine puzzle, no obscurities just clever wordplay, I enjoyed it a lot.
My turn to stand in for Deep Threat today. Good morning everyone from a sunny South Devon. BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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