The Stickler Weekly 208 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 PUSH OFF
Leave smoke floating around shop just before closing (4,3) PUFF outside (SHO)P
5 PACIFY
One fellow taking part in fast is quiet (6) (I + F) inside PACY
9 TONED
Items from great one definitely changed colour (5) greaT ONE Definitely
10 APPENDAGE
Write first section of document in a part of book supplement (9) [PEN + (D)OCUMENT] inside (A + PAGE)
11 IN SPADES
Residents of certain spa described emphatically (2,6) certaIN SPA DEScribed
12 JERKIN
Yank wearing a close-fitting jacket (6) JERK + IN
14 HOLDING PATTERN
Flying course taken by pilot going nowhere? (7,7) Cryptic Definition
16 SPECTATOR SPORT
Top actress drunkenly left much-watched activity (9,5) Anagram of TOP ACTRESS + PORT
20 RECANT
Take back car briefly used in lease (6) (CA)R inside RENT
22 CALAMINE
Zinc ore and carbon according to a supplier of ore (8) C + A LA + MINE
24 EMBELLISH
Centrepiece of Bohemian ring is hard to beautify? (9) Boh(EM)ian + BELL + IS + H
25 EARTH
Sensor is extracted from this ground (5) EAR + (THIS minus IS)
26 MENDED
Healed people died without one (6) MEN + (DIED minus I)
27 DROWNED
Doctor had swallowed water and died (7) DR + OWNED
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 PUTRID
Commit clear foul (6) PUT + RID
2 SANDSTONE
Spain, oddly, doesn’t broadcast rock (9) SpAiN + anagram of DOESNT
3 OLD HAND
Hold orderly as well as an experienced person (3,4) Anagram of HOLD + AND
4 FRATERNITY
A sea-bird – it nested in young boys’ club (10) (A + TERN + IT) inside FRY
5 PIPE
Smoker’s panatella almost completely stubbed out in dish? (4) (P)anatella inside PIE
6 CONTENT
Kid with camping gear is quite happy (7) CON + TENT
7 FRANK
Force shown by formation of soldiers is to the point (5) F + RANK
8 PENNON
Old money largely being supported by standard (6) (PENN)Y + ON
13 APPROACHED
A quiet veteran, hurt, came to (10) A + P + PRO + ACHED
15 EARLIER ON
Before hearing organ, one with pride showed around the Queen (7,2) EAR + (LION outside ER)
16 SORBET
Eyeball found in prepared dish that’s frozen (6) ORB inside SET
17 TINKLED
Ink was placed first in order after stockist finally rang (7) (INK + LED) after STOCKIS(T)
18 PLACEBO
Remember most of boy’s useless medication (7) PLACE + (BO)Y
19 METHOD
Overdose of drugs is routine (6) METH OD
21 CABLE
Hire car left front of extended line (5) CAB + L + (E)XTENDED
23 RIND
Peel pieces of pear individually (4) peaR INDividually

 

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