Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | MISSHAPEN | |
Ugly young lady has not finished with writer (9) | MISS + HA(s) + PEN | |
6 | ISAAC | |
Patriarch is a focus of tracts (5) | IS + A + tr(AC)ts | |
9 | TRAMS | |
People movers, electronically controlled, rolled backwards (5) | SMART reversed | |
10 | INSOLUBLE | |
Strange demeanour of one bull is mystifying (9) | Anagram of ONE BULL IS | |
11 | OVERACTS | |
Arranged to carve small hams (8) | Anagram of TO CARVE + S | |
12 | PROTEA | |
South African plant rot identified in legume (6) | ROT inside PEA | |
14 | APPLIED | |
A pope oddly said the wrong thing should be implemented (7) | A (P)o(P)e + LIED | |
15 | REFEREE | |
Judge replaced free roll of film before the end (7) | Anagram of FREE + REE(l) | |
17 | ONE | |
A single person came through in speech (3) | Sounds like WON | |
18 | TABLEAU | |
Letter from Greece about clever group picture (7) | TAU outside ABLE | |
20 | SIRLOIN | |
Cut of meat, for example, not considered kosher in different religions (7) | Anagram of RELIGIONS minus EG | |
22 | ROLLER | |
One may be employed to paint an expensive car (6) | Double Definition | |
24 | ON TIPTOE | |
Ballerina’s position changed to pointe! (2,6) | Anagram of TO POINTE | |
27 | TITLE DEED | |
Document proving ownership – it was first recorded in the Maori edition (5,4) | (IT + LED) inside TE + ED | |
28 | NAIVE | |
One stuck in the main part of a church is innocent (5) | I inside NAVE | |
29 | CADDY | |
Give assistance to a professional supplier of tea (5) | Double Definition | |
30 | BOYFRIEND | |
Date possibly could be bone-dry if processed (9) | Anagram of BONEDRY IF | |
Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | MOTTO | |
Type of cat brought up to cry (5) | TOM reversed + TO | |
2 | SHAKE UP | |
Disturb fish swimming in drink (5,2) | HAKE inside SUP | |
3 | HISTAMINE | |
This formed a deposit and compound released during allergic reactions (9) | Anagram of THIS + A + MINE | |
4 | PRINTED OUT | |
New configuration of ported unit should be recorded on paper (7,3) | Anagram of PORTED UNIT | |
5 | NEST | |
Area almost separated from nearest breeding-ground (4) | NEAREST minus ARE(a) | |
6 | IDLER | |
One learner, in view of traffic light, reversed into stationary car perhaps? (5) | I + (L inside RED reversed) | |
7 | ARBITER | |
Judge a registered Nipper (7) | A + R + BITER | |
8 | CAESAREAN | |
Care about sea rising before an operational manoeuvre to effect delivery (9) | CARE outside SEA reversed + AN | |
13 | PRESENT-DAY | |
Gift, diary, oddly seen as contemporary (7-3) | PRESENT + (D)i(A)r(Y) | |
14 | ANTARCTIC | |
An approach cut by river near the south pole (9) | AN + (TACTIC outside R) | |
16 | FOREIGNER | |
Alien’s rule embraced by enemy right? (9) | REIGN inside FOE + R | |
19 | BELATED | |
Retrieval of account held by foundation is overdue (7) | TALE reversed inside BED | |
21 | OUTLINE | |
Sketch may be long in routine without an introduction (7) | L inside (r)OUTINE | |
23 | EVERY | |
All possible heading to exams in a high degree (5) | E + VERY | |
25 | EMEND | |
Workers secured by editor to make corrections (5) | MEN inside ED | |
26 | HERB | |
Sprigs of rather big plant with useful properties (4) | ratHER Big |