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 |