Cryptic Crossword #27 [Completed]

LeadHead said:

4d: LATENT? "A large" = AL, set-up means reverse to get LA, big top = TENT and it means concealed.

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Perfectly parsed LH!

I should add that I use hyphens as word splits, so the noun set-up in the surface is the verb set up in the cryptic reading.

Parametric said:

24 across, "profile"? Side (def) in favour of (pro) turning in stack of cash [pile].

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Perfectly parsed Para!

I was a little reticent about side/profile - but I think one could say 'can we see the side/profile view'.

1 across ... I've got nothing.

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Would:

Party time with dry sort of wine (4)

Help?

Parametric said:

Agree. A profile is a side view. What happened to the middle letter? "pile" became "file"? Was "turning in" a code for something?

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It's (P(ROF<)ILE) - thought you'd parsed more fully, you know, being you.

Ah! I thought it might be "sect", but I wasn't totally sure if a sect qualifies as a "party" - I thought sects were religious and parties were political. I should have checked Merriam Webster, which I now see gives "party" as a synonym for "sect".

For those playing along, that's party (def) time (t) with dry sort of wine (sec).

Kaboom! We have defeated another crossword.

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Winner!

Party is def number 7 in Chambers (sometimes a setter has to tap the source rather than give a better known association.



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Here be parse ...

1a - SECT (charade)

Party time and time again? (4)

party - definition
time and time again - SEC & T
? - for two times in one go.

(SEC)(T)


3a - BLACK MARIA (charade)

Prison transport woman out of West Side on jet (5,5)

prison transport - definition
woman out of West Side - MARIA (WSS)
on - positional indicator (on in an across clue means after)
jet - BLACK

(BLACK)(MARIA)


10a - AGAINST (charade)

V&A acquires original piece from Tiffany's (7)

V - definition
& - equivalence link
A - A
acquires - GAINS
original piece from - first letter indicator
tiffany's - first letter fodder

(A)(GAINS)(T)


11a - FUSSPOT (charade)

Old woman with trouble getting weed (7)

old woman - definition
with - first part of positional link
trouble - FUSS
getting - second part of positional link
weed - POT

(FUSS)(POT)


12a - FASHION DESIGNER (anagram)

I heard fine songs upset one like McCartney (7,8)

i heard fine songs - anagram fodder
upset - anagram indicator
one like - definition by example indicator
McCartney - definition (Stella, not Paul)

(FASHION DESIGNER*)


13a - DRENCH (letter exchange)

Thoroughly wet channel head replaced by director (6)

thoroughly wet - definition
channel - TRENCH
head replaced by director - first letter exchange indicator for D

(-t+D)(RENCH)


14a - ONANISTS (&lit)

Number seen around nasty stains? (8)

number - NO
seen around - reversal indicator
nasty - anagram indicator
stains - anagram fodder

Overarching def is a number of people seen around the result of wanking are likely to be wankers.

(ON<)(ANISTS*)


17a - ASSAILED (anagram)

Ales said to be "revolutionary" slated (8)

ales said - anagram fodder
to be revolutionary
slated - definition

(ASSAILED*)


18a - BOTTOM (pun)

Part which could be pinched by an understudy? (6)

Play on an arse being pinched and the Shakespearean MSND role being pinched.


21a - HOLDING PATTERNS (cryptic definition)

In which crates are stacked up by the tower? (7,8)

Misdirect to a warehouse where crates are stacked up in a tower. Crate = planes, a stack-up is where planes go in a holding pattern, the tower is an aircraft control tower.


23a - IN A DAZE (charade homophone)

Stunned at a broadcast of 'Monday, Monday'? (2,1,4)

stunned - definition
at - IN
a - A
broadcast of - homophone indicator
monday monday? - DAYS

(IN)(A)("DAZE")


24a - PROFILE (reversal insertion)

Side in favour of turning in stack of cash (7)

side - definition
in favour of - FOR
turning - reversal indicator
in - insertion indicator
stack of cash - PILE

(P(ROF)ILE)


25a - TENDERNESS (semi&lit)

Head nurse put forward a case for this (10)

haed - NESS
nurse - TENDER
put forward - positional indicator
a case for this - last of def (case can be read as patient or as an argument)

Overarching def, the nurse is promoting tenderness should be used on ward, or she is putting forward a patient to a doctor because of them feeling a tenderness.

(TENDER)(NESS)


26a - BEER (charade)

Live right on one drug or another (4)

live - BE
right - R
on - positional link
one drug - E
or - referal definition link
another - definition (referring back to drug)

(BE)(E)(R)



1d - SCARFED (surround)

Son, worried about female, ate quickly (7)

son - S
worried - CARED
about - surround indicator
female - F
ate quickly - definition

(S+CAR(F)ED)


2d - CLASSLESS (insertion)

Egalitarian girl opening college bar (9)

egalitarian - definition (wordweb)
girl - LASS
opening - insertion indicator
college - C
bar - LESS

(C(LASS)LESS)


4d - LATENT (reversal charade)

A large set-up big top concealed (6)

A large - A L & reversla fodder
set-up - reversal indicator (I use hyphen wordsplits)
big top - TENT
concealed - definition

(L+A<)(TENT)


5d - CAFFEINE (cryptic definition)

Joe's full of it and it really gets me going! (8)

Misdirect to a bloke full of shit and it annoying me. Joe = coffee, gets me going! = effect of caffeine.


6d - MISSION CONTROL (anagram)

Corn limits soon to be raised in Houston? (7,7)

corn limits soon - anagram fodder
to be raised - anagram indicator
in - definition link
Houston? - definition by example

(MISSION CONTROL*)


7d - RIPEN (odd/even charade)

Mature druid fruit regularly seen on stall (5)

mature - definition
druid - regular fodder
regularly seen - odd/even indicator
on - positional indicator
stall - PEN

(d(R)u(I)d)(PEN)


8d - ANTARES (charade subtraction)

Star worker in need of a short break (7)

star - definition
worker - ANT
in need of - positional indicator (requires)
a - A
short - last letter deletion indicator
break - REST & last letter deletion fodder

(ANT)(A)(RES)t)


9d - INDISCRIMINATE (insertion)

Did Hoskins & Son cut charge for wholesale? (14)

did - D
hoskins - I
& - inclusion link
son - S
cut - insertion indicator (A B and C cut D)
charge - INCRIMINATE
for - definition link
wholesale? - definition

(IN(D+I+S)CRIMINATE)


15d - SATURNINE (word split insertion surround)

Go insane after divorce without one's bitter (9)

go - TURN
insane - word split fodder & TURN insertion into SANE indicator
after divorce - word split indicator
without - surround indicator
one - I
is - definition link
bitter - definition

(SA(TURN)(I)NE)


16d - PEA GREEN (surround)

Writer to cover match in Hue (3,5)

writer - PEN
to cover - surround indicator
match - AGREE
in - definition link
hue - definition

(PE(AGREE)N)


17d - ATHEIST (charade)

I don't believe a man who says God exists (7)

i don;t believe - definition
a - A
man who says god exists - THEIST

(A)(THEIST)


19d - MASSEUR (charade reversal)

At church service, regret blowing up rubber (7)

At - positional indicator
church service - MASS
regret - RUE
blowing up - reversal indicator
rubber - definition

(MASS)(EUR<)


20d - PAMPAS (reversal)

Grass idiot up after revolutionary plot (6)

grass - definition
idiot - SAP
up - reversal indicator
after - positional indicator
revolutionary - reversal indicator
plot - MAP

(PAM<)(PAS<)


22d - LEARN (insertion)

Pick up Listener to fill in Latin name (5)

pick up - definition
listener - EAR
to fill in - insertion indicator
latin - L
name - N

(L(EAR)N)


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