Spot on in every way, not much else to say! Thanks Artexlen.
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| 1 | ISOTONIC |
Drunk in classic style, as energy drinks might be (8)
SOT (drunk) in IONIC (classic style)
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| 5 | IGNITE |
Some meeting Italian around fire (6)
found inside meETING Italian reversed
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| 10 | PILED UP |
Rejected dessert with European sauce accumulated (5,2)
PUD (dessert) with E (european) LIP (sauce, cheek) all reversed (rejected)
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| 11 | ARMHOLE |
Supply equipment to fix part of jacket (7)
ARM (supply equipment to) HOLE (fix)
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| 12 | CRETE |
Island’s found, not Australia (5)
CREaTE (found) missing A (Australia)
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| 13 | VIEWPOINT |
Slant that might be found on hill (9)
double definition – the two definitions are closely related
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| 14 | APPROXIMATED |
Rough team after a savage prop before match day (12)
XI (team) following A PROP* anagram=savage before MATE (match) D (day)
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| 18 | GALLEY SLAVES |
They did row and cry about being in Las Vegas broke (6,6)
YELL (cry) reversed (about) in (LAS VEGAS)* anagram=broke
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| 21 | MORECAMBE |
Others arrived to go round second-rate seaside town (9)
MORE CAME (others arrived) around B (second rate)
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| 23 | SHEAR |
Hot in brown fleece (5)
H (hot) in SEAR (brown)
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| 24 | NEUTRON |
Gas about duster regularly getting particle (7)
NEON (gas) about dUsTeR (regular selection from)
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| 25 | TERRINE |
Dog virtually seizes new dish (7)
TERRIEr (dog, virtually=almost all) contains (seizes) N (new)
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| 26 | ASSURE |
Give confidence when very well (6)
AS (when) SURE (very well)
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| 27 | SYMMETRY |
Extremely sexy Madame to aim for shapely attribute (8)
SexY (extremes of) MME (madame) TRY (to aim for) – an attribute of a shape
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| 1 | IMPACT |
Influence politician to support one piece of legislation (6)
MP (politician) below (to support) I (one) then ACT (piece of legislation)
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| 2 | OILMEN |
Businesspeople sign to get investment of banks in Israel (6)
OMEN (sign) containing (to get investment of, clothed by) IsraeL (banks in, edges of)
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| 3 | OLD PEOPLE |
No kids left in deep pool abroad (3,6)
L (left) in (DEEP POOL)* anagram=abroad – they are certainly not kids
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| 4 | IMPOVERISHMENT |
Home’s tip with vermin about, providing hardship (14)
anagram (about) of HOME’S TIP with VERMIN
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| 6 | GUM UP |
Obstruct fool? (3,2)
MUG (fool) reversed (up) – a reverse cryptic
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| 7 | IRONISTS |
Clubs comprising first satirical writers (8)
IRONS (clubs) comprising (containing) IST (first)
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| 8 | EVENTIDE |
Meeting that is around first of December when it’s becoming darker (8)
EVENT (meeting) IE (that is) around December (first letter of)
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| 9 | BAYEUX TAPESTRY |
Recycling, pretty busy with axe and a long old length of carpet (6,8)
anagram (recycling) of PRETTY BUSY with AXE and A
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| 15 | MAELSTROM |
Confusion beginning to mount after learner’s introduced to eminent composer (9)
Mount (begining letter of) following (after) L (learner) inside (introduced to) MAESTRO (eminent composer)
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| 16 | EGOMANIA |
Excessive pride from East European country with capital changed for good (8)
E (east) rOMANIA with first letter (capital) changed for G (good)
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| 17 | FLARE-UPS |
Princess gutted after horrific earful and outbursts (5-3)
PrincesS (gutted, no middle) after EARFUL* anagram=horrific
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| 19 | DESIST |
Stop sibling getting enthralled by one that’s stuffed up (6)
SIS (sister, sibling) inside (getting enthralled by) TED (teddy bear, one that is stuffed) reversed
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| 20 | ARTERY |
Cockney’s hound biting overturned alien vessel (6)
‘ARRY (harry, hound) unaspirated (like a cockney) reversed (overturned) contains (biting) ET (alien)
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| 22 | CARER |
One who tends to rush half- heartedly (5)
CAReER (to rush, half heartedly)
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*anagram
definitions are underlined
definitions are underlined
Very enjoyable, thank you Artexlen and PeeDee. That’s two days in a row now that I have completed but failed to parse one (in this case the reverse cryptic bit of GUM UP) but all clearly and smoothly clued. NE corner took as long as the other three though.
I don’t think that the two meanings of VIEWPOINT are closely related, one being “opinion” and the other “place with a panoramic view”.
Thanks PD for 15d which I gave up parsing, I tried to put the m from mount first and then got in a pickle.
Not easy. Thanks External*
Thanks Artlexen and PeeDee
Nice puzzle that felt a bit like a Times one (from what I remember) – all technically correct, but more workmanlike than fun.
Still, it took some solid thinking to get through it. The last in was TERRINE. Thought that OLD PEOPLE was quite clever.