Bradman’s puzzle today was teasingly difficult. I solved it in 2 sittings amidst a very hectic day at work so probably didnt stand to appreciate it as much others might have. Thanks to the Don for a mostly straightforward solve.
A couple of long anagrams which I always welcome. I thought 21ac was an unusual (but refreshing) clue (assuming I have parsed it right!) . Do have a couple of others below where I could do with some help (5a, 27a).
FF: 8 DD: 7
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| 1 | OVERSEAS |
Old poetry to get when abroad (8)
Charade of O (old) VERSE (poetry) AS (when)
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| 5 | BODGER |
Fellow starts to get everything repaired – clumsy worker (6)
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| 10 | SUCCOUR |
Help the person who has been taken in through listening (7)
Sounds like SUCKER (person who has been taken in)
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| 11 | RETREAD |
Motorist’s cheap alternative engineers rated “bad” (7)
RE (Engineers) TREAD (Anagram of RATED) – Referring to the cheaper alternative for changing tyres that have become bald.
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| 12 | EERIE |
Weird emanation’s initially seen by lake (5)
E (Emanation, initially) by ERIE (lake)
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| 13 | OCCUPANTS |
Those inside happen not to have right underwear (9)
OCCUr (happen, not to have right = R) PANTS (underwear)
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| 14 | CHEDDAR GORGE |
Dairy product to indulge in somewhere in Somerset (7,5)
CHEDDAR (dairy product) GORGE (to indulge in)
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| 18 | CONSTITUTION |
Person’s physical state is something that matters to Americans (12)
Cryptic clue
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| 21 | OUT OF TOWN |
No longer having to win, one disappeared in the country? (3,2,4)
Cryptic clue. One (I) disappearing from “TO WIN” makes it “OUT OF TOW N”. [No Longer Having = Out Of. Thank Muffy@3 ]
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| 23 | YOUNG |
Dear solver, no good being immature! (5)
YOU (Dear solver) N G (no good)
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| 24 | THEATRE |
Heartless act in that place where people go to watch (7)
AT (AcT, heartless) in THERE (that place)
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| 25 | TROUBLE |
Difficulty that’s beginning with money in Russia (7)
T (That’s, beginning) ROUBLE (money in Russia)
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| 26 | DERIDE |
Laugh at poor exam grades obtained by sally (6)
Charade of D,E (poor exam grades) by RIDE (sally)
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| 27 | IDLENESS |
It sounds like one adored Scottish loch – feature of holiday? (8)
Sounds like IDOL (one adored) NESS (Scottish loch) – [Thanks Coby@ #1].
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| Down | ||
| 1 | OUSTED |
Exposed, with intervention of Head of School, and expelled (6)
OUTED (exposed) containing S (head of School)
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| 2 | ESCORT |
Rector’s losing head out with a date (6)
Anagram of rECTORS (losing head, i.e. without the first letter)
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| 3 | SHOVEL HAT |
Ecclesiastical tile that’s rested outside rickety building, bottom of church (6,3)
Charade of SAT (rested) outside [ HOVEL (rickety building) H (bottom of churcH) ]
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| 4 | AIR CONDITIONER |
Incinerator I do get fussed about – one must provide some ventilation (3,11)
Anagram of INCINERATOR I DO
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| 6 | ON TAP |
New volunteers will get stuck into work, as available (2,3)
[ N (New) TA (volunteers, Territorial Army) ] in OP (work)
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| 7 | GREENERY |
Novelist has brief line that might suggest fresh leaves on the tree (8)
GREENE (Novelist, Graham) RY (brief line, railway)
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| 8 | RADISHES |
Content of salad bowl is shared out (8)
Anagram of IS SHARED
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| 9 | PROCRASTINATED |
Put off triceratops and trembling (14)
Anagram of TRICERATOPS AND
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| 15 | GLORY HOLE |
A little room showing heaven and hell? (5,4)
Cryptic clue? [See PB @ #5. Thanks PB]
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| 16 | ACCOSTED |
Bill provided with advance financial information is held up (8)
Charade of AC (Bill) COSTED (advance financial information)
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| 17 | KNITWEAR |
Clothes wrecked by water and ink (8)
Anagram of WATER INK
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| 19 | RUBBLE |
Bishop repeatedly held by canon to be rubbish? (6)
BB (Bishop, repeatedly) in RULE (canon)
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| 20 | OGRESS |
Some progressive female deemed to be nasty (6)
Hidden in “..prOGRESSive..”
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| 22 | FATED |
Overweight, taken drug, daughter is doomed (5)
FAT (Overweight) E (drug, Ecstacy) D (daughter)
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*anagram
27a: idle sounds like idol (one adored).
5a: fellow = BOD, answer is BODGER.
Thanks Turbolegs and Bradman,
5 ac = BODGER
OUT OF TOWN -: OUT OF = no longer having, then parsed as you suggest.
If you give this smooth puzzle a DD of 7, the (linear) scale must go to 40 to accommodate IO (for me anyway)!
Thanks to Coby@1,2 and Muffy@3. Have never come across Bodger so thats something new for me. Over complicated 21ac and 27ac for myself.
Cheers
TL
Thanks Bradman and Turbolegs
15dn: I took this as GLORY = heaven, HOLE= hell.
Thanks Bradman and Turbolegs
One from the backlog … and strangely enough, I found it very much on the easy end of the Don’s usually tough difficulty standard. Or maybe I was just in the zone.
Apart from BODGER, perhaps, there were none of the customary obscure words. SHOVEL HAT was new to me as well, but very clearly clued.
Finished with OUSTED and OVERSEAS.