Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No |
Extra word/Ref |
Answer |
Explanation |
| ACROSS |
| 1 | 5dn | ARTICULATION | TRUCIAL* + (n)ATION |
| 10 | 13ac | FOND | FOUND – U |
| 11 | 2dn | CRÂNE | RAN in CE |
| 12 | cordial | FAMOUS | FUS(s) about (A MO) |
| 13 | Amorous | MOO-COW | OOM < + COW |
| 14 | dark | ABB | A + BB |
| 16 | 25dn | TALON | TON about AL(l) |
| 17 | 22ac | BRAS | B + RAS |
| 18 | 28ac | RAGE | Hidden |
| 20 | 15dn | PIED | PI + ED |
| 22 | supporters’ | PLEASE | Homophone (pleas) |
| 24 | 21dn | ÉCLAIR | CE < + LAIR |
| 26 | 29ac | SANG | SAN + G(o) |
| 27 | 6dn | DENT | DEN + T’ |
| 28 | anger | BALU | BA + L + U |
| 29 | confessed | AGMAS | AG + MASS – S |
| 33 | 36ac | MAL | First letters |
| 34 | 9dn | BILLET | BI + (William) TELL < |
| 35 | 31dn | TRAITS | TROTS – O about AI |
| 36 | sickness | LOWER | Two definitions, one a facetious construction from “low” |
| 37 | 4dn | CITÉ | (Athl)ETIC < |
| 38 | 7dn | ENTREPRENEUR | PETER RUN* about RENÉ |
| DOWN |
| 1 | 12ac | AFFABLE | A + F-FABLE |
| 2 | derrick | TOMBAC | (CAB + MOT) < |
| 3 | select | IN ON | IN + ON |
| 4 | name | UPSTAIR | PURIST* about A |
| 5 | delivery | LIMA | MAIL* |
| 6 | hollow | ACOL | COL after A |
| 7 | Tycoon | TROOPER | REPORT < about O |
| 8 | trouble | ON ONE’S PLATE | Two definitions |
| 9 | accommodation | NEWED | Homophone (nude) |
| 10 | 22dn | FABRICATION | IN in FAB RATION |
| 15 | variegated | BRAID | Two definitions, one Scots |
| 19 | 3dn | ÉLITE | (cak)E + LITE |
| 21 | cake | HAGGLER | GG in HALER |
| 22 | fake | PUNSTER | PE TURNS* |
| 23 | unvarnished | EMULSOR | MO RULES* |
| 25 | stock | SAMITE | SAE about MIT |
| 26 | 14ac | SABLE | ELBA’S < |
| 30 | 23dn | MÈRE | WERE with W upside down, as M |
| 31 | features | ATOP | AT OP; reference surgery |
| 32 | 8dn | PAIN | PIN about A |
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