Across |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
HECTORED |
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Notice positioned outside court or pushed around (8) |
HEED outsode (CT + OR) |
5 |
ROWING |
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Olympic sport in dispute (6) |
Double Definition |
9 |
CHANTS |
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Church workers repeated songs (6) |
CH + ANTS |
13 |
READY |
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Daycare not checking about organised game (5) |
Anagram of DAYCARE minus CA |
14 |
REAR-END |
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Auditor involved in split hit back (4-3) |
EAR inside REND |
15 |
OBSERVANT |
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Nomadic braves not adhering to religious practices (9) |
Anagram of BRAVES NOT |
17 |
AUTOPILOT |
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Ship’s guide is leading one in possession of gold fortune (9) |
(TOP + I) inside (AU + LOT) |
18 |
ACCOMMODATING |
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Co-operative, dogmatic man re-engaged outside company? (13) |
Anagram of DOGMATIC MAN outside CO |
19 |
TUNIC |
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Unit replaced cold soldier’s jacket (5) |
Anagram of UNIT + C |
20 |
PARCELS |
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Central part of airport clears redirected packages (7) |
air(P)ort + anagram of CLEARS |
21 |
GHETTO |
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Needy part of city hospital is within reach (6) |
H inside GET TO |
24 |
ANTHOLOGY |
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Remixed “hot” record in some record collection (9) |
(Anagram of HOT + LOG) inside ANY |
27 |
MAORI |
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Characters returning from Cairo amazed New Zealander (5) |
caIRO AMazed reversed |
28 |
REMOVE |
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Transfer half of them involved in cruise (6) |
th(EM) inside ROVE |
30 |
AULD LANG SYNE |
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Analysed lung infected long ago (4,4,4) |
Anagram of ANALYSED LUNG |
32 |
SPOILSPORT |
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Slop is blended with wine and damper (10) |
Anagram of SLOP IS + PORT |
34 |
MISSIONARY |
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Evangelist is one accepted by son carried by Mary (10) |
[IS + (I inside SON)] inside MARY |
36 |
REPRODUCTION |
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Breeding decline probed by expert (12) |
PRO inside REDUCTION |
39 |
SNAPPY |
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Smart agent catching 40 winks (6) |
SPY outside NAP |
40 |
ABOUT |
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A period of illness is concerning (5) |
A + BOUT |
41 |
WORK ETHIC |
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Ocker with twisted attitude to hard yakka (4,5) |
Anagram of OCKER WITH |
44 |
BARONS |
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Business leaders working in public houses (6) |
ON inside BARS |
45 |
DESTINY |
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Fortune and time put into animated production of Disney (7) |
T inside anagram of DISNEY |
48 |
RECUR |
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Return to mind ingredients belonging to Pierre Curie (5) |
pierRE CURie |
52 |
WEATHER-BEATEN |
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Seasoned wheat (not hard) eaten after herb (7-6) |
WHEAT minus H + (EATEN after HERB) |
54 |
PERSEVERE |
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Keep going as such, moving around at all times (9) |
PERSE outside EVER |
55 |
GATHERING |
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Gang concentrated on the extreme elements of their troubled group (9) |
GANG outside anagram of THEIR |
56 |
ORGANZA |
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Gran worked in Australia with a silky material (7) |
Anagram of GRAN inside OZ + A |
57 |
DRAFT |
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Drive behind stock separated from the herd (5) |
DR + AFT |
58 |
POSTER |
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Advertising time grabbed by model (6) |
T inside POSER |
59 |
EASILY |
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Each one must be handled in secret without difficulty (6) |
EA + (I inside SLY) |
60 |
HEAR HEAR |
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Words of agreement may be spoken at this place repeatedly (4,4) |
Sounds like HERE twice |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
HERBAL TEA |
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Her table ordered a hot drink (6,3) |
Anagram of HER TABLE |
2 |
CHASTEN |
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Purify speed in empty can? (7) |
HASTE inside C(a)N |
3 |
OLYMPIC POOL |
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Ring up after millions invested in policy ruined sports centre (7,4) |
LOOP reversed after (M inside anagram of POLICY) |
4 |
EARFLAP |
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A ref switched round cap attachment (7) |
Anagram of A REF + LAP |
6 |
OPERATE |
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Make a speech about gym work (7) |
ORATE outside PE |
7 |
INDECISION |
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Hesitancy duet oddly displayed during opening (10) |
(D)u(E)t inside INCISION |
8 |
GLOOM |
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Become visible after end of mystifying darkness (5) |
LOOM after mystifyin(G) |
9 |
CUSTOMER |
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Patron caught employer admitting to mistake initially (8) |
(C + USER) outside [TO + (M)istake] |
10 |
AIR MATTRESS |
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Inflatable, one wedged in channel at lock (3,8) |
I inside ARM + AT + TRESS |
11 |
THAT IS |
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Sit up holding hat, for example (4,2) |
SIT reversed outside HAT |
12 |
MASTERLY |
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It’s needed to sail early without a professional (8) |
MAST + EARLY minus A |
16 |
TOGS |
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Swimmers got over sandbars finally (4) |
GOT reversed + sandbar(S) |
21 |
GRIPPER |
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It’s made to hold pig’s tail – an excellent thing (7) |
pi(G) + RIPPER |
22 |
MONOLITH |
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Mass of rock oil refined in a set period of time (8) |
Anagram of OIL inside MONTH |
23 |
NEATEN |
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Clean up last bit of chicken tried by consumers (6) |
chicke(N) + EATEN |
25 |
TALISMAN |
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Items from a list represented person’s charm? (8) |
Anagram of A LIST + MAN |
26 |
OWNING |
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Having nothing new primarily in part of hospital (6) |
O + (N)ew inside WING |
27 |
MENU |
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Waiter’s offering people starter of umeboshi (4) |
MEN + (U)meboshi |
29 |
HINDER |
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Check sample of flesh in dermatology (6) |
flesH IN DERmatology |
30 |
ALMOST |
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One leaving limo parked in a street pretty well (6) |
LIMO minus I inside (A + ST) |
31 |
STREAMS |
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Courses rate badly in text (7) |
Anagram of RATE inside SMS |
33 |
FEET |
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Unit used to measure temperature following application of charge (4) |
T after FEE |
35 |
IMPEACHMENT |
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Accusation rogue men put in each time (11) |
IMP + [MEN inside (EACH + T)] |
37 |
CHEERLEADER |
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Chef mostly cooked real deer for inspiring entertainer (11) |
(CHE)f + anagram of REAL DEER |
38 |
TOADSTOOLS |
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Consumers can’t take these to agencies accepting advertisements (10) |
(TO + TOOLS) outside ADS |
41 |
WHIPPING |
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Defeat in Poland originally secured by air force unit (8) |
[HIP + (P)oland] inside WING |
42 |
CARPENTER |
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Vehicle quietly set down tradie (9) |
CAR + P + ENTER |
43 |
COURTIER |
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Palace attendant’s time taken by messenger (8) |
T inside COURIER |
46 |
SENEGAL |
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African nation processed film needed in authentication (7) |
NEG inside SEAL |
47 |
YARDAGE |
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Distance, for example, a cart reversed (7) |
(EG + A + DRAY) reversed |
49 |
CREMATE |
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Burn mark noticed in form (7) |
M inside CREATE |
50 |
SWIG |
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Knock back small head cover (4) |
S + WIG |
51 |
TATTOO |
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Artwork display by the military (6) |
Double Definition |
53 |
EAGLE |
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Each golfer regularly recorded shot on course (5) |
EA + (G)o(L)f(E)r |
Where does the HIP come from in 41D?
The old in=hip, that is fashionable. Gets me every time!