Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 14, Clue Help

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Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) around the OUTSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).

Examples: holding, keeping, embracing - anything that creates the image of containment.

The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
A word or phrase that defines the answer. All cryptic clues usually have a minimum of one definition which will be located at the beginning or end of the clue.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The answer is found by using the sound of a word or phrase. Sounds-like indicators point the way.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 14 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 MODULATE
Adjust version of Ludo owned by colleague (8) Anagram of LUDO inside MATE
5 ASCENT
Value of a bouquet is way up (6) A + SCENT
10 DATUM
Little bit of information group of workers kept in check (5) TU (trade union) inside DAM
11 ATTRIBUTE
Point at bone in class (9) AT + (RIB inside TUTE)
12 CAR SEAT
A passenger will take this marine on board carrier (3,4) SEA inside CART
13 BAUXITE
Source of aluminium and gold cross held by champ (7) (AU + X) inside BITE
14 NUDE
Shifted dune is totally exposed (4) Anagram of DUNE
16 RE-EDUCATE
School again reacted badly accepting university course’s final (2-7) (Anagram of REACTED outside U) + E
20 LOWER-CASE
Small and large debtor associated with a lawsuit (5-4) L + OWER + CASE
23 CEDE
Give up a highly-ranked competitor in speech (4) Sounds like SEED
25 ARTISTS
Creative people arranged sitar tunes and songs primarily (7) Anagram of SITAR + T + S
26 PROBING
Head of plain clothes section is investigating (7) P + ROBING
28 PROFESSOR
Pupils initially ordered roses for head teacher (9) P + anagram of ROSES FOR
29 BEGET
Father, for example, sat in punt (5) EG inside BET
30 NESTLE
Teens, upset about end of school, cuddle up (6) Anagram of TEENS outside schoo(L)
31 FRENETIC
Mad fellow, one found in centre undergoing treatment (8) F + (I inside anagram of CENTRE)
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 MEDICINAL
Ice man I’d bashed up and left is healing (9) Anagram of ICE MAN ID + L
2 DETER
Discourage elks, say, gathering around close to forest (5) DEER outside fores(T)
3 LAMBED
Young man, catering for huge order, delivered sheep (6) LAD outside MBE
4 TRAITOR
Quality shown by heart of reformed defector? (7) TRAIT + ref(OR)med
6 STIMULUS
Form of litmus, developed by American, is a shot in the arm (8) Anagram of LITMUS + US
7 ELUCIDATE
Explain cryptic clue, one written by partner (9) Anagram of CLUE + I + DATE
8 THERE
That place, the area in the middle (5) THE + a(RE)a
9 STABLE
Small piece of furniture is durable (6) S + TABLE
15 DOWN TOOLS
Strike is excessively long in open upland country (4,5) (TOO + L) inside DOWNS
17 ENS
Printing measures may be condensed partly (3) condENSed
18 ENERGETIC
High-powered Green muddled quote up (9) Anagram of GREEN + CITE reversed
19 DRY SPELL
Unproductive period in yard turned around without a magic formula (3,5) (YARD reversed minus A) + SPELL
21 ASSIST
Pompous fool is last to accept benefit (6) ASS + IS + T
22 EMPEROR
Coinage of Rome sent around by ruler (7) Anagram of ROME outside PER
24 BOBBIN
Old money container about which a yarn is spun (6) BOB + BIN
25 ASPEN
Like to fence in a ski resort in America? (5) AS + PEN
27 INGOT
Piece of precious metal found behind home (5) GOT behind IN

 

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 15, Clue Help

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The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is hidden inside the clue in reverse order. There are two indicators: one to signify that a hidden word is present; the other to reverse the letters.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
A question mark has been used to indicate "language abuse", that is, a word or words in a clue are used in a technically incorrect way, but the meaning can be still inferred.

Example: A indeed (?) could mean to insert A inside deed.

The entire answer is the result of removing the first or last letter from part of the clue or its synonym. A truncation indicator will be present.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
A question mark has been used to indicate "language abuse", that is, a word or words in a clue are used in a technically incorrect way, but the meaning can be still inferred.

Example: A indeed (?) could mean to insert A inside deed.

A word or phrase that defines the answer. All cryptic clues usually have a minimum of one definition which will be located at the beginning or end of the clue.
There is only one part to this clue, a definition, and it's usually a play on words. There aren't any indicators.
A type of clue that involves the mixing up of letters without the inclusion of a letter or letters. This clue will have an anagram indicator to signify jumbling and a subtraction indicator to signify the removal of a letter or letters.

A removed letter may be as seen in the clue, an abbreviation for a word in the clue, or the result of another cryptic device like taking the initial letter from a word. Removed letters may be a whole word as seen in a clue, the synonym of a word in the clue (if that synonym is contiguous within the anagram fodder), or the result of another cryptic device like taking the middle two letters from a word.

The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) around the OUTSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).

Examples: holding, keeping, embracing - anything that creates the image of containment.

The clue has two parts, each one defining the answer without using cryptic devices. Ideally each definition should have no etymological relationship.
The answer is found by using the sound of a word or phrase. Sounds-like indicators point the way.
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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 15 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 SWERVING
First point from Williams in tennis play is moving away (8) W inside SERVING
5 WALL UP
Put barricades around opening of well with everything included (4,2) W + ALL-UP
9 See 22-down
10 ROLLS OVER
Type of car occupied by learners that will do turns (5,4) ROVER outside (LL+ SO)
12 RETINUE
Members of committee unite recently retired staff (7) committeE UNITE Recently reversed
13 FARADAY
English physicist is very much at the forefront of a period of enlightenment? (7) FAR + A + DAY
14 ORAL
All but the first part of lesson is not written down (4) (m)ORAL
15 REPAINTS
Coats again aren’t commonly carried by salesmen (8) AINT inside REPS
19 PERSONAE
Theatrical roles for a male child are lacking heart? (8) PER + SON + A(r)E
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FAIR CATCH
Mark’s pet, children found at the end of show (4,5) (CAT + CH) behind FAIR
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CONCERT PARTY
Group of variety performers resorted to carpentry after opening of clubs (7,5) Anagram of TO CARPENTRY after C
26 RETICLE
Network appreciated by viewers? (7) Cryptic Definition
27 TULIP TREE
Working group disturbed reptile in yellow poplar (5,4) TU + anagram of REPTILE
28 INERT
A section sliced from infected retina is unresponsive (5) Anagram of RETINA minus A
29 HUTTON
Old English cricketer’s building a good score (6) HUT + TON
30 DEPLETED
Page connected with permit in legal document is used up (8) (P + LET) inside DEED
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 SUGAR SOAP
Pours a gas combined with basic cleaning fluid (5,4) Anagram of POURS A GAS
2 ELECTRA
Settle on river discovered by a daughter of Agamemnon (7) ELECT + R + A
3 VIKING
Scandinavian adventurer opposing one member of the royal family (6) V + I + KING
4 NURSED
User beaten up in centre of London should be given medical attention (6) Anagram of USER inside lo(ND)on
6 AUSTRIAN
American, travelling in a train, roughed up a person from Europe (8) US inside anagram of A TRAIN
7 LIVED-IN
Marked by life’s experience, criminal set up racket (5-2) EVIL reversed + DIN
8 See 25-across
11 LIFTED
Supervised making sandwich of one foot that should be picked up? (6) LED outside (I + FT)
16 SURFEITED
Distribution of fruit seed is stuffed (9) Anagram of FRUIT SEED
17 COME UP TO
Match is near (4,2,2) Double definition
18 CARTER
Leader of Turkey embraced by tender old US president (6) T inside CARER
20 RINGLET
Girl, ten, messed up hair (7) Anagram of GIRL TEN
22 &
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ANCIENT GREEK
Alexander the Great, say, one energetic, excited king (7,5) AN + anagram of ENERGETIC + K
23 BREEZE
Cheeses reportedly may lead to a little bit of wind (6) Sounds like BRIES
24 AT WILL
When one chooses a woven fabric (2,4) A + TWILL
25 See 21-across

 

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 16, Clue Help

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Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The entire answer can be discovered by mixing up letters. An appropriate anagram indicator will be present.
The answer is found by removing a letter, letters, or a word (either found directly in the clue or derived) from a word or words (or their synonyms). Subtractions involving synonyms must be done with contiguous letters, that is, a word will subtract directly unless specifically indicated. A subtraction indicator is present to initiate the action.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) around the OUTSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).

Examples: holding, keeping, embracing - anything that creates the image of containment.

The entire answer can be discovered by mixing up letters. An appropriate anagram indicator will be present.
A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

The answer is found by removing a letter, letters, or a word (either found directly in the clue or derived) from a word or words (or their synonyms). Subtractions involving synonyms must be done with contiguous letters, that is, a word will subtract directly unless specifically indicated. A subtraction indicator is present to initiate the action.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The clue has two parts, each one defining the answer without using cryptic devices. Ideally each definition should have no etymological relationship.
A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is found by removing a letter, letters, or a word (either found directly in the clue or derived) from a word or words (or their synonyms). Subtractions involving synonyms must be done with contiguous letters, that is, a word will subtract directly unless specifically indicated. A subtraction indicator is present to initiate the action.
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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 16 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 GYMS
Disheartened guy with little time for sporting facilities? (4) G(u)Y + MS
4 ENTERPRISE
I represent mixed business (10) Anagram of I REPRESENT
9 CHERUB
Sweet little baby that girl placed in the arms of youngster (6) HER inside CUB
10 ON RECORD
Publicly known crooner, undergoing surgery, died (2,6) Anagram of CROONER + D
11 GOOD-BYES
Farewells dismembered body wrapped in leaves (4-4) Anagram of BODY inside GOES
12 SQUAWK
Undermanned squad, after short week, complain loudly? (6) SQUA(d) + WK
13 CEILING FAN
Adjust line facing an air-conditioner (7,3) Anagram of LINE FACING
16 TOOK
Went through to green light (4) TO + OK
17 SETS
Groups like leaving economic resources (4) ASSETS minus AS
19 COHERENTLY
Form of lechery not treated in a logical way (10) Anagram of LECHERY NOT
21 STRAPS
Ties net on board (6) TRAP inside SS
23 THE BLUES
Depression ruined steel hub (3,5) Anagram of STEEL HUB
25 BILLY TEA
Butter and toast originally served with each hot drink (5,3) BILLY + T + EA
26 IDIOTS
Identification is passed over to retired imbeciles (6) ID + (IS outside TO reversed)
27 BYSTANDERS
Bad sentry misdirected first of several spectators (10) Anagram of BAD SENTRY + S
28 YARD
Cart rolled back a short distance (4) DRAY reversed
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
2 YAHOO
Some say a hooligan is a boorish lout (5) saY A HOOligan
3 STRUDEL
Half of stew left under short pastry (7) ST + (L behind RUDE)
4 EMBRYONIC
No crime by crook is rudimentary (9) Anagram of NO CRIME BY
5 TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Rob picked up soft woven thread close to one worker’s implements (5,2,3,5) LOOT reversed + SOFT + anagram of THREAD + E
6 RORTS
Reports not containing record number of dishonest schemes (5) REPORTS mionus EP
7 RECRUIT
Take on fawn – it must be south of river (7) (ECRU + IT) after R
8 STRAW POLL
A whip’s limitations revealed in constitutional vote with no official standing (5,4) [A + W)hi(P] inside STROLL
14 ELECTRIFY
Fire fiercely twisted around top of tree (9) Anagram of FIERCELY outside T
15 NURSERIES
Plant growers tipped to manage a number of programs (9) RUN reversed + SERIES
18 SCARLET
Red mark that won’t go away, a small one? (7) Double definition – SCAR-LET – a little scar
20 NULLIFY
Invalidate, in full, misstated end to testimony (7) Anagram of IN FULL + Y
22 SIT ON
Delay dealing with it in the presence of one family member (3,2) IT inside SON
24 ENTER
Tenant stripped of right to register formally (5) (r)ENTER

 

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 17, Clue Help

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Punctuation generally should be ignored - always consider how a clue reads without punctuation.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The answer is found by removing a letter, letters, or a word (either found directly in the clue or derived) from a word or words (or their synonyms). Subtractions involving synonyms must be done with contiguous letters, that is, a word will subtract directly unless specifically indicated. A subtraction indicator is present to initiate the action.
A word or series of words that signify the loss of one letter at the start or end of a word or string of letters.

Examples: beheaded, cut short, endless, nearly, largely etc.

The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is found by using the sound of a word or phrase. Sounds-like indicators point the way.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The answer is hidden inside the clue in reverse order. There are two indicators: one to signify that a hidden word is present; the other to reverse the letters.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
A word or phrase that defines the answer. All cryptic clues usually have a minimum of one definition which will be located at the beginning or end of the clue.
The answer is found by removing a letter, letters, or a word (either found directly in the clue or derived) from a word or words (or their synonyms). Subtractions involving synonyms must be done with contiguous letters, that is, a word will subtract directly unless specifically indicated. A subtraction indicator is present to initiate the action.
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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 17 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 LIFT UP
Raise living things, mostly sheep (4,2) LIF(e) + TUP
5 ENTREATY
Request to take food into lobby (8) EAT inside ENTRY
9 STEPMOTHER
Unnatural parent sprayed pet covered in thick floating dust (10) Anagram of PET inside SMOTHER
10 POPE
People not supporting the Spanish church leader (4) PEOPLE minus EL
11 DROP-GOAL
Score from drive by Australian basketball player taking turn (4-4) DR + (OPAL outside GO)
12 YANKEE
One in New York recalled keen, underdeveloped baseballer? (6) (A inside NY reversed) + KEE(n)
14 KIDNEY
Kind youngster returned money found in Japan (6) KID + YEN reversed
15 NEST EGGS
Teens exchanged horses for funds providing financial security (4,4) Anagram of TEENS + GGS
17 AGGRIEVE
Break the heart of Greek that is five in age (8) (GR + IE + V) inside AGE
20 ENTIRE
One tucking into first course almost is full (6) I inside ENTRE(e)
22 REBUFF
Check polish again (6) Double definition
24 ENCAMPED
Caped men dismantled pitched tents (8) Anagram of CAPED MEN
25 DIED
Turned a different colour in audience and passed away (4) Sounds like DYED
27 VINDICTIVE
Spiteful four scored after charge in middle of over? (10) (IV after INDICT) inside o(VE)r
28 TEMPORAL
Passing patrol shuffled around me on the way back (8) Anagram of PATROL outside ME reversed
29 DRYERS
Doctor, full of alcohol, hooked up with first of several laundry workers (6) (RYE inside DR) + S
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
2 INTERMINGLE
Eminent girl organised merge (11) Anagram of EMINENT GIRL
3 TOPSPIN
Warne might use this backward position in front of leg (7) SPOT reversed + PIN
4 PROTOTYPE
Original page converted to poetry (9) P + anagram of TO POETRY
5 ECHELON
The man captured by clone manipulated a level of command (7) HE inside anagram of CLONE
6 TARDY
Contents of hydrate turned up late (5) hYDRATe reversed
7 EXPANSE
Former partner looks around last piece of office space (7) EX + PANS + E
8 TIP
Clue list (3) Double definition
13 EAGER BEAVER
Keen person brewed average beer (5,6) Anagram of AVERAGE BEER
16 STEPCHILD
Somebody else’s kid pitches wildly over heads of little darlings (9) Anagram of PITCHES + LD
18 ROUND UP
Group function interrupted by old fool mostly (5,2) RUN outside O + DUP(e)
19 ETERNAL
Permanent cross cut out of surface (7) EXTERNAL minus X
21 TIMOTHY
Biblical writer’s haymaker? (7) Double definition
23 FEVER
Fellow always with an abnormally high body temperature (5) F + EVER
26 ICE
Cool down components of graphic equaliser (3) graphIC Equaliser

 

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 18, Clue Help

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The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A word or series of words that signify the turning around (across & down clues), or overturning (down clues only) of letters.

Examples: upset, reversed, retired, in withdrawal, over etc.

The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The clue has two parts, each one defining the answer without using cryptic devices. Ideally each definition should have no etymological relationship.
The answer is found by removing a letter, letters, or a word (either found directly in the clue or derived) from a word or words (or their synonyms). Subtractions involving synonyms must be done with contiguous letters, that is, a word will subtract directly unless specifically indicated. A subtraction indicator is present to initiate the action.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) around the OUTSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).

Examples: holding, keeping, embracing - anything that creates the image of containment.

The entire answer is the result of removing the first or last letter from part of the clue or its synonym. A truncation indicator will be present.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

A word or phrase that defines the answer. All cryptic clues usually have a minimum of one definition which will be located at the beginning or end of the clue.
A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
There is only one part to this clue, a definition, and it's usually a play on words. There aren't any indicators.
The clue has two parts, each one defining the answer without using cryptic devices. Ideally each definition should have no etymological relationship.
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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 18 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 STUMPS
End of play must upset patrons extremely (6) Anagram of MUST + P)atron(S
5 KERMIS
Annual fair irks me terribly (6) Anagram of IRKS ME
9 CLUBS
Young animals gathered around large woods, for example (5) CUBS outside L
10 BINDS OVER
Legally restrains garbage collector staying primarily in English seaport (5,4) BIN + (S inside DOVER)
11 APERITIF
Healthy one retired after cocktail of pear, a pre-dinner drink (8) (FIT I) reversed after anagram of PEAR
12 JARRED
Shook a glass of beer and wine (6) JAR + RED
14 TENNIS SHOE
His teen son ordered sporting gear (6,4) Anagram of HIS TEEN SON
15 MEWS
Gulls occupied dwellings that used to be stables (4) Double Definition
17 TUTE
Like being not part of clever university class (4) ASTUTE minus AS
19 FORECASTLE
Crates switched and left in enemy ship’s living quarters (10) (Anagram of CRATES + L) inside FOE
22 BOLT-ON
Additional town in Greater Manchester (4-2) Double Definition
23 ENDOCARP
Crane shifted around to carry out soft stone (8) Anagram of CRANE outside DO + P
25 LIME-GREEN
Large sort of ermine soaking up, for example, a fruity colour (4-5) L + (anagram of ERMINE outside EG)
26 LATHE
Flog reduced piece of machinery (5) LATHE(r)
27 SNARED
Half of snakes in the sun too long may be caught (6) (SNA)kes + RED
28 See 5-down
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2 TAUREAN
Carbamide swallowed by brown person who might be considered bullish? (7) UREA inside TAN
3 MASTITIS
Problem encountered by one with nursing experience – it is found after exposure to nuts (8) (IT + IS) after MAST
4 SUBMISSION
Coach turned up with task force’s presentation (10) BUS reversed + MISSION
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KING EDWARD
Grand kid we stuffed with potato (4,6) Anagram of GRAND KID WE
6 RASCAL
Mischievous fellow repaired cars with aluminium (6) Anagram of CARS + AL
7 INVERSE
Popular section of the Bible is upside down (7) IN + VERSE
8 TRADESPEOPLE
Skilled workers and deportees ALP mixed up (12) Anagram of DEPORTEES ALP
9 CHASTITY BELT
Stately bitch unhooked device locked by an untrusting husband (8,4) Anagram of STATELY BITCH
13 GOVERNANCE
Control over elder, church exercised after end of voting (10) (OVER + NAN + CE) after votin(G)
16 CANON LAW
A clown upset about an ecclesiastical set of rules and regulations (5,3) Anagram of A CLOWN outside AN
18 TELAMON
Repaired metal attached to supporting pillar in the shape of a man (7) Anagram of METAL + ON
20 &
24dn
TRACTOR FEED
It’s responsible for advancements in stationery (7,4) Cryptic Definition
21 LOGGER
Data recorder, one active in forest regions (6) Double Definition
24 See 20-down

 

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