Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 11, 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.
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 among the words of the clue. No spare words should be present. A suitable hidden indicator will point to the buried text.

Examples: part of, associated with, types of.

The answer is a jumbling of letters except for the initial or final letter of the anagram fodder. An anagram indicator and truncation indicator will be present.
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.
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.
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.
All words can be validly written with a leading capital without changing their meaning. Hence, the capitalisation of a word may present a different picture than is intended.
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 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.

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 11 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 SAFETY MATCH
Most of feta listed in report by rival is light (6,5) (FET(a) inside SAY) + MATCH
9 AMINE
Excavation taking place behind a basic compound (5) MINE behind A
10 RANDOMISE
Administered building with a roof that curves outside, is set up unsystematically (9) RAN + DOME outside IS
11 ENTERING
Starting intern shuffled in, say (8) Anagram of INTERN inside EG
12 WINKLE
A sea creature we injected with dye and left (6) WE outside (INK + L)
14 See 22-down
15 DEFACEMENT
Distortion unsettled deaf joiner (10) Anagram of DEAF + CEMENT
18 BESTIALITY
I converted laity after most highly depraved behaviour (10) (I + anagram of LAITY) after BEST
19 LAPP
European friend turned soft (4) PAL reversed + P
21 SOFFIT
Backing provided inside relatively unprotected underside of an architectural structure (6) IF reversed inside SOFT
23 BOUGHT UP
Purchased all available stock of branch established in recession (6,2) BOUGH + PUT reversed
26 ROAST DUCK
A spoilt stud tucked into surprise baked meal (5,4) (A + anagram of STUD) inside ROCK
27 LEMMA
Subject’s division in Jerusalem maybe (5) JerusaLEM MAybe
28 EARTH TREMOR
Explosion of three mortars for the most part is an unsettling experience (5,6) Anagram of THREE MORTAR(s)
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 SKIN TESTS
Allergy sufferer may take these stray kittens located on board (4,5) Anagram of KITTENS inside SS
2 FLEER
Fugitive left in charge, right? (5) L inside FEE + R
3 TARANTELLA
Report about a wild outburst before a dance (10) TELL outside (A + RANT) + A
4 &
25dn
MINT BUSH
Vast sum of money coach put on hot Australian native (4,4) MINT + BUS + H
5 TWO-SIDED
Pig’s heart used in odd stew strangely is controversial (3-5) I inside anagram of ODD STEW
6 HOICK
Jerk, one dressed in white (5) I inside HOCK
7 PARENT
Executive’s offsider ripped apart author (6) PA + RENT
8 DESERT
Uncultivated end of field with gnarly trees (6) fiel(D) + anagram of TREES
13 FAST WORKER
Pair engaged by freaks sorted out right person who achieves results quickly (4,6) TWO inside anagram of FREAKS + R
16 ELASTOMER
The Spanish maestro developed flexible material (9) EL + anagram of MAESTRO
17 MINISTER
Member of parliament is over time in Pitman’s notation (8) (IS + T) inside MINER
18 BISTRO
Street bordered by writer’s little restaurant (6) ST inside BIRO
20 POPLAR
Phosphorus identified in frozen tree found mostly in the northern hemisphere (6) P inside POLAR
22 &
14ac
FLAME TEST
Limits employed in uniform elementary analysis (5,4) METES inside FLAT
24 GOLEM
Wings of owl possessed by stone creature of Jewish legend? (5) O(w)L inside GEM
25 See 4-down

 

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 12, 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 12 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 DRESS REHEARSAL
Her lasses are beaten up behind doctor’s practice (5,9) Anagram of HER LASSES ARE behind DR
10 HOUSING
Inside of shop making use of enclosure (7) s(HO)p + USING
11 ROTUNDA
Large cask consumed by staff in front of a domed building (7) TUN inside ROD + A
12 RADII
Bones one found in raid scattered everywhere (5) I inside anagram of RAID
13 TRUNCHEON
Look after cold in the working club (9) (RUN + C) inside THE + ON
14 SURE
User tinkered with safe (4) Anagram of USER
15 TIMEKEEPER
Watch spy throw out retired royal (10) (PEEK + EMIT) reversed + ER
19 SUPPLEMENT
Extra flexible people head to trampoline (10) SUPPLE + MEN + T
20 WEEP
Go to the bathroom quietly and cry (4) WEE + P
23 GOLD MINER
Antique, owned by me, collected by Greek prospector (4,5) (OLD + MINE) inside GR
26 OUTER
Peripheral network devices with limitations removed (5) r)OUTER(s
27 OBTAINS
Gets boat repaired in shipyard primarily (7) Anagram of BOAT + IN + S
28 PITIFUL
I lift up broken base (7) Anagram of I LIFT UP
29 IMPRESSIONABLE
One simple bra is twisted open (14) Anagram of ONE SIMPLE BRA IS
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
2 ROUND-TRIP
Head away from Earth time on current orbit (5-4) g)ROUND + T + RIP
3 SLIP IN
Casually add fieldsman behind the batsman at the crease (4,2) SLIP + IN
4 RIGHT
Religious ceremony pronounced correctly (5) Sounds like RITE
5 HERCULEAN
Powerful copper laid into the woman with a thin build (9) CU inside (HER + LEAN)
6 ATTACHED
A typist, gutted, felt pain in a relationship? (8) A + T(ypis)T + ACHED
7 SENSE
Be aware of auditor’s assessment of working capital (5) Sounds like CENTS
8 LEARNER
Unqualified driver left well-paid job (7) L + EARNER
9 THIRDS
This, used on both sides of road, divided sections (6) THIS outside RD
16 IMMUNISES
Provides shots in issue distributed about cloned male (9) Anagram of IN ISSUE outside MM
17 PLENTIFUL
Productive input fell terribly (9) Anagram of INPUT FELL
18 SLIMLINE
Nothing turned up in gooey stuff containing little or no sugar (8) NIL reversed inside SLIME
19 SIGNORI
Italian men or one after recruit (7) (OR + I) after SIGN
21 PERILS
Rising representative is accepting large risks (6) REP reversed + (IS outside L)
22 CONTRA
Kid with great skill turned around right winger (6) CON + ART reversed
24 LET UP
Passengers climbing inside hardtop ute like to relax (3,2) hardtoP UTE Like reversed
25 REPRO
Copy reformed prisoner free of sin (5) Anagram of PRISONER minus SIN

 

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 13, Clue Help

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12-across & 28-down

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All words can be validly written with a leading capital without changing their meaning. Hence, the capitalisation of a word may present a different picture than is intended.
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 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.

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.

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 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.
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.

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Stickler Boxed Set 1, Puzzle 13 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 BRAINBOX
Clever person’s packaged ladies underwear? (8) BRA IN BOX
5 DRAPES
Drive copies screens in Windows (6) DR + APES
10 ALLOW
Permit a system for hanging people without any limitations (5) g)ALLOW(s
11 TROUNCING
Beating in court rocked half of gang (9) Anagram of IN COURT + NG
12 &
28dn
DEVONSHIRE TEA
Meat eater is teased about hot, light meal (10,3) DEVON + (anagram of EATER IS outside H)
14 MAKE
Appoint mother chief before the end (4) MA + KE(y
16 ERRATUM
Mistake literally involved rare stomach contraction (7) Anagram of RARE + TUM
17 OPUSES
Spouse remixed pieces of music (6) Anagram of SPOUSE
19 SCHEME
Seem distracted about church’s proposal (6) Anagram of SEEM outside CH
21 DOTES ON
Adores party number by music group with backing (5,2) DO + (NO + SET) reversed
24 HART
Start to hunt cunning male deer (4) H + ART
25 SHORT-RANGE
Dismantled great horns with limited scope (5-5) Anagram of GREAT HORNS
27 COAGULANT
Company computer system identified, in a stomach, a clotting agent (9) CO + (LAN inside A GUT)
29 &
6dn
SPLIT RING
Key holder, for example, is illuminated in vault (5,4) LIT inside SPRING
30 AILING
Travelling by yacht down south and not doing very well (6) s)AILING
31 PASSED IN
Old-fashioned racket is not sold at auction (6,2) PASSE + DIN
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 BRAND-NEW
Fresh cereal Wendy just about finished up (5-3) BRAN + WEND(y) reversed
2 ALL OVER
Heart of brutalised lover is sewn up (3,4) brut(AL)ised + LOVER
3 NOW AND THEN
Potter’s tool kept inside, not used on layer sometimes (3,3,4) WAND inside NOT + HEN
4 See 22-down
6 See 29-across
7 PLICATE
Folded sheet over one child’s head (7) PLATE outside (I + C)
8 SAGGER
Dilapidated garage’s not fitted with a clay box in which pottery is packed for baking (6) Anagram of GARAGES minus A
9 COURT ORDER
Judicial writ disrupted record tour (5,5) Anagram of RECORD TOUR
13 HAMMERHEAD
Heavy hitter, an amateur boxer, heard me out of context (10) HAM + anagram of HEARD ME
15 GUITARISTS
Artist is upset after guy cut short musicians (10) Anagram of ARTIST IS after GU(y
18 UNBEATEN
Bun, chopped up and consumed, is second to none (8) Anagram of BUN + EATEN
20 CURE-ALL
Copper left, going after authentic wonder drug (4-3) CU + (L after REAL)
22 &
4dn
SINGLED OUT
Wickedness was first detected in disease and treated differently (7,3) SIN + (LED inside GOUT)
23 CHA-CHA
Dance fellow almost completed more than once (3-3) CHA(p times two
26 QUIN
One in five look sideways endlessly? (4) s)QUIN(t
28 See 12-across

 

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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
21 &
25dn
FAIR CATCH
Mark’s pet, children found at the end of show (4,5) (CAT + CH) behind FAIR
25 &
8dn
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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