Solving time : 11:42 for an interesting crossword. There's a few obscurities here, though I think everything is accessible from the wordplay, though one long anagram may not come readily. Several hyphenated answers and a grid with the shortest answer being five letters may send solvers scrambling for a starting point.
I will admit to a little biffing, particularly with the hyphenated phrases where the enumeration was a giveaway.
Away we go...
I will admit to a little biffing, particularly with the hyphenated phrases where the enumeration was a giveaway.
Away we go...
Across | |
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1 | BUMPTIOUS: BUM(ne'er do well) then an anagram of I,SPOUT |
6 | BUCKS: double definition for US currency and an abbreviation for Buckinghamshire |
9 | SATIN: didn't stand out, it SAT IN |
10 | GLUTAMATE: A MATE(partner) after GLUT(excessive amount) |
11 | BOOLEAN: BOON(gift) containing LEA(the field) for an field of algebra based on logical expressions |
12 | PUNGENT: GENT(man) after PUN(a joke) |
13 | BACK-SEAT DRIVER: anagram of CAR,AT,KERBSIDE containing |
17 | SUPERABUNDANCE: it's the SUNDANCE kid containing an anagram of BEAR,UP |
21 | ANTHILL: AN, then |
23 | CONTENT: double definition |
25 | GLADSTONE: GLAD(pleased) and STONE(something solid) |
26 | SUNNI: SUN(setter, since the sun sets) then IN(elected) reversed |
27 | NUDGE: NUDE(exposed) with G inside |
28 | DING-A-LING: GAL(girl) inside DINING(in a restaurant, perhaps) |
Down | |
1 | BUSHBABY: H(hot) then A,B(bishop) reversed all inside BUSBY(furry hat) |
2 | METRO: First letters of Mole's Evacuated Tunnel Running Off |
3 | TENNESSEE: remove the R from TENNERS(cash), then SEE. I'm about 40 miles from the border of Tennessee |
4 | ORGANZA: ORGAN(newspaper), A(article) around Z |
5 | STUMPED: double definition, out referring to cricket |
6 | BRAIN: BRA(personal support), IN(with it) |
7 | CHAMELEON: we don't see a double container very often - it is ME(yours truly) in HALE(well) in CON(fraud) |
8 | SHEATH: HEAT(high temperature) inside SH(shut up - be quiet) |
14 | COURT CARD: COURT(go after), CARD(eccentric) |
15 | INDONESIA: hidden in mIND ONE SIAm |
16 | LEFT-WING: LEG(member) containing F, TWIN(counterpart) |
18 | ALL TOLD: double definition |
19 | UNCLEAN: UNCLE(relative) then |
20 | MARGIN: MAR(spoil), GIN(drink) |
22 | ISSUE: SUE(girl) after IS(island) - definition is "young" as in children |
24 | ENNUI: last letters in emiratE fuN iN abU dhabI |