Daily Mail Cryptic Crossword #16900

Daily Mail Cryptic · 32 clues with answers and explanations · 2022-08-11

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Across

1 Play golf in time on northern course (5,6)

Answer

FILETMIGNON
9 Best police in London decrease rapidly (7)

Answer

PLUMMET
10 Cat and snake cross line in fair game (7)

Answer

TOMBOLA
11 Wife leaves to clean what's in hearth (3)

Answer

ASH
12 Consumer ensured changes (3,4)

Def

Consumer

Type

Anagram

Expl

anagram of ENSURED = ENDUSER; definition: "Consumer"

Answer

ENDUSER
13 Involve English doctor with rare painting (7)

Def

Involve

Type

Charade

Expl

E (abbreviation="English") + MB (abbreviation="doctor") + R (first_letter="rare") + OIL (synonym="painting") = EMBROIL; definition: "Involve"

Answer

EMBROIL
14 Spanish gentleman cheated mostly (3)

Answer

DON
15 Graduates corner black creature with venom (5)

Answer

MAMBA
17 Famous frontiersman with no head for crime (5)

Answer

ARSON
18 Fellow in squad's not in good shape (5)

Answer

UNFIT
20 Nasty smell enveloping unexceptional rubbish (5)

Answer

HOKUM
22 Fraudulently manipulate equipment (3)

Answer

RIG
24 Republicans welcome old PM briefly, a cousin of 15 (7)

Answer

RATTLER
25 Tavern's sacked daily (7)

Def

daily

Type

Anagram

Expl

anagram of TAVERN'S = SERVANT; definition: "daily"

Answer

SERVANT
26 One who's impertinent (and impudent) at the start (3)

Answer

IMP
27 Second warhead veers off? Yes (7)

Answer

SWERVES
28 Opening old cereal that’s out of condition (7)

Answer

ORIFICE
29 Tact required for aviaries being reconstructed (6,5)

Type

Anagram

Expl

anagram of FOR + AVIARIES = SAVOIRFAIRE

Answer

SAVOIRFAIRE

Down

1 Establishment people spotted in rallies around France (8,7)

Answer

FOUNDINGFATHERS
2 Payment posh politician's hidden in Glasgow chimney (4,3)

Answer

LUMPSUM
3 Two lots of old volunteers start to roast Asian tongue (5)

Answer

TATAR
4 Unaware of where the first animals were, about 500 (2,3,4)

Answer

INTHEDARK
5 Bloke upset Ibiza, not unknown African state (7)

Answer

NAMIBIA
6 Right-winger once worked on nameless 25 I've supported (3,12)

Answer

NEOCONSERVATIVE
7 Add a very soft object (6)

Def

Add

Type

Charade

Expl

A (from clue) + PP (synonym="very soft") + END (synonym="object") = APPEND; definition: "Add"

Answer

APPEND
8 Volume of liquid energy wasted in old sailing ship (6)

Answer

GALLON
16 One's in ashram elaborately greeting spiritual leader (9)

Answer

MAHARISHI
18 Trouble king in swanky comfortable home (6)

Answer

UNREST
19 Exam allowed over in ME city (3,4)

Answer

TELAVIV
21 Rare metal found in most of main drink (7)

Answer

MARTINI
23 Collect articles Greek put outside (6)

Answer

GATHER
25 Fools around, swapping pounds for pennies in trick (5)

Answer

SPOOF