REACTION: All but the last letter ( almost) of a socialist or communist is followed by a legal suitġ4d One adult held by military engineers after old penny vanishes (10)ĭISAPPEARS: Link together the letter representing an old penny, the Roman one, and the single letter for adult inserted in ( held by) some military engineersĪGENCIES: Cement together A from the clue, the single letter for good, and an anagram ( moving) of NIECE’Sġ8d Fine tonic treated symptom of disease? (9) ILLUSTRATE: Concatenate evil or wicked, an abbreviation for America, the initial letter (… ’s top) of TRIUMPH, and another word for speedĩd Socialist almost put on suit to get response (8) KITCHEN: Understanding or knowledge containing ( about) hunger or desireĮRROR: The answer is hidden reversed ( over) in the remainder of the clueĨd Show wicked American Triumph's top speed (10) RADAR: Electromagnetic waves that are a palindrome (the same going up and down)Ĥd Conservative supporting a nobleman's explanation (7)ĪCCOUNT: Putting the bits in order, assemble A from the clue, the single letter for Conservative, and a European noblemanĥd Understanding about hunger, prepare food here? (7) PURCHASED: An anagram ( out) of CAP RUSHEDģd This helps one find ships in waves going up and down (5) PITY: All but the last letter ( virtually) of an 18 th century Prime Minister with a letter that represent a mathematical unknown TELEPHONES: An anagram ( doctor) of TO HELP TEEN’S minus ( dropping) the physics symbol for temperatureġd Prime Minister virtually unknown? Shame (4) SHED: A contraction meaning “the woman had”ģ0a Calls doctor to help with teen's dropping temperature (10) RAISE: Celebrate or compliment minus its first letter (… no leader) PRESENCE: A homophone ( mentioned) of a noun meaning giftsĢ7a Answer welcome, encapsulating blokes' understanding (9)ĪGREEMENT: The single letter for answer is followed by a synonym of welcome containing ( encapsulating) some blokesĢ8a Celebrate no leader getting salary increase (5) PANIC: Inverting the wordplay ( on the contrary) we insert a grammatical article in an informal contraction of picture
NOISIER: An anagram ( unfortunately) of I SNORE containing ( going around) the letter represented in the NATO phonetic alphabet by Indiaġ9a Talk to father about mother's garment? (7)ĪDDRESS: The reversal ( about) of a dialect word for father is followed by a female garmentĢ1a Mountain bike finally ready? Good (7)īENEFIT: Link together a Scottish word for mountain, the final letter of BIKE, and ready (for duty, for example)Ģ2a Fear picture in article? On the contrary (5) Speedy like coffee that requires only the addition of boiling waterġ7a Going around India, unfortunately I snore louder (7) THOROUGH: A synonym of yet containing both the letter representing nothing and the single letter for rightĬARPS: A freshwater fish with the initial letter of ( start to) SMELL TIRED: Bound with rope containing ( to admit) the final letter of ( last bit of) WATERġ1a Where one might find bishop had claret prepared (9)ĬATHEDRAL: An anagram ( prepared) of HAD CLARETġ2a Meticulous yet containing nothing right (8) PAPERBACKS: What the Daily Telegraph defines by example ( perhaps) followed by “approves of” or supportsĦa Food shop consignment with 50 per cent off (4)ĭELI: Remove half of a word ( with 50% off) meaning consignment (from FedEx or DHL say)ġ0a Bound to admit last bit of water's drained (5) Please leave a comment telling us how you got on.ġa The Telegraph perhaps approves of what writers produce? (10) Clicking on a picture will enlarge it or display a bonus illustration and a hover (computer) or long press (mobile) might explain more about the picture.
In some hints hyperlinks provide additional explanation or background. Clicking on the answer buttons will reveal the answers. In the hints below most indicators are italicized, and underlining identifies precise definitions and cryptic definitions. I found myself bouncing all over the grid adding answers during my solve of this puzzle, so it took quite a few passes through the grid to get everything done and dusted. BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***