Crosaire No 16898 by Crossheir – Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 Leased (leased = SEALED) complex (= anagram indicator), as it’s yet to open (SEALED),

4 Director (director = CREDITOR) working (= anagram indicator) with at least one of them in accounts (CREDITOR),

9 Reconnect a refrigerator inside (‘reconnect a refrigerator’ inside = NECTAR) for the honey producers to collect (NECTAR),

10 Lawyer (senior counsel = SC-) finds hot (-H-), new (-N-) programs (program applications = -APPS) (SCHNAPPS) available at The Bar (SCHNAPPS),

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12 Give a gun to (-ARM -) contract (contract/reduce = ‘y’) agent (‘spy’ without ‘y’= -SP-) in watering hole (W-ELL) (WARM SPELL) for the time when there’s more heat (WARM SPELL),

13 Inherited missing herd (‘inherited’ missing ‘herd’ = inite = TIE-IN) as part of what’s linked to the deal (TIE-IN),

14 It’s of little significance (PETTY) to committee member (OFFICER) (PETTY OFFICER) working overseas (PETTY OFFICER),

18 Presumably those involved in road safety campaign (ARMOURED CARS) are used by a major employer as being bullet proof (ARMOURED CARS),

21 Nine leaving Indonesia (‘nine’ leaving ‘Indonesia’ = dosia = ADIOS) or, in a manner of speaking, for one leaving Spain? (ADIOS),

22 Reduced the quality (TONED DOWN) of pitch (TONE-) for Dublin (-D) and one of the teams in Ulster (DOWN) (TONED DOWN),

24 New Yorker (AMERICAN) produced article (A-N) about unstable (= anagram indicator) Crimea (Crimea = -MERICA-) (AMERICAN),

25 Foreign Republicans (US Republican Party = Grand Old Party = GOP) recall (= reversal indicator) (GOP = POG-) memory (read only memory = -ROM) (POGROM) of wholesale slaughter (POGROM),

26 Instrument (KIT-) in planes (planes = tools = TOOL -S) (TOOL KITS) carried by the chippies (TOOL KITS),

27 Van Dyke and Lincoln, for example (types of BEARDS), in Panda (Panda BEAR-) with detective (-DS) (BEARDS).

Down:

1 |Searched for bugs (swept = S-WEPT) around a foreign (a = -UN-) head of spies (head of ‘spies’ = -S) (SUN-SWEPT) enjoying a hot spot (SUN-SWEPT),

2 It’s canonical (ACCURATE) to (A-) Cork (-C-) member of the clergy (-CURATE) (ACCURATE),

3 Tests (EXAMS) part of complex Amstrad (part of ‘complex Amstrad’ = EXAMS),

5 Withdraw a statement (recant = REC-ANT) about gangster (Al Capone = -AL-) leaders of Camorra in Tuscany region (leaders of ‘Camorra in Tuscany region’ = -CITR-) (RECALCITRANT) not willing to accept discipline (RECALCITRANT),

6 Advice to man of letters (DO NOT BEND), mafia leader (Don = DO N-), half of Wellington (half of ‘boot’ = -OT) and one of The Kinks (one kink = BEND) (DO NOT BEND),

7 Local asked for money (TAPPED) for recording (TAP-E-) about Progressive (-P-) Democrats? (-D) (TAPPED),

8 Writing (from the 3Rs = R-) on dense (dense = -ESEND) assembly (= anagram indicator) (RESEND) put in The Post again (RESEND),

11 Picture (SELF-PORTRAIT) what only you are capable of, you poser (SELF-PORTRAIT),

15 Measure (YARDSTICK) out the back (YARD-) post (-STICK) (YARDSTICK),

16 Party (LABOUR-) note (music note -E-) resistance (-R) (LABOURER) of one of the workers (LABOURER),

17 Opening that (opening ‘that’ = T-) paper (-SUN-) for nice friends (Nice/French ‘friends’ = ‘amis’ = -AMIS) (TSUNAMIS) causes waves of disturbances (TSUNAMIS),

19 Distinguished scientist (SAVANT) designed (=anagram indicator) Sat Nav (sat nav = SAVANT),

20 Loath to leave chocolatier (‘loath’ to leave ‘chocolatier’ = ccoier = CICERO) – a master of Latin prose (CICERO),

23 Reynolds dismisses sly (‘Reynolds’ dismisses ‘sly’ = renod = DRONE) type with no sting in tail (DRONE).