Crosaire No 16944 by Crossheir – Saturday, May 4th, 2019

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 A (A-) terrible start (terrible ‘start’ = -T) for lumberjack (LOGGER-) going nuts locally (‘nuts’ locally = HEADS) (AT LOGGERHEADS) in violent dispute (AT LOGGERHEADS),

10 Capote’s (Capote’s = TOECAPS) novel (= anagram indicator) recommended on all sites, to boot (TOECAPS on building sites),

11 Spilt (= anagram indicator) porter (porter = P-ERROT) over one (-I-) (PIERROT) clown (PIERROT),

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12 Some in The Inferno terrorised (some in ‘The Inferno terrorised’ = NOTE) by aide-memoire (NOTE),

13 Sounds almost like (= almost homophone indicator) it could be of interest to someone on a diet (“low cal” = “lo cal” = LOCAL) in the neighbourhood (LOCAL),

15 Country (MALI) goon from Mongolia (‘goon’ from ‘Mongolia’ = mlia = MALI),

17 Part of the stock (SOW) belonging to business owner (belonging to ‘business owner’ = SOW),

19 Irritated (SOR-E) over running start (‘running’ start = -R-) by novice (learner = -L) (SORREL) – it’s the nag’s tone! (SORREL horse + colour),

21 Prickly sort (CACTUS) of college (C-) plays a part (acts = -ACT-S) covering start of the uncertainty (start of the ‘uncertainty’ = -U-) (CACTUS),

22 New Yorker carrying bags (BELLHOP) on his bike (BELL-) going to the dance (-HOP) (BELLHOP),

23 Turn upside down (INVERT), as a lot missing from ventilator (‘a lot’ missing from ‘ventilator’ = ventir = INVERT),

25 Women’s association (Women’s Institute = WI-) in Waterford (-RING) (WIRING) on the line to The Telegraph (WIRING),

27 God-awful (BAD) characters in the suburb admonished (characters in the ‘suburb admonished’ = BAD),

29 Ceramist removes item (‘ceramist’ removes ‘item’ = cras = SCAR) with blemish (SCAR),

30 Egyptians ignore tiny (‘Egyptians’ ignore ‘tiny’ = egpas = PAGES) book collections (PAGES),

31 Some standard I value (some ‘standard I value’ = DIVA) from opera (DIVA),

34 Take care of (NOURISH) flip (= reversal indicator) switch (on = NO-) – it’s for upstart (‘up’ start = -U-) skimming (i) us locals (‘Irish’ without ‘i’ = -RISH) (NOURISH),

35 Flexible type (ELASTIC) from A-list (alist = -LASTI-) working (= anagram indicator) in Clare (CE = E-C) bends over backwards (= reversal indicator) (ELASTIC),

36 Little warning of (AT SHORT NOTICE) a (A-) neat final (‘neat’ final = -T) glass of whiskey (SHORT) that’s not (NOT-) coming with ice (-ICE) (AT SHORT NOTICE).

Down:

2 Possible troll (possible internet troll / TWEETER) with loudspeaker (TWEETER loudspeaker),

3 Pops off proposal (‘pops’ off ‘proposal’ = roal = ORAL), in a manner of speaking (ORAL),

4 Soldiers (GIs = GIS-) with nearly (t) the lion’s share (‘most’ without ‘t’ = -MOS) (GISMOS) of gadgets (GISMOS),

5 Cutting edge type (RIPSAW) of research at top (‘research’ at top = R-) unit (I-) raising (= reversal indicator) one of the insects (wasp = -PSAW) (RIPSAW),

6 Drain (sewer) head off (s) (sewer’ without ‘s’ = EWER) jug of beer perhaps (EWER)

7 Upset (= reversal indicator) staff (rod = DOR-) worker (-MAN-) with temperature (-T) (DORMANT) is sleeping (DORMANT),

8 Deals with guilt (atones = AT ONE’S) going to comic’s funeral (comic’s funeral = WITS’ END) (AT ONE’S WITS’ END) completely mystified (AT ONE’S WITS’ END),

9 To the casual observer (AT FIRST GLANCE) in attendance (AT), getting award from university (FIRST) is good (G-) for Spike (-LANCE) (AT FIRST GLANCE),

14 Describes designer luggage (COOL BAG) for fan (COOL) to pick up (BAG) (COOL BAG),

16 A beasty type (ZEBRA) of zone (Z-) with wild (= anagram indicator) bear (bear = -EBRA) (ZEBRA),

18 Swift (swift = RAPID) introduction to prose (introduction to ‘prose’ = -P-) in The Blitz (RA-ID) (RAPID),

20 Give the go-ahead (LET) in irresponsible therapy (in ‘irresponsible therapy’ = LET),

21 Melody from low comedy (‘melody’ from ‘low comedy’ = wco = COW) produced by bully (COW),

24 Six (VI-) leading actors (leading ‘actors’ = -A-) from The Tube (tube/channel = -DUCT) (VIADUCT) produced The Bridge (VIADUCT),

26 One (I-) institute (Dublin Institute of Technology = -DI-T-) around Oxford (-O-) opens in Cambridge (opens ‘in Cambridge’ = -IC) (IDIOTIC) – it’s ill-advised (IDIOTIC),

27 Turns up (= reversal indicator), tenor (-T-) in rehab (rehab = BA-HER) (BATHER) is a patron of Spa (BATHER),

28 Madeleine dismisses lie (‘Madeleine’ dismisses ‘lie’ = madene = DEMEAN) as put down (DEMEAN),

32 Part of the neighbourhood is horrified (part of the ‘neighbourhood is horrified’ = DISH) by the satellite receiver (DISH),

33 The preserve (SALT) of old sea dog (old sea dog/sailor = SALT).