Crosaire No 17004 by Crossheir – Saturday, July 13th, 2019

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 Call the cops (RAISE THE ALARM) for parent (parent/bring up = RAISE) at Harlem (at Harlem  = THE ALARM) riot (= anagram indicator) (RAISE THE ALARM),

10 Sinatra (Sinatra = ARTISAN) melody (= anagram indicator) produced by craftsman (ARTISAN),

11 Irish beach (Irish ‘beach’ = trá = TR-A) going around a (-A-) church (Church of England = -CH-) near point (east  =-E-) (TRACHEA) is perfect for taking the air (TRACHEA),

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12 Psychiatrists dismiss physicist (‘psychiatrists’ dismiss ‘physicist’ = satr = STAR) in The Sun  (STAR),

13 Minor (PETTY) favourite (PET-) clears the centre out (r) for try (‘try’ without ‘r’ = -TY) (PETTY),

15 Dubs (dubs = BUDS) playing (= anagram indicator) with those who might bloom in the future (BUDS),

17 River (LEE) containing renewable energy (containing ‘renewable energy’ = le e = LEE),

19 Increasingly ignores aliens (‘increasingly’ ignores ‘aliens’ = cringy = CRYING) turning on the waterworks (CRYING),

21 New (= anagram indicator) dances (dances = ASCEND) take off (ASCEND),

22 Great (G-) question (ask = -AS -K) about Provençal house (MAS-) (GAS MASK) used during the war for one’s protection (GAS MASK),

23 High standards (IDEALS) of ladies’ (ladies = IDEALS) adaptation (= anagram indicator),

25 Condition (HEALTH) of Moor (moor = HEA-TH) going around lost (-L-) (HEALTH),

27 Some mispronounced names (some ‘mispronounced names’ = d na = DNA) of genetic stuff (DNA),

29 Local drugs (DOPE) consumed by news stand operator (consumed by ‘newsstand operator’ = d ope = DOPE),

30 All sides today (RAISE on all sides of today’s grid) destroy (‘raze’ = ‘RAISE’) state (= homophone indicator),

31 It’s not supposed to be friendly (DOUR) in the banks? Do me a favour! (banks ‘do me a favour’ = DOUR),

34 Listening device (EARDRUM) for solving (= anagram indicator) a murder (a murder = EARDRUM),

35 Nights out on shooting range (‘nights’ out on ‘shooting range’ = oonrage = OREGANO) with Herb (OREGANO),

36 Bring up (RAISE) article (THE) on financial sources (FUNDS) (RAISE THE FUNDS) to get some help from angels (RAISE THE FUNDS).

Down:

2 Routine (ACT-) for a fair amount of (half of) February (half of  ’February’ = -UARY) (ACTUARY) works for a risky business (ACTUARY),

3 Band (SASH) from school (S-) and 21 down (‘ash’ = -ASH) (SASH),

4 Period before Easter (Lent = T-NEL) revolves (= reversal indicator) around a foreign (a = -UN-) (TUNNEL) means of escapism perhaps (TUNNEL),

5 The property of the gentry (ESTATE) in England (E-) and Ireland (-STATE) (ESTATE),

6 Content in schedule affected (content in ‘schedule affected’ = le af = LEAF) – that’s one for the books (LEAF),

7 Find new quarters (REHOUSE) for unfortunate (= anagram indicator) heroes (heroes = REHO-SE) around university (-U-) (REHOUSE),

8 Prepare the future generations (RAISE CHILDREN) for increase (R-ISE) over leading antisocial (leading ‘antisocial’ = -A-) issue (issue = CHILDREN) (RAISE CHILDREN),

9 Presumably, accommodated the giraffes (RAISED THE ROOF) and made a lot of noise about it (RAISED THE ROOF),

14 Short (m) name (‘term’ without ‘m’ = TER-) for vehicle (-MINI) (TERMINI) in bus stations (TERMINI),

16 By and large, Brady is missing (‘by and large’ ‘Brady’ is missing = anlge = ANGLE) perspective (ANGLE),

18 A (A-) stitch-up (sew = -S-EW) over the weekend (over the ‘week’ end = -K-) (ASKEW) is out of kilter (ASKEW),

20 In part, making a spectacle (in part ‘making a spectacle’ = g a s = GAS) opening 22 across (‘gas mask’ = GAS),

21 Half of those in 28 down (half of those in ‘ashore’ = ASH) could pass for blonde (ASH),

24 Sets up (= reversal indicator) broadcast (air = -RIA) operation (op = -PO-) with guys (men), for most part (‘men’ for the most part = me = EM-) (EMPORIA), from Trading Places (EMPORIA),

26 Organised (= anagram indicator) pro-deal (pro deal = LEOPARD) for one of The Cats (LEOPARD),

27 Local regrets (DAMMIT) turning up (= reversal indicator) most of (e) the time (‘time’ without ‘e’ = tim = -MIT) with bananas (mad = DAM-) (DAMMIT),

28 Jockey (= anagram indicator) a horse (a horse = ASHORE) on dry land (ASHORE),

32 Pieces (ARMS) concealed by farm subsidies (concealed by ‘farm subsidies’ = arm s = ARMS),

33 Romeo is one (BEAU) of the characters in The Globe audience (characters in ‘The Globe audience’ = be au = BEAU).