Crosaire No 17209 by Crossheir – Thursday, March 12th, 2020

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 Agile figure (SUPPLE figure) takes cars from upper class (takes ‘cars’ from ‘upper class’ = uppels = SUPPLE),

4 Allotted (ASSIGNED) leading actor (leading ‘Actor’ = A-) from first Shrek (first ‘Shrek’ = -S-) and The Omen (omen = -SIGN-) with English (-E-) director (-D) (ASSIGNED),

9 Rory (Rory) uneasy (= anagram indicator) (Rory = OR-RY) over clip (p) of agent (‘rep’ without ‘p’ = -RE-) (ORRERY) with a heavenly model (ORRERY)

10 Individual (-ONE-) in Corrs (COR-RS) (CORONERS) working in the dead centre (CORONERS),

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12 Work with actors (DIRECT-) or (-OR-) company behind (‘companY’ behind = -Y) (DIRECTORY) popular type employed in Phone Booth (DIRECTORY).

13 Government (G-) unfortunately (-ALAS) (GALAS) by The Big Parties (GALAS),

14 Course (WAY-) taken by ocean liner (ocean liner = -S AND) is limited (MEAN-) by stingy capital (‘Stingy’ capital = -S) (WAYS AND MEANS) resources (WAYS AND MEANS),

18 One (I-) Roman leader (Roman leader = -R-) among centurions (centurions = -NSU-RECTION) deployed (= anagram indicator) (INSURRECTION) for fighting in the streets (INSURRECTION),

21 Hot under the collar (RATTY) attorney fails to get one? (‘attorney’ fails to get ‘one’ = attry = RATTY),

22 Single (ONE-) bars (-LINE-S) over river (-R) (ONE-LINERS) used by comedians (ONE-LINERS),

24 Couple linked perhaps (ARM IN ARM) to Romeo (-R-) and Mina (Mina = -M IN A-) by river (-R-) in the morning (am = A-M) (ARM IN ARM),

25 Excluded (BANNED) by group (band) on the radio (= homophone indicator) (‘band’ = ‘BANNED’),

26 Had a nice (had a nice) mixture (= anagram indicator) (had a nice = HACIENDA) in Mexican ranch (HACIENDA),

27 Sutherland dismisses nuts (‘Sutherland’ dismisses ‘nuts’ = herlad = HERALD) in the paper (HERALD newspaper).

Down:

1 Demonstration (SHOW-) in Northern Ireland (-DOWN) (SHOWDOWN) leads to confrontation (confrontation = SHOWDOWN),

2 Describes (PORTRAYS) drink (PORT-) to go with fish (-RAY-) and chips ultimately (‘chipS’ ultimately = -S) (PORTRAYS),

3 Station (LYRIC) Ted came from directly (‘Ted’ came from ‘directly’ = ircly = LYRIC),

5 Describes Olive’s (describes olives = STONY-HEARTED) son (S-) Tony (-TONY-) and soul mate (-HEART- and soul) to writer (-ED) (STONY-HEARTED),

6 Classifies Heavy Metal (INORGANIC) for one (I-) music maker (-ORGAN-) in Ulster (-N-I-) college (-C) (INORGANIC),

7 Ruffle someone’s feathers (NEEDLE) with what’s on the record player (NEEDLE),

8 Stop (DESIST) taking trees out of side streets (taking ‘trees’ out of ‘side streets’ = idests = DESIST),

11 Genial (GOOD-HUMOURED) boxer (boxer = dog) staggering back (= reverse indicator) (dog = GO-D) around ring (-O-) is indulged (-HUMOURED) (GOOD-HUMOURED),

15 Wind up (ANNOY-) Spike (lance) losing the head (s) (‘lance’ without ‘s’ = -ANCE) (ANNOYANCE) with nuisance (ANNOYANCE),

16 Hotel (H-) on foreign peninsula (-IBER-IA) around point (compass point North = -N-) (HIBERNIA) reminds the Romans of Ireland (HIBERNIA),

17 Oscar (O-) denies (denies) adaptation (= anagram indicator) (denies = -NE-SIDE-) is primarily discriminatory (primarily ‘Discriminatory’ = -D) (ONE-SIDED) or lacking in balance (ONE-SIDED),

19 Cheap (cheap = P-EACH) shot (= anagram indicator) about writing (from the 3Rs = -R-) (PREACH) of lecture (PREACH),

20 A fair amount of (half of) mink (half of ‘MInk’= -MI-) in coat (coat) tailored (= anagram indicator) (coat = ATO-C) (ATOMIC) for an energetic type (ATOMIC),

23 Absurd (INANE) characters embraced within a network (characters embraced ‘withIN A NEtwork’ = inane = INANE).