Easy Cryptic Crossword from Simple Daily Puzzles 2021-04-14 (23/23)
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7a – Include real arrangement of work by Debussy (5,2,4)
CLAIR DE LUNE
Work by Debussy is the definition, with arrangement as an anagram indicator for include real
8a – King taking part in animated war dance (6)
EDWARD
King is the definition, with taking part in as a hidden word indicator for animat(ed war d)ance
9a – Distant sort of meteor (6)
REMOTE
Distant is the definition, with sort as an anagram indicator for meteor
10a – Giant production taking a hundred in the drama profession (6)
ACTING
Drama profession is the definition, with taking as an indicator that C (Roman numeral for hundred) goes into ATING (production is an anagram indicator for giant)
12a – Vehicle seen by people in opera (6)
CARMEN
Opera is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: CAR (vehicle) + MEN (people)
13a – Titled Turk featured in magazine (3)
AGA
Titled Turk is the definition (Aga Khan), with featured in as a hidden word indicator for m(aga)zine
14a – Delicate colour of father’s little telephone (6)
PASTEL
Delicate colour is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: PA'S (father's) + TEL (little means abbreviate telephone)
16a – Pole getting spiteful or hare-brained (6)
SCATTY
Hare-brained is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: S (abbreviation for the south pole) + CATTY (spiteful)
18a – Mad king is engaged in winter sports (6)
SKIING
Engaged in winter sports is the definition, with mad as an anagram indicator for king is
20a – Engrossed as a camper? (6)
INTENT
Engrossed is the definition, with the rest as a cryptic definition; a camper is in tent
22a – Hotel worker putting halibut’s tail in sort of herring pot (5,6)
NIGHT PORTER
Hotel worker is the definition, with putting as an indicator that T (halibut's tail, last letter of halibut) goes into NIGHPORTER (sort is an anagram indicator for herring pot), resulting in NIGH(T)PORTER
1d – Ace detectives may be bitter (4)
ACID
May be bitter is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: A (the symbol on an ace card) + CID (detectives)
2d – A hunting expedition, as far as I can make out (6)
SAFARI
A hunting expedition is the definition, with make out as an anagram indicator for far as i
3d – Extravagant pair with gold braid (8)
PRODIGAL
Extravagant is the definition, with braid as an anagram indicator for pair gold
4d – Woman’s right to a title in Germany (4)
HER
Title in Germany is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: HER (woman's) + R (abbreviation for right)
5d – Time to get a calculator? (6)
SUMMER
Time is the definition (summer is a time of year) with the rest as a charades clue; a summer is also someone who does sums, like a calculator
6d – Table set out to display safety device (4,4)
SEAT BELT
Safety device is the definition, with out as an anagram indicator for table set
11d – Metallic sound made by monarch of some Scots? (8)
CLANKING
Metallic sound is the definition, with the rest as a cryptic definition; a monarch of some Scots could be a clan king
12d – New car is not impregnable (4-4)
CAST IRON
Impregnable (both meaning strong or well-constructed) is the definition, with new as an anagram indicator for car is not
15d – Sharp stab of pain – one of a pair, for example, coming back (6)
TWINGE
Sharp stab of pain is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: TWIN (one of a pair) + GE (coming back is a reversal indicator for e.g., meaning for example)
17d – Sharp form of statue (6)
ASTUTE
Sharp is the definition, with form as an anagram indicator for statue
19d – An old barbarian acquired heroin (4)
GOTH
An old barbarian is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: GOT (acquired) + H (abbreviation for heroin)
21d – Standard portion or medium selection (4)
NORM
Standard is the definition, with selection as a hidden word indicator for portio(n or m)edium