Easy Cryptic Crossword from Simple Daily Puzzles 2021-04-17 (24/24)
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1a – Inexpensive fish for a skinflint (10)
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CHEAPSKATE
Skinflint is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: CHEAP (inexpensive) + SKATE (a type of fish)
7a – Saint taking one drink (7)
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MARTINI
Drink is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: MARTIN (a saint) + I (looks like a one)
8a – Examine part of Tuscany (4)
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SCAN
Examine is the definition, with part as a hidden word indicator for Tu(scan)y
10a – Fairly big orderly (4)
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TIDY
Double definition, with tidy meaning fairly big (as in a tidy sum) and also meaning orderly
11a – Girl in part of France (8)
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LORRAINE
Double definition, with Lorraine being a girl‘s name, and also part of France
13a – Criticised for being absorbed, so we hear (6)
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RAPPED
Criticised is the definition, with so we hear as a homophone indicator for WRAPPED (absorbed)
15a – A predicament shows promise (6)
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PLIGHT
Double definition, with plight meaning predicament and also being an archaic word for promise
17a – One who can’t remember me, as I can recollect (8)
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AMNESIAC
One who can't remember is the definition, with recollect as an anagram indicator for me as I can
18a – One half-dollar is an object of veneration (4)
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IDOL
Object of veneration is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: I (looks like a one) + DOL (half of the word dollar)
21a – Siamese draw, we hear (4)
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THAI
Siamese is the definition, with we hear as a homophone indicator for TIE (tie meaning draw, as in win, lose, or draw)
22a – Old Rose changes her name (7)
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DOLORES
Her name is the definition, with changes as an anagram indicator for Old Rose
23a – Officers bending rigid sabre (10)
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BRIGADIERS
Officers is the definition, with bending as an anagram indicator for rigid sabre
1d – Made better copper colour? (5)
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CURED
Made better is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: CU (Cu is the chemical symbol for copper) + RED (colour)
2d – Essayist comes back from jail early (4)
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ELIA
Essayist is the definition (referring to Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb), with the from as a hidden word indicator for j(ail e)arly, and comes back as a reversal indicator on that hidden word
3d – Pros in sort of jail (6)
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PRISON
Jail is the definition, with sort as an anagram indicator for pros in
4d – Trek less confusing for flighty hunters (8)
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KESTRELS
Flighty hunters is the definition (they are birds of prey), with confusing as an anagram indicator for trek less
5d – Dashing to get a drink before the band (7)
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TEARING
Dashing is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: TEA (drink) + RING (band, as in wedding band)
6d – City making smart Edam? (9)
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AMSTERDAM
City is the definition, with making as an anagram indicator for smart Edam
9d – Perhaps she lasted, being immortal (9)
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DEATHLESS
Immortal is the definition, with perhaps as an anagram indicator for she lasted
12d – Having a banquet? Order neat figs! (8)
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FEASTING
Having a banquet is the definition, with order as an anagram indicator for neat figs
14d – Big cat in cooking vessel on the right (7)
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PANTHER
Big cat is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: PAN (cooking vessel) + THE (the) + R (abbreviation for right)
16d – Frank provides a sort of camera (6)
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CANDID
Frank is the definition, with the rest as a cryptic definition referring to the show Candid Camera
19d – Runs quickly produced in local game (5)
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DARTS
Runs quickly is the definition, with the rest as a cryptic definition: darts is a game played at the local (pub)
20d – European flower used by panel beaters (4)
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ELBE
European flower is the cryptic definition (Elbe is a river that flows in Central Europe, so a European flow-er), with used by as a hidden word indicator for pan(el be)arers