Easy Cryptic Crossword from Simple Daily Puzzles 2021-04-25 (26/26)
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1a – Bright visitors arrive by backstreet (6)
COMETS
Bright visitors is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: COME (arrive) + TS (back is a reversal indicator for ST, abbreviation for street)
4a – A portion for each person (6)
APIECE
For each person is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: A (a) + PIECE (portion)
8a – Wayward Roman girl (5)
NORMA
Girl is the definition (Norma is a girl‘s name), with wayward as an anagram indicator for Roman
9a – Reasons for sediment (7)
GROUNDS
Double definition, with grounds meaning reasons and also sediment
10a – Account for indefinite article (7)
RECITAL
Account is the definition, with indefinite as an anagram indicator for article
11a – Some hotel items for the select few (5)
ELITE
Select few is the definition, with some as a hidden word indicator for hot(el ite)ms
12a – Her actors become musicians (9)
ORCHESTRA
Musicians is the definition, with become as an anagram indicator for her actors
17a – In Bangkok a pig is a wild animal (5)
OKAPI
Wild animal is the definition, with in as a hidden word indicator for Bangk(ok a pi)g
19a – Representative getting letters from city pal (7)
TYPICAL
Representative is the definition, with letters from as an anagram indicator for city pal
21a – Transform sauce, perhaps, with kitchen blender (7)
THICKEN
Transform sauce is the definition, with blender as an anagram indicator for kitchen
22a – Exhausted writer found in street (5)
SPENT
Exhausted is the definition, with found in as an indicator to put PEN (writer) into ST (abbreviation for street), resulting in S(PEN)T
23a – Mark is not in river (6)
DENOTE
Mark is the definition, with in as an indicator to put NOT (not) into DEE (a river in Scotland), resulting in DE(NOT)E
24a – Running in a derby, sounded like an ass (6)
BRAYED
Sounded like an ass is the definition, with running as an anagram indicator for a derby
1d – Bird is able to appear on railway (6)
CANARY
Bird is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: CAN (is able) + A (?) + RY (abbreviation for railway) — should this have been “to appear on a railway?”
2d – Moorland leather? (7)
MOROCCO
Double definition, with Morocco being the land of the Moors, and also a type of leather
3d – Health food (5)
TOAST
Double definition, with toast being food, and also referring to toasting to someone’s health
5d – Demonstrate in favour of cricket match (7)
PROTEST
Demonstrate is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: PRO (in favour of) + TEST (cricket match)
6d – Weariness produced by an outspoken nuisance (5)
ENNUI
Weariness is the definition, with produced by as a hidden word indicator for outspok(en nui)sance
7d – Endless oriental holiday (6)
EASTER
Holiday is the definition, with endless as an indicator to remove the last letter of EASTERN (oriental)
9d – Tan gloves designed in an American city (9)
GALVESTON
American city is the definition, with designed as an anagram indicator for tan gloves
13d – Game insect (7)
CRICKET
Double definition, with cricket being a game and an insect
14d – Tell tale activity (7)
ARCHERY
Cryptic definition; in the tale of William Tell, the activity was archery
15d – Toledo may be pillaged (6)
LOOTED
Pillaged is the definition, with may be as an anagram indicator for Toledo
16d – Severely criticised, as a roof may be (6)
SLATED
Double definition, with slated meaning severely criticised and also being a type of roof
18d – Foreign article includes falsehood (5)
ALIEN
Foreign is the definition, with includes as an indicator to put LIE (falsehood) into AN (article), resulting in A(LIE)N
20d – Puzzle for a model? (5)
POSER
Double definition, with a poser being a puzzle, and a model being someone who poses