Easy Cryptic Crossword from Simple Daily Puzzles 2020-02-03 (26/26)
Still trying to understand these clues:
- 10a – Outside America Herb provides a meat product (7)
- 23a – Heavy demand for a ladder (3)
- 8d – Like one who supplies bowlers and bats? (3,2,1,6)
The clues:
1a – Where Dot’s clan gathered? (8)
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SCOTLAND
Cryptic definition, with gathered as an anagram indicator for Dot's clan.
6a – Face attack brutally (3)
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MUG
Double definition, with mug meaning face and also attack brutally.
9a – A fraction that is separate (5)
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APART
Separate is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: A (a) + PART (fraction)
10a – Outside America Herb provides a meat product (7)
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SAUSAGE
Meat product is the definition, with outside as an indicator that a word for America (US) goes inside a word for an herb: SAGE: SA(US)(A)GE — does one of those A‘s come from “provides a” somehow?
11a – A performer giving a painter a note (7)
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ARTISTE
A performer is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: ARTIST (painter) + E (note, like a musical note)
13a – A small bird, an old giant (5)
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TITAN
An old giant is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: TIT (a small bird) + AN (an)
14a – A secondary highway overseas (6)
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ABROAD
Overseas is the definition, with the rest as a cryptic definition: A B-ROAD
15a – All the mixture is deadly (6)
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LETHAL
Deadly is the definition, with mixture as an anagram indicator for all the.
18a – Girl having exercises to modify (5)
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ADAPT
Modify is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: ADA (girl) + PT (exercises)
20a – Reticence? Keep it for future use (7)
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RESERVE
Double definition, with reserve meaning reticence and keep for future use
21a – Dealing with jazz in Gateshead (7)
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TRADING
Dealing is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: TRAD (traditional jazz) + IN (in) + G (Gateshead, first letter of Gate)
22a – Look happy when getting fresh limes (5)
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SMILE
Look happy is the definition, with fresh as an anagram indicator for limes
23a – Heavy demand for a ladder (3)
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RUN
Heavy demand is a definition — what is the ladder part?
24a – Produce electricity from teenager? (8)
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GENERATE
Produce electricity is the definition, with from (?) as an anagram indicator for teenager
2d – Hire a map-maker? (7)
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CHARTER
Double definition, with charter meaning hire but also someone who makes charts/maps
3d – Child going both ways (3)
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TOT
Child is the definition, with going both ways meaning it is a palindrome.
4d – A news broadcast with right to reply (6)
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ANSWER
Reply is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: ANSWE (broadcast is an anagram indicator for a news) + R (bits and pieces clue for right)
5d – Certainly don’t be so sceptical (9)
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DOUBTLESS
Double definition with doubtless meaning certainly and also not being skeptical (having no doubt)
6d – Some antagonism, some of which is intended (5)
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MEANT
Intended is the definition, with some of as a hidden word indicator for so(me ant)ogonism.
7d – Colourful record covers for an old song (12)
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GREENSLEEVES
Old song is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: GREEN (colourful) + SLEEVES (record covers)
8d – Like one who supplies bowlers and bats? (3,2,1,6)
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MAD AS A HATTER
Cryptic definition I guess — a bowler is a type of hat, but is a bat?
12d – To begin with fish is quite unexpected (9)
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STARTLING
Quite unexpected is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: START (begin) + LING (a type of fish)
16d – Rap hits, possibly, for a musician (7)
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HARPIST
A musician is the definition, with perhaps as an anagram indicator for rap hits
17d – Start or take one drink (6)
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ORIGIN
Start is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: OR (or) + I (looks like a one) + GIN (drink)
19d – A profit? Another time! (5)
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AGAIN
Another time is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: A (a) + GAIN (profit)
22d – Knight’s address (3)
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SIR
Cryptic definition; you should address a knight as “sir“.