Easy Cryptic Crossword from Simple Daily Puzzles 2020-02-17 (24/24)
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The clues:
1a – Bloomer makes card game proceed tediously (10)
SNAPDRAGON
Bloomer (meaning flower) is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: SNAP (card game) + DRAG ON
7a – Icy port ordered by an islander (7)
CYPRIOT
Islander is the definition, with ordered by as an anagram indicator for icy port
8a – Vegetable found in dishes we detest (5)
SWEDE
Vegetable is the definition (a swede is a word for a rutabaga), with found in as a hidden word indicator for dishe(s we de)test
10a – Not far from being tight-fisted? (4)
NEAR
Double definition; near means not far, but is also an archaic word for stingy or tight-fisted
11a – Take legal action about Europeans or Africans (8)
SUDANESE
Africans is the definition, with about as an indicator that DANES (a type of Europeans) goes into SUE (take legal action): SU(DANES)E
13a – Films some developed, about six (6)
MOVIES
Films is the definition, with about as an indicator that VI (Roman numeral for six) goes into an MOES (developed is an anagram indicator for some)
15a – Island garment (6)
JERSEY
Double definition; Jersey is an island, and a jersey is a garment
17a – The opposite of talk (8)
CONVERSE
Double definition; with converse meaning talk (have conversation), and a converse being a kind of opposite in logic
18a – Former Iranian leader cooking hash (4)
SHAH
Former Iranian leader is the definition, with cooking as an anagram indicator for hash
21a – Girl with nothing but a rope (5)
LASSO
Rope is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: LASS (girl) + O (bits and pieces clue for nothing)
22a – Roman emperor in a hard form (7)
HADRIAN
Roman emperor is the definition, with form as an anagram indicator for in a hard
23a – A sort of tender name! (10)
ENDEARMENT
Tender name is the definition, with sort as an anagram indicator for tender name
1d – Colour that is constant in salt water (5)
SEPIA
Colour is the definition, with in as an indicator that PI (a constant) goes into SEA (salt water)
2d – Drug discovered by a police department (4)
ACID
Drug is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: A (a) + CID (short for “Criminal Investigation Department”, which is the police department)
3d – The result of getting routed differently (6)
DETOUR
The whole clue is the definition, with differently as an anagram indicator for routed
4d – Satisfies silly sausages (8)
ASSUAGES
Satisfies is the definition, with silly as an anagram indicator for sausages
5d – Unity might make no sense (7)
ONENESS
Unity is the definition, with might make as an anagram indicator for no sense
6d – Thrifty way to make cinema cool (10)
ECONOMICAL
Thrifty is the definition, with way to make as an anagram indicator for cinema cool
9d – One very thin garment reveals all (10)
EVERYTHING
All is the definition, with reveals as a hidden word indicator for on(e very thin g)arment
12d – Writer has to run off with this girl (8)
PENELOPE
Girl is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: PEN (writer) + ELOPE (run away with)
14d – Meat cooked in ovens? (7)
VENISON
Meat is the definition, with cooked as an anagram indicator for in ovens
16d – There’s a change in this girl (6)
ESTHER
Girl is the definition, with change as an anagram indicator for there's (my first guess was HESTER)
19d – He is on time for a robbery (5)
HEIST
Robbery is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: HE (he) + IS (is) + T (bits and pieces clue for time)
20d – Advantage from the border (4)
EDGE
Double definition, with edge meaning both advantage and border