Easy Cryptic Crossword from Simple Daily Puzzles 2020-06-20 (28/28)
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1a – Laboratory glass for experiment underground? (4,4)
TEST TUBE
Laboratory glass is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: TEST (experiment) + TUBE (underground, as in subway)
5a – There’s still one abominable snowman (4)
YETI
Abominable snowman is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: YET (still) + I (looks like a number one)
8a – Slender girls’s first object (5)
THING
Object is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: THIN (slender) + G (girls's first, or first letter of girls)
9a – Brisk movement of small singer backing Australia (7)
SCHERZO
Brisk movement is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: S (small) + CHER (singer) + ZO (backing Australia, the word OZ backwards)
11a – Close to neckwear, item of lingerie (7)
NIGHTIE
Item of lingerie is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: NIGH (close) + TIE (neckwear)
12a – Famous public school rejected by Duke (5)
NOTED
Famous is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: NOTE (rejected is a reversal indicator for ETON, a public school) + D (abbreviation for Duke)
13a – Discrimination in moving images (6)
AGEISM
Discrimination is the definition, with moving as an anagram indicator for images
15a – Leader of people entertained by splendid meal (6)
SUPPER
Meal is the definition, with entertained by as an indicator that P (leader of people, or first letter of the word people) is contained in a word for splendid (SUPER): SUP(P)ER
18a – Dance in Burma, after a fashion (5)
RUMBA
Dance is the definition, with after a fashion as an anagram indicator for Burma
20a – Odd trinkets containing uranium (7)
CURIOUS
Odd is the definition, with containing as an indicator that U (chemical symbol for uranium) is contained in a word for trinkets: (CURIOS): CURIO(U)S
23a – Gently strike a girl – on the knee (7)
PATELLA
On the knee is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: PAT (gently strike) + ELLA (a girl‘s name)
24a – Horrible setting for old material (5)
VOILE
Material is the definition, with setting as an indicator that O (abbreviation for old) is contained in a word for horrible (VILE): V(O)ILE
25a – Card game providing something for one to do (4)
SOLO
Double definition, with solo being a card game (Solo whist) and something for one to do, they do solo
26a – Taste our fresh fish (3,5)
SEA TROUT
Fish is the definition, with fresh as an anagram indicator for taste our
1d – Giant bird a non-starter (5)
TITAN
Giant is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: TIT (bird) + A (a) + N (non-starter, or first letter of non)
2d – Short cut in translating English (7)
SHINGLE
Short cut is the definition (a shingle bob is a short haircut), with translating as an anagram indicator for English
3d – Drunk reluctant to part with money (5)
TIGHT
Double definition, with tight meaning reluctant to part with money and also being slang for drunk
4d – Sculpture reportedly transported (6)
BUSSED
Transported is the definition, with reportedly as a homophone indicator for BUST (sculpture)
6d – A bird regrets losing its wings (5)
EGRET
A bird is the definition, with losing its wings as an indicator to remove the first and last letter from regrets
7d – Working properly as a monk? (2,5)
IN ORDER
Double definition, with in order meaning working properly, and with monks also being in an order
10d – Back university for religious type (5)
HINDU
Religious type is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: HIND (back) + U (abbreviation for university)
13d – Relevant article on surgery accepted by experts (7)
APROPOS
Relevant is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: A (an article) + PR(OP)OS (accepted by is an indicator that OP (abbreviation for operation or surgery) is contained in PROS (experts))
14d – Southern shopping area that’s compact (5)
SMALL
Compact is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: S (abbreviation for Southern) + MALL (shopping area)
16d – Condition is poor when ordered to take five (7)
PROVISO
Condition is the definition, with take as an indicator that V (roman numeral for five) is contained in an anagram for is poor (with ordered as the indicator)
17d – Regard wise man we might hear in cold spell (3,3)
ICE AGE
Cold spell is the cryptic definition, with we might hear as a homophone indicator for EYE (regard) + SAGE (wise man)
19d – Accommodation for travellers in remote land (5)
MOTEL
Accommodation for travellers is the definition, with in as a hidden word indicator for re(mote l)and
21d – Joiner in Rhode Island with former GI? (5)
RIVET
Joiner is the definition (a rivet joins things), with the rest as a charades clue: RI (abbreviation for Rhode Island) + VET (former GI)
22d – Perspire when cooking a stew (5)
SWEAT
Perspire is the definition, with cooking as an anagram indicator for a stew