Easy Cryptic Crossword from Simple Daily Puzzles 2020-07-20 (27/28)
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- 13d – Cheese on the ball in a nutshell (7)
The clues:
1a – View girl embraced by parents (8)
PANORAMA
View is the definition, with embraced by as an indicator that NORA (a girl‘s name) goes between PA and MA (parents): PA(NORA)MA
5a – Bird kept in by unpopular headmaster (4)
RHEA
Bird is the definition, with kept in as a hidden word indicator for unpopula(r hea)dmaster
8a – Fight for a little bit (5)
SCRAP
Double definition, with scrap meaning fight and a scrap being a little bit of something
9a – Reds die, but revolutionary lived (7)
RESIDED
Lived is the definition, with revolutionary as an anagram indicator for reds die
11a – Sums worked out, not a sum (7)
AMOUNTS
Sums is the definition, with worked out as an anagram indicator for not a sum
12a – Passage in the centre of Paisley (5)
AISLE
Passage is the definition, with centre as a hidden word indicator for P(aisle)y
13a – Fish going round in bowls (6)
BASINS
Bowls is the definition, with going round as an indicator that IN (in) goes into BASS (a fish): BAS(IN)S
15a – Lacking money, start to sell sportswear? (6)
SHORTS
Sportswear is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: SHORT (lacking money) + S (start to sell, or first letter of sell)
18a – Unsuitable order for paint (5)
INAPT
Unsuitable is the definition, with order as an anagram indicator for paint
20a – Wandering Chinese leader is back in band (7)
ROAMING
Wandering is the definition, with in as an indicator that OAM (back is a reversal indicator for MAO, a Chinese leader) goes into RING (band, like a wedding band)
23a – Quakers in old sitcom (7)
FRIENDS
Double definition; Friends is an old sitcom, and the Quakers are the Society of Friends
24a – Immature bowlers here? (5)
GREEN
Double definition; green means immature, and in the game of lawn bowls, the players bowl on the green
25a – American animal circles close to Washington (4)
YANK
American is the definition, with circles as an indicator that N (close to Washington, or the last letter of Washington) goes into YAK (animal): YA(N)K
26a – Game allowed to block road (8)
ROULETTE
Game is the definition, with block as an indicator that LET (allowed) goes inside ROUTE (road): ROU(LET)TE
1d – Finished a dish from Italy (5)
PASTA
Dish from Italy is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: PAST (finished) + A (a)
2d – Having butterflies fluttering over sun? (7)
NERVOUS
Having butterflies is the definition, with fluttering as an anagram indicator for over sum
3d – Grave letters about Yorkshire city (5)
RIPON
Yorkshire city is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: RIP (grave letters; RIP is written on gravestones) + ON (about)
4d – Slough produces gold in bulk (6)
MORASS
Slough is the definition, with in as an indicator that OR (gold, in heraldry) goes into MASS (bulk)
6d – Broken heads in the underworld (5)
HADES
The underworld is the definition, with broken as an anagram indicator for heads
7d – Speech that may be written on an envelope (7)
ADDRESS
Double definition; an address is a speech, and a postal address may be written on an envelope
10d – Drastically prune extremely small tree (5)
SLASH
Drastically prune is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: SL (extremely small, or the first and last letters of the word small) + ASH (tree)
13d – Cheese on the ball in a nutshell (7)
BRIEFLY
In a nutshell is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: BRIE (cheese) + FLY (ball, baseball reference?)
14d – Unacceptable idea I rejected (3,2)
NOT ON
Unacceptable is the definition, with rejected as an indicator to remove I from NOTION (idea)
16d – Object in torn clothing (7)
RAIMENT
Clothing is the definition, with in as an indicator that AIM (object) goes into RENT (torn): R(AIM)ENT
17d – For musicians, very quick break in river (6)
PRESTO
For musicians, very quick is the definition, with in as an indicator that REST (break) goes into PO (river): P(REST)O
19d – Neil Armstrong’s first up from another world (5)
ALIEN
From another world is the definition, with up as a reversal indicator for NEIL (Neil) + A (Armstrong's first, or the first letter of Armstrong)
21d – Some professional golf star (5)
ALGOL
Star is the definition, with some as a hidden word indicator for profession(al gol)f
22d – One in Germany, say, raised spirit (5)
GENIE
Spirit is the definition, with raised as a reversal indicator for EINEG (EIN (the word for one in Germany) + EG (say, like for example, e.g.)