Easy Cryptic Crossword from Simple Daily Puzzles 2021-04-16 (23/23)
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1a – Agree to keep in touch (10)
CORRESPOND
Double definition, with correspond meaning agree and keep in touch by writing
7a – Some Northern Ireland actors get depressed (8)
DOWNCAST
Depressed with the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: DOWN (a county in Northern Ireland) + CAST (actors)
8a – Myra changes her name (4)
MARY
Her name is the definition, with changes as an anagram indicator for Myra
9a – Error made by fielder (4)
SLIP
Double definition, with slip meaning error and also being a type of fielder (cricket term)
10a – Carry on upsetting priests (7)
PERSIST
Carry on is the definition, with upsetting as an anagram indicator for priests
12a – South American or possibly Nigerian ant (11)
ARGENTINIAN
South American is the definition, with possibly as an anagram indicator for Nigerian ant
14a – He goes to work at last (7)
COBBLER
Cryptic definition; a last is a foot-shaped tool used by a cobbler to make and repair shoes
16a – Friends hit back (4)
PALS
Friends is the definition, with back as a reversal indicator for SLAP (hit)
19a – Girl unaffected by revolution (4)
ANNA
Girl is the definition, with unaffected by revolution as palindrome indicator
20a – Five imps are turning into blood-suckers (8)
VAMPIRES
Blood-suckers is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: V (roman numeral for five) + AMPIRES (turning is an anagram indicator for imps are)
21a – Teenager given the French perfume after a party (10)
ADOLESCENT
Teenager is a definition, with after as an indicator that LE (the French, the French word for the) + SCENT (perfume) goes after A (a) + DO (party)
1d – Some meat for hacks (5)
CHOPS
Double definition, with chops meaning hacks, and also some meat being chops (like pork chops)
2d – Right conclusion? That’s ripping! (7)
RENDING
Ripping is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: R (abbreviation for right) + ENDING (conclusion)
3d – Some refused a mouldy cheese (4)
EDAM
Cheese is the definition, with some as a hidden word indicator for refus(ed a m)ouldy
4d – It’s pitiful when father gets the twitch (8)
PATHETIC
Pitiful is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: PA (father) + THE (the) + TIC (twitch)
5d – Possible means of identification? (5)
NAMES
Identification is the definition, with possible as an anagram indicator for means
6d – Quietly Ron is taken off to jail (6)
PRISON
Jail is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: P (quietly, abbreviation from music) + RISON (taken off is an anagram indicator for Ron is)
11d – Break arranged in travel (8)
INTERVAL
Break is the definition, with arranged is an anagram indicator for in travel
12d – Sum of money for a steed (6)
AMOUNT
Sum of money is an the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: A (a) + MOUNT (steed)
13d – Fancy a John Lennon song? (7)
IMAGINE
Double definition, with imagine meaning fancy and Imagine being a John Lennon song
15d – Smooth second class country (5)
BLAND
Smooth is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: B (second class) + LAND (country)
17d – Fish detected by its odour? (5)
SMELT
Double definition, with smelt being a kind of fish, and also meaning detected by its odour (past tense of smell)
18d – Birds on display in the museum (4)
EMUS
Birds is the definition, with in as a hidden word indicator for th(e mus)eum