Crosaire No 16639 by Crossheir – Thursday, May 10th, 2018

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Across:

1 Risk (CHANCE) limits chain of evidence (limits ‘chain of evidence = CHANCE),

4 Describes one of those not in harmony (OFF-PITCH) on The Bench (on the bench/sub = OFF-PITCH),

9 Ticket holders perhaps (WIPERS) go back and forth on a rainy day (WIPERS),

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10 He may be forward (FRONT MAN is a forward in a football team) for a singer in a band (FRONT MAN),

12 Centre (HEART-) doesn’t provide comfort (-ACHE) (HEARTACHE) for those in pain (HEARTACHE),

13 Unable to make ends meet (NEEDY) with seed money missing some? (‘seed money’ missing ‘some’ = eedny = NEEDY),

14 Rude (DISCOURTEOUS) detective (Detective Sergeant = D-S-) imprisons one (-I-) polite type (-COURTEOUS) (DISCOURTEOUS),

18 At a stretch (SPREAD-EAGLED), this is a feast (a SPREAD-) for the swingers to get (-EAGLE-) on first date (first ‘date’ = -D) (SPREAD-EAGLED),

21 A (A-) father (Father/Priest = -PP-) lost (-L-) home ultimately (‘home’ ultimately = -E) (APPLE) to a crabby sort! (crab APPLE),

22 Not emotionally committed to anyone (FANCY-FREE) from the bakery (cake = FANCY-) giving out for nothing (-FREE) (FANCY-FREE),

24 It’s tough (ABRASIVE) for American (A-) supporting a woman (-BRA-) from JB Keane’s play (-SIVE) (ABRASIVE),

25 Humiliates absent Thai (‘humiliates’ absent ‘Thai’ = umiles = MUESLI) put out for breakfast (MUESLI),

26 What the doctor does (hospital ROUND-S) around hospital ward (-ER-) (ROUNDERS) for a game (ROUNDERS),

27 Name of the man (-RON-) in The (The = TH-E) (THRONE) Queen rests on this (THRONE).

Down:

1 That woman (-SHE-) got first for design (first for ‘design’ = -D-) inside Jersey’s (COW-S) (COWSHEDS) parlour homes? (COWSHEDS),

2 Judge (APPRAISE) in papers (papers = APPR-SE) excited (anagram indicator) over a (-A-) leader’s injunction (leader’s ‘injunction’ = -I-) (APPRAISE),

3 A measure of the gold (CARAT) ale taken from the à La Carte (‘ale’ taken from the ‘a la carte’ = acart = CARAT),

5 Power (FORCE-) catering (-FEEDING) (FORCE-FEEDING) for those rather controversially preparing the foie gras? (FORCE-FEEDING of duck/goose for foie gras/pâté),

6 Lines up an (lines up an = PENINSULA) adaptation (= anagram indicator) in Iberia, for example (PENINSULA),

7 Sets up (= reversal indicator) agent (rep = -PER), runner (mat = TAM-) and doctor (doctor/meddle = TAMPER),

8 Loves (HONEYS) pets? (HONEYS),

11 Childish type has all the symptoms of being rash (SCARLET FEVER) and embarrassed (SCARLET) by nervous excitement? (FEVER) (SCARLET FEVER),

15 Persecuted (OPPRESSED) old (O-) soft (soft/piano = -P-) media (-PRESS-) writer (-ED) (OPPRESSED),

16 Turns up (= reversal indicator), officer (officer commanding = OC = -CO) worked the land in Russia (serf = FRES-) and in America (LA = AL) (AL FRESCO) in the open air (AL FRESCO),

17 Sets-up (= reversal indicator) old partner (ex = -XE) with one (-I-) means of broadcasting (feed = -DEE F-) from island (I-) (IDEE FIXE) – it’s an obsession (IDEE FIXE),

19 Fundraiser (BAZAAR) in very strange (“bizarre” = “BAZAAR”) state (= homophone),

20 Illuminating comment (APERçU) from a (A-) college (-C-) in South American country (-PER-U) (APERCU),

23 Juvenile type (YOUTH) of Yankee (Y-) on holiday (-OUT-) at hotel (-H) (YOUTH).