Crosaire No 16694 by Crossheir – Friday, July 13th, 2018

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

8 Son gets out of limousine (‘son’ gets out of ‘limousine’ = limuie = MILIEU) in cultural surroundings (MILIEU),

9 Incidents (EPISODES) of nasty (= anagram indicator) spies (spies = EPIS-S) hiding most of (c) the code (‘code’ without ‘c’ = -ODE) (EPISODES),

10 Half of those in 9 across (half of ‘episodes’ = ODES) produced by linesman (ODES),

11 Criminal (= anagram indicator) sent heroin (sent heroin = RHINESTONE) with fake jewellery (RHINESTONE),

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12 In part, impede man determined (in part, ‘impede man determined’ = DEMAND) to put in forceful request (DEMAND),

14 Sales rep (sales rep = RELAPSES) drunkenly (= anagram indicator) falls off the wagon (RELAPSES),

15 Holiday home (COTTAGE) in sturdy (in sturdy = INDUSTRY) complex (= anagram indicator) (COTTAGE INDUSTRY) selling homemade bread (COTTAGE INDUSTRY),

18 The Young Turks perhaps (OTTOMANS) could be footy types of props (footstools = OTTOMANS),

20 Local CIA (AGENCY) spy (agent) almost (t) (‘agent’ without ‘t’ = AGEN-) got caught (-C-) with unknown quantity of something (-Y) (AGENCY),

22 Is charged (-ION) for stamp (stamp/mark = IMPRESS-) from the start (= positional indicator) (IMPRESSION) or that’s the feeling (IMPRESSION),

24 Hook (LOOP) or Kitty (kitty/pool = LOOP) retiring? (= reversal indicator),

25 Similar to 23 down (FRAGMENT = similar to ‘iota’) in part (FRAGMENT),

26 Take dog from guardroom (take ‘dog’ from ‘guardroom’ = uarrom = ARMOUR) for knight’s protection (ARMOUR).

Down:

1 It’s difficult to figure out (RIDDLE) what this is? (this clue is a RIDDLE),

2 Give a wide berth to (MISS) what borders on mid-summer madness (what borders on ‘mid-summer madness’ = MISS),

3 Mouthy type in ring offers protection (mouth GUARD worn in boxing ring) to boxer (DOG) (GUARD DOG) working on a lead in the security business (GUARD DOG),

4 Food store specialist (DELI) in Dandelion Market (DELI in ‘Dandelion Market’),

5 Bar (LINE-) has a (-A-) heady libation (heady ‘libation’ = -L-) (LINEAL) that’s being handed down from one generation to the next (LINEAL),

6 Foams at the mouth (TOOTHPASTE) in corrupted (= anagram indicator) ETA hotspot (ETA hotspot = TOOTHPASTE),

7 Comet (Comet is one of Santa’s REINDEER) seen in the sky once a year? (REINDEER),

13 Pretend (ACT) you (YOU-) have a temper? (rage = -R AGE) (ACT YOUR AGE) Is that responsible advice from your mother! (ACT YOUR AGE),

14 Military actions (RAIDS) to remove ape from Paradise (remove ‘ape’ from ‘Paradise’ = radis = RAIDS),

16 Run rings around (OUTSMART) fool (OUTSMART),

17 Approach (DRAW NEAR) to reading (from the 3Rs = -R-) in morning breaks (morning breaks at dawn = D-AW N-) with a musician’s aptitude? (-EAR) (DRAW NEAR),

19 That isn’t a type of enquiry (ANSWER) that provides the solution (ANSWER),

21 Those providing the same line, time and again (CHORUS) or such (or such = CHORUS) trouble (= anagram indicator),

23 A bit (IOTA) of canal coming out of Catalonia (‘canal’ coming out of ‘Catalonia’ = taoi = IOTA),

24 University (University of Limerick = UL = LU-) brings back (= reversal indicator) politician (-MP) (LUMP) for some payment on retirement (LUMP sum).