Crosaire No 16952 by Crossheir – Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 Made one’s mark (SIGNED) with dress (= anagram indicator) design (design = SIGNED),

4 Most of (e) the dish (‘plate’ without ‘e’ = PLAT-) on paper (-FORM) (PLATFORM) is a level above the rest (PLATFORM),

9 Meeting leaders perhaps (CHAIRS lead meetings) misrepresented (= anagram indicator) as rich (as rich = CHAIRS),

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10 Picked up (OBTAINED) first of the onions (first of the “onions” = O-) that ain’t (aint = -TAIN-) fresh (= anagram indicator) coming out of plot (-B-ED) (OBTAINED),

12 Nothing (NAUGHT-) to do with Irish (-I-) and English (-E-) writing (from the 3Rs = -R) (NAUGHTIER) is more mischievous (NAUGHTIER),

13 Types (SORTS) of forecasts that lose face (‘forecasts’ that lose ‘face’ = orsts = SORTS),

14 Took a seat (SAT-) from one (-I-) small (-S-) pressure group (-FACTION) (SATISFACTION) with sense of achievement (SATISFACTION),

18 Pear tree must (pear tree must = TEMPERATURES) develop (= anagram indicator) in various degrees of heat (TEMPERATURES),

21 Gave a lecture (SPOKE) on the bike (SPOKE),

22 Citadel in (citadel in = IDENTICAL) ruin (= anagram indicator) is the very same (IDENTICAL),

24 Dry (AIR-) fortified wines (-PORTS) (AIRPORTS) for those in lounges preparing to take flight (AIRPORTS),

25 Sweetheart (lover = REVOL-) reverses (= reversal indicator) car (model T = -T) (REVOLT) in disgust (REVOLT),

26 Negative aspect (DOWNSIDE) to team in Ulster (DOWN-) and Leinster, for example (-SIDE) (DOWNSIDE),

27 Made a play for (CHASED) amateur (-A-) society (-S-) in revolutionary (CH-E-) first drama (first ‘drama’ = -D) (CHASED).

Down:

1 An issue for the HSE? (SICKNESS) One is better off without it! (SICKNESS),

2 From an educational prospective, master (GRADUATE) butcher (= anagram indicator) argued (argued = GRADU-E) over a (-A-) bone (-T- bone) (GRADUATE),

3 Source in The Yard (EARTH) keeps distance from The Sun? (EARTH).

5 They have a reputation for employing rats (LABORATORIES) in the French (the = LA-) Bora-Bora? A fair amount (half of) (half of ‘Bora-Bora’ = -BORA-) of politicians! (-TORIES) (LABORATORIES),

6 Vehicle (TRANSPORT) for first team (first ‘team’ = T-) managed (-RAN-) by school head (‘school’ head = -S-) from coastal city (-PORT) (TRANSPORT),

7 Lift lid off (d) casual drugs (‘downers’ without ‘d’ = OWNERS) for those legally in possession (OWNERS),

8 Humble (MODEST) Wordsworth works (-ODES-) in Montana (M-T) (MODEST),

11 Upset (DISAPPOINTED) German (D-) is (-IS-) given the contract (-APPOINTED) (DISAPPOINTED),

15 Criminal (= anagram indicator) stole Ken’s (stole Ken’s = SKELETONS) remains (SKELETONS),

16 Players (-ACTORS) almost (y) score (‘try’ without ‘y’ = TR-) from the start (= positional indicator) (TRACTORS), breaking new ground across the turf (TRACTORS),

17 Does tail (does tail = ISOLATED) wag (= anagram indicator) in quarantine? (ISOLATED),

19 One (I-) school (-S-) near Limerick (-L-) and (-AND) (ISLAND) Clare, for example? (Clare ISLAND),

20 Plagiarise (rob = BOR-) review (= reversal indicator) and column (-ROW) (BORROW) and take credit? (BORROW),

23 Central to committee thinking (central to ‘committee thinking’ = tee th = TEETH) these are important to the consumers (TEETH).