Crosaire No 17259 by Crossheir – Saturday, May 9th, 2020

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 The Greens (GARDEN PRODUCE) – possibly in a jam? (GARDEN PRODUCE),

10 Blog (ACCOUNT) entry of actor (entry of ‘Actor’ = A-) and leading character (leading ‘Character’ = -C-) from Dracula (-COUNT) (ACCOUNT),

11 Institute (-I-) in Shannon (RIV-ER- Shannon) close to a (-A) (RIVIERA) nice part of the world? (Nice on French RIVIERA),

12 Storage facility (DISK) for kid’s (kids) play (= anagram indicator) (kids = DISK),

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13 Nigella drops in (‘Nigella’ drops ‘in’ = gella = LEGAL) for kosher? (LEGAL),

15 One of the farming types (STUD farm) supports Partition (STUD partition),

17 Fatherly relative (DAD) of Terence leaving dead centre (‘Terence’ leaving ‘dead centre’ = dad = DAD),

19 Has a reputation for exposing (NUDISM) type of philosophy that’s not in favour of cover-up (NUDISM),

21 Plot (GARDEN) with most of the characters in 14 down (most of ‘gardens’ = GARDEN),

22 One of those on the phone (HANDSET) to crew members (HANDS-) from Alien (-ET) (HANDSET),

23 Competed (PLAYED) for place (-LAY-) in gym (PE = P-E-) on Open Day (open ‘Day’ = -D) (PLAYED),

25 A cold lifeless place (MORGUE) in the dead centre of hospital (MORGUE),

27 Some mispronounced names (some ‘mispronounceD NAmes’ = dna = DNA) of genetic stuff (DNA),

29 Works in 21 across (works in ‘garden’ = DIGS) opening 27 down (opening ‘digs in’ = DIGS),

30 Cotton fabric (LISLE) from port (left = L-) on Capri, for example (-ISLE) (LISLE),

31 Alec’s out of Muscatels (‘Alecs’ out of ‘Muscatels’ = muts = MUST) and freshly pressed juice (MUST),

34 Goes over again (REREADS) to 5 down (‘reread’ = REREAD-) on bender (-S bend) (REREADS),

35 Reservations (buts) over (= reverse indicator) (buts = STUB-) lawyer (-BL-) bearing (east = -E) (STUBBLE) extremely short hair (STUBBLE),

36 Upset (= reverse indicator), tease (rag = GAR-) and study (-DEN) groups of politicians (PARTIES) (GARDEN PARTIES) with numerous outdoor events (GARDEN PARTIES).

Down:

2 Pointed the finger at (ACCUSED) copper (-CU-) involved in new (= anagram indicator) case (case = AC-SE-) leading to detention (leading to ‘Detention’ = -D) (ACCUSED),

3 Local gear (local ‘gear’ = DRUG) produced by Dublin (D-) runner (-RUG) (DRUG),

4 Made a profit (NETTED) getting rid of prams from departments (getting rid of ‘prams’ out of ‘departments’ = detent = NETTED)

5 Had another look at (REREAD) grenadier spitting out gin (‘grenadier’ spitting out ‘gin’ = reader = REREAD),

6 Concealed by Jo Davidson (concealed by ‘jo dAVIDson’ = avid) back (= reverse indicator) (avid = DIVA) working in the opera house (DIVA),

7 Caught (C-), warmed up (-HEATED) (CHEATED) and sold down the river (CHEATED),

8 A growing concern (GARDEN) for some widows (widow SPIDERS) (GARDEN SPIDERS) of cardinals? (cardinal spiders = GARDEN SPIDERS),

9 Awful (= anagram indicator) danger (danger = GARDEN) for rugby players (CENTRES) (GARDEN CENTRES) producing their interpretations of Flower of Scotland, for instance (GARDEN CENTRES),

14 Parks (GARDENS) for all sides today (‘garden’ on all sides of today’s grid / GARDENS),

16 Escort (USHER) is well (gusher) off from the start (g) (‘gusher’ without ‘g’ = USHER),

18 Club (club/stick = BATON) bar (ban = BA-N) overlooks a fair amount of (half of) the town (half of ‘TOwn’ = -TO-) (BATON),

20 Found in cardamoms (found in ‘carDAMoms’ = dam) served up (= reverse indicator) (dam = MAD) with bananas? (MAD),

21 Precious stone (GEM) dug up (= reversal indicator) in part of summertime garden (in part of ‘summertiME Garden’ = meg = GEM),

24 Reviews (= reverse indicator) broadcast (air = -RIA), for example (e.g. = -GE-), from the foreign (the = la = AL-) (ALGERIA) country on the Mediterranean (ALGERIA),

26 Neighbours (G-B-) consume spirit (-RUM-) with the foreign (the = -LE) (GRUMBLE) beef (GRUMBLE),

27 Starts eating (DIGS IN) with Teresa from ringside seat (‘Teresa’ leaving ‘ringside seat’ = ingsid = DIGS IN),

28 Pose a question (-ASK-) after (= positional indicator) gangster (Al Capone = AL-) goes AWOL heading (‘Awol’ heading = -A) (ALASKA) for American state (ALASKA),

32 The joker (CARD) from No 10 (No 10 playing CARD),

33 Saw stuff (saw DUST) covered up by beleaguered US Treasury (covered up by ‘ beleaguereD US Treasury’ = DUST).