Crosaire No 17308 by Crossheir – Monday, July 6th, 2020

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

8 Man of the cloth (TAILOR) showing off (= anagram indicator) Rialto (Rialto = TAILOR),

9 Criminal (= anagram indicator) dealers (dealers = REL-ASED) around Spain (-E-) (RELEASED) allowed to go free (RELEASED),

10 Drop out (OMIT) of Oxford (O-) and go to American university (-MIT) (OMIT),

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11 A gloomy, dismal expression (LUGUBRIOUS) produced by Yank (yank/pull = LUG-) with brother (-BR-) on notice to pay debt (-IOU-) in America (US = -U-S) (LUGUBRIOUS),

12 Request the presence of (INVITE) popular (popular = IN-) vet (vet) working (= anagram indicator) (vet = -V-TE) across island (-I-) (INVITE),

14 Invoice (BILL-) is charged (-ION-) to Society (-S) (BILLIONS) keeping all the banks afloat presumably (BILLIONS),

15 Examples (REPRESENTATIVES) of agents (REPRESENTATIVES),

18 Writer (pen = PEN-) from play (= anagram indicator) using (using = -GUINS) (PENGUINS) The Birds (PENGUINS),

20 Panel discussion doesn’t include peninsula (‘panel discussion’ doesn’t include ‘peninsula’ = dscsio = DISCOS) with dance clubs (DISCOS),

22 Talk (CHAT-) by woman (-ELAINE) (CHATELAINE) – the female in charge of The House (CHATELAINE),

24 Hold (GRIP) on both sides of Greek ship (on both sides of ‘GReek shIP’  = GRIP),

25 Make it known (ANNOUNCE) to woman (ANN-) it doesn’t carry much weight (-OUNCE) (ANNOUNCE),

26 Penny (CO-IN) takes in party (Fianna Fáil = -FF-) (COFFIN) for one of those lifeless figures (COFFIN).

Down:

1 Whinge from signalmen (‘whinge’ from ‘signalmen who’ = salmno = SALMON) caught by one dropping a line (SALMON),

2 Accommodation (FLAT) concealed by rising (= reverse indicator) coastal fog (concealed by  ‘coasTAL Fog’ = talf  = FLAT),

3 They carry the messages (they carry the messages/shopping TROLLEYS) – the ones moving the theatregoers (theatregoers/patients on TROLLEYS),

4 Spike (spike = DRUG) takes honey off Greyhound (takes ‘honey’ off ‘Greyhound’ = grud = DRUG),

5 Young American woman (gal = G-AL) welcomes tips for lawyers or backers (tips for ‘Lawyers Or Backers’ = -LOB-) (GLOBAL) from all over the world (GLOBAL),

6 The ladies (the ladies’ toilets = FACILITIES) with foreign footballers (Football Association = FA-) from Long Beach and Glen Cove, for example (examples of cities = -CI-TIES), taking in Long Island (Long Island = -LI-) (FACILITIES),

7 Clip (SEQUENCE) of One Direction (South = S-), Queen (queen), Free (= anagram indicator) (queen = -EQUEN-) starting concert (starting ‘Concert’ = -C-) with energy (-E) (SEQUENCE),

13 System put in place to water down (IRRIGATION) European capital (capital of Latvia = -RIGA-) overwhelmed violently (= anagram indicator) in riot (in riot = IR-TION) (IRRIGATION),

14 Flips over (BENDS) bystander dropping tray (‘bystander’ dropping ‘tray’ = bsnde = BENDS),

16 Helen, Pat (Helen Pat), Rocky (= anagram indicator) (Helen Pat = ELEPHANT) and Jumbo (jumbo = ELEPHANT),

17 Auden (Auden = AUD-EN-) welcomes first person (-I-) from Clare (-CE) (AUDIENCE) to theatrical group (AUDIENCE),

19 Most (t) of the bias (slant) (‘slant’ without ‘t’ = -SLAN-) in papers (ID papers = I-D) (ISLAND) in Ireland, for example (ISLAND),

21 Seth leaves theorising (‘Seth’ leaves ‘theorising’ = oriing = ORIGIN) to Dawn? (ORIGIN),

23 Some upsetting (= reverse indicator) Thermopylae dictator (some ‘thermopylAE DIctator  = aedi = IDEA) in thought (IDEA),

24 It might come as a surprise at Christmas (GIFT) to gas fitter shedding tears (‘gas fitter’ shedding ‘tears’ = gfit = GIFT).