Crossword 801 solution
No little commentary this week. I’m away on holiday, sending in this post from my laptop, and being every bit as lazy as I can, which is quite a lot.
I will just note a slip in the clue for 23 down, which should have read “… sound as a bell”. I hope and assume that this didn’t cause unnecessary difficulty.
| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 6 | SCRAWLS | |
| School head makes slow progress with poor handwriting (7) | School head = S, makes slow progress = CRAWLS | |
| 7 | GLACIER | |
| “A lot of ice” translated from Gaelic by raw beginner (7) | Anagram of GAELIC + raw beginner = R | |
| 9 | RESET | |
| English goes in to relax and readjust (5) | English = E, inside relax = REST | |
| 10 | ANARCHISM | |
| Chairman’s unusual belief that governments should be abolished (9) | Anagram of CHAIRMANS | |
| 11 | BOW LEGS | |
| Distinctively shaped limbs appear for example in stadiums (3,4) | for example = EG, in stadiums = BOWLS | |
| 12 | SPOONED | |
| See first one in a group of whales snuggled together (7) | See first = S + ONE inside a group of whales = POD | |
| 14 | THROW IN THE TOWEL | |
| Title he won worth changing to admit defeat (5,2,3,5) | Anagram of TITLE HE WON WORTH | |
| 17 | ASSURES | |
| Promises made by fools around an ancient city (7) | fools = ASSES, an ancient city = UR | |
| 19 | ADDENDA | |
| Postscripts provide the finale for the commercial on the radio (7) | Pun, finale for the commercial = AD ENDER (on the radio = homophone indicator) | |
| 22 | HAPHAZARD | |
| Give a bit of a laugh, quietly, at a source of danger, being slapdash (9) | a bit of a laugh = HA, quietly = P, a source of danger = HAZARD | |
| 24 | IN TWO | |
| Bisected so now it is different (2,3) | Anagram of NOW IT | |
| 25 | PLATTER | |
| Record made quietly, the second of the pair (7) | quietly = P, second of the pair = LATTER | |
| 26 | NEPHEWS. | |
| Writer goes back and applies the axe for some of the family (7) | Writer = PEN, goes back = reversal indicator, applies the axe = HEWS. | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CROSSWORDS | |
| Puzzles that might provoke ill-tempered arguments (even when as easy as this!) (10) | ill-tempered arguments = CROSS WORDS | |
| 2 | SWATHE | |
| Bandage was silly on article (6) | Anagram of WAS, article = THE | |
| 3 | ASSASSIN | |
| Like the Special Air Squadron, do something evil with a murderer (8) | Like = AS, Special Air Squadron = SAS, do something evil = SIN | |
| 4 | WATCH OUT | |
| Be vigilant with a timepiece not quite accurate, be vigilant (5,3) | timepiece = WATCH, not quite accurate = OUT | |
| 5 | HI-FI | |
| Some speechified for sound reproduction (2-2) | Hidden word, speec HIFI ed | |
| 6 | SHRUB | |
| Quiet massage with the broom perhaps (5) | Quiet = SH, massage = RUB | |
| 7 | GLASS | |
| See some of Douglas’s policies in a mirror (5) | Hidden word, Dou GLAS’S | |
| 8 | REMODEL | |
| With me older, doddery, modify the place (7) | Anagram of ME OLDER, anagram indicator doddery | |
| 13 | NOW AND THEN | |
| Occasionally, not when DNA is involved (3,3,4) | Anagram of NOT WHEN DNA | |
| 14 | TEA-SHOP | |
| The soap is scripted to show an old fashioned restaurant (3-4) | Anagram of THE SOAP | |
| 15 | WARRANTY | |
| Desire to take hold of a luxury car by the end of the day with a guarantee (8) | Desire = WANT, a luxury car = A RR, end of the day = Y | |
| 16 | HOARDING | |
| A sign of an on-going savings policy (8) | Double detinition | |
| 18 | STAIR | |
| Step one: being embraced by celebrity (5) | one = I, celebrity = STAR | |
| 20 | DRIPPY | |
| Having a weak personality, I very quietly go in to wipe the dishes (6) | I very quietly = I PP, wipe the dishes = DRY | |
| 21 | ATOMS | |
| A cat’s tiniest parts (5) | cat = TOM | |
| 23 | PEAL. | |
| What the stripper does, I hear, being sound as bell (4) | Homophone. |
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