Independent 6795/Nimrod (26-07-08)

Across
1	JACK,INK<,FED
10	(A QUIET COVE)* – EQUIVOCATE. “Divers” is the misleading anagram indicator here as it’s another spelling of “diverse”.
11	SU(NB)ED
14	PETER SELLERS? – haven’t the faintest idea if this is right but it’s the only thing I can think of that fits. Full clue is: “Purveyor of regular good line and short length Lancashire opener’s hooked across Lord’s”.
17	(POETRY CIRCLE)* – PYRO-ELECTRIC.
20	AFFORESTED – another one I can’t explain: “Unable to see the wood for the trees, upstart defeats pro, getting break”.
22	AR in TAIL (reversed) – LARIAT
23	I,COS,A[-s],HE,A RD< – “function” gave this away from me as once you’ve got ICOS- there aren’t that many alternative answers.
25	EASY STREET – which was also an answer in last week’s prize puzzle.

Down
2	ACQUIRE – sounds like “a choir”.
3	hidden in “worK EITHer” – I did wonder what “not out of” meant but I guess it means that “he’s” inside – i.e., that “not out” is a containment indicator.
4	(ONE’S COVER)* in NATIVE – NEOCONSERVATIVE. I’m a bit unsure about “unsophisticated” for NATIVE – surely “naive” means unsophisticated but in that case where does the T come from.
5	FLANNELLED FOOL,S – Kipling is the “linesman” in question – from his poem “The islanders”: “With the flannelled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals.”
7	INN,ERSE in DT
8	(GREEN C[-it]Y)* – REGENCY
15	EX,DIE in PENT – tricky one to parse this, but I think “one cast” must be DIE and “lock up” is PENT (the past participle of pen)
16	JAM in (PAYS)* – PYJAMAS
18	(FIERCE)*,E – ICE-FREE
21	SM,EAR – SM is “Sergeant-Major”.

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