SLORMGORM kicks off the week…
A fun puzzle from this ever-reliable setter.
Thanks SLORMGORM!
ACROSS
1. Church in Essex’s attacked rampant vices (8)
EXCESSES
CE (church) in (ESSEX’S)* (*attacked)
5. Noise of the enemy passing in ship lingers (6)
STICKS
TICK (noise of the (old) enemy passing) in SS (ship)
10. A French bloke on piano with a sharp smell (7)
PUNGENT
(UN (a, French) + GENT (bloke)) on P (piano)
11. I crow about head of Opec’s work schedule (7)
ROOSTER
about O[pec] (head of), ROSTER (work schedule)
12. A wind soon blows up in a region of Wales (9)
SNOWDONIA
(A WIND SOON)* (*blows up)
13. Good type throwing party provides spirit (5)
GHOST
G (good) + HOST (type throwing party)
15. Some fear a stalking dread (5)
RASTA
[fea]R A STA[lking] (some)
16. Father Superior drinks keg when out of head (8)
BEGETTER
BETTER (superior) drinks [k]EG (when out of head)
19. I hate awful old peer consorting with king (8)
DEPLORER
(OLD PEER)* (*awful) consorting with R (king)
20. Film one French article reviewed’s High Society (5)
ELITE
(ET (film) + I (one) + LE (French article))< (<reviewed)
21. Bed by dawn (one goes off without issue at last) (5)
BERTH
B[i]RTH (dawn, I (one) goes off) without [issu]E (at last)
23. When short dude wears jumpers in plant (9)
ASPARAGUS
AS (when) + (GU[y] (dude, short) wears PARAS (jumpers))
25. Quickly run into a large building company (7)
ALLEGRO
R (run) into (A + L (large) + LEGO (building company))
27. All the rage ultimately brews up wrath? Take a breath! (7)
INSPIRE
IN (all the rage) + [brew]S [u]P (ultimately) + IRE (wrath)
28. Drink in bed knocked over and spilled on occasion (6)
TIPPLE
(PIT)< (bed, <knocked over) and [s]P[i]L[l]E[d] (on occasion)
29. Celeb group back restraining order finally for cranks? (8)
STARTERS
STAR (celeb) + ((SET)< (group, <back) restraining [orde]R (finally))
DOWN
1. Old model to tour ancient city for publicity (8)
EXPOSURE
(EX (old) + POSE (model)) to tour UR (ancient city)
2. Criminal censorious about knight in the buff (11)
CONNOISSEUR
(CENSORIOUS)* (*criminal) about N (knight)
3. Drug deal with plebs gone south (9)
SPEEDBALL
(DEAL with PLEBS)* (*gone south)
4. Heading for emergency, attending nurse is worried (5)
EATEN
E[mergency] + AT (attending) + EN (nurse)
6. Object if one becomes old pain in the arse?! (5)
THONG
THING (object, if I (one) becomes O (old))
7. Those first in charge of triage for crash site? (3)
COT
C[harge] O[f] T[riage] (those first in)
8. What is carried by asp, rats and fish (5)
SPRAT
[a]SP RAT[s] (what is carried by)
9. I bring to order a park officer in hearing (8)
ARRANGER
“a ranger” = ARRANGER (a park officer, “in hearing”)
14. Men messing with pigeon? It must be beer o’clock! (7,4)
OPENING TIME
(MEN with PIGEON IT)* (*messing)
16. Country pub foremost of bores bothers (8)
BARBADOS
BAR (pub) + B[ores] (foremost of) + ADOS (bothers)
17. I suppose article on leader’s by The Sun? (9)
THEORISER
THE (article) + O[n] (leader) by RISER (the Sun?)
18. Dieters seen around English diners at midnight? (8)
FEASTERS
FASTERS (dieters) seen around E (English)
21. Animation originally featured in Top Cat? (5)
BEAST
A[nimation] (originally) featured in BEST (top)
22. I thought German should wear stiletto, perhaps (5)
HEGEL
G (German) should wear HEEL (stiletto, perhaps)
24. One in undersized undies can make you colour (5)
PAINT
I (one) in PANT[s] (undies, undersized)
26. Drink Bud after getting up (3)
LAP
(PAL)< (Bud, <after getting up)