Chandler is more commonly seen as a setter of Quiptics and Quick Cryptics, but has upped the difficulty level a little in this puzzle. There are some easier clues too, with a couple of nice anagrams, and elegant surfaces. Thanks to Chandler.
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| 8 | MUTINEER | Term in use possibly with no end of churches for Christian, say (8) Anagram of TERM IN USE less [churche]S, referring to Fletcher Christian of Mutiny on the Bounty fame |
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| 9 | NOUGHT | Duck in middle of canal looked for when sun is out (6) [ca]N[al] + SOUGHT (looked for) less S[un]. A duck is a score of 0 in cricket |
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| 10 | SPECTRUM | Colourful band from special city snubbed president (8) SP. + EC (postal district of the City of London) + TRUM[p] |
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| 11 | NUMPTY | Dimwit put many off after scrubbing article (6) Anagram of PUT MANY less A (indefinite article) |
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| 12 | NATURAL DISASTER | Supermarket among restaurants stricken in flood, maybe (7,8) ALDI in RESTAURANTS* |
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| 15 | STATE | Declare condition (5) Double definition |
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| 16 | DIVER | Amusements (not half) for one working in a suit (5) Half of DIVERsions |
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| 20 | BY TRIAL AND ERROR | Andorra terribly treated in an experimental way? (2,5,3,5) (ANDORRA TERRIBLY)* |
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| 21 | TRAVEL | Insurable activity held in extra velodrome (6) Hidden in exTRA VELodrome |
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| 23 | DISPATCH | Circling resort, abandon speed (8) SPA (resort) in DITCH (bandon) |
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| 25 | POTTER | One engaged in break, perhaps, gets to move with little energy (6) Double definition – one playing snooker, and to potter about |
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| 26 | SANCERRE | Anglican bishop into sound tipple (8) CE (Anglican) + RR (bishop) in SANE (sound) |
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| 1 | OUTPLAY | Perform better than leader of party cutting expenditure (7) P[arty] in OUTLAY |
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| 2 | DISCOUNTER | Cheap outlet with 70s music and a French name losing money (10) DISCO (70s music) + UN (French “a”) + TERM less M[oney] |
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| 3 | WEAR | Sport seen in Jarrow earlier (4) Hidden in jarroW EARlier |
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| 4 | BROMIDE | Dim bore concocted placatory statement (7) (DIM BORE)* |
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| 5 | ON ONE’S MIND | Performing individual with singular object of concern? (2,4,4) ON (performing) + ONE (individual) + S[ingular] + MIND (to object) |
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| 6 | GUAM | Revolutionary face encapsulating a US territory (4) A in reverse of MUG (face) |
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| 7 | CHUTNEY | Husband in trim overturned longing for Indian food (7) H in CUT (to trim) + reverse of YEN |
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| 13 | ART GALLERY | Paul S’s partner in Paris to go over unknown site with a collection? (3,7) ART G (Garfunkel, singing partner of Paul Simon) + ALLER (French “to go”) + Y (unknown) |
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| 14 | SHEARWATER | Tar was here at sea to locate marine bird (10) (TAR WAS HERE)* |
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| 17 | CYPRIOT | Islander clearly disheartened facing start of public disorder (7) C[learl]Y + P[ublic] + RIOT |
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| 18 | FADDIST | Duke defending a theologian, one given to temporary obsession? (7) A DD (Doctor of Divinity, theologian) in FIST (duke, as in “put your dukes up”) |
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| 19 | CONCURS | Agrees with Italian and French priests (not English) (7) CON (Italian “with”) + CURÉS less E |
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| 22 | VETO | Sanction over Eton excluding outsiders (4) Remove the outer letters of oVEr eTOn |
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| 24 | SINK | Decline feature in a kitchen (4) Double definition |
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Managed to complete this and fully parse them all as well, which is rare for me. A fairly gentle start to the week so far.
Thanks to Chandler and Andrew.
Harry, Denis … oh snooker – got there in the end 🙂
Top ticks for FADDIST and SANCERRE. And another visit from the setters’ favourite supermarket ALDI
About right for a Tuesday
Cheers A&C
Thanks Chandler and Andrew
Some gave me a bit on thought. Favourite NOUGHT for the misleading definition.
Andrew – I don’t think object is part of the definition for 5d, as it’s needed for the wordplay.
Thanks – 5d corrected (I blame the heat) A
A steady solve for me, and very enjoyable. Like bodycheetah@2, I particularly liked FADDIST and SANCERRE. And MUTINEER was fun. Thanks to C & A.
Muffin @3. Yes that looks like a misunderlining at 5d because Andrew does have MIND as part of the wordplay in his parsing.
This went in fairly well to begin with, thanks mainly to the big anagrams, but SANCERRE held me up for ages at the end.
Another who liked POTTER.
I don’t usually do the Quiptic or Quick Cryptic puzzles, which are Chandler’s more familiar surroundings but I thought this was a very good Tuesday cryptic and I really enjoyed it.
There were some really neat constructions, clever anagrams, smooth surfaces and misleading definitions – plenty to keep me interested throughout.
I particularly enjoyed NATURAL DISASTER, BY TRIAL AND ERROR, SANCERRE, ART GALLERY, CYPRIOT and CONCURS. I also smiled at the lovely NUMPTY, a favourite word of my Scottish husband’s. I only discovered when I checked it today that it is actually Scottish in origin but I’m sure we used it as children.
Many thanks to Chandler for a very pleasant start to the day and to Andrew, as always, for a fine blog.
Quirky in parts and quite enjoyable.
Favourites: CYPRIOT, CONCURS, ART GALLERY, SANCERRE.
I was unsure about 25ac ‘one engaged in break perhaps’ but guessed it had something to do with billiards or pool. Oh, I see…. snooker.
Thank goodness all the four-letter specimens gave me an easy start – the clues got much harder as the answers got longer. I liked the misleadingly religious surface for MUTINEER, Paul S’s partner in ART GALLERY, the flooded supermarket in NATURAL DISASTER and the POTTER making a break. Took ages to remember the SHEARWATER, and I finally gave up on SANCERRE. Didn’t know the NUMPTY had a Scottish origin: thanks to the Scots for such a useful word!
That was enjoyable, once I had dismissed all thoughts of the World Cup and Christian wasn’t Pulisic, Potter not Graham and Andorra not the victim of a VAR controversy.
Very entertaining, and I had plenty of ticks. DISCOUNTER had a lovely story-telling surface, “Cheap outlet with 70s music and a French name losing money”. MUTINEER was good for the misleading use of “Christian”. ART GALLERY was great for “Paul S’s partner” = ART G. (Slightly reminiscent of the classic “Friend of Caesar, J, or the opposite (7)”.)
Many thanks Chandler and Andrew.
I did double check the setter as this was quite a bit tougher than usual for Chandler. Had to reveal the unknown SANCERRE but with a few gentle short clues and the anagrams I managed to complete the rest with DIVER putting up quite the fight.
Some nice clues in this.
Thanks Chandler and Andrew
Nicely done, with lovely long anagrams and misdirections such as MUTINEER. Other ticks for SANCERRE, DISCOUNTER, ART GALLERY and NUMPTY following on from the snubbed president, where an ellipsis would have worked nicely.
Ta Chandler & Andrew.
This was good, but I really struggled with DIVER, FADDIST and SANCERRE. I know my boozes, but not my religious abbreviations, which I realise I really have to around here. It was useful to have DISPATCH again to lock down the knowledge from earlier this month.
MUTINEER, NOUGHT, the long ones, DISCOUNTER and ART GALLERY all good fun.
Thank you Chandler and Andrew
Lots to like here, and for me a good degree of difficulty. As always I did not know the bird, but having pencilled in WATER, the rest was inevitable and confirmed with a quick web search.
I particularly liked 13D, ART GALLERY
Thanks Chandler and Andrew