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<p>A fun diversion from Paul, with some nice surfaces (e.g. 12ac, 27ac,
3dn). Not too hard.</p>
<ul>
<li>9ac: <strong>LAGER LOUT</strong>: Fancy rogue and tall <u>yob</u>: *(ROGUE TALL)</li>
<li>10ac: <strong>HATER</strong>: <u>One despising</u> another mad character
half-heartedly: HAT(t)ER</li>
<li>11ac: <strong>CHICORY</strong>: <u>Herb</u> that's trendy with duck wings on
rosemary: CHIC (trendy) + O (duck) + R(osemar)Y</li>
<li>12ac: <strong>GOOD-BYE</strong>: <u>Word used in separation</u> – “a snip”, say?:
sounds like “good buy”</li>
<li>13ac: <strong>ROOK</strong>: Con man: Double Definition</li>
<li>14ac: <strong>DETACHMENT</strong>: <u>Unit</u> chatted about outstanding
soldiers: *(CHATTED) around MEN (soldiers)</li>
<li>15ac: <strong>COARSEN</strong>: <u>Make roughly</u> a hundred rowers minus a
thousand: C + OARSMEN - M</li>
<li>17ac: <strong>SARDINE</strong>: <u>Fish</u> to eat by river while lying back:
R(iver) AS reversed + DINE (eat)</li>
<li>19ac: <strong>LIP-READING</strong>: University on the border <u>studying
speech</u>: LIP (border) + READING (University?)</li>
<li>22ac: <strong>SEMI</strong>: <u>Half</u> of house missed: houSE MIssed</li>
<li>23ac: <strong>NEW YORK</strong>: <u>A city</u> doubled in number?: ?</li>
<li>24ac: <strong>TEASING</strong>: Carol, after a drink, <u>flirting</u>: TEA
(drink) + SING (carol)</li>
<li>26ac: <strong>E COLI</strong>: Company crushed by priest, <u>a sickener</u>:
CO(mpany) inside ELI (priest)</li>
<li>27ac: <strong>IDRIS ELBA</strong>: A risible dickhead floundering as <u>Mandela
interpreter</u>: *(A RISIBLE D(ickhead))</li>
<li>1dn: <strong>ELECTRIC BLANKET</strong>: Exciting total <u>one's charged for
heating</u>: ELECTRIC (exciting) BLANKET (total)</li>
<li>2dn: <strong>AGRICOLA</strong>: Rowling character shaving head and bottom,
sparkling stuff in <u>general</u>: hAGRId
(ref. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubeus_Hagrid">Hagrid</a>) + COLA
(sparkling stuff);
ref. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaeus_Julius_Agricola">Agricola</a></li>
<li>3dn: <strong>ARVO</strong>: A propotion of popular vote for Australian PM:
populAR VOte; meaning “afternoon” (<em>p.m.</em>)</li>
<li>4dn: <strong>TONY BENN</strong>: <u>Popular political veteran</u> an
insubstantial figure, according to Spooner: BONY TEN, spoonerized</li>
<li>5dn: <strong>STIGMA</strong>: <u>Mark</u>, Athenian character shackling Turkish
leader: SIGMA around T(urkish)</li>
<li>6dn: <strong>THE OTHER</strong>: Sex neither this nor that?: Double Definition</li>
<li>7dn: <strong>STABLE</strong>: Secure horses: Double Definition</li>
<li>8dn: <strong>ERNEST HEMINGWAY</strong>: <u>Author</u> writing about men – his
weren't gay: *(MEN HIS WERENT GAY)</li>
<li>16dn: <strong>STEP ON IT</strong>: Crush something underfoot – hurry up!: Double
Definition</li>
<li>17dn: <strong>SANITARY</strong>: <u>Hygienic</u> topless bar – madness?: this is
tricky: we have (b)AR (topless bar) (in)SANITY (madness)</li>
<li>18dn: <strong>INEDIBLE</strong>: <u>Poisonous</u> jerks lie in bed: *(LIE IN
BED)</li>
<li>20dn: <strong>POWWOW</strong>: Work having arisen, duck into internet
<u>meeting</u>: OP (work) reversed and O (duck) inside WWW; life is
probably too short to complain about the conflation of the Web and
the Internet in crosswords...</li>
<li>21dn: <strong>DIK-DIK</strong>: <u>Antelope</u> bringing up a couple of children:
KID twice reversed</li>
<li>25dn: <strong>ALSO</strong>: A capital's musicians <u>on top</u>: A + LSO
(ref. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra">LSO</a>)</li>
</ul>