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-{"Clue":"Marshal competitors needing to strip off (4)","Answer":"TITO","Explanation":"Definition: Marshal\n=the former Yugoslav President Hidden in [compe]**TITO**[rs]"}
-{"Clue":"Is he\u00a0a pain in the neck? (4)","Answer":"RICK","Explanation":"Definition: Is he\ndouble definition: =a male name; =a sprain, possibly in the neck"}
-{"Clue":"Enjoy capturing knight in Paris, who is to surrender (10)","Answer":"RELINQUISH","Explanation":"Definition: surrender\n**RELISH**=\"Enjoy\", around: **N**=knight in chess plus **QUI**=\"who\" in French"}
-{"Clue":"Setter makes unfair remarks about Irishman, perhaps (8)","Answer":"ISLANDER","Explanation":"Definition: Irishman, perhaps\n**I**=\"Setter\"; plus **SLANDER**=\"make[s] unfair remarks about\""}
-{"Clue":"Leader no longer touring round country (8)","Answer":"CAMEROON","Explanation":"Definition: country\nDavid **CAMERON**=\"Leader no longer\" around **O**=\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Frame opening demand of horrid letter (4,4)","Answer":"RACK RENT","Explanation":"Definition: demand of horrid letter\n=extortionate demand for rent\n **RACK**=\"Frame\" plus **RENT**=tear, \"opening\""}
-{"Clue":"Does one run away? I'm not sure about run (6)","Answer":"ELOPER","Explanation":"Definition: Does one run away\n**ER**=\"I'm not sure\", around **LOPE**=\"run\""}
-{"Clue":"Device that sucks up a drink (4)","Answer":"CAVA","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n**VAC**[uum]=\"Device that sucks\" reversed\/\"up\"; plus **A"}
-{"Clue":"Over sixteen letters (4)","Answer":"ATOP","Explanation":"Definition: Over\n**A to P**=\"sixteen letters\" i.e. 'a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p'"}
-{"Clue":"What contentious folk often get for seconds? (5,2)","Answer":"BACKS UP","Explanation":"Definition: What contentious folk often get\ncontentious folk often get their **BACKS UP** i.e. become irritated or hostile\n also =\"seconds\" as in gives support to a suggestion, or acts as a second in a duel"}
-{"Clue":"Miserly investment in worthy sculpture, for instance (4,3)","Answer":"FINE ART","Explanation":"Definition: sculpture, for instance\n**NEAR**=\"Miserly\", invested in **FIT**=\"worthy\""}
-{"Clue":"Is rubbish put back in trunks? (5)","Answer":"TORSI","Explanation":"Definition: trunks\n**IS ROT**=\"rubbish\", all reversed\/\"put back\""}
-{"Clue":"Get dirty, menacing look after party (9)","Answer":"DISCOLOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Get dirty\n**LOUR**=\"menacing look\", after **DISCO**=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"\"Almost clean\" Brexit arranged, that can be delivered (10)","Answer":"EXTRICABLE","Explanation":"Definition: can be delivered\n\"delivered\" as in rescued or set free\n (clea[n] Brexit)"}
-{"Clue":"Painter's energy always returns (4)","Answer":"GOYA","Explanation":"Definition: Painter\n**GO**=\"energy\" plus **AY**=\"always\" reversed\/\"returns\""}
-{"Clue":"Wild animal with truer colour (11)","Answer":"ULTRAMARINE","Explanation":"Definition: colour\n(animal truer)"}
-{"Clue":"Rein in twins, those running the enterprise (11)","Answer":"RINGLEADERS","Explanation":"Definition: those running the enterprise\n**LEAD**=\"Rein\" inside **RINGERS**=\"twins\" as in 'dead ringers'"}
-{"Clue":"What Jersey did, presumably, banning English humour (4)","Answer":"MOOD","Explanation":"Definition: humour\na Jersey cow may have **MOO-[**E**]D**, minus E[nglish]"}
-{"Clue":"Whistleblower runs, busy and able to change direction (10)","Answer":"REFRACTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: able to change direction\n=able to change the direction of e.g. light as it passes through\n **REF**[eree]=Whistleblower in sport; plus cricket abbreviation **R**[uns]; plus **ACTIVE**=\"busy\""}
-{"Clue":"Grouse when main road's used the wrong way \u2014 playing ball! (9)","Answer":"COMPLIANT","Explanation":"Definition: playing ball\n**COMPLAINT**=\"Grouse\", with **AI**=A1=\"main road\" reversed inside it"}
-{"Clue":"Audacious League of Nations enterprise originally unsupported (5)","Answer":"ALONE","Explanation":"Definition: unsupported\nfirst letters of **A**[udacious] **L**[eague] **O**[f] **N**[ations] **E**[nterprise]"}
-{"Clue":"Here at sea might one see son strip off? (7)","Answer":"SUNDECK","Explanation":"Definition: Here at sea might one see son strip off\n**S**[on]; plus **UN-DECK**=\"strip off?\" given that 'deck'=cover or clothe"}
-{"Clue":"Bent journalist beyond suspicion (7)","Answer":"HUNCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Bent\n**ED**[itor]=\"journalist\" after **HUNCH**=\"suspicion\""}
-{"Clue":"British state's contribution to continental breakfast? (6)","Answer":"BUTTER","Explanation":"Definition: contribution to continental breakfast\n**B**[ritish] plus **UTTER**=\"state\""}
-{"Clue":"Minister's canny, calling in the artillery (6)","Answer":"CURATE","Explanation":"Definition: Minister\n**CUTE**=\"canny\" around **R**[oyal] **A**[rtillery]"}
-{"Clue":"Music from Southern religious ceremonies? (10)","Answer":"SPIRITUALS","Explanation":"Definition: Music from Southern religious ceremonies\n**S**[outhern]; plus **PI**[ous]=\"religious\"; plus **RITUALS**=\"ceremonies\""}
-{"Clue":"Here we go for relief \u2014 relief coming up in stages (5)","Answer":"PODIA","Explanation":"Definition: stages\n=plural of podium\n **PO**=chamberpot=\"Here we go for relief\"; plus **AID**=\"relief\" reversed\/\"coming up\""}
-{"Clue":"Barrage's fluid seal broken (9)","Answer":"FUSILLADE","Explanation":"Definition: Barrage\n(fluid seal)"}
-{"Clue":"Gas, once found, regularly discharged (4)","Answer":"NEON","Explanation":"Definition: Gas\nregular letters from [o]**N**[c]**E** [f]**O**[u]**N**[d]"}
-{"Clue":"A game soldier first to attempt a written defence (8)","Answer":"APOLOGIA","Explanation":"Definition: a written defence\n**A**; plus **POLO**=\"game\"; plus **GI**=\"soldier\"; plus the first letter of **A**[ttempt]"}
-{"Clue":"Cow with last of clover to chew coming in later (8)","Answer":"THREATEN","Explanation":"Definition: Cow\nlast letter of [clove]**R**, plus **EAT**=\"chew\"; both in **THEN**=\"later\""}
-{"Clue":"Any child is mad giving pound for a necklace (5,5)","Answer":"DAISYCHAIN","Explanation":"Definition: necklace\n(Any chi[**l**]d is)*, replacing the **l**[ibra]=\"pound\" for another 'a' into the anagram fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Characteristic craft revolution\u00adised nameless country (9)","Answer":"TRADEMARK","Explanation":"Definition: Characteristic\n**ART**=\"craft\" reversed\/\"revolutionised\", plus **DE[n]MARK**=\"country\" minus **n**[ame]"}
-{"Clue":"Charming qualities masking Nutmeg's ugly looks (8)","Answer":"GRIMACES","Explanation":"Definition: ugly looks\n**GRACES**=\"Charming qualities\" around **I'M**=I am=Nutmeg is=\"Nutmeg's\""}
-{"Clue":"In Montmartre, a joint seldom found (8)","Answer":"UNCOMMON","Explanation":"Definition: seldom found\n**UN**='a' in French; plus **COMMON**=\"joint\""}
-{"Clue":"Put paid to king, moving bishop not pawn (6)","Answer":"KIBOSH","Explanation":"Definition: Put paid to\n**K**[ing] plus (bisho**p**)* without the **p**[awn]"}
-{"Clue":"Top husband in contest getting promotion (6)","Answer":"BEHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Top\n**H**[usband] in **BEE**=e.g. spelling bee=\"contest\", plus **AD**[vert]=\"promotion\""}
-{"Clue":"Punster's last to cut gag (5)","Answer":"RETCH","Explanation":"Definition: gag\nlast letter of [Punste]**R**, plus **ETCH**=\"cut\""}
-{"Clue":"This is oddly coloured (4)","Answer":"CLUE","Explanation":"Definition: This\nodd letters from **C**[o]**L**[o]**U**[r]**E**[d]"}
-{"Clue":"Officer with prisoner not changing (9)","Answer":"CONSTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Officer\n**CON**[vict]=\"prisoner\" + **STABLE**=\"not changing\""}
-{"Clue":"Driver annoyed Miss Right (5)","Answer":"CABBY","Explanation":"Definition: Driver\n**C[r]ABBY**=\"annoyed\", missing out on\u00a0**r**[ight]"}
-{"Clue":"Queen caught pole dancing at Royal Academy (9)","Answer":"CLEOPATRA","Explanation":"Definition: Queen\n**C**[aught] in cricket; plus (pole)*; plus **AT R**[oyal] **A**[cademy]"}
-{"Clue":"Judge rejected patter as \"gas\" (5)","Answer":"ARGON","Explanation":"Definition: gas\n**[j]ARGON**=\"patter\", with **J**[udge] rejected"}
-{"Clue":"Husband's at home, tucked in bed \u2014 it's late (6)","Answer":"BEHIND","Explanation":"Definition: late\n**H**[usband] plus **IN**=\"at home\"; all inside **BED"}
-{"Clue":"Irate Dane resigned, partly over song (8)","Answer":"SERENADE","Explanation":"Definition: song\nHidden reversed\/\"partly over\" in [Irat]**E DANE RES**[igned]"}
-{"Clue":"At first, you can die horribly from this? (7)","Answer":"CYANIDE","Explanation":"Definition: At first, you can die horribly from this\n(y[ou] can die)"}
-{"Clue":"Drink with singer and guide (7)","Answer":"TEACHER","Explanation":"Definition: guide\n**TEA**=\"Drink\" plus **CHER**=\"singer\""}
-{"Clue":"Priestly symbol worn by 1 down? (8,6)","Answer":"CLERICAL COLLAR","Explanation":"Definition: Priestly symbol\na COLLIE might wear a collar"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character regularly rushed treat (5)","Answer":"NURSE","Explanation":"Definition: treat\nNURSE=\"treat\" as a verb\n **NU**=character in the Greek alphabet; plus regular letters from **R**[u]**S**[h]**E**[d]"}
-{"Clue":"Crying out to put elite in jail? Not half! (9)","Answer":"SCREAMING","Explanation":"Definition: Crying out\n**CREAM**=\"elite\" in **SING\u00a0**[Sing]=half a jail"}
-{"Clue":"Royal\u00a0unit involved with charge? (5)","Answer":"HENRY","Explanation":"Definition: Royal\ndouble definition: =the name of many Kings; =the unit of measurement for electrical inductance"}
-{"Clue":"Really\u00a0not joking (9)","Answer":"SERIOUSLY","Explanation":"Definition: Really\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dog runs away from miner (6)","Answer":"COLLIE","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\n**COLLIE[r]**=\"miner\", with **r**[uns] taken away"}
-{"Clue":"European playing tennis, holds ball to win ace (8)","Answer":"ESTONIAN","Explanation":"Definition: European\n(tennis)* around **O**=\"ball and **A**[ce]"}
-{"Clue":"Firm covers up unknown American threat (6)","Answer":"HAZARD","Explanation":"Definition: threat\n**HARD**=\"Firm\" around:\u00a0**Z**=maths variable=\"unknown\" plus **A**[merican]"}
-{"Clue":"Shopkeeper first out? Look inside (7)","Answer":"FLORIST","Explanation":"Definition: Shopkeeper\n(first)*, with **LO**=\"Look!' inside"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow drank up endless port and married woman (6)","Answer":"MATRON","Explanation":"Definition: married woman\n**MAN**=\"Fellow\" around reversal\/\"up\" of [p]**ORT"}
-{"Clue":"A liberal in the field (6)","Answer":"ABROAD","Explanation":"Definition: in the field\n**A** plus **BROAD**=\"liberal\""}
-{"Clue":"Charge without rupee? (4)","Answer":"FREE","Explanation":"Definition: Charge without rupee\n**FEE**=\"Charge\" around **R**[upee]"}
-{"Clue":"Tree house, like on top (3)","Answer":"ASH","Explanation":"Definition: Tree\n**H**[ouse] with **AS**=\"like\" on top"}
-{"Clue":"Trim facial hair to get attention (3)","Answer":"EAR","Explanation":"Definition: attention\n=as in 'to have someone's ear'\n [b]**EAR**[d]=\"facial hair\" with the edges trimmed off"}
-{"Clue":"Trump, perhaps, 2 clubs over 1 (1,1,1)","Answer":"CIC","Explanation":"Definition: Trump, perhaps\n=**C**[ommander] **I**[n] **C**[hief]=Donald \"Trump\"\n **C**[lub] and **C**[lub] around **I**=\"1\u2033"}
-{"Clue":"Drink made from malted barley's common ingredients? (3)","Answer":"ALE","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\n**A**, **L**, and **E** are the common letters in [m]**AL**[t]**E**[d] and [b]**A**[r]**LE**[y]"}
-{"Clue":"50011001000 deciphered by Private Eye (4)","Answer":"DICK","Explanation":"Definition: Private Eye\n**D**=\"500\u2033 in Roman numerals, plus **I**=\"1\u2033, plus **C**=\"100\u2033 in Roman numerals, plus **K**[ilo]=\"1000\u2033"}
-{"Clue":"Explorer's post: \"Lost new vehicle\" (8)","Answer":"COLUMBUS","Explanation":"Definition: Explorer\n**COLUM[n]**=\"post\", losing **n**[ew]; plus **BUS**=\"vehicle\""}
-{"Clue":"In English court, in Leeds, mostly (7)","Answer":"ELECTED","Explanation":"Definition: In\n=chosen to be \"In\"\n **E**[nglish], plus **CT**=\"court\" in **LEED**[s]"}
-{"Clue":"More flamboyant Formula One driver, it is said (6)","Answer":"LOUDER","Explanation":"Definition: More flamboyant\nhomophone of Niki 'Lauda'"}
-{"Clue":"Sorry, a criminal makes up prayers (6)","Answer":"ROSARY","Explanation":"Definition: prayers\n(sorry a)"}
-{"Clue":"Review covers up journalist's reputation (6)","Answer":"CREDIT","Explanation":"Definition: reputation\n**CRIT**[icism]=\"Review\" around **ED**[itor]=\"journalist\""}
-{"Clue":"Chronicles of Narnia's leader Aslan are fantastic (6)","Answer":"ANNALS","Explanation":"Definition: Chronicles\n(N[arnia] Aslan)"}
-{"Clue":"What gambler may do, missing unknown signs (8)","Answer":"PLACARDS","Explanation":"Definition: signs\na gambler may **PLA**Y **CARDS**, minus Y=\"unknown\""}
-{"Clue":"Assurance from a doctor about pallor in odd places (6)","Answer":"APLOMB","Explanation":"Definition: Assurance\n**A**, plus **MB**=Bachelor of Medicine=\"doctor\", around odd letters of **P**a**L**l**O**r"}
-{"Clue":"Is it driver James or MP Jeremy reported persecution? (5-4)","Answer":"WITCH HUNT","Explanation":"sounds like 'which Hunt?' \u2013 between racing driver James Hunt and MP Jeremy Hunt"}
-{"Clue":"Religious adversary, not half grotesque (5)","Answer":"ANTIC","Explanation":"Definition: grotesque\n=an adjective meaning bizarre\n **ANTIC**-hrist=\"Religious adversary\" without the second half"}
-{"Clue":"Hedonistic ways of husband, following dainty pair of girls (8,4)","Answer":"PRIMROSE PATH","Explanation":"Definition: Hedonistic ways\n=the pursuit of pleasure\n **H**usband, after **PRIM**=\"dainty\" plus **ROSE** and **PAT**=\"pair of girls\""}
-{"Clue":"Warning what a misandrist wants? (4)","Answer":"OMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Warning\na misandrist might want **O**=zero **MEN"}
-{"Clue":"African in evening wear and I attack Scot (10)","Answer":"DJIBOUTIAN","Explanation":"Definition: African\n**DJ**=dinner jacket=\"evening wear\", plus **I**, plus **BOUT**=\"attack\", plus **IAN**=\"Scot\""}
-{"Clue":"Unfriendly bird's way to kick horse, say (4,6)","Answer":"COLD TURKEY","Explanation":"Definition: way to kick horse, say\n=a way to give up heroin, or 'kick horse'\n **COLD**=\"Unfriendly\" plus **TURKEY**=\"bird\""}
-{"Clue":"Poet's lost face, having wagered money (4)","Answer":"ANTE","Explanation":"Definition: wagered money\nd**ANTE**=\"Poet\", losing the first letter or \"face\""}
-{"Clue":"Hoping to get a small ratio using integers (12)","Answer":"ASPIRATIONAL","Explanation":"Definition: Hoping\n**A**, plus **S**mall, plus **PI**=\"ratio\" between circumference and diameter, plus **RATIONAL**=\"using integers\" or numbers that can be expressed in terms of integer ratios"}
-{"Clue":"Big star back to bowl a slow delivery (5)","Answer":"DRAWL","Explanation":"Definition: slow delivery\n**DRAW**=someone who attracts an audience=\"Big star\", plus the back letter to bow**L"}
-{"Clue":"Deplores what top managers are paid? (9)","Answer":"EXECRATES","Explanation":"Definition: Deplores\n**EXEC**-utive **RATES**=\"what top managers are paid?\""}
-{"Clue":"Loves entertaining composer, not one to dramatise (6)","Answer":"OVERDO","Explanation":"Definition: dramatise\n**O** and **O**=two zeros=\"Loves\" in tennis; around **VERD**I=\"composer\" minus I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Fellow feeling inhibited accepts to lightly touch setter's back (8)","Answer":"SYMPATHY","Explanation":"Definition: Fellow feeling\n**SHY**=\"inhibited\", around a reversal\/\"back\" of **TAP**=\"lightly touch\" and\u00a0**MY**=\"setters\""}
-{"Clue":"Assistant with navy, one of many on board (4)","Answer":"PAWN","Explanation":"Definition: one of many on board\n**PA**=personal \"Assistant\", plus **W**ith, plus **N**avy"}
-{"Clue":"Key element of air for singer (4)","Answer":"ALTO","Explanation":"Definition: singer\n**ALT**=\"Key\" on a computer keyboard, plus **O**xygen=\"element of air\""}
-{"Clue":"Stick bill on present (6)","Answer":"ADHERE","Explanation":"Definition: Stick\n**AD**=\"bill\" on **HERE**=\"present\""}
-{"Clue":"Muttered furiously, poked by weighty girl with a stick (4,9)","Answer":"DRUM MAJORETTE","Explanation":"Definition: girl with a stick\n(Muttered)* around **MAJOR**=\"weighty\""}
-{"Clue":"Paul left distraught, making some scoff (8)","Answer":"PLATEFUL","Explanation":"Definition: some scoff\n=some food\n (Paul left)"}
-{"Clue":"Invalid, incorrect legal document one cuts (10)","Answer":"OUTPATIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Invalid\n**OUT**=\"incorrect\" as in 'these numbers are out by a factor of ten', plus **PATENT**=\"legal document\" with **I**=\"one\" cutting in"}
-{"Clue":"Shot or pass defender's stifled (10)","Answer":"BACKHANDER","Explanation":"Definition: Shot\n=a backhand shot in e.g. ice hockey\n **HAND**=\"pass\" inside **BACKER**=\"defender\""}
-{"Clue":"Annoyingly, criminal stole my investing money abroad (13)","Answer":"TROUBLESOMELY","Explanation":"Definition: Annoyingly\n(stole my)* around **ROUBLE**=\"money abroad\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird eats hot dog, possibly uncertain (5-3-2)","Answer":"TOUCH AND GO","Explanation":"Definition: uncertain\n**TOUCAN**=\"Bird\" eating **H**ot; plus (dog)"}
-{"Clue":"Fiddle with glass covering hotel \u2014 you can see through it (10)","Answer":"CELLOPHANE","Explanation":"Definition: you can see through it\n**CELLO**=\"Fiddle\"; plus **PANE**=\"glass\" around **H**otel"}
-{"Clue":"Dawn light caused a shock (8)","Answer":"STARTLED","Explanation":"Definition: caused a shock\n**START**=\"Dawn\", plus **LED**=light emitting diode=\"light\""}
-{"Clue":"Ruler and predecessor of Sun King, one with power (6)","Answer":"SATRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Ruler\n**SAT**-urday=predecessor of Sun-day; plus **R**ex=\"King\"; plus **A**=\"one\"; plus **P**ower"}
-{"Clue":"Don't delete this shot's frame on film (4)","Answer":"STET","Explanation":"Definition: Don't delete this\n=a proofreader's instruction to leave a section as it was\n the outer letters or frame of **S**ho**T**, plus **ET** the Spielberg film"}
-{"Clue":"See tablets pharmacy's packaging (4)","Answer":"ESPY","Explanation":"Definition: See\nE=ecstacy tablet, so **ES**=tablets, plus the outer letters of **P**harmac**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Unseen decision-maker's habit: getting drunk Earl to join clubs, maybe? (4,4)","Answer":"GREY SUIT","Explanation":"Earl Grey tea is a drink, so **GREY**=\"drunk Earl\"; plus **SUIT** in playing cards=\"clubs, maybe\""}
-{"Clue":"Medium, right before \"goodbye\" cut off (5)","Answer":"RADIO","Explanation":"R**[ight]; plus **ADIO**S=\"goodbye\" in Spanish with the last letter cut off"}
-{"Clue":"Drug user represented by a police chief (4-4)","Answer":"ACID HEAD","Explanation":"A**; plus **CID HEAD**=\"police chief\", as CID=Criminal Investigation Department"}
-{"Clue":"Unvarnished truth that prairie dwellers need to be aware of? (5,5)","Answer":"PLAIN FACTS","Explanation":"prairie dwellers live on the **PLAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Political supporter's note secured in advance (6)","Answer":"COMMIE","Explanation":"MI**=musical \"note\" as in do-re-MI; inside **COME**=\"advance\""}
-{"Clue":"Uncontrolled movement in tempered steel nut (8)","Answer":"TESTICLE","Explanation":"TIC**=\"Uncontrolled movement\" in (steel)"}
-{"Clue":"Shakespearean character's pieces (7)","Answer":"PISTOLS","Explanation":"double definition: =a character in several Shakespeare plays ; and a piece = a gun"}
-{"Clue":"Curios once associated with ears (advanced) (7)","Answer":"EXOTICA","Explanation":"EX**=former, \"once\"; plus **OTIC**=\"associated with ears\"; plus **A**dvanced"}
-{"Clue":"To encourage old men, be dishevelled! (8)","Answer":"EMBOLDEN","Explanation":"(old men be)"}
-{"Clue":"Understand about the month having turned, so withdraw (6)","Answer":"SECEDE","Explanation":"SEE**=\"Understand\", around **DEC**ember=\"month\" reversed\/\"turned\""}
-{"Clue":"Inner Greenland is in her itinerary, being cut off (10)","Answer":"DISINHERIT","Explanation":"Hidden in \"Greenlan**D IS IN HER IT**inerary\""}
-{"Clue":"Dries out properties that are distressing to be in (4,7)","Answer":"DIRE STRAITS","Explanation":"(Dries)*; plus **TRAITS**=\"properties\""}
-{"Clue":"Run\u00a0one of the film crowd (5)","Answer":"EXTRA","Explanation":"double definition: =an extra \"Run\" scored in cricket; or =a minor acting part in a film"}
-{"Clue":"Dual power priest involved in version of Buddhism that was full of gas (8)","Answer":"ZEPPELIN","Explanation":"P**ower **P**ower; plus **ELI**=biblical \"priest\", in **ZEN**=\"version of Buddhism\""}
-{"Clue":"Badger king's lacking coil-shaped vegetable (8)","Answer":"BROCCOLI","Explanation":"BROC**k=\"Badger\" minus king; plus (coil)"}
-{"Clue":"Old composer's lark given voice? (4)","Answer":"BYRD","Explanation":"Definition: William Byrd homophone of 'bird'=\"lark given voice\""}
-{"Clue":"Place in natural shade (6)","Answer":"PURPLE","Explanation":"PL**ace in **PURE**=\"natural\""}
-{"Clue":"The young Thatcher's terrible means of punishment? (4,6)","Answer":"IRON MAIDEN","Explanation":"Definition: a torture device\nMargaret Thatcher was the 'Iron Lady', so might have been the IRON MAIDEN when younger"}
-{"Clue":"Italicised \"twirls\" not practical (10)","Answer":"IDEALISTIC","Explanation":"(Italicised)"}
-{"Clue":"Left beside a large, imposing gate (6)","Answer":"PORTAL","Explanation":"PORT**=\"left\"; plus **A L**arge"}
-{"Clue":"Church members' ways are about its conversion (10)","Answer":"METHODISTS","Explanation":"METHODS**=\"ways\" around (its)"}
-{"Clue":"It shows drug's \"up\" times (3)","Answer":"SEX","Explanation":"E=ecstacy=drug, so **E'S**=\"drug's\" reversed\/\"up\"; plus **X**=\"times\" as in 2\u00d72=two times two"}
-{"Clue":"Guided\u00a0element of a type of display (3)","Answer":"LED","Explanation":"double definition: past tense of 'lead'; or **L**ight **E**mitting **D**iode used in e.g. TV screens"}
-{"Clue":"Cried out: \"Potassium in drink!\" (8)","Answer":"CIDERKIN","Explanation":"Definition: a weak cider\n(cried)*; plus **K**=chemical symbol for Potassium; plus **IN"}
-{"Clue":"Major organisation, with Zambia in fore, oddly reacted to global warming? (7)","Answer":"UNFROZE","Explanation":"U**nited **N**ations=\"Major organisation\"; plus\u00a0**Z**ambia in (fore)"}
-{"Clue":"Exercises, that's the thing between drinks! (3-3)","Answer":"SIT-UPS","Explanation":"IT**=\"that's the thing\"; inside **SUPS**=\"drinks\""}
-{"Clue":"Produced a tinkle, inverted and low (4)","Answer":"DEEP","Explanation":"PEED**=\"Produced a tinkled\", reversed\/\"inverted\""}
-{"Clue":"12 down's 52, old couple beyond sophisticated Cumbrian town drinking Bordeaux, say? (7,8)","Answer":"CHICKEN VINDALOO","Explanation":"Definition: rhyming bingo nickname for '52'\na couple of **O**ld and **O**ld, after **CHIC**=\"sophisticated\" plus **KENDAL**=\"Cumbrian town\" around **VIN**=French [for] wine=\"Bordeaux, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Lawyer, oldest professional? (9)","Answer":"SOLICITOR","Explanation":"double definition, with the second referring to prostitution"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle\u00a0infected? (5)","Answer":"BUGGY","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bird's unpleasant feeling in stomach (4)","Answer":"KNOT","Explanation":"double definition: the \"Bird\" is a shore bird of the sandpiper family"}
-{"Clue":"Talks in meeting as essential? (5)","Answer":"GASES","Explanation":"definition uses 'gas' as a verb meaning 'chatter'\nHidden in meetin**G AS ES**sential"}
-{"Clue":"Audible power in poor little thing (4)","Answer":"MITE","Explanation":"homophone of 'might'=\"Audible power\""}
-{"Clue":"Shiny fabric worn in alluring style, ultimately (4,4)","Answer":"GOLD LAM\u00c9","Explanation":"OLD**=\"worn\", in **GLAM**=\"alluring\" plus the ultimate letter of styl**E"}
-{"Clue":"Pulse rate's extreme in cutting of internet access (5,4)","Answer":"BROAD BEAN","Explanation":"the last\/extreme letter of rat**E**, inside **BROAD BAN**d=\"internet access\" cut short"}
-{"Clue":"Course one's taken in river rising somewhere in Canada (4,6)","Answer":"NOVA SCOTIA","Explanation":"ASCOT**=race \"Course\", plus I=\"one\"; all inside **AVON**=\"river\" reversed\/\"rising\""}
-{"Clue":"Show daughter newspaper spread (7)","Answer":"DISPLAY","Explanation":"D**aughter, plus **I**=a British \"newspaper\", plus **SPLAY**=\"spread\""}
-{"Clue":"Region more 'irsute, did you say? (4)","Answer":"AREA","Explanation":"sounds like 'airier'=contraction of 'hairier'=\"more 'irsute, did you say\""}
-{"Clue":"Determination slightly lacking in tense period of gradual decline (8)","Answer":"TWILIGHT","Explanation":"WIL**L=\"Determination\", lacking its final letter; inside **TIGHT**=\"tense\""}
-{"Clue":"Vital energy beats the bends (8)","Answer":"CHICANES","Explanation":"CHI**=Chinese term for \"Vital energy\"; plus **CANES**=\"beats\""}
-{"Clue":"Drinking venue always heaving at first, having gatecrashed party (4,4)","Answer":"BEER HALL","Explanation":"E'ER**=ever=\"always\", plus the first letter of **H**eaving; all inside **BALL**=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"Close, even awkward, intimate clip (4,5)","Answer":"LOVE SCENE","Explanation":"(Close even)"}
-{"Clue":"In which one is the observer of Grace? (5)","Answer":"BINGO","Explanation":"In bingo, the nickname for the number \"one\" is 'Kelly's eye', and perhaps Grace Kelly's eye would be the \"observer of Grace\""}
-{"Clue":"Readily available, Matthew and Mark etc cuddled by senior (2,3)","Answer":"ON TAP","Explanation":"N**ew **T**estament=\"Matthew and Mark etc\", inside **O**ld **A**ge **P**ensioner=\"senior\""}
-{"Clue":"12 down's 60 large magnets, gift awfully dangerous (8,7,6)","Answer":"GRANDMAS GETTING FRISKY","Explanation":"Definition: bingo nickname for \"60\"**\nGRAND**=\"large\", plus (magnets gift)*, plus **RISKY**=\"dangerous\""}
-{"Clue":"Steep peak in Turkey within Armenia arguably? (8)","Answer":"MARINATE","Explanation":"the top letter\/\"peak\" of **T**urkey, inside (Armenia)"}
-{"Clue":"12 down's 44 people animating a lethargic character? (6,7)","Answer":"DROOPY DRAWERS","Explanation":"Definition: bingo nickname for \"44\"\nreference to the lethargic cartoon dog Droopy"}
-{"Clue":"12 down's 77 warmer places on expedition (6,5)","Answer":"SUNSET STRIP","Explanation":"Definition: bingo nickname for \"77\", referring to the TV show '77 Sunset Strip'\n**SUN**=something that warms=\"warmer\", plus **SETS**=\"places\", plus **TRIP**=\"expedition\""}
-{"Clue":"Badger\u00a0trapper (4)","Answer":"BAIT","Explanation":"double definition: =to pester or harass; =lure used to set a trap"}
-{"Clue":"Tailor claims T-shirts to be what kids send Santa (9,4)","Answer":"CHRISTMAS LIST","Explanation":"Definition: what kids send Santa\n(claims T-shirts)"}
-{"Clue":"Naive type acquitted by foreign court? (8,6)","Answer":"INNOCENT ABROAD","Explanation":"Definition: Naive type\nsecond, cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Comic butler needed no words to tickle audience (6,8)","Answer":"DOUBLE ENTENDRE","Explanation":"Definition: words to tickle audience\n(butler needed no)"}
-{"Clue":"Crushed ice pack not quite what the doctor ordered? (6)","Answer":"IPECAC","Explanation":"Definition: what the doctor ordered?\n=a drug formely used in cough mixtures\n (ice pac[k])*; \"Crushed\" is the anagrind and \"not quite\" indicates that the last letter [k] is not included"}
-{"Clue":"I, for one, pressed into backing art galleries \u2026 (8)","Answer":"TRIFORIA","Explanation":"a triforium is a gallery above the arches of an aisle in a church \u2013 a word I've seen before thanks to looking up 'clerestory' in another crossword\u2026\n **I** plus **FOR** plus **I**=\"one\"; all inside a reversal\/\"backing\" of **ART"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 gallery on its own, ignoring the odds, gets what's left (8,6)","Answer":"PERSONAL ESTATE","Explanation":"Definition: what's left\n=property that is left behind after death\n **TATE**=\"gallery\", after **PERSONAL**=\"own\" plus g**E**t**S** ignoring its odd letters"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian's eclipsed by broadsheet \u2014 by 3 points, or 2 after lunch (8)","Answer":"FOURTEEN","Explanation":"Definition: 2 after lunch\nif 12 o'clock is lunch time, 2 after lunch would be FOURTEEN\n **OUR**=\"Guardian's\", inside **F**inancial **T**imes; plus **E**ast **E**ast **N**orth=\"3 points\" of the compass"}
-{"Clue":"Rich little woman behind rector in church (6)","Answer":"CREAMY","Explanation":"Definition: Rich\n**AMY**=character in Little Women; after **R**ector in **C**hurch of **E**ngland"}
-{"Clue":"Sponsors usually have it, dressed to catch the eye (6,8)","Answer":"VESTED INTEREST","Explanation":"Definition: Sponsors usually have it\n**VESTED**=\"dressed\" plus **INTEREST**=\"catch the eye\""}
-{"Clue":"Princesses had mysterious source of funds (4,9)","Answer":"CASH DISPENSER","Explanation":"Definition: source of funds\n(Princesses had)"}
-{"Clue":"Ready to get stuck in lavatory? Repeat that (3-2)","Answer":"CAN-DO","Explanation":"Definition: Ready to get stuck in\n**CAN**=\"lavatory\", plus **D**itt**O**=\"Repeat that\""}
-{"Clue":"Like a lozenge doctor introduced to stricken choir (7)","Answer":"RHOMBIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like a lozenge\n=shaped like a lozenge\n **MB**=Bachelor of Medicine=\"doctor\" inside (choir)"}
-{"Clue":"Retreating, for one European, is offensive in wartime (5)","Answer":"SIEGE","Explanation":"Definition: offensive in wartime\nreversal\/\"Retreating\" of:\u00a0**E**.**G**.=\"for one\", plus **E**uropean plus **IS"}
-{"Clue":"Uplifting piece of text set to music for annual exhibition (1,1,1,4)","Answer":"MOT TEST","Explanation":"Definition: annual exhibition\nHidden reversed in\/\"Uplifting piece of\": tex**T SET TO M**usic"}
-{"Clue":"Discontented social worker knowing one's inclined to appear thus (9)","Answer":"SLANTWISE","Explanation":"Definition: inclined to appear thus\n**S**ocia**L **with its contents removed i.e. \"Discontented\", plus **ANT**=\"worker\" plus **WISE**=\"knowing\""}
-{"Clue":"Magnificent Medici traditions unknown in number (7)","Answer":"LORENZO","Explanation":"Definition: Magnificent Medici\n=Florentine statesman known as Lorenzo the Magnificent\n **LORE**=\"traditions\", plus **Z**=\"unknown\" in **NO**.=abbreviation for \"number\""}
-{"Clue":"A means of getting up tail first, possibly (5,4)","Answer":"STAIR LIFT","Explanation":"Definition: A means of getting up\n(tail first)"}
-{"Clue":"He turned on blokes breaking dad's spectacles (9)","Answer":"PHENOMENA","Explanation":"Definition: spectacles\n**HE**, plus reversed\/\"turned\" **ON**, plus **MEN**=\"blokes\", all inside **PA**=\"dad\""}
-{"Clue":"Alleged Tory dissent finally resolved (9)","Answer":"CONTENDED","Explanation":"Definition: Alleged\n**CON**servative=\"Tory\", plus the final letter of dissen**T**, plus **ENDED**=\"resolved\""}
-{"Clue":"Jail sentence\u00a0to get longer (7)","Answer":"STRETCH","Explanation":"Definition: Jail sentence\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Plant-based food cooking almost silently (7)","Answer":"LENTILS","Explanation":"Definition: Plant-based food\n(silentl[y])*, with the final [y] removed because of \"almost\""}
-{"Clue":"Case of teachers embracing core non-scientific subjects (3,4)","Answer":"THE ARTS","Explanation":"Definition: non-scientific subjects\nthe outer letters or \"Case\" of **T**eacher**S**, around **HEART**=\"core\""}
-{"Clue":"Tasty dish that is served with chip topping? (5)","Answer":"CUTIE","Explanation":"Definition: Tasty dish\n**I**.**E**.=\"that is\", with **CUT**=\"chip\" on top"}
-{"Clue":"One ponders on problem while climbing (5)","Answer":"MUSER","Explanation":"Definition: One ponders\n**RE**=about, \"on\"; plus **SUM**=\"problem\", all reversed\/\"climbing\""}
-{"Clue":"Not aware of manifest covering intelligence centre (9)","Answer":"OBLIVIOUS","Explanation":"OBVIOUS**=\"manifest\" around the centre letters of intel**LI**gence"}
-{"Clue":"Getting rid of some dire habits (5)","Answer":"REHAB","Explanation":"Hidden in di**RE HAB**its"}
-{"Clue":"Containers used without a design for meat pies (7)","Answer":"EMPTIES","Explanation":"Definition: empty bottles, glasses etc\n(meat pies)*, without the a"}
-{"Clue":"Late heading to Dover, slips to face EU backlash (7)","Answer":"OVERDUE","Explanation":"the head letter of **DOVER** slipping down to the end, plus a reversal\/\"backlash\" of **EU"}
-{"Clue":"People switch political allegiance on Trident (4)","Answer":"FOLK","Explanation":"FO**R**K**=\"Trident\", with the R[ight] switching \"political allegiance\" to the **L**[eft]"}
-{"Clue":"Seats from this property (5,5)","Answer":"FIXED ASSET","Explanation":"FIXED ASSET** in a crossword clue might indicate an anagram of ASSET=>'seats', therefore you can get \"Seats from\" FIXED ASSET"}
-{"Clue":"Knock and Cork possibly have kinship (7)","Answer":"RAPPORT","Explanation":"RAP**=\"Knock\", and Cork is an example of a **PORT** city in Ireland"}
-{"Clue":"Surprisingly agile in very loud minimal clothing (3,4)","Answer":"FIG LEAF","Explanation":"(agile)* in **FF**=fortissimo=\"very loud\""}
-{"Clue":"Halfback lads in rout take valour for humour of sorts (10)","Answer":"LAVATORIAL","Explanation":"'Half\/back' => take half of the letters from each of these words, all reversed:\n**LA**ds **I**n **RO**ut **TA**ke **VAL**our"}
-{"Clue":"Political alliance rejected cola's follower? (4)","Answer":"BLOC","Explanation":"COL A might be followed by **COL B**, rejected\/\"reversed\""}
-{"Clue":"Plant\u00a0nonsense in power hub arbitration (7)","Answer":"RHUBARB","Explanation":"hidden in powe**R HUB ARB**itration"}
-{"Clue":"Endlessly sexy, this piece is for show (7)","Answer":"EXHIBIT","Explanation":"\"Endlessly\"=> remove the outer letters from s**EX**y t**HI**s, plus **BIT**=\"piece\""}
-{"Clue":"Low pay mostly for bread (5)","Answer":"PITTA","Explanation":"PITTA**nce=\"Low pay mostly\""}
-{"Clue":"Secret of gin and tonic? Mix with love (9)","Answer":"INCOGNITO","Explanation":"(gin tonic)*, plus **O**=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Transplant donor pool \u2014 my free way to a quick buck (5,3,3,4)","Answer":"MONEY FOR OLD ROPE","Explanation":"(donor pool my free)"}
-{"Clue":"Change of decision\u00a0afoot? (4-4)","Answer":"FLIP-FLOP","Explanation":"two definitions, the second more indirect referring to flip-flops as something worn on a foot"}
-{"Clue":"Shape of nothing and nothingness (5)","Answer":"OVOID","Explanation":"O**=zero=\"nothing\", plus **VOID**=\"nothingness\""}
-{"Clue":"The best\u00a0manna? (4,4)","Answer":"GOD\u2019S GIFT","Explanation":"double def: as in 'they think they're God's gift to ____'; and food given to the Israelites by God in the Book of Exodus"}
-{"Clue":"Deposits on land (6)","Answer":"ASHORE","Explanation":"ASH** and **ORE** are both \"Deposits\""}
-{"Clue":"Anger may be, but not battery (4-5)","Answer":"FREE RANGE","Explanation":"Definition: of a chicken, not kept in battery cages\n**FREE RANGE** in a crossword clue might indicate an anagram of RANGE=>\"Anger\", therefore Anger may be indicated as FREE RANGE"}
-{"Clue":"Shell colours (6)","Answer":"SHADES","Explanation":"Shell=>S + hell=>**S** + **HADES"}
-{"Clue":"Dehumanising, if CIA somehow infiltrates dissent (15)","Answer":"OBJECTIFICATION","Explanation":"I think this parses as below, but it would be missing a second\u00a0**T\nIF** plus (CIA)*; all inside **OBJECTION**=\"dissent\""}
-{"Clue":"Entrance in which some light is showing (9)","Answer":"PORTRAYAL","Explanation":"PORTAL**=\"Entrance\" around **RAY**=\"some light\""}
-{"Clue":"Sergeant may be led by lover in dance (8)","Answer":"FLAMENCO","Explanation":"a \"Sergeant may be\" a **N**on **C**ommissioned **O**fficer; after **FLAME**=\"lover\""}
-{"Clue":"This book belongs to teacher, up supporting LibDem now, presumably (2,6)","Answer":"EX LIBRIS","Explanation":"Definition: a label indicating ownership of a book\n**SIR**=\"teacher\", reversed\/\"up\" and after **EX LIB**: members of the Liberal Party presumably now support the Liberal Democrats"}
-{"Clue":"Jumps over\u00a0roofs (6)","Answer":"VAULTS","Explanation":"double def"}
-{"Clue":"Updike's quartet\u00a0talk (6)","Answer":"RABBIT","Explanation":"double def: John Updike wrote a quartet of novels about a character named Rabbit"}
-{"Clue":"Skirt edge raised to see it (5)","Answer":"THIGH","Explanation":"the edge or end letter of Skir**T**, plus **HIGH**=\"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"Writer like Nelson? (9)","Answer":"COLUMNIST","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\ncryptic reference to Nelson's Column in London"}
-{"Clue":"Substitute for axes (5)","Answer":"PROXY","Explanation":"Definition: Substitute\n**PRO**=\"for\", plus **X** and **Y** \"axes\" on a graph (plural of axis)"}
-{"Clue":"1000 + 1 + 50 + 0 + 50? It's about a unit (9)","Answer":"KILOLITRE","Explanation":"Definition: unit\n**K**ilo=\"1000\u2033;\u00a0**I**=\"1\u2033; **L**=\"50\u2033 in roman numerals; **O**=\"0\u2033; **L**=\"50\u2033 again; plus **IT**; plus **RE**=\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Measure direction using sound (5)","Answer":"WEIGH","Explanation":"Definition: Measure\nhomophone\/\"using sound\" of 'way'=\"direction\""}
-{"Clue":"He's a priest, surrounded by noise (6)","Answer":"HELIUM","Explanation":"Definition: He\n**ELI**=biblical \"priest\"; inside **HUM**=\"noise\""}
-{"Clue":"At position in A&E wanting 6 (8)","Answer":"ASTATINE","Explanation":"Definition: At\n**STATI**o**N**=\"position\", in **AE**, missing out \"6\"=>O for OXYGEN"}
-{"Clue":"CD music made poorly, lacking special energy (7)","Answer":"CADMIUM","Explanation":"Definition: CD\n(music made)*, minus s[pecial] and e[nergy]"}
-{"Clue":"Backtrack with Poles moving in \u2026 (7)","Answer":"SPONSOR","Explanation":"Definition: Back\n**SPOOR**=\"track\" of an animal, with **N**orth and **S**outh poles inside"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 one agrees for fool to come in (8)","Answer":"ASSENTER","Explanation":"Definition: one agrees\n**ASS**=\"fool\" plus **ENTER**=\"come in\""}
-{"Clue":"Co-pilot finally completes putting fuel over nose of Boeing (6)","Answer":"COBALT","Explanation":"Definition: Co\nfinal letter of pilo**T**, after **COAL**=\"fuel\" around the nose\/first letter of **B**oeing"}
-{"Clue":"Youngsters left inside discos (5)","Answer":"CLUBS","Explanation":"Definition: discos\n**CUBS**=\"Youngsters\" with **L**eft inside"}
-{"Clue":"Be 51 stone in front, without odd tummy (9)","Answer":"BERYLLIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Be\n**LI**=51 in roman numerals, with **BERYL**=\"stone\" in front, plus t**U**m**M**y without its odd letters"}
-{"Clue":"Delivered my first line? (5)","Answer":"QUEUE","Explanation":"Definition: line\nhomophone\/\"Delivered\" of 'Q', the first letter of Qaos"}
-{"Clue":"Perfect summer month for record drink (4,5)","Answer":"MINT JULEP","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n**MINT**=\"Perfect\", plus **JUL**y=\"summer month\" plus **EP**=music \"record\""}
-{"Clue":"I dine out after 10 (6)","Answer":"IODINE","Explanation":"Definition: I\n**DINE** after **I**=\"1\u2033 and **O**=\"0\u2033\n not sure if the \"out\" is needed"}
-{"Clue":"EU's regret over drug (8)","Answer":"EUROPIUM","Explanation":"Definition: EU\n**RUE**=\"regret\" reversed\/\"over\"; plus **OPIUM**=\"drug\""}
-{"Clue":"In wind, I umpire inside (6)","Answer":"INDIUM","Explanation":"Definition: In\nhidden in w**IND I UM**pire"}
-{"Clue":"Answer parsed cryptically and placed far apart (7)","Answer":"ASPREAD","Explanation":"Definition: placed far apart\n**A**nswer plus (parsed)"}
-{"Clue":"Important old city fellow (6)","Answer":"URGENT","Explanation":"Definition: Important\n**UR**=\"old city\", plus **GENT**=\"fellow\""}
-{"Clue":"O'Grady in orthodox drag to make endings funny (6)","Answer":"OXYGEN","Explanation":"Definition: O\n(y n x g o e)*, where the anagram fodder is taken from the endings of \"Grady in orthodox drag to make\""}
-{"Clue":"Terminate Sierra, Romeo, Quebec, Papa? (4)","Answer":"STOP","Explanation":"Definition: Terminate\nthe phonetic alphabet equivalents of S, R, Q, and P, or\u00a0**S to P"}
-{"Clue":"Earl with posh car? Perhaps this is to be human (3)","Answer":"ERR","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps this is to be human\n**E**arl with **R**olls **R**oyce"}
-{"Clue":"100 locks for furniture (6)","Answer":"CHAIRS","Explanation":"Definition: furniture\n**C**=\"100\u2033 in roman numerals, plus **HAIRS**=\"locks\""}
-{"Clue":"Democrat very upset by party's old computer system (3)","Answer":"DOS","Explanation":"Definition: old computer system\n=Disk Operating System\n **D**emocrat, plus **SO**=\"very\" reversed\/\"upset\"\n also **DO'S**=\"party's\""}
-{"Clue":"Capable of two thirds output? That's dodgy (2,2)","Answer":"UP TO","Explanation":"Definition: Capable of\n(outp)*, where outp=two thirds of \"output\""}
-{"Clue":"No prize? I'm to receive 2nd cup (8)","Answer":"NOBELIUM","Explanation":"Definition: No\nNOBEL=\"prize\", plus **I'M** around the 2nd letter of c**U**p"}
-{"Clue":"As football team loses a league, 1 to 100 (7)","Answer":"ARSENIC","Explanation":"Definition: As\n**ARSEN**al=\"football team\", losing A and League; plus I=\"1\u2033 and C=\"100\u2033 in roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"S-setter retired to tour the capital of Latvia (6)","Answer":"SULFUR","Explanation":"Definition: S\n**RUFUS**=\"setter\" reversed\/\"retired\" around **L**atvia"}
-{"Clue":"Er \u2026 er \u2026 twice the amount of hesitation (6)","Answer":"ERBIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Er\n**ER**, plus **BI**=as a prefix, \"twice the amount of\", plus **UM**=\"hesitation\""}
-{"Clue":"Toy eaten up by Lord Wolf (6)","Answer":"COYOTE","Explanation":"Definition: Wolf\n**TOY** reversed\/\"up\" inside \"Lord\" Seb **COE"}
-{"Clue":"Praised young Miliband after his elevation, say (6)","Answer":"LAUDED","Explanation":"Definition: Praised\nED is the younger Miliband brother , and might be known as 'Lord Ed' after his elevation, which sounds like **LAUDED"}
-{"Clue":"PM once ditching head of state in Barnet (6)","Answer":"THATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Barnet\ndefinition referring to hair\n **THATCH**er=\"PM once\", ditching Elizabeth Regina=\"head of state\""}
-{"Clue":"Retiring soldiers work with country prone to infiltration (6)","Answer":"POROUS","Explanation":"Definition: prone to infiltration\n**O**ther **R**anks=\"soldiers\" plus **OP**us=\"work\", all reversed\/\"retiring\"; plus **US**=\"country\""}
-{"Clue":"Drug that doesn't work for man? (4)","Answer":"DUDE","Explanation":"Definition: man\n**DUD E**cstasy=\"Drug that doesn't work\""}
-{"Clue":"Medical substitute aces academic assignment (10)","Answer":"PROSTHESIS","Explanation":"Definition: Medical substitute\n**PROS**=experts=\"aces\", plus **THESIS**=\"academic assignment\""}
-{"Clue":"Information on length for supporting beam (6)","Answer":"LINTEL","Explanation":"Definition: supporting beam\n**INTEL**=\"Information\" after **L**ength"}
-{"Clue":"What makes daughter a palace attraction? (8,3,5)","Answer":"CHANGING THE GUARD","Explanation":"Definition: palace attraction?\n'changing [the guard]' in a crossword clue would indicate an anagram of (the guard)*, which makes DAUGHTER"}
-{"Clue":"American rockers make time for artist (9)","Answer":"REMBRANDT","Explanation":"Definition: artist\nthe band **REM**=\"American rockers\", plus **BRAND**=\"make\" of e.g. a car, plus **T**ime"}
-{"Clue":"Coat's wrapped round figure (4)","Answer":"FOUR","Explanation":"Definition: figure\n**FUR**=\"Coat\" around **O**=\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Billionaire's acquired island (4)","Answer":"IONA","Explanation":"Definition: island\nHidden in Bill**IONA**ire"}
-{"Clue":"A feature film's about manual worker (9)","Answer":"MACHINIST","Explanation":"Definition: manual worker\n**A CHIN**=\"A feature\", with **MIST**=\"film\" around it\n There is also a feature film called *The Machinist\n "}
-{"Clue":"Works out riddle, having succeeded finally (6)","Answer":"TRAINS","Explanation":"Definition: Works out\n=as in \"Works out\" in a gym\u00a0**\n STRAIN**=sieve, filter=\"riddle\", with **S**ucceeded [a genealogical abbreviation] moved to become the final letter"}
-{"Clue":"Doing without six-pack, having drunk 9 etc (10)","Answer":"ABSTINENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Doing without\n**ABS**=\"six-pack\", plus (nine etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Rounds with ham, more sandwiches (4)","Answer":"AMMO","Explanation":"Definition: Rounds\nhidden in h**AM MO**re"}
-{"Clue":"Slightly tight clothing for damsel in order to go around (6)","Answer":"TIDDLY","Explanation":"Definition: Slightly tight\n=\"tight\" as in drunk\n the outer letters or \"clothing\" of **D**amse**L** with **TIDY**=\"in order\" around them"}
-{"Clue":"Good God! This is a bit of a pig (6)","Answer":"GAMMON","Explanation":"Definition: This is a bit of a pig\n**G**ood plus **AMMON**=ancient Egyptian god"}
-{"Clue":"Bully's horrible nature, one admitted? (7)","Answer":"TAURINE","Explanation":"Definition: Bully\n=like a bull\n (nature)* around **I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Addle-pated or highly able? (5)","Answer":"ADEPT","Explanation":"Definition: highly able\n(pated)"}
-{"Clue":"Star's sleeveless garment lifted completely (7)","Answer":"CAPELLA","Explanation":"Definition: Star\n=a star in the constellation Auriga\n **CAPE**=\"sleeveless garment\" plus **ALL**=\"completely\" reversed\/\"lifted\""}
-{"Clue":"Cost of no longer popular piece of music (6)","Answer":"OUTLAY","Explanation":"Definition: Cost\n**OUT**=\"no longer popular\" plus **LAY**=song, \"piece of music\""}
-{"Clue":"After a few balls, berobed queen's running wild (9)","Answer":"OVERGROWN","Explanation":"Definition: running wild \n**OVER**=\"a few balls\" in cricket; plus **R**egina=\"queen\" in **GOWN** or \"berobed\""}
-{"Clue":"Penny wearing Eve's top? (7)","Answer":"SPINNER","Explanation":"Definition: op\n**P**enny inside **SINNER**=\"Eve\""}
-{"Clue":"Killer arrested by lawman, getting sudden comedown (6,7)","Answer":"FORCED LANDING","Explanation":"Definition: sudden comedown\n**ORC**=\"Killer\" whale, inside **FED**eral agent=\"lawman\", plus **LANDING**=securing, \"getting\""}
-{"Clue":"Missing king to get dubbed ignorant (9)","Answer":"BENIGHTED","Explanation":"Definition: ignorant \n**BE **k**NIGHTED**=\"get dubbed\", missing the king"}
-{"Clue":"People wearing religious clothing (7)","Answer":"INHABIT","Explanation":"Definition: People\n**IN HABIT**=\"wearing religious clothing\""}
-{"Clue":"High tea during hard period for concubine (7)","Answer":"HETAERA","Explanation":"Definition: concubine\n=an ancient Greek courtesan\n (tea)* with \"High\" as the anagrind, inside **H**ard plus **ERA**=\"period\""}
-{"Clue":"Fifty Shades-type behaviour an unwelcome sight in the bedroom (7)","Answer":"SANDMAN","Explanation":"Definition: unwelcome sight in the bedroom\n**S AND M**=\"Fifty Shades-type behaviour\", plus **AN"}
-{"Clue":"Lascivious, heartless church bigwig (6)","Answer":"CARNAL","Explanation":"Definition: Lascivious\n**CAR**di**NAL**=\"church bigwig\", losing the heart or central letters"}
-{"Clue":"Signal recalling marines (5)","Answer":"ALARM","Explanation":"Definition: Signal\n**A LA**='\u00e0 la'=in the style of, or \"recalling\"; plus **R**oyal **M**arines"}
-{"Clue":"Local government advice for auditors (7)","Answer":"COUNCIL","Explanation":"Definition: Local government\nHomophone of 'counsel'=\"advice\"\n \"for auditors\"='for listeners' is the homophone indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Jack, our lad, comes round to stay (7)","Answer":"SOJOURN","Explanation":"Definition: stay\n**J**ack **OUR**, with **SON**=\"lad\" around them"}
-{"Clue":"Briefly books guest house (3,3,9)","Answer":"BED AND BREAKFAST","Explanation":"Definition: guest house\n=B&B=>'bb', which is an abbreviation for \"books\""}
-{"Clue":"Pink radical wearing black stuff (5)","Answer":"CORAL","Explanation":"Definition: Pink\n**R**adical inside **COAL**=\"black stuff\""}
-{"Clue":"He puts his foot down: \"Haul tree across river!\" (4,5)","Answer":"DRAG RACER","Explanation":"Definition: He puts his foot down\n**DRAG**=\"Haul\" plus **ACER**=a maple \"tree\", both around **R**iver"}
-{"Clue":"Nice girl follows directions, hosting morning with her kin (2,7)","Answer":"EN FAMILLE","Explanation":"Definition: with her kin\n**FILLE**=\"girl\" in French, or in the French city of \"Nice\"; after **E**ast and **N**orth=\"directions\", and around **AM**=before noon=\"morning\""}
-{"Clue":"Weeds cover front of most houses (5)","Answer":"HOMES","Explanation":"Definition: houses\n**HOES**=\"Weeds\" around the front letter of **M**ost\u00a0~~**H**omes~~"}
-{"Clue":"They're often barred in reception areas (5)","Answer":"CELLS","Explanation":"Definition: They're often barred\ndefinition referring to prison cells, and\n &lit cryptic definition referring to 'bars' on a cellphone indicating the strength of mobile network reception"}
-{"Clue":"Board day is inspiring cleric (9)","Answer":"DIRECTORS","Explanation":"Definition: Board\n**D**ay plus **IS**; around **RECTOR**=\"cleric\""}
-{"Clue":"CD and EP ruled out? Yes (9)","Answer":"PRECLUDED","Explanation":"Definition: ruled out? Yes\n(CD EP ruled)"}
-{"Clue":"Sidestep first woman clasping her mate? Not half (5)","Answer":"EVADE","Explanation":"Definition: Sidestep\n**EVE**=\"first woman\" around half of **AD**am=\"her mate\""}
-{"Clue":"Male badger, escaping over ploughed land, digs (5,3,7)","Answer":"BOARD AND LODGING","Explanation":"Definition: digs\n**BOAR**=\"Male badger\", plus **DODGING**=\"escaping\" around (land)"}
-{"Clue":"Put up European tax shelter limits (7)","Answer":"ELEVATE","Explanation":"Definition: Put up\n**E**uropean, plus **VAT**=value added \"tax\" inside **LEE**=\"shelter\""}
-{"Clue":"Understanding one thing's problematic (7)","Answer":"INSIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Understanding\n**I**=\"one\", plus (thing's)"}
-{"Clue":"Stall and hit rocks left nearer the bottom (7)","Answer":"CUBICLE","Explanation":"Definition: Stall\n**CLUB ICE**=\"hit rocks\", with the **L**eft moving closer to the bottom"}
-{"Clue":"After articles in three countries a man flees abroad incognito (5,1,5,4)","Answer":"UNDER A FALSE NAME","Explanation":"Definition: incognito\n**UN**, **DER**, and **A **are \"articles\" in French, German, and English; plus (a man flees)"}
-{"Clue":"150 identical tips for festival (9)","Answer":"CANDLEMAS","Explanation":"Definition: festival\n=Christian festival\n **C AND L** are 100 and 50 in roman numerals; plus **SAME**=\"identical\" reversed\/\"tips\""}
-{"Clue":"Watch bottom with round bits protruding (5)","Answer":"LOBED","Explanation":"Definition: with round bits protruding\n**LO**!=behold=\"Watch\"; plus **BED**=\"bottom\" e.g. of a river"}
-{"Clue":"Girlfriend cut sandwiches and cried (4,1,4)","Answer":"SHED A TEAR","Explanation":"Definition: cried\n**DATE**=\"Girlfriend\", sandwiched inside **SHEAR**=\"cut\""}
-{"Clue":"GI (Republican) palms king and another card (5)","Answer":"JOKER","Explanation":"Definition: another card\nGI **JOE** plus **R**epublican, around **K**ing"}
-{"Clue":"Goad communicant after Reformation, unlike 9 and 22 (15)","Answer":"UNACCOMMODATING","Explanation":"Definition: unlike 9 and 22\n(Goad communicant)"}
-{"Clue":"Types behind keeping guard regularly (7)","Answer":"NATURES","Explanation":"Definition: Types\n**NATES**=buttocks=\"behind\", around regular letters of g**U**a**R**d"}
-{"Clue":"Given the runaround, English father boards cutter (3,1,5)","Answer":"LED A DANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Given the runaround\n**E**nglish **DAD** inside **LANCE**=\"cutter\""}
-{"Clue":"Estates in Spain misled, when recruiting 100 there (9)","Answer":"HACIENDAS","Explanation":"Definition: Estates in Spain\n**HAD**=\"misled\" as in 'I've been had', plus **AS**=\"when\"; all around **CIEN**=100 in Spanish"}
-{"Clue":"Competent party boss apparently taken in (7)","Answer":"CAPABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Competent\nVince **CABLE** is the leader of the Lib Dems, around **AP**parently"}
-{"Clue":"Cunning, extremely skilful rowers (7)","Answer":"SLEIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Cunning\nthe extreme letters of **S**kilfu**L**, plus **EIGHT**=a team of \"rowers\""}
-{"Clue":"Austen girl fills in weekly diary (5)","Answer":"LYDIA","Explanation":"Definition: Austen girl\nLydia Bennet is a character in Austen's *Pride and Prejudice*\n Hidden in week**LY DIA**ry"}
-{"Clue":"Penniless Greek city, one in Asia (5)","Answer":"DELHI","Explanation":"Definition: one in Asia\n**DELpHI**=\"Greek city\", losing **p**enny"}
-{"Clue":"Eat away at fuel element in heart of reactor (7)","Answer":"CORRODE","Explanation":"Definition: Eat away at\nfuel\u00a0**ROD** in **CORE\u00a0**of a nuclear reactor"}
-{"Clue":"Judge a royal nipper (7)","Answer":"ARBITER","Explanation":"Definition: Judge\n**A R**oyal **BITER**=\"nipper\""}
-{"Clue":"Turner is delayed about an hour (5)","Answer":"LATHE","Explanation":"Definition: Turner\n**LATE**=\"delayed\" around **H**our"}
-{"Clue":"Theatre company dislike picture (9)","Answer":"REPRESENT","Explanation":"Definition: picture\n**REP**ertory=\"Theatre company\", plus **RESENT**=\"dislike\""}
-{"Clue":"Open vessel journalist upset (10)","Answer":"OVERTURNED","Explanation":"Definition: upset\n**OVERT**=\"Open\", **URN**=\"vessel\", **ED**itor=\"journalist\""}
-{"Clue":"Greet\u00a0bad weather (4)","Answer":"HAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Greet\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Siren in car sent hens crazy (11)","Answer":"ENCHANTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Siren\n(car sent hens)"}
-{"Clue":"Trendy Italian banker boxes celebrated doctor (11)","Answer":"HIPPOCRATES","Explanation":"Definition: celebrated doctor\n=Greek doctor known as the \"Father of Medicine\"\n **HIP**=\"Trendy\", **PO**=Italian river with banks or \"banker\", **CRATES**=\"boxes\""}
-{"Clue":"Look suggestively back in the dance (4)","Answer":"REEL","Explanation":"Definition: dance\nLEER=\"Look suggestively\", reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Mrs Mopp has time to recycle liqueur (10)","Answer":"CHARTREUSE","Explanation":"Definition: liqueur\n**CHAR**=\"Mrs Mopp\" a char lady in the radio series *It's That Man Again\u00a0*, **T**ime, **REUSE**=\"recycle\""}
-{"Clue":"Relative gets a halt signal that's not vindicated (9)","Answer":"UNCLEARED","Explanation":"Definition: not vindicated\n**UNCLE**=\"Relative\", **A RED**=\"a halt signal\" at traffic lights"}
-{"Clue":"Children's game gets you and me in river (5)","Answer":"TAGUS","Explanation":"Definition: river\n=river in Spain and Portugal**\n TAG**=\"Children's game\", **US**=\"you and me\""}
-{"Clue":"Camera socket stolen by son with long-handled instrument (3,4)","Answer":"HOT SHOE","Explanation":"Definition: Camera socket\n=a bracket on top of a camera that accessories can clip onto\n **HOT**=\"stolen\" goods that are difficult to sell on, **S**on, **HOE**=\"long-handled instrument\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of the creche longs for rank (7)","Answer":"ECHELON","Explanation":"Definition: rank\nHidden in cr**ECHE LON**gs"}
-{"Clue":"Immature animal eats everything (6)","Answer":"CALLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Immature\n**COW**=\"animal\" around **ALL**=\"everything\""}
-{"Clue":"Cad runs over appealing carnivore (6)","Answer":"ROTTER","Explanation":"Definition: Cad\n**R**uns the cricket abbreviation, **OTTER**=\"appealing[?] carnivore\""}
-{"Clue":"Alien hiding in public dance is lacking restraint (4,3,3)","Answer":"OVER THE TOP","Explanation":"Definition: lacking restraint\n**ET**=extra-terrestrial=\"Alien\", inside **OVERT**=\"public\" and **HOP**=\"dance\""}
-{"Clue":"Blunder has rascal guillotined (5)","Answer":"ERROR","Explanation":"Definition: Blunder\nt**ERROR**=brat, \"rascal\", with its head\/top letter removed or \"guillotined\""}
-{"Clue":"Place trap carelessly and this could be upset (9)","Answer":"APPLECART","Explanation":"Definition: this could be upset\n=reference to the phrase \"upset the applecart\"\n (Place trap)"}
-{"Clue":"Worker gets king a drink (4)","Answer":"BEER","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n**BEE**=\"Worker\", plus **R**ex=\"king\""}
-{"Clue":"Youth to generate transformation (8)","Answer":"TEENAGER","Explanation":"Definition: Youth\n(generate)"}
-{"Clue":"Hard-hearted? Girl not so much! (8)","Answer":"RUTHLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Hard-hearted\n**RUTH**=\"Girl\", **LESS**=\"not so much\""}
-{"Clue":"He attracts constituents but only with difficulty (2,1,7)","Answer":"AT A STRETCH","Explanation":"Definition: only with difficulty\n(He attracts)"}
-{"Clue":"God's in charge of working animal (9)","Answer":"CARTHORSE","Explanation":"Definition: working animal\n**THOR'S**=\"God's\" in **CARE**=\"charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Utter nothing in between (8)","Answer":"THOROUGH","Explanation":"Definition: Utter\n**O**=\"nothing\" in **THROUGH**=\"between\""}
-{"Clue":"Superior reduced strike (8)","Answer":"UPPERCUT","Explanation":"Definition: strike\n**UPPER**=\"Superior\", **CUT**=\"reduced\""}
-{"Clue":"Stick semi-digested food with jelly (6)","Answer":"CUDGEL","Explanation":"Definition: Stick\n**CUD**=\"semi-digested food\", **GEL**=\"jelly\""}
-{"Clue":"Model wearing fewer clothes? (6)","Answer":"LESSON","Explanation":"Definition: Model\n**LESS ON**=\"wearing fewer clothes\""}
-{"Clue":"Travel across German mountain range (5)","Answer":"RIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: mountain range\n**RIDE**=\"Travel\" around **G**erman"}
-{"Clue":"Jacob's wife finds the meadow hot (4)","Answer":"LEAH","Explanation":"Definition: Jacob's wife\n=Biblical character\n **LEA**=\"meadow\", **H**ot"}
-{"Clue":"9, vile 9, are reportedly for literary villain (4,4,6)","Answer":"LONG JOHN SILVER","Explanation":"Definition: literary villain\n=villain in\u00a0*Treasure Island*\n \"9\"=>PANTS=**LONG JOHNS**; plus (vile)* with anagrind \"9\"=>PANTS; plus **R\u00a0**the letter pronounced\/\"reportedly\" like \"are\""}
-{"Clue":"Criticise poet, initially rubbish (5)","Answer":"PANTS","Explanation":"Definition: rubbish\n**PAN**=\"Criticise\", plus **TS** the initials of poet TS Eliot"}
-{"Clue":"Son clothing daughter in female clothing (4)","Answer":"BODY","Explanation":"Definition: female clothing\n=a bodice; or a bodysuit\n **BOY**=\"Son\" around **D**aughter"}
-{"Clue":"Woman with recipe with health food plants (10)","Answer":"EVERGREENS","Explanation":"Definition: plants\n**EVE**=\"Woman\" with **R**ecipe and **GREENS**=\"health food\""}
-{"Clue":"Walk between bodyguards in 9 etc (6)","Answer":"SMALLS","Explanation":"Definition: 9 etc\n=underwear\n **MALL**=\"Walk\" inside **S**ecret **S**ervice=\"bodyguards\""}
-{"Clue":"Group mostly behind driver (8)","Answer":"TEAMSTER","Explanation":"Definition: driver\n**TEAM**=\"Group\" plus **STER**n=\"mostly behind\""}
-{"Clue":"Seek information between the sheets? (7)","Answer":"INQUIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Seek information\na quire is a stack of paper, so\u00a0**IN\u00a0** **QUIRE**=in \"between the sheets?\""}
-{"Clue":"Kicks horse covered in ornaments (7)","Answer":"THRILLS","Explanation":"Definition: Kicks\n**H**eroin=\"horse\" inside **TRILLS"}
-{"Clue":"\u00a31,000 gets special 18 (8)","Answer":"KNICKERS","Explanation":"Definition: 18\n**K**ilo=\"1,000\u2033, **NICKER**=a pound=\"\u00a3\", plus **S**pecial"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps like 18's attractiveness and like 12? (6)","Answer":"SATINY","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps like 18\n***S**ex **A**ppeal=\"attractiveness\"; plus **TINY**=like SMALLS \u2013 Edit thanks to Andrew*\n ~~the **S** from \"18\u2032**s**\"; plus the head or \"ness\" of **A**ttractive\/ness; plus **TINY**=like SMALLS~~"}
-{"Clue":"Sell iodine, perhaps, as a substance in paint (7,3)","Answer":"LINSEED OIL","Explanation":"Definition: substance in paint\n(Sell iodine)"}
-{"Clue":"Electronic sound in live record (4)","Answer":"BEEP","Explanation":"Definition: Electronic sound\n**BE**=\"live\" plus **EP**=music \"record\""}
-{"Clue":"Only having left back and German forward (5)","Answer":"ALONG","Explanation":"Definition: forward\n**ALON**e=\"Only\" with the \"back\" letter e gone or \"left; plus **G**erman"}
-{"Clue":"Like unmentionables here in broadcast chat item (8)","Answer":"THEMATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like unmentionables here\n(chat item)"}
-{"Clue":"Driver's grumble around peak months (8)","Answer":"MOTORMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Driver\n**MOAN**=\"grumble\" around **TOR**=\"peak\" and **M**onths"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty thug, lying, is leaving thing out (4)","Answer":"UGLY","Explanation":"Definition: Nasty\nth**UG LY**ing leaving thing out"}
-{"Clue":"Sportsmen's 9 (6)","Answer":"BOXERS","Explanation":"Definition: Sportsmen\ndouble definition, the second referring to underwear"}
-{"Clue":"What backer does wearing 12 (7)","Answer":"INVESTS","Explanation":"Definition: What backer does\n**IN VESTS**=wearing SMALLS"}
-{"Clue":"What entertains slob, kind of music quote? (8)","Answer":"EPIGRAPH","Explanation":"Definition: quote\n**EH**?=\"What?\" around **PIG**=\"slob\" and **RAP**=\"kind of music\""}
-{"Clue":"Kid returns tight item of 18 (10)","Answer":"UNDERSKIRT","Explanation":"Definition: item of 18\n(Kid returns)*, with anagrind \"tight\" as in 'drunk'"}
-{"Clue":"Country church accepts new time to pay foreign bills (6)","Answer":"USANCE","Explanation":"Definition: time to pay foreign bills\n=the allowable period for the payment of international bills\n **USA**=\"Country\" and **CE**=\"church\" of England; around **N**ew"}
-{"Clue":"Tasmanian city throws heavyweight out of hotel (10)","Answer":"LAUNCESTON","Explanation":"Definition: Tasmanian city\n**LAUNC**h**ES\u00a0** **TON**=\"throws heavy\/weight\", losing hotel"}
-{"Clue":"Troops needing European ally to appear again (2-6)","Answer":"RE-EMERGE","Explanation":"Definition: appear again\n**R**oyal **E**ngineers=\"Troops\", plus **E**uropean and **MERGE**=\"ally\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Remain with Roman that is in 9 etc (8)","Answer":"LINGERIE","Explanation":"Definition: 9 etc \n**LINGER**=\"Remain\" plus **IE**=id est=Roman\/Latin for \"that is\""}
-{"Clue":"Types on internet, penning chapter for partners (7)","Answer":"ESCORTS","Explanation":"Definition: partners\n**SORTS**=\"Types\", with \"on internet\" giving the **E-** prefix for 'electronic' as in e-mail; all around **C**hapter"}
-{"Clue":"Iran's foolishly investing a currency abroad (6)","Answer":"NAIRAS","Explanation":"Definition: currency abroad\nthe naira is the Nigerian currency\n (Iran's)* around **A"}
-{"Clue":"Some 18 a lot of money (4)","Answer":"BRAS","Explanation":"Definition: Some 18\nmost of the word **BRAS**s which is slang for \"money\""}
-{"Clue":"6 pet, a strain to listen to (9)","Answer":"CATTERICK","Explanation":"Definition: 6\nsounds like 'cat, a rick'=\"pet, a strain\""}
-{"Clue":"6, a small humble dwelling (5)","Answer":"ASCOT","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n**A** **S**mall **COT**tage"}
-{"Clue":"6 breaks the law, not a person around (9)","Answer":"SOUTHWELL","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n(the law)*, but not\u00a0a; and with SOUL=\"person\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of sexual underground? (5)","Answer":"METRO","Explanation":"Definition: underground\n'metro-sexual' is a term for a man with traditionally feminine interests and habits"}
-{"Clue":"Almost nicked, I had to be emotionless (6)","Answer":"STOLID","Explanation":"Definition: emotionless\n**STOL**e=\"Almost nicked\", plus **I'D**=\"I had\""}
-{"Clue":"English used in a few lines and a few more for comparison (8)","Answer":"PARALLEL","Explanation":"Definition: comparison\n**E**nglish in **PARA**graph=\"a few lines\" and **L**ine, **L**ine, **L**ine=\"a few more [lines]\""}
-{"Clue":"Temperature in Holy Land mountain: 6 (7)","Answer":"CARTMEL","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n**T**emperature, inside Mount **CARMEL** in Israel"}
-{"Clue":"Firmly fixed wicket into cement base (7)","Answer":"SCREWED","Explanation":"Definition: Firmly fixed\n**W**icket in **SCREED**=a base layer of cement"}
-{"Clue":"Equipment for police officer, finally and disastrously, closes endless dispute (5,3)","Answer":"RADAR GUN","Explanation":"Definition: Equipment for police\n=used to measure the speed of vehicles\n final letter from office**R**, plus (and)* around **ARGU**e=\"endless dispute\""}
-{"Clue":"6, strong desire to change the ending (6)","Answer":"THIRSK","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n**THIRS**t=\"strong desire\" with the last letter changed"}
-{"Clue":"Record a certain amount but not all 6 (5)","Answer":"EPSOM","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n**EP**=music \"Record\"; plus not all of **SOM**e=\"a certain amount\""}
-{"Clue":"6 sounds browner (9)","Answer":"TOWCESTER","Explanation":"Definition: 6\npronounced like 'toaster'=\"browner\" of bread"}
-{"Clue":"Cheeky husband in 8s 6 (5)","Answer":"PERTH","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n*Edit thanks to TheZed: \"8s 6\" gives ASCOTs COURSE=>'a Scots course', and Perth is a race course in Scotland*\n there is an ASCOT COURSE in PERTH*\u00a0[Australia]*\n **PERT**=\"Cheeky\" plus **H**usband"}
-{"Clue":"Amphibian all but stressed within 6 (9)","Answer":"NEWMARKET","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n**NEWT**=\"Amphibian\"; with \"all but\"\/'not quite all of'\u00a0**MARKE**d=\"stressed\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Highly unusual\u00a0station sign (3,3)","Answer":"WAY OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Highly unusual\ndouble definition: WAY OUT of the ordinary; or WAY OUT as in exit"}
-{"Clue":"Announce holiday cottage available in Andorra for one (8)","Answer":"STATELET","Explanation":"Definition: Andorra for one\n**STATE LET**=\"Announce holiday cottage available\""}
-{"Clue":"Served on board, sounding vulgar (6)","Answer":"CREWED","Explanation":"Definition: Served on board\nsounds like 'crude'=\"vulgar'"}
-{"Clue":"PC helps re-organise difficult journey (7)","Answer":"SCHLEPP","Explanation":"Definition: difficult journey\n=Yiddish slang for a difficult task or journey\n (PC helps)"}
-{"Clue":"Too sensible at first to enter a lift shaft (2,4)","Answer":"AS WELL","Explanation":"Definition: Too\nfirst letter of **S**ensible entering into **A WELL**=\"a lift shaft\""}
-{"Clue":"An opportunity to learn of this, naturally (6)","Answer":"COURSE","Explanation":"Definition: An opportunity to learn\n'of **COURSE**' means 'naturally'; therefore \"of this, naturally\""}
-{"Clue":"Beast, decrepit one, losing tail (4)","Answer":"CROC","Explanation":"Definition: Beast\n**CROC**k=\"decrepit one\", losing the tail or final letter"}
-{"Clue":"6 pounds would get wasted (6)","Answer":"LUDLOW","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n**L**[ibra]=\"pounds\", plus (would)"}
-{"Clue":"6 is back, touring Washington (6)","Answer":"REDCAR","Explanation":"Definition: 6\n**REAR**=\"back\" around [Washington] **DC"}
-{"Clue":"Advantage in battle, if on top of hill (4)","Answer":"EDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Advantage\nif EDGE is put on top of 'hill', we get [the Battle of]\u00a0*Edgehill* in the English Civil War"}
-{"Clue":"Bad year in which to lose an agent (8)","Answer":"EMISSARY","Explanation":"Definition: agent\n(year)* around **MISS**=\"lose\""}
-{"Clue":"Provided for fencing not at first joined together (7)","Answer":"ENDOWED","Explanation":"Definition: Provided\nk**ENDO**=martial art with swords=\"fencing\" without its first letter; plus **WED**=\"joined together\""}
-{"Clue":"Place to hack into a favourite piece of software (6)","Answer":"APPLET","Explanation":"Definition: piece of software\n**PL**ace inside **A PET**=\"a favourite\""}
-{"Clue":"Fails to mature topside of beef \u2014 roast ruined (6)","Answer":"ABORTS","Explanation":"Definition: Fails to mature\nthe top letter of Beef, put into an anagram with (B roast)"}
-{"Clue":"Book about killer not yet ready (2,4)","Answer":"TO COME","Explanation":"Definition: not yet ready\n**TOME**=\"book\" around **CO**=carbon monoxide=\"killer\""}
-{"Clue":"Pin prick finally punctures needlewoman (6)","Answer":"SKEWER","Explanation":"Definition: Pin\nthe final letter of pric**K** inside **SEWER**=\"needlewoman\""}
-{"Clue":"Low part embraced by bass, say \u2014 that's plain (8)","Answer":"FRUMPISH","Explanation":"Definition: plain\n**RUMP**=\"Low part\" inside **FISH**=\"bass, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Artist's military leave? (6)","Answer":"WARHOL","Explanation":"Definition: Artist\n**WAR HOL**iday=\"military leave?\""}
-{"Clue":"Gender is in question, so philosophical (8)","Answer":"RESIGNED","Explanation":"Definition: philosophical\n\"philosophical\" in the sense of being calm or accepting in the face of difficulty\n (Gender is)"}
-{"Clue":"Party moving to the left, then right, in poor Turkish city (6)","Answer":"BODRUM","Explanation":"Definition: Turkish city\n**DO**=\"Party\" reversed\/\"to the left\", plus **R**ight; all inside **BUM**=\"poor\" quality"}
-{"Clue":"Sickening total (5)","Answer":"GROSS","Explanation":"Definition: Sickening\ndouble def"}
-{"Clue":"Jack and I wearing heavy-duty cloth (9)","Answer":"TARPAULIN","Explanation":"Definition: heavy-duty cloth\n**TAR**=sailor=\"Jack\", plus **PAUL**=\"I\" the setter\", plus **IN**=\"wearing\""}
-{"Clue":"Down \u2014 becoming dn? (12)","Answer":"DISHEARTENED","Explanation":"Definition: Down\ntaking the heart or central letters out of \"Down\" leaves just \"dn\""}
-{"Clue":"Boy caught by rock, deal with idle threat of children (5,2,5)","Answer":"TRICK OR TREAT","Explanation":"Definition: idle threat of children\n**RICK**=\"boy\", inside **TOR**=\"rock\", plus **TREAT**=\"deal with\""}
-{"Clue":"Discontinue dose, foolishly swallowed by buffoon (5,4)","Answer":"CLOSE DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Discontinue\n(dose)* inside **CLOWN**=\"buffoon\""}
-{"Clue":"Crack up back of gluteal area, you disgust me! (5)","Answer":"LAUGH","Explanation":"Definition: Crack up\nback letter of glutea**L**, plus **A**rea, plus **UGH**=\"you disgust me!\""}
-{"Clue":"Old banger, American truck finally impounded by police (6)","Answer":"MUSKET","Explanation":"Definition: Old banger\n**US**=\"American\" plus the final letter of truc**K**, inside **MET**ropolitan \"police\""}
-{"Clue":"Number of England supporters, faction involved in leisurely fighting over sugary tea? (5,3,5,7)","Answer":"SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT","Explanation":"Definition:  Number of England supporters\n\"Number\" as in song\n **WING**=\"faction\" in **SLOW RIOT**=\"leisurely fighting\" which also goes around **SWEET CHA**=\"sugary tea\""}
-{"Clue":"Not all of century, ten I need back? (6)","Answer":"NINETY","Explanation":"Definition: Not all of century, ten I need back\nHidden\/\"Not all of\" and reversed\/\"back\", inside centur**Y TEN I N**eed"}
-{"Clue":"Last of those coldest tumbledown houses shut off (8)","Answer":"CLOSETED","Explanation":"Definition: shut off\n(e coldest)*, taking an\u00a0e\u00a0as the last letter of \"those\""}
-{"Clue":"Found without a search (6)","Answer":"FORAGE","Explanation":"Definition: search\n**FORGE**=create, set up=\"Found\", around **A"}
-{"Clue":"Barking hounds awaiting a farrier? (6)","Answer":"UNSHOD","Explanation":"Definition: awaiting a farrier?\n(hounds)"}
-{"Clue":"Very good work coming up that's right for a bouncer (4,5)","Answer":"POGO STICK","Explanation":"Definition: a bouncer\n**SO** **G**ood **OP**us=\"Very\", \"good\", \"work\" all reversed\/\"coming up\"; plus **TICK**=\"that's right\""}
-{"Clue":"Imbued with love, member given a bouquet (5)","Answer":"AROMA","Explanation":"Definition: bouquet\n**O**=\"love\" inside **ARM**=\"member\" plus **A"}
-{"Clue":"Event in sport inspiring daughter (8)","Answer":"HURDLING","Explanation":"Definition: Event\n**HURLING**=\"sport\" around **D**aughter"}
-{"Clue":"French daily quaffing a drink (8)","Answer":"LEMONADE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n**LE MONDE**=\"French daily\" newspaper, around **A"}
-{"Clue":"Slum clearance we learn unlikely under pope (5,7)","Answer":"URBAN RENEWAL","Explanation":"Definition: Slum clearance\n(we learn)* after **URBAN**, the name of a few popes"}
-{"Clue":"A minstrel going off the rails (9)","Answer":"TRAMLINES","Explanation":"Definition: rails\n(A minstrel)"}
-{"Clue":"Possibly lower tender in ordinary castle? (8)","Answer":"STOCKMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Possibly lower tender\n=a tender of cattle, and a cow is possibly a \"lower\"\n **STOCK**=\"ordinary\", plus **MAN**=chess piece=\"castle\""}
-{"Clue":"Cat not getting on with tailless vermin in French region (8)","Answer":"LIMOUSIN","Explanation":"Definition: French region\n**LI**on=\"Cat\" without \"on\", plus **MOUS**e=\"tailless vermin\", plus **IN"}
-{"Clue":"Articulate what to do with the wishbone in chicken (6)","Answer":"PULLET","Explanation":"Definition: chicken\n=a young hen\n sounds like 'pull it'=\"what to do with the wishbone\""}
-{"Clue":"Heath bearing fruit that's softened (6)","Answer":"THAWED","Explanation":"Definition: softened\n**TED** Heath, Prime Minister in the 70s, around **HAW**=\"fruit\" of the hawthorn"}
-{"Clue":"Football team, not cricket side, turn out (5)","Answer":"EVERT","Explanation":"Definition: turn out\n=to turn outwards or inside out\n **EVERT**on=\"Football team\", without on=\"cricket side\" on the batsman's leg side"}
-{"Clue":"1960s' Mama's key function? To make stew (9)","Answer":"CASSEROLE","Explanation":"Definition: stew\n\"Mama\" **CASS** Elliot from the 60s\u00a0group The Mamas & The Papas\u00a0;\n plus **E**=musical \"key\", plus **ROLE**=\"function\""}
-{"Clue":"Friend embraces European way (5)","Answer":"ALLEY","Explanation":"Definition: way\n**ALLY**=\"Friend\" around **E**uropean"}
-{"Clue":"Labour ousting leader leads to succession (5)","Answer":"TRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: succession\ns**TRAIN**=\"Labour\", with the leading s removed"}
-{"Clue":"Abolishes work in full? That's the origin of socialism (9)","Answer":"NULLIFIES","Explanation":"Definition: Abolishes\n(in full)*; plus **I.E.**=that is=\"That's\"; plus the first of **S**ocialism"}
-{"Clue":"The gods are 60% angry about everybody taking ecstasy (7)","Answer":"GALLERY","Explanation":"Definition: The gods\n=upper sections of theatre seating\n 60% of the letters from an**GRY**, around **ALL**=\"everybody\" and **E**cstasy"}
-{"Clue":"Count change on firm palm (7)","Answer":"COCONUT","Explanation":"Definition: palm\n(Count)* after **CO**mpany=\"firm\""}
-{"Clue":"Rolling stones have no end of moss at the beginning (5)","Answer":"ONSET","Explanation":"Definition: beginning\n(stones)*, minus the end of moss"}
-{"Clue":"Reserved \"special\" with hungry, empty stomach (3)","Answer":"SHY","Explanation":"Definition: Reserved\n**S**pecial plus **H**ungr**Y** emptied out \u2013 does \"stomach\" refer to the 'insides' of \"hungry\"?"}
-{"Clue":"Relative not against touring Venice (5)","Answer":"NIECE","Explanation":"Definition: Relative\n(Venice)*, minus Versus=\"against\""}
-{"Clue":"One taking a gentle walk doffs hat to fisherman (7)","Answer":"TROLLER","Explanation":"Definition: fisherman\nsTROLLER=\"One taking a gentle walk\" without its first letter\/\"hat\""}
-{"Clue":"Mat's a freewheeler (7)","Answer":"COASTER","Explanation":"Definition: Mat\ndouble def: a mat for a drinking glass; or someone moving without effort"}
-{"Clue":"Tom and Paul excited by Troy's siege weapons (9)","Answer":"CATAPULTS","Explanation":"Definition: siege weapons\n**CAT**=\"Tom\"; plus (Paul)*; plus **T**roy'**S"}
-{"Clue":"Man in Japan bit assassin (5)","Answer":"NINJA","Explanation":"Definition: assassin\nHidden\/a \"bit\" of: Ma**N IN JA**pan"}
-{"Clue":"Distance to mountains (5)","Answer":"RANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Distance\ndouble def"}
-{"Clue":"Records, say, see Arsenal dribbling around D (9)","Answer":"CALENDARS","Explanation":"Definition: Records\n**C**=letter pronouced as 'see'; plus (Arsenal)* around **D"}
-{"Clue":"20% cider guzzled by drunk northerner (4)","Answer":"SCOT","Explanation":"Definition: northerner\n20% of the letters of **C**ider inside **SOT**=\"drunk\""}
-{"Clue":"Country is leaving Europe after Remain leaders retire (6)","Answer":"ISRAEL","Explanation":"Definition: Country\n**IS**; plus the leaders of **L**eaving **E**urope **A**fter **R**emain reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Old man, eternal and enigmatic (10)","Answer":"NEANDERTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Old man\n(eternal and)"}
-{"Clue":"In the outskirts of Banbury, cat wants tail to be like Tigger? (6)","Answer":"BOUNCY","Explanation":"Definition: like Tigger\nreferring to the character from Winnie the Pooh with\u00a0a springy tail\n **B**anbur**Y**;\u00a0around\u00a0**OUNC**e=snow leopard=\"cat\" without the tail letter"}
-{"Clue":"Guy tackles poorly, giving up a small score (3,5)","Answer":"GET LUCKY","Explanation":"Definition: score\n=to have sex\n (Guy tackles)* minus a small"}
-{"Clue":"Painter's first dog was a boxer (4)","Answer":"DALI","Explanation":"Definition: Painter\nthe first letter of **D**og, plus Muhammad\u00a0**ALI**=\"boxer\""}
-{"Clue":"England midfielder can play with English league (8)","Answer":"ALLIANCE","Explanation":"Definition: league\nDele **ALLI**=\"England midfielder\", plus (can)*, plus **E**nglish"}
-{"Clue":"One agreement or many? (4)","Answer":"AYES","Explanation":"Definition: many\nA YES=\"One agreement\""}
-{"Clue":"Suggestion of grand crowd \u2026 (5)","Answer":"GHOST","Explanation":"Definition: Suggestion\n**G**rand plus **HOST**=\"crowd\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 holding party lessons right away \u2026 (10)","Answer":"CONTAINING","Explanation":"Definition: holding\n**CON**servative \"party\", plus **T**r**AINING**=\"lessons\" with the right taken away"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 belonging to the Irish? (5)","Answer":"THEIR","Explanation":"Definition: belonging to\nHidden in **THE IR**ish"}
-{"Clue":"Firing honest, outstanding intellectuals often ends disastrously (8)","Answer":"SHOOTING","Explanation":"Definition: Firing\n(ht og is on)*: the end letters of HonesT, OutstandinG, IntellectualS and OfteN used as anagram fodder\u00a0(ht og is on)"}
-{"Clue":"Rector wears belt, plus diamonds and vestment (8)","Answer":"SURPLICE","Explanation":"Definition: vestment\n=a vestment worn over a cassock\n **R**ector in (plus)*; with **ICE**=\"diamonds\" \u2013 \"belt\" as an anagrind?"}
-{"Clue":"Keep those who play with the French (6)","Answer":"CASTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Keep\n**CAST\u00a0**[of actors]=\"those who play\"; plus **LE**=\"the [in] French\""}
-{"Clue":"I can't recycle new container (3,3)","Answer":"TIN CAN","Explanation":"Definition: container\n(I can't)* plus **N**ew"}
-{"Clue":"Port served at 1:00 or 10:00, going by the numbers? (4)","Answer":"CORK","Explanation":"Definition: Port\n=Irish city\n **C**=100 in Roman numerals; plus **OR**; plus **K**ilo=1,000"}
-{"Clue":"Writer has time for another (4)","Answer":"POET","Explanation":"Definition: another\nEdgar Allen **POE**=\"Writer\", plus **T**ime"}
-{"Clue":"F1 driver not performing as well (4)","Answer":"ALSO","Explanation":"Definition: as well\nFernando **AL**on**SO**=\"F1 driver\",\u00a0not\u00a0on=\"not performing\""}
-{"Clue":"Old king keeps writer in clothing (8)","Answer":"CAMISOLE","Explanation":"Definition: clothing\n**COLE**=\"Old king\" from the nursery rhyme, around Kingsley\/Martin **AMIS**=\"writer\""}
-{"Clue":"Quake in Turkey \u2014 capital taken aback (6)","Answer":"TREMOR","Explanation":"Definition: Quake\n**TR**=\"Turkey\" on a car license plate, plus **ROME**=\"capital\" reversed\/\"taken aback\""}
-{"Clue":"Sally runs to help (4)","Answer":"RAID","Explanation":"Definition: Sally\n**R**[uns] cricketing abbreviation; plus **AID**=\"help\""}
-{"Clue":"Stumble in feeble illumination (5,5)","Answer":"STRIP LIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: illumination\n**TRIP**=\"Stumble\" in **SLIGHT**=\"feeble\""}
-{"Clue":"Association makes claret (6)","Answer":"CARTEL","Explanation":"Definition: Association\n(claret)"}
-{"Clue":"Drop feathers in trash (4,4)","Answer":"TEAR DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: trash\n**TEAR**=\"Drop\" of liquid from the eye, plus **DOWN**=\"feathers\""}
-{"Clue":"Medic introduced to swimmer in wasteland (6)","Answer":"TUNDRA","Explanation":"Definition: wasteland\n**DR**=doctor=\"Medic\" inside **TUNA** fish=\"swimmer\""}
-{"Clue":"Watch and respect (6)","Answer":"REGARD","Explanation":"Definition: Watch\ndouble def"}
-{"Clue":"Make teenager upset (8)","Answer":"GENERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Make\n(teenager)"}
-{"Clue":"Lust of French father (6)","Answer":"DESIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Lust\n**DE**=\"of [in] French\", plus **SIRE**=\"father\""}
-{"Clue":"Take away tonic cafe's put out (10)","Answer":"CONFISCATE","Explanation":"Definition: Take away\n(tonic cafe's)"}
-{"Clue":"Fire in bag (4)","Answer":"SACK","Explanation":"Definition: Fire\ndouble def"}
-{"Clue":"Slumber for girl holding record (6)","Answer":"REPOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Slumber\n**ROSE**=\"girl\" aroudn **EP**=music \"record\""}
-{"Clue":"Missile has reversing space in this part of Devon (8)","Answer":"DARTMOOR","Explanation":"Definition: part of Devon\n**DART**=\"Missile\" plus **ROOM**=\"space\" reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Visual impairment caused by falls (8)","Answer":"CATARACT","Explanation":"Definition: Visual impairment\ndouble def \u2013 second def refers to waterfalls"}
-{"Clue":"Stopped working and fixed when touring Spain (4)","Answer":"DIED","Explanation":"Definition: Stopped working\n**DID**=\"fixed\" around **E**spana=\"Spain\""}
-{"Clue":"Relic of saints captured in defeat (6)","Answer":"FOSSIL","Explanation":"Definition: Relic\n**S**aint**S** in **FOIL**=\"defeat\""}
-{"Clue":"Fret over servant's strike (8)","Answer":"STOPPAGE","Explanation":"Definition: strike\n**STOP**=\"Fret\" on e.g. a guitar, plus **PAGE**=\"servant\""}
-{"Clue":"Where crooked landlords are, or should be (6,4)","Answer":"BEHIND BARS","Explanation":"Definition: should be\nreferring to prison, or\u00a0to a landlord standing behind the\u00a0bar of a pub"}
-{"Clue":"Absentee gets meals with old women (2-4)","Answer":"NO SHOW","Explanation":"Definition: Absentee\n**NOSH**=\"meals\" plus **O**ld **W**omen"}
-{"Clue":"In time, traitor makes mistakes (6)","Answer":"ERRATA","Explanation":"Definition: mistakes\n**ERA**=\"time\" around **RAT**=\"traitor\""}
-{"Clue":"Novice makes offer to pay (10)","Answer":"TENDERFOOT","Explanation":"Definition: Novice\n**TENDER**=\"offer\", plus **FOOT** a bill=\"pay\""}
-{"Clue":"Repairs, or trades, sports car (8)","Answer":"ROADSTER","Explanation":"Definition: sports car\n(or trades)"}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman supports detective being on board (8)","Answer":"DIRECTOR","Explanation":"Definition: being on board\n**RECTOR**=\"Clergyman\" after **D**etective **I**nspector"}
-{"Clue":"Considered entertaining painter and announcer (6)","Answer":"HERALD","Explanation":"Definition: announcer\n**HELD**=\"Considered\" aroudn **R**oyal **A**cademician=\"painter\""}
-{"Clue":"Worn down journalist travelled inside (6)","Answer":"ERODED","Explanation":"Definition: Worn down\n**ED**itor=\"journalist\" with **RODE**=\"travelled\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Tedious wine type grabbing attention (6)","Answer":"DREARY","Explanation":"Definition: Tedious\n**DRY**=\"wine type\" around **EAR**=\"attention\""}
-{"Clue":"Total love of sport (4)","Answer":"SUMO","Explanation":"Definition: sport\n**SUM**=\"Total\", plus **O**=zero=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Show it's worth revising at college (5,2)","Answer":"THROW UP","Explanation":"Definition: Show\n'throw up'=reveal=\"Show\"\n (worth)* plus **UP**=at school or college"}
-{"Clue":"Painter to cut back piece of hair (7)","Answer":"POLLOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Painter\nthe painter is Jackson Pollock \n LOP=\"cut\" reversed\/\"back\"; plus LOCK=\"piece of hair\""}
-{"Clue":"Old racehorse not about to be beat (4)","Answer":"DRUM","Explanation":"Definition: beat\ndrum=\"beat\" as a verb\n re**D RUM**=\"Old racehorse\", but without re=\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"1, 2, 3 \u2026 er \u2026 5 \u2026 where's Dracula now? (4,5)","Answer":"LOSE\/LOST COUNT","Explanation":"Definition: 1, 2, 3 \u2026 er \u2026 5\nthe online solution has LOSE over LOST\n second half of the clue referring to **COUNT** Dracula"}
-{"Clue":"Adult leaves award for university oink (5)","Answer":"GRUNT","Explanation":"Definition: oink\n**GRANT**=\"award\", with **A**dult leaving and replaced by **U**niversity"}
-{"Clue":"Wizards are most active on Sunday (8)","Answer":"MAESTROS","Explanation":"Definition: Wizards\n(are most)* plus **S**unday"}
-{"Clue":"Listen to music single (4)","Answer":"SOLE","Explanation":"Definition: single\nhomophone of 'soul'=\"music\""}
-{"Clue":"Transport around 50:50 animals (5)","Answer":"BULLS","Explanation":"Definition: animals\n**BUS**=\"Transport\", around **L** and **L**=50 in roman numerals, twice"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's a knave! (4)","Answer":"JACK","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman\ndouble definition, with \"Boatman\" as in 'sailor'"}
-{"Clue":"Struggle with fine? See below (8)","Answer":"FLOUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: Struggle\n**F**ine [abbreviation on lead pencils],\u00a0**LO**=behold=\"See\", **UNDER**=\"below\""}
-{"Clue":"I have been taken in by Doctor Daley, perhaps (5)","Answer":"DIVER","Explanation":"Definition: Daley, perhaps\nTom Daley the diver \n **I'VE**=\"I have\" inside **DR**=\"Doctor\""}
-{"Clue":"Left magnificent old pirate town (4,5)","Answer":"PORT ROYAL","Explanation":"Definition: old pirate town\nJamaican town with a history of piracy \n **PORT**=\"Left\" side of a ship; **ROYAL**=\"magnificent\""}
-{"Clue":"Heather Graham looks nice in fancy tops (4)","Answer":"LING","Explanation":"Definition: Heather\n=heather as in the shrub\n (G l n i)*: anagram\/\"fancy\" using the top letters of G[raham] l[ooks] n[ice] i[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Captain Kirk mostly gains power and potential energy on edge of space (7)","Answer":"SKIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Captain\nmost of the letters of **KIR**k, around **P**ower and **P**otential **E**nergy; after the \"edge\" or one of the outer letters of **S**pace"}
-{"Clue":"Black eyes see stars (7)","Answer":"SHINERS","Explanation":"Definition: Black eyes\nsecond half of the clue uses \"see\" as in 'take, for example, [stars]'"}
-{"Clue":"Domestic help making tea (4)","Answer":"CHAR","Explanation":"Definition: Domestic help\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Rodent's place for resting by river (8)","Answer":"DORMOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Rodent\n**DORM**=\"place for resting\" plus **OUSE**=\"river\""}
-{"Clue":"Hairstyle, say, extremely uniform all over (6)","Answer":"MULLET","Explanation":"Definition: Hairstyle\n**TELL**=\"say\" plus the extreme letters of **U**nifor**M**, all reversed or \"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Criminals swipe cash with rope (8)","Answer":"POACHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Criminals\n(cash rope)"}
-{"Clue":"Loud relative left before display (6)","Answer":"FLAUNT","Explanation":"Definition: display\n**F**orte=\"Loud\"; plus **AUNT**=\"relative\" with **L**eft before it"}
-{"Clue":"Go away\u00a0singing jazz (4)","Answer":"SCAT","Explanation":"Definition: Go away\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Likewise, I'm a silly revolut\u00adionary to kidnap queen (9)","Answer":"SIMILARLY","Explanation":"Definition: Likewise\n(I'm a silly)*, around **R**egina=\"queen\""}
-{"Clue":"Good time to change sides with spirit (5)","Answer":"GHOUL","Explanation":"Definition: spirit\n**G**ood; plus **HOUR**=\"time\", changing sides from **R**ight to **L**eft"}
-{"Clue":"O for a really big limo! (5)","Answer":"OSCAR","Explanation":"Definition: O\nOSCAR stands for the letter \"O\" in the phonetic alphabet\n **O****S**=out-size=\"really big\", **CAR**=\"limo\""}
-{"Clue":"Are North Korea's leaders unstable, supporting plot to make things black? (8)","Answer":"BEDARKEN","Explanation":"Definition: make things black\n(Are N[orth] K[orea])*; after **BED**=\"plot\""}
-{"Clue":"No point to ripped Levi jeans, they can be chucked (8)","Answer":"JAVELINS","Explanation":"Definition: they can be chucked\n(Levi jeans)* minus an East=\"point\" \u2013 the anagram fodder still has points **N**orth and **S**outh, and another **E**ast"}
-{"Clue":"Not ready for difficult run? First, exercise! (6)","Answer":"UNRIPE","Explanation":"Definition: Not ready\n(run)*, plus **I**=number one=\"First\", plus **P**hysical **E**ducation=\"exercise\""}
-{"Clue":"Ditches record into upturned shed (6)","Answer":"DELPHS","Explanation":"Definition: Ditches\n=\"Ditches\" as in dug trenches\n **LP**=music long-playing \"record\", inside **SHED** reversed\/\"upturned\""}
-{"Clue":"Pointy-headed staff in shop (IKEA) (4)","Answer":"PIKE","Explanation":"Definition: Pointy-headed staff\n=as in the spear-like weapon\n Hidden in sho**P IKE**a"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing turns head 90\u00b0 for an emperor (4)","Answer":"NERO","Explanation":"Definition: emperor\n**ZERO**=\"Nothing\", rotating the **Z**\u00a090\u00b0 into the shape of an **N"}
-{"Clue":"Player longing to take it over (6)","Answer":"LUTIST","Explanation":"Definition: Player\n**LUST**=\"longing\" around **IT** reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Head's unwelcome visitors forged SEN permit (7)","Answer":"LICENSE","Explanation":"Definition: permit\n**LICE**=\"Head's unwelcome visitors\", plus (SEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Social promiscuous type likely to be one? (9)","Answer":"PARTYGOER","Explanation":"Definition: Social promiscuous type likely to be one\n**PARTY**=\"Social\" plus **GOER**=\"promiscuous type\""}
-{"Clue":"Which gives travellers a choice of hybrid oxygen-filled X-ray units (10)","Answer":"CROSSROADS","Explanation":"Definition: Which gives travellers a choice\n**CROSS**=\"hybrid\"; plus **O**xygen inside **RADS** \u2013 a rad is a unit of dosage of radiation [e.g. X-rays]"}
-{"Clue":"Hot rod fans confounded etc (3,2,5)","Answer":"AND SO FORTH","Explanation":"Definition: etc\n(Hot rod fans)"}
-{"Clue":"Come on, tell me\u00a0what to do with unpalatable food! (4,2,3)","Answer":"SPIT IT OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Come on, tell me\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Handle new ex-president in short time, right? (7)","Answer":"MONIKER","Explanation":"Definition: Handle\n**N**ew plus\u00a0**IKE**=Eisenhower=\"ex-president\"; both inside **MO**ment=\"short time\" plus **R**ight"}
-{"Clue":"It's leaving British frustrated about United's arrogance (6)","Answer":"HUBRIS","Explanation":"Definition: arrogance\n(British)* minus the letters \"It\", around **U**nited"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's first cooker and fancy hat (6)","Answer":"AGATHA","Explanation":"Definition: Writer's first\n=Agatha Christie's first name\n **AGA**=\"cooker\" plus (hat)"}
-{"Clue":"Ideal pot, unhappily one not forthcoming (7)","Answer":"OPTIMUM","Explanation":"Definition: Ideal\n(pot)* plus **I**=\"one\" plus **MUM**=staying quiet=\"not forthcoming\""}
-{"Clue":"Sound barrier? First, Fritz, er, produces shriek? (9)","Answer":"CATERWAUL","Explanation":"Definition: shriek\nthe last syllable **WAUL** sounds like 'wall'=\"barrier\"; after **CAT**=\"Fritz\" plus **ER**\n *Fritz the Cat* was a comic strip and later an animated film"}
-{"Clue":"Band knocking back drink, comprehending nothing (5)","Answer":"TROOP","Explanation":"Definition: Band\n**PORT**=\"drink\" reversed\/knocked back; around **O**=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Leaves off using one (9)","Answer":"DEFOLIANT","Explanation":"Definition: Leaves off using one\ncryptic def \u2013 \"Leaves off\" from a plant, rather than \"Leaves off\"='avoids doing'"}
-{"Clue":"Little darlin' playing around IT town in Devon (7)","Answer":"HONITON","Explanation":"Definition: town in Devon\n**HON**=\"Little darlin'\" plus **ON**=\"playing\"; both around **IT"}
-{"Clue":"City lines: muggins has to go back (6)","Answer":"ODESSA","Explanation":"Definition: City\n**ODE**~~S~~=\"lines\" of poetry; plus **ASS**=fool=\"muggins\" reversed\/\"back\"\u00a0*edited to remove an extra 'S', thanks to William\u00a0"}
-{"Clue":"Appreciated by tender kissers (3,4)","Answer":"LIP BALM","Explanation":"Definition: Appreciated by tender kissers\ncryptic clue, with \"tender kissers\" hinting at sensitive lips"}
-{"Clue":"Mentally resigned to go west (5,2,4)","Answer":"TIRED OF LIFE","Explanation":"Definition: Mentally resigned to go west\ncryptic def \u2013 \"go west\"=dissipate, die"}
-{"Clue":"Blue plant displaying shoot high up (9)","Answer":"SKYROCKET","Explanation":"Definition: shoot high up\n**SKY**=\"Blue\" plus **ROCKET**=\"plant\""}
-{"Clue":"Regular GIs have houses on the big side (7)","Answer":"LARGISH","Explanation":"Definition: on the big side\nHidden\/housed inside \"Regu**LAR GIS H**ave\""}
-{"Clue":"Plants do in Guernsey region (5)","Answer":"CACTI","Explanation":"Definition: Plants\n**ACT**=\"do\" in **C**hannel **I**slands=\"Guernsey region\""}
-{"Clue":"A word like \"logo-mines\", perhaps? (9)","Answer":"NEOLOGISM","Explanation":"Definition: A word like \"logo-mines\", perhaps?\n(logo mines)"}
-{"Clue":"Substitute bankers at Zurich centre (6)","Answer":"ERSATZ","Explanation":"Definition: Substitute\nletters in the centre of bank**ERS AT Z**urich"}
-{"Clue":"Cellist possibly ushering in second tanker (6)","Answer":"BOWSER","Explanation":"Definition: tanker\n=a tanker for refuelling aircraft\n **BOWER**=someone who uses a bow=\"Cellist, possibly\" around **S**econd"}
-{"Clue":"Near an urban area covering source of gold that might do for retirement (9)","Answer":"NIGHTGOWN","Explanation":"Definition: that might do for retirement\n=as in retiring to bed\n **NIGH TOWN**=\"Near an urban area\" around the first letter of **G**old"}
-{"Clue":"Youthful rogue has not much ham, lettuce etc \u2014 no seconds (3,2,1,3)","Answer":"BIT OF A LAD","Explanation":"Definition: Youthful rogue\n**BIT OF SALAD**=\"not much ham, lettuce etc\", minus **S**econds"}
-{"Clue":"Brass concert will have this strand (7)","Answer":"ABANDON","Explanation":"Definition: strand\n\"strand\" as in leave someone helpless\n a \"Brass concert will have\" **A BAND ON"}
-{"Clue":"Gandhi's headgear wrapped by two old ladies? (7)","Answer":"MAHATMA","Explanation":"Definition: Gandhi\n**HAT**=\"headgear\" inside **MA** and **MA**=\"two old ladies\""}
-{"Clue":"Put a stop to\u00a0drink (6)","Answer":"SCOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Put a stop to\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Size up a conservatory plant? (5)","Answer":"REPOT","Explanation":"Definition: Size up a conservatory plant\ncryptic def \u2013 \"Size up\" as in 'put into a larger size of pot', rather than 'take a mental measure of'"}
-{"Clue":"Get stricter reporting on match: \"Ahead by a big margin\" (7,2)","Answer":"TIGHTEN UP","Explanation":"TIGH**\u00a0sounds like 'tie'=\"match\"; plus **TEN UP**=\"Ahead by a big margin\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl, to become wife, runs out (4)","Answer":"MARY","Explanation":"MARRY**=\"to become wife\", with **R**uns removed"}
-{"Clue":"East Germany without any changes for the better (8)","Answer":"GAMESTER","Explanation":"Definition: bettor, gambler\n(East Germany)* without the any"}
-{"Clue":"Girl overwhelmed by rattle \u2014 perhaps it makes a loud noise (6)","Answer":"TANNOY","Explanation":"ANN**=\"Girl\" inside **TOY**=\"rattle, perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps girl dancing in cage is harlot? (6)","Answer":"GEISHA","Explanation":"Hidden in ca**GE IS HA**rlot"}
-{"Clue":"People like Nero in Rome, always heading back after gold (8)","Answer":"EMPERORS","Explanation":"SEMPER**=\"always\" in Latin\/in Rome, with its heading letter **S** moved back after **OR**=\"gold\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl and boy married with prayer book (6)","Answer":"MISSAL","Explanation":"MISS**=\"Girl\" plus **AL**=\"boy\""}
-{"Clue":"Boatman might try this to catch girl: \"Want to get excited?\" (8)","Answer":"TRAWLING","Explanation":"(girl want)"}
-{"Clue":"Boy slips out, perhaps (8)","Answer":"POSSIBLY","Explanation":"(boy slips)"}
-{"Clue":"Boy that is getting backing for Votes for Women (6)","Answer":"LADIES","Explanation":"LAD**=\"Boy\" plus **I.E.**=\"that is\" plus the back letter of vote**S"}
-{"Clue":"August: one month before April, unusually around end of June (8)","Answer":"IMPERIAL","Explanation":"Definition: August as in impressive and respected\n**I**=\"one\" plus **M**onth plus (April)* around Jun**E"}
-{"Clue":"As a married woman, her organisation procures an end to injustice in damsel, perhaps (6)","Answer":"WIFELY","Explanation":"W**omen's **I**nstitute=\"Her organisation\" plus injustic**E**\u00a0inside **FLY**=\"damsel, perhaps\" as in 'damselfly' insects"}
-{"Clue":"Girl seen in series of articles (6)","Answer":"ANTHEA","Explanation":"AN**, **THE**, and **A** are three articles"}
-{"Clue":"Native American ritual for boy, say, and reformed church (3,5)","Answer":"SUN DANCE","Explanation":"SUN** sounds like 'son'=\"boy, say\", plus (and)*, plus **C**hurch of **E**ngland"}
-{"Clue":"Foremost of girl's relatives always nurturing (4)","Answer":"GRAN","Explanation":"first letters of **G**irl's **R**elatives **A**lways **N**urturing"}
-{"Clue":"New in! Percy worked with another boy to put into code (9)","Answer":"ENCRYPTED","Explanation":"N**ew in (Percy)*, plus **TED**=\"another boy\""}
-{"Clue":"The lassie is not even a flirt (5)","Answer":"TEASE","Explanation":"even letters ignored from **T**h**E** l**A**s**S**i**E"}
-{"Clue":"Ill-informed judgments have visitors losing time around the Home Counties (7)","Answer":"GUESSES","Explanation":"GUESTS** losing **T**ime, around **S**outh-**E**ast=\"Home Counties\""}
-{"Clue":"Heartless teenager in meal featuring tropical fish (5)","Answer":"TETRA","Explanation":"T**eenage**R** in **TEA**=\"meal\""}
-{"Clue":"Boy and not boy (7)","Answer":"NORBERT","Explanation":"NOR**=\"and not\", plus **BERT**=\"boy\""}
-{"Clue":"Party leader built up a fabrication to provide security (3,2,4)","Answer":"PUT UP BAIL","Explanation":"P**arty, plus (built up a)"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's really odd, being neither animal nor vegetable (7)","Answer":"MINERAL","Explanation":"MINE**=\"Boatman's\", plus odd letters of **R**e**A**l**L**y"}
-{"Clue":"For cultivation, ordering a New World flower (3,6)","Answer":"RIO GRANDE","Explanation":"(ordering a)"}
-{"Clue":"One who digs heavy metal in club, either boy or girl, say (4,5)","Answer":"IRON MINER","Explanation":"IRON**= golf \"club\", plus **MINER** sounds like 'minor'=\"either boy or girl, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Translated article about principal of using barrels to deliver oil (9)","Answer":"LUBRICATE","Explanation":"(article)* around all of: the \"principal\"\/first letter of\u00a0**U**sing, plus\u00a0**B**arrels [just an abbreviation]"}
-{"Clue":"Boy makes move in dance with girl (7)","Answer":"STEPHEN","Explanation":"STEP**=\"move in dance\" plus **HEN**=\"girl\""}
-{"Clue":"\"The young get nutrients from this cola\" \u2014 Sky broadcast (4,3)","Answer":"YOLK SAC","Explanation":"(cola sky)"}
-{"Clue":"Boy, handy without being challenging (7)","Answer":"DEFIANT","Explanation":"IAN**=\"Boy\", with **DEFT**=\"handy\" outside it"}
-{"Clue":"Girl, to become wife, keeps name at end of ceremony (5)","Answer":"WENDY","Explanation":"WED**=\"to become wife\", around **N**ame, plus ceremon**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Fastened shoes with raised design (5)","Answer":"LACED","Explanation":"DECAL**=\"design\", reversed\/\"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"Hang around old president (6)","Answer":"HOOVER","Explanation":"Definition: president\n=Herbert Hoover**\n HOVER**=\"Hang\" around **O**ld"}
-{"Clue":"Badly singes rock (6)","Answer":"GNEISS","Explanation":"Definition: rock\n=a type of metamorphic rock\n (singes)"}
-{"Clue":"Composer of Harlem Shuffle (6)","Answer":"MAHLER","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\n=Gustav Mahler\n (Harlem)"}
-{"Clue":"Mayor prepared to embrace everyone with a lack of conscience (8)","Answer":"AMORALLY","Explanation":"Definition: a lack of conscience\n(Mayor)* around **ALL**=\"everyone\""}
-{"Clue":"Take off Somerset's first spinner (4)","Answer":"STOP","Explanation":"Definition: Take off\n\"Take off\"=retire, leave, quit**\n S**omerset's first letter, plus **TOP**=\"spinner\""}
-{"Clue":"Copper's testimonial is choice (10)","Answer":"PREFERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: choice\n**P**enny=\"Copper\" plus **REFERENCE**=\"testimonial\""}
-{"Clue":"Curiously considerate to religious vandalism (11)","Answer":"DESECRATION","Explanation":"Definition: religious vandalism\n(considerate)"}
-{"Clue":"In a short time a prisoner becomes disloyal (10)","Answer":"INCONSTANT","Explanation":"Definition: disloyal\n**INSTANT**=\"short time\" with **CON**vict=\"prisoner\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Usual time to say goodbye (4)","Answer":"PART","Explanation":"Definition: say goodbye\n**PAR**=\"Usual\" plus **T**ime"}
-{"Clue":"Cut fabric's cost (8)","Answer":"LACERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\n**LACE**=\"fabric\" plus **RATE**=\"cost\""}
-{"Clue":"Mounting\u00a0a revolt (6)","Answer":"RISING","Explanation":"Definition: Mounting\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Pay a visit for game of cards with the family (4,2)","Answer":"LOOK IN","Explanation":"Definition: Pay a visit\n**LOO**=\"game of cards\" plus **KIN**=\"family\""}
-{"Clue":"Apron for local tucking into tart (6)","Answer":"PINNIE","Explanation":"Definition: Apron\n**INN**=pub=\"local\", inside **PIE**=\"tart\""}
-{"Clue":"Break down everything that's sprung up in wood (8)","Answer":"COLLAPSE","Explanation":"Definition: Break down\n**ALL**=\"everything\" reversed\/\"sprung up\"; inside **COPSE**=\"wood\""}
-{"Clue":"The French slip up and speak angrily (3,3)","Answer":"LET RIP","Explanation":"Definition: speak angrily\n**LE**=\"The [in] French\", plus **TRIP**=\"slip up\""}
-{"Clue":"Showing disrespect in the waterway (8)","Answer":"INSOLENT","Explanation":"Definition: Showing disrespect\n**IN**, plus\u00a0river\u00a0**SOLENT**\u00a0=\"waterway\""}
-{"Clue":"Half a dozen learned one's facial features (6)","Answer":"VISAGE","Explanation":"Definition: facial features\n**VI**=6 in roman numerals=\"Half a dozen\", plus **SAGE**=\"learned one\""}
-{"Clue":"Pick up Eliot's suit (6)","Answer":"HEARTS","Explanation":"Definition: suit\n=suit in playing cards\n **HEAR**=\"Pick up\", plus **TS** Eliot the poet"}
-{"Clue":"Marry and relish holding party (6)","Answer":"SPLICE","Explanation":"Definition: Marry\n**SPICE**=\"relish\" around **L**iberal=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"Burglar's not dangerous, given a wave (4-7)","Answer":"SAFE-BREAKER","Explanation":"Definition: Burglar\n**SAFE**=\"not dangerous\", plus **BREAKER**=\"wave\" breaking on the shore"}
-{"Clue":"Delighted the European Commission's unchanging (8)","Answer":"ECSTATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Delighted\n**E**uropean **C**ommission plus **STATIC**=\"unchanging\""}
-{"Clue":"Work over would-be enemy (8)","Answer":"OPPOSING","Explanation":"Definition: enemy\n=enemy as an adjective e.g. 'enemy\/opposing forces'\n **OP**us=\"Work\" plus **POSING**=pretending to be something=\"would-be\""}
-{"Clue":"Require English to Latin translation (6)","Answer":"ENTAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Require\n**E**nglish plus (Latin)"}
-{"Clue":"Draw back from phone in church (6)","Answer":"CRINGE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw back from\n**RING**=\"phone\" inside **C**hurch of **E**ngland"}
-{"Clue":"King giving order to man (6)","Answer":"OBERON","Explanation":"Definition: King\n=King of the Fairies\n **O**rder of the **B**ritish **E**mpire, plus **RON**=\"man\""}
-{"Clue":"Highwayman has power in Italian city (6)","Answer":"TURPIN","Explanation":"Definition: Highwayman\n=Dick Turpin\n **P**ower in **TURIN**=\"Italian city\""}
-{"Clue":"ABC, gesture eloquent in the extreme (6)","Answer":"BECKET","Explanation":"Definition: Thomas Becket \n**BECK**=\"gesture\" plus the extreme letters of **E**loquen**T"}
-{"Clue":"Capital\u00a0punishment method once (6)","Answer":"STOCKS","Explanation":"double definition \u2013 \"Capital\" in the sense of invested money"}
-{"Clue":"Just\u00a0light (4)","Answer":"FAIR","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Not prepared for a picnic to be free? (10)","Answer":"UNHAMPERED","Explanation":"second cryptic def of 'without a picnic hamper'"}
-{"Clue":"Capital briefly storing pretty vacant old documents (6)","Answer":"PAPYRI","Explanation":"PARI**s=\"Capital briefly\", around **P**rett**Y"}
-{"Clue":"In decrees, I declare myself ABC (8)","Answer":"WILLIAMS","Explanation":"Definition: Rowan Williams **\nWILLS**=\"decrees\", with **I AM**=\"I declare mysef\" inside it"}
-{"Clue":"Cutters suffice, or otherwise (9)","Answer":"COIFFEURS","Explanation":"Definition: hairdressers\n(suffice or)"}
-{"Clue":"Praise ABC (4)","Answer":"LAUD","Explanation":"Definition: William Laud"}
-{"Clue":"Raise\u00a0male (4)","Answer":"COCK","Explanation":"double def: 'cock'=\"Raise\" as in turn one's head or ears upwards"}
-{"Clue":"Summer in effect's beginnings for ABC (9)","Answer":"AUGUSTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Augustine of Canterbury \n**AUGUST**=\"Summer\", plus **IN**, plus **E**ffect"}
-{"Clue":"Where people tried to crawl drunkenly around middle of pub (3,5)","Answer":"LAW COURT","Explanation":"(to crawl)* around p**U**b"}
-{"Clue":"Voice carried beyond state bridge (6)","Answer":"RIALTO","Explanation":"Definition: bridge in Venice\n**ALTO**=\"Voice\" after **R**hode **I**sland=US \"state\""}
-{"Clue":"Challenging in game, chip balls up? (10)","Answer":"IMPEACHING","Explanation":"(in game chip)* \u2013 with \"balls up\"='make a mess of' as the anagrind"}
-{"Clue":"In crib, a beautiful young child (4)","Answer":"BABE","Explanation":"hidden in cri**B A BE**autiful"}
-{"Clue":"ABC sure to injure back (6)","Answer":"RAMSEY","Explanation":"Definition: Michael Ramsey \n**YES**=okay, \"sure\"; plus **MAR**=\"injure\"; all reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Figure everyone can see boarding express (6)","Answer":"STATUE","Explanation":"U**niversal=of a film, \"everyone can see\"; inside **STATE**=\"express\""}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary abroad embracing victory swagger (7)","Answer":"BRAVADO","Explanation":"(abroad)*, around **V**ictory"}
-{"Clue":"ABC, mind and body ultimately (5)","Answer":"CAREY","Explanation":"Definition: George Carey \n**CARE**=\"mind\" plus bod**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Unfortunately, dieter's eaten last of gateau, it's learned (7)","Answer":"ERUDITE","Explanation":"(dieter)* around gatea**U"}
-{"Clue":"Church ABC (6)","Answer":"TEMPLE","Explanation":"Frederick Temple or his son William Temple"}
-{"Clue":"Nectar: it's spread around top of pork crackling (9)","Answer":"CREPITANT","Explanation":"Definition: crackling, rattling, snapping\n(Nectar it)* around **P**ork"}
-{"Clue":"Held back \u2014 like flowering plants, perhaps? (7)","Answer":"STEMMED","Explanation":"double def, the second slightly cryptic"}
-{"Clue":"Psycho's screen exhibitionist meeting death shortly (6,7)","Answer":"SHOWER CURTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: reference to the famous film's shower murder scene\n**SHOWER**=\"exhibitionist\" plus **CURTAIN**[s]=\"death shortly\""}
-{"Clue":"Five notes on paper this soothing? (4,5)","Answer":"FACE CREAM","Explanation":"I think this is **F**, **A**, **C**, **E**, **C** as five musical notes, plus **REAM**=\"paper\""}
-{"Clue":"ABC, bird catching worm finally ending in despair (7)","Answer":"CRANMER","Explanation":"Definition: Thomas Cramner \n**CRANE**=\"bird\" around wor**M**, plus despai**R"}
-{"Clue":"Happy with Conservative post, perhaps? (7)","Answer":"UPRIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: an upright post used in building a structure\n**UP**=\"Happy\" plus **RIGHT**=\"Conservative\""}
-{"Clue":"Dignitary ill-equipped? (7)","Answer":"NOTABLE","Explanation":"NOT ABLE**=\"ill-equipped\""}
-{"Clue":"ABC, old character touring Sark etc (6)","Answer":"RUNCIE","Explanation":"Definition: Robert Runcie \n**RUNE**=\"old character\" around **C**hannel **I**slands=\"Sark etc\""}
-{"Clue":"Father ABC (5)","Answer":"ABBOT","Explanation":"George Abbot"}
-{"Clue":"Directed song with a gentle piano introduction (7)","Answer":"APPLIED","Explanation":"LIED**=\"song\", after **A** + **P**iano=\"gentle\" + **P**iano"}
-{"Clue":"Old king advances, one first person replacing another (7)","Answer":"RAMESES","Explanation":"RAISES**=\"advances\", with **ME**=\"one first person\" replacing **I**=\"another\""}
-{"Clue":"Colleagues work, given retrospective concession (5)","Answer":"OPPOS","Explanation":"Definition: 'opposite numbers'=counterparts, partners etc\n**OP**us=\"work\", plus reversal\/\"retrospective\" of **SOP**=\"concession\""}
-{"Clue":"Time of life that's featured in tragedy (6,3)","Answer":"MIDDLE AGE","Explanation":"the word 'tragedy' has\u00a0**MIDDLE** [letters] '**AGE**'"}
-{"Clue":"Officers getting negligent little sleeper to admit wickedness (4,2,4)","Answer":"BOYS IN BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: the police\n\"little\" **BOY BLUE**=\"negligent sleeper\" from the nursery rhyme , around **SIN**=\"wickedness\""}
-{"Clue":"Alan is chap involved in energised rapping \u2014 American music (11,6)","Answer":"APPALACHIAN SPRING","Explanation":"Definition: composition by Aaron Copland \n(Alan is chap)* inside (rapping)"}
-{"Clue":"Clue to a host offering euphemistic expressions? (6,5)","Answer":"MINCED OATHS","Explanation":"MINCED OATHS** as a crossword clue would indicate an anagram of (oaths)*, e.g. \"a host\""}
-{"Clue":"Report of contemptible person being kicked (4)","Answer":"TOED","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Report\" of: 'toad'=\"contemptible person\""}
-{"Clue":"Dealt with chum needing to collect a vehicle \u2014 something in hand (10)","Answer":"METACARPAL","Explanation":"Definition: bones of the hand\n**MET A PAL**=\"dealt with chum\", around **CAR**=\"vehicle\""}
-{"Clue":"More than one climber is having inner struggle (5)","Answer":"IVIES","Explanation":"IS**, around **VIE**=\"struggle\""}
-{"Clue":"Returning engineer flaps about nothing \u2014 one who says too much (7)","Answer":"SPOILER","Explanation":"Definition: as in spoiling the ending to a story by giving away a twist\nreversal\/\"Returning\" of all of: **R**oyal **E**ngineer; plus **LIPS**=\"flaps\" around **O**=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Busy with aim to embrace something green? (7)","Answer":"ENGAGED","Explanation":"END**=\"aim\" around **GAGE**=green plum=\"something green\""}
-{"Clue":"One losing heart when taken in by a business graduate, low form of life (6)","Answer":"AMOEBA","Explanation":"O**n**E** without its centre letter\/\"heart\"; inside **A MBA**=\"a business graduate\""}
-{"Clue":"Old man to settle on a tree (6)","Answer":"PAPAYA","Explanation":"PA**=\"Old man\", **PAY**=\"settle\", plus **A"}
-{"Clue":"Starts small educational organisation with one rich philanthropist (10)","Answer":"INSTIGATES","Explanation":"abbreviated\/\"small\" **INST**itution=\"educational organisation\", plus **I**=\"one\", plus Bill **GATES**=\"rich philanthropist\""}
-{"Clue":"Discharge journalist that's upset common people (5)","Answer":"DEMOB","Explanation":"Definition: demobilise\n**ED**itor=\"journalist\" reversed\/\"upset\"; plus **MOB**=\"common people\""}
-{"Clue":"Deter swimming around island for one particular swimmer (3,6)","Answer":"RED MULLET","Explanation":"Definition: a type of fish\n(Deter)* around **MULL**= Scottish \"island\""}
-{"Clue":"Stubborn person making a mess, wasting day after day (4)","Answer":"MULE","Explanation":"MUddLE**=\"a mess\", losing **d**ay after **d**ay"}
-{"Clue":"Two instructions to be violent to achieve great success (5,3)","Answer":"SMASH HIT","Explanation":"'**SMASH**' and '**HIT**' are both \"instructions to be violent\""}
-{"Clue":"Cleaning waste water up in to-and-fro action (8)","Answer":"SWEEPING","Explanation":"PEE**=\"waste water\" reversed\/\"up\"; inside **SWING**=\"to-and-fro action\""}
-{"Clue":"End of fine game in topping sport (3,7)","Answer":"ICE SKATING","Explanation":"end letter of fin**E **plus **SKAT**=card \"game\", all inside **ICING**=\"topping\" of a cake \u2013 also, 'icing'\/'topping' are both slang for 'killing'"}
-{"Clue":"One paid US seller for food (9)","Answer":"PROVENDER","Explanation":"PRO**fessional=\"One paid\", plus **VENDER**=US seller, vendor"}
-{"Clue":"Attempts to keep university workshops (8)","Answer":"SMITHIES","Explanation":"SHIES**=\"Attempts\" around **MIT**=\"university\"\/Massachusetts Institute of Technology"}
-{"Clue":"Californian good guy? Individual on the up (8)","Answer":"ANGELENO","Explanation":"Definition: Los Angeles resident\n**ANGEL**=\"good guy\", plus **ONE**=\"Individual\" reversed\/\"on the up\""}
-{"Clue":"Demand of union\u00a0prevented trader doing business (6,4)","Answer":"CLOSED SHOP","Explanation":"double definition: a situation where only union members will be employed; or where a shop is not open for trade"}
-{"Clue":"Bad son kicked out of seat (5)","Answer":"ADDLE","Explanation":"s**on kicked out of**\u00a0sADDLE**=\"seat\"=\""}
-{"Clue":"My friend ultimately finishes on good terms with English composer (4,1,5,3)","Answer":"WELL I NEVER DID","Explanation":"Definition: 'My!', an exclamation of surprise\n**WELL IN**=\"on good terms with\" + **E**nglish + **VERDI**=\"Composer\", finishing with ultimate letter of frien**D"}
-{"Clue":"Difficulty going on after Ascot tip in racing (12)","Answer":"CONSTIPATION","Explanation":"Definition: Difficulty going\n**ON** after (Ascot tip in)"}
-{"Clue":"Economic recovery over? Drink round noon (7)","Answer":"UPSWING","Explanation":"Definition: Economic recovery\n**UP**=\"over\" plus **SWIG**=\"Drink\" around **N**oon"}
-{"Clue":"Turning over channel to catch series \u2014 set off for film (7)","Answer":"VERTIGO","Explanation":"Definition: film\n=Hitchcock film\n reversal\/\"Turning over\" of **ITV**=UK TV \"channel\", around **ER**=TV \"series\"; plus **GO**=\"set off\""}
-{"Clue":"In that place (South America) for May? (7)","Answer":"THERESA","Explanation":"Definition: May\n=Theresa May, UK Prime Minister\n **THERE**=\"In that place\" plus **S**outh **A**merica"}
-{"Clue":"Help on inclination of talent contracted by newspapers (3,4)","Answer":"SKILIFT","Explanation":"Definition: Help on inclination\n**SKIL**L=\"talent contracted\", plus **i**\u00a0and **FT**=UK \"newspapers\""}
-{"Clue":"Splits\u00a0payments (5)","Answer":"RENTS","Explanation":"Definition: Splits\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Ruling men replace head of banking with director (9)","Answer":"ORDINANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Ruling\n**OR**=\"other ranks\"=military men; plus F**INANCE**=\"banking\" with its head letter replaced by **D**irector"}
-{"Clue":"Swaps one-time lover and makes a connection (9)","Answer":"EXCHANGES","Explanation":"Definition: Swaps\n**EX**=\"one-time lover\"; plus **CHANGES**=\"makes a [e.g. train] connection\""}
-{"Clue":"Ladies' man, Tramp, in jumper (5)","Answer":"ROMEO","Explanation":"Definition: Ladies' man\n**ME**=\"Tramp\" in **ROO**=kangaroo=\"jumper\""}
-{"Clue":"Something stirring by cheat's right pocket (7)","Answer":"TROUSER","Explanation":"Definition: pocket\n=\"pocket\" as a verb, to take and keep something\n **ROUSER**=\"Something stirring\", by chea**T**'s right-most letter"}
-{"Clue":"Old half of Victoria line starts to delay users getting Tube (7)","Answer":"OVIDUCT","Explanation":"Definition: Tube\n=tube through which an egg passes from an ovary\n **O**ld, plus half of **VICT**oria around the starts to **D**elay and **U**sers"}
-{"Clue":"Catching Boycott's return, nearly got it (7)","Answer":"NABBING","Explanation":"Definition: Catching\nreversal\/\"return\" of **BAN**=\"Boycott\", plus **BING**O=\"nearly got it\""}
-{"Clue":"One improving in the morning, one coming last (7)","Answer":"AMENDER","Explanation":"Definition: One improving\n**AM**=\"in the morning\", plus **ENDER**=\"one coming last\""}
-{"Clue":"Annoyed one preparing for TV (5-7)","Answer":"CROSS-DRESSER","Explanation":"Definition: TV\n\"TV\"=Transvestite\n **CROSS**=\"Annoyed\", plus **DRESSER**=\"one preparing\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of toilet cold on one's rear (7)","Answer":"CISTERN","Explanation":"Definition: Part of toilet\n**C**old plus **I**=\"one\" plus **STERN**=\"rear\""}
-{"Clue":"Those fixing cars \u2014 Reliant's part turned up (7)","Answer":"NAILERS","Explanation":"Definition: Those fixing\n\"fixing\" as in attaching with e.g. nails, rather than fixing=repairing\n Hidden and reversed\/\"part turned up\" in: car**S RELIAN**t"}
-{"Clue":"Follows name and number over a line (4,5)","Answer":"TAGS ALONG","Explanation":"Definition: Follows\n**TAG**=\"name\" plus **SONG**=\"number\" around **A L**ine"}
-{"Clue":"Missing royal standards round five English flags (5)","Answer":"PAVES","Explanation":"Definition: flags\n\"flags\" as in paving stones\n **PARS**=\"standards\" minus **R**oyal; around both **V**=\"five\" in Roman numerals, and\u00a0**E**nglish"}
-{"Clue":"Screwing books up \u2014 possible complaint of typist working (7)","Answer":"TORSION","Explanation":"Definition: Screwing\n**OT**=Old Testament=\"books\" reversed\/\"up\"; plus **RSI**=Repetitive Strain Injury=\"possible complaint of typist\" plus **ON**=\"working\""}
-{"Clue":"Feeling that makes some cry? Pain regularly piercing (7)","Answer":"OPINION","Explanation":"Definition: Feeling\n**ONION**=\"that makes some cry\", with regular letters from **P**a**I**n inside"}
-{"Clue":"Early star with banker set out recklessly (6,6)","Answer":"BUSTER KEATON","Explanation":"Definition: Early star\n=star of silent films\n (banker set out)"}
-{"Clue":"Developing Aldi: Tesco put out (9)","Answer":"DISLOCATE","Explanation":"Definition: put out\n(Aldi Tesco)"}
-{"Clue":"Jimmy Carr, with offshore banking, primarily fiddled (7)","Answer":"CROWBAR","Explanation":"Definition: Jimmy\n(Carr **w o b**)*, using the first letters of **w**ith **o**ffshore and **b**anking"}
-{"Clue":"Building issue when housing Victorians? (7)","Answer":"AUSSIES","Explanation":"Definition: Victorians\n=people who live in the Australian state of Victoria\n (issue)*, with **AS**=\"when\" on the outside"}
-{"Clue":"Let's take most of Harrison Ford's fantastic film (7,2,3,4,3)","Answer":"RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK","Explanation":"edit thanks to passerby:\u00a0*(Let's take Harriso[n] Ford)* ~~(Let's take Harrison For)*~~"}
-{"Clue":"Rabbit's mother put to sleep (7)","Answer":"MAUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: Rabbit\n=to talk aimlessly\n **MA**=\"mother\", plus **UNDER**=[having been] \"put to sleep\""}
-{"Clue":"Stiff with or without female on top (5)","Answer":"RIGID","Explanation":"Definition: Stiff\nwith Female on top, it would be F-**RIGID**, and still mean \"Stiff\""}
-{"Clue":"Who would bother\u00a0a runner? (7)","Answer":"HARRIER","Explanation":"double definition: someone who harries; or a cross-country runner"}
-{"Clue":"Roman name that sums up a hen party (5)","Answer":"NOMEN","Explanation":"Definition: a Roman's second name**\nNO MEN**=\"sums up a hen party\""}
-{"Clue":"Mythological character cautious about bids (9)","Answer":"CHARYBDIS","Explanation":"Definition: a monster in Greek myth\n**CHARY**=\"cautious\" plus (bids)"}
-{"Clue":"Circling island, misplaces cultivated field (10)","Answer":"SPECIALISM","Explanation":"(misplaces)* around **I**sland"}
-{"Clue":"Film set in Ceausescu mansion (4)","Answer":"SCUM","Explanation":"hidden in \"Ceause**SCU M**ansion\""}
-{"Clue":"Diverting channel and moving home (12,7)","Answer":"RECREATIONAL VEHICLE","Explanation":"RECREATIONAL**=\"Diverting\" and **VEHICLE**=\"channel\""}
-{"Clue":"Spar has sweet salmon etc \u2014 to be avoided by bathers (3,9)","Answer":"BOX JELLYFISH","Explanation":"BOX**=fight, \"Spar\"; plus **JELLY**=\"sweet\" and **FISH**=\"salmon etc\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird making bird sound at end of flight (4)","Answer":"COOT","Explanation":"COO**=\"bird sound\" plus fligh**T"}
-{"Clue":"Players bum around, I'd say (10)","Answer":"PRESUMABLY","Explanation":"(Players bum)"}
-{"Clue":"Hooligan, having splashed out dosh, is equipped for slippery conditions (9)","Answer":"ROUGHSHOD","Explanation":"Definition: having horsehoes with extra grip\n**ROUGH**=\"Hooligan\" plus (dosh)"}
-{"Clue":"Arizona omitted housing name (5)","Answer":"NAOMI","Explanation":"hidden in \"Arizo**NA OMI**tted\""}
-{"Clue":"Imagine many, many sheets in the air (5,2)","Answer":"DREAM UP","Explanation":"D**=\"many\"=500 in Roman numerals;\u00a0**REAM**=\"many sheets\" of paper; **UP**=\"in the air\""}
-{"Clue":"By oneself, so funded at an international level? (7)","Answer":"UNAIDED","Explanation":"UN AIDED**=\"funded\u2026\" by the United Nations"}
-{"Clue":"Lustre not right \u2014 get lost (6)","Answer":"VANISH","Explanation":"VARNISH**=\"Lustre\" without **r**ight"}
-{"Clue":"Play leads to joint restriction (6)","Answer":"HAMLET","Explanation":"HAM**=\"joint\" plus **LET**=\"restriction\" or obstruction e.g. of a tennis service"}
-{"Clue":"Is there no way for me to bar projected supporter? (10)","Answer":"CANTILEVER","Explanation":"Definition: a supporting beam fixed at one end but not the other\n'**can't I lever**?'=\"Is there no way for me to bar\u2026?\""}
-{"Clue":"Latin '40 sounds stand out (5)","Answer":"EXCEL","Explanation":"homophone\/\"sounds\" of: 'X L'=Roman numerals\/\"Latin\" for \"40\""}
-{"Clue":"Playing charades with foreign leader is a form of cover (9)","Answer":"HEADSCARF","Explanation":"(charades)* plus **F**oreign"}
-{"Clue":"Set up broadcast flashes (4)","Answer":"RAYS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"broadcast\" of: 'raise'=\"Set up\""}
-{"Clue":"Moving experience \u2014 sun dot flashing (8,8)","Answer":"INDECENT EXPOSURE","Explanation":"(experience sun dot)"}
-{"Clue":"To take after beer's drunk with Mel (8)","Answer":"RESEMBLE","Explanation":"(beer's Mel)"}
-{"Clue":"Craving tasty mixtures, love, servant and one on one (10)","Answer":"DIPSOMANIA","Explanation":"DIPS**=\"tasty mixtures\" + **O**=\"love\" + **MAN**=\"servant\" + **I**=\"one\" + **A**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Position of king, plus heir, ousted (9)","Answer":"RULERSHIP","Explanation":"R**ex=\"king\" + (plus heir)"}
-{"Clue":"Headless biblical figure's restored and shrouded (8)","Answer":"OBSCURED","Explanation":"[J]**OB'S**=\"Headless biblical figure's\" + **CURED**=\"restored\""}
-{"Clue":"Advanced on American girl walking the streets (6)","Answer":"ABROAD","Explanation":"A**dvanced, plus **BROAD**=\"American girl\""}
-{"Clue":"Many, many hollow air screws (500) (6)","Answer":"MYRIAD","Explanation":"M**an**Y** hollowed out, plus **AIR** reversed\/\"screws\", plus **D**=500"}
-{"Clue":"Holy man's down at shed, endlessly (5)","Answer":"SADHU","Explanation":"Definition: Hindu holy man\n**SAD**=\"down\" plus **HU**t=\"shed, endlessly\""}
-{"Clue":"One's on edge \u2014 pardon me (4)","Answer":"AHEM","Explanation":"A HEM** is on an edge or border"}
-{"Clue":"Fanciful plan to narrowly beat editor on paper (9)","Answer":"PIPE DREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Fanciful plan\n**PIP**=\"narrowly beat\" + **ED**itor + **REAM**=\"paper\""}
-{"Clue":"Relative given extremely sweet nuts from the forest (4)","Answer":"MAST","Explanation":"Definition: nuts from the forest\n=acorns and other fruits of forest trees, especially when used to feed pigs\n **MA**=mother, \"relative\" + extreme letters of\u00a0**S**wee**T"}
-{"Clue":"Jane spoke excitedly about a new river plant (8,8)","Answer":"JAPANESE KNOTWEED","Explanation":"Definition: plant\n(Jane spoke)* around **A N**ew; plus **TWEED**=\"river\""}
-{"Clue":"Class getting the French bug (6)","Answer":"RANKLE","Explanation":"Definition: bug\n**RANK**=\"Class\" + **LE**=\"the [in] French\""}
-{"Clue":"Show always returning to Alabama (6)","Answer":"REVEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Show\n**EVER**=\"always\" reversed\/\"returning\" + **AL**abama"}
-{"Clue":"Draw out oblique angle to base of triangle (8)","Answer":"ELONGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw out\n(angle to)* + base\/end of triangl**E"}
-{"Clue":"Dull books about British employment (6)","Answer":"OBTUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Dull\n**O**ld **T**estament=\"books\" around **B**ritish; plus **USE**=\"employment\""}
-{"Clue":"Well-padded backing applied to weak barrier aboard ship (8)","Answer":"TAFFRAIL","Explanation":"Definition: barrier aboard ship\n=rail round the stern of a ship\n **FAT**=\"Well-padded\" reversed\/\"backing\"; plus **FRAIL**=\"weak\""}
-{"Clue":"Wretched fellows heading for torture in cellar (8)","Answer":"BASEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: cellar\n**BASE MEN**=\"Wretched fellows\" + head of **T**orture"}
-{"Clue":"Offer to look after queen (6)","Answer":"TENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Offer\n**TEND**=\"look after\" + **E**lizabeth **R**egina=\"queen\""}
-{"Clue":"South American stopping to look for source of oil (6)","Answer":"SESAME","Explanation":"Definition: source of oil\n**S**outh +\u00a0**AM**erican inside **SEE**=\"look\""}
-{"Clue":"Top directors accepting amateur for small roles (6)","Answer":"CAMEOS","Explanation":"Definition: small roles\n**C**hief **E**xecutive **O**fficer**S**=\"Top directors\" around **AM**ateur"}
-{"Clue":"Gear redesigned by student leader featured in university handout (8)","Answer":"LARGESSE","Explanation":"Definition: handout\n(Gear)* + **S**tudent; both inside **L**ondon **S**chool of **E**conomics=\"university\""}
-{"Clue":"Energetic agent taking in both sides (9)","Answer":"SPRIGHTLY","Explanation":"Definition: Energetic\nSPY=\"agent\" around:\u00a0**RIGHT** + **L**eft=\"both sides\""}
-{"Clue":"Tree at top of Princes Street (5)","Answer":"PLANE","Explanation":"Definition: Tree\n=a tree of the genus *Platanus*\n **P**rinces + **LANE**=\"Street\""}
-{"Clue":"Highland mountain rising over source of terrible French water (7)","Answer":"PLATEAU","Explanation":"Definition: Highland\n**ALP**=\"mountain\" reversed\/\"rising\" + **T**errible\" + **EAU**=\"French [for] water\""}
-{"Clue":"Live in red wellies? (5)","Answer":"DWELL","Explanation":"Definition: Live\nhidden in re**D WELL**ies"}
-{"Clue":"Fellows in TV turning up to Palladium, perhaps (7)","Answer":"ELEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Palladium, perhaps\n**MEN**=\"Fellows\" in **TELE**=\"TV\" reversed\/\"turning up\""}
-{"Clue":"Top farmer was worried about Australian vegetables (9,4)","Answer":"MARROWFAT PEAS","Explanation":"Definition: vegetables\n(Top farmer was)* around **A**ustralian"}
-{"Clue":"Supervisor put contents of bag in feeding trough (7)","Answer":"MANAGER","Explanation":"Definition: Supervisor\ninside letter of b**A**g in **MANGER**=\"feeding trough\""}
-{"Clue":"Patience has very bright flower (9)","Answer":"SOLITAIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Patience\n=a solo playing card game\n **SO LIT**=\"very bright\" + **AIRE**=river\/\"flower\""}
-{"Clue":"British party welcoming stylish women with a bright idea (9)","Answer":"BRAINWAVE","Explanation":"Definition: bright idea\n**B**ritish + **RAVE**=\"party\", around: **IN**=\"stylish\" + **W**omen +\u00a0**A"}
-{"Clue":"Reg leaving new version of Greensleeves for a cup of tea mid-morning? (9)","Answer":"ELEVENSES","Explanation":"Definition: cup of tea mid-morning\n(Greensleeves)* minus the letters from \"Reg\""}
-{"Clue":"Dishes made with roots of green plants (7)","Answer":"ENTREES","Explanation":"Definition: Dishes\nroots\/bottom letters of gre**EN** + **TREES**=\"plants\""}
-{"Clue":"Building worker eating tail of rancid Dutch fish (7)","Answer":"TIDDLER","Explanation":"Definition: fish\n**TILER**=\"Building worker\" around: ranci**D** + **D**utch"}
-{"Clue":"Budding extraterrestrial explorers wanting a small coin? (7)","Answer":"NASCENT","Explanation":"Definition: Budding\n**NAS**A=\"extraterrestrial explorers\" minus A + CENT=\"small coin\""}
-{"Clue":"Issue special programme (5)","Answer":"SPROG","Explanation":"Definition: Issue\n=a child\n **S**pecial **PROG**ramme"}
-{"Clue":"Sentimental letter withdrawn (5)","Answer":"MUSHY","Explanation":"Definition: Sentimental\n**MU**=\"letter\" in the Greek alphabet + **SHY**=\"withdrawn\""}
-{"Clue":"Reluctant lover's initial vow (5)","Answer":"LOATH","Explanation":"Definition: Reluctant\n**L**over + **OATH**=\"vow\""}
-{"Clue":"Funny person brings forward time for threesome (4)","Answer":"TRIO","Explanation":"Definition: threesome\n**RIOT**=\"Funny person\" with **T**ime brought \"forward\" before the other letters"}
-{"Clue":"Lover's vow shocked artless female lover (10)","Answer":"IDOLATRESS","Explanation":"Definition: female lover\n**I DO**=\"Lover's vow\" + (artless)"}
-{"Clue":"Playboy or Spooner's certifiable criminal? (3,3)","Answer":"LAD MAG","Explanation":"Definition: Playboy\n'mad lag'=\"Spooner's certifiable criminal\""}
-{"Clue":"Risk passion, following break-up (8)","Answer":"ENDANGER","Explanation":"Definition: Risk\n**ANGER**=\"passion\" after **END**=\"break-up\""}
-{"Clue":"Japanese leader with fat lover (7)","Answer":"ABELARD","Explanation":"Definition: lover\n=known for his love for\u00a0H\u00e9lo\u00efse \n Shinzo **ABE**=\"Japanese leader\" plus **LARD**=\"fat\""}
-{"Clue":"Lover in transit, on the move (7)","Answer":"TRISTAN","Explanation":"Definition: Lover\n=lover of Iseult \n (transit)"}
-{"Clue":"Italian lover: see one repeatedly be so frisky (8)","Answer":"CICISBEO","Explanation":"Definition: Italian lover\n=the acknowledged lover of a married woman\n **C**=letter pronounced \"see\" + **I**=\"one\", both repeated; plus (be so)"}
-{"Clue":"Drugs blocking awful feeling of lover (6)","Answer":"DESIRE","Explanation":"Definition: feeling of lover\n**E**cstacy-**S**=\"Drugs\", inside **DIRE**=\"awful\""}
-{"Clue":"Try dry fleece worn by hot, dishy type (5-5)","Answer":"HEART-THROB","Explanation":"Definition: dishy type\n**HEAR**=\"Try\" in court + **T**ee**T**otal=\"dry\" + **ROB**=\"fleece\", around **H**ot"}
-{"Clue":"Attractive\u00a0Polish\u00a0lover (4)","Answer":"BUFF","Explanation":"Definition: Attractive\ntriple def: =well muscled; =polish; =enthusiast e.g. 'film buff'"}
-{"Clue":"Endless waiting to get 4? (5)","Answer":"LIMBO","Explanation":"Definition: Endless waiting\nsolution to 4 is \"LEG OVER\" => **LIMB**='leg' + **O**ver"}
-{"Clue":"Lover in group styled hair before ball (8)","Answer":"LOTHARIO","Explanation":"Definition: Lover\n**LOT**=\"group\" + (hair)* + **O**=\"ball\""}
-{"Clue":"Entrance part of party crowd in gilded ball (8)","Answer":"DOORJAMB","Explanation":"Definition: Entrance part\n**DO**=\"party\" plus: **JAM**=\"crowd\"=fill up, inside **ORB**=\"gilded ball\""}
-{"Clue":"Lover's part in Swedish erotica (4)","Answer":"HERO","Explanation":"Definition: Lover\n=Lover of Leander \n hidden in Swedis**H ERO**tica"}
-{"Clue":"Follow around flipping idiot in love (6)","Answer":"DOTING","Explanation":"Definition: in love\n**DOG**=\"Follow\" around reversal\/\"flipping\" of **NIT**=\"idiot\""}
-{"Clue":"Suitor admitting, say, what he wants? (3-4)","Answer":"LEG-OVER","Explanation":"Definition: what he wants\n**LOVER**=\"Suitor\" around **E.G.**=\"say\""}
-{"Clue":"Lover with nothing on makes a bloomer (8)","Answer":"OLEANDER","Explanation":"Definition: bloomer\n**LEANDER**, lover of Hero, with **O**=\"nothing\" on top"}
-{"Clue":"Supports two boys one dates half-heartedly (10)","Answer":"PATRONISES","Explanation":"Definition: Supports\n**PAT** and **RON**=\"two boys\" + **I**=\"one\" + **SE**[e]**S**=\"dates half-heartedly\""}
-{"Clue":"Lover introducing the verse from Larkin? (6)","Answer":"THISBE","Explanation":"Definition: Lover\n=Lover of Pyramus \n ***This Be** The Verse* is a famous poem of Philip Larkin"}
-{"Clue":"Married slim girl with a fluctuating weight (10)","Answer":"MILLIGRAMS","Explanation":"Definition: weight\n**M**arried + (slim girl a)"}
-{"Clue":"Again, do up rogue's clothing, about to pinch bum (8)","Answer":"REBUTTON","Explanation":"Definition: Again, do up\n**R**ogu**E**'s clothing outer letters + **ON**=\"about\"; around **BUTT**=\"bum\""}
-{"Clue":"A warning about lubricant: it gives you a lift (8)","Answer":"AEROFOIL","Explanation":"Definition: it gives you a lift\n**A** + **FORE**=golf \"warning\" reversed\/\"about\" + **OIL**=\"lubricant\""}
-{"Clue":"Shortly accepting ordinary kind of love (7)","Answer":"COURTLY","Explanation":"Definition: kind of love\n**CURTLY**=\"Shortly\" around **O**rdinary"}
-{"Clue":"One playing lute's a lover (6)","Answer":"ISEULT","Explanation":"Definition: lover\n=lover of Tristan\n **I**=\"one\" + (lute's)"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe sleeping around leads to tense, edgy argument (6)","Answer":"DEBATE","Explanation":"Definition: argument\n**ABED**=\"Maybe sleeping\" reversed\/\"around\" + edge letters of **T**ens**E"}
-{"Clue":"Lover picked up ribbon (4)","Answer":"BEAU","Explanation":"Definition: Lover\nhomophone\/\"picked up\" of 'bow'=\"ribbon\""}
-{"Clue":"A race of tossers? (7)","Answer":"PANCAKE","Explanation":"Definition: A race of tossers?\nPancake races are run while tossing pancakes in frying pans"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor's first thought to acquire marine weapon (4,3)","Answer":"SIDE ARM","Explanation":"Definition: weapon\n**S**ailor's first letter + **IDEA**=\"thought\" + **R**oyal **M**arine"}
-{"Clue":"Henry had six weeks, not even taking four (5)","Answer":"WIVES","Explanation":"Definition: Henry had six\nHenry VIII had six wives\n **W**e**E**k**S** without the even letters; taking in **IV**=\"four\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Refreshing place, Newgate Forest (3,6)","Answer":"TEA GARDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Refreshing place\nNew\/gate gives: (gate)*; plus Forest of **ARDEN"}
-{"Clue":"Criminally assist operatic website, masking fingerprint (3,3,4)","Answer":"AID AND ABET","Explanation":"Definition: Criminally assist\n**AIDA NET**=\"operatic website\"; around **DAB**=\"fingerprint\""}
-{"Clue":"Permission to leave last of the porridge (6)","Answer":"CONGEE","Explanation":"Definition: porridge\n=a rice \"porridge\"\n **CONG\u00c9**=a dismissal, \"Permission to leave\"; plus last of th**E**\n [congee is also listed as an alternative spelling of cong\u00e9]"}
-{"Clue":"MP, perhaps, in place of barrister? (6,6)","Answer":"MIDDLE TEMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: place of barrister\n=one of the Inns of Court \n \"MP\" are the **MIDDLE** letters of **TEMPLE"}
-{"Clue":"Uncle's villa I let out with no extra charges (3-9)","Answer":"ALL INCLUSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: with no extra charges\n(Uncle's villa I)"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy picosecond of peering into people (10)","Answer":"ENDOSCOPIC","Explanation":"Definition: peering into people\n(picosecond)"}
-{"Clue":"Opening a manuscript, change in case we forget (9)","Answer":"AMNESIACS","Explanation":"Definition: we forget\n**A** **M**anu**S**cript around (in case)"}
-{"Clue":"Resistance to dressing for ceremonial office (5)","Answer":"MAYOR","Explanation":"Definition: ceremonial office\n**MAYO**=\"dressing\" plus **R**esistance"}
-{"Clue":"Avoiding alcohol, French priest to preserve by adding salt (3-4)","Answer":"DRY-CURE","Explanation":"Definition: preserve by adding salt\n**DRY**=\"Avoiding alcohol\" + **CUR\u00c9**=\"French priest\""}
-{"Clue":"No way at first for nasty types to be executed, no date being fixed (4,3)","Answer":"SINE DIE","Explanation":"Definition: no date being fixed \n=Latin for 'without a day'\n **SwINE**=\"nasty types\" with \"No way at first\" + DIE=\"be executed\""}
-{"Clue":"Keep handling fruit (6)","Answer":"PAWPAW","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\n=a fruit similar to the custard apple; or =papaya\n **PAW** and **PAW** again=\"Keep handling\""}
-{"Clue":"State prosecutor found at bottom of Russian river (6)","Answer":"NEVADA","Explanation":"Definition: State\n**D**istrict **A**ttorney after **NEVA**=\"Russian river\""}
-{"Clue":"Tending to agree ant's head is only half conscious (10)","Answer":"ASSENTIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Tending to agree\n=compliant, from 'assent'**\n A**nt's head letter + only half of i**S **+** SENTIENT**=\"conscious\""}
-{"Clue":"They exist in actuality and in potential (5)","Answer":"ENTIA","Explanation":"Definition: They exist in actuality\n=beings or entities\n hidden in pot**ENTIA**l"}
-{"Clue":"Make fewer pronouncements, being displaced (9)","Answer":"STATELESS","Explanation":"Definition: displaced\n**STATE LESS**=\"Make fewer pronouncements\""}
-{"Clue":"Old port in the wood (4)","Answer":"DEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Old port\ndouble def: =Deal, former port town in Kent ; =a soft wood"}
-{"Clue":"Strip of paper better, say, submitted to prince informally (4,4)","Answer":"ANDY CAPP","Explanation":"Definition: Strip of paper\n=a comic strip found in the Mirror **CAPP**\u00a0is a homophone\/\"say\" of 'cap'=surpass=\"better\"; after\/\"submitted to\" **ANDY**=Prince Andrew, informally"}
-{"Clue":"They protect brains of women in gestation (8)","Answer":"MENINGES","Explanation":"Definition: They protect brains\nhidden in wo**MEN IN GES**tation"}
-{"Clue":"He may have to fight racism, even in disguise (10)","Answer":"SERVICEMAN","Explanation":"Definition: He may have to fight\n(racism even)"}
-{"Clue":"Describe where prepared food is eaten after cooking (9)","Answer":"DELINEATE","Explanation":"Definition: Describe\n**DELI**=\"where prepared food is\" + (eaten)"}
-{"Clue":"Railwayman taking over his place in front (8)","Answer":"VANGUARD","Explanation":"Definition: front\nVAN=railway carriage, so **VAN GUARD**=\"Railwayman\" \u2013 not sure what to make of the 'taking over\u2026' part of the clue"}
-{"Clue":"Tree's strong desire to shoot up in island (8)","Answer":"ALDERNEY","Explanation":"Definition: island\n**ALDER**=\"Tree\" + **YEN**=\"strong desire\" reversed\/\"to shoot up\""}
-{"Clue":"Best friend thus rendered incapable of dropping litter? (6)","Answer":"SPAYED","Explanation":"Definition: Best friend thus rendered incapable of dropping litter?\ncryptic definition: \"litter\" as in the young of an animal"}
-{"Clue":"Unwarranted alarm about carbon being in short supply (6)","Answer":"SCARCE","Explanation":"Definition: eing in short supply\n**SCARE**=\"Unwarranted alarm\" around **C**arbon"}
-{"Clue":"Band\u00a0that holds cut flowers (5)","Answer":"OASIS","Explanation":"Definition: Band\ndouble def: =the Britpop Band; =a brand of foam used to hold cut flowers for floral arrangements"}
-{"Clue":"Gets value intermittently for cheated brother (4)","Answer":"ESAU","Explanation":"Definition: cheated brother\nin the Bible, Esau lost his birthright to his brother Jacob\n intermittent letters from G**E**t**S** v**A**l**U**e"}
-{"Clue":"Beauty treatment of French origin (Calais, possibly) (7)","Answer":"FACIALS","Explanation":"Definition: Beauty treatment\n**F**rench + (Calais)"}
-{"Clue":"Let everyone outstanding be audibly spoken (7)","Answer":"ALLOWED","Explanation":"Definition: Let\n**ALL**=\"everyone\" + **OWED**=\"outstanding\";\n also homophone\/\"audibly\" of: 'aloud'=\"spoken\""}
-{"Clue":"Virtue good \u2026 then to relish a version of the Arabian Nights (6,3,6)","Answer":"SINBAD THE SAILOR","Explanation":"Definition: of the Arabian Nights\n\"Virtue good\" implies **SIN BAD**, plus (to relish a)"}
-{"Clue":"A pair of mice cavorting? Not love at first sight! (5,5)","Answer":"PRIMA FACIE","Explanation":"Definition: at first sight\n(A pair **o**f mice)*, minus an **O**=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"One rescued by flying horseman surrounded by African dromedaries (9)","Answer":"ANDROMEDA","Explanation":"Definition: One rescued by flying horseman\n=Greek mythological figure, rescued by Perseus who rode the flying horse Pegasus.\n hidden in Afric**AN DROMEDA**ries"}
-{"Clue":"Cutting the roast at first with charm (9)","Answer":"TRENCHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Cutting\n**T**he **R**oast first letters + **ENCHANT**=\"charm\""}
-{"Clue":"Ezra Pound's heart battered and blue (5)","Answer":"AZURE","Explanation":"Definition: blue\n(Ezra **u**)*, where **u** is the \"heart\" of Po**u**nd"}
-{"Clue":"City's to be conquered in the end (4,2,3)","Answer":"LAST OF ALL","Explanation":"Definition: in the end\n**LA'S TO FALL**=Los Angeles is to fall=\"City's to be conquered\""}
-{"Clue":"In the pipeline, the tons of crude oil initially imported by Arab country being curtailed (3,2,4)","Answer":"YET TO COME","Explanation":"Definition: In the pipeline\n**T**he **T**ons **O**f **C**rude **O**il inside **YEME**n=\"Arab country\" curtailed"}
-{"Clue":"Red ground edgy but even (5)","Answer":"RUDDY","Explanation":"Definition: Red\neven letters of g**R**o**U**n**D** e**D**g**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Choose the Guardian's first game in case of brief visits (7-4,4)","Answer":"WHISTLE STOP TOUR","Explanation":"Definition: brief visits\n**OPT**=\"Choose\" + **OUR**=\"Guardian's\", with **WHIST**=\"game\" and **LEST**=\"in case\" going first"}
-{"Clue":"Gratefully received royalty payments (7)","Answer":"TAKINGS","Explanation":"Definition: payments\n**TA**=thank you=\"Gratefully received\" + **KINGS**=\"royalty\""}
-{"Clue":"Educated and beautiful, finally made some money (7)","Answer":"LEARNED","Explanation":"Definition: Educated\nbeautifu**L** + **EARNED**=\"made some money\""}
-{"Clue":"Pedant from start to finish on position by compilers (7)","Answer":"FUSSPOT","Explanation":"Definition: Pedant\n**F**inish; plus **SPOT**=\"position\" after **US**=\"compilers\""}
-{"Clue":"Eccentric kind of rough hustle (10,5)","Answer":"CONFIDENCE TRICK","Explanation":"Definition: hustle\n(Eccentric kind of)"}
-{"Clue":"Fall for an item of linen hotel included (9)","Answer":"AVALANCHE","Explanation":"Definition: Fall\n**A VALANCE**=decorative fabric draped the base of a bed=\"item of linen\"; around **H**otel"}
-{"Clue":"Australian half-rewritten scripture (5)","Answer":"SUTRA","Explanation":"Definition: scripture\nanagram of the first half of (Austr)*-alian"}
-{"Clue":"An EU precursor lavishes love stories (9)","Answer":"ANECDOTES","Explanation":"Definition: stories\n**AN** + **E**uropean **C**ommunity=\"EU precursor\" + **DOTES**=\"lavishes love\""}
-{"Clue":"Somewhat emotionally upset, it's plain (5)","Answer":"LLANO","Explanation":"Definition: plain\nHidden\/\"Somewhat\" and reversed\/\"upset\" in emoti**ONALL**y"}
-{"Clue":"Paced\u00a0like men of York? (6,2,3,4)","Answer":"WALKED UP AND DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Paced\ndouble definition \u2013 the second refers to the nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York"}
-{"Clue":"Upsetting oath about vessel in unenlightened time (4,3)","Answer":"DARK AGE","Explanation":"Definition: unenlightened time\n**EGAD**=\"oath\", reversed\/\"Upsetting\"; around **ARK**=\"vessel\""}
-{"Clue":"More calls from the world and his wife (9)","Answer":"ALL COMERS","Explanation":"Definition: the world and his wife\n(More calls)"}
-{"Clue":"Fresh approach covering the ultimate in cookery books (9)","Answer":"APOCRYPHA","Explanation":"Definition: books\n(Approach)* around cooker**Y"}
-{"Clue":"What you might need, when at first you spot wasp in apartment (7)","Answer":"FLYSWAT","Explanation":"Definition: What you might need\nfirst letters of **Y**ou **S**pot **W**asp in **FLAT**=\"apartment\""}
-{"Clue":"Gone ahead, accepting a terrible year with one thing on top of another (7)","Answer":"LAYERED","Explanation":"Definition: with one thing on top of another\n**LED**=\"Gone ahead\", around (year)"}
-{"Clue":"In a way that's recurring decimal? (5)","Answer":"OFTEN","Explanation":"Definition: In a way that's recurring\n**OF TEN**=\"decimal\""}
-{"Clue":"Sexy amateur role essentially gets praise (5)","Answer":"EXTOL","Explanation":"Definition: praise\ncentres of s**EX**y ama**T**eur r**OL**e"}
-{"Clue":"Area regularly cleared, bordering Asian country (7)","Answer":"ROMANIA","Explanation":"a**R**e**A** with regular letters removed, around **OMANI**=\"Asian\""}
-{"Clue":"Briefly, nation of bandits starts turning over European city (7)","Answer":"BOLOGNA","Explanation":"ANGOL**a=\"Briefly, nation\", plus starts to **O**f **B**andits; all reversed\/\"turning over\""}
-{"Clue":"Extra money gained \u2014 it's not there for teacher (4)","Answer":"PROF","Explanation":"PROF**it=\"Extra money gained\", minus \"it\""}
-{"Clue":"Probing farm animal, point injected into swine with a sharp instrument (6,3)","Answer":"COPING SAW","Explanation":"COW**=\"farm animal\" around all of: **N**=\"point\" inside **PIGS**=\"swine\" + **A"}
-{"Clue":"With sailor's termination, pine perhaps about death for colourful character on board? (8,5)","Answer":"REVEREND GREEN","Explanation":"Definition: one of the suspects in a game of Cluedo\nsailo**R**, plus **EVERGREEN**=\"pine perhaps\" around **END**=\"death\""}
-{"Clue":"Land, safe ground for one shelled on the beach? (4,4)","Answer":"SAND FLEA","Explanation":"(Land safe)"}
-{"Clue":"Surprise to arrive at a literary festival? (4-2,3,3,5)","Answer":"TURN UP FOR THE BOOKS","Explanation":"cryptic interpretation of \"arrive at a literary festival?\""}
-{"Clue":"Engineers admitting everyone in China destined never to meet (8)","Answer":"PARALLEL","Explanation":"two parallel lines will always remain the same distance apart\n**R**oyal **E**ngineers around **ALL**=\"everyone\"; all inside **PAL**=mate=\"China\" plate in rhyming slang"}
-{"Clue":"Audible, quiet man (5)","Answer":"PIECE","Explanation":"Definition: e.g. a chess piece\nsounds like 'peace'=\"quiet\""}
-{"Clue":"Writers given non-alcoholic drink after a port in Florida (9)","Answer":"PENSACOLA","Explanation":"PENS**=\"Writers\", plus **COLA**=\"non-alcoholic drink\" after **A"}
-{"Clue":"Some alligator fed fish (4)","Answer":"ORFE","Explanation":"Hidden in alligat**OR FE**d"}
-{"Clue":"Happy parasite was ahead of salmon (7,4)","Answer":"TICKLED PINK","Explanation":"TICK**=\"parasite\" +\u00a0**LED**=\"was ahead\" + **PINK**=\"salmon\""}
-{"Clue":"Gutless benefactor, one criticising Nobel, by the sound of it! (4,7)","Answer":"DOOR KNOCKER","Explanation":"\"Nobel\" sounds like 'no bell'\n**DO**n**OR**=\"Gutless benefactor\" + **KNOCKER**=\"one criticising\""}
-{"Clue":"Upset kid to deal with US president (8)","Answer":"GARFIELD","Explanation":"reversal\/\"Upset\" of **RAG**=make fun=\"kid\", plus **FIELD**=\"deal with\" as in 'fielding questions\""}
-{"Clue":"Unknown element with carbon in mineral (6)","Answer":"ZIRCON","Explanation":"Z**=\"Unknown\" maths variable + **IRON**=\"element\" with **C**arbon inside"}
-{"Clue":"Solver always ignorant, perhaps (3,5,4)","Answer":"YOU NEVER KNOW","Explanation":"cryptic interpretation of \"Solver always ignorant\""}
-{"Clue":"Having stopped short, continue climbing to rescue old cat (6)","Answer":"MOUSER","Explanation":"Reversal\/\"climbing\" of:**\u00a0****RESUM**e=\"continue\" \"stopped short\", around **O**ld"}
-{"Clue":"Uplifting painting of chief about right for artist's work (9)","Answer":"PORTFOLIO","Explanation":"Reversal\/\"Uplifting\" of: **OIL**=\"painting\" +\u00a0**OF** +\u00a0**TOP**=\"chief\"; around **R**ight"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzling arrangement with sheep leaving, heading north around hot country (5)","Answer":"GHANA","Explanation":"Reversal\/\"heading north\" of:**\u00a0ANAG**ram=\"Puzzling arrangement\" with ram=\"sheep\" leaving; around **H**ot"}
-{"Clue":"Tender resignation finally, sure to be sacked (5)","Answer":"NURSE","Explanation":"resignatio**N** + (sure)"}
-{"Clue":"Happy getting rich, transferred from a central bank? (8)","Answer":"UPLOADED","Explanation":"definition referring to a data bank\n**UP**=\"Happy\" + **LOADED**=\"rich\""}
-{"Clue":"Medicinal plant \u2014 someone taking heart from therapy, did you say? (6)","Answer":"ARNICA","Explanation":"Definition: also known as wolfsbane\nthe \"heart\" of \"theRapy\" is an 'R'; someone taking\/stealing this might be an 'R nicker'"}
-{"Clue":"Pattern of Scots crossing cold lake (6)","Answer":"PLACID","Explanation":"Definition: a lake in New York \u2013 the area has hosted two Winter Olympics\n**PLAID**=\"Pattern of Scots\", around **C**old"}
-{"Clue":"Unsubtle spy? (5)","Answer":"BLUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Unsubtle\nthe spy is Anthony Blunt, one of the Cambridge Five"}
-{"Clue":"Cost to keep part of play in rehearsal (8)","Answer":"PRACTICE","Explanation":"Definition: rehearsal\n**PRICE**=\"Cost\" around **ACT**=\"part of play\""}
-{"Clue":"Many older women stray this nostalgic way (4,6,4)","Answer":"DOWN MEMORY LANE","Explanation":"Definition: nostalgic way \n(many older women)"}
-{"Clue":"Upper-class type may be such a wonder (8)","Answer":"CHINLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Upper-class type may be such a wonder\ncryptic def, referring to the phrase 'chinless wonder'"}
-{"Clue":"Obese woman priest (6)","Answer":"FATHER","Explanation":"Definition: priest\n**FAT**=\"Obese\" + **HER**=\"woman\""}
-{"Clue":"Unpleasant argument in Hyde Park? (6,3)","Answer":"ROTTEN ROW","Explanation":"Definition: in Hyde Park\n=a part of Hyde Park,\u00a0see\u00a0\n **ROTTEN ROW**=\"Unpleasant argument\""}
-{"Clue":"Finally short of time for picture book (5)","Answer":"ATLAS","Explanation":"Definition: picture book\n**AT LAS[t]**=\"Finally\", minus **t** (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Attractive person\u00a0to put on board (3,2)","Answer":"PIN UP","Explanation":"Definition: Attractive person\ndouble def"}
-{"Clue":"Sick Ottoman \u2014 he is refusing visitors (3,2,4)","Answer":"NOT AT HOME","Explanation":"Definition: refusing visitors\n(Ottoman he)"}
-{"Clue":"Attacked with acid (6)","Answer":"ETCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Attacked with acid\ncryptic def? Not too sure about \"Attacked\""}
-{"Clue":"Wing patterns are extraordinary (8)","Answer":"TRANSEPT","Explanation":"Definition: Wing\n=wing of a church\n (patterns)"}
-{"Clue":"Thorny issues in this conflict? (4,2,3,5)","Answer":"WARS OF THE ROSES","Explanation":"Definition: conflict\nwith a cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Translated\u00a0\"plastered\" (8)","Answer":"RENDERED","Explanation":"Definition: Translated\ndouble definition: \"plastered\" in the sense of applying e.g. cement to a wall"}
-{"Clue":"Welcomes\u00a0huge numbers (5)","Answer":"HOSTS","Explanation":"Definition: Welcomes\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Sexed-up story of waistcoat on murderer (6,6)","Answer":"BODICE RIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Sexed-up story\n**BODICE**=\"waistcoat\" on **RIPPER**=\"murderer\""}
-{"Clue":"Such a rule never makes it into the law books (9)","Answer":"UNWRITTEN","Explanation":"Definition: Such a rule never makes it into the law books\ncryptic def"}
-{"Clue":"Asian dog covers miles (5)","Answer":"TAMIL","Explanation":"Definition: Asian\n**TAIL**=follow, pursue=\"dog\", around **M** (miles)"}
-{"Clue":"Works out questions, really hard (5,4)","Answer":"PUMPS IRON","Explanation":"Definition: Works out\n=\"Works out\" e.g. with weights in a gym\n **PUMPS** [someone for information]=\"questions\" + **IRON**=\"really hard\""}
-{"Clue":"Essentially sacred ground (4)","Answer":"ACRE","Explanation":"Definition: ground\nthe 'essentials'\/middle of s**ACRE**d"}
-{"Clue":"Distinguished, but not given full information? (4,5)","Answer":"TOLD APART","Explanation":"Definition: Distinguished\n**TOLD A PART**=\"not given full information\""}
-{"Clue":"It's blown out of the water (5)","Answer":"CONCH","Explanation":"Definition: It's blown out of the water\ncryptic def \u2013 something that can be blown into, and that comes out of the water"}
-{"Clue":"To look for gold entails outline plans (12)","Answer":"PROSPECTUSES","Explanation":"Definition: outline plans\n**PROSPECT**=\"look for gold\" plus **USES**=\"entails\""}
-{"Clue":"Newspaper editor forced out (9)","Answer":"EXPRESSED","Explanation":"Definition: forced out\n**EXPRESS**=\"Newspaper\" + **ED**=\"editor\""}
-{"Clue":"Vital fluid spilled, a decisive juncture (9)","Answer":"WATERSHED","Explanation":"Definition: decisive juncture\n**WATER**=\"Vital fluid\" + **SHED**=\"spilled\""}
-{"Clue":"Moving, these animals could be noiseless (9)","Answer":"LIONESSES","Explanation":"Definition: these animals\nan anagram [indicated by \"Moving\"] of (**LIONESSES**)* would be \"noiseless\""}
-{"Clue":"Long for clubs to go wild (5)","Answer":"CRAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Long for\n**C** (clubs) + **RAVE**=\"go wild\""}
-{"Clue":"Up in map-reading (5)","Answer":"NORTH","Explanation":"Definition: Up in map-reading\ncryptic def"}
-{"Clue":"Safari covers a long distance (4)","Answer":"AFAR","Explanation":"Definition: a long distance\nHidden in S**AFAR**i"}
-{"Clue":"Philosopher recalled memory of top people (8)","Answer":"MORALIST","Explanation":"Definition: Philosopher\nReversal\/\"recalled\" of **ROM**=read-only \"memory\"; **A-LIST**=\"of top people\", e.g. with the biggest celebrities"}
-{"Clue":"Story about journalist on top of the world (6)","Answer":"ELATED","Explanation":"Definition: on top of the world\n**TALE**=\"Story\", reversed\/\"about\"; plus **ED**=editor=\"journalist\""}
-{"Clue":"Hesitating to oust leader, admitting even Boris ultimately not seen as popular? (10)","Answer":"UBIQUITOUS","Explanation":"Definition: popular\n[D]**UBIOUS**=\"Hesitating\" without its leading letter; around **QUIT**[S]=\"even\" as in 'call it quits', minus the ultimate letter of Boris"}
-{"Clue":"Bad person, no saint, that may offer something for the writer (6)","Answer":"INKPOT","Explanation":"Definition: something for the writer\n[ST]**INKPOT**=\"Bad person\" minus ST=short for \"saint\""}
-{"Clue":"Agent wants Alli to attract crowd at match (8)","Answer":"DELEGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Agent\n**DELE** Alli is an English footballer; plus **GATE**=attendance=\"crowd at match\""}
-{"Clue":"Gone after final wish for something that's far too expensive (3-3)","Answer":"RIP-OFF","Explanation":"Definition: something that's far too expensive\n**OFF**=\"Gone\" after **RIP**=Rest In Peace=\"final wish\""}
-{"Clue":"Give sign of respect, having received shocking treatment (6)","Answer":"BESTOW","Explanation":"Definition: Give\n**BOW**=\"sign of respect\" around **EST**=Electro Shock Therapy=\"shocking treatment\""}
-{"Clue":"Go wrong in atria, wrong environments for plants (8)","Answer":"TERRARIA","Explanation":"Definition: environments for plants\n**ERR**=\"Go wrong\" in (atria)"}
-{"Clue":"Aztec leader being deposed sadly with soldiers entering \u2014 led by me? (6)","Answer":"CORTEZ","Explanation":"Definition: led by me?\n=anglicised surname of Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s, Spanish Conquistador \n (Aztec)* without its leading A, and around **OR**=other ranks=\"soldiers\""}
-{"Clue":"No promises to be broken? It sounds the wrong way round (10)","Answer":"SPOONERISM","Explanation":"Definition: It sounds the wrong way round\n(No promises)"}
-{"Clue":"Respond to demand of traffic cop in jumper (8)","Answer":"PULLOVER","Explanation":"Definition: jumper\n**PULL OVER**=\"Respond to demand of traffic cop\""}
-{"Clue":"Something a bit hairy about community we're leaving? Get better informed! (4,2)","Answer":"WISE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Get better informed!\n**WISP**=\"Something a bit hairy\" \u2013 like a hair, not covered in hair; around **EU**=\"community [the UK is] leaving\""}
-{"Clue":"Looked disgusted, given ghastly publicity about church (8)","Answer":"GRIMACED","Explanation":"Definition: Looked disgusted\n**GRIM**=\"ghastly\" **AD**=\"publicity\", around **CE**=\"church\" of England"}
-{"Clue":"Trophy item that could be unobtrusive, but possibly not needed (8)","Answer":"SOUVENIR","Explanation":"Definition: Trophy item\n(unobtrusive)* minus the letters of \"but\""}
-{"Clue":"Being fanciful about mountain climbing's code of ethics? (4,4)","Answer":"FAIR PLAY","Explanation":"Definition: code of ethics?\n**FAIRY**=a fanciful being; around **ALP**=\"mountain\" reversed\/\"climbing\""}
-{"Clue":"Lord half-cut in tartan? Maybe he can't grow up (6)","Answer":"KIDULT","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe he can't grow up\n=an adult with childish interests\n **DU**[ke]=\"Lord half-cut\", in **KILT**=\"tartan\""}
-{"Clue":"Pasquale boring? Aged brainy bits! (8)","Answer":"MEDULLAE","Explanation":"Definition: brainy bits\n**ME**=\"Pasquale\", **DULL**=\"boring\", **AE**=Latin aetatis meaning 'at the age of'=\"Aged\""}
-{"Clue":"Severe critic to have fresh go at racist (10)","Answer":"CASTIGATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Severe critic\n(go at racist)"}
-{"Clue":"One American going up in plane, a man of habit (6)","Answer":"JESUIT","Explanation":"Definition: man of habit\n\"habit\" in the sense of a religious garment\n **I**=\"One\" plus **US**=\"American\", both reversed\/\"going up\" in **JET**=\"plane\""}
-{"Clue":"Fractions? That'll finish classes off! (6)","Answer":"THIRDS","Explanation":"Definition: Fractions\n*Edit thanks to @gsolphotog \u2013 the **THIRD S** is the finish to claSSeS* \n~~not too sure about this \u2013 maybe referring to 'third class' as the lowest degree honours or the cheapest travel category?~~"}
-{"Clue":"Style one noticed in remuner\u00adation? Cash now only in \u00a350 notes (5,5)","Answer":"PAPER MONEY","Explanation":"Definition: Cash now only in \u00a350 notes\nmost UK banknotes are now made of a plastic polymer\n **PERM**=hair \"Style\" plus \"**ONE**\", both inside **PAY**=\"renumeration\""}
-{"Clue":"Supporting medieval buildings permanently (3,5)","Answer":"FOR KEEPS","Explanation":"Definition: permanently\n**FOR**=\"Supporting\", **KEEPS**=\"medieval buildings\""}
-{"Clue":"Little stories about Beckham's innermost character in magazines (8)","Answer":"WEEKLIES","Explanation":"Definition: magazines\n**WEE LIES**=\"Little stories\" about [Bec]**K**[ham]'s central letter"}
-{"Clue":"Songbird not weak at heart growing bigger (6)","Answer":"WAXING","Explanation":"Definition: growing bigger\n**WAX**[w]**ING**=\"Songbird\" minus w[eak]"}
-{"Clue":"Life of religious minister English Society's elevated (6)","Answer":"ESPRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Life\n**PRIEST**=\"religious minister\", with **ES**=\"English Society\" moved up\/\"elevated\""}
-{"Clue":"Pledge from left-winger falling short over time (6)","Answer":"COMMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Pledge\n**COMMI**[e]=\"left-winger\" falling short of a letter, plus **T**=\"time\""}
-{"Clue":"Fleet Street's original old man about to do wrong and injure a lawyer (7,6)","Answer":"SPANISH ARMADA","Explanation":"Definition: Fleet\n**S**treet's original letter + **PA**=\"old man\" + **SIN**=\"wrong\" reversed\/\"about\" + **HARM A D**(istrict) **A**(ttorney)=\"injure a lawyer\""}
-{"Clue":"One reportedly made secure investment choice? (4,5)","Answer":"UNIT TRUST","Explanation":"Definition: investment choice\n=a type of investment fund\n **UNIT**=\"one\" + **TRUST**=homophone of 'trussed'=\"reportedly made secure\""}
-{"Clue":"Type of dressing essential for burn (5)","Answer":"SINGE","Explanation":"Definition: burn\nhidden in dres**SING E**ssential"}
-{"Clue":"Pressgate? (5)","Answer":"CROWD","Explanation":"Definition: Pressgate\ndouble definition: =\"Press\" and =\"gate\"=the size of a crowd e.g. at a football match"}
-{"Clue":"Where rest of ham never returned during wedding party? (9)","Answer":"GREEN ROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Where rest of ham\n\"ham\" refers to actors, and a **GREEN ROOM** is where actors rest backstage\n **NE'ER**=\"never\", reversed\/\"returned\" and inside **GROOM**=\"wedding party\"=one of the two parties to a wedding"}
-{"Clue":"Mischief-maker follows a game live (7)","Answer":"ANIMATE","Explanation":"Definition: live\n**ATE**=Greek goddess of mischief, following **A** + **NIM**=\"game\" often played with matchsticks"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet bread hot around Luxembourg (7)","Answer":"STOLLEN","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet bread\nhot\" describes goods recently **STOLEN**, around **L**uxembourg"}
-{"Clue":"Related couple dance round in church (7)","Answer":"COGNATE","Explanation":"Definition: Related\n**TANGO**=\"dance\" reversed\/\"round\" in **C**(hurch of) **E**(ngland)"}
-{"Clue":"Meets regularly in wooded valley estate (7)","Answer":"DEMESNE","Explanation":"Definition: estate\nregular letters of **M**e**E**t**S** inside **DENE**=a narrow \"wooded valley\" of a small river"}
-{"Clue":"Inconvenience of one new wee chair? (9)","Answer":"INCOMMODE","Explanation":"Definition: Inconvenience\n=\"inconvenience\" as a verb\n **I**=\"one\" + **N**(ew) + **COMMODE**=\"chair\" where one might \"wee\""}
-{"Clue":"Good porridge rejected, if US version (5)","Answer":"GRITS","Explanation":"Definition: US version\n=a US name for a dish of porridge\n **G**(ood) + **STIR**=prison=\"porridge\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"One dressed in black: flipping stoned mourner? (5)","Answer":"NIOBE","Explanation":"Definition: stoned mourner\n=in Greek myth, **NIOBE** was turned to stone as she mourned the death of her children\n **I**=\"One\", inside **EBON**=\"black\"; all reversed\/\"flipping\""}
-{"Clue":"Lobby against sporting blue ties (9)","Answer":"VESTIBULE","Explanation":"Definition: Lobby\n**V**(ersus)=\"against\" + (blue ties)* with \"sporting\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Dog, having cocked up leg in street, keeps quiet (7,6)","Answer":"ENGLISH SETTER","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\n(leg in street)* with \"cocked up\" as anagram indicator; around **SH**=\"quiet\""}
-{"Clue":"Infecting one's leg with iodine \u2014 and, sadly, no GP around (9)","Answer":"POISONING","Explanation":"Definition: Infecting\n**I'S**=\"one's\" + **ON**=\"leg\" side in cricket + **I**(odine); with (no GP)* around"}
-{"Clue":"Famous day school? On the contrary (5)","Answer":"NOTED","Explanation":"Definition: Famous\nD(ay) + ETON=\"school\"; all reversed\/\"On the contrary\".\n Eton is a boarding school, rather than a day school"}
-{"Clue":"Arms raised and leg bent to get comfy? (7)","Answer":"SNUGGLE","Explanation":"Definition: get comfy\n**GUNS**=\"Arms\" reversed\/\"raised\" + (leg)"}
-{"Clue":"Current Hair cast member (7)","Answer":"ACTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: cast member\n**A**(lternating) **C**(urrent) + **TRESS**=\"Hair\""}
-{"Clue":"Give fake news to schoolgirl, say? (9)","Answer":"MISINFORM","Explanation":"Definition: Give fake news to\nhomophone of 'Miss in [a school] form'=\"schoolgirl, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Sorry, I can't help you up on horse first (5)","Answer":"DUNNO","Explanation":"Definition: Sorry, I can't help you\n**ON** reversed\/\"up\", with **DUN**=\"horse\" first"}
-{"Clue":"Wife, not daughter, has arranged a discount, going round sales with lowered prices (5,8)","Answer":"DUTCH AUCTIONS","Explanation":"Definition: sales with lowered prices\n=a descending price auction where the asking price starts high and is gradually lowered until someone is willing to pay\n **dUTCH**=\"Wife\", minus **d**(aughter), with (a discount)* going around it"}
-{"Clue":"Illness caused by bug \u2014 one given various names by the French (6,7)","Answer":"GERMAN MEASLES","Explanation":"Definition: Illness\n**GERM**=\"bug\" + **A**=\"one\" + (names)* + **LES**=\"the [in] French\""}
-{"Clue":"A batter collecting runs, cricketer Warner (5,4)","Answer":"ALARM BELL","Explanation":"Definition: Warner\n=something that warns you. In the surface reading, David \"Warner\" is an Australian cricketer\n **A** + **LAM**=\"batter\" as a verb around **R**(uns) + Ian **BELL**=England \"cricketer\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nim"}
-{"Clue":"Dog bitten by dog and bone gets fatigue (9)","Answer":"LASSITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: fatigue\nhomophone of 'Lassie + chewed'=\"Dog + bitten\" \u2013 I think I remember this same homophone in another Guardian clue long ago\n homophone indicator is \"by dog and bone\" which gives 'by phone' using rhyming slang"}
-{"Clue":"Goes round topless, then matures (7)","Answer":"EVOLVES","Explanation":"Definition: matures\n**rEVOLVES**=\"Goes round\" without its top letter"}
-{"Clue":"Clothing medic top and bottom in scrubs? (7)","Answer":"DRESSES","Explanation":"Definition: Clothing\n**DR**=\"medic\", plus **ESSES**, as in there are two '**esses**' at the top and bottom of **s**crub**s"}
-{"Clue":"Top part of grid in empty column (5)","Answer":"CROWN","Explanation":"Definition: Top\n**ROW**=\"part of grid\" in **C**olum**N"}
-{"Clue":"Corny stuff in act Sir Galahad served up (5)","Answer":"GRIST","Explanation":"Definition: Corny stuff\nhidden, reversed\/\"up\" in \"ac**T SIR G**alahad\""}
-{"Clue":"Might one deliver a kick to stop bishop surfing? (6,6)","Answer":"SCOTCH BONNET","Explanation":"Definition: Might one deliver a kick\n\"kick\" as in spice\n **SCOTCH**=\"stop\" + **B** (bishop) + **ON NET**=\"surfing\" the web"}
-{"Clue":"Quattro Formaggio and Hawaiian one cuts into squares? (7)","Answer":"PIAZZAS","Explanation":"Definition: squares\n**PIZZAS**=\"Quattro Formaggio and Hawaiian\", with **A**=\"one\" cutting in"}
-{"Clue":"Is no longer sexy, taking pee in cleansing vessel (7)","Answer":"WASHPOT","Explanation":"Definition: cleansing vessel\n**WAS HOT**=\"Is no longer sexy\", taking in **P**=\"pee\""}
-{"Clue":"Labour election flyer? (7)","Answer":"REDPOLL","Explanation":"Definition: flyer\n=a bird, or \"flyer\"\n **RED**=\"Labour\" + **POLL**=\"election\""}
-{"Clue":"Notice chap at wedding making escape (7)","Answer":"SEEPAGE","Explanation":"Definition: escape\n**SEE**=\"Notice\" + **PAGE**=\"chap at wedding\""}
-{"Clue":"He, locked in by me, capitally does the job in kitchen \u2026 (5)","Answer":"CHEFS","Explanation":"Definition: job in kitchen\n**HE**, inside **CFS**=Chronic Fatigue Syndrome=Myalgic Encephalomyelitis=ME=\"me, capitally\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 hypocritical extramarital introduction there? (2,3,4,3,6)","Answer":"MR POT MEET MRS KETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: hypocritical extramarital introduction there?\n=an expression used in response to hypocrisy\n cryptic wordplay refers to the extramarital MR and MRS who are kitchen items, since \"there?\"=\"in kitchen\" from 13ac"}
-{"Clue":"Seeing\u00a0a great deal (5)","Answer":"SIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Seeing\ndouble definiton"}
-{"Clue":"Still life's second item replaced by painting group (7)","Answer":"QUARTET","Explanation":"Definition: group\n**QUIET**=\"Still\", with the second letter\/item of \"l**i**fe\" replaced by **ART**=\"painting\""}
-{"Clue":"One's got out a stick to prod the First Lady (7)","Answer":"EVACUEE","Explanation":"Definition: One's got out\n**A CUE**=\"a stick\", inside **EVE**=\"the First Lady\""}
-{"Clue":"Supply aged men when one seeks a mate (7)","Answer":"ENDGAME","Explanation":"Definition: when one seeks a mate\n\"mate\" being a way to end a game of chess\n (aged men)* with \"Supply\"\/'supple-y' as the anagrind"}
-{"Clue":"RAF retiree's one moving, heroic deed (7)","Answer":"EXPLOIT","Explanation":"Definition: heroic deed\n**EX-PILOT**=\"RAF retiree\", with the **I**=\"one\" moving position"}
-{"Clue":"What does one get when one crosses an angry jackal with an eccentric mouse \u2014 7? (1,7,4)","Answer":"A MUSICAL JOKE","Explanation":"Definition: 7?\n=\"7?\" \u2013 a loose [mis]interpretation of 'OPERA COMIQUE'; and the surface is set up as a JOKE\n *A Musical Joke*\u00a0is also the name of a satirical\/comedic composition by Mozart \n **I**=\"one\", inside (jackal)* with (mouse)"}
-{"Clue":"Wrap with some lamb sandwiches (7)","Answer":"SWADDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Wrap\n**W** (with) sandwiched inside **SADDLE**=a cut of meat=\"some lamb\""}
-{"Clue":"A blast from the past, old sanctions supporting Dutch in Australia (7)","Answer":"ODZOOKS","Explanation":"Definition: A blast from the past\n=an archaic euphemistic oath\n **O** (old) + **OKs**=\"Sanctions\"; all after **D** (Dutch) in **OZ**=\"Australia\""}
-{"Clue":"Corruptly claim this set restriction on finances (4,5)","Answer":"CASH LIMIT","Explanation":"Definition: set restriction on finances\n(claim this)"}
-{"Clue":"Takes over\u00a0game on green (5)","Answer":"BOWLS","Explanation":"Definition: Takes over\ndouble definition \u2013 the first definition is as in 'takes their turn bowling an over in cricket'"}
-{"Clue":"Rather large women slicing tidy piece of cake! (2,5)","Answer":"NO SWEAT","Explanation":"Definition: piece of cake!\n**OS** (out-size)=\"large\" + **W** (women); both inside **NEAT**=\"tidy\""}
-{"Clue":"Make up for first of indiscretions admitted by old head (7)","Answer":"EXPIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Make up for\nfirst letter of **I**ndiscretions, inside **EX**=\"old\" and **PATE**=\"head\""}
-{"Clue":"Reformed Cream harbouring old, old anger about Tom Jones? (5,7)","Answer":"OPERA COMIQUE","Explanation":"Definition: Tom Jones?\n*Tom Jones* is the name of an op\u00e9ra comique \n **O**\u00a0(old) +\u00a0**PIQUE**=\"anger\", going about all of: (Cream)* around **O** (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Normal broadcasting of cricket\u00a0scores (6-6)","Answer":"TWENTY TWENTY","Explanation":"Definition: Normal\nTriple? definition: 'twenty-twenty' is \"Normal\" vision; 'Twenty20' is a form of cricket; 'twenty' is a score so 'twenty twenty' is \"scores\" \nnot sure if \"broadcasting\" is meant to be part of one of the other definitions, or maybe be a fourth def?"}
-{"Clue":"Church divides pasty supper, maybe using salami tactics (9)","Answer":"PIECEMEAL","Explanation":"\"salami tactics\" involve weakening opposition bit by bit \n **CE** (Church of England) inside:\u00a0**PIE**=\"pasty\" + **MEAL**=\"supper\""}
-{"Clue":"Being sluggish getting into part repeatedly reduced great actor's status (7)","Answer":"STARDOM","Explanation":"Definition: great actor's status\n**TARD**Y=\"Sluggish\" inside **SOM**E=\"part\", with both parts of the wordplay being \"reduced\""}
-{"Clue":"Gins stocked up by business partner (7)","Answer":"ENTRAPS","Explanation":"Definition: Gins\na 'gin' is a snare or a trap\n Hidden reversed\/\"stocked up by\" busines**S PARTNE**r"}
-{"Clue":"Clean a drum up finally \u2014 then set about to beat it (7)","Answer":"SHAMPOO","Explanation":"Definition: Clean\nfinal letters of **A** dru**M** u**P**, with **SHOO**!=\"beat it\" set around them"}
-{"Clue":"Sugar hit cut in size (7)","Answer":"GLUCOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Sugar\n**COS**h=\"hit\" with the last letter cut, in \"size\"=a weak **GLUE** used to stiffen paper or fabric"}
-{"Clue":"Thaw's apparently started being too fond of a drink (5)","Answer":"THEIC","Explanation":"Definition: too fond of a drink\n=specifically, too fond of tea\n **THE IC**[e] is disappearing, so \"Thaw's apparently started\""}
-{"Clue":"Maybe there's still life in what they do (7)","Answer":"ARTISTS","Explanation":"\"still life\" as in a type of artwork"}
-{"Clue":"Circus artiste's value is tumbling (7)","Answer":"ACROBAT","Explanation":"\"tumbling\" as in performing acrobatic feats"}
-{"Clue":"Chap's first to enter minister's home (5)","Answer":"MANSE","Explanation":"MAN'S**=\"Chap's\" + **E**nter"}
-{"Clue":"Drama one never sees performed (5,4)","Answer":"RADIO PLAY","Explanation":"cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wee darling? (10)","Answer":"SWEETHEART","Explanation":"\"Wee\" is the centre or **HEART** of **SWEET"}
-{"Clue":"Like some wine? It's no end crude! (4)","Answer":"BRUT","Explanation":"BRUT**e=\"crude\" without the end letter"}
-{"Clue":"Turn one's back on the roast second time round? (4-8)","Answer":"COLD SHOULDER","Explanation":"COLD SHOULDER **could be \"the roast second time round?\""}
-{"Clue":"Given this freedom, name optician at random (12)","Answer":"EMANCIPATION","Explanation":"(name optician)"}
-{"Clue":"Routine hard for girl (4)","Answer":"RUTH","Explanation":"RUT**=\"Routine\" + **H** (hard)"}
-{"Clue":"Settle area, wild land (4,6)","Answer":"REAL ESTATE","Explanation":"(Settle area)"}
-{"Clue":"Win gold: I follow (9)","Answer":"SUCCESSOR","Explanation":"SUCCESS**=\"Win\" + **OR**=\"gold\""}
-{"Clue":"Drive back to dance round piano (5)","Answer":"REPEL","Explanation":"REEL**=\"dance\" round **P** (piano)"}
-{"Clue":"Second vegetable, like a tomato, taken on fork (7)","Answer":"SPEARED","Explanation":"S** (second) + **PEA**=\"vegetable\" + **RED**=\"like a tomato\""}
-{"Clue":"Banshee terrified failing man (3-4)","Answer":"HAS BEEN","Explanation":"(Banshee)"}
-{"Clue":"A large majority? Not quite (6)","Answer":"ALMOST","Explanation":"A** + **L** (large) + **MOST**=\"majority\""}
-{"Clue":"Find a match here? This can flame up quickly (6)","Answer":"TINDER","Explanation":"first definition refers to the dating app Tinder"}
-{"Clue":"One now weak, having given out on behalf of church (5,5)","Answer":"SPENT FORCE","Explanation":"SPENT**=\"given out\" + **FOR**=\"on behalf of\" + **CE** (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"Rush of crowd needs some calmness urgently (5)","Answer":"SURGE","Explanation":"hidden in \"calmnes**S URGE**ntly\""}
-{"Clue":"Ordering heralds back to military town (9)","Answer":"ALDERSHOT","Explanation":"(heralds)* + reversal\/\"back\" of **TO"}
-{"Clue":"Space for one's elbow? (4)","Answer":"ROOM","Explanation":"referring to the phrase 'elbow room'"}
-{"Clue":"Glad beer is brewed by the Danube (8)","Answer":"BELGRADE","Explanation":"(Glad beer)"}
-{"Clue":"Film or plays, right? (3,5)","Answer":"TOY STORY","Explanation":"TOYS**=\"plays\" + **TORY**=conservative=\"right\" wing"}
-{"Clue":"Not feeling well, with no more anagrams to do? (3,2,5)","Answer":"OUT OF SORTS","Explanation":"OUT OF SORTS** could also =\"with no more anagrams to do?\""}
-{"Clue":"Letters on keyboard can be\u00a0low (9)","Answer":"DEPRESSED","Explanation":"double definition: =pressed down; =dispirited"}
-{"Clue":"New coins, one's obsession (8)","Answer":"NEUROSIS","Explanation":"N** (new) + **EUROS**=\"coins\" + **I'S**=\"one's\""}
-{"Clue":"Hymn is horrible \u2014 cancel it (8)","Answer":"CANTICLE","Explanation":"(cancel it)"}
-{"Clue":"Specimen, small, more than enough (6)","Answer":"SAMPLE","Explanation":"S** (small) + **AMPLE**=\"more than enough\""}
-{"Clue":"Film director, finally failing, took place in the ranks (4,2)","Answer":"FELL IN","Explanation":"Federico **FELLIN**i is the film director , minus the final letter"}
-{"Clue":"Tree that's between poplar and chestnut (5)","Answer":"LARCH","Explanation":"taking letters from pop**LAR** and **CH**estnut"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of river no end odd (4)","Answer":"WEIR","Explanation":"WEIR**d=\"odd\" with no end letter"}
-{"Clue":"A guitar in care of a singer, formerly (8)","Answer":"CASTRATO","Explanation":"A STRAT**=\"A guitar\", in **CO** (care of)"}
-{"Clue":"Boxer has to tease U3A, if missing tweet here (6)","Answer":"JOSHUA","Explanation":"Anthony Joshua is the boxer **JOSH**=\"tease\" + **U**3**A** minus the '3' because 3dn is TWEET"}
-{"Clue":"Bottom part of tree contains third of bark (6)","Answer":"BREECH","Explanation":"BEECH**=\"tree\" around third letter of ba**R**k"}
-{"Clue":"Lies about a retired Christian's benign tumours (8)","Answer":"FIBROIDS","Explanation":"FIBS**=\"Lies\" around Christian **DIOR** the designer, reversed\/retired"}
-{"Clue":"Going round the US Open in top place (9)","Answer":"PENTHOUSE","Explanation":"(the US Open)"}
-{"Clue":"Regular provider of the fairest rents (5)","Answer":"TEARS","Explanation":"regular letters from **T**h**E** f**A**i**R**e**S**t"}
-{"Clue":"Content to out a handsome statesman (6)","Answer":"UTAHAN","Explanation":"\"Content to\"\/Contained in o**UT A HAN**dsome"}
-{"Clue":"Delight in short time visiting farm (6)","Answer":"THRILL","Explanation":"HR**=hour=\"short time\" inside **TILL**=\"farm\""}
-{"Clue":"Doctor eligible, but wanting the French or the Spanish chemist (6)","Answer":"LIEBIG","Explanation":"either (eligib)* or (igible)*, taking either LE=the in French or EL=the in Spanish from \"eligible\" as anagram fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Expression of disgust, cycling round city? Very much so (6)","Answer":"HUGELY","Explanation":"(ugh)*=\"Expression of disgust, cycling round\" + **ELY**=\"city\""}
-{"Clue":"Reportedly remained sober (5)","Answer":"STAID","Explanation":"Homophone\/\"Reportedly\" of 'stayed'=\"remained\""}
-{"Clue":"Superior getting drunk with Mark (4-5)","Answer":"HIGH-GRADE","Explanation":"HIGH**=\"drunk\" + **GRADE**=\"Mark\""}
-{"Clue":"Best get 13 flowing? Best for old Man U fans, perhaps (8)","Answer":"GREATEST","Explanation":"George Best was one of the greatest Manchester United players\n(get tears)*, where TEARS=13ac"}
-{"Clue":"Follower of Fox News frustrated initially with dire output (6)","Answer":"FRIEND","Explanation":"(F[ox] N[ews] dire)"}
-{"Clue":"Caterpillar leaves one some essential teachings, originally concealed (6)","Answer":"CLOSET","Explanation":"CLOSET as an adjective, e.g. 'a closet smoker'\nfirst letters of **C**aterpillar **L**eaves **O**ne **S**ome **E**ssential **T**eachings"}
-{"Clue":"Beer all drunk around lunchtime? That's predictable (8)","Answer":"RELIABLE","Explanation":"(Beer all)* around **I**=1 as in 1pm=\"lunchtime\""}
-{"Clue":"Show by topless couple (3)","Answer":"AIR","Explanation":"[p]**AIR**=\"topless couple\""}
-{"Clue":"Message to go in the Times (5)","Answer":"TWEET","Explanation":"WEE**=\"to go\" in **T\u00a0**for time twice=\"Times\""}
-{"Clue":"Act with choir performing about half of Maya lacking colour (10)","Answer":"ACHROMATIC","Explanation":"(Act choir)* around **MA**[ya]"}
-{"Clue":"One of the Ducks on a Pond's residents, stupid! (6)","Answer":"OAFISH","Explanation":"O**=zero=\"Duck\" in cricket + **A** + **FISH**=\"Pond's residents\""}
-{"Clue":"Tasks\u00a0for an entrepreneur (4)","Answer":"JOBS","Explanation":"Steve **JOBS** of Apple was an entrepreneur"}
-{"Clue":"Broke some wind in this hat? (9)","Answer":"STOVEPIPE","Explanation":"STOVE**=\"Broke\" + **PIPE**=\"wind\" instrument-"}
-{"Clue":"Acted with restraint in drama externally controlled by journalist (11)","Answer":"UNDERPLAYED","Explanation":"PLAY=\"drama\" inside **UNDER ED**itor=\"controlled by journalist\""}
-{"Clue":"No time for drink later, playing a sort of triangle (11)","Answer":"EQUILATERAL","Explanation":"[**t**]**EQUILA**=\"drink\" without **t**ime + (later)"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of idea that's almost satisfied (10)","Answer":"THOUGHTFUL","Explanation":"\"Kind\" as an adjective meaning considerate\n**THOUGHT**=\"idea\" + **FUL**[L]=\"almost satisfied\""}
-{"Clue":"People like 6 down using iMacs near Barking (9)","Answer":"AMERICANS","Explanation":"Steve JOBS=\"6 down\" was an American and ran the company that made iMacs\n(iMacs near)"}
-{"Clue":"Puppies? Small, not large, right? (6)","Answer":"LITTER","Explanation":"LITT**[L]**E**=\"Small\" minus L[arge] + **R**[ight]"}
-{"Clue":"Indian food in fresh 2 gets cheers (5)","Answer":"RAITA","Explanation":"(AIR)*=fresh 2dn + **TA**=thanks=\"cheers\""}
-{"Clue":"Gathering around an interest in The Iron Stone (4)","Answer":"FEST","Explanation":"FE**=chemical symbol for \"Iron\" + **ST**[one]"}
-{"Clue":"Fanny Adams finds Puck in Log Cabin extremely elevated (3)","Answer":"NIL","Explanation":"\"Fanny Adams\" is slang for 'F***\u00a0All' i.e. nothing at all, NIL\n**I**=the setter=\"Puck\", in the extreme letters of **L**[og Cabi]**N** reversed\/\"elevated\""}
-{"Clue":"Holds sailor's balls (7)","Answer":"ABSORBS","Explanation":"AB**'**S** (**a**ble-**b**odied seaman'**s**)=\"sailor's\" + **ORBS**=\"balls\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl embraces joiner in porch (7)","Answer":"VERANDA","Explanation":"VERA**=\"Girl\" around **AND**=\"joiner\" of words\/clauses in a sentence"}
-{"Clue":"Husband has time for divinity (4)","Answer":"HERA","Explanation":"Definition: Greek goddess\n**H** (husband) + **ERA**=\"time\""}
-{"Clue":"Relaxing preparation\u00a0frees communications, 19 (3-7)","Answer":"ICE-BREAKER","Explanation":"an ICE-BREAKER ship keeps open (i.e. \"frees\") channels for navigation (\"communications\") in the sea\/IN THE MAIN (=19ac)"}
-{"Clue":"Honest\u00a0conduct (6)","Answer":"DIRECT","Explanation":"Definition: to the point, straightforward, \"Honest\"; also as a verb=command, steer, \"conduct\""}
-{"Clue":"Remains an outside agent for museum (9)","Answer":"ASHMOLEAN","Explanation":"Definition: a museum in Oxford\n**ASH**=\"Remains\" of something burned + **AN**; both around **MOLE**=spy, \"agent\""}
-{"Clue":"Wade across outlying island's inlet (5)","Answer":"FIORD","Explanation":"FORD**=\"Wade across\" around **I** (island)"}
-{"Clue":"Angry about Tory result (5)","Answer":"SCORE","Explanation":"SORE**=\"Angry\" around **C** (Conservative)=\"Tory\""}
-{"Clue":"Primarily\u00a0at sea? (2,3,4)","Answer":"IN THE MAIN","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fret about exam for puritan (8)","Answer":"MORALIST","Explanation":"\"Fret\"=a sea fog=**MIST **around **ORAL**=\"exam\""}
-{"Clue":"Airline has lots of clubs (6)","Answer":"BATONS","Explanation":"BA** (British Airways)=\"Airline\" + **TONS**=\"lots\""}
-{"Clue":"Killjoy has loot left (10)","Answer":"SPOILSPORT","Explanation":"SPOILS**=\"loot\" + **PORT**=\"left\""}
-{"Clue":"Small boat found in the Channel (4)","Answer":"SARK","Explanation":"Definition: one of the Channel Islands\n**S** (small) + **ARK**=\"boat\""}
-{"Clue":"Familiars have demons kid\u00adnapping redhead (7)","Answer":"FRIENDS","Explanation":"FIENDS**=\"demons\" around the **R**=the head letter of **r**ed"}
-{"Clue":"A model cares for chaperones (7)","Answer":"ATTENDS","Explanation":"A** + Ford model **T** + **TENDS**=\"cares for\""}
-{"Clue":"Fungus moved by wind? It is! (7)","Answer":"BLEWITS","Explanation":"Blewit is a type of mushroom\n**BLEW**=\"moved by wind\" + **IT'S**=\"It is\""}
-{"Clue":"Love to rebuke and pontificate (5)","Answer":"ORATE","Explanation":"O**=\"Love\" + **RATE**=scold, \"rebuke\""}
-{"Clue":"City with old railway company first linked to Circle line (7)","Answer":"BRISTOL","Explanation":"BR** (British Rail)=\"old railway company\" + **IST**=1st=\"first\" + **O**=\"Circle\" + **L** (line)"}
-{"Clue":"Birds go initially into rustling trees (6)","Answer":"EGRETS","Explanation":"G**=\"**g**o initially\" inside (trees)"}
-{"Clue":"A rich man's moved by anti-government argument (9)","Answer":"ANARCHISM","Explanation":"(A rich man's)"}
-{"Clue":"Lady's maid\u00a0found showing off in the kitchen (7)","Answer":"DRESSER","Explanation":"Definition: a servant helping with clothes; =a display unit in the kitchen"}
-{"Clue":"Sacred belief in control over motor race (13)","Answer":"REINCARNATION","Explanation":"REIN**=\"control\" + **CAR**=\"motor\" + **NATION**=\"race\""}
-{"Clue":"Soldier eats fish spread (9)","Answer":"MARGARINE","Explanation":"MARINE**=\"Soldier\" around **GAR**=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"Policeman seizes Hungarian leader's weapon (7)","Answer":"CHOPPER","Explanation":"COPPER**=\"Policeman\" around **H**=\"**H**ungarian's leader\""}
-{"Clue":"Environment Tabitha created (7)","Answer":"HABITAT","Explanation":"(Tabitha)"}
-{"Clue":"Passed by ruin on ridge (7)","Answer":"IGNORED","Explanation":"(on ridge)"}
-{"Clue":"Partisan located outside Indian capital (6)","Answer":"BIASED","Explanation":"BASED**=\"located\" around **I**=\"**I**ndian capital\" letter"}
-{"Clue":"Anita Stewart shows discrimination (5)","Answer":"TASTE","Explanation":"hidden in Ani**TA STE**wart"}
-{"Clue":"Have impossible aims: go after bad weather gives way (5,8)","Answer":"CHASE RAINBOWS","Explanation":"CHASE**=\"go after\" + **RAIN**=\"bad weather\" + **BOWS**=\"gives way\""}
-{"Clue":"Regularly awry is pic: why I go for such a preview? (7)","Answer":"WYSIWYG","Explanation":"What You See Is What You Get: a design interface that previews the finished product\nregular letters from a**W**r**Y** i**S** p**I**c **W**h**Y** I **G**o"}
-{"Clue":"Put old boy on back \u2014 it does nothing to cure him (7)","Answer":"PLACEBO","Explanation":"PLACE**=\"Put\" +\u00a0**O** (old) **B** (boy) both reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Return homework about the French revolutionary (5)","Answer":"YIELD","Explanation":"DIY**=\"homework\" around **LE**=\"the [in] French\", reversed\/\"revolutionary\""}
-{"Clue":"Movement of eyes in modest lowering (9)","Answer":"DECREMENT","Explanation":"REM** (Rapid Eye Movement) inside **DECENT**=\"modest\""}
-{"Clue":"European visits prosperous kingdom (5)","Answer":"REICH","Explanation":"E** (European) inside **RICH**=\"prosperous\""}
-{"Clue":"Sort of progression of cortege I'm organising (9)","Answer":"GEOMETRIC","Explanation":"a geometric progression is a mathematical sequence\n(cortege I'm)"}
-{"Clue":"Chew gum, having drunk tea (9)","Answer":"MASTICATE","Explanation":"MASTIC**=\"gum\" + (tea)"}
-{"Clue":"Russian cavalry dropping lettuce in bags (5)","Answer":"SACKS","Explanation":"cosSACKS**=\"Russian cavalry\", dropping **cos**=\"lettuce\""}
-{"Clue":"Doll has teeth and ears in the wrong places (9)","Answer":"TEARSHEET","Explanation":"Definition: Doll Tearsheet is a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV partt 2 \n(teeth ears)"}
-{"Clue":"Smooth old jazzmen (5)","Answer":"COMBO","Explanation":"Combo is a word for a jazz band\n**COMB**=\"Smooth\" + **O** (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Several overtures made by man to woman (7)","Answer":"LEONORA","Explanation":"LEON**=\"man\" + **ORA**=\"overtures\"\nORA is the plural of 'os'=mouth or opening=aperture, overture"}
-{"Clue":"Caustic, say, about indefinite number admitted to craft (7)","Answer":"PUNGENT","Explanation":"E.G.**=\"say\" reversed\/\"about\" + **N**=\"indefinite number\"; all inside **PUNT**=\"craft\""}
-{"Clue":"Absurd mother's horrid in these? (7,6)","Answer":"BERMUDA SHORTS","Explanation":"(Absurd mother's)"}
-{"Clue":"Unscrupulous lawyer heading off one's constant suppressed laughter (9)","Answer":"HYSTERICS","Explanation":"sHYSTER**=\"Unscrupulous lawyer\" with the head letter taken off + **I'S**=\"one's\" around **C** (constant)"}
-{"Clue":"Said by some to have risen rapidly, but cut (5)","Answer":"SAWED","Explanation":"Homophone of 'soared'=\"to have risen rapidly\""}
-{"Clue":"Stiff sort of card supports equipment (5)","Answer":"RIGID","Explanation":"ID**=\"sort of card\" after **RIG**=\"equipment\""}
-{"Clue":"Succeeded dodging fare-checker? Outcome finally undisclosed (2,7)","Answer":"IN PECTORE","Explanation":"Definition: a papal practice of leaving a cardinal's name undisclosed \n**s** (succeeded) removed from **INsPECTOR**=\"fare-checker\" + final letter of Outcom**E"}
-{"Clue":"Innocent bishop deprived of golden fabric? (9)","Answer":"BLAMELESS","Explanation":"B** (Bishop) + **LAM\u00c9-LESS**=\"deprived of golden fabric\""}
-{"Clue":"Place question (5)","Answer":"WHERE","Explanation":"cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"On vacation, no one may use computers! (4,4,2,3)","Answer":"AWAY FROM IT ALL","Explanation":"AWAY FROM IT** (Information Technology), **ALL**!=\"no one may use computers!\""}
-{"Clue":"Approaches some seaside towns for football and rugby (7,6)","Answer":"CONTACT SPORTS","Explanation":"CONTACTS PORTS**=\"Approaches some seaside towns\""}
-{"Clue":"After heroin, moralist turns to a drop of the hard stuff (9)","Answer":"HAILSTORM","Explanation":"H** (heroin) + (moralist)"}
-{"Clue":"Serious distance to one's final destination (9)","Answer":"GRAVEYARD","Explanation":"GRAVE**=\"Serious\" + **YARD**=\"distance\""}
-{"Clue":"Lying about boss, nearly new (9)","Answer":"RECUMBENT","Explanation":"nearly all of\u00a0**UMBo**=a stud on a shield=\"boss\" inside **RECENT**=\"new\""}
-{"Clue":"Around the same thing, live and love (5)","Answer":"ADORE","Explanation":"they\u00a0**ARE**=they \"live\"; around **DO** (ditto)=\"the same thing\""}
-{"Clue":"Pasta cooked as appetisers (5)","Answer":"TAPAS","Explanation":"(Pasta)"}
-{"Clue":"Positive attitude in small company letters (3,2)","Answer":"CAN DO","Explanation":"C AND O**\u00a0= letters **C** + **O** = **co.** short for \"company\""}
-{"Clue":"Deep desire to pinch back gin cocktail (6)","Answer":"PINING","Explanation":"Definition: Deep desire\n**NIP**=\"pinch\" reversed\/\"back\" + (gin)"}
-{"Clue":"Confesses to trashing stadium after United's lost (6)","Answer":"ADMITS","Explanation":"Definition: Confesses\n(stadi**u**m)* minus the **u** for **U**nited"}
-{"Clue":"Very\u00a0late (4)","Answer":"DEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Very\ndouble definition: as in 'dead silent'=completely=\"Very\"; and =deceased=\"late\""}
-{"Clue":"Standard electricity supplier: a meter's faulty without energy (10)","Answer":"MAINSTREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Standard\nMAINS=\"electricity supplier\" + (a met**e**r)* minus one **e** for **e**nergy"}
-{"Clue":"Queen to back bird (6)","Answer":"PARROT","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nCatherine **PARR** was the last of Henry VIII's Queens + TO reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Record R Steiger play (8)","Answer":"REGISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Record\n(R Steiger)"}
-{"Clue":"European trade warning holds nothing over English (9)","Answer":"NORWEGIAN","Explanation":"Definition: European\n(warning)* around **O**=\"nothing\" and **E** for English"}
-{"Clue":"Adult\u00a0butterfly's sad and cold (4)","Answer":"BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: Adult\nquadruple definition: =\"Adult\" as in 'blue movie'; =name of several butterfly species; =melancholy; as in turning blue from cold"}
-{"Clue":"Meat cut from armadillo? I never! (4)","Answer":"LOIN","Explanation":"Definition: Meat cut\nhidden in armadil**LO I N**ever"}
-{"Clue":"Politician rested in bed with illness (9)","Answer":"COMPLAINT","Explanation":"Definition: illness\n**MP**=\"Politician\"+ **LAIN**=\"rested\" inside **COT**=\"bed\""}
-{"Clue":"Worn by Prince Charles, say, when live! (2,3,3)","Answer":"ON THE AIR","Explanation":"Definition: when live!\nsounds like 'on the heir'=\"Worn by Prince Charles\""}
-{"Clue":"Clerical work drawing over page (6)","Answer":"TYPING","Explanation":"Definition: Clerical work\n**TYING**=\"drawing\" e.g. a football match, around **P** for page"}
-{"Clue":"New moon interrupts quiet \u2014 one's left with sleepiness (10)","Answer":"SOMNOLENCE","Explanation":"Definition: sleepiness\n(moon)* inside **SILENCE**=\"quiet\" with **I**=\"one\" leaving"}
-{"Clue":"Pointless, seething anger? (4)","Answer":"RAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Pointless, seething anger\n(a**n**ger)* less the\u00a0**N** for **N**orth, a compass point"}
-{"Clue":"Jack breaks into cars (common in Norway) (6)","Answer":"FJORDS","Explanation":"Definition: common in Norway\n**J** for Jack in **FORDS**=\"cars\""}
-{"Clue":"Programming language that's good at compression? (6)","Answer":"PYTHON","Explanation":"Definition: Programming language\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"It's child's play to bake epic turnover slice (7)","Answer":"PEEKABO","Explanation":"Definition: It's child's play\nhidden\/\"slice\" reversed\/\"turnover\" inside t**O BAKE EP**ic"}
-{"Clue":"Former CEO of Polly Peck's lowest point (5)","Answer":"NADIR","Explanation":"Definition: Former CEO of Polly Peck\nAsil **NADIR** was CEO of Polly Peck"}
-{"Clue":"Identity badge of Spooner's gentle horse (4,3)","Answer":"NAME TAG","Explanation":"Definition: Identity badge\nSpoonerism of 'tame nag'=\"gentle horse\""}
-{"Clue":"Plan to put side spin on both sides of green (6)","Answer":"DESIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Plan\n(side)* + both sides of **G**ree**N"}
-{"Clue":"Actor first to blow up 50 air beds? (5,4)","Answer":"IDRIS ELBA","Explanation":"Definition: Actor\n**I**=\"first\" plus (L air beds)*, where L=Roman numeral for \"50\""}
-{"Clue":"Tripping? As I seem to be a cat (7)","Answer":"SIAMESE","Explanation":"Definition: a cat\n(As I seem)"}
-{"Clue":"Italian philosopher squanders 10 grand on old boxer \u2026 (8,5)","Answer":"GIORDANO BRUNO","Explanation":"Definition: Italian philosopher\n(IO grand)* where IO=\"10\u2033; plus **O** for old and Frank **BRUNO**=\"boxer\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 who does this before a fight to attack (5,4)","Answer":"WEIGH INTO","Explanation":"Definition: attack\na boxer would **WEIGH IN****\u00a0**before a fight; plus **TO"}
-{"Clue":"Tall aristocrat has no time for man in the field (4,3)","Answer":"LONG OFF","Explanation":"Definition: man in the field\n=fielding position in cricket\n **LONG**=\"Tall\" plus **TOFF**=\"aristocrat\" minus **T** for time"}
-{"Clue":"Wizard's unknown craft (7)","Answer":"POTTERY","Explanation":"Definition: craft\nHarry **POTTER**=\"Wizard\" + **Y**=mathematical \"unknown\""}
-{"Clue":"12 dresses last of women with a good figure (7)","Answer":"NONAGON","Explanation":"Definition: figure\n**NOON**=\"12\u2033, around\/\"dresses\":\u00a0**N**=\"last of wome**n**\" + **A **+**\u00a0** **G**ood"}
-{"Clue":"Rang about rising IT company (6)","Answer":"CALLED","Explanation":"Definition: Rang\n**CA**=circa=\"about\" + **DELL**=\"IT company\" reversed\/\"rising\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish's resting place (5)","Answer":"PERCH","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cares about John Dryden's first British play becoming a musical (5,8)","Answer":"BLOOD BROTHERS","Explanation":"Definition: play becoming a musical\n=a musical originally developed as a school play\n **BOTHERS**=\"Cares\" around all of: **LOO**=\"John\" + **D**ryden's first + **BR** (British)"}
-{"Clue":"Hound setter in foreign capital (7)","Answer":"AFGHANI","Explanation":"Definition: foreign capital\n=\"capital\" as in money, currency\n **AFGHAN**=\"Hound\" + **I**=\"setter\""}
-{"Clue":"Drops in a letter for one learning the ropes (7)","Answer":"TRAINEE","Explanation":"Definition: one learning the ropes\n**RAIN**=\"Drops\" in **TEE**=the \"letter\" T"}
-{"Clue":"Expecting this is how relatives might behave? (2,3,6,3)","Answer":"IN THE FAMILY WAY","Explanation":"Definition: pregnant, \"Expecting\"; also =\"how relatives might behave?\""}
-{"Clue":"Get over Uncle Arthur not being all there (5)","Answer":"CLEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Get over\n=\"Get over\" as in e.g. 'clear a high jump bar'\n hidden in Un**CLE AR**thur"}
-{"Clue":"Supply bride's undies, 50% off or free (9)","Answer":"DISBURDEN","Explanation":"Definition: free\n=\"free\" as in liberate, relieve\n \"Supply\" as anagrind, (bride's **und**)* with 50% off of **und**ies"}
-{"Clue":"Answer to first clue might be this? That's beside the point (9)","Answer":"UNRELATED","Explanation":"Definition: Answer to first clue might be this\n=BLOOD BROTHERS who are not related but have sworn an oath to each other;\n or =\"beside the point\""}
-{"Clue":"Backstory about island port (5)","Answer":"EILAT","Explanation":"Definition: port\n=an Israeli port\n **TALE** reversed=\"Back\/story\", around **I** (island)"}
-{"Clue":"Strange rites in South Africa caught by tense film (6,3)","Answer":"SISTER ACT","Explanation":"Definition: film\n=comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg\n (rites)* in **SA** (South Africa) + **C** (caught) + **T** (tense)"}
-{"Clue":"Get to replace content of this sign (5)","Answer":"TWINS","Explanation":"Definition: sign\n=astrological sign aka Gemini\n **WIN**=\"Get\" replacing the inner letters\/\"content\" of **T**hi**S"}
-{"Clue":"Let in again to study at place of learning (7)","Answer":"READMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Let in again\n**READ**=\"study\" + **MIT** (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)=\"place of learning\""}
-{"Clue":"Bind companion into a 9 arrangement (7)","Answer":"ENCHAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Bind\n**CH** (Companion of Honour), inside (a nine)"}
-{"Clue":"Playing teen, first of his two parts in film (3,6,4)","Answer":"THE PARENT TRAP","Explanation":"Definition: film\n=comedy film starring Lindsay Lohan as TWINS\n anagram\/\"Playing\" of: (teen **h** part part)*, where **h**=\"first of his\""}
-{"Clue":"A girl they treated for what isn't really a long time (5,4)","Answer":"LIGHT YEAR","Explanation":"Definition: what isn't really a long time\n=is a long distance, rather than time\n (A girl they)"}
-{"Clue":"Irish-American actress finally taken off for European airport (5)","Answer":"O\u2019HARE","Explanation":"Definition: airport\n~~Scarlett~~ Maureen\u00a0**O'HAR**A is the actress, with the final a taken off, and plus **E** (European)"}
-{"Clue":"Initially quoted coppers for a barrister, perhaps, in this (5)","Answer":"BRIEF","Explanation":"QC=\"Initially Quoted Coppers\"=Queen's Counsel=barrister, 'in BRIEF'\n &lit definition \u2013 a barrister's BRIEF is a summary of a case, which might have quotes from coppers"}
-{"Clue":"Made the most of being work-shy around the Home Counties (9)","Answer":"OPTIMISED","Explanation":"Definition: Made the most of\n**OP**=\"Work\" + **TIMID**=\"shy\" around **SE** (South East)=\"Home Counties\""}
-{"Clue":"One in hairy situation due to bad deal getting through Parliament, partly? (4,5)","Answer":"HEAD LOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: One in hairy situation\n(deal)* inside **HOUSE**=\"Parliament, partly\" \u2013 only partly as there are two Houses"}
-{"Clue":"Give refreshment to Frenchman and wife (5)","Answer":"RENEW","Explanation":"Definition: Give refreshment to\n**REN\u00c9**=\"Frenchman\" + **W** (wife)"}
-{"Clue":"Reject actor that's broken into vehicles or motor boats (5,8)","Answer":"CABIN CRUISERS","Explanation":"Definition: motor boats\n**BIN**=\"Reject\" + Tom **CRUISE**=\"actor\"; both inside **CARS**=\"vehicles\""}
-{"Clue":"Returning to normal conscious\u00adness, hoping destiny has changed (13)","Answer":"DEHYPNOTISING","Explanation":"Definition: Returning to normal conscious\u00adness\n(hoping destiny)"}
-{"Clue":"Whistle-blower, female, upset about story which has its ups and downs (6,3)","Answer":"RELIEF MAP","Explanation":"Definition: which has its ups and downs\n=a map that represents the relative heights of different areas\n sports referee=**REF**=\"Whistle-blower\" + **PAM**=female reversed\/\"upset\"; around **LIE**=\"story\""}
-{"Clue":"Daughter with primarily electric vehicle one belittles (9)","Answer":"DETRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: one belittles\n**D** (Daughter) + **E**lectric + **TRACTOR**=\"vehicle\""}
-{"Clue":"Nobel Prize winner whose parents include one resident in US city twice (5,4)","Answer":"DALAI LAMA","Explanation":"Definition: Nobel Prize winner\n**DA** and **MA**=\"parents\", around **I**=\"one\", inside **LA LA**=\"US city twice\""}
-{"Clue":"Second film from TV series is overwhelming success (5)","Answer":"SMASH","Explanation":"Definition: overwhelming success\n**S** (Second) + **MASH**=\"film from TV series\""}
-{"Clue":"Relationship that is being preserved? (3-2)","Answer":"TIE IN","Explanation":"Definition: Relationship\n**I.E.**=id est=\"that is\", kept in a **TIN**=>\"preserved\""}
-{"Clue":"Understood this topless dress is wrong for 20 (5)","Answer":"TACIT","Explanation":"Definition: Understood\ntake \"this\"=TACIT, add RESS=\"topless dress\" and it becomes an anagram\/\"wrong\" for SISTER ACT=\"20\u2033"}
-{"Clue":"Face rival, having to give in (6)","Answer":"VISAGE","Explanation":"VIE**=\"rival\", with **SAG**=\"give\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Signs of corruption due to misplaced zeal in home counties (6)","Answer":"SLEAZE","Explanation":"(zeal)* in **SE**=South East=\"home counties\""}
-{"Clue":"Orator's backing cardinal (4)","Answer":"FOUR","Explanation":"Definition: a \"cardinal\" rather than ordinal number\n\"Orator's\"=>homophone of 'for'=\"backing\" e.g. a proposal"}
-{"Clue":"Musical measure for feet and arms? (5,5)","Answer":"SWORD DANCE","Explanation":"cryptic definition with \"arms\" in the sense of weapons rather than limbs"}
-{"Clue":"20, smarter one's skedaddled (6)","Answer":"NATTER","Explanation":"Definition: \"Rabbit\", prattle\n**NATTIER**=\"smarter\", with **I**=\"one\" leaving\/skedaddling"}
-{"Clue":"Joe Bloggs's name very peculiar (8)","Answer":"EVERYMAN","Explanation":"(name very)"}
-{"Clue":"Harry's inherently appealing (9)","Answer":"PERSECUTE","Explanation":"PER SE**=\"inherently\" + **CUTE**=\"appealing\""}
-{"Clue":"Wellington also bowled over (4)","Answer":"BOOT","Explanation":"TOO**=\"also\" + **B**=\"bowled\" in cricket; all reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Standard\u00a0sailor\u00a0suit has one (4)","Answer":"JACK","Explanation":"triple definition: =a flag; =a sailor; =a playing card rank with one in each suit"}
-{"Clue":"Constable possibly tailing Tory fraudster? (3,6)","Answer":"CON ARTIST","Explanation":"ARTIST**=\"Constable [the painter] possibly\", after\/\"tailing\" **CON**=Conservative=\"Tory\""}
-{"Clue":"Current strength for each time period, starting with a month (8)","Answer":"AMPERAGE","Explanation":"PER**=\"for each\" + **AGE**=\"time period\", with **A** + **M** for\u00a0Month at the start"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse\u00a0burden (6)","Answer":"LUMBER","Explanation":"double definition =waste products; =burden someone with something unwanted"}
-{"Clue":"Insect ingested by supremely reckless antelope (10)","Answer":"WILDEBEEST","Explanation":"BEE**=\"Insect\" inside **WILDEST**=\"supremely reckless\""}
-{"Clue":"Withdrawal of record possible? No way (4)","Answer":"NOPE","Explanation":"Reversal\/\"Withdrawal\" of: **EP**=music \"record\" + **ON**=\"possible\""}
-{"Clue":"Extremely granular cereal used for bread at one time (6)","Answer":"GROATS","Explanation":"\"bread\" in the definition in the slang meaning of money\nextreme letters from **G**ranula**R** + **OATS**=\"cereal\""}
-{"Clue":"Bemoan king imprisoned by soldier and never discovered? (6)","Answer":"GRIEVE","Explanation":"R**=Rex=\"king\" inside **GI**=\"soldier\" + **EVE**=letters from n**eve**r \"discovered\" i.e. with the 'cover' or outer letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Six others primarily behind abuse (7)","Answer":"VIOLATE","Explanation":"VI**=\"Six\" in Roman numerals + **O**=\"**o**thers primarily\" + LATE=\"behind\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish from river in dispute (5)","Answer":"SPRAT","Explanation":"R** for river, in **SPAT**=\"dispute\""}
-{"Clue":"Stomach-related wind illusory, so they say (7)","Answer":"GASTRIC","Explanation":"sounds like 'gas trick'=\"wind illusory\""}
-{"Clue":"Youngster looking flushed mounted steps (6)","Answer":"LADDER","Explanation":"LAD**=\"Youngster\" + **RED**=\"looking flushed\" reversed\/\"mounted\""}
-{"Clue":"Can't stay alive without oxygen, whatever the damage (2,3,4)","Answer":"AT ANY COST","Explanation":"(Can't stay)* around **O** for oxygen"}
-{"Clue":"Delight in French refrain (7)","Answer":"ENCHANT","Explanation":"EN**=\"in\" in French + **CHANT**=\"refrain\""}
-{"Clue":"Sound control evident as forceful goddess ran into HM (13)","Answer":"POTENTIOMETER","Explanation":"Definition: a form of variable resistor that are used in sound controls\n**POTENT**=\"forceful\" + **IO**=Greek \"goddess\" + **MET**=\"ran into\" + **ER**=Her Majesty"}
-{"Clue":"Strange case of eccentric Scot due to inherit (7,2)","Answer":"SUCCEED TO","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Strange\" of: (EC Scot due)*; where the **EC** comes from the \"case\" or outer letters of \"**e**ccentri**c**\""}
-{"Clue":"Avoiding military police in breaking jail (7)","Answer":"JUMPING","Explanation":"MP**=\"military police\" + **IN**; both inside **JUG**=\"jail\""}
-{"Clue":"Utter scoundrels in the ascendant, second-raters excepted (3-4)","Answer":"ALL STAR","Explanation":"ALL**=\"Utter\" + **RATS**=\"scoundrels\" reversed\/\"in the ascendant\""}
-{"Clue":"Last couple of people supporting expensive addition to church? (7)","Answer":"STEEPLE","Explanation":"Last couple of letters of peop**LE**, supporting **STEEP**=\"expensive\""}
-{"Clue":"Rule out elevated part for poor player (6)","Answer":"RABBIT","Explanation":"BAR**=\"Rule out\" reversed\/\"elevated\" + **BIT**=\"part\""}
-{"Clue":"Maidens during church trip putting on airs (5)","Answer":"MINCE","Explanation":"M**=\"Maidens\" in cricket + **IN**=\"during\" + **CE**=Church of England"}
-{"Clue":"Habit of black 22 \u2026 (6)","Answer":"BLOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Habit\n**B** for black + **LOUSE** as the insect"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 the same to mention (6)","Answer":"BROACH","Explanation":"Definition: mention\n**B** for black again, this time + **ROACH** as the insect"}
-{"Clue":"22 gobbling last of saccharin, sweetener \u2026 (4)","Answer":"BUNG","Explanation":"Definition: sweetener\n=a bribe\n **BUG**=insect, around last of sacchari**N"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 doing as one does, Carol securing hat (10)","Answer":"STOPPERING","Explanation":"Definition: doing as a BUNG=cork=STOPPER does\n **SING**=\"Carol\" around **TOPPER**=\"hat\""}
-{"Clue":"End of silent film for one on the railways (8)","Answer":"TRAINMAN","Explanation":"Definition: one on the railways\nend of silen**T** + **RAIN MAN**=\"film\""}
-{"Clue":"Ornament in Paris bent, unfortunately (9)","Answer":"BREASTPIN","Explanation":"Definition: Ornament\n(Paris bent)"}
-{"Clue":"22 circling a strip (4)","Answer":"FLAY","Explanation":"Definition: strip\n**FLY**=insect around **A"}
-{"Clue":"Asian city, Jaipur ultimately in range (4)","Answer":"AGRA","Explanation":"Definition: Asian city\nultimate letter of Jaipu**R** in **AGA**=type of \"range\" cooker"}
-{"Clue":"Litter with green rubbish on Mercury, perhaps (9)","Answer":"MESSENGER","Explanation":"Definition: Mercury, perhaps\nMercury as in the Roman messenger god\n **MESS**=\"Litter\" + (green)"}
-{"Clue":"Send flying 22 a bug? (8)","Answer":"CATAPULT","Explanation":"Definition: Send flying\n**A TAP**=a wiretap=\"a bug\", in **CULT **\u2013 because\u00a0\"22\"=>INSECT=>in 'sect'=>in CULT"}
-{"Clue":"Member of large class in brief learning, infants and maybe elders? (6)","Answer":"INSECT","Explanation":"Definition: Member of large class\nInsects form the largest class in the animal kingdom \n*thanks to NeilW \u2013 insects are in \"brie**F LEA**rning\"; in \"inf**ANT**s\"; in \"may**BE E**lders\"*\n \n~~not at all sure on the parsing, but I'll have a guess:~~\n ~~maybe **INST**ruction=\"brief learning\", with **EC**=Early Childhood=\"infants and maybe elders?\" inside~~"}
-{"Clue":"Tiresome Irish girl can start to grate (10)","Answer":"IRRITATING","Explanation":"Definition: Tiresome\n**IR** (Irish) + **RITA**=\"girl\" + **TIN**=\"can\" + start to **G**rate"}
-{"Clue":"Can alternative response be ostensibly triggered, all beginning to poke 22? (4,6)","Answer":"BEER BOTTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Can alternative\na bottle is an alternative to a can of beer\n the beginning letters of **R**esponse **B**e **O**stensibly **T**riggered, all inside **BEETLE**=insect"}
-{"Clue":"22 I'm not sure is native (6)","Answer":"MOTHER","Explanation":"Definition: native\nas in 'mother tongue'\n **MOTH**=insect + **ER**=\"I'm not sure\""}
-{"Clue":"Add number, extracting one in sack (6)","Answer":"ANNEXE","Explanation":"Definition: Add\n**NINE**=\"number\", with **I**=\"one\" removed\/extracted; inside **AXE**=\"sack\""}
-{"Clue":"Bone up about love before posh party in private quarters (7)","Answer":"BOUDOIR","Explanation":"Definition: private quarters\n**RIB**=\"Bone\", reversed\/\"up\" and around **O**=\"love\" + **U**=\"posh\" + **DO**=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"Indicator of probability searched for, initially lost (5)","Answer":"OUGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Indicator of probability\n**sOUGHT**=\"searched\" for, losing its initial letter"}
-{"Clue":"Believe seconds consumed by happy 22? (7)","Answer":"SUSPECT","Explanation":"Definition: Believe\n**S** for seconds, inside **UP**=\"happy\", and in\/**SECT"}
-{"Clue":"Cutter cutting edge before 22 turns up (6)","Answer":"RIPSAW","Explanation":"Definition: Cutter\nI think this is **RI**m=\"edge\" with a bit cut off + **WASP**=insect reversed\/\"turns up\""}
-{"Clue":"Liquid I learn and hormonal secretion (9)","Answer":"ADRENALIN","Explanation":"Definition: hormonal secretion\n(I learn and)"}
-{"Clue":"Longing to tour a country (7)","Answer":"HUNGARY","Explanation":"Definition: country\n**HUNGRY**=\"Longing\" around **A"}
-{"Clue":"Painter so upset about similar purplish mark (4,4,5)","Answer":"PORT WINE STAIN","Explanation":"Definition: purplish mark\n(Painter so)* around **TWIN**=\"similar\""}
-{"Clue":"Balanced performer, close to immaculate in operatic record? (9)","Answer":"AERIALIST","Explanation":"Definition: Balanced performer\nclosing letter of immaculat**E**, in **ARIA LIST**=\"operatic record?\""}
-{"Clue":"Some part of poem's art, perhaps? (7)","Answer":"ANAGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Some part of poem's art, perhaps?\n\"Some part\" is an ANAGRAM of \"poem's art\""}
-{"Clue":"In opposite directions, 22 bit (7)","Answer":"SMIDGEN","Explanation":"Definition: bit\nin **S**outh and **N**orth=\"opposite directions\", **MIDGE**=insect"}
-{"Clue":"Pass old island (7)","Answer":"EXCRETE","Explanation":"Definition: Pass\n**EX**=\"old\" + **CRETE**=\"island\""}
-{"Clue":"Metal, exquisite poison (6)","Answer":"CURARE","Explanation":"Definition: poison\n**CU**=copper=\"Metal\" + **RARE**=\"exquisite\""}
-{"Clue":"Black bag originally going cheap? (5)","Answer":"SABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Black\noriginal\/first letter of **B**ag, in a **SALE**=\"going cheap?\""}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers in play about capturing second in command (6)","Answer":"TROOPS","Explanation":"Definition: Soldiers\n**SPORT**=\"play\", reversed\/\"about\"; around second letter in c**O**mmand"}
-{"Clue":"Rebellion contained by gun restrictions (6)","Answer":"UNREST","Explanation":"Definition: Rebellion\nHidden in g**UN REST**rictions"}
-{"Clue":"Unpleasantly satisfied when turning sticks (4)","Answer":"SMUG","Explanation":"Definition: Unpleasantly satisfied\nreversal\/\"turning\" of **GUMS**=\"sticks\"=fastens with adhesive"}
-{"Clue":"Run into vehicle with relatives' jewels (10)","Answer":"CARBUNCLES","Explanation":"Definition: jewels\n**R** for \"Run\" in **CAB**=\"vehicle\" + **UNCLES**=\"relatives\""}
-{"Clue":"Boy inhaling pot suddenly felt sick (6)","Answer":"TURNED","Explanation":"Definition: suddenly felt sick\n**TED**=\"Boy\" around **URN**=\"pot\""}
-{"Clue":"In case of emergency, put a drain to part of foot (2,1,5)","Answer":"AT A PINCH","Explanation":"Definition: In case of emergency\n**A** + **TAP**=\"drain\" + **INCH**=unit of distance=\"part of a foot\""}
-{"Clue":"Wild West Indian right for daughter (9)","Answer":"BARBARIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Wild\n**BARBADIAN**=\"West Indian\", swapping **R**ight for **D**aughter"}
-{"Clue":"Weak fellow fleeing fire (4)","Answer":"LAME","Explanation":"Definition: Weak\n**FLAME**=\"fire\", losing **F**ellow"}
-{"Clue":"Poet losing son in stream (4)","Answer":"BURN","Explanation":"Definition: stream\n**BURNS**=\"Poet\", losing **S**on"}
-{"Clue":"Parents turning to furniture that's easily modified (9)","Answer":"ADAPTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: easily modified\n**PA** and **DA**=\"Parents\", reversed\/\"turning2 + **TABLE**=\"furniture\""}
-{"Clue":"Unsuitable term for skinflint carrying no money (8)","Answer":"MISNOMER","Explanation":"Definition: Unsuitable term\n**MISER**=\"skinflint\" around:\u00a0**NO** + **M** for \"money\""}
-{"Clue":"River to fill moat damaged by king's gun firing shells (6)","Answer":"MORTAR","Explanation":"Definition: gun firing shells\n**R** for \"River\" in (moat)* + **R** for Rex=\"king\""}
-{"Clue":"Graduates almost fix letter in Old English to instrument (6,4)","Answer":"BASSET HORN","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\n**BA'S**=Bachelors of Arts=\"Graduates\" + **SE**[t]=\"almost fix\" + **THORN**=\"letter in Old English\""}
-{"Clue":"Rabbit trick with funny ending (4)","Answer":"CONY","Explanation":"Definition: Rabbit\n**CON**=\"trick\" + the ending of funn**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Lead widespread in the outskirts of Derby is very dangerous (6)","Answer":"DEADLY","Explanation":"Definition: very dangerous\n(Lead)* in the outer letters of **D**erb**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Danced beginning and end of bolero with retired film star (6)","Answer":"BOPPED","Explanation":"Definition: Danced\nbeginning and end of **B**oler**O** + Johnny **DEPP**=\"film star\" reversed\/retired"}
-{"Clue":"Office worker casually visiting old city to get a deep-fried dish (7)","Answer":"TEMPURA","Explanation":"Definition: deep-fried dish\n**TEMP**=\"Office worker casually\" + **UR**=\"old city\" + **A"}
-{"Clue":"Old rag changed to new newspaper (5)","Answer":"ORGAN","Explanation":"Definition: newspaper\n**O** for Old + (rag)* + **N** for new"}
-{"Clue":"Bull-baiter told to choose a way in (7)","Answer":"PICADOR","Explanation":"Definition: Bull-baiter\nhomophone\/\"told\" of 'pick a door'=\"choose a way in\""}
-{"Clue":"Tongue almost twisted around a sweet (6)","Answer":"NOUGAT","Explanation":"Definition: sweet\n(Tongu[e])* around A"}
-{"Clue":"Mexican dish and Indian dish served up in English-designed china (9)","Answer":"ENCHILADA","Explanation":"Definition: Mexican dish\n**DAL**=\"Indial dish\" reversed\/\"served up\", inside:\u00a0**E** for English + (china)"}
-{"Clue":"Syrup from plant with a caramel coating inside (7)","Answer":"TREACLE","Explanation":"Definition: Syrup\n**TREE**=\"plant\" with **A** + Carame**L** inside"}
-{"Clue":"Fear surrounding money and experimental methodology (5,3,5)","Answer":"TRIAL AND ERROR","Explanation":"Definition: experimental methodology\n**TERROR**=\"Fear\" around **RIAL**=Iranian currency=\"money\" + **AND"}
-{"Clue":"Social worker screening calls by Australian in part of the North Pacific (6,3)","Answer":"BERING SEA","Explanation":"Definition: part of the North Pacific\n**BEE**=\"Social worker\" around **RINGS**=\"calls\"; plus\u00a0**A** for Australian"}
-{"Clue":"Bird flapping round horse upset robber (7)","Answer":"BRIGAND","Explanation":"Definition: robber\n(Bird)* around NAG=\"horse\" reversed\/\"upset\""}
-{"Clue":"People in bed get nothing as hot food to eat (7)","Answer":"PIMENTO","Explanation":"Definition: hot food to eat\n**MEN**=\"People\" in **PIT**=\"bed\" + **O**=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Local leader deserved to be educated (7)","Answer":"LEARNED","Explanation":"Definition: educated\nleading letter of **L**ocal + **EARNED**=\"deserved\""}
-{"Clue":"American stirred malty sedative (6)","Answer":"AMYTAL","Explanation":"Definition: sedative\n=Amobarbital or sodium amytal, a barbiturate\n **A** for American + (malty)"}
-{"Clue":"Go over head of corn during harvest (5)","Answer":"RECAP","Explanation":"Definition: Go over\nhead letter of **C**orn inside **REAP**=\"harvest\""}
-{"Clue":"Cancer subject has inner resistance? (6)","Answer":"TROPIC","Explanation":"Definition: Cancer\n\u2026as in the TROPIC of Cancer\n **TOPIC**=\"subject\" around **R** (resistance)"}
-{"Clue":"As it was written by King: 'head disorder' (8)","Answer":"SICKNESS","Explanation":"Definition: disorder\n**SIC**=Latin adverb=\"As it was written\" + **K** (King) + **NESS**=\"head\""}
-{"Clue":"Cross put against capital Latin vocal composition (8)","Answer":"MADRIGAL","Explanation":"Definition: vocal composition\n**MAD**=\"Cross\" + **RIGA**=\"capital\" city of Latvia + **L** (Latin)"}
-{"Clue":"Repair men are to attach a new handle (6)","Answer":"RENAME","Explanation":"Definition: attach a new handle\n(men are)"}
-{"Clue":"Free, one Parisian figured, to be injected with drug (12)","Answer":"UNENCUMBERED","Explanation":"Definition: Free\n**UNE**=\"one\" in French + **NUMBERED**=\"figured\" around **C** (cocaine)=\"drug\""}
-{"Clue":"Seafarer and lackey forced to accept it's American capital (4,4,4)","Answer":"SALT LAKE CITY","Explanation":"Definition: American capital\n=capital of Utah\n **SALT**=sailor=\"Seafarer\" + (lackey)* with \"forced\" as anagrind, around **IT"}
-{"Clue":"To recover from cold, possibly act stern (4,4)","Answer":"CLAW BACK","Explanation":"Definition: To recover\n**C** (cold) + **LAW**=\"possibly act\" as in an Act of Parliament + **BACK**=\"stern\" as in rear"}
-{"Clue":"Corporate fling? Unruly mob, sadly (4,4)","Answer":"BODY SLAM","Explanation":"Definition: Corporate fling\n\"Corporate\" meaning 'as a body'\n (mob sadly)"}
-{"Clue":"Parking, about to be doubled, is quite haphazard: it must come first (12)","Answer":"PREREQUISITE","Explanation":"Definition: it must come first\n**P** (Parking) + **RE**=\"about\" twice\/\"doubled\" + (is quite)"}
-{"Clue":"A way to end a driver's career (6,4)","Answer":"ESCAPE ROAD","Explanation":"cryptic definition: \"way\" as in ROAD and \"career\" as in losing control of one's movement"}
-{"Clue":"A dictum formulated to include line of Jewish legal code (8)","Answer":"TALMUDIC","Explanation":"Definition: of Jewish legal code\n(A dictum)* around **L** (line)"}
-{"Clue":"Smallholder (separated) abandoned hope etc around the end of August (8)","Answer":"POCHETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Smallholder (separated)\n=a pocket, or \"Small \/ holder\"\n (hope etc)* around the end letter of \"Augus**T**\""}
-{"Clue":"Father, look at the funny sailor! (6)","Answer":"POPEYE","Explanation":"\"funny\" meaning a comic strip\n **POP**=\"Father\" + **EYE**=\"look\""}
-{"Clue":"Pet playing with quarry blocks (9)","Answer":"PARQUETRY","Explanation":"Definition: blocks\n=flooring in a pattern of wooden blocks\n (Pet quarry)"}
-{"Clue":"Film star's\u00a0detective partner (6)","Answer":"CAGNEY","Explanation":"Definition: Film star's\nJames Cagney is the film star; Cagney and Lacey are the detective partners"}
-{"Clue":"Investigating MPs 'southern elite', pledge support (6,9)","Answer":"SELECT COMMITTEE","Explanation":"Definition: Investigating MPs\n**S** (Southern) + **ELECT**=\"elite\" + **COMMIT**=\"pledge\" + **TEE**=\"support\" for a golf ball"}
-{"Clue":"Grain medium implanted in eye covering (large) (4,4)","Answer":"CORN MEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Grain\n**M** (medium) in **CORNEA**=\"eye covering\" + **L** (large)"}
-{"Clue":"Present time, or one time after noon? (5)","Answer":"NONCE","Explanation":"Definition: Present time\n**ONCE**=\"one time\" after **N** (noon)"}
-{"Clue":"Easter treat, consisting of lime mixed with cold nitrogen and steeped in a sort of wine (6,4)","Answer":"SIMNEL CAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Easter treat\n(lime C N)*, where C is for cold and N is for nitrogen; all inside **SAKE**=\"sort of wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Model, carrying gator, swanning round part of Brazil (4,6)","Answer":"MATO GROSSO","Explanation":"Definition: part of Brazil\n=a western state of Brazil \n Kate **MOSS**=\"Model\" around (gator)* with \"swanning as anagrind + **O**=\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Crafty means of removing water from the bottom of rubbish footwear (5,4)","Answer":"BILGE PUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Crafty means of removing water from the bottom\n=used to remove water form the bottom of a ship or craft\n **BILGE**=\"rubbish\" + **PUMP**=\"footwear\""}
-{"Clue":"Expressive English and Latin quote about new inside (8)","Answer":"ELOQUENT","Explanation":"Definition: Expressive\n**E** (English) + **L** (Latin) + (quote)* with **N** (new) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Boost Duke's broadcast (6)","Answer":"FILLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Boost\nhomophone of\/\"broadcast\": Prince 'Philip', Duke of Edinburgh"}
-{"Clue":"American insect's joint end (5)","Answer":"ROACH","Explanation":"Definition: American insect\n=US word for cockroach; =the end of a marijuana joint"}
-{"Clue":"Voice complaint leading to Nutmeg's end (9)","Answer":"OBJECTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: end\n**OBJECT**=\"Voice complaint\" + **I'VE**=\"Nutmeg's\""}
-{"Clue":"Hot drink, second cuppa? (5)","Answer":"MOCHA","Explanation":"Definition: Hot drink\n**MO**=moment=\"second\" + **CHA**=tea=\"cuppa\""}
-{"Clue":"Learn to handle worthy com\u00admittees with no yen to adapt (4,2,5,4)","Answer":"COME TO TERMS WITH","Explanation":"Definition: Learn to handle\n(worthy committees)* minus a y for \"yen\""}
-{"Clue":"Unlikely\u00a0way to lose weight (4)","Answer":"SLIM","Explanation":"Definition: Unlikely\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Man's close kin digging into tall grass for source of oil (8)","Answer":"RAPESEED","Explanation":"Definition: source of oil\n**APES**=\"Man's close kin\" inside **REED**=\"tall grass\""}
-{"Clue":"River into which two run somewhere in Texas (4,5)","Answer":"FORT WORTH","Explanation":"Definition: somewhere in Texas\n**FORTH**=\"River\" with **TWO** inside"}
-{"Clue":"Antelope's niff embodying another left by papa (5)","Answer":"BONGO","Explanation":"Definition: Antelope\n=a species of antelope\n **BO**=body odour=\"niff\", around P**ONG**=\"another\" niff; minus P for \"papa\""}
-{"Clue":"Field unaffected by motorway (5)","Answer":"REALM","Explanation":"Definition: Field\n**REAL**=without affectation, \"unaffected\" + **M** for \"motorway\""}
-{"Clue":"Home in Tyneside continues to be Kitty's expectation (4,5)","Answer":"NINE LIVES","Explanation":"Definition: Kitty's expectation\n**IN**=at \"Home\", inside **NE**=North East of England=\"Tyneside\" + **LIVES**=\"continues to be\""}
-{"Clue":"Sweet and innocent youngster admitting woman's in charge (8)","Answer":"CHERUBIC","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet and innocent\n**CUB**=\"youngster\" around **HER**=\"woman\"; + **IC** for \"in charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Illegal drug supplied by son came first from east (4)","Answer":"SNOW","Explanation":"Definition: Illegal drug\n=slang for cocaine\n **S** for \"son\" + **WON**=\"came first\" reversed\/\"from east\""}
-{"Clue":"Artfully trap crook, shut up periodically for remedial treatment (5,5,5)","Answer":"SHORT SHARP SHOCK","Explanation":"Definition: remedial treatment\n(trap crook)* with **SH**=\"shut up\" added in periodically"}
-{"Clue":"Drug\u00a0limited in urban areas? (5)","Answer":"SPEED","Explanation":"Definition: Drug\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fluid not listed, added where appropriate (7,2)","Answer":"SLOTTED IN","Explanation":"Definition: added where appropriate\n(not listed)"}
-{"Clue":"Particularly large guards right about killers, in the main (5)","Answer":"ORCAS","Explanation":"Definition: killers, in the main\n=killer whales, in the \"main\" or ocean\n **OS**=over size=\"Particularly large\" around **R** for \"right\" and **CA**=circa=\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Increasingly nervous, one pierces top (7)","Answer":"JUMPIER","Explanation":"Definition: Increasingly nervous\n**I**=\"one\" in **JUMPER**=\"top\""}
-{"Clue":"Censor cinema and theatre obscenities to start with (4)","Answer":"CATO","Explanation":"Definition: Censor\nCato the Elder was a Roman censor or magistrate\n starting letters of **C**inema **A**nd **T**heatre **O**bscenities"}
-{"Clue":"Part of joint osteopath's enthusiastic about? (4)","Answer":"INTO","Explanation":"Definition: enthusiastic about\nhidden in jo**INT O**steopath"}
-{"Clue":"Deserving party comes in for new criticism (10)","Answer":"EARBASHING","Explanation":"Definition: criticism\n**EAR**N**ING**=\"Deserving\" but with **BASH**=\"party\" coming in for an N=\"new\""}
-{"Clue":"Doctor Holding questioned everybody's function (6,4)","Answer":"MASKED BALL","Explanation":"Definition: function\n**MB**=Bachelor of Medicine=\"Doctor\" around **ASKED**=\"questioned\"; plus **ALL**=\"everybody\""}
-{"Clue":"War, an illegal act starts it (7)","Answer":"CRIMEAN","Explanation":"Definition: War\n**AN**, with **CRIME**=\"illegal act\" at the start"}
-{"Clue":"Rear exit keeping spa hotel free from water (9)","Answer":"ANHYDROUS","Explanation":"Definition: free from water\n**ANUS**=\"Rear exit\" around **HYDRO**=\"spa hotel\""}
-{"Clue":"Dimwits use explosive in Bikini, for instance (10)","Answer":"SWIMSUITED","Explanation":"Definition: in Bikini, for instance\n(Dimwits use)"}
-{"Clue":"Food helping to keep you regular is flourishing (10)","Answer":"BRANDISHES","Explanation":"Definition: is flourishing\n**BRAN DISHES**=\"Food helping to keep you regular\""}
-{"Clue":"Anticipates key periods of abstinence for Spooner (9)","Answer":"FORECASTS","Explanation":"Definition: Anticipates\nSpoonerism of CORE FASTS=\"key periods of abstinence\""}
-{"Clue":"Solvent of superb quality (7)","Answer":"ACETONE","Explanation":"Definition: Solvent\n**ACE**=\"superb\" + **TONE**=\"quality\""}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle's contents I removed from empty street changing hands (7)","Answer":"VANLOAD","Explanation":"Definition: Vehicle's contents\nI removed from **VA**I**N**=\"empty\" + R**OAD**=\"street\" with R (right) changing hands to **L** (left)"}
-{"Clue":"Arouse suspicion ultimately at end of trail (5)","Answer":"WAKEN","Explanation":"Definition: Arouse\nthe last letter of suspicio**N** after **WAKE**=\"trail\""}
-{"Clue":"Contributor to choirboy's mounting enthusiasm? (4)","Answer":"BRIO","Explanation":"Definition: enthusiasm\nHidden and reversed\/\"Contributor to\u2026 mounting\" inside ch**OIRB**oy"}
-{"Clue":"On odd occasions insanity doesn't occur (4)","Answer":"ISNT","Explanation":"Definition: doesn't occur\nodd letters from **I**n**S**a**N**i**T**y"}
-{"Clue":"Female soldiers lock castle (8)","Answer":"FORTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: castle\n**F** (Female) + **OR**=other ranks=\"soldiers\" + **TRESS**=\"lock\" of hair"}
-{"Clue":"Business leader does, perhaps, return stock (5)","Answer":"BREED","Explanation":"Definition: stock\n**B**usiness + **DEER**=e.g. more than one doe=\"does, perhaps\" reversed\/\"return\""}
-{"Clue":"Behind\u00a0main square (4)","Answer":"SEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Behind\n~~double definition I think, with \"main square\"=centre of authority=SEAT~~\n *edit thanks to thezed: **SEA**=\"main\" + **T** as in T-square, a drawing instrument"}
-{"Clue":"Lancaster's collecting new rate for relatives (5-5)","Answer":"GREAT AUNTS","Explanation":"Definition: relatives\n**GAUNT'S**=\"Lancaster's\", around (rate)*\n John of Gaunt was Duke of Lancaster"}
-{"Clue":"Let Liberal relax with daughter (6)","Answer":"LEASED","Explanation":"Definition: Let\n**L** (Liberal) + **EASE**=\"relax\" + **D** (Daughter)"}
-{"Clue":"Courtesy of chief rival wounded close to Burgundy (8)","Answer":"CHIVALRY","Explanation":"Definition: Courtesy\n**CH** (chief) + (rival)* + Burgund**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Fall over in middle of breezy Oval (7)","Answer":"ELLIPSE","Explanation":"Definition: Oval\n**SPILL**=\"Fall\" reversed\/\"over, inside the middle letters of br**EE**zy"}
-{"Clue":"Opposed to profits at banks (7)","Answer":"AGAINST","Explanation":"Definition: Opposed to\n**GAINS**=\"profits\" with **AT** on its sides\/\"banks\""}
-{"Clue":"Garden rubbish primarily encourages sloth, maybe (8)","Answer":"EDENTATE","Explanation":"Definition: sloth, maybe\n=an order of mammals including the sloth and armadillo\n **EDEN**=\"Garden\" + **TAT**=\"rubbish\" + **E**ncourages"}
-{"Clue":"The Spanish fly around conflict (6)","Answer":"TANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: conflict\n**EL**=\"The [in] Spanish\" + **GNAT**=\"fly\"; all reversed\/\"around\""}
-{"Clue":"Passed front of harbour, also English port (6,4)","Answer":"HANDED OVER","Explanation":"Definition: Passed\n**H**arbour + **AND**=\"also\" + **E** (English) + **DOVER**=\"port\""}
-{"Clue":"What I've got here contributes to ancient history (4)","Answer":"THIS","Explanation":"Definition: What I've got here\nhidden in ancien**T HIS**tory"}
-{"Clue":"Contented double parking in grass (5)","Answer":"HAPPY","Explanation":"Definition: Contented\n**P** (parking) twice in **HAY**=\"grass\""}
-{"Clue":"Tory hunt victory (8)","Answer":"CONQUEST","Explanation":"Definition: victory\n**CON**=conservative=\"Tory\" + **QUEST**=\"hunt\""}
-{"Clue":"Predict toll-free trips (8)","Answer":"FORETELL","Explanation":"Definition: Predict\n(toll-free)"}
-{"Clue":"Music group releases record \u2014 Let It Be (4)","Answer":"STET","Explanation":"Definition: Let It Be\n=an editor's instruction to leave something as written\n **SEPTET**=\"Music group\", letting go of\/releasing the **EP**=\"record\""}
-{"Clue":"Magistrates rise to defend a marine boss (3,3)","Answer":"SEA GOD","Explanation":"Definition: marine boss\n**DOGES**=\"Magistrates\" reversed\/\"rise\" around **A"}
-{"Clue":"German city church makes one concentrate (7)","Answer":"ESSENCE","Explanation":"Definition: concentrate\n**ESSEN**=\"German city\" + **CE**=Church of England"}
-{"Clue":"Helping a person to keep dry (8)","Answer":"ABETTING","Explanation":"Definition: Helping\n**A** + **BEING**=\"person\" around **TT**=teetotal=\"dry\""}
-{"Clue":"Name place for 50 in corres\u00adpondence (10)","Answer":"REPUTATION","Explanation":"Definition: Name\n**PUT**=\"Place\" taking the place of **L**=\"50\u2033 in **RELATION**=\"correspondence\""}
-{"Clue":"Cutter travelled north to save Italian (6)","Answer":"EDITOR","Explanation":"Definition: Cutter\n**RODE**=\"travelled\" reversed upwards\/\"north\" around **IT** (Italian)"}
-{"Clue":"Strip for these gaunt ducks (6-4)","Answer":"SKINNY DIPS","Explanation":"Definition: Strip for these\n**SKINNY**=\"gaunt\" + **DIPS**=\"ducks\" as in move downwards"}
-{"Clue":"Stalls stocking Times replacements (8)","Answer":"STANDBYS","Explanation":"Definition: replacements\n**STANDS**=\"Stalls\" around **BY**=\"Times\" as in '6 by 5 equals 3 times 10'"}
-{"Clue":"Most daft stories appear in random list (8)","Answer":"SILLIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most daft\n**LIES**=\"stories\" in (list)"}
-{"Clue":"Notice about Queen Victoria's delivery in court (7)","Answer":"SERVICE","Explanation":"Definition: delivery in court\n=as in a tennis service\n **SEE**=\"Notice\" around **R** (regina)=\"Queen\" + **VIC** (Victoria)"}
-{"Clue":"Duke hates novel offering more than one ending (6)","Answer":"DEATHS","Explanation":"Definition: more than one ending\n**D** (Duke) + (hates)"}
-{"Clue":"Broadcast unsettled John (6)","Answer":"THRONE","Explanation":"Definition: John\n=toilet\n Homophone\/\"Broadcast\" of: 'thrown'=\"unsettled\""}
-{"Clue":"Constant regret follows Tory leader (4)","Answer":"TRUE","Explanation":"Definition: Constant\n**RUE**=\"regret\" after **T**ory"}
-{"Clue":"Boots' foremost more luxurious make-up (7)","Answer":"BLUSHER","Explanation":"Definition: make-up\n**B**oots + **LUSHER**=\"more luxurious\""}
-{"Clue":"Charlie left outside in a tizzy (7)","Answer":"EXCITED","Explanation":"Definition: in a tizzy\n**C** (Charlie) with **EXITED**=\"left\" outside it"}
-{"Clue":"Midsummer Day ends with a group of sailors (3)","Answer":"RYA","Explanation":"Definition: group of sailors\n=Royal Yachting Association\n the ends of Midsumme**R** Da**Y**, with **A"}
-{"Clue":"Quiet period for percussion, around 50 cents? (3,8)","Answer":"THE DOLDRUMS","Explanation":"Definition: Quiet period\n**THE DRUMS**=\"percussion\" around **DOL**lar=half dollar=\"50 cents?\""}
-{"Clue":"Symbolic house of the listener? (8)","Answer":"SEMIOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Symbolic\n**SEMI**[-detached]=type of \"house\" + **OTIC**=relating to the ear=\"of the listener\""}
-{"Clue":"Regularly abreast, saving time for the news? Drink up and get ready for the worst (6,4,3,7)","Answer":"BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES","Explanation":"Definition: get ready for the worst \nregular letters from a**B**r**E**a**S**t, around\/saving all of: **AT TEN**=\"time for the news\" + **DOWN THE HATCH**=\"Drink up\""}
-{"Clue":"Flipping competition car reverses, breaking a knee\u00adcap in bits (7,4)","Answer":"PANCAKE RACE","Explanation":"Definition: Flipping competition\n**CAR** reversed inside (a kneecap)"}
-{"Clue":"Environment suitable for tailless mammal (3)","Answer":"SEA","Explanation":"Definition: Environment suitable for tailless mammal\n**SEA**L=\"tailless mammal\""}
-{"Clue":"Be lavish and encourage the snake promoter (4,3,4,3)","Answer":"PUSH THE BOAT OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Be lavish\n**PUSH THE BOA TOUT**=\"encourage the snake promoter\""}
-{"Clue":"He dealt poorly with non-monogamous behaviour, being lazy (8,3,4)","Answer":"SWINGING THE LEAD","Explanation":"Definition: being lazy\n=nautical slang referring to lead-weighted ropes used to gauge the depth of water.\n Brewer's gives: \"an allusion to the lazy leadsman idly swinging the line and protracting the job of taking soundings\"(he dealt)* after **SWINGING**=\"non-monogamous behaviour\""}
-{"Clue":"Why said boozer is among places for those who like to indulge (9)","Answer":"SYBARITES","Explanation":"Definition: those who like to indulge\n**Y**=pronounced like 'why'=\"Why said\" + **BAR**=\"boozer\"; inside **SITES**=\"places\""}
-{"Clue":"Copy letter in delight (7)","Answer":"EMULATE","Explanation":"Definition: Copy\n**MU**=Greek \"letter\" in **ELATE**=\"delight\""}
-{"Clue":"Polynesian artist grabbing a paintbrush at last (8)","Answer":"TAHITIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Polynesian\n**TITIAN**=\"artist\" around **A** paintbrus**H"}
-{"Clue":"There may be two edits then, corrected after the girl gets drunk (5,6,2,3,4)","Answer":"THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND","Explanation":"Definition: drunk\n(There)* with \"may be\" as anagrind + (two edits then)* with \"corrected\" as anagrind, after **SHE**=\"the girl\""}
-{"Clue":"In days gone by, receiving only television's first channel (3,6)","Answer":"THE SOLENT","Explanation":"Definition: channel\n**THEN**=\"In days gone by\" around **SOLE**=\"only\" + **T**elevision"}
-{"Clue":"Old money does badly, if copper is involved (6)","Answer":"ESCUDO","Explanation":"Definition: Old money\n=former Portuguese currency\n (does)* around **CU**=chemical symbol for \"copper\""}
-{"Clue":"Possible property holding in quaint, rustic setting (2,5)","Answer":"IN TRUST","Explanation":"Definition: Possible property holding\nletters hidden in qua**INT RUST**ic"}
-{"Clue":"Guys overwhelmed by debts start to default (5)","Answer":"DUDES","Explanation":"Definition: Guys\n**DUES**=\"debts\" around **D**efault"}
-{"Clue":"A Philistine in church? Christmas must be coming up for one so fickle (9)","Answer":"CHAMELEON","Explanation":"Definition: one so fickle\n**A** + **ME**=\"Phillistine\", all inside **CH** (church) + **NOEL** reversed=\"Christmas must be coming up\""}
-{"Clue":"Got hold of shank? (9)","Answer":"CONTACTED","Explanation":"Definition: Got hold of\nnot sure \u2013 anyone?\n *Edit thanks to beery hiker and Shirl: \"shank\" is 'shrank' losing an 'r'; **CONTACTED** is CONTRACTED losing an 'r'"}
-{"Clue":"Like minor German and European furore (8)","Answer":"UNDERAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Like minor\n**UND**=\"German [for] and\" + **E** (European) + **RAGE**+\"furore\""}
-{"Clue":"Kimonos may be useful on the slopes of Mount Fuji (7)","Answer":"MONOSKI","Explanation":"Definition: useful on the slopes of Mount Fuji\n=a single ski attached to both boots\n (Kimonos)"}
-{"Clue":"Terrestrial radiophones not paid off (7)","Answer":"ONSHORE","Explanation":"Definition: Terrestrial\n(radiophones)* minus letters from \"paid\""}
-{"Clue":"Scruffy label on scruffy item of clothing (6)","Answer":"RAGTAG","Explanation":"Definition: Scruffy\n**TAG**=\"label\" after **RAG**=\"scruffy item of clothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Naval administrator in picture frame turned spy (5)","Answer":"PEPYS","Explanation":"Definition: Naval administrator\n=Samuel Pepys\n the \"frame\" or outer letters of **P**ictur**E** + (spy)"}
-{"Clue":"Manoeuvre fails to start in range (5)","Answer":"AMBIT","Explanation":"Definition: range\nG**AMBIT**=\"Manoeuvre\" minus its starting letter"}
-{"Clue":"Survey\u00a0the landscape (8)","Answer":"PROSPECT","Explanation":"Definition: Survey\ndouble definition, as a verb and as a noun"}
-{"Clue":"Interrupt prince filling beer mug (4,2)","Answer":"STEP IN","Explanation":"Definition: Interrupt\n**P** (prince) inside **STEIN**=\"beer mug\""}
-{"Clue":"Corruption riddled Mrs Grundy's project (8)","Answer":"PROTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: project\nPROTRUDE=\"project\" as a verb\n **ROT**=\"Corruption\" inside **PRUDE**=\"Mrs Grundy\""}
-{"Clue":"One thinking about a gun (6)","Answer":"MAUSER","Explanation":"Definition: gun\nMAUSER is a make of gun\u00a0\n **MUSER**=\"One thinking\" about **A"}
-{"Clue":"Girl preferably tours India (5)","Answer":"ELSIE","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nI assume this is **ELSE**=\"preferably\" around **I** for India,\n but I can't quite see how 'else'=\"preferably\""}
-{"Clue":"A liberal excited about new performer (9)","Answer":"BALLERINA","Explanation":"Definition: performer\n(A liberal)* around **N** for \"new\""}
-{"Clue":"Officers rent shop (7,5)","Answer":"GENERAL STORE","Explanation":"Definition: shop\n**GENERALS**=\"Officers\" + **TORE**,**\u00a0**past tense of 'tear'=\"rent\", past tense of 'rend'"}
-{"Clue":"Film star is unsteady, but no retakes (6,6)","Answer":"BUSTER KEATON","Explanation":"Definition: Film star\n(but no retakes)"}
-{"Clue":"Entomb priest with alien? Explain! (9)","Answer":"INTERPRET","Explanation":"Definition: Explain\n**INTER**=\"Entomb\" + **PR** (priest) + **ET**=extra-terrestrial=\"alien\""}
-{"Clue":"General meaning of vocalist (5)","Answer":"TENOR","Explanation":"Definition: General meaning\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"The prohibition of an ancient city (6)","Answer":"THEBAN","Explanation":"Definition: of an ancient city\n**THE** + **BAN**=\"prohibition\""}
-{"Clue":"Boil acid mistakenly? That's hellish! (8)","Answer":"DIABOLIC","Explanation":"Definition: hellish\n(Boil acid)"}
-{"Clue":"Engineer initially provides exhaust and fixtures (6)","Answer":"EVENTS","Explanation":"Definition: fixtures\n**Engineer** + **VENTS**=\"provides exhaust\""}
-{"Clue":"One agreeing to make fool join (8)","Answer":"ASSENTER","Explanation":"Definition: One agreeing\n**ASS**=\"fool\" + **ENTER**=\"join\""}
-{"Clue":"Dad's favourite child? (6)","Answer":"POPPET","Explanation":"Definition: child\n**POP**=\"Dad\" + **PET**=\"favourite\""}
-{"Clue":"Died first protecting old player (6)","Answer":"OBOIST","Explanation":"Definition: player\n**OB**=\"Died\" (short for Latin *obiit*) + **IST**=1st=\"first\"; around **O** for \"old\""}
-{"Clue":"Exercises Rex finds demanding? Struggle on! (9)","Answer":"PERSEVERE","Explanation":"Definition: Struggle on\n**PE**=Physical Education=\"Exercises\" + **R** for \"Rex\" + **SEVERE**=\"demanding\""}
-{"Clue":"Charlie's poem on waves is crackers (4-8)","Answer":"CODE BREAKERS","Explanation":"Definition: crackers\n**C** for \"Charlie\" + **ODE**=\"poem\" + **BREAKERS**=\"waves\""}
-{"Clue":"Follow Tory leader contest (5)","Answer":"TRACE","Explanation":"Definition: Follow\n**T**ory + **RACE**=\"contest\""}
-{"Clue":"God is present, I assume (8)","Answer":"POSEIDON","Explanation":"Definition: God\n**POSE** as a verb=\"present\" + **I** + **DON**=take on=\"assume\""}
-{"Clue":"Hurried back, considered and told the tale (8)","Answer":"NARRATED","Explanation":"Definition: told the tale\n**RAN**=\"Hurried\" reversed\/\"back\" + **RATED**=\"considered\""}
-{"Clue":"Small talk on amazing sale in food stores (12)","Answer":"PLEASANTRIES","Explanation":"Definition: Small talk\n(sale)* in **PANTRIES**=\"food stores\""}
-{"Clue":"Go away with list that can be bagged (9)","Answer":"SHOOTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: that can be bagged\n**SHOO**=\"Go away\" + **TABLE**=\"list\", as a way of presenting information"}
-{"Clue":"Sailors in the drink? (8)","Answer":"ABSINTHE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n**ABS**=**a**ble-**b**odied seaman plus an '**s**'=\"Sailors\" + **IN THE"}
-{"Clue":"Wears tie loosely, so to speak (2,2,4)","Answer":"AS IT WERE","Explanation":"Definition: so to speak\n(Wears tie)"}
-{"Clue":"A knight allowed jewellery (6)","Answer":"ANKLET","Explanation":"Definition: jewellery\n**AN**=\"A\" + **K** for \"knight\" + **LET**=\"allowed\""}
-{"Clue":"Tonic for people in Britain (6)","Answer":"BRACER","Explanation":"Definition: Tonic\n**RACE**=\"people\" in **BR** (Britain)"}
-{"Clue":"Kick back produced by six elements (5)","Answer":"REACT","Explanation":"Definition: Kick back\n\"six\" refers to 6dn, TRACE, and **REACT** is an anagram of the elements\/letters of TRACE"}
-{"Clue":"Container in mind for rifle (7)","Answer":"CARBINE","Explanation":"Definition: rifle\n**BIN**=\"Container\" in **CARE**=\"mind\""}
-{"Clue":"Put in angle \u2014 in briefly? (7)","Answer":"FADDISH","Explanation":"Definition: in briefly?\n\"in\" meaning fashionable\n **ADD**=\"Put\" inside **FISH**=\"angle\""}
-{"Clue":"Star group written about in contemporary literature (4)","Answer":"LYRA","Explanation":"Definition: Star group\n**LYRA** is a constellation of stars\n Hidden\/\"written\" and reversed\/\"about\" in contempor**ARY L**iterature"}
-{"Clue":"Sudden pain working for plant (10)","Answer":"SNAPDRAGON","Explanation":"Definition: plant\n**SNAP**=\"Sudden\" as in 'snap election' + **DRAG**=something tiresome=\"pain\" + **ON**=\"working\""}
-{"Clue":"Some criminal, in earnest, going straight (6)","Answer":"LINEAR","Explanation":"Definition: going straight\nHidden\/\"Some\" in crimina**L IN EAR**nest"}
-{"Clue":"In a particular way, maybe the Guardian's saved in time (8)","Answer":"DAINTILY","Explanation":"Definition: In a particular way\n**DAILY**=\"maybe the Guardian\" around **IN** + **T** (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Leader May frantic \u2014 something cooked up in advance (5,4)","Answer":"READY MEAL","Explanation":"Definition: something cooked up in advance\n(Leader May)"}
-{"Clue":"Grapes not available then? Fleeced? (5)","Answer":"OVINE","Explanation":"Definition: Fleeced?\n**OVINE** meaning 'like a sheep'\n **O VINE**=zero vine=\"Grapes not available then?\""}
-{"Clue":"Minute error initially in damaged travel pass (3,6)","Answer":"BUS TICKET","Explanation":"Definition: travel pass\n**TICK**=small amount of time=\"Minute\" + initial letter of\u00a0**E**rror; all inside **BUST**=\"damaged\""}
-{"Clue":"Embarrassing blunder by black\u00adguard, fellow punching bore (8)","Answer":"PRATFALL","Explanation":"Definition: Embarrassing blunder\n**RAT**=\"blackguard\" + **F** (fellow); both inside **PALL**=become less appealing=\"bore\""}
-{"Clue":"Tory with top story thus appearing in many papers (6,7)","Answer":"ANDREA LEADSOM","Explanation":"Definition: Tory\n=Conservative politician, current Leader of the House of Commons\n **AND**=\"with\", plus all of: **LEAD**=\"top story\" + **SO**=\"thus\", both inside **REAM**=\"many papers\""}
-{"Clue":"Article secured by French detectives \u2014 for a tanner? (6,4)","Answer":"GALLIC ACID","Explanation":"Definition: for a tanner?\nGallic Acid is a type of tannin used to make leather\n **A**=\"Article\" inside: **GALLIC**=\"French\" + **CID**=\"detectives\"=Criminal Investigation Department"}
-{"Clue":"Ferry terminal in Felixstowe has shot ahead (4)","Answer":"TOTE","Explanation":"Definition: Ferry\n**TOTE**=transport around=\"Ferry\"\n last letter\/\"terminal\" in Felixstow**E**, with **TOT**=\"shot [of e.g. whisky]\" ahead of it"}
-{"Clue":"Sentence perhaps key, last of many by writer (7)","Answer":"PENALTY","Explanation":"Definition: Sentence\n**ALT**=\"perhaps key [on a computer keyboard]\" + last letter of man**Y**; all next to **PEN**=\"writer\""}
-{"Clue":"No matter when, party in the end consumed by self-loathing? (7)","Answer":"ANYTIME","Explanation":"Definition: No matter when\nend of part**Y** inside **ANTI-ME**=\"self-loathing?\""}
-{"Clue":"Ridiculously bad cabinet minister ultimately a boring tool (5,3,3)","Answer":"BRACE AND BIT","Explanation":"Definition: boring too\n=a tool used to drill or bore holes into wood \n (bad cabinet **r**)*, where the r is the last\/ultimate letter of ministe**r"}
-{"Clue":"Hypothetical solution to sum never extremely diabolical (7)","Answer":"NOSTRUM","Explanation":"Definition: Hypothetical solution\n=a fanciful suggested remedy\n (to sum **nr**)*, where **nr** is from the extremes of **n**eve**r"}
-{"Clue":"I slid coat off, relaxed after being pumped up? (9)","Answer":"DIASTOLIC","Explanation":"Definition: relaxed after being pumped up\n=referring to the part of the cardiac cycle where the heart is at rest between beats\n (I slid coat)"}
-{"Clue":"Tories all repent, not half floundering \u2014 look away, if you don't want to know! (7,5)","Answer":"SPOILER ALERT","Explanation":"Definition: look away, if you don't want to know!\n(tories all **rep**)*, where **rep**=\"**rep**ent not half\""}
-{"Clue":"Player catching a target with smooth stone (6,7)","Answer":"SANDRA BULLOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Player\n\"Player\" meaning actor\n **A BULL**=\"a target\" caught inside: **SAND**=\"smooth\" + **ROCK**=\"stone\""}
-{"Clue":"'Dress in a state', declares expert fashion designer (9,7)","Answer":"DONATELLA VERSACE","Explanation":"Definition: fashion designer\n**DON**=\"Dress in\" + **A** + **TELL**=\"state\" + **AVERS**=\"declares\" + **ACE**=\"expert\""}
-{"Clue":"Balls move from side to side after Tottenham taking the lead? (7)","Answer":"TWADDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Balls\n=nonsense\n **WADDLE**=\"move from side to side\" after **T** for Tottenham"}
-{"Clue":"Creole tune originally played as synthesised music (7)","Answer":"ELECTRO","Explanation":"Definition: synthesised music\n(Creole **t**)*, where **t** is from **t**une"}
-{"Clue":"Awfully clean on top of table, surgeon's knife (6)","Answer":"LANCET","Explanation":"Definition: surgeon's knife\n(clean)* + **T**able"}
-{"Clue":"Were a couple\u00a0old-fashioned? (5)","Answer":"DATED","Explanation":"Definition: Were a couple\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"They measure explosions in furnaces too badly packed inside (8)","Answer":"KILOTONS","Explanation":"Definition: They measure explosions\n**KILNS**=\"furnaces\" with (too)* inside"}
-{"Clue":"Unlike base with a forensic force in charge (6)","Answer":"ACIDIC","Explanation":"Definition: Unlike base\na \"base\" or alkali is a chemical substance that can neutralise acids\n **A** + **CID**=Criminal Investigation Department=\"forensic force\" + **IC** (in charge)"}
-{"Clue":"Judicially determine how one may be legally punished in hearing (4)","Answer":"FIND","Explanation":"Definition: Judicially determine\nhomophone\/\"in hearing\" of 'fined'=\"how one may be legally punished\""}
-{"Clue":"Like coat securely put on, or pulled off (8,2)","Answer":"BUTTONED UP","Explanation":"Definition: Like coat securely put on\ndouble definition: ='fastened up'; or ='carried out successfully'"}
-{"Clue":"Joking line not OK, in verse for ad (6)","Answer":"JINGLE","Explanation":"Definition: verse for ad\nthe letters from **JokING LinE** minus **OK** and **in"}
-{"Clue":"Civil in the extreme, fired European in job (8)","Answer":"POLITEST","Explanation":"Definition: Civil in the extreme\n**LIT**=\"fired\" + **E** (European); all inside **POST**=\"job\""}
-{"Clue":"Comprehensive school finally featured on a blog, possibly (6)","Answer":"GLOBAL","Explanation":"Definition: Comprehensive\nfinal letter of schoo**L **after (a blog)"}
-{"Clue":"Composer appearing after end of last movement (6)","Answer":"TRAVEL","Explanation":"Definition: movement\n**RAVEL**=\"Composer\" after the end letter of las**T"}
-{"Clue":"Twisted cables to form barrier (8)","Answer":"OBSTACLE","Explanation":"Definition: barrier\n~~(cables)*~~\u00a0*Edit thanks to Hovis: (cables to)"}
-{"Clue":"Off-hand, cold and, as usual, ignoring us (6)","Answer":"CASUAL","Explanation":"Definition: Off-hand\n**C**\u00a0(cold) + **AS usUAL** ignoring **us"}
-{"Clue":"Eg Dante let Inferno become convoluted (10)","Answer":"FLORENTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Eg Dante\n(let Inferno)"}
-{"Clue":"Eastern capital once proclaimed source of exotic food (4)","Answer":"DELI","Explanation":"Definition: source of exotic food\nhomophone\/\"proclaimed\" of 'Delhi'=\"Eastern capital once\""}
-{"Clue":"It gets lost in translation on screen? Fine (6)","Answer":"SUBTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Fine\nSUBT**it**LE=\"translation on screen\", with the **it** getting lost"}
-{"Clue":"One male without understanding is showing lack of practicality (8)","Answer":"IDEALISM","Explanation":"Definition: lack of practicality\n**I**=\"One\" + **M** (male); around **DEAL**=\"understanding\" + **IS"}
-{"Clue":"From Australia is ingeniously networking (8)","Answer":"LIAISING","Explanation":"Definition: networking\nhidden in Austra**LIA IS ING**eniously"}
-{"Clue":"Protective cover for outlaw or gangster (4)","Answer":"HOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Protective cover\ntriple definition, with 'outlaw'=Robin Hood"}
-{"Clue":"Pound caught up in disruption of euro or other currency (6)","Answer":"ROUBLE","Explanation":"Definition: other currency\n**LB**=\"Pound\" inside and reversed\/\"caught up in\" (euro)"}
-{"Clue":"Caught a bird, one that sings in December? (8)","Answer":"CAROLLER","Explanation":"Definition: one that sings in December?\n**C** (caught, cricket abbreviation) + **A** + **ROLLER**=type of \"bird\""}
-{"Clue":"Rich man concealing anger over court orders (10)","Answer":"DIRECTIVES","Explanation":"Definition: orders\n**DIVES**=Biblical \"Rich man\" around **IRE**=\"anger\" and **CT** (court)"}
-{"Clue":"Belligerent American visitor cut short dance music (6)","Answer":"GIGUES","Explanation":"Definition: dance music\n**GI**=\"Belligerent American\" + **GUES[t]**=\"visitor cut short\""}
-{"Clue":"Taking part in dispute, suddenly reversed arrangements (3-3)","Answer":"SET-UPS","Explanation":"Hidden\/\"Taking part in\" and \"reversed\" inside: di**SPUTE S**uddenly"}
-{"Clue":"Create work for another growth site being redeveloped (5-5)","Answer":"GHOST-WRITE","Explanation":"Definition: Create work for another\n(growth site)"}
-{"Clue":"While century drew to a close, was upwardly mobile (8)","Answer":"ASCENDED","Explanation":"Definition: was upwardly mobile\n**AS**=\"While\" + **C** (century) + **ENDED**=\"drew to a close\""}
-{"Clue":"Fall sees changing trees becoming this (8)","Answer":"LEAFLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Fall sees changing trees becoming this\n(Fall sees)"}
-{"Clue":"Star group from, perhaps, Emerald Isle? Part of it (6)","Answer":"GEMINI","Explanation":"Definition: Star group\n**GEM**=\"perhaps, Emerald\" + **I** (Isle) + **NI** (Northern Ireland)=\"Part of it [the Emerald Isle i.e. Ireland]\""}
-{"Clue":"Singer found in clubs endlessly, repeatedly turning up (6)","Answer":"BULBUL","Explanation":"Definition: Singer\n=a bird\n c**LUB**s without the end letters, repeated twice and reversed\/\"turning up\""}
-{"Clue":"Prepared to swallow Conservative cut (6)","Answer":"CHEWED","Explanation":"Definition: Prepared to swallow\n**C** (Conservative) + **HEWED**=\"cut\""}
-{"Clue":"Conclusions from board you will ratify in an appropriate way (4)","Answer":"DULY","Explanation":"Definition: in an appropriate way\nConclusions or final letters from boar**D** yo**U** wil**L** ratif**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Casual unpacking of last of clothes from case in vehicle (8)","Answer":"CAVALIER","Explanation":"Definition: Casual\nlast letter of clothe**s** removed from **VALISE**=\"case\"; inside **CAR**=\"vehicle\""}
-{"Clue":"Area on the backside of egg layer? (5)","Answer":"OZONE","Explanation":"Definition: layer\n**ZONE**=\"Area\", after **O**=egg-shaped letter=\"egg\""}
-{"Clue":"Vicious destruction of red rose for extra table? (4,6)","Answer":"SIDE ORDERS","Explanation":"Definition: for extra table?\n**SID** Vicious the punk rock star + (red rose)"}
-{"Clue":"Desert rat free, according to the Spanish generals, initially taken aback (6)","Answer":"GERBIL","Explanation":"Definition: Desert rat\n**LIBRE**=\"free\" in Spanish + **G**=\"generals, initially\"; all reversed\/\"taken aback\""}
-{"Clue":"Hip bandaged, he was given sword wound \u2014 it's worth taking the risk (3,5,4)","Answer":"WHO DARES WINS","Explanation":"Definition: it's worth taking the risk\nIN=trendy=\"Hip\", inside\/\"bandaged\" with: (he was sword)*\n \"wound\" is the anagram indicator, as the past tense of the verb 'wind'"}
-{"Clue":"Attacked from the air, farmhouse completely gutted, missiles sent over to claim it (7)","Answer":"STRAFED","Explanation":"Definition: Attacked from the air\n**F**armhous**E **\"gutted\" with its insides removed; inside **DARTS**=\"missiles\" reversed\/\"sent over\""}
-{"Clue":"Killer dog biting equerry's rear with energy (7)","Answer":"CYANIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Killer\n**CANID**=\"dog\" around equerr**Y**'s rear letter, + **E** (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Before success, star admitting close to bankrupt (8)","Answer":"HITHERTO","Explanation":"Definition: Before\n**HIT**=\"success\" + **HERO**=\"star\" around the closing letter of bankrup**T"}
-{"Clue":"Clever bit: wife's seen through it (6)","Answer":"SHREWD","Explanation":"Definition: Clever\n**SHRED**=small part=\"bit\", with **W** (wife) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Observing instrument, romantic composer embracing one with first of concerti (10)","Answer":"MICROSCOPE","Explanation":"Definition: Observing instrument\n(composer)* around: **I**=\"one\" + first letter of **C**oncerti\n \"romantic\" as the anagram indicator, roughly like 'fanciful'"}
-{"Clue":"Underwear a nipper rejected (5)","Answer":"TANGA","Explanation":"Definition: Underwear\nTANGA=a type of briefs, often as bikini bottoms**\n A GNAT**=\"a nipper\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"River is close to oak tree (8)","Answer":"TAMARISK","Explanation":"Definition: tree\n=a tree also known as the salt cedar\n **TAMAR**=\"River\" between Devon and Cornwall + **IS** + closing letter of oa**K"}
-{"Clue":"Capital growth faced by a postpubescent Superman (8)","Answer":"TASHKENT","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\n=Capital of Uzbekistan\n **TASH**=moustache=facial hair or \"growth faced by a postpubescent\"; plus Clark **KENT**=\"Superman\""}
-{"Clue":"Plane that's inclined to get hit, given minimum of protection (4)","Answer":"RAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Plane that's inclined\n**RAM**=\"hit\" + \"minimum\" or 'only one letter' of\u00a0**P**rotection"}
-{"Clue":"Decoration stocked by department in Selfridges (6)","Answer":"TINSEL","Explanation":"Definition: Decoration\nhidden in departmen**T IN SEL**fridges"}
-{"Clue":"Shade reserved by man, while still dark (3-4)","Answer":"PRE-DAWN","Explanation":"Definition: while still dark\n**RED**=\"Shade\", inside **PAWN**=chess piece=\"man\""}
-{"Clue":"Form studied in this equestrian sport good, in play (8)","Answer":"TOPOLOGY","Explanation":"Definition: Form studied in this\n=mathematical study involving the properties of spaces and shapes\n **POLO**=\"equestrian sport\" + **G** (good); all inside **TOY**=\"play\""}
-{"Clue":"Old shoemaker in business with change in drawer (10)","Answer":"CORDWAINER","Explanation":"Definition: Old shoemaker\n**CO** (company)=\"business\" + (in drawer)"}
-{"Clue":"Stuff written about Edward's crown in the king's name? (6)","Answer":"GEORGE","Explanation":"Definition: the king's name?\n**GORGE**=eat too much=\"Stuff\"; around the crown or top\/first letter of **E**dward"}
-{"Clue":"Turner entertained by escort's prattle (10)","Answer":"BLATHERING","Explanation":"Definition: prattle\n**LATHE**=a rotating tool=\"Turner\", inside **BRING**=\"escort\""}
-{"Clue":"Transport service on track, tours are derailed (8)","Answer":"EUROSTAR","Explanation":"Definition: Transport service on track\n(tours are)"}
-{"Clue":"Selection of homemade wines showing a sparkling quality on the surface? (8)","Answer":"DEWINESS","Explanation":"Definition: a sparkling quality on the surface?\n=the quality of being dewy\n Hidden in homema**DE WINES S**howing"}
-{"Clue":"Advance payments finally withdrawn from Newcastle area (2,5)","Answer":"GO FORTH","Explanation":"Definition: Advance\nfinal letter of payment**s\u00a0**removed from **GOsFORTH**=\"Newcastle area\""}
-{"Clue":"Halfwits find bit of test oddly lacking (6)","Answer":"IDIOTS","Explanation":"Definition: Halfwits\nodd letters removed from f**I**n**D** b**I**t **O**f **T**e**S**t"}
-{"Clue":"Second cuppa, well hot! (6)","Answer":"STEAMY","Explanation":"Definition: hot!\n**S** (second) + **TEA**=\"cuppa\" + **MY**=surprised interjection=\"well\""}
-{"Clue":"Group studying hotel in Nottinghamshire town (8)","Answer":"WORKSHOP","Explanation":"Definition:  Group studying\n**H** (hotel) in **WORKSOP**=\"Nottinghamshire town\""}
-{"Clue":"Lakeside parking provided for stars \u2026 (6)","Answer":"PLOUGH","Explanation":"Definition: stars\nthe PLOUGH is a constellation of \"stars\"\n **LOUGH**=loch or \"Lake\", to the side of **P** (parking)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 a great one is fit to work (7)","Answer":"CANOPUS","Explanation":"Definition: a great one\n=the name of a bright star, or \"\u2026a great one\", linked back to \"stars\u2026\" at the end of the clue for 1ac\n **CAN**=\"is fit to\" + **OPUS**=\"work\""}
-{"Clue":"Is it reasonable not to have a second pint? (9)","Answer":"RATIONALE","Explanation":"Definition: Is it reasonable\n**RATION ALE** roughly equals \"not to have a second pint?\""}
-{"Clue":"Busy, not initially having done very much (2,3)","Answer":"NO END","Explanation":"Definition: very much\n\"Busy\" is the anagrind for (**n** done)*, with **n** being the initial of \"not\""}
-{"Clue":"Editor's leader on the reason for reciting poem (5)","Answer":"ELEGY","Explanation":"Definition: poem\n**E**ditor's leading letter + **LEG**=\"on\" side of the field in cricket + **Y** as a homophone\/\"reciting\" of 'why'=\"reason for\""}
-{"Clue":"Nobody but Spooner could give us the language of the wisecracker! (9)","Answer":"PIPSQUEAK","Explanation":"Definition: Nobody\n=not anybody of significance\n Spoonerism of 'Quip-Speak'=\"the language of the wisecracker!\""}
-{"Clue":"Social climber puts about the stuff of the aesthete (7)","Answer":"UPSTART","Explanation":"Definition: Social climber\n(puts)* + **ART**=\"the stuff of the aesthete\""}
-{"Clue":"Country golf club admits women! (6)","Answer":"RWANDA","Explanation":"Definition: Country\n**R AND A**=Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews; around **W** (women)"}
-{"Clue":"Cutter served in the US Army, 75% retired (6)","Answer":"JIGSAW","Explanation":"Definition: Cutter\n=a tool with a cutting blade\n 75% or 6\/8 of the letters from **WAS GI J**oe=\"served in the US army\"; then reversed\/\"retired'"}
-{"Clue":"Flying team picked up crown prince, then bragged (7)","Answer":"AIRCREW","Explanation":"Definition: Flying team\n**AIR**=homophone\/\"picked up\" of 'heir'=\"crown prince\"; plus **CREW**=past tense of crow=\"bragged\""}
-{"Clue":"However, American's the bluntest tool in the box? (9)","Answer":"LEASTWISE","Explanation":"Definition: However, American\n=US word for \"However\"\n **LEAST WISE**=metaphorically \"the bluntest tool in the box?\""}
-{"Clue":"Feelings about individual stay in power (5)","Answer":"VIBES","Explanation":"Definition: Feelings\n**BE**=\"stay\" in **VIS**=Latin for force, \"power\""}
-{"Clue":"Stuart guy prone to make flamboyant bid? (5,9)","Answer":"YOUNG PRETENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Stuart guy prone to make flamboyant bid?\n=a name for Bonnie Prince Charlie who laid claim to the British throne\n (guy prone)* with \"make flamboyant\" as anagrind; plus **TENDER**=\"bid\""}
-{"Clue":"By-product of burning food injected to power donkey (4,5)","Answer":"PEAT SMOKE","Explanation":"Definition: By-product of burning\n**EATS**=\"food\" put inside:\u00a0**P** (power) + **MOKE**=\"donkey\""}
-{"Clue":"Novice winked nervously at auction (3,3,2,3,5)","Answer":"NEW KID ON THE BLOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Novice\n(winked)* + **ON THE BLOCK**=\"at auction\""}
-{"Clue":"Nouveau riche location second to be struck off, substandard (7)","Answer":"PARVENU","Explanation":"Definition: Nouveau riche\n**VENUe**, with the second letter to \"b**e**\" struck off; and placed in the grid **below PAR**=\"**substandard**\""}
-{"Clue":"Tyres we want him to win, we hear (9)","Answer":"GOODYEARS","Explanation":"Definition: Tyres\n**GOODY**=the good guy, hero of the story=\"we want him to win\" + **EARS**=\"we hear\""}
-{"Clue":"Slowly, stealthily I move here, peer coyly over walls (7)","Answer":"CREEPER","Explanation":"Definition: Slowly, stealthily I move\nHidden\/'walled inside' and reversed\/\"over\", in: \"he**RE PEER C**oyly\""}
-{"Clue":"Initially, our series where you may question Vishy sacrificing a queen (1,3,1)","Answer":"N AND Q","Explanation":"Definition: Initially, our series where you may question\nThe initials of the Guardian's column,\u00a0*Notes and Queries *[\n Vishy **ANAND** the former world chess champion , losing an **A**; and plus **Q** (queen)"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzling form on the upturn, United knocked us out (6)","Answer":"SUDOKU","Explanation":"Definition: Puzzling form\nreversal\/\"on the upturn\" of **U** (United) + **KO'D US**=\"knocked us out\""}
-{"Clue":"Covering\u00a0threes, when having a bet (6)","Answer":"CARPET","Explanation":"Definition: Covering\n**CARPET**=betting term meaning odds of three to one"}
-{"Clue":"Page is upset about bloody count not opening vents (9)","Answer":"SPIRACULA","Explanation":"Definition: vents\n=breathing holes or orifices\n **P** (Page) with **IS** reversed\/\"upset\" around it; plus D**RACULA**=\"bloody count\" without its opening letter"}
-{"Clue":"Top tip for real trivia nuts, including son heading for Eggheads \u2014 he's aiming high (9)","Answer":"ARRIVISTE","Explanation":"Definition: he's aiming high\n(R trivia S)* + heading\/first letter of **E**ggheads\n \"nuts\" is the anagrind, with fodder: **R**eal + trivia + **S**\u00a0(son)"}
-{"Clue":"Wife in a photograph with a young rascal (14)","Answer":"WHIPPERSNAPPER","Explanation":"Definition: young rascal\n**W** (wife) + **HIP**=\"in\"=trendy + **PER**=\"a\" + **SNAP**=\"photograph\" + **PER**=\"a\" as in 'an apple a day'"}
-{"Clue":"Such as divides old man and young woman, endlessly arising (3,3)","Answer":"AGE GAP","Explanation":"Definition: Such as divides old man and young woman\n**E.G.**=\"Such as\", dividing a reversal\/\"arising\" of: **PA**=\"old man\" + **GA**L=\"young woman, endlessly\""}
-{"Clue":"Players' practice over, hitched round London's theatreland (4,3)","Answer":"WEST END","Explanation":"Definition: London's theatreland\n**NETS**=cricket \"Players' practice\", reversed\/\"over\"; and with **WED**=\"hitched\" around"}
-{"Clue":"List issuer, sly old crook (6)","Answer":"LLOYD\u2019S","Explanation":"Definition: List issuer\nreferring to Lloyd's List \n (sly old)"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps procured dress very smartly (3,2)","Answer":"TOG UP","Explanation":"Definition: dress very smartly\n**TOG UP**=crossword instructions to reverse TOG; giving GOT=\"Perhaps procured\""}
-{"Clue":"What beer maker does by the book (7)","Answer":"HEBREWS","Explanation":"Definition: book\n=book of the Bible\n **HE BREWS** =\"What beer maker does\""}
-{"Clue":"Delivered from appalling deceit by rector (7)","Answer":"RECITED","Explanation":"Definition: Delivered\n(deceit)* next to **R** (rector)"}
-{"Clue":"Fire's worse than this, they say (6,3)","Answer":"FRYING PAN","Explanation":"referring to the phrase 'out of the frying pan into the fire'"}
-{"Clue":"Briefly, it is going to make fabric (5)","Answer":"TWILL","Explanation":"Definition: Briefly, it is going to\n'**TWILL**=contraction of 'it will'=\"Briefly, it is going to\""}
-{"Clue":"Omit\u00a0captain (4)","Answer":"SKIP","Explanation":"Definition: Omit\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Where to buy a jumper? (4,6)","Answer":"FLEA MARKET","Explanation":"Definition: Where to buy a jumper?\ncryptic def, with **FLEA**=\"jumper\""}
-{"Clue":"Foreigner's reason to travel (6)","Answer":"SENORA","Explanation":"Definition: Foreigner\n(reason)"}
-{"Clue":"Journalist's self-introduction to make a stir (7)","Answer":"IMPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: to make a stir\n**I'M PRESS**=\"Journalist's self-introduction\""}
-{"Clue":"Fixed arrangement with Edward (7)","Answer":"PLANTED","Explanation":"Definition: Fixed\n**PLAN**=\"arrangement\" + **TED**=\"Edward\"\n I spent a little while trying to make this from\u00a0PLANT + ED"}
-{"Clue":"Good worker on railway platform (6)","Answer":"GANTRY","Explanation":"Definition: platform\n=a supporting frame used in construction\n **G** (Good) + **ANT**=\"worker\" + **RY** (RailwaY)"}
-{"Clue":"Throw fruit at singer (5,5)","Answer":"CHUCK BERRY","Explanation":"Definition: singer\n**CHUCK**=\"Throw\" + **BERRY**=\"fruit\""}
-{"Clue":"Fool of a fielder finally dropped (4)","Answer":"GULL","Explanation":"Definition: Fool\nGULL=\"Fool\" as a verb or noun \u2013 related to 'gullible'\n **GULL**y=fielding position in cricket=\"fielder\", with the final letter dropped"}
-{"Clue":"Old railway company acquires one ship (5)","Answer":"LINER","Explanation":"Definition: ship\n**LNER**=London and North-Eastern Railway around **I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Flowing stream meets obstruction in its canals? (9)","Answer":"AMSTERDAM","Explanation":"Definition: in its canals?\nAmsterdam is known for its canals\n (stream)* + **DAM**=\"obstruction\""}
-{"Clue":"Contemptuously treat group going to break up (7)","Answer":"DISBAND","Explanation":"Definition: break up\n**DIS** or 'diss'=\"Contemptuously treat\" + **BAND**=\"group\""}
-{"Clue":"Ruin meal, introducing a bit of controversy (7)","Answer":"SCUPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Ruin\n**SUPPER**=\"meal\" around **C**ontroversy"}
-{"Clue":"Lifts paper he's holding (5)","Answer":"HEFTS","Explanation":"Definition: Lifts\n**FT** (Financial Times)=\"paper\", inside **HE'S"}
-{"Clue":"Stall: obtain herb here, they say (3,4)","Answer":"BUY TIME","Explanation":"Definition: Stall\nsoukds like\/\"they say\": 'buy thyme'=\"obtain herb\""}
-{"Clue":"Concerned to trap seabird (4)","Answer":"ERNE","Explanation":"Definition: seabird\nHidden in conc**ERNE**d"}
-{"Clue":"Law of give and take? (6,3,6)","Answer":"SUPPLY AND DEMAND","Explanation":"Definition: Law of give and take?\ncryptic definition referring to the economic 'Laws' of supply and demand"}
-{"Clue":"Agonising errors ruined children's game (4-1-4,1,5)","Answer":"RING A RING O\u2019 ROSES","Explanation":"Definition: children's game\n(Agonising errors)"}
-{"Clue":"Stealing pet that's briefly asleep? (10)","Answer":"CATNAPPING","Explanation":"Definition: that's briefly asleep\nCAT-NAPPING might=\"Stealing pet\", as in kidnapping"}
-{"Clue":"Cause to laugh about river becoming thin stream (7)","Answer":"TRICKLE","Explanation":"Definition: thin stream\n**TICKLE**=\"Cause to laugh\" around **R** (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Wrong suit led is weakening (7)","Answer":"DILUTES","Explanation":"Definition: weakening\n(suit led)"}
-{"Clue":"Country OK? No, rather bad (5,5)","Answer":"NORTH KOREA","Explanation":"Definition: Country\n(OK No rather)"}
-{"Clue":"The best came first, drunk (7)","Answer":"PICKLED","Explanation":"Definition: drunk\n**PICK**=\"The best\" + **LED**=\"came first\""}
-{"Clue":"Maul poor current students and one old one (7)","Answer":"ALUMNUS","Explanation":"Definition: one old one\n(Maul)* + **NUS**=National Union of Students=\"current students\""}
-{"Clue":"Make conveniently bigger\u00a0summary (5,2)","Answer":"ROUND UP","Explanation":"Definition: Make conveniently bigger\nas in 'round up to the nearest 10\u2032; or 'round up of the day's news'"}
-{"Clue":"Primate said to be capital (5)","Answer":"LEMUR","Explanation":"Definition: Primate\nhomophone\/\"said to be\" of: 'Lima', capital of of Peru\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Exercise and sport in the country (4)","Answer":"PERU","Explanation":"Definition: country\n**PE** (Physical Education)=\"Exercise\" + **RU** (Rugby Union)=\"sport\""}
-{"Clue":"Somewhat nondescript old PM and his bats (7)","Answer":"GREYISH","Explanation":"Definition: Somewhat nondescript\nCharles GREY=\"old PM\" + (his)"}
-{"Clue":"Almost cut China's temperature etc (7)","Answer":"CLIMATE","Explanation":"Definition: temperature etc\n**CLI**p=\"Almost cut\" + **MATE**=\"China\" plate in rhyming slang"}
-{"Clue":"No help for foresaid coarse fish (5)","Answer":"ORFES","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nan ORFE is a fish\n (foresaid)*, minus the letters of 'aid'=\"help\""}
-{"Clue":"Unable to say yea or nay, when one's left out of 'no VAT on gin' scheme (3-6)","Answer":"NON-VOTING","Explanation":"Definition: Unable to say yea or nay\n(no VAT on gin)*, with I=\"one\" removed\/\"left out\""}
-{"Clue":"Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers (10)","Answer":"ASCENDIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: suitable for climbers\n**C** (Carbon) + **END**=\"tip\"; both inside (abseil)"}
-{"Clue":"Boast of seating quite near the stage? (4)","Answer":"CROW","Explanation":"Definition: Boast\n**C-ROW** might come after A-Row and B-Row as \"seating quite near the stage\""}
-{"Clue":"Nature's rich mixture: 'obi' clued cryptically? (12)","Answer":"BIODIVERSITY","Explanation":"Definition: Nature's rich mixture\n'obi' could be clued cryptically as BIODIVERSITY, giving an anagram (bio)"}
-{"Clue":"Company-free community seems to break down the corporate defence (6,6)","Answer":"IMMUNE SYSTEM","Explanation":"Definition: corporate defence\n(community seems)* minus co for \"Company\""}
-{"Clue":"Large insertion in tool shaft (4)","Answer":"HOLE","Explanation":"Definition: haft\n**L** (Large) inside **HOE**=\"tool\""}
-{"Clue":"Transverse cover provides shading (5-5)","Answer":"CROSS-HATCH","Explanation":"Definition: shading\n**CROSS**=\"Transverse\" + **HATCH**=\"cover\""}
-{"Clue":"Rest of MPs no one backs, leading to decline (9)","Answer":"RECESSION","Explanation":"Definition: decline\n**RECESS**=vacation period for Parliament=\"Rest of MPs\"; plus **NO** + **I**=\"one\" all reversed\/\"backs\""}
-{"Clue":"What might call on you to strike a match (5)","Answer":"UNION","Explanation":"Definition: What might call on you to strike\ndouble definition: =a worker's union that might call a strike; or =a paired couple"}
-{"Clue":"Wife preparing for a fight: 'Like a bowl of hot soup?' (7)","Answer":"WARMING","Explanation":"Definition: Like a bowl of hot soup?\n**W** (Wife) + **ARMING**=\"preparing for a fight\""}
-{"Clue":"One given an assurance: 'Step into the extremes of pleasure' (7)","Answer":"PLEDGEE","Explanation":"Definition: One given an assurance\n**LEDGE**=\"Step\" in the extreme letters of **P**leasur**E"}
-{"Clue":"Reconfigure a long lab? Not an earthly (6)","Answer":"GLOBAL","Explanation":"Definition: earthly\n(a long lab)*, minus \"an\""}
-{"Clue":"Swear euphemistically etc to redistribute produce (6)","Answer":"EFFECT","Explanation":"Definition: produce\n**EFF**=abbreviated F-word=\"Swear euphemistically\"; plus (etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Dead popular thought, disposing of male! (10)","Answer":"INSENTIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Dead\n**IN**=\"popular\" + **SENTImENT**=\"thought\" minus **m** for \"male\""}
-{"Clue":"Afghan oilfield yielding capital (5)","Answer":"HANOI","Explanation":"Definition: capital\n=capital of Vietnam\n hidden in Afg**HAN OI**lfield"}
-{"Clue":"Assemblies left in depressed circumstances ultimately (9)","Answer":"CONCLAVES","Explanation":"Definition: Assemblies\n**L** (left) in **CONCAVE**=curved inwards or downwards=\"depressed\" + the ultimate letter of circumstance**S"}
-{"Clue":"'Advanced' changed to 'Old' by country club (4)","Answer":"IRON","Explanation":"Definition: club\n=a type of golf club\n **IRAN**=\"country\", changing **A** for 'Advanced' to **O** for 'Old'"}
-{"Clue":"Cops break into a shower, which makes for a bad atmosphere (4,4)","Answer":"ACID RAIN","Explanation":"Definition: which makes for a bad atmosphere\n**CID**=Central Investigation Department=\"Cops\", inside **A RAIN**=\"a shower\""}
-{"Clue":"'Advantage' means 'lateral' (8)","Answer":"EDGEWAYS","Explanation":"Definition: lateral\n**EDGE**=\"Advantage\" + **WAYS**=\"means\""}
-{"Clue":"Unqualified legislative body that covers up bloomers (10)","Answer":"GREENHOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: hat covers up bloomers\n**GREEN**=inexperienced=\"Unqualified\" + **HOUSE**=\"legislative body\""}
-{"Clue":"Worthy undoing a waiter's work? (9)","Answer":"DESERVING","Explanation":"Definition: Worthy\n**DE-SERVING**=possibly the reverse of serving=\"undoing a waiter's work?\""}
-{"Clue":"Accompanying date naked? Absent yourself! (8)","Answer":"WITHDRAW","Explanation":"Definition: Absent yourself\n**WITH**=\"Accompanying\" + **D** (date) + **RAW**=\"naked\""}
-{"Clue":"Somehow crams everyone inside this? (5,3)","Answer":"SMALL CAR","Explanation":"Definition: Somehow crams everyone inside this\n(crams)*, with **ALL**=\"everyone\" inside it"}
-{"Clue":"Useful for securing Rex in police operation (6)","Answer":"STRING","Explanation":"Definition: Useful for securing\n**R** (Rex) inside **STING**=\"police operation\""}
-{"Clue":"Some coins\u00a0are different (6)","Answer":"CHANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Some coins\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dawn's body found in drink (5)","Answer":"SUNUP","Explanation":"Definition: Dawn\n**UN**=United Nations=international organisation\/\"body\"; inside **SUP**=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Elevated contribution to Miss Saigon that's naturally important (4)","Answer":"SSSI","Explanation":"Definition: that's naturally important\n=**S**ite of **S**pecial **S**cientific **I**nterest, a type of protected conservation area in the UK\u00a0\n hidden reversed inside M**ISS S**aigon"}
-{"Clue":"Lightweight compiler in trouble with a bunch of pedants (7,6)","Answer":"GRAMMAR POLICE","Explanation":"Definition: bunch of pedants\n**GRAM**=\"Light \/ weight\" + (compiler a)"}
-{"Clue":"Delay use outside America (7)","Answer":"SUSPEND","Explanation":"Definition: Delay\n**SPEND**=\"use\" around **US**=\"America\""}
-{"Clue":"Said extra large is better (5)","Answer":"EXCEL","Explanation":"Definition: better\nEXCEL as a transitive verb meaning 'surpass'=\"better\"\n homophone\/\"Said\" of: 'XL'=\"extra large\""}
-{"Clue":"At home in hell \u2014 probing Nazi group's sinister quality (9)","Answer":"SHADINESS","Explanation":"Definition: sinister quality\n**IN**=\"At home\" inside **HADES**=\"hell\"; inside **SS**=\"Nazi group\""}
-{"Clue":"They offer treatment to those almost past being cured (10)","Answer":"OSTEOPATHS","Explanation":"Definition: They offer treatment\n(to those past)*, with the t removed because of the \"almost\""}
-{"Clue":"It's painful to hear what drinks cost, though not poor (4)","Answer":"BARB","Explanation":"Definition: It's painful to hear\nBARB=a wounding remark\n **BAR Bill**=\"what drinks cost\", minus ill=\"poor\""}
-{"Clue":"Prick! Empty rhetoric to Welsh about architectural feature (6,6)","Answer":"LANCET WINDOW","Explanation":"Definition: architectural feature\n**LANCE**=\"Prick\" as a verb; plus **WIND**=\"empty rhetoric\" with **TO **+** W **(Welsh) about it"}
-{"Clue":"Football lover during Fulham tie: \"Get off!\" (3,9,4)","Answer":"THE BEAUTIFUL GAME","Explanation":"Definition: Football\n**BEAU**=\"lover\", inside (Fulham tie Get)"}
-{"Clue":"Take home nursing assistant in the van \u2014 nice! (4)","Answer":"NEAT","Explanation":"Definition: nice\n**NET**=\"Take home\" as in 'take-home pay'='pay net of tax'; around\/'nursing' **A**ssistant, with \"van\" indicating the front or leading letter"}
-{"Clue":"'Is it wrong chopping heads off?' (Henry at historic castle) (10)","Answer":"STRONGHOLD","Explanation":"Definition: castle\nI**S** i**T** w**RONG** with the head letters chopped off; plus **H** (Henry, SI unit of inductance) + **OLD**=\"historic\""}
-{"Clue":"Complicated procedure in part \u2014 current government getting hurt (9)","Answer":"RIGMAROLE","Explanation":"Definition: Complicated procedure\nin\u00a0**ROLE**=\"part\", insert: **I**=symbol for electric \"current\" + **G** (Government) + **MAR**=\"hurt\""}
-{"Clue":"Fell about at first \u2014 relax! (5)","Answer":"CHILL","Explanation":"Definition: relax\n**HILL**=\"Fell\", with **C**=circa, \"about\" placed first"}
-{"Clue":"Vandalised old people's tombs (7)","Answer":"DOLMENS","Explanation":"Definition: tombs\n(old)* + **MEN'S**=\"people's\""}
-{"Clue":"Hired thug carrying drugs proceeds (4,2)","Answer":"GOES ON","Explanation":"Definition: proceeds \n**GOON**=\"Hired thug\" around **E'S**=\"drugs\" as E=ecstasy"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's account, one side claimed, not at all measured (6)","Answer":"ALCOTT","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nLouisa May Alcott ,known for writing\u00a0*Little Women\n ***A\/C**=\"account\", around\/\"claimed\"\u00a0**L** (left)=\"one side\"; plus **OTT**=over the top=\"not at all measured\""}
-{"Clue":"Improved second-class accom\u00admodation for priest and daughter (10)","Answer":"MELIORATED","Explanation":"Definition: Improved\n**MO**=moment=\"second\" + **RATE**=\"class\"; around **ELI**=biblical \"priest\" + **D** (daughter)"}
-{"Clue":"Dreads person from flats arguing back (5)","Answer":"RASTA","Explanation":"Definition: Dreads person\nhidden reversed\/\"from\u2026 back\" inside fl**ATS AR**guing"}
-{"Clue":"Doubtful The Sting was Peter's kind of film (9,7)","Answer":"SPAGHETTI WESTERN","Explanation":"Definition: kind of film\n(The Sting was Peter)"}
-{"Clue":"Did state charity previously lead to scrounging? (4)","Answer":"SAID","Explanation":"Definition: Did state\n**AID**=\"charity\", with the lead letter to **S**crounging placed previously"}
-{"Clue":"At lecture I see (with peachy rear) a vision of loveliness (3,5)","Answer":"EYE CANDY","Explanation":"Definition: a vision of loveliness\n**EYE C** is homophone\/\"At lecture\" of \"I see\"; plus **AND**=\"with\" and the rear of peach**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Department's organised but slow \u2014 it isn't productive (4,4)","Answer":"DUST BOWL","Explanation":"Definition: it isn't productive\n**D** (Department) + (but slow)"}
-{"Clue":"Medical head going to follow books of worship (10)","Answer":"LITURGICAL","Explanation":"Definition: of worship\ns**URGICAL**=\"Medical\" with the head letter going away; following **LIT**=literature=\"books\""}
-{"Clue":"Nobleman's wife coming in to put on show (9)","Answer":"COUNTDOWN","Explanation":"Definition: show\nCountdown is a British TV game show \n **COUNT**=\"Nobleman\"; with **W** (wife) inside **DON**=\"put on\""}
-{"Clue":"Endure religious classes with holy man (2,6)","Answer":"ST ANDREW","Explanation":"Definition: holy man\n**STAND**=\"Endure\" + **RE** (Religious Education)=\"religious classes\" + **W** (with)"}
-{"Clue":"Makes crazy demand to begin with \u2014 called in to get it overturned (8)","Answer":"DERANGES","Explanation":"Definition: Makes crazy\nthe beginning of **D**emand, plus **RANG**=\"called\" in **SEE**=\"get it\" reversed\/\"overturned\""}
-{"Clue":"Makes rotten drinks in big cups? On the contrary (6)","Answer":"ADDLES","Explanation":"Definition: Makes rotten\n\"On the contrary\" reverses the order and gives 'big cups in drinks', or **DD**=big bra cup size in **ALES**=\"drinks\""}
-{"Clue":"Upright individual gets nude occasionally (2,3)","Answer":"ON END","Explanation":"Definition: Upright\n**ONE**=\"individual\" plus occasional letters from **N**u**D**e"}
-{"Clue":"Supply source of tea during course (7)","Answer":"FURNISH","Explanation":"Definition: Supply\n**URN**=\"source of tea\" inside **FISH**=\"course\""}
-{"Clue":"Gas left in mine that fluctuates around the knees (7)","Answer":"HEMLINE","Explanation":"Definition: that fluctuates around the knees\n**HE** (Helium)=\"gas\"; plus **L** (left) inside **MINE"}
-{"Clue":"Police recruit in motorcade threatened (5)","Answer":"CADET","Explanation":"Definition: Police recruit\nhidden inside motor**CADE T**hreatened"}
-{"Clue":"Murderous soldier detectives caught in old Spanish capital (9)","Answer":"REGICIDAL","Explanation":"Definition: Murderous\n**GI**=\"soldier\" + **CID**=Criminal Investigation Department=\"detectives\"; inside **REAL**=former Spanish currency\/capital"}
-{"Clue":"Receptive nature of abbey treated with scorn (10)","Answer":"ABSORBENCY","Explanation":"Definition: Receptive nature\n(abbey scorn)"}
-{"Clue":"Potential beast of burden no good with a load (3)","Answer":"NAG","Explanation":"Definition: Potential beast of burden\n**N** (No) + **G** (Good), with **A** loaded inside"}
-{"Clue":"More than just two legs of quadruped making the whole, we're told (12)","Answer":"FOREQUARTERS","Explanation":"Definition: More than just two legs of quadruped\n=the front part of the body of e.g. a horse\n homophone\/\"we're told\" of 'four quarters'=\"the whole\""}
-{"Clue":"Lady Anne's last antique restored in shoddy fashion (12)","Answer":"INADEQUATELY","Explanation":"Definition: in shoddy fashion\n(Lady e antique)*, where e=\"Anne's last\""}
-{"Clue":"One Shakespearean prince can't have met another (3)","Answer":"HAL","Explanation":"Definition: another\n=Prince Hal, or Henry V in Shakespeare\n **HA**m**L**et=\"Shakespearean prince\", without met"}
-{"Clue":"Continuing desire to follow master (10)","Answer":"PROLONGING","Explanation":"Definition: Continuing\n**LONGING**=\"desire\", following **PRO** (professional)=\"master\""}
-{"Clue":"King Charles wearing old brand, outstanding period clothing (9)","Answer":"CRINOLINE","Explanation":"Definition: outstanding period clothing\n=an undergarment supporting a skirt's shape outwards from the body i.e. \"outstanding\"\n **CR** (Charles Rex)=\"King Charles\" + **IN**=\"wearing\" + **O** (Old) + **LINE**=\"brand\" as in 'clothing line'"}
-{"Clue":"Area seized by dictator with force (5)","Answer":"AMAIN","Explanation":"Definition: with force\n**A** (Area) inside Idi **AMIN**=\"dictator\""}
-{"Clue":"Strictly control a small American 4 (7)","Answer":"PEGASUS","Explanation":"Definition: 4\n=mythical winged HORSE\n **PEG**=\"Strictly control\" at a fixed price, as in a 'pegged currency'; plus **A** + **S** (small) + **US**=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"What could feed Brummel's 4, asks Spooner? (7)","Answer":"NOSEBAG","Explanation":"Definition: What could feed\nSpoonerism of 'Beau's Nag', referring to Beau Brummell and 4dn=HORSE"}
-{"Clue":"China regularly invested in river cleansing process (6)","Answer":"FACIAL","Explanation":"Definition: cleansing process\nregular letters from **C**h**I**n**A** invested into **FAL**=\"river\" in Cornwall"}
-{"Clue":"Vegetable pot used as base by artist (6)","Answer":"RADISH","Explanation":"Definition: Vegetable\n**DISH**=\"pot\" underneath **RA**=Royal Academician=\"artist\""}
-{"Clue":"Inseparable Bury ladies, five not married (10)","Answer":"INTERWOVEN","Explanation":"Definition: Inseparable\n**INTER**=\"Bury\" + **WOMEN**=\"ladies\", with **V**=\"five\" in Roman numerals switched in for **M** (married)"}
-{"Clue":"Drug\u00a0runner at Folkestone? (5)","Answer":"HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: Drug\ndouble definition: HORSE is slang for heroin; and Folkestone is a racecourse"}
-{"Clue":"Many cases taken here on a trip by royal household (4,5)","Answer":"HIGH COURT","Explanation":"Definition: Many cases taken here\n**HIGH** on drugs=\"on a trip\" + **COURT**=\"royal household\""}
-{"Clue":"Head of management with excellent official staff (4)","Answer":"MACE","Explanation":"Definition: official staff\n=a rod or \"staff\" held as a symbol of authority\n Head letter of **M**anagement + **ACE**=\"excellent\""}
-{"Clue":"Like some text from scriptures, truly gripping (8)","Answer":"INDENTED","Explanation":"Definition: Like some text\n**NT** (New Testament)=\"scriptures\", gripped inside **INDEED**=\"truly\""}
-{"Clue":"Person acclaiming EU record holds work up (8)","Answer":"EULOGIST","Explanation":"Definition: Person acclaiming\n**EU** + **LIST**=\"record\", holding **GO**=\"work\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Island people, thin and weak, among Middle Easteners short of yen (3,7)","Answer":"SRI LANKANS","Explanation":"Definition: Island people\n**LANK**=\"thin and weak\" inside **SYRIANS** minus **Y** (yen)"}
-{"Clue":"Points raised online about Republican aides in high places? (9)","Answer":"EQUERRIES","Explanation":"Definition: aides in high places\n=officials in royal households\n **E-QUERIES**=\"Points raised online \u2026?\", around **R** (Republican)"}
-{"Clue":"Approaching bargain counter for final drink (8)","Answer":"NIGHTCAP","Explanation":"Definition: final drink\n**NIGH**=\"Approaching\" + **PACT**=\"bargain\" reversed\/\"counter\""}
-{"Clue":"Going over\u00a0stonework in medieval roof, perhaps (8)","Answer":"VAULTING","Explanation":"Definition: Going over\ndouble definition: vault can mean 'leap' or 'an arched roof'"}
-{"Clue":"Cook's agent in Caribbean, two-thirds sozzled (6)","Answer":"BICARB","Explanation":"Definition: Cook's agent\n=bicarbonate of soda, used as a raising agent\n (Caribb)*, taking two-thirds of the letters from Caribbean"}
-{"Clue":"Alcoholic drink, three gallons, one drunk (6)","Answer":"EGGNOG","Explanation":"Definition: Alcoholic drink\n(G G G one)*, where each G is one of three gallons"}
-{"Clue":"Pork pie \u2014 popular weekend indulgence? (3-2)","Answer":"LIE IN","Explanation":"Definition: weekend indulgence\n\"Pork pie\" is rhyming slang for **LIE**; plus **IN**=\"popular\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of ship's equipment for launching missiles (4)","Answer":"BOWS","Explanation":"Definition: Part of ship\ndouble definition: =the forward parts of a ship; and =equipment for shooting arrows"}
-{"Clue":"Tom Cruise: point out films (6,8)","Answer":"MOTION PICTURES","Explanation":"(Tom Cruise point)"}
-{"Clue":"Wash up around noon (5)","Answer":"RINSE","Explanation":"Definition: Wash\n**RISE**=\"up\" around **N** (noon)"}
-{"Clue":"Agree let for building and move to a worse place (8)","Answer":"RELEGATE","Explanation":"Definition: move to a worse place\n(Agree let)"}
-{"Clue":"Drug and endless drink \u2014 one litre knocked back entering pub (7)","Answer":"INSULIN","Explanation":"Definition: Drug\n**SU**p=\"endless drink\" + **IL**=1L=\"one litre\" reversed\/\"knocked back\"; all inside **INN**=\"pub\""}
-{"Clue":"Sailor in a state right to cross river (7)","Answer":"MARINER","Explanation":"Definition: Sailor\n**MAINE**=\"state\" + **R** (right), around **R** (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Scales on this being electronic, (approximately) 0kg returned to screen (5)","Answer":"GECKO","Explanation":"Definition: Scales on this being\n=a being that is covered in scales\n **E** (electronic) + **C**=circa=\"approximately\"; with **OKG**=\"0kg\" reversed around"}
-{"Clue":"He scored for City by cutting inside (9)","Answer":"PROKOFIEV","Explanation":"Definition: He scored\n=a composer i.e. someone who wrote scores\n **PRO**=\"for\" + **KIEV**=\"City\" with **OF**=\"by\" cutting inside"}
-{"Clue":"Breaking point? Carries on returning growth (4,5)","Answer":"LAST STRAW","Explanation":"Definition: Breaking point\n**LASTS**=\"Carries on\" + reversal\/\"returning\" of **WART**=\"growth\""}
-{"Clue":"Brilliance of healthcare provider in recession without drugs (5)","Answer":"SHEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Brilliance\n**NHS**=\"healthcare provider\" reversed\/\"in recession\"; and around **E**\u00a0+** E**=ecstacy + ecstacy=\"drugs\""}
-{"Clue":"Did cook in oven: raw on the outside (7)","Answer":"ROASTED","Explanation":"Definition: Did cook\n**OAST**=a kiln for drying hops=\"oven\"; with **RED**=\"raw\" outside"}
-{"Clue":"Is one hot in sun? Conditions not hot (7)","Answer":"SWEATER","Explanation":"Definition: Is one hot\n**S** (sun) + **WEAT**h**ER**=\"Conditions\" minus h for \"hot\""}
-{"Clue":"Pasta cook visiting Italy to adopt cooking (8)","Answer":"RIGATONI","Explanation":"Definition: Pasta\n**RIG**=manipulate dishonestly, as in \"cook\" the books; plus **AT**=\"visiting\" and **I** (Italy) around **ON**=\"cooking\""}
-{"Clue":"Getting into period drama on TV (repeat) (5)","Answer":"RERUN","Explanation":"Definition: repeat\n**RUN**=\"period\", with **ER**=the US medical \"drama on TV\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Get better shots with this model? Great plastic surgery (6,8)","Answer":"TARGET PRACTICE","Explanation":"Definition: Get better shots with this\nmodel **T** car + (great)* with \"plastic\" as anagrind + **PRACTICE**=\"surgery\", a place to consult e.g. a doctor"}
-{"Clue":"Hello! celebrity that might have shoot in bed? (7,5)","Answer":"MORNING GLORY","Explanation":"Definition: that might have shoot in bed\n=a plant that might have its shoots in a flower bed\n **MORNING**=a greeting, \"Hello\"; plus **GLORY**=\"celebrity\""}
-{"Clue":"Fans sent to cup round matches (5)","Answer":"TONES","Explanation":"Definition: matches\nTONES as an intransitive verb can mean 'harmonises' or \"matches\"\n \"Fans\" is the anagrind for (sent)*, around **O**=\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Forgets about beauty (9)","Answer":"OVERLOOKS","Explanation":"Definition: Forgets\n**OVER**=\"about\" + **LOOKS**=\"beauty\""}
-{"Clue":"Norm to steal plant (7)","Answer":"PARSNIP","Explanation":"Definition: plant\n**PAR**=\"Norm\" + **SNIP**=\"steal\""}
-{"Clue":"TV detective to search old house for clue, essentially (7)","Answer":"COLUMBO","Explanation":"Definition: TV detective\n**COMB**=\"search\" + **O** (old) around the centre or essentials of c**LU**e"}
-{"Clue":"Top McDonald's? One does egg (5)","Answer":"URGER","Explanation":"Definition: One does egg\nb**URGER**=\"McDonald's\", with the top removed"}
-{"Clue":"Old lover in? See TV set that's wide (9)","Answer":"EXTENSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: wide\n**EX**=\"Old lover\", plus (in See TV)"}
-{"Clue":"Place for swingers? Taking the car key in the middle, getting kinky gran (7,5)","Answer":"DRIVING RANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Place for swingers?\n=a place to swing golf clubs\n **DRIVING**=\"Taking the car\" + the middle of k**E**y; around (gran)"}
-{"Clue":"Came to continent, when missing fine country (5,4)","Answer":"COSTA RICA","Explanation":"Definition: country\n**COST**=\"Came to\" + **A**f**RICA**=\"continent\"\u00a0minus f for \"fine\""}
-{"Clue":"So, bitter struggles with Conservative dealing with Labour (9)","Answer":"OBSTETRIC","Explanation":"Definition: dealing with Labour\n(So bitter)* + **C** for Conservative"}
-{"Clue":"Entertainer embarrassed on film (7)","Answer":"REDCOAT","Explanation":"Definition: Entertainer\n=an entertainer at Butlins \n **RED**=\"embarrassed\" on **COAT**=\"film\""}
-{"Clue":"Lighter Wise partly obscured by old Morecambe's feature? (7)","Answer":"WISPIER","Explanation":"Definition: Lighter\n**WIS**e with the last part obscured\/removed; plus **PIER**=old feature of Morecambe, an English seaside town"}
-{"Clue":"Sound from plucking pheasant, ultimately hung up to eat (5)","Answer":"TWANG","Explanation":"Definition: Sound from plucking\npheasan**T** + reversal\/\"hung up\" of **GNAW**=\"eat\""}
-{"Clue":"Bones of soldiers? Cause of pain? (5)","Answer":"TARSI","Explanation":"Definition: Bones\n=bones in the feet\n **TA**=Territorial Army=\"soldiers\" + **RSI**=Repetitive Strain Injury=\"Cause of pain\""}
-{"Clue":"American chose to cook eastern dish (8,6)","Answer":"MACARONI CHEESE","Explanation":"Definition: dish\n(American chose)* with \"cook\" as the anagram indicator; plus **E** (Eastern)"}
-{"Clue":"Proper mess in front field (5)","Answer":"REALM","Explanation":"Definition: field\n**REAL**=\"Proper\" + the front of **M**ess"}
-{"Clue":"How kangaroo may be caught unawares? (2,3,3)","Answer":"ON THE HOP","Explanation":"Definition: caught unawares?\nalso =\"How kangaroo may be\""}
-{"Clue":"Lucky to be not so much asleep? (7)","Answer":"BLESSED","Explanation":"Definition: Lucky\n**LESS**=\"not so much\"; in **BED** or \"asleep\""}
-{"Clue":"Party-giver shortly meets reflective girl, glory be! (7)","Answer":"HOSANNA","Explanation":"Definition: glory be!\n**HOS**[t]=\"Party-giver shortly\" + **ANNA**=\"girl\" and a palindrome i.e. \"reflective\""}
-{"Clue":"Wardrobe likely to conceal daggers (5)","Answer":"OBELI","Explanation":"Definition: daggers\n=plural of obelus, a symbol that can take the shape of a dagger \n hidden in \"Wardr**OBE LI**kely\""}
-{"Clue":"Criterion for replacing dirty cask (9)","Answer":"YARDSTICK","Explanation":"Definition: Criterion\n(dirty cask)* with 're-placing' as the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Unsympathetic, like a rhino? (4-5)","Answer":"HARD-NOSED","Explanation":"Definition: Unsympathetic\nalso =\"like a rhino?\""}
-{"Clue":"Share out much broadcasting (5)","Answer":"ALLOT","Explanation":"Definition: Share out\nhomophone\/\"broadcasting\" of 'a lot'=\"much\""}
-{"Clue":"Supersede corded cloth with fine fabric (7)","Answer":"REPLACE","Explanation":"Definition: Supersede\n**REP**=\"corded cloth\" + **LACE**=\"fine fabric\""}
-{"Clue":"Money being short, settled down with a sweet (7)","Answer":"CASSATA","Explanation":"Definition: sweet\n=a type of ice cream\n **CAS**[h]=\"Money being short\" + **SAT**=\"settled down\" + **A"}
-{"Clue":"Sanctioned, having peddled drugs round province (8)","Answer":"PUNISHED","Explanation":"Definition: Sanctioned\n**PUSHED**=\"peddled drugs\" around **NI**=Northern Ireland=\"province\""}
-{"Clue":"Due to be in old part of mansion (5)","Answer":"OWING","Explanation":"Definition: Due\n**O** (Old) + **WING**=\"part of mansion\""}
-{"Clue":"Pastoral events demanding reform (8,6)","Answer":"PEASANTS REVOLT","Explanation":"Definition: Pastoral events demanding reform\n(Pastoral events)*, with \"reform\" as the anagram indicator\""}
-{"Clue":"Funny group, Karl and The Monks (4,8)","Answer":"MARX BROTHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Funny group\nKarl **MARX** + **BROTHERS**=\"Monks\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird\u00a0often seen on building site (5)","Answer":"CRANE","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Slackening corps' objective (9)","Answer":"REMISSION","Explanation":"Definition: Slackening\n**RE**=Royal Engineers=\"corps\" + **MISSION**=\"objective\""}
-{"Clue":"Almost nobody died? Yes, twelve (7)","Answer":"NOONDAY","Explanation":"Definition: twelve\n**NO-ON**[e]=\"Almost nobody\" + **D** (died) + **AY**=\"Yes\""}
-{"Clue":"One with claws caught her slip, perhaps (7)","Answer":"CATCHER","Explanation":"Definition: slip, perhaps\n=e.g. a slip fielder in cricket, placed behind the batsman to take catches\n **CAT**=\"One with claws\" + **C** (caught, cricket abbr.) + **HER"}
-{"Clue":"Rugby game doesn't start at these odds (5)","Answer":"EVENS","Explanation":"Definition: odds\n[s]EVENS=\"Rugby game doesn't start\" \u2013 sevens is a seven-a-side form of Rugby Union"}
-{"Clue":"One eating fish given charge for cutlery? (9)","Answer":"SPOONBILL","Explanation":"Definition: One eating fish\n=a type of bird\n **SPOON BILL**=\"charge for cutlery?\""}
-{"Clue":"Good sitting posture for part of course (4,8)","Answer":"BACK STRAIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: part of course\n=straight part of a race course\n **BACK STRAIGHT** also =\"Good sitting posture\""}
-{"Clue":"Transport: repeat run when ordered (9)","Answer":"ENRAPTURE","Explanation":"Definition: Transport\n(repeat run)* with \"ordered\" as the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Material for carving kinky teaspoons (9)","Answer":"SOAPSTONE","Explanation":"Definition: Material for carving\n=a type of rock used for carving\n (teaspoons)* with \"kinky\" as the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"St Wenceslas's feast day? (7)","Answer":"STEPHEN","Explanation":"Definition: St Wenceslas's feast day?\naccording to the carol , 'Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen\""}
-{"Clue":"A month, helpers said, appearing as a very long time (7)","Answer":"DECADES","Explanation":"Definition: a very long time\n**DEC** (December)=\"A month\" + **ADES** as a homophone\/\"said\" of 'aides'=\"helpers\""}
-{"Clue":"Kingsley & Son put together wrongly (5)","Answer":"AMISS","Explanation":"Definition: wrongly\nKinglesy **AMIS** the writer + **S** (son)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of acid, could I be? Wrong (5)","Answer":"AMINO","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of acid\n**AM I? NO**=\"could I be? Wrong\""}
-{"Clue":"Most important person to lead America? Idiot! (3,6)","Answer":"TOP BANANA","Explanation":"Definition: Most important person\n**TO** + **PB**=chemical symbol for \"lead\" + **A** (America) + **NANA**=slang for \"idiot\""}
-{"Clue":"More from Turkey's premier artist (5)","Answer":"EXTRA","Explanation":"Definition: More\n**EX**=\"from\" + **T**urkey's premier letter + **RA**=\"artist\"=Royal Academician"}
-{"Clue":"Car journeys taking off round French city (7)","Answer":"LIMOGES","Explanation":"Definition: French city\n**LIMO**=\"Car\" + **G**O**ES**=\"journeys\" taking off the round 'O'"}
-{"Clue":"Composer Henry ignored minor problem over National Insurance (7)","Answer":"PUCCINI","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\nH (Henry) removed from H**ICCUP**=\"minor problem\", reversed\/\"over\"; plus **NI** (National Insurance)"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing is held back? Don't believe it! (2,2)","Answer":"AS IF","Explanation":"Definition: Don't believe it!\n**FA**='F* All'=\"Nothing\", with **IS** held inside; all reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Way back (6,4)","Answer":"MEMORY LANE","Explanation":"Definition: Way back\ncryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Opposed to some financial help for drifter (7)","Answer":"VAGRANT","Explanation":"Definition: drifter\n**V **(versus)=\"Opposed to\" + **A GRANT**=\"some financial help\""}
-{"Clue":"Retreat from problem \u2014 can new Head of Technology crack it? (7)","Answer":"SANCTUM","Explanation":"Definition: Retreat\n**SUM**=mathematical \"problem\", around all of: (can)* + **T**echnology"}
-{"Clue":"Knackered old bus conductor's role reversal (10)","Answer":"RATTLETRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Knackered old bus\nSimon **RATTLE** is a conductor + **PART**=\"role\" reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Idea to reduce growth (4)","Answer":"PLAN","Explanation":"Definition: Idea\n**PLAN**T=\"growth\", reduced by one letter"}
-{"Clue":"Somewhat perverse \u2014 lunar revolution took longer than expected (7)","Answer":"OVERRAN","Explanation":"Definition: took longer than expected\nHidden\/\"Somewhat\" and reversed\/\"perverse\" in lu**NAR REVO**lution"}
-{"Clue":"Over 50 reasons they might be dependent (7)","Answer":"CLAUSES","Explanation":"Definition: they might be dependent\na dependent clause is a part of a sentence that could not be a sentence on its own\n **CAUSES**=\"reasons\", going around\/\"Over\" **L**=50 in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"On return, initially enjoyed short break from action (5)","Answer":"TRUCE","Explanation":"Definition: break from action\nReversal\/\"On return\" of: **E**njoyed + **CURT**=\"short\""}
-{"Clue":"Shambles a government covered up by individual speaking thus (2,7)","Answer":"ON MESSAGE","Explanation":"Definition: speaking thus\n**MESS**=\"Shambles\" + **A** + **G** (Government); all inside **ONE**=\"individual\""}
-{"Clue":"It's unusual, Marilyn, but not unknown \u2014 have it out (7,8)","Answer":"ITALIAN VERMOUTH","Explanation":"Definition: It'\n\"It\", as in 'gin and it', is short for ITALIAN VERMOUTH\n (Marilyn have it out)*, but with*out* y=mathematical variable=\"unknown\"\u00a0*edit thanks to William"}
-{"Clue":"Making unwelcome contact with maidens in country \u2014 over a thousand (8)","Answer":"SPAMMING","Explanation":"Definition: Making unwelcome contact\n**M M**=\"maidens\" (cricket abbr.); inside **SPAIN**=\"country\"; plus **G **(grand)=\"a thousand\""}
-{"Clue":"Good to have nude round boat (5)","Answer":"BARGE","Explanation":"Definition: boat\n**G** (Good), with **BARE**=\"nude\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"One in speech covers list of offences (3,5)","Answer":"RAP SHEET","Explanation":"Definition: list of offences\na 'wrap' and a **SHEET** are both \"covers\" to keep you warm; but the first one is \"in speech\" i.e. entered as a homophone **RAP"}
-{"Clue":"Has to keep very quiet about love poet (6)","Answer":"SAPPHO","Explanation":"Definition: poet\n**HAS** around **PP** (pianissimo)=\"very quiet\", reversed\/\"about\"; plus **O**=zero=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Seeing and disapproving of son getting engaged (9)","Answer":"DESCRYING","Explanation":"Definition: Seeing\n**DECRYING**=\"disapproving of\", with **S** (son) getting inside"}
-{"Clue":"Aunt suffering with health \u2014 it's an old scourge (6,3,3)","Answer":"ATTILA THE HUN","Explanation":"Definition: old scourge\n(Aunt health it)"}
-{"Clue":"Chaotic \u2014 a bit reminiscent of Grayling, perhaps (7,8)","Answer":"CABINET MINISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Grayling, perhaps\nChris Grayling is the UK Transport Secretary\n (a bit reminiscent)"}
-{"Clue":"How to sell admirer snaps \u2014 look inside (4,5)","Answer":"MAIL ORDER","Explanation":"Definition: How to sell\n(admirer)* with **LO**=\"look\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"'I'm clueless!' \u2014 Hunt to Amber regularly (6,2)","Answer":"SEARCH ME","Explanation":"Definition: I'm clueless\nJeremy Hunt and Amber Rudd are also Cabinet Ministers\n **SEARCH**=\"Hunt\" + regular letters from a**M**b**E**r"}
-{"Clue":"One's lucky having time with Angelo Dundee? (8)","Answer":"TALISMAN","Explanation":"Definition: One's lucky\n**T** (time) + Muhammud **ALI'S MAN**=\"Angelo Dundee\", boxing trainer"}
-{"Clue":"'Second-rate!' Upset about new book collection (6)","Answer":"TINPOT","Explanation":"Definition: Second-rate\n**TIP**=overturn=\"Upset\", around **N** (New), + **OT** (Old Testament)=\"book collection\""}
-{"Clue":"Approval for one like this (3-2)","Answer":"SAY SO","Explanation":"Definition: Approval\n**SAY**=for example, \"for one\" + **SO**=\"like this\""}
-{"Clue":"Go to fix theatre broadcast (6)","Answer":"REPAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Go to fix\n**REP**=repertory \"theatre\"; + **AIR**=\"broadcast\"\n *Edit thanks to VinnyD \u2013 there are two definitions: \"Go\", or take oneself somewhere, as in 'repair to the sitting room'; and the more usual meaning of \"to fix\""}
-{"Clue":"Peruse file obstructing stock problem (6)","Answer":"BROWSE","Explanation":"Definition: Peruse\n**ROW**=\"file\" inside **BSE**=bovine spongiform encephalopathy=mad cow disease=\"stock problem\""}
-{"Clue":"Handyman sailor taking wheel on autumn winds (4,2,3,6)","Answer":"JACK OF ALL TRADES","Explanation":"Definition: Handyman\n**JACK**=\"sailor\" + **O**=round shape=\"wheel\" + **FALL**=\"autumn\" in the US + **TRADES**=the trade \"winds\""}
-{"Clue":"Current head of zoology inspired by minor genius (6)","Answer":"WIZARD","Explanation":"Definition: genius\n**I**=symbol for electric current + head letter of **Z**oology; taken in\/\"inspired by\" **WARD**=\"minor\""}
-{"Clue":"Poor conductor, not a learner devouring music mag (8)","Answer":"NONMETAL","Explanation":"Definition: Poor conductor\n**NOT A** + **L** (learner); around\/\"devouring\" **NME**=British music magazine"}
-{"Clue":"He complains bitterly about film supplier (8)","Answer":"RETAILER","Explanation":"Definition: supplier\n**RAILER**=\"He complains bitterly\", around **ET**=\"film\" about the Extra-Terrestrial"}
-{"Clue":"Irish author's sister inhaling smoke (6)","Answer":"STOKER","Explanation":"Definition: Irish author\nBram Stoker most famously wrote *Dracula*\n **SR**=abbreviation for \"sister\"; around **TOKE**=\"smoke\""}
-{"Clue":"I'm above getting upset missing a film (1-5)","Answer":"B-MOVIE","Explanation":"Definition: film\nanagram of (I'm **a**bove)*, missing an **a"}
-{"Clue":"Flying through divided country with no leader (8)","Answer":"AVIATION","Explanation":"Definition: Flying\n**VIA**=\"through\", inside n**ATION**=\"country\" without its leading letter"}
-{"Clue":"Pair of kings hosting Brussels pomp (8)","Answer":"GRANDEUR","Explanation":"Definition: pomp\n**GR** (Georgius Rex, King George) **AND R** (Rex)=\"Pair of kings\"; around **EU**=\"Brussels\""}
-{"Clue":"Party member that infuriated the Queen (6)","Answer":"HATTER","Explanation":"Definition: Party member\nthe HATTER is a member of the mad tea party in *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*\n anagram of (that)* + **ER** (Elizabeth Regina)=\"the Queen\""}
-{"Clue":"Group on American cape beyond river showing diligence (15)","Answer":"INDUSTRIOUSNESS","Explanation":"Definition: diligence\n**TRIO**=\"Group\" + **US**=\"American\" + **NESS**=\"cape\"; all after **INDUS**=\"river\""}
-{"Clue":"Animal's smell masking another one (6)","Answer":"REEBOK","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nthe reebok is an African antelope\n **REEK**=\"smell\" around **BO** (body odour)=\"another [smell]\""}
-{"Clue":"Learned man tripped over wife (6)","Answer":"FELLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Learned man\n**FELL**=\"tripped\" + **O** (over, cricket abbr.) + **W**\u00a0(wife)"}
-{"Clue":"Clear about boxer's energy (7)","Answer":"REALISE","Explanation":"Definition: Clear\n**RE**=\"about\" + Muhammad **ALI'S=**\"boxer's\" +** E** (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Perfectly constructed contract, according to auditor (5)","Answer":"PUKKA","Explanation":"Definition: Perfectly constructed\nhomophone\/\"according to auditor\" of 'pucker'=\"contract\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"He has no faith in candidates promoting Democrat (7)","Answer":"INFIDEL","Explanation":"Definition: He has no faith\n**IN** + **FIELD**=\"candidates\" but with **D** for \"Democrat\" promoted and moved up in the order, going above some earlier letters"}
-{"Clue":"Juniors on board\u00a0watching figures (7)","Answer":"RATINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Juniors on board\ndouble definition \u2013 in the first, a 'rating' is a junior member of a navy i.e. \"on board\" a ship"}
-{"Clue":"What the French stole, drilling vessel (9)","Answer":"WHALEBOAT","Explanation":"Definition: vessel\n**WHAT**, around all of: **LE**=\"the [in] French\" + **BOA**=\"stole\", as in a shawl or wrap worn around the shoulders\n \"drilling\" is the insertion indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Raise tax in European shelter (7)","Answer":"ELEVATE","Explanation":"Definition: Raise\n**VAT** (Value Added Tax) in all of: **E** (European) + **LEE**=\"shelter\""}
-{"Clue":"One who smooths way into image-enhancement (6)","Answer":"PLANER","Explanation":"Definition: One who smooths\n**LANE**=\"way\" inside **PR** (Public Relations)=\"image-enhancement\""}
-{"Clue":"Bill undertaking possibly hazardous trip (9)","Answer":"ADVENTURE","Explanation":"Definition: possibly hazardous trip\n**AD**=advert=\"Bill\" + **VENTURE**=\"undertaking\""}
-{"Clue":"Probe digger fording a river (7)","Answer":"MARINER","Explanation":"Definition: Probe\nthe Mariner program launched a series of space probes \n **MINER**=\"digger\" around **A** + **R** (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Short celebration includes revolutionary dance music (7)","Answer":"ELECTRO","Explanation":"Definition: dance music\nhidden reversed\/\"includes revolutionary\" inside sh**ORT CELE**bration"}
-{"Clue":"Handy warning to drivers arriving at Calais? (6)","Answer":"ADROIT","Explanation":"Definition: Handy\n**\u00c0 DROIT**e [?] would be French for 'to the right' or 'on the right', and drivers arriving at Calais would have to switch to the right side of the road\n not sure if I'm forgetting my French and '\u00e0 droit' can mean something similar"}
-{"Clue":"Employed around head office, not contracted out (2-5)","Answer":"IN-HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: not contracted out\n**IN USE**=\"Employed\" around **HO** (head office)"}
-{"Clue":"Supervised position of lumberjack? (7)","Answer":"OVERSAW","Explanation":"Definition: Supervised\n**OVER SAW**=\"position of lumberjack?\""}
-{"Clue":"Number alto rehashed using standard harmony (5)","Answer":"TONAL","Explanation":"Definition: using standard harmony\n**N** (number) + \"alto\" made into an anagram (N alto)"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's craft \u2014 they follow a pattern (7)","Answer":"CUTTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman's craft\ndouble definition: =small boats, with \"craft\" as a plural; also =tailors, cutting cloth according to a pattern"}
-{"Clue":"Belt and cuff (7)","Answer":"CLOBBER","Explanation":"Definition: Belt and cuff\ntwo definitions in one: CLOBBER can mean 'clothing'=\"Belt and cuff\"; or CLOBBER can mean 'strike'\/'attack', another meaning of \"Belt and cuff\""}
-{"Clue":"Upset with neglect of the sick (5)","Answer":"BORED","Explanation":"Definition: sick\n**BO**the**RED**=\"Upset\", neglecting \"the\""}
-{"Clue":"Acrimony from Van Gogh, famil\u00adiarly taking on authority (9)","Answer":"VIRULENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Acrimony\n**VINCE**=Vincent \"Van Gogh, familiarly\", taking in **RULE**=\"authority\""}
-{"Clue":"Sewer rat messes about on top of sludge (10)","Answer":"SEAMSTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Sewer\n=Sew-er, someone who sews\n (rat messes)* plus the top\/first letter of **S**ludge"}
-{"Clue":"Tuck and run (4)","Answer":"DART","Explanation":"Definition: Tuck\ndouble definition: **DART**=a fold sewn into material=\"Tuck\"; **DART**=move rapidly=\"run\""}
-{"Clue":"He hears bard spinning yarn supplied by him (11)","Answer":"HABERDASHER","Explanation":"Definition: yarn supplied by him\n(He hears bard)"}
-{"Clue":"He sold material, part of scripts, writing in and changing each (5,6)","Answer":"LINEN DRAPER","Explanation":"Definition: He sold material\n**LINE**=\"part of scripts\", with **R**=\"writing\" inside (and)*, plus **PER**=\"each\"\n **R**=\"writing\" as one of the three R's: **r**eading, w**r**iting, a**r**ithmetic"}
-{"Clue":"19 reflecting the tools of his trade (4)","Answer":"SNIP","Explanation":"Definition: 19\n=slang for a tailor\n reversal of **PINS**=tools of a tailor's trade"}
-{"Clue":"Reserve falling away finally, natural to be in stitches (10)","Answer":"CACHINNATE","Explanation":"Definition: be in stitches\n=to laugh loudly\n **CACH**e=\"Reserve\" with the final letter falling away; plus **INNATE**=\"natural\""}
-{"Clue":"Little time to cry about source of light for picture (9)","Answer":"FLASHBULB","Explanation":"Definition: source of light for picture\n**FLASH**=\"Little time\"; plus **BLUB**=\"cry\" reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Faith, by itself, aims for only half its members to be seen (5)","Answer":"ISLAM","Explanation":"Definition: Faith\nhalf of the letters from **I**t**S**e**L**f **A**i**M**s"}
-{"Clue":"Orchestra's leader getting in tune at start of new film (3,4)","Answer":"THE OMEN","Explanation":"Definition: film\n=1976 horror film\n **O**rchestra getting in **THEME**=\"tune\" plus **N**ew"}
-{"Clue":"You might score one after international trial (4,3)","Answer":"TEST RUN","Explanation":"Definition: trial\nA cricketer in an international Test Match might score a **TEST RUN"}
-{"Clue":"Notably Picasso: Pablo's heart is in fashion (6)","Answer":"CUBIST","Explanation":"Definition: Notably Picasso\nthe \"heart\"\/middle letter of Pa**B**lo + **IS**; both inside **CUT**=\"fashion\""}
-{"Clue":"Postings on internet article about Republican promotion (6)","Answer":"THREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Postings on internet\na thread is a chain of replies e.g. on an internet forum\n **THE**=\"article\" around **R** (Republican); plus **AD**=advert=\"promotion\""}
-{"Clue":"Dealer's left distributing the LSD and ecstasy (6,4)","Answer":"ELDEST HAND","Explanation":"Definition: Dealer's left\n=the player to the dealer's left in a card game. They get the first card dealt, making their hand of cards 'older' than everyone else's.\n (the LSD and **E**)*, where **E**=\"ecstasy\""}
-{"Clue":"Always after second part (5)","Answer":"SEVER","Explanation":"Definition: part\n**EVER**=\"Always\" after **S** (second)"}
-{"Clue":"Scorpion's tail in sorry mess, caught in mug of sweet goo (4,5)","Answer":"CORN SYRUP","Explanation":"Definition: sweet goo\nScorpio**N **in (sorry)*; all inside **CUP**=\"mug\""}
-{"Clue":"Exclusively fashioned from nylon, but unfinished (4)","Answer":"ONLY","Explanation":"Definition: Exclusively\n(nylo[n])* with its final letter n removed from the anagram"}
-{"Clue":"Central Birmingham, in short a city initially chap finds a pain (4-4)","Answer":"BONE-ACHE","Explanation":"Definition: pain\nB1 is a Central Birmingham postcode, or **B-ONE**; + **A C**ity initials + **HE**=\"chap\""}
-{"Clue":"Energy absorbed by tenants goes back in (2-6)","Answer":"RE-ENTERS","Explanation":"Definition: goes back in\n**E** (Energy) inside **RENTERS**=\"tenants\""}
-{"Clue":"Battle over tirade that is the first to shatter bonds (10)","Answer":"WARRANTIES","Explanation":"Definition: bonds\n**WAR**=\"Battle\" + **RANT**=\"tirade\" + **I.E.**=\"that is\" + **S**hatter"}
-{"Clue":"Told to carry actual train in vessel for last journey (6,3)","Answer":"BURIAL URN","Explanation":"Definition: vessel for last journey\nHomophone\/\"Told\" of 'bear-real-learn': 'bear'=\"carry\" + 'real'=\"actual\" + 'learn'=\"train in\""}
-{"Clue":"What 19s can achieve, if put back in wardrobe (5,3)","Answer":"CLOSE FIT","Explanation":"Definition: What 19s can achieve\n19s being TAILORs\n **IF** reversed\/\"back\" and put inside **CLOSET**=\"wardrobe\""}
-{"Clue":"Suggest getting close (8)","Answer":"INTIMATE","Explanation":"Definition: Suggest\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman changes heading: he knows how to tack (6)","Answer":"TAILOR","Explanation":"Definition: he knows how to tack\n\"tack\" means to stitch [as well as to steer a boat]\n S**AILOR**=\"Boatman\", changing the head letter to **T"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman to join a navy (6)","Answer":"SEAMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman\n**SEAM**=\"join\" + **A** + **N** (Navy)"}
-{"Clue":"Addiction to gear (5)","Answer":"HABIT","Explanation":"Definition: Addiction\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Other people set Tory leader on edge (4)","Answer":"THEM","Explanation":"Definition: Other people\n**T**ory + **HEM**=\"edge\""}
-{"Clue":"Vexed about European tree such as beech, from what we hear (8)","Answer":"SEASHORE","Explanation":"Definition: beech, from what we hear\n\"beech, from what we hear\" gives 'beach' i.e. SEASHORE\n **SORE**=\"Vexed\" around: **E** (European) + **ASH**=\"tree\""}
-{"Clue":"Changed course, you said, in sound \u2014 also depth (6)","Answer":"HAULED","Explanation":"Definition: Changed course\n**U** is \"you\" said aloud, inside **HALE**=\"sound\"; plus **D** (depth)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish from either side of dinghy (4)","Answer":"DORY","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\n**D OR Y** as in 'd' or 'y'=\"either side of dinghy\""}
-{"Clue":"One I can upset about game on board, good for long voyages (5-5)","Answer":"OCEAN-GOING","Explanation":"Definition: for long voyages\n(One I can)*, around **GO**=\"game on board\", the board game with black and white tiles, plus **G** (good)"}
-{"Clue":"Little time left before close of play to produce score (6)","Answer":"TWENTY","Explanation":"Definition: score\n**T** (time) + **WENT**=\"left\" + closing letter of pla**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Twist and Shout \u2014 a great number! (8)","Answer":"THOUSAND","Explanation":"Definition: a great number\n(and Shout)"}
-{"Clue":"Like savage animal, it goes back into thicket (7)","Answer":"BRUTISH","Explanation":"Definition: Like savage animal\n**IT** reversed\/\"goes back\" inside **BRUSH**=\"thicket\""}
-{"Clue":"Article in French about fit groups of sportsmen (7)","Answer":"LEAGUES","Explanation":"Definition: groups of sportsmen\n**LES**=\"[the plural definite] Article in French\" around **AGUE**=a shivering \"fit\""}
-{"Clue":"Sailor embracing French author or English composer (8)","Answer":"TAVERNER","Explanation":"Definition: English composer\nJohn TAVERNER is the English composer\n **TAR**=\"Sailor\" around Jules **VERNE**=\"French author\" of\u00a0*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea"}
-{"Clue":"Understand female, mostly in some depth (6)","Answer":"FATHOM","Explanation":"Definition: Understand\ntwo definitions\n **F** (female) + **AT HOM**[e]=\"mostly in\""}
-{"Clue":"A number is oddly right for next solution, say (10)","Answer":"SUBMARINER","Explanation":"Definition: next solution, say\nthe next solution, NEMO, is a SUBMARINER in *Twenty Thousand Leagues\n *(A number is)* + **R** (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Previous solution in fiction, one found in movie (4)","Answer":"NEMO","Explanation":"Definition: Previous solution in fiction\na fictional SUBMARINER\n *Finding Nemo* is the \"movie\" reference, an animated Disney film about fish \u2013 including one named DORY [solution to 11ac]"}
-{"Clue":"Travels fast with American that's thrown off ship (6)","Answer":"JETSAM","Explanation":"Definition: that's thrown off ship\n**JETS**=\"Travels fast\" + **AM** (American)"}
-{"Clue":"Sea creature \u2014 as usual, it changed after new start (8)","Answer":"NAUTILUS","Explanation":"Definition: Sea creature\n=a type of mollusc \u2013 and also the name of NEMO's submarine in\u00a0*Twenty Thousand Leagues*\n (usual it)*, after the start of **N**ew"}
-{"Clue":"Naval craft 24 across destroyed, very much without point (3-2-3)","Answer":"MEN-OF-WAR","Explanation":"Definition: Naval craft\n(NEMO)*=\"24 across\" with \"destroyed\" as an anagram indicator; plus **FAR**=\"very much\" outside **W** (west)=compass \"point\""}
-{"Clue":"Pick out examples, possibly, being extremely selective (4)","Answer":"ESPY","Explanation":"Definition: Pick out\nextreme letters taken from **E**xample**S** **P**ossibl**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Literary diarist translated 24 across (6)","Answer":"NOBODY","Explanation":"Definition: Literary diarist\n*The Diary of a Nobody *was a 1892 novel by George and Weedon Grossmith\n 24ac, NEMO, is Latin for NOBODY"}
-{"Clue":"Keep things shipshape on end of berth below (7)","Answer":"BENEATH","Explanation":"Definition: below\n**BE NEAT**=\"Keep things shipshape\" + end letter of bert**H"}
-{"Clue":"Perform well, holding head up, in part of leg (8)","Answer":"SHINBONE","Explanation":"Definition: part of leg\n**SHINE**=\"Perform well\", holding **NOB**=\"head\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Submerged, perhaps?\u00a0Marvellous! (3,2,5)","Answer":"OUT OF SIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Submerged, perhaps?\ndouble definition: ='not visible'; or 'beyond comparison'"}
-{"Clue":"Write name before getting aboard, standard for ship (6)","Answer":"PENNON","Explanation":"Definition: standard for ship\n=\"standard\" as a in a flag\n **PEN**=\"Write\" + **N** (name) + **ON**=\"aboard\""}
-{"Clue":"Clear kind of flask stowed inside, as far down as possible (10)","Answer":"NETHERMOST","Explanation":"Definition: as far down as possible\n**NET**=\"Clear\" of any deductions as in 'net profit'; with **THERMOS**=\"kind of flask\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Heartlessly, say, represented modern indications of disorder (8)","Answer":"SYNDROME","Explanation":"Definition: disorder\n**S**a**Y** without its heart or central letter; plus (modern)* with 're-presented' as the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Like big creature and not small one, with tail raised (8)","Answer":"ENORMOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Like big creature\n**NOR**=\"and not\" + **MOUSE**=\"small [creature]\", with the tail or final **E** raised up to the top of the solution word"}
-{"Clue":"Pressing forward, I circle around (7)","Answer":"IRONING","Explanation":"Definition: Pressing\n**ON**=\"forward\", with **I** + **RING**=\"circle\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"26, for example, in its place, turned up insults (6)","Answer":"ABUSES","Explanation":"Definition: insults\n**SUB**[marine]=\"NAUTILUS, for example\", inside **SEA**=\"its place\"; all reversed\/\"turned up\""}
-{"Clue":"Fill with passion and have lofty aim? (4,2)","Answer":"FIRE UP","Explanation":"Definition: ill with passion\ntwo definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing covering area that gives quick protection (4)","Answer":"NAIL","Explanation":"Definition: that gives quick protection\nthe \"quick\" is sensitive flesh, especially under the nails \u2013 as in 'cut to the quick'\n **NIL**=\"Nothing\" around **A** (area)"}
-{"Clue":"Shame salesman taking fish (8)","Answer":"REPROACH","Explanation":"Definition: Shame\n**REP**=sales representative=\"salesman\" + **ROACH**=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"Further thoughts about obligation to be devout (5)","Answer":"PIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: devout\n**PS**=post script=\"Further thought\", around **IOU**=\"obligation\""}
-{"Clue":"Mark enters relationship for a while (4)","Answer":"TIME","Explanation":"Definition: while\n**M** (Mark) inside **TIE**=\"relationship\""}
-{"Clue":"Serenaded girls showing viewing aids (10)","Answer":"SUNGLASSES","Explanation":"Definition: viewing aids\n**SUNG**=\"Serenaded\" + **LASSES**=\"girls\""}
-{"Clue":"Old Bob's big test (6)","Answer":"SAMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: test\n**S**=shilling=\"Old Bob\" + **AMPLE**=\"big\""}
-{"Clue":"A barrier to marketing of water (5,3)","Answer":"ADAM\u2019S ALE","Explanation":"Definition: water\n**A** + **DAM**=\"barrier\" + **SALE**=\"marketing\""}
-{"Clue":"Stop umpire having shower (7)","Answer":"REFRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\n**REF**=\"umpire\" + **RAIN**=\"shower\""}
-{"Clue":"A number cut in front of a learner driver (7)","Answer":"SEVERAL","Explanation":"Definition: A number\n**SEVER**=\"cut\" + **A** + **L** (Learner driver)"}
-{"Clue":"Don't drop one's aitches like Captain 'Ook, for example (8)","Answer":"ASPIRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Don't drop one's aitches\n**AS**=\"like\"** + PIRATE**=\"Captain 'Ook, for example\""}
-{"Clue":"Classy when receiving thanks for chemical compound (6)","Answer":"POTASH","Explanation":"Definition: chemical compound\n**POSH**=\"Classy\" around **TA**=\"thanks\""}
-{"Clue":"About to get fired? Away to ring president! (3,3,4)","Answer":"FOR THE CHOP","Explanation":"Definition: About to get fired\n**FORTH**=\"Away\" + **ECHO**=\"ring\" + **P** (president)"}
-{"Clue":"The way to follow soldier's point (4)","Answer":"GIST","Explanation":"Definition: point\n**ST**=street=\"The way\", after **GI**=\"soldier\""}
-{"Clue":"Lavatory beside a large waterway (5)","Answer":"CANAL","Explanation":"Definition: waterway\n**CAN**=\"Lavatory\" + **A** + **L** (Large)"}
-{"Clue":"National currency is creating emotional disorder (8)","Answer":"NEUROSIS","Explanation":"Definition: emotional disorder\n**N** (National) + **EUROS**=\"currency\" + **IS"}
-{"Clue":"Have an aversion to eating European perch? Think twice! (8)","Answer":"HESITATE","Explanation":"Definition: Think twice\n**HATE**=\"Have an aversion to\", around all of: **E** (European) + **SIT**=\"perch\""}
-{"Clue":"Gabrielle hides the cheese (4)","Answer":"BRIE","Explanation":"Definition: cheese\nhidden in Ga**BRIE**lle"}
-{"Clue":"Badger lashes out (6)","Answer":"HASSLE","Explanation":"Definition: Badger\n(lashes)"}
-{"Clue":"Popular humorist supports companion in conversation (4-3)","Answer":"CHIN-WAG","Explanation":"Definition: conversation\n**IN**=\"Popular\" + **WAG**=\"humorist\"; after **CH**=Companion of Honour\n I think the IN is meant to be indicated by \"Popular\" \u2013 it does also appear in the surface, but taking it from there would make\"Popular\" redundant"}
-{"Clue":"Small sack of waste (8)","Answer":"SPILLAGE","Explanation":"Definition: waste\n**S** (Small) + **PILLAGE**=\"sack\""}
-{"Clue":"Sibling wears comfortable uniform (10)","Answer":"CONSISTENT","Explanation":"Definition: uniform\n**SIS**=sister=\"Sibling\" inside **CONTENT**=\"comfortable\""}
-{"Clue":"To boot a balloon (2,4)","Answer":"AS WELL","Explanation":"Definition: To boot\n**A** + **SWELL**=\"Balloon\""}
-{"Clue":"Prettiness that's rendered enduring (10)","Answer":"PERSISTENT","Explanation":"Definition: enduring\n(Prettiness)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl libels AA organisation (8)","Answer":"ISABELLA","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\n(libels AA)"}
-{"Clue":"One kills when crack troops go astray (8)","Answer":"ASSASSIN","Explanation":"Definition: One kills\n**AS**=\"when\" + **SAS**=\"crack troops\" + **SIN**=\"go astray\""}
-{"Clue":"Change the name of a fuel (7)","Answer":"METHANE","Explanation":"Definition: a fuel\n(the name)"}
-{"Clue":"Put an end to\u00a0good spirits (6)","Answer":"SCOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Put an end to\ntwo definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Italian banker to sulk and exit briefly (3,3)","Answer":"POP OUT","Explanation":"Definition: exit briefly\n**PO**=Italian river=\"banker\" as in riverbanks + **POUT**=\"sulk\""}
-{"Clue":"German subdued ardour (4)","Answer":"GLOW","Explanation":"G** (German) + **LOW**=\"subdued\""}
-{"Clue":"'Hip!', Alma tells powerful connections (7,2,4,6)","Answer":"FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES","Explanation":"Definition: powerful connections\n**Hip Alma tells** can be read as: **pal** + **mate**=**FRIENDS**, **IN**side **hills**=**HIGH PLACES"}
-{"Clue":"Dire accommodation had little impact (4,4)","Answer":"FELL FLAT","Explanation":"Definition: had little impact\n**FELL**=\"Dire\" + **FLAT**=\"accommodation\""}
-{"Clue":"Best hot chicken pub's served \u2014 fellow tucking in (4,2,3,5)","Answer":"PICK OF THE BUNCH","Explanation":"Definition: Best\n(hot chicken pub)* with** F** for \"fellow\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Disallow try by a Northampton flanker \u2014 dead right! (4,2)","Answer":"BANG ON","Explanation":"Definition: dead right\n**BAN**=\"Disallow\" + **GO**=\"try\" + either of the outmost letters\/\"flankers\" of **N**orthampton"}
-{"Clue":"'Roger Taylor is inside' (Queen fan) (8)","Answer":"ROYALIST","Explanation":"Definition: Queen fan\n(Taylor)*, with **IS** inside"}
-{"Clue":"Issue stops champs returning for final appearance (4,4)","Answer":"SWAN SONG","Explanation":"Definition: final appearance\n**SON**=\"Issue\" as in offspring; inside\/\"stops\"\u00a0**GNAWS**=\"champs\" reversed\/\"returning\""}
-{"Clue":"Hamper's back \u2014 starts to eat ravenously (6)","Answer":"HINDER","Explanation":"Definition: Hamper\n**HIND**=\"back\"; plus the starting letters to **E**at **R**avenously"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing live on TV till The Voice (8)","Answer":"FALSETTO","Explanation":"Definition: Voice\n**FA**='F*** all'=\"Nothing\" + **L** (live) + **SET**=\"TV\" + **TO**=\"till\""}
-{"Clue":"Date Times girl finally accepted \u2026 for pay (6)","Answer":"SETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: pay\n**SEE**=go out with=\"Date\" + **T** and **T**=two \"Times\"; around the final letter of gir**L"}
-{"Clue":"Gripped by desire, regularly touch stripper (6)","Answer":"LOCUST","Explanation":"Definition: stripper\n=something that ravages and destroys\n **LUST**=\"desire\", around regular letters from t**O**u**C**h"}
-{"Clue":"Switch expected following long-standing enmity (4)","Answer":"FEUD","Explanation":"Reversal\/\"Switch\" of: **DUE**=\"expected\" + **F** for \"following\""}
-{"Clue":"Table-topper's manager going back to before 2nd April (6,3)","Answer":"PEPPER POT","Explanation":"Definition: Table-topper\n**PEP** Guardiola=Man City football \"manager\"; plus a reversal\/\"going back\" of: **TO** + **PRE**=\"before\" + **P**=\"2nd [letter of] April\""}
-{"Clue":"'With body to die for', agreed about divine creature (5)","Answer":"FREYA","Explanation":"Definition: divine creature\nFREYA is the Norse goddess of love\n **F**o**R**, with its middle removed i.e. \"with body to die\"; plus **AYE**=\"agreed\" reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Bad good? One senior officer's admitting this doesn't make sense (7)","Answer":"ILLOGIC","Explanation":"Definition: this doesn't make sense\n**ILL**=\"Bad\"; plus **G** (Good) + **I**=\"One\" both inside **OC**=Officer Commanding=\"senior officer\""}
-{"Clue":"End of comedian's only funny material (5)","Answer":"NYLON","Explanation":"Definition: material\n(**n** only)*; with the first **n** coming from the end of comedia**n"}
-{"Clue":"Crosses line out in Juvenal's work (7)","Answer":"SATIRES","Explanation":"Definition: Juvenal's work\n*Satires* are poems by the Latin author Juvenal\n **SALTIRES** are heraldic \"Crosses\", with **L** for \"line\" taken out"}
-{"Clue":"A minor skin problem (5,4)","Answer":"NAPPY RASH","Explanation":"Definition: A minor skin problem\ncryptic definition, with \"minor\" meaning 'a young person', rather than 'insignificant'"}
-{"Clue":"Annoyed they're going up (7)","Answer":"HACKLES","Explanation":"Definition: Annoyed they're going up\ncryptic definition \u2013 one's hackles are raised when annoyed or angry"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor in US does enough for rollicking \u2014 that's characteristic (4,5,2,6)","Answer":"GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR","Explanation":"Definition: characteristic\n**MO** (Medical Officer)=\"Doctor\", inside (US does enough for)"}
-{"Clue":"Leaflet on bats ignored (4,5)","Answer":"LEFT ALONE","Explanation":"Definition: ignored\n(Leaflet on)"}
-{"Clue":"Hal's fielding position? (5,4)","Answer":"SHORT STOP","Explanation":"Definition: fielding position\n=a fielding position in baseball\n Hal is **SHORT** for 'Halt'=**STOP"}
-{"Clue":"Duo getting frisky with nuns? That's doubtful! (7)","Answer":"UNSOUND","Explanation":"Definition: doubtful\n(Duo nuns)"}
-{"Clue":"Frequently stops with not much money raised, though it will cover accommodation (7)","Answer":"ROOFTOP","Explanation":"Definition: cover accommodation\n**OFT**=\"Frequently\", inside\/\"stops\" **POOR**=\"with not much money\" reversed\/\"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"Bid that liberal America would welcome? (2-5)","Answer":"NO TRUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Bid\n=a type of \"Bid\" when playing bridge; and a reference to Donald Trump in America"}
-{"Clue":"Material audience's influenced (5)","Answer":"SUEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Material\nsounds like\/\"audience's\": 'swayed'=\"influenced\""}
-{"Clue":"Felicity's content, not being banned (5)","Answer":"LICIT","Explanation":"Definition: not being banned\nhidden in Fe**LICIT**y"}
-{"Clue":"Fine cow, the best (6)","Answer":"FLOWER","Explanation":"Definition: the best\n\"the flower of\u2026\" can mean the best example of something, e.g. 'the flower of English chivalry'\n **F** (Fine) + **LOWER**=\"cow\", as in 'the cattle are lowing'"}
-{"Clue":"Broken-down Welshman joked on air (8)","Answer":"DIGESTED","Explanation":"Definition: Broken-down\nhomophone\/\"on air\" of: 'Dai jested'=\"Welshman joked\""}
-{"Clue":"It's full of grated cheese that's melting fast (3,5)","Answer":"ICE SHEET","Explanation":"Definition: that's melting fast\n**IT**, around (cheese)"}
-{"Clue":"Loops edges around hole (6)","Answer":"NOOSES","Explanation":"Definition: Loops\n**NOSES**=\"edges [ahead of the competition]\", around **O**=\"hole\""}
-{"Clue":"Australian birds scrub duds (5,7)","Answer":"BRUSH TURKEYS","Explanation":"Definition: Australian birds\n**BRUSH**=\"scrub\" + **TURKEYS**=\"duds\"=plays, films, etc that are complete failures"}
-{"Clue":"Whiskey in Greek island is daunting (4)","Answer":"COWS","Explanation":"Definition: is daunting\nWhiskey is **W** in the phonetic alphabet, inside **COS**=\"Greek island\""}
-{"Clue":"Monk controls a new church in Don's area (2,6)","Answer":"LA MANCHA","Explanation":"Definition: Don's area\nDon Quixote was the Man of La Mancha\n **LAMA**=\"Monk\", around **A** + **N** (New) + **CH** (Church)"}
-{"Clue":"Tolerate bill involving Republican flag (8)","Answer":"STANDARD","Explanation":"Definition: flag\n**STAND**=\"Tolerate\" + **AD**=advert=\"bill\" around **R** (Republican)"}
-{"Clue":"Complain, putting away hot drink (4)","Answer":"WINE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n**WhINE**=\"Complain\", putting away **h** for \"hot\""}
-{"Clue":"Arab chemist packs cold beers for open-air markets (3,4,5)","Answer":"CAR BOOT SALES","Explanation":"Definition: open-air markets\n**AR** (Arab) + **BOOTS**=UK pharmacy chain=\"chemist\", inside **C** (cold) + **ALES**=\"beers\""}
-{"Clue":"Lock on live bomb (6)","Answer":"BARREL","Explanation":"Definition: bomb\nbarrel=bomb=move or drive a vehicle very quickly\n **BAR**=to secure=\"Lock\" + **RE**=\"on [the topic of\u2026]\" + **L** (live)"}
-{"Clue":"PA woman accompanies posh colleague (8)","Answer":"ANNUALLY","Explanation":"Definition: PA\nPA=per annum\n **ANN**=\"woman\" + **U**=upper-class=\"posh\" + **ALLY**=\"colleague\""}
-{"Clue":"Find new homes for letters edited by European (8)","Answer":"RESETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Find new homes for\n(letters)* + **E** (European)"}
-{"Clue":"Current racket in mercury leads to a severe defeat (6)","Answer":"HIDING","Explanation":"Definition: severe defeat\n**I**=symbol for \"Current\" in physics + **DIN**=\"racket\"; inside **HG**=chemical symbol for \"mercury\""}
-{"Clue":"Secure\u00a0place with gates at both ends (4)","Answer":"LOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Secure\ndouble definition: the second definition referring to locks in canals and other waterways"}
-{"Clue":"Sink used to be stylish, compris\u00ading a special sort of graphite (9)","Answer":"WASH BASIN","Explanation":"Definition: Sink\n**WAS IN**=\"used to be stylish\", around **A** + **S** (special) + **HB**=Hard Black=\"sort of graphite\" in pencils"}
-{"Clue":"Sheepish four regularly breaking new rule (6)","Answer":"RUEFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Sheepish\nregular letters from **F**o**U**r inside (rule)"}
-{"Clue":"What causes the middle to rot? (5,3,7)","Answer":"DUTCH ELM DISEASE","Explanation":"Definition: What causes the middle to rot?\n(causes the middle)"}
-{"Clue":"Game's tacky, restricting home runs (3,5)","Answer":"GIN RUMMY","Explanation":"Definition: Game\n**GUMMY**=\"tacky\" around **IN**=\"home\" + **R** (runs) in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Handle\u00a0contents of shelves\u00a01 or 13 (5)","Answer":"STOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Handle\nQuadruple definition: STOCK can mean the handle end of a tool; the contents of shop shelves; a type of flower; and cattle\/cows"}
-{"Clue":"2, 7 and 23, say, keeping extremely slim (10)","Answer":"EVERYTHING","Explanation":"Definition: 2, 7 and 23\n2, 7 and 23=LOCK, STOCK, and BARREL, a figure of speech meaning EVERYTHING\n **EG**=\"say\", around **VERY THIN**=\"extremely slim\""}
-{"Clue":"Dim friend put away oral part (4,6)","Answer":"SOFT PALATE","Explanation":"Definition: oral part\n**SOFT**=\"Dim\" lighting + **PAL**=\"friend\" + **ATE**=\"put away\""}
-{"Clue":"Stall society occupying recent feature of arena? (9)","Answer":"NEWSSTAND","Explanation":"Definition: Stall\n**S** (society) inside **NEW STAND**=\"recent feature of arena?\""}
-{"Clue":"In which sleepers lie on other sleepers (5-3)","Answer":"WAGON-LIT","Explanation":"Definition: In which sleepers lie on other sleepers\ncryptic definition: a train carriage where people sleep (In which sleepers lie), that runs \"on other [railway track] sleepers\""}
-{"Clue":"Picnic invaded by large seal (6)","Answer":"CLINCH","Explanation":"Definition: seal\n=as in clinch\/seal victory\n **CINCH**=easy task=\"Picnic\", around L (large)"}
-{"Clue":"Start to go in, having shed clothes to get lighter (5)","Answer":"BARGE","Explanation":"Definition: lighter\na lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge\n **G**=\"Start to **g**o\"; in **BARE**=\"having shed clothes\""}
-{"Clue":"Are they all partial to Gaelic language? (4)","Answer":"CLAN","Explanation":"a CLAN might be a Gaelic tribe\n hidden inside\/\"partial to\": Gaeli**C LAN**guage"}
-{"Clue":"Writer pockets tenpence piece in the cinema (6)","Answer":"BIOPIC","Explanation":"Definition: piece in the cinema\nportmanteau of **BIO**graphical **PIC**ture\n **BIC**=brand of ballpoint pen=\"writer\", around **IOP**=10P=\"tenpence\""}
-{"Clue":"Ally in war zone shows weapon there (6)","Answer":"NAPALM","Explanation":"Definition: weapon there\nportmanteau of **NAP**hthenic and **PALM**itic acids\n **PAL**=\"Ally\" in '**NAM**=Vietnam=\"war zone\""}
-{"Clue":"Group receiving right fare (6)","Answer":"BRUNCH","Explanation":"Definition: fare\nportmanteau of **BR**eakfast and l**UNCH**\n **BUNCH**=\"Group\" around **R** (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Figure seizing hotel involved in fund-raiser (8)","Answer":"TELETHON","Explanation":"Definition: fund-raiser\nportmanteau of **TELE**vision and mara**THON**\n **TEN**=a number=\"Figure\" around (hotel)"}
-{"Clue":"Rude message arranged to include sign of affection (4)","Answer":"SEXT","Explanation":"Definition: Rude message\nportmanteau of **SEX** and t**EXT**\n **SET**=\"arranged\", around **X**=written symbol for 'kiss'=\"sign of affection\""}
-{"Clue":"What's always very cool way to follow hairstyles (10)","Answer":"PERMAFROST","Explanation":"Definition: What's always very cool\nportmanteau of **PERMA**nent and **FROST\n ST**=street=\"way\", following after **PERM** + **AFRO**=\"hairstyles\""}
-{"Clue":"Left chap kind of cross about English classification of the across solutions? (11)","Answer":"PORTMANTEAU","Explanation":"Definition: classification of the across solutions\nwords made from parts of other words \u2013 see examples in the across solutions\n **PORT**=\"Left\" + **MAN**=\"chap\" + **TAU**=\"kind of cross\" around **E** (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Guy with pet, one with leg break (10)","Answer":"STAYCATION","Explanation":"Definition: break \nportmanteau of **STAY** + va**CATION**\n **STAY**=\"Guy\" as in a 'guy rope' used to secure e.g. ship's masts + **CAT**=\"pet\" + **I**=\"one\" + **ON**=\"leg\" side in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Speaker pens line, about to publish online (4)","Answer":"BLOG","Explanation":"Definition: publish online\nportmanteau of we**B** + **LOG**\n **GOB**=mouth, \"Speaker\" around **L** (line); all reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"British country church, in which men bond (8)","Answer":"BROMANCE","Explanation":"Definition: in which men bond\nportmanteau of **BRO**\/BROther and **ROMANCE**\n **BR** (British) + **OMAN**=\"country+ **CE**=Church of England"}
-{"Clue":"Porridge maybe in breakfasts it complements (6)","Answer":"SITCOM","Explanation":"Definition: Porridge maybe\nportmanteau of **SIT**uation **COM**edy; Porridge was a British sitcom\n hidden in breakfast**S IT COM**plements"}
-{"Clue":"Political crisis took hold, overwhelming monarch (6)","Answer":"BREXIT","Explanation":"Definition: Political crisis\nportmanteau of **BR**itish and **EXIT\n BIT**=\"took hold\", around **REX**=king, \"monarch\""}
-{"Clue":"Ugly little creature welcomes electronic information about make-up (6)","Answer":"GENOME","Explanation":"Definition: information about make-up\nportmanteau of **GEN**e and chromos**OME**; information about an organism's genetic make-up\n **GNOME**=\"Ugly litte creature\" around **E** (electronic)"}
-{"Clue":"Officer playing rotten old horn (8)","Answer":"CORNETTO","Explanation":"Definition: old horn\n=an early wind instrument \n **CO**=Commanding Officer + (rotten)"}
-{"Clue":"Accident to an extent inter\u00adrupting plan (6)","Answer":"MISHAP","Explanation":"Definition: Accident\n**ISH** as in 'soon-ish'=\"to an extent\"; inside **MAP**=\"plan\""}
-{"Clue":"How post gets around vegetable market, according to Spooner (4,4)","Answer":"MAIL CART","Explanation":"Definition: How post gets around\nSpoonerism of 'kale mart'=\"vegetable market\""}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman to go off with fool to the north (6)","Answer":"PASTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Clergyman\n**ROT**=\"go off\" + **SAP**=\"fool\"; all reversed upwards\/\"to the north\""}
-{"Clue":"Carried nothing in island (6)","Answer":"BORNEO","Explanation":"Definition: island\n**BORNE**=\"Carried\" + **O**=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"A boring wet lefty (6)","Answer":"MAOIST","Explanation":"Definition: lefty\n**A** boring\/going inside of **MOIST**=\"wet\""}
-{"Clue":"Aren't diesel trains made to last? (11)","Answer":"ETERNALISED","Explanation":"Definition: made to last\n(Aren't diesel)"}
-{"Clue":"During work, drops greasy product (5,3)","Answer":"TRAIN OIL","Explanation":"Definition: greasy product\n**TOIL**=\"work\", around **RAIN**=\"drops\""}
-{"Clue":"Drive in range, with ball cutting in (8)","Answer":"AMBITION","Explanation":"Definition: Drive\n**AMBIT**=\"range\", with **O**=a circle=\"ball\" cutting into **IN"}
-{"Clue":"Beating cheers up hard little boy (6)","Answer":"ATHROB","Explanation":"Definition: Beating \n**TA**=thank you=\"cheers\", reversed\/\"up\"; plus **H** (hard) and **ROB**[ert]=abbreviated boy's name=\"little boy\""}
-{"Clue":"Second sort of wine is sour (6)","Answer":"MOROSE","Explanation":"Definition: sour\n**MO**=moment=\"Second\" + **ROS\u00c9**=\"sort of wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Chatter about current leader with a stammer on the rise (6)","Answer":"YAMMER","Explanation":"Definition: Chatter\n**RE**=\"about\" + Theresa **M-MAY**=\"current [UK] leader\" as if spoken \"with a stammer\"; all reversed\/\"on the rise\""}
-{"Clue":"Not a single compiler scoffed (6)","Answer":"NOSHED","Explanation":"Definition: scoffed\n**NO**=\"Not a single\" + **SHED**=Guardian crossword \"compiler\""}
-{"Clue":"Fine to recycle cans and waste (6)","Answer":"REFUSE","Explanation":"Definition: waste\n**F** (Fine) contained inside **REUSE**=\"recycle\"\n \"cans\" is the containment indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Locks up with this chain \u2014 orgy without clothes to tear (8)","Answer":"HAIRGRIP","Explanation":"Definition: Locks up with this\nHAIRGRIP=something that holds up your hair\/\"Locks\"\n c**HAI**n o**RG**y without their outer letters\/\"clothes\"; plus **RIP**=\"tear\""}
-{"Clue":"Poison a river covered by smoke (6)","Answer":"CURARE","Explanation":"Definition: Poison\n**A** + **R** (river), both contained inside **CURE**=\"smoke\" as in ham"}
-{"Clue":"Telltale sign person lacking news to spread? (8)","Answer":"GOSSIPER","Explanation":"Definition: Telltale\n(sign person)*, minus the two N-s for (New-s)"}
-{"Clue":"Side One's ending: McCartney's hit playing (10,4)","Answer":"MANCHESTER CITY","Explanation":"Definition: Side\n=a football \"Side\"\n (e McCartney's hit)*, where the first E is [On]E's ending letter"}
-{"Clue":"Weed in tent! Help me out (4,6)","Answer":"HEMP NETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Weed\n(tent Help me)"}
-{"Clue":"Airline left India for island (4)","Answer":"BALI","Explanation":"Definition: island\n**BA**=British Airways=\"Airline\" + **L** (Left) + **I**=\"India\" in the phonetic alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty one's after Tramp (4)","Answer":"MEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Nasty\n**AN**=\"one\" after **ME**=the writer of the clue=\"Tramp\""}
-{"Clue":"Touching story about one that's capable of working again (10)","Answer":"REPAIRABLE","Explanation":"Definition: capable of working again\n**RE**=about, concerning=\"Touching\" + **PARABLE**=\"story\" around **I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Treatment of tooth and nerve: cure available without licence (4-3-7)","Answer":"OVER THE COUNTER","Explanation":"Definition: available without licence\n(tooth nerve cure)"}
-{"Clue":"Comedy character by hotel \u2014 priest on show came down (8)","Answer":"ALIGHTED","Explanation":"Definition: came down\n**ALI G**=Sacha Baron Cohen's \"Comedy character\" ; plus **H** (hotel) + **TED**=\"priest on [TV] show\" Father Ted"}
-{"Clue":"Go anaemic, tablets individually knocked back (6)","Answer":"ELAPSE","Explanation":"Definition: Go\n**PALE**=\"anaemic\" + **E'S**=ecstasy \"tablets\"; each individually reversed\/\"knocked back\" in turn"}
-{"Clue":"Remain on chair with this? (8)","Answer":"HEADREST","Explanation":"Definition: Remain on chair with this?\n**REST**=\"Remain\"; after **HEAD**=\"chair\" e.g. of a committee"}
-{"Clue":"Shave head of Britney Spears balder (6)","Answer":"BARBER","Explanation":"Definition: Shave\nBARBER can be a verb meaning \"Shave\"\n **B** (head of Britney) goes into\/\"Spears\" **BARER**=\"balder\""}
-{"Clue":"Stone cut film (4)","Answer":"ROCK","Explanation":"Definition: Stone\n**ROCK**[y]=\"film\" starring Sylvester Stallone , with the end letter cut off"}
-{"Clue":"Rage, holding rounds for gun (7)","Answer":"FIREARM","Explanation":"Definition: gun\n**IRE**=\"Rage\", contained in **FARM**=\"holding\"\n \"rounds\" is the containment indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Team without competition to enter (8)","Answer":"SARACENS","Explanation":"Definition: Team\n=a rugby union team\n **SANS**=\"without\", with **RACE**=\"competition\" to enter inside"}
-{"Clue":"Drink drivers taking short month off work (11)","Answer":"AMONTILLADO","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\n=a type of sherry\n **AA**=Automobile Association=\"drivers\" around both of: **MONT**[h]=\"short month\" + **ILL**=\"off\"; plus **DO**=\"work\""}
-{"Clue":"Holiday place with empty restaurant: stood up inside (6)","Answer":"RESORT","Explanation":"Definition: Holiday place\n**R**estauran**T**, empty of its middle letters; with **ROSE**=\"stood\" reversed\/\"up\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Copy salesman? Booze picked up by some? (7)","Answer":"REPLICA","Explanation":"Definition: Copy\n**REP**=\"salesman\"; plus **LICA** which might sound like\/be \"picked up\" as 'liquor'=\"Booze\""}
-{"Clue":"Conga? Are members forced to follow it? (5,4)","Answer":"PARTY LINE","Explanation":"Definition: Conga\ndouble definition; the second refers to members of a political party"}
-{"Clue":"High-end property? Old tree, fellers cut into sections (11)","Answer":"EXTREMENESS","Explanation":"Definition: High-end property\nEXTREMENESS=a quality\/property of something that is on the high end\n **EX**=\"Old\"; plus **TREE** with **MEN**=\"fellers\" cutting inside; plus **Ss**=\"sections\""}
-{"Clue":"Quack from duck below nest on way (9)","Answer":"HOMEOPATH","Explanation":"Definition: Quack\n**O**=\"duck\", a score of zero in cricket, below **HOME**=\"nest\" and on top of **PATH**=\"way\""}
-{"Clue":"Scales going up fully, needs to get trim on top (8)","Answer":"PRUNELLA","Explanation":"PRUNELLA Scales is an actress \n reversal\/\"going up\" of **ALL**=\"fully\", with **PRUNE**=\"trim\" on top"}
-{"Clue":"Red Arrows initially came flying over independent country (7)","Answer":"AMERICA","Explanation":"Definition: country\n(R A came)* around **I** (independent); with R A from the initials of Red Arrows"}
-{"Clue":"Set of regulars to barmen: 'We pour over barrel here, perhaps' (7)","Answer":"BREWPUB","Explanation":"Definition: here, perhaps\na BREWPUB is a pub with a brewery attached\n regular letters from **B**a**R**m**E**n **W**e **P**o**U**r; plus **B** (Barrel)"}
-{"Clue":"Film singer, one impresses (6)","Answer":"ETCHER","Explanation":"ET**=\"film\" ; plus **CHER**=\"singer\""}
-{"Clue":"Put on weight to get attention (4)","Answer":"WEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Put on\n**W** (weight) + **EAR**=\"attention\""}
-{"Clue":"Vagrant grew teary, consequence of having bath? (4,5)","Answer":"GREY WATER","Explanation":"Definition: consequence of having bath\n=household waste water from baths, sinks etc\n (grew teary)"}
-{"Clue":"Terse husband gripped by shame (5)","Answer":"PITHY","Explanation":"Definition: Terse\n**H** (husband) inside **PITY**=\"shame\""}
-{"Clue":"Lads use it, suffering lethargy (9)","Answer":"LASSITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: lethargy\n(Lads use it)"}
-{"Clue":"Northerners and fellow boozers (5)","Answer":"FINNS","Explanation":"Definition: Northerners\n**F** (Fellow) + **INNS**=\"boozers\", places to drink"}
-{"Clue":"Without any energy, three use tee for drive (6)","Answer":"THRUST","Explanation":"Definition: drive\n**THRee USe Tee**,\u00a0minus every** e** for \"energy\""}
-{"Clue":"Look mean, having no weaknesses (8)","Answer":"AIRTIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: having no weaknesses\n**AIR**=someone's bearing or outward appearance=\"Look\" + **TIGHT**=\"mean\" with money"}
-{"Clue":"Lord's holding first of enquiries into unruly mid-off (7)","Answer":"FIEFDOM","Explanation":"Definition: Lord's holding\nfirst letter of **E**nquiries going into (mid-off)"}
-{"Clue":"Leader shunning wholesale evidence of misery (7)","Answer":"WEEPING","Explanation":"Definition: evidence of misery\n**SWEEPING**=\"wholesale\" as in 'sweeping\/wholesale changes', minus the leading letter **S"}
-{"Clue":"Duke excluded from king's company outside (8)","Answer":"ALFRESCO","Explanation":"Definition: outside\n**D** (Duke) removed from **ALFRED'S**=\"king's\" + **CO** (Company)"}
-{"Clue":"Unkempt chap exhausted after long nap (6)","Answer":"SHAGGY","Explanation":"Definition: Unkempt\n**GUY**=\"chap\", \"exhausted\"\/emptied out; after\u00a0**SHAG**=coarse fabric, with \"long nap\" meaning fuzzy texture"}
-{"Clue":"Is aware Primark now sells sandwiches (5)","Answer":"KNOWS","Explanation":"Definition: Is aware\nhidden in Primar**K NOW S**ells"}
-{"Clue":"Arachne ultimately got by on \u00a351 in cash (9)","Answer":"LIQUIDITY","Explanation":"Definition: cash\n**I**=the setter=\"Arachne\", plus ultimate letters of go**T** b**Y**; all after **LI**=\"51\u2033 in roman numerals + **QUID** (\u00a3)"}
-{"Clue":"Delivered letter: ending taken to heart (5)","Answer":"DEALT","Explanation":"Definition: Delivered\n**DELTA**=Greek \"letter\", with the ending **A** moved to the centre\/\"heart\" of the word"}
-{"Clue":"Prime case of extortion following incident in Home Counties (9)","Answer":"SEVENTEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Prime\n=a prime number\n the \"case\" or outer letters of **E**xtortio**N**, after **EVENT**=\"incident\" in **SE**=South East, \"Home Counties\""}
-{"Clue":"Parting buttocks audibly (6)","Answer":"BREACH","Explanation":"Definition: Parting\nhomophone of 'breech'=\"buttocks\""}
-{"Clue":"Right time to put on pants and woad? (8)","Answer":"DYESTUFF","Explanation":"Definition: woad?\n**YES**='acknowledged'=\"Right\" + **T** (time); inside **DUFF**=poor quality=\"pants\""}
-{"Clue":"Decrepit old man's boob (4,2)","Answer":"PAST IT","Explanation":"Definition: Decrepit\n**PA'S**=\"old man's\" + **TIT**=\"boob\""}
-{"Clue":"Expressionless bloody monster (7)","Answer":"DEADPAN","Explanation":"Definition: Expressionless\nI think this is: **DEAD**=intensifying adjective=\"bloody\" + **PAN**=Greek god with some of the features of a goat=\"monster\""}
-{"Clue":"Two-part coverage of British couple stopped by relatives (6)","Answer":"BIKINI","Explanation":"Definition: Two-part coverage\n**B** (British) + **II**=two in Roman numerals=\"couple\" around **KIN**=\"relatives\""}
-{"Clue":"Good health of two mates, each with a shed (4-4)","Answer":"CHIN CHIN","Explanation":"Definition: Good health\n'china plate' is rhyming slang, so\u00a0**CHINA CHINA**=\"two mates\"; each with\u00a0**A** shed\/discarded"}
-{"Clue":"Strongly recommend 50% reduction in your wage (4)","Answer":"URGE","Explanation":"Definition: Strongly recommend\n50% of the letters removed from yo**UR** wa**GE"}
-{"Clue":"Manxwoman one defames? (8)","Answer":"ISLANDER","Explanation":"Definition: Manxwoman\n**I SLANDER**=\"one defames\""}
-{"Clue":"Loves to pinch scientists roughly (2,2)","Answer":"OR SO","Explanation":"Definition: roughly\nO=zero='Love' in tennis, so **OO**=\"Loves\", around **RS** (Royal Society)=\"scientists\""}
-{"Clue":"Praise extremely powerful reviews (8)","Answer":"PLAUDITS","Explanation":"Definition: Praise\nextreme letters of **P**owerfu**L** + **AUDITS**=\"reviews\""}
-{"Clue":"Name of man embracing love goddess (7)","Answer":"MONIKER","Explanation":"Definition: Name\n**MR**=\"man\" around **O**=\"love\" [again!] + **NIKE**=Greek \"goddess\""}
-{"Clue":"Most weirdly, bats return to natural habitat (6)","Answer":"REWILD","Explanation":"Definition: return to natural habitat\n(weirdly)* \u2013 but only \"Most\" of the letters, not the final y"}
-{"Clue":"Then finally you kiss me, blind drunk (6)","Answer":"SOUSED","Explanation":"Definition: drunk\n**SO**=\"Then\", plus final letters from yo**U** kis**S** m**E** blin**D"}
-{"Clue":"Threaten to go out to speak after close of meeting (6)","Answer":"GUTTER","Explanation":"Definition: Threaten to go out\ndefinition in the sense of a flame flickering out\n **UTTER**=\"speak\" after the closing letter to meetin**G"}
-{"Clue":"Standard applied to first US election, of which there are three (7,7)","Answer":"PRIMARY COLOURS","Explanation":"Definition: of which there are three\n\"Standard\" as a in a flag = **COLOURS**; added after **PRIMARY**=\"first [round of a] US election\""}
-{"Clue":"Escape in one piece? (5,4)","Answer":"BREAK FREE","Explanation":"Definition: Escape\n'break-free'=free from having any breaks=\"in one piece?\""}
-{"Clue":"Particular delivery, necessity for cricket, voided catch (5)","Answer":"BATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Particular delivery\n**BAT**=\"necessity for cricket\" + **C**atc**H** \"voided\" i.e. with its insides removed"}
-{"Clue":"Fibre for carpet tiles recycled (5)","Answer":"ISTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Fibre for carpet\n=a Mexican plant fibre\n (tiles)"}
-{"Clue":"Best or worst contribution to innings? (9)","Answer":"OVERTHROW","Explanation":"Definition: Best\n=\"Best\" as a verb meaning to get the better of, overcome\n also =a bad contribution to a cricket innings, where the fielding team gives away extra runs due to a poor throw"}
-{"Clue":"Fox repelled by digging into waste matter (8)","Answer":"SLYBOOTS","Explanation":"Definition: Fox\n=a cunning or tricky person\n **BY** inside **STOOLS**=\"waste matter\"; all reversed\/\"repelled\""}
-{"Clue":"Manages\u00a0boards (4,2)","Answer":"GETS ON","Explanation":"Definition: Manages\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Recurrent award shows approval of eco-friendly publishing (1-5)","Answer":"E-BOOKS","Explanation":"Definition: eco-friendly publishing\n**OBE**=Order of the British Empire=\"award\" reversed\/\"recurrent\"; plus **OKS**=gives the OK=\"shows approval\""}
-{"Clue":"Flyer rejected assignment in space during project (5,3)","Answer":"JUMBO JET","Explanation":"Definition: Flyer\n**JOB**=\"assignment\" in **EM**=a unit of \"space\" in printing; all reversed\/\"rejected\" and inside **JUT**=\"project\""}
-{"Clue":"Order to freeze work on fortifications (4,5)","Answer":"KEEP STILL","Explanation":"Definition: Order to freeze\n**TILL** the soil=\"work\" after **KEEPS**=\"fortifications\""}
-{"Clue":"Hot drink, second of two almost finished (5)","Answer":"LATTE","Explanation":"Definition: Hot drink\n**LATTE**r=\"second of two\" without its finishing letter"}
-{"Clue":"Port on the Moray Firth making appearance in news (5)","Answer":"NAIRN","Explanation":"Definition: Port on the Moray Firth\n**AIR**=a person's manner or \"appearance\" in two \"new-s\"\u00a0**N\u00a0**and **N"}
-{"Clue":"Wise guy currently packing gear for both sides (4-2-3)","Answer":"KNOW-IT-ALL","Explanation":"Definition: Wise guy\n**NOW**=\"currently\" inside **KIT**=\"gear\" + **ALL\u00a0**as in 'the football score is one all'=\"for both sides\""}
-{"Clue":"Barking 'woof', eg, breathed apt warning (6,2,3,3)","Answer":"BEWARE OF THE DOG","Explanation":"Definition: apt warning\n(woof eg breathed)"}
-{"Clue":"Ordinary folk are reaching the top, something MPs must get used to? (6,8)","Answer":"PUBLIC SPEAKING","Explanation":"Definition: something MPs must get used to\n**PUBLIC'S PEAKING**=\"Ordinary folk are reaching the top\""}
-{"Clue":"Cross try line, giving no reaction (7)","Answer":"INERTLY","Explanation":"Definition: giving no reaction\n(try line)"}
-{"Clue":"Lose knack winding short bit of hose (5,4)","Answer":"ANKLE SOCK","Explanation":"Definition: short bit of hose\n(Lose knack)"}
-{"Clue":"Lad collaring member for IOW town (8)","Answer":"YARMOUTH","Explanation":"Definition: IOW town\n=a town on the Isle of Wight\n **YOUTH**=\"Lad\" around **ARM**=\"member\""}
-{"Clue":"Utensil for cook with less guile? (6)","Answer":"OPENER","Explanation":"Definition: Utensil for cook\n**OPEN-ER** as in 'more open'=\"with less guile?\""}
-{"Clue":"Brief biography covering the start of Russian Revolution (5)","Answer":"ORBIT","Explanation":"Definition: Revolution\n**OBIT**uary=\"biography\", shortened\/\"Brief\" and around the starting letter of **R**ussian"}
-{"Clue":"Answers\u00a0used by chemists? (7)","Answer":"RETORTS","Explanation":"Definition: Answers\ndouble definition, the second referring to vessels used for the heating and distillation of chemicals"}
-{"Clue":"What Blue Peter presenter is presumably doing patriotically? (7,3,4)","Answer":"SHOWING THE FLAG","Explanation":"Definition: patriotically\nthe \"Blue Peter\" is a flag, someone presenting it\u00a0would be **SHOWING THE FLAG"}
-{"Clue":"Deck me up rather like a Bront\u00eb sister? (9)","Answer":"EMBELLISH","Explanation":"Definition: Deck\n**ME** reversed\/\"up\" + **BELL-ISH**=\"rather like a Bront\u00eb sister\", who wrote under male pseudonyms with the surname Bell"}
-{"Clue":"Tough side on field for start of match (5,3)","Answer":"BULLY OFF","Explanation":"Definition: start of match\n=a way of starting play in hockey\n **BULLY**=\"Tough\" + **OFF**=the bat-hand side for a cricket field"}
-{"Clue":"Former England 5 comes in promptly (3-4)","Answer":"ONE-TIME","Explanation":"Definition: Former\n**E**=\"England OPENER\" using the solution to 5dn; inside **ON TIME**=\"promptly\""}
-{"Clue":"Son's left recently to settle WWI conflict (7)","Answer":"JUTLAND","Explanation":"Definition: WWI conflict\n=a naval battle in WWI\n s (Son) leaving **JU**s**T**=\"recently\" + **LAND**=\"settle\""}
-{"Clue":"It's said parasitic insect will irritate the skin (6)","Answer":"TICKLE","Explanation":"Definition: irritate the skin\nSounds like\/\"It's said\": tick'll=tick will=\"parasitic insect will\"\n [though a tick isn't an insect\u2026]"}
-{"Clue":"Lady's laid up? This should get her going (5)","Answer":"SENNA","Explanation":"Definition: a plant used for its laxative effects\n **ANNE'S**=\"Lady's\" reversed\/\"laid up\""}
-{"Clue":"Something online for minors, I say, drinking liquor (4-4)","Answer":"CHOO CHOO","Explanation":"Definition: Something online for minors\ndefinition: a train is something that runs \"on [a railway] line\", and might be called CHOO CHOO by children\/\"minors\"\n **COO**=exclamation of surprise=\"I say\"; around **HOOCH**=\"liquor\""}
-{"Clue":"Warning of mass extinction, now all kicking off (4)","Answer":"OMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Warning\nall the starting\/\"kicking off\" letters from **O**f **M**ass **E**xctinction **N**ow"}
-{"Clue":"Something sinister locked in extremes of nature for post-apocalyptic writer (5,5)","Answer":"NEVIL SHUTE","Explanation":"Definition: post-apocalyptic writer\nNevil Shute wrote post-apocalyptic novel *On the Beach* \n **EVIL**=\"Something sinister\" + **SHUT**=\"locked\", all inside the extreme letters of **N**atur**E"}
-{"Clue":"Light bracket formerly placed behind sack, oddly (6)","Answer":"SCONCE","Explanation":"Definition: Light bracket\n**ONCE**=\"formerly\" after odd letters from **S**a**C**k"}
-{"Clue":"Relative bound by fancy contract (8)","Answer":"COVENANT","Explanation":"Definition: contract\n**NAN**=\"Relative\" in **COVET**=\"fancy\""}
-{"Clue":"Terrible mistake detailed about one reaching end of game, extreme temperatures \u2014 with this? (7,6)","Answer":"CLIMATE CHANGE","Explanation":"Definition: with this?\n**CLANGE**[r]=\"Terrible mistake\", de-tailed with the final letter removed; around all of: **I**=\"one\" plus **MATE**=\"end of [chess] game\" plus **C**+**H**=Cold and Hot=\"extreme temperatures\""}
-{"Clue":"Figure is covering page in magazine (7)","Answer":"ELLIPSE","Explanation":"Definition: Figure\n**IS** *around* **P** (page), both in **ELLE**=\"magazine\" \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to Valentine in the comments"}
-{"Clue":"Ballet move: sweep featuring sliding over of booty (8)","Answer":"GLISSADE","Explanation":"Definition: Ballet move\n**GLIDE**=\"sweep\" around reversal\/\"sliding over\" of **ASS**=\"booty\""}
-{"Clue":"In fiendish Satan's triumph, hope's ending for God (3,3,8)","Answer":"THE MAN UPSTAIRS","Explanation":"Definition: God\n(Satan's triumph)* around hop**E"}
-{"Clue":"Parched, so a brandy mixed with last of lemonade (3,2,1,4)","Answer":"DRY AS A BONE","Explanation":"Definition: Parched\n(so a brandy)* plus lemonad**E"}
-{"Clue":"Critical time off: no, quite the opposite (4,4)","Answer":"HIGH NOON","Explanation":"Definition:  Critical time\n**HIGH**=\"off\" as in food going off; plus **NO**; plus reversal\/\"opposite\" of **NO"}
-{"Clue":"Substance producing effect, bringing about 15 3 (8,5)","Answer":"CHEMICAL AGENT","Explanation":"Definition:  Substance producing effect\nanagram of 15 3, **CLIMATE CHANGE"}
-{"Clue":"Send down rook, queen half hidden (7)","Answer":"CONVICT","Explanation":"Definition: Send down\n**CON**=swindle=\"rook\" + **VICT**oria=\"queen half hidden\""}
-{"Clue":"Not quite everything contained by flood barriers after a rise \u2014 in this? (3,5)","Answer":"SEA LEVEL","Explanation":"Definition: in this?\n**AL**[L]=\"not quite everything\" inside **LEVEES**=\"flood barriers\" reversed\/\"after a rise\""}
-{"Clue":"Capable of grasping vacuous ideas, help ne'er arranged (10)","Answer":"PREHENSILE","Explanation":"Definition: Capable of grasping\n(**i**[dea]**s help ne**'**er**)"}
-{"Clue":"Very much that's heartbreaking with empty pockets, oh my Lord! (4,2,5)","Answer":"WHAT ON EARTH","Explanation":"Definition: oh my Lord\n**A TON**=\"very much\", breaking into **HEART**, all pocketed inside an empty **W**[it]**H"}
-{"Clue":"Punched by Mafia's leader, Irishman doubled up is an informer (5,5)","Answer":"NAMES NAMES","Explanation":"Definition: is an informer\n**M**afia inside **SEAN**=\"Irishman\", twice and reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Social affair thus far coming up, cut by a fraction (3,5)","Answer":"TEA PARTY","Explanation":"Definition: Social affair\n**YET**=\"thus far\" reversed\/\"coming up\", with **A PART**=\"a fraction\" cutting inside"}
-{"Clue":"Hackney's condition is surprising (8)","Answer":"STAGGERS","Explanation":"Definition: Hackney's condition\ndouble definition: for the first, a \"Hackney\" is a horse, and **STAGGERS** is a horse illness\/\"condition\""}
-{"Clue":"Bang on about Italian author's good manners (7)","Answer":"DECORUM","Explanation":"Definition: good manners\n**DRUM**=\"Bang on\" around Umberto **ECO**=\"Italian author\""}
-{"Clue":"Promoting toilet humour ultimately, Paul regularly immature (6)","Answer":"LARVAL","Explanation":"Definition: immature\nReversing\/\"Promoting\" upwards all of: **LAV**=\"toilet\" + humou**R** + regular letters from P**A**u**L"}
-{"Clue":"Belief in 22 26 is hard in worrying times (6)","Answer":"THEISM","Explanation":"Definition: Belief in 22 26\n**H** (hard) in (times)"}
-{"Clue":"With gas on, a temperature warmer? (4)","Answer":"HEAT","Explanation":"Definition: warmer?\n**HE**=Helium gas + **A** + **T** (temperature)"}
-{"Clue":"Write better puzzles than beginner here (6)","Answer":"OUTSET","Explanation":"Definition: beginner here\n**OUTSET **could mean \"Write [i.e. set] better puzzles than\", along the same lines as outbid, outrun, outlast etc"}
-{"Clue":"Place to hang small greasy spoon, antique (8)","Answer":"SCAFFOLD","Explanation":"Definition: Place to hang\n**S** (small) + **CAFF**=caf\u00e9=\"greasy spoon\" + **OLD**=\"antique\""}
-{"Clue":"Little swimmer is away from the King and Queen (5)","Answer":"ELVER","Explanation":"Definition: Little swimmer\nan ELVER is a young eel\n \"**is** [taken away] from\" **ELVis**=\"the King\" of Rock and Roll + **ER**=Elizabeth Regina=\"Queen\""}
-{"Clue":"Returned again and was shocked to receive shocks (2-7)","Answer":"RE-ELECTED","Explanation":"Definition: Returned again\n**REELED**=\"was shocked\" around **ECT**=electroconvulsive therapy=\"shocks\""}
-{"Clue":"Change bus, or hide in shelter (9)","Answer":"BIRDHOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: shelter\n(bus or hide)"}
-{"Clue":"Saw a time for publicity? (5)","Answer":"ADAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Saw\n\"Saw\" as in a saying or proverb\n **AD AGE**=\"time for publicity?\""}
-{"Clue":"Incredible verve, a heroic sort exceeding expectations (12)","Answer":"OVERACHIEVER","Explanation":"Definition: sort exceeding expectations\n(verve a heroic)"}
-{"Clue":"Voice said some cash is behind bar (12)","Answer":"COUNTERTENOR","Explanation":"Definition: Voice\n**TENOR**=homophone\/\"said\" of 'tenner'=\"some cash\"; behind **COUNTER**=\"bar\""}
-{"Clue":"50% off properties in different places (5)","Answer":"APART","Explanation":"Definition: in different places\nthe last 50% removed from **APART**ments=\"properties\""}
-{"Clue":"Benedict's art to turn out witty remark (9)","Answer":"RATZINGER","Explanation":"Definition: Benedict\nJoseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict\n (art)* + **ZINGER**=\"witty remark\""}
-{"Clue":"Driver brought before judge is lying (9)","Answer":"PROSTRATE","Explanation":"Definition: lying\nas in \"lying\" prone on the ground\n Alain **PROST** is a former Formula 1 \"Driver\" + **RATE**=\"judge\""}
-{"Clue":"Cast of Brief Encounter (5)","Answer":"FLING","Explanation":"Definition: Cast\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Covering up claim, wins contests (8)","Answer":"GAINSAYS","Explanation":"Definition: contests\n**GAINS**=\"wins\", covering around **SAY**=\"claim\""}
-{"Clue":"Voting system fit for European city (6)","Answer":"PRAGUE","Explanation":"Definition: European city\n**PR** (Proportional Represenation)=\"Voting system\" + **AGUE**=\"fit\"\u00e9"}
-{"Clue":"Start taking bets for one with no secrets (4,4)","Answer":"OPEN BOOK","Explanation":"Definition: o\nOPEN BOOK could also mean \"Start taking bets\" as a bookmaker"}
-{"Clue":"Composer rating absorbing French writer (8)","Answer":"TAVERNER","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\nJohn TAVERNER is the composer\n **TAR**=sailor=\"rating\", where a rating is the class of a sailor; around Jules **VERNE**=\"French writer\""}
-{"Clue":"What frames pictures where we live (5)","Answer":"EARTH","Explanation":"Definition: where we live\n**EH**=\"What\" as an interjection, around **ART**=\"pictures\""}
-{"Clue":"100 engineers briefly irrational, having ingested hard liquor (5,2,6)","Answer":"CREME DE MENTHE","Explanation":"Definition: liquor\n**C**=\"100\u2033 in Roman numerals + **REME** (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) + **DEMENTE**[d]=\"briefly irrational\" around **H** (hard)"}
-{"Clue":"He's not bound to be complimentary and a decent fellow (4,5)","Answer":"FREE AGENT","Explanation":"Definition: He's not bound\n**FREE**=\"complimentary\" + **A**\u00a0**GENT**=\"a decent fellow\""}
-{"Clue":"Bony poet's exhortation to commit crime (6)","Answer":"OSTEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Bony\n**O**=\"poet's exhortation\" as an interjection + **STEAL**=\"commit crime\""}
-{"Clue":"Penny, given more rum, is to move unsteadily (6)","Answer":"DODDER","Explanation":"Definition: move unsteadily\n**D**=symbol for the pre-decimal UK \"Penny\", derived from Latin *denarius*, + **ODDER**=\"more rum\" with 'rum' meaning 'strange'"}
-{"Clue":"Wanting Polish thug to fear whatever's outside (5,3,5)","Answer":"ROUGH AND READY","Explanation":"Definition: Wanting Polish\n\"Wanting\" as in 'lacking'; 'polish' as in refinement or social graces\n **ROUGH**=\"thug\" + **DREAD**=\"fear\" with **ANY**=\"whatever\" outside it"}
-{"Clue":"A reversal of work conditions for the unfaithful (9)","Answer":"APOSTATES","Explanation":"Definition: the unfaithful\n**A** + reversal of **OP**=\"work\" + **STATES**=\"conditions\""}
-{"Clue":"Catching measles, ultimately hard to shake off (8)","Answer":"SNAGGING","Explanation":"Definition: Catching\nthe last\/ultimate letter of measle**S\u00a0**+ **NAGGING**=\"hard to shake off\""}
-{"Clue":"Temporarily dismiss person who's paid villain (8)","Answer":"PROROGUE","Explanation":"Definition: Temporarily dismiss\n**PRO**=\"person who's paid\" as in pro vs amateur; plus **ROGUE**=\"villain\""}
-{"Clue":"Running path for one bowler here (6)","Answer":"HATPEG","Explanation":"Definition: bowler here\ndefinition referring to bowler hats\n (path)* + **E.G.**=for example=\"for one\""}
-{"Clue":"Day BoJo strips off facade to provide enlightenment (6)","Answer":"SATORI","Explanation":"Definition: enlightenment\n=a state of enlightment in Zen Buddhism\n **SAT**=Saturday=\"Day\" + B**ORI**S Johnson=\"BoJo\" stripped of outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"Reason some complain ferociously (5)","Answer":"INFER","Explanation":"Definition: Reason\nHidden in compla**IN FER**ociously"}
-{"Clue":"Pride perhaps lacking in many soldiers (5)","Answer":"LIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Pride\n**e.g.**=\"perhaps\", lacking in **L**[**eg**]**IONS**=\"many soldiers\""}
-{"Clue":"On camera, I ground coffee (9)","Answer":"AMERICANO","Explanation":"Definition: coffee\n(On camera I)"}
-{"Clue":"Group\u00a0that's favoured by conservatives (6,3)","Answer":"STATUS QUO","Explanation":"Definition: Group\ndouble definition, the first being \"Group\" as in the English rock band"}
-{"Clue":"Wives here married after career (5)","Answer":"HAREM","Explanation":"Definition: Wives here\n**M** (married) after **HARE**=move in a rush=\"career\""}
-{"Clue":"Journalists oddly shunning nice gift (7)","Answer":"PRESSIE","Explanation":"Definition: gift\n**PRESS**=\"Journalists\" + [n]**I**[c]**E** with the odd letters removed\/shunned"}
-{"Clue":"Where the poor live and suffer, without a chance to dream (7)","Answer":"SLUMBER","Explanation":"Definition: chance to dream\n**SLUM**=\"Where the poor live\" + **BE**[**a**]**R**=\"suffer\" without **a"}
-{"Clue":"Subsequently cut both ends off beams (5)","Answer":"AFTER","Explanation":"Definition: Subsequently\n[r]**AFTER**[s]=\"beams\" with both ends cut off"}
-{"Clue":"You and I loudly rejected what 'they' are in 25's 4 22 (3)","Answer":"FEW","Explanation":"Definition: what 'they' are in 25's 4 22\na repeated line of\u00a0*The Masque of Anarchy* is: 'Ye are many \u2013 they are **FEW**!'\n **WE**=\"You and I\" + **F** (Forte)=\"loudly\", reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"Half-cut idiot, hardly cavalry material (5)","Answer":"TWILL","Explanation":"Definition: cavalry material\nCavalry **TWILL** is a strong woollen material\n **TW**[it]=\"Half-cut idiot\" + **ILL**=with difficulty=\"hardly\"Ye are many\u2014they are few"}
-{"Clue":"Place of horror described by fine revolutionary poet (7)","Answer":"SHELLEY","Explanation":"Definition: poet\n**HELL**=\"Place of horror\" inside **YES**=\"fine\", reversed\/\"revolutionary\""}
-{"Clue":"Left Asian port carrying cargo (5)","Answer":"LADEN","Explanation":"Definition: carrying cargo\n**L** (Left) + **ADEN**=\"Asian port\" in Yemen"}
-{"Clue":"Nonconformist morals curbing distant source of power (5,4)","Answer":"SOLAR FARM","Explanation":"Definition: source of power \n(morals)* around **FAR**=\"distant\""}
-{"Clue":"Family and offspring following good man (5,4)","Answer":"KING\u2019S PAWN","Explanation":"Definition: man\n\"man\"=chess piece=**KING'S PAWN**\n **KIN**=\"Family\"; plus **SPAWN**=\"offspring\" after **G** (good)"}
-{"Clue":"Slick\u00a0Blair seen on TV (5)","Answer":"SHEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Slick\ndouble definition: a **SHEEN** can mean a thin \"Slick\" of oil on water; the second def refers to Michael Sheen, who played Tony Blair on TV in\u00a0*The Deal"}
-{"Clue":"Sadly disheartened George Orwell, for one (4)","Answer":"ALAS","Explanation":"Definition: Sadly\nGeorge Orwell is one example of an **AL**[i]**AS**, with the middle letter\/heart removed"}
-{"Clue":"Bonding by sharing tiny things: love can flourish over time (8)","Answer":"COVALENT","Explanation":"Definition: Bonding by sharing tiny things\n=a type of chemical bonding involving shared electrons\n (love can)* + **T** (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Hairy chap partaking of the sauce (4)","Answer":"ESAU","Explanation":"Definition: Hairy chap\nEsau in the Bible was noted for his hairiness\n Hidden in [th]**E SAU**[ce]"}
-{"Clue":"Irregular forces abruptly quash many a 25's response to Peterloo (6,2,7)","Answer":"MASQUE OF ANARCHY","Explanation":"Definition: 25's response to Peterloo\n(force[s] quash many a)*; where \"abruptly\" indicates the shortening of \"force[s]\""}
-{"Clue":"Stirring at last: 'Shake your chains to earth' like champions! (6)","Answer":"HEROES","Explanation":"Definition: champions\nAnagram\/\"Stirring\" of the \"last\" letters of: [Shak]**E** [you]**R** [chain]**S** [t]**O** [eart]**H** [lik]**E"}
-{"Clue":"House of Lords is backing contents of your letter in outline (10)","Answer":"SILHOUETTE","Explanation":"Definition: outline\n**HL **(House of Lords) + **IS**, reversed\/\"backing\"; plus the inside letters\/\"contents' of [y]**OU**[r] [l]**ETTE**[r]masque of anarchy"}
-{"Clue":"Change of direction regarding Britain in EU capital (6)","Answer":"ZAGREB","Explanation":"Definition: EU capital\n=Croatian capital\n **ZAG**=\"Change of direction\" + **RE**=\"regarding\" + **B** (Britain)"}
-{"Clue":"Weaver caught in Peterloo massacre (4)","Answer":"LOOM","Explanation":"Definition: Weaver\nhidden in [Perter]**LOO M**[assacre]"}
-{"Clue":"Endless fun with Izzard once on American square (5)","Answer":"PLAZA","Explanation":"Definition: square\n=a public square\n **PLA**[y]=\"Endless fun\" plus \"Izzard\", an archaic term which \"once\" meant the letter **Z**; plus\u00a0**A** (American)"}
-{"Clue":"Austerity of centrists distorted society (10)","Answer":"STRICTNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Austerity\n(centrists)* + **S** (society)"}
-{"Clue":"Run to join forces and gain strength (5)","Answer":"RALLY","Explanation":"Definition: Run\ntriple definition:\u00a0as a verb meaning organise\/\"Run\", or assemble\/\"join forces\", or recover\/\"gain strength\""}
-{"Clue":"Fens used to be drained, Hull also (8)","Answer":"WASHLAND","Explanation":"Definition: Fens\n**WAS**=\"used to be\" + **H**[ul]**L** drained of inside letters + **AND**=\"also\""}
-{"Clue":"Undernourished bears attack, lacking food and destined to fail (3-5)","Answer":"ILL-FATED","Explanation":"Definition: destined to fail\n**ILL-FED**=\"Undernourished\" around **AT**[**tack**] lacking **tack**=\"food\""}
-{"Clue":"Passionate bard sent to unseat leaders (6)","Answer":"ARDENT","Explanation":"Definition: Passionate\n[b]**ARD** [s]**ENT** without their leading letters"}
-{"Clue":"Minion of 29, cycling round outskirts of Eccles (3-3)","Answer":"YES-MAN","Explanation":"Definition: Minion\n**MANY**=29dn, cycling its last letter to the front; around the outer letters of **E**[ccle]**S"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy\u00a0corresponding? (4)","Answer":"LIKE","Explanation":"Definition: Fancy\ndouble definition: as a verb, to be attracted to someone or \"Fancy\" them; and as an adjective, to be similar or \"corresponding\" to something"}
-{"Clue":"Get high in train shed on a regular basis (4)","Answer":"RISE","Explanation":"Definition: Get high\nregular letters from [t]**R**[a]**I**[n] **S**[h]**E**[d]"}
-{"Clue":"We ultimately embody what 'ye' are in 25's 4 22 (4)","Answer":"MANY","Explanation":"Definition: what 'ye' are in 25's 4 22\nAgain referring to the line 'Ye are **MANY** \u2013 they are few!'\n I think this is: **MAN**=humankind=\"We\" + ultimate letter of [embod]**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Produce DNA sequence with speed (8)","Answer":"GENERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Produce\n**GENE**=\"DNA sequence\" + **RATE**=\"speed\""}
-{"Clue":"Victim of regime change? (6)","Answer":"EMIGRE","Explanation":"Definition: Victim of regime change?\n(regime)"}
-{"Clue":"Where paper cash may be thrown eventually? (9)","Answer":"SCRAPHEAP","Explanation":"Definition: Where paper cash may be thrown eventually?\n(paper cash)"}
-{"Clue":"Retreats in numbers, receiving permission (5)","Answer":"NOOKS","Explanation":"Definition: Retreats\n\"Retreats\" as in 'places to hide away'\n **NO.S**=\"numbers\" around **OK**=\"permission\""}
-{"Clue":"Such clothing perhaps taken by police, marked in red (12)","Answer":"BLOODSTAINED","Explanation":"not sure if this is more than a cryptic-ish definition"}
-{"Clue":"Learning jurisprudence, some may say (4)","Answer":"LORE","Explanation":"Definition: Learning\nhomophone\/\"some might say\" of 'law'=\"jurisprudence\""}
-{"Clue":"Very tempting to eat, but it's stuck in the throat (5,5)","Answer":"ADAMS APPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Very tempting to eat\na reference to the biblical apple; and another biological definition"}
-{"Clue":"A beauty of a musical (2,4,4)","Answer":"MY FAIR LADY","Explanation":"Definition: musical\n\"A beauty\" as a second loose definition\/indication"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle I put on charge (4)","Answer":"TAXI","Explanation":"Definition: Vehicle\n**I** put after **TAX**=\"charge\""}
-{"Clue":"I get strained terribly and fall apart (12)","Answer":"DISINTEGRATE","Explanation":"Definition: fall apart\n(I get strained terribly)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of green circuit carrying current (5)","Answer":"OLIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of green\n**O**=circle=\"circuit\" + **LIVE**=\"carrying current\""}
-{"Clue":"Pantry's such a quiet place (9)","Answer":"STILL ROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Pantry\n**STILL**=\"quiet\" + **ROOM**=\"place\""}
-{"Clue":"Moonlight, for example, in which boy's regularly astray (6)","Answer":"SONATA","Explanation":"Definition: Moonlight, for example\nreferring to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata\n **SON**=\"boy\" + regular letters from **A**s**T**r**A**y"}
-{"Clue":"People gawping around king 'in his new clothes' (8)","Answer":"STARKERS","Explanation":"Definition: in his new clothes\n**STARERS**=\"People gawping\" around **K** (king)"}
-{"Clue":"Cut Goodwood? (4)","Answer":"GASH","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\n**G**=\"Good\" + **ASH**=\"wood\""}
-{"Clue":"Annoy\u00a0police informer (4)","Answer":"NARK","Explanation":"Definition: Annoy\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Romeo appropriately with eager attention (6)","Answer":"RAPTLY","Explanation":"Definition: with eager attention\n**R**=Romeo in the phonetic alphabet + **APTLY**=\"appropriately\""}
-{"Clue":"Stage work long theorised to be faulty (3,10)","Answer":"THE GONDOLIERS","Explanation":"Definition: Stage work\n=a Gilbert and Sullivan opera\n (long theorised)"}
-{"Clue":"Graduate turning up in a state, raving (8)","Answer":"MANIACAL","Explanation":"Definition: raving\n**MA**=Master of Arts=\"Graduate\" + reversal\/\"turning up\" of **IN** + **A** + **CAL**[ifornia]=\"a state\""}
-{"Clue":"Stadium scheme in general outline (6,4)","Answer":"GROUND PLAN","Explanation":"Definition: general outline\n**GROUND**=\"Stadium\" + **PLAN**=\"scheme\""}
-{"Clue":"Simple to make site changes: take it gently (4,4,2)","Answer":"EASY DOES IT","Explanation":"Definition: take it gently\n**EASY**=\"Simple\" + **DO**=\"make\" + (site)"}
-{"Clue":"Impostor tends to be represented as artist (13)","Answer":"POSTMODERNIST","Explanation":"Definition: artist\n(Imposter tends)"}
-{"Clue":"What the ideal home should have: cold salmon salad (3,3,4)","Answer":"ALL MOD CONS","Explanation":"Definition: What the ideal home should have\n(cold salmon salad)"}
-{"Clue":"Calling for a declaration (10)","Answer":"PROFESSION","Explanation":"Definition: Calling\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Like sound from worst head\u00adphones (Aussie cans), terrible at first (8)","Answer":"TINNIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Like sound from worst head\u00adphones\n**TINNIES**=\"Aussie cans\" of beer; plus first letter of **T**errible"}
-{"Clue":"Sister admitting story is not so new (6)","Answer":"STALER","Explanation":"Definition: not so new\n**SR**=abbr. for \"Sister\" around **TALE**=\"story\""}
-{"Clue":"Such a thumb to stick out? (4)","Answer":"SORE","Explanation":"Definition: Such a thumb to stick out?\nreferring to the expression 'stick out like a SORE thumb'"}
-{"Clue":"Half of them going to America \u2014 they don't fly (4)","Answer":"EMUS","Explanation":"Definition: they don't fly\nhalf of [th]**EM** + **US**=\"America\""}
-{"Clue":"They can't recall, thus must enter made-up names (8)","Answer":"AMNESICS","Explanation":"Definition: They can't recall\n**SIC**=\"thus\", entering (names)"}
-{"Clue":"Throws out European \u2014 company has no union (6)","Answer":"EGESTS","Explanation":"Definition: Throws out\n**E** (European) + **G**u**ESTS**=\"company\" minus U (union)"}
-{"Clue":"You can't have a go at this bloody bully after school turned around (6,3)","Answer":"SACRED COW","Explanation":"Definition: You can't have a go at this\n**RED**=\"bloody\" +\u00a0**COW**=intimidate=\"bully\"; after\u00a0**S**\u00a0(school) + reversal\/\"turned\" of\u00a0**CA**=circa=\"around\""}
-{"Clue":"Turn and depart (2,3)","Answer":"GO OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Turn\ndouble definition: as in food going off; or a person heading off"}
-{"Clue":"Does rascal show on TV small round bottom? (12)","Answer":"IMPERSONATES","Explanation":"Definition: Does\ndefinition as in 'Rory Bremner does Tony Blair\"\n **IMP**=\"rascal\" + **ER**=\"show on TV\" + **S** (small) + **O**=\"round\" + **NATES**=\"bottom\""}
-{"Clue":"Draws\u00a0matches (4)","Answer":"TIES","Explanation":"Definition: Draws\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Plant (iris) adapts when neglected (10)","Answer":"ASPIDISTRA","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\n(iris adapts)"}
-{"Clue":"Real gunfire shot having taken turn here? (5,5)","Answer":"RIFLE RANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Real gunfire shot having taken turn here\n(Real g**u**nfire)*, with \"shot\" as anagrind, taking away **U** for [U-]\"turn\""}
-{"Clue":"Send back partially defrosted fish (4)","Answer":"ORFE","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nhidden reversed in d**EFRO**sted"}
-{"Clue":"Enough! Nearly calling off trip on this (12)","Answer":"HALLUCINOGEN","Explanation":"Definition: trip on this\n(Enough callin)*, with \"Nearly\" indicating the shortening of callin[g]"}
-{"Clue":"Tablet reduced abdominal pain \u2014 possible cause? (1,4)","Answer":"E COLI","Explanation":"Definition: possible cause\n**E** (ecstacy)=\"Tablet\" + **COLI**[c]=\"reduced abdominal pain\""}
-{"Clue":"Bloke that is special lover? (6,3)","Answer":"LADIES MAN","Explanation":"Definition: Bloke that is special lover\n**LAD**=\"Bloke\" + **I.E.**=\"that is\" + **S** (special) + **MAN**=\"lover\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink neat rum when touring island (6)","Answer":"TISANE","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\n(neat)* around **IS** (island)"}
-{"Clue":"State two answers: scores missing first rounds (8)","Answer":"ARKANSAS","Explanation":"Definition: State\n**ANS** and **A** are \"two [abbreviated] answers\"; with [m]**ARKS**=\"scores missing first\" going around"}
-{"Clue":"To boot ball, wingers drop off like this (4)","Answer":"ALSO","Explanation":"Definition: To boot\n[b]**AL**[L] with the wingers\/outer letters removed; plus **SO**=\"like this\""}
-{"Clue":"Kiss\u00a0cheek (4)","Answer":"NECK","Explanation":"Definition: Kiss\ndouble definition, the second using cheek in the sense of audacity"}
-{"Clue":"Side wearing skirts of sky blue (6)","Answer":"STEAMY","Explanation":"Definition: blue\nas in 'blue movie'\n **TEAM**=\"Side\" wearing the outer letters\/\"skirts\" of **S**k**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Mate to talk glibly about one man's best friend? (6,7)","Answer":"COCKER SPANIEL","Explanation":"Definition: man's best friend\n**COCKER**=slang for \"Mate\" + **SPIEL**=\"talk glibly\" around **AN**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Tremendous performance against Conservative (8)","Answer":"GIGANTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Tremendous\n**GIG**=\"performance\" + **ANTI**=\"against\" + **C** (Conservative)"}
-{"Clue":"Work with spirit level in America (5,5)","Answer":"SHORT STORY","Explanation":"Definition: Work\na **SHORT** is an alcoholic drink with spirits; plus **STORY**=American spelling\/word meaning a floor\/level in a building"}
-{"Clue":"Did butter and spread food pastes (4-6)","Answer":"SOFT SOAPED","Explanation":"Definition: Did butter\ndefinition meaning 'flattered'\n (food pastes)"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaner wrong? Has wiped bum (7,6)","Answer":"WASHING POWDER","Explanation":"Definition: Cleaner\n(wrong has wiped)"}
-{"Clue":"Smash hit \u2014 actress is most stiff (10)","Answer":"STARCHIEST","Explanation":"Definition: most stiff\n(hit actress)"}
-{"Clue":"Partners with screams: they make electricity inside (10)","Answer":"BEDFELLOWS","Explanation":"Definition: Partners\n**BELLOWS**=\"screams\" with **EDF**=\u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France=\"they make electricity\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"A sign for Underground by end of station like Paddington (8)","Answer":"PERUVIAN","Explanation":"Definition: like Paddington\nlike Paddington Bear, a character from Peru\n **PER**=\"A\" as in 'once per year'\/'once a year'; + **U**=\"sign for Underground\" + **VIA**=\"by\" + end of statio**N"}
-{"Clue":"Old money from film copies circulating (6)","Answer":"PESETA","Explanation":"Definition: Old money\npre-Euro Spanish currency\n **ET**=the Spieldberg \"film\"; with **APES**=\"copies\" circulating, moving the last letters to the front"}
-{"Clue":"Kiss while under piece of mistletoe now? (4)","Answer":"XMAS","Explanation":"Definition: now\n**X**=\"Kiss\" + **AS**=\"while\" under **M**[istletoe]"}
-{"Clue":"Locals concerned with Poles (4)","Answer":"INNS","Explanation":"Definition: Locals\n**IN**=\"concerned with\" + **N**[orth] and **S**[outh] \"Poles\""}
-{"Clue":"Inconsistent chap, extremely tidy but disorganised (6)","Answer":"PATCHY","Explanation":"(chap ty)*, where ty=extreme\/outer letters of \"tidy\""}
-{"Clue":"Shipboard complaint bringing reprimands (6)","Answer":"SCOLDS","Explanation":"COLD**=\"complaint\" inside\/boarding **SS**=\"Ship\""}
-{"Clue":"Might dissidents seek this erstwhile home for the loony left? (9,6)","Answer":"POLITICAL ASYLUM","Explanation":"with a second cryptic definition referring to lunatic asylums"}
-{"Clue":"Priest leading prior to worship (6)","Answer":"REVERE","Explanation":"REV** (Reverend)=\"Priest\" + **ERE**=\"prior to\""}
-{"Clue":"Wooded Gardens from retro artist sporting boater (8)","Answer":"ARBORETA","Explanation":"RA** (Royal Academician) reversed\/\"retro\" + (boater)"}
-{"Clue":"Honestly uneasy in private (2,3,3)","Answer":"ON THE SLY","Explanation":"(Honestly)"}
-{"Clue":"Contrarily, editor cutting back is one authors rely on (6)","Answer":"READER","Explanation":"ED** (editor) reversed\/\"Contrarily\"; inside\/\"cutting\" **REAR**=\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Fine workplace basically unoccupied far from firm (6)","Answer":"FLABBY","Explanation":"F** (Fine) + **LAB**=\"workplace\" + **B**[asicall]**Y\u00a0**with occupants\/inner letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Sign of damage? (5,3)","Answer":"PRICE TAG","Explanation":"cryptic definition, with \"damage\" as in 'what's the damage?' meaning 'what's the cost?'"}
-{"Clue":"Statesman from Commonwealth country making an investment (8)","Answer":"INDIANAN","Explanation":"Definition: someone from the state of Indiana\n**INDIAN**=\"from Commonwealth country\" around **AN"}
-{"Clue":"Asian from Eastern China stops returning home (6)","Answer":"NEPALI","Explanation":"E** (Eastern) + **PAL**=mate=\"China\" plate in rhyming slang; inside **IN**=\"home\" reversed\/\"returning\""}
-{"Clue":"Reports of crisis and reduction at fast food outlet (3,5,3,4)","Answer":"THE CHIPS ARE DOWN","Explanation":"with a second cryptic definition using the fast food meaning of 'chips'"}
-{"Clue":"Small branches offering special outfits? (6)","Answer":"SPRIGS","Explanation":"SP** (special) + **RIGS**=\"outfits\""}
-{"Clue":"A second C to terminate scale (6)","Answer":"ASCEND","Explanation":"A** + **S** (second) + **C** + **END**=\"terminate\""}
-{"Clue":"Imposter abruptly stopped trendy radio show (5-2)","Answer":"PHONE IN","Explanation":"PHONE**[y]=\"Imposter\" stopping before the final letter; plus **IN**=\"trendy\""}
-{"Clue":"Race of noble birth, some from the south (5)","Answer":"TRIBE","Explanation":"hidden\/\"some\" reversed\/\"from the south\" in nobl**E BIRT**h"}
-{"Clue":"Passion-filled Nazi bigwig, one expected to succeed (7)","Answer":"HEIRESS","Explanation":"IRE**=\"Passion\" inside **HESS**=\"Nazi bigwig\" Rudolf Hess"}
-{"Clue":"Recognition of good work in cleaner part of house (7)","Answer":"CHAMBER","Explanation":"MBE**=\"Recognition of good work\" in **CHAR**=\"cleaner\""}
-{"Clue":"Stick together after relay races for teatime refreshment? (5,4)","Answer":"LAYER CAKE","Explanation":"CAKE**=\"Stick together\" after (relay)"}
-{"Clue":"Linking service not trading regularly till end of June (7)","Answer":"SHUTTLE","Explanation":"SHUT**=\"not trading\" + regular letters from **T**i**L**l + end of Jun**E"}
-{"Clue":"Show axes stars (6)","Answer":"GALAXY","Explanation":"GALA**=\"Show\" + **X** and **Y** \"axes\" on a graph"}
-{"Clue":"What cross driver gets into? (6,3)","Answer":"HYBRID CAR","Explanation":"cryptic definition, \"cross\" meaning mixed or hybrid"}
-{"Clue":"Summarily dispatches taoiseach once peace process ends (7)","Answer":"LYNCHES","Explanation":"Jack **LYNCH**=\"taoiseach once\" + the \"ends\" of peac**E** proces**S"}
-{"Clue":"Five lost in navy rising, leader providing a tug (7)","Answer":"YANKING","Explanation":"v, Roman numeral for \"Five\" is lost from a reversal\/\"rising\" of **NA**v**Y**; plus **KING**=\"leader\""}
-{"Clue":"Encourage guards in upping discipline (6)","Answer":"PUNISH","Explanation":"PUSH**=\"Encourage\" around\/guarding **IN"}
-{"Clue":"Finding a way to break into pubs shows guts (7)","Answer":"INNARDS","Explanation":"A** + **RD**=road=\"way\"; inside **INNS**=\"pubs\""}
-{"Clue":"Nobody was solvent, it's conceded (7)","Answer":"ALLOWED","Explanation":"ALL OWED**=\"Nobody was solvent\""}
-{"Clue":"Daughter coming in to shave father with force (5)","Answer":"PADRE","Explanation":"a clergyman\/\"father\" with the military\/\"force\"\n**D** (Daughter) in **PARE**=\"shave\""}
-{"Clue":"Talk covers an about-turn by the head of ecumenical religious office (9)","Answer":"RABBINATE","Explanation":"Definition: religious office\nthe position\/office occupied by a rabbi**\n RABBIT**=\"Talk\" around** AN** reversed; plus the head letter of **E**cumenical"}
-{"Clue":"What's in author's envelope is fatal, if swallowed by an old lady (5)","Answer":"HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: fatal, if swallowed by an old lady\nthe rhyme\u00a0*There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly\u00a0*\u00a0ends with a fatal swallowing of a horse\n hidden in aut**HOR'S E**nvelope"}
-{"Clue":"Leaves with story about making Cornish pasty (7)","Answer":"SPINACH","Explanation":"Definition: Leaves\n~~I think this is **SPIN**=\"story\" + **A** (about) + **C**[ornis]**H** with \"pasty\" meaning thin i.e. emptied out\n ~~*Thanks to TheZed*: SPINACH \"with story about\" in a crossword clue would give (spinach + story)*, an anagram for \"Cornish pasty\""}
-{"Clue":"I am shocked with young and old extremists joining resistance unit (2,2,3)","Answer":"OH MY GOD","Explanation":"Definition: I am shocked\nextreme letters of **Y**oun**G** and **O**L**D** after **OHM**=unit of electrical resistance"}
-{"Clue":"Slim figure at last is yours! (5)","Answer":"THINE","Explanation":"Definition: yours\n**THIN**=\"Slim\" + last letter of figur**E"}
-{"Clue":"High level of the gender problem (3,6)","Answer":"NTH DEGREE","Explanation":"Definition: High level\n(the gender)"}
-{"Clue":"Open marriage initially helped to clean out film-maker (15)","Answer":"CINEMATOGRAPHER","Explanation":"Definition: film-maker\n(Open marriage h t c)*, where the last three letters are initials of Helped To Clean"}
-{"Clue":"Talked about less healthy lands covered in heather, bracken and trees (9)","Answer":"SYCAMORES","Explanation":"Definition: trees\nHomophone of: 'sicker moors'=\"less healthy lands covered in heather, bracken\""}
-{"Clue":"Stomach upset oddly not seen in school disco (5)","Answer":"COLIC","Explanation":"Definition: Stomach upset\nodd letters removed from s**C**h**O**o**L** d**I**s**C**o"}
-{"Clue":"Old broken chair engulfed by current (7)","Answer":"ARCHAIC","Explanation":"Definition: Old\n(chair)* inside **AC**=alternating current"}
-{"Clue":"Brush round a French officers' mess once (7)","Answer":"GUNROOM","Explanation":"Definition: officers' mess once\n=an officers's mess on a naval vessel\n **GROOM**=\"Brush\" around **UN**=\"a [in] French\""}
-{"Clue":"What may be found in the gut in ulcerative colitis (1,4)","Answer":"E COLI","Explanation":"Definition: What may be found in the gut\nhidden in ulcerativ**E COLI**tis"}
-{"Clue":"Jury may be missing one side (6,3)","Answer":"ELEVEN MEN","Explanation":"Definition: side\n=a side or team in e.g. football or cricket\n a jury is twelve, so would be missing one at eleven"}
-{"Clue":"Nitty-gritty of piles below underwear (5,5)","Answer":"BRASS TACKS","Explanation":"Definition: Nitty-gritty\n**STACKS**=\"piles\" after **BRAS**=\"underwear\""}
-{"Clue":"Ignorance of Bach's first violin playing (8)","Answer":"OBLIVION","Explanation":"Definition: Ignorance\nfirst letters of\u00a0**O**f **B**ach + (violin)"}
-{"Clue":"Academic abandons extravagant tie (6)","Answer":"LIGATE","Explanation":"Definition: tie\nPROF=\"Academic\" leaving prof**LIGATE**=\"extravagant\""}
-{"Clue":"Flog cash, reducing capital by 50% (4)","Answer":"LASH","Explanation":"Definition: Flog\nC**ASH**, reducing C to **L** or 100 to 50 in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"A poo gushes out from this part of the digestive system (10)","Answer":"OESOPHAGUS","Explanation":"Definition: part of the digestive system\n(a poo gushes)"}
-{"Clue":"This man turned over region chasing ultimate in psychopathic monster (8)","Answer":"CHIMAERA","Explanation":"Definition: monster\n**HIM**=\"This man\" + reversal\/\"turned over\" of **AREA**=\"region\"; all chasing after the ultimate letter of psychopathi**C"}
-{"Clue":"Urge to break into the perimeter of Kashmir's national park (6)","Answer":"KRUGER","Explanation":"Definition: national park\nKruger national park in South Africa\n (urge)* inside the outer letters of **K**ashmi**R"}
-{"Clue":"Grain yield report (4)","Answer":"SEED","Explanation":"Definition: Grain\nhomophone\/\"report\" of 'cede'=\"yield\""}
-{"Clue":"Something from Tchaikovsky\u00a0for Brazil? (10)","Answer":"NUTCRACKER","Explanation":"Definition: Something from Tchaikovsky\nTchaikovsky wrote the music for the ballet\u00a0*The Nutcracker\n *\"Brazil\" as an example of a nut to be cracked"}
-{"Clue":"Rising affluence meant 'China era' not as planned (10)","Answer":"ENRICHMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Rising affluence\n(me**a**nt Chin**a** er**a**)*, minus all the \"**a**-s\" i.e. \"not **a**s\""}
-{"Clue":"Colonial address back in Nairobi has memories (8)","Answer":"MEMSAHIB","Explanation":"Definition: Colonial address\nhidden reversed in Nairo**BI HAS MEM**ories"}
-{"Clue":"One theologian upset over love for cheese (8)","Answer":"HALLOUMI","Explanation":"Definition: cheese\n**I**=\"One\" + **MULLAH**=\"theologian\" all reversed\/\"upset\" around **O**=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Copper and cook disrupted interloper (6)","Answer":"CUCKOO","Explanation":"Definition: interloper\n**CU**=chemical symbol for \"Copper\" + (cook)"}
-{"Clue":"Curved kind of oven found in empty chateaux (6)","Answer":"CONVEX","Explanation":"Definition: Curved\n(oven)* in **C**[hateau]**X"}
-{"Clue":"Help N-Z? (4)","Answer":"ABET","Explanation":"Definition: Help\nN-Z is the second half of the [alph]**ABET"}
-{"Clue":"Delight at the start of 'Gimme Shelter' (4)","Answer":"GLEE","Explanation":"Definition: Delight\nstart of **G**imme + **LEE**=\"Shelter\""}
-{"Clue":"Stone bloke found inscribed with a note (9)","Answer":"MALACHITE","Explanation":"Definition: Stone\n**MALE**=\"bloke\" + with **A CHIT**=\"a note\" written inside"}
-{"Clue":"Turn pipe down well! (4)","Answer":"GOSH","Explanation":"Definition: well!\nas in 'well I never!'\n **GO**=\"Turn\" in e.g. a board game; **SH**='be quiet!'=\"pipe down\""}
-{"Clue":"A suspicious protein for poisoner (8)","Answer":"ATROPINE","Explanation":"Definition: for poisoner\na medication to treat poisoning\n **A** + (protein)"}
-{"Clue":"Jammy and eggy? (6)","Answer":"SPAWNY","Explanation":"double definition: =lucky i.e. \"Jammy\"; and =made up of spawn i.e. eggs"}
-{"Clue":"In which one fuels spreading of cod malaise? (6,5)","Answer":"SOCIAL MEDIA","Explanation":"Definition: In which one fuels spreading of cod malaise?\n(cod malaise)* around **I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Current broadcast not working, so restricted (4,4)","Answer":"TIED DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: restricted\n**TIED** is a homophone\/broadcast of 'tide'=\"Current\"; **DOWN**=\"not working\" e.g. referring to a website"}
-{"Clue":"Wife escaping winding of twister, as bricks falling? (6)","Answer":"TETRIS","Explanation":"Definition: bricks falling\n=the video game of falling bricks\n (twister)* minus W for \"Wife\""}
-{"Clue":"Queen saying poisoner behaved like a chicken (8)","Answer":"ADELAIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Queen\n=the wife of William IV\n homophone\/\"saying\" of 'adder laid'=\"poisoner behaved like a chicken\""}
-{"Clue":"Like to insert tongue, opening wide (8)","Answer":"DILATING","Explanation":"Definition: opening wide\n**DIG**=\"Like\" around **LATIN**=\"tongue\""}
-{"Clue":"Dogsbody, an active digger (6)","Answer":"GOPHER","Explanation":"Definition: Dogsbody\ndouble definition: an employee given simple fetch\/carry tasks; or the burrowing animal"}
-{"Clue":"Part of one arm is stuck, almost a disaster (4,4)","Answer":"NEAR MISS","Explanation":"Definition: almost a disaster\nhidden in o**NE ARM IS S**tuck"}
-{"Clue":"Italy yet to be beaten after second half (6)","Answer":"MOIETY","Explanation":"Definition: half\n**I** (Italy) + (yet)* after **MO**=moment=\"second\""}
-{"Clue":"Something red marked for attention of the chairman, last of post collected (6)","Answer":"TOMATO","Explanation":"Definition: Something red\n**TO MAO**=\"marked for attention of the chairman\", around last letter of pos**T"}
-{"Clue":"Car blue, in one sense? (8)","Answer":"AUDITORY","Explanation":"Definition: in one sense?\n**AUDI**=\"Car\" make + **BLUE**=\"Tory\""}
-{"Clue":"Those in opposition named jerks, accordingly on the periphery (4,3,2)","Answer":"THEM AND US","Explanation":"Definition: Those in opposition\n(named)*, with **THUS**=\"accordingly\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Legend behind uprising needing no introduction (5)","Answer":"MOTTO","Explanation":"Definition: Legend\n[b]**OTTOM**=\"behind\", reversed\/\"uprising\", and without its first letter\/introduction"}
-{"Clue":"Little room on raised platform for more bananas (7)","Answer":"LOOPIER","Explanation":"Definition: more bananas\n**LOO**=\"Little room\" + **PIER**=\"raised platform\""}
-{"Clue":"Companion suffering nip (5)","Answer":"CHILL","Explanation":"Definition: nip\n**CH** (Companion of Honour) + **ILL**=\"suffering\""}
-{"Clue":"Deceit conjured up over a drink (4,3)","Answer":"ICED TEA","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n(Deceit)* + **A"}
-{"Clue":"Point-to-point on horse for young hunter's quarry? (6,3)","Answer":"EASTER EGG","Explanation":"Definition: hunter's quarry\ndefinition referring to Easter Egg hunts\n **EAST**=\"Point\" of the compass; **E **(East)=\"Point\" again; **RE**=\"on\" the topic of;\u00a0**GG**=\"horse for young\" i.e. in kiddiespeak"}
-{"Clue":"Currency banked by doctor, a relative (7)","Answer":"GRANDPA","Explanation":"Definition: relative\n**RAND**=South African \"Currency\", inside **GP**=\"doctor\" + **A"}
-{"Clue":"Club that may follow club, loosely speaking? (4,5)","Answer":"SAND WEDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Club\n=a golf club\n loosely sounds like 'sandwich', which follows \"club\" as in 'club sandwich'"}
-{"Clue":"Author's fictional land inspired by drink, something juicy written up (5,4)","Answer":"EMILE ZOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Author\n**OZ**=\"fictional land\" as in Wizard of Oz, inside **ALE**=\"drink\", plus **LIME**=\"something juicy\"; and all reversed\/\"written up\""}
-{"Clue":"Do say that which has been identified repeatedly in rant (4,2,3)","Answer":"SPIT IT OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Do say\n**IT**=\"that which has been identified\", repeated twice inside **SPOUT**=\"rant\""}
-{"Clue":"Queen snubbed by lay reader unfortunately before (7)","Answer":"ALREADY","Explanation":"Definition: before\n(lay read**er**)* ignoring the **ER**=Elizabeth Regina=\"Queen\""}
-{"Clue":"Water supply in blood, lose it! (2,5)","Answer":"GO SPARE","Explanation":"Definition: lose it\nas in lose your temper\n **SPA**=\"Water supply\" in **GORE**=\"blood\""}
-{"Clue":"Beautiful and delicate creature: Mona Lisa, perhaps (7,4)","Answer":"PAINTED LADY","Explanation":"Definition: Beautiful and delicate creature\na type of butterfly; or a description of da Vinci's painting"}
-{"Clue":"Thinner sheep carrying fatter rump (5)","Answer":"TURPS","Explanation":"Definition: Thinner\nTurps or turpentine is used as a paint thinner\n **TUPS**=\"sheep\" around the end\/rump of fatte**R"}
-{"Clue":"Keep learner in class (6)","Answer":"CASTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Keep\nL (Learner) in CASTE=\"class\""}
-{"Clue":"A man's drink (7)","Answer":"DRAUGHT","Explanation":"Definition: A man\ndouble definition: a piece or 'man' in a game of draughts; or e.g. beer pulled from a barrel"}
-{"Clue":"Beef about rail chaos? (9)","Answer":"CHAROLAIS","Explanation":"Definition: Beef\na breed of cattle\n (rail chaos)"}
-{"Clue":"One gets the setter to adopt a good appearance (5)","Answer":"IMAGE","Explanation":"Definition: appearance\nI=\"One\" + ME=\"setter\" around: A + G (good)"}
-{"Clue":"Having second thoughts about obligation to be devout (5)","Answer":"PIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: devout\nPS (Post Script)=\"second thoughts\", around IOU=\"obligation\""}
-{"Clue":"Metal or salt containing little uranium (9)","Answer":"ALUMINIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Metal\nALUM=\"salt\" around: MINI=\"little\" + U (uranium)"}
-{"Clue":"A small fastening can alter one's course (7)","Answer":"TINTACK","Explanation":"Definition: A small fastening\nTIN=\"can\" as in a container + TACK=\"alter one's course\""}
-{"Clue":"Lavish old Bob with drink (4-2)","Answer":"SLAP-UP","Explanation":"Definition: Lavish\nS (shilling)=\"old Bob\" + LAP UP=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"King is absorbed by subject's global line (6)","Answer":"TROPIC","Explanation":"Definition: global line\nR (Rex)=\"King\" inside TOPIC=\"subject\""}
-{"Clue":"Food\u00a0for Bonfire Night? (7)","Answer":"BANGERS","Explanation":"Definition: Food\ndouble definition: \"Food\" as in sausages; \"for Bonfire Night\" as in fireworks"}
-{"Clue":"Prophets of doom fabricated star's mail (9)","Answer":"ALARMISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Prophets of doom\n(star's mail)"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient English gum (5)","Answer":"PASTE","Explanation":"Definition: gum\nPAST=\"Ancient\" + E (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Many retreat before landowner (5)","Answer":"LAIRD","Explanation":"Definition: landowner\nD=Roman numeral for 500=\"Many\", with LAIR=\"retreat\" before it"}
-{"Clue":"Agreement to one playing instrument (9)","Answer":"ACCORDION","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nACCORD=\"Agreement\" + I=\"one\" + ON=\"playing\""}
-{"Clue":"Atonement for one captivated by money (7)","Answer":"PENANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Atonement\nAN=\"one\" inside PENCE=\"money\""}
-{"Clue":"Bedlam can appear on the border (6)","Answer":"MAYHEM","Explanation":"Definition: Bedlam\nMAY=\"can\" + HEM=\"border\""}
-{"Clue":"Set up mine in the arena (7)","Answer":"COCKPIT","Explanation":"Definition: arena\nCOCK=ready a gun for firing=\"Set up\" + PIT=\"mine\""}
-{"Clue":"Military cap is used: it's a knockout (5)","Answer":"SHAKO","Explanation":"Definition: Military cap\nSH (Second Hand)=\"used\" + A + KO (knock out)"}
-{"Clue":"Inspect small instrument and be quick about it (4,5)","Answer":"LOOK SHARP","Explanation":"Definition: be quick about it \nLOOK=\"Inspect\" + S (small) + HARP=\"instrument\""}
-{"Clue":"Talk about sporting event on Sunday (7)","Answer":"DISCUSS","Explanation":"Definition: Talk about\nDISCUS=\"sporting event\" + S (Sunday)"}
-{"Clue":"A politician has one form of defence (5)","Answer":"ALIBI","Explanation":"Definition: form of defence\nA + LIB (liberal)=\"politician\" + I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Drug tea? It excited a feeling of appreciation (9)","Answer":"GRATITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: feeling of appreciation\n(drug tea it)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl gets thanks when taking control (6)","Answer":"THELMA","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nTA=\"thanks\" around HELM=\"control\""}
-{"Clue":"Fabric for attorney's cloak (6)","Answer":"DAMASK","Explanation":"Definition: Fabric\nDA (district attorney) + MASK=\"cloak\""}
-{"Clue":"People mobbing a bishop in Reading (9)","Answer":"NARRATION","Explanation":"Definition: Reading\nNATION=\"People\" around A + RR (Right Reverend)=\"bishop\"\u00a0*Edit thanks to Hovis"}
-{"Clue":"Sleep in a container on a mountain (9)","Answer":"ANNAPURNA","Explanation":"Definition: mountain\na mountain in Nepal\n NAP=\"sleep\" inside AN URN=\"a container\" + A"}
-{"Clue":"Situation in which bounder falls (7)","Answer":"CASCADE","Explanation":"Definition: falls\nCASE=\"Situation\" around CAD=\"bounder\""}
-{"Clue":"Groundwork used to catch fish \u2014 about a ton (6)","Answer":"BASICS","Explanation":"Definition: Groundwork\nBASS=\"fish\" around: I=one=\"a\" + C=100 or \"ton\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Reckoning to eat a bird \u2014 part of the breast (7)","Answer":"STERNUM","Explanation":"Definition: part of the breast\nSUM=\"Reckoning\" around TERN=\"bird\""}
-{"Clue":"Bitterness over work and career (6)","Answer":"GALLOP","Explanation":"Definition: career\n\"career\" as in move quickly\n GALL=\"Bitterness\" + OP=\"work\""}
-{"Clue":"Note academic's position in the field (3-2)","Answer":"MID-ON","Explanation":"Definition: position in the field\na fielding position in cricket\n MI=\"Note\" as in do-re-mi; DON=\"academic\""}
-{"Clue":"Pole's longing to be fashionable (5)","Answer":"SWISH","Explanation":"S (South)=\"Pole\" + WISH=\"longing\""}
-{"Clue":"Greek character pinned by relatively insignificant monster \u2026 (8)","Answer":"MINOTAUR","Explanation":"TAU=\"Greek [alphabet] character\" inside MINOR=\"relatively insignificant\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 that character taken around fish (6)","Answer":"TAUTOG","Explanation":"TAU=the same \"character\" from the linked clue 8ac, plus GOT=\"taken\" reversed\/\"around\""}
-{"Clue":"It is a question about the old man's health (4,4,6)","Answer":"HOW\u2019S YOUR FATHER","Explanation":"\"It\" is a definition, meaning sex; and the remainder of the surface is a more literal definition"}
-{"Clue":"Expert leaving to enter wine store (6)","Answer":"BOFFIN","Explanation":"OFF=\"leaving\" in BIN=\"wine store\", as in a case or stand for holding wine"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe helmet's protecting Irish copper in top operations (8)","Answer":"HAIRCUTS","Explanation":"HAT'S=\"Maybe helmet's\" around both: IR (Irish) + CU=chemical symbol for \"copper\""}
-{"Clue":"This rock not completely malleable? I allegedly use sand! (7)","Answer":"OSTRICH","Explanation":"Ostriches are said to bury their heads in the sand\n(This roc[k])"}
-{"Clue":"Most unexpectedly opposing everything offered by bookmaker (7,3,4)","Answer":"AGAINST ALL ODDS","Explanation":"AGAINST=\"opposing\" + ALL ODDS=\"everything offered by bookmaker\""}
-{"Clue":"Books (hardback) in shopping centre store for a long time (8)","Answer":"MOTHBALL","Explanation":"OT (Old Testament)=\"books\" + HB (hardback), inside MALL=\"shopping centre\""}
-{"Clue":"Article in comic is only a rumour (6)","Answer":"CANARD","Explanation":"Definition: an unreliable rumour\nAN=indefinite \"Article\" in CARD=\"comic\" or comical person"}
-{"Clue":"Underground accommodation teacher has to put up with in Scotland (6,4)","Answer":"RABBIT HOLE","Explanation":"RABBI=\"teacher\" + THOLE=Scottish word for 'endure', 'suffer'=\"put up with in Scotland\""}
-{"Clue":"Labour's material electorate finally discarded (4)","Answer":"TOIL","Explanation":"TOIL**E=a thin cotton material, with electoratE's final letter removed"}
-{"Clue":"One who wrote about pilgrim with no heart retreating (6)","Answer":"BUNYAN","Explanation":"John Bunyan wrote\u00a0*The Pilgrim's Progress*\nNAY=\"no\" NUB=central point=\"heart\", all reversed\/retreating"}
-{"Clue":"A rum and I'd be exceptionally cordial (8)","Answer":"DRAMBUIE","Explanation":"\"cordial\" can mean 'liqueur'\n(a rum I'd be)"}
-{"Clue":"Severe operatic prince in endless stir (8)","Answer":"RIGOROUS","Explanation":"IGOR=\"operatic prince\" as in\u00a0*Price Igor*; inside ROUS[e]=\"endless stir\""}
-{"Clue":"Gulf that vessel floats on (6)","Answer":"CANYON","Explanation":"YON=\"that\", with CAN=container, \"vessel\" on top"}
-{"Clue":"What is to some extent raw, rough, till beaten into shape (7)","Answer":"WROUGHT","Explanation":"hidden in ra**W ROUGH T**ill"}
-{"Clue":"Agitation no end with affair that is oppressive (8)","Answer":"STIFLING","Explanation":"STI[r]=\"Agitation no end\" + FLING=\"affair\""}
-{"Clue":"A hit tune, almost because somehow it connects to the listener (10,4)","Answer":"EUSTACHIAN TUBE","Explanation":"Definition: a part of the ear or \"listener\"\n(A hit tune becaus[e])"}
-{"Clue":"Fish not deprived of oxygen in stretch of water (6)","Answer":"SOLENT","Explanation":"Definition: a strait between the Isle of Wight and England\nSOLE=\"Fish\" + N[O]T deprived of O (Oxygen)"}
-{"Clue":"Firm given top grade, smart and doing well with little effort (8)","Answer":"COASTING","Explanation":"CO (Company)=\"Firm\" + A=\"top grade\" + STING=feel a sharp pain=\"smart\""}
-{"Clue":"Island noise interrupting end of wondrous song (8)","Answer":"SARDINIA","Explanation":"DIN=\"noise\" inside [wondrou]S + ARIA=\"song\""}
-{"Clue":"Obscure work \u2014 a strange hesitation to avoid it (6)","Answer":"OPAQUE","Explanation":"OP=opus, \"work\" + A + QUE[er]=\"strange\" without 'er'=\"hesitation\""}
-{"Clue":"Islander certain to migrate, leaving island behind (6)","Answer":"CRETAN","Explanation":"(certa[i]n)* minus the I for \"island\""}
-{"Clue":"Cover tailored clothing line in clingy material (6)","Answer":"VELCRO","Explanation":"Definition: clingy material\n(Cover)* around L (line)"}
-{"Clue":"Look up and try salacious look (6)","Answer":"GOOGLE","Explanation":"Definition: Look up\nGO=\"try\" + OGLE=\"salacious look\""}
-{"Clue":"Inhabitant of the White House is a sucker (6)","Answer":"HOOVER","Explanation":"Definition: Inhabitant of the White House\nHerbert Hoover the US president; and the vacuum cleaner"}
-{"Clue":"Engineer got a part for car's roof (5,3)","Answer":"TARGA TOP","Explanation":"Definition: car's roof\n=a\u00a0removable roof section for convertible cars, originally seen in the Porsche 911 Targa\n (got a part)"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's life includes reading or writing (4)","Answer":"BIRO","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\n\"Writer\" as in a pen\n BIO=biography, \"life\"; around R as \"reading\" and \"writing\" are part of the 'Three R's'"}
-{"Clue":"Deal with old currency symbols that are put across here (10)","Answer":"TRADEMARKS","Explanation":"Definition: symbols that are put across here\nTRADE=\"Deal\" + MARKS=\"old currency\"\u00a0as in Deutsche Marks"}
-{"Clue":"Dressing earl, repeatedly endure dressing work (11)","Answer":"ELASTOPLAST","Explanation":"Definition: Dressing\n=a dressing for a wound\n E (earl) + LAST LAST=\"repeated endure\" around OP=\"work\""}
-{"Clue":"Boxes for food or water spiked with drug in (10)","Answer":"TUPPERWARE","Explanation":"Definition: Boxes for food\n(water)* with UPPER=\"drug\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Two officers showing gun (4)","Answer":"COLT","Explanation":"Definition: gun\nCO (Commanding Officer) + LT (Lieutenant)"}
-{"Clue":"Musical note fine for reflective pieces (8)","Answer":"CATSEYES","Explanation":"Definition: reflective pieces\nCATS= the Lloyd-Webber \"Musical\" + E=musical \"note\" + YES=\"fine\""}
-{"Clue":"Small child loves snowmobile (6)","Answer":"SKIDOO","Explanation":"Definition: snowmobile\nS (Small) + KID=\"child\" + O O=\"loves\", as O=zero=\"love\" in tennis"}
-{"Clue":"Rating coat as outdoor covering (6)","Answer":"TARMAC","Explanation":"Definition: outdoor covering\nTAR=sailor=\"Rating\", a class of sailor; plus MAC=macintosh \"coat\""}
-{"Clue":"Brief note after sex (4-2)","Answer":"POST-IT","Explanation":"Definition: Brief note\nPOST=\"after\" + IT=\"sex\""}
-{"Clue":"We're told sailor's girlfriend may be dressing (5,3)","Answer":"OLIVE OIL","Explanation":"Definition: dressing\nsounds like 'Olive Oyl', Popeye the sailor's girlfriend \u2013 per the [wiki] entry,\u00a0\"*Not to be confused with\u00a0Olive oil*\""}
-{"Clue":"Decay of politician with spin doctor at first (3,3)","Answer":"DRY ROT","Explanation":"Definition: Decay\nTORY=\"politician\" reversed\/\"with spin\"; with DR (doctor) going first"}
-{"Clue":"Chicks raised wing as indicator of arrival (8)","Answer":"DOORBELL","Explanation":"Definition: indicator of arrival\nBROOD=\"Chickens\" reversed\/\"raised\" + ELL=a \"wing\" perpendicular to the rest of a building, creating an 'L' shape"}
-{"Clue":"Lizard, one climbing in South American region (6)","Answer":"IGUANA","Explanation":"Definition: Lizard\nGU**I**ANA=\"South American region\", with the **I** or \"one\" climbing to the top"}
-{"Clue":"Fiddle with stuffing for ravioli noodles (6)","Answer":"VIOLIN","Explanation":"Definition: Fiddle\nHidden in raVIOLI Noodles"}
-{"Clue":"Caution entering covers of egregious texts (1-5)","Answer":"E-BOOKS","Explanation":"Definition: texts\nBOOK=e.g. give a footballer a yellow card=\"Caution\", inside the covering outer letters of **E**gregiou**S"}
-{"Clue":"Rock star to rest in atmospheric zone (11)","Answer":"STRATOPAUSE","Explanation":"Definition: atmospheric zone\n=the outer boundary of the statosphere\n (Star)* with \"Rock\" as anagrind; plus TO PAUSE=\"to rest\""}
-{"Clue":"Means of painting bridge, covering beam roughly (5,3)","Answer":"SPRAY CAN","Explanation":"Definition: Means of painting\nSPAN=\"bridge\", around: RAY=\"beam\" and C (circa)=\"roughly\""}
-{"Clue":"Changing room is icy, star's shivering (8)","Answer":"SACRISTY","Explanation":"Definition: Changing room\n(icy star's)"}
-{"Clue":"Outspoken Iberian's approval for cafe style (2,4)","Answer":"AU LAIT","Explanation":"Definition: cafe style\n=meaning 'with milk'\n homophone\/\"Outspoken\" of 'Ol\u00e9'=\"Iberian's approval\""}
-{"Clue":"Determined to find no one at home? (3-3)","Answer":"ALL OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Determined\nas in an 'all out effort'; with\u00a0\"no one at home\" as a more indirect definition"}
-{"Clue":"Raised energy, endeavour and turnover, say (6)","Answer":"PASTRY","Explanation":"Definition: turnover, say\nSAP=\"energy\" reversed\/\"raised\"; plus TRY=\"endeavour\""}
-{"Clue":"Country club's fashion stop in capital (6)","Answer":"EUSTON","Explanation":"Definition: stop in capital\nEuston is an Undergound \"stop\" in London=\"capital\"\n EU'S=\"Country club's\" + TON=French borrowing meaning 'tone', 'taste', \"fashion\""}
-{"Clue":"Call on falling bombs more, in opening shot (8)","Answer":"GERONIMO","Explanation":"Definition: Call on falling\ndefinition as in the war cry used by paratroopers on jumping\/\"falling\" into action\n (more in)* with \"bombs\" as anagrind; inside\/\"opening\" **GO**=\"shot\""}
-{"Clue":"Infestation of children, it seems? (4)","Answer":"NITS","Explanation":"Definition: Infestation of children, it seems?\nhidden in childre**N IT S**eems"}
-{"Clue":"It's perilous to cross immoral leader invested in Greenland after meltdown (6,4)","Answer":"DANGER LINE","Explanation":"Definition: It's perilous to cross\n**I**[mmoral] inside (Greenland)"}
-{"Clue":"His words exhaustive, deprive our leader of power (6,7)","Answer":"DOCTOR JOHNSON","Explanation":"Definition: His words exhaustive\nSamuel Johnson wrote\u00a0*A Dictionary of the English Language\u00a0*\n **DOCTOR**=spay, castrate=\"deprive\u2026 of power\"; applied to \"our leader\", UK PM Boris **JOHNSON"}
-{"Clue":"Hypocrisy in Lesson One doubly affected (8)","Answer":"OILINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Hypocrisy\n(Lesson I I)*, with \"affected\" as the anagrind and the two I's indicated by \"One doubly\""}
-{"Clue":"Jumble sale's ending after dash to fill car (7)","Answer":"MELANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Jumble\n[sal]**E**, after **ELAN**=verve, style=\"dash\" inside **MG**=a make of \"car\""}
-{"Clue":"Political party made to pay, shut up (8)","Answer":"CONFINED","Explanation":"Definition: shut up\n**CON**(servative)=\"Political party\" + **FINED**=\"made to pay\""}
-{"Clue":"Refinement\u00a0in Chopin's words? (6)","Answer":"POLISH","Explanation":"Definition: Refinement\ndouble definition; the second referring to Chopin speaking the Polish language"}
-{"Clue":"Nicely shortened business degree secured by force \u2014 a walkover for entrants? (7,3)","Answer":"WELCOME MAT","Explanation":"Definition: a walkover for entrants?\n**WEL**[L]=\"Nicely\", shortened; **CO**(mpany)=\"business\"; and **MA**=\"degree\" inside **MET**(tropolitan Police)=\"force\""}
-{"Clue":"Old player in game breaking bank (5,7)","Answer":"LLOYD BRIDGES","Explanation":"Definition: Old player\nthe American film star \u2013 \"player\" as in actor\n **BRIDGE**=card \"game\" inside **LLOYDS**=\"bank\""}
-{"Clue":"Go in the corner of this room, pal having nobody to play with (8,5)","Answer":"MONOPOLY BOARD","Explanation":"Definition: Go in the corner of this\nthere is a square named \"GO\" in the corner of a Monopoly board\n (room pal nobody)"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe note is me? (8)","Answer":"SEMITONE","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe note is me?\nan interval between one note and the next, so 'one note higher' might mean 'one semitone higher'\n (note is me)"}
-{"Clue":"Inward-looking solvers ordered masks (4-4)","Answer":"BOSS-EYED","Explanation":"Definition: Inward-looking\n=cross-eyed or squinting\n **YE**=you=\"solvers\", masked inside\u00a0**BOSSED**=\"ordering\""}
-{"Clue":"More understanding\u00a0issue in Europe? (6)","Answer":"KINDER","Explanation":"Definition: More understanding\nalso the German word for 'children' or 'offspring' i.e. \"issue\""}
-{"Clue":"Person climbing down depends on people flying up (8)","Answer":"ABSEILER","Explanation":"Definition: Person climbing down\n**RELIES**=\"depends\" + **BA** (British Airways)=\"people flying\"; all reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Dog left to bite bespectacled nebbish, one nowadays missing a lead? (6,4)","Answer":"FALLEN IDOL","Explanation":"Definition: one nowadays missing a lead?\n=someone who has lost their position as a leader\/role model\n **FIDO**=\"Dog\" + **L**(eft); around **ALLEN**=\"bespectacled nebbish\"\n 'nebbish' is a term often applied to Woody Allen, and means 'someone with a timid personality'"}
-{"Clue":"Dish Chinese lawyer served up (6)","Answer":"ADONIS","Explanation":"Definition: Dish\n**SINO**=prefix meaning \"Chinese\" + **DA** (District Attorney)=\"lawyer\"; all reversed\/\"served up\""}
-{"Clue":"Ill wind arising, innumerable common criminals initially punching dandy, officer on the way? (7,3)","Answer":"TRAFFIC COP","Explanation":"Definition: officer on the way?\n\"way\" in the definition in the meaning of a street or road\n **FART**=\"Ill wind\", reversed\/\"arising\"; plus the initials of **I**[nnumerable] **C**[ommon] **C**[riminals] inside **FOP**=\"dandy\""}
-{"Clue":"Moon named Calypso's core, eg rocky (8)","Answer":"GANYMEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Moon\n(named Y eg)*, with the Y as the the central letter\/\"core\" of [Cal]**Y**[pso]"}
-{"Clue":"Very old houses set to be de\u00admolished \u2014 that's a blow (8)","Answer":"EASTERLY","Explanation":"Definition: a blow\n=a wind blowing from the east\n **EARLY**=from near the beginning of a time period=\"Very old\", around (set)"}
-{"Clue":"English chap not entirely into American broad beans (7)","Answer":"EDAMAME","Explanation":"Definition: beans\n**E**(nglish); plus\u00a0**MA**[n]=\"chap not entirely\" inside **DAME**=\"American broad\""}
-{"Clue":"Republican impressed by topless model too (6)","Answer":"OVERLY","Explanation":"Definition: too\n**R**(epublican), inside [L]**OVELY**=very attractive woman=\"model\" with the top letter removed"}
-{"Clue":"Clear case, unpacking middle (6)","Answer":"PATENT","Explanation":"Definition: Clear\n=obvious, evident=\"Clear\"\n **PAT**[I]**ENT**=medical \"case\", losing the middle letter"}
-{"Clue":"Show skinned peach (4)","Answer":"EXPO","Explanation":"Definition: Show\n[s]**EXPO**[t]=attractive person=\"peach\", with the outer letters removed\/\"skinned\""}
-{"Clue":"Joe's excited touring sumptuous old city (7)","Answer":"JERICHO","Explanation":"(Joe)* around **RICH**=\"sumptuous\""}
-{"Clue":"Inspire soldiers to swim outside (7)","Answer":"BREATHE","Explanation":"RE** (Royal Engineers)=\"soldiers\" with **BATHE**=\"swim\" outside"}
-{"Clue":"Document exchanges hands \u2014 it's too hot to handle (4)","Answer":"FIRE","Explanation":"FI**[L]**E**=\"Document\", with L(eft) changing to **R**(ight)"}
-{"Clue":"Football team's caught by trip arranged in writing (10)","Answer":"MANUSCRIPT","Explanation":"MAN**[chester] **U**[nited]'**S**=\"Football team's\" + **C** (caught) in cricket + (trip)"}
-{"Clue":"It makes me sick when one's taken in by spoon-bending (6)","Answer":"POISON","Explanation":"I**=\"one\" taken in by (spoon)*, with \"bending\" as anagrind"}
-{"Clue":"Woman arrived before 10 with 19 or so fighters (8)","Answer":"WARRIORS","Explanation":"W** (Woman) + **ARR**[ived] + **IO**=the digits 1 and 0=\"10\u2033 + **RS** which is \"oR So\" UNDRESSED=19ac i.e. with the outer letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Make a mistake to be wearing outrageous flares with transfers (9)","Answer":"REFERRALS","Explanation":"ERR**=\"Make a mistake\" inside (flares)"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing is returned wrapped in paper and stone (5)","Answer":"FLINT","Explanation":"NIL**=\"Nothing\" reversed\/\"returned\", inside **FT**=Financial Times=news \"paper\""}
-{"Clue":"Maybe cancan can be racy, wearing delightfully exotic tops (5)","Answer":"DANCE","Explanation":"(can)*, inside the top\/first letters of **D**[elightfully] **E**[xotic]"}
-{"Clue":"Naked Chef \u2014 is he? (9)","Answer":"UNDRESSED","Explanation":"\"C**he**f\" 'undressed' or with the outer letters removed, gives \"**he**\""}
-{"Clue":"Gardner is hugged by admirer in plant (4,4)","Answer":"FAVA BEAN","Explanation":"AVA** Gardner the actress + **BE**=\"is\"; both inside **FAN**=\"admirer\""}
-{"Clue":"50050000? Magic (6)","Answer":"VOODOO","Explanation":"V**=\"5\u2033 in Roman numerals + **OO**=\"00\u2033 + **D**=\"500\u2033 in Roman numerals + **OO**=\"00\u2033"}
-{"Clue":"Mammals stay supple after exercising (10)","Answer":"PLATYPUSES","Explanation":"(stay supple)"}
-{"Clue":"Positioned face to the west (4)","Answer":"LAID","Explanation":"DIAL=\"face\" e.g. of a watch, reversed\/\"to the west\""}
-{"Clue":"Course includes minimalist art, erroneously (7)","Answer":"STARTER","Explanation":"\"Course\" as in part of a meal\nhidden in minimali**ST ART ER**roneously"}
-{"Clue":"Wonder how expert's homework attains low grade? (7)","Answer":"PRODIGY","Explanation":"as in 'boy wonder'\n**PRO**=\"expert\" + **DIY**=\"home work\" around **G**=\"low grade\" after grades A-F e.g. at GCSE"}
-{"Clue":"Record single does rock event (7)","Answer":"EPISODE","Explanation":"EP=\"Record\" + I=one=\"single\" + (does)"}
-{"Clue":"Objects to special police force turning up after lunchtime (5)","Answer":"ITEMS","Explanation":"S** (special) + **MET**=\"police force\", all reversed\/\"turning up\" after **I**=1 or 1pm=\"lunchtime\""}
-{"Clue":"More compassionate charioteer takes fake name (7)","Answer":"HUMANER","Explanation":"Ben **HUR**=\"charioteer\" around (name)"}
-{"Clue":"Sorry criminal steals archbishop's first beads (6)","Answer":"ROSARY","Explanation":"(Sorry)* around the first letter of **A**rchbishop"}
-{"Clue":"Song about life and extremely dangerous places to land (9)","Answer":"AIRFIELDS","Explanation":"AIR**=\"Song\" + (life)* + the extreme outer letters of **D**angerou**S"}
-{"Clue":"Very small thing used to promote Reagan? (7)","Answer":"HYPERON","Explanation":"Definition: a type of subatomic particle\n**HYPE**=\"promote\" + **RON**[ald] Reagan"}
-{"Clue":"Inability to see small present at first: a bipolar issue? (4,9)","Answer":"SNOW BLINDNESS","Explanation":"a potential issue at either the North or South Pole, so \"bipolar\"\n**BLINDNESS**=\"Inability to see\"; with **S** (small) + **NOW**=\"present\" going first"}
-{"Clue":"Magician's striking entrance holding top hat (9)","Answer":"ENCHANTER","Explanation":"(entrance)* around the top letter of **H**[at]"}
-{"Clue":"Unscrupulous person's problem at Christie's? (1,3,3)","Answer":"A BAD LOT","Explanation":"Christie's the auction house sells items in 'lots', so A BAD LOT might be a problem for them"}
-{"Clue":"One who edits text about 6's queen (7)","Answer":"REVISER","Explanation":"RE**=\"about\" + **VI**=\"6\u2033 in Roman numerals + '**S** + **ER**=Elizabeth Regina\"queen\""}
-{"Clue":"European uprising? At home, government's running away (7)","Answer":"ELOPING","Explanation":"POLE**=\"European\" reversed\/\"uprising\" + **IN**=\"At home\" + **G** (government)"}
-{"Clue":"Masses of work occupied footballer (6)","Answer":"PEOPLE","Explanation":"OP**=\"work\" inside **PELE**=the Brazilian \"footballer\""}
-{"Clue":"Drunk worked hard \u2014 time to quit? (5)","Answer":"OILED","Explanation":"[t]**OILED**=\"worked hard\" with 't' for \"time\" leaving"}
-{"Clue":"Using muscle, an active America (5,3)","Answer":"UNCLE SAM","Explanation":"Definition: America\n(muscle an)"}
-{"Clue":"Plaguey creature not to be found when copper intervenes (6)","Answer":"LOCUST","Explanation":"Definition: Plaguey creature\n**LOST**=\"not to be found\", with **CU**=chemical symbol for \"copper\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Laurel's speaking a bit of poetry (6)","Answer":"STANZA","Explanation":"Definition: bit of poetry\n**STANZ**=homophone of 'Stan's'=\"Laurel's\" as in Stan Laurel the comedian; plus **A"}
-{"Clue":"One not having paid to travel, bailiffs finally take vehicle to pound (8)","Answer":"STOWAWAY","Explanation":"Definition: One not having paid to travel\nfinal letter of [bailiff]S + **TOW AWAY**=\"take vehicle to pound\""}
-{"Clue":"A number noticed, happening to enter (9)","Answer":"SEVENTEEN","Explanation":"Definition: A number\n**SEEN**=\"noticed\" with **EVENT**=\"happening\" entering inside"}
-{"Clue":"Make statement about Vulcan being monotonous (5)","Answer":"SAMEY","Explanation":"Definition: monotonous\n**SAY**=\"Make statement\" around **ME**=\"Vulcan\""}
-{"Clue":"Pledge is quiet and frivolous (6)","Answer":"PLIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Pledge\n\"Pledge\" is an archaic meaning of PLIGHT, as in 'plight one's troth'\n **P** (Piano)=\"quiet\" + **LIGHT**=\"frivolous\""}
-{"Clue":"Recommend toy as excellent (3-3)","Answer":"TIP-TOP","Explanation":"Definition: excellent\n**TIP**=\"Recommend\" + spinning\u00a0**TOP**=\"toy\""}
-{"Clue":"Judicial decision\u2013making lines on page (6)","Answer":"RULING","Explanation":"Definition: Judicial decision\ndouble definition, split across the hyphen \u2013 the second definition as in using a ruler to draw lines"}
-{"Clue":"Greek state once displayed paintings in Bath, say (6)","Answer":"SPARTA","Explanation":"Definition: Greek state once\n**ART**=\"paintings\" in **SPA**=\"Bath, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Criminal's held by bishop (5)","Answer":"CROOK","Explanation":"Definition: Criminal\ndouble definition \u2013 the second definition as in a bishop's staff resembling a shepherd's crook"}
-{"Clue":"Angry about a style of music (9)","Answer":"CROSSOVER","Explanation":"Definition: style of music\ne.g. 'classical crossover' music\n **CROSS**=\"Angry\" + **OVER**=\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Classmate, in official style (8)","Answer":"FORMALLY","Explanation":"Definition: in official style\n**FORM ALLY**=\"Class mate\""}
-{"Clue":"Issues instructions for underwear (6)","Answer":"BRIEFS","Explanation":"Definition: Issues instructions\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Nervous about insect in hut (6)","Answer":"SHANTY","Explanation":"Definition: hut\n**SHY**=\"Nervous\" about **ANT**=\"insect\""}
-{"Clue":"Got lower in part of pool, conserving energy (8)","Answer":"DEEPENED","Explanation":"Definition: Got lower\n**DEEP END**=\"part of pool\", around **E** (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy type, one going to bolt (3)","Answer":"NUT","Explanation":"Definition: Crazy type\ndouble definition \u2013 the second as in threaded nuts and bolts that attach together"}
-{"Clue":"Weapon held up by a corporal? (5)","Answer":"LANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Weapon held up\na 'lance corporal' is a military rank"}
-{"Clue":"Snap mother cleverly with this? (10)","Answer":"SMARTPHONE","Explanation":"Definition: this? \n(Snap mother)* \u2013 a smartphone can be used to 'Snap' either meaning 'take a photo of someone' or 'send someone a pic\/message through SnapChat'"}
-{"Clue":"Sprayer's title? (6)","Answer":"MISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Sprayer\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Where to go miles and appear out of the fog (4)","Answer":"LOOM","Explanation":"Definition: appear out of the fog\n**LOO**=\"Where to go\" + **M** (miles)"}
-{"Clue":"Eccentric\u00a0testimonial (9)","Answer":"CHARACTER","Explanation":"Definition: Eccentric\ndouble definition \u2013 ='Eccentric' as a noun; and =what might more often be called a 'character reference'"}
-{"Clue":"As poet, seek a phrase to fit (11)","Answer":"SHAKESPEARE","Explanation":"Definition: poet\n(Seek a phrase)"}
-{"Clue":"Fly-by-night, showing more mph, tore off (7,4)","Answer":"EMPEROR MOTH","Explanation":"Definition: Fly-by-night\n(more mph tore)"}
-{"Clue":"Such income not permanent? (10)","Answer":"DISPOSABLE","Explanation":"Definition: not permanent\nand referring to the phrase 'disposable income'"}
-{"Clue":"Life so turbulent to staff here? (4,2,3)","Answer":"ISLE OF MAN","Explanation":"Definition: here?\n(Life so)* + **MAN**=\"staff\""}
-{"Clue":"Mentioning hair band, sounded like an ass (6)","Answer":"BRAYED","Explanation":"Definition: sounded like an ass\nhomophone\/\"Mentioning\" of 'braid'=\"hair band\""}
-{"Clue":"Where skaters are suspended (2,3)","Answer":"ON ICE","Explanation":"Definition: suspended\nand **ON ICE** would be \"Where skaters are\""}
-{"Clue":"Clubs put down surface for tennis (4)","Answer":"CLAY","Explanation":"Definition: surface for tennis\n**C** (Clubs) as in playing cards; **LAY**=\"put down\""}
-{"Clue":"Enemy of international environmental group (3)","Answer":"FOE","Explanation":"Definition: Enemy\nas in **F**riends **O**f the **E**arth"}
-{"Clue":"Kippers? They're on the way from Mallaig to Fort William (8)","Answer":"SLEEPERS","Explanation":"Definition: They're on the way from Mallaig to Fort William\ndefinition referring to the sleepers in railroad tracks, such as between Mallaig and Fort William\n a 'kip' is a nap, so \"Kippers\" might also mean sleepers"}
-{"Clue":"Aroused by adult party in Ireland (5)","Answer":"AWAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Aroused\n**A** (adult) + **WAKE**=\"party in Ireland\""}
-{"Clue":"Flower that's yellow, outside Germany or in it (4)","Answer":"ODER","Explanation":"Definition: Flower\na 'flower' as in a river\n **OR**=\"yellow\" outside **DE** (Deutschland)=\"Germany\"\n **ODER** also =\"or in it [Germany]\", as it is the German word for 'or'"}
-{"Clue":"Carmen in East London area, leading to boos and hisses? (10)","Answer":"BARRACKING","Explanation":"Definition: boos and hisses\n**RAC** (Royal Automobile Club)=\"Car \/ men\", inside **BARKING**=\"East London area\""}
-{"Clue":"Unsettled after Scientology's first dissemination (6)","Answer":"SOWING","Explanation":"Definition: dissemination\n**OWING**=\"Unsettled\" as in settling a bill; after **S**[cientology]"}
-{"Clue":"Ice\u00a0pack only partially needed (8)","Answer":"DIAMONDS","Explanation":"Definition: Ice\n\"Ice\" is slang for the gemstones; and DIAMONDS are also part of a pack of cards"}
-{"Clue":"Like Mr & Mrs Smith, finally was dying (7)","Answer":"HITCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Like Mr & Mrs\n[Smit]**H** + **ITCHED**=\"was dying\" as in 'they itched for a challenge'"}
-{"Clue":"Sexually ambivalent? Leave chap from the '50s, intolerant of others' ideas (7)","Answer":"BIGOTED","Explanation":"Definition: intolerant of others' ideas\n**BI**=\"Sextually ambivalent\" + **GO**=\"Leave\" + **TED**=\"chap from the '50s\" referring to 'Teddy Boys'"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative leader suspended for being shifty? (8)","Answer":"CHANGING","Explanation":"Definition: being shifty\n**C**[onservative] + **HANGING**=\"leader\""}
-{"Clue":"Arabs perhaps coming from other shores (6)","Answer":"HORSES","Explanation":"Definition: Arabs perhaps\nArab is a breed of horse\n (shores)"}
-{"Clue":"Delete from Will's Tinder his raving about me subjectively (10)","Answer":"DISINHERIT","Explanation":"Definition: Delete from Will\n(Tinder his)* around **I**=\"me subjectively\""}
-{"Clue":"Little bits of dirt under sofas, typically (4)","Answer":"DUST","Explanation":"Definition: Little bits of dirt under sofas, typically\nletters taken from **D**[irt] **U**[nder] **S**[ofas] **T**[ypically]"}
-{"Clue":"Rue missing intro for White Bird (5)","Answer":"EGRET","Explanation":"Definition: White Bird\n[r]**EGRET**=\"Rue\" missing its first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Striking hat? It might be Haydn's (8)","Answer":"CREATION","Explanation":"Definition: Striking hat\n=an elaborate garment e.g. a hat; =a piece of music by Haydn"}
-{"Clue":"Bloomers German chap initially lampooned in Room 101 (8)","Answer":"GLADIOLI","Explanation":"Definition: Bloomers\n**G** (German) + **LAD**=\"chap\" + **L**[ampooned] in **IOI**=\"101\u2033"}
-{"Clue":"Woman's right to a German address? (4)","Answer":"HERR","Explanation":"Definition: German address\n**HER**=\"Woman\" + **R** (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Leaves through different gate, admits airline (6)","Answer":"TEABAG","Explanation":"Definition: Leaves\n(gate)* around **BA** (British Airways)=\"airline\""}
-{"Clue":"A way to go on 22 across? (7)","Answer":"ASTRIDE","Explanation":"Definition: across?\nand =\"A way to go on HORSES\""}
-{"Clue":"Indian princess has hair a man styled (8)","Answer":"MAHARANI","Explanation":"Definition: Indian princess\n(hair a man)"}
-{"Clue":"Cloak our resident Druid originally ordered in black? (4,6)","Answer":"DARK COLOUR","Explanation":"Definition: black?\n(Cloak our r D)*, using letters from r[esident] D[ruid]"}
-{"Clue":"As 22 across might be, by one German in 6, perhaps (6)","Answer":"REINED","Explanation":"Definition: As 22 across might be\nHORSES might be REINED\n **EIN**=\"one [in] German\", inside **RED**=\"DARK COLOUR, perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Explosive new book describing dates with former England footballer (10)","Answer":"INCENDIARY","Explanation":"Definition: Explosive\n**N** (new) + **DIARY**=\"book describing dates\"; after Paul **INCE**=\"former England footballer\""}
-{"Clue":"Descriptive words no good for teeth pig's lost (8)","Answer":"EPITHETS","Explanation":"Definition: Descriptive words\n(teeth pig's)*, minus the g for \"good\""}
-{"Clue":"Turning out to be the online type (8)","Answer":"EVERSION","Explanation":"Definition: Turning out\n**E-** prefix indicating electronic\/\"online\" + **VERSION**=\"type\""}
-{"Clue":"Fungi with some seaweed one's eating cold (7)","Answer":"AGARICS","Explanation":"Definition: Fungi\n**AGAR**=\"seaweed\" + **I'S**=\"one's\" around **C** (cold)"}
-{"Clue":"Acknowledged Henry was unwell (6)","Answer":"HAILED","Explanation":"Definition: Acknowledged\n**H** (Henry, the SI unit of inductance) + **AILED**=\"was unwell\""}
-{"Clue":"Sexy bottom? It might encour\u00adage rapid but unwelcome developments (6)","Answer":"HOTBED","Explanation":"Definition: It might encour\u00adage rapid but unwelcome developments\n**HOT**=\"Sexy\" + **BED**=\"bottom\""}
-{"Clue":"See\u00a0one's stoned (4)","Answer":"DATE","Explanation":"Definition: See\n=\"See\" romantically; =a fruit with a stone"}
-{"Clue":"Provider of charge account, cocaine addict (7)","Answer":"ACCUSER","Explanation":"Definition: Provider of charge\n**ACC** (account) + **USER**=\"cocaine addict\""}
-{"Clue":"Wrongly label title with the French equivalent (7)","Answer":"MISTERM","Explanation":"Definition: Wrongly label\n**MISTER**=\"title\" + **M** (Monsieur)=\"French equivalent\""}
-{"Clue":"Content, round figure with right clothes (5)","Answer":"TENOR","Explanation":"Definition: Content\nTENOR=\"Content\" of e.g. a written document\n **O**=\"round\"; clothed in **TEN**=\"figure\" + **R** (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Clownish entertainer to produce a ball in party kit (9)","Answer":"PUNCHBOWL","Explanation":"Definition: party kit\n**PUNCH**=\"Clownish entertainer\" from Punch and Judy shows + **BOWL**=\"produce a ball\" in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Grouse stew a strong, rancid dish (4,10)","Answer":"BEEF STROGANOFF","Explanation":"Definition: dish\n**BEEF**=grumble=\"Grouse\" + (a strong)* + **OFF**=\"rancid\""}
-{"Clue":"Tea from China (4)","Answer":"MATE","Explanation":"Definition: Tea\n=a South American tea\n 'China plate' is rhyming slang for MATE"}
-{"Clue":"Tour 9 runs, one moving with the speed of light? (8)","Answer":"NEUTRINO","Explanation":"Definition: one moving with the speed of light?\n(Tour nine)"}
-{"Clue":"Little pieces of iron dinosaur swallows (8)","Answer":"RONDINOS","Explanation":"Definition: Little pieces\n=short musical pieces\n hidden in [i]**RON DINOS**[aur]"}
-{"Clue":"Black stuff that could be blue (4)","Answer":"SMUT","Explanation":"Definition: Black stuff\n=soot\n can also mean sexual or 'blue' content"}
-{"Clue":"One unable to make a killing getting fired? (5,9)","Answer":"BLANK CARTRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: One unable to make a killing getting fired?\ncryptic def"}
-{"Clue":"Awfully bad lover hugs you the French way (9)","Answer":"BOULEVARD","Explanation":"Definition: French way\n(bad lover)* around **U**=\"you\""}
-{"Clue":"Mark looked older, it's said (5)","Answer":"GRADE","Explanation":"Definition: Mark\nhomophone of 'grayed'=\"looked older\""}
-{"Clue":"Car models, including carbon copies (7)","Answer":"ECTYPES","Explanation":"Definition: copies\nJaguar **E TYPES**=\"Car models\", around **C** (Carbon)"}
-{"Clue":"What overzealous Remainers do to expose support (7)","Answer":"OUTSTAY","Explanation":"Definition: What overzealous Remainers do\n**OUT**=\"expose\" +** STAY**=a prop or \"support\""}
-{"Clue":"Aperitif taken out of case for wine (4)","Answer":"ASTI","Explanation":"Definition: wine\n[p]**ASTI**[s]=\"Aperitif\" taken out of its outer letters or 'case'"}
-{"Clue":"Politician submitted good bill last month, one fit for Congress (10,5)","Answer":"CONSENTING ADULT","Explanation":"Definition: one fit for Congress\n**CON**[servative]=\"Politician\" + **SENT IN**=\"submitted\" + **G** (good) + **AD**=\"bill\" + **ULT**=short for 'ultimo'=[in the] \"last month\""}
-{"Clue":"King in female clothing, which may be short? (6)","Answer":"SHRIFT","Explanation":"Definition: which may be short?\nas in 'short shrift'\n **R** (Rex)=\"King\" in **SHIFT**=\"female clothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Standing up, tree collapsed (6)","Answer":"REPUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Standing\n(up tree)"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's Chinese spies showing means to go underground (8)","Answer":"MANHOLES","Explanation":"Definition: means to go underground\nSpoonerism of 'Han Moles'=\"Chinese spies\", with 'Han' meaning a person of Chinese ethnicity"}
-{"Clue":"Too much emotion in school dance has head spinning (8)","Answer":"SCHMALTZ","Explanation":"Definition: Too much emotion\n**SCH** (school) + [W]**ALTZ**=\"dance\" with the head 'W' rotated 180 degrees to make 'M'"}
-{"Clue":"A riot commencing somehow, an irritation for nationalists (8,7)","Answer":"ECONOMIC MIGRANT","Explanation":"Definition: an irritation for nationalists\n(A riot commencing)"}
-{"Clue":"Vans kind fellow left in ditches (4,6)","Answer":"MILK FLOATS","Explanation":"Definition: Vans\n**ILK**=\"kind\" + **F** (fellow) + **L** (left); all inside **MOATS**=\"ditches\""}
-{"Clue":"Tall child misbehaving with Nick Sharp (10)","Answer":"IMPROBABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Tall\nas in 'tall tales'\n **IMP**=\"child misbehaving\" with **ROB**=steal=\"Nick\" + **ABLE**=\"Sharp\""}
-{"Clue":"I want to be seduced \u2014 it's stimulating! (4-2-2)","Answer":"PICK-ME-UP","Explanation":"Definition: it's stimulating\ncould also be read as 'I want to be seduced'"}
-{"Clue":"Votes against saving old pile of cash for the present (8)","Answer":"NOWADAYS","Explanation":"Definition: present\n**NAYS**=\"Votes against\" around all of: **O** (old) + **WAD**=\"pile of cash\""}
-{"Clue":"Bookish American must leave \u2014 that's flat! (6)","Answer":"STUDIO","Explanation":"Definition: flat!\n**STUDIO**[us]=\"Bookish\" minus 'US'=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"Right out of the cooler, thief's beginning to show unease (6)","Answer":"FIDGET","Explanation":"Definition: show unease\nR(ight) taken out of **F**[R]**IDGE**=\"cooler\", plus the beginning of **T**[hief]"}
-{"Clue":"Bachelor's left with lots of ale and rum (4)","Answer":"EERY","Explanation":"Definition: rum\n\"rum\" as in 'odd'\n B (Bachelor) leaving [b]**EERY**=\"with lots of ale\""}
-{"Clue":"Pursuit of hobbyist putting a foot down about part of office? (5,10)","Answer":"STAMP COLLECTING","Explanation":"Definition: Pursuit of hobbyist\n**STAMPING**=\"putting a foot down\" around **COLLECT**=\"part of\" a religious service or \"office\""}
-{"Clue":"Hoax involving Russia's foremost essayist's a gem (9)","Answer":"CORNELIAN","Explanation":"Definition: gem\n**CON**=\"Hoax\" around **R**[ussia]; plus **ELIAN**=\"essayist's\"=belonging to the Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb"}
-{"Clue":"Disease from India caught by traveller to the East (5)","Answer":"POLIO","Explanation":"Definition: Disease\n**I** (India) inside Marco **POLO**=\"traveller to the East\""}
-{"Clue":"Type of energy in doubt, given initial setback (7)","Answer":"NUCLEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Type of energy\n**UNCLEAR**=\"in doubt\" with its initial letter 'U' sent back one space"}
-{"Clue":"Temperature in small animal centre dips here, perhaps (7)","Answer":"BATHTUB","Explanation":"Definition: dips here, perhaps\n**T** (Temperature) in **BAT HUB**=\"small animal centre\""}
-{"Clue":"I'm surprised state doesn't have one (3)","Answer":"OHO","Explanation":"Definition: I'm surprised\n**OH[I]O**=US \"state\" minus 'I'=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Old batting hero may prefer to open after duck between centuries (7)","Answer":"COMPTON","Explanation":"Definition: Old batting hero\nDenis Compton the cricketer \n **M**[ay] **P**[refer], after **O**=zero=a \"duck\" score in cricket; all inside **C** (100 in Roman numerals) and **TON**=another word for 'century'"}
-{"Clue":"Benefit from meals on wheels on a regular basis (7)","Answer":"WELFARE","Explanation":"Definition: Benefit\n**FARE**=\"meals\", after regular letters of **W**[h]**E**[e]**L**[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Recommended additives losing it when cooked (7)","Answer":"ADVISED","Explanation":"Definition: Recommended\n(additives)* minus the letters of 'it'"}
-{"Clue":"Busy gent, husband running round in circles (2,3,2)","Answer":"ON THE GO","Explanation":"Definition: Busy\n(gent h)* where 'h'=\"husband\"; inside** O** and **O**=\"circles\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl has help cycling (3)","Answer":"IDA","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\n(aid)*, where 'aid'=\"help\""}
-{"Clue":"Class that is wearing glasses (7)","Answer":"SPECIES","Explanation":"Definition: Class\n**IE**=\"that is\", inside **SPECS**=\"glasses\""}
-{"Clue":"Seemingly rational little gap in record (7)","Answer":"TENABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Seemingly rational\n**EN**=a small space between characters in printing=\"little gap\"; inside **TABLE**=\"record\""}
-{"Clue":"Pigeon quietly flying off further from centre (5)","Answer":"OUTER","Explanation":"Definition: further from centre\n[**P**]**OUTER**=a type of \"Pigeon\", with 'P' for piano=\"quiet\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"Timeless ruins at Palermo (9)","Answer":"ATEMPORAL","Explanation":"Definition: Timeless\n(at Palermo)"}
-{"Clue":"Making plainer group of women in press come across (8,5,2)","Answer":"THROWING LIGHT ON","Explanation":"Definition: Making plainer\n**WI** (Women's Institute)=\"group of women\", in **THRONG**=\"press\"; plus **LIGHT ON**=encounter=\"come across\""}
-{"Clue":"Extra appointment for teacher? This could delay notification (6-5,4)","Answer":"SECOND CLASS POST","Explanation":"Definition: This could delay notification\nthis could also be read as a SECOND job role i.e. POST with an extra school CLASS for a teacher"}
-{"Clue":"One Bee Gee's heart of gold (5)","Answer":"AURIC","Explanation":"Definition: of gold\n[M]**AURIC**[e] Gibb was one of the Bee Gee's"}
-{"Clue":"Cover coming before book? (7)","Answer":"PRETEXT","Explanation":"Definition: Cover\n**PRE**-=\"coming before\" + **TEXT**=\"book\""}
-{"Clue":"I snubbed friend after returning second letter (7)","Answer":"OMICRON","Explanation":"Definition: letter\na letter in the Greek alphabet\n **I** + **CRON**[y]=\"snubbed friend\"; all after reversal\/\"returning\" of **MO**=moment=\"second\""}
-{"Clue":"Arm taken by much acclaimed thespian? (7)","Answer":"LONGBOW","Explanation":"Definition: Arm\na **LONG BOW** might be taken by the thespian"}
-{"Clue":"Where federal laws created a hidden problem in Colorado (7)","Answer":"CAPITOL","Explanation":"Definition: Where federal laws created\n**A PIT**=\"a hidden problem\" in **COL** short for Colorado"}
-{"Clue":"Anxious setter will tantalise, concealing answer (3,2,4)","Answer":"ILL AT EASE","Explanation":"Definition: Anxious\n**I'LL TEASE**=\"setter will tantalise\", around **A** (answer)"}
-{"Clue":"Auf wiedersehen, literally? (7,2,6)","Answer":"GOODBYE TO BERLIN","Explanation":"Definition: literally?\nA book by Christopher Isherwood \u2013 is the definition \"literally\"=>'in literature, e.g. a novel'?\n GOODBYE TO BERLIN could be read as 'crosswordese' instructions to translate 'goodbye' into German, giving \"Auf wiedersehen\""}
-{"Clue":"Jack behind manoeuvre to arrest current Hollywood actor? (5,4)","Answer":"MOVIE STAR","Explanation":"Definition: Hollywood actor?\n**TAR**=sailor=\"Jack\" behind **MOVES**=\"manoeuvre\" around **I**=symbol for electrical \"current\""}
-{"Clue":"A certain cardinal's joke (3)","Answer":"ONE","Explanation":"Definition: A certain cardinal\n=a cardinal number; and =\"joke\" as in 'have you heard the one about\u2026'"}
-{"Clue":"Number two in team running for a long time (3)","Answer":"EON","Explanation":"Definition: long time\nthe second\/\"Number two\" letter in [t]**E**[am] + **ON**=\"runnning\""}
-{"Clue":"Runner with promise revolution\u00adised slum area (4,3)","Answer":"SKID ROW","Explanation":"Definition: slum area\n**SKI**=\"Runner\" + **WORD**=\"promise\" reversed\/\"revolutionised\""}
-{"Clue":"Arrogance, it's said, developing during row (7)","Answer":"DISDAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Arrogance\n(said)* inside **DIN**=\"row\""}
-{"Clue":"Oscar presumably eating cereal (7)","Answer":"OATMEAL","Explanation":"Definition: cereal\n**O** (Oscar) + **AT MEAL**=\"presumably eating\""}
-{"Clue":"Red wine, small amount, but guy needs it (4,3)","Answer":"TENT PEG","Explanation":"Definition: guy needs it\nas in a \"guy\" rope used to secure a tent"}
-{"Clue":"Pop runs in front of lady (5)","Answer":"BURST","Explanation":"Definition: Pop\n**R** (runs in cricket); inside **BUST**=\"front of lady\""}
-{"Clue":"National park players would tread them, if river were relocated (3,6)","Answer":"THE BROADS","Explanation":"Definition: National park\n\"players\" or actors 'tread THE BOA**R**DS', with R for \"river\" relocated"}
-{"Clue":"Hoax brought to a satisfactory ending (4)","Answer":"CODA","Explanation":"Definition: satisfactory ending\nCOD=fake=\"Hoax\" + A"}
-{"Clue":"Train someone who'd like to make it big in the US, too? (8)","Answer":"EUROSTAR","Explanation":"Definition: Train\na EURO STAR might want also to be a US star"}
-{"Clue":"Italian carrying back sound content to inflict an invasion (6)","Answer":"IRRUPT","Explanation":"Definition: to inflict an invasion\n=to enter forcibly\n IT (Italian) around PURR=\"sound content\" reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Tom's drive to find a temporary partner? (6)","Answer":"CRUISE","Explanation":"Definition: Tom\n=Tom CRUISE the actor; and =CRUISE around looking for a sexual partner"}
-{"Clue":"Against entering rocky route on approach (8)","Answer":"OVERTURE","Explanation":"Definition: approach\n~~VER (versus)=\"Against\" inside (route)*~~\n *V (versus) inside (route)* + RE=\"on\" \u2013 Edit thanks to Bingybing"}
-{"Clue":"Excessively under guidance, finished carrying a gun (6,2)","Answer":"TOOLED UP","Explanation":"Definition: carrying a gun\nTOO=\"Excessively\" + LED=\"under guidance\" + UP=\"finished\""}
-{"Clue":"Go from first to second to suspend energy on entering knockout competition? (6,2)","Answer":"CHANGE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Go from first to second\ndefinition as in changing up from first to second gear\n HANG=\"suspend\" + E (energy); all inside CUP=\"knockout competititon\""}
-{"Clue":"Token\u00a0party nominees? (6)","Answer":"TICKET","Explanation":"Definition: Token\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Factory involved in a type of banana (8)","Answer":"PLANTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: banana\nPLANT=\"Factory\" + (in a)"}
-{"Clue":"Union member's smear reported (6)","Answer":"GREECE","Explanation":"Definition: Union member\n=a member of the European Union\n sounds like 'grease'=\"smear\""}
-{"Clue":"Rummy party backed by attractive type (6)","Answer":"ODDISH","Explanation":"Definition: Rummy\nDO=\"party\" reversed\/\"backed\" + DISH=\"attractive type\""}
-{"Clue":"Treat Crimea wounded outside gutted castle (3,5)","Answer":"ICE CREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Treat\n(Crimea)* around C[astl]E"}
-{"Clue":"Nymph of the woods evicting river couple (4)","Answer":"DYAD","Explanation":"Definition: couple\nDrYAD=\"Nympth of the woods\", evicting the 'r' for \"river\""}
-{"Clue":"Star needs massage \u2014 result of overexposure (9)","Answer":"SUNSTROKE","Explanation":"Definition: result of overexposure\nSUN=\"Star\" + STROKE=\"massage\""}
-{"Clue":"More straight trousers lost \u2014 SOS sent out (5)","Answer":"TRUER","Explanation":"Definition: More straight\ntrOuSerS minus the letters of (SOS)"}
-{"Clue":"Transport energy proposal (7)","Answer":"EMOTION","Explanation":"Definition: Transport\nE (energy) + MOTION"}
-{"Clue":"Dicky's a mess? Do this! (5)","Answer":"RETIE","Explanation":"Definition: Dicky's a mess? Do this\nNot sure how to parse this, other than as a reference to 'dicky bow' ties"}
-{"Clue":"Regulation pro ground that accommodates would-be high flyers (7,6)","Answer":"AIRPORT LOUNGE","Explanation":"Definition: that accommodates would-be high flyers\n(Regulation pro)"}
-{"Clue":"Aspen, say, forming border round rambling rose? (3,6)","Answer":"SKI RESORT","Explanation":"Definition: Aspen, say\nSKIRT=\"border\" around (rose)"}
-{"Clue":"Diminutive canine surgical scraping instrument (7)","Answer":"CURETTE","Explanation":"Definition: surgical scraping instrument\nCUR=\"canine\" with the diminutive suffix -ETTE"}
-{"Clue":"Death\u00a0shift (9)","Answer":"DEPARTURE","Explanation":"Definition: Death\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"'Ohio Dylan' playing 'Tripping'? (2,7)","Answer":"ON HOLIDAY","Explanation":"Definition: Tripping\n(Ohio Dylan)"}
-{"Clue":"Deployed falsely, perhaps, by a woman (9)","Answer":"EYELASHES","Explanation":"Definition: Deployed falsely, perhaps, by a woman\nagain, not sure if there's more to parse here, or just a reference to false eyelashes"}
-{"Clue":"Orphan Annie denies houses given unnecessary protection (7)","Answer":"NANNIED","Explanation":"Definition: given unnecessary protection\nhidden in [Orpha]N ANNIE D[enies]"}
-{"Clue":"Pounds added to independent working payment (7)","Answer":"PENSION","Explanation":"Definition: payment\nPENS=animal enclosures=\"Pounds\" + I (independent) + ON=\"working\""}
-{"Clue":"Choir managed to hold repeated note for so long (7)","Answer":"CHEERIO","Explanation":"Definition: so long\n(Choir)* around E E=\"repeated note\""}
-{"Clue":"In vogue, stalwart chat show participant? (5)","Answer":"GUEST","Explanation":"Definition: chat show participant\nhidden in [vo]GUE ST[alwart]"}
-{"Clue":"Rail about garden implement (5)","Answer":"CRAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Rail\n=a type of bird\n C (circa)=\"about\" + RAKE=\"garden implement\""}
-{"Clue":"It produces fruit or veg (7)","Answer":"ORCHARD","Explanation":"OR + CHARD=\"veg\""}
-{"Clue":"Go off in posh car for the river (7)","Answer":"LIMPOPO","Explanation":"POP=\"Go off\" inside LIMO=\"posh car\""}
-{"Clue":"Tory leader has pain in bum (4)","Answer":"TAIL","Explanation":"T[ory] + AIL=\"has pain\""}
-{"Clue":"Dog for lively king in Kent? (10)","Answer":"SCHIPPERKE","Explanation":"Definition: a small breed of dog\nCHIPPER=\"lively\" + K (king); all inside SE=South East=\"Kent?\""}
-{"Clue":"Cancel\u00a0raise (4)","Answer":"LIFT","Explanation":"Definition: revoke e.g. a ban=\"Cancel\"; also =elevate, \"raise\""}
-{"Clue":"In the morning one guy is good-natured (8)","Answer":"AMICABLE","Explanation":"AM=\"in the morning\" + I=\"one\" + CABLE=\"guy\" as in a tent's guy ropes"}
-{"Clue":"Crumbling path rated a highly dangerous place to be (5,4)","Answer":"DEATH TRAP","Explanation":"(path rated)"}
-{"Clue":"Condition of the country (5)","Answer":"STATE","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"One sinks into seat? That's capital! (5)","Answer":"SOFIA","Explanation":"Definition: capital of Bulgaria\nI=\"One\" inside SOFA=\"seat\""}
-{"Clue":"Predict a stupid charge (9)","Answer":"ADUMBRATE","Explanation":"Definition: foreshadow\nA + DUMB=\"stupid\" + RATE=price, \"charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Prospect for gold in the country (8)","Answer":"PANORAMA","Explanation":"Definition: an overview of a landscape\nOR=heraldic term for \"gold\"; inside PANAMA=\"country\""}
-{"Clue":"Closed\u00a0rapidly (4)","Answer":"FAST","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Undertaker is caught working farm machinery (10)","Answer":"CONTRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: as in someone undertaking a task\nC (caught in cricket) + ON=\"working\" + TRACTOR=\"farm machinery\""}
-{"Clue":"Informer keeps president absorbed (4)","Answer":"RAPT","Explanation":"RAT=\"Informer\" around P (president)"}
-{"Clue":"Indiscretion needs a course of action in the shipyard (7)","Answer":"SLIPWAY","Explanation":"Definition: a pier in a shipyard\nSLIP=\"Indiscretion\" + WAY=\"course of action\""}
-{"Clue":"Tory gets an informal farewell in musical form (7)","Answer":"CANTATA","Explanation":"C (Conservative)=\"Tory\" + AN + TATA=\"informal farewell\""}
-{"Clue":"Become aware that lies are untrue (7)","Answer":"REALISE","Explanation":"(lies are)"}
-{"Clue":"Landlord accommodates student composer (5)","Answer":"HOLST","Explanation":"HOST=\"Landlord\" around L (Learner)=\"student\""}
-{"Clue":"Good opinion of physical training college during recess (7)","Answer":"RESPECT","Explanation":"PE (Physical Education)=\"physical training\" + C (college); all inside REST=\"recess\""}
-{"Clue":"Harm one married couple (6)","Answer":"IMPAIR","Explanation":"I=\"one\" + M (married) + PAIR=\"couple\""}
-{"Clue":"Writer gets sample for versifier (9)","Answer":"POETASTER","Explanation":"Definition: a mediocre poet\n[Edgar Allen] POE=\"Writer\" + TASTER=\"sample\""}
-{"Clue":"Crumpet found in fish bar (7)","Answer":"PIKELET","Explanation":"Definition: a kind of crumpet or muffin\nPIKE=\"fish\" + LET=hinder, prevent=\"bar\""}
-{"Clue":"Dicky hadn't any space for the second-rate (5,3,5)","Answer":"CHEAP AND NASTY","Explanation":"(hadn't any space)"}
-{"Clue":"Slim and winning but too late to keep one's hair on (4,2,3)","Answer":"THIN ON TOP","Explanation":"THIN=\"Slim\" + ON TOP=\"winning\""}
-{"Clue":"Continued good luck when riding a cycle (2,1,4)","Answer":"ON A ROLL","Explanation":"ON A ROLL could also decribe \"riding a cycle\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl touring US city gets disease (7)","Answer":"MALARIA","Explanation":"MARIA=\"Girl\" around LA (Los Angeles)=\"US city\""}
-{"Clue":"Kitty supports shy drunkard (7)","Answer":"TOSSPOT","Explanation":"POT [of money]=\"Kitty\"; after TOSS=throw=\"shy\""}
-{"Clue":"Jail a lawyer in North America (6)","Answer":"CANADA","Explanation":"CAN=\"Jail\" + A + DA (District Attorney)=\"lawyer\""}
-{"Clue":"Trees take time to become predominant (5)","Answer":"FIRST","Explanation":"FIRS=\"Trees\" + T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Bread container for actor, b. '28 (6)","Answer":"COBURN","Explanation":"Definition: actor, b. '28\nJames Coburn \n **COB**=\"Bread\" + **URN**=\"container\""}
-{"Clue":"A dry, barren, endless essay (7)","Answer":"ATTEMPT","Explanation":"Definition: essay\n**A** + **TT** (teetotal)=\"dry\" + **EMPT**[y]=\"barren, endless\""}
-{"Clue":"Mouldy hop seed (9)","Answer":"OFFSPRING","Explanation":"Definition: seed\n**OFF**=\"Mouldy\" + **SPRING**=\"hop\""}
-{"Clue":"Buzz Lightyear's back in hit, briefly (5)","Answer":"THRUM","Explanation":"Definition: Buzz\nthe end letter or \"back\" of [Lightyea]**R**, in **THUM**[p]=\"hit, briefly\""}
-{"Clue":"Boss of weekend issue, stuffed? (5)","Answer":"SATED","Explanation":"Definition: stuffed?\n**SAT**[urday] **ED**[itor]=\"Boss of weekend issue\""}
-{"Clue":"Heavenly performance of a cellist inspires ecstasy (9)","Answer":"CELESTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Heavenly\n(a cellist)* around **E** (ecstasy)"}
-{"Clue":"Fine dishes for privileged youngsters (7)","Answer":"YUPPIES","Explanation":"Definition: privileged youngsters\n**YUP**=OK, \"Fine\" + **PIES**=\"dishes\""}
-{"Clue":"End broken off round nuts, securing instant release (6)","Answer":"UNMOOR","Explanation":"Definition: release\n\"roun[d]\" with its \"End broken off\" as an anagram\/\"nuts\" => (roun)*; and around MO=moment=\"instant\""}
-{"Clue":"Where hammer found nailing lid on gradually, working effectively (2,4)","Answer":"IN GEAR","Explanation":"Definition: working effectivel\nthe \"hammer\" bone is found **IN** [the] **EAR**; around the first letter\/\"lid\" of **G**[radually]"}
-{"Clue":"Long time sitting on stool in lower chamber (7)","Answer":"DUNGEON","Explanation":"Definition: lower chamber\n**EON**=\"Long time\" after **DUNG**=\"stool\""}
-{"Clue":"Personal style I had with memo inscribed with name (2,7)","Answer":"AD HOMINEM","Explanation":"Definition: Personal\n(I had memo)* around **N** for (name)"}
-{"Clue":"Pick up end of carpet beater (5)","Answer":"HEART","Explanation":"Definition: beater\n**HEAR**=\"Pick up\" + end letter of [carpe]**T"}
-{"Clue":"Only just missing line for writer, d. '28 (5)","Answer":"HARDY","Explanation":"Definition: writer, d. '28\nThomas HARDY \n **HARD**[L]**Y**=\"Only just\", missing L for \"line\""}
-{"Clue":"Wine, fruit and fresh rolls failed in business (4,5)","Answer":"WENT UNDER","Explanation":"Definition: failed in business\n**RED**=\"Wine\" + **NUT**=\"fruit\" + **NEW**=\"fresh\"; all reversed\/\"rolls\""}
-{"Clue":"Draw tail of animal like an aquatic carnivore? (7)","Answer":"LOTTERY","Explanation":"Definition: Draw\nlast letter or \"tail\" of [anima]**L** + **OTTER-Y**=\"like an aquatic carnivore\""}
-{"Clue":"Detailing favourite part, engine driver? (6)","Answer":"PETROL","Explanation":"Definition: engine driver\n'De-tailing' or removing the end letter from **PET ROL**[e]=\"favourite part\""}
-{"Clue":"Document that's written in prison for linguistic philosopher b. '28 (7)","Answer":"CHOMSKY","Explanation":"Definition: linguistic philosopher b. '28\nNoam CHOMSKY \n **MS**=manuscript=\"Document\", inside **CHOKY**=slang for \"prison\""}
-{"Clue":"One taking month to run up, tailor's first suit (5)","Answer":"BEFIT","Explanation":"Definition: suit\n**I**=\"One\" + **FEB**=\"month\", both reversed\/\"run up\"; plus **T**[ailor]'s first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Shot, if parried, delivered as a continuous stream (5-4)","Answer":"RAPID-FIRE","Explanation":"Definition: delivered as a continuous stream\n(if parried)"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian published shortly for writer and poet, b. '28 (7)","Answer":"ANGELOU","Explanation":"Definition: writer and poet, b. '28\nMaya ANGELOU \n **ANGEL**=\"Guardian\" + **OU**[t]=\"published shortly\""}
-{"Clue":"Emperor keeping sixth of treasure in chest, commonly? (5)","Answer":"TITUS","Explanation":"Definition: Emperor\nRoman Emperor TITUS \n sixth letter of [treas]**U**[re] in **TITS**=\"chest, commonly\""}
-{"Clue":"Sociobiologist, b.'28 cut above solid figure for composer, b. '28 (9)","Answer":"MORRICONE","Explanation":"Definition: composer, b. '28\nEnnio MORRICONE, film composer \n Desmond **MORRI**[s]=\"Sociobiologist\" with the last letter \"cut\"; plus **CONE**=\"solid figure\""}
-{"Clue":"Vulnerable spot for actor, b. '28 (6)","Answer":"TEMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Vulnerable spot\n=a vulnerable part of the skull; and =Shirley TEMPLE"}
-{"Clue":"Approximately dropping 20%, American company performing (6)","Answer":"CIRCUS","Explanation":"Definition: company performing\n**CIRC**[a]=\"Approximately\", dropping the last 20% of its letters; plus **US**=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"First coming down close to bottom, smack proved painful for political activist, d. '28 (9)","Answer":"PANKHURST","Explanation":"Definition: political activist, d. '28\nEmmeline PANKHURST \n **SPANK HURT**=\"smack proved painful\", with the first letter S moving down towards the end\/bottom of **PANKHURST"}
-{"Clue":"Home of brothers for comedian, b. '28 (9)","Answer":"MONKHOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: comedian, b. '28\nBob MONKHOUSE \n **MONK HOUSE**=\"Home of brothers\""}
-{"Clue":"Control a thoroughfare, unchecked (7)","Answer":"RUNAWAY","Explanation":"Definition: unchecked\n**RUN A WAY**=\"Control a thoroughfare\""}
-{"Clue":"One of 28 played for pianist, b. '28 (6)","Answer":"DOMINO","Explanation":"Definition: One of 28 played\nthe game of dominoes is played with 28 pieces; and Fats DOMINO the pianist"}
-{"Clue":"Effortlessly talented, score mark? (7)","Answer":"NATURAL","Explanation":"Definition: Effortlessly talented\n=inherently gifted; and =marked on a musical score as not sharp or flat"}
-{"Clue":"Military leave for artist, b. '28 (6)","Answer":"WARHOL","Explanation":"Definition: artist, b. '28\nAndy WARHOL \n **WAR HOL**[iday]=\"Military leave\""}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps sentence by a magistrate holds up (5)","Answer":"MAYBE","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps\nhidden reversed in [sentenc]**E BY A M**[agistrate]"}
-{"Clue":"Wood shaving now shaved? (5)","Answer":"ALDER","Explanation":"Definition: Wood\n[B]**ALDER**=\"shaved?\" with the top shaved off"}
-{"Clue":"Fascinated, but about to get hurt (7)","Answer":"CHARMED","Explanation":"Definition: Fascinated\n**C** (circa)=\"about\" + **HARMED**=\"hurt\""}
-{"Clue":"One chapter ending writer's cutting (7)","Answer":"ACERBIC","Explanation":"Definition: cutting\n**ACE**=\"One\" + [chapte]**R** + **BIC**=pen=\"writer\""}
-{"Clue":"Right away Vlad would demon\u00adstrate he's not very bright (5)","Answer":"IDIOT","Explanation":"Definition: e's not very bright\n**I**'**D RIOT**=\"Vlad would demonstrate\"; with **R** (Right) taken away"}
-{"Clue":"Completely thoughtless opening, with most of this hotel requiring refurbishment (2,3,4)","Answer":"TO THE HILT","Explanation":"Definition: Completely\n**T**[houghtless] + (thi[s] hotel)* with the first part of the anagram fodder being \"most of this\""}
-{"Clue":"Serf I engaged to secure plant (10)","Answer":"HELIOTROPE","Explanation":"Definition: plant \n**HELOT**=\"Serf\" in ancient Sparta; with **I** engaged inside; plus **ROPE**=\"secure\""}
-{"Clue":"One's most admired feature of Hello? Diddly-squat on reflection (4)","Answer":"IDOL","Explanation":"Definition: One's most admired\nhidden reversed\/\"feature of\u2026 on reflection\" inside: Hel**LO DI**ddly-squat"}
-{"Clue":"Ads on other side where, hopefully, 18 25's provided (11)","Answer":"CLASSIFIEDS","Explanation":"Definition: Ads\n**CLASS**=\"where, hopefully,\u00a0*LESSONS WILL BE LEARNED*\" + **IF**=\"provided\" + (side)"}
-{"Clue":"Quietly going, sacked? Bland response \u2026 well, lies (1 down justifying why not) (7,4,2,7)","Answer":"LESSONS WILL BE LEARNED","Explanation":"Definition: (1 down justifying why not)\n=a\u00a0*CLICHE* used to justify not sacking someone for a mistake\n \"sacked\" as anagram indicator for (Bland res**p**onse well lies)*; with the **p** (piano)=\"Quietly\" removed\/\"going\""}
-{"Clue":"Like name for boy (4)","Answer":"ALAN","Explanation":"Definition: boy\n**A LA** (as in *\u00e0 la*)=\"like\" + **N** (name)"}
-{"Clue":"Causes of traffic hold-ups (10)","Answer":"CARJACKERS","Explanation":"Definition: Causes of traffic hold-ups\ncryptic definition, with \"hold-up\" in the sense of robbery, rather than traffic jams"}
-{"Clue":"Bury's season hasn't started (5)","Answer":"INTER","Explanation":"Definition: Bury\n[w]**INTER**=\"season\" without its starting letter"}
-{"Clue":"One checking car's height (7)","Answer":"AUDITOR","Explanation":"Definition: One checking\n**AUDI**=make of \"car\" + **TOR**=hill, a high place=\"height\""}
-{"Clue":"Lady guards breeding ground! Pardon? (7)","Answer":"AMNESTY","Explanation":"Definition: Pardon\n**AMY**=\"Lady\" around\/guarding **NEST**=\"breeding ground\""}
-{"Clue":"Victor embraced by lady I fancy with enthusiasm (6)","Answer":"AVIDLY","Explanation":"Definition: with enthusiasm\n**V**=\"Victor\" in the phonetic alphabet + (lady I)"}
-{"Clue":"Cycling cape's under dog meat (6,4)","Answer":"MUTTON CHOP","Explanation":"Definition: meat\n**PONCHO**=\"cape\", with the letters \"Cycling\" around so that the first letter goes to the end; all after **MUTT**=\"dog\""}
-{"Clue":"Time inside does maybe discourage (5)","Answer":"DETER","Explanation":"Definition: discourage\n**T** (time)* inside **DEER**=\"does\""}
-{"Clue":"Upset at pianist for starters (9)","Answer":"ANTIPASTI","Explanation":"Definition: starters\n(at pianist)"}
-{"Clue":"Flat number son mislaid (4)","Answer":"EVEN","Explanation":"Definition: Flat\n[S]**EVEN**=\"number\" with S (son) removed"}
-{"Clue":"Streaked \u2014 checked name's hidden (8)","Answer":"BRINDLED","Explanation":"Definition: Streaked\n**BRIDLED**=restrained, \"checked\"; with **N** (name) inserted\/\"hidden\""}
-{"Clue":"Well-spoken German wearing sword (3-5)","Answer":"CUT-GLASS","Explanation":"Definition: Well-spoken\n=used to describe a precise way of speaking\n **G** (German) inside **CUTLASS**=\"sword\""}
-{"Clue":"Nothing up? Force Frenchman into possible trouble (10)","Answer":"AFFLICTION","Explanation":"Definition: trouble\n**FA**='F-All'=\"Nothing\" reversed\/\"up\" + **FLIC**=French for 'policeman'=\"Force Frenchman\" as in police 'force' + (into)"}
-{"Clue":"Seat in bar maybe not his? (9)","Answer":"ABSTAINER","Explanation":"Definition: not his\n(Seat in bar)"}
-{"Clue":"Palace turned over City and Gunners (exaggerating player B's input) (8)","Answer":"ALHAMBRA","Explanation":"Definition: Palace\na palace in Granada, Spain\n **LA**=Los Angeles=\"City\", reversed\/\"turned over\"; plus **RA**=Royal Artillery, \"Gunners\"; with insertion\/\"input\" of:\u00a0**HAM**=actor who overacts=\"exaggerating Player\" + **B"}
-{"Clue":"Attacked after broadcast, alas, is duke out of the country? (8)","Answer":"ASSAILED","Explanation":"Definition: Attacked\n(alas is d**uk**e)* without\u00a0**UK**=\"country\""}
-{"Clue":"After exam, one finally has a ball (6)","Answer":"TESTIS","Explanation":"Definition: ball\n**TEST**=\"exam\" + **I**=\"one\" + final letter of [ha]**S"}
-{"Clue":"Like to hear about America's leader? Wrong (6)","Answer":"ASTRAY","Explanation":"Definition: Wrong\n**AS**=\"Like\" + **TRY** in court=\"hear\" around the leading letter of **A**[merica]"}
-{"Clue":"Law supported by one biblical region (5)","Answer":"JUDEA","Explanation":"Definition: biblical region\n**JUDE** Law the actor + **A**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Report in paper sent (4)","Answer":"RAPT","Explanation":"Definition: sent\n\"sent\"='thrilled' or 'transported', as in the song\u00a0*You Send Me*\n homophone\/\"Report\" of 'wrapped'=\"in paper\""}
-{"Clue":"Do they advertise drama by W Shakespeare? (9)","Answer":"PLAYBILLS","Explanation":"Definition: Do they advertise drama by W Shakespeare?\n**PLAY**=\"drama\" + **BILL S.** as an alternative abbrevation for \"W Shakespeare\""}
-{"Clue":"Prepares for holiday: two join the scrum (5)","Answer":"PACKS","Explanation":"Definition: Prepares for holiday\ndouble definition\n in rugby a scrum is made up of two 'packs' of players, one from each team"}
-{"Clue":"Dieter's agreement on port wine (5)","Answer":"RIOJA","Explanation":"Definition: wine\n**JA**='yes' in German=\"Dieter's agreement\", as Dieter is a German first name; after **RIO**=\"port\" city in Brazil"}
-{"Clue":"Valid reason to contribute to this (4,5)","Answer":"GOOD CAUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Valid reason\ntwo definitions"}
-{"Clue":"No sound from horse heard (3)","Answer":"NAY","Explanation":"Definition: No\nhomophone\/\"heard\" of 'neigh'=\"sound from horse\""}
-{"Clue":"One may pull the plug on this\u00a0sort of drama (7,4)","Answer":"KITCHEN SINK","Explanation":"Definition: One may pull the plug on this\ntwo definitions \u2013 'kitchen sink' dramas were part of a British movement of social realism"}
-{"Clue":"High churchman on time? (7)","Answer":"PRELATE","Explanation":"Definition: High churchman\nPRE- as an affix meaning 'before', so PRE-LATE='before being late'=\"on time?\""}
-{"Clue":"One's finished working on Hebridean island (7)","Answer":"RETIREE","Explanation":"Definition: One's finished working\n**RE**=about=\"on\" + **TIREE**=name of a \"Hebridean island\""}
-{"Clue":"Oswald's unlucky formulation (4,3)","Answer":"SOD\u2019S LAW","Explanation":"Definition: unlucky formulation\n=the saying that 'if something can go wrong, it will'\n (Oswald's)*, with \"unlucky formulation\" doing double duty as an anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Runner losing pounds becomes more complacent (7)","Answer":"SMUGGER","Explanation":"Definition: more complacent\n**SMUGG[**L**]ER**=\"Runner\", losing L=\"pounds\" sterling (from Latin\u00a0*Libra*)"}
-{"Clue":"Fresh mint I repent getting chopped up (11)","Answer":"IMPERTINENT","Explanation":"Definition: Fresh\n(mint I repent)"}
-{"Clue":"Short musical performance (3)","Answer":"GIG","Explanation":"Definition: performance\n**GIG**[I]=name of a \"musical\" , made \"Short\" by losing its last letter"}
-{"Clue":"Keep on editing paper? Not I (9)","Answer":"REAPPOINT","Explanation":"Definition: Keep on\n(paper Not I)"}
-{"Clue":"Fool I spot holding one (5)","Answer":"IDIOT","Explanation":"Definition: Fool\n**I** + **DOT**=\"spot\" around **I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Went back to play with feeble physique (5)","Answer":"WEEDY","Explanation":"Definition: with feeble physique\n**WEE-D**=urinated=\"Went\" + the back letter of [pla]**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Gang reuse broken lubricator (6,3)","Answer":"GREASE GUN","Explanation":"Definition: lubricator\n=a workshop tool used to apply lubricant\n (Gang reuse)"}
-{"Clue":"Vegetable piece shortly cut (7)","Answer":"PARSNIP","Explanation":"Definition: Vegetable\n**PAR**[t]=\"piece\" shortened + **SNIP**=\"cut\""}
-{"Clue":"Annoyed, struggling for pain relief (7)","Answer":"ANODYNE","Explanation":"Definition: for pain relief\n=a painkilling drug or medicine\n (Annoyed)"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to touch poster for criminal (11)","Answer":"BLACKMAILER","Explanation":"Definition: criminal\n**BLACK** can mean to 'boycott'=\"refuse to touch\" + **MAILER**=promotional leaflet=\"poster\""}
-{"Clue":"Diplomat inattentive at the end: he's left something (7)","Answer":"LEGATEE","Explanation":"Definition: he's left something\n=someone to whom a legacy has been left\n **LEGATE**=\"Diplomat\" + the end of [inattentiv]**E"}
-{"Clue":"Very different item for baby (7)","Answer":"SOOTHER","Explanation":"Definition: item for baby\n**SO**=\"Very\" + **OTHER**=\"different\""}
-{"Clue":"Still choose not to finish (3)","Answer":"PIC","Explanation":"Definition: Still\n=a photograph, a still image taken from film\n **PIC**[k]=\"choose\" without the finishing letter"}
-{"Clue":"Palace attendant has no time for messenger (7)","Answer":"COURIER","Explanation":"Definition: messenger\n**COUR**[T]**IER**=\"Palace attendant\", minus T for \"time\""}
-{"Clue":"Detailed plan to bring antelope up to little spot (7)","Answer":"SPECKLE","Explanation":"Definition: little spot\n**SPEC**=specification=\"Detailed plan\" + **ELK**=\"antelope\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Hangings secure death (3,8)","Answer":"NET CURTAINS","Explanation":"Definition: Hangings\n**NET**=to gain or capture=\"secure\" + **CURTAINS**=slang for \"death\""}
-{"Clue":"Squalid area, where you can't keep your feet? (4,3)","Answer":"SKID ROW","Explanation":"Definition: Squalid area\ncryptic indication alluding to 'skid' meaning to lose your footing"}
-{"Clue":"Corrupt deputy to go mad (7)","Answer":"DEPRAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Corrupt\n**DEP** (deputy) + **RAVE**=\"go mad\""}
-{"Clue":"Wife going sick, complaining (7)","Answer":"WAILING","Explanation":"Definition: complaining\n**W** (Wife) + **AILING**=\"going sick\""}
-{"Clue":"Put away, he hates to reform (7)","Answer":"SHEATHE","Explanation":"Definition: Put away\n(he hates)"}
-{"Clue":"Stopping\u00a0making jokes? (7)","Answer":"GAGGING","Explanation":"Definition: Stopping\nsecond definition with 'gag' meaning a joke"}
-{"Clue":"PC, not entirely bright one (5-2)","Answer":"RIGHT-ON","Explanation":"Definition: PC\n=being careful to be correct, e.g. PC or politically correct\n hidden in [b]**RIGHT ON**[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Every year, a year's earnings? (3)","Answer":"PAY","Explanation":"PA** (per annum)=\"Every year\" + **Y** (year)"}
-{"Clue":"Trophy and badge for sex god (5)","Answer":"CUPID","Explanation":"Definition: sex god\n**CUP**=\"Trophy\" + **ID**=\"badge\""}
-{"Clue":"Damage flesh with knife? (4-4)","Answer":"SELF-HARM","Explanation":"Definition: Damage flesh with knife?\n(flesh)* + **ARM**=weapon e.g. \"knife\""}
-{"Clue":"A nude girl's open about being promiscuous (8,6)","Answer":"SLEEPING AROUND","Explanation":"Definition: being promiscuous\n(A nude girl's open)"}
-{"Clue":"Fur coat and no knickers, prim\u00adarily? Lass that is false (8)","Answer":"SEALSKIN","Explanation":"Definition: Fur coat\nanagram: (n k Lass ie)* \u2013 using n[o] k[nickers] and ie=id est=\"that is\""}
-{"Clue":"Felt item of clothing; a piece turned over to iron (6)","Answer":"FEDORA","Explanation":"Definition: Felt item of clothing\nreversal of: **A** + **ROD**=slang for pistol, gun=\"piece\"; all after **FE**=chemical symbol for \"iron\""}
-{"Clue":"When excited, hug or kiss thug (9)","Answer":"ROUGHNECK","Explanation":"Definition: thug\n(hug or)* + **NECK**=\"kiss\""}
-{"Clue":"I have sex with male inside lodge (5)","Answer":"IMBED","Explanation":"Definition: lodge\n**I** + **BED**=\"have sex\" with **M** (male) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Fold two pages, time to finish second one (5)","Answer":"PLEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Fold\n**P** (page) + **LEA**[f]=a second page; but with **T** for 'time' as the finishing letter instead"}
-{"Clue":"Clobber that's horrible, one criticising clothing (9)","Answer":"SLAUGHTER","Explanation":"Definition: Clobber\n**UGH**!=\"that's horrible\"; with **SLATER**=\"one criticising\" around\/\"clothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Blue Planet back on telly (6)","Answer":"EARTHY","Explanation":"Definition: Blue\nI think the definition is in the sense of =unrefined, vulgar, rude\n **EARTH**=\"Planet\" + the back letter of [tell]**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Former cycling team used to be holding road up (8)","Answer":"SKYWARDS","Explanation":"Definition: up\nSKY=\"Former cycling team\" now known as Team Ineos; plus WAS=\"used to be\" around RD=\"road\""}
-{"Clue":"Flying down, missing nothing? Large hooter (5,6,3)","Answer":"GREAT HORNED OWL","Explanation":"Definition: Flying down, missing nothing? Large hooter\nanagram\/\"Flying\" of (d_wn Large hooter)*, where the 'o' or \"nothing\" of \"down\" has gone missing"}
-{"Clue":"One gets worn down when stop\u00adping in talked about holiday accommodation (5,3)","Answer":"BRAKE PAD","Explanation":"Definition: One gets worn down when stop\u00adping\n**BRAKE** is a homophone\/\"talked about\" for 'break'=\"holiday\"; plus **PAD**=\"accommodation"}
-{"Clue":"Sat second exam primarily in school (5)","Answer":"POSED","Explanation":"Definition: Sat\n**S** (second) + the first letter of **E**[xam]; inside **POD**=\"school\"=group of marine animals"}
-{"Clue":"Short tennis player once starting to serve in the net? (4-8)","Answer":"CASH STRAPPED","Explanation":"Definition: Short\nPat **CASH**=\"tennis player once\"; plus starting letter to **S**[erve] + **TRAPPED**=\"in the net\""}
-{"Clue":"Early on, rug's clean around the edge (9)","Answer":"PREMATURE","Explanation":"Definition: Early\n**RE**=about=\"on\" + **MAT**=\"rug\"; all with **PURE**=\"clean\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Idiots play sport on Sunday (5)","Answer":"DOPES","Explanation":"Definition: Idiots\n**DO PE** (Physical Education)=\"play sport\" + **S** (Sunday)"}
-{"Clue":"They watch as three points can go to Golf driver (9)","Answer":"SENTINELS","Explanation":"Definition: They watch\n**S**,**E**,**N** (South, East, North)=\"three points\" + **TIN**=\"can\" + Ernie **ELS**=\"Golf driver\", known as a great driver of the golf ball"}
-{"Clue":"Top\u00a0escort (4)","Answer":"LEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Top\n=first, chief; also =guide"}
-{"Clue":"House carpet needing constant ____? (9)","Answer":"HOOVERING","Explanation":"Definition: ____?\n**HO** (House) + [c]**OVERING**=\"carpet\" missing a 'c' for \"constant\""}
-{"Clue":"Johnny stripped after right piece of music (5)","Answer":"RONDO","Explanation":"Definition: piece of music\n\"Johnny\" is slang for a [c]**ONDO**[m], stripped of its outer letters, and going after **R** (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Hotel on old TV show half-heartedly served up this? (7,5)","Answer":"WALDORF SALAD","Explanation":"Definition: Hotel on old TV show half-heartedly served up this?\n*Waldorf Salad*\u00a0is an episode of another old TV show Fawlty Towers , in which the salad features\n **WALDORF**=\"Hotel\" + **DAL**[L]**AS**=\"old TV show\" with half of its \"heart\" or central letters removed, and reversed\/\"served up\""}
-{"Clue":"Car to sit on tail (9)","Answer":"HATCHBACK","Explanation":"Definition: Car\n**HATCH**=\"sit on\" eggs + **BACK**=\"tail\""}
-{"Clue":"Tired one in 10 can kip over (9)","Answer":"KNACKERED","Explanation":"Definition: Tired\nBo **DEREK** starred in the film '10' + **CAN** + **K** (kip, currency of Laos); all reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"British motor has crashed where Americans go (9)","Answer":"BATHROOMS","Explanation":"Definition: where Americans go\n**B** (British) + (motor has)"}
-{"Clue":"Recipe in back reviewed and not cooked so well (5)","Answer":"RARER","Explanation":"Definition: not cooked so well\n**R** (Recipe) in **REAR**=\"back\" reversed\/\"reviewed\""}
-{"Clue":"Puppy beginning to walk further (5)","Answer":"WHELP","Explanation":"Definition: Puppy\n**W**[alk] + **HELP**=\"further\""}
-{"Clue":"Conservative getting in money counter (4)","Answer":"CHIP","Explanation":"Definition: money counter\n**C** (Conservative) + **HIP**=trendy=\"in\""}
-{"Clue":"Big money, cigars \u2026 not one involved in this (8,3,7)","Answer":"BRITAIN\u2019S GIG ECONOMY","Explanation":"Definition: in this\n(Big money cigars *not*** I**)*, where the **I**=\"one\"\n *Edit thanks to Hovis and NNI \u2013 I had missed out the 'not' in the anagram fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Peace and love? Left first to cut through pretence (6)","Answer":"SHALOM","Explanation":"Definition: Peace\n**O**=\"love\", with **L** (Left) going first; both inside **SHAM**=\"pretence\""}
-{"Clue":"Wife's getting frisky with actor on Peaky \u2014 not a good one (1,5,5,2,4)","Answer":"A NASTY PIECE OF WORK","Explanation":"Definition: not a good one\n(Wife's actor on Peaky)"}
-{"Clue":"Herbert's story entertains a majority of regulators (11)","Answer":"THERMOSTATS","Explanation":"Definition: regulators\n**THE RATS** is the name of a novel by James \"Herbert\"; around **MOST**=\"a majority of\""}
-{"Clue":"Exercise in order for man? (5)","Answer":"BIPED","Explanation":"Definition: man?\n**PE** (Physical Education)=\"Exercise\" inside **BID**=\"order\""}
-{"Clue":"Queen stage musical review \u2014 initially it's repetitious (9)","Answer":"ITERATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: repetitious\n**ER** (Elizabeth Regina)=\"Queen\" + **EVITA**=\"musical\" reversed\/\"review\"; with **IT** going first i.e. \"initially\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird (Romeo's second) managed to break bed (9)","Answer":"CORMORANT","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\n**R** (Romeo, phonetic alphabet) + **MO**=moment=\"second\" + **RAN**=\"managed\", all inside **COT**=\"bed\""}
-{"Clue":"Tame! Newcastle after setback having big clear-out (5)","Answer":"ENEMA","Explanation":"Definition: big clear-out\nhidden inside\/\"having\" a reversal\/\"setback\" of \"t**AME NE**wcastle\""}
-{"Clue":"Selfish being last to come and first to leave (6)","Answer":"EGOIST","Explanation":"Definition: Selfish being\nlast letter to [com]**E** + **GO IST**='go 1st'=\"first to leave\""}
-{"Clue":"Press release about bishop \u2014 it's explosive (4,4)","Answer":"TIME BOMB","Explanation":"Definition: it's explosive\n**MOB**=\"Press\" + **EMIT**=\"release\", all reversed\/\"about\"; plus **B** (bishop)"}
-{"Clue":"Maneater makes advance prince rejected? (6)","Answer":"OGRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Maneater\n[pr]**OGRESS**=\"advance\", minus pr[ince]"}
-{"Clue":"Developed at last the battery's storage capacity (8)","Answer":"TERABYTE","Explanation":"Definition: storage capacity\n(e battery)*, with the\u00a0e from \"at last the\""}
-{"Clue":"Books turned up in seconds, one after the other (4-2-4)","Answer":"BACK TO BACK","Explanation":"Definition: one after the other\n**OT** (Old Testament)=\"Books\", reversed\/\"turned up\"; inside **BACK** and **BACK**=\"seconds\", as second=give support to=back"}
-{"Clue":"Hosts banquets, taking quick look round inside \u2014 Duke's not there! (10)","Answer":"INNKEEPERS","Explanation":"Definition: Hosts\n[d]**INNERS**=\"Banquets\", with **PEEK**=\"quick look\" reversed\/\"round\" and inside; minus D (Duke)"}
-{"Clue":"Free bar \u2014 I'm full to capacity (5)","Answer":"ABRIM","Explanation":"Definition: full to capacity\n(bar I'm)"}
-{"Clue":"Required to stop poverty, no end to sick state's failing (12)","Answer":"NECESSITATED","Explanation":"Definition: Required\n**NEED**=\"poverty\", around (sic[k] state)* with the k removed i.e. \"no end to sick\""}
-{"Clue":"Greeting Henry with hot drink outside (9)","Answer":"HANDSHAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Greeting\n**H** (Henry, SI unit of electrical inductance) + **AND**=\"with\" + **H** (hot) with **SAKE**=Japanese alcoholic \"drink\" outside"}
-{"Clue":"Remain in Mulholland Drive? (4)","Answer":"LAST","Explanation":"Definition: Remain\nMulholland Drive is a Los Angeles street i.e.** LA ST"}
-{"Clue":"Jennifer finally leaving as Johnson was dressing (4)","Answer":"MAYO","Explanation":"Definition: dressing\nBoris Johnson was **MAYO**[r] of London, with the final letter of [Jennife]r leaving\n Jennifer Arcuri had a business relationship with then-mayor Johnson in which everything was done with full propriety"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian's German writer taking one in (as I do here) (12)","Answer":"PARENTHESISE","Explanation":"Definition: (as I do here)\n**PARENT**=\"Guardian\" + Hermann **HESSE**=\"German writer\" around **I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Strange about a king turning into stone (10)","Answer":"REMARKABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Strange\n**RE**=\"about\"; plus **A** + **K** (king, in cards) both reversed\/\"turning\" and inside **MARBLE**=\"stone\""}
-{"Clue":"Poor shot selection at start splits Mark's supporters in opening frame (9)","Answer":"DOORPOSTS","Explanation":"Definition: supporters in opening frame\n(Poor)*, with \"shot\"='ruined' as anagram indicator, plus the start of **S**[election]; all inside **DOT'S**=\"Mark's\""}
-{"Clue":"She has nothing over Ruby (5)","Answer":"FREDA","Explanation":"Definition: She\n**FA** (F\u2014 All)=\"nothing\", around **RED**=\"Ruby\""}
-{"Clue":"Variable working horror \u2014 cue to act over numbers initially on it? (4-4,8)","Answer":"ZERO HOUR CONTRACT","Explanation":"Definition: Variable working horror \u2014 cue to act over numbers initially on it?\nnot quite &lit, definition could be \"Variable working\u2026\", or possibly \"\u2026it\" referring back to the start of the surface\n **Z**=\"Variable\", plus\u00a0\"working\" as anagrind for (horror cue to act)*, around\/\"over\" the initial letter of **N**[umbers]"}
-{"Clue":"Top alternative to taxi rank? (7)","Answer":"BUSTIER","Explanation":"Definition: Top\nBUS=\"alternative to taxi\" + TIER=\"rank\""}
-{"Clue":"English to abandon championing of marriage (7)","Answer":"SPOUSAL","Explanation":"Definition: of marriage\ne[nglish] abandoning [e]SPOUSAL=\"championing\""}
-{"Clue":"One competed with climbers (5)","Answer":"IVIED","Explanation":"Definition: with climbers\n=with ivy, a climbing plant\n I VIED=\"One competed\""}
-{"Clue":"Create difference, namely in refereeing scandal? (9)","Answer":"VARIEGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Create difference\nI.E.=that is=\"namely\" inside VAR-GATE=\"refereeing scandal\" as VAR='video assistant referee' and -GATE is a suffix associated with scandal"}
-{"Clue":"Following sprain, wife's left with head pain (6,4)","Answer":"FRENCH LOAF","Explanation":"Definition: pain\n'pain' is FRENCH for 'bread' or LOAF\n F (following) + [w]RENCH=\"sprain\" minus w[ife] + LOAF=\"head\""}
-{"Clue":"Piaf's way to feel regret (3)","Answer":"RUE","Explanation":"Definition: to feel regret\n'rue' in French means 'street' or \"way\", and Edith Piaf was a French singer"}
-{"Clue":"Run both taps, overwhelmed by high rent (12)","Answer":"STEEPLECHASE","Explanation":"Definition: Run\nC+H (Cold + Hot)=\"both taps\", inside STEEP LEASE=\"high rent\""}
-{"Clue":"Jenny and Jack defend sinner making statement (12)","Answer":"ASSEVERATING","Explanation":"Definition: making statement\n=making a solemn declaration\n \"Jenny\"=female donkey=ASS + \"Jack\"=sailor=RATING, around EVE=\"sinner\" in the Garden of Eden"}
-{"Clue":"Take in some Venice attractions (3)","Answer":"EAT","Explanation":"Definition: Take in\nhidden inside [Venic]E AT[tractions]"}
-{"Clue":"Frustrated European loudly had sex (10)","Answer":"CHECKMATED","Explanation":"Definition: Frustrated\nCHECK is a homophone for 'Czech'=\"European loudly\" + MATED=\"had sex\""}
-{"Clue":"The writer's twice following old dear (9)","Answer":"EXPENSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: dear\nPEN'S=\"writer's\" + I'VE=\"writer [of this crossword has]\"; following EX-=\"old\""}
-{"Clue":"Current tests pushed back repressive force (5)","Answer":"STASI","Explanation":"Definition: repressive force\n=East German state security service\n I=scientific abbreviation for electric \"Current\" + SATS (Standard Attainment TestS); all reversed\/\"pushed back\""}
-{"Clue":"Police leader to pursue about lying (7)","Answer":"RESTING","Explanation":"Definition: lying\nSTING=singer or \"leader\" in the band The Police; after RE=\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Solver's received affection, speaking out for English partisan (7)","Answer":"YORKIST","Explanation":"Definition: English partisan\n=a supporter of the House of York in the War of the Roses\n sounds like\/\"speaking out\": 'you're kissed'=\"Solver's received affection\""}
-{"Clue":"Item put on behind\u00a0silks? (6)","Answer":"BRIEFS","Explanation":"Definition: Item put on behind\ndouble definition: =underwear; and BRIEFS and \"silks\" are both slang for 'barristers'"}
-{"Clue":"I'm going downhill, entertaining very lazy so-and-so (6)","Answer":"SKIVER","Explanation":"Definition: lazy so-and-so\nSKIER=\"I'm going downhill\", around V (very)"}
-{"Clue":"Reduced charge cheers up setter's mood (10)","Answer":"INDICATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: mood\n=a grammatical mood\n INDIC[t]=\"charge\", reduced by a letter; plus TA=thanks=\"cheers\" reversed\/\"up\" + I'VE=the setter of this crossword has=\"setter's\""}
-{"Clue":"Composer, techno fan, finally changes direction (5)","Answer":"RAVEL","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\nRAVE[r]=\"techno fan\", with the final r(ight) changing direction to L[eft]"}
-{"Clue":"A little current rattles me, given a shock (9)","Answer":"STREAMLET","Explanation":"Definition: A little current\n(rattles me)"}
-{"Clue":"Competition in sport, with running around (4)","Answer":"OPEN","Explanation":"Definition: Competition\nPE (PHysical Education)=\"sport\" with ON=\"running\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Flight route on a flight route (8)","Answer":"STAIRWAY","Explanation":"Definition: Flight\nST=street=\"route\" + AIRWAY=\"flight route\"t"}
-{"Clue":"Landholders who could be Belgians? (8)","Answer":"LIEGEMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Landholders\nLIEGE MEN could mean 'men of\u00a0Li\u00e8ge\", a city in Belgium"}
-{"Clue":"Will one husband like the environmentalists and not like Scrooge? (10)","Answer":"ECONOMISER","Explanation":"Definition: Will one husband\n\"husband\"=to conserve=economise\n ECO=\"like the environmentalists\" + NO MISER=\"not like Scrooge\""}
-{"Clue":"Person left inside doing electrical work (9)","Answer":"EARTHLING","Explanation":"Definition: Person\nL (left) inside EARTHING=to connect electrical systems to earth for safety=\"doing electrical work\""}
-{"Clue":"Rider turned up with suggestive look (8)","Answer":"CAMELEER","Explanation":"Definition: Rider\n=a camel rider\n CAME=\"turned up\" + LEER=\"suggestive look\""}
-{"Clue":"One then drinks different forms from table (8)","Answer":"ISOTOPES","Explanation":"Definition: different forms from table\n=different forms of elements from the Periodic table\n I=\"One\" + SO=\"then\" + TOPES=\"drinks\" heavily"}
-{"Clue":"Clouds artist rendered innovatively (6)","Answer":"STRATI","Explanation":"Definition: Clouds\n(artist)"}
-{"Clue":"Person who'll use and provide further modern tech (6)","Answer":"ADDICT","Explanation":"Definition: Person who'll use\nADD ICT=\"provide further modern tech\", with ICT=Information and Communication Technology"}
-{"Clue":"Chase after this car? (5)","Answer":"CHEVY","Explanation":"Definition: car\n=a Chevrolet car\n \"Chase\" goes after CHEVY to make Chevy Chase, a US actor and comedian"}
-{"Clue":"Averse to one praying to cast off M&S clothing (4)","Answer":"ANTI","Explanation":"Definition: Averse to\n[m]ANTI[s]=\"one praying\" minus the outer M&S"}
-{"Clue":"Move fast through detailed terms and conditions? (6)","Answer":"SPRINT","Explanation":"Definition: Move fast\n**S PRINT**, or 'small print'=\"detailed terms and conditions\" with small abbreviated to 's'"}
-{"Clue":"Playing well, half-naked and relaxed (8)","Answer":"INFORMAL","Explanation":"Definition: relaxed\n**IN FORM**=\"Playing well\" + [h]**AL**[f] 'naked' with its outer letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Secretly solicit a liaison in a foreign country (6)","Answer":"ITALIA","Explanation":"Definition: foreign country\nHidden in [solic]**IT A LIA**[ison]"}
-{"Clue":"Sign name for an arachnid (8)","Answer":"SCORPION","Explanation":"Definition: arachnid\n**SCORPIO**=star \"Sign\" + **N** (name)"}
-{"Clue":"Female team startled after loud siren (5,6)","Answer":"FEMME FATALE","Explanation":"Definition: siren\n(Female team)*; after **F** (forte)=\"loud\""}
-{"Clue":"Settled group covered in embarrassment (7)","Answer":"RESIDED","Explanation":"Definition: Settled\n**SIDE**=team=\"group\" inside **RED**=\"embarrassment\""}
-{"Clue":"Most occupied vehicle that's by street (7)","Answer":"BUSIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most occupied\n**BUS**=\"vehicle\" + **I.E.**='that is' + **ST** (street)"}
-{"Clue":"Ladies and gents key to replace small coins (5,6)","Answer":"LOOSE CHANGE","Explanation":"Definition: small coins\n**LOOS**=\"Ladies and gents\" + **E**=musical \"key\" + **CHANGE**=\"replace\""}
-{"Clue":"Even mummy quietly puts on top back to front and succeeds! (8)","Answer":"TRIUMPHS","Explanation":"Definition: succeeds\nEven letters from [m]**U**[m]**M**[y] + **P** (piano)=\"quietly\"; all inside **SHIRT**=\"top\" reversed\/\"back to front\""}
-{"Clue":"Stop\u00a0period of cold weather (6)","Answer":"FREEZE","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal stealing the family jewels? (8)","Answer":"GENITALS","Explanation":"Definition: family jewels?\n(stealing)"}
-{"Clue":"Woman's part of mass (6)","Answer":"GLORIA","Explanation":"Definition: Woman\ndouble definition: a woman's name; and the name of a hymn"}
-{"Clue":"English soldier's news about European war machine (6)","Answer":"ENGINE","Explanation":"Definition: war machine\n**E** (English) + **GI**=\"soldier\", with two **N**s (new-s) about; plus **E** (European)"}
-{"Clue":"To make sense of Sun puzzle, many go on and on (10)","Answer":"UNSCRAMBLE","Explanation":"Definition: o make sense of\n(Sun)* plus **C**=100=\"many\" + **RAMBLE**=\"go on and on\""}
-{"Clue":"They deliver former US tennis player's son (8)","Answer":"COURIERS","Explanation":"Definition: They deliver\nJim **COURIER**=\"former US tennis player\" + **S** (son)"}
-{"Clue":"It would be dangerous for show\u00adman to do this in a plane (8)","Answer":"SPITFIRE","Explanation":"Definition: plane\n**SPIT FIRE**=\"It would be dangerous for showman to do this\""}
-{"Clue":"Star more annoyed being in last place (8)","Answer":"REARMOST","Explanation":"Definition: in last place\n(Star more)"}
-{"Clue":"Postman reported? (4)","Answer":"MAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Post\n'man reported' -> homophone of 'male'"}
-{"Clue":"Cat joins in conversation (4)","Answer":"LYNX","Explanation":"Definition: Cat\nhomophone\/\"in conversation\" of: 'links'=\"joins\""}
-{"Clue":"A posh doctor orbits moon and earth, a recording enthusiast (10)","Answer":"AUDIOPHILE","Explanation":"Definition: recording enthusiast\n**A** + **U**=\"posh\" + **DPHIL**=\"doctor\" around **IO**=\"moon\" of Jupiter; plus **E** (Earth)"}
-{"Clue":"Animal's about to spill red wine, not whiskey (8)","Answer":"REINDEER","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\n**RE**=\"about\" + (red wine)* minus the w or 'whiskey' in the phonetic alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Following film, create remake and such like (2,6)","Answer":"ET CETERA","Explanation":"Definition: and such like\n**ET**=\"film\" + (create)"}
-{"Clue":"Mineral water at last stolen from room \u2014 it led to move (8)","Answer":"DOLOMITE","Explanation":"Definition: Mineral\n(room it led)* minus the last letter of water"}
-{"Clue":"Announcer's hard time \u2014 line dead (6)","Answer":"HERALD","Explanation":"Definition: Announcer\n**H** (hard) + **ERA**=\"time\" + **L** (line) + **D** (dead)"}
-{"Clue":"Male finally beats children's game (4)","Answer":"STAG","Explanation":"Definition: Male\nfinal letter of [beat]**S** + **TAG**=\"children's game\""}
-{"Clue":"Omen: good beset by evil (4)","Answer":"SIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Omen\n**G** (good) inside **SIN**=\"evil\""}
-{"Clue":"Battle for pay rise? (4,3)","Answer":"WAGE WAR","Explanation":"and a \"Battle for [a] pay rise\" might be called a 'wage war'"}
-{"Clue":"Examination claimed to be in error (7)","Answer":"MEDICAL","Explanation":"(claimed)"}
-{"Clue":"England footballer\u00a0may go round with pride (7)","Answer":"LIONESS","Explanation":"double definition: a nickname for a England footballer; and referring to a pride or group of lions"}
-{"Clue":"Checking, having change of heart and banning (7)","Answer":"VETOING","Explanation":"VET**[t]**ING**=\"Checking\" with its heart or central letter changing to an **O"}
-{"Clue":"Like a good candidate? Let a celeb get involved (9)","Answer":"ELECTABLE","Explanation":"(Let a celeb)"}
-{"Clue":"Like to feed toddler something for breakfast (5)","Answer":"TOAST","Explanation":"AS**=\"Like\" inside **TOT**=\"toddler\""}
-{"Clue":"Article among garments, Roman ones (5)","Answer":"TOGAS","Explanation":"A**=the indefinite \"Article\" inside **TOGS**=\"garments\""}
-{"Clue":"Person guilty of fraud as a tennis player? (9)","Answer":"RACKETEER","Explanation":"and a tennis player might be called a 'racket-eer'"}
-{"Clue":"Showed detectives acted (9)","Answer":"DISPLAYED","Explanation":"DIs** (Detective Inspectors) + **PLAYED**=\"acted\""}
-{"Clue":"Places to swim found returning to vessel (5)","Answer":"SLOOP","Explanation":"POOLS**=\"Places to swim\" reversed\/\"returning\""}
-{"Clue":"Public transport's turnaround is quick and efficient (5)","Answer":"SMART","Explanation":"TRAM'S**=\"Public transport's\" reversed\/\"turnaround\""}
-{"Clue":"Maestro\u00a0no longer seen on the buses (9)","Answer":"CONDUCTOR","Explanation":"double definition: a \"Maestro\" conducting an orchestra; or a bus conductor"}
-{"Clue":"Carefully examine page in old learning (7)","Answer":"EXPLORE","Explanation":"P** (page) in **EX**=\"old\" + **LORE**=\"learning\""}
-{"Clue":"Equipment to slice nice ham (7)","Answer":"MACHINE","Explanation":"(nice ham)"}
-{"Clue":"Appropriate clothing a little short (7)","Answer":"TROUSER","Explanation":"TROUSER**[s]=type of \"clothing\", shortened by a letter"}
-{"Clue":"At its most low, river a nuisance (7)","Answer":"DEEPEST","Explanation":"the river **DEE** + **PEST**=\"nuisance\""}
-{"Clue":"Most angry antelope chasing bee away (7)","Answer":"WILDEST","Explanation":"WILDE**[bee]**ST**=\"antelope\", minus the \"bee\""}
-{"Clue":"Nice chap, one the curate didn't encounter (4,3)","Answer":"GOOD EGG","Explanation":"referring to 'a curate's egg' which is something of mixed quality"}
-{"Clue":"Pull away with the others (5)","Answer":"WREST","Explanation":"W** (with) + **\\**=\"others\""}
-{"Clue":"One caned\u00a0for rude noise? (9)","Answer":"RASPBERRY","Explanation":"double definition: the fruit that grows on canes; and the noise of 'blowing a raspberry'"}
-{"Clue":"Forces doctor to struggle to get the picture (5)","Answer":"MOVIE","Explanation":"MO** (Medical Officer)=\"[armed] Forces doctor\"; plus **VIE**=\"struggle\""}
-{"Clue":"Is exact in detailing changes to set dish (4,3,2)","Answer":"DOTS THE I\u2019S","Explanation":"not sure if the \"Is\" in the definition is a deliberate reference to letter I-s\n(to set dish)"}
-{"Clue":"General character\u00a0that may be changing dangerously? (7)","Answer":"CLIMATE","Explanation":"double definition: one direct; one indirect"}
-{"Clue":"Arsonist in boat (7)","Answer":"LIGHTER","Explanation":"double definition: someone who sets things alight; and a type of barge"}
-{"Clue":"Thus, one in airport's what you seek here (9)","Answer":"SOLUTIONS","Explanation":"Definition: what you as the solver are seeking in the crossword\n**SO**=\"Thus\" + **I**=\"one\" in **LUTON'S**=\"airport's\""}
-{"Clue":"Secretly entitled to extravagant dance demo (4-5)","Answer":"CODE-NAMED","Explanation":"Definition: having a secret title or name\n(dance demo)"}
-{"Clue":"Son admitted to proper nationality (7)","Answer":"DESCENT","Explanation":"S** (Son) inside **DECENT**=\"proper\""}
-{"Clue":"Largely counterfeit toiletry (7)","Answer":"SHAMPOO","Explanation":"SHAM**=\"counterfeit\" makes up a large part of the whole word \u2013 not the clearest clue"}
-{"Clue":"Dismissed team not back in the pavilion? (7)","Answer":"OUTSIDE","Explanation":"OUT**=\"Dismissed\" e.g. in cricket + **SIDE**=\"team\""}
-{"Clue":"Flawless French oddly cheeky to conceal (7)","Answer":"PERFECT","Explanation":"odd letters from **F**[r]**E**[n]**C**[h] concealed in **PERT**=\"cheeky\""}
-{"Clue":"Cycle around a bit: it's cloudless (5)","Answer":"CLEAR","Explanation":"a bit of \/ hidden inside: [Cy]**CLE AR**[ound]"}
-{"Clue":"Across the pond Sam is one of the family (5)","Answer":"UNCLE","Explanation":"and referring to 'Uncle Sam' of the United States\/\"across the pond\""}
-{"Clue":"One's left being embraced by 007 at end of movie? (6)","Answer":"BLONDE","Explanation":"Definition: One's left being embraced by 007 at end of movie?\n**L** (left) inside James **BOND**=\"007\u2033 + end letter of [movi]**E"}
-{"Clue":"One in a class to recall skipping RE (6)","Answer":"MEMBER","Explanation":"Definition: One in a class\n[RE]**MEMBER**=\"recall\", minus \"RE\""}
-{"Clue":"Ice to glide audibly (4)","Answer":"FLOE","Explanation":"Definition: Ice\nhomophone\/\"audibly\" of 'flow'=\"glide\""}
-{"Clue":"Greek character, first to get into row, a barbarian! (10)","Answer":"PHILISTINE","Explanation":"Definition: barbarian\n**PHI**=\"Greek\" alphabet letter\/\"character\" + **IST**=1st=\"first\" inside **LINE**=\"row\""}
-{"Clue":"Respect with love to the fore? There's some resistance (6)","Answer":"OHMAGE","Explanation":"Definition: some resistance\nthe Ohm is the unit of electrical resistance\n **HOMAGE**=\"Respect\", with the O=\"love\" moved to the front\/\"fore\""}
-{"Clue":"Noted person about to be given honour \u2014 affected type (8)","Answer":"COMPOSER","Explanation":"Definition: Noted person\n=a person associated with musical notes i.e. \"Noted\"\n **C**=circa=\"about\" + **OM** (Order of Merit)=\"honour\" + **POSER**=\"affected type\""}
-{"Clue":"Epic team's playing \u2014 its multidimensional (5-4)","Answer":"SPACE-TIME","Explanation":"Definition: multidimensional \n(Epic team's)"}
-{"Clue":"Adult in employment suffering setback \u2014 one giving away a basic right (4)","Answer":"ESAU","Explanation":"Definition: one giving away a basic right\nin the Bible, Esau gives away his birthright\/inheritence\n **A** (adult) inside **USE**=\"employment\" reversed\/\"suffering setback\""}
-{"Clue":"Multitude in hurry, very cramped (4)","Answer":"HIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Multitude\n**HIE**=\"hurry\", with **V** (very) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Big chaps set about ending in various theatre roles (9)","Answer":"STRAPPERS","Explanation":"Definition: Big chaps\nreversal\/\"set about\" of: ending letter of [variou]**S** + **REP** (repertory theatre) + **PARTS**=\"roles\""}
-{"Clue":"Number to sing \u2014 something positive or negative? (8)","Answer":"TRILLION","Explanation":"Definition: Number\n**TRILL**=\"sing\" + **ION**=a charged particle=\"something positive or negative\""}
-{"Clue":"One who was well known I caught entering city (6)","Answer":"YORICK","Explanation":"Definition: One who was well known\nHamlet doesn't quite say 'Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well', but the misquote is familiar and helps with the 'definition'\n **I** + **C** (caught, criket abbr.); both inside **YORK**=\"city\""}
-{"Clue":"Beetles wandering round in cooler peat (10)","Answer":"COLEOPTERA","Explanation":"Definition: Beetles\n(cooler peat)"}
-{"Clue":"No end of bother in economic collapse \u2014 what's missing in it? (4)","Answer":"CASH","Explanation":"Definition: what's missing in it\n**C**[r]**ASH**=\"economic collapse\" without the end of [bothe]r"}
-{"Clue":"Give new order to\u00a0seaside town? (6)","Answer":"RESORT","Explanation":"Definition: Give new order to\nfirst def as in **RE**\u2013**SORT**=sort again=\"Give new order to\""}
-{"Clue":"Keep from harm in brilliant finish (6)","Answer":"DEFEND","Explanation":"Definition: Keep from harm\n**DEF**=hip-hop slang for excellent\/\"brilliant\" as in Def Jam Recordings + **END**=\"finish\""}
-{"Clue":"Short beauty given hotel work as porter (7)","Answer":"BELLHOP","Explanation":"Definition: porter\n**BELL**[e]=\"beauty\" short one letter + **H** (hotel) +** OP**=\"work\""}
-{"Clue":"Co-operative stores such an entertaining experience (5)","Answer":"OPERA","Explanation":"Definition: entertaining experience\ncontained within [Co-]**OPERA**[tive]"}
-{"Clue":"Most idiotic to cook food on street (7)","Answer":"DOPIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most idiotic\n**DO**=\"cook\" + **PIE**=\"food\" + **ST** (street)"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzle imagined to be tricky \u2014 not the first or last (6)","Answer":"ENIGMA","Explanation":"Definition: Puzzle\n([i]magine[d])*; with the first and last letters removed from the anagram fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Toast Shakespeare's character with drink (7,2)","Answer":"BOTTOMS UP","Explanation":"Definition: Toast\n**BOTTOM**=\"Shakespeare's character\" from\u00a0*A Midsummer Night's Dream* + **SUP**=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Piece of music making man money, we hear (7)","Answer":"RONDEAU","Explanation":"Definition: Piece of music\n**RON**=\"man\" + homphone\/\"we hear\" of 'dough'=\"money\""}
-{"Clue":"Situation in travelling show, including naughty men's act (13)","Answer":"CIRCUMSTANCES","Explanation":"Definition: Situation\n**CIRCUS**=\"travelling show\" around (men's act)"}
-{"Clue":"People going underground badly restricted \u2014 they grumble (9)","Answer":"CAVILLERS","Explanation":"Definition: they grumble\n**CAVERS**=\"People going underground\", around **ILL**=\"badly\""}
-{"Clue":"Time to get around bar, sloshing port (7)","Answer":"HARBOUR","Explanation":"Definition: port\n**HOUR**=\"Time\" around (bar)"}
-{"Clue":"What's in saliva to break up meal, say (7)","Answer":"AMYLASE","Explanation":"Definition: What's in saliva to break up meal, say\n=a protein that helps to break carbohydrates into sugar\n (meal say)"}
-{"Clue":"Sports field in service, or put out of action? (7)","Answer":"RECUSED","Explanation":"Definition: put out of action\nREC=recreational ground=\"Sports field\" + USED=\"in service\""}
-{"Clue":"Captains will have this fish aboard ship (6)","Answer":"KIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: this fish\n\"Captains\" would be 'skippers', or **KIPPER** inside SS=\"ship\""}
-{"Clue":"What scoundrel turns up in something frilly? (5)","Answer":"RUCHE","Explanation":"Definition: something frilly\n=a frill of lace or another fabric\n **EH**=\"What?\" + **CUR**=\"scoundrel\"; all reversed\/\"turns up\""}
-{"Clue":"Holding fast, he deployed cunning (7,2,4)","Answer":"SLEIGHT OF HAND","Explanation":"Definition: cunning\nanagram of (Holding fast he)*, with anagram indicator \"deployed\""}
-{"Clue":"Teach form cooking, domestic science (9)","Answer":"HOMECRAFT","Explanation":"Definition: domestic science\n(Teach form)*, with anagram indicator \"cooking\""}
-{"Clue":"One has to be introduced to good king's benefactor (5)","Answer":"GIVER","Explanation":"Definition: benefactor\n**I'VE**=\"One has\", inside\/\"introduced to\": **G** (good) + **R** (Rex, \"king\")"}
-{"Clue":"Milksop associate of gangster 'Y'? (5)","Answer":"MOLLY","Explanation":"Definition: Milksop\n=someone overly pampered as in 'molly-coddled'\n **MOLL**\u00a0is a US term for a gangster's girlfriend or \"associate\" + **Y"}
-{"Clue":"Southern plonk promotion: 'It ignites!' (5,4)","Answer":"SPARK PLUG","Explanation":"Definition: It ignites!\n**S** (Southern) + **PARK**=place or put something down=\"plonk\" + **PLUG**=advertisement or \"promotion\""}
-{"Clue":"Vigilant Busby's situation? (2,5)","Answer":"ON GUARD","Explanation":"Definition: Vigilant\n\"Busby\" is informally used to refer to a bearskin hat, which might be seen **ON** a **GUARD** as a military headdress"}
-{"Clue":"Defector's case dismissed \u2014 exercise privilege, ultimately (7)","Answer":"ESCAPEE","Explanation":"Definition: Defector\n(case)* with anagram indicator \"dismissed\"; plus **PE** (Physical Education=\"exercise\") + the ultimate letter in [privileg]**E"}
-{"Clue":"Lands in protest at establishment (7)","Answer":"ESTATES","Explanation":"Definition: Lands\nhidden letters inside [prot]**EST AT ES**[tablishment]"}
-{"Clue":"Acorns provided by strong breed of dog? (7)","Answer":"MASTIFF","Explanation":"Definition: breed of dog\n**MAST**=tree fruits including \"Acorns\" + **IF**=\"provided [that]\" + **F** (forte, \"strong\" in music)"}
-{"Clue":"Rower is on potty \u2014 nothing to be alarmed about (2,7)","Answer":"NO WORRIES","Explanation":"Definition: nothing to be alarmed about\n(Rower is on)*, with anagram indicator \"potty\""}
-{"Clue":"Involved in pricing product of castor oil seeds (5)","Answer":"RICIN","Explanation":"Definition: product of castor oil seeds\nHidden letters inside [p]**RICIN**[g]"}
-{"Clue":"Sense drunk needs a fresh start (5)","Answer":"SIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Sense\n[T]**IGHT**=intoxicated=\"drunk\", with a new starting letter"}
-{"Clue":"Just some toffees? I'm pleading absolute property ownership! (3,6)","Answer":"FEE SIMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: absolute property ownership\n=unconditional inheritance or ownership of property\n Hidden inside i.e. \"some\" of [tof]**FEES I'M PLE**[ading]"}
-{"Clue":"Bone cleaner's handy weapon (13)","Answer":"KNUCKLE DUSTER","Explanation":"Definition: handy weapon\n=a weapon worn on the hands\n **KNUCKLE**=\"Bone\" + **DUSTER**=\"cleaner\""}
-{"Clue":"Fruit fair's conspicuous position (9)","Answer":"LIMELIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: conspicuous position\n**LIME**=\"Fruit\" + **LIGHT**=\"fair\" as in 'fair hair'"}
-{"Clue":"Mean to get rid of book, being irritable (5)","Answer":"ITCHY","Explanation":"Definition: irritable\n**[b]ITCHY**=\"Mean\", getting rid of the **b** for \"book\""}
-{"Clue":"Given the ultimate drive, tries reaching England's borders (7)","Answer":"HEARSED","Explanation":"Definition: Given the ultimate drive\n=as in, the \"ultimate\" or last time someone is driven might be in a hearse\n **HEARS**=\"tries\" in a courtroom; plus the border or outer letters of **E**[nglan]**D"}
-{"Clue":"Wrath of king during spell without power (7)","Answer":"OUTRAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Wrath\n**R** (Rex, \"king\") inside **OUTAGE**=\"spell without power\""}
-{"Clue":"Secondary school gives up dance moves (4,5)","Answer":"HIGH KICKS","Explanation":"Definition: dance moves\n**HIGH**=\"Sceondary school\" + **KICKS**\u00a0as in 'kicks a habit'=\"gives up\""}
-{"Clue":"Against getting into Yuletide romance? (5)","Answer":"NOVEL","Explanation":"Definition: romance\n**V** (versus, \"Against\") inside **NOEL**=\"Yuletide\""}
-{"Clue":"Digitally connect with Bill in America and show contempt? (5,4,4)","Answer":"THUMB ONES NOSE","Explanation":"Definition: show contempt\n=a signal of disrespect or contempt\n I think \"Digitally connect with Bill\" could indicate **THUMB** (as in a 'digit' to be connected to) **ONE'S NOSE** (as \"Bill\"='nose')\n does \"in America\" indicate that \"Bill\"='nose' is US slang?"}
-{"Clue":"Gunslinger would have this tense boatyard worker provided with a measure of alcohol (7,6)","Answer":"TRIGGER FINGER","Explanation":"Definition: Gunslinger would have this\n**T** (tense) + **RIGGER**=\"boatyard worker\" + **FINGER**=\"measure of alcohol\""}
-{"Clue":"Insect on cacti circling round, right where it's very cold (9)","Answer":"ANTARCTIC","Explanation":"Definition: here it's very cold\n**ANT**=\"Insect\"; plus (cacti)* with \"circling\" as anagrind, and with \"round\" as a containment indicator for **R** (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Canon's in clipper at sea (9)","Answer":"PRINCIPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Canon\n(in clipper)*, with \"at sea\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Hull flu invalid gets a lot of booze (7)","Answer":"SKINFUL","Explanation":"Definition: a lot of booze\n**SKIN**=outer surface=\"Hull\" + (flu)* with \"invalid\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Wrongly interpret popular writer's pen-name, omitting 's' (7)","Answer":"MISREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Wrongly interpret\n**MISS READ**=\"popular writer's pen-name\" , omitting one of the '**S**'s"}
-{"Clue":"Not taking drink on this (5)","Answer":"WAGON","Explanation":"Definition: Not taking drink on this\nbeing 'on the wagon' meaning abstaining from alchohol"}
-{"Clue":"Mars journeys must include one (5)","Answer":"RUINS","Explanation":"Definition: Mars\n\"Mars\" as in 'mar'=spoil=ruin\n **RUNS**=\"journeys\", around **I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Spirited French not good digesting salmon (9)","Answer":"ALCOHOLIC","Explanation":"Definition: Spirited\nDefinition: as in alcoholic spirits\n [g]**ALLIC**=\"French\" minus G for \"good\"; around **COHO**=species of \"salmon\""}
-{"Clue":"In bed, naked woman (4)","Answer":"EDNA","Explanation":"Definition: woman\nHidden in [b]**ED NA**[ked]"}
-{"Clue":"Having second thoughts about toupee, staying at home (5)","Answer":"RUING","Explanation":"Definition: Having second thoughts\n**RUG**=slang for \"toupee\", around **IN**=\"at home\""}
-{"Clue":"Endless enthusiasm taxi drivers put into various items (4-1-4)","Answer":"BRIC-A-BRAC","Explanation":"Definition: various items\n**BRI**[o]=\"enthusiasm\" without its end letter; **CAB**=\"taxi\" and **RAC** (Royal Automobile Club)=\"drivers\""}
-{"Clue":"Louis Quinze style, missing nothing on way of working leather (7)","Answer":"MOROCCO","Explanation":"Definition: leather\nDefinition: morocco is a type of leather, often goatskin\n **ROC**[o]**CO**=\"Louis Quinze style\" minus O=\"nothing\"; after **MO** (modus operandi)=\"way of working\""}
-{"Clue":"Drew a short space attached round entrance to cell (7)","Answer":"ENTICED","Explanation":"Definition: Drew\n**EN**=\"a short space\" in typography; with **TIED**=\"attached\" around the opening letter of **C**[ell]"}
-{"Clue":"No citrus flavour before with balsam? Leave well alone! (4,2,7)","Answer":"NOLI ME TANGERE","Explanation":"Definition: balsam? Leave well alone!\nDefinition: a Latin phrase meaning 'Touch me not', which is the name of a balsam plant \n **NO LIME TANG ERE**=\"No citrus flavour before\""}
-{"Clue":"Makes picture of tourist, one cleaning graffiti perhaps (5,8)","Answer":"PAINT STRIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: one cleaning graffiti perhap\n**PAINTS TRIPPER**=\"Makes picture of tourist\""}
-{"Clue":"These days needing backing to keep daughter in comfort in depressed area (4,3)","Answer":"DEAD SEA","Explanation":"Definition: depressed area\nDefinition: the Dead Sea is an area of very low elevation, or \"depressed\"\n **AD** (Anno Domini)=\"These days\" reversed\/\"backing\", around all of:\u00a0**D** (daughter) inside **EASE**=\"comfort\""}
-{"Clue":"Encourage to use ears for special understanding (7)","Answer":"INSIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: special understanding \nHomophone\/\"use ears\" of 'incite'=\"Encourage\""}
-{"Clue":"Stars also wandered, Alpha moving (9)","Answer":"ANDROMEDA","Explanation":"Definition: Stars\nDefinition: Andromeda is the name of a constellation\n **AND**=\"also\" + **ROAMED**=\"wandered\", with the A or \"Alpha\" moving to the end"}
-{"Clue":"Chekhov, say, heading off from part of Switzerland (5)","Answer":"ANTON","Explanation":"Definition: Chekhov, say,\nDefinition: Anton Chekhov the Russian playwright\n [c]**ANTON**=\"part of Switzerland\" with the head letter taken off"}
-{"Clue":"Last of the vintage in the shade (4)","Answer":"ECRU","Explanation":"Definition: shade\nDefiniton: an off-white colour or \"shade\"\n last letter of [th]**E** + **CRU**=\"vintage\""}
-{"Clue":"Dance a long way with cry of approval (9)","Answer":"FARANDOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Dance\n**FAR**=\"a long way\" + **AND**=\"with\" + **OLE**=\"cry of approval\""}
-{"Clue":"A bloody year, with no small ill-feeling (8)","Answer":"ACRIMONY","Explanation":"Definition: ill-feeling\n**A** + **CRIM**[s]**ON**=\"bloody\" + **Y** (year), minus S\u00a0(small)"}
-{"Clue":"Town official rather a baby? (5)","Answer":"CRIER","Explanation":"Definition: Town official\na baby would also likely be a CRIER"}
-{"Clue":"In building, flagged excessive agent's fee (4,10)","Answer":"HIGH COMMISSION","Explanation":"Definition: In building, flagged\nDefinition: an embassy for a Commonwealth country, with their flag on the building\n could also be read as **HIGH**=\"excessive\" + **COMMISSION**=\"agent's fee\""}
-{"Clue":"Experimental wear for cold dog? (3,4)","Answer":"LAB COAT","Explanation":"Definition: Experimental wear\na **LAB**[rador] **COAT** might be suitable for a cold dog"}
-{"Clue":"Having washed all over, greeting American (7)","Answer":"CHILEAN","Explanation":"Definition: American\n**CLEAN**=\"washed\" around **HI**=\"greeting\""}
-{"Clue":"Scandal man's kept under hat, not causing much damage (4,5)","Answer":"DIRT CHEAP","Explanation":"Definition: not causing much damage\nDefinition: \"damage\"='cost' or 'price' e.g. in the phrase 'what's the damage?' when asking for a bill\n **DIRT**=\"Scandal\" + **HE**=\"man\" inside **CAP**=\"hat\""}
-{"Clue":"Robbed a craftsman, holding up a series of shops (6)","Answer":"ARCADE","Explanation":"Definition: series of shops\nhidden and reversed\/\"holding up\" inside [Robb]**ED A CRA**[ftsman]"}
-{"Clue":"Unrealistic plan to broadcast Saint-Sa\u00ebns clip (7,2,5)","Answer":"CASTLES IN SPAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Unrealistic plan\n(Saint-Sa\u00ebns clip)"}
-{"Clue":"Northerner in run getting map for one day (9)","Answer":"LAPLANDER","Explanation":"Definition: Northerner\n**LA**[D]**DER**=\"run\" as in stockings, with one D (day) replaced with **PLAN**=\"map\""}
-{"Clue":"It's just make-believe, if 12-year-old hides a tablet at church (8)","Answer":"PRETENCE","Explanation":"Definition: It's just make-believe\n**PRE-TE**[E]**N**=\"12-year old\" minus E=ecstasy \"tablet\"; plus\u00a0**CE** (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"London criminal, one going to pot (3,4)","Answer":"TEA LEAF","Explanation":"Definition: London criminal\nDouble Definition: ='thief' in rhyming slang; and something going in a tea pot"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of an Everest ascent, in which one may disappear (4,3)","Answer":"THIN AIR","Explanation":"Definition: in which one may disappear\nDefinition: a state of nothingness which you can appear from or disappear into\n **THIN AIR** [less oxygen per volume] at high altitude is also a \"Feature of an Everest ascent\""}
-{"Clue":"A challenge to include whiskey in selling software (6)","Answer":"ADWARE","Explanation":"Definition: selling software\nDefinition: computer software containing advertisements\n **A DARE**=\"A challenge\", around **W** or \"whiskey\" in the phonetic alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"In America, start to win game (3-2)","Answer":"GET-GO","Explanation":"Definition: In America, start\nDefinition: US phrase for a beginning or \"start\"\n **GET**=\"win\" + **GO**=board \"game\" with black and white stones"}
-{"Clue":"Tongue with hot kiss rolling around, love it! (5)","Answer":"XHOSA","Explanation":"Definition: Tongue\nDefinition: a language or \"Tongue\" in Southern Africa\n **H** (hot) plus\u00a0**X**=\"kiss\" reversed\/\"rolling around\"; plus **O**=\"love\" in tennis + **SA** (Sex Appeal)=\"it\""}
-{"Clue":"Covering golf, broadcast outlined distance, one way or another (9)","Answer":"LONGITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: distance, one way or another\n**G**=\"golf\" in the phonetic alphabet, inside (outlined)* with \"broadcast\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"One stranded in Italian restaurant in squalid area east of resort (9)","Answer":"SPAGHETTO","Explanation":"Definition: One stranded in Italian restaurant\nDefinition: a single stand of spaghetti\n **GHETTO**=\"squalid area\" to the right\/east of **SPA**=\"resort\""}
-{"Clue":"Each foot initially grazed, swore (5)","Answer":"EFFED","Explanation":"Definition: swore\nDefinition: as in 'said the F-word'\n initial letters of **E**[ach] **F**[oot] + **FED**=\"grazed\""}
-{"Clue":"What 18 never wore when singing aloud, in essence? (7)","Answer":"COLOGNE","Explanation":"Definition: essence\nDefinition: \"essence\" as in a perfume\n \"when singing aloud\" indicates a homophone for a song title: 'YUL never wore COLOGNE' sounds like 'You'll Never Walk Alone\""}
-{"Clue":"Artificial satellite along with a \u2014 natural one? (7)","Answer":"MIRANDA","Explanation":"Definition: natural one\nDefinition: Miranda is a natural satellite i.e. a moon of Uranus\n **MIR**=Soviet \"Artificial satellite\" + **AND A**=\"along with A\""}
-{"Clue":"Deborah's king of cinema somewhat conciliatory, ultimately (3)","Answer":"YUL","Explanation":"Definition: Deborah's king of cinema\nDefinition: Deborah Kerr starred in the film\u00a0*The King and I* alongside YUL Brynner\n hidden inside [conciliator]**Y UL**[timately]"}
-{"Clue":"Cry of frustration, Vulcan finally out of hangar, malfunctioning (5)","Answer":"AARGH","Explanation":"Definition: Cry of frustration\nfinal letter of [Vulca]**n** taken out of (ha**n**gar)"}
-{"Clue":"Endless condiment put on food, jump! (7)","Answer":"SALCHOW","Explanation":"Definition: jump\nDefinition: a jump in figure skating\n **SAL**[t]=\"Endless condiment\" + **CHOW**=\"food\""}
-{"Clue":"Crime rate, regrettably, male issue (7)","Answer":"TREASON","Explanation":"Definition: Crime\n(rate)* + **SON**=\"male issue\""}
-{"Clue":"Catching last of fuzz, howl when that's pulled back? (5)","Answer":"RAZOR","Explanation":"Definition: Catching last of fuzz, howl when that's pulled back?\nlast letter of [fuz]**Z** caught inside **ROAR**=\"howl\" reversed\/\"pulled back\""}
-{"Clue":"Doctor in proctologist's area of expertise has little time for hallucinogen (5,4)","Answer":"ANGEL DUST","Explanation":"Definition: hallucinogen\nDefinition: a name for the drug PCP\n \"Doctor\" can mean 'to castrate'=**GELD**, inside **ANUS**=\"proctologist's area of expertise' + **T** (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Prey dipped into by rorqual's mouth, main diet? (5)","Answer":"KRILL","Explanation":"Definition: main diet?\nDefinition: Krill are shrimplike creatures in the \"main\" i.e. the sea, eaten by whales, and rorquals are a type of whale\n **KILL**=\"Prey\" with the opening\/\"mouth\" of **R**[orqual] dipping inside"}
-{"Clue":"For example, x and y across primarily, the other going vertically? (4)","Answer":"AXES","Explanation":"Definition: For example, x and y\nDefinition can be read &lit given that the primary\/first x-axis goes across and the other y-axis goes vertically\n first letter\/\"primarily\" of **A**[cross] + **SEX**=\"the other\" reversed\/\"going vertically\""}
-{"Clue":"Guided after party, leaving I supposed (2-6)","Answer":"SO-CALLED","Explanation":"Definition: supposed\n**LED**=\"Guided\", after **SOC**[**I**]**AL**=\"party\" with **I** leaving"}
-{"Clue":"Ruin\u00a0race (4)","Answer":"DASH","Explanation":"Definition: Ruin\ndouble definition: as in 'dash hopes'; and as a synonym for sprint or rush"}
-{"Clue":"Praise cook having nailed hot drink (8)","Answer":"FLATTERY","Explanation":"Definition: Praise\n**FRY**=\"cook\" around **LATTE**=\"hot drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Brief batting appearance (6)","Answer":"INFORM","Explanation":"Definition: Brief\n**IN**=\"batting\" in cricket + **FORM**=\"appearance\""}
-{"Clue":"Choice to make between altruism and greed \u2014 that's about right (4,2,4)","Answer":"GIVE OR TAKE","Explanation":"Definition: that's about right\nthe phrase can also be read as a choice between giving\/altruism and taking\/greed"}
-{"Clue":"Louse up in cake (6)","Answer":"MUFFIN","Explanation":"Definition: cake\n**MUFF**=make a mess of, bungle=\"Louse up\" + **IN"}
-{"Clue":"Seats, say, with black padding \u2014 stuff those in to fill out? (5)","Answer":"CARBS","Explanation":"Definition: stuff those in to fill out\nDefinition: eating carbs could lead to gaining weight or 'filling out'\n SEAT is the name of a manufacturer of **CARS**, with **B** (black) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Defended by judge, other malcontents causing things to bubble up? (10)","Answer":"GEOTHERMAL","Explanation":"Definition: causing things to bubble up\nDefinition: Geothermal energy can lead to water, magma etc to bubble up\n hidden in [jud]**GE OTHER MAL**[contents]"}
-{"Clue":"A sentry abandoning attempt to consume last bit of Cornish pasty (5)","Answer":"ASHEN","Explanation":"Definition: pasty\n**A SEN**[try] abandoning 'try'=\"attempt\"; around last letter of [Cornis]**H"}
-{"Clue":"Party fringes in torment, ailing badly (8)","Answer":"LITIGANT","Explanation":"Definition: Party\nDefinition: \"Party\" as in one side of a lawsuit\n (**tt** ailing)*, including the fringes of **t**[ormen]**t** in the anagram fodder**t"}
-{"Clue":"Influential Russian beginning to rule presidentially? (8)","Answer":"RASPUTIN","Explanation":"Definition: Influential Russian\nDefinition referring to the Russian mystic closely associated with the Romanov dynasty in late imperial Russia\n beginning letter of **R**[ule]; plus **AS PUTIN**=\"presidentially?\""}
-{"Clue":"Reptile in charge, Britain's lowest point? (6,4)","Answer":"LIZARD HEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Britain's lowest point\nDefinition: Lizard Point [not Head?] is the most southern point of mainland Britain \n **LIZARD HEAD** could also mean \"Reptile in charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Tin hat battered in conflict, people united, eh? (4,2,9)","Answer":"WHAT IN TARNATION","Explanation":"Definition: eh?\nDefinition: an exclamation of confusion\/surprise\n (Tin hat)* inside **WAR**=\"conflict\"; plus **NATION**=\"people united\""}
-{"Clue":"Book in fact unopened (4)","Answer":"RUTH","Explanation":"Definition: Book\nDefinition: a book of the Bible\n [t]RUTH=\"fact\" without its opening letter"}
-{"Clue":"Paul's companion, spineless parasite blowing top (4)","Answer":"LUKE","Explanation":"Definition: Paul's companion\nDefinition refers to the Christian figures Luke the Evangelist and Paul the Apostle\n [f]**LUKE**=a parasitic worm, with its top\/first letter removed"}
-{"Clue":"Contrary attention-seeker, brunette, after short story for broadcaster (4,5)","Answer":"TALK RADIO","Explanation":"Definition: broadcaster\nreverse\/\"Contrary\" of **OI**=attention seeking exclamation + **DARK**=\"brunette\"; all after **TAL**[e]=\"short story\""}
-{"Clue":"Drunk chose to drink litres (7)","Answer":"PICKLED","Explanation":"Definition: Drunk\n**PICKED**=\"chose\" around **L** (litres)"}
-{"Clue":"Help in making out with good girls (7)","Answer":"GLASSES","Explanation":"Definition: Help in making out\nDefinition: Glasses help you \"make out\"='see' things\n **G** (Good) + **LASSES**=\"girls\""}
-{"Clue":"A Tory leader pockets profits? That's touching! (7)","Answer":"AGAINST","Explanation":"Definition: touching\n**A** + leading letter of **T**[ory]; all around **GAINS**=\"profits\""}
-{"Clue":"Dolly left the French in Ilium (7)","Answer":"TROLLEY","Explanation":"Definition: Dolly\n**L** (left) + **LE**=\"the [in] French\"; all inside **TROY**=\"Ilium\""}
-{"Clue":"Check when definite (9)","Answer":"ASCERTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Check\n**AS**=\"when\" + **CERTAIN**=\"definite\""}
-{"Clue":"Spiritual benefactor that is after information (5)","Answer":"GENIE","Explanation":"Definition: Spiritual benefactor\n**I**.**E**. (id est, that is), after **GEN**=knowledge,\"information\""}
-{"Clue":"Light from church beyond hill (5)","Answer":"TORCH","Explanation":"Definition: Light\n**CH** (church) after **TOR**=\"hill\""}
-{"Clue":"Lateness of sailors holding banquets (9)","Answer":"TARDINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Lateness\n**TARS**=\"sailors\" around **DINES**=\"banquets\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Steak done differently in French city (9)","Answer":"TOURNEDOS","Explanation":"Definition: Steak\nDefinition: a cut of steak\n (done)* in **TOURS**=\"French city\""}
-{"Clue":"Invest in experience without resistance (5)","Answer":"ENDUE","Explanation":"Definition: Invest\n**ENDU**[r]**E**=\"experience\" minus 'r' for \"resistance\""}
-{"Clue":"Having second thoughts about one making strides (5)","Answer":"PACES","Explanation":"Definition: making strides\n**PS** (postscript)=\"Having second thoughts\"; around **ACE**=\"one\" e.g. in cards"}
-{"Clue":"Winger's distance from the line (5,4)","Answer":"CROWS FOOT","Explanation":"Definition: line\n**CROW'S**=\"Winger's\" + **FOOT**=a unit of \"distance\""}
-{"Clue":"A city fashionable in the past (7)","Answer":"CHICAGO","Explanation":"Definition: A city\n**CHIC**=\"fashionable\" + **AGO**=\"in the past\""}
-{"Clue":"Determined effort from exhausted group (4,3)","Answer":"DEAD SET","Explanation":"Definition: Determined effort\nDefinition: a prolonged onslaught or effort\n **DEAD**=\"exhausted\" + **SET**=\"group\""}
-{"Clue":"Nine crashed into obstacle that's forgiving (7)","Answer":"LENIENT","Explanation":"Definition: forgiving\n(Nine)* inside **LET**=an \"obstacle\" or obstruction"}
-{"Clue":"Novel Italian church (7)","Answer":"ROMANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Novel\n**ROMAN**=\"Italian\" + **CE** (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"Make believe there's agreement about poem (4-3)","Answer":"PLAY-ACT","Explanation":"Definition: Make believe\n**PACT**=\"agreement\" around **LAY**=\"poem\""}
-{"Clue":"Opportunist finds sign about heroin (7)","Answer":"CHANCER","Explanation":"Definition: Opportunist\n**CANCER**=star \"sign\" around **H** (heroin)"}
-{"Clue":"Queue getting onto river boat (5)","Answer":"LINER","Explanation":"Definition: boat\n**LINE**=\"Queue\" + **R** (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Diminished worth of pamphlet during performance (9)","Answer":"DETRACTED","Explanation":"Definition: Diminished worth\n**TRACT**=\"pamphlet\" inside **DEED**=\"performance\""}
-{"Clue":"Hit it off\u00a0board (3,2)","Answer":"GET ON","Explanation":"Definition: Hit it off\ndouble definition: hit it off with someone; or board e.g. a bus"}
-{"Clue":"Bordering a hypotenuse? (9)","Answer":"ALONGSIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Bordering\n**A LONG SIDE**=\"a hypotenuse?\""}
-{"Clue":"License prepared to help mum (7)","Answer":"SILENCE","Explanation":"Definition: mum\n(License)"}
-{"Clue":"Toss cape through timidity (7)","Answer":"SHYNESS","Explanation":"Definition: timidity\n**SHY**=\"Toss\" + **NESS**=headland, \"cape\""}
-{"Clue":"Seamen fish for friendly greeting (9)","Answer":"HANDSHAKE","Explanation":"Definition: friendly greeting\n**HANDS**=\"Seamen\" + **HAKE**=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"One replying to research on study (9)","Answer":"RESPONDER","Explanation":"Definition: One replying\n**RES** (research) + **PONDER**=\"study\""}
-{"Clue":"Classic clay pit disaster (7)","Answer":"TYPICAL","Explanation":"Definition: Classic\n(clay pit)"}
-{"Clue":"Religious rite gets agreement out of court (7)","Answer":"UNCTION","Explanation":"Definition: eligious rite\n**UNION**=\"agreement\" around **CT** (court)"}
-{"Clue":"Calls to give up immorality (5,2)","Answer":"DROPS IN","Explanation":"Definition: Calls\n**DROP SIN**=\"give up immorality\""}
-{"Clue":"Allow conservationists in elite organisation (7)","Answer":"ENTITLE","Explanation":"Definition: Allow\n**NT** (National Trust, conservationists), inside (elite)"}
-{"Clue":"Influence of Tory boor (5)","Answer":"CLOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Influence\n**C** (Conservative, Tory) + **LOUT**=\"boor\""}
-{"Clue":"Warrant officer admits fighting in a crowd (5)","Answer":"SWARM","Explanation":"Definition: crowd\n**SM** (Sergeant-Major, a senior warrant officer); around **WAR**=\"fighting\""}
-{"Clue":"Mountain ledge offering place of refreshment for one (7)","Answer":"SCAFELL","Explanation":"definition: a mountain in the Lake District , neighbour to Scafell Pike\n**S**[i]**LL**=\"ledge\" with **CAFE**=\"place of refreshment\" taking the place of the 'i'=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"What Mussolini's supporters were to bring about (7)","Answer":"PRODUCE","Explanation":"PRO**='in support of' + Mussolini was known as Il **DUCE"}
-{"Clue":"Animals run away, first to last (4)","Answer":"CATS","Explanation":"SCAT**=\"run away\", with the first letter S moving to be last"}
-{"Clue":"Displays bowls of healthy breakfast food (10)","Answer":"BRANDISHES","Explanation":"BRAN DISHES**=\"bowls of healthy breakfast food\""}
-{"Clue":"One acted on making protest (6)","Answer":"OBJECT","Explanation":"double definition: as in 'object of investigation'; or as in 'object to the rules'"}
-{"Clue":"Steamy and hot on the outside, turning purple (8)","Answer":"AMETHYST","Explanation":"(steamy h[o]t)*, with \"turning\" as the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Herald quiet about bad fellow, type falling short (9)","Answer":"PRECURSOR","Explanation":"P** (piano)=\"quiet\" + **RE**=\"about\" + **CUR**=\"bad fellow\" + **SOR**[t]=\"type\" falling a letter short"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty noise increased for listeners \u2026 (5)","Answer":"GROAN","Explanation":"homophone (\"for listeners\") of 'grown'=\"increased\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 with this malfunctioning? (5)","Answer":"ORGAN","Explanation":"\u2026a GROAN could be caused by organ malfunction\n(**ORGAN**)* i.e. \"this malfunctioning\" can also create GROAN"}
-{"Clue":"Magic hospital admitting deficiency (5,4)","Answer":"BLACK ARTS","Explanation":"BARTS** (St Bartholomew's)=\"hospital\" in London, around **LACK**=\"deficiency\""}
-{"Clue":"A mother with opportunity to get bargain non-alcoholic drink (5,3)","Answer":"ADAM\u2019S ALE","Explanation":"definition: a humurous description for water\n**A** + **DAM**=\"mother\" + **SALE**=\"opportunity to get bargain\""}
-{"Clue":"Critic beginning to rattle American relations (6)","Answer":"RUSKIN","Explanation":"John RUSKIN was an art critic\n**R**[attle] + **US**=\"American\" + **KIN**=\"relations\""}
-{"Clue":"What could be seen as my one load of dubious cash? (5,5)","Answer":"FUNNY MONEY","Explanation":"In crossword-ese, FUNNY MONEY \"could be seen as\" an instruction to make an anagram of (money)*, which would give \"my one\""}
-{"Clue":"Control what causes flooding, we say (4)","Answer":"REIN","Explanation":"homophone (\"we say\") of 'rain'=\"what causes flooding\""}
-{"Clue":"Looking unwell, wanting disease got rid of (7)","Answer":"FLUSHED","Explanation":"FLU**=\"disease\" + **SHED**=\"got rid of\""}
-{"Clue":"Maybe waste words introducing cross reference (7)","Answer":"SEEPAGE","Explanation":"SEE PAGE**=\"words introducing cross reference\""}
-{"Clue":"Church given warning signal \u2014 it may contain explosive (7)","Answer":"CHAMBER","Explanation":"definition: as in the CHAMBER of a gun\n**CH** (Church) + **AMBER**=\"warning signal\""}
-{"Clue":"Some careless officer found upside down in a ditch (5)","Answer":"FOSSE","Explanation":"definition: a word for a ditch or moat\nHidden (\"Some\") and reversed (\"upside down\") in [carel]**ESS OF**[ficer]"}
-{"Clue":"Bloater's not a bad sea food item (7)","Answer":"LOBSTER","Explanation":"(Blo[a]ter)*, with \"not a\" as instruction to remove a letter, and \"bad\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Oxford martyr cleared with straight line laid down (6)","Answer":"RIDLEY","Explanation":"definition: the Oxford Martyrs were Nicholas **RIDLEY**, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Cranmer\n**RID**=\"cleared\" + **LEY** as in 'leyline', a \"straight line\" along a track \"laid down\" between two geographical points"}
-{"Clue":"Uneasiness I must hide in phoney rhapsody (9)","Answer":"DYSPHORIA","Explanation":"I** inside (rhapsody)"}
-{"Clue":"Radical Argentinian university associated with a London club (7)","Answer":"CHELSEA","Explanation":"definition: a London football club\n**CHE**=\"Radical Argentinian\" + **LSE** (London School of Economics)=\"university\" + **A"}
-{"Clue":"OAP leads conga, having worked out musical instruction (2,4,2,5)","Answer":"DA CAPO AL SEGNO","Explanation":"definition: a musical instruction to repeat from the beginning until you reach the sign\n(OAP leads conga)"}
-{"Clue":"150 workers end squatting inside \u2014 demanding types (9)","Answer":"CLAIMANTS","Explanation":"CL**=Roman numerals for \"150\" + **ANTS**=\"workers\"; with **AIM**=\"end\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Comedian given stick, loveless greeting (3,4)","Answer":"ROD HULL","Explanation":"ROD HULL was a comedian known for performing with his puppet Emu\n**ROD**=\"stick\" + **HULL**[O]=\"greeting\", without 'O'=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Historian's report of Cumbrian city (7)","Answer":"CARLYLE","Explanation":"Thomas CARLYLE was a historian\nhomophone (\"report\") of 'Carlisle'=\"Cumbrian city\""}
-{"Clue":"What sounds like traditional office task in Asian town (7)","Answer":"TAIPING","Explanation":"TAIPING is a town in Malaysia, and the name of many places in China\nhomophone of (\"sounds like\") 'typing'=\"traditional office task\""}
-{"Clue":"Breasts shown by the old woman in old musical (6)","Answer":"MAMMAE","Explanation":"MA**=\"old woman\", in **MAME**=\"old musical\" originally starring Angela Lansbury"}
-{"Clue":"Tricky situation when energy's lacking in fight (5)","Answer":"SCRAP","Explanation":"SCRAP**[e]=\"Tricky situation\", lacking 'e' for \"energy\""}
-{"Clue":"'e is adept and can be avoided (9)","Answer":"ESCAPABLE","Explanation":"E'S=\" 'e is\" + CAPABLE=\"adept\""}
-{"Clue":"Unhappy Hungarian leaders becoming ascetic (5)","Answer":"SADHU","Explanation":"definition: a Hindu ascetic\nSAD=\"Unhappy\" + leading letters of HU[ngarian]"}
-{"Clue":"Dismissed soldier is bizarre (5)","Answer":"OUTRE","Explanation":"OUT=\"Dismissed\" e.g. in cricket; RE (Royal Engineer)=\"soldier\""}
-{"Clue":"Expenses for excursions catching game (9)","Answer":"OUTGOINGS","Explanation":"OUTINGS=\"excursions\" around GO=board game with black and white tiles"}
-{"Clue":"Old transport on river beyond the walls (10)","Answer":"EXTRAMURAL","Explanation":"EX=\"Old\" + TRAM=\"transport\" + URAL river in Russia"}
-{"Clue":"Sovereign in charge is unrestricted (4)","Answer":"FREE","Explanation":"R [Regina=queen, Rex=king]=\"Sovereign\", inside FEE=\"charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Forest guides keep rook within limits (7)","Answer":"RANGERS","Explanation":"R (rook, in chess) inside RANGES=\"limits\""}
-{"Clue":"Punch hurts during capture (4,3)","Answer":"NAIL SET","Explanation":"definition: a tool for 'punching' a [metal] nail into a surface\nAILS=\"hurts\" inside NET=\"capture\""}
-{"Clue":"Ties up and watches over aggressive dog (7)","Answer":"SECURES","Explanation":"SEES=\"watches\" around CUR=\"aggressive dog\""}
-{"Clue":"Excellent drink taken with army engineers (7)","Answer":"SUPREME","Explanation":"SUP=\"drink\" + REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)"}
-{"Clue":"Rex remains impulsive (4)","Answer":"RASH","Explanation":"R (Rex) + ASH=the \"remains\" of something burnt"}
-{"Clue":"Parliament has money for the wine (10)","Answer":"CHAMBERTIN","Explanation":"definition: a type of red Burgundy\nCHAMBER=\"Parliament\" + TIN=slang for \"money\""}
-{"Clue":"Bank clerk losing head conceals reputation of craftsman (9)","Answer":"ENAMELLER","Explanation":"[t]ELLER=\"Bank clerk losing head\"; around NAME=\"reputation\""}
-{"Clue":"Belts and hosiery (5)","Answer":"SOCKS","Explanation":"double definition: the first as in \"Belts\"='hits hard'"}
-{"Clue":"Poor girl's obsession? (5)","Answer":"THING","Explanation":"THIN=\"Poor\" + G (girl)"}
-{"Clue":"Study clothes to change the point of delivery (9)","Answer":"READDRESS","Explanation":"READ=\"Study\" at university + DRESS=\"clothes\""}
-{"Clue":"European (Pole) coming back to run off with someone else (5)","Answer":"ELOPE","Explanation":"E (European) + POLE; all reversed\/\"coming back\""}
-{"Clue":"Insensible jazz fan needs a shot in the arm (9)","Answer":"CATATONIC","Explanation":"CAT=slang for a \"jazz fan\" + A TONIC=\"a shot in the arm\""}
-{"Clue":"A Frenchman consumes fruit in a his second home in town (4-1-5)","Answer":"PIED-\u00c0-TERRE","Explanation":"PIERRE=\"Frenchman\" around DATE=\"fruit\"\nI assume either \"a\" or \"his\" was meant to be deleted"}
-{"Clue":"Boy gets scoundrel's shoes (7)","Answer":"BROGUES","Explanation":"B (Boy) + ROGUE'S=\"scoundrel's\""}
-{"Clue":"Card players and coach get on board (7)","Answer":"ENTRAIN","Explanation":"E N (East and North, card players in bridge) + TRAIN=\"coach\""}
-{"Clue":"Try to get fired (4)","Answer":"SHOT","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Philanthropist has name put in entrance (5)","Answer":"DONOR","Explanation":"N (name) in DOOR=\"entrance\""}
-{"Clue":"A French woman with a couple of articles to disclose (9)","Answer":"UNSHEATHE","Explanation":"UN=\"A\" in French + SHE=\"woman\" + A and THE=\"a couple of articles\""}
-{"Clue":"Ladies sped off and caused annoyance (10)","Answer":"DISPLEASED","Explanation":"(Ladies sped)"}
-{"Clue":"Research critical? It's on the up and up (9)","Answer":"RESURGENT","Explanation":"RES (Research) + URGENT=\"critical\""}
-{"Clue":"Doctor accepts the French exhibition (9)","Answer":"SPECTACLE","Explanation":"(accepts)* with \"Doctor\" as anagram indicator; plus LE=\"the\" in French"}
-{"Clue":"Student's small choral composition (7)","Answer":"SCHOLAR","Explanation":"S (small) + (choral)"}
-{"Clue":"Boy has song from old capital of Israel (7)","Answer":"SAMARIA","Explanation":"SAM=\"Boy\" + ARIA=\"song\""}
-{"Clue":"Religious teacher grew dizzy on island (5)","Answer":"SWAMI","Explanation":"Definition: a Hindu religious instructor\nSWAM=\"grew dizzy\" + I (island)"}
-{"Clue":"Model wearing cape, retreats (5)","Answer":"NESTS","Explanation":"definition is \"retreats\" as a plural noun, as in safe places\nModel T as in Ford cars; inside NESS=headland=\"cape\""}
-{"Clue":"Request to entertain royal composer (4)","Answer":"BERG","Explanation":"Alban BERG the Austrian composer\nBEG=\"Request\" around R (Regina or Rex i.e. \"royal\")"}
-{"Clue":"Obsessive elf in film (6)","Answer":"PHOBIC","Explanation":"Definition: Obsessive\nHOB=a fairy creature=\"elf\", inside PIC=\"film\""}
-{"Clue":"Domestic servant needed for main site (4,4)","Answer":"HOME PAGE","Explanation":"Definition: main site\nHOME=\"Domestic\" + PAGE=\"servant\""}
-{"Clue":"Pub on fire, engulfing end of kitchen where food's served (5,3)","Answer":"SNACK BAR","Explanation":"Definition: where food's served\nBAR=\"Pub\", after SACK=\"fire\" around [kitche]N"}
-{"Clue":"Endure lampoonery, losing heart in the end (6)","Answer":"LASTLY","Explanation":"Definition: in the end\nLAST=\"Endure\" + L[ampooner]Y losing its \"heart\" or central letters"}
-{"Clue":"Bloody female constantly making complaint (7,5)","Answer":"SCARLET FEVER","Explanation":"Definition: complaint\nSCARLET=\"Bloody\" + F (female) + EVER=\"constantly\""}
-{"Clue":"Gag journalist's initial copy (4)","Answer":"JAPE","Explanation":"Definition: Gag\n\"initial\" letter of J[ournalist] + APE=\"copy\""}
-{"Clue":"Instant calls blocked by new PM's predecessors (8)","Answer":"MORNINGS","Explanation":"Definition: PM's predecessors\ndefinition: PM as in afternoon hours\n MO (moment)=\"Instant\" + RINGS=\"calls\" around N (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Unromantic pal screwed up introductory note (8)","Answer":"PLATONIC","Explanation":"Definition: Unromantic\n(pal)* + TONIC=the first note of a scale=\"introductory note\""}
-{"Clue":"Food constituents employees mostly rejected (4)","Answer":"FATS","Explanation":"Definition: Food constituents\nmost letters from STAF[f]=\"employees\", reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"Singer from ABBA is tenor? Soprano, surprisingly (4-8)","Answer":"BASS BARITONE","Explanation":"Definition: Singer\n(ABBA is tenor S)*, where the S is an abbreviation for \"Soprano\""}
-{"Clue":"Was inclined to absorb one basic subject? (6)","Answer":"LEARNT","Explanation":"Definition: Was inclined to absorb one basic subject\nLEANT=\"Was inclined\", around R=\"basic subject\" as in the 'three R's' of reading, writing and arithmetic"}
-{"Clue":"Relinquished\u00a0set (4,4)","Answer":"LAID DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Relinquished\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Remained sober on air, with no backsliding (6,2)","Answer":"STAYED ON","Explanation":"Definition: Remained\nSTAYED is a homophone\/\"on air\" of 'staid'=\"sober\"; plus NO reversed\/\"backsliding\""}
-{"Clue":"Mistakes catching Quisling in time (6)","Answer":"ERRATA","Explanation":"Definition: Mistakes\nRAT=betrayer=\"Quisling\" in ERA=\"time\""}
-{"Clue":"Members in suspense when ruling's tricky? (4,10)","Answer":"HUNG PARLIAMENT","Explanation":"Definition: when ruling's tricky\nPARLIAMENT=\"Members\", who are HUNG=\"in suspense\""}
-{"Clue":"Defenders greeted, sloping off from the front (9)","Answer":"BACKSWEPT","Explanation":"Definition: sloping off from the front\nBACKS=\"Defenders\" + \"greeted\" is Scots slang for WEPT"}
-{"Clue":"He once drove a medic back into jail (6)","Answer":"CABMAN","Explanation":"Definition: He once drove\nA + MB (Bachelor of Medicine); all reversed\/\"back\" and inside CAN=\"jail\""}
-{"Clue":"Stalwart Tory earl shunned by Camilla and her old man, mistakenly (6,9)","Answer":"HAROLD MACMILLAN","Explanation":"Definition: Stalwart Tory\nHarold Macmillan was a Tory PM and became the Earl of Stockton\n *Edit thanks to Lord Jim: (Camilla her old man)* minus an 'E' for \"earl\"*\n ~~(Camilla and her old man)* minus the letters from \"earl\"~~"}
-{"Clue":"MP's car I impolitely pranged (8,6)","Answer":"MILITARY POLICE","Explanation":"Definition: MP\n(car I impolitely)"}
-{"Clue":"Thrash late attendee's bottom (5)","Answer":"PASTE","Explanation":"Definition: Thrash\nPAST=\"late\" + the last\/\"bottom\" letter of [attende]E"}
-{"Clue":"Facts surrounding past news\u00adpaper scandal that's familiar in SF? (6,4)","Answer":"GOLDEN GATE","Explanation":"Definition: that's familiar in SF\ndefinition: a famous part of San Francisco, a strait spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge\n GEN=\"Facts\" around OLD=\"past\" + -GATE=a suffix used by newspapers to describe scandals"}
-{"Clue":"Pagan with 500 depressed troops going up gully? (9)","Answer":"INFIELDER","Explanation":"Definition: gully\ndefinition: \"gully\" is an infield position in cricket\n INFIDEL=\"Pagan\" with D=Roman numeral for \"500\" pushed down\/\"depressed\"; plus RE (Royal Engineers)=\"troops\" reversed\/\"going up\""}
-{"Clue":"Last nude sculpted with no particular relish (8)","Answer":"UNSALTED","Explanation":"Definition: with no particular relish\n(Last nude)"}
-{"Clue":"Apply water to\u00a0cut flowers (5)","Answer":"SPRAY","Explanation":"Definition: Apply water to\ndouble definition, the second referring to a bouquet\/arrangement of flowers"}
-{"Clue":"Make fun of wife's parting boob (4)","Answer":"TWIT","Explanation":"Definition: Make fun of\ndefinition: TWIT can mean 'taunt'\n W (wife) inside TIT=\"boob\""}
-{"Clue":"Top wise man's present in photo: Ivory Coast's borders breached in dubious triumph (7,7)","Answer":"PYRRHIC VICTORY","Explanation":"Definition: dubious triumph\n\"Top\"\/'behead' [m]**YRRH**=\"wise man's present\" as in the biblical Magi, inside **PIC**=\"photo\"; plus (Ivory c[oas]t)* with \"breached\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Wandering eyes of men only New York must briefly restrain (9)","Answer":"NYSTAGMUS","Explanation":"Definition: Wandering eyes\ndefinition: a condition leading to uncontrolled eye movements\n **STAG**=for \"men only\"; inside **NY** (New York) + **MUS**[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Food from Jesus himself (5)","Answer":"SUSHI","Explanation":"Definition: Food\nHidden in [Je]**SUS HI**[mself]"}
-{"Clue":"Upset voter and the result is obvious (5)","Answer":"OVERT","Explanation":"Definition: obvious\n(voter)"}
-{"Clue":"Stories circulating about current ban (9)","Answer":"OSTRACISE","Explanation":"Definition: ban\n(Stories)* around **AC** (alternating \"current\")"}
-{"Clue":"Readily available tinsel uncovered by a boy (2,6)","Answer":"IN SEASON","Explanation":"Definition: Readily available\n[t]**INSE**[L] + **A** + **SON**=\"boy\""}
-{"Clue":"Tell Philistine to banish love that's weak (6)","Answer":"INFIRM","Explanation":"Definition: weak\n**INF**-O-**RM**=\"Tell\", with **I**=\"Philistine\" replacing the O=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Pets regularly bite? Avoid! (6)","Answer":"ESCHEW","Explanation":"Definition: Avoid\nregular letters from [p]**E**[t]**S** + **CHEW**=\"bite\""}
-{"Clue":"So what's new? Court is to exercise discretion (4,4)","Answer":"SHOW TACT","Explanation":"Definition: exercise discretion\n(So what)* + **CT** (Court)"}
-{"Clue":"Find oneself nothing French to eat cooked outside (9)","Answer":"ORIENTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Find oneself\n**RIEN**=\"nothing [in] French\"; with (to eat)* outside"}
-{"Clue":"Party leader pursues old edu\u00adcational institution's growth (5)","Answer":"POLYP","Explanation":"Definition: growth\n**P**[arty] after **POLY**=polytechnic=\"old educational institution\""}
-{"Clue":"Shear\u00a0predator (5)","Answer":"SHARK","Explanation":"Definition: Shear\n*Edit thanks to Hovis in the comments \u2013 S+HARK=S+HEAR*\n double definition, first definition as in 'fleece'\/'swindle'"}
-{"Clue":"Heading west, not even admitting making a mistake, shows bravado (7-2)","Answer":"DERRING-DO","Explanation":"Definition: bravado\nReversal\/\"Heading west\" of **ODD**=\"not even\"; around **ERRING**=\"making a mistake\""}
-{"Clue":"Commotion after sticky stuff sent in to fix infernal paving (4,10)","Answer":"GOOD INTENTIONS","Explanation":"Definition: infernal paving\ndefinition alludes to 'the road to Hell is paved with GOOD INTENTIONS\"\n **DIN**=\"Commotion\" after **GOO**=\"sticky stuff\"; plus (sent in to)"}
-{"Clue":"Him backed around me in one part so comical? (9,5)","Answer":"PANTOMIME HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: Him backed around me in one part so comical?\nHIM reversed\/\"backed\" around ME; all inside (one part so)"}
-{"Clue":"Bacon as artist cleared sketches framing the woman (7)","Answer":"RASHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Bacon\n**RA** (Royal Academician)=\"artist\" + **S**[ketche]**S** \"cleared\" of its contents; all around **HER**=\"the woman\""}
-{"Clue":"Pick up and treat irregular pulse (5,4)","Answer":"HEART RATE","Explanation":"Definition: pulse\n**HEAR**=\"Pick up\" + (treat)"}
-{"Clue":"Usual big green space or much smaller one (6,2,6)","Answer":"COMMON OR GARDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Usual\n**COMMON**=\"big green space\" + **OR** + **GARDEN**=\"much smaller one\""}
-{"Clue":"Unmoved by fashionable tailored suit (2,4)","Answer":"IN SITU","Explanation":"Definition: Unmoved\n**IN**=\"fashionable\" + (suit)"}
-{"Clue":"Musky product served up in an oriental setting (5)","Answer":"TESLA","Explanation":"Definition: Musky product\ndefiniton: referring to Elon Musk's Tesla cars\n hidden reversed inside\/\"served up in\": [orient]**AL SET**[ting]"}
-{"Clue":"Sins of old age were his: terrible sins hidden by king of France (7)","Answer":"ROSSINI","Explanation":"Definition: Sins of old age were his\n*Sins of Old Age *\u00a0is a set of musical pieces by Rossini\n (sins)* inside **ROI**=\"king\" in French"}
-{"Clue":"A posh term for linguistic faux pas? (5,9)","Answer":"MIXED METAPHORS","Explanation":"Definition: linguistic faux pas\nMIXED METAPHORS could be crossword instructions to make an anagram of 'metaphors', giving \"A posh term\""}
-{"Clue":"Fresh run of paper (9)","Answer":"NEWSPRINT","Explanation":"Definition: paper\n**NEW**=\"Fresh\" + **SPRINT**=\"run\""}
-{"Clue":"What may replace toes here (8)","Answer":"SHOE TREE","Explanation":"Definition: What may replace toes here\ndefinition: a shoe tree takes the place of toes\/feet to maintain the shape of unworn shoes\n (toes here)"}
-{"Clue":"Mexican American's elegant before a rejection (7)","Answer":"CHICANO","Explanation":"Definition: Mexican American\ndefinition: US slang for someone of Mexican descent**\n CHIC**=\"elegant\" + **A NO**=\"a rejection\""}
-{"Clue":"Fast or rising support for everyone, say (7)","Answer":"ALLEGRO","Explanation":"Definition: Fast\n**OR** reversed\/\"rising\"; after\/supporting **ALL**=\"everyone\" + **E.G.**=\"say\""}
-{"Clue":"Turned up, primarily dropping even knickers (au naturel) (5)","Answer":"NAKED","Explanation":"Definition: (au naturel)\nReversal\/\"Turned up\" of the first\/primary letters of **D**[ropping] **E**[ven] **K**[nickers] **A**[u] **N**[aturel]"}
-{"Clue":"One may go up in a few ticks (4,4)","Answer":"TIME BOMB","Explanation":"cryptic definition \u2013 I'm not sure I've heard of bombs going 'up' rather than 'off'"}
-{"Clue":"Alluring, one's castle (6)","Answer":"GLAMIS","Explanation":"Definition: a castle in Scotland\nGLAM=\"Alluring\" + I'S=\"one's\""}
-{"Clue":"Plain, nothing to excite cockney (2-6)","Answer":"NO-FRILLS","Explanation":"sounds like 'no thrills'=\"nothing to excite\" in a cockney accent"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of chest that may be scraped (6)","Answer":"BARREL","Explanation":"reference to the phrase 'scraping the barrel'"}
-{"Clue":"Order thesaurus in online form? (5)","Answer":"EDICT","Explanation":"E- (prefix indicating 'electronic'\/online) + DICT (dictionary\/thesaurus)"}
-{"Clue":"Relatives reform, being adaptable (9)","Answer":"VERSATILE","Explanation":"(Relatives)"}
-{"Clue":"British legislating blasted for its bad language (12)","Answer":"BILLINGSGATE","Explanation":"'Billingsgate' is a term meaning foul or abusive language\nB (British) + (legislating)"}
-{"Clue":"Staying in bed, say, a great honour for a body (5,2,5)","Answer":"LYING IN STATE","Explanation":"LYING IN=\"Staying in bed\" + STATE=\"say\""}
-{"Clue":"The Commonwealth: it could hardly be more distant from Britain (9)","Answer":"AUSTRALIA","Explanation":"officially known as The Commonwealth of Australia, and the other side of the world to Britain"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse left by dyke builder (5)","Answer":"OFFAL","Explanation":"L (left) after OFFA=\"dyke builder\""}
-{"Clue":"Giving a signal to be lining up for hearing (6)","Answer":"CUEING","Explanation":"homophone\/\"for hearing\" of 'queuing'=\"to be lining up\""}
-{"Clue":"Officer rank needed to win a seat? (8)","Answer":"MAJORITY","Explanation":"Major-ity might mean the quality of holding the rank of Major"}
-{"Clue":"Getting to the end of this exhausts one's patience (6)","Answer":"TETHER","Explanation":"reference to the phrase 'the end of one's tether'"}
-{"Clue":"Flag when monarch's aboard ship (8)","Answer":"STREAMER","Explanation":"R (Regina, Rex)=\"monarch\" inside STEAMER=\"ship\""}
-{"Clue":"Sensitive to pain in small boat (6)","Answer":"TENDER","Explanation":"double definition: a 'tender' can be a smaller boat that supports\/'tends to' a larger vessel"}
-{"Clue":"Almost making a mess of cake (6)","Answer":"MUFFIN","Explanation":"MUFFIN[g]=\"making a mess\" without its last letter"}
-{"Clue":"Looking offended, finding bit of toenail in small fish (9)","Answer":"BRISTLING","Explanation":"T[oenail] in BRISLING=\"small fish\""}
-{"Clue":"Man forcefully expelling one with ill will (12)","Answer":"MALEVOLENTLY","Explanation":"MALE=\"Man\" + V-I-OLENTLY=\"forcefully\" minus I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Some small Amazonian animal (5)","Answer":"LLAMA","Explanation":"hidden in [sma]LL AMA[zonian]"}
-{"Clue":"Alarming to be treated as almost irrelevant (8)","Answer":"MARGINAL","Explanation":"(Alarming)"}
-{"Clue":"Served in the army? Not one joined (8)","Answer":"SOLDERED","Explanation":"SOLD-I-ERED=\"Served in the army\" minus I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Dancing, a girl hadn't to lose all momentum (5,2,1,4)","Answer":"GRIND TO A HALT","Explanation":"(a girl hadn't to)"}
-{"Clue":"Italian speaking in a whisper (5,4)","Answer":"SOTTO VOCE","Explanation":"cryptic definition: an Italian phrase meaning \"in a whisper\", rather than an Italian person whispering"}
-{"Clue":"Respectably neat, is one less likely to be infected? (5-3)","Answer":"CLEAN-CUT","Explanation":"a CLEAN CUT\/wound is \"less likely to be infected\""}
-{"Clue":"Teacher locked up, being wasted (8)","Answer":"MISSPENT","Explanation":"MISS=\"Teacher\" + PENT=\"locked up\""}
-{"Clue":"Assert a company must employ female (6)","Answer":"AFFIRM","Explanation":"A FIRM=\"a company\" around F (female)"}
-{"Clue":"One taking piano course? (6)","Answer":"PLAYER","Explanation":"P (piano) + LAYER=\"course\""}
-{"Clue":"What storms do, circling northern mountains (5)","Answer":"RANGE","Explanation":"RAGE=\"What storms do\" around N (northern)"}
-{"Clue":"Topping stuff from J Trent's collaborator? (6)","Answer":"THATCH","Explanation":"reference to the collaboration beetwen **T**oni** HATCH** and Jackie Trent"}
-{"Clue":"An honoured companion embraced by genial boy (3-5)","Answer":"MAN-CHILD","Explanation":"AN + CH (Companion of Honour); all inside MILD=\"genial\""}
-{"Clue":"Military activity, trick by soldiers (5)","Answer":"RECON","Explanation":"CON=\"trick\" by RE (Royal Engineers)=\"soldiers\""}
-{"Clue":"A rave at back of room where wine is kept (9)","Answer":"CELLARAGE","Explanation":"A + RAGE=\"rave\"; after CELL=\"room\""}
-{"Clue":"Officer with gun gets vegetarian dish (9)","Answer":"COLCANNON","Explanation":"definition: an Irish dish of mashed potatoes with kale or cabbage\nCOL (Colonel)=\"Officer\" + CANNON=\"gun\""}
-{"Clue":"Funny dog in quiet Bedfordshire town devoid of tail (5)","Answer":"PLUTO","Explanation":"definition: the Disney cartoon dog\nP (piano)=\"quiet\" + LUTO[n]=\"Bedfordshire town\" missing its tail letter"}
-{"Clue":"Dearie me, I'm so disorganised \u2014 reminders needed! (5-7)","Answer":"AIDES-MEMOIRE","Explanation":"(Dearie me I'm so)"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing actually to wear? I'd buy a T-shirt, possibly (8,4)","Answer":"BIRTHDAY SUIT","Explanation":"(I'd buy a T shirt)"}
-{"Clue":"Report about hospital drug (5)","Answer":"BHANG","Explanation":"definition: a cannabis drink\nBANG=\"Report\" around H (hospital)"}
-{"Clue":"What's excellent about politically conservative eccentric? (1,5,3)","Answer":"A RIGHT ONE","Explanation":"A ONE=A1=\"excellent\", around RIGHT=\"politically conservative\""}
-{"Clue":"English company clamour about minimum of money in budget (9)","Answer":"ECONOMISE","Explanation":"E (English) + CO (company) + NOISE=\"clamour\" around M[oney]"}
-{"Clue":"Artist gloomier after losing love (5)","Answer":"DURER","Explanation":"Definition: a German painter\nD[o]URER=\"gloomier\" minus O=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Maybe needing company to advance money, as you'd say (8)","Answer":"LONESOME","Explanation":"homophone\/\"as you'd say\" of: 'loan some'=\"advance money\""}
-{"Clue":"Tot in story is 4 (6)","Answer":"LADDIE","Explanation":"4 as in 4ac MAN-CHILD\nADD=\"Tot\" [up]; inside LIE=\"story\""}
-{"Clue":"Rat to go off with puss catching nothing (8)","Answer":"TURNCOAT","Explanation":"TURN=\"go off\" + CAT=\"puss\" around O=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Star keeping very cool when collecting a pat on the back (8)","Answer":"ACCOLADE","Explanation":"ACE=\"Star\" around COLD=\"very cool\" around A"}
-{"Clue":"Plant with flowers \u2014 double the number in miraculous wedding location (5)","Answer":"CANNA","Explanation":"water was miraculously turned into wine at the Wedding at CANA; with a double N=\"number\""}
-{"Clue":"Exhausted, I get mood changing \u2014 you must wait a while (3,2,4,4)","Answer":"ALL IN GOOD TIME","Explanation":"ALL IN=\"Exhausted\" + (I get mood)"}
-{"Clue":"Illegal deal makes revolutionary type march (9)","Answer":"CHAMPERTY","Explanation":"definition: an agreement to help fund a lawsuit in return for a share of the proceeds\n(type march)"}
-{"Clue":"A cruise ending prematurely, sadly I drowned (6)","Answer":"ICARUS","Explanation":"Icarus fell into the sea after flying too close to the sun\n(A cruis[e])"}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary gnome admired, not entirely an evil spirit (6)","Answer":"DAEMON","Explanation":"Reversed\/\"Revolutionary\" and hidden\/\"not entirely\" inside [g]NOME AD[mired]"}
-{"Clue":"Philosophical theory misrep\u00adresented in simple account (13)","Answer":"CONCEPTUALISM","Explanation":"(simple account)"}
-{"Clue":"Little bits of insect eaten by boys (9)","Answer":"SMIDGEONS","Explanation":"MIDGE=\"insect\" inside SONS=\"boys\""}
-{"Clue":"Spirit is shown by the Guardian boss, it's alleged (8)","Answer":"RUMOURED","Explanation":"RUM=\"Spirit\"+ OUR ED (editor)=\"Guardian boss\""}
-{"Clue":"Street stuff around England's capital for national hero (2,6)","Answer":"ST GEORGE","Explanation":"ST (Street) + GORGE=\"stuff\" [oneself while eating] around E[ngland]"}
-{"Clue":"Mountaineer's descent needs muscles \u2014 after which rest up (6)","Answer":"ABSEIL","Explanation":"ABS=\"muscles\"; plus LIE=\"rest\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Body of water in the past flooding half the capital (6)","Answer":"LAGOON","Explanation":"AGO=\"in the past\" inside half of LON[don]"}
-{"Clue":"Monster in filthy drain (5)","Answer":"HYDRA","Explanation":"Hidden in [filt]HY DRA[in]"}
-{"Clue":"Seafood dish of the month followed by canned soup (7)","Answer":"OCTOPUS","Explanation":"Definition: Seafood dish\n**OCT**[ober]=\"month\" + (soup)"}
-{"Clue":"Laver, maybe, put dread into top player (7)","Answer":"SEAWEED","Explanation":"Definition: Laver, maybe\nLaver is a type of edible seaweed [and in the surface reading, Rod Laver is a tennis player]\n **AWE**=\"dread\" inside **SEED**=someone put into the upper brackets of a tournament=\"top player\""}
-{"Clue":"Southern Native American rock formation (5)","Answer":"SCREE","Explanation":"Definition: rock formation\n**S** (Southern) + **CREE**=member of a Native American tribe"}
-{"Clue":"Falseness breaks your spirit \u2014 right to be ousted by society (10)","Answer":"SPURIOSITY","Explanation":"Definition: Falseness\n(your spirit)*, with one **R** (right) replaced with **S** (society)"}
-{"Clue":"Equivalent of work pressure, love (4)","Answer":"OPPO","Explanation":"Definition: Equivalent of\n=opposite number, counterpart\n **OP**=\"work\" + **P** (pressure) + **O**=zero=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Battle of Palermo: they lost (11)","Answer":"THERMOPYLAE","Explanation":"Definition: Battle\nsite of a famous ancient battle between Greek and Persian forces\n (Palermo they)"}
-{"Clue":"Distillation of Attica's list of facts (11)","Answer":"STATISTICAL","Explanation":"Definition: of facts\n(Attica's list)"}
-{"Clue":"Consider, say, sailors' spells of leave ashore to be overfamiliar (4,9)","Answer":"TAKE LIBERTIES","Explanation":"Definition: be overfamiliar\n**TAKE** [as an example]=\"Consider, say\" + **LIBERTIES**=a name for sailors' shore leave"}
-{"Clue":"Being short of one million on card game (10)","Answer":"IMPATIENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Being short\n**I**=\"one\" + **M** (million) + **PATIENCE**=\"card game\""}
-{"Clue":"Treated like an old convict from East China, end badly (9)","Answer":"ENCHAINED","Explanation":"Definition: Treated like an old convict\n(E China end)*, with the first E=\"East\""}
-{"Clue":"Protected by a climber, one was in contention (5)","Answer":"IVIED","Explanation":"Definition: Protected by a climber\n**I VIED**=\"one was in contention\""}
-{"Clue":"Volatile market brought about end of the neighbourhood watch member (7)","Answer":"MEERKAT","Explanation":"Definition: neighbourhood watch member\nmeerkats have been used as a symbol of neighbourhood watch groups\n (market)* around the end letter of [th]**E"}
-{"Clue":"European city church centre (7)","Answer":"ESSENCE","Explanation":"Definition: centre\n**ESSEN**=\"European city\" + **CE** (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"Initially one shilling to enter Elizabeth I's haunt? (6)","Answer":"OBSESS","Explanation":"Definition: haunt?\nInitial of **O**[ne]; plus **S** (shilling) inside **BESS**=nickname for Queen Elizabeth I"}
-{"Clue":"Seaman's sources of unusually strong bones (6)","Answer":"TARSUS","Explanation":"Definition: bones\n=bones in the foot\n **TAR'S**=\"Seaman's\" + sources\/initials of **U**[nusually] **S**[trong]"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of paretic aid related to minor medical care (10)","Answer":"PAEDIATRIC","Explanation":"Definition: minor medical care\n(paretic aid)"}
-{"Clue":"Small beers, gas and pitch (5,4)","Answer":"SALES TALK","Explanation":"Definition: pitch\n**S** (Small) + **ALES**=\"beers\" + **TALK**=\"gas\" as in 'chatter'"}
-{"Clue":"Like a very small bit of mosaic, but cast (9)","Answer":"SUBATOMIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like a very small bit\n(mosaic but)"}
-{"Clue":"Twisted, breezy wife supplants one (4)","Answer":"AWRY","Explanation":"Definition: Twisted\n**AIRY**=\"breezy\", with **W** (wife) replacing** I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Indicator of who'll get in league after mad exploit (4,4)","Answer":"EXIT POLL","Explanation":"Definition: Indicator of who'll get in\n**L** (league) after (exploit)"}
-{"Clue":"Find Pluto cold no more (8)","Answer":"DISCOVER","Explanation":"Definition: Find\n**DIS**=Roman god of the underworld=\"Pluto\" + **C** (cold) + **OVER**=\"no more\""}
-{"Clue":"Shed is hosting family game (10)","Answer":"SPILLIKINS","Explanation":"Definition: game\nI'd not heard of this game, involving picking up sticks from a pile without disturbing the other sticks\n **SPILL**=\"Shed\" + **IS** around **KIN**=\"family\""}
-{"Clue":"Bar providing energy (sustained energy), almost other-worldly (9)","Answer":"ESTAMINET","Explanation":"Definition: Bar\n=a small bar or cafe\n **E** (energy) + **STAMIN**[a]=\"sustained energy, almost\" + **ET** (Extra Terrestrial)=\"other-worldly\""}
-{"Clue":"Breathes with different rhythm ultimately \u2014 indication of temperature (8)","Answer":"ISOTHERM","Explanation":"Definition: indication of temperature\n=a contour line representing a certain level of temperature\n **IS**=exists\/lives=\"Breathes\" + **OTHER**=\"different\" + [rhyth]**M"}
-{"Clue":"'Stern Bill' \u2014 the bloke's a real pain (8)","Answer":"BACKACHE","Explanation":"Definition: real pain\n**BACK**=\"Stern\" of a boat; + **AC** (account)=\"bill\" + **HE**=\"the bloke\""}
-{"Clue":"Standard element of McLaren's ignition (6)","Answer":"ENSIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Standard\n=a flag\n hidden inside [McLar]**EN'S IGN**[ition]"}
-{"Clue":"Sound cycle: 'Hawk' (6)","Answer":"PEDDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Hawk\nsounds like 'pedal'=\"cycle\""}
-{"Clue":"Go off seat that's lost its top (5)","Answer":"ADDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Go off\n[s]**ADDLE**=\"seat\" without the top letter"}
-{"Clue":"A threesome firmly quashed \u2014 loser, big time! (7,2,3,4)","Answer":"SLIMMER OF THE YEAR","Explanation":"Definition: loser, big time!\n\"loser\" as in losing weight\n (A threesome firmly)"}
-{"Clue":"Particular recollection of cool drinks coming round (7)","Answer":"SPECIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Particular\nreversal\/\"recollection\" of: ICE=\"cool\" with LAPS=\"drinks\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Woman around hotel bar's one (5)","Answer":"RHODA","Explanation":"Definition: Woman\nH (hotel), with ROD=\"bar\" + A=\"one\" going around"}
-{"Clue":"It's very small at first, doctor (9)","Answer":"ANATOMIST","Explanation":"Definition: doctor\nAN ATOM=\"It's very small\" + IST=1st=\"first\""}
-{"Clue":"Traveller in the main story sounding keen to tour India (5,5)","Answer":"PILOT WHALE","Explanation":"Definition: Traveller in the main\n\"main\" as in the seas\/oceans\n PLOT=\"story\" + WHALE which sounds like 'wail'=\"keen\"; around I (India)"}
-{"Clue":"Thousands spent by top clubs? (4)","Answer":"SUIT","Explanation":"Definition: clubs\n\"clubs\" are a suit in cards\n SU-MM-IT=\"top\", minus the MM which are \"Thousands\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Mean to temper disc of steel (5-6)","Answer":"CLOSE FISTED","Explanation":"Definition: Mean\n(disc of steel)"}
-{"Clue":"Fashion worth wearing in the event (6,5)","Answer":"HAMMER THROW","Explanation":"Definition: event\nHAMMER [into shape]=\"Fashion\" as in 'create'; plus (worth)"}
-{"Clue":"Rector's away on retreat (4)","Answer":"ROUT","Explanation":"Definition: retreat\nR (Rector) + OUT=\"away\""}
-{"Clue":"Some games of short tennis arranged and unlikely to be changed (3,2,5)","Answer":"SET IN STONE","Explanation":"Definition: unlikely to be changed\nSET=\"Some games\" [of tennis]; plus (**o** tennis)*, where the **o** comes from \"of [cut] short\""}
-{"Clue":"Did suffer going round in that new red number (9)","Answer":"UNDERWENT","Explanation":"Definition: Did suffer\nHidden reversed\/\"going round in\": [tha]T NEW RED NU[mber]"}
-{"Clue":"Swore what Emirates official did's not right (5)","Answer":"EFFED","Explanation":"Definition: Swore\n[R]EFFED=\"what Emirates official did\", i.e. refereed at the Emirates stadium; minus R (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Secretly maintain hotel's leafy area (7)","Answer":"HARBOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Secretly maintain\nH (hotel) + ARBOUR=\"leafy area\""}
-{"Clue":"Old writer involved in problem over collected works (7)","Answer":"OMNIBUS","Explanation":"Definition: collected works\nO (Old); plus NIB=\"writer\" inside SUM=maths \"problem\" reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Fix fight closer to time (6)","Answer":"SCRAPE","Explanation":"Definition: Fix\n\"Fix\" as in 'a tricky situation'\n SCRAP=\"fight\" + the closing letter to [tim]E"}
-{"Clue":"One's smart about working \u2014 I wish it were true (2,4)","Answer":"IF ONLY","Explanation":"Definition: I wish it were true\nI=\"One\" + FLY=\"smart\" around ON=\"working\""}
-{"Clue":"Cattle Mike flogged for financial security (4,6)","Answer":"MEAL TICKET","Explanation":"Definition: financial security\n(Cattle Mike)"}
-{"Clue":"Get to be moralistic when out of power (5)","Answer":"REACH","Explanation":"Definition: Get\n[P]REACH=\"be moralistic\" minus P (power)"}
-{"Clue":"Local issue\u00a0that's not serious (5,4)","Answer":"SMALL BEER","Explanation":"Definition: Local issue\n\"Local\" as in a pub\n =weak beer; or =an unimportant matter"}
-{"Clue":"Point out emperor's a god (4)","Answer":"EROS","Explanation":"Definition: god\nEROS=Greek god of love\n [N]ERO'S=\"emperor's\", minus N (North)=compass \"Point\""}
-{"Clue":"Vice beginning to increase in New York \u2014 I'm going! (8)","Answer":"INIQUITY","Explanation":"Definition: Vice\nI[ncrease] + NY (New York), with I QUIT=\"I'm going\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Occasionally subdued after making love below lecturer's room (8)","Answer":"LATITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: room\nOccasional letters from [s]U[b]D[u]E[d]; after AT IT=\"making love\"; all below L (lecturer)"}
-{"Clue":"Vague about taking sweetheart back, with wife in such a state (10)","Answer":"MIDWESTERN","Explanation":"Definition: in such a state\nDIM=\"Vague\" reversed\/\"about\"; plus the heart\/centre of [sw]E[et] + STERN=\"back\", with W (wife) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Love to impale non-stop, being conscientious (8)","Answer":"THOROUGH","Explanation":"Definition: conscientious\nO=\"Love\" inside THROUGH=\"non-stop\""}
-{"Clue":"Sure old rogue's carrying money to look sexy! (8)","Answer":"SMOULDER","Explanation":"Definition: look sexy!\n(Sure old)* around M (money)"}
-{"Clue":"Discussion about female in Hackney (6)","Answer":"CONFAB","Explanation":"Definition: Discussion\nON=\"about\" + F (female); in CAB=\"Hackney\""}
-{"Clue":"For one promoted, Horace's work rocks (6)","Answer":"GEODES","Explanation":"Definition: rocks\nE.G.=\"For one\" reversed\/\"promoted\"; plus ODES=\"Horace's work\""}
-{"Clue":"Start, not finish, at site of siege (5)","Answer":"INTRO","Explanation":"Definition: Start\nIN TRO[y]=\"at site of siege\" in the Trojan War, without the finishing letter"}
-{"Clue":"Beer's always off \u2014 port or spirit? (4)","Answer":"BRIO","Explanation":"Definition: spirit\nB[**eer**] minus **e'er**=\"always\"; plus RIO=\"port\" city"}
-{"Clue":"Favour first of entrants in advance (6)","Answer":"BEFORE","Explanation":"Definition: in advance\n**BE FOR**=\"Favour\" + first letter of **E**[ntrants]"}
-{"Clue":"Eagerly grasps hurdle, having landed on bottom (5,2)","Answer":"JUMPS AT","Explanation":"Definition: Eagerly grasps\n**JUMP**=\"hurdle\" + **SAT**=\"landed on bottom\""}
-{"Clue":"Hammer Thor needs taken up (9)","Answer":"SHORTENED","Explanation":"Definition: taken up\nas in 'taking up' a trouser hem\n (Thor needs)"}
-{"Clue":"Arm first to back an argument (5)","Answer":"WORDS","Explanation":"Definition: argument\n**S**\u2013**WORD**=\"Arm\" with the first S moved to the back"}
-{"Clue":"Compare Liberal with President Clinton, ultimately (5)","Answer":"LIKEN","Explanation":"Definition: Compare\n**L** (Liberal) + **IKE**=President Eisenhower + [Clinto]**N"}
-{"Clue":"Steps taken to bring about downfall? (4,5)","Answer":"RAIN DANCE","Explanation":"cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Allocating roles in reconnais\u00adsance, keeping close to suspect (7)","Answer":"CASTING","Explanation":"Definition: Allocating roles\n**CASING**=\"reconnaissance\" as in 'casing a joint' before a robbery; around the closing letter to [suspec]**T"}
-{"Clue":"Assemble\u00a0to conclude\u00a0harvest (6)","Answer":"GATHER","Explanation":"Definition: Assemble\ntriple definition\n \"conclude\" as in e.g. 'I gather from your tone that\u2026'"}
-{"Clue":"Westward retreat after conflict is admonished (6)","Answer":"WARNED","Explanation":"Definition: admonished\nreversal\/\"Westward\" of **DEN**=safe place=\"retreat\"; after **WAR**=\"conflict\""}
-{"Clue":"Dunno what victor does? (5,2)","Answer":"BEATS ME","Explanation":"Definition: Dunno\nand BEATS ME could also =\"what victor does\""}
-{"Clue":"Characters from Kew longed to develop expertise (9)","Answer":"KNOWLEDGE","Explanation":"Definition: expertise\n(Kew longed)"}
-{"Clue":"Tenor leading performers round Spain shut up in concert hall (5)","Answer":"TACET","Explanation":"Definition: shut up in concert hall\n=musical direction indicating that an instrument is to remain silent for a period\n **T** (Tenor) + **ACT**=\"performers\" around **E** [Espa\u00f1a]=\"Spain\""}
-{"Clue":"Engaged in ceasefire, ignoring command (5)","Answer":"REIGN","Explanation":"Definition: command\nhidden in [ceasefi]**RE IGN**[noring]"}
-{"Clue":"Game's left-winger to make complaint (3,6)","Answer":"RED GROUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Game\n=a game bird\n **RED**=political \"left-winger\" + **GROUSE**=\"make complaint\""}
-{"Clue":"Put one's hand to old hat to register departure (4,3)","Answer":"SIGN OUT","Explanation":"Definition: egister departure\n**SIGN**=\"Put one's hand to\" + **OUT**=unfashionable=\"old hat\""}
-{"Clue":"Players leave evacuated fortress (6)","Answer":"CASTLE","Explanation":"Definition: fortress\n**CAST**=\"Players\" + **L**[eav]**E** evacuated of its inner letters"}
-{"Clue":"Sybil's husband in charge of church with ceremonial rights \u2026 (7)","Answer":"BASILIC","Explanation":"Definition: of church with ceremonial rights\na basilica is a Roman Catholic Church specifically recognised by the Pope\n **BASIL**=\"Sybil's husband\" in Fawlty Towers ; plus **IC** (in charge)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 fine means of securing congregation (5)","Answer":"FLOCK","Explanation":"Definition: congregation\n**F** (fine) + **LOCK**=\"means of securing\""}
-{"Clue":"Keeping hospital department in Orient running (9)","Answer":"RETENTION","Explanation":"Definition: Keeping\n**ENT** (Ear, Nose, Throat)=\"hospital department\"; inside (Orient)"}
-{"Clue":"Trying case of drug popular in prison (7)","Answer":"JUDGING","Explanation":"Definition: Trying\nthe \"case\" or outer letters of **D**[ru]**G**, plus **IN**=\"popular\"; all inside **JUG**=slang for \"prison\""}
-{"Clue":"Doctor made one cut (5)","Answer":"MOWED","Explanation":"Definition: cut\n**MO** (Medical Officer)=\"doctor\" +** WED**=united=\"made one\""}
-{"Clue":"Killers axing third of villains they haven't met (9)","Answer":"STRANGERS","Explanation":"Definition: they haven't met\n**STRANG**\u2013L\u2013**ERS**=\"killers\", removing the third letter of vi-L-lains"}
-{"Clue":"What MP has turned up about good man's proclivities (6)","Answer":"TASTES","Explanation":"Definition: proclivities\n**SEAT**=\"What MP has\", reversed\/\"turned up\"; around **ST** (saint)=\"good man\""}
-{"Clue":"Unusually daring type of dressing (2,4)","Answer":"IN DRAG","Explanation":"Definition: Unusually daring \n(daring)"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian concocted non-U type of dressing (2,4)","Answer":"IN DRAG","Explanation":"Definition: type of dressing\n(Guardian)*, without either U\u2026 gives IN DRAG, but with an extra 'A'"}
-{"Clue":"Shielding light from poster in exhibition (9)","Answer":"SHADOWING","Explanation":"Definition: Shielding light from\n**AD**=\"poster\" in **SHOWING**=\"exhibition\""}
-{"Clue":"Serving up puff pastry cases closed restaurant (9)","Answer":"TRATTORIA","Explanation":"Definition: restaurant\nReversal of **AIR**=\"puff\" + **TART**=\"pastry\"; around **TO**=\"closed\" as in 'pull the door to'"}
-{"Clue":"French man of letters charged and executed on retirement (7)","Answer":"DIDEROT","Explanation":"Definition: French man of letters\n**TORE**=rushed, moved quickly=\"charged\" + **DID**=performed=\"executed\"; all reversed\/\"on retirement\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl to stop wearing underwear (6)","Answer":"BRENDA","Explanation":"Definition: Girl \n**END**=\"stop\" inside **BRA**=\"underwear\""}
-{"Clue":"Limit flexible term accommod\u00adated by Devon banker (7)","Answer":"EXTREME","Explanation":"Definition: Limit\n(term)* inside **EXE**=a Devon river\/\"banker\""}
-{"Clue":"Narrowly avoids\u00a0women's clothing (6)","Answer":"SKIRTS","Explanation":"Definition: Narrowly avoids\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Article removed from shed very slowly (5)","Answer":"LENTO","Explanation":"Definition: slowly\nanother musical direction\n 'a'=indefinite \"Article\", removed from **LE**-a-**N TO**=\"shed\""}
-{"Clue":"Take out\u00a0royal household (5)","Answer":"COURT","Explanation":"Definition: Take out\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Mead brewed with American and European bean (7)","Answer":"EDAMAME","Explanation":"Definition: bean\ndefinition: soy beans, often served in the pod\n (Mead)* + **AM** (American) + **E** (European)"}
-{"Clue":"Peculiar dialect used in a Salvat\u00adion Army meeting hall (7)","Answer":"CITADEL","Explanation":"Definition: Salvat\u00adion Army meeting hall\ndefinition: a name used for some Salvation Army churches\n (dialect)"}
-{"Clue":"Pattern knitted into popular anorak (4)","Answer":"ARAN","Explanation":"Definition: Pattern knitted\ndefinition: Irish knitwear pattern(s) from the Aran Islands\n hidden inside [popul]**AR AN**[orak]"}
-{"Clue":"Free bananas came in savoury paste (10)","Answer":"EMANCIPATE","Explanation":"Definition: Free\n(came in)* with \"bananas\"=crazy as anagrind; plus **P\u00c2T\u00c9**=\"savoury paste\""}
-{"Clue":"Clothing from soldier turned up during disorderly retreat (3-3)","Answer":"RIG-OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Clothing\ndefinition: an outfit\n **GI**=\"soldier\" reversed\/\"turned up\", inside **ROUT**=\"disorderly retreat\""}
-{"Clue":"Monkey died in tree (8)","Answer":"TAMARIND","Explanation":"Definition: tree\ndefinition: an African fruit tree\n **TAMARIN**=a type of \"Monkey\" + **D** (died)"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit found by animal in the edges of cultivated wood (9)","Answer":"CHIPBOARD","Explanation":"Definition: wood\n**HIP** as in 'rose hip'=\"Fruit\" + **BOAR**=\"animal\"; all inside the outer letters\/\"edges\" of **C**[ultivate]**D"}
-{"Clue":"Bird (chicken) not caught (5)","Answer":"RAVEN","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nC-**RAVEN**=cowardly, \"chicken\"; minus C (caught, in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Trick where fruit turns into stone (5)","Answer":"STUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Trick\n**NUT**=\"fruit\" reversed\/\"turns\"; inside **ST** (stone, unit of mass)"}
-{"Clue":"Plant in enclosure confused tailless monster (9)","Answer":"PENSTEMON","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\ndefinition: a type of flowering plant\n **PEN**=\"enclosure\" + (monste ~~r~~)"}
-{"Clue":"Old-time singer and performers meeting retired sailor at end of oratorio (8)","Answer":"CASTRATO","Explanation":"Definition: Old-time singer\n**CAST**=\"performers\" + **TAR**=\"sailor\" reversed\/\"retired\" + [oratori]**O"}
-{"Clue":"Note covered in pieces of rice cake (6)","Answer":"ECLAIR","Explanation":"Definition: cake\n**LA**=musical \"Note\", inside (rice)"}
-{"Clue":"Vessels seen by navy entering bay for celebration north of the border (5,5)","Answer":"BURNS NIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: celebration north of the border\n**URNS**=\"Vessels\" + **N** (Navy); all inside **BIGHT**=\"bay\""}
-{"Clue":"Cricketer's garment (4)","Answer":"SLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Cricketer\ndouble definition \u2013 first meaning is a cricket fielding position"}
-{"Clue":"Rats in areas of wasteland (7)","Answer":"DESERTS","Explanation":"Definition: Rats\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Get furious about 5 being cut (7)","Answer":"SEVERED","Explanation":"Definition: cut\n**SEE RED**=\"Get furious\", around **V**=5 in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Muslim ascetic put Queen Victoria's head in bowl (7)","Answer":"DERVISH","Explanation":"Definition: Muslim ascetic\n**ER** (Elizabeth Regina)=\"Queen\" + **V**[ictoria]; all inside **DISH**=\"bowl\""}
-{"Clue":"Setter given books on old West Indian music (5)","Answer":"MENTO","Explanation":"Definition: West Indian music\ndefinition: a style of Jamaican folk music\n **ME**=\"Setter\" +** NT** (New Testament)=\"books\" + **O** (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Mother's store for recycling plastic? (7)","Answer":"MAESTRO","Explanation":"Definition: plastic\ndefinition: name of a credit card\n **MA**=\"Mother\" + (store)"}
-{"Clue":"Collapsed mine swallowing company's takings (6)","Answer":"INCOME","Explanation":"Definition: takings\n(mine)* around **CO** (company)"}
-{"Clue":"Food additive in a box ruined meat (9)","Answer":"ASPARTAME","Explanation":"Definition: Food additive\ndefinition: an artificial sweetener\n **A** + **SPAR**=fight\/practise with another boxer=\"box\" + (meat)"}
-{"Clue":"Friendly alliance welcomed by independent enterprise (7)","Answer":"ENTENTE","Explanation":"Definition: Friendly alliance\nhidden inside [independ]**ENT ENTE**[rprise]"}
-{"Clue":"Let a runner go out with drug for rider in last place (8,5)","Answer":"LANTERNE ROUGE","Explanation":"Definition: rider in last place\ndefinition: the last-place cyclist in a race\n (Let a runner go)* + **E** (ecstasy)=\"drug\""}
-{"Clue":"Vice-president holding up English money in show of contrition (9)","Answer":"PENITENCE","Explanation":"Definition: show of contrition\nMike **PENCE**=US \"Vice-president\"; around a reversal\/\"up\" of: **E** (English) +** TIN**=slang for \"money\""}
-{"Clue":"Bad-mouth picture put up by Mussolini (7)","Answer":"TRADUCE","Explanation":"Definition: Bad-mouth\n**ART**=\"picture\" reversed\/\"put up\" by Il **DUCE**=\"Mussolini\""}
-{"Clue":"Cover article supporting nut tree (7)","Answer":"SHEATHE","Explanation":"Definition: Cover\n**THE**=\"article\", after **SHEA**=an African \"nut tree\""}
-{"Clue":"Fruit containing popular mineral (7)","Answer":"OLIVINE","Explanation":"Definition: mineral\n=a type of mineral, usually olive-green\n **OLIVE**=\"Fruit\" around** IN**=\"popular\""}
-{"Clue":"Alien found under farm building's thatch? (6)","Answer":"BARNET","Explanation":"Definition: thatch?\ndefinition: hair \/ a hairstyle**\n ET**\u00a0(Extra Terrestrial), after **BARN**=\"farm building\""}
-{"Clue":"Fabric in shawl is Lebanese (5)","Answer":"LISLE","Explanation":"definition: a type of cotton yarn\n hidden inside [shaw]**L IS LE**[banese]"}
-{"Clue":"Searching for diamonds, found 56 in England (7)","Answer":"DELVING","Explanation":"Definition: Searching\n**D** (diamonds) + **ENG** (England) around **LVI**=56 in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Beginnings of avalanche \u2014 rush back in time to shelter (7)","Answer":"HARBOUR","Explanation":"Definition: shelter\nfirst letters of **A**[valanche] **R**[ush] **B**[ack]; in **HOUR**=\"time\""}
-{"Clue":"Students' union is full of extremely decorative posers (5)","Answer":"NUDES","Explanation":"Definition: posers\n**NUS** (National Union of Students) around the extreme letters of **D**[ecorativ]**E"}
-{"Clue":"Unconscious, if sled crashes in playing areas (9)","Answer":"OUTFIELDS","Explanation":"Definition: p\n**OUT**=\"Unconscious\" + (if sled)"}
-{"Clue":"Chuck senior's fruit? (10)","Answer":"ELDERBERRY","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nthe **ELDER BERRY** might be Chuck Berry 'senior'"}
-{"Clue":"Satellite's second leg (4)","Answer":"MOON","Explanation":"Definition: Satellite'\n**MO** (moment)=\"second\" + **ON**=\"leg\" side in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Wonderful film 7? (11)","Answer":"MAGNIFICENT","Explanation":"Definition: Wonderful\nreference to the film *The Magnificent Seven"}
-{"Clue":"Makes immortal and gives reality to losing vote (11)","Answer":"ETERNALISES","Explanation":"Definition: Makes immortal\n**E**[x]**TERNALISES**=\"gives reality to\", minus the 'x' check mark=\"vote\""}
-{"Clue":"It falls slowly to begin with, at present (4)","Answer":"SNOW","Explanation":"Definition: It falls\n**S**[lowly] + **NOW**=\"at present\""}
-{"Clue":"I crept about, caught by quiet woman being alert (10)","Answer":"PERCEPTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: alert\n(I crept)* inside **P** (piano)=\"quiet\" + **EVE**=\"woman\""}
-{"Clue":"Element of seaming movement with Underwood's first maiden (9)","Answer":"MAGNESIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Element\n(seaming)* + **U**[nderwood] + **M** (maiden, in cricket)\n Derek Underwood was a bowler for England"}
-{"Clue":"They might be shed by tense organs (5)","Answer":"TEARS","Explanation":"Definition: They might be shed\n**T** (tense) + **EARS**=\"organs\""}
-{"Clue":"Group from the '80s and Blur in trouble (7)","Answer":"MADNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Group from the '80s\n=an English band \n (and)* inside **MESS**=\"trouble\""}
-{"Clue":"50+ queens have problems in hosiery (7)","Answer":"LADDERS","Explanation":"Definition: problems in hosiery\n**L**=50 in Roman numerals + **ADD**='+' i.e. the plus sign +** ER-S**\u00a0(Elizabeth Regina -s)=\"queens\""}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps mashed potatoes can be prepared in odd diets (6)","Answer":"DANCES","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps mashed potatoes \n\"mashed potatoes\" was a popular dance craze \n (can)* inside odd letters from **D**[i]**E**[t]**S"}
-{"Clue":"Posh car carries old princess (2-2-2)","Answer":"LA-DI-DA","Explanation":"Definition: Posh\n**LADA**=\"car\" around Princess **DI** (Diana)"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle's run times troubled conservationists (10)","Answer":"INSTRUMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Vehicle\n=\"Vehicle\" in a general sense of a mechanism or tool\n (run times)* + **NT** (National Trust)=\"conservationists\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird goes savage protecting egg (5)","Answer":"GOOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\n(goes)* around **O**=\"egg\" shaped letter"}
-{"Clue":"Strike gold! 1,001 dollars at random (3-2-4)","Answer":"HIT OR MISS","Explanation":"Definition: at random\n**HIT**=\"Strike\" + **OR**=\"gold\" in heraldry + **MI**=1,001 in Roman numerals + **SS**==\"dollars\""}
-{"Clue":"God at home with warmer 21? (4)","Answer":"RAIN","Explanation":"Definition: warmer 21\na 'warmer' form of precipitation compared to 21ac SNOW\n **RA**=Egyptian \"God\" +** IN**=\"at home\""}
-{"Clue":"One sees no upset ladies next to king and queen (8)","Answer":"ONLOOKER","Explanation":"Definition: One sees\nanagram\/reversal of **NO** + **LOO** (the ladies) + **K** (king) + **ER**=\"queen\""}
-{"Clue":"Ringtones are annoying (8)","Answer":"RESONATE","Explanation":"Definition: Ring\n(tones are)"}
-{"Clue":"One small drink during meeting? 500 get wasted (10)","Answer":"DISSIPATED","Explanation":"Definition: wasted\n**I**=\"One\" + **S** (small) +** SIP**=\"drink\"; inside **DATE**=\"meeting\"; plus **D**=500 in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Sensitive reactions as govern\u00adment moves to the front balconies (9)","Answer":"GALLERIES","Explanation":"Definition: balconies\n**ALLER-G-IES**=\"Sensitive reactions\", with the G (government) moving to the front"}
-{"Clue":"Worst all over \u2014 upper-class girl kidnapped by parliamentarian (8)","Answer":"PESSIMUM","Explanation":"Definition: Worst\n=the lowest point\n reversal\/\"over\" of: **U** (upper-class) + **MISS**=\"girl\", both inside** MEP** (Member of the European Parliament)"}
-{"Clue":"Went with piece of furniture containing English pine (8)","Answer":"BELONGED","Explanation":"Definition: Went with\n**BED**=\"piece of furniture\" around** E** (English) +** LONG**=\"pine [for]\""}
-{"Clue":"Introductions to masters in relativity: time's an illusion (6)","Answer":"MIRAGE","Explanation":"Definition: illusion\nfirst letters from **M**[asters]** I**[n] **R**[elativity] + **AGE**=\"time\""}
-{"Clue":"Against suppressing language of poetry (6)","Answer":"VERSES","Explanation":"Definition: poetry\n**VS**=versus=\"Against\" around ERSE=Gaelic \"language\""}
-{"Clue":"Animal caught by doctor (male) (5)","Answer":"CAMEL","Explanation":"Definition: A\n**C** (caught, in cricket) + (male)* with \"doctor\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Plain wholesome ready-made sandwiches (4)","Answer":"MERE","Explanation":"Definition: Plain\nhidden in (sandwiched inside of\u2026): [wholeso]**ME RE**[ady]"}
-{"Clue":"Gloomy ruler digesting intellig\u00adence for 22's leading figure (5,4)","Answer":"SADIQ KHAN","Explanation":"Definition: 22's leading figure\nSadiq Khan is the Mayor of London i.e. a leader in the UK's CAPITAL city\n **SAD**=\"Gloomy\" + **KHAN**=\"ruler\", around **IQ**=\"intelligence\""}
-{"Clue":"Selected work journalist pens in Time (5)","Answer":"OPTED","Explanation":"Definition: Selected\n**OP** (opus)=\"work\" + **ED** (editor)=\"journalist\"; around **T** (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Leader of Sparta is to return, having fed endlessly (5)","Answer":"SIGMA","Explanation":"Definition: Leader of Sparta\nSigma would the first\/leading letter in the Greek spelling of Sparta\n **IS** reversed\/\"to return\" + **G-MA**[n]=\"fed\"=US federal agent, without the end letter"}
-{"Clue":"Kid getting a French tattoo is a poser (9)","Answer":"CONUNDRUM","Explanation":"Definition: poser\n**CON**=trick=\"Kid\" + **UN**=\"a [in] French\" + [the beating of a] **DRUM**=\"tattoo\""}
-{"Clue":"People working with 22 in need of money (rupees) (7)","Answer":"BROKERS","Explanation":"Definition: People working with 22\nPeople trading in assets i.e. CAPITAL\n **BROKE**=\"in need of money\" + **RS** (rupees)"}
-{"Clue":"Carmen admits high crime in place promoting 22 (7)","Answer":"AMERICA","Explanation":"Definition: place promoting 22\n=a predominantly CAPITAL-ist country\n **AA** (Automobile Association, \"Car\u2026 men\"), around (crime)* with \"high\" as an anagrind similar to 'drunk'"}
-{"Clue":"American aboard vessel's reduced fare from Japan (5)","Answer":"SUSHI","Explanation":"Definition: fare from Japan\n**US**=\"American\" inside **SHI**[p]=\"vessel\" reduced by one letter"}
-{"Clue":"Queries Hamlet's dithering in 22's place for 22 (3,6,4)","Answer":"THE SQUARE MILE","Explanation":"Definition: 22's place for 22\n=part of London (the UK CAPITAL) known as a financial district (a place for trading CAPITAL)\n (Queries Hamlet)"}
-{"Clue":"Smoke from motor keeps inching around the edges (5)","Answer":"CIGAR","Explanation":"Definition: Smoke\n**CAR**=\"motor\", around the outer letters\/\"edges\" of** I**[nchin]**G"}
-{"Clue":"Man's penetrating stare unsettled girl (7)","Answer":"THERESA","Explanation":"Definition: girl\n**HE**=\"Man\", in (stare)"}
-{"Clue":"Surpass everything, but not entirely great (7)","Answer":"CAPITAL","Explanation":"Definition: great\n**CAP IT AL**[L]=\"Surpass everything\", but not the last letter"}
-{"Clue":"Drug affair in 22s (5,4)","Answer":"UPPER CASE","Explanation":"Definition: 22s\n=CAPITAL letters\n **UPPER**=\"drug\" + **CASE**=\"affair\""}
-{"Clue":"Vocal opponent of 22 in former European 22 (5)","Answer":"MARKS","Explanation":"Definition: former European 22\n=Deutsche **MARKS**, former German currency or CAPITAL\n homophone of 'Marx', an \"opponent of CAPITAL\""}
-{"Clue":"Figure captivated by a writer's range (9)","Answer":"APENNINES","Explanation":"Definition: range\n=a mountain range in Italy\n **NINE**=\"Figure\" as in 'number'; inside **A PEN'S**=\"a writer's\""}
-{"Clue":"Calls for fool to receive smack, finally (4)","Answer":"ASKS","Explanation":"Definition: Calls f\n**ASS**=\"fool\" around final letter of [smac]**K"}
-{"Clue":"Bother checking a soldier's movement (6)","Answer":"ADAGIO","Explanation":"Definition: movement\n=in music, a slow movement\n **ADO**=\"Bother\" around **A GI**=\"a soldier\"\n \"checking\" as a containment indicator, I think in the sense of \"restraining\""}
-{"Clue":"Clothing worn by husband causes outrage (6)","Answer":"SHOCKS","Explanation":"Definition: causes outrage\n**SOCKS**=\"Clothing\" around H (husband)"}
-{"Clue":"Overwhelm one lady with habit to see men? (8)","Answer":"INUNDATE","Explanation":"Definition: Overwhelm\n**I**=\"one\" + **NUN**=\"lady with habit\" + **DATE**=\"see men\""}
-{"Clue":"Stink over news in former European 22 across (4)","Answer":"BONN","Explanation":"Definition: former European 22 across\n=former German CAPITAL city\n **BO** (Body Odour)=\"Stink\" + **N N** ('new' twice, or two new-s)"}
-{"Clue":"22 across that's 22 across (8)","Answer":"STERLING","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\ndouble definition: =CAPITAL as in pounds **STERLING** the currency; or =CAPITAL as in 'excellent'"}
-{"Clue":"Economist a forger, eating bananas up (4,5)","Answer":"ADAM SMITH","Explanation":"Definition: Economist\n**A SMITH**=\"a forger\", around **MAD**=\"bananas\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"First to catch ball in muddle with love (5)","Answer":"BESOT","Explanation":"Definition: muddle with \n**BEST**=\"First\", around **O**=\"ball\"-shaped letter"}
-{"Clue":"Bolt gathered to secure new clock mechanism (10)","Answer":"ESCAPEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: c\n=the mechanism in a clock\/watch that converts e.g. the oscillation of a pendulum into the rotation of the gears\n **ESCAPE**=\"Bolt\" as in 'run away' + **MET**=\"gathered\" around **N** (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Period of trouble keeping control of image (5)","Answer":"APRIL","Explanation":"Definition: Period\n**AIL**=\"trouble\" around **PR** (public relations)=\"control of image\""}
-{"Clue":"Disinfectant from Spooner's cavernous vessel (5,3)","Answer":"SHEEP DIP","Explanation":"Definition: Disinfectant\n=an insecticidal disinfectant used on sheep\n Spoonerism of 'D-eep Sh-ip', or \"cavernous vessel\"\n Slightly unfortunate re-use of 'ship'='vessel' from 17ac"}
-{"Clue":"Hooligan needs drink, always swallowing bitter (8)","Answer":"TEARAWAY","Explanation":"Definition: Hooligan\n**TEA**=\"drink\" +** AY**=\"always\", around **RAW**=\"bitter\""}
-{"Clue":"A cut from knife that's sharp (6)","Answer":"CLEVER","Explanation":"Definition: sharp\nthe letter 'A' getting cut from **CLE**[A]**VER**=\"knife\""}
-{"Clue":"22 across flew through Taiwan regularly (6)","Answer":"TIRANA","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\n=CAPITAL city of Albania\n **RAN**=\"flew\" inside regular letters from **T**[a]**I**[w]**A**[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Curses are oddly dropped where 22 across was once opposed (4)","Answer":"USSR","Explanation":"Definition: where 22 across was once opposed\n=former communist [i.e. anti-CAPITAL-ist] country\n odd letters dropped from [C]**U**[r]**S**[e]**S** [a]**R**[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Miner hurries over fences in industrial region (4)","Answer":"RUHR","Explanation":"Definition: industrial region\n=industrial region in Germany\n reversed\/\"over\" and hidden\/fenced in [Mine]**R HUR**[ries]"}
-{"Clue":"Those who dare put on hot band (4)","Answer":"SASH","Explanation":"Definition: band\n**SAS**=(Special Air Service, with motto 'Who Dares Wins') + **H** (hot)"}
-{"Clue":"Many giving learner advice? Cross about it (8)","Answer":"MULTIPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Many\nL (learner) + TIP=\"advice\"; with MULE=\"Cross\" (as in 'hybrid') around them"}
-{"Clue":"Select smart response, finally putting nothing in (6)","Answer":"CHOICE","Explanation":"Definition: Select\ndefinition as an adjective meaning 'of superior quality'\n CHIC=\"smart\" + final letter of [respons]E; around O=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Heartless type shot big game (4)","Answer":"TEST","Explanation":"Definition: big \ndefinition as in a 'Test Match'\n T[yp]E S[ho]T, \"Heartless\" i.e. with the inner letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Resort to guessing just a little bit (10)","Answer":"SUGGESTION","Explanation":"Definition: just a little bit\ndefinition as in e.g. a 'suggestion \/ hint of chocolate flavour'\n Anagram\/\"Re-sort\" of (to guessing)"}
-{"Clue":"In hot spots, supported by fellow not offering 8 9 (6)","Answer":"HOBSON","Explanation":"Definition: fellow not offering 8 9\n'Hobson's choice' describes a situation with only one viable option\n HOBS=\"hot spots\" + ON=\"supported by\""}
-{"Clue":"Again charge one male among rest (8)","Answer":"REIMPOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Again charge\nI=\"one\" + M (male) inside REPOSE=\"rest\""}
-{"Clue":"Apart from some enigmas, understood (7)","Answer":"ASUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: Apart\nhidden in [enigma]S UNDER[stood]"}
-{"Clue":"Name for rich fabric \u2014 could be A, B, C, D, or E (7)","Answer":"BROCADE","Explanation":"Definition: Name for rich fabric\n(A B C D or E)"}
-{"Clue":"I am entering E, say, as rough guess (8)","Answer":"ESTIMATE","Explanation":"Definition: rough guess\nI'M=\"I am\", inside E + STATE=\"say\""}
-{"Clue":"Evaluate dunces, repeating one part for the fourth time (6)","Answer":"ASSESS","Explanation":"Definition: Evaluate\nASSES=\"dunces\", plus a fourth repetition of S"}
-{"Clue":"Put in A, B, C, D, or E, say? I'm naive \u2014 it's wrong (10)","Answer":"VITAMINISE","Explanation":"Definition: Put in A, B, C, D, or E, say\n(I'm naive it's)"}
-{"Clue":"Missing some obvious answers (4)","Answer":"SANS","Explanation":"Definition: Missing\nHidden in [obviou]S ANS[wers]"}
-{"Clue":"Agree possible sequence of answers for 8, 9, 10 with five options (6)","Answer":"ACCEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Agree\nA-C-C-E-D-E is a \"possible sequence of answers\" to a multiple choice test with 5 options (letters A to E)"}
-{"Clue":"A, B, C etc, as periodically arranged? He and I are with them (8)","Answer":"ELEMENTS","Explanation":"Definition: A, B, \nI think this is a double definition:\n A, B, C etc = 'the ABCs' = 'the basics' = ELEMENTS\n He (Helium) and I (Iodine) are ELEMENTS arranged in the periodic table"}
-{"Clue":"8 in varied menu \u2014 almost get excited (8)","Answer":"NUMEROUS","Explanation":"Definition: 8\ndefinition: solution to 8ac, MULTIPLE\n (menu)* + ROUS[e]=\"almost get excited\""}
-{"Clue":"Change 10? Don't change it! (4)","Answer":"STET","Explanation":"Definition: Don't change it!\ndefinition: an instruction to not make an edit\n anagram\/\"Change\" of solution to 10ac, TEST"}
-{"Clue":"Chooses to get involved, making absurd points (4,2)","Answer":"OPTS IN","Explanation":"Definition: Chooses to get involved\n(points)"}
-{"Clue":"Ingredient for festive drink in pubs \u2014 they have no 9 (7)","Answer":"BEGGARS","Explanation":"Definition: they have no 9\ndefinition referring to 9ac solution CHOICE, as 'beggars can't be choosers'\n EGG=\"Ingredient for festive drink\" as in eggnog; inside BARS=\"pubs\""}
-{"Clue":"More bats coming to second team? That is right (8)","Answer":"SCREWIER","Explanation":"Definition: More bats\n'bats' as in 'crazy'\n S (second) + CREW=\"team\" + I.E.=\"that is\" + R (right)"}
-{"Clue":"They remove unwanted bits as well with most of the selections (10)","Answer":"TOOTHPICKS","Explanation":"Definition: They remove unwanted bits\nTOO=\"as well\" + most letters of TH[e] + PICKS=\"selections\""}
-{"Clue":"Those in cast, otherwise selection of one (6)","Answer":"ACTORS","Explanation":"Definition: Those in cas\nNot sure how to parse this \u2013 is it an anagram of (cast + or)* where or=\"otherwise\"?"}
-{"Clue":"Oddly dynastic head of news\u00adpaper that's also published elsewhere (10)","Answer":"SYNDICATED","Explanation":"Definition: also published elsewhere\n(dynastic)* + ED (editor)=\"head of newspaper\""}
-{"Clue":"Cut up, dug up, subjected to 10 (8)","Answer":"EXAMINED","Explanation":"Definition: subjected to 10\n=subjected to TEST\n AXE=\"Cut\" reversed\/\"up\" + MINED=\"dug up\""}
-{"Clue":"Reason for crack \u2014 paper over it in housework? (8)","Answer":"DISUNITY","Explanation":"Definition: Reason for crack\nThe SUN=UK tabloid=\"paper\", plus IT; all inside DIY=\"housework\""}
-{"Clue":"Person who chooses answers inferior to A, B, C, followed by drink (7)","Answer":"DECIDER","Explanation":"Definition: Person who chooses\nD,E are the answers after\/below A,B,C in a multiple choice test, plus CIDER=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Change to another option, show\u00ading intelligence in school (6)","Answer":"SWITCH","Explanation":"Definition: Change to another option\nWIT=\"intelligence\" in SCH (school)"}
-{"Clue":"We agree about pressure on European ancestors of ours? (6)","Answer":"APEMEN","Explanation":"Definition: ancestors of ours?\nAMEN=\"We agree\" around P (pressure) + E (European)"}
-{"Clue":"Swing killed a lot in US? All of the above (4)","Answer":"SLEW","Explanation":"Definition: Swing\nTriple definition:\n =a turn, twist or swing\n =past tense of 'slay'\n =US slang for a large number"}
-{"Clue":"Pith extracted from some afore\u00admentioned tropical plant (6)","Answer":"SESAME","Explanation":"Definition: tropical plant\n**S**[om]**E** with the inner letters\/pith removed; plus **SAME**=\"aforementioned\""}
-{"Clue":"Squeezing hard, give relative a cuddle before beginning on tennis player (4,5)","Answer":"HUGH GRANT","Explanation":"Definition: player\n\"player\" meaning 'actor'\n **H** (hard) squeezed into: **HUG GRAN**=\"give relative a cuddle\" + **T**[ennis]"}
-{"Clue":"Ultimately, Marilyn Monroe had to appear ditzy \u2014 never mind! (2,4,4)","Answer":"NO HARM DONE","Explanation":"Definition: never mind\n(n Monroe had)*, where the first 'n' is the ultimate letter of Marilyn"}
-{"Clue":"Earliest of settlers in a mountain range in India, speechless (6)","Answer":"AGHAST","Explanation":"Definition: speechless\nthe first\/earliest letter of **S**[ettlers] inside **A** + **GHAT**=Indian word for a mountain pass"}
-{"Clue":"In wretched fashion, baby con\u00adsumed by putting up shelves etc (8)","Answer":"DISMALLY","Explanation":"Definition: In wretched fashion\n**SMALL**=\"baby\" inside **DIY**=\"putting up shelves etc\""}
-{"Clue":"Birds currently with holy cow aboard ship heading for Egypt (4,5)","Answer":"SNOW GEESE","Explanation":"Definition: Birds\n**NOW**=\"currently\" + **GEE**=exclamation of surprise=\"holy cow\"; inside **SS**=\"ship\" + **E**[gypt]"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor talks from the rear (4)","Answer":"SPAY","Explanation":"Definition: Doctor\n**YAPS**=\"talks\" reversed\/\"from the rear\""}
-{"Clue":"Light source attached to heel of glass slipper? (4)","Answer":"SLED","Explanation":"Definition: slipper?\n**LED** (Light Emitting Diode)=\"Light source\"; after the last letter\/heel of [glas]**S"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to welcome tourists regularly coming back for cake (5,4)","Answer":"SWISS ROLL","Explanation":"Definition: cake\n**SWILL**=\"Refuse\" as a noun; around regular letters from [t]**O**[u]**R**[i]**S**[t]**S** reversed\/\"coming back\""}
-{"Clue":"Lady left out of legion (8)","Answer":"COUNTESS","Explanation":"Definition: Lady\n**COUNT**[L]**ESS**=\"legion\" minus L (left)"}
-{"Clue":"Touring subcontinental state, antelope that's a bit petrified (3,3)","Answer":"BOG OAK","Explanation":"Definition: that's a bit petrified\n=oak that has been preserved in peat\n **BOK**=\"antelope\" around **GOA**=\"subcontinental state\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink from river after red, black and yellow creature? (6,4)","Answer":"GINGER BEER","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\n**GINGER**=\"red\" + **BEE**=\"black and yellow creature\"; with **R** (river) afterwards"}
-{"Clue":"A clear desert (4)","Answer":"ARID","Explanation":"Definition: desert\n**A** + **RID**=\"clear\""}
-{"Clue":"Trapper's cry when cuppa arrived? (6)","Answer":"GOTCHA","Explanation":"Definition: Trapper's cry\nor, **GOT CHA** with 'cha'=\"tea\""}
-{"Clue":"Might one identify paper as shabby? (6)","Answer":"RAGTAG","Explanation":"Definition: shabby\n**RAG**=[news]paper, with **TAG**=something used as identification"}
-{"Clue":"Weapon wounded one of the gendarmes? (4,3)","Answer":"STUN GUN","Explanation":"Definition: Weapon\n**STUNG**=\"wounded\" + **UN**=\"one\" in French i.e. as spoken by the gendarmerie [armed police]"}
-{"Clue":"Stress-free character seemingly calm, having walked away initially (5)","Answer":"SCHWA","Explanation":"Definition: Stress-free character\n=an unstressed vowel sound\n initial letters from **S**-eemingly** C**-alm **H**-aving **W**-alked **A**-way"}
-{"Clue":"Aquatic mammal with 9, everyone said? (7)","Answer":"MANATEE","Explanation":"Definition: Aquatic mamma\nwith HUGH (solution to 9 ac), a homophone 'Hugh-Manatee' of 'humanity'=\"everyone\""}
-{"Clue":"One having taken another fish, also hooked up (9)","Answer":"KIDNAPPER","Explanation":"Definition: One having taken another\n**KIPPER**=\"fish\", with **AND**=\"also\" on the inside\/\"hooked\" and reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Cricket side in match with a certain pitch (7)","Answer":"TONALLY","Explanation":"Definition: with a certain pitch\n**ON**=leg side in cricket; inside **TALLY**=\"match\""}
-{"Clue":"Jouster on Shetland pony for hours after work? (9)","Answer":"WEEKNIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: hours after work?\n**WEE KNIGHT**=\"Jouster on Shetland pony\u2026?\""}
-{"Clue":"Pack including second two cards \u2014 one's worn (7,6)","Answer":"SMOKING JACKET","Explanation":"Definition: one's worn\n**SET**=\"Pack\", around **MO**=moment=\"second\" plus **KING** and **JACK**, two playing cards"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character more intoxic\u00adated, we hear, in region of the far north (7)","Answer":"SIBERIA","Explanation":"Definition: in region of the far north\nhomophone of 'Psi beerier', where Psi is a letter of the Greek alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Incompetent husband dealing with dirt, so he has to get wife in for chore (7,3,10)","Answer":"LOADING THE DISHWASHER","Explanation":"Definition: chore\n**H** for \"husband\" as part of anagram fodder in (**H** dealing dirt so he has)*, around** W** (wife)"}
-{"Clue":"Look inside someone's ear, chortling (6)","Answer":"SEARCH","Explanation":"Definition: Look\nHidden inside [someone']**S EAR CH**[ortling]"}
-{"Clue":"Needing support, being half unpinned (3-6)","Answer":"ONE-LEGGED","Explanation":"Definition: Needing support\n'pin'='leg', so \"half unpinned\"='missing one of two legs'"}
-{"Clue":"Behave badly, as a court's risen (3,2)","Answer":"ACT UP","Explanation":"Definition: Behave badly\n**A** + **CT** (court) + **UP**=\"risen\""}
-{"Clue":"Aggressive music links criminal groups and army (7)","Answer":"GANGSTA","Explanation":"Definition: Aggressive music\n=a style of rap music\n **GANGS**=\"criminal groups\" + **TA** (Territorial Army)"}
-{"Clue":"Argued shiftily about pressure to improve (7)","Answer":"UPGRADE","Explanation":"Definition: improve\n(Argued)* around **P** (pressure)"}
-{"Clue":"Valueless river? (4)","Answer":"OUSE","Explanation":"Definition: river\n=river in Yorkshire\n **O**='zero' **USE** i.e. 'valueless'"}
-{"Clue":"One suggesting to settle area away from the coast (10)","Answer":"HINTERLAND","Explanation":"Definition: area away from the coast\n**HINTER**=\"One suggesting\" + **LAND**=\"settle\""}
-{"Clue":"Puzzle no more? (7)","Answer":"NONPLUS","Explanation":"Definition: Puzzle\n'non-plus' could mean \"no more\""}
-{"Clue":"Whiskey for French royalty (7)","Answer":"BOURBON","Explanation":"Definition: Whiskey\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Unedifying attitude that may set teeth on edge (4,6)","Answer":"SOUR GRAPES","Explanation":"Definition: Unedifying attitude\nwith a reference to the unpleasant sensation from literal sour grapes"}
-{"Clue":"Bird tucked into garibaldi biscuit (4)","Answer":"IBIS","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nhidden inside garibald-**I BIS**-cuits"}
-{"Clue":"One barely attends to the flock (7)","Answer":"SHEARER","Explanation":"Definition: One barely attends to the flock\nI think this is a cryptic def with 'barely' referring to the sheep being left bare\/uncovered after shearing"}
-{"Clue":"His law I translated into a foreign language (7)","Answer":"SWAHILI","Explanation":"Definition: a foreign language\n(His law I)"}
-{"Clue":"Vessel from which a thousand eat (5)","Answer":"KETCH","Explanation":"Definition: Vessel\n=a type of sailing vessel\n **K **(kilo, thousand) + **ETCH**=corrode=\"eat\" away"}
-{"Clue":"Popular girl breaking into number in which all join (9)","Answer":"SINGALONG","Explanation":"Definition: in which all join\n**IN**=\"Popular\" + **GAL**=\"girl\" inside **SONG**=\"number\""}
-{"Clue":"In the interests of virtue, I'm getting impatient (3,8,4)","Answer":"FOR GOODNESS SAKE","Explanation":"Definition: I'm getting impatient\n\"In the interests of virtue\" would be a more literal reading of the phrase"}
-{"Clue":"Poet's game said to be taking place (8)","Answer":"TENNYSON","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nhomophone\/'said' of 'tennis'=\"game\"; plus **ON**=\"taking place\""}
-{"Clue":"Unthinkable, a short part for the lead (5)","Answer":"LEASH","Explanation":"Definition: lead\nhidden in Unthinkab-**LE A SH**-ort"}
-{"Clue":"Virginian regularly picking up formal clothes for a saint (8)","Answer":"IGNATIUS","Explanation":"Definition: saint\nregular letters from [V]**I**[r]**G**[i]**N**[i]**A**[n] + **SUIT**=\"formal clothes\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Commercial deserved tweak (6)","Answer":"ADJUST","Explanation":"Definition: tweak\n**AD**=\"Commercial\" + **JUST**=\"deserved\""}
-{"Clue":"Such a dog may be put down as hairy (9)","Answer":"DANGEROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Such a dog may be put down\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"From nothing, a power unit raised capital (6)","Answer":"OTTAWA","Explanation":"Definition: cap\n=capital city of Canada\n **O**=\"nothing\"; plus **A** + **WATT**=\"power unit\" reversed\/\"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"To try new activities somehow was depressing? No (6,4,5)","Answer":"SPREAD ONES WINGS","Explanation":"Definition: To try new activities\n(was depressing no)"}
-{"Clue":"System of rule in chaos \u2014 go charily (9)","Answer":"OLIGARCHY","Explanation":"Definition: System of rule\n(go charily)"}
-{"Clue":"Unfinished game receives not so much approval (8)","Answer":"BLESSING","Explanation":"Definition: approval\n**BING**[o]=\"Unfinished game\", around **LESS**=\"not so much\""}
-{"Clue":"One's rung Robert, not yet eighteen (3,5)","Answer":"BOB MINOR","Explanation":"Definition: One's rung\n=a type of sequence in bell-ringing\n \"Robert\" + **MINOR**=\"not yet eighteen\""}
-{"Clue":"Familiar with being roughly ousted (4,2)","Answer":"USED TO","Explanation":"Definition: Familiar with\n(ousted)"}
-{"Clue":"Not safe in a tight skirt (2,4)","Answer":"AT RISK","Explanation":"Definition: Not safe\n**A** + (skirt)*, where \"tight\" meaning 'drunk' is the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Obese Bert bringing about demise (5)","Answer":"FATAL","Explanation":"Definition: bringing about demise\n**FAT**=\"Obese\" + **AL**=short for Albert=\"Bert\""}
-{"Clue":"Loyal support? Alas, I scam everyone (6,7)","Answer":"YEOMAN SERVICE","Explanation":"Definition: Loyal support\ndefinition: a phrase meaning dependable support\n (I scam everyone)*, with \"Alas\" working as an anagram indicator, similar to 'sadly'"}
-{"Clue":"Spray blue rinse all over the place (9)","Answer":"NEBULISER","Explanation":"Definition: Spray\ndefinition: a device that sprays a fine mist\n (blue rinse)"}
-{"Clue":"Book ban rescinded by one leader of congregation (5)","Answer":"RABBI","Explanation":"Definition: leader of congregation\n**B** (book) + **BAR**=\"ban\", all reversed\/\"rescinded\"; plus **I**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Never has waist doubled? Not that old! (5)","Answer":"NEWER","Explanation":"Definition: Not that \n**NE****V****ER**, doubling the **VV **making a **W**, with \"waist\" indicating a 'middle' letter"}
-{"Clue":"Man impressed to have left sport, quiet epic hero (9)","Answer":"GILGAMESH","Explanation":"Definition: epic hero\nreferring to the ancient poem *The Epic of Gilgamesh* \n **GI** (soldier, someone \"impressed\" i.e. pressed into military service) + **L** (left) + **GAME**=\"sport\" +** SH**=\"[be] quiet\""}
-{"Clue":"Bad-tempered Greek that hurt you early on (7)","Answer":"GROUCHY","Explanation":"Definition: Bad-tempered\n**GR **(Greek) + **OUCH**=\"that hurt\" + **Y**[ou]"}
-{"Clue":"Shine, having first to break depression (7)","Answer":"GLISTEN","Explanation":"Definition: Shine\n**IST**=1st=\"first\", breaking into **GLEN **i.e. a \"depression\" between hills"}
-{"Clue":"Male caught in snare uncon\u00adscious, going to expire (4,3)","Answer":"TIME OUT","Explanation":"Definition: expire\n**M **(Male) inside **TIE**=\"snare\" and **OUT**=\"unconscious\""}
-{"Clue":"Bone is hard? I'm pondering (7)","Answer":"STERNUM","Explanation":"Definition: Bone\n**STERN**=\"hard\" + **UM**=\"I'm pondering\""}
-{"Clue":"Equitable dealings out of order in this business meeting (5,4)","Answer":"TRADE FAIR","Explanation":"Definition: business meeting\n**FAIR TRADE**=\"Equitable dealings\", with the word order changed"}
-{"Clue":"Man of note fell a minute short, say (5)","Answer":"GRIEG","Explanation":"Definition: Man of note\nreferring to musical notes, and Edvard Grieg the composer \n **GRI**[**M**]=\"fell\" meaning dire\/dreadful, shortened by a **M** (minute); plus **E.G.**=\"say\""}
-{"Clue":"Woman not entirely like the others? (5)","Answer":"NORMA","Explanation":"Definition: Woman\n**NORMA**[L]=\"like the others\", cut short\/\"not entirely\""}
-{"Clue":"Not to one's taste and bad for one: two severe blows (9)","Answer":"OVERSWEET","Explanation":"Definition: Not to one's taste and bad for one\n(two severe)"}
-{"Clue":"So enthusiastic, corruptly agree best contract (5,2,6)","Answer":"EAGER TO PLEASE","Explanation":"Definition: So enthusiastic\n(agree)* + **TOP**=\"best\" + **LEASE**=\"contract\""}
-{"Clue":"Scope to jog over cell (5,4)","Answer":"ELBOW ROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Scope\n**ELBOW**=\"jog\" as in to nudge somebody; plus **ROOM**=\"cell\""}
-{"Clue":"Relating to large masses may be called wisdom (5)","Answer":"MOLAR","Explanation":"Definition: Relating to large masses\nmy first thought was of atoms and molecules \u2013 checking Chambers, \"Relating to large masses\" is listed as a definition of MOLAR \nsecond definition refers to 'wisdom' teeth i.e. some of the 'molars'"}
-{"Clue":"Is the rest of the head straight in this bunch? (7)","Answer":"NOSEGAY","Explanation":"Definition: bunch\nif a **NOSE** is **GAY**, the rest of the head might be straight"}
-{"Clue":"Old lawman to carry personal protection (7)","Answer":"EARPLUG","Explanation":"Definition: personal protection\nWyatt **EARP **is the Old West lawman ; plus **LUG**=\"carry\""}
-{"Clue":"Reveals it to be flexible (9)","Answer":"VERSATILE","Explanation":"Definition: flexible\n(Reveals it)* \u2013 I think \"flexible\" is also the anagrind"}
-{"Clue":"Rope caught by type of seaman (5)","Answer":"CABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Rope\n**C** (caught, cricket abbreviation); **ABLE** as in 'able seaman'"}
-{"Clue":"A particular dark time to sustain a casual relationship (3-5,5)","Answer":"ONE-NIGHT STAND","Explanation":"Definition: casual relationship\n**ONE NIGHT**=\"A particular dark time\" + **STAND**=\"sustain\""}
-{"Clue":"Arrogant greeting good worker could eventually deny (4,3,6)","Answer":"HIGH AND MIGHTY","Explanation":"Definition: Arrogant\n**HI**=\"greeting\" + **G** (good) + **HAND**=\"worker\" + **MIGHT**=\"could\" + last letter of [den]**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Join in as craftsman took a meal (9)","Answer":"COOPERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Join in\n**COOPER**=\"craftsman\" + **ATE**=\"took a meal\""}
-{"Clue":"Miniaturised state introduces new poor quality of sound reproduction (9)","Answer":"TINNINESS","Explanation":"Definition: poor quality\n**TININESS**, as in being tiny=\"Miniaturised state\", around **N **(new)"}
-{"Clue":"What may make one warm? (4,3)","Answer":"THAW OUT","Explanation":"Definition: warm\n**THAW OUT** in a crossword clue could indicate\/\"make\" an anagram of THAW, giving \"What\""}
-{"Clue":"Wait in court, present at table (5,2)","Answer":"SERVE UP","Explanation":"Definition: present at table\n\"present\" as a verb in the definition, presenting a meal\n **SERVE**=\"Wait\" + **UP**=\"in court\" e.g. somebody being 'up for robbery'"}
-{"Clue":"Hearing defective behind area in courtyards (5)","Answer":"ATRIA","Explanation":"Definition: courtyards\n**TRIA**[L]=court \"Hearing\", \"defective\"\/incomplete with a missing last letter; all after **A** (area)"}
-{"Clue":"Father and Son: son goes off to be an author (5)","Answer":"GOSSE","Explanation":"Definition: Father and Son\n*Father and Son * is an autobiographical memoir by Edmund Gosse with a focus on his relationship with his father Philip Henry Gosse\n (**s** goes)*, with the **s **short for \"son\", and \"off\" as anagrind"}
-{"Clue":"Prime Minister's penultimate press inquiry? Not so (6)","Answer":"ELEVEN","Explanation":"Definition: Prime\ndefinition: a prime number\n penultimate letter of [Minist]**E**[r] + **LEVE**[**so**]**N**=\"press inquiry\" into the phone hacking scandal minus \"**so**\""}
-{"Clue":"Creation of independent Great Britain stops crash (3,4)","Answer":"BIG BANG","Explanation":"Definition: Creation\n**I **(independent) + **GB** (Great Britain); inside\/stopping **BANG**=\"crash\""}
-{"Clue":"Beer in can? That's a keeper (9)","Answer":"CASTELLAN","Explanation":"Definition: keeper\ndefinition: someone in charge of a castle, part of which is a keep\n **STELLA **[Artois]=brand of \"Beer\"; inside **CAN"}
-{"Clue":"Pressed oil with a bit of vitamin E from this (5)","Answer":"OLIVE","Explanation":"Definition: from this\n(oil)*; plus a bit of **V**[itamin] + **E"}
-{"Clue":"Heads of vermin on mat? Incriminate the cat (5)","Answer":"VOMIT","Explanation":"Definition: cat\n\"cat\" can mean 'vomit' as a verb\n first letters\/heads of **V**[ermin] **O**[n] **M**[at] **I**[ncriminate] **T**[he]"}
-{"Clue":"Fan of Spice Girl's biscuit? (6,3)","Answer":"GINGER NUT","Explanation":"Definition: biscuit\n'Ginger Spice' was one of the Spice Girls, and one of her fans might be a GINGER NUT"}
-{"Clue":"Sounds upset over special meeting (7)","Answer":"SESSION","Explanation":"Definition: meeting\n**NOISES**=\"sounds\", reversed\/upset, and around\/over **S** (special)"}
-{"Clue":"Exhibits left onboard (6)","Answer":"SPORTS","Explanation":"Definition: Exhibits\n**PORT**=\"left\" side; in a **SS **(steamship) i.e. \"onboard\""}
-{"Clue":"Completes building site at college (4,2)","Answer":"TIES UP","Explanation":"Definition: Co\n(site)*, plus **UP**=\"at college\""}
-{"Clue":"He removes coats \u2014 hers are worn (7)","Answer":"SHEARER","Explanation":"Definition: He removes coats\n(hers are)"}
-{"Clue":"Horrible to behold: a book about Hamas extremists (9)","Answer":"LOATHSOME","Explanation":"Definition: Horrible\n**LO**=\"behold\" as an exclamation; **A TOME**=\"a book\" around the outer\/extreme letters of **H**ama**S"}
-{"Clue":"Cleans with powders (5)","Answer":"DUSTS","Explanation":"Definition: Cleans\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"German god, now retired, receives thanks (5)","Answer":"WOTAN","Explanation":"Definition: German god\na name for the Germanic god Odin\n **NOW** reversed\/retired; around **TA**=\"thanks\""}
-{"Clue":"According to Spooner, Toynbee cuts sweets (9)","Answer":"LOLLIPOPS","Explanation":"Definition: sweets\nPolly Toynbee writes for the Guardian; so a Spoonerism of 'Polly Lops'=\"Toynbee cuts\""}
-{"Clue":"Singers' covers on the radio (7)","Answer":"RAPPERS","Explanation":"Definition: Singers\nhomophone\/\"on the radio\" for 'wrappers'=\"covers\""}
-{"Clue":"Demolished flats? (6)","Answer":"LEVELS","Explanation":"Definition: flats\nI'm not sure exactly how this works \u2013 is it meant to be \"Demolishe**s**\"?\n 'flats' and 'levels' can both refer to level areas of land"}
-{"Clue":"Hides from Shakespeare the origins of Cleopatra and Anthony in seven plays (7)","Answer":"ENCAVES","Explanation":"Definition: Hides from Shakespeare\n'encave' is a word used by Shakespeare meaning to hide e.g. in a cave\n the first letters\/origins of **C**[leopatra] and **A**[nthony] inside (seven)"}
-{"Clue":"Mopes about in Surrey (5)","Answer":"EPSOM","Explanation":"Definition: in Surrey\n(Mopes)"}
-{"Clue":"Wiring set circle in motion (9)","Answer":"ELECTRICS","Explanation":"Definition: Wiring\n(set circle)"}
-{"Clue":"Boycott admires new openers like crazy (7)","Answer":"BANANAS","Explanation":"Definition: crazy\n**BAN**=\"Boycott\" + the first letters\/openers of **A**[dmires] **N**[ew] + **AS**=\"like\"\n the surface refers to Geoffrey Boycott, a former opening batsman for the England cricket team"}
-{"Clue":"Tory MP keeps Labour leader on hand (5)","Answer":"GLOVE","Explanation":"Definition: on hand\nMichael **GOVE**=\"Tory MP\", around **L**[abour]"}
-{"Clue":"One who turns away a relation in trouble? (9)","Answer":"ALIENATOR","Explanation":"Definition: One who turns away\n**A** + (relation)"}
-{"Clue":"Visitors blast around top exhibition on Sunday (6)","Answer":"GUESTS","Explanation":"Definition: Visitors\n**GUST**=\"blast\", around the top of **E**[xhibition]; plus **S** (Sunday)"}
-{"Clue":"Amazing goals! Newcastle's first catchphrase (6)","Answer":"SLOGAN","Explanation":"Definition: catchphrase\n(goals)* + **N**[ewcastle]"}
-{"Clue":"Lumbar puncture for American applicants, annoyed when giving up cocaine (6,3)","Answer":"SPINAL TAP","Explanation":"Definition: Lumbar puncture for American\n(appli**c**ants)*, minus **c** for cocaine"}
-{"Clue":"Finished going up road, I have top gear (9)","Answer":"OVERDRIVE","Explanation":"Definition: top gear\n**OVER**=\"Finished\" + reversed\/\"going up\" **RD** (road) + **I'VE**=\"I have\""}
-{"Clue":"Nations sleep badly \u2014 overwork? (7)","Answer":"PEOPLES","Explanation":"Definition: Nations\n(sleep)* around\/over **OP**=\"work\""}
-{"Clue":"English students enter text on perfumes (6)","Answer":"SMELLS","Explanation":"Definition: perfumes\n**E** (English) + **L** (Learner, student) + **L** (another student); inside **SMS**=\"text\" message from a mobile phone"}
-{"Clue":"Takes test again about society's struggles (7)","Answer":"RESISTS","Explanation":"Definition: struggles\n**RESITS**=\"Takes test again\" around **S** (society)"}
-{"Clue":"Start to float down river? (6)","Answer":"FLOWER","Explanation":"Definition: river\ndefinition: a river flows, it is a flow-er\n **F**[loat] + **LOWER**=\"down\""}
-{"Clue":"Ancient enclosure for chicken raising, say (5)","Answer":"HENGE","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient enclosure\n**HEN**=\"chicken\"; plus reversal\/\"raising\" of **E**.**G**.=\"say\""}
-{"Clue":"Gem traced using Stoke-on-Trent city postcode (5)","Answer":"STONE","Explanation":"Definition: Gem\nST1 or **ST** **ONE** might be the postcode"}
-{"Clue":"Meaningful nudge from flam\u00adboyant bird with hat on (5,4)","Answer":"BROAD HINT","Explanation":"Definition: Meaningful nudge\n(bird hat on)"}
-{"Clue":"Party organiser needing wife's help in public at first (4)","Answer":"WHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Party organiser\ndefinition: a political party official\n first letters of **W**[ife's] **H**[elp] **I**[n] **P**[ublic]"}
-{"Clue":"Particularly rich passage from 26? (5)","Answer":"LYRIC","Explanation":"Definition: Particularly rich passage from 26?\nreferring to 26=POET\n hidden in [Particular]**LY RIC**[h]"}
-{"Clue":"Dishes made from very high game (4,5)","Answer":"SOUP BOWLS","Explanation":"Definition: Dishes\n**SO**=\"very\" + **UP**=\"high\" + **BOWLS**=\"game\""}
-{"Clue":"Old-fashioned, essentially dull dance (3,4)","Answer":"PAS SEUL","Explanation":"Definition: dance\ndefinition: a dance for one person\n **PASSE**=pass\u00e9=\"Old-fashioned\"; plus the core\/essentials of [d]**UL**[l]"}
-{"Clue":"Henry longed to get married (7)","Answer":"HITCHED","Explanation":"Definition: married\n**H** (Henry, unit of electrical inductance) + **ITCHED**=\"longed\""}
-{"Clue":"Long-distance supplier of Meals on Wheels? (10,3)","Answer":"RESTAURANT CAR","Explanation":"Definition: Long-distance supplier of Meals on Wheels?\ncryptic definition, referring to a carriage serving meals on a [long-distance] train journey\n could be broken down into **RESTAURANT**=\"supplier of Meals\" + **CAR**=\"Wheels\""}
-{"Clue":"Very much affected, as are one's neighbours (6,7)","Answer":"BESIDE ONESELF","Explanation":"Definition: Very much affected\none's neighbours are also beside (next door to) oneself"}
-{"Clue":"Able seaman's leader knocked off (7)","Answer":"SKILLED","Explanation":"Definition: Able\nleading letter of **S**[eaman] + **KILLED**=\"knocked off\""}
-{"Clue":"A painful affliction regularly hits rodents (7)","Answer":"AGOUTIS","Explanation":"Definition: rodents\nan agouti is a rodent \n **A** + **GOUT**=\"painful affliction\" + regular letters from [h]**I**[t]**S"}
-{"Clue":"More artful hosts aren't com\u00admonly of better character (9)","Answer":"SAINTLIER","Explanation":"Definition: of better character\n**SLIER**=more sly=\"More artful\"; hosting\/going around **AIN'T**=\"aren't\" when speaking \"commonly\""}
-{"Clue":"Believer cheers after god succeeded (5)","Answer":"RASTA","Explanation":"Definition: Believ\n**TA**=thankyou=\"cheers\"; after **RA**=Egyptian \"god\" + **S** (succeeded)"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's moggy perhaps given nothing to eat (4)","Answer":"POET","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\n**PET**=\"moggy perhaps\", around\/eating **O**=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Playing extra beat, a consequence of overassessment? (3,6)","Answer":"TAX REBATE","Explanation":"Definition: consequence of overassessment\na consequence of being asked to pay too much tax i.e. \"overassessment\"\n (extra beat)"}
-{"Clue":"Rough hop over grassland (8)","Answer":"BALLPARK","Explanation":"Definition: Rough\n**BALL**=dance party=\"hop\" + **PARK**=\"grassland\""}
-{"Clue":"Brutes turn up on brief vacation (5)","Answer":"OGRES","Explanation":"Definition: Brutes\n**GO**=\"turn\" reversed\/up; plus **RES**[t]=\"brief vacation\""}
-{"Clue":"Could it make duos celebrate end of alliance? (6,8)","Answer":"DECREE ABSOLUTE","Explanation":"Definition: end of alliance\ndefinition: a legal document that ends a marriage\n (duos celebrate)*,\u00a0*plus [allianc]**E*** \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to Dr. WhatsOn and Dave Ellison"}
-{"Clue":"Provincial half of army behind endless abuse (7)","Answer":"INSULAR","Explanation":"Definition: Provincial\nthe first half of **AR**[my]; behind **INSUL**[t]=\"endless abuse\""}
-{"Clue":"Mention not getting a rise, masking pained expression (5,2)","Answer":"TOUCH ON","Explanation":"Definition: Mention\n**NOT **reversed upwards\/\"getting a rise\"; around **OUCH**=\"pained expression\""}
-{"Clue":"US author may finally retire (9)","Answer":"HAWTHORNE","Explanation":"Definition: US author\nUS author Nathaniel Hawthorne \n the \"may\" flower is a name for the **HAWTHORN** flower; plus the final letter of [retir]**E"}
-{"Clue":"Where Pedro gets drinks bill when work's over? (6)","Answer":"POSADA","Explanation":"Definition: Where Pedro gets drinks\ndefinition: an inn in Spanish-speaking countries\n **AD**=\"bill\" + **AS**=\"when\" + **OP**=\"work\"; all reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Bluecoat scores badly in showjumping event, say (8,6)","Answer":"OBSTACLE COURSE","Explanation":"Definition: showjumping event, say\n(Bluecoat scores)"}
-{"Clue":"Decline to accept one shilling for fund (9)","Answer":"SUBSIDISE","Explanation":"Definition: fund\n**SUBSIDE**=\"Decline\" around both: **I**=\"one\" + **S** (shilling)"}
-{"Clue":"Unseemly male exploit's begin\u00adning behind the scenes (8)","Answer":"OFFSTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: behind the scenes\n**OFF**=\"Unseemly\" + **STAG**=\"male\" + **E**[xploit's] beginning letter"}
-{"Clue":"Artist's father a good person, I admitted (7)","Answer":"DADAIST","Explanation":"Definition: Artist'\n**DAD**=\"father\" + **A** + **ST** (saint, good person); going around **I"}
-{"Clue":"A great talker, Irish sailor recalled boring old times (7)","Answer":"ORATRIX","Explanation":"Definition: A great talker\n**IR** (Irish) + **TAR**=\"sailor\"; both reversed\/\"recalled\", and going inside\/\"boring\" into: **O** (old) + **X** (times, as in 2\u00d74 is 'two times four')"}
-{"Clue":"Squanders benefit on drink (4,2)","Answer":"USES UP","Explanation":"Definition: Squanders\n**USE**=\"benefit\" + **SUP**=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Coverage of seed trial, part one? (5)","Answer":"TESTA","Explanation":"Definition: Coverage of seed\ndefinition: the outer coating of a seed\n **TEST A** could be the first part of a trial, followed by tests B, C, etc"}
-{"Clue":"Rich source, fish served with last drops of sardine oil (2,6)","Answer":"EL DORADO","Explanation":"Definition: Rich source\n=a fabled place of enormous wealth\n **DORADO**=\"fish\" ; after the last letters of [sardin]**E** [oi]**L"}
-{"Clue":"Stick securing old, hollowed out puppet (6)","Answer":"POODLE","Explanation":"Definition: puppet\n= a lackey, a servile follower\n **POLE**=\"Stick\", around **O**[L]**D** hollowed out"}
-{"Clue":"Fish, a freak doing the backstroke? (4)","Answer":"TUNA","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\n**A NUT**, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"In death, evoke praise (10)","Answer":"FELICITATE","Explanation":"Definition: praise\n**FATE**=\"death\" around **ELICIT**=\"evoke\""}
-{"Clue":"OK to put away bed and lie around? (6)","Answer":"EDIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: OK to put away\n(bed lie)"}
-{"Clue":"Two things smoked, queer fish (8)","Answer":"CRACKPOT","Explanation":"Definition: queer fish\n\"queer fish\" is slang for a person with odd behaviour\n **CRACK** and **POT**, as in cocaine and marijuana, are both smoked"}
-{"Clue":"My Lord has invested currency \u2014 big fish (7)","Answer":"GRANDEE","Explanation":"Definition: big fish\n**GEE** as an exclamation=\"My Lord\", around **RAND**=South African \"currency\""}
-{"Clue":"Deep, deep fish (3,4)","Answer":"SEABASS","Explanation":"Definition: fish\n**SEA**=[the] \"Deep\" + **BASS**=\"deep\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish good with two fish (8)","Answer":"GRAYLING","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\n**G** (good) + **RAY** (a fish) + **LING** (a second fish)"}
-{"Clue":"Croatian boxers reportedly bringing carp (5,5)","Answer":"SPLIT HAIRS","Explanation":"Definition: carp\n\"carp\" as in 'nag about trivialities'\n **SPLIT** is a Croation city; and **HAIRS** is a homophone of 'hares', animals that box each other=\"boxers\""}
-{"Clue":"Stonefish? (4)","Answer":"ROCK","Explanation":"Definition: Stone\ndouble definition, \"Stone\" or \"fish\" \u2013 rock fishes include a variety of species that live among rocks"}
-{"Clue":"Fish not a sausage male's thrown back (6)","Answer":"MARLIN","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\n**NIL**=\"not a sausage\" + **RAM**=\"male\"; all thrown back i.e. reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Transport used on street, most reliable (8)","Answer":"SOUNDEST","Explanation":"Definition: most reliable\nanagram of (used on)*, plus **ST** (street)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish get into difficulties (8)","Answer":"FLOUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: Fis\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Little bit of Africa to investigate, travelling north (4)","Answer":"IOTA","Explanation":"Definition: Lit\nhidden in [Afric]**A TO I**[nvestigate], reversed upwards\/\"travelling north\""}
-{"Clue":"Draw spirit miles up (6)","Answer":"RAFFLE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw\n**ELF**=\"spirit\" + **FAR**=\"miles\"; all reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish ball with different starter (7)","Answer":"POLLOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\n[b]**OLLOCK**=\"ball\", with a different starting letter"}
-{"Clue":"Contemporary scholar gathering speed (5-3)","Answer":"SPACE-AGE","Explanation":"Definition: Contemporary\n**SAGE**=\"scholar\" around **PACE**=\"speed\""}
-{"Clue":"Temporary office left, using this handle over ditch (10)","Answer":"PORTAKABIN","Explanation":"Definition: Temporary office\n**PORT**=\"left\"; plus **AKA** (also known as)=\"using this handle\"; plus **BIN**=throw away=\"ditch\""}
-{"Clue":"Drinking litres, bum virtually drunk (6)","Answer":"BLOTTO","Explanation":"Definition: drunk\n**L** (litres); inside **BOTTO**[m]=\"bum\", with \"virtually\" as in 'almost' indicating the removal of the last letter"}
-{"Clue":"Ladies scantily dressed, Barbra Streisand's initials covering her topless picture (5,5)","Answer":"BUNNY GIRLS","Explanation":"Definition: Ladies scantily dressed\n**B**[arbara] **S**[treisand]; around [F]**UNNY GIRL** =film\/\"picture\" starring Barbara Streisand, with the top letter removed"}
-{"Clue":"Realisation, where I happen to change personality, ultimately (8)","Answer":"EPIPHANY","Explanation":"Definition: Realisation\n(I happen)*; plus the ultimate letter of [personalit]**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Fish is covered in cream after gutting error (8)","Answer":"SOLECISM","Explanation":"Definition: error\n**SOLE**=\"Fish\" +** IS** inside **C**[rea]**M"}
-{"Clue":"V fishy stain under unopened receptacle (7)","Answer":"AGAINST","Explanation":"Definition: V\ndefinition: \"V\" as in versus\n (stain)*; under [b]**AG**=\"receptacle\" without its opening letter"}
-{"Clue":"Kipper in front, farewell forever seafood sandwiches! (3,3,6)","Answer":"RIP VAN WINKLE","Explanation":"Definition: Kipper\ndefinition: a fictional character who slept\/'kipped' for a long time\n **VAN**=vanguard, \"front\"; sandwiched inside: **RIP** (rest in peace)=\"farewell forever\", and **WINKLE**=\"seafood\""}
-{"Clue":"Come to understand thread about European Union (4,2)","Answer":"WISE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Come to understand\n**WISP**=\"thread\" around **EU** (European Union)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish bleeding briefly (4)","Answer":"RUDD","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\ndefinition: the red-eye fish\n **RUDD**[y]=\"bleeding\", cut short"}
-{"Clue":"Misguided betrothal to wet bedfellow? (3-5,6)","Answer":"HOT-WATER BOTTLE","Explanation":"Definition: bedfellow\n(betrothal to wet)"}
-{"Clue":"Jumped in meadow for exercises (5)","Answer":"LEAPT","Explanation":"Definition: Jumped\n**LEA**=\"meadow\" + **PT** (physical training)=\"exercises\""}
-{"Clue":"Defection by saint who gets answer in a bunch of flowers (8)","Answer":"APOSTASY","Explanation":"Definition: Defection\n**ST** (saint) + **A** (answer); inside **A POSY**=\"a bunch of flowers\""}
-{"Clue":"Strange Greek lemon's a hybrid (7)","Answer":"MONGREL","Explanation":"Definition: hybrid\n(Gr lemon)*; using Gr. as an abbreviation for \"Greek\""}
-{"Clue":"Chap beginning to imbibe cocktail (7)","Answer":"MARTINI","Explanation":"Definition: cocktail\n**MARTIN**=male name=\"Chap\" + the beginning letter of **I**[mbibe]"}
-{"Clue":"Proper outfit to go with odd hats? (5)","Answer":"RIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Proper\n**RIG**=\"outfit\" + odd letters from **H**[a]**T**[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Volte-face occasioned by spell of dizziness linked to drinks ordered from the bar (9)","Answer":"TURNROUND","Explanation":"Definition: Volte-face\n**TURN**=\"spell of dizziness\" + **ROUND**=\"drinks ordered from the bar\""}
-{"Clue":"Truth and openness initially is displayed by every Irish prime minister (9)","Answer":"TAOISEACH","Explanation":"Definition: Irish prime minister\ninitials of** T**[ruth] **A**[nd] **O**[penness] +** IS** + **EACH**=\"every\""}
-{"Clue":"Complaining re Erica's inclusion as a feminist writer (5)","Answer":"GREER","Explanation":"Definition: feminist writer\nGermaine Greer is the writer \n hidden in [Complainin]**G RE ER**[ica]"}
-{"Clue":"Old Frenchman to chuck out retro American vehicle (7)","Answer":"OMNIBUS","Explanation":"Definition: vehicle\n**O** (old) + **M** (monsieur, Frenchman) + **BIN**=\"chuck out\" reversed\/\"retro\" + **US**=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"Lecturer going to a talk about new Australian food (7)","Answer":"LASAGNA","Explanation":"Definition: food\n**L** (lecturer) + **A** + **GAS**=\"talk\" reversed\/\"about\" + **N** (new) + **A** (Australian)"}
-{"Clue":"Scare cook contracted to produce snail on the menu (8)","Answer":"ESCARGOT","Explanation":"Definition: snail on the menu\n(Scare)* + **GOT** [e.g as in caught a disease]=\"contracted\""}
-{"Clue":"Recipe with stirred oats for lunch on Sunday? (5)","Answer":"ROAST","Explanation":"Definition: lunch on Sunday\n**R** (recipe) + (oats)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor stupidly cuts organ with piles (7,7)","Answer":"PLASTIC SURGEON","Explanation":"Definition: Doctor\n(cuts organ piles)"}
-{"Clue":"Somehow halt Mo Farah before end of modern running event (4-8)","Answer":"HALF-MARATHON","Explanation":"Definition: running event\n(halt Mo Farah)* + end letter of [moder]**N"}
-{"Clue":"Sequence observed in perfect rainbow (5)","Answer":"TRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Sequence\nhidden in [perfec]**T RAIN**[bow]"}
-{"Clue":"Complaint about Iris Murdoch's last tart (9)","Answer":"ARTHRITIS","Explanation":"Definition: Complaint\n(Iris h tart)*, where the h is the last letter of [Murdoc]h"}
-{"Clue":"Finally solve Paul's 'Alien with an American shoulder piece' (7)","Answer":"EPAULET","Explanation":"Definition: American \nUS spelling of 'epaulette'\n final letter from [solv]**E** + **PAUL** + **ET** (extraterrestrial)=\"Alien\""}
-{"Clue":"Mistake involving a flower (7)","Answer":"BLOOMER","Explanation":"Definition: Mistake\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Mongolian warrior giving thanks to sailor (5)","Answer":"TATAR","Explanation":"Definition: Mongolian warrior\n**TA**=\"thanks\" + **TAR**=\"sailor\""}
-{"Clue":"Languor shown as female setter ruined duet (9)","Answer":"LASSITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Languor\n**LASS**=\"female\" +** I**=\"setter\" + (duet)"}
-{"Clue":"Nicer information about pictures of childcare facility (12)","Answer":"KINDERGARTEN","Explanation":"Definition: childcare facility\n**KINDER**=\"Nicer\" + **GEN**=\"information\" around **ART**=\"pictures\""}
-{"Clue":"Plant found in bog round Sellafield (9)","Answer":"GROUNDSEL","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nhidden in [bo]**G ROUND SEL**[lafield]"}
-{"Clue":"Hospital doctor's a record holder (9)","Answer":"REGISTRAR","Explanation":"Definition: Hospital doctor\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Spear featuring in Anglo-Saxon epic given to Icelandic leader (7)","Answer":"ASSAGAI","Explanation":"Definition: Spear\n**AS** (Anglo-Saxon) + **SAGA**=\"epic\" + **I**[celandic]"}
-{"Clue":"Breath exhaled from a lush, drunk after swallowing vermouth (7)","Answer":"HALITUS","Explanation":"Definition: Breath exhaled\n(a lush)*; around **IT**=\"vermouth\" as in 'gin and it'"}
-{"Clue":"Watering holes draw in European animals (5)","Answer":"BEARS","Explanation":"Definition: animals\n**BARS**=\"Watering holes\" around **E** (European)"}
-{"Clue":"Serious consequence of snog at last party (5)","Answer":"GRAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Serious\nlast of [sno]**G** + **RAVE**=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"Cola formula, almost pure drink (7)","Answer":"ALCOHOL","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n(Cola)* + **HOL**[y]=\"almost pure\""}
-{"Clue":"Spread butter, with end of knife that's used to deliver liquid (7)","Answer":"BURETTE","Explanation":"Definition: used to deliver liquid\n(butter)* + [knif]**E"}
-{"Clue":"'K' is wrestling with Pat (sumo) (9)","Answer":"POTASSIUM","Explanation":"Definition: K\nK is the chemical symbol for Potassium\n (is Pat sumo)"}
-{"Clue":"Announced fruit's value (5)","Answer":"GAUGE","Explanation":"Definition: value\nhomophone\/\"Announced\" of 'gage'=\"fruit\""}
-{"Clue":"One's taken by Mark, perhaps, to be a metalloid (8)","Answer":"ANTIMONY","Explanation":"Definition: metalloid\n**I'M**=I am=one is=\"One's\"; inside **ANTONY**=\"Mark, perhaps\" as in Mark Antony the Roman general"}
-{"Clue":"Support needed to hold C sharp (4)","Answer":"ACID","Explanation":"Definition: s\n**AID**=\"Support\", around **C"}
-{"Clue":"Talk drugs, mustard and marsh, say? (5)","Answer":"GASES","Explanation":"Definition: mustard and marsh, say\ndefinition referring to e.g. mustard gas and marsh gas\n **GAS**=\"Talk\" + **E'S**=\"drugs\" as in e for 'ecstasy'"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy doorbell, but not a respectable place (8)","Answer":"BORDELLO","Explanation":"Definition: not a respectable place\n(doorbell)"}
-{"Clue":"Stage broadcast worry (5)","Answer":"PHASE","Explanation":"Definition: Stage\nhomophone\/\"broadcast\" of 'faze'=\"worry\""}
-{"Clue":"Instant cure-all, possibly composed of tiny pieces (9)","Answer":"MOLECULAR","Explanation":"Definition: of tiny pieces\n**MO**=moment=\"Instant\" + (cure all)"}
-{"Clue":"River transport laboratory item (4,4)","Answer":"TEST TUBE","Explanation":"Definition: laboratory item\nthe **TEST** is a river in Hampshire; plus **TUBE**=London Underground=\"transport\""}
-{"Clue":"Sharp cousin, several times removed, biting head off fellow (2,5)","Answer":"IN FOCUS","Explanation":"Definition: Sharp\n(cousin)* around the head of **F**[ellow]\n \"removed\" is the anagrind as in re-moved"}
-{"Clue":"Titled person on revolving bar (7)","Answer":"COUNTER","Explanation":"Definition: bar\n**COUNT**=\"Titled person\"; plus **RE**=about=\"on\" reversed\/\"revolving\""}
-{"Clue":"Band's jacket recommendation? Not black (4)","Answer":"BLUR","Explanation":"Definition: Band\nBlur is an English rock band\n **BLUR**[b]=\"jacket recommendation\", minus b[lack]"}
-{"Clue":"Hybrid court (8)","Answer":"COMPOUND","Explanation":"Definition: Hybrid\ndouble definition: something made of multiple parts; or an enclosed space"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle carrying Latin duo (6)","Answer":"COUPLE","Explanation":"Definition: duo\n**COUPE**=\"Vehicle\" around L (Latin)"}
-{"Clue":"Iris affected with bust and shoulder inflammation (8)","Answer":"BURSITIS","Explanation":"Definition: shoulder inflammation\n=a swelling around joints such as the shoulder\n (Iris bust)"}
-{"Clue":"Sing about high priest's balloon content? (6)","Answer":"HELIUM","Explanation":"Definition: balloon content\n**HUM**=\"Sing\" around **ELI**=\"high priest\" in the Bible"}
-{"Clue":"Thumb stuck under a basic building block? (4)","Answer":"ATOM","Explanation":"Definition: basic building block\n**TOM** Thumb the fairy tale character; under\/after **A"}
-{"Clue":"It's probably not good to eat nasty people with a utensil (9)","Answer":"TOADSTOOL","Explanation":"Definition: It's probably not good to eat\n**TOADS**=\"nasty people\" +\u00a0**TOOL**=\"utensil\""}
-{"Clue":"All right at start of cruise, for example, to go round the Lizard? (5)","Answer":"GECKO","Explanation":"Definition: Lizard\n**OK**=\"All right\" + **C**[ruise] +\u00a0**E.G.**=\"for example\"; all reversed\/\"to go around\""}
-{"Clue":"Head appearing on large English coin (5)","Answer":"NOBLE","Explanation":"Definition: coin\n=a type of gold coin\n **NOB**=\"Head\" + **L** (large) + **E** (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Wood to sell back disco? (4,4)","Answer":"GOLF CLUB","Explanation":"Definition: Wood\na \"Wood\" is a type of golf club\n **FLOG**=\"sell\" reversed\/\"back\"; plus **CLUB**=\"disco\""}
-{"Clue":"'To the bride', perhaps, in German (Browning) (8)","Answer":"TOASTING","Explanation":"Definition: Browning\n**TOAST**=\"'To the bride', perhaps\" + **IN** + **G** (German)"}
-{"Clue":"Chemist and singer residing in the outskirts of Darwin (6)","Answer":"DALTON","Explanation":"Definition: Chemist\nJohn Dalton \n **ALTO**=\"Singer\" in the outer letters of** D**[arwi]**N"}
-{"Clue":"Term for each moon day (6)","Answer":"PERIOD","Explanation":"Definition: Term\n**PER**=\"for each\" + **IO**=\"moon\" of Jupiter + **D** (day)"}
-{"Clue":"Plan to acquire curling rink, including wide, controversial shoulder protection (4,4)","Answer":"MINK WRAP","Explanation":"Definition: controversial shoulder protection\n**MAP**=\"Plan\" around (rink)* around **W** (wide, cricket abbreviation)"}
-{"Clue":"Was a killer from Isleworth? (4)","Answer":"SLEW","Explanation":"Definition: Was a killer\nhidden in [I]**SLEW**[orth]"}
-{"Clue":"Barista's warning police still? (7)","Answer":"MUGSHOT","Explanation":"Definition: police \n\"still\" as in a photograph\n **MUG**'**S** **HOT**=\"Barista's warning\""}
-{"Clue":"Tendentious bid may be put forward after no end of hesitation (7)","Answer":"DOUBLED","Explanation":"Definition: Tendentious bid may be\na bid in bridge might be 'doubled' if the opposing team believe it can be beaten. \"Tendentious\" as in 'disagreed with'\n **LED**=\"put forward\"; after **DOUB**[t]=\"hesitation\" with no end letter"}
-{"Clue":"Land one, punching Hilary (5)","Answer":"BENIN","Explanation":"Definition: Land\n**I**=\"one\", punching inside Hilary **BENN**, the Labour party politician"}
-{"Clue":"Be wildly excited putting pineapple to mouth (2,7)","Answer":"GO BANANAS","Explanation":"Definition: Be wildly excited\n**ANANAS**=genus of plants containing the \"pineapple\"; after **GOB**=\"mouth\""}
-{"Clue":"As naval fighter, put on a shade of blue (10)","Answer":"AQUAMARINE","Explanation":"Definition: shade of blue\n**QUA**=Latin for 'in the capacity of' or \"As\"; **MARINE**=\"naval fighter\"; all after **A"}
-{"Clue":"Endless ring makes a measure of sound (3)","Answer":"BEL","Explanation":"Definition: measure of sound\na decibel is a tenth of a bel\n **BEL**[L]=\"Endless ring\""}
-{"Clue":"The French please with a mixture of tulips and violas (3,4,5)","Answer":"S\u2019IL VOUS PLAIT","Explanation":"Definition: The French please\n=\"The French [phrase for] please\"\n (tulips violas)"}
-{"Clue":"What Midas was given, extremely sensibly hidden, so long ago (7,5)","Answer":"DONKEYS YEARS","Explanation":"Definition: long ago\nin Greek mythology, King Midas had **DONKEY EARS** [and tried to hide them]; around the extremes of **S**[ensibl]**Y"}
-{"Clue":"Fear wife's stuck in casualty (3)","Answer":"AWE","Explanation":"Definition: Fear\n**W** (wife) inside **A**&**E** (Accident & Emergency)=\"casualty\""}
-{"Clue":"Solicit a few pounds for Audrey's husband (10)","Answer":"TOUCHSTONE","Explanation":"Definition: Audrey's husband\nAudrey and Touchstone marry in Shakespeare's *As You Like It*\n **TOUCH**=\"Solicit\"; plus **STONE**=14 pounds in imperial measurements"}
-{"Clue":"Popular edition getting everything topsy-turvy (9)","Answer":"INVERSION","Explanation":"Definition: everything \n**IN**=\"Popular\" + **VERSION**=\"edition\""}
-{"Clue":"Penny in old money chucked back by such a fool (5)","Answer":"APRIL","Explanation":"Definition: such a fool\nreferring to the April Fools' Day traditions\n **P** (Penny); inside **LIRA**=former Italian currency=\"old money\" reversed\/\"chucked back\""}
-{"Clue":"Commonly, money (apart from euro) is thin (7)","Answer":"THREADY","Explanation":"Definition: thin\n**TH**[**E**]** READY**=slang for cash=\"Commonly, money\", minus **E** for \"euro\""}
-{"Clue":"As soon as clocked in at work\u00adplace, given a hearing (2,5)","Answer":"ON SIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: As soon as clocked\n\"clocked\" meaning \"seen\"\n homophone\/\"given a hearing\" of: 'on site'=\"at workplace\""}
-{"Clue":"Comic character who lacked a head for speaking (2,4)","Answer":"MR BEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Comic character\nRowan Atkinson's famous character \n homophone\/\"for speaking\" of: 'missed a bean'=\"lacked a head\""}
-{"Clue":"Our crossword is a type one gets into (6)","Answer":"GENIUS","Explanation":"Definition: Our crossword\nthe Genius is a monthly Guardian crossword\n **GENUS**=\"type\", with **I**=\"one\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Cleverly hide man and servant (10)","Answer":"HANDMAIDEN","Explanation":"Definition: servant\n(hide man and)"}
-{"Clue":"Milne's one was doubly good (5)","Answer":"TIGER","Explanation":"Definition: Milne's one was doubly good\ndoubling the G (good) gives TIGGER, the tiger in A A Milne's *Winnie the Pooh *books"}
-{"Clue":"Be tenured, potentially offering security (9)","Answer":"DEBENTURE","Explanation":"Definition: security\na type of financial security\n (Be tenured)"}
-{"Clue":"With speech, makes pots (4)","Answer":"URNS","Explanation":"Definition: pots\nhomophone\/\"With speech\" of: 'earns'=\"makes\""}
-{"Clue":"Vikings used this pine club with a hole in it (8)","Answer":"LONGBOAT","Explanation":"Definition: Vikings used this\n**LONG**=yearn=\"pine\" + **BAT**=\"club\" with **O**=\"hole\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Fail to keep up in time? Wretched! (8)","Answer":"DESOLATE","Explanation":"Definition: Wretched\n**LOSE**=\"Fail\", kept reversed\/\"up\" in **DATE**=\"time\""}
-{"Clue":"Show off injuries from high-speed transport (6,4)","Answer":"SPORTS CARS","Explanation":"Definition: high-speed transport\n**SPORT SCARS**=\"Show off injuries\""}
-{"Clue":"Bombs huge town all round: that makes things sticky (9)","Answer":"VISCOSITY","Explanation":"Definition: that makes things sticky\n**VIS**=V1s=\"Bombs\" ; plus **OS** (oversize)=\"huge\" inside **CITY**=\"town\""}
-{"Clue":"Visionary site laid out (8)","Answer":"IDEALIST","Explanation":"Definition: Visionary\n(site laid)"}
-{"Clue":"Quick look as soon as finished (4-4)","Answer":"ONCE-OVER","Explanation":"Definition: Quick look\n**ONCE OVER**=\"as soon as finished\""}
-{"Clue":"Rotter's love, great mistake (6)","Answer":"TOERAG","Explanation":"Definition: Rotter\n(O great)*; where O=zero=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Fan of one of Europe's currencies almost pocketed each (6)","Answer":"ZEALOT","Explanation":"Definition: Fan\n**ZLOT**[y]=\"almost\" the currency of Poland; pocketing **EA**. (each)"}
-{"Clue":"Country's pro-Labour slogan? (5)","Answer":"CONGO","Explanation":"Definition: Country\n**CON GO** as in 'Conservative Party, go away' could be a \"pro-Labour slogan\""}
-{"Clue":"In a cell, what carries information regularly from Miranda (4)","Answer":"MRNA","Explanation":"Definition: In a cell, what carries information\n=Messenger RNA \n regular letters from **M**[i]**R**[a]**N**[d]**A"}
-{"Clue":"Poor, poor lady's taken in by unelected scientist? (5,3)","Answer":"BADLY OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Poor\n(lady); inside **BOFF**[in]=\"scientist\", with \"unelected\"=>'not in'"}
-{"Clue":"Artificial intelligence, holding degree: key to manufacturing old computers (5)","Answer":"ABACI","Explanation":"Definition: old computers\n**AI **(Artificial Intelligence); around **BA **(Bachelor of Arts)=\"degree\" plus the centre\/key of [manufa]**C**[turing]"}
-{"Clue":"Most irritable clergyman grasps 1 + 100 + 1000 + 50 (10)","Answer":"PRICKLIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most irritable\n**PRIEST**=\"clergyman\", around **I C K L** \u2013 ICL as Roman numerals for 1, 100, and 50 around K\/kilo for 1000"}
-{"Clue":"Salesman returns carrying fish and device for removing skin (6)","Answer":"PEELER","Explanation":"Definition: device for removing skin\n**REP**=\"Salesman\" reversed around **EEL**=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"Engaged? Let's dine out (8)","Answer":"ENLISTED","Explanation":"Definition: Engaged\n(Let's dine)"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier on after cutting tail from monster (7)","Answer":"DRAGOON","Explanation":"Definition: Soldier\n**ON**; after **DRAGO**[n]=\"monster\" missing its end letter"}
-{"Clue":"Small, small net captures unknown eccentric barber (7,4)","Answer":"SWEENEY TODD","Explanation":"Definition: barber\n=the fictional murderous London barber \n **S **(small) + **WEE**=\"small\" + **NET** around **Y**=maths variable=\"unknown\" + **ODD**=\"eccentric\""}
-{"Clue":"During Christmas, to donate, give an extinct mammal (8)","Answer":"MASTODON","Explanation":"Definition: extinct mammal\nhidden in [Christ]**MAS TO DON**[ate]"}
-{"Clue":"Noisy disagreement heard in fifth farm building? (6)","Answer":"BARNEY","Explanation":"Definition: Noisy disagreement\n=slang for a loud quarrel\n homophone of 'BARN E' which might be the fifth farm building after barns A, B, C, and D"}
-{"Clue":"Heavy rain could possibly run into chest (10)","Answer":"CLOUDBURST","Explanation":"Definition: Heavy rain\n(could)* + **R** (run, cricket abbreviation) inside **BUST**=\"chest\""}
-{"Clue":"How to get down from a whale? (4)","Answer":"BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: down\nBLUE=sad=\"down\"; and referring to the blue whale"}
-{"Clue":"Man is 25, single and collects books (5)","Answer":"BOBBY","Explanation":"Definition: Man\n25 down is BOYS, made single to give **BOY**; and around **B B** (short for book, twice)"}
-{"Clue":"Kill weed accidentally? It's edible (4,4)","Answer":"WILD LEEK","Explanation":"Definition: It's edible\n(Kill weed)"}
-{"Clue":"Boast about European Union, right, for one could wreck things (8)","Answer":"SABOTEUR","Explanation":"Definition: one could wreck things\n(Boast)* + **EU** (European Union) + **R **(right)"}
-{"Clue":"Walk quietly on 17 ground (4)","Answer":"PLOD","Explanation":"Definition: Walk\n**P** (piano, quietly) + (old)*, where OLD is from 17 down, and \"ground\" is the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Metal flying machine loses height (6)","Answer":"COPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Metal\n**C**[h]**OPPER**=helicopter=\"flying machine\", minus h for height"}
-{"Clue":"Dignitary has fine, fine diamonds gold-plated (7)","Answer":"OFFICER","Explanation":"Definition: Dignitary\n**F F** (fine, fine) + **ICE**=\"diamonds\"; all inside **OR**=\"gold\""}
-{"Clue":"Spy knows Russian ambassador never starts revolution (4)","Answer":"NARK","Explanation":"Definition: Spy\nthe starting letters to **K**[nows] **R**[ussian] **A**[mbassador]** N**[ever]; reversed"}
-{"Clue":"In 25, that's fighting over English clothes (10)","Answer":"LADIESWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: c\n**LADS**=BOYS=25 down; around **I.E.**=that is=\"that's\"; plus **WAR**=\"fighting\" around **E** (English)"}
-{"Clue":"It's cryptic woman's paper (6)","Answer":"TISSUE","Explanation":"Definition: paper\n(it's)*, plus **SUE**=\"woman\""}
-{"Clue":"They illuminate gentle origins of some plants (5,5)","Answer":"LIGHT BULBS","Explanation":"Definition: They illuminate\n**LIGHT**=\"gentle\" + **BULBS**=\"origins of some plants\""}
-{"Clue":"Act with mistakes when naked (3)","Answer":"LAW","Explanation":"Definition: Act\ndefinition as in an Act of Parliament\n [f]**LAW**[s]=\"mistakes\", made \"naked\" by removing its outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"Aged around 500,500? (3)","Answer":"OLD","Explanation":"Definition: Aged\naround 50**\/**0,**\/**500 => around \"50\", \"0\" and \"500\" => around **L**, put an **O** and a **D**\n where L and D are Roman numerals for 50 and 500"}
-{"Clue":"Performs shoots (8)","Answer":"EXECUTES","Explanation":"Definition: Performs\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Julie wanders about (7)","Answer":"ANDREWS","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps Julie\nJulie Andrews the actress and singer \n (wanders)"}
-{"Clue":"They're creatively said \u2014 line's blown initially (2-4)","Answer":"AD-LIBS","Explanation":"Definition: They're creatively said\n(said L b)*, where \"creatively\" is the anagram indicator, and the L and b come from L[ine's] b[lown]"}
-{"Clue":"Find courage in drink (6)","Answer":"BOTTLE","Explanation":"Definition: courage\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Young men or unruly yobs? (4)","Answer":"BOYS","Explanation":"Definition: Y\n(yobs)"}
-{"Clue":"Account of Liberals making a comeback (4)","Answer":"BILL","Explanation":"Definition: Account\n**L LIB** (two abbreviations for Liberal i.e. two \"Liberals\"), reversed"}
-{"Clue":"South African (half-cut) visits Sark etc, receiving cheers (also half-cut) for vegetable (8)","Answer":"ZUCCHINI","Explanation":"Definition: vegetable\n**ZU**[LU]=\"South African (half-cut)\"; plus **CI** (Channel Islands)=\"Sark etc\" around **CHIN**-[chin]=a toast=\"cheers (also half-cut)\""}
-{"Clue":"Planet-beater, head to tail (5)","Answer":"EARTH","Explanation":"Definition: Planet\n**HEART**=\"beater\", with the \"head\" letter moving to the \"tail\" of the word"}
-{"Clue":"Ring animal back, alright? (4)","Answer":"OKAY","Explanation":"Definition: alright\n**O**=circle=\"Ring\"; plus **YAK**=\"animal\" reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Plant tool for gardener getting quiet leg-over (10)","Answer":"NIPPLEWORT","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\n**TROWEL**=\"tool for gardener\" + **P **(piano)=\"quiet\" + **PIN**=\"leg\"; all reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Born villain's dialect? (6)","Answer":"BROGUE","Explanation":"Definition: dialect\n**B **(born) + **ROGUE**=\"villain\""}
-{"Clue":"Having coat on boat, catching river fish (8)","Answer":"MACKEREL","Explanation":"Definition: fish\n**MAC**=\"coat\" + **KEEL**=\"boat\" around **R** (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Trick and joke, reportedly, with clog (7)","Answer":"CONGEST","Explanation":"Definition: clog\n**CON**=\"Trick\" +** GEST**=homophone of 'jest'=\"joke, reportedly\""}
-{"Clue":"Fabric persona non grata's getting time after time (7)","Answer":"TEXTILE","Explanation":"Definition: Fabric\n**EXILE**=\"persona non grata\", around **T** (time); and all after **T** (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Ghostly second muscle wanting nothing (8)","Answer":"SPECTRAL","Explanation":"Definition: Ghostly\n**S** (second) + **PECT**[o]**RAL**=\"muscle\", missing\/\"wanting\" a O=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Preparing to play with erotic writer, pull out (6)","Answer":"TUNING","Explanation":"Definition: Preparing to play"}
-{"Clue":"Unknown pianist hugging unknown tree (5-5)","Answer":"YLANG YLANG","Explanation":"Definition: tree"}
-{"Clue":"Part \u2014 of backward Time Lord? (4)","Answer":"ROLE","Explanation":"Definition: Part\nhidden inside [part of] \"Tim**E LOR**d\", reversed\/\"backward\""}
-{"Clue":"Dance and drink to sailor's return (5)","Answer":"RUMBA","Explanation":"Definition: Dance\n**RUM**=\"drink\" + reversal\/\"return\" of** AB**=\"sailor\""}
-{"Clue":"RADA 5, surprisingly, aboard floating zoo with one of its occupants? (8)","Answer":"AARDVARK","Explanation":"Definition: one of its occupants?\nanagram of **RADA** with **V**=\"5\" in Roman numerals\"; plus **ARK**=\"floating zoo\""}
-{"Clue":"Cowboy giving some of his money to a bounder (8)","Answer":"BUCKAROO","Explanation":"Definition: Cowboy\n**BUCK**=\"money\" + **A** + [kanga]**ROO**=\"bounder\""}
-{"Clue":"Read the future \u2014 frightening, empty (4)","Answer":"SCRY","Explanation":"Definition: Read the future\n**SC**[a]**RY**=\"frightening\" with its centre empty"}
-{"Clue":"Intended fund to have name excised (6)","Answer":"FIANC\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: Intended\n**FI**[n]**ANCE**=\"fund\" as a verb; with n for \"name\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"Vacuum-maker finds first-rate Bottom cradling head of Puck (3-4)","Answer":"AIR-PUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Vacuum-maker\nAir pumps can be used to create vacuums\n**AI**=A1=\"first-rate\" + **RUMP**=\"Bottom\" around **P**[uck]"}
-{"Clue":"Film the French keeping distance from film (8)","Answer":"PELLICLE","Explanation":"Definition: film\ndefinition: a thin membrane or film\n**PIC**=movie=\"Film\" + **LE**=\"the [in] French\"; around **ELL**=a unit of \"distance\""}
-{"Clue":"Bullied ex-PM husbanding rhythm and energy (10)","Answer":"BROWBEATEN","Explanation":"Definition: Bullied\nGordon **BROWN**=\"ex-PM\", around **BEAT**=\"rhythm\" and **E** (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Fee for one being looked after (6)","Answer":"CHARGE","Explanation":"Definition: Fee\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cutting back on concerts in system that favours fat cats? (3,7)","Answer":"GIG ECONOMY","Explanation":"Definition: system that favours fat cats\nthe phrase could also be read as 'being economical with music gigs'=\"Cutting back on concerts\""}
-{"Clue":"Homeless animal's style of singing captivates carrier (5,3)","Answer":"STRAY CAT","Explanation":"Definition: Homeless animal\n**SCAT**=\"style of singing\" around **TRAY**=\"carrier\""}
-{"Clue":"Letter to innkeeper (8)","Answer":"LANDLORD","Explanation":"Definition: Letter to innkeeper\n\"Letter\" meaning a person letting out a space to another, rather than a written message"}
-{"Clue":"Unhygienic person strangely able to get cigarette out (7)","Answer":"FLEABAG","Explanation":"Definition: Unhygienic person\n(able)*; with **FAG**=\"cigarette\" outside it"}
-{"Clue":"Mate's essay is far from great (6)","Answer":"PALTRY","Explanation":"Definition: far from great\n**PAL**=\"Mate\" + **TRY**=\"essay\""}
-{"Clue":"Rows about origin of ginger cats (6)","Answer":"TIGERS","Explanation":"Definition: cats\n**TIERS**=\"Rows\" around **G**[inger]"}
-{"Clue":"Party's not initially serious (4)","Answer":"RAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Party\n[g]**RAVE**=\"serious\" without the first initial"}
-{"Clue":"Perform decisively in shabby affair (4,8)","Answer":"MEAN BUSINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Perform decisively\n**MEAN**=\"shabby\" + **BUSINESS**=\"affair\""}
-{"Clue":"Nothing to salute in officers' camp? (5)","Answer":"OFLAG","Explanation":"Definition: officers' camp\ndefinition: a prisoner of war camp for officers\n**O FLAG**='zero\/no flag'=\"Nothing to salute?\""}
-{"Clue":"Fine clues sold for a pound (9)","Answer":"CLOUDLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Fine\n(clues sold)"}
-{"Clue":"Desperately anxious, pointing cryptically to knee? (3,4)","Answer":"MAD KEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Desperately anxious\n'mad' could be a cryptic instruction to find an anagram, so 'mad keen' could indicate \"knee\""}
-{"Clue":"Poacher in river or lake breaking heart (7)","Answer":"TICKLER","Explanation":"Definition: Poacher in river\ndefinition: trout tickling can be used to poach fish\n**L** (lake) breaking into **TICKER**=\"heart\""}
-{"Clue":"Around Stoke, nasty trace from this source of industrial pollution (10)","Answer":"SMOKESTACK","Explanation":"Definition: source of industrial pollution\n**SMACK**=a tinge or \"trace\"; around (Stoke)"}
-{"Clue":"Cautious and tired, losing energy (4)","Answer":"WARY","Explanation":"Definition: Cautious\n**W**[e]**ARY**=\"tired\", losing e (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Responsibility for tax (4)","Answer":"DUTY","Explanation":"Definition: Responsibility\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Brief topic set out in cable (5,5)","Answer":"FIBRE OPTIC","Explanation":"Definition: cable\n(Brief topic)"}
-{"Clue":"Female, a gem that cheat pulls (4,3)","Answer":"FAST ONE","Explanation":"Definition: that cheat pulls\ndefinition: 'pulling a fast one' is something that a cheat does\n**F** (female) + **A** + **STONE**=\"gem\""}
-{"Clue":"A class act (7)","Answer":"PERFORM","Explanation":"Definition: act\n**PER**=\"A\" as in 'once a day' + **FORM**=\"class\""}
-{"Clue":"Offer by Conservative candidate (9)","Answer":"CONTENDER","Explanation":"Definition: candidate\n**TENDER**=\"Offer\", after **CON** (Conservative)"}
-{"Clue":"Don't insist on greeting being heard (5)","Answer":"WAIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Don't insist on\nhomophone of 'wave'=\"greeting\""}
-{"Clue":"Flyer, insured for a crash, works easily (4-8)","Answer":"USER-FRIENDLY","Explanation":"Definition: works easily\n(Flyer insured)"}
-{"Clue":"Clumsy admiral to get transferred (9)","Answer":"MALADROIT","Explanation":"Definition: Clumsy\n(admiral to)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish certainly around island (8)","Answer":"ANGLESEY","Explanation":"Definition: island\n**ANGLE**=\"Fish\" as a verb; **YES**=\"certainly\" reversed\/\"around\""}
-{"Clue":"Forbid eating firm meat (5)","Answer":"BACON","Explanation":"Definition: meat\n**BAN**=\"Forbid\" around **CO** (company, \"firm\")"}
-{"Clue":"Zippy little number to bear evidence of damage (6,3)","Answer":"SPORTS CAR","Explanation":"Definition: Zippy little number\n**SPORT SCAR**=\"bear evidence of damage\""}
-{"Clue":"Indicate agreement with reserve, there's nothing doing (2,4)","Answer":"NO DICE","Explanation":"Definition: nothing doing\n**NOD**=\"Indicate agreement\" + **ICE**=coldness of manner, \"reserve\""}
-{"Clue":"Period charm (5)","Answer":"SPELL","Explanation":"Definition: Period\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"World of society in care of doctors (6)","Answer":"COSMOS","Explanation":"Definition: World\n**S** (society) inside **C\/O**=\"care of\" +** MOS** (Medical Officers, \"doctors\")"}
-{"Clue":"For one fishing, nothing right in salmon river (6)","Answer":"OSPREY","Explanation":"Definition: For one fishing\n**O**=zero, \"nothing\"; plus **R** (right) inside **SPEY**=river in Scotland known for salmon fishing"}
-{"Clue":"Rabbit hoping to avoid duck? (4-5)","Answer":"TAIL-ENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Rabbit hoping to avoid duck\ndefinition: a cricketer low down the batting order\nin cricket, \"Rabbit\" means someone not good at batting, and a \"duck\" means getting out without scoring a run"}
-{"Clue":"Writer on computer matters, unknown expert (9)","Answer":"AUTHORITY","Explanation":"Definition: expert\n**AUTHOR**=\"Writer\" + **IT** (Information Technology)=\"computer matters\" + **Y**=\"unknown\" variable in maths"}
-{"Clue":"Men supporting bachelor disputed something for wedding? (8)","Answer":"BORROWED","Explanation":"Definition: s\ndefinition as in 'something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue\"\n**OR **(other ranks, military \"men\") after **B** (bachelor); plus **ROWED**=had a row=\"disputed\""}
-{"Clue":"Spoil appearance of part of the cafe, disabled needing a lift (6)","Answer":"DEFACE","Explanation":"Definition: Spoil appearance\nhidden inside\/\"part of\" [th]**E CAFE D**[isabled]; and reversed\/\"needing a lift\""}
-{"Clue":"Slicing tops off salad plant is burden (6)","Answer":"CUMBER","Explanation":"Definition: burden\n[cu]**CUMBER**=\"salad plant\" with the top letters cut off"}
-{"Clue":"Put a fold in party clothes (3-3)","Answer":"DOG-EAR","Explanation":"Definition: Put a fold in\n**DO**=\"party\" + **GEAR**=\"clothes\""}
-{"Clue":"Partly fills in useless hole in the head (5)","Answer":"SINUS","Explanation":"Definition: hole in the head\nhidden in [fill]**S IN US**[eless]"}
-{"Clue":"Contract is in wallet (5)","Answer":"PURSE","Explanation":"Definition: Contract\ndouble definition: \"Contract\" as in 'purse one's lips'"}
-{"Clue":"They may draw diners in and earn some cash, totally without tips (6)","Answer":"AROMAS","Explanation":"Definition: They may draw diners in\n[e]**AR**[n] [s]**OM**[e] [c]**AS**[h], without their outer letters\/\"tips\""}
-{"Clue":"Less than striking action in game's nadir (2-4)","Answer":"GO-SLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Less than striking action\ndefinition: industrial \"action\" where workers reduce their output, rather than going on strike\n **GO'S**=\"[the board] game's\" + **LOW**=\"nadir\""}
-{"Clue":"Holy, as reflected by almost all doctrine (6)","Answer":"SACRED","Explanation":"Definition: Holy\n**AS** reversed\/reflected; plus almost all letters of **CRE**[e]**D**=\"doctrine\"\n *Edit: grantinfreo suggests the neater **CRED**[o]"}
-{"Clue":"Relating to the elements, reach\u00ading exciting conclusions once carbon's extracted (8)","Answer":"CLIMATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Relating to the elements\n**CLIMA**[c]**TIC**=\"reaching exciting conclusions\"; with C for \"carbon\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"Draw, as rule, after switching sides (4)","Answer":"LURE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw\n**RULE**, with R and L (right and left, \"sides\") switching places"}
-{"Clue":"Mastered an amended part of commercial vocabulary (5,5)","Answer":"TRADE NAMES","Explanation":"Definition: part of commercial vocabulary\n(Mastered an)"}
-{"Clue":"Centres of population, as found in the rest of the across answers (5,6)","Answer":"INNER CITIES","Explanation":"Definition: Centres of population\ncity names are found inside the across answers \u2013 see grid pictured"}
-{"Clue":"Equivalent of money, including capital, that is at the upper limit of growth (10)","Answer":"TIMBERLINE","Explanation":"Definition: upper limit of growth\ndefinition: a treeline, the edge of where trees are growing\n **TIME** is money, proverbially; around **BERLIN**=\"capital\" city"}
-{"Clue":"Letters regularly falling out of mailbags, unfortunately (4)","Answer":"ALAS","Explanation":"Definition: unfortunately\nregular letters removed from [m]**A**[i]**L**[b]**A**[g]**S"}
-{"Clue":"Starting to create family in which you are reportedly growing up (8)","Answer":"MATURING","Explanation":"Definition: growing up\n**MATING**=\"Starting to create family\"; around **U R**=homophones of 'you' and 'are'"}
-{"Clue":"Seabird needed by grateful mariner (6)","Answer":"FULMAR","Explanation":"Definition: Seabird\nhidden in [grate]**FUL MAR**[iner]"}
-{"Clue":"Vocal performance in opera included by impresario sometimes (6)","Answer":"ARIOSO","Explanation":"Definition: Vocal performance in opera\ndefinition: a type of solo vocal pieces\n hidden in [impres]**ARIO SO**[metimes]"}
-{"Clue":"Soon switched my name, such as Brendan (6)","Answer":"ANONYM","Explanation":"Definition: name, such as Brendan\ndefinition: another word for pseudonym\n **ANON**=\"Soon\" + **MY** reversed\/switched"}
-{"Clue":"Number of characters in Romeo and Juliet older than Juliet? Just so (8)","Answer":"FOURTEEN","Explanation":"Definition: older than Juliet? Just so\nJuliet is 13 in the Shakespeare play\n there are **FOURTEEN** letters\/characters in the phrase \"Romeo and Juliet\""}
-{"Clue":"Outlaw said in France to be gang member (6)","Answer":"BANDIT","Explanation":"Definition: gang member\n**BAN**=\"Outlaw\" as a verb; **DIT**=French past participle of 'dire'\/'to say'=\"said in France\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of scale that is least likely to collapse (8)","Answer":"SOLIDEST","Explanation":"Definition: least likely to collapse\n**SOL**=\"Part of [musical] scale\" + **ID EST**=i.e.=\"that is\""}
-{"Clue":"A large group of hunters ending off a domesticated mammal (6)","Answer":"ALPACA","Explanation":"Definition: domesticated mammal\n**A** + **L** (large) + **PAC**[k]=\"group of hunters\" with the end letter off + **A"}
-{"Clue":"Cooling system in a vehicle that's helpful for summer? (6)","Answer":"ABACUS","Explanation":"Definition: that's helpful for summer\ndefinition: \"summer\" as in someone doing sums\n **A**\/**C** (air conditioning)=\"Cooling system\"; in **A BUS**=\"a vehicle\""}
-{"Clue":"Apply bleach when covering it (6)","Answer":"WHITEN","Explanation":"Definition: Apply bleach\n**WHEN** around **IT"}
-{"Clue":"Almost fight over articles about cold fatty snack (11)","Answer":"SCRATCHINGS","Explanation":"Definition: fatty snack\ndefinition: as in pork scratchings\n **SCRA**[p]=\"Almost fight\" + **THINGS**=\"articles\" around **C** (cold)"}
-{"Clue":"Rise late, perhaps \u2014 or before all the others (8)","Answer":"EARLIEST","Explanation":"Definition: before all the others\n(Rise late)"}
-{"Clue":"Allowing to get licence, finally, and catch fish (8)","Answer":"ENABLING","Explanation":"Definition: Allowing\nfinal letter of [licenc]**E **+ **NAB**=\"catch\" +** LING**=type of \"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"Producer of drone group of spies used to trap villain (6)","Answer":"CICADA","Explanation":"Definition: Producer of drone\nin definition, \"drone\" as in a buzzing noise\n **CIA**=\"group of spies\" around **CAD**=\"villain\""}
-{"Clue":"It spells end of vegetation, when put on a tree (6)","Answer":"NAPALM","Explanation":"Definition: It spells end of vegetation, when put on a tree\ndefinition: a chemical weapon effective at clearing vegetation\n end letter of [vegetatio]**N** + **A PALM**=\"a tree\""}
-{"Clue":"Virus that is pierced by old medical instrument (6)","Answer":"BOUGIE","Explanation":"Definition: medical instrument\ndefinition: a thin cylinder used in surgery\n **BUG**=\"Virus\" plus **I.E.**=\"that is\"; and around **O** (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Initially formed euphemism from guy mostly concealing name (6)","Answer":"EFFING","Explanation":"Definition: Initially formed euphemism\n**EFFIG**[y]=\"guy mostly\"; around **N** (name)"}
-{"Clue":"Lie initially told every second by party supporter (4,5)","Answer":"TALL STORY","Explanation":"Definition: Lie\nT[old] + ALL=\"every\" + S (second) + TORY=\"party supporter\""}
-{"Clue":"Lie told for whom in France? (5)","Answer":"PORKY","Explanation":"Definition: Lie\nhomophone\/\"told\" of: 'pour qui'=\"for whom\" in French"}
-{"Clue":"Witch hunt based on lie under oath: say that's not right (5)","Answer":"PURGE","Explanation":"Definition: Witch hunt\nPURGE[r] is a homophone\/\"say\" of 'perjure'=\"lie under oath\", minus the final r (right)"}
-{"Clue":"How to counter lies online in a climate when facts are deemed unimportant (4-5)","Answer":"POST-TRUTH","Explanation":"Definition: a climate when facts are deemed unimportant\nPOST [as in submit to an online forum] TRUTH could be a way \"to counter lies online\""}
-{"Clue":"Where you might fabricate truth, or the end of reality (7)","Answer":"FACTORY","Explanation":"Definition: Where you might fabricate\nFACT=\"truth\" + OR + [realit]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Corrupt imprisoned politician expelled, losing nothing, is one in the know (7)","Answer":"INSIDER","Explanation":"Definition: one in the know\n(imprisoned)*, minus MP=\"politician\" and also minus O=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Positioned with prejudice \u2026 Boatman is excluded (5)","Answer":"BASED","Explanation":"Definition: Positioned\nB[i]ASED=\"with prejudice\", minus I=\"Boatman\""}
-{"Clue":"Gathering for church service with uncrowned head of state (7)","Answer":"MASSING","Explanation":"Definition: Gathering\nMASS=\"church service\" + [k]ING=\"uncrowned head of state\""}
-{"Clue":"Replace sound of funky drum\u00adbeat with a master track's first cut (5)","Answer":"REDUB","Explanation":"Definition: Replace sound\n(drumbeat)*, minus the first letters of 'a m[aster] t[rack]'"}
-{"Clue":"Stars from the French movie finally to confront awful lies (7)","Answer":"\u00c9TOILES","Explanation":"Definition: Stars from the French\n[movi]E + TO + (lies)"}
-{"Clue":"Attitudes fixed in time, oddly in dissent (7)","Answer":"MINDSET","Explanation":"Definition: Attitudes\nI think this is: MIN (minute)=\"time\" + odd letters from D[i]S[s]E[n]T"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman, shouldering hod etc, I rebuilt shared house (9)","Answer":"COHABITED","Explanation":"Definition: shared house\nAB=sailor=\"Boatman\"; inside (hod etc I)"}
-{"Clue":"Leader of Parliament adopts untruths and fancy footwork (5)","Answer":"PLI\u00c9S","Explanation":"Definition: fancy footwork\na pli\u00e9 is a knee bend in ballet\nP[arliament] + LIES=\"untruths\""}
-{"Clue":"Bullish attitude to truth: you are allegedly excluded (3-2)","Answer":"CAN-DO","Explanation":"Definition: Bullish attitude\nCANDO[ur]=\"truth\" minus 'u r'=\"you are\""}
-{"Clue":"Club act has change of heart: he's involved in scam (9)","Answer":"TRUNCHEON","Explanation":"Definition: Club\nTURN=\"act\", with the order of \"heart\" letters U and R changed around; plus HE inside CON=\"scam\""}
-{"Clue":"Blow a high note: put in valve (8)","Answer":"STOPCOCK","Explanation":"Definition: valve\nSOCK=a punch=\"Blow\"; with TOP C=\"high note\" put inside"}
-{"Clue":"Cycle rickshaw carrying dean, say (6)","Answer":"CLERIC","Explanation":"Definition: dean, say\nhidden in [Cy]CLE RIC[kshaw]"}
-{"Clue":"As one seen circling a star is con\u00addemned as idolater (10)","Answer":"ASTEROIDAL","Explanation":"Definition: As one seen circling a star\n(as idolater)"}
-{"Clue":"Firm without any deceit to speak of generates yield (6)","Answer":"COMPLY","Explanation":"Definition: yield\nCOMP[any]=\"Firm\", minus \"any\", plus LY as a homophone of 'lie'=\"deceit to speak of\""}
-{"Clue":"Old clothing for young goyim, regularly seen on the cricket field (8)","Answer":"GYMSLIPS","Explanation":"Definition: Old clothing for young\nregular letters from G[o]Y[i]M + SLIPS=fielders in a cricket team"}
-{"Clue":"Pants on fire, missing point of argument (4)","Answer":"SPAT","Explanation":"Definition: argument\n(Pants)*, minus N (north)=\"point\""}
-{"Clue":"Underdog, abused but connected to reality (8)","Answer":"GROUNDED","Explanation":"Definition: connected to reality\n(Underdog)"}
-{"Clue":"Something read in Deuteronomy? This is not true (4)","Answer":"MYTH","Explanation":"Definition: not true\nhidden in [Deuterono]MY TH[is]"}
-{"Clue":"Lie about moral strength (5)","Answer":"FIBRE","Explanation":"Definition: moral strength\nFIB=\"Lie\" + RE=\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Quail flock found in tight plastic binding (10)","Answer":"SHRINKPACK","Explanation":"Definition: tight plastic binding\nSHRINK [from sth]=\"Quail\" + PACK=\"flock\""}
-{"Clue":"Give the lie to root in U-turn (5)","Answer":"REBUT","Explanation":"Definition: Give the lie to\nTUBER=\"root\" reversed\/\"in U-turn\""}
-{"Clue":"Freeing from fear of old truth in government (8)","Answer":"SOOTHING","Explanation":"Definition: Freeing from fear\nSOOTH=\"old [word for] truth\" + IN + G (government)"}
-{"Clue":"Falsify view of security service on country (8)","Answer":"MISSTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Falsify view\nMI'S (Military Intelligence's)=\"of security service\"; plus STATE=\"country\""}
-{"Clue":"Fabricated clue for a cheese (4-2)","Answer":"MADE-UP","Explanation":"Definition: Fabricated\nMADE-UP in a cryptic clue could indicate a reversal of MADE, giving EDAM cheese"}
-{"Clue":"Despicable types of false witness wasting time (6)","Answer":"SWINES","Explanation":"Definition: Despicable types\n(witness)* minus T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Either way, it's a mistake (4)","Answer":"BOOB","Explanation":"Definition: a mistake\nas a palindrome, BOOB reads the same 'either way'"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk son serving wine bottles (9)","Answer":"PLASTERED","Explanation":"Definition: Drunk\nS (son); bottled inside PLATE=a \"serving\" of food + RED=\"wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Man entering pub's rejected treatment (5)","Answer":"REHAB","Explanation":"Definition: treatment\nHE=\"Man\" inside BAR=\"pub\"; all reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"Hit ten? Dua Lipa sings part on piano (10,5)","Answer":"SUSTAINING PEDAL","Explanation":"Definition: part on piano\n(ten Dua Lipa sings)"}
-{"Clue":"Half of inked design around middle of her nipple (4)","Answer":"TEAT","Explanation":"Definition: nipple\nTAT[too]=\"Half of inked design\", around middle of [h]E[r]"}
-{"Clue":"Shout was one of hers coming back: worried, heading to scary howls (8)","Answer":"ULULATES","Explanation":"Definition: howls\n\"Shout\" was a hit single for LULU reversed\/\"back\"; plus ATE=\"worried\" as in 'what's eating you?'; plus head of S[cary]"}
-{"Clue":"Got it: Prince, with reference to Virginia, lied terribly (9)","Answer":"PREVAILED","Explanation":"Definition: Got it\nP (Prince) + RE=\"with reference to\" + VA (Virginia) + (lied)"}
-{"Clue":"Suspect Harry is holding back in Scotland Yard (5)","Answer":"DODGY","Explanation":"Definition: Suspect\nDOG=to harass=\"Harry\" around the back of [Scotlan]D; plus Y (yard)"}
-{"Clue":"Resists American money (5)","Answer":"BUCKS","Explanation":"Definition: Resists\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Appreciates marks on wicket, batting first (9)","Answer":"INCREASES","Explanation":"Definition: Appreciates\nin cricket, CREASES=\"marks on wicket\", and IN=\"batting\" put first"}
-{"Clue":"Floods where Moses was found (8)","Answer":"INRUSHES","Explanation":"Definition: Floods\nin the Bible, Moses was found IN RUSHES on the banks of the Nile river"}
-{"Clue":"Early victim of some Bible-basher turned back (4)","Answer":"ABEL","Explanation":"Definition: Early victim of some Bible-bash\nAbel was killed by Cain in the Bible\n hidden\/\"some\" reversed\/\"turned back\" inside [Bib]LE BA[sher]"}
-{"Clue":"Hotel's crap iron's rubbish for folds \u2026 (8,7)","Answer":"HOSPITAL CORNERS","Explanation":"Definition: folds\ndefinition: a way of folding sheets under a mattress\n (Hotel's crap iron's)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 iron, not working over fold, to turn red, perhaps? (5)","Answer":"RIPEN","Explanation":"Definition: turn red, perhaps\nIR[on], minus the 'on'=\"working\" and reversed\/\"over\"; plus PEN=enclose=\"fold\""}
-{"Clue":"Another to court men one takes out (9)","Answer":"EXTRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: one takes out\nEXTRA=\"Another\" + CT (court) + OR (other ranks, military \"men\")"}
-{"Clue":"Submit shortly after sex (5)","Answer":"POSIT","Explanation":"Definition: Submit\na shortening of POS[t]=\"after\"; plus IT=\"sex\""}
-{"Clue":"While embracing model escort is in danger (2,5)","Answer":"AT STAKE","Explanation":"Definition: in danger\nAS=\"While\" around \"model\" T; plus TAKE=\"escort\""}
-{"Clue":"Mouth of river feeding water supply (4)","Answer":"TRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Mouth\nR (river) inside TAP=\"water supply\""}
-{"Clue":"Buzz Aldrin not half getting acceleration due to gravity (4)","Answer":"RING","Explanation":"Definition: Buzz\n[Ald]RIN without the first half; plus G=gravitational~~ constant~~ acceleration in physics=\"acceleration due to gravity\"\u00a0*Edit thanks to pavement in the comments"}
-{"Clue":"Slip into supermarket for reduction: avoid one with bill (6,4)","Answer":"DONALD DUCK","Explanation":"Definition: one with bill\nDON=\"Slip into\" some clothes; ALD[i]=\"supermarket\" reduced; DUCK=\"avoid\""}
-{"Clue":"Guy, large one having scales go up on this? (4,6)","Answer":"ROPE LADDER","Explanation":"Definition: go up on this\nROPE=\"Guy\" + L (large) + ADDER=\"one having scales\""}
-{"Clue":"With cases of holiday diarrhoea, tandoori ultimately contained tapeworm larva (7)","Answer":"HYDATID","Explanation":"Definition: tapeworm larva\n\"cases\" or outer letters of H[olida]Y D[iarrhoe]A T[andoor]I, plus the ultimate letter of [containe]D"}
-{"Clue":"Sell-by date's close: US shifting targets (9)","Answer":"BULLSEYES","Explanation":"Definition: targets\n(Sell by [dat]e US)"}
-{"Clue":"Join masses dancing for music performance (3,7)","Answer":"JAM SESSION","Explanation":"Definition: music performance\n(Join masses)"}
-{"Clue":"Poor English grade after that subject is not taught (10)","Answer":"ILLITERATE","Explanation":"Definition: is not taught\nILL=\"Poor\"; plus E (english) + RATE=\"grade\" both after IT=the thing referred to as 'that'=\"that subject\""}
-{"Clue":"Supplier protecting this writer, following book launch, primarily (9)","Answer":"PUBLISHER","Explanation":"Definition: Supplier protecting this writer, following book launch, primarily\nPUSHER=\"Supplier\" around all of: I=\"this writer\" after B[ook] L[aunch]"}
-{"Clue":"Gets into a ball with corkscrew and drink (5,2)","Answer":"CURLS UP","Explanation":"Definition: Gets into a ba\nCURL=\"corkscrew\" + SUP=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Field for guinea pig? (7)","Answer":"SUBJECT","Explanation":"Definition: Field\ndouble definition: an area of expertise; or a test subject"}
-{"Clue":"No-hoper is more relaxed with one round to go (5)","Answer":"LOSER","Explanation":"Definition: No-hoper\nLO[o]SER=\"more relaxed\", with a round 'o' to go away"}
-{"Clue":"Droppings from small animal (4)","Answer":"SCAT","Explanation":"Definition: Droppings\nS (small) + CAT=\"animal\""}
-{"Clue":"Live on a field (4)","Answer":"AREA","Explanation":"Definition: field\n[we] ARE=[we] \"Live\"; plus A"}
-{"Clue":"Noticed poles impeding top player (6)","Answer":"SENSED","Explanation":"Definition: Noticed\nNS (North & South \"poles\") inside SEED=\"top player\" in e.g. a tennis tournament"}
-{"Clue":"Train sailor to grasp gallons and miles in Arabic maths (8)","Answer":"ALGORISM","Explanation":"Definition: Arabic maths"}
-{"Clue":"It justifies a game I introduced to Georgia (8)","Answer":"APOLOGIA","Explanation":"Definition: It justifies\ndefinition: an argument in defence of a position\nA + POLO=\"game\" + I inside GA (Georgia, US state)"}
-{"Clue":"Old cross hides another one that's worn (6)","Answer":"OXFORD","Explanation":"Definition: that's worn\ndefinition: an 'Oxford' is a style of shoe\nO (old) + FORD=\"cross [a river]\"; with X=\"another [cross]\" hiding inside"}
-{"Clue":"Support film about extremely serious lady of letters (12)","Answer":"POSTMISTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: lady of letters\nPOST=e.g. a pole used for \"Support\" + MIST=thin layer=\"film\" + RE=\"about\" + S[eriou]S"}
-{"Clue":"Anyone can edit this when it's keyed in at the start (4)","Answer":"WIKI","Explanation":"Definition: Anyone can edit this"}
-{"Clue":"A murder suspect finally admits items in hearing (8)","Answer":"EARDRUMS","Explanation":"Definition: items in hearing\n(A murder)*, with \"suspect\" as in 'odd' as an anagrind; plus final letter of [admit]S"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaners collect award for bar's accommodation (8)","Answer":"CHAMBERS","Explanation":"Definition: bar's accommodation\ndefinition: rooms used by barristers\nCHARS=\"Cleaners\" around MBE (Member of the\u2026 British Empire)=\"award\""}
-{"Clue":"Owner-occupier's about to secure centre (4)","Answer":"CORE","Explanation":"Definition: centre\nhidden\/secured inside [Own]ER OC[cupier], reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Audiences encourage junior theatre employee (5,7)","Answer":"HOUSE SURGEON","Explanation":"Definition: junior"}
-{"Clue":"Latin law primarily explains Middle East language unit (6)","Answer":"LEXEME","Explanation":"Definition: language unit \ndefinition: a word or phrase as a unit of vocabulary\nLEX=\"Latin [for] law\" + first letters of E[xplains] M[iddle] E[ast]"}
-{"Clue":"English teacher blocks new idea for hymn (4,4)","Answer":"DIES IRAE","Explanation":"Definition: hymn\ndefinition: a Latin hymn\nE (English) + SIR=\"teacher\"; all inside (idea)"}
-{"Clue":"Left son in to inspire French publisher (8)","Answer":"LAROUSSE","Explanation":"Definition: French publisher\ndefinition: a French publisher known for their dictionaries\nL (Left); plus S (son) inside AROUSE=\"inspire\""}
-{"Clue":"Little brown jug for Guinness, say (6)","Answer":"BREWER","Explanation":"Definition: Guinness, say\ndefinition: as in the brand of beer\nBR[own]=\"Little brown\" + EWER=\"jug\""}
-{"Clue":"Show wrong sign in European river (4)","Answer":"EXPO","Explanation":"Definition: Show\nX=a cross e.g. marking an incorrect answer=\"wrong sign\"; inside E (European) + PO=\"river\""}
-{"Clue":"Theory of self very much limits one's morals at first (9)","Answer":"SOLIPSISM","Explanation":"Definition: Theory of self\nSO=\"very much\" + LIPS='edges' or 'rims'=\"limits\" + I'S=\"one's\" + M[orals]"}
-{"Clue":"Detective gets rough synopsis (6)","Answer":"DIGEST","Explanation":"Definition: synopsis\nDI (Detective Inspector) + (gets)"}
-{"Clue":"Johnson's self-assessment: he's glad to work with 14 (1,8,6)","Answer":"A HARMLESS DRUDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Johnson's self-assessment\nSamuel Johnson defined 'lexicographer' as: *'a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words'*\n(He's glad EARDRUMS)*, using the solution to 14ac as part of the fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Word list fool set up in delight (8)","Answer":"GLOSSARY","Explanation":"Definition: Word list\nASS=\"fool\", reversed\/\"up\" inside GLORY=\"delight\""}
-{"Clue":"Send on tablet stolen from joint (5)","Answer":"REFER","Explanation":"Definition: Send on\ne=ecstasy \"tablet\"; removed from R[e]EFER=\"joint\""}
-{"Clue":"Lock minutes in small cupboard as reading aid (6,4)","Answer":"STRESS MARK","Explanation":"Definition: reading aid\ndefinition: a mark used to show that a syllable should be stressed\nTRESS=\"Lock\" of hair, plus M (minutes); all inside S (small) + ARK=\"cupboard\""}
-{"Clue":"Deft old secretary HM enlisted shows patience with capital, maybe (5,5)","Answer":"LIGHT OPERA","Explanation":"Definition: patience with capital, maybe"}
-{"Clue":"Arcane ceremony involves topless runner-up (9)","Answer":"RECONDITE","Explanation":"Definition: Arcane\nRITE=\"ceremony\" around [s]ECOND=\"topless runner-up\""}
-{"Clue":"Dramatist's The Old Weavers (8)","Answer":"WEBSTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Dramatist's"}
-{"Clue":"Right note upset acoustic device (6)","Answer":"REVERB","Explanation":"Definition: acoustic device\nR (Right) + BREVE=\"note\" reversed\/\"upset\""}
-{"Clue":"American shorthand fast enough? Not entirely (5)","Answer":"STENO","Explanation":"Definition: American shorthand\ndefinition: informal US word for stenography i.e. shorthand\nhidden in [fa]ST ENO[ugh]"}
-{"Clue":"Check out ancient coin in church (4)","Answer":"CASE","Explanation":"Definition: Check out\ndefinition: as in 'casing a home' before a burglary\nAS=a Roman coin; inside CE (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"Criticise German in crumbling paradise (9)","Answer":"DISPARAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Criticise\nG (German) inside (paradise)"}
-{"Clue":"Cracked globe returned by King Edward, initially (5)","Answer":"BROKE","Explanation":"Definition: Cracked\nORB=\"globe\", reversed\/returned; plus K[ing] E[dward]"}
-{"Clue":"Acclaim unlimited rations, following boundless love (7)","Answer":"OVATION","Explanation":"Definition: Acclaim\n[r]ATION[s] after [l]OV[e]; with outer letters (i.e. the 'limits' or 'bounds') removed"}
-{"Clue":"Muscles in short time before additional message (7)","Answer":"TRICEPS","Explanation":"Definition: Muscles\nTRICE=\"short time\"; PS (post script)=\"additional message\""}
-{"Clue":"Strict doctor with papers (5)","Answer":"RIGID","Explanation":"Definition: Strict\nRIG=falsify, tamper with results=\"doctor\"; plus ID (identification papers)"}
-{"Clue":"Plot everything with setter surrounded by books about religion (9)","Answer":"ALLOTMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Plot\nALL=\"everything\"; plus ME=\"setter\" inside OT and NT (Old Testament and New Testament)"}
-{"Clue":"Bury substitute \u2014 talented and transposable (15)","Answer":"INTERCHANGEABLE","Explanation":"Definition: transposable\nINTER=\"Bury\" + CHANGE=\"substitute\" + ABLE=\"talented\""}
-{"Clue":"Unusual foresight is a bonus not to be questioned (4,5)","Answer":"GIFT HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: bonus not to be questioned\nfrom the idiom of 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth'\n(foresight)"}
-{"Clue":"Collapse of square block (5)","Answer":"SLUMP","Explanation":"Definition: C\nS (square) + LUMP=\"block\""}
-{"Clue":"Superficial sea foam expert (7)","Answer":"SURFACE","Explanation":"Definition: Superficial\nSURF=\"sea foam\" + ACE=\"expert\""}
-{"Clue":"Mobilises right supporters (7)","Answer":"RALLIES","Explanation":"Definition: Mobilises\nR (right) + ALLIES=\"supporters\""}
-{"Clue":"Gather in the morning on a ship (5)","Answer":"AMASS","Explanation":"Definition: Gather\nAM=\"in the morning\" + A + SS (steam ship)"}
-{"Clue":"School has nothing certain to provide tranquillity (9)","Answer":"COMPOSURE","Explanation":"Definition: tranquillity\nCOMP (comprehensive)=\"School\" + O=zero=\"nothing\" + SURE=\"certain\""}
-{"Clue":"Putting off engineer undoing jar (10)","Answer":"ADJOURNING","Explanation":"Definition: Putting off\n(undoing jar)"}
-{"Clue":"Key language for gastropod (8)","Answer":"ESCARGOT","Explanation":"Definition: gastropod\nESC (Escape key on a computer keyboard) + ARGOT=\"language\""}
-{"Clue":"Travelled along runway to charge bomb (6)","Answer":"TAXIED","Explanation":"Definition: Travelled along runway\nTAX=\"charge\" + IED (improvised explosive device)=\"bomb\""}
-{"Clue":"Baby finally, by daybreak, dropping head to show sign of tiredness (4)","Answer":"YAWN","Explanation":"Definition: sign of tiredness\nfinal letter from [Bab]Y + [d]AWN=\"daybreak, dropping head\""}
-{"Clue":"Money covering up steps to produce plague (10)","Answer":"PESTILENCE","Explanation":"Definition: plague\nPENCE=\"Money\" around STILE=\"steps\" over a wall or a fence"}
-{"Clue":"Drink drunk in haste containing boron (8)","Answer":"ABSINTHE","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\n(in haste)* around B (chemical symbol for Boron)"}
-{"Clue":"Stick around to get love present (6)","Answer":"COHERE","Explanation":"Definition: Stick\nC (circa, approximately\/around) + O=zero=\"love\" + HERE=\"present\""}
-{"Clue":"Rising canal reveals God (4)","Answer":"ZEUS","Explanation":"Definition: God\nreversal\/\"Rising\" of the SUEZ canal"}
-{"Clue":"Loathing of treated carbon here? (10)","Answer":"ABHORRENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Loathing\n(carbon here)"}
-{"Clue":"Made uninvited use of resorts in the elevated Kalahari, perhaps (10)","Answer":"TRESPASSED","Explanation":"Definition: Made uninvited use\nSPAS=\"resorts\" inside DESERT=\"Kalahari, perhaps\" reversed\/\"elevated\""}
-{"Clue":"Tries again to get European train (8)","Answer":"REHEARSE","Explanation":"Definition: train\nRE-HEARS=\"Tries again\" as in hearing a trial at court; plus E (European)"}
-{"Clue":"Bouquet arranged around paper shop (8)","Answer":"BOUTIQUE","Explanation":"Definition: shop\n(Bouquet); around I, the name of a British newspaper"}
-{"Clue":"Official document the French sent up (6)","Answer":"FORMAL","Explanation":"Definition: Official\nFORM=\"document\"; plus LA=\"the [in] French\" reversed\/\"sent up\""}
-{"Clue":"Unhealthy looking bird, having lost a wife (6)","Answer":"SALLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Unhealthy\nS[w]ALLOW=\"bird\", losing w (wife)"}
-{"Clue":"Small pale bird (4)","Answer":"SWAN","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nS (Small) + WAN=\"pale\""}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary upmarket housing swindle (4)","Answer":"RAMP","Explanation":"Definition: swindle\nRAMP is a verb meaning 'swindle'\nhidden\/housed inside [u]PMAR[ket] reversed\/revolutionary"}
-{"Clue":"Regular join should include one? (7)","Answer":"SOLDIER","Explanation":"Definition: Regular\nSOLDER=\"join\", around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"'Rotting food swindle' admits \u00e9picier, finally, in the middle of Paris (7)","Answer":"CARRION","Explanation":"Definition: 'Rotting food\nCON=\"swindle\", around [\u00e9picie]R inside the middle letters of [P]ARI[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Advantage of wife leaving club (4)","Answer":"EDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Advantage\n[w]EDGE=golf \"club\", minus w (wife)"}
-{"Clue":"Legendary ruler giving away universal ring case for scarab, say (9)","Answer":"ARTHROPOD","Explanation":"Definition: scarab, say\nKing ARTH[u]R=\"Legendary ruler\", minus u (universal); plus O=circle=\"ring\" + POD=\"case\""}
-{"Clue":"Como is too wet in the middle! (5)","Answer":"MOIST","Explanation":"Definition: wet\nhidden in the middle of [Co]MO IS T[oo]\n Como is a lake in Italy"}
-{"Clue":"Conflict causes female to lose stone at first, getting lighter (8)","Answer":"MISMATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Conflict\nMIS[s]=\"female\" minus s[tone]; plus MATCH=\"lighter\" i.e. something used to light fires"}
-{"Clue":"They have nothing to do with Eric introducing elements of a deal? (4,5)","Answer":"IDLE HANDS","Explanation":"Definition: They have nothing to do\nEric IDLE the comedian ; plus HANDS of playing cards given out by a dealer"}
-{"Clue":"Ex-PM, having been given a roasting? (5)","Answer":"BROWN","Explanation":"Definition: Ex-PM\nex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown ; and a second definition\/indication referring to browning food through cooking"}
-{"Clue":"Free entry of one into Grexit arrangement has advantage, initially (2,6)","Answer":"EX GRATIA","Explanation":"Definition: Free\n=given voluntarily\n ~~I~~ A=\"one\" entering into (Grexit)*; plus A[dvantage] \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to DaveinNCarolina"}
-{"Clue":"No builder's storeyed construct\u00adion should be by river (9)","Answer":"DESTROYER","Explanation":"Definition: No builder\n(storeyed)* plus R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"A consummate example \u2014 end of argument! (3,4,4)","Answer":"THE LAST WORD","Explanation":"Definition: A consummate example\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"No good entering antelope country (7)","Answer":"ENGLAND","Explanation":"Definition: country\nNG (no good, e.g. describing a filmed scene that gets cut); inside ELAND=\"antelope\""}
-{"Clue":"Suitable travel make-up (4)","Answer":"GOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Suitable\nGO=\"travel\"; plus DO=\"make\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Publicity she wrongly associated with Brummie's sticker (8)","Answer":"ADHESIVE","Explanation":"Definition: s\nAD=\"Publicity\" + (she)* + I'VE=\"Brummie [has]\""}
-{"Clue":"'Ratio of a right angle bearing' \u2014 jargon! (6)","Answer":"SECANT","Explanation":"Definition: Ratio\ndefinition: in trigonometry, the ratio of the length of a right-angled triangle's hypotenuse over the length of the adjacent side\n SE (South East, \"bearing\") + CANT=\"jargon\""}
-{"Clue":"Tabloid turned up with: 'Ron is terribly camp' (8)","Answer":"GARRISON","Explanation":"Definition: camp\nRAG=\"Tabloid\" reversed\/\"turned up\"; plus (Ron is)"}
-{"Clue":"'King George', a soft old man's tipple (6)","Answer":"GRAPPA","Explanation":"Definition: tipple\nGR (George Rex, King George) + A + P (piano, soft) + PA=\"old man\""}
-{"Clue":"English writer makes US president (silly cow!) cross (4,5,4)","Answer":"FORD MADOX FORD","Explanation":"Definition: English writer\ndefinition: an English writer and poet \n Gerald FORD=\"US president\" + MAD=\"silly\" + OX=\"cow\" + FORD=\"cross\" as in crossing a river"}
-{"Clue":"Fleeting romp turned into weeping (9)","Answer":"TEMPORARY","Explanation":"Definition: Fleeting\n~~ROMP reversed\/\"turned\"~~ (romp)* inside TEARY=\"weeping\" \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to Beobachterin"}
-{"Clue":"Large asteroid sequence broadcast (5)","Answer":"CERES","Explanation":"Definition: Large asteroid\nCeres is the largest of the asteroids\n homophone\/\"broadcast\" of 'series'=\"sequence\""}
-{"Clue":"Support (very Parisian) inserted in wobbly bust (8)","Answer":"BUTTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Support\nTRES=tr\u00e8s=\"very\" in French; inside (bust)"}
-{"Clue":"You wouldn't expect this bend on trip (8)","Answer":"WINDFALL","Explanation":"Definition: You wouldn't expect this\nWIND as in a winding river=\"bend\" + FALL=\"trip\""}
-{"Clue":"Dwelling briefly on final answer (6)","Answer":"RESULT","Explanation":"Definition: answer\nRES (residence, Dwelling) + ULT (ultimate, final)"}
-{"Clue":"Worn inside the woman's waders (6)","Answer":"HERONS","Explanation":"Definition: waders\nON=\"Worn\" (referring to clothes); inside HERS=\"the woman's\""}
-{"Clue":"Writer's pulse (4)","Answer":"DAHL","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nRoald Dahl the writer ; DAHL also refers to pulses such as lentils"}
-{"Clue":"Peel, elected after resistance, died (4)","Answer":"RIND","Explanation":"Definition: Peel\nIN=\"elected\" after R (resistance); plus D (died)"}
-{"Clue":"Ordered the two cars -\u2014 actor needs to get into one (9)","Answer":"CHARACTER","Explanation":"Definition: actor needs to get into one\n(the car car)"}
-{"Clue":"Run after one foreign friend or another (5)","Answer":"AMIGO","Explanation":"Definition: another\ndefinition: another foreign word for \"friend\"\n GO=\"Run\"; after AMI=\"foreign [French word for] friend\""}
-{"Clue":"Benefits from fermented drinks (5)","Answer":"SAKES","Explanation":"Definition: Benefits\ndouble definition: as in 'for their sake'; and as in the Japanese alcoholic drink"}
-{"Clue":"Killer fish, nasty type (9)","Answer":"GARROTTER","Explanation":"Definition: Killer\nGAR=\"fish\" + ROTTER=\"nasty type\""}
-{"Clue":"So-called dramatist's unusual breadth (3,4)","Answer":"THE BARD","Explanation":"Definition: So-called dramatist\ndefinition: referring to Shakespeare's nickname\n (breadth)"}
-{"Clue":"Section of regiment old officer reprimanded (4,3)","Answer":"TOLD OFF","Explanation":"Definition: reprimanded\nhidden in [regimen]T OLD OFF[icer]"}
-{"Clue":"Like tragic Shakespearean couple, they're matched in 26 (5,3,5)","Answer":"BLACK AND WHITE","Explanation":"Definition: Like tragic Shakespearean couple\nthe Shakespearean couple is Othello and Desdemona, contrasted in the play e.g. as a 'black ram' and a 'white ewe'\n the connection to 26ac CHESS is in reference to the black and white pieces of the board game"}
-{"Clue":"Wrongly recasts one in role of Desdemona, say (7)","Answer":"ACTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: one in role of Desdemona, say\n(recasts)"}
-{"Clue":"Famous actor, one found in more demanding title role? (7)","Answer":"OLIVIER","Explanation":"Definition: Famous actor\nthe famous actor is Laurence Olivier who played the title role in the National Theatre's\u00a0*Othello*\n I=\"one\" inside OLIVER Twist who famously asks for 'more' i.e. is \"more-demanding\""}
-{"Clue":"Record our scene, omitting everything within formal speech (9)","Answer":"DISCOURSE","Explanation":"Definition: formal \nDISC=a CD or music \"Record\"; plus OUR; plus S[cen]E omitting everything within"}
-{"Clue":"Part of which, essentially, that's like Othello in certain ways (5)","Answer":"CHESS","Explanation":"Definition: that's like Othello in certain ways\nlike the board game Othello, Chess is a two player game between 'black' and 'white'\n hidden inside [whi]CH ESS[entially]"}
-{"Clue":"He composed short part of speech I had misdirected (5)","Answer":"VERDI","Explanation":"Definition: He composed\nVER[b]=\"short part of speech\"; plus I'D=\"I had\" reversed\/misdirected"}
-{"Clue":"Officer, in short, not wrong about one sharing authority (9)","Answer":"COLLEGIAL","Explanation":"Definition: sharing authority\nCOL[onel]=\"Officer, in short\"; plus LEGAL=\"not wrong\" around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Both couples in cast switched parts of play (4)","Answer":"ACTS","Explanation":"Definition: parts of play\nboth \"couples\" or pairs of letters C&A and then S&T are switched around\/reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Some yarn that is making small piece of cloth (6)","Answer":"HANKIE","Explanation":"Definition: small piece of cloth\nHANK=\"Some yarn\" + I.E.=\"that is\""}
-{"Clue":"Strike, subject to restraint, likely to collapse (10)","Answer":"RAMSHACKLE","Explanation":"Definition: likely to collapse\nRAM=\"Strike\" + SHACKLE=\"subject [someone] to restraint\""}
-{"Clue":"Person that's good and mature presented in theatre (6)","Answer":"STAGED","Explanation":"Definition: presented in theatre\nST (saint, \"Person that's good) + AGED=\"mature\""}
-{"Clue":"Pair delivered speech, appropriately shared (8)","Answer":"PRORATED","Explanation":"Definition: appropriately shared\nPR (short for pair) + ORATED=\"delivered speech\""}
-{"Clue":"One's taken over a board game -\u2014 Othello he couldn't stand (4)","Answer":"IAGO","Explanation":"Definition: Othello he couldn't stand\nIago is the antagonist in *Othello*, plotting to destroy Othello\n I=\"one\" + A + GO=another \"board game\" with black and white pieces"}
-{"Clue":"Top performers, some Adonis outrivalled, flipped (8)","Answer":"VIRTUOSI","Explanation":"Definition: Top performers\nhidden\/\"some\" and reversed\/\"flipped\" in [Adon]IS OUTRIV[alled]"}
-{"Clue":"Tie up one of the conquerors of 23 (4)","Answer":"MOOR","Explanation":"Definition: Tie up\ndouble definition: to moor a boat; and referring to Moors conquering the Iberian peninsula\n Othello is referred to as\u00a0\"the Moor\" by other characters in the play"}
-{"Clue":"Part of leg the person speaking in a part raised (5)","Answer":"TIBIA","Explanation":"Definition: Part of leg\nI=\"the person speaking\"; inside A BIT=\"a part\" reversed\/\"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"Bass wiped with cloth, cooked (3-7)","Answer":"LOW-PITCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Bass\n(wiped cloth)"}
-{"Clue":"French poet's always less restrained (5)","Answer":"FREER","Explanation":"Definition: less restrained\nFR (French) + E'ER=poetic form of 'ever'=\"poet's always\""}
-{"Clue":"Creative skill from excited star, I hear (8)","Answer":"ARTISTRY","Explanation":"Definition: Creative skill\n(star I)*; plus TRY=\"hear\" a case in court"}
-{"Clue":"Some in crew translated play? That's not realistic (8)","Answer":"ABSTRACT","Explanation":"Definition: not realistic\nAB'S=sailors=\"Some in crew\" + TR (translated) + ACT=\"play\""}
-{"Clue":"Work of 28, or of 13 across, but less hard (6)","Answer":"OTELLO","Explanation":"Definition: Work of 28\ndefinition: Verdi's opera\n The Bard i.e. Shakespeare wrote OT[h]ELLO, minus the 'h' for \"hard\""}
-{"Clue":"Left initially from part of Africa for part of Europe (6)","Answer":"IBERIA","Explanation":"Definition: part of Europe\nL (left) removed from [L]IBERIA=\"part of Africa\""}
-{"Clue":"Raised support without very noted portrayer of Desdemona, say (4)","Answer":"DIVA","Explanation":"Definition: noted portrayer of Desdemona, say\ndefinition: a well known or \"noted\" performer\n AID=\"support\" reversed\/\"Raised\"; around V (very)"}
-{"Clue":"Miss Shakespearean title role -\u2014 endlessly upset (4)","Answer":"OMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Miss\nTIMO[n] of Athens is the \"Shakespearean title role\", with its end letter removed, and reversed\/\"upset\""}
-{"Clue":"Second type of material used in fateful 2 (4)","Answer":"SILK","Explanation":"Definition: material used in fateful 2\nin *Othello*, a silk handkerchief is used by Iago to turn Othello against Desdemona\n S (second) + ILK=\"type\""}
-{"Clue":"Sequence from The Cameraman rewound for club (4)","Answer":"MACE","Explanation":"Definition: club"}
-{"Clue":"Appear lately to be untruthful in report? (3,2,5)","Answer":"LIE IN STATE","Explanation":"Definition: Appear lately\nin definition: \"lately\" as in 'late'=dead\n**LIE**=\"be untruthful\" + **IN** + **STATE**=\"report\""}
-{"Clue":"The Invader's leader lost, missing the Italian beers (6)","Answer":"LAGERS","Explanation":"Definition: beers"}
-{"Clue":"Next hopeless job candidate, parts of bio absent, not hired at last (8)","Answer":"ADJACENT","Explanation":"Definition: Next\nanagram\/\"hopeless\" of (job candidate)*; minus four letters, from \"bio\" and the last of [hire]d"}
-{"Clue":"Is livid to watch The Saphead (7)","Answer":"SEETHES","Explanation":"Definition: Is livid"}
-{"Clue":"Material United Artists may argue lacks global appeal, missing their premieres (7)","Answer":"AMALGAM","Explanation":"Definition: Material United"}
-{"Clue":"A cook embraces pepper crust method (8)","Answer":"APPROACH","Explanation":"Definition: method\n**A** + **POACH**=\"cook\"; around the outside\/crust of **P**[eppe]**R"}
-{"Clue":"Just a rotation in a crop (6)","Answer":"BARELY","Explanation":"Definition: Just\n**BARLEY**=crop; with two letters L and E rotated\/reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Balanced matches, playing soccer where clubs cut grass back (5,5)","Answer":"SCORE DRAWS","Explanation":"Definition: Balanced matches\nanagram\/playing of (soccer)*, minus\/cutting C (clubs, as in cards); plus **SWARD**=\"grass\" reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Sell hard One Week (4)","Answer":"HAWK","Explanation":"Definition: Sell"}
-{"Clue":"Try South Africa, as briefly suggested (5)","Answer":"ESSAY","Explanation":"Definition: Try\nsounds like 'S A', or South Africa for short"}
-{"Clue":"Articles drawn from Cairo and Tehran read back in persuasive speech (8)","Answer":"RHETORIC","Explanation":"Definition: persuasive speech\nA and AN are articles, removed from **C**[a]**IRO **and **TEHR**[an]; all reversed\/\"read back\""}
-{"Clue":"Till unlimited crop etc, save water (8)","Answer":"ROTAVATE","Explanation":"Definition: T\nlimits or outer letters removed from [c]**RO**[p] [e]**T**[c] [s]**AV**[e] [w]**ATE**[r]"}
-{"Clue":"Conscious of beginning with conception, then aftermath (4-5)","Answer":"WIDE-AWAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Conscious\nbeginning of **W**[ith] + **IDEA**=\"conception\" + **WAKE**=\"aftermath\""}
-{"Clue":"Offensive posters prompted by promenade cycling (6)","Answer":"TROLLS","Explanation":"Definition: Offensive posters\n**STROLL**=\"promenade\", with the first letter cycled to the end"}
-{"Clue":"Part of our Channel diplomacy's ending again, amid shifting blame (4,3)","Answer":"LYME BAY","Explanation":"Definition: Part of our Channel\ndefinition: an area of the English Channel\n[diplomac]**Y**, and **Y **again; mixed in with (blame)"}
-{"Clue":"Pest from the West: part of picture, one about Boatman (4)","Answer":"PAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Pest"}
-{"Clue":"Railcar put in motion \u2014 not at all like The General (10)","Answer":"PARTICULAR","Explanation":"Definition: not at all like The General"}
-{"Clue":"Submit reward for audience initiative (10)","Answer":"ENTERPRISE","Explanation":"Definition: initiative\n**ENTER**=\"submit\" + homophone of 'prize'=\"reward for audience\""}
-{"Clue":"Not a fan of Sherlock Jr \u2014 or my aim, it is not true! (3,8)","Answer":"JIM MORIARTY","Explanation":"Definition: Not a fan of Sherlock"}
-{"Clue":"Venerable in middle age (3)","Answer":"ERA","Explanation":"Definition: age\nmiddle letters of [Ven]**ERA**[ble]"}
-{"Clue":"Admits every wrongdoing involving heartless outlaw (6,2)","Answer":"ALLOWS IN","Explanation":"Definition: Admits\n**ALL SIN**=\"wrongdoing\" around **O**[utla]**W"}
-{"Clue":"Old readers embracing comic art at The Playhouse? (7)","Answer":"THEATRE","Explanation":"Definition: The Playhouse"}
-{"Clue":"Steamboat Bill once passed after ending up with King Edward's crown on board (6)","Answer":"PACKET","Explanation":"Definition: Steamboat"}
-{"Clue":"Funny rebuke about person who did good work a hundred years ago, a comic genius (6,6)","Answer":"BUSTER KEATON","Explanation":"Definition: years ago, a \nBuster Keaton was a comic actor \"years ago\" in the silent film era\nanagram\/\"Funny\" of (rebuke)*, around **ST** (saint, \"person who did good work\") +** A** + **TON**=\"hundred\""}
-{"Clue":"What you'll see in a diary, regularly ending in darkness (4)","Answer":"DAYS","Explanation":"Definition: What you'll see in a diary,\nregular letters from **D**[i]**A**[r]**Y**; plus the ending of [darknes]**S"}
-{"Clue":"Try for goal, not starting to laugh (4)","Answer":"HOOT","Explanation":"Definition: laugh\n[s]**HOOT**=\"try for goal\" minus the starting letter"}
-{"Clue":"As fruit divided by fifty, multiply by a smaller figure? (9)","Answer":"QUADRUPLE","Explanation":"Definition: multiply by a smaller figure\nQUA=\"As\" (from Latin) + DRUPE=\"fruit\" around L=\"fifty\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Where my letters are delivered in volume (4)","Answer":"TOME","Explanation":"Definition: volume\n\"my letters are delivered\" TO ME"}
-{"Clue":"Small warship has rust: order reversed for large transporter (8)","Answer":"MOTORBUS","Explanation":"Definition: large transporte\nSUB[marine]=\"warship\", shortened\/\"Small\"; plus ROT=\"rust\" + OM (Order of Merit); all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Paul, have some respect! (6)","Answer":"REVERE","Explanation":"Definition: Paul\nreferring to Paul Revere, the famous figure from the American Revolution"}
-{"Clue":"Lovely girl briefly going after blackguard, immature creature (6)","Answer":"CADDIS","Explanation":"Definition: immature creature\ndefinition: the larva of a caddis fly\n DIS[h]=\"Lovely girl briefly\"; after CAD=\"blackguard\""}
-{"Clue":"Open a joint in retreat for prince (8)","Answer":"MAHARAJA","Explanation":"Definition: prince\nAJAR=\"Open\" + A + HAM=\"joint\"; all reversed\/\"in retreat\""}
-{"Clue":"Day service detailed, guide on the way (6)","Answer":"SATNAV","Explanation":"Definition: guide on the way\nSAT[urday] + NAV[y]=\"service detailed\""}
-{"Clue":"After recent arrival, gas of any kind cut (8)","Answer":"NEONATAL","Explanation":"Definition: After recent arrival\nNEON=\"gas\" + AT AL[L]=\"of any kind\" cut short"}
-{"Clue":"Two of eight, perhaps, heading for unrest in October after revolution (4,4)","Answer":"CUBE ROOT","Explanation":"Definition: Two of eight, perhaps,\ndefinition: 2 is the cube root of 8\n the heading of U[nrest] inside an anagram of (October)"}
-{"Clue":"Person feeding baby with endless maggots, say, in Asian city (6)","Answer":"MUMBAI","Explanation":"Definition: Asian city\nMUM=\"Person feeding baby\"; with endless BAI[t]=\"maggots, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Leaden pots equally oleaginous (6)","Answer":"GREASY","Explanation":"Definition: oleaginous\nGREY=\"Leaden\"; going around\/\"pots\" AS=\"equally\""}
-{"Clue":"Cuckoo isn't on middle of wild plant (6)","Answer":"INSTIL","Explanation":"Definition: plant\n\"Cuckoo\" as in 'crazy' indicates anagram of (isn't)*; plus middle letters of [w]IL[d]"}
-{"Clue":"It's impossible to communic\u00adate why Paul has across and down solutions, but not laterally? (1,4,3,1,4,2,8)","Answer":"I CANT GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS","Explanation":"Definition: It's impossible to communic\u00adate\nwith a second, indirect\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bad average (4)","Answer":"MEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Bad\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Single, over fifty: desperate (5-4)","Answer":"FORTY-FIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Sing\ndefinition: 'Single' as in a song released on a FORTY-FIVE gramophone record\n anagram of (over fifty)"}
-{"Clue":"Cut doctor out in session of enquiry? (5)","Answer":"QUOTA","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\n\"doctor\" indicates anagram of (out)*; inside Q&A=\"session of enquiry\""}
-{"Clue":"Puzzle solver (5)","Answer":"REBUS","Explanation":"Definition: Puzzle\n=a type of visual puzzle; =Inspector Rebus from the Ian Rankin books"}
-{"Clue":"Early visitor to house after castle, say (7)","Answer":"POSTMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Early visitor to house\nPOST=\"after\"; MAN=chess piece=\"castle,say\""}
-{"Clue":"Ticklish case in infectious air? One going underground (9)","Answer":"EARTHWORM","Explanation":"Definition: One going underground\nouter letters\/\"case\" of T[icklis]H; inside EARWORM=a catchy song=\"infectious air\""}
-{"Clue":"Article on wine container served up in restaurant (7)","Answer":"TAVERNA","Explanation":"Definition: restaurant\nAN=\"Article\" + RE=\"on\" + VAT=\"wine container\"; all reversed\/\"served up\""}
-{"Clue":"One Spaniard carrying another pot (9)","Answer":"MARIJUANA","Explanation":"Definition: pot\nMARIA=\"One Spaniard\" carrying JUAN=\"another\" Spaniard"}
-{"Clue":"Cornucopia, a pastry affair (9)","Answer":"ABUNDANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Cornucopia\nA BUN DANCE=\"a pastry affair\""}
-{"Clue":"Nothing in game five, call for mark added to score? (5,4)","Answer":"VIOLA CLEF","Explanation":"Definition: mark added to score\ndefinition: \"score\" as in sheet music\n O=\"Nothing\"; inside anagram\/\"game\" of (five call)"}
-{"Clue":"Vertical part shown, cannot reveal side (7)","Answer":"EVERTON","Explanation":"Definition: side\ndefinition: as in the football team \n Hidden in\/\"part\" of [can]NOT REVE[al]; and reversed\/\"Vertical\""}
-{"Clue":"Extra juicy shocker about leaders of trade and industry (7)","Answer":"TASTIER","Explanation":"Definition: Extra juicy\nTASER=\"shocker\" around leading letters of T[rade] and I[ndustry]"}
-{"Clue":"Joiner turned up with three experts (7)","Answer":"MAESTRI","Explanation":"Definition: experts\nSEAM=\"Joiner\" reversed\/\"turned up\"; plus TRI=\"three\""}
-{"Clue":"Cash that goes by boat or train? (5)","Answer":"GRAVY","Explanation":"Definition: Cash that goes by boat or train\nas in \"gravy boat\" or \"gravy train\"=easy source of money"}
-{"Clue":"Kid was rocking, did you say? (5)","Answer":"SUEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Kid\ndefinition as in 'kidskin' or kid leather\n homophone of 'swayed'=\"was rocking\""}
-{"Clue":"Senior officer found with drug in empty shed is investigated (6)","Answer":"SCOPED","Explanation":"Definition: investigated\nCOP=[Senior?] \"officer\" + E (ecstasy); inside S[he]D"}
-{"Clue":"New price includes chemist's third formula (6)","Answer":"RECIPE","Explanation":"Definition: formula\nanagram of (price)* around third letter of [ch]E[mist]"}
-{"Clue":"Passionate Australian given another room with American (7)","Answer":"AMOROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Passionate\nA (Australian) + (room)* + US=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"Firm agreement (7)","Answer":"COMPACT","Explanation":"Definition: Firm\ndouble definition: \"Firm\" as in solid or dense"}
-{"Clue":"Regimen is proven to regenerate flower (7,8)","Answer":"EVENING PRIMROSE","Explanation":"Definition: flower\nanagram of (Regimen is proven)"}
-{"Clue":"Play bagging nation's first award for excellence on Broadway (4)","Answer":"TONY","Explanation":"Definition: award for excellence on Broadway\nTOY=\"Play\" as a verb; around N[ation]"}
-{"Clue":"People injured by throwaway garments? (10)","Answer":"CASUALTIES","Explanation":"Definition: People injured\nCASUAL TIES=\"throwaway garments\""}
-{"Clue":"Place where meat gets cooked in mould is beside small lake (10)","Answer":"ROTISSERIE","Explanation":"Definition: Place where meat gets cooked\nROT=\"mould\" + IS + S (small) + ERIE=\"lake\""}
-{"Clue":"Commotion caused by heads of state talking in riddles (4)","Answer":"STIR","Explanation":"Definition: Commotion\nfirst letters\/\"heads\" of S[tate] T[alking] I[n] R[iddles]"}
-{"Clue":"Alien contrives to secure a spell in the military (8,7)","Answer":"NATIONAL SERVICE","Explanation":"Definition: spell in the military\n(Alien contrives)* around A\ndo \"Alien\" and \"contrives\" act as anagram indicators for each other here?"}
-{"Clue":"Revered former editor pinching a large journalist's bottom (7)","Answer":"EXALTED","Explanation":"Definition: Revered\nEX=\"former\" + ED (editor) around: A + L (large) + [journalis]T 's last letter\/bottom"}
-{"Clue":"Retiring Queen and followers prepare for alternative employment (7)","Answer":"RETRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: prepare for alternative employment\nER (Elizabeth Regina)=\"Queen\" reversed\/\"Retiring\"; plus TRAIN=\"followers\""}
-{"Clue":"Heavy drinking session sees new head of department drowning in ale (6)","Answer":"BENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Heavy drinking session\nN (new) + D[epartment]; all inside BEER=\"ale\""}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary coming back to eat pub grub? (6)","Answer":"DINNER","Explanation":"Definition: grub\nRED=\"Revolutionary\" reversed\/\"coming back\"; around INN=\"pub\""}
-{"Clue":"Stop king and fool becoming bound together (5-4)","Answer":"CLOSE-KNIT","Explanation":"Definition: bound togethe\nCLOSE=\"Stop\" + K (king) + NIT=\"fool\""}
-{"Clue":"Verbose professional listened to short musical phrases (6)","Answer":"PROLIX","Explanation":"Definition: Verbose\nPRO (professional) + homophone\/\"listened to\" of 'licks'=\"short musical phrases\""}
-{"Clue":"Specify putting giants' pants in river (9)","Answer":"DESIGNATE","Explanation":"Definition: Specify\n(giants)* with \"pants\" as the anagram indicator; inside DEE=\"river\""}
-{"Clue":"Bishop adopting star competitor (5)","Answer":"RACER","Explanation":"Definition: competitor\nRR (Right Reverend)=\"Bishop\" around ACE=\"star\""}
-{"Clue":"Put in an appearance outside retro car plant (8)","Answer":"CAMOMILE","Explanation":"Definition: plant\nCAME=\"Put in an appearance\"; around LIMO=\"car\" reversed\/retro"}
-{"Clue":"Short coat given to old philosopher (5)","Answer":"PLATO","Explanation":"Definition: philosopher\nPLAT[e]=\"coat\" with a layer of metal; plus O (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Nerve gas makes a chap a goner, unfortunately (5,6)","Answer":"AGENT ORANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Nerve gas\nA GENT=\"chap\" + (a goner)"}
-{"Clue":"Troy's first prophet turned up to encourage woodworker (4,7)","Answer":"TREE SURGEON","Explanation":"Definition: woodworker\nT[roy] + SEER=\"prophet\" reversed\/\"turned up\" + URGE ON=\"encourage\""}
-{"Clue":"Without cover, nudes ruin broadcast (9)","Answer":"UNINSURED","Explanation":"Definition: Without cover\n(nudes ruin)"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy popular gallery having racist leader in charge! (9)","Answer":"INTRICATE","Explanation":"Definition: Fancy\nIN=\"popular\" + TATE=\"gallery\" around: R[acist] + I\/C (in charge)"}
-{"Clue":"Various roads set out (8)","Answer":"ASSORTED","Explanation":"Definition: Various\n(roads set)"}
-{"Clue":"Brother returned short letter to person from Brest (6)","Answer":"BRETON","Explanation":"Definition: person from Brest\nBrest is a port in Brittany\nBR (Brother) + NOTE=\"short letter\" reversed\/\"returned\""}
-{"Clue":"Sign made by team leader at sporting event (5)","Answer":"TRACE","Explanation":"Definition: Sign\nT[eam] + RACE=\"sporting event\""}
-{"Clue":"Dared tangle with a snake! (5)","Answer":"ADDER","Explanation":"Definition: snake\n(Dared)"}
-{"Clue":"Road touring date snapped up by rock group \u2014 good place to make money (2,6)","Answer":"EL DORADO","Explanation":"Definition: good place to make money\ndefinition: a mythical place of wealth\n (road)* with \"touring\" as anagram indicator, plus D (date); all inside ELO=\"rock group\""}
-{"Clue":"City imports drugs (not ecstasy) as a treatment for shaking (1-4)","Answer":"L-DOPA","Explanation":"Definition: treatment for shaking\ndefinition: an amino acid used for treatment of conditions including Parkinson's \n LA (Los Angeles)=\"City\", around DOP[e]=\"drugs\" minus e for \"ecstasy\""}
-{"Clue":"In need of something on top for congestion etc? (4,4)","Answer":"HEAD COLD","Explanation":"Definition: congestion etc\nif your HEAD is COLD, you might be in need of a hat or something else worn \"on top\""}
-{"Clue":"Straining to airlift bananas at end of season (10)","Answer":"FILTRATION","Explanation":"Definition: Straining\n(to airlift)* with anagram indicator \"bananas\" as in 'crazy'; plus end of [seaso]N"}
-{"Clue":"Bar accommodating one hundred runners at the start (6)","Answer":"POLICE","Explanation":"Definition: runners at the start\ndefinition: The Bow Street Runners was an early police force \n POLE=\"Bar\" around I=\"one\" and C=\"hundred\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Virgin's rejected a factual programme (8)","Answer":"NEWSCAST","Explanation":"Definition: factual programme\nNEW=\"Virgin\" + 'S + CAST=\"rejected\" as in 'cast aside'"}
-{"Clue":"Casually jilted outside entrance to synagogue, Dutch style (2,5)","Answer":"DE STIJL","Explanation":"Definition: Dutch style\ndefinition: a Dutch art movement \n (jilted)* around S[ynagogue]"}
-{"Clue":"Court getting the king's mistress to return warm wear (7)","Answer":"WOOLLEN","Explanation":"Definition: warm wear\nWOO=\"Court\" + reversal\/return of NELL Gwyn, mistress of Charles II"}
-{"Clue":"Singer, performing as well as ever, about to make a comeback (8)","Answer":"INFORMER","Explanation":"Definition: Singer\ndefinition: \"Sing\" as in talking to the authorities to inform on others\n IN FORM=\"performing as well as ever\"; plus RE=\"about\" reversed\/making a comeback"}
-{"Clue":"In earnest, one snatched weights (6)","Answer":"STONES","Explanation":"Definition: weights\nHidden in [earne]ST ONE S[natched]"}
-{"Clue":"Acute and visible sort of flu (10)","Answer":"INSIGHTFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Acute\nIN SIGHT=\"visible\" + (flu)"}
-{"Clue":"Pound piano after yank stops short (4)","Answer":"PULP","Explanation":"Definition: Pound\nP (piano) after PUL[L]=\"yank stops short\""}
-{"Clue":"A French designer with back to front means of communication (5)","Answer":"RADIO","Explanation":"Definition: means of communication\nA + DIOR=\"French designer\", with the last letter R moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"Example of accepted position (8)","Answer":"INSTANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Example\nIN=\"accepted\" + STANCE=\"position\""}
-{"Clue":"A seventh rather flat sporting representative going on record (4,4)","Answer":"BLUE NOTE","Explanation":"Definition: A seventh rather flat\ndefinition: a musical note e.g. a seventh, played lower than it would be in a major scale\n BLUE=\"sporting representative\" at e.g. Oxbridge; plus NOTE=\"record\""}
-{"Clue":"Rabbit on the breakfast menu? (6)","Answer":"WAFFLE","Explanation":"Definition: Rabbit\ndouble definition: to talk\/chatter; and a food item"}
-{"Clue":"Staggeringly wealthy? (7)","Answer":"ROLLING","Explanation":"Definition: Staggeringly\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Back massage, skirting large unclear spot (4)","Answer":"BLUR","Explanation":"Definition: unclear spot\nRUB=\"massage\" reversed\/\"Back\" and around L (large)"}
-{"Clue":"Bridge player initially breaking into clubs \u2014 I say, hearts overlooked! (10)","Answer":"PONTICELLO","Explanation":"Definition: Bridge\ndefinition: the bridge on a stringed instrument such as a violin\n P[layer]; plus (into)* with \"breaking\" as anagrind\"; plus C (clubs); plus [h]ELLO=exclamation of surprise='I say!' minus H (hearts)"}
-{"Clue":"Enjoying a certain 15 minutes of Camus' unopened novel? (6)","Answer":"FAMOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Enjoying a certain 15 minutes\ndefinition referring to the idea of 15 minutes of fame\n (of amus)* with \"novel\" as anagrind, and \"unopened\" indicating removal of the first of [C]amus"}
-{"Clue":"Cares halved at first? Can't decide (2,3,5)","Answer":"IN TWO MINDS","Explanation":"Definition: Can't decide\nMINDS=\"Cares\"; with IN TWO=\"halved\" going first"}
-{"Clue":"Question authority (3)","Answer":"WHO","Explanation":"Definition: Question\ndouble def: interrogative pronoun; World Health Organisation"}
-{"Clue":"Stuff that's promised for tomorrow? (3)","Answer":"JAM","Explanation":"Definition: Stuff\n\"Stuff\"=\"Jam\" as in a verb meaning 'pack tightly [into something]'\n and referring to a phrase from Lewis Caroll: \"jam tomorrow and jam yesterday \u2013 but never jam today\""}
-{"Clue":"Make-up book is in the centre, miss (8)","Answer":"EYEBLACK","Explanation":"Definition: Make-up\ndefinition: a term for mascara\n B (book) inside: EYE [e.g. of a storm]=\"centre\" plus LACK=\"miss\""}
-{"Clue":"Jacques Tati's film business (7)","Answer":"TRAFFIC","Explanation":"Definition: J\ndouble definition: a film ; or commerce\/trade"}
-{"Clue":"Name, or any other group of 9 (6)","Answer":"NONARY","Explanation":"Definition: group of 9\n(N or any)*, with \"other\" as anagrind and N from \"Name\""}
-{"Clue":"Ostentatious display of band to secure record backing (6)","Answer":"SPLASH","Explanation":"Definition: Os\nSASH=\"band\" around LP=music \"record\" reversed\/\"backing\""}
-{"Clue":"Soho open-air boxing ring (4)","Answer":"HOOP","Explanation":"Definition: ring\nHidden\/boxed inside [So]HO OP[en-air]"}
-{"Clue":"Remit to embrace latitude and freedom of movement (4)","Answer":"PLAY","Explanation":"Definition: freedom of \nPAY=\"Remit\" around L (latitude)"}
-{"Clue":"Comedian taken in by old Americans working together (2,7)","Answer":"IN CAHOOTS","Explanation":"Definition: working together\nHOOT=amusing person=\"Comedian\", inside INCAS=\"old Americans\""}
-{"Clue":"What a surprise, mother sounding so savoury (5)","Answer":"UMAMI","Explanation":"Definition: savoury\nhomophone of 'ooh, mummy'=\"What a surprise, mother\""}
-{"Clue":"Mistake if Ireland abandons this African native (7)","Answer":"GIRAFFE","Explanation":"Definition: African native\nif IR (Ireland) leaves, GAFFE=\"mistake\" remains"}
-{"Clue":"Variation in same key will make it really dark (3,4)","Answer":"EYE MASK","Explanation":"Definition: will make it really dark\nanagram\/\"Variation in\": (same key)"}
-{"Clue":"Harmony is essential to lounge suite's style (5)","Answer":"UNITY","Explanation":"Definition: Harmony\ncentral\/\"essential\" letters from [lo]UN[ge] [su]IT[e's] [st]Y[le]"}
-{"Clue":"Obviously in the wrong when returning gifted wine (3-6)","Answer":"RED-HANDED","Explanation":"Definition: Obviously in the wrong\nHANDED RED=\"gifted wine\", with the words reversed\/\"returning\""}
-{"Clue":"Decimal-based code embedded in old tablets (3,12)","Answer":"TEN COMMANDMENTS","Explanation":"Definition: Decimal-based code embedded in old tablets\ncryptic definition, with the surface hinting at programming code on computing tablets"}
-{"Clue":"Understand when I seem confused about route (9)","Answer":"EMPATHISE","Explanation":"Definition: Understand\nanagram\/\"confused\" of (I seem)* around PATH=\"route\""}
-{"Clue":"Black bishop captured in strata\u00adgem to move more material (5)","Answer":"SABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Black\nB (bishop) inside SALE=\"strategem to move more material\""}
-{"Clue":"Silly sort bearing crown (7)","Answer":"AIRHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Silly sort\nAIR=a person's manner or \"bearing\" + HEAD=\"crown\""}
-{"Clue":"What timber merchants offer for revised trading terms (3,4)","Answer":"NEW DEAL","Explanation":"Definition: revised trading terms\n\"What timber merchants offer\" can also give NEW DEAL, as 'deal' is a type of wood"}
-{"Clue":"Old style readers enjoy these rather obvious openings (5)","Answer":"RETRO","Explanation":"Definition: Old style\nopening letters to R[eaders] E[njoy] T[hese] R[ather] O[bvious]"}
-{"Clue":"Come back as Nigeria is regenerated (4,5)","Answer":"RISE AGAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Come back\nanagram of (as Nigeria)"}
-{"Clue":"Large nudist dancing removes article \u2014 and gets put out (10)","Answer":"DISGRUNTLE","Explanation":"Definition: put out\nanagram\/\"dancing\" of (Large nudist)*, minus one letter A=\"article\""}
-{"Clue":"Insect offspring devouring core of rising taproot (8)","Answer":"SCORPION","Explanation":"Definition: Insect\nnot sure about this definition\n SCION=\"offspring\" around the centre\/\"core\" of [ta]PRO[ot] reversed\/\"rising\""}
-{"Clue":"Your leader supports action to make capital that's dubious (6)","Answer":"SHIFTY","Explanation":"Definition: dubious\nleading letter of Y[our], under\/supporting: SHIFT=[on a computer keyboard] \"action to make capital\""}
-{"Clue":"A few invest nothing in a common kind of enterprise (4)","Answer":"SOME","Explanation":"Definition: A few\nO=\"nothing\" in SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)"}
-{"Clue":"Finish replacing information in a discipline showing effective control (10)","Answer":"ASCENDENCE","Explanation":"Definition: ffective control\nEND=\"Finish\" replacing I=\"information\" in A SC[I]ENCE=\"a discipline\""}
-{"Clue":"Not enthused by abstract mural surrounding gardens (8)","Answer":"LUKEWARM","Explanation":"Definition: Not enthused\nanagram\/\"abstract\" of (mural)*, around KEW Gardens in London"}
-{"Clue":"Look over firm without starting false rumour (6)","Answer":"CANARD","Explanation":"Definition: false rumour\n[s]CAN=\"Look over\" and [h]ARD=\"firm\", without their starting letters"}
-{"Clue":"Cooler trouser cut (4)","Answer":"NICK","Explanation":"Definition: Cooler\ntriple definition: NICK can mean jail=\"Cooler\", or steal=\"trouser\", or scratch=\"cut\""}
-{"Clue":"They wanted to stay, but accept democratic surpluses (10)","Answer":"REMAINDERS","Explanation":"Definition: surpluses\nREMAINERS wanted to stay in the European Union; around D (democratic)"}
-{"Clue":"Theme park reportedly doesn't go down in Scotland? (10)","Answer":"DISNEYLAND","Explanation":"Definition: Theme park\nhomophone of 'disna land', where 'disna' means 'does not' in Scots"}
-{"Clue":"Exact time when sentence ends (2,3,3)","Answer":"ON THE DOT","Explanation":"Definition: Exact time\na sentence also ends ON THE DOT, as in a full stop"}
-{"Clue":"One doesn't react, for example, in Eugene O'Neill's piece (5,3)","Answer":"NOBLE GAS","Explanation":"Definition: One doesn't react\nan example of a NOBLE GAS is 'neon', or a piece of [Euge]NE O'N[eill]"}
-{"Clue":"Endless number admire bandit at sea (6)","Answer":"PIRATE","Explanation":"Definition: bandit at sea\nPI=\"Endless number\", as the digits of pi are infinitely 'unpredictable'; plus RATE=\"admire\""}
-{"Clue":"Broadcast Derby? Big deal! (2,4)","Answer":"SO WHAT","Explanation":"Definition: Big deal\nSOW=\"Broadcast\" + HAT=\"Derby\""}
-{"Clue":"A gang losing wide piece of territory (4)","Answer":"ACRE","Explanation":"Definition: piece of territory\nA CRE[w], losing w for \"wide\""}
-{"Clue":"Curious how system creates stem (4)","Answer":"NOSY","Explanation":"Definition: Curious\napplying \"NO SY\" to [sy]stem creates \"stem\""}
-{"Clue":"Let go of everything, including WPC's protection (8)","Answer":"FIREWALL","Explanation":"Definition: PC's protection\ndefinition is \"PC's protection\" as in a computer's protection from network attacks\n FIRE ALL=\"Let go of everything\" around the W from WPC, with the remaining letters belonging to the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Returning live president's vehicles (1-5)","Answer":"E-BIKES","Explanation":"Definition: vehicles\nBE=exist=\"live\" reversed\/returning; plus IKE'S=Eisenhower's=\"president's\""}
-{"Clue":"Determined to hide kiss in explicit message (4)","Answer":"SEXT","Explanation":"Definition: explicit message\nSET=\"Determined\" around X=symbol for a \"kiss\""}
-{"Clue":"Unfortunate snag in camp grooming activity (10)","Answer":"MANSCAPING","Explanation":"Definition: grooming activity\nanagram\/\"Unfortunate\" of (snag in camp)"}
-{"Clue":"Characters covered in lava: perspiring, but they aren't exactly smoking (6)","Answer":"VAPERS","Explanation":"Definition: they are\nLetters\/characters hidden in [la]VA PERS[piring]"}
-{"Clue":"Sharing one's thoughts with cute touch, briefly (8)","Answer":"TWEETING","Explanation":"Definition: Sharing one's thoughts\nTWEE=\"cute\" + TING[e]=\"touch, briefly\""}
-{"Clue":"Believer in fake news article, Republican keeping dull routine (7)","Answer":"TRUTHER","Explanation":"Definition: Believer in fake news\nTHE=definite \"article\" + R (Republican); around RUT=\"dull routine\""}
-{"Clue":"Mass of waste paper cut by a composer (7)","Answer":"FATBERG","Explanation":"Definition: Mass of waste\ndefinition: a mass of waste items flushed into a sewer system\n *FT (Financial Times, paper) around A; plus Alban BERG=\"composer\" \u2013 edit thanks to Beobachterin"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse further contact with a foreign fellow in red pants (8)","Answer":"UNFRIEND","Explanation":"Definition: Refuse further contact with\nUN=\"a\" in French i.e. \"foreign\"; plus F (fellow); plus (in red)* with \"pants\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Nationalist policy from monarch getting in scrap (6)","Answer":"BREXIT","Explanation":"Definition: Nationalist policy\nREX=king, \"monarch\"; inside BIT=\"scrap\""}
-{"Clue":"One new chronicle with current text, like the across answers here (10)","Answer":"NEOLOGISMS","Explanation":"Definition: like the across answers here\nanagram\/\"new\" of (One)*; plus LOG=\"chronicle\"; plus I=symbol for electric \"current\"; plus SMS=\"text\" message"}
-{"Clue":"Very extensive, nameless posts online (4)","Answer":"VLOG","Explanation":"Definition: posts online\nV (very) + LO[n]G=\"extensive\" minus 'n' i.e. \"nameless\""}
-{"Clue":"Man United star that is as Aeneas to Achates (6)","Answer":"BESTIE","Explanation":"Definition: Aeneas to Achates\ndefinition: a best\/close friend\n George BEST=\"Man United star\" ; plus I.E.=\"that is\""}
-{"Clue":"Musical cycle has style and contemporary sound (8)","Answer":"RINGTONE","Explanation":"Definition: contemporary sound\nreferring to Wagner's RING cycle; plus TONE=\"style\""}
-{"Clue":"Dog in cable host's opening show (8)","Answer":"WIREHAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\nWIRE=\"cable\" + H[ost]'s opening letter + AIR=broadcast=\"show\""}
-{"Clue":"Fast, but not when in France! (4)","Answer":"LENT","Explanation":"Definition: Fast\ndefinition: a Christian period of fasting\n LENT means 'slow' i.e. 'not fast' in French"}
-{"Clue":"Greek island with quiet ambiance \u2014 not half! (6)","Answer":"PATMOS","Explanation":"Definition: Greek island\nP (piano)=\"quiet\" + ATMOS[phere]=\"ambiance \u2013 not half\""}
-{"Clue":"Time to invest in kites \u2014 they're seen in the sky (7)","Answer":"PLANETS","Explanation":"Definition: they're seen in the sky\nT (time) inside PLANES=known in slang as \"kites\""}
-{"Clue":"Funny hue by red borders of reseda plant genus (8)","Answer":"HEUCHERA","Explanation":"Definition: plant genus\n(hue)*, with \"Funny\" as anagram indicator; CHE=the revolutionary \"red\"; plus the outer letters of R[esed]A"}
-{"Clue":"Make invalid's absorbing phrase open to debate (10)","Answer":"DISPUTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: open to debate\nDISABLE=\"Make invalid\", around PUT=express=\"phrase\" as in 'put it politely'"}
-{"Clue":"Keep writing about new standard (6)","Answer":"PENNON","Explanation":"Definition: standard\nPEN ON=\"Keep writing\", around N (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Put in grinding toil with hard calculus (10)","Answer":"ENTEROLITH","Explanation":"Definition: calculus\ndefinition: \"calculus\" meaning a stone created in organs such as the kidney\n ENTER=\"Put in\" + (toil)* with \"grinding\" as anagrind + H (hard)"}
-{"Clue":"Efforts of heartless foes seizing empty Reichstag (8)","Answer":"ENERGIES","Explanation":"Definition: Efforts\nENE[m]IES=\"heartless foes\" around empty R[eichsta]G"}
-{"Clue":"Descartes's logical bit of algebra is on news (8)","Answer":"RAISONN\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: Descartes's logical\ndefinition: French for \"logical\"\n hidden in [algeb]RA IS ON NE[ws]"}
-{"Clue":"Shot as a dart from Caesar heavenwards (2,5)","Answer":"AD ASTRA","Explanation":"Definition: from Caesar \ndefinition: 'to the stars' in Latin\n (as a dart)* with \"Shot\" as anagrind"}
-{"Clue":"Required for reporter, any editors (6)","Answer":"NEEDED","Explanation":"Definition: Required\n'N E' spoken as single letters is a homophone\/\"for reporter\" of \"any\"; plus ED and ED=\"editors\""}
-{"Clue":"Sailors thus about to enter Rolls (6)","Answer":"BOSUNS","Explanation":"Definition: Sailors\nSO=\"thus\" reversed\/\"about\" and inside BUNS=\"Rolls\""}
-{"Clue":"Mark an X in 18 consecutive letters brought up (4)","Answer":"VOTE","Explanation":"Definition: Mark\nthere are 18 consecutive letters going from 'E to V'; reversed\/\"brought up\" to give V OT E"}
-{"Clue":"Trigger strikes, sharp! (4-5)","Answer":"KICKSTART","Explanation":"Definition: Trigg\nKICKS=\"strikes\" + TART=\"sharp\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink was revolting (4)","Answer":"ROSE","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\ndouble definition: ros\u00e9 wine; and to rise up in protest\/revolt"}
-{"Clue":"Poison some drinking water (8)","Answer":"PARAQUAT","Explanation":"Definition: Poison\ndefinition: a herbicide\n PART=\"some\" around AQUA=\"water\""}
-{"Clue":"National hero? Flipping hell! (3,3)","Answer":"RED RUM","Explanation":"Definition: National hero\ndefinition: the Grand National winner \n reversal\/\"Flipping\" of MURDER=\"hell\"='a terrible experience' as in 'the traffic was murder\/hell'"}
-{"Clue":"African dish put away, returned filled with drink (6)","Answer":"TAGINE","Explanation":"Definition: African dish\nEAT=\"put away\" reversed\/\"returned\" and around GIN=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Port added to wine container subject to legal constraint (4,4)","Answer":"BIND OVER","Explanation":"Definition: subject to legal constraint\ndefinition: to subject someone to a type of court order\n DOVER=\"port\" city; after BIN=\"wine container\""}
-{"Clue":"While shelter quiet, silent in the dormitory? (6)","Answer":"ASLEEP","Explanation":"Definition: silent in the dormitory?\nAS=\"While\" + LEE=\"shelter\" + P (piano, quiet)"}
-{"Clue":"Smuggled in by con, drink for passing round (8)","Answer":"SKIRTING","Explanation":"Definition: passing round\nSTING=a deception=\"con\" around KIR=a type of cocktail=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Theatrical warning to Scottish clan? (8)","Answer":"CAMPBELL","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish clan?\nCAMP=\"Theatrical\" + BELL=\"warning\""}
-{"Clue":"Play against work model (6)","Answer":"OPPOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Play against\nOP=\"work\" + POSE=\"model\""}
-{"Clue":"Member's problem when drink on the counter swiped by Trojan king (8)","Answer":"PRIAPISM","Explanation":"Definition: Member's problem\ndefinition: \"Member\" as euphemism for 'penis'\n SIP=\"drink\" reversed\/\"on the counter\" and inside PRIAM=\"Trojan king\" during the Trojan War"}
-{"Clue":"Stop and drink (6)","Answer":"SCOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\ndouble definition: to put an end to something; and Scotch whisky"}
-{"Clue":"Still creator appeared with artist (6)","Answer":"CAMERA","Explanation":"Definition: Still creator\ndefinition: a camera creates photographic stills\n CAME=\"appeared\" + RA (Royal Academician, artist)"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet love in grey consumed by drink (8)","Answer":"ADORABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nO=\"love\" in DRAB=\"grey\"; all inside ALE=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Lover tied knot, did you say? (4)","Answer":"BEAU","Explanation":"Definition: Lover\nhomophone\/\"did you say?\" of 'bow'=\"tied knot\""}
-{"Clue":"Exhaustion experienced when observing fine English school dons (9)","Answer":"EYESTRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Exhaustion experienced when observing\nYES=\"fine\", inside\/donning: E (English) + TRAIN=\"school\""}
-{"Clue":"Kind of nut inspiring a marsupial (5)","Answer":"KOALA","Explanation":"Definition: marsupial\nKOLA=a West African \"Kind of nut\", around A"}
-{"Clue":"Insects after drink in drinking vessel (7)","Answer":"CHALICE","Explanation":"Definition: d\nLICE=\"Insects\" after CHA=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Relish drink (5)","Answer":"SAUCE","Explanation":"Definition: Relish\ndouble definition: a sauce or flavour added to food; and slang for alcoholic drink"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle taking basic route round university, American (7)","Answer":"AUTOBUS","Explanation":"Definition: Vehicle\ngoing from A TO B=\"basic route\", around U (university); and plus US=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"Second character from Strangers on a Train cast as film maker (9)","Answer":"TARANTINO","Explanation":"Definition: film maker\nsecond letter from [s]T[rangers]; plus (on a train)* with \"cast\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Die horribly in defeat \u2014 or survive (4,3)","Answer":"RIDE OUT","Explanation":"Definition: survive\n(Die)* with \"horribly\" as anagrind; inside ROUT=\"defeat\""}
-{"Clue":"Cooks entertaining drinker, oddly lacking drinks (9)","Answer":"SAUTERNES","Explanation":"Definition: drinks\ndefinition: a type of French wine\n SAUT\u00c9S=\"Cooks\" around d**R**i**N**k**E**r missing its odd letters"}
-{"Clue":"One packed in best bag for flight (9)","Answer":"STAIRCASE","Explanation":"Definition: flight\nI=\"One\" inside STAR=\"best\" + CASE=\"bag\""}
-{"Clue":"Base where drink held up by head (9)","Answer":"PREDICATE","Explanation":"Definition: Base\nCIDER=\"drink\" inside\/\"held\" and reversed\/\"up\" in PATE=\"head\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink drunk by myself, drunk? That's flat! (7)","Answer":"PLATEAU","Explanation":"Definition: flat\nTEA=\"Drink\", inside\/\"drunk by\" an anagram of (Paul)*=\"myself, drunk?\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink \u2014 rest quaffing another one? (7)","Answer":"LIMEADE","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\nLIE=\"rest\" around MEAD=\"another [drink]\""}
-{"Clue":"A raptor and a parrot remarkably commensurate (3,4)","Answer":"PRO RATA","Explanation":"Definition: commensurate\nanagram\/\"remarkably\" of either (A raptor)* or (a parrot)"}
-{"Clue":"Overweight porter (5)","Answer":"STOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Overweight\ndouble definition: fat; or a type of beer"}
-{"Clue":"Mark somewhere in Central America (5)","Answer":"COLON","Explanation":"Definition: Mark\ndouble definition: a punctuation mark; and the city of Col\u00f3n in Panama, Central America"}
-{"Clue":"Landing ground needs helium for large computer (7)","Answer":"HELIPAD","Explanation":"Definition: Landing ground\nHE (Helium) + L (large) + IPAD=\"computer\""}
-{"Clue":"Pastry with extremely sweet, coarse caramel base (7)","Answer":"STRUDEL","Explanation":"Definition: Pastry\nthe extreme letters of S[wee]T + RUDE=\"coarse\" + [carame]L"}
-{"Clue":"Japanese assassin held in Benin jail (5)","Answer":"NINJA","Explanation":"Definition: Japanese assassin\nhidden in [Be]NIN JA[il]"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty man leaving those left behind to protect dog (9)","Answer":"REPUGNANT","Explanation":"Definition: Nasty\nRE[m]NANT=\"those left behind\" minus 'm' for \"man\"; around PUG=\"dog\""}
-{"Clue":"New brewery tsar dismissing English version of fruity beer (10)","Answer":"STRAWBERRY","Explanation":"Definition: v\nanagram\/\"New\" of (brewery tsar)*, minus an 'E' for \"English\""}
-{"Clue":"Type of water bath (4)","Answer":"FONT","Explanation":"Definition: Type\ndouble definition: a print\/computer font; or a church font"}
-{"Clue":"Inclined not to marry (6-6)","Answer":"SINGLE-MINDED","Explanation":"Definition: Inclined not to marry\ncryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Run away without paying for excellent piece of cheesy snack (5,7)","Answer":"WELSH RAREBIT","Explanation":"Definition: cheesy snack\nWELSH=\"Run away without paying\" + RARE=\"excellent\" + BIT=\"piece\""}
-{"Clue":"Twist lid of tea container (4)","Answer":"TURN","Explanation":"Definition: Twist\nfirst letter\/\"lid\" of T[ea] + URN=\"container\""}
-{"Clue":"Remembers spiritual lessons with short prayers (10)","Answer":"RECOLLECTS","Explanation":"Definition: Remembers\nRE (Religious Education, \"spiritual lessons\") + COLLECTS=a type of \"short prayers\""}
-{"Clue":"Setter taking risk dancing in sweet garment (9)","Answer":"MINISKIRT","Explanation":"Definition: garment\nI=\"Setter\" + anagram\/\"dancing\" of (risk)*; all inside MINT=\"sweet\""}
-{"Clue":"Drawer behind counter containing wide fabric (5)","Answer":"TWILL","Explanation":"Definition: fabric\nTILL=\"Drawer behind counter\" around W (wide, cricket abbreviation)"}
-{"Clue":"One who's left work about to go to Scottish island (7)","Answer":"RETIREE","Explanation":"Definition: One who's left work\nRE=\"about\" + TIREE=\"Scottish island\" in the Inner Hebrides"}
-{"Clue":"Non-stop part of pretend lesson (7)","Answer":"ENDLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Non-stop\nhidden in [pret]END LESS[on]"}
-{"Clue":"Trusty hen's first over place to hatch eggs (6)","Answer":"HONEST","Explanation":"Definition: Trusty\nH[en] + ~~ON=\"over\"~~ *O (over, cricket)* + NEST=\"place to hatch eggs\"\u00a0*\u2013 edit thanks to brojo\u00a0"}
-{"Clue":"8 at which siren destroyed ships (6)","Answer":"LINERS","Explanation":"Definition: ships\nL (Latitude, 8dn) + anagram\/\"destroyed\" of (siren)"}
-{"Clue":"Beginning of popular poem by Welsh conservative writer (10)","Answer":"PLAYWRIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: writer\nP[opular] + LAY=\"poem\" + W (Welsh) + RIGHT=\"conservative\""}
-{"Clue":"Terrible setting for end of boring requiem (5)","Answer":"DIRGE","Explanation":"Definition: requiem\nDIRE=\"Terrible\" around the end of [borin]G"}
-{"Clue":"Replace foreign reps wearing soft leather fabric (9)","Answer":"SUPERSEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Replace\nanagram\/\"foreign\" of (reps)* inside SUEDE=\"soft leather fabric\""}
-{"Clue":"Breeze from the south crossing German capital (4)","Answer":"RIGA","Explanation":"Definition: ca\ndefinition: capital of Latvia\n AIR=\"breeze\" reversed\/\"from the south\"; around G (German)"}
-{"Clue":"Cop given nuts spitting out large stones (8)","Answer":"DIAMONDS","Explanation":"Definition: stones\nDI (Detective Inspector, \"Cop\") + A[L]MONDS=\"nuts\" minus L (large)"}
-{"Clue":"Allowance got by lecturer before head of technology leaves position (8)","Answer":"LATITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Allowance\nL (lecturer) + AT[t]ITUDE=\"position\" minus t[echnology]"}
-{"Clue":"Turned on cash register contain\u00ading note with forged date (10)","Answer":"TITILLATED","Explanation":"Definition: Turned on\nTILL=\"cash register\" around TI=musical \"note\"; plus anagram\/\"forged\" of (date)"}
-{"Clue":"Write to male exposed as love cheat (3-5)","Answer":"TWO-TIMER","Explanation":"Definition: love cheat\nanagram\/\"exposed\" of (Write to m[ale])"}
-{"Clue":"Instrument at home in dark red cover (8)","Answer":"CLARINET","Explanation":"Definition: Instrument\nIN=\"at home\" inside CLARET=\"dark red\""}
-{"Clue":"Writer cries afresh about book (6)","Answer":"SCRIBE","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nanagram\/\"afresh\" of (cries)* around B (book)"}
-{"Clue":"Devotional songs sung by priest and son getting donations for the needy (6)","Answer":"PSALMS","Explanation":"Definition: Devotional son\nP (priest) + S (son) + ALMS=\"donations for the needy\""}
-{"Clue":"Eager to join TV phone-in broadcast via the bush telegraph (2,3,9)","Answer":"ON THE GRAPEVINE","Explanation":"Definition: via the bush telegraph\ndefinition: both are expressions about information spreading through rumour\n anagram\/\"broadcast\" of (Eager TV phone-in)"}
-{"Clue":"Addict's escort has no heroin (4)","Answer":"USER","Explanation":"Definition: Addict\nUS[h]ER=\"escort\" minus 'h' for \"heroin\""}
-{"Clue":"'Crumbling gable' artist's symbolic subject (7)","Answer":"ALGEBRA","Explanation":"Definition: symbolic subject\nanagram\/\"Crumbling\" of (gable)* + RA (Royal Academician, \"artist\")"}
-{"Clue":"Spot storyline with school setting (7)","Answer":"SPLOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Spot\nPLOT=\"storyline\", inside SCH (school)"}
-{"Clue":"Living accommodation north of the border (5)","Answer":"MANSE","Explanation":"Definition: Living accommodation north of the border\ncryptic definition: a church minister's residence, especially in Scotland i.e. \"north of the border\"\n a \"Living\" is a church term referring to a minister's parish"}
-{"Clue":"First-rate access to attic? (3-6)","Answer":"TOPFLIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: First-rate\na TOP FLIGHT of stairs could also indicate \"access to attic?\""}
-{"Clue":"Secret hero, roughly sixty (10)","Answer":"THREESCORE","Explanation":"Definition: sixty\nanagram\/\"roughly\" of (Secret hero)"}
-{"Clue":"Figure from report incomplete (4)","Answer":"STAT","Explanation":"Definition: Figure\nSTAT[e]=\"report\", \"incomplete\""}
-{"Clue":"Draw with number one in league to regain control (4,7,8)","Answer":"PULL ONESELF TOGETHER","Explanation":"Definition: regain control\nPULL=\"Draw\" + ONESELF=\"number one\" + TOGETHER=\"in league\""}
-{"Clue":"Unit at large performing survey (11)","Answer":"TRIANGULATE","Explanation":"Definition: surve\nanagram\/\"performing\" of (Unit at large)"}
-{"Clue":"Rod's tipple laced with unknown ingredient (4)","Answer":"AXLE","Explanation":"Definition: Rod\nALE=\"tipple\", around X=\"unknown ingredient\""}
-{"Clue":"Lots such as furniture maker might bid for? (1,5,4)","Answer":"A GREAT DEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Lots\ndefinition: \"Lots\" as in a large quantity\n DEAL is also a type of wood, and therefore might be of interest to furniture makers"}
-{"Clue":"Canadian water hounds worried by horse (6,3)","Answer":"HUDSON BAY","Explanation":"Definition: Canadian water\ndefinition: inland sea in northeastern Canada\n anagram\/\"worried\" of (hounds)*; plus BAY=\"horse\""}
-{"Clue":"Worker using kitchen roller about to leave (5)","Answer":"BAKER","Explanation":"Definition: Worker using kitchen\nB[re]AKER=a large sea wave=\"roller\", with RE=\"about\" leaving"}
-{"Clue":"Immense distance once covered by rodents from the East (7)","Answer":"STELLAR","Explanation":"Definition: Immense\nELL=old unit of measurement=\"distance, once\"; inside RATS=\"rodents\" reversed\/\"from the East\""}
-{"Clue":"Times added to article about Queen using such means (7)","Answer":"THEREBY","Explanation":"Definition: using such means\nBY=\"Times\" as in multiplication e.g. 'two by two is four'; after THE=definite \"article\"; all around ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\")"}
-{"Clue":"Acknowledges obsolete currency in islands (6)","Answer":"ADMITS","Explanation":"Definition: Acknowledges\nDM (Deustche Mark, \"obsolete currency\") inside AITS=eyots=small \"islands\""}
-{"Clue":"Groups retrospectively brought in by fare negotiators (6)","Answer":"GENERA","Explanation":"Definition: Groups\nreversed\/\"retrospectively\" and hidden \"in\" [f]ARE NEG[otiators]"}
-{"Clue":"Dealing with buzzers sounding alert \u2014 I'm scared to enter (10)","Answer":"BEEKEEPING","Explanation":"Definition: Dealing with buzzers\nBEEPING=\"sounding [an] alert\"; with EEK=\"I'm scared\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Lark averse to cold? (5)","Answer":"ANTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Lark\nANTI=\"averse to\" + C (cold)"}
-{"Clue":"Stratford flower seller, America's rising star (9)","Answer":"SUPERNOVA","Explanation":"Definition: star\nAVON=\"Stratford flower\/river\" + REP=\"seller\" + US=\"America\"; all reversed\/\"rising\""}
-{"Clue":"Two gents on air possibly a wonderful thing (4)","Answer":"LULU","Explanation":"Definition: wonderful thing\ndefinition: an exceptional example of something\n homophone\/\"on air\" of 'loo loo'=\"Two gents\""}
-{"Clue":"Mimic successfully adopting new technology to get on (3,2,3)","Answer":"HIT IT OFF","Explanation":"Definition: get on\nHIT OFF=\"Mimic successfully\" around IT (information technology, \"new technology\")"}
-{"Clue":"Cat beetled off before one's very eyes (10)","Answer":"DETECTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: before one's very eyes\nanagram\/\"off\" of (Cat beetled)"}
-{"Clue":"Lie about secure provision for the smarter patrons? (6,3)","Answer":"LOUNGE BAR","Explanation":"Definition: provision for the smarter patrons\ndefinition: a more luxurious\/fashionable i.e. \"smarter\" part of a pub\n LOUNGE=\"Lie about\" + BAR=\"secure\" as in 'bar the doors'"}
-{"Clue":"Joins embassy staff (8)","Answer":"ATTACHES","Explanation":"Definition: Joins\ndouble definition: 'attaches' vs 'attach**\u00e9**s'"}
-{"Clue":"Get caught after police knock off (8)","Answer":"DISLODGE","Explanation":"Definition: knock off\nLODGE=\"Get caught\" as in 'food lodged in the throat'; after DIS (Detective InspectorS, \"police\""}
-{"Clue":"Shout down my left ear at first (6)","Answer":"HECKLE","Explanation":"Definition: Shout down\nHECK=\"my!\"=exclamation of shock; plus first letters of L[eft] E[ar]"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative needs unusual sensitivity, ousting almost all ministers (6)","Answer":"CLERGY","Explanation":"Definition: ministers\nC [Conservative] + [al]LERGY=\"unusual sensitivity\" minus al[l]"}
-{"Clue":"Anguish at heart of alien realm (5)","Answer":"EGYPT","Explanation":"Definition: realm\nGYP=\"Anguish\" inside\/\"at heart of\" ET (extra-terrestrial, \"alien\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fine bird, one for the table (4)","Answer":"FOWL","Explanation":"Definition: one for the table\nF (fine) + OWL=\"bird\""}
-{"Clue":"Order sponge that's cut or a piece of cake inside cafe (6,5)","Answer":"GREASY SPOON","Explanation":"Definition: cafe\nAnagram\/\"Order\" of (spong[e] or)* with \"sponge\" cut short; with EASY=\"piece of cake\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Hospital patient's heart to pound; one in bed, perhaps is not so flat (7)","Answer":"HILLIER","Explanation":"Definition: not so flat\nH (Hospital) + the \"heart\" or central letter of [pat]I[ent] + L (*Libra*, pound weight) + LIER=\"one in bed, perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink running water with live newt further up (4,3)","Answer":"BEEF TEA","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\ndefinition: a hot beef broth\n EA=river or \"running water\"; with BE=\"live\" and EFT=\"newt\" before it\/\"further up\""}
-{"Clue":"Harry Potter cast shortly watching one (9)","Answer":"SPECTATOR","Explanation":"Definition: watching one\nAnagram \u2013 \"Harry\" as in 'destroy' \u2013 of (Potter cas[t])* shortened by a letter"}
-{"Clue":"Stopped in Australia, mostly at large houses (5)","Answer":"FROZE","Explanation":"Definition: Stopped\nFRE[e]=\"mostly at large\", housing OZ=\"Australia\""}
-{"Clue":"Silly me loves writing puzzles after vacation! (4)","Answer":"OOPS","Explanation":"Definition: Silly me\nO O=two zeros or \"loves\"; plus P[uzzle]S vacated of its contents"}
-{"Clue":"Cold-blooded American being busy leader (10)","Answer":"COPPERHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Cold-blooded American\ndefinition: an American type of snake\n \"busy\"=detective=COPPER + HEAD=\"leader\""}
-{"Clue":"Does one tend to watch hot girls soon to get stripped off (10)","Answer":"HOROLOGIST","Explanation":"Definition: Does one tend to watch\ndefinition: someone who might \"tend to\"\/service a \"watch\"\n anagram\/\"off\" of (hot girls [s]oo[n])*, with \"soon\" stripped of its outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"Old designer leaving Italy to make scent for Americans (4)","Answer":"ODOR","Explanation":"Definition: scent for Americans\nAmerican spelling of 'odour'\n O (Old) + DIOR=\"designer\", leaving out I (Italy)"}
-{"Clue":"Female, not in dresses, stuns (5)","Answer":"ROCKS","Explanation":"Definition: stuns\n[F]ROCKS=\"dresses\" minus F (Female)"}
-{"Clue":"With a better argument, American Mancini ultimately pens 'keep Moon River' (1,8)","Answer":"A FORTIORI","Explanation":"Definition: With a better argument\nA (American) + ultimate letter of [Mancin]I; around FORT=\"keep\" + IO=\"Moon\" of Jupiter + R (River)\n the song *Moon River* was composed by the American Henry Mancini"}
-{"Clue":"Top journalist hiding page that's filled out (7)","Answer":"PLUMPED","Explanation":"Definition: that's filled out\nPLUM=excellent=\"Top\" + ED (editor, journalist); around P (page)"}
-{"Clue":"Limited time to cut song during album set back (7)","Answer":"PARTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Limited\nT (time) inside ARIA=\"song\"; all inside LP=\"album\" reversed\/\"set back\""}
-{"Clue":"Minor actor helping to win Oscar for project (11)","Answer":"EXTRAPOLATE","Explanation":"Definition: project\nEXTRA=\"Minor actor\" + PLATE=\"helping\" of food, around O (Oscar, phonetic alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Badger poacher with gun dealt reward at the end (6,9)","Answer":"GOLDEN PARACHUTE","Explanation":"Definition: reward at the end\ndefinition: a generous payment to a worker who is being dismissed\n Anagram\/\"Badger\" as in 'pester'\/'disturb' of (poacher gun dealt)"}
-{"Clue":"Live in sun during retirement (5)","Answer":"EXIST","Explanation":"Definition: Live\nS (sun) inside EXIT=\"retirement\""}
-{"Clue":"Keep to right entering last passage (7)","Answer":"STRETTO","Explanation":"Definition: last \ndefinition: a type of musical passage, often at the end of a movement\n STET=editor's instruction to \"Keep\" rather than delete; plus TO; with R (right) entering inside"}
-{"Clue":"Very neat in retrospect after biro's beginning to dry out (5,2)","Answer":"SOBER UP","Explanation":"Definition: dry out\nSO=\"Very\" + PURE=\"neat\" as in 'neat vodka' reversed\/\"in retrospect\" and after B[iro]"}
-{"Clue":"Topless shoot that's red hot (4,4)","Answer":"OPEN FIRE","Explanation":"Definition: that's red hot\ndefinition: an exposed fire\n OPEN=uncovered=\"Topless\" + FIRE=\"shoot\" a weapon"}
-{"Clue":"Region died: toxin released poisonous gas (8,7)","Answer":"NITROGEN DIOXIDE","Explanation":"Definition: poisonous gas\nAnagram\/\"released\" of (Region died toxin)"}
-{"Clue":"Massaging sporty hip, yeah? (13)","Answer":"PHYSIOTHERAPY","Explanation":"Definition: Massaging sporty hip, yeah\nAnagram\/\"Massaging\" (sporty hip yeah)"}
-{"Clue":"Film in April, May and June? (8,5)","Answer":"CALENDAR GIRLS","Explanation":"Definition: Film\nApril, May, and June are found in a calendar, and are also names for girls"}
-{"Clue":"Where desires are titillated by top-shelf bust (8)","Answer":"FLESHPOT","Explanation":"Definition: Where desires are titillated\ndefinition: a place offering entertainment of a sexual nature\n Anagram\/\"bust\" of (top-shelf)"}
-{"Clue":"Family man with pretty secretary (7)","Answer":"GRANDPA","Explanation":"Definition: Family man\nGRAND=\"pretty\" + PA (personal assistant, secretary)"}
-{"Clue":"Sign accordingly giving envelope for my foreign letter (7)","Answer":"SCORPIO","Explanation":"Definition: Sign\nSO=\"accordingly\" around\/enveloping: COR=exclamation of surprise=\"my!\" + PI=\"foreign letter\" from the Greek alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Arrival by alien going around Earth (5)","Answer":"TERRA","Explanation":"Definition: Earth\nARR (Arrival) + ET (extra-terrestrial, alien); all reversed\/\"going around\""}
-{"Clue":"Forced to serve jam and egg crackers (5-6)","Answer":"PRESS-GANGED","Explanation":"Definition: Forced to serve\nPRESS=\"jam\"; plus anagram\/\"crackers\" of (and egg)"}
-{"Clue":"Stream barred return of predatory beast (7)","Answer":"OUTFLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Stream\nOUT=excluded=\"barred\" + reversal\/\"return\" of WOLF=\"predatory beast\""}
-{"Clue":"Artist and writer among group trying not to drink coffee, potentially (7)","Answer":"ARABICA","Explanation":"Definition: c\ndefinition: a type of coffee plant\/bean\n RA (Royal Academician, \"Artist\") + BIC=pen=\"writer\"; all inside AA (Alcoholics Anonymous, \"group trying not to drink\")"}
-{"Clue":"Corps put faith in security (4,5)","Answer":"UNIT TRUST","Explanation":"Definition: security\ndefinition: a type of investment fund or financial \"security\"\n UNIT=\"Corps\" + TRUST=\"faith\""}
-{"Clue":"False teeth regularly scrubbed fast (5)","Answer":"FLEET","Explanation":"Definition: fast\nregular letters removed\/\"scrubbed\" from \"F[a]L[s]E [t]E[e]T[h]\""}
-{"Clue":"Queen to withdraw for this reason? (4)","Answer":"ERGO","Explanation":"Definition: for this reason?\nER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen) + GO=\"withdraw\""}
-{"Clue":"Highly awed seamen ran into harbours (4-6)","Answer":"STAR-STRUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Highly awed\nTARS=\"seamen\" harboured inside STRUCK=\"ran into\""}
-{"Clue":"Rough sketches outlining germ warfare devices of 1940s (10)","Answer":"DOODLEBUGS","Explanation":"Definition: warfare devices of 1940s \ndefinition: a type of bomb in WWII\n DOODLES=\"Rough sketches\" around BUG=\"germ\""}
-{"Clue":"Go out to lunch when retired (4)","Answer":"STAB","Explanation":"Definition: Go\ndefinition: as in 'have a go\/stab\/try at something'\n BATS=crazy=idiomatic meaning of \"out to lunch\" reversed\/\"retired\""}
-{"Clue":"Maybe sharper children worry (5)","Answer":"CHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe sharper\ndefinition: a card sharper is a type of cheat\n CH (children) + EAT=upset=\"worry\""}
-{"Clue":"Most brawny supplier in business grabs last of range (9)","Answer":"STOCKIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most brawny\nSTOCKIST=\"supplier in business\" around last of [rang]E"}
-{"Clue":"False clone claiming ambassador's rank (7)","Answer":"ECHELON","Explanation":"Definition: rank\nanagram\/\"False\" of (clone)*; around HE (His\/Her Excellency, \"ambassador\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy tie? Here's one in hand for Democrat to wear (7)","Answer":"BANDANA","Explanation":"Definition: Fancy tie\na BANANA can be called one 'finger' from a \"hand\"\/bunch; around D (Democrat)"}
-{"Clue":"Inmate welcoming Oscar back after recital here? (7,4)","Answer":"READING GAOL","Explanation":"Definition: here\nOscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading Gaol\n LAG=\"Inmate\" around O (Oscar in the phonetic alphabet), reversed\/\"back\"; and after READING=\"recital\""}
-{"Clue":"Assembling, as partners may be, on green? (7,8)","Answer":"PUTTING TOGETHER","Explanation":"Definition: Assembling\ngolf partners might be making putts together on the green"}
-{"Clue":"Brilliant display mounted in oriental centre (5)","Answer":"ECLAT","Explanation":"Definition: Brilliant display\nreversed\/\"mounted\" and inside [orien]TAL CE[ntre]"}
-{"Clue":"Handyman's powder spotted above shower (7)","Answer":"SAWDUST","Explanation":"Definition: Handyman's powder\nSAW=\"spotted\" + DUST=sprinkle=\"shower\""}
-{"Clue":"Leaders in acoustics designed more suitable connector (7)","Answer":"ADAPTER","Explanation":"Definition: connector\nleading letters of A[coustics] D[esigned] + APTER=\"more suitable\""}
-{"Clue":"Unauthorised artwork revolutionary provided in strongly Labour newspaper (8)","Answer":"GRAFFITI","Explanation":"Definition: Unauthorised artwork\nreversal\/\"revolutionary\" of IF=\"provided\" in GRAFT=\"strongly Labour\"; plus I=\"newspaper\""}
-{"Clue":"Made mad excursion, when put off by everyone (6,2,3,4)","Answer":"DRIVEN UP THE WALL","Explanation":"Definition: Made mad\nDRIVE=\"excursion\" + anagram\/\"off\" of (when put)* + ALL=\"everyone\""}
-{"Clue":"Mass publication (6)","Answer":"VOLUME","Explanation":"Definition: Mass\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Note-writer's favourable report on Simpson Jr? (6)","Answer":"BARTOK","Explanation":"Definition: Note-writer\ndefinition: B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k the Hungarian composer\/\"Note-writer\"\n BART [is] OK would be a favourable report on \"Simpson Jr\" from *The Simpsons"}
-{"Clue":"Case for money secured by First Lord of Admiralty primarily for small 12 (8)","Answer":"FLOTILLA","Explanation":"Definition: small 12\ndefinition: a small FLEET\n TILL=\"Case for money\"; inside F[irst] L[ord] O[f] A[dmiralty]"}
-{"Clue":"Invoice in pouch-like holder, with penny change (6)","Answer":"DOCKET","Explanation":"Definition: Invoice\nPOCKET=\"pouch-like holder\", with P for \"penny\" changing to D for denarius=former abbreviation for \"penny\""}
-{"Clue":"Dog's home supported by judge in Ulster (7)","Answer":"BASENJI","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\nBASE=\"home\" + J (judge) inside NI (Northern Ireland, \"Ulster\")"}
-{"Clue":"Portable bed intended for nursery? (7)","Answer":"GROWBAG","Explanation":"Definition: Portable bed intended for nursery?\ncryptic definition, referring to a nursery where plants are grown \u2013 a growbag is a portable tray\/bed for plants"}
-{"Clue":"Risk taken by fish shop (6)","Answer":"BETRAY","Explanation":"Definition: shop\ndefinition: \"shop\" is a verb meaning to inform on someone\n BET=\"Risk taken\" + RAY=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"Family lawyer of sorts? (5)","Answer":"KINDA","Explanation":"Definition: of sorts?\nKIN=\"Family\" + DA (District Attorney, \"lawyer\")"}
-{"Clue":"I'm fed up with the wet country (7)","Answer":"BAHRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: co\nBAH=exclamation meaning \"I'm fed up\" + RAIN=\"the wet\""}
-{"Clue":"American drink in French house (7)","Answer":"BOURBON","Explanation":"Definition: American drink\nBourbon whiskey; or the Bourbon dynasty"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's man with a beard in prayer? (4,4)","Answer":"HAIL MARY","Explanation":"Definition: prayer\nSpoonerism of 'male, hairy'"}
-{"Clue":"Gone to collect windcheater, finally given a coat (9)","Answer":"VARNISHED","Explanation":"Definition: given a coat \nVANISHED=\"Gone\" around final letter of [windcheate]R"}
-{"Clue":"Notice rifle shot (5)","Answer":"FLIER","Explanation":"Definition: Notice\nanagram\/\"shot\" of (rifle)"}
-{"Clue":"Pay people running competition? (4,4)","Answer":"FOOT RACE","Explanation":"Definition: unning competition\nFOOT=\"Pay\" a bill; plus PEOPLE=\"race\""}
-{"Clue":"Range one voluntarily holds back (4)","Answer":"OVEN","Explanation":"Definition: R\nhidden\/\"holds\" reversed\/\"back\" inside [o]NE VO[luntarily]"}
-{"Clue":"A tree drops on author (5)","Answer":"ADAMS","Explanation":"Definition: author\ntoday's theme authors are Douglas ADAMS and Richard ADAMS\n A + DAMS[on]=\"tree drops on\""}
-{"Clue":"Taken before lunch, stuff including black seafood (8)","Answer":"CRABMEAT","Explanation":"Definition: seafood\nCRAM=\"stuff\" around B (black); put in front of\/\"taken before\" EAT=\"lunch\""}
-{"Clue":"Creation of 16 across in shade of tree? (5)","Answer":"HAZEL","Explanation":"Definition: Creation of 1\ntriple definition: a character in *Watership Down*; a colour; a tree"}
-{"Clue":"Measure of cycles is very painful, reportedly? (9)","Answer":"MEGAHERTZ","Explanation":"Definition: Measure of cycles\ndefinition: a unit of frequency\n sounds like 'mega hurts'=\"is very painful\""}
-{"Clue":"Bloke having lemon sole in the end (4)","Answer":"DUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Bloke\nDUD=\"lemon\"=a defective item; plus [sol]E"}
-{"Clue":"Space vacated after journey including a trek (7)","Answer":"TRAIPSE","Explanation":"Definition: trek \nS[pac]E vacated of its inner letters; after TRIP=\"journey\" around A"}
-{"Clue":"Spanish drink \u2014 it's okay for the French (4)","Answer":"CAVA","Explanation":"Definition: Spanish drink\n'\u00e7a va' is a French phrase that can mean \"it's okay\""}
-{"Clue":"Singin' about a creation of 16 across (8)","Answer":"TRILLIAN","Explanation":"Definition: creation of 16 across\na character from *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*\n TRILLIN'=Singin', around A"}
-{"Clue":"Creation of 16 across, money (6)","Answer":"SILVER","Explanation":"Definition: Creation of 16\ndouble definition, a character from *Watership Down"}
-{"Clue":"Make bombs to defend old game (8)","Answer":"DOMINOES","Explanation":"Definition: game\nDO=\"Make\" + MINES=\"bombs\" around O (old)"}
-{"Clue":"A day daughter enters payment for creation of 16 across (6,4)","Answer":"ARTHUR DENT","Explanation":"Definition: creation of 16 across\na character from *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*\n A; plus THUR=Thursday=\"day\" + D (daughter) both inside RENT=\"payment\""}
-{"Clue":"Creation of 16 across, cross monitor (4,7)","Answer":"FORD PREFECT","Explanation":"Definition: Creation of 16 across\na character from *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*\n FORD=\"cross\" a river; PREFECT=a school \"monitor\""}
-{"Clue":"Telescope on, characteristic rings appear, ultimately (9)","Answer":"REFRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Telescope\nRE=about, \"on\"; FACTOR=\"characteristic\" around\/\"rings\" [appea]R"}
-{"Clue":"Creation of 16 across, money (5)","Answer":"FIVER","Explanation":"Definition: Creation of 16 across\ndouble definition, a character from *Watership Down"}
-{"Clue":"Note obsessive passage (5)","Answer":"CANAL","Explanation":"Definition: passage\nC=musical \"Note\" + ANAL=\"obsessive\""}
-{"Clue":"Purple: the mast after rigging containing hint of yellow (8)","Answer":"AMETHYST","Explanation":"Definition: Purple\nanagram\/\"after rigging\" of (the mast)* around Y[ellow]"}
-{"Clue":"Almost twelve taking lift became unconscious (5,3)","Answer":"DOZED OFF","Explanation":"Definition: became unconscious\nDOZE[n]=\"Almost twelve\" plus DOFF=\"lift\""}
-{"Clue":"Creation of 16 across, head honcho (6)","Answer":"BIGWIG","Explanation":"Definition: Creation of 16 across\ndouble definition, a character from *Watership Down"}
-{"Clue":"Risk a couple of sharp bends, challenging corners (6)","Answer":"HAZARD","Explanation":"Definition: Risk\nA; plus Z=\"couple of sharp bends\" e.g. in a road; all cornered inside HARD=\"challenging\""}
-{"Clue":"Avoid cricketing failure (4)","Answer":"DUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Avoid\ndouble definition: to move downwards; a score of 0 when batting in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Proudly show off row of shops (6)","Answer":"PARADE","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Sponge ass's back \u2014 pleased expression (6)","Answer":"LOOFAH","Explanation":"FOOL=\"ass\" reversed\/\"back\"; plus AH=cry of pleasure=\"pleased expression\""}
-{"Clue":"To express disapproval of Mike leads to explosion (4)","Answer":"BOOM","Explanation":"BOO=\"express disapproval of\" + M (Mike, phonetic alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character nothing short of brave and gallant (10)","Answer":"CHIVALROUS","Explanation":"CHI=\"Greek [alphabet] character\" + VAL[o]ROUS=\"brave\" minus 'O'=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Tell why one is playing well (6)","Answer":"INFORM","Explanation":"being IN FORM=\"why one is playing well\""}
-{"Clue":"Getting washed and dressed: after work, better to avoid extremes (8)","Answer":"TOILETTE","Explanation":"TOIL=\"work\", [b]ETTE[r] minus its outer letters\/\"extremes\""}
-{"Clue":"Doing really well with a spreadsheet? (9)","Answer":"EXCELLING","Explanation":"referring to the spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel"}
-{"Clue":"Read endlessly as boss (4)","Answer":"STUD","Explanation":"STUD[y]=\"Read endlessly\""}
-{"Clue":"Get rid of bed (4)","Answer":"SACK","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Approve art house I rebuilt (9)","Answer":"AUTHORISE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"rebuilt\" of (art house I)"}
-{"Clue":"In bodies a judge addresses damages (8)","Answer":"INJURIES","Explanation":"IN + JURIES=\"bodies a judge addresses\""}
-{"Clue":"Waddle half back, and don't hurry (6)","Answer":"DAWDLE","Explanation":"WAD-DLE with the first half of the letters reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Less than a storm at sea? That's lucky (4,2,4)","Answer":"JUSTASWELL","Explanation":"JUST A SWELL=\"Less than a storm at sea\""}
-{"Clue":"Called up to manage golf (4)","Answer":"RUNG","Explanation":"RUN=\"manage\" + G (Golf, phonetic alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"New weapon is limited (6)","Answer":"NARROW","Explanation":"N (new) + ARROW=\"weapon\""}
-{"Clue":"Resolve to belt criminal (6)","Answer":"BOTTLE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"criminal\" of (to belt)"}
-{"Clue":"Mythical bird? It's found in Arizona (7)","Answer":"PHOENIX","Explanation":"double definition \u2013 Phoenix is also the capital city of Arizona"}
-{"Clue":"Capital lover and capital love (5)","Answer":"ROMEO","Explanation":"definition: \"Capital\" as in 'excellent'\n \nROME=\"Capital\" + O=\"love\" (zero in tennis)"}
-{"Clue":"Counting system with a point to it (7)","Answer":"DECIMAL","Explanation":"cryptic definition \u2013 with \"point\" referring to a decimal point rather than a purpose"}
-{"Clue":"Giraffes' cousins fine, needing a short wee (6)","Answer":"OKAPIS","Explanation":"OK=\"fine\" + A + PIS[s]=\"short wee\""}
-{"Clue":"Hot meal for this circus artiste? (4-5)","Answer":"FIRE-EATER","Explanation":"cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Searched round area frequently visited (7)","Answer":"HAUNTED","Explanation":"HUNTED=\"Searched\" around A (area)"}
-{"Clue":"Eminent inspector with poor suiting dropped (13)","Answer":"DISTINGUISHED","Explanation":"DI (Detective Inspector) + anagram\/\"poor\" of (suiting)* + SHED=\"dropped\""}
-{"Clue":"After short space nobleman and monarch meet (9)","Answer":"ENCOUNTER","Explanation":"EN=\"short space\" in typography; COUNT=\"nobleman\"; ER (Elizabeth Regina)=\"monarch\""}
-{"Clue":"Painful experience after bathing? (7)","Answer":"SUNBURN","Explanation":"cryptic definition referring to sunbathing"}
-{"Clue":"Spanish gentleman concealed goal stupidly (7)","Answer":"HIDALGO","Explanation":"definition: a Spanish nobleman\n \nHID=\"concealed\" + anagram\/\"stupidly\" of (goal)"}
-{"Clue":"Something considered golden is shut up (7)","Answer":"SILENCE","Explanation":"double definition: 'Silence is golden'; and 'Silence\" as a command to \"shut up\""}
-{"Clue":"As if alternative company could be a complete disaster (6)","Answer":"FIASCO","Explanation":"anagram\/\"alternative\" of (As if)* + CO (company)"}
-{"Clue":"Poorest quality terrace put up on street (5)","Answer":"WORST","Explanation":"ROW=\"terrace\" reversed\/\"put up\" + ST (street)"}
-{"Clue":"Seeming to turn old man against old man? (8)","Answer":"APPARENT","Explanation":"reversal\/\"turn\" of PA=\"old man\", plus PARENT=\"old man\""}
-{"Clue":"Cheap wedding ring that plays tunes (5,4)","Answer":"BRASS BAND","Explanation":"definition: a musical ensemble with brass instruments\n \ncan also be read as a wedding BAND made of BRASS"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet things like to embrace detectives and dribble (4,5)","Answer":"ACID DROPS","Explanation":"definition: a type of sour boiled sweet\n \nAS=\"like\", around CID (Criminal Investigation Department, \"detectives\") + DROP=\"dribble\""}
-{"Clue":"Understanding exercise function requires no energy (10)","Answer":"PERCEPTION","Explanation":"PE (Physical Education, \"exercise\") + R-E-CEPTION=\"function\" minus E (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Crossword started (bloody Brummie!) \u2014 time to have belief (6)","Answer":"CREDIT","Explanation":"C[rossword] + RED=\"bloody\" + I=\"Brummie\" + T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Bedding etc unfortunately restricts active lover (8)","Answer":"COVERLET","Explanation":"anagram\/\"unfortunately\" of (etc)*, around anagram\/\"active\" of (lover)"}
-{"Clue":"Get high on your own smart performance (3,4)","Answer":"FLYSOLO","Explanation":"FLY=\"smart\" + SOLO=\"performance\""}
-{"Clue":"Sediment area around house (7)","Answer":"GROUNDS","Explanation":"double definition: \"Sediment\" as in coffee GROUNDS"}
-{"Clue":"Bird's bill, cornet-shaped (8)","Answer":"ACCENTOR","Explanation":"definition: a genus of birds\n \nAC (account, \"bill\"), plus anagram\/\"shaped\" of (cornet)"}
-{"Clue":"Having a particular way of removing outer bits from crusty larvae (6)","Answer":"STYLAR","Explanation":"definition: having a persistent style\n \n\"outer bits\" removed from [cru]STY LAR[vae]"}
-{"Clue":"Britten composition found inside Bird's plant (10)","Answer":"MONTBRETIA","Explanation":"definition: a type of plant in the iris family\n \nanagram\/\"composition\" of (Britten)* inside MOA=type of \"Bird\""}
-{"Clue":"Chamber is consequently filled by island lake (4)","Answer":"SILO","Explanation":"SO=\"consequently\" filled by I (island) and L (lake)"}
-{"Clue":"Withdraw, carrying emptied rifle, being cowardly (8)","Answer":"RECREANT","Explanation":"RECANT=\"Withdraw\" around R-IFL-E emptied of inner letters"}
-{"Clue":"Insubstantial small muscle lacks oxygen (8)","Answer":"SPECTRAL","Explanation":"S (small) + PECT-O-RAL=\"muscle\" minus O (oxygen)"}
-{"Clue":"Desirable person's improper message about urine container (6)","Answer":"SEXPOT","Explanation":"SEXT=\"improper message\" around PO=chamberpot=\"urine container\""}
-{"Clue":"Appeal to leaders of African tribal region (7)","Answer":"ATTRACT","Explanation":"leading letters of A[frican] + T[ribal]; plus TRACT=\"region\""}
-{"Clue":"Round book printed on dedicated computer paper (8)","Answer":"OBSERVER","Explanation":"definition: the weekly British newspaper\n \nO=\"Round\" + B (book) + SERVER=\"dedicated computer\" providing services within a network"}
-{"Clue":"Is the Queen unable to cover an old music stand? (10)","Answer":"CANTERBURY","Explanation":"definition: a piece of furniture used to hold sheet music\n \nCAN'T ER BURY=\"Is the Queen unable to cover\", with ER=Elizabeth Regina=\"Queen\""}
-{"Clue":"Wood and metal off the boat (6)","Answer":"ASHORE","Explanation":"ASH=\"Wood\" + ORE=\"metal\""}
-{"Clue":"Analysis of Pluto zone (10)","Answer":"DISSECTION","Explanation":"DIS=Roman name for \"Pluto\", god of the underworld; plus SECTION=\"zone\""}
-{"Clue":"Affectedly well-read, or else excited about it (8)","Answer":"LITEROSE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"excited\" of (or else)*; around IT"}
-{"Clue":"Unmissable date \u2014 and phone not working? (8)","Answer":"DEADLINE","Explanation":"DEAD LINE=\"phone not working?\""}
-{"Clue":"University, rather unorthodox, that's used by a peer (7)","Answer":"URETHRA","Explanation":"definition referring to a pee-r, someone who pees\n \nU (University) + anagram\/\"unorthodox\" of (rather)"}
-{"Clue":"Dull city centre's gone flashy inside (6)","Answer":"CLOUDY","Explanation":"C-it-Y with the centre removed, and with LOUD=\"flashy\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Swipe church sample (6)","Answer":"SWATCH","Explanation":"SWAT=\"Swipe\" + CH (church)"}
-{"Clue":"Lacking source of education, looks up 'beehive' (4)","Answer":"SKEP","Explanation":"definition: a type of beehive made of straw\n \nP-E-EKS=\"looks\", reversed\/\"up\", and minus E[ducation]"}
-{"Clue":"Compromising exchanges foolishly flirting Fancy-Fancy at first dares to produce (5-4)","Answer":"TRADE-OFFS","Explanation":"an anagram\/\"foolishly\u2026 to produce\" of (F F dares to), with the F F coming from F[lirting] F[ancy-Fancy] at first\n \nperhaps also 'exchanges foolishly flirting Fancy-Fancy at first' indicates a TRADE OF F'S?"}
-{"Clue":"Mind sheikhdom deporting a husband (5)","Answer":"BRAIN","Explanation":"B-AH-RAIN=\"sheikdom\", minus A + H (husband)"}
-{"Clue":"Tried playing record earlier? Rubbish! (9)","Answer":"DISCREDIT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"playing\" of (tried)*; with DISC=\"record\" in front\/\"earlier\""}
-{"Clue":"Spy No 2 in Slovakia (5)","Answer":"SPOOK","Explanation":"POO=\"No 2\" inside SK=\"Slovakia\""}
-{"Clue":"Moon, showing bum in front of polite society (6)","Answer":"PHOBOS","Explanation":"definition: a moon of Mars\n \nHOBO=\"bum\" inside the front letters of P[olite] S[ociety]"}
-{"Clue":"Varied the City football team, after first half's reversal (8)","Answer":"ECLECTIC","Explanation":"EC (Eastern Central postcode area)=\"the City\" of London; plus CEL-TIC=\"football team\", with the first half of the letters reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Working near the capital (7)","Answer":"TEHERAN","Explanation":"Definition: an alternative spelling of Tehran, capital of Iran\n \nanagram\/\"Working\" of (near the)"}
-{"Clue":"Sexy garments making comeback in popular nightclub? (7)","Answer":"HOTSPOT","Explanation":"HOT=\"Sexy\" plus TOPS=\"garments\" reversed\/\"making comeback\""}
-{"Clue":"Recognises clue about breaks for refuelling (3,5)","Answer":"PITSTOPS","Explanation":"SPOTS TIP=\"Recognises clue\", reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Greek character amongst posters becoming pests (6)","Answer":"APHIDS","Explanation":"PHI=\"Greek [alphabet] character\", inside ADS=\"posters\""}
-{"Clue":"Bowler in match between close rivals (5)","Answer":"DERBY","Explanation":"double definition: the first as a US term for a \"Bowler\" hat"}
-{"Clue":"Places for burying 15s around a fellow doctor (9)","Answer":"CATACOMBS","Explanation":"15=CAT, so 15s=CATS, around A + CO as in 'co-worker'=\"fellow\" + MB (Bachelor of Medicine)=\"doctor\""}
-{"Clue":"What most 15s have \u2014 dogs, too! (5)","Answer":"TAILS","Explanation":"CATs have TAILS, as do dogs; TAILS is also synonymous with \"dogs\" as in 'follows'"}
-{"Clue":"Structure of cell makes criminal groan at lifestyle mag (9)","Answer":"ORGANELLE","Explanation":"definition: a type of structure within a cell\n \nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (groan)*; plus ELLE=\"lifestyle mag\""}
-{"Clue":"Rage consuming one 10 (6)","Answer":"WRAITH","Explanation":"10=SPOOK as in a ghost\n \nWRATH=\"Rage\" around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Bad clue butchered by editor originally (can be trained) (8)","Answer":"EDUCABLE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"butchered\" of (Bad clue)*; after E[ditor]"}
-{"Clue":"Architect agreed with son (6)","Answer":"ROGERS","Explanation":"ROGER='okay'=\"agreed\"; plus S (son)"}
-{"Clue":"No longer pending? Right, get busy! (7)","Answer":"OFFICER","Explanation":"definition: a \"busy\" is a police officer\n \n'on ice'=\"pending, so OFF ICE=\"No longer pending?\"; plus R (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Theme involves recipe for a certain degree of latitude? (6)","Answer":"TROPIC","Explanation":"definition: the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are circles of latitude\n \nTOPIC=\"Theme\" around R (recipe)"}
-{"Clue":"Roman summer resort of note (first book in series) (6)","Answer":"TIVOLI","Explanation":"TI=musical \"note\"; plus VOL I='Volume 1'=\"first book in series\""}
-{"Clue":"Fashion leaders in Ascot outfits look stunning too (4)","Answer":"ALSO","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Fashion\" of (A o l s)*, the leading letters from \"Ascot outfits look stunning\""}
-{"Clue":"Cartoon series, a much cooler version of 16 17? (3,3)","Answer":"TOP CAT","Explanation":"16 17 is TOP HAT \u2013 changing the H (hot) to C (cold) gives this \"much cooler version\""}
-{"Clue":"Broken hot tap? Best cover item in film (3,3)","Answer":"TOP HAT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Broken\" of (hot tap)*\n \nalso TOP=\"Best\" + HAT=\"cover item\""}
-{"Clue":"Very small bit of a 15? (4)","Answer":"ATOM","Explanation":"A + TOM=cat=15 down"}
-{"Clue":"Small child's train? Half of it has defaced LNER glass (8)","Answer":"SCHOONER","Explanation":"S (Small) + CHOO-[choo]=half of \"child's train\" + [L]NER losing its front\/face"}
-{"Clue":"A step taken by theme's essential character to become a film star (7)","Answer":"ASTAIRE","Explanation":"A + STAIR=\"step\" + middle letter\/\"essential character\" of [th]E[me]"}
-{"Clue":"Superhero gets cinema rocking (6)","Answer":"ICEMAN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"rocking\" of (cinema)"}
-{"Clue":"Refined what some tenants may do when rent finally gets raised (6)","Answer":"SUBTLE","Explanation":"SUBLET=\"what some tenants may do\", with the final letter of ren-T raised up in the order"}
-{"Clue":"Icon sporting a cravat? Not initially (6)","Answer":"AVATAR","Explanation":"definition: an avatar may be an icon used as a display picture online\n \nanagram\/\"sporting\" of (a ravat)*, excluding the initial letter of c-ravat"}
-{"Clue":"Gardener's tool having removed what's on 14, OK to eat outside of beetroot? (6)","Answer":"DIBBLE","Explanation":"e-DIBLE=\"OK to eat\", with the first E=\"what's on TOP\" removed, and outside of B[eet\/root] i.e. the 'root' letter of 'b-eet'"}
-{"Clue":"Wake father \u2014 am getting worried about time (9)","Answer":"AFTERMATH","Explanation":"anagram\/\"worried\" of (father am)*, around T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Ginger gets glasses at the going rate (5)","Answer":"OOMPH","Explanation":"definition: \"Ginger\" as in energy or vitality \nOO=letters looking like a pair of \"glasses\", plus MPH (miles per hour, \"going rate\")"}
-{"Clue":"Rejection of Thatcher that is unlimited (4,3)","Answer":"SINE DIE","Explanation":"definition: Latin phrase meaning without a set date \/ indefinitely"}
-{"Clue":"Thanks to exercise, looking hot and sweaty but gradually got thinner (7)","Answer":"TAPERED","Explanation":"TA=\"Thanks\" plus PE (physical education, \"exercise\") plus RED=\"looking hot and sweaty\""}
-{"Clue":"Ruling country's in talks (5)","Answer":"UKASE","Explanation":"definition: a term for a legal decree, originally used in tsarist Russia \nhomophone\/\"in talks\" of UK's=\"country's\""}
-{"Clue":"Under restriction \u2014 swine keeps on vilifying leaders (5,4)","Answer":"BOUND OVER","Explanation":"definition: subject to restrictions by a court order \nBOUNDER=\"swine\" around the leading letters of O[n] V[ilifying]"}
-{"Clue":"Read nothing \u2014 that, he felt, could be Trump's area of expertise? (3,3,2,3,4)","Answer":"THE ART OF THE DEAL","Explanation":"definition: the name of a book [supposedly] by Donald Trump \nanagram\/\"could be\" of (Read O that he felt); where the O is \"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Allen at the start breaks cue and rest (9)","Answer":"REMAINDER","Explanation":"starting letter of A[llen] breaking into REMINDER=\"cue\""}
-{"Clue":"Wine bar stocks old (5)","Answer":"SOAVE","Explanation":"SAVE=except=\"bar\", around O (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Conference venue spitting feathers \u2014 bar knocked back (7)","Answer":"POTSDAM","Explanation":"definition: referring to the Potsdam Conference \nMAD=\"spitting feathers\" + STOP=\"bar\" as a verb; all reversed\/\"knocked back\""}
-{"Clue":"Grumble incessantly about watch (7)","Answer":"CHUNTER","Explanation":"C (circa, \"about\") + HUNTER=a type of pocket \"watch\" with a case to cover the glass"}
-{"Clue":"Beg editor to withdraw material (5)","Answer":"SUEDE","Explanation":"SUE=appeal to someone for something=\"beg\"; plus ED (editor) reversed\/\"to withdraw\""}
-{"Clue":"Neared solution after official votes (9)","Answer":"REFERENDA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"solution\" of (Neared)*, after REF=referee=\"official\" in a sports match"}
-{"Clue":"Do no more about problems raised by Queen (4,6)","Answer":"PASS MUSTER","Explanation":"PAST=\"no more\" around SUMS=\"problems\" reversed\/\"raised\"; plus ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\")"}
-{"Clue":"'Time that was gone', as the middle dropped out (5,3)","Answer":"STONE AGE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"out\" of (gone as t[h]e)*, with the \"middle\" letter of \"the\" \"dropped\" \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to 70SimmeryAxe"}
-{"Clue":"Show signs of annoyance in bedroom \u2014 useless? (6)","Answer":"BRIDLE","Explanation":"BR (abbreviation for bedroom) + IDLE=\"useless\""}
-{"Clue":"Book by president is dear (4)","Answer":"BABE","Explanation":"definition: a term of endearment \nB (Book) + ABE Lincoln=\"president\""}
-{"Clue":"Photograph club athlete (4-6)","Answer":"SHOT-PUTTER","Explanation":"SHOT=\"Photograph\" + PUTTER=golf \"club\""}
-{"Clue":"Mate finally scored during match (8)","Answer":"COMPADRE","Explanation":"final letter of [score]D inside COMPARE=\"match\""}
-{"Clue":"Unprepared stuff the writer's both for and against (6)","Answer":"IMPROV","Explanation":"I'M=I am=\"the writer [is]\", plus PRO=\"for\" and V (versus, \"against\")"}
-{"Clue":"Told off, Charlie kept out of sight (4)","Answer":"CHID","Explanation":"C (Charlie in the phonetic alphabet) + HID=\"kept out of sight\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink? Rare politician maintains resistance (6,4)","Answer":"BLOODY MARY","Explanation":"definition: a type of cocktail \nBLOODY=\"Rare\" as in a steak; Theresa MAY=UK \"politician\" around R (electrical resistance)"}
-{"Clue":"Containing infection initially difficult for leader \u2014 this way's less hassle (6,4)","Answer":"RELIEFROAD","Explanation":"definition: an alternative route around a congested area \nanagram\/\"difficult\" of (for leader)*, containing I[nfection] initially"}
-{"Clue":"Present-day worker drops precious recording (8)","Answer":"REINDEER","Explanation":"definition: a worker with Santa, delivering presents \nhomophone\/\"recording\" of 'rain'=\"drops\" and of 'dear'=\"precious\""}
-{"Clue":"Tough no longer playing (8)","Answer":"EXACTING","Explanation":"EX-ACTING=\"no longer playing\" roles as an actor"}
-{"Clue":"Count carrying more weight after transitioning (6)","Answer":"MATTER","Explanation":"FATTER=\"carrying more weight\", \"after transitioning\" F to M i.e. Female-To-Male"}
-{"Clue":"Start to straighten sheets for escort, as a gentleman does (6)","Answer":"SQUIRE","Explanation":"definition: to escort or attend [a lady] \nstart of S[traighten]; plus QUIRE=\"sheets\" of paper"}
-{"Clue":"Heard about US writer's affectation (4)","Answer":"POSE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Heard\" of Poe's=\"US writer's\""}
-{"Clue":"Strike during scuffle (4)","Answer":"CUFF","Explanation":"hidden in [s]CUFF[le]"}
-{"Clue":"Slogan here shows big heart protecting society (6,7)","Answer":"BUMPER STICKER","Explanation":"BUMPER TICKER=\"big heart\", around S (society)"}
-{"Clue":"Content to leave demure aunt terribly flushed, getting changed (9)","Answer":"DENATURED","Explanation":"D[emur]E with its \"Content\"\/inside letters leaving; plus anagram\/\"terribly\" of (aunt)*; plus RED=\"flushed\""}
-{"Clue":"Puzzle from personnel wearing drag (5)","Answer":"THROW","Explanation":"definition: THROW=\"Puzzle\" as in to bemuse or perplex\n \nHR (Human Resources, \"personnel\") inside TOW=\"drag\""}
-{"Clue":"Still a wizard on the Mac? (5)","Answer":"IMAGE","Explanation":"\"Still\" as in a photograph\n \nMAGE=\"wizard\", so it might be iMage \"on the Mac\" with a name in the style of Apple products like iPad, iPhone etc"}
-{"Clue":"Hollywood actor's name in school plays (9)","Answer":"NICHOLSON","Explanation":"N (name); plus anagram\/\"plays\" of (in school)"}
-{"Clue":"Loose shingle from a part of these shores (7)","Answer":"ENGLISH","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Loose\" of (shingle)"}
-{"Clue":"Bobby who managed, 28 after what thief does (6)","Answer":"ROBSON","Explanation":"ON=28ac=RUNNING, after ROBS=\"after what thief does\""}
-{"Clue":"Wrongly call this person strict, not quite keeping two metres apart (7)","Answer":"MISTERM","Explanation":"I=\"this person\" + STER[n]=\"strict, not quite\"; all inside two M (metre) letters"}
-{"Clue":"Two six-footers importing reg\u00adular doses of insulin for payee (9)","Answer":"ANNUITANT","Explanation":"definition: someone receiving an annuity payment\n \nANT and ANT are \"Two six-footers\" referring to insects having six legs\/feet; around regular letters from [i]N[s]U[L]I[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Pour in dry white wine, we're told, as and when (2,3)","Answer":"AD HOC","Explanation":"homophone\/\"we're told\" of 'add hock'=\"Pour in dry white wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Feature framing ring and choker (5)","Answer":"NOOSE","Explanation":"NOSE=\"Feature\" around O=circle shape=\"ring\""}
-{"Clue":"The people I survey in Ohio getting shocked (3,6)","Answer":"HOI POLLOI","Explanation":"I POLL=\"I survey\" inside anagram\/\"shocked\" of (Ohio)"}
-{"Clue":"Seeking office, British PM loses European conflict (7,6)","Answer":"RUNNING BATTLE","Explanation":"RUNNING=\"Seeking office\", plus B (British), plus Prime Minister Clement ATTLE-E=\"PM\" minus the last E (European)"}
-{"Clue":"Plot made to work, nurtured by criminal's patient approach? (7,6)","Answer":"BEDSIDE MANNER","Explanation":"BED=garden \"Plot\"; plus anagram\/\"to work\" of (made)* inside SINNER=\"criminal\""}
-{"Clue":"Natasha's heart stolen by guy's divine gift (5)","Answer":"MANNA","Explanation":"N[atash]A with inner letters\/\"heart\" taken away; after MAN=\"guy\""}
-{"Clue":"Kiss in film, touching film, one going all the way (9)","Answer":"EXTREMIST","Explanation":"X=\"Kiss\" in ET=the Spielberg \"film\"; plus RE=concerning=\"touching\" + MIST=\"film\""}
-{"Clue":"Casanova slims down, turning jacket around (7)","Answer":"SEDUCER","Explanation":"REDUCES=\"slims down\", with the outer letters\/\"jacket\" R and S switching around"}
-{"Clue":"Where Paris was once, without end or beginning (5)","Answer":"INTRO","Explanation":"Paris, the character in the Trojan War, was once IN TRO-Y; then the end letter Y is removed"}
-{"Clue":"By the way, you'll find one broken and set out (9)","Answer":"KERBSTONE","Explanation":"\"By the way\" as in 'at the side of the path'\n \nanagram\/\"out\" of (broken set)"}
-{"Clue":"European runner collects outstanding coat this makes fit (6,7)","Answer":"ROWING MACHINE","Explanation":"RHINE=\"European runner [river]\", around both OWING=\"outstanding\" and MAC=\"coat\""}
-{"Clue":"Cher may open this, which prevents issue (6,6)","Answer":"FRENCH LETTER","Explanation":"definition: slang for a condom, preventing \"issue\" as in children\n \n\"Cher\" is French for 'Dear\", as in the opening of a letter"}
-{"Clue":"Like sprouts and maize, hot not cold, for a starter (9)","Answer":"GREENHORN","Explanation":"GREEN=\"Like sprouts\" plus C-ORN=\"maize\", switching H (hot) for the C (cold)"}
-{"Clue":"A star led by stud in dance (5,4)","Answer":"BOSSA NOVA","Explanation":"A NOVA=\"A star\"; following BOSS=\"stud\""}
-{"Clue":"He speeds round in awfully hard turn northward (7)","Answer":"ROADHOG","Explanation":"O=circle=\"round\" inside anagram\/\"awfully\" of (hard)*; plus GO=\"turn\" e.g. in a board game, reversed\/\"northward\""}
-{"Clue":"Crossword setter's not quite stupid or fabulous (6)","Answer":"MYTHIC","Explanation":"MY=\"Crossword setter's\"; plus THIC[k]=\"not quite stupid\""}
-{"Clue":"British rebels rising up in Argentine city (5)","Answer":"ICENI","Explanation":"definition: a British tribe that rose up against the Roman Empire\n \nreversed\/\"rising up\" and hidden \"in\" Argent-INE CI-ty"}
-{"Clue":"Slave man, one found in auction (5)","Answer":"HELOT","Explanation":"HE=\"man\" plus LOT=\"one found in auction\""}
-{"Clue":"Crafty animal getting last of food (6)","Answer":"SHREWD","Explanation":"SHREW=\"animal\" + last letter of [foo]D"}
-{"Clue":"Optical illusion created by image moving over river (6)","Answer":"MIRAGE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"moving\" of (image)*, around R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Something used by students to study in bed (4)","Answer":"CRIB","Explanation":"double [possibly triple?] definition \na CRIB can be a reference used by students; or it can be a child's bed\n \nDoes it also have a meaning equivalent to \"study\"?"}
-{"Clue":"Silly me! Heroin taken during voyages in military vessels once (5,5)","Answer":"TROOP SHIPS","Explanation":"OOPS=\"Silly me!\" + H (Heroin); both inside TRIPS=\"voyages\""}
-{"Clue":"Cake that's special gone off (6)","Answer":"SPONGE","Explanation":"SP (special), plus anagram\/\"off\" of (gone)"}
-{"Clue":"Vocalist entertaining a Latin author (8)","Answer":"SALINGER","Explanation":"the author is J D Salinger, who wrote *The Catcher in the Rye* \nSINGER=\"Vocalist\" around A + L (Latin)"}
-{"Clue":"Part of year depicted in end of sonnet by old poet (9)","Answer":"TRIMESTER","Explanation":"end letter of [sonne]T plus RIMESTER=\"old [word for a] poet\""}
-{"Clue":"Goddess heard in place to stable horses (4)","Answer":"MEWS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"heard\" of 'muse'=\"Goddess\""}
-{"Clue":"Course provided by alternative practitioner leaving base close to Oslo (4)","Answer":"PATH","Explanation":"homeo-PATH=\"alternative practitioner\"; minus 'home'=\"base\" and the \"close\" i.e. last letter of [Osl]o"}
-{"Clue":"Last warning about women close to retirement getting money for the future (9)","Answer":"ENDOWMENT","Explanation":"END=\"Last\" + OMEN=\"warning\" around W (women); plus the close \/ end letter of [retiremen]T"}
-{"Clue":"Patent obtained by a patient's first carer? (8)","Answer":"APPARENT","Explanation":"A + first letter of P[atient] + PARENT=\"carer\""}
-{"Clue":"Attempt to keep one pound in hat (6)","Answer":"TRILBY","Explanation":"TRY=\"Attempt\" around: I=\"one\" + LB=\"pound\""}
-{"Clue":"Relative taking extremely tender stable hand to a safe place (10)","Answer":"STRONGROOM","Explanation":"SON=\"Relative\" around the extremes of T[ende]R; plus GROOM=\"stable hand\" as in someone working with horses in stables"}
-{"Clue":"Source of chef's cooking fat causing wind (4)","Answer":"COIL","Explanation":"definition: \"wind\" as in a verb meaning to twist around \nfirst letter\/\"Source\" of C-hef, plus OIL=\"cooking fat\""}
-{"Clue":"Former partner playing tune in order to leave the stage (6)","Answer":"EXEUNT","Explanation":"EX=\"Former partner\", plus anagram\/\"playing\" of (tune)"}
-{"Clue":"One with obsessive interest in the origin of Arabia translated Koran (6)","Answer":"ANORAK","Explanation":"first letter\/\"origin\" of A[rabia]; plus anagram\/\"translated\" of (Koran)"}
-{"Clue":"Fight about retro tool (7)","Answer":"SCRAPER","Explanation":"SCRAP=\"Fight\", plus RE=\"about\" reversed\/\"retro\"\u00a0*edit thanks to muffin \u2013 I originally put SCRAPE for \"Fight\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird runs over waste receptacle (5)","Answer":"ROBIN","Explanation":"R O (runs, over \u2013 both cricket abbreviations), plus BIN=\"waste receptacle\""}
-{"Clue":"Twins wrong to take drugs to one appearing in court (7)","Answer":"WITNESS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"wrong\" of (Twins), around ES=\"drugs\" as in 'e' for ecstasy"}
-{"Clue":"Naughty child meeting a large American animal (6)","Answer":"IMPALA","Explanation":"IMP=\"Naughty child\" + A + L (large) + A (American)"}
-{"Clue":"Articles on European Union kept by fellow returning to old seat of learning (9)","Answer":"ATHENAEUM","Explanation":"A and THE=indefinite and definite \"Articles\"; plus EU (European Union) inside MAN=\"fellow\" reversed\/\"returning\""}
-{"Clue":"Fast train meant primarily for Luxembourg's third head of state (7)","Answer":"EMPRESS","Explanation":"E-x-PRESS=\"Fast train\", with M as in \"m-eant primarily\" replacing 'x' as in \"Lu-x-embourg's third\""}
-{"Clue":"Unease caused by Conservative standing in for magnificent leader in enormous country (13)","Answer":"CONSTERNATION","Explanation":"m-ONSTER NATION=\"enormous country\", with C (conservative) replacing 'm' as in \"m-agnificent leader\""}
-{"Clue":"Cops tricked individual supplying class A drug (9)","Answer":"METHADONE","Explanation":"MET (Metropolitan Police, \"Cops\"), plus HAD=\"tricked\" as in 'you've been had'; plus ONE=\"individual\""}
-{"Clue":"Tube for liquid in mine covering domestic source of electricity (7)","Answer":"PIPETTE","Explanation":"PIT=\"mine\" around PET=\"domestic\"; plus first letter\/\"source\" of E-lectricity"}
-{"Clue":"Tomato spilt on new silken fabric (7)","Answer":"OTTOMAN","Explanation":"definition: a variety of corded silk \nanagram\/\"split\" of (Tomato)*, plus N (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Toff beat old club on the golf course (7)","Answer":"NIBLICK","Explanation":"definition: an old-fashioned type of golf club \nNIB=\"Toff\" plus LICK=\"beat\""}
-{"Clue":"Former president of America consumed by misguided anger (6)","Answer":"REAGAN","Explanation":"A (America) inside anagram\/\"misguided\" of (anger)"}
-{"Clue":"Experience cold during most of season (5)","Answer":"INCUR","Explanation":"C (cold) inside INUR-e=\"most of season\""}
-{"Clue":"Free school meal tiny? Rashford's first to get involved (13)","Answer":"COMPLIMENTARY","Explanation":"COMP (comprehensive)=\"school\"; plus anagram\/\"involved\" of (meal tiny R)*, with R as \"Rashford's first\"\n Marcus Rashford is known for his campaign for the provision of free school meals"}
-{"Clue":"Isn't regularly on guard outside, one's deduced (9)","Answer":"INFERENCE","Explanation":"regular letters from I[s]N[t]; plus RE=about=\"on\" with FENCE=\"guard\" outside"}
-{"Clue":"'I shall go first!' \u2014 little bossy woman oppressing Vlad, in a manner of speaking (5)","Answer":"IDIOM","Explanation":"letter I going first before DOM[inatrix]=\"little bossy woman\" around I=\"Vlad\""}
-{"Clue":"Became less ragged after trim (5)","Answer":"EASED","Explanation":"T-EASED=\"ragged\" (to rag=to tease, make fun), with the beginning trimmed"}
-{"Clue":"Number One hit about Scottish holiday spot \u2014 one providing haven for Paul originally (3,6)","Answer":"TOP BANANA","Explanation":"TAN=to beat, \"hit\", around OBAN=\"Scottish holiday\" town, plus A=\"one\"; and all around P[aul]"}
-{"Clue":"Left and got picked up (7)","Answer":"LEARNED","Explanation":"L (Left) + EARNED=\"got\""}
-{"Clue":"Pussy keeps heading for cream? I'm not sure (7)","Answer":"SCEPTIC","Explanation":"a SEPTIC wound might have pus i.e. be pus-sy; around heading of C-ream"}
-{"Clue":"Kicks up fuss about energy-saving tariffs (7)","Answer":"CREATES","Explanation":"definition: create is slang for 'make a fuss' or 'complain' \nC (circa, about) plus RATES=\"tariffs\" around E (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Proposition earth mother prepared to embrace (7)","Answer":"THEOREM","Explanation":"E (earth) with anagram\/\"prepared\" of (mother)* around it"}
-{"Clue":"County town near London, home to royalty (9)","Answer":"WATERFORD","Explanation":"definition: County Waterford in Ireland \nWATFORD=\"town near London\" around ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"royalty\")"}
-{"Clue":"Girl or boy, one's a bit of alright (5)","Answer":"SONIA","Explanation":"SON=\"boy\" + I=\"one\" + a bit of A-lright"}
-{"Clue":"Bounder stealing note, one for the ladies (5)","Answer":"ROMEO","Explanation":"ROO (a kangaroo or \"Bounder\"); around ME=musical \"note\""}
-{"Clue":"Support post (9)","Answer":"FOLLOWING","Explanation":"double definition: the people that support someone; and \"post\" as in 'after'"}
-{"Clue":"Right-wing faction helping \u2026 for payment! (13)","Answer":"CONSIDERATION","Explanation":"CON (conservative, \"Right-wing\") + SIDE=\"faction\" + RATION=\"helping\""}
-{"Clue":"Blur faces but nothing otherwise (9)","Answer":"OBFUSCATE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"otherwise\" of (faces but O)*, with O=zero=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Reduced clergyman's department finally (5)","Answer":"PARED","Explanation":"PA-D-RE=\"clergyman\" with the D (department) moved to the end\/\"finally\""}
-{"Clue":"Set off crash dieting (7)","Answer":"IGNITED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"crash\" of (dieting)"}
-{"Clue":"Excuses from sweetheart \u2014 and address for woman taking part (7)","Answer":"EXEMPTS","Explanation":"EX=Latin for 'out of'=\"from\"; plus sw-E-et=the heart of 'sweet'=\"sweetheart\"; plus MS=\"address for woman\" around PT (part)"}
-{"Clue":"Islanders unhappy deporting duke? Wait and see (9)","Answer":"TAIWANESE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"unhappy\" of (wait anD see)*, minus the D for \"duke\""}
-{"Clue":"Food that I arranged \u2014 not all of it turned up (5)","Answer":"RAITA","Explanation":"hidden reversed\/\"not all of it turned up\" in th-AT I AR-ranged"}
-{"Clue":"Enjoy one's job looking after Charlie \u2014 secure and trouble-free (4,9)","Answer":"LIKE CLOCKWORK","Explanation":"LIKE WORK=\"Enjoy one's job\"; around C (Charlie, phonetic alphabet) plus LOCK=\"secure\""}
-{"Clue":"Attempt to discredit press cameraman \u2014 pigs! (5,8)","Answer":"SMEAR CAMPAIGN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"press\" of (cameraman pigs)"}
-{"Clue":"Tricked! Root in middle of house of ill repute! (9)","Answer":"NOTORIOUS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Tricked\" of (Root in)*; plus middle letters of h-OUS-e"}
-{"Clue":"Managed to stop one director touching up another (9)","Answer":"TARANTINO","Explanation":"definition: director Quentin Tarantino \nRAN=\"Managed\" inside Jacques TATI=\"director\"; plus ON=\"touching\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"So gutted, having killed American \u2014 getting put away (7)","Answer":"SCOFFED","Explanation":"definition: \"put away\" as in 'eaten' \nS[i]C=Latin for \"So\" with its insides\/guts removed; plus OFFED=American slang for \"killed\""}
-{"Clue":"Maybe roofer eating dates is not a great catch! (7)","Answer":"TIDDLER","Explanation":"definition: a small fish \nTILER=\"Maybe roofer\" around D (date) and D (date)"}
-{"Clue":"Rate old Boris \u2014 and for Macron that's upsetting (5)","Answer":"TEMPO","Explanation":"O (old) + PM (Prime Minister Boris) + ET (\"and\" in French i.e. \"for Macron\"); all reversed upwards\/\"upsetting\""}
-{"Clue":"Children about to pick up a small furry creature (5)","Answer":"STOAT","Explanation":"TOTS=\"Children\" reversed\/\"about\", and around A"}
-{"Clue":"Like the Ancient Mariner's ship, tide- and weather-battered (4,2,3,5)","Answer":"DEAD IN THE WATER","Explanation":"Definition: Like the Ancient Mariner's ship\nreferring to Coleridge's poem \nanagram\/\"battered\" of (tide and weather)"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to accept bad copy? Yes man! (9)","Answer":"SYCOPHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Yes man!\nSHAN'T='shall not'=\"Refuse to\", around anagram\/\"bad\" of (copy)"}
-{"Clue":"African mentioning child's foot (5)","Answer":"TUTSI","Explanation":"Definition: African\nhomophone\/\"mentioning\" of 'tootsie', a child's word for a foot"}
-{"Clue":"Criminals being executed? They start off being first rankers (5)","Answer":"ROOKS","Explanation":"Definition: They start off being first rankers\ndefinition: in chess, rooks start on the first rank of the board \n[c]ROOKS=\"Criminals\", 'beheaded'\/\"executed\""}
-{"Clue":"One enforcing a go-slow emptied water barrel into reservoir (5,4)","Answer":"SPEED BUMP","Explanation":"Definition: One enforcing a go-slow\nPEED=\"emptied water\" + B (barrel); all inside SUMP=\"reservoir\""}
-{"Clue":"Character of composition briefly requires pens (8)","Answer":"STYLUSES","Explanation":"Definition: pens\nSTYL[e]=\"Character of composition\" shortened\/\"briefly\"; plus USES=\"requires\""}
-{"Clue":"PC in court opened eyes? (4,2)","Answer":"WOKE UP","Explanation":"Definition: opened eyes?\nWOKE=aware of social issues=Politically Correct=\"PC\"; plus UP=\"in court\""}
-{"Clue":"Private meal changed in second (6)","Answer":"SAPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Private\ndefinition: a soldier involved in engineering \nS-u-PPER=\"meal\" with the second letter changed"}
-{"Clue":"Large amount put on paper in set period (4,4)","Answer":"TIME SLOT","Explanation":"Definition: set period\nLOT=\"Large amount\", after TIMES=UK news-\"paper\""}
-{"Clue":"A month back, foul up badly in it? That's irregular (9)","Answer":"GUERRILLA","Explanation":"Definition: irregular\ndefinition: part of an irregular military force \nAUG=August=\"A month\" reversed\/\"back\"; around ERR=\"foul up\" and ILL=\"badly\""}
-{"Clue":"A lot of insects took to the water to cross river (5)","Answer":"SWARM","Explanation":"Definition: A lot of insects\nSWAM=\"took to the water\", around R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Notice a lady is president twice (5)","Answer":"ADAMS","Explanation":"Definition: president twice\nJohn Adams and his son John Quincy Adams were US presidents \nAD=advertisement=\"Notice\" + A + MS=\"lady\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish product is ready to drink? (9)","Answer":"ISINGLASS","Explanation":"Definition: Fish product\ndefinition: a type of gelatin made from fish \nIS IN GLASS=\"is ready to drink?\""}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps church support aeronautics, though something hairy (6,8)","Answer":"FLYING BUTTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps church support\nFLYING=\"aeronautics\" + BUT=\"though\" + TRESS=\"something hairy\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl's staidness cracked: maybe a flare-up (8,6)","Answer":"DISTRESS SIGNAL","Explanation":"Definition: maybe a flare-up\ndefinition: sending up a flare could act as a distress signal \nanagram\/\"cracked\" of (Girl's staidness)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish (salmon) short of some oxygen, caught by a fleet out of area (7)","Answer":"ANCHOVY","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nC-o-HO=species of \"salmon\", minus the first O (oxygen); inside A N-a-VY=\"a fleet\" minus an A (area)"}
-{"Clue":"There's no way to break sinful fraud (9)","Answer":"IMPOSTURE","Explanation":"Definition: fraud\nO=zero=\"no\" + ST (street)=\"way\"; inside IMPURE=\"sinful\""}
-{"Clue":"In football move, run faster to leave United floundering (8)","Answer":"TRANSFER","Explanation":"Definition: In football move\ndefinition: a move of a footballer from one club to another \nanagram\/\"floundering\" of (run faster)* minus U (United)"}
-{"Clue":"Approval as European joins up (6)","Answer":"ESTEEM","Explanation":"Definition: Approval\nE (European) plus MEETS=\"joins\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Took part, having excellent day \u2014 about time (5)","Answer":"ACTED","Explanation":"Definition: Took part\nACE=\"excellent\" + D (day); around T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"More than usually insulting, artist chucked press out (7)","Answer":"EXTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: press out\nEXT-ra RUDE=\"More than usually insulting\", minus RA (Royal Academician, artist)"}
-{"Clue":"After fruit drink, book entertains those who like to wallow (14)","Answer":"HIPPOPOTAMUSES","Explanation":"Definition: those who like to wallow\nHIP=\"fruit\" + POP=fizzy \"drink\" + OT (Old Testament, book) + AMUSES=\"entertains\""}
-{"Clue":"Slip-up on particular area in speech (9)","Answer":"OVERSIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Slip-up\nOVER=\"on\"; plus homophone\/\"in speech\" of 'site'=\"particular area\""}
-{"Clue":"Sweet I stuff into ill-fitting suit (8)","Answer":"TIRAMISU","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nI RAM=\"I stuff\", inside anagram\/\"ill-fitting\" of (suit)"}
-{"Clue":"Overcome impudence that holds state up (7)","Answer":"PREVAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Overcome\nLIP=\"impudence\" around AVER=\"state\"; all reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Before a long time, lake lost because of this? (7)","Answer":"LEAKAGE","Explanation":"Definition: because of this?\nAGE=\"long time\"; with anagram\/\"lost\" of (lake)* going \"Before\""}
-{"Clue":"Being extravagant with jewellery all over uniform (6)","Answer":"BLUING","Explanation":"Definition: Being extravagant\ndefinition: 'blue' as a verb meaning 'spend recklessly' \nBLING=\"jewellery\" around U (uniform)"}
-{"Clue":"Sage from Dublin I dropped completely (5)","Answer":"RISHI","Explanation":"Definition: Sage\na term from Sanskrit, referring to a sage or poet \nI-RISH=\"from Dublin\"; with the first I dropping all the way to the bottom"}
-{"Clue":"Home Office branch last to refurbish fully (2,5)","Answer":"IN DEPTH","Explanation":"IN=\"Home\" + DEPT (department, \"Office branch\") + last to refurbis-H"}
-{"Clue":"Tenor tackling new work gets support in studio (7)","Answer":"MONOPOD","Explanation":"definition: a pole used to support cameras [think a tripod but with a single leg]\n \nMOOD=\"Tenor\" around N (new) + OP (opus, \"work\")"}
-{"Clue":"Et tu Brute? How wrong I was! (6,4,5)","Answer":"FAMOUS LAST WORDS","Explanation":"\"Et tu Brute?\" is spoken by Caesar before his death in Shakespeare's *Julius Caesar*\n \n'Famous last words!' is also used as a phrase meaning \"How wrong I was!\" e.g. 'I told them there was no chance of rain \u2013 famous last words!'"}
-{"Clue":"Instrument could indicate hail, given another tap (5)","Answer":"CELLO","Explanation":"H-ELLO=a way to \"hail\" someone; if the C (cold) tap is switched to H (hot)"}
-{"Clue":"Bidding hard to relieve pressure in shipping abroad (9)","Answer":"EXHORTING","Explanation":"H (hard) replacing P (pressure) in EX-P-ORTING=\"shipping abroad\""}
-{"Clue":"Old fogey rejected dessert and paid (7,2)","Answer":"SQUARED UP","Explanation":"SQUARE=\"Old fogey\"; plus reversal\/\"rejected\" of PUD=\"dessert\""}
-{"Clue":"Piece of metal used for part of joint (5)","Answer":"TALUS","Explanation":"definition: a part of the ankle\n \nhidden in [me]TAL US[ed]"}
-{"Clue":"Base time indicated (5)","Answer":"MEANT","Explanation":"MEAN=\"Base\" + T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Bird seed with smoother coating (9)","Answer":"SANDPIPER","Explanation":"PIP=\"seed\", with SANDER=tool used to make a surface smooth=\"smoother\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Was single potty adequate receptacle for drinker? (9)","Answer":"WINEGLASS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"potty\" of (Was single)"}
-{"Clue":"Lines adopted by party harden (3,2)","Answer":"DRY UP","Explanation":"DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) around RY (railway \"lines\")"}
-{"Clue":"Little-used ruling leading to beneficial qualification (2,4,9)","Answer":"IN GOOD CONDITION","Explanation":"IN=belonging to the party in government=\"ruling\" + GOOD=\"beneficial\" + CONDITION=\"qualification\""}
-{"Clue":"Husband picked up reference book lacking top cover (7)","Answer":"HATLESS","Explanation":"H (Husband); plus homophone\/\"picked up\" of 'atlas'=\"reference book\""}
-{"Clue":"Gets into line, prepared for a roasting (7)","Answer":"DRESSED","Explanation":"\"Gets into line\" gives DRESSE-S\n \n\"prepared for a roasting\" gives DRESSED\n \nit seems that this has been acknowledged as an error by Nutmeg in the Guardian website comments section"}
-{"Clue":"Distinct details about superpower (2,5)","Answer":"INFOCUS","Explanation":"INFO=\"details\" + C (circa, \"about\") + US=\"superpower\""}
-{"Clue":"British artist sculpted duke with alarming hat (4,5,6)","Answer":"DAME LAURA KNIGHT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"sculpting\" of (duke alarming hat)"}
-{"Clue":"Wealthy leader's funny dog caught traitor (9)","Answer":"PLUTOCRAT","Explanation":"PLUTO=Disney cartoon \"funny dog\" + C (caught in cricket) + RAT=\"traitor\""}
-{"Clue":"Concert venue first to exclude northern orchestra (5)","Answer":"HALLE","Explanation":"HALL=\"Concert venue\" + first to E-xclude"}
-{"Clue":"Aberrant, erratic emphasis placed on noun (9)","Answer":"MISSHAPEN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"erratic\" of (emphasis)* + N (noun)"}
-{"Clue":"Updated drainage system, reversing initial direction (5)","Answer":"NEWER","Explanation":"S-EWER=\"drainage system\", with the initial S (South) reversed into N (North)"}
-{"Clue":"Science feature on ancient medicine filling empty pages (8,7)","Answer":"PARTICLE PHYSICS","Explanation":"ARTICLE=\"feature\" + PHYSIC=\"ancient medicine\"; all inside empty P-age-S"}
-{"Clue":"Seemingly removes autograph from drawings (7)","Answer":"DESIGNS","Explanation":"'de-signs' might mean \"removes autograph from\""}
-{"Clue":"Lengths first spanned by balls (9)","Answer":"DISTANCES","Explanation":"IST=1st=\"first\", inside DANCES=\"balls\""}
-{"Clue":"Depart suspiciously with Nutmeg's media player (4,5)","Answer":"TAPE DRIVE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"suspiciously\" of (Depart)*; plus I'VE=\"Nutmeg [has]\""}
-{"Clue":"Maudlin knight hampered by desire to follow mum (7)","Answer":"MAWKISH","Explanation":"K (knight) inside WISH=\"desire\"; after MA=\"mum\""}
-{"Clue":"Brooded quietly at home, cutting grass (7)","Answer":"REPINED","Explanation":"P (piano, quietly) + IN=\"at home\"; all inside REED=\"grass\""}
-{"Clue":"Ball game void without pitch (5)","Answer":"GLOBE","Explanation":"G-am-E void of its inside letters; around LOB=throw=\"pitch\""}
-{"Clue":"Diocesan council, say, ignoring a show of consent (5)","Answer":"SYNOD","Explanation":"S-a-Y ignoring \"a\"; plus NOD=\"show of consent\""}
-{"Clue":"Fellow leads firm sailor on board (2-5)","Answer":"CO-STARS","Explanation":"CO (company, \"firm\") + TAR=\"sailor\" + inside SS (steam ship)=\"on board\""}
-{"Clue":"Relative size has girl worried (7)","Answer":"LARGISH","Explanation":"anagram\/\"worried\" of (has girl)"}
-{"Clue":"Start to roll a board game's ten-sided die \u2014 set? (5)","Answer":"RADIO","Explanation":"start to R-oll + A + DIO=d10=\"ten-sided die\" as used e.g. in Dungeons and Dragons"}
-{"Clue":"Excited at nearing country (9)","Answer":"ARGENTINA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Excited\" of (at nearing)"}
-{"Clue":"A fraction enter the inn drunk, then run away (10)","Answer":"NINETEENTH","Explanation":"anagram\/\"drunk\" of (enter the inn)*, minus the 'r' (cricket abbreviation for \"run\")"}
-{"Clue":"Learner breaks sports equipment like this? (4)","Answer":"CLUE","Explanation":"L (Learner) inside CUE=\"sports equipment\" e.g. in snooker"}
-{"Clue":"Huge shock! Nostromo alien \u2014 can none get lost? (12)","Answer":"ASTRONOMICAL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"shock\" of (Nostromo alien can), minus the letters from \"none\""}
-{"Clue":"Some expert activity, right, like hang-gliding? (7,5)","Answer":"EXTREME SPORT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"activity\" of (Some expert)*; plus RT (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Took drugs, thought to blow money (4)","Answer":"USED","Explanation":"M-USED=\"thought\"; minus M (money)"}
-{"Clue":"Dessert from South Africa prepared in a globe (10)","Answer":"ZABAGLIONE","Explanation":"definition: an Italian dessert made with egg yolks\n \nZA (Zuid Afrika, South Africa); plus anagram\/\"prepared\" of (in a globe)"}
-{"Clue":"Art seldom ruined by him? (3,6)","Answer":"OLD MASTER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"ruined\" of (Art seldom)"}
-{"Clue":"Traveller to welcome Terry inside (5)","Answer":"COMET","Explanation":"hidden \"inside\" wel-COME T-erry"}
-{"Clue":"Excellent! McCartney's being broadcast (7)","Answer":"STELLAR","Explanation":"homophone\/\"broadcast\" of 'Stella' McCartney, the fashion designer"}
-{"Clue":"Regular beans with poor diet wants a vitamin! Tempted? (7)","Answer":"ENTICED","Explanation":"regular letters from b-E-a-N-s; plus anagram\/\"poor\" of (diet)* around \"vitamin\" C"}
-{"Clue":"Trick by one stealing gold crown (6)","Answer":"CORONA","Explanation":"CON=\"Trick\" plus A=\"one\"; around OR=\"gold\""}
-{"Clue":"Chairs in cars (6)","Answer":"SEDANS","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Adult delivery men carry ones defections (10)","Answer":"APOSTASIES","Explanation":"A (Adult) + POSTIES=\"delivery men\" around AS=plural of 'a'=\"ones\""}
-{"Clue":"Room key (5)","Answer":"SPACE","Explanation":"double definition: \"key\" referring to the space bar on a keyboard"}
-{"Clue":"508 (roughly) reject play on words? Relax! (7,2)","Answer":"LIGHTEN UP","Explanation":"\"508\" is split up, with \"50\" giving L in Roman numerals and \"8 roughly\" giving anagram fodder (eight)*\n \nthen PUN=\"play on words\", reversed\/rejected"}
-{"Clue":"Call inquiringly? (4)","Answer":"RING","Explanation":"hidden \"**in**-quiringly\" i.e. **in** qui-RING-ly"}
-{"Clue":"1 + 500 + 10 + 50 etc translated into personal speech (8)","Answer":"IDIOLECT","Explanation":"I + D (Roman numerals for 1 + 500); IO=10; L (Roman numeral for 50); plus anagram\/\"translated\" of (etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Wonderful cat, just not ordinary (8)","Answer":"HEAVENLY","Explanation":"\"cat\"=vomit=HEAVE + o-NLY=\"just\" minus 'o' for \"ordinary\""}
-{"Clue":"Shape of diamond strangely alter\u00aded to save money, including copper (7-3)","Answer":"EMERALD CUT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"strangely\" of (altered)*; around M (money) and CU (chemical symbol for \"copper\")"}
-{"Clue":"Historical role player's career not flourishing (2-7)","Answer":"RE-ENACTOR","Explanation":"anagram\/\"flourishing\" of (career not)"}
-{"Clue":"Vague sense to gather up American lubricant (8)","Answer":"NEBULOUS","Explanation":"NOUS=\"sense\" around reversal\/\"up\" of LUBE=\"American lubricant\""}
-{"Clue":"A shoe size bigger than 9C, say, on conference goer (8)","Answer":"ATTENDEE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"say\" of 'A 10D'=\"A shoe size bigger then 9C\""}
-{"Clue":"Because I'm travelling skywards, the speed of light is enormous (6)","Answer":"COSMIC","Explanation":"COS=\"Because\" + I'M reversed\/\"travelling skywards\" + C (the speed of light)"}
-{"Clue":"Hit sung loudly after dropping out (6)","Answer":"BELTED","Explanation":"BELTED \"out\"=\"sung loudly\"; minus the \"out\" to just leave BELTED"}
-{"Clue":"One's avarice has no end, yes? (5)","Answer":"AGREE","Explanation":"A=\"One\" + GREE-d=\"avarice has no end\""}
-{"Clue":"Author kept spinning plate (4)","Answer":"DAHL","Explanation":"Roald Dahl is the author\n \nHAD=\"kept\" reversed\/\"spinning\"; plus L (learner \"plate\")"}
-{"Clue":"Husband of Florence? (6)","Answer":"TUSCAN","Explanation":"cryptic definition: referring to Florence the city in Tuscany \n\"Husband\" is in the surface to suggest a personal relationship with someone named Florence \u2013 I don't think it adds anything else to the wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Tiny amount of French potage given to prisoner (7)","Answer":"SOUPCON","Explanation":"definition: a word from French meaning \"Tiny amount\" \nSOUP=\"potage\" + CON (convict, prisoner)"}
-{"Clue":"While speaking glanced through mail, very important (3-6)","Answer":"RED-LETTER","Explanation":"definition: a 'red-letter day' is one with special significance \nhomophone\/\"While speaking\" of 'read'=\"glanced through\"; plus LETTER=\"mail\""}
-{"Clue":"Initially heavy duty keeps one sharp (5)","Answer":"HONED","Explanation":"initials of H-eavy + D-uty; around ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Woman has a fine bundle of papers (5)","Answer":"SHEAF","Explanation":"SHE=\"Woman\" + A + F (fine)"}
-{"Clue":"Diamonds, for example, young girl put on smart dress (5,4)","Answer":"MINOR SUIT","Explanation":"definition: in card games such as bridge, Diamonds are a MINOR SUIT [as are Clubs, with Spades and Hearts as major suits] \nMINOR=\"young girl\" + SUIT=\"smart dress\""}
-{"Clue":"Fearful of such a breakdown (7)","Answer":"NERVOUS","Explanation":"a second indication\/definition referring the idea of a NERVOUS \"breakdown\""}
-{"Clue":"Give the impression of a very quiet listener (6)","Answer":"APPEAR","Explanation":"A=\"a\" + PP (pianissimo, music instruction to play very softly=\"very quiet\") + EAR=\"listener\""}
-{"Clue":"Detectives chase sailor to a police box (6)","Answer":"TARDIS","Explanation":"definition: a time machine in the form of a police box in the Doctor Who series \nDI-S (Detective Inspector-S); after TAR=\"sailor\""}
-{"Clue":"Censors prominent headlines (7)","Answer":"BANNERS","Explanation":"double definition: people who ban thing i.e. \"Censors\"; and headings e.g. on a website i.e. \"[prominent] headlines\" \nclose to a triple def: BANNER without the S is an adjective meaning 'outstanding' i.e. \"prominent\""}
-{"Clue":"Minuscule coals were blown about (5,4)","Answer":"LOWER CASE","Explanation":"definition: \"Miniscule\" is term in printing referring to lower case letters \nanagram\/\"blown about\" of (coals were)"}
-{"Clue":"A despicable man about to pocket one bit of bling? (5)","Answer":"TIARA","Explanation":"A RAT=\"A despicable man\", reversed\/\"about\"; around\/\"to pocket\" I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Star name, one adopting fashionable diet (5)","Answer":"VEGAN","Explanation":"\"fashionable\" is slightly odd to me as part of the definition \nVEGA=\"Star\" in the constellation of Lyra; plus N (name)"}
-{"Clue":"Publicly expose talent I've wasted (9)","Answer":"VENTILATE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"wasted\" of (talent I've)"}
-{"Clue":"Daughter is to take care of balloon (7)","Answer":"DISTEND","Explanation":"D (Daughter) + IS + TEND=\"take care of\""}
-{"Clue":"Gateman finally grants admission (6)","Answer":"SENTRY","Explanation":"final letter to grant-S + ENTRY=\"admission\""}
-{"Clue":"Changes at home and goes to bed (5,2)","Answer":"TURNS IN","Explanation":"TURNS=\"Changes\" + IN=\"at home\""}
-{"Clue":"Bog plant in small border (5)","Answer":"SEDGE","Explanation":"S (small) + EDGE=\"border\""}
-{"Clue":"Fabulous time when we were so successful at the Olympics? (3,2,4)","Answer":"AGE OF GOLD","Explanation":"second part of the clue referring to gold medals at the Olympics"}
-{"Clue":"Is angry, having to move shrub (7)","Answer":"SYRINGA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"to move\" of (Is angry)"}
-{"Clue":"At wedding, one who assists our side and the bride? (5)","Answer":"USHER","Explanation":"US=\"our side\" + HER=\"the bride?\""}
-{"Clue":"Cleans out revolting government office (9)","Answer":"CONSULATE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"revolting\" of (Cleans out)"}
-{"Clue":"Condition that is barely noticeable (6)","Answer":"NUDITY","Explanation":"cryptic definition playing on the meaning of \"bare\" i.e. nude"}
-{"Clue":"End of play is baffling (6)","Answer":"STUMPS","Explanation":"double definition: the first referring to the end of a day of cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Agrees law needs modifying to show true value of packet (4,5)","Answer":"REAL WAGES","Explanation":"definition: the value of wages adjusted for price inflation \nanagram\/\"needs modifying\" of (Agrees law)"}
-{"Clue":"One may be suited by this second short journey through wood (9)","Answer":"PINSTRIPE","Explanation":"definition: a pattern used to make suits \nS (\"second\") + TRIP=\"short journey\"; all inside PINE=\"wood\"\n \n\"short\" could instead be indicating a shortening of \"second\""}
-{"Clue":"Deprived of exciting adverts (7)","Answer":"STARVED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"exciting\" of (adverts)"}
-{"Clue":"Aeroplane makes bouncy noise, full of echo (6)","Answer":"BOEING","Explanation":"BOING=\"bouncy noise\"; around E (Echo in the phonetic alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Figure cathedral is majestic (7)","Answer":"STATELY","Explanation":"STAT=statistical \"Figure\" + ELY=\"cathedral\" in the city of Ely"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Russian editor worked hard (6)","Answer":"SLAVED","Explanation":"SLAV=\"Perhaps Russian\" + ED (editor)"}
-{"Clue":"Woman is a bit more needy \u2026 (5)","Answer":"RENEE","Explanation":"hidden in\/\"a bit\" of: mo-RE NEE-dy"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 and a bit distant (5)","Answer":"APART","Explanation":"A=\"a\" + PART=\"bit\""}
-{"Clue":"High passage diva is struggling with cut (7)","Answer":"VIADUCT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"struggling\" of (diva cut)"}
-{"Clue":"What's left on, the electricity supply? (7)","Answer":"REMAINS","Explanation":"RE=about=\"on\" + MAINS=\"the electricity supply\""}
-{"Clue":"Bishop isn't dignified gatecrashing function (5,9)","Answer":"SAINT AUGUSTINE","Explanation":"referring to Augustine of Hippo \nAIN'T=\"isn't\" + AUGUST=\"dignified\"; all inside SINE=trigonometric \"function\""}
-{"Clue":"Under threes dancing round newspaper boss (9)","Answer":"ETHERISED","Explanation":"definition: \"Under\" as in unconscious due to an anaesthetic \nanagram\/\"dancing\" of (threes)*, around the 'i' newspaper; plus ED (editor)=[newspaper] boss"}
-{"Clue":"Colourless layer on fringe of arras (5)","Answer":"ASHEN","Explanation":"HEN=\"layer\" of eggs; after the \"fringe\" or outer letters of A-rra-S"}
-{"Clue":"Brainbox outspoken in row (5)","Answer":"SCULL","Explanation":"define: to \"row\" a boat \nhomophone\/\"outspoken\" of 'skull'=\"brainbox\""}
-{"Clue":"Poorly, one way or another? (2,1,3,3)","Answer":"IN A BAD WAY","Explanation":"IN A BAD WAY and \"Poorly\" can both be read in two ways i.e. in \"one way or another\": as an adjective as in 'not in good health'; or as an adverb as in [performing] unsatisfactorily"}
-{"Clue":"Loose family members one's seen in lodge (9)","Answer":"FREEMASON","Explanation":"Freemasons are organised into local units called lodges \nFREE=\"Loose\" + MA and SON=\"family members\""}
-{"Clue":"Brilliance of recital, cellist making a comeback (5)","Answer":"ECLAT","Explanation":"hidden in\/\"of\": reci-TAL CE-llist; and reversed\/\"making a comeback\""}
-{"Clue":"Chicken backing away from gangster (5)","Answer":"CAPON","Explanation":"[AL] CAPON-E is the \"gangster\", with the \"backing\" or last letter E taken away"}
-{"Clue":"PM's silver ring and Chinese dresses (9)","Answer":"CALLAGHAN","Explanation":"James Callaghan was a UK Prime Minister \nAG (chemical symbol for \"silver\"), inside both of: CALL=\"ring\" and HAN=\"Chinese\" ethnic group"}
-{"Clue":"Dance groove captured by rockers' material (5,4,5)","Answer":"STRUT ONE\u2019S STUFF","Explanation":"RUT=\"groove\", inside [The Rolling] STONES=\"rockers\", plus STUFF=\"material\""}
-{"Clue":"A little baby's sallow from a very deep bed (7)","Answer":"ABYSSAL","Explanation":"hidden inside\/\"A little\" of: b-ABY'S SAL-low"}
-{"Clue":"Dirt Conservative's found in shoe (7)","Answer":"SCANDAL","Explanation":"C (Conservative) inside SANDAL=\"shoe\""}
-{"Clue":"Service vehicles from Italy, it's said (7)","Answer":"VESPERS","Explanation":"definition: an evening prayer service"}
-{"Clue":"Wild social do \u2014 put easy chair away (4,5,5)","Answer":"ACID HOUSE PARTY","Explanation":"a type of illegal party associated with acid house music \nanagram\/\"away\" of (do put easy chair)"}
-{"Clue":"Say back Caesar's last words to Brutus? (5)","Answer":"UTTER","Explanation":"reversal of: R=\"Caesa-R's last\" letter; plus ET TU [Brute?] = \"[Caesar's last] words to Brutus\" in Shakespeare's *Julius Caesar"}
-{"Clue":"Hands on man's bum during prison time, sent up (9)","Answer":"TRANSMITS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"bum\" of (man's)*, inside STIR=\"prison\" + T (time) all reversed\/\"sent up\""}
-{"Clue":"Soldier breaking free is not yielding (5)","Answer":"RIGID","Explanation":"GI=\"Soldier\", inside RID=\"free\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Steed in novel Emma is to run badly (9)","Answer":"MISMANAGE","Explanation":"NAG=\"Steed\", inside anagram\/\"novel\" of (Emma is)"}
-{"Clue":"Woman rejected current husband, getting together with Harry Barker (5,9)","Answer":"IRISH WOLFHOUND","Explanation":"IRIS=\"Woman\"; plus reversed\/\"rejected\" FLOW=\"current\" + H (husband); then plus HOUND=\"Harry\""}
-{"Clue":"Rent out foxy clothes in serious fashion (7)","Answer":"STERNLY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"out\" of (Rent)*, with SLY=\"foxy\" going around it \/ clothing it"}
-{"Clue":"Turning up to fix eg mink or fox coats (9)","Answer":"LAMINATES","Explanation":"reversal\/\"Turning up\" of all of: SET=\"fix\" plus ANIMAL=\"eg mink or fox\""}
-{"Clue":"Many a chronicler shrinks in recital (9)","Answer":"ANNALISTS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"in recital\" of 'analysts' as in psycho-analysts=\"shrinks\""}
-{"Clue":"One's purple in bed, if such frolics end in angina (7)","Answer":"FUCHSIA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"frolics\" of (if such)*; plus end of angin-A"}
-{"Clue":"Being so might make perform\u00adance of lute fun (7)","Answer":"TUNEFUL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"performance of\" (lute fun)"}
-{"Clue":"Is a Liberal permitted to barge in here? (5)","Answer":"CANAL","Explanation":"CAN A L (L for Liberal)\u2026?=\"Is a Liberal permitted to\u2026?\""}
-{"Clue":"Where ratings are lost (2,3)","Answer":"AT SEA","Explanation":"two definitions\/indications: in the first, a \"rating\" is a sailor"}
-{"Clue":"Turned incognito after role, essentially avoided identification (11)","Answer":"RECOGNITION","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Turned\" of (incognito)*; after R-ol-E avoiding\/removing its inside letters\/essence"}
-{"Clue":"City developer rebuilt our slum (7)","Answer":"ROMULUS","Explanation":"Romulus and Remus were the legendary founders of Rome\n \nanagram\/\"rebuilt\" of (our slum)"}
-{"Clue":"This will shed light on gang engaged in crime (5-2)","Answer":"SCREW-IN","Explanation":"definition: a type of light bulb\n \nCREW=\"gang\" inside SIN=\"crime\""}
-{"Clue":"Fancy ritzy cars like those in lockdown? (4-5)","Answer":"STIR-CRAZY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Fancy\" of (ritzy cars)"}
-{"Clue":"Took steps to depose king in full (5)","Answer":"PACED","Explanation":"PAC-K-ED=\"full\", minus K for \"king\""}
-{"Clue":"Stop weirdo letters (4)","Answer":"POST","Explanation":"anagram\/\"weirdo\" of (Stop)"}
-{"Clue":"Second Greek character, intellectual and imposing (10)","Answer":"MONUMENTAL","Explanation":"MO (moment)=\"Second\" of time; NU=\"Greek [alphabet] character\"; MENTAL=\"intellectual\""}
-{"Clue":"Here is game with drunken groom about to wake up (6,4)","Answer":"GROUSE MOOR","Explanation":"definition: Grouse is a \"game\" bird\n \nanagram\/\"drunken\" of (groom)*, around ROUSE=\"wake up\""}
-{"Clue":"Confront what's been kept under cover during pandemic (4)","Answer":"FACE","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Middle of Viennese bonbons, round and plump (5)","Answer":"OBESE","Explanation":"Middle letters from Vienn-ESE BO-nbons, reversed\/\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Aide could provide estimate (5,4)","Answer":"ROUGH IDEA","Explanation":"\"Rough idea\" could be a crossword clue instruction to make an anagram of (idea)*, or \"Aide\""}
-{"Clue":"In a clumsy way, one gets plenty wrong (7)","Answer":"INEPTLY","Explanation":"I=\"one\"; plus anagram\/\"wrong\" of (plenty)"}
-{"Clue":"Change a sphere into a cube? (7)","Answer":"RESHAPE","Explanation":"I think this is an &lit definition, plus both of: anagram\/\"Change\" of (a sphere)*; and also RE=\"into\" + SHAPE=\"a cube?\"\n \nRE=on the topic of=\"into\" as in 'an investigation into the cause of\u2026'"}
-{"Clue":"Agree with boss to go after desktop when nobody's around (3,4,4)","Answer":"NOD ONE\u2019S HEAD","Explanation":"HEAD=\"boss\", going after the top of D-esk i.e. \"desk\/top\" with NO-ONE'S=\"nobody's\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Mausoleum feature is yet undecided (7,2,2,4)","Answer":"REMAINS TO BE SEEN","Explanation":"Human remains may be seen in a mausoleum"}
-{"Clue":"Missing the odd school disco is a pain (5)","Answer":"COLIC","Explanation":"odd letters missing from s-C-h-O-o-L d-I-s-C-o"}
-{"Clue":"Police try to bury dodgy tapes (7)","Answer":"GESTAPO","Explanation":"GO=\"try\" around anagram\/\"dodgy\" of (tapes)"}
-{"Clue":"Philistine, a broadcaster with the university? Unbelievable! (1,3,3)","Answer":"I ASK YOU","Explanation":"I=\"Philistine\" + A + SKY=television \"broadcaster\" + OU (Open University)"}
-{"Clue":"Broke in and disturbed Rupert (it's in the papers) (8)","Answer":"IRRUPTED","Explanation":"definition: to irrupt is to enter forcibly\n \nanagram\/\"disturbed\" of (Rupert)*, inside ID=identification \"papers\""}
-{"Clue":"Detectives finding information on bed with rope around its end (3,8,4)","Answer":"NEW SCOTLAND YARD","Explanation":"NEWS=\"information\" + COT=\"bed\" + LANYARD=\"rope\" around \"its end\" as in lanyar-D\n \n\u2026or \"its end\" as in the end of \"bed\" i.e. be-D"}
-{"Clue":"Lacking 19 1 across possibly, apropos the rise of first-rate aria (13)","Answer":"PROSOPAGNOSIA","Explanation":"definition: face blindness, an inability to recognise faces\n \nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (apropos)*; plus reversal\/\"rise\" of all of: AI=A1=\"first-rate\" + SONG=\"aria\""}
-{"Clue":"Pure red tea stirred by a French man or woman (13)","Answer":"UNADULTERATED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"stirred\" of (red tea)*, after UN=\"a [in] French\", plus ADULT=\"man or woman\""}
-{"Clue":"Short and sweet, not worth changing, so approved (8)","Answer":"ASSENTED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"changing\" of (Short and sweet)* minus the letters from \"worth\""}
-{"Clue":"Then slowly rue friend welcoming Harry's clue? (5,2,5)","Answer":"MARRY IN HASTE","Explanation":"referring to the saying 'Marry in haste, repent at leisure' with 'repent at leisure'=\"slowly rue\"\n \nMATE=\"friend\" around RRY IN HAS\n \nas part of a clue's instructions, putting RRY IN HAS could give HA-RRY-S i.e. \"Harry's\""}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Sue overworks (7)","Answer":"OEUVRES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Perhaps\" of (Sue over)"}
-{"Clue":"Constable's disillusioned with sweet king (7)","Answer":"OFFICER","Explanation":"OFF=\"disillusioned\" + ICE (a portion of ice cream, or as in 'choc ice' =\"sweet\") + R (Rex, \"king\")"}
-{"Clue":"Miles commanded English to go for Arthur's traitorous enemy (7)","Answer":"MORDRED","Explanation":"definition: a character from Arthurian legend \nM (Miles, unit of distance) + ORD-E-RED=\"commanded\" with the E (English) removed"}
-{"Clue":"Restaurant's row about turnover (5)","Answer":"DINER","Explanation":"DIN=\"row\" + a reversal\/\"turnover\" of RE=\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Putting melted lead in starch is off for the present time (9)","Answer":"CHRISTMAS","Explanation":"the lead letter of M-elted is put into (starch is)*, with \"off\" as anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Dish that's bound to be revolutionary (6,4)","Answer":"SPRING ROLL","Explanation":"SPRING=\"bound\" + ROLL=\"be revolutionary\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink noisily, not softly, and speak without distinction (4)","Answer":"SLUR","Explanation":"SLUR-P=\"Drink noisily\" minus P (Piano, \"softly\")"}
-{"Clue":"Name associated with band at Wells, a remote community (5,7)","Answer":"ALICE SPRINGS","Explanation":"definition: a remote town in Australia \nALICE=\"Name associated with band\" (an Alice band is a hair accessory) + SPRINGS=\"Wells\""}
-{"Clue":"Hymn bringing wonder to good group of people (7,5)","Answer":"AMAZING GRACE","Explanation":"AMAZING=\"bringing wonder\" + G (good) + RACE=\"group of people\""}
-{"Clue":"Brand, possibly unusual for a can, is 'Martyr' (4,2,3)","Answer":"JOAN OF ARC","Explanation":"JO=\"Brand possibly\", referring to Jo Brand the comedian ; plus anagram\/\"unusual\" of (for a can)"}
-{"Clue":"Promotion of MP with rent-free accommodation (10)","Answer":"PREFERMENT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"accommodation\" of (MP rent free)"}
-{"Clue":"Critical conservative capital about to lead uncontrollable movement (9)","Answer":"CLIMACTIC","Explanation":"C (conservative) + LIMA=\"capital\" city of Peru + C (circa, \"about\") + TIC=\"uncontrollable movement\""}
-{"Clue":"Sentry spilled last of the oily liquid (7)","Answer":"STYRENE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"spilled\" of (Sentry)* + last letter of th-E"}
-{"Clue":"Country hotel's masked ball (7)","Answer":"LESOTHO","Explanation":"anagram\/\"masked\" of (hotel's)* + O=circle shape=\"ball\""}
-{"Clue":"To make over an attractive person is rather eccentric (6)","Answer":"ODDISH","Explanation":"DO=\"make\", reversed\/\"over\"; plus DISH=\"an attractive person\""}
-{"Clue":"Fancy clothes, fashionable, end of line, confiscated by Quaker Elizabeth? (6)","Answer":"FINERY","Explanation":"IN=\"fashionable\" + end of lin-E; all inside FRY as in Elizabeth Fry=\"Quaker Elizabeth\""}
-{"Clue":"It's instrumental in coral gas production (3,7)","Answer":"COR ANGLAIS","Explanation":"definition: a woodwind instrument \nanagram\/\"production\" of (in coral gas)"}
-{"Clue":"Champion in car, a speed merchant (5)","Answer":"RACER","Explanation":"ACE=\"Champion\" in RR (Rolls Royce, \"car\")"}
-{"Clue":"Puritanical sort of curmudgeon needing internal examination? (9)","Answer":"MORALISER","Explanation":"MISER=\"curmudgeon\" around ORAL \n*edit thanks to Simon S and others in comments \u2013 ORAL=\"examination\" with \"internal\" indicating insertion*\n \n~~=\"internal examination?\" \u2013 I think this refers to a medical examination through the mouth~~"}
-{"Clue":"Climber gets talkative with wine (8,4)","Answer":"RAMBLING ROSE","Explanation":"RAMBLING=\"talkative\" + ROSE as in ros\u00e9=\"wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Misfortune to remove lock? (8)","Answer":"DISTRESS","Explanation":"DIS- as a prefix suggesting separation + TRESS=\"lock\" of hair"}
-{"Clue":"A queen embraced by darling Dicky (10)","Answer":"PRECARIOUS","Explanation":"A + R (regina, queen); both inside PRECIOUS=\"darling\""}
-{"Clue":"Wild cat (tiger?) at edge of jungle \u2014 potential killer (9)","Answer":"CIGARETTE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Wild\" of (cat tiger)* + the edge\/end of jungl-E"}
-{"Clue":"Before the game, coach takes transport (8)","Answer":"CARJACKS","Explanation":"JACKS=\"game\" ; with CAR=\"coach\" going before"}
-{"Clue":"Doris's musical disaster at start of the year, taking on lead in Evita (8,4)","Answer":"CALAMITY JANE","Explanation":"Doris Day starred in the 1953 musical film *Calamity Jane *[wiki] \nCALAMITY=\"disaster\" + JAN (January, \"start of the year\") + lead letter of E-vita"}
-{"Clue":"Put old record in missile and take off (6)","Answer":"DEPART","Explanation":"EP (Extended Play musical recording=\"old record\") in DART=\"missile\""}
-{"Clue":"Plaster crops up on bed almost (6)","Answer":"STUCCO","Explanation":"CUTS=\"crops\" reversed\/\"up\" + CO[t]=\"bed almost\""}
-{"Clue":"Relating to the centre of reorganised state (5)","Answer":"FOCAL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"reorganised\" of (of)* + CAL (California, US \"state\")"}
-{"Clue":"Excited cry from oaf (5)","Answer":"YAHOO","Explanation":"double definition and homonym pair"}
-{"Clue":"I go off pastry sent around by a restaurant (9)","Answer":"TRATTORIA","Explanation":"I + ROT=\"go off\" + TART=\"pastry\", all reversed\/\"sent around\"; plus A"}
-{"Clue":"Herbivore long ago sorted out grasses, mostly (9)","Answer":"STEGOSAUR","Explanation":"anagram\/\"sorted\" of (out grasse-s)* without the final 's'"}
-{"Clue":"Officers soundly managed area of woodland (5)","Answer":"COPSE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"soundly\" of 'cops'=\"Officers\" \n*edit thanks to ngaiolaurenson \u2013 added \"managed\" to the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Visionary returns from hearing (7)","Answer":"PROPHET","Explanation":"homophone\/\"from hearing\" of 'profit'=\"returns\""}
-{"Clue":"Shows emotion and is destruct\u00adive? Doesn't sound like it (5,2)","Answer":"TEARS UP","Explanation":"TEARS UP can also be read as \"is destructive\" with TEARS rhyming with 'pairs'; this doesn't sound the same as TEARS UP=\"Shows emotion\" with TEARS rhyming with 'piers' \none of the homograph pairs mentioned in 31ac"}
-{"Clue":"Despotic leader installed without a break (5)","Answer":"PUTIN","Explanation":"PUT IN=\"installed\", with the space\/\"break\" between letters removed to give PUTIN"}
-{"Clue":"Role in Henry V sounds like something anyone could play (3)","Answer":"NYM","Explanation":"Corporal Nym is a character from Shakespeare \nbased just on this clue, NIM might be the answer, but NYM is required to make the HOMO NYM connection work in 28dn"}
-{"Clue":"Ruse that helps player secure contract (5)","Answer":"TRICK","Explanation":"double definition and homonym pair: second definition refers to winning a 'trick' or round of cards in a game of contract bridge"}
-{"Clue":"Help with 24, a couple of 3 23 (7)","Answer":"SUCCOUR","Explanation":"SUCCOUR and SUCKER=24dn are a couple of HOMO PHONES"}
-{"Clue":"Audibly, complaint increased in volume (5)","Answer":"GROWN","Explanation":"in definition, \"volume\" can refer to size rather than loudness \nhomophone\/\"Audibly\" of 'groan'=\"complaint\""}
-{"Clue":"Legal agreements for shrinks (9)","Answer":"CONTRACTS","Explanation":"double definition and homograph pair"}
-{"Clue":"Problem for driver scrambling to reverse (9)","Answer":"OVERSTEER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"scrambling\" of (to reverse)"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of love that's very open, like 8 and 15 exemplifying 3 7 (5)","Answer":"AGAPE","Explanation":"AGAPE is a Greek term for a type of selfless love. I would have pronounced this to roughly rhyme with 'swagger pay' \u2013 checking Chambers, the last syllable sounds like 'pee' \nAGAPE rhyming with 'tape' means \"very open\"\n \nthis is a pair of HOMO GRAPHS, like 8 and 15 \u2013 two words sharing the same spelling (but, in each of these cases, with different pronunciations)"}
-{"Clue":"One or more positive responses viewers stated (4)","Answer":"AYES","Explanation":"homophone\/\"stated\" of 'eyes'=\"viewers\" \n\"One\u2026 positive response[s]\" also indicates A YES"}
-{"Clue":"Forcibly removed \u2014 it's all over, one might say (5,3)","Answer":"THREW OUT","Explanation":"homophone\/\"one might say\" of 'throughout'=\"all over\""}
-{"Clue":"Term implying wisdom that's peculiarly man's? I hope so (4,7)","Answer":"HOMO SAPIENS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"peculiarly\" of (man's I hope so)"}
-{"Clue":"Put under financial pressure, stop being crooked, we hear (8)","Answer":"STRAITEN","Explanation":"homophone\/\"we hear\" of 'straighten'=\"stop being crooked\""}
-{"Clue":"Sign of something extra, or amount of gold, announced as incentive (6)","Answer":"CARROT","Explanation":"definition: as in the phrase 'carrot or stick' \nhomophone\/\"announced as\" of both 'caret'=proofreading mark to insert something=\"sign of something extra\" and also 'carat'=\"amount of gold\""}
-{"Clue":"Being governed by chance upset constituents of a Scottish Conservative (10)","Answer":"STOCHASTIC","Explanation":"anagram\/\"upset constituents\" of (a Scottish)*, plus C (Conservative)"}
-{"Clue":"Plots to use G sharp in new composition (6)","Answer":"GRAPHS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"new composition\" of (G sharp)"}
-{"Clue":"China's tea with pronounced difference (4)","Answer":"MATE","Explanation":"definition: rhyming slang \u2013 'China plate' for MATE \nMATE is also a type of tea, but pronounced to rhyme with 'p\u00e2t\u00e9'\n \none of the homograph pairs mentioned in 31ac"}
-{"Clue":"Diarist has a furtive look, reportedly (5)","Answer":"PEPYS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'peeps'=\"has a furtive look\""}
-{"Clue":"Letters he has put in post to North and South? It's left, if not right (10)","Answer":"HANDEDNESS","Explanation":"HANDE='H and E'='the letters in HE'=\"Letters he has\"; plus \nSEND=\"post\", reversed\/\"to north\"; plus\n \nS (South)"}
-{"Clue":"Fire controller for game (5)","Answer":"POKER","Explanation":"double definition and homonym pair"}
-{"Clue":"Male is awfully randy, resulting in this? (8)","Answer":"MISANDRY","Explanation":"a pretty loose definition \nM (Male) + IS + anagram\/\"awfully\" of (randy)"}
-{"Clue":"Mocking boy, one I expelled, that's heavily protected (8)","Answer":"IRONCLAD","Explanation":"IRON-I-C LAD=\"Mocking boy\", with \"one I\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"In triumph, one smashes cells, perhaps (6)","Answer":"PHONES","Explanation":"definition as in 'cellphones' \nhidden \"In\" triumPH ONE Smashes"}
-{"Clue":"Shoot, with 26, a pair of 3 23 (6)","Answer":"SUCKER","Explanation":"definition: a shoot of a plant \nSUCCOUR=25ac (not 26) and SUCKER are a couple of HOMO PHONES\n \n*edit thanks to Teacow, 25ac not 25dn"}
-{"Clue":"Closing gap, don't stop thug (4)","Answer":"GOON","Explanation":"GO ON=\"don't stop\", closing the gap\/space between the two words to make GOON"}
-{"Clue":"As example of 3 18, raise back part \u2026 (4)","Answer":"REAR","Explanation":"an example of a HOMO NYM pair \u2013 different words sharing the same pronunciation and spelling \nREAR can be a verb=\"raise\"; or a noun=\"back part\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 or put an end to movement out of control (4)","Answer":"SLEW","Explanation":"the ellipsis connects this to \"As example of HOMO NYM\" from 28ac \nSLEW=past tense of 'slay'=\"put an end to\"\n \nSLEW can also mean 'to swing round uncontrollably'"}
-{"Clue":"Odd job man gives fine perform\u00adance with old tailless mongrel going head over heels (8)","Answer":"FACTOTUM","Explanation":"F (fine) + ACT=\"performance\" + O (old); plus MUT[T]=\"tailless mongrel\" reversed\/\"head over heels\""}
-{"Clue":"Star carrying animal to old Japanese dictator (6)","Answer":"SHOGUN","Explanation":"SUN=\"Star\" around HOG=\"animal\""}
-{"Clue":"Light close to central current unit (4)","Answer":"LAMP","Explanation":"\"close\" or end letter of centra-L + AMP=electrical \"current unit\""}
-{"Clue":"Late MP ran frantically round independent part of government (10)","Answer":"PARLIAMENT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"frantically\" of (Late MP ran)*; around I (independent)"}
-{"Clue":"Introduction to timely subject in paper? (6)","Answer":"TISSUE","Explanation":"first letter\/\"Introduction\" to T-imely, plus ISSUE=\"subject\""}
-{"Clue":"Stand in part of theatre, including nationally acclaimed trio, initially (8)","Answer":"STAGNATE","Explanation":"definition: \"Stand\" can mean to remain still or unchanging\n \nSTAGE=\"part of theatre\", around the initials of N[ationally] A[cclaimed] T[rio]"}
-{"Clue":"Join priest cutting piece of cake? (6)","Answer":"SPLICE","Explanation":"P (priest) cutting into SLICE=\"piece of cake\""}
-{"Clue":"Man succeeding retired queen as interim ruler (6)","Answer":"REGENT","Explanation":"GENT=\"Man\", after ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen\") reversed\/\"retired\""}
-{"Clue":"Do remote changes to measuring device (8)","Answer":"ODOMETER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"changes\" of (Do remote)"}
-{"Clue":"Hand over vessel with metal coating (4,2)","Answer":"TURN IN","Explanation":"URN=\"vessel\", with TIN=\"metal\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaner hid broken light (10)","Answer":"CHANDELIER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"broken\" of (Cleaner hid)"}
-{"Clue":"One-dimensional retro part of transport infrastructure crossing small space (6)","Answer":"LINEAR","Explanation":"reversal\/\"retro\" of all of: RAIL=\"part of transport infrastructure\", going around EN=\"small space\" in typography"}
-{"Clue":"Metal cask German sent abroad (8)","Answer":"TUNGSTEN","Explanation":"TUN=\"cask\" + G (German) + anagram\/\"abroad\" of (sent)"}
-{"Clue":"A grave is disturbed causing unexpected changes (8)","Answer":"VAGARIES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"disturbed\" of (A grave is)"}
-{"Clue":"Valve in vessels raised angle (8)","Answer":"STOPCOCK","Explanation":"POTS=\"vessels\" reversed\/\"raised\"; plus COCK as a verb=\"angle\" as in 'cock one's head'"}
-{"Clue":"Basic recycled plates (6)","Answer":"STAPLE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"recycled\" of (plates)"}
-{"Clue":"Judge has teatime altered to accommodate beginning of sentencing (8)","Answer":"ESTIMATE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"altered\" of (teatime)*, going around the beginning of S-entencing"}
-{"Clue":"Comrade mixes with men, as appropriate (10)","Answer":"COMMANDEER","Explanation":"definition: appropriate as a verb\n \nanagram\/\"mixes\" of (Comrade men)"}
-{"Clue":"Boat detailed to get container for fruit (6)","Answer":"PUNNET","Explanation":"PUN-T=\"Boat\" with its 'tail' letter removed i.e. \"de-tailed\"; plus NET=verb meaning 'gain'=\"get\""}
-{"Clue":"Surly animal crossing river (6)","Answer":"MOROSE","Explanation":"MOOSE=\"animal\", around R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Chap tucked into dish, then returned soldier's portable grill (10)","Answer":"SALAMANDER","Explanation":"definition: a type of small culinary grill\n \nMAN=\"Chap\" inside SALAD=\"dish\"; plus RE (Royal Engineer, \"soldier\") reversed\/\"returned\""}
-{"Clue":"Animal heard about 22 down (8)","Answer":"CATHEDRA","Explanation":"definition: a bishop's throne\n \nCAT=\"Animal\" + anagram\/\"about\" of (heard)"}
-{"Clue":"Check for second time in social media platform for one watching birds (8)","Answer":"TWITCHER","Explanation":"CH (Check, in chess), replacing the second T (time) in TWIT-T-ER=\"social media platform\"\n \nthe T being replaced is the third T of the word TWITTER \u2013 perhaps \"second\u2026 **in**\" means the second of the **in**ner T letters"}
-{"Clue":"Performer in cart is terrific (6)","Answer":"ARTIST","Explanation":"hidden in c-ART IS T-errific"}
-{"Clue":"Writer given one American plant (6)","Answer":"DAHLIA","Explanation":"Roald DAHL=\"Writer\" + I=\"one\" + A (American)"}
-{"Clue":"Bishop's seat moved north-east (6)","Answer":"THRONE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"moved\" of (north)* + E (east)"}
-{"Clue":"Get rid of slight squint (4)","Answer":"CAST","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Topless dance after separation is out of sentimentality (8)","Answer":"SCHMALTZ","Explanation":"[w]ALTZ=\"Topless dance\"; after SCH-**is**-M=\"separation\" with \"**is** out\""}
-{"Clue":"Marine in actual trouble (8)","Answer":"NAUTICAL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"trouble\" of (in actual)"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier's laugh, after knocking back some bubbly (6)","Answer":"GURKHA","Explanation":"HA=\"laugh\", after reversal\/\"knocking back\" of KRUG Champagne=\"bubbly\""}
-{"Clue":"The day before starling went off for good (11)","Answer":"EVERLASTING","Explanation":"EVE=\"The day before\"; plus anagram\/\"off\" of (starling)"}
-{"Clue":"Early form of atrioventricular valve (5)","Answer":"LARVA","Explanation":"hidden in atrioventricu-LAR VA-lve"}
-{"Clue":"Awkward question about a set of mathematical processes (9)","Answer":"EQUATIONS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Awkward\" of (question)*, around A"}
-{"Clue":"Tense situation for Britain in turmoil around April 5th and September 5th (9)","Answer":"NAILBITER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"turmoil\" of (Britain)*, around the 5th letter of [Apri]-L and the 5th of [Sept]-E-[mber]"}
-{"Clue":"'County sees otherwise' (Times) (5)","Answer":"ESSEX","Explanation":"anagram\/\"otherwise\" of (sees)*; plus X=\"Times\" as in 2\u00d72='two times two'"}
-{"Clue":"Dish 2 as our little creation (11)","Answer":"RATATOUILLE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"creation\" of (A A our little)*, with A A indicated as \"2 as\" i.e. 2 letter A's"}
-{"Clue":"Bother to reject immorality for God (6)","Answer":"ADONIS","Explanation":"definition: a Greek god \nADO=\"Bother\", plus reversal\/\"reject\" of SIN=\"immorality\""}
-{"Clue":"Object to Spooner's Le P\u00e9tomane show? (8)","Answer":"ARTEFACT","Explanation":"Spoonerism of 'Farty\/Farter Act' \u2013 see on Le P\u00e9tomane"}
-{"Clue":"Laze about in empty Australia bush (6)","Answer":"AZALEA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"about\" of (Laze)*; inside A-ustrali-A emptied of its inner letters"}
-{"Clue":"In status quo, talks about hostilities ending helped (8)","Answer":"ASSISTED","Explanation":"AS IS=\"In status quo\" + TED=conference series posting online \"talks\" ; around the ending of hostilitie-S"}
-{"Clue":"Going down, lands in northern city (10)","Answer":"SUNDERLAND","Explanation":"written out vertically\/\"Going down\", the word \"lands\" would be:\n **L**\n **A**\n **N**\n **D**\n **S**\n [a letter] **S** [written] **UNDER** [the letters of] **LAND"}
-{"Clue":"Encourage to go outdoors? He's out, playing and wet! (5-5)","Answer":"HOUSE-TRAIN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"playing\" of (He's out)*; plus RAIN=\"wet\""}
-{"Clue":"Sharon as a little mermaid? (5)","Answer":"ARIEL","Explanation":"double definition: Ariel Sharon, the former Prime Minister of Israel; and Ariel, Disney's Little Mermaid"}
-{"Clue":"Special artist's event for an old cross-dresser (12)","Answer":"TRANSVESTITE","Explanation":"\"old\" is part of the definition as \"cross-dresser\" is now more commonly used \nanagram\/\"Special\" of (artist's event)"}
-{"Clue":"Egg en cocotte, missing company, in 20 (9)","Answer":"COURGETTE","Explanation":"definition: courgette is an ingredient of RATATOUILLE \nURGE=\"Egg\" as in 'egging someone on'; inside\/\"en\" **co**-COTTE minus **co** for \"company\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2013 a lockdown restaurant offering? (8)","Answer":"TAKEAWAY","Explanation":"the initial '-' dash in the clue can be read as a minus sign, i.e. TAKE AWAY"}
-{"Clue":"The sound of tongues wagging: Orestes losing last couple of offies (6,6)","Answer":"LIQUOR STORES","Explanation":"definition: \"offies\" as in off-licence liquor stores \nLIQUORS sounds like 'lickers'=\"The sound of tongues\"; plus anagram\/\"wagging\" of (Orest-es)* not including the last couple of letters"}
-{"Clue":"Unusual case taken by loyal advisor (10)","Answer":"CONSULTANT","Explanation":"the \"case\" or outer letters of U-nusua-L; taken into CONSTANT=\"loyal\""}
-{"Clue":"A male or female court, getting in deep, perhaps not surprising (2,8)","Answer":"AS EXPECTED","Explanation":"A + SEX=\"male or female\"; plus CT (court) inside anagram\/\"perhaps\" of (deep)"}
-{"Clue":"Goldberg with fianc\u00e9 regularly in 20 (9)","Answer":"AUBERGINE","Explanation":"definition: another ingredient of RATATOUILLE \nAU (symbol for \"Gold\") + BERG + regular letters from f-I-a-N-c-E"}
-{"Clue":"Here little ones develop in computerisation (5)","Answer":"UTERI","Explanation":"hidden in comp-UTERI-sation"}
-{"Clue":"How's it going for Champagne and sparkling wine? (4)","Answer":"CAVA","Explanation":"CA VA='\u00e7a va?'=\"How's it going?\" as a French greeting that might be spoken in the Champagne province"}
-{"Clue":"Latin clue for a stoic found in this province (4,6)","Answer":"NOVA SCOTIA","Explanation":"definition: a Canadian province \nNOVA in Latin means 'new', so NOVA SCOTIA could be part of a crossword \"clue for A STOIC\" as it would indicate an anagram\/'new' of (SCOTIA)"}
-{"Clue":"Like Nutmeg in character, one's maliciously cast (9)","Answer":"ASPERSION","Explanation":"AS=\"Like\", plus I=\"Nutmeg\" inside PERSON=\"character\""}
-{"Clue":"One typically grey or chestnut? (5)","Answer":"OLDIE","Explanation":"double definition: an older person might have grey hairs; or an old joke"}
-{"Clue":"Supporter keeping log to stimulate setter perhaps (7)","Answer":"FIREDOG","Explanation":"definition: firedogs are supports for wood in a fireplace\n \nFIRE=\"stimulate\" + DOG=\"setter [as in dog breeds], perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Pleasure boat's working day contributing to a record turnover (7)","Answer":"GONDOLA","Explanation":"ON=\"working\" + D (day); inside reversal\/turnover of A LOG=\"a record\""}
-{"Clue":"Announcer's fit for office (4)","Answer":"RITE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Announcer's\" of 'right'=\"fit\""}
-{"Clue":"Summary by editor withdrawn (10)","Answer":"ABSTRACTED","Explanation":"ABSTRACT=\"Summary\" of a research paper, plus ED (editor)"}
-{"Clue":"Possibly bearded lady's outfit for audition? (7)","Answer":"HIRSUTE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"for audition\" of 'her suit'=\"lady's outfit\""}
-{"Clue":"One's failed to settle crew held interminably at sea (7)","Answer":"WELCHER","Explanation":"definition: 'welch' means to fail to settle a debt or a bill\n \nanagram\/\"at sea\" of (crew hel-d)*, \"interminably\" i.e. removing the final 'd' from anagram fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Food item is produced by bachelor in hat (10)","Answer":"COMESTIBLE","Explanation":"COMES=\"is produced\" + B (bachelor) inside TILE=slang for \"hat\""}
-{"Clue":"Wide seat in stalls of auditorium (4)","Answer":"SOFA","Explanation":"hidden in stall-S OF A-uditorium"}
-{"Clue":"Optimistic attitude further from civilisation in US? (7)","Answer":"UPSTATE","Explanation":"definition: away from the major city of a US state\n \nUP=\"Optimistic\" + STATE=\"attitude\""}
-{"Clue":"Individual pinching something from the pot? (3,4)","Answer":"TEA LEAF","Explanation":"two definitions \u2013 in the first, 'tea leaf' is rhyming slang for 'thief'=\"Individual pinching\""}
-{"Clue":"Special long needle (5)","Answer":"SPINE","Explanation":"S (Special) + PINE=\"long\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"What junkies get without fruit-based vitamin supplements (9)","Answer":"ADDITIONS","Explanation":"ADDI-C-TIONS=\"What junkies get\", minus\/without C=\"fruit-based vitamin\""}
-{"Clue":"The usual salmon to serve uncouth folk, it's said (3,3,3,6)","Answer":"PAR FOR THE COURSE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"it's said\" of 'parr for the coarse'=\"salmon to serve uncouth folk\"\n \na parr is a young salmon"}
-{"Clue":"Glyndebourne company's trip putting off posh conductor? (8)","Answer":"OPERATOR","Explanation":"Glyndebourne is an opera house, so OPERA TO-U-R=\"Glyndebourne company's trip\", minus U=\"posh\""}
-{"Clue":"Satchmo's sort of music needs to speed up (4)","Answer":"TRAD","Explanation":"definition: short for traditional jazz, as played by Louis Armstrong or \"Satchmo\"\n \nDART=\"speed\", reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Crosby heading off in jet, fit for his performance (8)","Answer":"SINGABLE","Explanation":"B-ING Crosby the singer, with the \"heading\" letter B off; inside SABLE=\"jet\" black"}
-{"Clue":"Horseman on vacation kept trousers within reach (6)","Answer":"KNIGHT","Explanation":"K-ep-T has its inner letters removed\/vacated, and goes around\/\"trousers\" NIGH=\"within reach\""}
-{"Clue":"Royal Navy brought in to subdue everyone in Duchy (8)","Answer":"CORNWALL","Explanation":"RN (Royal Navy) inside COW=\"subdue\", plus ALL=\"everyone\""}
-{"Clue":"Skilful doctor beginning to operate in island (6)","Answer":"ADROIT","Explanation":"DR (doctor) plus the beginning to O-perate; all inside AIT=\"island\""}
-{"Clue":"Two second-grade ratings normal for such accommodation? (3,3,9)","Answer":"BED AND BREAKFAST","Explanation":"normally abbreviated to 'B and B'=\"Two second-grade ratings\" \u2013 as in B grades instead of A, or C, etc"}
-{"Clue":"Amorphous dung heaps not good for spreading (8)","Answer":"UNSHAPED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"spreading\" of (dun-g heaps)*, without the g for \"good\""}
-{"Clue":"Comfortable, attentively awaiting execution (4-2-2)","Answer":"WELL-TO-DO","Explanation":"WELL=\"attentively\" as in 'listen well'; plus things on a TO DO list are \"awaiting execution\""}
-{"Clue":"Enthralled by Ali's blow artfully done (6,2)","Answer":"HOOKED ON","Explanation":"HOOK=\"Ali [the boxer]'s blow\"; plus anagram\/\"artfully\" of (done)"}
-{"Clue":"Fabric whose reversal's no problem? (6)","Answer":"MUSLIN","Explanation":"a reversal gives NIL SUM=\"no [maths] problem\""}
-{"Clue":"Mountain peak I start to climb, taking step up (3,3)","Answer":"ICE CAP","Explanation":"I, plus start to C-limb, plus PACE=\"step\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Bodega still stocking Italian wine (4)","Answer":"ASTI","Explanation":"hidden in Bodeg-A STI-ll"}
-{"Clue":"Serious measure \u2014 key workers are in the dark on this (9,5)","Answer":"GRAVEYARD SHIFT","Explanation":"GRAVE=\"Serious\" + YARD=\"measure\" of distance + SHIFT=\"key\" on a computer keyboard"}
-{"Clue":"Needle one fishes out of lake (5)","Answer":"ANGER","Explanation":"definition: verb meaning to irritate \nANG-L-ER=\"one fishes\" minus L for \"lake\""}
-{"Clue":"Blair cracking tedious, off-colour jokes, say (8)","Answer":"RIBALDRY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"cracking\" of (Blair)* + DRY=\"tedious\""}
-{"Clue":"Dirty shirt, short and tight (7)","Answer":"TARNISH","Explanation":"definition: verb meaning to make something dirty \nanagram\/\"tight\" of (shirt an)*, where the 'an' in the fodder is \"short an-d\"\n \n\"tight\" in the sense of 'drunk' for the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"After firm kiss, groom's dandy (7)","Answer":"COXCOMB","Explanation":"CO (company, \"firm\") + X symbol for a \"kiss\" + COMB=to \"groom\" hair"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet stuff husband's culled from Chinese text (5)","Answer":"ICING","Explanation":"I C-h-ING, minus h for husband \nthe I Ching is a classic \"Chinese text\""}
-{"Clue":"Time to study utilitarianism, but it's a grind (9)","Answer":"TREADMILL","Explanation":"T (time) + READ [the work of John Stuart] MILL=\"study utilitarianism\""}
-{"Clue":"Touring India freely, Bill's worried about a drive (9)","Answer":"LIBIDINAL","Explanation":"definition: about a [sex] drive \nanagram\/\"worried\" of (Bill)*; around anagram\/\"freely\" of (India)"}
-{"Clue":"Said what diner did, a curvy figure (5)","Answer":"EIGHT","Explanation":"definition: as in a figure 8 \nhomophone\/\"Said\" of 'ate'=\"what diner did\""}
-{"Clue":"Hip backing band in Japan? I'm not sure this is metal (7)","Answer":"NIOBIUM","Explanation":"IN=fashionable=\"Hip\", reversed\/\"backing\"; plus OBI=Japanese sash or \"band\"; plus 'UM'=\"I'm not sure\""}
-{"Clue":"It helps to recall troops, having gathered round outside (7)","Answer":"MEMENTO","Explanation":"MEN=\"troops\", with MET plus O=\"round\" going outside"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe Joaquin's steps following hobbling soldier (8)","Answer":"FLAMENCO","Explanation":"definition: a Spanish dance, and Joaquin is a Spanish name \nF (following) + LAME=\"hobbling\" + NCO (non-commissioned officer, \"soldier\")"}
-{"Clue":"Arab statesman soon to make a comeback (5)","Answer":"OMANI","Explanation":"definition: a man from an Arab state \nIN A MO (in a moment)=\"soon\"; reversed\/\"to make a comeback\""}
-{"Clue":"Tory in party pamphlet shows what binds us all (6,8)","Answer":"SOCIAL CONTRACT","Explanation":"CON (Conservative, \"Tory\") in SOCIAL event=\"party\" plus TRACT=\"pamphlet\""}
-{"Clue":"What David achieved with good fortune protecting one colonist (5-7)","Answer":"GIANT-KILLING","Explanation":"definition referring to David and Goliath \nG (good) + KILLING=\"fortune\" as in 'make a killing\/fortune from an investment'; around I=\"one\" + ANT=\"colonist\""}
-{"Clue":"Gold plate shows this, turning up tool (5)","Answer":"AUGER","Explanation":"AU (chemical symbol for \"Gold) + REG (registration number for a car)=\"plate shows this\" reversed\/\"turning up\""}
-{"Clue":"Agreed working to fix rug was a bugger! (9)","Answer":"EARWIGGED","Explanation":"definition: to 'earwig' can mean 'bug' as in pester \u2013 or 'bug' as in eavesdrop \/ listen into private conversations \nanagram\/\"working\" of (Agreed)*, around WIG=\"rug\""}
-{"Clue":"Miss America is alluring, Republican's admitted (3,4)","Answer":"AIR SHOT","Explanation":"definition: a missed stroke in e.g. golf \nA (America); plus IS HOT=\"is alluring\" around R (Republican)"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative perhaps lying over the European disaster (7)","Answer":"DEBACLE","Explanation":"C (Conservative) + ABED=\"perhaps lying\" in bed; all reversed\/\"over\" + LE='the' in French=\"the European\" \n*Edit thanks to Apteryx"}
-{"Clue":"We hear this guy runs his tongue over part of ear (5)","Answer":"HELIX","Explanation":"definition: the rim of the ear \nhomophone\/\"We hear\" of 'he licks'=\"this guy runs his tongue over\""}
-{"Clue":"Making grooves in material, using blades (9)","Answer":"FURROWING","Explanation":"FUR=\"material\" + ROWING=\"using blades [oars]\""}
-{"Clue":"Scrapper's initial boost when wrestling (12)","Answer":"ABOLITIONIST","Explanation":"anagram\/\"wrestling\" of (initial boost)"}
-{"Clue":"Setter's run in mire and grease, flipping mess! (9)","Answer":"IMBROGLIO","Explanation":"I'M=the setter is=\"Setter's\"; plus R (run, cricket) in BOG=\"mire\"; plus OIL=\"grease\" reversed\/\"flipping\""}
-{"Clue":"Hunk of stewed boar meat with date on top (9)","Answer":"DREAMBOAT","Explanation":"definition: an attractive person \nanagram\/\"stewed\" of (boar meat)*; with D (date) on top"}
-{"Clue":"Very small number \u2014 very little, minus one million (7)","Answer":"NOMINAL","Explanation":"NO (short for \"number\") + MIN-IM-AL=\"very little\" minus IM=1m=\"one million\""}
-{"Clue":"African runner's go in flash car (7)","Answer":"LIMPOPO","Explanation":"definition: an African river \nPOP=an attempt=\"go\"; in LIMO=\"flash car\""}
-{"Clue":"Roman pair squeezing a medic's feet (5)","Answer":"IAMBI","Explanation":"definition: \"feet\" when describing the metre of poetry, as in e.g. iambic pentameter \nII=two or a \"pair\" in Roman numerals; around A + MB (Bachelor of Medicine, \"medic\")"}
-{"Clue":"Partridge about to seize unknown antelope (5)","Answer":"NYALA","Explanation":"ALAN Partridge the comedy character reversed\/\"about\", and around Y=\"unknown\" in a maths equation"}
-{"Clue":"Fix where water leaves back of instrument, did you say? (6)","Answer":"PICKLE","Explanation":"definition: a 'fix' or a 'pickle' means a difficult situation \nthis sounds like 'eau'=\"water' has been taken away from the end of 'piccolo'=\"instrument\""}
-{"Clue":"A group of executives, loaded (6)","Answer":"ABOARD","Explanation":"A + BOARD=\"group of executives\""}
-{"Clue":"Player in cricket side is behind doctor dressed in red (10)","Answer":"TROMBONIST","Explanation":"ON='leg side' in cricket + IS; both behind MB (Bachelor of Medicine, \"doctor\"); and all inside TROT=communist=\"red\""}
-{"Clue":"Flute, lovely rhythm (6)","Answer":"GROOVE","Explanation":"I think this is a double definition, not too sure about the \"lovely\" \na \"Flute\" can be a vertical groove in a pillar or column; and a groove can be a pleasant musical rhythm"}
-{"Clue":"Trumpet in concert stuffed with filling of long cake? (8)","Answer":"PROCLAIM","Explanation":"PROM=\"concert\", around \u00e9-CLAI-r=\"filling of long cake\""}
-{"Clue":"Dumps like that covered in black containers (9)","Answer":"JETTISONS","Explanation":"SO=\"like that\", inside JET=\"black\" + TINS=\"containers\""}
-{"Clue":"Instrument primarily for incisions, for example (4)","Answer":"FIFE","Explanation":"first letters from F-or I-ncisions F-or E-xample"}
-{"Clue":"Black rocks rolling around inside viola, occasionally (4)","Answer":"COAL","Explanation":"hidden reversed\/\"rolling around inside\": vio-LA OC-casionally"}
-{"Clue":"Fold mat, put away alongside French horn (9)","Answer":"CORRUGATE","Explanation":"RUG=\"mat\" + ATE=\"put away\"; both after COR=\"French [word for] horn\""}
-{"Clue":"Army units on top defended by engineers (8)","Answer":"PLATOONS","Explanation":"TOO=in addition=\"on top\", inside PLANS=\"engineers\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Plating hot starter in ravioli, happen to scoff that (6)","Answer":"CHROME","Explanation":"H (hot) + starting letter of R-avioli; with COME=\"happen\" going around\/\"to scoff that\""}
-{"Clue":"Way off, just terribly constructed? (5-5)","Answer":"JERRY-BUILT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"constructed\" of (ju[st] terribly)*; with the 'st' for 'street'=\"Way\" taken off"}
-{"Clue":"Beloved: sound of instrument if given love? (4)","Answer":"BEAU","Explanation":"if combined with O=\"love\", this could give the sound 'O-BEAU' or 'oboe'=\"instrument\""}
-{"Clue":"Berber outrage, nothing less, outrageous! (6)","Answer":"TUAREG","Explanation":"definition: the TUAREG are a group of nomadic Berber clans \nanagram\/\"outrageous\" of ([o]utrage)*, minus the 'o'=zero=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Cheeks blushing still, you adjust minuscule bikini finally (6)","Answer":"GLUTEI","Explanation":"final letters of blushin-G stil-L yo-U adjus-T miniscul-E bikin-I"}
-{"Clue":"Grassland that is south of river toured by twins, say? (7)","Answer":"PRAIRIE","Explanation":"I.E.=id est=\"that is\", under\/\"south of\"\u2026 R (river) inside PAIR=\"twins, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Partly Hispanic, US-controlled South American city (5)","Answer":"CUSCO","Explanation":"hidden in Hispani-C US-CO-ntrolled"}
-{"Clue":"Characters, those with tenants? (7)","Answer":"LETTERS","Explanation":"double definition: letters of the alphabet; or those who let out housing"}
-{"Clue":"Bishop displacing Nazis in instrument for primate (6)","Answer":"BABOON","Explanation":"B (Bishop in chess), replacing SS=\"Nazis\" in BA-SS-OON=\"instrument\""}
-{"Clue":"Cancellation has girl withdraw\u00ad\u00ading, though not initially (9)","Answer":"ANNULLING","Explanation":"I think this is: ANN=\"girl\" + P-ULLING without the initial letter \n\u2026not sure if PULLING=\"withdrawing\", or if it should be read as \"with \/ drawing\" and PULLING=\"drawing\""}
-{"Clue":"Kid lies about hostile feeling (7)","Answer":"DISLIKE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"about\" of (Kid lies)"}
-{"Clue":"Fiddle with old man, Chopin is on piano in fraternity (13)","Answer":"COMPANIONSHIP","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Fiddle with\" (o man Chopin is)* with 'o' for \"old\"; plus P (piano)"}
-{"Clue":"Current books on pastry standing in restaurant (9)","Answer":"TRATTORIA","Explanation":"AIR=\"current\" + OT (Old Testament, \"books\") + TART=\"pastry\", all reversed upwards\/\"standing\""}
-{"Clue":"Get end of blunt instrument caught up (7)","Answer":"COLLECT","Explanation":"end of blun-T + CELLO=\"instrument\" + C (caught, cricket); all reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Precision ultimately lacking in imp\u00adrovised clarinet performance (7)","Answer":"RECITAL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"improvised\" of (clari-n-et), with the 'n' as the end of \"Precisio-n\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"This setter is breaking unsuitable lifting instrument (7)","Answer":"TIMPANI","Explanation":"I'M=\"This setter is\", inside INAPT=\"unsuitable\" reversed\/\"lifting\""}
-{"Clue":"Instrument, one in a lather, according to Spooner (6,4)","Answer":"DOUBLE BASS","Explanation":"Spoonerism of BUBBLED ACE=\"one in a lather\", with ACE=\"one\" as in a playing card with one spot"}
-{"Clue":"Explode: instrument going up, by the sound of it? (5)","Answer":"REBUT","Explanation":"if reversed\/\"up\", this would give TUBER which is a homophone of 'tuba'=\"instrument\""}
-{"Clue":"Platter of fish captivating king and queen (8)","Answer":"TRENCHER","Explanation":"Definition: Platter\nTENCH=\"fish\" around R (Rex, \"king); plus ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen\")"}
-{"Clue":"Hears about hard old stuff that's just been changed slightly (6)","Answer":"REHASH","Explanation":"Definition: old stuff that's just been changed slightly\nanagram\/\"about\" of (Hears)* + H (hard)"}
-{"Clue":"Inspect contents of intravenous cannulas (4)","Answer":"SCAN","Explanation":"Definition: Inspect\nhidden in intravenou-S CAN-nulas"}
-{"Clue":"Court official's relative meaning to meet judge (10)","Answer":"MAGISTRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Court official\nMA=mother=\"relative\" + GIST=\"meaning\" + RATE=\"judge\""}
-{"Clue":"Seed to pop back into apple (6)","Answer":"PIPPIN","Explanation":"Definition: apple\ndefinition: name for a variety of apples \nPIP=\"Seed\" + NIP=\"pop\" reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Sound of awful insects carrying source of terrible disease (8)","Answer":"DIABETES","Explanation":"Definition: disease\nDIA is a homophone\/\"Sound of\" for 'dire'=\"awful\" + BEES=\"insects\" around the first letter\/\"source\" of T-errible"}
-{"Clue":"Space close to patient with bad disorder (7)","Answer":"ENTROPY","Explanation":"Definition: disorder\nEN=\"Space\" in typography + end letter\/\"close\" of patien-T + ROPY=\"bad\""}
-{"Clue":"Drug put in lost waste disposal facility (7)","Answer":"ASHTRAY","Explanation":"Definition: waste disposal facility\nH (Heroin, \"Drug\") inside ASTRAY=\"lost\""}
-{"Clue":"Face-to-face confrontation exposed about women's party (8)","Answer":"SHOWDOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Face-to-face confrontation\nSHOWN=\"exposed\", around: W (women) + DO=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish found round mostly arid Arctic plain (6)","Answer":"TUNDRA","Explanation":"Definition: Arctic plain\nTUNA=\"Fish\" around DR[y]=\"mostly arid\""}
-{"Clue":"Plant put in place before I initially arrived (10)","Answer":"POINSETTIA","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nSET=\"put\" inside POINT=\"place\"; plus I + the initial of A-rrived"}
-{"Clue":"Gag leads to journalist acquiring case of plague (4)","Answer":"JAPE","Explanation":"Definition: Gag\nfirst letters\/\"leads\" to J-ournalist A-cquiring; plus the outer letters\/\"case\" of P-lagu-E"}
-{"Clue":"'Vote Labour' rejected by chance (6)","Answer":"BALLOT","Explanation":"Definition: Vote\nLAB (Labour) reversed\/\"rejected\" + LOT=destiny=\"chance\""}
-{"Clue":"Animal food given to so-called religious fellow (8)","Answer":"CHIPMUNK","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nCHIP=\"food\" + MUNK as a homophone\/\"so-called\" of 'monk'=\"religious fellow\""}
-{"Clue":"Small part of French operation (8)","Answer":"FRACTION","Explanation":"Definition: Small part\nFR (French) + ACTION=\"operation\""}
-{"Clue":"Choir leader leaving musical composition without a name (4)","Answer":"ANON","Explanation":"Definition: without a name\nleading letter of C-hoir, leaving CANON=\"musical composition\""}
-{"Clue":"Healer with false alibi's first name (6)","Answer":"SHAMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Healer\nSHAM=\"false\" + A-libi's first letter + N (name)"}
-{"Clue":"Group of soldiers ordered to capture kit (7)","Answer":"BRIGADE","Explanation":"Definition: Group of soldiers\nBADE=\"ordered\" around RIG=\"kit\""}
-{"Clue":"Wrong spring in lock (8)","Answer":"TRESPASS","Explanation":"Definition: Wrong\nSPA=\"spring\" inside TRESS=\"lock\" of hair"}
-{"Clue":"Stolen mobile found after tea dance (10)","Answer":"CHARLESTON","Explanation":"Definition: dance\nanagram\/\"mobile\" of (Stolen)*; after CHAR=\"tea\""}
-{"Clue":"Set out to catch regular fly (6)","Answer":"TSETSE","Explanation":"Definition: fly\nanagram\/\"out\" of (Set)*; around a \"regular\" i.e. non-anagram SET"}
-{"Clue":"Fairy's sea snail is sort of light blue (10)","Answer":"PERIWINKLE","Explanation":"Definition: light blue\nPERI=\"Fairy\" in Persian mythology; plus WINKLE=\"sea snail\""}
-{"Clue":"Kit for rugby player burst tyre (8)","Answer":"PROPERTY","Explanation":"Definition: Kit\nPROP=a position in rugby; plus anagram\/\"burst\" of (tyre)"}
-{"Clue":"Poisonous compound produced from a synthetic protein (8)","Answer":"ATROPINE","Explanation":"Definition: Poisonous compound\ndefinition: a poisonous alkaloid found in deadly nightshade \nA, plus anagram\/\"synthetic\" of (protein)"}
-{"Clue":"Bed made up in exotic skin is available to buy immediately (2,5)","Answer":"IN STOCK","Explanation":"Definition: available to buy immediately\nCOT=\"Bed\" reversed\/\"up\" inside an anagram\/\"exotic\" of (skin)"}
-{"Clue":"Fastener on a hot-water pipe (6)","Answer":"HOOKAH","Explanation":"Definition: water pipe\nHOOK=\"Fastener\" + A + H (hot)"}
-{"Clue":"Terrible smoke rising under base of apartment (6)","Answer":"TRAGIC","Explanation":"Definition: Terrible\nCIGAR=\"smoke\" reversed\/\"rising\", after the end letter\/\"base\" of apartmen-T"}
-{"Clue":"Crush end of thumb in doorpost (4)","Answer":"JAMB","Explanation":"Definition: doorpost\nJAM=\"Crush\" + end letter of thum-B"}
-{"Clue":"Lose ground as learner crashes into rear end (9)","Answer":"BACKSLIDE","Explanation":"L (learner) inside BACKSIDE=\"rear end\""}
-{"Clue":"Wag's partner has Italian dress (5)","Answer":"HABIT","Explanation":"HAB + IT (Italian) \nWag=singular of WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends), partners of HABs (Husbands and Boyfriends)"}
-{"Clue":"Country I represented in Nato communications (5)","Answer":"INDIA","Explanation":"double definition: second def referring to the letter I spoken aloud as India in the Nato phonetic alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Open and close inside short period (9)","Answer":"OVERNIGHT","Explanation":"OVERT=\"Open\" with NIGH=\"close\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Parent of boy who's a rascal? (3)","Answer":"GUN","Explanation":"Edit: Hovis has a better explanation \u2013 the parent of a 'son of a gun'=\"rascal\", with 'son' more directly justifying the use of \"Parent\" and \"boy\"*\n cryptic def: a 'young gun' as a \"boy who's a rascal\", and their parent would be a [grown] GUN"}
-{"Clue":"Bespoke Italian gear for everyone (11)","Answer":"EGALITARIAN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Bespoke\" of (Italian gear)"}
-{"Clue":"Broadcast that is going after voting system \u2014 that's plain (7)","Answer":"PRAIRIE","Explanation":"AIR=\"Broadcast\" + I.E.=id est=\"that is\"; after PR (Proportional Representation, \"voting system\")"}
-{"Clue":"His involvement in heartless frauds creates divisions (7)","Answer":"SCHISMS","Explanation":"HIS inside heartless SC-a-MS=\"frauds\""}
-{"Clue":"Hired to provide evidence that ladies are being used (7)","Answer":"ENGAGED","Explanation":"double definition: the second def referring to 'ENGAGED' signs\/displays that indicate that a toilet (e.g. the \"ladies\") is in use"}
-{"Clue":"Muse endlessly about this, for example (7)","Answer":"PROBLEM","Explanation":"definition referring to the clue or the crossword as a problem to solve \nMUS-e endlessly gives MUS, about\/\"reversed\" gives SUM = PROBLEM"}
-{"Clue":"Seat must have top class cover \u2014 a logical way to think (1,10)","Answer":"A POSTERIORI","Explanation":"definition referring to reasoning based on observed facts \nPOSTERIOR=\"Seat\", inside \/ covered by: AI=A1=\"top class\""}
-{"Clue":"Nothing is held back in \u2026 (3)","Answer":"NIL","Explanation":"hidden and reversed\/\"held back\" in skinf-LIN-t, with the \"\u2026\" linking into the next clue\/solution"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 film by old striker who keeps things tight (9)","Answer":"SKINFLINT","Explanation":"SKIN=surface layer=\"film\" + FLINT=\"old striker\" referring to the historic use of flint and steel to create sparks\/flames"}
-{"Clue":"Tablets regularly shown in display desk (5)","Answer":"IPADS","Explanation":"regular letters taken from d-**I**-s-**P**-l-**A**-y **D**-e-**S**-k"}
-{"Clue":"Half of duo's styles are somewhat shabby (5)","Answer":"DUSTY","Explanation":"Half of the words DU-o's and STY-les"}
-{"Clue":"Tired chap worried for nothing really (4,5)","Answer":"DIRT CHEAP","Explanation":"anagram\/\"worried\" of (Tired chap)"}
-{"Clue":"Introduce faction in local rising (5,2)","Answer":"BRING UP","Explanation":"RING=\"faction\" in PUB=\"local\" reversed upwards\/\"rising\""}
-{"Clue":"Untrustworthy type reportedly calls off a solo passage (7)","Answer":"CADENZA","Explanation":"definition: a musical passage for a soloist \nCAD=\"Untrustworthy type\" + ENZ sounds like 'ends'=\"reportedly calls off\" + A"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow in house left causing actor to stop performing (5,6)","Answer":"STAGE FRIGHT","Explanation":"F (Fellow) in STAGE RIGHT=\"house left\" i.e. to the left, from the audience's point of view"}
-{"Clue":"Cut off is suspended once leaders get delayed (7)","Answer":"ISOLATE","Explanation":"leading letters from I-s S-uspended O-nce; plus LATE=\"delayed\""}
-{"Clue":"Seedily manipulated protection for viewers (7)","Answer":"EYELIDS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"manipulated\" of (Seedily)"}
-{"Clue":"Finishes off with single green layer (3)","Answer":"HEN","Explanation":"end letters\/\"Finishes\" taken from\/\"off\": wit-H singl-E gree-N"}
-{"Clue":"Capture spirits of family in the shire (7)","Answer":"BAGGINS","Explanation":"definition: the family of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, who live in the Shire in Tolkien's *The Hobbit *and *The Lord of the Rings* \nBAG=\"Capture\" + GINS=alcoholic \"spirits\""}
-{"Clue":"Offensive ass may transmit it through biting (7)","Answer":"TETANUS","Explanation":"TET referring to the T?t Offensive in the Vietnam War; plus ANUS=\"ass\""}
-{"Clue":"Aid ship orca damaged, which arouses those chasing it (11)","Answer":"APHRODISIAC","Explanation":"anagram\/\"damaged\" of (Aid ship orca)"}
-{"Clue":"Section of quaysides Palermo erected are out of date (7)","Answer":"ELAPSED","Explanation":"Hidden in\/\"Section of\" quaysi-DES PALE-rmo, and reversed upwards\/\"erected\""}
-{"Clue":"They need protection perhaps, taking on good deliveries (7)","Answer":"GOOLIES","Explanation":"definition: slang for testicles \ntaking on G (good) would make GOO-G-LIES=a type of cricket \"deliveries\""}
-{"Clue":"Radio's airtime schedule essentially gets fouled up (7)","Answer":"DIRTIED","Explanation":"central letters of\/\"essentially\": ra-DI-o's ai-RTI-me sch-ED-ule"}
-{"Clue":"Spin doctor lacking degree becomes university official (7)","Answer":"PROCTOR","Explanation":"PR (Public Relations, \"Spin\") + d-OCTOR minus d for \"degree\""}
-{"Clue":"Descent described by eagle? (7)","Answer":"LINEAGE","Explanation":"described by eagle => eag-L-e => 'L' in 'eage' => L IN EAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Mummy's boy switching tops on delicate fabric cleaner (7)","Answer":"MILKSOP","Explanation":"SILK=\"delicate fabric\" + MOP=\"cleaner\", with the top\/first letters switched"}
-{"Clue":"Intelligent dash display (3)","Answer":"FLY","Explanation":"triple definition: FLY=knowing=\"Intelligent\"; FLY=move quickly=\"dash\"; FLY e.g. a flag=\"display\" a flag"}
-{"Clue":"Male nickname for female writer and activist (6)","Answer":"SONTAG","Explanation":"Susan SONTAG \nSON=\"Male\" + TAG=\"nickname\""}
-{"Clue":"Stout with energy in significantly reduced supply (8)","Answer":"FEARLESS","Explanation":"E (energy) in FAR LESS=\"significantly reduced supply\""}
-{"Clue":"Money withdrawn invested in flat power unit (8)","Answer":"MEGAWATT","Explanation":"WAGE=\"Money\" reversed\/\"withdrawn\" and inside\/\"invested in\" MATT=\"flat\""}
-{"Clue":"Munch berries, audibly, as nut? (6)","Answer":"CASHEW","Explanation":"CHEW=\"Munch\", which goes around or 'buries'=\"berries, audibly\" the letters of \"AS\""}
-{"Clue":"Sheets found in bathroom, matter on linen dry (6,6)","Answer":"TOILET TISSUE","Explanation":"ISSUE=\"matter\" after TOILE=type of fabric=\"linen\" + TT (teetotal, \"dry\")"}
-{"Clue":"Trace the first nine letters, backwards (4)","Answer":"IOTA","Explanation":"\"the first nine letters\" go from A TO I, reversed \"backwards\""}
-{"Clue":"Meat-filled bun for beach picnic (8)","Answer":"CLAMBAKE","Explanation":"LAMB=\"Meat\" as filling for CAKE=\"bun\""}
-{"Clue":"Substance of planet before sun \u2014 Mercury, say? (4,4)","Answer":"ROCK STAR","Explanation":"definition referring to Freddie Mercury \nROCK=\"Substance of planet\" + STAR=\"sun\""}
-{"Clue":"Partially covered by green, I was screwing back for red, say? (4)","Answer":"WINE","Explanation":"Hidden\/\"Partially covered by\" gre-EN I W-as, reversed\/\"screwing back\" \nthe surface describes a situation in snooker, with \"green\" and \"red\" balls and \"screwing back\" as a way to move the cue ball"}
-{"Clue":"Lascivious Tory mug, I sense (12)","Answer":"CONCUPISCENT","Explanation":"definition: lustful \nCON (Conservative, \"Tory\") + CUP=\"mug\" + I + SCENT=\"sense\""}
-{"Clue":"One after crab and lion catching a shrew (6)","Answer":"VIRAGO","Explanation":"VIRGO=star sign after Cancer (crab) and Leo (lion); around the letter \"A\""}
-{"Clue":"Singer in bar punched, assailant finally arrested (5,3)","Answer":"MARSH TIT","Explanation":"MARS=brand of chocolate \"bar\" + HIT=\"punched\" with the final letter of assailan-T inside\/\"arrested\""}
-{"Clue":"Things dangling from Biden's trousers, butt tucked in (8)","Answer":"PENDANTS","Explanation":"PANTS=\"Biden's\" US word for \"trousers\", with END=\"butt\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Unexpected retreat in the south of France? (6)","Answer":"SUDDEN","Explanation":"SUD (\"south\" in French) + DEN=\"retreat\""}
-{"Clue":"Warmer attack (4,4)","Answer":"OPEN FIRE","Explanation":"double definition \u2013 referring to a flame, or to the use of firearms"}
-{"Clue":"Mark carrying cooker round home? (5,4)","Answer":"TOAST RACK","Explanation":"in the definition, \"round\" means a slice of toast or bread \nTRACK=\"Mark\" around OAST=a kiln for hops=\"cooker\""}
-{"Clue":"For no brass instrument, note written up (6)","Answer":"GRATIS","Explanation":"in the definition, \"brass\" is slang for 'money' \nSITAR=\"instrument\" + G=musical \"note\"; all reversed\/\"written up\""}
-{"Clue":"In truth, a parent fine with head of tribe in matriarch: she's remarkable (6,9)","Answer":"FATHER CHRISTMAS","Explanation":"F (fine), plus T-ribe inside anagram\/\"remarkable\" of (matriach she's)"}
-{"Clue":"Cooler dude after royal's bottom cracking princess up (8)","Answer":"ALCATRAZ","Explanation":"definition: \"Cooler\" as in a prison \nCAT=\"dude\" after the end\/bottom letter of roya-L; all inside ZARA=\"princess\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of ugly sister destroying process (5)","Answer":"LYSIS","Explanation":"definition: the breaking down of a cell in biology \nhidden in ug-LY SIS-ter"}
-{"Clue":"Going underground, Louis XIV saving skin, almost (10)","Answer":"SPELUNKING","Explanation":"Louis XIV was known as the SUN KING, around PEL-t=\"skin, almost\""}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle with a screw loose on purpose (10)","Answer":"LOCOMOTIVE","Explanation":"LOCO=slang for insane=\"with a screw loose\" + MOTIVE=\"purpose\""}
-{"Clue":"Fascinated, when upset network proved an irritation (9)","Answer":"BEWITCHED","Explanation":"reversal\/\"upset\" of WEB=\"network\" + ITCHED=\"proved an irritation\""}
-{"Clue":"Small department so upset with rivals at the table, resign (4,4)","Answer":"STEP DOWN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"upset\" of (dept so)*, with dept=\"Small [abbreviated] department\"; plus W and N (West and North, rivals at the table in a game of bridge)"}
-{"Clue":"Inventor of the wheel earliest of all, for example, rolling round immense stone (6)","Answer":"FERRIS","Explanation":"definition referring to the inventor of the Ferris Wheel \nfirst letters\/\"earliest\" of F-or E-xample R-olling R-ound I-mmense S-tone"}
-{"Clue":"Leafy vegetable ending in trash breaking heart, say? (5)","Answer":"CHARD","Explanation":"ending letter of tras-H inside CARD=\"heart, say\" as in playing cards which are hearts\/spades\/etc"}
-{"Clue":"Beat queue, you say, to disappear outside (8)","Answer":"VANQUISH","Explanation":"Q U spoken as letters are a homophone\/\"say\" of \"queue, you\"; with VANISH=\"disappear\" outside"}
-{"Clue":"High priest's wit (6)","Answer":"ESPRIT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"high\" of (priest)"}
-{"Clue":"Before temperature fell, sun's unnatural (8)","Answer":"STRAINED","Explanation":"T (temperature) + RAINED=\"fell\"; with S (sun) going \"Before\""}
-{"Clue":"Advanced problem about end of universe (2,4)","Answer":"HI TECH","Explanation":"HITCH=\"problem\" around end letter of univers-E"}
-{"Clue":"Lower reputation extremely likely with empathy (15)","Answer":"UNDERSTANDINGLY","Explanation":"UNDER=\"Lower\" + STANDING=\"reputation\" + extreme letters of L-ikel-Y"}
-{"Clue":"Monster? Bit of a titchy dragon (5)","Answer":"HYDRA","Explanation":"hidden in\/\"Bit of\": titc-HY DRA-gon"}
-{"Clue":"Like fashion award in Birmingham? (5)","Answer":"ASTON","Explanation":"ASTON is a ward i.e. \"a-ward\" in Birmingham \nAS=\"Like\" + TON=\"fashion\", from the French for 'style'"}
-{"Clue":"Tailored configuration for each issue with faulty Italian OS (15)","Answer":"PERSONALISATION","Explanation":"PER=\"for each\" + SON=\"issue\" as in offspring; plus anagram\/\"faulty\" of (Italian OS)"}
-{"Clue":"After instrument goes from cold to hot, it buzzes (6)","Answer":"HORNET","Explanation":"C-ORNET=\"instrument\", with the first letter going from C (cold) to H (hot)"}
-{"Clue":"Special sailor's regret? To retire destroyer (8)","Answer":"SABOTEUR","Explanation":"S (Special) + AB (able-bodied seaman, sailor); plus RUE=\"regret\" + TO both reversed\/\"retire\""}
-{"Clue":"Mountain of metal and wood (6)","Answer":"ALPINE","Explanation":"definition: \"Mountain\" as an adjective e.g. 'mountain air' \u2013 'alpine' can refer to mountains in general, not just the Alps \nAL (chemical symbol for Aluminium, metal) + PINE=\"wood\""}
-{"Clue":"Vegas out to employ worker with benefits (8)","Answer":"VANTAGES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"out\" of (Vegas)*, around ANT=\"worker\""}
-{"Clue":"Car takes a right into the drink (7)","Answer":"MARTINI","Explanation":"MINI=make of \"Car\"; taking in A + RT (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative, they say, votes for this after watching TV for too long (6,4)","Answer":"SQUARE EYES","Explanation":"SQUARE=traditional, small c \"Conservative\"; plus EYES as homophone\/\"they say\" of 'ayes'=\"votes for\""}
-{"Clue":"Lasagne's first put into family oven (4)","Answer":"KILN","Explanation":"L-asagne inside KIN=\"family\""}
-{"Clue":"Gorge on cheese (7)","Answer":"CHEDDAR","Explanation":"double definition: Cheddar Gorge ; and Cheddar cheese"}
-{"Clue":"Incredibly modest, this group of Christians (10)","Answer":"METHODISTS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Incredibly\" of (modest this)"}
-{"Clue":"Look, it's Mark! (4)","Answer":"SPOT","Explanation":"double definition: =\"Look\" as a verb; =\"Mark\" as a noun, or =\"Mark\" as a verb meaning to notice"}
-{"Clue":"City green (7)","Answer":"LINCOLN","Explanation":"double definition: a city in England; or a green colour of dye"}
-{"Clue":"It can be tied then, ie switched, to reinforce (10)","Answer":"STRENGTHEN","Explanation":"STRING=\"It can be tied\" + THEN; with \"ie switched\" \u2013 the letter 'i' switched for 'e'"}
-{"Clue":"Amazon fish treats cooked under gas (4,6)","Answer":"NEON TETRAS","Explanation":"definition: a type of fish found in the Amazon \nanagram\/\"cooked\" of (treats)*; after NEON=\"gas\""}
-{"Clue":"About 150 gatecrash function for kicks (7)","Answer":"RECOILS","Explanation":"RE=\"About\"; with IL inside COS=cosine \"function\" \nIL comes from \"150\" split into 1 and 50, I=\"1\u2033 and L=\"50\u2033 in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Following end of chase, evil US criminal is hard to find (7)","Answer":"ELUSIVE","Explanation":"end letter of chas-E, plus anagram\/\"criminal\" of (evil US)"}
-{"Clue":"Flowers share purposes (7)","Answer":"LOTUSES","Explanation":"LOT=allotment, \"share\"; plus USES=\"purposes\""}
-{"Clue":"Catch adult wearing nothing (4)","Answer":"NAIL","Explanation":"A (adult) inside NIL=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Eccentric don put on black tie (4)","Answer":"BOND","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Eccentric\" of (don)*, after B (black)"}
-{"Clue":"File case of overemotional guff (8)","Answer":"FOLDEROL","Explanation":"FOLDER=\"File\" + the \"case\" or outer letters of O-veremotiona-L"}
-{"Clue":"Pigment good in water (5)","Answer":"SEPIA","Explanation":"PI (pious, \"good) in SEA=\"water\""}
-{"Clue":"New variation, including a hundred old pieces (10)","Answer":"VICTORIANA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"New\" of (variation)*, around C=\"a hundred\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Fat queen in store \u2026 (6)","Answer":"LARDER","Explanation":"LARD=\"Fat\" + ER=\"queen\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 very different partner in philosophy? (8)","Answer":"THINKING","Explanation":"THIN KING as a \"very different partner\" to a \"Fat queen\" from the previous clue for 12ac"}
-{"Clue":"Metal once found in bottom of fruit? (7)","Answer":"PLUMBUM","Explanation":"definition: Lead (the metallic element) has chemical symbol Pb, from the Latin PLUMBUM\n \nPLUM BUM=\"bottom of fruit\""}
-{"Clue":"Laxative one girl fed to another (8)","Answer":"MAGNESIA","Explanation":"AGNES=\"one girl\" inside MIA=\"another [girl]\""}
-{"Clue":"One banked on needing loco \u2014 did one? (6,6)","Answer":"ENGINE DRIVER","Explanation":"definition: someone who might need a loco[motive engine]\n \nRIVER=\"One banked\" as in riverbanks; after anagram\/\"loco\" of (needing)"}
-{"Clue":"Serving as correction, speed of light accelerating (10)","Answer":"CHASTENING","Explanation":"C=symbol for the \"speed of light\" + HASTENING=\"accelerating\""}
-{"Clue":"Kick people out, event usually for children (4,4)","Answer":"SACK RACE","Explanation":"SACK=\"Kick\u2026 out\" + RACE=\"people\""}
-{"Clue":"Conclusion can't be reached \u2014 sigh! (2,3,2,5)","Answer":"NO END IN SIGHT","Explanation":"SIGHT with NO END becomes SIGH[t]=\"sigh!\""}
-{"Clue":"Piano piece, both grand and upright, thrashed out (3,5)","Answer":"THE SHARD","Explanation":"definition: a skyscraper designed by architect Renzo \"Piano\"\n \nanagram\/\"out\" of (thrashed)"}
-{"Clue":"Only items of quality, every one for my pleasure (3,2,3)","Answer":"NOT AT ALL","Explanation":"definition: as in a response to a 'thank you'\n \nNO TAT=\"Only items of quality\" + ALL=\"every one\""}
-{"Clue":"Covered by maid, ledge gathering dust (4)","Answer":"IDLE","Explanation":"hidden in ma-ID LE-dge"}
-{"Clue":"Humour, vacuous amusement in setting (7)","Answer":"PLACATE","Explanation":"\"vacuous\"\/emptied of inside letters A-musemen-T; inside PLACE=\"setting\""}
-{"Clue":"Baltic Sea? No, it turns north (8)","Answer":"ESTONIAN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"turns\" of (Sea No it)*; plus N (north)"}
-{"Clue":"A little sign left in vault (10)","Answer":"SPRINKLING","Explanation":"INK=\"sign\" a contract + L (left); all inside SPRING=leap=\"vault\""}
-{"Clue":"Preacher's ecclesiastic weapon (6)","Answer":"CANNON","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Preacher's\" of 'canon'=\"ecclesiastic\""}
-{"Clue":"Finished nursing little girl, cut (10)","Answer":"DIMINISHED","Explanation":"DID=\"Finished\"; around both MINI=\"little\" and SHE=\"girl\""}
-{"Clue":"Dizzy playing tunes on jazzy day (8)","Answer":"UNSTEADY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"playing\" of (tunes)*, plus anagram\/\"jazzy\" of (day)"}
-{"Clue":"Running water options on craft, type of carrier (8)","Answer":"HANDCART","Explanation":"H AND C (Hot and Cold, \"Running water options\") + ART=\"craft\""}
-{"Clue":"Teacher in a flap upended coffee-maker (7)","Answer":"BARISTA","Explanation":"SIR=\"Teacher\" in A TAB=\"a flap\"; all reversed\/\"upended\""}
-{"Clue":"How formula for poison is written in capital city (6)","Answer":"ATHENS","Explanation":"Arsenic is a \"poison\" which \"is written\" with chemical symbol As, or A THEN S ('A' then 's')"}
-{"Clue":"Little predatory bird, swallow biting leg off (6)","Answer":"EAGLET","Explanation":"EAT=\"swallow\" around anagram\/\"off\" of (leg)"}
-{"Clue":"Reportedly plant weed somewhere in London (4)","Answer":"SOHO","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Reportedly\" of 'sow'=\"plant\" and 'hoe'=\"weed\""}
-{"Clue":"Publication not available to carry a declaration of rights (5,5)","Answer":"MAGNA CARTA","Explanation":"MAG (magazine, \"Publication\") + NA (or N\/A, not available) + CART=\"carry\" + \"A\""}
-{"Clue":"Ruler's occult arts (4)","Answer":"TSAR","Explanation":"anagram\/\"occult\" of (arts)"}
-{"Clue":"Cowardly eccentric shows caution (6,4)","Answer":"YELLOW CARD","Explanation":"YELLOW=\"Cowardly\" + CARD=\"eccentric\" person"}
-{"Clue":"Psychologist given November in prison (4)","Answer":"JUNG","Explanation":"N (November in phonetic alphabet), inside JUG=\"prison\""}
-{"Clue":"Dog with others that pretend to fight (6,6)","Answer":"SHADOW BOXERS","Explanation":"SHADOW=follow\/stalk someone=\"Dog\"; BOXERS=breed of dog=\"\u2026others\""}
-{"Clue":"Cabaret puzzles completely: in what way? (5,4)","Answer":"FLOOR SHOW","Explanation":"FLOORS=\"puzzles completely\" + HOW=\"in what way?\""}
-{"Clue":"Hope everyone can contain bug (5)","Answer":"PEEVE","Explanation":"hidden in [Ho]-PE EVE-[ryone]"}
-{"Clue":"Barge in here perhaps with tin (aluminium) (5)","Answer":"CANAL","Explanation":"CAN=\"tin\" + AL (aluminium)"}
-{"Clue":"All numbers from 2 up are impossible to understand (6,3)","Answer":"BEYOND ONE","Explanation":"All numbers from 2 up are higher than\/beyond 1"}
-{"Clue":"Civil reactor in more than dangerous state? (12)","Answer":"OVERCRITICAL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"in\u2026 dangerous state\" of (Civil reactor)"}
-{"Clue":"A cat is a tiny little thing (4)","Answer":"ATOM","Explanation":"A + TOM=\"cat\""}
-{"Clue":"Supporter chucking coin in the water? (4-6)","Answer":"WELL-WISHER","Explanation":"a WELL-WISHER could also be someone throwing a coin into a wishing well"}
-{"Clue":"River craft have no British cereal (4)","Answer":"OATS","Explanation":"B-OATS=\"River craft\", minus B (British)"}
-{"Clue":"Coming in ungrammatically is delightful (10)","Answer":"ENTRANCING","Explanation":"ENTRANCING could be an ungrammatical way to say 'making an entrance'=\"Coming in\""}
-{"Clue":"Dressing always fixed by doctor (4)","Answer":"MAYO","Explanation":"AY=\"always\" inside MO (medical officer, \"doctor\")"}
-{"Clue":"Wealth perhaps, good and ancient (4)","Answer":"GOLD","Explanation":"G (good) + OLD=\"ancient\""}
-{"Clue":"Ornate chapel prepared for parliamentary term (7,5)","Answer":"ANOTHER PLACE","Explanation":"definition: a conventional way to refer to the other house in Parliament, e.g. when talking of the House of Lords while in the Commons \nanagram\/\"prepared\" of (Ornate chapel)"}
-{"Clue":"Discharged, having only some scarce duties (5)","Answer":"ARCED","Explanation":"definition referring to electrical discharges \nhidden in sc-ARCE D-uties"}
-{"Clue":"Such a casual remark: 'Worth moving somewhere else?' (9)","Answer":"THROWAWAY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"moving\" of (Worth)*; plus AWAY=\"somewhere else\""}
-{"Clue":"Girlfriend has case for musical instrument (7,3)","Answer":"SQUEEZE BOX","Explanation":"definition:a slang term for an accordion \nSQUEEZE=\"Girlfriend\" + BOX=\"case\""}
-{"Clue":"Admitted to hotel, deter moving on to rest of Bognor (10)","Answer":"REGISTERED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"moving\" of (deter)*; after REGIS=\"rest of Bognor\" as in the town of Bognor Regis"}
-{"Clue":"Cannot impose change in financial restitution (12)","Answer":"COMPENSATION","Explanation":"anagram\/\"change\" of (Cannot impose)"}
-{"Clue":"From lover, a heartless lie leads to trouble (10)","Answer":"AFICIONADO","Explanation":"\"A\" + FIC-t-ION=\"heartless lie\" + ADO=\"trouble\""}
-{"Clue":"How one lost by getting up late? (7,3)","Answer":"COUNTED OUT","Explanation":"cryptic def, referring to losing in boxing if you fail to get up before the end of a count"}
-{"Clue":"Are behind working islander (9)","Answer":"HEBRIDEAN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"working\" of (Are behind)"}
-{"Clue":"I had left leading lady with little to do (5)","Answer":"IDLER","Explanation":"ID=I'd=\"I had\" + L (left) + ER (Elizabeth Regina, the Queen, \"leading lady\")"}
-{"Clue":"Secure-sounding Asian (4)","Answer":"THAI","Explanation":"homophone of\/\"sounding\" like: 'tie'=\"Secure\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Hypocrite pitches right into greedy guts (4)","Answer":"PRIG","Explanation":"R (right) inside PIG=\"greedy guts\""}
-{"Clue":"Quarrelsome European \u2014 he should be expelled by Jordan, for example (9)","Answer":"POLEMICAL","Explanation":"POLE=\"European\", and \"**he**\" expelled from MIC-**h**-A-**e**-L as in Michael Jordan the basketball player"}
-{"Clue":"It's feeble to accept society at the precise moment for the making of army officers (4,5)","Answer":"WEST POINT","Explanation":"definition: the US Military Academy \nWET=\"feeble\" around S (society); plus POINT=\"precise moment\""}
-{"Clue":"Protection from influenza, eg isolation (5)","Answer":"AEGIS","Explanation":"hidden in influenz-A EG IS-olation"}
-{"Clue":"Musical piece from Mediter\u00adranean island with two clubs and a satellite (9)","Answer":"CAPRICCIO","Explanation":"definition: a type of musical composition \nCAPRI=\"Mediterranean island\" + C C (two Clubs, in playing cards) + IO=moon of Jupiter=\"satellite\""}
-{"Clue":"Big scorer's return holds back north-eastern second team (7)","Answer":"ARSENAL","Explanation":"definition: the football team \nBrian LARA the cricketer=\"Big scorer\" reversed\/\"return\" around reversal\/\"back\" of NE (North-Eastern) + S (second)"}
-{"Clue":"Extended coverage of the 'beer belly' situation (7)","Answer":"OVERLAP","Explanation":"a beer belly is situated OVER [a person's] LAP"}
-{"Clue":"Light, wind-resistant car \u2014 human peril unlikely (9,4)","Answer":"HURRICANE LAMP","Explanation":"anagram\/\"unlikely\" of (car human peril)"}
-{"Clue":"Mercator's occupation long in decline (13)","Answer":"PROJECTIONIST","Explanation":"Mercator the cartographer is known for creating a map projection \na PROJECTIONIST is someone who works operating an old-fashioned film projector i.e. \"occupation long in decline\""}
-{"Clue":"House discontentment caused by such a criminal? (7)","Answer":"BURGLAR","Explanation":"cryptic def \u2013 \"discontentment\" to be read as 'the removal of contents'"}
-{"Clue":"Mythical bird caught in low country (7)","Answer":"MOROCCO","Explanation":"ROC=\"Mythical bird\" + C (caught, in cricket); all inside MOO=\"low\""}
-{"Clue":"Rogue nurse's cold treatment not satisfactory at first (9)","Answer":"SCOUNDREL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"treatment\" of (nurse's cold)*, minus one of the S letters i.e. \"s-atisfactory at first\""}
-{"Clue":"Times shock broadcast (4)","Answer":"DAYS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"broadcast\" of 'daze'=\"shock\""}
-{"Clue":"Suffering \u2014 Oscar-winning film, by the way, gets another award (9)","Answer":"MARTYRDOM","Explanation":"MARTY is the Oscar-winning film; plus RD (road, \"way\") + OM (Order of Merit, \"[another] award\")"}
-{"Clue":"Old rulers' just interjections voiced (8)","Answer":"PHARAOHS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"voiced\" of both 'fair'=\"just\" and 'oh-s'=\"interjections\""}
-{"Clue":"A move to split large South African city (5)","Answer":"LAGOS","Explanation":"A GO=\"A move\" inside L (arge) and S (South)"}
-{"Clue":"Mix online and so spread the North-South divide (5-5,4)","Answer":"MASON-DIXON LINE","Explanation":"definition: a line dividing US states into North and South \nanagram\/\"spread\" of (Mix online and so)"}
-{"Clue":"Hearing aid company chain, Field (7)","Answer":"COCHLEA","Explanation":"definition: part of the ear \nCO (company) + CH (chain, unit of length) + LEA=\"Field\""}
-{"Clue":"In principle, Prosecco is 'scaly' (7)","Answer":"LEPROSE","Explanation":"hidden in principLE PROSEcco"}
-{"Clue":"A clue: pity poor natives of Australia! (9)","Answer":"EUCALYPTI","Explanation":"anagram\/\"poor\" of (A clue pity)"}
-{"Clue":"Theatrical company texted you to appear in A Figure of Speech (6)","Answer":"TROUPE","Explanation":"U=\"you\" in phone text messaging, inside TROPE=\"Figure of Speech\""}
-{"Clue":"The campaign involved with Roy's film-making (14)","Answer":"CINEMATOGRAPHY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"involved\" of (The campaign Roy)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of company the Queen introduced to Republican politician (9)","Answer":"REPERTORY","Explanation":"ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\"), inside REP (Republican) + TORY=\"politician\""}
-{"Clue":"One gets tense before a trans\u00adformed comic character, basically (2,6)","Answer":"AT BOTTOM","Explanation":"A=\"One\" + T (tense) + BOTTOM=\"transformed comic character\" in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
-{"Clue":"'Vibrating device in beard' rumour (7)","Answer":"EARDRUM","Explanation":"hidden in b-EARD RUM-our"}
-{"Clue":"Glass element of lock (7)","Answer":"TUMBLER","Explanation":"double definition: a drinking glass; or a part of a locking mechanism"}
-{"Clue":"Not treated properly, when sleeping round America (6)","Answer":"ABUSED","Explanation":"ABED=\"sleeping\" around US=\"America\""}
-{"Clue":"Issue country's first sheltered housing local opening (5)","Answer":"CHILD","Explanation":"C-ountry's \"first\" letter + HID=\"sheltered\" around L-ocal \"opening\" letter"}
-{"Clue":"After endless disdain by men, old queen divorces male of the same age (12)","Answer":"CONTEMPORARY","Explanation":"CONTEMP-t=\"endless disdain\" + OR (Other Ranks in the military, \"men\") + M-ARY=\"old queen\" getting rid of M (male)"}
-{"Clue":"Assign voting to oust leader (5)","Answer":"ALLOT","Explanation":"b-ALLOT=\"voting\" minus the leading letter"}
-{"Clue":"One-time back massage received by game committee (9)","Answer":"POLITBURO","Explanation":"I=\"One\" + T=\"time\" + reversal\/\"back\" of RUB=\"massage\"; all inside POLO=\"game\""}
-{"Clue":"State modest about turnout? (7)","Answer":"COUNTRY","Explanation":"COY=\"modest\" around \"turn \/ out\" as in anagram\/\"out\" of (turn)"}
-{"Clue":"On Earth evolution is different (7)","Answer":"ANOTHER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"evolution\" of (On Earth)"}
-{"Clue":"Easy alternative might be a strawberry cream? (4,6)","Answer":"SOFT OPTION","Explanation":"could also describe a strawberry flavour option for \"soft\" serve ice cream\n *Edit \u2013 Auriga in the comments points out this this is more likely to refer to soft-centred strawberry cream chocolates"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps they're hot and cold Spanish dishes an adult leaves (4)","Answer":"TAPS","Explanation":"TAP-A-S=\"Spanish dishes\" with one of the A (adult) letters leaving"}
-{"Clue":"People from town in Kent evict established one (4)","Answer":"FOLK","Explanation":"FOLK-EST-ONE=\"town in Kent\", minus EST (established) and ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Confidential Catholic girl provided current education (10)","Answer":"CLASSIFIED","Explanation":"C (Catholic) + LASS=\"girl\" + IF=\"provided\" + I=symbol for electric \"current\" + ED (education)"}
-{"Clue":"Jamming with Lennon or Clapton, initially the greatest (7)","Answer":"LOCKING","Explanation":"initials of L-ennon O-r C-lapton, plus KING=\"the greatest\""}
-{"Clue":"Sections want heroin to provide dazed conditions (7)","Answer":"TRANCES","Explanation":"TRANC-H-ES=\"Sections\", with a lack\/\"want\" of H (heroin)"}
-{"Clue":"Piece of seaside rock? (4,5)","Answer":"SAND GRAIN","Explanation":"cryptic definition \u2013 surface referring to seaside rock sweets"}
-{"Clue":"Ball's on the end of leg, perhaps in suspension (5)","Answer":"LIMBO","Explanation":"O=round shape=\"ball\", after the end of LIMB=\"leg, perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Peter has developed zero applications that are very secure (4,2,6)","Answer":"SAFE AS HOUSES","Explanation":"\"Peter\" is slang for a money box or SAFE; plus anagram\/\"developed\" of (has)* + O=\"zero\" + USES=\"applications\""}
-{"Clue":"Firm ground flour a little unevenly and left rich (9)","Answer":"COLOURFUL","Explanation":"definition: \"rich\" as in vivid, vibrant \nCO (company, \"Firm\") + anagram\/\"ground\" of (flour)* + \"a little\" of U-nevenly + L (left)"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing square divides 11 in symbols (8)","Answer":"NOTATION","Explanation":"O=\"Nothing\" + T (a T \"square\" is a type of ruler); both inside NATION=\"11\u2033=11ac solution COUNTRY"}
-{"Clue":"Vain politician yet to be ruffled outside (5)","Answer":"EMPTY","Explanation":"MP (Member of Parliament, \"politician\"), with anagram\/\"ruffled\" of (yet)* outside"}
-{"Clue":"Use soap, OK? Told to remove love spots (5,4)","Answer":"POLKA DOTS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"use\" of (soap OK Told)*, removing one of the O=\"love\" letters"}
-{"Clue":"Helping short famous person to leave festival (6)","Answer":"RATION","Explanation":"CELEB-RATION=\"festival\", minus CELEB, short for celebrity=\"short famous person\""}
-{"Clue":"Allegedly, Trump's vulgar (5)","Answer":"ROUGH","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Allegedly\" of 'ruff' \u2013 to play a trump card in a game such as bridge or whist"}
-{"Clue":"Plays down article on consumer electronics trade show (6)","Answer":"DANCES","Explanation":"D (down) + AN=indefinite \"article\" + CES (Consumer Electronics Show)"}
-{"Clue":"Animal Magic presenter seen in most of supermarkets (6)","Answer":"MORRIS","Explanation":"Animal Magic was a TV show presented by Johnny Morris \nmost of the letters from MORRIS-ONS, a UK supermarket chain"}
-{"Clue":"Messages Terry in London, for example, over hits (9)","Answer":"TELEGRAMS","Explanation":"TEL=short form of the name \"Terry\" used in London + E.G.=\"for example\" + RAMS=\"hits\""}
-{"Clue":"Friends say water's rising all around in the usual way (2,2,5)","Answer":"AS IT COMES","Explanation":"SITCOM=\"Friends say\" as in the comedy TV show, with SEA=\"water\" reversed\/\"rising\" and going around"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor claims taking both Rennie and Elocon leads to wonders (8)","Answer":"MIRACLES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Doctor\" of (claims)* around both the first letters\/\"leads\" of R-ennie and E-locon"}
-{"Clue":"Threadlike pastry's extremely seductive (6)","Answer":"FILOSE","Explanation":"FILO=type of \"pastry\" + extreme letters of S-eductiv-E"}
-{"Clue":"Round, round small crisps (6)","Answer":"DISCOS","Explanation":"definition: a brand of disc-shaped crisps \nDISC=\"Round\" + O=\"round\" + S (small)"}
-{"Clue":"Measure of malts in Glenfiddich? (6)","Answer":"SINGLE","Explanation":"hidden in \/ a \"Measure of\": malt-S IN GLE-nfiddich"}
-{"Clue":"Eel caught in drum (5)","Answer":"CONGA","Explanation":"homophone (\"caught\" as in 'heard') of a 'conger' eel"}
-{"Clue":"Pop tarts and nuggets \u2014 going off starters? (5)","Answer":"TANGO","Explanation":"definition: a brand of soft drink or \"Pop\" \nstarting letters from T-arts A-nd N-uggets G-oing O-ff"}
-{"Clue":"Thirty seconds initially spent framing paintings of birds (7)","Answer":"MARTINS","Explanation":"MIN-ute=half minute=\"Thirty seconds\" + S-pent; around ART=\"paintings\""}
-{"Clue":"Almonds one scattered around mountains produce fruit (7,3,6)","Answer":"ORANGES AND LEMONS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"scattered\" of (Almonds one)*; around RANGES=\"mountains\""}
-{"Clue":"Church's bouncy castle isn't for grown-ups to enter (5,8)","Answer":"SAINT CLEMENTS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"bouncy\" of (castle isn't)*, with MEN=\"grown-ups\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Mates unhappy with Jeremy? They decrease (5,5)","Answer":"STEAM IRONS","Explanation":"in definition, \"decrease\" as in de-crease, to remove creases\n \nanagram\/\"unhappy\" of (mates)*, plus Jeremy IRONS the actor"}
-{"Clue":"No 7 assistant (4)","Answer":"AIDE","Explanation":"7dn is GOOD IDEA\n \n\"No 7\" gives 'no good idea', suggesting an anagram\/\"no good\" of (idea)"}
-{"Clue":"Like the centre of Bordeaux, without barriers and without weapons (11)","Answer":"DEFENCELESS","Explanation":"DE is the centre of Bor-DE-aux + FENCELESS=\"without barriers\"\n \n \nI could also see a parsing where DE, FENCELESS is \"Like the centre of Bordeaux\", with 'fenceless' referring to a lack of outer letters \u2013 this would mean that \"without barriers\" becomes part of the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Force two to pick up easily digestible French cheeses (5,6)","Answer":"LIGHT BREEZE","Explanation":"definition: in the Beaufort wind force scale, a measure of 2 is described as a LIGHT BREEZE\n \nhomophone\/\"to pick up\", of 'light Bries'=\"easily digestible French cheeses\""}
-{"Clue":"Limited containment of bug (4)","Answer":"MITE","Explanation":"contained in Li-MITE-d"}
-{"Clue":"Waterside dump in London (10)","Answer":"SHOREDITCH","Explanation":"SHORE=\"Waterside\" + DITCH=\"dump\""}
-{"Clue":"Sustenance for worried nit nurse? About time! (9)","Answer":"NUTRIENTS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"worried\" of (nit nurse)*, around T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Inventor's clangers (5)","Answer":"BELLS","Explanation":"BELL'S=\"Inventor's\", as in Alexander Graham Bell"}
-{"Clue":"One is overwhelmed by ogre's howls (7)","Answer":"SHRIEKS","Explanation":"I=\"One\" inside SHREK=\"ogre\" in the animated comedy films"}
-{"Clue":"Twit's betrayal (7)","Answer":"TREASON","Explanation":"\"Twit\" is split into T + wit, or T + REASON"}
-{"Clue":"Poor treatment partly makes us immigrants rise (6)","Answer":"MISUSE","Explanation":"hidden\/\"partly\" and reversed\/\"rise\" in mak-ES US IM-migrants"}
-{"Clue":"Trashed uniform adopted by leftie (6)","Answer":"RUINED","Explanation":"\"uniform\" is split into uni \/ form, leading to an anagram\/\"form\" of (uni)*; inside RED=\"leftie\""}
-{"Clue":"Dietitian upset about slimmer's heart scare (10)","Answer":"INTIMIDATE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"upset\" of (Dietitian)*, around heart of sli-M-mer"}
-{"Clue":"It's a wobbly rooftop step (5)","Answer":"STAIR","Explanation":"anagram\/\"wobbly\" of (It's a)*; plus roof\/top indicating top or first letter of R-oof"}
-{"Clue":"India gripped by guns as ritual (9)","Answer":"ORDINANCE","Explanation":"I (India in phonetic alphabet), inside ORDNANCE=\"guns\""}
-{"Clue":"Even members of yacht team excuse me! (4)","Answer":"AHEM","Explanation":"even letters from each of the words in y-A-c-H-t t-E-a-M"}
-{"Clue":"Starts to get out of drowning in debt \u2014 expert advice is a useful suggestion (4,4)","Answer":"GOOD IDEA","Explanation":"starting letters from G-et O-ut O-f D-rowning I-n D-ebt E-xpert A-dvice"}
-{"Clue":"Anxious uncertainty getting lift could develop into spitefulness (8)","Answer":"SUSPENSE","Explanation":"getting the letters of \"lift\" added to those of SUSPENSE would lead to an anagram of (\"could develop into\") 'spitefulness'"}
-{"Clue":"Trustworthy English writer turning naughty, led off outside (10)","Answer":"DEPENDABLE","Explanation":"E (English) + PEN=\"writer\" + reversal\/\"turning\" of BAD=\"naughty\"; with anagram\/\"off\" of (led)* outside"}
-{"Clue":"Schedule inverted by a sod of a troublemaker (8)","Answer":"AGITATOR","Explanation":"ROTA=\"Schedule\" reversed\/\"inverted\"; next to A GIT=\"a sod\""}
-{"Clue":"Record reader and writer (6)","Answer":"STYLUS","Explanation":"double definition: first definition referring to a needle on a music record player"}
-{"Clue":"Member of Trinity reported in newspaper (3,3)","Answer":"THE SUN","Explanation":"homophone\/\"reported\" of 'the Son', member of the Christian Holy Trinity\n \nTHE SON would also fit in the grid, if reading \"Member of Trinity\" as definition with a homophone of 'The Sun'"}
-{"Clue":"Taken again by shocker heading north (5)","Answer":"RESAT","Explanation":"TASER=\"shocker\" reversed upwards\/\"heading north\""}
-{"Clue":"Distant object in game is your debt, according to the 26 of 9 1 across (4,9)","Answer":"FIVE FARTHINGS","Explanation":"definition: referring to the lines 'You owe me FIVE FARTHINGS, say the BELLS of SAINT MARTINS'\n \nFAR=\"Distant\" + THING=\"object\"; all in FIVES=a ball \"game\""}
-{"Clue":"Fancy 22 (6)","Answer":"RELISH","Explanation":"double definition: =\"Fancy\" as in to like or enjoy something; and =PICKLE as in a sauce"}
-{"Clue":"Lost in forest, one desperate to be out of it (6)","Answer":"STONED","Explanation":"definition: STONED as in 'high' i.e. under the influence of drugs \nhidden\/\"Lost\" in fore-ST ONE D-esperate"}
-{"Clue":"Dodge 22, briefly (4)","Answer":"SCAM","Explanation":"definition: a \"dodge\" can be a trick or swindle \n22 is PICKLE, which can mean a mischievous child or a SCAM-P, shortened\/\"briefly\" to SCAM"}
-{"Clue":"Asian film titles in battle (10)","Answer":"VIETNAMESE","Explanation":"ET=title of the Spielberg \"film\" + NAMES=\"titles\"; all in VIE=\"battle\""}
-{"Clue":"Trap 22 (6)","Answer":"CORNER","Explanation":"double definition: \"Trap\" as a verb; or PICKLE as in a tricky situation"}
-{"Clue":"22: shop's last supply (8)","Answer":"PRESERVE","Explanation":"definition: PICKLE as in a way to PRESERVE food \nlast of sho-P + RESERVE=\"supply\" as a noun"}
-{"Clue":"Natural extrovert, you said, ultimately seen in nude, is playful (9)","Answer":"UNSTUDIED","Explanation":"ultimate letters of extrover-T yo-U sai-D; all inside anagram\/\"playful\" of (nude is)"}
-{"Clue":"Cook 22 (4)","Answer":"STEW","Explanation":"double definition: 22 is PICKLE as in a tricky situation"}
-{"Clue":"Stone tossed back by a giant (4)","Answer":"MEGA","Explanation":"GEM=\"Stone\" reversed\/\"tossed back\"; plus \"A\""}
-{"Clue":"Bums of leaders in a 22 (9)","Answer":"FREELOADS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"in a PICKLE\" of (of leaders)"}
-{"Clue":"Notice rogue secreting second heart, say (8)","Answer":"EMOTICON","Explanation":"definition: a heart is a common example of an EMOTICON \nanagram\/\"rogue\" of (Notice)*; taking in (\"secreting\" as in to keep secret, conceal) MO=moment=\"second\""}
-{"Clue":"Dip in hole (6)","Answer":"PICKLE","Explanation":"double definition: a sauce or \"Dip\"; or a tricky situation"}
-{"Clue":"Those with few lines spoiled by a stripe covering fifth of circle (3,7)","Answer":"BIT PLAYERS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"spoiled\" of (by a stripe)*, around the fifth letter of circ-L-e"}
-{"Clue":"Post 22, we hear? (4)","Answer":"JAMB","Explanation":"sounds like 'jam', as in a tricky situation or PICKLE"}
-{"Clue":"Talk ending in sympathy with maker of 'omburgs? (6)","Answer":"YATTER","Explanation":"ending of sympath-Y; plus 'ATTER (hatter) as a maker of 'omburgs (Homburg hats)"}
-{"Clue":"Verse in South African country reduced by 3\/8ths (6)","Answer":"STANZA","Explanation":"S (South) + TANZ-ani-A=\"African country\" reduced by 3 of its 8 letters"}
-{"Clue":"Animal caught, enclosure not closing, bolted cages (7)","Answer":"RACCOON","Explanation":"C (caught, cricket abbreviation) + COO-p=\"enclosure not closing\"; all caged inside RAN=\"bolted\""}
-{"Clue":"Yellow loser (5)","Answer":"LEMON","Explanation":"double definition: LEMON can describe a yellow colour; or slang for an idiot or \"loser\""}
-{"Clue":"Children holding minister upside down, separated (7)","Answer":"SEVERED","Explanation":"SEED=offspring=\"Children\", around\/\"holding\" REV (reverend, \"minister\") reversed\/\"upside down\""}
-{"Clue":"Person fixing pot, could be smelly thing with lid lifted (6)","Answer":"TINKER","Explanation":"s-TINKER=\"smelly thing\" with top letter or \"lid\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"Second movement (6,3)","Answer":"NUMBER TWO","Explanation":"double definition: a deputy or \"Second\"; or a bowel movement"}
-{"Clue":"Deny diva, so distraught over wife (7)","Answer":"DISAVOW","Explanation":"anagram\/\"distraught\" of (diva so)*; plus W (wife)"}
-{"Clue":"Second arrivals: gather each in skips (13)","Answer":"REAPPEARANCES","Explanation":"REAP=\"gather\"; plus EA (short for \"each\") inside PRANCES=\"skips\""}
-{"Clue":"22 in 11 (5,4)","Answer":"TIGHT SPOT","Explanation":"double definition: 22 is PICKLE as in a tricky situation; or 11 is CORNER, used figuratively in the same way as TIGHT SPOT, and also similar in a literal sense"}
-{"Clue":"22 provided, filling baby feeder? (7)","Answer":"MUMMIFY","Explanation":"definition: 22 is PICKLE, linked here to the embalming process for mummification \nIF=\"provided\", inside MUMMY=\"baby feeder\""}
-{"Clue":"Clearly show way out: ask shortly to come in (7)","Answer":"EXPOSIT","Explanation":"EXIT=\"way out\", with POS-e=\"ask shortly\" going inside"}
-{"Clue":"Top up, girl in 22 (7)","Answer":"DILEMMA","Explanation":"definition: PICKLE as in a tricky situation \nLID=\"Top\" reversed\/\"up\"; plus EMMA=\"girl\""}
-{"Clue":"Grate 22 (6)","Answer":"SCRAPE","Explanation":"double definition: =\"Grate\" as in to make a harsh sound; or PICKLE as in a tricky situation"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character with endless salt served up type of American cuisine (5)","Answer":"CAJUN","Explanation":"NU=\"character\"\/letter from the Greek alphabet, plus JAC-k=\"endless salt\" with jack\/salt meaning 'sailor'; all reversed\/\"served up\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink drink containing feather (8)","Answer":"TEQUILLA","Explanation":"TEA=\"drink\" around QUILL=\"feather\""}
-{"Clue":"Rewrite other conclusion to unsatisfactory hypothesis (6)","Answer":"THEORY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Rewrite\" of (other)*; plus unsatisfactor-Y"}
-{"Clue":"Opening to enormous pit in garden (4)","Answer":"EDEN","Explanation":"E-normous + DEN=\"pit\""}
-{"Clue":"Ornamental tail of large fabulous bird turned into case (10)","Answer":"DECORATIVE","Explanation":"end letter\/\"tail\" of larg-E, plus ROC=\"fabulous bird\" reversed\/\"turned\"; all inside DATIVE=grammatical \"case\""}
-{"Clue":"Hunt for part of meal (6)","Answer":"COURSE","Explanation":"double definition: first definition as a verb meaning to chase after"}
-{"Clue":"Clear setter's implicit meaning (8)","Answer":"OVERTONE","Explanation":"OVERT=\"Clear\" + ONE as a pronoun=the puzzle \"setter\""}
-{"Clue":"At end of break setter's given mostly fried potato in Korean dish (6)","Answer":"KIMCHI","Explanation":"brea-K + I'M=I am=\"setter's\" + CHI-p=\"mostly fried potato\""}
-{"Clue":"Pass on knowledge through group of schoolchildren (6)","Answer":"INFORM","Explanation":"IN FORM=\"through group of schoolchildren\""}
-{"Clue":"Give more energy to soldiers' attack (8)","Answer":"RECHARGE","Explanation":"RE (Royal Engineers=\"soldiers\") + CHARGE=\"attack\""}
-{"Clue":"Bad gag about a German getting past its best? (6)","Answer":"AGEING","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Bad\" of (gag), around EIN='a' in German"}
-{"Clue":"Throw person in charge a reptile (10)","Answer":"CHUCKWALLA","Explanation":"CHUCK=\"Throw\" + WALLA or 'wallah'=someone in charge of a particular duty"}
-{"Clue":"Main part of pencil? (4)","Answer":"LEAD","Explanation":"double definition: =\"Main\" as an adjective; and \"part of pencil\" as a noun"}
-{"Clue":"Dismantle reins restricting part of Rudolph? (6)","Answer":"ANTLER","Explanation":"hidden in Distm-ANTLE R-eins"}
-{"Clue":"Island in Atlantic, originally a British-run territory (8)","Answer":"RHODESIA","Explanation":"RHODES=\"Island\" + first letters of\/\"originally\" I-n A-tlantic"}
-{"Clue":"Impasse with lifeless hair (8)","Answer":"DEADLOCK","Explanation":"DEAD=\"lifeless\" + LOCK=\"hair\""}
-{"Clue":"Brand of British vessel (4)","Answer":"BURN","Explanation":"definition: burn e.g. with a branding iron\n \nB (British) + URN=\"vessel\""}
-{"Clue":"Plant covering base of wheel in vehicle (6)","Answer":"SLEDGE","Explanation":"SEDGE=\"Plant\" around end\/\"base\" of whee-L"}
-{"Clue":"Fish from river eaten by guest on rampage (8)","Answer":"STURGEON","Explanation":"R (river) inside anagram\/\"rampage\" of (guest on)"}
-{"Clue":"Medical problem damaged hearts without time to get suitable drug (10)","Answer":"HEATSTROKE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"damaged\" of (hearts)* around T (time); plus OK=\"suitable\" + E (ecstasy, \"drug\")"}
-{"Clue":"Chicken caught bird (6)","Answer":"CRAVEN","Explanation":"C (caught, cricket abbreviation) + RAVEN=\"bird\""}
-{"Clue":"Charon moved device for mooring his boat (6)","Answer":"ANCHOR","Explanation":"anagram\/\"moved\" of (Charon)"}
-{"Clue":"Disorganised male given tie (10)","Answer":"RAMSHACKLE","Explanation":"RAM=\"male\" + SHACKLE=\"tie\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of computer difficult to wear out (8)","Answer":"HARDWARE","Explanation":"HARD=\"difficult\" + anagram\/\"out\" of (wear)"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow endlessly challenging high ranking official (8)","Answer":"MANDARIN","Explanation":"MAN=\"Fellow\" + DARIN-g=\"endlessly challenging\""}
-{"Clue":"Stock of wine offered by merchant on the radio (6)","Answer":"CELLAR","Explanation":"homophone\/\"on the radio\" of 'seller'=\"merchant\""}
-{"Clue":"End of joke by old king's companion is a gas! (6)","Answer":"ETHANE","Explanation":"jok-E + THANE=title granted by a king=\"old king's companion\""}
-{"Clue":"American flag over old Spanish kingdom (6)","Answer":"ARAGON","Explanation":"A (American) + RAG=\"flag\" + ON=\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"What's left at the bottom of shelter close to Calais (4)","Answer":"LEES","Explanation":"LEE=\"shelter\" + [Calai]-S"}
-{"Clue":"Mature medic returned for last in series (5)","Answer":"OMEGA","Explanation":"definition: last letter of the Greek alphabet \nAGE=\"Mature\" + MO (medical officer); all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Eagle seen in sky holding, for instance, one flower (9)","Answer":"AQUILEGIA","Explanation":"AQUILA=Latin for \"Eagle\" and the name of a constellation (\"seen in sky\"); around E.G.=\"for instance\" + I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Art patron beset by defeats in final trials (4,5)","Answer":"BETA TESTS","Explanation":"Henry TATE =\"Art patron\"; inside BESTS=\"defeats\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of speech in dialect, old language (5)","Answer":"HINDI","Explanation":"hidden in \"speec-H IN DI-alect\""}
-{"Clue":"Expert in fix, under threat (7)","Answer":"MENACED","Explanation":"ACE=\"Expert\" in MEND=\"fix\""}
-{"Clue":"Bit of Greek text about a number of Brazilians (7)","Answer":"LAMBADA","Explanation":"definition: a Brazilian dance, \"number\" as in a dance \nLAMBDA the Greek letter, around A"}
-{"Clue":"Name held by tragic hero \u2014 it ends with delta (5)","Answer":"RHONE","Explanation":"the RHONE ends in a river delta where it flows into the Mediterranean \nN (Name) inside anagram\/\"tragic\" of (hero)"}
-{"Clue":"Extra piece the author put in letter, section of second letter or third (3)","Answer":"PSI","Explanation":"definition: a third [letter] in the context of the surface \nPS=postscript=\"Extra piece\u2026 put in letter\", with I=\"the author\"\n \n\"section of second letter\" \u2013 the letters PSI form a section of the Greek letter E-PSI-LON in the grid, with letters from 17ac and 20ac"}
-{"Clue":"Recluse's side-splitting joke (5)","Answer":"LONER","Explanation":"ONE=\"joke\", as in 'have you heard the one about\u2026', in the middle of L and R (splitting the Left and Right sides)"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of school mark covering reading and writing, perhaps (7)","Answer":"GRAMMAR","Explanation":"GAMMA the Greek letter (\"mark\" as in a symbol), around R (reading); then plus R (writing, perhaps) \u2013 as reading and writing are two parts of 'the three Rs'"}
-{"Clue":"Core point rejected in half of Greece (7)","Answer":"ESSENCE","Explanation":"NESS=\"point\" reversed\/\"rejected\" in half of [Gre]-ECE"}
-{"Clue":"Timeless part of flower as symbol of summer? (5)","Answer":"SIGMA","Explanation":"definition: \"summer\" as in someone doing 'sums' in maths, where sigma is used as notation for summation \na flower has a S-T-IGMA, minus the T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"A couple of characters put over edge about orator's tirade (9)","Answer":"PHILIPPIC","Explanation":"PHI and PI are a couple of Greek letters\/\"characters\"; around LIP=\"edge\"; plus C (circa, \"about\")"}
-{"Clue":"Draw representation of Athens in strange hue (9)","Answer":"UNSHEATHE","Explanation":"definition: \"Draw\" as in drawing a weapon from its sheath \nanagram\/\"representation\" of (Athens)*, inside anagram\/\"strange\" of (hue)"}
-{"Clue":"An annoying summer visitor's back in minimalist garment (5)","Answer":"TANGA","Explanation":"definition: a type of briefs or bikini bottoms \nA GNAT=\"An annoying summer visitor\", reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Grave situation as doc sees it (4)","Answer":"TOMB","Explanation":"TO=from the perspective of, as seen by; MB (Bachelor of Medicine, \"doc\")"}
-{"Clue":"Investigated and turned up modern colour, then old (4,4)","Answer":"WENT INTO","Explanation":"reversal\/\"turned up\" of NEW=\"modern\"; plus TINT=\"colour\" + O (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Tense, as is pupil in audition (4)","Answer":"TAUT","Explanation":"homophone\/\"in audition\" of 'taught'=\"as is pupil\""}
-{"Clue":"Didn't accept immature setter, say, since second editor intervenes (6,2)","Answer":"PASSED UP","Explanation":"PUP=\"immature setter, say\" with \"setter\" as the dog breed; around all of AS=\"since\" + S (second) + ED (editor)"}
-{"Clue":"Having cut off tails, has to dispose of shellfish (6)","Answer":"MUSSEL","Explanation":"MUS-T SEL-L=\"has to dispose of\", with the \"tails\" i.e. final letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Eg Ajax and Achilles, initially? (5,5)","Answer":"ALPHA MALES","Explanation":"the Greek heroes Ajax and Achilles would have their names spelled in Greek with an initial Alpha"}
-{"Clue":"Point in old article showing hidden motivation? (6)","Answer":"AGENDA","Explanation":"N (North, \"point\" of the compass) inside AGED=\"old\" + A=indefinite \"article\""}
-{"Clue":"Exhaust on one vehicle (4)","Answer":"TAXI","Explanation":"TAX=\"Exhaust\" + I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Lassie named in second paper or in short periodical (5)","Answer":"MORAG","Explanation":"two forms of wordplay: \n1) MO (moment, \"second\") + RAG=\"paper\"\n \n2) OR inside MAG=short for magazine=\"short periodical\""}
-{"Clue":"As specially ordered, make scarce culinary treats (5,5)","Answer":"CREAM CAKES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"As specially ordered\" of (make scarce)"}
-{"Clue":"Say OK \u2014 conclusion drawn from one such as Plato (5)","Answer":"AGREE","Explanation":"A GREE-k=\"one such as Plato\", with the \"conclusion\" or final letter removed"}
-{"Clue":"The speaker arranged time before last in series is listed (8)","Answer":"ITEMIZED","Explanation":"I=\"The speaker\" + anagram\/\"arranged\" of (time) + ZED=the letter 'z'=\"last in series\""}
-{"Clue":"Awful ninnies holding power \u2014 they fall dramatically (8)","Answer":"NINEPINS","Explanation":"definition: skittles used in bowling \nanagram\/\"Awful\" of (ninnies)*; around P (power)"}
-{"Clue":"Old merchant ship making ancient city before day's end (6)","Answer":"ARGOSY","Explanation":"ARGOS=\"ancient city\" + the end of da-Y"}
-{"Clue":"As expressed in Greek, unlimited fame (6)","Answer":"REPUTE","Explanation":"PUT=\"expressed\", inside [G]-REE-[k] \"unlimited\" i.e. removing the outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"Source of shots being set up in part of pub (4)","Answer":"SNUG","Explanation":"definition: a small room in a pub \nGUNS=\"Source of shots\", reversed\/\"set up\""}
-{"Clue":"Turn up first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps \u2014 it's very small (4)","Answer":"IOTA","Explanation":"reversal\/\"Turn up\" of A TO I (as in from letter A to letter I)=\"first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Letter containing a kind of tea (4)","Answer":"CHAI","Explanation":"CHI=Greek \"Letter\", around \"A\""}
-{"Clue":"City enthralled by playwright, Bunting (7)","Answer":"ORTOLAN","Explanation":"definition: the ortolan is a bird in the bunting family"}
-{"Clue":"Get prepared for publication of Model Scenery (7)","Answer":"TYPESET","Explanation":"TYPE=\"Model\" + SET=\"Scenery\" in theatre"}
-{"Clue":"Clock ready for money down (4,4)","Answer":"SPOT CASH","Explanation":"SPOT=\"Clock\" as in 'observe' or 'notice' + CASH=\"ready\" (slang, 'ready money')"}
-{"Clue":"On edge, having been removed from the bench? (9)","Answer":"UNSETTLED","Explanation":"cryptic reference to a SETTLE: a type of long high backed bench"}
-{"Clue":"Total being about four pence, finally (8)","Answer":"ENTIRETY","Explanation":"ENTITY=\"being\" around the final letters of fou-R and penc-E"}
-{"Clue":"Tropical aquatic plant's position (5)","Answer":"LOTUS","Explanation":"double definition: the plant, or a sitting pose used in yoga"}
-{"Clue":"Show off cr\u00eape, draped round figure (8)","Answer":"PRETENCE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"off\" of (crepe)*, around TEN=\"figure\"='number'"}
-{"Clue":"Non-civil English county about to be swept away by lake! (5)","Answer":"SURLY","Explanation":"SUR-RE-Y=\"English county\", with RE=\"about\" replaced by\/\"swept away by\" L for \"lake\""}
-{"Clue":"Heir hit gold (9)","Answer":"SUCCESSOR","Explanation":"SUCCESS=\"hit\" + OR=\"gold\" in heraldry"}
-{"Clue":"Place a stake by a road retreat (4,4)","Answer":"BACK AWAY","Explanation":"BACK e.g. a horse in a race=\"Place a stake\" + A WAY=\"a road\""}
-{"Clue":"Oil dissolved in low temperature state becomes a finely dispersed substance (7)","Answer":"COLLOID","Explanation":"anagram\/\"dissolved\" of (Oil)*, inside COLD=\"Low temperature state\""}
-{"Clue":"Tax haven short of capital \u2014 officer set upon (7)","Answer":"ASSAULT","Explanation":"N-ASSAU in the Bahamas=\"Tax haven\", without the capital N; plus LT (lieutenant, \"officer\")"}
-{"Clue":"Exploited by tennis player Chuck, given vaccination? (4,4)","Answer":"DROP SHOT","Explanation":"DROP=to abandon=\"Chuck\" + SHOT=\"vaccination\""}
-{"Clue":"French underground force formed by quasi-military leader (6)","Answer":"MAQUIS","Explanation":"definition: French resistance fighters during Nazi occupation\n \nanagram\/\"formed by\" (quasi m)*, where the 'm' is from \"m-ilitary leader\""}
-{"Clue":"City's ruination (it's old-fashioned) in a painful condition (8)","Answer":"CYSTITIS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"ruination\" of (City's)*, plus 'TIS=\"it's old-fashioned\""}
-{"Clue":"Mischief-maker shouted 'fruit tree' (6)","Answer":"MEDLAR","Explanation":"homophone\/\"shouted\" of 'meddler'=\"Mischief-maker\""}
-{"Clue":"Utter 'No more!' (4)","Answer":"DEAD","Explanation":"double definition: e.g. 'dead silence'='utter silence'; or no longer alive"}
-{"Clue":"It could accompany light stew? Sense otherwise (9)","Answer":"SWEETNESS","Explanation":"definition: 'sweetness and light' accompany each other in an idiomatic phrase\n \nanagram\/\"otherwise\" of (stew Sense)"}
-{"Clue":"Might have an obligation to reside in Puerto Rico (5)","Answer":"POWER","Explanation":"OWE=\"have an obligation\", inside PR (Puerto Rico)"}
-{"Clue":"Snappy as a game of cricket? (5)","Answer":"TESTY","Explanation":"reference to TEST matches of cricket, with a -Y suffix to make it an adjective"}
-{"Clue":"Hang on \u2014 One Direction's pants! (8)","Answer":"LINGERIE","Explanation":"LINGER=\"Hang on\" + I=\"one\" + E (East, \"Direction\")"}
-{"Clue":"Rye, perhaps, welcomes British intellectual (8)","Answer":"CEREBRAL","Explanation":"CEREAL=\"Rye, perhaps\", around BR (British)"}
-{"Clue":"Try to catch a fish, small fish with no head or tail (6)","Answer":"TICKLE","Explanation":"S-TICKLE-BACK=\"small fish\", minus the S=\"head\" letter and minus BACK=\"tail\""}
-{"Clue":"Force lock after first sign of sticking (6)","Answer":"STRESS","Explanation":"TRESS=\"lock\" of hair; after first letter of S-ticking"}
-{"Clue":"Quiet, reticent person has a change of heart (4)","Answer":"CALM","Explanation":"CLAM=\"reticent person\", with the middle letters or \"heart\" L and A exchanging positions"}
-{"Clue":"Plucky player has time to take in a measure of inflation (7)","Answer":"HARPIST","Explanation":"HAS + T (time), taking in RPI (Retail Price Index \u2013 it can be used to calculate inflation)"}
-{"Clue":"Show \u00a31 note in court (7)","Answer":"CONCERT","Explanation":"ONCER is slang for a \"\u00a31 note\", inside CT (court)"}
-{"Clue":"Scream at English nurse: 'Listen to folk here!' (10)","Answer":"HOOTENANNY","Explanation":"definition: a party where folk music can be heard\n \nHOOT=\"Scream\" + E (English) + NANNY=\"nurse\""}
-{"Clue":"Popular place to wed Irish artist (6)","Answer":"RENOIR","Explanation":"RENO is a US city and a \"Popular place to wed\", plus IR (Irish)"}
-{"Clue":"A cricket club about to expel individual based on hearing (8)","Answer":"ACOUSTIC","Explanation":"A + CC (cricket club) around OUST=\"expel\" + I=\"individual\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish worker hauls in one diamond (9)","Answer":"BRILLIANT","Explanation":"definition: 'brilliant' as a noun can mean a brilliant-cut diamond\n \nBRILL=\"Fish\" + ANT=\"worker\", around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Aching to retain a hundred notes (5)","Answer":"SCORE","Explanation":"definition: as in musical notes \/ musical score\n \nSORE=\"Aching\", around C (a hundred in Roman numerals)"}
-{"Clue":"Good eggs repelled cheat (5)","Answer":"STING","Explanation":"definition: 'sting' as a noun can mean a deception, or as a verb can mean to cheat\n \nG (Good) + NITS=\"eggs\"; all reversed\/repelled"}
-{"Clue":"A heavyweight boxer, extremely tidy, ignoring normal scales (9)","Answer":"ATONALITY","Explanation":"A + TON=\"heavy weight\" + Muhammad ALI=\"boxer\" + the extreme outer letters of T-id-Y"}
-{"Clue":"Greek goddess inspires a bar dance (8)","Answer":"HABANERA","Explanation":"HERA=\"Greek goddess\", around A + BAN=\"bar\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Complete one part of play about books (6)","Answer":"INTACT","Explanation":"I=\"one\" + ACT=\"part of play\"; both around NT (New Testament, \"books\")"}
-{"Clue":"Pianist father and daughter were backing runner (10)","Answer":"PADEREWSKI","Explanation":"PA=\"father\" + D (daughter) + WERE reversed\/\"backing\" + SKI=\"runner\""}
-{"Clue":"Lift to be arranged at end of dinner (1-3)","Answer":"TBAR","Explanation":"definition: a type of ski lift\n \nTBA (to be arranged) + end letter of dinne-R"}
-{"Clue":"Advocate getting shot of street obstacle (7)","Answer":"BARRIER","Explanation":"BARRI-st-ER=\"Advocate\", minus ST (street)"}
-{"Clue":"Musical theatre, at least initially (7)","Answer":"LYRICAL","Explanation":"the LYRIC theatre in London + initials of A-t L-east"}
-{"Clue":"A couple regularly query lay (7)","Answer":"AMATEUR","Explanation":"A + MATE=\"couple\" as a verb + regular letters from q-U-e-R-y"}
-{"Clue":"Spiritual number brings in a grand, perhaps (5)","Answer":"PIANO","Explanation":"PI (pious, \"Spiritual\") + NO (number); both around \"A\""}
-{"Clue":"On radio, avoids current lively pieces (7)","Answer":"SCHERZI","Explanation":"homophone\/\"On radio\" of 'skirts'=\"avoids\"; plus I=symbol for electrical \"current\""}
-{"Clue":"Spotted cat circle church group (6)","Answer":"OCELOT","Explanation":"O=\"circle\" + CE (Church of England) + LOT=\"group\""}
-{"Clue":"Highbrow Charlie Girl I visit briefly (9)","Answer":"CLASSICAL","Explanation":"C (Charlie, phonetic alphabet) + LASS=\"Girl\" + I + CAL-[L]=\"visit briefly\""}
-{"Clue":"Athlete swallows one more fluid (7)","Answer":"RUNNIER","Explanation":"RUNNER=\"Athlete\" around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Ladies and gents engage a new supporter to defend a barman (6,7)","Answer":"JOHANN STRAUSS","Explanation":"definition: as in bars of music\n \nJOHNS=toilets, \"Ladies and gents\", around A + N (new); plus TRUSS=\"supporter\" around \"A\""}
-{"Clue":"Attend new Hamlet, say, hosted by another mad royal (4,2,3)","Answer":"LEND AN EAR","Explanation":"N (new) + DANE=\"Hamlet, say\"; all inside King LEAR=\"another mad royal\""}
-{"Clue":"Refrain from painting over articles in Paris (3-2-2)","Answer":"TRA-LA-LA","Explanation":"ART=\"painting\" reversed\/\"over\", plus LA and LA: definite articles in French \/ in Paris"}
-{"Clue":"Top seed unwise to sacrifice length with racket (7)","Answer":"NOISILY","Explanation":"NO I=Number 1=\"Top Seed\" + SILLY=\"unwise\" minus one L (length)"}
-{"Clue":"Piece played staccato with no introduction (7)","Answer":"TOCCATA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"played\" of ([s]taccato)*, without the first letter\/\"introduction\""}
-{"Clue":"Home Counties guy across the Channel composed (6)","Answer":"SERENE","Explanation":"SE (the South East, \"Home Counties\") + RENE=Ren\u00e9=French name=\"guy across the Channel\""}
-{"Clue":"Bar last pair, voicing pique all at once (5)","Answer":"TUTTI","Explanation":"definition: musical instruction to play\/sing all together\n \nTUTTI-NG=\"voicing pique\", minus the \"last pair\" of letters"}
-{"Clue":"Apt reading Bond created (10,4)","Answer":"PADDINGTON BEAR","Explanation":"Michael Bond wrote the Paddington Bear stories\n \nanagram\/\"created\" from (Apt reading Bond)"}
-{"Clue":"Cooking range that's popular once more (5)","Answer":"AGAIN","Explanation":"AGA=brand of kitchen cooker=\"Cooking range\" + IN=\"popular\""}
-{"Clue":"Aleksandr, Sergei and Oleg are just pets, I hear (8)","Answer":"MEERKATS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"I hear\" of 'mere cats'=\"just pets\""}
-{"Clue":"Someone sure to succeed but isn't sharp (7)","Answer":"NATURAL","Explanation":"double definition: a natural talent; or a natural rather than sharp note in music"}
-{"Clue":"Cocktail attachment (7)","Answer":"SIDECAR","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Sub edited unfinished column (5)","Answer":"LOCUM","Explanation":"anagram\/\"edited\" of (colum [n])"}
-{"Clue":"Classmates or upper-class mates? (4,5)","Answer":"PEER GROUP","Explanation":"second more cryptic definition, referring to the peerage\/nobility"}
-{"Clue":"Wader changes colour (9)","Answer":"TURNSTONE","Explanation":"definition: a wading bird\n \nTURNS=\"changes\" + TONE=\"colour\""}
-{"Clue":"Earth and lime mixture providing resin (5)","Answer":"ELEMI","Explanation":"E (Earth) + anagram\/\"mixture\" of (lime)"}
-{"Clue":"Graceful and neat, oddly concealing limb (7)","Answer":"ELEGANT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"oddly\" of (neat)*, around LEG=\"limb\""}
-{"Clue":"Novice competitor (7)","Answer":"ENTRANT","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cook lining up initially one type of pasta (8)","Answer":"LINGUINI","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Cook\" of (lining u)*, using only the initial letter of u-p, plus I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Publicity for Farah? (5)","Answer":"PROMO","Explanation":"PRO=in favour of=\"for\" + MO Farah the runner"}
-{"Clue":"Self-centred response from Jill after fall (2,3,5,4)","Answer":"I\u2019M ALL RIGHT JACK","Explanation":"definition: an 'I'm all right Jack' attitude is a self-centred attitude\n \nreference to Jack and Jill as a pair from the nursery rhyme"}
-{"Clue":"All the cops in new uniform? Wrong! (5,7)","Answer":"PLAIN CLOTHES","Explanation":"definition: not in uniform\n \nanagram\/\"new\" of (All the cops in)"}
-{"Clue":"Outline for military service? (5)","Answer":"DRAFT","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Topless Italian has to tickle bottomless numskull (9)","Answer":"IGNORAMUS","Explanation":"s-IGNOR=\"Topless Italian\" + AMUS-e=\"tickle bottomless\""}
-{"Clue":"First of the girls with simply tailored tunic (7)","Answer":"GYMSLIP","Explanation":"G-irls + anagram\/\"tailored\" of (simply)"}
-{"Clue":"Work in a supervisory role, like a bishop? (7)","Answer":"OVERSEE","Explanation":"a bishop has authority OVER a SEE"}
-{"Clue":"It's terrible about half of lake having dried out (5)","Answer":"BAKED","Explanation":"BAD=\"terrible\" around half of la-KE"}
-{"Clue":"Take choir trip to Jerusalem, say (9)","Answer":"ARTICHOKE","Explanation":"the Jerusalem artichoke is a root vegetable\n \nanagram\/\"trip\" of (Take choir)"}
-{"Clue":"Brother who keeps mum (8,4)","Answer":"TRAPPIST MONK","Explanation":"cryptic definition with \"keeps mum\" meaning 'stays silent'"}
-{"Clue":"Medicare provision originally organised \u2014 it's now or never! (5,4)","Answer":"CARPE DIEM","Explanation":"anagram\/\"organised\" of (Medicare p), with the p coming from \"p-rovision originally\""}
-{"Clue":"Deteriorates, as a user may (4,2,3)","Answer":"GOES TO POT","Explanation":"a drug user may go to 'pot' as in marijuana"}
-{"Clue":"Isolated rock from Route 51 (7)","Answer":"OUTLIER","Explanation":"anagram from (Route LI)*, as LI is 51 in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Time for ironing? (7)","Answer":"EVENING","Explanation":"second more cryptic definition referring to ironing clothes to even\/smoothen them out"}
-{"Clue":"Backer on the Tube? (5)","Answer":"ANGEL","Explanation":"double definition: an angel investor; and the name of a London Underground station"}
-{"Clue":"Calls on head regularly for welcome (5)","Answer":"ALOHA","Explanation":"regular letters from c-A-l-L-s O-n H-e-A-d"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy Prussia suppressing a republic (6)","Answer":"CYPRUS","Explanation":"hidden\/suppressed within fan-CY PRUS-sia"}
-{"Clue":"Bachelor properly in cheerful mode (8)","Answer":"BRIGHTLY","Explanation":"B (Bachelor) + RIGHTLY=\"properly\""}
-{"Clue":"Flu panic disrupted a sporting event (3,5)","Answer":"CUP FINAL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"disrupted\" of (Flu panic)"}
-{"Clue":"Desperately hard up in seclusion (6)","Answer":"PURDAH","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Desperately\" of (hard up)"}
-{"Clue":"In part of church they are on the phone, talking (4)","Answer":"APSE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"talking\" of 'apps', which are on [smart]phones"}
-{"Clue":"Little picture hardly anyone looks at (5,5)","Answer":"SMALL PRINT","Explanation":"SMALL=\"Little\" + PRINT=\"picture\""}
-{"Clue":"Potato that is providing iron (6)","Answer":"MASHIE","Explanation":"definition: \"iron\" as in a type of golf club\n \nMASH=\"Potato\" + IE (i.e. = id est = \"that is\")"}
-{"Clue":"Charring and giving voice, full of energy (8)","Answer":"SINGEING","Explanation":"SINGING=\"giving voice\" around E (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Couched again, relax with a little toy bear (8)","Answer":"RESTATED","Explanation":"REST=\"relax\" + A + TED=\"little toy bear\""}
-{"Clue":"Caribbean food is fairly extensive (6)","Answer":"WIDISH","Explanation":"WI (West Indies, \"Caribbean\") + DISH=\"food\""}
-{"Clue":"As man, I pardon dreadfully histrionic woman (5,5)","Answer":"PRIMA DONNA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"dreadfully\" of (man I pardon)"}
-{"Clue":"A sound from chick, look! (4)","Answer":"PEEP","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Grain: grind it, I say (6)","Answer":"MILLET","Explanation":"homophone\/\"I say\" of 'mill it'=\"grind it\""}
-{"Clue":"Minister's job can be dispiriting (8)","Answer":"EXORCISM","Explanation":"cryptic definition \u2013 referring to a church minister and casting out demons\/spirits"}
-{"Clue":"Finally overcome resistance to dress in feathers? (4,4)","Answer":"WEAR DOWN","Explanation":"WEAR DOWN can also be read to mean \"dress in feathers\""}
-{"Clue":"Object to being made to go again (6)","Answer":"RESENT","Explanation":"or RE-SENT = sent again = \"made to go again\""}
-{"Clue":"Excited compiler: you earn invitation for the night (4,5,2,4)","Answer":"YOUR PLACE OR MINE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Excited\" of (compiler you earn)"}
-{"Clue":"Give new impetus to whistle-blower concerning silence (7)","Answer":"REFRESH","Explanation":"REF (sports referee, \"whistle-blower\") + RE=about=\"concerning\" + SH='silence!'"}
-{"Clue":"No longer with it perhaps, using broken sentences (9)","Answer":"SENESCENT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"broken\" of (sentences)"}
-{"Clue":"Dodgy banks covering a large part of Europe (7)","Answer":"BALKANS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Dodgy\" of (banks)*; around A + L (large)"}
-{"Clue":"Urge on a naughty child, another one not following (5)","Answer":"IMPEL","Explanation":"IMP=\"naughty child\" + EL-f=\"another [naughty child]\" without the 'f' for \"following\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish eggs exhausted oarsmen said to have enjoyed (4,3)","Answer":"HARD ROE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"said\" of 'hard row', something exhausted oarsmen may have enjoyed"}
-{"Clue":"Discover diary not so full? Don't repeat that mistake (5,4,6)","Answer":"LEARN ONE\u2019S LESSON","Explanation":"could also be read as 'learn one's [one has] less on'=\"Discover diary not so full\""}
-{"Clue":"Tony's project Hercules might not have welcomed? (3,6)","Answer":"NEW LABOUR","Explanation":"referring to Tony Blair and New Labour; and the story of Hercules who already had 12 Labours to complete"}
-{"Clue":"Circus artiste that can hold her drink? (7)","Answer":"TUMBLER","Explanation":"double definition: an acrobatic tumbler, or a drinking glass"}
-{"Clue":"Filth one suffers in prison (7)","Answer":"DUNGEON","Explanation":"DUNG=\"Filth\" + anagram\/\"suffers\" of (one)"}
-{"Clue":"Removes old Scots in shows (7)","Answer":"DEPICTS","Explanation":"or DE-PICTS: DE- as a prefix indicating removal, and PICTS as in the tribes of Celtic people"}
-{"Clue":"Do out in full, as before (5)","Answer":"DITTO","Explanation":"DITTO can be abbreviated to \"Do\", so \"Do [written] out in full\" can give DITTO"}
-{"Clue":"River flowing through scrubland where fire started (6)","Answer":"HEARTH","Explanation":"R (river) inside HEATH=\"scrubland\""}
-{"Clue":"Limited clothing for which most of naked crew laboured (8)","Answer":"NECKWEAR","Explanation":"definition: \"Limited\" as in 'only covering part of the body', I think \nanagram\/\"laboured\" of (nake[d] crew)"}
-{"Clue":"Famous Egyptian bottles light brown in colour (5)","Answer":"MOUSE","Explanation":"hidden in fa-MOUS E-gyptian"}
-{"Clue":"'Wrecked boat at sea' framed by artist retrospectively (9)","Answer":"SABOTAGED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"at sea\" of (boat)*, inside DEGAS=\"artist\" reversed\/\"retrospectively\""}
-{"Clue":"Leaves for meal here, as char\u00adacters from Dallas bow out (5,4)","Answer":"SALAD BOWL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"characters [i.e. letters]\u2026 out\" of (Dallas bow)"}
-{"Clue":"Queen admitting age retired to women's quarters (5)","Answer":"HAREM","Explanation":"HM (Her Majesty) around ERA=\"age\" reversed\/\"retired\""}
-{"Clue":"Complex machinery caught nation's port out (12)","Answer":"CONTRAPTIONS","Explanation":"C (caught, cricket abbreviation) + anagram\/\"out\" of (nation's port)"}
-{"Clue":"Utilise flexible measures to gain one's ends? (4,3,5)","Answer":"BEND THE RULES","Explanation":"I think this is a cryptic definition, with \"flexible\" hinting at bending, and RULES\/rulers as in measuring tools or \"measures\" \nnot sure if there is more wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Picasso's mate previously netting l million in recession (5)","Answer":"AMIGO","Explanation":"I think there is a typo here \u2013 'l' (lower case 'L') instead of 1 (one) \ndefinition: Spanish for 'friend' \/ \"mate\"\n \nAGO=\"previously\", around I + M (million) reversed\/\"in recession\""}
-{"Clue":"The authorities collaring lawyer on Calais street wish they hadn't (3,3,3)","Answer":"RUE THE DAY","Explanation":"THEY=\"The authorities\" around DA (district attorney, \"lawyer\"); after RUE=\"street\" in French \/ in Calais"}
-{"Clue":"Approaching insolvency: the result of breast reduction op? (5,4)","Answer":"GOING BUST","Explanation":"a breast reduction would lead to one's BUST getting smaller \/ GOING"}
-{"Clue":"Nutmeg's morning reflection on uniform flavour in food (5)","Answer":"UMAMI","Explanation":"I'M=\"Nutmeg's\" + AM (morning) all reversed\/\"reflection\"; after U (uniform)"}
-{"Clue":"Friendly boss recited contra\u00addictory verse (8)","Answer":"PALINODE","Explanation":"definition: a poem where the author retracts a previous sentiment \nhomophone\/\"recited\" of 'pally node'=\"Friendly boss\" \u2013 'node' and 'boss' can both refer to a knob or lump"}
-{"Clue":"Shanty sung by sailor not having good time? (6)","Answer":"SEASON","Explanation":"SEA SON-G=\"Shanty sung by sailor\", minus G (good)"}
-{"Clue":"In under par, but missing one's original place (8)","Answer":"HOMESICK","Explanation":"HOME=\"In\" + SICK=\"under par\""}
-{"Clue":"Queue behind a Parisian who's hooked (8)","Answer":"AQUILINE","Explanation":"definition: hooked like an eagle's beak \nLINE=\"Queue\", after A + QUI=French\/Parisian for \"who\""}
-{"Clue":"Be inclined to stifle Republican's rage (5)","Answer":"TREND","Explanation":"TEND=\"Be inclined\" around R (Republican)"}
-{"Clue":"Trimming faulty tile with NHS emblem (13)","Answer":"EMBELLISHMENT","Explanation":"definition: \"Trimming\" as a noun, as in 'with all the trimmings' \nanagram\/\"faulty\" of (tile NHS emblem)"}
-{"Clue":"Where Cook encountered queen's WWI recruiting officer? (9)","Answer":"KITCHENER","Explanation":"definition: reference to Lord Kitchener who appeared on this poster \nKITCHEN=\"Where Cook encountered\" + ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen)"}
-{"Clue":"Ring engineer up in terminus (6)","Answer":"ENGIRD","Explanation":"RIG=\"engineer\" reversed\/\"up\" in END=\"terminus\""}
-{"Clue":"Design a modern detailed cover for detection gear (6)","Answer":"RADOME","Explanation":"definition: a cover for radar equipment \nanagram\/\"Design\" of (a moder[n])*, with \"de-tailed\" indicating removal of the last letter from moder-n"}
-{"Clue":"Gave away drinks for all, having sought best price (7,6)","Answer":"SHOPPED AROUND","Explanation":"SHOPPED=\"Gave away\" + A ROUND=\"drinks for all\" \nto 'shop' can mean to 'betray' or 'inform on', i.e. 'give away' secrets or 'give [someone] away'"}
-{"Clue":"Instrument anxious gardener carries round (4,5)","Answer":"REED ORGAN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"anxious\" of (gardener)*, around O=\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Joyful kids put these on to celebrate (4,4)","Answer":"GLAD RAGS","Explanation":"GLAD=\"Joyful\"; plus RAGS=\"kids\" as verbs meaning 'teases' \/ 'makes fun'"}
-{"Clue":"Beast set up insubstantial northern empire of old (8)","Answer":"ASSYRIAN","Explanation":"ASS=\"Beast\" + reversal\/\"set up\" of AIRY=\"insubstantial\" + N (northern)"}
-{"Clue":"Obsession to finish call (4-2)","Answer":"HANG-UP","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Prominent ornament I put in last (6)","Answer":"FINIAL","Explanation":"definition: an ornament at the top of a spire \nI inside FINAL=\"last\""}
-{"Clue":"Stockings plugged by posh fashion company (5)","Answer":"HOUSE","Explanation":"HOSE=\"Stockings\" around U=\"posh\""}
-{"Clue":"Don't split small dead plant (7)","Answer":"HOGWEED","Explanation":"HOG=keep for yourself=don't share\/split with others + WEE=\"small\" + D (dead)"}
-{"Clue":"Removing wrappers to use gas oven, Lloyd prepared food (7)","Answer":"SAVELOY","Explanation":"reference to Harold Lloyd \nouter letters\/\"wrappers\" removed from u-**S**-e g-**A**-s o-**VE**-n L-**LOY**-d"}
-{"Clue":"Keystone Cops' initial material, worth mining (4)","Answer":"CORE","Explanation":"reference to Keystone Cops \nC-ops + ORE=\"material worth mining\""}
-{"Clue":"Director mistakenly cut Roach's last saloon number in storage on farm (5,4)","Answer":"DUTCH BARN","Explanation":"reference to Hal Roach , founder of Hal Roach Studios \nD (Director) + anagram\/\"mistakenly\" of (cut)* + roac-H + BAR=\"saloon\" + N (number)"}
-{"Clue":"Keep out of steep enclosure for entry to barbican (5)","Answer":"DEBAR","Explanation":"DEAR=\"steep\" (as in high prices), around first letter\/\"entry\" of B-arbican"}
-{"Clue":"In every other Sennett reel, artist begs (8)","Answer":"ENTREATS","Explanation":"reference to ~~Mark~~ *Mack *Sennett , founder of Keystone Studios \u2013 *thanks to Hornbeam and drofle for pointing out my typo* \nevery other letter from s-**E**-n-**N**-e-**T**-t **R**-e-**E**-l **A**-r-**T**-i-**S**-t"}
-{"Clue":"Clamour for return of Fatty Arbuckle in small part (4)","Answer":"BRAY","Explanation":"reference to Roscoe Arbuckle \nreversed\/\"return\" and hidden\/\"in small part\" inside Fatt-**Y ARB**-uckle"}
-{"Clue":"Poach cycling ducks (5)","Answer":"TEALS","Explanation":"definition: a type of duck, as in the bird \n(steal)*, with steal=\"Poach\"\n \n\"cycling\" here may indicate a specific type of anagram, with the letters remaining 'in order' and the first letter moving to the end"}
-{"Clue":"He went from Italy to America by scooter to join fashion house, squandering silver (8)","Answer":"VESPUCCI","Explanation":"definition: Amerigo VESPUCCI \nVESP-A=\"Scooter\" + G-UCCI=\"fashion house\", minus the AG (chemical symbol for \"silver\")"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's following silent film, a universal horror (5)","Answer":"MUMMY","Explanation":"definition: *The Mummy * was a 1999 film released by Universal Pictures \nMY=\"Boatman's\", after MUM=\"silent\""}
-{"Clue":"Drunken parties with pineapple and edam starters as canap\u00e9 (9)","Answer":"APPETISER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Drunken\" of (parties p e)*, including the starting letters from P-ineapple and E-dam"}
-{"Clue":"Normand \u2014 one in supporting role as a rule (8)","Answer":"NORMALLY","Explanation":"reference to Mabel Normand \n*Thanks to AlanC + George+K*: \"Normand\" becomes 'Norm \/ and', so NORM and ALLY=\"one in supporting role\"\n \n~~NORM (short for Normand) + ALLY=\"one in supporting role\"~~"}
-{"Clue":"Athletic Chaplin for head of Disney! (7)","Answer":"LINFORD","Explanation":"reference to Charlie Chaplin \nLIN + FOR + D-isney"}
-{"Clue":"Clap Purviance, unevenly acting like a goat (7)","Answer":"CAPRINE","Explanation":"reference to Edna Purviance \n\"unevenly\" => removing the even letters from **C**-l-**A**-p **P**-u-**R**-v-**I**-a-**N**-c-**E"}
-{"Clue":"Dance seen in pantomime Our Gang orchestrated originally (4)","Answer":"POGO","Explanation":"reference to the Our Gang films by Hal Roach \ndefinition: a dance involving jumping up and down (as if using a pogo stick)\n \nfirst letters of\/\"originally\": P-antomime O-ur G-ang O-rchestrated"}
-{"Clue":"Was absent, yet recast? Not Stan Laurel (5,3)","Answer":"SWEET BAY","Explanation":"reference (and in 3dn) to Laurel and Hardy who worked with Hal Roach Studios \ndefinition: a type of laurel tree\n \nanagram\/\"recast\" of (Was absent yet)*, minus the letters of \"Stan\""}
-{"Clue":"Communist trap? On the contrary, not Hardy (6)","Answer":"TENDER","Explanation":"RED=\"Communist\" + NET=\"trap\", all reversed\/\"On the contrary\""}
-{"Clue":"Hapless Chase met agents to make cuts (8)","Answer":"MACHETES","Explanation":"reference to Charley Chase who worked with Hal Roach Studios \nanagram\/\"Hapless\" of (Chase met)"}
-{"Clue":"Buster Keaton missing on second shooting of scene! (6)","Answer":"RETAKE","Explanation":"reference to Buster Keaton \n\"Buster\" is split into \"Bust \/ er\", leading to an anagram\/\"Bust\" of (er Keaton)*, minus \"on\""}
-{"Clue":"Funny film shortened \u2014 would be, too, if the ending was cut (4)","Answer":"TOON","Explanation":"definition: shortened form of 'cartoon' \nif the ending of TOO-N was cut, it \"would be TOO\""}
-{"Clue":"For some, WC Fields blowing his top with hate is outrageous (3,6)","Answer":"THE LADIES","Explanation":"reference to WC Fields \ndefinition: WC as in toilets\n \nF-ields, minus the top\/first letter, plus \"hate\", going into an anagram\/\"outrageous\" (ields hate)"}
-{"Clue":"Langdon's heart captured by desperate lament (5)","Answer":"DIRGE","Explanation":"reference to Harry Langdon \nheart\/central letter of lan-G-don, inside DIRE=\"desperate\""}
-{"Clue":"Quite forgetting to count (5)","Answer":"TALLY","Explanation":"'to-TALLY'=\"Quite\", minus \"to\""}
-{"Clue":"Silent comic ain't curt (8)","Answer":"TACITURN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"comic\" of (ain't curt)"}
-{"Clue":"Clue to warming together (3,2,3)","Answer":"ARM IN ARM","Explanation":"'Arm in arm' in a crossword clue could indicate ARM inside WING, giving \"warming\""}
-{"Clue":"Old Russian clown is said to die (3,3)","Answer":"POP OFF","Explanation":"homophone\/\"said\" of 'Popov' \u2013 as in Oleg Popov"}
-{"Clue":"Coarse grass laid down and shooting up (6)","Answer":"MARRAM","Explanation":"not sure about the wordplay here \u2013 is it just describing MARRAM as a palindrome, reading the same whether 'down' or 'up'?"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman has appeal but not much (1,3)","Answer":"A BIT","Explanation":"AB (able seaman, \"Boatman\") + IT=[sex] \"appeal\""}
-{"Clue":"Garvin finally accepted in routine, the smallest of the brood (4)","Answer":"RUNT","Explanation":"reference to Anita Garvin who worked with Hal Roach Studios \ngarvi-N inside RUT=\"routine\""}
-{"Clue":"Cheer when money added to contract \u2026 (6)","Answer":"PLEASE","Explanation":"definition: to please someone \/ to give them cheer \nP (pence, \"money\") + LEASE=\"contract\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 that's out dreaming? (6)","Answer":"ASLEEP","Explanation":"'\u2026that' refers back to the answer to the previous clue, PLEASE \n\"out\" indicates an anagram (PLEASE)"}
-{"Clue":"Furious pace with pilot flying with the speed of light (10)","Answer":"APOPLECTIC","Explanation":"anagram\/\"flying\" of (pace pilot)*; plus C=\"the speed of light\""}
-{"Clue":"A very suspicious type arriving in bearer of gifts: no 26 \u2014 this with 26? (6,7,4)","Answer":"SAVING PRIVATE RYAN","Explanation":"one of the films with T[om] HANKS \nA + V (very) + anagram\/\"suspicious\" of (type arriving)*; all inside SAN-TA=\"bearer of gifts', but with \"no\" TA as 'ta'=THANKS=\"26\u2033"}
-{"Clue":"Stage empty, this with 26? (4,4)","Answer":"CAST AWAY","Explanation":"another T[om] HANKS film \na theatre stage might be empty when the CAST is AWAY"}
-{"Clue":"It's sweet with celery and gin in a salad (9)","Answer":"GLYCERINE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"in a salad\" of (celery gin)"}
-{"Clue":"CIA feels prepared where all evidence is gathered? (4,4)","Answer":"CASE FILE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"prepared\" of (CIA feels)"}
-{"Clue":"Overcharge for it, free plastic (9)","Answer":"PROFITEER","Explanation":"PRO=\"for\" + anagram\/\"plastic\" of (it free)* \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to Shirl"}
-{"Clue":"This with 26? A film criminal (8)","Answer":"BIGAMIST","Explanation":"BIG is a T[om] HANKS film + A + MIST=a thin layer=\"film\""}
-{"Clue":"Teacher content in the end, is one good at multiplication? (6)","Answer":"RABBIT","Explanation":"definition: multiplication as in sexual reproduction \nRABBI=\"Teacher\" + conten-T"}
-{"Clue":"One's never even right in head after left in agony (10)","Answer":"PALINDROME","Explanation":"definition: \"never even\" is a PALINDROME \nR (right) in DOME=\"head\" after L (left) in PAIN=\"agony\""}
-{"Clue":"You shouldn't have filled vessels with gas (6)","Answer":"THANKS","Explanation":"TANKS=\"vessels\" filled with H (hydrogen \"gas\")"}
-{"Clue":"Drive home last of nails on lock (6)","Answer":"STRESS","Explanation":"definition: \"Drive home\" as in 'emphasise' \nnail-S plus TRESS=\"lock\" of hair"}
-{"Clue":"Reversal of rule brought into play changed system for online subscribers (7)","Answer":"PAYWALL","Explanation":"reversal of LAW=\"rule\" inside anagram\/\"changed\" of (play)"}
-{"Clue":"Discontent as 9 rocks catching head of umpire (5)","Answer":"ENNUI","Explanation":"anagram\/\"rocks\" of (nine)* around U-mpire"}
-{"Clue":"Reel showing lead in Garbo embraced by old-timer (7)","Answer":"STAGGER","Explanation":"G-arbo in STAGER=an 'old hand' at something"}
-{"Clue":"Sensation, this with 26? (6)","Answer":"SPLASH","Explanation":"to make a SPLASH \/ cause a sensation; and another T[om] HANKS film"}
-{"Clue":"Use a rich kind of Merlot ultimately \u2014 when bread is served? (9)","Answer":"EUCHARIST","Explanation":"anagram\/\"kind of\" of (Use a rich)* + merlo-T"}
-{"Clue":"Close thought with money helping to support criminal (13)","Answer":"CONCENTRATION","Explanation":"CENT=\"money\" + RATION=a \"helping\"; after CON=convict=\"criminal\""}
-{"Clue":"Country in Chad regularly chasing leading actor (5,4)","Answer":"COSTA RICA","Explanation":"regular letters from **I**-n **C**-h-**A**-d, after CO-STAR=\"leading actor\""}
-{"Clue":"Images in online gallery showing sauce guzzled by bear (4,3)","Answer":"CLIP ART","Explanation":"LIP=insolence=\"sauce\" inside CART=carry=\"bear\""}
-{"Clue":"Saying something dense, common sense half gone, this with 26? (7,4)","Answer":"FORREST GUMP","Explanation":"another T[om] HANKS film \nhomophone\/\"saying\" of 'forest'=\"something dense\" + GUMP-tion=\"common sense half gone\""}
-{"Clue":"Set up trap in matching puzzles (7)","Answer":"ENIGMAS","Explanation":"reversal\/\"Set up\" of: GIN=\"trap\" in SAME=\"matching\""}
-{"Clue":"Antelope children lifted up (3-3)","Answer":"DIK-DIK","Explanation":"KID and KID=\"children\" reversed\/\"lifted up\""}
-{"Clue":"Caller has prisoner finally freed from nick (5)","Answer":"BUGLE","Explanation":"prisone-R removed from BU-R-GLE=\"nick\""}
-{"Clue":"Doctor can predict one will be clumsy (8-5)","Answer":"ACCIDENT PRONE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Doctor\" of (can predict one)"}
-{"Clue":"Carpet salesman also on edge (9)","Answer":"REPRIMAND","Explanation":"REP=\"salesman\", plus AND=\"also\" after RIM=\"edge\""}
-{"Clue":"Try to persuade some regular guests (5)","Answer":"ARGUE","Explanation":"hidden\/\"some\" in regul-AR GUE-sts"}
-{"Clue":"Honour a team's first principle (5)","Answer":"AXIOM","Explanation":"OM (Order of Merit, \"Honour\"); with A XI (a team of eleven) going first"}
-{"Clue":"Friend not in the church for pseudoscience (9)","Answer":"PALMISTRY","Explanation":"PAL=\"Friend\", plus M-in-ISTRY=\"the church\" without \"in\""}
-{"Clue":"Ignorant French article precedes a fight with Europe (7)","Answer":"UNAWARE","Explanation":"UN=\"French [indefinite] article\" + A WAR=\"a fight\" + E (Europe)"}
-{"Clue":"Another hearing actual TARDIS oddly stopping (7)","Answer":"RETRIAL","Explanation":"REAL=\"actual\", with odd letters from **T**-a-**R**-d-**I**-s inside"}
-{"Clue":"Naked celeb acted, discovered by director and chosen (7)","Answer":"ELECTED","Explanation":"c-ELE-b \"Naked\" without its outer letters; a-CTE-d similarly \"dis-covered\"; plus D (director)"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk chose to drink lager at first (7)","Answer":"PICKLED","Explanation":"PICKED=\"chose\" around L-ager"}
-{"Clue":"Mostly pack rupees after liquidating capital (5,4)","Answer":"UPPER CASE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"after liquidating\" of (pac[k] rupees)"}
-{"Clue":"Smell carrion meat every now and then (5)","Answer":"AROMA","Explanation":"every other letter from c-**A**-r-**R**-i-**O**-n **M**-e-**A**-t"}
-{"Clue":"Volunteers guarding inter\u00adnational artist's jewellery (5)","Answer":"TIARA","Explanation":"TA (Territorial Army, \"Volunteers\"); around I (international); plus RA (Royal Academician, \"artist\")"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier with drug amongst 11 raving \u2014 forging bond (9)","Answer":"GUARANTEE","Explanation":"ANT=\"Soldier\" + E (ecstasy, \"drug\"); all inside anagram\/\"raving\" of 11ac (ARGUE)"}
-{"Clue":"Meter is broken, coming outside to get plug (13)","Answer":"ADVERTISEMENT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"broken\" of (Meter is)*; with ADVENT=\"coming\" outside"}
-{"Clue":"Top theatre's first Evita cast to mesmerise (9)","Answer":"CAPTIVATE","Explanation":"CAP=\"Top\" + T-heatre + anagram\/\"cast\" of (Evita)"}
-{"Clue":"Emu I lift from the bottom entertains hip insider? (5)","Answer":"ILIUM","Explanation":"definition: part of the hip bone \nhidden reversed inside e-**MU I LI**-ft"}
-{"Clue":"Test disheartened pupil before English lesson (7)","Answer":"EXAMPLE","Explanation":"EXAM=\"Test\" + disheartened P-upi-L + E (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Small catch when man working on the house accepts direct debit (7)","Answer":"TIDDLER","Explanation":"TILER=\"man working on the house\" around DD (direct debit)"}
-{"Clue":"Sensible king swaps sides first, I see (9)","Answer":"REALISTIC","Explanation":"King LEAR, swapping sides L (left) for R (right); plus IST=1st=\"first\" + IC=\"I see\" in textspeak"}
-{"Clue":"Evening things out, removing wrinkles at last (5)","Answer":"NIGHT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"out\" of (thing-s)* without the last of wrinkle-s"}
-{"Clue":"Half-heartedly encourage hard nut, struggling during extremely tedious valuable pursuits? (8,5)","Answer":"TREASURE HUNTS","Explanation":"REAS-s-URE=\"Half-heartedly encourage\" + H (hard) + anagram\/\"struggling\" of (nut)*; all inside extremes of T-ediou-S"}
-{"Clue":"Material for the Guardian, as per PA? (8,5)","Answer":"RECYCLED PAPER","Explanation":"in a crossword, RECYCLED PAPER could indicate an anagram of (paper)*, giving \"per PA\" ~~\"as per\"~~\u00a0*edit thanks to Kurukveera"}
-{"Clue":"After reshuffle, Attlee ran for deputy (9)","Answer":"ALTERNATE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"After reshuffle\"; of (Attlee ran)"}
-{"Clue":"Stolen? I'll walk clear of all charges arising (3-6)","Answer":"ILL-GOTTEN","Explanation":"I'LL GO=\"I'll walk\" + reversal\/\"arising\" of NETT=\"clear of all charges\" as in net\/nett profits"}
-{"Clue":"Drink's rough, reportedly (7)","Answer":"DRAUGHT","Explanation":"homophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'draft'=\"rough\""}
-{"Clue":"Houses preferred by sailors (7)","Answer":"PREFABS","Explanation":"PREF (preferred) + ABs=\"sailors\""}
-{"Clue":"Phone up after pressure is checked (5)","Answer":"PLAID","Explanation":"definition: with a check pattern \nDIAL=\"Phone\" reversed\/\"up\"; after P (pressure)"}
-{"Clue":"Panic room beneath sadly unfinished (5)","Answer":"ALARM","Explanation":"RM (room), after ALA-s=\"sadly unfinished\""}
-{"Clue":"Sound out group retreats for the famous (6)","Answer":"CELEBS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Sound out\" of 'cell ebbs'=\"group retreats\""}
-{"Clue":"Cats without a skin retreating inside, where they're never seen (6)","Answer":"CRUFTS","Explanation":"definition: Crufts is a dog show\n \nC-a-TS without \"a\"; and with FUR=\"skin\" reversed\/\"retreating\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Just downplay occasional absences (4)","Answer":"ONLY","Explanation":"d-O-w-N-p-L-a-Y with occasional letters absent"}
-{"Clue":"Incurred expenditure on behalf of church that's no longer influential (5,5)","Answer":"SPENT FORCE","Explanation":"SPENT FOR CE (Church of England)=\"Incurred expenditure on behalf of church\""}
-{"Clue":"Guide plays her party piece (6)","Answer":"SHERPA","Explanation":"hidden in\/a \"piece\" of play-S HER PA-rty"}
-{"Clue":"Socratic version of what 16 across is (8)","Answer":"ACROSTIC","Explanation":"16 across is an ACROSTIC \u2013 it uses first letters of words to make another word\n \nanagram\/\"version\" of (Socratic)"}
-{"Clue":"Fantastic price made one want to do it now (5,4)","Answer":"CARPE DIEM","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Fantastic\" of (price made)"}
-{"Clue":"Raised stink with US Republicans taking North back (4)","Answer":"PONG","Explanation":"GOP (Grand Old Party, \"US Republicans\") taking in N (North), and all reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Foremost of keen investors exploiting venture capital (4)","Answer":"KIEV","Explanation":"first letters of K-een I-nvestors E-xploiting V-enture"}
-{"Clue":"By embracing life at sea, it doesn't seem as long! (4,5)","Answer":"TIME FLIES","Explanation":"TIMES=\"By\" as in 'three by four is twelve'; around anagram\/\"at sea\" of (life)"}
-{"Clue":"Not recognising central unit's position during trade (2,6)","Answer":"IN DENIAL","Explanation":"the centre of u-NI-t, inside IN DEAL=\"during trade\""}
-{"Clue":"Complete brief for substitute (4,2)","Answer":"FILL IN","Explanation":"triple definition: to complete as in 'fill in a form'; to brief as in 'fill me in on the details'; to substitute as in 'fill in for someone else'"}
-{"Clue":"Uses the mic flexibly to provide record of score (5,5)","Answer":"SHEET MUSIC","Explanation":"anagram\/\"flexibly\" of (Uses the mic)"}
-{"Clue":"Judges, for example, to me must be united (4)","Answer":"BOOK","Explanation":"definition: Judges is a book of the Bible\n \nuniting 'to me' gives **tome** i.e. a BOOK"}
-{"Clue":"Plain case has lost ivory top (6)","Answer":"PATENT","Explanation":"definition: PATENT as an adjective meaning 'obvious'\n \nPAT-i-ENT=\"case\", losing the top letter of i-vory"}
-{"Clue":"Legendary lover admitted dealing in drugs (6)","Answer":"ISOLDE","Explanation":"I SOLD E (ecstasy) could be an admission of drug dealing"}
-{"Clue":"Woman set off in yacht (7)","Answer":"CYNTHIA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"set off\" of (in yacht)"}
-{"Clue":"Bet against queen making film (5)","Answer":"LAYER","Explanation":"definition: \"film\" as in a thin layer covering a surface\n \nLAY=\"Bet against\" ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen\")"}
-{"Clue":"Scoundrel creates wicked home for liberal arts (7)","Answer":"BASTARD","Explanation":"BAD=\"wicked\" around anagram\/\"liberal\" of (arts)"}
-{"Clue":"Slow down \u2014 consider putting in time for golf (6)","Answer":"RETARD","Explanation":"RE-g-ARD=\"consider\", with T (time) replacing G (Golf, NATO alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Pays for machine to make furniture (9)","Answer":"FOOTSTOOL","Explanation":"FOOTS=\"Pays for\" + TOOL=\"machine\""}
-{"Clue":"Material building up as temperature drops (7)","Answer":"SACKING","Explanation":"S-t-ACKING=\"building up\" with T (temperature) dropping out"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor made realities go away (13)","Answer":"DEMATERIALISE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Doctor\" of (made realities)"}
-{"Clue":"Pressure to withdraw conserv\u00adationists? It's happened before (9)","Answer":"PRECEDENT","Explanation":"P (Pressure) + RECEDE=\"withdraw\" + NT (National Trust, conservationists)"}
-{"Clue":"Monarchy lacks good family relations (7)","Answer":"KINSHIP","Explanation":"KIN-g-SHIP=\"Monarchy\", minus g (good)"}
-{"Clue":"Film tricks that capture the sound of fox dispatching duck (7)","Answer":"EFFECTS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"the sound of\" FX, which is F-o-X minus O=\"duck\" (a score of zero in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Record that is covering turf event (7)","Answer":"EPISODE","Explanation":"EP (Extended Play, \"Record\") + I.E. (id est, \"that is\") around SOD=\"turf\""}
-{"Clue":"Can staff have character that's heartless? (3,3)","Answer":"TIN MAN","Explanation":"definition: character from The Wizard of Oz\n \nTIN=\"Can\" + MAN=\"Staff\""}
-{"Clue":"Identify first murder victim found by lake (5)","Answer":"LABEL","Explanation":"in the Bible Cain slew ABEL=\"first murder victim\"; after L (lake)"}
-{"Clue":"The fellow with right awkward clues \u2014 a labouring individual (8)","Answer":"HERCULES","Explanation":"reference to the Labours of Hercules \nHE=\"The fellow\" + R (right) + anagram\/\"awkward\" of (clues)"}
-{"Clue":"Passages in ancient Greek city by lake (6)","Answer":"LARGOS","Explanation":"definition: passages of music \nARGOS=\"ancient Greek city\"; after L (lake)"}
-{"Clue":"In storm secure a support (8)","Answer":"BALUSTER","Explanation":"BLUSTER=\"storm\" around \"A\""}
-{"Clue":"Good entertainer, American guy who gets in the spirit? The opposite! (11)","Answer":"GHOSTBUSTER","Explanation":"definition: someone who 'gets the spirit out' rather than 'gets in the spirit' \nG (Good) + HOST=\"entertainer\" + BUSTER=\"American [word for] guy\""}
-{"Clue":"Villainous knight brings extra fear, we hear (7)","Answer":"MORDRED","Explanation":"definition: a villain in Arthurian legend \nhomophone\/\"we hear\" of 'more dread'=\"extra fear\""}
-{"Clue":"Plan once again coming from socialist platform? (7)","Answer":"REDRAFT","Explanation":"RED=\"socialist\" + RAFT=\"platform\""}
-{"Clue":"Front office for countryside activity (11)","Answer":"FORESTATION","Explanation":"FORE=\"Front\" + STATION=\"office\""}
-{"Clue":"Respect pop singer's shown for old city, a capital (8)","Answer":"HONOLULU","Explanation":"HONO-Ur=\"Respect\", with LULU=\"pop singer\" taking the place of Ur=\"old city\""}
-{"Clue":"Grab fruit that's delicious except for five 'off' bits (6)","Answer":"SCRUMP","Explanation":"SCRUMP-tious=\"delicious\" minus five letters \nI think 'off' is used here as a cricket term for the right hand side i.e. remove five letters from the right"}
-{"Clue":"Facing nasty snakes you and I may show timidity (8)","Answer":"WEAKNESS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"nasty\" of (snakes)*, after WE=\"you and I\""}
-{"Clue":"Bullies offering bribes? (4,2)","Answer":"GETS AT","Explanation":"double definition: 'get at' can mean 'attack verbally', and it can mean 'influence through improper means'"}
-{"Clue":"Description of big effort in situation with no one at work? (3-3)","Answer":"ALL-OUT","Explanation":"ALL OUT could also describe a \"situation with no one at work\" i.e. 'no one is in'"}
-{"Clue":"Exodus was one of these with surging Red Sea put asunder finally (10)","Answer":"DEPARTURES","Explanation":"the Biblical Exodus story includes the crossing of the Red Sea \nanagram\/\"surging\" of (Red Sea put r)*, with the final 'r' from \"asunde-r finally\""}
-{"Clue":"Sound a group of singers had picked up (8)","Answer":"ACQUIRED","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Sound\" of 'a choir'd'='a choir had'=\"a group of singers had\""}
-{"Clue":"Sport and dance curtailed when leg gets crushed (4,4)","Answer":"BALL GAME","Explanation":"BALLE-t=\"dance curtailed\" with GAM=\"leg\" crushed\/inside"}
-{"Clue":"Female promiscuity of blonde bombshell with attempt to cut out wife (8)","Answer":"HARLOTRY","Explanation":"Jean HARLOW was an American actress nicknamed 'the Blonde Bombshell' \nHARLO-W + TRY=\"attempt\", minus W (wife)"}
-{"Clue":"Reluctant man with bad wife, little husband (4)","Answer":"LOTH","Explanation":"Biblical reference to Lot's wife who was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom \nLOT=\"man with bad wife\" + H (little\/short for \"husband\")"}
-{"Clue":"Sovereign's beginning to appear with piece of regalia for someone in Lusatia (4)","Answer":"SORB","Explanation":"definition: a member of the Slavic population of Lusatia \nS-overeign + ORB=\"piece of regalia\""}
-{"Clue":"Menials working for Conservative female (10)","Answer":"UNDERCLASS","Explanation":"UNDER=\"working for\" + C (Conservative) + LASS=\"female\""}
-{"Clue":"Regular visitors pretty in colours (8)","Answer":"HABITUES","Explanation":"A BIT=\"pretty\" as in 'today is pretty cold'; inside HUES=\"colours\""}
-{"Clue":"Bad person above all others joins up (8)","Answer":"STINKPOT","Explanation":"TOP=\"above all others\" + KNITS=\"joins\"; all reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Disturbing judgement that's very loudly introduced (8)","Answer":"RUFFLING","Explanation":"RULING=\"judgement\" with FF (fortissimo, music notation)=\"very loudly\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Curved shapes in pollarded trees (6)","Answer":"ARCHES","Explanation":"L-ARCHES (a larch is a type of tree) \u2013 to 'pollard' is to cut off the top of a tree, in this case the first letter L"}
-{"Clue":"A dog's dinner? (4)","Answer":"CHOW","Explanation":"double definition: a type of dog; or food"}
-{"Clue":"A blade used by crew avoiding river animal (4)","Answer":"ANOA","Explanation":"definition: a type of buffalo \nAN OAR=\"A blade used by crew\", minus R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Bob dreads pageboy? (7)","Answer":"HAIRDOS","Explanation":"cryptic definition \u2013 these are three examples of hairstyles"}
-{"Clue":"Dish in sink captured by Turner in pictures (7)","Answer":"LASAGNA","Explanation":"SAG=\"sink\" inside LANA=\"Turner in pictures\" \u2013 Lana Turner the American actress"}
-{"Clue":"Forced Pat to hurry to catch American stage show (6,9)","Answer":"MADAME BUTTERFLY","Explanation":"MADE BUTTER FLY=\"Forced Pat to hurry\", around AM (American) \na 'pat' is a small measure of butter"}
-{"Clue":"Recipe with the last word in noodles (5)","Answer":"RAMEN","Explanation":"R (Recipe) + AMEN=\"the last word\""}
-{"Clue":"Doctor Dickens et al snubbing English lecturers? (9)","Answer":"MORALISTS","Explanation":"MO (Medical Officer, Doctor) + R-e-ALISTS=realist writers e.g. \"Dickens et al\" minus E (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Time to block low ball in sporting event (9)","Answer":"MOTOCROSS","Explanation":"T (time) inside MOO=\"low\" + CROSS=a pass to the centre e.g. in football=\"ball in\""}
-{"Clue":"Piece of cheese, say, and starter from wine list (5)","Answer":"WHEEL","Explanation":"W-ine + HEEL=to lean to one side=\"list\""}
-{"Clue":"Red ruby uncovered and held by John (5)","Answer":"CUBAN","Explanation":"definition: I think this is a reference to socialism in Cuba \nr-UB-y \"uncovered\" i.e. outer letters removed; inside CAN=toilet=\"John\""}
-{"Clue":"Egotist from South America thus raced back (9)","Answer":"NARCISSUS","Explanation":"S (South) + US (America) + SIC (Latin, thus) + RAN=\"raced\"; all reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"How crow and dove move perhaps or fly sky high? (3,6)","Answer":"EYE RHYMES","Explanation":"How\/crow and dove\/move are 'eye rhymes', with similar spellings but different pronunciations \n'fly', 'sky', and 'high' could also be called EYE RHYMES in the sense that they each rhyme with 'eye'"}
-{"Clue":"Replayed service absorbing lots of time (5)","Answer":"RERAN","Explanation":"RN (Royal Navy, service) around ERA=\"lots of time\""}
-{"Clue":"Determined about reaching the top, property tycoon means to be heard (8,7)","Answer":"SPEAKING TRUMPET","Explanation":"SET=\"Determined\" around both of: PEAKING=\"reaching the top\" + TRUMP=\"property tycoon\""}
-{"Clue":"Idiot and nonchalant revolutionary in old kingdom (7)","Answer":"ASSYRIA","Explanation":"ASS=\"Idiot\" + AIRY=\"nonchalant\" reversed\/\"revolutionary"}
-{"Clue":"Strippers stagger around clutching nether regions (7)","Answer":"NUDISTS","Explanation":"STUN=\"stagger\", reversed\/\"around\" and around\/\"clutching\" DIS=underworld=\"nether regions\""}
-{"Clue":"Low sound on beat failing to generate excitement (7)","Answer":"HUMDRUM","Explanation":"HUM=\"Low sound\" + DRUM=\"beat\""}
-{"Clue":"Suffering onset of 'twisties' and Simone Biles shows resilience! (15)","Answer":"INDOMITABLENESS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Suffering\" of (T and Simone Biles)* with the T taken from \"onset of T-wisties\" \nthe gymnast Simone Biles mentioned getting the 'twisties' (feeling lost while in the air) during the Tokyo Olympics"}
-{"Clue":"Party with little quantity of beer is in order (9)","Answer":"DOMINICAN","Explanation":"definition: the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church \nDO=\"Party\" + MINI CAN=\"little quantity of beer\""}
-{"Clue":"Scrubbing away a sea sponge secretion (5)","Answer":"SEBUM","Explanation":"SE-a with the \"a\" scrubbed away + BUM=cadge, scrounge=\"sponge\""}
-{"Clue":"Diversification of retailers is certainly no lark (4,5)","Answer":"LATE RISER","Explanation":"definition: larks are early risers \nanagram\/\"Diversification\" of (retailers)"}
-{"Clue":"Foppish fellow also losing head (5)","Answer":"SWELL","Explanation":"definition: 'swell' can mean a dandy \nAS WELL=\"also\", losing its head letter"}
-{"Clue":"Sports gear, if set out, is a sporty adornment (2-6,7)","Answer":"GO-FASTER STRIPES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"out\" of (Sports gear if set)"}
-{"Clue":"From the deep area near a lake entered by ship (7)","Answer":"ABYSSAL","Explanation":"A (area) + BY=\"near\" + A + L (lake); around SS=\"ship\""}
-{"Clue":"Being a lush country with no king after one fails (9)","Answer":"OENOMANIA","Explanation":"definition: a craving for alcohol, a \"lush\" is a drunk \nR-OMANIA=\"country\" minus R (Rex, king); after anagram\/\"fails\" of (one)"}
-{"Clue":"Way to get a kitty cat plump (4-5)","Answer":"WHIP-ROUND","Explanation":"definition: \"kitty\" as in a pool of money \nWHIP=\"cat\" + ROUND=\"plump\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink bottles different in club (7)","Answer":"CHELSEA","Explanation":"definition: a football club \nCHA=\"Drink\" around ELSE=\"different\""}
-{"Clue":"Tempting figure's about to eat doughnut pieces (7)","Answer":"SONATAS","Explanation":"SATAN'S=\"Tempting figure's\", reversed\/\"about\" and around O=letter that looks like a \"doughnut\" shape"}
-{"Clue":"One rambling old US leader appears in 60 Minutes (5)","Answer":"HIKER","Explanation":"IKE=Eisenhower=\"old US leader\" inside HR=hour=\"60 Minutes\""}
-{"Clue":"What you can see in bars, turning up for attack (3,2)","Answer":"SET ON","Explanation":"NOTES=\"What you can see in [musical] bars\", reversed\/\"turning up\""}
-{"Clue":"Another adjustment on TV (5)","Answer":"RESET","Explanation":"RE (about, \"on\") + SET=\"TV\""}
-{"Clue":"Having exchanged parts, withdraw stage curtain (8)","Answer":"BACKDROP","Explanation":"DROP BACK=\"withdraw\", with the two parts switching around"}
-{"Clue":"Ma's said to groan, troubling helpful neighbours (4,10)","Answer":"GOOD SAMARITANS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"troubling\" of (Ma's said to groan)"}
-{"Clue":"Typical report on patient's con\u00addition in absence of coppers? (2,6)","Answer":"NO CHANGE","Explanation":"an \"absence of coppers\" i.e. copper coins might be described as NO CHANGE"}
-{"Clue":"Decadent outdoor celebration after revolutionary force cleared out (6)","Answer":"EFFETE","Explanation":"FETE\/f\u00eate=\"outdoor celebration\"; after E-cro-F \u2013 \"force\" reversed\/\"revolutionary\" and \"cleared out\""}
-{"Clue":"Motorway pull-ins: troops like to keep fixed watch here (4,5)","Answer":"REST AREAS","Explanation":"RE (Royal Engineers, troops) + AS=\"like\", both around STARE=\"fixed watch\""}
-{"Clue":"Cowboy gear contributing to colossal turnover (5)","Answer":"LASSO","Explanation":"hidden\/\"contributing to\" a reversal\/\"turnover\" of col-OSSAL"}
-{"Clue":"Rotating poster with illuminated frame moving back and forth (5)","Answer":"TIDAL","Explanation":"reversal\/\"Rotating\" of: AD=\"poster\" inside LIT=\"illuminated\""}
-{"Clue":"Burden I bear where fares are collected (4,5)","Answer":"TAXI STAND","Explanation":"TAX=\"Burden\" + I + STAND=\"bear\""}
-{"Clue":"Worker on short holiday showing no interest (6)","Answer":"VACANT","Explanation":"ANT=\"Worker\" after VAC[ation]=\"short holiday\""}
-{"Clue":"Muscle, bit by ear affecting the mouth (8)","Answer":"PECTORAL","Explanation":"homophone\/\"by ear\" of 'pecked'=\"bit\"; plus ORAL=\"affecting the mouth\""}
-{"Clue":"Everyone here is put on by firm (7,7)","Answer":"PRESENT COMPANY","Explanation":"PRESENT=to show, to exhibit=\"put on\" + COMPANY=\"firm\""}
-{"Clue":"Moving pictures detected evidence of arthritic joints (8)","Answer":"CREPITUS","Explanation":"definition: a noise or sensation when one moves a joint \nanagram\/\"Moving\" of (pictures)"}
-{"Clue":"Mast at sea trapping Nelson's second arm (5)","Answer":"SPEAR","Explanation":"SPAR=a pole used in rigging=\"Mast at sea\"; around second letter of [N]-E-[lson]"}
-{"Clue":"Refreshing change for vegan retiree (12)","Answer":"REGENERATIVE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"change\" of (vegan retiree)"}
-{"Clue":"Featured exhibit surveyed with theft in mind (9)","Answer":"SHOWCASED","Explanation":"SHOW=\"exhibit\" + CASED=\"surveyed with theft in mind\""}
-{"Clue":"Opera awkward to cast with only one tenor (5)","Answer":"TOSCA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"awkward\" of (to cast)*, but only using one 't'\/\"tenor\""}
-{"Clue":"Pray continue busy meeting, cutting in all over the place (2,2,5)","Answer":"BE MY GUEST","Explanation":"anagram\/\"all over the place\" of (busy meeting)*, cutting the letters 'in'"}
-{"Clue":"Brusque king tucking into chop (4)","Answer":"CURT","Explanation":"R (Rex, king) inside CUT=\"chop\""}
-{"Clue":"Where to find information, if at turning between valleys? (4,5)","Answer":"DATA FILES","Explanation":"reversal\/\"turning\" of IF AT; inside DALES=\"valleys\""}
-{"Clue":"Clubman chucking out skinned cat (5)","Answer":"OUNCE","Explanation":"OUNCE is a name for the snow leopard \nb-OUNCE-r=\"Clubman chucking out\", \"skinned\" i.e. without the outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"It relays notes picked up from best-ever actor (6,6)","Answer":"RECORD PLAYER","Explanation":"RECORD=\"best-ever\" + PLAYER=\"actor\""}
-{"Clue":"Everybody having bottoms raised, hands down (3,4,2)","Answer":"ALL ENDS UP","Explanation":"Definition: \"hands down\" as a phrase meaning 'completely' \nALL ENDS UP could also be read as \"Everybody having bottoms raised\""}
-{"Clue":"Brownie groups bagging pound coins, primarily obsolete currency (9)","Answer":"SIXPENCES","Explanation":"Brownies are grouped into SIXES, around PEN=animal enclosure=\"pound\" and C[oins]"}
-{"Clue":"I must pack principal luggage for flight (9)","Answer":"STAIRCASE","Explanation":"I 'has to go inside'\/\"must pack\" STAR=\"principal\"; plus CASE=\"luggage\""}
-{"Clue":"Job avoided by single English worker with dependents (5)","Answer":"CARER","Explanation":"CARE[e]R minus a single E[nglish]"}
-{"Clue":"Monuments in honour of medics (5)","Answer":"TOMBS","Explanation":"[dedicated] TO MBS (Bachelor-S of Medicine)"}
-{"Clue":"Unwanted discharge upsetting many (4)","Answer":"SNOT","Explanation":"reversal\/\"upsetting\" of TONS=\"many\""}
-{"Clue":"Nick's school loathed bolshy characters (9,4)","Answer":"DOTHEBOYS HALL","Explanation":"a school in *Nicholas Nickleby* by Dickens \nanagram using the letters\/characters of (loathed bolshy)"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy money? It's on credit! (8)","Answer":"CRACKERS","Explanation":"ACKERS is slang for \"money\"; after CR (credit)"}
-{"Clue":"Talked about a lift \u2014 making arrangements (6)","Answer":"ARRAYS","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Talked about\" of 'a raise'=\"a lift\""}
-{"Clue":"Act unwisely and get lost (4,2)","Answer":"BEAT IT","Explanation":"BE A TIT=\"Act unwisely\""}
-{"Clue":"Blasted policeman stops old press chief (8)","Answer":"EXPLODED","Explanation":"PLOD=\"policeman\" inside EX=\"old\" and ED (editor, \"press chief\")"}
-{"Clue":"Discussed shrink, for example (6)","Answer":"LESSON","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Discussed\" of 'lessen'=\"shrink\""}
-{"Clue":"Dole desperate woman's claimed here? Probably not (2,6)","Answer":"EL DORADO","Explanation":"definition: a mythical city of wealth \u2013 perhaps a place where one would be unlikely to be poor \nanagram\/\"desperate\" of (Dole)*; around DORA=\"woman\""}
-{"Clue":"Old but surprisingly keeping most of hair? Hmm! (8)","Answer":"DOUBTFUL","Explanation":"definition: \"Hmm\" as an expression indicating doubt or uncertainty \nanagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (Old but)*; around most of FU[r]=\"hair\""}
-{"Clue":"Flight instruments I replaced (6)","Answer":"STAIRS","Explanation":"SITARS=\"instruments\", with the letter \"I\" re-placed"}
-{"Clue":"Correct, sport \u2014 ion is a particle (8)","Answer":"POSITRON","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Correct\" of (sport ion)"}
-{"Clue":"Came across reactionary for a moderate (6)","Answer":"TEMPER","Explanation":"definition: temper=moderate as a verb \nMET=\"Came across\" reversed\/\"reactionary\"; plus PER=\"for\""}
-{"Clue":"Book related in 2, which does cover the basics (6)","Answer":"BIKINI","Explanation":"B (Book); plus KIN=\"related\" inside II=Roman numerals for \"2\""}
-{"Clue":"Briefly show murderer turned evil (8)","Answer":"DEMONIAC","Explanation":"DEMO (demonstrate, \"Briefly show\") + CAIN=Biblical \"murderer\" of Abel, reversed\/\"turned\""}
-{"Clue":"Overbearing on film set \u2014 part's recast (4-9)","Answer":"SELF-IMPORTANT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"recast\" of (on film set part)"}
-{"Clue":"Elegy awful, Gray initially admitted (5)","Answer":"DIRGE","Explanation":"DIRE=\"awful\" around G[ray] \nsurface references *Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard*, a poem by Thomas Gray"}
-{"Clue":"Historian understood country (7)","Answer":"TACITUS","Explanation":"definition: a Roman historian \nTACIT=\"understood\" + US=USA=\"country\""}
-{"Clue":"What happens during night never brought up (5)","Answer":"EVENT","Explanation":"hidden in\/\"during\" nigh-T NEVE-r, reversed\/\"brought up\""}
-{"Clue":"Dirty picture upset Derek to begin with (7)","Answer":"OBSCENE","Explanation":"SCENE=\"picture\", with BO \"Derek\" the actress reversed\/\"upset\" in front\/\"to begin with\""}
-{"Clue":"Careers masters forced to take care of PE department \u2014 that's not right! (9)","Answer":"STAMPEDES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"forced\" of (masters)*, around PE D (department); minus the R (right) from the anagram fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Shelter with or without husband (7)","Answer":"HARBOUR","Explanation":"without H (husband), it is ARBOUR which also means \"shelter\""}
-{"Clue":"Song about bloody American upset serviceman? (3,6)","Answer":"LAY READER","Explanation":"definition: as in church services \nLAY=\"Song\" + RE=\"about\", plus reversal of both: RED=\"bloody\" + A (American)"}
-{"Clue":"Cut corners \u2014 someone in charge originally needs to be disciplined (9)","Answer":"ECONOMISE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"needs to be disciplined\" of (someone I C), with \"originally\" specifying the first letters of I-n C-harge"}
-{"Clue":"Queen to retire February 1st in shock (no alternative) (9)","Answer":"NEFERTITI","Explanation":"definition: a queen of Egypt \nanagram\/\"shock\" of (to retire F in)*, only using the \"1st\" letter of F-ebruary; then minus OR=\"alternative\" from the anagram fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble inside \u2014 punch unwelcome visitor to house (7)","Answer":"BAILIFF","Explanation":"AIL=\"Trouble\" as in 'what troubles\/ails you?\"; inside BIFF=\"punch\""}
-{"Clue":"Policy supported by Unionists ready for the future (5,2)","Answer":"LINED UP","Explanation":"LINE=\"Policy\" + DUP (Democratic Unionist Party)"}
-{"Clue":"Land where people break into song (7)","Answer":"ARMENIA","Explanation":"MEN=\"people\" in ARIA=\"song\""}
-{"Clue":"English runner participating in Jakarta Marathon (5)","Answer":"TAMAR","Explanation":"definition: the Tamar is a river between Devon and Cornwall=\"English runner\" \nhidden in Jakar-TA MAR-athon"}
-{"Clue":"Praise highly, though out of key (5)","Answer":"EXALT","Explanation":"EX=\"out of\" + ALT=\"key\" on a computer keyboard"}
-{"Clue":"Shattering sort of news (8)","Answer":"BREAKING","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Siren's nose (6)","Answer":"HOOTER","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"One takes a little bite, aftertaste coming back (4)","Answer":"GNAT","Explanation":"TANG=\"aftertaste\" reversed\/\"coming back\""}
-{"Clue":"Impound vessel for unpaid work (10)","Answer":"INTERNSHIP","Explanation":"INTERN=to confine or imprison=\"Impound\" + SHIP=\"vessel\""}
-{"Clue":"Bread for example not fresh, but quietly accepted (6)","Answer":"STAPLE","Explanation":"definition: a product in regular demand \nSTALE=\"not fresh\", with P (piano, \"quietly\") inside"}
-{"Clue":"Taking the driving seat, change gear after a short distance (2,6)","Answer":"IN CHARGE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"change\" of (gear)* after INCH=\"a short distance\""}
-{"Clue":"Tied house right behind field (7)","Answer":"RECTORY","Explanation":"definition: a house 'tied' to the position of a rector \nTORY=conservative=\"right\" wing; after REC (recreation ground, \"field\")"}
-{"Clue":"Son enjoying a spliff, adding more to burn (7)","Answer":"STOKING","Explanation":"S (Son) + TOKING=taking a puff of marijuana=\"enjoying a spliff\""}
-{"Clue":"A boy's boy? (8)","Answer":"GRANDSON","Explanation":"my boy's boy or my son's son would be my GRANDSON"}
-{"Clue":"Roughly remove dressing for bad cut (6)","Answer":"ABDUCT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"dressing\" of (bad cut)"}
-{"Clue":"Moving under, can do circular steps (5,5)","Answer":"ROUND DANCE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Moving\" (under can do)"}
-{"Clue":"Wicket perhaps finally suggesting skulduggery (4)","Answer":"GATE","Explanation":"definition: a wicket is a small gate \nrest of the clue refers to -GATE used as a suffix to suggest skulduggery since the Water-GATE scandal"}
-{"Clue":"Senior cleric taking care of a junior one (6)","Answer":"DEACON","Explanation":"DEAN=\"Senior cleric\"; around C\/O (care of)"}
-{"Clue":"Music suggested by dejected Royal Navy? (3,5)","Answer":"THE BLUES","Explanation":"\"dejected\" can mean 'blue'; \"Royal\" and \"Navy\" are both shades of 'blue' \u2013 together, these three are multiple BLUES"}
-{"Clue":"A woman of colour (8)","Answer":"BRUNETTE","Explanation":"cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Beat time in a trance (4)","Answer":"RAPT","Explanation":"RAP=\"Beat\" + T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Eat around six? Wonderful! (6)","Answer":"DIVINE","Explanation":"DINE=\"Eat\" around VI=\"six\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"European travel: journey is a gratifying experience (3-4)","Answer":"EGO-TRIP","Explanation":"E (European) + GO=\"travel\" + TRIP=\"journey\""}
-{"Clue":"Time-saving hairdo? (5,3)","Answer":"SHORT CUT","Explanation":"not quite a double definition \u2013 a way to save time, or a description of a haircut"}
-{"Clue":"Astonished to be punched in the face (10)","Answer":"GOBSMACKED","Explanation":"GOB=mouth, so GOB-SMACKED=\"punched in the face\""}
-{"Clue":"King looking at what typist is doing (6)","Answer":"KEYING","Explanation":"K (King) + EYING=alternative spelling of 'eyeing'=\"looking at\""}
-{"Clue":"Pretend to be an impresario (3,2,2,3)","Answer":"PUT ON AN ACT","Explanation":"an impresario will 'put on'\/organise an act"}
-{"Clue":"One booked into hotel has seen dirt all over the place (8)","Answer":"RESIDENT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"all over the place\" of (seen dirt)"}
-{"Clue":"Refinements that used to go with smart shirts? (8)","Answer":"NICETIES","Explanation":"NICE TIES=things that go with smart shirts"}
-{"Clue":"From madness, putting out small idiotic remark (7)","Answer":"INANITY","Explanation":"IN-s-ANITY=\"madness\" minus 's' (small)"}
-{"Clue":"Not the ways, we hear, to travel to this island (6)","Answer":"RHODES","Explanation":"homophone\/\"we hear\" of 'roads' \u2013 not the way to travel to an island"}
-{"Clue":"A writer about myself and distant ancestors (6)","Answer":"APEMEN","Explanation":"A + PEN=\"writer\" around ME=\"myself\""}
-{"Clue":"Good and bad quantity of drink (4)","Answer":"GILL","Explanation":"definition: a small measure of liquid \nG (good) + ILL=\"bad\""}
-{"Clue":"Councillor's gutted by Oxford's river disaster (6)","Answer":"CRISIS","Explanation":"C-ouncillo-R, plus ISIS=a river in Oxford"}
-{"Clue":"Moved \u2014 not natural (8)","Answer":"AFFECTED","Explanation":"double definition: 'had an [emotional] effect on'; or 'put on as an affectation'"}
-{"Clue":"Tending to scare off star Liam (8)","Answer":"ALARMIST","Explanation":"anagram\/\"off\" of (star Liam)"}
-{"Clue":"Truncated fancy bra raised temperature (6)","Answer":"ABRUPT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"fancy\" of (bra)* + UP=\"raised\" + T (temperature)"}
-{"Clue":"Live within one's means, as a contortionist could (4,4,4)","Answer":"MAKE ENDS MEET","Explanation":"a contortionist might make the ends of their body meet"}
-{"Clue":"Essential element of Depression: onset of hunger (4)","Answer":"PITH","Explanation":"PIT=\"Depression\" + H-unger"}
-{"Clue":"High earners taking in southern mountain air quality (8)","Answer":"RARENESS","Explanation":"definition: rare as in 'not dense', or 'thin' air\n \nanagram\/\"High\" of (earners)* around S (southern)"}
-{"Clue":"Son with present (sweet flower) (8)","Answer":"SNOWDROP","Explanation":"S (Son) + NOW=the \"present\" + DROP=type of small round \"sweet\""}
-{"Clue":"Break small piece off end of thick raised surface (4)","Answer":"KNAP","Explanation":"thic-K, plus NAP=\"raised surface\" on cloth"}
-{"Clue":"East Midlands town doctor set child free (12)","Answer":"CHESTERFIELD","Explanation":"anagram\/\"doctor\" of (set child free)"}
-{"Clue":"Royal house's beginning to encompass university (6)","Answer":"STUART","Explanation":"START=\"beginning\" around U (university)"}
-{"Clue":"Bother an educator and an iconic rebel (8)","Answer":"HEADACHE","Explanation":"HEAD (headteacher, \"educator\") + A=\"an\" + CHE=\"iconic rebel\""}
-{"Clue":"Feathers are better than a baton movement (8)","Answer":"DOWNBEAT","Explanation":"DOWN=\"Feathers\" + BEAT=outdo=\"are better than\""}
-{"Clue":"Uninteresting ladder trial (3,3)","Answer":"DRY RUN","Explanation":"DRY=\"Uninteresting\" + RUN=\"ladder\" in e.g. stockings"}
-{"Clue":"Eggs, when split by line, part (4)","Answer":"ROLE","Explanation":"ROE=\"Eggs\", split by L (line)"}
-{"Clue":"Old whaler's work: capturing felons in Wash, possibly (9)","Answer":"SCRIMSHAW","Explanation":"definition: carving on whalebone\n \n'crim' is short for criminal, so CRIMS=\"felons\" inside anagram\/\"possibly\" of (Wash)"}
-{"Clue":"Wearing the blue turned up, duck? Figure-hugging! (6)","Answer":"SLINKY","Explanation":"SKY=\"the blue\" around reversal\/\"turned up\" of NIL=\"duck\" as in a zero score in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Immediately when Derby, say, fell (2,3,4,2,1,3)","Answer":"AT THE DROP OF A HAT","Explanation":"referring to a Derby as a type of hat"}
-{"Clue":"European region's loud people being grounded (8)","Answer":"FLANDERS","Explanation":"F (forte, \"loud\") + LANDERS=\"people being grounded\""}
-{"Clue":"In public, a romantic American's billiards shot (5)","Answer":"CAROM","Explanation":"hidden in publi-C A ROM-antic"}
-{"Clue":"State means to create a fast road (10)","Answer":"EXPRESSWAY","Explanation":"EXPRESS=\"State\" + WAY=\"means\""}
-{"Clue":"Move of bishop to China, not a fate that's rectified (10)","Answer":"FIANCHETTO","Explanation":"definition: in chess, moving a bishop onto a long diagonal\n \nanagram\/\"rectified\" of (to China fate)*, minus one of the 'a' letters \/ \"not a\""}
-{"Clue":"Meadow saffron for the Coventry horsewoman? (5,4)","Answer":"NAKED LADY","Explanation":"definition: name of a type of flower\/plant"}
-{"Clue":"One who's been caught arriving with drugs in need of support (8)","Answer":"ARRESTEE","Explanation":"ARR (arriving) + E'S=\"drugs\" as 'e'=ecstasy + TEE=\"support\""}
-{"Clue":"Newspaper possibly reveals 'Goddess married to heartless youth' (6)","Answer":"HERALD","Explanation":"HERA=Greek \"Goddess\" + L[a]D=\"heartless youth\""}
-{"Clue":"Proust's character is weak, going in opposite directions (5)","Answer":"SWANN","Explanation":"WAN=\"weak\", inside S and N (South and North, opposite directions)"}
-{"Clue":"You once cut many hundreds (4)","Answer":"THOU","Explanation":"THOU-sand(s)=\"many hundreds\" cut short"}
-{"Clue":"12, where two crossings on carpets reversed (8,6)","Answer":"STAMFORD BRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Chelsea's football ground \nFORD and BRIDGE=\"two crossings\"; after MATS=\"carpets\" reversed"}
-{"Clue":"12 Paul owned on film (6)","Answer":"ETIHAD","Explanation":"Definition: Manchester City's football ground \nI=\"Paul\" + HAD=\"owned\"; after ET=\"film\" by Spielberg"}
-{"Clue":"Crew member pocketing a charm (4)","Answer":"COAX","Explanation":"COX=rowing crew member, around \"A\""}
-{"Clue":"Back socialist after U-turn, right-wing politician being offensive (10)","Answer":"DEROGATORY","Explanation":"AGO=\"Back\" + RED=\"socialist\", both reversed\/\"after U-turn\"; plus TORY=\"right-wing politician\""}
-{"Clue":"Dirt, GO? (6)","Answer":"GROUND","Explanation":"GO -> G + O -> G + ROUND (describing the letter 'O')"}
-{"Clue":"Dark coloured head and forehead on knight (3-5)","Answer":"NUT BROWN","Explanation":"NUT=\"head\" + BROW=\"forehead\" + N (knight, in chess notation)"}
-{"Clue":"Stop cutting curly hair daily (3,4)","Answer":"PER DIEM","Explanation":"DIE=\"Stop\" inside PERM=\"curly hair\""}
-{"Clue":"Unknown number visiting away 12 (7)","Answer":"ANFIELD","Explanation":"Definition: Liverpool's football ground \nN=\"Unknown number\" inside AFIELD=\"away\""}
-{"Clue":"Bit stuck in lift that hasn't open\u00aded, one giving the illusion of movement? (2,6)","Answer":"OP ARTIST","Explanation":"definition: 'op art' is art that makes use of optical illusions \nPART=\"Bit\" inside [H]OIST=\"lift\" without its opening letter"}
-{"Clue":"Splash out on Midlands 12 (6,7)","Answer":"LONDON STADIUM","Explanation":"Definition: West Ham's football ground, formerly known as the Olympic Stadium for London 2012 \nanagram\/\"Splash\" of (out on Midlands)"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty look securing newspaper worker for Punch (4-6)","Answer":"LEFT-HANDER","Explanation":"definition: a strike or 'punch' with the left hand \nLEER=\"Nasty look\" around: FT (Financial Times, newspaper) + HAND=\"worker\""}
-{"Clue":"Valley area underneath emptied into rivers (4)","Answer":"RUHR","Explanation":"Definition: the Ruhr area in Germany \nU-nderneat-H emptied out, and inside R + R (two rivers)"}
-{"Clue":"Happy taking flight in one's mind? (8)","Answer":"UPSTAIRS","Explanation":"definition as used in informal\/euphemistic phrases to describe someone's intellect e.g. 'not much going on upstairs' \nUP=\"Happy\" + STAIRS=\"flight\""}
-{"Clue":"Bully races out where it all kicks off? (2,6)","Answer":"AT SOURCE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Bully\" of (races out)"}
-{"Clue":"12 swapping halves in test? (4)","Answer":"AMEX","Explanation":"Definition: Brighton and Hove Albion's football ground \nEXAM=\"test\", with the first half of letters swapped for the second"}
-{"Clue":"Despicable type almost finished (6)","Answer":"SORDID","Explanation":"SOR[t]=\"type almost\" + DID=\"finished\""}
-{"Clue":"Trouble over sphincter, tender (7)","Answer":"ADORING","Explanation":"ADO=\"Trouble\" + RING=\"sphincter\""}
-{"Clue":"Raise cube enclosed by layer (8)","Answer":"HEIGHTEN","Explanation":"EIGHT=\"cube\" as 'two cubed'=2^3=8; inside HEN=\"layer\" of eggs"}
-{"Clue":"Brother I see sent up after relative losing head in prison (10)","Answer":"CISTERCIAN","Explanation":"definition: member of an order of monks \nI + C (letter phonetically spelled as 'see'), both reversed\/\"sent up\", after [s]ISTER=\"relative losing head\"; all inside CAN=\"prison\""}
-{"Clue":"12 in a word shifting under root vegetable, briefly (6,4)","Answer":"CARROW ROAD","Explanation":"Definition: Norwich City's football ground \nanagram\/\"shifting\" of (a word)*, after CARRO[t]=\"root vegetable, briefly\""}
-{"Clue":"Substitute player knocked unconscious, part of boot on youngster's head (10)","Answer":"UNDERSTUDY","Explanation":"UNDER=\"knocked unconscious\" + STUD=\"part of boot\" + Y[oungster]"}
-{"Clue":"12: 12 that is with stream (8)","Answer":"EMIRATES","Explanation":"Definition: Arsenal's football ground \nanagram\/'ground' of (i.e. stream)*, where i.e.=\"that is\""}
-{"Clue":"Lovely tune, ultimately inspiring start of hymn \u2014 listen! (4,4)","Answer":"LOOK HERE","Explanation":"LOOKER=\"Lovely\" as a noun meaning an attractive person + [tun]E, and around H[ymn]"}
-{"Clue":"Motion's art form \u2014 might that be in him? (6)","Answer":"POETRY","Explanation":"reference to Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate; and reference to the phrase 'poetry in motion'"}
-{"Clue":"Table includes boundaries from your old player (6)","Answer":"LYRIST","Explanation":"LIST=\"Table\" around outer letters\/\"boundaries\" from Y[ou]R"}
-{"Clue":"About time \u2014 pull in abdomen desperately (one who's trying to look sexy?) (8,6)","Answer":"PLATINUM BLONDE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"desperately\" of (pull in abdomen)*, around T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl from Welsh valley extremely down about leaving (5)","Answer":"RHODA","Explanation":"RHO**nd**DA is a \"Welsh valley\", with the extreme letters of **d**-ow-**n** reversed\/\"about\" and leaving"}
-{"Clue":"Western director screens short story \u2014 never mind (3,5)","Answer":"LET ALONE","Explanation":"Sergio LEONE=director of Western films , around TAL[e]=\"short story\""}
-{"Clue":"Wish to keep going round state capital (7)","Answer":"YEREVAN","Explanation":"YEN=\"Wish\" around AVER=\"state\" reversed\/\"going round\""}
-{"Clue":"Theatrical friend in hotel, having forgotten new address (7)","Answer":"HORATIO","Explanation":"definition: Hamlet's friend in Shakespeare's play \nH (hotel, NATO alphabet) + ORATIO[n]=\"address\" forgetting the 'n' for \"new\""}
-{"Clue":"Temper! Losing head a lot (5)","Answer":"OFTEN","Explanation":"[s]OFTEN=\"Temper\", losing the first letter\/\"head\""}
-{"Clue":"Big game reserve visited by a Member of Parliament? (5,4)","Answer":"SUPER BOWL","Explanation":"SUB (substitute, \"reserve\" player) around PER=\"a\" as in 'per day'\/'a day', then 'parliament' is the collective noun for owls, so OWL=\"Member of Parliament\""}
-{"Clue":"Pound's poetry, one admitted, having a lot of charm, initially (9)","Answer":"PULVERISE","Explanation":"VERSE=\"poetry\" around I=\"one\"; with PUL[L]=\"a lot of charm\" going in front\/\"initially\""}
-{"Clue":"Occupying room as on-off lodger, might you say? (5)","Answer":"MASON","Explanation":"definition: reference to a Masonic lodge \nhidden in roo-M AS ON-off"}
-{"Clue":"'Excellent beer' in review for Crown and Sceptre? (7)","Answer":"REGALIA","Explanation":"AI=A1=\"Excellent\" + LAGER=\"beer\"; all reversed\/\"in review\""}
-{"Clue":"Victory? Sore loser back in touch is claiming one \u2026 (7)","Answer":"TRIUMPH","Explanation":"[Donald] TRUMP=\"Sore loser\" + the back letter in touc-H; around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 bloke's a show-off! Think he could be desperate (5,3)","Answer":"FANCY DAN","Explanation":"FANCY=\"Think\", plus a reference to Desperate DAN"}
-{"Clue":"Wife's responsibility mostly to children (5)","Answer":"DUTCH","Explanation":"definition: rhyming slang \u2013 short for 'Duchess of Fife' meaning wife \nDUT[y]=\"responsibility mostly\" + CH (children)"}
-{"Clue":"Feel terrific \u2014 holy orders (not RC) providing a comfortable situation (3,4,2,5)","Answer":"THE LIFE OF RILEY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"orders\" of (Feel terrific holy)* minus letters RC"}
-{"Clue":"Do exercises in bad shape to begin with \u2014 they won't bring much joy (5,7)","Answer":"PARTY POOPERS","Explanation":"PARTY=\"Do\", plus PE (physical education, \"exercises\") inside POOR=\"bad\", plus beginning of S-hape"}
-{"Clue":"Romance a special one? Not half! (5)","Answer":"AMOUR","Explanation":"A + MOUR-inho=\"special one? Not half!\" referring to football manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho , known as 'the Special One'"}
-{"Clue":"Naive and stupid, snorting cocaine earlier (2,7)","Answer":"IN ADVANCE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"stupid\" of (Naive and)*, around C (cocaine)"}
-{"Clue":"Aim to have day in American hills (7)","Answer":"UPLANDS","Explanation":"PLAN=\"Aim\" + D (day); all in US=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"Neither down about college failure (5-2)","Answer":"BOTCH-UP","Explanation":"BOTH UP=\"Neither down\", around C (college)"}
-{"Clue":"Liberal entering has been received topless \u2014 he'd get an eyeful! (5)","Answer":"OGLER","Explanation":"L (Liberal) inside r-OGER=\"has been received\" in radio communications, without its top letter"}
-{"Clue":"Assume it's a 'no' for replacement gifts (9)","Answer":"DONATIONS","Explanation":"DON=put on=\"Assume\", plus anagram\/\"for replacement\" of (it's a no)"}
-{"Clue":"Horny as hell, dropping spades \u2014 it maybe could lead to this (4,2,3,3)","Answer":"ROLL IN THE HAY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"maybe\" of (Horny as hell it)*, minus a letter S (spades)"}
-{"Clue":"Paper on strike cutting the supply (9)","Answer":"TELEGRAPH","Explanation":"LEG=\"on\" side in cricket + RAP=\"strike\"; both inside anagram\/\"supply\" of (the)"}
-{"Clue":"Nudge when maintaining one's balance (9)","Answer":"REMAINDER","Explanation":"REMINDER=\"Nudge\" around\u00a0*A=\"one\"*\u00a0~~I=\"one\"~~ *edit thanks to Tim C in the comments"}
-{"Clue":"Helping one ingenue to conceal affair (2,3,2)","Answer":"IN AID OF","Explanation":"I=\"one\" + NAIF\/na\u00eff=\"ingenue\" around DO=\"affair\""}
-{"Clue":"Use up reserves of energy mating \u2014 stop! (both stripped) (3,4)","Answer":"EAT INTO","Explanation":"E (energy) + m-ATIN-g s-TO-p, both stripped of outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"Pub grub like this shouldn't be too fattening (5)","Answer":"LOCAL","Explanation":"LO CAL as in 'low calorie' grub might not be too fattening"}
-{"Clue":"Mike's gone back in lead perhaps (5)","Answer":"METAL","Explanation":"M (Mike, Nato alphabet) + LATE=\"gone\" reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"A lot of meat to keep moist in pan (8)","Answer":"LAMBASTE","Explanation":"definition: \"pan\" meaning to criticise harshly\n \na lot of LAM[b]=\"meat\" + BASTE=\"keep moist\""}
-{"Clue":"Be averse to getting into pedalo at headland (6)","Answer":"LOATHE","Explanation":"hidden in peda-LO AT HE-adland"}
-{"Clue":"Rabbit or donkey (2,2)","Answer":"GO ON","Explanation":"definition: to keep talking\n \nGOON=stupid person=\"donkey\""}
-{"Clue":"Counterpart of Dancing Queen? It keeps John twirling (10)","Answer":"EQUIVALENT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Dancing\" of (Queen It)*; around LAV=lavatory=\"John\" reversed\/\"twirling\""}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers at front of unit take seditious action (6)","Answer":"REVOLT","Explanation":"RE (Royal Engineers, soldiers) + VOLT=\"unit\" of electric potential"}
-{"Clue":"Informed old coin is found in river to the west (8)","Answer":"EDUCATED","Explanation":"DUCAT=\"old coin\" inside DEE=\"river\" reversed\/\"to the west\""}
-{"Clue":"Oppose always following one Pole, then another (6)","Answer":"NAYSAY","Explanation":"AY=\"always\" following the N (North) pole, then AY again following the S (South) pole"}
-{"Clue":"Reporter's rising to give agreement (6)","Answer":"ASSENT","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Reporter's\" of 'ascent'=\"rising\""}
-{"Clue":"Foreign lady not starting books in a blissful state? (8)","Answer":"IGNORANT","Explanation":"definition referring to the phrase 'ignorance is bliss' \/ 'blissful ignorance'\n \ns-IGNORA=Italian \"lady\" without the starting letter + NT (New Testament, \"books\" of the Bible)"}
-{"Clue":"Draw in net at sea, getting chill (6)","Answer":"ENTICE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"at sea\" of (net)*, plus ICE=\"chill\""}
-{"Clue":"Having no character drinking tea loudly, like seven pairs of solutions here (10)","Answer":"ANTONYMOUS","Explanation":"ANONYMOUS=\"Having no character\", around T=letter pronounced as 'tea'=\"tea loudly\""}
-{"Clue":"Come to a stop in lake in Panama, say (4)","Answer":"HALT","Explanation":"L (lake) in HAT=\"Panama, say\", as a Panama is a type of hat"}
-{"Clue":"Think a lot of diamonds get hidden in a bog (6)","Answer":"ADMIRE","Explanation":"D (diamonds, in playing cards) inside A MIRE=\"a bog\""}
-{"Clue":"Record penned in Brussels is getting English acclaim (8)","Answer":"EULOGISE","Explanation":"LOG=\"Record\", inside EU=\"Brussels\" + IS + E (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Emperor is to keep sleeping, interrupted by lion (8)","Answer":"NAPOLEON","Explanation":"NAP ON=\"keep sleeping\"; around LEO=\"lion\""}
-{"Clue":"Oscar turned up collar in Scottish resort (4)","Answer":"OBAN","Explanation":"Oban is a resort town in Scotland\n \nO (Oscar, NATO alphabet) + NAB=arrest a criminal=\"collar\" reversed\/\"turned up\""}
-{"Clue":"Feature a group of extremists seizing power (6)","Answer":"ASPECT","Explanation":"A SECT=\"a group of extremists\", around P (power)"}
-{"Clue":"Bitter and sour, say, from Left cutting benefits (8)","Answer":"FLAVOURS","Explanation":"L (Left) cutting into FAVOURS=\"benefits\""}
-{"Clue":"Old man perhaps accepting post up in assembly (10)","Answer":"PARLIAMENT","Explanation":"PARENT=\"Old man perhaps\", around MAIL=\"post\" reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Wife with joint which may be beef (6)","Answer":"WHINGE","Explanation":"definition: beef as a noun meaning 'complaint' or a verb meaning 'grumble'\n \nW (Wife) + HINGE=\"joint\""}
-{"Clue":"Avoided having erroneous beliefs, losing head (6)","Answer":"ELUDED","Explanation":"d-ELUDED=\"having erroneous beliefs\", losing the head letter"}
-{"Clue":"Like the living dead with axes? There's nothing silly about that (10)","Answer":"OXYMORONIC","Explanation":"definition: the phrase 'living dead' is oxymoronic, combining contradictory terms\n \nX and Y are \"axes\" as in plural of 'axis' in co-ordinate geometry, with O=zero=\"nothing\" + MORONIC=\"silly\" going around"}
-{"Clue":"Examinations of any sales subject to corruption (8)","Answer":"ANALYSES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"subject to corruption\" of (any sales)"}
-{"Clue":"Lacking delicacy, time to be more passive? (8)","Answer":"TACTLESS","Explanation":"T (time) + ACT LESS=\"be more passive\""}
-{"Clue":"Kind of light garment under servant's coat (6)","Answer":"STROBE","Explanation":"ROBE=\"garment\" after the outer letters of S-ervan-T"}
-{"Clue":"Gallivants around playing organs, which will generate issue (6)","Answer":"GONADS","Explanation":"in the definition, \"issue\" is in the sense of 'offspring'\n \nGADS=wanders leisurely=\"Gallivants\", around ON=\"playing\""}
-{"Clue":"Stands in line and moves gently around it (6)","Answer":"EASELS","Explanation":"L (line) with EASES=\"moves gently\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Uttered greeting on horse? (4)","Answer":"HIGH","Explanation":"definition: 'high' as in under the influence of a drug \u2013 \"horse\" is slang for heroin\n \nhomophone\/\"Uttered\" of 'hi'=\"greeting\""}
-{"Clue":"Shortly, Samuel will welcome Sidney back for painful practice (6)","Answer":"SADISM","Explanation":"SAM[uel] around SID[ney] reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Family standard husband abandoned when moving (7)","Answer":"KINETIC","Explanation":"KIN=\"Family\" + ET[h]IC=\"standard\", with 'h' for \"husband\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"Boycott a cost rise that's outrageous (9)","Answer":"OSTRACISE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"outrageous\" of (a cost rise)"}
-{"Clue":"Enormous honour presented by Home Counties (5)","Answer":"OBESE","Explanation":"OBE (Order of the British Empire, \"honour\") + SE (South East of England, \"Home Counties\")"}
-{"Clue":"Boiled rice occasionally described as golden? (5)","Answer":"OLDIE","Explanation":"definition referring to the phrase 'golden oldie'\n \nevery second letter from b-**O-**i-**L-**e-**D** r-**I-**c-**E"}
-{"Clue":"Worried after reports of large scale credit crunch (9)","Answer":"MASTICATE","Explanation":"ATE=\"Worried\", after homophone\/\"reports\" of 'mass tick'=\"large scale credit\"\n \n'tick' short for 'ticket', a note of credit"}
-{"Clue":"Equipment army used to imprison resistance (3,4)","Answer":"LEG IRON","Explanation":"LEGION=\"army\" around R (resistance)\n \ndefinition is a bit loose unless \"\u2026used to imprison\" is included"}
-{"Clue":"I'm on licence in various places (6)","Answer":"PASSIM","Explanation":"definition: from Latin, a term used to indicate that something can be found throughout a cited text\n \nI'M, after PASS=\"licence\""}
-{"Clue":"Drunk wife straddled horse? On the contrary (6)","Answer":"STEWED","Explanation":"W (wife) and STEED=\"horse\"; \"straddled\u2026? On the contrary\" indicates that STEED goes around W rather than the other way around"}
-{"Clue":"Lecturer has staple treatment applied for the inexperienced (1-6)","Answer":"LPLATES","Explanation":"L (Lecturer) + anagram\/\"treatment\" of (staple)"}
-{"Clue":"Children showing high energy (9)","Answer":"OFFSPRING","Explanation":"OFF=\"high\" as in rotten meat + SPRING=liveliness=\"energy\""}
-{"Clue":"Contribution to out-take is reversed! (5)","Answer":"INPUT","Explanation":"IN and PUT are opposites of \"out\" and \"take\""}
-{"Clue":"First of haunting autumnal images Keats used to write poem (5)","Answer":"HAIKU","Explanation":"first letters of H-aunting A-utumnal I-mages K-eats U-sed"}
-{"Clue":"Sign for dance heads removed, showing lack of insight (9)","Answer":"IGNORANCE","Explanation":"heads\/first letters removed from s-IGN f-OR d-ANCE"}
-{"Clue":"Complex fellow takes fish back into work (7)","Answer":"OEDIPUS","Explanation":"definition referring to the idea of an 'Oedipus complex'\n \nIDE=type of \"fish\" reversed\/\"back\" inside OPUS=\"ork\""}
-{"Clue":"Consumption makes a comeback during week at Nice (6)","Answer":"INTAKE","Explanation":"hidden reversed inside\/\"makes a comeback during\": we-EK AT NI-ce"}
-{"Clue":"Bird present in plant by lake (4,3)","Answer":"SNOW OWL","Explanation":"NOW=\"present\" inside SOW=\"plant\" plus L (lake)"}
-{"Clue":"Took out someone a bit past it (5)","Answer":"DATED","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Soccer war stirred up by one not moving in field (9)","Answer":"SCARECROW","Explanation":"anagram\/\"stirred up\" of (Soccer war)"}
-{"Clue":"King seen, perhaps, giving party (5,2)","Answer":"KNEES UP","Explanation":"K (King), plus NEES UP in a crossword down clue would indicate a reversal of NEES, giving \"seen\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl from the middle of Panama becoming saint (5)","Answer":"NAOMI","Explanation":"middle letters from pa-NA-ma bec-OM-ing sa-I-nt"}
-{"Clue":"Mad Hatter is taking on top end counsellor (9)","Answer":"THERAPIST","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Mad\" of (Hatter is)*, around end letter of to-P"}
-{"Clue":"Rough reportedly served on ship (6)","Answer":"CREWED","Explanation":"homophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'crude'=\"Rough\""}
-{"Clue":"He could kill staff supporting strike (6)","Answer":"HITMAN","Explanation":"MAN=\"staff\" after HIT=\"strike\""}
-{"Clue":"German chap was electrocuted \u2014 about time! (9)","Answer":"GOTTFRIED","Explanation":"GOT FRIED=\"was electrocuted\", around T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Keep going, having disposed of energy guzzling appliance (7,2)","Answer":"SOLDIER ON","Explanation":"SOLD=\"disposed of\", plus E (energy) inside IRON=\"appliance\""}
-{"Clue":"Fabrications found by Welsh chap in the papers (7)","Answer":"DAILIES","Explanation":"LIES=\"Fabrications\" after DAI=Welsh name"}
-{"Clue":"Caption giving information in form of light (6)","Answer":"LEGEND","Explanation":"GEN=[gen-eral] \"information\"; inside LED (Light-Emitting Diode)"}
-{"Clue":"Tough but very much present! (2,5)","Answer":"SO THERE","Explanation":"definition: 'Tough!' and 'So there!' are exclamations of defiance\n \nSO=\"very much\" + THERE=\"present\""}
-{"Clue":"Secure land abandoned by thousands \u2014 how sad! (3,3)","Answer":"BOO HOO","Explanation":"BOO-k=\"Secure\" + HOO-k=\"land\" a fish; each losing a 'k' or 'kilo' i.e. \"thousands\""}
-{"Clue":"Large quiet pile with desirable parking (5)","Answer":"PLUMP","Explanation":"P (piano. \"quiet\") + LUMP=\"pile\"\n \nPLUM=\"desirable\" + P (parking)"}
-{"Clue":"Godfather may be facing extinction (5)","Answer":"PANDA","Explanation":"\"Godfather\" is split into: PAN=Greek \"God\" + DA=\"father\""}
-{"Clue":"Top judges flirt with one of Diana's entourage (7,5)","Answer":"SUPREME COURT","Explanation":"COURT=\"flirt\" + SUPREME referencing Diana Ross and The Supremes"}
-{"Clue":"Complicated birth involving oxygen and end of term clots (7)","Answer":"THROMBI","Explanation":"definition: a type of blood clot \nanagram\/\"Complicated\" of (birth) around O (oxygen) and ter-M"}
-{"Clue":"Foremost of storytelling authors, keenly ironic (4)","Answer":"SAKI","Explanation":"definition: a British writer \nfirst letters of S-torytelling A-uthors K-eenly I-ronic"}
-{"Clue":"Filibustering film style? (4,6)","Answer":"SLOW MOTION","Explanation":"\u2026or STOP MOTION? \na filibuster is a way to stall a debate (on a proposal\/motion)"}
-{"Clue":"Papers urging revolution in event of the 28 (6,6)","Answer":"PRAGUE SPRING","Explanation":"an event of the SIXTIES \nanagram\/\"revolution\" of (Papers urging)"}
-{"Clue":"Gatepost partners for cruciverbalists (3,3,2)","Answer":"YOU AND ME","Explanation":"definition: \"you\" the solver[s] and \"me\" the setter are cruciverbalists \nreference to the phrase '[keep it between] you, me, and the gatepost' to indicate a desire for secrecy"}
-{"Clue":"Period when hostilities, inter\u00adrupting aid, end badly (9)","Answer":"EDWARDIAN","Explanation":"WAR=\"hostilities\" inside anagram\/\"badly\" of (aid end)"}
-{"Clue":"In Los Angeles, hopeless retailer (1-4)","Answer":"E-SHOP","Explanation":"hidden in Angel-ES HOP-eless"}
-{"Clue":"Solitude of one very Latin about love (9)","Answer":"ISOLATION","Explanation":"I=\"one\" + SO=\"very\" + LATIN around O=zero=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Introduces 13, with the woman being immoral (6,2)","Answer":"USHERS IN","Explanation":"US=\"you and me\" + HER=\"the woman\" + SIN=\"[be] immoral\""}
-{"Clue":"Dogmas aside? (5,5)","Answer":"FIXED IDEAS","Explanation":"'fixed' could be an anagram indicator, so 'fixed ideas' in a crossword clue could indicate an anagram of (ideas)* giving \"aside\""}
-{"Clue":"Refuse and return some aviator glasses (4)","Answer":"GROT","Explanation":"definition: refuse as in garbage \nreversal\/\"return\" of some of avia-TOR G-lasses"}
-{"Clue":"Over five accessories for this decade (7)","Answer":"SIXTIES","Explanation":"SIX=\"Over five\" + TIES=neckties=\"accessories\""}
-{"Clue":"Shock the French after kick-off? (7)","Answer":"STARTLE","Explanation":"LE=\"The [in] French\", after START=\"kick-off\""}
-{"Clue":"Stale so not broadcast (7)","Answer":"UNAIRED","Explanation":"double definition: without ventilation to refresh the air, or not aired on e.g. television"}
-{"Clue":"Say, are you home before midnight, feeling sorry? (5)","Answer":"RUING","Explanation":"RU=homophone\/\"Say\" of \"are you\" + IN=\"home\" + mid\/night=middle of ni-G-ht"}
-{"Clue":"Fool male with ladies problem \u2026 (7)","Answer":"MISLEAD","Explanation":"M (male) + anagram\/\"problem\" of (ladies)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 comedy blood? (6)","Answer":"HUMOUR","Explanation":"double definition \u2013 the second refers to 'humours' as types of bodily fluid the theory of humourism"}
-{"Clue":"Leaving contentious point on painful condition (6,3)","Answer":"OPTING OUT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"contentious\" of (point)* + GOUT=\"painful condition\""}
-{"Clue":"Stupid mistake to make bread (7)","Answer":"BLOOMER","Explanation":"double definition: a blunder, or a type of loaf"}
-{"Clue":"Measure by sexism? An odd activity! (4,4,5)","Answer":"BODY MASS INDEX","Explanation":"anagram\/\"activity\" of (by sexism An odd)"}
-{"Clue":"Making up is indicated, say after lunchtime (9)","Answer":"ATONEMENT","Explanation":"MENT=homophone of 'meant'=\"indicated, say\"; after AT ONE=\"lunchtime\""}
-{"Clue":"His aim's to produce fish (7)","Answer":"SASHIMI","Explanation":"anagram\/\"to produce\" of (His aim's)"}
-{"Clue":"Spits blood and isolates? Not a problem! (5,2)","Answer":"LOSES IT","Explanation":"definition: to 'split blood' is to be very angry \nanagram\/\"problem\" of (isolates)* minus the 'a'"}
-{"Clue":"On the pitch that hurts a long way (3,4)","Answer":"OWN GOAL","Explanation":"OW=\"that hurts\" + anagram of (a long)*, with \"way\" as anagram indicator?"}
-{"Clue":"Aim for wash, spin, dry, yes? Take clothes off! (6)","Answer":"ASPIRE","Explanation":"w-**AS**-h s-**PI**-n d-**R**-y y-E-s, with the outer letters\/\"clothes\" taken off"}
-{"Clue":"American exactitude shown in stiff feature (5)","Answer":"RIGOR","Explanation":"definition: American spelling of 'rigour' \nI think this is a reference to 'rigor mortis', with \"stiff\" as slang for a dead body"}
-{"Clue":"A great deal contributed within limits of policy (6)","Answer":"PLENTY","Explanation":"LENT=\"contributed\" inside outer letters of P-olic-Y"}
-{"Clue":"Support for young boxer, perhaps (4,2)","Answer":"PROP UP","Explanation":"PRO=\"for\" + PUP=puppy=\"young boxer [dog breed], perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Maybe Saudi theologian in distance, always keeping to the rear (6,9)","Answer":"MIDDLE EASTERNER","Explanation":"DD (Doctor of Divinity, theologian) inside MILE=\"distance\", plus E'ER=\"always\" around ASTERN=\"to the rear\""}
-{"Clue":"Holidaymaker affected to a greater extent? (6)","Answer":"CAMPER","Explanation":"CAMP-ER=more camp, more affected\/deliberately exaggerated"}
-{"Clue":"Move back match official, one refused by coaches previously (8)","Answer":"TRANSFER","Explanation":"reversal\/\"back\" of REF (referee, match official); and I=\"one\" leaving TRA-I-NS=\"coaches\", which is put before the other fodder (previously)"}
-{"Clue":"Who's last to be welcomed by assembled crewmen? (8)","Answer":"NEWCOMER","Explanation":"O=the last of 'wh-O'=\"Who's last\", inside anagram\/\"assembled\" of (crewman)"}
-{"Clue":"Case of dirty clothing isn't nice (6)","Answer":"DAINTY","Explanation":"\"Case\" or outer letters of D-irt-Y, going around\/\"clothing\" AIN'T=\"isn't\""}
-{"Clue":"Scandal reflected on a society girl (6)","Answer":"ASTRID","Explanation":"DIRT=\"Scandal\" reversed\/\"reflected\", after A + S (society)"}
-{"Clue":"Nutmeg seen in part of London gym? No chance! (4,4)","Answer":"SOME HOPE","Explanation":"ME=\"Nutmeg\" inside SOHO=\"part of London\", plus PE (physical exercise, \"gym\")"}
-{"Clue":"Where VAT requires change of any kind (8)","Answer":"WHATEVER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"change\" of (Where VAT)"}
-{"Clue":"He scored 1,000 down under and rivalled their openers (6)","Answer":"MOZART","Explanation":"definition: as in musical scores \nM=Roman numeral for \"1,000\" + OZ=Australia=\"down under\" + opening letters of *A-nd* R-ivalled T-heir\u00a0*edit thanks to ngaiolaurenson"}
-{"Clue":"Frame splenetic review of history play (4,4,2,5)","Answer":"LOOK BACK IN ANGER","Explanation":"definition: a play by John Osborne \nunsure how to parse this \u2013 \"splenetic review of history\" would make sense to me as LOOK BACK [review of history] IN ANGER [splenetic], so I'm not sure if \"Frame\" is an instruction to put together the other elements or if I'm missing something else"}
-{"Clue":"Vet's mask (6)","Answer":"SCREEN","Explanation":"double definition: \"Vet\" as a verb as in 'vetted by police'"}
-{"Clue":"Ladies possibly wanting occupation, I admitted (6)","Answer":"TOILET","Explanation":"TO LET=\"wanting occupation\", with I inside"}
-{"Clue":"Mobile hospital covers indep\u00adendent sector institutions (7,7)","Answer":"PRIVATE SCHOOLS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Mobile\" of (hospital covers)"}
-{"Clue":"Eventually finish parody, scratching head (3,2)","Answer":"END UP","Explanation":"s-END UP=\"parody\", losing its head letter"}
-{"Clue":"Proposition from those folk holding Scandinavian capital (7)","Answer":"THEOREM","Explanation":"THEM=\"those folk\" around ORE (\u00f6re is Swedish currency or \"Scandinavian capital\")"}
-{"Clue":"County ground showing initial score (7)","Answer":"RUTLAND","Explanation":"LAND=\"ground\", with RUT=groove=\"score\" put in front because of \"initial\""}
-{"Clue":"Gives up personal words spoken before sex between married couple (5,4)","Answer":"PARTS WITH","Explanation":"PARTS=\"personal words spoken\" by e.g. characters in a play, plus IT=\"sex\" in between W (wife) and H (husband)"}
-{"Clue":"Tense and terse response to a well-chosen gift? (7,7)","Answer":"PRESENT PERFECT","Explanation":"definition: a grammatical tense \n[this] PRESENT [is] PERFECT=\"terse response to a well-chosen gift\""}
-{"Clue":"Impressive tactic to overcome disablement (6,6)","Answer":"MASTER STROKE","Explanation":"MASTER=\"overcome\" + STROKE=\"disablement\" of neurological function"}
-{"Clue":"Superintendent close to entrance stopping joyrider? (9)","Answer":"CARETAKER","Explanation":"the end letter\/\"close\" to entranc-E, inside CAR TAKER=\"joyrider\""}
-{"Clue":"Setter's contrarily breaking engagement to take another course (7)","Answer":"DEVIATE","Explanation":"I'VE=setter has=\"Setter's\" reversed\/\"contrarily\", inside DATE=\"engagement\""}
-{"Clue":"Reminder from blokes in feminist campaign truncated (7)","Answer":"MEMENTO","Explanation":"MEN=\"blokes\" in ME TO-o=\"feminist movement\" truncated"}
-{"Clue":"Forming bands visible in horizon, almost (5)","Answer":"ZONAL","Explanation":"hidden in hori-ZON AL-most"}
-{"Clue":"Playful old chef using lime tips in beer (7)","Answer":"JOCULAR","Explanation":"the tips of O-ld C-hef U-sing L-ime, inside JAR=\"[a glass of] beer\""}
-{"Clue":"Jump into suit and dive (4,3)","Answer":"FLEA PIT","Explanation":"definition as in a dive bar \nLEAP=\"Jump\" in FIT=\"suit\""}
-{"Clue":"Walk out in opposition to arrest (3,2)","Answer":"RUN IN","Explanation":"\"Walk\" and \"out\" are opposites to RUN and IN"}
-{"Clue":"Repair to new roof is a bargain (3,3,3)","Answer":"TWO FOR ONE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Repair\" of (to new roof)"}
-{"Clue":"Feeling exhausted and isolated (3,2,5)","Answer":"OUT OF TOUCH","Explanation":"\u2026TOUCH=\"Feeling\", and \"exhausted\"=[to have run] OUT OF\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Make 25% by getting one over it (4)","Answer":"FOUR","Explanation":"the definition could also include the '(4)' \n\"one over\" FOUR is 1\/4 or 25%"}
-{"Clue":"Customised leather rafts sail over the edge, if they're right (4-8)","Answer":"FLAT-EARTHERS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Customised\" of (leather rafts)"}
-{"Clue":"It is answered with relief (4,2,6)","Answer":"CALL OF NATURE","Explanation":"definition referring to 'relieving oneself'"}
-{"Clue":"Demand silence on party money (4)","Answer":"DOSH","Explanation":"SH=to shush=\"Demand silence\", after DO=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"Ideal power structure embraces force (10)","Answer":"PERFECTION","Explanation":"P (Power) + ERECTION=\"structure\" around F (force)"}
-{"Clue":"Mutated rural mice become erratic (9)","Answer":"MERCURIAL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Mutated\" of (rural mice)"}
-{"Clue":"Europeans make eyepiece with high finish (5)","Answer":"IRISH","Explanation":"IRIS=part of eye=\"eye \/ piece\" with the finish of hig-H"}
-{"Clue":"Fall for rotter in action (7)","Answer":"CASCADE","Explanation":"CAD=\"rotter\" in CASE=lawsuit=\"action\""}
-{"Clue":"Being drug-free, one avoids exploitation (3-4)","Answer":"NON-USER","Explanation":"I think the wordplay refers to another meaning of USER as in someone that exploits other people"}
-{"Clue":"Clash finished? Not quite and few may understand it (6)","Answer":"JARGON","Explanation":"JAR=\"Clash\" + GON[e]=\"finished? Not quite\" \na bit awkward to have both the 1ac\/1dn JARs"}
-{"Clue":"Old king is engaging with an insider (6)","Answer":"CANUTE","Explanation":"CUTE=\"engaging\" with \"AN\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Poet expressing pain after desire waned (10)","Answer":"LONGFELLOW","Explanation":"OW=\"expressing pain\" after LONG=\"desire\" + FELL=\"waned\""}
-{"Clue":"Relationship formed by medium putting time in for daughter (5)","Answer":"RATIO","Explanation":"definition: a mathematical relationship or proportion \nRA-d-IO=\"medium\" with T (time) replacing d (daughter)"}
-{"Clue":"Watch Flora dancing without a sequence of steps to follow (4,5)","Answer":"FLOW CHART","Explanation":"anagram\/\"dancing\" of (Watch Flora)*, minus an 'a'"}
-{"Clue":"School sited between Derby and Oxford, initially (4)","Answer":"ETON","Explanation":"the letters 'E to N' or E TO N are between the initials of \"Derby and Oxford\" i.e. letters D and O"}
-{"Clue":"One pushing for union member\u00adship expected to bend the knee (8)","Answer":"PROPOSER","Explanation":"definition referring to a proposal of marriage (union)"}
-{"Clue":"Golden-hearted believer may provide some ideas (8)","Answer":"THEORIST","Explanation":"OR='gold', in the heart of THEIST=\"believer\""}
-{"Clue":"Temptation to clean out account with purchase (10)","Answer":"ATTRACTION","Explanation":"A-ccoun-T \"cleaned out\" of its inner letters + TRACTION=\"purchase\" in the sense of 'grip'"}
-{"Clue":"Submission issuer occasionally supports to soften things up (9)","Answer":"TENDERISE","Explanation":"TENDER=\"Submission\" + occasional letters from I-s-S-u-E-r"}
-{"Clue":"Unexpectedly, I came across rogue professor (8)","Answer":"ACADEMIC","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Unexpectedly\" of (I came)* around CAD=\"rogue\" \na second CAD after 27ac"}
-{"Clue":"A ramble up around Stein Head provides variety (3-5)","Answer":"ALL-SORTS","Explanation":"A, plus STROLL=\"ramble\" reversed\/\"up\" around the head of S-tein"}
-{"Clue":"Bond's capture of copper puts things straight (6)","Answer":"TIDIES","Explanation":"TIE'S=\"Bond's\" around DI=Detective Inspector=\"copper\""}
-{"Clue":"Herculean chore involves stop at sea (6)","Answer":"ANCHOR","Explanation":"hidden in Hercule-AN CHOR-e"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal attacked one left out (5)","Answer":"FELON","Explanation":"FELL ON=\"attacked\" with one L (left) taken out"}
-{"Clue":"Restaurant has a certain atmosphere (4)","Answer":"AURA","Explanation":"hidden in Rest-AURA-nt"}
-{"Clue":"Party allowed by Yard? That's chicanery! (9)","Answer":"DUPLICITY","Explanation":"DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) + LICIT=\"allowed\" + Y (yard)"}
-{"Clue":"One banished from historic mansion leaving quietly? (5)","Answer":"EXILE","Explanation":"EX (former, \"historic\") + P-ILE=\"mansion\" minus P (piano, \"quietly\")"}
-{"Clue":"Love, I talk a lot about big beasts (7)","Answer":"NILGAIS","Explanation":"definition: large Asian antelopes\n \nNIL=zero=\"Love\", plus I with GAS=\"talk a lot\" about it"}
-{"Clue":"Fighting security measure, he may leave you spellbound (7)","Answer":"WARLOCK","Explanation":"WAR=\"Fighting\" + LOCK=\"security measure\""}
-{"Clue":"Fire individual that's not succeeded (5)","Answer":"INGLE","Explanation":"definition: a fire \/ fireplace\n \nS-INGLE=\"individual\" minus S (short for succeeded as in e.g. royal succession)"}
-{"Clue":"Drinkers' song from master during boozy birthday (9)","Answer":"DITHYRAMB","Explanation":"definition: a hymn to Dionysus, Greek god of wine\n \nM (master) in anagram\/\"boozy\" of (birthday)"}
-{"Clue":"'All in at election after touring', as country's leader once reputedly said (1,6,4,1,3)","Answer":"I CANNOT TELL A LIE","Explanation":"definition: a quote attributed to George Washington\n \nanagram\/\"after touring\" of (All in at election)"}
-{"Clue":"Way to get entitlements? One claimed they're not bent (9)","Answer":"STRAIGHTS","Explanation":"ST (Street, \"Way\") + RIGHTS=\"entitlements\" around A=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Rank of those originally involved in investigation (5)","Answer":"CASTE","Explanation":"T-hose (first letter\/\"originally\") inside CASE=\"investigation\""}
-{"Clue":"Why I'm surprised to get backing (4,3)","Answer":"WHAT FOR","Explanation":"WHAT=exclamation of surprise + FOR=\"backing\""}
-{"Clue":"Bloke largely innocent, on reflection, but keeping the truth hidden (5-2)","Answer":"COVER-UP","Explanation":"COVE=a man, a chap=\"Bloke\" + most of PUR-e=\"largely innocent\" reversed\/\"on reflection\""}
-{"Clue":"One successful outcome of trade negotiations \u2014 perfect! (5)","Answer":"IDEAL","Explanation":"I=\"One\" + DEAL=\"successful outcome of trade negotiations\""}
-{"Clue":"Great man, as Boris really is first! (9)","Answer":"ALEXANDER","Explanation":"definition: reference to Alexander the Great\n \nAlexander is Boris Johnson's real first name"}
-{"Clue":"Is definite about names (10)","Answer":"IDENTIFIES","Explanation":"anagram\/\"about\" of (Is definite)"}
-{"Clue":"In a diary recalled work meeting one afternoon \u2014 this justifies conduct? (8)","Answer":"APOLOGIA","Explanation":"reversed\/\"recalled\" OP=\"work\", inside A LOG=\"a diary\" + I=\"one\" + A (afternoon)"}
-{"Clue":"Talk about current lawbreaker at sea (6)","Answer":"PIRATE","Explanation":"PRATE=\"Talk\" about I=symbol for electric \"current\""}
-{"Clue":"Height of failure? Lie! (8)","Answer":"MISSPEAK","Explanation":"MISS PEAK=\"Height of failure\""}
-{"Clue":"Yes, seen rarely to possess intelligence \u2014 I can vouch for it (10)","Answer":"EYEWITNESS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"rarely\" of (Yes seen)*, around WIT=\"intelligence\""}
-{"Clue":"Starts to prevaricate over man in trouble \u2014 flipping fatty lump (6)","Answer":"LIPOMA","Explanation":"starting letters to P-revaricate O-ver M-an; all inside AIL=\"trouble\" reversed\/\"flipping\""}
-{"Clue":"In truth, acted deplorably \u2014 it means others shouldn't have to pay the price for you (5,5)","Answer":"DUTCH TREAT","Explanation":"definition: splitting the bill for e.g. a meal\n \nanagram\/\"deplorably\" of (In truth acted)"}
-{"Clue":"Sweetheart, continue having drinks outside! We look after the workers (10)","Answer":"BEEKEEPERS","Explanation":"definition: referring to worker bees\n \n\"Sweetheart\" => heart of 'sw-E-et', plus KEEP=\"continue\"; with BEERS=\"drinks\" outside"}
-{"Clue":"Digital appliance fine (all I need to change) (4,4)","Answer":"NAIL FILE","Explanation":"definition: 'digits' as in fingers\n \nanagram\/\"to change\" of (fine all I)"}
-{"Clue":"Inspector overshadowed in case (half redacted, unfortunately) (8)","Answer":"LESTRADE","Explanation":"LEST=\"in case\" + anagram\/\"unfortunately\" of the first half of (reda)* -cted"}
-{"Clue":"Brought up rule with listeners (6)","Answer":"REARED","Explanation":"R (rule) + EARED=having ears=\"with listeners\""}
-{"Clue":"Whip's greeting included warning (6)","Answer":"CAVEAT","Explanation":"CAT=cat-o'-nine-tails, a \"Whip\"; around AVE=Latin \"greeting\""}
-{"Clue":"Old opponent of Tories now highly content? (4)","Answer":"WHIG","Explanation":"contained in, part of the \"content\" of: no-W HIG-hly"}
-{"Clue":"Being worthy of respect? Conservative's looking embarrassed (4)","Answer":"CRED","Explanation":"C (Conservative) + RED=\"looking embarrassed\""}
-{"Clue":"Joint with soft drink brought round: thanks for the snack (9)","Answer":"CHIPOLATA","Explanation":"HIP=\"Joint\" with COLA=\"soft drink\" around it; plus TA=\"thanks\""}
-{"Clue":"Trophy I had as boy archer (5)","Answer":"CUPID","Explanation":"CUP=\"Trophy\" + I'D=\"I had\""}
-{"Clue":"The nose one looks down? (5)","Answer":"SNOOT","Explanation":"double definition: a nose; or a snooty person"}
-{"Clue":"One day this person will be caught out (5,4)","Answer":"APRIL FOOL","Explanation":"cryptic definition: a specific \"One day\" of the year, rather than \"One day\" in the future"}
-{"Clue":"Fake medic turned away (3)","Answer":"COD","Explanation":"DOC=doctor=\"medic\", reversed\/\"turned away\""}
-{"Clue":"Sweeping, managing to cover stretch of river (3-8)","Answer":"FAR-REACHING","Explanation":"FARING=\"managing\" around REACH=\"stretch of river\""}
-{"Clue":"One's beaten by hostile tribe (3,4)","Answer":"WARDRUM","Explanation":"cryptic definition: \"beaten\" as in 'struck' rather than 'defeated'"}
-{"Clue":"Prominent foreigner in the way (7)","Answer":"SALIENT","Explanation":"ALIEN=\"foreigner\" in ST (street, \"way\")"}
-{"Clue":"The start of everything, a very noisy affair? (3,4)","Answer":"BIG BANG","Explanation":"a BIG BANG could also mean a loud noise"}
-{"Clue":"Quarrelsome when talking in takeaway shop (7)","Answer":"CHIPPIE","Explanation":"homophone\/\"when talking\" of 'chippy'=\"Quarrelsome\""}
-{"Clue":"Stick parts of biro delicately together (3)","Answer":"ROD","Explanation":"hidden in\/\"parts of\": bi-RO D-elicately"}
-{"Clue":"Finished in a group, so left alone (9)","Answer":"ABANDONED","Explanation":"DONE=\"Finished\" inside A BAND=\"a group\""}
-{"Clue":"Was he just a monk before? (5)","Answer":"PRIOR","Explanation":"first definition: someone in charge of a priory of monks"}
-{"Clue":"Having lived, died with mark of beating (5)","Answer":"DWELT","Explanation":"D (died) + WELT=\"mark of beating\""}
-{"Clue":"All but one of the team drop out of this (5,4)","Answer":"RELAY RACE","Explanation":"cryptic definition: All but one of the team stop before the race finishes"}
-{"Clue":"Realise Daisy is a source of easy money (4,3)","Answer":"CASH COW","Explanation":"CASH=convert into money=\"Realise\" + COW=\"Daisy\""}
-{"Clue":"Tidy home, given command (2,5)","Answer":"IN ORDER","Explanation":"IN=[at] \"home\" + ORDER=\"command\""}
-{"Clue":"How one might make the bar, panting (3,2,6)","Answer":"OUT OF BREATH","Explanation":"in a crossword\/anagram, one might make 'the bar' OUT OF the letters of (BREATH)"}
-{"Clue":"The sort of letters one finds in a crossword (7)","Answer":"ANAGRAM","Explanation":"cryptic definition: \"sort\" as in 'sorting'\/'arrangement', rather than 'type'"}
-{"Clue":"Close and commonly bald (7)","Answer":"AIRLESS","Explanation":"h-AIRLESS=\"bald\", \"commonly\" so dropping the 'H'"}
-{"Clue":"Endlessly chilly in depression (3)","Answer":"COL","Explanation":"COL-d=\"Endlessly chilly\""}
-{"Clue":"Biographical sketch is for dossier (7)","Answer":"PROFILE","Explanation":"PRO=\"for\" + FILE=\"dossier\""}
-{"Clue":"Dance, heartlessly frivolous pleasure (7)","Answer":"DELIGHT","Explanation":"D-anc-E without its middle letters\/\"heartlessly\" + LIGHT=\"frivolous\""}
-{"Clue":"A good hand graphically represented (11)","Answer":"CALLIGRAPHY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"re \u2013 presented\" of (graphically)"}
-{"Clue":"Ship with pirate (7)","Answer":"BRIGAND","Explanation":"BRIG=\"Ship\" + AND=\"with\""}
-{"Clue":"Serious expert's dissatisfied look (7)","Answer":"GRIMACE","Explanation":"GRIM=\"Serious\" + ACE=\"expert\""}
-{"Clue":"One picking up scraps in general mess (7)","Answer":"GLEANER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"mess\" of (general)"}
-{"Clue":"Easy shot, we hear, over key stronghold (7)","Answer":"CITADEL","Explanation":"CITA- is a homophone\/\"we hear\" of 'sitter'=\"Easy shot\" e.g. in football; plus DEL ('delete' key for a computer)"}
-{"Clue":"Piece of Bach, perhaps: leave it alone to start with (7)","Answer":"PARTITA","Explanation":"PART=to depart=\"leave\" + IT + start of A-lone"}
-{"Clue":"Approve of Red Nose fooling (7)","Answer":"ENDORSE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"fooling\" of (Red Nose)"}
-{"Clue":"Dorothy comes to a full stop (3)","Answer":"DOT","Explanation":"DOT is a short form of Dorothy; \"full stop\" as in a punctuation mark"}
-{"Clue":"Giving Gone Girl new review in his extended period at the top (4,5)","Answer":"LONG REIGN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"review\" of (Gone Girl n[ew])"}
-{"Clue":"I hear you on the radio (5)","Answer":"ROGER","Explanation":"cryptic definition: a way to say 'I hear you' on the radio"}
-{"Clue":"In navy after misfortune blossomed (5)","Answer":"BLOWN","Explanation":"Rufus was in the Royal Navy, and was known for including nautical references in his puzzles \nN (navy) after BLOW=\"misfortune\""}
-{"Clue":"Do cursory alteration to trousers (9)","Answer":"CORDUROYS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"alteration\" of (Do cursory)"}
-{"Clue":"He, as a qualified judge, about to discharge European detained (7)","Answer":"REFEREE","Explanation":"Rufus is a qualified football referee \nRE=\"about\" + FREE=\"discharge\" with E (European) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Rosemary, who sings soprano with broadcast choral groups (7)","Answer":"SQUIRES","Explanation":"Rosemary Squires the singer \nS (soprano) + homophone of 'choirs'=\"broadcast choral groups'"}
-{"Clue":"Devotee starts off filling in easy 9 down (5)","Answer":"FIEND","Explanation":"the starting letters of F-illing I-n E-asy N-ine D-own"}
-{"Clue":"What enables one to pinpoint place for doctors (3)","Answer":"GPS","Explanation":"GPS devices, or GPs (doctors)"}
-{"Clue":"In days before, this was him (5)","Answer":"DANTE","Explanation":"Rufus also set crosswords as Dante in the Financial Times \nD (days) + ANTE=\"before\""}
-{"Clue":"Keep an eye on certain short curtain (7)","Answer":"SURVEIL","Explanation":"SUR[e]=\"certain short\" + VEIL=\"curtain\""}
-{"Clue":"Joined by crazy admirer (7)","Answer":"MARRIED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"crazy\" of (admirer)"}
-{"Clue":"Refund so, if his work not this amusing? (4,2,3)","Answer":"FULL OF FUN","Explanation":"Re-**FUN**-d is FULL OF **FUN** \u2013 not sure if it's part of the wordplay that the remaining letters spell RED (Rufus is Latin for 'red')"}
-{"Clue":"Unfortunately, a gap his retirement left? (5)","Answer":"ALACK","Explanation":"A LACK=\"a gap\" \u2013 I think the rest of the surface references Rufus and is not part of the wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"He tricked his way into this 1 (5,6)","Answer":"MAGIC CIRCLE","Explanation":"Rufus was a member of this CLUB"}
-{"Clue":"Wearing this one looks like nothing on earth (9)","Answer":"SPACESUIT","Explanation":"cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Reserving energy, switch positions with unique individual (3-3)","Answer":"ONE-OFF","Explanation":"ON and OFF are \"switch positions\", around E (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"His home game covered by press (10)","Answer":"IRONBRIDGE","Explanation":"Rufus lives in Ironbridge, Shropshire \nBRIDGE=card \"game\", with IRON=\"press\" on top"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzle set, turns and hands it over (8)","Answer":"ENTRUSTS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Puzzle\" of (set turns)"}
-{"Clue":"Contributor to our duplicitous language (4)","Answer":"URDU","Explanation":"hidden in o-UR DU-plicitous"}
-{"Clue":"Plenty of success in the past, moving round (1,4,3)","Answer":"A GOOD RUN","Explanation":"AGO=\"in the past\" + anagram\/\"moving\" of (round)"}
-{"Clue":"Raise tender for statue (4)","Answer":"EROS","Explanation":"Definition: the name of a statue in Piccadilly Circus, London \nreversal\/\"raise\" of SORE=\"tender\""}
-{"Clue":"He was a so-called king (5)","Answer":"RUFUS","Explanation":"\"He\" is implicitly Rufus in the context of this puzzle, and RUFUS was also a nickname of William II"}
-{"Clue":"Being in drink here admitted him to the 19 1 (10)","Answer":"UNDERWATER","Explanation":"Rufus became a member of the Goldfish Club after an underwater escape from a crashed aircraft"}
-{"Clue":"Endlessly regular, in his place (5)","Answer":"STEAD","Explanation":"surface (and perhaps those of 2dn and 5dn) could reference Vulcan often setting in the Guardian on Mondays, which had been Rufus' regular slot \nSTEAD[y]=\"Endlessly regular\""}
-{"Clue":"To block noise, sheriff covering those with these? (8)","Answer":"EARPLUGS","Explanation":"Wyatt EARP=\"sheriff\" + LUGS=slang for 'ears' which would be covered with 'these' i.e. EARPLUGS"}
-{"Clue":"Successful ditchers preparing big cold flush (8,4)","Answer":"GOLDFISH CLUB","Explanation":"an association for those, like Rufus, who have survived after ditching an airplane at sea \nanagram\/\"preparing\" of (big cold flush)"}
-{"Clue":"Possible association of his fans, all Tories? (6,4)","Answer":"MONDAY CLUB","Explanation":"a political group aligned with the Conservatives \nRufus regularly set puzzles for the Guardian on Mondays"}
-{"Clue":"He was a high-flyer who crashed (6)","Answer":"ICARUS","Explanation":"description of both Rufus [see 15dn and 19\/1dn] and Icarus \u2013 which is why Rufus chose Icarus as a pseudonym when setting for the Independent"}
-{"Clue":"Setting not right for celebrity (4)","Answer":"FAME","Explanation":"F-r-AME=\"Setting\", minus the 'r' for \"right\""}
-{"Clue":"Clue originally featured in 1 \u2014 and never again? (4)","Answer":"ONCE","Explanation":"C[lue] inside ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Girl, one on thin ice away from the sides (4)","Answer":"KATE","Explanation":"s-KATE-r=\"one on thin ice\", without its outer letters\/\"sides\""}
-{"Clue":"Covering Virginia with sweat, ultimately perverted royal can (8)","Answer":"LAVATORY","Explanation":"anagram\/'perverted\" of (royal)* going around\/\"Covering\" VA (Virginia, US state abbr.) + [swea]-T"}
-{"Clue":"Single American woman is out (6)","Answer":"ABROAD","Explanation":"A=one, \"Single\" + BROAD=\"American woman\""}
-{"Clue":"Story books given to public library, initially (4)","Answer":"PLOT","Explanation":"OT (Old Testament, \"books\") after P[ublic] L[ibrary]"}
-{"Clue":"Pulling leg? One might be used to stick on board (7,3)","Answer":"DRAWING PIN","Explanation":"DRAWING=\"Pulling\" + PIN=\"leg\""}
-{"Clue":"Tone in empty bar: call from landlord to stop drinking outside? (6)","Answer":"TIMBRE","Explanation":"B-a-R, with TIME=\"call from landlord to stop drinking\" going \"outside\""}
-{"Clue":"Grow part of wicket that's wearing at front (8)","Answer":"INCREASE","Explanation":"CREASE=\"part of wicket\" in cricket; with IN=\"wearing\" (e.g. 'in a T-shirt') going at the front"}
-{"Clue":"Notes from singers on the radio (7)","Answer":"TENNERS","Explanation":"definition as in banknotes \nhomophone\/\"on the radio\" of 'tenors'=\"singers\""}
-{"Clue":"One with speed wrestling around ring in bout (7)","Answer":"EPISODE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"wrestling\" of (I speed), with I=\"One\"; going around O=\"ring\""}
-{"Clue":"Climber, perhaps one following main course to summit, shortly (5,3)","Answer":"SWEET PEA","Explanation":"definition: a climbing plant \nSWEET=\"one following main course\" + PEA[k]=\"summit, shortly\""}
-{"Clue":"AC\/DC quiet round piano playing piece (6)","Answer":"BISHOP","Explanation":"\"AC\/DC\" is slang for BI[sexual], plus SH=shush=\"quiet\" + O=\"round\" + P (piano)"}
-{"Clue":"Dropped teacup, hard to get replacement (10)","Answer":"PARACHUTED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"to get replacement\" of (teacup, hard)* \nre-placement as in placing the letters in a new order"}
-{"Clue":"Cold butter and jam (4)","Answer":"CRAM","Explanation":"C (Cold) + RAM=\"butter\", an animal that head-butts"}
-{"Clue":"Might mark cryptic clues (6)","Answer":"MUSCLE","Explanation":"M (mark, former German currency) + anagram\/\"cryptic\" of (clues)"}
-{"Clue":"Peter out with Rod and Jack on this? (8)","Answer":"FLAGPOLE","Explanation":"in definition, \"Jack\" means a flag. (\"Peter\" can also mean a flag, so possibly also part of a definition?) \nFLAG=to droop, to dwindle away=\"Peter out\" + POLE=\"Rod\""}
-{"Clue":"One goes over handy tips to catch train (4,4)","Answer":"NAIL FILE","Explanation":"\"handy tips\" referring to nails and fingertips \nNAIL=\"catch\" as in 'nail a criminal' + FILE=\"train\" as in a line or sequence of things"}
-{"Clue":"Mould in bread, cut end off crust (4)","Answer":"CAST","Explanation":"\"Mould\" as in a template for e.g. ceramics \nCAS[h]=\"bread, cut\" + end off [crus]T"}
-{"Clue":"A piece of cake from party to go off without lid (6)","Answer":"DODDLE","Explanation":"DO=\"party\" + [a]DDLE=\"go off without lid\""}
-{"Clue":"Solid may drip when melted (7)","Answer":"PYRAMID","Explanation":"\"Solid\" as in a three-dimensional shape \nanagram\/\"melted\" of (may drip)"}
-{"Clue":"Djokovic, gutted about stupid visa, ended tennis competition (5,3)","Answer":"DAVIS CUP","Explanation":"D[jokovi]C around anagram\/\"stupid\" of (visa)*, plus UP=\"ended\" as in 'your time's up'"}
-{"Clue":"Prince with monsters making advances (10)","Answer":"PROGRESSES","Explanation":"PR (Prince) + OGRESSES=\"monsters\""}
-{"Clue":"Being off guard, catch a lot on the tube from one sitting (5-5)","Answer":"BINGE WATCH","Explanation":"anagram\/\"off\" of (Being)* + WATCH=\"guard\""}
-{"Clue":"Blow cover revealing criminal record (3,5)","Answer":"RAP SHEET","Explanation":"RAP=hit=\"Blow\" + (e.g. bed) SHEET=\"cover\""}
-{"Clue":"Make love with partner after what starts off like mad (8)","Answer":"DOOLALLY","Explanation":"DO=\"Make love with\", plus ALLY=\"partner\" after starts of O[ff] L[ike] \n*edited, thanks to Dr. WhatsOn in the comments: DO=\"Make\" + O=\"love\", plus ALLY after L[ike]"}
-{"Clue":"Short bloke with hard dog (7)","Answer":"MASTIFF","Explanation":"MA[n]=\"Short bloke\" + STIFF=\"hard\""}
-{"Clue":"Wear warm clothes with cuff down? On the contrary (4,2)","Answer":"WRAP UP","Explanation":"W (with) + RAP=hit=\"cuff\" + UP=\"down? On the contrary\""}
-{"Clue":"Shallow vessel to move across under bottom (6)","Answer":"BEDPAN","Explanation":"PAN [a camera]=\"move across\", after BED=\"bottom\""}
-{"Clue":"Point made with carbon copy (4)","Answer":"CAPE","Explanation":"C (carbon) + APE=\"copy\""}
-{"Clue":"Having packed, finally decides to get married (6)","Answer":"STOWED","Explanation":"final letter of decide-S + TO + WED=\"get married\""}
-{"Clue":"Old diary found in one busy Yankee vintner's study (8)","Answer":"OENOLOGY","Explanation":"definition: the study of wines\n \nO (Old) + LOG=\"diary\"; all inside anagram\/\"busy\" of (one)* plus Y (Yankee)"}
-{"Clue":"Scot isn't able to cover first two of Ullapool drains (8)","Answer":"CANNULAE","Explanation":"definition: tubes used to drain fluid from the body\n \nCANNAE=\"Scot [word for] isn't able to\", around the first two letters of UL-lapool"}
-{"Clue":"Information on tax swells (6)","Answer":"GENTRY","Explanation":"definition: 'swell' is a term for a wealthy person\n \nGEN=\"Information\" + TRY=be burdensome=\"tax\""}
-{"Clue":"Driving test on one tank on island with learner (12)","Answer":"MOTIVATIONAL","Explanation":"MOT (UK test of vehicle safety) + I=\"one\" + VAT=\"tank\" + IONA=\"island\" in Scotland + L (learner)"}
-{"Clue":"Pet swallow (4)","Answer":"NECK","Explanation":"double definition: to caress; or to swallow a drink"}
-{"Clue":"Sibyl's about to down a litre twice \u2014 of these? (4,4)","Answer":"REAL ALES","Explanation":"definition: something that could be downed\/drunk\n \n\"Sibyl\"=SEER of Greek legend, reversed\/\"about\" and around\/\"to down\" A + L (litre) twice"}
-{"Clue":"Our mum's spiking another mum's whiskey (4,4)","Answer":"SOUR MASH","Explanation":"definition: a process used to make whiskey\n \nOUR MA'S=\"Our mum's\" inside SH=be quiet=\"mum\""}
-{"Clue":"Disclose what boozer often needs? (4)","Answer":"LEAK","Explanation":"double definition: to leak information; and a boozer might need to take a leak"}
-{"Clue":"One fights egg producer with rowing team (12)","Answer":"BANTAMWEIGHT","Explanation":"BANTAM=\"egg producer\" + W (with) + EIGHT=\"rowing team\""}
-{"Clue":"Caught one using tongue to taste spirit (6)","Answer":"LIQUOR","Explanation":"homophone\/\"Caught\" of 'licker'=\"one using tongue\""}
-{"Clue":"Cocktail Indian spilt in fast car (3,3,2)","Answer":"GIN AND IT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"spilt\" of (Indian)* inside GT (grand tourer, \"fast car\")"}
-{"Clue":"Train hooted, skirting theatre punctually (2,3,3)","Answer":"ON THE DOT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Train\" of (hooted)*, around NT (National Theatre)"}
-{"Clue":"Ravenous guy, empty, wolfs venison that's turned (6)","Answer":"GREEDY","Explanation":"G-u-Y emptied out; around DEER=\"venison\" reversed\/\"turned\""}
-{"Clue":"My first drink supplier leaves on time (4)","Answer":"TEAT","Explanation":"definition: supplier of milk to a baby\n \nTEA=\"leaves\" + T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Sack producer Marie knew to be dissipated (9)","Answer":"WINEMAKER","Explanation":"definition: \"Sack\" is a type of white wine\n \nanagram\/\"dissipated\" of (Marie knew)"}
-{"Clue":"Thin cover lifted on truck (6)","Answer":"DILUTE","Explanation":"LID=\"cover\" reversed\/\"lifted\" + UTE (short for 'utility' vehicle, \"truck\")"}
-{"Clue":"Nine under the table (3,4,3,5)","Answer":"ONE OVER THE EIGHT","Explanation":"definition: slang for being very drunk\n \nthe number \"Nine\" is also ONE above EIGHT"}
-{"Clue":"Last snifter near Deal, heading north (8)","Answer":"NIGHTCAP","Explanation":"NIGH=\"near\" + PACT=\"Deal\" reversed\/\"heading north\""}
-{"Clue":"Fast over played slowly (5)","Answer":"LENTO","Explanation":"LENT=Christian period of \"Fast\" + O (over, cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Barrel seen in depot about new place for empties (7,3)","Answer":"GARBAGE CAN","Explanation":"B (Barrel) inside GARAGE=\"depot\", plus CA (circa, \"about\") + N (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Estonia's perplexed with old barren state (10)","Answer":"DESOLATION","Explanation":"anagram\/\"perplexed' of (Estonia old)"}
-{"Clue":"Not everyone stands up in a church together (3,2,4)","Answer":"ALL AT ONCE","Explanation":"NOT ALL=\"Not everyone\" reversed\/\"stands up\" inside A + CE (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"Plastered husband before noon has me blushing (8)","Answer":"HAMMERED","Explanation":"H (husband) + AM (before noon) + ME + RED=\"blushing\""}
-{"Clue":"Mixed drink, say, going off without one (6)","Answer":"EGGNOG","Explanation":"E.G.=for example=\"say\"; plus anagram\/\"off\" of (GO-**i**-NG)* minus the **i**=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Taste too much? That's out of order (5)","Answer":"TOUCH","Explanation":"I think the definition is that 'taste' and 'touch' can both mean 'a trace', 'a small amount'\n \nTO-**O M**-UCH, minus **OM** (\"order\" of Merit)"}
-{"Clue":"The Italian's stopping doctor's tipple (4)","Answer":"MILD","Explanation":"definition referring to 'mild ales'\n \nIL=\"The [in] Italian\", inside MD=\"doctor\""}
-{"Clue":"DC current (7)","Answer":"POTOMAC","Explanation":"cryptic definition \u2013 a river that flows through Washington D.C."}
-{"Clue":"Deprive of an ear, working automatically (7)","Answer":"ROBOTIC","Explanation":"ROB=\"Deprive\" + OTIC=\"of an ear\""}
-{"Clue":"Difficulty for fishermen? (5)","Answer":"CATCH","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Available for selection as a matter of course (2,3,4)","Answer":"ON THE MENU","Explanation":"cryptic definition \u2013 \"course\" as in part of a meal"}
-{"Clue":"Books about prophet revised once as signs at a crossing (7,7)","Answer":"BELISHA BEACONS","Explanation":"definition: the amber globe lights indicating zebra crossings in the UK \nB B (Books) around ELISHA=biblical \"prophet\" + anagram\/\"revised\" of (once as)"}
-{"Clue":"Quarrel as yet unfinished? (2-2)","Answer":"TO-DO","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Domestic having one flickering lantern (8)","Answer":"INTERNAL","Explanation":"I=\"one\" + anagram\/\"flickering\" of (lantern)"}
-{"Clue":"Note, foreign money, brass? Could be (8)","Answer":"MEMORIAL","Explanation":"definition: \"brass\" can mean a memorial plate of brass found in churches \nMEMO=\"note\" + RIAL=Iranian currency"}
-{"Clue":"A short jumper, showing style (4)","Answer":"AFRO","Explanation":"A + FRO-g=\"short jumper\""}
-{"Clue":"Rearranged oral inspection looking after children (2,4,8)","Answer":"IN LOCO PARENTIS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Rearranged\" of (oral inspection)"}
-{"Clue":"Travel and again back around the Home Counties and then back south for fruit (9)","Answer":"GOOSEGOGS","Explanation":"definition: a name for gooseberries \nGO=\"Travel\" \u2026and GO reversed=\"\u2026and again back\" and GO reversed=\"\u2026and then back\", with SE (South East, Home Counties) inside the first reversed GO, and with S (south) at the end"}
-{"Clue":"Approval from two Europeans on board (5)","Answer":"OUIJA","Explanation":"OUI [French] + JA [German]=\"Approval from two Europeans\""}
-{"Clue":"Confronts son during exam retakes (7)","Answer":"RESISTS","Explanation":"S (son) inside RESITS=\"exam retakes\""}
-{"Clue":"Duck \u2014 plump and very rich (7)","Answer":"OROTUND","Explanation":"definition: referring to a voice, \"rich\" in the sense of 'deep' or 'full' \nO=zero, a \"Duck\" in cricket + ROTUND=\"plump\""}
-{"Clue":"This convention is full of people, say (4)","Answer":"PACT","Explanation":"homophone\/\"say\" of 'packed'=\"full of people\""}
-{"Clue":"State old raiment is worn out \u2014 by these folk? (15)","Answer":"TATTERDEMALIONS","Explanation":"definition: people wearing tattered clothing \nanagram\/\"worn out\" of (State old raiment)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor musical material (6)","Answer":"MOHAIR","Explanation":"MO (Medical Officer, Doctor) + HAIR=name of a \"musical\""}
-{"Clue":"Transparent cover for her hat? (6)","Answer":"CLOCHE","Explanation":"double definition: a [bell-shaped] plastic cover for plants, or a [bell-shaped] woman's hat"}
-{"Clue":"Ten Arabs concocted arsenic poison (8)","Answer":"RATSBANE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"concocted\" of (Ten Arabs)"}
-{"Clue":"Warder released female bird (3-5)","Answer":"BEE-EATER","Explanation":"BEE-F-EATER=\"Warder\" of the Tower of London, minus F (female)"}
-{"Clue":"G&S subtitle tip \u2014 often without change (3,4,2,6)","Answer":"THE TOWN OF TITIPU","Explanation":"definition: Gilbert and Sullivan's *Mikado *is subtitled *The Town of Titipu* \nanagram\/\"change\" of (tip often without)"}
-{"Clue":"Diplomatic officer for local representative, so it's said (10)","Answer":"COUNSELLOR","Explanation":"homophone\/\"so it's said\" of 'councillor'=\"local representative\""}
-{"Clue":"T Greig's men ordered spice (4,6)","Answer":"STEM GINGER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"ordered\" of (T Greig's men)"}
-{"Clue":"Bananas, biscuits and bangers (8)","Answer":"CRACKERS","Explanation":"triple definition: 'crazy', biscuits, or fireworks"}
-{"Clue":"Makes fun of member in saloon, drunk (8)","Answer":"LAMPOONS","Explanation":"MP (Member of Parliament) in anagram\/\"drunk\" of (saloon)"}
-{"Clue":"Forces repaired artwork on wall (6)","Answer":"FRESCO","Explanation":"anagram\/\"repaired\" of (Forces)"}
-{"Clue":"Wholly at home, child given love (2,4)","Answer":"IN TOTO","Explanation":"IN=\"at home\" + TOT=\"child\" + O=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Eisteddfod winner, dull, turned up (4)","Answer":"BARD","Explanation":"definition: an eisteddfod is a festival where bards might compete \nDRAB=\"dull\" reversed\/\"turned up\""}
-{"Clue":"Transport to hotel with infant, one with large eyes (8)","Answer":"BUSH BABY","Explanation":"BUS=\"Transport\" + H (hotel) + BABY=\"infant\""}
-{"Clue":"Kitten group in a sort of pile (6)","Answer":"ATOMIC","Explanation":"reference to the pop music group Atomic Kitten, and an 'atomic pile' is a name for a nuclear reactor"}
-{"Clue":"Sleuth of inferior quality concealing hesitation (8)","Answer":"SHERLOCK","Explanation":"SHLOCK=\"of inferior quality\" around ER=\"hesitation\""}
-{"Clue":"Hard mineral in estuary (6)","Answer":"HUMBER","Explanation":"the Humber is an estuary in Northern England \nH (Hard) + UMBER=\"mineral\""}
-{"Clue":"Feeble daughter about to languish (5)","Answer":"DROOP","Explanation":"POOR=\"Feeble\" + D (daughter), all reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Conspiring old American sounds a warning (2,7)","Answer":"IN CAHOOTS","Explanation":"INCA=\"old American\" + HOOTS=\"sounds a warning\""}
-{"Clue":"Terrified by a concoction for roughage (7,5)","Answer":"DIETARY FIBRE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"concoction\" of (Terrified by a)"}
-{"Clue":"Railway showing marvellous film (5,7)","Answer":"GREAT WESTERN","Explanation":"GREAT=\"marvellous\" + WESTERN=\"film\""}
-{"Clue":"Where one could select a banana without thinking about it (3,2,4)","Answer":"OUT OF HAND","Explanation":"a 'hand' is a name for a bunch of bananas"}
-{"Clue":"Musician to do a bit better than Queen (5)","Answer":"PIPER","Explanation":"PIP=\"do a bit better than\" + ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\")"}
-{"Clue":"Woman fighting retail giant (6)","Answer":"AMAZON","Explanation":"double definition: women warriors from Greek myth, and the e-commerce company"}
-{"Clue":"Blair on a trip to a hall that's this grand? (8)","Answer":"BARONIAL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"trip\" of (Blair on a)"}
-{"Clue":"Assuming label covers family (6)","Answer":"TAKING","Explanation":"TAG=\"label\" around KIN=\"family\""}
-{"Clue":"Alter vital access to capitals (5,3)","Answer":"SHIFT KEY","Explanation":"definition referring to capital letters on a keyboard \nSHIFT=\"Alter\" + KEY=\"vital\""}
-{"Clue":"Live on edge nearby (6)","Answer":"BESIDE","Explanation":"BE=\"Live\" + SIDE=\"edge\""}
-{"Clue":"Farewell poker call? (3,3)","Answer":"SEE YOU","Explanation":"SEE YOU could mean to match someone's bet in poker"}
-{"Clue":"Social event with meaning for writer (9)","Answer":"BALLPOINT","Explanation":"BALL=\"Social event\" + POINT=\"meaning\""}
-{"Clue":"Once upon a time yacht and bike needed to travel (4,2,3,3)","Answer":"BACK IN THE DAY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"needed to travel\" of (yacht and bike)"}
-{"Clue":"A very small amount of sense (5)","Answer":"TOUCH","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Spotted puffed-up character on TV (2,6)","Answer":"MR BLOBBY","Explanation":"cryptic definition: the TV character covered in yellow spots"}
-{"Clue":"Chin rest's alternative name (8)","Answer":"CHRISTEN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"alternative\" of (Chin rest)"}
-{"Clue":"Cause extreme panic as throat ceased moving (5,2,5)","Answer":"SCARE TO DEATH","Explanation":"anagram\/\"moving\" of (throat ceased)"}
-{"Clue":"Female I rebuke is impervious to a tongue (9)","Answer":"FIREPROOF","Explanation":"definition: a \"tongue\" can mean a jet of flame \nF (Female) + I + REPROOF=\"rebuke\""}
-{"Clue":"No rating could be so uneducated (8)","Answer":"IGNORANT","Explanation":"anagram\/\"could be\" of (No rating)"}
-{"Clue":"Resigned cashier's job in bohemian area of Paris (4,4)","Answer":"LEFT BANK","Explanation":"LEFT [one's job at a] BANK=\"Resigned cashier's job\""}
-{"Clue":"Raise credit in America, a small increase (6)","Answer":"UPTICK","Explanation":"UP=\"Raise\" as in 'up the ante' + TICK=slang for \"credit\""}
-{"Clue":"Complete unknown covering front of robe with flounces (6)","Answer":"FRILLY","Explanation":"FILL=\"Complete\" + Y=\"unknown\" around R-obe"}
-{"Clue":"Having escaped, move smoothly north (5)","Answer":"FLOWN","Explanation":"FLOW=\"move smoothly\" + N (north)"}
-{"Clue":"Small fruit with perfect flavour (9)","Answer":"SPEARMINT","Explanation":"S (Small) + PEAR=\"fruit\" + MINT=\"perfect\""}
-{"Clue":"Key notes? That's musical (5)","Answer":"ANNIE","Explanation":"A (musical \"Key\") + N and N (note, plural) + I.E. (id est, that is, \"That's\")"}
-{"Clue":"After temperature rises, bear becomes badger (5)","Answer":"HARRY","Explanation":"definition as a verb meaning to harass\n \nC-ARRY=\"bear\", with temperature rising from C (cold) to H (hot)"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps 2000 or 2020 players struggle to control Real's midfield (4,5)","Answer":"LEAP YEARS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"struggle\" of (players)* around the middle of [R]-EA-[l]"}
-{"Clue":"Racing driver, rock singer and holy man drink sparkling water (7)","Answer":"STEWART","Explanation":"Jackie Stewart the F1 driver, or Rod Stewart the rock singer\n \nST (saint, holy man) around anagram\/\"sparkling\" of (water)"}
-{"Clue":"Mother's tough dog (7)","Answer":"MASTIFF","Explanation":"MA=\"Mother\" + STIFF=\"tough\""}
-{"Clue":"Attempt extremely wide yorker at the end to batsman (5)","Answer":"GOWER","Explanation":"David Gower, England cricket captain and batsman\n \nGO=\"Attempt\" + extreme\/outer letters of W-id-E + end of yorke-R"}
-{"Clue":"Managed to uncover Sinatra? (3)","Answer":"RAN","Explanation":"f-RAN-k Sinatra, without the outer\/cover letters"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian article by setter (5)","Answer":"ANGEL","Explanation":"AN=\"article\" + GEL=\"setter\" as gels can harden\/'set'"}
-{"Clue":"Son attempts to steal 500 Australian trousers (7)","Answer":"STRIDES","Explanation":"Australian slang for trousers\n \nS (Son) + TRIES=\"attempts\", around D=\"500\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"God to regularly hoover vehicle after parking (7)","Answer":"PHOEBUS","Explanation":"a name for Apollo the sun god\n \nregular letters from H-o-O-v-E-r + BUS=\"vehicle\", all after P (parking)"}
-{"Clue":"Connolly, try a bit of toast and butter (5,4)","Answer":"BILLY GOAT","Explanation":"an animal that head-butts\n \nBILLY Connolly the comedian + GO=\"try\" + A + a bit of T-oast"}
-{"Clue":"Tin provided strong smell (5)","Answer":"SNIFF","Explanation":"SN=symbol for chemical element \"Tin\" + IF=\"provided\" + F (forte, \"strong\")"}
-{"Clue":"State dollars get old rope (5)","Answer":"LASSO","Explanation":"LA (abbreviation of US state Louisiana) + S and S=dollar signs + O (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Watch the Queen on tele, surprisingly a tool for making holes (9)","Answer":"EYELETEER","Explanation":"a tool for making eyelet holes\n \nEYE=\"Watch\" + ER (Elizabeth Regina, the Queen); both around anagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (tele)"}
-{"Clue":"Short dating description: 'wearing thongs (not northern model)' (4)","Answer":"GSOH","Explanation":"abbreviation for Good Sense Of Humour on dating profiles\n \nanagram\/\"wearing\" of (thongs)*, minus N (\"northern\") and T (Ford \"model\" T)"}
-{"Clue":"King, say, eating good eggs up (6)","Answer":"GEORGE","Explanation":"EG=e.g.=\"say\", around G (good) + ROE=\"eggs); all reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Earl employed to cover up one showing signs of old age? (4-6)","Answer":"GREY-HAIRED","Explanation":"Earl GREY + HIRED=\"employed\" around A=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Inside, check new oil colour (6)","Answer":"VIOLET","Explanation":"VET=\"check\" with anagram\/\"new\" of (oil)* inside"}
-{"Clue":"Hypothetical argument about skills with worker (5,3)","Answer":"STRAW MAN","Explanation":"ARTS=\"skills\" reversed\/\"about\" + W (with) + MAN=\"worker\""}
-{"Clue":"Setter's embracing a royal queen (4)","Answer":"MARY","Explanation":"MY=\"Setter's\" around A + R (royal)"}
-{"Clue":"Attractive motor, no boot, silver interior: \u00a31,000 (8)","Answer":"ENGAGING","Explanation":"ENGIN-e=\"motor\" with no end\/\"boot\", and with AG=chemical symbol for \"silver\" inside; then adding G (grand, \u00a31000)"}
-{"Clue":"County furniture (4)","Answer":"BEDS","Explanation":"double definition: \"County\" as in Bedfordshire"}
-{"Clue":"Stories of elite soldiers capturing a German leader (5)","Answer":"SAGAS","Explanation":"SAS=\"elite soldiers\" around A + G-erman"}
-{"Clue":"Kraken eats men! So scary, right? (3,7)","Answer":"SEA MONSTER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"scary\" of (eats men So)*, plus R (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Around capitals for students learning lots (and field trips) (5)","Answer":"FALLS","Explanation":"reversal\/\"Around\" of the first letters\/\"capitals\" of S-tudents L-earning L-ots A-nd F-ield"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 ? (8)","Answer":"WORDLESS","Explanation":"the solution describes the clue"}
-{"Clue":"Made good wine, drinking up another takes time (8)","Answer":"RESTORED","Explanation":"RED=\"wine\" around a reversal\/\"up\" of ROSE (\"another\" wine) around T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps 11p fur? (6)","Answer":"POTTER","Explanation":"Perhaps HARRY POTTER, the fictional wizard\n \nP + OTTER=the aquatic mammal, or its \"fur\""}
-{"Clue":"Court jester? (6)","Answer":"BAILEY","Explanation":"double definition \u2013 \"jester\" referring to Bill BAILEY the comedian"}
-{"Clue":"Ring inventor (4)","Answer":"BELL","Explanation":"double definition: the inventor is Alexander Graham Bell"}
-{"Clue":"Young people today go to Magaluf at last (4)","Answer":"YOOF","Explanation":"an informal spelling of 'youth'\n \nlast letters of toda-Y g-O t-O magalu-F"}
-{"Clue":"Car made in four dimensions, reportedly (4)","Answer":"FORD","Explanation":"spelled as FOR D, which could be spoken aloud as '4D' or \"in four dimensions\""}
-{"Clue":"Frenchman's refusal to admit regret back in cell (6)","Answer":"NEURON","Explanation":"NON=\"Frenchman's refusal\" around RUE=\"regret\" reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Bloodsucker's taken in current girl (6)","Answer":"LOUISE","Explanation":"LOUSE=\"Bloodsucker\" around I=symbol for electric \"current\""}
-{"Clue":"Dictator managed to infiltrate government department (6)","Answer":"FRANCO","Explanation":"RAN=\"managed\" inside FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)"}
-{"Clue":"Common or garden finally entered in journal (8)","Answer":"ORDINARY","Explanation":"OR + garde-N inside DIARY=\"journal\""}
-{"Clue":"Criminal pockets 1, 15, or what's in all the other across solutions (4)","Answer":"COIN","Explanation":"TWOPENCE, or the other coins found in the across clues\n \nCON (convict, criminal) around I=\"1\""}
-{"Clue":"Selfish oddball with attempt to oust Conservative (10)","Answer":"EGOCENTRIC","Explanation":"E-C-CENTRIC=\"oddball\" with GO=\"attempt\" in place of the first C (Conservative)"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps gents love farm animals crossing river in Scottish village (4,1,6)","Answer":"JOHN O GROATS","Explanation":"JOHN=toilet=\"Perhaps gents\" + O=\"love\" + GOATS=\"farm animals\" around R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Medic's not worried, consuming new spices etc. (10)","Answer":"CONDIMENTS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"worried\" of (Medic's not)* around N (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Notice of passing planet's route not right (4)","Answer":"OBIT","Explanation":"O-r-BIT=\"planet's route\" minus r (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Trains heading for Euston with fees to carry pet (8)","Answer":"EDUCATES","Explanation":"E-[uston] + DUES=\"fees\" around CAT=\"pet\""}
-{"Clue":"Place sandwiches on starter of cucumber chopped in advance (3-3)","Answer":"PRE-CUT","Explanation":"PUT=\"Place\" around\/\"sandwiches\" all of: RE=about=\"on\" + C-[ucumber]"}
-{"Clue":"Went off south with Guardian compilers' boss? (6)","Answer":"SOURED","Explanation":"S (south) + OUR ED=our editor=\"Guardian compilers' boss\""}
-{"Clue":"US animal's odour about to get inhaled by nocturnal creature (6)","Answer":"BOBCAT","Explanation":"BO (body odour), plus C (circa, \"about\") inside\/\"inhaled by\" BAT=\"nocturnal creature\""}
-{"Clue":"Become leader in take over? Retire first (4,4)","Answer":"TURN INTO","Explanation":"leader of T-[ake] plus O (over, cricket), with TURN IN=\"Retire\" first"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor got up and down (6)","Answer":"MOROSE","Explanation":"MO (Medical Officer, Doctor) + ROSE=\"got up\""}
-{"Clue":"At that party hosting group of stars, I'm leaving (6-2)","Answer":"TOODLE-OO","Explanation":"TOO=\"At that\" e.g. 'they only had one chance, and a slim one at that'\u2026\n \nplus DO=\"party\" around constellation LEO=\"group of stars\""}
-{"Clue":"Sound of baby bird or seal (6)","Answer":"SIGNET","Explanation":"homophone of 'cygnet'=\"baby bird\""}
-{"Clue":"Contract ultimately broken? One's fired! (6)","Answer":"NARROW","Explanation":"definition: \"Contract\" as a verb\n \n[broke]-N + ARROW=\"One's fired\""}
-{"Clue":"Listen in with royal receiving a fake shock (6)","Answer":"EARWIG","Explanation":"definition: a verb meaning to eavesdrop\n \nER (Elizabeth Regina, \"royal\") around A; plus WIG=\"fake shock [of hair]\""}
-{"Clue":"Person sliding down rocked boat, going over stone (11)","Answer":"TOBOGGANIST","Explanation":"anagram\/\"rocked\" of (boat going)*, plus ST (stone)"}
-{"Clue":"Chat about decoration that's unimportant (2,6)","Answer":"NOMATTER","Explanation":"NATTER=\"Chat\" around OM (Order of Merit, \"decoration\")"}
-{"Clue":"WTO wasted old Trump ally's cash (8)","Answer":"TWOPENCE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"wasted\" of (WTO)*, plus Mike PENCE=Donald Trump's Vice President"}
-{"Clue":"Armies swamped by anguish or despair (6)","Answer":"HORDES","Explanation":"hidden in anguis-H OR DES-pair"}
-{"Clue":"Picaroon's turned up funky tune for a dance (6)","Answer":"MINUET","Explanation":"I'M=\"Picaroon's\" reversed\/\"turned up\" + anagram\/\"funky\" of (tune)"}
-{"Clue":"Stupid holding court, you said, making general statement (6)","Answer":"DICTUM","Explanation":"DIM=\"Stupid\", around all of: CT (court) + U (phonetic spelling of 'you')"}
-{"Clue":"Tube is heading north, getting call to leave east (6)","Answer":"SIPHON","Explanation":"IS reversed\/\"heading north\" + PHON[E]=\"call\" minus E (east)"}
-{"Clue":"Little old star, no posh god (6)","Answer":"OSIRIS","Explanation":"definition: a god of ancient Egypt\n \nO (old, shortened\/\"Little\") + SIRI-u-S=\"star\" in the constellation Canis Major minus the U (upper-class, \"posh\")"}
-{"Clue":"Crossing the globe, exceedingly word-wise (8)","Answer":"VERBALLY","Explanation":"BALL=\"globe\", with VERY=\"exceedingly\" around\/\"Crossing\" it"}
-{"Clue":"Takes liberties quietly and then gets back to business (8)","Answer":"PRESUMES","Explanation":"P (piano, \"quietly\") + RESUMES=\"gets back to business\""}
-{"Clue":"Open up, as you might say, an old letter (6)","Answer":"UNCIAL","Explanation":"homophone\/\"as you might say\" of 'unseal'=\"Open up [\u2026a letter]\""}
-{"Clue":"Snow? All right to seek shelter in church (4)","Answer":"COKE","Explanation":"definition: 'snow' and 'coke' are both slang for cocaine\n \nOK=\"All right\" in CE (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"What's spewed out by politicians, ladies and gentlemen? (10)","Answer":"LAVATORIES","Explanation":"LAVA is \"spewed out\" + TORIES=\"politicians\""}
-{"Clue":"Over and done with computers etc \u2014 too old (4,2)","Answer":"PAST IT","Explanation":"PAST=\"Over and done with\" + IT=Information Technology=\"computers etc\""}
-{"Clue":"Promoter travels by ship, it's said, to island (8)","Answer":"SALESMAN","Explanation":"homophone\/\"it's said\" of 'sails'=\"travels by ship\" + [Isle of] MAN"}
-{"Clue":"Viewer more adventurous \u2014 what's being screened? (8)","Answer":"BEHOLDER","Explanation":"BOLDER=\"more adventurous\", with EH='eh?'='what?' inside"}
-{"Clue":"Old-fashioned US politician with something lyrical (6)","Answer":"D\u00c9MOD\u00c9","Explanation":"DEM (Democrat, US politician) + ODE=\"something lyrical\""}
-{"Clue":"Inflexible, as Stalin once could be (10)","Answer":"NONELASTIC","Explanation":"anagram\/\"could be\" of (Stalin once)"}
-{"Clue":"Wife badly affected, just a bit (4)","Answer":"WHIT","Explanation":"W (Wife) + HIT=\"badly affected\" in the figurative sense of e.g. 'sales were hit by the bad weather\""}
-{"Clue":"Conservative lot with love for something inexpensive (6)","Answer":"CHEAPO","Explanation":"C (Conservative) + HEAP=\"lot\" + O=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Bits of stone troubling the lions (8)","Answer":"NEOLITHS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"troubling\" of (the lions)"}
-{"Clue":"Dark liquid that could be cloudier (5,3)","Answer":"CRUDE OIL","Explanation":"anagram\/\"could be\" of (cloudier)"}
-{"Clue":"Rock is first thing for teenagers after school (6)","Answer":"SCHIST","Explanation":"IS, plus first letter of T-eenagers; all after SCH (school)"}
-{"Clue":"Guest room rather awkward for baby carrier (9,6)","Answer":"SURROGATE MOTHER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"awkward\" of (Guest room rather)"}
-{"Clue":"To sit down outside wood is most foolish (7)","Answer":"RASHEST","Explanation":"REST=\"sit down\" around ASH=\"wood\""}
-{"Clue":"What troubles me is adult being affected (9)","Answer":"SIMULATED","Explanation":"anagram\/\"troubles\" of (me is adult)"}
-{"Clue":"One corresponding offers two similar endorsements, one deficient (3-1-3)","Answer":"VIS-\u00c0-VIS","Explanation":"VISA VIS[A]=\"two similar endorsements\", with A=\"one\" missing\/deficient"}
-{"Clue":"Stir created by retreats with slight confusion at the end (5)","Answer":"ROUST","Explanation":"ROUTS=\"retreats\" with the last two letters confused\/switched"}
-{"Clue":"Worm is found at foot of a cliff (7)","Answer":"ASCARIS","Explanation":"definition: a genus of roundworms\n \nIS, after A SCAR=\"a cliff\""}
-{"Clue":"What could become a son's lavish feed? (6,3,6)","Answer":"LOAVES AND FISHES","Explanation":"definition: biblical reference to the miracle of Jesus (\"son\" of God) feeding a large crowd with only seven loaves and a few fish\n \nanagram\/\"could become\" of (a son's lavish feed)"}
-{"Clue":"Absurd English not to be found in our clues, I'd fancy (9)","Answer":"LUDICROUS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"fancy\" of (our clues I'd)*, minus E (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Quantity of works with no date (7)","Answer":"OPERAND","Explanation":"definition: a value\/quantity on which a mathematical operation is performed\n \nOPERA (works, plural of opus) + ND (no date)"}
-{"Clue":"Viewer's screen's made of metal with authentic coating (7)","Answer":"RETINAL","Explanation":"TIN=\"metal\" with REAL=\"authentic\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Sentimental mum with desire to restrict kid, initially (7)","Answer":"MAWKISH","Explanation":"MA=\"mum\" + WISH=\"desire\" around K-id"}
-{"Clue":"Past attempt to one's heart's desire (1,4)","Answer":"\u00c0 GOGO","Explanation":"AGO=\"Past\" + GO=\"attempt\""}
-{"Clue":"Annoying large one, entering place for fight (6)","Answer":"RILING","Explanation":"L (large) + I=\"one\", both inside RING=\"place for fight\""}
-{"Clue":"Turn to corner to fix things (3-3)","Answer":"DOG-EAR","Explanation":"DO=\"fix\" + GEAR=\"things\""}
-{"Clue":"Fury's leader at the end: previously put on ass (6)","Answer":"ONAGER","Explanation":"definition: a species of \"ass\" \nR-AGE=\"Fury\" with the \"leader\"\/first letter R moved to the \"end\", and with ON put first\/\"previously\""}
-{"Clue":"They're put down on canvas? Beat one's that's run out of craft in the main? (8)","Answer":"OILSLICK","Explanation":"definition: \"craft in the main\" referring to a sea vessel \nOILS=\"They're put down on canvas\" for painting + LICK=\"Beat\""}
-{"Clue":"Fully fit (4)","Answer":"WELL","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Frame of other picture shot round island (6,4)","Answer":"PUERTO RICO","Explanation":"anagram\/\"shot\" of (OR picture)* where OR is the \"Frame\"\/outer letters of o-the-r, plus O=\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Ungracefully fleshy: admit being out of shape (3-8)","Answer":"HAM-FISTEDLY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"out of shape\" of (fleshy admit)"}
-{"Clue":"Present a fight around that time (10)","Answer":"THEREABOUT","Explanation":"THERE=\"Present\" (as opposed to absent) + A BOUT=\"a fight\""}
-{"Clue":"Governor-general against boxing legend (4)","Answer":"VALI","Explanation":"definition: a term from the Ottoman Empire meaning governor-general \nV (versus, against) + [Muhammad] ALI=\"boxing legend\""}
-{"Clue":"Training part that's boring (5,3)","Answer":"DRILL BIT","Explanation":"definition: a tool used to bore holes \nDRILL=\"Training\" + BIT=\"part\""}
-{"Clue":"Some adventure now needed for glory (6)","Answer":"RENOWN","Explanation":"hidden\/\"Some\" in adventu-RE NOW N-eeded"}
-{"Clue":"Hard men punching to weaken part of the torso (6)","Answer":"THORAX","Explanation":"H (Hard) + OR (other ranks, \"men\"), both inside TAX=\"weaken\""}
-{"Clue":"Father and I with close acquaintance (6)","Answer":"FRIEND","Explanation":"FR (Father) + I + END=\"close\""}
-{"Clue":"Whips bloke boxing one with conviction (8)","Answer":"FLAGELLA","Explanation":"FELLA=\"bloke\" around LAG=a convict=\"one with conviction\""}
-{"Clue":"Open up one with sharp blow (6)","Answer":"UNWRAP","Explanation":"UN=dialect for \"one\" as a pronoun + W (with) + RAP=\"sharp blow\""}
-{"Clue":"Allow to get into round: it could be for the better (8)","Answer":"ROULETTE","Explanation":"definition: \"better\" as in someone who bets or gambles \nLET=\"Allow\" inside ROUTE=\"round\" e.g. a postal delivery round\/route"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps a cockney chicken: we hear one shouting (6)","Answer":"YELLER","Explanation":"'yellow'=cowardly=\"chicken\", perhaps in a cockney accent"}
-{"Clue":"Round Three over, finally getting the bell (6)","Answer":"RINGER","Explanation":"RING=circular shape=\"Round\", plus final letters of thre-E ove-R"}
-{"Clue":"Flamboyant jumper worn by short male (6)","Answer":"ROCOCO","Explanation":"ROO=kangaroo=\"jumper\" around COC[k]=\"short male\""}
-{"Clue":"Clobber in ring? One packing punches around top of ribs (5,6)","Answer":"BOXER SHORTS","Explanation":"definition: \"Clobber\" is also slang for clothing \nBOXER=\"One packing\" things into boxes + SHOTS=\"punches\" around the top letter of R-ibs"}
-{"Clue":"Fury's beginning to swell after punch that's light (8)","Answer":"FLAMBEAU","Explanation":"definition: a torch \nbeginning of F-ury, plus BEAU=a dandy or \"swell\" after LAM=\"punch\""}
-{"Clue":"Plant left one at the close to seal a victory (8)","Answer":"LAVENDER","Explanation":"L (left) + ENDER=\"one at the close\" around all of A + V (victory)"}
-{"Clue":"Long right jabs this close to heavyweight (6)","Answer":"THIRST","Explanation":"R (right) inside THIS, plus closing letter of heavyweigh-T"}
-{"Clue":"Damaged and knocked out when caught? (6)","Answer":"FLAWED","Explanation":"homophone\/\"when caught\" of 'floored'=\"knocked out\""}
-{"Clue":"I can't wait for rumble that's taking place (4,2)","Answer":"ROLL ON","Explanation":"ROLL=\"rumble\" + ON=\"taking place\""}
-{"Clue":"Ripped: topless professional fighter in ring (6)","Answer":"TORERO","Explanation":"definition: a bullfighter \nTORE=\"Ripped\" + p-RO=\"topless professional\""}
-{"Clue":"Ministries on casual break (12)","Answer":"INTERMISSION","Explanation":"anagram\/\"casual\" of (Ministries on)"}
-{"Clue":"Old-fashioned secretaries not completely prepared (5)","Answer":"PASS\u00c9","Explanation":"PAS (PAs, Personal Assistants)=\"secretaries\" + SE[t]=\"not completely prepared\""}
-{"Clue":"Supply with gold before beginning to laugh and cry (9)","Answer":"CATERWAUL","Explanation":"CATER=\"Supply\" + W (with) + AU (chemical symbol for gold) + L-augh"}
-{"Clue":"Flee in small vehicle with rejected agent (7)","Answer":"SCARPER","Explanation":"S (small) + CAR=\"vehicle\" + REP=\"agent\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"Right to trust missing book provides help (7)","Answer":"RELIEVE","Explanation":"R (Right) + b-ELIEVE=\"trust\" missing the b for \"book\""}
-{"Clue":"Crooks wail about community service? (6,4)","Answer":"SOCIAL WORK","Explanation":"anagram\/\"about' of (Crooks wail)"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly applauds bonus (4)","Answer":"PLUS","Explanation":"regular letters from a-P-p-L-a-U-d-S"}
-{"Clue":"Barely impartial (4)","Answer":"JUST","Explanation":"double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Monumental queues forming behind National, endlessly (10)","Answer":"STATUESQUE","Explanation":"anagram\/\"forming\" of (queues)*, after STAT-e=\"National, endlessly\" with 'state' as an adjective e.g. state pension"}
-{"Clue":"Servant goes after farm animal in frenzy (7)","Answer":"RAMPAGE","Explanation":"PAGE=\"Servant\" after RAM=\"farm animal\""}
-{"Clue":"Apparently removes end from items (7)","Answer":"DETAILS","Explanation":"DE-TAILS could mean \"removes end from\""}
-{"Clue":"Ninety featuring in subtle story published only by us (9)","Answer":"EXCLUSIVE","Explanation":"XC=\"Ninety\" in Roman numerals, inside ELUSIVE=\"subtle\""}
-{"Clue":"A home featured in newspaper is unsteady (5)","Answer":"FAINT","Explanation":"A, plus IN=[at] \"home\", both inside FT (Financial Times, \"newspaper\")"}
-{"Clue":"Carefree and pleased to leave fortune to unknown quantity (5-2-5)","Answer":"HAPPY-GO-LUCKY","Explanation":"HAPPY=\"pleased\" + GO=\"leave\" + LUCK=\"fortune\" + Y=unknown in mathematics"}
-{"Clue":"Examples of popular positions (9)","Answer":"INSTANCES","Explanation":"IN=\"popular\" + STANCES=\"positions\""}
-{"Clue":"Ship neat rum for player (8)","Answer":"THESPIAN","Explanation":"anagram\/\"rum\" of (Ship neat)"}
-{"Clue":"Part of core curriculum to come up again (5)","Answer":"RECUR","Explanation":"hidden in\/\"Part of\" co-RE CUR-riculum"}
-{"Clue":"Bury ready for French to take (9)","Answer":"INTERPRET","Explanation":"INTER=\"Bury + PRET=pr\u00eat=\"ready\" in French"}
-{"Clue":"High quiet stream (6)","Answer":"SHRILL","Explanation":"SH=[be] quiet! + RILL=\"stream\""}
-{"Clue":"Ordinary charge to speak (5)","Answer":"ORATE","Explanation":"O (Ordinary) + RATE=\"charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Fits spring on messaging service (6)","Answer":"SPASMS","Explanation":"SPA=\"spring\" + SMS=phone text \"messaging service\""}
-{"Clue":"Ways of heading off depression before the Sabbath (6)","Answer":"ALLEYS","Explanation":"v-ALLEY=\"depression\" with its first letter\/\"heading\" taken \"off\"; plus S (Sabbath)"}
-{"Clue":"Article in part of electrical system is decaying (9)","Answer":"WITHERING","Explanation":"THE=definite \"Article\", in WIRING=\"part of electrical system\""}
-{"Clue":"I quit idly, wandering in fluid state (9)","Answer":"LIQUIDITY","Explanation":"anagram\/\"wandering\" of (I quit idly)"}
-{"Clue":"Defeat provided by one caught showing great joy (8)","Answer":"BEATIFIC","Explanation":"BEAT=\"Defeat\" + IF=\"provided\" + I=\"one\" + C (caught in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Vessel with wine is shaken (6)","Answer":"JARRED","Explanation":"JAR=\"Vessel\" + RED=\"wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Substitute Queen rested by entrance to zoo (6)","Answer":"ERSATZ","Explanation":"ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\") + SAT=\"rested\" + Z-oo"}
-{"Clue":"Leaders of gardeners' and zoologists' unions meet privately to seek a higher offer (6)","Answer":"GAZUMP","Explanation":"definition: a seller agreeing to an offer (e.g. on a house) and then accepting or asking for a higher offer\n \nleading letters from G-ardeners' A-nd Z-oologists' U-nions M-eet P-rivately"}
-{"Clue":"Little time for tea or coffee (5)","Answer":"MOCHA","Explanation":"MO (moment, \"Little time\") + CHA=\"tea\""}
-{"Clue":"Blue revolutionary left lodge (5)","Answer":"DWELL","Explanation":"LEWD=\"Blue\" as in 'blue movie' reversed\/\"revolutionary\" + L (left)"}
-{"Clue":"Goddess moves Mars: it blocks Earth (7)","Answer":"ARTEMIS","Explanation":"anagram\/'moves\" of (Mars it)*, around E (Earth)"}
-{"Clue":"Provoked within view, caught by day (7)","Answer":"INCITED","Explanation":"'incite' is a homophone\/\"caught\" of 'in sight'=\"within view\", plus D (day)"}
-{"Clue":"Warnings of broken nose when stealing money (5)","Answer":"OMENS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"broken\" of (nose) around M (money)"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Bell and Edison's financial backers have change of heart (9)","Answer":"INVENTORS","Explanation":"INVE-s-TORS=\"financial backers\", switching the central\/\"heart\" letter from 's' to N"}
-{"Clue":"Physicist's hesitation with car following reality (bonnet's missing) (10)","Answer":"RUTHERFORD","Explanation":"ER=\"hesitation\" + FORD=\"car\", both following after t-RUTH=\"reality\" minus the first letter\/\"bonnet\""}
-{"Clue":"Main reason corrupt Reagan's deposed? (3)","Answer":"SEA","Explanation":"anagram\/\"corrupt\" of (r-eas-on) minus letters 'Ron' as in Ronald Reagan"}
-{"Clue":"It might be slipped into real brew as one likes (12)","Answer":"DISCRETIONAL","Explanation":"DISC=\"It might be slipped\" as in a 'slipped disc' injury, plus anagram\/\"brew\" of (into real)"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk actress grabs thrilling hour entertaining male musical director (6,6)","Answer":"CHORUS MASTER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Drunk\" of (actress)* around anagram\/\"thrilling\" of (hour)* and around M (male)"}
-{"Clue":"Article written in ancient Hebrew (3)","Answer":"THE","Explanation":"hidden in ancien-T HE-brew"}
-{"Clue":"Workmates pass by 21 in Paris with fevers (10)","Answer":"COLLEAGUES","Explanation":"COL=\"pass\" + LE='the'\/21ac in French\/\"in Paris\" + AGUES=\"fevers\""}
-{"Clue":"A little over 51? That's special powers (9)","Answer":"ABILITIES","Explanation":"A BIT=\"A little\", around LI=\"51\" in Roman numerals, plus IE=i.e.=that is=\"That's\", plus S (special)"}
-{"Clue":"God's in a blind rage (5)","Answer":"INDRA","Explanation":"hidden in bl-IND RA-ge"}
-{"Clue":"No good holding stew containing pea, say, one in a pod? (7)","Answer":"DOLPHIN","Explanation":"a group of dolphins is called a pod\n \nanagram\/\"stew\" of (holdin-g)* minus the 'g' for \"good\", and around P=\"pea, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Colour of two wines (4-3)","Answer":"ROSE-RED","Explanation":"ros\u00e9 and red wines"}
-{"Clue":"Moving down river current on ship (6)","Answer":"ABOARD","Explanation":"AB-R-OAD=widespread=\"current\", with the R for \"river\" moving down within the word"}
-{"Clue":"Top darts score? (6)","Answer":"TWENTY","Explanation":"20 is the number at the top of a darts board"}
-{"Clue":"Setter's second ghost theme? Elgar ultimately promises to be puzzling (10)","Answer":"MYSTERIOUS","Explanation":"MY=\"Setter's\" + S (second) + a ghost\/outline of T-hem-E + ultimate letter of Elga-R + IOUS='I owe you-s'=\"promises\""}
-{"Clue":"King takes tourist's seat in sturdy boat (5)","Answer":"SKIFF","Explanation":"S-t-IFF=\"sturdy\", with K (King) replacing the seat\/last letter of touris-T"}
-{"Clue":"I never travel by steamship around new city (9)","Answer":"INVERNESS","Explanation":"anagram\/\"travel\" of (I never)* + SS (steam ship), and both around N (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Alleged murderer gets stick (4)","Answer":"CANE","Explanation":"sounds like 'Cain', the biblical \"murderer\""}
-{"Clue":"Wandering south with many (8)","Answer":"THOUSAND","Explanation":"anagram\/\"Wandering\" of (south)*, plus AND=\"with\""}
-{"Clue":"Home improvements cover up little \u2014 and not in a good way (8)","Answer":"DISMALLY","Explanation":"DIY=\"Home improvements\" around SMALL=\"little\""}
-{"Clue":"Family diagrams omit school science (10)","Answer":"KINEMATICS","Explanation":"KIN=\"Family\" plus sch-EMATICS=\"diagrams\" minus SCH for \"school\""}
-{"Clue":"Asian river snake bites diva in half, close to vein (9)","Answer":"CAMBODIAN","Explanation":"CAM=\"river\", plus BOA=\"snake\" around half of DI-va, plus the closing letter of vei-N"}
-{"Clue":"Polish guards caught old thieves lobbying leaders in country (8)","Answer":"SCOTLAND","Explanation":"SAND=\"Polish\" around leaders of C-aught O-ld T-hieves L-obbying"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's entire factory shouldn't make a big deal from this? (8)","Answer":"MOLEHILL","Explanation":"definition referring to the expression 'making a mountain out of a molehill'\n \nSpoonerism of 'whole mill'=\"entire factory\""}
-{"Clue":"Pioneer surrenders ring to one supplying capital (6)","Answer":"FUNDER","Explanation":"F-o-UNDER=\"Pioneer\" giving up O=\"ring\""}
-{"Clue":"Man, perhaps, is 50+? (6)","Answer":"ISLAND","Explanation":"definition referring to the Isle of Man\n \nIS, plus L=\"50\" in Roman numerals\", plus AND=\"+\""}
-{"Clue":"Failure of Super League? Football fans to finally riot (5)","Answer":"LOSER","Explanation":"anagram\/\"riot\" of (r e l s o)*, the final letters of Supe-R Leagu-E Footbal-L fan-S t-O"}
-{"Clue":"Strong man's not 'ard (4)","Answer":"RICH","Explanation":"RICH-ard=\"man\" minus 'ard"}
-{"Clue":"Standards judged to be sad, then sadder, so to speak? (8)","Answer":"CRITERIA","Explanation":"Definition: Standar\nhomophone\/\"to speak\" of: 'cry'=\"to be sad\" + 'tearier'=\"sadder\" \nOr could be 'cried'=\"judged to be sad\" with \"Standards\" as definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cross-Channel trip reportedly says 'up yours' to those working the ferries! (5,6)","Answer":"BOOZE CRUISE","Explanation":"Definition: Cross-Channel trip\ndefinition: a trip from the UK across the Channel to France to buy alcohol \nhomophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'boos crews'=\"says 'up yours' to those working the ferries\""}
-{"Clue":"Miss trial, or slam into prison with Spooner? (4,4)","Answer":"JUMP BAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Miss trial\nSpoonerism of 'bump jail'=\"slam into prison\""}
-{"Clue":"Possible aim of epidural containing last of ethanol, solvent (2,3,5)","Answer":"IN THE BLACK","Explanation":"Definition: solvent\ndefinition: not being in debt \nIN THE BACK=\"Possible aim of epidural\" around last of ethano-L"}
-{"Clue":"Trekker's blessing for start of route, or developing plans for diversion (4,4,3,7)","Answer":"LIVE LONG AND PROSPER","Explanation":"Definition: Trekker's blessing\ndefinition: a famous phrase from Star Trek \nanagram\/\"diversion\" of (r or developing plans)*, with the first r coming from R-oute"}
-{"Clue":"Secrecy ultimately maintained, is able to 'arbour killer (7)","Answer":"CYANIDE","Explanation":"Definition: killer\nultimate letter of secrec-Y, inside CAN 'IDE=can hide=\"is able to 'arbour\""}
-{"Clue":"Bloke eating last of butter before cheese (7)","Answer":"GRUY\u00c8RE","Explanation":"Definition: cheese\nGUY=\"Bloke\" around butte-R, plus ERE=\"before\""}
-{"Clue":"Pen witticism, funny phrase I love? (8)","Answer":"APHORISE","Explanation":"Definition: Pen witticism\nanagram\/\"funny\" of (phrase I O)*, with the O=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Timber turned out beautifully (6)","Answer":"SPRUCE","Explanation":"Definition: Timber\ndouble definition: a type of tree\/wood (noun), or smart\/smartly dressed (adjective)"}
-{"Clue":"Joiner in seat wearing garment, a certain style (5,4,3,5)","Answer":"SHORT BACK AND SIDES","Explanation":"Definition: a\ndefinition: a type of haircut \nAND=a word used to join other words=\"Joiner\", inside BACKSIDE=\"seat\"; all inside SHORTS=\"garment\""}
-{"Clue":"Cold, like a man on board? (8)","Answer":"DRAUGHTY","Explanation":"Definition: Cold\n\"man on board\" could be DRAUGHT-Y, related to draughts, as a man can be a piece on a board for a game of draughts (checkers)"}
-{"Clue":"Unfortunately, cheapest housing no good: significant progress required (4,6)","Answer":"STEP CHANGE","Explanation":"Definition: significant progress required\nanagram\/\"Unfortunately\" of (cheapest)*, around NG (no good)"}
-{"Clue":"Old European kingdom, some feel it's a country on the rise (7)","Answer":"CASTILE","Explanation":"Definition: Old European kingdom\nhidden reversed in\/\"some\u2026 on the rise\" of: fe-EL IT'S A C-ountry"}
-{"Clue":"Newspaper, i did you say? (8)","Answer":"OBSERVER","Explanation":"Definition: Newspaper\n\"i did you say?\" => 'i' sounds like 'eye', an OBSERVER"}
-{"Clue":"Potter actor underwater? (4,6)","Answer":"POOL PLAYER","Explanation":"Definition: Potter\ndefinition: a player of pool 'pots' balls into pockets \nPLAYER=\"actor\", under POOL i.e. \"underwater?\""}
-{"Clue":"Source of inspiration, play a villain (6)","Answer":"BEACON","Explanation":"Definition: Source of inspiration\nBE A CON=\"play a villain\""}
-{"Clue":"Idiot with new pay cut, work up and down (10)","Answer":"NINCOMPOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Idiot\nN (new) + INCOM-e=\"pay cut\" + OP=\"work\" both reversed\/\"up\" and not reversed\/\"down\""}
-{"Clue":"Broadcaster I attack, one in African country (8)","Answer":"DJIBOUTI","Explanation":"Definition: African country\nDJ=radio \"Broadcaster\" + I + BOUT=\"attack\" + I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Hectic or excited, skip off (8)","Answer":"RICOCHET","Explanation":"Definition: skip off\nanagram\/\"excited\" of (Hectic or)"}
-{"Clue":"Was a kipper, when served up, inspiring English type of pizza? (4-3)","Answer":"DEEP-PAN","Explanation":"Definition:  type of pizza\nNAPPED=\"Was a kipper\" reversed\/\"served up\", taking in\/\"inspiring\" E (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Sentence like wordplay? (6)","Answer":"PUNISH","Explanation":"Definition: Sentence\ndefinition: as in a court sentence for a criminal \nPUN-ISH=\"like wordplay?\""}
-{"Clue":"Bound to get journey underway? (6)","Answer":"STRIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Bound\nRIDE=\"journey\", under ST (street) i.e. \"under \/ way?\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird to smoke at home (6)","Answer":"PUFFIN","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nPUFF=\"smoke\" + IN=\"at home\""}
-{"Clue":"Crimes by receivers of stolen goods (8)","Answer":"OFFENCES","Explanation":"Definition: Crimes\n[Crimes] OF FENCES=[Crimes] \"by receivers of stolen goods\""}
-{"Clue":"Couple that are not straight about male's forbidden love (6)","Answer":"BIGAMY","Explanation":"Definition: forbidden love\nBI and GAY=\"Couple that are not straight\", around M (male)"}
-{"Clue":"Characteristics describing Romeo meeting love rats (8)","Answer":"TRAITORS","Explanation":"Definition: rats\nTRAITS=\"Characteristics\" around R (Romeo) after O=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"PC? Priti Patel's flapping around getting interviewed, for example (4,10)","Answer":"PAST PARTICIPLE","Explanation":"Definition: interviewed, for example\n*Tramp in the Guardian comments section has clarified that the correct version of the clue is:* \n*\"**PC? Priti Patel's flapping around when interviewed, for example\"*\n \nanagram\/\"flapping\" of (PC Priti Patel)*, around AS=\"when\""}
-{"Clue":"Made money on the radio (4)","Answer":"BRED","Explanation":"Definition: Made\nhomophone\/\"on the radio\" of 'bread'=slang for \"money\""}
-{"Clue":"Poke with end of sharp stick (4)","Answer":"PROD","Explanation":"Definition: P\nshar-P + ROD=\"stick\""}
-{"Clue":"Top worker to call teacher (10)","Answer":"RINGMASTER","Explanation":"Definition: Top worker\nin definition, \"Top\" as in a circus tent \nRING=\"call\" + MASTER=\"teacher\""}
-{"Clue":"Disintegration after treatment is confusing (14)","Answer":"DISORIENTATING","Explanation":"Definition: confusing\nanagram\/\"after treatment\" of (Disintegration)"}
-{"Clue":"What for Don Juan stops fights? Bunches of flowers (8)","Answer":"BOUQUETS","Explanation":"Definition: Bunches of flowers\nQUE=\"What\" in Spanish \/ \"for Don Juan\", inside BOUTS=\"fights\""}
-{"Clue":"Polish almost off new shoe (4-2)","Answer":"SLIP-ON","Explanation":"Definition: s\nanagram\/\"off\" of (Polis-h)* without the h, plus N (new)"}
-{"Clue":"They hold Women's Institute meeting with more senior people (8)","Answer":"WIELDERS","Explanation":"Definition: They hold\nWI (Women's Institute) + ELDERS=\"more senior people\""}
-{"Clue":"Regular shape in keeping very fit (6)","Answer":"ISOGON","Explanation":"Definition: Regular shape\ndefinition: a polygon with all angles equal e.g. a rectangle has all right angles \nIN, around SO=\"very\" + GO=\"fit\""}
-{"Clue":"More than one local in front of Borstal during discharge (4)","Answer":"PUBS","Explanation":"Definition: More than one local\nB-orstal inside PUS=\"discharge\""}
-{"Clue":"Following green light turning, hit red light at the back (3,4)","Answer":"FOG LAMP","Explanation":"Definition: red light at the back\nfor definition: a car's rear fog lights will be red \nF (Following) + GO=\"green light\" reversed\/\"turning\" + LAMP=\"hit\""}
-{"Clue":"Not able to go one mile to receive inspection for vehicle (8)","Answer":"IMMOTILE","Explanation":"Definition: Not able to go\nI=\"one\" + MILE around MOT=\"inspection for vehicle\""}
-{"Clue":"In favour of Europe, ultimately still time for planning (11)","Answer":"FORETHOUGHT","Explanation":"Definition: planning\nFOR=\"In favour of\" + [Europ]-E + THOUGH=\"still\" + T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Venice trips to see show (6)","Answer":"EVINCE","Explanation":"Definition: show\nanagram\/\"trips\" of (Venice)"}
-{"Clue":"Axe policeman for smuggling heroin (7)","Answer":"CHOPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Axe\nCOPPER=\"policemen\" around H (heroin)"}
-{"Clue":"One hanging poster about product's unmatched quality (9)","Answer":"SUSPENDER","Explanation":"Definition: One hanging\nSENDER [of a parcel in the post]=\"poster\", around USP (Unique Selling Point, \"product's unmatched quality\")"}
-{"Clue":"Actor tried playing king for role in theatre? (3,8)","Answer":"ART DIRECTOR","Explanation":"Definition: role in theatre?\nanagram\/\"playing\" of (Actor tried)*, plus R (Rex, \"king\")"}
-{"Clue":"Like top kisser? Charlie excited on one date, finally has fiddle (6,3)","Answer":"CUPIDS BOW","Explanation":"Definition: Like top kisser\ndefinition: a double curve shape at the top of a person's lips \nC (Charlie) + UP=\"excited\" + I=\"one\" + D (date) + final letter of ha-S + BOW=\"fiddle\""}
-{"Clue":"Legendary figure to go brown: Greek character around lake getting sun (8)","Answer":"TANTALUS","Explanation":"Definition: L\nTAN=\"go brown\" + TAU=Greek letter\/\"character\" around L (lake) + S (sun)"}
-{"Clue":"Hide round bike sheds, primarily to smoke (7)","Answer":"OBSCURE","Explanation":"Definition: Hide\nO=\"round\" + B-ike S-heds primarily + CURE=\"to smoke\""}
-{"Clue":"One holds guy, perhaps, after ten pints knocked back (4,3)","Answer":"TENT PEG","Explanation":"Definition: One holds guy\nin definition, \"guy\" as in a rope securing a tent \nEG=e.g.=\"perhaps\", after TEN plus PT (pints) reversed\/\"knocked back\""}
-{"Clue":"Crumbled in golf on series of holes (6)","Answer":"GROUND","Explanation":"Definition: Crumbled\nG (golf) + ROUND=\"series of [golf] holes\""}
-{"Clue":"Aware of boozer drinking round (2,2)","Answer":"IN ON","Explanation":"Definition: Aware of\nINN=\"boozer\" around O=\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Value for money, deer hunter's rifle shot? (4,3,4,4)","Answer":"BANG FOR ONE\u2019S BUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Value for money\nBANG as a \"rifle shot\" when hunting a BUCK=\"deer\""}
-{"Clue":"A dogma, perhaps, surrounding a US state (7)","Answer":"ALABAMA","Explanation":"Definition: US state\nA + LABMA around A \nLABMA given by splitting up \"dog \/ ma\" so LAB (labrador, \"dog\") + MA"}
-{"Clue":"Cause alarm, as I've done with Du Tompes? (3,3,3,5,3,7)","Answer":"PUT THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS","Explanation":"Definition: Cause alarm\n'dupe'='pigeon', someone who is the victim of a deception \n\"Du Tompes\" is 'Tom'=CAT, put inside\/among 'Dupes'=PIGEONS\n \n\u2026I initially thought SET instead of PUT"}
-{"Clue":"Finally, adult and a boy both playing part of first set (4,5)","Answer":"BABY TOOTH","Explanation":"Definition: part of first set\nanagram\/\"playing\" of (t a boy both)*, with the first 't' coming from adul-T"}
-{"Clue":"Brief flash in long cloud, measure dropping straight down (9)","Answer":"PLUMB LINE","Explanation":"Definition: measure dropping straight down\nBLIN-g=\"Brief flash\" inside PLUME=\"long cloud\" \nbling=flash in the sense of ostentatious style\n \n*edit \u2013 Joseph Keith Morgan, Sagittarius and others in comments have pointed out BLIN-k for \"Brief flash\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink way off (5)","Answer":"STOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\nST (street, \"way\") + OUT=\"off\""}
-{"Clue":"Top president who's become careless? (6,3)","Answer":"SLOPPY JOE","Explanation":"Definition: Top\ndefinition: a sloppy joe is a type of sweater \nJOE [Biden]=\"president\", SLOPPY=\"careless\""}
-{"Clue":"Phone somewhere in 5 (6)","Answer":"MOBILE","Explanation":"Definition: Phone\nsecond definition: a city in ALABAMA=5ac"}
-{"Clue":"My attempt done, mess needs sorting out (8,2)","Answer":"GOODNESS ME","Explanation":"Definition: My\ndefinition: \"My\" as an interjection \nGO=\"attempt\" + anagram\/\"sorting out\" of (done mess)"}
-{"Clue":"Hard to say what is unable to swim and fly? (7,4,3,4)","Answer":"NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL","Explanation":"Definition: Hard to say\nneither fish (able to swim) nor fowl (able to fly)"}
-{"Clue":"Source of mighty growth around university, a Spanish city (1,6)","Answer":"A CORU\u00d1A","Explanation":"Definition: Spanish city\nACORN=\"Source of mighty growth\" around U (university) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Sweetheart wearing golden jacket (5)","Answer":"GILET","Explanation":"Definition: jacket\n\"Sweetheart\" split to give 'heart'\/centre of sw-E-et, inside GILT=\"golden\""}
-{"Clue":"Busy working but drinking, say (2,3,2)","Answer":"ON THE GO","Explanation":"Definition: Busy\nON=\"working\" + THO=tho'=though=\"but\", around\/\"drinking\" EG=e.g.=\"say\""}
-{"Clue":"Idle hands grabbing old tie, lazily (6)","Answer":"LOITER","Explanation":"Definition: Idle\ndefinition: \"Idle\" as a verb \nL and R (left and right, \"hands\"), around O (old) plus anagram\/\"lazily\" of (tie)"}
-{"Clue":"Worker on call in remarkably gutless corporation (4,5)","Answer":"BEER BELLY","Explanation":"Definition: corporation\ndefinition: \"corporation\" meaning a large belly \nBEE=\"Worker\", on BELL=\"call\" inside R-emarkabl-Y \"gutless\" without its inside letters"}
-{"Clue":"Note about first of Colts, a shooter (7)","Answer":"MINICAM","Explanation":"Definition: shooter\nMINIM=musical \"Note\" around C-olts + A"}
-{"Clue":"Elderly student spoiling gigolos rotten (13)","Answer":"GERONTOLOGIST","Explanation":"Definition: Elderly student\nanagram\/\"spoiling\" of (gigolos rotten)"}
-{"Clue":"America and African dictator brought into play after revolution, certainly! (3,4,2)","Answer":"YOU SAID IT","Explanation":"Definition: certainly!\nUSA=\"America\" + IDI [Amin]=\"African dictator\", inside TOY=\"play\" reversed\/\"after revolution\""}
-{"Clue":"Flower that's gold held up by kid (3,4)","Answer":"TEA ROSE","Explanation":"Definition: Flower\nOR=\"gold\" reversed\/\"up\" inside TEASE=\"kid\""}
-{"Clue":"Italian tourist destination in Colosseum ultimately saved by the last John Paul? (7)","Answer":"POMPEII","Explanation":"Definition: I\n[Colosseu]-M inside POPE [John Paul] II"}
-{"Clue":"Wheels covering first of rough terrain in US city (7)","Answer":"ORLANDO","Explanation":"Definition: US city\nOO=two circles=\"Wheels\" around R-ough + LAND=\"terrain\""}
-{"Clue":"Stick gas in middle (6)","Answer":"COHERE","Explanation":"Definition: Stick\nHE (Helium, \"gas\") inside CORE=\"middle\""}
-{"Clue":"Expression of postprandial satisfaction for Shakespearean character (5)","Answer":"BELCH","Explanation":"Definition: Expression of postprandial satisfaction\n\"postprandial\" means after a meal \nSir Toby BELCH is in Twelfth Night"}
-{"Clue":"Reason to restrict availability of alcohol (9)","Answer":"RATIONALE","Explanation":"Definition: Reason\nRATION=\"restrict availability\" + ALE=\"alcohol\""}
-{"Clue":"Busy pub talk is essentially quite ordinary (5)","Answer":"USUAL","Explanation":"Definition: ordinary\nthe 'essential' or central letters of b-US-y p-U-b t-AL-k"}
-{"Clue":"Quiet one moving east carrying a signal (7)","Answer":"SALIENT","Explanation":"Definition: signal\ndefinition: \"signal\" meaning 'notable'\n \nSILENT=\"Quiet\" with the I=\"one\" moving one space to the right\/\"east\", around A"}
-{"Clue":"Case is plain with ivory top inlaid (7)","Answer":"PATIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Case\ndefinition: PATIENT as in a medical case\n \nPATENT=obvious=\"plain\" around the top letter of I-vory"}
-{"Clue":"Note skin damage \u2014 it's huge, man! (5)","Answer":"TITAN","Explanation":"Definition: huge, man\nTI=musical \"Note\" + TAN=\"skin damage\""}
-{"Clue":"Initial deal that comes through personal experience (5,4)","Answer":"FIRST HAND","Explanation":"Definition: that comes \nFIRST=\"Initial\" + DEAL=\"hand\" of playing cards"}
-{"Clue":"The cool cat a poet made up is absolutely useless (9,6)","Answer":"CHOCOLATE TEAPOT","Explanation":"Definition: is absolutely useless\nanagram\/\"made up\" of (The cool cat a poet)"}
-{"Clue":"Club rates redesigned so they are easy to understand (9)","Answer":"SCRUTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: easy to understand\nanagram\/\"redesigned\" of (Club rates)"}
-{"Clue":"I leave country hotel to find wine (5)","Answer":"SYRAH","Explanation":"Definition: wine\nSYR-i-A=\"country\" with the 'i' leaving, plus H (hotel)"}
-{"Clue":"A municipality confiscating papers causes bitterness (7)","Answer":"ACIDITY","Explanation":"Definition: bitterness\nA + CITY=\"municipality\", around ID=identification \"papers\""}
-{"Clue":"Ulster artist holding lead is just bliss (7)","Answer":"NIRVANA","Explanation":"Definition: bliss\nNI (Northern Ireland, Ulster) + RA (Royal Academician, \"artist\"), around VAN=vanguard=\"lead'"}
-{"Clue":"Tolerate a new wife moving right out (5)","Answer":"ABIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Tolerate\nA + B-r-IDE=\"new wife\" with the R (right) moving out"}
-{"Clue":"First officer who looks after himself, primarily? (6,3)","Answer":"NUMBER ONE","Explanation":"Definition: F\ntriple definition\n \nfirst definition: e.g. a first officer in the Royal Navy\n \nsecond definition referring to phrase 'looking after number one'\n \nthird definition: when listing things in order e.g. 'number one\u2026 [number two\u2026]'"}
-{"Clue":"The facts are these: freewheeling stars will break apart defence (5,5)","Answer":"BRASS TACKS","Explanation":"Definition: The facts\nanagram\/\"freewheeling\" of (stars)* inside BACKS=as opposed to 'forwards' in e.g. rugby=\"defence\""}
-{"Clue":"Weapon some strap to their feet (8)","Answer":"STILETTO","Explanation":"Definition: Weapon\ndouble definition: a dagger, or a shoe with a high heel"}
-{"Clue":"Get moving to improve method of seduction (4,2)","Answer":"COME ON","Explanation":"Definition: Get moving\ntriple definition"}
-{"Clue":"Direction provided by leaders of Europe at summit talks (4)","Answer":"EAST","Explanation":"Definition: Direction\nleading letters of E-urope A-t S-ummit T-alks"}
-{"Clue":"It preserves well-concealed architectural feature, they say (4,6)","Answer":"DEEP FREEZE","Explanation":"Definition: It preserves\nDEEP=\"well-concealed\" + homophone\/\"they say\" of 'frieze'=\"architectural feature\""}
-{"Clue":"It is part of nuanced way to explain foreign film (8)","Answer":"SUBTITLE","Explanation":"Definition: way to explain foreign film\nIT inside SUBTLE=\"nuanced\""}
-{"Clue":"Drake rueful for holding up announcement of discovery (6)","Answer":"EUREKA","Explanation":"Definition: announcement of discovery\nhidden reversed\/'held up' inside dr-AKE RUE-ful"}
-{"Clue":"Fool horse with backwards look (4)","Answer":"CLOT","Explanation":"Definition: Fool\nCOLT=\"horse\", reversing the middle letters to give LO=\"look\""}
-{"Clue":"Theatrical fellow houses son in apartment (10)","Answer":"FLAMBOYANT","Explanation":"Definition: Theatrical\nMAN=\"fellow\" around BOY=\"son\", both inside FLAT=\"apartment\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl who can cast spells? Spooner says it's dull (10)","Answer":"DITCHWATER","Explanation":"Definition: it's dull\nSpoonerism of WITCH DAUGHTER=\"Girl who can cast spells\""}
-{"Clue":"One is unlikely to be successful changing our diets (8)","Answer":"OUTSIDER","Explanation":"Definition: One is unlikely to be successful\ndefinition: in gambling, a contestant with an 'outside chance' i.e. not one of the favourites to succeed\n \nanagram\/\"changing\" of (our diets)"}
-{"Clue":"Ring round after entrance to find where you can go (8)","Answer":"PORTALOO","Explanation":"Definition: where you can go\nO=\"Ring\" + O=\"round\", after PORTAL=\"entrance\""}
-{"Clue":"Check on home twice (4,2)","Answer":"REININ","Explanation":"Definition: Check\nRE=about=\"on\" + IN IN=\"home\" twice"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet shop robbed as regulars left on time (6)","Answer":"SORBET","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nregular letters from S-h-O-p R-o-B-b-E-d, plus T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Act slowly and prevaricate; initially not what this demanded (4)","Answer":"ASAP","Explanation":"Definition: not what this demanded\ninitials of A-ct S-lowly A-nd P-revaricate"}
-{"Clue":"Nobody in Rome raised warning (4)","Answer":"NEMO","Explanation":"Definition: Nobody in Rome\ndefinition: Latin for 'nobody'\n \nOMEN=\"warning\" reversed\/\"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"In effect, leads from Tristan and Isolde very emotional after a Wagner piece? (9)","Answer":"OPERATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: In effect\ndefinition: \"in effect\" in the sense of 'up and running' \nleading letters from T-ristan and I-solde V-ery E-motional, after OPERA=\"a Wagner piece\"\n \n*Tristan and Isolde* is a Wagner opera"}
-{"Clue":"Mock exam occasionally set that's tricky (5)","Answer":"TEASE","Explanation":"Definition: Mock\nanagram\/\"that's tricky\" of (e-a- set)*, where e-a- are occasional letters from \"exam\""}
-{"Clue":"Back to university following common cold (5)","Answer":"PARKY","Explanation":"Definition: c\nuniversit-Y after PARK=\"common\"=as in land open for public use"}
-{"Clue":"Shows testicles at the front: small trunks (3,6)","Answer":"TEA CHESTS","Explanation":"Definition: trunks\nTEACHES=\"Shows\" + T-esticles + S (small)"}
-{"Clue":"Exercise to become hard when tender at one time (7)","Answer":"PESETAS","Explanation":"Definition: tender at one time\ndefinition: Spanish currency (legal \"tender\") at one time, before the introduction of the Euro \nPE (Physical Education, \"Exercise\") + SET=\"become hard\" + AS=\"when\""}
-{"Clue":"Race around motorway? This might catch it (7)","Answer":"DASHCAM","Explanation":"Definition: This might catch it \nDASH=\"Race\" + CA (circa, \"around\") + M (motorway)"}
-{"Clue":"About to tackle husband wearing the eau de Cologne? (5)","Answer":"RHINE","Explanation":"Definition: eau de Cologne?\ndefinition: the Rhine river flows through Cologne in Germany \nRE (About), around: H (husband) + IN (wearing)"}
-{"Clue":"Bits in random access for computer (3)","Answer":"MAC","Explanation":"Definition: computer\nhidden in rando-M AC-cess"}
-{"Clue":"Drugs running in both directions cross county (5)","Answer":"ESSEX","Explanation":"Definition: county\ne's=plural of e (ecstasy)=\"Drugs\", \"in both directions\" so ES-SE, plus X=\"cross\""}
-{"Clue":"English public school's opening grounds (7)","Answer":"ESTATES","Explanation":"Definition: grounds\nE (English) + STATE=\"public\" + S-chool"}
-{"Clue":"Mostly shout loudly to get hotel page? This one? (7)","Answer":"BELLHOP","Explanation":"Definition: T\nBELLO-w=\"Mostly shout loudly\" around H (hotel), plus P (page)"}
-{"Clue":"Cleared out jumble sale held by strange number from church (9)","Answer":"JERUSALEM","Explanation":"Definition: number from church\ndefinition: the hymn with words by William Blake \"And did those feet in ancient time\u2026\" \nJ-umbl-E cleared out of its inside letters, plus SALE held inside RUM=\"strange\""}
-{"Clue":"I do start to see figures (5)","Answer":"ICONS","Explanation":"Definition: figures\nI + CON=cheat, deceive=\"do\" + S-ee"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative with shock lead (5)","Answer":"CHAIR","Explanation":"Definition: lead\nC (Conservative) + HAIR=\"shock\""}
-{"Clue":"Ignore ads: terribly pompous (9)","Answer":"GRANDIOSE","Explanation":"Definition: pompou\nanagram\/\"terribly\" of (Ignore ads)"}
-{"Clue":"Washer might go through this hole in drain (4)","Answer":"SOAP","Explanation":"Definition: Washe\nO=\"hole\" inside SAP=\"drain\""}
-{"Clue":"Tries to take in tailor's top suit (6)","Answer":"HEARTS","Explanation":"Definition: suit\ndefinition: a suit in playing cards \nHEARS [in court]=\"Tries\" around T-ailor"}
-{"Clue":"Relaxed cryptic setter in a state of financial security? (4,6)","Answer":"EASY STREET","Explanation":"Definition: s\nEASY=\"Relaxed\", plus anagram\/\"cryptic\" of (setter)"}
-{"Clue":"Runs down slope: is step ungainly? (6)","Answer":"PISTES","Explanation":"Definition: Runs down slope\nanagram\/\"ungainly\" of (is step)"}
-{"Clue":"That woman at supermarket has Covid; initially family shields like this (8)","Answer":"HERALDIC","Explanation":"Definition: family shields like this\nHER=\"That woman\" + ALDI=\"supermarket\" + C-ovid"}
-{"Clue":"Chase hard with the rest in front (4)","Answer":"ETCH","Explanation":"Definition: Chase\ndefinition: \"chase\" can mean to engrave metal \nH (hard) with ETC=\"the rest\" in front"}
-{"Clue":"Republican one fires rifles (8)","Answer":"RANSACKS","Explanation":"Definition: rifles\nR (Republican) + AN=\"one\" + SACKS=\"fires\""}
-{"Clue":"Studies points following detective's case (4)","Answer":"DENS","Explanation":"Definition: Studies\ndefinition: 'study' as in a room \nN (North and South, compass \"points\") after D-etectiv-E"}
-{"Clue":"Prince, idiot to break down (5)","Answer":"PARSE","Explanation":"Definition: break down\nP (Prince) + ARSE=\"idiot\""}
-{"Clue":"Time to dump date: kiss at the back for thrills (10)","Answer":"SPELLBINDS","Explanation":"Definition: thrills\nSPELL=\"Time\" + BIN=\"dump\" + D (date) + kis-S"}
-{"Clue":"Military Intelligence wrong over mistake (3-2)","Answer":"MIX-UP","Explanation":"Definition: mistake\nMI (Military Intelligence) + X=cross marking a \"wrong\" answer + UP=at an end=\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Break hip: travel for replacement (8)","Answer":"INTERVAL","Explanation":"Definition: Break\nIN=fashionable=\"hip\" + anagram\/\"replacement\" of (travel)"}
-{"Clue":"Put out a smiling shot (8)","Answer":"MISALIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Put out\nanagram\/\"shot\" of (a smiling)"}
-{"Clue":"Tramp having appropriate hippy place to put money? (6)","Answer":"BUMBAG","Explanation":"Definition: hippy place to put money\nBUM=\"Tramp\" + BAG as a verb=take for oneself=\"appropriate\""}
-{"Clue":"Curse as Home Office loves to host party? (6)","Answer":"HOODOO","Explanation":"Definition: Curse\nHO (Home Office) + O O=\"loves\" around DO=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"Sailor's flag at sea (4)","Answer":"JACK","Explanation":"Definition: Sailor\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wrap samosa: rice stuffing (4)","Answer":"SARI","Explanation":"Definition: Wrap\nhidden in samo-SA RI-ce"}
-{"Clue":"Great, no parking! One will charge (4)","Answer":"SUER","Explanation":"Definition: One will charge \nSU-p-ER=\"Great\" without p (parking)"}
-{"Clue":"Bowler's appeal: first wicket! (I've forgotten the name) (7)","Answer":"WHATSIT","Explanation":"Definition: I've forgotten the name\nHAT'S=\"Bowler's\" + IT=[sex] \"appeal\"; with W (wicket) first"}
-{"Clue":"Balance for one second on large animal (3,4)","Answer":"SEA LEGS","Explanation":"Definition: Balance\nEG=e.g.=\"for one\" + S (second); after SEAL=\"large animal\""}
-{"Clue":"Head of state's love a Shakes\u00adpearean queen rejected (5)","Answer":"OBAMA","Explanation":"Definition: H\nO=\"love\", plus A + MAB=\"Shakespearean queen\" of the fairies both reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"Clerk's enclosure to woman covering matter (3-6)","Answer":"PEN-PUSHER","Explanation":"Definition: Clerk\nPEN=\"enclosure\" HER=\"woman\" after PUS=\"matter\""}
-{"Clue":"Daring Nazis are after fortune hidden in tree (10)","Answer":"PLUCKINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Daring\ndefinition: \"Daring\" as a noun\n \nSS=\"Nazis\", after LUCK=\"fortune\" inside PINE=\"tree\""}
-{"Clue":"As country-lover, Pat protects this small group (4)","Answer":"TRIO","Explanation":"Definition: small group\n\"Pat\" goes around TRIO to make 'pa-TRIO-t'=\"country-lover\""}
-{"Clue":"Pirate, 90, suffering a long time in here? (12)","Answer":"PENITENTIARY","Explanation":"Definition: long time in here?\nanagram\/\"suffering\" of (Pirate ninety)"}
-{"Clue":"Fascinated by second hand (12)","Answer":"PREPOSSESSED","Explanation":"Definition: Fascinated\npre-possessed could also mean \"second hand\""}
-{"Clue":"Two US states that share a capital (4)","Answer":"RIGA","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nRI + GA=Rhode Island and Georgia=\"Two US states\""}
-{"Clue":"Woman's convenience, or inconvenience (10)","Answer":"DISCOMMODE","Explanation":"Definition: inconvenience\nDI'S as in Diana's=\"Woman's\" + COMMODE=toilet=\"convenience\""}
-{"Clue":"Love to break quickly into a modern industry (9)","Answer":"AEROSPACE","Explanation":"Definition: a modern industry\nEROS=\"Love\" inside APACE=\"quickly\""}
-{"Clue":"A good idea's occurred to me \u2014 say yes? No! (1,4)","Answer":"I KNOW","Explanation":"Definition: A good idea's occurred to me\nhomophone\/\"say\" of 'aye? No!'"}
-{"Clue":"At hotel wonder about vital delivery tracking system (4-3)","Answer":"HAWK-EYE","Explanation":"Definition: delivery tracking system\ndefinition: Hawk-Eye is used to track cricket deliveries\n \nH (Hotel) + AWE=\"wonder\" around KEY=\"vital\""}
-{"Clue":"Rescheduled November replay that all can attend (7)","Answer":"PLENARY","Explanation":"Definition: all can attend\nanagram\/\"Rescheduled\" of (N replay)* \u2013 'November' is used as N in the NATO alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Shouts of triumph? I made a mistake (6)","Answer":"WHOOPS","Explanation":"Definition: Shouts of triumph\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"A master of wine avoiding church counter (6)","Answer":"ABACUS","Explanation":"Definition: counter\nA + BAC-CH-US=Roman god of wine=\"master of wine\" minus CH (church)"}
-{"Clue":"Explorer's hut revealed a secret (10)","Answer":"SHACKLETON","Explanation":"Definition: Explorer\nSHACK=\"hut\" + LET ON=\"revealed a secret\""}
-{"Clue":"Gimme short recording (3-2)","Answer":"TAP-IN","Explanation":"Definition: Gimme\ndefinition: an easy opportunity e.g. for a goal in football\n \nTAPIN-g=\"recording\" cut short"}
-{"Clue":"Some birds go with empty robins' nests for a change (9)","Answer":"SONGSTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Some birds\nanagram\/\"change\" of (go RS nests)*, where 'RS' is R-obin-S emptied out"}
-{"Clue":"Lily heading off from old rotten borough (4)","Answer":"ARUM","Explanation":"Definition: Lily\ns-ARUM with head letter taken off"}
-{"Clue":"Heavenly round these parts and others (8)","Answer":"ETHEREAL","Explanation":"Definition: Heavenly\nHERE=\"these parts\", with ET AL=\"and others\" going \"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Nods, X-ray turning out a gem (8)","Answer":"SARDONYX","Explanation":"Definition: gem\nanagram\/\"turning out\" of (Nods X-ray)"}
-{"Clue":"Speed up meal cooked and eaten by Aussie (10)","Answer":"STREAMLINE","Explanation":"Definition: Speed up\nanagram\/\"cooked\" of (meal)* inside STRINE=\"Aussie\" or Australian English"}
-{"Clue":"Promote development of giant site (9)","Answer":"INSTIGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Promote\nanagram\/\"development\" of (giant site)"}
-{"Clue":"Apply to a prince for a chaplain (8)","Answer":"APPROACH","Explanation":"Definition: Apply to\nA + P (prince) + PRO=\"for\" + A + CH (chaplain)"}
-{"Clue":"The way to hold garden tool to deal with this? (8)","Answer":"HEDGEROW","Explanation":"Definition: t\nHOW=\"The way\" holding EDGER=\"garden tool [to deal with a hedgerow]\""}
-{"Clue":"Informally intend to secure a monitor (6)","Answer":"GOANNA","Explanation":"Definition: monitor \ndefinition: a monitor lizard\n \nGONNA=\"intend to\" informally, around A"}
-{"Clue":"Lyric outside lifted little room (6)","Answer":"LEEWAY","Explanation":"Definition: room\nLAY=\"Lyric\" as in a poem, around WEE=\"little\" reversed\/\"lifted\" upward"}
-{"Clue":"Despicable person picking up last bit of pancake (5)","Answer":"CREEP","Explanation":"Definition: Despicable person\nCR\u00caPE=\"pancake\", with the last letter E moved up"}
-{"Clue":"Actual existence in county (vote denied) (4)","Answer":"ESSE","Explanation":"Definition: Actual existence\nESSE-X=\"county\" minus X used to mark a vote"}
-{"Clue":"Alas, sad Sid, missing Violet, is full of lust (9)","Answer":"SALACIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: full of lust\nanagram\/\"sad\" of (Alas)*, plus vi-CIOUS minus 'vi' short for \"Violet\"\n \nSid Vicious was the bassist in the Sex Pistols"}
-{"Clue":"Grunge performed by elderly lead with a wheeze (4,4)","Answer":"GOOD IDEA","Explanation":"Definition: wheeze\nGOO=\"Grunge\" + DID=\"performed\" + E-lderly + A"}
-{"Clue":"Supportive of political paper? Keep going (8)","Answer":"PROTRACT","Explanation":"Definition: Keep going\nPRO=\"Supportive of\" + TRACT=\"political paper\""}
-{"Clue":"Edit makes cardinal turn? (6)","Answer":"REDACT","Explanation":"Definition: Edit\nRED=\"cardinal\" (the scarlet of a cardinal's cassock) + ACT=\"turn\" e.g. a 'comedy turn'"}
-{"Clue":"Argentina's signature housing grant (6)","Answer":"ASSIGN","Explanation":"Definition: g\nhidden in Argentin-A'S SIGN-ature"}
-{"Clue":"Visual aid gets royal person (not king) backing doctrine (5-3)","Answer":"PINCE-NEZ","Explanation":"Definition: Visual aid\nP-r-INCE=\"royal person\" minus 'r' (rex, \"king\"), plus ZEN=\"doctrine\" reversed\/\"backing\""}
-{"Clue":"Brave cooks wrapping date exotically, perhaps (6)","Answer":"ADVERB","Explanation":"Definition: exotically, perhaps\nanagram\/\"cooks\" of (Brave)*, around D (date)"}
-{"Clue":"Too often mistaken for an unimportant event (8)","Answer":"FOOTNOTE","Explanation":"Definition: unimportant event\nanagram\/\"mistaken\" of (Too often)"}
-{"Clue":"Look associated with cunning jumbo? (8)","Answer":"AIRCRAFT","Explanation":"Definition: jumbo?\nAIR=\"Look\" + CRAFT=\"cunning\""}
-{"Clue":"Substantial magazine piece: 'Put on weight' (6)","Answer":"SPREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Substantial magazine piece\ndouble definition: a multi-page article, or to become fatter"}
-{"Clue":"Dish busy playing with ball (8)","Answer":"SYLLABUB","Explanation":"Definition: Dish\nanagram\/\"playing\" of (busy ball)"}
-{"Clue":"Regret shoehorning outdated record into lease (6)","Answer":"REPENT","Explanation":"Definition: Regret\nEP (extended play, \"outdated record\") inside RENT=\"lease\""}
-{"Clue":"Powered vehicle of stone bound to lose its rear (3,3)","Answer":"JET SKI","Explanation":"Definition: Powered vehicle\nJET=\"stone\" + SKI-p=\"bound\" without its rear letter"}
-{"Clue":"Poet has no right to internalise American apprehension (8)","Answer":"SUSPENSE","Explanation":"Definition: apprehension\nEdmund SPENSE-r=\"Poet\" without 'r' for \"right\", around US=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"Sediment found by the Mexican common weed (9)","Answer":"GROUNDSEL","Explanation":"Definition: common weed\nGROUNDS=\"Sediment\" of e.g. coffee + EL=\"the [in] Mexican [Spanish]\""}
-{"Clue":"They're bound to work out ref's needing specs ultimately (5)","Answer":"SERFS","Explanation":"Definition: They're bound to work\nanagram\/\"out\" of (ref's)*, plus spec-S"}
-{"Clue":"Tactile, round sort of window (7)","Answer":"LATTICE","Explanation":"Definition: sort of window\nanagram\/\"round\" of (Tactile)"}
-{"Clue":"Neckwear item, possibly one piercing a nearby feature (5)","Answer":"CHAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Neckwear item\nA=\"one\" inside CHIN=\"nearby [to one's neck] feature\""}
-{"Clue":"Above performing with bra on show? Not quite (2,3,2)","Answer":"ON TOP OF","Explanation":"Definition: Above\nON=\"performing\", with TOP OF-f=\"with bra on show? Not quite\""}
-{"Clue":"Hard nut, so sure to get a beating (9)","Answer":"STRENUOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Hard\nanagram\/\"to get a beating\" of (nut so sure)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish from dugout gone off (7)","Answer":"GUDGEON","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nanagram\/\"out\" of (dug)* + anagram\/\"off\" of (gone)"}
-{"Clue":"Pit workers abandoned short race? (9)","Answer":"ORCHESTRA","Explanation":"Definition: Pit workers\ndefinition refers to an orchestra pit\n \nanagram\/\"abandoned\" of (short race)"}
-{"Clue":"Milk producers switched two entries in record \u2014 the woman's deceived at first (5,4)","Answer":"DAIRY HERD","Explanation":"Definition: Milk producers\nDIARY=\"record\", switching positions of two of the letters\/\"entries\", HER=\"the woman's\", plus D-eceived"}
-{"Clue":"Bird book, hardly concise (9)","Answer":"BRAMBLING","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nB (book) + RAMBLING=\"hardly concise\""}
-{"Clue":"State protects forged steel instrument (7)","Answer":"CELESTA","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nCA (California, US \"State\") around anagram\/\"forged\" of (steel)"}
-{"Clue":"Label attached to a southern county: 'It's saucy!' (7)","Answer":"TABASCO","Explanation":"Definition: 'It's saucy!'\nTAB=\"Label\" + A + S (Southern) + CO (county)"}
-{"Clue":"To keep down right, ruler has to oust Marxist leader (7)","Answer":"REPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: To keep dow\nR (right) + E-m-PRESS=\"ruler\" minus M-arxist"}
-{"Clue":"Spades used in check for tree product (5)","Answer":"RESIN","Explanation":"Definition: tree product\nS (Spades, playing card suit), inside REIN=\"check\""}
-{"Clue":"Nosy Catalan's casually abandoning pet (5)","Answer":"NASAL","Explanation":"Definition: Nosy\nanagram\/\"casually\" of (Cat-alan's)*, minus the letters of 'cat'=\"pet\""}
-{"Clue":"Religious text worthily translated (4,4)","Answer":"HOLYWRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Religious text\nanagram\/\"translated\" of (worthily)"}
-{"Clue":"Lusty husband later becoming gross (6)","Answer":"EARTHY","Explanation":"Definition: gross\nHEARTY=\"Lusty\", with the H for \"husband\" moved \"later\""}
-{"Clue":"Bends over in bars (6)","Answer":"STOOPS","Explanation":"Definition: Bends\nO (over, cricket) inside STOPS=prevents=\"bars\""}
-{"Clue":"Source of electricity not new in providing illumination (8)","Answer":"LIGHTING","Explanation":"Definition: illumination\nLIGHT-n-ING=\"Source of electricity\" minus 'n' for \"new\""}
-{"Clue":"Kiss a little, turning head away (4)","Answer":"PECK","Explanation":"Definition: Kiss\ns-PECK=\"a little\", minus the head letter"}
-{"Clue":"I note holy man is longing to be laughing (2,8)","Answer":"IN STITCHES","Explanation":"Definition: laughing\nI + N (note) + ST (saint, holy man) + ITCHES=\"is longing\""}
-{"Clue":"Reckon US author is to marry (7)","Answer":"BETROTH","Explanation":"Definition: marry\nBET=\"Reckon\" + Philip ROTH=\"US author\""}
-{"Clue":"Drug I take during a trip (7)","Answer":"ASPIRIN","Explanation":"Definition: Drug\nI + R, both inside A SPIN=\"a trip\"\n \nR is short for Latin 'recipe'=\"take\", e.g. on a doctor's prescription"}
-{"Clue":"Many a retiree, say, gets a bittern hatchling? (4,6)","Answer":"BABY BOOMER","Explanation":"Definition: Many a retiree\nbitterns are birds known for making a booming sound"}
-{"Clue":"Zero energy? Source of hydroelectricity (4)","Answer":"NILE","Explanation":"Definition: Source of hydroelectricity\nNIL=\"Zero\" + E (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Gold metal reflected information identifying gas (8)","Answer":"NITROGEN","Explanation":"Definition: gas\nOR=\"Gold\" + TIN=\"metal\", both reversed\/\"reflected\"; plus GEN=\"information\""}
-{"Clue":"Electronic pioneer keeping in farmyard sounds (6)","Answer":"MOOING","Explanation":"Definition: farmyard sounds\nMOOG around IN\n \nRobert Moog was a pioneer of electronic music and created the Moog synthesizer"}
-{"Clue":"Visiting many places in Canadian province for us (2,4)","Answer":"ON TOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Visiting many places\nONT (Ontario, Canadian province) + OUR=\"for us\""}
-{"Clue":"Fiddled, printing stuff in 'dead tree' version (8)","Answer":"TINKERED","Explanation":"Definition: Fiddled\nINK=\"printing stuff\", inside anagram\/\"version\" of (d tree)*, with 'd' for \"dead\""}
-{"Clue":"Victims of wars less involved with negotiator about end to confrontation (4,11)","Answer":"LOST GENERATIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Victims of wars\nanagram\/\"involved\" of (less negotiator)*, around confrontatio-N"}
-{"Clue":"Having determination to show authorship rests between pirate and criminal (2,4,2,2,5)","Answer":"BY HOOK OR BY CROOK","Explanation":"Definition: Having determination\n[written] BY HOOK OR BY CROOK=\"authorship rests between pirate and criminal\""}
-{"Clue":"Experts over piece of meat bringing in one to make ham (10)","Answer":"PROSCIUTTO","Explanation":"Definition: ham\nPROS=\"Experts\", plus CUT=\"piece of meat\" around I=\"one\", plus TO"}
-{"Clue":"In confusion as to how some tax avoidance schemes operate? (2,1,4)","Answer":"AT A LOSS","Explanation":"Definition: In confusion\noperating at a loss (i.e. having no profits to declare) could help reduce tax obligations"}
-{"Clue":"Austrian composer about to enter another European country after upset (4)","Answer":"BERG","Explanation":"Definition: Austrian composer\nAlban Berg is the Austrian composer\n \nRE=\"about\", reversed\/\"after upset\", and inside BG (Bulgaria, another European country)"}
-{"Clue":"No pottery income redirected, without which there may be some 'accidents'! (10,5)","Answer":"PROTECTION MONEY","Explanation":"Definition: without which there may be some 'accidents'!\nanagram\/\"redirected\" of (No pottery income)"}
-{"Clue":"Offshore figure, one blocking direct defamation (7,8)","Answer":"CHANNEL ISLANDER","Explanation":"Definition: Offshore figure\nI=\"one\", inside CHANNEL as a verb=\"direct\" + SLANDER=\"defamation\""}
-{"Clue":"Meaning to play guitar for a time \u2014 or a flute? (10)","Answer":"INSTRUMENT","Explanation":"Definition: flute?\nIN-t-ENT=\"Meaning\", swapping in STRUM=\"play guitar\" for the first 't'=\"time\""}
-{"Clue":"Put out and mostly worried about bloke (7)","Answer":"EMANATE","Explanation":"Definition: Put out\nEATE-[n]=\"mostly worried\", around MAN=\"bloke\""}
-{"Clue":"Board game roundly omitting content that's graphic (4)","Answer":"GORY","Explanation":"Definition: graphic\nGO=\"Board game\" + R-oundl-Y without its contents\/inner letters"}
-{"Clue":"Like an expensive car? That's a relief (5)","Answer":"MERCY","Explanation":"Definition: relief\nan expensive car might be 'Merc-y', like a Mercedes Benz"}
-{"Clue":"They chase members of burial party? (9)","Answer":"ENGRAVERS","Explanation":"Definition: T\ndefinition: \"chase\" means to engrave on metal\n \nmembers of a burial party could be EN-GRAVERS, with en- as a prefix meaning 'cause to be' [in a grave]"}
-{"Clue":"Stupidly ignore old punter (9)","Answer":"GONDOLIER","Explanation":"Definition: punter\nanagram\/\"Stupidly\" of (ignore old)"}
-{"Clue":"In opportunity to speak, very very shrewd (5)","Answer":"SAVVY","Explanation":"Definition: shrewd\nV+V (very very), inside SAY=\"opportunity to speak\" as in 'have your say'"}
-{"Clue":"Academic whistle-blower rejected present (7)","Answer":"PROFFER","Explanation":"Definition: present\ndefinition: 'present' as a verb\n \nPROF=\"Academic\" + REF=referee in sports=\"whistle-blower\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"Judges' decisions roughly backing principality (4,3)","Answer":"CASE LAW","Explanation":"Definition: Judges' decisions\nCA (circa, \"roughly\") + WALES=\"principality\" reversed\/\"backing\""}
-{"Clue":"Church founder has time to visit aristocrat (5)","Answer":"PETER","Explanation":"Definition: Church founder\nSaint Peter the Apostle, first Pope of the Catholic Church\n \nT (time) inside PEER=\"aristocrat\""}
-{"Clue":"Not this kind of cap for gangsters? (3)","Answer":"MOB","Explanation":"Definition: gangsters\na MOB is a woman's cap\/bonnet, not usually associated with gangsters"}
-{"Clue":"Not initially alone in fireplace (5)","Answer":"INGLE","Explanation":"Definition: fireplace\ns-INGLE=\"alone\" without its initial letter"}
-{"Clue":"Ruling knocked up, missing a page (7)","Answer":"REGNANT","Explanation":"Definition: Ruling\np-REGNANT=\"knocked up\" minus p (page)"}
-{"Clue":"Chinese with painful condition is to spend time relaxing (4,3)","Answer":"HANG OUT","Explanation":"Definition: spend time relaxing\nHAN=\"Chinese\" ethnic group + GOUT=\"painful condition\""}
-{"Clue":"Wait and finally get washbasin (5)","Answer":"BIDET","Explanation":"Definition: washbasin\nBIDE=\"Wait\" + ge-T"}
-{"Clue":"Squad of athletes are tamely beaten (5,4)","Answer":"RELAY TEAM","Explanation":"Definition: Squad of athletes\nanagram\/\"beaten\" of (are tamely)"}
-{"Clue":"Ordering a fancy flower for the border (3,6)","Answer":"RIO GRANDE","Explanation":"Definition: flower for the border\ndefinition: a flower\/river on the Mexico-USA border\n \nanagram\/\"fancy\" of (Ordering a)"}
-{"Clue":"Deal with an unexpected pleasure (5)","Answer":"TREAT","Explanation":"Definition: Deal\ndouble definition: first definition as in to negotiate"}
-{"Clue":"Small cat is an airy killer (4)","Answer":"SMOG","Explanation":"Definition: airy killer\nS (Small) + MOG=\"cat\""}
-{"Clue":"Squeeze dry, sound as a bell, we hear (5,3)","Answer":"WRING OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Squeeze dry\nhomophone\/\"we hear\" of: 'ring out'=\"sound as a bell\""}
-{"Clue":"Literal result of picking the wrong key (4)","Answer":"TYPO","Explanation":"Definition: Literal result of picking the wrong key\ncryptic def or maybe double def: \"Literal\" as a noun meaning the misprint of a letter (in a word)"}
-{"Clue":"Grimaced, working to a tiny fraction of an ounce (8)","Answer":"DECIGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: a tiny fraction of an ounce\nanagram\/\"working\" of (Grimaced)"}
-{"Clue":"Under stove, no end of abundant mushroom (6)","Answer":"AGARIC","Explanation":"Definition: mushroom\nAGA=\"stove\", with RIC-h=\"abundant\" underneath"}
-{"Clue":"Musical improvisation for a WI meeting? (3,7)","Answer":"JAM SESSION","Explanation":"Definition: Musical improvisation\nthe Women's Institute is associated with jam-making"}
-{"Clue":"Our team looks down on wicked little pest (6)","Answer":"WEEVIL","Explanation":"Definition: little pest\nWE=\"Our team\" + EVIL=\"wicked\""}
-{"Clue":"Online agent gets notice? (4)","Answer":"ESPY","Explanation":"Definition: notice\ndefinition: \"notice\" as a verb\n \nE- as a prefix meaning 'electronic'\/\"Online\" + SPY=\"agent\""}
-{"Clue":"Pressure on one copying exam questions (5)","Answer":"PAPER","Explanation":"Definition: exam questions\nP (Pressure) + APER=\"one copying\", as in 'to ape'='to copy'"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Vietnamese food at the back (3,7)","Answer":"FAR EASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps Vietnamese\nFARE=\"food\" + ASTERN=\"at the back\""}
-{"Clue":"With effect of sun, it grows (5)","Answer":"WHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: it grows\nW (with) + HEAT=\"effect of sun\""}
-{"Clue":"One has an eye for beauty, they say (8)","Answer":"BEHOLDER","Explanation":"Definition: One has an eye for beauty, they say\ncryptic definition referring to the phrase 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'"}
-{"Clue":"Looked angry as flag finally taken down (8)","Answer":"GLOWERED","Explanation":"Definition: Looked angry\nfla-G + LOWERED=\"taken down\""}
-{"Clue":"Israel's judge sounds a dizzy one (6)","Answer":"GIDEON","Explanation":"Definition: Israel's judge\ndefinition: a judge in the Old Testament\n \nhomophone of 'giddy one' (or giddy 'un)=\"dizzy one\""}
-{"Clue":"Dictator's extremely tawdry wild speech (6)","Answer":"TYRANT","Explanation":"Definition: Dictator\nextreme letters of T-awdr-Y + RANT=\"wild speech\""}
-{"Clue":"Small stream not enough for poet (4)","Answer":"BURN","Explanation":"Definition: Small stream\nnot enough letters to be Robert BURN-s, the poet"}
-{"Clue":"Fabulous creature still on island (4)","Answer":"YETI","Explanation":"Definition: Fabulous creature\nYET=\"still\" + I (island)"}
-{"Clue":"Little child has item to play with (4)","Answer":"MITE","Explanation":"Definition: Little child\nanagram\/\"to play with\" of (item)"}
-{"Clue":"Heartlessly allow bird to suffer \u2014 animal! (4,4)","Answer":"WILD BOAR","Explanation":"Definition: animal\nanagram\/\"to suffer\" of (al ow bird)*, without the middle letter\/heart of allow"}
-{"Clue":"Divine-like poem one's written during last month (6)","Answer":"DEIFIC","Explanation":"Definition: Divine-like\nIF=\"poem\" + I=\"one\", both inside DEC (December, \"last month\") \nIf is the title of a poem by Rudyard Kipling"}
-{"Clue":"Being shelled, one commando unfortunately gets into difficulty (9)","Answer":"ARMADILLO","Explanation":"Definition: Being shelled\ndefinition: a being (a creature) that is shelled \nA=\"one\" + RM (Royal Marine, \"commando\"), plus ILL=\"unfortunately\" inside ADO=\"difficulty\"\n \nILL can be an adverb e.g. 'the rain was ill timed' \/ 'it was unfortunately timed'"}
-{"Clue":"A pain in the neck about police officer (5)","Answer":"GARDA","Explanation":"Definition: police officer\ndefinition: a police officer in Ireland \nA DRAG=\"A pain in the neck\", reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Established diary has entry for November evening, Tory leader admitted (4-8)","Answer":"LONG-STANDING","Explanation":"Definition: Established\nLOG=\"diary\" with N (November, phonetic alphabet) entering, plus SANDING=\"evening\" (making a surface more even) around T-ory"}
-{"Clue":"Eyes other blokes, discontentedly (4)","Answer":"ORBS","Explanation":"Definition: Eyes\nO-the-R B-loke-S, with their inner letters\/contents removed i.e. \"discontentedly\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird with muscles kept turning round, looking primarily for bouncer (6,4)","Answer":"TENNIS BALL","Explanation":"Definition: bouncer\nLINNET=\"Bird\" around ABS=\"muscles\", reversed\/\"turning round\", then plus L-ooking"}
-{"Clue":"Sort out high night rates (10)","Answer":"STRAIGHTEN","Explanation":"Definition: Sort out\nanagram\/\"high\" of (night rates)"}
-{"Clue":"Right to compare with deposed king? (4)","Answer":"LIEN","Explanation":"Definition: Right\ndefinition: a legal right to hold assets as security on a debt \nLI-k-EN=\"to compare\", minus k for \"king\""}
-{"Clue":"Have a go and weigh it! Rival uncertain (4,2,1,5)","Answer":"GIVE IT A WHIRL","Explanation":"Definition: Have a go\nanagram\/\"uncertain\" of (weigh it Rival)"}
-{"Clue":"Divine creature in Mile End shop not revealing name (5)","Answer":"ERATO","Explanation":"Definition: Divine creature\ndefinition: the Muse of lyric poetry in Greek mythology \nend of [Mil]-E, plus RAT O[N]=\"shop\" as in 'betray'\/'inform on' minus N for \"name\""}
-{"Clue":"Starts panicking about money and also about drinks (9)","Answer":"SMOOTHIES","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nSHIES around: M (money) plus TOO=\"also\" reversed\/\"about\" \nSHIES=\"Starts panicking\" as in a horse shying\/starting when startled"}
-{"Clue":"Believer cross at robbery (6)","Answer":"THEIST","Explanation":"Definition: Believer\nT + HEIST=\"robbery\" \nT for tau =\"cross\", the tau cross is a T-shaped cross"}
-{"Clue":"Had nothing to do with key getting cut (8)","Answer":"ESCHEWED","Explanation":"Definition: Had nothing to do with\nESC=\"key\" on computer keyboards + HEWED=\"cut\""}
-{"Clue":"Accept wife's appreciation of music (4)","Answer":"WEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Accept\ndefinition: WEAR meaning to tolerate something \nW (wife) + EAR=\"appreciation of music\""}
-{"Clue":"Writer of letter US prosecutor dismissed (4)","Answer":"LAMB","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\ndefinition: Charles Lamb the essayist \nLAMB-DA=\"letter\" in the Greek alphabet, minus DA (District Attorney, \"US prosecutor\")"}
-{"Clue":"Ordered a book about criminal (3,3)","Answer":"BAD LOT","Explanation":"Definition: criminal\nTOLD=\"Ordered\" + A + B (book), all reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Fighting here in North Wales (2,11)","Answer":"AT LOGGERHEADS","Explanation":"Definition: Fighting\nLoggerheads is village in North Wales"}
-{"Clue":"That is upsetting about BBC boss \u2014 untouchable but showing nerves (8)","Answer":"EDGINESS","Explanation":"Definition: nerves\nIE=i.e.=\"That is\" reversed\/\"upsetting\", and around DG (Director General, \"BBC boss\"), then plus NESS=\"untouchable\" \nEliot NESS was one of the 'Untouchables\", US law enforcement agents during Prohibition"}
-{"Clue":"Laminate used for worktops \u2014 police workers supply it (6,4)","Answer":"FORMIC ACID","Explanation":"Definition: workers supply it\ndefinition: formic acid is found in ants i.e. \"workers\" that supply it \nFORMICA=\"Laminate used for worktops\" + CID (Criminal Investigation Department, \"police\")"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe a Guardian feature about German child replaced (10)","Answer":"CHANGELING","Explanation":"Definition: child replaced\ndefinition: a fairy substituted for a stolen child \nANGEL=\"Maybe a Guardian\", with CHIN=\"feature\" around it, plus G (German)"}
-{"Clue":"Waiting nervously for outcome, swimming not the snooker (2,11)","Answer":"ON TENTERHOOKS","Explanation":"Definition: Waiting nervously for outcome\nanagram\/\"swimming\" of (not the snooker)"}
-{"Clue":"Family spokesman's reckoned he'd be staying with them (5,5)","Answer":"HOUSE GUEST","Explanation":"Definition: he'd be staying with them\nHOUSE=\"Family\" + GUEST=homophone\/\"spokesman's\" of 'guessed'=\"reckoned\""}
-{"Clue":"Granada finally supply Bieber with a TV contract (10)","Answer":"ABBREVIATE","Explanation":"Definition: contract\n[Granad]-A, plus anagram\/\"supply\" of (Bieber a TV)"}
-{"Clue":"Relationships in trouble over independence issue (8)","Answer":"LIAISONS","Explanation":"Definition: Relationships\nAIL=\"trouble\" reversed\/\"over\" + I (independence) + SONS=\"issue\""}
-{"Clue":"Butt of lowbrow gag \u2014 poor fellow (6)","Answer":"WRETCH","Explanation":"Definition: poor fellow\nlowbro-W + RETCH=\"gag\""}
-{"Clue":"Look at half a dozen we sent over (4)","Answer":"VIEW","Explanation":"Definition: Look\nVI=Roman numerals for 6=\"half a dozen\" + WE reversed\/\"sent over\""}
-{"Clue":"Journalist over the pond taken advantage of (4)","Answer":"USED","Explanation":"Definition: taken advantage of\nUS ED=US editor=\"Journalist over the pond\""}
-{"Clue":"Tired wife prepared cake to be eaten by husband and daughter (7)","Answer":"WHACKED","Explanation":"Definition: Tired\nW (wife), plus anagram\/\"prepared\" of (cake)* inside H (husband) and D (daughter)"}
-{"Clue":"Footballer's out wide after fine touches (7)","Answer":"FINGERS","Explanation":"Definition: touches\nW-INGER'S=\"Footballer's\", minus W (wide, cricket abbreviation), after F (fine)"}
-{"Clue":"Damn rodents! (4)","Answer":"RATS","Explanation":"Definition: Damn\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Attendant to cook sardines (not in pan) (10)","Answer":"STEWARDESS","Explanation":"Definition: Attendant\nSTEW=\"cook\" + anagram\/\"pan\" of (sard-in-es)* minus the 'in'"}
-{"Clue":"Back in the past I had successful records (4)","Answer":"HITS","Explanation":"Definition: successful records\nhidden reversed\/\"Back in\": pa-ST I H-ad"}
-{"Clue":"Sang like a pig? (8)","Answer":"SQUEALED","Explanation":"Definition: Sang\n\"Sang\" in the sense of acting as an informer for the police"}
-{"Clue":"County ignoring Number 10 about Latin being basic (9)","Answer":"ESSENTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: basic\nESSE-X=\"County\" minus X=\"Number 10\u2033 in Roman numerals, plus anagram\/\"about\" of (Latin)"}
-{"Clue":"Photographs stolen in seconds (5)","Answer":"SHOTS","Explanation":"Definition: Photographs\nHOT=slang for \"stolen\", in S (second) + S (second)"}
-{"Clue":"Pick up metal for a bargain (5)","Answer":"STEAL","Explanation":"Definition: bargain\nhomophone (\"Pick up\" as in 'hear') of 'steel'=\"metal\""}
-{"Clue":"Work hard in America after start of exam, worried it's complex (9)","Answer":"ELABORATE","Explanation":"Definition: complex\nLABOR=\"Work hard in America\" (i.e. not the UK spelling 'labour'), after E-xam, plus ATE=\"worried\" as in 'ate at'"}
-{"Clue":"Overconfident people \u2014 Ernie, Ritchie and Fawkes? (4,4)","Answer":"WISE GUYS","Explanation":"Definition: Overconfident people\nreferring to Ernie WISE, plus Guy Ritchie and Guy Fawkes i.e. two GUYS"}
-{"Clue":"Wears DayGlo necklaces on vacation (4)","Answer":"DONS","Explanation":"Definition: Wears\nD-aygl-O N-ecklace-S, vacated of their inside letters"}
-{"Clue":"Sportsmen untroubled by heat? (10)","Answer":"QUALIFIERS","Explanation":"Definition: Sportsmen untroubled by heat?\ncryptic definition: sportspeople who had no trouble passing a qualifying heat"}
-{"Clue":"Arranged for servant's delivery (4)","Answer":"MADE","Explanation":"Definition: Arranged\nhomophone\/\"delivery\" of 'maid'=\"servant\""}
-{"Clue":"Victor learned to extract uranium for green stones (7)","Answer":"VERDITE","Explanation":"Definition: green stones\nV (Victor, Nato alphabet) + ER-u-DITE=\"learned\" minus U for uranium"}
-{"Clue":"It's on the captain to equip team (7)","Answer":"ARMBAND","Explanation":"Definition: It's on the captain\nARM=\"equip\" + BAND=\"team\""}
-{"Clue":"Male's acting struggles with screen villains (7)","Answer":"HEAVIES","Explanation":"Definition: screen villains\nHE=\"Male\" + A (acting) + VIES=\"struggles\""}
-{"Clue":"Conservative fool stopped by European lawsuits (5)","Answer":"CASES","Explanation":"Definition: lawsuits\nC (Conservative), plus ASS=\"fool\" around E (European)"}
-{"Clue":"Most convenient direction around? That's south (7)","Answer":"EASIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most convenient\nEAST=\"direction\", around: IE=i.e.=that is=\"That's\" + S (South)"}
-{"Clue":"High flyer is buying limousine, say, for all (6)","Answer":"ICARUS","Explanation":"Definition: High flyer\nIS, around: CAR=\"limousine, say\" + U (universal film rating, \"for all\")"}
-{"Clue":"Grandpa entertaining party over sponsor? (9)","Answer":"GODFATHER","Explanation":"Definition: sponsor?\nG (Grand, as in a thousand pounds) + FATHER=\"pa\", around DO=\"party\" reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Consider secret plan to conceal some money (7)","Answer":"RESPECT","Explanation":"Definition: Consider\nanagram\/\"plan\" of (secret)*, around P (pence, some money)"}
-{"Clue":"Her best lead is lost then found again (2-11)","Answer":"RE-ESTABLISHED","Explanation":"Definition: found again\nanagram\/\"lost\" of (Her best lead is)"}
-{"Clue":"Celebrity in magazine with diamonds like teeth? (9)","Answer":"ENAMELLED","Explanation":"Definition: like teeth?\nNAME=\"Celebrity\" in ELLE=\"magazine\" + D (diamonds, playing card suit)"}
-{"Clue":"Words of praise for butter I spread (7)","Answer":"TRIBUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Words of praise\nanagram\/\"spread\" of (butter I)"}
-{"Clue":"Prizefighter is sure rib is cracked (7)","Answer":"BRUISER","Explanation":"Definition: Prizefighter\nanagram\/\"cracked\" of (sure rib)"}
-{"Clue":"Aware of melody above noise (5,2)","Answer":"TUNED IN","Explanation":"Definition: Aware of\nTUNE=\"melody\" + DIN=\"noise\""}
-{"Clue":"Dismissed one putting on paper clothes (6)","Answer":"OUTFIT","Explanation":"Definition: clothes\nOUT (Dismissed e.g. in cricket), plus I=\"one\" inside FT (Financial Times, \"paper\")"}
-{"Clue":"March 2nd: class to retire from military service (5)","Answer":"DEMOB","Explanation":"Definition: retire from military service\ndefinition: short for 'demobilise' \nDEMO=a demonstration or protest \"March\", plus B=\"2nd class\" (if an 'A' would be first class)"}
-{"Clue":"I'm out and wandering around top location on Greek island (5,3)","Answer":"MOUNT IDA","Explanation":"Definition: top location on Greek island\ndefinition: a mountain on the island of Crete \nanagram\/\"wandering around\" of (I'm out and)"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of pipe that has distributed H2O over reasonable area (6)","Answer":"HOOKAH","Explanation":"Definition: Kind of pipe\nanagram\/\"distributed of (HHO)* where HHO=\"H2O\", around OK=\"reasonable\" + A (area)"}
-{"Clue":"It's a west-facing wine-producing area (4)","Answer":"ASTI","Explanation":"Definition: wine-producing area\nreversal\/\"west-facing\" of \"It's a\""}
-{"Clue":"Rudimentary ways in which chess beginner goes on offensive, capturing rooks one by one (4,6)","Answer":"CART TRACKS","Explanation":"Definition: Rudimentary ways\nC-hess, plus ATTACKS=\"goes on offensive\" around R and another separate R (\"rooks one by one\", R is chess notation for a rook piece)"}
-{"Clue":"Stay behind with one kept in by staff again (6)","Answer":"REMAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Stay behind\nI=\"one\" inside RE-MAN=\"staff again\""}
-{"Clue":"Erasing mildly abusive word about a Conservative (8)","Answer":"EFFACING","Explanation":"Definition: Erasing\nEFFING=\"mildly abusive word\" around A + C (Conservative)"}
-{"Clue":"Politically diverse assembly in no-win situation, liable to fall apart (6)","Answer":"UNTIED","Explanation":"Definition: liable to fall apart\nUN (United Nations, \"Politically diverse assembly\"), plus TIED=\"in no-win situation\""}
-{"Clue":"Announces conditions (6)","Answer":"STATES","Explanation":"Definition: Announces\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Liverpool player reportedly was crossing river for epic struggles (4,4)","Answer":"STAR WARS","Explanation":"Definition: epic struggle\nI think this is a homophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'Starr' as in Ringo Starr the Liverpool musician\/\"player\", plus WAS around R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Son in scanty clothing \u2014 scanty, indeed (6)","Answer":"SPARSE","Explanation":"Definition: scanty, indeed\nS (Son) in SPARE=\"scanty\", with \"clothing\" as an additional containment indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Moved suddenly like cat \u2014 concoction with cream secured (10)","Answer":"WHIPLASHED","Explanation":"Definition: Moved \nin definition, \"cat\" as in cat-o'-nine-tails, a whip \nWHIP=\"concoction with cream\" + LASHED=\"secured\""}
-{"Clue":"Put hands out for old port (4)","Answer":"DEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Put hands out\ndouble definition: dealing hands of playing cards, or Deal the coastal town in Kent"}
-{"Clue":"Like court, or something happening there (6)","Answer":"ATRIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Like court\ndefintion: like an atrium, and atrium can mean a court, though I associate 'atrial' more with the atria of the heart \nA TRIAL=\"something happening [at court]\""}
-{"Clue":"Solicitously enquire about art fakes put out (3,5)","Answer":"ASK AFTER","Explanation":"Definition: Solicitously enquire about\nanagram\/\"put out\" of (art fakes)"}
-{"Clue":"French philosopher's timeless stuff out of top drawer? Just the opposite (8)","Answer":"ROUSSEAU","Explanation":"Definition: French philosopher\nT-ROUSSEAU=\"stuff out of top drawer\", without T for 'time' \n'trousseau'=a bride's collection of clothing, traditionally kept in the bottom drawer (i.e. \"Just the opposite\" to \"out of top drawer\")"}
-{"Clue":"Not liking broadcaster's pronouncement (4)","Answer":"ANTI","Explanation":"Definition: Not liking\nhomophone\/\"pronouncement\" of 'Auntie', as in 'Auntie Beeb' the nickname for the BBC broadcaster in the UK"}
-{"Clue":"Old American in Tennessee that may be full of beans (3,3)","Answer":"TIN CAN","Explanation":"Definition: t\nINCA=\"Old American\" in TN=\"Tennessee\""}
-{"Clue":"Assembled portrayal of it, following page just released (8)","Answer":"PHOTOFIT","Explanation":"Definition: Assembled portrayal\nOF IT, following, P (page) + HOT=\"just released\" (as in hot news, gossip, etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Not a tie, having broken through for province (4,6)","Answer":"NOVASCOTIA","Explanation":"Definition: province\nNO=\"Not a\", plus ASCOT=type of necktie=\"tie\" breaking into VIA=\"through\""}
-{"Clue":"Block article's description of a fragmented region (6)","Answer":"BALKAN","Explanation":"Definition: description of a \nBALK=\"Block\" + AN=\"article\""}
-{"Clue":"A top, not very abbreviated, in cotton fabric (6)","Answer":"AERTEX","Explanation":"Definition: cotton fabric\nA + v-ERTEX=\"top\" minus the 'v'=\"very abbreviated\""}
-{"Clue":"Like you or me, fudged hard option (10)","Answer":"ANTHROPOID","Explanation":"Definition: Like you or me\nanagram\/\"fudged\" of (hard option)"}
-{"Clue":"As tax may be, having set up island \u2014 old money welcome (8)","Answer":"EVADABLE","Explanation":"Definition: As tax may be\nreversal\/\"set up\" of ELBA=\"island\" + D (abbreviation for 'pence' in old UK money) + AVE=\"welcome\""}
-{"Clue":"Ostentatiously paraded a call for peace buried by opinion editor (8)","Answer":"SASHAYED","Explanation":"Definition: Ostentatiously paraded\nA + SH='Shh!'=request for quiet=\"call for peace\", all buried inside SAY=\"opinion\", plus ED (editor)"}
-{"Clue":"With no end in sight, ask the man why breather isn't okay? (6)","Answer":"ASTHMA","Explanation":"Definition: why breather isn't okay?\nAS-k TH-e MA-n, without their end letters"}
-{"Clue":"Temperature upset leaders in Haiti and another tropical island (6)","Answer":"TAHITI","Explanation":"Definition: tropical island\nT (Temperature\" + HAITI with the two leading letters rearranged\/reversed\/\"upset\""}
-{"Clue":"Political allies upset about party? That's a puzzle (6)","Answer":"SUDOKU","Explanation":"Definition: That's a puzzle\nUK + US=\"Political allies\" reversed\/\"upset\", and around DO=\"party\""}
-{"Clue":"Section in crowd of fans give bowler a lift? (4)","Answer":"DOFF","Explanation":"Definition: give bowler a lift?\nin definition, \"bowler\" as in a hat \nhidden in crow-D OF F-ans"}
-{"Clue":"Commonly, chap had a mass of hair slicked back with this (6)","Answer":"POMADE","Explanation":"Definition: with this\n*Edit: Widdersbel has a better explanation for the first part of the wordplay: HE'D=he had=\"chap had\", dropping the 'h' as indicated by \"Commonly\"* \nED (short for e.g. Edward, \"chap\") + A MOP=\"a mass of hair\", all reversed\/\"back\"\n \n\"Commonly\" indicates the shortening of Ed-"}
-{"Clue":"About to make a mistake, wearing sensible white (8)","Answer":"SANCERRE","Explanation":"Definition: white\ndefinition: a white wine \nC (circa, \"About\") + ERR=\"to make a mistake\", all inside SANE=\"sensible\""}
-{"Clue":"This to eat gives one bellyache (6)","Answer":"GROUSE","Explanation":"Definition: This to eat\ndouble definition: the game bird, or to grumble"}
-{"Clue":"Vigorous, I shake the talc around (8)","Answer":"ATHLETIC","Explanation":"Definition: Vigorous\nI, with anagram\/\"shake\" of (the talc)* around it"}
-{"Clue":"Garment that only half suits one (4,2,8)","Answer":"PAIR OF TROUSERS","Explanation":"Definition: Garment that only half suits one\ncryptic definition: \"half suits\" as in half of a two piece suit"}
-{"Clue":"It's clear rebel got drunk down here (4,6)","Answer":"BEER CELLAR","Explanation":"Definition: down here\nanagram\/\"drunk\" of (clear rebel)"}
-{"Clue":"One coming from Holland forced to return (4)","Answer":"EDAM","Explanation":"Definition: One coming from Holland\nMADE=\"forced\" reversed\/\"to return\""}
-{"Clue":"Using head, attack bum (4)","Answer":"BUTT","Explanation":"Definition: Using head, attack\ndouble definition: attack with the head, or a person's bottom"}
-{"Clue":"The whole country after one day backing candidate (10)","Answer":"NOMINATION","Explanation":"Definition: candidate\nNATION=\"The whole country\", after I=\"one\" plus MON (Monday, \"day\") both reversed\/\"backing\""}
-{"Clue":"Innovative way to make dog run? (6-8)","Answer":"GROUND-BREAKING","Explanation":"Definition: Innovative\nGROUND BREAKING could be a cryptic crossword instruction to make an anagram of (ground)* i.e. a way to make DOG RUN"}
-{"Clue":"No danger of fog, it's understood (3,5)","Answer":"ALL CLEAR","Explanation":"I wrote this in assuming the def was \"No danger\", but \"No danger of fog\" could indicate ALL CLEAR making the definition \"understood\""}
-{"Clue":"Have nothing to do with row about pig (6)","Answer":"DISOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Have nothing to do with\nDIN=\"row\" around SOW=\"pig\""}
-{"Clue":"Died, I make quite clear, in great suffering (8)","Answer":"DISTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: great sufferin\nD (died) + I + STRESS=\"make quite clear\""}
-{"Clue":"Sly creature in pop song? (6)","Answer":"WEASEL","Explanation":"Definition: Sly creature\nreference to the song \/ nursery rhyme 'Pop! Goes the Weasel\""}
-{"Clue":"Shakespeare's mistress and attendant (4)","Answer":"PAGE","Explanation":"Definition: attendant\nMistress Page is a character in Shakespeare's *Merry Wives of Windsor"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps a place in hotel raised charge to stay (7)","Answer":"MOORAGE","Explanation":"Definition: charge to stay\nE.G.=\"Perhaps\" + A + ROOM=\"place in hotel\", all reversed\/\"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"Departs one precise area (8)","Answer":"DISTRICT","Explanation":"Definition: area\nD (Departs) + I=\"one\" + STRICT=\"precise\""}
-{"Clue":"Different tea interval organised (11)","Answer":"ALTERNATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Differe\nanagram\/\"organised\" of (tea interval)"}
-{"Clue":"Pass our flag (6)","Answer":"COLOUR","Explanation":"Definition: flag\nCOL=Mountain \"Pass\" + OUR"}
-{"Clue":"Retired person returning has to go over the same ground (7)","Answer":"RETREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Retired person returning\ndouble definition: RETREAD as a noun is slang for a retired person returning to work, or as a verb in the second meaning \nI originally thought this was something like RETREAD-ED=replaced the tyres=\"Re-tired\", minus ED=\"person\""}
-{"Clue":"Duty officer (9)","Answer":"EXCISEMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Duty officer\ncryptic definition: \"Duty\" as in taxation"}
-{"Clue":"A field of runners is so energetic (4,2,5)","Answer":"FULL OF BEANS","Explanation":"Definition: energetic\na field of runner beans would also be FULL OF BEANS"}
-{"Clue":"One played with infant: kind of mother! (4,5)","Answer":"BABY GRAND","Explanation":"Definition: One played\nBABY=\"infant\" + GRAND (as in grand-mother)"}
-{"Clue":"Supports suggestion not to finish bottom (8)","Answer":"BACKSIDE","Explanation":"Definition: bottom\nBACKS=\"Supports\" + IDE-[a]=\"suggestion not to finish\""}
-{"Clue":"Title character misspelled in our list (7)","Answer":"TROILUS","Explanation":"Definition: Title character\ndefinition: from the title of Shakespeare's *Troilus and Cressida* \nanagram\/\"misspelled\" of (our list)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of rock, belting out half-ugly noise (7)","Answer":"IGNEOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of rock\nanagram\/\"out\" of (ug noise)*, where ug is \"half\" of \"ugly\""}
-{"Clue":"Rod left in rage (6)","Answer":"ANGLER","Explanation":"Definition: Rod\ndefinition: \"Rod\" can be used to mean an angler using a fishing rod \nL (left) in ANGER=\"rage\""}
-{"Clue":"As dye plant, use some vanilla (4)","Answer":"ANIL","Explanation":"Definition: As dye plant\ndefinition: source of indigo dye \nhidden in v-ANIL-la"}
-{"Clue":"Bubbly came in, or a hot drink (9)","Answer":"AMERICANO","Explanation":"Definition: hot drink\nanagram\/\"Bubbly\" of (came in or a)"}
-{"Clue":"Less cooked, flipped over rump prodded by skewer, finally (5)","Answer":"RARER","Explanation":"Definition: Less cooked\nreversal\/\"flipped over\" of REAR=\"rump\", around final letter of skewe-R"}
-{"Clue":"Number of suits in outhouse not originally stored away (5)","Answer":"HIVED","Explanation":"Definition: stored away\nIV=4 in Roman numerals=\"Number of suits [in playing cards]\", inside s-HED=\"outhouse\" without the first letter\/'origin'"}
-{"Clue":"Untutored maverick evicted (6,3)","Answer":"TURNED OUT","Explanation":"Definition: evicted\nanagram\/\"maverick\" of (Untutored)"}
-{"Clue":"Sea swell aboard cutter (7)","Answer":"SURGEON","Explanation":"Definition: cutter\nSURGE=\"Sea swell\" + ON=\"aboard\""}
-{"Clue":"Insect flying without left wing catches head on hatstand (5)","Answer":"APHID","Explanation":"Definition: Insect\nr-APID=\"flying\" without the left-most letter, around first letter\/\"head\" of H-atstand"}
-{"Clue":"Roar half-heartedly \u2014 for the next clue? (5)","Answer":"BELOW","Explanation":"Definition: the next clue\ndefinition: the next clue printed BELOW this one \nBE-LL-OW=\"Roar\" with half of the middle L's removed"}
-{"Clue":"22 across, India, a 22 across (7)","Answer":"NIGERIA","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\ndefinition: a COUNTRY (solution to 22ac) \nNIGER=22ac='country' + I (India, Nato alphabet) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Music where woman's parts reversed? (7,3,7)","Answer":"COUNTRY AND WESTERN","Explanation":"Definition: Music\n\"woman's parts\" indicates splitting the word 'w\/oman' into two parts: 'w' AND 'Oman' \n'w' giving WESTERN and 'Oman' giving COUNTRY, so WESTERN AND COUNTRY, then the words are \"reversed\" in order"}
-{"Clue":"22 across in rift: annoyed about that (9)","Answer":"SINGAPORE","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\ndefinition: a COUNTRY \nIN GAP=\"in rift\", with SORE=\"annoyed\" going around"}
-{"Clue":"A team order established principle (5)","Answer":"AXIOM","Explanation":"Definition: established principle\nA + XI (eleven, \"team\" in e.g. football) + OM (Order of Merit)"}
-{"Clue":"A wine came into being (5)","Answer":"AROSE","Explanation":"Definition: came into being\nA + ROS\u00c9=\"wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Face a Celt screwed up, in a manner of speaking (9)","Answer":"DIALECTAL","Explanation":"Definition: in a manner of speaking\nDIAL=\"Face\", plus anagram\/\"screwed up\" of (a Celt)"}
-{"Clue":"Change 22 19 14 24 down (4)","Answer":"CASH","Explanation":"Definition: Change\ndouble definition, including a reference to COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR Johnny Cash"}
-{"Clue":"22 19 14 24 down in US city (6)","Answer":"DENVER","Explanation":"Definition: 22 19 14 24 down\ndouble definition, including a reference to COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR John Denver"}
-{"Clue":"Psychic in fear entering water off Marseille? (4-6)","Answer":"MIND-READER","Explanation":"Definition: Psych\nIN DREAD=\"in fear\", inside MER=French word for 'sea'=\"water off Marseille?\""}
-{"Clue":"Opening section curtailed for 22 19 14 24 down (6)","Answer":"PARTON","Explanation":"Definition: 22 19 14 24 down\ndefinition: reference to COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR Dolly Parton \nPART ON-e=\"Opening section curtailed\""}
-{"Clue":"Not one's own terrace: dug hole around it (8)","Answer":"BORROWED","Explanation":"Definition: Not one's own\nROW=\"terrace\", with BORED=\"dug hole\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Deplore minimum of gravitas in almost entirely banal 14 (4,4)","Answer":"TRUE GRIT","Explanation":"Definition: 14\ndefinition: title of a WESTERN film \nRUE=\"Deplore\" + \"minimum of\"\/'only one letter of' G-ravitas, all inside TRIT-e=\"almost entirely banal\""}
-{"Clue":"Airliner emptied, a line appearing under drill on a plane, say (8)","Answer":"ARBOREAL","Explanation":"Definition: on a plane, say\nfor the definition: 'plane' is a name for a tree of the genus Platanus, so ARBOREAL='on a (for example, plane) tree' \nA-irline-R emptied of its inner letters, plus A + L (line) after BORE=\"drill\""}
-{"Clue":"Drive round a 22 across (5)","Answer":"SPAIN","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\ndefinition: a COUNTRY \nSPIN=\"Drive\" as in 'take the car for a spin', around A"}
-{"Clue":"Jumble due, bag just put down (10)","Answer":"SUBJUGATED","Explanation":"Definition: put down\nanagram\/\"Jumble\" of (due bag just)"}
-{"Clue":"22 across observing king's abdication? Don't hold your breath! (2,3)","Answer":"NO WAY","Explanation":"Definition: Don't hold your breath!\ndefinition: phrases used to indicate that something is unlikely \nNO-R-WAY=22ac='country', with R (Rex, \"king\") removed\/abdicating"}
-{"Clue":"12 up for 14 (4,4)","Answer":"HIGH NOON","Explanation":"Definition: 14\ndefinition: title of a WESTERN film \nNOON=12 (o'clock), so HIGH NOON=\"12 up\""}
-{"Clue":"Spiv in 22 across doffing cap, reptile (8)","Answer":"ANACONDA","Explanation":"Definition: reptile\nCON=swindler=\"Spiv\", inside c-ANADA=22ac='country', minus its top letter\/\"cap\""}
-{"Clue":"Islander certain to move when island disappears (6)","Answer":"CRETAN","Explanation":"Definition: Islander\nanagram\/\"to move\" of (certain)*, minus 'i' for \"island\""}
-{"Clue":"22 19 14 24 down idiotic? (6)","Answer":"TWITTY","Explanation":"Definition: 2\ndefinition: reference to COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR Conway TWITTY \nI've not seen TWITTY as a word, which would make this a double definition\n \nalternatively TWITTY could be 'something that would mean' \"idiotic\""}
-{"Clue":"Brief spark for a shiner (4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: a shiner\n'start'=\"spark\" e.g. 'the event sparked\/started a debate on\u2026' \nso STAR-t=\"Brief spark\""}
-{"Clue":"Tree in great danger, ultimately (4)","Answer":"ACER","Explanation":"Definition: Tree\nACE=\"great\" + ultimate letter of dange-R"}
-{"Clue":"22 across, not a 14 22 across (4)","Answer":"MALI","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\ndefinition: a COUNTRY \nMAL-AW-I=22ac='country', minus A W (not A W-[estern] \/ \"not a 14[across]\")"}
-{"Clue":"Essentially alters fake ivories, smuggling in article (9)","Answer":"DENATURES","Explanation":"Definition: Essentially alters\nDENTURES=\"fake ivories\", around A=indefinite \"article\""}
-{"Clue":"Whopping G&T Scot tucks into (5)","Answer":"GIANT","Explanation":"Definition: Whopping\nIAN=\"Scot\" inside G & T"}
-{"Clue":"Some in pride twirling crude capes (9)","Answer":"LIONESSES","Explanation":"Definition: Some in prid\nreversal (or anagram)\/\"twirling\" of OIL=\"crude\" + NESSES=promontories=\"capes\""}
-{"Clue":"Two players about to strike ball on table (5)","Answer":"WHITE","Explanation":"Definition: ball on table\ndefinition: a WHITE cue ball in snooker, pool, etc \nW+E (West and East, \"Two players\" in bridge), around HIT=\"strike\""}
-{"Clue":"Bravo \u2014 just dazzling! (6)","Answer":"BRIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: dazzling!\nB (Bravo, Nato alphabet) + RIGHT=\"just\""}
-{"Clue":"Antipathy from states about to besiege India (8)","Answer":"AVERSION","Explanation":"Definition: Antipathy\nAVERS=declares=\"states\" + ON=\"about\", both around I (India, Nato alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Gracious after country gent wastes energy wriggling (7)","Answer":"SQUIRMY","Explanation":"Definition: wriggling\nMY=exclamation of surprise=\"Gracious\", after SQUIR-e=\"country gent\" minus 'e' for \"energy\""}
-{"Clue":"Dotty, with drop of sherry drunk (7)","Answer":"SPOTTED","Explanation":"Definition: Dotty\nonly one letter\/a \"drop of\" S-herry, plus POTTED=slang for \"drunk\""}
-{"Clue":"Two servings of cooked meat, one from the same side (8)","Answer":"TEAMMATE","Explanation":"Definition: one from the same side\ntwo different anagrams\/\"cooked\" of (meat)*, one after the other"}
-{"Clue":"Happen to find compiler black demure clothes (4,2)","Answer":"COME BY","Explanation":"Definition: Happen to find\nME=\"compiler\" + B (black), both clothed inside COY=\"demure\""}
-{"Clue":"Grace shown by opener bagging a couple of fifties (5)","Answer":"KELLY","Explanation":"Definition: Grace\ndefinition: Grace KELLY the actress \nKEY=door \"opener\", around a couple of L's, which are \"fifties\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Protecting the earth, driver perhaps in leafy area (9)","Answer":"GREENWOOD","Explanation":"Definition: leafy area\ndefinition: a forest or wood when the leaves are green \nGREEN=\"Protecting the earth\" + WOOD=golf club=\"driver perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Criticise what rapper does? (5)","Answer":"KNOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Cri\ndouble definition \u2013 second definition using 'rap' to mean 'strike'\/knock"}
-{"Clue":"Fuzz finally stops free dope supply \u2014 it's put on ice (4-5)","Answer":"DEEP-FROZE","Explanation":"Definition: put on ice\nfinal letter of fuz-Z, inside anagram\/\"supply\" of (free dope)* \n'supply' is anagram indicator as a form of 'supple'"}
-{"Clue":"European monarch twice hosts one stranger (6)","Answer":"EERIER","Explanation":"Definition: stranger\nE (European), plus ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"monarch\") twice, around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Childminder again skinned Australian fish (8)","Answer":"NANNYGAI","Explanation":"Definition: Australian fish\nNANNY=\"Childminder\" + a-GAI-n without its outer letters\/\"skinned\""}
-{"Clue":"It could enlarge bags of spice emptied in buffet (6)","Answer":"GUSSET","Explanation":"Definition: It could enlarg\nS-pic-E emptied of its inner letters, inside GUST=\"buffet\""}
-{"Clue":"Ground near the capital (7)","Answer":"TEHERAN","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nanagram\/\"Ground\" of (near the)* \n\"Ground\" is an anagram indicator as in a past tense of 'grind'"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow is hesitantly nurturing dreams (6)","Answer":"WISHES","Explanation":"Definition: dreams\nhidden\/nurtured inside fello-W IS HES-itantly"}
-{"Clue":"Love movie nobody catches involving pair exclusively (3-2-3)","Answer":"ONE-TO-ONE","Explanation":"Definition: nvolving pair exclusively\nO=zero=\"Love\", plus ET=\"movie\" caught inside NO-ONE=\"nobody\""}
-{"Clue":"What's up with politician getting illegal substance? (4)","Answer":"HEMP","Explanation":"Definition: illegal substance?\nEH=exclamation meaning \"What [?]\" reversed\/\"up\", plus MP (Member of Parliament, \"politician\")"}
-{"Clue":"It's said playing snooker is the Brits' forte? (8)","Answer":"QUEUEING","Explanation":"Definition: Brits' forte?\nhomophone\/\"It's said\" of 'cue-ing'=\"playing snooker\""}
-{"Clue":"Off one's head, swallowing drug or alcoholic drink (4)","Answer":"MEAD","Explanation":"Definition: alcoholic drink\nMAD=\"Off one's head\", around E (ecstasy, \"drug\")"}
-{"Clue":"Overworked miner with two shifts (4-4)","Answer":"TIME-WORN","Explanation":"Definition: Overworked\nanagram\/\"shifts\" of (miner two)"}
-{"Clue":"Dog to slip inside bank (7)","Answer":"TERRIER","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\nERR=\"slip\" inside TIER=\"bank\""}
-{"Clue":"Intent to do harm, one caught punching guy (6)","Answer":"MALICE","Explanation":"Definition: Intent to do harm\nI=\"one\" + C (caught, in cricket), both inside MALE=\"guy\""}
-{"Clue":"Business securing great deal in budget (6)","Answer":"CHEAPO","Explanation":"Definition: budget\nCO (Company, \"Business\"), around HEAP=\"great deal\""}
-{"Clue":"Medal of British and French football side (6)","Answer":"BRONZE","Explanation":"Definition: Meda\nBR (British) + ONZE=French for 'eleven'=\"French football side\""}
-{"Clue":"Frenchman and German carrying uniform for unprincipled figure? (8)","Answer":"RENEGUER","Explanation":"Definition: unprincipled figure?\nRENE=Ren\u00e9=\"Frenchman\" + GER (German) around U (Uniform, Nato alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Limit leading posters for despicable sorts (5)","Answer":"TOADS","Explanation":"Definition: despicable sorts\nI think this is TO-p=\"leading\", limited to its first letters, plus ADS=\"posters\""}
-{"Clue":"Very positive man serving from the East in hotels (4)","Answer":"HIGH","Explanation":"Definition: Very positive\nGI (US soldier, \"man serving\"), reversed\/\"from the East\", inside two H's (Hotel, Nato alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Only alarm replaced around 5th of October in unusual fashion (10)","Answer":"ABNORMALLY","Explanation":"Definition: in unusual fashion\nanagram\/\"re-placed\" of (Only alarm)*, around the fifth letter of octo-B-er"}
-{"Clue":"I'm bowled over by craze which deceives viewers (6)","Answer":"MIRAGE","Explanation":"Definition: which deceives viewers\nI'M reversed\/\"bowled over\", plus RAGE=\"craze\""}
-{"Clue":"European recalled study about Czech, say, enduring oppression? (8)","Answer":"ENSLAVED","Explanation":"Definition: enduring oppres\nE (European), plus DEN=\"study\" reversed\/\"recalled\" around SLAV=\"Czech, say\""}
-{"Clue":"Ingenuity shown by relative, it's said, in festival (7)","Answer":"WHITSUN","Explanation":"Definition: festival\nhomophones\/\"it's said\" of 'wit'=\"Ingenuity\" and 'son'=\"relative\""}
-{"Clue":"Those with mates passed around note giving periods of opportunity (7)","Answer":"WINDOWS","Explanation":"Definition: periods of opportunity\nWIDOWS=\"Those with mates [who have] passed\", around N (note)"}
-{"Clue":"Western news chief given new cracking accommodation for events before receptions? (8)","Answer":"WEDDINGS","Explanation":"Definition: events before receptions?\nW (Western) + ED (editor, \"news chief\"), plus N (new) cracking into DIGS=\"accommodation\""}
-{"Clue":"Backing for American bank without doubt (6)","Answer":"SURELY","Explanation":"Definition: without doubt\nreversal\/\"Backing\" of US=\"American\", plus RELY=\"bank\" as in to 'rely\/bank on'"}
-{"Clue":"Revered figure penning line with series of postings? That's valuable material (4,6)","Answer":"GOLD THREAD","Explanation":"Definition: valuable material\nGOD=\"Revered figure\" around\/\"penning\" L (line), plus THREAD=\"series of postings\" as in a thread of online comments \nI may be reading too much into the surface: Larkin penned a line at the end of *Aubade* about postmen going from house to house, a \"series of postings\""}
-{"Clue":"One seeking revolution rejected wrong in courts (4)","Answer":"TROT","Explanation":"Definition: One seeking revolution\ndefinition: a follower of Trotskyism \nreversal\/\"rejected\" of TORT, a legal term for a 'wrong'=\"wrong in courts\""}
-{"Clue":"First of visitors obscuring entrance in pub is outspoken (5)","Answer":"VOCAL","Explanation":"Definition: outspoken\nV-isitors, replacing\/covering over\/\"obscuring\" the first letter of L-OCAL=\"pub\""}
-{"Clue":"Hint for one's confidant (8)","Answer":"INTIMATE","Explanation":"Definition: Hint\ndouble definition: as a verb, and as a noun"}
-{"Clue":"Very bad criminal hid silver with no end of liquor (8)","Answer":"DEVILISH","Explanation":"Definition: Very bad\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (hid silver)*, minus liquo-R"}
-{"Clue":"Sound of indifference about small network (4)","Answer":"MESH","Explanation":"Definition: network\nMEH as an exclamation=\"Sound of indifference\", around S (small)"}
-{"Clue":"Graduate in French department has work for early morning (6)","Answer":"AUBADE","Explanation":"Definition: work for \nBA (Bachelor of Arts, \"Graduate\"), in AUDE=an area in Southern France=\"French department\""}
-{"Clue":"Manage to probe corrupt deal somewhere in West Sussex (7)","Answer":"ARUNDEL","Explanation":"Definition: s\nRUN=\"Manage\", probing into an anagram\/\"corrupt\" of (deal)"}
-{"Clue":"Controversy in Scottish city after dumping fish (4)","Answer":"STIR","Explanation":"Definition: Controversy\nSTIR-ling=\"Scottish city\", minus 'ling'=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"Embarrassed North American sadly overturned portable stove (10)","Answer":"SALAMANDER","Explanation":"Definition: portable stov\nRED=\"Embarassed\" + N AM (North American) + ALAS=\"sadly\", all reversed\/\"overturned\""}
-{"Clue":"Tragic female's drug dealing admission? (6)","Answer":"ISOLDE","Explanation":"Definition: Tragic female\nI SOLD E=I sold ecstasy=\"drug dealing admission\""}
-{"Clue":"One who's learned independently about tuition regularly played a dramatic role (10)","Answer":"AUTODIDACT","Explanation":"Definition: One who's learned independently\nA (About) + regular letters from t-U-i-T-i-O-n + DID ACT=\"played a dramatic role\""}
-{"Clue":"Scottish short story writer missing area gets to go downhill? (3)","Answer":"SKI","Explanation":"Definition: go downhill?\nSaki is the \"short story writer\", so S-a-KI minus 'a' for \"area\""}
-{"Clue":"Vase concealed by furniture (3)","Answer":"URN","Explanation":"Definition: Vase\nhidden in f-URN-iture"}
-{"Clue":"Dramatist, one inventing a plot, reported for youthful indiscretions? (4,4)","Answer":"WILD OATS","Explanation":"Definition: youthful indiscretions\nhomophone\/\"reported\" of 'Wilde' + 'Oates' \nOscar Wilde the dramatist, and Titus Oates who 'invented'\/fabricated the existence of a 'Popish Plot'"}
-{"Clue":"Australian unusually cites creed's opening, being of austere outlook (7)","Answer":"ASCETIC","Explanation":"Definition: being \nA (Australian) + anagram\/\"unusually\" of (cites)* + C-reed"}
-{"Clue":"Mature circle disowning Republican (6)","Answer":"EVOLVE","Explanation":"Definition: Mature\nR-EVOLVE=\"circle\" as a verb, minus the R (Republican)"}
-{"Clue":"Almost realise romantic acquaintance is unexciting (6)","Answer":"SEDATE","Explanation":"Definition: unexciting\nSE-e=\"Almost realise\" + DATE=\"romantic acquaintance\""}
-{"Clue":"Transport by road to drop a large ship's frame in port (4)","Answer":"HULL","Explanation":"Definition: ship's frame\ntwo definitions, \"ship's frame\" or the port city, as well as the wordplay: H-a-UL=\"Transport by road\" minus \"a\", plus L (large)"}
-{"Clue":"Place to put stiff and heavy book, not English book (4)","Answer":"TOMB","Explanation":"Definition: Place to put stiff\nTOM-E=\"heavy book\", not with E (English) but with B (book) instead"}
-{"Clue":"It's wrong \u2014 it's wrong to be seized by force (7)","Answer":"MISTAKE","Explanation":"Definition: It's wrong\nanagram\/\"wrong\" of (it's)*, inside MAKE=\"force\""}
-{"Clue":"Dog's on master's lead for a fixed period (3,4)","Answer":"SET TERM","Explanation":"Definition: fixed period\nSETTER=\"Dog\" + M-aster"}
-{"Clue":"Going to try to get girl back (5)","Answer":"GONNA","Explanation":"Definition: Going to\nGO=\"try\" + reversal\/\"back\" of ANN=\"girl\""}
-{"Clue":"In manner and in essence, it's lust (9)","Answer":"RANDINESS","Explanation":"Definition: lust\nhidden in manne-R AND IN ESS-ence"}
-{"Clue":"Miscalculation, as one can put back clerical position (10)","Answer":"INACCURACY","Explanation":"Definition: Miscalculation\nI=\"one\" + reversal\/\"back\" of CAN + CURACY=\"clerical position\""}
-{"Clue":"Soprano needs backing of beatbox (when given space) (4)","Answer":"SPAR","Explanation":"Definition: box\n\"when given space\" is an instruction to split \"beatbox\" into beat + box\n \n\"box\" is the definition\n \nS (Soprano) + reversal\/\"backing\" of RAP=\"beat\""}
-{"Clue":"Make hanging smoother? That was bad for international relations (4,7)","Answer":"IRON CURTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: That was bad for international relations\nIRON=\"Make\u2026 smoother\" + CURTAIN=something \"hanging\""}
-{"Clue":"Own up to being beaten by cranky meat diet fad (5,6)","Answer":"ADMIT DEFEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Own up to being beaten\nanagram\/\"cranky\" of (meat diet fad)"}
-{"Clue":"Plonker gets winter sports gear back to front? No, other way round (4)","Answer":"KISS","Explanation":"Definition: Plonker\ndefinition: a plonker is a large kiss\n \nSKIS=\"winter sports gear\", with 'front to back' moving the first S to the end"}
-{"Clue":"Possibly yielding to a sincere rancher (10)","Answer":"ESTANCIERO","Explanation":"Definition: rancher\ndefinition: a cattle farmer\n \nanagram\/\"Possibly yielding\" of (to a sincere)"}
-{"Clue":"Tip: solution to this clue is 'warning device' (4,5)","Answer":"TAIL LIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: warning device\nTAIL=\"Tip\" + LIGHT=solution to a crossword clue"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor beset by bad luck without a cent acquires capital (5)","Answer":"KABUL","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nAB (able-bodied seaman, \"Sailor\"), inside anagram\/\"bad\" of (luck)* minus 'c' for \"cent\""}
-{"Clue":"A little port tipped into wine, is less capacity than you might like (4,3)","Answer":"PINT POT","Explanation":"Definition: less capacity than you might like\nPT (\"A little\"\/short for \"port\"), reversed\/\"tipped\" inside PINOT=\"wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Bell family, say, turned against Romeo (7)","Answer":"CLANGER","Explanation":"Definition: Bell\nCLAN=\"family\" + E.G.=\"say\" reversed\/\"turned\" + R (Romeo, NATO alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Minute gee-gee? That is a cat! (6)","Answer":"MOGGIE","Explanation":"Definition: cat\nMO=moment=\"Minute\" as in 'just a mo \/ just a minute', + GG=\"gee-gee\" + I.E.=id est=\"That is\""}
-{"Clue":"Bananas used with an indulgent treat (6)","Answer":"SUNDAE","Explanation":"Definition: i\nanagram\/\"Bananas\" of (used an)"}
-{"Clue":"Disorderly types randomly crash trains \u2014 not right (10)","Answer":"ANARCHISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Disorderly types\nanagram\/\"randomly\" of (crash trains)*, minus an 'r'=\"right\""}
-{"Clue":"Feature of the French Revolution, being decapitated? Wrong (5)","Answer":"ERROR","Explanation":"Definition: Wrong\n[the Reign of] T-ERROR=\"Feature of the French Revolution\", losing its head\/first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Dynasty Ride \u2014 is that one from Schubert? (4,5)","Answer":"SONG CYCLE","Explanation":"Definition: one from Schubert?\nSchubert wrote a number of song cycles\n \nSONG=imperial dynasty of China + CYCLE=\"Ride\""}
-{"Clue":"Journey is a dopey thing to do (4)","Answer":"TRIP","Explanation":"Definition: Journey\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Former representative and city Republican confiscates Ecstasy specimen (8)","Answer":"EXEMPLAR","Explanation":"Definition: specimen\nEX=\"Former\" + MP (Member of Parliament, \"representative\") + LA (Los Angeles, \"city\") + R (Republican); all around E (Ecstasy)"}
-{"Clue":"Note on career that doesn't read right (8)","Answer":"MISPRINT","Explanation":"Definition: that doesn't read right\nMI=\"Note\" as in do-re-mi + SPRINT=\"career\" in the sense of 'move quickly'"}
-{"Clue":"Seabird's bow and nervous response upset other birds (6,4)","Answer":"ARCTIC SKUA","Explanation":"Definition: Seabird\nARC=\"bow\" + TIC=\"nervous response\" + reversal\/\"upset\" of AUKS=\"other birds\""}
-{"Clue":"Failure to notice a number of balls put on view (9)","Answer":"OVERSIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Failure to notice\nOVER=\"a number of balls\" in cricket + SIGHT=\"view\""}
-{"Clue":"Pots (as we might put it) are something useful in baseball (8)","Answer":"BACKSTOP","Explanation":"Definition: something useful in baseball\ndefinition: a barrier behind the home plate in baseball\n \nBACKSTOP in a crossword clue\/\"as we might put it\" could indicate a reversal\/\"back\" of STOP, giving \"Pots\""}
-{"Clue":"It excludes nothing, a spacecraft's task? (8)","Answer":"OMISSION","Explanation":"Definition: It excludes\nO=\"nothing\" + MISSION=\"a spacecraft's task\""}
-{"Clue":"Here you can drop off surveillance device, sucker! (6)","Answer":"BEDBUG","Explanation":"Definition: sucker\nBED=\"Here you can drop off\" + BUG=\"surveillance device\""}
-{"Clue":"Primate's boob (6)","Answer":"HOWLER","Explanation":"Definition: Primate\ndouble definition: a howler monkey, or a blunder"}
-{"Clue":"Silly action of political party, welcoming back international terrorist leaders (5)","Answer":"ANTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Silly action\nANC (African National Congress, \"political party\") around\/\"welcoming\" a reversal\/\"back\" of I-nternational + T-errorist"}
-{"Clue":"Young slender person? Drink up! (4)","Answer":"SLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Young slender person\nreversal\/\"up\" of PILS=type of lager=\"Drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Reject container of rice pudding this person put away (9)","Answer":"REPUDIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Reject\ncontainer\/outer letters of R-ic-E + PUD=\"pudding\" + I ATE=\"this person put away\""}
-{"Clue":"Both walls of pagoda one found in China? (5)","Answer":"PANDA","Explanation":"Definition: one found in China?\n**P** AND **A**=walls\/outer letters of **P**agod**A"}
-{"Clue":"A foreign affair involving drugs is not sensible! (9)","Answer":"UNFEELING","Explanation":"Definition: not sensible!\nUN=\"A\" in French=\"A foreign\" + FLING=\"affair\" around E+E (ecstasy, \"drugs\")"}
-{"Clue":"Shame this could make Clara Lara or Bill ill (4,2,4)","Answer":"LOSS OF FACE","Explanation":"Definition: Shame\nlosing their face\/first letter would make \"Clara\" into \"Lara\" or \"Bill\" into \"ill\""}
-{"Clue":"Woman crossing over platform, say (4)","Answer":"SHOE","Explanation":"Definition: platform, say\nSHE=\"Woman\" around O (\"over\", cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Much ado in state east of China (7)","Answer":"PALAVER","Explanation":"Definition: Much ado\nAVER=declare=\"state\" to the right\/east of PAL=\"China\" as rhyming slang='china plate'='mate'"}
-{"Clue":"Clear out housing area with representative cleaning product (7)","Answer":"SHAMPOO","Explanation":"Definition: cleaning product\nSHOO=\"Clear out\" around A (area) + MP (Member of Parliament, \"representative\")"}
-{"Clue":"Mean Scottish eminence about to smoke pot (7)","Answer":"BETOKEN","Explanation":"Definition: Mean\ndefinition: \"mean\" as in 'indicate' or 'signify' \nBEN=Scottish word for mountain\/\"eminence\", around TOKE=\"smoke pot\""}
-{"Clue":"Initiator of profound change in fashion earlier (7)","Answer":"PREFORM","Explanation":"Definition: fashion earlier\nP-rofound + REFORM=\"change\""}
-{"Clue":"What Alain-Fournier pens inside story (4)","Answer":"INFO","Explanation":"Definition: inside story\nhidden\/penned inside Ala **IN-FO** urnier"}
-{"Clue":"Lover of metal car was made to conserve energy at first (10)","Answer":"HEADBANGER","Explanation":"Definition: Lover of metal\nin definition, \"metal\" the genre of music \nBANGER=[an old] \"car\", with HAD around E (energy) going in front\/\"first'\n \nI think this is HAD=\"was made\" as in 'I had to attend'\/'I was made to attend'"}
-{"Clue":"Gibbon, eg this wild one grabbed by tailless ape (9)","Answer":"HISTORIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Gibbon, eg\ndefinition: Edward Gibbon wrote *History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire* \nanagram\/\"wild' of (this)*, plus I=\"one\" inside ORAN-g=\"tailless ape\""}
-{"Clue":"Setter's perhaps half-straight feet? (5)","Answer":"IAMBI","Explanation":"Definition: feet?\ndefinition: \"feet\" as part of the metre of poetry \nI AM=setter is=\"Setter's\", with \"perhaps half-straight\" meant to indicate BI (bisexual)"}
-{"Clue":"In recital, Frost or Pound will do this with sound (5)","Answer":"RHYME","Explanation":"Definition: Pound will do this with sound\n*edit thanks to Shirl in the comments: for the definition, 'Pound' rhymes with 'sound'*\n definition: Ezra Pound used rhyme in [some of] his poetry \nhomophone\/\"In recital' of 'rime'=\"Frost\""}
-{"Clue":"Mount Etna is on ground beside river (9)","Answer":"ROSINANTE","Explanation":"Definition: Mount\ndefinition: an old worn-out horse, from the name of Don Quixote's horse \nanagram\/\"ground\" of (Etna is on)*, next to R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Some merrymaking in bar, whirling around (5)","Answer":"REVEL","Explanation":"Definition: Some merrymaking\nLEVER=\"bar\" reversed\/\"whirling around\""}
-{"Clue":"Cheese and wine, you heard, is in season (4,5)","Answer":"PORT SALUT","Explanation":"Definition: C\nPORT=\"wine\", plus U=pronounced as 'you'=\"you heard\" inside SALT=add salt to food=\"season\""}
-{"Clue":"Dissident Russian party rigged votes? Heavens! (10)","Answer":"DOSTOEVSKY","Explanation":"Definition: Dissident Russian\nDO=\"party\" + anagram\/\"rigged\" of (votes)* + SKY=\"Heavens\""}
-{"Clue":"A pair of queens to keep providing a water source (7)","Answer":"AQUIFER","Explanation":"Definition: water source\nA + QU and ER (both meaning 'queen') around IF=\"providing\""}
-{"Clue":"Associate of blind maestros getting scores out (7)","Answer":"EFFACES","Explanation":"Definition: scores out\nin definition, \"score\" as in making scratch marks on top of something \nEFF + ACES=\"maestros\"\n \n'eff and blind' is a phrase meaning 'use expletives'"}
-{"Clue":"Zest coming from wee drop of Laphroaig (4)","Answer":"PEEL","Explanation":"Definition: Zest\nPEE=\"wee\" + L-aphroaig"}
-{"Clue":"No outspoken nag's comment (5)","Answer":"NEIGH","Explanation":"Definition: nag's comment\nhomophone\/\"outspoken\" of 'nay'=\"No\""}
-{"Clue":"Low German novel is something to entice a swimmer (9)","Answer":"ANGLEWORM","Explanation":"Definition: something to entice a swimmer\nanagram\/\"novel\" of (Low German)"}
-{"Clue":"Husband returns in vehicle, running financial fraud (3,7)","Answer":"TAX EVASION","Explanation":"Definition: financial fraud\nSAVE=\"Husband\" reversed\/\"returns\" in TAXI=\"vehicle\" + ON=\"running\""}
-{"Clue":"Penguin, say, right behind blue ship at sea (9)","Answer":"PUBLISHER","Explanation":"Definition: Penguin\nR (right) behind anagram\/\"at sea\" of (blue ship)"}
-{"Clue":"Tiller of vessel touring miles behind lake (9)","Answer":"PLOUGHMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Tiller\nPAN=\"vessel\" around: M (miles) after LOUGH=\"lake\""}
-{"Clue":"At last climate denier wobbles, being less secure (7)","Answer":"NEEDIER","Explanation":"Definition: less secure\nanagram\/\"wobbles\" of (e denier)*, with the first 'e' coming from climat-e"}
-{"Clue":"Fussy people with power biting insect's head off! (7)","Answer":"PEDANTS","Explanation":"Definition: Fussy people\nP (power) + r-ED ANT'S=\"biting insect's\" with the head letter taken off"}
-{"Clue":"Proverbial drinker with yen for rum (5)","Answer":"FISHY","Explanation":"Definition: rum\ndefinition: \"rum\" as in 'odd' or 'strange' \nFISH + Y (yen)\n \nProverbially, one might 'drink like a FISH'"}
-{"Clue":"More dough that's flatter, but not soft (5)","Answer":"RAISE","Explanation":"Definition: More dough\ndefinition as in getting a raise or getting more dough\/money at one's job \np-RAISE=\"flatter\", minus p (piano, quiet or \"soft\")"}
-{"Clue":"The Guardian installing fine new kind of PC? (4)","Answer":"WOKE","Explanation":"Definition: new kind of PC?\ndefinition: aware of social and political issues \nWE=\"The Guardian\" around OK=\"fine\""}
-{"Clue":"Hurt woman with silver piercing, (6)","Answer":"DAMAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Hurt\nDAME=\"woman\", with AG (chemical symbol for silver) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Hide bay rum unfinished before start of prohibition (5,2)","Answer":"COVER UP","Explanation":"Definition: Hide\nCOVE=\"bay\" + RU-m + P-rohibition"}
-{"Clue":"Anyone can enjoy this ratio? (4-2-3)","Answer":"FREE-TO-AIR","Explanation":"Definition: Anyone can enjoy this\nin a crossword clue, 'free to air' could indicate an anagram\/'free' of (to air)* leading to \"ratio\""}
-{"Clue":"Awful vote against boxing disheartened sport (5)","Answer":"NASTY","Explanation":"Definition: Awful\nNAY=\"vote against\", around\/\"boxing\" S-por-T"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly burnished gemstones, essentially yet to be mounted (5)","Answer":"UNSET","Explanation":"Definition: yet to be mounted\nregular letters from b-U-r-N-i-S-h-E-d, plus the centre\/essence of gems-T-ones"}
-{"Clue":"This writer will lobby doctor to start place for exercises (5,4)","Answer":"DRILL HALL","Explanation":"Definition: place for exercises\nI'LL=\"This writer will\" + HALL=\"lobby\", with DR (doctor) at the start"}
-{"Clue":"Article about reconfigured IBM laptop originally offering digital protection (7)","Answer":"THIMBLE","Explanation":"Definition: digital protection\nin definition, 'digit' as in finger \nTHE=definite \"Article\" around: anagram\/\"reconfigured\" of (IBM)* plus L-aptop"}
-{"Clue":"Counter everything during my arrest (6)","Answer":"COLLAR","Explanation":"Definition: arrest\nreverse\/\"Counter\" of ALL=\"everything\", inside COR=exclamation of surprise=\"my\""}
-{"Clue":"Space base has small plants (6)","Answer":"EMBEDS","Explanation":"Definition: plants\nEM=typographical \"Space\" + BED=\"base\" + S (small)"}
-{"Clue":"Suffering from interminable preoccupation is hard (7)","Answer":"ANGUISH","Explanation":"Definition: Suffering\nANGU + IS + H (hard) \n'hang-up'=\"preoccupation\", and \"interminable\" meaning to get rid of both end letters to get ANGU"}
-{"Clue":"Directly opposed support for endangered species (5,4)","Answer":"POLAR BEAR","Explanation":"Definition: endangered species\nPOLAR=\"Directly opposed\" + BEAR=\"support\""}
-{"Clue":"Advertise scent (5)","Answer":"TRAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Advertise\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Degenerate men get revolver (5)","Answer":"ROTOR","Explanation":"Definition: revolver\nROT=\"Degenerate\" as a verb + OR (other ranks, soldiers=\"men\")"}
-{"Clue":"One readily admits graduates' complete failure \u2014 making university embarrassed, initially (6-3)","Answer":"MASTER-KEY","Explanation":"Definition: One readily admits\nMAS (MasterS of Arts, \"graduates) + T-u-RKEY=\"complete failure\", swapping **u** for **E** (making **u**-niversity into **E**-mbarassed)"}
-{"Clue":"Little child's line on, say, Sweeney TV show (7)","Answer":"TODDLER","Explanation":"Definition: Little child\nL (line) after TODD=\"say, Sweeney\", then ER=\"TV show\" \nreference to Sweeney Todd the fictional murderous barber"}
-{"Clue":"Encourage doctor to wipe out source of salmonella (4,2)","Answer":"URGEON","Explanation":"Definition: Encourage\n**s**-URGEON=\"doctor\" minus **s**-almonella"}
-{"Clue":"Handy fencing manual occasionally gives a pre-set option (7)","Answer":"DEFAULT","Explanation":"Definition: pre-set option\nDEFT=\"Handy\" around\/\"fencing\" occasional letters from m-A-n-U-a-L"}
-{"Clue":"Events made less commercial with French and Saunders' backing (5)","Answer":"MEETS","Explanation":"Definition: Events\nM-**ad**-E minus\/less **ad**[vert]=\"commercial\", plus ET=\"French [for] and\", plus [Saunder]-S"}
-{"Clue":"Successfully book in a restaurant that's accessible (3-2-4)","Answer":"GET-AT-ABLE","Explanation":"Definition: accessible\nGET A TABLE=\"Successfully book in a restaurant\""}
-{"Clue":"Medical emergency vehicle to help overturned motor with support (7,6)","Answer":"CARDIAC ARREST","Explanation":"Definition: Medical emergency\nCAR=\"vehicle\" + AID=\"help\" reversed\/\"overturned\" + CAR=\"motor\" + REST=\"support\" as a noun e.g. 'foot rest'"}
-{"Clue":"Mercenary guerrilla never bottles uprising (5)","Answer":"VENAL","Explanation":"Definition: Mercenary\nhidden\/bottled reversed\/\"uprising\" inside guerri-LA NEV-er"}
-{"Clue":"One with faith in artist putting time into expedition (9)","Answer":"RASTAFARI","Explanation":"Definition: One with faith\nRA (Royal Academician, \"artist\"), plus T (time) inside SAFARI=\"expedition\""}
-{"Clue":"Corrupt play a disc for this? (6)","Answer":"PAYOLA","Explanation":"Definition: this\nPAYOLA means paying for radio airplay (or e.g. paying streaming services for songs to be featured on playlists \/ boosted on recommendation algorithms) \nanagram\/\"Corrupt\" of (play a O)*, with O=circular letter=\"disc\""}
-{"Clue":"Ship's padre meets lad at sea (6,7)","Answer":"PADDLE STEAMER","Explanation":"Definition: Ship\nanagram\/\"at sea\" of (padre meets lad)"}
-{"Clue":"Given up \u2014 I'm one to leave military body with honour in retirement (9)","Answer":"IMMOLATED","Explanation":"Definition: Given up\ndefinition: 'given up' as in 'offered up' as a sacrifice \nI'M, plus reversal\/\"in retirement\" of DETA-i-L plus OM (Order of Merit, \"honour\")\n \n'detail'=\"military body\", minus I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Fibber describing golf \u2014 and somehow they can make a huge distance (5,4)","Answer":"LIGHTYEAR","Explanation":"Definition: huge distance\nLIAR=\"Fibber\" around: G (golf, NATO alphabet) plus anagram\/\"somehow\" of (they)"}
-{"Clue":"Vacuous Carry On Henry's opening is carefree (7)","Answer":"HALCYON","Explanation":"Definition: carefree\nC-arr-Y + ON; with HAL=short for \"Henry\" at the beginning \/ \"opening\""}
-{"Clue":"Three fifths of Spice Girls' focus on sex's inner meaning (6)","Answer":"SPIRIT","Explanation":"Definition: inner meaning\nthree of the five letters from SPI-ce, plus centre\/\"focus\" of gi-R-ls, plus IT=slang for \"sex\""}
-{"Clue":"After game, gunners left country (5)","Answer":"RURAL","Explanation":"Definition: country\nRU (Rugby Union, \"game\") + RA (Royal Artillery, \"gunners\") + L (left)"}
-{"Clue":"Joint account's now key \u2014 loan's expensive, first of all (5)","Answer":"ANKLE","Explanation":"Definition: Joint\nfirst letters of A-ccount's N-ow K-ey L-oan's E-xpensive"}
-{"Clue":"Food processor that is broken by small people (8)","Answer":"COLONISE","Explanation":"Definition: people\ndefinition: \"people\" as a verb meaning 'occupy', 'inhabit' \nCOLON=\"Food processor\", plus IE=id est=\"that is\" around S (small)"}
-{"Clue":"Final letters backed wise work plan (6)","Answer":"OMEGAS","Explanation":"Definition: Final letters\nreversal\/\"backed\" of: SAGE=\"wise\" + MO (modus operandi, way of working or \"work plan\")"}
-{"Clue":"Poet joins volunteers providing cover for knight (6)","Answer":"TABARD","Explanation":"Definition: cover for knight\nBARD=\"Poet\" after TA (Territorial Army, \"volunteers\")"}
-{"Clue":"Sign of distress as fall follows sprint (8)","Answer":"TEARDROP","Explanation":"Definition: Sign of distress\nDROP=\"fall\" after TEAR=\"sprint\""}
-{"Clue":"Greek letter in religious painting, not the consonant (3)","Answer":"ETA","Explanation":"Definition: Greek letter\nPI+ETA=\"religious painting\", which is two Greek letters, with PI the consonant to be removed"}
-{"Clue":"Possible need for invalid inferior writer switching contents (6)","Answer":"BEDPAN","Explanation":"Definition: Possible need for invalid\nBAD=\"inferior\" + PEN=\"writer\", with their inner letters\/\"contents\" switched around"}
-{"Clue":"Unusually veracious, apart from one piece that's bad for circulation (8)","Answer":"VARICOSE","Explanation":"Definition: bad for circulation\nanagram\/\"Unusually\" of (veracious)*, minus one of its letters\/pieces"}
-{"Clue":"Deny having daughter's ring put in a car? (7)","Answer":"DISAVOW","Explanation":"Definition: Deny\nD IS=daughter is=\"daughter's\" + O=\"ring\" inside A VW=a Volkswagen=\"a car\""}
-{"Clue":"Deployed joint force European commanded, holding weapon (7)","Answer":"ELBOWED","Explanation":"Definition: Deployed j\nE (European) + LED=\"commanded\" around BOW=\"weapon\""}
-{"Clue":"Willing to admit nothing after the atom disintegrated (2,4,2)","Answer":"AT HOME TO","Explanation":"Definition: Willing to admit\nO=\"nothing\" after anagram\/\"disintegrated\" of (the atom)"}
-{"Clue":"Neither posted nor moved? (6)","Answer":"UNSENT","Explanation":"Definition: Neither posted nor moved\ndouble definition, =not posted, or =not moved (to emotion)"}
-{"Clue":"Valley's width in metric unit (3)","Answer":"CWM","Explanation":"Definition: Valley'\nW (width) in CM=centimetre=\"metric unit\""}
-{"Clue":"Second question in 30 \u2014 answer's 'trees' (8)","Answer":"SEQUOIAS","Explanation":"Definition: trees\nS (Second), plus Q (question) inside EUOI=\"30\u2033 down, plus A'S (answer'S)\n *edit thanks to Crispy to add the last S"}
-{"Clue":"A youth going on lake for sail (6)","Answer":"LATEEN","Explanation":"Definition: sail\ndefinition: a triangular sail \nA TEEN=\"A youth\" after L (lake)"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty person curate had to endure? Not entirely (3,3)","Answer":"BAD EGG","Explanation":"Definition: Nasty person\na 'curate's egg' is something that is a mix of good and bad, so \"Not entirely\" BAD"}
-{"Clue":"What's old in phony antique? Solve that! (8)","Answer":"EQUATION","Explanation":"Definition: Solve that\nO (old) in anagram\/\"phony\" of (antique)"}
-{"Clue":"State we hear spelt without consonants? (4)","Answer":"IOWA","Explanation":"Definition: Stat\nIOWA is pronounced with only vowel sounds \u2013 not sure if there's more to the wordplay \n*edit thanks to jillfc: spelling out IOWA as 'I O double U A' can be heard as only vowels"}
-{"Clue":"Tiny bit in audiotape (4)","Answer":"IOTA","Explanation":"Definition: Tiny bit\nhidden in aud-IOTA-pe"}
-{"Clue":"Ordered Democratic president outside (6)","Answer":"BIDDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Ordered\nD (Democratic) with BIDEN=\"president\" outside it"}
-{"Clue":"Once a TV broadcast is ready, used in some countries (7)","Answer":"CENTAVO","Explanation":"Definition: ready, used in some countries\nin definition, \"ready\" meaning 'cash' \nanagram\/\"broadcast\" of (Once a TV)"}
-{"Clue":"Like solo organ performance in audition (8)","Answer":"MONAURAL","Explanation":"Definition: Like solo \ndefinition: meaning 'of a single ear', so \"Like solo organ\" \nand\/or whole clue as definition, with \"audition\" meaning 'hearing'\n \nNot sure if there's another reading of wordplay here"}
-{"Clue":"Comedians disturbed about upper-class lying (10)","Answer":"MENDACIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: lying\nanagram\/\"disturbed\" of (Comedians)*, around U=\"upper-class\""}
-{"Clue":"In heartless prison, I lowered blind (8)","Answer":"JALOUSIE","Explanation":"Definition: blind\ndefinition: a window blind \nJAIL-h-OUSE=\"prison\", minus the 'h' for \"heart\", and with the letter I lowered a few places"}
-{"Clue":"Start to grow capital, having got rid of a pest (3)","Answer":"BUD","Explanation":"Definition: Start to grow\nBUD-a-pest=\"capital\" city"}
-{"Clue":"Delivery info initially upset person (3)","Answer":"BOD","Explanation":"Definition: person\nDOB (Date of Birth, \"Delivery [of a baby] info initially\"), reversed\/\"upset\""}
-{"Clue":"Pitch checker's routine nap disturbed (5,5)","Answer":"PIANO TUNER","Explanation":"Definition: Pitch checker\nanagram\/\"disturbed\" of (routine nap)"}
-{"Clue":"Wear thin, possibly becoming bare (2,3,3)","Answer":"IN THE RAW","Explanation":"Definition: bare\nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (Wear thin)"}
-{"Clue":"Holes launches (8)","Answer":"OPENINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Holes\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"What I must have, but not in that case (3)","Answer":"DOT","Explanation":"Definition: What I must have, but not in that case\na letter 'i' must have a dot, when not (as \"that\" one in the clue) in upper case"}
-{"Clue":"Sections of vessels with three parts removed (7)","Answer":"FOCSLES","Explanation":"Definition: Sections of vessels\na spelling of 'FO-**re-**C-**a-**S-**t**-LES' with three parts of the longer word removed"}
-{"Clue":"What's German city got that Irish quarter hasn't? (6)","Answer":"UMLAUT","Explanation":"Definition: What's German city got that Irish quarter hasn't?\nthe German city M\u00fcnster has an UMLAUT, unlike the Irish province Munster"}
-{"Clue":"Female contributing to the website we've viewed regularly (3)","Answer":"EWE","Explanation":"Definition: Female\nhidden at regular intervals in th-E WE-bsit-E WE-ve vi-EWE-d"}
-{"Clue":"Dance costume pronounced excessively dated (4)","Answer":"TUTU","Explanation":"Definition: Dance costum\nhomophone\/\"pronounced\" of 'too-too', a \"dated\" expression meaning \"excessively\""}
-{"Clue":"Frenzied expression as English promise to pay up (4)","Answer":"EUOI","Explanation":"Definition: Frenzied expression\nE (English), plus reversal\/\"up\" of IOU=\"promise to pay\""}
-{"Clue":"Well-turned-out son right to wear brownish-purple (6)","Answer":"SPRUCE","Explanation":"Definition: Well-turned-out\nS (son) + R (right) inside PUCE=\"brownish-purple\""}
-{"Clue":"Has sex with fashionable sort of girl in a small room (6)","Answer":"BEDSIT","Explanation":"Definition: small room\nBEDS=\"Has sex with\" + IT=\"fashionable\" as in 'it girl'"}
-{"Clue":"Boast about what one is wearing (4)","Answer":"GARB","Explanation":"Definition: what one is wearing\nBRAG=\"Boast\" reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Rudolph's charity event? (3,4,3)","Answer":"RED NOSE DAY","Explanation":"Definition: charity event\nan event for the British charity Comic Relief, and a reference to Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer"}
-{"Clue":"Hope for one to compete, collecting right uniform (6)","Answer":"VIRTUE","Explanation":"Definition: H\nHope is one of three Christian virtues: hope, charity and faith \nVIE=\"compete\" around both: RT (right) + U (uniform, NATO alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"School task carried out in prison yard? (8)","Answer":"EXERCISE","Explanation":"Definition: School task\ndouble definition: e.g. a written exercise for school, or physical exercise in the prison yard"}
-{"Clue":"Inject copper into misshapen toenail (9)","Answer":"INOCULATE","Explanation":"Definition: Inject\nCU (symbol for copper) inside anagram\/\"misshapen\" of (toenail)"}
-{"Clue":"A lady with a title shortly gets a man's name (4)","Answer":"ADAM","Explanation":"Definition: man's name\nA DAM-e=\"A lady with a title\", shortened to lose the last 'e'"}
-{"Clue":"Where is the fuel for army vehicle? (4)","Answer":"TANK","Explanation":"Definition: Where is the fuel\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"A diary, any sort, one saves up for (1,5,3)","Answer":"A RAINY DAY","Explanation":"Definition: one saves up for\nanagram\/\"sort\" of (A diary any)"}
-{"Clue":"Insignificant people, evidence of their murder missing? (8)","Answer":"NOBODIES","Explanation":"Definition: Insignificant people\n'no bodies' could describe missing \"evidence of murder\""}
-{"Clue":"Showing very unfriendly manner on small island (6)","Answer":"SICILY","Explanation":"Definition: island\nICILY=\"Showing very unfriendly manner\", after S (small)"}
-{"Clue":"Attractive young mother's crummy rhymes (5,5)","Answer":"YUMMY MUMMY","Explanation":"Definition: Attractive young mother\ntwo words that rhyme with 'crummy'"}
-{"Clue":"One longing aloud for a patch of ground (4)","Answer":"ACRE","Explanation":"Definition: a patch of ground\nhomophone\/\"aloud\" of 'acher', someone who aches =\"One longing\""}
-{"Clue":"Not letting anyone see one's heavy defeat (6)","Answer":"HIDING","Explanation":"Definition: Not letting anyone s\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Careerist, yes, with something in the oven (6)","Answer":"YUPPIE","Explanation":"Definition: Care\nYUP=\"yes\" + PIE=\"something in the oven\""}
-{"Clue":"Big beast is alone, sadly (3,4)","Answer":"SEA LION","Explanation":"Definition: Big beast\nanagram\/\"sadly\" of (is alone)"}
-{"Clue":"To steal books is a mindless thing (5)","Answer":"ROBOT","Explanation":"Definition: a mindless thing\nROB=\"To steal\" + OT (Old Testament, \"books\")"}
-{"Clue":"Wow! Little girl makes university (7)","Answer":"CORNELL","Explanation":"Definition: university\nCOR=\"Wow!\" + NELL=short form of Eleanor=\"Little girl\""}
-{"Clue":"'e runs \u2014 taking the girl with him? (6)","Answer":"ELOPES","Explanation":"Definition: taking the girl with him?\n'E + LOPES=\"runs\""}
-{"Clue":"School event giving rise to much talk? (6,3)","Answer":"SPEECH DAY","Explanation":"Definition: School event\na SPEECH DAY an annual event at some schools, and the name suggests that there might be speeches\/\"much talk\""}
-{"Clue":"Break matron's little window (7)","Answer":"TRANSOM","Explanation":"Definition: little window\nanagram\/\"Break\" of (matron's)"}
-{"Clue":"Vet's demeanour strangely enterprising (13)","Answer":"ADVENTURESOME","Explanation":"Definition: enterprising\nanagram\/\"strangely\" of (Vet's demeanour)"}
-{"Clue":"Study put together followed the rules (9)","Answer":"CONFORMED","Explanation":"Definition: followed the rules\nCON=\"Study\" as a verb + FORMED=\"put together\""}
-{"Clue":"Sacred syllable, in a sense, is more than one can take (3,4)","Answer":"TOO MUCH","Explanation":"Definition: is more than one can take\nOM=\"Sacred syllable\" in Hinduism, inside TOUCH=\"a sense\""}
-{"Clue":"Tell me, is that believable? (1,3,3)","Answer":"I ASK YOU","Explanation":"Definition: is that believable?\nan exclamation of surprise \u2013 or could be read more literally as a request to \"Tell me\" something"}
-{"Clue":"Glare at criminal evading capture (2,5)","Answer":"AT LARGE","Explanation":"Definition: evading capture\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (Glare at)"}
-{"Clue":"Feminist term used in swimming (6)","Answer":"WIMMIN","Explanation":"Definition: Feminist term\na spelling of 'women' that omits 'men' \nhidden in s-WIMMIN-g"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow covering miles is a winner (5)","Answer":"CHAMP","Explanation":"Definition: winner\nCHAP=\"Fellow\" around M (miles)"}
-{"Clue":"After mistake on circuit, pressure for F1 starter (6)","Answer":"BISHOP","Explanation":"Definition: F1 starter\nin chess, White's kingside bishop piece starts at F1 (column F, row 1 of the board) \nBISH=slang for a blunder=\"mistake\" + O=circle shape=\"circuit\" + P (pressure)"}
-{"Clue":"Meat from sheep I finished first (8)","Answer":"PASTRAMI","Explanation":"Definition: Meat\nRAM=\"sheep\" + I, with PAST=\"finished\" going first"}
-{"Clue":"Indigo for a chess computer (4,4)","Answer":"DEEP BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: Indigo\ndouble definition \u2013 Deep Blue the chess computer played against then reigning world champion Garry Kasparov"}
-{"Clue":"Rural cottage is this writer's bolthole? (6)","Answer":"ALCOTT","Explanation":"Definition: this writer\nLouisa May Alcott wrote *Little Women* \nhidden in rur-AL COTT-age"}
-{"Clue":"Care to relax, after putting energy into a comic song (7,5)","Answer":"AMAZING GRACE","Explanation":"Definition: song\nanagram\/\"to relax\" of (Care)*, after ZING=\"energy\" in A MAG[azine]=\"a comic\""}
-{"Clue":"For her, partner (not male) not available (4)","Answer":"ANNA","Explanation":"Definition: For her\nm-AN=\"partner\" [for her], minus 'm' for \"male\", plus N\/A=\"not available\""}
-{"Clue":"Upset voter stumbles against ballot box (8)","Answer":"OVERTURN","Explanation":"Definition: Upset\nanagram\/\"stumbles\" of (voter)* + URN=\"ballot box\""}
-{"Clue":"Reduce studies in first chapter? (8)","Answer":"CONDENSE","Explanation":"Definition: Reduce\nDENS=\"studies\" [as in rooms], inside C ONE=Chapter One=\"first chapter\""}
-{"Clue":"One goes round castle, treading nothing into carpet (4)","Answer":"MOAT","Explanation":"Definition: O\nO=\"nothing\" inside MAT=\"carpet\""}
-{"Clue":"What did you say, you tosser? (5,2,5)","Answer":"HEADS OR TAILS","Explanation":"Definition: What did you say, you tosser?\ncryptic definition, referring to a tossing of a coin"}
-{"Clue":"Tore off from opera, back at top speed to dance (6)","Answer":"CAVORT","Explanation":"Definition: dance\n[IL] TROVA-tore=Verdi \"opera\", minus the 'tore' and reversed\/\"back\", after C=speed of light=\"top speed\""}
-{"Clue":"Partnership lacking say in loyalty (8)","Answer":"ALLIANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Partnership\nALL-EG-IANCE=\"loyalty\", minus EG=e.g.=\"say\""}
-{"Clue":"Without imagination, super\u00admarket replaces legend's recipe (8)","Answer":"STOLIDLY","Explanation":"Definition: Without imagination\nLIDL=\"supermarket\", replacing 'r' (recipe) in STO-r-Y=\"legend\""}
-{"Clue":"Deer turns over something with one foot (6)","Answer":"WAPITI","Explanation":"Definition: Deer\nWAPITI is a name for elk \nreversal\/\"turns over\" of IT=\"something\" + I=\"one\" + PAW=\"foot\""}
-{"Clue":"In the country I am an unknown animal (4)","Answer":"IBEX","Explanation":"Definition: anima\nI BE=\"I am\", \"In the country\" e.g. as said by someone in the West Country, plus X=\"unknown\" in maths"}
-{"Clue":"Random bloke caught out over pitfall (9)","Answer":"HAPHAZARD","Explanation":"Definition: R\nc-HAP=\"bloke\", minus 'c' for \"caught\" (cricket abbr.), plus HAZARD=\"pitfall\""}
-{"Clue":"Send fruitlessly from here to post in this box (6)","Answer":"PILLAR","Explanation":"Definition: i\nreference to the phrase 'from pillar to post' to describe moving back and forth aimlessly"}
-{"Clue":"Appoint entirely unsatisfactory diplomat (15)","Answer":"PLENIPOTENTIARY","Explanation":"Definition: diplomat\nanagram\/\"unsatisfactory\" of (Appoint entirely)"}
-{"Clue":"Glittering, like part of American flag (8)","Answer":"SPANGLED","Explanation":"Definition: Glittering\nthe American flag is known as the Star SPANGLED Banner"}
-{"Clue":"Trainspotter losing head \u2014 it's like a sieve (5)","Answer":"RICER","Explanation":"Definition: it's like a sieve\ndefinition: a device used to e.g. press potatoes through holes to make mash \nG-RICER is slang for a \"Trainspotter\", minus the head letter"}
-{"Clue":"Went to see a fellow motoring enthusiast to give a bit of a hand (10)","Answer":"METACARPAL","Explanation":"Definition: bit of a hand\nMET A CAR PAL=\"Went to see a fellow motoring enthusiast\""}
-{"Clue":"Bigoted, enjoying the bilingual harangue (10)","Answer":"INTOLERANT","Explanation":"Definition: Bigoted\nINTO=\"enjoying\" + LE=\"the [in French]\" + RANT=\"harangue\" \nnot sure if \"bilingual\" is an instruction to translate into a second language other than English, or if it is a reference to LE meaning \"the\" in Italian as well as French"}
-{"Clue":"I mark the moment the paper is on the carpet \u2014 picked up quietly (4-5)","Answer":"TIME STAMP","Explanation":"Definition: I mark the moment\nTIMES=\"[news]paper\" + MAT=\"carpet\" reversed vertically\/\"picked up\" + P (piano, \"quietly\") \na second use of MAT=\"carpet\""}
-{"Clue":"Rare single: not running in between (8)","Answer":"UNWONTED","Explanation":"Definition: Rare\nUNWED=\"single\", with anagram\/\"running\" of (not)* inside"}
-{"Clue":"Bat showing determination on old wicket (6)","Answer":"WILLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Bat\nWILL=\"determination\" + O (old) + W (wicket, cricket abbr)"}
-{"Clue":"Be out of sleeping bag? That's odd (5)","Answer":"DROLL","Explanation":"Definition: odd\nBe-DROLL=\"sleeping bag\", minus the \"Be\""}
-{"Clue":"Small incision in tail (4)","Answer":"SCUT","Explanation":"Definition: tail\ndefinition: a short tail of e.g. a rabbit or deer \nS (small) + CUT=\"incision\""}
-{"Clue":"Posh bloke is a Tory bastard? Not unknown (6)","Answer":"ARISTO","Explanation":"Definition: Posh bloke\nanagram\/\"bastard\" of (is a Tory)*, minus letter 'y'=\"unknown in maths"}
-{"Clue":"Usual performance quietly meets with approval (6)","Answer":"SHTICK","Explanation":"Definition: Usual performance\nSH=\"quietly\" as an instruction to hush, plus TICK=\"approval\""}
-{"Clue":"Changed key before end of ballad (7)","Answer":"ALTERED","Explanation":"Definition: Changed\nALT=\"key\" on computer keyboard + ERE=\"before\" + end of balla-D"}
-{"Clue":"Plant roses at front except in centre (7)","Answer":"RHUBARB","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nR-oses at front + BAR=\"except\" inside HUB=\"centre\""}
-{"Clue":"Big Tech (and Ted's dosh) could possibly bring material success (3,5,7)","Answer":"THE BITCH GODDESS","Explanation":"Definition: material success\ndefinition: \"material success\", as an object of worship \nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (Big Tech Ted's dosh)"}
-{"Clue":"Good book plausible on the surface (4)","Answer":"GLIB","Explanation":"Definition: plausible on the surface\nG (Good) + LIB (liber, Latin for \"book\")"}
-{"Clue":"Sure to make a move after trick one's played (10)","Answer":"CONCERTINA","Explanation":"Definition: one's played\nCERT-**A**-IN=\"Sure\", \"to make [the letter] **A** move\" to the end, after CON=swindle=\"trick\""}
-{"Clue":"Invaders ignoring rule left with ground unclaimed (2-4-4)","Answer":"NO-MAN\u2019S-LAND","Explanation":"Definition: ground unclaimed\nNO-r-MANS=\"Invaders\", ignoring 'r' for \"rule\" in law, plus L (left) + AND=\"wiith\""}
-{"Clue":"Idiot holding back star pupil? On the contrary (4)","Answer":"PRAT","Explanation":"Definition: Idiot\non the contrary, it is the s-TAR P-upil holding the PRAT inside and reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Steal script craftily when Charles is inside dressing (8,7)","Answer":"STICKING PLASTER","Explanation":"Definition: dressing\nanagram\/\"craftily\" of (Steal script)*, with KING=\"Charles\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Doubly small for a defender (7)","Answer":"SWEEPER","Explanation":"Definition: defender\nS (small) + WEE (a second\/double \"small\") + PER=\"for a\""}
-{"Clue":"Want to carry gun but denied (7)","Answer":"NEGATED","Explanation":"Definition: denied\nNEED=\"Want\" around GAT=Gatling \"gun\""}
-{"Clue":"Chance to wear revolutionary dress (6)","Answer":"CLOTHE","Explanation":"Definition: dress\nLOT=fate=\"Chance\" inside CHE (Guevara)=\"revolutionary\""}
-{"Clue":"Stay on team (6)","Answer":"RESIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Stay\nRE=about=\"on\" + SIDE=\"team\""}
-{"Clue":"Rare element of sexual excite\u00adment with female \u2014 I'm keeping out, essentially (9)","Answer":"RUTHENIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Rare element\nRUT=\"sexual excitement\" + HEN=\"female\" + I'M around the centre\/essential part of o-U-t"}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers arrested by police officers around base (6)","Answer":"SORDID","Explanation":"Definition: base\nOR (other ranks, \"soldiers\"), inside \"police officers\" DI (Detective Inspector) + DS (Detective Sergeant) both reversed\/\"around\""}
-{"Clue":"Getting on coach is traditional (3-6)","Answer":"OLD-SCHOOL","Explanation":"Definition: traditional\nOLD=\"Getting on\" + SCHOOL=\"coach\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Child's yellow \u2014 doctors gathering round (5)","Answer":"SPROG","Explanation":"Definition: Child\nOR=gold colour=\"yellow\" inside GPS (General Practitioner-S, doctors), all reversed\/\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Roars during day end squabbling (8)","Answer":"THUNDERS","Explanation":"Definition: Roars\nanagram\/\"squabbling\" of (end)*, inside\/\"during\" THURS=\"day\""}
-{"Clue":"Desperately want to be in Conservative Party? (5)","Answer":"CRAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Desperately want\nC (Conservative) + RAVE=\"Party\""}
-{"Clue":"Makes an enemy of worker and worries deeply (11)","Answer":"ANTAGONISES","Explanation":"Definition: Makes an enemy of\nANT=\"worker\" + AGONISES=\"worries deeply\""}
-{"Clue":"Dirty resort has improved on the surface (11)","Answer":"BESPATTERED","Explanation":"Definition: Dirty\nSPA=\"resort\" inside BETTERED=\"improved\" \n\"on the surface\" as a containment indicator, a bit like 'covering'"}
-{"Clue":"Bothered by independence, right \u2014 judged it to be divisive (9)","Answer":"IRRITATED","Explanation":"Definition: Bothered\nI (independence) + R (right) + RATED=\"judged\" divided by IT"}
-{"Clue":"Advice about protecting endlessly vulnerable \u2014 it's a nasty place (8)","Answer":"SNAKEPIT","Explanation":"Definition: a nasty place\nTIPS=\"Advice\" reversed\/\"about\", around NAKE-d=\"endlessly vulnerable\""}
-{"Clue":"Polluted river in which crew's emptied effluents (6)","Answer":"GANGES","Explanation":"Definition: Polluted river\nGANG=\"crew\" + E-ffluent-S emptied out \n\"crew's\"='crew has'='crew plus\u2026'"}
-{"Clue":"Dancing ladies beginning to strip off \u2014 this couldn't be better (5)","Answer":"IDEAL","Explanation":"Definition: this couldn't be better\nanagram\/\"Dancing\" of (ladies)*, with the beginning of S-trip taken off"}
-{"Clue":"Square up over drinker's last bottle (5)","Answer":"NERVE","Explanation":"Definition: bottle\nEVEN=\"Square\" reversed\/\"up\" around drinke-R \neven=square as in 'we're even\/square'='we don't owe each other anything'"}
-{"Clue":"Expecting Jo to leave me too! (2,3,4)","Answer":"IN THE CLUB","Explanation":"Definition: Expecting\ndefinition: slang for being pregnant\n \njo-IN THE CLUB=\"me too!\", minus \"Jo\""}
-{"Clue":"Sharp edges taken off stone slab (4)","Answer":"ABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Sharp\nt-ABLE-t=\"stone slab\" minus the edge letters"}
-{"Clue":"Earnings drained after tax returns in future? (5)","Answer":"TENSE","Explanation":"Definition: future?\nE-arning-S drained of inner letters + NET=\"after tax\", all reversed\/\"returns\""}
-{"Clue":"Sense entertaining game has new pre-match fun (4,5)","Answer":"STAG NIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: pre-match fun\nin definition, \"match\" as in a marriage\n \nSIGHT=\"Sense\", around: TAG=playground chasing \"game\" + N (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Great setter's about to eat eg almond trifle (7)","Answer":"MINUTIA","Explanation":"Definition: trifle\nAI=A1=top quality=\"Great\" + I'M=setter is=\"setter's\", reversed\/\"about\" and around\/\"to eat\" NUT=\"eg almond\""}
-{"Clue":"Inexperience in cabinet periodically holding review (7)","Answer":"NAIVETE","Explanation":"Definition: Inexperience\ni-**N** c-**A**-b-**I**-n-**E**-t, around VET=\"review\""}
-{"Clue":"Relinquish control of car, following shock (4,1,4,4)","Answer":"TAKE A BACK SEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Relinquish control\nSEAT the \"car\" manufacturer, after TAKE ABACK=\"shock\""}
-{"Clue":"Defeat of king's son nurtured by partner (9,4)","Answer":"SMOTHERED MATE","Explanation":"Definition: Defeat of king\ndefinition: in chess, a type of checkmate where a player's king cannot escape due to their own pieces\n \nS (son) + MOTHERED=\"nurtured\" + MATE=\"partner\""}
-{"Clue":"Pair trained Manx cat, a divine male (7)","Answer":"PRIAPUS","Explanation":"Definition: divine male\ndefinition: a god in Greek mythology\n \nanagram\/\"trained\" of (Pair)*, plus PUS-s='tailless puss'=\"Manx cat\""}
-{"Clue":"White Russian dresses in clothing from Tashkent (7)","Answer":"TSARIST","Explanation":"Definition: White Russian\ndefinition: referring to the White Army (opposed to the Red Army) in the Russian Revolution\n \nSARIS=\"dresses\" in the outer letters\/\"clothing\" of T-ashken-T"}
-{"Clue":"Ring fan, say, of inaner plays by comedian (9)","Answer":"WAGNERIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Rin\ndefinition refers to Wagner's *Ring* cycle\n \nanagram\/\"plays\" of (inaner)*, after WAG=\"comedian\""}
-{"Clue":"State, but not North American state (5)","Answer":"INDIA","Explanation":"Definition: state\nINDIA-NA=US \"State\", minus NA (North American)"}
-{"Clue":"Which side of shoe is uncomfortable? (4)","Answer":"SORE","Explanation":"Definition: uncomfortable\nWhich side of the word **s**-ho-**e**, **S **OR** E**?"}
-{"Clue":"Hybrid lingo succeeded with fresh hip slang (9)","Answer":"SPANGLISH","Explanation":"Definition: Hybrid lingo\nS (succeeded) plus anagram\/\"fresh\" of (hip slang)"}
-{"Clue":"Where art is shown, including this person's bosom (8)","Answer":"INTIMATE","Explanation":"Definition: bosom\ndefinition: \"bosom\" as an adjective meaning 'close' or intimate\n \nart is shown IN [the] TATE , around I'M=this person is=\"this person's\""}
-{"Clue":"Muses, say, about part of joint (5)","Answer":"TENON","Explanation":"Definition: part of joint\ndefinition: 'mortise and tenon' is a type of joint in woodworking\n \nreversal\/\"about\" of NONET=group of 9, such as the Greek Muses"}
-{"Clue":"Hypothesised issue for girl providing treacle? (7,7)","Answer":"ELECTRA COMPLEX","Explanation":"Definition: Hypothesised issue for girl\ndefinition: a concept in Jungian psychology, a female equivalent of the Oedipus complex\n \nin a crossword clue, COMPLEX could be an indicator to make an anagram of (Electra)*, providing \"treacle\""}
-{"Clue":"Notes introducing opening of Salome or Sadko around this building? (2,5)","Answer":"LA SCALA","Explanation":"Definition: this building?\ndefinition: an opera house in Milan\n \nLA and LA=\"Notes\", around S (opening of Salome or Sadko) plus CA (circa, \"around\")"}
-{"Clue":"Trump clan rejected countercultural figure (7)","Answer":"BEATNIK","Explanation":"Definition: countercultural figure\nBEAT=\"Trump\" + KIN=\"clan\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
-{"Clue":"Where supertanker may dock by area for old weapon (3,6)","Answer":"BIG BERTHA","Explanation":"Definition: old weapon\ndefinition: a German artillery gun used in WWI\n \na supertanker may need a BIG BERTH to dock, plus A (area)"}
-{"Clue":"Eastern racecourse, not a current course (6)","Answer":"ENTREE","Explanation":"Definition: course\nE (Eastern) + a-i-NTREE=\"racecourse\" minus 'a i'=\"a current\" with 'i'=symbol for electric current"}
-{"Clue":"Banged up lead criminal in cartel for illegal activity (7,7)","Answer":"INSIDER DEALING","Explanation":"Definition: i\nINSIDE=sent to prison=\"Banged up\", plus anagram\/\"criminal\" of (lead)* inside RING=\"cartel\""}
-{"Clue":"Nobel Peace Prize winner showing affection to head of state once (9)","Answer":"KISSINGER","Explanation":"Definition: Nobel Peace Prize\ndefinition: Henry Kissinger was awarded a Nobel Prize for his role in the Paris Peace Accords to end the Vietnam War\n \nKISSING=\"showing affection\" + ER (Elizabeth Regina)=head of state, once"}
-{"Clue":"Prickly complaint from Australian ambassador with rubbish sandwiches (4,4)","Answer":"HEATRASH","Explanation":"Definition: Prickly complaint\nA (Australian), sandwiched by HE (His\/Her Excellency, \"ambassador\") and TRASH=\"rubbish\""}
-{"Clue":"Group on the pull up north thus stripped off? Heavens! (7)","Answer":"HUSKIES","Explanation":"Definition: Group on the pull up north\ndefinition: dogs used to pull sleds in Northern regions of the world\n \nt-HU-s stripped of outer letters + SKIES=\"Heavens\""}
-{"Clue":"Staff answer about fan turning up in the Albert Hall, say (7)","Answer":"ROTUNDA","Explanation":"Definition: Albert Hall, say\ndefinition: a round building with a dome\n \nROD=\"Staff\" + A (answer), around NUT=as in 'a football nut'=\"fan\" reversed\/\"turning up\""}
-{"Clue":"Vessel filled with hock for fathers (6)","Answer":"SPAWNS","Explanation":"Definition: f\nSS (steam ship, \"Vessel\"), around PAWN=to deal with a pawnbroker=\"hock\""}
-{"Clue":"Tree dweller knocked over weird nifty houses (5)","Answer":"INDRI","Explanation":"Definition: Tree dweller\ndefinition: a type of lemur\n \nhidden\/'housed' in we-IRD NI-fty reversed\/\"knocked over\""}
-{"Clue":"Punishment \u2014 motive sought? (4,3)","Answer":"WHAT FOR","Explanation":"Definition: Punishment\ndouble definition, 'to give them what for' and asking 'what for?'"}
-{"Clue":"Time in government reduced for good measure in small county (7)","Answer":"RUTLAND","Explanation":"Definition: sm\nT (Time) in RUL-e=\"government reduced\" + AND='in addition'=\"for good measure\""}
-{"Clue":"Wet academic having removed cap (5)","Answer":"RAINY","Explanation":"Definition: Wet\nb-RAINY=\"academic\" minus the first letter\/\"cap\""}
-{"Clue":"Answer I see Church retracted (4)","Answer":"ECHO","Explanation":"Definition: Answer\nOH=\"I see\" + CE (Church of England), all reversed\/\"retracted\""}
-{"Clue":"Talk after company and party, going their different ways, team up (11)","Answer":"COLLABORATE","Explanation":"Definition: team up\nORATE=\"Talk\", after CO (company) plus BALL=\"party\" reversed or going the other way"}
-{"Clue":"Where caps are when begging? (2,4,5)","Answer":"ON ONE\u2019S KNEES","Explanation":"Definition: when begging\nreference to kneecaps"}
-{"Clue":"Load boat (4)","Answer":"RAFT","Explanation":"Definition: Load\ndouble definition: \"Load\" meaning a large amount of something"}
-{"Clue":"A strong tea felt wrong after cold milky drink (5,5)","Answer":"CAFFE LATTE","Explanation":"Definition: milky drink\nA + F (forte, \"strong\") + anagram\/\"wrong\" of (tea felt)*; all after C (cold)"}
-{"Clue":"Collapsed, due to failing after adverse criticism (6,3)","Answer":"FLAKED OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Collapsed\nanagram\/\"failing\" of (due to)*, after FLAK=\"adverse criticism\""}
-{"Clue":"Criminally stupid? Very close (5,2,7)","Answer":"THICK AS THIEVES","Explanation":"Definition: Very close\nalternative reading with 'thick' as in \"stupid\""}
-{"Clue":"Outspoken shark hunter (7)","Answer":"CHEETAH","Explanation":"Definition: hunter\nhomophone\/\"Outspoken\" of 'cheater'=\"shark\""}
-{"Clue":"Dish in sink blocking channel (7)","Answer":"LASAGNE","Explanation":"Definition: Dish\nSAG=\"sink\" inside LANE=\"channel\""}
-{"Clue":"Possible tool used by belligerent European city? (6)","Answer":"WARSAW","Explanation":"Definition: European city\na WAR SAW might be a tool (saw as in a serrated cutting tool) used by the belligerent"}
-{"Clue":"For example, lady is filling box having discarded wrapping (6)","Answer":"ARISTO","Explanation":"Definition: For example, lady\nIS, filling inside c-ARTO-n=\"box\" with the outer letters\/\"wrapping\" discarded"}
-{"Clue":"Circular snares trap bird (10)","Answer":"FLYCATCHER","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nFLYER=\"Circular\", around CATCH=\"trap\""}
-{"Clue":"Cook in oven after second in fridge (5)","Answer":"ROAST","Explanation":"Definition: Cook\nOAST is an \"oven\" used for drying hops, after second letter of f-R-idge"}
-{"Clue":"Authorised measure preceding bitter explanation (9)","Answer":"RATIONALE","Explanation":"Definition: explanation\nRATION=allocated quantity=\"Authorised measure\" + ALE=\"bitter\""}
-{"Clue":"Excursion set in motion (4)","Answer":"TRIP","Explanation":"Definition: Excursion\ndouble definition: \"set in motion\" as in to trip\/trigger e.g. an alarm"}
-{"Clue":"Champion almost entirely consuming a drink (8)","Answer":"ADVOCAAT","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nADVOCAT-e=\"Champion almost entirely\", around A"}
-{"Clue":"See record again (8)","Answer":"DISCOVER","Explanation":"Definition: See\nDISC=music recording=\"record\" + OVER=\"again\" as in 'do it over'\/'do it again'"}
-{"Clue":"Criminals slow to break into American offices abroad (10)","Answer":"CONSULATES","Explanation":"Definition: offices abroad\nCONS=convicts=\"Criminals\" + LATE=\"slow\" inside US=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"Look at a film with a theme that's controversial \u2014 as, say, a 23 11? (4,1,4,2,1,5)","Answer":"LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME","Explanation":"Definition: as, say, a 23 11?\ndefinition: as if fatally attracted to something \u2013 23 11 being FATAL ATTRACTION \nanagram\/\"controversial\" of (Look at a film + a theme)"}
-{"Clue":"Awful short white skirts provid\u00aded, one under coat of raver (8)","Answer":"HORRIFIC","Explanation":"Definition: Awfu\nHOC-k=\"short white\", around\/\"skirts\" all of: IF=\"provided\" + I=\"one\" after R-ave-R \n'hock' is a term for German white wine"}
-{"Clue":"See-through underwear in series beginning to split, check trousers (6,4)","Answer":"STRING VEST","Explanation":"Definition: See-through underwear\nSTRING=\"series\", plus VET=\"check\" around\/\"trousers\" S-plit"}
-{"Clue":"Taunt Dickens over love that's vacuous (6)","Answer":"HECKLE","Explanation":"Definition: Taunt\nHECK=\"Dickens\" as in 'what the heck?'\/'what the Dickens?', plus L-ov-E"}
-{"Clue":"Calamitous drawing in picture (5,10)","Answer":"FATAL ATTRACTION","Explanation":"Definition: picture\ndefinition: title of a film \/ \"picture\" \nFATAL ATTRACTION=\"Calamitous drawing\""}
-{"Clue":"Foul group seizes lithium (7)","Answer":"SQUALID","Explanation":"Definition: Foul\nSQUAD=\"group\" around LI (chemical symbol for lithium)"}
-{"Clue":"Blockhead has defaced boarding cards (7)","Answer":"JACKASS","Explanation":"Definition: Blockhead\nh-AS \"de-faced\" i.e. with the first letter\/'face' removed; inside JACKS=[playing] CARDS"}
-{"Clue":"Picked up next to popular bar (5)","Answer":"INGOT","Explanation":"Definition: bar\nGOT=\"Picked up\" after IN=\"popular\""}
-{"Clue":"Cook, with endlessly wealthy fool in charge (9)","Answer":"FRICASSEE","Explanation":"Definition: Cook\nRIC-h=\"endlessly wealthy\" + ASS=\"fool\"; all inside FEE=\"charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Thrash repulsive criminal (9)","Answer":"PULVERISE","Explanation":"Definition: Thrash\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (repulsive)"}
-{"Clue":"Artist wanting cash (not yen) before start of task (5)","Answer":"MONET","Explanation":"Definition: Artist\nMONE-Y=\"cash\" minus 'Y' for \"yen\", plus T-ask"}
-{"Clue":"Excitement of American after short drink (5)","Answer":"DRAMA","Explanation":"Definition: Excitement\nA (American) after DRAM=\"short drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Free old individual facing charge (9)","Answer":"EXONERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Free\nEX=\"old\" + ONE=\"individual\" + RATE=\"charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Annual check by male with a card showing signs of wear (4-5)","Answer":"MOTHEATEN","Explanation":"Definition: showing signs of wear\nMOT (Annual check of vehicle safety in the UK) + HE=\"male\" + A TEN=\"a [playing] card\""}
-{"Clue":"Deputy taking credit for cleanse (5)","Answer":"SCRUB","Explanation":"Definition: cleanse\nSUB=substitute=\"Deputy\", around CR (credit)"}
-{"Clue":"Nearly time \u2014 time to sleep? (5)","Answer":"NIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: time to sleep?\nNIGH=\"Nearly\" + T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Some warn about embracing international philanderer (9)","Answer":"WOMANISER","Explanation":"Definition: philanderer\nanagram\/\"about\" of (Some warn)*, around I (international)"}
-{"Clue":"Study melting mess (9)","Answer":"CONFUSION","Explanation":"Definition: mess\nCON=\"Study\" as a verb + FUSION=\"melting\" \n'melting' is one definition for 'fusion' in Chambers \u2013 I hadn't thought of them as equivalent"}
-{"Clue":"Head of couture to demolish fashion (5)","Answer":"CRAZE","Explanation":"Definition: fashion\nC-outure + RAZE=\"demolish\""}
-{"Clue":"Colder liquid initially placed in cup (7)","Answer":"BLEAKER","Explanation":"Definition: Colder\nL-iquid, inside BEAKER=\"cup\""}
-{"Clue":"Views small supplies not starting (7)","Answer":"SURVEYS","Explanation":"Definition: Vie\nS (small) + p-URVEYS=\"supplies not starting\""}
-{"Clue":"Son kissed and lapsed morally? (7)","Answer":"SLIPPED","Explanation":"Definition: lapsed morally?\nS (Son) + LIPPED=\"kissed\""}
-{"Clue":"A French worker hides bitterness \u2014 it's not chivalrous (9)","Answer":"UNGALLANT","Explanation":"Definition: not chivalrous\nUN=\"A [in] French\" + ANT=\"worker\" around GALL=\"bitterness\""}
-{"Clue":"Left two articles in machine (5)","Answer":"LATHE","Explanation":"Definition: machine\nL (Left) + A and THE=\"two articles\""}
-{"Clue":"Shy daughter has condition suitable to involve study (9)","Answer":"DIFFIDENT","Explanation":"Definition: Shy\nD (Daughter) + IF (condition) as in 'that's a big if' + FIT=\"suitable\" around DEN=\"study\""}
-{"Clue":"Juliet has posh cool drink (5)","Answer":"JUICE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nJ (Juliet, NATO alphabet) + U (upper-class, \"posh\") + ICE=\"cool\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Dour church with no branches? (9)","Answer":"CHARMLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Dour\nCH (church) + ARMLESS=\"with no branches?\""}
-{"Clue":"Vehicles caught leaving concerning crime (5)","Answer":"ARSON","Explanation":"Definition: crime\nc-ARS=\"Vehicles\" with c (caught, cricket abbreviation) leaving + ON=\"concerning\""}
-{"Clue":"Respect unusual sign of authority (7)","Answer":"SCEPTRE","Explanation":"Definition: sign of authority\nanagram\/\"unusual\" of (Respect)"}
-{"Clue":"Astonished by a direction to fight (3-6)","Answer":"AWE-STRUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Astonished\nA + WEST=\"direction\" + RUCK=slang for a \"fight\""}
-{"Clue":"Bit of sugared mint with Eton mess and creams (9)","Answer":"OINTMENTS","Explanation":"Definition: creams\nanagram\/\"mess\" of (s mint Eton)*, with the 's' from \"Bit of s-ugared\""}
-{"Clue":"Swiftly covering boil up some\u00adwhere above ground (9)","Answer":"AEROSPACE","Explanation":"Definition: some\u00adwhere \nAPACE=\"Swiftly\" around reversal\/\"up\" of SORE=\"boil\""}
-{"Clue":"Skirt about Belgium in taxi (7)","Answer":"MINICAB","Explanation":"Definition: taxi\nMINI=\"Skirt\" + CA (circa, Latin for \"about\") + B (Belgium)"}
-{"Clue":"Heard residential pupils in beds (7)","Answer":"BORDERS","Explanation":"Definition: beds\ndefinition: flower beds \nhomophone\/\"Heard\" of 'boarders'=\"residential pupils\""}
-{"Clue":"Information that is for one fulfilling wishes (5)","Answer":"GENIE","Explanation":"Definition: one fulfilling wishes\nGEN=\"Information\" + IE (id est, \"that is\")"}
-{"Clue":"Noise woke husband in real rage initially (5)","Answer":"WHIRR","Explanation":"Definition: Noise\ninitials of W-oke H-usband I-n R-eal R-age"}
-{"Clue":"French city on river is comparatively pleasant (5)","Answer":"NICER","Explanation":"Definition: comparatively pleasant\nNICE=\"French city\" + R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Insisted on confirmation from studio model (7)","Answer":"IMPOSED","Explanation":"Definition: Insisted on\nI'M POSED=\"confirmation from studio model\" that they are ready"}
-{"Clue":"Flipping Ulster PM's come round too late (5,2)","Answer":"SLEEP IN","Explanation":"Definition: come round too late\nreversal\/\"Flipping\" of: NI (Northern Ireland) + PEEL'S=PM'S (Robert Peel, UK 19th century Prime Minister)"}
-{"Clue":"See court spies from abroad crossing ancient city (5)","Answer":"CURIA","Explanation":"Definition: See court\ndefinition: in the Roman Catholic Church, the court of the papal see, with 'see' meaning a bishop's jurisdiction\n \nCIA=\"spies from abroad\" around UR=\"ancient city\""}
-{"Clue":"Diviner decree replacing one abbey's number two released (9)","Answer":"PREDICTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Diviner\ndefinition: agent noun from 'to divine'='to predict'\n \nEDICT=\"decree\" replacing 'i'=\"one\" which is released from PR-i-OR=an abbot's deputy=\"abbey's number two\""}
-{"Clue":"Ignoring outsiders, Ethel's parents get cracking and tackle a problem (5,3,6)","Answer":"GRASP THE NETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: tackle a problem\nanagram\/\"cracking\" of (thel parents get)*, ignoring the outside letters of [E]-thel-[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Firmly attach small part of body (4)","Answer":"NAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Firmly attach\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"The Spanish decline to enter Hawaii's capital (8)","Answer":"HELSINKI","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nEL=\"The [in] Spanish\" + SINK=\"decline\", all inside HI (state abbreviation for Hawaii)"}
-{"Clue":"One uses tactic to intercept notes from the East (8)","Answer":"EMPLOYER","Explanation":"Definition: One uses\nPLOY=\"tactic\" inside a reversal\/\"from the East\" of both RE and ME=musical \"notes\" in the solfa scale"}
-{"Clue":"Rejected bananas are overpowering (4)","Answer":"STUN","Explanation":"Definition: are overpowering\nreversal\/\"Rejected\" of NUTS=crazy=\"bananas\""}
-{"Clue":"Initially somewhat peaky, everyone I included in cast was indecisive (14)","Answer":"SHILLYSHALLIED","Explanation":"Definition: was indecisive\nS-omewhat + HILLY=\"peaky\", plus ALL=\"everyone\" + I, both in SHED=\"cast\"\n \nshed=cast as in animals moulting, or as in 'shed\/cast light on'"}
-{"Clue":"An angry speech full of ultimately insignificant wind (9)","Answer":"ANTITRADE","Explanation":"Definition: wind\ndefinition: a wind in an opposite direction compared to the trade winds\n \nAN + TIRADE=\"angry speech\" around insignifican-T"}
-{"Clue":"Wife captivated by playful love letter (5)","Answer":"VOWEL","Explanation":"Definition: letter\nW (wife) inside anagram\/\"playful\" of (love)"}
-{"Clue":"Determined to broadcast Hemingway, for example (7)","Answer":"EARNEST","Explanation":"Definition: Determined\nhomophone\/\"to broadcast\" of 'Ernest' as a first name of \"Hemingway, for example\""}
-{"Clue":"Went fast over stream of light, then dispersed (7)","Answer":"SPRAYED","Explanation":"Definition: dispersed\nSPED=\"Went fast\" around RAY=\"stream of light\""}
-{"Clue":"Long dog with no head (4)","Answer":"ITCH","Explanation":"Definition: Long\n[b]-ITCH=\"dog with no head\""}
-{"Clue":"Who could replace print I tore apart? (8,7)","Answer":"PORTRAIT PAINTER","Explanation":"Definition: Who could replace print I tore apart\nanagram\/\"re-place\" of (print I tore apart)"}
-{"Clue":"Boxes with false bottom in short supply (6)","Answer":"SPARSE","Explanation":"Definition: in short supply\nSPARS=\"Boxes\" + fals-E"}
-{"Clue":"Last of troops drank up supplies found here (6)","Answer":"DEPOTS","Explanation":"Definition: supplies found here\ntroop-S plus TOPED=\"drank\", all reversed\/\"up\"\n \nto tope is to drink to excess"}
-{"Clue":"Admitting some hesitation, biased editor's stuck (8)","Answer":"SKEWERED","Explanation":"Definition: stuck\nER=\"some hesitation\" admitted inside SKEW as adjective=\"biased\" plus ED (editor)"}
-{"Clue":"Rick gets into records with unknown disorder (8)","Answer":"EPILEPSY","Explanation":"Definition: disorder\nPILE=\"Rick\" inside EPS (extended play \"records\"), plus Y=\"unknown\" variable in maths\n \na rick is a stack or a heap"}
-{"Clue":"Rephrase order to child after playing nurses (not female)? (3,2,7,3)","Answer":"PUT IT ANOTHER WAY","Explanation":"Definition: Rephrase\nPUT IT AWAY=\"order to child after playing\", around\/\"nurses\" NOT HER=\"not female\""}
-{"Clue":"Country folk, answering vagrant, love butting in (10)","Answer":"NORWEGIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Country folk\nanagram\/\"vagrant\" of (answering)*, with O=\"love\" butting inside"}
-{"Clue":"Grasping Republican unwilling, perhaps, to discover a way to go in America (10)","Answer":"INTERSTATE","Explanation":"Definition: way to go in America\nINTESTATE=\"unwilling, perhaps\", around\/\"Grasping\" R (Republican)\n \nintestate=not having left a will, so perhaps un-will-ing"}
-{"Clue":"Obstructed service during journey? You can bet on it (8)","Answer":"ROULETTE","Explanation":"Definition: You can bet on it\nLET=\"Obstructed service\" inside ROUTE=\"journey\"\n \na LET in tennis is a serve where the ball touches the net on its way over"}
-{"Clue":"Players supporting game opponents in media show (8)","Answer":"NEWSCAST","Explanation":"Definition: media show\nCAST of actors=\"Players\", under\/\"supporting\" N E W S (North East West South, \"game opponents\" in the card game bridge)"}
-{"Clue":"Rests in which Warhol ultimately invested? (6)","Answer":"EASELS","Explanation":"Definition: Rests in which Warhol ultimately invested?\nEASES=\"Rests\" around [Warho]-L"}
-{"Clue":"Shrewd hacker no amateur (6)","Answer":"CLEVER","Explanation":"Definition: Shrewd\nCLE-a-VER=\"hacker\" minus 'a' for \"amateur\""}
-{"Clue":"Charlie boy getting dressed (4)","Answer":"CLAD","Explanation":"Definition: dressed\nC (Charlie in NATO alphabet) + LAD=\"boy\""}
-{"Clue":"That's surprising and it's sadly not something one could name (7)","Answer":"WHATSIT","Explanation":"Definition: not something one could name\nWHAT=exclamation of surprise=\"That's surprising\", plus anagram\/\"sadly\" of (it's)"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal rip-off in fashion (7)","Answer":"CULPRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Criminal\nanagram\/\"off\" of (rip)* inside CULT=fad=\"fashion\""}
-{"Clue":"A good part of three months and it's still warm (5)","Answer":"EMBER","Explanation":"Definition: it's still warm\n\"A good part\" of Sept-EMBER, Nov-EMBER, and Dec-EMBER"}
-{"Clue":"Mr James returned 'mood' paint? (9)","Answer":"DISTEMPER","Explanation":"Definition: paint\ndefinition: a decorative paint\n \nSID=Sid James the British actor=\"Mr James\" reversed\/\"returned\", plus TEMPER=\"mood\""}
-{"Clue":"Gaunt-looking rogue: suave or devious? (10)","Answer":"CADAVEROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Gaunt-looking\nCAD=\"rogue\", plus anagram\/\"devious\" of (suave or)"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal boss is dope? Surprise, surprise! (4,4)","Answer":"DRUG LORD","Explanation":"Definition: Criminal boss\nDRUG=\"dope\", plus LORD=exclamation of surprise=\"Surprise, surprise\""}
-{"Clue":"Popular painting etc \u2014 a clue: it surprisingly is hard to understand (12)","Answer":"INARTICULATE","Explanation":"Definition: hard to understand\nIN=\"Popular\" + ART=\"painting etc\" + anagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (a clue it)"}
-{"Clue":"Controversial treatment of hair, with article (hammer?) hitting your head! (5,7)","Answer":"SHOCK THERAPY","Explanation":"Definition: Controversial treatment\nSHOCK=a thick mass of \"hair\" + THE=definite \"article\" + RAP=\"hammer\" + the first letter\/\"head\" of Y-our"}
-{"Clue":"Labour shortly to follow this US-style party? (4,6)","Answer":"BABY SHOWER","Explanation":"Definition: Labour shortly to follow this US-style party?\ncryptic definition \u2013 a party for a pregnant woman who will go into labour"}
-{"Clue":"Steed forced to accept disastrous live broadcast (9)","Answer":"TELEVISED","Explanation":"Definition: broadcast\nanagram\/\"forced\" of (Steed)* around anagram\/\"disastrous\" of (live)"}
-{"Clue":"Old film star's talk that's hard to follow without a book (5)","Answer":"GABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Old film star\nClark GABLE is the \"Old film star\"\n \nGAB-b-LE=\"talk that's hard to follow\", minus one 'b'=\"book\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird otter somehow found in hollow dell (7)","Answer":"DOTTREL","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nthe dottrel or dotterel is in the plover family of birds\n \nanagram\/\"somehow\" of (otter)* inside D-el-L without its inner letters\/\"hollow\""}
-{"Clue":"'All you can inhale' \u2014 final 20% off charge on coke, say, but not ecstasy (7)","Answer":"LUNGFUL","Explanation":"Definition: 'All you can inhale'\nLUNG-e=\"charge\" minus the fifth letter\/\"final 20% off\", plus FU-e-L=\"coke, say\", minus 'e' for \"ecstasy\"\n \n\"coke\" is a fuel obtained from coal"}
-{"Clue":"Wife, as a consequence, is from where? (6)","Answer":"WHENCE","Explanation":"Definition: from where\nW (Wife) + HENCE=\"as a consequence\""}
-{"Clue":"One university offered Dawn's song (6)","Answer":"AUBADE","Explanation":"Definition: Dawn's song\nA=\"One\" + U (university) + BADE=past tense of bid\/offer=\"offered\""}
-{"Clue":"Composer wants broadcaster to include trains (with volume adjusted) (10)","Answer":"STRAVINSKY","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\nSKY=the media company=\"broadcaster\" around anagram\/\"adjusted\" of (trains v)* where 'v'=\"volume\""}
-{"Clue":"Scatter, climbing over duke's house (5)","Answer":"TUDOR","Explanation":"Definition: house\nROUT=\"Scatter\" reversed upwards\/\"climbing\", around D (duke)"}
-{"Clue":"So Eric frantically pulls in stomach when using one? (9)","Answer":"COSTUMIER","Explanation":"Definition: So Eric frantically pulls in stomach when using one?\nanagram\/\"frantically\" of (So Eric)*, around TUM=\"stomach\""}
-{"Clue":"A flurry of rain gets beneath split on a riverbank (8)","Answer":"RIPARIAN","Explanation":"Definition: on a \ndefinition: (adjective) relating to or on the banks of a river\n \nA + anagram\/\"flurry\" of (rain)*, all after RIP=\"split\""}
-{"Clue":"Act against old PM and visibly age (4,4)","Answer":"TURN GREY","Explanation":"Definition: visibly age\nTURN=a performer's \"Act\" + the Earl GREY a former UK Prime Minister"}
-{"Clue":"Act prematurely and clear article by Rod (4,3,3)","Answer":"JUMP THE GUN","Explanation":"Definition: Act prematurely\nJUMP=\"clear\" + THE=definite \"article\" + GUN=\"Rod\"\n \n'rod' is US slang for a pistol"}
-{"Clue":"Practice with vehicle almost covered in concrete (9)","Answer":"REHEARSAL","Explanation":"Definition: Practice\nHEARS-e=\"vehicle almost\" inside REAL=\"concrete\""}
-{"Clue":"Dead, buried in ground, after one's separated (8)","Answer":"ISOLATED","Explanation":"Definition: separated\nLATE=\"Dead\" inside SOD=\"ground\", all after I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Wretched gang gets drunk, taking lorry off (5,3)","Answer":"SORRY LOT","Explanation":"Definition: Wretched gang\nSOT=\"drunk\" around anagram\/\"off\" of (lorry)"}
-{"Clue":"Stories constructed by Spiderman? (1,3,2,4)","Answer":"A WEB OF LIES","Explanation":"Definition: Stories constructed by Spiderman?\ndefinition with reference to Spiderman's webs"}
-{"Clue":"Trial of alternative timber (6)","Answer":"ORDEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Trial\nOR=\"alternative\" + DEAL=a soft wood=\"timber\""}
-{"Clue":"Yeats's top poem with Latin form of singing (5)","Answer":"YODEL","Explanation":"Definition: form of singing\nY-eats + ODE=\"poem\" + L (Latin)"}
-{"Clue":"A dog without lead is too much! (4)","Answer":"OVER","Explanation":"Definition: too much\nr-OVER=\"dog\" without the lead letter"}
-{"Clue":"Clandestine second party serving men (4-4)","Answer":"BACKDOOR","Explanation":"Definition: Clandestine\nBACK=provide support to=\"second\" + DO=\"party\" + OR (other ranks, \"men\")"}
-{"Clue":"A scan screening heart of Moroccan flyer (6)","Answer":"AVOCET","Explanation":"Definition: flyer\ndefinition: a type of bird\n \nA + VET=\"scan\" around heart of [Mor]-OC-[can]"}
-{"Clue":"Exit speech from Atlantean, with the odd omission (2-2)","Answer":"TA-TA","Explanation":"Definition: Exit speech\nomitting odd letters from [A]-**T**-l-**A**-n-**T**-e-**A**-n"}
-{"Clue":"Being realistic, cold wader left river (4-6)","Answer":"HARD-BITTEN","Explanation":"Definition: Being realistic\nHARD=\"cold\" + BITTE-r-N=wading bird=\"wader\" minus 'r' for \"river\""}
-{"Clue":"Emperor, China's last, is hosted by king and queen (6)","Answer":"KAISER","Explanation":"Definition: Emperor\nlast of [Chin]-A + IS, both inside K (king) + ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen\")"}
-{"Clue":"Solidly built deep sink (8)","Answer":"THICKSET","Explanation":"Definition: Solidly built\nTHICK=\"deep\" + SET=move downwards=\"sink\""}
-{"Clue":"Bogus leading lady once remained unknown (6)","Answer":"ERSATZ","Explanation":"Definition: Bogus\nER (Elizabeth Regina, \"leading lady once\") + SAT=\"remained\" + Z=\"unknown\" variable in maths"}
-{"Clue":"Places formerly selling gold-lined ranges (6)","Answer":"AGORAS","Explanation":"Definition: Places formerly selling\ndefinition: ancient Greek marketplaces\n \nOR=\"gold\" inside AGAS=oven\/ \"ranges\""}
-{"Clue":"Having read abridged bible, sadly one strays from the text (2-6)","Answer":"AD-LIBBER","Explanation":"Definition: one strays from the text\nanagram\/\"sadly\" of (read bibl)*\n \nbibl-[e]=\"abridged bible\""}
-{"Clue":"God made man run after motorists, collecting tax (6)","Answer":"AVATAR","Explanation":"Definition: G\ndefinition: a physical form of a deity, \"[a] God made [into a] man\"\n \nR (run, cricket abbr) after AA (Automobile Association, \"motorists\") around VAT (Value Added Tax)"}
-{"Clue":"Key workers once a must for Spooner's plumber? (6,4)","Answer":"TYPING POOL","Explanation":"Definition: Key workers once\ndefinition: 'keys' as in typewriter keys\n \nSpoonerism of 'piping tool' = \"a must for [a] plumber\""}
-{"Clue":"Housman initially working for donkey's years (4)","Answer":"AEON","Explanation":"Definition: donkey's years\nAE (the poet A.E. Housman's initials) + ON=\"working\""}
-{"Clue":"Crab possibly unable to move (6)","Answer":"NEBULA","Explanation":"Definition: Crab possibly\nanagram\/\"to move\" of (unable)"}
-{"Clue":"Pitman once bringing in amateur scrutineer (8)","Answer":"EXAMINER","Explanation":"Definition: scrutineer\nEX-MINER=\"Pitman once\", around A (amateur)"}
-{"Clue":"Assembled online info with evil intent, first rejecting a little (8)","Answer":"DATABASE","Explanation":"Definition: Assembled online info\nBASE=\"with evil intent\", with A TAD=\"a little\" reversed\/\"rejecting\" and going \"first\""}
-{"Clue":"Tropical legume cook rarely uses (4)","Answer":"OKRA","Explanation":"Definition: Tropical legume\nhidden in [used by]: co-OK RA-rely"}
-{"Clue":"One fetching and carrying timber from the ark (6)","Answer":"GOPHER","Explanation":"Definition: One fetching and carrying\ndouble definition: someone who runs errands e.g. on a film set; and gopher wood (sometimes translated as cypress) is the name given in the Bible for the wood used to make Noah's ark"}
-{"Clue":"Walking slowly after a girl may be taking a risk (8)","Answer":"GAMBLING","Explanation":"Definition: taking a risk\nAMBLING=\"Walking slowly\" after G (girl)"}
-{"Clue":"Communist country bridge player's declared vocation (5,5)","Answer":"NORTH KOREA","Explanation":"Definition: Communist country\nNORTH=\"bridge player\" + KOREA, homophone\/\"declared\" of career=\"vocation\""}
-{"Clue":"Showing no compassion at any time in Kent? (6)","Answer":"SEVERE","Explanation":"Definition: S\nEVER=\"at any time\" in SE (South East, \"Kent\")"}
-{"Clue":"A slowing down in network is no common occurrence? (6)","Answer":"RARITY","Explanation":"Definition: no common occurrence\nA + RIT (ritardando, musical instruction for \"slowing down\"); all in RY (short for railway, \"network\")"}
-{"Clue":"Dodgy South American spiritual, one convicts originally introduced (10)","Answer":"SUSPICIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Dodgy\nS (South) + US=\"American\" + PIOUS=\"spiritual\" around both of: I=\"one\" + C-onvicts"}
-{"Clue":"Crossing fen, got an outlandish form of transport (8)","Answer":"TOBOGGAN","Explanation":"Definition: form of transport\nanagram\/\"outlandish\" of (got an)*, around BOG=\"fen\""}
-{"Clue":"Experienced editor supporting main issue (8)","Answer":"SEASONED","Explanation":"Definition: Experienced\nED (editor), after SEA=\"main\" + SON=\"issue\""}
-{"Clue":"Cut top of oak, cracking little wood (6)","Answer":"GROOVE","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\nO-ak, inside GROVE=\"little wood\""}
-{"Clue":"Provision for light sleeper? (3,3)","Answer":"DAYBED","Explanation":"Definition: Provision for light sleeper?\ncryptic definition: \"light\" referring to day time rather than to not sleeping deeply"}
-{"Clue":"A cash reserve for moving aboard (6)","Answer":"AFLOAT","Explanation":"Definition: m\nA + FLOAT=\"cash reserve\""}
-{"Clue":"Current means of identifying hallucinogen (4)","Answer":"ACID","Explanation":"Definition: hallucinogen\nAC (Alternating \"Current\") + ID as in 'photo ID card'=\"means of identifying\""}
-{"Clue":"Heaven observed: head turns when this happens, by the sound of it? (4,5)","Answer":"NEXT WORLD","Explanation":"Definition: Heaven\ndefinition: 'next world' refers to a life after death \nsounds like\/\"by the sound of it\": 'Neck's twirled'=\"head turns when this happens\"\n \nis \"observed\" there to justify the past tense in 'twirled'?"}
-{"Clue":"Better off, con (5)","Answer":"OUTDO","Explanation":"Definition: Better\nOUT=\"off\" e.g. 'the lights went out\/off' + DO=to cheat someone=\"con\""}
-{"Clue":"Stopping cut, power connected (7)","Answer":"SPLICED","Explanation":"Definition: connected\nSLICED=\"cut\", with P [power] inside"}
-{"Clue":"Duty put Harry in mood (7)","Answer":"TONNAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Duty\ndefinition: tonnage is a duty\/tax imposed on cargo \nNAG=pester=\"Harry\" in TONE=\"mood\""}
-{"Clue":"Appropriate condition (4)","Answer":"NICK","Explanation":"Definition: Appropriate\n=\"Appropriate\" as a verb, to take\/steal; and =\"condition\" e.g. 'in good nick'"}
-{"Clue":"Faltering trade, piece lower in value (10)","Answer":"DEPRECIATE","Explanation":"Definition: lower in value \nanagram\/\"Faltering\" of (trade piece)"}
-{"Clue":"Bid cut after review of great deal (2-5)","Answer":"NO-TRUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Bid\ndefinition: a bid of No Trump in a game of bridge \nRUMP=\"cut\" of meat, after reversal\/\"review\" of TON=large amount=\"great deal\""}
-{"Clue":"Grabbing new desk, old chairman manages (5,2)","Answer":"MAKES DO","Explanation":"Definition: manages\nMAO Zedong, former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party=\"old chairman\"; around anagram\/\"new\" of (desk)"}
-{"Clue":"Better than America looking back, group embracing success (10)","Answer":"SURPASSING","Explanation":"Definition: Better than\nUS=\"America\" reversed\/\"looking back\" + RING=\"group\" around PASS=\"success\""}
-{"Clue":"Every one detailed, I made plays for the theatre (7)","Answer":"ALMEIDA","Explanation":"Definition: theatre\ndefinition: a theatre in London \nAL-[L]=\"Every one\" with the last letter\/tail removed, plus anagram\/\"plays\" of (I made)"}
-{"Clue":"Error in emergency call, a fire\u00adfighter sent the wrong way (7)","Answer":"FALLACY","Explanation":"Definition: Error\nhidden \"in\" and reversed\/\"sent the wrong way\": emergenc-Y CALL A F-irefighter"}
-{"Clue":"Skilled listener: fish in one's ear? (5)","Answer":"TUNER","Explanation":"Definition: Skilled listener\ndefinition: someone with the listening skills to e.g. tune a piano \nsounds like\/\"in one's ear\": 'tuna'=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"South American politician, or an old pig from the right (9)","Answer":"BOLSONARO","Explanation":"Definition: South American politician\ndefinition: Jair Bolsonaro lost the recent presidential elections in Brazil \nreversal\/\"from the right\" of OR AN O SLOB, with O (\"old\") and SLOB=\"pig\""}
-{"Clue":"Nervous tension as maladmin\u00adistered pension claimed by workers (4,2,4,5)","Answer":"ANTS IN ONE\u2019S PANTS","Explanation":"Definition: Nervous tension\nanagram\/\"maladministered\" of (pension)*, inside ANTS + ANTS=\"workers\""}
-{"Clue":"Uncensored photo catching face of lothario in withdrawal (8)","Answer":"EXPLICIT","Explanation":"Definition: Uncensored\nPIC=\"photo\" around L-othario, and inside EXIT=\"withdrawal\""}
-{"Clue":"Ultimate in disappointment, wife getting diamonds another time (5)","Answer":"TWICE","Explanation":"Definition: another time\ndisappointmen-T + W (wife) + ICE=slang for \"diamonds\""}
-{"Clue":"Discover advantage in fruit like a peach, shortly (6,2)","Answer":"DREDGE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Discover\nEDGE=\"advantage\", inside DRUP-e=\"fruit like a peach, shortly\""}
-{"Clue":"Same thing lacking heart penned by sovereign journo (6)","Answer":"EDITOR","Explanation":"Definition: journo\nDI-[t]-TO=\"Same thing\" lacking its central letter\/\"heart\", inside ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"sovereign\")"}
-{"Clue":"20 22: up for something sweet? (5,4)","Answer":"POUND CAKE","Explanation":"Definition: something sweet?\ninserting the answer to 20, 22 makes the wordplay 'RUM AND COKE up' \nanagram\/\"RUM\" of (and coke up)* gives POUND CAKE"}
-{"Clue":"Island boasting a vehicle, out of bounds (6)","Answer":"ITHACA","Explanation":"Definition: Island\n'with a car'=\"boasting a vehicle\", taking away the boundary letters\/\"out of bounds\" gives w-ITH A CA-r"}
-{"Clue":"This contract's unconditional: these two setters must be appreciated! (4,2,4,2,3)","Answer":"LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG","Explanation":"Definition: This contract's unconditional\ndefinition: an idiomatic request for unconditional acceptance \nLOVE\/\"appreciate\" both ME=Paul, the \"setter\" and MY DOG=which may be a \"setter\" breed"}
-{"Clue":"20 22, island beverage primarily: something restorative about it (4,5)","Answer":"CUBA LIBRE","Explanation":"Definition: 20 22\ndefinition: a name for a RUM AND COKE cocktail \nBALI=\"island\" + B-everage; all inside CURE=\"something restorative\""}
-{"Clue":"Piece provided, worn pipe (8)","Answer":"MANIFOLD","Explanation":"Definition: pipe\ndefinition: a manifold pipe is one that branches in multiple directions \nMAN=chess \"piece\" + IF=\"provided\" + OLD=\"worn\""}
-{"Clue":"Fare-dodger observed commandeering tug, certainly (8)","Answer":"STOWAWAY","Explanation":"Definition: Fare-dodger\nSAW=\"observed\" around TOW=\"tug\", plus AY=yes, indeed=\"certainly\""}
-{"Clue":"Alcoholic drink with mother: surprisingly uncorked bottles! (3,3,4)","Answer":"RUM AND COKE","Explanation":"Definition: Alcoholic drink\nMA=\"mother\", bottled inside anagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (uncorked)"}
-{"Clue":"Battered cod has head of bream alongside (6)","Answer":"SHABBY","Explanation":"Definition: Battered\nanagram\/\"cod\" of (has)*, plus B-ream, plus BY=\"alongside\" \n\"cod\" as an adjective meaning 'sham' for the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Sailing boat in small puddles, capsized (5)","Answer":"SLOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Sailing boat\nPOOLS=\"small puddles\", reversed vertically\/\"capsizes\""}
-{"Clue":"Arsonist in boat? (7)","Answer":"LIGHTER","Explanation":"Definition: Arsonist\n=a person who sets something alight, and =a type of barge\/boat used to load and unload ships"}
-{"Clue":"Sadly, one may be in its depths (7)","Answer":"DESPAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Sadly, one may be in its depths\ncryptic definition: if one is sad, one may be in the depths of despair"}
-{"Clue":"Mark firm losing half of capital (5)","Answer":"COLON","Explanation":"Definition: Mark\nCO (company, 'firm\") + LON-don=\"capital\" city losing half of its letters"}
-{"Clue":"Exam is a sort of joke (9)","Answer":"PRACTICAL","Explanation":"Definition: Exam\nreference to a 'practical joke'"}
-{"Clue":"Two men in a boat, working: one was a guitarist (6,8)","Answer":"GEORGE HARRISON","Explanation":"Definition: one was a guitarist \ndefinition: lead guitarist in the Beatles \nGEORGE and HARRIS, plus ON=\"working\""}
-{"Clue":"Corny stuff for listeners (4)","Answer":"EARS","Explanation":"Definition: l\nreference to 'ears of corn'"}
-{"Clue":"A local perch? (3,5)","Answer":"BAR STOOL","Explanation":"Definition: A local perch?\ncryptic definition: a 'local' as in a pub\/bar"}
-{"Clue":"Consciously old-fashioned, suitable to modernise later (8)","Answer":"RETROFIT","Explanation":"Definition: to modernise later\ndefinition: to add modern features to old hardware \nRETRO=\"Consciously old-fashioned\" + FIT=\"suitable\""}
-{"Clue":"Said to employ females (4)","Answer":"EWES","Explanation":"Definition: females\nsounds like 'use'=\"employ\""}
-{"Clue":"School flag: red, green and blue, say (7,7)","Answer":"PRIMARY COLOURS","Explanation":"Definition: red, green and blue, say\ndefinition: the primary colours of light as used in e.g. TV or computer screens \nPRIMARY=\"School\" + COLOURS=\"flag\""}
-{"Clue":"Survive without food, broad\u00adcasting in real time (4,2,3)","Answer":"LIVE ON AIR","Explanation":"Definition: broad\u00adcasting in real time\n'live on air' can be read with 'live' as a verb, to mean \"Survive without food\""}
-{"Clue":"For the occasion, speaker's to take more white wine (2,3)","Answer":"AD HOC","Explanation":"Definition: For the occasion\nsounds like\/\"speaker's\": 'add hock'=\"take more white wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Ways one may be so far ahead? (7)","Answer":"STREETS","Explanation":"Definition: Ways\nreference to the idiom: one may be said to be 'streets ahead' [of the competition]"}
-{"Clue":"Pot shot taken wildly in a potentially dangerous area (3,4)","Answer":"HOT SPOT","Explanation":"Definition: potentially dangerous area\nanagram\/\"wildly\" of (Pot shot)"}
-{"Clue":"Contributor to second row that's in a canal (4)","Answer":"LOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Contributor to second row\na lock is a rugby player in the second row; and a lock is an enclosure in a canal to raise or lower boats to different levels of water"}
-{"Clue":"Jason's dog? (6,9)","Answer":"GOLDEN RETRIEVER","Explanation":"Definition: dog\nin Greek mythology, Jason retrieved the Golden Fleece"}
-{"Clue":"Drive to spear fish in part of the Arctic (6)","Answer":"TUNDRA","Explanation":"Definition: part of the Arctic\nDR (Drive) inside TUNA=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"Repair broken sword (6)","Answer":"RAPIER","Explanation":"Definition: sword\nanagram\/\"broken\" of (Repair)"}
-{"Clue":"Secure a point on the road to leave others behind (4,4)","Answer":"DRAW AWAY","Explanation":"Definition: Secure a point on the road\n'draw away' can refer to e.g. a football team getting a draw away from home=\"Secure a point on the road\", or it can mean to move ahead of the competition=\"leave others behind\""}
-{"Clue":"At the weekend I get up burlesque (8)","Answer":"SATIRISE","Explanation":"Definition: burlesque\ndefinition: burlesque as a verb meaning to mock \nSAT I RISE='Saturday I rise'=\"At the weekend I get up\""}
-{"Clue":"Past caring for religion? (8,7)","Answer":"ANCESTOR WORSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Past caring for religion?\ncryptic definition: a religious way to care about the past"}
-{"Clue":"Implacable, passed on loan with deductions (10)","Answer":"RELENTLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Implacable\nRE-LENT='lent again'=\"passed on loan [to another person]\", plus LESS=\"with deductions\""}
-{"Clue":"To replace relic, snoop in cemetery (10)","Answer":"NECROPOLIS","Explanation":"Definition: cemetery\nanagram\/\"re-place\" of (relic snoop)"}
-{"Clue":"Come across a drunkard, upside down and unconscious (8)","Answer":"COMATOSE","Explanation":"Definition: unconscious\nCOME, around both of: A plus SOT=\"drunkard\" reversed\/\"upside down\""}
-{"Clue":"In pond leaves large mixed display (4,4)","Answer":"LILYPADS","Explanation":"Definition: In pond leave\nL (large) + anagram\/\"mixed\" of (display)"}
-{"Clue":"Not placed in a quarter? (6)","Answer":"FOURTH","Explanation":"Definition: Not placed\nnot in a 'top 3' or 'gold\/silver\/bronze' place=\"Not placed\"; or one in four parts=\"quarter\""}
-{"Clue":"What Humphrey hung in the loo? (6)","Answer":"BOGART","Explanation":"Definition: What \nHumphrey Bogart the actor \nBOG ART might be 'hung in the loo'"}
-{"Clue":"Highlander, perhaps heading away from the racecourse (4)","Answer":"SCOT","Explanation":"Definition: Highl\nAscot=\"racecourse\", or a-SCOT without the heading\/first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Trying person in party may be doing so (6,1,4)","Answer":"HAVING A BASH","Explanation":"Definition: Trying\ndefinition: to 'have a bash' at something is to give it a try\n \nBASH=\"party\", so HAVING A BASH may be something a person at a party is doing"}
-{"Clue":"African rodent, squealer with dark patch in front (4,3)","Answer":"MOLE RAT","Explanation":"Definition: African rode\nRAT=informant=\"squealer\", with MOLE=skin blemish=\"dark patch\" in front"}
-{"Clue":"Go miles abroad for source of fine porcelain (7)","Answer":"LIMOGES","Explanation":"Definition: source of fine porcelain\nanagram\/\"abroad\" of (Go miles)"}
-{"Clue":"Demand turning up, it's overdue (9)","Answer":"STIPULATE","Explanation":"Definition: Demand\nreversal\/\"turning\" of UP IT'S, plus LATE=\"overdue\""}
-{"Clue":"Climate activist's share of meagre takings (5)","Answer":"GRETA","Explanation":"Definition: Climate activist\nhidden in mea-GRE TA-kings"}
-{"Clue":"Initial clue (4)","Answer":"SIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Initial\ndouble definition: to initial\/sign an official document; or an indication\/\"clue\""}
-{"Clue":"Greeting from hotspot, with further line conclusively appended (5,5)","Answer":"HELLO THERE","Explanation":"Definition: Greeting\nHELL=\"hotspot\" with OTHER=\"further\" and lin-E appended"}
-{"Clue":"Care I'd taken in Cannes and thereabouts (10)","Answer":"PROVIDENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Care\nI'D inside PROVENCE=region of France=\"Cannes and thereabouts\""}
-{"Clue":"Bet it's a boat! (wordplay terrible at first) (4)","Answer":"PUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Bet\ndouble definition, =\"Bet\" and a type of \"boat\"\n \n\u2026plus wordplay: PUN=\"wordplay\" + T-errible"}
-{"Clue":"Rascal's trick piano (5)","Answer":"SCAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Rascal\nSCAM=\"trick\" + P (piano)"}
-{"Clue":"Torches moving abeam in uncertain motion (9)","Answer":"FLAMBEAUX","Explanation":"Definition: Torches\nanagram\/\"moving\" of (abeam)* inside FLUX=\"uncertain motion\""}
-{"Clue":"Level of public transport with more up front? (7)","Answer":"BUSTIER","Explanation":"Definition: with more up front?\nBUS TIER=\"Level of public transport\""}
-{"Clue":"Plot in bay surrounding retro pub (7)","Answer":"CONNIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Plot\nCOVE=\"bay\" around reversal\/\"retro\" of INN=\"pub\""}
-{"Clue":"Parents manage to crush one's spirit (7,4)","Answer":"MOTHERS RUIN","Explanation":"Definition: spirit\nMOTHERS=\"Parents\" + RUN=\"manage\" around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Bowling legend with ball in sort of window demanding concessions (7,2,6)","Answer":"HOLDING TO RANSOM","Explanation":"Definition: demanding concessions\nHolding=\"Bowling legend\" plus O=\"ball\" inside TRANSOM=\"sort of window\""}
-{"Clue":"Upset about rivals displaying fine artworks (5)","Answer":"VIRTU","Explanation":"Definition: fine artworks\ndefinition: virt\u00f9 is a term from Italian for works of art \u2013 I was more familiar with its other meaning of 'appreciation for fine art'\n \nreversed\/upset and hidden\/displayed inside abo-UT RIV-als"}
-{"Clue":"Donkey to value fertiliser (7)","Answer":"NITRATE","Explanation":"Definition: fertiliser\nNIT=a fool=\"Donkey\" + RATE=\"value\""}
-{"Clue":"Medicinal plant, originally at \u00a350 topping list, we're told (7)","Answer":"ALLHEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Medicinal plant\ndefinition: a name applied to a number of herbs used as medicine\n \nA-t, plus L (libra, pound, \"\u00a3\") plus L=\"50\" in Roman numerals, plus HEAL which sounds\/\"we're told\" like 'heel'=to lean to one side=\"list\""}
-{"Clue":"Almost everyone could ultimately slay giant (8)","Answer":"ALMIGHTY","Explanation":"Definition: giant\ndefinition: 'almighty' as an adjective as in 'an almighty coincidence'\n \nAL-[L]=\"Almost everyone\" + MIGHT=\"could\" + sla-Y"}
-{"Clue":"Advanced instruction from Red China toughie garbled (6,9)","Answer":"HIGHER EDUCATION","Explanation":"Definition: Advanced instruction\nanagram\/\"garbled\" of (Red China toughie)"}
-{"Clue":"Diverts rising waters, skirting problem (6)","Answer":"AMUSES","Explanation":"Definition: Diverts\nreversal\/\"rising\" of all of: SEA=\"waters\" around SUM=\"problem\""}
-{"Clue":"Take off enormous unlined cloak (6)","Answer":"ESCAPE","Explanation":"Definition: Take off\nE-normou-S without its insides\/\"unlined\", plus CAPE=\"cloak\""}
-{"Clue":"'Setter in mile race' (now proverbial Guardian feature?) (8)","Answer":"MISPRINT","Explanation":"Definition: now \nI=\"Setter\" in M (mile) + SPRINT=\"race\""}
-{"Clue":"Go on through, with prior authorisation (4,2)","Answer":"PASS BY","Explanation":"Definition: Go on\nBY=\"through\", after PASS=\"authorisation\""}
-{"Clue":"Apply in French on behalf of church \u2026 (7)","Answer":"ENFORCE","Explanation":"Definition: Apply\ndefinition: as in 'to apply\/enforce the rules'\n \nEN=\"in [translated to] French\" + FOR=\"on behalf of\" + CE (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 part of church cut off on Sunday, creating opportunities (7)","Answer":"CHANCES","Explanation":"Definition: opportunities\nCHANCE-[L]=\"part of church\" cut off, plus S (Sunday)\n \na chancel is part of a church around the altar"}
-{"Clue":"Revenue staff, no more than half score, Spooner says (6)","Answer":"TAXMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Revenue staff\nSpoonerism of 'max ten'=\"no more than half score\", with a \"score\" meaning 'twenty'"}
-{"Clue":"Anti-labour slogan in this sub-Saharan speech? (5)","Answer":"BANTU","Explanation":"Definition: s\ndefinition: a family of languages spoken in southern and central Africa\n \nBAN TU='ban trade union'=\"Anti-labour slogan\""}
-{"Clue":"Prepare to admit first blunder (7)","Answer":"MISTAKE","Explanation":"Definition: blunder\nMAKE=\"Prepare\" around IST=1st=\"first\""}
-{"Clue":"Nice sea colour, one might say, appearing first in rose? (7)","Answer":"BLOOMER","Explanation":"Definition: r\n\"Nice\" as in the French city\n \nMER=French word for \"sea\", with BLOO which sounds like 'blue'=\"colour, one might say\" appearing first"}
-{"Clue":"Lord, say, implicated in falsehood (5)","Answer":"LIEGE","Explanation":"Definition: Lord\nEG=e.g.=\"say\" inside LIE=\"falsehood\""}
-{"Clue":"Came across Ted welcoming partygoers (9)","Answer":"TRAVERSED","Explanation":"Definition: Came across\nTED around RAVERS=\"partygoers\""}
-{"Clue":"Daphne's hen party planned with film crew at the end (5,5)","Answer":"WATER NYMPH","Explanation":"Definition: Daphne\nin Greek mythology, Daphne is a naiad or water nymph\n \nanagram\/\"planned\" of (hen party **m w**)*, with the **m** and **w** coming from fil-**m** cre-**w"}
-{"Clue":"First newspaper of record is back in press (4)","Answer":"IRON","Explanation":"Definition: press\nfirst letters of N-ewspaper O-f R-ecord I-s, all reversed\/\"back\""}
-{"Clue":"Bleat about return of evil after X game (5,6)","Answer":"TABLE TENNIS","Explanation":"Definition: game\nanagram\/\"about\" of (Bleat)*, with reversal\/\"return\" of SIN=\"evil\" after TEN=X (Roman numeral)"}
-{"Clue":"Yes, doctor: from here, operating theatre work (3,6,2,6)","Answer":"THE COMEDY OF ERRORS","Explanation":"Definition: theatre work\n*The Comedy of Errors* is a Shakespeare play\n \nanagram\/\"operating\" of (Yes doctor from here)"}
-{"Clue":"The Grauniad may be involved in party politics (4)","Answer":"TYPO","Explanation":"Definition: The Grauniad\nhidden\/\"involved\" in par-TY PO-litics"}
-{"Clue":"I'm surprised to be truly engaged, always (4,1,5)","Answer":"WELLINEVER","Explanation":"Definition: I'm surprised\nWELL=\"truly\" + IN=\"engaged\" + EVER=\"always\""}
-{"Clue":"In dance, change one type of shirt for another, more revealing (6,3)","Answer":"HALTER TOP","Explanation":"Definition: another, more revealing\ndefinition: a type of shirt that does not cover the arms or the upper back\n \nin HOP=\"dance\", insert: ALTER=\"change\" + T=\"one type of shirt\", as in a t-shirt"}
-{"Clue":"'Glo', so to speak? (5)","Answer":"LINGO","Explanation":"Definition: so to speak?\n'Glo' is the letter 'L' inside 'Go', or L IN GO"}
-{"Clue":"No good reason to accept Tory leader as a politician (7)","Answer":"SENATOR","Explanation":"Definition: politician\nanagram\/\"No good\" of (reason)* around T-ory"}
-{"Clue":"Steel bands bat out composition like Schubert's 8th symphony? (7)","Answer":"ENDLESS","Explanation":"Definition: like Schubert's 8th symphony?\nSchubert's 8th symphony is known as 'Unfinished'\n \nanagram\/\"composition\" of (Steel bands)*, with the letters from 'bat' taken \"out\""}
-{"Clue":"A Western invasion of one African country or another (6)","Answer":"MALAWI","Explanation":"Definition: another\nA + W (Western), both inside MALI=\"African country\""}
-{"Clue":"Sleep in the cosiest apartment (6)","Answer":"SIESTA","Explanation":"Definition: Sleep\nhidden in the co-SIEST A-partment"}
-{"Clue":"Something not right with helping to chase grizzly bear (10)","Answer":"ABERRATION","Explanation":"Definition: Something not right\nRATION=portion=\"helping\", after anagram\/\"grizzly\" of (bear)"}
-{"Clue":"Gatekeeper won't begin to show the way in (5)","Answer":"ENTRY","Explanation":"Definition: way in\ns-ENTRY=\"Gatekeeper\", without its beginning \/ first letter\n \nI initially parsed the clue as asking for the removal of the beginning letter of s-how"}
-{"Clue":"Wobbling shapely bum? Heartless and an unacceptable thing to say (9)","Answer":"BLASPHEMY","Explanation":"Definition: unacceptable thing to say\nanagram\/\"Wobbling\" of (shapely bm)*, with bm from 'bum, heartless'"}
-{"Clue":"Lovers remove clothing and cheat, but not starting to get too excited (8)","Answer":"OVERHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: get too excited\nl-OVER-s without the clothing\/outer letters, plus c-HEAT without the starting letter"}
-{"Clue":"Road race 21 (8)","Answer":"MISPRINT","Explanation":"Definition: 21\n21ac is TYPO\n \nMI=M1 motorway=\"Road\" + SPRINT=\"race\""}
-{"Clue":"Introducing dodgy equipment at first to working nurses shows disrespect (8)","Answer":"RUDENESS","Explanation":"Definition: disrespect\ninsertion of D-odgy E-quipment into anagram\/\"working\" of (nurses)"}
-{"Clue":"Modern teething result went first (10)","Answer":"NEWFANGLED","Explanation":"Definition: Modern\nNEW FANG=\"teething result\" + LED=\"went first\""}
-{"Clue":"Soldier's beer drinking exploit with Elizabeth the first (9)","Answer":"BEEFEATER","Explanation":"Definition: S\nBEER, around both of: FEAT=\"exploit\" and E-lizabeth"}
-{"Clue":"Laughing in these, slip, running? (8)","Answer":"STITCHES","Explanation":"Definition: Laughing in these\nto be 'in STITCHES' is to be laughing, and \"slip\" and \"running\" are two examples of STITCHES in crochet and sewing"}
-{"Clue":"Led with this rock band flyer (8)","Answer":"ZEPPELIN","Explanation":"Definition: flyer\nreference to the rock band Led Zeppelin"}
-{"Clue":"Get even with travel agency management centres (6)","Answer":"AVENGE","Explanation":"Definition: Get even\nthe central letters of tr-AV-el ag-EN-cy mana-GE-ment"}
-{"Clue":"End of chapel and end of church showing gap (5)","Answer":"LAPSE","Explanation":"Definition: gap\nchape-L + APSE=\"end of church\""}
-{"Clue":"Flyer's transport almost late (7)","Answer":"BUSTARD","Explanation":"Definition: Flyer\nBUS=\"transport\" + TARD-y=\"almost late\""}
-{"Clue":"Friend shot back in very old British language (7)","Answer":"VOLAP\u00dcK","Explanation":"Definition: language\ndefinition: Volap\u00fck was created in the late 1800s to be international language \nPAL=\"Friend\" reversed\/\"back\" inside V (very) O (old) UK (British)"}
-{"Clue":"Light snow covers large crack (5)","Answer":"SPLIT","Explanation":"Definition: crack\nSPIT (=a light fall of rain or snow) around L (large)"}
-{"Clue":"Urn, not too big, cost nothing: goodness, a snip (9)","Answer":"VASECTOMY","Explanation":"Definition: snip\nVASE=\"Urn\" + C-[**os**]-T + O=\"nothing\" + MY=exclamation of surprise=\"goodness\" \n\"not too big\" indicates the removal of **os** (over size) from \"cost\""}
-{"Clue":"Film director a genius to include heartless scene (10)","Answer":"EISENSTEIN","Explanation":"Definition: Film director\nSergei Eisenstein, the Soviet film director \nEINSTEIN=\"a genius\" around S-[cen]-E"}
-{"Clue":"Strengthening border means the world to a German (4)","Answer":"WELT","Explanation":"Definition: Strengthening border\ndefinition: something applied along a border to add strength e.g. a welt cord can be used to strengthen the seams of a cushion \nWELT is also the German word for \"world\""}
-{"Clue":"Belonging to a teaching organis\u00adation is ghastly, to be brief (2,1,8)","Answer":"IN A NUTSHELL","Explanation":"Definition: to be brief\nIN A NUT'S HELL='in a NUT is hell'=\"Belonging to a teaching organisation is ghastly\" \nthe NUT was the National Union of Teachers, which merged into the National Education Union"}
-{"Clue":"Cover over pool (4)","Answer":"LIDO","Explanation":"Definition: pool\nLID=\"Cover\" + O (over, cricket abbreviation)"}
-{"Clue":"Agreed to smash one of the old gods that screw man (10)","Answer":"ARCHIMEDES","Explanation":"Definition: that screw man\ndefinition is a reference to the Archimedes Screw \nCHIMED=\"Agreed\" in ARES=god of war in Greek mythology=\"one of the old gods\"\n \nchimed='was in harmony [with]' e.g. 'their view chimed with ours'"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian's right for a time for deputy head (9)","Answer":"PRORECTOR","Explanation":"Definition: deputy head\ndefinition: a deputy to a rector \nPRO-**t**-ECTOR=\"Guardian\", switching R (right) for the **t** (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Urged peace-lover to embrace end of war (5)","Answer":"DROVE","Explanation":"Definition: Urged\nDOVE=\"peace-lover\" e.g. a politician might be a 'hawk' or a 'dove', around [wa]-R"}
-{"Clue":"Changed a little feeble content in series of talks (7)","Answer":"TWEAKED","Explanation":"Definition: Changed a little\nWEAK=\"feeble\", contained in TED=\"series of talks\" (an online series of talks from ted.com)"}
-{"Clue":"Boris going out in style (7)","Answer":"YELTSIN","Explanation":"Definition: Boris\nBoris Yeltsin the former president of Russia \nanagram\/\"going out\" of (in style)"}
-{"Clue":"Rudely kissed bosom is reported (6)","Answer":"BUSSED","Explanation":"Definition: R\nto buss is to kiss in a rude manner \nsounds like (\"is reported\"): 'bust'=\"bosom\""}
-{"Clue":"Power cut all round makes a prominent story (6)","Answer":"SPLASH","Explanation":"Definition: prominent story\ndefinition: a lead story e.g. on the front page of a newspaper \nP (Power) with SLASH=\"cut\" around it"}
-{"Clue":"Self-directing car without comp\u00aduter control wasting energy (10)","Answer":"AUTONOMOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Self-directing\nAUTO=\"car\" + NO MOUS-e=\"without computer control\", minus the e (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Work for two that five divide fairly makes such a day for relaxing (5)","Answer":"DUVET","Explanation":"Definition: such a day for relaxing\ndefinition: referring to a 'duvet day' where one can relax \nDUET=\"Work for two\", split in half (divided fairly) by V=\"five\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Garment, one sort of blue, that may be inside the front door (9)","Answer":"VESTIBULE","Explanation":"Definition: that may be inside the front door\nVEST=\"Garment\" + I=\"one\" + anagram\/\"sort\" of (blue)"}
-{"Clue":"Speed to defeat (4)","Answer":"LICK","Explanation":"Definition: Speed\ndouble definition: e.g. as in 'the car was moving at a good lick [speed]', or e.g. as in 'we got licked [defeated] by the other team'\/'the other team gave us a good licking'"}
-{"Clue":"Pub notice laid out in this funny-looking alphabet (8)","Answer":"PHONETIC","Explanation":"Definition: this \ndefinition referring to e.g. the symbols used in the International Phonetic Alphabet \nPH (public house, pub), plus anagram\/\"laid out\" of (notice)"}
-{"Clue":"After opener stumped, single that is vital to stability (8)","Answer":"KEYSTONE","Explanation":"Definition: that is vital to stability\nKEY=\"opener [of a lock]\" + ST (stumped, cricket abbreviation) + ONE=\"single\""}
-{"Clue":"Small version of me squeezed up in so-called convertible (5,5)","Answer":"SCALE MODEL","Explanation":"Definition: Small version\nME reversed\/\"up\" inside anagram\/\"convertible\" of (so called)"}
-{"Clue":"Passionate desire reproved, having to be purified (9)","Answer":"LUSTRATED","Explanation":"Definition: purified\ndefinition: to lustrate is to purify through sacrifice or other ritual action \nLUST=\"Passionate desire\" + RATED=scolded=\"reproved\""}
-{"Clue":"Small country lane initially badly laid across island (8)","Answer":"LILLIPUT","Explanation":"Definition: Small country\nLilliput is a fictional country from *Gulliver's Travels*, inhabited by very small people \nL-ane + ILL=\"badly\" + PUT=\"laid\", around I (island)"}
-{"Clue":"Bore draw possibly? It could be an unexpected revelation (8,11)","Answer":"WARDROBE MALFUNCTION","Explanation":"Definition: It could be an \nin a crossword clue, 'wardrobe malfunction' might indicate an anagram\/malfunction of (wardrobe)*, which would give \"Bore draw\""}
-{"Clue":"Hateful to be overdrawn \u2014 one's recourse? (6)","Answer":"ODIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Hateful\nOD ('o\/d' is a shortening of \"overdrawn\") + IOUS (IOUs, I owe you s) \"one's recourse\" when in debt \/ overdrawn"}
-{"Clue":"Like a bird at the back (6)","Answer":"ASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: at the back\nAS=\"Like\" + TERN=\"a bird\""}
-{"Clue":"One plucked posy in the end for rapacious monster (5)","Answer":"HARPY","Explanation":"Definition: rapacious monster\nHARP=\"One [that is] plucked\" + pos-Y"}
-{"Clue":"Make coffee and get a tip (4)","Answer":"PERK","Explanation":"Definition: Make coffee\ndouble definition: 'perk' as in 'percolate' to make coffee; or 'perk' as in 'perquisite', a benefit received at work other than a wage\/salary"}
-{"Clue":"eg Owl pursuing pussycat that's possibly ours, grabbing it (6)","Answer":"SUITOR","Explanation":"Definition: eg Owl pursuing pussycat\ndefinition refers to the poem by Edward Lear \nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (ours)*, around IT"}
-{"Clue":"Author backed deal, getting fur from American native (6)","Answer":"OCELOT","Explanation":"Definition: fur from \ndefinition: the name of a cat species found in South and Central America, or the fur of this animal \nECO (Umberto Eco the \"Author\") reversed\/\"backed\", plus LOT=\"deal\" e.g. in the sense of 'a [large] quantity'"}
-{"Clue":"Tenacious types good to have in rows (6)","Answer":"TIGERS","Explanation":"Definition: Tenacious types\ndefinition: Chambers gives 'a formidable competitor' as a meaning of 'tiger' \nG (good) in TIERS=\"rows\""}
-{"Clue":"Former cat lover initially objects and cries out (8)","Answer":"EXCLAIMS","Explanation":"Definition: cries out\nEX (\"Former\") + C-at L-over initials + AIMS=\"objects\" as a noun e.g. 'the object of this exercise is to\u2026'"}
-{"Clue":"Recalled Siamese couple in pronouncement (4)","Answer":"THAI","Explanation":"Definition: Recalled Siamese\ntheme: reference to Siamese cats \ndefinition: \"Recalled\" hinting at a name used in the past \u2013 Thailand was formerly known as Siam\n \nwordplay: sounds like (\"in pronouncement\") 'tie'=\"couple\""}
-{"Clue":"Not the same husband, in emotional state that can involve having kittens (10)","Answer":"MOTHERHOOD","Explanation":"Definition: that can involve having kittens\ndefinition: motherhood for a cat would involve having kittens \nOTHER=\"Not the same\" + H (husband), all inside MOOD=\"emotional state\""}
-{"Clue":"In unusually old home, trap insect spotted in Europe (7,4)","Answer":"LEOPARD MOTH","Explanation":"Definition: insect spotted in Europe\ndefinition: a moth species found in Europe \u2013 and also \"spotted\" as it is has spots on its thorax and its wings \nanagram\/\"unusually\" of (old home trap)"}
-{"Clue":"Diagnostic aid that'll help you see today's theme? (3,7)","Answer":"CAT SCANNER","Explanation":"Definition: Diagnostic aid\ndefinition: in medicine, a Computed Axial Tomography scanner uses X-rays to obtain images of a body \nthe theme today is cats, so a scanner for cats would help you see the theme"}
-{"Clue":"Speech in Cats? Tipsy, forgetting lines in middle (4)","Answer":"MEOW","Explanation":"Definition: Speech in Cats\nME-[LL]-OW, minus the LL (lines) in the middle \n'mellow'=slightly drunk=\"Tipsy\""}
-{"Clue":"Small tame animal swallowing cold drink that's colourful (8)","Answer":"SPECTRUM","Explanation":"Definition: that's colourful\nS (Small) + PET=\"tame animal\" around C (cold) + RUM=\"drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Lively party, hit with cat (6)","Answer":"THRASH","Explanation":"Definition: Lively party\ndouble definition \u2013 in the second definition, \"cat\" as in cat-o'-nine-tails, a whip"}
-{"Clue":"Less domesticated, runs after writer (6)","Answer":"WILDER","Explanation":"Definition: Less domesticated\nR (runs, in cricket) after WILDE (Oscar Wilde the writer)"}
-{"Clue":"We hear you are on spree in classic sports car (6)","Answer":"JAGUAR","Explanation":"Definition: classic \nUAR sounds like\/(We hear) \"you are\", after JAG=a bout of indulgence=\"spree\""}
-{"Clue":"Left one kind of mammal means of escape (8)","Answer":"LIFELINE","Explanation":"Definition: means of escape\nL (Left) + I (one) + FELINE=\"kind of mammal\""}
-{"Clue":"Name of Aussie inhabitant poet used, confusing us Poms (6)","Answer":"POSSUM","Explanation":"Definition: Name of Aussie inhabitant poet used\ndefinition part 1: \"Name of Aussie inhabitant\" \u2013 a possum is an Australian marsupial \nwordplay: anagram\/\"confusing\" of (us Poms)"}
-{"Clue":"Change order for Manx cat re mice as dessert (3,5)","Answer":"ICE CREAM","Explanation":"Definition: dessert\nanagram\/\"Change order\" of (**ca** re mice)* \n**ca** is ca-[t], a tail-less or \"Manx\" cat"}
-{"Clue":"In trouble, a cheetah appears to turn white (6)","Answer":"BLEACH","Explanation":"Definition: turn white\nhidden in trou-BLE A CH-eetah"}
-{"Clue":"Catty comment, say, that's inconsequential (6)","Answer":"SLIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Catty comment, say,\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Male twins that may be soundly beaten? (3-3)","Answer":"TOM-TOM","Explanation":"Definition: that may be soundly beaten?\ndefinition: a tom-tom drum can be \"soundly beaten\" i.e. beaten to make a sound \na TOM is a male cat, so TOM-TOM would be a pair of these males"}
-{"Clue":"Convert you mentored, producing book from OT (11)","Answer":"DEUTERONOMY","Explanation":"Definition: book from OT\ntheme: Old Deuteronomy is the name of a character in *Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats* and the musical adaptation *Cats* \ndefinition: Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Old Testament (\"OT\")\n \nanagram\/\"Convert\" of (you mentored)"}
-{"Clue":"Write about match for colour of beautiful boat couple used (3,5)","Answer":"PEA GREEN","Explanation":"Definition: colour of beautiful boat couple used\ndefinition: in Edward Lear's poem, \"The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea \/ In a beautiful **PEA GREEN** boat\" \nPEN=\"Write\" about AGREE=\"match\""}
-{"Clue":"From island in Pacific ring America like a scaredy-cat (8)","Answer":"TIMOROUS","Explanation":"Definition: like a scaredy-cat \nTIMOR=\"island in Pacific\" + O=\"ring\" + US=\"America\" \n\"From\" meaning that TIMOROUS can be made from this combination"}
-{"Clue":"Put foot repeatedly in fruit tree (6)","Answer":"PAWPAW","Explanation":"Definition: fruit tree\ndefinition: a fruit tree found in North America \nPAW=\"foot\", written\/\"Put\" repeatedly to make PAWPAW"}
-{"Clue":"One having systematic way to do things, hunting animal (6)","Answer":"MOUSER","Explanation":"Definition: hunting animal\nMO USER='Modus Operandi user'=\"One having systematic way to do things\""}
-{"Clue":"Feed young awful clues about kitten's head (6)","Answer":"SUCKLE","Explanation":"Definition: Feed young\nanagram\/\"awful\" of (clues)*, around the first letter of K-itten"}
-{"Clue":"Rotter that retains cat's haul? (6)","Answer":"RATBAG","Explanation":"Definition: Rotter\na 'ratbag' could be a bag that contains a cat's haul of rats"}
-{"Clue":"Lecture 50% of voters (5)","Answer":"ORATE","Explanation":"Definition: Lecture\n50% of [elect]-ORATE=\"voters\""}
-{"Clue":"Leading astronaut Aldrin excited to tour space, producing this? (9)","Answer":"ADRENALIN","Explanation":"Definition: producing this?\ndefinition: alternative spelling of adrenaline \nleading letter of A-stronaut, plus anagram\/\"excited\" of (Aldrin)*, around EN=a \"space\" in typography"}
-{"Clue":"Food in tum digested and forgotten (3,2,4)","Answer":"OUT OF MIND","Explanation":"Definition: forgotten\nanagram\/\"digested\" of (Food in tum)"}
-{"Clue":"Hit hard in stomach with power (5)","Answer":"THUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Hit\nH (hard) in TUM=\"stomach\", plus P (power)"}
-{"Clue":"5p bagel also in news (7)","Answer":"PONTOON","Explanation":"Definition: 5\nthe definition is \"5\" (5 down, BRIDGE) as a pontoon is type of floating bridge \nP (taken from \"5p\", without the definition \"5\") + O (a \"bagel\" is a score of 0 games in a tennis set) + TOO=\"also\" in NN (N=\"new\", NN=\"news\")"}
-{"Clue":"He symbolically turns over box to pack soldiers (7)","Answer":"ELEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: He symbolically\ndefinition: He is the chemical symbol for the ELEMENT helium \nreversal\/\"turns over\" of TELE (television, \"box\"), around MEN=\"soldiers\""}
-{"Clue":"Australian pop star has change of heart in prayer (5)","Answer":"KYRIE","Explanation":"Definition: prayer\nKY-L-IE Minogue is the \"Australian pop star\", change the central letter\/\"heart\" from L to R"}
-{"Clue":"Muse wasting time with old age (3)","Answer":"ERA","Explanation":"Definition: age\nERATO is one of the Muses in Greek mythology, minus T (time) and O (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Knock over drinks in fit of temper (5)","Answer":"STROP","Explanation":"Definition: fit of temper\nreversal\/\"Knocks over\" PORTS (as in port wine)=\"drinks\""}
-{"Clue":"Does having two wines back-to-back take energy? (3,4)","Answer":"RED DEER","Explanation":"Definition: Does\ndefinition: plural of doe (a female deer) \nRED plus RED reversed (\"two wines back to back\"), around E (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Row about 500 + 500 + 50 being small? (7)","Answer":"TIDDLER","Explanation":"Definition: being small?\ndefinition: a small being \nTIER=\"Row\" around D + D + L=\"500 + 500 + 50\u2033 in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Man eaten by pet shark (5)","Answer":"CHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: shark\ndefinition: a \"shark\" as in a swindler \nHE=\"Man\" inside CAT=\"pet\""}
-{"Clue":"Comic actor's raise? Want over a billion (4,5)","Answer":"JACK BLACK","Explanation":"Definition: Comic actor\nJACK=\"raise\" (e.g. using a jack to raise a car), plus LACK=\"want\", after\/around B (billion)"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal in Venice stealing Tesla for reward (9)","Answer":"INCENTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: reward\nanagram\/\"Criminal\" of (in Venice)*, around T (Tesla the SI unit of magnetic flux density)"}
-{"Clue":"Make it possible to roll about in mud, topless (5)","Answer":"ALLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Make it possible\nw-ALLOW=\"roll around in mud\", minus the top letter"}
-{"Clue":"Mostly loose, set out alone (4)","Answer":"SOLO","Explanation":"Definition: alone\nanagram\/\"set out\" of (loos)*, most of the letters from \"loose\""}
-{"Clue":"Sporting organisation enters review of catch? (8)","Answer":"FASTENER","Explanation":"Definition: c\nFA (Football Association, \"Sporting organisation\"), plus anagram\/\"review\" of (enters)"}
-{"Clue":"Number one in lifting 80% excess weight (4)","Answer":"SELF","Explanation":"Definition: Number one\nreversal\/\"lifting\" of 80% (four out of five letters) from FLES-h=\"excess weight\""}
-{"Clue":"Tolerance of light opera (8)","Answer":"PATIENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Tolerance\ndouble definition: second definition refers to a comic opera *Patience* by Gilbert and Sullivan"}
-{"Clue":"Diarist Jones spilling tea, sounding cross (6)","Answer":"BRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: cross\ndefinition: cross=bridge as verbs, e.g. to span a stretch of water \nBRIDGE-t Jones of the film (and novel) *Bridget Jones's Diary*, minus T (sounds like \"tea\")"}
-{"Clue":"One in Paris serving up puddings without a care (10)","Answer":"UNSTRESSED","Explanation":"Definition: without a care\nUN=\"One\" in French\/\"in Paris\", plus reversal\/\"serving up\" of DESSERTS=\"puddings\""}
-{"Clue":"Draw ace quartet, ignoring the odds: about 50:50 (6)","Answer":"ALLURE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw\nA (Ace), plus q-**U**-a-**R**-t-**E**-t ignoring the odd letters, all around\/\"about\" L L (50 and 50 in Roman numerals)"}
-{"Clue":"Party welcoming a break (4)","Answer":"SNAP","Explanation":"Definition: break\ndefinition: as in 'snap\/break in half' \nSNP (Scottish National Party), around A"}
-{"Clue":"Rod's extremely responsible travelling north after parking fine (5)","Answer":"POKER","Explanation":"Definition: Rod\ndefinition: a poker as in a rod used to stir a fire \nthe extreme letters of R-esponsibl-E, reversed upwards\/\"travelling north\", and after P (parking) + OK=\"fine\""}
-{"Clue":"Getting excessively annoyed when husband leaves stuffing (10)","Answer":"OVEREATING","Explanation":"Definition: stuffing\nOVER-HEATING=\"Getting excessively annoyed\" with H (husband) leaving"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor tackles exercise to get lighter (5)","Answer":"TAPER","Explanation":"Definition: lighter\ndefinition: \"taper\" as in a waxed wick used to light a flame \nTAR=\"Sailor\" around PE (Physical Education, \"exercise\")"}
-{"Clue":"Penny's dropping off bits and pieces (8)","Answer":"ARTICLES","Explanation":"Definition: pieces\nP (Penny) taken off p-ARTICLES=\"bits\""}
-{"Clue":"Honest priest found in cocktail bar by Luddite extremists (8)","Answer":"RELIABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Honest\nELI (Biblical \"priest\") inside RAB, plus extreme letters from L-uddit-E \nI think RAB as an anagram of \"bar\", with \"cocktail\" as a hint at 'mixing'\n \nRAB could also be a reversal of \"bar\" \u2013 if \"cock\" can be read as in turn or lift, with tail referring to the bottom end of the word"}
-{"Clue":"Actress fording river gets thoroughly wet (6)","Answer":"DRENCH","Explanation":"Definition: thoroughly \ndefinition: to wet thoroughly \nActress Judi DENCH, around R (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Return to check little girl's tucked in (6)","Answer":"REJOIN","Explanation":"Definition: R\nREIN=\"check\", with JO=\"little girl\" inside \n\"little\" as Jo is a short form of e.g. Joanna or Josephine, and I was also reminded of Jo March from *Little Women"}
-{"Clue":"Steal the King's first born (4)","Answer":"CRIB","Explanation":"Definition: Steal\ndefinition: crib can mean steal as in plagiarise, or can mean other types of theft \nCR (Charles Rex, \"the King\") + I (1, first) + B (born)"}
-{"Clue":"Show off clothes in reflection (4)","Answer":"BRAG","Explanation":"Definition: Show off\nreversal\/\"in reflection\" of GARB=\"clothes\""}
-{"Clue":"Fruit and some milk? I wish! (4)","Answer":"KIWI","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nhidden in\/\"some\" of: mil-K I WI-sh"}
-{"Clue":"Devious follower aiming to kidnap a king (7,2,6)","Answer":"WILLIAM OF ORANGE","Explanation":"Definition: king\nanagram\/\"Devious\" of (follower aiming)*, around\/kidnapping a letter \"a\""}
-{"Clue":"Teasing adult I see in very old hat (7)","Answer":"ARCHAIC","Explanation":"Definition: very old hat\nARCH (e.g. 'an arch tone of voice')=\"Teasing\" + A (adult) + I + C (the letter pronounced as \"see\")"}
-{"Clue":"Outbids American wallies, extreme characters taken in (7)","Answer":"GAZUMPS","Explanation":"Definition: Outbids\nGUMPS=\"American\" term for \"wallies\", with A and Z=\"extreme characters [from each end of the alphabet] taken in\""}
-{"Clue":"Former English West Country banker (3)","Answer":"EXE","Explanation":"Definition: West Country banker\ndefinition: the River Exe in Somerset and Devon (a 'banker' \u2013 something with banks) \nEX=\"Former\" + E (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Big adjustable spanner a boon to estuary's shipping (5,6)","Answer":"TOWER BRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Big adjustable spanne\ncryptic definition: a \"spanner\" as something that 'spans' a river. Tower Bridge in London was designed to have sections that can be raised to allow shipping through"}
-{"Clue":"Translating a poet is no Yankee idler's preference (4,6)","Answer":"EASY OPTION","Explanation":"Definition: idler's preference\nanagram\/\"Translating\" of (a poet is no Y)*, where Y=\"Yankee\" in the Nato phonetic alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Bearing children is always painful (4)","Answer":"ACHY","Explanation":"Definition: painful\nAY=\"always\" is bearing CH (children)"}
-{"Clue":"Backing spoils instrument (4)","Answer":"TOOL","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nLOOT=\"spoils\" reversed\/\"Backing\""}
-{"Clue":"Measuring device for farm vehicle (10)","Answer":"PROTRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Measuring device\nPRO=in favour of=\"for\" + TRACTOR=\"farm vehicle\""}
-{"Clue":"Back row in Palladium booked in advance (11)","Answer":"PREARRANGED","Explanation":"Definition: booked in advance\nREAR=\"Back\" + RANGE=\"Row\", all inside PD=Pd, chemical symbol for \"Palladium\""}
-{"Clue":"Broadcast overlooks woman's entitlement (3)","Answer":"MRS","Explanation":"Definition: woman's entitlement\nsounds like\/\"Broadcast\": 'misses'=\"overlooks\""}
-{"Clue":"Put straight tabloid's missing section with ferocious expression (7)","Answer":"UNSNARL","Explanation":"Definition: Put straight\ndefinition: 'snarl' meaning 'entangle' e.g. a yarn can become snarled in weaving \n[The S]-UN=\"tabloid\", missing S (section), plus another meaning of SNARL as \"ferocious expression\""}
-{"Clue":"Capital tour, lastly to coral island (7)","Answer":"TRIPOLI","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nTRIP=\"tour\", plus last letters of t-O cora-L, plus I (island)"}
-{"Clue":"This precursor of flood proving ruinously expensive (8,3,4)","Answer":"BREAKING THE BANK","Explanation":"Definition: proving ruinously expensive\nwater BREAKING THE BANK of a river=\"precursor of flood\""}
-{"Clue":"Male jockeys tucked into cereal, a taboo food nowadays? (5,4)","Answer":"WHALE MEAT","Explanation":"Definition: a taboo food nowadays?\nanagram\/\"jockeys\" of (male)*, inside WHEAT=\"cereal\""}
-{"Clue":"Minions have no means of access, one cell being shared (7)","Answer":"LACKEYS","Explanation":"Definition: Minions\nLAC**K K**EYS=\"have no means of access\", with the **K** written once and \"shared\" rather than repeated \nI think \"cell\" here refers to a square in the crossword grid i.e. a single letter entry"}
-{"Clue":"Passivity I confronted primarily in country (8)","Answer":"INACTION","Explanation":"Definition: Passivity\nI, plus primary\/first letter of C-onfronted inside NATION=\"country\""}
-{"Clue":"Tropical bird's gullet swallowing roughly (5)","Answer":"MACAW","Explanation":"Definition: Tropical bird\nMAW=\"gullet\" around CA (circa, Latin for \"roughly\")"}
-{"Clue":"Make sense of dignitary made public (6,3)","Answer":"FIGURE OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Make sense\nFIGURE=\"dignitary\" + OUT (as in 'the rumour is out')=\"public\""}
-{"Clue":"They cut bill dropped by flyers at sea (6)","Answer":"RAZORS","Explanation":"Definition: They cut\nRAZOR-BILL-S=seabirds=\"flyers at sea\", minus bill"}
-{"Clue":"Itinerant mounted police working across America (7)","Answer":"NOMADIC","Explanation":"Definition: Itinerant\nreversal upwards\/\"mounted\" of all of: CID (Criminal Investigation Department, \"police\") plus ON=\"working\" both around AM (America)"}
-{"Clue":"Go after opponents at table, then prosecute (5)","Answer":"ENSUE","Explanation":"Definition: Go after\nEN (East and North, opponents at a table when playing bridge) + SUE=\"prosecute\""}
-{"Clue":"Waterproof covering setter in rickety train (9)","Answer":"TARPAULIN","Explanation":"Definition: Waterproof covering\nPAUL=Guardian crossword \"setter\", inside anagram\/\"rickety\" of (train)"}
-{"Clue":"Courts approve standard (9)","Answer":"YARDSTICK","Explanation":"Definition: standard\nYARDS=\"Courts\" + TICK=\"approve\""}
-{"Clue":"Uncompromising firm's leading chain (8)","Answer":"HARDLINE","Explanation":"Definition: Uncompromising\nHARD=\"firm\" + LINE=\"chain\""}
-{"Clue":"Direct lots of deliveries here from time to time (7)","Answer":"OVERSEE","Explanation":"Definition: Direct\nOVERS (an over in cricket contains at least six deliveries)=\"lots of deliveries\" + occasional\/\"from time to time\" letters from h-E-r-E"}
-{"Clue":"Lottery raised a good deal \u2014 order British to split it (7)","Answer":"TOMBOLA","Explanation":"Definition: L\nreversal\/\"raised\" of A LOT=\"a good deal\", with OM (Order of Merit) + B (British) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Strong drink artist put up on shelf (6)","Answer":"ARRACK","Explanation":"Definition: Strong drink\ndefinition: a strong alcoholic drink made in Asian countries \nRA (Royal Academician, \"artist\"), reversed\/\"put up\", plus RACK=\"shelf\""}
-{"Clue":"Choice morsel of Brie? Precisely (5)","Answer":"PLUMB","Explanation":"Definition: Precisely\nPLUM (e.g. 'a plum role')=\"Choice\" + a single letter from B-rie"}
-{"Clue":"Criticise mean bribe (3,2)","Answer":"GET AT","Explanation":"Definition: Criticise\ntriple definition: \nfirst and third definitions: to 'get at' someone can be to criticise them, or to bribe them;\n \nsecond definition as in 'what are you getting at?'\/'what do you mean?'"}
-{"Clue":"Bingo! Ring for professional visit (5,4)","Answer":"HOUSE CALL","Explanation":"Definition: professional visit\nHOUSE=another way to declare \"Bingo!\" when a bingo player has won + CALL=\"ring\""}
-{"Clue":"Jolly male's fine disembarking from transport (5)","Answer":"MERRY","Explanation":"Definition: Jolly\nM (male) + f (fine) removed from f-ERRY=\"transport\""}
-{"Clue":"Extremely full? Offer third piece of toast and margarine (5)","Answer":"FLORA","Explanation":"Definition: margarine\ndefinition: Flora is a brand of margarine \nextreme letters from F-ul-L and O-ffe-R, plus third letter from to-A-st"}
-{"Clue":"Suggestions of how to clue 'notes' (9)","Answer":"OVERTONES","Explanation":"Definition: Suggestions\n'over tones' in a crossword clue might indicate an anagram of (tones)*, giving 'notes'"}
-{"Clue":"Don penning article on elements (7)","Answer":"WEATHER","Explanation":"Definition: elements\nWEAR=\"Don\" as in 'put on clothing', around\/\"penning\" THE=definite \"article\""}
-{"Clue":"Convicts in China heading to Shanghai (7)","Answer":"INMATES","Explanation":"Definition: Convicts\nIN + MATE=\"China\" (China plate, rhyming slang) + heading letter to S-hanghai"}
-{"Clue":"Real trouble checking temp\u00aderature in the future (5)","Answer":"LATER","Explanation":"Definition: in the future\nanagram\/\"trouble\" of (Real)*, around\/\"checking\" T (temperature)"}
-{"Clue":"Babe in film, one in Portuguese (3)","Answer":"PIG","Explanation":"Definition: Babe in film\ndefinition referring to the film *Babe * about a pig \nI=\"one\" in PG (Pg is an abbreviation for \"Portuguese\")"}
-{"Clue":"Favoured king saved by Lewis heroine (5)","Answer":"LUCKY","Explanation":"Definition: Favoured\nK (king) inside LUCY (character from *The Chronicles of Narnia* by C. S. Lewis)"}
-{"Clue":"Rod led astray chasing bowling technique (7)","Answer":"SPINDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Rod\nanagram\/\"astray\" of (led)*, following\/\"chasing\" SPIN=\"bowling technique\" (spin bowling in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Large animal in New York city (7)","Answer":"BUFFALO","Explanation":"Definition: Large animal\ndouble definition: the animal, or a city in New York state"}
-{"Clue":"DIY product recommended to stuff parrot? (9)","Answer":"POLYFILLA","Explanation":"Definition: DIY product\ndefinition: a brand of filler material used e.g. to fill cracks or holes in a wall \nsounds like 'Polly filler', something used to stuff a parrot"}
-{"Clue":"Swear as 100p missing from wallet? (5)","Answer":"CURSE","Explanation":"Definition: Swear\nwordplay uses '100' and 'p' separately \nC=\"100\u2033 in Roman numerals, plus p-URSE=\"wallet\" with the \"p missing\""}
-{"Clue":"Sport welcomes leading African-American goddess (5)","Answer":"FAUNA","Explanation":"Definition: goddess\ndefinition: Fauna is the name of a Roman goddess \nFUN=\"Sport\", around the leading letter of A-frican, and then add A (American)"}
-{"Clue":"Touring Spain first, one travelling light (3,2,4)","Answer":"SET ON FIRE","Explanation":"Definition: light\nanagram\/\"travelling\" of (first one)*, around\/\"Touring\" E (Espa\u00f1a, Spain)"}
-{"Clue":"Cook, one seen in bars, left out and drinking hard (4)","Answer":"CHEF","Explanation":"Definition: Cook\na CLEF is seen in \"bars\" of musical notation, with L (left) taken out and around\/\"drinking\" H (hard) instead"}
-{"Clue":"Dawn's quality captures gold (6)","Answer":"AURORA","Explanation":"Definition: Dawn\nAURA=\"quality\" around OR (gold, in heraldry)"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of gardening: raking earth, cutting grass to be collected again (10)","Answer":"REGATHERED","Explanation":"Definition: collected again\na bit \/ a letter from G-ardening, plus anagram\/\"raking\" of (earth)*, all inside REED=\"grass\""}
-{"Clue":"Relish hero without ego (6)","Answer":"SAVOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Relish\nSAV-I-OUR=\"hero\", minus I=\"ego\""}
-{"Clue":"Taking rest of Flake back in envy, perhaps the origin of gluttony (8)","Answer":"SLEEPING","Explanation":"Definition: Taking rest\nPEEL=\"Flake\" reversed\/\"back\" and inside SIN=\"envy, perhaps\", then plus the origin\/first letter of G-luttony"}
-{"Clue":"Must shift spot of dirt (4)","Answer":"SMUT","Explanation":"Definition: s\ndefinition: 'smut' can mean 'a flake or spot of dirt, soot, etc' \nanagram\/\"shift\" of (Must)"}
-{"Clue":"Available to cover finale of Pac-man on Twitch \u2014 it's wild! (8)","Answer":"FRENETIC","Explanation":"Definition: wild\nFREE=\"Available\" around the end of [Pac-ma]-**N**, plus TIC=\"Twitch\" \nin the surface, Twitch is the name of a online streaming platform often used to show video gaming content"}
-{"Clue":"Look back over end of story with these (4)","Answer":"EYES","Explanation":"Definition: with these\nSEE=\"Look\" reversed\/\"back\", around the end of stor-Y"}
-{"Clue":"County loses energy (5)","Answer":"WILTS","Explanation":"Definition: Count\ndouble definition: first definition referring to Wiltshire"}
-{"Clue":"Evil criminal left cinema (10)","Answer":"MALEFICENT","Explanation":"Definition: Evil\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (left cinema)"}
-{"Clue":"In essays, Oscar discovered authority (3-2)","Answer":"SAY-SO","Explanation":"Definition: authority\nhidden in es-SAYS O-scar"}
-{"Clue":"Test about old city den in books (5,3)","Answer":"TRIAL RUN","Explanation":"Definition: Test\nreversal\/\"about\" of all of: UR=\"old city\" plus LAIR=\"den\" both inside NT (New Testament, \"books\")"}
-{"Clue":"Unique, like an empty House of Lords? (8)","Answer":"PEERLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Unique\nthe House of Lords is made up of Peers, and would be empty if it was Peer-less"}
-{"Clue":"Knockout with strength (6)","Answer":"BEAUTY","Explanation":"Definition: Knockout\ndouble definition: beauty=\"Knockout\" as in someone who is very attractive; or beauty=a positive feature or characteristic=\"strength\""}
-{"Clue":"Clever grown-up skipping third of Ulster, taking in Ireland (6)","Answer":"ADROIT","Explanation":"Definition: Clever\nAD-**UL**-T=\"grown-up\", minus a third of the letters of **UL**-ster, and instead taking in ROI (Republic of Ireland)"}
-{"Clue":"Blow smoke (4)","Answer":"PUFF","Explanation":"Definition: Blow\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Even flipping 50%, initially switching heads and tails (4)","Answer":"FLAT","Explanation":"Definition: Even\nreversal\/\"flipping\" of H-ALF=\"50%\", switching the initial H (heads) for a T (tails)"}
-{"Clue":"PM once was disheartened and upset leaving country (4)","Answer":"EDEN","Explanation":"Definition: PM once\ndefinition: Anthony Eden was UK Prime Minister \n\"was\"=W-**a**-S, disheartened by removing the central **a**, then reversed\/\"upset\" to give **sw** which removed\/\"leaving\" from **sw**-EDEN=\"country\""}
-{"Clue":"Hungarian saint containing the blaze I mishandled (9)","Answer":"ELIZABETH","Explanation":"Definition: Hungarian saint\ndefinition refers to Elizabeth of Hungary \nanagram\/\"mishandled\" of (the blaze I)"}
-{"Clue":"Love label linked with old wine-producing region (5)","Answer":"OTAGO","Explanation":"Definition: wine-producing region\ndefinition: a region of New Zealand know for its wineries \nO=\"Love\" (zero in tennis) + TAG=\"label\" + O (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Bird presented in last part of French chapter (5)","Answer":"FINCH","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nFIN='end' or 'ending' in French=\"last part [of \/ in] French\" + CH (chapter)"}
-{"Clue":"With repetition of first part, contrive changes to sentence again (9)","Answer":"RECONVICT","Explanation":"Definition: sentence again\nanagram\/\"changes\" of ( c contrive)*, with a repetition of the first letter C-[ontrive] in the anagram fodder"}
-{"Clue":"Large rodent, hard to handle, not keeping up like pig (7)","Answer":"PORCINE","Explanation":"Definition: like pig\nPORC-up-INE=\"Large rodent, hard to handle\", minus the \"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Found pound and ounce, say, in abbreviated dictionary (7)","Answer":"LOCATED","Explanation":"Definition: Found\nL (Latin 'libra', \"pound\"), plus CAT=\"ounce, say\" inside OED (abbreviated form of Oxford English Dictionary) \nan \"ounce\" is a snow leopard, a type of CAT"}
-{"Clue":"Endless fortune I had put together, that's clear (5)","Answer":"LUCID","Explanation":"Definition: clear\nLUC-k=\"Endless fortune\" + I'D=\"I had\" contracted\/\"put together\""}
-{"Clue":"Like the Chairman's little work (or books in general, we hear) (3)","Answer":"RED","Explanation":"Definition: Like the Chairman's little work\nreference to Chairman Mao's 'Little Red Book' \nsounds like\/\"we hear\": 'read'=\"Like\u2026 books in general\""}
-{"Clue":"Don't allow to leave with odd characters out of discretion (3,2)","Answer":"ICE IN","Explanation":"Definition: Don't allow to leave\nodd letters removed \/ taken out of d-**I**-s-**C**-r-**E**-t-**I**-o-**N"}
-{"Clue":"Agent in European capital backed Julian, say (7)","Answer":"EMPEROR","Explanation":"Definition: Julian, say\nJulian was a Roman emperor \nREP (representative, \"Agent\"), in ROME=\"European capital\"; all reversed\/\"backed\""}
-{"Clue":"Increase organised valet parking in large parts of East End (7)","Answer":"ELEVATE","Explanation":"Definition: Increase\nanagram\/\"organised\" of (valet)*, inside the capital letters\/\"large parts\" of E-ast E-nd"}
-{"Clue":"Encountered Oliver's friend in London suburban area (9)","Answer":"METROLAND","Explanation":"Definition: London suburban area\na term for suburban areas to the north-west of London"}
-{"Clue":"It's put in the kind of barns churches once found helpful (5)","Answer":"TITHE","Explanation":"Definition: kind of \nreference to 'tithe barns' where churches would store produce that had been taken as a tithe \nIT is put in THE=\"It's put in the\""}
-{"Clue":"Become aware of things smelt, heard but not seen (5)","Answer":"SENSE","Explanation":"Definition: Become aware of\nhomophone but not homograph (not spelled the same), so \"heard but not seen\", of 'scents'='things smelt'"}
-{"Clue":"Part of bicycle that doesn't make it to 24 across? (5,4)","Answer":"INNER TUBE","Explanation":"Definition: Part of bicycle\nINNER TUBE could describe the Tube \/ London Underground in the central parts of London, not reaching METROLAND"}
-{"Clue":"Booker? With prize ultimately secured, trim one's sails (4)","Answer":"REEF","Explanation":"Definition: trim one's sails\nREF=a referee e.g. in football, who can 'book' players for fouls=\"Booker\", around priz-E"}
-{"Clue":"Power of the mind seen in part of 24 across (6)","Answer":"PINNER","Explanation":"Definition: part of 24 across\ndefinition: Pinner is a London suburb , part of the METROLAND area \nP (Power) + INNER=\"of the mind\" (e.g. 'inner strength')"}
-{"Clue":"If pedant is confused about hard recipe initially, he seeks way to proceed (10)","Answer":"PATHFINDER","Explanation":"Definition: he seeks way to proceed\nanagram\/\"confused\" of (If pedant)* around H (hard), then plus R (recipe initially)"}
-{"Clue":"One of six in charge of our land, one a so-called farmer (6)","Answer":"GEORGE","Explanation":"Definition: One of six in charge of \ndefinition: there have been six British kings known as George, and George III was known as 'farmer George'"}
-{"Clue":"Restrained, cut line in second edition (8)","Answer":"SHACKLED","Explanation":"Definition: Restrained\nHACK=\"cut\" + L (line), both in S (second) + ED (edition)"}
-{"Clue":"Imaginary character, one of the first two Wells wrote about (3,2,3,4)","Answer":"MAN IN THE MOON","Explanation":"Definition: Imaginary character\nH. G. Wells wrote *The First Men in the Moon *, about the \"first two\" men in the moon"}
-{"Clue":"Part of painter's work starts off collection of art treasures (4)","Answer":"COAT","Explanation":"Definition: Part of painter's work\ndefinition as in a coat\/layer of paint \nstarting letters of C-ollection O-f A-rt T-reasures"}
-{"Clue":"Beat seed (5)","Answer":"PULSE","Explanation":"Definition: Beat\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Novel form in old verse penned by Conservatives (5,5)","Answer":"CRIME STORY","Explanation":"Definition: Novel form\nRIMES=\"old verse\" inside C + TORY=two ways to shorten Conservative=\"Conservatives\""}
-{"Clue":"Letters from London nearly delivered for poet (5)","Answer":"DONNE","Explanation":"Definition: poet\ndefinition: poet John Donne \nhidden in Lon-DON NE-arly"}
-{"Clue":"Coping partly with limited capital, just under fifteen pounds (8)","Answer":"CAPSTONE","Explanation":"Definition: Co\ndefinition: \"Coping\" can be a noun meaning the bricks\/stones used to make up the top part of a wall, and part of this might be a CAPSTONE \nCAP-ital shortened\/limited, plus STONE=unit of mass equal to 14 pounds=\"just under fifteen pounds\""}
-{"Clue":"Deity repeatedly upset another \u2014 that's very unusual (4,4)","Answer":"RARA AVIS","Explanation":"Definition: that's very unusual\ndefinition: a term for a rare species of bird \nRA + RA=Deity of ancient Egypt, repeated; plus SIVA=Hindu deity reversed\/\"upset\""}
-{"Clue":"Denouement that's heart-rending? Not half (6)","Answer":"ENDING","Explanation":"Definition: Denouement\nhalf of [heart-r]-ENDING removed"}
-{"Clue":"King or president (6)","Answer":"ARTHUR","Explanation":"Definition: King\ndouble definition: King Arthur of legend, or US president Chester A. Arthur"}
-{"Clue":"Source of inspiration and great power in the writer (4)","Answer":"MUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Source of inspiration\nUS (United States)=\"great power\" on the global stage, inside ME=Brendan, \"writer\" of this crossword"}
-{"Clue":"Old author I'd pronounced woke? (4-4)","Answer":"OPEN-EYED","Explanation":"Definition: woke\nO (Old) + PEN=\"author\" (as a verb) + EYED as a homophone of \"I'd\""}
-{"Clue":"Blackened items in kitchen? Domestic gets given the third degree (11)","Answer":"CHARGRILLED","Explanation":"Definition: Blackened items in kitchen\nCHAR=a cleaner=\"Domestic\" + GRILLED=interrogated=\"given the third degree\""}
-{"Clue":"In Rome, I maybe run into foreign character before lunch? (7)","Answer":"NUMERAL","Explanation":"Definition: In Rome, I maybe\nI is a Roman numeral for 1\n \nR (run, cricket abbreviation), inside NU=Greek letter=\"foreign character\" + MEAL=\"lunch?\""}
-{"Clue":"Absent-minded scientist using width instead of depth (7)","Answer":"FARAWAY","Explanation":"Definition: Absent-minded"}
-{"Clue":"Peevish Le Pen jumpily interrupting a lot of criticism (9)","Answer":"SPLENETIC","Explanation":"Definition: Peevish\ndefinition: bad-tempered, irritable\n \nanagram\/\"jumpily\" of (Le Pen)*, inside STIC-k=\"a lot of\" the letters from 'stick'=\"criticism\" as in 'they got stick for arriving late'"}
-{"Clue":"Malay food recipe leaving a man with large appetite? (5)","Answer":"SATYR","Explanation":"Definition: man with large appetite\nSAT-a-Y=\"Malay food\" + R (recipe), minus \"a\""}
-{"Clue":"Succeeding in goal without evidence of mistake (4)","Answer":"NEXT","Explanation":"Definition: Succeeding\nNET=\"goal\" e.g. in football, around\/\"without\" X=cross=\"evidence of mistake\" e.g. on marked schoolwork"}
-{"Clue":"Jenny, say, cutting duets in jazzy solo (10)","Answer":"UNASSISTED","Explanation":"Definition: solo\nASS=\"Jenny\" (a female donkey), inside anagram\/\"jazzy\" of (duets in)"}
-{"Clue":"Agree to cut frame Bogart bungled, embracing a star (5,5)","Answer":"GRETA GARBO","Explanation":"Definition: star\nthe outer letters\/\"frame\" cut from [A]-GRE-[e], plus anagram\/\"bungled\" of (Bogart)* around \"a\""}
-{"Clue":"Main hazard in Britain: Tories like Rees-Mogg! (4)","Answer":"BERG","Explanation":"Definition: Main hazard\ndefinition: an iceberg is a hazard in the sea\/'main'"}
-{"Clue":"Some disrespect etc offended backing musicians (5)","Answer":"OCTET","Explanation":"Definition: musicians\nhidden\/\"Some\" and reversed\/\"backing\" inside: disrespec-T ETC O-ffended"}
-{"Clue":"Ineptitude from eg Macron briefly meeting Blair (9)","Answer":"GAUCHERIE","Explanation":"Definition: Ineptitude"}
-{"Clue":"Extra-large collars no good for cur (7)","Answer":"MONGREL","Explanation":"Definition: cur\nMORE=\"Extra\" + L (large), around NG (no good, e.g. used to describe a TV recording)"}
-{"Clue":"Cool smart actress, one of a pair (7)","Answer":"HEPBURN","Explanation":"Definition: a\nHEP=\"Cool\" + BURN=verb meaning 'sting'=\"smart\""}
-{"Clue":"Mean criminal head in police force set free (11)","Answer":"EMANCIPATED","Explanation":"Definition: set free\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (Mean)*, with PATE=\"head\" in CID (Criminal Investigation Department, \"police force\")"}
-{"Clue":"Contest law and punishment in longish piece of text (7,8)","Answer":"COMPLEX SENTENCE","Explanation":"Definition: longish piece of text\nCOMP (competition, \"Contest\") + LEX=\"law\" + SENTENCE=\"punishment\""}
-{"Clue":"Protective covering being worn after 30 days (5)","Answer":"APRON","Explanation":"Definition: Protective covering\nON=\"being worn\" after APR (April, a month of \"30 days\")"}
-{"Clue":"Grand and endlessly thrilling setter (7)","Answer":"GELATIN","Explanation":"Definition: setter\ndefinition: a setting agent\n \nG (Grand, as in a thousand) + ELATIN-g=\"endlessly thrilling\""}
-{"Clue":"It's clear dope's seized by copper? Quite the reverse (2,5)","Answer":"IN FOCUS","Explanation":"Definition: It's clear\nINFO'S=\"dope's\" e.g. 'get the inside dope on the city', seizing rather than being \"seized by\" CU (symbol for \"copper\")"}
-{"Clue":"What you may call a bigwig with LSD or rolling joint (8)","Answer":"LORDSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: What you may call a bigwig\nanagram\/\"rolling\" of (LSD or)*, plus HIP=\"joint\""}
-{"Clue":"Fully drink little drink? That man with drinks drinks gallons (4,2,3,6)","Answer":"DOWN TO THE GROUND","Explanation":"Definition: Fully\nDOWN=\"drink\" + TOT=\"little drink\", plus HE=\"That man\" and ROUND=\"drinks\" around G (gallons)"}
-{"Clue":"Places to learn about harmony (6)","Answer":"UNISON","Explanation":"Definition: harmony\nUNIS=universities=\"Places to learn\" + ON=\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"Content to leave Hardy and The Woman in White unfinished, getting cross (6)","Answer":"HYBRID","Explanation":"Definition: c\ninside letters\/\"Content\" leaving H=[ard]-Y, plus BRID-e=\"The Woman in White unfinished\""}
-{"Clue":"Tailless camel biting earl: it may cause a complaint (8)","Answer":"BACTERIA","Explanation":"Definition: it may cause a complaint\nBACTRIA-[n]=\"Tailless camel\", around E (earl)"}
-{"Clue":"White House wanting leader gracious and sombre (6)","Answer":"GLOOMY","Explanation":"Definition: s\ni-GLOO=\"White House\" without its leading letter + MY=exclamation of surprise=\"gracious\""}
-{"Clue":"Sweet American pin-up with mostly pleasant clothing (7)","Answer":"ANGELIC","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nA (American), plus LEG=\"pin\" reversed\/\"up\" inside NIC-e=\"mostly pleasant\""}
-{"Clue":"Make respectable-looking career, you heard, in oil company (5,2)","Answer":"BRUSH UP","Explanation":"Definition: Make respec\nRUSH=\"career\" + U=\"you\" when spoken aloud\/\"heard\", all inside BP (British Petroleum, \"oil company\")"}
-{"Clue":"Party food for the health conscious (6)","Answer":"GREENS","Explanation":"Definition: Party\ndouble definition: the Greens as a political party, and green vegetables"}
-{"Clue":"Take a hike in Native American territory's western part (3,2)","Answer":"HOP IT","Explanation":"Definition: Take a hike"}
-{"Clue":"So-called 'dear' runs off after six-footer (9)","Answer":"ANTELOPES","Explanation":"Definition: So-called 'dear'\ndefinition: 'deer', which sounds like \"dear\"\n \nELOPES=\"runs off\" after ANT=six-legged creature=\"six-footer\""}
-{"Clue":"Liquid lunch perhaps very revolting (4)","Answer":"SOUP","Explanation":"Definition: Liquid lunch perhaps\nSO=\"very\" + UP=in revolt=\"revolting\""}
-{"Clue":"Antiquary wasting a year translating verse (8)","Answer":"QUATRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: verse\nanagram\/\"translating\" of (Antiquar [y])*, with the y for \"year\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"Return afterwards, holding one to sell (6)","Answer":"RETAIL","Explanation":"Definition: sell\nreversal\/\"Return\" of LATER=\"afterwards\", around I=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"One hopes people will come late to this meeting (6)","Answer":"SEANCE","Explanation":"Definition: One hopes people will come late to this meeting\ncryptic definition: \"late\" as in deceased"}
-{"Clue":"Rewritten epitaphs are most favourable (8)","Answer":"HAPPIEST","Explanation":"Definition: most favourable\nanagram\/\"Rewritten\" of (epitaphs)"}
-{"Clue":"School uniform switched to vulgar stuff (6)","Answer":"KITSCH","Explanation":"Definition: vulgar stuff \nSCH (School) + KIT=\"uniform\", switched in order"}
-{"Clue":"Tough woman keeps family notice (8)","Answer":"SKINHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Tough\nSHE=\"woman\" around KIN=\"family\", plus AD=advert=\"notice\""}
-{"Clue":"Get comfortable again on bench (8)","Answer":"RESETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Get comfortable again\nRE=about=\"on\" + SETTLE=a type of high-backed \"bench\""}
-{"Clue":"Get to grips with rigging (6)","Answer":"TACKLE","Explanation":"Definition: Get to grips with\ndouble definition: as a verb, and as a noun (the rigging of a ship)"}
-{"Clue":"Waste gambling token, which should have been a good investment (4,4)","Answer":"BLUE CHIP","Explanation":"Definition: which should have been a good investment\ndefinition: used to describe companies (or shares in companies) that are seen as reliable investments\n \nBLUE as a verb meaning 'squander'=\"Waste\" + CHIP=\"gambling token\""}
-{"Clue":"Miss musical as I enter into clinic (6)","Answer":"SAIGON","Explanation":"Definition: Miss musical\nI GO=\"I enter\", inside SAN (sanatorium, \"clinic\")"}
-{"Clue":"A warm bath \u2014 to an excess in the centre \u2026 (3,3)","Answer":"HOT TUB","Explanation":"Definition: A warm bath\nOTT (over the top, \"to an excess\"), in HUB=\"centre\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 and a cold shower (8)","Answer":"SNOWFALL","Explanation":"Definition: cold shower\ncryptic definition, with the link back to 24ac to mislead in the direction of a \"shower\" in the sense of bathing rather than a type of weather"}
-{"Clue":"Martin is college head (4)","Answer":"DEAN","Explanation":"Definition: college head"}
-{"Clue":"Our neighbour Peter worked with land (3,6)","Answer":"RED PLANET","Explanation":"Definition: Our neighbour\nthe RED PLANET Mars is Earth's \"neighbour\" in the Solar System\n \nanagram\/\"worked\" of (Peter land)"}
-{"Clue":"Neither obtuse nor grave (and not right) (5)","Answer":"ACUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Neither obtuse nor grave (and not right)\nan acute angle is neither an obtuse angle or a right angle\n \nand an acute accent (e.g. \u00e1) is not a grave accent (e.g \u00e0)"}
-{"Clue":"Eat nuts struggling, suffering from this? (7)","Answer":"TETANUS","Explanation":"Definition: suffering from this\nanagram\/\"struggling\" of (Eat nuts)"}
-{"Clue":"No pressure to satisfy contract (5)","Answer":"LEASE","Explanation":"Definition: contract\np-LEASE=\"satisfy\", minus the p (pressure)"}
-{"Clue":"Grabs pawn in unfinished game (7)","Answer":"PINCHES","Explanation":"Definition: Grabs\nP (pawn, chess abbreviation) IN CHES-[s]=\"in unfinished game\""}
-{"Clue":"Well, what to do with crumbling mortar is a painful subject (4,5)","Answer":"SORE POINT","Explanation":"Definition: painful subject"}
-{"Clue":"Being from the north, leaving clubs stupefied by drink (7)","Answer":"SOTTISH","Explanation":"Definition: stupefied by drink\ndefinition: like a sot (a drunk)\n \nS-C-OTTISH=\"Being from the north\", minus C (clubs, abbreviation in playing cards)"}
-{"Clue":"Get off the phone! (9)","Answer":"UNINSTALL","Explanation":"Definition: Get off the phone!\ncryptic definition \u2013 to remove an app from a phone, rather than to stop using the phone"}
-{"Clue":"I trade house that's featured in exhibition (5,4)","Answer":"IDEAL HOME","Explanation":"Definition: that's featured in exhibition\nI + DEAL=\"trade\" + HOME=\"house\""}
-{"Clue":"Go for drinking session and almost score (3,3,3)","Answer":"HIT THE BAR","Explanation":"Definition: Go for drinking session\ndouble definition: a bar that serves drinks, or e.g. in football, the bar of the goal"}
-{"Clue":"Always a heavyweight team now in trouble? (7)","Answer":"EVERTON","Explanation":"Definition: team now in trouble?\nEverton FC is a Premier League football team \u2013 \"trouble\" could refer to their low position in the league table, not sure if there are other troubles at the club\n \nEVER=\"Always\" + TON=\"heavyweight\""}
-{"Clue":"In danger perhaps, no longer maintaining position (7)","Answer":"EXPOSED","Explanation":"Definition: In danger perhaps\nEX=\"no longer\" + POSED=\"maintaining position\""}
-{"Clue":"Fine fabric needs about inch off (7)","Answer":"CHIFFON","Explanation":"Definition: Fine fabric\nanagram\/\"about\" of (inch off)"}
-{"Clue":"Small implement to make low seat (5)","Answer":"STOOL","Explanation":"Definition: low seat\nS (Small) + TOOL=\"implement\""}
-{"Clue":"It may be nestling in the barn (5)","Answer":"OWLET","Explanation":"Definition: It may be nestling in the barn\na young owl \u2013 in the surface, \"nestling\" as a noun meaning a young bird, rather than as a verb, and \"barn\" hinting at barn owls"}
-{"Clue":"Top of the range fountain pen (4,5)","Answer":"MONT BLANC","Explanation":"Definition: Top of the range\ndefinition: the highest mountain in the Alps \nMontblanc is a brand of fountain pens"}
-{"Clue":"Pompous dwarf's question about his identity? (5)","Answer":"MEDOC","Explanation":"definition: ? \u2026Chambers lists M\u00e9doc\u00a0as a wine named after a region of France \u2013 I can't link this to \"Pompous\" or find a different meaning \nwordplay: DOC is a \"Pompous dwarf\" in Disney's *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*, and might ask 'Me, Doc?' about his own identity"}
-{"Clue":"Glamorous girl's city rate (5)","Answer":"NYMPH","Explanation":"Definition: Glamorous girl\nNY (New York, \"city\") + MPH (miles per hour, \"rate\" of travel)"}
-{"Clue":"Between high and low tide \u2014 certainly, it's said (9)","Answer":"FORESHORE","Explanation":"Definition: Between high and low tide\ndefinition: the part of a shore between the limits reached by high and low tide \nsounds like\/\"it's said\": 'for sure'=\"certainly\""}
-{"Clue":"Row at home \u2014 tidy up the mess (10)","Answer":"DINING ROOM","Explanation":"Definition: mess\n\u2026I'm not sure about the enumeration (10), I would have expected (6,4) \ndefinition: a \"mess\" as in a dining hall\n \nDIN=hubbub=\"Row\" + IN=\"at home\" + GROOM=\"tidy up\""}
-{"Clue":"Joined by a thread from all quarters (4)","Answer":"SEWN","Explanation":"Definition: Joined by a thread\nmade from S E W N (South, East, West, North \u2013 all four compass points \/ \"quarters\")"}
-{"Clue":"Absolutely nothing about fashion \u2014 wearing Japanese sock! (3,1,3)","Answer":"NOT A BIT","Explanation":"Definition: Absolutely nothing\nreversal\/\"about\" of TON=\"fashion\" (from the French word), around\/\"wearing\" TABI=a type of \"Japanese sock\" with a separated big toe"}
-{"Clue":"Stud's accommodation \u2014 list on board (7)","Answer":"STABLES","Explanation":"Definition: Stud's accommodation\ndefinition: a stud horse \nTABLE as a way of presenting data=\"list\", inside SS (in a ship \/ \"on board\")"}
-{"Clue":"Straw breaking camel's back, doubly profligate (7)","Answer":"WASTREL","Explanation":"Definition: profligate\nanagram\/\"breaking\" of (Straw)* + last two letters (\"back, doubly\") of [cam]-EL"}
-{"Clue":"A nutcase? (7)","Answer":"CRANIUM","Explanation":"Definition: A nutcase?\ncryptic definition \u2013 \"nut\" as in a person's head"}
-{"Clue":"Insect on leaf, back to front (4)","Answer":"FLEA","Explanation":"Definition: Insect\nLEA-F with the back letter F moved to the front of the word"}
-{"Clue":"Broadcaster receiving reprimands for fireworks (10)","Answer":"SKYROCKETS","Explanation":"Definition: fireworks\nSKY the media\/TV company=\"Broadcaster\" + ROCKETS=informal word for \"reprimands\" either as noun or verb"}
-{"Clue":"We may be involved with saga about matches on the road (4,5)","Answer":"AWAY GAMES","Explanation":"Definition: matches on the road\nanagram\/\"involved\" of (We may saga)"}
-{"Clue":"From Spain, troubadour's first few bars (5)","Answer":"INTRO","Explanation":"Definition: first few bars\nhidden in\/taken \"From\": [Spa]-IN TRO-[ubadour]"}
-{"Clue":"Half of the chorus for the orchestra (5)","Answer":"HALLE","Explanation":"Definition: orchestra\ndefinition: the Hall\u00e9 is an English symphony orchestra based in Manchester \nhalf of HALLE-[lujah], reference to the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah"}
-{"Clue":"Reason to stamp out cattle illness (9)","Answer":"DISCOURSE","Explanation":"Definition: Reason\nDIE=a \"stamp\" for e.g. impressing coins, around\/outside of SCOURS=diarrhoea in cattle"}
-{"Clue":"Take care, you say, having explosives around (5)","Answer":"MINED","Explanation":"Definition: having explosives around\ndefinition: as in e.g. land mines \nsounds like\/\"you say\": 'mind'=\"Take care\""}
-{"Clue":"Mentions a change of names (9)","Answer":"NOMINATES","Explanation":"Definition: names\nanagram\/\"change\" of (Mentions a)"}
-{"Clue":"Landlords should be locked up (6,4)","Answer":"BEHIND BARS","Explanation":"Definition: locked up\npub landlords might be BEHIND BARS to serve drinks"}
-{"Clue":"Aircraft that flew in regular service, tested initially \u2014 again! (2,5)","Answer":"AT FIRST","Explanation":"Definition: again!\ndefinition: \"again\" referring to using \"initially\" as the definition, as well as in the wordplay \ninitial letters from A-ircraft + T-hat + F-lew + I-n + R-egular + S-ervice + T-ested"}
-{"Clue":"Loads with worries about game (7)","Answer":"CARGOES","Explanation":"Definition: Loads\nCARES=\"worries\" + GO=board \"game\""}
-{"Clue":"A lot of people in service (4)","Answer":"MASS","Explanation":"Definition: A lot of people\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Novel family appearing in Act 1 (5)","Answer":"DOONE","Explanation":"Definition: Novel family\nreference to *Lorna Doone* \nDO=\"Act\" + ONE=\"1\u2033"}
-{"Clue":"Can she go out married in this? (9)","Answer":"CHEONGSAM","Explanation":"Definition: in this\ndefinition: a type of dress, traditionally Chinese, that might be worn at a wedding \nanagram\/\"out\" of (Can she go)* *plus M (married) \u2013 edit thanks to Postmark and others in the comments"}
-{"Clue":"Harmonicas playing Cherry Liqueur (10)","Answer":"MARASCHINO","Explanation":"Definition: Cherry Liqueur\nanagram\/\"playing\" of (Harmonicas)"}
-{"Clue":"'Welsh fans upset' \u2014 it may interrupt a programme (9)","Answer":"NEWSFLASH","Explanation":"Definition: it may interrupt a programme\nanagram\/\"upset\" of (Welsh fans)"}
-{"Clue":"Cop leaves secret police bewildered in county town (9)","Answer":"LEICESTER","Explanation":"Definition: county town\nanagram\/\"bewildered\" of (secret police)*, minus the letters from \"Cop\""}
-{"Clue":"Similar to barking wildly (4,3)","Answer":"LIKE MAD","Explanation":"Definition: wildly\nLIKE=\"Similar to\" + MAD=\"barking\""}
-{"Clue":"Romeo lost in woods can't help losing it (7)","Answer":"CORPSES","Explanation":"Definition: can't help losing it\ndefinition: to corpse as an actor means to 'lose it' and break out into laughter \nR (Romeo, NATO alphabet) inside COPSES=\"woods\""}
-{"Clue":"Communication in bits (5)","Answer":"EMAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Communication in bits\ncryptic definition: \"bits\" referring to digital bits (bit as a unit of information)"}
-{"Clue":"Sound asleep! (5)","Answer":"SNORE","Explanation":"Definition: Sound asleep\ncryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Monstrous creature, so should be retired (4)","Answer":"OGRE","Explanation":"Definition: Monstrous creature\nERGO (therefore, \"so\"), reversed\/\"retired\""}
-{"Clue":"Not well disposed, finally Jeremy Hunt introduces remedy (9)","Answer":"UNHEALTHY","Explanation":"Definition: Not \nanagram\/\"disposed\" of (**y** Hunt)* with **y**=\"finally Jerem**y**\", around HEAL=\"remedy\" \nJeremy Hunt was UK Secretary of State for Health from 2012 to 2018"}
-{"Clue":"Drove away and broke down over a period of time (9)","Answer":"DISPELLED","Explanation":"Definition: Drove away\nDIED=\"broke down\" (e.g. a car engine dying), around SPELL=\"period of time\""}
-{"Clue":"French wine \u2014 litres swallowed in bar cold (5)","Answer":"BLANC","Explanation":"Definition: French wine\ntheme connection: Raymond Blanc \ndefinition: French for white wine\n \nL (litres) inside BAN=\"bar\", plus C (cold)"}
-{"Clue":"Clumsy fellow from Britain, more like Uriah Heep (7)","Answer":"BUMBLER","Explanation":"Definition: C\nB (Britain) + 'UMBLE-R=\"more like Uriah Heep\""}
-{"Clue":"Temporarily stop while away going round America (7)","Answer":"SUSPEND","Explanation":"Definition: Temporarily stop\nSPEND=\"while away\" (while away \/ spend time somewhere), around US=\"America\""}
-{"Clue":"Drug-filled idiot's knocked back booze in this (5)","Answer":"STEIN","Explanation":"Definition: booze in this\ntheme connection: Rick Stein \nE (ecstasy, \"Drug\"), filling inside NIT'S=\"idiot's\", all reversed\/\"knocked back\""}
-{"Clue":"Miss target, dropping ball (3)","Answer":"GAL","Explanation":"Definition: Miss\nG-O-AL=\"target\", minus the O=\"ball\" shaped letter"}
-{"Clue":"Exhausted after cycling, leaving nothing out (2,3)","Answer":"IN ALL","Explanation":"Definition: leaving nothing out\nALL IN=\"Exhausted\", cycling the words into the other order"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe 12, 17, 25, 26, 27, 31, 5 and 23, jeopardising 26 down or 2? (3,4,5)","Answer":"TOO MANY COOKS","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe \nCOOKS are the solutions to 12, 17, 25, 26ac, 27, 31, 5, and 23 \u2013 and too many cooks could spoil the 'broths' in the solutions to 2dn or 26dn"}
-{"Clue":"Claiming to lose \u00a31,000 over a bloomer (7)","Answer":"NIGELLA","Explanation":"Definition: a \ntheme connection: Nigella Lawson \ndefinition: the name of a flowering plant or \"bloomer\", also known as love-in-a-mist\n \nALLEGIN-G, losing a G ('G' for a grand, \u00a31000), and reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Metalworker, terribly hit and miss, is dismissed (5)","Answer":"SMITH","Explanation":"Definition: Metalworker\ntheme connection: Delia Smith \nanagram\/\"terribly\" of (hit m-**is**-s)*, minus the letters of \"**is**\""}
-{"Clue":"Gangster grabs lowly vagrant in star-studded area (9)","Answer":"HOLLYWOOD","Explanation":"Definition: star-studded area\ntheme connection: Paul Hollywood \nHOOD=\"Gangster\", around anagram\/\"vagrant\" of (lowly)"}
-{"Clue":"Rude ten Hag almost trashed dugout, needing a break? (9)","Answer":"UNEARTHED","Explanation":"Definition: dugout, needing a break\ndefinition: adding a \"break\" or space into \"dug\/out\" gives 'dug out', a definition of UNEARTHED \nanagram\/\"trashed\" of (Rude ten **Ha**)*, with **Ha**=\"Hag almost\"\n \nErik ten Hag is the manager of Manchester United Football Club"}
-{"Clue":"Chuck fruit (5)","Answer":"BERRY","Explanation":"Definition: Chuck\ntheme connection: Mary Berry"}
-{"Clue":"Trip facilitator from Cuba's capital financing tours (4)","Answer":"ACID","Explanation":"Definition: Trip facilitator\ndefinition referring to a \"Trip\" as in a psychedelic experience \n\"capital\" letter of C-uba, and AID=\"financing\" goes around\/\"tours\""}
-{"Clue":"Colt running miles in an unspecified course (8)","Answer":"CONSOMME","Explanation":"Definition: course\ndefinition: \"course\" as in a part of a meal \u2013 a CONSOMM\u00c9 is a soup \nC (Colt, in horse racing) + ON=\"running\", plus M (miles) in SOME=\"an unspecified\""}
-{"Clue":"Court victor's appeal about case of homicide (4)","Answer":"ASHE","Explanation":"Definition: Court victor\ndefinition: Arthur Ashe who won tournaments on the tennis court \nSA (Sex Appeal) reversed\/\"around\", plus the outer letters\/\"case\" of H-omicid-E"}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish shot for golf, one in the pond? (8)","Answer":"BULLFROG","Explanation":"Definition: one in the pond\nBULL=\"Rubbish\" + anagram\/\"shot\" of (for)* + G (Golf in the NATO alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Travelled south across hot island (6)","Answer":"RHODES","Explanation":"Definition: island\ntheme connection: Gary Rhodes \nRODE=\"Travelled\" + S (south), going around\/\"across\" H (hot)"}
-{"Clue":"Battering Italian white meat with no good covering (10)","Answer":"LAMBASTING","Explanation":"Definition: Battering\nASTI=\"Italian white\" wine; with LAMB=\"meat\" and NG (no good, e.g. used to describe a TV recording) going around\/\"covering\""}
-{"Clue":"American guy's order given to men (2,4)","Answer":"AT EASE","Explanation":"Definition: order given to men\nA (American) + TEASE=\"guy\" as a verb meaning to make fun of someone"}
-{"Clue":"Say, an act with nothing even in harmony (4)","Answer":"SYNC","Explanation":"Definition: harmony\nS-a-Y a-N a-C-t, with none of the \"even\" letters"}
-{"Clue":"Harry Kane at last stops Man U player (5)","Answer":"BESET","Explanation":"Definition: Harry\nlast letter of [Kan]-E, stopping inside George BEST =\"Man U player\""}
-{"Clue":"Cheese and bread chopped up in real bags (10)","Answer":"LANCASHIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Cheese\nCASH=\"bread\", bagged inside anagram\/\"chopped up\" of (in real)"}
-{"Clue":"With adult delayed, distributed letter (5)","Answer":"DELTA","Explanation":"Definition: letter\nDEALT=\"distributed\" with the A for \"adult\" moved to the end or \"delayed\""}
-{"Clue":"Letter from pair of kids describing New Year (8)","Answer":"LANDLADY","Explanation":"Definition: Letter\ndefinition: someone who 'lets' out a property \nLAD LAD=\"pair of kids\" around N (New), plus Y (Year)"}
-{"Clue":"Game over? Everybody hides outside (3,5)","Answer":"ALL FOURS","Explanation":"Definition: Game\ndefinition: All Fours is a card game \nO (over, in cricket), with both ALL=\"Everyone\" and FURS=\"hides\" going \"outside\""}
-{"Clue":"Repeated element of solo on organ is musical (6)","Answer":"OLIVER","Explanation":"Definition: musical\ntheme connection: Jamie Oliver \nO is the only repeated letter in the word \"solo\", plus LIVER=\"organ\""}
-{"Clue":"Sailors' chant in typhoon occasionally including surprised cry (2-2-2)","Answer":"YO-HO-HO","Explanation":"Definition: Sailors' chant\noccasional letters of t-Y-p-H-o-O-n, around OHO=\"surprised cry\""}
-{"Clue":"Little money in France and here for food (4)","Answer":"SOUP","Explanation":"Definition: food\nSOU=a former French coin of low value=\"Little money in France\" + P (penny, \"Little money\u2026 here [in the UK]\")"}
-{"Clue":"Two unidentical sons, flipping hooligans! (4)","Answer":"YOBS","Explanation":"Definition: hooligans\nS (son) + BOY=a second, different, \"son\"; all reversed\/\"flipping\""}
-{"Clue":"Picked up shock in periods of global revolution (4)","Answer":"DAYS","Explanation":"Definition: periods of global revolution\ndefinition referring to the daily rotation of the Earth on its axis \nsounds like\/\"Picked up\": 'daze'=\"shock\""}
-{"Clue":"Retiring from transport company surprisingly flush (7)","Answer":"BASHFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Retiring\nBA (British Airways, \"transport company\") + anagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (flush)"}
-{"Clue":"Skilful concealing old British firm's shortfall (7)","Answer":"DEFICIT","Explanation":"Definition: shortfall\nDEFT=\"Skilful\" around ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries, \"old British firm\")"}
-{"Clue":"Conspicuous volume of doubly fine drugs swallowed by company board with caution (6-5,4)","Answer":"COFFEE-TABLE BOOK","Explanation":"Definition: Conspicuous volume\nFF + EE; both inside CO (company) + TABLE=\"board\" + BOOK=\"caution\" \nFF is double F, for \"doubly fine\"\n \nEE is more than one E for ecstasy, \"drugs\"\n \na football referee might book\/caution a player by giving them a yellow card"}
-{"Clue":"Not entirely cool at hip club in India (5)","Answer":"LATHI","Explanation":"Definition: club \ndefinition: a type of blunt weapon in India \nhidden in coo-L AT HI-p"}
-{"Clue":"Puritan and saint drinking wine \u2014 they may be in bed (9)","Answer":"PRIMROSES","Explanation":"Definition: they may be in bed\ndefinition referring to a flower bed \nPRIM=\"Puritan\" + S (saint), around ROSE=ros\u00e9 \"wine\""}
-{"Clue":"Setter dons apron for cooking, keeping dry (9)","Answer":"RAINPROOF","Explanation":"Definition: keeping dry\nI=\"Setter\" of this puzzle; inside anagram\/\"cooking\" of (apron for)"}
-{"Clue":"Statesperson, one given bagel and pasty (5)","Answer":"IOWAN","Explanation":"Definition: Statesperson\ndefinition: someone from the state of Iowa \nI=\"one\" + O (a \"bagel\" is a score of 0 games in a tennis set) + WAN=\"pasty\""}
-{"Clue":"4\u00d74 car, not Rover or Sierra (5)","Answer":"RANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Sierra\ndefinition: a sierra is a mountain range \nRANGE Rover=\"4\u00d74 car\", minus the \"Rover\""}
-{"Clue":"Being crude, oil's kept here without saving the planet? (9)","Answer":"INDECORUM","Explanation":"Definition: Being crude\nIN DRUM=\"oil's kept here\", going outside\/\"without\" ECO=\"saving the planet?\""}
-{"Clue":"Stall worker given zero extra cash (9)","Answer":"TEMPORISE","Explanation":"Definition: Stall\nTEMP (a temp worker) + O=\"zero\" + RISE=increase in salary=\"extra cash\""}
-{"Clue":"Game's involving two bridge players getting tricks (5)","Answer":"RUSES","Explanation":"Definition: tricks\nRU 'S (rugby union + 's, \"Game's\"); around SE (South and East, \"two bridge players\")"}
-{"Clue":"Film version of Hamlet with antic Dane trapping foreign king (6,3,6)","Answer":"THELMA AND LOUISE","Explanation":"Definition: Film\nanagram\/\"version\" of (Hamlet)*, plus anagram\/\"antic\" of (Dane)* around LOUIS=name of many kings of France=\"foreign king\""}
-{"Clue":"What tennis player does after a let shows modesty (7)","Answer":"RESERVE","Explanation":"Definition: modesty\na tennis player would RE-SERVE, serve again, after a let call"}
-{"Clue":"Philosopher astride horse or kind of lamb (7)","Answer":"PASCHAL","Explanation":"Definition: kind of lamb\ndefinition: a paschal lamb is a lamb sacrificed at Passover \nBlaise PASCAL the philosopher, around H (horse)"}
-{"Clue":"Bend sinister at the bottom in shield (7)","Answer":"BUCKLER","Explanation":"Definition: shield\nBUCKLE=\"Bend\" with the last\/\"bottom\" letter of siniste-R"}
-{"Clue":"Peter amended tiny part of Bible giving reason to stick together (6,2,7)","Answer":"SAFETY IN NUMBERS","Explanation":"Definition: reason to stick together\n\"Peter\" is slang for a money box or SAFE\u00a0+ anagram\/\"amended\" of (tiny)* + NUMBERS=a book of the Bible"}
-{"Clue":"Charges current politician over void lease for land ownership (3,6)","Answer":"FEE SIMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: land ownership\ndefinition: a term for unconditional ownership of land \nFEES=\"Charges\" + I (symbol for electric current) + MP (Member of Parliament, \"politician\") + L-eas-E void of its inner letters"}
-{"Clue":"Smashed bulb may be so (3,2)","Answer":"LIT UP","Explanation":"Definition: Smashed\ndefinition: 'lit up' and 'smashed' are both terms to describe being drunk \na light bulb might also be LIT UP\n \n(\u2026and a smashed\/anagrammed TULIP bulb might also give LIT UP?)"}
-{"Clue":"Grilled cheese scoffed after case of Drambuie (9)","Answer":"DEBRIEFED","Explanation":"Definition: Grilled\nBRIE=\"cheese\" + FED=\"scoffed\", all after the outer letters\/\"case\" of D-rambui-E"}
-{"Clue":"Official admitting hesitation over having more autonomy (5)","Answer":"FREER","Explanation":"Definition: having more autonomy\nREF (referee, \"Official\") around ER=\"hesitation\", all reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Succeeded cracking puzzles needing brains and hard fight (5,6,4)","Answer":"CROSS SWORDS WITH","Explanation":"Definition: fight\nS (Succeeded) cracking into CROSSWORDS=\"puzzles\" plus WIT=\"brains\" + H (hard)"}
-{"Clue":"In front of uncovered king, captures rooks (5,2)","Answer":"TAKES IN","Explanation":"Definition: rooks\ndefinition: to rook means to swindle, fleece, 'take in' \nk-IN-g without its outer letters\/\"uncovered\", with TAKES=\"captures\" going in front"}
-{"Clue":"Start travelling to Nigeria (9)","Answer":"ORIGINATE","Explanation":"Definition: Start\nanagram\/\"travelling\" of (to Nigeria)"}
-{"Clue":"Trendy blackguard has debts with no interest (9)","Answer":"INCURIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: with no interest\nIN=\"Trendy\" + CUR=\"blackguard\" + IOUS=I owe you s=\"debts\""}
-{"Clue":"Spinner, which is unaffected by spinning? (7)","Answer":"ROTATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Spinner\nROTATOR is a palindrome, the same when reversed\/\"unaffected by spinning\""}
-{"Clue":"Inappropriately, give hands to married ladies when dancing (7)","Answer":"MISDEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Inappropriately, give hands\ndefinition refers to \"hands\" dealt out in a card game \nM (married) + anagram\/\"dancing\" of (ladies)"}
-{"Clue":"Female leaving old seafood (5)","Answer":"ORMER","Explanation":"Definition: seafood\ndefinition: an edible ear-shaped mollusc \nf (female) leaving f-ORMER=\"old\""}
-{"Clue":"Finish eg trifle, extremely nice after turnover (3,2)","Answer":"END UP","Explanation":"Definition: Finish\nPUD=pudding (\"eg trifle\") plus the extreme\/outer letters of N-ic-E; all reversed\/\"after turnover\""}
-{"Clue":"Be smarter than winner? What do you think? (3,4,2)","Answer":"OUT WITH IT","Explanation":"Definition: Wha\nOUTWIT=\"Be smarter than\" + HIT=a success=\"winner\""}
-{"Clue":"Supply content for a French paper (5)","Answer":"EQUIP","Explanation":"Definition: Supply\nL'**\u00c9QUIP**E is the name of a \"French paper\", and EQUIP is contained in \/ is the \"content for\" this"}
-{"Clue":"Land fish \u2014 one is thrown back, having been caught (7)","Answer":"TUNISIA","Explanation":"Definition: Land\nTUNA=\"fish\", around both of: I=\"one\" plus IS reversed\/\"thrown back\""}
-{"Clue":"Harrow teacher cycling to Thailand (7)","Answer":"TORMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Harrow\ndefinition: \"Harrow\" as a verb meaning 'cause distress to' \nMENTOR=\"teacher\", with some of the letters 'cycling' around in order, plus T (Thailand, IVR)"}
-{"Clue":"It's played in honour of leader (4)","Answer":"OBOE","Explanation":"Definition: It's played\nOBE (Order of the British Empire, \"honour\"), with the leading letter of O-f inside\/\"in\""}
-{"Clue":"Henry staying in York location for free (2,3,5)","Answer":"ON THE HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: for free\nH (Henry, SI unit of inductance), in ON THE OUSE=\"York location\" \u2013 the Ouse is a river in Yorkshire"}
-{"Clue":"No bother mostly cutting through concrete (7)","Answer":"REFUSAL","Explanation":"Definition: No\nFUS-[s]=\"bother mostly\", inside REAL=\"concrete\""}
-{"Clue":"Composer Zuckerberg's baby born in South Africa (7)","Answer":"SMETANA","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\ndefinition: Czech composer Bedrich Smetana \nMETA (Formerly Facebook, Inc., founded by Mark Zuckerberg), plus N (n\u00e9e, \"born\" [with the name of\u2026]); all inside SA (South Africa)"}
-{"Clue":"Run, man, run! He may stop him (5,5)","Answer":"EXTRA COVER","Explanation":"Definition: He may stop him\ndefinition: a cricket fielding position, so one who will try to stop the batting team from scoring runs \nEXTRA (a type of \"Run\" in cricket) + COVE=\"man\" + R (abbreviation for \"run\" in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Wait for one tenor to join in (4)","Answer":"STAY","Explanation":"Definition: Wait\nSAY=for example=\"for one\", with T (tenor) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Duchess ultimately visits on and off \u2014 it's enough for duke (7)","Answer":"FISTFUL","Explanation":"Definition: it's \ndefinition: \"duke\" can be a noun meaning a fist, or a verb meaning to strike with a fist \n[Duches]-S, inside FITFUL=\"on and off\""}
-{"Clue":"Drive truck back surrounded by monkeys (7)","Answer":"IMPETUS","Explanation":"Definition: Drive\nUTE (Australian slang, 'utility vehicle' or \"truck\"), reversed\/\"back\" and inside IMPS=\"monkeys\""}
-{"Clue":"Revealed in touching way (5)","Answer":"ROUTE","Explanation":"Definition: way\nOUT=\"Revealed\", in RE=concerning, about=\"touching\""}
-{"Clue":"Artist one criminal attacks violently (5,4)","Answer":"TEARS INTO","Explanation":"Definition: attacks violently\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (Artist one)"}
-{"Clue":"Homeworkers to Fred seriously touched (2-2-11)","Answer":"DO-IT-YOURSELFERS","Explanation":"Definition: Homeworkers\nanagram\/\"touched\" of (to Fred seriously)"}
-{"Clue":"Workers with new party in impasse (5-3)","Answer":"STAND-OFF","Explanation":"Definition: impasse\nSTAFF=\"Workers\", with both N (new) + DO=\"party\" inside"}
-{"Clue":"Twice harbouring a prejudice (4)","Answer":"BIAS","Explanation":"Definition: prejudice\nBIS (\"Twice\", musical direction), around A"}
-{"Clue":"Small change affected her plans (8)","Answer":"SHRAPNEL","Explanation":"Definition: Small change\ndefinition: informal term for loose coins \nanagram\/\"affected\" of (her plans)"}
-{"Clue":"Idiot in school's a pain (6)","Answer":"STITCH","Explanation":"Definition: pain\nTIT=\"Idiot\" in SCH (school)"}
-{"Clue":"Don't know location of London Bridge? Head for market close to here (6,2)","Answer":"SEARCH ME","Explanation":"Definition: Don't know\nSE (South East, \"location of London\") + ARCH=\"Bridge\", plus M-arket and her-E"}
-{"Clue":"Game about having fancy man over desk (6)","Answer":"BUREAU","Explanation":"Definition: desk\nRU (Rugby Union, \"game\"), reversed\/\"about\", and with BEAU=\"fancy man\" going \"over\"\/around it"}
-{"Clue":"Unpredictable psychopaths are gathering round former drug dealer (11,4)","Answer":"APOTHECARYS SHOP","Explanation":"Definition: former drug dealer\nanagram\/\"Unpredictable\" of (psychopaths are)*, around O=\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Stole nuts from the bottom and left quickly (8)","Answer":"SNAFFLED","Explanation":"Definition: Stole\nFANS=enthusiasts=\"nuts\" reversed\/\"from the bottom\" + FLED=\"left quickly\""}
-{"Clue":"Playwright (female) at rock bottom after upset (8)","Answer":"SHERIDAN","Explanation":"Definition: Playwright\ndefinition: Richard Brinsley Sheridan \nSHE=\"female\" + NADIR=\"rock bottom\" reversed\/\"after upset\""}
-{"Clue":"At home in New York, perhaps (8)","Answer":"ASTATINE","Explanation":"Definition: At\ndefinition: \"At\" is the symbol for chemical element ASTATINE \nIN=\"home\", in A STATE=\"New York, perhaps\""}
-{"Clue":"Paper that's made up of lies? (6)","Answer":"TISSUE","Explanation":"Definition: Paper\n'a tissue of lies' is a story that is false (or \"made up\")"}
-{"Clue":"Recently let down, having left Delaware for love (2,4)","Answer":"OF LATE","Explanation":"Definition: Recently\n**DE**-FLATE=\"let down\" replacing **DE** (\"Delaware\") with O=\"love\""}
-{"Clue":"Scary colleague in Shoreditch so psyched up (4)","Answer":"POSH","Explanation":"Definition: Scary colleague\ndefinition: 'Posh Spice' and 'Scary Spice' were colleagues in the Spice Girls \nhidden\/\"in\" and reversed\/\"up\": Shoreditc-**H SO P**-syched"}
-{"Clue":"Loudly sets off with crews having cool talent for trading (12)","Answer":"SALESMANSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: talent for trading\nSALES sounds like 'sails'=\"sets off\" + MANS as a verb=operates, runs=\"crews\" + HIP=\"cool\""}
-{"Clue":"Encountered love embracing people in remembrance (7)","Answer":"MEMENTO","Explanation":"Definition: remembrance\nMET=\"Encountered\" + O=\"love\", all around MEN=\"people\""}
-{"Clue":"Duplicates game (7)","Answer":"DOUBLES","Explanation":"Definition: Duplicates\n*double *definition \u2013 matching pairs, or a game of tennis"}
-{"Clue":"Bother group that's devoted (7)","Answer":"ADORING","Explanation":"Definition: devoted\nADO=\"Bother\" + RING=\"group\""}
-{"Clue":"Seaside attraction visited by posh fellows looking more inflated (7)","Answer":"PUFFIER","Explanation":"Definition: l\nPIER=\"Seaside attraction\", around all of: U (upper-class, \"posh\") and F + F (fellow, more than once)"}
-{"Clue":"Son involved in fight returned with scrapes (5)","Answer":"RASPS","Explanation":"Definition: scrapes\nS (Son), inside SPAR=\"fight\" reversed\/\"returned\""}
-{"Clue":"Colleague of Spooner's strengthened cry (9)","Answer":"BEDFELLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Colleague\nSpoonerism of 'fed bellow'=\"strengthened cry\""}
-{"Clue":"Tool for fixing small drum support with unlimited junk (6,3)","Answer":"STAPLE GUN","Explanation":"Definition: Tool for fixing\nS (small) + TAP=\"drum\" + LEG=\"support\" + j-UN-k without its outer letters\/'unlimited\""}
-{"Clue":"Confused ostrich losing way in part of church (5)","Answer":"CHOIR","Explanation":"Definition: part of church\nanagram\/\"Confused\" of (o **st** rich)* minus the **st** (street, \"way\")"}
-{"Clue":"Prompted college to replace verb in request by director (7)","Answer":"INCITED","Explanation":"Definition: Prompted\nC (college) replacing **V** (verb) in IN-**V**-ITE=\"request\", plus D (director)"}
-{"Clue":"Servant returning before 4 in Middle East city (3,4)","Answer":"TEL AVIV","Explanation":"Definition: Middle East city\nVALET=\"Servant\", reversed\/\"returning\", plus IV=\"4\" in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Try bit of dessert and enjoy \u2014 divine! (7)","Answer":"GODLIKE","Explanation":"Definition: divine\nGO=\"Try\" as in 'have a go \/ try' + **D** (bit of **d**-essert) + LIKE=\"enjoy\""}
-{"Clue":"Excel with soldiers in the open air (7)","Answer":"OUTDOOR","Explanation":"Definition: in the open air\nOUTDO=\"Excel\" + OR (other ranks, \"soldiers\")"}
-{"Clue":"Husband having brass header sculpted for those selling sewing things (12)","Answer":"HABERDASHERS","Explanation":"Definition: those selling sewing things\nH (Husband) + anagram\/\"sculpted\" of (brass header)"}
-{"Clue":"Calls for problems around start of the week (7)","Answer":"SUMMONS","Explanation":"Definition: Calls for\nSUMS=maths \"problems\", around MON (Monday, \"start of the week\")"}
-{"Clue":"Seeds contributed to those French (7)","Answer":"LENTILS","Explanation":"Definition: Seeds\nLENT=\"contributed\" + ILS=\"those [in] French\""}
-{"Clue":"Waterproof container with bit of suspicious smell English talk about (6,3)","Answer":"SPONGE BAG","Explanation":"Definition: Waterproof container\n**S** (bit of **s**-uspicious) + PONG=\"smell\" + E (English) + GAB=\"talk\" reversed\/\"about\""}
-{"Clue":"A duke and daughter happy to be consistent (3,2)","Answer":"ADD UP","Explanation":"Definition: be consistent\nfor definition: e.g. 'this doesn't add up' = 'this isn't consistent'\n \nA + D (duke) + D (daughter) + UP=\"happy\""}
-{"Clue":"Ridiculous huff led, in part, to mix up (7)","Answer":"SHUFFLE","Explanation":"Definition: mix up\nhidden in Ridiculou- S HUFF LE -d"}
-{"Clue":"Carpathian is going to resolve hostility (3,4)","Answer":"ILL WILL","Explanation":"Definition: hostility\nI'LL=the setter\/Carpathian is going to, plus WILL=\"resolve\" as a noun"}
-{"Clue":"One RBS manager's horribly awkward (12)","Answer":"EMBARRASSING","Explanation":"Definition: awkward\nanagram\/\"horribly\" of (**I** RBS manager)*, with the **I**=\"One\""}
-{"Clue":"Warden going to clubs for drinks (12)","Answer":"SCREWDRIVERS","Explanation":"Definition: drinks\ndefinition: a screwdriver is a cocktail\n \nSCREW=slang for a prison \"Warden\" + DRIVERS=golf \"clubs\""}
-{"Clue":"Professor shares unopened gifts (9)","Answer":"DONATIONS","Explanation":"Definition: gifts\nDON=\"Professor\" + [R]-ATIONS=\"shares\" without its opening letter"}
-{"Clue":"In midst of song rotter finds paradise (7)","Answer":"ARCADIA","Explanation":"Definition: paradise\ndefinition: an ideal of a simple rural lifestyle\n \nARIA=\"song\" with CAD=\"rotter\" in the middle"}
-{"Clue":"Tardis regularly placed in street for convenience (7)","Answer":"LATRINE","Explanation":"Definition: convenience\ndefinition: convenience meaning lavatory\n \nregular letters of T-a-R-d-I-s, inside LANE=\"street\""}
-{"Clue":"Many wearing charming item of clothing (7)","Answer":"CULOTTE","Explanation":"Definition: item of clothing\nLOT=\"Many\" inside CUTE=\"charming\""}
-{"Clue":"Unconscious, having no lithium that's clear (7)","Answer":"OBVIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: c\nOB-**LI**-VIOUS=\"Unconscious\", minus **LI** (chemical symbol for lithium)"}
-{"Clue":"Fear about to be suppressed by father (5)","Answer":"DREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Fear\nRE=concerning, \"about\"; inside DAD=\"father\""}
-{"Clue":"Another country and this one are in trouble (7)","Answer":"UKRAINE","Explanation":"Definition: Another country\nUK=this country=\"this one\" + anagram\/\"trouble\" of (are in)"}
-{"Clue":"Handle a bit of butter (4)","Answer":"KNOB","Explanation":"Definition: Handle\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Golf in Africa may be conditionally possible (10)","Answer":"CONTINGENT","Explanation":"Definition: conditionally possible\nG (Golf, NATO alphabet), in CONTINENT=\"Africa\""}
-{"Clue":"Let's deal with flyaway hair (6)","Answer":"PERMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Let\nPERM IT=\"deal with flyaway hair\""}
-{"Clue":"Effort of past orient travelling (8)","Answer":"EXERTION","Explanation":"Definition: Effort\nEX=old, former=\"past\" + anagram\/\"travelling\" of (orient)"}
-{"Clue":"High-tech spree leaves an uneasy feeling (3,6)","Answer":"THE CREEPS","Explanation":"Definition: uneasy feeling\nanagram\/\"High\" of (tech spree)"}
-{"Clue":"Edward Ledger (5)","Answer":"HEATH","Explanation":"Definition: Edward\nEdward HEATH, former UK Prime Minister; or HEATH Ledger, Australian actor"}
-{"Clue":"A northerner, of course (5)","Answer":"ASCOT","Explanation":"Definition: course\ndefinition: a race \"course\"\n \nA SCOT=\"A northerner\""}
-{"Clue":"Single and in good shape after Matilda leaves (9)","Answer":"UNMARRIED","Explanation":"Definition: Single\nUNMARR**I**ED becomes UNMARRED=\"in good shape\" after **I**=\"Matilda\" leaves"}
-{"Clue":"Hobby for dad? Stamp collector? (8)","Answer":"PASSPORT","Explanation":"Definition: Stamp collector?\ndefinition refers to passports being stamped when crossing a border\n \nPA'S SPORT=\"Hobby for dad?\""}
-{"Clue":"One hooked and held by mad dictator (6)","Answer":"ADDICT","Explanation":"Definition: One hooked\nhidden in m-AD DICT-ator"}
-{"Clue":"Memorial King George originally built for unit (10)","Answer":"KILOGRAMME","Explanation":"Definition: unit\nanagram\/\"originally\" of (Memorial K G)*, with K=\"king\" and **G**=\"**G**eorge originally\""}
-{"Clue":"Dior fashionista's retro style (4)","Answer":"AFRO","Explanation":"Definition: style\nhidden\/contained inside [\"Dior fashionista's\" to be read as \"Dior fashionista has\"] and reversed\/\"retro\": Di-**OR FA**-shionista"}
-{"Clue":"Quiet provider of milkshake (7)","Answer":"SHUDDER","Explanation":"Definition: shake\nSH=\"Quiet\" + UDDER=\"provider of milk\""}
-{"Clue":"Extremely dreary and unpleasant line (7)","Answer":"DYNASTY","Explanation":"Definition: line\nextreme letters of D-rear-Y, plus NASTY=\"unpleasant\""}
-{"Clue":"Director, born in Kent, first to have better managed a good hospital (7,7)","Answer":"KENNETH BRANAGH","Explanation":"Definition: Director\nNE=n\u00e9=\"born\", in KENT, plus \"first\" letters to H-ave and B-etter, RAN=\"managed\" + A + G (good) + H (hospital)"}
-{"Clue":"Capone's behind collection of songs (5)","Answer":"ALBUM","Explanation":"Definition: collection of songs\nAL (Al Capone the gangster) + BUM=\"behind\""}
-{"Clue":"Unlikely item from Nike etc? (7)","Answer":"NECKTIE","Explanation":"Definition: Unlikely item from Nike etc?\ndefinition: a formal item like a necktie might not be expected from sports brand Nike\n \nanagram\/\"from\" (Nike etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Mountie catching a thief (6)","Answer":"RAIDER","Explanation":"Definition: thief\nRIDER=\"Mountie\" around A=\"a\""}
-{"Clue":"What one needs to retire near fresh water (9)","Answer":"NIGHTWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: What one needs to retire\nNIGH=\"near\" + anagram\/\"fresh\" of (water)"}
-{"Clue":"Complaint about individual having left the building (4,3)","Answer":"GONE OUT","Explanation":"Definition: having left the building\nGOUT=\"Complaint\" in the sense of a medical condition, around ONE=\"individual\""}
-{"Clue":"How the story began came out in open letters (4,4,1,4)","Answer":"ONCE UPON A TIME","Explanation":"Definition: How the story began\nanagram\/\"letters\" of (came out in open)"}
-{"Clue":"What are you doing, Socrates, half-drunk with weapon? (9)","Answer":"CROSSWORD","Explanation":"Definition: What are you doing\ndefinition: what are you [the solver] doing\/working on?\n \nhalf of Socr-[ates], for an anagram\/\"drunk\" of (Socr)*, plus SWORD=\"weapon\""}
-{"Clue":"European resort hotel covering up immorality (7)","Answer":"SPANISH","Explanation":"Definition: European\nSPA=\"resort\" + H (hotel), around\/\"covering\" reversal\/\"up\" of SIN=\"immorality\""}
-{"Clue":"School rogue in casualty? Gosh! (7)","Answer":"ACADEMY","Explanation":"Definition: School\nCAD=\"rogue\" in AE (A&E, accident & emergency, \"casualty\"), plus MY=\"Gosh!\""}
-{"Clue":"Right in leaving out passage (7)","Answer":"EXCERPT","Explanation":"Definition: passage\nR (Right) in EXCEPT=\"leaving out\""}
-{"Clue":"Rough sounding path (6)","Answer":"COARSE [COURSE?]","Explanation":"the Guardian website gives COARSE=\"Rough\" as the solution, as a homophone for COURSE=\"path\""}
-{"Clue":"Show stuff in revolting commercial (5)","Answer":"DRAMA","Explanation":"Definition: Show\ndefinition: a DRAMA can mean a play or \"Show\"\n \nRAM=\"stuff\", in AD=\"commercial\" reversed\/\"revolting\""}
-{"Clue":"Stress over work? Quite the opposite (9)","Answer":"UNDERLINE","Explanation":"Definition: Stress\nLINE=occupation=\"work\" as in 'what's your line?', so UNDER LINE is the opposite of 'over line'=\"over work\""}
-{"Clue":"Amuse daughter going round water feature in capital (5)","Answer":"TREVI","Explanation":"Definition: water feature in capital\ndefinition refers to the Trevi fountain in Rome \nD-IVERT=\"Amuse\" with D (daughter) removed\/\"going\", reversed\/\"round\""}
-{"Clue":"Make a mistake feeding rustic poet (7)","Answer":"HERRICK","Explanation":"Definition: poet\ndefinition: the poet Robert Herrick \nERR=\"Make a mistake\", inside HICK=\"rustic\" as a noun"}
-{"Clue":"One hour's spent describing Meg's backside \u2014 cheeky! (7)","Answer":"ROGUISH","Explanation":"Definition: cheeky\nanagram (spent, similar in meaning to 'used') of (I HOUR'S)*, with I=\"One\", around the back of [Me]-G"}
-{"Clue":"Meet round side and do a runner (4)","Answer":"FLIT","Explanation":"Definition: do a runner\ndefinition: to move quickly \nFIT=\"Meet\", around L (left, \"side\")"}
-{"Clue":"Not still angry? (7,3)","Answer":"HOPPING MAD","Explanation":"Definition: Not still \ncryptic definition: \"Not still\" as in moving around, 'hopping'"}
-{"Clue":"Pets whose traditional enemies doubled at first (7)","Answer":"MOGGIES","Explanation":"Definition: Pets\nD-OGGIES=\"traditional enemies [of cats\/moggies]\", with the \"first\" letter D (500 in Roman numerals) \"doubled\" to M (1,000 in Roman numerals)"}
-{"Clue":"Break with former court favourite? Boycott's no good! (4,3)","Answer":"TIME OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Break\nTIM + [g]-EOFF minus g (good)"}
-{"Clue":"Here, time's up! (5,5)","Answer":"CLOCK TOWER","Explanation":"Definition: Here, time's up\ncryptic definition: at a clock tower, the time is displayed \"up\" at the top of the tower"}
-{"Clue":"Fish round lake doing nothing (4)","Answer":"IDLE","Explanation":"Definition: doing nothing\nIDE=type of \"Fish\", around L (lake)"}
-{"Clue":"Hill on track heading west \u2014 I start to climb moving on (7)","Answer":"NOMADIC","Explanation":"Definition: moving on\nDAMON reversed\/\"heading west\", plus I, plus C-limb"}
-{"Clue":"Cause of suffering \u2014 not having a second bottle! (7)","Answer":"SCOURGE","Explanation":"Definition: Cause of suffering\nS (second) + COUR-**a**-GE, with '**a**' removed\/\"not having **a**\""}
-{"Clue":"Son and his mates playing in drives (5)","Answer":"SPURS","Explanation":"Definition: Son and his m\ndouble definition: the first definition refers to Spurs as the football team with Son Heung-min as a player"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign article is clear-sighted (9)","Answer":"REALISTIC","Explanation":"Definition: clear-sighted\nanagram\/\"Foreign\" of (article is)"}
-{"Clue":"Chances of US mum fighting to keep husband largely the same (4,2,1,8)","Answer":"MUCH OF A MUCHNESS","Explanation":"Definition: l\nanagram\/\"fighting\" of (Chances of US mum)*, around H (husband)"}
-{"Clue":"Decorating trouble \u2014 call to engage handyman in the end (8)","Answer":"ADORNING","Explanation":"Definition: Decorating\nADO=\"trouble\" + RING=\"call\" around handyma-N"}
-{"Clue":"Be behind redhead in shadow (5)","Answer":"TRAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Be behind\n\"head\" of R-ed, inside TAIL=\"shadow\""}
-{"Clue":"Exploits at work finally impress weaklings (8)","Answer":"MILKSOPS","Explanation":"Definition: weaklings\nMILKS=\"Exploits\" as a verb + OP (opus, work) + impres-S"}
-{"Clue":"Rents show no restraint (3,3)","Answer":"LET RIP","Explanation":"Definition: show no restraint\nLET and RIP are two meanings of 'rent', or two \"Rents\""}
-{"Clue":"Same agent changed what player's called (5,4)","Answer":"STAGE NAME","Explanation":"Definition: what player's called\nanagram\/\"changed\" of (Same agent)"}
-{"Clue":"Lack of variety cycling \u2014 correct? Let me think! (6)","Answer":"TEDIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Lack of variety\nEDI-T=\"correct\" as a verb, with the last letter cycling to the front, plus UM=verbal hesitation, \"Let me think\""}
-{"Clue":"The wife and a 'friend' messed around inside, so it's not 17 down (4,1,10)","Answer":"WITH A DIFFERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: not 17 down\ndefinition: not THE USUAL (answer to 17dn) \nanagram\/\"messed\" of (The wife a friend)*, with C (circa, \"around\") inside"}
-{"Clue":"Desk twice ransacked \u2014 this could not be worse (9)","Answer":"WICKEDEST","Explanation":"Definition: this \nanagram\/\"ransacked\" of (Desk twice)"}
-{"Clue":"America detaining university lecturer \u2014 that's reportedly in order (3,5)","Answer":"THE USUAL","Explanation":"Definition: that's reportedly in order\ndefinition: as in asking for 'the usual' food or drink \"order\" \nTHE USA=\"America\", around U (university), plus L (lecturer)"}
-{"Clue":"Inflexible \u2014 read nothing but rubbish (8)","Answer":"OBDURATE","Explanation":"Definition: Inflexib\nanagram\/\"rubbish\" of (read O but)*, with O=\"nothing\""}
-{"Clue":"Heavy metal backing musician covering Iron Maiden's originals (6)","Answer":"OSMIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Heavy metal\nreversal\/\"backing\" of MUSO=slang for \"musician\", around I-[ron] M-[aiden]"}
-{"Clue":"Will being violent once here wound? Very upset on the surface (6)","Answer":"OSCARS","Explanation":"Definition: Will being violent once here\ndefinition refers to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony \nSCAR=\"wound\", with SO=\"Very\" reversed\/\"upset\" and going around\/\"on the surface\""}
-{"Clue":"Sailor isn't entertaining creature of the night (5)","Answer":"LORIS","Explanation":"Definition: creature of the night\ndefinition: a nocturnal mammal \nhidden inside\/'entertained by' [Sai]-LOR IS-[n't]"}
-{"Clue":"Front of legs, covered up by seaside, go white (6)","Answer":"BLEACH","Explanation":"Definition: go white\nL-[egs] in BEACH=\"seaside\""}
-{"Clue":"Harry's book, Spare (6)","Answer":"BOTHER","Explanation":"Definition: Harry\nB (book) + OTHER=\"Spare\" \nsurface reference to the book by Prince Harry"}
-{"Clue":"Real snoopers set out listening devices (8,7)","Answer":"PERSONAL STEREOS","Explanation":"Definition: l\nanagram\/\"out\" of (Real snoopers set)"}
-{"Clue":"Worker in suit with coat over the top (6)","Answer":"LAWYER","Explanation":"Definition: Worker in suit\nin definition, \"suit\" as in 'lawsuit' \nW (with), and LAYER=\"coat\" going around\/\"over the top\""}
-{"Clue":"Play main piece, not initially audible (4,4)","Answer":"KING LEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Play\nKING=\"main piece\" (in chess), plus c-LEAR=\"audible\" without the initial letter"}
-{"Clue":"Custom to marry following ceremony (8)","Answer":"FORMALLY","Explanation":"Definition: following ceremony\nFORM=\"Custom\" + ALLY=\"marry\""}
-{"Clue":"Arresting idiot is utter common sense (6)","Answer":"SANITY","Explanation":"Definition: common sense\nNIT=\"idiot\", inside\/arrested by SAY=\"utter\""}
-{"Clue":"Place for climber to fix a rope in tricky ascent (6)","Answer":"STANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Place for climber to fix a rope\ndefinition: a place where a mountain climber can secure a belay rope \nanagram\/\"tricky\" of (ascent)"}
-{"Clue":"Box office for people's sporting event (4,4)","Answer":"BOAT RACE","Explanation":"Definition: sporting event\nBO (Box Office) + AT=\"for\" (e.g. 'aim at'\/'aim for', or 'sold at \u00a31'\/'sold for \u00a31' ) + RACE=\"people\""}
-{"Clue":"Cuts off facial hair on edge, regularly (8)","Answer":"DETACHES","Explanation":"Definition: Cuts off\nTACHES (short for 'moustaches', \"facial hair\"), after regular letters of e-D-g-E"}
-{"Clue":"Break to include annual meal (6)","Answer":"REPAST","Explanation":"Definition: meal\nREST=\"Break\" around PA (per annum, \"annual\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fan seeing idol, could stalk on this? (6,9)","Answer":"GOLDEN DELICIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: stalk on this?\nin definition, \"stalk\" as in an apple stalk \nanagram of (seeing idol could)*, with \"Fan\" as in 'fan out' \/ spread out as the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Before marriage, give permission briefly to accept daughter's hand (6)","Answer":"NEEDLE","Explanation":"Definition: hand\ndefinition: a NEEDLE or a \"hand\" can be a pointer on a dial or a clock \nNEE + LE, around D (daughter)\n \nNEE=N\u00e9e (describing a name one was born with, \"Before marriage\")\n \nLE is LE-t=\"give permission briefly\""}
-{"Clue":"Focus in college with short course (6)","Answer":"CENTRE","Explanation":"Definition: Focus\nC (College) + ENTRE-[e] (entr\u00e9e=\"course\")"}
-{"Clue":"Second letter written before, essentially describing a line that's been crossed (7)","Answer":"BEEFALO","Explanation":"Definition: that's been crossed\ndefinition: a hybrid \/ 'cross' between cows and bison\/buffalo \nBEE (B, the \"Second letter\" in the alphabet) + FO (the centre\/essential part of be-FO-re) around A + L (line)"}
-{"Clue":"Try drugs before show (5)","Answer":"ESSAY","Explanation":"Definition: Try\nES (E for ecstacy plus S for plural, \"drugs\") + SAY=\"show\""}
-{"Clue":"Unlimited entry hacking into smart key (7)","Answer":"CONTROL","Explanation":"Definition: key\ndefinition: CONTROL or 'Ctrl' on a computer keyboard \ne-NTR-y without its outer letters\/limits, inside COOL=\"smart\""}
-{"Clue":"Spins googlies at both ends: unacceptable batting first (7)","Answer":"OUTINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Spins\ndefinition: as in going for a spin in a car \nin the surface, \"googlies\" are spin deliveries in cricket\n \n\"both ends\" of G-ooglie-S, with OUT=\"unacceptable\" plus IN=[of a cricketer, currently] \"batting\""}
-{"Clue":"Mostly unlucky? Republican is an extremist (9)","Answer":"HARDLINER","Explanation":"Definition: extremist\nHARD LINE-[s] + R (Republican) \n'hard lines' is an interjection meaning 'oh, that's bad luck!' \/ \"unlucky\""}
-{"Clue":"Rule to stop rising in court after barrister's closing bit (4,3)","Answer":"RIOT ACT","Explanation":"Definition: Rule to stop rising\nCT (court), after the closing letter of barriste-R plus IOTA=\"bit\""}
-{"Clue":"Typically male bachelor left on Love Island (6)","Answer":"BLOKEY","Explanation":"Definition: Typically male\nB (bachelor) + L (left) + O=\"Love\" + KEY=cay=\"Island\" (e.g. the Florida Keys)"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps pull guy: knob (9)","Answer":"MANHANDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps pull\nMAN=\"guy\" + HANDLE=\"knob\""}
-{"Clue":"Start to eat fare with tin cans in hamper (3,4)","Answer":"TIE DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: hamper\nstarting letter to E-at + DO=\"fare\" + W (with), all canned inside TIN"}
-{"Clue":"Solvent as the loan is settled (7)","Answer":"ETHANOL","Explanation":"Definition: Solvent\nanagram\/\"settled\" of (the loan)"}
-{"Clue":"Friend across street with cocaine, ultimately arrested (6)","Answer":"BUSTED","Explanation":"Definition: arrested\nBUD=\"Friend\" across\/around: ST=\"street\" plus cocain-E"}
-{"Clue":"Song release on return gets slot on radio (7)","Answer":"AIRTIME","Explanation":"Definition: s\nAIR=\"Song\" + EMIT=\"release\" reversed\/\"on return\""}
-{"Clue":"Suit in church covering big belly (7)","Answer":"COSTUME","Explanation":"Definition: Suit\nCE (Church of England) around\/\"covering\" OS (over size, \"big\") + TUM=\"belly\""}
-{"Clue":"Tip beer when carrying round (5)","Answer":"POINT","Explanation":"Definition: Tip\nPINT=\"beer\" around O=\"round\" letter"}
-{"Clue":"Providing energy, dainty sweetheart for 24? (1,4,4)","Answer":"I FEEL FINE","Explanation":"Definition: 24\n*I Feel Fine* was a 'number one'\/chart-topping hit for the Beatles. 24ac is NO ONE=No. 1='number one' \nIF=\"Providing\" + E (energy) + ELFIN=\"dainty\" + E=\"heart\" of sw-E-et"}
-{"Clue":"Pup with 24? (5)","Answer":"WHELP","Explanation":"Definition: Pup\nW (with) + HELP \n*Help! *is another Beatles No. 1"}
-{"Clue":"Rock hurtled into French cottage (7)","Answer":"GRANITE","Explanation":"Definition: Rock\nRAN=\"hurtled\" in GITE=g\u00eete=a French term for a cottage, often applied to holiday homes"}
-{"Clue":"Behind seaside structure, more choppy (7)","Answer":"BUMPIER","Explanation":"Definition: more choppy\nBUM=\"Behind\" + PIER=\"seaside structure\""}
-{"Clue":"23 down 23 down for 24? (5,7)","Answer":"HELLO GOODBYE","Explanation":"Definition: 24\n*Hello, Goodbye *is another Beatles No. 1 \nCIAO (23 down) can mean both 'hello' and 'goodbye'"}
-{"Clue":"Amateurish player stuffing ex-Wimbledon champion Serena, initially brazen (9)","Answer":"SHAMELESS","Explanation":"Definition: brazen\nI think this is:\n HAM=\"Amateurish player (actor)\", inside Monica SELES=\"ex-Wimbledon champion\", plus initial of S-erena \nsome research suggests that Monica Seles lost in a Wimbledon final, and did not become champion"}
-{"Clue":"'Garpen' for 24? (9,6)","Answer":"PAPERBACK WRITER","Explanation":"Definition: 24\n*Paperback Writer* is another Beatles No.1 \n'**Gar****pen**' splits into: '**Gar**' which is 'rag' reversed or PAPER, BACK; plus '**pen**'=WRITER\n \n'rag' as in a low quality newspaper"}
-{"Clue":"Bent course, one's twisted at first (9)","Answer":"DISHONEST","Explanation":"Definition: Bent\nDISH=\"course\" (part of a meal) + ONE'S + first of T-wisted"}
-{"Clue":"Bird, a ton in stomach (5)","Answer":"MACAW","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nA + C (100 in Roman numerals, or 'ton'), all inside MAW=\"stomach\""}
-{"Clue":"Procession where heart broken by 24? (7)","Answer":"CORTEGE","Explanation":"Definition: Procession\nCORE=\"heart\", broken by TEG going inside it \nTEG is GET reversed, which in a crossword clue could be 'get back' \u2013 *Get Back *is another Beatles No. 1"}
-{"Clue":"Not a soul hit? (2,3)","Answer":"NO ONE","Explanation":"Definition: Not a soul\nNO ONE=\"Not a soul\"; or No. 1='number one' hit song"}
-{"Clue":"White stone in lake rolled back onto flower (9)","Answer":"ALABASTER","Explanation":"Definition: White stone\nBALA Lake in Wales, reversed\/\"rolled back\", plus ASTER=\"flower\""}
-{"Clue":"In good condition, hollow round circles \u2013 like so? (4-6)","Answer":"RING-SHAPED","Explanation":"Definition: l\ndefinition: \"like [hollow round circles]\" \nR-oun-D hollowed out and circling around all of: IN + G (good) + SHAPE=\"condition\""}
-{"Clue":"Unit of computer processing speed, for example, a failure after problem's back (8)","Answer":"MEGAFLOP","Explanation":"Definition: Unit of computer processing speed\nEG=e.g.=\"for example\" + A + FLOP=\"failure\", all after the back of proble-M"}
-{"Clue":"Current fashion in leisurewear, a bit retro? (2,4)","Answer":"EL NINO","Explanation":"Definition: Current\ndefinition: an ocean current in the Pacific \nhidden (\"a bit\" of) and reversed\/\"retro\", inside: fashi-ON IN LE-isurewear"}
-{"Clue":"King entering battle with new cavalier, pessimist (3,7)","Answer":"WET BLANKET","Explanation":"Definition: pessimist\nanagram\/\"cavalier\" of (K battle new)*, with K for \"king\" \ncavalier in the sense of careless\/reckless"}
-{"Clue":"Promise broken by Paul's wife in budgie smugglers, perhaps? (8)","Answer":"SWIMWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: budgie smugglers, perhaps?\nSWEAR=\"Promise\", around\/\"broken by\": I'M=\"Paul's\" plus W (wife)"}
-{"Clue":"Mog given food, though not all \u2014 and stroke (6)","Answer":"FELINE","Explanation":"Definition: Mog\nFE-[d]=\"given food, though not all\" + LINE=\"stroke\""}
-{"Clue":"Pole blows up (4)","Answer":"SPAR","Explanation":"Definition: Pole\nRAPS as a plural noun=hits=\"blows\", reversed\/\"up\""}
-{"Clue":"7: one held up by Matisse after some tickling? (7,3)","Answer":"SIAMESE CAT","Explanation":"Definition: 7\ndefinition: 7dn, FELINE \nACE=\"one\" contained\/\"held\" reversed\/\"up\" inside anagram\/\"after some tickling\" of (Matisse)"}
-{"Clue":"Tube put in ground, we hear, for grower in fields (always)? (10)","Answer":"STRAWBERRY","Explanation":"Definition: grower in fields (always)\nreference to *Strawberry Fields Forever*, another Beatles song \u2013 but not a No. 1 \nSTRAW=\"Tube\" + BERRY=homophone\/\"we hear\" of 'bury'=\"put in ground\""}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's kick up the backside for US drink (4,4)","Answer":"ROOT BEER","Explanation":"Definition: US drink \nSpoonerism of 'boot rear'=\"kick up the backside\""}
-{"Clue":"Second film editor working for 24? (6,2,4)","Answer":"TICKET TO RIDE","Explanation":"Definition: 24\n*Ticket to Ride *is another Beatles No. 1 \nTICK=\"Second\" (e.g. 'just a tick\/second') + ET=the Spielberg \"film\" + anagram\/\"working\" of (editor)"}
-{"Clue":"Right leg, bit above it (4,2)","Answer":"SPOT ON","Explanation":"Definition: Right\nON=in cricket, the \"leg\" side; with SPOT=small amount=\"bit\" above it"}
-{"Clue":"Grass that comes up just the same (6)","Answer":"MARRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Grass\nMARRAM is a palindrome, \"just the same\" when reversed\/coming up"}
-{"Clue":"Part of lettering on gold medal, perhaps (4)","Answer":"GONG","Explanation":"Definition: medal, perhaps\nhidden in\/\"Part of\" letterin-G ON G-old"}
-{"Clue":"I'm off food, by the sound of it? (4)","Answer":"CIAO","Explanation":"Definition: I'm off\ndefinition: \"I'm off\" as a way to say goodbye \nhomophone\/\"by the sound of it\" of 'chow'=\"food\""}
-{"Clue":"Opening letter, I nail it up the wall (7)","Answer":"INITIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Opening letter\nanagram\/\"up the wall\" of (I nail it)"}
-{"Clue":"Caretaker to retire initially after New Year (7)","Answer":"JANITOR","Explanation":"Definition: Caretaker\nTO + R-[etire], after JAN I (Jan 1 \/ January 1st \/ \"New Year\")"}
-{"Clue":"A little fox engages much bigger animals (4)","Answer":"OXEN","Explanation":"Definition: much bigger animals\nhidden in\/\"A little\" of: f-OX EN-gages"}
-{"Clue":"A part of speech? (9)","Answer":"SOUNDBITE","Explanation":"Definition: A part of speech?\ncryptic definition: a part\/extract of a recorded speech or interview \n \nthe surface suggests grammatical parts of speech"}
-{"Clue":"Squad heartily taking two females for drink (5)","Answer":"QUAFF","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nthe central letters ('heart') from s-QUA-d, plus F F (short for 'female', two times)"}
-{"Clue":"Currently a bit uncomfortable? (8)","Answer":"DRAUGHTY","Explanation":"Definition: Currently a bit uncomfortable?\ncryptic definition: uncomfortable because of the existence of a current\n \nsurface suggests \"Currently\" in the sense of 'at this time'"}
-{"Clue":"Boy holding end of the leash (4)","Answer":"LEAD","Explanation":"Definition: leash\nLAD=\"Boy\" holding the \"end\"\/final letter of th-E"}
-{"Clue":"Thorny plant becomes coated, they say (5)","Answer":"FURZE","Explanation":"Definition: Thorny plant\nhomophone\/\"they say\" of 'furs'\n \n'fur' can be an intransitive verb meaning 'to become coated'"}
-{"Clue":"Team triumphed (4)","Answer":"CREW","Explanation":"Definition: Team\ndouble definition: second definition is CREW as past tense of 'crow', to express triumph"}
-{"Clue":"Moving here soon, such a tiny town (3-5)","Answer":"ONE-HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: such a tiny town\ndefinition references the phrase 'a one-horse town', a very small or insignificant town\n \nanagram\/\"Moving\" of (here soon)"}
-{"Clue":"Colourful sort of light in West (5)","Answer":"MAUVE","Explanation":"Definition: Colourful\nUV (ultraviolet, \"sort of light\"), in MAE (actress Mae \"West\")"}
-{"Clue":"Do press on, struggling in such a walk? (9)","Answer":"SPONSORED","Explanation":"Definition: such a walk?\ndefinition refers to SPONSORED walks for charity\n \nanagram\/\"struggling\" of (Do press on)"}
-{"Clue":"An office may have this property (4)","Answer":"LOST","Explanation":"Definition: An office may have this property\ncryptic definition: reference to lost property offices"}
-{"Clue":"Hippie: bet on one losing head (3,4)","Answer":"NEW AGER","Explanation":"Definition: Hippie\nWAGER=\"bet\", after\/\"on\" o-NE losing its head\/first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Pirouette on the cricket field? (3,4)","Answer":"LEG SPIN","Explanation":"Definition: on the cricket field?\na type of bowling in cricket\n \na pirouette is a spin around one foot\/leg"}
-{"Clue":"Stone working with axes (4)","Answer":"ONYX","Explanation":"Definition: Stone\nON=\"working\", plus Y and X (\"axes\" as a plural of axis, Y the vertical axis and X the horizontal axis for a chart or set of coordinates)"}
-{"Clue":"Bear away flag (8)","Answer":"STANDARD","Explanation":"Definition: flag\nSTAND=endure=\"Bear\", plus \"away\" becomes A + RD=\"way\""}
-{"Clue":"Service provided in mountain region (6)","Answer":"MASSIF","Explanation":"Definition: mountain region\nMASS=church \"Service\" + IF=\"provided\""}
-{"Clue":"Poisonous plant made nark convulsive (8)","Answer":"MANDRAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Poisonous plant\nanagram\/\"convulsive\" of (made nark)"}
-{"Clue":"Making music, really hot (6)","Answer":"PIPING","Explanation":"Definition: Making music\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"In Paris I receive fine for facetious remark (4)","Answer":"JOKE","Explanation":"Definition: facetious remark\nJE=\"I\" in French\/\"In Paris\", around OK=\"fine\""}
-{"Clue":"Not use these clothes enough? (9)","Answer":"UNDERWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: clothes\nUNDERWEAR could be read as 'under-wear' as in under-use the clothes, not use the clothes enough"}
-{"Clue":"Powerful piece from rock band (5)","Answer":"QUEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Powerful piece\ndouble definition: first definition referring to the chess piece"}
-{"Clue":"London police, endless subject (5)","Answer":"THEME","Explanation":"Definition: subject\nTHE ME-[t] (short for the Metropolitan Police and with the final letter removed, \"London police, endless\")"}
-{"Clue":"Description of desert? Wrong (8)","Answer":"FORESTED","Explanation":"Definition: Description of desert? Wrong\nanagram\/\"Wrong\" of (of desert)"}
-{"Clue":"Stupid? Not this crossword (8)","Answer":"CLUELESS","Explanation":"Definition: Stupid\nthis crossword has clues, and is therefore not CLUELESS"}
-{"Clue":"Well done, Henry! (6)","Answer":"HOORAY","Explanation":"Definition: Well done\nHooray Henry is a term for a brash young upper-class man"}
-{"Clue":"Dye plant marks snake (6)","Answer":"MADDER","Explanation":"Definition: Dye plant\ndefinition: madder is a plant whose root is used to make a red dye\n \nM (marks, as in former German currency) + ADDER=\"snake\""}
-{"Clue":"Bring up small seat (4)","Answer":"SPEW","Explanation":"Definition: Bring up\nS (small) + PEW=\"seat\""}
-{"Clue":"Ignore the captain (4)","Answer":"SKIP","Explanation":"Definition: Ignore\ndouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Spiteful university's pursuing college (amongst seven) (7)","Answer":"VICIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Spitefu\nOU'S (O-pen U-niversity'S), after C (college) inside VII (\"seven\" in Roman numerals)"}
-{"Clue":"One taking off is evasive about source of thrust, invoking power (7)","Answer":"COPYCAT","Explanation":"Definition: One taking off\nin definition: 'take off' meaning to mimic\n \nCOY=\"evasive\" plus CA (Latin *circa*, \"about\") plus T-hrust; and around P (power)"}
-{"Clue":"Lorry, one caught departing in cold (5)","Answer":"ARTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Lorry\ndefinition: an artic-ulated lorry\n \n\"one\" of the two 'c' letters (c for \"caught\" in cricket) leaving from AR-c-TIC=\"cold\""}
-{"Clue":"Harass or strain in pursuit of naughty child (9)","Answer":"IMPORTUNE","Explanation":"Definition: Harass\nOR + TUNE=\"strain\" as in a musical melody; all after IMP=\"naughty child\""}
-{"Clue":"Logical anaesthetic used in proportionate quantity (8,6)","Answer":"RATIONAL NUMBER","Explanation":"Definition: proportionate quantity\ndefinition: a number that can be expressed as a quotient or proportion of two whole numbers\n \nRATIONAL=\"Logical\" + NUMBER (numb-er)=\"anaesthetic\""}
-{"Clue":"Bird not taking wing, lodging in familiar heather (4)","Answer":"RHEA","Explanation":"Definition: Bird not taking w\ndefinition: a flightless bird\n \nhidden in familia-R HEA-ther"}
-{"Clue":"Collection of dried plants in Italian port \u2014 last to be confused about that (8)","Answer":"HERBARIA","Explanation":"Definition: Collection of dried plants\ndefinition: plural of herbarium, a collection of dried plants\n \nBARI=\"Italian port\" city; plus anagram\/\"confused\" of (RHEA)* going around\n \nRHEA is the \"last\"\/previous solution in this crossword, for 13 across"}
-{"Clue":"Papers covering union conference's opening often misrepresented it, on reflection (8)","Answer":"CONFETTI","Explanation":"Definition: Papers covering union\ndefinition: pieces of paper thrown at a wedding\/\"union\"\n \nopening letter to C-onference, plus anagram\/\"misrepresented\" of (often)*, plus reversal\/\"on reflection\" of IT"}
-{"Clue":"A model omitting old part of church (4)","Answer":"APSE","Explanation":"Definition: part of church\nA, plus P-o-SE=\"model\" minus o for \"old\""}
-{"Clue":"Extra obstacle for motorists is betrayal (6-8)","Answer":"DOUBLE-CROSSING","Explanation":"Definition: betrayal\ncan also be read as describing a second\/'extra' road crossing as an \"obstacle for motorists\""}
-{"Clue":"Ordinary chap's reduced list, including fuse to be put back (6,3)","Answer":"LITTLE MAN","Explanation":"Definition: Ordinary chap'\ndefinition: 'little man' used to describe e.g an underdog going up against the establishment\n \nLITAN-[y]=\"reduced list\", around MELT=\"fuse\" reversed\/\"put back\""}
-{"Clue":"Still time to move east in Bury (5)","Answer":"INERT","Explanation":"Definition: Still\nT (time) moving to the right\/\"east\" in IN-T-ER='bury'"}
-{"Clue":"Item of crop initially sold on eBay, controversially (3,4)","Answer":"SOY BEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Item of crop\nS-old, plus anagram\/\"controversially\" of (on eBay)"}
-{"Clue":"Home found in a well \u2014 pardon? (7)","Answer":"AMNESTY","Explanation":"Definition: pardon\nNEST=\"Home\", in A + MY=expression of surprise=\"well\""}
-{"Clue":"Key not offering opening to this source of medicine? (4)","Answer":"VIAL","Explanation":"Definition: source of medicine\nVI-**T**-AL=\"Key\" without the opening letter to **T**-his"}
-{"Clue":"Small-scale business upholding international trade treaty in countryside working (7,8)","Answer":"COTTAGE INDUSTRY","Explanation":"Definition: Small-scale business\nGATT reversed and included ('upheld' \/ 'up' and 'held') inside anagram\/\"working\" of (countryside)*\n \nGATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, \"international trade treaty\""}
-{"Clue":"Greek character brought in ordinary flower (6)","Answer":"ORCHID","Explanation":"Definition: flower\nCHI=Greek letter\/\"character\", inside ORD (short for \"ordinary\")"}
-{"Clue":"Lean news after one's invested in broadcaster (6)","Answer":"SKINNY","Explanation":"Definition: Lean\nNN after I=\"one\", inside SKY=broadcasting company\n \nN for 'new', so two Ns for 'new-s'"}
-{"Clue":"With domes, as indicated around Italian river and city (8)","Answer":"CUPOLAED","Explanation":"Definition: With domes\nfor definition: a cupola is a dome, with plural cupolae, and with a related adjective cupolad or cupolaed\n \nCUED=\"indicated\" around: PO=\"Italian river\" plus LA (Los Angeles, \"city\")"}
-{"Clue":"Bold Latin city is unsettling (8)","Answer":"PERTURBS","Explanation":"Definition: is unsettling\nPERT=\"Bold\" plus URBS (Latin for \"city\")"}
-{"Clue":"More than one dog moves awkwardly, probing in places, misguidedly (7,8)","Answer":"CLUMBER SPANIELS","Explanation":"Definition: More than one dog\nfor definition: a dog breed named after Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire\n \nLUMBERS=\"moves awkwardly\" inside\/\"probing\" anagram\/\"misguidedly\" of (in places)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of wave presented at cup match in decisive moment (10)","Answer":"TIEBREAKER","Explanation":"Definition: decisive moment\nBREAKER=\"Sort of [sea] wave\", after TIE=\"cup match\""}
-{"Clue":"Reptiles capturing imaginary bird in fake islands around France? (10)","Answer":"CROCODILES","Explanation":"Definition: Reptiles\nROC=\"imaginary bird\" in COD=\"fake\" plus ILES=\u00eeles=\"islands\" in French"}
-{"Clue":"Pound payment up front: squander and be unhappy (4,4)","Answer":"FEEL BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: be unhappy\nL (short for Latin 'libra', \"pound\"), with FEE=\"payment\" first\/\"up front\", plus BLUE as a verb meaning \"squander\""}
-{"Clue":"Criticism most significant, dismissing one crude drawing (8)","Answer":"STICK MAN","Explanation":"Definition: crude drawing\nSTICK=\"Criticism\", plus MA-i-N=\"most significant\" minus i=\"one\""}
-{"Clue":"Organ part not primarily observed in heart area (6)","Answer":"CORNEA","Explanation":"Definition: Organ part\ndefinition: part of the eye\n \nN-ot, inside CORE=\"heart\" plus A (area)"}
-{"Clue":"Grant, going by unclothed, receiving ultimate in catcalling (6)","Answer":"ASSIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Grant\n[p]-ASSIN-[g]=\"going by\" with its outer letters removed\/\"unclothed\", around catcallin-G"}
-{"Clue":"Time to nip in for one holiday (4)","Answer":"STAY","Explanation":"Definition: holiday\nT (Time) inside SAY='for example'=\"for one\""}
-{"Clue":"Reveal sordid business was not quite truthful \u2014 unhygienic bun riddled with penicillin (4,4,5,5,2,6)","Answer":"WASH ONE\u2019S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC","Explanation":"Definition: Reveal sordid business\nWAS + HONES-[t]=\"not quite truthful\" + DIRTY=\"unhygienic\" + anagram\/\"riddled\" of (bun + penicillin)"}
-{"Clue":"Just communicate with phone daughter left out (9)","Answer":"IMPARTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Just\nIMPART=\"communicate\" + [d]-IAL=\"phone\" with 'd' for \"daughter\" left out"}
-{"Clue":"Positive American's sincerity is not all there (3-2)","Answer":"CAN-DO","Explanation":"Definition: Positive\nCANDO-[r]=American spelling of 'candour'=\"sincerity\", without its last letter\/\"not all there\""}
-{"Clue":"Discovered county cricketers essentially getting call up (5)","Answer":"EVOKE","Explanation":"Definition: call up\n[D]-EVO-[n]=\"county\" without its outer letters\/\"Discovered\", plus the central letters (\"essentially\") of [cric]-KE-[ters]"}
-{"Clue":"Typically too old to tour North America (2,7)","Answer":"ON AVERAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Typically\nOVERAGE=\"too old\", around NA (North America)"}
-{"Clue":"Do I win at chess without it? (7)","Answer":"IMITATE","Explanation":"Definition: Do\ndefinition: to 'do' or imitate someone \nI MATE=\"I win at chess\" (through check**mate**), around\/\"without\" IT"}
-{"Clue":"Fringe stopped Edinburgh's last shed being repaired (7)","Answer":"EMENDED","Explanation":"Definition: repaired\nH-EM=\"Fringe\" + ENDED=\"stopped\", with the last letter of [Edinburg]-H removed\/\"shed\""}
-{"Clue":"Summon soldier for parade (7)","Answer":"PAGEANT","Explanation":"Definition: parade\nPAGE as a verb=\"Summon\" someone e.g. using a pager + ANT=\"soldier\""}
-{"Clue":"Asian country making 6p with European honey, for example (3,4)","Answer":"PET NAME","Explanation":"Definition: honey, for example\nVI-ETNAM=\"Asian country\" with the VI changed to P, plus E (European) \n\"making 6p\" => making 6 [VI, Roman numerals] into P"}
-{"Clue":"Shape Mobius put forward (9)","Answer":"BUMPTIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: forward\ndefinition: assertive, self-important \nanagram\/\"Shape\" of (Mobius put)"}
-{"Clue":"Times when naturism retreat rejected trousers (5)","Answer":"TERMS","Explanation":"Definition: Times\ndefinition: term as in a duration, a period of time \nreversed\/\"rejected\" and hidden inside ('trousered'\/contained by): naturi-SM RET-reat"}
-{"Clue":"Children dispute result (5)","Answer":"ISSUE","Explanation":"Definition: Children\ntriple definition: offspring; topic of debate; outcome or product"}
-{"Clue":"Cheap innings with Bradman bagging wicket (5-4)","Answer":"KNOCK-DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Cheap\nKNOCK=term for a cricket \"innings\" + DON Bradman the cricketer around W (wicket, cricket abbreviation)"}
-{"Clue":"I get dizzy a lot with tinnitus, it's established (13)","Answer":"INSTITUTIONAL","Explanation":"Definition: established\nanagram\/\"dizzy\" of (I a lot tinnitus)"}
-{"Clue":"Accepting gallons after returning every year for French wine (9)","Answer":"APPROVING","Explanation":"Definition: Accepting\nG (gallons), after all of: reversal\/\"returning\" of PA (per annum, \"every year\"), plus PRO=\"for\" + VIN=French for wine"}
-{"Clue":"Drove Mustang, say, when Ford finally replaced Sierra (5)","Answer":"HORDE","Explanation":"Definition: Drove\ndefinition: \"Drove\" as a noun referring to a large crowd \na mustang is a HOR-S-E, with the final letter of [For]-D replacing S (Sierra, NATO alphabet)\n \nin the surface, the Ford Mustang and the Ford Sierra are cars"}
-{"Clue":"Disgusting young man transfixed by internet, initially looking up naked women (7)","Answer":"NOISOME","Explanation":"Definition: Disgusting\nSON=\"young man\" around initial of I-[nternet], reversed\/\"looking up\"; plus w-OME-n \"naked\" without outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"Redeem against silver found in auction (7)","Answer":"SALVAGE","Explanation":"Definition: R\nV (versus, \"against\") + AG (chemical symbol for \"silver\"); all inside SALE=\"auction\""}
-{"Clue":"It's harsh when cool clubs allow people inside (9)","Answer":"INCLEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: harsh\nIN=fashionable=\"cool\" + C (Clubs in playing cards) + LET=\"allow\" with MEN=\"people\" inside\""}
-{"Clue":"Touch a bikini? (5)","Answer":"TANGA","Explanation":"Definition: bikini\ndefinition: a type of bikini \nTANG=a tinge \/ trace \/ hint [of a flavour]=\"Touch\" + A"}
-{"Clue":"Might relish the style of some businesswomen (5,8)","Answer":"POWER DRESSING","Explanation":"Definition: style of some businesswomen\nPOWER=\"Might\" as in strength + DRESSING=\"relish\" as in a sauce or condiment"}
-{"Clue":"Flat cap unwrapped \u2014 type of paper tricky at first for companion (9)","Answer":"APARTMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Flat\n[c]-A-[p] without outer letters\/\"unwrapped\", plus PAR-CH-MENT=\"type of paper\" with the \"first\" of T-[ricky] inserted in place of\/\"for\" CH (Companion of Honour)"}
-{"Clue":"Pop Art \u2014 with the Radio Times withdrawing complaint (9)","Answer":"DIARRHOEA","Explanation":"Definition: complaint\nanagram\/\"Pop\" of (Art the Radio)*, with the T letters (t for time, more than once, so 'times') removed\/withdrawing"}
-{"Clue":"Assumed student plugged in problem-solving software? (7)","Answer":"TOOLKIT","Explanation":"Definition: problem-solving software\nTOOK IT=\"Assumed\" (as in 'I take it'='I assume'), with L (learner, \"student\") inside"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps saps complete military training (4,3)","Answer":"PASS OUT","Explanation":"Definition: complete military training\ndefinition: to pass out is to complete or graduate from military training \nPASS OUT in a crossword clue would indicate anagram\/\"out\" of (PASS)*, giving \"saps\""}
-{"Clue":"Mother's working as a builder (5)","Answer":"MASON","Explanation":"Definition: builde\nMA'S=\"Mother's\" + ON=\"working\""}
-{"Clue":"Capital of Kentucky's entering as well (5)","Answer":"TOKYO","Explanation":"Definition: Capita\nKY (abbreviation for Kentucky), inside TOO=\"as well\""}
-{"Clue":"Ponies lone wolf disturbed all at the same time (2,3,4,5)","Answer":"IN ONE FELL SWOOP","Explanation":"Definition: all at the same time\nanagram\/\"disturbed\" of (Ponies lone wolf)"}
-{"Clue":"Andrew initially involved with chit after money \u2014 what might the Queen say? (5)","Answer":"MIAOU","Explanation":"Definition: what might the Queen say?\nin definition, 'queen' means an adult female cat\n \nA-[ndrew], inside IOU=note recording a debt=\"chit\"; all after M (money)"}
-{"Clue":"Hole used to be hard? Rubbish! (7)","Answer":"EYEWASH","Explanation":"Definition: Rubbish\ndefinition: nonsense, poppycock\n \nEYE (e.g. of a needle)=\"Hole\" + WAS=\"used to be\" + H (hard)"}
-{"Clue":"Not sure car's meeting time limits (7)","Answer":"TERMINI","Explanation":"Definition: limits\nER=hesitant expression=\"Not sure\" + MINI=\"car\"; all after T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"He's in bother over this fellow (8)","Answer":"THEODORE","Explanation":"Definition: fellow\nHE in TO DO=\"bother\" + RE=about, concerning=\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Drinking, right, but remaining vigilant (2,3,5)","Answer":"ON THE ALERT","Explanation":"Definition: vigilant\nON THE ALE=\"Drinking\" + RT (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Artist supports Blades (7)","Answer":"RAPIERS","Explanation":"Definition: Blades\nRA (Royal Academician, artist) + PIERS=\"supports\""}
-{"Clue":"President's affirmation in code (7)","Answer":"BUSHIDO","Explanation":"Definition: code\ndefinition: a Japanese code of chivalry\n \nBUSH (US President \u2013 George H.W. or his son George W.) + I DO=\"affirmation\""}
-{"Clue":"School leaver, when claiming benefit, gets not much money (10)","Answer":"ADOLESCENT","Explanation":"Definition: School leaver\nAS=\"when\" around DOLE=unemployment \"benefit\"; plus CENT=\"not much money\""}
-{"Clue":"Battle over working when it's raining hard (7)","Answer":"MONSOON","Explanation":"Definition: when it's raining hard"}
-{"Clue":"Fresh scandal, might you say, in old lock-up (7)","Answer":"NEWGATE","Explanation":"Definition: old lock-up\nNEW-GATE=\"Fresh scandal, might you say\", referring to the use of -gate to describe scandals following Watergate"}
-{"Clue":"American mineral water in Barking but not Washington! (5)","Answer":"NITER","Explanation":"Definition: American mineral\ndefinition: US spelling of 'nitre', potassium nitrate\n \nanagram\/\"Barking\" of (wa ter in)*, minus WA for Washington\n \n\"Barking\" as in 'mad'\/'crazy' to indicate the anagram"}
-{"Clue":"Flipping work! Drudge penning book, which should pay the bills (9)","Answer":"POTBOILER","Explanation":"Definition: book, which should pay the bill\ndefinition: a book written (perhaps quickly, or catering to popular trends) to pay the author's bills\n \nOP (opus, \"work\") reversed\/\"Flipping\" + TOILER=\"Drudge\" around B (book)\n \na 'drudge' is someone who does monotonous work"}
-{"Clue":"Listen: it's impossible with this! (6,9)","Answer":"SILENT TREATMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Listen: it's impossible with this!\nfor the definition: one has nothing to listen to when given the silent treatment\n \nwordplay is \"Listen\", an anagram of 'silent', which could be indicated in a cryptic clue as 'silent treatment'"}
-{"Clue":"In care? (4,4)","Answer":"HOME HELP","Explanation":"Definition: In care\nI think this is a cryptic definition, with \"In\" to be read as 'at home' rather than 'receiving [care]'"}
-{"Clue":"Gone wild over Villa referee claims (5)","Answer":"FERAL","Explanation":"Definition: Gone wild\ncontained inside (claimed by) vil-LA REF-eree, reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Not that bothered about Troy's tattoos, I'd say (8)","Answer":"METHINKS","Explanation":"Definition: I'd say\nMEH=exclamation of indifference=\"Not that bothered\" around T (Troy, as in Troy weight), plus INKS=\"tattoos\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Something wrong in government desire to squash left (6)","Answer":"GLITCH","Explanation":"Definition: Something wrong\nG (government) + ITCH=\"desire\"; around L (left)"}
-{"Clue":"Sting to appear heartless \u2014 cocky type (5-4)","Answer":"SMART-ARSE","Explanation":"Definition: c\nSMART=\"Sting\" + AR-i-SE=\"appear\" without its central letter\/'heart'"}
-{"Clue":"Bad feeling in country church (6)","Answer":"MALICE","Explanation":"Definition: Bad feeling\nMALI=\"country + CE (Church of England)"}
-{"Clue":"Bubbly Tess, nice and amorous \u2014 that's good to hear! (5,2,4,4)","Answer":"MUSIC TO ONE\u2019S EARS","Explanation":"Definition: that's good to hear\nanagram\/\"Bubbly\" of (Tess nice amorous)"}
-{"Clue":"Picked up two words to do with roulette, which I detest (4,5)","Answer":"B\u00caTE NOIRE","Explanation":"Definition: which I detest\nsounds like (\"Picked up\") BET + NOIR =\"two words to do with roulette\"\n \nin the casino game of roulette one can BET on red (rouge) or black (NOIR)"}
-{"Clue":"Outlaw's sweetheart stealing granny's cash? (8)","Answer":"BANKNOTE","Explanation":"Definition: cash"}
-{"Clue":"So can be separated from transplanted lobelias (8)","Answer":"ISOLABLE","Explanation":"Definition: So can be separated\nanagram\/\"transplanted\" of (lobelias)"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy discourse about name (6)","Answer":"ORNATE","Explanation":"Definition: F\nORATE=\"discourse\" as a verb, around N (name)"}
-{"Clue":"Is unable to go to Glasgow for shelter (6)","Answer":"CANOPY","Explanation":"Definition: shelter\nin Glasgow, 'cannae pee'=\"Is unable to go\" might sound like 'canopy'"}
-{"Clue":"Opt to be fat (5)","Answer":"PLUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Opt\ndouble definition, with 'plump [for]'=\"Opt\""}
-{"Clue":"Water in or out of awful lavatories (8)","Answer":"SALIVATE","Explanation":"Definition: Water\ndefinition as in '\u2026makes one's mouth water' \n\"**or**\" letters taken out of anagram\/\"awful\" of (lavat**or**ies)*\n \n\"in\" connects the definition to the wordplay, and is not part of the wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Woven carrycot sheets showing birds (14)","Answer":"OYSTERCATCHERS","Explanation":"Definition: birds\nanagram\/\"Woven\" of (carrycot sheets)"}
-{"Clue":"Wearing short trench coat, possibly, or wearing nothing (2,3,3)","Answer":"IN THE RAW","Explanation":"Definition: wearing nothing\nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (**Wearin th**)* \n**Wearin**=\"Wearing short\", and\n \n**th **are the outer letters\/\"coat\" of \"**t**-renc-**h**\""}
-{"Clue":"Damage part of St Paul's Cathedral (6)","Answer":"SCATHE","Explanation":"Definition: Damage\nhidden inside\/\"part of\": St Paul'-**S CATHE**-dral"}
-{"Clue":"Joy about constant hair removal (9)","Answer":"EPILATION","Explanation":"Definition: hair remova\nELATION=\"Joy\" about PI=pi=mathematical constant"}
-{"Clue":"Pub diet? (5)","Answer":"LOCAL","Explanation":"Definition: P\nLO-CAL (low calorie)=\"diet?\", as an adjective to describe e.g. a low-sugar drink"}
-{"Clue":"Romeo in wrapround, so to speak? (5)","Answer":"ARGOT","Explanation":"Definition: so to speak?\nR (Romeo, NATO alphabet), inside **AGOT**=\"wraparound\" \n**TOGA**=\"wrap\", so **TOGA** reversed=\"wrap\" [turned] around"}
-{"Clue":"Felon's foul crimes against worker (9)","Answer":"MISCREANT","Explanation":"Definition: Felon\nanagram\/\"foul\" of (crimes)*, next to ANT=\"worker\""}
-{"Clue":"Attract trainee (60%) (6)","Answer":"ENTICE","Explanation":"Definition: Attrac\n60% (six out of ten) of the letters from appr-ENTICE=\"trainee\""}
-{"Clue":"At first, bands need commitment of DJ (5,3)","Answer":"BLACK TIE","Explanation":"Definition: DJ\nfor definition, DJ as in 'dinner jacket' \nfirst of B-ands, plus LACK=\"need\" + TIE=\"commitment\""}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps begged for a meal when lazy? (9,2,3)","Answer":"BREAKFAST IN BED","Explanation":"Definition: a meal when lazy?\n\"b**egg**ed\" is the letters of **egg **(for BREAKFAST), IN the letters of BED"}
-{"Clue":"End of Happy Valley coming first, indeed sentimental (4-4)","Answer":"DEWY-EYED","Explanation":"Definition: sentimental\nend letter of [Happ]-Y, with WYE (Wye Valley in the UK) \"coming first\"; all in **DEED** or \"in-**deed**\""}
-{"Clue":"Requiem in a cathedral, say (5)","Answer":"ELEGY","Explanation":"Definition: Requiem\nEG=e.g.=\"say\", inside ELY=\"cathedral\""}
-{"Clue":"Spreads anti-abortionist values (12)","Answer":"PROLIFERATES","Explanation":"Definition: Spread\nPRO-LIFE=\"anti-abortionist\", plus RATES=\"values\" as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Bothersome description of the sun at dawn and before dusk (9)","Answer":"UPSETTING","Explanation":"Definition: Bothersome\nthe sun is described as UP \"at dawn\" and SETTING \"before dusk\""}
-{"Clue":"Political philosophy as an alternative to viagra is taken by some, but not all (9)","Answer":"SOCIALISM","Explanation":"Definition: Political philosophy\nCIALIS=brand name for \"an alternative to viagra\"; taken in by \"not all\" of the word SOM-e"}
-{"Clue":"When one instrument fails to start, get another (4)","Answer":"LUTE","Explanation":"Definition: another\na f**lute** is \"one instrument\" \u2013 without its starting letter for **LUTE**, another instrument"}
-{"Clue":"Every other hour, live car crash as a result of such traffic (9)","Answer":"VEHICULAR","Explanation":"Definition: such traffic\nanagram\/\"crash\" of (hu live car)* \n**hu** in the anagram fodder from \"Every other\" letter of \"**h**o**u**r\""}
-{"Clue":"Cards turning up perfectly? That's about right (5)","Answer":"TAROT","Explanation":"Definition: Cards\nreversal\/\"turning up\" of TOAT='to a T'=\"perfectly\", around R (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Special occasion with tidied-up pad finally ready to receive landlord? (3-6,3)","Answer":"RED-LETTER DAY","Explanation":"Definition: Special occasion\nanagram\/\"tidied-up\" of (**d** ready)*, around LETTER=someone who lets out property=\"landlord\" \n**d** in anagram fodder is the final letter of pa-**d"}
-{"Clue":"Dictator's domain showing raised bed, lurid and topped with gold (9)","Answer":"AUTOCRACY","Explanation":"Definition: Dictator's domain\nreversal\/\"raised\" of COT=\"bed\", plus RACY=\"lurid\"; with AU=chemical symbol for \"gold\" at the top"}
-{"Clue":"Slide out after space explorers like Bob Dylan's voice (9)","Answer":"NASALISED","Explanation":"Definition: like Bob Dylan's voice\nanagram\/\"out\" of (Slide)*, after NASA=\"space explorers\""}
-{"Clue":"Have a bet on this poor-quality furniture (4,5)","Answer":"CRAP TABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Have a bet on this\ndefinition: 'crap' is an alternative name for the gambling game of 'craps', which can be played on a table with a design that displays different types of bets \nCRAP=\"poor-quality\" + TABLE=\"furniture\""}
-{"Clue":"Suit or suite? (5-5)","Answer":"THREE-PIECE","Explanation":"Definition: Suit\ndouble definition: a three-piece can refer to clothes (suit), or to furniture (suite)"}
-{"Clue":"State announcement of cold or hot food (5)","Answer":"CHILE","Explanation":"Definition: State\nChile may be pronounced like 'chilly' (\"cold\") or 'chilli' (\"hot food\")"}
-{"Clue":"Top moment questionable (4)","Answer":"IFFY","Explanation":"Definition: questionable\n\"Top\" as a verb meaning to remove the top [letter] from j-IFFY=\"moment\""}
-{"Clue":"Step back and dance guys, the musicians are here! (3,4,4)","Answer":"PET SHOP BOYS","Explanation":"Definition: the musicians are here!\ndefinition: the name of an English musical duo \nSTEP reversed\/\"back\" + HOP=\"dance\" + BOYS=\"guys\""}
-{"Clue":"Rising damp finally puts an end to hut one rebuilt (2,3,2)","Answer":"ON THE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Rising\nfinal letter of dam-P, after (at the \"end\" of) anagram\/\"rebuilt\" of (hut one)"}
-{"Clue":"They say what the chippy does is not altruistic (7)","Answer":"SELFISH","Explanation":"Definition: not altruistic\nhomophone\/\"They say\" of 'sell fish'=\"what the chippy (fish & chip shop) does\""}
-{"Clue":"Gauntlet thrown about before beginning a shoot-out (3,6)","Answer":"GUN BATTLE","Explanation":"Definition: shoot-out\nanagram\/\"thrown\" of (Gauntlet)*, around the beginning of B-efore"}
-{"Clue":"Jeer half-heartedly about fine comedian (5)","Answer":"JOKER","Explanation":"Definition: comedian\nJ[e]ER with half of its central letters (half-heartedly), around OK=\"fine\""}
-{"Clue":"Pinch and run (4)","Answer":"DASH","Explanation":"Definition: Pinch\ndouble definition: a small amount, as in 'a dash of salt'; or to move in a hurry"}
-{"Clue":"Activists disrupting top resorts (10)","Answer":"PROTESTORS","Explanation":"Definition: Activists\nanagram\/\"disrupting\" of (top resorts)"}
-{"Clue":"One overeating confectionery gets belly ache drinking dodgy hooch (10)","Answer":"CHOCOHOLIC","Explanation":"Definition: One overeating confectionery\nCOLIC=\"belly ache\", around\/\"drinking\" anagram\/\"dodgy\" of (hooch)"}
-{"Clue":"Jezebel's man got it? Bravo! (4)","Answer":"AHAB","Explanation":"Definition: Jezebel's man\ndefinition: in the Bible, Jezebel is the wife of King Ahab \nAHA=exclamation of triumph='got it!' + B (Bravo, NATO alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Misbehave with current male (3,2)","Answer":"ACT UP","Explanation":"Definition: Misbehave\nAC (alternating current) + TUP=a \"male\" sheep"}
-{"Clue":"Quiet pet, one of a pair? (4,5)","Answer":"HUSH PUPPY","Explanation":"Definition: one of a pair?\ndefinition: Hush Puppies is the name of a brand of shoes, so a single 'Hush Puppy' might be one shoe of a pair \nHUSH=\"Quiet\" + PUPPY=\"pet\""}
-{"Clue":"Standard American banks invested in house (7)","Answer":"VANILLA","Explanation":"Definition: Standard\nthe \"banks\" or outer letters of A-merica-N; invested inside VILLA=\"house\""}
-{"Clue":"Casual get-togethers of medical practitioner circle before cutback (4-3)","Answer":"DROP-INS","Explanation":"Definition: Casual get-togethers\nDR (Doctor, \"medical practitioner\") + O=\"circle\" shaped letter + SNIP reversed='cut, back'=\"cutback\""}
-{"Clue":"How to reach for a tip and make money (4,1,6)","Answer":"TURN A PROFIT","Explanation":"Definition: make money\nin a crossword clue, 'turn a profit' could indicate an anagram\/\"turn\" of (**a profit**)* i.e. instructions on \"How to reach **for a tip**\""}
-{"Clue":"What to do with a 22 blunder (3,4,4,2,2)","Answer":"PUT ONE\u2019S FOOT IN IT","Explanation":"Definition: blunder\nreferring to 22ac HUSH PUPPY i.e. a single shoe, where one's foot might be put"}
-{"Clue":"Letter from old reservists (5)","Answer":"THETA","Explanation":"Definition: Letter\ndefinition: a letter in the Greek alphabet \nTHE TA (The Territorial Army), former\/\"old\" name for the UK Army Reserve"}
-{"Clue":"Not all relationships terrify cool dude (7)","Answer":"HIPSTER","Explanation":"Definition: c\nsome\/\"Not all\" letters from relations-HIPS TER-rify"}
-{"Clue":"Most elegant letters in The Lady? Just the opposite (7)","Answer":"POSHEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most elegant\nSHE (**The Lady**) **in** POST (**letters**) i.e. the opposite of **letters** **in The Lady** \nsurface refers to 'The Lady' as the name of a UK magazine"}
-{"Clue":"Barely downplay every other sauce on taco starter (4,4)","Answer":"ONLY JUST","Explanation":"Definition: Barely\n\"every other\" letter from d-**O**-w-**N**-p-**L**-a-**Y**, plus **JUS**=\"sauce\" + starting letter of **T**-aco"}
-{"Clue":"Stay focused two seconds before one gets into fancy photo tent (5,2,3,5)","Answer":"STICK TO THE POINT","Explanation":"Definition: Stay focused\ntwo seconds: S (second) + TICK (second); then I=\"one\" inside anagram\/\"fancy\" of (photo tent)"}
-{"Clue":"Stubborn diner on diet starts to eat egg over easy (6)","Answer":"DOGGED","Explanation":"Definition: Stubborn\nfirst letters\/\"starts\" of D-iner O-n D-iet, around\/eating EGG reversed\/\"over easy\""}
-{"Clue":"Science chief listens for marine creatures (6)","Answer":"SHARKS","Explanation":"Definition: marine creatures\nfirst\/foremost\/\"chief\" letter of S-cience + HARKS=\"listens\""}
-{"Clue":"Me? I'm not sure to follow twist about politician (8)","Answer":"COMPILER","Explanation":"Definition: Me\ndefinition: \"Me\" referring to Matilda as a crossword COMPILER \nER=expression of hesitation=\"I'm not sure\", after COIL=\"twist\" around MP (Member of Parliament, \"politician\")"}
-{"Clue":"Tea before 5 on vacation, very definitely not 4 (6)","Answer":"CHAVVY","Explanation":"Definition: definitely not 4\nat least in the online version, the clue has 'defnitely' instead of 'def**i**nitely' \ndefinition: not the POSHEST (4dn). My Chambers has CHAV as \"Someone who appears to have access to money but not necessarily to taste\" \u2013 in my experience it is used to describe a certain type\/caricature of young working-class people\n \nCHA=\"tea\" + V (5, in Roman numerals) + V-er-Y 'vacated' of its inner letters"}
-{"Clue":"Cook the old man clam after shelling? Mon Dieu! (3,2,2)","Answer":"OOH LA LA","Explanation":"Definition: Mon Dieu!\n\"shelling\" (removing the outer letters from) [c]-**OO**-k t-**H**-e o-**L**-d m-**A**-n c-**LA**-m"}
-{"Clue":"Where some apples end up, said one who knows (7)","Answer":"INSIDER","Explanation":"Definition: one who knows\nhomophone\/\"said\" of 'in cider'=\"Where some apples end up\""}
-{"Clue":"Youthful one entering club to play tennis match at last (6)","Answer":"BOYISH","Explanation":"Definition: Youthful\nI=\"one\", entering inside the \"last\" letters of clu-**B** t-**O** pla-**Y** tenni-**S** matc-**H"}
-{"Clue":"Double alcohol percentage for validation (5)","Answer":"PROOF","Explanation":"Definition: Double alcohol percentage\ntriple definition: \"Double\" as in a proof copy; or used to describe the strength of alcoholic spirits; or how the truth\/validity of a statement can be determined \n*edit thanks to KVa: perhaps a double rather than triple definition\u2026\n 'proof' is \"Double [the value of] alcohol percentage\" e.g. 86-proof means 43% alcohol by volume*\n \n*further edit thanks to CliveinFrance \u2013 the ratio of 'proof' to alcohol percentage is not always 'double', see comment 22"}
-{"Clue":"Colour once the line's blue (6)","Answer":"YELLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Colour\nYE=an archaic way to write 'the'=\"once the\" + L (line) + LOW=in a sad mood=\"blue\""}
-{"Clue":"Grown-up weed over tent (3,3)","Answer":"BIG TOP","Explanation":"Definition: tent\nBIG=\"Grown-up\" + POT=cannabis=\"weed\" reversed\/\"over\""}
-{"Clue":"Son left boring low buzzer \u2014 it's annoying (8)","Answer":"MOSQUITO","Explanation":"Definition: buzzer \u2014 it's annoying\nS (son) + QUIT=\"left\", both \"boring\" ('bore' as in 'pierce', 'drill') into MOO=a cow's \"low\""}
-{"Clue":"Affected American grounds for education (6)","Answer":"CAMPUS","Explanation":"Definition: grounds for education\nCAMP=exaggerated, theatrical=\"Affected\" + US=\"American\""}
-{"Clue":"Leader of air force travelling to this address (4,2)","Answer":"CARE OF","Explanation":"Definition: to this address\ndefinition: used to indicate delivery to an address other than where the recipient would normally receive mail\n \nanagram\/\"travelling\" of (**a** force)*, with '**a**' as the \"Leader of **a**ir\""}
-{"Clue":"Getting souvenir from Gatwick's terminal: go back with Japanese drink (8)","Answer":"KEEPSAKE","Explanation":"Definition: souvenir\n\"Getting\u2026 from\u2026\" connects the definition to the rest of the clue, rather than adding to the rest of the wordplay\n \nthe end letter\/\"terminal\" of [Gatwic]-**K **+ **PEE**=\"go\" reversed\/\"back\" + **SAKE**=\"Japanese drink\""}
-{"Clue":"Duke only bet big on poker when working with electronic system for recording deals (6-5,11)","Answer":"DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING","Explanation":"Definition: system for recording deals\nanagram\/\"working\" of (Duke only bet big on poker **e**)* with '**e**' for \"electronic'"}
-{"Clue":"Quickly prepare comic set with RuPaul trashing America (6,2)","Answer":"RUSTLE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Quickly prepare\nanagram\/\"comic\" of (set RuP-**a**-ul)* discarding\/\"trashing\" the letter '**a**' for \"America\""}
-{"Clue":"Retrospectively consider casting couches untouchable (6)","Answer":"SACRED","Explanation":"Definition: untouchable\nhidden ('couched' inside) consi-DER CAS-ting, in reverse (\"Retrospectively\")"}
-{"Clue":"Shy away from angry crocodile wanting fish (6)","Answer":"RECOIL","Explanation":"Definition: Shy away\nanagram\/\"angry\" of (cro-**cod**-ile)* minus **cod**=\"fish\""}
-{"Clue":"A lot of our menus circulated (8)","Answer":"NUMEROUS","Explanation":"Definition: A lot of\nanagram\/\"circulated\" of (our menus)"}
-{"Clue":"Partner's steep parking charges (6)","Answer":"SPOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: P\nSOUSE=soak in liquid=\"steep\", with P for \"parking\" inside (\"charges\" can mean 'fills' or 'loads into')"}
-{"Clue":"Space on school English programme (6)","Answer":"SCHEME","Explanation":"Definition: programme\nEM in printing\/typography, a measure of \"Space\"; after\/\"on\" SCH (school), then plus E (English)"}
-{"Clue":"Hint about returning TV panel show's set (6)","Answer":"CLIQUE","Explanation":"Definition: set\ndefinition: \"set\" as a noun meaning a group of people"}
-{"Clue":"Bread releasing a single recorded as DIY music? (2-2)","Answer":"LO-FI","Explanation":"Definition: recorded as DIY music?\ndefinition: 'lo-fi' is short for 'low fidelity', a style of recording music contrasted against 'high fidelity'\n \nLO**A**F=\"Bread\", minus\/releasing \"**a**\"; plus I=one, \"single\""}
-{"Clue":"Mike casting actress in The Krays, say (10)","Answer":"MISCREANTS","Explanation":"Definition: The Krays, say\nM (\"Mike\" in the NATO alphabet), plus anagram\/\"casting\" of (actress in)"}
-{"Clue":"Mister Scrooge partook occasionally at first (8)","Answer":"ATOMISER","Explanation":"Definition: Mister\ndefinition: \"Mister\" as in something that can spray a mist e.g. of perfume"}
-{"Clue":"Belly dance finally seen by Arab country's royal bodyguard (6)","Answer":"YEOMAN","Explanation":"Definition: royal bodyguard\nfinal letters of [Bell]-Y [danc]-E, plus OMAN=\"Arab country\""}
-{"Clue":"Brave to pick unknown (6)","Answer":"PLUCKY","Explanation":"Definition: Brave\nPLUCK=\"pick\" (e.g. a guitar string) + Y=symbol for a mathematical \"unknown\""}
-{"Clue":"Material lie about modern American composer (10)","Answer":"FIBREGLASS","Explanation":"Definition: Material"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative party pursuing alternative to holding hard vote (8)","Answer":"ORTHODOX","Explanation":"Definition: Conservative\nDO=\"party\" after\/\"pursuing\": OR=\"alternative\" + TO around\/\"holding\" H (hard); \u2026then plus X=symbol to mark a \"vote\""}
-{"Clue":"Pressure of rubber company making ten hollow samples (6)","Answer":"DURESS","Explanation":"Definition: Pressure\nDURE**X**=\"rubber (as in condom) company\", making the **X** (\"ten\" in Roman numerals\" into **SS** (hollowed out **s**-ample-**s**)"}
-{"Clue":"Iconic Australian posh girl raised pulse (6)","Answer":"LEGUME","Explanation":"Definition: pulse\nEMU=\"Iconic Australian\" animal, plus GEL=a rendering of a 'posh' pronunciation of \"girl\"; all reversed\/\"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"My class stays (6)","Answer":"CORSET","Explanation":"Definition: stays\ndefinition: a corset can be described as a 'pair of stays'\n \nCOR=exclamation of surprise=\"My\" + SET=\"class\""}
-{"Clue":"Club's highest point when midfielder initially moves up top (4)","Answer":"MACE","Explanation":"Definition: Club\ndefinition: a blunt weapon\n \nAC**M**E=\"highest point\", with the initial **M** of \"**m**idfielder\" moved to the top of the word"}
-{"Clue":"Stress in the tube? (9)","Answer":"UNDERLINE","Explanation":"Definition: Stress\nThe Tube, or London Underground, could be an \"under line\", and you can stress something by underlining it"}
-{"Clue":"She combines with it to be poetic (4)","Answer":"COPE","Explanation":"Definition: She\nPOETIC is an anagram of COPE + IT, and \"she\" is the poet Wendy Cope"}
-{"Clue":"Scotch perhaps about a time to bully (8)","Answer":"MALTREAT","Explanation":"Definition: bully\nMALT [whisky] + RE A T"}
-{"Clue":"Recorder backing work for asylum seeker? (6)","Answer":"\u00c9MIGR\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: asylum seeker?\nEMI (recording company) + reverse of ERG (unit of work)"}
-{"Clue":"One that makes master feel inadequate? (6)","Answer":"FEMALE","Explanation":"Definition: One that makes master feel inadequate?\n(MA FEEL)* &lit \u2013 a nice concept, but rather spoilt by the indirect anagram, even though MA=master is a common crossword trick"}
-{"Clue":"Boy tries out record (8)","Answer":"REGISTER","Explanation":"Definition: record\nREG + TRIES"}
-{"Clue":"Chuffed by story about party leader (6)","Answer":"ELATED","Explanation":"Definition: Chuffed\nReverse of TALE + ED [Miliband]"}
-{"Clue":"Revolting classic character can love America (8)","Answer":"MUTINOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Revolting\nMU (Greek letter = \"classic character\") + TIN + O + US"}
-{"Clue":"Spice for 15 Roman character early in the week (8)","Answer":"CINNAMON","Explanation":"Definition: Spice\nCINNA (presumably this one, one of the conspirators against Julius Caesar) + MON[day]"}
-{"Clue":"Slight arch on East Sussex shore? (6)","Answer":"CAMBER","Explanation":"Definition: Slight arch\nCamber is a slight curvature, e.g. of a road surface (as in the worrying road sign \"adverse camber\"), and Camber Sands is a (reasonably well known \u2013 at least I've heard of it) beach near Rye in East Sussex"}
-{"Clue":"His name gained New World prominence (8)","Answer":"VESPUCCI","Explanation":"Definition: His name gained New World prominence\n(Barely) cryptic definition, referring to Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer after whom the continent of America was (probably) named"}
-{"Clue":"Element slightly indecent in church office (6)","Answer":"CURACY","Explanation":"Definition: church office\nCU (copper) + RACY"}
-{"Clue":"Conqueror turned to race, inter alia (6)","Answer":"ATTILA","Explanation":"Definition: Conqueror\nTT (motorbike race) in ALIA, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Time read out from one side to the other (8)","Answer":"DIAMETER","Explanation":"Definition: from one side to the other\n(TIME READ)"}
-{"Clue":"What's said or sung, but not at church (4)","Answer":"ORAL","Explanation":"Definition: What's said\nCHORAL less CH"}
-{"Clue":"Number turn out after emergency call and keep it going (9)","Answer":"SOSTENUTO","Explanation":"Definition: keep it going\nSOS (emergency call) + TEN + OUT*. Sostenuto (Italian \"sustained\") is used in music to indicate a smooth style of playing"}
-{"Clue":"Decree to take Britain as English (5)","Answer":"UKASE","Explanation":"Definition: Decree\nUK (Britain) + AS E. Ukase was a proclamation in tsarist Russia"}
-{"Clue":"Take away from foreign land (7)","Answer":"DETRACT","Explanation":"Definition: Take away\nDE (\"from\" in French etc) + TRACT (land)"}
-{"Clue":"Note girl gets to bailiff (5)","Answer":"REEVE","Explanation":"Definition: bailiff\nRE (note, as in do-re-mi) + EVE"}
-{"Clue":"Plant setter's getting for the time being (7)","Answer":"INTERIM","Explanation":"Definition: the time being\nINTER (bury, plant) + I'M (setter is)"}
-{"Clue":"Lively Frenchman backed to become in charge (9)","Answer":"ENERGETIC","Explanation":"Definition: Lively\nReverse of REN\u00c9 + GET + IC"}
-{"Clue":"Watertight chamber is thus in metal shell (7)","Answer":"CAISSON","Explanation":"Definition: Watertight chamber\nIS SO in CAN. Read all about caisson as a wateright compartment here"}
-{"Clue":"8 in itself quaintly pleasing (9)","Answer":"PERSECUTE","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nPER SE (in itself) + CUTE"}
-{"Clue":"Crete lies roughly somewhere between Reykjavik and Aden! (9)","Answer":"LEICESTER","Explanation":"Definition: somewhere between Reykjavik and Aden\n(CRETE LIES)*. I don't know if there's any significance in the choice of Reykjavik and Aden as places that Leicester (or Crete) is between"}
-{"Clue":"Politicians find rising star come to dead end (9)","Answer":"DEMOCRATS","Explanation":"Definition: Politicians\nSTAR COME [dea]D, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Like marriage taking up Latin translation (7)","Answer":"NUPTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Like marriage\n(UP LATIN)"}
-{"Clue":"One sea and other river nymphs (7)","Answer":"NAIADES","Explanation":"Definition: river nymphs\n(I SEA AND)* \u2013 the usual English plurual is Naiads, but Chambers also gives this version, which is closer to the Greek original"}
-{"Clue":"A bit in France sounds a fortiori here (7)","Answer":"MORCEAU","Explanation":"Definition: A bit in France\nHomophone of \"more so\",which is an informal definition of *a fortiori*. MORCEAU is French for \"piece\", or \"bit\""}
-{"Clue":"Hunt with no time to be modest (5)","Answer":"CHASE","Explanation":"Definition: Hunt\nCHASTE less T. The \"be\" is redundant in the cryptic reading"}
-{"Clue":"Belief being firm about colour (5)","Answer":"CREDO","Explanation":"Definition: Belief\nRED in CO[mpany]"}
-{"Clue":"Remain faithful in divorce (6)","Answer":"CLEAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Remain faithful\nDouble definition \u2013 CLEAVE is a word that famously has two opposite meanings"}
-{"Clue":"Bandage man after slap (6)","Answer":"SWATHE","Explanation":"Definition: Bandage\nSWAT + HE"}
-{"Clue":"Wonder if poem matters, half left out (6,2,7)","Answer":"TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS","Explanation":"Definition: Wonder\n(IF POEM MATTERS LE[ft])*. The Temple of Artemis was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World"}
-{"Clue":"Line written about that writer (6)","Answer":"CRAYON","Explanation":"Definition: writer\nARC< + YON (that)"}
-{"Clue":"Resort to Hamlet, being typecast? (3,5)","Answer":"HOT METAL","Explanation":"Definition: typecast\n(TO HAMLET)"}
-{"Clue":"Second fast bowler, one rocket-propelled? (8)","Answer":"SPACEMAN","Explanation":"Definition: one rocket-propelled\nS + PACEMAN"}
-{"Clue":"Bolted, as half-locked? (6)","Answer":"DASHED","Explanation":"Definition: Bolted\nApart from dashed=bolted=moved fast I don't understand this"}
-{"Clue":"Trim tree (6)","Answer":"SPRUCE","Explanation":"Definition: Trim\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Extreme inhumanity in beauty (8)","Answer":"DEVILISH","Explanation":"Definition: Extreme\nEVIL in DISH"}
-{"Clue":"Virgin son with a flat stomach? (8)","Answer":"SPOTLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Virgin\nS + POTLESS (i.e. not having a pot belly)"}
-{"Clue":"Person taking money (6)","Answer":"NICKER","Explanation":"Definition: Person taking\nDouble definition \u2013 to nick is to steal, and nicker is slang for a pound"}
-{"Clue":"Break wind to woo lasses, then spread it about a bit (3,4,4,4)","Answer":"SOW ONE\u2019S WILD OATS","Explanation":"Definition: spread it about a bit\n(WIND TO WOO LASSES)* Probably not to be recommended as an actual way of wooing."}
-{"Clue":"Reason utter fool's punched (6)","Answer":"SANITY","Explanation":"Definition: Reason\nNIT (fool) in SAY (utter)"}
-{"Clue":"Man getting Roosevelt sacked, partially recovered (6)","Answer":"CASTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Man\nHidden in reverse of roosevELT SACked. A castle (aka rook) is a chessman"}
-{"Clue":"Lift red, then lift white (5,2)","Answer":"CHEER UP","Explanation":"Definition: Lift\nCHE (Guevara, crosswordland's favourite \"red\") + reverse of PURE (white)"}
-{"Clue":"Skim lure over bottom of filthy drain (5)","Answer":"EMPTY","Explanation":"Skim lure over bottom of filthy drain (5)\n[t]EMPT + [filth]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Country with spirit welcoming hothead (7)","Answer":"VIETNAM","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nETNA (volcano or \"hothead\") in VIM"}
-{"Clue":"Beaten material (7)","Answer":"WORSTED","Explanation":"Definition: Beaten\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Country has me flipping incensed (7)","Answer":"EMIRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nEM< + IRATE"}
-{"Clue":"Hound a strong country, endlessly (6)","Answer":"AFGHAN","Explanation":"Definition: Hound\nA F (forte, strong) + GHAN[a]. Lots of countries in this puzzle!"}
-{"Clue":"Declining figures for game show (9)","Answer":"COUNTDOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Declining figures\nDouble definition \u2013 a spacecraft's \"10, 9, 8..\" and the venerable Channel 4 game show"}
-{"Clue":"Song for children in which parent attempts to cut through spiky plant (3,4,3,6)","Answer":"POP GOES THE WEASEL","Explanation":"Definition: Song for children\nPOP (parent) GOES (attempts) + HEW in TEASEL"}
-{"Clue":"Water, perhaps, that's in a kettle (7)","Answer":"ELEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Water, perhaps\nDouble definition \u2013 there are lots of those here too"}
-{"Clue":"Reject is gripped by melancholy (6)","Answer":"DISOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Reject\nIS in DOWN (melancholy, adj.)"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing special to find love in a toilet, when head over heels (7)","Answer":"VANILLA","Explanation":"Definition: Nothing special\nNIL in (A LAV)<. \"Vanilla\" can mean \"plain, not unusual\""}
-{"Clue":"Woman holding magazine cover (7)","Answer":"SHEATHE","Explanation":"Definition: cover\nHEAT in SHE, which incidentally is also the name of a recently-defunct magazine (though others of the same name exist elsewhere)"}
-{"Clue":"Pull or blow (5)","Answer":"CLOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Pull\nAnd another double definition \u2013 \"pull\" as in influence, and \"blow\" as in striking someone. Not exactly opposite meanings, except in the surface reading, but a nice symmetry with the first clue"}
-{"Clue":"Story told to encourage when caught in this? (8)","Answer":"TAILBACK","Explanation":"Definition: this\nHomophone of \"tale\" + BACK (encourage). Not much of a definition \u2013 I suppose the idea is that children might be told stories to keep them happy in a traffic jam"}
-{"Clue":"Old dictator took vehicle over backwater (6)","Answer":"CAESAR","Explanation":"Definition: Old dictator\nSEA< in CAR"}
-{"Clue":"Dictator's henchmen sorting postage (7)","Answer":"GESTAPO","Explanation":"Definition: Dictator's henchmen\nPOSTAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Saul's blowers? (7)","Answer":"BELLOWS","Explanation":"Definition: blowers\nReference to the author Saul Bellow"}
-{"Clue":"Is short, they say \u2014 short of discipline (5)","Answer":"LACKS","Explanation":"Definition: Is short\nHomophone of \"lax\" (short of discipline). This seems to be the wrong way round, but I think it's just about Ok; I think replacing the dash with a colon would improve it"}
-{"Clue":"Possibly last drink is more than brackish (4,5)","Answer":"SALT WATER","Explanation":"Definition: is more than brackish\nLAST* + WATER. One of my bugbear clues (which I still need a name for), with WATER having the same meaning in wordplay and answer"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps 1p under fails, giving away more than intended (8,4)","Answer":"FREUDIAN SLIP","Explanation":"Definition: giving away more than intended\n(IP UNDER FAILS)"}
-{"Clue":"Front wheelwright? (12)","Answer":"SPOKESPERSON","Explanation":"Definition: Front\nDouble definition, or definition + cryptic def: a spokesperson is a \"front\" for an organisation, and wheels have spokes."}
-{"Clue":"It takes one to settle abnormal dressing requirements (6,3)","Answer":"TOILET SET","Explanation":"Definition: dressing requirements\n(I TO SETTLE)"}
-{"Clue":"With love three can affect the atmosphere (5)","Answer":"OZONE","Explanation":"Definition: atmosphere\nThe chemical symbol for Ozone is O3 (and O = love). I'm not sure if the definition should include the words \"can affect the\" \u2013 it doesn't seem very accurate either way"}
-{"Clue":"Creatures making a lot of tricks in a turn (7)","Answer":"ANIMALS","Explanation":"Definition: Creatures\nReverse of SLAM (lots of tricks in Bridge etc) IN A"}
-{"Clue":"She's a model on the game (7)","Answer":"BRIDGET","Explanation":"Definition: She\nBRIDGE + [Ford Model] T"}
-{"Clue":"Music produced by some person at an instrument (6)","Answer":"SONATA","Explanation":"Definition: Music\nHidden in perSON AT An instrument, with a redundant word to make the whole clue a definition (I won't call it &lit as the structure isn't right), as a sonata is an instrumental piece (though ti can be for more that one), as opposed to a cantata, which is sung."}
-{"Clue":"People wearing necklace, whereon they are distressed (4,4)","Answer":"BEAM ENDS","Explanation":"Definition: whereon they are distressed\nMEN in BEADS \u2013 if you're on your beam ends you're (financially) distressed"}
-{"Clue":"Leg got twisted in crosspiece (6)","Answer":"TOGGLE","Explanation":"Definition: crosspiece\n(LEG GOT)"}
-{"Clue":"Being of fashionable school? (6)","Answer":"INSECT","Explanation":"Definition: Being\nIN (fashionable) + SECT"}
-{"Clue":"Money republic raised for a place to dine (9)","Answer":"BRASSERIE","Explanation":"Definition: a place to dine\nBRASS (money) + EIRE<"}
-{"Clue":"For election of members? (5,8)","Answer":"CROSS\u00a0PURPOSES","Explanation":"Definition: For election of members\nCryptic definition \u2013 the purpose of a cross on a ballot paper is the election of a member of parliament (etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Permit to be without depth and quiet? (5)","Answer":"ALLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Permit\nSHALLOW (without depth) less SH (quiet). I think the double use of \"without\" here is quite clever."}
-{"Clue":"Throw over discussion, keeping student at ease (8)","Answer":"SMOOTHLY","Explanation":"Definition: at ease\nMOOT , L in SHY"}
-{"Clue":"Decree for others about to tear inside (8)","Answer":"RESCRIPT","Explanation":"Definition: Decree\nC (about) RIP in REST. Rescript is \"an edict or decree\""}
-{"Clue":"Carrier of cannon balls? (8,5)","Answer":"BILLIARD TABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Carrier of cannon balls\nCryptic definition \u2013 a cannon is a type of stroke in billiards, which also involves balls"}
-{"Clue":"Some log in prepared for a new term (9)","Answer":"NEOLOGISM","Explanation":"Definition: a new term\n(SOME LOG IN)"}
-{"Clue":"Lost without heroin \u2014 on Sunday smokers need them (8)","Answer":"ASHTRAYS","Explanation":"Definition: smokers need them\nH in ASTRAY + S"}
-{"Clue":"Attitude is shown up in draught (8)","Answer":"POSITION","Explanation":"Definition: Attitude\nIS< in POTION (draught)"}
-{"Clue":"Many an instrument playing in Llaregyb (6)","Answer":"MORGAN","Explanation":"Definition: playing in Llaregyb\nM (1000. many) + ORGAN (instrument). Llaregyb is a bowdlerised spelling of Llareggub, the setting of Dylan Thomas's *Under Milk Wood*, which includes a character called Organ Morgan. We had the correct spelling of the town recently as an answer in an Orlando puzzle, so I don't know why Gordius has chosed this version here."}
-{"Clue":"New arrivals heard of accommodation on board (6)","Answer":"BERTHS","Explanation":"Definition: accommodation on board\nHomophone of \"births\""}
-{"Clue":"Make it lawful to bring back corporal punishment by head teacher (5)","Answer":"ENACT","Explanation":"Definition: Make it lawful\nReverse of CANE + T[eacher], though I don't like \"head teacher\" = T."}
-{"Clue":"No subject gets trim in steel tempered by sun (9)","Answer":"THEMELESS","Explanation":"Definition: No subject\nHEM (to trim, in dressmaking) in STEEL* + S"}
-{"Clue":"Spot large roomy place (5)","Answer":"MOTEL","Explanation":"Definition: roomy place\nMOTE (spot) + L[arge]. A motel is a place with rooms, so a \"roomy place\""}
-{"Clue":"Rock 'n' roll classic clue stuffed with wicked content (7)","Answer":"LUCILLE","Explanation":"Definition: Rock 'n' roll classic\nILL (wicked) in CLUE* \u2013 \"stuffed\" indicates the anagram, not an insertion as one might think"}
-{"Clue":"Superior aid distribution or rapid transport (7)","Answer":"AIRDROP","Explanation":"Definition: Superior aid distribution\n(OR RAPID)* \u2013 distribution \"from above\", so \"superior\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish-eater's brother close up (4,4)","Answer":"MONK SEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Fish-eater\nMONK (brother) + SEAL ( to close up) \u2013 a seal (that eats fish) found in Hawaii"}
-{"Clue":"Glowing with colour, one possibly cycles a bit (10)","Answer":"IRIDESCENT","Explanation":"Definition: Glowing with colour\nI + RIDES + CENT (a bit = coin)"}
-{"Clue":"Which might reveal one's inner thoughts of careless penmanship? (7,4)","Answer":"INKBLOT TEST","Explanation":"Definition: Which might reveal one's inner thoughts\nThis is what I call a sesquidef, or a definition-and-a-half: the definition refers to the Rorschach test, which purports to reveal things about people's personality through their reactions to a set of inkblot patterns"}
-{"Clue":"China capped electric leads on memory microchip (7)","Answer":"CERAMIC","Explanation":"Definition: China\nFirst letters (leads) of C[apped] E[lectric] + RAM (memory) + IC (Integrated circuit, microchip)"}
-{"Clue":"Not a straightforward critic of unrestricted, wide press coverage of Independent (10)","Answer":"SIDESWIPER","Explanation":"Definition: Not a straightforward critic\nI in (WIDE PRESS)"}
-{"Clue":"Record down in the charts? That can be a real pain (7,4)","Answer":"SLIPPED DISC","Explanation":"Definition: That can be a real pain\nIf your record is down in the charts then you might have a SLIPPED DISC"}
-{"Clue":"Provisional playwright drops leading character: one is contracted (7)","Answer":"INTERIM","Explanation":"Definition: Provisional\n[Harold P]INTER + I'M (= one is, contracted)"}
-{"Clue":"Lives in Lille's changed together with a former immigration HQ (5,6)","Answer":"ELLIS ISLAND","Explanation":"Definition: former immigration HQ\nIS in LILLE'S* + AND (together with). Ellis Island in New York Bay was where immigrants to the USA were processed between 1892 and 1954"}
-{"Clue":"Darn leisure activity? (9)","Answer":"CROSSWORD","Explanation":"Definition: Darn\nDouble definition \u2013 \"darn!\" could be a \"cross word\""}
-{"Clue":"Maligned dove I can keep up in the air? (8)","Answer":"PEACENIK","Explanation":"Definition: Maligned dove\n(I CAN KEEP)* \"A pacifist, *esp* in a derogatory sense\" says Chambers (it doesn't mention that it's obviously modelled on \"beatnik\"), so a \"maligned dove\""}
-{"Clue":"Creature that's drained of water's, er, done for (5,3)","Answer":"SEWER RAT","Explanation":"Definition: Creature that's drained\n(WATER'S ER)* \u2013 sewer rats might be found in a drain"}
-{"Clue":"Jury briber supporters dividing capital return (8)","Answer":"EMBRASOR","Explanation":"Definition: Jury briber\nBRAS in ROME< \"One who seeks to influence jurors by corrupt means [\u2026]\""}
-{"Clue":"He wrote back to addressee, finally (6)","Answer":"STERNE","Explanation":"Definition: He wrote\nSTERN (back) + [addresse]E"}
-{"Clue":"It makes Cyclops, cryptically, about the ultimate in crossword's unsubtle humour (9,6)","Answer":"SLAPSTICK COMEDY","Explanation":"Definition: unsubtle humour\n[crosswor]D in (IT MAKES CYCLOPS)*, and the surface reading nicely descibes how one might think of Cyclops, Brummie's alter ego in *Private Eye"}
-{"Clue":"No more fencing for camp men about to retire? (4,4)","Answer":"LAST POST","Explanation":"Definition: camp men about to retire\nIf you've reached your LAST POST then you can't put up any more of your fence. This bugle call is probably best known to most people from its use at Remebrance Day, but it's also the signal for the end of the day in an army camp, so time to \"retire\""}
-{"Clue":"MASH director, who wants paying (8)","Answer":"CREDITOR","Explanation":"Definition: who wants paying\nDIRECTOR* (\"mashed\")"}
-{"Clue":"Man flu, old style, you could say, post operations here (8)","Answer":"MAILROOM","Explanation":"Definition: post operations here\nHomophone of \"male rheum\" \u2013 apt for me as I've just got over a dose of man flu myself (at least it wasn't a 23,22)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor Sorrows is boring (6)","Answer":"DRILLS","Explanation":"Definition: is boring\nDR + ILLS"}
-{"Clue":"\"Charge\" contained by concise reference work? (6)","Answer":"INDICT","Explanation":"Definition: Charge\nIN DICT[ionary]"}
-{"Clue":"3 of Pilgrims Progress, opportunist whose heart flipped? (7)","Answer":"CHAUCER","Explanation":"Definition: 3 of Pilgrims Progress\nCHANCER with the N \"flipped over\" to become a U (it works better in lower case). Chaucer chronicled the Canterbury pilgrims"}
-{"Clue":"A nice girl, not Irish, could be pure and innocent (7)","Answer":"ANGELIC","Explanation":"Definition: pure and innocent\n(A NICE GIRL)* less IR"}
-{"Clue":"Get a bit of a sore back tossing it? (5)","Answer":"CABER","Explanation":"Definition: Get a bit of a sore back tossing it?\nHidden in reverse of soRE BACk, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Narcotic plant in province NATO and CIA bombed (9)","Answer":"NICOTIANA","Explanation":"Definition: Narcotic plant\nNI (Northern Ireland, province) + (NATO CIA). I didn't help myself by initially entering NICOTINIA"}
-{"Clue":"In revolt, Gulf nation's switching to our 20s (10)","Answer":"ROMANISING","Explanation":"Definition: switching to our 20s\nOMAN in RISING. Romanising is rewriting another script (e.g. Chinese) in our (Roman) alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe not 25's choice when it's knocked back (4)","Answer":"ASTI","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe not 25's choice\nAS (when) + IT< Asti might be looked down on by oenophiles"}
-{"Clue":"Shabby person wearing trousers in matches (11)","Answer":"CORRESPONDS","Explanation":"Definition: matches\nPERSON* in CORDS"}
-{"Clue":"After unrest, Egypt's ejected government, for example (4)","Answer":"TYPE","Explanation":"Definition: example\nEGYPT* less G"}
-{"Clue":"Like a couple of missionaries' view of a church? (4,2,4)","Answer":"FACE TO FACE","Explanation":"Definition: Like a couple of missionaries\nFACET OF A CE, the definition presumably referring to the cartoon clich\u00e9 of missionaries in a cannibals' cooking pot. *Or more likely, as Shirley and Querulous point out, a reference to the Missionary Position (warning: contains explicit imagery)"}
-{"Clue":"I hope one's educated to drink litres (9)","Answer":"OENOPHILE","Explanation":"Definition: I hope one's educated to drink litres\nL in (I HOPE ONE)*, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Fifth columnist in bloody battle not taking sides (5)","Answer":"AGENT","Explanation":"Definition: Fifth columnist\n[M]AGENT[A]. I don't know if the Battle of Magenta was particularly bloody \u2013 can any historians advise?"}
-{"Clue":"Ted's sick eating fish \u2014 there's a number to get through (3,4)","Answer":"STD CODE","Explanation":"Definition: a number to get through\nCOD in TEDS"}
-{"Clue":"Info about axes reported originally in the Sun (7)","Answer":"DAYSTAR","Explanation":"Definition: the Sun\nYS (i.e Y-axes) in DATA + R[eported]"}
-{"Clue":"Measure of 21's violent ongoing coercion (6)","Answer":"CICERO","Explanation":"Definition: Measure of 21\nCOERCION* less ON (\"on going\"). A measure in typography"}
-{"Clue":"Collector books nearly every seat? (6)","Answer":"ALBUMS","Explanation":"Definition: Collector books\nAL[L] BUMS \u2013 I'm not sure this entirely works: if \"nearly every\" is AL then the answer shoud be ALBUM; if it's \"nearly (every seat)\" it should be ALLBU."}
-{"Clue":"Ferryman lost a relic, rowing former journalist (10)","Answer":"CHRONICLER","Explanation":"Definition: former journalist\nCH[a]RON (ferryman of the Styx who has \"lost a\") + RELIC"}
-{"Clue":"Tours streets gathering new 20s (5)","Answer":"RUNES","Explanation":"Definition: 20s\nN in RUES (French streets, as in the city of Tours)"}
-{"Clue":"20 parts, 2 held by climbers, 1 by mountaineers (9)","Answer":"ASCENDERS","Explanation":"Definition: 20 parts\nAn ascender is part of a letter that extends above the middle (i.e. above the height of letters such as n and a). It can also refer to a letter that has an ascender. The words \"climbers\" and \"mountaineers\" have two (l, b) and one (t) of these respectively (and climbers and mountaineers are also \"ascenders\", though that doesn't seem to be a necessary part of the clue)"}
-{"Clue":"Old German understood Hungary (4)","Answer":"GOTH","Explanation":"Definition: Old German\nGOT H"}
-{"Clue":"51 first-rate lads corrupt grandee employs in 13 novel (8,11)","Answer":"LIAISONS DANGEREUSES","Explanation":"Definition: 13 novel\nLI (51) + A1 SONS + GRANDEE* + USES. To be picky, the name of the epistolary novel (made ino a memorable 1988 film, among other adaptations) is *$$Les$$ Liaisons dangereuses"}
-{"Clue":"Subject of 13 novel 21A describing Rhode Island (8)","Answer":"CLARISSA","Explanation":"Definition: Subject of 13 novel\nRI in CLASS A \u2013 the A really is an A in 21A, not an abbreviation of \"across\". Samuel Richardson's famous (and famously long) novel"}
-{"Clue":"45 royalist nuts devoted to 20s (10)","Answer":"EPISTOLARY","Explanation":"Definition: devoted to 20s\nEP (record, formerly one played at 45rpm) + ROYALIST"}
-{"Clue":"Double-check paper Louis' wife passed round (2-7)","Answer":"RE-EXAMINE","Explanation":"Definition: Double-check\nEXAM (paper) in REINE (French \"queen\" \u2013 take your pick of which Louis she is the wife of)"}
-{"Clue":"Labour leader is not bothered about current issues (8)","Answer":"EDITIONS","Explanation":"Definition: issues\nED [Miliband] + I (symbol for current) in (IS NOT)"}
-{"Clue":"A French-English dictionary includes \"enclose\" for \"shut\" (8)","Answer":"UNOPENED","Explanation":"Definition: shut\nUN (\"A\" in French) + PEN (enclose) in OED (English dictionary)"}
-{"Clue":"Warning: \"Vacate complex!\" (6)","Answer":"CAVEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Warning\nVACATE"}
-{"Clue":"An accommodating character? (6)","Answer":"LETTER","Explanation":"Definition: character\nDouble definition (sort of)"}
-{"Clue":"Polish close borders, more or less (5)","Answer":"EMEND","Explanation":"Definition: Polish\nM[or]E (\"more or less\") in END; \"polish\" (short O) as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"\"Pees 'n 'ose\", said mate (4)","Answer":"OPPO","Explanation":"Definition: mate\nPP in OO \u2013 the surface reading may be a reference to the legendary Four Candles sketch by the Two Ronnies."}
-{"Clue":"What yachtsmen hoist, getting drunk in this local? (9)","Answer":"SAILCLOTH","Explanation":"Definition: What yachtsmen hoist\n(THIS LOCAL)"}
-{"Clue":"Back only positive part of 24 \u2014 that's curious (5)","Answer":"NOSEY","Explanation":"Definition: curious\nNOYES with the YES (the \"positive part\") reversed"}
-{"Clue":"They're used to create curls and waves (7)","Answer":"ROLLERS","Explanation":"Definition: They're used to create curls\nDouble definition: hair rollers and waves in the sea"}
-{"Clue":"Aim the wrong way in total stupidity (7)","Answer":"MADNESS","Explanation":"Definition: stupidity\nReverse of END (aim) in MASS (total)"}
-{"Clue":"First part of Julius Caesar, for example, as opposed to 21 down (5)","Answer":"NOMEN","Explanation":"Definition: First part of Julius Caesar, for example\nThe opposite of YES-MEN. As well as just meaning \"name\" in Latin, *nomen* had the more specific meaning of a family name. See here for more details. In Gaius Julius Caeser, to give him his full name, Gaius is the *praenomen*, Julius the *nomen* and Caesar the *cognomen*. Here endeth the Latin lesson."}
-{"Clue":"Doctor read notes and responded sympathetically (9)","Answer":"RESONATED","Explanation":"Definition: responded sympathetically\n(READ NOTES)"}
-{"Clue":"Government official's rewritten trite manifestos (8,2,5)","Answer":"MINISTER OF STATE","Explanation":"Definition: Government official\n(TRITE MANIFESTOS)"}
-{"Clue":"Partnership in company \u2014 a majority shareholder secures it (9)","Answer":"COALITION","Explanation":"Definition: Partnership\nCO + IT in A LION (the lion's share is the majority)"}
-{"Clue":"Conclusions of inquiry the press judge ridiculous, as opposed to 4 (5)","Answer":"YESES","Explanation":"Definition: as opposed to 4\nLast letters of inquirY thE presS judgE ridiculouS."}
-{"Clue":"Short of editor at work, cutting back information (7)","Answer":"NEEDING","Explanation":"Definition: Short of\nED IN (at work) in reverse of GEN (information)"}
-{"Clue":"Former tennis star, as seen repeatedly falling into net, oddly (7)","Answer":"NASTASE","Explanation":"Definition: Former tennis star\nAS + AS in NET*, the tennis star being Ilie Nastase"}
-{"Clue":"Poet who might have written \"Do I contradict myself?\" (5)","Answer":"NOYES","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nNO\/YES \u2013 Alfred Noyes is the poet."}
-{"Clue":"Catches, say, in safer nets at sea (9)","Answer":"FASTENERS","Explanation":"Definition: Catches\n(SAFER NETS)* \u2013 I don't see why \"say\" is needed here"}
-{"Clue":"Like a great number that's so romantic being ruined (10)","Answer":"ASTRONOMIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like a great number\n(SO ROMANTIC)"}
-{"Clue":"Queen provided lover for soldier (8)","Answer":"RIFLEMAN","Explanation":"Definition: soldier\nR (queen) + IF (provided) + LEMAN (lover)"}
-{"Clue":"Show? Yes and no (6)","Answer":"SCREEN","Explanation":"Definition: Show? Yes and no\nDouble definition: to show, e.g. a film, or to cover with a screen, and so hide"}
-{"Clue":"Having odd deficiencies, uncovers negatives (4)","Answer":"NOES","Explanation":"Definition: negatives\nEven letters of uNcOvErS"}
-{"Clue":"How to say \"no\", using digital signal? (6,4)","Answer":"THUMBS DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: How to say \"no\", using digital signal\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"They avoid controversy? Yes and no, possibly (8)","Answer":"ANODYNES","Explanation":"Definition: They avoid controversy\n(YES AND NO)"}
-{"Clue":"Saying \"yes\" in the form posted (6)","Answer":"ASSENT","Explanation":"Definition: Saying \"yes\"\n\"In the form posted\" = AS SENT"}
-{"Clue":"Regards as English, indeed (4)","Answer":"EYES","Explanation":"Definition: Regards\nE + YES"}
-{"Clue":"Language used by female in bank, speaking rapidly (7,3)","Answer":"REELING OFF","Explanation":"Definition: speaking rapidly\nLINGO + F in REEF"}
-{"Clue":"Fashionable judgment shown by doctor on a lot of points (5,5)","Answer":"DRESS SENSE","Explanation":"Definition: Fashionable judgment\nDR + lots of E, S and N"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely polished attempts written about in time (8)","Answer":"SHINIEST","Explanation":"Extremely polished attempts written about in time (8)\nIN in SHIES (attempts) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Relieved when artist turned up outside university (8)","Answer":"ASSUAGED","Explanation":"Relieved when artist turned up outside university (8)\nAS (when) + U in reverse of [Edgar] DEGAS"}
-{"Clue":"Nocturnal animal, as opposed to 22 down? (3-3)","Answer":"AYE-AYE","Explanation":"Nocturnal animal, as opposed to 22 down? (3-3)\nOpposite of NO-NO for this lemur"}
-{"Clue":"They never oppose head of state in republic (3-3)","Answer":"YES-MEN","Explanation":"They never oppose head of state in republic (3-3)\nS[tate[ in YEMEN"}
-{"Clue":"4, something to be avoided (2-2)","Answer":"NO-NO","Explanation":"4, something to be avoided (2-2)\nNO + NO makes NOES"}
-{"Clue":"As we hear, the opposite of 8 \u2014 it's between them (4)","Answer":"NOSE","Explanation":"As we hear, the opposite of 8 \u2014 it's between them (4)\nHomophones of \"noes\", the opposite of \"ayes\", and the nose is between the eyes"}
-{"Clue":"Ray, perhaps, not entirely mean to eat morsel of food, a scrap (4,5)","Answer":"FIST FIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: a scrap\nFIS[h] (a ray is a fish) + F[ood] in TIGHT (mean, stingy), and a scrap is a fight"}
-{"Clue":"Fraud no PCs will back (4)","Answer":"SCAM","Explanation":"Definition: Fraud\nReverse of [Apple] MACS, which are not PCs (though of course they are Personal Computers, but Apple's own advertising makes the distinction)"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient, somewhat wizened looking from the rear (5)","Answer":"OLDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient\nHidden in reverse of wizeNED LOoking"}
-{"Clue":"Debt of \u00a31 on gift (9)","Answer":"LIABILITY","Explanation":"Definition: Debt\nL1 + ABILITY (gift, talent)"}
-{"Clue":"God welcoming national state (7)","Answer":"ROMANIA","Explanation":"Definition: state\nOMANI in RA (Egyptian sun god \u2013 a crossword regular, though I don't remember seeing him much lately)"}
-{"Clue":"Force out old terrorist leader, boorish (7)","Answer":"EXTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Force out\nEX (old, former) + T[errorist] + RUDE"}
-{"Clue":"Fair to wash hand (8,5)","Answer":"STRAIGHT FLUSH","Explanation":"Definition: hand\nSTRAIGHT (fair) + FLUSH (wash) to give the poker hand"}
-{"Clue":"Drink in hemlock, it's poisonous as sweet (4,9)","Answer":"MILK CHOCOLATE","Explanation":"Definition: sweet\nCOLA (drink) in (HEMLOCK IT)"}
-{"Clue":"Frank, a cause of irritation (7)","Answer":"CANDIDA","Explanation":"Definition: cause of irritation\nCANDID (frank) + A. Candida is a genus of yeast like fungi that cause skin infections"}
-{"Clue":"Cap removed from element by GP, one releases medicine (7)","Answer":"DROPPER","Explanation":"Definition: one releases medicine\nDR (GP ) + [C]OPPER"}
-{"Clue":"Reversible fasteners pinning baker, European (9)","Answer":"SLOVENIAN","Explanation":"Definition: European\nOVEN (baker) in reverse of NAILS"}
-{"Clue":"Priest managed to screen scrummy entertainment? (5)","Answer":"DRUID","Explanation":"Definition: Priest\nRU (Rugby Union, which involves scrums) in DID"}
-{"Clue":"Look to get sound from woofer (4)","Answer":"PEEK","Explanation":"Definition: Look\nHomophone of \"Peke\" (dog)"}
-{"Clue":"List including unlimited dance music, OK (9)","Answer":"TOLERABLE","Explanation":"Definition: OK\n[B]OLER[O] in TABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Succeed, like something powdery? (8)","Answer":"FLOURISH","Explanation":"Definition: Succeed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Biblical city like this, with kind of effect half erased (5)","Answer":"SODOM","Explanation":"Definition: Biblical city\nSO (like this) + DOM[ino], from the \"domino effect\""}
-{"Clue":"Pink organ inelastic, if man excited (9,5)","Answer":"FINANCIAL TIMES","Explanation":"Definition: Pink organ\n(INELASTIC IF MAN)* \u2013 marvellous! (For those who don't know, the Financial Times is printed on pink paper.)"}
-{"Clue":"Climbing back into pig monster (7)","Answer":"GOLIATH","Explanation":"Definition: monster\nReverse of TAIL (back) in HOG"}
-{"Clue":"Tiny thing bagged for a nicker? (3,4)","Answer":"TEA LEAF","Explanation":"Definition: Tiny thing bagged\nDouble definition \u2013 a tea leaf is tiny, and found in a tea bag, and it's also cockney rhyming slang for \"thief\""}
-{"Clue":"Vital force left out of dance, doubly for ankle-biter (9)","Answer":"CHIHUAHUA","Explanation":"Definition: ankle-biter\nCHI (life-force, in Chinese medicine) + HU[L]A, twice. \"Ankle-biter\" is slang for a child, but I suppose it could equally well apply to a small dog"}
-{"Clue":"Chaos, with one of twelve on the brink (6)","Answer":"MAYHEM","Explanation":"Definition: Chaos\nMAY (on of twelve months) + HEM (edge, brink)"}
-{"Clue":"Flit suggested \u2014 so take flight, then? (4,3,2,5)","Answer":"LIFT OUT OF ORDER","Explanation":"Definition: so take flight, then\n\"Lift out of order\" could be a clue for FLIT, or an instruction to take the stairs"}
-{"Clue":"Bad manners with old twins a prominent feature (5,4)","Answer":"ROMAN NOSE","Explanation":"Definition: prominent feature\n(MANNERS O O)"}
-{"Clue":"Ask Dickensian to feel resentment (8)","Answer":"BEGRUDGE","Explanation":"Definition: to feel resentment\nBEG [Barnaby] RUDGE"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle in which cups and saucers might be thrown around? (7)","Answer":"CHARIOT","Explanation":"Definition: Vehicle\nCha=tea, so the cups and saucers might be thrown around at a CHA RIOT"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe second test outlines racket? (7)","Answer":"ORDINAL","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe second\nDIN (racket) in ORAL (test, exam)"}
-{"Clue":"Wildcat taking drink is naughty (4,2)","Answer":"ACTS UP","Explanation":"Definition: is naughty\nCAT* + SUP"}
-{"Clue":"Second fruit? Exactly (5)","Answer":"PLUMB","Explanation":"Definition: Exactly\nThe first fruit could be plum A, the second PLUM B"}
-{"Clue":"Cat on brass, possibly, making bull fiddle (10)","Answer":"CONTRABASS","Explanation":"Definition: bull fiddle\n(CAT ON BRASS)*. \"Bull fiddle\" is US slang for the double bass"}
-{"Clue":"Paddy finds him unpleasant, always lacking in cheer? (4)","Answer":"HOOR","Explanation":"Definition: Paddy finds him unpleasant\nHOORAY less (lacking) AY (always). \"A Scots and Irish form of whore; a difficult or unpleasant thing or person\" says Chambers. This doesn't seem to me to imply that the second usage is specifically Scots\/Irish."}
-{"Clue":"P\u00e2t\u00e9's spread and then consumed, with nothing in between? (8)","Answer":"ASEPTATE","Explanation":"Definition: with nothing in between\nPATES* + ATE \u2013 not to be confused with \"aseptic\", this means lacking a septum"}
-{"Clue":"Elegy gents inscribed in kazi (6)","Answer":"LAMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Elegy\nMEN in LAT (short for latrine) Kazi is the first of several spellings given in Chambers \u2013 I would have assumed \"khazi\" was the main one, and that it was an Anglo-Indian word, but according to C it's \"said to be from Ital. *casa*, house or *perh* Ar[abic] *kursi*, chair\"."}
-{"Clue":"Sand eel left off wriggling caught in net (6)","Answer":"SEANED","Explanation":"Definition: caught in net\n(SAND EEL)* less L. \"Sean\" is an alternative of \"seine\", as in the fishing net"}
-{"Clue":"Former parliament suffering digs in paper jokily (7)","Answer":"RIGSDAG","Explanation":"Definition: Former parliament\nDIGS* in RAG \u2013 the name of the Norwegian parliament until 1953 (cf \"Reichstag\")"}
-{"Clue":"Clubs in charge, not good for the Aussies (5)","Answer":"ONCUS","Explanation":"Definition: not good for the Aussies\nC in ONUS \u2013 also spelt \"onkus\", an Australian word for \"bad\""}
-{"Clue":"Parchment wherein you'll find short name of county, going back (5)","Answer":"SCROW","Explanation":"Definition: Parchment\nWORCS (short for Worcestershire) reversed. Variant of \"scroll\""}
-{"Clue":"Former partners given shelter in safe residence (5)","Answer":"FERES","Explanation":"Definition: Former partners\nHidden in saFE RESidence"}
-{"Clue":"Slave owner maybe in the Deep South recalling land of plantations? (5)","Answer":"MASSA","Explanation":"Definition: Slave owner maybe in the Deep South\nReverse of ASSAM, so the plantations are of tea, not cotton as the surface reading suggests. Massa is a form of \"master\", as stereotypically used by slaves in the American South"}
-{"Clue":"One of the Gnetaceae from Japan cut into if beginning to rot (8)","Answer":"JOINT-FIR","Explanation":"Definition: One of the Gnetaceae\nJ[apan] + (INTO IF)* + R"}
-{"Clue":"Love being in sports ground with dog \u2013 come again (7)","Answer":"REOCCUR","Explanation":"Definition: come again\nO in REC (recreation ground) + CUR"}
-{"Clue":"Bright headscarf mother folded on head (6)","Answer":"MADRAS","Explanation":"Definition: Bright headscarf\nDAM< + RAS"}
-{"Clue":"Stand around, sun going in, as cold wind blows in Glasgow? (6)","Answer":"EASSEL","Explanation":"Definition: as cold wind blows in Glasgow\nS in EASEL \u2013 Scots form of \"Easterly\", as the cold wind might be"}
-{"Clue":"The old brighten (?) their eyes taking in northern chimney (8)","Answer":"ENLUMINE","Explanation":"Definition: The old brighten (?)\nN LUM in EINE. I don't know what the parenthetical question mark is about, as there seems to be no doubt of the meaning"}
-{"Clue":"What's the point of Harrow? One gets into Eton for nothing, deviously (4)","Answer":"TINE","Explanation":"Definition: What's the point of Harrow\nETON* with O replaced by I. A tine can be a spike on a harrow, so the capital H is a misleading one, but of the generally-permitted kind"}
-{"Clue":"Always gobbling n-nutty cheese (10)","Answer":"EMMENTALER","Explanation":"Definition: cheese\nM-MENTAL in E'ER \u2013 one of several variants of the name of this Swiss cheese"}
-{"Clue":"Hospital left nothing right in care of erstwhile anaesthetist (12)","Answer":"CHLOROFORMER","Explanation":"Definition: erstwhile anaesthetist\nH L O R in C O + FORMER"}
-{"Clue":"Vagrant died after ulceration from lack of food (5)","Answer":"NOMAD","Explanation":"Definition: Vagrant\nNOMA (an ulceration of the cheek in malnourished children) + D"}
-{"Clue":"Irishman of old welcoming end of war \u2013 and what followed it? (7)","Answer":"TREAGUE","Explanation":"Definition: what followed it\n[wa]R in TEAGUE (old nickname for an Irishman), and a treague is a truce"}
-{"Clue":"Strip: riotous conduct with removal of article (4)","Answer":"RAND","Explanation":"Definition: Strip\nRAND[AN]. RAND is \"a strip, esp. of flesh or of leather\" from the Dutch for \"border, which also, via the Witwatersrand goldfield, also gives the name of the South African currency. \"Randan\" is \u2013 as the clue says \u2013 \"riotous conduct\". I originally guessed RANK for this, thinking that in its sense of a line it could be a strip, but (of course) couldn't justify the wordplay."}
-{"Clue":"Hymn from the past begins off-key (6)","Answer":"BESING","Explanation":"Definition: Hymn from the past\nBEGINS*, with \"hymn\" used as a verb in the cryptic reading."}
-{"Clue":"Store stand becomes 4 inches with this (5)","Answer":"STASH","Explanation":"Definition: Store\n\"Stand\" becomes \"hand\" (4 inches) with ST AS H"}
-{"Clue":"Fragrant wood featured in Hans Andersen (7)","Answer":"SANDERS","Explanation":"Definition: Fragrant wood\nHidden in hanS ANDERSon. Another name for Sandalwood"}
-{"Clue":"Fatty degeneration set off with one in grip of a drink? (9)","Answer":"STEATOSIS","Explanation":"Definition: Fatty degeneration\nSET* + I in A TOSS"}
-{"Clue":"Organ's brought up for string band (5)","Answer":"STRAP","Explanation":"Definition: string\nReverse of PART'S, and two definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Sex addicts maddened Renee, in transport? (9)","Answer":"VENEREANS","Explanation":"Definition: Sex addicts\nRENEE* in VANS"}
-{"Clue":"Cross left in Church making us sound like occupants of doocot (7)","Answer":"CROODLE","Explanation":"Definition: sound like occupants of doocot\nROOD L in CE"}
-{"Clue":"Endless assault \u2013 had up \u2013 when inside gets the gibbet (7)","Answer":"CATASTA","Explanation":"Definition: the gibbet\nAS (when) in reverse of ATTAC[k]"}
-{"Clue":"Tim'rous beastie? Doctor's practice taking one in (6)","Answer":"MOUSIE","Explanation":"Definition: Tim'rous beastie\nMO + I in USE. Reference to the Burns poem *To a Mouse*, and its \"wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie\""}
-{"Clue":"Long-distance runner, not fully fresh as of old (5)","Answer":"VIREN","Explanation":"Long-distance runner, not fully fresh as of old (5)\nVIRENT (verdant, fresh) truncated; the runner is Lasse Vir\u00e9n, who won gold medals in the 5000m and 10000m at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Again I misguessed here, and spent ages trying to justify SIREN."}
-{"Clue":"Pack strong drinks, omitting pies (5)","Answer":"SCRUM","Explanation":"Definition: Pack\nSCRUM[pies]"}
-{"Clue":"Old musket, not quite complete, is loaded upside down (5)","Answer":"FUSIL","Explanation":"Definition: Old musket\nIS< in FUL[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Hot meal over, here's a wee bit of Scotch (4)","Answer":"HAET","Explanation":"Definition: a wee bit of Scotch\nH + TEA<. Scots word for a whit, from \"deil ha' it\" \u2013 \"the devil have it\""}
-{"Clue":"Stir and sip mixed drinks (7)","Answer":"SPIRITS","Explanation":"Definition: drinks\n(STIR SIP)"}
-{"Clue":"Penny's husband breaks a ton on motorway with Rolls-Royce (7)","Answer":"PHANTOM","Explanation":"Definition: Rolls-Royce\nP + H + (A TON)* + M"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Michael Vaughan's foot follows a leg break (5)","Answer":"ANGEL","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps Michael \n(A LEG) + [vaugha]N \u2013 the definition refers to the Archangel Michael"}
-{"Clue":"Before a nut develops, lots of fruit, which may hang from trees (5-4)","Answer":"ORANG-UTAN","Explanation":"Definition: which may hang from trees\nORANG[e] + (A NUT)"}
-{"Clue":"Passing old, green, family silver around (10)","Answer":"OVERTAKING","Explanation":"Definition: Passing\nO VERT + KIN in AG"}
-{"Clue":"Oblivious to four notes? (4)","Answer":"DEAF","Explanation":"Definition: Oblivious\nD, E, A and F are musical notes. The answer is fairly obvious, but there are lots of ways of making words out of four of the letters A-G (not to mention do re mi etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Blowing air: most reed instruments (11)","Answer":"RADIOMETERS","Explanation":"Definition: instruments\n(AIR MOST REED)"}
-{"Clue":"Banger car, with wrecked interior, crashed into tree (11)","Answer":"FIRECRACKER","Explanation":"Definition: Banger\n(CAR [w]RECKE[d])* in FIR \u2013 a day late for Guy Fawkes, though that doesn't stop some people"}
-{"Clue":"In France a syllable is unforced (4)","Answer":"EASY","Explanation":"Definition: unforced\nHidden in francE A SYllable"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Berkeley's after a Liberal from one side (10)","Answer":"UNILATERAL","Explanation":"Definition: from one side\nUNI (University, Berkeley being an example) + LATER (after) + A L"}
-{"Clue":"Solving uses minor part of the brain (9)","Answer":"SENSORIUM","Explanation":"Definition: part of the brain\n(USES MINOR)* \u2013 the first definition of this in Chambers is \"the area of the brain that is the seat of sensation\""}
-{"Clue":"Level playing field (5)","Answer":"PITCH","Explanation":"Definition: Level\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Flemming's criminal organisation has secret design to seize power (7)","Answer":"SPECTRE","Explanation":"Definition: Flemming's criminal organisation\nP in SECRET*. SPECTRE \u2013 the SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion \u2013 is the criminal organisation led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld that features in several of the James Bond novels, and rather more of the films. The author is of course Ian Fleming, with one M, not two as in the clue."}
-{"Clue":"Storm brews over ball game's lofty stage (7)","Answer":"ROSTRUM","Explanation":"Definition: lofty stage\nRU (Rugby Union) in STORM"}
-{"Clue":"Dog had been bitten by pig (6)","Answer":"SHADOW","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\nHAD in SOW. \"Been\" rather spoils the grammar of the cryptic reading"}
-{"Clue":"Fires one head over heels (6)","Answer":"INGLES","Explanation":"Definition: Fires\nSINGLE (one) with the S moved to the end: does that count as \"head over heels\"?"}
-{"Clue":"Inability to grasp a pound? Conservative cuts tragic reality (10)","Answer":"ILLITERACY","Explanation":"Definition: Inability to grasp\nI L (a pound) + C in REALITY"}
-{"Clue":"Leader of Kremlin admits mistake turning secret agent (5)","Answer":"SPOOK","Explanation":"Definition: secret agent\nK OOPS, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Palin's touring production, which involves no embroidery (9)","Answer":"PLAINWORK","Explanation":"Definition: which involves no embroidery\nPALIN* + WORK \u2013 \"plain needlework, as distinguished from embrodiery\""}
-{"Clue":"Retailer loses small ship (4)","Answer":"ARGO","Explanation":"Definition: ship\nARGO[s] (UK retailer) \u2013 the *Argo* being the ship of Jason and the Argonauts"}
-{"Clue":"Edward wraps square present, tied with strong string? (8)","Answer":"TETHERED","Explanation":"Definition: tied with strong string\nT (square) HERE (present) in TED"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier is holding iron bar out in the open (8)","Answer":"MANIFEST","Explanation":"Definition: out in the open\nMAN + FE in IS + T[-bar]"}
-{"Clue":"Old photographs and toys prefer recycling (10)","Answer":"FERROTYPES","Explanation":"Definition: Old photographs\n(TOYS PREFER)* \u2013 a ferrotype, or tintype was a type of photograph printed onto metal"}
-{"Clue":"One dapper in fancy style of trouser? (9)","Answer":"DRAINPIPE","Explanation":"Definition: style of trouser\n(A DAPPER IN)* \u2013 drainpipe trousers have come in and out of fashion over the years"}
-{"Clue":"US crimes: very loud, seen abroad, wearing XXXL? (8)","Answer":"OFFENSES","Explanation":"Definition: US crimes\n(FF SEEN*) in OS (outsize \u2013 very large). \"US crimes\" because it's the American spelling"}
-{"Clue":"Company submits reports (8)","Answer":"PRESENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Company\nHomophone of \"presents\" (submits)"}
-{"Clue":"Author becomes cleaner with HR trade (6)","Answer":"WRITER","Explanation":"Definition: Author\nWHITER with the H \"traded\" into an R"}
-{"Clue":"Town where the meat's off? (6)","Answer":"OLDHAM","Explanation":"Definition: Town\nThe meat that's old could be OLD HAM"}
-{"Clue":"Luminously eyed Madagascan, usually ringed at the extremities (5)","Answer":"LEMUR","Explanation":"Definition: Luminously eyed Madagascan, usually ringed at the extremities\nFirst letters &lit \u2013 a nice description of ring-tailed lemurs, which live in Madagascar"}
-{"Clue":"It's buoyant, oddly (4)","Answer":"BOAT","Explanation":"Definition: It's buoyant\nOdd letters of BuOyAnT, and almost &lit., though not quite, as \"oddly\" isn't part of the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Film star departed after officer's hostility (6)","Answer":"COWARD","Explanation":"Film star departed after officer's hostility (6)\nCO (officer) + WAR + D"}
-{"Clue":"Turkish commander runs with a fish in jelly (4-4)","Answer":"AGAR-AGAR","Explanation":"Definition: jelly\nAGA + R + A GAR. Not difficult, but I like the way the repeated word is split up in two different ways. Agar-agar jelly (also called just agar jelly) is used as a growth medium for bacteria etc in biological experiments, but also has some (mainly Asian) culinary uses"}
-{"Clue":"Continually upright (2,3)","Answer":"ON END","Explanation":"Definition: Continually\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Brave staff to measure Latin Quarter (5,4)","Answer":"TOTEM POLE","Explanation":"Definition: Brave staff\nTO TEMPO (measure) L[atin] E[ast]"}
-{"Clue":"Mr Salmon gets fish for six-footer (9)","Answer":"COCKROACH","Explanation":"Definition: six-footer\nCOCK (male salmon) + ROACH (fish)"}
-{"Clue":"Relative gives away article free (5)","Answer":"UNTIE","Explanation":"Definition: free\nAUNTIE less A"}
-{"Clue":"Let's hand out \u00a325 for a short ride (8,4)","Answer":"SHETLAND PONY","Explanation":"Definition: a short ride\n(LETS HAND)* + PONY (slang for \u00a325)"}
-{"Clue":"Bob produces arty design (4,1,7)","Answer":"DROP A CURTSEY","Explanation":"Definition: Bob\n(PRODUCES ARTY)"}
-{"Clue":"Imagine putting last of ice in a drop of Scotch (5)","Answer":"DREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Imagine\n[ic]E in DRAM"}
-{"Clue":"Commitments to curb corrosion by tenant at first are most reliable (9)","Answer":"TRUSTIEST","Explanation":"Definition: most reliable\nRUST in TIES (commitment) + T[enant]"}
-{"Clue":"Alliance views shared link (5,4)","Answer":"PARTY LINE","Explanation":"Definition: Alliance views\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"shared link\" refers to the old system where two households could share a single telephone line"}
-{"Clue":"Excessive hesitation of fish-eater (5)","Answer":"OTTER","Explanation":"Definition: fish-eater\nOTT (excessive) + ER (hesitation)"}
-{"Clue":"Farm animal given time provides cheap fare (8)","Answer":"STEERAGE","Explanation":"Definition: cheap fare\nSTEER + AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Creative work found in resort in Ancient Greece (6)","Answer":"SPARTA","Explanation":"Creative work found in resort in Ancient Greece (6)\nART in SPA"}
-{"Clue":"Oscar in charge in case? That's best! (8)","Answer":"CHOICEST","Explanation":"Definition: best\nO IC in CHEST"}
-{"Clue":"Wife was sick? Sorry! (8)","Answer":"WRETCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Sorry\nW + RETCHED"}
-{"Clue":"Control rare condition (5)","Answer":"RIDER","Explanation":"Definition: condition\nRIDE (control) + R[are]. Chambers doesn't seem to give R=rare, but I dare say other sources may. (Added: I've just found that I queried this exact point in a previous Chifonie puzzle, so he must be convinced of it even if we're not.)"}
-{"Clue":"Acquire art and have one's eyes opened (3,3,7)","Answer":"GET\u00a0THE\u00a0PICTURE","Explanation":"Definition: have one's eyes opened\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bootlegger's strange offshoot (3-6)","Answer":"RUM-RUNNER","Explanation":"Definition: Bootlegger\nRUM (strange) + RUNNER (offshoot, e.g. on strawberry plants)"}
-{"Clue":"King George's German cavern (6)","Answer":"GROTTO","Explanation":"Definition: cavern\nGR + OTTO"}
-{"Clue":"Jacket for a smoker (6)","Answer":"REEFER","Explanation":"Definition: Jacket\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Odd starting point for a hobby (13)","Answer":"TRAINSPOTTING","Explanation":"Definition: a hobby\n(STARTING POINT)"}
-{"Clue":"Public official makes Mary drool (4,5)","Answer":"LORD MAYOR","Explanation":"Definition: Public official\n(MARY DROOL)* Some might be tempted to make a tasteless joke about Boris Johnson here, but fortunately he isn't the *Lord* Mayor of London, so I won't.."}
-{"Clue":"One agreeing to make fool join (8)","Answer":"ASSENTER","Explanation":"Definition: One agreeing\nASS + ENTER"}
-{"Clue":"Neurosis treated this year (8)","Answer":"HYSTERIA","Explanation":"Definition: Neurosis\n(THIS YEAR)* \u2013 the last of the anagram: none of them particularly difficult, but niceoy woven into the clues"}
-{"Clue":"Changes inclined to cut publicity (6)","Answer":"ADAPTS","Explanation":"Definition: Changes\nAPT (inclined) in ADS"}
-{"Clue":"Wolf encircles English saint (6)","Answer":"GEORGE","Explanation":"Definition: saint\nE in GORGE \u2013 perhaps made easier by the fact that the name appears a few clues up"}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers' miserable time is up (5)","Answer":"TROOP","Explanation":"Definition: Soldiers\nReverse of POOR T"}
-{"Clue":"Oswald's assassinated \u2014 if it can go wrong it will? (4,3)","Answer":"SOD\u2019S LAW","Explanation":"Definition: if it can go wrong it will\nOSWALDS"}
-{"Clue":"Withheld, subject to FBI man framing American (7)","Answer":"REFUSED","Explanation":"Definition: Withheld\nUS in RE (subject to) FED. *Thanks to Tramp himself for correcting me here: RE is just \"subject\" (Religious Education, as a school subject)"}
-{"Clue":"Ruby? JFK was one of his (5)","Answer":"STONE","Explanation":"Definition: Ruby\nDouble definition \u2013 a ruby is a precious stone, and JFK is a film directed by Oliver Stone. The surface refers to Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald while he was being moved by the police."}
-{"Clue":"On frame, is murderee's head movement against revolution (9)","Answer":"REFORMISM","Explanation":"Definition: movement against revolution\nRE (on) + FORM (frame) + IS M[urderee]"}
-{"Clue":"Forces one learner, entering American university, to sign (10)","Answer":"MILITARIES","Explanation":"Definition: Forces\nI L in MIT + ARIES (astrological sign)"}
-{"Clue":"9's latest film: great work (4)","Answer":"EPIC","Explanation":"Definition: great work\n[nin]E + PIC (film) \u2013 nicely misleading reference to Stone in 9 across *(though, as Grandpuzzler points out, the E could equally well come from stonE"}
-{"Clue":"Woman's obsession for the other JFK, here? Politician: \"Hard replacing leader of country\" (11)","Answer":"NYMPHOMANIA","Explanation":"Definition: Woman's obsession for the other\nNY (location of JFK airport) + MP (politician) + ROMANIA, which H replacing its first letter; \"the other\" in the definition is slang for sex"}
-{"Clue":"Irish carrying container scattered the ashes from this? (11)","Answer":"INCINERATOR","Explanation":"Definition: the ashes from this\nCONTAINER* in IR"}
-{"Clue":"In centre of Grassy Knoll, he finally drinks (4)","Answer":"ALES","Explanation":"Definition: drinks\n[knol]L [h]E in [gr]AS[sy]"}
-{"Clue":"Regime to reduce after this, primarily? Family perish in street \u2026 (6,4)","Answer":"ATKINS DIET","Explanation":"Definition: Regime to reduce\nA[fter] T[his] + KIN + DIE in ST"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 street procession in way, steering car to opening (9)","Answer":"MOTORCADE","Explanation":"Definition: street procession\n(CAR TO)* in (or \"opening\") MODE"}
-{"Clue":"Finally, losing case, when added up (2,3)","Answer":"IN ALL","Explanation":"Definition: when added up\n[f]INALL[y]. I took a ridiculous amount of time to spot this"}
-{"Clue":"Persuades to take part, needing weapon on board ahead of crime (5,2)","Answer":"ROPES IN","Explanation":"Definition: Persuades to take part\nROPE (one of the murder weapons in the board game Cluedo) + SIN (crime)"}
-{"Clue":"Plant accuses America, centrally (6)","Answer":"SESAME","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nHidden (literally centrally) in accuSES AMErica"}
-{"Clue":"Randomly draw lots, mostly after 8 (6)","Answer":"DOODLE","Explanation":"Definition: Randomly draw\nD[emocrat] + OODLE[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Deputy picked up socialist resident (10)","Answer":"LIEUTENANT","Explanation":"Definition: Deputy\nHomophone \"left tenant\", using the traditional British pronunciation of \"lieutenant\", though I'm a bit uneasy about the repeated (in linguistic jargon, geminated) T"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's lost time working for one on the Telegraph (5)","Answer":"WIRER","Explanation":"Definition: one on the Telegraph\nWRITER* less T. One who works on the telegraph might be sending a wire"}
-{"Clue":"Confusion around one's family \u2014 one of several that got JFK? (5,4)","Answer":"RIFLE SHOT","Explanation":"Definition: one of several that got JFK\nI FLESH in ROT *or more likely FLESH (one's family) in RIOT"}
-{"Clue":"Two presidents in one, JFK was shot (4,7)","Answer":"FORD LINCOLN","Explanation":"Definition: in one, JFK was shot\n[Gerald] FORD + [Abraham] LINCOLN, and Kennedy was in a Ford Lincoln (strictly a Lincoln convertible, modified by Ford, though perhaps car experts can correct me) when he was shot"}
-{"Clue":"Removing end and firing gun over president's head (8)","Answer":"SNIPPING","Explanation":"Definition: Removing end\nP[resident] in SNIPING"}
-{"Clue":"Hit 25 with single round only, getting JFK? (8)","Answer":"DEMOCRAT","Explanation":"Definition: JFK?\nMOTORCADE* less one O (\"round\")"}
-{"Clue":"Feeling president is upset during Independence Day (10)","Answer":"IMPRESSION","Explanation":"Definition: Feeling\nPRES + IS< in I[ndependence] MON[day]"}
-{"Clue":"Writer of \"With American flag, can drape \u2026\" (4,5)","Answer":"MARK TWAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nW[ith] A in MARK (flag) + TIN (can)"}
-{"Clue":"Men in station like some bottles of beer? (8)","Answer":"SCREWTOP","Explanation":"Definition: like some bottles of beer\nCREW in STOP"}
-{"Clue":"Violent woman 6 \u2014 he was shot in Dallas, Jack taken with a shot (6)","Answer":"VIRAGO","Explanation":"Definition: Violent woman\nVI (6) + JR (Ewing, who was famously shot in the TV Series *Dallas*) less J + A GO (a shot)"}
-{"Clue":"Oswald primarily left gun outside that's hot (6)","Answer":"STOLEN","Explanation":"Definition: hot\nO + L in STEN [gun]"}
-{"Clue":"Aim \u2014 line's perfect (5)","Answer":"IDEAL","Explanation":"Definition: perfect\nIDEA + L"}
-{"Clue":"Flames initially going where the dead end up? (4)","Answer":"URNS","Explanation":"Definition: where the dead end up\n[b]URNS"}
-{"Clue":"Leaving \u2014 one's tired out (9)","Answer":"DESERTION","Explanation":"Leaving \u2014 one's tired out (9)\n(ONE'S TIRED)"}
-{"Clue":"Cut down on meat (4)","Answer":"CHOP","Explanation":"Definition: Cut down\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Record the sound of Beethoven's fifth (8)","Answer":"ASPIRATE","Explanation":"Definition: the sound of Beethoven's fifth\nThe fifth letter of \"Beethoven\" is H, whose sound is an ASPIRATE. \"Record\" seems to be redundant, unless perhaps you read it as an instruction to write down the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Let Eva twirl in the dance (6)","Answer":"VELETA","Explanation":"Definition: dance\n(LET EVA)* The veleta or valeta is a dance in waltz time"}
-{"Clue":"New York politician seen with his extremely beautiful girls (6)","Answer":"NYMPHS","Explanation":"Definition: beautiful girls\nNY + MP + H[i]S"}
-{"Clue":"They are empowered to go over our heads (8)","Answer":"AIRCRAFT","Explanation":"Definition: They are empowered to go over our heads\nCryptic definition \u2013 I originally guessed AIRLINES, which I think fits the clue just as well"}
-{"Clue":"Hit orchestrated (6)","Answer":"SCORED","Explanation":"Definition: Hit\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Vessels off course? (8)","Answer":"DRIFTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Vessels\nDrifters are fishing boats using drift nets, and if you're drifting you're off course. I won't call this a double definition, as \"off course\" doesn't define the answer, so a definition-and-a-half, or a seqsuidef."}
-{"Clue":"Exchange hostilities in commercial confrontation (5,3)","Answer":"TRADE WAR","Explanation":"Definition: commercial confrontation\nTRADE (exchange) + WAR (hostilities)"}
-{"Clue":"Pursued in a persistent way (6)","Answer":"DOGGED","Explanation":"Definition: Pursued\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Reprimands for rules etc being broken (8)","Answer":"LECTURES","Explanation":"Definition: Reprimands\n(RULES ETC)"}
-{"Clue":"Old German destroyer still active today! (6)","Answer":"VANDAL","Explanation":"Definition: Old German destroyer\nAnother sesquidef -the 5th-6th century Germanic tribe, and their metaphoric modern counterparts"}
-{"Clue":"Horses used in a racket (6)","Answer":"STRING","Explanation":"Definition: Horses\nDouble definition \u2013 Chambers has \"(of horses, camels etc) a drove or number\" as its 19th definition of \"string\", and strings are used in a tennis racket"}
-{"Clue":"Support in setting up dinner (8)","Answer":"UNDERPIN","Explanation":"Definition: Support\n(UP DINNER)"}
-{"Clue":"They are not achieved off one's own bat (4)","Answer":"BYES","Explanation":"Definition: They are not achieved off one's own bat\nCryptic definition, byes being runs scored in cricket where the ball has not been hit by the bat"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor man in waterproof material (9)","Answer":"TARPAULIN","Explanation":"Definition: waterproof material\nTAR + PAUL + IN"}
-{"Clue":"Little Diana, modest but very attractive (5)","Answer":"DISHY","Explanation":"Definition: very attractive\nDI + SHY"}
-{"Clue":"Master taking PE? (7)","Answer":"SKIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Master\nYet another sesquidef \u2013 skipper=ship's captain=master, and PE ight involve skipping"}
-{"Clue":"Used by cars and ships in a Greek island, say (5)","Answer":"ROADS","Explanation":"Definition: Used by cars and ships\nHomophone of \"Rhodes\""}
-{"Clue":"It's partly a republic, ie country without a king (7)","Answer":"IRELAND","Explanation":"Definition: It's partly a republic\nR in IE LAND. The Republic of Ireland is a part of the island."}
-{"Clue":"Words of consolation always matter (5,4)","Answer":"NEVER MIND","Explanation":"Definition: Words of consolation\nIf it's \"always matter\" then it's \"never mind\""}
-{"Clue":"One likely to be a responsible person? (7)","Answer":"CULPRIT","Explanation":"Definition: One likely to be a responsible person\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Not straight, with future too unsettled (3,2,4)","Answer":"OUT OF TRUE","Explanation":"Definition: Not straight\n(FUTURE TOO)"}
-{"Clue":"Knock on a door, perhaps, or the woodwork? (9)","Answer":"CARPENTRY","Explanation":"Definition: woodwork\nCARP (knock, criticise) + ENTRY"}
-{"Clue":"Not functioning properly, being unqualified (9)","Answer":"DOWNRIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: unqualified\nDOWN (not functioning) + RIGHT"}
-{"Clue":"Doesn't let go \u2014 sets free instead (7)","Answer":"DETAINS","Explanation":"Definition: Doesn't let go\nINSTEAD"}
-{"Clue":"He lets loose and is about to curse badly (7)","Answer":"RESCUER","Explanation":"He lets loose and is about to curse badly (7)\nRE (about) + CURSE"}
-{"Clue":"Officer showing intelligence and real potential (7)","Answer":"GENERAL","Explanation":"Definition: Officer\nGEN (information, intelligence) + REAL"}
-{"Clue":"It's still produced in Russia (5)","Answer":"VODKA","Explanation":"Definition: It's still produced in Russia\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"A right to be different from others (5)","Answer":"ALIEN","Explanation":"Definition: different from others\nA + LIEN (property right)"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign labourer's reported in a less than friendly way (6)","Answer":"COOLLY","Explanation":"Definition: in a less than friendly way\nHomophone of \"coolie\""}
-{"Clue":"Article penned by Dacre's 80% wild, unfounded rumour (6)","Answer":"CANARD","Explanation":"Definition: unfounded rumour\nAN in anagram of DACR[e] (Paul Dacre, editor of the *Daily Mail*)"}
-{"Clue":"Came across hard drug (4)","Answer":"METH","Explanation":"Definition: drug\nMET + H \u2013 short for methadone or methamphetamine, as in \"crystal meth\""}
-{"Clue":"Wretched, lumpen young described by dictionary as \"available to work\" (10)","Answer":"UNEMPLOYED","Explanation":"Definition: available to work\nLUMPEN* + Y in OED"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly spout spiteful gossip, reactionary and foul (6)","Answer":"PUTRID","Explanation":"Definition: foul\nAlternate letters of sPoUt + reverse of DIRT"}
-{"Clue":"Feeling resentful? Bully migrants! (8)","Answer":"SMARTING","Explanation":"Definition: Feeling resentful\nMIGRANTS"}
-{"Clue":"They'd like to see capital punishment applied to spongers (7-2)","Answer":"HANGERS-ON","Explanation":"Definition: spongers\nHANGERS (people who favour capital punishment, often used in the phrase \"hangers and floggers\") + ON (applied to)"}
-{"Clue":"Tours streets \u2014 and wishes one hadn't? (4)","Answer":"RUES","Explanation":"Definition: Tours streets\nDouble definition \u2013 streets in the French city of Tours, and \"regrets\""}
-{"Clue":"Old timer snubbing two setters? (4)","Answer":"DODO","Explanation":"Definition: Old timer\nDOG, of which the setter is an example, \"snubbed\" (which can mean \"cut short\"), twice"}
-{"Clue":"Funny stuff derived from coffee (substitute an 'e' for 'o') (9)","Answer":"CHICANERY","Explanation":"Definition: Funny stuff\nCHICORY with O replaced by AN E. Chicory is used as a coffee substitute or flavouring, but it seems a bit of a stretch to *define* it as \"coffee\" (and adding \"derived from\" doesn't help)\n *As explained by Eileen and Hillbilly below: it's \"coffee substitute [with] AN E for O (ignoring the cheeky brackets). I even wrote \"substitute\" in my explanation and didn't notice it was also in the clue \u2013 d'oh!)"}
-{"Clue":"Further detailed Mail's nasty tendency to make value judgments (8)","Answer":"MORALISM","Explanation":"Definition: tendency to make value judgments\nMOR[e] + MAILS"}
-{"Clue":"Attacks conservative newspaper, boring bunch of Nazis (6)","Answer":"SCRAGS","Explanation":"Definition: Attacks\nC RAG in SS"}
-{"Clue":"Might contain live wire? (10)","Answer":"POWERHOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: live wire\nPOWER (might) + HOUSE (contain)"}
-{"Clue":"Consider Daily Mail leaders welcoming eviscerated Europe (4)","Answer":"DEEM","Explanation":"Definition: Consider\nE[urop]E in DM"}
-{"Clue":"Glossy rubbish loved primarily by English right (6)","Answer":"TATLER","Explanation":"Definition: Glossy\nTAT (rubbish) + L[oved] + E R for the glossy magazine \"targeted towards the British upper class\" according to Wikipedia."}
-{"Clue":"Hard stuff derived from champagne is sensational! (6)","Answer":"GNEISS","Explanation":"Definition: Hard stuff\nHidden in champaGNE IS Sensational. Gneiss is a type of rock"}
-{"Clue":"Pause, about to turn a trick (7)","Answer":"CAESURA","Explanation":"Definition: Pause\nCA (circa, about) + reverse of A RUSE \u2013 a pause or break in a line of poetry (also used to describe a brief silence in music)"}
-{"Clue":"Remaining to be gagged by Rothermere (5)","Answer":"OTHER","Explanation":"Definition: Remaining\nHidden in rOTHERmere (Lord Rothermere is the current chairman and main shareholder of the *Mail*)"}
-{"Clue":"US city's less than clean (7)","Answer":"LAUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: clean\nLA (US City) + UNDER"}
-{"Clue":"Jobs creation long moved south following a request (6)","Answer":"APPEAL","Explanation":"Definition: request\nAPPLE Corporation, the creation of Steve Jobs, with the L moved \"South\" under an A"}
-{"Clue":"Reverse order (5,4)","Answer":"ABOUT TURN","Explanation":"Definition: Reverse order\nCryptic definition, as in \"an order to reverse\", or possibly a double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Chaperones Miss Widdecombe in retirement, charging fees (7)","Answer":"DUENNAS","Explanation":"Definition: Chaperones\nANN reversed in DUES"}
-{"Clue":"Some sour \"fun\" he misrepresented as wit (5,2,6)","Answer":"SENSE OF HUMOUR","Explanation":"Definition: wit\n(SOME SOUR FUN HE)"}
-{"Clue":"Font selection? (9)","Answer":"GODPARENT","Explanation":"Definition: Font selection\nCryptic definition \u2013 a Godparent is one selected to be present at the font at a christening"}
-{"Clue":"Leave nameless Bond villain with sulky expression (4,3)","Answer":"DROP OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Leave\nDR NO less N + POUT"}
-{"Clue":"Underground facility is, for some Swiss, integral to nuclear research centre (7)","Answer":"CISTERN","Explanation":"Definition: Underground facility\nIST (\"is\", for German-speaking Swiss) in CERN, nuclear research centre, which happens to be in Switzerland, near (French-speaking!) Geneva"}
-{"Clue":"Note changes in passionate female making return to former state (7)","Answer":"REGRESS","Explanation":"Definition: return to former state\nTIGRESS with TI changed to RE (notes in tonic-sol-fa)"}
-{"Clue":"Tell fib about Argentinian tree (6)","Answer":"LICHEE","Explanation":"Definition: tree\nCHE [Guevara, born in Rosario, Argentina] in LIE. For ages the only 3-letter Argentinian I could think of was Eva Peron."}
-{"Clue":"Bones from start of Common Era held in institution (5)","Answer":"RADII","Explanation":"Definition: Bones\nAD 1 (start of the Common Era) in R[oyal] I[nstitution]"}
-{"Clue":"After theological study, fidgety pope was first to get settled again (9)","Answer":"REPEOPLED","Explanation":"Definition: settled again\nR[eligious] Education + POPE* + LED (was first)"}
-{"Clue":"Republican Party keeps playing some classical music (5)","Answer":"RONDO","Explanation":"Definition: some classical music\nON (playing) in R DO"}
-{"Clue":"Tritest Brahms and Liszt passages from fugues (7)","Answer":"STRETTI","Explanation":"Definition: passages from fugues\nTRITEST* \u2013 \"Brahms and Liszt\" is rhyming slang for \"pissed\" or drunk; stretti (plural of stretto) are sections of a fugue where the subject is played several times in quick succession"}
-{"Clue":"Relief from outspoken fool (7)","Answer":"SUCCOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Relief\nHomophone of \"sucker\" (fool)"}
-{"Clue":"Promise made by Liberal, one that could be false? (4)","Answer":"IDOL","Explanation":"Definition: one that could be false\n\"I DO\" (promise) + L, though as I always like to point out *ad nauseam* the traditional promise in the wedding service is \"I will\" (I believe \"I do\" is used in some modern versions)"}
-{"Clue":"Heading for Egyptian resort, bore acquires eastern footwear (10)","Answer":"ESPADRILLE","Explanation":"Definition: footwear\nE[gyptian] + SPA (resort) + DRILL (bore) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Disheartened topless siren ordered implants (7)","Answer":"INSERTS","Explanation":"Definition: implants\nAnagram of T[oples]S SIRENS"}
-{"Clue":"Person regularly sulks about hotel \u2014 is it Sibyl? (7)","Answer":"PROPHET","Explanation":"Definition: is it Sibyl?\nP[e]R[s]O]n + H in PET ([the] sulks)"}
-{"Clue":"Sliding discipline is besetting church racing to get rid of rector (3,7)","Answer":"ICE SKATING","Explanation":"Definition: Sliding discipline\nCE in IS + KARTING less R"}
-{"Clue":"RIP \u2014 a sign of mourning (4)","Answer":"TEAR","Explanation":"Definition: a sign of mourning\nDouble definition, with \"rip\" sneakily (but fairly) written in capitals"}
-{"Clue":"Clobber soldiers going into shock (7)","Answer":"APPAREL","Explanation":"Definition: Clobber\nRE (Royal Engineers) in APPAL. Clobber is slang for clothes"}
-{"Clue":"Jazzy piece follows considerably old medley (7)","Answer":"FARRAGO","Explanation":"Definition: medley\nFAR (considerably) + RAG (jazzy piece) + O"}
-{"Clue":"Where footballer may play with ball is not yet settled (5)","Answer":"OWING","Explanation":"Definition: not yet settled\nO (ball) + WING (where footballer may play)"}
-{"Clue":"Noble woman embracing unknown, who won't linger in bed (5,4)","Answer":"EARLY BIRD","Explanation":"Definition: who won't linger in bed\nY in EARL (a noble) + BIRD (woman)"}
-{"Clue":"Figure captivated by performing artist \u2014 rope tricks are his speciality (15)","Answer":"PRESTIDIGITATOR","Explanation":"Definition: tricks are his speciality\nDIGIT in (ARTIST ROPE)* \u2013 nice misdirection in the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Debt taken on by football club, not Real (8)","Answer":"SPURIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: not Real\nIOU in SPURS"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy like \u2026 (5)","Answer":"DOTTY","Explanation":"Definition: Crazy\nThe ellipsis is \"dotty\""}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 one Greek character constrained by measures (8)","Answer":"ELLIPSIS","Explanation":"Definition: \u2026\nI PSI in ELLS, and again the ellipsis is to be taken \"literally\". A clever pair of clues"}
-{"Clue":"Port's excessive consumption close to binge \u2014 idiot's thrown up (6)","Answer":"ODESSA","Explanation":"Definition: Port\nOD (overdose) + [bing]E + reverse of ASS"}
-{"Clue":"Page comes back with gold for herald (9)","Answer":"PRECURSOR","Explanation":"Definition: herald\nP + RECURS + OR (gold)"}
-{"Clue":"Open out list containing Ban Ki-moon's name? (6)","Answer":"UNROLL","Explanation":"Definition: Open out\nBan Ki-Moon's name would be in the U.N. ROLL (of Secretaries-general)"}
-{"Clue":"Will they make smut, rude bits, blue gags, even some vile oath that isn't very nice? (4-6,5)","Answer":"FOUR-LETTER WORDS","Explanation":"Definition: Will they make smut, rude bits, blue gags, even some vile oath that isn't very nice?\nEvery word in the clue is an example of one, and the whole clue defines them, so &lit. Excellent"}
-{"Clue":"Activity in the City gets you skint? Then see red! (9)","Answer":"BROKERAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Activity in the City\nBROKE (skint) + RAGE (see red)"}
-{"Clue":"Head of army in favour of donning long dress (8)","Answer":"PINAFORE","Explanation":"Definition: dress\nA[rmy] FOR in PINE (long)"}
-{"Clue":"In conversation, loftier Greek is suitable for priests (8)","Answer":"HIERATIC","Explanation":"Definition: suitable for priests\nHomophone of \"higher Attic\" (Attic = Athenian)"}
-{"Clue":"Wit from Rabelais, mischievous creature sending up English (6)","Answer":"ESPRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Wit from Rabelais\nSPRITE with the E moved to the top. The two words are essentially the same, which rather weakens the effect"}
-{"Clue":"Ploughman's lunch for a starter eaten by workman (6)","Answer":"TILLER","Explanation":"Definition: Ploughman\nL[unch] in TILER"}
-{"Clue":"French vote for elevated, divine female (5)","Answer":"FREYA","Explanation":"Definition: divine female\nFR + reverse of AYE (vote for), giving the Norse Goddess of love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, sorcery, war, and death. She must be kept busy, then."}
-{"Clue":"Worn Scottish chemise? It makes one simply furious, being non-standard (8)","Answer":"BARESARK","Explanation":"Definition: simply furious, being non-standard\nBARE (worn) + SARK. A non-standard spelling of \"berserk\""}
-{"Clue":"Key to problem in sound pairs of bent roof timbers (4)","Answer":"CRUX","Explanation":"Definition: Key to problem\nHomophone of \"crucks\", a cruck being \"one of a pair of curved timbers supporting a roof\""}
-{"Clue":"Work containing one particular tailless heraldic beast (8)","Answer":"OPANICUS","Explanation":"Definition: heraldic beast\nA NIC[E] in OPUS"}
-{"Clue":"Buffalo Indians rear: is diner treated with this? (4)","Answer":"ARNA","Explanation":"Definition: Buffalo\nComposite anagram \u2013 (INDIANS REAR)* = IS DINER ARNA"}
-{"Clue":"Reverse of a toff, servant I'll give tips (8)","Answer":"BONAMANI","Explanation":"Definition: tips\n(A NOB)< + MAN (servant) + I"}
-{"Clue":"Control held back by carabinieri (4)","Answer":"REIN","Explanation":"Definition: Control\nHidden reversed in carabiNIERi"}
-{"Clue":"Tricky tongue (not English) that one has failed to master? (5)","Answer":"UNGOT","Explanation":"Definition: that one has failed to master\nTONGUE* less E"}
-{"Clue":"Melt like old sugary stuff I once examined closely in cube (9)","Answer":"DISCANDIE","Explanation":"Definition: Melt like old sugary stuff\nI SCAN'D in DIE"}
-{"Clue":"Fool imbibing Pils, drunk \u2013 it shows comparable decline on the rocks (8)","Answer":"DIPSLOPE","Explanation":"Definition: it shows comparable decline on the rocks\nPILS* in DOPE"}
-{"Clue":"What's alluring about thrash in mining area? (8)","Answer":"STANNARY","Explanation":"Definition: mining area\nTAN in SNARY (i.e. like a snare, or alluring)"}
-{"Clue":"Plonk mixed in red Rioja judge dismissed (9)","Answer":"ORDINAIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Plonk\n(IN RED RIOJA)* less J"}
-{"Clue":"Be thankful for being born younger (5)","Answer":"BLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Be thankful for\nB + LESS"}
-{"Clue":"Descended from a string of socialites (4)","Answer":"ALIT","Explanation":"Definition: Descended\nHidden in sociaALITes"}
-{"Clue":"One who'd limit the Church's rights, a long time before punishment of antis (8)","Answer":"ERASTIAN","Explanation":"Definition: One who'd limit the Church's rights\nERA + ANTIS"}
-{"Clue":"Indian weight much brought from the east? (4)","Answer":"TOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Indian weight\nReverse of A LOT"}
-{"Clue":"Malay dish, good one to cook twice (8)","Answer":"GADO-GADO","Explanation":"Definition: Malay dish\nG + A + DO, twice"}
-{"Clue":"Painter of royal prince? (4)","Answer":"HALS","Explanation":"Definition: Painter\nHAL'S = \"of royal prince\". The painter is Franz Hals, whose best-known work is probably \"The Laughing Cavalier\""}
-{"Clue":"It may go to a tie-breaker, with little separating viewers (8)","Answer":"CLOSE-SET","Explanation":"Definition: with little separating viewers\nDouble definition \u2013 a close set in tennis, and describing eyes that are close together"}
-{"Clue":"Antique pendants, what your uncle may be after! (4)","Answer":"BOBS","Explanation":"Definition: Antique pendants\nReference to the expression \"Bob's your uncle\""}
-{"Clue":"Result of virgin birth, a topic strangely absorbing maiden (7)","Answer":"APOMICT","Explanation":"Definition: Result of virgin birth\nA + M in TOPIC"}
-{"Clue":"Fault in wood is round lower part of door (9)","Answer":"RINGSHAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Fault in wood\nRINGS (is round) + HAKE (also spelt heck, which is indeed \"the lower part of a door\")"}
-{"Clue":"Kin left out bubbly cokes (as of old) (4)","Answer":"SIMP","Explanation":"Definition: cokes (as of old)\nSIMPKIN (an Anglo-Indian word for champagne, aka bubbly) less KIN; a simp is a simpleton, as is a cokes (obsolete word)"}
-{"Clue":"Lack of CO2 causing wild panic among drivers? (7)","Answer":"ACAPNIA","Explanation":"Definition: Lack of CO2\nPANIC* in AA (Automobile Association)"}
-{"Clue":"Old Scots, rather uneducated? Some but not all (5)","Answer":"RUNED","Explanation":"Definition: Old Scots\nHidden in ratheR UNEDucated. The definition refers to the language, which according to Chambers seems to be one possible meaning of the word"}
-{"Clue":"Fine quartz or nacre fashioned inverted stud maybe (9)","Answer":"CARNELIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Fine quartz\nNACRE* + NAIL<"}
-{"Clue":"Students' club, where they study getting squiffy (5)","Answer":"UNION","Explanation":"Students' club, where they study getting squiffy (5) \nUNI (where students study) + ON (drunk)"}
-{"Clue":"Article in annex deployed source of dyestuffs (8)","Answer":"XANTHENE","Explanation":"Definition: source of dyestuffs\nTHE in ANNEX"}
-{"Clue":"I study letters of Tasso littering church screen (9)","Answer":"ICONOSTAS","Explanation":"Definition: church screen\nI CON + TASSO"}
-{"Clue":"Tropical blooms, neat, I put in as ling withered (9)","Answer":"GLOXINIAS","Explanation":"Definition: Tropical blooms\nOX (neat) I in (AS LING)"}
-{"Clue":"Bud that's crushed as means to get rid of bird's fleas? (8)","Answer":"DUST-BATH","Explanation":"Definition: means to get rid of bird's fleas\n(BUD THAT'S)"}
-{"Clue":"Prince's confidant? Four admitted to gallery (7)","Answer":"PRIVADO","Explanation":"Definition: Prince's confidant\nIV in PRADO (art gallery in Madrid)"}
-{"Clue":"Abroad, dad gets voluntary nurses in to transfuse (7)","Answer":"PERVADE","Explanation":"Definition: transfuse\nVAD (Voluntary AID Detachment) in PERE (French \"father\")"}
-{"Clue":"Athletic location, quite ordinary, attended by amateur (5)","Answer":"ALLOA","Explanation":"Definition: Athletic location\nALL (quite) + O[rdinary] + A[mateur], with the definition referring to Alloa's football team"}
-{"Clue":"Strong but light alloy forming centre of bridges over river (5)","Answer":"DURAL","Explanation":"Definition: Strong but light alloy\n[bri]D[ges]. \"Ural\" is more familiar as the name of the Russian mountain range separating Europe and Asia, but it's also a river that rises in those mountains"}
-{"Clue":"Crosses depth, leading search and rescue alert? (4)","Answer":"DSOS","Explanation":"Definition: Crosses\nD + SOS. DSO is on of the many spelling of the Himalayan hybrid cattle also called the zho; I wonder if it might also be referring to the Distinguished Service Order here, as that medal is in the shape of a cross"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk around noon, he merits contempt (4)","Answer":"SNOT","Explanation":"Definition: he merits contempt\nN in SOT"}
-{"Clue":"Araucaria's day \u2014 important with a 9 (6,6)","Answer":"MONKEY PUZZLE","Explanation":"Definition: Araucaria\nMON[day] + KEY (important) + PUZZLE (crossword) \u2013 a nice touch that the first clue mentions Araucaria, whose pseudonym is the name of the Money-puzzle genus"}
-{"Clue":"Some bread on better sort of desk (4-3)","Answer":"ROLL-TOP","Explanation":"Definition: sort of desk\nROLL (some bread) + TOP (to better)"}
-{"Clue":"Our moment the mark of love \u2014 guarantee a number captivated by 100-year celebration finally coming around (9,9)","Answer":"CROSSWORD CENTENARY","Explanation":"Definition: Our moment\nThe answer was pretty obvious, but this one took me a while to explain: I think it's CROSS (X = kiss being a \"sign of love\") + WORD (guarantee) + TEN (number) in anagram of C (100) YEAR [celebratio]N"}
-{"Clue":"Steps taken to back fringes in Zionist decree (5)","Answer":"WALTZ","Explanation":"Definition: Steps taken\nZ[ionis]T LAW, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Neanderthal's comment about evildoing (5)","Answer":"USING","Explanation":"Definition: doing\nA \"lift and separate\" clue: SIN (evil) in UG (Neanderthal's comment)"}
-{"Clue":"Heavenly composition of Satie \u2014 little room to accommodate it (9)","Answer":"CELESTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Heavenly\nSATIE* in CELL"}
-{"Clue":"Dr Seuss's hat-wearer brought back hat \u2014 that's touching (7)","Answer":"TACTILE","Explanation":"Definition: touching\nReverse of CAT (from the Dr Seuss book \"The Cat in the Hat\") + TILE (hat)"}
-{"Clue":"Farm managed to divide farm produce the wrong way (6)","Answer":"GRANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Farm\nRAN in reverse of EGG"}
-{"Clue":"7 good to keep in a dark hole? On the contrary (6)","Answer":"ENIGMA","Explanation":"Definition: 7\nG in A MINE, reversed, and an enigma is a puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"9s, we could argue, in part for mankind (3,4)","Answer":"ART FORM","Explanation":"Definition: 9s, we could argue\nHidden in pART FOR Mankind"}
-{"Clue":"Range of features I knitted together with one suspect? (9)","Answer":"IDENTIKIT","Explanation":"Definition: Range of features\n(I KNITTED I)*, the definition referring to the fact that Identikit pictures were originally made from a collection of different eyes, noses, etc."}
-{"Clue":"Flier \u2014 something to take with it (5)","Answer":"PEWIT","Explanation":"Definition: Flier\nPEW (\"take a pew\") + IT. The Pewit is aka the Lapwing or Green Plover."}
-{"Clue":"A jet won't start, I'm sad to say (5)","Answer":"ALACK","Explanation":"Definition: I'm sad to say\nA [b]LACK"}
-{"Clue":"Wealth in a Bath or Chelsea trip? (9)","Answer":"ABUNDANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Wealth\nA BUN DANCE (ref to Bath buns and Chelsea buns)"}
-{"Clue":"In New York World's case, 25's ultimate access to cipher (7)","Answer":"KEYWORD","Explanation":"Definition: access to cipher\nAnagram (\"New\") of YORK + W[orl]D + [wynn]E, and a keyword might give access to a cipher. Wynne's puzzle was indeed published in the *New York World*, on 21 December 1913."}
-{"Clue":"Judge the character of Jenny? (6)","Answer":"ASSESS","Explanation":"Definition: Judge\nA Jenny is a female donkey, so (maybe) an ASS-ESS"}
-{"Clue":"Far from pure setter perhaps outlining principles (we hear) in academic cruciverbalism, named Ximenes (7)","Answer":"MACNUTT","Explanation":"Definition: Ximenes\nA[cademic] C[ruciverbalism] N[amed] (\"principles (we hear)\" being the principal letters) in MUTT (a mongrel, so not a pure Setter (say)). Ximenes was the pseudonym of Derrick Somerset Macnutt, successor of Torquemada in *The Observer* and predecessor of Azed."}
-{"Clue":"Biblical character, model from Somalia, eating nothing up (5)","Answer":"NAOMI","Explanation":"Definition: Biblical character\nO in IMAN, Somali model; Naomi is the mother of Ruth in the OT."}
-{"Clue":"Relaxed and informal \u2014 though hard on the way back? (4-5)","Answer":"EASY-GOING","Explanation":"Definition: Relaxed and informal\nIf it's EASY GOING, then in might be hard coming back"}
-{"Clue":"Standard wine label (3,4)","Answer":"RED FLAG","Explanation":"Definition: Standard\nRED (wine) + FLAG (label)"}
-{"Clue":"Solver's Scottish isle (5)","Answer":"LEWIS","Explanation":"Definition: Solver\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"isle\" is actually just a part of the largest island of the Outer Hebrides. The \"solver\", I presume, is Inspector Morse's sidekick and successor, so a \"solver\" of cases, and\/or \"Mrs B Lewis\", aka Dorothy Taylor, a Ximenes and Azed solver, after whom Colin Dexter named the character."}
-{"Clue":"Reproof left man tired at first, during the course of life (7-2)","Answer":"TALKING-TO","Explanation":"Definition: Reproof\nL KING T[ired] in TAO"}
-{"Clue":"Shifty hooligan not entirely revolutionary (6)","Answer":"LOUCHE","Explanation":"Definition: Shifty\nLOU[t] + CHE [Guevara]"}
-{"Clue":"Extremes in a despot, remarkable (9)","Answer":"ANTIPODES","Explanation":"Definition: Extremes\n(IN A DESPOT)"}
-{"Clue":"Difficult few days in trophy (7)","Answer":"AWKWARD","Explanation":"Definition: Difficult\nWK (week \u2013 \"a few days\") in AWARD"}
-{"Clue":"Right this day in New York initially, a new, extraordinary 9 inventor (6,5)","Answer":"ARTHUR WYNNE","Explanation":"Definition: 9 inventor\nR THUR in (NY A NEW)* \u2013 \"this day\" being Thursday makes the cryptic reading work nicely, so perhaps a reason why this puzzle was published today, but surely it isn't right for the surface, as it makes it two days early. (I checked the date in John Halpern's Crossword centenary book, among other sources, so there's no ambiguity about the date of Arthur Wynne's puzzle)"}
-{"Clue":"Torquemada's hamster tortured (7)","Answer":"MATHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Torquemada\nHAMSTER*. Torquemada was the pseudonym of Edward Powys Mathers"}
-{"Clue":"Take over something at the top of the flagpole, say? (6)","Answer":"HIJACK","Explanation":"Definition: Take over\nHomophone of \"high jack\""}
-{"Clue":"Country's capital city its old capital has moved to (5)","Answer":"TOKYO","Explanation":"Definition: Country's capital city\nKYOTO, which was the capital of Japan for over a thousand years, with the TO moved"}
-{"Clue":"Press employee to have a half of real ale (8)","Answer":"REPORTER","Explanation":"Definition: Press employee\nRE[al] + PORTER \u2013 a reporter is an employee of the press"}
-{"Clue":"Striking achievement of American flier returning to base (5)","Answer":"HOMER","Explanation":"Definition: flier returning to base\nDouble definition \u2013 a home run in baseball (made by a striker) and a homing pigeon"}
-{"Clue":"Gallery in New York, for example, unopened (4)","Answer":"TATE","Explanation":"Definition: Gallery\n[s]TATE"}
-{"Clue":"Constitution's supporter supplied ruler with an agenda, for example (10)","Answer":"FEDERALIST","Explanation":"Definition: Constitution's supporter\nFED (supplied) + ER (the Queen \u2013 a ruler) + A LIST"}
-{"Clue":"Seeker of proof getting nothing in maths wrong (6)","Answer":"THOMAS","Explanation":"Definition: Seeker of proof\nO in MATHS* \u2013 reference to Doubting Thomas"}
-{"Clue":"Part of chore very onerous for people, without exception (8)","Answer":"EVERYONE","Explanation":"Definition: people, without exception\nHidden in chorE VERY ONErous"}
-{"Clue":"Wordsmiths assembled work, in theory, so oddly (7)","Answer":"WRITERS","Explanation":"Definition: Wordsmiths\nOdd letters of WoRk In ThEoRy So"}
-{"Clue":"One with shattered nerves? Just the opposite (7)","Answer":"INVERSE","Explanation":"Definition: Just the opposite\nI + NERVES"}
-{"Clue":"Endures being torpedoed by a submarine (8)","Answer":"UNDERSEA","Explanation":"Definition: submarine\nENDURES* + A"}
-{"Clue":"Proposal to bring it back in satellite (6)","Answer":"MOTION","Explanation":"Definition: Proposal\nIT reversed in MOON"}
-{"Clue":"State capital (10)","Answer":"WASHINGTON","Explanation":"Definition: State\nDouble definition \u2013 west coast state of the US and federal capital"}
-{"Clue":"Quest, the conclusions of which you can reject (4)","Answer":"HUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Quest\nLast letters of whicH yoU caN rejecT"}
-{"Clue":"British vessels in Scottish waters (5)","Answer":"BURNS","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish waters\nB + URNS"}
-{"Clue":"Note added to novel Thoreau wrote (8)","Answer":"AUTHORED","Explanation":"Note added to novel Thoreau wrote (8)\nTHOREAU* + D"}
-{"Clue":"Rhetorical device encountered once before in speech (8)","Answer":"METAPHOR","Explanation":"Definition: Rhetorical device\nMET (encountered) + homophone of \"afore\" \u2013 obsolete word, hence the \"once\""}
-{"Clue":"Religious leader as father figure, ultimately (4)","Answer":"POPE","Explanation":"Definition: Religious leader\nPOP + [figur]E"}
-{"Clue":"Lots of teachers in part of England cut (6)","Answer":"STAFFS","Explanation":"Definition: Lots of teachers\nDouble definition \u2013 school teachers and abbreviation of Staffordshire"}
-{"Clue":"Links good, when embraced by some forming unions (7)","Answer":"BRIDGES","Explanation":"Definition: Links\nG in BRIDES"}
-{"Clue":"Strange rite in earlier time a number regarded as ominous (8)","Answer":"THIRTEEN","Explanation":"Definition: a number regarded as ominous\nRITE* in THEN"}
-{"Clue":"Part of problem \u2014 ploy men typically use (10)","Answer":"EMPLOYMENT","Explanation":"Definition: use\nHidden in problEM PLOT MEN Typically"}
-{"Clue":"Parties regularly selected, happening in place with bars (6)","Answer":"PRISON","Explanation":"Definition: place with bars\nOdd letters of PaRtIeS + ON (happening)"}
-{"Clue":"Steep mountain presenting dire threat in early part of day (10)","Answer":"MATTERHORN","Explanation":"Definition: Steep mountain\nTHREAT* in MORN"}
-{"Clue":"Lack of care skin problem on head required (8)","Answer":"RASHNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Lack of care\nRASH (skin problem) + NESS (head)"}
-{"Clue":"Hoaxed over name, given stuff to swallow uncritically (8)","Answer":"SPOONFED","Explanation":"Definition: given stuff to swallow uncritically\nN in SPOOFED"}
-{"Clue":"False alarm \u2014 it is related to war (7)","Answer":"MARTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: related to war\n(ALARM IT)"}
-{"Clue":"Hearing organ bishop in US city installed in neighbourhood (6)","Answer":"NEARBY","Explanation":"Definition: in neighbourhood\nEAR + B in NY"}
-{"Clue":"Record time (6)","Answer":"MINUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Record\nDouble definition \u2013 \"record\" as in \"take the minutes\""}
-{"Clue":"Outlaw or gangster? It depends on the initial case (4)","Answer":"HOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Outlaw\nRobin Hood (with an upper-case H) is an outlaw; a hood (lower-case) is a gangster"}
-{"Clue":"Scotsman takes girl to see play (7)","Answer":"MACBETH","Explanation":"Definition: play\nMAC (nickname of or slang for a Scotsman) + BETH (girl's name)"}
-{"Clue":"Go ahead \u2014 make a loan (7)","Answer":"ADVANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Go ahead\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Key equipment in a sailing vessel (4)","Answer":"BRIG","Explanation":"Definition: sailing vessel\nB (key, in music) + RIG (equipment)"}
-{"Clue":"Order one still refuses to obey (4,6)","Answer":"KEEP MOVING","Explanation":"Definition: Order one still refuses to obey\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"They happen to upset Steven (6)","Answer":"EVENTS","Explanation":"Definition: They happen\nSTEVEN"}
-{"Clue":"Fabric on instrument to perish (8)","Answer":"ORGANDIE","Explanation":"Definition: Fabric\nORGAN (instrument) + DIE"}
-{"Clue":"Warn head to display vigilance (9)","Answer":"ALERTNESS","Explanation":"Definition: vigilance\nALERT (warn) + NESS (head)"}
-{"Clue":"Still quite upset (5)","Answer":"QUIET","Explanation":"Definition: Still\nQUITE"}
-{"Clue":"Spots, we hear, before the eyes? (5)","Answer":"SPECS","Explanation":"Definition: before the eyes\nHomophone of \"specks\"; specs = spectacles"}
-{"Clue":"Wrong, or sure one is wrong (9)","Answer":"ERRONEOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Wrong\n(OR SURE ONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Certificate goes to leading tactful envoy (8)","Answer":"DIPLOMAT","Explanation":"Definition: envoy\nDIPLOMA + T[actful]"}
-{"Clue":"All the difference between life and death? (6)","Answer":"LETHAL","Explanation":"Definition: between life and death\n(ALL THE)"}
-{"Clue":"Dessert wine may give one a further jolt (10)","Answer":"AFTERSHOCK","Explanation":"Definition: further jolt\nAFTERS (dessert) + HOCK (wine)"}
-{"Clue":"They're very high in theatrical circles (4)","Answer":"GODS","Explanation":"Definition: They're very high in theatrical circles\nCryptic definition \u2013 \"the Gods\" refers to an upper circle in a theatre"}
-{"Clue":"Government by the best? Have a wry smile about it (7)","Answer":"ELITISM","Explanation":"Definition: Government by the best\nIT in SMILE"}
-{"Clue":"I'd turn awkward on a point and butt in (7)","Answer":"INTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: butt in\n(I'D TURN)* + E"}
-{"Clue":"A Sheridan character, we hear, is coming (7)","Answer":"ARRIVAL","Explanation":"Definition: coming\nHomophone of \"a rival\", i.e. a character in Sheridan's play *The Rivals* (in a production of which, many years ago, I saw the late Margaret Rutherford in the role of Mrs Malaprop)"}
-{"Clue":"Started, for instance, during Prohibition (5)","Answer":"BEGAN","Explanation":"Definition: Started\nE.G. in BAN"}
-{"Clue":"Collects cheats (5,2)","Answer":"TAKES IN","Explanation":"Definition: Collects\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Injury puts years on mother (6)","Answer":"DAMAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Injury\nDAM (mother) + AGE (years)"}
-{"Clue":"Coming over a river, which may be exciting (9)","Answer":"ADVENTURE","Explanation":"Definition: which may be exciting\nADVENT (coming) + URE (river in N. Yorkshire)"}
-{"Clue":"Bound to be against punishment (7)","Answer":"CONFINE","Explanation":"Definition: Bound\nCON (against) + FINE"}
-{"Clue":"Upset, stand it no more \u2014 protest! (13)","Answer":"DEMONSTRATION","Explanation":"Definition: protest\n(STAND IT NO MORE)"}
-{"Clue":"Don't forget to get together again (9)","Answer":"RECOLLECT","Explanation":"Definition: Don't forget\nRE-COLLECT"}
-{"Clue":"Arranged Cup Final doesn't start \u2014 distressing (7)","Answer":"PAINFUL","Explanation":"Definition: distressing\n([c]UP FINAL)"}
-{"Clue":"Use suntan lotion? It can also help in the rain (7)","Answer":"OILSKIN","Explanation":"Definition: It can also help in the rain\nTo use suntan lotion might be to OIL your SKIN"}
-{"Clue":"All by oneself, helpless? (7)","Answer":"UNAIDED","Explanation":"Definition: All by oneself\nDouble definition (just about)"}
-{"Clue":"A group of inspirational females entertains (6)","Answer":"AMUSES","Explanation":"Definition: entertains\nA + [the nine] MUSES"}
-{"Clue":"Formidable opponent of note in a row (5)","Answer":"TIGER","Explanation":"Definition: Formidable opponent\nG (another random musical note, cf 10a) in TIER"}
-{"Clue":"Mature Conservative entering State Department (6)","Answer":"AGENCY","Explanation":"Definition: Department\nAGE (mature) + C in NY (state)"}
-{"Clue":"Offender's partner dismissed by primate in sect (7)","Answer":"CULPRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Offender\nPRI[mate] in CULT"}
-{"Clue":"It's plain \u2014 setter's bloody exhausted! (9)","Answer":"OVERTIRED","Explanation":"Definition: exhausted\nOVERT (plain) + I (setter) + RED"}
-{"Clue":"Reaches port where 4 acrosses may be seen? (5)","Answer":"DOCKS","Explanation":"Definition: Reaches port\nDouble definition \u2013 culprits may be seen in the dock of a court"}
-{"Clue":"Bore made to talk about bottles (5)","Answer":"TOTED","Explanation":"Definition: Bore\nHidden in reverse of maDE TO Talk \u2013 \"bore\" as in \"carried\""}
-{"Clue":"Hereditary earls can't, unfortunately (9)","Answer":"ANCESTRAL","Explanation":"Definition: Hereditary\n(EARLS CAN'T)"}
-{"Clue":"Intermittent rain penetrating blind not a trickle (7)","Answer":"DRIZZLE","Explanation":"Definition: trickle\nR[a]I[n] in DAZZLE (blind) less A. This was quite hard to parse, as I initially assumed that \"intermittent rain\" was the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Public room that is welcomed by young men? Hardly! (6)","Answer":"LADIES","Explanation":"Definition: Public room that is welcomed by young men? Hardly!\nI.E. in LADS. This doesn't quite work as an &lit, I think, or even as a straight clue, as \"hardly\" is redundant, but it raised a smile anyway"}
-{"Clue":"Almost 20 \u2014 central heating's become too hot (6)","Answer":"SCORCH","Explanation":"Definition: become too hot\nSCOR[e] + CH"}
-{"Clue":"Critical old celeb reviewed short story (7)","Answer":"PIVOTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Critical\nReverse of O VIP + TAL[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Leaders ultimately booed off in rubbish game (9)","Answer":"PHEASANTS","Explanation":"Definition: game\nHEADS less [booe]D in PANTS (rubbish)"}
-{"Clue":"Stunner from the East tried to get through again (5)","Answer":"RESAT","Explanation":"Definition: tried to get through again\nReverse of TASER \u2013 to resit an exam is to try to get through it again"}
-{"Clue":"Children's network doesn't get started (5)","Answer":"ISSUE","Explanation":"Definition: Children\n[t]ISSUE"}
-{"Clue":"Bard's son stops one checking authenticity (9)","Answer":"VERSIFIER","Explanation":"Definition: Bard\nS[on] in VERIFIER"}
-{"Clue":"Short drink relative knocked back, just a little one (7)","Answer":"TODDLER","Explanation":"Definition: just a little one\nTODD[y] + reverse of REL. I spent a long time trying to justify TIDDLER here.."}
-{"Clue":"Set up wartime leader in assuming new position (6)","Answer":"INSTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Set up\nSTALIN with IN \"assuming a new position\". Chambers gives this as a variant spelling of \"install\", but it just looks wrong to me!"}
-{"Clue":"Took on bill covering party (private) (7)","Answer":"ADOPTED","Explanation":"Definition: Took on\nDO + PTE in AD"}
-{"Clue":"Wield authority dismissing parliamentary leader (5)","Answer":"EXERT","Explanation":"Definition: Wield\nEXPERT (authority) less P[arliamentary]"}
-{"Clue":"Nice region dour Aztec trashed (4,5)","Answer":"COTE\u00a0D\u2019AZUR","Explanation":"Definition: Nice region\n(DOUR AZTEC)* \u2013 region of France containing the city of Nice"}
-{"Clue":"Will's rider upset detectives, breaking wind (7)","Answer":"CODICIL","Explanation":"Definition: Will's rider\nReverse of CID in COIL"}
-{"Clue":"Where to find swimmers showing promise in class on regular basis (5)","Answer":"LIDOS","Explanation":"Definition: Where to find swimmers\nI DO (promise in a wedding ceremony, though as I never tire of pointing out the \"correct\" version is \"I will\") in [c]L[a]S[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Habitual sounds from cat out of bounds, coming in late (9)","Answer":"RECURRENT","Explanation":"Definition: Habitual\n[p]URR[s] (sounds from cat) in RECENT"}
-{"Clue":"Organisation of workers produced less conflict (6)","Answer":"TUSSLE","Explanation":"Definition: conflict\nTU (trade union) + LESS"}
-{"Clue":"Gunmen backing rebel covered walk (6)","Answer":"ARCADE","Explanation":"Definition: covered walk\nReverse of RA (Royal Artillery) + CADE, crosswordland's favourite rebel"}
-{"Clue":"Extended home's finished, builder finally admitted (9)","Answer":"INCREASED","Explanation":"Definition: Extended\nIN (home) + [builde]R in CEASED"}
-{"Clue":"Nutmeg had taken up translation as hobby (9)","Answer":"DIVERSION","Explanation":"Definition: hobby\nReverse of I'D (Nutmeg had) + VERSION (translation)"}
-{"Clue":"Evidence of overindulgence not good for royal house (7)","Answer":"HANOVER","Explanation":"Definition: royal house\nHANGOVER less G"}
-{"Clue":"Eg turnover from discontinued lines (6)","Answer":"PASTRY","Explanation":"Definition: Eg turnover\nPAST (discontinued) + RY (railway)"}
-{"Clue":"It all gets broadcast, including Queen's typo \u2026 (7)","Answer":"LITERAL","Explanation":"Definition: typo\nER in (IT ALL)* \u2013 I vaguely remembered this meaning a printing error (specifically of a single letter, say Chambers), but in any case the clueing is clear"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 typo Military Intelligence overlooked \u2014 dash! (6)","Answer":"SPRINT","Explanation":"Definition: dash\nMISPRINT less MI"}
-{"Clue":"Get wind of deception involving money (5)","Answer":"SMELL","Explanation":"Definition: Get wind of\nM in SELL"}
-{"Clue":"Fleet Street accepts Dutch, not English (5)","Answer":"SWIFT","Explanation":"Definition: Fleet\nWIF[e] in ST"}
-{"Clue":"Expect super puzzle by Qaos! (7)","Answer":"PRESUME","Explanation":"Definition: Expect\nSUPER* + ME. We did, and we got one."}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps miracle ball reversing direction with side spin? (4,3)","Answer":"OPUS DEI","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps miracle\nO (ball) + reverse of UP (direction) + SIDE* \u2013 literally \"the work of God\", hence \"perhaps miracle\", but perhaps better known recently as the Roman Catholic organisation"}
-{"Clue":"Capital offences should loosen offending heads (4)","Answer":"OSLO","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nInitial letters of Offences Should Loosen Heads. A nice change from the old chestnut \"Capital of Czechoslovakia\""}
-{"Clue":"\"Red Sea storms follow fresh onset of rain\", he announces (10)","Answer":"NEWSREADER","Explanation":"Definition: he announces\nNEW (fresh) + (RED SEA)* + R[ain]"}
-{"Clue":"Mashed potatoes not so much used for brewing (6)","Answer":"TEAPOT","Explanation":"Definition: much used for brewing\nPOTATOES* less SO"}
-{"Clue":"Start getting excited about revolutionary mechanical devices (8)","Answer":"RATCHETS","Explanation":"Definition: mechanical devices\nCHE [Guevara] in START"}
-{"Clue":"Rough school expelled Oscar, taking back paper first and rulers (9)","Answer":"OLIGARCHS","Explanation":"Definition: rulers\nReverse of (RAG I) in SCHOOL* less (one) O"}
-{"Clue":"Hit for 6? Time to stop (5)","Answer":"STUNT","Explanation":"Definition: stop\nSTUN (hit for six) + T. \"Stop\" as in \"stunt your growth\""}
-{"Clue":"Poet, one you reportedly study (5)","Answer":"AUDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nA (one) + U (you, reportedly) + DEN (study). W. H. Auden is the poet, as I probably don't need to say"}
-{"Clue":"Like the prime number eluding da Vinci, extremely hidden (9)","Answer":"INVISIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: hidden\nINDIVISIBLE (like a, or indeed the, prime number) less D[a vinc]I"}
-{"Clue":"Actor likes improvising to mask no good play's finale (8)","Answer":"KINGSLEY","Explanation":"Definition: Actor\nNG in LIKES* + Y. I assume this refers to Ben Kingsley, famous for his role as Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's film, but no doubt there are otyher acting Kingsleys."}
-{"Clue":"Huge, funny man disguises the end of punchlines (6)","Answer":"COSMIC","Explanation":"Definition: Huge\n[punchline]S in COMIC"}
-{"Clue":"Husband does movie reels and family films (4,6)","Answer":"HOME VIDEOS","Explanation":"Definition: family films\nH + (DOES MOVIE)"}
-{"Clue":"Colour page with stationery (4)","Answer":"PINK","Explanation":"Definition: Colour\nP + INK"}
-{"Clue":"Short on game experience (7)","Answer":"UNDERGO","Explanation":"Definition: experience\nUNDER (short) + GO (game)"}
-{"Clue":"South Africa follows newspaper material (7)","Answer":"ORGANZA","Explanation":"Definition: material\nORGAN (newspaper) + ZA (code for South Africa)"}
-{"Clue":"Brand market drops 25% after collapse of USSR (7)","Answer":"RUSSELL","Explanation":"Definition: Brand\nUSSR* + [s]ELL (market). Those that haven't heard of this character can find out here."}
-{"Clue":"Vessel gathers liquids up (5)","Answer":"SLOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Vessel\nReverse of POOLS"}
-{"Clue":"Scary figure in gym on steroids (7)","Answer":"MONSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Scary figure\nHidden in gyM ON STERoids"}
-{"Clue":"I tape record criminally? (6)","Answer":"PIRATE","Explanation":"Definition: I tape record criminally\n(I TAPE R)* &lit. R=record isn't in Chambers, but I suppose you might see R for Record on audio equipment"}
-{"Clue":"Western food? (9)","Answer":"SPAGHETTI","Explanation":"Definition: Western\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"11 over, 10 over? (7)","Answer":"EVERTON","Explanation":"Definition: 11\n(TEN OVER)* \u2013 there are 11 in a football team. Nothing to do with Oslo or newsreaders"}
-{"Clue":"When body shakes with fear, sitting on European insect (5,5,3)","Answer":"DWARF\u00a0HONEY\u00a0BEE","Explanation":"Definition: insect\n(WHEN BODY FEAR)* +E. This bee is found in Asia"}
-{"Clue":"Birds from Spooner's happy country? (4,5)","Answer":"GREY GEESE","Explanation":"Definition: Birds\nSpoonerism of \"gay Greece\" \u2013 using \"gay\" in the old sense, of course"}
-{"Clue":"Motherless, unromantic savage lifts hem of skirt, the horny beast (7)","Answer":"UNICORN","Explanation":"Definition: the horny beast\nUNROMANTIC* less MA and [skir]T"}
-{"Clue":"Cold is muffled by fashion, otherwise it can bite (7)","Answer":"INCISOR","Explanation":"Definition: it can bite\nC IS in IN OR. \"In\"=\"fashionable\" is familiar, but \"in\"=\"fashion\"?"}
-{"Clue":"German mathematician raises variable in book that's the origin of logic (7)","Answer":"LEIBNIZ","Explanation":"Definition: German mathematician\nReverse of Z (variable) IN B I.E. (that is) L[ogic]. Among other things, Leibniz is famous for the dispute with Isaac Newton over who invented calculus."}
-{"Clue":"Catapult over its frame to get airborne (6)","Answer":"FLYING","Explanation":"Definition: airborne\nY (the shape of a catapult) in FLING (to catapult)"}
-{"Clue":"Brown's record? Invading Afghanistan, initially (5)","Answer":"SEPIA","Explanation":"Definition: Brown\nS (from \"Brown's\")+ EP (record) + I[nvading] + A[fghanistan]. I spent some time trying to prove that SIA was a code for Afghanistan.."}
-{"Clue":"Boob reportedly making a lot of noise (8)","Answer":"CLANGOUR","Explanation":"Definition: a lot of noise\nHomophone of \"clanger\" (a blunder or boob)"}
-{"Clue":"Compiler turned round compiler's former rapper (6)","Answer":"EMINEM","Explanation":"Definition: rapper\nMINE (compiler's) in reverse of ME (compiler). Is Eminem a *former* rapper?"}
-{"Clue":"Stereotypically privileged insect? (4)","Answer":"WASP","Explanation":"Definition: insect\nWASP = White Angle-Saxon Protestant, referring to someone (usually American) of typically high social status"}
-{"Clue":"Female getting going with concrete structure (10)","Answer":"FLAUNCHING","Explanation":"Definition: concrete structure\nF + LAUNCHING. A new word for me, denoting a familiar sight: \"a sloping piece of cement, e.g. round the base of a chimney pot\""}
-{"Clue":"Party girl keeping one large chest measurement under wraps (6)","Answer":"HIDDEN","Explanation":"Definition: under wraps\nI + DD (large bust measurement) in HEN (a girl at a hen party)"}
-{"Clue":"Find out about unusual end of spectrum (8)","Answer":"INFRARED","Explanation":"Definition: end of spectrum\nRARE in FIND*. Infrared is at the low-frequency end of the visibile spectrum; to be scientifically picky there's a lot more of the electromagnetic spectrum below it."}
-{"Clue":"Various mediocre, tailless rodents (7)","Answer":"DORMICE","Explanation":"Definition: rodents\nMEDIOCRE* less E"}
-{"Clue":"Affected style of ornamental entrance (7)","Answer":"ARCHWAY","Explanation":"Definition: ornamental entrance\nARCH (affected) + WAY (style)"}
-{"Clue":"Liver not wholly absorbing origins of alcoholic binge \u2014 result is almost obscene (8)","Answer":"SCABROUS","Explanation":"Definition: almost obscene\nA[lcoholic] B[inge] R[esult] in SCOUS[e], from the Liver Bird, though I'm not sure Liver=Scouse exactly works"}
-{"Clue":"Type of express, perhaps, chasing its tail (6)","Answer":"STRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Type\n[expres]S+ TRAIN (type of express)"}
-{"Clue":"Graffiti fade off building material (10)","Answer":"DEFACEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Graffiti\nFADE* + CEMENT"}
-{"Clue":"Plant that's loud and loose (4)","Answer":"FLAX","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nF (loud) + LAX"}
-{"Clue":"Oracle's source, or prophet's, in city (6)","Answer":"DELPHI","Explanation":"Definition: Oracle's source\nP[rophet] in DELHI"}
-{"Clue":"22 across-er's article not so hot outside (8)","Answer":"COLANDER","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across-er\nAN (indefinite article) in COLDER; a colander is a STRAIN-er"}
-{"Clue":"Camel's relation almost in love with actor (2,6)","Answer":"AL PACINO","Explanation":"Definition: actor\nALPAC[A] + IN O (love)"}
-{"Clue":"Bargain to get legs over (4)","Answer":"SNIP","Explanation":"Definition: Bargain\nReverse of PINS"}
-{"Clue":"Head of college leaving home for final destination (6)","Answer":"COFFIN","Explanation":"Definition: final destination\nC[ollege] + OFF (leaving, as in \"I'm off!\") + IN (home). My last one in, though I'd earlier guessed the rather macabre definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bad actor going to Italy (a country) (7)","Answer":"CROATIA","Explanation":"Definition: a country\nACTOR* + I[taly] + A"}
-{"Clue":"Express disapproval about return of Scandinavian girl (8)","Answer":"JENNIFER","Explanation":"Definition: girl\nReverse of FINN in JEER"}
-{"Clue":"Beauty and Woman were synonymous with \"domestic appliance\" (10)","Answer":"DISHWASHER","Explanation":"Definition: domestic appliance\n~~DISH (beauty), W[oman] \"AS HER\" \u2013 at least I think that's the idea.~~ *Thanks to AndrewC and Eileen \u2013 it's just DISH (beauty) WAS HER (woman)"}
-{"Clue":"Where to communicate with some of those ancestors? (6)","Answer":"S\u00c9ANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Where to communicate with some of those ancestors\nHidden in thoSE ANCEstors. Not quite an &lit, as the wordplay doesn't occupy the whole clue, but a very nice surface reading anyway"}
-{"Clue":"Anticipating release, had poem by Portishead translated (5,5)","Answer":"DEMOB HAPPY","Explanation":"Definition: Anticipating release\nAnagram of HAD POEM BY + P (\"head of Portis\"). Literally, the happiness of solidiers about to be demobbed, also used figuratively to refer to the anticipation of leaving a job etc"}
-{"Clue":"Inclined to be cross about un-American show containing gap (8)","Answer":"CHOLERIC","Explanation":"Definition: Inclined to be cross\nCIRCUS less US (un-American show) reversed (about) , containing HOLE"}
-{"Clue":"Mounting vigour, imbued with energy, proves enlivening (8)","Answer":"ANIMATES","Explanation":"Definition: proves enlivening\nE in reverse of STAMINA"}
-{"Clue":"What's distilled in German city's church (7)","Answer":"ESSENCE","Explanation":"Definition: What's distilled\nESSEN + CE"}
-{"Clue":"Smart chopper gutted (6)","Answer":"CLEVER","Explanation":"Definition: Smart\nCLE[A]VER"}
-{"Clue":"Colonise piece of furniture (6)","Answer":"SETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Colonise\nDouble definition; settle, meaning a high-backed bench, is a word I first heard in, and always associate with, the description of Badger's house in *The Wind in the Willows"}
-{"Clue":"Clement's penalty (4)","Answer":"FINE","Explanation":"Definition: Clement\nAnd another DD to finish, though I'm not totally convinced by clement=fine. *I am now \u2013 as Eileen points out, they can mean the same when applied to weather"}
-{"Clue":"Blouse revealing girl's front, a loose one (9)","Answer":"GARIBALDI","Explanation":"Definition: Blouse\nG[irl] + A RIBALD I"}
-{"Clue":"What it contains I disposed of \u2013 nothing amiss therein! (5)","Answer":"COUPE","Explanation":"Definition: What it contains I disposed of \u2013 nothing amiss therein\nThis is \"a glass container for serving [an ice cream dessert]\", so it's O UP (nothing amiss) in ICE less I"}
-{"Clue":"A worked out before Q? It's a help for public speaker (7)","Answer":"AUTOCUE","Explanation":"Definition: a help for public speaker\nA + OUT* + CUE"}
-{"Clue":"Amphibians inhabiting Caspian (Uralian) (5)","Answer":"ANURA","Explanation":"Definition: Amphibians\nHidden \u2013 Anura are the tailless amphibians, including frog and toads"}
-{"Clue":"The pet husband twice got rid of \u2013 he'll move animals along (8)","Answer":"TEAMSTER","Explanation":"Definition: he'll move animals along\nTHE HAMSTER with H removed twice"}
-{"Clue":"Spicy dish, mixed type, of little value (5)","Answer":"PILOW","Explanation":"Definition: Spicy dish\nPI (mixed type) + LOW \u2013 rice dish perhaps more familiar as \"pilau\""}
-{"Clue":"Device for making explosive entrance is scrapped in Pirates misguidedly (5)","Answer":"PETAR","Explanation":"Definition: Device for making explosive entrance\nPIRATES* less IS, with Pirates capitalised and italicised to make the surface reading suggest a special effect for *The Pirates of Penzance"}
-{"Clue":"Soak to soften line \u2013 it's used to catch lobsters (5)","Answer":"CREEL","Explanation":"Definition: it's used to catch lobsters\nCREE (to soften by soaking) + L"}
-{"Clue":"Sports venue given support by the sound of it (5)","Answer":"STADE","Explanation":"Definition: Sports venue\nHomophone of \"stayed\" \u2013 a variant of \"stadium\""}
-{"Clue":"Do a basmati rice? A bed is so fragrant, curried (8)","Answer":"AROMATIC","Explanation":"Definition: fragrant\nComposite anagram (\"curried\") \u2013 (DO A BASMATI RICE)* = A BED IS SO + AROMATIC"}
-{"Clue":"Root vegetable not available, and one not in prospect (5)","Answer":"NAVEW","Explanation":"Definition: Root vegetable\nNA + V[I]EW \u2013 a rather implausible-looking word a for a wild Swedish turnip"}
-{"Clue":"Anicut's adapted for water sports (7)","Answer":"NAUTICS","Explanation":"Definition: water sports\nANICUT'S* \u2013 anicut is an Anglo-Indian word for a dam, so the surface reading does make some sense"}
-{"Clue":"Turbulent age contained by genuine cessation of war once (7)","Answer":"TREAGUE","Explanation":"Definition: cessation of war once\nAGE* in TRUE \u2013 a Spenserian word for a truce"}
-{"Clue":"Return of ancient character accepting satisfactory part with no sex (5)","Answer":"ATOKE","Explanation":"Definition: part with no sex\nOK in reverse of ETA, which is a letter in ancient, and indeed modern, Greek"}
-{"Clue":"One of yore searching out form of gradation (9)","Answer":"INDAGATOR","Explanation":"Definition: One of yore searching out\nGRADATION"}
-{"Clue":"Grass on twig? (6)","Answer":"RUMBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Grass on\nDouble definition \u2013 to inform against, or to realise something"}
-{"Clue":"Grass leaning (4)","Answer":"BENT","Explanation":"Definition: Grass\nAnother double definition \u2013 bent is a type of grass"}
-{"Clue":"An objection over pillar going up, one of two on which arch rests? (7)","Answer":"ABUTTAL","Explanation":"Definition: one of two on which arch rests\nA BUT + reverse of LAT (an Indian pillar)"}
-{"Clue":"The crazed in bedlam are? (11)","Answer":"LAME-BRAINED","Explanation":"Definition: The crazed in bedlam are\n(IN BEDLAM ARE)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Elected council identically trimmed boring shopping area (4)","Answer":"DUMA","Explanation":"Definition: Elected council\nDULL MALL, with the LL \"trimmed\" in both; the Duma is the Russian parliament,or the word can mean an elected council generally. It's related to \"doom\" in the sense of \"judgement\""}
-{"Clue":"Study ranks from below (pronounce in imitation of the French) (8)","Answer":"CONSTATE","Explanation":"Definition: pronounce in imitation of the French\nCON + ETATS< \u2013 defined as \"to assert\" and glossed by Chambers as a Gallicism"}
-{"Clue":"Did they make a tortoise run away in South America? (5)","Answer":"SCUTA","Explanation":"Definition: Did they make a tortoise \nCUT (run away, perhaps as in \"cut and run\") in SA \u2013 the \"tortoise\" here is the Roman defensive formation made from shields (scuta = plural of Latin scutum = shield)"}
-{"Clue":"Physician putting practice as of old in credit (5)","Answer":"CURER","Explanation":"Definition: Physician\nURE in CR"}
-{"Clue":"Flower transformed seat in vehicle \u2026 (10)","Answer":"HEART\u2019S-EASE","Explanation":"Definition: Flower\nSEAT* in HEARSE"}
-{"Clue":"Superior vessel in summary is missing narcotic drink (7)","Answer":"PRECAVA","Explanation":"Definition: Superior vessel\nPRECIS less IS + AVA (same as \"kava\", a narcotic drink made from a type of pepper plant). The \"superior vessel\" is a vein in the upper body"}
-{"Clue":"Old cargo boat: flap about slick when it's capsized? (6)","Answer":"GALIOT","Explanation":"Definition: Old cargo boat\nOIL in TAG, all reversed; it's a cargo boat or small galley"}
-{"Clue":"Trader responsible for oversight, run in (5)","Answer":"CRARE","Explanation":"Definition: Trader\nR in CARE \u2013 another ship, this time a \"trading vessel\""}
-{"Clue":"End of career past, he's ready to peg out! (5)","Answer":"ROVER","Explanation":"Definition: he's ready to peg out\n[caree]R + OVER; one definition is \"a croquet ball or player ready to peg out\"."}
-{"Clue":"Garland ring, look (5)","Answer":"DECKO","Explanation":"Definition: look\nDECK (garland, as a verb) + O; Decko, or dekko, is slang for a look; I didn't realise that it comes from a Hindi word"}
-{"Clue":"Barrel with nothing in? You'll find Scotch aplenty here (4)","Answer":"TOUN","Explanation":"Definition: You'll find Scotch aplenty here\nO in TUN. Scots form of \"town\", where you would find plenty of \"Scotch\" people"}
-{"Clue":"Bog that shifts as ground on all sides falling away (4)","Answer":"QUAG","Explanation":"Definition: Bog that shifts\nQUA (as) + GROUND less ROUND (on all sides); apparently the more familiar \"quagmire\" is a combination of this word, meaning a bog that shifts underfoot, and \"mire\""}
-{"Clue":"Zola novel this religious (8)","Answer":"BUDDHIST","Explanation":"Definition: religious\nZola BUDD (once a familiar name, probably less so now) + THIS"}
-{"Clue":"Hunger ends accessing perfectly narrow passage (6)","Answer":"THROAT","Explanation":"Definition: narrow passage\n\"Ends\" of H[unge]R in TO A T (perfectly)"}
-{"Clue":"A bodybuilder's heavenly body (8)","Answer":"ASTEROID","Explanation":"Definition: heavenly body\nA + STEROID (bodybuilding drug)"}
-{"Clue":"Cat food, including last of luncheon meat (5)","Answer":"MINCE","Explanation":"Definition: meat\n[luncheo]N in MICE"}
-{"Clue":"Bird carrying child carrying boy off, love being source of romance (9)","Answer":"STORYBOOK","Explanation":"Definition: source of romance\nBOY* + O in STORK (bird bringing children, in legend)"}
-{"Clue":"Vital process cut, expert gathered (12)","Answer":"REPRODUCTION","Explanation":"Definition: Vital process\nPRO in REDUCTION"}
-{"Clue":"On this, three scripts came up, as in three times one (7,5)","Answer":"ROSETTA STONE","Explanation":"Definition: On this, three scripts\nROSE + AS in T T T + ONE. The Rosetta Stone has the same text carved three times, in Ancient Greek, Demotic Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphics, and was a key discovery in the decoding of hieroglyphics."}
-{"Clue":"Papers full of crap on dinosaur (9)","Answer":"IGUANODON","Explanation":"Definition: dinosaur\nGUANO (bird droppings, hence \"crap\") in ID (identity papers) + ON"}
-{"Clue":"First sixteen hours of the week storing uranium in pile (5)","Answer":"MOUND","Explanation":"Definition: pile\nU in two-thirds (16\/24) of MOND[ay]"}
-{"Clue":"Hairy, like a bird? (6)","Answer":"SHAGGY","Explanation":"Definition: Hairy\nDouble definition: shaggy = \"like a shag\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of a log where prayer sat endlessly (8)","Answer":"MANTISSA","Explanation":"Definition: Part of a log\n[Praying] MANTIS + SA[t]. When I was doing my A-levels in the days before cheap calculators, we used logs (logarithms) to multiply and divide numbers. These were divided into the Characteristic before the decimal point and the MANTISSA after it."}
-{"Clue":"Maximum of sixty on board giving voice (6)","Answer":"TREBLE","Explanation":"Definition: voice\nSixty = treble 20 on a dartboard, the highest score from a single dart, and treble is (usually a boy's) singing voice"}
-{"Clue":"Money once pocketed by runner sent back, it's learned (8)","Answer":"EDUCATED","Explanation":"Definition: learned\nDUCAT in reverse of DEE (river, runner)"}
-{"Clue":"Half-drunk barman? (6)","Answer":"BRAHMS","Explanation":"Definition: barman\n\"Barman\" = musician, composer; and half of \"Brahms and Liszt\", rhyming slang for \"pissed\" = \"drunk\""}
-{"Clue":"Affectionate pet scoffing preserved food (6)","Answer":"DOTING","Explanation":"Definition: Affectionate\nTIN (preserved food) in DOG"}
-{"Clue":"This for those with mare to prepare? (9)","Answer":"HORSEMEAT","Explanation":"Definition: This for those with mare to prepare\n(THOSE MARE)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Bouncer not filled with air then? (5)","Answer":"HEAVY","Explanation":"Definition: Bouncer\nA bouncer at a nightclub etc is a HEAVY, and heavy implies not filled with air"}
-{"Clue":"Large-scale work, or a small-scale piece about nothing (8)","Answer":"ORATORIO","Explanation":"Definition: Large-scale work\nOR A + O in TRIO"}
-{"Clue":"Provocative moves by Third World leaders and royal couple? (8)","Answer":"TWERKING","Explanation":"Definition: Provocative moves\nT[hird] W[orld] + ER + KING (two royals). Everyone knows what twerking is by now, right?"}
-{"Clue":"Mature way to poke grandad when tipsy, as mark of excellence (4,8)","Answer":"GOLD STANDARD","Explanation":"Definition: mark of excellence\nOLD ST[reet] in GRANDAD"}
-{"Clue":"Filmed item in a complex, 200 screens (9)","Answer":"CINEMATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Filmed\n(ITEM IN A)* in CC"}
-{"Clue":"Something for the boys, as shower framed in trial hauled up (5,3)","Answer":"TRAIN SET","Explanation":"Definition: Something for the boys\nRAIN (shower) in reverse of TEST"}
-{"Clue":"Pucker up to clue, as cryptic (8)","Answer":"OSCULATE","Explanation":"Definition: Pucker up\n(TO CLUE AS)* \u2013 to osculate is to kiss"}
-{"Clue":"Piece of material for reinforcing some skirts in the wind (6)","Answer":"GUSSET","Explanation":"Definition: Piece of material for reinforcing\nThe \"skirts\" of S[om]E in GUST"}
-{"Clue":"Picture the king of cutting-edge digital design? (6,12)","Answer":"EDWARD\u00a0SCISSORHANDS","Explanation":"Definition: Picture\nFilm with Johnny Depp in the title role; plus a kind of cryptic definition, with Edward=King"}
-{"Clue":"I enrage flag wavers as party leader (5,6)","Answer":"NIGEL FARAGE","Explanation":"Definition: party leader\n(I ENRAGE FLAG)* \u2013 and a kind of reverse &lit, as UKIP, led by Nigel Farage, is more likely to be favoured by some jingoistic flag-wavers"}
-{"Clue":"Not feeling well, so not at school (3,2,4)","Answer":"OUT OF FORM","Explanation":"Definition: Not feeling well\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Warmth gets right into the centre (5)","Answer":"HEART","Explanation":"Definition: centre\nR in HEAT"}
-{"Clue":"Not knowing how to mend a fuse? (2,3,4)","Answer":"IN THE DARK","Explanation":"Definition: Not knowing\nNot exactly a cyptic definition, more a definition + hint"}
-{"Clue":"Not very bright, but studies English (5)","Answer":"DENSE","Explanation":"Definition: Not very bright\nDENS (studies) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Look knowing about it? Quite (6)","Answer":"FAIRLY","Explanation":"Definition: Quite\nAIR (look) in FLY (knowing)"}
-{"Clue":"Unaware that one has the wrong key? (4-4)","Answer":"TONE-DEAF","Explanation":"Definition: Unaware that one has the wrong key\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Restraint shown when government security takes time (7)","Answer":"BONDAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Restraint\nBOND (Government security) + AGE (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Make more records from master (7)","Answer":"REPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: master\nRecords are (or were) pressed, so to make more is to RE-PRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Welsh town where the leaves drop? (8)","Answer":"PEMBROKE","Explanation":"Definition: Welsh town\nThe former county town of Pembrokeshire, and a Pembroke table is one with \"drop leaves\" \u2013 picture here"}
-{"Clue":"Find it surrounded by blood \u2014 get a lump in the throat (6)","Answer":"GOITRE","Explanation":"Definition: a lump in the throat\nIT in GORE"}
-{"Clue":"Getting little credit in support is irritating (5)","Answer":"ACRID","Explanation":"Definition: irritating\nCR in AID"}
-{"Clue":"Abnormal tides wear the river bank (9)","Answer":"WATERSIDE","Explanation":"Definition: the river bank\n(TIDES WEAR)"}
-{"Clue":"States how old one is \u2014 it's the custom (5)","Answer":"USAGE","Explanation":"Definition: the custom\nUS (United Stage) + AGE (how old one is)"}
-{"Clue":"Be sufficiently competent to take dimensions (7,2)","Answer":"MEASURE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Be sufficiently competent\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Did this fowl lay golden eggs? (6)","Answer":"GUINEA","Explanation":"Definition: fowl\nAnother definition + hint, the fowl being the Guineafowl, and a reference to golden guineas"}
-{"Clue":"Hot companion is extra in bed (8)","Answer":"BOTHERED","Explanation":"Definition: Hot companion\nOTHER in BED. The definition refers to the expression \"hot and bothered\""}
-{"Clue":"Holiday when one is not at one's best (3,3)","Answer":"OFF DAY","Explanation":"Definition: Holiday\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Alternative offered in a part exchange is equitable (3,4)","Answer":"PRO RATA","Explanation":"Definition: equitable\nOR in (A PART)"}
-{"Clue":"Guard appears fed up over tip (6)","Answer":"DEFEND","Explanation":"Definition: Guard\nReverse of FED + END (tip)"}
-{"Clue":"It's very French to overtake and an offence (8)","Answer":"TRESPASS","Explanation":"Definition: an offence\nTRES (French for \"very\") + PASS (overtake)"}
-{"Clue":"Payment before mountain ascent (4)","Answer":"ANTE","Explanation":"Definition: Payment before\nReverse of [Mount] ETNA, and an ante is a \"payment before\" a hand of poker etc"}
-{"Clue":"Not very bright, so extra shy (8)","Answer":"OVERCAST","Explanation":"Definition: Not very bright\nOVER (extra) + SHY ( = cast = throw)"}
-{"Clue":"Develop argument after midnight (4)","Answer":"GROW","Explanation":"Definition: Develop\nMiddle letter of niGht + ROW"}
-{"Clue":"Maintain the same policy? (8)","Answer":"REINSURE","Explanation":"Definition: Maintain the same policy\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Behind time, second mate dashed around (7)","Answer":"BELATED","Explanation":"Definition: Behind time\n[m]A[te] in BELTED (dashed, or rushed), though I don't like \"second mate\" for \"second letter of mate\""}
-{"Clue":"Game captain takes control here (6)","Answer":"BRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Game\nDouble definition \u2013 card game, and where a ship's captain is found"}
-{"Clue":"Agrees to make a film musical (6)","Answer":"GREASE","Explanation":"Definition: a film musical\nAGREES"}
-{"Clue":"Fresh air and mud has curative powers (6)","Answer":"RADIUM","Explanation":"Definition: has curative powers\n(AIR MUD)"}
-{"Clue":"Essay is about old play by Shakespeare, for example (7)","Answer":"TRAGEDY","Explanation":"Definition: play by Shakespeare, for example\nAGED in TRY (essay)"}
-{"Clue":"Squander food (7)","Answer":"FRITTER","Explanation":"Definition: Squander\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Jet fighters? (4)","Answer":"IMPI","Explanation":"Definition: Jet fighters\nUnless I've missed another meaning, this is just a cryptic definition for the \"jet black\" Zulu warriors"}
-{"Clue":"He's likely to look out for inexpensive fish (10)","Answer":"CHEAPSKATE","Explanation":"Definition: He's likely to look out for inexpensive fish\nCHEAP + SKATE \u2013 not exactly an &lit, even though the whole clue is a sort of definition"}
-{"Clue":"Work hard to complete a butt (3,3)","Answer":"FAG END","Explanation":"Definition: butt\nFAG (work hard) + END (complete)"}
-{"Clue":"Soundest form of exports (5,3)","Answer":"SENDS OUT","Explanation":"Definition: exports\nSOUNDEST"}
-{"Clue":"A good place to see the stars come out (5,4)","Answer":"STAGE DOOR","Explanation":"Definition: A good place to see the stars come out\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Prevent animal swallowing the tin-opener (5)","Answer":"DETER","Explanation":"Definition: Prevent\nT[in] in DEER"}
-{"Clue":"Separate audition is held for a role (5)","Answer":"APART","Explanation":"Definition: Separate\nA PART (role). Not sure where \"audition\" comes in.."}
-{"Clue":"The Easter Rising? (9)","Answer":"ASCENSION","Explanation":"Definition: The Easter Rising\nCryptic definition, except that Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, not his ascension, which is 40 days later"}
-{"Clue":"Surprise shots in a melee (8)","Answer":"ASTONISH","Explanation":"Definition: Surprise\n(SHOTS IN A)"}
-{"Clue":"It's normally found at the foot of the column (6)","Answer":"PLINTH","Explanation":"Definition: It's normally found at the foot of the column\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"He hasn't made the First XI (7,3)","Answer":"TWELFTH MAN","Explanation":"Definition: He hasn't made the First XI\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Celebrity of American extraction (4)","Answer":"FAME","Explanation":"Definition: Celebrity\nHidden in oF AMErican"}
-{"Clue":"Removal time guaranteed (7)","Answer":"ERASURE","Explanation":"Definition: Removal\nERA + SURE"}
-{"Clue":"Carriage axle bush, for instance (7)","Answer":"BEARING","Explanation":"Definition: Carriage\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"An animal must have some means of defence (7)","Answer":"RAMPART","Explanation":"Definition: means of defence\nRAM + PART"}
-{"Clue":"We'd be lost without him! (5)","Answer":"GUIDE","Explanation":"Definition: We'd be lost without him\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Determined detectives in action (7)","Answer":"DECIDED","Explanation":"Definition: Determined\nCID (detectives) in DEED"}
-{"Clue":"Regret past evil or heartless present, perhaps? (6)","Answer":"REPENT","Explanation":"Definition: Regret past evil\nPRE[s]ENT"}
-{"Clue":"Make moves to raise one's standing? (4,5)","Answer":"TAKE STEPS","Explanation":"Definition: Make moves\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Appear very interested, then change employment (7)","Answer":"ENTHUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Appear very interested\nTHEN* + USE"}
-{"Clue":"Firm plan for retirement? (7,6)","Answer":"PENSION SCHEME","Explanation":"Definition: Firm plan for retirement\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Mouth-watering church decorations (9)","Answer":"GARGOYLES","Explanation":"Definition: Mouth-watering church decorations\nCryptic definition, gargoyles on churches etc being spouts to convey rainwater away from the walls"}
-{"Clue":"Following hostilities, struggle after job (4-3)","Answer":"POST-WAR","Explanation":"Definition: Following hostilities\nPOST (job) + WAR (struggle). I don't like the way the WAR element has the same meaning in answer and wordplay; maybe I'm just noticing it more, but this does seem to be getting more common."}
-{"Clue":"Cost of stocking river with birds (7)","Answer":"EXPENSE","Explanation":"Definition: Cost\nPENS (female swans) in the river EXE"}
-{"Clue":"Old Empire which, lacking arms, lacks backing (7)","Answer":"OTTOMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Old Empire\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Surgeon reveals inclination about getting a rise (6)","Answer":"LISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Surgeon\nLIST (leaning, inclination) + reverse of RE (about)"}
-{"Clue":"What could be finer to conclude? (5)","Answer":"INFER","Explanation":"Definition: conclude\nFINER"}
-{"Clue":"Lusts wickedly and earl creates conflict (6)","Answer":"TUSSLE","Explanation":"Definition: conflict\nLUSTS* + E"}
-{"Clue":"Scruffy punk met disaster (7)","Answer":"UNKEMPT","Explanation":"Definition: Scruffy\n(PUNK MET)"}
-{"Clue":"Defender gets a game point (9)","Answer":"APOLOGIST","Explanation":"Definition: Defender\nA POLO GIST"}
-{"Clue":"Artist returned and administered the island (5)","Answer":"ARRAN","Explanation":"Definition: island\nReverse of RA + RAN"}
-{"Clue":"Shanghai journalists? (5)","Answer":"PRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Shanghai\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Member is slow to pass laws (9)","Answer":"LEGISLATE","Explanation":"Definition: to pass laws\nLEG IS LATE"}
-{"Clue":"Belittle Germany and Spain with monograph (7)","Answer":"DETRACT","Explanation":"Definition: Belittle\nD + E + TRACT"}
-{"Clue":"Danger for doctor taking heroin (6)","Answer":"THREAT","Explanation":"Definition: Danger\nH (slang for heroin) in TREAT"}
-{"Clue":"Mind about record being promoted (6)","Answer":"HELPED","Explanation":"Definition: promoted\nLP in HEED"}
-{"Clue":"Hesitates, for the reading is set in hell (7)","Answer":"DITHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Hesitates\nTHE R (reading, as in the Three Rs) in DIS"}
-{"Clue":"Died in employment while celebrating (9)","Answer":"OBSERVING","Explanation":"Definition: celebrating\nOB (died) + SERVING"}
-{"Clue":"Guard decapitated candidate (5)","Answer":"ENTRY","Explanation":"Definition: candidate\n[S]ENTRY"}
-{"Clue":"Order a queen to skate (5)","Answer":"ARRAY","Explanation":"Definition: Order\nA + R[egina] + RAY (fish)"}
-{"Clue":"Affected a bold pose in dance (4,5)","Answer":"PASO DOBLE","Explanation":"Definition: dance\n(A BOLD POSE)"}
-{"Clue":"Workman eats divine little fish (7)","Answer":"TIDDLER","Explanation":"Definition: little fish\nDD (Doctor of Divinity) in TILER"}
-{"Clue":"A fabulous Greek nonet entertains (6)","Answer":"AMUSES","Explanation":"Definition: entertains\nA + MUSES (of whom there were nine in Greek mythology)"}
-{"Clue":"Tenor performed hip hop in a tight corner (7)","Answer":"TRAPPED","Explanation":"Definition: a tight corner\nT + RAPPED"}
-{"Clue":"Stay beside the sea (5)","Answer":"SHORE","Explanation":"Definition: Stay\nDouble definition \u2013 the first as in \"shore up\""}
-{"Clue":"Inspect small instrument and be quick about it (4,5)","Answer":"LOOK SHARP","Explanation":"Definition: be quick about it\nLOOK (inspect) + S HARP"}
-{"Clue":"Anxious when riding neck and neck (7)","Answer":"UPTIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Anxious\nUP (on horsebck, riding) + TIGHT (neck and neck)"}
-{"Clue":"Poet and knight feast on Sunday (5)","Answer":"KEATS","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nK[night] + EAT (feast) + S[unday]"}
-{"Clue":"Horse carries mother and boy in preserve (9)","Answer":"MARMALADE","Explanation":"Definition: preserve\nMA + LAD in MARE"}
-{"Clue":"Nurse turned up coloured fabric (6)","Answer":"TENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Nurse\nReverse of RED NET"}
-{"Clue":"Woman is cruel after losing bridge partner (6)","Answer":"VIOLET","Explanation":"Definition: Woman\nVIOLENT less N (South's partner in Bridge)"}
-{"Clue":"Walk round stable that's highly thought of (9)","Answer":"TREASURED","Explanation":"Definition: highly thought of\nSURE in TREAD"}
-{"Clue":"Carnivore died in butt of port (9)","Answer":"ROTTERDAM","Explanation":"Definition: port\nOTTER D in RAM"}
-{"Clue":"Flower not properly ripened (7)","Answer":"DNIEPER","Explanation":"Definition: Flower\nRIPENED* \u2013 I'd heard of this river before (it's the fourth longest in Europe), but it had temporarily slipped my mind, so this was my last one in"}
-{"Clue":"Understand girl gets made up (6)","Answer":"DIGEST","Explanation":"Definition: Understand\nDI (girl) + GETS"}
-{"Clue":"Toss cape through timidity (7)","Answer":"SHYNESS","Explanation":"Definition: timidity\nSHY (throw, toss) + NESS (cape)"}
-{"Clue":"Passionate about hostelry found down under (6)","Answer":"HOBART","Explanation":"Definition: found down under\nBAR in HOT. Hobart is the capital of Tasmania"}
-{"Clue":"Play orchestral pieces in reverse order \u2014 that's splendid! (5)","Answer":"ROYAL","Explanation":"Definition: splendid\nHidden in reverse of pLAY ORchestral"}
-{"Clue":"Instruments are found in containers (5)","Answer":"TUBAS","Explanation":"Definition: Instruments\nA (abbreviation for are, one hundredth of a hectare) in TUBS"}
-{"Clue":"Lightweight service of no note? (3,4)","Answer":"LOW MASS","Explanation":"Definition: service of no note\nSomething lightweight has \"low mass\"; in the Roman Catholic liturgy a low mass is one without music, or notes"}
-{"Clue":"It was honourable, for Japanese double-decker was open-top? (7)","Answer":"BUSHIDO","Explanation":"Definition: It was honourable, for Japanese\nBUS HID O (nothing). Bushido is the Japanese \"way of the warrior\", or the Samurai way of life"}
-{"Clue":"Small time Scots golfer packs in US round \u2014 the price he pays for his driving? (5,9)","Answer":"MOTOR INSURANCE","Explanation":"Definition: the price he pays for his driving\nMO (moment, small time) + (IN + US<) in [Sam] TORRANCE (golfer)"}
-{"Clue":"Here's the latest deplorably bad ratatouille! (4,3,5,2)","Answer":"READ ALL ABOUT IT","Explanation":"Definition: Here's the latest\n(BAD RATATOUILLE)"}
-{"Clue":"High sea swirling round Sardinia manor houses (4)","Answer":"MAIN","Explanation":"Definition: High sea\nHidden in reverse of sardiNIA Manor"}
-{"Clue":"Knowing about false icon, failed to impress (3,2,3)","Answer":"CUT NO ICE","Explanation":"Knowing about false icon, failed to impress (3,2,3)\nICON* in CUTE"}
-{"Clue":"Say \"That was funny!\", then tour model village (8)","Answer":"LEGOLAND","Explanation":"Definition: model village\nEG (say) in (\"toured by\") LOL (that was funny) + AND (then). Legoland (of which there are several \u2013 the UK one is near Windsor) is a theme park that is (more apparently than actually) built from Lego bricks"}
-{"Clue":"Mausoleum site's \u00a31K value reduced by 33% (4)","Answer":"AGRA","Explanation":"Definition: Mausoleum site\nA GRA[ND] \u2013 AGra is the site of the Taj Mahal"}
-{"Clue":"Strong second eleven players each get forward quickly (4,5,5)","Answer":"FULL STEAM AHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: get forward quickly\nFULL (strong) + S + TEAM + A HEAD (each)"}
-{"Clue":"Where chests are looked after, is writhing outside of emergency room in awful pain (9,5)","Answer":"CONTAINER PORTS","Explanation":"Definition: Where chests are looked after\nER in PAIN* in CONTORTS"}
-{"Clue":"Passion exhibited in novel case (7)","Answer":"SHEATHE","Explanation":"Definition: case\nHEAT (passion) in SHE (novel by H. Rider Haggard)"}
-{"Clue":"Make a better offer (3,4)","Answer":"LAY ODDS","Explanation":"Definition: Make a better offer\nCryptic definition \u2013 i.e. \"make an offer to a better\""}
-{"Clue":"Beastly young spy boss trespassing on Q Division? (4)","Answer":"LAMB","Explanation":"Definition: Beastly young\nM (spy boss, in the James Bond novels and films) in LAB (Q division being where the gadgets etc are developed)"}
-{"Clue":"Cycle across carpet with weapon, giving a look of disdain (9,6)","Answer":"WITHERING GLANCE","Explanation":"Definition: a look of disdain\nTHE RING (Wagner's cycle) in WIG + LANCE. I presume wig=carpet because they both mean \"reprimand\"; at first I thought it might be an alternative to the slang \"rug\", meaning a wig (on your head)"}
-{"Clue":"Nameless type in A&E scrape (6)","Answer":"ABRADE","Explanation":"Definition: scrape\nBRA[N]D in A [and] E"}
-{"Clue":"To repress lecturer going through first of epileptic seizures, stood up (6)","Answer":"STIFLE","Explanation":"Definition: To repress\nL in E[pileptic] FITS, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Try very hard to pull replacement player over, collecting cheers! (4,1,3)","Answer":"BUST A GUT","Explanation":"Definition: Try very hard\nTA (thank you, cheers) in reverse of TUG SUB[stitute]"}
-{"Clue":"Where to get taught in present-day European capital and afflicted round former one (8)","Answer":"SORBONNE","Explanation":"Definition: Where to get taught in present-day European capital\nBONN (capital of the former West Germany) in SORE"}
-{"Clue":"Christian song corrupted by editor might elicit such a question (2,7,6)","Answer":"IS NOTHING SACRED","Explanation":"Definition: Christian song corrupted by editor might elicit such a question\n(CHRISTIAN SONG)* + ED &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Open cut? Yes, across road (4,3,3)","Answer":"OVER THE WAY","Explanation":"Definition: across road\nA nice charade: OVERT HEW AY (variant of AYE = yes)"}
-{"Clue":"Walk into sci-fi expert's group (5,5)","Answer":"SMALL FACES","Explanation":"Definition: group\nMALL (a walk[way]) in SF ACES. The Small Faces were a pop group of the 1960s"}
-{"Clue":"Outstanding performer on court contracted canine fever (5,3)","Answer":"CLASS ACT","Explanation":"Definition: Outstanding performer\nC[anine] + LASSA + (\"on\") CT"}
-{"Clue":"Prisoner's nice warm coat, perhaps sleeveless (8)","Answer":"INTERNEE","Explanation":"Definition: Prisoner\nNot sure about this, but a nice warm coat could be a WINTER NEED, which loses its \"sleeves\" to become INTERNEE"}
-{"Clue":"Smell put up by Liberal, having no principles (6)","Answer":"AMORAL","Explanation":"Definition: having no principles\nAROMA< + L"}
-{"Clue":"\"Takeaway\" Catholic, well-equipped for child-bearing? (6)","Answer":"CHIPPY","Explanation":"Definition: Takeaway\nC + HIPPY. Chippy = fish-and-chip-shop. \"Takeaway\" can mean a place selling takeaway meals"}
-{"Clue":"Noel, Liam & Co are unloved, like Status Quo (2,2)","Answer":"AS IS","Explanation":"Definition: like Status Quo\nOASIS (band consisting of N + L Gallagher among others) less O"}
-{"Clue":"Musical stored inside piano roll's top container? (7)","Answer":"PANNIER","Explanation":"Definition: container\nANNIE (Musical) in P[iano] + R[oll]"}
-{"Clue":"Name taken by game master (7)","Answer":"HOCKNEY","Explanation":"Definition: master\nN in HOCKEY"}
-{"Clue":"Art of sewer decoration? (10)","Answer":"EMBROIDERY","Explanation":"Definition: Art of sewer\nTwo (very closely related) definitions"}
-{"Clue":"It happened in the end lift crack (6)","Answer":"UPSHOT","Explanation":"Definition: It happened in the end\nUP (lift, as a verb) + SHOT (crack, as in \"have a crack\/shot at this\"). Rather a strange surface reading, but it just about makes sense"}
-{"Clue":"Leave empty room smaller than before, not having a clue (8)","Answer":"GORMLESS","Explanation":"Definition: not having a clue\nGO (leave) + R[oom] + LESS (smaller than before)"}
-{"Clue":"Bids under, breaking free (9)","Answer":"DISBURDEN","Explanation":"Definition: free\n(BIDS UNDER)"}
-{"Clue":"About those taking flight 161 (5)","Answer":"AVIAN","Explanation":"Definition: About those taking flight\nThe 161 is split up as 1 + 6 + 1, or A + VI + AN"}
-{"Clue":"Burn peeled off in layers with no end of heartache (5)","Answer":"SCALD","Explanation":"Definition: Burn\nSCALED (peeled off in layers) less [heartach]E"}
-{"Clue":"Escort's state? Unserviceable \u2014 the woman's cool (9)","Answer":"USHERSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Escort's state\nU\/S + HERS + HIP"}
-{"Clue":"List of the actors etc to take the role of Sykes? (8)","Answer":"PLAYBILL","Explanation":"Definition: List of the actors etc\nTo take the role of Sykes is to PLAY BILL, though the character in *Oliver Twist* is actually Bill *Sikes"}
-{"Clue":"In irritation, say, 4 x 4 almost knocked over horseman (6)","Answer":"HUSSAR","Explanation":"Definition: horseman\nSU[V] in RASH, all reversed, with a surface reading that well describes some of the drivers of these monsters"}
-{"Clue":"Idealistic rocks given a stressed look (10)","Answer":"ITALICISED","Explanation":"Definition: given a stressed look\nIDEALISTIC* \u2013 nice misleading defintion, though again the surface reading is a bit strange"}
-{"Clue":"Standby terraced housing bits combined (4)","Answer":"BYTE","Explanation":"Definition: bits combined\nHidden in standBY TErrace \u2013 a byte (usually) consists of 8 bits"}
-{"Clue":"Jail youth's liquid holder (7)","Answer":"CANTEEN","Explanation":"Definition: liquid holder\nCAN (jail) + TEEN"}
-{"Clue":"Article on site associated with Apollo Theatre (7)","Answer":"ADELPHI","Explanation":"Definition: Theatre\nA + DELPHI. I don't know how closely the names \"Delphi\" and \"Adelphi\" are related \u2013 can anyone (Eileen?) elucidate?"}
-{"Clue":"Certainly no opening for kidnap (5)","Answer":"NATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Certainly\n[S]NATCH"}
-{"Clue":"Et ceteras Jo removed could have her off the aircraft pdq (7,4)","Answer":"EJECTOR SEAT","Explanation":"Definition: could have her off the aircraft pdq\n(ET CETERAS JO)"}
-{"Clue":"They might hum, unsmiling, in Old Style setting (6)","Answer":"ODOURS","Explanation":"Definition: They might hum\nDOUR in OS"}
-{"Clue":"Jokes about grand passion for soft treatment aids (3,6)","Answer":"KID GLOVES","Explanation":"Definition: soft treatment aids\nG LOVE in KIDS"}
-{"Clue":"Rocky area is uranium-enriched vast tract (7)","Answer":"EURASIA","Explanation":"Definition: vast tract\nU in (AREA IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Famous 5 article getting more column inches? (1,6,6)","Answer":"A BIGGER SPLASH","Explanation":"Definition: Famous 5 article\nDefinition + cryptic definition for this well-known painting by David Hockney. I think the clue could fairly have been written as \"Famous Five article..\" to give a more obvious allusion to the Enid Blyton books"}
-{"Clue":"Corporation founder's shambolic board manoeuvre? (5-4)","Answer":"BELLY FLOP","Explanation":"Definition: shambolic board manoeuvre\nBELLY (corporation) + FLOP (to founder)"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's block \u2014 in bed before start of evening (7)","Answer":"COLETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nLET (block, as in \"let or hindrance\") in COT + E[vening]"}
-{"Clue":"Creature's energy, life force and cycles (7)","Answer":"ECHIDNA","Explanation":"Definition: Creature\nE + CHI (life force in Traditional Chinese Medicine) + AND<"}
-{"Clue":"Pushed to do something unprepared and so likely to go under? (2,2,3,4,3)","Answer":"IN AT THE DEEP END","Explanation":"Definition: Pushed to do something unprepared\nMetaphorical and literal definition of the phrase"}
-{"Clue":"Unknown metal containing cold mineral (6)","Answer":"ZIRCON","Explanation":"Definition: mineral\nZ (unknown, in algebra etc) + C in IRON"}
-{"Clue":"Clog junk boats (5)","Answer":"SABOT","Explanation":"Definition: Clog\nBOATS* Sabot is the French word for a clog, sometimes used in English, and the origin of the word \"sabotage\""}
-{"Clue":"They could be spitting \u2013 Egyptian king shows firm support for women (6)","Answer":"COBRAS","Explanation":"Definition: They could be spitting\n[A2] The only way I can make this work is as C (meaning company, firm) + **O** + BRAS, though I assumed for a long time that the \"firm\" was CO, and I don't knpw hopw the Egyptian king firs in"}
-{"Clue":"One who takes orders from criminal! (6)","Answer":"CLERIC","Explanation":"Definition: One who takes orders\n[M2] **CIRCLE*** (\"criminal\" indicating the anagram)"}
-{"Clue":"Clue for Seth, who likes to do things differently (5,3,7)","Answer":"RINGS THE CHANGES","Explanation":"Definition: likes to do things differently\n[A1] **RING** + STHE CHANGES (a \"clue for Seth\")"}
-{"Clue":"Put crudely, having sex is what drives us (6)","Answer":"RIDING","Explanation":"Definition: Put crudely, having sex\n[A1] ID \u2013 \"what drives us\" in Freudian psychology \u2013 in **RING"}
-{"Clue":"Inlet provides shelter (8)","Answer":"COVERING","Explanation":"Definition: shelter\n[A1] Cove=inlet in **RING"}
-{"Clue":"Sea power network (4,4)","Answer":"RING MAIN","Explanation":"Definition: power network\n[A1] **RING** + MAIN (sea)"}
-{"Clue":"Beyond content of garden, I let results develop (6)","Answer":"ELATED","Explanation":"Definition: Beyond content\n[C1] (GARDEN I LET)* \u2013 **RING"}
-{"Clue":"Drink made with distilled grain produces beer gut (6)","Answer":"PAUNCH","Explanation":"Definition: beer gut\n[C1] GRAIN* less **RING** in PUNCH"}
-{"Clue":"Catchment areas so essential to calculate changing value (8)","Answer":"REASSESS","Explanation":"Definition: calculate changing value\n[C2] Hidden in aREAS S[**O**]ESSential"}
-{"Clue":"Cagliostro was a visionary member of church of Rome and the first to go in? (8)","Answer":"SORCERER","Explanation":"Definition: Cagliostro was\n[A2] **O** RC, R in (two locations in) SEER (visionary) \u2013 Alessandro Cagliostro was an occultist, hence \"sorcerer\""}
-{"Clue":"Fiddle string: rare device for writer (6)","Answer":"SARTRE","Explanation":"Definition: writer\n[C1] (STRING RARE)* \u2013 **RING"}
-{"Clue":"Exercising power \u2013 exercising it in speech after time (7,8)","Answer":"CIRCUIT TRAINING","Explanation":"Definition: Exercising\n[A3] **CIRCUIT** T + homophone of \"reigning\" (exercising power)"}
-{"Clue":"Vamoose, Yankee! (6)","Answer":"GRINGO","Explanation":"Definition: Yankee\n[A1] **RING** in GO (Vamoose!)"}
-{"Clue":"Mean of Boatman to get round answer with cunning (6)","Answer":"MEASLY","Explanation":"Definition: Mean\n[C3] ME + A + SLY, omitting **GET ROUND** (or maybe just **ROUND**) from clue"}
-{"Clue":"Jesus Christ: INRI written ironically below top of cross \u2013 10 thousand implicated (7)","Answer":"CRIMINI","Explanation":"Definition: Jesus Christ\n[C2] C + 10 less **0** gives 1000) + M in INRI"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's claim is barging around (4,1)","Answer":"BAGS I","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman's claim\n[C1] (IS BARGING)* less **RING"}
-{"Clue":"One island against another? Little time lost (7)","Answer":"ANTIGUA","Explanation":"Definition: One island\n[C2] ANTI + GUAM less (MO minus **O**). I think this has to be a C2, even though the \"symbol\" O doesn't appear in the clue"}
-{"Clue":"The French take leader inside port (2,5)","Answer":"LE HAVRE","Explanation":"Definition: port\n[M1] R \u2013 i.e.**RING**leader \u2013 in LE (\"the French\") + HAVE (take)"}
-{"Clue":"They bypass one in the sticks (4,5)","Answer":"RING ROADS","Explanation":"Definition: They bypass\n[A1] **RING** + A in RODS"}
-{"Clue":"Enclose a cracked bath, perhaps (7)","Answer":"CLEANSE","Explanation":"Definition: bath, perhaps\n[C2] (ENCLOSE A)* less **O"}
-{"Clue":"Warning of drug cartel involved in food \u2013 it could be smoked (6)","Answer":"BEACON","Explanation":"Definition: Warning\n[C3] E in BACON, with the redundant **CARTEL** removed from clue"}
-{"Clue":"Chanel put up under pig's and baboon's tails to cover 101 bacteria (9)","Answer":"GONOCOCCI","Explanation":"Definition: bacteria\n[A2] [pi]G +**O**+ [baboo]N + COCO< (Chanel) + CI (101)"}
-{"Clue":"Being in love \u2013 bother! (7)","Answer":"ADORING","Explanation":"Definition: Being in love\n[A1] ADO (bother) + **RING"}
-{"Clue":"Fishwife gone out? (7)","Answer":"HERRING","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\n[A1] First, fish\/wife has to be split up; a wife, as (originally?) described by Arthur Daley, who has gone out is \"HER INDOORS\" less the \"indoors\" + **RING"}
-{"Clue":"Find railway, taking in a trip avoiding outskirts to Hertfordshire town (6)","Answer":"RARITY","Explanation":"Definition: Find\n[C4] A [t]RI[p] + TRING less **RING** in RY. The synonym here is Tring, of which RING is a part, making this the C4 clue"}
-{"Clue":"Call for lower pay for donkey work, say? (7)","Answer":"ASSUAGE","Explanation":"Definition: lower\n[C3] Homophone of \"ass wage\", with **CALL** (ring) removed from clue. Chambers give \"to diminish\" as one definition of ASSUAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Gristly pork produced here (7)","Answer":"STRINGY","Explanation":"Definition: Gristly\n[A1] **RING** in STY \u2013 where pork is \"produced\""}
-{"Clue":"Ear or nose skewered, initially? (5)","Answer":"RINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Ear or nose\n[A1] **RING** + S[kewered]"}
-{"Clue":"Hunk, European, to apply rubber (8)","Answer":"MASSEUSE","Explanation":"Definition: rubber\nMASS (hunk) + E + USE (apply)"}
-{"Clue":"Protest the wrong way round? Union not spreading (2,4)","Answer":"IN SITU","Explanation":"Definition: not spreading\nSIT-IN (protest) with its parts \"the wrong way round\" + U[nion]. Although the answer was fairly obvious when I had the final U, it took me a while to spot the explanation \u2013 I was trying to make something out of INSIST"}
-{"Clue":"Starts to work out \u2014 hard abs form? (9)","Answer":"WASHBOARD","Explanation":"Definition: hard abs\n(W O HARD ABS)* \u2013 a \"washboard stomach\" (not in Chambers yet), like a \"six-pack\", is the look where the abdominal muscles are well developed, so not exactly an &lit, but the definition is embedded in the wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Skinter and regular instalments for what 1 across might do (5)","Answer":"KNEAD","Explanation":"Definition: what 1 across might do\nAlternate letters of sKiNtEr AnD"}
-{"Clue":"Something saucy about French and Saunders with old works (5-3-4)","Answer":"SWEET-AND-SOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Something saucy\nAnagram of ET (\"French and\") + SAUNDERS W[ith] O[ld] \u2013 another one that was easy to writre in but hard to parse"}
-{"Clue":"Noise from pen \u2014 reason it's run out? (4)","Answer":"OINK","Explanation":"Definition: Noise from pen\nA pen that's run out may have \"0 INK\", and the OINK comes from a pig's pen"}
-{"Clue":"Close to this, flogging belatedly? (4-2,4)","Answer":"SELL-BY DATE","Explanation":"Definition: this\n[thi]S + BELATEDLY*, and no doubt there will be arguments about the &littishness of this.."}
-{"Clue":"Waxes lyrical: \"incredible Zico\", initially turning Italy \u2014 a name supporters embrace (10)","Answer":"BRAZILIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Waxes\nFirst letters of Lyrical Incredible Zico, reversed + I[taly] + A N[ame] in (embraced by) BRAS (supporters). As a sports ignoramus I'd never heard of him, but there is a former Brazilian footballer known by the nickname Zico."}
-{"Clue":"Set with no level of intelligence, like this? (4)","Answer":"CLUE","Explanation":"Definition: this\nCLIQUE (set) less IQ"}
-{"Clue":"Mean one to restrain singer going after copper (5-7)","Answer":"PENNY-PINCHER","Explanation":"Definition: Mean one\nPENNY (copper) + PIN (restrain) + CHER"}
-{"Clue":"Relating to a country, not one a bit like Iran (5)","Answer":"IRISH","Explanation":"Definition: Relating to a country\n\"IRANISH\" less AN"}
-{"Clue":"Invention of \"Eco-Dyson\" covering patent \u2014 initially it might feed tube through bottom? (9)","Answer":"ENDOSCOPY","Explanation":"Definition: it might feed tube through bottom\nP[atent] in ECO-DYSON*. James Dyson is famous for his vacuum cleaners, among other inventions, so the picture painted by this clue is perhaps rather painful.."}
-{"Clue":"Leaving sergeant without soldier backing section (6)","Answer":"EGRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Leaving\nReverse of SERGEANT less ANT + S"}
-{"Clue":"Push drugs up front \u2014 ring for strong stuff (8)","Answer":"ESPRESSO","Explanation":"Definition: strong stuff\nES (plural of E, an Ecstasy tablet) + PRESS (push) + O (ring)"}
-{"Clue":"Cuts kinky sex \u2014 ouch! Upside-down (4)","Answer":"MOWS","Explanation":"Definition: Cuts\nOW in reverse of S[&]M. I think this has to be read as the OW (=ouch) \"cutting\" the S&M, which is upside-down, and \"Cuts\" then does double duty as the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Frame crack troops on heroin (4)","Answer":"SASH","Explanation":"Definition: Frame\nSAS + H, with \"frame\" as in a sash window"}
-{"Clue":"Stoop wears golfer's joints (6)","Answer":"ELBOWS","Explanation":"Definition: joints\nBOW (stoop) in [Ernie] ELS, the crossword setter's conveniently-spelt golfer"}
-{"Clue":"Health programme on satellite station? (5,8)","Answer":"SPACE MEDICINE","Explanation":"Definition: Health programme on satellite station\nCryptic definition for \"the branch of medicine concerned with effects of conditions in space on the human body\". Not a particularly great cd, I think: I would have liked some wordplay here"}
-{"Clue":"Unaided viewer's kinky 11? Ring for hooker (5,3)","Answer":"NAKED EYE","Explanation":"Definition: Unaided viewer\nKNEAD* + EYE (as in hook & eye fasteners)"}
-{"Clue":"Unstoppable boxer, Ali, and George Foreman ultimately in rumble (10)","Answer":"INEXORABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Unstoppable\nAnagram of BOXER ALI [Georg]E [Forema]N"}
-{"Clue":"Needs Durex desperately in this state? Hardly! (10)","Answer":"UNDERSEXED","Explanation":"Definition: this state\n(NEEDS DUREX)* \u2013 those outside the UK might not know that Durex is a well-known brand of condom. (I believe it refers to sticky tape in Australia and elsewhere, which could lead to some awkward misunderstandings..)"}
-{"Clue":"Exchange numbers (8,5)","Answer":"DIALLING CODES","Explanation":"Definition: Exchange numbers\nCryptic definition for the codes used to reach numbers on a particular telephone exchange \u2013 again I would have liked some wordplay here"}
-{"Clue":"Idiot on top with something for bottom (5,5)","Answer":"BOOBY PRIZE","Explanation":"Definition: something for bottom\nBOOBY (idiot) + PRIZE (top), and a booby prize is \"won\" for coming bottom. I think the elements of the wordplay here are rather too close to their meanings in the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Win following one up North \u2014 both sides admitting that is more awkward (10)","Answer":"UNGAINLIER","Explanation":"Definition: more awkward\nUN (dialect form of \"one\" \u2013 not sure if it's specifically Northern) + GAIN + I.E in L[eft] R[ight]"}
-{"Clue":"Legendary Rolling Stone man is unknown power in quiet America (8)","Answer":"SISYPHUS","Explanation":"Definition: Legendary Rolling Stone man\nIS + Y + P in SH US. In Greek mythology Sisyphus was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill endlessly"}
-{"Clue":"Picks up cockney fella in spring? (6)","Answer":"GEYSER","Explanation":"Definition: spring\nHomophone of \"geezer\""}
-{"Clue":"Chief designer (4)","Answer":"BOSS","Explanation":"Definition: Chief\nDouble definition \u2013 the designer is Hugo Boss"}
-{"Clue":"This contalns one bit of party politics? (4)","Answer":"TYPO","Explanation":"Definition: This contalns one\nHidden in parTY POlitics, and there's a deliberate typo in \"contalns\" (might it have been better if the typo was in \"this\"?)"}
-{"Clue":"Pilot's direction-finder or mascot adjusted before transfer (12)","Answer":"ASTROCOMPASS","Explanation":"Definition: Pilot's direction-finder\n(OR MASCOT)* + PASS"}
-{"Clue":"A lump of glass for moulding (7)","Answer":"PARISON","Explanation":"Definition: A lump of glass for moulding\nThe competition word to be clued"}
-{"Clue":"Curses pipes around start of Hogmanay (5)","Answer":"OATHS","Explanation":"Definition: Curses\nH in OATS (oat = a shepherd's pipe, poetically)"}
-{"Clue":"Their womenfolk will appear leaderless, burying father? (7)","Answer":"QUAPAWS","Explanation":"Definition: Their\nPA in [S]QUAWS"}
-{"Clue":"Bill's other half cut it \u2013 silly (4)","Answer":"COOT","Explanation":"Definition: silly\nCOO (as in \"bill and coo\") + T (abbreviated form of \"it\", as in Shakespean-type constructions like \"on't\"))"}
-{"Clue":"Work extremes of hilarity into edited page \u2013 part at top or foot of column (8)","Answer":"APOPHYGE","Explanation":"Definition: part at top or foot of column\nOP + H[ilarit]Y in PAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Ugly expressions from sailors captured by foreign troops (5)","Answer":"GIRNS","Explanation":"Definition: Ugly expressions\nRN (Royal Navy) in GIS (American soldiers). I thought \"gurn\" was the usual spelling, but according to Chambers it's just a variant of this version"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of of soldier's kit \u2013 this set gets miles put out (5)","Answer":"PILUM","Explanation":"Definition: Bit of of soldier's kit\nComposite anagram: (MILES PUT)* = PILUM SET. The pilum is a Roman javelin (so maybe the \"miles\" is a Roman soldier)"}
-{"Clue":"Wildly eggy about a hop going wrong \u2013 sign of mania? (8)","Answer":"GEOPHAGY","Explanation":"Definition: sign of mania\n(A HOP)* in (EGGY)"}
-{"Clue":"Personality one follows is wreathed in allure (8)","Answer":"CHARISMA","Explanation":"Definition: Personality\nIS in CHARM + A"}
-{"Clue":"Little old lady is havin' a work break up north (5)","Answer":"LAKIN","Explanation":"Definition: Little old lady \nLAKIN[g] \u2013 \"lake\" is a northern word for rest or \"take a holiday\". LAKIN as a short form of \"ladykin\", which is a diminutive (little) Shakesperean (old) form of \"lady\""}
-{"Clue":"Player in Milan team, rubbish back (5)","Answer":"ACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Player\nAC [Milan] (football team) + ROT<"}
-{"Clue":"One pill to take as treatment for alcoholism (8)","Answer":"ANTABUSE","Explanation":"Definition: treatment for alcoholism\nAN + TAB + USE"}
-{"Clue":"Portion of ripest apples and stuff that's gone (4)","Answer":"STAP","Explanation":"Definition: stuff that's gone\nChambers describes this as an \"obsolete affectation for stop, esp. in the sense of choke of obstruct\""}
-{"Clue":"Tossing off strong drinks (7)","Answer":"STINGOS","Explanation":"Definition: strong drinks\nTOSSING"}
-{"Clue":"Positions befit me (as editor might put it) (5)","Answer":"SITUS","Explanation":"Definition: Positions\nI think this is from SIT = befit (one of C's definitions of \"sit\") + US (what an editor might change \"ME\" to in some writing). SITUS is both the singular and plural form, which I think must mean it's a word of the Latin fourth declension"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely weird lake in east of France (7)","Answer":"EERIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Extremely weird\n[Lake] ERIE in EST (French for East)"}
-{"Clue":"Perry maybe balancing on sideboard (12)","Answer":"CROSS\u2011DRESSER","Explanation":"Definition: Perry\nCROSS (balancing) + DRESSER (sideboard). The cross-dresser is the artist Grayson Perry, recent Reith Lecturer."}
-{"Clue":"What'll make Scots keener? That is following old king (6)","Answer":"SAULIE","Explanation":"Definition: What'll make Scots keene\nSAUL (King of Israel, succeeded by David) + I.E. Scots word for a hired mourner (who might do some keening)"}
-{"Clue":"E.g. basalt for filling course (8)","Answer":"TRAPROCK","Explanation":"Definition: E.g. basalt\nPRO in TRACK"}
-{"Clue":"Port wine's bottled? Stow to mature thus (5)","Answer":"RIPEN","Explanation":"Definition: mature thus\nComposite anagram: (PORT WINE'S)* = STOW RIPEN"}
-{"Clue":"Poet exchanging recipe for a legume (6)","Answer":"COW-PEA","Explanation":"Definition: legume\nThe poet [William] COWPER with R replaced by A"}
-{"Clue":"The Scots speak indistinctly, low and soft (4)","Answer":"MOOP","Explanation":"Definition: The Scots speak indistinctly\nMOO (low) + P[iano]"}
-{"Clue":"Brewed cha coming in I drink up \u2013 while playing this? (7)","Answer":"PACHISI","Explanation":"Definition: this\nCHA* in (I SIP)< \u2013 \"An Indian game like backgammon or ludo\""}
-{"Clue":"Military governor has shortened broad cannon? (6)","Answer":"SHOGUN","Explanation":"Definition: Military governor\nS (shortened \"has\") + BROAD (like \"ho\", a rather offensive term for a woman) + GUN"}
-{"Clue":"Mats we're given in arrangement for wine glasses, etc (8)","Answer":"STEMWARE","Explanation":"Definition: wine glasses, etc\n(MATS WE'RE)"}
-{"Clue":"Some duties go on for a long time (8)","Answer":"LASTAGES","Explanation":"Definition: Some duties\nLAST AGES \u2013 lastage means a ship's cargo, or a duty paid on it"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian of gardens? Matter holding partner up (7)","Answer":"PRIAPUS","Explanation":"Definition: Guardian of gardens\nPAIR< in PUS (matter). Priapus is probably best known as being the origin of name the medical condition priapism, but strangely he is also a god of gardens."}
-{"Clue":"Its music is hammered out, a lilting strain (6)","Answer":"SANTIR","Explanation":"Definition: Its music is hammered out\nSTRAIN* The santir is a kind of dulcimer"}
-{"Clue":"Put up sort of trough, to employ inside (6)","Answer":"HOUSED","Explanation":"Definition: Put up\nUSE in HOD"}
-{"Clue":"Visitor to Italy blowing in from the south, e.g. Paul (6)","Answer":"AUSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Visitor to Italy blowing in from the south\nDouble definition \u2013 the South wind in Italy, and this writer\/director"}
-{"Clue":"Like the Carpenter, or his mate, swallowing first of oysters? (6)","Answer":"MOROSE","Explanation":"Definition: Like the Carpenter\nDefinitely my favourite clue: O[ysters] in MORSE, a walrus, recalling the poem in *Through the Looking-glass, where the Walrus wept bitterly before ewating the oysters that he had invited to take a walk along the beach."}
-{"Clue":"It includes Obama's 'Bo', among Americanisms (5)","Answer":"CANIS","Explanation":"Definition: It includes Obama's 'Bo'\nHidden in ameriCANISms \u2013 Bo is the pet dog of the Obama family"}
-{"Clue":"Fishing vessel, or smack (4)","Answer":"BUSS","Explanation":"Definition: Fishing vessel\nDouble definition \u2013 a Dutch fishing boat and a kiss"}
-{"Clue":"Drawing equipment arrives without permit (9)","Answer":"COMPASSES","Explanation":"Definition: Drawing equipment\nPASS in COMES"}
-{"Clue":"Piece of meat lion chewed up (4)","Answer":"LOIN","Explanation":"Piece of meat lion chewed up (4)\nLION"}
-{"Clue":"Accidentally catch something, perhaps (8)","Answer":"OVERHEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Accidentally catch something, perhaps\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fine fresh syrup for cooked meals (3-3)","Answer":"FRY-UPS","Explanation":"Definition: cooked meals\nF + SYRUP"}
-{"Clue":"The balance mounts (6)","Answer":"SCALES","Explanation":"Definition: The balance\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Tiptoe in order to get round robin, perhaps (8)","Answer":"PETITION","Explanation":"Definition: round robin, perhaps\n(TIPTOE IN)"}
-{"Clue":"Jug can clink (6)","Answer":"PRISON","Explanation":"Definition: Jug\nThree slang words for a prison"}
-{"Clue":"Strange virus one may pick up on holiday (8)","Answer":"SOUVENIR","Explanation":"Definition: pick up on holiday\n(VIRUS ONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Playing pirate in company making a comeback with music (8)","Answer":"OPERATIC","Explanation":"Definition: with music\nPIRATE* in reverse of CO"}
-{"Clue":"Injured Royal Marine in head, badly (6)","Answer":"HARMED","Explanation":"Definition: Injured\nRM in HEAD"}
-{"Clue":"Instructor oddly curt, intercepting sexy look (8)","Answer":"LECTURER","Explanation":"Definition: Instructor\nCURT* in LEER"}
-{"Clue":"Often repaired, but irregularly (6)","Answer":"PATCHY","Explanation":"Definition: Often repaired\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of maggot (6)","Answer":"GENTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Kind\nDouble definition. As I've mentioned before, I first (and perhaps only) came across the use of \"gentle\" for a maggot in George Orwell's <i.Coming Up For Air"}
-{"Clue":"It's possible a belief's been shaken (8)","Answer":"FEASIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: possible\n(A BELIEF'S)"}
-{"Clue":"It guided the Magi around deserts (4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: It guided the Magi\nReverse of RATS (to rat = to desert)"}
-{"Clue":"Sliced loaf ready \u2014 long drink needed (4,2,3)","Answer":"YARD OF ALE","Explanation":"Definition: long drink\n(LOAF READY)"}
-{"Clue":"Numbers of Romans about the city (5)","Answer":"CIVIC","Explanation":"Definition: about the city\nThe letters involved in the word are all Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Game of wits (7)","Answer":"MARBLES","Explanation":"Definition: Game\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Helps beast in distress (5)","Answer":"ABETS","Explanation":"Definition: Helps\nBEAST"}
-{"Clue":"Close shaves? (7)","Answer":"SCRAPES","Explanation":"Definition: Close shaves\nA not very cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"One quick to advance caress? (4,5)","Answer":"SOFT TOUCH","Explanation":"Definition: One quick to advance\nDouble definition \u2013 \"advance\" meaning to make a loan"}
-{"Clue":"Complete outfit for a small charge (7)","Answer":"LAYETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Complete outfit for a small charge\nCryptic definition \u2013 the \"small charge\" being a baby"}
-{"Clue":"Popular professional record holder being sidelined? (2,7)","Answer":"IN PROFILE","Explanation":"Definition: sidelined\nIN (popular) + PRO + FILE (where records are kept)"}
-{"Clue":"Act for traveller with grudge (9)","Answer":"REPRESENT","Explanation":"Definition: Act for\nREP + RESENT"}
-{"Clue":"Terrible reputation, one I try to improve (9)","Answer":"NOTORIETY","Explanation":"Definition: Terrible reputation\n(ONE I TRY TO)"}
-{"Clue":"A muscle that turns up and down (7)","Answer":"ROTATOR","Explanation":"Definition: A muscle that turns\nA type of muscle, and the \"up and down\" indicates that it's a palindrome"}
-{"Clue":"Be fond of nurse (4,3)","Answer":"CARE FOR","Explanation":"Definition: Be fond of\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wine served up in canisters (7)","Answer":"RETSINA","Explanation":"Definition: Wine\nHiddein in reverse of cANISTERs"}
-{"Clue":"Philosopher who gets on with soldiers (5)","Answer":"PLATO","Explanation":"Definition: Philosopher\nIf PLATO gets ON then he becomes a PLATOON"}
-{"Clue":"Share a hole (5)","Answer":"HALVE","Explanation":"Definition: Share a hole\nPretty much a straight definition of playing a golf hole in the same number of strokes as your opponent"}
-{"Clue":"Desert city to discourage housing (6)","Answer":"DECAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Desert\nEC (City of London postal area) in DAMP (to discourage)"}
-{"Clue":"Duke leaving country in Greek liner might cross it (8)","Answer":"ATLANTIC","Explanation":"Definition: liner might cross it\nLAND less D[uke] in ATTIC (Greek)"}
-{"Clue":"Like some beaches where husband goes separately (6)","Answer":"SINGLY","Explanation":"Definition: separately\nSHINGLY less H (*changed from my original \"SINGLE\", in case anyone is confused by the earlier comments)"}
-{"Clue":"\"Bank \u2014 rely \u2014 extremists fly\": worse verse! (8)","Answer":"DOGGEREL","Explanation":"Definition: worse verse\nDOGGER Bank (famous for giving its name to one of the sea areas in the BBC Shipping Forecast) + [R]EL[Y]"}
-{"Clue":"24's sway over black cat rising in Far East (5,9)","Answer":"BOXER REBELLION","Explanation":"Definition: rising in Far East\nBOXER (dog) + B in REEL + LION"}
-{"Clue":"Unfortunate 24s heard predators at sea (10)","Answer":"PORBEAGLES","Explanation":"Definition: predators at sea\nHomophone (?) of \"poor\" + BEAGLE"}
-{"Clue":"River of top quality? It's in the water (4)","Answer":"UREA","Explanation":"Definition: It's in the water\nURE + A \u2013 Urea is found in urine"}
-{"Clue":"Fleet unable to move (4)","Answer":"FAST","Explanation":"Definition: Fleet\nDouble definition, \"fast\" being a nice example of a word with two almost opposite meanings"}
-{"Clue":"Excessive noise in spout adjoining home (10)","Answer":"INORDINATE","Explanation":"Definition: Excessive\nIN (home) + DIN in ORATE"}
-{"Clue":"They're not keen on Brussels playing streaker in team (4-10)","Answer":"ANTI-MARKETEERS","Explanation":"Definition: They're not keen on Brussels\n(STREAKER IN TEAM)* \u2013 a rather old-fashioned name for people opposed to what used to be called the Common Market: nowadays they'd probably be known as Eurosceptics"}
-{"Clue":"First to fill cavities? (8)","Answer":"DENTISTS","Explanation":"Definition: First to fill cavities\n1ST in DENTS &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Just under 10 roughly treated by 23, or 26, say (6)","Answer":"CANINE","Explanation":"Definition: 26, say\n\"Just under 10 roughly\" is \"C[irc]A NINE; canine teeth are treated by dentists (23); and a setter (26) is a type of dog"}
-{"Clue":"Studying what's driven up temperature in part of garden (8)","Answer":"ROCKETRY","Explanation":"Definition: Studying what's driven up\nT in ROCKERY"}
-{"Clue":"Son's less resolute, wife having left me (6)","Answer":"SETTER","Explanation":"Definition: me\nS + [W]ETTER"}
-{"Clue":"Only half of hit on record (4)","Answer":"DISC","Explanation":"Definition: record\nFirst half of DISCover (hit on)"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative dashing around \u2014 not something MPs are noted for (7)","Answer":"CANDOUR","Explanation":"Definition: not something MPs are noted for\nC + AROUND"}
-{"Clue":"Chocolate treat an islander's 7 runs after (8)","Answer":"MALTESER","Explanation":"Definition: Chocolate treat\nMALTESE (type of terrier) + R, and two definitions: chocolate treat and islander (Chambers doesn't give malteser= person from Malta, but I'm sure I've seen it used. *Or possibly it's just \"islander's 7\" to define the terrier**)"}
-{"Clue":"Easy money (French) pocketed by supporter (11)","Answer":"TROUBLEFREE","Explanation":"Definition: Easy\nROUBLE + FR in TEE"}
-{"Clue":"Country cat (long-haired) primarily looking for queen (6)","Answer":"ANGOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nANGORA (long-haired cat) with R (queen) replaced by L[ooking]"}
-{"Clue":"No good cat bites stray 24 (7)","Answer":"TERRIER","Explanation":"Definition: 24\nERR (to stray) in TI[G]ER"}
-{"Clue":"Peristyle showing sign of listing disturbed Dean (9)","Answer":"COLONNADE","Explanation":"Definition: Peristyle\nCOLON (punctuation mark, used to introduce a list) + DEAN"}
-{"Clue":"Reformer's golden age described by viceroy in North (11)","Answer":"REGENERATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Reformer\nERA (age) in REGENT \"to the North of\" OR (golden)"}
-{"Clue":"One arranging publicity in the reptile world? (4,5)","Answer":"PUFF ADDER","Explanation":"Definition: One arranging publicity in the reptile world\nCryptic defintion"}
-{"Clue":"7 let out by porter, perhaps (8)","Answer":"AIREDALE","Explanation":"Definition: 7\nAIRED (let out) + ALE (of which porter is a type)"}
-{"Clue":"Iniquitous acts in a novel (7)","Answer":"SATANIC","Explanation":"Definition: Iniquitous\n(ACTS IN A)"}
-{"Clue":"Companion leaving mountain transport to provide help from above (7)","Answer":"AIRLIFT","Explanation":"Definition: to provide help from above\nCHAIR LIFT less CH (Companion of Honour)"}
-{"Clue":"Aussie runner's enthralling cleavage upset judge (6)","Answer":"UMPIRE","Explanation":"Definition: judge\nRIP (cleavage) in EMU, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Stand for don (4)","Answer":"WEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Stand\nDouble definition: \"stand\" as in \"put up with\"; \"don\" as in \"put on\/wear [clothes]\""}
-{"Clue":"Eccentric bathes in spirit! (8)","Answer":"ABSINTHE","Explanation":"Definition: spirit\n(BATHES IN)"}
-{"Clue":"United said to be finished a while ago (6)","Answer":"WELDED","Explanation":"Definition: United\nI think this is supposed to be a homophone of \"well dead\", in the slang sense of \"very dead\", or \"dead a long time\"; the problem is that no one pronounces WELDED that way"}
-{"Clue":"Small gardens here a little bit out of place (4-5)","Answer":"SKEW-WHIFF","Explanation":"Definition: out of place\nS + KEW (\"gardens here\") + WHIFF (a little)"}
-{"Clue":"Almost every other component follows past tests (5)","Answer":"EXAMS","Explanation":"Definition: tests\nEX (past) + alternate letters of AlMoSt"}
-{"Clue":"Rogue hurries along with cheap way to pay (4,8)","Answer":"HIRE\u00a0PURCHASE","Explanation":"Definition: way to pay\n(HURRIES CHEAP)"}
-{"Clue":"It gets heated when weird group ousts leader (4)","Answer":"OVEN","Explanation":"Definition: It gets heated\nCOVEN (of witches) less its \"leader\""}
-{"Clue":"Killers hated working on the side (5,5)","Answer":"DEATH SQUAD","Explanation":"Definition: Killers\nHATED* + SQUAD (side, e.g. a football team)"}
-{"Clue":"Press invitation to meeting for young man after public image (8,2)","Answer":"PERSONAL AD","Explanation":"Definition: Press invitation to meeting\nPERSONA + LAD"}
-{"Clue":"Chapter head in Pride and Prejudice (4)","Answer":"DEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Chapter head\nHidden in priDE ANd, with \"Prejudice\" being there just for the surface reading"}
-{"Clue":"Privileged place freely available to card players (6,6)","Answer":"PUBLIC SCHOOL","Explanation":"Definition: Privileged place\nPUBLIC (freely available(unlike public schools..)) + SCHOOL (of card players)"}
-{"Clue":"Board agreement expressed in two languages (5)","Answer":"OUIJA","Explanation":"Definition: Board\nOUI + JA \u2013 a very hackneyed way of clueing this word, which in any case is derived from these two componets (it was originally a trade name for the board)"}
-{"Clue":"Points to lack of showy jewellery as dignifying (9)","Answer":"ENNOBLING","Explanation":"Definition: dignifying\nE + N + \"NO BLING\""}
-{"Clue":"Dreads becoming even more unhappy (6)","Answer":"SADDER","Explanation":"Definition: even more unhappy\nDREADS* \u2013 \"even\" seems redundant, though it doesn't do any harm"}
-{"Clue":"Small character part for someone on the way up (8)","Answer":"ASCENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Small character part\nDouble definition \u2013 an ascender is part of a letter that extends above the middle (i.e. above the height of letters such as n and a)."}
-{"Clue":"Too much of pals to finish off with round of golf (4)","Answer":"ALSO","Explanation":"Definition: Too\nThis seems to ALS (\"much of pals\") + O (round), with \"of golf\" being redundant, unless I've missed something"}
-{"Clue":"Hinder the continuity of one's main ancestral line (4)","Answer":"STEM","Explanation":"Definition: Hinder the continuity of\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Could wine be drunk by new arrival? (6)","Answer":"NEWBIE","Explanation":"Definition: new arrival\n(WINE BE)* \u2013 the presence of \"new\" in the clue makes this rather weak, unless it's intended as a double bluff; also the cryptic grammar is all over the place, with \"be\" doing double duty"}
-{"Clue":"Emperor replaced his allies with ease (5,8)","Answer":"HAILE\u00a0SELASSIE","Explanation":"Definition: Emperor\n(HIS ALLIES EASE)"}
-{"Clue":"Put in practice a duty involving Her Majesty (8)","Answer":"EXERCISE","Explanation":"Definition: Put in practice\nER in EXCISE"}
-{"Clue":"She goes over the top to get role of Titania (5,5)","Answer":"DRAMA QUEEN","Explanation":"Definition: She goes over the top\nTitania is the Queen of the Fairies (I initially tried to make FAIRY QUEEN work here..) in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
-{"Clue":"Dances tend to be moved one further down the line (10)","Answer":"DESCENDANT","Explanation":"Definition: one further down the line\n(DANCES TEND)"}
-{"Clue":"Product mechanisms often in place in pubs (5,8)","Answer":"FRUIT MACHINE","Explanation":"Definition: often in place in pubs\nFRUIT (product) + MACHINES (mechanisms)"}
-{"Clue":"Pittance provided initially to get spies back can be laid on the table (4,6)","Answer":"SOUP SPOONS","Explanation":"Definition: can be laid on the table\nSOU (a pittance) + P[rovided] + reverse of SNOOPS"}
-{"Clue":"Pot reported to be advertised put up cheaply (5-5)","Answer":"JERRY-BUILD","Explanation":"Definition: put up cheaply\nJERRY (chamber pot) + \"billed\""}
-{"Clue":"Test one against a note prompt (8)","Answer":"MOTIVATE","Explanation":"Definition: prompt\nMOT (test) + I (one) + V[ersus] A TE (note, in tonic sol-fa) *edited -the I was missing "}
-{"Clue":"Spitting Image repeat (6)","Answer":"DOUBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Spitting Image\nDouble definition (just about)"}
-{"Clue":"Said to have passed time in the jungle, perhaps (4)","Answer":"WILD","Explanation":"Definition: in the jungle, perhaps\nHomophone of \"whiled\""}
-{"Clue":"A garden not a place where one might study a culture medium (4)","Answer":"AGAR","Explanation":"Definition: a culture medium\nA GARDEN less DEN (where one might study) \u2013 biological cultures are grown in agar (or agar-agar) jelly"}
-{"Clue":"C-in-C's talked about provider of light transport (11)","Answer":"CANDLESTICK","Explanation":"Definition: provider of light transport\n(C-IN-C'S TALKED)"}
-{"Clue":"A chap interrupting shuts up birds (7)","Answer":"PEAHENS","Explanation":"Definition: birds\nA HE in PENS"}
-{"Clue":"Old city dons a source of chocolate liqueur (7)","Answer":"CURACAO","Explanation":"Definition: liqueur\nUR (ancient city, mentioned in Genesis) in CACAO"}
-{"Clue":"Confederate colonel with class (9)","Answer":"COLLEAGUE","Explanation":"Definition: Confederate\nCOL[onel] + LEAGUE"}
-{"Clue":"Hold talks about blocking cheap goods (5)","Answer":"TREAT","Explanation":"Definition: Hold talks\nRE in (\"blocking\") TAT"}
-{"Clue":"Help \u2014 nothing's fair! (2-2)","Answer":"SO-SO","Explanation":"Definition: fair\nSOS (distress)+ O. Contrary to popular belief, SOS does not stand for \"Save Our Souls\", or for anything else."}
-{"Clue":"Housing team on site at fault (10)","Answer":"MAISONETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Housing\n(TEAM ON SITE)"}
-{"Clue":"Catch folk wandering round area not fully prepared (2,4,4)","Answer":"AT HALF COCK","Explanation":"Definition: not fully prepared\nA in (CATCH FOLK)"}
-{"Clue":"Apple not main fruit (4)","Answer":"PEAR","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nPEARMAIN less MAIN. Pearmain is used as part of name of some varieties of apples \u2013 the origin of the word is obscure, but it also used to be used to describe pears."}
-{"Clue":"Presume more discriminating fellow's moving to the right (5)","Answer":"INFER","Explanation":"Definition: Presume\nFINER with F[ellow] moved to the right"}
-{"Clue":"With them you relish acceptable risks, backing in small amounts (5,4)","Answer":"TASTE BUDS","Explanation":"Definition: With them you relish\nReverse of U (acceptable, as in \"U and non-U\") + BETS in TADS"}
-{"Clue":"Queen has to struggle, cutting navy back with less assurance (7)","Answer":"NERVIER","Explanation":"Definition: with less assurance\nER VIE in reverse of R[oyal] N[avy]"}
-{"Clue":"Statesman unfortunately known as \"Nye\", originally (7)","Answer":"ALASKAN","Explanation":"Definition: Statesman\nALAS + K[nown] A[s] N[ye], with \"statesman\" meaning \"someone who lives in a state\""}
-{"Clue":"Agency worker almost the last word in saucy humour (11)","Answer":"TEMPERAMENT","Explanation":"Definition: humour\nTEM[P] + AMEN (last word) in PERT (saucy)"}
-{"Clue":"On leaving dance, drunken serf hit monarch (7,3,5)","Answer":"CHARLES THE FIRST","Explanation":"Definition: monarch\nCHARLEST[on] + (SERF HIT)"}
-{"Clue":"New man on board not first family member (5)","Answer":"NIECE","Explanation":"Definition: family member\nN + [p]IECE"}
-{"Clue":"Obsessive nurses talk up Italian fare (7)","Answer":"LASAGNA","Explanation":"Definition: Italian fare\nGAS (talk) in (\"nursed by\") ANAL (obsessive), all reversed. Lasagna is the singular form of the more common \"lasagne\", so perhaps strictly refers to one of the pasta sheets rather than the dish"}
-{"Clue":"Shoots gulls (7)","Answer":"SUCKERS","Explanation":"Definition: Shoots\nDouble definition \u2013 shoots from tree roots; or fools (as a verb)"}
-{"Clue":"Pain in rear starts slowing down worker (8)","Answer":"IRRITANT","Explanation":"Definition: Pain\nI[n] R[ear] + RIT (slowing down, in music) + ANT"}
-{"Clue":"What the clumsy window-cleaner did on departure? (6,3,6)","Answer":"KICKED THE BUCKET","Explanation":"Definition: What the clumsy window-cleaner did on departure\nNot quite a double definition, as the grammar wouldn't work, but \"kick the bucket\" is slang for \"die\", as well as being what a clumsy window-cleaner might do"}
-{"Clue":"Here remote scientists work, as satanists cope badly (5,8)","Answer":"SPACE STATIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Here remote scientists work\n(AS SATANISTS COPE)"}
-{"Clue":"Currently why children write to Santa? (3,3,7)","Answer":"FOR THE PRESENT","Explanation":"Definition: Currently\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Gates may display this, a Latin platitude (8)","Answer":"ALTRUISM","Explanation":"Definition: Gates may display this\nA L[atin] TRUISM. Reference to Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his charitable foundation"}
-{"Clue":"Scriptures give rise to anger in church faction (7)","Answer":"COTERIE","Explanation":"Definition: faction\nO[ld] T[estament] + IRE< in CE"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle in Pedro's house a means of restoring motion? (7)","Answer":"CASCARA","Explanation":"Definition: a means of restoring motion\nCAR in CASA (Spanish for \"house\"). Cascara is used as a laxative, hence the nicely misleading if somewhat tasteless definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cheer as Chronicle leader's cut (5)","Answer":"ELATE","Explanation":"Definition: Cheer\nRELATE (as a verb) less its \"leader\""}
-{"Clue":"Conservative scoundrel concealing one plot from the right (9)","Answer":"HIDEBOUND","Explanation":"Definition: Conservative\nReverse of I (one) BED (a plot of land) in HOUND (scoundrel)"}
-{"Clue":"Island where the devout may be found? (4)","Answer":"INCH","Explanation":"Definition: Island\nThe devout may be found IN CH[urch]"}
-{"Clue":"In France a fantastic bird twirls round \u2014 one's horny (5)","Answer":"CORNU","Explanation":"Definition: one's horny\nReverse of UN (the indefinite article \"a\" in French) + ROC"}
-{"Clue":"Lamb etc? Tries to eat first (9)","Answer":"ESSAYISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Lamb etc\n1ST in ESSAYS"}
-{"Clue":"This author, originator of stanza, writes to the Queen (7)","Answer":"SPENSER","Explanation":"Definition: author\nS[tanza] + PENS + ER. Edmund Spenser wrote *The Faerie Queene*, and is know for providing lots of unusual words and spellings for crosswords"}
-{"Clue":"Picaroon's on your side in Muslim territory (7)","Answer":"IMAMATE","Explanation":"Definition: Muslim territory\n\"I'M A MATE\", as Picaroon might say if he was on your side. Perhaps not a familiar word, but easily guessable as the territory of an Imam."}
-{"Clue":"US president's fighting to restrain Republican \u2014 and he's struggling (6,7)","Answer":"WARREN\u00a0HARDING","Explanation":"Definition: US president\nR + (AND HE)* in WARRING"}
-{"Clue":"Congress briefly working with English cabinet (3-5,5)","Answer":"ONE-NIGHT\u00a0STAND","Explanation":"Definition: Congress briefly\nON + E + NIGHT-STAND (a bedside table, says Chambers, which I suppose could be a cabinet), and a one-night stand is brief, or at least short-lived, (sexual) congress"}
-{"Clue":"Distaste as hopeless sandwiches sold from here, possibly (7)","Answer":"TEASHOP","Explanation":"Definition: sandwiches sold from here, possibly\nHidden (sandwiched by) in distasTE AS HOPeless; \"sandwiches\" does double duty here, but there's also some &littishness"}
-{"Clue":"\u00a350 stashed in gold through deposits between banks (7)","Answer":"ALLUVIA","Explanation":"Definition: deposits between banks\nL (\u00a3) + L (50) in AU (gold) + VIA (through)"}
-{"Clue":"In America, plant leaders of Soviet partisans to assassinate president (9)","Answer":"SPICEBUSH","Explanation":"Definition: In America, plant\nS[oviet] P[artisans] + ICE (kill) + BUSH . The Spicebush is an American plant of the laurel family"}
-{"Clue":"Get lost in Rheims, hitch-hiking (5)","Answer":"IMSHI","Explanation":"Definition: Get lost\nHidden in rheIMS HItch-hiking \u2013 military slang (from Arabic) for \"go away!\""}
-{"Clue":"A little hearing problem (4)","Answer":"SOME","Explanation":"Definition: A little\nHomophone of \"sum\" ( a problem)"}
-{"Clue":"Knock hole at the front of one jar (9)","Answer":"DENIGRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Knock\nDEN (hole) + 1 + GRATE (to jar)"}
-{"Clue":"Journalists who keep saying cutting things (8)","Answer":"HACKSAWS","Explanation":"Definition: cutting things\nSAW (saying) \"kept by\" HACKS"}
-{"Clue":"Lament return of internet network? (5)","Answer":"DIRGE","Explanation":"Definition: Lament\nReverse of E-GRID"}
-{"Clue":"Titillating lady \u2014 she does dances to get the King's number (4,5,5)","Answer":"BLUE\u00a0SUEDE\u00a0SHOES","Explanation":"Definition: the King's number\nBLUE SUE (who might be a titillating lady) + (SHE DOES)*. The King here is Elvis, who famously sang the song"}
-{"Clue":"A hunter forced ferret out (7)","Answer":"UNEARTH","Explanation":"Definition: ferret out\n(A HUNTER)"}
-{"Clue":"Good-for-nothing gathering tip from Iraq for this report? (7)","Answer":"DOSSIER","Explanation":"Definition: report\nI[raq] in DOSSER. The surface reference is to the so-called Dodgy Dossier"}
-{"Clue":"What's lost again aroused such a feeling? (9)","Answer":"NOSTALGIA","Explanation":"Definition: What's lost again aroused such a feeling\n(LOST AGAIN)* \u2013 I don't think this technically counts as an &lit, but the whole clue nicely defines the word"}
-{"Clue":"Soft ex-Chinese leader gets cast off (6)","Answer":"HUSHED","Explanation":"Definition: Soft\nHU (Chinese leader \u2013 probably this one) + SHED (cast off)"}
-{"Clue":"Is this simply dealing crookedly? That's about right (7,7)","Answer":"PYRAMID SELLING","Explanation":"Definition: Is this simply dealing crookedly? That's about right\nR in (SIMPLY DEALING)*, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Pronounced oddness raging in bigotry (9)","Answer":"RHOTACISM","Explanation":"Definition: Pronounced oddness\nHOT (raging) in RACISM. The \"oddness\" is difficulty in pronouncing the sound R, as shown by Roy Jenkins and Jonathan Ross, for example"}
-{"Clue":"Business one's invested in that is to make things perfect (8)","Answer":"IDEALISE","Explanation":"Definition: to make things perfect\nDEAL + I'S (one's) in I.E (that is)"}
-{"Clue":"Appropriate introduction from Ezra (7)","Answer":"IMPOUND","Explanation":"Definition: Appropriate\nThe poet might have introduced himself by saying \"I'M POUND\""}
-{"Clue":"It's barbaric to stick farmyard animal in the oven (7)","Answer":"HEATHEN","Explanation":"Definition: barbaric\nTo \"stick [a] farmyard animal in the oven\" is to HEAT [a] HEN"}
-{"Clue":"What is extremely stagnant and unaltered (6)","Answer":"STASIS","Explanation":"Definition: What is extremely stagnant and unaltered \nS[tagnan]T + AS IS (unaltered). &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Time to block credit card \u2014 perspective's required! (5)","Answer":"VISTA","Explanation":"Definition: perspective\nT in VISA"}
-{"Clue":"They're paid for services rendered (9)","Answer":"CLERGYMEN","Explanation":"Definition: They're paid for services rendered\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Shown to be unfit during a gym session (5)","Answer":"INAPT","Explanation":"Definition: unfit\nIN A PT (PT being short for \"PT lesson\")"}
-{"Clue":"Games period (7)","Answer":"INNINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Games period\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Undisclosed military rank (7)","Answer":"PRIVATE","Explanation":"Definition: Undisclosed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Three points go to my opponent (5)","Answer":"ENEMY","Explanation":"Definition: opponent\nE + N + E + MY"}
-{"Clue":"Good ones can always grow better (9)","Answer":"GARDENERS","Explanation":"Definition: Good ones can always grow better\nCryptic definition \u2013 a good gardener can grow plants better than other can"}
-{"Clue":"Sporting event one's bound to compete in (5-6,4)","Answer":"THREE-LEGGED\u00a0RACE","Explanation":"Definition: Sporting event\nCryptic definition \u2013 in a three-legged the runners' adjacent legs are tied (=bound) tobether"}
-{"Clue":"Cricket finalist? (4,3,2)","Answer":"LAST MAN IN","Explanation":"Definition: Cricket finalist\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Guide back to border (5)","Answer":"PILOT","Explanation":"Definition: Guide\nReverse of TO LIP"}
-{"Clue":"It reminds chaps to give me priority (7)","Answer":"MEMENTO","Explanation":"Definition: It reminds\nME + MEN + TO"}
-{"Clue":"Gift for the poor \u2014 a welcome gesture (7)","Answer":"HANDOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Gift for the poor\nDouble definition \u2013 to put your hand out is a welcoming gesture"}
-{"Clue":"A student on board having a dance (5)","Answer":"SALSA","Explanation":"Definition: dance\nA L in SS + A"}
-{"Clue":"Haricot bean, for example, not a starter (3-6)","Answer":"NON-RUNNER","Explanation":"Definition: not a starter\nDouble definition \u2013 a haricot bean is not a runner bean, and a non-runner doesn't start a (horse) race"}
-{"Clue":"Fortuitous bit of scoring? (10)","Answer":"ACCIDENTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Fortuitous\nDouble definition \u2013 in music an accidental is a flat or sharp sign (or similar) that indicates that a note isn't to played as in the key signature. Nice to see the \"correct\" use of \"fortuitous\" in the other definition as \"by chance\" rather than the increasingly-common \"fortunately\"."}
-{"Clue":"Noel's tower of strength (8)","Answer":"REINDEER","Explanation":"Definition: Noel's tower of strength\nCryptic definition \u2013 reindeer pull Santa's sleigh at Christmas (Noel)"}
-{"Clue":"It won't play a principal part (6)","Answer":"AGENCY","Explanation":"Definition: It won't play a principal part\nCryptic definition \u2013 in legal terminology an Agent is not a Principal"}
-{"Clue":"Novelist makes friends across the Channel (4)","Answer":"AMIS","Explanation":"Definition: Novelist\nDouble definition \u2013 AMIS is French for \"friends\". For the novelist, take your pick of Kingsley or Martin."}
-{"Clue":"Photograph monster that's seen in the garden (10)","Answer":"SNAPDRAGON","Explanation":"Definition: that's seen in the garden\nSNAP (photograph) + DRAGON"}
-{"Clue":"Benefit from investment is cut about a quarter (8)","Answer":"DIVIDEND","Explanation":"Definition: Benefit from investment\nN in DIVIDED"}
-{"Clue":"Site includes a splendid residence (6)","Answer":"PALACE","Explanation":"Definition: splendid residence\nA in PLACE"}
-{"Clue":"Something troubling your eye, initially (4)","Answer":"STYE","Explanation":"Definition: Something troubling your eye\nInitial letters &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Young and inexperienced musicians? (10)","Answer":"GREENHORNS","Explanation":"Definition: Young and inexperienced musicians\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"They watch sport etc as recreation (10)","Answer":"SPECTATORS","Explanation":"Definition: They watch\n(SPORT ETC AS)*, with an &littish surface"}
-{"Clue":"Set me up with intellectual? Hard cheese! (8)","Answer":"EMMENTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Hard cheese\nReverse of ME + MENTAL"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing lost, having everything provided (3,5)","Answer":"ALL FOUND","Explanation":"Definition: Nothing lost\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Naive politician caught in a web of lies (6)","Answer":"SIMPLE","Explanation":"Naive politician caught in a web of lies (6)\nMP in LIES"}
-{"Clue":"Enclosure sheep is held in (4,2)","Answer":"PENT UP","Explanation":"Definition: held in\nPEN (enclosure) + TUP (dialect word for a ram). PENT is actually a variant of \"penned\""}
-{"Clue":"Just think, she may inspire you (4)","Answer":"MUSE","Explanation":"Definition: think\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Animal quarters? (4)","Answer":"HIND","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nDouble definition \u2013 think of \"hind quarters\""}
-{"Clue":"Following former whim, lad gets stake for tropical tree (11)","Answer":"FLAMBOYANTE","Explanation":"Definition: tropical tree\nFLAM (archaic word for whim) + BOY + ANTE (stake in poker etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Depression about closing of theatrical flop (5)","Answer":"SLUMP","Explanation":"Definition: flop\n[theatrica]L in SUMP"}
-{"Clue":"Semi-Christian sectarian from South Africa, one curbed by taboo (6)","Answer":"ZABIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Semi-Christian sectarian\nZA + I in BAN"}
-{"Clue":"Tot given mine delivers devastating darts (6)","Answer":"SUMPIT","Explanation":"Definition: devastating darts\nSUM (add, tot) + PIT (mine)"}
-{"Clue":"One's mate, very low before and after love (4)","Answer":"OPPO","Explanation":"Definition: One's mate\nO + PP (very quite) + O: the clue seems to indicate POOP, but needs to be read as \"very low: [with,] before and after[,] love\""}
-{"Clue":"Snooze before action requiring special headgear (6)","Answer":"KIPPAS","Explanation":"Definition: special headgear\nKIP + PAS (action, from French pas=step)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of stone boundary to till? Yes, laboriously (9)","Answer":"STYLOLITE","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of stone boundary\n(TO TILL YES)"}
-{"Clue":"Elizabeth may make a hit with this oblique stone's face (5)","Answer":"BEZEL","Explanation":"Definition: oblique stone's face\nComposite anagram: ELIZABETH* = A HIT + BEZEL"}
-{"Clue":"Plate of worms appearing in Cambs. city market (7)","Answer":"ELYTRON","Explanation":"Definition: Plate of worms\nELY + TRON. It's a plate found in a worm's body, not a tasty dish"}
-{"Clue":"Check up showing relapse \u2013 reels shakily about that (7)","Answer":"REPULSE","Explanation":"Definition: Check\nReverse of UP in REELS"}
-{"Clue":"One must give the Devil his due \u2013 even features of Azed likely to appear contorted! (5)","Answer":"YEZDI","Explanation":"Definition: One must give the Devil his due\nAnagram of even letters of aZeD lIkElY"}
-{"Clue":"Ingredient of WI cuisine like it is used to stuff toad (9)","Answer":"CASSAREEP","Explanation":"Definition: Ingredient of WI cuisine\nAS S.A in CREEP \u2013 it's a West Indian food, with the surface reading perhaps suggesting the Women's Institute"}
-{"Clue":"Sprinkle a bit of demerara, a form of greed (6)","Answer":"DREDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Sprinkle\nD[emerara] + GREED"}
-{"Clue":"River fish caught in ringed seines (4)","Answer":"GEDS","Explanation":"Definition: River fish\nHidden"}
-{"Clue":"Palm tree situation? It has its place in Paris (6)","Answer":"ITALIE","Explanation":"Definition: It has its place in Paris\nITA (a palm tree) + LIE (situtation). The Place D'Italie is a square in Paris"}
-{"Clue":"I'm not interested in what others think or say on 'eight of sail (6)","Answer":"EGOIST","Explanation":"Definition: I'm not interested in what others think\nEG (say) + [h]OIST (height of a sail)"}
-{"Clue":"Guide more obdurate when avoiding lie (5)","Answer":"STEER","Explanation":"Definition: Guide\nSTEELIER less LIE"}
-{"Clue":"Former compound one put into wineglass (6)","Answer":"FLUATE","Explanation":"Definition: Former compound\nA in FLUTE \u2013 obsolete version of fluoride"}
-{"Clue":"Excellent Dickensian upper class, deprived of power initially (5)","Answer":"LUMMY","Explanation":"Definition: Excellent Dickensian\n[P]LUMMY"}
-{"Clue":"Drug container from Panama secreted by a smuggler thereof? (6)","Answer":"AMPULE","Explanation":"Definition: Drug container\nP in A MULE"}
-{"Clue":"Earns by busking what'll often end in banks (7)","Answer":"BOTTLES","Explanation":"Definition: Earns by busking\nDouble definition \u2013 bottle banks as in recycling"}
-{"Clue":"Heavyweight champ? Little weight put on as turning up with loss of pounds (5)","Answer":"OZEKI","Explanation":"Definition: Heavyweight champ\nOZ (ounce) + reverse of [L]IKE"}
-{"Clue":"Gossip? It's variable with pair tended by Tibetan milkmaids around? (9)","Answer":"YAKITY-YAK","Explanation":"Definition: Gossip\nIT + Y (variable) in a pair of YAKs (as tended in Tibet..)"}
-{"Clue":"Cracked pipe splitting near wire? (6)","Answer":"NIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: wire\nPIPE* in NR \u2013 nipper and wire can both mean a pickpocket"}
-{"Clue":"Pieces of Italian staple exchanged as appetizers (5)","Answer":"TAPAS","Explanation":"Definition: appetizers\nPASTA with its \"pieces\" interchanged"}
-{"Clue":"No drinkers will imbibe small measure in these glasses (11)","Answer":"NOSE-NIPPERS","Explanation":"Definition: glasses\nEN in NO SIPPERS \u2013 a literal translation of the more familiar French *pince-nez*. Interesting that this appears so near NIPPER in 8d"}
-{"Clue":"'Scrap merchant'? I irritate when going up in price (9)","Answer":"COLLAGIST","Explanation":"Definition: Scrap merchant'\n(I GALL) reversed in COST"}
-{"Clue":"Selina, mad about baron? Probably not (7)","Answer":"LESBIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Probably not\nB in SELINA* \u2013 i.e. if she's mad about a baron, she's probably not a lesbian"}
-{"Clue":"Pedigree? No \u2013 wild one ne'er displays that (6)","Answer":"PIE-DOG","Explanation":"Definition: Pedigree? No \u2013 wild one ne'er displays that \nComposite anagream & lit \u2013 (PEDIGREE + ONE)* = (PIE-DOG NE'ER)"}
-{"Clue":"Slips revealing solver ratability to some extent (6)","Answer":"ERRATA","Explanation":"Definition: Slips\nHidden"}
-{"Clue":"Was daring exploit interrupted by rising uncertainty? (6)","Answer":"DEFIED","Explanation":"Definition: Was daring\n(The clues for 25 and 26 down were transposed in the PDF \u2013 and perhaps the printed version? \u2013 though correctly numbered.)"}
-{"Clue":"More than half of calendar calls for such an overcoat? (5)","Answer":"GREGO","Explanation":"Definition: overcoat\nGREGO[rian]"}
-{"Clue":"Dividers, a pest when broken (5)","Answer":"SEPTA","Explanation":"Definition: Dividers\n(A PEST)* \u2013 plural of septum"}
-{"Clue":"Mathematician requiring rubber in middle of numerals (5)","Answer":"EULER","Explanation":"Definition: Mathematician\nULE (rubber) in [num]ER[als] \u2013 Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), after whom the fundamental constant *e* is named"}
-{"Clue":"Sign that Tommy's upset about Penny (7)","Answer":"SYMPTOM","Explanation":"Definition: Sign\nP in TOMMYS"}
-{"Clue":"\"Line the loft\" (Energy Grid) (7)","Answer":"LATTICE","Explanation":"Definition: Grid\nL + ATTIC + E"}
-{"Clue":"A royal badger? (5)","Answer":"HARRY","Explanation":"Definition: A royal\nDouble definition \u2013 Prince Harry, and harry=badger=pester"}
-{"Clue":"Managers of the Stones swapping Elton John initially with the Modfather and Sabbath (9)","Answer":"JEWELLERS","Explanation":"Definition: Managers of the Stones\nJ E (Elton John's initials, swapped) + [Paul] WELLER (known as \"the Modfather\") + S[abbath]"}
-{"Clue":"Note: money \u2014 1,000 pounds for impressions (10)","Answer":"NEUROGRAMS","Explanation":"Definition: impressions\nN + EURO + G (grand = 1000) + RAMS (pounds). A neurogram is a (hypothetical?) \"impression\" made on the brain to create a memory"}
-{"Clue":"Knight strips off outer layers to reveal inner woman (4)","Answer":"LADY","Explanation":"Definition: woman\nGLADYS (Knight, singer) with \"outer layers\" removed"}
-{"Clue":"Domestic appliances: the plate was his but the _____ (11)","Answer":"DISHWASHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Domestic appliances\nThe plate was his but the DISH WAS HERS"}
-{"Clue":"Abolitionist deals fierce blow to suppress the onset of racism (11)","Answer":"WILBERFORCE","Explanation":"Definition: Abolitionist\nR[acism] in (FIERCE BLOW)* \u2013 William Wilberforce campaigned against the slave trade"}
-{"Clue":"Miss Elizabeth enters study doing a pirouette (4)","Answer":"NEED","Explanation":"Definition: Miss\nE[lizabeth] in reverse of DEN"}
-{"Clue":"Stomach of wasp I distracted with flower (10)","Answer":"ASPIDISTRA","Explanation":"Definition: flower\nHidden in wASP I DISTRActed"}
-{"Clue":"Violently separated from a racehorse? (9)","Answer":"ESTRAPADE","Explanation":"Definition: Violently separated from a racehorse\nSEPARATED* \u2013 Estrapade is \"a horse's attempt to throw its rider\" so I don't think the cryptic grammar quite works here"}
-{"Clue":"French monarch's solution? Fighting not fleeing (5)","Answer":"LOUIS","Explanation":"Definition: French monarch\nSOLUTION* less NOT"}
-{"Clue":"King and queens imprison evil murderers (7)","Answer":"KILLERS","Explanation":"Definition: murderers\nILL (evil) in K + ERS \u2013 can you have more than one ER? Elizabeths the First and Second, I suppose.."}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's youthful environment produces oilseed (7)","Answer":"SOYBEAN","Explanation":"Definition: oilseed\nSpoonerism of \"boy scene\" \u2013 Chambers only gives this as two words; the one-word spelling is an American usage according to Wikipedia, which also tells me that it is classified as an \"oilseed\"."}
-{"Clue":"Fabulous creature puts hearts in a whirl with kiss (6)","Answer":"SPHINX","Explanation":"Definition: Fabulous creature\nH in SPIN + X"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe Antonius, Roman consul under senate leaders? (6)","Answer":"MARCUS","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe Antonius, Roman consul under senate leaders\nFirst letters &lit, referring to the Consul Marcus Antoniusm, perhaps better known to us as Mark Antony"}
-{"Clue":"Plays idle or plays with action man, perhaps (3,7)","Answer":"TOY SOLDIER","Explanation":"Definition: action man, perhaps\nTOYS (plays) + (IDLE OR)* \u2013 \"action man\" should perhaps be capitalised, as it's the name of a specific toy soldier"}
-{"Clue":"Officer's trouble over his men? (5)","Answer":"MAJOR","Explanation":"Definition: Officer\nReverse of JAM (trouble) + OR (Other Ranks)"}
-{"Clue":"Latin woman struggles with beard, regularly gets cutter (9)","Answer":"LAWNMOWER","Explanation":"Definition: cutter\nL[atin] + WOMAN* + W[ith] + [b]E[a]R[d]"}
-{"Clue":"In India, weight that's lifted a great deal (4)","Answer":"TOLA","Explanation":"Definition: In India, weight\nReverse of A LOT \u2013 it's an Indian unit ofweight"}
-{"Clue":"Before a setter compiled, one goes from 1 to 2 to 3 \u2026 (8)","Answer":"ITERATES","Explanation":"Definition: goes from 1 to 2 to 3\nI (one) + (A SETTER)"}
-{"Clue":"Writer who claims S, perhaps, equals T? (8)","Answer":"ESSAYIST","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nES (spelling of the letter S) + SAY (perhaps) + IS T"}
-{"Clue":"Ealing's first endless caper. Silly? Criminal? Very! (10)","Answer":"ESPECIALLY","Explanation":"Definition: Very\nE + (CAPE[R] SILLY)*, with a reference to the film of the theme"}
-{"Clue":"Politicians and passengers love them (4,5)","Answer":"SAFE SEATS","Explanation":"Definition: Politicians\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Ex-England spin bowler knocks out no boundaries with two turns (4,4)","Answer":"SWAN NECK","Explanation":"Definition: two turns\n[Graeme] SWANN, spin bowler + [d]ECK[s}"}
-{"Clue":"As a customer, I can't sell shears without spades (8)","Answer":"CLIENTAL","Explanation":"Definition: As a customer\n(I CAN'T SELL)* less S[pades]"}
-{"Clue":"Become familiar with ABBA's debut song on the radio (6)","Answer":"ATTUNE","Explanation":"Definition: Become familiar\nA[bba] + homophone of TUNE"}
-{"Clue":"Former chancellor was hopeless, dividing half the capital (6)","Answer":"LAWSON","Explanation":"Definition: Former chancellor\nWAS* in LON[don], for Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and more recently Climate Change denialist"}
-{"Clue":"Following current, river delivered components (5)","Answer":"ITEMS","Explanation":"Definition: components\nI (symbol for electric current) + homophone of \"Thames\""}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Earth's off limits for Superman's girlfriend (4)","Answer":"LANE","Explanation":"Definition: Superman's girlfriend\nPLANET (of which the Earth is an example) minus its \"limits\". Lois Lane is Superman's girlfriend"}
-{"Clue":"Wealthy man of business, proud owner of a large corporation? (3,3)","Answer":"FAT CAT","Explanation":"Definition: Wealthy man of business\nI'm not sure about this: the owner of a large corporation (=stomach) is fat; is he \"proud\" because he's a lion and so a member of a pride?"}
-{"Clue":"Blood circulating in a tube that's blown (8)","Answer":"CLARINET","Explanation":"Definition: a tube that's blown\nIN in (circulated by) CLARET (slang for blood)"}
-{"Clue":"Horse guards and regal waves for Star Wars actor (6,6)","Answer":"RONALD REAGAN","Explanation":"Definition: Star Wars actor\n(AND REGAL)* in ROAN. Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative, derisively nicknamed \"Star Wars\""}
-{"Clue":"A l-little Lyonnaise lust (8)","Answer":"APPETITE","Explanation":"Definition: lust\nA P-PETITE (French for little)"}
-{"Clue":"Kids' style, fashioning cool future by the end of puberty (4,7)","Answer":"YOOF CULTURE","Explanation":"Definition: Kids' style\n[pubert]Y + (COOL FUTURE)"}
-{"Clue":"Ravaged by conflict, old craft breaks up (3-4)","Answer":"WAR-TORN","Explanation":"Definition: Ravaged by conflict\nART (craft) in WORN (old)"}
-{"Clue":"Babbling stream \u2014 Spooner's river in better condition? (7,4)","Answer":"TWITTER FEED","Explanation":"Definition: Babbling stream\nSpoonerism of \"fitter Tweed\""}
-{"Clue":"Capital family is obliged to access it (8)","Answer":"KINSHASA","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nKIN (family) + HAS (is obliged) in SA (sex appeal, \"it\"). Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo"}
-{"Clue":"Route finder rested, vehicle sent the wrong way (6)","Answer":"SATNAV","Explanation":"Definition: Route finder\nSAT (rested) + reverse of VAN"}
-{"Clue":"Attempt to climb over King \u2014 as Queen, perhaps? (3,5)","Answer":"POP GROUP","Explanation":"Definition: Queen, perhaps\nPOP (an attempt) + R in GO UP"}
-{"Clue":"Curtail arrangement for talk (6)","Answer":"PATTER","Explanation":"Definition: talk\nA curtailed PATTER[N]"}
-{"Clue":"Black flag finally raised, French (6)","Answer":"GALLIC","Explanation":"Definition: French\nReverse of CILLA + [fla]G"}
-{"Clue":"Prune and rabbit in stable waste container (4,6)","Answer":"SLOP BUCKET","Explanation":"Definition: waste container\nLOP + BUCK in SET"}
-{"Clue":"Plant joint inside empty tin (4,4)","Answer":"TREE FERN","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nREEFER in T[i]N"}
-{"Clue":"Government department overseeing redeployment of Tory wet, gutless figure (5-3)","Answer":"FORTY-TWO","Explanation":"Definition: figure\n(TORY W[e]T)* in FO (Foreign Office)"}
-{"Clue":"Riot brewing about unlimited people cooking chicken in Indian style (8)","Answer":"TANDOORI","Explanation":"Definition: cooking chicken in Indian style\nANDO in RIOT, and I think the ANDO must be \"unlimited\" [M]ANDO[M], unless anyone has a better idea. *A much better idea from Muffyword and NeilW \u2013 the \"people cooking chicken\" are the restaurant chain NANDO'S, making the definition the more satisfactory 'Indian style'"}
-{"Clue":"Prepare to play a sweep shot, say, batting during innings as elder statesman (4,7)","Answer":"NEIL KINNOCK","Explanation":"Definition: elder statesman\nNEIL (homophone of \"kneel\", as a cricketer would to play a sweep shot) + IN (batting) in KNOCK (cricketing slang for a batsman's innings)."}
-{"Clue":"Precious little time to go (4)","Answer":"TWEE","Explanation":"Definition: Precious\nT + WEE (urinate, \"go\")"}
-{"Clue":"With leguminous starter, stir pulse in to vegetarian food (6,4)","Answer":"LENTIL SOUP","Explanation":"Definition: vegetarian food\nL[eguminous] + (PULSE IN TO)"}
-{"Clue":"Send over small book token, perhaps, as an emblem of affection (4,4)","Answer":"LOVE KNOT","Explanation":"Definition: emblem of affection\nReverse of VOL[ume] + TOKEN"}
-{"Clue":"Empty day eaten up by shirker, one for the high jump? (8)","Answer":"SKYDIVER","Explanation":"Definition: one for the high jump\nD[a]Y in SKIVER"}
-{"Clue":"Dismissed three forms as unconventional (3,5)","Answer":"OUT THERE","Explanation":"Definition: unconventional\nOUT (dismissed \u2013 cricket again!) + THREE"}
-{"Clue":"____ , while I stay up for the party? (4)","Answer":"UKIP","Explanation":"Definition: the party\nWhile I stay up, you kip (sleep)."}
-{"Clue":"Break in game (4)","Answer":"SNAP","Explanation":"Definition: Break\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Pressure after vote in nearby country's become invalid (6)","Answer":"EXPIRE","Explanation":"Definition: become invalid\nX (voting mark) + P in EIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Puts on in revised version that's clear (6)","Answer":"UNSTOP","Explanation":"Definition: clear\n(PUTS ON)* \u2013 \"clear\" as in clearing\/unstopping a blocked pipe, perhaps"}
-{"Clue":"Name the first to be knocked off (4)","Answer":"ABEL","Explanation":"Definition: Name the first to be knocked off\n[L]ABEL &lit \u2013 Abel, killed by his brother Cain, was the first victim of murder in Genesis"}
-{"Clue":"Powerful instrument included in contents of chest buried in South by pirate (5,5)","Answer":"STEAM ORGAN","Explanation":"Definition: Powerful instrument\nTEA (found in a chest) in S MORGAN"}
-{"Clue":"Land in East, namely, taken back after British period (6)","Answer":"BRUNEI","Explanation":"Definition: Land in East\nB RUN + reverse of I.E."}
-{"Clue":"Roman emperor's endless automatic action in waters off Italy (8)","Answer":"ADRIATIC","Explanation":"Definition: waters off Italy\n[h]ADRIA[n] + TIC. The name Hadrian (or Adrian) probably comes from \"Adriatic\", or at least from the same source, but probably long enough ago not to weaken the clue too much."}
-{"Clue":"New organ I ordered from country in Europe (9)","Answer":"NORWEGIAN","Explanation":"Definition: from country in Europe\n(NEW ORGAN I)"}
-{"Clue":"Sportsman needing to be cheered (4)","Answer":"BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: Sportsman\nDouble definition \u2013 sportsman (or woman) at Oxford or Cambridge (and elsewhere), and sad or depressed"}
-{"Clue":"Has a complaint and is lambasting shopkeeper up front (4)","Answer":"AILS","Explanation":"Definition: Has a complaint\nInitial letters of And Is Lambasting Shopkeeper"}
-{"Clue":"Look for bill with extra length \u2014 characteristic of a healthy bird? (9)","Answer":"SLEEKNESS","Explanation":"Definition: characteristic of a healthy bird\nI think this is L[ength] in SEEK NESS, with NESS and \"bill\" both meaning a projection or headland (Chambers gives beak=\"a pointed projection\"). Any other suggestions? *I've just thought of Portland Bill, which probably justifies this equivalence.)"}
-{"Clue":"Second question changed around for operational unit (8)","Answer":"SQUADRON","Explanation":"Definition: operational unit\nS + Q + AROUND"}
-{"Clue":"Dreadful cut on a bird with beautiful plumage (6)","Answer":"TOUCAN","Explanation":"Definition: bird with beautiful plumage\n(CUT ON A)"}
-{"Clue":"Major cut to obsolete weapon, with political co-operation (10)","Answer":"BIPARTISAN","Explanation":"Definition: with political co-operation\nBI[g] + PARTISAN , as carried by the yeomen of the Guard. Chambers calls it \"a halberd-like weapon with twin axe-blades or spikes\", and says the name is \"of doubtful origin\", so presumably not related to the more meaning of \"partisan\""}
-{"Clue":"Having lately joined a certain choir? Absolutely (4)","Answer":"DEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Having lately joined a certain choir\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to the phrase \"joined the choir eternal\", as used in the sketch. I presume the expression didn't originate there, but googling only seems to find Dead Parrot references. *As Eileen points out, it's actually \"choir invisible\" \u2013 see comments for a link to the source of this."}
-{"Clue":"Outline of small boat (6)","Answer":"SKETCH","Explanation":"Definition: Outline\nS + KETCH"}
-{"Clue":"Character holding rook and duck \u2014 or another bird (6)","Answer":"PARROT","Explanation":"Definition: another bird\nR + O in PART"}
-{"Clue":"Prohibit European doctor going on legendary vessel (7)","Answer":"EMBARGO","Explanation":"Definition: Prohibit\nE + MB +_ARGO"}
-{"Clue":"Right-winger in US, type that's irritating about left (5)","Answer":"PALIN","Explanation":"Definition: Right-winger in US\nL in PAIN. Just in case you'd forgotten about Sarah Palin"}
-{"Clue":"Not acting on trap set up by police (7)","Answer":"RESTING","Explanation":"Definition: Not acting\nRE (about, on) + STING. \"Resting\" is the actor's famous euphemism for being unemployed"}
-{"Clue":"Drama with extinct bird, mostly about having ceased to be (2,4)","Answer":"NO MORE","Explanation":"Definition: having ceased to be\nNO (Japanese drama) + MO[a] + RE (about)"}
-{"Clue":"Para unit deployed around line to provide protection for sailor (9)","Answer":"TARPAULIN","Explanation":"Definition: protection for sailor\nL in (PARA UNIT)"}
-{"Clue":"Pair with a bit of script that's nutty stuff (7)","Answer":"PRALINE","Explanation":"Definition: nutty stuff\nPR (pair) + A LINE"}
-{"Clue":"Property of sheep and goats in story, in different senses (13)","Answer":"SEPARABLENESS","Explanation":"Definition: Property of sheep and goats\nPARABLE in SENSES* \u2013 reference to the passage in Matthew 25"}
-{"Clue":"Certainly knowing setter and solver exist without barrier being put up (4,5)","Answer":"WELL AWARE","Explanation":"Definition: Certainly knowing\nReverse of WALL in WE (setter + solver) ARE (exist)"}
-{"Clue":"Doesn't put in prison, even under a Conservative (7)","Answer":"ACQUITS","Explanation":"Definition: Doesn't put in prison\nA C + QUITS (as in \"we're quits\")"}
-{"Clue":"Oddly, it's a volcano \u2014 even so, I land in northern Europe (7)","Answer":"ESTONIA","Explanation":"Definition: land in northern Europe\nAn unusual style of clue \u2013 the odd letters of ESTONIA spell ETNA and the evens SO I"}
-{"Clue":"Revised atlases showing result of oceanic evaporation (3,4)","Answer":"SEA SALT","Explanation":"Definition: result of oceanic evaporation\nATLASES"}
-{"Clue":"Intended to arouse emotion \u2014 result, initially, of hearing organ (6)","Answer":"EROTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Intended to arouse\nE[motion] + R[esult] + OTIC (related to the ear)"}
-{"Clue":"Concluding you can find the answer below (5)","Answer":"UNDER","Explanation":"Definition: below\nLast letters of yoU caN finD thE answeR"}
-{"Clue":"In casual style, play keeping at a certain level (7)","Answer":"STRATUM","Explanation":"Definition: a certain level\nAT in STRUM (play [guitar] in a casual style)"}
-{"Clue":"Extra weight, dammit, about a pound (7)","Answer":"BALLAST","Explanation":"Definition: Extra weight\nA L in BLAST"}
-{"Clue":"Put on food for queens (5)","Answer":"CATER","Explanation":"Definition: Put on food\nCAT (queen) + ER (another one)"}
-{"Clue":"Some disastrous films noirs? (3,6)","Answer":"OIL SLICKS","Explanation":"Definition: Some disastrous films noirs\nCryptic definition \u2013 an oil slick is a \"black film\", and may be a disaster"}
-{"Clue":"Nation into old language, Germany as usual (10)","Answer":"NORMALISED","Explanation":"Definition: as usual\nMALI in NORSE + D[eutschland]"}
-{"Clue":"Century forward then? (3)","Answer":"TON","Explanation":"Definition: Century\nTON is \"not back\", i.e. forward"}
-{"Clue":"Judge record speed, about one minute (12)","Answer":"DISCRIMINATE","Explanation":"Definition: Judge\nDISC + I MIN in RATE"}
-{"Clue":"Real number around about a thousand, back as standard (12)","Answer":"UNREMARKABLE","Explanation":"Definition: standard\nReverse of A K in (REAL NUMBER)"}
-{"Clue":"Halter top is not hers (3)","Answer":"HIS","Explanation":"Definition: not hers\nH[alter] + IS"}
-{"Clue":"Impious characters in Arimathea then? I shudder! (10)","Answer":"HEATHENISH","Explanation":"Definition: Impious\nHidden in arimatHEA THEN I SHudder"}
-{"Clue":"Queen's king not left to stuff vegetable (3,6)","Answer":"ONE VISION","Explanation":"Definition: Queen's\nE[L]VIS (the King) in ONION \u2013 the definition, as elsewhere in this puzzle, indicates that it's a song by Queen"}
-{"Clue":"Mathematician bending rule about first of equations (5)","Answer":"EULER","Explanation":"Definition: Mathematician\nE[quations] in RULE* \u2013 Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), after whom the fundamental constant *e*, also called Euler's number, is named"}
-{"Clue":"Cruise around state east of Maine \u2014 there's another word for it (7)","Answer":"METONYM","Explanation":"Definition: another word for it\nME (Maine) + NY (state) in TOM [Cruise, actor]"}
-{"Clue":"Adulterer, say, gutless guy in collaboration (7)","Answer":"SYNERGY","Explanation":"Definition: collaboration\nHomophone of \"sinner\" + G[U]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Flash is silver (6)","Answer":"SECOND","Explanation":"Definition: Flash\nDouble definition \u2013 a short time and position in sports etc"}
-{"Clue":"King's son, utter freak wrapped in plaster (6,2,6)","Answer":"RETURN TO SENDER","Explanation":"Definition: King's\n(SON UTTER)* in RENDER \u2013 one of Elvis's most famous recordings"}
-{"Clue":"Land about right, a farmer needing it cultivated (5,5)","Answer":"TERRA FIRMA","Explanation":"Definition: Land\n(R A FARMER IT)"}
-{"Clue":"I ramble, rolling tongue (5)","Answer":"MAORI","Explanation":"Definition: tongue\nReverse of I ROAM \u2013 Maori is an official language of New Zealand"}
-{"Clue":"Party coming up, I learn moves to become a dancer (9)","Answer":"BALLERINA","Explanation":"Definition: a dancer\nReverse of LAB[our] + (I LEARN)"}
-{"Clue":"All shook up, a land in California? (2-2)","Answer":"LA-LA","Explanation":"Definition: land in California\nALL* + A \u2013 La-La Land is a nickname of Los Angeles (and All Shook Up is another Elvis song)"}
-{"Clue":"Bay cooler? (8)","Answer":"ALCATRAZ","Explanation":"Definition: Bay cooler\nCryptic definition \u2013 Alcatraz prison (=cooler) is on the island of the same name in San Francisco Bay"}
-{"Clue":"King's pop song (6,4)","Answer":"BILLIE JEAN","Explanation":"Definition: King\nDouble definition \u2013 tennis player and song by Michael Jackson (and not Elvis, as the surface might suggest)"}
-{"Clue":"Record moving up into top 1,000 \u2014 It's Now Or Never (5,4)","Answer":"CARPE DIEM","Explanation":"Definition: It's Now Or Never \nEP reversed in CARDIE (cardigan, top) + M. *Carpe Diem* (from an ode by Horace) is usually translated as \"seize the day\", but \"It's now or never\" (another Elvis reference) has the same sense."}
-{"Clue":"Parent welcoming a little less conversation with young Australian swell (8)","Answer":"MUSHROOM","Explanation":"Definition: swell\nSH (perhaps an instruction for \"a little less conversation!\") + ROO (young Australian) in MUM. \"Roo\" is not necessarily a *young* Australian, unless you think of the A. A. Milne character"}
-{"Clue":"Chance to be among the finest, most energetic (8)","Answer":"BRISKEST","Explanation":"Definition: most energetic\nRISK in BEST"}
-{"Clue":"Queen's with queen, as king more poorly (6)","Answer":"KILLER","Explanation":"Definition: Queen's with queen\nK + ILLER \u2013 reference to the Queen song"}
-{"Clue":"Question about stray barge (6)","Answer":"WHERRY","Explanation":"Definition: barge\nERR (to stray) in WHY"}
-{"Clue":"Capital city is under revolutionary enthusiast (5)","Answer":"TUNIS","Explanation":"Definition: Capital city\nReverse of NUT (enthusiast) + IS"}
-{"Clue":"Close to the French, north European (4)","Answer":"FINN","Explanation":"Definition: north European\nFIN (French \"end\", \"close\") + N"}
-{"Clue":"Very hot grease swallowed by singer (7)","Answer":"BOILING","Explanation":"Definition: Very hot\nOIL in BING [Crosby]"}
-{"Clue":"Occasional workers might wear these (7)","Answer":"CASUALS","Explanation":"Definition: Occasional workers might wear these\nA sort of cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Poet turns to take semi-fierce part (7)","Answer":"DIVORCE","Explanation":"Definition: part\nOVID reversed + [fie]RCE"}
-{"Clue":"A purple butterfly is yours for a sovereign (7)","Answer":"EMPEROR","Explanation":"Definition: A purple butterfly\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"He'll help a simpleton to sit around getting 1 No Trump (9)","Answer":"ASSISTANT","Explanation":"Definition: He'll help\nASS + SIT* + A NT"}
-{"Clue":"Aggressively criticise a Sunday meal? (5)","Answer":"ROAST","Explanation":"Definition: Aggressively criticise\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Hurry! Don't start to get nun-like (5)","Answer":"HASTE","Explanation":"Definition: Hurry\n[c]HASTE \u2013 referring to one a nun's vows of poverty, chastity and obedience"}
-{"Clue":"Grotty toast leads to sickness (3,6)","Answer":"ILL HEALTH","Explanation":"Definition: sickness\nILL (grotty) + HEALTH (toast)"}
-{"Clue":"Deodorant might be needed here, when ready for a fight (5,4)","Answer":"UNDER ARMS","Explanation":"Definition: Deodorant might be needed here\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Unusual topic related to the eye (5)","Answer":"OPTIC","Explanation":"Definition: related to the eye\nTOPIC* \u2013 this must be the easiest clue I've seen for quite a while\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Small sailing vessel off-loads iron to get to a town in Italy (5)","Answer":"LUCCA","Explanation":"Definition: a town in Italy\n\u2026and after that, a clue based on two words I didn't know: FELUCCA less FE. Lucca is a town in Tuscany."}
-{"Clue":"I'm behind schedule for La Mer, which includes wild brief love etc (9)","Answer":"LATECOMER","Explanation":"Definition: I'm behind schedule\n(O ETC)* in LA MER"}
-{"Clue":"Attractive woman offers a biscuit (7)","Answer":"CRACKER","Explanation":"Definition: Attractive woman\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"No lisp by upper class turns into a Greek letter (7)","Answer":"UPSILON","Explanation":"Definition: a Greek letter\nU + (NO LISP)* *More likely, as Gaufrid points out, just a reversal of NO LISP U"}
-{"Clue":"Having submitted could have made Eddy lie (7)","Answer":"YIELDED","Explanation":"Definition: submitted\n(EDDY LIE)"}
-{"Clue":"Pantomime character wants mole to perish (7)","Answer":"PIERROT","Explanation":"Definition: Pantomime character\nPIER (mole) + ROT"}
-{"Clue":"Dishonest man gets rotten potatoes (7)","Answer":"BADMASH","Explanation":"Definition: Dishonest man\nBAD + MASH. AN Indian word for an evil-doer; from Persian, so preumably not related to the English \"bad\""}
-{"Clue":"Fashionable underwear producing funds (7)","Answer":"INVESTS","Explanation":"Definition: funds\nIN + VESTS"}
-{"Clue":"Former king of Libya is here, so I'd nearly stand up (5)","Answer":"IDRIS","Explanation":"Definition: Former king of Libya\nI'D + RIS[e] \u2013 Idris was kng ofColonel Gaddafi. Libya until 1969, when he was deposewd by Colonel Gaddafi."}
-{"Clue":"Re-reading this word upset a soldier (9)","Answer":"GRENADIER","Explanation":"Definition: a soldier\n(REREADING)"}
-{"Clue":"Talk about the end of confidence trickster (5)","Answer":"CHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: trickster\n[confidenc]E in CHAT"}
-{"Clue":"Cartoon character is great, when attracting her love (9)","Answer":"SUPERHERO","Explanation":"Definition: Cartoon character \nSUPER (great) + HER + O"}
-{"Clue":"To be sick confines girl to such correspondence (7)","Answer":"AIRMAIL","Explanation":"Definition: correspondence\nIRMA in AIL"}
-{"Clue":"Lengthen a prison sentence (7)","Answer":"STRETCH","Explanation":"Definition: Lengthen\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Listener bruised and put aside (9)","Answer":"EARMARKED","Explanation":"Definition: put aside\nEAR + MARKED"}
-{"Clue":"It may win or lose a bridge contract, but it might wake everybody up (4,5)","Answer":"LAST TRUMP","Explanation":"Definition: It may win or lose a bridge contract\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Ill-omened, unlike a Kingsley Amis character? (7)","Answer":"UNLUCKY","Explanation":"Definition: Ill-omened\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to Amis's Lucky Jim"}
-{"Clue":"A cricket captain may do so and confess (7)","Answer":"DECLARE","Explanation":"Definition: A cricket captain may do so\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Drinking vessel for a circus entertainer (7)","Answer":"TUMBLER","Explanation":"Definition: Drinking vessel\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Musical instrument contains nothing of use to lesser royalty (7)","Answer":"CORONET","Explanation":"Definition: of use to lesser royalty\nO in CORNET"}
-{"Clue":"Tempted evangelist half wanting to take wine (5)","Answer":"LURED","Explanation":"Definition: Tempted\nLU[ke] + RED (wine)"}
-{"Clue":"Group of people, actors at the end of a farce (5)","Answer":"CASTE","Explanation":"Definition: Group of people\nCAST + [farc]E"}
-{"Clue":"A ram must ____, much the worse for wear (6)","Answer":"BEAT-UP","Explanation":"Definition: much the worse for wear\nA ram must BE A TUP\", tup being a dialect word for ram. The word \"must\" is missing in the online versions (not the PDF), which spoils the cryptic reading."}
-{"Clue":"Rope-makers having lives restricted by endless cut back (6)","Answer":"SISALS","Explanation":"Definition: Rope-makers\nIS (lives) reverse of SLAS[h]. This is presumably the \"logical but somewhat questionable\" plural referred to in the notes. This was incorrectly shown as 6a in the PDF, and the next clue as 11a."}
-{"Clue":"Long-distance race \u2013 messed up Round One, on dropping out (6)","Answer":"ENDURO","Explanation":"Definition: Long-distance race\n(ROUND ONE)* less ON \u2013 Enduro is a long-distance off-road motorcycle race"}
-{"Clue":"Dark blue tile, cracked, to remain in the open? Rarely (6)","Answer":"OUTLIE","Explanation":"Definition: to remain in the open? Rarely\nOU (Oxford University, whose traditional colour is dark blue) + TILE"}
-{"Clue":"Railway enters cutting, turning aside (8)","Answer":"PARRYING","Explanation":"Definition: turning aside\nRY in PARING"}
-{"Clue":"Moulding of a star with investment of a grand (8)","Answer":"ASTRAGAL","Explanation":"Definition: Moulding\nA G in ASTRAL (of a star)"}
-{"Clue":"I'll cut trees back to make a beam (5)","Answer":"SMILE","Explanation":"Definition: beam\nI in reverse of ELMS. An example of Azed's care in avoiding the dubiously grammatical \"I cut trees..\" where \"I\" is the letter rather than the personal pronoun"}
-{"Clue":"E.g. Peter, one of many demonstrating charm? (5)","Answer":"FINCH","Explanation":"Definition: E.g. Peter\nDouble definition: Peter Finch, actor; and \"charm\" is a collective noun for finches"}
-{"Clue":"Charge made by leader of Trinovantes as Roman eagle wavering (8)","Answer":"TUTELAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Charge\nT[rinovantes] + UT (Latin \"as\") + EAGLE"}
-{"Clue":"Bite inside layer that's increasingly peppery (8)","Answer":"TETCHIER","Explanation":"Definition: increasingly peppery\nETCH in TIER"}
-{"Clue":"Inclination around start of evening for something like ouzo (5)","Answer":"RAKEE","Explanation":"Definition: something like ouzo\nE[vening] in RAKE. An aniseed-flavoured drink (as is Ouzo) from Turkey and thereabouts, more commonly (I think) spelled \"raki.\""}
-{"Clue":"Hard old gang leader causing a fair bit of consternation (5)","Answer":"STERN","Explanation":"Definition: Hard\nHidden in conSTERNation, and two definitions: \"hard\" is obvious; the other is from a Zionist group called the Stern Gang"}
-{"Clue":"King's English penned by cranky, doddery old hack ends up here? (8)","Answer":"KNACKERS","Explanation":"Definition: old hack ends up here\nK + E in CRANKS*, showing that \"cranky\" in the clue \u2013 which in any case makes no sense \u2013 must be a mistake. In the online versions the apostrophe of King's is misprinted as a semicolon."}
-{"Clue":"Former skin disease to drain self-confidence (6)","Answer":"SAPEGO","Explanation":"Definition: Former skin disease\nSAP EGO. A Shakesperean spelling of \"serpigo\", used for various skin diseases"}
-{"Clue":"Travellers use this \u2013 such tips are given by spiel that's rendered deviously (6)","Answer":"SHELTA","Explanation":"Definition: Travellers use this\nComposite anagram: (SPIEL THAT'S)* = SHELTA TIPS. Shelta is a language used by (particularly Irish) Travellers"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble experienced with slut around? (6)","Answer":"SHADOW","Explanation":"Definition: Trouble\nHAD (experienced) in SOW (\"abusive term for a fat, lazy, greedy or sluttish person\")"}
-{"Clue":"You'll find wives congregating here are absorbed in a bit of sewing (6)","Answer":"HAREEM","Explanation":"Definition: You'll find wives congregating here\nARE in HEM \u2013 variant spelling of \"harem\""}
-{"Clue":"Annoy greatly, as tiresome fellow interrupting pub drink? (8)","Answer":"BEPESTER","Explanation":"Definition: Annoy greatly\nREST in BEER. I think the clue is rather weakened by tha fact that, although \"pest\" and \"[be]pester\" seem not to be etymologically related, the modern sense of \"pester\" is influenced by \"pest\""}
-{"Clue":"Tenter lucked out, reaching top of crag? (12)","Answer":"TURTLE-NECKED","Explanation":"Definition: reaching top of crag\n(TENTER TUCKED); \"crag\" here means the neck, which a turtle-necked sweater would cover"}
-{"Clue":"Some Bangladeshi cash, I, in old money one quarter of an anna (6)","Answer":"POISHA","Explanation":"Definition: Some Bangladeshi cash\nI in POSH (old slang for money) + A[nna]. A unit of currency on Bangladesh, also spelt \"paisa\""}
-{"Clue":"Knitted cape (from Sweden on label) (6)","Answer":"SONTAG","Explanation":"Definition: Knitted cape\nS ON TAG"}
-{"Clue":"Bung the last of veg, cooked, in sieve (12)","Answer":"STRAIGHTENER","Explanation":"Definition: sieve\n(THE [ve]G)* in STRAINER. This word and \"bung\" are both slang for a bribe"}
-{"Clue":"Ditzy gal with 'in' dress (5)","Answer":"ALIGN","Explanation":"Definition: dress\n(GAL IN)"}
-{"Clue":"College: learner having entered one must accept rule (7)","Answer":"LINACRE","Explanation":"Definition: College\nL + IN (entered) + R[ule] in ACE (one). A recently-founded Oxford college, named after a 15\/16th century scholar, and not a similar-sounding footballer."}
-{"Clue":"Colander remains upside down (4)","Answer":"SEIL","Explanation":"Definition: Colander\nReverse of LIES (remains). This is Chambers' seil1, cross-referenced to \"sile\", a strainer"}
-{"Clue":"Seizure of a kind starts on nerves and activates muscles (4)","Answer":"NAAM","Explanation":"Definition: Seizure of a kind\nFirst letters of Nerves And Activates Muscles. The word means \"distraint\", so a seizure in a legal rather than medical sense"}
-{"Clue":"Hardwood tree, note, coated with old frostiness in the morning (8)","Answer":"HORNBEAM","Explanation":"Definition: Hardwood tree\nNB in HORE (Spenserian form of hoar [frost]) + AM"}
-{"Clue":"English well in line for Tuscan location (7)","Answer":"FIESOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Tuscan location\nE + SO in FILE. Fiesole is a town near Florence"}
-{"Clue":"Partners at the table holding dab up earlier (6)","Answer":"ERENOW","Explanation":"Definition: earlier\nReverse of ONER (an expert = dab) in E + W. I would have expected this to be ERE NOW, but Chambers gives both one- and two-word versions"}
-{"Clue":"Mavis, displaying fungal disease, hurts badly \u2013 hospital follows (6)","Answer":"THRUSH","Explanation":"Definition: Mavis\nHURTS* + H, and two definitions, mavis being another name for the thrush (rather more attractive than the Latin name of the genus: Turdus)"}
-{"Clue":"A pal's shattered after end of work \u2013 a very long day! (5)","Answer":"KALPA","Explanation":"Definition: a very long day\n[wor]K + (A PAL)*. In Hinduism, a \"day of Brahma\", equal to 4320 million years. So, yes, quite a long one."}
-{"Clue":"Cur is cut with this, once scratched (4)","Answer":"RAST","Explanation":"Definition: once scratched\nWith R AS T, \"cur\" becomes \"cut\"."}
-{"Clue":"Bites of ___ etc melting could show softest bickies (4)","Answer":"KISS","Explanation":"Definition: ___\nComposite anagram: (SOFTEST BICKIES) * = BITES OF KISS ETC. A kiss can be a \"melt-in-the-mouth biscuit\", so the blank itself is the definition."}
-{"Clue":"An article, or three in different languages (6)","Answer":"LEADER","Explanation":"Definition: An article\nLE (French \"the\", definite article) + A (English indefinite article) + DER (German \"the\") \u2013 the LEADER is a newspaper's leading article"}
-{"Clue":"Event for blues band's beginning with a track about love (4,4)","Answer":"BOAT RACE","Explanation":"Definition: Event for blues\nO in B[and] + TRACE. The teams in the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race are the dark and light blues"}
-{"Clue":"Notorious diatribe by agitator in extremis (6)","Answer":"ARRANT","Explanation":"Definition: Notorious\nA[gitato]R + RANT"}
-{"Clue":"Obama wrestling with problem requiring bit of guts (8)","Answer":"ABOMASUM","Explanation":"Definition: bit of guts\nOBAMA* + SUM (problem). The abomasum is the fourth stomach of a ruminant"}
-{"Clue":"Where St Augustine was at university, being something of a brain? (11)","Answer":"HIPPOCAMPUS","Explanation":"Definition: something of a brain\nSt Augustine was bishop of Hippo [Regius], whose university might the be HIPPO CAMPUS"}
-{"Clue":"Like some gems? Rue cost that's ruinous (4-3)","Answer":"ROSE-CUT","Explanation":"Definition: Like some gems\n(RUE COST)* \u2013 rose-cut describes a way of cutting diamonds"}
-{"Clue":"State of the Nation lacking relevance (7)","Answer":"INDIANA","Explanation":"Definition: State\nINDIA (nation) + NA (not applicable)"}
-{"Clue":"Cowboy could wear one down with two 4 acrosses (11)","Answer":"NECKERCHIEF","Explanation":"Definition: Cowboy could wear one\nNECK (to down, e.g. a drink) + ER (the Queen, a \"leader\") + CHIEF (another one)"}
-{"Clue":"Uses wrong words for male and female titles (8)","Answer":"MISTERMS","Explanation":"Definition: Uses wrong words\nMISTER + MS \u2013 not too hard but very nice"}
-{"Clue":"Disreputable business in the East End has groups of schoolkids on drugs (5-9)","Answer":"ASSET-STRIPPING","Explanation":"Definition: Disreputable business\nAS (in the East End, \"has\", i.e. with the H dropped) + SETS (groups of children in a school) + TRIPPING (on drugs). We quite often see a single answer split into two grid entries, where each entry is a word in its own right, but I don't think I've even seen it done with a long hyphenated word like this."}
-{"Clue":"It's played with wrong score the wrong way! (6)","Answer":"TENNIS","Explanation":"Definition: It's played\nReverse of SIN (a wrong) + NET (to score)"}
-{"Clue":"Conservatory orchestra's finale slowly absorbs (4-2)","Answer":"LEAN-TO","Explanation":"Definition: Conservatory\n[orchestr]A in LENTO (musical term for \"slowly\")"}
-{"Clue":"Show disgust for Times report of peers getting reward for failure (5,5)","Answer":"BOOBY-PRIZE","Explanation":"Definition: reward for failure\nBOO + BY (times, as in 2 times 2) + homophone of \"pries\""}
-{"Clue":"Bill may be in couple with seamy side (8)","Answer":"ITEMISED","Explanation":"Definition: Bill may be\nITEM (a couple) + SIDE"}
-{"Clue":"Belts that are worn by Hell's Angels (8)","Answer":"LEATHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Belts\nDouble definition \u2013 leathers=belts as verbs"}
-{"Clue":"Toxic condition of armpit \u2014 so revolting! (8)","Answer":"ATROPISM","Explanation":"Definition: Toxic condition\n(ARMPIT SO)* \u2013 poising by atropine (found in Deadly Nightshade)"}
-{"Clue":"Space for worshippers heading away from moral failure (4)","Answer":"APSE","Explanation":"Definition: Space for worshippers\n[L]APSE. I'm not sure about the accuracy of the definition here: surely the worshippers are in the nave, the apse of a church being reserved for the clergy (OK, I suppose they're worshippers too..)"}
-{"Clue":"What's stopping them making a literary work? (4)","Answer":"EMMA","Explanation":"Definition: a literary work\nHidden (\"stopped by\") thEM MAking"}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers putting on act \u2014 that's rank and file (10)","Answer":"ATTACHMENT","Explanation":"Definition: file\nMEN (soldiers) in (ACT THAT)* (the anag indicator is \"rank\"). Presumably the file is one *attach*ed to an email"}
-{"Clue":"Gather round fighter from Biblical region (8)","Answer":"GALILEAN","Explanation":"Definition: from Biblical region\n[Muhammad] ALI in GLEAN (gather)"}
-{"Clue":"Wonderful people Spooner invites to parties where there's much chatter (8)","Answer":"GABFESTS","Explanation":"Definition: where there's much chatter\nSpoonerism of \"fab guests\""}
-{"Clue":"Disregard story, knocking back afternoon tea loudly (8)","Answer":"CONTEMPT","Explanation":"Definition: Disregard\nCONTE (story) + PM< + T (homophone of \"tea\"). Disregard=contempt is you think of them as nouns"}
-{"Clue":"Tesco's bananas for baby (6)","Answer":"COSSET","Explanation":"Definition: baby\n(TESCOS)* \u2013 here the definition misleadingly needs to be read as a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Something suggestive of the rise of corporations (4)","Answer":"SMUT","Explanation":"Definition: Something suggestive\nReverse of TUMS. A quick search of this site shows me that this device is perhaps rather overused."}
-{"Clue":"Back out of moving in Italian town (4)","Answer":"ASTI","Explanation":"Definition: Italian town\nASTI[R] \u2013 nice to see the town getting recognition instead of just the wine"}
-{"Clue":"Tongue rarely used to preen, as rough (9)","Answer":"ESPERANTO","Explanation":"Definition: Tongue rarely used\n(TO PREEN AS)* \u2013 Esperanto fans might dispute the \"little used\", but I think it's fair"}
-{"Clue":"Simple backwater (5)","Answer":"NAIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Simple\nReverse of EVIAN (mineral water)"}
-{"Clue":"Remove hair from East Judea's Roman procurator (7)","Answer":"EPILATE","Explanation":"Definition: Remove hair\nE + [Pontius] PILATE (rather too obviously)"}
-{"Clue":"Old god not entirely into dance, a wasted evening? (5-2)","Answer":"BOOZE-UP","Explanation":"Definition: a wasted evening\nO ZEU[S] in BOP. A booze-up might be an evening when you get drunk, or \"wasted\""}
-{"Clue":"Mythical vessel written about in bibliography (4)","Answer":"ARGO","Explanation":"Definition: Mythical vessel\nHidden in reverse of bibliOGRAphy"}
-{"Clue":"Contact artist for exciting work (4-6)","Answer":"PAGE-TURNER","Explanation":"Definition: exciting work\nPAGE (to contact) + [J M W] TURNER"}
-{"Clue":"Vent anger at first, one part full of hate, initially (3,4)","Answer":"AIR HOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Vent\nA[nger] + H[ate] in I ROLE"}
-{"Clue":"File corrupted in computer \u2014 that's pernicious (7)","Answer":"MALEFIC","Explanation":"Definition: pernicious\nFILE* in MAC"}
-{"Clue":"Back bend sees another burst of energy (6,4)","Answer":"SECOND WIND","Explanation":"Definition: another burst of energy\nSECOND (to back) + WIND (bend)"}
-{"Clue":"Article written in factory on a type of paper (7)","Answer":"MANILLA","Explanation":"Definition: type of paper\nAN in MILL + A"}
-{"Clue":"Unfashionable haircut rocks, on the surface (7)","Answer":"OUTCROP","Explanation":"Definition: rocks, on the surface\nOUT (unfashionable) + CROP (haircut)"}
-{"Clue":"Talking cat, of course! (5)","Answer":"LINKS","Explanation":"Definition: course\nHomophone of \"lynx\", and a links is a golf course"}
-{"Clue":"This setter is to return a pair of rulers shipped by post (4-5)","Answer":"MAIL-ORDER","Explanation":"Definition: shipped by post\nReverse of I AM (this setter is) + LORD + ER (two \"rulers\")"}
-{"Clue":"Enlarge, might one suggest, a legislature? (7,8)","Answer":"GENERAL ASSEMBLY","Explanation":"Definition: a legislature\nA \"reverse anagram\" clue \u2013 \"enlarge\" is an ASSEMBLY of GENERAL"}
-{"Clue":"A jumping dog? (8)","Answer":"SPRINGER","Explanation":"Definition: dog\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Banker announcing depressing figures? (5,4)","Answer":"GREAT OUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Banker\nHomophone of \"grey twos\". As has been mentioned recently, \"banker\" is rather dubious as a definition of a river, but it seems to be becoming established."}
-{"Clue":"Dean has urge to stray, sex so illicit? (8)","Answer":"UNDERAGE","Explanation":"Definition: sex so illicit\n(DEAN URGE)"}
-{"Clue":"U-U-U-U like some meat? That's a huge blow! (6,6)","Answer":"DOUBLE WHAMMY","Explanation":"Definition: a huge blow\nFour Us = two double Us = double W, + HAMMY (like some meat)"}
-{"Clue":"Baffling noise, bullshit? (9)","Answer":"INSOLUBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Baffling\nLift and separate: (NOISE BULL)* \u2013 I'd expect to see \"shit\" (adjective) used an anagram indicator by Cyclops in Private Eye, but I wonder if it might raise some eyebrows at the Guardian."}
-{"Clue":"I say derisive utterances about record attributed to native American chap \u2014 that's not on! (7,8)","Answer":"JEEPERS CREEPERS","Explanation":"Definition: I say\nEP in JEERS + CREE + PERS[on]"}
-{"Clue":"Tremendous description of a kangaroo with superglued hind legs? (9)","Answer":"BOUNDLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Tremendous\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Old instrument with nothing left in time (8)","Answer":"MANDOLIN","Explanation":"Definition: Old instrument\nAND (with) O L in MIN[ute]"}
-{"Clue":"Salt, or in water perhaps, alkaline base (8)","Answer":"FLUORIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Salt\nOR in FLUID + E, the \"base\" of alkalinE, as this is a down clue"}
-{"Clue":"100 a square number for setter, perhaps? (6)","Answer":"CANINE","Explanation":"Definition: setter, perhaps\nC (100) + A NINE (square number); the setter here is a dog"}
-{"Clue":"Sample bird as prison informer (5,6)","Answer":"STOOL PIGEON","Explanation":"Definition: prison informer\nSTOOL (of which one might provide a \"sample\") + PIGEON. Rather a giveaway definition, I thought, when combined with the enumeration"}
-{"Clue":"Relief, but not for love (8)","Answer":"ANTIDOTE","Explanation":"Definition: Relief\nANTI (not for) + DOTE (love)"}
-{"Clue":"John's tea involved in such a fight? (6)","Answer":"BUCHAN","Explanation":"Definition: John\nCHA (tea) in BUN (as in a bun-fight)> John Buchan is probably most famous for *The Thirty-Nine Steps"}
-{"Clue":"Calculating at this rate, say, fear to fail (8)","Answer":"TERAFLOP","Explanation":"Definition: Calculating at this rate, say\nHomophone of \"terror\" + FLOP. Teraflops (prefix tera- for trillions plus flop for \"floating-point operation\" [per second])"}
-{"Clue":"One takes so long making pictures (6)","Answer":"IMAGES","Explanation":"Definition: pictures\nI'M AGES = \"one takes so long\""}
-{"Clue":"Personal impression gathered by the police (11)","Answer":"FINGERPRINT","Explanation":"Definition: Personal impression gathered by the police\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Most of the snooker balls cover end of table in plants (5)","Answer":"REEDS","Explanation":"Definition: plants\n[tabl]E in REDS (15 of the 22 balls in snooker)"}
-{"Clue":"PG Tips found on wino due home (9)","Answer":"WODEHOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: PG\nOuter letters of W[in]O D[u]E + HOUSE, with a nicely concealed definition"}
-{"Clue":"Samuel, free to enter university, left out (9)","Answer":"COLERIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Samuel\nRID (free) in COLLEGE less one L"}
-{"Clue":"About to be dumped, Irish girl coming back was lost for words (5)","Answer":"DRIED","Explanation":"Definition: was lost for words\nReverse of DEIRDRE with RE (about) \"dumped\""}
-{"Clue":"Ease very possibly suggested by opportunity for party (3,5,3)","Answer":"NEW YEAR\u2019S EVE","Explanation":"Definition: opportunity for party\nA \"reverse anagram\" \u2013 a NEW version of YEAR'S EVE is EASE VERY"}
-{"Clue":"Sounding more appropriate, like nine other answers (6)","Answer":"WRITER","Explanation":"Definition: like nine other answers\nHomophone of \"righter\""}
-{"Clue":"Henry in the covers? (8)","Answer":"FIELDING","Explanation":"Definition: Henry\nDouble definition \u2013 Henry Fielding, writer of *Tom Jones* etc, and as in cricket, where the covers are fielders"}
-{"Clue":"Edith and Ben sit out (6)","Answer":"NESBIT","Explanation":"Definition: Edith\n(BEN SIT)* \u2013 author of *The Railway Children*, published as E Nesbit"}
-{"Clue":"One impressing wingers to do defensive duties beside goal (8)","Answer":"SWEEPNET","Explanation":"Definition: One impressing wingers\nSWEEP (as a sweeper in footbal would do) + NET (goal). A sweepnet is used to collect flying insects (\"wingers\")"}
-{"Clue":"Pardon WG's performance (3,2,5)","Answer":"ACT OF GRACE","Explanation":"Definition: Pardon\nDouble definition, referring to the cricketer W G Grace"}
-{"Clue":"Steps aren't at all problematic (10)","Answer":"TARANTELLA","Explanation":"Definition: Steps\n(AREN'T AT ALL)* \u2013 the tarantella is a quick dance, once said to be caused by, or a cure for, a tarantula's bite"}
-{"Clue":"Daniel's unquestionably colloquial Old English (5)","Answer":"DEFOE","Explanation":"Definition: Daniel\nDEF (slang \"definitely\") + OE"}
-{"Clue":"Modest accommodation of League and Conference arrangements? (3-2,3-4)","Answer":"TWO-UP TWO-DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Modest accommodation\nDouble definition, referring to the system whereby two teams move up or down a league at the end of the season"}
-{"Clue":"To be given a bye is best of all (9)","Answer":"UNMATCHED","Explanation":"Definition: best of all\nIf you're given a bye in a sporting competiton then you're \"UN-MATCHED\""}
-{"Clue":"Victor is over to undergo embrace (4)","Answer":"HUGO","Explanation":"Definition: Victor\nO[ver] \"undergoes\", i.e. goes under, HUG"}
-{"Clue":"Noisy meal? (4)","Answer":"NOSH","Explanation":"Definition: meal\nNO + SH"}
-{"Clue":"A general impression of frozen veg? (5-3,4)","Answer":"BIRD\u2019S-EYE VIEW","Explanation":"Definition: A general impression\nDefinition + hint, referring to Birdseye frozen foods"}
-{"Clue":"Devilish clue in fair construction (10)","Answer":"LUCIFERIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Devilish\n(CLUE IN FAIR)"}
-{"Clue":"Insensitive to delay in hearing being heavy burden (10)","Answer":"DEADWEIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: heavy burden\nDEAD (insensitive) + homophone of \"wait\" (delay)"}
-{"Clue":"National Park, green site for development (9)","Answer":"SERENGETI","Explanation":"Definition: National Park\n(GREEN SITE)"}
-{"Clue":"In pique finally sack German linesman (5)","Answer":"RILKE","Explanation":"Definition: German linesman\n[sac]K in RILE. [sac]K in RILE. The \"linesman\" is Rainer Maria Rilke, who wrote in German, but was born in Prague, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time."}
-{"Clue":"Old, not old \u2014 that's up to Wilfred (4)","Answer":"OWEN","Explanation":"Definition: Wilfred\nO + reverse of NEW. Wilfrid Owen, poet of the First World War"}
-{"Clue":"Important chap, preceded by his 24's materials (4)","Answer":"NIBS","Explanation":"Definition: 24's materials\n\"His nibs\" is name for an important person"}
-{"Clue":"Where one may spend time underground (7)","Answer":"DUNGEON","Explanation":"Definition: Where one may spend time underground\nCryptic definition, the \"time\" being a prison sentence, though that sort of time is usually \"done\" rather than spent"}
-{"Clue":"Commercials about fitting suits (7)","Answer":"ADJUSTS","Explanation":"Definition: suits\nJUST (fitting) in ADS"}
-{"Clue":"The Spanish scholar returned, qualified (4)","Answer":"ABLE","Explanation":"Definition: qualified\nReverse of EL BA"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely slender, for example, that's about all (10)","Answer":"EVERYTHING","Explanation":"Definition: all\nVERY THIN in E.G."}
-{"Clue":"He is part of America's troubles (6)","Answer":"CASTRO","Explanation":"Definition: He is part of America's troubles\nHidden in ameriCAS TROubles, &lit. I liked this"}
-{"Clue":"Account by clergyman should be reliable (8)","Answer":"ACCURATE","Explanation":"Definition: reliable\nAC + CURATE"}
-{"Clue":"Play the part of engineer on stage (9)","Answer":"REPRESENT","Explanation":"Definition: Play the part of\nRE (Royal Engineer) + PRESENT (on stage)"}
-{"Clue":"Put one's foot down, as a matter of duty (5)","Answer":"STAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Put one's foot down\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Their victims got it in the neck (5)","Answer":"THUGS","Explanation":"Definition: Their victims got it in the neck\nCryptic definition, from the original Indian Thugs, who strangled their victims"}
-{"Clue":"Yet civilians lived such a life in the war (9)","Answer":"SHELTERED","Explanation":"Definition: Yet civilians lived such a life in the war \nCryptic definition, referring to wartime air-raid shelters"}
-{"Clue":"A gastronomic treat? (4,4)","Answer":"FREE MEAL","Explanation":"Definition: A gastronomic treat\nCryptic definition \u2013 a free meal might be one that someone treats you to"}
-{"Clue":"Put new pep into endless diet with port (6)","Answer":"DIEPPE","Explanation":"Definition: port\nPEP* in DIE[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Pet of a girl, perhaps, but recklessly extravagant (10)","Answer":"PROFLIGATE","Explanation":"Definition: recklessly extravagant\n(PET OF A GIRL)"}
-{"Clue":"Small pig has nose tip stuck in furrow (4)","Answer":"RUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Small pig\nN[ose] in RUT"}
-{"Clue":"Sense and Sensibility? (7)","Answer":"FEELING","Explanation":"Definition: Sense\nDouble definition (just about)"}
-{"Clue":"Used when a path's relaid around lake? (7)","Answer":"ASPHALT","Explanation":"Definition: Used when a path's relaid around lake\nL in (A PATH'S)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Shade of grievance (7)","Answer":"UMBRAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Shade\nDouble definition \u2013 shade or shadow is the \"original\" meaning of umbrage, cf French ombre and Latin umbra; also umbrella"}
-{"Clue":"Big jar, say (5)","Answer":"GREAT","Explanation":"Definition: Big\nHomophone of \"grate\""}
-{"Clue":"Having our nose put out of joint is hard to bear (7)","Answer":"ONEROUS","Explanation":"Definition: hard to bear\n(OUR NOSE)"}
-{"Clue":"I decry the making of gas for stage effect (3,3)","Answer":"DRY ICE","Explanation":"Definition: gas for stage effect\n(I DECRY)* \u2013 dry ice is used for \"smoke\" effects on stage, but it isn't a gas.."}
-{"Clue":"A theatregoer's guide (9)","Answer":"USHERETTE","Explanation":"Definition: A theatregoer's guide\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"He made an unexceptional plea for blessing (4,3)","Answer":"TINY TIM","Explanation":"Definition: He made an unexceptional plea for blessing\nCryptic definition \u2013 Tiny Tim said \"God bless us, every one\", i.e. asking for a blessing without exceptions"}
-{"Clue":"Get back to front (6,3,4)","Answer":"REGAIN THE LEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Get back to front\nCryptic definition (pretty weak I think)"}
-{"Clue":"Ringleader felt urge to reform, being contrite (9)","Answer":"REGRETFUL","Explanation":"Definition: contrite\nR[ing] + (FELT URGE)"}
-{"Clue":"Unusual hoarder of fish eggs (4,3)","Answer":"HARD ROE","Explanation":"Definition: fish eggs\nHOARDER"}
-{"Clue":"Many snakes are associated with them (7)","Answer":"LADDERS","Explanation":"Definition: Many snakes are associated with them\nL (50) + ADDERS, &lit, with reference to the game of Snakes and Ladders"}
-{"Clue":"When there's a change of plea, men select a jury (7)","Answer":"EMPANEL","Explanation":"Definition: select a jury\n(PLEA MEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Abandon school subject and make one's name as a writer (6)","Answer":"RESIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Abandon\nRE (Religious Education, a school subject) + SIGN (\"make one's name..\")"}
-{"Clue":"Huge cost of electrical safety precaution (5)","Answer":"EARTH","Explanation":"Definition: Huge cost\nDouble definition \u2013 something expensive is said to cost the earth"}
-{"Clue":"Treatment of an entire individual measure of alcohol is medicinal (6)","Answer":"HOLISM","Explanation":"Definition: Treatment of an entire individual\nHidden in alcoHOL IS Medicinal"}
-{"Clue":"Mobile medical spout (7)","Answer":"DECLAIM","Explanation":"Definition: spout\nMEDICAL"}
-{"Clue":"Rocky lays into Patten, flier of the future? (9)","Answer":"CHRYSALIS","Explanation":"Definition: flier of the future\nLAYS* in CHRIS (Patten, Conservative politician and last Governor of Hong Kong)"}
-{"Clue":"Secure backing to break left hand somewhere in Scotland (5)","Answer":"LEITH","Explanation":"Definition: somewhere in Scotland\nTIE< in LH"}
-{"Clue":"Grass spades advantage (5)","Answer":"SEDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Grass\nS + EDGE"}
-{"Clue":"Week remains Doris's cleaning time? (7)","Answer":"WASHDAY","Explanation":"Definition: cleaning time\nW + ASH (remains) + [Doris] DAY"}
-{"Clue":"Game sacrifice of good compass (6)","Answer":"GAMBIT","Explanation":"Definition: Game sacrifice\nG + AMBIT"}
-{"Clue":"A sum for recording Believe? (6)","Answer":"CREDIT","Explanation":"Definition: A sum for recording\nDouble definition; the \"sum for recording\" referring a bookkeeping entry"}
-{"Clue":"Cry off limiting gene modification in a certain style (7)","Answer":"REGENCY","Explanation":"Definition: a certain style\nGENE* in CRY"}
-{"Clue":"Who dislikes foreign types of plastic phone boxes no end (9)","Answer":"XENOPHOBE","Explanation":"Definition: Who dislikes foreign types\n(PHONE BOXE[s])"}
-{"Clue":"Brunette, possibly with daily application for Jack's sore top? (5,5)","Answer":"BROWN PAPER","Explanation":"Definition: application for Jack's sore top\nBROWN (brunette \u2013 surely there's no need for \"possibly\" here?) + PAPER (daily). In the nursery rhyme \"Jack and Jill\", Jack \"broke his crown\" and was treated with \"vinegar and brown paper\""}
-{"Clue":"Crossword setter's craft (5)","Answer":"TRAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Crossword setter\nDouble definition; Guardian setter and \"Tramp Steamer\". Easy for us crossword anoraks, but is it a bit unfair to expect the \"ordinary\" solver to know the names of setters?"}
-{"Clue":"Unite ocean couple and have a drink (6,3,9)","Answer":"SPLICE THE MAINBRACE","Explanation":"Definition: have a drink\nSPLICE (unite) + MAIN (ocean) + BRACE (couple); this was the naval order to issue the rum ration, and sometimes used facetiously as meaning to have a drink"}
-{"Clue":"As is evident, its heart is quite a different organ (7)","Answer":"CLEARLY","Explanation":"Definition: As is evident\nEAR (an organ different from the heart) is the \"heart\" of clEARly; the CL..LY part doesn't seem to be indicated at all"}
-{"Clue":"Very backward name of female god (6)","Answer":"OSIRIS","Explanation":"Definition: god\nSO< + IRIS (name of female). Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld"}
-{"Clue":"Top removed from hut made an observation tool (7)","Answer":"HACKSAW","Explanation":"Definition: tool\n[s]HACK + SAW (made an observation)"}
-{"Clue":"Tempted to have iodine for energy \u2014 sensational! (5)","Answer":"LURID","Explanation":"Definition: sensational\nLURED with E[nergy] replaced by I[odine]"}
-{"Clue":"Put off by The Simpsons and the like, which is not much of an existence (9,9)","Answer":"SUSPENDED ANIMATION","Explanation":"Definition: not much of an existence\nSUSPENDED (put off) + ANIMATION (e.g. *The Simpsons*)"}
-{"Clue":"Tearing hip (7)","Answer":"DASHING","Explanation":"Definition: Tearing\nDouble definition: moving fast and stylish\/fashionable"}
-{"Clue":"In France, Le Blanc is a tabloid target (5)","Answer":"CELEB","Explanation":"Definition: a tabloid target\nHidden in franCE LE Blanc"}
-{"Clue":"He scored Harlem Winds (6)","Answer":"MAHLER","Explanation":"Definition: He scored\nHARLEM* \u2013 Gustav Mahler, composer"}
-{"Clue":"Sounding most upper-class and Victoria-like? (6)","Answer":"PLUMMY","Explanation":"Definition: Sounding most upper-class\nDouble definition: plummy-voiced and \"like a Victoria plum\""}
-{"Clue":"Reduction of hard bowls area set in green (9)","Answer":"SHRINKAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Reduction\nH + RINK in SAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Upturned stone with top marking young man's pile of money? (9)","Answer":"MEGABUCKS","Explanation":"Definition: pile of money\nGEM< + A (top) + BUCK'S"}
-{"Clue":"Run against the blue opponent of Stalinism (7)","Answer":"TROTSKY","Explanation":"Definition: opponent of Stalinism\nTROT (run) + SKY (blue)"}
-{"Clue":"Regulation about Spanish article for space between bed and wall (6)","Answer":"RUELLE","Explanation":"Definition: space between bed and wall\nEL in RULE. RUELLE is a diminutive of French \"rue\" (street), and can indeed mean the space between a bed and a wall, in case you ever feel a need to describe it"}
-{"Clue":"A team, or those who have been pulled out? (7)","Answer":"YANKEES","Explanation":"Definition: A team\nDouble definition \u2013 the New York Yankees (baseball team), and how one might describe those who have been yanked"}
-{"Clue":"Outlandish, ultimately futile kiss on the ear (6)","Answer":"EXOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Outlandish\n[futil]E + X (kiss) + OTIC (of or \"on\" the ear)"}
-{"Clue":"American western type of hat bishop discarded (5)","Answer":"OATER","Explanation":"Definition: American western\n[b]OATER \u2013 American slang for a western film, from their use of horses \u2013 another slang name is \"horse opera\""}
-{"Clue":"Acrimony between bloggers (not involving Hitler)? (7)","Answer":"POSTWAR","Explanation":"Definition: not involving Hitler\nAcrimony between bloggers could result in a war of posts.."}
-{"Clue":"Place kept in identical taste (6)","Answer":"SAMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: taste\nPL in SAME"}
-{"Clue":"Mark down dramatist to speak (5,3)","Answer":"CHECK OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Mark down\nHomophone of \"Chekhov\""}
-{"Clue":"Playing for time, Henry is hurt (6)","Answer":"ACHING","Explanation":"Definition: hurt\nACTING with T[ime] replaced by H[enry]"}
-{"Clue":"In drink (litres!), Daisy's a hypocrite (7,5)","Answer":"PLASTER SAINT","Explanation":"Definition: hypocrite\nL + ASTER'S A in PINT. A plaster saint is someone who \"hypocritically pretends to be virtuous\""}
-{"Clue":"Poison working at this point? It's up in the air (10)","Answer":"IONOSPHERE","Explanation":"Definition: It's up in the air\nPOISON* + HERE"}
-{"Clue":"Draw level shortly (3)","Answer":"TIE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw\nTIE[R]"}
-{"Clue":"Constable for one needs good cloth (3)","Answer":"RAG","Explanation":"Definition: cloth\nRA (the painter John Constable was one) + G"}
-{"Clue":"Divided into groups to suppress resistance, not 28 (10)","Answer":"FRACTIONAL","Explanation":"Definition: not 28\nR in FACTIONAL"}
-{"Clue":"Plain scientist, not one that Shelley imagined (12)","Answer":"FRANKENSTEIN","Explanation":"Definition: that Shelley imagined\nFRANK (plain) + EINSTEIN less its first I"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps boxer's vulnerable point finally hit at the end \u2014 it could be curtains (6)","Answer":"CHINTZ","Explanation":"Definition: it could be curtains\nCHIN + [hi]T + Z (the end)"}
-{"Clue":"In front of a parent, shake chain (8)","Answer":"WAGAMAMA","Explanation":"Definition: chain\nWAG A MAMA \u2013 Wagamama is a chain of Japanese-style restaurants, based in the UK but also seen elsewhere"}
-{"Clue":"Not 20 conservationists in the country (6)","Answer":"ENTIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Not 20\nNT (National TRust) in EIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Girl is stupid to return to pub (7)","Answer":"PHYLLIS","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nP[ublic] H[ouse] + reverse of SILLY"}
-{"Clue":"Mischievous type caught in UKIP's toils \u2014 I would leave (4)","Answer":"PUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Mischievous type\nC in UKIP* less I"}
-{"Clue":"Woman would go to pot here (4)","Answer":"SHED","Explanation":"Definition: go to pot here\nSHE'D \u2013 reference to a \"potting shed\""}
-{"Clue":"Not having a wash? So a good night (8)","Answer":"WAKELESS","Explanation":"Definition: Not having a wash\nDouble defintion, the \"wash\" or wake being that made by a boat"}
-{"Clue":"King upset American element, having no Latin (5)","Answer":"RUFUS","Explanation":"Definition: King\nReverse of SULFUR less L, the King being William II, nicknamed Rufus"}
-{"Clue":"Charge according to amount employed (6)","Answer":"ACCUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Charge\nACC + USE (amount employed, I suppose)"}
-{"Clue":"No artist makes high table in softwood (10)","Answer":"PHILISTINE","Explanation":"Definition: No artist\nHI + LIST (table) in PINE"}
-{"Clue":"Watch over so many finalists in beauty contest, say (5,5)","Answer":"EIGHT BELLS","Explanation":"Definition: Watch over\nHomophone (rather weak, I think) of EIGHT \"belles\". EIGHT BELLS indicates the end of a nautical watch"}
-{"Clue":"Endless deception covered by Imogen in this system (6)","Answer":"METRIC","Explanation":"Definition: system\nME + TRIC[K]"}
-{"Clue":"Strange choice firm made for archive medium (10)","Answer":"MICROFICHE","Explanation":"Definition: archive medium\n(CHOICE FIRM)"}
-{"Clue":"His aim, setting crackers? (10)","Answer":"ENIGMATIST","Explanation":"Definition: His aim, setting crackers\n(AIM SETTING)* \u2013 almost &list, apart from the \"his\""}
-{"Clue":"Birds, sound asleep, hard to rouse (6)","Answer":"HERONS","Explanation":"Definition: Birds\nSNORE (sound [as if you are] asleep) + H[ard], reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Forces new trial in my case and one is held (8)","Answer":"MILITARY","Explanation":"Definition: Forces\nI in TRIAL* in MY"}
-{"Clue":"Girl cuts sister \u2014 she uses sharp blades (6)","Answer":"SKATER","Explanation":"Definition: she uses sharp blades\nKATE in SR"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle parking for walk (5)","Answer":"TRAMP","Explanation":"Definition: walk\nTRAM + P"}
-{"Clue":"Rich cloak announced for 1 of 6 church leaders (4)","Answer":"PAUL","Explanation":"Definition: 1 of 6 church leaders\nHomphone of \"pall\", and one of six Popes (church leaders) of that name (at first I was trying to find out if St Paul was somehow one of six leaders of the early church)"}
-{"Clue":"Socratic method so revolutionary for 1 of 8 here (4)","Answer":"QAOS","Explanation":"Definition: 1 of 8 here\nQ [&] A (the Socratic method of question and answer) + reverse of SO, and this is the last of the eight setters in the puzzle; Qaos and Enigmatist are the only two to be defined as setters: by necessity, as their pseudonyms are not \"real words\". *In fact Enigmatist is a real word \u2013 see Robi's comment"}
-{"Clue":"Again, host subtly exceeded \/ mutton broth, cold, with warm round bit of polenta (8, 8)","Answer":"OVERSHOT\/HOTCHPOT","Explanation":"Definition: exceeded\nOVER (again) + HOST* \/ C + P[olenta] in HOT"}
-{"Clue":"Fit to function after visit to theatre, a rebel reread \/ church extract, fine following page (8, 8)","Answer":"PERICOPE\/OPERABLE","Explanation":"Definition: church extract\nOP (visit to theatre) + (A REBEL)*\/ P + ERIC (a fine)"}
-{"Clue":"Destination for junk star guided by height \/ the moon turned in about star (8,8)","Answer":"TRASHCAN\/CANICULA","Explanation":"Definition: star\nSTAR* + H \/ reverse of LUCINA (the moon) in CA"}
-{"Clue":"Earliest stirring in workshops \/ to adjust subject of painting for all to see shifting base? (8, 8)","Answer":"MODULATE\/ATELIERS","Explanation":"Definition: to adjust\nEARLIEST* \/ MODEL with e (base of natrual logarithms) replaced by U (film classification: \"for all to see\")"}
-{"Clue":"Forbidden meal interrupted by whistle-blower \u2013 last, for sure (6, 6)","Answer":"YESTER\/TEREFA","Explanation":"Definition: last\nREF in TEA \/ YES (\"for sure\")"}
-{"Clue":"Commercial bush, petal trained by worker, \/ reverse of ideal along\u00adside border plant-forms in art (8, 8)","Answer":"TEA\u00a0PLANT\/ANTHEMIA","Explanation":"Definition: plant-forms in art\nHEM + A1<. \/ PETAL*+ ANT. This is the two-word answer mentioned in the preamble (I had to check whether it was this or TRASHCAN: Chambers gives the latter as one word)"}
-{"Clue":"Like e.g. Cameron once welcoming southern European national, \/ perhaps warn one going after bit of ice creamier than the rest? (8, 8)","Answer":"IVORIEST\/ESTONIAN","Explanation":"Definition: creamier than the rest\nI[ce] + VOR (a word from King Lear that perhaps means \"warn\") I (one). This is the \"somewhat fanciful\" superlative mentioned in the preamble \/ S in ETONIAN (David Cameron is famously an old Etonian)"}
-{"Clue":"Bell equivalents; \/ built of horizontal beams (8, 8)","Answer":"SEMANTRA\/TRABEATE","Explanation":"Definition: built of horizontal beams\nThe competition words, in alphabetical order, as the preamble says, but also as defined"}
-{"Clue":"Overwhelmed, nursing damaged lung, I took food, \/ making slow progress with date in fruit basket (8, 8)","Answer":"TRUDGING\/INGULFED","Explanation":"Definition: making slow progress\nLUNG* in I FED \/ D in TRUG"}
-{"Clue":"Work on volume once causing grief for eye expert (11)","Answer":"OPTOMETRIST","Explanation":"Definition: eye expert\nOP + TOME + TRIST (archaic \"sorrowful\")"}
-{"Clue":"Wordy book's half in poetry (7)","Answer":"VERBOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Wordy\nBO[ok] in VERSE"}
-{"Clue":"Queen captured in revolt? Danger past (6)","Answer":"RISQUE","Explanation":"Definition: Danger past\nQU in RISE (to revolt). Obsolete form of \"risk\""}
-{"Clue":"First of snow covering hills, I ski in Oberstdorf (4)","Answer":"SCHI","Explanation":"Definition: ski in Oberstdorf\nFirst letters of S Covering Hills + I. A German spelling of \"ski\" that we were warned of in the preamble"}
-{"Clue":"Wine jar, not the first (4)","Answer":"HOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Wine\n[s]HOCK"}
-{"Clue":"Painful? It's often de rigueur in part (6)","Answer":"TENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Painful\nHidden"}
-{"Clue":"Dotty translation (too literal?) given with the French, ignoring accent (6)","Answer":"CRIBL\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: Dotty\nCRIB (\"a key or baldly literal translation, used as an aid by students, etc\", such as some of us were warned against using when trying to make sense of Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic wars) + LE (French \"the\", ignoring the accent that is needed in the answer)"}
-{"Clue":"Pick mercenary, but lacking old gun (4)","Answer":"HACK","Explanation":"Definition: Pick\nTwo definitions, and HACK[but]"}
-{"Clue":"50% of TV comedy served up in miscellany? (4)","Answer":"OLLA","Explanation":"Definition: miscellany\nReverse of half of the sitcom *'Allo, 'Allo!"}
-{"Clue":"Wretchedly triste, Dana\u00eb may appear so? (11)","Answer":"TEARSTAINED","Explanation":"Definition: Wretchedly triste, Dana\u00eb may appear so\n(TRISTE DANAE)* &lit. Dana\u00eb is a character from Greek mythology, the mother of Perseus, who fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill Dana\u00eb's father, which presumably she wasn't happy about"}
-{"Clue":"Tomboy exhibiting extremes of roguery (5)","Answer":"RANDY","Explanation":"Definition: Tomboy\nR AND Y. A new meaning of this word for me: \"a romping girl\" as Chambers puts it"}
-{"Clue":"Evidence of horse-doping? Objection leading to ending of licence (4)","Answer":"BUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Evidence of horse-doping\nBUT + [licenc]E. Bute is short for Butazolidin, aka phenylbutazone, used in illegal horse-doping"}
-{"Clue":"Marks & Spencer initially stocking alcohol-free wine, without success (7)","Answer":"ATTENDS","Explanation":"Definition: Marks\nTT + [win]E in AND (&) S[pencer]"}
-{"Clue":"By implication, a true Shakespearean smash? (7)","Answer":"RUINATE","Explanation":"Definition: Shakespearean smash\n\"a true\" is RU IN ATE"}
-{"Clue":"At home, in grip of strong drink, spinning uncontrollably (6)","Answer":"SLUING","Explanation":"Definition: spinning uncontrollably\nIN in SLUG"}
-{"Clue":"Rabbit from part of SE Asia that's indulged in (6)","Answer":"TAPETI","Explanation":"Definition: Rabbit\nPET (indulged) in TAI (same as Thai, meaning \"part of SE Asia\"). In fact this rabbit is from South and Central America"}
-{"Clue":"Herb names one has instinct about (6)","Answer":"FENNEL","Explanation":"Definition: Herb\nNN (names) in FEEL"}
-{"Clue":"Fluid containers? It's madness switching first couple (5)","Answer":"AMNIA","Explanation":"Definition: Fluid containers\nMANIA with the first two letters swapped"}
-{"Clue":"Anything tiny, of matter principally (4)","Answer":"ATOM","Explanation":"Definition: Anything tiny, of matter principally\nFirst letters of Anything Tiny Of Matter, &lit (though not precisely, as an atom isn't *anything* that's tiny)"}
-{"Clue":"Old Scots nag, mean, ageless (4)","Answer":"AVER","Explanation":"Definition: Old Scots nag\nAVERAGE less AGE. AVER is familiar crossword fodder as meaning to state or assert (from Latin verus = true), but it also has some obsolete meanings (from French \"avoir\", to have), including \"an old or worthless cart-horse\""}
-{"Clue":"Successful finalist, task over (4)","Answer":"GRAD","Explanation":"Definition: Successful finalist\nReverse of DARG (a task); a GRAD would have successfully passed finals"}
-{"Clue":"Grass? It's cut short among spinach (4)","Answer":"STAG","Explanation":"Definition: Grass\nT (short form of \"It\") in SAG (spinach, as in the Indian dish sag (or saag) aloo). Grass and stag can both mean an informant"}
-{"Clue":"Cross male, Unionist sketch writer sent up (4)","Answer":"ZOBU","Explanation":"Definition: Cross male\nReverse of UI + BOZ (Charles Dickens' pen name in Sketches by Boz). ZOBU is one of the many variants of \"zho\", a type of hybrid cattle, sometimes specifically the male"}
-{"Clue":"Excessively fast bowler perhaps takes Surrey opener with closing volley? (5)","Answer":"HASTY","Explanation":"Definition: Excessively fast\nS[urry] in HAT + [volle]Y. \"Closing volley\" for \"last letter of..\" doesn't really work for me."}
-{"Clue":"Infirmity deteriorating till cure inside hospital (3,6)","Answer":"ILL HEALTH","Explanation":"Definition: Infirmity\nHEAL in TILL* +H"}
-{"Clue":"Punch with energy and speed \u2014 perhaps you'll walk over this? (6,3)","Answer":"HOOKED RUG","Explanation":"Definition: perhaps you'll walk over this\nHOOK (a punch, e.g. in boxing) + E + DRUG (e.g. speed \u2013 the \"perhaps\" applies to this). A hooked rug is made by pulling yarn through a backing material with a hook"}
-{"Clue":"Last words betray empty jealousy (5)","Answer":"ENVOY","Explanation":"Definition: Last words\nENVY with O (i.e. nothing) inside. For the sense of last words, or a farewell, I would expect this to be spelt \"envoi\", but Chambers gives both versions. \"Betray\" is just a linking word"}
-{"Clue":"Food for missing links and throwbacks? (4,3)","Answer":"SPAG BOL","Explanation":"Definition: Food\nGAPS (missing links) and LOB (throw), separately reversed (\"backs\")."}
-{"Clue":"Native solver is speaking in Zulu region (7)","Answer":"NATURAL","Explanation":"Definition: Native\nU R (\"you are\", phonetlically) in NATAL"}
-{"Clue":"Having got up fast, I ran to look inside (5)","Answer":"ASTIR","Explanation":"Definition: Having got up\nHidden in fAST I Ran. Again I query the crytic grammar of \"..to look inside\""}
-{"Clue":"Bust of Edmund I, oddly effaced (3)","Answer":"DUD","Explanation":"Definition: Bust\nEven letters of eDmUnD i"}
-{"Clue":"Endless show of warmth: hasten round to shelter from the cold (5)","Answer":"IGLOO","Explanation":"Definition: shelter from the cold\nI'm not sure about this: I think it's GLO[w] in (sheltered by) the reverse of OI (interjection, could mean \"hurry up\"), but then \"shelter\" does double duty as part of the definition. Any better ideas? *Thanks to several commenters: the glo[w] \"has ten\" (IO) round it."}
-{"Clue":"Slightly more than three francs taken in high peril (7)","Answer":"PITFALL","Explanation":"Definition: peril\nPI (3.14\u2026 \u2013 slightly more than 3) + F in TALL"}
-{"Clue":"Cheat to win golf in last round by one point (7)","Answer":"FINAGLE","Explanation":"Definition: Cheat to win\nG[olf] in FINAL + E[ast]"}
-{"Clue":"Worker, really gutted, gets drunk (5)","Answer":"BEERY","Explanation":"Definition: drunk\nBEE + R[eall]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Sickly sundae gobbled, devoured, made sick (9)","Answer":"NAUSEATED","Explanation":"Definition: made sick\nATE in (devoured by) SUNDAE"}
-{"Clue":"Clue to gasp about: Boatman creates vintage surface treatment (4,5)","Answer":"LEAD PAINT","Explanation":"Definition: vintage surface treatment\nLEAD (clue) + I (Boatman) in PANT"}
-{"Clue":"Quicksand! Sense foot being caught (5)","Answer":"SWIFT","Explanation":"Definition: Quick\nWe have to split \"quicksand\" as \"Quick + S and\", and so get S + F in WIT. A step too far for me; others may disagree"}
-{"Clue":"A little radioactive matter in contact with the molecular constituents of water: whoops! (2-2)","Answer":"UH-OH","Explanation":"Definition: whoops!\nU (Uranium, which is radioactive to some degree in all its forms) + H O H (components of water).I am no chemist, but I believe HOH is a better description of the molecular structure of water than the more familiar H2O."}
-{"Clue":"Kind of rhyming, as \"kid set on insect\" (8)","Answer":"ASSONANT","Explanation":"Definition: Kind of rhyming\nAS SON ANT"}
-{"Clue":"A kind face? (4)","Answer":"TYPE","Explanation":"Definition: A kind\nDouble definition, the \"face\" being a typeface"}
-{"Clue":"Failed to manage dire slum reform (8)","Answer":"MISRULED","Explanation":"Definition: Failed to manage\n(DIRE SLUM)"}
-{"Clue":"Motto, not \"quick on the draw\", say? (6)","Answer":"SLOGAN","Explanation":"Definition: Motto\nHomophone of \"slow gun\""}
-{"Clue":"Train speed pathetically slow? (10)","Answer":"PEDESTRIAN","Explanation":"Definition: pathetically slow\n(TRAIN SPEED)"}
-{"Clue":"Be quick to get into alternative musical (6)","Answer":"OLIVER","Explanation":"Definition: musical\nLIVE (be quick, as in \"the quick and the dead\") in OR"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's way of hailing Araucaria: his leading place a towering old man here (4)","Answer":"AHOY","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman's way of hailing\nA[raucaria] + HOY (island that features a \"towering old man\")"}
-{"Clue":"Quicksand of sorts? (5)","Answer":"SHARP","Explanation":"Definition: Quicksand of sorts\nAnother lift-and-separate involving quicksand, though more conventional this time: this is a double definition, with quick=sharp, as in quick-witted, and \"sharp sand\" is used in building etc. (You'll have to image a split in the underlining of the definitions between k and s!)"}
-{"Clue":"Primate of Europe: \"Pray with Arab; be daring\" (7,3)","Answer":"BARBARY\u00a0APE","Explanation":"Definition: Primate of Europe\n(PRAY ARAB B)"}
-{"Clue":"Fast, not fast (5)","Answer":"LOOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Fast\nDouble definition: fast=loose as in immoral, and \"not fast\" as in \"not fixed\""}
-{"Clue":"Runs away from deadly duel fast (8)","Answer":"DEFAULTS","Explanation":"Definition: Runs away from\n(DUEL FAST)"}
-{"Clue":"Force one to falsify rent in report (5,3)","Answer":"LIGHT AIR","Explanation":"Definition: Force one\nHomophone of \"lie tear\", i.e. \"falsify rent\". A nicely-misleading definition: Light Air is Force One in the Beaufort Scale of wind measurement"}
-{"Clue":"Boot option to raise speed (6)","Answer":"TOECAP","Explanation":"Definition: Boot option\nTO + reverse of PACE"}
-{"Clue":"Almost sick after fast food for vegetarians (6)","Answer":"LENTIL","Explanation":"Definition: food for vegetarians\nLENT (fast) + IL[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Speed zone (4)","Answer":"BELT","Explanation":"Definition: Speed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Miss start in haste to get back to front in Asia (4)","Answer":"EAST","Explanation":"Definition: Asia\nHASTE, with its first letter removed and the final E moved to the font."}
-{"Clue":"Could be 01\/12, 02\/03, 03\/10, 04\/11! (4)","Answer":"DATE","Explanation":"Definition: Could be 01\/12, 02\/03, 03\/10, 04\/11\nWell, 01\/12 etc are all examples of DATEs, but is there any more to it than that? I thought it might be something like an anagram of letter 1 of answer 12 (E) and so on, but that would give EGYL. Any ideas? *Thanks again, commenters: 01\/12 is the first letter of December, 02\/03 the second of mArch, and so on."}
-{"Clue":"These might help one pick up jewellery? (8)","Answer":"EARDROPS","Explanation":"Definition: These might help one pick up\nDouble definition: ear drops might help you to hear (\"pick up\") if you're suffering from ear problems; and they're also a type of earring"}
-{"Clue":"Go into two hospital departments (5)","Answer":"ENTER","Explanation":"Definition: Go into\nENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) + ER (Emergency Room \u2013 American version of Casualty or A&E)"}
-{"Clue":"Toy Story's central character on stage (4)","Answer":"LEGO","Explanation":"Definition: Toy\nLEG (stage) + [st]O[ry]"}
-{"Clue":"Hef row \u2014 Playboy gutted it affected his partner? (6,4)","Answer":"TROPHY\u00a0WIFE","Explanation":"Definition: his partner\nAnagram of HEF ROW P[laybo]Y IT \u2013 \"Hef\" is the nickname of Hugh Hefner, who married a Playboy \"Playmate of the month\", who probably counts as a trophy wife"}
-{"Clue":"Right, left rubbish (6)","Answer":"LAWFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Right\nL + AWFUL"}
-{"Clue":"One could upset retiring vicar \u2014 lay to rest outside (8)","Answer":"INVERTER","Explanation":"Definition: One could upset\nReverse of REV in INTER"}
-{"Clue":"Slander in A Bug's Life? Pixar films' executive ultimately seizing power (7)","Answer":"ASPERSE","Explanation":"Definition: Slander\nP[ower] in last letters of A bugS lifE pixaR filmS executivE. The mention of Pixar here, and \"Toy Story\" in 10a, gave me a hint that they might be part of a theme"}
-{"Clue":"Plans where PM lives without owning \u2014 tense? (7)","Answer":"INTENDS","Explanation":"Definition: Plans\nThe PM lives IN TEN DOWNING ST \u2013 remove OWNING and T[ense] to get the answer"}
-{"Clue":"At home, David Beckham primarily surrounded by footballers' wives \u2014 they talk a lot (8)","Answer":"WINDBAGS","Explanation":"Definition: they talk a lot\nIN D[avid] B[eckham] in WAGS (\"wives and girlfriends\", so not exactly \"wives\")"}
-{"Clue":"Plant used to be a bit short (6)","Answer":"WASABI","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nWAS A BI[t]"}
-{"Clue":"State that's rarely encountered scenes with cars crashing (10)","Answer":"SCARCENESS","Explanation":"Definition: State that's rarely encountered\n(SCENES CARS)"}
-{"Clue":"Loud bar for Sibelius? (4)","Answer":"FINN","Explanation":"Definition: Sibelius?\nF + INN \u2013 the composer Sibelius was Finnish"}
-{"Clue":"One goal pulled back includes header from Manchester City (5)","Answer":"MIAMI","Explanation":"Definition: City\nM[anchester] in reverse of I AIM"}
-{"Clue":"Playing concertina not on without core piece (8)","Answer":"ACENTRIC","Explanation":"Definition: without core piece\nCONCERTINA* less ON"}
-{"Clue":"Identifiers close to brave volunteers, guns heartlessly support war (4,4)","Answer":"NAME TAGS","Explanation":"Definition: Identifiers\nNAM (slang for the Vietnam war) + [brav]E + TA (Territorial Army) + G[un]S"}
-{"Clue":"Earth not even, pulled up tuber (4)","Answer":"EDDO","Explanation":"Definition: tuber\nE + reverse of ODD"}
-{"Clue":"Deadly weapon changing hands in the end (6)","Answer":"MORTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Deadly\nMORTAR with the final (\"in the end\") R changed to L"}
-{"Clue":"Gradual acceptance to mind big, second sister (7)","Answer":"OSMOSIS","Explanation":"Definition: Gradual acceptance\nOS (outsize \u2013 big) + MO (second) + SIS; \"to mind\" seems redundant, unless perhaps it's part of the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Partners own casing for nineteen locks: Yale set here (3,5)","Answer":"NEW HAVEN","Explanation":"Definition: Yale set here\nEW (partners in Bridge) HAVE in (\"locked by\") the \"casing\" of N[inetee]N. Yale University is in New Haven, Connecticut"}
-{"Clue":"One serving on board's ratatouille? Dear dished out seconds (10)","Answer":"STEWARDESS","Explanation":"Definition: One serving on board\nSTEW + DEAR* + S"}
-{"Clue":"Toy model gun (6)","Answer":"TRIFLE","Explanation":"Definition: Toy\nT + RIFLE \u2013 the second time \"toy\" has been used as the definition, though as a verb this time; perhaps another nod at the theme?"}
-{"Clue":"All runners suffering in performance test (5,5)","Answer":"FIELD TRIAL","Explanation":"Definition: performance test\nFIELD (all runners, in a race etc) + TRIAL (suffering)"}
-{"Clue":"\"Porky\" cut over tease (5,3)","Answer":"SPARE RIB","Explanation":"Definition: \"Porky\" cut\nSPARE (over) + RIB (tease)"}
-{"Clue":"Suave Bond \u2014 middle of sea, Craig's stripped off (8)","Answer":"DEBONAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Suave\nAnagram of BOND + [s]E[a] + [c]RAI[g] \u2013 reference to Daniel Craig, the latest actor to play James Bond"}
-{"Clue":"Uprising of South Africa and one gets old spear (7)","Answer":"ASSEGAI","Explanation":"Definition: spear\nReverse of SA + reverse of I AGES"}
-{"Clue":"Revenue work out economics: detailed cost hidden (6)","Answer":"INCOME","Explanation":"Definition: Revenue\nAnagram of ECONOMICS less COS[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk rocker in the '50s? (6)","Answer":"WASTED","Explanation":"Definition: Drunk\nThe 50s rocker (maybe) WAS a TED[dy boy]"}
-{"Clue":"Cup to drink, not a lot (4)","Answer":"FATE","Explanation":"Definition: lot\nFA [cup] + TE[a]. This took me a while to work out: I was trying to use \"cup\" as the definition (as in \"let this cup pass fom me..\"), and missed the significance of the unassuming \"lot\" at the other end of the clue"}
-{"Clue":"It adds zest to meals for sailor on board (5,4)","Answer":"TABLE SALT","Explanation":"Definition: It adds zest to meals\nTABLE (board) + SALT (sailor)"}
-{"Clue":"A word of warning to golfers in the past (5)","Answer":"AFORE","Explanation":"Definition: in the past\nA + FORE -the warning shouted by golfers"}
-{"Clue":"Found her a problem \u2014 totally obscure (7-2)","Answer":"UNHEARD OF","Explanation":"Definition: totally obscure\n(FOUND HER A)"}
-{"Clue":"Going down, he may be saved by the bell (5)","Answer":"DIVER","Explanation":"Definition: Going down, he may be saved by the bell\nCryptic definition, referring to a diving bell. I initially had BOXER here, which works just about as well as a more literal interpretation of the clue"}
-{"Clue":"One of seven suffering from cold? (6)","Answer":"SNEEZY","Explanation":"Definition: One of seven\nDouble definition: Sneezy is one of the Seven Dwarves"}
-{"Clue":"Reckon I'm splitting what's left (8)","Answer":"ESTIMATE","Explanation":"Definition: Reckon\nI'M in ESTATE (what's left, in a will)"}
-{"Clue":"The arms go round the cheeky little pet! (7)","Answer":"HAMSTER","Explanation":"Definition: the cheeky little pet\n(THE ARMS)* \u2013 \"cheeky\" because of the hamster's habit of storing food in its cheek pouches"}
-{"Clue":"See red hair? (7)","Answer":"BRISTLE","Explanation":"Definition: See red\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Passionate love bird (8)","Answer":"FLAMINGO","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nFLAMING + O"}
-{"Clue":"Groups of people changing planes (6)","Answer":"PANELS","Explanation":"Definition: Groups of people\nPLANES"}
-{"Clue":"By the sound of it, gather a crowd (5)","Answer":"HORDE","Explanation":"Definition: a crowd\nHomophone of \"hoard\". I caused myself some trouble by putting AMASS here, though in that case \"by the sound of it\" would be redundant"}
-{"Clue":"They are articulate in personal columns (9)","Answer":"VERTEBRAE","Explanation":"Definition: They are articulate in personal columns\nCryptic definition \u2013 the vertebrae articulate in the spinal column"}
-{"Clue":"Baby bird? (5)","Answer":"STORK","Explanation":"Definition: Baby bird\nCryptic definition, referring to the myth of storks delivering babies"}
-{"Clue":"Remembering various stories can lead to novel (9)","Answer":"ANECDOTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Remembering various stories\n(CAN LEAD TO)"}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman taking a point to heart may be fired (6)","Answer":"CANNON","Explanation":"Definition: may be fired\nN in CANON"}
-{"Clue":"Retired train-bearers? (8)","Answer":"SLEEPERS","Explanation":"Definition: train-bearers\nDefinition + hint \u2013 sleepers have retired for the night"}
-{"Clue":"Bird circles its quarry (6)","Answer":"OSPREY","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nOS (circles) + PREY"}
-{"Clue":"Carriage upside down on road crossing (7)","Answer":"FLYOVER","Explanation":"Definition: road crossing\nFLY (a type of horse-drawn carriage) + OVER (upside-down)"}
-{"Clue":"State in a loud and resolute way (6)","Answer":"AFFIRM","Explanation":"Definition: State\nA + F + FIRM"}
-{"Clue":"Eastern trail one meandered (8)","Answer":"ORIENTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Eastern\n(TRAIL ONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Move with a little spooning (4)","Answer":"STIR","Explanation":"Definition: Move\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"What it takes to make the world of confectionery? (3-5)","Answer":"ALL-SORTS","Explanation":"Definition: confectionery\n\"It takes all sorts to make a world\""}
-{"Clue":"The main type of eagle (4)","Answer":"ERNE","Explanation":"Definition: The main type of eagle\nThe Erne is also known as the Sea Eagle; main = sea"}
-{"Clue":"Suitable work for a lay reader? (8)","Answer":"SONGBOOK","Explanation":"Definition: Suitable work for a lay reader\nCryptic defintion, a lay being a poem or song"}
-{"Clue":"Not a particular person (7)","Answer":"SOMEONE","Explanation":"Definition: Not a particular person\nA (not very) cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Way fleet is brought up to date? (6)","Answer":"MODERN","Explanation":"Definition: brought up to date\nMODE + RN"}
-{"Clue":"Revolt when school place is switched (6)","Answer":"PUTSCH","Explanation":"Definition: Revolt\nSCH + PUT (place), with these two parts switched"}
-{"Clue":"A small variety of beasts of burden (6)","Answer":"LLAMAS","Explanation":"Definition: beasts of burden\n(A SMALL)"}
-{"Clue":"Spot golfer about to receive kiss (7)","Answer":"SPECKLE","Explanation":"Definition: Spot\nPECK in reverse of [Ernie] ELS"}
-{"Clue":"Run over airy tribute (3-4)","Answer":"FLY-PAST","Explanation":"Definition: airy tribute\nFLY (run) + PAST (over)"}
-{"Clue":"Pioneering way to make dog run? (14)","Answer":"GROUNDBREAKING","Explanation":"Definition: Pioneering\nYou can make \"dog run\" by BREAKING (taking an anagram of) GROUND"}
-{"Clue":"Hoods and collars worn by Scot (8)","Answer":"RUFFIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Hoods\nIAN in RUFFS"}
-{"Clue":"State proposal that's acceptable to audience (3)","Answer":"GOA","Explanation":"Definition: State\nHomophone of \"goer\" (as in \"it's a goer\", describing an acceptable suggestion)"}
-{"Clue":"Light reader (6)","Answer":"KINDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Light\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Oval-shaped ceramic not lasting long (8)","Answer":"VOLATILE","Explanation":"Definition: not lasting long\nOVAL* + TILE"}
-{"Clue":"Tube not sufficiently fine? (11)","Answer":"UNDERGROUND","Explanation":"Definition: Tube\nSomething (e.g. flour) that is UNDER GROUND (i.e. not ground enough) might not be fine"}
-{"Clue":"Drink \u2014 don't go straight to snack (9)","Answer":"SNAKEBITE","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\nSNAKE (move sinuously, not straight) + BITE (snack)"}
-{"Clue":"Not where housekeeper stores the fizzy drinks? (9)","Answer":"STILLROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Not where housekeeper stores the fizzy drinks\nCryptic definition (rather a let-down compared to the general standard of the puzzle)"}
-{"Clue":"Complete freedom to ignore what may be drawn (5,6)","Answer":"BLANK CHEQUE","Explanation":"Definition: Complete freedom\nBLANK (ignore) + CHEQUE (which may be drawn)"}
-{"Clue":"Holding head up, lying with pained expression in slang (8)","Answer":"COUCHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Holding head up, lying\nOUCH in CANT. Couchant is a heraldic term, meaing \"lying down with the head up\""}
-{"Clue":"Friend to bear every journey with constant interruptions (6)","Answer":"EEYORE","Explanation":"Definition: Friend to bear\nAlternate letters of EvErY jOuRnEy, and Eeyore was a friend to Pooh Bear"}
-{"Clue":"Muslim official, a polytheist at heart (3)","Answer":"AGA","Explanation":"Definition: Muslim official\n[p]AGA[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit and wine store getting good trade (8)","Answer":"PLUMBING","Explanation":"Definition: trade\nPLUM + BIN + G"}
-{"Clue":"Charlie for one, say, with 7 (6)","Answer":"CHEQUE","Explanation":"Definition: Charlie for one, say, with 7\nThis refers homophonically to Checkpoint Charlie, the former crossing point between East and West Berlin. There doesn't seem to be a definition, but as the answer is also included in 21,29 I'll let Imogen off."}
-{"Clue":"In small house, parking is a bit of a mess (7)","Answer":"SPLODGE","Explanation":"Definition: a bit of a mess\nP in S LODGE"}
-{"Clue":"In theory, propane is explosive (2,5)","Answer":"ON PAPER","Explanation":"Definition: In theory\nPROPANE"}
-{"Clue":"Each person is fitted with one in old age (7)","Answer":"PERMIAN","Explanation":"Definition: old age\nPER (each) + I in MAN. The Permian is a geological age, covering about 250-300 million years ago."}
-{"Clue":"Police do wrong to arrest unionist, is the general view (4,5)","Answer":"COUP D\u2019OEIL","Explanation":"Definition: the general view\nU in (POLICE DO)*. Chambers defines this as \"a general view at a glance\""}
-{"Clue":"From shelf, take book (6)","Answer":"LEDGER","Explanation":"Definition: book\nLEDGE (shelf) + R (take, as used in prescriptions, from Latin *Recipe*)"}
-{"Clue":"Realistic opportunity to keep playing \u2014 my Facebook response? (8)","Answer":"LIFELIKE","Explanation":"Definition: Realistic\nLIFE (an opportunity to keep playing, in video games ,etc) + LIKE (as done in Facebook and elsewhere to approve of something)"}
-{"Clue":"Being blunt after misuse no bit can bore into piece of wood (5-5)","Answer":"POINT-BLANK","Explanation":"Definition: Being blunt\n(NO BIT)* in PLANK"}
-{"Clue":"Top missing, letter's incomplete (7)","Answer":"SINGLET","Explanation":"Definition: Top\nHidden in misSING LETter"}
-{"Clue":"Fearful sort of hospital, 10 (6,7)","Answer":"CRAVEN COTTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: 10\nCRAVEN (fearful) + COTTAGE (hospital), for the **ground** of Fulham football club"}
-{"Clue":"Wretched folk acquire a place in Ireland (9)","Answer":"BALLYMENA","Explanation":"Definition: place in Ireland\nBALLY MEN + A"}
-{"Clue":"Rendering pencil unusable, that's when one loses it (8,5)","Answer":"BREAKING POINT","Explanation":"Definition: that's when one loses it\nBreaking a pencil's point would make it unusable"}
-{"Clue":"Turn over in half a bikini? Bad girl! (7)","Answer":"TROLLOP","Explanation":"Definition: Bad girl\nROLL in TOP"}
-{"Clue":"After fighting, you finally return to rear (7)","Answer":"NURTURE","Explanation":"Definition: rear\n([yo]U RETURN)"}
-{"Clue":"Shining example of slogan encouraging more criminals? (6)","Answer":"BEACON","Explanation":"Definition: Shining example\nTe slogan is \"BE A CON\""}
-{"Clue":"Order grinder attached to front of cement mixer (10)","Answer":"COMPOUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: mixer\nC[ement] + OM (Order of Merit) + POUNDER (grinder)"}
-{"Clue":"A new party shed clothes charity (7)","Answer":"HANDOUT","Explanation":"Definition: charity\nA N DO in (clothed by) HUT"}
-{"Clue":"Podiatrists do it, scrubbing heels for service charge (4,3)","Answer":"STUD FEE","Explanation":"Definition: service charge\nSTUDY FEET (what podiatrists do) minus the last letters (\"heels\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fair Sally worked with her in 4 (4)","Answer":"AUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Fair Sally\nA composite anagram (as often found in Azed), with the extra complication of a cross reference. UNEARTH (4d) is an anagram (worked with) of HER + AUNT. Aunt Sally is a traditional fairground game"}
-{"Clue":"Test French pupil with puzzle? It's not on (6-4)","Answer":"ELEVEN-PLUS","Explanation":"Definition: Test\nELEVE (French for \"pupil\") + NONPLUS less ON"}
-{"Clue":"Plump lady's architect (6)","Answer":"FATHER","Explanation":"Definition: architect\nFAT HER \u2013 one of several relationships that are not cross-referenced to 9d"}
-{"Clue":"A very loud one upset tiny singular 9 (8)","Answer":"AFFINITY","Explanation":"Definition: singular 9\nA FF I + TINY"}
-{"Clue":"Floor cleaner preserves one framed canvas (9)","Answer":"DECKCHAIR","Explanation":"Definition: framed canvas\nDECK (to floor, knock out) + I in CHAR (cleaner)"}
-{"Clue":"Irish veto banking issue in Glasgow (5)","Answer":"BAIRN","Explanation":"Definition: issue in Glasgow\nIR in (\"banked by\") BAN"}
-{"Clue":"Kid's mum's nurse (5)","Answer":"NANNY","Explanation":"Definition: nurse\nDouble definition, the kid's mum being a nanny goat"}
-{"Clue":"10 across represented forebears (9)","Answer":"ANCESTORS","Explanation":"Definition: forebears\n(TEN ACROSS)* \u2013 nice anagram, nice misdirection"}
-{"Clue":"Public path said to be superior (8)","Answer":"OUTWEIGH","Explanation":"Definition: to be superior\nOUT (public) + homophone of \"way\""}
-{"Clue":"Firm briefly employing 1 of 9 (6)","Answer":"COUSIN","Explanation":"Definition: 1 of 9\nCO USIN[g]"}
-{"Clue":"Man's bulge gets very soft in water (5,5)","Answer":"ADAM\u2019S APPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Man's bulge\nPP in ADAM'S ALE (water)"}
-{"Clue":"John gathers large group with 9 (4)","Answer":"CLAN","Explanation":"Definition: group with 9\nL in CAN (slang for toilet, as is \"john\")"}
-{"Clue":"King George with his mother and her mother (7)","Answer":"GRANDMA","Explanation":"Definition: her mother\nGR AND MA"}
-{"Clue":"Classic Stones on stage were stripped (2,5)","Answer":"ST LEGER","Explanation":"Definition: Classic\nST[ones] + LEG (stage) + [w]ER[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Essentially, pulp in a fruit gets flatter (7)","Answer":"ADULATE","Explanation":"Definition: flatter\n[p]UL[p] in DATE"}
-{"Clue":"Wife's job finishes early at church (5)","Answer":"DUTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Wife\nDUT[y] + CH"}
-{"Clue":"Find caribou near these borders (7)","Answer":"UNEARTH","Explanation":"Definition: Find\nHidden in cariboU NEAR THese"}
-{"Clue":"Drive opponent over into grass (3,3)","Answer":"TEE OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Drive\nReverse of FOE in TEF, an Ethiopian grass, which I hadn't heard of, but \"it had to be that\""}
-{"Clue":"Minor secretary kept goal during depression (9)","Answer":"DEPENDANT","Explanation":"Definition: Minor\nEND in PA in DENT"}
-{"Clue":"English paper's redhead dropped? No latitude there! (7)","Answer":"EQUATOR","Explanation":"Definition: No latitude there\nE + QUARTO with the R moved to the bottom (\"dropped\")"}
-{"Clue":"Loves displaying oriental craft (13)","Answer":"RELATIONSHIPS","Explanation":"Definition: Loves\nORIENTAL* + SHIPS (craft), and there are several examples of relationships in other answers"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps 10 winks stirred old chap (9)","Answer":"KINSWOMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps 10\nWINKS* + O MAN. An aunt is an example of a kinswoman"}
-{"Clue":"Split a tabloid's article for Berliner (7)","Answer":"ASUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: Split\nA + SUN (tabloid newspaper) + DER (German \"the\" \u2013 definite article)"}
-{"Clue":"Renew the case for old reversion of property (7)","Answer":"ESCHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: old reversion of property\n(THE CASE)*. Escheat is \"a common law doctrine which transfers the property of a person who dies without heirs to the crown or state.\""}
-{"Clue":"Rule doesn't end at entrance to Esher (Surrey town) (7)","Answer":"REIGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Surrey town\nREIG[n] + AT + E[sher]"}
-{"Clue":"Win over Germany is a romp, oddly (6)","Answer":"DISARM","Explanation":"Definition: Win over\nD (Germany) + IS + A + odd letters of RoMp"}
-{"Clue":"Obscure Arab ignored 1 of 9 (5)","Answer":"UNCLE","Explanation":"Definition: 1 of 9\nUNCLEAR less AR"}
-{"Clue":"Jack's final intimation of leaving TV show? (4,5)","Answer":"BLUE PETER","Explanation":"Definition: Jack's final intimation of leaving\nDouble definition \u2013 the Blue Peter is a flag shown by ships (crewed by Jack Tars) that are about to leave port, and the long-running children's TV programme"}
-{"Clue":"Employer rejected CV, giving me the sack (4)","Answer":"USER","Explanation":"Definition: Employer\nReverse of RESUME minus ME"}
-{"Clue":"He can't stand either parent losing capital on horse (5)","Answer":"HATER","Explanation":"Definition: He can't stand\nH (horse = heroin) + [M]ATER or [P]ATER"}
-{"Clue":"Nan led astray by dreadful pun (not intended) (9)","Answer":"UNPLANNED","Explanation":"Definition: not intended\nPUN* + (NAN LED)"}
-{"Clue":"Drink, or where you might buy trendy one (7)","Answer":"MARTINI","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\nMART (where you might buy) + IN (trendy) + I"}
-{"Clue":"Registers failing to show separate A&E charges (7)","Answer":"INDICTS","Explanation":"Definition: charges\nINDICATES less A and E (from different parts of the word, hence \"separate\")"}
-{"Clue":"Relationship that might make you somewhat on edge? (1,3,2,3,4)","Answer":"A BIT ON THE SIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Relationship\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Technical game transformed global problem (7,6)","Answer":"CLIMATE CHANGE","Explanation":"Definition: global problem\n(TECHNICAL GAME)"}
-{"Clue":"Prince joins queen in dance \u2014 it appears out of order (7)","Answer":"PREQUEL","Explanation":"Definition: it appears out of order\nP + QU in REEL"}
-{"Clue":"Launch scheme (7)","Answer":"PROJECT","Explanation":"Definition: Launch\nDouble definition (which a different syllable stressed in each meaning)"}
-{"Clue":"Maiden possibly left port with too much luggage (9)","Answer":"OVERLADEN","Explanation":"Definition: with too much luggage\nOVER (e.g. a maiden over in cricket) + L + ADEN"}
-{"Clue":"Dress down for Sunday lunch? (5)","Answer":"ROAST","Explanation":"Definition: Dress down\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Speaker's trounced a second-rater (4)","Answer":"BETA","Explanation":"Definition: second-rater\nHomophone of \"beat a\""}
-{"Clue":"Rebel is transported East in doctor's care (9)","Answer":"DISSENTER","Explanation":"Definition: Rebel\nIS SENT E in DR"}
-{"Clue":"Abandoning convention, throw him a bone (8)","Answer":"BOHEMIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Abandoning convention\n(HIM A BONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Unopened club's complete (5)","Answer":"UTTER","Explanation":"Definition: complete\nPUTTER (golf club) minus its first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Engaged in crime, I'm going in devoutly, giving little away (14)","Answer":"PARSIMONIOUSLY","Explanation":"Definition: giving little away\nI'M in ARSON, all in PIOUSLY"}
-{"Clue":"Visitor to ancient city isn't short of money, essentially (7)","Answer":"TOURIST","Explanation":"Definition: Visitor\nTO + UR (of the Chaldees, birthplace of Abraham and the crossworder's favourite ancient city) + ISN'T less the middle (\"essential\") letter of moNey"}
-{"Clue":"Traveller, not quite the best, turning turtle perhaps (7)","Answer":"REPTILE","Explanation":"Definition: turtle perhaps\nREP (commercial traveller) + reverse of ELIT[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Star considered claiming credit for skin lotion (9)","Answer":"SUNSCREEN","Explanation":"Definition: skin lotion\nSUN (star) + CR in SEEN"}
-{"Clue":"Ingredient of salads I'd served up in quick succession (6)","Answer":"RADISH","Explanation":"Definition: Ingredient of salads\nReverse of I'D in RASH (a quick succession of events)"}
-{"Clue":"How workers may study an example of sporting links? (8,6)","Answer":"SANDWICH COURSE","Explanation":"Definition: How workers may study\nDouble definition \u2013 the town of Sandwich, Kent has a number of famous golf courses"}
-{"Clue":"Harsh little measure supported by pope at one time (9)","Answer":"INCLEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Harsh\nIN[ch] + CLEMENT (any of a number of popes)"}
-{"Clue":"Willing person put up timetable after trial (8)","Answer":"TESTATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Willing person\nTEST + reverse of ROTA"}
-{"Clue":"Boring article in review by editor provided a reference (7)","Answer":"ALLUDED","Explanation":"Definition: provided a reference\nReverse of DULL A + ED"}
-{"Clue":"First wife is in the offing, getting forks out (7)","Answer":"EXPENDS","Explanation":"Definition: forks out\nEX + PENDS (i.e. is pending)"}
-{"Clue":"Second record secured by graduate raised self-assurance (6)","Answer":"APLOMB","Explanation":"Definition: self-assurance\nReverse of MO (moment, second) + LP in BA"}
-{"Clue":"\"Bring back corporal punishment\" \u2014 tyrant's first decree (5)","Answer":"ENACT","Explanation":"Definition: decree\nReverse of CANE + T[yrant]"}
-{"Clue":"Stand by, I'm near plastic vessel (9)","Answer":"SUBMARINE","Explanation":"Definition: vessel\nSUB (substitute, stand by) + (I'M NEAR)"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzle introduction needs no PR (5)","Answer":"ELUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Puzzle\nPRELUDE less PR"}
-{"Clue":"University principal's first article is ideal (7)","Answer":"UTOPIAN","Explanation":"Definition: ideal\nU + TOP (principal) + I (first) + AN (article)"}
-{"Clue":"Subject's gradable problem? D minus (7)","Answer":"ALGEBRA","Explanation":"Definition: Subject\nGRADABLE* less D"}
-{"Clue":"Church and evangelical youth leaders welcome bishops (5)","Answer":"ABBEY","Explanation":"Definition: Church\nBB in A[nd] E[vangelical] Y[outh]"}
-{"Clue":"I heard dancing about the finale of Fred and Ginger (3-6)","Answer":"RED-HAIRED","Explanation":"Definition: Ginger\n(I HEARD)* + RE (about) + [Fre]D"}
-{"Clue":"Her rebukes in bed regarding the drapes? (7,8)","Answer":"CURTAIN LECTURES","Explanation":"Definition: Her rebukes in bed\nCryptic definition, or sesquidef (def. + hint) \u2013 a curtain lecture is \"a lecture or reproof given in private, *esp* in bed by a woman to her husband\" I'd never heard of this and would have appreciated some more helpful wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Clergy with their heads in the clouds? (3,6)","Answer":"SKY PILOTS","Explanation":"Definition: Clergy\nAnother sesquidef, though a more familiar expression (to me) this time"}
-{"Clue":"With little money, save Scrabble tiles (5)","Answer":"PAVES","Explanation":"Definition: tiles\nP (penny, little money) + SAVE"}
-{"Clue":"Lots? No, one wave (7)","Answer":"SOLITON","Explanation":"Definition: Lots? No, one wave\n(LOTS NO I)* &lit \u2013 rather ingenious, as a soliton is a \"solitary wave\""}
-{"Clue":"Back up to enter river, otherwise drive back (7)","Answer":"REPULSE","Explanation":"Definition: drive back\nUP< in R ELSE"}
-{"Clue":"Noodles sound fishy (5)","Answer":"UDONS","Explanation":"Definition: Noodles\nSOUND* \u2013 I'm familiar with the Japanese type of noodle, but I don't think I've ever seen this plural form and I'm not sure how acceptable it is"}
-{"Clue":"Report from small gallery: \"Oh no! Monet's been vandalised\" (9)","Answer":"STATEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Report\nS + TATE + MONET* less O \u2013 homophone of \"Oh\", or perhaps just a variant?"}
-{"Clue":"Can Russia's assembly revoke independence to protect energy guarantees? (10)","Answer":"ASSURANCES","Explanation":"Definition: guarantees\nE in (CAN RUSSIA'S) less I"}
-{"Clue":"Sponge recipe accepted by sailor, not drunk (8)","Answer":"ABSORBER","Explanation":"Definition: Sponge\nR in AB + SOBER"}
-{"Clue":"Reason isn't a substitute to ask \"why?\" (6)","Answer":"SANITY","Explanation":"Definition: Reason\n(ISN'T A)* + Y (homophone of \"why\" \u2013 indicated by \"ask\", I suppose)"}
-{"Clue":"Priestess consumed by large, northern animal (4)","Answer":"LION","Explanation":"Definition: animal\nIO (a priestess in Greek mythology) in L N"}
-{"Clue":"Without consideration, no matter what (10)","Answer":"REGARDLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Without consideration\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"He gets near battle (8)","Answer":"SERGEANT","Explanation":"Definition: He gets near battle\n(HE GETS NEAR)* \u2013 another clever &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Ball keeping low loses golf games (6)","Answer":"RUBBER","Explanation":"Definition: games\nGRUBBER (aka \"grub kick\", \"a kick which sends the ball low along the ground\") less G[olf]. A rubber is a set of Games in Bridge"}
-{"Clue":"Eat crackers after strong cheese (4)","Answer":"FETA","Explanation":"Definition: cheese\nF (forte, strong) + EAT"}
-{"Clue":"Actor's fury? Parts with bad unpredictability (10)","Answer":"RANDOMNESS","Explanation":"Definition: unpredictability\n[Marlon] BRANDO + MADNESS (fury), less (\"parting with\") B and AD. Very ingenious, but maybe the fact that BAD has to be split before removal needs to be indicated more clearly"}
-{"Clue":"Covers performances about good man and woman (4,6)","Answer":"DUST SHEETS","Explanation":"Definition: Covers\nST + SHE in DUETS."}
-{"Clue":"Process dictates rigorous appraisal (4,4)","Answer":"ACID TEST","Explanation":"Definition: rigorous appraisal\nDICTATES"}
-{"Clue":"Minister's mistress raises gun: \u2026 (8)","Answer":"REVOLVER","Explanation":"Definition: gun\nReverse of the minister's mistress, who is a REV-LOVER"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 \"It's cowardly to cry over wife\" (6)","Answer":"YELLOW","Explanation":"Definition: cowardly\nYELL + O + W"}
-{"Clue":"Look over pressure with power shower (6)","Answer":"PEPPER","Explanation":"Definition: shower\nP (pressure) P (power) in PEER. \"Shower\" as in \"shower of bullets\" etc"}
-{"Clue":"Immortal music? (4)","Answer":"SOUL","Explanation":"Definition: Immortal\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Children's author's first to abandon Latin course (4)","Answer":"ROAD","Explanation":"Definition: course\nROALD [Dahl], less L"}
-{"Clue":"Ayatollah's given it a bit of a twang (5)","Answer":"FATWA","Explanation":"Definition: Ayatollah's given it\nHidden in oF A TWAng"}
-{"Clue":"Star turning out in XI, as announced in house and grounds (4,5)","Answer":"LAST DREGS","Explanation":"Definition: grounds\nSTAR in LEGS (\"legs eleven\" is a call in Bingo or House)"}
-{"Clue":"Jockey on, own up to starter (3,3,4)","Answer":"WON TON SOUP","Explanation":"Definition: starter\n(ON OWN UP TO)"}
-{"Clue":"Low-down agents (1-3)","Answer":"G-MEN","Explanation":"Definition: agents\nGEN = information, low-down"}
-{"Clue":"After game, a yob goes where the best action is (9)","Answer":"GOALMOUTH","Explanation":"Definition: where the best action is\nGO + A LOUT"}
-{"Clue":"Genesis et seq describing swinging lives after death! (5)","Answer":"OBITS","Explanation":"Definition: lives after death\nBI in OT"}
-{"Clue":"Wind, lashing, catches skirt (6)","Answer":"DIRNDL","Explanation":"Definition: skirt\nHidden in wIND Lashing"}
-{"Clue":"Nervously impulsive? Lou and Anne in a stormy engagement (8)","Answer":"NEURONAL","Explanation":"Definition: Nervously impulsive\n(LOU ANNE)"}
-{"Clue":"Irrationality of uniform when seen in the light? (8)","Answer":"UNREASON","Explanation":"Definition: Irrationality\nU + AS in NEON"}
-{"Clue":"Make issue No 50 (6)","Answer":"COMPEL","Explanation":"Definition: Make\nCOME (issue) + L"}
-{"Clue":"His Stars and Stripes is typically American (5)","Answer":"SOUSA","Explanation":"Definition: His Stars and Stripes is typically American\nSO US. There's a story to the effect that John Philip Sousa (the \"March King\", composer of \"The Stars and Stripes Forever\") was originally called \"So\", and that he added \"USA\" to the name for patriotic and\/or commercial reasons (various other versons of the story also exist), but there is no truth in it."}
-{"Clue":"Power strangely missed around gym (9)","Answer":"DESPOTISM","Explanation":"Definition: Power\nPT in MISSED"}
-{"Clue":"Excuse me a trim (4)","Answer":"AHEM","Explanation":"Definition: Excuse me\nA HEM"}
-{"Clue":"One's suffering from scabies, splitting sides (2,8)","Answer":"IN STITCHES","Explanation":"Definition: splitting sides\nI'S ITCHES"}
-{"Clue":"Import dubiously, as one who says \"I'm the Greatest!\" (Clay) (7,2)","Answer":"SMUGGLE IN","Explanation":"Definition: Import dubiously\nSMUG + GLEI"}
-{"Clue":"Principal track that\"s only for the audience to hear? (5)","Answer":"ASIDE","Explanation":"Definition: that\"s only for the audience to hear\nThe A-SIDE of a record is its \"principal track\""}
-{"Clue":"Past success in abundance (1,4)","Answer":"A GOGO","Explanation":"Definition: in abundance\nAGO + GO"}
-{"Clue":"Loosening belts, knew no sports (3,8)","Answer":"WET BLANKETS","Explanation":"Definition: no sports\n(BELTS KNEW)"}
-{"Clue":"Up to nothing, heading north? (5)","Answer":"AFOOT","Explanation":"Definition: Up\nReverse of TO FA"}
-{"Clue":"Miscopy text up, admitting this? (4)","Answer":"TYPO","Explanation":"Definition: Miscopy text up, admitting this\nHidden in reverse of miscOPY Text, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Wrap for travelling in hold of Jason's ship (3)","Answer":"RUG","Explanation":"Definition: Wrap for travelling\nJason's ship was the ARGO, of which the \"hold\" might be RG"}
-{"Clue":"Barking anger about projected leaving time? One \u2026 could be! (5,4)","Answer":"GREAT DANE","Explanation":"Definition: One \u2026 could be\nETD in ANGER"}
-{"Clue":"Discovered consulting diverse subject inventory (5,4)","Answer":"UNION LIST","Explanation":"Definition: subject inventory\nAnagram of [C]ONSULTIN[G] less its outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy Tom is among good friends (hag-ridden Poles) (11)","Answer":"BROOMSTICKS","Explanation":"Definition: hag-ridden Poles\nTOM* in BRICKS"}
-{"Clue":"Passionate about makers of delight, love filling something cheeky and vintage up (9)","Answer":"TURCOPHIL","Explanation":"Definition: Passionate about makers of delight\nO in reverse of LIP + CRU"}
-{"Clue":"Beefy chap, I stand up and cuff the two of them (3,6)","Answer":"IAN BOTHAM","Explanation":"Definition: Beefy\n~~BOTH in I + reverse of MAN, I presume, though I can't really justify MAN=stand.~~ *Thanks to bridgesong for the correction: BOTH in reverse of MAN (chap) + I*. \"Beefy\" was (and I suppose still is) the nickname of the cricketer Ian Botham"}
-{"Clue":"Bread baked by Indian grandmother, one in news (3)","Answer":"NAN","Explanation":"Definition: Bread baked by Indian\nA in N+N and three definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Part played by countess in composition by Delibes? (5)","Answer":"ESSAI","Explanation":"Definition: composition by Delibes\nHIdden in countESS In \u2013 \"essai\" is what the French composer L\u00e9o Delibes (probably most famous now for the Flower Duet from his opera *Lakm\u00e9*) would call an essay or composition"}
-{"Clue":"Time and energy invested in Blue Place (5)","Answer":"STEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Place\nT E in SAD"}
-{"Clue":"Young woman resident in Stirlingshire (4)","Answer":"GIRL","Explanation":"Definition: Young woman\nHidden in stIRLingshire"}
-{"Clue":"Attack simpleton or face exam (3)","Answer":"MUG","Explanation":"Definition: Attack\nFour definitions \u2013 I was unsure about \"exam\", but Chambers gives it, related to the expression \"mug up\", meaning to swot for an exam"}
-{"Clue":"Outstanding old part of a building (5)","Answer":"OWING","Explanation":"Definition: Outstanding\nO + WING"}
-{"Clue":"Metal key used by the cook (3-6)","Answer":"TIN-OPENER","Explanation":"Definition: Metal key used by the cook\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Reptile snarling at gorilla (9)","Answer":"ALLIGATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Reptile\n(AT GORILLA)"}
-{"Clue":"Treatise closely followed, we hear (5)","Answer":"TRACT","Explanation":"Definition: Treatise\nHomophone of \"tracked\""}
-{"Clue":"A short distance covered by light aircraft or jumbo in the past (7)","Answer":"MAMMOTH","Explanation":"Definition: jumbo in the past\nA MM (millimetre) in MOTH"}
-{"Clue":"Produced admitted superiority (7)","Answer":"YIELDED","Explanation":"Definition: Produced\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Opinion one can always go back on? (5)","Answer":"TENET","Explanation":"Definition: Opinion\nPalindrome"}
-{"Clue":"It's evacuated during shelling (3)","Answer":"POD","Explanation":"Definition: It's evacuated during shelling\nCryptic definition, referring to the shelling of pea pods"}
-{"Clue":"Exclude use of foreign lawyers (5)","Answer":"DEBAR","Explanation":"Definition: Exclude\nDE (\"of\" in French) + BAR (lawyers)"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble with fog in vessel seeking shark (7)","Answer":"DOGFISH","Explanation":"Definition: shark\nFOG* in DISH"}
-{"Clue":"Many tease girl about being a slowcoach (7)","Answer":"LAGGARD","Explanation":"Definition: slowcoach\nReverse of D (500) + RAG GAL"}
-{"Clue":"New or old slaver (5)","Answer":"DROOL","Explanation":"Definition: slaver\n(OR OLD)"}
-{"Clue":"River seen swirling backwards (2,7)","Answer":"IN REVERSE","Explanation":"Definition: backwards\n(RIVER SEEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Port for mother after morning rest, perhaps (9)","Answer":"AMSTERDAM","Explanation":"Definition: Port\nAM + REST* + DAM"}
-{"Clue":"Bad habits that are difficult to get out of (5)","Answer":"VICES","Explanation":"Definition: Bad habits\nDouble definition (the second being the woodworker's tool)"}
-{"Clue":"Notes seating is provided (4)","Answer":"SOFA","Explanation":"Definition: seating\nSO + FA (notes in Tonic Sol-fa)"}
-{"Clue":"Firm, lean sort of soldier (8)","Answer":"RIFLEMAN","Explanation":"Definition: soldier\n(FIRM LEAN)"}
-{"Clue":"Eager to go up after a key (4)","Answer":"AGOG","Explanation":"Definition: Eager\nA G (a key, in music) + reverse of GO"}
-{"Clue":"Swindle to reduce the rent? (6,2)","Answer":"STITCH UP","Explanation":"Definition: Swindle\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"rent\" is a tear, which could be repaired by sewing"}
-{"Clue":"Green Party finally contrived to get power (6)","Answer":"ENERGY","Explanation":"Definition: power\n(GREEN [part]Y)"}
-{"Clue":"Pudding is seen to follow after (7,3)","Answer":"SPOTTED DOG","Explanation":"Definition: Pudding\nSPOTTED (seen) + DOG (follow) \u2013 a less-familiar (to me) variant of spotted dick"}
-{"Clue":"Like marquetry with fashionable Dali design (6)","Answer":"INLAID","Explanation":"Definition: Like marquetry\nIN (fashionable) + DALI"}
-{"Clue":"Key pattern on a guitar? (4)","Answer":"FRET","Explanation":"Definition: Key pattern on a guitar\nCryptic definition, I suppose, as the frets on a guitar let the player play in various keys. Does anyone have a better explanation?"}
-{"Clue":"Got together, after a final check (5)","Answer":"MATED","Explanation":"Definition: Got together\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"final check\" being in chess"}
-{"Clue":"One who is deep in the letters of Freud and Eliot (10)","Answer":"OUTFIELDER","Explanation":"Definition: One who is deep\n(FREUD ELIOT)* \u2013 cricketing reference"}
-{"Clue":"Ventured again to take father out (5)","Answer":"DARED","Explanation":"Definition: Ventured\nRE (again) in DAD"}
-{"Clue":"Barrels found around ancient dumps (8)","Answer":"DOLDRUMS","Explanation":"Definition: dumps\nOLD in DRUMS"}
-{"Clue":"Live a moment with Dante's love (8)","Answer":"BEATRICE","Explanation":"Definition: Dante's love\nBE A TRICE \u2013 Beatrice Portinari was the poet Dante's muse and (unrequited?) love"}
-{"Clue":"Get up after midnight and complain (6)","Answer":"GROUSE","Explanation":"Definition: complain\nMiddle letter of niGht + ROUSE"}
-{"Clue":"Bob all set for musical party? (4-2)","Answer":"HAIR-DO","Explanation":"Definition: Bob\nHAIR (musical) + DO (party)"}
-{"Clue":"Board of Trade? (4)","Answer":"DEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Board\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Violet and Virginia in oral exam (4)","Answer":"VIVA","Explanation":"Definition: oral exam\nVI + VA"}
-{"Clue":"Relax! Take a seat inside! (4)","Answer":"EASE","Explanation":"Definition: Relax\nHidden in takE A SEat"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely reclusive Irish writer expresses delight (7)","Answer":"REJOICE","Explanation":"Definition: delight\nR[eclusiv]E + homophone of [James] Joyce. Nutmeg has already commented on the Guardian site that \"expresses\" here should be \"expressed\". I was worried about rejoice=delight, but I think it works as a verb \u2013 \"delight in\" = \"rejoice in\""}
-{"Clue":"Pop chides unruly issue at last (7)","Answer":"DEHISCE","Explanation":"Definition: Pop\nCHIDES* + [issu]E. A clear clue for a rather obscure word; its main meaning is botanilca, referring to the bursting of seed pods"}
-{"Clue":"Announcement of 3.15 warning for statesman? (6,3,4,2,5)","Answer":"BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH","Explanation":"Definition: warning for statesman\nDouble definition \u2013 3.15 (in the American style) is the 15th or Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar was warned about by the soothsayer. I got this answer early on, which helped with the clues linked to MARCH at 9, but didn't make them complete write-ins."}
-{"Clue":"Goes off air across Ohio and stops speaker being heard (6,4)","Answer":"SHOUTS DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: stops speaker being heard\nO in SHUTS DOWN. Ohio is more usually OH, but Chambers gives O as another abbreviation for it"}
-{"Clue":"Creature that hops and runs in state of uncertainty (4)","Answer":"FROG","Explanation":"Definition: Creature that hops\nR in FOG"}
-{"Clue":"Worthy at one time to go round square to 9 with banners (11)","Answer":"ALDERMASTON","Explanation":"Definition: 9 with banners\nS TO in ALDERMAN \u2013 a worthy \"at one time\" because, as I didn't realise, this office was abolished in 1974 (or 1978 in London). The marchers at Aldermaston not only carried actual banners, but wanted to **Ban** the Bomb."}
-{"Clue":"Getting too much coverage or too little? (11)","Answer":"OVEREXPOSED","Explanation":"Definition: Getting too much coverage or too little\nA double definition wrapped up into one"}
-{"Clue":"Tedious section of reading no listener recalled (4)","Answer":"LONG","Explanation":"Definition: Tedious\nHidden in reverse of readinG NO Listerner"}
-{"Clue":"Result of everyone constantly indulging versatile player? (3-7)","Answer":"ALL-ROUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: versatile player\nDouble definition \u2013 if everyone indulges (in food and drink) then ALL will be ROUNDER"}
-{"Clue":"Sulks, going back on silly person's 9 (9)","Answer":"GOOSESTEP","Explanation":"Definition: 9\nGOOSE + STEP"}
-{"Clue":"Dishonourable duke put in a permanent place (5)","Answer":"BASED","Explanation":"Definition: put in a permanent place\nBASE (dishonourable) + D[uke]"}
-{"Clue":"Very small transmitter left inside (7)","Answer":"SLENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Very small\nL in SENDER"}
-{"Clue":"Case of failure in sensational comeback calamitous for poet (7)","Answer":"DIREFUL","Explanation":"Definition: calamitous for poet\n\"Case\", i.e. outside letters, of F[ailur]E in LURID, all reversed. Again a slightly obscure word (labelled \"poetic\" in Chambers), but easily gettable"}
-{"Clue":"Sloppy, rather emotional leaders current in papers (6)","Answer":"REMISS","Explanation":"Definition: Sloppy\nR[ather] E[motional] + I (symbol for electric current) in MSS (manuscripts, papers)"}
-{"Clue":"Disagree and dispute origin of 9 (6)","Answer":"JARROW","Explanation":"Definition: origin of 9\nJAR (disagree) + ROW (dispute) for the starting point of a famous march"}
-{"Clue":"Another wait without a ground for it? (2,3,5)","Answer":"IN HOT WATER","Explanation":"Definition: for it\n(ANOTHER WAIT)* less A"}
-{"Clue":"Setter pulled up part of garden plant (5)","Answer":"EMBED","Explanation":"Definition: plant\nReverse of ME (setter) + BED"}
-{"Clue":"Lower Guardian's charges after declining (9)","Answer":"DOWNWARDS","Explanation":"Definition: declining\nDOWN (lower) + WARDS (people in the charge of guardians)"}
-{"Clue":"One 16 stopping another in race (4)","Answer":"HARE","Explanation":"Definition: race\nA pair of noble gases: AR (Argon) in HE (Helium)"}
-{"Clue":"Steep charge settled by university at the top (8)","Answer":"SATURATE","Explanation":"Definition: Steep\nSAT (settled) + U + RATE"}
-{"Clue":"Budding servicemen put up with toff (8)","Answer":"EMERGENT","Explanation":"Definition: Budding\nReverse of REME + GENT"}
-{"Clue":"No sailor's secure, with late reveller losing head (10)","Answer":"LANDLUBBER","Explanation":"Definition: No sailor\nLAND (secure) + L (late) + [P]UBBER"}
-{"Clue":"New politer ad needed for cosmetic cream (9)","Answer":"DEPILATOR","Explanation":"Definition: cosmetic cream\n(POLITER AD)"}
-{"Clue":"Unresponsive element of conversation among peers? (5,3)","Answer":"NOBLE GAS","Explanation":"Definition: Unresponsive element\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Head getting European support for runner, maybe (8)","Answer":"BEANPOLE","Explanation":"Definition: support for runner, maybe\nBEAN + POLE"}
-{"Clue":"9 fit for service? Check sound (6)","Answer":"BRIDAL","Explanation":"Definition: 9 fit for service\nHomophone of \"bridle\" (to check or restrain, as with a horse's bridle), and a Bridal March is played at a wedding service"}
-{"Clue":"Stern of ship blocking invasion fleet (5)","Answer":"RAPID","Explanation":"Definition: fleet\n[shi]P in RAID"}
-{"Clue":"Challenged right away, turning up late (4)","Answer":"DEAD","Explanation":"Definition: late\nReverse of DARED, less R"}
-{"Clue":"Give hunk of American a start in this game (7)","Answer":"CANASTA","Explanation":"Definition: game\nHidden in ameriCAN A STArt"}
-{"Clue":"Blundering American gets miserable discharge (3,4)","Answer":"SAD SACK","Explanation":"Definition: Blundering American\nSAD (miserable) + SACK (discharge). \"A person who seems to attract mishap and disaster; a misfit.\" says Chambers"}
-{"Clue":"Cheekier Italian painter meets the Queen (7)","Answer":"LIPPIER","Explanation":"Definition: Cheekier\nLIPPI + ER"}
-{"Clue":"Captivate, using central part of men's chorus (7)","Answer":"ENCHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Captivate\nMiddle of mEN's + CHANT (chorus)"}
-{"Clue":"Fungal disease found in a dangerous place (5,4)","Answer":"BLACK SPOT","Explanation":"Definition: Fungal disease\nBLACK (dangerous) + SPOT (place); Black spot affects roses"}
-{"Clue":"Deer making animal noises with force (5)","Answer":"MOOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Deer\nMOOS + E for energy; it may be that energy = force in informal usage, but if you're going to use the scientific abbreviation (as in e = mc2) then it seems to me that the equivalence is not valid"}
-{"Clue":"Draw attention to end of leg seen in the altogether (5)","Answer":"NUDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw attention\n[le]G in NUDE"}
-{"Clue":"Remains with port on top of sideboard (9)","Answer":"LEFTOVERS","Explanation":"Definition: Remains\nLEFT (port) + OVER (on) + S[ideboard]"}
-{"Clue":"Displays what Latin teacher may do to class (9)","Answer":"SHOWCASES","Explanation":"Definition: Displays\nThe Latin teacher may SHOW the CASES of nouns to the class"}
-{"Clue":"Short announcer says: \"Get me back to the church on time, eventually!\" (5)","Answer":"EMCEE","Explanation":"Definition: Short announcer\nReverse of ME + CE + [tim]E \u2013 \"short\" because it's the spelling out of the abbreviation MC for Master of Ceremonies"}
-{"Clue":"Have some American cake, darling (5)","Answer":"ANGEL","Explanation":"Definition: American cake\nDouble definition; is angel cake really American?"}
-{"Clue":"\"Listen to the band\" is a slogan (9)","Answer":"CATCHLINE","Explanation":"Definition: slogan\nCATCH (listen to) + LINE (band, as in a band of colour, perhaps)"}
-{"Clue":"High-flyer takes one through rocky place (7)","Answer":"AVIATOR","Explanation":"Definition: High-flyer\nA (one) VIA TOR"}
-{"Clue":"Girl one way or another holds back material for the aerial (7)","Answer":"ANTENNA","Explanation":"Definition: aerial\nReverse of NET in ANNA (palindromic girl)"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet Sue needing drag, perhaps? (7)","Answer":"SUGARED","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\n(SUE DRAG)"}
-{"Clue":"Wicked king has his van repaired (7)","Answer":"KNAVISH","Explanation":"Definition: Wicked\nK + (HIS VAN)"}
-{"Clue":"Savage and deformed slave keeping a liberal in prison (7)","Answer":"CALIBAN","Explanation":"Definition: Savage and deformed slave\nA LIB in CAN. Caliban is described in *The Tempest* as \"A freckled whelp hag-born\u2014not honored with a human shape.\""}
-{"Clue":"Quick sleep and a round of applause after five wins in a row (3,4)","Answer":"NAP HAND","Explanation":"Definition: five wins in a row\nNAP + HAND"}
-{"Clue":"Persevere with criticism (5)","Answer":"STICK","Explanation":"Definition: Persevere\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Citadel produces a yield on bad soil (9)","Answer":"ACROPOLIS","Explanation":"Definition: Citadel\nA CROP + SOIL"}
-{"Clue":"You and I in group that's pleasant (5)","Answer":"SWEET","Explanation":"Definition: pleasant\nWE in SET"}
-{"Clue":"Hide half what Bach did? Rot! (9)","Answer":"DECOMPOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Rot\nHalf of hiDE + COMPOSE (as Bach did)"}
-{"Clue":"Single sailor gets seafood (7)","Answer":"ABALONE","Explanation":"Definition: seafood\nAB ALONE"}
-{"Clue":"Pets for nervous people? (7)","Answer":"KITTENS","Explanation":"Definition: Pets\nPeople acting nervously are said to be \"having kittens\""}
-{"Clue":"A lost race, wandering, has its ups and downs (9)","Answer":"ESCALATOR","Explanation":"Definition: has its ups and downs\n(A LOST RACE)"}
-{"Clue":"Rapid route for diet course (4,5)","Answer":"FAST TRACK","Explanation":"Definition: Rapid route\nFAST (diet) + TRACK (Course)"}
-{"Clue":"Swimmer with the deep voice? (3,4)","Answer":"SEA BASS","Explanation":"Definition: Swimmer\nA sesquidef, as Bass is a low voice"}
-{"Clue":"This is about departure in progress (7)","Answer":"ONGOING","Explanation":"Definition: in progress\nON (about) + GOING (departure)"}
-{"Clue":"Almost stylish, certainly not in favour of wine (7)","Answer":"CHIANTI","Explanation":"Definition: wine\nCHI[C] + ANTI"}
-{"Clue":"I, reportedly, stroke hair (7)","Answer":"EYELASH","Explanation":"Definition: hair\nEYE (homophone of \"I\") + LASH (stroke)"}
-{"Clue":"Made better with copper colour (5)","Answer":"CURED","Explanation":"Definition: Made better\nCU + RED"}
-{"Clue":"Rodent found in shed in Austria, originally (5)","Answer":"HUTIA","Explanation":"Definition: Rodent\nHUT + first letters of In Austria.Hutias are a family of rodents found in the Caribbean (as I didn't know)"}
-{"Clue":"Concealed behind books (6)","Answer":"LATENT","Explanation":"Concealed behind books (6)\nLATE (behind) + NT (New Testament)"}
-{"Clue":"Increase in position of shabby cinema (7)","Answer":"FLEAPIT","Explanation":"Definition: shabby cinema\nLEAP in FIT (position?)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish arrive for artisan (9)","Answer":"CARPENTER","Explanation":"Definition: artisan\nCARP + ENTER"}
-{"Clue":"Player fell after a collision, initially (5)","Answer":"ACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Player\nA C[ollision] + TOR (a hill or fell)"}
-{"Clue":"Stunning girl \u2014 heartless and lustful (9)","Answer":"GLAMOROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Stunning\nG[ir]L + AMOROUS"}
-{"Clue":"Girl's prompt meeting eastern fugitive (7)","Answer":"EVACUEE","Explanation":"Definition: fugitive\nEVA + CUE + E"}
-{"Clue":"Play with boy born in valley (6)","Answer":"DABBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Play\nB B in DALE"}
-{"Clue":"Footwear worn by English stars (6)","Answer":"BO\u00d6TES","Explanation":"Definition: stars\nE in BOOTS. Bo\u00f6tes is a constellation"}
-{"Clue":"Repairer retains bit of abdominal wind (7)","Answer":"MEANDER","Explanation":"Definition: wind\nA[bdominal] in MENDER \u2013 \"wind\" rhymes with \"mind\" for the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Standard is incessantly naive (9)","Answer":"EVERGREEN","Explanation":"Definition: Standard\nEVER + GREEN. The definition refers to an evergreen as a standard in the sense of a well-known song."}
-{"Clue":"Nationalist in Jamaica is an assassin (5)","Answer":"NINJA","Explanation":"Definition: assassin\nN + IN + JA"}
-{"Clue":"Knight enters sector of the battlefield (5)","Answer":"ARENA","Explanation":"Definition: battlefield\nN in AREA"}
-{"Clue":"I let Satan corrupt and torment (9)","Answer":"TANTALISE","Explanation":"Definition: torment\n(I LET SATAN)"}
-{"Clue":"Livingstone retained longing for the cookhouse (7)","Answer":"KITCHEN","Explanation":"Definition: cookhouse\nITCH in KEN (Livingstone, politician and former Mayor of London)"}
-{"Clue":"Mad Hatter in danger (6)","Answer":"THREAT","Explanation":"Definition: danger\nHATTER"}
-{"Clue":"Fail to detain one caught giving sweetener (7)","Answer":"LACTOSE","Explanation":"Definition: sweetener\nA CT in LOSE"}
-{"Clue":"Article about soldier's figure (5)","Answer":"THREE","Explanation":"Definition: figure\nRE in THE"}
-{"Clue":"Muse tends to be confused? It can't be helped! (5,4)","Answer":"NEEDS MUST","Explanation":"Definition: It can't be helped\n(MUSE TENDS)"}
-{"Clue":"Precocious footballer (7)","Answer":"FORWARD","Explanation":"Definition: Precocious\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Patron of the arts in That Riviera Touch (5)","Answer":"ERATO","Explanation":"Definition: Patron of the arts\nHidden in [that] riviERA TOuch. Erato is the Muse of lyric poetry. (That Riviera Touch was one of a couple of (not very good) films starring Morecambe and Wise)"}
-{"Clue":"Closely guarded pet tumbled over and over (9)","Answer":"PATROLLED","Explanation":"Definition: Closely guarded\nPAT (to touch lightly or to pet) + ROLLED"}
-{"Clue":"Squirm in Thursday's eruption (6)","Answer":"THRASH","Explanation":"Definition: Squirm\nTH + RASH"}
-{"Clue":"Egoist twirled cigar (6)","Answer":"STOGIE","Explanation":"Definition: cigar\nEGOIST"}
-{"Clue":"A manner people initially take for making amends (9)","Answer":"ATONEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: making amends\nA TONE+ MEN + T[ake]"}
-{"Clue":"Make one believe clothing's to be laundered (9)","Answer":"BRAINWASH","Explanation":"Definition: Make one believe\nThe BRA is IN the WASH. This reminds me of a famous winning &lit clue for the same word in the Azed competition: \"Bust down reason\""}
-{"Clue":"Pacify ten ewes in distress (7)","Answer":"SWEETEN","Explanation":"Definition: Pacify\n(TEN EWES)"}
-{"Clue":"Small car's no good in heavy industry (6)","Answer":"MINING","Explanation":"Definition: heavy industry\nMINI + N.G."}
-{"Clue":"Ruler ingests a compound that's active (7)","Answer":"REAGENT","Explanation":"Definition: compound that's active\nA in REGENT"}
-{"Clue":"Comment on evangelist (6)","Answer":"REMARK","Explanation":"Definition: Comment\nRE (on) MARK"}
-{"Clue":"German to criticise hard diagram (5)","Answer":"GRAPH","Explanation":"Definition: diagram\nG + RAP + H"}
-{"Clue":"Unworldly domestic's short of time (5)","Answer":"NAIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Unworldly\nNATIVE less T"}
-{"Clue":"Gas from wicked, heartless Tory, poor in speech (9)","Answer":"ACETYLENE","Explanation":"Definition: Gas\nACE (slang for \"good\", as is \"wicked\") + T[or]Y + \"lean\""}
-{"Clue":"What you need to do here is 2 28, 4 24 across, 14 27, 23 12 and 20 1 (5)","Answer":"SOLVE","Explanation":"Definition: What you need to do here\nThe word is made up from the \"head of State\", \"second in cOmmand\", first in Line\", \"centre of graVity\" and \"marE's tail\""}
-{"Clue":"Poem mostly about a girl (5)","Answer":"LYDIA","Explanation":"Definition: girl\nReverese of IDYL[L] + A"}
-{"Clue":"Made tender love very loudly, flushed after ecstasy (7)","Answer":"OFFERED","Explanation":"Definition: Made tender\nO + FF + E + RED"}
-{"Clue":"Duck eggs returned in sack, about to be served? (5,2,4)","Answer":"FIRST IN LINE","Explanation":"Definition: about to be served\nReverse of NIL (zero, duck) + NITS in FIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers here showing character (5)","Answer":"THETA","Explanation":"Definition: character\nSoldiers may be in THE T[erritorial] A[rmy] (now renamed as the Army Reserve in the UK, but there are others)"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of scale from tailless fish (3)","Answer":"SOL","Explanation":"Definition: Bit of scale\nSOL[e] \u2013 SOL is the fifth note of the musical scale, also known as soh or so"}
-{"Clue":"God of war has time to don armour in bit of cloud (5,4)","Answer":"MARE\u2019S TAIL","Explanation":"Definition: bit of cloud\nARES + T in MAIL. Cirrus clouds are sometimes known as \"mares' tails\", so I suppose a \"bit of cloud\" could be a single mare's tail (as is needed for the theme)"}
-{"Clue":"Redknapp, involved in scam, makes fuss (5-2)","Answer":"CARRY-ON","Explanation":"Definition: fuss\n[H]ARRY (Redknapp, cockney footballer and manager) in CON"}
-{"Clue":"Screw going round prison in fear (7)","Answer":"PANICKY","Explanation":"Definition: in fear\nNICK (prison) in PAY (screw is slang for salary or pay)"}
-{"Clue":"Mandarin is thus found in Washington? Almost (5)","Answer":"TONAL","Explanation":"Definition: Mandarin is thus\nHidden in washingTON ALmost. Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language, meaning that different words can have the same sounds but with different relative pitches"}
-{"Clue":"Instructions to batsman, causing some sort of accident (3-3-3)","Answer":"HIT-AND-RUN","Explanation":"Definition: some sort of accident\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe Hollande's foe had to reform, say (4,2,5)","Answer":"HEAD OF STATE","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe Hollande\n(FOE HAD)* + STATE \u2013 Hollande referring to the current President of France"}
-{"Clue":"Musical boy tucking into extremely mouldy brownie (2,4,4)","Answer":"MY FAIR LADY","Explanation":"Definition: Musical\nLAD in M[ould]Y FAIRY"}
-{"Clue":"Support wages getting cut? Damn terrible vice (6,2,7)","Answer":"SECOND IN COMMAND","Explanation":"Definition: vice\nSECOND (support) + INCOM[E] + DAMN"}
-{"Clue":"Destroying Gulf, even seeking to do harm (8)","Answer":"VENGEFUL","Explanation":"Definition: seeking to do harm\n(GULF EVEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Many countries like raising capital (4)","Answer":"ASIA","Explanation":"Definition: Many countries\nAS (like) + reverse of A1"}
-{"Clue":"Lane found in court by queen's secluded area (8)","Answer":"CLOISTER","Explanation":"Definition: secluded area\nLOIS (Lane, Superman's girlfriend) in CT + ER"}
-{"Clue":"What Molly Bloom said about snatching kiss is erotic (4)","Answer":"SEXY","Explanation":"Definition: erotic\nX in reverse of YES, a word that features prominently in the final chapter of James Joyce's *Ulysses*, which is a long, almost-unpunctuated stream-of-consciousness \"soliloquy\" by Molly Bloom"}
-{"Clue":"Concerned with seeing old photo, taking time (5)","Answer":"OPTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Concerned with seeing\nT in O PIC"}
-{"Clue":"Seaman admits hesitation in philosophical activity (10)","Answer":"RUMINATING","Explanation":"Definition: philosophical activity\nUM IN in RATING"}
-{"Clue":"English child brought up close to Dorothy Parker may be so (5)","Answer":"NOSEY","Explanation":"Definition: Parker may be so\nReverse of E SON + [Doroth]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Travelling troupe with car leaving piano player in Brussels (8)","Answer":"EUROCRAT","Explanation":"Definition: player in Brussels\n(TROUPE CAR)* less P"}
-{"Clue":"Get brown paper bag with no good article (8)","Answer":"SUNBATHE","Explanation":"Definition: Get brown\nSUN (newspaper) + BA[G] + THE"}
-{"Clue":"Games on a particular day could be footy (6)","Answer":"PEDATE","Explanation":"Definition: footy\nPE + DATE \u2013 footy is \"like a foot\"!"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal forgery in VAT etc? Force must act here! (6,2,7)","Answer":"CENTRE OF GRAVITY","Explanation":"Definition: Force must act here\n(FORGERY IN VAT ETC)"}
-{"Clue":"November 1st's around this month (4)","Answer":"INST","Explanation":"Definition: this month\nN[ovember] in 1ST, INST being short for \"instant\" as formerly used for \"this month\" in (usually business) letters; \"regarding yours of the 13th inst\u2026\""}
-{"Clue":"William gave Kate rank, ultimately they will inherit! (4)","Answer":"MEEK","Explanation":"Definition: they will inherit\nLast letters of williaM gavE katE ranK, and \"the meek shall inherit the earth\""}
-{"Clue":"Rye-occupant famously having shut up wife within, one anxious for work to end (12)","Answer":"CLOCK-WATCHER","Explanation":"Definition: one anxious for work to end\nLOCK (shut up) + W[ife] in CATCHER (in the Rye, as in the J D Salinger novel)"}
-{"Clue":"Given to ranting like fundamentalists (5)","Answer":"HAMAS","Explanation":"Definition: fundamentalists\nHAM (\"given to overacting or ranting\") + AS"}
-{"Clue":"Catfish with bread (or greens) for texture (4)","Answer":"WOOF","Explanation":"Definition: Catfish\nW + OOF (money, which \"bread\" and \"greens\" are both slang for) in between two definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Fragrant wood, one in hold of galleons at sea (9)","Answer":"LIGN-ALOES","Explanation":"Definition: Fragrant wood\nI in GALLEONS"}
-{"Clue":"Venomous arachnids monkey found in spongy plant (7)","Answer":"SOLPUGA","Explanation":"Definition: Venomous arachnids\nPUG (obsolete or dialect word for a monkey) in SOLA (aka Spongewood)"}
-{"Clue":"Where you'll find padrone reverse of snappy? (4)","Answer":"TRAT","Explanation":"Definition: Where you'll find padrone\nReverse of TART"}
-{"Clue":"Father of triplets no longer sad about AID going wrong? (8)","Answer":"TRIADIST","Explanation":"Definition: Father of triplets\nAID* in TRIST . A triadist is a composer of triads, a triad being, *inter alia* \"a group of three sayings, stories, etc\""}
-{"Clue":"Part of coarse catch (dead one)? (4)","Answer":"DACE","Explanation":"Definition: Part of coarse catch\nD + ACE \u2013 dace are caught by coarse fishermen"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient Cretan in love, entranced by partner? (6)","Answer":"MINOAN","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient Cretan\nIN O in MAN"}
-{"Clue":"'Vulgar', old label attached to redtop? (6)","Answer":"TAGRAG","Explanation":"Definition: Vulgar', old\nTAG + RAG (tabloid newspaper), the \"old\" being part of the defintion rather than attached to \"label\""}
-{"Clue":"Heroin or cocaine put in sink (4)","Answer":"SCAG","Explanation":"Definition: Heroin\nC in SAG"}
-{"Clue":"Wiseacres giving king no means of defence (8)","Answer":"KNOW-ALLS","Explanation":"Definition: Wiseacres\nK + NO WALLS"}
-{"Clue":"Dislodge bishop, one judging appeals etc (4)","Answer":"BUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Dislodge\nB + UMP (listed in Chambers as a word in its own right, short for \"umpire\")"}
-{"Clue":"First anthem, in time slowing down, about over (7)","Answer":"INTROIT","Explanation":"Definition: First anthem\nIN T + O in RIT"}
-{"Clue":"After MBE excited English clergyman turned all 'huggy' (8)","Answer":"EMBRACIVE","Explanation":"Definition: all 'huggy'\nMBE* + (E VICAR)<"}
-{"Clue":"Animals, millions, making loud continuous buzzing noise (4)","Answer":"ZOOM","Explanation":"Definition: loud continuous buzzing noise\nZOO + M"}
-{"Clue":"Pressure called for attack by bombers (5)","Answer":"PRANG","Explanation":"Definition: attack by bombers\nP + RANG (called) \u2013 RAF slang for a bombing attack"}
-{"Clue":"Turkish headgear? Such a thing a huge number turned up (6)","Answer":"CALPAC","Explanation":"Definition: Turkish headgear\nReverse of CAP (headgear) + LAC (also lakh, the number 100,000 in India etc). The alternative spelling KALPAK was, slightly controversially, clued in Azed 1868 as an indirect anagram of Jerome K Jerome's middle name, Klapka"}
-{"Clue":"Reprimand company of veterans after e.g. Ramillies (7)","Answer":"WIGGING","Explanation":"Definition: Reprimand\nWIG (Ramillies is a kind of wig) + GING (old word for a group or gang)"}
-{"Clue":"Pay for sepoy band concealed in their headscarves? (5)","Answer":"ANNAS","Explanation":"Definition: Pay for sepoy\nBANDANNAS (headscarves, from a Hindi word, though I associate it mainly with cowboys) with BAND \"concealed\". The Anna is an old crossword staple, being 1\/16 of a Rupee"}
-{"Clue":"The Old Couple? O, that's Restoration playwright (4)","Answer":"TWAY","Explanation":"Definition: The Old Couple\nO + TWAY gives [Thomas] Otway, a Restoration playwright"}
-{"Clue":"Metallic ore, colour brownish (6)","Answer":"COLTAN","Explanation":"Definition: Metallic ore\nCOL + TAN. Coincidentally I've just read an article about how the mining of the ore Coltan has been associated with some human rights violations and the funding of wars"}
-{"Clue":"Aussie cheers and loud laughter, English batsman twice identically found wanting (6)","Answer":"HOOROO","Explanation":"Definition: Aussie cheers\nHOOT (loud laughter) + ROOT (I presume this Yorkshire and England batsman, though I am no expert) both \"wanting\" their final T. HOOROO is Australian slang for \"goodbye\" (i.e. \"cheers\")"}
-{"Clue":"Trees covered in some lianas (5)","Answer":"MELIA","Explanation":"Definition: Trees\nHidden"}
-{"Clue":"Slapdash tailoring's not right for such an old coat (8)","Answer":"TAGLIONI","Explanation":"Definition: old coat\nTAILORING* less R"}
-{"Clue":"Isotope in Unio misguidedly swallowed by mother (7)","Answer":"MUONIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Isotope\nUNIO* in MUM. Muonium is an \"exotic atom\", like Hydrogen but with an antimuon instead of a proton, so (as I understand it) not strictly an isotope"}
-{"Clue":"Guy put in stiffeners for glutinous soups (6)","Answer":"GUMBOS","Explanation":"Definition: glutinous soups\nBO in GUMS"}
-{"Clue":"High-quality proofs making one more irritated when including page upside down (6)","Answer":"REPROS","Explanation":"Definition: High-quality proofs\nP in SORER<"}
-{"Clue":"Nurses err badly cutting body bag up (6)","Answer":"CARERS","Explanation":"Definition: Nurses\nERR* in SAC<"}
-{"Clue":"Farewell to one state, hail to another? Hotter in this possibly (5)","Answer":"ALOHA","Explanation":"Definition: Farewell to one state\nComposite anagram: (HAIL TO ANOTHER)* = HOTTER IN + ALOHA, and Aloha is a greeting or farewell in Hawaii"}
-{"Clue":"It's hard getting into delicate business opportunity (5)","Answer":"NICHE","Explanation":"Definition: business opportunity\nH in NICE"}
-{"Clue":"Weavers' fibre displayed in pyramids (4)","Answer":"RAMI","Explanation":"Definition: Weavers' fibre\nHidden"}
-{"Clue":"Armadillo, for example, has plate all round (6)","Answer":"ANIMAL","Explanation":"Armadillo, for example, has plate all round (6)\nReverse of LAMINA"}
-{"Clue":"Hesitated to have father taken advantage of (6)","Answer":"PAUSED","Explanation":"Hesitated to have father taken advantage of (6)\nPA + USED"}
-{"Clue":"In truth, she goes to the city (4)","Answer":"VERA","Explanation":"In truth, she goes to the city (4)\nA sort of reverse charade \u2013 VERA + CITY = truth"}
-{"Clue":"The acquisition of a favourable reputation (10)","Answer":"ACCEPTANCE","Explanation":"Definition: favourable reputation\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Not the first time (6)","Answer":"SECOND","Explanation":"Definition: time\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One who talks one round to composing some music (8)","Answer":"ORATORIO","Explanation":"One who talks one round to composing some music (8)\nORATOR + I (one) + O (round)"}
-{"Clue":"Space explorer's study? (9)","Answer":"ASTRONOMY","Explanation":"Space explorer's study? (9)\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dole out food, say? (4)","Answer":"METE","Explanation":"Dole out food, say? (4)\nHomophone of \"meat\""}
-{"Clue":"Small child to go out of control (4)","Answer":"SKID","Explanation":"Small child to go out of control (4)\nS + KID"}
-{"Clue":"Yet it might be the product of an active imagination (4,5)","Answer":"IDLE FANCY","Explanation":"Yet it might be the product of an active imagination (4,5)\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Blue-pencil our costs \u2014 being out of order (5,3)","Answer":"CROSS OUT","Explanation":"Blue-pencil our costs \u2014 being out of order (5,3)\n(OUR COSTS)"}
-{"Clue":"First of plants under\u00addeveloped, cut back (6)","Answer":"PRUNED","Explanation":"First of plants under\u00addeveloped, cut back (6)\nP + UNDER"}
-{"Clue":"Turkish baths, which flout union regulations? (10)","Answer":"SWEATSHOPS","Explanation":"Turkish baths, which flout union regulations? (10)\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Shut up firm having little work (4)","Answer":"COOP","Explanation":"Shut up firm having little work (4)\nCO + OP"}
-{"Clue":"Journalist taken aback by news of the country (6)","Answer":"SWEDEN","Explanation":"Journalist taken aback by news of the country (6)\nReverse of (ED in NEWS)"}
-{"Clue":"Notice gap coming in the church calendar (6)","Answer":"ADVENT","Explanation":"Notice gap coming in the church calendar (6)\nAD (notice) + VENT"}
-{"Clue":"Eternal theme of the beautician? (7)","Answer":"AGELESS","Explanation":"Eternal theme of the beautician? (7)\nThe beautician's clients want to AGE LESS"}
-{"Clue":"State aid distributed by the Home Office (5)","Answer":"IDAHO","Explanation":"State aid distributed by the Home Office (5)\nAID* + H.O."}
-{"Clue":"Leave a musical group \u2014 no making a comeback (7)","Answer":"ABANDON","Explanation":"Leave a musical group \u2014 no making a comeback (7)\nA BAND + reverse of NO"}
-{"Clue":"Beg for a retrial? (6)","Answer":"APPEAL","Explanation":"Definition: retrial\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Flattery works with EastEnders, say (4,5)","Answer":"SOAP OPERA","Explanation":"Flattery works with EastEnders, say (4,5)\nSOAP (flattery) + OPERA (works \u2013 plural of opus)"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to go through all the cases (7)","Answer":"DECLINE","Explanation":"Definition: go through all the cases\nDouble definition \u2013 those of us who learned Latin will remember declining nouns"}
-{"Clue":"Housing allowance (13)","Answer":"ACCOMMODATION","Explanation":"Definition: allowance\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Restore control, say (9)","Answer":"REINSTATE","Explanation":"Restore control, say (9)\nREIN (control) + STATE (say)"}
-{"Clue":"Lax hands act sycophantically on board (7)","Answer":"SCRAWLS","Explanation":"Lax hands act sycophantically on board (7)\nCRAWL in SS"}
-{"Clue":"Photographed out of doors? (7)","Answer":"EXPOSED","Explanation":"Definition: out of doors\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Smoked by the great man in bed (7)","Answer":"CHEROOT","Explanation":"Smoked by the great man in bed (7)\nHERO in COT"}
-{"Clue":"Figurehead at unusually close quarters to the crew (6)","Answer":"FO\u2019C\u2019SLE","Explanation":"Figurehead at unusually close quarters to the crew (6)\nF[igure] + CLOSE"}
-{"Clue":"Relation who takes the pledge (5)","Answer":"UNCLE","Explanation":"Definition: who takes the pledge\nDouble definition, \"uncle\" being slang for a pawnbroker"}
-{"Clue":"Composer's skill turns into knowledge (7)","Answer":"STRAUSS","Explanation":"Composer's skill turns into knowledge (7)\nReverse of ART in SUSS (I only knew this as in \"suss out\", but apparently it can also be a noun meaning knowledge). Take your pick of a number of composers, and this is also the first of our cricketers"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to deal with lad's company on Tuesdays (7)","Answer":"BOYCOTT","Explanation":"Refuse to deal with lad's company on Tuesdays (7)\nBOY + CO + T +T \u2013 I think it was this name that first tipped me off to the theme"}
-{"Clue":"T-rex evolved after dinosaurs' extinction \u2014 originally right? (6)","Answer":"DEXTER","Explanation":"T-rex evolved after dinosaurs' extinction \u2014 originally right? (6)\nD[inosaurs'] E[xtinction] (\"originally\") + T-REX"}
-{"Clue":"City dweller left on the day Nero fiddled (8)","Answer":"LONDONER","Explanation":"City dweller left on the day Nero fiddled (8)\nL + ON D + NERO"}
-{"Clue":"Clay unearthed in Halifax (3)","Answer":"ALI","Explanation":"Clay unearthed in Halifax (3)\nHidden in hALIfax \u2013 reference to Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali"}
-{"Clue":"Director admits dreadful lie to court (6)","Answer":"BAILEY","Explanation":"Director admits dreadful lie to court (6)\nLIE* in BAY (Michael Bay, film director) \u2013 a court, as in the Old Bailey, for example"}
-{"Clue":"Two thirds of students order wine, it's reckoned (8)","Answer":"NUMBERED","Explanation":"Two thirds of students order wine, it's reckoned (8)\nNU[S] (National Union of Students) + MBE + RED [wine]"}
-{"Clue":"Crank puts both hands around girl (5)","Answer":"LEVER","Explanation":"Crank puts both hands around girl (5)\nEVE in L + R"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps waxing second leg hurt heaps (9)","Answer":"MOONPHASE","Explanation":"Perhaps waxing second leg hurt heaps (9)\nMO (moment, second) + ON (leg side in cricket) + HEAPS"}
-{"Clue":"A governor bends cane at start of school suspensions (9)","Answer":"ABEYANCES","Explanation":"A governor bends cane at start of school suspensions (9)\nA BEY + CANE* + S[chool]"}
-{"Clue":"Farm rejected portion not for consumption (5)","Answer":"CROFT","Explanation":"Farm rejected portion not for consumption (5)\nHidden in reverse of noT FOR Consumption"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's somewhat quick marine creature (8)","Answer":"STARFISH","Explanation":"Spooner's somewhat quick marine creature (8)\nSpoonerism (at least to some of us..) of \"fastish\""}
-{"Clue":"Lit by current, Edison half designed bulbs (6)","Answer":"ONIONS","Explanation":"Lit by current, Edison half designed bulbs (6)\nON (lit) + I (symbol for electric current) + [edi]SON"}
-{"Clue":"Early typeface lacks breadth (3)","Answer":"OLD","Explanation":"Early typeface lacks breadth (3)\nBOLD less B, though I think \"bold\" for \"typeface\" is a bit loose"}
-{"Clue":"Train to eat and eat, say (4-4)","Answer":"CHOO-CHOO","Explanation":"Train to eat and eat, say (4-4)\nHomophone of \"chew chew\""}
-{"Clue":"Feeds pets right away (6)","Answer":"STOKES","Explanation":"Feeds pets right away (6)\nSTROKES less R (crossing with the rather similar 22d)"}
-{"Clue":"In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detention (7)","Answer":"PRISONS","Explanation":"In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detention (7)\n(NO SIR)< in PS"}
-{"Clue":"Batting, then caught! Cook seen to drive up the wall (7)","Answer":"INCENSE","Explanation":"Batting, then caught! Cook seen to drive up the wall (7)\nIN (batting) + C + SEEN* \u2013 the only explicit reference to cricket in the clues, I think"}
-{"Clue":"Supporter, eg one retired after N Young (7)","Answer":"TEENAGE","Explanation":"Supporter, eg one retired after N Young (7)\nTEE + N + (E.G. A)<"}
-{"Clue":"They're literally fired explosively off field (9)","Answer":"ARTILLERY","Explanation":"They're literally fired explosively off field (9)\nLITERALLY*. &lit, though with perhaps excessive verbiage in the cryptic reading to be perfect. The \"field\" is a battlefield. I was puzzled by the use of \"they\", but the first definition in Chambers is \"offensive weapon**s** of war\". *Oops, I missed the point here: the anagram is of LITERALLY FIRED minus FIELD, so there's no \"excessive verbiage\""}
-{"Clue":"Soprano begs for flower arrangements (6)","Answer":"SPRAYS","Explanation":"Soprano begs for flower arrangements (6)\nS + PRAYS"}
-{"Clue":"Tenor surprised to receive war decoration (8)","Answer":"ORNAMENT","Explanation":"Tenor surprised to receive war decoration (8)\n[Viet]NAM in TENOR"}
-{"Clue":"Near the end, about to be defeated (5)","Answer":"CLOSE","Explanation":"Definition: the end\nC (about) + LOSE, and two definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Hesitates to give direction to street party (7)","Answer":"TEETERS","Explanation":"Hesitates to give direction to street party (7)\nE in STREET"}
-{"Clue":"Go off and fish? (5,4,4)","Answer":"SLING ONE\u2019S HOOK","Explanation":"Go off and fish? (5,4,4)\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Basil, say, one against hotel regularly taking recipe for salad eater? (9)","Answer":"HERBIVORE","Explanation":"Basil, say, one against hotel regularly taking recipe for salad eater? (9)\nHERB (Basil is one) +I V[ersus] + R in [h]O[t]E[l], with a surface reference to *Fawlty Towers*, particularly the episode where a loud-mouthed American guest asks for Waldorf salad, and is told by the bemused Basil that \"I think we're just out of Waldorfs\""}
-{"Clue":"One Direction not hip playing church music (8)","Answer":"ANTIPHON","Explanation":"One Direction not hip playing church music (8)\nA N[orth] + (NOT HIP)"}
-{"Clue":"Sonny was an angel, _____'s a killer (7)","Answer":"BUTCHER","Explanation":"Sonny was an angel, _____'s a killer (7)\nBUT CHER \u2013 reference to the singing partnership of Sonny and Cher"}
-{"Clue":"Touches skirts, one hand moving lower (7)","Answer":"FINGERS","Explanation":"Touches skirts, one hand moving lower (7)\nFRINGES (skirts) with the R moved down"}
-{"Clue":"American thug pinches Nintendo console for child (6)","Answer":"GODSON","Explanation":"American thug pinches Nintendo console for child (6)\nDS (a Nintendo games console) in GOON"}
-{"Clue":"Fundamental notes, like 4 and 8 of 64? (5)","Answer":"ROOTS","Explanation":"Fundamental notes, like 4 and 8 of 64? (5)\n4 and 8 are respectively the cube root and square root of 64. There are two players called Root in the list, should perhaps this answer should have two asterisks.."}
-{"Clue":"Set out for a nice drink (4,4)","Answer":"CAF\u00c9 NOIR","Explanation":"Definition: drink\n(FOR A NICE)"}
-{"Clue":"Stockings getting runs in clothes drier (5)","Answer":"HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: clothes drier\nR in HOSE"}
-{"Clue":"Soprano rejected term of ownership (10)","Answer":"POSSESSION","Explanation":"Definition: ownership\nSOP< + SESSION"}
-{"Clue":"University College during religious festival is brilliant (6)","Answer":"LUCENT","Explanation":"Definition: brilliant\nUC in LENT (though it's hardly a religious *festival*)"}
-{"Clue":"Restrained friend when crossing river (8)","Answer":"MODERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Restrained\nODER in MATE"}
-{"Clue":"Peacekeepers stay or come away (7)","Answer":"UNSTICK","Explanation":"Definition: come away\nUN + STICK \u2013 a very weak clue, I think, with STICK having the same meaning in answer and wordplay *Typo UNSTUCK corrected"}
-{"Clue":"Old jerk in time for peep show? (7)","Answer":"EROTICA","Explanation":"Definition: peep show?\nO TIC in ERA"}
-{"Clue":"Goddess keeps a bar in dance (8)","Answer":"HABANERA","Explanation":"Definition: dance\nA BAN in HERA"}
-{"Clue":"Boys eat \u2014 that is a convenience (6)","Answer":"LADIES","Explanation":"Definition: a convenience\nI.E. in LADS"}
-{"Clue":"Cranium not broken? Hard-headed! (10)","Answer":"UNROMANTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Hard-headed\n(CRANIUM NOT)"}
-{"Clue":"Sanction tenor, one from eastern Europe (4)","Answer":"LETT","Explanation":"Definition: one from eastern Europe\nLET (sanction, allow) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Charlie cuts and bites (5)","Answer":"CHEWS","Explanation":"Definition: bites\nC + HEWS"}
-{"Clue":"Others smoke when having treatment (4,4)","Answer":"REST CURE","Explanation":"Definition: treatment\nREST (others) + CURE (smoke). The two elements here are also used in 7d and 19d"}
-{"Clue":"Cut train in error \u2014 it's withdrawn (8)","Answer":"TACITURN","Explanation":"Definition: withdrawn\n(CUT TRAIN)"}
-{"Clue":"Shelter heaps of veg (4)","Answer":"LEEK","Explanation":"Definition: veg\nLEE (shelter) + K (1000, a lrage number)"}
-{"Clue":"Dad's favourite little child (6)","Answer":"POPPET","Explanation":"Definition: little child\nPOP + PET"}
-{"Clue":"Take for granted president has to start again (7)","Answer":"PRESUME","Explanation":"Definition: Take for granted\nP + RESUME"}
-{"Clue":"Security device makes mum more embarrassed (8)","Answer":"SHREDDER","Explanation":"Definition: Security device\nSH (mum, quiet) + REDDER"}
-{"Clue":"Disheartened when fighter aircraft with corrosion gets admired (10)","Answer":"FRUSTRATED","Explanation":"Definition: Disheartened\nF (US fighter plane, as in F-15, F-16. F-111, says Chambers) + RUST + RATED"}
-{"Clue":"Others keep an alternative rendezvous (6)","Answer":"RESORT","Explanation":"Definition: rendezvous\nOR in REST (others, as in 26a)"}
-{"Clue":"More protection for fielder (5,5)","Answer":"EXTRA COVER","Explanation":"Definition: fielder\nDouble definition (extra cover is a fielding position in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman having fool in church is in a deep hole (8)","Answer":"CREVASSE","Explanation":"Definition: deep hole\nREV + ASS in CE"}
-{"Clue":"Person shows cute rear when dancing (8)","Answer":"CREATURE","Explanation":"Definition: Person\n(CUTE REAR)* (managing not to use CURE again!)"}
-{"Clue":"Apprehension is likely during treatment (7)","Answer":"CAPTURE","Explanation":"Definition: Apprehension\nAPT in CURE (treatment \u2013 cf 26a)"}
-{"Clue":"American in car damaged plant (6)","Answer":"ARNICA","Explanation":"Definition: plant\nA + (IN CAR)"}
-{"Clue":"Appetite overwhelms commander that will eat everything (6)","Answer":"LOCUST","Explanation":"Definition: that will eat everything\nOC in LUST"}
-{"Clue":"German composer short of good fortune (4)","Answer":"LUCK","Explanation":"Definition: German composer\nGLUCK (German composer, perhaps best known today for the aria \"Che far\u00f2 senza Euridice?\") less G"}
-{"Clue":"Somewhat facing gun (1,6)","Answer":"A TRIFLE","Explanation":"Definition: Somewhat\nAT RIFLE"}
-{"Clue":"Stripper in ecstasy I'd fooled around with (9)","Answer":"ECDYSIAST","Explanation":"Definition: Stripper\n(ECSTASY I'D). This pseudo-learned word for a stripper (which luckily I had seen before, making it an easy entry) was apparently invented by H L Mencken and based on \"ecdydis\", meaning the stripping off of old skin"}
-{"Clue":"Dyer's work around America is holding up (10)","Answer":"SUSTAINING","Explanation":"Definition: holding up\nUS in STAINING"}
-{"Clue":"Surface broke, though not entirely (4)","Answer":"SKIN","Explanation":"Definition: Surface\nSKIN[T] (broke, having no money)"}
-{"Clue":"Tory laid into liberal, being dependent (11)","Answer":"CONDITIONAL","Explanation":"Definition: dependent\nCON (Tory) + (LAID INTO)"}
-{"Clue":"10 player in fanciful Midlands fen, say? (6,5)","Answer":"DUDLEY MOORE","Explanation":"Definition: 10 player\nPresumably the West Midlands town of Dudley doesn't have a moor, but if it did (hence the \"fanciful\") it would sound like this; and Dudley Moore acted (played) in the film 10, with Julie Andrews as his wife and Bo Derek as the \"perfect woman\" (with a score of 10\/10)"}
-{"Clue":"US composer into percussive sounds (4)","Answer":"IVES","Explanation":"Definition: US composer\nCharles Ives, American composer, hidden in percussIVE Sounds. Lots of Ives's music is quite weird, so the surface is appropriate"}
-{"Clue":"Washington pop group good for stuffing trimmed green vegetable (3,7)","Answer":"RED CABBAGE","Explanation":"Definition: vegetable\nD.C. ABBA G in [g]REE[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Examiner biting lip in term time (9)","Answer":"TRIMESTER","Explanation":"Definition: term time\nRIM in TESTER"}
-{"Clue":"Actor's interpretation of Lear, no less, sublime (5,7,5)","Answer":"SIMON RUSSELL BEALE","Explanation":"Definition: Actor\n(LEAR NO LESS SUBLIME)* \u2013 you can read an interview with this actor here, where he talks about his recent performance as King Lear, and gives his views on crosswords and some of our favourite setters."}
-{"Clue":"Final word, taking a penny off inexpensive English port (7)","Answer":"CHEERIO","Explanation":"Definition: Final word\nCHEAP less A P + E + RIO"}
-{"Clue":"I have endured set slipping around \u2014 might this fix it? (7,8)","Answer":"ADHESIVE DENTURE","Explanation":"Definition: might this fix it\n(I HAVE ENDURED SET)* \u2013 with another appropriate surface reading"}
-{"Clue":"Strong, short stick has snapped (6)","Answer":"ROBUST","Explanation":"Definition: Strong\nRO[D] + BUST"}
-{"Clue":"Thin poles on top of edifice (6)","Answer":"SPARSE","Explanation":"Definition: Thin\nSPARS + E[difice]"}
-{"Clue":"Attention-grabber last seen in Tennessee, however touring California with singer (3-7)","Answer":"EYE-CATCHER","Explanation":"Definition: Attention-grabber\n[Tennesse]E + CA in YET + CHER"}
-{"Clue":"Right to tuck one in for a late snooze (3-2)","Answer":"LIE-IN","Explanation":"Definition: a late snooze\nI in LIEN"}
-{"Clue":"TV presenters Dec ___ in love, moving quite slowly (9)","Answer":"ANDANTINO","Explanation":"Definition: moving quite slowly\nAND ANT (from UK TV presenter duo Ant and Dec) + IN O"}
-{"Clue":"Grass or speed (4)","Answer":"RUSH","Explanation":"Definition: Grass\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Half of a half, say, overcoming monarch in controversial underground operations (8)","Answer":"FRACKING","Explanation":"Definition: controversial underground operations\nFRAC[tion] + KING"}
-{"Clue":"Intertwine ground net and fish (8)","Answer":"ENTANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: Intertwine\nNET* + ANGLE"}
-{"Clue":"Fluid arrives carrying first of buffalo over in area of drained land (5,5)","Answer":"RIVER BASIN","Explanation":"Definition: area of drained land\nB[uffalo] in ARRIVES* + IN"}
-{"Clue":"Brown in town, unsettled as deputy (6,3)","Answer":"NUMBER TWO","Explanation":"Definition: deputy\nUMBER in TOWN* \u2013 carefully avoiding the lavatorial possibilities for a change.."}
-{"Clue":"Sea a tad icy in reality, starts out cold (8)","Answer":"ADRIATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Sea\nAnagram of (A TAD + \"starts of \"I[cy] I[n] R[eality]) + C"}
-{"Clue":"Old Kenyan revolutionaries, two paws cut (3-3)","Answer":"MAU-MAU","Explanation":"Definition: Old Kenyan revolutionaries\nMAUL (to paw) with its last letter \"cut\", twice"}
-{"Clue":"False name, that is, for villain (6)","Answer":"MEANIE","Explanation":"Definition: villain\nNAME* + I.E."}
-{"Clue":"Might meat be better? (5)","Answer":"CURED","Explanation":"Definition: Might meat be\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Honey at a premium (4)","Answer":"DEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Honey\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Broadcasting channel failed to answer (6)","Answer":"DUCKED","Explanation":"Definition: failed to answer \nHomophone of \"duct\""}
-{"Clue":"The thoughtless take car out, in accordance with recurrent idea (8)","Answer":"THEMATIC","Explanation":"Definition: in accordance with recurrent idea\nTHE + AUTOMATIC (thoughtless) minus AUTO"}
-{"Clue":"Singer acquired good piece of drum kit (5)","Answer":"BONGO","Explanation":"Definition: piece of drum kit\nG in BONO"}
-{"Clue":"Youth announces panto is to be held, but not at home (5,4)","Answer":"SALAD DAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Youth\nALADDIN (panto) less IN (at home) in SAYS (announces)"}
-{"Clue":"Transport once set off right to the house (5,4)","Answer":"STAGE LEFT","Explanation":"Definition: right to the house\nSTAGE (old form of transport) + LEFT (set off). Stage left is on the right if you're sitting in the house (auditorium)"}
-{"Clue":"Discover original of really thin walls (5)","Answer":"LEARN","Explanation":"Definition: Discover\nR[eally] in (walled by) LEAN"}
-{"Clue":"Close to swearing? (4,2,6)","Answer":"NEAR AS DAMMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Close to swearing?\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Ideal sort of loan for flat (8-4)","Answer":"INTEREST-FREE","Explanation":"Definition: Ideal sort of loan\nDouble definition \u2013 this rang a bell, and I found a similar clue in an Azed puzzle, of all places: \"Like an attractive loan, boring apparently?\""}
-{"Clue":"Going, going \u2026 what am I bid? (5)","Answer":"ADIEU","Explanation":"Definition: Going, going \u2026 what am I bid?\nJust a cryptic definition, I think: when you're going you may be bid adieu. The surface reading misleads with a reference to auctions"}
-{"Clue":"Leader's symbol of office that is with something pink inside (9)","Answer":"CHIEFTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Leader\nI.E (that is) + FT (the Financial Times is printed on pink paper) in CHAIN (symbol of office)"}
-{"Clue":"Loudly disapprove of sugary confection that may come back on you (9)","Answer":"BOOMERANG","Explanation":"Definition: that may come back on you\nHomophone of \"boo meringue\""}
-{"Clue":"Down \u2014 why unable to fly? (5)","Answer":"OWING","Explanation":"Definition: Down\nYou can't fly if you have 0 WING[s]. Not sure about down=owing \u2013 perhaps both mean low in funds, perhaps in gambling?"}
-{"Clue":"War crime perhaps men committed in hatred (8)","Answer":"ENORMITY","Explanation":"Definition: War crime perhaps\nOR (Other Ranks, men) in ENMITY"}
-{"Clue":"Very fast stretch of water (6)","Answer":"SOLENT","Explanation":"Definition: stretch of water\nSO + LENT (period of fasting)"}
-{"Clue":"Depressing quality of extremely deplorable town (not Stoke) (8)","Answer":"DEBASING","Explanation":"Definition: Depressing\nD[eplorabl]E + BASING[stoke] (\"[a] word that teems with hidden meaning\", as Mad Margaret says in *Ruddigore*)"}
-{"Clue":"Bright red, about to drink in one hostelry and another (8)","Answer":"CINNABAR","Explanation":"Definition: Bright red\nINN in CA + BAR"}
-{"Clue":"On 'orse, what man did wear (5)","Answer":"ERODE","Explanation":"Definition: wear \nWhen the man was on the 'orse, 'E RODE"}
-{"Clue":"No end of break in playing on the sea, typically Elizabethan arrangement (4-9)","Answer":"HALF-TIMBERING","Explanation":"Definition: typically Elizabethan arrangement\nHALF-TIM[E] (\"break in playing\") + BERING [Sea]"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of winner is still made to struggle (9)","Answer":"MEDALLIST","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of winner\n(STILL MADE)"}
-{"Clue":"Armoured vehicle shortly suppresses revolutionary rising, without exception (2,1,3)","Answer":"TO A MAN","Explanation":"Definition: without exception\nReverse of MAO in TAN[k]"}
-{"Clue":"In a comparison of sides, wrong for runner to go round (6)","Answer":"COSINE","Explanation":"Definition: a comparison of sides\nSIN (wrong) in [Sebastian] COE. The cosine of an angle is \"adjacent over hypotenuse\" in a triangle, so a \"comparison of sides\""}
-{"Clue":"Drug pusher who acknowledges no limits? (5,8)","Answer":"SPEED MERCHANT","Explanation":"Definition: who acknowledges no limits\nDouble definition \u2013 the speed merchant doesn't acknowledge speed limits"}
-{"Clue":"Past bearing boy, accepting an uplifting employment (2,7)","Answer":"AD NAUSEAM","Explanation":"Definition: Past bearing\n(Reverse of AN + USE) in ADAM"}
-{"Clue":"Ignores a possible fix (8)","Answer":"ORGANISE","Explanation":"Definition: fix\n(IGNORES A)"}
-{"Clue":"Party of women succeeded replacing husband for a week (8)","Answer":"SENNIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: a week\nHEN NIGHT with (the first) H replaced by S \u2013 old word for a week, with SEN being a contraction of \"seven\" (cf \"fortnight\", which of course still survives)"}
-{"Clue":"Horse swallows black stone (6)","Answer":"MARBLE","Explanation":"Definition: stone\nBL in MARE. How many people assumed MARLE must be a kind of horse? Chambers doesn't give bl as an abbreviation of black but , for what it's worth, I found it here"}
-{"Clue":"Wrapper of novel \u2014 it's horrible! (6)","Answer":"KIMONO","Explanation":"Definition: Wrapper\nKIM (novel y Kipling) + O NO!"}
-{"Clue":"He held the greatest ring not to be enough (5)","Answer":"FRODO","Explanation":"Definition: He held the greatest ring\nFRO (not \"to\", in \"to and fro\") + DO (be enough). Frodo carries the \"One Ring\" in Tolkien's trilogy."}
-{"Clue":"Form gets 99 in Latin \u2014\u00a0great work! (7)","Answer":"CLASSIC","Explanation":"Definition: great work\n CLASS (form) + IC (99 in Roman numerals, though, as often noted, this is not really correct)"}
-{"Clue":"Wild, wild Wales in the '50s (7)","Answer":"LAWLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Wild\n WALES* in LS"}
-{"Clue":"Game unsuitable for women (4)","Answer":"STAG","Explanation":"Definition: Game\n Double definition \u2013 game as in something you shoot at, and unsuitable for women as in stag parties"}
-{"Clue":"Breakdown specialist (10)","Answer":"COUNSELLOR","Explanation":"Definition: Breakdown specialist\n Cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Prey of little boys (6)","Answer":"VICTIM","Explanation":"Definition: Prey\n VIC + TIM (two abbreviated boys' names)"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit with coverings \u2014 they're bananas! (8)","Answer":"NUTCASES","Explanation":"Definition: they're bananas\n NUT + CASES"}
-{"Clue":"Fit for the voyage? In other ways, perhaps (9)","Answer":"SEAWORTHY","Explanation":"Definition: Fit for the voyage\n (OTHER WAYS)"}
-{"Clue":"Placing of the winner may create rifts (5)","Answer":"FIRST","Explanation":"Definition: Placing of the winner\n RIFTS"}
-{"Clue":"Pick up something exclusive (5)","Answer":"SCOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Pick up\n Double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Eleven in one vessel start to cheer for another (9)","Answer":"STEAMSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: another\n TEAM (eleven in e.g. cricket or football) in SS + HIP (start of \"hip hip hooray\")"}
-{"Clue":"Accommodate a man who suffered in fraud (3-2,3)","Answer":"PUT-UP JOB","Explanation":"Definition: fraud\n PUT UP (accommodate) + JOB (man who suffered in the OT)"}
-{"Clue":"A struggle between North and South Sea forces (6)","Answer":"NAVIES","Explanation":"Definition: Sea forces\n A VIE in N S"}
-{"Clue":"Select underwear, say, for those eating out (10)","Answer":"PICNICKERS","Explanation":"Definition: those eating out\n \"Pick knickers\""}
-{"Clue":"Cattle without water (4)","Answer":"NEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Cattle\n Double definition \u2013 \"neat\"for cattle is a standard crosswordism."}
-{"Clue":"Outcry in favour of a trial? (7)","Answer":"PROTEST","Explanation":"Definition: Outcry\n PRO TEST"}
-{"Clue":"It's crazy wearing hair that's artificial (3-4)","Answer":"MAN-MADE","Explanation":"Definition: artificial\n MAD in MANE"}
-{"Clue":"Window in the French garret (7)","Answer":"LATTICE","Explanation":"Definition: Window\n ATTIC in LE \u2013 the cryptic grammar is slightly tortuous, but it works as \"in the French, garret\""}
-{"Clue":"Location in sound and vision (5)","Answer":"SIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: vision\n Homophone of \"site\""}
-{"Clue":"Immigrant proceeds right (7)","Answer":"INCOMER","Explanation":"Definition: Immigrant\n INCOME + R"}
-{"Clue":"Fool set about things of value (6)","Answer":"ASSETS","Explanation":"Definition: things of value\n ASS + SET"}
-{"Clue":"Noted soporifics (9)","Answer":"LULLABIES","Explanation":"Definition: Noted soporifics\n Cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Crew men showing little variation in strokes (7)","Answer":"STOKERS","Explanation":"Definition: Crew men\n STROKES with the R moved to near the end, so an anagram if you like.."}
-{"Clue":"But nettlerash can erupt and gain the ascendancy (4,3,6)","Answer":"TURN THE TABLES","Explanation":"Definition: gain the ascendancy\n (BUT NETTLERASH)"}
-{"Clue":"I hunt down suspect in murder mystery (9)","Answer":"WHODUNNIT","Explanation":"Definition: murder mystery\n (I HUNT DOWN)"}
-{"Clue":"He travels to work (7)","Answer":"COURIER","Explanation":"Definition: He travels to work\n Cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"You won't remember suffering from it (7)","Answer":"AMNESIA","Explanation":"Definition: You won't remember suffering from it\n One of the least cryptic cryptic definitions I've seen for a while"}
-{"Clue":"Composer close to Britten in sound (7)","Answer":"IRELAND","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\n Composer John Ireland, and Ireland is close to Britain"}
-{"Clue":"Turns down right away and chucks out (6)","Answer":"EJECTS","Explanation":"Definition: chucks out\n [R]EJECTS"}
-{"Clue":"Five thousand hold one up with spite (5)","Answer":"VENOM","Explanation":"Definition: spite\n ONE reversed in V + M"}
-{"Clue":"Disfigured, old, die disguised with rags (7)","Answer":"AGRISED","Explanation":"Definition: Disfigured, old\n(DIE RAGS)"}
-{"Clue":"Nicking cars? Tried endlessly to get round criminal court (9)","Answer":"AUTOCRIME","Explanation":"Definition: Nicking cars?\nCOURT* in AIME[d]"}
-{"Clue":"Disapproves of drink, we hear (4)","Answer":"BOOS","Explanation":"Definition: Disapproves of\nHomophone of \"booze\""}
-{"Clue":"Bass set before soaks, when admitted \u2013 of which many will be in their cups! (7)","Answer":"BREASTS","Explanation":"Definition: of which many will be in their cups\nB + AS in RETS \u2013 the \"cups\" are those found in bras"}
-{"Clue":"Wild African feline shut up roughly in barrel (7)","Answer":"BUSH-CAT","Explanation":"Definition: Wild African feline\nSH (shut up) + CA (circa, roughly) in BUT (variant of \"butt\")"}
-{"Clue":"Pine to be enveloped in erotic embraces (6)","Answer":"CEMBRA","Explanation":"Definition: Pine\nHidden in erotiC EMBRAces. As often seems to happen to me with hidden answers these days, this was one of the last clues I solved, even after thinking early on that it was a hidden but missing the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Version of German favourite \u2013 mostly toss with egg in the French way (10)","Answer":"CHOUCROUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Version of German favourite\nO in CHUC[k] + ROUTE. French form of Sauerkraut"}
-{"Clue":"Edible tuber? 200 in crumbs! (5)","Answer":"COCCO","Explanation":"Definition: Edible tuber\nCC in COO (\"crumbs!)\""}
-{"Clue":"Fruit desserts, only half eatable, round cooking container (8)","Answer":"COMPOTES","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit desserts\nPOT in COMES[stible]"}
-{"Clue":"Basic requirement for would-be gang member, a couple of cents? (4)","Answer":"CRED","Explanation":"Definition: Basic requirement for would-be gang member\nC + RED \u2013 not knowing any gang members, I don't know how often \"cred\" is used on its own, e.g. as in \"street cred\"."}
-{"Clue":"What skiers hate, chewed-up grass fringing runs (4)","Answer":"CRUD","Explanation":"Definition: What skiers hate\nR in CUD \u2013 as with SATE and SITE, this and CRED are (presumably) added to make filling in the grid a little harder"}
-{"Clue":"Being sedated somehow brings one to a complete standstill (7)","Answer":"DEAD-SET","Explanation":"Definition: a complete standstill\nSEDATED* \u2013 a less familiar nounal meaning, as opposed to the more familiar adjectival meaning of \"very determnined\""}
-{"Clue":"Internet education the French put into curdling agent (9)","Answer":"E-LEARNING","Explanation":"Definition: Internet education\nLE in EARNING \u2013 a word for rennet, from earn=curdle"}
-{"Clue":"Scots aim to put down roots, heading off (5)","Answer":"ETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Scots aim\n[s]ETTLE"}
-{"Clue":"Thanes are scattering their old boundary marker? (9)","Answer":"HARE-STANE","Explanation":"Definition: their old boundary marker\n(THANES ARE)"}
-{"Clue":"Fabrication of skins (not fashionable) clothing leaders in Africa, regal ones? (6)","Answer":"KAROSS","Explanation":"Definition: Fabrication of skins (not fashionable) clothing leaders in Africa, regal ones\nInitial letters of Africa Regal Ones in anag of SKINS* less IN, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Some nickel processed as source for soda, etc (4)","Answer":"KELP","Explanation":"Definition: source for soda, etc\nHIdden in nicKEL Processed"}
-{"Clue":"Master with ambition to reform (4)","Answer":"MEND","Explanation":"Definition: reform\nM + END"}
-{"Clue":"Primitive organism first found in fringes of Madagascar (5)","Answer":"MONER","Explanation":"Definition: Primitive organism\nONE in M[adagasca]R"}
-{"Clue":"Millions work for little money, as of old (5)","Answer":"MOPUS","Explanation":"Definition: little money, as of old\nM + OPUS"}
-{"Clue":"One in black rarely looking back, her grief was legendary (5)","Answer":"NIOBE","Explanation":"Definition: her grief was legendary\nI in reverse of EBON. In Greek mythology, Niobe's 14 children were killed by Artemis and Apollo as a punishment for her boasting about them to Leto, causing her legendary grief."}
-{"Clue":"Pungent plant, fine cut, cook has in a stew (5)","Answer":"OSHAC","Explanation":"Definition: Pungent plant\n(COOK HAS)* less OK (fine)"}
-{"Clue":"Stamina, possibly a help when struggling with nag (8)","Answer":"PHALANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Stamina, possibly\n(A HELP NAG)*. \"Stamina\" here is the plural of (the plant part) \"stamen\", and phalange or phalanx is \"a bundle of stamens\""}
-{"Clue":"Counter and other things I brought into class (9)","Answer":"RETALIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Counter\nET AL I in RATE"}
-{"Clue":"Lie round barrel after group drinks, with none given precedence (10)","Answer":"ROUND-TABLE","Explanation":"Definition: with none given precedence\nROUND (group drinks, or drinks for a group of people in a pub) + B in TALE; second barrel in the puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Barbecued meat chewed on one end of skewer (4)","Answer":"SATE","Explanation":"Definition: Barbecued meat\nS[kewer] + ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Lunch prepared after Sabbath synagogues (6)","Answer":"SCHULN","Explanation":"Definition: synagogues\nS + LUNCH* \u2013 plural of SCHUL"}
-{"Clue":"Upper house tittle-tattle, once spoken about (6)","Answer":"SEANAD","Explanation":"Definition: Upper house\nANA (gossip) in SED (Miltonic form of \"said\")"}
-{"Clue":"Plot starts to satisfy in the end (4)","Answer":"SITE","Explanation":"Definition: Plot\nInitials letters of Satisfied In The End"}
-{"Clue":"Successful r-racer once in stable given decorative coat (8)","Answer":"STUCCOED","Explanation":"Definition: given decorative coat\n[Sebastian] C-COE in STUD"}
-{"Clue":"King maybe losing crown in eucalyptus tree (5)","Answer":"TUART","Explanation":"Definition: eucalyptus tree\n[S]TUART"}
-{"Clue":"State of swelling? Doctor isn't beginning to employ drugs (10)","Answer":"TURGIDNESS","Explanation":"Definition: State of swelling\nAnagram on ISN'T + E[mploy] + DRUGS"}
-{"Clue":"Light coat: result (without cap) in storm, getting almost soaked (10)","Answer":"ULSTERETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Light coat\nRESULT* less T + RETTE[d] \u2013 second use in the puzzle of the old favourite ret=soak; \"ulster\" as an overcoat is another familiar word, so this \"-ette\" version wasn't hard to guess"}
-{"Clue":"Once let down he goes to Paris swopping couples (4)","Answer":"VAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Once let down\nIL VA (\"he goes\", in French), with the parts swapped"}
-{"Clue":"Radiographic image showing poison, gross one injected (8)","Answer":"VENOGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Radiographic image\nGR A in VENOM"}
-{"Clue":"Primarily, sort of relationships for sentimental people (7)","Answer":"SOFTIES","Explanation":"Definition: sentimental people\n S[ort] + OF + TIES"}
-{"Clue":"A setter takes fool round a castle \u2026 (7)","Answer":"CAMELOT","Explanation":"Definition: a castle\n A ME in CLOT"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 and another somewhere in West Yorks (5)","Answer":"LEEDS","Explanation":"Definition: another\n Double definition \u2013 confusingly, Leeds Castle is in Kent, near Maidstone"}
-{"Clue":"Not half bad candelabra prince left in ballroom? (5,4)","Answer":"DANCE HALL","Explanation":"Definition: ballroom\n Anagram of CANDE[labra] + HAL (prince) + L"}
-{"Clue":"Former cargo ship docked by Russian river outside city walls (10)","Answer":"EXTRAMURAL","Explanation":"Definition: outside city walls\n EX TRAM[p] + URAL"}
-{"Clue":"We suspect it's a reputed 21-12er in 26 and 20s \u2026 (12)","Answer":"GUARDIANISTA","Explanation":"Definition: reputed 21-12er in 26 and 20s\n GUARDIAN (we) + (IT'S A) \u2013 a Guardianista is the stereotypical Guardian reader, so using \"we\" to clue the \"Guardian\" part of this is a bit weak"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 so 5 across suggests betting I clued \"booty\" crudely, for all to see (2,5,2,3)","Answer":"IT COULD BE YOU","Explanation":"Definition: so 5 across suggests betting\n (I CLUED BOOTY)* + U (for all to see, in film classification) \u2013 the former slogan of the UK national lottery, run by Camelot"}
-{"Clue":"English newspaper has women in underwear? Er \u2026 that is taken as read, we hear (4-4)","Answer":"LEFT WING","Explanation":"Definition: read, we hear\n E + FT (Financial Times) + W in LINGERIE less ER I.E. , with a homophonic definition \u2013 \"read, we hear\" = red"}
-{"Clue":"State of repair of small Oklahoma art house (5,5)","Answer":"SOUTH KOREA","Explanation":"Definition: State\n (OK ART HOUSE)"}
-{"Clue":"Inclined to fight nasty libel case? Ring for answer (9)","Answer":"BELLICOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Inclined to fight\n (LIBEL CASE)* with A[nswer] replaced by O (ring)"}
-{"Clue":"Role finally penned by Shakespeare for Vandyke? (5)","Answer":"BEARD","Explanation":"Definition: Vandyke?\n [rol]E in BARD \u2013 a Vandyke is a type of beard"}
-{"Clue":"Musical, as Sir Robin's wife might have been (4,3)","Answer":"LADY DAY","Explanation":"Definition: Musical\n Double definition \u2013 title of a musical based on the life and music of Billie Holiday (whose nickname was Lady Day); and what Sir Robin Day's wife might have been called (*was called*, surely?)"}
-{"Clue":"Win through spin at a live game (7)","Answer":"PREVAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Win through\n PR (public relations, spin) + (A LIVE)"}
-{"Clue":"Over 50s dancing? 18! (6)","Answer":"SOLVER","Explanation":"Definition: 18\n (OVER LS)"}
-{"Clue":"Holiday at sea curtailed, if overturned (6)","Answer":"FIESTA","Explanation":"Definition: Holiday\n Reverse of AT SE[A] IF"}
-{"Clue":"Where Francis Rossi plays with only one son, just as before (2,5,3)","Answer":"IN STATU QUO","Explanation":"Definition: just as before\n IN STATUS QUO (co-founded by Rossi) less its second S"}
-{"Clue":"Religious leader had us fooled (5)","Answer":"SADHU","Explanation":"Definition: Religious leader\n (HAD US)* \u2013 a Sadhu (also sometimes spelt SADDHU) is a \"holy person\" or ascetic in Hinduism, perhaps not exactly a \"leader\""}
-{"Clue":"In singing style of Cambridge priest doing a turn (9)","Answer":"CANTABILE","Explanation":"Definition: In singing style\n CANTAB (abbreviation of Cantabrigiensis, \"of Cambridge\", e.g. as shown after names of degrees) + ELI<"}
-{"Clue":"Like a mouse beginning to make fearful sound (4)","Answer":"MEEK","Explanation":"Definition: Like a mouse\n M[ake] + EEK"}
-{"Clue":"Stole a 2, interior part of which is offering best shade of green? (8)","Answer":"LEAFIEST","Explanation":"Definition: offering best shade of green\n Hidden in stoLE A FIESTa"}
-{"Clue":"Message left in note, eg \"Castle in the morning\" (8)","Answer":"TELEGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Message\n L in (TE EG) + R (rook \u2013 castle in chess) + AM"}
-{"Clue":"Nancy's article about Blake contains argument rejected as impractical (10)","Answer":"UNWORKABLE","Explanation":"Definition: impractical\n ROW< in UN (French indefinite article, as used in e.g. Nancy) + BLAKE"}
-{"Clue":"Set record unknown to medical science (9)","Answer":"RADIOLOGY","Explanation":"Definition: medical science\n RADIO (set) + LOG + Y (unknown)"}
-{"Clue":"Female, about 50, under maiden name in error (8)","Answer":"MISLABEL","Explanation":"Definition: name in error\n M + L in ISABEL \u2013 a nicely concealed definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fought with second copper, getting fine \u2014 then ran away (8)","Answer":"SCUFFLED","Explanation":"Definition: Fought\n S + CU + F + FLED"}
-{"Clue":"Fleet Street's third magazine to provide content for adults (6)","Answer":"ARMADA","Explanation":"Definition: Fleet\n Third letter of stReet + MAD (magazine) in A A (two adults)"}
-{"Clue":"You might have set foot in this bit of West Yorks (and, also, its castle) (6)","Answer":"SANDAL","Explanation":"Definition: You might have set foot in this\n Triple definition (well, almost, the place \u2013 a suburb of Wakefield \u2013 and the castle being the same name) *As Gaufrid points out, it's also hidden in yorkS AND ALso, so the middle definition probably doesn't apply, but the clue is an &lit \u2013 very clever"}
-{"Clue":"Silly chap with awfully wet way of speaking (5)","Answer":"TWERP","Explanation":"Definition: Silly chap\n WET* + R[eceived] P[ronunciation]"}
-{"Clue":"Warm beer (4)","Answer":"MILD","Explanation":"Definition: Warm\n Double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman 25 (7)","Answer":"ADMIRAL","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman 25 (7)","Answer":"SKIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman\n.. and another"}
-{"Clue":"Sit back alongside a storyteller (5)","Answer":"AESOP","Explanation":"Definition: storyteller\nA + POSE<"}
-{"Clue":"Steamed with fire (9)","Answer":"BRIMSTONE","Explanation":"Definition: S\nA fairly outrageous \"left and separate\" \u2013 S = Sulphur = Brimstone, and brimstone is \"teamed with fire\" in the expression \"fire and brimstone\". The Brimstone is also a butterfly (it also appeared in the Nutmeg puzzle),so I wonder why there isn't a reference to 25. Does the style of this clue combined with 1a and 5a give us a hint who the \"friend\" might be?"}
-{"Clue":"25 plough through Tuckhouse? (10)","Answer":"FRITILLARY","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nTILL in FRIARY"}
-{"Clue":"No homeowner leaves officer in place (4)","Answer":"LIEU","Explanation":"Definition: place\nLIEU[tenant] (a tenant is \"no homeowner\")"}
-{"Clue":"25 indulge in ordering a list (11)","Answer":"SWALLOWTAIL","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nWALLOW in (A LIST)"}
-{"Clue":"Araucaria's for depression around 6 or 7 (11)","Answer":"IMPROVIDENT","Explanation":"Definition: 7\nVI in I'M PRO DENT"}
-{"Clue":"Faith be dismissed, gladly (4)","Answer":"LIEF","Explanation":"Definition: gladly\n[be]LIEF"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier and Sherpa on the move use other words (10)","Answer":"PARAPHRASE","Explanation":"Definition: use other words\nPARA + SHERPA"}
-{"Clue":"It's what it does to another Rev (9)","Answer":"BUTTERFLY","Explanation":"Definition: It's what it does to another Rev\nThe \"other Rev\" (the first one being the Rev John Graham, aka Araucaria) is William Spooner, whom the butterfly might \"flutter by\""}
-{"Clue":"What could get one overdrawn? (5)","Answer":"DEBIT","Explanation":"Definition: What could get one overdrawn\n\"One overdrawn\" = I \"in DEBT\", &lit, though rather weakened by the fact that \"debt\" and \"debit\" are essentially the same word"}
-{"Clue":"25 curlicue in covering letter from girl, 10, about phone permit (7)","Answer":"RINGLET","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nTwo definitions; also hidden in coveRING LETter; anagram of GIRL TEN; and RING (phone)+LET (permit). Phew!"}
-{"Clue":"Cross among religious houses (7)","Answer":"MONGREL","Explanation":"Definition: Cross\nHidden in aMONG RELigious. As is getting to be a bit of a habit with me, I failed to spot the hidden answer for ages, and this was my last one in"}
-{"Clue":"Town in Italy is left in the grip of Mafia organisation (6)","Answer":"AMALFI","Explanation":"Definition: Town in Italy\nL in MAFIA"}
-{"Clue":"One meditating on Araucaria's sophistication, at heart (6)","Answer":"MYSTIC","Explanation":"Definition: One meditating\nMY + [sophi]STIC[ation]"}
-{"Clue":"Where to get a fix and note couples dance (6,4)","Answer":"REPAIR SHOP","Explanation":"Definition: Where to get a fix\nRE (note, as in do-re-mi) + PAIRS HOP"}
-{"Clue":"Means of identification left on murder victim (5)","Answer":"LABEL","Explanation":"Definition: Means of identification\nL + ABEL (killed by his brother, Cain)"}
-{"Clue":"In Australia, a load of real trouble in the county (9)","Answer":"SHIRRALEE","Explanation":"Definition: In Australia, a load\nREAL* in SHIRE \u2013 an Australian word (obsolete, to boot) for a swagman's bundle"}
-{"Clue":"Find Esc key out of bounds, essentially (2,2)","Answer":"IN SE","Explanation":"Definition: essentially\nCentral letters of fINd eSc kEy"}
-{"Clue":"Sharing letters \u2014 nudge, nudge \u2014 girl that's wanton (8)","Answer":"PRODIGAL","Explanation":"Definition: wanton\nPROD + DIG + GAL, \"sharing\" the overlapping letters"}
-{"Clue":"Tours street, then finally off: adieu, all feel empty with sorrow (8)","Answer":"RUEFULLY","Explanation":"Definition: with sorrow\nRUE (French \"street\") + last letters of ofF adieU alL feeL emptY"}
-{"Clue":"With second replacement hip (8,2)","Answer":"SWITCHED ON","Explanation":"Definition: hip\n(WITH SECOND)"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps shortening a film at an unusual showing (6,3)","Answer":"ANIMAL FAT","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps shortening\n(A FILM AT AN)"}
-{"Clue":"Tender a bill immediately, upholding a little pressure (8)","Answer":"MILLIBAR","Explanation":"Definition: a little pressure\nHidden in reverse of tendeR A BILL IMmediately"}
-{"Clue":"Presumably not the sole net return for the elite (5,3)","Answer":"UPPER TEN","Explanation":"Definition: the elite\nUPPER (not the sole of a shoe) + NET< \u2013 \"the richest or most influential class\""}
-{"Clue":"Automobile award invested in bank (6)","Answer":"CAMBER","Explanation":"Definition: bank\nMBE in CAR"}
-{"Clue":"Nearly sick with fast pulse (6)","Answer":"LENTIL","Explanation":"Definition: pulse\nLENT (period of fasting) + IL[L]"}
-{"Clue":"An annoying Scotswoman heard in this pit (5)","Answer":"ABYSM","Explanation":"Definition: pit\nA + something that sounds like \"bism\"? The nearest I can get is a defnition from the Urban Dictionary, but I'm sure there must be a better explanation."}
-{"Clue":"Healthy source of water (4)","Answer":"WELL","Explanation":"Definition: Healthy\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Ensured distribution to ultimate recipient (3,4)","Answer":"END USER","Explanation":"Definition: ultimate recipient\nENSURED"}
-{"Clue":"Jump on ice to enable first return to pool (3,4)","Answer":"TOE LOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Jump on ice\nTO + E[nable] + POOL<"}
-{"Clue":"Deplete noise, including raffia curtains (5)","Answer":"DRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Deplete\nR[affi]A (\"curtains\" meaning the outer letters) in DIN"}
-{"Clue":"Daub number plates (not first three letters) to confuse followers (9)","Answer":"BEPLASTER","Explanation":"Definition: Daub\nAnagram of [num]BER PLATES"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal acts at house in the middle of Trieste (10)","Answer":"VILLAINIES","Explanation":"Definition: Criminal acts\nVILLA + IN + [tr]IES[te]"}
-{"Clue":"4 down to get high-level protection for leader of the Greens (4)","Answer":"HOOD","Explanation":"Definition: 4 down\nDouble definition \u2013 Robin Hood was the leader of those in Lincoln green"}
-{"Clue":"Channel divers swore a truce (11)","Answer":"WATERCOURSE","Explanation":"Definition: Channel\n(SWORE A TRUCE)"}
-{"Clue":"Reserved opening avoided non-starter (11)","Answer":"INTROVERTED","Explanation":"Definition: Reserved\nINTRO (opening) +[a]VERTED"}
-{"Clue":"4 down to get firm endorsement for a foreign secretary (4)","Answer":"COOK","Explanation":"Definition: 4 down\nCO (company, firm) + OK (endorsement) \u2013 Robin Cook was Foreign Secretary 1997-2001"}
-{"Clue":"Plastic explosive applied to vehicle close to hand (6,4)","Answer":"CHARGE CARD","Explanation":"Definition: Plastic\nCHARGE (explosive) + CAR + [han]D"}
-{"Clue":"Regulation involving use of arms to target revenue (5,4)","Answer":"POINT DUTY","Explanation":"Definition: Regulation involving use of arms\nPOINT (target) + DUTY (revenue)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl gets unrestricted job employed by ranchers (5)","Answer":"LASSO","Explanation":"Definition: employed by ranchers\nLASS + [j]O[b]"}
-{"Clue":"I looked at what is said to be an unattractive feature (7)","Answer":"EYESORE","Explanation":"Definition: an unattractive feature\nHomophone of \"I saw\", though I find it hard to make \"what is said\" apply to \"I looked at\""}
-{"Clue":"Long way off being seen in smaller sized briefs (7)","Answer":"LAWYERS","Explanation":"Definition: briefs\nL + WAY* + part of smallER Sized? If that's what's intendd, I think it's a bit vague"}
-{"Clue":"Salad dressing envied (6)","Answer":"ENDIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Salad\nENVIED"}
-{"Clue":"Quite possible for party to fit (6)","Answer":"DOABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Quite possible\nDO + ABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Downloads a new source for perfumery (10)","Answer":"SANDALWOOD","Explanation":"Definition: source for perfumery\n(DOWNLOADS A)"}
-{"Clue":"Endless dressing-up is now sure to be on the cards again (5)","Answer":"ROBIN","Explanation":"Definition: now sure to be on the cards again\nROBIN[g] \u2013 reference to the robins seen on many Christmas cards"}
-{"Clue":"Passes an hour in church over strictly confidential matter (3,6)","Answer":"TOP SECRET","Explanation":"Definition: confidential matter\nTOPS (passes, as in exceeeds) + reverse of TERCE (one of the liturgical hours)"}
-{"Clue":"Global production in the red \u2014 it's simply made up (4)","Answer":"EDAM","Explanation":"Definition: Global production in the red\nMADE, up, and Edam cheese is a \"global\" shape and covered in red wax"}
-{"Clue":"Open forbidden ways to get in (8)","Answer":"OUTDOORS","Explanation":"Definition: Open\nYou can't go in through the OUT DOORS"}
-{"Clue":"Took off trimmed international cricket match in the middle (8)","Answer":"PARODIED","Explanation":"Definition: Took off\nODI (one-day international) in PARED (trimmed)"}
-{"Clue":"4 down to get right bloke to provide an alternative for a Guardian setter (10)","Answer":"GOODFELLOW","Explanation":"Definition: 4 down\nGOOD FELLOW \u2013 Robin Goodfellow is another name for Puck, who is also a Guardian setter. As always, I think it's a bit unreasomable to expect \"ordinary\" solvers to know this"}
-{"Clue":"Previous family residence used for play (4,5)","Answer":"TREE HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: residence used for play\nTREE (previous family) + HOUSE (residence), with \"residence\" doing double duty (with the exact same meaning) in the definition"}
-{"Clue":"London Eye can be a Christmas treat (5,3)","Answer":"MINCE PIE","Explanation":"Definition: a Christmas treat\nCockney rhyming slang for \"eye\""}
-{"Clue":"Never return to issue concerning former volunteers (2,2,4)","Answer":"AT NO TIME","Explanation":"Definition: Never\nReverse of EMIT (issue) ON (concerning) TA (Territorial Army, now renamed the Army Reserve)"}
-{"Clue":"Harry has first signs of St Louis encephalitis (6)","Answer":"HASSLE","Explanation":"Definition: Harry\nHAS + S[t] L[ouis] + E[ncephalitis]"}
-{"Clue":"A leading director puts on extras (3-3)","Answer":"ADD-ONS","Explanation":"Definition: extras\nA D[irector] + DONS (puts on)"}
-{"Clue":"Top family has many branches (5)","Answer":"ROYAL","Explanation":"Definition: Top family\nRather obscurely, I think, a royal is \"a stag with twelve or more points\", hence \"many branches\""}
-{"Clue":"A small number in Italy use a footstool regularly (4)","Answer":"OTTO","Explanation":"Definition: A small number in Italy\nAlternate letters of fOoTsToOl. The clue would work as well without \"small\", which doesn't seem to add much; is 8 a \"small\" number anyway?"}
-{"Clue":"Sea snail from Turkey into paddling (6)","Answer":"TRITON","Explanation":"Definition: Sea snail\nTR + INTO"}
-{"Clue":"Cricketer catches hard ball at last, before England's opener can check (8)","Answer":"THROTTLE","Explanation":"Definition: check\nH in TROTT + [bal]L + E[ngland]. The cricketer could Jonathan Trott, or Albert from about 100 years earlier."}
-{"Clue":"Peter Pan, 'e carries fairy, regularly seen in orchard? (4-4)","Answer":"PEAR-TREE","Explanation":"Definition: seen in orchard\n[f]A[i]R[y] in PETER* (\"Pan\" as anagram indicator)+ E"}
-{"Clue":"Reject the origins of theory of mind? I have a reason (6)","Answer":"MOTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: a reason\nFirst letters of Theory Of Mind, reversed, + I'VE"}
-{"Clue":"Narnia? Um, is it about Christian doctrine? (12)","Answer":"UNITARIANISM","Explanation":"Definition: Christian doctrine\n(NARNIA UM IS IT)"}
-{"Clue":"Vegetable for royal beer (4)","Answer":"KALE","Explanation":"Definition: Vegetable\nK (King, a royal) + ALE"}
-{"Clue":"Bad weather that's most cold, right? (3,5)","Answer":"ICE STORM","Explanation":"Definition: Bad weather\nAnagram of I.E (that is) + MOST + C + R"}
-{"Clue":"He leaves the Beatles playing around to Hold Me Tight? (4,4)","Answer":"SEAT BELT","Explanation":"Definition: to Hold Me Tight\n(THE BEATLES)* less HE"}
-{"Clue":"Fairy king's vessel capsized (4)","Answer":"PUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Fairy\nReverse of K CUP"}
-{"Clue":"How to get over the Beatles breaking up? (5,7)","Answer":"GROUP THERAPY","Explanation":"Definition: How to get over the Beatles breaking up\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Shakespearean character left Italy with a \u2026 (6)","Answer":"PORTIA","Explanation":"Definition: Shakespearean character\nPORT + I + A \u2013 Portia is a character in *The Merchant of Venice"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 piece of music, emptied out those diamonds and ran! (8)","Answer":"OPERATED","Explanation":"Definition: ran\nOPERA + T[hos]E + D"}
-{"Clue":"Terry manages the live charity event (8)","Answer":"TELETHON","Explanation":"Definition: charity event\nTEL (short for Terry) + THE + ON (live), with surface reference to Terry Wogan's regular hosting of such events."}
-{"Clue":"Fairy king has special robe on (6)","Answer":"OBERON","Explanation":"Definition: Fairy king\n(ROBE ON)"}
-{"Clue":"Bird found in or near Headingley (4)","Answer":"RHEA","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nHidden in neaR HEAdingley, with the \"or\" being just padding"}
-{"Clue":"Posh French wine tipped over fast, making a mess (9)","Answer":"TURBULENT","Explanation":"Definition: making a mess\nReverse of U BRUT + LENT"}
-{"Clue":"Sea nymph: I need to swim around river (6)","Answer":"NEREID","Explanation":"Definition: Sea nymph\nR in (I NEED)"}
-{"Clue":"He has a heavenly face (3,3,2,3,4)","Answer":"THE MAN IN THE MOON","Explanation":"Definition: He has a heavenly face\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Band-aid covered knee evenly and lasted (8)","Answer":"REMAINED","Explanation":"Definition: lasted\nEven letters of kNeE in REM (band) + AID"}
-{"Clue":"Giant bird, one with green tail (5)","Answer":"TITAN","Explanation":"Definition: Giant\nTIT + A + [gree]N"}
-{"Clue":"Infatuated fool exchanges I for U following scrabble solve (10)","Answer":"LOVESTRUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Infatuated\nSOLVE* + TRICK (fool) with I replaced by U"}
-{"Clue":"Excellent channel for funky music? (4,6)","Answer":"RARE GROOVE","Explanation":"Definition: funky music\nRARE (excellent) + GROOVE (channel). Not being familiar with the phrase, I guessed GROOVE fairly easily, but filling the blanks in ?A?E was a bit harder.."}
-{"Clue":"Merry Christmas begins with vigil, not with pudding (5,4)","Answer":"TIPSY CAKE","Explanation":"Definition: pudding\nTIPSY (merry) + C[hristmas] + WAKE less W"}
-{"Clue":"Bill overwhelmed by threat to break nail again (8)","Answer":"REATTACH","Explanation":"Definition: nail again\nAC in THREAT"}
-{"Clue":"Summerhouse is roughly 83% double-glazed, polished, but not dull (6)","Answer":"GAZEBO","Explanation":"Definition: Summerhouse\nTaking the first 10 letters (about 83%) of DOUBLE GLAZED and removing DULL leaves OBEGAZ, which is an anagram of GAZEBO. Ingenious, but as I guessed the answer immediately from the definition and having the O of Oberon, this felt rather more trouble than it was worth."}
-{"Clue":"Separate union supported by 1 in 10, maybe? (5)","Answer":"UNTIE","Explanation":"Definition: Separate\nU + I in TEN"}
-{"Clue":"Nymph born thus (4)","Answer":"NESO","Explanation":"Definition: Nymph\nN\u00c9 + SO \u2013 one of the NEREIDs, but also a moon of Neptune"}
-{"Clue":"One who struggles to steer a boat (9)","Answer":"CONTENDER","Explanation":"Definition: One who struggles\nCON (to steer \u2013 as in conning tower) + TENDER (a small boat towed by another)"}
-{"Clue":"A chemist using current measures (4)","Answer":"AMPS","Explanation":"Definition: current measures\nA + MPS (Member of the Pharmaceutical Society)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of society in which people want to take part? (8)","Answer":"DRAMATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of society in which people want to take part\nCryptic definition referring to (usually amateur) dramatic societies"}
-{"Clue":"What you shouldn't do with a thousand fish around (6)","Answer":"FAMISH","Explanation":"Definition: What you shouldn't do with a thousand fish around\nA + M in FISH, with the whole clue acting as definition"}
-{"Clue":"British admiral gives stick to French marshal (6)","Answer":"RODNEY","Explanation":"Definition: British admiral\nROD + Marshal NEY, a crossword favourite. I hadn't heard of Admiral RODNEY: he was active in the American War of Independence"}
-{"Clue":"Side passage for those taking flight? (8)","Answer":"AIRSTRIP","Explanation":"Definition: for those taking flight\nAIR (side, as as \"putting on airs\") + STRIP (passage)"}
-{"Clue":"Guides woman's place in American society (6)","Answer":"USHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Guides\nHER in US S"}
-{"Clue":"Transport system invented by a one-track mind? (8)","Answer":"MONORAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Transport system invented by a one-track mind\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"It's plain to see it's a terribly cruel act (5-3)","Answer":"CLEAR-CUT","Explanation":"Definition: plain to see\n(CRUEL ACT)"}
-{"Clue":"To do this illegally is a grave offence (6)","Answer":"EXHUME","Explanation":"Definition: To do this illegally is a grave offence\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Don't drop round \u2014 it will produce no response (4,4)","Answer":"FALL FLAT","Explanation":"Definition: it will produce no response\nTo FALL FLAT is, I suppose, what you do if you don't \"drop round\""}
-{"Clue":"Union left got in extremely easily (6)","Answer":"EQUITY","Explanation":"Definition: Union\nQUIT in E[asil]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Samuel's teacher has turned out to be a prophet (6)","Answer":"ELISHA","Explanation":"Definition: prophet\nELI (Samuel's teacher in the OT) + HAS"}
-{"Clue":"A lunatic, crazy about the sea (8)","Answer":"NAUTICAL","Explanation":"Definition: about the sea\n(A LUNATIC)"}
-{"Clue":"Divinity course at Oxford (4)","Answer":"ISIS","Explanation":"Definition: Divinity\nDouble definition \u2013 Egyptian goddess, and part of the Thames at Oxford"}
-{"Clue":"Omission that may be taken as an offence (9)","Answer":"EXCEPTION","Explanation":"Definition: Omission\nDouble definition \u2013 to take exception may be to take offence"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle to travel as freight (5)","Answer":"CARGO","Explanation":"Definition: freight\nCAR + GO"}
-{"Clue":"He must have a supporter and may get one in me (7)","Answer":"NOMINEE","Explanation":"Definition: He must have a supporter\n(ONE IN ME)"}
-{"Clue":"Record number starting school? (5)","Answer":"ENTRY","Explanation":"Definition: Record\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Inveigh against medical treatment (7)","Answer":"DECLAIM","Explanation":"Definition: Inveigh against\nMEDICAL"}
-{"Clue":"Testimonial for a source (9)","Answer":"REFERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Testimonial\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"It goes with the flow (7)","Answer":"AMMETER","Explanation":"Definition: It goes with the flow\nCryptic definition \u2013 an ammeter \"goes\" (i.e. works) with the flow of electric current. Perhaps a bit unhelpful that the first letter of this answer is also the A of AMPS in 6a"}
-{"Clue":"Not thinking much of the future? (9)","Answer":"PESSIMISM","Explanation":"Definition: Not thinking much of the future\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"One has one of them, another three (9)","Answer":"SYLLABLE","Explanation":"Definition: One has one of them, another three\nThe word \"one\" has one syllable, and \"another\" has three"}
-{"Clue":"An off break? (4,5)","Answer":"SICK LEAVE","Explanation":"Definition: An off break\nCryptic definition \u2013 a break when you're feeling a bit \"off\""}
-{"Clue":"Collected books of maps at jumble sales (7)","Answer":"ATLASES","Explanation":"Definition: Collected books of maps\nAT + SALES"}
-{"Clue":"It's flipping Brown in charge \u2014 what a disaster! (7)","Answer":"TITANIC","Explanation":"Definition: what a disaster\nIT< + TAN + IC"}
-{"Clue":"He escaped to become famous (7)","Answer":"HOUDINI","Explanation":"Definition: He escaped to become famous\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fit of wild pique (5)","Answer":"EQUIP","Explanation":"Definition: Fit\nPIQUE"}
-{"Clue":"He wrote books in two parts (5)","Answer":"TWAIN","Explanation":"Definition: He wrote books\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian's put through edited parody, being sorry? (1,3,4,6)","Answer":"I BEG YOUR PARDON","Explanation":"Definition: sorry\nOUR (Guardian's) in (PARODY BEING)"}
-{"Clue":"A range of Italian desserts (5)","Answer":"ANDES","Explanation":"Definition: A range\nHidden in italiAN DESserts"}
-{"Clue":"Mother, perhaps, is unable to do\/does dressing (8)","Answer":"DECANTER","Explanation":"Definition: Mother, perhaps\nCAN'T (is unable to do) in DEER (does)"}
-{"Clue":"Back at university, London one, after writer's urge to act (7)","Answer":"IMPULSE","Explanation":"Definition: urge to act\nI'M (writer is) + UP< + LSE (London School of Economics)"}
-{"Clue":"Paint not thinly applied is gone in one second (7)","Answer":"IMPASTO","Explanation":"Definition: Paint not thinly applied\nPAST in I MO \u2013 impasto is thickly-applied paint"}
-{"Clue":"Lining of coat's easily lost (2,3)","Answer":"AT SEA","Explanation":"Definition: lost\nHidden in coAT'S EAsily"}
-{"Clue":"Hertz clients taken out for some food (9)","Answer":"SCHNITZEL","Explanation":"Definition: some food\n(HZ CLIENTS)"}
-{"Clue":"Showing admiration, Enigmatist is doing Mr Rusbridger's job! (9)","Answer":"IMPRESSED","Explanation":"Definition: Showing admiration\nI'M PRESS ED (Alan Rusbridger is the editor of the Guardian)"}
-{"Clue":"Liking condition No 1 to become No 3 (5)","Answer":"TASTE","Explanation":"Definition: Liking\nSTATE with S moved to become the third letter"}
-{"Clue":"Feather-brain needs help to catch leggy bird (7)","Answer":"AIRHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Feather-brain\nRHEA in AID"}
-{"Clue":"Unnecessarily wily fleeing rocks (7)","Answer":"NEEDLES","Explanation":"Definition: rocks\nNEEDLESSLY less SLY (wily)"}
-{"Clue":"Honey and lemon's first sipped by loathsome author (8)","Answer":"MELVILLE","Explanation":"Definition: author\nMEL + L in VILE"}
-{"Clue":"Not quite full backing for Queen and Country (5)","Answer":"NIGER","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nThis looks as if it should be GIN[x]< + ER, but I can't find anything suitable meaning \"full\". Or maybe NIG[H], meaning \"not quite\"? Or a lift-and-separate: \"backing\" = back IN + G? *Thanks to Tom and Muffyword: it's REGIN[A], reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Declaration from elocutionist who won crown, movingly taking in bow (3,3,5,3)","Answer":"HOW NOW BROWN COW","Explanation":"Definition: Declaration from elocutionist\nBOW* in (WHO WON CROWN)* \u2013 a phrase tradionally used in elocution"}
-{"Clue":"One's opening is always repeated twice (1,3,1,3,1,3)","Answer":"I SAY I SAY I SAY","Explanation":"Definition: One's opening\nIS AY (always) repeated twice, i.e. said three times"}
-{"Clue":"Nude dancing? Take a little Peter Pan out! (3,2)","Answer":"END UP","Explanation":"Definition: Pan out\nNUDE* + P[eter]"}
-{"Clue":"Leader having dropped right down, scrutinises excuses rather! (3,6)","Answer":"YES PLEASE","Explanation":"Definition: rather\nEYES (scrutinises) + PLEAS (excuses), with the first E moved to the bottom"}
-{"Clue":"Diabolical ruses employed to get around North Dakota, \"The Altogether State\" (7)","Answer":"UNDRESS","Explanation":"Definition: The Altogether State\nND in RUSES"}
-{"Clue":"Quite esurient, rather like a 1962 Oscar winner? (7)","Answer":"PECKISH","Explanation":"Definition: Quite esurient\nGregory Peck won an Oscar in 1962 for *To Kill a Mockingbird*. Esurient = hungry"}
-{"Clue":"A low approach shot towards the hole, presumably to come second (3-2)","Answer":"RUN-UP","Explanation":"Definition: A low approach shot towards the hole\nDouble definition \u2013 the main meaning is from golf, and to run up is (\"presumably\") what a runner-up does"}
-{"Clue":"Such as XL and I zero in on nameless poetry (9)","Answer":"OVERSIZES","Explanation":"Definition: Such as XL\nI Z in O[n] VERSES"}
-{"Clue":"Does such an attraction have no point? One, actually, for each side (8,4)","Answer":"GOALLESS DRAW","Explanation":"Definition: such an attraction\nA goalless draw has no \"points\" in the sense of goals, but each team gets a point in the league table for it"}
-{"Clue":"Very posh, a woman's in Kent, say (9)","Answer":"SUPERHERO","Explanation":"Definition: Kent, say\nU (posh) + PER (a, as in miles per\/a second) + HER in SO (very)"}
-{"Clue":"Rip centre of kitchen out today and fly! (2,3,4)","Answer":"IN THE KNOW","Explanation":"Definition: fly\nKIT[c]HEN* + NOW"}
-{"Clue":"Pessimistic canon's portion of ground cabbage salad (4,3)","Answer":"SOD\u2019S LAW","Explanation":"Definition: Pessimistic canon\nSOD + SLAW"}
-{"Clue":"Arty male performer excited 70% of Sun readers (7)","Answer":"DANSEUR","Explanation":"Definition: Arty male performer\n(SUN READ[ers])"}
-{"Clue":"Self-willed velocity witnessed in dash (5)","Answer":"ELVAN","Explanation":"Definition: Self-willed\nV in ELAN \u2013 this is an adjectival form of \"elf\", one of whose meanings is \"self-willed\""}
-{"Clue":"Correct reasoning traps soldier in mountain pass heading north (5)","Answer":"LOGIC","Explanation":"Definition: Correct reasoning\nGI in COL<"}
-{"Clue":"A politician's memory? Put freely, it's makeshift (9)","Answer":"IMPROMPTU","Explanation":"Definition: makeshift\nI MP + ROM (memory) + PUT"}
-{"Clue":"Fabric sale! 50% off money (5)","Answer":"SATIN","Explanation":"Definition: Fabric\nSA[le] + TIN (slang for money)"}
-{"Clue":"Support for scrabble letters (7)","Answer":"TRESTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Support\nLETTERS"}
-{"Clue":"Siren's fuse? (4)","Answer":"VAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Siren\nDouble definition? Vamp and fuse can (just about) both mean to repair"}
-{"Clue":"Colour sports brochure covers books \u2026 (5,5)","Answer":"BURNT OCHRE","Explanation":"Definition: Colour\nNT (New Testament, i.e. books) in BROCHURE"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 on doing exercise (7)","Answer":"RUNNING","Explanation":"Definition: on\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"In the year 2000, 599 entered Open University for a bit (7)","Answer":"MODICUM","Explanation":"Definition: a bit\nDIC (dubiously, 599 in Roman numerals) in OU, in MM (2000)"}
-{"Clue":"Getting off scary giant ride takes a little bit of nerve (10)","Answer":"DETRAINING","Explanation":"Definition: Getting off\nN in (GIANT RIDE)"}
-{"Clue":"Curse and blast without ever ending (4)","Answer":"DARN","Explanation":"Definition: Curse\n[eve]R in AND"}
-{"Clue":"Lead, helium and iron compounds on Earth (7)","Answer":"HEROINE","Explanation":"Definition: Lead\nHE (Helium) + IRON* + E \u2013 the heroine may play the lead"}
-{"Clue":"Coverage of space alien (7)","Answer":"BLANKET","Explanation":"Definition: Coverage\nBLANK + ET"}
-{"Clue":"Country relocates area to middle of mountain range (5)","Answer":"CHAIN","Explanation":"Definition: mountain range\nCHINA with the A moved to the middle"}
-{"Clue":"\"Heavy\" holds back New York gangster about the throat (9)","Answer":"LARYNGEAL","Explanation":"Definition: about the throat\nNY< in LARGE + AL (Capone)"}
-{"Clue":"Board move found US credit note (10,5)","Answer":"DISCOVERED CHECK","Explanation":"Definition: Board move\nDISCOVERED (found) + CHECK (American version of cheque). I don't like the way \"discovered\", which is a major part of the answer, is defined in a way that is essentially the same as in the answer. Discovered check occurs in chess where moving one man allows another to check the opponent's King"}
-{"Clue":"After father retires, Abramovich welcomes new or old worker (5-3)","Answer":"APRON-MAN","Explanation":"Definition: old worker\nPA< + N in ROMAN. I hadn't heard of this Shakespearean word for a workman, but it's a plausible construction and the clue is obvious as long as you've heard of Roman Abramovich, Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea football club"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing left in explosive crater (4)","Answer":"HOLE","Explanation":"Definition: crater\nO L in H[igh] E[xplosive]"}
-{"Clue":"Top trophies gaining publicity before gun shot was invented (8)","Answer":"UPSPRUNG","Explanation":"Definition: was invented\n[c]UPS + PR (publicity) + GUN"}
-{"Clue":"Formula 1 driver just going above 100 (6)","Answer":"BUTTON","Explanation":"Definition: Formula 1 driver\nBUT + TON \u2013 Jensen Button is the driver"}
-{"Clue":"Universal rock star raves, injects drug \u2014 love getting unconscious? (8)","Answer":"ASTEROID","Explanation":"Definition: Universal rock\nE in STAR* + O (love) + ID (Freudian unconscious)"}
-{"Clue":"It's about time! Around an hour is a pain (6)","Answer":"STITCH","Explanation":"Definition: a pain\nITS* + T + C (about) H"}
-{"Clue":"Vaguely dine out, finish and leave your tips (15)","Answer":"INDETERMINATELY","Explanation":"Definition: Vaguely\nDINE* + TERMINATE + L[eave] Y[our]"}
-{"Clue":"Europeans exalting escargot at first (8)","Answer":"ITALIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Europeans\nReverse of SNAIL AT I"}
-{"Clue":"Coolers designed to hold a small criminal? (8)","Answer":"MINIBARS","Explanation":"Definition: Coolers\nDefinition & cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Clerk can bake biscuit (8)","Answer":"CRACKNEL","Explanation":"Definition: biscuit\n(CLERK CAN)"}
-{"Clue":"In bath, reading yarn (6)","Answer":"THREAD","Explanation":"Definition: yarn\nHidden in baTH READing"}
-{"Clue":"Point, point, point, point then led all over the place (6)","Answer":"NEEDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Point\nN + E + E + LED"}
-{"Clue":"Relative to visit repeatedly after hotel checkout (4)","Answer":"AUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Relative\nHAUNT (visit repeatedly) less H[otel]"}
-{"Clue":"It detects errors: gold coin with king replacing centre of gap, i.e. a \/ bloomer \u2014 this country's millions revolted (8, 8)","Answer":"CHECUKSMROSE\nCHECKSUM\/MUSKROSE","Explanation":"Definition: It detects errors\nECU K replacing A in CHASM \/ UK'S M + ROSE"}
-{"Clue":"Male fellows note one pursuing pleasure \/ installs stone one in seat (8, 8)","Answer":"HEDONSTIATES\nHEDONIST\/INSTATES","Explanation":"Definition: one pursuing pleasure\nHE DONS TI \/ ST I in NATES (buttocks, seat)"}
-{"Clue":"Thing that's created attention and start of friction in diplomacy drew jagged rent, serious affliction in the herd (8, 8)","Answer":"REDWTEARFACT\nARTEFACT\/REDWATER","Explanation":"Definition: Thing that's created\nEAR + F in TACT \/ DREW* + TEAR"}
-{"Clue":"Groove, scratch circling barrels \/ of northerly old boy, authentic (6, 6)","Answer":"SCOBREAL\nSCROBE\/BOREAL","Explanation":"Definition: Groove\nB in SCORE \/ OB + REAL"}
-{"Clue":"Supporter of monarchy, English, in newspaper strip \/ gets confused about extent government lost? (8, 8)","Answer":"STEAREAGLIST\nREGALIST\/STEARAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Supporter of monarchy\nE in RAG LIST \/ AREA in GETS"}
-{"Clue":"Cup for sampling savour, volume in turns imbibed, \/ I turn, tucking into new series \u2013 are they green? (8, 7)","Answer":"TASTNIVEERS\nTASTEVIN\/ENVIERS","Explanation":"Definition: Cup for sampling\n(V IN)< in TASTE \/ I VEER in N S"}
-{"Clue":"Italian governors imprisoning foreign troops in endless chain, \/ dying, indicate vital juice is receding (7, 8)","Answer":"PASNGISORIA\nSIGNORIA\/PASSING","Explanation":"Definition: Italian governors\nGIS in NORIA \/ (SIGN SAP)<"}
-{"Clue":"Those encouraging sailor to be in French street, \/ genuine sport when it's going after women (8, 8)","Answer":"ABETRESTLING\nABETTERS\/STERLING","Explanation":"Definition: Those encouraging\nAB + ETRE + ST \/ [W]RESTLING"}
-{"Clue":"Stage circle taken in by poet's \/ carriage, gold, variable weight (6, 6)","Answer":"ARBAORDS\nBOARDS\/ARROBA","Explanation":"Definition: Stage\nO in BARD'S \/ ARBA + OR"}
-{"Clue":"Crime involving unruly youth squashes \/ environmental creativity maybe, in Delaware ornament (8, 8)","Answer":"DECOARTEDSON\nTREADS ON\/DECORATE","Explanation":"Definition: squashes\nTED (teddy boy) in ARSON \/ ECO ART in DE"}
-{"Clue":"A pop presenter, one including cheap stuff, officer \/ anti getting corrupted in trial, smarter than the rest (8, 8)","Answer":"ADJUTATNIEST\nADJUTANT\/NATTIEST","Explanation":"Definition: officer\nA DJ + TAT in UN \/ ANTI* in TEST"}
-{"Clue":"More than one power supply that is restricted by Greens upset \/ the old author last night (8, 8)","Answer":"YESTERNEGIES\nENERGIES\/YESTREEN","Explanation":"Definition: More than one power supply\nIE in GREENS* \/ YE + STERNE"}
-{"Clue":"Bit left at bottom of glass? Tilt faucet (7)","Answer":"HEELTAP","Explanation":"Definition: Bit left at bottom of glass\nHEEL (tilt) + TAP"}
-{"Clue":"Subdue moggy? (3)","Answer":"COW","Explanation":"Definition: Subdue\nDouble definition (moggy is \"a pet name for a cow\")"}
-{"Clue":"Follow 'ounds with 'abitual accompaniment, rent-free? (6)","Answer":"UNTORN","Explanation":"Definition: rent-free\n[h]UNT + (hunting) [h]ORN"}
-{"Clue":"Ling dropped by bird in seaside grass north of the border (4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: seaside grass north of the border\nSTAR[ling]"}
-{"Clue":"Farming community beginning to evacuate waterlogged ground (4)","Answer":"MIRE","Explanation":"Definition: waterlogged ground\nMIR (peasant commune in pre-revolutionary Russia) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Worrying rattle engulfing a loud drum roll (6)","Answer":"RAFALE","Explanation":"Definition: drum roll\nA F in RALE (sound from a diseased lung)"}
-{"Clue":"Clubs introduced some tennis parties (5)","Answer":"SECTS","Explanation":"Definition: parties\nC[lubs] in SETS (some tennis)"}
-{"Clue":"It's lashed trunks afloat (3)","Answer":"CAT","Explanation":"Definition: It's lashed trunks afloat\nTwo different definitions using the same words \u2013 the cat-o'-nine-tails \"lashes trunks\" on a ship, and a cat(amaran) was originally \"a raft of logs lashed together\""}
-{"Clue":"Undyed woolstuff: rot has enveloped this in gown I acquire (5)","Answer":"BEIGE","Explanation":"Definition: Undyed woolstuff\nIf you envelop BEIGE with rot you get ROBE I GET, or \"gown I acquire\""}
-{"Clue":"Old despatch boat, power in its belly, turned up? (5)","Answer":"AVISO","Explanation":"Definition: Old despatch boat\nVIS in AO \u2013 middle letters of bOAt, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Windy, i.e. sun so irregularly seen (7)","Answer":"SINUOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Windy\n(IE SUN SO) \u2013 windy from \"wind\" rhyming with \"kind\""}
-{"Clue":"Countrymen's bulge is what he's caught in the river? (6)","Answer":"STROUT","Explanation":"Definition: Countrymen's bulge\nS + TROUT. I think the clue would read better (and work just as well) with \"Countryman's\" rather that \"..men's\""}
-{"Clue":"Old race concealed in past renewed (6)","Answer":"STRENE","Explanation":"Definition: Old race\nHidden in paST RENEwed \u2013 old form of \"strain\", meaning a race or line of descent"}
-{"Clue":"Antique Italian coin, not so round (3)","Answer":"OLD","Explanation":"Definition: Antique\n[so]LDO"}
-{"Clue":"Old embroidery caused a bit of excitement (5)","Answer":"BREDE","Explanation":"Definition: Old embroidery\nBRED + E"}
-{"Clue":"Blunt passion? (4)","Answer":"BATE","Explanation":"Definition: Blunt\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Source of varnish important to particular artists (4)","Answer":"ARAR","Explanation":"Definition: Source of varnish\nHidden in particulAR ARtists \u2013 the Sandarac tree, whose resin is used to make varnish"}
-{"Clue":"Figure lacking sex appeal produces this taunt (3)","Answer":"DIG","Explanation":"Definition: taunt\nDIG[it]"}
-{"Clue":"Added substances clean underwear (7)","Answer":"DOPANTS","Explanation":"Definition: Added substances\nDO (clean, perhaps as in \"can I do you now, sir?\") + PANTS. A dopant is an impurity added to change the electrical properties of a substance"}
-{"Clue":"Bird outside enclosure returned \u2014 outside a period of days (7)","Answer":"JANUARY","Explanation":"Definition: period of days\nA in RUN< (enclosure) in JAY"}
-{"Clue":"Actor as famous convert, born-again Christian? (4,6)","Answer":"PAUL NEWMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Actor\nPAUL (famous biblical convert) + NEW MAN (as a born-again Christian might be)"}
-{"Clue":"Some illumination in difficult situation following escape (9)","Answer":"LAMPLIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Some illumination\nLAM (US slang for an escape, I find) + PLIGHT"}
-{"Clue":"Porn star in dalliance, sadly without affection (5,8)","Answer":"LINDA LOVELACE","Explanation":"Definition: Porn star\nLOVE in DALLIANCE* \u2013 Linda Lovelace appeared in the notorious 1970s film *Deep Throat*, and later claimed she was coerced into it by her violent husband"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's slog, woman for taming being a dull person (8)","Answer":"CLODPATE","Explanation":"Definition: a dull person\nSpoonerism of PLOD + KATE (Katherina from *The Taming of the Shrew*). I'm not as much against spoonerism clues as some people, but I'm not keen on ones like this where the words being spoonerised have no particular connection, especially when they lead to a rather obscure answer"}
-{"Clue":"Capital performance by one half confused (4)","Answer":"OSLO","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nSOLO with its first half \"confused\""}
-{"Clue":"Biblical king given greeting with more than just a shofar, seemingly (5)","Answer":"HIRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Biblical king\nHI + RAM. The shofar is an old instrument made from a ram's horn, so a ram is more than just a shofar. Hiram was a king of Tyre who appears in the OT in the books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles"}
-{"Clue":"Wild animal's connections being read out (4)","Answer":"LYNX","Explanation":"Definition: Wild animal\nHomophone of \"links\""}
-{"Clue":"Try to be more charming? Not I, if you do this! (4,2,2)","Answer":"TURN IT ON","Explanation":"Definition: Try to be more charming\nIf you turn \"it on\", you get \"not I\""}
-{"Clue":"Separate river drying up before the end (5)","Answer":"SEVER","Explanation":"Definition: Separate\nSEVER[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Introductory enquiry \u2014 who played what sounds like rugby, briefly? (3,3,3)","Answer":"HOW ARE YOU","Explanation":"Definition: Introductory enquiry\nWHO* + homophone of RU (Rugby Union)"}
-{"Clue":"Rude wife assumed command going about (4)","Answer":"LEWD","Explanation":"Definition: Rude\nW in LED"}
-{"Clue":"Squelchy tropical fish ship collected (7)","Answer":"MORASSY","Explanation":"Definition: Squelchy\nSS in MORAY"}
-{"Clue":"Underwear back to front one king removed for a laugh (7)","Answer":"SNICKER","Explanation":"Definition: a laugh\nKNICKERS with the first K removed and the last letter moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"Cheese nasty woman cut for author (4)","Answer":"ZOLA","Explanation":"Definition: author\n[GORGON]ZOLA"}
-{"Clue":"Funny opera (not English) includes light recitative (8)","Answer":"PARLANDO","Explanation":"Definition: recitative\nLAND (to [a]light) in OP[e]RA*.Chambers gives recitative as one definition of PARLANDO, but they mean different things to me"}
-{"Clue":"Designer's new maternal style \u2014 see more than one Conservative wearing it (6,9)","Answer":"STELLA MCCARTNEY","Explanation":"Definition: Designer\nCC in (MATERNAL STYLE)*. Stella M is the daughter of Sir Paul, but no doubt she got her start in the fashion design business purely on her own merits."}
-{"Clue":"Cleaner covering everything in part of palace, maybe (8)","Answer":"BALLROOM","Explanation":"Definition: part of palace, maybe\nALL in BROOM"}
-{"Clue":"Rang off, being emotionally disturbed? (4,2)","Answer":"HUNG UP","Explanation":"Definition: Rang off\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Terrified female given instruction to slow down (4)","Answer":"FRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Terrified\nF + RIT (slow down, in music) . A word famously used by Mrs Thatcher to accuse Denis Healey of being scared of facing an election"}
-{"Clue":"Exotic dance movement with which girl wins Bruno's heart (5)","Answer":"LASSU","Explanation":"Definition: Exotic dance movement\nLASS + [br]U[no] The slow section of a cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s (a Hungarian folk dance \u2013 is that really \"exotic\"?)"}
-{"Clue":"Engineers with crazy guy set up electronic device (5)","Answer":"TUNER","Explanation":"Definition: electronic device\nReverse of RE + NUT"}
-{"Clue":"Horses apt to bolt, abandoning a warm Leopardstown enclosure? (3,5)","Answer":"HOT PRESS","Explanation":"Definition: warm Leopardstown enclosure\n(HORSES APT)* less A. Irish name for an airing cupboard \u2013 Leopardstown is a suburb of Dublin, famous for its racecourse"}
-{"Clue":"One of five children in street seen in a glance (6)","Answer":"SQUINT","Explanation":"Definition: a glance\nQUIN in ST"}
-{"Clue":"Someone funny and passionate with extra love (4)","Answer":"HOOT","Explanation":"Definition: Someone funny\nO in HOT"}
-{"Clue":"Watery stuff from two rivers being baled out of rowing boat (4)","Answer":"WHEY","Explanation":"Definition: Watery stuff\nWHE[RR]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Black, it fills void in minds (4-4)","Answer":"BABY-SITS","Explanation":"Definition: minds\nB + IT in ABYSS"}
-{"Clue":"Functional black uniform goes on top (6)","Answer":"USABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Functional\nU + SABLE (black)"}
-{"Clue":"Bump into noisy old birds making pub grub (4,4)","Answer":"MEAT PIES","Explanation":"Definition: pub grub\nHomophone of \"meet\" + PIES (older name of magpies)"}
-{"Clue":"Make the rounds every year to lake, crossing river (6)","Answer":"PATROL","Explanation":"Definition: Make the rounds\nP[er] A[nnum] + R in TO L"}
-{"Clue":"Top man in Dubai backing agreement banks rejected (5)","Answer":"EMEER","Explanation":"Definition: Top man in Dubai\nReverse of agREEMEnt with the outer pairs of letters (\"banks\") removed"}
-{"Clue":"Inspirational university place provided passion Henry's wanting (9)","Answer":"UPLIFTING","Explanation":"Definition: Inspirational\nU + PL+ IF (provided) + T[H]ING"}
-{"Clue":"Site manager in city's protecting wild flower king planted (5,2,5)","Answer":"CLERK OF WORKS","Explanation":"Definition: Site manager\nR in FLOWER* in CORK'S \u2013 a rather old-fashioned (or is it?) name for someone representing the architect or client on a construction site"}
-{"Clue":"Cutting books on the subject of getting into flying (12)","Answer":"ABBREVIATION","Explanation":"Definition: Cutting\nB B + RE (on the subject of) in AVIATION"}
-{"Clue":"Clubs find out about a church blessing (9)","Answer":"CLEARANCE","Explanation":"Definition: blessing\nC + A in LEARN + CE \u2013 blessing as in \"I give it my blessing\""}
-{"Clue":"What secures runner's autograph? (1-4)","Answer":"U-BOLT","Explanation":"Definition: What secures\nAs Usain Bolt might sign his name?"}
-{"Clue":"Films script involving old battle (6)","Answer":"MOVIES","Explanation":"Definition: Films\nO VIE in MS"}
-{"Clue":"Guitarist set aside hour for troops (8)","Answer":"GARRISON","Explanation":"Definition: troops\nG[eorge] [H]ARRISON \u2013 I'm a bit uneasy about the way the abbreviation of George is not indicated"}
-{"Clue":"Former railwaymen's assets regularly omitted tenders (6)","Answer":"NURSES","Explanation":"Definition: tenders\nNUR (National Union of Railwaymen, which merged into RMT in 1990) + alternate letters of aSsEtS"}
-{"Clue":"Key Latin dictionary ready to be loaded in camera (8)","Answer":"CLOSETED","Explanation":"Definition: in camera\nC (key) + L + SET in OED"}
-{"Clue":"Unusually big seat at theatre tipped up (6)","Answer":"BUMPER","Explanation":"Definition: Unusually big\nBUM + REP[ertory]<"}
-{"Clue":"What Hollywood does to preserve the King's discs, perhaps (6)","Answer":"BRAKES","Explanation":"Definition: discs, perhaps\nR in BAKES. The baker here is Paul Hollywood, from the BBC's *Great British Bake Off"}
-{"Clue":"Use plug, crudely inserting ruler and gum (9)","Answer":"SUPERGLUE","Explanation":"Definition: gum\nER in (USE PLUG)* \u2013 superglue isn't really \"gum\", but you can use both words as verbs with pretty much the same meaning"}
-{"Clue":"Rod's beginning to suspect river personnel (5)","Answer":"STAFF","Explanation":"Definition: Rod\nS[uspect] + TAFF, and two definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Advocates avoiding street obstacles (8)","Answer":"BARRIERS","Explanation":"Definition: obstacles\nBARRI[ST]ERS"}
-{"Clue":"Solver said record is English hymn (8)","Answer":"EULOGISE","Explanation":"Definition: hymn\nHomophone of \"you\" (solver) + LOG IS E"}
-{"Clue":"Unnoticed 17 may be wasted by a magazine (3,2,3,4)","Answer":"FLY ON THE WALL","Explanation":"Definition: Unnoticed 17\nI nearly had to give up on explaining this, but then I realised that a fly may be killed (\"wasted\") by being hit by a newspaper or magazine"}
-{"Clue":"Classic question concerning our security arrangements (3,6,3,9)","Answer":"WHO GUARDS THE\u00a0GUARDIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Classic question\nCryptic definition \u2013 this \"classic question\" is perhaps better known (well, to me, anyway) in its Latin form \"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?\", originally from the poet Juvenal, but eternally relevant. This English version allows a play on the word \"Guardian\", hence the \"our\" in the clue"}
-{"Clue":"Harrison and Cartier's answer to last question? (8)","Answer":"WATCHMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Harrison and Cartier\nJohn Harrison invented the marine chronometer, and Cartier make fancy watches, so they are WATCH MEN, and WATCHMEN could \"guard the guardians\""}
-{"Clue":"Network hub underpins heart of global paper (8)","Answer":"OBSERVER","Explanation":"Definition: paper\n[gl]OB[al] + SERVER"}
-{"Clue":"Nanny state dumps rubbish, cutting loss (6)","Answer":"COSSET","Explanation":"Definition: Nanny\nSTATE less TAT in COST (loss). I was attuned to this word, as it appeared in Nimrod's puzzle in the Independent yesterday (define there are \"baby\")."}
-{"Clue":"It's paid for in agreement with daughter (6)","Answer":"ATONED","Explanation":"Definition: paid for\nAT ONE (in agreement) + D."}
-{"Clue":"Magistrate constantly rose to defend earl (5)","Answer":"REEVE","Explanation":"Definition: Magistrate\nE in EVER< \u2013 Reeve is the origin of the word Sheriff, who is a \"Shire Reeve\". There's also a Reeve in the Canterbury Tales"}
-{"Clue":"Exam taken with customary charm (6,8)","Answer":"COMMON ENTRANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Exam\nCOMMON (customary) + ENTRANCE (charm). The Common Entrance exam is used for entry to British Public Schools"}
-{"Clue":"Should duck? (5)","Answer":"OUGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Should\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"It has a thick skin, rougher than peel (8)","Answer":"ELEPHANT","Explanation":"Definition: It has a thick skin\n(THAN PEEL)"}
-{"Clue":"Competitors making records (7)","Answer":"ENTRIES","Explanation":"Definition: Competitors\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"More tasteful port (7)","Answer":"TANGIER","Explanation":"Definition: More tasteful\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Leading gangster about and at large (5)","Answer":"GREAT","Explanation":"Definition: large\nG[angster] + RE + AT"}
-{"Clue":"Wonders when phone exchange changed name (9)","Answer":"PHENOMENA","Explanation":"Definition: Wonders\nPHONE* + NAME"}
-{"Clue":"Short and in character (9)","Answer":"AMPERSAND","Explanation":"Definition: Short and in character\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Consumer items that are cut and polished (5)","Answer":"TEETH","Explanation":"Definition: Consumer items that are cut and polished\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"He takes obstacles in his stride (7)","Answer":"HURDLER","Explanation":"Definition: He takes obstacles in his stride\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Short of the necessary (7)","Answer":"NEEDFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Short\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Creation of poetry at university? (8)","Answer":"UNIVERSE","Explanation":"Definition: Creation\nUNI[versity] VERSE \u2013 the universe\/university echo is a bit unfortunute \u2013 perhaps \".. at college?\" would have been better"}
-{"Clue":"They may be printed in Guardian and Times puzzles (5)","Answer":"ITEMS","Explanation":"Definition: They may be printed in Guardian\nTIMES"}
-{"Clue":"Game requiring action replays (6-2-6)","Answer":"FOLLOW-MY-LEADER","Explanation":"Definition: Game requiring action replays\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Routine arrangements for trippers (12)","Answer":"CHOREOGRAPHY","Explanation":"Definition: Routine arrangements for trippers\nCryptic definition \u2013 trippers = dancers"}
-{"Clue":"Russian fighter gains height and power (5)","Answer":"MIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: power\nMIG + HT"}
-{"Clue":"Tradesman explaining how he hopes to leave hospital? (9)","Answer":"OUTFITTER","Explanation":"Definition: Tradesman\nHe hopes to get OUT FITTER"}
-{"Clue":"Makes things balance and quits to eat late meal (5,2)","Answer":"EVENS UP","Explanation":"Definition: Makes things balance\nEVEN (quits) + SUP"}
-{"Clue":"Heart transplant completed without half the team in surgery (7)","Answer":"THEATRE","Explanation":"Definition: surgery\nHEART* in TE[am]"}
-{"Clue":"An embrace for Lady Grey (5)","Answer":"ASHEN","Explanation":"Definition: Grey\nSHE in AN"}
-{"Clue":"Many members naturally support it (9)","Answer":"CENTIPEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Many members naturally support it\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Its appearance may mean a blow for the motorist (12)","Answer":"BREATHALYSER","Explanation":"Definition: Its appearance may mean a blow for the motorist\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Not one's mother tongue but could be pater's one (9)","Answer":"ESPERANTO","Explanation":"Definition: Not one's mother tongue\n(PATER'S ONE)"}
-{"Clue":"In a team as an extra occupation (2,3,4)","Answer":"ON THE SIDE","Explanation":"Definition: In a team\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"High-flyers at work? (7)","Answer":"AIRCREW","Explanation":"Definition: High-flyers at work\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Studies cathedral closely (7)","Answer":"DENSELY","Explanation":"Definition: closely\nDENS + ELY"}
-{"Clue":"Disinclined to use a palindrome? (5)","Answer":"LEVEL","Explanation":"Definition: Disinclined\n\"Disinclined\" as in \"not inclined\", and of course it's a palindrome"}
-{"Clue":"All the runners seen going cross-country (5)","Answer":"FIELD","Explanation":"Definition: All the runners\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Brutally affect as menial I maltreated (9)","Answer":"ANIMALISE","Explanation":"Definition: Brutally affect\n(AS MENIAL I)"}
-{"Clue":"Vice ring back in the shade (5)","Answer":"OLIVE","Explanation":"Definition: shade\nReverse of EVIL O"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of litter in pool (5)","Answer":"KITTY","Explanation":"Definition: Bit of litter\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Keep stating price after backing European bank (9)","Answer":"REITERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Keep stating\n(E TIER)< + RATE"}
-{"Clue":"She bravely fights one drug after another (7)","Answer":"HEROINE","Explanation":"Definition: She bravely fights\nHEROIN + E"}
-{"Clue":"Start off showing more malice, becoming more irritating (7)","Answer":"ITCHIER","Explanation":"Definition: more irritating\n[B]ITCHIER"}
-{"Clue":"Identifies guilty people as men corrupted repeatedly (5,5)","Answer":"NAMES NAMES","Explanation":"Definition: Identifies guilty people\n(AS MEN)*, twice"}
-{"Clue":"Skate, perhaps, that's a little light (3)","Answer":"RAY","Explanation":"Definition: Skate, perhaps\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Doesn't want vacations, is kept inside (7)","Answer":"RESISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Doesn't want\nIS in RESTS"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative soon eclipsing left, without doubt (7)","Answer":"CLEARLY","Explanation":"Definition: without doubt\nL in C EARLY"}
-{"Clue":"She decides on suit, one of a dozen in box (9)","Answer":"JURYWOMAN","Explanation":"Definition: She decides on suit, one of a dozen in box\nAn extended cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Move back between rook and queen \u2014 got it! (5)","Answer":"ROGER","Explanation":"Definition: got it\nGO< in R + ER \u2013 \"got it\" as in radio communications"}
-{"Clue":"Perform seasonally in clubs, a job for actor being cut (5)","Answer":"CAROL","Explanation":"Definition: Perform seasonally\nC[lubs] + A ROL[E]"}
-{"Clue":"They combine in angry speeches about energy legislation (9)","Answer":"REACTANTS","Explanation":"Definition: They combine\nE ACT in RANTS"}
-{"Clue":"Note in outdated currency (4)","Answer":"MARK","Explanation":"Definition: Note\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Champion that's found with whiskey in VW (6)","Answer":"VICTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Champion\nVW is \"Victor Whiskey\" in the NATO phonetic alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Uncontrollable desire as I stray dreadfully in current state (10)","Answer":"SATYRIASIS","Explanation":"Definition: Uncontrollable desire\n(I STRAY*) + AS IS (in current state) \u2013 this took me a while to parse: trying to use \"as I stray\" as the anagram fodder leads to a dead end"}
-{"Clue":"President called Franklin bore (6)","Answer":"PIERCE","Explanation":"Definition: President called Franklin\nDouble definition \u2013 Franklin Pierce was US president 1853-57."}
-{"Clue":"Happiness permitted in eccentric (8)","Answer":"FELICITY","Explanation":"Definition: Happiness\nLICIT in FEY"}
-{"Clue":"Have some expectation of success in Scottish Open (4)","Answer":"HOPE","Explanation":"Definition: Have some expectation of success\nHidden in scottisH OPEn"}
-{"Clue":"Tin contracted, then expanded as metal (8)","Answer":"TITANIUM","Explanation":"Definition: metal\nNot sure about this: TI[n] is \"Tin contracted\", and TANIUM is in its Latin name of STANNIUM, less its abbreviation SN. *Thanks to various commenters: TIN contracted is TI, which is the chemical symbol for TITANIUM "}
-{"Clue":"Conclusions from hearing \u2014 the children receive what parents pass on (4)","Answer":"GENE","Explanation":"Definition: what parents pass on\nLast letters of hearinG thE childreN receivE"}
-{"Clue":"Accolade for American taking part in marathon, originally (5)","Answer":"HONOR","Explanation":"Definition: Accolade for American\nHidden on maratHON ORiginally"}
-{"Clue":"Steers European jalopy set aside for religious purposes (10)","Answer":"CONSECRATE","Explanation":"Definition: set aside for religious purposes\nCONS E CRATE"}
-{"Clue":"Problem with eye after game, initially out of practice (5)","Answer":"RUSTY","Explanation":"Definition: out of practice\nRU + STY"}
-{"Clue":"Piece of religious music from mass is before scripture class (8)","Answer":"MISERERE","Explanation":"Definition: Piece of religious music\nM IS ERE RE"}
-{"Clue":"Shrub grew on river in a month (8)","Answer":"ROSEMARY","Explanation":"Definition: Shrub\nROSE + R in MAY"}
-{"Clue":"Author appearing in public, on radio (6)","Answer":"CONRAD","Explanation":"Definition: Author\nHidden in publiC ON RADio"}
-{"Clue":"North American city's leading lady? (6)","Answer":"REGINA","Explanation":"Definition: North American city\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Honour weightlifter (4)","Answer":"JACK","Explanation":"Definition: Honour\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"It comprises primarily what is left, legally (4)","Answer":"WILL","Explanation":"Definition: It comprises primarily what is left, legally\nFirst letters of What Is Left Legally, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"What's got out of bed? (4)","Answer":"ROSE","Explanation":"Definition: What's got out of bed\nA clever \"double definition &lit\", i.e. the words of the clue define the answer in two different ways. Perhaps a slight inelegance in having this as an answer as well as ROSEMARY close by"}
-{"Clue":"Poker and frying pan limiting 100-year piece of nonsense (11)","Answer":"JABBERWOCKY","Explanation":"Definition: piece of nonsense\nJABBER (poker) + C in WOK + Y"}
-{"Clue":"Primrose's bovine insolence (7)","Answer":"COWSLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Primrose\nCOWS' LIP"}
-{"Clue":"Compel attention about empty urinal producing stream (7)","Answer":"RIVULET","Explanation":"Definition: stream\nU[rina]L in RIVET"}
-{"Clue":"A tendency to admit Hungary's leader, or Romania's, is revolting (9)","Answer":"ABHORRENT","Explanation":"Definition: revolting\nH OR R in A BENT (tendency)"}
-{"Clue":"Bunch of birds in ruler's domain? (5)","Answer":"ROOST","Explanation":"Definition: Bunch of birds\nDouble definition, the second referring to the expression \"rule the roost\", though as I learnt a while back from a Pasquale puzzle the \"correct\" or original version is \"rule the roast\" (i.e. to be at the head of a table where a roast is served)"}
-{"Clue":"Land secured by heiress (4)","Answer":"EIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Land\nHidden hEIREss"}
-{"Clue":"Instructive tale about academic not beyond forgiveness (10)","Answer":"PARDONABLE","Explanation":"Definition: not beyond forgiveness\nDON in PARABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Pool ideas of weather-beaten undergarment? (10)","Answer":"BRAINSTORM","Explanation":"Definition: Pool ideas\nBRA IN STORM"}
-{"Clue":"Stable concern (4)","Answer":"FIRM","Explanation":"Definition: Stable\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Last bit of fish? One left (5)","Answer":"FINAL","Explanation":"Definition: Last\nFIN + A + L"}
-{"Clue":"Supplies crew garlanding sea dog with noxious plants (9)","Answer":"MANDRAKES","Explanation":"Definition: noxious plants\nDRAKE in MANS \u2013 the mandrake is a poisonous plant with various magical and mythical assocations, mentioned several times in the Bible and Shakespeare"}
-{"Clue":"Intoxicant making wound not heal? (7)","Answer":"ETHANOL","Explanation":"Definition: Intoxicant\n(NOT HEAL)* \u2013 the scientific name for the intoxicating ingredient in alcoholic drinks"}
-{"Clue":"Expression of amusement about one of disgust on electronic channel of communication (7)","Answer":"LUGHOLE","Explanation":"Definition: channel of communication\nUGH in LOL (\"laughing out loud\") + E"}
-{"Clue":"Showing restraint when temporal record missing, though formerly included (11)","Answer":"UNDERSTATED","Explanation":"Definition: Showing restraint\nERST (archaic or poetic word for \"formerly\", as found in \"erstwhile\") in UNDATED"}
-{"Clue":"Statesman to talk at length to one acceptable to 20, admitting redtop elevated women-only sport (10,5)","Answer":"JAWAHARLAL NEHRU","Explanation":"Definition: Statesman\nJAW + A + R[ed] in HALAL + HEN< + RU. I didn't know Nehru's first name, but just about managed to construct it from the wordplay before checking"}
-{"Clue":"Agricultural equipment's loose ends in pub (5)","Answer":"BALER","Explanation":"Definition: Agricultural equipment\nL[oos]E in BAR"}
-{"Clue":"Site of infection getting payee 2,000 off? (7)","Answer":"EMPYEMA","Explanation":"Definition: Site of infection\n(PAYEE MM)* \u2013 \"a collection of pus in any cavity, esp. the pleura\": lovely!"}
-{"Clue":"Material set out in program (7)","Answer":"WORSTED","Explanation":"Definition: Material\nSET* in WORD, the \"program\" (note spelling) presumably being Microsoft Word"}
-{"Clue":"Old boy band recording someone else's music (8)","Answer":"COVERING","Explanation":"Definition: recording someone else's music\nCOVE (like \"old boy\", slang for a man) + RING"}
-{"Clue":"One dollar 1 across wanting inoculation to show the way to fantastic city (6,5,4)","Answer":"YELLOW BRICK ROAD","Explanation":"Definition: the way to fantastic city\nAngram of I DOLLAR + [jab]BERWOCKY \u2013 the Yellow Brick Road is of course the way the the Emerald City in the land of Oz"}
-{"Clue":"Tight corner to fight with energy (6)","Answer":"SCRAPE","Explanation":"Definition: Tight corner\nSCRAP + E"}
-{"Clue":"3-D representation of girl consuming tawdry goods (6)","Answer":"STATUE","Explanation":"Definition: 3-D representation\nTAT in SUE"}
-{"Clue":"Popular disc including verse from In the Mood? (8)","Answer":"INCLINED","Explanation":"Definition: In the Mood\nIN + LINE in CD. I wondered about line=verse, but Chambers has verse = a line of metre."}
-{"Clue":"Polisher of protective device (6)","Answer":"BUFFER","Explanation":"Definition: Polisher\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One falling for acrobat (7)","Answer":"TUMBLER","Explanation":"Definition: One falling\nDouble definition \u2013 rather a weak one as the meanings are very close"}
-{"Clue":"Girl, 10, changed lock (7)","Answer":"RINGLET","Explanation":"Definition: lock\n(GIRL TEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Camel sometimes upholds such a believer (6)","Answer":"MOSLEM","Explanation":"Definition: believer\nHidden in reverse of caMEL SOMetimes \u2013 the spelling \"muslim\" is preferred nowadays: see here for some reasons."}
-{"Clue":"Wordsmith, say, raised amid rubbish (5)","Answer":"ROGET","Explanation":"Definition: Wordsmith\nEG< in ROT \u2013 I'm not sure if Roget, of Thesaurus fame, was exactly a \"wordsmith\", but close enough I suppose"}
-{"Clue":"Unpleasant king, hostile on the outside (4)","Answer":"ICKY","Explanation":"Definition: Unpleasant\nK in ICY"}
-{"Clue":"Patriarch's number one \u00e0 la mode (7)","Answer":"NOACHIC","Explanation":"Definition: Patriarch's\nNO +A + CHIC"}
-{"Clue":"Development of tumours, lo, I spy mutating in chambers (9)","Answer":"POLYPOSIS","Explanation":"Definition: Development of tumours\n(LO I SPY)* in POS (chamber pots)"}
-{"Clue":"Rulers' title that's always tacked on to them (5)","Answer":"EMEER","Explanation":"Definition: Rulers' title\n'EM + E'ER"}
-{"Clue":"Moon distances left astronauts shattered, as tot somehow lost (6)","Answer":"LUNARS","Explanation":"Definition: Moon distances\nL + ASTRONAUTS* less (AS TOT)* \u2013 the \"somehow\" presumably reflecting Azed's view that if the removed letters are not in order then an anagram should be indicated, though in fact they do appear in order in the fodder"}
-{"Clue":"List at St Andrews getting degree after course (4)","Answer":"RUND","Explanation":"Definition: List at St Andrews\nRUN + D \u2013 for \"rund\", Chambers says \"same as roon\", defined as \"a list or selvage\", which frankly doesn't leave me much the wiser."}
-{"Clue":"Prominence is seen in circular earthwork (6)","Answer":"RISING","Explanation":"Definition: Prominence\nIS in RING"}
-{"Clue":"Element in composition beneficial to capturing exploit (6)","Answer":"FACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Element in composition\nACT in FOR"}
-{"Clue":"Spirit getting drunk after alcoholic drink returns (6)","Answer":"DAEMON","Explanation":"Definition: Spirit\nMEAD< + ON"}
-{"Clue":"Rang off from devastating nerves (4)","Answer":"VAGI","Explanation":"Definition: nerves\nRAVAGING less RANG"}
-{"Clue":"Randy Scots, reverse of sober after contact sport (5)","Answer":"RUDAS","Explanation":"Definition: Randy Scots\nRU + SAD< \u2013 another Scotticism:\"a foul-mouthed old woman; a randy; a hag\", where presumably \"randy\" has the sense \"a violent beggar, esp, a woman; a coarse virago\", which Chambers gives under the same heading as the more familiar sexual sense"}
-{"Clue":"Peer off-key in a tune ruined musical (9)","Answer":"EUTERPEAN","Explanation":"Definition: musical\nPEER* in (A TUNE)* \u2013 Euterpe is the muse of music and lyric poetry"}
-{"Clue":"The old appreciate priest, in grip of a pox! (7)","Answer":"APPRIZE","Explanation":"Definition: The old appreciate\nPR in A PIZE (=pox)"}
-{"Clue":"Poet's growl echoed in transept? (4)","Answer":"SNAR","Explanation":"Definition: Poet's growl\nHidden in reverse of tRANSept"}
-{"Clue":"Practising linguist of old making wayward sister repent (12)","Answer":"INTERPRETESS","Explanation":"Definition: Practising linguist of old\n(SISTER REPENT)* \u2013 strangely Chambers marks this spelling as \"obs\", but thinks (the more regularly formed \u2013 cf waiter\/waitress) \"interpretress\" is fine: surely no one has use such an expression nowadays (the acceptability of female-marked -ess forms is an interesting topic: the waiter\/waitress distinction is still going strong, but \"actress\" is losing ground, and words such as \"authoress\" and \"poetess\" seem distinctly old-fashioned, not to mention a bit patronising)"}
-{"Clue":"Corporation issue, letting in local fellow (7)","Answer":"COMMUNE","Explanation":"Definition: Corporation\nMUN (dialect \"man\") in COME (issue)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl of a Thai people found in parts of Burma (5)","Answer":"KAREN","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nDouble definition \u2013 this can be an adjective describing these people, so the \"of\" is not just a linking word"}
-{"Clue":"Like much church music, reduced option includes bit of Rutter (6)","Answer":"CHORIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like much church music\nR in CHOIC[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Litre in vat good for large number of work units (6)","Answer":"KILERG","Explanation":"Definition: large number of work units\nL in KIER (a bleaching vat) + G"}
-{"Clue":"Fungal parasite from narcotic drug (not hard) covering the States (6)","Answer":"EMPUSA","Explanation":"Definition: Fungal parasite\n[H]EMP + USA"}
-{"Clue":"I'll take part in conga dancing \u2013 absolutely straight (6)","Answer":"AGONIC","Explanation":"Definition: absolutely straight\nI in CONGA"}
-{"Clue":"Pea net's adjusted with weight (7)","Answer":"PESANTE","Explanation":"Definition: with weight\n(PEA NET'S)* \u2013 Italian term used in music to indicate (literally) \"heavily\""}
-{"Clue":"Fibre: portion of brioche provides reverse of this (4)","Answer":"COIR","Explanation":"Definition: Fibre\nHidden in reverse of bRIOChe"}
-{"Clue":"Elizabeth two times more astute about society, a know-all (12)","Answer":"BESSERWISSER","Explanation":"Definition: a know-all\nBESS + ER (two Elizabeths) + S in WISER \u2013 a German word meaning \"better-knower\""}
-{"Clue":"Touring abroad (having left Britain), part needing to be plugged in? (7)","Answer":"ADAPTOR","Explanation":"Definition: part needing to be plugged in\nPT in ABROAD* less B"}
-{"Clue":"Fine fabric, quite German, opening mouths (7)","Answer":"ORGANZA","Explanation":"Definition: Fine fabric\nGANZ in ORA \u2013 GANZ is German for \"quite\" in the sense of \"fully, entirely. I know it mainly from Beethoven's ninth symphony: \"Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!\" \u2013 \"this kiss [is] for the whole world!\""}
-{"Clue":"Climbers I'm surprised to see accepting advice once climbing (6)","Answer":"HEDERA","Explanation":"Definition: Climbers\nREDE< in HA \u2013 Hedera is the Latin name for the Ivy genus"}
-{"Clue":"Cap, a bit lacking to the French (6)","Answer":"AMORCE","Explanation":"Definition: Cap\nA MORCEAU (piece, bit) less AU (French \"to the\")"}
-{"Clue":"The old begin as fools, entering college (6)","Answer":"INCEPT","Explanation":"Definition: The old begin\nC in INEPT (as fools)"}
-{"Clue":"Angelic creature, she's upset about censure (6)","Answer":"SERAPH","Explanation":"Definition: Angelic creature\nRAP in SHE"}
-{"Clue":"Management making millions in a racket (5)","Answer":"ADMIN","Explanation":"Definition: Management\nM in A DIN"}
-{"Clue":"A few days in Edinburgh? Pet's first going for nothing (4)","Answer":"OULK","Explanation":"Definition: A few days in Edinburgh\nSULK (pet) with the S changed to O"}
-{"Clue":"Saw spin deliveries bowled (7)","Answer":"PROVERB","Explanation":"Definition: Saw\nPR (spin) + OVER (deliveries, in cricket) + B"}
-{"Clue":"Arsonist to axe tap (7)","Answer":"FIREBUG","Explanation":"Definition: Arsonist\nFIRE (to sack, axe) + BUG (tap, as in espionage)"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of soap, Neighbours, primarily, about Australian nation (5)","Answer":"SUDAN","Explanation":"Definition: nation\nA in SUD + N"}
-{"Clue":"For the purpose of editor, right, no changes (2,5,2)","Answer":"IN ORDER TO","Explanation":"Definition: For the purpose of\n(EDITOR R NO)"}
-{"Clue":"Sadly, clean-cut Roy Hodgson attacked \u2014 win impossible to change the mindset (3,4,5,2,3,3,3,6)","Answer":"YOU CAN\u2019T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS","Explanation":"Definition: impossible to change the mindset\n(CLEAN CUT ROY HODGSON ATTACKED IN)* \u2013 a remarkable anagram, but not really much help in solving. As almost always with clues like this, I guessed the answer from the definition and enumeration and worked backwards to the anagram (which I probably wouldn't have bothered to do if I wasn't blogging the puzzle)"}
-{"Clue":"Endless love is perfect (4)","Answer":"HONE","Explanation":"Definition: perfect\nHONE[Y]"}
-{"Clue":"Late shift initially boxes style of pizza \u2014 delivers without emotion (4-4)","Answer":"DEAD-PANS","Explanation":"Definition: delivers without emotion\nPAN (type of pizza) in DEAD (late) + S[hift]"}
-{"Clue":"Order costumes for cases (8)","Answer":"LAWSUITS","Explanation":"Definition: cases\nLAW (order) + SUITS"}
-{"Clue":"Junk food (4)","Answer":"SPAM","Explanation":"Definition: Junk\nDouble definition. I confidently entered MESS here early on, which wasn't a help.."}
-{"Clue":"\"Lay to rest\", he interrupts ex-PM briefly. \"Time to stop the war\" (4,3,7)","Answer":"BURY THE HATCHET","Explanation":"Definition: stop the war\nBURY (lay to rest) + HE in THATCHE[R] + T"}
-{"Clue":"One getting rent, housing cold with one tart (9)","Answer":"RECIPIENT","Explanation":"Definition: One getting\nC + I PIE in RENT"}
-{"Clue":"Overturn winning goal (5)","Answer":"UPEND","Explanation":"Definition: Overturn\nUP + END"}
-{"Clue":"Ordinary end to Mrs T \u2014 \"Nazi\" to describe woman running party (7)","Answer":"HOSTESS","Explanation":"Definition: woman running party\nO[rdinary] + [MR]S in [Rudolf] HESS"}
-{"Clue":"Commitment follows second tiny baby (7)","Answer":"SWEETIE","Explanation":"Definition: baby\nS + WEE + TIE \u2013 sweetie and baby here, honey in 13: did this start out as a Valentine's day puzzle?"}
-{"Clue":"Classy footballer's wife (4)","Answer":"POSH","Explanation":"Definition: Classy\nDouble definition, referring to \"Posh Spice\", aka Victoria Beckham, nee Adams"}
-{"Clue":"Virtually untouched: cut to balls for ineffective man (6)","Answer":"EUNUCH","Explanation":"Definition: ineffective man\nAnagram of UNTOUCHE[d] less TO, with \"balls\" as the (appropriate) anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"British and Poles need state to feed kids in north (6)","Answer":"BAIRNS","Explanation":"Definition: kids in north\nAIR in B + N S"}
-{"Clue":"Possible McDonalds order: \"wraps, large tea (each to go) and cereal\" (8)","Answer":"FROSTIES","Explanation":"Definition: cereal\nOS + TEA less EA in FRIES. They're Grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!"}
-{"Clue":"Animal raped and murdered (3,5)","Answer":"RED PANDA","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\n(RAPED AND)* \u2013 I'm not usually prudish about clues, but this made me a little uncomfortable"}
-{"Clue":"Party? Bender? Turned up with this box? (8,7)","Answer":"BIRTHDAY PRESENT","Explanation":"Definition: box\n(PARTY BENDER THIS)"}
-{"Clue":"Fit daughter in one with two sons, us and boy (8,2)","Answer":"GOODNESS ME","Explanation":"Definition: boy\nGO (fit) + D in ONE + SS + ME (us, as in \"give us a kiss\") \u2013 definition as in \"oh boy!\""}
-{"Clue":"Fooling Brit: leaders of Lib Dems\/Conservatives have hastily identified end of Labour? (10)","Answer":"CHILDBIRTH","Explanation":"Definition: end of Labour\nAngram of BRIT L[ib] D[ems] C[onservatives] H[ave] H[astily] I[dentified]"}
-{"Clue":"Many left empty, swallowed by drug runner (8)","Answer":"MULTIPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Many\nL + TIP (empty) in MULE"}
-{"Clue":"Is more inclined to watch pounds around model (8)","Answer":"STEEPENS","Explanation":"Definition: Is more inclined\n[Ford Model] T on SEE PENS. Perhaps \"becomes more inclined\" would be a more accurate definition"}
-{"Clue":"Hand over empty tube for gums (6)","Answer":"PASTES","Explanation":"Definition: gums\nT[ub]E in PASS"}
-{"Clue":"South Colombia to take drugs from Liverpool (6)","Answer":"SCOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: from Liverpool\nS + CO + USE"}
-{"Clue":"Balls up, say for side (4)","Answer":"EDGE","Explanation":"Definition: side\nED [Balls, Labour politician] + reverse of EG"}
-{"Clue":"Company for pitmen's frisky 6 11 (9)","Answer":"ORCHESTRA","Explanation":"Definition: Company for pitmen\n(CART HORSE)* \u2013 this must count as one of the most famous anagrams used in crosswords, though probab;y too obvious to ever to be used seriously"}
-{"Clue":"In Harare, natural amphitheatre perhaps (5)","Answer":"ARENA","Explanation":"Definition: amphitheatre perhaps\nHIdden in harARE NAturally"}
-{"Clue":"Drug mule's mother (5)","Answer":"HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: Drug\nDouble definition \u2013 slang for heroin; and a mule if a cross between a male donkey and a female horse"}
-{"Clue":"The stale and overfamiliar 22 across on Revolutionary Road (9)","Answer":"CHESTNUTS","Explanation":"Definition: stale and overfamiliar\nCHE (revolutionary \u2013 a bit of a chestnut itself) + ST (street, road) + NUTS (bonkers, in the sense of \"mad\")"}
-{"Clue":"Singer misbehaves \u2014 soprano quits (7)","Answer":"RESIGNS","Explanation":"Definition: quits\nSINGER* + S"}
-{"Clue":"Land engulfed in tsunami, biannually (7)","Answer":"NAMIBIA","Explanation":"Definition: Land\nHIddein in tsuNAMI BIAnually"}
-{"Clue":"Topless vicar? That's flaming wrong! (5)","Answer":"ARSON","Explanation":"Definition: flaming wrong\n[P]ARSON"}
-{"Clue":"Go off recipe books (3)","Answer":"ROT","Explanation":"Definition: Go off\nR + OT (Old Testament)"}
-{"Clue":"Early riser takes turn protecting a village in Africa (5)","Answer":"KRAAL","Explanation":"Definition: village in Africa\nA in LARK< \u2013 a South African word for a village, or an enclosure (cf \"corral\")"}
-{"Clue":"Songbirds with time for explosive lunges (7)","Answer":"THRUSTS","Explanation":"Definition: lunges\nTHRUSHES with HE replaced by T"}
-{"Clue":"British 11 12 game \u2014 caught out those at it (7)","Answer":"BONKERS","Explanation":"Definition: those at it\nB + [C]ONKERS \u2013 from \"bonk\" meaning to have sex with (and \"at it\" also means having sex)"}
-{"Clue":"Dish thrown out as lost cause? (9)","Answer":"CASSOULET","Explanation":"Definition: Dish\n(LOST CAUSE)"}
-{"Clue":"Group has second number one hit, finally (5)","Answer":"SWEET","Explanation":"Definition: Group\nS + WEE (number one) + [HI]T"}
-{"Clue":"Initially, little young Einstein looked like a Victorian geologist (5)","Answer":"LYELL","Explanation":"Definition: a Victorian geologist\nFirst letters of Little Young Einstein Looked Like. Charles Lyell was indeed a Victorian geologist, and a proponent of uniformitarianism"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps make an anagram out of the bottom row? (9)","Answer":"REARRANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps make an anagram out of\nREAR (bottom) + RANGE (row)"}
-{"Clue":"My attempt to keep quiet (4)","Answer":"GOSH","Explanation":"Definition: My\nGO (attempt) + SH \u2013 another chestnut, using \"my\" as an exclamation"}
-{"Clue":"High-flyer is circling around Rugby (6)","Answer":"ICARUS","Explanation":"Definition: High-flyer\nCA RU in IS"}
-{"Clue":"Put off toilet cleaners (10)","Answer":"DETERGENTS","Explanation":"Definition: cleaners\nDETER GENTS"}
-{"Clue":"Library books stored here? Loads! (6)","Answer":"STACKS","Explanation":"Definition: Library books stored here\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cob (small 11), one unknown to the Spanish teachers (8)","Answer":"HAZELNUT","Explanation":"Definition: Cob\nH (small horse) + A +Z (unknown) + EL NUT (National Union of Teachers) \u2013 a cob is indeed a small horse, as well a hazelnut"}
-{"Clue":"Barrow by rail, shortly to return (4)","Answer":"CART","Explanation":"Definition: Barrow\nTRAC[K]<"}
-{"Clue":"Exercise with Greek character (doctor) and artist (one of the Shadows) (8)","Answer":"PENUMBRA","Explanation":"Definition: one of the Shadows\nPE + NU + MB + RA"}
-{"Clue":"Voice in Bottom's head \u2014 where did it come from? (4)","Answer":"BASS","Explanation":"Definition: Voice\nB[ottom] + ASS (what he was turned into, rather than a reference to \"talking out of his ass\", I think) \u2013 Puck always (?) includes at least one *Midsummer Night's Dream* reference"}
-{"Clue":"Pan right next to oven (5)","Answer":"ROAST","Explanation":"Definition: Pan\nR + OAST"}
-{"Clue":"Confirming 11 is outside college at university (6,4)","Answer":"MAKING SURE","Explanation":"Definition: Confirming\nKING'S (college at Cambridge or London) + U in MARE"}
-{"Clue":"Finally reduced map collection (5)","Answer":"ATLAS","Explanation":"Definition: Finally\nAT LAS[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Under pressure to serve up 26s (8)","Answer":"STRESSED","Explanation":"Definition: Under pressure\nDESSERTS<"}
-{"Clue":"Leaves, perhaps, as neat movers also lower knickers for the audience (8)","Answer":"RUSTLERS","Explanation":"Definition: Leaves, perhaps\nLeaves rustle, rustlers \"move neats\" (cattle) and also \"nick lowers\", so three definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Cricketer that's second out \u2014 Wayne, the night watchman? (6)","Answer":"BATMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Wayne, the night watchman\nBAT[S]MAN \u2013 Batman goes crime-busting at night, and Bruce Wayne is his secret identity"}
-{"Clue":"Flower given to a French model as they leave the stage (6)","Answer":"EXEUNT","Explanation":"Definition: they leave the stage\nEXE (river) +UN + T"}
-{"Clue":"Capital of Czechoslovakia (not new or very fresh) (4)","Answer":"COLD","Explanation":"Definition: very fresh\nC[zechoslovakia] + OLD"}
-{"Clue":"Capital of Czechoslovakia (this one's also not new or very fresh!) (4)","Answer":"OSLO","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nHidden in czechOSLOvakia \u2013 a very familiar old trick, nicely combined with the previous clue"}
-{"Clue":"Bucket down at start of 13th hole? (4)","Answer":"TEEM","Explanation":"Definition: Bucket down\nOn a golf course, hole 13 might be said to start at TEE M (after TEE A, TEE B, etc)"}
-{"Clue":"A case of mixed dates (11)","Answer":"ANACHRONISM","Explanation":"Definition: A case of mixed dates\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bill prepared for posting (7)","Answer":"PLACARD","Explanation":"Definition: Bill prepared for posting\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Strips study used for revision (7)","Answer":"DENUDES","Explanation":"Definition: Strips\nDEN + USED"}
-{"Clue":"There's no alibi to put out for the cancellation (9)","Answer":"ABOLITION","Explanation":"Definition: cancellation\n(NO ALIBI TO)"}
-{"Clue":"Cross-country? (5)","Answer":"MALTA","Explanation":"Definition: Cross-country\nA rather vague allusion to the Maltese Cross"}
-{"Clue":"The present month, in a way (4)","Answer":"INST","Explanation":"Definition: The present month\nIN + ST[reet]"}
-{"Clue":"One loses one's head getting no permissions to make chimney corners (10)","Answer":"INGLENOOKS","Explanation":"Definition: chimney corners\n[S]INGLE + NO OKS"}
-{"Clue":"Experts on the rocks? (10)","Answer":"GEOLOGISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Experts on the rocks\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of gun with catches reversed (4)","Answer":"STEN","Explanation":"Definition: Kind of gun\nReverse of NETS"}
-{"Clue":"A bird's dam (5)","Answer":"ASWAN","Explanation":"Definition: dam\nA + SWAN"}
-{"Clue":"He's not bound to release a spy (4,5)","Answer":"FREE AGENT","Explanation":"Definition: He's not bound\nFREE (release) + AGENT (spy)"}
-{"Clue":"It may result in a painful admission (7)","Answer":"TORTURE","Explanation":"Definition: It may result in a painful admission\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Top game can be the very devil (7)","Answer":"DIABOLO","Explanation":"Definition: Top game\nDouble definition \u2013 the game uses a kind of \"top\""}
-{"Clue":"'Arf a mo! (5,6)","Answer":"SPLIT SECOND","Explanation":"Definition: Arf a mo\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Nonplussed, having mislaid the script? (2,1,4,3,5)","Answer":"AT A LOSS FOR WORDS","Explanation":"Definition: Nonplussed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"You can count on them (5)","Answer":"ABACI","Explanation":"Definition: You can count on them\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"He built a wall and kept rain out (7)","Answer":"HADRIAN","Explanation":"Definition: He built a wall\nHAD (kept) + RAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe first or second row in exam (7)","Answer":"ORDINAL","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe first or second\nDIN (row, noise) in ORAL"}
-{"Clue":"Move west from Wyoming in terrible disgrace (8)","Answer":"IGNOMINY","Explanation":"Definition: disgrace\n(WYOMING IN)* less W"}
-{"Clue":"Possibly the safest course for non-pedestrians (6-2-3-4)","Answer":"MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD","Explanation":"Definition: Possibly the safest course\nCryptic definition, I suppose, though not a very accurate one if so"}
-{"Clue":"No roles for dumb blondes, presumably (8,5)","Answer":"SPEAKING PARTS","Explanation":"Definition: No roles for dumb blondes, presumably\nCryptic definition \u2013 again not very satisfactory, as \"blondes\" has no relevance"}
-{"Clue":"An illegal dispatch (13)","Answer":"ASSASSINATION","Explanation":"Definition: An illegal dispatch\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"He stands for England (4,4)","Answer":"JOHN BULL","Explanation":"Definition: He stands for England\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Inspire about fifty to make changes in speech (7)","Answer":"INFLECT","Explanation":"Definition: changes in speech\nL in INFECT"}
-{"Clue":"Downtrodden machine worker (7)","Answer":"TREADLE","Explanation":"Definition: Downtrodden machine worker\nCryptic definition \u2013 a treadle \"works\" a machine (e.g. my auntie's sewing machine) by being downtrodden"}
-{"Clue":"A doctor tours the French battle scene (5)","Answer":"ALAMO","Explanation":"Definition: battle scene\nLA in A MO"}
-{"Clue":"Show pretty PC unit (7)","Answer":"GIGABIT","Explanation":"Definition: PC unit\nGIG (a concert or show) + A BIT (pretty, a little)"}
-{"Clue":"Popular, like Jersey-Ibiza return? (7)","Answer":"DEMOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Popular\nReverse of CI (Channel Islands) TO MED (where Ibiza is)"}
-{"Clue":"Part that he tackles in a letter to Sophocles (5)","Answer":"THETA","Explanation":"Definition: a letter to Sophocles\nHidden in thaT HE TAckles"}
-{"Clue":"Seared lamb chops daughter made for Ray? (5,4)","Answer":"LASER BEAM","Explanation":"Definition: Ray\n(SEARED LAMB)* less D"}
-{"Clue":"Cuckoo family in trouble, potentially (6,4)","Answer":"BANANA SKIN","Explanation":"Definition: trouble, potentially\nBANANAS + KIN"}
-{"Clue":"Start to act \u2014 about flipping time! (3)","Answer":"ERA","Explanation":"Definition: time\nReverse of A + RE (about)"}
-{"Clue":"What Snape does, being on Platform 9 3\/4? (12)","Answer":"TRAINSPOTTER","Explanation":"Definition: being on Platform 9 3\/4\nSeverus Snape is a teacher in the *Harry Potter* books, so he TRAINS POTTER, and a trainspotter might be a \"being\" on a platform; also in the books Harry takes the train to Hogwarts from platform 9 3\/4 at Kings Cross station"}
-{"Clue":"One dad and lad in capital getting crosser (8,4)","Answer":"LOLLIPOP LADY","Explanation":"Definition: crosser\nI POP + LAD in LOLLY(money)"}
-{"Clue":"Yellowish liquid thrust out of end (3)","Answer":"PUS","Explanation":"Definition: Yellowish liquid\nPUS[H] (i.e. thrust, which of \"out of\" its end)"}
-{"Clue":"One shooting tight turns having to wait (10)","Answer":"GUNSLINGER","Explanation":"Definition: One shooting\nSNUG< + LINGER"}
-{"Clue":"Two stops to station again (9)","Answer":"REINSTALL","Explanation":"Definition: station again\nREIN + STALL \u2013 two verbs meaning \"stop\", transitive and intransitive respectively"}
-{"Clue":"Developed grand place for 14th in line? (5)","Answer":"GROWN","Explanation":"Definition: Developed\nG + ROW N (the 14th line, after Row A, Row B etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Don't even consider setter's voice (7)","Answer":"PASSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: voice\nPASS (don't consider) + I'VE (setter has)"}
-{"Clue":"Song by county supporters on the floor? (3,4)","Answer":"AIR BEDS","Explanation":"Definition: supporters on the floor\nAIR + BEDS (Befordshire)"}
-{"Clue":"After vacation, give this boy passes (4,2)","Answer":"GETS BY","Explanation":"Definition: passes\nG[iv]E T[hi]S B[o]Y, with vacation meaning \"emptying\""}
-{"Clue":"Ecowarriors putting on these (6)","Answer":"GREENS","Explanation":"Definition: Ecowarriors\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"putting\" being in golf"}
-{"Clue":"Learned moves from bachelor, finally honed in showers (5,5)","Answer":"BRAIN DRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Learned moves\nB + [hone]D in RAIN + RAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Cash in these topless photos (5)","Answer":"TILLS","Explanation":"Definition: Cash in these\n[S]TILLS"}
-{"Clue":"Surprisingly, said S&M is left in the sack (9)","Answer":"DISMISSAL","Explanation":"Definition: the sack\n(SAID SM IS L)"}
-{"Clue":"Comedian's impressions on podcast (4)","Answer":"MARX","Explanation":"Definition: Comedian\nHomophone of \"marks\" (impressions), and take your pick from the Marx Brothers for the comedian"}
-{"Clue":"New parts to 14th century in Italy (8)","Answer":"TRECENTO","Explanation":"Definition: 14th century in Italy\nRECENT in TO \u2013 literally 300 in Italian, short for \"mille trecento\", so the 1300s, meaning the 14th century (well, approximately \u2013 cue arguments about when a century starts..)"}
-{"Clue":"Close to forehand in set against friend (8)","Answer":"COMPADRE","Explanation":"Definition: friend\n[forehan]D in COMPARE (set against)"}
-{"Clue":"Dogged girl after fling? (4-6)","Answer":"GOLD-DIGGER","Explanation":"Definition: Dogged girl after fling\n(DOGGED GIRL)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Lunatic fringes of Oxbridge cast ready for travel abroad? (9)","Answer":"INOCULATE","Explanation":"Definition: ready for travel abroad\n(LUNATIC O[xbridg]E"}
-{"Clue":"Hand and mouth used in bunk (8)","Answer":"CLAPTRAP","Explanation":"Definition: bunk\nCLAP (hand, as in applause) + TRAP (slang for mouth)"}
-{"Clue":"Carry On films inspire more than one type of material (8)","Answer":"PLASTICS","Explanation":"Definition: more than one type of material\nLAST (carry on) in (inspired by) PICS"}
-{"Clue":"Blank canvas ultimately binned by Italian bloke (6)","Answer":"IGNORE","Explanation":"Definition: Blank\nSIGNORE less [canva]S"}
-{"Clue":"Hide signs \u2014 odds on Boris finding them? (6)","Answer":"BRANDS","Explanation":"Definition: Hide signs\nThe odd letters of Boris are B R AND S, and brands are signs on the hide of cattle"}
-{"Clue":"Dance as pair, looking up and left between them (5)","Answer":"SALSA","Explanation":"Definition: Dance\nL in reverse of AS AS"}
-{"Clue":"Hastily bottles wine (4)","Answer":"ASTI","Explanation":"Definition: wine\nHidden in hASTIly"}
-{"Clue":"Those in charge could be better \u2014 what hopes! (3,6,4,2)","Answer":"THE POWERS THAT BE","Explanation":"Definition: Those in charge\n(BETTER WHAT HOPES)* \u2013 Vlad gives us a relatively easy one to start with, but even so it took me a while to get it"}
-{"Clue":"Dance round in church showing rhythm (7)","Answer":"CADENCE","Explanation":"Definition: rhythm\nDANCE* in CE"}
-{"Clue":"One previously learning the French for \"siren\"' (7)","Answer":"LORELEI","Explanation":"Definition: siren\nAs in a couple of other clues the wordplay is a bit contorted, but I think it works: One (I) with, previously, LORE (learning) + LE (the French). A change from \"rock singer\" as a clue for Lorelei, anyway"}
-{"Clue":"Rugby players robbing banks \u2014 one's charged (3)","Answer":"ION","Explanation":"Definition: one's charged\nLIONS (any of several Rugby teams) less its outer letters, or \"banks\""}
-{"Clue":"Obvious replacement for Ant's partner (11)","Answer":"TRANSPARENT","Explanation":"Definition: Obvious\n(ANTS PARTNER)* \u2013 I'm sure many UK solvers will, like me, have tried to find a word beginning with DEC\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Country clubber on course to a meal ticket (love won't go the distance) (2,8)","Answer":"EL SALVADOR","Explanation":"Definition: Country\n[Ernie] ELS (golfer, so \"clubber on course\") + A L.V. (luncheon voucher) +ADOR[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Entering directions to store (4)","Answer":"STOW","Explanation":"Definition: store\nTO in (entering) S + W"}
-{"Clue":"Here was dame with small chest (4)","Answer":"SARK","Explanation":"Definition: Here was dame\nS + ARK. The island of Sark was ruled by a Seigneur, most famously, and for a long time, by the Dame of Sark , Sibyl Hathaway"}
-{"Clue":"Investments one relies on (4,6)","Answer":"UNIT TRUSTS","Explanation":"Definition: Investments\nUNIT (one) + TRUSTS (relies on)"}
-{"Clue":"Rapper \u2014 he's up anyway for clerk (5-6)","Answer":"PAPER-PUSHER","Explanation":"Definition: clerk\n(RAPPER HES UP)* \u2013 the expression \"pen-pusher\" is perhaps more familiar, but this is an obvious variant"}
-{"Clue":"Found in whole of house (3)","Answer":"LEO","Explanation":"Definition: house\nHidden on whoLE Of"}
-{"Clue":"Easily beat time on training run with Coe (7)","Answer":"TROUNCE","Explanation":"Definition: Easily beat\nT + (RUN COE)"}
-{"Clue":"Rivals eating chicken one day? Not these (7)","Answer":"VEGGIES","Explanation":"Definition: Not these\nEGG (\"a chicken one day\") in VIES"}
-{"Clue":"Ruin the chances of those oafish Australians inspired by Don (3,3,7,2)","Answer":"PUT THE MOCKERS ON","Explanation":"Definition: Ruin the chances of\nTHEM OCKERS in PUT ON (to don)"}
-{"Clue":"Poor food in dining area \u2014 having no starter and lousy taste (9)","Answer":"TACKINESS","Explanation":"Definition: lousy taste\nTACK (poor foor) + IN [M]ESS"}
-{"Clue":"Finishes posting \u2014 site initially down (7)","Answer":"ENDINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Finishes\nSENDING (posting) with S[ite] moved to the end"}
-{"Clue":"No service in cathedral city? Plainly not! (8)","Answer":"ORNATELY","Explanation":"Definition: Plainly not\nO RN (Royal Navy \u2013 service) AT ELY, and \"plainly, not\" = ornately"}
-{"Clue":"Spaces start to appear in evacuation procedure (5)","Answer":"ENEMA","Explanation":"Definition: evacuation procedure\nEN + EM + A[ppear]"}
-{"Clue":"Fail to acknowledge good points of Flo? (4,5)","Answer":"SELL SHORT","Explanation":"Definition: Fail to acknowledge good points of\nFlo is Flog shortened, so \"SELL SHORT\""}
-{"Clue":"Name of that woman's husband (6)","Answer":"HERMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Name\nHER + MAN"}
-{"Clue":"Most remarkable everyone's taking part in challenge? (7)","Answer":"TALLEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most remarkable\nALL in TEST"}
-{"Clue":"Order around \u2014 what my boss does about it (5)","Answer":"EDICT","Explanation":"Definition: Order\nC (around) in EDIT (what the setter's boss does)"}
-{"Clue":"AA named us in error, so it's very annoying (2,7)","Answer":"AD NAUSEAM","Explanation":"Definition: so it's very annoying\n(AA NAMED US)"}
-{"Clue":"State is stopping John working? Wrong! (9)","Answer":"WISCONSIN","Explanation":"Definition: State\nIS in WC (toilet, US slang \"john\") ON (working) + SIN (wrong)"}
-{"Clue":"Acting poor \u2014 urge to adjourn for the time being (8)","Answer":"PROROGUE","Explanation":"Definition: to adjourn for the time being\n(POOR URGE)"}
-{"Clue":"Bond reportedly stole gold (7)","Answer":"RAPPORT","Explanation":"Definition: Bond\nHomophone of wrap (a stole) + or (gold)"}
-{"Clue":"Attacks on supporters succeeded (7)","Answer":"SALLIES","Explanation":"Definition: Attacks\nS on ALLIES \u2013 again the cryptic wording is a bit devious"}
-{"Clue":"Pull woman Romeo's into (6)","Answer":"WRENCH","Explanation":"Definition: Pull\nR in WENCH"}
-{"Clue":"Given room but taken advantage of \u2014 that's not on (3,2)","Answer":"PUT UP","Explanation":"Definition: Given room\nPUT UPON (taken advantage of) less ON"}
-{"Clue":"Henry's a brave man taking over in chaos (5)","Answer":"HAVOC","Explanation":"Definition: chaos\nH + O in A V.C. (Victoria Cross, but can also mean someone who has been awarded it)"}
-{"Clue":"Lovingly played characters recalled during the Roman occupation (3,5)","Answer":"CON AMORE","Explanation":"Definition: Lovingly played\nHidden in reverse of thE ROMAN OCcupation \u2013 Italian term used in music meaning \"with love\""}
-{"Clue":"A poet penning nothing on a ship (6)","Answer":"ABOARD","Explanation":"Definition: on a ship\nA + O in BARD"}
-{"Clue":"Deer with short leg (4)","Answer":"STAG","Explanation":"Definition: Deer\nSTAG[E] (leg = stage as in sports tournament, for example)"}
-{"Clue":"A bid failing, last of coal seen in mine? That's daunting (10)","Answer":"FORMIDABLE","Explanation":"Definition: daunting\n(A BID)* + L in FOR ME (mine)"}
-{"Clue":"Weapons manufacturer has cut hole around bent yew (6)","Answer":"BOWYER","Explanation":"Definition: Weapons manufacturer\nYEW* in BOR[E]"}
-{"Clue":"House arrests good for headbanger? (8)","Answer":"HANGOVER","Explanation":"Definition: headbanger?\nG in [Royal house of] HANOVER"}
-{"Clue":"Failure to impress Jack in time to get award (7)","Answer":"ADJUDGE","Explanation":"Definition: award\nJ in DUD, all in AGE"}
-{"Clue":"A US composer taken aback, about to leave Spanish guitarist (7)","Answer":"SEGOVIA","Explanation":"Definition: Spanish guitarist\nGO in A [Charles] IVES; the guitarist is Andr\u00e9s Segovia"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of a fox on song as features editor (8)","Answer":"AIRBRUSH","Explanation":"Definition: features editor\nAIR (song) + BRUSH (fox's tail)"}
-{"Clue":"Sheriff once on telly in dereliction of duty, gawped (6,4)","Answer":"DEPUTY DAWG","Explanation":"Definition: Sheriff once on telly\n(DUTY GAWPED)* \u2013 I used to watch Deputy Dawg as a child in the 1960s, but surely by definition he isn't a sheriff?"}
-{"Clue":"Expressionless seeing something red hot, tipped over coffee (5-5)","Answer":"POKER-FACED","Explanation":"Definition: Expressionless\nPOKER (something red-hot) + DECAF<"}
-{"Clue":"Respectful title all leaders in Karachi have adopted naturally (4)","Answer":"KHAN","Explanation":"Definition: Respectful title\nFirst letters of Karachi Have Adopted Naturally"}
-{"Clue":"I start to panic over something drawn on the turn, duelling weapon? (6)","Answer":"PISTOL","Explanation":"Definition: duelling weapon\nRevese of I P + reverse of LOTS (which can be drawn)"}
-{"Clue":"Pluck around swallow and head of tropical bird (5,3)","Answer":"GREAT TIT","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nEAT + T[ropical] in GRIT (courage, pluck)"}
-{"Clue":"It will probably never be finished in truth \u2014 hard one? Bloody impossible! (4,4,4,6)","Answer":"DON\u2019T HOLD\nYOUR BREATH","Explanation":"Definition: It will probably never be finished\n(TRUTH HARD ONE BLOODY)"}
-{"Clue":"Lift someone with a whistle, I say, seeing dancer (6)","Answer":"HOOFER","Explanation":"Definition: dancer\nReverse of REF (referee, who has a whistle) +OOH (I say!)"}
-{"Clue":"Try these hot surfaces, initially, as warm places (7)","Answer":"HEARTHS","Explanation":"Definition: warm places\nHEAR (try) + T[hese] H[ot] S[urfaces]"}
-{"Clue":"Change around a short clue for the card game (8)","Answer":"PATIENCE","Explanation":"Definition: card game\nA TI[P] in PENCE"}
-{"Clue":"Wearing jumper, mother has splashed out so to be warmer in winter? (6,4)","Answer":"TOMATO SOUP","Explanation":"Definition: warmer in winter\nMA + (OUT SO)* in TOP"}
-{"Clue":"Quiz game ultimately grating (6)","Answer":"GRILLE","Explanation":"Definition: grating\nGRILL + E"}
-{"Clue":"Girl securing collar on old beast popular with children (8)","Answer":"GRUFFALO","Explanation":"Definition: beast popular with children\nRUFF (collar) in GAL + O \u2013 this children's character, for those that don't know of it"}
-{"Clue":"Somewhat minimalist hat? I think I expected more! (2,4,2)","Answer":"IS THAT IT?","Explanation":"Definition: I expected more\nHidden in minimalIST HAT I Think"}
-{"Clue":"Looking good, back in US city (7)","Answer":"CHICAGO","Explanation":"Definition: US city\nCHIC (looking good) + AGO (back)"}
-{"Clue":"Very famous rich blonde, intoxicating for every heart (6)","Answer":"ICONIC","Explanation":"Definition: Very famous\nMiddle letters (hearts) of rICh blONde intoxICating"}
-{"Clue":"Ken and Elizabeth tremble in old age (6)","Answer":"DODDER","Explanation":"Definition: tremble in old age\nDODD + ER"}
-{"Clue":"High-flyer in gear change, finally (4)","Answer":"KITE","Explanation":"Definition: High-flyer\nKIT (gear) + [chang]E"}
-{"Clue":"Young cod was first, consisting of scraps in pot (9)","Answer":"SCROD[D]LED","Explanation":"Definition: consisting of scraps in pot\nSCROD + LED"}
-{"Clue":"South-west Iceland dialect (5)","Answer":"SWIS[S]","Explanation":"Definition: dialect\nSW + IS (IVR code)"}
-{"Clue":"Very softly I wink, going after goody-goody exotic birds (10)","Answer":"PIANIS[S]IMO","Explanation":"Definition: Very softly\nPI (goody-goody) + ANIS (the Ani is a \"tropical American bird\") + I MO (a short time, or a \"wink\")"}
-{"Clue":"Aborigine, note, locked in the loo (5)","Answer":"BO[O]NG","Explanation":"Definition: Aborigine\nN in BOG \u2013 Chambers says this is an \"offensive\" word for an Australian aborigine"}
-{"Clue":"Inferior realms in disarray (7)","Answer":"SMAL[L]ER","Explanation":"Definition: Inferior\nREALMS"}
-{"Clue":"Dark-haired animal in Marseille going round enclosure (8)","Answer":"BRUNET[T]E","Explanation":"Definition: Dark-haired\nRUN (enclosure) in B\u00caTE (French for animal). I originally tried to parse this as NET (well, it's a kind of enclosure) in BRUTE (an animal, though not French), which has the extra flaw of clueing the extra T, so I was glad to find the correct explanation"}
-{"Clue":"Merry, having ingested last of hemp, spaced out (5)","Answer":"GAP[P]Y","Explanation":"Merry, having ingested last of hemp, spaced out (5)\n[hem]P in GAY"}
-{"Clue":"Saucer-shaped plate, cracked, one appropriate to Monsieur (11)","Answer":"PATEL[L]IFORM","Explanation":"Definition: Saucer-shaped\nPLATE* + I (one) FOR M[onsieur]"}
-{"Clue":"Damage I received in game is wretched \u2013 not a good match (11)","Answer":"MISMAR[R]IAGE","Explanation":"Definition: not a good match\nMAR I in (GAME IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Guard accepts one penny, a trifling sum (8)","Answer":"FIP[P]ENCE","Explanation":"Definition: a trifling sum\nI P in FENCE"}
-{"Clue":"Something like a cutter runs where mariners are found? (5)","Answer":"SER[R]A","Explanation":"Definition: Something like a cutter\nR in SEA"}
-{"Clue":"At least six years abroad aunt admits love of France (8)","Answer":"TRIEN[N]IA","Explanation":"Definition: At least six years\nA polylglot clue: RIEN (French \"nothing\", hence \"love\") in TIA (Spanish aunt) gives the Latin word for periods of three years, and if you have more than one of them you have at least six years"}
-{"Clue":"Priest installed stone slab, feature of church? (7)","Answer":"STE[E]PLE","Explanation":"Definition: feature of church\nP in STELE"}
-{"Clue":"Welcome production of Peter Grimes returning (5)","Answer":"GRE[E]T","Explanation":"Definition: Welcome\nHidden in reverse of peTER Grimes"}
-{"Clue":"Local community people in group permitted (10)","Answer":"SET[T]LEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Local community\nMEN in SET LET"}
-{"Clue":"Too sly, completely heartless, full of contempt (5)","Answer":"TOS[S]Y","Explanation":"Definition: full of contempt\nT[O]O S[L]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Opening line in retrograde experience with nothing happening? (9)","Answer":"EVENTLES[S]","Explanation":"Definition: with nothing happening\nVENT (opening) + L in SEE<"}
-{"Clue":"'Umbugs getting excited about black Chinese dish (6)","Answer":"SUB[B]GUM","Explanation":"Definition: Chinese dish\nB in UMBUGS"}
-{"Clue":"Choirboy: hourly one is entering tomb (9)","Answer":"CHORALI[I]ST","Explanation":"Definition: Choirboy\nHORAL I in CIST (tomb)"}
-{"Clue":"Approach past president, one involved in sport previously (5)","Answer":"RUN-UP[P]","Explanation":"Definition: Approach\nUN in RU + PP"}
-{"Clue":"End holding knotted nets with fish to set free (11)","Answer":"DISENTANGLE[E]","Explanation":"Definition: to set free\nNETS* + ANGLE in DIE (end)"}
-{"Clue":"Like some milk bathed in source of beam, it keeps well (6)","Answer":"LAST[T]ER","Explanation":"Definition: it keeps well\nTT (tuberculin tested) in LASER"}
-{"Clue":"Racket about aid I'm into involved halving (11)","Answer":"DIMIDIATION[N]","Explanation":"Definition: halving\n(AID I'M INTO)* in DIN"}
-{"Clue":"Girl's given up salt (3)","Answer":"S[S]AL","Explanation":"Definition: salt\nLASS<"}
-{"Clue":"Bat almost bagging century? I'll go along with that (5)","Answer":"WIL[L]CO","Explanation":"Definition: I'll go along with that\nC in WILLO[W]"}
-{"Clue":"Deal effectively with scrap in street (4)","Answer":"SORT[T]","Explanation":"Definition: Deal effectively with\nORT (dialect word for a fragment) in ST"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of rib eagle found in creature's lair (6)","Answer":"LIERNE[E]","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of rib\nERNE in LIE"}
-{"Clue":"Canal opening confused amateurs leaving river (6)","Answer":"MEA[A]TUS","Explanation":"Definition: Canal opening\nAMATEURS* less R"}
-{"Clue":"Ejects pages in groups (5)","Answer":"SP[P]ETS","Explanation":"Definition: Ejects\nPP in SETS"}
-{"Clue":"Record fish seen around near mouth of Ouse (5)","Answer":"E[E]NROL","Explanation":"Definition: Record\nN[ea]R O[use] in EEL"}
-{"Clue":"Fool breaking foot, unlikely to run (4)","Answer":"FAS[S]T","Explanation":"Definition: unlikely to run\nASS in FT"}
-{"Clue":"Having bad skin? I'm not seen in that condition in Scotland (3)","Answer":"P[P]LY","Explanation":"Definition: condition in Scotland\nPIMPLY less I'M. PLY is a Scots word for condition in the sense of \"state\": \"in good ply\" meaning \"in good condition\""}
-{"Clue":"Chair's position in need of rescuing? (9)","Answer":"OVERBOARD","Explanation":"Definition: in need of rescuing\nThe chairman of a company is OVER the BOARD"}
-{"Clue":"Field football team, missing second half (5)","Answer":"REALM","Explanation":"Definition: Field\nFirst half of REAL Madrid"}
-{"Clue":"Prince Harry agrees to forecast (7)","Answer":"PRESAGE","Explanation":"Definition: forecast\nP + AGREES"}
-{"Clue":"Heath suppressed a quiet whip's job (7)","Answer":"LASHING","Explanation":"Definition: whip's job\nA SH in LING (heath or heather)"}
-{"Clue":"Poles admit appreciation is getting closer (5)","Answer":"NEARS","Explanation":"Definition: is getting closer\nEAR in N S"}
-{"Clue":"Bolt pursued thus? Emphatically so! (2,7)","Answer":"BY THUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: Emphatically so\nA lightning bolt may be followed \"pursued\" by thunder"}
-{"Clue":"Future conditions overcome on behalf of English actors (7,8)","Answer":"WEATHER FORECAST","Explanation":"Definition: Future conditions\nWEATHER (to overcome, as in \"weather the storm\") + FOR E CAST"}
-{"Clue":"Chap declines to carry old maiden \u2014 they go off eventually (4,5)","Answer":"TIME BOMBS","Explanation":"Definition: they go off eventually\nTIM + O M in EBBS"}
-{"Clue":"Daisy and what's fixed thereon? (5)","Answer":"OXEYE","Explanation":"Definition: Daisy\nThe ox-eye daisy (I would use a hyphen, but apparently the unhyphenated version is also used), and the ox's eye might be on Daisy the cow, though as \"ox\" usually refers to a castrated bull, maybe not\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"It precedes golf dance (7)","Answer":"FOXTROT","Explanation":"Definition: It precedes golf\nDouble definition \u2013 Foxtrot precedes Golf in the NATO phonetic alphabet, and it's a dance"}
-{"Clue":"Foresee bull chasing priest (7)","Answer":"PREDICT","Explanation":"Definition: Foresee\nPR[iest] + EDICT (as in Papal Bull)"}
-{"Clue":"State where open society's in revolt (5)","Answer":"SYRIA","Explanation":"Definition: State\nReverse of AIRY S, and an &-littish surface reading too"}
-{"Clue":"Old herbivore's droppings suffice in bags (9)","Answer":"IGUANODON","Explanation":"Definition: Old herbivore\nGUANO (bird droppings) + DO (suffice) \"bagged by\" IN"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's East London clique drenched (7,3)","Answer":"SOPPING WET","Explanation":"Definition: drenched\nSpoonerism of \"Wapping set\" \u2013 I carelessly put SOAKING WET here at first, for \"Woking Set\", but of course Woking isn't part of East London"}
-{"Clue":"A rare medic all but rejected sweetener (8)","Answer":"DEMERARA","Explanation":"Definition: sweetener\nReverse of A RARE MED[ic]"}
-{"Clue":"Threats once to a sub at sea (1-5)","Answer":"U-BOATS","Explanation":"Definition: Threats once\n(TO A SUB)*, and again &-littish, though U-boats were presumably more of a threat to surface vessels"}
-{"Clue":"Old physician contracted a lot of wind (4)","Answer":"GALE","Explanation":"Definition: a lot of wind\nGALEN less his final letter"}
-{"Clue":"As an adoring fan, I perform with our last cast (10)","Answer":"IDOLATROUS","Explanation":"Definition: As an adoring fan\nI DO + (OUR LAST)"}
-{"Clue":"Divers struggled to ford a river (6)","Answer":"VARIED","Explanation":"Definition: Divers\nA R in (i.e. crossed by, or forded) VIED"}
-{"Clue":"Some regularly flee rising pollution (4)","Answer":"SMOG","Explanation":"Definition: pollution\nS[o]M[e] + reverse of GO (flee)"}
-{"Clue":"It's measured by the glass (10,8)","Answer":"BAROMETRIC PRESSURE","Explanation":"Definition: It's measured by the glass\nCryptic definition \u2013 a barometer can be called a weather glass. As General Stanley's daughters sing in *The Pirates of Penzance*, \"How beautifully blue the sky \/ The glass is rising very high\""}
-{"Clue":"Conceding defeat, sailor goes over to be in Paris (10)","Answer":"RETREATING","Explanation":"Definition: Conceding defeat\nETRE (French \"to be\") in RATING"}
-{"Clue":"It's wintry in Ireland, except for one lough (8)","Answer":"HIBERNAL","Explanation":"Definition: wintry\nHIBERN[I]A + L"}
-{"Clue":"Crow, say, makes changes circling Rhode Island (8)","Answer":"AMERINDS","Explanation":"Definition: Crow, say\nRI in AMENDS \u2013 reference to the Crow Nation"}
-{"Clue":"French 21 down embrace 9 sociable types (6)","Answer":"MIXERS","Explanation":"Definition: sociable types\nIX (9) in MERS (French seas)"}
-{"Clue":"Where canoes founder? (6)","Answer":"OCEANS","Explanation":"Definition: Where canoes founder\nCANOES*, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"His forecast originally was wrong (4)","Answer":"FISH","Explanation":"Definition: His forecast originally was wrong\nAnagram of HIS + F[orecast] \u2013 I imagine this will have come as a total mystery to many, but it refers to the UK's Great Storm of 1987, and a weather forecast the previous day in which Michael Fish told people not to worry about claims that a hurricane was on the way, though he later claimed he was misquoted or misunderstood. As well as WEATHER FORECAST at 18a, there are numerous references throughout puzzle to both weather conditions and forecasts"}
-{"Clue":"Listened to \"Hole in bucket\"? (4)","Answer":"POUR","Explanation":"Definition: bucket\nHomophone of \"pore\", a kind of hole; and pour = bucket as in \"pouring [with rain]\" = \"bucketing [down]\""}
-{"Clue":"Only a small number show support (9)","Answer":"VINDICATE","Explanation":"Definition: support\nV (5 \u2013 a small number) + INDICATE (show)"}
-{"Clue":"A reflective attitude taken by a storyteller (5)","Answer":"AESOP","Explanation":"Definition: storyteller\nA + reverse of POSE"}
-{"Clue":"Hankerings for last of daily bread (9)","Answer":"YEARNINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Hankerings\n[dail]Y EARNINGS (money, bread)"}
-{"Clue":"When to see the moon near the end of August (5)","Answer":"NIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: When to see the moon\nNIGHT + [augus]T"}
-{"Clue":"Globe covered in solid ice (6)","Answer":"SORBET","Explanation":"Definition: ice\nORB in SET"}
-{"Clue":"International trade fair certain to get publicity (8)","Answer":"EXPOSURE","Explanation":"Definition: publicity\nEXPO + SURE"}
-{"Clue":"Is she French? (7)","Answer":"ESTELLE","Explanation":"Definition: Is she French\nEST ELLE = \"is she\" in French, &lit. Very easy, but I liked it"}
-{"Clue":"Take the lead but quietly drop back later (7)","Answer":"PRECEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Take the lead\nP + RECEDE"}
-{"Clue":"Rome collapsed in excess, may I add (8)","Answer":"MOREOVER","Explanation":"Definition: may I add\nROME* + OVER (in excess)"}
-{"Clue":"The sad gatherings for bereavements (6)","Answer":"DEATHS","Explanation":"Definition: bereavements\n(THE SAD)"}
-{"Clue":"Club that has lofty aims (5)","Answer":"SPOON","Explanation":"Definition: Club that has lofty aims\nCryptic definition \u2013 a spoon is a old type of golf club, named from its shape and used for \"lofting\" the ball high"}
-{"Clue":"Conserve in jar, perhaps, right to the top (3-6)","Answer":"JAM-PACKED","Explanation":"Definition: right to the top\nJAM (preserve) + PACKED (in jar?) \u2013 rather a weak one, I thought"}
-{"Clue":"Wives nag sometimes about unexpected difficulties (5)","Answer":"SNAGS","Explanation":"Definition: unexpected difficulties\nHidden in wiveS NAG Sometimes"}
-{"Clue":"Two men of a bygone age (9)","Answer":"VICTORIAN","Explanation":"Definition: of a bygone age\nVICTOR + IAN"}
-{"Clue":"Classical orator upsets Eric in company (6)","Answer":"CICERO","Explanation":"Definition: Classical orator\nERIC* in CO"}
-{"Clue":"Girl outwardly competent and very charming (8)","Answer":"ADORABLE","Explanation":"Definition: very charming\nDORA in ABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Paper with lines on it (6)","Answer":"SCRIPT","Explanation":"Definition: Paper with lines on it\nCryptic definition \u2013 a script has the lines of a play on it"}
-{"Clue":"Walk unsteadily at different times (7)","Answer":"STAGGER","Explanation":"Definition: Walk unsteadily\nDouble definition, though really \"at different times\" would define \"staggered\""}
-{"Clue":"One in biology class is very bright (6)","Answer":"GENIUS","Explanation":"Definition: very bright\nI in GENUS (biological classification in the Linnaean taxonomy)"}
-{"Clue":"Be hot, turning crimson and irritated (8)","Answer":"BOTHERED","Explanation":"Definition: irritated\n(BE HOT)* + RED"}
-{"Clue":"Incentive to knock time off sprint (4)","Answer":"SPUR","Explanation":"Definition: Incentive\nSPUR[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Giving away recently purchased goods (8)","Answer":"SHOPPING","Explanation":"Definition: Giving away\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Care for nothing (4)","Answer":"LOVE","Explanation":"Definition: Care\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Court awards fortune to railway (8)","Answer":"CHANCERY","Explanation":"Definition: Court\nCHANCE + RY for the former Court of Chancery"}
-{"Clue":"Wayward boy about to betray one's trust (7)","Answer":"ERRATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Wayward\nRAT (betray) in ERIC"}
-{"Clue":"To have one return a casual hug is sufficient (6)","Answer":"ENOUGH","Explanation":"Definition: sufficient\nReverse of ONE + HUG"}
-{"Clue":"Wrongly posted to headquarters (6)","Answer":"DEPOTS","Explanation":"Definition: headquarters\nPOSTED"}
-{"Clue":"An asinine utterance? (3-3)","Answer":"HEE-HAW","Explanation":"Definition: An asinine utterance\nCryptic definition \u2013 asinine literally means \"like an ass\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl's a sucker for the director (8)","Answer":"JOYSTICK","Explanation":"Definition: the director\nJOY + STICK \u2013 I'm not sure about stick=sucker \u2013 perhaps from the botanical meaning of sucker: \"a shoot rising from an underground stem\", which makes a kind of stick.. *Thanks to Jason and Shirley: it's actually JOY'S TICK"}
-{"Clue":"13 9 beings oddly covered up? (6)","Answer":"ALIENS","Explanation":"Definition: 13 9 beings oddly covered up\nA[rea] LI (51 in Roman numerals) + [b]E[i]N[g]S, &lit, from the Area 51 conspiracy theories"}
-{"Clue":"Mysterious affair seen briefly coming over in profundity? (12,6,6)","Answer":"UNIDENTIFIED\u00a0FLYING OBJECT","Explanation":"Definition: Mysterious affair seen briefly coming over\nUFO is hidden in the reverse of prOFUndity \u2013 I'm not keen on this type of clue, where the wordplay isn't much help until you've found the answer: fortunately I guessed this one early on, largely from the B of OBJECT"}
-{"Clue":"Mysterious affair, yeti? Mysterious place (4,5-3)","Answer":"AREA FIFTY-ONE","Explanation":"Definition: Mysterious place\n(AFFAIR YETI)* gives AREA FIFTY, with an I left over for the ONE \u2013 usually written Area 51, this is a US Air Force secret facility, linked with a number of conspiracy theories about UFOs, particularly the so-called Roswell Incident"}
-{"Clue":"Border dropped in scheme before old country backs plot (8)","Answer":"SCENARIO","Explanation":"Definition: plot\nSCHEME less HEM + reverse of O IRAN"}
-{"Clue":"Baby an attention grabber in the newspapers? (8)","Answer":"SCREAMER","Explanation":"Definition: Baby\nDouble definition \u2013 the newspaper meaning is a sensational headline"}
-{"Clue":"Loathsome thing being transported like a caravan, did you say? (4)","Answer":"TOAD","Explanation":"Definition: Loathsome thing\nHomophone of \"towed\" \u2013 rather unfair on toads, but the word has been used to describe a loathsome thing or person since at least the 16th century"}
-{"Clue":"Observer who's not seen to turn left, left and left again, anyhow (3,2,3,4)","Answer":"FLY ON THE WALL","Explanation":"Definition: Observer who's not seen\nAnagram of LEFT L L ANYHOW"}
-{"Clue":"Secondary action attributed to freedom of movement (6)","Answer":"BYPLAY","Explanation":"Definition: Secondary action\nBY (attributed to) + PLAY (freedom of movement)"}
-{"Clue":"Wind describing a festival? (8)","Answer":"EASTERLY","Explanation":"Definition: Wind\n\"Easter-ly\" describes the festival, and an easterly is a wind from the east"}
-{"Clue":"Raw food cursed, it needing to be cooked (8)","Answer":"CRUDITES","Explanation":"Definition: Raw food\n(CURSED IT)* \u2013 rather an awkward surface reading: \"it needs\u2026\" might have been better"}
-{"Clue":"Titanic accepting disaster finally, as ship (4)","Answer":"BRIG","Explanation":"Definition: ship\n[disaste]R in BIG"}
-{"Clue":"Following doctor out, incense passed round (9)","Answer":"ENTOURAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Following\nOUT* in ENRAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Harbour on Guernsey, perhaps, set up for a global line (6)","Answer":"TROPIC","Explanation":"Definition: a global line\nReverse of CI (Channel Islands) PORT"}
-{"Clue":"Going under vehicle, the Queen's an original American character \u2014 that's not on! Good Lord! (7,8)","Answer":"JEEPERS CREEPERS","Explanation":"Definition: Good Lord\nJEEP + ER'S + CREE (native American) + PERS[on]"}
-{"Clue":"Easy to mix part of a cake that's more frothy (8)","Answer":"YEASTIER","Explanation":"Definition: more frothy\nEASY* + TIER (e.g. part of a wedding cake)"}
-{"Clue":"For example, dip one in the fire, primarily (5)","Answer":"THIEF","Explanation":"Definition: For example, dip\nI in THE F[ire]. \"Dip\" is slang for a pickpocket"}
-{"Clue":"Deformity in giant clone is innate (10)","Answer":"CONGENITAL","Explanation":"Definition: innate\n(GIANT CLONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Agreeable chap put on coat for builder (10)","Answer":"BRICKLAYER","Explanation":"Definition: builder\nBRICK + LAYER (coat of paint)"}
-{"Clue":"Vital channel confiscates evil weapons (9)","Answer":"ARTILLERY","Explanation":"Definition: weapons\nILL in ARTERY"}
-{"Clue":"That's my emerald, originally shaped as a gem (8)","Answer":"AMETHYST","Explanation":"Definition: a gem\n(THATS MY E[merald])"}
-{"Clue":"Service industry finally heads for the hills? (6)","Answer":"MASSIF","Explanation":"Definition: the hills\nMASS + I[ndustry] F[inally]"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk not making a squeak? (5)","Answer":"OILED","Explanation":"Definition: Drunk\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Slice of meat cut for pastry dish (4)","Answer":"FLAN","Explanation":"Definition: pastry dish\nFLAN[k]"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty reactions to drug (9)","Answer":"NARCOTISE","Explanation":"Definition: to drug\nREACTIONS"}
-{"Clue":"Member coming from the centre made a speech? (5)","Answer":"SPOKE","Explanation":"Definition: Member coming from the centre\nDouble definition \u2013 think of the spokes of a wheel for the first"}
-{"Clue":"A doctor full of filth \u2014 potential abuser of patient? (7)","Answer":"ADMIRER","Explanation":"Definition: potential abuser of patient\nMIRE in A DR \u2013 I'm not entirely sure of the meaning of the definition here: is it that a doctor might abuse one of his patients that he fancied? Not a very nice picture if so"}
-{"Clue":"With this therapeutic device one's home and healthy, right? (7)","Answer":"INHALER","Explanation":"Definition: therapeutic device\nIN + HALE + R"}
-{"Clue":"Extract item from box of ornaments? (4)","Answer":"CLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Extract\nDouble definition \u2013 an extra from a film, say, or a hair clip"}
-{"Clue":"East Anglian town records nonconformists (10)","Answer":"DISSENTERS","Explanation":"Definition: nonconformists\nDISS (town in Norfolk) + ENTERS"}
-{"Clue":"Saint \u2014 he suffers with fast (2,5)","Answer":"IN HASTE","Explanation":"Definition: fast\n(SAINT HE)"}
-{"Clue":"Company importing wine is manageable (7)","Answer":"PLASTIC","Explanation":"Definition: manageable\nASTI in PLC \u2013 as Marienkaefer commented yesterday on Nutmeg's puzzle: \"What would setters do without Asti? Does anyone actually drink the stuff?\""}
-{"Clue":"Paid-up member, which vicar definitely is (10)","Answer":"CARDHOLDER","Explanation":"Definition: Paid-up member\nCARD is \"held by\" viCAR Definitely"}
-{"Clue":"Bear has something to go through backwards (4)","Answer":"POOH","Explanation":"Definition: Bear\nReverse of HOOP"}
-{"Clue":"This person in African country brought back government system (7)","Answer":"REGIMEN","Explanation":"Definition: government system\nME in reverse of NIGER"}
-{"Clue":"Entrance of old character holding old mother back (7)","Answer":"ENAMOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Entrance\nO MA in RUNE, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Get in the head to teach \u2014 not standard! (5)","Answer":"LEARN","Explanation":"Definition: Get in the head\nA sort of double definition \u2013 to \"get something in your head\" is to learn it, and \"learn\" is a non-standard word for \"teach\", as in \"that'll learn you!\" I say \"sort of\" because the two meanings are really of the same word used in two related ways"}
-{"Clue":"A foreign mother piled on the years without a blemish (9)","Answer":"UNDAMAGED","Explanation":"Definition: without a blemish\nUN (French \"A\") + DAM + AGED"}
-{"Clue":"Ring up the world? Quite the opposite (9,6)","Answer":"ANTARCTIC CIRCLE","Explanation":"Definition: Ring up the world? Quite the opposite\nCryptic definition \u2013 I suppose it's a \"a ring *down* the world\", but the wording doesn't really work for me."}
-{"Clue":"Fairly drab Friday food? Bring in the meat! (8)","Answer":"FRUMPISH","Explanation":"Definition: Fairly drab\nRUMP in FISH (traditionally eaten on Fridays, e.g. by Roman Catholics)"}
-{"Clue":"Bad men undermining work after revolution (4)","Answer":"POOR","Explanation":"Definition: Bad\nReverse of OP[us] + O[ther] R[anks]"}
-{"Clue":"Russian fighter fell down almost, due to medical condition (8)","Answer":"MIGRAINE","Explanation":"Definition: medical condition\nMIG (Russian fighter plane) + RAINE[D]"}
-{"Clue":"The man leading Earth's revolution is a god (6)","Answer":"HELIOS","Explanation":"Definition: a god\nHE + SOIL< \u2013 Helios was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology."}
-{"Clue":"Debility in one half of continent followed by the other (8)","Answer":"ASTHENIA","Explanation":"Definition: Debility\nAsia is AS THEN IA \u2013 medical term for weakness, perhaps more familiar in compounds such as neurasthenia"}
-{"Clue":"Dog getting caught, one of a funny pair (6)","Answer":"COLLIE","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\nC + OLLIE (Oliver Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy)"}
-{"Clue":"Chemical diet \u2014 a character's transformed (15)","Answer":"TETRASACCHARIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Chemical\n(DIET A CHARACTER'S)"}
-{"Clue":"Society girl embraces friend, a noted fellow (8)","Answer":"SCHUMANN","Explanation":"Definition: a noted fellow\nCHUM in S ANN \u2013 the \"noted fellow\" is Robert Schumann, romantic composer"}
-{"Clue":"See money before crooks (8)","Answer":"PREBENDS","Explanation":"Definition: See money\nPRE BENDS. Prebend is \"the share of the revenues of a cathedral or collegiate church allowed to a clergyman who officiates in it at specified times\", hence money for a See. I didn't know this, but did know the derived Prebendary, from Prebendary A F Ritchie, aka Afrit"}
-{"Clue":"Careful nevertheless to hold on to gold (8)","Answer":"THOROUGH","Explanation":"Definition: Careful\nOR in THOUGH"}
-{"Clue":"Garment of paper set on light removing hem (6)","Answer":"RAGLAN","Explanation":"Definition: Garment\nRAG (slang for newspaper) + (I think) LAND (to [a]light) less D (its \"hem\" in a down clue)"}
-{"Clue":"Monkey's laziness \u2014 lowest possible score issued (6)","Answer":"LANGUR","Explanation":"Definition: Monkey\nLANGOUR less O (=zero = lowest possible score). There's a picture of a rather languid-looking langur at the Wikipedia page"}
-{"Clue":"Mob foolish without leader (4)","Answer":"ARMY","Explanation":"Definition: Mob\n[B]ARMY"}
-{"Clue":"Duck PE in school, if really tired (6)","Answer":"POOPED","Explanation":"Definition: really tired\nO + PE in POD (= school of whales etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Dicky bow in church? B___ fairy! (6)","Answer":"COBWEB","Explanation":"Definition: fairy\nBOW* in CE + B. Cobweb is one of the fairies in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit from WI a cargo brought over? (4)","Answer":"ACAI","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nHidden in reverse wI A CArgo. Acai berries are sometimes claimed to have near-magical \"superfood\" properties, and have been the subject of numerous scams"}
-{"Clue":"Top half of Ogen melon is spoilt by small depression (10)","Answer":"GLOOMINESS","Explanation":"Definition: depression\n(OG[en] MELON IS)* + S"}
-{"Clue":"Search for a little girl in Yorkshire town (6)","Answer":"GOOGLE","Explanation":"Definition: Search for\nG in GOOLE"}
-{"Clue":"What many here have in common, pointlessly working for money once abroad (8)","Answer":"DOUBLOON","Explanation":"Definition: money once abroad\nThe clue that explains the theme: DOUBLE O (as many answers in the puzzle have) less E (compass point) + ON (working)"}
-{"Clue":"Volume of gin short knocked back? (3,6)","Answer":"ONE GALLON","Explanation":"Definition: Volume\nI nearly had to give up on explaining this, but I think the idea is that if you shorten gin and knock it back you get I G, which is short for ONE GALLON"}
-{"Clue":"Number one cut? High time! (4)","Answer":"NOON","Explanation":"Definition: High time\nNO. ON[E]"}
-{"Clue":"One that follows E John around is sweet (4)","Answer":"FOOL","Explanation":"Definition: sweet\nF (what follows E) + reverse of LOO"}
-{"Clue":"Line of approach when detailing evidence of sickness in mischief maker (9)","Answer":"ASYMPTOTE","Explanation":"Definition: Line of approach\nSYMPTO[M] in ATE. An asymptote is a line that a curve approaches at infinity"}
-{"Clue":"After beginning to play round, left golf course an utter coward (8)","Answer":"POLTROON","Explanation":"Definition: an utter coward\nP[lay] + O (round) + L + TROON (golf course on the Ayrshire coast)"}
-{"Clue":"Tuba sound gets top mark in sex appeal (6)","Answer":"OOMPAH","Explanation":"Definition: Tuba sound\nA in OOMPH"}
-{"Clue":"Help moving cases isn't available, initially (10)","Answer":"ASSISTANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Help\n(CASES ISN'T A[vailable])"}
-{"Clue":"Court fine causing outburst from setter? (4)","Answer":"WOOF","Explanation":"Court fine causing outburst from setter? (4)\nWOO (to court) + F \u2013 the setter here is a dog"}
-{"Clue":"Note turn of phrase (1,5)","Answer":"E SHARP","Explanation":"Definition: Note\nPHRASE"}
-{"Clue":"Religious community extended period of time at the heart of tea-growing area (6)","Answer":"ASHRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Religious community\nASSAM with the S[econd] at its centre \"extended\" to an H[ou]R"}
-{"Clue":"Naked setter? That's a little novel (7)","Answer":"PUCKOON","Explanation":"Definition: a little novel\nPUCK with O (nothing) ON \u2013 Spike Milligan's only novel"}
-{"Clue":"Seal drummer finally getting to the top (1-4)","Answer":"O-RING","Explanation":"Definition: Seal\nRINGO [Starr] with the O moved to the top. I'm most familiar with this in connection with the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, which was caused by a failure of O-ring seals"}
-{"Clue":"Target of many swimmers having little room for breakfast? (3,4)","Answer":"EGG CELL","Explanation":"Definition: Target of many swimmers\nEGG (breakfast) + CELL (little room) \u2013 reference to the many sperm cells that try to fertilise an ovum"}
-{"Clue":"Element of independence found in well-brought-up mother (6)","Answer":"OSMIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Element\nI in reverse of SO (well) + MUM"}
-{"Clue":"With difficulty, gradually extract what might be like almost new (6,3)","Answer":"WINKLE OUT","Explanation":"Definition: With difficulty, gradually extract\nWINKLE is an anagram (\"OUT\") of LIK[E] NEW"}
-{"Clue":"Donkey in favour? Blow that! (7)","Answer":"BASSOON","Explanation":"Definition: Blow that\nASS in BOON"}
-{"Clue":"Complaint due to wrong fare being given? (4,9)","Answer":"FOOD POISONING","Explanation":"Definition: Complaint due to wrong fare being given\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Date pig turned up carrying fox (2,3,4)","Answer":"GO OUT WITH","Explanation":"Definition: Date\nOUTWIT in reverse of HOG"}
-{"Clue":"\"Female and promiscuous\" describes one (7)","Answer":"FLOOSIE","Explanation":"Definition: \"Female and promiscuous\" describes one\nF + I in LOOSE, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"There's nothing in sermon about people showing a bit of cheek (7)","Answer":"MOONERS","Explanation":"Definition: people showing a bit of cheek\nO in SERMON"}
-{"Clue":"Where crumpet might be on offer, put up low rent first (3,4)","Answer":"TEA ROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Where crumpet might be on offer\nTEAR (rent) + reverse of MOO"}
-{"Clue":"Snore too hard, covering up this? (6)","Answer":"HOOTER","Explanation":"Definition: Snore too hard, covering up this\nHidden in reverse of snoRE TOO Hard, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"The Guardian's into sort of music that's cutting edge (5)","Answer":"MOWER","Explanation":"Definition: cutting edge\nWE in MOR (middle-of-the-road)"}
-{"Clue":"Tree-hugging Eisenhower devoured Livy in translation (3-4)","Answer":"IVY-LIKE","Explanation":"Definition: Tree-hugging\nLIVY* in IKE"}
-{"Clue":"Is his art misanthropic, as some maintain? (7)","Answer":"PICASSO","Explanation":"Definition: Is his art misanthropic, as some maintain\nHidden in misanthroPIC AS SO, and &littish \u2013 was Picasso's work considered misanthropic?"}
-{"Clue":"Opponent fit to tackle the Greens? (4)","Answer":"ANTI","Explanation":"Definition: Opponent\nNT (National Trust) in A1 (fit). The NT are involved in conservation, of course, but I think defining them as \"greens\" is a bit of a stretch"}
-{"Clue":"Carpenter's gadget pinhead left in chimney angle (5,5)","Answer":"PLUMB LEVEL","Explanation":"Definition: Carpenter's gadget\nP[in] + L in LUM BEVEL"}
-{"Clue":"Medic with sick girl runs off to find 4's child (6)","Answer":"MOWGLI","Explanation":"Definition: 4's child\nM.O. + W[ith] + GIRL* less R, for the boy in Kipling's Jungle Books who was brought up by wolves"}
-{"Clue":"Paintings are picked up in gallery compound (8)","Answer":"TARTRATE","Explanation":"Definition: compound\nART + R (\"are\" as heard or \"picked up\") in TATE"}
-{"Clue":"He got pit renewed to accommodate Barnum's first circus (3,3,3)","Answer":"THE BIG TOP","Explanation":"Definition: circus\nB in (HE GOT PIT)"}
-{"Clue":"Where various leaders of British Empire are buried? Yes (5)","Answer":"ABBEY","Explanation":"Definition: Where various leaders of British Empire are buried? Yes\nAnagram of initial letters of British Empire Are Buried Yes, referring to those buried in Westminster Abbey"}
-{"Clue":"Guy turned to welcome English poet (5)","Answer":"YEATS","Explanation":"Definition: poet\nE in reverse of STAY (guy, as in guy-rope)"}
-{"Clue":"Rod and his bird start to protest: \"Drop your gun!\" (5,2,2)","Answer":"STICK \u2018EM UP","Explanation":"Definition: Drop your gun\nSTICK (Rod) + EMU (as in Rod Hull and Emu \u2013 hard luck, non-UK solvers!) + P[rotest]"}
-{"Clue":"Second mole crosses ebbing river faster (8)","Answer":"SPEEDIER","Explanation":"Definition: faster\nS + reverse of DEE in PIER (mole)"}
-{"Clue":"Star declines to hug female occupants of bed (10)","Answer":"SUNFLOWERS","Explanation":"Definition: occupants of bed\nF in SUN (star) + LOWERS (declines)"}
-{"Clue":"Take the end of August off to beat depression (4)","Answer":"HUMP","Explanation":"Definition: depression\nTHUMP (beat) less [Augus]T \u2013 to have\/get the hump is to be offended or in a sulk, not exactly \"depression\", I'd say (though I see Chambers includes \"despondency\", so maybe\u2026)"}
-{"Clue":"Timeless web ringing Yankee city (3,4)","Answer":"NEW YORK","Explanation":"Definition: city\nY in NETWORK less T"}
-{"Clue":"Riding apace (7)","Answer":"ASTRIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Riding\nA pace = A STRIDE"}
-{"Clue":"Artist's very excited about knight on horse (3,4)","Answer":"VAN GOGH","Explanation":"Definition: Artist\nV + N in AGOG + H"}
-{"Clue":"Deceitful salesman evades answering (5)","Answer":"LYING","Explanation":"Definition: Deceitful\nREPLYING less REP (salesman)"}
-{"Clue":"Top man secures first place for author (7)","Answer":"KIPLING","Explanation":"Definition: author\nPL[ace] 1 in KING"}
-{"Clue":"17's line suggesting tours in Abbey should be organised (1,8,6,2,4)","Answer":"A TERRIBLE BEAUTY IS BORN","Explanation":"Definition: 17's line\n\"Tours in Abbey\" is an anagram of BEAUTY IS BORN. The line is from Yeats's Easter, 1916, commemorating the Easter Rising in Ireland on 24 April 1916. I think I vaguely knew it, but was held up by carelessly assuming that it was going to be by Kipling rather than Yeats"}
-{"Clue":"Pet's small (very small) and game (7)","Answer":"SWEETIE","Explanation":"Definition: Pet\nS + WEE + TIE (game, as in \"cup tie\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fanatic jousts with Conservatives over singular work by 4 (4,2,7)","Answer":"JUST SO STORIES","Explanation":"Definition: work by 4\nS in JOUSTS* + TORIES"}
-{"Clue":"Batsman's opening, wholly in control of fine stroke (9)","Answer":"BUTTERFLY","Explanation":"Definition: stroke\nB + F in UTTERLY"}
-{"Clue":"Parisian art model entertains high-class champion (7)","Answer":"ESPOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: champion\nThe old trick of \"thou art\" = French \"tu es\" gives us ES, followed by U (high-class) in POSE (to model)"}
-{"Clue":"Former measures cramp society painters (7)","Answer":"CUBISTS","Explanation":"Definition: painters\nS in CUBITS"}
-{"Clue":"Fierce Unionist called to lash Tory leader (7)","Answer":"UNTAMED","Explanation":"Definition: Fierce\nU + T in NAMED"}
-{"Clue":"Trying to hurry occasionally creates hardship (6)","Answer":"RIGOUR","Explanation":"Definition: hardship\nAlternate letters of tRyInG tO hUrRy \u2013 a word that reminds me of Peter Cook and the rigour of the Judging Exams"}
-{"Clue":"Shrink from head office infiltrates a branch (5)","Answer":"ABHOR","Explanation":"Definition: Shrink from\nH.O. in A BR"}
-{"Clue":"Metallic solution \u2013 something like lemon sponge? (10)","Answer":"YELLOWCAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Metallic solution\nA lemon sponge might be a YELLOW CAKE"}
-{"Clue":"Cause of e.g. pneumonia or recurrent mild strokes requiring hospital (5)","Answer":"STAPH","Explanation":"Definition: Cause of e.g. pneumonia\nPATS< + H"}
-{"Clue":"Blossom, say, to wither at edges of auricle (6)","Answer":"DEARIE","Explanation":"Definition: Blossom\nEAR (auricle) in DIE \u2013 reference to the jazz singer Blossom Dearie"}
-{"Clue":"One of Macbeth's witches, initiator of toil or ditto of trouble, boiling? (4)","Answer":"TROT","Explanation":"Definition: One of Macbeth's witches\nAnagram (just about) of T[oil] OR T[rouble]. TROT is an old word for \"and old woman, a crone\": it appears in *The Taming of the Shrew*: \"Why give him gold enough and marry him to a puppet or an aglet-baby; or an old trot with ne'er a tooth in her head?\""}
-{"Clue":"Edward's tucking into wine in Philip's place (7)","Answer":"MACEDON","Explanation":"Definition: Philip's place\nED in MACON \u2013 reference to the ancient Greek Philip II of Macedon (there were Philips I and III as well, but they seem to be less famous)"}
-{"Clue":"Symbol of Raj state severally dropped by Gandhi? (4)","Answer":"GADI","Explanation":"Definition: Symbol of Raj\nGANDHI less NH (New Hampshire), \"severally\" indicating that the N and H are not consecutive. GADI is \"an Indian throne\""}
-{"Clue":"Dagger produced by drunk forced to retreat in argument (8)","Answer":"STILETTO","Explanation":"Definition: Dagger\nLIT< in SET-TO"}
-{"Clue":"Genus of liverworts: 201 found in submerged valley (6)","Answer":"RICCIA","Explanation":"Definition: Genus of liverworts\nCCI in RIA"}
-{"Clue":"No time for bottled retsina? Certain bars will serve it (6)","Answer":"SARNIE","Explanation":"Definition: Certain bars will serve it\nRETSINA* less T"}
-{"Clue":"Heavily scored and suitable for discos (alcohol-free inside) (8)","Answer":"DANCETTY","Explanation":"Definition: Heavily scored\nTT (teetotal) in DANCEY (like disco music)"}
-{"Clue":"Woe created by mild smallpox, being out of trim (4)","Answer":"ALAS","Explanation":"Definition: Woe\nALAS[TRIM]"}
-{"Clue":"Device for winding pasta one cut and put in tin (7)","Answer":"CAPSTAN","Explanation":"Definition: Device for winding\nP[A]STA in CAN"}
-{"Clue":"Part of Hindu shrine that gives Scots quite a jolt (4)","Answer":"DUSH","Explanation":"Definition: Scots quite a jolt\nHidden hinDU SHrine"}
-{"Clue":"To hail, as a rickshaw, doubling emolument initially (6)","Answer":"ACCITE","Explanation":"Definition: To hail\nReverse of TICCA (Indian word for \"hired\", as a rickshaw might be) + E[molument]"}
-{"Clue":"Place for e.g. fencing enlarged by adding part, we hear (5)","Answer":"PISTE","Explanation":"Definition: Place for e.g. fencing\nHomophone of \"pieced\" \u2013 Chambers gives \"to enlarge by adding a piece\" as a definition of \"piece\". A piste can be an area used for fencing"}
-{"Clue":"Italian dish? Orderin' in receptacles (10)","Answer":"TORTELLINI","Explanation":"Definition: Italian dish\nTELLIN' in TORI (plural of torus: \"the receptacle of a flower\")"}
-{"Clue":"Almost an air shot, lower back being out of sync? (8)","Answer":"MISTIMED","Explanation":"Definition: out of sync\nMIS[S] (an air shot on golf is a miss) + DEMIT<"}
-{"Clue":"Spot urge a tad deviant in aspiring doctor? (12)","Answer":"POSTGRADUATE","Explanation":"Definition: aspiring doctor\n(SPOT URGE A TAD)"}
-{"Clue":"The old educate in residence at uni with retinue (7)","Answer":"UPTRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: The old educate\nUP (at university) + TRAIN"}
-{"Clue":"What's group in Mandalay paying up? (3)","Answer":"PYA","Explanation":"Definition: What's group in Mandalay paying up\nHidden in reverse of manadalAY Paying, &lit, Pya being a Burmese unit of currency"}
-{"Clue":"Digestive organs taking part in dissolving spice (7)","Answer":"PEPTICS","Explanation":"Definition: Digestive organs\nPT in SPICE"}
-{"Clue":"Tan after Lilo's blown up? Could be lier with this aid to buoyancy (8)","Answer":"FLOATANT","Explanation":"Definition: aid to buoyancy\nComposite anagram: (TAN AFTER LILO)* = FLOTANT + LIER"}
-{"Clue":"Woven Scottish fabric, No. I in yuckiness? In that fashion! (6)","Answer":"TWEELY","Explanation":"Definition: In that fashion\nTWEEL (Scots form of twill) + Y"}
-{"Clue":"Environmentally determined species, reverse of dead one (4)","Answer":"ECAD","Explanation":"Definition: Environmentally determined species\nReverse of D ACE"}
-{"Clue":"What's bread dipped in to preserve pigment? (7)","Answer":"CAROTIN","Explanation":"Definition: pigment\nROTI in CAN"}
-{"Clue":"Stony track's beginning at bottom of fell (5)","Answer":"SKINT","Explanation":"Definition: Stony\nSKIN (fell=\"a skin, membrane\") + T[rack]. Stony = Stony broke"}
-{"Clue":"Places in an office relatively close to dramatic goings-on (8)","Answer":"INSTALLS","Explanation":"Definition: Places in an office\nIf you're IN the STALLS in a theatre then you're close to the action"}
-{"Clue":"Rented Irish smallholdings? Tin's turned up in central part (7)","Answer":"CONACRE","Explanation":"Definition: Rented Irish smallholdings\nCAN< in CORE \u2013 this is the third time CAN has been used in wordplay, and the second time it's defined as \"tin\""}
-{"Clue":"Altar decorations arranged in a grid (7)","Answer":"GRADINI","Explanation":"Definition: Altar decorations\n(IN A GRID)"}
-{"Clue":"One of those pieces of eight buried by pirates? (7)","Answer":"PIASTRE","Explanation":"Definition: One of those pieces of eight\nPIRATES"}
-{"Clue":"Force upstream formerly meets raggedly following river (6)","Answer":"RESTEM","Explanation":"Definition: Force upstream formerly\nR + MEETS"}
-{"Clue":"Poet's still a name described as \"real\", though lacking money (5)","Answer":"ACCOY","Explanation":"Definition: Poet's still\nA + [The real] MCCOY less M"}
-{"Clue":"Soft palm fibre (4)","Answer":"PITA","Explanation":"Definition: fibre\nP (soft) + ITA (the miriti palm). I spent a while vainly trying to justify PITH here."}
-{"Clue":"Schism's half converted evangelical (3)","Answer":"SIM","Explanation":"Definition: evangelical\nAnagram of [sch]ISM \u2013 short for Simeonite"}
-{"Clue":"Drive Earl in California? That's sweet! (7)","Answer":"CARAMEL","Explanation":"Definition: sweet\nRAM E In CAL"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor married lover (7)","Answer":"ADMIRER","Explanation":"Definition: lover\nMARRIED"}
-{"Clue":"Travel a short time to a river (5)","Answer":"MOTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Travel\nMO[ment] TO R"}
-{"Clue":"Mistress recounts a disaster (9)","Answer":"COURTESAN","Explanation":"Definition: Mistress\n(RECOUNTS A)"}
-{"Clue":"Yarn about Lawrence having opponents browbeaten (10)","Answer":"THREATENED","Explanation":"Definition: browbeaten\nT.E. [Lawrence] + N E (opponents in Bridge) in THREAD"}
-{"Clue":"Engagement revealed in game show (4)","Answer":"MESH","Explanation":"Definition: Engagement\nHidden in gaME SHow"}
-{"Clue":"Scrap dealer keeps Ethel confused? Exactly! (2,3,6)","Answer":"TO THE LETTER","Explanation":"Definition: Exactly\nETHEL* in TOTTER"}
-{"Clue":"Place of judgement where Penny advanced tycoon (6,5)","Answer":"PEARLY GATES","Explanation":"Definition: Place of judgement\nP + EARLY + [Bill] GATES"}
-{"Clue":"Pinches small quantities of booze (4)","Answer":"NIPS","Explanation":"Definition: Pinches\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Uncovered bet about old vessel reaching pole (5,5)","Answer":"STARK NAKED","Explanation":"Definition: Uncovered\nARK + N in STAKED"}
-{"Clue":"Thoughtlessness right away leads to rudeness (9)","Answer":"IMPUDENCE","Explanation":"Definition: rudeness\nIMPRUDENCE less R"}
-{"Clue":"Head of security to check back for trends (5)","Answer":"TIDES","Explanation":"Definition: trends\nS[ecurity] + EDIT, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Man with weapon hidden in clothing (7)","Answer":"GARMENT","Explanation":"Definition: clothing\nARM in GENT"}
-{"Clue":"Time of day for loose women in Senegal (7)","Answer":"SUNDOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Time of day\nUNDO (loose) + W in SN"}
-{"Clue":"Revive space traveller with oxygen (4,2)","Answer":"COME TO","Explanation":"Definition: Revive\nCOMET + O"}
-{"Clue":"Interest in soldiers' act (6)","Answer":"RETURN","Explanation":"Definition: Interest\nRE + TURN. I don't think Chifonie does themes, but this is one of several words that are vaguely related to money"}
-{"Clue":"Mail centre becomes profit oriented (10)","Answer":"MERCANTILE","Explanation":"Definition: profit oriented\n(MAIL CENTRE)"}
-{"Clue":"Money leads Charlie into temptation (5)","Answer":"LUCRE","Explanation":"Definition: Money\nC in LURE"}
-{"Clue":"A maiden was not accustomed to hold me for pleasure (9)","Answer":"AMUSEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: pleasure\nA M + ME in USEN'T"}
-{"Clue":"Silencer Mike put on Victorian pick-up (4)","Answer":"MUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Silencer\nM + UTE (utility vehicle in Australia, hence \"Victorian\")"}
-{"Clue":"Poet has single girl introduced to mountain climbing (8)","Answer":"ROSSETTI","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nI + TESS in TOR, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Become exhausted, like a narrowly-beaten cricket team (3,5)","Answer":"RUN SHORT","Explanation":"Definition: Become exhausted\nDouble definition \u2013 the team that's a \"run short\" has been narrowly beaten. The sense of \"become exhausted\" is new to me, I think"}
-{"Clue":"Know Carol's not up in London (10)","Answer":"KENSINGTON","Explanation":"Definition: in London\nKEN (know) + SING + NOT<. As always I don't like \"in London\" to mean \"a place in London\", but I've noticed Chifonie uses this construction quite a lot"}
-{"Clue":"Drunken tackle keeps player well connected (5-4)","Answer":"TIGHT-KNIT","Explanation":"Definition: well connected\nTIGHT (drunk) + N (player \u2013 Bridge again?) in KIT (tackle)"}
-{"Clue":"Society awaiting settlement of expenses (8)","Answer":"SPENDING","Explanation":"Definition: expenses\nS + PENDING (awaiting settlement) \u2013 or possible PENDING = awaiting and the definition is \"settlement of expenses\", which avoids the awkward linking \"of\""}
-{"Clue":"Brother stores silver tubing for musician (8)","Answer":"BAGPIPER","Explanation":"Definition: musician\nAG PIPE in BR"}
-{"Clue":"Small child gets spectacles for motor vehicle (6)","Answer":"SKIDOO","Explanation":"Definition: motor vehicle\nS + KID + OO"}
-{"Clue":"Inventor in side-on crash (6)","Answer":"EDISON","Explanation":"Definition: Inventor\nSIDE-ON"}
-{"Clue":"Rushes about with English detective (5)","Answer":"REEDS","Explanation":"Definition: Rushes\nRE (about) + E DS (Detective Sergeant)"}
-{"Clue":"Sovereign tucked into fish in lounge (4)","Answer":"IDLE","Explanation":"Definition: lounge\nL (pound, sovereign) in IDE (a useful fish for setters)"}
-{"Clue":"My word for doggie dish (4,5)","Answer":"GOOD GRIEF","Explanation":"Definition: My word\n(FOR DOGGIE)"}
-{"Clue":"25's not PM after leading close run election (5)","Answer":"CREAM","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nC[lose] R[un] E[lection] + A.M. (which is not P.M.)"}
-{"Clue":"Opt out of apposite anagram 25 (5)","Answer":"SEPIA","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nAPPOSITE* less OPT"}
-{"Clue":"Understand pastime in which he's involved (9)","Answer":"EMPATHISE","Explanation":"Definition: Understand\n(PASTIME + HE)"}
-{"Clue":"Staff ends up agreed to differ (3)","Answer":"ROD","Explanation":"Definition: Staff\nFinal letters of agreeD tO diffeR, reversed, though \"up\" can't accurately indicate this in an across clue (I suppose it could be as in \"road up\", meaning disturbed, and so an anagram)"}
-{"Clue":"Hold out for one's viewpoint about life support (6,5)","Answer":"SELFIE STICK","Explanation":"Definition: Hold out for one's view\nI think this is SE (compass point) + LIFE* + STICK (support), with a lift-and-separate for the definition. These devices are now banned in various places."}
-{"Clue":"Excuse when party's over (7)","Answer":"CONDONE","Explanation":"Definition: Excuse\nCON[servative] + DONE"}
-{"Clue":"A regular occurrence at one's home ground (7)","Answer":"HABITAT","Explanation":"Definition: one's home ground\nHABIT (regular occurrence) + AT"}
-{"Clue":"Used to 6 down various places listed to open (7)","Answer":"SCALPEL","Explanation":"Definition: Used to 6 down\nPLACES* + L[isted]"}
-{"Clue":"Revised Maastricht Treaty lacking chemistry \u2014 heard repeatedly from knockers (3-1-3)","Answer":"RAT-A-TAT","Explanation":"Definition: heard repeatedly from knockers\n(MAASTRICHT TREATY)* less CHEMISTRY"}
-{"Clue":"Erotica and porn rubbished by new generation (11)","Answer":"PROCREATION","Explanation":"Definition: new generation\n(EROTICA PORN)"}
-{"Clue":"Go out with Victorian female poet for starters (3)","Answer":"EBB","Explanation":"Definition: Go out\nInitials of Elizabeth Barrett Browning"}
-{"Clue":"Vitriolic Commons output of the '80s (4,5)","Answer":"ACID HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: output of the '80s\nACID (vitriolic) + HOUSE (of Commons)"}
-{"Clue":"25's doctor taking part in a TV series (5)","Answer":"AMBER","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nMB in A ER (TV Series)"}
-{"Clue":"Christ briefly implicated in opposite sides for 25 (5)","Answer":"OCHRE","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nCHR (listed as an abbreviation of \"Christ\" in Chambers, I was rather surprised to find) in the \"sides\" of OppositE"}
-{"Clue":"Incredibly end with assets in bloated condition (9)","Answer":"SATEDNESS","Explanation":"Definition: bloated condition\n(END ASSETS)"}
-{"Clue":"Hangover chiefly to restrain incipient corpulence of the stomach (7)","Answer":"GASTRIC","Explanation":"Definition: of the stomach\nGAS (reverse of SAG, so \"hang over\") + initial letters of To Restrain Incipient Corpulence"}
-{"Clue":"Urban work he investigates requires a desperate character (7)","Answer":"OPPIDAN","Explanation":"Definition: Urban\nOP (work) + PI (private investigator) + DAN (Desperate Dan, character in *The Dandy*)"}
-{"Clue":"He gives away funnel for a cocktail (11)","Answer":"GRASSHOPPER","Explanation":"Definition: cocktail\nGRASS (one who betrays, or gives away) + HOPPER (a funnel, as used for moving grain etc)."}
-{"Clue":"25 diamonds squandered, we hear (7)","Answer":"ICEBLUE","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nICE (diamonds) + homophone of \"blew\" (squandered). Chambers gives this as hyphenated: ice-blue"}
-{"Clue":"Vain search to include roundabout double parking (7)","Answer":"FOPPISH","Explanation":"Definition: Vain\nO (roundabout) + PP in FISH (search)"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to acknowledge central role in public utility (3)","Answer":"CUT","Explanation":"Definition: Refuse to acknowledge\ncentral letters of publiC UTility"}
-{"Clue":"Title is abused by snob (7)","Answer":"ELITIST","Explanation":"Definition: snob\n(TITLE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"South African animal meat possesses a low rating (7)","Answer":"MEERKAT","Explanation":"Definition: South African animal\nI think this is ERK (RAF slang for an aircraftman, the lowest rank, hence \"low rating\") in MEAT"}
-{"Clue":"Inferior editorial team member on London paper, briefly (11)","Answer":"SUBSTANDARD","Explanation":"Definition: Inferior\nSUB[-editor] + [Evening] STANDARD"}
-{"Clue":"Free impersonator loses remit for a particular voice (7)","Answer":"SOPRANO","Explanation":"Definition: a particular voice\nIMPERSONATOR* less REMIT"}
-{"Clue":"Writer of article starts to lose heart after foreign agreement (7)","Answer":"ANOUILH","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nAN (article) + OUI (French \"yes\", so \"foreign agreement\") + L[ose] H[eart]. Jean Anouilh, French playwright: I once played the heroine's sister in his play *Antigone* at my (all-boys) school. Fortunately there are no photographs or recordings of the event."}
-{"Clue":"Unions pass off workmates (7)","Answer":"LEAGUES","Explanation":"Definition: Unions\nCOLLEAGUES less COL (mountain pass)"}
-{"Clue":"Old clothing ripped without intention (7)","Answer":"RAIMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Old clothing\nAIM in RENT"}
-{"Clue":"Shake like 16 down over first meeting (7)","Answer":"TREMBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Shake\nM[eeting] in TREBLE"}
-{"Clue":"Bastard to get retrained, once worn out (7)","Answer":"TABARDS","Explanation":"Definition: once worn out\nBASTARD"}
-{"Clue":"Part of 24 loses even tone (3)","Answer":"HUE","Explanation":"Definition: tone\nPart of 24 is HOUSE, which if it \"loses [its] even [letters]\" leaves HUE"}
-{"Clue":"Colour blue round lips (7)","Answer":"CRIMSON","Explanation":"Definition: Colour\nRIMS (lips) in CON[servative] (blue)"}
-{"Clue":"A trodden-on jellyfish? (7)","Answer":"DOORMAT","Explanation":"Definition: A trodden-on jellyfish\nJust a cryptic definition, I think, a jellyfish being \"a person who lacks firmness of purpose\". I'd be delighted to learn that there's more to it.."}
-{"Clue":"Struggling after heavy meal? Nice? No! Turn to dietary wisdom from \u2026 (5,3,4,4,3,3,4)","Answer":"NEVER EAT MORE THAN YOU CAN LIFT","Explanation":"Definition: dietary wisdom\n(AFTER HEAVY MEAL NICE NO TURN TO)*. I have my usual reservations about this kind of clue, but for once the long anagram fodder was actually useful to me in solving it: with a few crossing letters I guessed the first six words, then used the anagram to get LIFT (after which I convinced myself that \"I knew that\"). This wise saying comes from MISS PIGGY, hence the link to the next clue"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 Fleming role: is Bond possibly scoffing one horse, the greedy one? (4,5)","Answer":"MISS PIGGY","Explanation":"Definition: the greedy one\nM (Fleming role) + IS + GG in SPY"}
-{"Clue":"Kidnapper, inexperienced poisoner (5,5)","Answer":"PARIS GREEN","Explanation":"Definition: poisoner\nPARIS (who, depending on your point of view, either kidnapped or eloped with Helen of Troy) + GREEN (inexperienced). Paris Green is a poison used as an insecticide, and, despite its name, a \"blue colorant for fireworks\" \u2013 perhaps our local expert can clarify.."}
-{"Clue":"Socialist walked out (4)","Answer":"LEFT","Explanation":"Definition: Socialist\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Birds, by the sound of it, travelled on skis (11)","Answer":"ROADRUNNERS","Explanation":"Definition: Birds\n\"Rode\" + RUNNERS (skis)"}
-{"Clue":"Papers stuffed inside gas mask (4)","Answer":"HIDE","Explanation":"Definition: mask\nID in HE (Helium)"}
-{"Clue":"Musician I love nothing about coming into view, shortly (9)","Answer":"VIOLINIST","Explanation":"Definition: Musician\nI + O + NIL< in VIST[A]"}
-{"Clue":"Cold, frozen vegetable (5)","Answer":"CHARD","Explanation":"Definition: vegetable\nC + HARD"}
-{"Clue":"Enclose PM in silence, having dropped guts (7)","Answer":"SHEATHE","Explanation":"Definition: Enclose\n[Edward] HEATH in S[ilenc]E"}
-{"Clue":"Image over an awning (6)","Answer":"CANOPY","Explanation":"Definition: awning\nAN in COPY"}
-{"Clue":"Claiming victory, still upset (6)","Answer":"INVERT","Explanation":"Definition: upset\nV in (claimed by) INERT (still)"}
-{"Clue":"An aid to pronunciation, that's the way to comment about ship (6,4)","Answer":"STRESS MARK","Explanation":"Definition: An aid to pronunciation\nST (street, way) + SS in REMARK"}
-{"Clue":"One identifying someone on camera from the swagger, by all conclusions (5)","Answer":"NAMER","Explanation":"Definition: One identifying someone\nLast letters of oN camerA froM thE swaggeR"}
-{"Clue":"Shame to stop drinking purest fluid (9)","Answer":"DISREPUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Shame\nPUREST* in DIE"}
-{"Clue":"Neither knife nor fork cut up \u2014 oh dear! (4)","Answer":"OOPS","Explanation":"Definition: oh dear!\nReverse of SPOO[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Court feature in wonderful drawing? (8)","Answer":"MAGNETIC","Explanation":"Definition: drawing\nNET (as seen on a tennis court) in MAGIC (slang for \"great!\")"}
-{"Clue":"Policeman supports judge in meeting (8)","Answer":"TRYSTING","Explanation":"Definition: meeting\nTRY + STING (lead singer of The Police)"}
-{"Clue":"Barber's work, Adagio for Strings, by all conclusions suits Christmas concert initially, when jazzed up (7,3)","Answer":"SCISSOR CUT","Explanation":"Definition: Barber's work\nAnagram of [adagi]O [fo]R [string]S + SUITS + C[hristmas] + C[oncert]"}
-{"Clue":"One perhaps requiring fresh hint with clue about possum's bottom (9)","Answer":"LUNCHTIME","Explanation":"Definition: One perhaps\n[possu]M in (HINT CLUE)"}
-{"Clue":"Crook with rash deeds in store, perhaps? (8)","Answer":"ARCHIVES","Explanation":"Definition: deeds in store, perhaps\nARC (crook) + HIVES (rash)"}
-{"Clue":"Action blamed for embarrassingly affected manner, as boob revealed on the catwalk? (8,11)","Answer":"WARDROBE MALFUNCTION","Explanation":"Definition: boob revealed on the catwalk\nI can't quite parse this \u2013 it's an anagram of ACTION BLAMED FOR + WRUN, but I cant account for the extra four letters. The expression, for the \"accidental\" revealing of naughty bits, is said to have originated from this incident.\n *Thanks to morphiamet \u2013 it's WAR (action) + (BLAMED FOR)* + UNCTION."}
-{"Clue":"Engine not starting, tank fills up \u2014 might this be the size of the issue? (6)","Answer":"OCTAVO","Explanation":"Definition: might this be the size of the issue\nVAT< in [L]OCO (railway engine)"}
-{"Clue":"Tense figure, old magistrate with nothing to lose (2,4)","Answer":"ON EDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Tense\nONE (figure) + DOGE less O"}
-{"Clue":"Explosive ingredient added to biriani, treacherous (5)","Answer":"NITRE","Explanation":"Definition: Explosive ingredient\nHidden on biriaNI TREacherous"}
-{"Clue":"Solvers no good as babies? (5)","Answer":"YOUNG","Explanation":"Definition: babies\nYOU + NG"}
-{"Clue":"Mole, a musician getting ready to enthral a king's mistress? (9)","Answer":"TUNNELLER","Explanation":"Definition: Mole\nNELL [Gwyn] in TUNER (musician getting ready)"}
-{"Clue":"Pit workers possibly round river front \u2014 god! (9)","Answer":"ORCHESTRA","Explanation":"Definition: Pit workers\nO (round) + R[iver] + CHEST (front) + RA (Egyptian sun god)"}
-{"Clue":"Virginia's classic direction of keeper going to work? (2,3,10)","Answer":"TO THE LIGHTHOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Virginia's classic\nDouble definition: novel by Virginia Woolf, and where a lighthouse keeper would go"}
-{"Clue":"State's contribution to ransom, a liability (7)","Answer":"SOMALIA","Explanation":"Definition: State\nHidden in ranSOM A LIAbility"}
-{"Clue":"Former president's protective of society people (7)","Answer":"PERSONS","Explanation":"Definition: people\nS in PERON'S"}
-{"Clue":"Reverse the setting up of one vulgar doctor (5)","Answer":"UNRIG","Explanation":"Definition: Reverse the setting up\nUN (dialect or \"vulgar\" form of \"one\") + RIG (to doctor)"}
-{"Clue":"Lad, the almost disappearing one (3)","Answer":"YOU","Explanation":"Definition: one\nYOUTH minus TH[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Who's part of the movie host's run? (5)","Answer":"EXTRA","Explanation":"Definition: Who's part of the movie host\nDouble definition: film extra (part of the crowd, or \"host\"), and a run in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Benjamin, a familiar national figure? (7)","Answer":"BRITTEN","Explanation":"Definition: Benjamin\nHomophone (indicated by \"familiar\") of \"Briton\" (national figure). *Thanks to Steve B and Mac Ruaraidh Ghais: a better parsing of this is BRIT (familiar national) + TEN (figure)"}
-{"Clue":"Almost express contentment with chamber music man (7)","Answer":"PURCELL","Explanation":"Definition: music man\nPUR[R] + CELL (chamber)"}
-{"Clue":"Not much of a role for top actor of advanced circle (5)","Answer":"CAMEO","Explanation":"Definition: Not much of a role for top actor\nCAME (advanced) + O (circle)"}
-{"Clue":"Low density rock, possibly providing a background for hotel lobbies? (4,5)","Answer":"MOOD MUSIC","Explanation":"Definition: background for hotel lobbies\nMOO (to low) + D[ensity] + MUSIC (rock, possibly)"}
-{"Clue":"Less complicated clue in lower case (9)","Answer":"MINUSCULE","Explanation":"Definition: lower case\nMINUS (less) + CLUE* \u2013 I hope we all avoided the common misspelling \"miniscule\""}
-{"Clue":"Fine for Scots to have English escort (5)","Answer":"GUIDE","Explanation":"Definition: escort\nGUID (Scots good, fine) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Party politics covers up blunder (4)","Answer":"TYPO","Explanation":"Definition: blunder\nHidden in parTY POlitics"}
-{"Clue":"Beaten mid-clue by setter's ultimate instrument (8)","Answer":"DULCIMER","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nMID-CLUE* + [sette]R"}
-{"Clue":"Losing against obscure illness (4)","Answer":"AGUE","Explanation":"Definition: illness\nVAGUE (obscure) less V (versus, against)"}
-{"Clue":"Stuart A. played with Yes, the rock group? (8)","Answer":"STATUARY","Explanation":"Definition: rock group\n(STUART A + Y)* It would be nice if Yes had a Stuart A. playing for them, but apparently not.."}
-{"Clue":"Make a pitch: \"Hull's location is on the up, rather flamboyant\" (6)","Answer":"ENCAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Make a pitch\nReverse of NE (Hull is (vaguely) in the North-East) + CAMP (flamboyant)"}
-{"Clue":"I agree, Terry's worried about Nuneaton centre's past (10)","Answer":"YESTERYEAR","Explanation":"Definition: past\nYES (I agree) + [nun]EA[ton] in TERRY"}
-{"Clue":"Fate is cold and reluctant before love (6)","Answer":"CLOTHO","Explanation":"Definition: Fate\nC + LOTH + O. Clotho is one of the Fates of Greek mythology"}
-{"Clue":"Small weak person liable to get lit up (5)","Answer":"SQUIB","Explanation":"Definition: Small weak person\nDouble definition: \"a paltry fellow\" (Chambers) and a firework"}
-{"Clue":"One could be wrapped up in this Walsh novel (5)","Answer":"SHAWL","Explanation":"Definition: One could be wrapped up in this\nWALSH"}
-{"Clue":"Parking in sporting run range not established (8)","Answer":"UNPROVEN","Explanation":"Definition: not established\nP in RUN* + OVEN (range)"}
-{"Clue":"Believing it's involved with ethics (8)","Answer":"THEISTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Believing\n(IT ETHICS)"}
-{"Clue":"Setter's married a foreign female \u2014 so complaint impossible? (6)","Answer":"IMMUNE","Explanation":"Definition: so complaint impossible\nI'm (Setter is) + M[arried] + UNE (French feminine \"a\")"}
-{"Clue":"Lower than the lowest turned up as rain producer (6)","Answer":"NIMBUS","Explanation":"Definition: rain producer\nReverse of SUB-MIN[imum]"}
-{"Clue":"Meteor and small copper rocks occur as predicted (4,4)","Answer":"COME TRUE","Explanation":"Definition: occur as predicted\n(METEOR CU)"}
-{"Clue":"Star-struck followers of old lady with judo outfit (4)","Answer":"MAGI","Explanation":"Definition: Star-struck followers\nMA (mother, old lady) + GI (judo costume)"}
-{"Clue":"The gang gloated (4)","Answer":"CREW","Explanation":"Definition: The gang\nDouble definition: crew is a form of the past tense of \"crow\", meaning to gloat"}
-{"Clue":"Display 26 across fish (5)","Answer":"ARRAY","Explanation":"Definition: Display\nAR[gon] + RAY"}
-{"Clue":"Destroy one caught \u2014 time to see catch (9)","Answer":"ERADICATE","Explanation":"Definition: Destroy\nI C in ERA (time) + DATE (to see)"}
-{"Clue":"Primarily at sea (2,3,4)","Answer":"IN THE MAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Primarily\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Time unknown \u2014 crew returning to east (5)","Answer":"ENEMY","Explanation":"Definition: Time\nE + reverse of Y (unknown) + MEN. \"The enemy\" as a metaphor for time comes up occasionally in crossword \u2013 Araucaria used to use it, for example. See here for some backgound."}
-{"Clue":"Second note by Roy Scheider, say \u2014 one who responds (7)","Answer":"REACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: one who responds\nRE (second note, as in do-re-mi) + ACTOR (e.g. Roy Scheider, who played Police Chief Body in *Jaws*)"}
-{"Clue":"Dangers rule lives \u2014 case of shark making comeback (5)","Answer":"RISKS","Explanation":"Definition: Dangers\nR + IS + reverse of S[har]K"}
-{"Clue":"Faces Chief Brody's unlimited time in rough waters (3,7)","Answer":"ROD STEWART","Explanation":"Definition: Faces Chief\n[B]ROD[Y] + T in WATERS* \u2013 a very nice penny-dropping moment when I spotted the definition, referring to The Faces, of whom Rod Stewart was the lead singer"}
-{"Clue":"Shark ultimately swallows one that worked with lines (5)","Answer":"KEATS","Explanation":"Definition: one that worked with lines\n[shar]K + EATS"}
-{"Clue":"Opening sequence of movie (Jaws): ocean killer eats leading character from Amity Island (7)","Answer":"MAJORCA","Explanation":"Definition: Island\nA[mity] in M[ovie] + J[aws] + ORCA"}
-{"Clue":"Sea being cold, to work harbours (7)","Answer":"OCTOPUS","Explanation":"Definition: Sea being\nC TO in OPUS \u2013 another cleverly-concealed definition"}
-{"Clue":"Note: at stern of legendary vessel is gas (5)","Answer":"ARGON","Explanation":"Definition: gas\nARGO (legendary ship) + N"}
-{"Clue":"Diving position to settle swimmer (9)","Answer":"PIKEPERCH","Explanation":"Definition: swimmer\nPIKE (diving position) + PERCH (to settle). The name of this fish is hyphenated as pike-perch in all the references I can find"}
-{"Clue":"Re station at sea, attacks physically (5,4)","Answer":"TEARS INTO","Explanation":"Definition: attacks physically\n(RE STATION)"}
-{"Clue":"Measure length of animal (5)","Answer":"RATEL","Explanation":"Definition: animal\nRATE + L \u2013 the Ratel is also known as the Honey badger"}
-{"Clue":"Show stress on island (4)","Answer":"TAXI","Explanation":"Definition: Show\nTAX (to stress) + I \u2013 the show is the American TV series Taxi"}
-{"Clue":"State shark attack? It's part of the memory (4)","Answer":"BYTE","Explanation":"Definition: It's part of the memory\nHomophone of \"bite\""}
-{"Clue":"Cruise for one mile, say, like sailor (8)","Answer":"MEGASTAR","Explanation":"Definition: Cruise for one\nM + EG + AS TAR \u2013 this looked like a definition-by-example at first glance, but the \"for one\" fixes that"}
-{"Clue":"Robert Shaw performing \u2014 grandeur oddly missing inside film studio (6,8)","Answer":"WARNER BROTHERS","Explanation":"Definition: film studio\n[g]R[a]N[d]E[u]R in (ROBERT SHAW)* \u2013 sadly, *Jaws* was not producer by Warner Brothers, though Robert Shaw starred in it"}
-{"Clue":"It's blown up in the sea \u2014 fiction about fine sailor on Spielberg film (4,6)","Answer":"LIFE JACKET","Explanation":"Definition: It's blown up in the sea\nF in LIE + JACK (sailor) + ET (Spielberg film)"}
-{"Clue":"Most biting great white shark, initially not good when swimming (6)","Answer":"RAWEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most biting\nAnagram of GREAT less G + W[hite] + S[hark]"}
-{"Clue":"Group drink (4)","Answer":"BEVY","Explanation":"Definition: Group\nDouble definition \u2013 the drink meaning is short for \"beverage\""}
-{"Clue":"Small crowd go away (5)","Answer":"SCRAM","Explanation":"Definition: go away\nS + CRAM"}
-{"Clue":"Sailors turn on way and head for folly (10)","Answer":"ABSURDNESS","Explanation":"Definition: folly\nABS + U (turn) + RD + NESS"}
-{"Clue":"Introduction to Shark, found in upended box files (5)","Answer":"RASPS","Explanation":"Definition: files\nS[hark] in reverse of SPAR (to box)"}
-{"Clue":"Dr No book (novel) \u2014 with a twist, it offers an escape (8)","Answer":"DOORKNOB","Explanation":"Definition: with a twist, it offers an escape\n(DR NO BOOK)"}
-{"Clue":"In character of bad one at sea? Sound at start of horror (8)","Answer":"ASPIRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Sound at start of horror\nAS PIRATE"}
-{"Clue":"Picture cut up \u2014 Spielberg ultimately is outside during film cut (6)","Answer":"JIGSAW","Explanation":"Definition: Picture cut up\n[spielber]G in IS, in JAW[S]"}
-{"Clue":"Join American dad, heartlessly getting wind up (6)","Answer":"APPEND","Explanation":"Definition: Join\nA + P[o]P + END (to wind up). \u2013 I originally put ADDEND, which caused trouble with 27 \u2013 it does exist, but only as a noun"}
-{"Clue":"Conservationists seeing that about social creatures (4)","Answer":"ANTS","Explanation":"Definition: social creatures\nNT (National Trust) in AS (seeing that)"}
-{"Clue":"Ship's opening close to Matt Hooper struggling with line (8)","Answer":"PORTHOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Ship's opening\nAnagram of [mat]T + HOOPER + L[ine] \u2013 Matt Hooper is a character in the film"}
-{"Clue":"Stick to the point and argument may be carried (7,4)","Answer":"ATTACHE CASE","Explanation":"Definition: may be carried\nATTACH + E (compass point) + CASE (argument)"}
-{"Clue":"And the sailor is first on leave (7)","Answer":"ABANDON","Explanation":"Definition: leave\nAB + AND + ON"}
-{"Clue":"Limited protection provided by regimental mascot? (7)","Answer":"PARAPET","Explanation":"Definition: Limited protection\nThe PARA PET might be the mascot of the Parachute Regiment"}
-{"Clue":"Baby Edward has to carry something to cuddle (5,4)","Answer":"TEDDY BEAR","Explanation":"Definition: something to cuddle\nTEDDY (diminutive of Edward) + BEAR (carry)"}
-{"Clue":"Clean down (5)","Answer":"PREEN","Explanation":"Definition: Clean down\nCryptic (or perhaps literal) definition (though I think preening is mostly done on feathers rather than down)"}
-{"Clue":"Long times in the onslaught (4)","Answer":"EONS","Explanation":"Definition: Long times\nHidden in thE ONslaught"}
-{"Clue":"Raises cost somehow, or gets cut off (10)","Answer":"OSTRACISES","Explanation":"Definition: cut off\n(RAISES COST)* \u2013 I don't think \"gets cut off\" can be a definition of \"ostracises\", so the grammar is faulty here"}
-{"Clue":"Religious experience necessary to achieve a goal (10)","Answer":"CONVERSION","Explanation":"Definition: Religious experience\nDouble definition (the goal is in Rugby)"}
-{"Clue":"Each one a fairy! (4)","Answer":"PERI","Explanation":"Definition: a fairy\nPER I"}
-{"Clue":"Steer incorrectly and course must be this (5)","Answer":"RESET","Explanation":"Definition: this\nSTEER"}
-{"Clue":"Checks taxes \u2014 not for the first time! (9)","Answer":"RESTRAINS","Explanation":"Definition: Checks\nRE-STRAINS (to strain = to tax)"}
-{"Clue":"Small company tax that is adjusted for objects from distant countries (7)","Answer":"EXOTICA","Explanation":"Definition: objects from distant countries\nAnagram of CO TAX IE"}
-{"Clue":"Point behind the ship towards the sunrise (7)","Answer":"EASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: towards the sunrise\nE + ASTERN"}
-{"Clue":"Hated theory developed recently (3,5,3)","Answer":"THE OTHER DAY","Explanation":"Definition: recently\n(HATED THEORY)"}
-{"Clue":"Forsake your responsibilities, leaving letters unanswered? (7,4,4)","Answer":"ABANDON ONE\u2019S POST","Explanation":"Definition: Forsake your responsibilities\nDouble definition \u2013 it's rather surprising to have two ABANDONs crossing here"}
-{"Clue":"It could make one extremely tiddly with rum in it (5)","Answer":"TODDY","Explanation":"Definition: It could make one extremely tiddly with rum in it\nODD in T[iddl]Y, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Beats soundly in a game that's child's play (7)","Answer":"CONKERS","Explanation":"Definition: game that's child's play\nHomophone of \"conquers\""}
-{"Clue":"Ruler in a temper, or so it seems (7)","Answer":"EMPEROR","Explanation":"Definition: Ruler\nHIdden in tEMPER OR"}
-{"Clue":"It's under a country's jurisdiction, though over it (8)","Answer":"AIRSPACE","Explanation":"Definition: It's under a country's jurisdiction, though over it\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fast talking gets a speedy service (7,8)","Answer":"EXPRESS DELIVERY","Explanation":"Definition: speedy service\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Showing signs of fight? (6-7)","Answer":"BATTLE-SCARRED","Explanation":"Definition: Showing signs of fight\nI can't see this as anything but a straight definition"}
-{"Clue":"Doesn't win seat, when in a state of utter perplexity (2,4,4,3)","Answer":"AT ONE\u2019S WITS\u2019 END","Explanation":"Definition: in a state of utter perplexity\n(DOESN'T WIN SEAT)"}
-{"Clue":"Sit a certain way for the ideal journey? (8)","Answer":"BESTRIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Sit a certain way\nBEST RIDE"}
-{"Clue":"The civil type won't wait for a job (7)","Answer":"SERVANT","Explanation":"Definition: The civil type won't wait for a job\nCryptic definition \u2013 civil servants aren't the sort of servants who wait at tables"}
-{"Clue":"Offensive alumnus put on some act (7)","Answer":"OBSCENE","Explanation":"Definition: Offensive\nOB (old boy = alumnus) + SCENE (part of an Act in a play)"}
-{"Clue":"Brought down to earth, strange as it may sound (5)","Answer":"RASED","Explanation":"Definition: Brought down to earth\nReference to the homophone \"raised\""}
-{"Clue":"Stamp with foot running lap round gym (5)","Answer":"APPEL","Explanation":"Definition: Stamp with foot\nPE in LAP* \u2013 this word is a term in fencing, meaning \"a stamp of the front foot in false attack, in order to create an opening for a hit\""}
-{"Clue":"No. 1 in charts available for sale, including new number (5)","Answer":"COUNT","Explanation":"Definition: number\nC[harts] + N in OUT"}
-{"Clue":"Channel for ground grain, distance about 80 yards (or more) (7)","Answer":"MILL-EYE","Explanation":"Definition: Channel for ground grain\nLEY (a measure of yarn: 80 yards of worsted, or more for other types) in MILE"}
-{"Clue":"Hazel's pretty pendants, ornamental in large measure (6)","Answer":"AMENTA","Explanation":"Definition: Hazel's pretty pendants\nHidden in ornAMENTAl \u2013 aka catkins"}
-{"Clue":"Misled about gold, might trust a 'miracle-worker' (13)","Answer":"THAUMATURGIST","Explanation":"Definition: miracle-worker\nAU in (MIGHT TRUST A)"}
-{"Clue":"Stripy fish, caught by sorcery? (5)","Answer":"COBIA","Explanation":"Definition: Stripy fish\nC + OBIA"}
-{"Clue":"Opening sought by marketing men, kind that's hard getting in (5)","Answer":"NICHE","Explanation":"Opening sought by marketing men, kind that's hard getting in (5) \nH in NICE"}
-{"Clue":"Left-overs? Recipe I used cooking with one (7)","Answer":"RESIDUA","Explanation":"Definition: Left-overs\nR + (I USED)* + A"}
-{"Clue":"Asteroid string by the sound of it (5)","Answer":"CERES","Explanation":"Definition: Asteroid\nHomophone of \"series\" (string)"}
-{"Clue":"Cheeky underling turned hearts (5)","Answer":"FRESH","Explanation":"Definition: Cheeky\nSERF< + H"}
-{"Clue":"A trendsetter (13)","Answer":"AVANT-GARDISTE","Explanation":"Definition: A trendsetter\nThe competition word"}
-{"Clue":"Alluvial deposits from lake filled round fringes (6)","Answer":"DELTAS","Explanation":"Definition: Alluvial deposits\nL in SATED<"}
-{"Clue":"Palm tree root shifted relative position (7)","Answer":"TROOLIE","Explanation":"Definition: Palm tree\nROOT* + LIE"}
-{"Clue":"Vatican hall excluding RA, troubled (5)","Answer":"VEXED","Explanation":"Definition: troubled\nV + EXED[RA]"}
-{"Clue":"Variant of disputed Shakespearean term: note received interpretation (5)","Answer":"SENSE","Explanation":"Definition: interpretation\nN in SESE"}
-{"Clue":"One among contemporaries of Auden, W. H? They're exhausting (8)","Answer":"SPENDERS","Explanation":"Definition: They're exhausting\nSPENDER S (Stephen S, 1909-1995, a contemporary and friend of Auden's)"}
-{"Clue":"Road hazard mostly Scots endure after work's reversed (7)","Answer":"POTHOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Road hazard\nOP< + THOLE"}
-{"Clue":"Local units (monetary), Armenian primarily (4)","Answer":"LUMA","Explanation":"Definition: Local units (monetary), Armenian primarily\nInitial letters &lit"}
-{"Clue":"They grant authority to Crown investigators, upsetting Ironside about new Queen (11)","Answer":"INQUIRENDOS","Explanation":"Definition: They grant authority to Crown investigators\nN QU in IRONSIDE"}
-{"Clue":"Edible bulb, coloured, on top of heap (6)","Answer":"CAMASS","Explanation":"Definition: Edible bulb\nC + AMASS"}
-{"Clue":"It's posted by admirer, youngster that's burning inside? (5)","Answer":"PIN-UP","Explanation":"Definition: It's posted by admirer\nIN in PUP"}
-{"Clue":"After delay I appear, paid to come round, taken from others' work (11)","Answer":"PLAGIARISED","Explanation":"Definition: taken from others' work\nLAG I ARISE in P[ai]D"}
-{"Clue":"Inspiration for heroic opera record turning up \u2013 does it culminate in bloomer? (7)","Answer":"PEDICLE","Explanation":"Definition: does it culminate in bloomer\nReverse of EL CID + EP. El Cid was the subject of an opera by Massenet"}
-{"Clue":"Unfledged bird always reared in centre of nest (4)","Answer":"EYAS","Explanation":"Definition: Unfledged bird\nAY< in [n]ES[t] \u2013 an unfleged hawk"}
-{"Clue":"Company stationery perhaps, one allowing varied shade (11)","Answer":"LETTERHEADS","Explanation":"Definition: Company stationery perhaps\nLETTER (one allowing) + SHADE"}
-{"Clue":"Convert (in a way) disturbed at CE rite after mass (9)","Answer":"METRICATE","Explanation":"Definition: Convert (in a way)\nM + (AT CE RITE*)"}
-{"Clue":"Shaver mostly made to divide half of sweet exactly \u2013 it's very hard (7)","Answer":"BORAZON","Explanation":"Definition: it's very hard\nRAZO[r] in half of BON-BON \u2013 \"exactly\" because the two halves are the same"}
-{"Clue":"Cocotte? This woman's filled with wild lust (7)","Answer":"HUSTLER","Explanation":"Definition: Cocotte\nLUST* in HER \u2013 Chambers gives \"prostitute\" as one of the meanings of both hustler and cocotte"}
-{"Clue":"Relieve of local tax under a tenancy in part (6) (6)","Answer":"DERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Relieve of local tax\nHidden in inDER A TEnancy"}
-{"Clue":"Facile, not born in the States, they're not much to look at! (5)","Answer":"UGLIS","Explanation":"Definition: they're not much to look at\nGLI[b] in US"}
-{"Clue":"Something like conductor's baton, length reduced in composition of Ravel (4)","Answer":"VARE","Explanation":"Definition: Something like conductor's baton\nRAVEL* less L"}
-{"Clue":"Example of the blues is devastating to the ears (4)","Answer":"SAXE","Explanation":"Definition: Example of the blues\nHomophone of \"sacks\" (i.e. ransacks)"}
-{"Clue":"With vacuous smile, see dope (6)","Answer":"SEDATE","Explanation":"Definition: dope\nS[mil]E + DATE (to see)"}
-{"Clue":"Lamb possibly filling pies, say, is tasty (8)","Answer":"ESSAYIST","Explanation":"Definition: Lamb possibly\nHidden in piES SAY IS Tasty \u2013 Charles Lamb is the essayist, who used the pen name Elia"}
-{"Clue":"A position to get behind shot? (6)","Answer":"GOALIE","Explanation":"Definition: A position to get behind shot\nGO (a shot) + A LIE, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Strikers here in game: the penalty area (8)","Answer":"MATCHBOX","Explanation":"Definition: Strikers here\nMATCH (game) + BOX (penalty area in football)"}
-{"Clue":"Operations devised primarily to interrupt an explosion of impotence in gibbons, perhaps? (14)","Answer":"APPENDECTOMIES","Explanation":"Definition: Operations\nD[evised] in IMPOTENCE in APES"}
-{"Clue":"Arty with brains, terribly brilliant couple here? (6,4)","Answer":"BINARY STAR","Explanation":"Definition: brilliant couple here\n(ARTY BRAINS)"}
-{"Clue":"Gone, a king long ago (4)","Answer":"OFFA","Explanation":"Definition: king long ago\nOFF (gone) + A. Offa (famous for his dyke) was king of Mercia 757-796"}
-{"Clue":"Vulgar couple beginning to lech from behind (4)","Answer":"LOUD","Explanation":"Definition: Vulgar\nReverse of DUO + L[ech]"}
-{"Clue":"One causing friction excluded in report of what's binding? (6,4)","Answer":"RUBBER BAND","Explanation":"Definition: what's binding\nRUBBER (one causing friction) + homophone \"banned\" (excluded)"}
-{"Clue":"A Tory authoritarian in brute that may squeeze the life out of you? (3,11)","Answer":"BOA CONSTRICTOR","Explanation":"Definition: that may squeeze the life out of you\nA CON STRICT in BOOR"}
-{"Clue":"Car, one in a hundred for trial (8)","Answer":"AUDITION","Explanation":"Definition: trial\nAUDI (car) + I in TON (slang for 100)"}
-{"Clue":"Small mammal contracted disease, unfortunately (6)","Answer":"DASSIE","Explanation":"Definition: Small mammal\nAnagram of DISEAS[E] \u2013 a small rat-like mammal, also known as the Hyrax. Rather obscure, perhaps, but the clueing is clear, and there are surprisingly few words that fit the pattern _A_S_E: perhaps Paul didn't fancy clueing HASSLE, LASSIE or even FALSIE.."}
-{"Clue":"Vain prince informally introduced to beauty (8)","Answer":"DANDYISH","Explanation":"Definition: Vain\nANDY (informal for Prince Andrew) in DISH (a beauty)"}
-{"Clue":"Scorer for European city (6)","Answer":"BERLIN","Explanation":"Definition: Scorer\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"scorer\" is Irving Berlin"}
-{"Clue":"Story with Ottoman commanders written up (4)","Answer":"SAGA","Explanation":"Definition: Story\nReverse of AGAS"}
-{"Clue":"Evidently mortal god, communicating little (7)","Answer":"DEADPAN","Explanation":"Definition: communicating little\nDEAD + PAN (god)"}
-{"Clue":"Writer coming up with score for soap, perhaps? (8)","Answer":"TOILETRY","Explanation":"Definition: soap, perhaps\nReverse of ELIOT (T.S. or George) + TRY (score in rugby)"}
-{"Clue":"Formality a warning sign, where justice was rarely served (4,7)","Answer":"STAR CHAMBER","Explanation":"Definition: where justice was rarely served\nSTARCH (formality) + AMBER (warning sign)"}
-{"Clue":"An unfinished assignment as a mainstay (6)","Answer":"ANCHOR","Explanation":"Definition: a mainstay\nAN CHOR[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Concisely written ultimately, French produce cracking poem (2,5)","Answer":"IN BRIEF","Explanation":"Definition: Concisely\n[writte]N BRIE in IF (Kipling poem)"}
-{"Clue":"Rank outsiders in Tunisia requiring some of the stadium to support team (4,5)","Answer":"TAXI STAND","Explanation":"Definition: Rank\nT[unisi]A + XI (team, e.g. in football) + STAND (part of a stadium)"}
-{"Clue":"Hoarding? William Shakespeare hoards nothing! (9)","Answer":"BILLBOARD","Explanation":"Definition: Hoarding\nBILL (WIlliam) + O in BARD"}
-{"Clue":"Odd bits to unclip in box, like a cross (8)","Answer":"CRUCIATE","Explanation":"Definition: like a cross\nU[N]C[L]I[P] in CRATE"}
-{"Clue":"Sex sounding as spurious, an event to be covered up (7,11)","Answer":"UGANDAN DISCUSSIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Sex\nAN DISCUS (athletic event) in (SOUNDING AS)* \u2013 *Private Eye's* euphemism for (usually illicit) sex: I wonder how familiar it is to Guardian solvers."}
-{"Clue":"Excitement, seeing America in a shortlist? (7)","Answer":"AROUSAL","Explanation":"Definition: Excitement\nUSA in A ROL[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Left and left again, lorry finally gets round (6)","Answer":"PORTLY","Explanation":"Definition: round\nPORT + L + [lorr]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Strap which comes down, by the sound of it? (4)","Answer":"REIN","Explanation":"Definition: Strap\nHomophone of \"rain\""}
-{"Clue":"Cloistered society bringing back holy hour (6)","Answer":"SECRET","Explanation":"Definition: Cloistered\nS[ociety] + reverse of TERCE"}
-{"Clue":"The Dutch Girls Aloud? (6)","Answer":"MISSUS","Explanation":"Definition: The Dutch\nHomophone of \"misses\" (girls), \"Dutch\" meaning \"wife\", either as rhyming slang from \"Duchess of Fife\" or (more likely) just short for \"Duchess\""}
-{"Clue":"Repeat multiple-choice section (4)","Answer":"ECHO","Explanation":"Definition: Repeat\nHidden in multiplE-CHOice"}
-{"Clue":"After turbulent stretches of water, express disappointment with cutter (6)","Answer":"RIPSAW","Explanation":"Definition: cutter\nRIPS (turbulent water) + AW (expression of disappointment)"}
-{"Clue":"Establish oneself as a Glaswegian hit man? (4,4)","Answer":"TAKE ROOT","Explanation":"Definition: Establish oneself\nA hit man \"takes people out\", so a Glaswegian one might be a \"taker oot\""}
-{"Clue":"Judge found drunk outside \u2014 that's extraordinary (7,2)","Answer":"UNHEARD OF","Explanation":"Definition: extraordinary\nHEAR in FOUND"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe Blue can chart finally (4)","Answer":"TINT","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe Blue\nTIN (can) + [char]T"}
-{"Clue":"A way for Steps to cover material lacking copyright (4)","Answer":"PATH","Explanation":"Definition: A way for Steps\nPATCH (to cover material) less C"}
-{"Clue":"Suspect it's injected to prepare for a reaction (9)","Answer":"SENSITISE","Explanation":"Definition: prepare for a reaction\nIT IS in SENSE"}
-{"Clue":"Most of Pussycat Dolls' output is refined and very sweet (8)","Answer":"MOLASSES","Explanation":"Definition: refined and very sweet\nMO[g] (most of pussycat) + LASSES"}
-{"Clue":"Instrumental tracks are overlooked (6)","Answer":"UNSUNG","Explanation":"Definition: overlooked\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Mother leaves explorer in clutches of prone penitent (10)","Answer":"FLAGELLANT","Explanation":"Definition: penitent\n[MA]GELLAN in FLAT"}
-{"Clue":"Pin left in sack (4)","Answer":"AXLE","Explanation":"Definition: Pin\nL in AXE"}
-{"Clue":"Very small head teacher stalking McFly? (6)","Answer":"MIDGET","Explanation":"Definition: Very small\nMIDGE (notoriously often found in Scotland, hence a \"McFly\") + T[eacher]"}
-{"Clue":"Goes on and on about Queen's mates (6)","Answer":"DRONES","Explanation":"Definition: Goes on and on\nDouble definition \u2013 the Queen in question being a bee"}
-{"Clue":"A representative sample of opinion about Boyzone (5,7)","Answer":"CROSS SECTION","Explanation":"Definition: A representative sample of opinion\nC (about) + ROSS (boy) + SECTION (zone)"}
-{"Clue":"Authorise mounted soldiers to arrest Take That (7)","Answer":"EMPOWER","Explanation":"Definition: Authorise\nPOW (take that!) in reverse of REME"}
-{"Clue":"After ruling, obtain new recruits (6)","Answer":"INTAKE","Explanation":"Definition: new recruits\nIN (ruling, as \"in power\") + TAKE (obtain)"}
-{"Clue":"Plant bomb under small tree (9)","Answer":"SPEARMINT","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nS + PEAR + MINT (a lot of money, as in \"make a mint\/bomb\")"}
-{"Clue":"Hawk ends up abroad (4,3)","Answer":"SPIT OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Hawk\nRevese of TIPS + OUT (abroad)"}
-{"Clue":"Busted err on vocalist (that's debatable) (13)","Answer":"CONTROVERSIAL","Explanation":"Definition: debatable\n(ERR ON VOCALIST)"}
-{"Clue":"Separate reagents combined by head of department (9)","Answer":"ESTRANGED","Explanation":"Definition: Separate\nREAGENTS* + D"}
-{"Clue":"Dire Straits for Spice Girl's comeback? (7)","Answer":"PROBLEM","Explanation":"Definition: Dire Straits\nPRO (for) + reverse of MEL B"}
-{"Clue":"S Club 7 (7)","Answer":"SPUTTER","Explanation":"Definition: 7\nS + PUTTER (golf club)"}
-{"Clue":"Records by One Direction (7)","Answer":"SINGLES","Explanation":"Definition: Records\nSINGLE (one) + S (direction)"}
-{"Clue":"Drug dealer's confession to operatic lady (6)","Answer":"ISOLDE","Explanation":"Definition: operatic lady\n\"I SOLD E[cstasy]\", said the dealer"}
-{"Clue":"Brood about Westlife (5)","Answer":"SPAWN","Explanation":"Definition: Brood\nW in SPAN (life) \u2013 the wordplay has to be read as \"about West, life\""}
-{"Clue":"Having no preference in bedroom, police enter here, finding killer in bed (9)","Answer":"HERBICIDE","Explanation":"Definition: killer in bed\nBI[-sexual] + CID in HERE. A nice misleading definition to get us started"}
-{"Clue":"Well-known American after Olympics rejection? (9)","Answer":"NOTORIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Well-known\n\"NO TO RIO\" (site of the 2016 Olympics) + US"}
-{"Clue":"Magnetism in girl's case \u2014 illicit affair to follow (7)","Answer":"GLAMOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Magnetism\nG[ir]L + AMOUR. Does an amour have to be illicit?"}
-{"Clue":"Present differently \u2014 concerned with shot on film (7)","Answer":"REFRAME","Explanation":"Definition: Present differently\nRE (concerned with) + FRAME (film shot) \u2013 not keen on this, as \"frame\" has virtually the same meaning in answer and wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Stock producer holding black and white cattle's collar (5)","Answer":"OXBOW","Explanation":"Definition: cattle's collar\nB in OXO (stock cube maker) + W"}
-{"Clue":"Watched horror film (3)","Answer":"SAW","Explanation":"Definition: Watched\nDouble definition \u2013 a recent series of horror films"}
-{"Clue":"\"Some characters to kill at \u2026\" \u2014 Hitchcock getting stick (5)","Answer":"LATHI","Explanation":"Definition: stick\nHidden in kilL AT HItchcock. \"In South Asia, a long, heavy iron-bound bamboo stick used as a weapon, especially by police\""}
-{"Clue":"\"Furious\" women from Italy and Spain crossing New York (Queens borders) (7)","Answer":"ERINYES","Explanation":"Definition: \"Furious\" women\nNY in I + E, all in ERS \u2013 the Erinyes are the Furies of Greek mythology"}
-{"Clue":"A snug Hitchcock stripped off \u2014 work for it here? (7,5)","Answer":"CASTING COUCH","Explanation":"Definition: work for it here\nAnagram of a A SNUG [h]ITCHCOC[k]"}
-{"Clue":"Clobber for going off with \u2026 : anger flows (9)","Answer":"NIGHTWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Clobber for going off\n(WITH ANGER)"}
-{"Clue":"Was in Frenzy in which director ultimately matured (5)","Answer":"RAGED","Explanation":"Definition: Was in Frenzy\n[directo]R + AGED"}
-{"Clue":"He noted essentially: \"See Kim Novak in disguise across road\" (5)","Answer":"VERDI","Explanation":"Definition: He noted\nRD in an anagram of the midde letters of sEe kIm noVak"}
-{"Clue":"One crawling out of Psycho shot with worker (9)","Answer":"SYCOPHANT","Explanation":"Definition: One crawling\nPSYCHO* + ANT"}
-{"Clue":"Young woman cut with it? (4)","Answer":"CHIC","Explanation":"Definition: with it\nCHIC[k]"}
-{"Clue":"Turn in drama (time for 27 shock) (6)","Answer":"TRAUMA","Explanation":"Definition: shock\nU in DRAMA with the D (date) replaced by T (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Freedom to use land is why fair got in a mess? (5,2,3)","Answer":"RIGHT OF WAY","Explanation":"Definition: Freedom to use land\n(WHY FAIR GOT)"}
-{"Clue":"On North by Northwest, upset over one late director (6)","Answer":"WINNER","Explanation":"Definition: late director\nI in reverse of RE (on) + N NW. Michael Winner, who died in 2013"}
-{"Clue":"Spot for murderers \u2014 each cast supporting director (5,3)","Answer":"DEATH ROW","Explanation":"Definition: Spot for murderers\nD[irector] + EA[ch] + THROW (cast)"}
-{"Clue":"Smudge cosmetic she took away (4)","Answer":"BLUR","Explanation":"Definition: Smudge\nBLUSHER, with SHE \"took away\" (a bit ungrammmatical, or maybe dialect\/slang)"}
-{"Clue":"Rude, single Hitchcock lead actor, working over breaks (8)","Answer":"IGNORANT","Explanation":"Definition: Rude\nReverse of ON (working) \"breaking in to\" I [Cary] GRANT. Chambers gives \"rude\" as a definition of IGNORANT \u2013 I've seen it used in this way by people who seem think it means \"ignoring..\""}
-{"Clue":"Alien, like foreign characters (4)","Answer":"ETAS","Explanation":"Definition: foreign characters\nET + AS"}
-{"Clue":"Feel good with Hitchcock film (5)","Answer":"GROPE","Explanation":"Definition: Feel\nG + ROPE (1948 Hitchcock film)"}
-{"Clue":"Shoots on outings series of pictures (10)","Answer":"FILMSTRIPS","Explanation":"Definition: series of pictures\nFILMS (shoots) + TRIPS. As in 14, I don't much like the double use of \"film[s]\" here"}
-{"Clue":"Watching, say, dark force stabbing (5)","Answer":"EYING","Explanation":"Definition: Watching\nYIN (dark force) in E.G."}
-{"Clue":"Fetching ones start to become identical (they are) (8)","Answer":"BRINGERS","Explanation":"Definition: Fetching ones\nB[ecome] + RINGERS"}
-{"Clue":"The Guardian writers mostly set without expectation (8)","Answer":"SUSPENSE","Explanation":"Definition: expectation\nUS + PENS in SE[t] \u2013 and of course Hitchcock was the \"Master of Suspense\""}
-{"Clue":"\"See you on Twitter?\" \u2014 blue post of priest (6)","Answer":"CURACY","Explanation":"Definition: post of priest\nCU (see you) + RACY (blue)"}
-{"Clue":"Dressed and working (2,4)","Answer":"IN GEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Dressed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Tone reflects section of The Lady Vanishes (4)","Answer":"NAVY","Explanation":"Definition: Tone\nHidden in reverse of ladY VANishes \u2013 I'll let Tramp off the superfluous \"The\" as it's part of the film title."}
-{"Clue":"Part of American car seen in Rear Window (4,5)","Answer":"TAIL LIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Part of American car\nTAIL (rear) + LIGHT (window)"}
-{"Clue":"'50s hairstyle and its wearer clipped to go out (4)","Answer":"DATE","Explanation":"Definition: go out\nDA \u2013 duck's arse (or ass) hairstyle \u2013 + TE[d] (the DA was favoured by Teddy Boys)"}
-{"Clue":"Land of the living (5)","Answer":"GLEBE","Explanation":"Definition: Land of the living\nCryptic definition \u2013 a glebe is a piece of land attached to a church, for the benefit of the parish priest, and a living is the parish itself, and associated income (in the Jeeves and Wooster stories, Bertie's curate friends are often on the lookout for a living, usually from their girlfriends' tight-fisted uncles)"}
-{"Clue":"Manufacture of vital cure brings in profits (9)","Answer":"LUCRATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: brings in profits\n(VITAL CURE)* \u2013 the defnition is the wrong part of speech here: perhaps \"in profits\" would work?"}
-{"Clue":"Thrown into a suit case (9)","Answer":"SITUATION","Explanation":"Definition: case\n(INTO A SUIT)"}
-{"Clue":"Dams found between Kirkcaldy to Keswick (5)","Answer":"DYKES","Explanation":"Definition: Dams\nHidden in kirkalDY [joined to] KESwick"}
-{"Clue":"Move to continue playing football, or concede defeat (5-2)","Answer":"THROW IN","Explanation":"Definition: Move to continue playing football\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Thick soup \u2014 food to the German (7)","Answer":"CHOWDER","Explanation":"Definition: Thick soup\nCHOW + DER \u2013 contrary to my suspicions, I found that \"chow\" and \"chowder\" are unrelated: \"chow\" is from Chinese pidgin English \"chow chow\", from Chinese \"cha\"=\"mixed\"; \"chowder\" from old French \"chaudi\u00e8re\", meaning a pot (and related to \"cauldron\")"}
-{"Clue":"Ascended a small hill to the north (5)","Answer":"RISEN","Explanation":"Definition: Ascended\nRISE (small hill) + N"}
-{"Clue":"Wood used in model-making (3)","Answer":"ELM","Explanation":"Definition: Wood\nHidden in modEL-Making"}
-{"Clue":"Check the advance of a sick man's comeback (5)","Answer":"REPEL","Explanation":"Definition: Check the advance of\nReverse of LEPER"}
-{"Clue":"Abandoned, many felt irritated (7)","Answer":"DITCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Abandoned\nD (500) + ITCHED"}
-{"Clue":"Retribution seems in order (7)","Answer":"NEMESIS","Explanation":"Definition: Retribution\n(SEEMS IN)"}
-{"Clue":"They store honey, rash though it may be (5)","Answer":"HIVES","Explanation":"Definition: They store honey\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Looking shabby, he meant to reform (4-5)","Answer":"MOTH-EATEN","Explanation":"Definition: Looking shabby\n(HE MEANT TO)"}
-{"Clue":"Article about doctor and prophet backing a small group (9)","Answer":"THREESOME","Explanation":"Definition: a small group\nReverse of MO + SEER in THE"}
-{"Clue":"Cut and serve out (5)","Answer":"SEVER","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\nSERVE"}
-{"Clue":"Agrees about being dropped as one grows older (4)","Answer":"AGES","Explanation":"Definition: grows older\nAGREES less RE (about)"}
-{"Clue":"Achievement sure to be written about in newspapers (8)","Answer":"FEATURES","Explanation":"Definition: in newspapers\nFEAT + SURE* \u2013 again the definition uses the wrong part of speech"}
-{"Clue":"Big game shot (4)","Answer":"MEGA","Explanation":"Definition: Big\nGAME"}
-{"Clue":"Union gets a nice settlement after all (8)","Answer":"ALLIANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Union\nALL + NICE"}
-{"Clue":"Such a railway may make a fair profit (6)","Answer":"SCENIC","Explanation":"Definition: Such a railway may make a fair profit\nCryptic definition \u2013 a Scenic Railway was a fairground attraction, precursor of the rollercoaster"}
-{"Clue":"Beat record (10)","Answer":"CARDIOGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Beat record\nCryptic definition \u2013 it records the beats of your heart"}
-{"Clue":"Gave tongue, though subdued (6)","Answer":"LICKED","Explanation":"Definition: Gave tongue\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"City in northern France producing optical equipment (4)","Answer":"LENS","Explanation":"Definition: City in northern France\nDouble definition \u2013 the place is in Pas-de-Calais"}
-{"Clue":"Sorely tried and weary (5)","Answer":"TIRED","Explanation":"Definition: weary\nTRIED* \u2013 like 31a, \"only just\" an anagram"}
-{"Clue":"Gunnery school? (10)","Answer":"WINCHESTER","Explanation":"Definition: school\nA definition (school) and a hint (from the Winchester rifle)"}
-{"Clue":"Decides officially and draws the line (5)","Answer":"RULES","Explanation":"Definition: Decides officially\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Plucky airman of a bygone age? (8)","Answer":"MINSTREL","Explanation":"Definition: Plucky airman of a bygone age\nCryptic definition \u2013 a minstrel might haved plucked his lute while singing an air"}
-{"Clue":"Definite sign of an increase (8)","Answer":"POSITIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Definite\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"A number tucked into bird in the inn (6)","Answer":"TAVERN","Explanation":"Definition: inn\nA V (5) in TERN"}
-{"Clue":"Mother and child in a jam? (6)","Answer":"DAMSON","Explanation":"Definition: jam\nDAM + SON"}
-{"Clue":"Loathe articles in disorder (4)","Answer":"HATE","Explanation":"Definition: Loathe\nAn indirect anagram of THE + A"}
-{"Clue":"Yet it is difficult for busy people to take it (4)","Answer":"EASE","Explanation":"Definition: Yet it is difficult for busy people to take it\nCryptic definition \u2013 \"yet\" because it should be easy to take your ease.."}
-{"Clue":"The average Pole or Frenchman? (4)","Answer":"NORM","Explanation":"Definition: The average\nN (pole) + OR + M[onsieur]"}
-{"Clue":"Part of the score Bilbao got wrong (9)","Answer":"OBBLIGATO","Explanation":"Definition: Part of the score\n(BILBAO GOT)"}
-{"Clue":"Match ends of \"star\" and \"catarrh\", say? \"Hum\" and \"come\"? (5)","Answer":"RHYME","Explanation":"Definition: Match\nLast letters of staR catarrH saY huM comE \u2013 and the two pairs of words rhyme with each other"}
-{"Clue":"Country road bizarrely appended to old coin (7)","Answer":"ECUADOR","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nECU (old French coin \u2013 not to confused with the European Currency Unit, which didn't have any coinage) + ROAD"}
-{"Clue":"Shortcoming involving student getting put on new course (7)","Answer":"DEFLECT","Explanation":"Definition: put on new course\nL in DEFECT"}
-{"Clue":"Cut corners and speed-read page (5)","Answer":"SKIMP","Explanation":"Definition: Cut corners\nSKIM + P"}
-{"Clue":"UK reel, triple forte, causing commotion (9)","Answer":"KERFUFFLE","Explanation":"Definition: commotion\n(UK REEL FFF)"}
-{"Clue":"Wait to catch volunteers, returning, breaking balls (5,10)","Answer":"DANCE ATTENDANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Wait\nReverse of NET TA (Territorial Army, now renamed the Army Reserve) in DANCE DANCE"}
-{"Clue":"Small waterway or roadway concealing a mussel shell (9)","Answer":"STREAMLET","Explanation":"Definition: Small waterway\nA M[usse]L in STREET"}
-{"Clue":"Jones's partner goes to middle of 21 down to seek water (5)","Answer":"DOWSE","Explanation":"Definition: seek water\nDOW (as in the Dow Jones Index) + [de]SE[rt]"}
-{"Clue":"Threaten to be left to finish (7)","Answer":"PORTEND","Explanation":"Definition: Threaten\nPORT (left) + END"}
-{"Clue":"Animal shelter overturned, engulfed by unpleasant smell of animal (7)","Answer":"MUSKRAT","Explanation":"Definition: animal\nReverse of ARK (\"animal shelter\") in MUST"}
-{"Clue":"Dispenser of Dutch courage (nerve of sorts) (5)","Answer":"OPTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Dispenser of Dutch courage\nDouble definition \u2013 an optic is the device used to dispense spirits in pub"}
-{"Clue":"Pants, perhaps, at bottom of river (9)","Answer":"UNDERWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Pants, perhaps\nUNDER [the river] WEAR"}
-{"Clue":"Puritan's urgent call about birdseed mostly getting scattered (10)","Answer":"SOBERSIDES","Explanation":"Definition: Puritan\nBIRDSEE[d]* in SOS"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaning number one instrument holding laptop up (8)","Answer":"ABLUTION","Explanation":"Definition: Cleaning\nNO I + L[aptop] in TUBA, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"What fearful people have to finish? (4,2)","Answer":"WIND UP","Explanation":"Definition: What fearful people have\nDouble definition (with different pronunications)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish\u2009wife (last of 6)? (4)","Answer":"PARR","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nDouble definition \u2013 a parr is a young salmon, and Catherine Parr was Henry VIII's sixth and final wife (and she had three other husbands apart from him)"}
-{"Clue":"Custom keeps the German people marvelling (10)","Answer":"WONDERMENT","Explanation":"Definition: marvelling\nDER MEN in WONT"}
-{"Clue":"Without supporting rising, poet's deep (8)","Answer":"PROFOUND","Explanation":"Definition: deep\nReverse of FOR (supporting) with [Ezra] POUND outside or \"without\""}
-{"Clue":"Personally intervening, stifle symbolist's ascent (6)","Answer":"MYSELF","Explanation":"Definition: Personally\nHidden in reverse of stiFLE SYMbolist's."}
-{"Clue":"Match lacking a bit of 25 (4)","Answer":"VEST","Explanation":"Definition: bit of 25\nVESTA less A"}
-{"Clue":"Exercised crowd control with peculiar instrument (10)","Answer":"KETTLEDRUM","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nKETTLED (police technique of containing demonstrators in a small space) + RUM"}
-{"Clue":"Simple city housing oriental soldiers and sailor (10)","Answer":"ELEMENTARY","Explanation":"Definition: Simple\nE + MEN + TAR in ELY"}
-{"Clue":"Blades slicing bits of peaches regularly disappear (8)","Answer":"EVANESCE","Explanation":"Definition: disappear\nVANES in [p]E[a]C[h]E[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Grins salaciously about following novel footage (8)","Answer":"NEWSREEL","Explanation":"Definition: footage\nNEW + reverse of LEERS"}
-{"Clue":"Right cultivated, collecting one collector's piece (6)","Answer":"RARITY","Explanation":"Definition: collector's piece\nR + I in ARTY"}
-{"Clue":"Rat, of course, gutted (6)","Answer":"DESERT","Explanation":"Definition: Rat\nDESSERT less its middle letter \u2013 does that count as being \"gutted\"?"}
-{"Clue":"Story in bed (4)","Answer":"PLOT","Explanation":"Definition: Story\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fashion, or endless exhibitor thereof (4)","Answer":"MODE","Explanation":"Definition: Fashion\nMODE[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Old coAt of a sort succeeded? Wrong (5)","Answer":"AMISS","Explanation":"Definition: Wrong\n AMIS (Spenserian variant of \"amice\" \u2013 a cloak) + S"}
-{"Clue":"English saints made haZy in old verse form (7)","Answer":"SESTINA","Explanation":"Definition: old verse form\n (E SAINTS)"}
-{"Clue":"Antelope around Zambia: might one seeD itself in oriental garden? (5)","Answer":"KUDZU","Explanation":"Definition: might one seeD itself in oriental garden\n Z in KUDU"}
-{"Clue":"Most Spick clothing seen unravelling, being frank? (8)","Answer":"FREENESS","Explanation":"Definition: being frank\n SEEN* in FRES[h] (spick \u2013 i.e. most of it)"}
-{"Clue":"Father, among set of beliefs related to church, with climbers adorNing (9)","Answer":"CREEPERED","Explanation":"Definition: with climbers adorNing\n PERE in CREED"}
-{"Clue":"Army unit take in peOns, historically (5)","Answer":"CORPS","Explanation":"Definition: Army unit\n R in COPS (peon is an old word for a policeman)"}
-{"Clue":"Spear fruit in SA? THis gets e.g. inside (7)","Answer":"ASSEGAI","Explanation":"Definition: Spear\n EG in ASSAI \u2013 also spelt a&ccedilla;ai, a South American fruit"}
-{"Clue":"Lean doWn after Scottish race is over, niggardly among locals (6)","Answer":"NIRLIE","Explanation":"Definition: niggardly among locals\n RIN< + LIE"}
-{"Clue":"Airborne soldier given pOint following windy plain (6)","Answer":"PARAMO","Explanation":"Definition: windy plain\n PARA + MO"}
-{"Clue":" TAsk supervisor in mine down one with money invested (7)","Answer":"OVERMAN","Explanation":"Definition:  T\n M in OVER AN"}
-{"Clue":"Inuit may travel with this cHow, one kilometre behind (5)","Answer":"KAIAK","Explanation":"Definition: Inuit may travel with this\n KAI (Maori word for food: chow) + A K. A variant spelling of \"kayak\""}
-{"Clue":"DebUt written off, Met create recast addition (8)","Answer":"ETCETERA","Explanation":"Definition: addition\n (MET CREATE)* less M (the \"debut\" of MET)"}
-{"Clue":"RollS, say, coated in edible fish mites (5)","Answer":"ACARI","Explanation":"Definition: mites\n CAR (e.g. a Rolls Royce) in AI \u2013 an edible Japanese fish (as well as the three-toed sloth, as all Scrabble players should know)"}
-{"Clue":"HungAry? Camper maybe is heading for that, faint as before (6)","Answer":"VANISH","Explanation":"Definition: faint as before\n VAN (camper [van], maybe) + IS + H: as the H is there in the unmodified version of the clue, it's not really true in this case that \"the clue requires the addition of a single letter before if can be satisfactorily solved\""}
-{"Clue":"College liNe about a Councillor (7)","Answer":"LINACRE","Explanation":"Definition: College\n A CR in LINE \u2013 Linacre College, Oxford"}
-{"Clue":"LaDy back in embrace of chosen gallant (5)","Answer":"AGNES","Explanation":"Definition: LaDy\n Hidden in reverse of choSEN GAllant \u2013 another lady appears in the modified clue in 29d, albeit from a different original word"}
-{"Clue":"All but centre of potato cake eaten away, it sTinks (4)","Answer":"ATOC","Explanation":"Definition: it sTinks\n [pot]ATO C[ake] \u2013 the atoc is a kind of skunk"}
-{"Clue":" WArm voice becoming animated \u2013 it heats quickly (9)","Answer":"MICROWAVE","Explanation":"Definition: it heats quickly\n (WARM VOICE)"}
-{"Clue":"Bread from flour made sOurer during period Jack consumed (6)","Answer":"INJERA","Explanation":"Definition: Bread from flour made sOurer\n J in IN ERA"}
-{"Clue":"One raising e.g. mugs, record very much superior to medium tHin cans (11)","Answer":"SHEEP-FARMER","Explanation":"Definition: One raising e.g. mugs\n EP + FAR + M[edium] in SHEER (A mug is \"a woolly-faced sheep\")"}
-{"Clue":"From energy hoUsing river comes flow of water (6)","Answer":"STREAM","Explanation":"Definition: flow of water\n R in (housed by) STEAM (energy)"}
-{"Clue":"Jug? There's not so many in Number, without lid (4)","Answer":"EWER","Explanation":"Definition: Jug\n [F]EWER"}
-{"Clue":"US rogue, like many in a warD, appearing in courts, had up (9)","Answer":"SKEESICKS","Explanation":"Definition: US rogue\n SICK (like people in ward) in SEEKS"}
-{"Clue":"I'll be given tRuck with no end plan (4)","Answer":"IDEA","Explanation":"Definition: plan\n I + DEA[L] (truck("}
-{"Clue":"Old copper sEizing wayward Susie, the old enemy! (7)","Answer":"AUSSIES","Explanation":"Definition: the old enemy\n SUSIE* in AS (coin) \u2013 the enemy as in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Making misjudgement of Danger I turn disorderly (11)","Answer":"UNDERRATING","Explanation":"Definition: Making misjudgement of Danger\n (DANGER I TURN)"}
-{"Clue":" ABout included, drunk Pimm's \u2013 twitch follows, rocky (9)","Answer":"PSAMMITIC","Explanation":"Definition: rocky\n A[bout] in PIMMS + TIC"}
-{"Clue":"Fish decline? BeNt set includes that islander (9)","Answer":"TAIWANESE","Explanation":"Definition: islander\n AI WAN in SET"}
-{"Clue":"Describing position of heavenly boDy, one's ringing about rising success (7)","Answer":"APOGEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Describing position of heavenly boDy\n GO< in A PEAL"}
-{"Clue":"Little energy, right at heart of snowfield, cause to Flag as before (6)","Answer":"ENERVE","Explanation":"Definition: cause to Flag as before\n E + R in NEVE (snowfield)"}
-{"Clue":"LuthIer might have fashioned this blend of oil in wine (6)","Answer":"VIOLIN","Explanation":"Definition: LuthIer might have fashioned this\n OIL* in VIN"}
-{"Clue":"Old judge in female underwear, ties Failing (4)","Answer":"SCAN","Explanation":"Definition: Old judge\n SCAN[ties]"}
-{"Clue":"TEach Scottish learner on organ (4)","Answer":"LEAR","Explanation":"Definition: TEach Scottish\n L + EAR (organ) \u2013 it seems a flaw that the clue contains the closely-related \"learn\""}
-{"Clue":"The ladY pulled up about 500 thorns (4)","Answer":"EDHS","Explanation":"Definition: thorns\n D in SHE< \u2013 Eth (or edh) and Thorn are letters used in modern Icelandic for voiced and unvoiced \"th\". According to Chambers, eth was \"used without distinction from thorn\" in Old English, hence the definition, which surprised me until I looked the word up"}
-{"Clue":"Editor stops \"helping\" on page, so the Eagle survives (9)","Answer":"PREDATION","Explanation":"Definition: so the Eagle survives\nP + ED in RATION"}
-{"Clue":"State promise in church to secure a husband (5)","Answer":"IDAHO","Explanation":"Definition: State\nA H in \"I DO\" (though the traditional response in a church wedding is actually \"I will\")"}
-{"Clue":"Bar on which artists depend (7)","Answer":"TRAPEZE","Explanation":"Definition: Bar on which artists depend\nCryptic definition \u2013 they're trapeze artists"}
-{"Clue":"Artless miss, say, retreating in tavern used regularly (7)","Answer":"INGENUE","Explanation":"Definition: Artless miss\nEG (say) reversed in INN + U[s]E[d]"}
-{"Clue":"Smart races, no outdated fences (5)","Answer":"NATTY","Explanation":"Definition: Smart\nTT (races) in (fenced by) NAY (old-fashioned \"no\")"}
-{"Clue":"How crusaders acquired their protection? (4,5)","Answer":"MAIL ORDER","Explanation":"Definition: How crusaders acquired their protection\nCryptic definition \u2013 reference to chain mail"}
-{"Clue":"Background notes including medical units rewritten (10,5)","Answer":"INCIDENTAL MUSIC","Explanation":"Definition: Background notes\nINC + (MEDICAL UNITS)"}
-{"Clue":"Bond's nature changed with age (9)","Answer":"GUARANTEE","Explanation":"Definition: Bond\n(NATURE AGE)"}
-{"Clue":"Fleeced animals from Africa moving west over time (5)","Answer":"STUNG","Explanation":"Definition: Fleeced\nT in reverse of GNUS"}
-{"Clue":"Gunners drop unremitting quest for success (3,4)","Answer":"RAT RACE","Explanation":"Definition: unremitting quest for success\nRA (Royal Artillery or Gunners) + TRACE (a trace or a drop is a small amount)"}
-{"Clue":"How the legless proceed and possibly buttonhole the lady? (7)","Answer":"SLITHER","Explanation":"Definition: How the legless proceed\nSLIT (buttonhole is an example) + HER \u2013 the legless ones being snakes"}
-{"Clue":"Something to play during suburban journey (5)","Answer":"BANJO","Explanation":"Definition: Something to play\nHidden in suburBAN JOurney. It might get you some funny looks on the 8:25.."}
-{"Clue":"Type of radio broadcast lacking signal? (5,4)","Answer":"SHORT WAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Type of radio broadcast\nSHORT (lacking) + WAVE (signal)"}
-{"Clue":"Honourable position at university in the north (10)","Answer":"UPSTANDING","Explanation":"Definition: Honourable\nUP (at university) \"to the north of\" STANDING (position)"}
-{"Clue":"Pernickety poet finally coming to the fore in film (8)","Answer":"PEDANTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Pernickety\nDANTE, with the last letter moved to the top, in PIC"}
-{"Clue":"Half-hearted measures adopted by state security (6)","Answer":"SAFETY","Explanation":"Definition: security\nFE[E]T in SAY (state)"}
-{"Clue":"Current speaker's restrained (4)","Answer":"TIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Current \nHomophone of \"tied\" \u2013 my LOI, ?I?E being a combination with rather a lot of possibilities.."}
-{"Clue":"Expect head to support worker here in Paris (10)","Answer":"ANTICIPATE","Explanation":"Definition: Expect\nANT + ICI + PATE. Solvers who are 2 down might question whether expect=anticipate"}
-{"Clue":"Band cut up, admitting source of recent infection (8)","Answer":"RINGWORM","Explanation":"Definition: infection\nRING (band) + R[ecent[ in reverse of MOW"}
-{"Clue":"Brown well beaten (6)","Answer":"TANNED","Explanation":"Definition: Brown\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Single swimmer's base (4)","Answer":"SOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Single\nTriple definition"}
-{"Clue":"Believer for whom the motion's turbulent? (10)","Answer":"MONOTHEIST","Explanation":"Definition: Believer\n(THE MOTIONS)"}
-{"Clue":"Butcher (not I) docking rear part of grounds (4,6)","Answer":"ROCK GARDEN","Explanation":"Definition: part of grounds\n(DOCKING REAR)* less I"}
-{"Clue":"Stop sending up assistance \u2014 clergyman's run off (8)","Answer":"DIAPASON","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\nReverse of AID + PARSON less R. Diapason is a kind of organ stop, providing the most basic sound of the instrument."}
-{"Clue":"Fighter who's put out about amateur (8)","Answer":"SOUTHPAW","Explanation":"Definition: Fighter\nA in (WHOS PUT)* \u2013 a southpaw is a left-handed boxer (or left-handed person generally)"}
-{"Clue":"Worried about zealot's rising temper \u2026 (6)","Answer":"ATTUNE","Explanation":"Definition: temper\nReverse of NUT (zealot) in ATE (worried)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 religion thus riven by suspicion (6)","Answer":"SHINTO","Explanation":"Definition: religion\nHINT in SO"}
-{"Clue":"Birds dropping in sacks (4)","Answer":"ROBS","Explanation":"Definition: sacks\nROBINS less IN"}
-{"Clue":"Tonics set up in Boots, maybe (4)","Answer":"SHOD","Explanation":"Definition: in Boots, maybe\nReverse of DOHS (the note doh in sol-fa is the tonic of the key)"}
-{"Clue":"Forest-dweller needs to feed, tucking into fruit (5,3)","Answer":"GREAT APE","Explanation":"Definition: Forest-dweller\nEAT in GRAPE. Technically the Great Apes are the family Hominidae, which includes *Homo sapiens*, but more loosely they are the Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Orangutans (Chambers also says Gibbons), hence forest-dwellers"}
-{"Clue":"Problem about electronic gadgets may be so described (2-4)","Answer":"HI-TECH","Explanation":"Definition: gadgets may be so described\nE in HITCH"}
-{"Clue":"Art of oriental love doctor getting mate for foreigner (7)","Answer":"ORIGAMI","Explanation":"Definition: Art of oriental\nO[riental] + RIG (to doctor) + AMI (French friend)"}
-{"Clue":"The Man in Black drops chorus (7)","Answer":"REFRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: chorus\nREF (football referees wear black) + RAIN (drops)"}
-{"Clue":"The sound of the bullring (5)","Answer":"TORUS","Explanation":"Definition: ring\nHomophone of \"Taurus\" (bull) with a lift-and-separate definition"}
-{"Clue":"Notice truth's obstructed by opening of show trial (9)","Answer":"ADVERSITY","Explanation":"Definition: trial\nAD + S in VERITY"}
-{"Clue":"Going disguised to unseemlier cross-Channel spectacle (3,2,7)","Answer":"SON ET LUMIERE","Explanation":"Definition: cross-Channel spectacle\n(TO UNSEEMLIER)"}
-{"Clue":"Journalists united in opposing the 4? (6,6)","Answer":"FOURTH ESTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Journalists\nU in FOR THE STATE (i.e. against the private sector)"}
-{"Clue":"We're told a letter and a number as well, a number in the 20s (3,3,3)","Answer":"TEA FOR TWO","Explanation":"Definition: a number in the 20s\nHomophone of \"T four too\". The song is from the 1925 musical *No, No, Nanette*. Whenever this song is mentioned I always have to inlude a link to Art Tatum's amazing version"}
-{"Clue":"Last of Arapaho, wise old American (5)","Answer":"OSAGE","Explanation":"Definition: old American\nO + SAGE"}
-{"Clue":"English fellow's outside, flushed from the west wind (7)","Answer":"MEANDER","Explanation":"Definition: wind\nE in MEN + RED reversed (\"from the west\")"}
-{"Clue":"An attempt is ultimately futile to defend New Labour (7)","Answer":"AGONISE","Explanation":"Definition: Labour\nN in A GO IS [futil]E"}
-{"Clue":"Introductions to Shakespeare plays present in The Globe (6)","Answer":"SPHERE","Explanation":"Definition: The Globe\nS[hakespeare] P[lays] HERE"}
-{"Clue":"Evidence of a complaint uttered offended the Catholic Church (8)","Answer":"SYNDROME","Explanation":"Definition: Evidence of a complaint\nHomophone of \"sinned\" + ROME (the Catholic church, as an example of synecdoche)"}
-{"Clue":"Cave painter captures river but not current (6)","Answer":"GROTTO","Explanation":"Definition: Cave\nR in GIOTTO less I (symbol for electric current)"}
-{"Clue":"Terrible regime, or its victim (6)","Answer":"EMIGRE","Explanation":"Definition: its victim\nREGIME* \u2013 a very precise anagram, as both words have an acute accent on one of the Es"}
-{"Clue":"Delight as one's excused from school games (9)","Answer":"TRANSPORT","Explanation":"Definition: Delight\nTRAIN (to school) less I + SPORT (games)"}
-{"Clue":"Overprices tat that's flogged where profit's sought? (7,6)","Answer":"PRIVATE SECTOR","Explanation":"Definition: where profit's sought\n(OVERPRICES TAT)"}
-{"Clue":"Conclude there's no getting out of hell (5)","Answer":"INFER","Explanation":"Definition: Conclude\nINFER[NO]"}
-{"Clue":"He'll investigate cleaver turned up by digger (8)","Answer":"EXAMINER","Explanation":"Definition: He'll investigate\nReverse of AXE + MINER"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely edgy contest after hand's shaking and on buzzer (8)","Answer":"HONEYBEE","Explanation":"Definition: buzzer\nHAND less AND (\"shamking and\") + ON + E[dg]Y + BEE (contest, as in spelling bee)"}
-{"Clue":"Mistress turned out in a fancy coat of ruby red (13)","Answer":"REVOLUTIONARY","Explanation":"Definition: red\nReverse of LOVER + (OUT IN A)* + R[UB]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Crash diet, nothing more, to get heavenly body (9)","Answer":"METEOROID","Explanation":"Definition: heavenly body\n(DIET O MORE)"}
-{"Clue":"Old newspapers using old-fashioned speech, frequently (3-5)","Answer":"OFT-TIMES","Explanation":"Definition: using old-fashioned speech, frequently\nO[ld] + FT TIMES (two newspapers)"}
-{"Clue":"Clue regularly getting cheers \u2014 it's to be very stylish! (3,1,4)","Answer":"CUT A DASH","Explanation":"Definition: to be very stylish\nC[L]U[E] + TA (thanks, cheers) + DASH (the punctuation mark in the clue)"}
-{"Clue":"Place for better business, keeping equally popular (6)","Answer":"CASINO","Explanation":"Definition: Place for better\nAS IN (equally popular) in CO"}
-{"Clue":"Worship Araucaria, say, with a quarter going for Paul in the US? (6)","Answer":"REVERE","Explanation":"Definition: Worship\nREVERE[ND] (Araucaria was the Rev John Graham), and two definitions (the US one is the revolutionary hero)"}
-{"Clue":"Nun's in one skirt but no top (5)","Answer":"ORDER","Explanation":"Definition: Nun's in one\n[B]ORDER \u2013 a nicely concealed definition to finish"}
-{"Clue":"Worst place for the 25s (3,4)","Answer":"THE PITS","Explanation":"Definition: Worst\nDouble definition \u2013 gravel pits, perhaps, and a reminder of John McEnroe's Wimbledon tantrums: \"You are the pits of the world!\""}
-{"Clue":"Receive note about Arizona 3 (7)","Answer":"GAZETTE","Explanation":"Definition: 3\nAZ n GET TE"}
-{"Clue":"Steal what 23 do (4)","Answer":"SNIP","Explanation":"Definition: Steal\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"He set out to follow minor route to 3 (10)","Answer":"BROADSHEET","Explanation":"Definition: 3\nB ROAD (minor route) + (HE SET)"}
-{"Clue":"It's not easy to catch one ordinary mullet, perhaps (6)","Answer":"HAIRDO","Explanation":"Definition: mullet, perhaps\nI in HARD + O[rdinary]"}
-{"Clue":"A boy dives into lock, depending on the time of year (8)","Answer":"SEASONAL","Explanation":"Definition: depending on the time of year\nA SON in SEAL"}
-{"Clue":"Old PA friend drinks a shot in court, drawing media (3,3,3)","Answer":"PEN AND INK","Explanation":"Definition: drawing media\nA in [William] PENN + DINK (tennis shot)"}
-{"Clue":"Central Scotland in draw for championship (5)","Answer":"TITLE","Explanation":"Definition: championship\n[sco]TL[and] in TIE"}
-{"Clue":"Business that covers northeast to axe branches? (5)","Answer":"PRUNE","Explanation":"Definition: to axe branches\nPRU (Prudential, insurance company familarly known as The Pru) + NE"}
-{"Clue":"Unusual amount reworked in film (3,3,3)","Answer":"ODD MAN OUT","Explanation":"Definition: film\nODD (unusual) + AMOUNT* for the 1947 film starring James Mason"}
-{"Clue":"Estonian, say, collects a singular 25 (6)","Answer":"BASALT","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nA S in BALT"}
-{"Clue":"With Yankee, he settles complex PC template (5,5)","Answer":"STYLE SHEET","Explanation":"Definition: PC template\n(Y HE SETTLES)* \u2013 I would write this as one word, especially in the IT sense (and Chambers agrees with me)"}
-{"Clue":"Minor surgery occasionally fails 25 (4)","Answer":"OPAL","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nOP (operation \u2013 \"minor\" because it's a contraction, I suppose) + [f]A[i]L[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Jolly priest was prostrate with flu, shivering (7)","Answer":"PLAYFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Jolly\nP + LAY + FLU"}
-{"Clue":"City in France or area in town there (7)","Answer":"ORLEANS","Explanation":"Definition: City in France\nOR + A in LENS"}
-{"Clue":"This plant stores poison? Then ban edible contents (7)","Answer":"HENBANE","Explanation":"Definition: This plant stores poison\nHidden in tHEN BAN Edible"}
-{"Clue":"A game of two hands (5,8,5)","Answer":"PAPER SCISSORS STONE","Explanation":"Definition: A game of two hands\nA slightly cryptic definition: each of the two players of the game uses one hand"}
-{"Clue":"With this 3, he's ready, perhaps, to produce daily broadsheet (7)","Answer":"TABLOID","Explanation":"Definition: 3\nA composite anagram: (DAILY BROADSHEET)* = TABLOID HE'S READY. A nice find, but it seems a pity that BROADSHEET also occurs as the answer to 11a, which intersects this one"}
-{"Clue":"Retired editor sent in articles from long range (6)","Answer":"ANDEAN","Explanation":"Definition: from long range\nED reversed in AN AN"}
-{"Clue":"African writer impressed by The Piano after editing (9)","Answer":"ETHIOPIAN","Explanation":"Definition: African\nI (the writer) in (THE PIANO)"}
-{"Clue":"Translate Old English into New Latin? It needs 23 (7)","Answer":"TOENAIL","Explanation":"Definition: 23\nOE in LATIN"}
-{"Clue":"Signal marks Dorothy's race in mountains (4,3,6)","Answer":"DOTS AND DASHES","Explanation":"Definition: Signal marks\nDOT'S + DASH in ANDES \u2013 the \"signal marks\" as in Morse code. Again, strange to see the Andes appearing twice and close together."}
-{"Clue":"Soldier's colleague picked up easy target (4,5)","Answer":"AUNT SALLY","Explanation":"Definition: easy target\nHomophone (a non-RP one for a change) of ANT'S + ALLY. This doesn't quite work for me, even with \"aunt\" = \"ant\", as the homophone indicator can't apply to ALLY"}
-{"Clue":"Social centre stops next revolutionary gig (7)","Answer":"RECITAL","Explanation":"Definition: gig\n[so]CI[al] in reverse of LATER"}
-{"Clue":"Second best criminal runs for hood (7)","Answer":"MOBSTER","Explanation":"Definition: hood\nMO + BEST* + R"}
-{"Clue":"Try to forget information nun spread about king (7)","Answer":"UNLEARN","Explanation":"Definition: Try to forget information\nLEAR in NUN"}
-{"Clue":"Big island's hard on footwear, so I've heard (6)","Answer":"HONSHU","Explanation":"Definition: Big island's\nH + ON + \"Shoe\" \u2013 Honshu is the largest island of Japan"}
-{"Clue":"Blaming a number before making sure (9)","Answer":"CENSURING","Explanation":"Definition: Blaming\nC + ENSURING"}
-{"Clue":"A valediction is something cast in gold (5)","Answer":"ADIEU","Explanation":"Definition: A valediction\nDIE (\"the die is cast\") in AU (chemical symbol for gold)"}
-{"Clue":"Taking another course in sewing (7)","Answer":"TACKING","Explanation":"Definition: Taking another course\nDouble definition \u2013 in sailing, tacking is making progress in a zigzag path, so you change course over so often"}
-{"Clue":"A rou\u00e9 not waiting for his cut? (4,3)","Answer":"RAKE OFF","Explanation":"Definition: cut\nRAKE + OFF"}
-{"Clue":"It's played when one is out of form (5)","Answer":"HOOKY","Explanation":"Definition: It's played when one is out of form\nCryptic definition \u2013 reference toplaying truant from one's school class or form"}
-{"Clue":"Untruthful hedonists booted out (9)","Answer":"DISHONEST","Explanation":"Definition: Untruthful\nHEDONISTS"}
-{"Clue":"Where to obtain counter-intelligence? (11,4)","Answer":"INFORMATION DESK","Explanation":"Definition: Where to obtain counter-intelligence\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Turn out when a sprinter is replaced (9)","Answer":"TRANSPIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Turn out\n(A SPRINTER)"}
-{"Clue":"Sweets for kids (5)","Answer":"FOOLS","Explanation":"Definition: Sweets\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Finance record reveals arrears (7)","Answer":"BACKLOG","Explanation":"Definition: arrears\nBACK (finance) + LOG"}
-{"Clue":"Mascara make-up used by Latin American entertainers (7)","Answer":"MARACAS","Explanation":"Definition: used by Latin American entertainers\nMASCARA"}
-{"Clue":"Stop being stuffy (5)","Answer":"CLOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Is done in a different way in the Far East (9)","Answer":"INDONESIA","Explanation":"Definition: in the Far East\n(IS DONE IN A)"}
-{"Clue":"Alcoholic haze? (6,4)","Answer":"SCOTCH MIST","Explanation":"Definition: Alcoholic haze\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Rob has to leave work (5,3)","Answer":"KNOCK OFF","Explanation":"Definition: to leave work \nKNOCK + OFF"}
-{"Clue":"Sunseekers take off for this state (6)","Answer":"NUDITY","Explanation":"Definition: Sunseekers take off for this state\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"It may be used to lift a football side (4)","Answer":"WING","Explanation":"Definition: a football side\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Crashing gears gives feeling full of hostility (10)","Answer":"AGGRESSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: feeling full of hostility\n(GEARS GIVES)"}
-{"Clue":"Face up? It might mean the opposite! (4,4)","Answer":"BACK DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Face up? It might mean the opposite!\nBACK and DOWN are individually the opposites of \"face\" and \"up\", and as also as an expression"}
-{"Clue":"Colin goes out East to see her (6)","Answer":"NICOLE","Explanation":"Definition: her\nCOLIN* + E"}
-{"Clue":"Expert in Polish (4)","Answer":"BUFF","Explanation":"Definition: Polish\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Means to secure artistic work? (7,3)","Answer":"DRAWING PIN","Explanation":"Definition: Means to secure artistic work\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Straddles and makes a capture at sea in skirmish (5,1,4)","Answer":"TAKES A SEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Straddles\nTAKES (makes a capture) + (AT SEA)* \u2013 a nice change for \"at sea\" to be anagram fodder instead of anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Cracked clues once more, being determined (8)","Answer":"RESOLVED","Explanation":"Definition: determined\nRE-SOLVED"}
-{"Clue":"Put ban on spirits and remove without alternative (8)","Answer":"EXORCISE","Explanation":"Definition: Put ban on spirits\nOR in EXCISE"}
-{"Clue":"It is weighed by craftsmen (6)","Answer":"ANCHOR","Explanation":"Definition: It is weighed by craftsmen\nCryptic definition, the \"craftsmen\" being sailors"}
-{"Clue":"Sacking and burning (6)","Answer":"FIRING","Explanation":"Definition: Sacking\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Support a play or a player (4)","Answer":"BACK","Explanation":"Definition: Support a play\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Put under pressure to serve up the cheese (4)","Answer":"MADE","Explanation":"Definition: Put under pressure\nReverse of EDAM \u2013 to be made to do something is to be put under pressure"}
-{"Clue":"To snooze in the course of it is unseemly (5)","Answer":"INAPT","Explanation":"Definition: unseemly\nNAP in IT"}
-{"Clue":"Gangster seldom seen pocketing note (8)","Answer":"SCARFACE","Explanation":"Definition: Gangster\nFA in SCARCE \u2013 Scarface is the nickname of Tony Montana (played by Al Pacino) in the film of the same name"}
-{"Clue":"Players' last practice session covered up (5,9)","Answer":"DRESS REHEARSAL","Explanation":"Definition: Players' last practice session covered up\nCryptic definition \u2013 the \"players\" are actors and in a dress rehearsal they are \"covered up\" by their costumes"}
-{"Clue":"Many initially opted out in conflict for independence (8)","Answer":"AUTONOMY","Explanation":"Definition: independence\nAnagram of MANY O[pted] OUT"}
-{"Clue":"Complaint from Queen on street hemmed in by motorists (6)","Answer":"ASTHMA","Explanation":"Definition: Complaint\nST + HM (a change from ER!) in AA (Automobile Association)"}
-{"Clue":"Kicks up a fuss as channel's about to go (6,3)","Answer":"SOUNDS OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Kicks up a fuss\nSOUND'S (channel's) OFF (about to go, as in \"I'm off now\")"}
-{"Clue":"Skinned bass displayed in fish stand (5)","Answer":"EASEL","Explanation":"Definition: stand\n[B]AS[S] in EEL"}
-{"Clue":"Forces join around a thousand in retreat (5)","Answer":"MAKES","Explanation":"Definition: Forces\nReverse of K in SEAM"}
-{"Clue":"Revised dietary mix omitting one type of stuffing (9)","Answer":"TAXIDERMY","Explanation":"Definition: type of stuffing\n(DIETARY MIX)* less I"}
-{"Clue":"Catch parent in a flustered state (6)","Answer":"ENTRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Catch\nPARENT"}
-{"Clue":"Book about leaders of note in conurbation like St Helens (8)","Answer":"VOLCANIC","Explanation":"Definition: like St Helens\n~~Reverse of~~ VOL + CA (circa, about) + initial letters of Note In Conurbation \u2013 Mount St Helens is a volcano in Washington State that catastrophically erupted in 1980"}
-{"Clue":"Cosmetic effect of brain drain? (9,5)","Answer":"VANISHING CREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Cosmetic\nA brain drain might be the VANISHING of the CREAM of a country"}
-{"Clue":"It helped Nelson see grand plays produced on board (8)","Answer":"SPYGLASS","Explanation":"Definition: It helped Nelson see\n(G PLAYS)* in SS (Steam Ship)"}
-{"Clue":"Are spades imported to make tracks? (5)","Answer":"EXIST","Explanation":"Definition: Are\nS in EXIT (make tracks)"}
-{"Clue":"Native American with something to add when success comes late? (6,6)","Answer":"INDIAN SUMMER","Explanation":"Definition: when success comes late\nINDIAN + SUMMER (something to sum, or add)"}
-{"Clue":"Stunned in vehicle after a stitch-up (9)","Answer":"AWESTRUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Stunned\nA + reverse of SEW + TRUCK"}
-{"Clue":"Fighter at one time stony broke (5)","Answer":"TYSON","Explanation":"Definition: Fighter at one time\nSTONY* \u2013 Mike Tyson, boxer, who retired in 2006, hence \"at one time\""}
-{"Clue":"Second eleven cricketer bagging duck \u2014 an old 20, perhaps (9)","Answer":"STEAMBOAT","Explanation":"Definition: an old 20, perhaps\nS + TEAM + O in BAT \u2013 it might be a tramp steamer"}
-{"Clue":"Lying president finally exposed (4)","Answer":"ABED","Explanation":"Definition: Lying\nABE [Lincoln] + [expose]D"}
-{"Clue":"In fancy, prepares to fight alien over ranch (9)","Answer":"FARMSTEAD","Explanation":"Definition: ranch\nARMS (prepares to fight) + reverse of ET, all in FAD"}
-{"Clue":"Trainer has nothing in reserve \u2014 energy's lacking (5)","Answer":"COACH","Explanation":"Definition: Trainer\nO in CACHE less E"}
-{"Clue":"Space traveller's walks occur amid high tension (7,5)","Answer":"HALLEY\u2019S COMET","Explanation":"Definition: Space traveller\nALLEYS (walks) COME (occur) in H.T."}
-{"Clue":"O'Connor, left out of pursuit, removing unwanted coat (9)","Answer":"DESCALING","Explanation":"Definition: removing unwanted coat\nDES (O'Connor, entertainer) + CALLING less (one) L"}
-{"Clue":"I'm surprised about vote cutting money reserved for dogs (9)","Answer":"FOXHOUNDS","Explanation":"Definition: dogs\nX in OHO, in FUNDS"}
-{"Clue":"Before half-time, still bagging good place for big game (9)","Answer":"SERENGETI","Explanation":"Definition: place for big game\nG in SERENE + TI[ME]"}
-{"Clue":"Constituent pinches money raised for march (5)","Answer":"TRAMP","Explanation":"Definition: march\nM in PART, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Endless succession of agency clerks (5)","Answer":"CYCLE","Explanation":"Definition: Endless succession\nHidden in agenCY CLErks"}
-{"Clue":"Stop distress becoming audible (4)","Answer":"WHOA","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\nHomophone of \"woe\""}
-{"Clue":"12 across in curried food business (7)","Answer":"FISHERY","Explanation":"Definition: food business\nSH (be quiet, \"peace!\") in FIERY"}
-{"Clue":"Lionel, a hot favourite at Christmas? (7)","Answer":"MESSIAH","Explanation":"Definition: favourite at Christmas\nMESSI (L. Messi, Argentinian footballer) + A H[ot]. The \"favourite at Christmas\" refers to Handel's *Messiah*, which is often performed around Christmas. (\"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!\")"}
-{"Clue":"Deal here in broken toys (4)","Answer":"KENT","Explanation":"Definition: Deal here\nHidden in broKEN Toys \u2013 Deal is a town in Kent"}
-{"Clue":"An expert in the gymnasium? (5)","Answer":"PEACE","Explanation":"An expert in the gymnasium? (5)\nThe expert is a P.E. ACE"}
-{"Clue":"It helps feet go on platforms (8)","Answer":"PODIATRY","Explanation":"Definition: It helps feet\nPODIA (platforms) + TRY (go)"}
-{"Clue":"Two elements essential to our existence (and to 16 across?) (4)","Answer":"LIFE","Explanation":"Definition: and to 16 across?\nLI + FE \u2013 Lithium and Iron: is Lithium \"essential\"? Wikipedia says \"Trace amounts of lithium are present in all organisms. The element serves no apparent vital biological function, since animals and plants survive in good health without it\". The definition is a reference to the title of the thematic film"}
-{"Clue":"Queen may, we hear, be confused with 8 (5)","Answer":"BRIAN","Explanation":"Definition: confused with 8\nHomophone of Bryan (Bryan May, guitarist of the band Queen) \u2013 Brian was mis-identified as the Messiah in the film *Thanks to Flavia \u2013 the guitarist is **Brian** May; so what is \"we hear\" doing?"}
-{"Clue":"A girl, not a son? I'm not happy about that (4)","Answer":"ALAS","Explanation":"Definition: I'm not happy about that\nA LAS[S]"}
-{"Clue":"Brief order to stop working (8)","Answer":"MEDICINE","Explanation":"Brief order to stop working (8)\nEDIC[T] in MINE"}
-{"Clue":"Savages bad housing that holds area back (5)","Answer":"MAULS","Explanation":"Definition: Savages\nA in reverse of SLUM"}
-{"Clue":"Expected learner to get to the end of Pushkin (4)","Answer":"DUEL","Explanation":"Definition: the end of Pushkin\nDUE + L \u2013 Pushkin was killed in a duel: the last of many that he fought in his life"}
-{"Clue":"Paul had one for 10 (7)","Answer":"EPISTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Paul had one for 10\nBarely-cryptic definition once you know that 10 is THE ROMANS, whom St Paul wrote an epistle to"}
-{"Clue":"B___ awful noise made by group together (7)","Answer":"BRACKET","Explanation":"Definition: group together\nB + RACKET"}
-{"Clue":"Home adopted by the Guardian (4)","Answer":"WINE","Explanation":"Home adopted by the Guardian (4)\nIN in WE"}
-{"Clue":"Excuse me? Did some old people at any time cause our ruin? That's a funny revolutionary line (4,4,3,6,4,4,3,2)","Answer":"WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS EVER DONE FOR US","Explanation":"Definition: That's a funny revolutionary line\nWHAT (Excuse me?) HAVE THE ROMANS (Did some old people) EVER (at any time) DONE FOR US (cause our ruin), giving the famous line from Monty Python's *Life of Brian*, and the things that the Romans did provide the undefined answers. Anyone who's been living under a rock for the past 35-odd years can see the relevant scene here."}
-{"Clue":"Feel shame, seeing horse in pen (6)","Answer":"WRITHE","Explanation":"Definition: Feel shame\nH in WRITE"}
-{"Clue":"Obliged to look over opponents (8)","Answer":"BEHOLDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Obliged\nBEHOLD + E, N (opponents in Bridge)"}
-{"Clue":"A short clever answer is capital (6)","Answer":"ASMARA","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nA SMAR[T] + A \u2013 the capital of Eritrea"}
-{"Clue":"Bog briefly venerated by 10 (4)","Answer":"MARS","Explanation":"Definition: venerated by 10\nMARS[H]"}
-{"Clue":"Drink while young \u2014 make mine purer when brewed (2,7)","Answer":"EN PRIMEUR","Explanation":"Definition: Drink while young\n(MINE PURER)* \u2013 *En primeur* describes buying wine bought at an early stage, e.g. for investment purposes"}
-{"Clue":"Sit, keeping one's balance (5)","Answer":"POISE","Explanation":"Definition: balance\nI in POSE"}
-{"Clue":"A part of Norfolk that's not British (5)","Answer":"ROADS","Explanation":"A part of Norfolk that's not British (5)\nBROADS less B"}
-{"Clue":"Firm moves into sort of market with no room left (4-4)","Answer":"BRIM-FULL","Explanation":"Definition: with no room left\nFIRM* in BULL (kind of market)"}
-{"Clue":"A line abandoned by Europe, avoided in hearing (8)","Answer":"AQUEDUCT","Explanation":"A line abandoned by Europe, avoided in hearing (8)\nA + QUEUE less EU + homophone of \"ducked\" (avoided)"}
-{"Clue":"To remove electrons from position is easy (6)","Answer":"IONISE","Explanation":"Definition: To remove electrons\nHidden in positION IS Easy"}
-{"Clue":"What hurts me in Indian city (6)","Answer":"MYSORE","Explanation":"Definition: Indian city\nWhat hurts me is MY SORE"}
-{"Clue":"Patsy's English, looked down on by Irish party (4)","Answer":"DUPE","Explanation":"Definition: Patsy\nDUP (Democratic Unionist Party) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Scottish slut left when there's desirable marriage partner around \u2026 (6)","Answer":"CLATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish slut\nL in CATCH"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 And susceptible to such flummery, giving very weak answer? (6)","Answer":"SOWANS","Explanation":"Definition: flummery\nSO W[eak] ANS \u2013 also spelt \"sowens\", meaning flummery\", metaphorically (I assume) from \"a dish made from the fine meal remaining among the husks of oats\". Flummery, i.e. empty compliments etc, also has a similar meaning). A Scots word, hence the link with the previous clue"}
-{"Clue":"Indoor type since attached to cooking area in part of Sussex (10)","Answer":"AGORAPHOBE","Explanation":"Definition: Indoor type\nAGO (since) + HOB in RAPE (division of Sussex)"}
-{"Clue":"Scallion creating offensive smell in sieve (5)","Answer":"SYBOE","Explanation":"Definition: Scallion\nB.O. (Body Odour \u2013 offensive smell) in SYE (a sieve)"}
-{"Clue":"Set number worked out in question and answer (5)","Answer":"QUOTA","Explanation":"Definition: Set number\nOUT* in Q+A"}
-{"Clue":"Common feature of Chinese meal, hot urn simmering around noon? (7)","Answer":"HORN-NUT","Explanation":"Definition: Common feature of Chinese meal\nN in (HOT URN)* \u2013 another name for the water chestnut, often found in Chinese dishes"}
-{"Clue":"Christian community with certain freedoms \u2013 switch its parts to get up? (5)","Answer":"UNIAT","Explanation":"Definition: Christian community with certain freedoms\nIf you switch the parts of UNIAT you get AT UNI[versity], or \"up\""}
-{"Clue":"Scottish fisherman's catch experienced end (6)","Answer":"HADDIE","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish fisherman's catch\nHAD + DIE \u2013 Scots form of haddock"}
-{"Clue":"Dined after having a bath? Treat with pipe (8)","Answer":"INTUBATE","Explanation":"Definition: Treat with pipe\nIN TUB (having a bath) + ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Old cuttlefish, sloppy when dismembered (6)","Answer":"POLYPS","Explanation":"Definition: Old cuttlefish\nSLOPPY"}
-{"Clue":"Shriek creating waves \u2013 rip off (5)","Answer":"PLING","Explanation":"Definition: Shriek\nRIPPLING (creating waves) less RIP"}
-{"Clue":"Accompaniment for pearls? Swine, confused, ejects centre of that (7)","Answer":"TWINSET","Explanation":"Definition: Accompaniment for pearls\nSWINE* replacing the middle two letters of THAT"}
-{"Clue":"Extension to dwelling, part of Italian albergo seen from the rear (5)","Answer":"LANAI","Explanation":"Definition: Extension to dwelling\nHidden in reverse of italIAN ALbergo\u2013 this extension (a living area built on the side of a house) is Hawaiian"}
-{"Clue":"Early autumn in Tel Aviv \u2013 I scratch back, having caught sun (5)","Answer":"TISRI","Explanation":"Definition: Early autumn in Tel Aviv\nS in reverse if I RIT \u2013 a month of the Jewish calendar occuring in September or October (14 Sep \u2013 13 Oct in 2015)"}
-{"Clue":"From which fellows drank, drank freely after e.g. tap flows (10)","Answer":"PEG-TANKARD","Explanation":"Definition: From which fellows drank\n(EG TAP)* + DRANK* \u2013 a tankard marked to show equal shares, so drunk from by a number of fellow-drinkers"}
-{"Clue":"Study in group seated (6)","Answer":"SEDENT","Explanation":"Definition: seated\nDEN in SET"}
-{"Clue":"Who'll cause chatter to falter? Reverse of that (6)","Answer":"GASBAG","Explanation":"Definition: Who'll cause chatter to falter? Reverse of that\nReverse of GAB SAG, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Two-dollar coin, along with one I pocketed (6)","Answer":"TOONIE","Explanation":"Definition: Two-dollar coin\nTO (along with) + I in ONE \u2013 nickname of the Canadian $2 coin, by analogy with the $1 Loonie"}
-{"Clue":"Tooth from shellfish, front part at the bottom (5)","Answer":"CRENA","Explanation":"Definition: Tooth\nNACRE with its \"front part\" moved down. Crena, meaning a notch or tooth, is perhaps better known from compounds such as \"crenulation\""}
-{"Clue":"Monkey, one caught by higher creature (7)","Answer":"HANUMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Monkey\nAN in HUMAN"}
-{"Clue":"Southern footway leads to this Staffs village (5)","Answer":"SPATH","Explanation":"Definition: Staffs village\nS + PATH"}
-{"Clue":"Welsh of old in waves going over the top (6)","Answer":"WOUNDY","Explanation":"Definition: going over the top\nW + OUNDY (obs. \"wavy\", e.g. in heraldry). It's an archaic word meaning \"excessively\", so \"going over the top\"."}
-{"Clue":"Watergate, mostly to do with concealing plan (8)","Answer":"ABOIDEAU","Explanation":"Definition: Watergate\nIDEA in ABOU[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Caught in police trap, worried blokes getting time \u2013 it indicates special needs (12)","Answer":"STATEMENTING","Explanation":"Definition: it indicates special needs\nATE MEN \"caught in\" STING \u2013 legal;\/educational jargon for providing a legal obligation for special needs provision for a child"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty colour? One should be in shade (5)","Answer":"TAINT","Explanation":"Definition: Nasty colour\nA in TINT"}
-{"Clue":"Oblique, or prone (7)","Answer":"INCLINED","Explanation":"Definition: Oblique\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Logical fallacies laid out round heart of theorem (5)","Answer":"IDOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Logical fallacies\n[the]O[rem] in LAID"}
-{"Clue":"Chant captivates lug in this arrangement? (7)","Answer":"STOWING","Explanation":"Definition: arrangement\nTOW (to lug) in SING"}
-{"Clue":"Plague interrupting side-branch in poet's ancestry (6)","Answer":"LYNAGE","Explanation":"Definition: poet's ancestry\nNAG in LYE (side-branch of a railway)"}
-{"Clue":"Merchants, bent, taking one in (6)","Answer":"BANIAS","Explanation":"Definition: Merchants\nAN in BIAS"}
-{"Clue":"Ingredient of antipasto attracting carnivore (5)","Answer":"STOAT","Explanation":"Definition: carnivore\nHidden in antipaSTO ATtracting"}
-{"Clue":"It's in Alaska, not Alabama (5)","Answer":"SITKA","Explanation":"Definition: It's in Alaska, not Alabama\nIT in ALASKA less ALA, &lit \u2013 Sitka is a city in Alaska, which gives its name to the Sitka spruce, much used in commercial forestry"}
-{"Clue":"Foxy creature, me, devious, circling runs (5)","Answer":"ZERDA","Explanation":"Definition: Foxy creature\nR in AZED* \u2013 technically an indirect anagram, but I suppose an excusable one"}
-{"Clue":"Former Asian PM divorced husband by note for stud (6)","Answer":"BUTTON","Explanation":"Definition: stud\n[Benazir] BHUTTO less H, + N"}
-{"Clue":"Calls for strong acids? (6)","Answer":"PHONES","Explanation":"Definition: Calls\nA substance with pH 1 or PH ONE is a strong acid"}
-{"Clue":"Small vehicle race (6)","Answer":"STRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: race\nS + TRAIN \u2013 race\/strain in the biological sense"}
-{"Clue":"Key exercise removes hair (8)","Answer":"EPILATES","Explanation":"Definition: removes hair\nE + PILATES"}
-{"Clue":"At home I'm spinning a dress (4)","Answer":"MINI","Explanation":"Definition: a dress\nReverse of I'M IN"}
-{"Clue":"Artist born with excessive diamonds rejecting 75% of will (10)","Answer":"BOTTICELLI","Explanation":"Definition: Artist\nB + OTT + ICE + reverse of [w]ILL"}
-{"Clue":"Cheer up birds, it's digital entertainment! (7,4)","Answer":"CONSOLE GAME","Explanation":"Definition: digital entertainment\nCONSOLE (cheer up) + GAME (birds)"}
-{"Clue":"Anticipating pierced hysterics over ITV comic (10)","Answer":"PREDICTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Anticipating\nITV* in PIERCED"}
-{"Clue":"Reading from New Testament extract (4)","Answer":"TEXT","Explanation":"Definition: Reading\nHidden in testamenT EXTract (with \"New\" being redundant)"}
-{"Clue":"Provisionally arrange course of medicine with iodine left out (6,2)","Answer":"PENCIL IN","Explanation":"Definition: Provisionally arrange\nPENICILLIN less I (one of them) and L"}
-{"Clue":"Feel angry about sport being used for punishment? (6)","Answer":"FERULE","Explanation":"Definition: punishment\nRU in FEEL"}
-{"Clue":"After taunting Eton, I received good kicking (6)","Answer":"TOEING","Explanation":"Definition: kicking\n(ETON I)* + G"}
-{"Clue":"English tax firm returns set of 8 (6)","Answer":"OCTAVE","Explanation":"Definition: set of 8\nE VAT CO, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Lots and lots of money? I will get a number of notes (11)","Answer":"CENTILLIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Lots and lots\nCENT (money) + I'LL + 10 (number) + NS (notes)"}
-{"Clue":"A kitty making love in an apartment on a waterbed? (6)","Answer":"AFLOAT","Explanation":"Definition: on a waterbed\nTwo cryptic indications: A FLOAT (kitty), and O in A FLAT"}
-{"Clue":"Finally, hospital patient was under treatment for itchy feet (10)","Answer":"WANDERLUST","Explanation":"Definition: itchy feet\nAnagram of [hospita]L [treatmen]T WAS UNDER \u2013 the first of several German loan-words in the puzzle, the others being ERSATZ, KITSCH, SCHADENFREUDE and ZEITGEIST"}
-{"Clue":"US and England lay in ruins in days of yore (4,4,4)","Answer":"AULD LANG SYNE","Explanation":"Definition: days of yore\n(US ENGLAND LAY)* \u2013 the phrase literally means \"old long since\", hence \"long ago\" or \"days gone by\""}
-{"Clue":"Second liaison featuring, at last, one cheap thrill (6,4)","Answer":"TICKLE PINK","Explanation":"Definition: thrill\nTICK (second) + [on]E [chea]P in LINK"}
-{"Clue":"A meeting place in the street (6)","Answer":"AVENUE","Explanation":"Definition: street\nA + VENUE"}
-{"Clue":"One virtually geocryptic (5,3)","Answer":"ALTER EGO","Explanation":"Definition: One virtually\n\"Alter ego\" is a cryptic indication of \"geo\""}
-{"Clue":"Fahrenheit zero perhaps completed what the Earth did in the Ice Age (5,4)","Answer":"FROZE OVER","Explanation":"Definition: completed what the Earth did in the Ice Age\nF + ZERO"}
-{"Clue":"Wealth is a barrier restricting disease (9)","Answer":"AFFLUENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Wealth\nA + FLU in FENCE"}
-{"Clue":"Substitute ending for the Four Seasons: a last waltz (6)","Answer":"ERSATZ","Explanation":"Definition: Substitute\nLast letters of thE fouR seasonZ A lasT waltZ"}
-{"Clue":"On debit, a little freedom? (8,2,4)","Answer":"ENTITLED TO BAIL","Explanation":"Definition: On debit, a little freedom\n(ON DEBIT A LITTLE)*, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Hands back in exchange (4)","Answer":"SWAP","Explanation":"Definition: exchange\nReverse of PAWS"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of slapstick? It's cheap and vulgar (6)","Answer":"KITSCH","Explanation":"Definition: vulgar\nHidden in slapsticK IT'S Cheap"}
-{"Clue":"One night in Paris with skinhead northerners (6)","Answer":"INUITS","Explanation":"Definition: northerners\nI + NUIT (French for \"night\") + S[kin]"}
-{"Clue":"Shaking some projectiles (7)","Answer":"AQUIVER","Explanation":"Definition: Shaking\nA QUIVER would contain arrows, which are projectiles"}
-{"Clue":"Charged terrorist after watching bingo (5)","Answer":"LADEN","Explanation":"Definition: Charged\n[Osama] BIN LADEN with \"bin going\""}
-{"Clue":"Design and build trade with firm following (3,4)","Answer":"ART DECO","Explanation":"Definition: Design\nTRADE* + CO"}
-{"Clue":"Hairlines with centre parting recede and wear away (6)","Answer":"ABLATE","Explanation":"Definition: wear away\nABLATE (related to \"ablative\", familiar to those who studied Latin) means to wear away, but otherwise I can't parse this."}
-{"Clue":"Going to put reader off (9)","Answer":"DEPARTURE","Explanation":"Definition: Going\n(PUT READER)"}
-{"Clue":"Phone with bum coin (7)","Answer":"RINGGIT","Explanation":"Definition: coin\nRING + GIT \u2013 the Ringgit is the currency of Malaysia, though 1 Ringgit appears to be a note rather than a coin (so the clue could have said \"bum note\"!)"}
-{"Clue":"Reaction to striker's own goal from such a defender (13)","Answer":"SCHADENFREUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Reaction to striker's own goal\n(SUCH A DEFENDER)"}
-{"Clue":"Perspective relating to age and size? Get it fixed (9)","Answer":"ZEITGEIST","Explanation":"Definition: Perspective relating to age\n(SIZE GET IT)"}
-{"Clue":"Nonconformist defeated Clegg in speech (7)","Answer":"BEATNIK","Explanation":"Definition: Nonconformist\nBEAT + \"Nick\" (Clegg, former LibDem leader and Deputy Prime Minister)"}
-{"Clue":"What might Lady Hillingdon do before considering her country's one wild shot? (3,4)","Answer":"LIE DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: What might Lady Hillingdon do before considering her country\n(ONE WILD)* \u2013 Lady H is reputed to be the originator of the phrase \"lie down [or lie back, or close your eyes] and think of England\" \u2013 see here"}
-{"Clue":"Injured girl's arm (7)","Answer":"CUTLASS","Explanation":"Definition: arm\nCUT + LASS"}
-{"Clue":"Democracy cliches keep coming round (6)","Answer":"CYCLIC","Explanation":"Definition: coming round\nHidden in democraCY CLIChes"}
-{"Clue":"50% off suit and shirts, of course (5)","Answer":"SUSHI","Explanation":"Definition: course\nSU[it] + SHI[rts]"}
-{"Clue":"Remove 22 down from Davison or dispatch vessel \u2026 (5)","Answer":"AVISO","Explanation":"Definition: dispatch vessel\nPeter DAVISON, 5th Doctor, less his \"coat\" or outer letters. An Aviso is a naval dispatch boat."}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 appearing behind time, Doctor Who's vehicle docked with velocity and energy (7)","Answer":"TARDIVE","Explanation":"Definition: appearing behind time\nTARDI[S] + V + E. Tardive means late in (biological) development \u2013 new word for me, but easily guessable from words such as \"tardy\", and very helpfully clued."}
-{"Clue":"Doctor Who: McGann hollow as performer (7)","Answer":"SHOWMAN","Explanation":"Definition: performer\nAnagram of WHO + M[cGan]N + AS. Paul McGann was the 8th Doctor"}
-{"Clue":"Catching heel of scorer (5)","Answer":"LISZT","Explanation":"Definition: scorer\nHomophone of \"list\", mean to lean over or \"heel\" (as used in sailing, for example). Scorer = composer"}
-{"Clue":"Singer and saviour for some taking over series (9)","Answer":"CHORISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Singer\nO[ver] in CHRIST + E.R (TV series)"}
-{"Clue":"Leave report outside US government office (5,10)","Answer":"STATE DEPARTMENT","Explanation":"Definition: US government office\nDEPART (leave) in STATEMENT (report)"}
-{"Clue":"McCoy read novel, The Common People (9)","Answer":"DEMOCRACY","Explanation":"Definition: The Common People\n(MCCOY READ)* \u2013 Sylvester McCoy, 7th Doctor"}
-{"Clue":"Pleasurable tying up to bed (5)","Answer":"FUTON","Explanation":"Definition: bed\nTO in FUN"}
-{"Clue":"Who currently is in Top Shop? (7)","Answer":"CAPALDI","Explanation":"Definition: Who currently\nCAP (top) + ALDI (supermarket) \u2013 Peter Capaldi is the 12th and current Doctor, formerly known as the sweary Malcolm Tucker in the political series \"The Thick of It\""}
-{"Clue":"Anticipate turning over of repeat (7)","Answer":"FORERUN","Explanation":"Definition: Anticipate\nOF reversed + RERUN"}
-{"Clue":"Sharp clue for Pertwee? (5)","Answer":"ACUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Sharp\n\"A cute\" could be a clue for PER + TWEE. Jon Pertwee, 3rd Doctor"}
-{"Clue":"Wears out wingers from Everton \u2014 Bill with disheartened Blues (9)","Answer":"ENFEEBLES","Explanation":"Definition: Wears out\nE[verto]N +FEE (bill) + BL[U]ES"}
-{"Clue":"As Time Lord is regenerated and made human? (10)","Answer":"MORTALISE","Explanation":"Definition: made human\n(AS TIME LORD)"}
-{"Clue":"Bakers working in North America, here? (8)","Answer":"NEBRASKA","Explanation":"Definition: here\nBAKERS* in NA. Two Bakers have played the Doctor \u2013 Tom Baker, 4th (and longest serving) and Colin Baker, 6th"}
-{"Clue":"Second behind first (6)","Answer":"ASSIST","Explanation":"Definition: Second\nASS (behind) + 1ST"}
-{"Clue":"Christopher Eccleston's at this point (4)","Answer":"HERE","Explanation":"Definition: at this point\nHidden in christopHER Eccleston (with the 's as hidden indicator). CE was the 9th Doctor, and first of the revived series in 2005"}
-{"Clue":"English piece having advanced lines in the form of letters (10)","Answer":"EPISTOLARY","Explanation":"Definition: in the form of letters\nE + PISTOL (\"piece\" is slang for a gun) + A[davanced] + RY (railway, lines)"}
-{"Clue":"One copying Patrick Troughton, initially a gun is held (8)","Answer":"PARODIST","Explanation":"Definition: One copying\nA ROD (another slang word a for gun) IS in the initials of Patrick Troughton (2nd Doctor)"}
-{"Clue":"Lot of love from some wearing clothing (6)","Answer":"KISMET","Explanation":"Definition: Lot\nSOME less O (love) in KIT. Kismet = fate or lot."}
-{"Clue":"Acting to support Number 12 (4)","Answer":"NOON","Explanation":"Definition: 12\nNO (number) + ON (acting)"}
-{"Clue":"Endless sex with model? A Spice Girl pulled up bloomers (10)","Answer":"CLEMATISES","Explanation":"Definition: bloomers\nReverse of SE[X} + SIT + A + MEL C (Melanie Chisolm, one of the Spice Girls)"}
-{"Clue":"State of the stout? Head under bar drinking barrel (10)","Answer":"ROTUNDNESS","Explanation":"Definition: State of the stout\nTUN in ROD (again!) + NESS"}
-{"Clue":"Beat old set with education (8)","Answer":"EXCELLED","Explanation":"Definition: Beat\nEX + CELL + ED"}
-{"Clue":"Hartnell's cast for entrance in US (8)","Answer":"ENTHRALL","Explanation":"Definition: entrance in US\nHARTNELL* \u2013 William Hartnell was the series' first Doctor, and mine"}
-{"Clue":"Draw purse to support mother (3,3)","Answer":"MAP OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Draw\nMA + POUT"}
-{"Clue":"Drop Smith, Tennant's back (6)","Answer":"FORGET","Explanation":"Definition: Drop\nFORGE + [Tennan]T \u2013 Matt Smith and David Tennant were the 11th and 10th Doctors respectively"}
-{"Clue":"Cruise missing small film (4)","Answer":"COAT","Explanation":"Definition: film\nCOAST (cruise) less S"}
-{"Clue":"Detailed healthy, large sporting body (4)","Answer":"FIFA","Explanation":"Definition: sporting body\nFI[T] + FA[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Quick resolution \u2014 not quite what you bargained for? (5,7)","Answer":"SHORT MEASURE","Explanation":"Definition: not quite what you bargained for\nSHORT (quick) + MEASURE (resolution, as in something decided by a committee)"}
-{"Clue":"Landed outside one mile boundary (5)","Answer":"LIMIT","Explanation":"Definition: boundary\n1 M in LIT (landed, as in \"alighted\")"}
-{"Clue":"Writer cheers during solemn watch, causing division in north (9)","Answer":"WAPENTAKE","Explanation":"Definition: division in north\nPEN (writer) + TA (thanks, cheers) in WAKE. A Wapentake is an an old administrative subdivision of a county, etc, similar to the \"hundred\"."}
-{"Clue":"Brave don penning article (7)","Answer":"WEATHER","Explanation":"Definition: Brave\nTHE in WEAR (to don, put on)"}
-{"Clue":"Current queen entering London street with large cast (7)","Answer":"THERMAL","Explanation":"Definition: Current\nR[egina] in THE MALL less L \u2013 a kind a current favoured by hang-gliders et al"}
-{"Clue":"Like warning signs Alan Turing devised, changing number for radius (10)","Answer":"TRIANGULAR","Explanation":"Definition: Like warning signs\n(ALAN TURING)* with one of the Ns replaced by R. Triangular road signs are warnings (as opposed to e.g. speed limits, which are circular)"}
-{"Clue":"Wayside flower not very sharply cut (4)","Answer":"ETCH","Explanation":"Definition: sharply cut\nVETCH less V"}
-{"Clue":"Apply oneself to doubles after change of ends (4)","Answer":"SWOT","Explanation":"Definition: Apply oneself\nTWOS with the outer letters exchanged"}
-{"Clue":"Itinerant men and ladies devouring last of free cakes (10)","Answer":"MADELEINES","Explanation":"Definition: cakes\nE in (MEN LADIES)* \u2013 I don't know if I've ever eaten a madeleine, but I do know that one has great significance in Proust's * \u00c0 la recherche du temps perdu"}
-{"Clue":"What Cupid drew, heading off after artist and explorer (7)","Answer":"RALEIGH","Explanation":"Definition: explorer\nRA + [S]LEIGH \u2013 Cupid is one of Santa's reindeer in Clement Moore's poem *The Night before Christmas*. Sir Walter Raleigh is the explorer"}
-{"Clue":"Dispatch impertinent player from team (7)","Answer":"FORWARD","Explanation":"Definition: Dispatch\nThree definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Those running last once regularly backed by Merry Monarch (9)","Answer":"ANCHORMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Those running last\nMONARCH* + reverse of [o]N[c]E"}
-{"Clue":"Oscar's dipping into sordid material (5)","Answer":"VOILE","Explanation":"Definition: material\nO in VILE"}
-{"Clue":"Little Mo's racket not the main attraction? (6,6)","Answer":"SECOND FIDDLE","Explanation":"Definition: not the main attraction\nSECOND (\"just a mo\") + FIDDLE (racket)"}
-{"Clue":"Compatible notes written about clubs in terrace (9)","Answer":"SIMPATICO","Explanation":"Definition: Compatible\nReverse of MIS (notes, as in do-re-mi) + C in PATIO"}
-{"Clue":"Dilapidated house not left standing (8)","Answer":"OUTSHONE","Explanation":"Definition: left standing\n(HOUSE NOT)"}
-{"Clue":"Possibly keep barge horse? (5)","Answer":"TOWER","Explanation":"Definition: Possibly keep\nDouble definition \u2013 \"keep\" as in a mediaeval castle, and a horse tows a barge"}
-{"Clue":"With king banished, \u00e9migr\u00e9 at length set forth (9)","Answer":"EXPATIATE","Explanation":"Definition: set forth\nEXPATRIATE less R (\"at length\") because \"expatriate\" is often abbreviated to \"ex-pat\")"}
-{"Clue":"Two things dawn may bring for insectivore (6)","Answer":"SUNDEW","Explanation":"Definition: insectivore\nSUN + DEW"}
-{"Clue":"Prepare to fight again behind military leader (5)","Answer":"REARM","Explanation":"Definition: Prepare to fight again\nREAR (behind) + M"}
-{"Clue":"Mess up part of drill, keeping quiet (4,2)","Answer":"BLOW IT","Explanation":"Definition: Mess up\nLOW in BIT"}
-{"Clue":"Left in open country, one often gets drunk (6)","Answer":"HEALTH","Explanation":"Definition: one often gets drunk\nL in HEATH"}
-{"Clue":"Brazen manoeuvres UN has made (9)","Answer":"UNASHAMED","Explanation":"Definition: Brazen\n(UN HAS MADE)"}
-{"Clue":"Nameless local chasing temporary accommodation with no confidence (9)","Answer":"TENTATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: with no confidence\nTENT + [n]ATIVE"}
-{"Clue":"Censured delegate was on the move (8)","Answer":"REPROVED","Explanation":"Definition: Censured\nREP[resentative] + ROVED"}
-{"Clue":"Feast before cutting down (6)","Answer":"SPREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Feast\nPRE in SAD \u2013 I spent a while wondering whether SEREAD was an obscure kind of feast.."}
-{"Clue":"State capital's second terminus erected within a couple of years (6)","Answer":"SYDNEY","Explanation":"Definition: State capital\nS + reverse of END in Y Y"}
-{"Clue":"Setter's appearing in tolerable climbing gear from the East (6)","Answer":"KIMONO","Explanation":"Definition: gear from the East\nI'M ON (setter's appearing) in reverse of OK"}
-{"Clue":"Cash primarily what's tempting fences? (5)","Answer":"LUCRE","Explanation":"Definition: Cash primarily what's tempting fences?\nC[ash] in LURE, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Animal tucks in, if turning up truffles, say (5)","Answer":"FUNGI","Explanation":"Definition: truffles, say\nGNU in IF, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Animal found by watering hole caught in tangled 2 net (8)","Answer":"ELEPHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nPH (public house) in (LEA NET)* \u2013 it seems a bit unfair that this includes an anagram of an intersecting word, especially when the clue to LEA is itself less than totally helpful"}
-{"Clue":"It provides only limited cover for what a driver needs (6)","Answer":"SPEEDO","Explanation":"Definition: It provides only limited cover\nDouble definition \u2013 skimpy swimwear and a car's speedometer"}
-{"Clue":"Players found in gainful employment following 1 (6)","Answer":"CASTLE","Explanation":"Definition: following 1\nCAST (players) + LE \u2013 because it occurs in gainfuL Employment? It \"follows 1\" in Elephant and Castle"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet old relative involved in facing frantic race against time (8)","Answer":"FRAGRANT","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nGRAN in first letters (facing \u2013 a poor indication) of Frantic Race Against Time"}
-{"Clue":"Suffice to see very small amounts in range (9)","Answer":"DOLOMITES","Explanation":"Definition: range\nDO (suffice) + LO (see!) + MITES"}
-{"Clue":"Speech containing nothing sounding like regret for following 1 (5)","Answer":"SHREW","Explanation":"Definition: following 1\nS[peec]H + homophone of \"rue\""}
-{"Clue":"A single representative Yorkshire river to be polluted (6)","Answer":"IMPURE","Explanation":"Definition: polluted\n1 MP + URE (Yorkshire river)"}
-{"Clue":"Contradicted the falsehood implicated in plot (6)","Answer":"BELIED","Explanation":"Definition: Contradicted\nLIE in BED \u2013 I really dislike this kind of clue, where a crucial part of the wordplay (LIE) is also the main component of the meaning of the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Mistakes discovered by 21 in time (6)","Answer":"ERRATA","Explanation":"Definition: Mistakes\nRAT (=grass, someone who betrays or tells on someone) in ERA"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal is left alone (6)","Answer":"ITSELF","Explanation":"Definition: alone\n(IS LEFT)"}
-{"Clue":"German writer sadly no longer following 1 (5)","Answer":"GRASS","Explanation":"Definition: following 1\nDouble definition \u2013 G\u00fcnter Grass died earlier this year, hence \"sadly no longer\"; there are various pants called Elephant Grass"}
-{"Clue":"Special treatment for setter perhaps, prior to reprimand (3,6)","Answer":"RED CARPET","Explanation":"Definition: Special treatment\nRED (Setter) + CARPET (reprimand)"}
-{"Clue":"Out only when facing the bowling (2,6)","Answer":"ON STRIKE","Explanation":"Definition: Out\nDouble definition. \"Only\" seems redundant here"}
-{"Clue":"Reptile in empty state swallowing a whole game bird (6)","Answer":"IGUANA","Explanation":"Definition: Reptile\nI guess this is GUAN in I[ow]A"}
-{"Clue":"Eccentric journalist went to extremes to cover up (6)","Answer":"WHACKO","Explanation":"Definition: Eccentric\nHACK in (the extremes of) W[ent t]O"}
-{"Clue":"Said to be averse to GBS abroad (8)","Answer":"OFFSHORE","Explanation":"Definition: abroad\nIf you're averse to GBS then, homophonically, you're \"Off Shaw\""}
-{"Clue":"It runs schools, so the yarn goes (3)","Answer":"LEA","Explanation":"Definition: It runs schools\nDouble definition \u2013 a Local Education Authority, and (rather obscurely?) \"a measure of yarn\""}
-{"Clue":"It typically hangs onto its West African branches to put by accumulated cash (5)","Answer":"POTTO","Explanation":"Definition: It typically hangs onto its West African branches\nPOT (accumulated cash) + TO. The Potto is a primate found in parts of West Africa"}
-{"Clue":"A tame role I resolve to improve (10)","Answer":"AMELIORATE","Explanation":"Definition: improve\n(A TAME ROLE I)"}
-{"Clue":"He is distinctly superior \u2014 heads off everyone else from Everton? (6)","Answer":"TOFFEE","Explanation":"Definition: Everton\nTOFF + E[veryone] E[lse]. Everton Toffees are (or were?) a brand or type of sweets"}
-{"Clue":"Finally heads are gonna roll following 1 (4)","Answer":"SEAL","Explanation":"Definition: following 1\nLast letters of headS arE gonnA rolL"}
-{"Clue":"No shock having this world's eventual finish on track (5,4)","Answer":"EARTH WIRE","Explanation":"Definition: No shock having this\nEARTH (world) + WIRE (\"A wire stretched over or across the starting and finishing line on a racetrack, hence esp the finishing line itself (orig US)\")"}
-{"Clue":"English author has deadline subverted by deadly rival (6,5)","Answer":"DANIEL DEFOE","Explanation":"Definition: English author\nDEADLINE* + FOE"}
-{"Clue":"Berlin havoc got round with offer of reconciliation (5,6)","Answer":"OLIVE BRANCH","Explanation":"Definition: offer of reconciliation\n(BERLIN HAVOC)"}
-{"Clue":"Facelift very hard to engineer for tortured romantic hero (10)","Answer":"HEATHCLIFF","Explanation":"Definition: tortured romantic hero\nAnagram of FACELIFT + HH (very hard, as on pencils)"}
-{"Clue":"Exploiting equal like one totally left in charge (9)","Answer":"PARASITIC","Explanation":"Definition: Exploiting\nPAR (equal) + AS (like) + I + T[otally] + IC"}
-{"Clue":"Straight used car improperly disposed of from converted terraced house (6)","Answer":"HETERO","Explanation":"Definition: Straight\nAnagram of TERRACED HOUSE less USED CAR \u2013 subtractive anagrams like this are common in Otterden's puzzles. There are two anagram indicators (\"improperly\" and \"converted\") to show that the removed letters are not in the same order in the main fodder. Some people care a lot about this, but I am not among them \u2013 it seems to me that you can shuffle TERRACED HOUSE to get HETERO USED CAR, and then remove USED CAR."}
-{"Clue":"Crude first remark to finish with an exclamation of disgust (5)","Answer":"ROUGH","Explanation":"Definition: Crude\nR[emark] + [t]O + UGH"}
-{"Clue":"Left at the altar saying, in Venice: \u2026 (4)","Answer":"LIDO","Explanation":"Definition: in Venice\nL + I DO (a \"saying\" at the altar, though as I never tire of saying the traditional vows are \"I will\"). And \"in Venice\" is not a definition of LIDO\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 \"And not an abnormal occurrence!\" (3)","Answer":"NOR","Explanation":"Definition: And not\nHidden in abNORmal"}
-{"Clue":"Come right, ousted by church record (7)","Answer":"ARCHIVE","Explanation":"Definition: record\nARRIVE (come) with the second R replaced by CH"}
-{"Clue":"Oh, very sad \u2014 we cut and ran (7)","Answer":"OVERSAW","Explanation":"Definition: ran\nO[h] VER[y] SA[d] W[e] \u2013 similar devices are to be found in 14a and 23d"}
-{"Clue":"Looking fit, if half unbuttoned (5)","Answer":"TONED","Explanation":"Definition: Looking fit\nYes, it's half of unbutTONED"}
-{"Clue":"In the act (Act II, ii), like Macbeth (3-6)","Answer":"RED-HANDED","Explanation":"Definition: In the act\nDouble definition: in Act II, Scene ii of the Scottish Play, Macbeth returns from murdering Duncan with blood on his hands. Lady M tells him: \"wash this filthy witness from your hand.\""}
-{"Clue":"Fast food returned without hesitation is still food (4)","Answer":"GRUB","Explanation":"Definition: food\nBURGER less ER, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Basic stripping of crude mimes and arty frolics (11)","Answer":"RUDIMENTARY","Explanation":"Definition: Basic\n[c]RUD[e] [m]IME[s] [a]N[d] + ARTY"}
-{"Clue":"10 impose love to embrace a given sweetheart (2,9,7)","Answer":"IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO","Explanation":"Definition: 10\nA GRANTED [sw]E[et] in INFLICT O"}
-{"Clue":"Set callback in Adelaide (4)","Answer":"LAID","Explanation":"Definition: Set\nTwo cryptic indications here: reverse of DIAL (call) and hidden in adeLAIDe"}
-{"Clue":"Model barred from turning on model (10)","Answer":"SIMULATION","Explanation":"Definition: model\nSTIMULATION less [Ford Model] T"}
-{"Clue":"Greeting funny girl with wig outside the merry-go-round (9)","Answer":"WHIRLIGIG","Explanation":"Definition: merry-go-round\nHI + GIRL* in WIG"}
-{"Clue":"Some of Jordan's water (5)","Answer":"FJORD","Explanation":"Definition: water\nIt took me a ridiculously long time to see that it's hidden in oF JORDan"}
-{"Clue":"Derailing the work of the armed forces (7)","Answer":"DEFENCE","Explanation":"Definition: the work of the armed forces\nDe-railing = DE FENCE"}
-{"Clue":"Bite is capable of 22 (6)","Answer":"CANAPE","Explanation":"Definition: \nCAN APE (is capable of simulation)"}
-{"Clue":"Strike dictatorial Sunni movement (10,6)","Answer":"INDUSTRIAL ACTION","Explanation":"Definition: \n(DICTATORIAL SUNNI)"}
-{"Clue":"Bird feels sad losing wings (5)","Answer":"EGRET","Explanation":"Definition: \n[r]EGRET[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Jack of all trades can supply jambon (3-3,3)","Answer":"ODD-JOB MAN","Explanation":"Definition: \nJambon is an anagram of JOB MAN, so it's an ODD JOB MAN"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps oral sex, but not giving head in the morning (4)","Answer":"EXAM","Explanation":"Definition: \n[s]EX + AM"}
-{"Clue":"Team has true following of stars (8)","Answer":"SIDEREAL","Explanation":"Definition: \nSIDE + REAL"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing like slender girls for unscrupulous traffickers (4,4)","Answer":"WIDE BOYS","Explanation":"Definition: \nWIDE BOYS is the opposite of \"slender girls\""}
-{"Clue":"Representing no certain job scheme, North Sea oil finally switched off (2,6,2)","Answer":"ON BEHALF OF","Explanation":"Definition: \nLast letters of nO certaiN joB schemE, NortH SeA oiL + OFF"}
-{"Clue":"Strange to be upset about blundering courage (7-2)","Answer":"DERRING-DO","Explanation":"Definition: \nERRING in reverse of ODD"}
-{"Clue":"Ben's partner was in debt and showed signs of inflation (8)","Answer":"BILLOWED","Explanation":"Definition: \nBILL (Ben's partner in the classic children's TV programme) OWED (was in debt)"}
-{"Clue":"Authorised workplace for Labour today (8,10)","Answer":"OFFICIAL OPPOSITION","Explanation":"Definition: \nOFFICIAL (authorised) + OP (work) POSITION (place)"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to acknowledge noise outside broadcast (6)","Answer":"DISOWN","Explanation":"Definition: \nSOW in DIN"}
-{"Clue":"The old-fashioned generation's nervous (2,4)","Answer":"ON EDGE","Explanation":"Definition: \nAnother well-hidden answer: old-fashiONED GEneration"}
-{"Clue":"Pressed four-page ad to be reduced by half (5)","Answer":"URGED","Explanation":"Definition: \nHalves of [fo]UR [pa]GE [a]D"}
-{"Clue":"Protocol book holding up, briefly and audibly, an obstruction to progress for the allies (4)","Answer":"BLOC","Explanation":"Definition: \nHidden in reverse of protoCOL Book, and homophone of \"block\" (obstruction)"}
-{"Clue":"Went for private piece by author that is not printed (6-2,7)","Answer":"JOINED-UP WRITING","Explanation":"Definition: that is not printed\nJOINED UP (i.e. joined the army, so \"went for private\", as in the expression \"he went for a soldier\") + WRITING (piece by author)"}
-{"Clue":"Replaced gold vessel filled with English fruit (7)","Answer":"ROSEHIP","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nOR \"re-placed\" + E in SHIP"}
-{"Clue":"Devilish traditions appeal (7)","Answer":"IMPLORE","Explanation":"Definition: appeal\nIMP + LORE"}
-{"Clue":"Very large note (3)","Answer":"SOL","Explanation":"Definition: note\nSO L[arge] \u2013 Sol or Soh is the fifth note in the tonic sol-fa scale"}
-{"Clue":"Goalie turns out to make the rules (11)","Answer":"REGULATIONS","Explanation":"Definition: rules\n(GOALIE TURNS)"}
-{"Clue":"An available sum in foreign money no use here? (10)","Answer":"LANCASHIRE","Explanation":"Definition: no use here\nAN + CASH in LIRE \u2013 the definition is perhaps a bit weak"}
-{"Clue":"Join the main mass (4)","Answer":"SEAM","Explanation":"Definition: Join\nSEA + M"}
-{"Clue":"Story young girl lisped (4)","Answer":"MYTH","Explanation":"Definition: Story\nA lisped version of \"miss\""}
-{"Clue":"Divorced, eh? Good news for one in for the long term (4,6)","Answer":"FREE PARDON","Explanation":"Definition: Good news for one in for the long term\nFREE (divorced) + PARDON (eh?) \u2013 someone serving a long prison term would be glad of it"}
-{"Clue":"Elegantly decadent discovery: unnamed licensee has been sacked (3,2,6)","Answer":"FIN DE SIECLE","Explanation":"Definition: Elegantly decadent\nFIND + LICENSEE* less N"}
-{"Clue":"Charge less than the whole meal allowance (3)","Answer":"FEE","Explanation":"Definition: Charge\nFEE[D] \u2013 again, I was worried about how \"feed\" was defined, but Chambers gives \"an amount or allowance of food given eg to babies or to cattle\""}
-{"Clue":"Ancient European expelled from a Victorian city (7)","Answer":"AGELONG","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient\nA + GEELONG minus one of its Es \u2013 I was a bit sceptical of the definition, but Chambers defines age-long (with a hyphen) as \"having been in existence a long time\", so fair enough"}
-{"Clue":"A daughter in French port finally off? Not so fast! (7)","Answer":"ANDANTE","Explanation":"Definition: Not so fast\nA + D in NANTE[S] \u2013 Italian term used in music to indicate a slowish tempo: it literally means just \"going\" (from *andare*), but is often translated by music teachers as \"at a walking pace\""}
-{"Clue":"Farm animals doing less well \u2014 a blow in expensive area (11,4)","Answer":"STOCKBROKER BELT","Explanation":"Definition: expensive area\nSTOCK (farm animals) + BROKER (more broke \u2013 doing less well) + BELT (a blow)"}
-{"Clue":"City judge putting line through revoked law (9)","Answer":"JERUSALEM","Explanation":"Definition: City\nJ + L in reverse of MEASURE"}
-{"Clue":"Sugar controller's rude remark cut short: it starts again (7)","Answer":"INSULIN","Explanation":"Definition: Sugar controller\nINSUL[T] + IN[SULT]"}
-{"Clue":"Airy, last to believe what actually exists? (8)","Answer":"ETHEREAL","Explanation":"Definition: Airy\n[believ]E + THE REAL (what exists)"}
-{"Clue":"Release record, Savanna Herd Rounded Up (5)","Answer":"UNPEG","Explanation":"Definition: Release\nEP in GNU (regarded as a plural, as in a herd of gnu), reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Trail grew doubtful, however magnified (4,5)","Answer":"WRIT LARGE","Explanation":"Definition: magnified\n(TRAIL GREW)"}
-{"Clue":"Charge one: being unable to speak, keeping quiet (6)","Answer":"IMPUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Charge\nI + P in MUTE"}
-{"Clue":"Imogen's confession of alcoholism, in one of several forms (7)","Answer":"ISOTOPE","Explanation":"Definition: one of several forms\n\"I SO TOPE\" is the confession"}
-{"Clue":"Argues strenuously, displaying poor judgment (5)","Answer":"GUESS","Explanation":"Definition: poor judgment\nHidden in arGUES Strenuously \u2013 a guess doesnt have to be poor judgement, though I suppose it can be"}
-{"Clue":"Not unknown for prince to hold drinking bout \u2014 a sign of the future? (9)","Answer":"HARBINGER","Explanation":"Definition: a sign of the future\nBINGE (drinking bout) in HARRY less Y"}
-{"Clue":"One way to get team something in a pie (9)","Answer":"MINCEMEAT","Explanation":"Definition: something in a pie\nIf you MINCE [the letters of] MEAT you get TEAM"}
-{"Clue":"Pike played by him \u2014 a victory, when reeled into the bank (8)","Answer":"LAVENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Pike played by him\nA V in LENDER (bank) \u2013 today's UK general knowledge clue: the actor Ian Lavender played Private Frank Pike in the TV series Dad's Army"}
-{"Clue":"Cross with bell regularly interrupting dance (7)","Answer":"TANGELO","Explanation":"Definition: Cross\n[B]E[L]L in TANGO \u2013 a cross between a tangerine and a grapefruit"}
-{"Clue":"Ministry to abolish border posts? (7)","Answer":"DEFENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Ministry\nTo abolish border posts might be to DE-FENCE"}
-{"Clue":"Be about to visit castle, having to change tickets (6)","Answer":"REBOOK","Explanation":"Definition: to change tickets\nReverse of BE in ROOK (castle \u2013 chess piece)"}
-{"Clue":"Saying a few words, starts to come apart (5)","Answer":"FRAYS","Explanation":"Definition: starts to come apart\nHomophone of \"phrase\" (a few words)"}
-{"Clue":"Decipher joke (5)","Answer":"CRACK","Explanation":"Definition: Decipher\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Supporter of popish church leaders? Pal at it papers lambasted (13)","Answer":"PAPAPRELATIST","Explanation":"Definition: Supporter of popish church leaders\n(PAL AT IT PAPERS)* \u2013 \"a supporter of popish prelates\", says Chambers, which doesn't leave me much the wiser \u2013 apparently it's a nonce-word used by Sir Walter Scott"}
-{"Clue":"A north American bee, I love honey \u2013 it's ability to revivify (9)","Answer":"ANABIOSIS","Explanation":"Definition: ability to revivify\nA + NA + B + I + O + SIS (honey, as in a girlfriend)"}
-{"Clue":"Child on nurse's back, a weight to carry (4)","Answer":"TOTE","Explanation":"Definition: a weight to carry\nTOT + [nurs]E"}
-{"Clue":"One with a poor hand, south leads what's easily overtaken (8)","Answer":"SCRAWLER","Explanation":"Definition: One with a poor hand\nS + CRAWLER"}
-{"Clue":"What's shot down in sport and may be found in chic restaurants (6)","Answer":"CRESTA","Explanation":"Definition: What's shot down in sport\nHidden in chiC RESTAurants \u2013 a reference to the Cresta Run"}
-{"Clue":"One pulled back Rex tucking into rubber bone (6)","Answer":"ULNARE","Explanation":"Definition: bone\nAN< + R in ULE (a rubber tree, and its produce)"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzling word in Shakespeare, troublesome, certainly English (7)","Answer":"HARDOKE","Explanation":"Definition: Puzzling word in Shakespeare\nHARD + OK + E \u2013 an unexplained word found in the folio of *King Lear"}
-{"Clue":"With yen for love, anticipation leads to deception (4)","Answer":"HYPE","Explanation":"Definition: deception\nHOPE (anticipation) with O replaced by Y"}
-{"Clue":"Bottled retsina, acidic stuff (7)","Answer":"STEARIN","Explanation":"Definition: acidic stuff\nRETSINA"}
-{"Clue":"Bairn's nappy particular child lost (4)","Answer":"OOSY","Explanation":"Definition: Bairn's nappy\nCHOOSY less CH \u2013 adjectival form of Scots oose, meaning \"fluff, nap\", so the nappy is not what Americans call a diaper, though I remember dealing with some oozy ones of those.."}
-{"Clue":"Check a small covered wagon (7)","Answer":"TARTANA","Explanation":"Definition: small covered wagon\nTARTAN + A"}
-{"Clue":"Ascot rules active against appearing in e.g. civet (6)","Answer":"CRAVAT","Explanation":"Definition: Ascot\nR + A + V in CAT"}
-{"Clue":"Daughter with relations is terrifying (6)","Answer":"DAUNTS","Explanation":"Definition: is terrifying\nD + AUNTS"}
-{"Clue":"Monk: 'I dressed for God going round in exotic garb' (8)","Answer":"KIMONOED","Explanation":"Definition: in exotic garb\n(I MONK)* + DEO< (the ablative form of deus, hence \"for God\")"}
-{"Clue":"Substance got from sulphur fool's ingested (4)","Answer":"GIST","Explanation":"Definition: Substance\nS in GIT"}
-{"Clue":"Draws breath among south-east Asian people (9)","Answer":"SINHALESE","Explanation":"Definition: Asian people\nINHALES in SE"}
-{"Clue":"Gossip provoking giggle about the state of France, bootless at heart (13)","Answer":"TITTLE-TATTLER","Explanation":"Definition: Gossip\nL'ETAT + [boo]TL[ess] in TITTER. Houston, we have a problem[1]: the first L of this clashes with the final E of 21d, TRANSE. I can only guess that Azed accidentally entered either TITTEL- or TITTER- as the first part of this word in his grid, and it escaped subsequent checking. (Incidentally, tittle-tattler was used in a clue in Azed 2091.)"}
-{"Clue":"Round dish, a long time with bit of butter on (6)","Answer":"PATERA","Explanation":"Definition: Round dish\nPAT + ERA"}
-{"Clue":"Leg of horse (5)","Answer":"PINTO","Explanation":"Definition: horse\nPIN (leg) + TO (of \u2013 given as a meaning of \"to\" in Chambers, though I can't think offhand of an example to show this)"}
-{"Clue":"Old red mineral like this turns up with garden worker around (7)","Answer":"ROSAKER","Explanation":"Definition: Old red mineral\nSO< in RAKE \u2013 it's \"an obsolete variant of realgar [a red mineral]\""}
-{"Clue":"Reversion of property in conversion of the manse, etc (11)","Answer":"ESCHEATMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Reversion of property\n(THE MANSE ETC)"}
-{"Clue":"Business centre \u2013 exchange those on the fringes and you'd end with nothing (4)","Answer":"TOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Business centre\nIf you exchange the T and N you get NOWT"}
-{"Clue":"Decorative work: little daughter thus becomes grown woman (5)","Answer":"INLAY","Explanation":"Definition: Decorative work\n..and if you put D[aughter] IN LAY you get LADY"}
-{"Clue":"Sailing ship: one's trained there with instructor (11)","Answer":"THREE-MASTER","Explanation":"Definition: Sailing ship\nTHERE* + MASTER"}
-{"Clue":"Walls person briefly gets shut up inside (8)","Answer":"PERPENTS","Explanation":"Definition: Walls\nPENT in PERS"}
-{"Clue":"Large-scale work: artist put on mouldings in circles (8)","Answer":"ORATORIO","Explanation":"Definition: Large-scale work\nRA + TORI (plural of torus, a moulding) in O O"}
-{"Clue":"Offering to the departed, unusually rash sum included (7)","Answer":"SRADDHA","Explanation":"Definition: Offering to the departed\nADD in RASH"}
-{"Clue":"Went racing among wild set? This'll take Scots straight through (6)","Answer":"TRANSE","Explanation":"Definition: This'll take Scots straight through\nRAN in SET* \u2013 Scots word for a \"through passage\", with its last letter clashing with 33a"}
-{"Clue":"Wise judge misled by denial (6)","Answer":"DANIEL","Explanation":"Definition: Wise judge\nDENIAL* \u2013 as in \"A Daniel come to judgment, yea, a Daniel!\u2014\/O wise young judge, how I do honor thee!\" from Act 4 Scene 1 of *The Merchant of Venice\"*, referring to the apocryphal Book of Susanna (included as a chapter of the canonical Book of Daniel by some)"}
-{"Clue":"Xmastime includes a stretch that involves these neighbours of Santa? (5)","Answer":"SAMIT","Explanation":"Definition: neighbours of Santa\nAnagram of MASTI or ASTIM from inside \"Xmastime\" (so could the clue read \".. includes two stretches..\"?) \u2013 the word means \"Lapps\", and is listed in C under its singular form Saam, which is why the rubric says it \"takes some finding\", though not if you happen to have the Chambers app on your iPhone.."}
-{"Clue":"Where in N. Africa you've to change and link with another plane (5)","Answer":"RABAT","Explanation":"Definition: Where in N. Africa\nAlthough I knew RABAT as the capital of Morocco, I was completely baffled by the rest of the clue until I looked the word up in Chambers and found it's a geometrical term meaning \"to rotate into coincidence with another plane\""}
-{"Clue":"Fencing dodge? There's a short book on it (4)","Answer":"VOLT","Explanation":"Definition: Fencing dodge\nVOL + 'T \u2013 a move in fencing, also spelt volte"}
-{"Clue":"To overcome Labour, Conservative turned blue (6)","Answer":"COBALT","Explanation":"Definition: blue\n LAB in TO + C, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Reportedly mean birds (7)","Answer":"POULTRY","Explanation":"Definition: birds\n Homophone (-ish) of \"paltry\" (mean)"}
-{"Clue":"Weak tea? Never brew Darjeeling to begin with! (9)","Answer":"ENERVATED","Explanation":"Definition: Weak\n (TEA NEVER)* + D[arjeeling]"}
-{"Clue":"Opportunity follows the debut of Basil Brush (5)","Answer":"BROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Brush\n B[asil] + ROOM (opportunity)"}
-{"Clue":"500 join in tour round royal house (5)","Answer":"TUDOR","Explanation":"Definition: royal house\n D in TOUR"}
-{"Clue":"America's main problem? Moving into action (9)","Answer":"ANIMATION","Explanation":"Definition: action\n A MAIN* + INTO"}
-{"Clue":"Ponders complicated answer (7)","Answer":"RESPOND","Explanation":"Definition: answer\n PONDERS"}
-{"Clue":"Cigar ignited over top of light bulb (6)","Answer":"GARLIC","Explanation":"Definition: bulb\n L[ight] in CIGAR"}
-{"Clue":"Beamed Scotty initially a long way down (6)","Answer":"SMILED","Explanation":"Definition: Beamed\n S[cotty] + MILE + D[own]"}
-{"Clue":"Old Liberals accept national (and English) complaints (7)","Answer":"WHINGES","Explanation":"Definition: complaints\n N and E separately in WHIGS"}
-{"Clue":"Man stole diamonds in the East Midlands (9)","Answer":"LEICESTER","Explanation":"Definition: in the East Midlands\n ICE (diamonds, in gangster slang) in LESTER. I still don't like \"in X\" for \"a place in X\"."}
-{"Clue":"Cook delivers off-break (5)","Answer":"BAKER","Explanation":"Definition: Cook\n BREAK"}
-{"Clue":"A dash of orange liqueur or spirit? (5)","Answer":"ANGEL","Explanation":"Definition: spirit\n Hidden in orANGE Liqueur"}
-{"Clue":"Gap: \"Everything Must Go!\" (9)","Answer":"CLEARANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Gap\n Double definition \u2013 \"Everything Must Go!\" is the traditional slogan of a CLEARANCE sale"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of evidence Piers M. shredded for large organisations (7)","Answer":"EMPIRES","Explanation":"Definition: large organisations\n E[vidence] + (PIERS M)"}
-{"Clue":"Admiral's sole upset is in the news (6)","Answer":"NELSON","Explanation":"Definition: Admiral\n SOLE* in N, N"}
-{"Clue":"City street to shout about (7)","Answer":"CHESTER","Explanation":"Definition: City\n ST in CHEER"}
-{"Clue":"3 sitcom produced by 24 (5)","Answer":"BREAD","Explanation":"Definition: 3 sitcom\n Double definition \u2013 Bread was a 1980s sitcom set in Liverpool"}
-{"Clue":"Royal fund backs rise of corrupt City (9)","Answer":"LIVERPOOL","Explanation":"Definition: City\n Reverse of EVIL (corrupt) + R + POOL"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet prince is promising bachelor no more (7)","Answer":"PUDDING","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\n P[rince] + BUDDING less B"}
-{"Clue":"Yummy barman regularly seen in shadow (5)","Answer":"UMBRA","Explanation":"Definition: shadow\n Alternate letters of yUmMy BaRmAn"}
-{"Clue":"Is using more than one stopwatch cheating? (3-6)","Answer":"TWO-TIMING","Explanation":"Definition: cheating\n Double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Arabian soldiers first pursue the old (6)","Answer":"YEMENI","Explanation":"Definition: Arabian\n YE (supposed old spelling of \"the\") MEN I"}
-{"Clue":"Two ways to describe article or piece (6)","Answer":"STRAND","Explanation":"Definition: piece\n AN in ST + RD"}
-{"Clue":"Review of doing 1 + 2 + 3? (7-2)","Answer":"SUMMING-UP","Explanation":"Definition: Review\n Double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Give back pound from mouldy mulberries (9)","Answer":"REIMBURSE","Explanation":"Definition: Give back\n MULBERRIES* less L (pound)"}
-{"Clue":"Bear up and manage etc, before society notices (7)","Answer":"DETECTS","Explanation":"Definition: notices\n Reverse of TED (teddy bear) + ETC* + S"}
-{"Clue":"Struggle about new maze (6)","Answer":"WARREN","Explanation":"Definition: maze\n WAR + RE + N"}
-{"Clue":"Scottish minister no longer has temperature, doctor (7)","Answer":"SURGEON","Explanation":"Definition: doctor\n STURGEON (Nicola S, First Minister of Scotland) less T"}
-{"Clue":"Chelsea fan also rioting on Tyneside (6)","Answer":"SLOANE","Explanation":"Definition: Chelsea fan\n ALSO* + NE \u2013 reference to Sloanes or Sloane Rangers who live in Chelsea. \"Tyneside\" as a definition for NE is a bit of a stretch."}
-{"Clue":"Mathematician keeps things working smoothly, they say (5)","Answer":"EULER","Explanation":"Definition: Mathematician\n Homophone of \"oiler\". Leonhard Euler was one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though probably not a household name, alas."}
-{"Clue":"Rulers engagements attract not a single word of disapproval (5)","Answer":"KINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Rulers\n BOOKINGS less BOO; \"single\" seems redundant here"}
-{"Clue":"Couldn't find reason for failed campaign (4,5)","Answer":"LOST CAUSE","Explanation":"Definition: failed campaign\nLOST (couldn't find) + CAUSE (reason)"}
-{"Clue":"It holds the unloved emperor motionless (5)","Answer":"INERT","Explanation":"Definition: motionless\nNERO less O in IT"}
-{"Clue":"English head of college and builder (7)","Answer":"ERECTOR","Explanation":"Definition: builder\nE + RECTOR"}
-{"Clue":"To agree without reservation (7)","Answer":"TOTALLY","Explanation":"Definition: without reservation\nTO TALLY"}
-{"Clue":"Hibernian flag on hospital (5)","Answer":"IRISH","Explanation":"Definition: Hibernian\nIRIS (flag) + H"}
-{"Clue":"Respect some hesitation in one's excuses, perhaps (9)","Answer":"DEFERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Respect\nER in DEFENCE"}
-{"Clue":"Shoplifter's dilemma? (4,2,2,5,2)","Answer":"TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT","Explanation":"Definition: Shoplifter's dilemma\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Ruling based on popular decisions (9)","Answer":"DEMOCRACY","Explanation":"Definition: Ruling based on popular decisions\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"He can't laugh \u2014 he's got an announcement to make (5)","Answer":"CRIER","Explanation":"Definition: he's got an announcement to make\nDouble definition \u2013 the announcer is a Town Crier"}
-{"Clue":"Party with blonde when weather forecast's favourable (3,4)","Answer":"SET FAIR","Explanation":"Definition: weather forecast's favourable\nSET (party) + FAIR"}
-{"Clue":"Loud and biased form of amusement (7)","Answer":"FUNFAIR","Explanation":"Definition: form of amusement\nF + UNFAIR"}
-{"Clue":"Right opposite (5)","Answer":"WRONG","Explanation":"Definition: Right opposite\nCryptic definition \u2013 \"wrong\" is the opposite of right"}
-{"Clue":"Very many are of minor importance (9)","Answer":"COUNTLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Very many\nIf you're of minor importance then you COUNT LESS"}
-{"Clue":"Ideal valet becomes unkempt and is relieved (10)","Answer":"ALLEVIATED","Explanation":"Definition: relieved\n(IDEAL VALET)"}
-{"Clue":"Star skater is knocked out (8)","Answer":"ASTERISK","Explanation":"Definition: Star\n(SKATER IS)"}
-{"Clue":"The spirit of Hogmanay? (6)","Answer":"SCOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: The spirit of Hogmanay\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"A natural hanger-on, in a manner of speaking (4)","Answer":"BURR","Explanation":"Definition: A natural hanger-on\nDouble definition \u2013 part of a plant that sticks to your clothes, and a rolled R in speech"}
-{"Clue":"Those that supported Cassius show unsuspected faults (4,2,4)","Answer":"FEET OF CLAY","Explanation":"Definition: unsuspected faults\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to Cassius Clay, aka Muhammad Ali (I originally wondered if the expression came from *Julius Caesar*, but it's actually biblical, from the Book of Daniel)"}
-{"Clue":"Queen's state carriage (8)","Answer":"VICTORIA","Explanation":"Definition: Queen\nThree definitions, though both the Australian state and the carriage are named after the Queen"}
-{"Clue":"He wrote songs to provide capital (6)","Answer":"BERLIN","Explanation":"Definition: He wrote songs\nDouble definition \u2013 Irving Berlin, songwriter and the capital of Germany"}
-{"Clue":"Stop and point at the river (4)","Answer":"STAY","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\nS + TAY"}
-{"Clue":"Commit an indiscretion by leaving out a decent chap? (4,1,5)","Answer":"DROP A BRICK","Explanation":"Definition: Commit an indiscretion\nDROP (leave out) A BRICK (decent chap, in old slang)"}
-{"Clue":"Introduce force, showing initiative (10)","Answer":"ENTERPRISE","Explanation":"Definition: initiative\nENTER + PRISE"}
-{"Clue":"Reaching new position of authority (2,6)","Answer":"IN CHARGE","Explanation":"Definition: position of authority\nREACHING"}
-{"Clue":"Times are changing for Arab states (8)","Answer":"EMIRATES","Explanation":"Definition: Arab states\n(TIMES ARE)"}
-{"Clue":"Acting technique depicting part of Hamlet's madness (6)","Answer":"METHOD","Explanation":"Definition: Acting technique\nDouble definition \u2013 method acting, as devised by Stanislavski, and Polonius's line \"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't\", describing Hamlet's odd behaviour"}
-{"Clue":"King upset aunt in church (6)","Answer":"CANUTE","Explanation":"Definition: King\nAUNT* in CE"}
-{"Clue":"Stitched up in news broadcast? (4)","Answer":"SEWN","Explanation":"Definition: Stitched up\nNEWS"}
-{"Clue":"Outlet for dispersing fuel (4)","Answer":"FLUE","Explanation":"Definition: Outlet\nFUEL"}
-{"Clue":"Fundamentally change tune and dare to get jazzy (8)","Answer":"DENATURE","Explanation":"Definition: Fundamentally change\n(TUNE DARE)"}
-{"Clue":"Butt in reproachfully (5)","Answer":"ROACH","Explanation":"Definition: Butt\nHidden in repROACHfully"}
-{"Clue":"Part of orchestra lacking right instrument (4)","Answer":"BASS","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nBRASS less R"}
-{"Clue":"Nuts ground in big machine (10)","Answer":"LOCOMOTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: big machine\nLOCO (mad, nuts) + MOTIVE (ground or grounds)"}
-{"Clue":"Like a chestnut horse brought in to lad for grooming (3,3)","Answer":"OLD HAT","Explanation":"Definition: Like a chestnut\nH in (TO LAD)"}
-{"Clue":"They pass quickly, with record time crossing border (8)","Answer":"EPHEMERA","Explanation":"Definition: They pass quickly\nHEM in EP + ERA"}
-{"Clue":"Artist cut receding hair (7)","Answer":"POLLOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Artist\nLOP (cut) reversed + LOCK \u2013 the artist is Jackson Pollock"}
-{"Clue":"Intelligentsia urge religious celebration (7)","Answer":"EGGMASS","Explanation":"Definition: Intelligentsia\nEGG (urge) + MASS \u2013 a new word for me: Chambers gives \"intellectuals as a group\" (perhaps derived from \"egghead\"?)"}
-{"Clue":"Neighbour of Oxford tutor found by a search engine (8)","Answer":"ABINGDON","Explanation":"Definition: Neighbour of Oxford\nThe tutor might be A BING DON, Bing being Microsoft's web search engine"}
-{"Clue":"Person wanting compensation about fashionable label for mug (6)","Answer":"SUCKER","Explanation":"Definition: mug\nCK (Calvin Klein, fashionable label) in SUER"}
-{"Clue":"School with hippy founders ditching conservative belief system (10)","Answer":"PHILOSOPHY","Explanation":"Definition: belief system\n(SCHOOL HIPPY)* less C"}
-{"Clue":"Thematic accompaniment is cold and hot (4)","Answer":"CHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Thematic accompaniment\nC + HIP \u2013 one of the chips to go with your fish"}
-{"Clue":"Back country without hospital? 9, 10 and 11 other answers might make it (5)","Answer":"SHOAL","Explanation":"Definition: 9, 10 and 11 other answers might make it\nH in reverse of LAOS \u2013 shoals are made up of fish"}
-{"Clue":"Delicate present wrapped by Roman and others (8)","Answer":"ETHEREAL","Explanation":"Definition: Delicate\nHERE (present) in ET AL"}
-{"Clue":"Al Gore is amazing for wives and girlfriends (8)","Answer":"SERAGLIO","Explanation":"Definition: wives and girlfriends\n(AL GORE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"What the Sun produces is reporter's ruin (4)","Answer":"RAYS","Explanation":"Definition: What the Sun produces\nHomophone of \"raze\" (to the ground)"}
-{"Clue":"Ponder extremely elegant hairdo (6)","Answer":"MULLET","Explanation":"Definition: hairdo\nMULL + E[legan]T"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign parents embracing companion in bars where birds are found (7)","Answer":"PERCHES","Explanation":"Definition: where birds are found\nCH in PERES (French fathers)"}
-{"Clue":"Primarily despondent spirit for one getting beaten (4)","Answer":"DRUM","Explanation":"Definition: one getting beaten\nD[espondent] + RUM"}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish for parodying, like some theatrical entertainment (10)","Answer":"PANTOMIMIC","Explanation":"Definition: like some theatrical entertainment\nPAN (to criticise, rubbish) + TO MIMIC"}
-{"Clue":"Boy's mum to swear (6)","Answer":"SHAVER","Explanation":"Definition: Boy\nSH (quiet, mum) + AVER. Rather dated slang for a boy or youth"}
-{"Clue":"Gripping action as prince and heir admits following Charles's mistress endlessly (4-6)","Answer":"HALF-NELSON","Explanation":"Definition: Gripping action\nF[ollowing] + NEL[L Gwynn, Mistress of Charles II] in HAL + SON"}
-{"Clue":"Witch's laugh before midnight? (3)","Answer":"HAG","Explanation":"Definition: Witch\nHA (laugh) + [ni]G[ht]"}
-{"Clue":"Sham complaint Liberal's dropped (3)","Answer":"COD","Explanation":"Definition: Sham\nCOLD less L"}
-{"Clue":"Comic writer's novel managed to skirt round primitive urges (8)","Answer":"SHERIDAN","Explanation":"Definition: Comic writer\nSHE (H Rider Haggard novel) + ID (primitive urges) in RAN (managed)"}
-{"Clue":"Game for every paparazzo (7)","Answer":"SNAPPER","Explanation":"Definition: paparazzo\nSNAP (card game) + PER"}
-{"Clue":"Ambassador's to be dressed in cream \u2014 and that's an order (6)","Answer":"BEHEST","Explanation":"Definition: that's an order\nHE in BEST"}
-{"Clue":"Loudly show irritation with article that's cut (6)","Answer":"SCYTHE","Explanation":"Definition: cut\nSCY (\"sigh\") + THE"}
-{"Clue":"Exclusive story's beginning to get approval in Spain (4)","Answer":"SOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Exclusive\nS[tory] + OLE"}
-{"Clue":"Pick holes in garment with a run in it (4)","Answer":"CARP","Explanation":"Definition: Pick holes\nR in CAP"}
-{"Clue":"Aristocrat getting half of tax on game (7)","Answer":"DUCHESS","Explanation":"Definition: Aristocrat\nDU[TY] + CHESS"}
-{"Clue":"US fast food is old-fashioned stuff \u2014 make good (4,3)","Answer":"CORN DOG","Explanation":"Definition: US fast food\nCORN (old-fashioned stuff) + DO (make) + G \u2013 and American fast food consisting of a sausage in batter"}
-{"Clue":"Greylag reed houses share a view (5)","Answer":"AGREE","Explanation":"Definition: share a view\nHidden in greylAG REEd"}
-{"Clue":"Hardly a revealing character, Black Beauty? (4,5)","Answer":"DARK HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: Hardly a revealing character\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Deadly omen affected Tutankhamun, visually (6-4)","Answer":"ALMOND-EYED","Explanation":"Definition: Tutankhamun, visually\n(DEADLY OMEN)* \u2013 a look associated with ancient Egypt: see here for example"}
-{"Clue":"I'm astonished by K\u00f6chel's fiddle (4)","Answer":"COOK","Explanation":"Definition: fiddle\nCOO (I'm astonished!) + K (as used to refer to Mozart's music in K\u00f6chel's catalogue). \"Fiddle\" as in \"cook the books\""}
-{"Clue":"Increase in tourism misrepresented, which is rather a dampener (11)","Answer":"MOISTURISER","Explanation":"Definition: rather a dampener\nRISE in TOURISM"}
-{"Clue":"Thinner, washed out, in need of courage (5,6)","Answer":"WHITE\u00a0SPIRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Thinner\nWHITE (washed out) + SPIRIT (courage)"}
-{"Clue":"Dear little book found in stall (4)","Answer":"BABY","Explanation":"Definition: Dear\nB in BAY"}
-{"Clue":"Decorative singer, actual or fraudulent, bags gold (10)","Answer":"COLORATURA","Explanation":"Definition: Decorative singer\nOR in (ACTUAL OR)"}
-{"Clue":"I almost do casual work and I perform, making a list (9)","Answer":"ITEMISING","Explanation":"Definition: making a list\nI TEM[P] + I SING"}
-{"Clue":"Turning out in transitive school (5)","Answer":"TUTOR","Explanation":"Definition: school\nOUT* in TR"}
-{"Clue":"Horny GP after surgery is a monster (7)","Answer":"GRYPHON","Explanation":"Definition: monster\n(HORNY GP)"}
-{"Clue":"Education basically ruined her rest (5,2)","Answer":"THREE RS","Explanation":"Definition: Education\n(HER REST)"}
-{"Clue":"Abolish one method to get humour into Homerian acknowledgement of stupidity (2,4,4)","Answer":"DO\u00a0AWAY\u00a0WITH","Explanation":"Definition: Abolish\nA WAY + WIT in D'OH (Homer Simpson's exclamation)"}
-{"Clue":"Church of Rome: six of its members shunned superficially shiny stuff (6)","Answer":"CHROME","Explanation":"Definition: shiny stuff\nCH[URCH OF] ROME \u2013 seems rather an odd clue, but I suppose it works"}
-{"Clue":"It indicates the previous clue, say, is less sensitive than before (4,6)","Answer":"EVEN NUMBER","Explanation":"Definition: It indicates the previous clue, say\nAs in \"even more numb\" \u2013 the previous clue is 2, which is an even number"}
-{"Clue":"School's head, useless creep (5)","Answer":"SIDLE","Explanation":"Definition: creep\nS + IDLE"}
-{"Clue":"Artisan's stylus possessed by renowned Egyptologist (9)","Answer":"CARPENTER","Explanation":"Definition: Artisan\nPEN in CARTER (Howard Carter, who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb)"}
-{"Clue":"Upper class Henry entering bishop's address here in Germany (4)","Answer":"RUHR","Explanation":"Definition: here in Germany\nU H in RR"}
-{"Clue":"Animal used moor for recreation (8)","Answer":"DORMOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\n(USED MOOR)"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient vessel \u2014 pull a nasty face, inhaling smoke (5,3)","Answer":"GREEK URN","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient vessel\nREEK in GURN"}
-{"Clue":"One who makes longer drawing instrument (10)","Answer":"PROTRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: One who makes longer\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One medium Pils drunk without oxygen at the time of collapse (9)","Answer":"IMPLOSION","Explanation":"Definition: collapse\nI + M + O in PILS* + ON (at the time of)"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaning up pop group not quite into rock (8)","Answer":"SWABBING","Explanation":"Definition: Cleaning up\nABB[A] in SWING"}
-{"Clue":"Bible's out with day, month, year for David or Jonathan? (8)","Answer":"DIMBLEBY","Explanation":"Definition: David or Jonathan\n(BIBLE D M Y)* \u2013 the Dimblebys are a famous dynasty of British broadcasters"}
-{"Clue":"Career time for hot shell-suited swimmer (6)","Answer":"TURTLE","Explanation":"Definition: shell-suited swimmer\nHURTLE with the H replaced by T \u2013 it's perhaps possible to read the clue the other way round and get HURTLE as the answer, but I think it works better this way (and the online verson agrees)"}
-{"Clue":"Toothy creature happened to be holding back web address (6)","Answer":"WALRUS","Explanation":"Definition: Toothy creature\nURL reversed in WAS"}
-{"Clue":"Anything at all should! (5)","Answer":"OUGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Anything at all\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Hamper request to be in punt (6)","Answer":"BASKET","Explanation":"Definition: Hamper\nASK in BET"}
-{"Clue":"American coach keeps bill for calculator (6)","Answer":"ABACUS","Explanation":"Definition: calculator\nAC in A BUS"}
-{"Clue":"Fell back into space (4)","Answer":"ROOM","Explanation":"Definition: space\nReverse of MOOR (a fell)"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier calling about a container (10)","Answer":"CARABINEER","Explanation":"Definition: Soldier\nA BIN in CAREER \u2013 I know this word best (or only?) in its Italian plural form of Carabinieri"}
-{"Clue":"Immediately make amends without a bit of conceit (2,4)","Answer":"AT ONCE","Explanation":"Definition: Immediately\nC in ATONE"}
-{"Clue":"Agree to strike detectives with energy (8)","Answer":"COINCIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Agree\nCOIN (strike) + CID + E"}
-{"Clue":"Top cipher breaker is prescient (9)","Answer":"PROPHETIC","Explanation":"Definition: prescient\n(TOP CIPHER)"}
-{"Clue":"Animal runs after snake (4)","Answer":"BOAR","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nBOA + R"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy cricketers (4)","Answer":"BATS","Explanation":"Definition: Crazy\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Meet at its centre as arranged (9)","Answer":"INTERSECT","Explanation":"Definition: Meet\n(ITS CENTRE)"}
-{"Clue":"Gold found in country's comprehensive survey (8)","Answer":"PANORAMA","Explanation":"Definition: comprehensive survey\nOR in PANAMA"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient American lodge in ruins (3-3)","Answer":"AGE-OLD","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient\nA + LODGE"}
-{"Clue":"Affairs of everyone one found in social events (10)","Answer":"DALLIANCES","Explanation":"Definition: Affairs\nALL I in DANCES"}
-{"Clue":"What the smart admirer presses (4)","Answer":"SUIT","Explanation":"Definition: What the smart admirer presses\nA sort of double\/cryptic definition \u2013 the smart admirer may press his suit both literally and metaphorically"}
-{"Clue":"Had fun when being escorted round old vessel (6)","Answer":"LARKED","Explanation":"Definition: Had fun\nARK in LED"}
-{"Clue":"Bill has duct coming (6)","Answer":"ADVENT","Explanation":"Definition: coming\nAD (bill) + VENT"}
-{"Clue":"Gondolier eats large processed fish (7)","Answer":"BLOATER","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nL in BOATER"}
-{"Clue":"Minos reformed apostle (5)","Answer":"SIMON","Explanation":"Definition: apostle\nMINOS"}
-{"Clue":"Evacuate from island (7)","Answer":"EXCRETE","Explanation":"Definition: Evacuate\nEX (from) + CRETE"}
-{"Clue":"Jumpin' up and down in a reel (6)","Answer":"BOBBIN","Explanation":"Definition: a reel\nBOBBIN[g]"}
-{"Clue":"Deceives with many promises? That's deliberate! (9)","Answer":"CONSCIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: deliberate\nCONS (deceives) + C (100) + IOUS"}
-{"Clue":"Poet, one who is recklessly wasteful (7)","Answer":"SPENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nDouble definition, though surely a spender isn't necessarily wasteful, let alone recklessly so"}
-{"Clue":"Lucifer creates hostility over marriage (8,5)","Answer":"FRICTION MATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Lucifer\nFRICTION (hostility) + MATCH \u2013 friction matches (of which Lucifer was a brand) replaced the earlier, dangerous, chemical versions"}
-{"Clue":"Guard Irishman's posh car (9)","Answer":"PATROLLER","Explanation":"Definition: Guard\nPAT + ROLLER (Rolls Royce)"}
-{"Clue":"Instrument used these days in melee (7)","Answer":"BRADAWL","Explanation":"Definition: Instrument\nA.D. in BRAWL"}
-{"Clue":"Pleased criminal passed by (7)","Answer":"ELAPSED","Explanation":"Definition: passed by\nPLEASED"}
-{"Clue":"Peter's the first one on the fiddle? (7)","Answer":"CELLIST","Explanation":"Definition: one on the fiddle\nCELL (Peter is slang for a prison cell) + 1ST"}
-{"Clue":"Old man slow to develop taste (6)","Answer":"PALATE","Explanation":"Definition: taste \nPA + LATE"}
-{"Clue":"Nebraska upset over appeal result (5)","Answer":"ENSUE","Explanation":"Definition: result\nNE< + SUE"}
-{"Clue":"Symbol not beginning to draw into web (8)","Answer":"ENTANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: to draw into web\n[P]ENTANGLE"}
-{"Clue":"Break South American state holding one back (6)","Answer":"HIATUS","Explanation":"Definition: Break\nS + I in UTAH, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Cultivate cash carrier (4)","Answer":"TILL","Explanation":"Definition: Cultivate\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bird keeper's cartel breaking wind (10)","Answer":"AUSTRINGER","Explanation":"Definition: Bird keeper\nRING in AUSTER (the South wind) \u2013 an austringer is a keeper of goshawks. Perhaps a bit unfair to use one rather obscure word (auster) in the wordplay for another"}
-{"Clue":"Jump back, receiving Catholic item in post (6)","Answer":"PARCEL","Explanation":"Definition: item in post\nRC in reverse of LEAP"}
-{"Clue":"Supposing Romeo's turned in hidden treasure to sea dweller (8)","Answer":"STARFISH","Explanation":"Definition: sea dweller\n(IF R) reversed in STASH"}
-{"Clue":"Tom, perhaps, keeping sloths in discomfort (7)","Answer":"MALAISE","Explanation":"Definition: discomfort\nAIS in MALE. The AI is the three-toed sloth, well known to Scrabble players"}
-{"Clue":"Slightly drunk, admitting copper's an element (7)","Answer":"MERCURY","Explanation":"Definition: element\nCU in MERRY"}
-{"Clue":"Involving transmutation of racy pigs? (8)","Answer":"SPAGYRIC","Explanation":"Definition: Involving transmutation\n(RACY PIGS)* \u2013 relating to alchemy"}
-{"Clue":"Root around books on summit (6)","Answer":"POTATO","Explanation":"Definition: Root\nReverse of OT ATOP"}
-{"Clue":"Trendy grub was first to be garnished with mash (or kale, initially) (6,4)","Answer":"PULLED\u00a0PORK","Explanation":"Definition: Trendy grub\nLED (was first) in PULP OR K[ale]"}
-{"Clue":"New recruit to a country (4)","Answer":"CUBA","Explanation":"Definition: country\nCUB + A"}
-{"Clue":"Something in wine bar turning brown outside (6)","Answer":"TANNIN","Explanation":"Definition: Something in wine\nINN reversed in TAN"}
-{"Clue":"Endless vigour on horseback causing decay (8)","Answer":"GANGRENE","Explanation":"Definition: decay\nReverse of ENERG[y] + NAG"}
-{"Clue":"Woman prepared to rise, supporting popular uprising (8)","Answer":"INTIFADA","Explanation":"Definition: uprising\nIN (popular) + reverse of ADA FIT"}
-{"Clue":"Pothead to be sick in bucket (4)","Answer":"PAIL","Explanation":"Definition: bucket\nP[ot] + AIL"}
-{"Clue":"Climbing plant, climbing, snags good strip of skin (6)","Answer":"AGNAIL","Explanation":"Definition: strip of skin\nG in reverse of LIANA"}
-{"Clue":"Name-dropping spinster resolved to keep going (7)","Answer":"PERSIST","Explanation":"Definition: keep going\nSPINSTER* less N"}
-{"Clue":"Want coast to receive label (8)","Answer":"SHORTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Want\nTAG in SHORE"}
-{"Clue":"Hymn to periodical pong curtailed by one sort of scanner (10)","Answer":"MAGNIFICAT","Explanation":"Definition: Hymn\nMAG (periodical) + NIF[F] + I + CAT (scanner)"}
-{"Clue":"Pressure garment protecting centre of wound (6)","Answer":"DURESS","Explanation":"Definition: Pressure\n[wo]U[nd] in DRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Swapped baby cherub in divinatory system \u2014 one's gone missing (10)","Answer":"CHANGELING","Explanation":"Definition: Swapped baby\nANGEL in [I] CHING (Chinese divination)"}
-{"Clue":"Second deterrent, allegedly loud (8)","Answer":"STRIDENT","Explanation":"Definition: loud\nS + TRIDENT (missile system)"}
-{"Clue":"Ten Arabs affected by pesticide (8)","Answer":"RATSBANE","Explanation":"Definition: pesticide\n(TEN ARABS)"}
-{"Clue":"Tightwad's self-esteem Tolkienian baddies lifted (7)","Answer":"SCROOGE","Explanation":"Definition: Tightwad\nReverse of EGO + ORCS"}
-{"Clue":"More than one friend securing draw, mostly (6)","Answer":"PLURAL","Explanation":"Definition: More than one\nLUR[E] in PAL"}
-{"Clue":"Dog keeps family from throwing up (6)","Answer":"PUKING","Explanation":"Definition: throwing up\nKIN in PUG"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of hair left to hound (4)","Answer":"CURL","Explanation":"Definition: Bit of hair\nCUR + L"}
-{"Clue":"Unglazed pottery, \u2014\u2014 tea dish? This is baked possibly (4)","Answer":"BISK","Explanation":"Definition: Unglazed pottery\nA composite anagram: (THIS IS BAKED)* = BISK + (TEA DISH)* \u2013 BISK is an alternative spelling of \"bisque\", and both are related to \"biscuit\""}
-{"Clue":"Hybrid fruit, quaint when cooked in seaweed (9)","Answer":"ORTANIQUE","Explanation":"Definition: Hybrid fruit\nQUAINT* in ORE (dialect word for seaweed)"}
-{"Clue":"Plumed caps tremble endlessly \u2013 likewise back to front (6)","Answer":"SHAKOS","Explanation":"Definition: Plumed caps\nSHAK[E] + SO<"}
-{"Clue":"Abdominal appendage getting screwed up with door (6)","Answer":"UROPOD","Explanation":"Definition: Abdominal appendage\n(UP DOOR)"}
-{"Clue":"Old, you'll lose love twice, sadly, at the proper time (4)","Answer":"DULY","Explanation":"Definition: at the proper time\n(OLD YOU)* minus the two Os"}
-{"Clue":"Henry and Laurie in transport? Lorry's more his thing! (7)","Answer":"HAULIER","Explanation":"Definition: Lorry's more his thing\nH + LAURIE"}
-{"Clue":"Language type presenting imperial monarch in capitals (5)","Answer":"UGRIC","Explanation":"Definition: Language type\nGRI (Georgius Rex Imperator) in UC (upper case, capitals). The Ugric family includes Hungarian, and a few other rather obscure languages"}
-{"Clue":"Economic theorist, one set on penetrating dimness (10)","Answer":"MONETARIST","Explanation":"Definition: Economic theorist\nONE + TAR (\"to set on\", in the third headword in Chambers) in MIST"}
-{"Clue":"Dialect spreading more widely, nothing accepted by lowing herd (5)","Answer":"KOINE","Explanation":"Definition: Dialect spreading more widely\nO in KINE \u2013 often used in the name \"Koine Greek\" (the language of the New Testament), but also more generally \"any dialect that has spread and become the common language of a larger area\""}
-{"Clue":"Nothing in ruins of Napoli revealing part of old Roman empire (7)","Answer":"POLONIA","Explanation":"Definition: part of old Roman empire\nO in NAPOLI"}
-{"Clue":"The old compensate for fruit pa peeled (4)","Answer":"APAY","Explanation":"Definition: The old compensate for\nPAPAYA with the outer P and A \"peeled\" off"}
-{"Clue":"Savoury snack \u2013 Oz maybe tucks into it (6)","Answer":"SAMOSA","Explanation":"Definition: Savoury snack\nAMOS (Oz: writer etc) in S.A."}
-{"Clue":"Impatient to be heard when published, but chary about it (6)","Answer":"SHOUTY","Explanation":"Definition: Impatient to be heard\nOUT in SHY"}
-{"Clue":"Elizabeth, queen, completely succeeded for subjects of old (9)","Answer":"BETHRALLS","Explanation":"Definition: subjects of old\nBETH + R + ALL + S"}
-{"Clue":"Celebrants, set nervously beset by religious awe repeatedly? (8)","Answer":"FEASTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Celebrants\nSET* in FEARS (as in \"the fear of God\")"}
-{"Clue":"Stand? By the sound of it one may be at the end of the line (4)","Answer":"DACE","Explanation":"Definition: one may be at the end of the line\nHomophone of \"dais\" (a kind of stand), and a dace may be on the end of a fishing line"}
-{"Clue":"School book with something to read about antelope (8)","Answer":"BOSCHBOK","Explanation":"Definition: antelope\nSCH + B in BOOK. Strange that \"book\" appears in the clue and also as part of the wordplay, but it's perfectly sound"}
-{"Clue":"Antique bronze, perhaps, with gold touches, put up (6)","Answer":"STATUA","Explanation":"Definition: Antique bronze\n(AU TATS)<"}
-{"Clue":"Two jackdaws and a parrot (4)","Answer":"KAKA","Explanation":"Definition: a parrot\nKA (Scots word for a jackdaw, also spelt \"kae\"). When I had one of the Ks I though the answer might be KIKI, the name of the parrot in Enid Blyton's \"Adventure\" books.. anyone else remember those?"}
-{"Clue":"Edible fungus, all right in wine (not weak) coming up (5)","Answer":"ENOKI","Explanation":"Definition: Edible fungus\nOK in WINE< minus W"}
-{"Clue":"Former standards having to kick in for very old-fashioned fusspot (10)","Answer":"SQUARE-TOES","Explanation":"Definition: Former standards having to kick in for very old-fashioned fusspot (10)\nTOE (kick) in SQUARES (Shakespearian standards)"}
-{"Clue":"A couple of knaves getting on top of one in nasty spots (7)","Answer":"PURPURA","Explanation":"Definition: nasty spots\nTwice PUR (a jack, in cards) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Completely clean rupee, one of them crumpled (6)","Answer":"REPURE","Explanation":"Definition: Completely clean\nAnagram of RUPEE + R[upee]"}
-{"Clue":"What makes it impossible to straighten coils is so awkward (9)","Answer":"SCOLIOSIS","Explanation":"Definition: What makes it impossible to straighten\n(COILS IS SO)"}
-{"Clue":"Well imbued, after exchange of parts (4)","Answer":"EDDY","Explanation":"Definition: Well\nDYED with its two halves swapped"}
-{"Clue":"Girl with work among ladies is missing lively dance (9)","Answer":"GALLOPADE","Explanation":"Definition: lively dance\nGAP + OP in LADIES less IS"}
-{"Clue":"Calcium modified salty earth, influence in chemical make-up (8)","Answer":"CATALYSE","Explanation":"Definition: influence in chemical make-up\nCA + SALTY* + E"}
-{"Clue":"Parliament head in woolly tangle in Holyrood ? (7)","Answer":"KNESSET","Explanation":"Definition: Parliament\nNESS in KET (Scots for metted wool)"}
-{"Clue":"Dwelling hut, place going up to house friend overseas (6)","Answer":"MIA-MIA","Explanation":"Definition: Dwelling hut\nAMI in reverse of AIM (to place, says Chambers)"}
-{"Clue":"Appendage to mitre one's donned almost without cuts (6)","Answer":"INFULA","Explanation":"Definition: Appendage to mitre\nIN FUL[L] + A"}
-{"Clue":"Relish cooking cuts briefly in ovens (5)","Answer":"LEHRS","Explanation":"Definition: ovens\nRELISH* less I'"}
-{"Clue":"Drive away with van (4)","Answer":"GOAD","Explanation":"Definition: Drive\nGO (away, as an imperative) + AD (both \"ad\" and \"van\" are short for \"advantage\" in tennis)"}
-{"Clue":"Pad or shorten? (8)","Answer":"COMPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Pad\nDouble definition (the pad being one used in first aid etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Unruffled college head dressed in tartan (6)","Answer":"PLACID","Explanation":"Definition: Unruffled\nC[ollege] in PLAID"}
-{"Clue":"Same ship, different stress (8)","Answer":"EMPHASIS","Explanation":"Definition: stress\n(SAME SHIP)"}
-{"Clue":"A ship-to-shore cable (6)","Answer":"HAWSER","Explanation":"Definition: A ship-to-shore cable\nCryptic definition (the clue is trying to suggest a telegram rather than the literal cable used in docking a ship)"}
-{"Clue":"Tall and thin and large, awkward Yank (5)","Answer":"LANKY","Explanation":"Definition: Tall and thin\nL + YANK"}
-{"Clue":"Big-headed celebrity! (9)","Answer":"GREATNESS","Explanation":"Definition: celebrity\nGREAT (big) + NESS (head)"}
-{"Clue":"Assortment of cigars there's to be found in a shop (4,8)","Answer":"CASH REGISTER","Explanation":"Definition: to be found in a shop\n(CIGARS THERES)"}
-{"Clue":"The French marche militaire? (12)","Answer":"MARSEILLAISE","Explanation":"Definition: The French marche militaire\nCryptic(ish) definition"}
-{"Clue":"Long-term category for art students? (4,5)","Answer":"LIFE CLASS","Explanation":"Definition: art students\nLIFE (long prison term) + CLASS (category)"}
-{"Clue":"United to make reparation (5)","Answer":"ATONE","Explanation":"Definition: to make reparation\nUnited = AT ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Ruined, becoming used to it (6)","Answer":"INURED","Explanation":"Definition: used to it\nRUINED"}
-{"Clue":"Snakeskin shoe? (8)","Answer":"MOCCASIN","Explanation":"Definition: shoe\nThere are several types of moccasin snake"}
-{"Clue":"Biblical judge required? Dig one out (6)","Answer":"GIDEON","Explanation":"Definition: Biblical judge\n(DIG ONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Cut that could be needless (8)","Answer":"LESSENED","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\nNEEDLESS"}
-{"Clue":"American language with new role in church (6)","Answer":"CREOLE","Explanation":"Definition: American\nROLE* in CE, and two definitions: a creole is a language that is a \"mixture\" of others, and the word is also used to describe settlers in Louisiana (or possibly the definition is just \"American language\", but I think that works less well)"}
-{"Clue":"Feeling depressed, give doctor a ring (6)","Answer":"MOPING","Explanation":"Definition: Feeling depressed\nMO (Medical Officer) + PING"}
-{"Clue":"Previously prepared to study, boy and girl pulled up (5-4)","Answer":"READY MADE","Explanation":"Definition: Previously prepared\nREAD (study) + reverse of ED + AMY"}
-{"Clue":"Way to avoid duty at sea? (5,3,4)","Answer":"SWING THE LEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Way to avoid duty at sea\nCryptic definition \u2013 another one with nautical references, this time trying to suggest smugglers, but instead it's a phrase meaning avoiding work. I think the clue would work better grammatically if it was \"How to avoid\u2026\""}
-{"Clue":"This said, repair is quickest (5)","Answer":"LEAST","Explanation":"Definition: This said, repair is quickest\nReference to the saying \"least said, soonest mended\""}
-{"Clue":"Recorder involved in test case (8)","Answer":"CASSETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Recorder\n(TEST CASE)"}
-{"Clue":"When Roy rides out, it's laughable (8)","Answer":"DERISORY","Explanation":"Definition: laughable\n(ROY RIDES)"}
-{"Clue":"Ike and Monty rent a shop (7,5)","Answer":"GENERAL STORE","Explanation":"Definition: a shop\nGENERALS (as Ike and Monty were) + TORE (rent)"}
-{"Clue":"Examples of incessant change (9)","Answer":"INSTANCES","Explanation":"Definition: Examples\nINCESSANT"}
-{"Clue":"The little devil! Telling stories, making insinuations (8)","Answer":"IMPLYING","Explanation":"Definition: making insinuations\nIMP + LYING"}
-{"Clue":"With great insight, golf club has filled a key staff vacancy (8)","Answer":"PROFOUND","Explanation":"Definition: With great insight\nThe club has recruited a professional, so the PRO is FOUND"}
-{"Clue":"I snoop around to discover cause of death (6)","Answer":"POISON","Explanation":"Definition: cause of death\n(I SNOOP)"}
-{"Clue":"Did lines, when kept in (6)","Answer":"PENNED","Explanation":"Definition: Did lines\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Communist firm about belief (5)","Answer":"CREDO","Explanation":"Definition: belief\nRED in CO"}
-{"Clue":"It might be barricaded, so you'll have to pee elsewhere (2-2,4)","Answer":"NO-GO AREA","Explanation":"Definition: It might be barricaded\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"9 Pull up second best drink (4,5)","Answer":"STOP SHORT","Explanation":"Definition: Pull up\nS[econd] + TOP (best) + SHORT (drink \u2013 e.g. a shot of spirits in a pub)"}
-{"Clue":"City's time-consuming trading floor areas, a main obstacle, it's said (10)","Answer":"PITTSBURGH","Explanation":"Definition: City\nHomophone of \"pits\" + \"[ice]berg\" *Thanks to Rullytully for the correction: the PITTS part is T in PITS"}
-{"Clue":"Picture maker shows the doctor punched by a right and left (6)","Answer":"WARHOL","Explanation":"Definition: Picture maker\nA R in [Doctor] WHO + L"}
-{"Clue":"Defence of police officer who's in thick with a potentially violent crowd? (4,4)","Answer":"RIOT GEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Defence of police officer who's in thick with a potentially violent crowd\nAs far as I can see this is just a (not very cryptic and rather verbose) definition. Am I missing something?"}
-{"Clue":"Check by golfer on each prominent US family member (7)","Answer":"CHELSEA","Explanation":"Definition: prominent US family member\nCH (check, as in chess) + [Ernie] ELS + EA. Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill & Hillary"}
-{"Clue":"Hot sexual desire, no uncontrolled movement \u2014 that deserves a medal, maybe! (7)","Answer":"HEROISM","Explanation":"Definition: that deserves a medal, maybe\nH + EROTICISM less TIC"}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary cart heading off with city's protection (8)","Answer":"UMBRELLA","Explanation":"Definition: protection\n[T]UMBREL (cart that carried people to the guillotine during the French Revolution) + LA (Los Angeles)"}
-{"Clue":"Representations of modern culture left around the state (3,3)","Answer":"POP ART","Explanation":"Definition: Representations of modern culture\nPA (Pennsylvania) in PORT"}
-{"Clue":"Mix fluid after rinse (10)","Answer":"FRATERNISE","Explanation":"Definition: Mix\n(AFTER RINSE)"}
-{"Clue":"Drug king apprehended by former athletics star (4)","Answer":"COKE","Explanation":"Definition: Drug\nK in [Sebastian, now Lord] COE"}
-{"Clue":"Misses reverse gear (extremely laborious) (5)","Answer":"GIRLS","Explanation":"Definition: Misses\nReverse of RIG + L[aboriou]S"}
-{"Clue":"Year before getting paid results in hunger (8)","Answer":"YEARNING","Explanation":"Definition: hunger\nY + EARNING"}
-{"Clue":"Foundation spa's dog-washing device (8)","Answer":"FOOTBATH","Explanation":"Definition: dog-washing device\nFOOT (foundation) BATH (spa). I'm not sure what the dog is doing here.."}
-{"Clue":"Very excited starter? (4)","Answer":"SOUP","Explanation":"Definition: starter\nSO + UP"}
-{"Clue":"Launch fitting with a different side indicator (6)","Answer":"PROPEL","Explanation":"Definition: Launch\nPROPER (fitting) with the second R changed to L[eft]"}
-{"Clue":"To conduct yourself with love in a Quaker family works (7)","Answer":"FACTORY","Explanation":"Definition: works\nACT + O in FRY (Quaker family that included Elizabeth, prison reformer, currently depicted on the \u00a35 note)"}
-{"Clue":"It's bad for circulation of mobile toy sales (8)","Answer":"ASYSTOLE","Explanation":"Definition: It's bad for circulation\n(TOY SALES)* \u2013 asystole is \"flatlining\", so more a lack of circulation than something that's bad for it"}
-{"Clue":"Which market researchers might use to sharpen image of pop musicians? (5,5)","Answer":"FOCUS GROUP","Explanation":"Definition: Which market researchers might use\nFOCUS (sharpen) + [pop] GROUP"}
-{"Clue":"Mark's mathematical symbol covering temperature (6)","Answer":"STIGMA","Explanation":"Definition: Mark\nT in SIGMA (Greek letter, used in maths to indicate a sum)"}
-{"Clue":"For some students, months of learning literary composition in Her Majesty's care (6,4)","Answer":"HILARY TERM","Explanation":"Definition: For some students, months of learning\nLITERARY* in HM. Hilary is the second term of the academic year at the universities of Oxford and Dublin"}
-{"Clue":"Plant turning out eg lasers (8)","Answer":"EELGRASS","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\n(EG LASERS)"}
-{"Clue":"Landing a blow and bringing the match alive? (8)","Answer":"STRIKING","Explanation":"Definition: Landing a blow\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Name mainly used when king enters (7)","Answer":"MARILYN","Explanation":"Definition: Name\nR in MAINLY. This took me much longer thanit should have because I wanted it to be a word ending in -NYM"}
-{"Clue":"Lifting skirt to get on \u2014 it's not what it seems (6)","Answer":"MIRAGE","Explanation":"Definition: it's not what it seems\nReverse of RIM + AGE (to get on)"}
-{"Clue":"Slapstick exponent encountered by Simon? (6)","Answer":"PIEMAN","Explanation":"Definition: encountered by Simon\nAs the nursery rhyme says, \"Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair\". The slapstick exponent would use a custard pie"}
-{"Clue":"Examine, top to bottom, listening devices (4)","Answer":"CANS","Explanation":"Definition: listening devices\nSCAN with S moved to the end. \"Cans\" is used for \"headphones\" by sound techncians etc"}
-{"Clue":"To avoid losing energy, mother touring city gets guide (4,5)","Answer":"VADE MECUM","Explanation":"Definition: guide\nEVADE less its first E, + EC (postal area of the City of London) in MUM"}
-{"Clue":"Show disdain with clues written the wrong way (4)","Answer":"SPIT","Explanation":"Definition: Show disdain\nReverse of TIPS"}
-{"Clue":"Cameron and Osborne blocking current change (5)","Answer":"COINS","Explanation":"Definition: change\nI (symbol for electric current) \"blocked by\" CONS[ervatives]"}
-{"Clue":"Battling with foremost of setters and their art (9)","Answer":"SWORDPLAY","Explanation":"Definition: Battling\nS[etters] + WORDPLAY"}
-{"Clue":"New dialect coming from area around mouth? (7)","Answer":"DELTAIC","Explanation":"Definition: coming from area around mouth\nDIALECT*, the mouth being that of a river, i.e. a delta"}
-{"Clue":"Then I see inside bright lobby (7)","Answer":"SOLICIT","Explanation":"Definition: lobby\nSO (then) + I C in LIT"}
-{"Clue":"Stuck a fancy note and cards in post (2,4,4,3)","Answer":"AT ONE\u2019S WITS\u2019 END","Explanation":"Definition: Stuck\nA + NOTE* + WITS in SEND"}
-{"Clue":"Students don't easily follow concept in political philosophy (5,8)","Answer":"CLASS STRUGGLE","Explanation":"Definition: concept in political philosophy\nCLASS (students) + STRUGGLE (don't easily follow)"}
-{"Clue":"Stargazer is someone with a conviction about one constellation (7)","Answer":"GALILEO","Explanation":"Definition: Stargazer\nReverse of LAG (convict) + I LEO"}
-{"Clue":"Firm with a flipping furious worker (7)","Answer":"ADAMANT","Explanation":"Definition: Firm\nA + reverse of MAD + ANT"}
-{"Clue":"Fat, eating rubbish? Time I'm sent away to get a petite figure (9)","Answer":"STATUETTE","Explanation":"Definition: petite figure\nTAT in SUET + TIME less I'M"}
-{"Clue":"Terrorists backing intelligence from Middle Eastern country (5)","Answer":"IRAQI","Explanation":"Definition: from Middle Eastern country\nIRA + reverse of IQ"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of excitement for people dating? (4)","Answer":"ITEM","Explanation":"Definition: people dating\nHidden in excITEMent"}
-{"Clue":"What could be 90-ton lightweight (9)","Answer":"NONENTITY","Explanation":"Definition: lightweight\n(NINETY TON)"}
-{"Clue":"Sin by iconic rebel clergyman (4-4)","Answer":"VICE-DEAN","Explanation":"Definition: clergyman\nVICE (sin) + [James] DEAN"}
-{"Clue":"Bore physician, needing his services (5)","Answer":"DRILL","Explanation":"Definition: Bore\nDR + ILL"}
-{"Clue":"Where the rubber trade's plied, or a maple sugar's refined (7,7)","Answer":"MASSAGE PARLOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Where the rubber trade's plied\n(OR A MAPLE SUGARS)* \u2013 people are \"rubbed\" in a massage parlour."}
-{"Clue":"With assets emptied, taps into business with good revenue stream (7)","Answer":"CASHCOW","Explanation":"Definition: good revenue stream\nA[sset]S + H C (tap) in CO + W. Chambers only gies this as two words."}
-{"Clue":"Flash behind TV when satellite disappears (7)","Answer":"MOONSET","Explanation":"Definition: when satellite disappears\nMOON (\"to display the bare buttocks for insult or shock value\") + SET (TV)"}
-{"Clue":"Tracker of criminal traveller given \u00a31,000 to hide diamonds twice (6,3)","Answer":"POLICE DOG","Explanation":"Definition: Tracker of criminal\nICE (slang for diamonds) + D[iamonds] in [Marco] POLO (traveller) + G[rand] (\u00a31000)"}
-{"Clue":"Car's a trifle old, reaching junction in reverse (6)","Answer":"TOYOTA","Explanation":"Definition: Car\nReverse of A + TOY + O + T"}
-{"Clue":"Flattery overwhelms daughter in cute pants, it's learnt later (5,9)","Answer":"ADULT EDUCATION","Explanation":"Definition: it's learnt later\nD in CUTE* (with \"pants\" as the anagram indicator), in (\"overwhemed by\") ADULATION"}
-{"Clue":"Be undecided about transformation in Tesla coil (9)","Answer":"OSCILLATE","Explanation":"Definition: Be undecided\n(TESLA COIL)"}
-{"Clue":"Renovate expensively \u2014 grand door frames provided (8)","Answer":"GENTRIFY","Explanation":"Definition: Renovate expensively\nG + IF (provided) in ENTRY"}
-{"Clue":"Back off beach, returning catch to dock (7)","Answer":"SHORTEN","Explanation":"Definition: dock\nSHOR[E] + reverse of NET"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of deal involved aid with rent (5-2)","Answer":"TRADE-IN","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of deal\n(AID RENT)"}
-{"Clue":"Ex-champ is a legend wanting a comeback (6)","Answer":"AGASSI","Explanation":"Definition: Ex-champ\nReverse of IS SAGA"}
-{"Clue":"Entering capital, turned up taxi counters (5)","Answer":"ABACI","Explanation":"Definition: counters\nReverse of CAB in A1"}
-{"Clue":"Smooth wrapping paper, easily damaged? (7)","Answer":"FRAGILE","Explanation":"Definition: easily damaged\nRAG (newspaper) in FILE (to smooth)"}
-{"Clue":"Sprout inspiring celebrated bird (7)","Answer":"BUSTARD","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nSTAR in BUD"}
-{"Clue":"Oliver Twist, perhaps, in the Queen's Speech on a regular basis (5)","Answer":"OFTEN","Explanation":"Definition: on a regular basis\n\"Often\" used to be pronounced \"orphan\" by in some accents, including the Queen's, and perhaps still is"}
-{"Clue":"British dependency no good for flamingoes in a storm (4,2,3)","Answer":"ISLE OF MAN","Explanation":"Definition: British dependency\nFLAMINGOES* less G"}
-{"Clue":"Spot recalled into which hefty eater takes a great deal \u2014 that's behind the tongue (10)","Answer":"EPIGLOTTIS","Explanation":"Definition: that's behind the tongue\nPIG + LOT in reverse of SITE"}
-{"Clue":"Popular daily, vacuous newspaper in short? (4)","Answer":"INDY","Explanation":"Definition: newspaper in short\nIN (popular) + D[ail]Y \u2013 nickname for The Independent"}
-{"Clue":"Christmas crackers to grip on, those for Elizabeth? (11)","Answer":"MONARCHISTS","Explanation":"Definition: those for Elizabeth\nON in CHRISTMAS"}
-{"Clue":"Those making rowdy brawls from fairy lights, perhaps? (11)","Answer":"SPOONERISMS","Explanation":"Definition: Those making rowdy brawls from fairy lights, perhaps\n\"Lairy fights\", which could mean \"rowdy brawls\", is a spoonerism of \"fairy lights\". In the absence of other wordplay and the crucial checking letter, I wondered if this could be SPOONERISTS, but there seems to be no such word"}
-{"Clue":"Crackers \u2014 what are they for? (4)","Answer":"NUTS","Explanation":"Definition: Crackers\nDouble definition: nuts = mad = crackers, and a (topical) reference to nutcrackers"}
-{"Clue":"Censor wicked and loathsome extremists heading for Richmond in US state capital (10)","Answer":"BOWDLERISE","Explanation":"Definition: Censor\nW[icke]D + L[oathsom]E + R[ichmond] in BOISE (capital of Idaho)"}
-{"Clue":"Hasty devil, posh as it happens, scoffing last of vol-au-vents (9)","Answer":"IMPULSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Hasty\nIMP + U + [vol-au-vent]S in LIVE (as it happens)"}
-{"Clue":"Tax contributing to development, it helps (5)","Answer":"TITHE","Explanation":"Definition: Tax\nHidden in developmenT IT HElps"}
-{"Clue":"Christmas present in obscurity (7)","Answer":"NOWHERE","Explanation":"Definition: in obscurity\nNOW (Christmas) + HERE (present)"}
-{"Clue":"Little time on Whale Island (7)","Answer":"MINORCA","Explanation":"Definition: Island\nMIN[ute] + ORCA (killer whale)"}
-{"Clue":"Those in the red hats initially stuffing turkey in retail establishment (6,4)","Answer":"FLOWER SHOP","Explanation":"Definition: retail establishment\nOWERS (those in [the] red) + H[ats] in FLOP (turkey, as in a unsuccessful play, etc)"}
-{"Clue":"A Norway spruce in part of Northern Ireland (6)","Answer":"ANTRIM","Explanation":"Definition: part of Northern Ireland\nA + N + TRIM"}
-{"Clue":"Man in life, flawed genius primarily, as writer (3,7)","Answer":"IAN FLEMING","Explanation":"Definition: writer\n(MAN IN LIFE)* + G[enius]"}
-{"Clue":"Cardinal virtue finally turning up, little time to live (5)","Answer":"EXIST","Explanation":"Definition: to live\nReverse of SIX (cardinal number) + [virtu]E + T[ime]"}
-{"Clue":"Game all I cooked in partridges etc (9)","Answer":"BILLIARDS","Explanation":"Definition: Game\n(ALL I)* in BIRDS"}
-{"Clue":"Advise against a plate of food Boxing Day (8)","Answer":"ADMONISH","Explanation":"Definition: Advise against\nMON[day] in A DISH"}
-{"Clue":"Foppish behaviour in mind say, dude's first to gyrate (8)","Answer":"DANDYISM","Explanation":"Definition: Foppish behaviour\n(MIND SAY D[ude])"}
-{"Clue":"Box clever in the end, entering school as writer (10)","Answer":"CHESTERTON","Explanation":"Definition: writer\nCHEST (box) + [cleve]R in ETON"}
-{"Clue":"Make dull creations lively (9)","Answer":"NARCOTISE","Explanation":"Definition: Make dull\nCREATIONS"}
-{"Clue":"A newspaper I love in outskirts of Chilean capital (8)","Answer":"ASUNCION","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nA SUN + I O in C[hilea]N. Asunci\u00f3n is the capital of Paraguay"}
-{"Clue":"What's up high, punched by old boxer? (8)","Answer":"SOUTHPAW","Explanation":"Definition: boxer\nO in (WHAT'S UP)*. Southpaw is (mostly US) slang for a left-handed boxer, or a left-handed person generally"}
-{"Clue":"Scrooge investing capital in theory \u2014 that's how he's known (6)","Answer":"MISTER","Explanation":"Definition: that's how he's known\nT[heory] in MISER"}
-{"Clue":"Wilder verbal attack starts in European city (6)","Answer":"GENEVA","Explanation":"Definition: European city\nGENE (G. Wilder, actor) + V[erbal] A[ttacks]"}
-{"Clue":"Ultimately, reverie in short? (5)","Answer":"DREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Ultimately, reverie in short\n[reveri]E in DRAM (shot of whisky etc, a \"short\"), &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Down which Father Christmas sped, did you say? (4)","Answer":"FLUE","Explanation":"Definition: Down which Father Christmas\nHomophone of \"flew\" . If you don't like \"Down which Father Christmas\" as a definition, perhaps you can take the clue as another &lit."}
-{"Clue":"National articles (including a series of letters) (6)","Answer":"AFGHAN","Explanation":"Definition: National\nFGH (consecutive letters of the alphabet) in A + AN"}
-{"Clue":"Said to hitch up with the enemy of the sea (8)","Answer":"MARITIME","Explanation":"Definition: of the sea\n\"Marry\" + TIME (proverbially \"the enemy\")"}
-{"Clue":"Bird has no energy to collect dole money for the landlord (8)","Answer":"PUBLICAN","Explanation":"Definition: landlord\nU[nemployment] B[enefit] in PELICAN less E"}
-{"Clue":"Read about redhead getting tough (6)","Answer":"STURDY","Explanation":"Definition: tough\nR[ed] in STUDY"}
-{"Clue":"Good or bad, sits a plant (12)","Answer":"SATISFACTORY","Explanation":"Definition: Good\n(SITS A)* + FACTORY"}
-{"Clue":"Not in favour of Ain't Misbehavin' (4)","Answer":"ANTI","Explanation":"Definition: Not in favour of\nAIN'T"}
-{"Clue":"Porter back in speed move (8)","Answer":"RELOCATE","Explanation":"Definition: move\nReverse of COLE (Porter, songwriter) in RATE"}
-{"Clue":"The odds on awful scoop splashed out in the paper (8)","Answer":"FOOLSCAP","Explanation":"Definition: paper\nAnagram of odd letters of AwFuL + SCOOP"}
-{"Clue":"God of generosity (4)","Answer":"EROS","Explanation":"Definition: God\nHidden in genEROSity"}
-{"Clue":"What makes Bunny buy into pretentious behaviour? (4-8)","Answer":"NAME-DROPPING","Explanation":"Definition: pretentious behaviour\nIf you remove the \"names\" (Ns) from BUNNY you get BUY"}
-{"Clue":"Not half kick, my chilli pickles (6)","Answer":"KIMCHI","Explanation":"Definition: pickles\nFirst halves of KIck My CHIlli. Kimchi is a very popular dish in Korea"}
-{"Clue":"Fast harmful drugs here (8)","Answer":"PHARMACY","Explanation":"Definition: drugs here\nHARM in PACY"}
-{"Clue":"A single ship? That's a joke (3-5)","Answer":"ONE-LINER","Explanation":"Definition: That's a joke\nONE + LINER"}
-{"Clue":"European leader to disappear a hundred times (6)","Answer":"DANISH","Explanation":"Definition: European\nVANISH with its \"leader\" V (5) replaced by D (500)"}
-{"Clue":"What's better than a full house as cause for reform? (4,4)","Answer":"FOUR ACES","Explanation":"Definition: What's better than a full house\n(CAUSE FOR)* \u2013 reference to Poker hands"}
-{"Clue":"Keeps register to put a stop to motion (4,5)","Answer":"HOLD STILL","Explanation":"Definition: put a stop to motion\nHOLDS TILL"}
-{"Clue":"Fine point of Germanic etymology (6)","Answer":"NICETY","Explanation":"Definition: Fine point\nHidden in germaNIC ETYmology"}
-{"Clue":"Order to pen rap music part here (10,5)","Answer":"MANUSCRIPT PAPER","Explanation":"Definition: here\n(PEN RAP MUSIC PART)"}
-{"Clue":"Roguish partner chasing roguish cars (8)","Answer":"RASCALLY","Explanation":"Definition: Roguish\nCARS* + ALLY"}
-{"Clue":"Ultimately slept with family member to be provocative (5)","Answer":"TAUNT","Explanation":"Definition: be provocative\n[slep]T + AUNT"}
-{"Clue":"A communist uprising blocks proposal for temperance (10)","Answer":"MODERATION","Explanation":"Definition: temperance\nReverse of A RED in MOTION"}
-{"Clue":"Hotel needs hand in development (10)","Answer":"INNOVATION","Explanation":"Definition: development\nINN + OVATION"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps bishop with cold mouth and nose first to catch dreaded disease (9)","Answer":"CLERGYMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps bishop\n[The dreaded] LERGY in initial letters of Cold Mouth And Nose. Chambers only gives the spellings LURGY and LURGI for the disease (originally from the Goon Show)."}
-{"Clue":"Stinger capable of releasing poison? It's often nasty to begin with (8)","Answer":"SCORPION","Explanation":"Definition: Stinger capable of releasing poison? It's often nasty to begin with\nFirst letters of Stinger Capable Of Releasing Poison It's Often Nasty, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Vulgar criminal Blair indicted at last (6)","Answer":"RIBALD","Explanation":"Definition: Vulgar\nBLAIR* + [indicte]D"}
-{"Clue":"Be good when 40, as they say (5)","Answer":"EXCEL","Explanation":"Definition: Be good\nHomophone of XL (Roman numerals for 40)"}
-{"Clue":"He composed some enjoyable harmonies (5)","Answer":"LEHAR","Explanation":"Definition: He composed\nHidden in enjoyabLE HARmonies"}
-{"Clue":"Destroy and put into a bag (9)","Answer":"VANDALISE","Explanation":"Definition: Destroy\nAND in VALISE"}
-{"Clue":"He tries to swindle with a business offer (9)","Answer":"CONTENDER","Explanation":"Definition: He tries\nCON + TENDER"}
-{"Clue":"One is vertical in flight (5)","Answer":"RISER","Explanation":"Definition: One is vertical in flight\nCryptic defintion \u2013 the \"flight\" is a staircase"}
-{"Clue":"Today's most popular writer? (7)","Answer":"BALLPEN","Explanation":"Definition: Today's most popular writer\nCryptic definintion, I suppose, the idea being that ballpoints are the most commonly used pens nowadays"}
-{"Clue":"Extract from part of a book about a ship (7)","Answer":"PASSAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Extract\nA SS in PAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Not the best way to beat an opponent? (5)","Answer":"WORST","Explanation":"Definition: Not the best\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Organ with a drum (3)","Answer":"EAR","Explanation":"Definition: Organ with a drum\nCryptic (or literal) definition"}
-{"Clue":"The depth of depression (5)","Answer":"NADIR","Explanation":"Definition: The depth of depression\nCryptic (again, not very) definition"}
-{"Clue":"Set of teeth chatter uncontrollably (7)","Answer":"RATCHET","Explanation":"Definition: Set of teeth\nCHATTER"}
-{"Clue":"The estate agent's lying (7)","Answer":"SITUATE","Explanation":"Definition: The estate agent's lying\nCryptic definition \u2013 as in \"the property situtate at 27 High Street..\", though I would have thought that was more typical of lawyers' language (e.g. in title deeds) than of estate agents'"}
-{"Clue":"Disciplinary panel, when assembled (5)","Answer":"PENAL","Explanation":"Definition: Disciplinary\nPANEL"}
-{"Clue":"Quite composed and skilled, to be fair (9)","Answer":"EQUITABLE","Explanation":"Definition: to be fair\nQUITE* + ABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Agreed it's forged, detectives admitted (9)","Answer":"COINCIDED","Explanation":"Definition: Agreed\nCID in COINED"}
-{"Clue":"Risk having a dog at home (5)","Answer":"INCUR","Explanation":"Definition: Risk\nA dog at home is an IN CUR"}
-{"Clue":"Look in British Columbia for powerful alliance (4)","Answer":"BLOC","Explanation":"Definition: powerful alliance\nLO in BC"}
-{"Clue":"Name in credit as thriller writer (8)","Answer":"CHANDLER","Explanation":"Definition: thriller writer\nHANDLE in CR"}
-{"Clue":"No charge is made, so get release (4)","Answer":"FREE","Explanation":"Definition: No charge is made\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Words in action? (8)","Answer":"EVIDENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Words in action\nCryptic definition, referring to a legal action"}
-{"Clue":"Catch the blame after net is damaged (6)","Answer":"ENTRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Catch\nNET* + RAP"}
-{"Clue":"A cross can't be played with \u2014 it's very holy (10)","Answer":"SACROSANCT","Explanation":"Definition: very holy\n(A CROSS CAN'T)"}
-{"Clue":"Light sleep? (6)","Answer":"SIESTA","Explanation":"Definition: Light sleep\nCryptic definition: I suppose referring to the fact that siestas are taken in the daytime"}
-{"Clue":"Expensive address (4)","Answer":"DEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Expensive\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One who submits to retreat (5)","Answer":"BOWER","Explanation":"Definition: One who submits\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Jet noise ban (5-5)","Answer":"PITCH-BLACK","Explanation":"Definition: Jet\nPITCH (noise, as in the pitch of a note, I assume) + BLACK (ban)"}
-{"Clue":"Profiteer without gain \u2014 that is strange (5)","Answer":"EERIE","Explanation":"Definition: strange\nPROFITEER less PROFIT + I.E."}
-{"Clue":"Rings about noises (8)","Answer":"RESOUNDS","Explanation":"Definition: Rings\nRE + SOUNDS"}
-{"Clue":"It's no advantage to retire (8)","Answer":"DRAWBACK","Explanation":"Definition: no advantage\nTo retire is to DRAW BACK"}
-{"Clue":"Set up games around pub \u2014 one game in particular (6)","Answer":"TENNIS","Explanation":"Definition: one game in particular\nReverse of INN in SET (games \u2013 not the \"set\" that's in the clue)"}
-{"Clue":"With it, the essay is without purpose (6)","Answer":"TRENDY","Explanation":"Definition: With it\nEND in TRY"}
-{"Clue":"Old northerner caught in trap (4)","Answer":"PICT","Explanation":"Definition: Old northerner\nC in PIT"}
-{"Clue":"Small group to split over religious instruction (4)","Answer":"TRIO","Explanation":"Definition: Small group\nRI in TO"}
-{"Clue":"Book the last waltz in time (4)","Answer":"EZRA","Explanation":"Definition: Book\n[walt]Z in ERA"}
-{"Clue":"E.g. fringe publish campaign's opener in shed (7)","Answer":"HAIRCUT","Explanation":"Definition: E.g. fringe\nAIR + C[ampaign] in HUT"}
-{"Clue":"Syringes creating nervy attitude, we hear? (5)","Answer":"HYPOS","Explanation":"Definition: Syringes\nHomophone of \"high pose\""}
-{"Clue":"Pa quitting procession travelled up north (4)","Answer":"RADE","Explanation":"Definition: travelled up north\n[PA]RADE \u2013 \"rade\" is a Scottish or Northern variant of \"rode\""}
-{"Clue":"Ditch job in Oz, good split (4)","Answer":"GRIP","Explanation":"Definition: Ditch\nG + RIP, with two definitions, both a bit obscure: a small ditch, and an Australian word for a job"}
-{"Clue":"Anchor securing net at sea with line as ballast (9)","Answer":"KENTLEDGE","Explanation":"Definition: ballast\nNET* + L in KEDGE (anchor)"}
-{"Clue":"A grey gee transported Scottish pedlar (6)","Answer":"YAGGER","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish pedlar\n(A GREY G)"}
-{"Clue":"Allure and experience surrounding Wellington, according to Boney? (6)","Answer":"SEDUCE","Explanation":"Definition: Allure\nDUC (French for Duke) in SEE"}
-{"Clue":"Bones: look for them buried in Roman marketplaces (6)","Answer":"FEMORA","Explanation":"Definition: Bones\n'EM in FORA"}
-{"Clue":"Metrical form, hybrid, having to conform to its rules outwardly? (6)","Answer":"SCAZON","Explanation":"Definition: Metrical form\nZO (the famous and cruciverbially useful hybrid cattle) in SCAN (to follow prosodic rules). A Scazon is also known as a choliamb, whose definition will test your knowledge of poetical terminology: \"a variety of iambic trimeter having a spondee for an imabus at the sixth foot\". The names come from the Greek for \"limping\" or \"lame\"."}
-{"Clue":"Congenial (9)","Answer":"SIMPATICO","Explanation":"Definition: Congenial\nThe competition word"}
-{"Clue":"Magic one conceals this sprite maybe (4)","Answer":"ICON","Explanation":"Definition: sprite maybe\nHidden in magIC ONe, the definition relating to computer animation"}
-{"Clue":"Scots own highland region whence river emerges (4)","Answer":"NAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Scots own\nNAIRN less R"}
-{"Clue":"Polished \u2014\u2014? May be seen in Daphnis and Chloe, i.e. spinning (6)","Answer":"CHAIN\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: Polished \u2014\u2014? May be seen in Daphnis and Chloe, i.e. spinning\nComposite anagram \u2013 (DAPHNIS CHLOE IE)* = POLISHED CHAINE \u2013 &lit, because chain\u00e9 is a ballet term, and D&C is a ballet (by Ravel)"}
-{"Clue":"Herd drunk? Not I. I deferred maybe (5)","Answer":"KNELT","Explanation":"Definition: deferred maybe\nKINE LIT less I twice"}
-{"Clue":"Adherents of the Good Book garbled extent, introducing mass (7)","Answer":"TEXT-MEN","Explanation":"Definition: Adherents of the Good Book\nM in EXTENT"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe Scotch day shortened, weather fickle? (12)","Answer":"WHISKY-FRISKY","Explanation":"Definition: fickle\nWHISKY (Scotch, maybe) + FRI[day] + SKY (weather)"}
-{"Clue":"E.g. old bloodhound, hot in pursuit? (5)","Answer":"RACHE","Explanation":"Definition: E.g. old bloodhound\nH in RACE"}
-{"Clue":"Small group, a real laugh with last going to No. 1 (4)","Answer":"TRIO","Explanation":"Definition: Small group\nRIOT (as in \"he's a riot\") with the T moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"King off the fizz, King retaining energy for sport (6)","Answer":"RUGGER","Explanation":"Definition: sport\nE in KRUG (champagne) less K + K"}
-{"Clue":"Fine instruments? Composer must have died for us (6)","Answer":"STRADS","Explanation":"Definition: Fine instruments\nSTRAUSS (take your pick from several composers) with D replacing US"}
-{"Clue":"Fix upper limit on e.g. car modelled with bloke around (9)","Answer":"CHARGE-CAP","Explanation":"Definition: Fix upper limit on\n(EG CAR)* in CHAP"}
-{"Clue":"Glimpse person collared by a copper (6)","Answer":"APER\u00c7U","Explanation":"Definition: Glimpse\nPER in A CU"}
-{"Clue":"Arabesque is caught in dancing room (7)","Answer":"MORISCO","Explanation":"Definition: Arabesque\nIS C in ROOM"}
-{"Clue":"Knack, one which anglers have at heart (4)","Answer":"HANG","Explanation":"Definition: Knack\nHidden in whicH ANGlers \u2013 hang=knack as in \"get the hang of..\""}
-{"Clue":"What ministers show: latitude, fine in business centre (9)","Answer":"CLERICITY","Explanation":"Definition: What ministers show\nL + ERIC (an old blood-fine in Ireland) in CITY"}
-{"Clue":"Some dragonflies chase flies \u2013 name one (7)","Answer":"AESCHNA","Explanation":"Definition: Some dragonflies\nCHASE* + N A"}
-{"Clue":"Individual in Highland festival with lunar decoration? (6)","Answer":"MOONED","Explanation":"Definition: with lunar decoration\nONE in MOD (a kind of Highland festival)"}
-{"Clue":"Chaps in 'eadgear, one displaying tufty parts (6)","Answer":"AMENTA","Explanation":"Definition: tufty parts\nMEN in [H]AT + A, plural of \"amentum\", a catkin"}
-{"Clue":"One colt has raced round, given a kick? (6)","Answer":"SPICED","Explanation":"Definition: given a kick\nI C in SPED"}
-{"Clue":"On quitting Jerusalem, Italian consumed pasta (4)","Answer":"ZITI","Explanation":"Definition: pasta\nIT in ZI[ON]"}
-{"Clue":"Give way, almost, on cutting in, indicating diversion? (5)","Answer":"CONED","Explanation":"Definition: indicating diversion\nON in CED[E]. I found it mildly interesting that the wordplay in this clue and the previous one involves ON, given literally in the clue both times"}
-{"Clue":"Starts to mature after teenage years \u2013 too familiar? (4)","Answer":"MATY","Explanation":"Definition: too familiar\nInitial letters of Mature After Teenage Years"}
-{"Clue":"Finished dealing? It won't stop here (7,7)","Answer":"THROUGH TRAFFIC","Explanation":"Definition: It won't stop here\nTHROUGH (finished) + TRAFFIC (dealing)"}
-{"Clue":"Acclaim withdrawal of anti-Brit sentiment? (5)","Answer":"KUDOS","Explanation":"Definition: Acclaim\nReverse of SOD UK"}
-{"Clue":"He thinks he's Romeo, present on balcony (4,4)","Answer":"GOD\u2019S GIFT","Explanation":"Definition: He thinks he's Romeo\nGODS (upper balcony in a theatre) + GIFT (present)"}
-{"Clue":"Tip of tool piercing irregular hole in ancient artefact (7)","Answer":"NEOLITH","Explanation":"Definition: ancient artefact\nT[OOL] in (HOLE IN)"}
-{"Clue":"See you dispose of last two bits of Stilton, say, with port (7)","Answer":"CHEERIO","Explanation":"Definition: See you\nCHEE[SE] + RIO"}
-{"Clue":"Farmer's work clothes with durable fabric (5)","Answer":"TWILL","Explanation":"Definition: durable fabric\nW[ith] in TILL"}
-{"Clue":"Salesman wearing brown is bored in theatre (9)","Answer":"TREPANNED","Explanation":"Definition: bored in theatre\nREP in TANNED"}
-{"Clue":"On change of trade, factory offers tedious work (9)","Answer":"TREADMILL","Explanation":"Definition: tedious work\nTRADE* + MILL (factory)"}
-{"Clue":"Female artist's backing cut (5)","Answer":"SHEAR","Explanation":"Definition: cut\nSHE + reverse of RA"}
-{"Clue":"Seafood concession cut by demand (7)","Answer":"SCALLOP","Explanation":"Definition: Seafood\nCALL in SOP"}
-{"Clue":"He goes on to land after turning (7)","Answer":"WINDBAG","Explanation":"Definition: He goes on\nWIND (turning) + BAG (to land, e.g. a fish)"}
-{"Clue":"Sporting tours hosted by seven star players (8)","Answer":"VIRTUOSI","Explanation":"Definition: star players\nTOURS* in VII"}
-{"Clue":"Local's first in to deliver soothing treatment (5)","Answer":"SALVE","Explanation":"Definition: soothing treatment\nL[ocal] in SAVE"}
-{"Clue":"Best of United's wingers running round Hearts scorer? (6,8)","Answer":"GEORGE\u00a0GERSHWIN","Explanation":"Definition: scorer\nGEORGE (George Best played for Manchester United) + H in WINGERS"}
-{"Clue":"Carpeting and doing well at the job (6,2,4)","Answer":"TAKING\u00a0TO\u00a0TASK","Explanation":"Definition: Carpeting\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cattle round-up was carried over (5)","Answer":"RODEO","Explanation":"Definition: Cattle round-up\nRODE (was carried) + O[ver]"}
-{"Clue":"Little cakes topped and iced with no training necessary (9)","Answer":"UNSKILLED","Explanation":"Definition: with no training necessary\n[B]UNS + KILLED (ice, in gangster slang)"}
-{"Clue":"Snobbish type going off before Derby, perhaps (4,3)","Answer":"HIGH HAT","Explanation":"Definition: Snobbish type\nHIGH (going off, like old food) + HAT (a derby is a type of hat); I didn't know this expression: it means a top hat, and by extension the sort of person who wears one"}
-{"Clue":"Root's declaring, with last pair going berserk (7)","Answer":"RADICLE","Explanation":"Definition: Root\nAnagram of DECLARI[NG]"}
-{"Clue":"Ultimately, if you sing, you make intricate music (5)","Answer":"FUGUE","Explanation":"Definition: intricate music\nLast letters of iF yoU sinG yoU makE"}
-{"Clue":"What's gathered within barrier engineers brought in (9)","Answer":"INFERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: What's gathered\nRE in IN FENCE"}
-{"Clue":"\"Goners' ledger\" prepared here in London? (7,5)","Answer":"GOLDERS GREEN","Explanation":"Definition: here in London\n(GONERS LEDGER)"}
-{"Clue":"Like 10 and 27, not all recurring (9)","Answer":"ITERATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: recurring\nALLITERATIVE, as 10d and 27a are, less ALL. The other long answers \u2013 1a and 1d \u2013 are also alliterative (1a only by spelling, not pronunciation) so I'm surprised they weren't included in the clue"}
-{"Clue":"Those deserving a lighter sentence? (9)","Answer":"ARSONISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Those deserving a lighter sentence\nCryptic definition, arsonists being \"lighters\" of fires."}
-{"Clue":"Cave in Spain, base for one male tramp (7)","Answer":"IMPLODE","Explanation":"Definition: Cave in\nI + M + PLOD + E (Spain)"}
-{"Clue":"Devious fellow circumventing island's criminals (3,4)","Answer":"LOW LIFE","Explanation":"Definition: criminals\nI in FELLOW"}
-{"Clue":"Future change required, with rise of pound (5)","Answer":"LATER","Explanation":"Definition: Future\nALTER with the L (\u00a3) moved"}
-{"Clue":"Subordinate to roar half-heartedly (5)","Answer":"BELOW","Explanation":"Definition: Subordinate to\nBEL[L]OW"}
-{"Clue":"Initiates approaches to restrain old boys' clubs (9)","Answer":"COMMENCES","Explanation":"Definition: Initiates\nMEN (old boys) + C in COMES"}
-{"Clue":"Girl one met at a party (4)","Answer":"GALA","Explanation":"Definition: party\nGAL + A"}
-{"Clue":"It's part of a kit of beer supplied to Germany with chaser (4,4)","Answer":"BASS DRUM","Explanation":"Definition: It's part of a kit\nBASS (brand of beer) + D (Germany) + RUM (could be drunk as a chaser)"}
-{"Clue":"Boy initiated and carried out some spooning (6)","Answer":"LADLED","Explanation":"Definition: carried out some spooning\nLAD LED"}
-{"Clue":"Qualification shows everything about a girl (1,5)","Answer":"A LEVEL","Explanation":"Definition: Qualification\nEVE in ALL"}
-{"Clue":"Girl, star at last in Crazy Lady for about four weeks (5,3)","Answer":"LUNAR DAY","Explanation":"Definition: about four weeks\nUNA + [STA]R in LADY* \u2013 as the moon always shows the same face to us, its day is the same as a lunar month, i.e. about 29 days"}
-{"Clue":"New boy? (6)","Answer":"JUSTIN","Explanation":"Definition: boy\nNew = JUST IN"}
-{"Clue":"Ashdown's May forfeit at end of vote: a myth? Not exactly, at last (3,2,3)","Answer":"EAT MY HAT","Explanation":"Definition: Ashdown's May forfeit\n[VOT]E + (A MYTH)* + AT. Reference to Paddy Ashdown's promise that he would eat his hat if the exit polls at the UK General Election last May turned out be correct. They were, and he did (sort of)."}
-{"Clue":"It's sweet girl in some trouble (8)","Answer":"MOLASSES","Explanation":"Definition: It's sweet\nLASS in ~~MESS~~ SOME* *Thanks to those who pointed out my careless error here"}
-{"Clue":"Girl auto enthusiasts? (6)","Answer":"CARMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nCAR MEN"}
-{"Clue":"Girl to excel with food (8)","Answer":"BEATRICE","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nBEAT + RICE"}
-{"Clue":"Isn't able to get girl into bed (6)","Answer":"CANNOT","Explanation":"Definition: Isn't able to\nANN in COT"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman in Paris (capital!) to find a boy (6)","Answer":"JEROME","Explanation":"Definition: boy\nJE (French \"I\") + ROME"}
-{"Clue":"Girl sent crazy by LSD in the '60s (8)","Answer":"STERLING","Explanation":"Definition: LSD in the '60s\n(GIRL SENT)* \u2013 LSD being pounds, shillings and pence, as used up to 1971"}
-{"Clue":"Imperfect, flawed, failing you fundamentally? (4)","Answer":"IFFY","Explanation":"Definition: Imperfect, flawed, failing you fundamentally\nFirst letters &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps my girl's only starting letting loose (4,5)","Answer":"SONG TITLE","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps my girl\nS (from \"girl'S\") + O[nly] + LETTING* \u2013 the title of this song"}
-{"Clue":"Write badly without direction and make slow progress (5)","Answer":"CRAWL","Explanation":"Definition: make slow progress\nSCRAWL less S"}
-{"Clue":"Clue for a TV show where beer is made (4-3)","Answer":"MASH-VAT","Explanation":"Definition: where beer is made\nMASH VAT could be a clue for \"A TV\" \u2013 I think the fact that MASH is also a TV show is a red herring: \"show\" here is just a link-word"}
-{"Clue":"Enlist boy soldier, the last to be replaced by noon (5)","Answer":"ENROL","Explanation":"Definition: Enlist\nERROL with [soldie]R replaced by N"}
-{"Clue":"Boy and girl turned up sick inside (7)","Answer":"CAMILLE","Explanation":"Definition: Boy and girl\nILL in CAME \u2013 Camille can be either a boy's or girl's name"}
-{"Clue":"Sour spice used in and around Lent (9)","Answer":"SPLENETIC","Explanation":"Definition: Sour\nAnagram of SPICE \"in and around\" LENT \u2013 spLENeTic"}
-{"Clue":"Boy said to be heathen? (7)","Answer":"GODFREY","Explanation":"Definition: Boy\nHomophone of GOD-FREE"}
-{"Clue":"Middle of single bed that is badly askew, in which one gets no sleep (4,5)","Answer":"LIES AWAKE","Explanation":"Definition: gets no sleep\nL (middle of singLebed) + I.E. + A (one) in ASKEW"}
-{"Clue":"Cheerful Boatman's a mischievous chap, prone to compileritis? (2,7)","Answer":"UP ONESELF","Explanation":"Definition: prone to compileritis\nUP (cheerful) + ONE'S (Boatman's) + ELF \u2013 a bit of an in-joke, \"compileritis\" being many a word used on here by former commenter hedgehoggy to refer to \"showing off\" by setters"}
-{"Clue":"Unpleasant sensations, lacking love (9)","Answer":"NASTINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Unpleasant sensations, lacking love\nSENSATIONS* less O, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Two-part choral work has no place for heartless imp of a boy (7)","Answer":"ANTHONY","Explanation":"Definition: boy\nANTIPHONY less I[M]P"}
-{"Clue":"Subdues partner's boy (7)","Answer":"STEPSON","Explanation":"Definition: partner's boy\nSTEPS ON"}
-{"Clue":"Hairnet girl used for curling (7)","Answer":"RINGLET","Explanation":"Definition: Hair\nIt wouldn't be Boatman without a lift-and-separate: (NET GIRL)"}
-{"Clue":"Screw as a boy, perhaps eaten by lion? (5)","Answer":"CHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Screw\nHE in CAT"}
-{"Clue":"This animal under study could lead to grass (5)","Answer":"OUNCE","Explanation":"Definition: animal\nIf you put OUNCE under DEN you get DENOUNCE = tell on = grass"}
-{"Clue":"In the present state, article lies about leader in Ireland (2,2,2)","Answer":"AS IT IS","Explanation":"Definition: In the present state\nA + I in SITS"}
-{"Clue":"Adversary in Satan, ticklish (4)","Answer":"ANTI","Explanation":"Definition: Adversary\nHidden in satAN TIcklish"}
-{"Clue":"Those going through life with US and Iraq in conflict (10)","Answer":"QUALIFIERS","Explanation":"Definition: Those going through\n(LIFE US IRAQ)"}
-{"Clue":"Man thrown, lake emptied (6)","Answer":"CASTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Man\nCAST + L[ak]E \u2013 a Castle is a \"man\" in chess"}
-{"Clue":"Bum kneaded during dance \u2014 that's groping (8)","Answer":"FUMBLING","Explanation":"Definition: groping\nBUM* in FLING"}
-{"Clue":"Calf, perhaps, in a state (3,6)","Answer":"NEW JERSEY","Explanation":"Definition: a state\nThe calf could be a new[-born] Jersey cow"}
-{"Clue":"Is party lacking in cunning game? (1,3)","Answer":"I SPY","Explanation":"Definition: game\nIS PARTY less ART"}
-{"Clue":"See fruit (4)","Answer":"DATE","Explanation":"Definition: See\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Initially, two dances for the organ? (9,5)","Answer":"FINANCIAL TIMES","Explanation":"Definition: organ\nThis took me a while to spot: the Financial Times is often called the FT, and in the phonetic alphabet those two letters are Foxtrot and Tango \u2013 both dances"}
-{"Clue":"No sweat with this dance (8)","Answer":"CAKEWALK","Explanation":"Definition: No sweat with this\nDouble definition \u2013 if something is a cakewalk then it's very easy, or \"no sweat\""}
-{"Clue":"Fall in the US not entirely reversed, fifty shared (6)","Answer":"MUTUAL","Explanation":"Definition: shared\nReverse of AUTUM[n] + L"}
-{"Clue":"Back of wrist held in interpretation of rumba with wide lift (4,6)","Answer":"DUMB WAITER","Explanation":"Definition: lift\n[wris]T in (RUMBA WIDE)"}
-{"Clue":"Othello in James Bond? Not quite (4)","Answer":"MOOR","Explanation":"Definition: Othello\nJames Bond was played by Roger MOOR[e] in seven of the films"}
-{"Clue":"One patiently sitting at the riverside left in rage (6)","Answer":"ANGLER","Explanation":"Definition: One patiently sitting at the riverside\nL in ANGER"}
-{"Clue":"Goddess going after credit crunch (6)","Answer":"CRISIS","Explanation":"Definition: crunch\nCR + ISIS"}
-{"Clue":"Dance with me for some hanky-panky? (3,4)","Answer":"CON GAME","Explanation":"Definition: some hanky-panky\nCONGA + ME"}
-{"Clue":"Dance that's literarily unexpected (5)","Answer":"TWIST","Explanation":"Definition: Dance\nDouble definition \u2013 1960s dance, and an unexpected ending to a story (i.e. in literature, or \"literarily\" (I misread this as \"literally\", which might almost work)"}
-{"Clue":"Endless line of people in the money, no longer in need of a drink (7)","Answer":"LIQUEUR","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nQUEU[E] in LIR[A] (former currency of Italy, though still used in Turkey)"}
-{"Clue":"Dance throw over a short distance (6)","Answer":"SHIMMY","Explanation":"Definition: Dance\nI MM (i.e. one millimetre) in SHY"}
-{"Clue":"3 becomes 9? Then the magic ends (6,3)","Answer":"TRIPLE SEC","Explanation":"Definition: 3\nTRIPLES + [th]E [magi]C. Triple sec is a liqueur (3 down)"}
-{"Clue":"Giving is seasonal? (7)","Answer":"SPRINGY","Explanation":"Definition: Giving\nDouble definition \u2013 springy = like spring = seasonal"}
-{"Clue":"A few initially left troubled in the grip of disease \u2014 might they be lucky? (6,7)","Answer":"RAFFLE TICKETS","Explanation":"Definition: might they be lucky\nA + F[ew] + LEFT* in RICKETS"}
-{"Clue":"Little hesitation shifting butt around in dance \u2014 this one? (9)","Answer":"JITTERBUG","Explanation":"Definition: this one\nER (hesitation) in BUTT*, all in JIG"}
-{"Clue":"Horrifying figure, character rising up, calculating to the core (7)","Answer":"DRACULA","Explanation":"Definition: Horrifying figure\nReverse of CARD* (character) + middle letters of [calc]ULA[ting}"}
-{"Clue":"Lover stupidly mad with passion and fervour, ultimately (7)","Answer":"ADMIRER","Explanation":"Definition: Lover\nMAD* + IRE + [fervou]R"}
-{"Clue":"Stuck to salsa dancing (2,1,4)","Answer":"AT A LOSS","Explanation":"Definition: Stuck\n(TO SALSA)"}
-{"Clue":"Dance exercise covers a leading position (6)","Answer":"PAVANE","Explanation":"Definition: Dance\nA VAN in PE"}
-{"Clue":"Almost barking, dog's first to break cover (7)","Answer":"BANDANA","Explanation":"Definition: cover\nD[og] in BANANA[s] (mad, barking)"}
-{"Clue":"Bra came undone, which is ghastly (7)","Answer":"MACABRE","Explanation":"Definition: ghastly\n(BRA CAME)"}
-{"Clue":"Capital letters written in ink \u2014 a bulletin (5)","Answer":"KABUL","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nHidden in inK A BULletin"}
-{"Clue":"Defence given by ol' prince, closet racist? (9,11,4,3)","Answer":"POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD","Explanation":"Definition: Defence\nPOLITICAL CORRECTNESS is an anagram (GONE MAD) of OL' PRINCE, CLOSET RACIST \u2013 and sort of &lit, referring perhaps to Prince Philip's notoriously un-PC remarks. \n*288 corrected to 28 in published version"}
-{"Clue":"Marine animal rejected horse with one limb (10)","Answer":"NUDIBRANCH","Explanation":"Definition: Marine animal\nReverse of DUN + I BRANCH"}
-{"Clue":"Fuel flushed the wrong way by van, initially (4)","Answer":"DERV","Explanation":"Definition: Fuel\nReverse of RED + V[ehicle]. Derv is an acronym for Diesel Engined Road Vehicle, but means the diesel fuel itself"}
-{"Clue":"Where one's going with halves of tuna exchanged \u2014 that's poverty (11)","Answer":"DESTITUTION","Explanation":"Definition: poverty\nDESTINATION with TU replacing NA"}
-{"Clue":"[Pool superstar's cycled backwards] (4)","Answer":"LIDO","Explanation":"Definition: Pool\nIDOL \"cycled backwards\" \u2013 the brackets around the clue suggest that it will be replaced in the final version"}
-{"Clue":"Bar duo play during set of gigs (one sings) (10)","Answer":"TROUBADOUR","Explanation":"Definition: one sings\n(BAR DUO)* in TOUR"}
-{"Clue":"Squeeze, briefly bottling wine that's found at mine? (9)","Answer":"EXCAVATOR","Explanation":"Definition: that's found at mine\nCAVA in EXTOR[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Peter out to follow popular musical genre (5)","Answer":"INDIE","Explanation":"Definition: musical genre\nIN (popular) + DIE (peter out)"}
-{"Clue":"Outspoken Dutch little 'uns covering for privates (1-6)","Answer":"Y-FRONTS","Explanation":"Definition: covering for privates\nHomophone of \"wife [Dutch] runts\""}
-{"Clue":"The greatest lover of all in Le Tour? (6)","Answer":"BIKING","Explanation":"Definition: in Le Tour\nThe BI-KING would be the greatest lover of all (both) sexes; and if you're in the Tour de France you are biking"}
-{"Clue":"Sommelier's slur being ignored (6)","Answer":"NOBODY","Explanation":"Definition: being ignored\nThe sommelier might complain that a wine has NO BODY; a nobody is a being [that is] ignored"}
-{"Clue":"Do I dabble with ecstasy after clubbing \u2026 it's powerful (4-6)","Answer":"ABLE-BODIED","Explanation":"Definition: powerful\n(DO I DABBLE E)"}
-{"Clue":"Final phase, in which top mark is obtained (5)","Answer":"ALPHA","Explanation":"Definition: top mark\nHidden in finAL PHAse"}
-{"Clue":"Copper produced from this awkward email chat? (9)","Answer":"MALACHITE","Explanation":"Definition: Copper produced from this\n(EMAIL CHAT)* \n*The published clue is ** Target of mine's naughty email chat? (9)**, which I think is an improvement"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet way to turn one on! (4)","Answer":"CUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nIf you CUT E then \"one\" becomes \"on\". Not sure about the grammar of this.."}
-{"Clue":"Returned, sobbing more \u2014 sounds like you have germs! (8)","Answer":"BACTERIA","Explanation":"Definition: germs\nHomophone of \"back tearier\""}
-{"Clue":"Is exciting new large one 50\/50 to get around? (8)","Answer":"ENLIVENS","Explanation":"Definition: Is exciting\nN L I in EVENS"}
-{"Clue":"It's part of the grid, but is not as cryptic (10)","Answer":"SUBSTATION","Explanation":"Definition: It's part of the grid\n(BUT IS NOT AS)* \u2013 a substation is part of the electricity grid"}
-{"Clue":"Soaks stare at us, when in a state (9)","Answer":"SATURATES","Explanation":"Definition: Soaks\n(STARE AT US)"}
-{"Clue":"One rowing with lady ultimately washing up here? (8)","Answer":"SCULLERY","Explanation":"Definition: washing up here\nSCULLER + [lad]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Poke sore bottom of girl leaving (she might run) (8)","Answer":"PRODUCER","Explanation":"Definition: she might run\nPROD (poke) + ULCER less [gir]L \n*The published version has **drama queen** instead of **she might run**: again I think this is an improvment"}
-{"Clue":"Sat following this in China (6)","Answer":"FRIEND","Explanation":"Definition: China\nSat[urday] follows the END of FRI[day]"}
-{"Clue":"Take down stuff on ship, ruing errors (5)","Answer":"UNRIG","Explanation":"Definition: Take down stuff on ship\nRUING"}
-{"Clue":"Terrible Russian vehicle out of 60s! (4)","Answer":"IVAN","Explanation":"Definition: Terrible Russian\nVAN is a vehicle, but apart from that I'm stumped. *Thanks (appropriately) to Van Winkle: it's MINIVAN less MIN[ute] (60 seconds)"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor is married to Elizabeth, a superior lady (6)","Answer":"ABBESS","Explanation":"Definition: a superior lady\nAB + BESS \u2013 an Abbess may be a Mother Superior, though I dare say there are technical differences between the two"}
-{"Clue":"Venerate a midnight rider (6)","Answer":"REVERE","Explanation":"Definition: Venerate\nDouble definition \u2013 from Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride"}
-{"Clue":"Seen in church when spring returns before Easter starts (4)","Answer":"APSE","Explanation":"Definition: Seen in church\nReverse of SPA + E[aster]. The definition is grammatically inaccurate, and could easily be fixed by making the clue read \"It's seen in church\u2026\""}
-{"Clue":"Rose and made a speech without a single drink (10)","Answer":"ORIGINATED","Explanation":"Definition: Rose\nI GIN in ORATED"}
-{"Clue":"It's an offence to go to a part of Putin's Russia (6)","Answer":"CRIMEA","Explanation":"Definition: part of Putin's Russia\nCRIME + A"}
-{"Clue":"Conversation piece? (8)","Answer":"DIALOGUE","Explanation":"Definition: Conversation piece\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Spot gloomy principal (9)","Answer":"BLACKHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Spot\nBLACK + HEAD"}
-{"Clue":"Right in line (4)","Answer":"TRUE","Explanation":"Definition: Right\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Too wrapped up in financial solvency (4)","Answer":"ALSO","Explanation":"Definition: Too\nHIdden in financiAL SOlvency"}
-{"Clue":"Lout knocked nurse cold (9)","Answer":"SCOUNDREL","Explanation":"Definition: Lout\n(NURSE COLD)"}
-{"Clue":"Philosopher offers wine and gold, when entertaining us (8)","Answer":"ROUSSEAU","Explanation":"Definition: Philosopher\nUS in ROS\u00c9 + AU"}
-{"Clue":"Don't make a message plain (6)","Answer":"ENCODE","Explanation":"Definition: Don't make a message plain\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Frozen waterfalls? (10)","Answer":"HAILSTORMS","Explanation":"Definition: Frozen waterfalls\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"None of it is good, it's said (4)","Answer":"NEWS","Explanation":"Definition: None of it is good, it's said\nCryptic definition \u2013 \"no news is good news\""}
-{"Clue":"Acquiescent types originally serving in a Gulf country (3-3)","Answer":"YES-MEN","Explanation":"Definition: Acquiescent types\nS[erving] in YEMEN"}
-{"Clue":"Took off and levelled out (6)","Answer":"PLANED","Explanation":"Definition: Took off\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Clothes appear new on student (7)","Answer":"APPAREL","Explanation":"Definition: Clothes\nAPPEAR* + L"}
-{"Clue":"Fish seems to be right in the light (5)","Answer":"BREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nR in BEAM"}
-{"Clue":"Tolerate a most unusual church (7)","Answer":"STOMACH","Explanation":"Definition: Tolerate\n(A MOST)* + CH"}
-{"Clue":"A miracle-man, he's involved in jailbreak (6)","Answer":"ELIJAH","Explanation":"Definition: A miracle-man\nJAIL* in HE, though the clue would seem to indicate HE in JAIL*.."}
-{"Clue":"So in love, with demeanour transformed (9)","Answer":"ENAMOURED","Explanation":"Definition: So in love\nDEMEANOUR"}
-{"Clue":"Put to death \u2014 and do it with a will (7)","Answer":"EXECUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Put to death\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Disturb canary hatching here, possibly (4,9)","Answer":"BIRD SANCTUARY","Explanation":"Definition: here, possibly\n(DISTURB CANARY)"}
-{"Clue":"One wouldn't credit such transactions (4,5)","Answer":"CASH SALES","Explanation":"Definition: One wouldn't credit such transactions\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Loan may be arranged, though it's irregular (7)","Answer":"ANOMALY","Explanation":"Definition: it's irregular\n(LOAN MAY)"}
-{"Clue":"We hear you possibly enlist in domestic service, perhaps (7)","Answer":"UTENSIL","Explanation":"Definition: domestic service, perhaps\nU (\"we hear you\") + ENLIST"}
-{"Clue":"Given an income, but at the finish was in debt (7)","Answer":"ENDOWED","Explanation":"Definition: Given an income\nEND + OWED"}
-{"Clue":"Pay for a seat (6)","Answer":"SETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Pay\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Is able to hold on, as a rule (5)","Answer":"CANON","Explanation":"Definition: a rule\nCAN + ON \u2013 \"hold\" would usually indicate ON in CAN, but I suppose this just about works"}
-{"Clue":"Controversial candidate wanting power \u2026 and nearly becoming president? (6)","Answer":"TRUMAN","Explanation":"Definition: president\n[Donald] TRUM[P] + AN[D]"}
-{"Clue":"Call on setter to retire \u2014 it makes you sick! (6)","Answer":"EMETIC","Explanation":"Definition: it makes you sick\nReverse of CITE ME"}
-{"Clue":"Draw fellow in back as means of identification (1-3)","Answer":"E-FIT","Explanation":"Definition: means of identification\nF in reverse of TIE"}
-{"Clue":"Glamorous people I follow around (and refuse to stop) (10)","Answer":"GLITTERATI","Explanation":"Definition: Glamorous people\nLITTER (refuse) in reverse of I TAG"}
-{"Clue":"Language needing clarification \u2014 plain English! (6)","Answer":"NEPALI","Explanation":"Definition: Language\n(PLAIN E)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor not male \u2014 one patient at it (2,3,3)","Answer":"ON THE JOB","Explanation":"Definition: at it\nNOT* + HE + JOB (patient person)"}
-{"Clue":"Taking part in tiebreaker hasn't lost \u2014 it's working (6,3)","Answer":"PAYING OFF","Explanation":"Definition: working\nPLAYING OFF less L"}
-{"Clue":"Boss's room not quite finished (4)","Answer":"STUD","Explanation":"Definition: Boss\nSTUD[Y]"}
-{"Clue":"Cash from court gets Henry on track (4)","Answer":"PATH","Explanation":"Definition: track\nPAT (Cash, tennis player, so \"from court\") + H \u2013 see 24a for a similar trick with a sportsman's name"}
-{"Clue":"Sign to west, proper elections (9)","Answer":"PRIMARIES","Explanation":"Definition: elections\nPRIM to the left or \"west\" of ARIES (astrological sign)"}
-{"Clue":"Claptrap from Conservative members occasionally worth recalling (8)","Answer":"TOMMYROT","Explanation":"Definition: Claptrap\nReverse of TORY MM [w]O[r]T[h]"}
-{"Clue":"Instructions to massage deep, not hard (6)","Answer":"RUBRIC","Explanation":"Definition: Instructions\nRUB + RIC[H]"}
-{"Clue":"Rose sportingly let out after retraction at the last minute (4,2,4)","Answer":"JUST IN TIME","Explanation":"Definition: at the last minute\nJUSTIN (Rose, golfer) + reverse of EMIT"}
-{"Clue":"Eight organisations rejected features writer (4)","Answer":"ROTH","Explanation":"Definition: writer\nHidden in reverse of eigHT ORganisations. Philip Roth, author of *Portnoy's Complaint*, among many novels"}
-{"Clue":"Refrain from taking action over training centre? (6)","Answer":"EUSTON","Explanation":"Definition: training centre\nReverse of NOT SUE, Euston station being a railway terminus or \"training centre\""}
-{"Clue":"Holder and others sounded greatly impressed (6)","Answer":"SLAYED","Explanation":"Definition: greatly impressed\nSlade, which features Noddy Holder"}
-{"Clue":"Material upset big cheese (7)","Answer":"TAFFETA","Explanation":"Definition: Material\nReverse of FAT + FETA"}
-{"Clue":"Extreme skill? Partly luck, on reflection (5)","Answer":"ULTRA","Explanation":"Definition: Extreme\nReverse of ART + LU[ck]"}
-{"Clue":"Group heading off to fish for sport (7)","Answer":"ANGLING","Explanation":"Definition: sport\n[G]ANG + LING"}
-{"Clue":"China's quite regularly embraced change (6)","Answer":"MUTATE","Explanation":"Definition: change\nAlternate letters of qUiTe in MATE (rhyming slang \u2013 \"china plate\")"}
-{"Clue":"Wrong people arrested for eliminating female bully (9)","Answer":"TORMENTOR","Explanation":"Definition: bully\nMEN in TORT (a civil wrong) + FOR less F"}
-{"Clue":"Brought round to prepare, regularly, a cold meal for queen (3,4)","Answer":"CAT FOOD","Explanation":"Definition: meal for queen\nReverse of DO OFT A C (\"queen\" = female cat)"}
-{"Clue":"Our own dear land (3-3,7)","Answer":"RIP-OFF BRITAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Our own dear land\nCryptic definition, with \"dear\" = \"expensive\""}
-{"Clue":"Suggests it's raised among prisoners (9)","Answer":"INTIMATES","Explanation":"Definition: Suggests\nReverse of IT in INMATES"}
-{"Clue":"Liberal academic finds employment (7)","Answer":"PROFUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Liberal\nPROF + USE"}
-{"Clue":"Poet (old woman) cut very complicated lines (7)","Answer":"MARVELL","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nMA + anagram of VER[Y] + LL"}
-{"Clue":"Was son left outside? (7)","Answer":"EXISTED","Explanation":"Definition: Was\nS in EXITED"}
-{"Clue":"Quickly aware of pair on top (6)","Answer":"PRONTO","Explanation":"Definition: Quickly\nPR + ONTO (aware of)"}
-{"Clue":"Horse nibbling Mr Turner's nuts (5)","Answer":"BARMY","Explanation":"Definition: nuts\nReverse of MR in BAY"}
-{"Clue":"Earthy jazz style Y-Yank backs, endlessly cheered inside (9)","Answer":"GUTBUCKET","Explanation":"Definition: Earthy jazz style\nBUCKE[D] in reverse of T-TUG. It's \"a rhythmically simple, raucous, earthy and emotional style of playing jazz\""}
-{"Clue":"Like a stronger martini in club? Not very (5)","Answer":"DRIER","Explanation":"Definition: Like a stronger martini\nDRIVER (golf club) minus V"}
-{"Clue":"Compass case, part to confront with measure of bits missing (8)","Answer":"BITTACLE","Explanation":"Definition: Compass case\nBIT (part) + TACKLE (confront) less K (\"measure of bits\", in sizes of computer memory)"}
-{"Clue":"Person often following 'account', always penned by number one? (5)","Answer":"PAYEE","Explanation":"Definition: Person often following 'account'\nAY (always) in PEE (number one)"}
-{"Clue":"Placed in vessel it lives (5)","Answer":"VITAS","Explanation":"Definition: lives\nIT in VAS"}
-{"Clue":"New brood, kept inside dry once covered in straw? (7)","Answer":"THATCHT","Explanation":"Definition: covered in straw?\nHATCH In T[ee]T[otal]"}
-{"Clue":"What can bore well, or screw (though old)(5)","Answer":"MISER","Explanation":"Definition: What can bore well\nDouble definition \u2013 this meaning of \"screw\" is perhaps the origin of the name [Ebenezer] Scrooge. A miser is also a \"well-boring instrument\" (i.e. it bores wells, rather than being good at boring)"}
-{"Clue":"Transferring old basin taken back, with second installed (7)","Answer":"REMOVAL","Explanation":"Definition: Transferring\nMO in LAVER<"}
-{"Clue":"Strangely mad in the head, one had to pray for others (7)","Answer":"BEADMAN","Explanation":"Definition: one had to pray for others\nMAD* in BEAN"}
-{"Clue":"Good grain \u2013 did the first go to market? (5)","Answer":"GRICE","Explanation":"Definition: did the first go to market\nG + RICE; a grice is a little pig, as in \"this little piggy went to market\""}
-{"Clue":"Foreign prince having entered temple, with time inside (7)","Answer":"INFANTE","Explanation":"Definition: Foreign prince\nIN + FANE (temple)"}
-{"Clue":"Have a go at containing flow of water with waterworks fully active (5)","Answer":"TEARY","Explanation":"Definition: with waterworks fully active\nEA in TRY"}
-{"Clue":"Dynasty has briefly to hold back (5)","Answer":"SHANG","Explanation":"Definition: Dynasty\n'S (short for has) + HANG (hold back)"}
-{"Clue":"I act misguidedly bagging cat as reprisal ? (8)","Answer":"TALIONIC","Explanation":"Definition: as reprisal\nLION in (I ACT)* \u2013 related to *lex talionis*, the principle of \"an eye for an eye\" etc"}
-{"Clue":"As a devotee of Charles, I'll be gripped by stylish vigour (5)","Answer":"ELIAN","Explanation":"Definition: As a devotee of Charles\nI in ELAN \u2013 reference to Charles Lamb, known for his *Essays of Elia"}
-{"Clue":"The poodle is poorly? Maybe he, put to sleep thus, old (6)","Answer":"SOPITE","Explanation":"Definition: put to sleep thus, old\nComposite anagram: (THE POODLE IS)* = HE SOPITE OLD \u2013 to sopite is to put to sleep"}
-{"Clue":"I intend getting drunk around company reeking of fags? (9)","Answer":"NICOTINED","Explanation":"Definition: reeking of fags\nCO in (I INTEND)"}
-{"Clue":"Fatuous fellow from Ohio in Republican party (4)","Answer":"GOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Fatuous fellow\nO[hio] in GOP (Grand Old Party)"}
-{"Clue":"One localized conflict that is unexpected for old poet (7)","Answer":"UNWARIE","Explanation":"Definition: unexpected for old poet\nUN (dialect \"one\") + WAR + I.E."}
-{"Clue":"Old coin revealed when my trash is recycled (7)","Answer":"THRYMSA","Explanation":"Definition: Old coin\n(MY TRASH)"}
-{"Clue":"Dig up short note misplaced in air-trap (5)","Answer":"UNBED","Explanation":"Definition: Dig up\nU-BEND with the N \"misplaced\""}
-{"Clue":"Ticker reset when chicken's put in cooker (9)","Answer":"KITCHENER","Explanation":"Definition: cooker\nHEN in TICKER"}
-{"Clue":"Mutiny in the form of riot tar stirred up \u2013 and where? (11)","Answer":"TRAITORSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Mutiny\n(RIOT TAR)* + SHIP"}
-{"Clue":"Former saying, what Sam came out with briefly (4)","Answer":"DICT","Explanation":"Definition: Former saying\nDouble definition \u2013 old word for a saying, and abbreviation for Dictionary, as famously produced by Samuel Johnson"}
-{"Clue":"Tree down under, reverse of healthy after start of blight (5)","Answer":"BELAH","Explanation":"Definition: Tree down under\nB[light] + HALE<"}
-{"Clue":"Wife, three-quarters fidgety, right? Backbreaker may floor one (8)","Answer":"WRESTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Backbreaker may floor one\nW + RESTLE[SS] + R"}
-{"Clue":"Eastern tree I found restricted by a tabu, rudimentary (11)","Answer":"ABECEDARIAN","Explanation":"Definition: rudimentary\nE CEDAR I in A BAN"}
-{"Clue":"An army's quota I cut in endless tally? (9)","Answer":"STRATONIC","Explanation":"Definition: An army's\nRATION less I in STIC[k} (tally)"}
-{"Clue":"Tribe met in the wars turn hostile (8)","Answer":"EMBITTER","Explanation":"Definition: turn hostile\n(TRIBE MET)"}
-{"Clue":"Palm Monsieur put in his wine as 'food factor' (7)","Answer":"VITAMIN","Explanation":"Definition: food factor\nITA (\"the miriti palm\") M in VIN"}
-{"Clue":"Deadly poison I included in a short story (7)","Answer":"ACONITE","Explanation":"Definition: Deadly poison\nI in A CONTE"}
-{"Clue":"Extract of bromine also strengthens (5)","Answer":"NEALS","Explanation":"Definition: strengthens\nHidden in bromiNE ALSo \u2013 a variant of \"anneals\""}
-{"Clue":"Spectator is fancily dressed \u2013 showing \u2013\u2013 esprit perhaps (5)","Answer":"ASCOT","Explanation":"Definition: Spectator is fancily dressed \u2013 showing \u2013\u2013 esprit perhaps\nComposite anagram &lit (SPECTATOR IS)* = ASCOT ESPRIT, with reference to the fancy outfits worn at Ascot races"}
-{"Clue":"Acres typical of lord, landed (4)","Answer":"ALIT","Explanation":"Definition: landed\nA + LIT (drunk \"as a lord\")"}
-{"Clue":"Moved on,w switching parts of advantage (4)","Answer":"GEED","Explanation":"Definition: Moved on\nEDGE with its two halves swapped (I've shown the clue as it was published, with a superfluous w)"}
-{"Clue":"Inside a kind of beach hotel, in shy and quiet Murray, a drink (6)","Answer":"SHANDY","Explanation":"Definition: a drink\nH[otel] in SANDY (kind of beach); AND in SHY; SH + ANDY (Murray, tennis player) \u2013 having three cryptic indications in one clue must be some kind of record"}
-{"Clue":"Old timer (6,4)","Answer":"SECOND HAND","Explanation":"Definition: Old\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Exceptional person in a short skirt to ravish when stripped (4,4)","Answer":"RARA AVIS","Explanation":"Definition: Exceptional person\nRA-RA + [r]AVIS[h] \u2013 literally meaning \"rare bird\", this expression comes the Roman poet Juvenal's *Satires"}
-{"Clue":"Bimbo extremely lewd, perhaps come up and use a figleaf (10)","Answer":"BOWDLERISE","Explanation":"Definition: use a figleaf\nB[imb]O + LEWD* + RISE"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzle from the south of France all right, you said (6)","Answer":"SUDOKU","Explanation":"Definition: Puzzle\nSUD + OK + \"you\""}
-{"Clue":"Type of roast beef foul, not half nasty (8)","Answer":"SPITEFUL","Explanation":"Definition: nasty\nSPIT [type of roast] + halves of beEF foUL"}
-{"Clue":"Phoneboxes endlessly vandalised? I blame immigrants (9)","Answer":"XENOPHOBE","Explanation":"Definition: I blame immigrants\nAnagram of PHONEBOXE[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Compiler the woman would dump in the outhouse (4)","Answer":"SHED","Explanation":"Definition: Compiler\nSHE'D, plus three definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Starts to stir up serious trouble out of a success story? That's helpful! (9)","Answer":"ACCESSORY","Explanation":"Definition: That's helpful\nA SUCCESS STORY less (in order) the first letters of Stir Up Serious Trouble"}
-{"Clue":"To accumulate win, snob needs the lot (8)","Answer":"SNOWBALL","Explanation":"Definition: To accumulate\nW in SNOB + ALL"}
-{"Clue":"Partly explains it, untouched and unmoved (2,4)","Answer":"IN SITU","Explanation":"Definition: unmoved\nHidden in explaINS IT Untouched"}
-{"Clue":"Presence of an entry in Cinderella's timetable? (10)","Answer":"ATTENDANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Presence\nCinderella's timetable might say \"AT TEN: DANCE\". Do we know the Prince's ball was at ten? This seems a bit vague"}
-{"Clue":"It's right, in love, to get protection (6)","Answer":"ARMOUR","Explanation":"Definition: protection\nR in AMOUR"}
-{"Clue":"Steady start to trade in fur stalls (6)","Answer":"STABLE","Explanation":"Definition: stalls\nT[rade] in SABLE, and two definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Figure includes Newton's fourth law (7)","Answer":"STATUTE","Explanation":"Definition: law\n[new]T[on] in STATUE"}
-{"Clue":"Siege with intent to produce lamentation (5)","Answer":"ALAMO","Explanation":"Definition: Siege\nLamentation is an anagram of ALAMO + INTENT"}
-{"Clue":"Debate such set-up ignored is corrupt (7)","Answer":"DEBAUCH","Explanation":"Definition: corrupt\nDEBATE SUCH minus the reverse of SET"}
-{"Clue":"Jenny's cake (6)","Answer":"ECLAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Jenny\nDouble definition \u2013 Jenny is this comedian, for those that don't know of her"}
-{"Clue":"Kinky lovers use the Guardian \u2014 emphatically so (9)","Answer":"OURSELVES","Explanation":"Definition: the Guardian \u2014 emphatically so\n(LOVERS USE)"}
-{"Clue":"Talk about events? (7)","Answer":"DISCUSS","Explanation":"Definition: Talk about\nA \"false plural\" of DISCUS (event), or you could think of events = event + S = discus + S"}
-{"Clue":"Clean male, captivated by weapon, becomes adventurous (13)","Answer":"SWASHBUCKLING","Explanation":"Definition: adventurous\nWASH BUCK in SLING"}
-{"Clue":"Finished warhead steering into swamp (9)","Answer":"OVERWHELM","Explanation":"Definition: swamp\nOVER + W[ar] + HELM"}
-{"Clue":"Songs in a traditional setting for him (7)","Answer":"SINATRA","Explanation":"Definition: him\nHidden in songS IN A TRAditional, and kind of &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Plain instinct to enter contest (7)","Answer":"EVIDENT","Explanation":"Definition: Plain\nID (as in Freudian theory) in EVENT"}
-{"Clue":"Following up in reproductive unit: erythematous uterine disorder (7)","Answer":"RETINUE","Explanation":"Definition: Following\nHidden in reverse of reproductivE UNIT ERythematous, and UTERINE"}
-{"Clue":"Light gold carriage (6)","Answer":"LANDAU","Explanation":"Definition: carriage\nLAND (to light) + AU"}
-{"Clue":"\"Sir\", as he is British originally (5)","Answer":"SAHIB","Explanation":"\"Sir\", as he is British originally (5)\nFirst letters &lit"}
-{"Clue":"News reader? (7)","Answer":"COMPASS","Explanation":"Definition: News reader\nYou can read the cardinal points (N E W S) on a compass"}
-{"Clue":"Bean you are told to put in liqueur (7)","Answer":"CURACAO","Explanation":"Definition: liqueur\nUR (homophone of \"you are\") in CACAO"}
-{"Clue":"Anchor just lifted, ready for a journey (5)","Answer":"ATRIP","Explanation":"Definition: Anchor just lifted\nA TRIP \u2013 the word describes an anchor that is \"just drawn out of the ground\""}
-{"Clue":"Bore to babble about English goal (9)","Answer":"PENETRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Bore\nE NET in PRATE"}
-{"Clue":"Golf range played over par? Not by him! (4,6)","Answer":"GREG NORMAN","Explanation":"Definition: him\nG + NORM in RANGE"}
-{"Clue":"Language of email service without vowels (4)","Answer":"HTML","Explanation":"Definition: Language\nHOTMAIL without its vowels. In fact the name of Hotmail \u2013 the first major web-based email service \u2013 was based on the name HTML, and it was originally styled as HoTMaiL"}
-{"Clue":"Negotiator: I translate secrets into Norwegian (11)","Answer":"INTERCESSOR","Explanation":"Definition: Negotiator\nI + SECRETS* in NOR"}
-{"Clue":"Tramp's uberpuzzle \u2014 over a billion approve (6,5)","Answer":"RUBBER\u00a0STAMP","Explanation":"Definition: approve\nB in (TRAMP'S UBER)"}
-{"Clue":"Told small joke (4)","Answer":"SPUN","Explanation":"Definition: Told\nS+PUN (\"told\" as in \"spun a yarn\")"}
-{"Clue":"Dog sprinted after socialist's bone for fruit (10)","Answer":"REDCURRANT","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nRED + CUR RAN + T[-bone]"}
-{"Clue":"\"Defender's daughter kidnapped by young man\" \u2014 by this paper (not the Scotsman) (9)","Answer":"BODYGUARD","Explanation":"Definition: Defender\nD in BOY + GUARDIAN less IAN (Scotsman)"}
-{"Clue":"Hiding behind executive table (5)","Answer":"INDEX","Explanation":"Definition: table\nHidden in behIND EXecutive \u2013 not sure the cryptic grammar works here"}
-{"Clue":"With stream flowing, it's most relaxing (7)","Answer":"WARMEST","Explanation":"Definition: most relaxing\nW + STREAM"}
-{"Clue":"Turn? I can't \u2014 it's enormous! (7)","Answer":"TITANIC","Explanation":"Definition: enormous\n(I CAN'T IT)"}
-{"Clue":"Storm protection (6)","Answer":"CHARGE","Explanation":"Definition: Storm\nDouble definition \u2013 storm as in an attack, and protection as in \"in my charge\""}
-{"Clue":"Hawk lifts royal sheep above the tops of elm trees (6)","Answer":"MARKET","Explanation":"Definition: Hawk\nReverse of K RAM + E[lm] T[rees]"}
-{"Clue":"Supplements that might cause grumbling? (10)","Answer":"APPENDICES","Explanation":"Definition: Supplements\nDouble definition \u2013 the online version gives this spelling, but I think it could equally well be APPENDIXES"}
-{"Clue":"Great manager (5)","Answer":"SUPER","Explanation":"Definition: Great\nDouble definition \u2013 manager as in super[visor] or super[intendent]"}
-{"Clue":"Fabulous creature presses on each star thistle, for example (9)","Answer":"CENTAUREA","Explanation":"Definition: star thistle, for example\nCENTAUR + EA. Centaurea is a genus of plants that incudes the Star Thistle"}
-{"Clue":"Schedule time and relaxation \u2014 otherwise heads roll! (4)","Answer":"ROTA","Explanation":"Definition: Schedule\nInitial letters of Time And Relaxation Otherwise, \"rolled\" by two positions (or just an anagram of them)"}
-{"Clue":"Correct a chess move \u2014 take it back! (8)","Answer":"CHASTISE","Explanation":"Definition: Correct\nReverse of IT in (A CHESS)"}
-{"Clue":"Ruler's sexy lover gets gold and diamonds (8)","Answer":"OVERLORD","Explanation":"Definition: Ruler\nLOVER* + OR + D"}
-{"Clue":"Vegetable, green and sweet (10)","Answer":"PEPPERMINT","Explanation":"Definition: sweet\nPEPPER (vegetable) + MINT (shade of green)"}
-{"Clue":"A cucubebe? (9)","Answer":"TESSERACT","Explanation":"Definition: A cucubebe\nA tesseract is 4-dimensional cube, whose 3-d representration can look like a cube inside a cube, i.e. cu(cube)be."}
-{"Clue":"This can shoot down Spooner's top boast (8)","Answer":"CROSSBOW","Explanation":"Definition: This can shoot\nSpoonerism of \"boss crow\". The word \"down\" seems redundant in the cryptic reading, but perhaps a crossbow could show down a bird?"}
-{"Clue":"It's more ridiculous \u2014 I'm lost for words after Australian has bowled Root (8)","Answer":"ABSURDER","Explanation":"Definition: It's more ridiculous\nA (Australian) + B[owled] + SURD (a mathematical expression involving square (or other) roots) + ER (sound of hesitation)"}
-{"Clue":"Plot flirts with danger (6)","Answer":"GARDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Plot\nDANGER"}
-{"Clue":"A vehicle with 50% engine capacity lacks motor co-ordination (6)","Answer":"ATAXIC","Explanation":"Definition: lacks motor co-ordination\nA + TAXI + C (half of CC = engine capacity) \u2013 I think the definition would work better with \"lacking\" instead of \"lacks\""}
-{"Clue":"Trainee pet bites revolting little man (5)","Answer":"CADET","Explanation":"Definition: Trainee\nED rising or \"revolting\" in CAT"}
-{"Clue":"Fit in baguette? (4)","Answer":"AGUE","Explanation":"Definition: Fit\nHidden in bAGUEtte"}
-{"Clue":"Turning head, see about top issue (6)","Answer":"ESCAPE","Explanation":"Definition: issue\nCAP (top) in ESE (SEE with its \"head turned\")"}
-{"Clue":"Women on stage overdoing hoax savage in act (4-3)","Answer":"WHAM-BAM","Explanation":"Definition: savage in act\nW + HAM (overdoing things on stage + BAM (a hoax \u2013 this was new to me) \u2013 a reference to the phrase \"wham, bam, thank you Ma'am\", defined in Chambers as \"quick impersonal sexual intercourse that brings speedy satisfaction to the male\" , hence \"savage in act\""}
-{"Clue":"Old ruler conspiring with night owl cries off (4)","Answer":"INCA","Explanation":"Definition: Old ruler\nIN CA[HOOTS]"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps SPECTRE agent is an oddball, wearing dodgy syrups (7,3)","Answer":"RUSSIAN SPY","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps SPECTRE agent\n(IS AN)* in SYRUPS"}
-{"Clue":"Business centre revolutionised by ticking boxes (4)","Answer":"CITY","Explanation":"Definition: Business centre\nHidden in (\"boxed by\") reverse of bY TICking"}
-{"Clue":"Leak: phosphorus beginning to appear (4)","Answer":"PEEP","Explanation":"Definition: to appear\nPEE (leak) + P"}
-{"Clue":"Way to waste time that is contemptible! (3)","Answer":"PAH","Explanation":"Definition: that is contemptible\nPATH less T"}
-{"Clue":"Architectural feature's old, very old, look! (5)","Answer":"OVOLO","Explanation":"Definition: Architectural feature\nO V O LO"}
-{"Clue":"American's apparently neutral deity (3)","Answer":"LAR","Explanation":"Definition: deity\nA \"between L[eft] and R[ight]\""}
-{"Clue":"Greer's kind in pool not making either end? (6)","Answer":"WIMMIN","Explanation":"Definition: Greer's kind\n[S]WIMMIN[G] \u2013 though I don't know whether Germaine Greer has ever been one to use this particular kind of feminist language."}
-{"Clue":"100 on head of sex god's a sizeable wedge (5)","Answer":"CHUNK","Explanation":"Definition: a sizeable wedge\nC + HUNK"}
-{"Clue":"\"Part of Campania\" is sign over football club on day of pranks (4,2,5)","Answer":"ISLE OF CAPRI","Explanation":"Definition: Part of Campania\nIS + LEO + FC + APR I (April Fools' Day)"}
-{"Clue":"Withdraw organisation with HQ in New York, perhaps (5)","Answer":"UNSAY","Explanation":"Definition: Withdraw\nUN (has HQ in New York) + SAY (perhaps)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 for separating an area, of course (5)","Answer":"APRON","Explanation":"Definition: area, of course\nPRO in AN. Apparent;y an apron is the name for an area next to the green on a golf course, though Chambers doesn't give this meaning."}
-{"Clue":"The taxman's covering letter (3)","Answer":"ETA","Explanation":"Definition: letter\nHidden in thE TAxman"}
-{"Clue":"Angela's supporter, backing the Queen, briefly (6)","Answer":"BRAZIL","Explanation":"Definition: Angela\nBRA + reverse of LIZ. Angela Brazil was (or indeed is) famous for her schoolgirl stories"}
-{"Clue":"In a very short time, girl to be quiet (6)","Answer":"MODISH","Explanation":"Definition: In\nMO + DI + SH"}
-{"Clue":"8 doubt expressed before using most of federal capital (6)","Answer":"HUMBER","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nHUM + BER[N] (capital of the Swiss Confederation)"}
-{"Clue":"Renegade postgraduate reformed, no longer taking drug (8)","Answer":"APOSTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Renegade\nPOSTGRADUATE* less DRUG \u2013 Otterden likes these subtractive anagrams \u2013 see also 7d"}
-{"Clue":"8 to end socialist setback (4)","Answer":"ODER","Explanation":"Definition: 8\n[t]O + reverse of RED"}
-{"Clue":"8 working on NHS, getting ahead (10)","Answer":"SHENANDOAH","Explanation":"Definition: 8\n(ON NHS AHEAD)"}
-{"Clue":"Most of us have at least one bluff relation (4,7)","Answer":"BANK\u00a0ACCOUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Most of us have at least one\nBANK (bluff, as a geographical feature) + ACCOUNT (relation, a telling) \u2013 a rather unhelpful definition, I thought"}
-{"Clue":"8 instrument approached afresh \u2014 just one of five! (3,7)","Answer":"SAN JOAQUIN","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nBANJO with its first letter changed (though with no indication of what to change to) + A QUIN (one of five). It's a river in California"}
-{"Clue":"8 cockney fixer (4)","Answer":"NILE","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nCockney pronunciation of \"nail\""}
-{"Clue":"Dispersed in Serbia, now residents elsewhere in Europe (8)","Answer":"IBERIANS","Explanation":"Definition: residents elsewhere in Europe\n(IN SERBIA)"}
-{"Clue":"8 drink to be served up not even ready (6)","Answer":"MURRAY","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nReverse of RUM (\"up\" in an across clue?) + odd letters of ReAdY \u2013 the Murray is the longest river in Australia"}
-{"Clue":"8 index in article by the Scotsman (6)","Answer":"AMAZON","Explanation":"Definition: 8\n\"A-Z\" (index) in A MON (Scots form of \"man\")"}
-{"Clue":"8 one departing from Niagara Falls (6)","Answer":"ANGARA","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nNIAGARA* less I \u2013 a thousand-mile-long river in Siberia"}
-{"Clue":"Old liner is able to get carrier by radio (8)","Answer":"CANBERRA","Explanation":"Definition: Old liner\nCAN (is able) + a not very close homophone \"bearer\". The *Canberra* was a P&O liner"}
-{"Clue":"8 is under grit spreader (6)","Answer":"TIGRIS","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nGRIT* + IS"}
-{"Clue":"8 firm ushers in lots of real trouble (8)","Answer":"COLORADO","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nCO + first letters of Lots Of Real + ADO"}
-{"Clue":"Stamped out first sign of megalomania in former Prime Minister (6)","Answer":"MINTED","Explanation":"Definition: Stamped out\nM[egalomania] + IN TED (Heath)"}
-{"Clue":"Limits us in Bond novel (6)","Answer":"BOUNDS","Explanation":"Definition: Limits\nAnagram of US + BOND. It looks as if the clue should mean US in BOND*, but I suppose you can put US in BOND and then take the anagram"}
-{"Clue":"He takes care of one to shrug away from violation of human rights (6)","Answer":"HITMAN","Explanation":"Definition: He takes care of one\n(HUMAN RIGHTS)* less SHRUG"}
-{"Clue":"Runner, with broken right toe, a curse (11)","Answer":"WATERCOURSE","Explanation":"Definition: Runner\nW[ith] + (R TOE A CURSE)"}
-{"Clue":"State rescue vessel comes back to a massive explosion (8)","Answer":"KRAKATOA","Explanation":"Definition: massive explosion\nReverse of AK (Alaska) + ARK, + TO A"}
-{"Clue":"Old lady has money for Indian food (3,5)","Answer":"NAN BREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Indian food\nNAN (old lady) + BREAD (money)"}
-{"Clue":"8 reported beer after school (6)","Answer":"GAMBIA","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nGAM (school of whales) + \"beer\""}
-{"Clue":"8 25% reduction of electric power to audio visual aid (6)","Answer":"VLTAVA","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nV[O]LT + AVA \u2013 the Volt isn't a measure of power in the technical sense, but colloquially I think it's OK. However I'm not keen on \"25% reduction\" meaning \"remove one letter from inside the word\", though I suppose it's accurate enough. I know the name of this Czech river (also called the Moldau) from the music of the same name by Smetana, but I pity anyone who doesn't know it trying to solve on the bus.."}
-{"Clue":"8 needs to begin joint, otherwise he was desperate (6)","Answer":"JORDAN","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nJ[oint] + OR + DAN (Desperate Dan, character in *The Dandy**)"}
-{"Clue":"African dictator involved in no good calling (6)","Answer":"NAMING","Explanation":"Definition: calling\n(Idi) AMIN in N G"}
-{"Clue":"American stars encountered in amusement park (3,6)","Answer":"BIG DIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: American stars\nDouble definition \u2013 Big Dipper is the American name for the constellation we call the Plough; paradoxically, it's now a more British term for the fairground ride"}
-{"Clue":"Elevate one among many (5)","Answer":"HOIST","Explanation":"Definition: Elevate\nI in HOST"}
-{"Clue":"Storm created by Shakespeare (7)","Answer":"TEMPEST","Explanation":"Definition: Storm\nDouble defintion (just about), or maybe just an extended single definition"}
-{"Clue":"Skinhead frisked and betrayed to the police (7)","Answer":"SHOPPED","Explanation":"Definition: betrayed to the police\nS[kin] + HOPPED"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble caused by a small number in New York (5)","Answer":"ANNOY","Explanation":"Definition: Trouble\nA + NO in NY"}
-{"Clue":"Winning measure from brusque school principal (5,4)","Answer":"SHORT HEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Winning measure\nSHORT (brusque) + HEAD"}
-{"Clue":"Exaggerated accounts submitted by salesmen? (10,5)","Answer":"TRAVELLERS\u2019 TALES","Explanation":"Definition: Exaggerated accounts\nDefinition with an extra hint"}
-{"Clue":"Shame! Say it's wrong (9)","Answer":"DISCREDIT","Explanation":"Definition: Shame\nDouble definition (though again, only just)"}
-{"Clue":"Infant left in tower here (5)","Answer":"BABEL","Explanation":"Definition: tower here\nBABE + L"}
-{"Clue":"Sentimental girl takes nothing back (7)","Answer":"MAUDLIN","Explanation":"Definition: Sentimental\nMAUD + reverse of NIL"}
-{"Clue":"Looks for a friendly word (7)","Answer":"REGARDS","Explanation":"Definition: Looks\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Short summary concerning capital investment (5)","Answer":"RECAP","Explanation":"Definition: Short summary\nRE (concerning) + CAP (short for capital investment?)"}
-{"Clue":"Graduate repeatedly brought in to reform old university (4,5)","Answer":"ALMA MATER","Explanation":"Definition: old university\nMA + MA in ALTER"}
-{"Clue":"It's taken out in wool-gathering (10)","Answer":"ABSTRACTED","Explanation":"Definition: taken out\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"This can provide an image that includes love \u2014 for oneself? (8)","Answer":"EGOMANIA","Explanation":"Definition: for oneself\nO in (AN IMAGE)"}
-{"Clue":"Left one extremely out of sorts (6)","Answer":"LIVERY","Explanation":"Definition: out of sorts\nL+ I + VERY \u2013 perhaps seen more often in this sense as \"liverish\""}
-{"Clue":"Identify the precise location (4)","Answer":"SPOT","Explanation":"Definition: Identify\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"A strict, or a liberal, gentleman? (10)","Answer":"ARISTOCRAT","Explanation":"Definition: gentleman\n(A STRICT OR A)"}
-{"Clue":"It currently controls rose that is rambling (8)","Answer":"RHEOSTAT","Explanation":"Definition: It currently controls\n(ROSE THAT IS)* \u2013 a rheostat is a device that provides variable electrical resistance, and hence varies the current"}
-{"Clue":"Cheeky, but attractive, feature (6)","Answer":"DIMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Cheeky, but attractive, feature\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Boss to pore over books endlessly (4)","Answer":"STUD","Explanation":"Definition: Boss\nSTUD[y]"}
-{"Clue":"Christian virtue fills a need, somehow (4-6)","Answer":"SELF-DENIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Christian virtue\n(FILLS A NEED)"}
-{"Clue":"An opening revelation (10)","Answer":"DISCLOSURE","Explanation":"Definition: An opening\nDouble definition, though the \"opening\" meaning is probably obsolete (and in any case very close to \"revelation\")"}
-{"Clue":"Deerstalkers' comedowns? (8)","Answer":"EARFLAPS","Explanation":"Definition: Deerstalkers' comedowns\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bear I let out \u2014 yes, let out! (8)","Answer":"LIBERATE","Explanation":"Definition: let out\n(BEAR I LET)"}
-{"Clue":"Spring changes course (6)","Answer":"SOURCE","Explanation":"Definition: Spring\nCOURSE"}
-{"Clue":"Great girl, marrying unlawfully (6)","Answer":"BIGAMY","Explanation":"Definition: marrying unlawfully\nThe familiar BIG AMY"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor about to get an increase (4)","Answer":"MORE","Explanation":"Definition: an increase\nMO + RE"}
-{"Clue":"Storm caused by parking on drive (4)","Answer":"RAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Storm\nRAM (drive) + P \u2013 I was going to question the definition, but Chambers gives \"to rage\" as one of the meanings of RAMP"}
-{"Clue":"A cheat simply becomes abstruse (12)","Answer":"METAPHYSICAL","Explanation":"Definition: abstruse\n(A CHEAT SIMPLY)"}
-{"Clue":"Institution has a lot that's not perfect (7)","Answer":"UNIDEAL","Explanation":"Definition: not perfect\nUNI + DEAL (as in \"a raw deal\" for one's lot, I suppose) \u2013 rather a strange word, but presumably Chifonie painted himself into a corner here."}
-{"Clue":"Opposed to old church in biblical town (7)","Answer":"ANTIOCH","Explanation":"Definition: biblical town\nANTI + O + CH"}
-{"Clue":"Communication when school rejected sanction (7)","Answer":"NOTELET","Explanation":"Definition: Communication\nReverse of ETON + LET (sanction, in the sense of \"allow\". See also 17d and 18d)"}
-{"Clue":"Walk in nature's strange way (7)","Answer":"SAUNTER","Explanation":"Definition: Walk\nNATURES"}
-{"Clue":"Creates questionnaires (5)","Answer":"FORMS","Explanation":"Definition: Creates\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Reprobates ultimately bomb boats (9)","Answer":"BLIGHTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Reprobates\n[bom]B + LIGHTERS"}
-{"Clue":"Others lie about hosts (9)","Answer":"HOTELIERS","Explanation":"Definition: hosts\n(OTHERS LIE)"}
-{"Clue":"Crew try fruit (5)","Answer":"MANGO","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nMAN (crew, as a verb) + GO (try)"}
-{"Clue":"Each heavenly body belonging to an outstanding group (3-4)","Answer":"ALL-STAR","Explanation":"Definition: belonging to an outstanding group\nALL (each) + STAR"}
-{"Clue":"Subsequently the French turned sideways (7)","Answer":"LATERAL","Explanation":"Definition: sideways\nLATER + reverse of LA"}
-{"Clue":"Eastern Nevada promises to be green (7)","Answer":"ENVIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: green\nE + NV + IOUS"}
-{"Clue":"Willing to examine a note (7)","Answer":"TESTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Willing\nTEST A TE"}
-{"Clue":"Don appears after ironing formal wear (7,5)","Answer":"EVENING DRESS","Explanation":"Definition: formal wear\nEVENING (ironing) + DON \u2013 I don't like \"don\" = \"dress\" as they are not really equivalent"}
-{"Clue":"Man inhales oxygen that's less dry (7)","Answer":"MOISTER","Explanation":"Definition: less dry\nO in MISTER"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor helps at mountain range (3,4)","Answer":"THE ALPS","Explanation":"Definition: mountain range\n(HELPS AT)"}
-{"Clue":"Friend has a supply of food that's tasty (9)","Answer":"PALATABLE","Explanation":"Definition: tasty\nPAL + A TABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Youth leader 'appily listens a long time (5)","Answer":"YEARS","Explanation":"Definition: a long time\nY + [h]EARS \u2013 with \"'applily\" being there only to indicate the dropped H"}
-{"Clue":"Clued up and enthusiastic about University College Hospital (2,5)","Answer":"IN TOUCH","Explanation":"Definition: Clued up\nINTO UCH"}
-{"Clue":"Messenger has porter keeping mail (7)","Answer":"APOSTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Messenger\nPOST in ALE"}
-{"Clue":"Expression doctor hears up front (4,2,6)","Answer":"TURN OF PHRASE","Explanation":"Definition: Expression\n(HEARS UP FRONT)* \u2013 second use of \"doctor\" as an anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Ought, in more difficult circumstances, to stop here (4,8)","Answer":"HARD\u00a0SHOULDER","Explanation":"Definition: stop here\nSHOULD in HARDER"}
-{"Clue":"Spoke to rudely about American being cut off (9)","Answer":"INSULATED","Explanation":"Definition: cut off\nA in INSULTED"}
-{"Clue":"Test authorised on reflection here in Israel (3,4)","Answer":"TEL AVIV","Explanation":"Definition: here in Israel\nReverse of VIVA (test) + LET \u2013 second use of \"let\""}
-{"Clue":"Allow insulating material is a disappointment (3-4)","Answer":"LET DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: a disappointment\nLET (and again!) + DOWN (insulating material)"}
-{"Clue":"Mike arranged siesta for artist (7)","Answer":"MATISSE","Explanation":"Definition: artist\nM (Mike in the phonetic alphabet) + SIESTA"}
-{"Clue":"Operatic heroine partners French invaders (7)","Answer":"NORMANS","Explanation":"Definition: French invaders\nNORMA (title character in opera by Bellini) + N S (partners in Bridge)"}
-{"Clue":"Tree product initially stopped during check (5)","Answer":"RESIN","Explanation":"Definition: Tree product\nS[topped] in REIN"}
-{"Clue":"Caught god's part in Sophocles play? (6)","Answer":"CHORUS","Explanation":"Definition: part in Sophocles play\n C + HORUS (Egyptian god)"}
-{"Clue":"Boring 13s of play a trial (3,3)","Answer":"DRY RUN","Explanation":"Definition: a trial\n DRY (boring) + RUN (series of performances of a play)"}
-{"Clue":"Noted work based on play, say, 12 twice (6)","Answer":"OTELLO","Explanation":"Definition: Noted work based on play\n TELL (say) in O (\"the round\") twice \u2013 Verdi's opera (a \"noted\" work) based on the play \"Othello\""}
-{"Clue":"Current book in mess distorted playwright's principles (8)","Answer":"IBSENISM","Explanation":"Definition: playwright's principles\n I (electric current) + B + (IN MESS)"}
-{"Clue":"Players from station on the radio (4)","Answer":"CAST","Explanation":"Definition: Players\n Homophone of \"caste\""}
-{"Clue":"Hot, tense leading man \u2014 and, for Brecht, plays may be seen thus (2,3,5)","Answer":"IN THE ROUND","Explanation":"Definition: plays may be seen thus\n IN (hot, fashionable) + T[ense] + HERO + UND (German \"and\")"}
-{"Clue":"Playing eg Willy Loman, retiring chap's arrested by police (11)","Answer":"PERFORMANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Playing\n Reverse of REP (Willy Loman is the eponymous character in Arthur Miller's \"Death of a Salesman\") + MAN in FORCE"}
-{"Clue":"Way to play with voice, capturing large bird (10)","Answer":"ALLEGRETTO","Explanation":"Definition: Way to play\n L EGRET in ALTO \u2013 Italian word (diminutive of \"allegro\") used in music to indicate a lively performance"}
-{"Clue":"They're played in Hawaii and here by two card players (4)","Answer":"UKES","Explanation":"Definition: They're played in Hawaii\n UK (here) + E S (players in bridge); the ukulele originated in Hawaii"}
-{"Clue":"Sordid party offers something to play (8)","Answer":"BASEBALL","Explanation":"Definition: something to play\n BASE (sordid) + BALL (party)"}
-{"Clue":"Pretty daughter is not back in play (6)","Answer":"DAINTY","Explanation":"Definition: Pretty\n D + AIN'T + [pla]Y"}
-{"Clue":"What Puck will make in play is what happens before PM arrives (6)","Answer":"AMENDS","Explanation":"Definition: What Puck will make in play\n Before afternoon starts, AM ENDS. The reference is to the last couplet of \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\", where Puck, aka Robin Goodfellow, says \"Give me your hands if we be friends,\/And Robin shall restore amends.\""}
-{"Clue":"Playmaker, one running round Arsenal's No 7 (6)","Answer":"MILLER","Explanation":"Definition: Playmaker\n [arsena]L in MILER"}
-{"Clue":"What 17 plays finding obstacle in course (8)","Answer":"ROULETTE","Explanation":"Definition: What 17 plays\n LET in ROUTE \u2013 not all betters play roulette, so this should perhaps read \"What 17 may play..\""}
-{"Clue":"Player of monsters to pull old samurai's clothing (6)","Answer":"LUGOSI","Explanation":"Definition: Player of monsters\n LUG + O + S[amura]I \u2013 Bela Lugosi famously played Dracula, and also Frankenstein's monster, and probably others"}
-{"Clue":"Greek plays Brahms and Liszt trio with ease (8)","Answer":"ORESTEIA","Explanation":"Definition: Greek plays\n (TRIO EASE)* \u2013 \"Brahms and Liszt\" is rhyming slang for \"pissed\"=drunk"}
-{"Clue":"Healthy food, fare for Hollywood player (6)","Answer":"BRANDO","Explanation":"Definition: Hollywood player\n BRAN + DO (fare, as in \"fare you well\")"}
-{"Clue":"Rest international player, holding six-footer back (6)","Answer":"CATNAP","Explanation":"Definition: Rest\n Reverse of ANT (insect, six-footer) in CAP (international sportsperson)"}
-{"Clue":"Making slow movement in song that's playing (6)","Answer":"NOSING","Explanation":"Definition: Making slow movement\n (IN SONG)"}
-{"Clue":"Play with Italian footballers lacking freshness (7,4)","Answer":"WINTER\u2019S\u00a0TALE","Explanation":"Definition: Play\n W[ith] + INTER (Inter Milan, football team) +STALE. To be picky the title of the play is actually *The* Winter's Tale"}
-{"Clue":"Contest to put in crosses for these players? (8)","Answer":"FORWARDS","Explanation":"Definition: players\n WAR in FORDS (crosses a river)"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative government skewered by revolutionary writer in 25 play (8)","Answer":"CRUCIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: 25 play\n Reverse of BIC in C RULE \u2013 again, the title of Miller's play is *The* Crucible"}
-{"Clue":"American player not in love with a shaggy-haired creature (6)","Answer":"ALPACA","Explanation":"Definition: shaggy-haired creature\n AL PACINO less IN O, + A"}
-{"Clue":"Race to enter competition with right player (6)","Answer":"BETTER","Explanation":"Definition: player\n TT (motorbike races) in BEE (competition) + R"}
-{"Clue":"In Barcelona, the regular number of players (6)","Answer":"ELEVEN","Explanation":"Definition: number of players\n EL (\"the\" in both Spanish and Catalan) + EVEN (regular)"}
-{"Clue":"Ogle diva regularly? I see plays here (3,3)","Answer":"OLD VIC","Explanation":"Definition: plays here\n Alternate letters of OgLe DiVa + I C (no homophone needed: \"see\" is the spelled-out name of the letter C)"}
-{"Clue":"Those with a common ancestor, see, put on board (5)","Answer":"CLADE","Explanation":"Definition: Those with a common ancestor\nC (see) + LADE"}
-{"Clue":"Initially rather proper, before love (5)","Answer":"PRIMO","Explanation":"Definition: Initially\nPRIM + O"}
-{"Clue":"It doesn't necessarily mean rhyming in deployment of note\/lote round hokku's end (13)","Answer":"HOMEOTELEUTON","Explanation":"Definition: It doesn't necessarily mean rhyming\nHOME (in) + [hokk]U in (NOTE LOTE)* \u2013 it's \"the use or occurrence of similar word endings\""}
-{"Clue":"Tea supplying energy after study (5)","Answer":"CONGO","Explanation":"Definition: Tea\nCON (study) + GO"}
-{"Clue":"Drunken bar where diamonds are found? Jewellers made it up (7)","Answer":"MIRBANE","Explanation":"Definition: Jewellers made it up\nBAR* in MINE (diamonds are found in a mine). Chambers says it's \"an apparently meaningless word\u2026 a name for nitrobenzene, as used in perfumery\" \u2013 so should the jewellers in the clue have been perfumiers?"}
-{"Clue":"Baptismal robe, most rich in embroidery (8)","Answer":"CHRISTOM","Explanation":"Definition: Baptismal robe\n(MOST RICH)"}
-{"Clue":"SI unit end of a lecture brought to the fore (5)","Answer":"KATAL","Explanation":"Definition: SI unit\nA TALK with K moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"It enables a gun to pivot in turn when moved about (8)","Answer":"TRUNNION","Explanation":"Definition: It enables a gun to pivot\n(IN TURN)* + ON (about)"}
-{"Clue":"Descriptive of a valve sat uncomfortably in stomach (8)","Answer":"BISTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Descriptive of a valve\nSAT* in BIBLE (one of the stomachs of a ruminant)"}
-{"Clue":"Master at a loss with hard insolence (5)","Answer":"MOUTH","Explanation":"Definition: insolence\nM + OUT + H"}
-{"Clue":"I may play composition of Satie, with 50% Chopin (8)","Answer":"PIANISTE","Explanation":"Definition: I may play\nAnagram of SATIE + [cho]PIN, and \"semi-&lit\" as both composers wrote mostly for the piano"}
-{"Clue":"Flowers ships conveyed westwards (7)","Answer":"DAHLIAS","Explanation":"Definition: Flowers\nReverse of SAIL HAD"}
-{"Clue":"Bones? Studied old couple from Roman times (5)","Answer":"RADII","Explanation":"Definition: Bones\nRAD (old form of \"read\") + II (Roman 2)"}
-{"Clue":"It disperses fevers, in fairness (13)","Answer":"DEFERVERSCENCY","Explanation":"Definition: It disperses\nFEVERS* in DECENCY"}
-{"Clue":"Touches of yellow and red distinguishing some gardens (5)","Answer":"YARDS","Explanation":"Definition: gardens\nFirst letters of Yellow And Red Distinguishing Some"}
-{"Clue":"Found in tea glass, we should be sent back! (5)","Answer":"ALGAE","Explanation":"Definition: Found in tea glass, we should be sent back\nHidden in reverse of tEA GLAss, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"An old woman with sun screen above her little darling (11)","Answer":"CHICK-A-BIDDY","Explanation":"Definition: little darling\nCHICK (Anglo-Indian sun screen) + A BIDDY (old woman)"}
-{"Clue":"Sub with chart entered wee stretch of water (6)","Answer":"LOCHAN","Explanation":"Definition: wee stretch of water\nCH[art] in LOAN (sub)"}
-{"Clue":"Special deal for atomiser? Write off (8)","Answer":"AMORTISE","Explanation":"Definition: Write off\nATOMISER"}
-{"Clue":"Wrinkly holds one up saying no (6)","Answer":"DENIAL","Explanation":"Definition: saying no\nA in reverse of LINED"}
-{"Clue":"Loaf little one's consumed in pen (6)","Answer":"STOTTY","Explanation":"Definition: Loaf\nTOT in STY"}
-{"Clue":"Gunners, model side on the outside, clobbered, losing heart (11)","Answer":"DEMORALISED","Explanation":"Definition: losing heart\nRA in (MODEL SIDE)"}
-{"Clue":"Grand border but it's lacking light (4)","Answer":"GLIM","Explanation":"Definition: light\nG + LIM[it]"}
-{"Clue":"A single leg bone (6)","Answer":"PERONE","Explanation":"Definition: leg bone\nPER (a) + ONE \u2013 another name for the tibia"}
-{"Clue":"Emphasize unpleasantly it's an old stone (5)","Answer":"RUBIN","Explanation":"Definition: old stone\nRUB IN (as in \"don't rub it in!\")"}
-{"Clue":"Mother keeping close to monkey (4)","Answer":"MONA","Explanation":"Definition: monkey\nON (close to) in MA"}
-{"Clue":"Contemplation about lives showing ill-treatment (8)","Answer":"MISUSING","Explanation":"Definition: showing ill-treatment\nIS in MUSING"}
-{"Clue":"James, about to dress up, calling for income from land-holders (6)","Answer":"JAGIRS","Explanation":"Definition: income from land-holders\nReverse of RIG in JAS"}
-{"Clue":"Male's internal organs in meat wagon (6)","Answer":"HEARSE","Explanation":"Definition: meat wagon\nEARS in HE \u2013 \"Male's\" needs to be read has \"Male has\""}
-{"Clue":"Gaelic speaker set about translation of Ido (6)","Answer":"GOIDEL","Explanation":"Definition: Gaelic speaker\nIDO* in GEL"}
-{"Clue":"Home of salt, famously \u2013 I act differently after even pinches of it (6)","Answer":"ATTICA","Explanation":"Definition: Home of salt, famously\n[s]A[l]T + (I ACT)* \u2013 the region around Athens, giving its name to \"Attic salt\" = dry wit"}
-{"Clue":"Cold viands, say, half of it served up with a certain topping(5)","Answer":"TILED","Explanation":"Definition: with a certain topping\nReverse of DELI + [i]T"}
-{"Clue":"Earth: parts of grave regularly covering one (4)","Answer":"GAEA","Explanation":"Definition: Earth\nAlternate letters of GrAvE + A"}
-{"Clue":"Sidewalk lip a vehicle conceals (4)","Answer":"PAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Sidewalk\nHidden in liP A VEhicle"}
-{"Clue":"Where one might well end up introducing quantifier into Anglican year (8)","Answer":"CEMETERY","Explanation":"Definition: Where one might well end up\nMETER in CE Y"}
-{"Clue":"Filipino crop a bit in front by this summer (5)","Answer":"ABACA","Explanation":"Definition: Filipino crop\nNot sure about this \u2013 presumably the \"summer\" is an ABACUS. The \"this\" would suggest that the clue is actually defining ABACUS \u2013 see also 24a"}
-{"Clue":"Obscenities begin to be uttered after sado\u00admasochism (4)","Answer":"SMUT","Explanation":"Definition: Obscenities\nSM + UT[tered]"}
-{"Clue":"Booze draws drunk into trees (10)","Answer":"ZEBRAWOODS","Explanation":"Definition: trees\n(BOOZE DRAWS)"}
-{"Clue":"Dived without a springboard and hurtled forward (6)","Answer":"LUNGED","Explanation":"Definition: hurtled forward\nPLUNGED less its first letter or \"springboard\""}
-{"Clue":"A mild TUC review is as from a sacred text (8)","Answer":"TALMUDIC","Explanation":"Definition: as from a sacred text\n(A MILD TUC)"}
-{"Clue":"Ah Harpo! Possibly one of the greats of yesteryear (7)","Answer":"PHARAOH","Explanation":"Definition: one of the greats of yesteryear\n(AH HARPO)"}
-{"Clue":"Prime minister abandons dodgy poolrooms for a sherry (7)","Answer":"OLOROSO","Explanation":"Definition: sherry\nPOOLROOMS* less PM"}
-{"Clue":"Simplest production, where characters have been cast badly (8)","Answer":"MISSPELT","Explanation":"Definition: where characters have been cast badly\nSIMPLEST"}
-{"Clue":"This habit would not be adopted by Conrad, for instance (6)","Answer":"JOSEPH","Explanation":"Definition: Conrad, for instance\nCryptic\/double defnition: a Joseph is \"a caped overcoat worn by women in the 18c for riding\", so a man (e.g. Joseph Conrad) wouldn't wear it"}
-{"Clue":"They trail along behind \u2014 hospital department hours being trimmed a long time (10)","Answer":"ENTOURAGES","Explanation":"Definition: They trail along behind\nENT (hospital dept) + [h]OUR[s] + AGES"}
-{"Clue":"This party starts otherwise with fish (4)","Answer":"DORY","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nTORY with a different (unspecified) first letter. This can surely only be a clue to TORY"}
-{"Clue":"That's the place to take a line off the record (5)","Answer":"THERE","Explanation":"Definition: That's the place\nTHE RECORD minus CORD (line)"}
-{"Clue":"How the weather can heat kettles (8)","Answer":"ELEMENTS","Explanation":"Definition: weather\nDouble definition, though rather a confused one"}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman served up opening drink (8)","Answer":"VERMOUTH","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nReverse of REV + MOUTH (opening)"}
-{"Clue":"Preliminary passion (4)","Answer":"HEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Preliminary\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Took views overheard before first sign of danger (6)","Answer":"SEIZED","Explanation":"Definition: Took\nHomophone of \"sees\" + D[anger]"}
-{"Clue":"Admire spa from a very small vessel (7)","Answer":"EYEBATH","Explanation":"Definition: a very small vessel\nEYE (admire) + SPA (bath)"}
-{"Clue":"Matching degree course (8)","Answer":"PARALLEL","Explanation":"Definition: Matching degree course\nCryptic definition: I think from the meaning of parallel as a line of latitude."}
-{"Clue":"Leave Ted behind for adventuresome tripping, involving lots of shifting about (10)","Answer":"MANOEUVRES","Explanation":"Definition: lots of shifting about\nADVENTURESOME* less TED"}
-{"Clue":"Film about collaboration between Goering and Hitler (6)","Answer":"GANDHI","Explanation":"Definition: Film\nHidden in goerinG AND HItler"}
-{"Clue":"Cosy gropes possible with these navigational aids! (10)","Answer":"GYROSCOPES","Explanation":"Definition: navigational aids\n(COSY GROPES)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of \"bandit person\" bearing a weapon (3-5)","Answer":"ONE-ARMED","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of \"bandit\nONE (person) + ARMED (bearing a weapon)"}
-{"Clue":"Part when equal bottom \u2014 about the last chance (8)","Answer":"SEPARATE","Explanation":"Definition: Part\nSEAT (bottom) \"about\" PAR (equal) + [th]E"}
-{"Clue":"They label back to front to confound (7)","Answer":"STAGGER","Explanation":"Definition: to confound\nTAGGERS (those who label) with the last letter moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"Instinctive move to eat at pub (6)","Answer":"INNATE","Explanation":"Definition: Instinctive\nINN + EAT"}
-{"Clue":"Teased short girl over cast-off (6)","Answer":"JOSHED","Explanation":"Definition: Teased\nJO (from \"Little Women\") + SHED"}
-{"Clue":"Provides the odd steroid from the east (4)","Answer":"DOES","Explanation":"Definition: Provides\nOdd letters of StErOiD, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Letter from Scotsman in POW camp returned (9)","Answer":"GALATIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Letter\nIAN in reverse of STALAG"}
-{"Clue":"An hour and two thirds to dress Posh Spice (5)","Answer":"CUMIN","Explanation":"Definition: Spice\nAn hour and two thirds is 100 minutes, or C MIN; put a U (\"posh\") in there to get the spice"}
-{"Clue":"Erotic dancing over seven month time period aiding childbirth (9)","Answer":"OBSTETRIC","Explanation":"Definition: aiding childbirth\nBST (British Summer Time, which lasts from the end of March to the end of October) in EROTIC"}
-{"Clue":"It should be impossible to pick husband largely on chum's tip (5)","Answer":"CHUBB","Explanation":"Definition: It should be impossible to pick\nC[hum] + HUBB[y] \u2013 Chubb won a competition in 1818 for locks that could only be opened with the correct key, i.e. they are unpickable"}
-{"Clue":"Ignore wife in labour, longing to be back in Scottish islands (6)","Answer":"ORKNEY","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish islands\nWORK \"ignoring\" W + reverse of YEN. You can say \"Orkney\" or \"the Orkney Islands\", but \"the Orkneys\" is regarded as a bit of a faux pas by the locals"}
-{"Clue":"Cockney retained or kept old soap from the '90s (8)","Answer":"ELDORADO","Explanation":"Definition: soap from the '90s\n'ELD OR 'AD + O \u2013 Eldorado was a short-lived and much-derided BBC soap opera about ex-pats in Spain"}
-{"Clue":"Antlers composed of bone (7)","Answer":"STERNAL","Explanation":"Definition: of bone\nANTLERS* \u2013 meaning \"related to the sternum\""}
-{"Clue":"Taken aback by a boring legal document, one listing goods (7)","Answer":"WAYBILL","Explanation":"Definition: one listing goods\nReverse of BY A in (\"boring\") WILL"}
-{"Clue":"More 3 in job scene, reportedly (8)","Answer":"OBSCENER","Explanation":"Definition: More 3\nHidden in jOB SCENE Reportedly \u2013 cunningly suggesting a homophone clue"}
-{"Clue":"One in pursuit of raw meat dish (6)","Answer":"CHILLI","Explanation":"Definition: meat dish\nCHILL (raw) + I"}
-{"Clue":"Runs off and weds, unclothed and hungry (5)","Answer":"UNFED","Explanation":"Definition: hungry\nRemove the outer letters of rUNs oFf wEDs"}
-{"Clue":"Clue 9 as \"eccentric economist's acolyte\" (9)","Answer":"KEYNESIAN","Explanation":"Definition: economist's acolyte\nKEY (clue) + (NINE AS)"}
-{"Clue":"Run away from stiff brush (5)","Answer":"COPSE","Explanation":"Definition: brush\nCORPSE (stiff) less R"}
-{"Clue":"Church loves to plug support for education (9)","Answer":"SCHOOLING","Explanation":"Definition: education\nCH + O O in SLING"}
-{"Clue":"Sheepish labourer, first to bathe in the sea at Calais (6)","Answer":"LAMBER","Explanation":"Definition: Sheepish labourer\nB[athe] in LA MER"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps catch nothing, upset about cricket practice (8)","Answer":"FASTENER","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps catch\nFA (nothing, as in \"sweet FA\") + reverse of RE NETS"}
-{"Clue":"Despicable file they have finally redacted twice (6)","Answer":"FILTHY","Explanation":"Definition: Despicable\nFILE THEY with [hav]E removed twice"}
-{"Clue":"Ban organisation over rackets involving drug and spirits (7)","Answer":"UNDINES","Explanation":"Definition: spirits\nUN (United Nations, run by Ban Ki-moon) + E in DINS \u2013 Undines or Ondines are water spirits"}
-{"Clue":"Source gold after gold filling falls out of tooth (6)","Answer":"AUTHOR","Explanation":"Definition: Source\nUsing the two familiar abbreiviations for gold: AU + T[oot]H + OR"}
-{"Clue":"Partly believes in Badger, storybook hero! (6)","Answer":"SINBAD","Explanation":"Definition: storybook hero\nHidden in believeS IN BADger (Badger being a hero of \"The Wind in the Willows\")"}
-{"Clue":"Thought Gide gag no good at all (4)","Answer":"IDEA","Explanation":"Definition: Thought\nGIDE GAG less all occurrences of G"}
-{"Clue":"Like inhaling air in northern French city (6)","Answer":"AMIENS","Explanation":"Definition: northern French city\nMIEN (air) in AS (like). I went to Amiens in August 1999 to watch the total eclipse of the sun. Fortunately the clouds cleared just in time."}
-{"Clue":"Cry for attention close to waterfall animated Olive (3)","Answer":"OYL","Explanation":"Definition: animated Olive\nOY + [waterfal]L \u2013 Olive Oyl was Popeye's girlfriend in the animated series"}
-{"Clue":"Anti-corruption agency as of now regularly failing (3)","Answer":"SFO","Explanation":"Definition: Anti-corruption agency\nAlternate letters of aS oF nOw. As this abbreviation for the Serious Fraud Office isn't a pronounceable word it should surely be indicated as (1,1,1)"}
-{"Clue":"Article read aloud for Queen (4)","Answer":"ANNE","Explanation":"Definition: Queen\nHomophone of \"an\""}
-{"Clue":"Loveless lad is left confused and alone (2,6)","Answer":"BY ITSELF","Explanation":"Definition: alone\nBOY less O + (IS LEFT)"}
-{"Clue":"County evacuated after historic forest fire (7)","Answer":"ARDENCY","Explanation":"Definition: fire\nARDEN + C[ount]Y \u2013 \"As You Like It\" is set n the forest of Arden, named after an area of Warwickshire"}
-{"Clue":"Judge supporting embargo on outsize instruments (6)","Answer":"BANJO","Explanation":"Definition: instruments\nBAN (embargo) + J[udge] + OS"}
-{"Clue":"Bottom of league in Cheshire and East Lancashire? (6)","Answer":"CHEESE","Explanation":"Definition: Lancashire?\n[leagu]E in CHES + E"}
-{"Clue":"Pointless snooker shot from John Higgins's sixth frame of Open (6)","Answer":"CANNON","Explanation":"Definition: Pointless snooker shot\nCAN (toilet \u2013 John) + sixth letter of higgiNs + O[pe]N \u2013 a cannon scores points in Billiards but not in Snooker"}
-{"Clue":"Got to know sailors in leathers, half-cut (6)","Answer":"LEARNT","Explanation":"Definition: Got to know\nRN in LEAT[hers]"}
-{"Clue":"Australian with ancestry in Lincoln? (9)","Answer":"ABORIGINE","Explanation":"Definition: Australian\nORIGIN in ABE"}
-{"Clue":"Cream and gold seen in plant (5)","Answer":"IVORY","Explanation":"Definition: Cream\nOR in IVY"}
-{"Clue":"Fifty-one line up endlessly on right for a drink (7)","Answer":"LIQUEUR","Explanation":"Definition: a drink\nLI (51) + QUEU[E] + R"}
-{"Clue":"Denounced a cricket club not new to exploitation (7)","Answer":"ACCUSED","Explanation":"Definition: Denounced\nA + CC + USED (exploited)"}
-{"Clue":"One wants to be so described (5)","Answer":"NEEDY","Explanation":"Definition: One wants to be so described\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Providing people with different occupations (9)","Answer":"REHOUSING","Explanation":"Definition: Providing people with different occupations\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Riches of the arts, perhaps, for personal adornment (7,8)","Answer":"OSTRICH FEATHERS","Explanation":"Definition: personal adornment\n(RICHES OF THE ARTS)"}
-{"Clue":"Scold or nag \u2014 matter put straight (9)","Answer":"TERMAGANT","Explanation":"Definition: Scold\n(NAG MATTER)"}
-{"Clue":"Return of spirit in open discussion (5)","Answer":"FORUM","Explanation":"Definition: open discussion\nOF reversed + RUM"}
-{"Clue":"Flies east via resorts (7)","Answer":"AVIATES","Explanation":"Definition: Flies\n(EAST VIA)"}
-{"Clue":"Dashing fellow who went to the top at sea (7)","Answer":"GALLANT","Explanation":"Definition: Dashing fellow\nA TOPGALLANT sail is one that is above the topsail on a ship. \"That\" would be better than \"who\" here."}
-{"Clue":"Company about to broadcast somewhere in Egypt (5)","Answer":"CAIRO","Explanation":"Definition: somewhere in Egypt\nAIR in CO"}
-{"Clue":"Fresh delivery of an American magazine (3,6)","Answer":"NEW YORKER","Explanation":"Definition: American magazine\nNEW + YORKER (type of delivery in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Argument about leaving the parade ground (7,3)","Answer":"FALLING OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Argument\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Victory or defeat (8)","Answer":"CONQUEST","Explanation":"Definition: Victory\nDouble definition \u2013 conquest can refer to the act of conquering, or of being conquered"}
-{"Clue":"Fine quality diamonds worn with shirt in New York (6)","Answer":"NICETY","Explanation":"Definition: Fine quality\nICE (slang for diamonds) + T[-shirt] in NY"}
-{"Clue":"False witness who turns up to abuse (4)","Answer":"LIAR","Explanation":"Definition: False witness\nReverse of RAIL"}
-{"Clue":"Indifference of some soldiers (10)","Answer":"DETACHMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Indifference\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Don't totally accept the cut-price offer (8)","Answer":"DISCOUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Don't totally accept\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Various trees but no great variety (6)","Answer":"BONSAI","Explanation":"Definition: Various trees but no great variety\nCryptic definition, with \"great\" in the sense of \"large\""}
-{"Clue":"Found out, Eddy coloured (4)","Answer":"DYED","Explanation":"Definition: coloured\nEDDY"}
-{"Clue":"Preparing for the night? (10)","Answer":"REHEARSING","Explanation":"Definition: Preparing for the night\nCryptic definition, the \"night\" being a performance (\"it'll be all right on the night\")"}
-{"Clue":"Some grates designed as fuel-savers (10)","Answer":"GASOMETERS","Explanation":"Definition: fuel-savers\n(SOME GRATES)"}
-{"Clue":"Doing nothing but fighting? (8)","Answer":"INACTION","Explanation":"Definition: Doing nothing\nA fighting soldier is IN ACTION"}
-{"Clue":"Lugs around old currency reserves (8)","Answer":"EARMARKS","Explanation":"Definition: reserves\nMARK in EARS"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit is seen in the fall (6)","Answer":"RAISIN","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nIS in RAIN"}
-{"Clue":"One won't be the first to do it (6)","Answer":"FOLLOW","Explanation":"Definition: One won't be the first to do it\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Saucy curve (4)","Answer":"ARCH","Explanation":"Definition: Saucy\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Turn pale, not having a costume (4)","Answer":"GOWN","Explanation":"Definition: costume\nGO WAN less A"}
-{"Clue":"Watergate: various clues lead to impeachment (6)","Answer":"SLUICE","Explanation":"Definition: Watergate\nAnagram of CLUES + I[mpeachment]"}
-{"Clue":"End result when thief raids church and takes the van? (5,3)","Answer":"LEADS OFF","Explanation":"Definition: takes the van\nWhen the thief raids the church the LEAD'S OFF the roof"}
-{"Clue":"Turn back slow runners between defensive lines (8)","Answer":"MIDFIELD","Explanation":"Definition: between defensive lines\nReverse of DIM + FIELD (runners in a race)"}
-{"Clue":"Defeat secured by best original means to an end in 15 (4,6)","Answer":"LEAD PIPING","Explanation":"Definition: means to an end in 15\nPIP (defeat, as in \"pipped at the post\") in LEADING. Lead piping is one of the murder weapons in the game of Cluedo"}
-{"Clue":"Land with inexperienced leader is OK (5,5)","Answer":"GREEN LIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: OK\nGREEN (inexperienced) + LIGHT (to land)"}
-{"Clue":"Small blocks of 15 countryman may have to get over (6)","Answer":"STILES","Explanation":"Definition: countryman may have to get over\nS + TILES"}
-{"Clue":"Request for help \u2014 involving British right? (3,5)","Answer":"SOB STORY","Explanation":"Definition: Request for help\nB in SOS (request for help) + TORY (right) \u2013 and the whole thing is also a request for help; not quite an &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Champion's more natural without it (8)","Answer":"CRUSADER","Explanation":"Definition: Champion\nSA (Sex Appeal, \"it\") in CRUDER"}
-{"Clue":"Indigenous person from Hungary breaking fast (6)","Answer":"APACHE","Explanation":"Definition: Indigenous person\nH in APACE"}
-{"Clue":"Earl's angry after last of men in gang ran through (10)","Answer":"SQUANDERED","Explanation":"Definition: ran through\n[me]N in SQUAD + E[arl] + RED (angry)"}
-{"Clue":"China 15's outcome (4)","Answer":"MATE","Explanation":"Definition: China\nDouble definition \u2013 rhyming slang \"china plate\" = \"mate\", and the end of a game of chess"}
-{"Clue":"Thieving can be attractive (6)","Answer":"TAKING","Explanation":"Definition: Thieving\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Rounded eggs cracking on the shelf not recognised (8)","Answer":"UNAVOWED","Explanation":"Definition: not recognised\nReverse of OVA in UNWED (on the shelf)"}
-{"Clue":"Spare person providing support in kitchen garden (8)","Answer":"BEANPOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Spare person\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Prime time cycling contests (6)","Answer":"EVENTS","Explanation":"Definition: contests\nSEVEN (prime number) + T, with the letters \"cycled\" round"}
-{"Clue":"Cheese out of date, possibly acquired in 15 (9,6)","Answer":"LEICESTER\u00a0SQUARE","Explanation":"Definition: possibly acquired in 15\nLEICESTER (cheese, usually prefxed by \"Red\") + SQUARE (out of date) \u2013 Leicester Square is one of the properties in Monopoly"}
-{"Clue":"Fielding's wanton, no-good heathen (7)","Answer":"INFIDEL","Explanation":"Definition: heathen\nFIELDING* less G"}
-{"Clue":"Enthusiastic doctor resigned after end of case (9)","Answer":"ENERGISED","Explanation":"Definition: Enthusiastic\n[cas]E + RESIGNED"}
-{"Clue":"One element of 15 could be 50 of the other \u2026 (7)","Answer":"LADDERS","Explanation":"Definition: One element of 15\nL (50) + ADDERS (snakes, to go with the ladders in the board game)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 and another, regularly seen in tree (5)","Answer":"ASPEN","Explanation":"Definition: tree\nASP (snake) + [s]E[e]N"}
-{"Clue":"Jerry's turned up, beating this chap with specious argument (7)","Answer":"SOPHIST","Explanation":"Definition: chap with specious argument\nReverse PO'S (PO = chamber pot, jerry) + THIS"}
-{"Clue":"15's terminal way to fill Ely cathedral post, maybe (9,6,7)","Answer":"FENCHURCH\u00a0STREET STATION","Explanation":"Definition: 15's terminal\nSTREET (way) in FEN CHURCH (as Ely cathedral might be described) + STATION (post) \u2013 one of the four stations in Monopoly (I spent far too long trying to justify LIVERPOOL STREET.. here)"}
-{"Clue":"Diversion \u2014 you'll need to mount up for it (5,4)","Answer":"BOARD GAME","Explanation":"Definition: Diversion\nBOARD (to mount) + GAME (keen, up for it)"}
-{"Clue":"Divert troops, repeatedly keeping away (7)","Answer":"REROUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Divert\nOUT (away) in RE (troops) twice"}
-{"Clue":"Queen keeled over during a function, one of two in Ulster, perhaps (7)","Answer":"ARMHOLE","Explanation":"Definition: one of two in Ulster, perhaps\nHM reversed in A ROLE \u2013 the Ulster here is a coat"}
-{"Clue":"Mum not seen to follow 15 (5)","Answer":"DOGGO","Explanation":"Definition: Mum not seen\nDOG (follow) + GO (board game). To lie doggo is to be quiet and hidden"}
-{"Clue":"Henry loathed fashion, including college scarf (9)","Answer":"HEADCLOTH","Explanation":"Definition: scarf\nH (abbreviation for the SI unit Henry) + C in LOATHED"}
-{"Clue":"Available money? (5)","Answer":"READY","Explanation":"Definition: Available\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dacre's rag admits liberal sources (7)","Answer":"CRADLES","Explanation":"Definition: sources\nL in DACRES"}
-{"Clue":"English, Two-Knights and Spanish cry about Black's honour (7)","Answer":"ENNOBLE","Explanation":"Definition: honour\nE + N twice + B in OLE!"}
-{"Clue":"They succeed in their schemes (5)","Answer":"HEIRS","Explanation":"Definition: They succeed\nHidden in tHEIR Schemes"}
-{"Clue":"Leader Cook steals single with gratitude when batting (9)","Answer":"CHIEFTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Leader\nI in CHEF + TA + IN (batting, in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Manager of Palace? (4,11)","Answer":"LORD CHAMBERLAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Manager of Palace\nCryptic defintion \u2013 the Lord Chamberlain is the senior officer of the Royal Household: the clue is trying to make us think of a manager of (football team) Crystal Palace, but it was fairly obvious that another kind of palace was involved"}
-{"Clue":"Not a 23 across, first acting officer (9)","Answer":"CENTURION","Explanation":"Definition: officer\nCENTAUR less A + I + ON (acting)"}
-{"Clue":"Long distance traveller to arrive on time (5)","Answer":"COMET","Explanation":"Definition: Long distance traveller\nCOME + T"}
-{"Clue":"Heroic worker from Rhondda, say? (7)","Answer":"VALIANT","Explanation":"Definition: Heroic\nHomophone (-ish) of \"valley ant\""}
-{"Clue":"Fabulous creature revealed by smell or sound (7)","Answer":"CENTAUR","Explanation":"Definition: Fabulous creature\nHomophone (a closer one this time) of \"scent or\""}
-{"Clue":"Special ice cream or cake (5)","Answer":"SCONE","Explanation":"Definition: cake\nS + CONE"}
-{"Clue":"Freshening up cleans American rapper of scandal (9)","Answer":"ESCLANDRE","Explanation":"Definition: scandal\nCLEANS* + [Dr] DRE. The word is the French equivalent of \"scandal\" (and related to \"slander\"): Chambers defines it as \"notoriety; any unpleasantness\", which doesn't seem to be quite the same thing"}
-{"Clue":"One might crave church love that's universal but timeless (10)","Answer":"CHOCAHOLIC","Explanation":"Definition: One might crave\nCH + O + CA[T]HOLIC"}
-{"Clue":"Royalist without care (8)","Answer":"CAVALIER","Explanation":"Definition: Royalist\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Short Book of Goon? (6)","Answer":"ECCLES","Explanation":"Definition: Short Book\nDouble definition \u2013 abbreviation of the book of Ecclesiastes, and the character played by Spike Milligan in the Goon Show"}
-{"Clue":"Governor of German city changed direction twice? (4)","Answer":"BOSS","Explanation":"Definition: Governor\nBONN, with both Ns changed to S"}
-{"Clue":"When to take train, that is? Having two, it departs full and returns empty (7,3)","Answer":"WHEELIE BIN","Explanation":"Definition: it departs full and returns empty\nEL (elevated train) + IE + BI in WHEN"}
-{"Clue":"Carry On films, of course, uncover bottoms after lifting pictures (8)","Answer":"TRANSFER","Explanation":"Definition: Carry\nReverse of ART + last letters of oN filmS oF coursE afteR"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character with bad back's terribly bad (6)","Answer":"LAMBDA","Explanation":"Definition: Greek character\nReverse of MAL + BAD"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of fifty pence piece (4)","Answer":"TYPE","Explanation":"Definition: Kind\nHidden (a piece of) in fifTY PEnce"}
-{"Clue":"The old racer racing around Italy? (10)","Answer":"CHARIOTEER","Explanation":"Definition: The old racer racing around Italy\nI in (THE O RACER)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"No chance of dessert? (3-7)","Answer":"NON-STARTER","Explanation":"Definition: No chance\nDouble definition \u2013 a dessert is not a starter, and a non-starter has no chance, though I think the grammar of the definition is not quite right"}
-{"Clue":"Councillor, supported by America, rejecting left-wing activist (8)","Answer":"CRUSADER","Explanation":"Definition: activist\nCR + US + A + reverse of RED"}
-{"Clue":"Weapons loaded with bullets to begin with and they're blown up (8)","Answer":"ARMBANDS","Explanation":"Definition: they're blown up\nB[ullets] + AND in ARMS"}
-{"Clue":"Admiral's strong grasp (6)","Answer":"NELSON","Explanation":"Definition: Admiral\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"English mathematician's trick with a variable (6)","Answer":"CONWAY","Explanation":"Definition: English mathematician\nCON (trick) + W[ith] A Y \u2013 John Conway, formerly at Cambridge, and latterly at Princeton, who is well known for his contributions to many areas of mathematics, including the \"recreational side\"; he's perhaps best known for his Game of Life. I used to know him quite well when I was a graduate student at Cambridge."}
-{"Clue":"Son wears old soldier's garment (4)","Answer":"VEST","Explanation":"Definition: garment\nS in VET"}
-{"Clue":"100,0,100,1,000? Nonsense! (4)","Answer":"COCK","Explanation":"Definition: Nonsense\nC (100) + O + C (again) + K (1000)"}
-{"Clue":"What's left in Parisian art gallery (6)","Answer":"ESTATE","Explanation":"Definition: What's left\nES (Parisian \"art\", or \"are\", as in \"tu es\") + TATE (gallery)"}
-{"Clue":"Woods manages to keep still (8)","Answer":"COPPICES","Explanation":"Definition: Woods\nPIC (photo, a still) in COPES"}
-{"Clue":"Elvis's joint position of authority (8)","Answer":"KINGSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: position of authority\nKING'S HIP"}
-{"Clue":"Noble poplar is topped, with sides lopped (6)","Answer":"ARISTO","Explanation":"Definition: Noble\nHidden in poplAR IS TOpped"}
-{"Clue":"Most MPs' patrons tour mountain chain (12)","Answer":"BACKBENCHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Most MPs\nBEN (mountain) + CH in BACKERS"}
-{"Clue":"Ditch dance, ejecting hundreds (2-2)","Answer":"HA-HA","Explanation":"Definition: Ditch\nCHA-CHA less the two Cs"}
-{"Clue":"Bath site, area covered by extended rental (8)","Answer":"LONGLEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Bath site\nA[rea] in LONG LET. Longleat is the seat of the Marquess of Bath, famous for its safari park (\"Have you seen the lions of Longleat?\"). Capability Brown did some work on the grounds around 1760."}
-{"Clue":"Knight left at once, galloping across line (8)","Answer":"LANCELOT","Explanation":"Definition: Knight\nL (left) + L (long) in (AT ONCE)"}
-{"Clue":"Recall crew tackling crown of elm tree (4)","Answer":"NEEM","Explanation":"Definition: tree\nE[lm] in reverse of MEN (crew) \u2013 it's a tree found in India: new to me, but the clueing is clear"}
-{"Clue":"Directors begin dithering in spring's union rounds (7,5)","Answer":"WEDDING BELLS","Explanation":"Definition: union rounds\nAnagram of D D (directors) + BEGIN in WELL'S (spring's), with a whimsical definition"}
-{"Clue":"He enjoyed 9, lodge or genteel houses (6)","Answer":"GEORGE","Explanation":"Definition: He enjoyed 9\nHidden in lodGE OR GEnteel. Take your pick of Georges I-VI."}
-{"Clue":"Topper, old and jaunty, covers topless 13 (5,3)","Answer":"OPERA HAT","Explanation":"Definition: Topper\nO [h]AHA in PERT"}
-{"Clue":"He tends neat laurel screening mock bananas (8)","Answer":"STOCKMAN","Explanation":"Definition: He tends neat\nMOCK* in STAN (Laurel \u2013 a bit naughty to omit the initial capital). \"Neat\" means cattle"}
-{"Clue":"Queen is reclining in shade (6)","Answer":"SIENNA","Explanation":"Definition: shade\nReverse of ANNE IS"}
-{"Clue":"Dirty pictures finish on top (4)","Answer":"SOIL","Explanation":"Definition: Dirty\nOILS with the last letter moved to the top"}
-{"Clue":"Redecorate Gaelic bar with symbols for numbers (9)","Answer":"ALGEBRAIC","Explanation":"Definition: with symbols for numbers\n(GAELIC BAR)"}
-{"Clue":"Start to educate Catholic in the present moral code (6)","Answer":"ETHICS","Explanation":"Definition: moral code\nE[ducate] + C in THIS (\"the present\")"}
-{"Clue":"17 to surpass skill British possess (10,5)","Answer":"CAPABILITY BROWN","Explanation":"Definition: 17\nCAP + ABILITY + BR + OWN \u2013 Capability Brown's real first name was Lancelot: not much of a definition, but there's additional help with the reference in 15d"}
-{"Clue":"Carpenter's job limits new council's responsibility (8)","Answer":"PLANNING","Explanation":"Definition: council's responsibility\nN in PLANING"}
-{"Clue":"Hibernian girl hit it off (5)","Answer":"IRISH","Explanation":"Definition: Hibernian\nIRIS (girl) + HIT less IT"}
-{"Clue":"Uprooted old Irishman, ready to drop trousers (10)","Answer":"EXTIRPATED","Explanation":"Definition: Uprooted\nEX (old) + PAT in (\"trousered by\") TIRED (ready to drop)"}
-{"Clue":"Admin guy meets spy handling Middle East (10)","Answer":"MANAGEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Admin\nMAN + ME in AGENT"}
-{"Clue":"5 down's bag is large, with small point (9)","Answer":"LANDSCAPE","Explanation":"Definition: 5 down's bag\nL AND S CAPE"}
-{"Clue":"Palace establishment ordered to release various stats (8)","Answer":"BLENHEIM","Explanation":"Definition: Palace\nESTABLISHMENT* less STATS \u2013 another estate that Capability Brown worked on"}
-{"Clue":"Trees in not very attractive Hampshire town (6)","Answer":"ALDERS","Explanation":"Definition: Trees\nALDERSHOT less HOT (very attractive)"}
-{"Clue":"Classic order: cook most of cereal (5)","Answer":"DORIC","Explanation":"Definition: Classic order\nDO (cook) RIC[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Buff fine beard (4)","Answer":"FAWN","Explanation":"Definition: Buff\nF + AWN \u2013 buff and fawn are light-brown colours (maybe aka beige)"}
-{"Clue":"Swelling on the skin, constant inside as well (5)","Answer":"BOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Swelling on the skin\nC in BOTH \u2013 a familiar word, but the \"swelling\" sense was new to me"}
-{"Clue":"College in university tailed and brought back Japanese fish (7)","Answer":"MEDACCA","Explanation":"Definition: Japanese fish\nC in reverse of ACADEM[Y]"}
-{"Clue":"One long imprisoned in doomed fort's war cry of old (9)","Answer":"ALALAGMOS","Explanation":"Definition: war cry of old\nA LAG in ALAMO'S \u2013 the preamble says that this \"appears in earlier editions\"; as I don't have the latest edition I can't verify that it doesn't appear in that, but it is in the 11th Edition (2008)"}
-{"Clue":"Persian sect twice seen to be wrapped in hoax (6)","Answer":"BABISM","Explanation":"Definition: Persian sect\nBIS in BAM"}
-{"Clue":"Antebellum line no longer included in standard (6)","Answer":"PRE-WAR","Explanation":"Definition: Antebellum\nREW (Spenserian form of \"row\" = line) in PAR"}
-{"Clue":"Bones of a child extracted from fluid (4)","Answer":"ILIA","Explanation":"Definition: Bones\nFILIAL (of a child) less FL"}
-{"Clue":"Caulis one's taken from ploughed furrows (5)","Answer":"SULCI","Explanation":"Definition: furrows\nCAULIS* less A"}
-{"Clue":"Class kept in have a go at architectural ornamentation (7)","Answer":"TRACERY","Explanation":"Definition: architectural ornamentation\nRACE in TRY"}
-{"Clue":"Asteroid disintegrating passed Earth, energy lost (10)","Answer":"STAR-SHAPED","Explanation":"Definition: Asteroid\n(PASSED EARTH)* less (one) E \u2013 using \"asteroid\" in its literal sense of \"like a star\""}
-{"Clue":"The hachis prepared around start of Chanukah \u2013 it's kosher (10)","Answer":"SCHECHITAH","Explanation":"Definition: it's kosher\nC in (THE HACHIS)"}
-{"Clue":"Gripped? Reverse of gripped in that minor role (7)","Answer":"BIT-PART","Explanation":"Definition: minor role\nReverse of RAPT (gripped) in (gripped by) BIT (another definition of \"gripped\")"}
-{"Clue":"Outer garment, often black? This is a reddish-brown one (5)","Answer":"ABAYA","Explanation":"Definition: Outer garment, often black\nA BAY + A"}
-{"Clue":"Wife's clothing reverse of fashionable, being OS? (4)","Answer":"UNIX","Explanation":"Definition: OS?\nReverse of IN in UX, OS = Operating System, of which Unix is an example"}
-{"Clue":"Household area retained by old couple (6)","Answer":"MENAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Household\nA in MENGE (archaic word for \"to unite\")"}
-{"Clue":"Deep (but short) depression \u2013 soothing sound by doctor with start of each (6)","Answer":"COOMBE","Explanation":"Definition: Deep (but short) depression\nCOO + MB + E[ach]"}
-{"Clue":"Bother about glut I neglected? (9)","Answer":"FUSTILUGS","Explanation":"Definition: Bother about glut I neglected\n(GLUT I)* in FUSS &lit , with the \"I\" referring to a \"gross overgrown person\""}
-{"Clue":"Lines in middle of boat float like fish (8)","Answer":"OROPESA","Explanation":"Definition: float like fish\nROPES in [b]OA[t] \u2013 it's a fish-shape float used in minesweeping"}
-{"Clue":"After party, enthusiasm cut short drops off (5)","Answer":"DOZES","Explanation":"Definition: drops off\nDO + ZES[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Clerk holding chump in palm (7)","Answer":"BABASSU","Explanation":"Definition: palm\nASS in BABU"}
-{"Clue":"Recognized restraint shown on alternate parts of altar frontal (6)","Answer":"TABULA","Explanation":"Definition: frontal\nTABU + [a]L[t]A[r]"}
-{"Clue":"Cut out embrace (4)","Answer":"CLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Cut out\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Mince is hot in pot (7)","Answer":"HASHISH","Explanation":"Definition: pot\nHASH IS H"}
-{"Clue":"No sweat \u2013 effect of that disposal of crime patch (10)","Answer":"EMPHRACTIC","Explanation":"Definition: No sweat \u2013 effect of that\n(CRIME PATCH)* \u2013 it's something that blocks the pores, so its effect might be \"no sweat\""}
-{"Clue":"Backs advance after run cutting turf up (5)","Answer":"DORSA","Explanation":"Definition: Backs\nR in reverse of SOD + A[dvance]"}
-{"Clue":"One of herd given guidance, like a monk? (6)","Answer":"COWLED","Explanation":"Definition: like a monk\nCOW LED"}
-{"Clue":"Wake for poet, something providing uplift before day's ending (5)","Answer":"ABRAY","Explanation":"Definition: Wake for poet\nA BRA + [da]Y \u2013 another Spenserian word"}
-{"Clue":"Adamic, shelters shivering after a while? (10)","Answer":"MOTHERLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Adamic\nMO + SHELTERS"}
-{"Clue":"Like a profile of unlit fuzzy part of head (9)","Answer":"OUTLINEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Like a profile\nO[f] + UNLIT* + EAR \u2013 meaning \"like an outline\""}
-{"Clue":"Like lentils? Poach roughly with fish (7)","Answer":"PHACOID","Explanation":"Definition: Like lentils\nPOACH* + ID"}
-{"Clue":"Woman, one with power where men are moved around? (7)","Answer":"CHAPESS","Explanation":"Definition: Woman\nA + P \"in CHESS\" (where men are moved around)"}
-{"Clue":"Certainly fool's given a lift, being squiffy (6)","Answer":"STINKO","Explanation":"Definition: squiffy\nReverse of OK NIT'S"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient deity, something in Somerset that's set up? (6)","Answer":"TAMMUZ","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient deity\nReverse of ZUMMAT \u2013 supposed Somerset version of \"something\""}
-{"Clue":"Cocktail creating nasty smell after spree (5)","Answer":"BUMBO","Explanation":"Definition: Cocktail\nBUM + BO"}
-{"Clue":"Prove fit, taking in run (5)","Answer":"ARGUE","Explanation":"Definition: Prove\nr in AGUE"}
-{"Clue":"Fine skipping folk dancing love \u2026 such music? (4)","Answer":"KOLO","Explanation":"Definition: such music\nFOLK* less F + O \u2013 a Serbian dance or its music"}
-{"Clue":"Stunner dismissed after 17 (8)","Answer":"KNOCKOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Stunner\nKNOCK (a batsman's innings) + OUT (dismissed)"}
-{"Clue":"Courageous 22 across (5)","Answer":"STOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Courageous\nST (street, way) + OUT"}
-{"Clue":"Big performance opening pot (4,4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: Big performance\nSTART + URN"}
-{"Clue":"Dogs help us past bears, a wearing circuit (5,5)","Answer":"LHASA\u00a0ASPSOS","Explanation":"Definition: Dogs\nHAS (bears) A in LAP (circuit) + SOS (help us)"}
-{"Clue":"Clement secures gold for the title (6)","Answer":"MILORD","Explanation":"Definition: title\nOR in MILD"}
-{"Clue":"Government leader took advantage of accommodating group, allowing freedom of movement (8)","Answer":"GUSSETED","Explanation":"Definition: allowing freedom of movement\nG + SET in USED"}
-{"Clue":"Press the accelerator (in\/out) \u2014 that's sweet! (7)","Answer":"REVENGE","Explanation":"Definition: that's sweet\nREV ENGINE less IN \u2013 \"revenge is sweet\""}
-{"Clue":"Spell \"pot\" without the first letter (7)","Answer":"INNINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Spell\n[W]INNINGS"}
-{"Clue":"10 and 3 out for local network (8)","Answer":"ETHERNET","Explanation":"Definition: local network\nAn anagram of TEN + THREE"}
-{"Clue":"Weber's first, A minor (unfinished) \u2014 it's avant-garde (3-3)","Answer":"WAY-OUT","Explanation":"Definition: avant-garde\nW + A + YOUT[H]"}
-{"Clue":"Surface injury restricting butterfly circling close to home \u2014 one trampled on outside the door (7,3)","Answer":"WELCOME MAT","Explanation":"Definition: one trampled on outside the door\n[hom]E in COMMA (butterfly), in WELT"}
-{"Clue":"Gentle hint, a member assumes (4)","Answer":"TAME","Explanation":"Definition: Gentle\nHidden in hinT A MEmber"}
-{"Clue":"Saw out (5)","Answer":"DATED","Explanation":"Definition: Saw\nDouble definition \u2013 \"out\" as in \"unfashionable\""}
-{"Clue":"Wild tiger and man, one on the 22 across (8)","Answer":"EMIGRANT","Explanation":"Definition: one on the 22 across\n(TIGER MAN)"}
-{"Clue":"Leg hit, out! (2,6)","Answer":"ON STRIKE","Explanation":"Definition: out\nON (leg side in cricket) + STRIKE (hit)"}
-{"Clue":"Tree Cheshire cat partially climbs (4)","Answer":"ACER","Explanation":"Definition: Tree\nHidden in reverse of cheshiRE CAt. Acer is the Maple genus"}
-{"Clue":"22 across, bird resting? (6)","Answer":"BOWLED","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\nThis is an OWL \"in BED\", and to be bowled is a way [to be] out in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor gathering bottom of sail in time, so free (2,5)","Answer":"AT LARGE","Explanation":"Definition: free\n[sai]L in TAR in AGE"}
-{"Clue":"One taking someone out, seeing Wally and Charlie in (8)","Answer":"ASSASSIN","Explanation":"Definition: One taking someone out\nASS + ASS + IN, using two slang names for a fool"}
-{"Clue":"Elaboration 22 across, follow brackets (10)","Answer":"COMPLEXITY","Explanation":"Definition: Elaboration\nEXIT in (\"bracketed by\") COMPLY"}
-{"Clue":"In articles about poems, odd bits missed (2,4)","Answer":"AT HOME","Explanation":"Definition: In\nEven letters of [p]O[e]M[s] in A + THE \u2013 the first of two answers defined as \"in\""}
-{"Clue":"King into vice, toe-curling \u2014 thrill too much? (10)","Answer":"OVEREXCITE","Explanation":"Definition: thrill too much\nREX in (VICE TOE)"}
-{"Clue":"Moon, eg named for orbiting around Mercury in the end (8)","Answer":"GANYMEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Moon\n[mercur]Y in (EG NAMED)* \u2013 Ganymede is the largest moon of Jupiter"}
-{"Clue":"Valet stuffs fruit for epicure (8)","Answer":"GOURMAND","Explanation":"Definition: epicure\nMAN (valet) in GOURD"}
-{"Clue":"Uncertain which way to turn for 22 across (7)","Answer":"STUMPED","Explanation":"Definition: Uncertain which way to turn\nDouble definition \u2013 another way to be out in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Intend to keep right before end of motorway \u2026 (6)","Answer":"TRENDY","Explanation":"Definition: In\nR in TEND + [motorwa]Y, with lift-and-separate to get IN as the definition"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 as comedian shunted (4-2)","Answer":"WITH-IT","Explanation":"\u2026 as comedian shunted (4-2)\nWIT + HIT, using the ellipsis to \"borrow\" the definition from the previous answer"}
-{"Clue":"Cuba's mountainous and unwelcoming (6)","Answer":"CHILLY","Explanation":"Definition: unwelcoming \nC[uba] + HILLY"}
-{"Clue":"Private eye turned round to see pretty girls (3-3)","Answer":"PIN-UPS","Explanation":"Definition: pretty girls\nPI (private investigator) + reverse of SPUN"}
-{"Clue":"Visitor found in the bingo hall (6)","Answer":"CALLER","Explanation":"Definition: Visitor\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dislike adult adaptation (8)","Answer":"AVERSION","Explanation":"Definition: Dislike\nA + VERSION"}
-{"Clue":"A cat that's very small (4)","Answer":"ATOM","Explanation":"Definition: that's very small\nA TOM"}
-{"Clue":"Cut Spike's allowance (10)","Answer":"LACERATION","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\nLACE (as in to lace\/spike a drink) + RATION"}
-{"Clue":"Six-footer to remain in splinter group (5,6)","Answer":"STICK INSECT","Explanation":"Definition: Six-footer\nSTICK IN SECT"}
-{"Clue":"Try to stop my old Dutch being resolute (10)","Answer":"DETERMINED","Explanation":"Definition: resolute\nDETER (try to stop) + MINE (old version of \"my\") + D[utch]"}
-{"Clue":"Rotten Row? (4)","Answer":"RANK","Explanation":"Definition: Rotten\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Godless individuals involved in robberies (8)","Answer":"ATHEISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Godless individuals\nA familiar charade: AT HEISTS"}
-{"Clue":"Sample fragments of trees (6)","Answer":"MAPLES","Explanation":"Definition: trees\nSAMPLE"}
-{"Clue":"Posh student staying in holiday development (6)","Answer":"RESULT","Explanation":"Definition: development\nU (posh) + L (student) in REST"}
-{"Clue":"Contrived to get engineer into car (6)","Answer":"FORCED","Explanation":"Definition: Contrived\nCE (~~Chartered~~ Civil Engineer) in FORD"}
-{"Clue":"Embassy official gets certificate on time (8)","Answer":"DIPLOMAT","Explanation":"Definition: Embassy official\nDIPLOMA + T"}
-{"Clue":"Man left on river? More than one concerned (6)","Answer":"PLURAL","Explanation":"Definition: More than one concerned\nP (pawn \u2013 chess man) + L + URAL"}
-{"Clue":"Have convulsions about cheeseparing in cultural expression (4,4)","Answer":"FINE ARTS","Explanation":"Definition: cultural expression\nNEAR (stingy, cheeseparing) in FITS"}
-{"Clue":"Start undesirable group (6)","Answer":"OUTSET","Explanation":"Definition: Start\nOUT + SET"}
-{"Clue":"Restrained Charlie's impulsiveness (6)","Answer":"CHASTE","Explanation":"Definition: Restrained\nC + HASTE"}
-{"Clue":"Time in club is precise (4,2)","Answer":"SPOT ON","Explanation":"Definition: precise\nT in SPOON (type of golf club)"}
-{"Clue":"Aristocrat to protest over troublesome noises (11)","Answer":"MARCHIONESS","Explanation":"Definition: Aristocrat\nMARCH + NOISES"}
-{"Clue":"Mice also damaged clothing (8)","Answer":"CAMISOLE","Explanation":"Definition: clothing\n(MICE ALSO)"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle rapidly becoming a shell (8)","Answer":"CARAPACE","Explanation":"Definition: a shell\nCAR + APACE"}
-{"Clue":"Aristocrat tours street for badger (6)","Answer":"PESTER","Explanation":"Definition: badger\nST in PEER"}
-{"Clue":"Actually denied arrangement (6)","Answer":"INDEED","Explanation":"Definition: Actually\nDENIED"}
-{"Clue":"Oscar quits first, nevertheless (4,2)","Answer":"EVEN SO","Explanation":"Definition: nevertheless\nEVENS (quits, as in betting) + O"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit for parent and child (6)","Answer":"DAMSON","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nDAM + SON"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's way to address monarch, hiding expression of distaste (7)","Answer":"MAUGHAM","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nUGH in MA'AM"}
-{"Clue":"Bottle, or something Dutchman can get from one (7)","Answer":"COURAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Bottle\nDouble definition \u2013 bottle is slang for courage, and Dutch courage is the kind you get from drinking"}
-{"Clue":"Old movie idol opposed to drink and to inn, oddly (9)","Answer":"VALENTINO","Explanation":"Definition: Old movie idol\nV (against) + ALE + (TO INN)"}
-{"Clue":"Prime text I revised for document someone going may need (4,6)","Answer":"EXIT PERMIT","Explanation":"Definition: document someone going may need\n(PRIME TEXT I)"}
-{"Clue":"Foremost of brews served in miniature beer mug (4)","Answer":"TOBY","Explanation":"Definition: beer mug\nB[rews] in TOY \u2013 reference to a Toby Jug"}
-{"Clue":"Work of 1 across mentioned in speech of 12 26 (5,3,3)","Answer":"CAKES AND ALE","Explanation":"Definition: Work of 1 across\nA novel by Somerset Maugham, and a phrase from Sir Toby Belch in *Twelfth Night*: 'Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?'"}
-{"Clue":"Chief's equal, it's said, as source of 14 (11)","Answer":"SHAKESPEARE","Explanation":"Definition: source of 14\nHomophone of \"Sheik's peer\""}
-{"Clue":"Finishes off eclair, gateau, scones and rock cake (4)","Answer":"RUSK","Explanation":"Definition: cake\nFinal letters of eclaiR gateaU sconeS and rocK \u2013 one of several cakes (of various kinds) in the puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Has recollections about cars, not sweet in retrospect (10)","Answer":"REMINISCES","Explanation":"Definition: Has recollections\nRE (about) MINIS (cars) + reverse of SEC (of wines, dry, not sweet)"}
-{"Clue":"Former PMs, choice of some at party gathering? (9,5)","Answer":"NEWCASTLE BROWN","Explanation":"Definition: choice of some at party gathering\nTwo widely-separated Prime Ministers: Lord Newcastle (1754-1756 and 1757-1762) and Gordon Brown (2007-2010) cobine to give a famous (some would say disgusting) brand of beer"}
-{"Clue":"Rude noise as part of rebel chant (5)","Answer":"BELCH","Explanation":"Definition: Rude noise\nHidden in reBEL CHant"}
-{"Clue":"Source of Scotch \u2014 produced glass, we hear, in light colour (3,4)","Answer":"SKY BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: light colour\nHomophone of \"Skye\" (where some Scotch whisky is produced) + \"blew\" (made glass)"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of bun, besides, being dunked? (7)","Answer":"CHELSEA","Explanation":"Definition: Kind of bun\nELSE \"dunked in\" CHA (tea)"}
-{"Clue":"Crowded around doctor going around old base (6)","Answer":"MOBBED","Explanation":"Definition: Crowded around\nO in MB (bachelor of medicine) + BED (base)"}
-{"Clue":"Most of drink I consumed in university area, ideal place (6)","Answer":"UTOPIA","Explanation":"Definition: ideal place\nTOP[e] (to drink) + I in U A"}
-{"Clue":"Passed over tool specially chosen (4-6)","Answer":"HAND-PICKED","Explanation":"Definition: specially chosen\nPICK (tool) in HANDED (passed)"}
-{"Clue":"Person not keeping still after first of moonshine's finished (5)","Answer":"MOVER","Explanation":"Definition: Person not keeping still\nM[oonshine] + OVER"}
-{"Clue":"Part of Atlantic that's cold, with ice least dispersed (6,3)","Answer":"CELTIC SEA","Explanation":"Definition: Part of Atlantic\nC + (ICE LEAST)* \u2013 part of the Atlantic to the west of the British Isles"}
-{"Clue":"Makes, as we hear, containers with taps for serving drinks (4)","Answer":"URNS","Explanation":"Definition: ontainers with taps for serving drinks\nAnother homophone, of \"earns\""}
-{"Clue":"Arid zone endlessly north of an inhabitant of state (8)","Answer":"ARIZONAN","Explanation":"Definition: inhabitant of state\nARI[d] ZON[e] \"to the north of\" AN"}
-{"Clue":"Novelist writes, in a way, for well-adapted groups (8)","Answer":"ECOTYPES","Explanation":"Definition: well-adapted groups\n[Umberto] ECO + TYPES"}
-{"Clue":"Drunkenly dine with bun and ale? Sure (10)","Answer":"UNDENIABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Sure\n(DINE BUN ALE)"}
-{"Clue":"Asian money that is securing saucy neckwear (6,3)","Answer":"KIPPER TIE","Explanation":"Definition: neckwear\nPERT in KIP (the currency unit of Laos, I learn) + IE"}
-{"Clue":"Frantically trains, for instance, group of top Russians (8)","Answer":"TSARINAS","Explanation":"Definition: group of top Russians\nTRAINS* + AS (for example)"}
-{"Clue":"With reason, soundly consider road that's raised (8)","Answer":"CAUSEWAY","Explanation":"Definition: road that's raised\nCAUSE + (yet another) homophone of \"weigh\" (consider)"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of cake found in old book, cut by 50% (6)","Answer":"ECCLES","Explanation":"Definition: Kind of cake\nFirst half of ECCLESIASTES"}
-{"Clue":"Inconclusively ask the man what's problem with expiration? (6)","Answer":"ASTHMA","Explanation":"Definition: problem with expiration\nAS[k] TH[e] MA[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Belonging to part of digestive system some bile activates (5)","Answer":"ILEAC","Explanation":"Definition: Belonging to part of digestive system\nHidden in bILE ACtivates"}
-{"Clue":"Oatmeal cake, to considerable extent, left (4)","Answer":"FARL","Explanation":"Definition: Oatmeal cake\nFAR (to a considerable extent) + L \u2013 a new word for me: as far as I can tell farls are not necessarily made from oatmeal"}
-{"Clue":"Delivery man's hat (6)","Answer":"BOWLER","Explanation":"Definition: Delivery man\nDouble definition \u2013 a bowler in cricket makes \"deliveries\". There's another hat in 19d"}
-{"Clue":"Couple hire out jewellery (8)","Answer":"BRACELET","Explanation":"Definition: jewellery\nBRACE + LET"}
-{"Clue":"Greek devours the classics (6)","Answer":"GREATS","Explanation":"Definition: the classics\nGR + EATS"}
-{"Clue":"Unfit? Rue running after this! (2,6)","Answer":"IN FUTURE","Explanation":"Definition: after this\n(UNFIT RUE)"}
-{"Clue":"Fighter doctored torn receipt (11)","Answer":"INTERCEPTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Fighter\n(TORN RECEIPT)"}
-{"Clue":"English associate adopts an issue (7)","Answer":"EMANATE","Explanation":"Definition: issue\nAN in E MATE"}
-{"Clue":"Extra rushed round resort (2,5)","Answer":"TO SPARE","Explanation":"Definition: Extra\nSPA in TORE"}
-{"Clue":"Tales about government united in red tape? (11)","Answer":"REGULATIONS","Explanation":"Definition: red tape\nGU in RELATIONS (tales, i.e. things that are \"related\")"}
-{"Clue":"Give one international a disadvantage (8)","Answer":"HANDICAP","Explanation":"Definition: a disadvantage\nHAND + I + CAP"}
-{"Clue":"King entering the country gets an injury (6)","Answer":"SPRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: an injury\nR in SPAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Confuse utterly, being crazy in drink (8)","Answer":"BEWILDER","Explanation":"Definition: Confuse utterly\nWILD in BEER"}
-{"Clue":"Superstar went ahead without the facts (6)","Answer":"LEGEND","Explanation":"Definition: Superstar\nGEN (facts) in LED"}
-{"Clue":"One has an obligation to gather up rubbish and litter (6)","Answer":"DEBTOR","Explanation":"Definition: One has an obligation\nReverse ROT (rubbish) + BED (a litter)"}
-{"Clue":"Old woman's daughter getting child a quid? That's the lot! (5,5)","Answer":"GRAND TOTAL","Explanation":"Definition: That's the lot\nGRAN +D + TOT + A + L"}
-{"Clue":"Buys a hundred sheets of paper (8)","Answer":"ACQUIRES","Explanation":"Definition: Buys\nA C (100) QUIRES (measures of paper)"}
-{"Clue":"Appropriate churchwardens' instrument (8)","Answer":"BAGPIPES","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nBAG + PIPES (a churchwarden is a kind of pipe)"}
-{"Clue":"Don eats roast bird (8)","Answer":"WHEATEAR","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nHEAT in WEAR \u2013 as I've said before, I dont think \"wear\" and \"don\" are really the same thing"}
-{"Clue":"Yobbo is left unconscious (4)","Answer":"LOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Yobbo\nL + OUT"}
-{"Clue":"Rain when event is over (4)","Answer":"TEEM","Explanation":"Definition: Rain\nReverse of MEET"}
-{"Clue":"Boy found in eastern borders of US swamp (10)","Answer":"EVERGLADES","Explanation":"Definition: US swamp\nLAD in E VERGES"}
-{"Clue":"Deliberately damage shoe given time (8)","Answer":"SABOTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Deliberately damage\nSABOT (a clog) + AGE \u2013 the word sabotage actually derives from \"sabot\", from the sense of \"walking noisily\". The story that it comes from workers throwing their clogs into factory machines to break them is apparently a myth"}
-{"Clue":"Mature offspring harbour an issue (8)","Answer":"SEASONED","Explanation":"Definition: Mature\nA SON (issue) in SEED (offspring)"}
-{"Clue":"Tory laid out with skill (8)","Answer":"ADROITLY","Explanation":"Definition: with skill\n(TORY LAID)"}
-{"Clue":"Page wearing drunkard's hat (6)","Answer":"TOPPER","Explanation":"Definition: hat\nP in TOPER"}
-{"Clue":"Recognise man immediately (4)","Answer":"KNOW","Explanation":"Definition: Recognise\nK (King, a chessman) + NOW"}
-{"Clue":"Signs agreement enclosing minute area for itinerants (6)","Answer":"NOMADS","Explanation":"Definition: itinerants\nM + A in NODS"}
-{"Clue":"Terribly mistreated, without one right or freedom (7)","Answer":"LIBERTY","Explanation":"Definition: freedom\nTERRIBLY* less one of its Rs"}
-{"Clue":"Film star getting short romantic missive with love (9)","Answer":"VALENTINO","Explanation":"Definition: Film star\nVALENTIN[E] + O. This also appeared as an answer in Brendan's last puzzle (clued then as \"Old movie idol opposed to drink and to inn, oddly\")"}
-{"Clue":"Royalty for author (5)","Answer":"JAMES","Explanation":"Definition: Royalty\nDouble definition: one of two British kings, or six Scottish), and Henry James"}
-{"Clue":"Female caught between happiness and ecstasy (5)","Answer":"JOYCE","Explanation":"Definition: Female\nC in JOY + E"}
-{"Clue":"Without question, one clue needs revising \u2014 key is good use of language (9)","Answer":"ELOQUENCE","Explanation":"Definition: good use of language\nQ in (ONE CLUE)* + E (musical key)"}
-{"Clue":"Zero return after call for capital (6)","Answer":"DUBLIN","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nDUB (to call) + reverse of NIL"}
-{"Clue":"Heartless war and the like, hard for unfortunate person (6)","Answer":"WRETCH","Explanation":"Definition: unfortunate person\nW[a]R + ETC + H"}
-{"Clue":"President initially not differing from United States government (7,7,5)","Answer":"ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT","Explanation":"Definition: President\nHe has the same initials as United States Government.. Grant claimed that his middle initial didn't stand for anything, but Simpson was his mother's maiden name"}
-{"Clue":"Flag that man's writing for ethnic idioms (9)","Answer":"IRISHISMS","Explanation":"Definition: ethnic idioms\nIRIS (flag) + HIS + MS"}
-{"Clue":"Perspective provided by early European immigrant (5)","Answer":"ANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: Perspective\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Flower's sudden growth around lake (5)","Answer":"BLOOM","Explanation":"Definition: Flower\nL in BOOM. In cryptic clues, sometimes a flower *is* a flower"}
-{"Clue":"Concerning resistance to a head, try to be too clever (9)","Answer":"OVERREACH","Explanation":"Definition: try to be too clever\nOVER (concerning) + R + EACH (a head)"}
-{"Clue":"Ruin of the French city of Paris (7)","Answer":"DESTROY","Explanation":"Definition: Ruin\nDES (French \"of the\") + TROY"}
-{"Clue":"Part of press immersed in scoop \u2014 late news (6)","Answer":"PLATEN","Explanation":"Definition: Part of press\nHidden in scooP LATE News"}
-{"Clue":"In that way, Asian islander upset Indians (7)","Answer":"NAVAJOS","Explanation":"Definition: Indians\nReverse of SO JAVAN"}
-{"Clue":"After short time, lines put over end of dinghy producing fish (5)","Answer":"MOLLY","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nMO (short time) + LL + [dingh]Y. Perhaps a rather obscure definition \u2013 it's a genus of fish from the Americas \u2013 but it's clearly clued. Molly Bloom's name is probably a reference to the magic herb Moly, which was given to Odysseus to protect him from the magic of Circe"}
-{"Clue":"Innovative resident introducing new service for consumers (6,3)","Answer":"DINNER SET","Explanation":"Definition: service for consumers\nN in RESIDENT"}
-{"Clue":"Liberal American writer upset former European monarch (7)","Answer":"LEOPOLD","Explanation":"Definition: European monarch\nL + reverse of POE+ OLD \u2013 one of three Belgian kings, and other lesser royalty"}
-{"Clue":"Finishes off big job you pronounced a gem (5)","Answer":"BIJOU","Explanation":"Definition: a gem\nBI[g] JO[b] + U (\"you, pronounced\")"}
-{"Clue":"Narcotism, in altered state, for such as Coleridge (9)","Answer":"ROMANTICS","Explanation":"Definition: such as Coleridge\nNARCOTISM* , with a nice surface reading: Coleridge's *Kubla Khan* was famously inspired by an opium-induced dream"}
-{"Clue":"Votes for unknown characters from central Russia (6)","Answer":"YESSES","Explanation":"Definition: Votes for\nY (unknown) + ESSES, the central characters of ruSSia"}
-{"Clue":"Hog a lot of time as 23 (6)","Answer":"PIGEON","Explanation":"Definition: 23\nPIG + EON"}
-{"Clue":"Run into my position in field with small force Achilles led (9)","Answer":"MYRMIDONS","Explanation":"Definition: force Achilles led\nR in MY MID-ON (fielding position in cricket) + S[mall] . The Myrmidons were warriors led by Achilles in Homer's Iliad"}
-{"Clue":"Bush, as graduate, really confused about university (3,6)","Answer":"BAY LAUREL","Explanation":"Definition: Bush\nBA + U in REALLY"}
-{"Clue":"Account of events showing husband is right (7)","Answer":"HISTORY","Explanation":"Definition: Account of events\nH IS TORY"}
-{"Clue":"Irish quarter in turmoil as result (6)","Answer":"ULSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Irish quarter\nRESULT"}
-{"Clue":"King who has feast after Christmas? (7)","Answer":"STEPHEN","Explanation":"Definition: King\nTwelfth-century king of England; and St Stephen's Day is 26 December, aka the Feast of Stephen, as in *Good King Wenceslas"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor's laconic moral statement (6)","Answer":"SINBAD","Explanation":"Definition: Sailor\nSIN [is] BAD"}
-{"Clue":"Animated 13's all-round achievement as striker (5)","Answer":"HOMER","Explanation":"Definition: Animated 13\nDouble definition \u2013 do I really need to link to this one?, and a home run in baseball, which involves the striker going all round the field"}
-{"Clue":"Rein charge that's getting circuitous (8)","Answer":"INDIRECT","Explanation":"Definition: circuitous\n\"RE in\" INDICT (charge)"}
-{"Clue":"Product of an evil regime? (6)","Answer":"EMIGRE","Explanation":"Definition: Product of an evil regime\nREGIME* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Elks frolicking in humid light (4,4)","Answer":"DESK LAMP","Explanation":"Definition: light\nELKS* in DAMP"}
-{"Clue":"Local peaceful end is nigh, perhaps, as a perishing alternative (10)","Answer":"PUBLISHING","Explanation":"Definition: perishing alternative\nPUB (local) + [peacefu]L + (IS NIGH)* \u2013 a reference to the academic's saying \"publish or perish\""}
-{"Clue":"He would have said no need for plastic surgery (6)","Answer":"ADONIS","Explanation":"Definition: He would have said no need for plastic surgery\n(SAID NO)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Celebrities may be the reason for TV dinners (8)","Answer":"NOTABLES","Explanation":"Definition: Celebrities\nIf you have NO TABLES you might have to eat your dinner in front of the telly"}
-{"Clue":"Young lady put away discussion (6)","Answer":"DEBATE","Explanation":"Definition: discussion\nDEB (for debutante, I think, rather than as just a diminutive of Deborah) + ATE (put away)"}
-{"Clue":"County council Islamic extremists following a regular pattern (6)","Answer":"CYCLIC","Explanation":"Definition: following a regular pattern\nCY + CL + I[slami]C"}
-{"Clue":"Fits a little over three in sleepy disposition (8)","Answer":"EPILEPSY","Explanation":"Definition: Fits\nPI (3.14\u2026) in SLEEPY"}
-{"Clue":"Some streets are just the ticket for 9 (3-3)","Answer":"ONE-WAY","Explanation":"Definition: Some streets are\nDouble definition \u2013 an emigr\u00e9 would presumably buy a one-way ticket"}
-{"Clue":"Rooftops Mr Turner built to withstand the elements (10)","Answer":"STORMPROOF","Explanation":"Definition: built to withstand the elements\n(ROOFTOPS MR)"}
-{"Clue":"Ignore puzzles set centrally as a dispenser of 21 (6)","Answer":"NOZZLE","Explanation":"Definition: dispenser of 21\n\"Central\" letters of igNOre puZZLes sEt \u2013 a slightly vague indication: why take three letters from \"puzzles\"?"}
-{"Clue":"Immoral and indecent commercial (8)","Answer":"DECADENT","Explanation":"Definition: Immoral\nAD \"in DECENT\""}
-{"Clue":"Forecourt offering a French guide to Porte de l'Evolution (8,6)","Answer":"UNLEADED PETROL","Explanation":"Definition: Forecourt offering\nUN (French \"a\") + LEAD (guide) + (PORTE DE L)"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit cocktail (4,4)","Answer":"PINK LADY","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nDouble definition \u2013 a variety of apple (officially called \"Cripps Pink\", I learn) and a cocktail based on gin and coloured with grenadine"}
-{"Clue":"Some other pestilence (6)","Answer":"HERPES","Explanation":"Definition: Some other pestilence\nHidden in otHER PEStilence &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Unions here have another go at capturing soldiers position (8,6)","Answer":"REGISTRY OFFICE","Explanation":"Definition: Unions here\nGIS in RETRY + OFFICE (job, position). I know I'm fighting a losing battle here, but the correct term is Register Office"}
-{"Clue":"Attractive person on a poster, primarily exposed in a state of undress (10)","Answer":"DISHABILLE","Explanation":"Definition: state of undress\nDISH + A BILL + E[xposed] \u2013 the French form with \"d\u00e9s-\" is perhaps more common, but this seems to be a valid anglicisation"}
-{"Clue":"Frog once found pincer movement by crab's head pernicious (6,8)","Answer":"PRINCE CHARMING","Explanation":"Definition: Frog once\nPINCER C[rab] + HARMING. To be picky again, I don't think the frog that turns into a prince when kissed is actually Prince Charming (as in stories such as Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty)"}
-{"Clue":"Draw round receptacle for pipes (6)","Answer":"TUBING","Explanation":"Definition: pipes\nBIN in TUG"}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish pile with bronze award (5,5)","Answer":"NOBEL PRIZE","Explanation":"Definition: award\n(PILE BRONZE)"}
-{"Clue":"Fastest at which rise of the Mariana Trench? (3,5)","Answer":"TOP SPEED","Explanation":"Definition: Fastest\nReverse of DEEP SPOT"}
-{"Clue":"Broadway not as bad as the proverbial (6)","Answer":"BYWORD","Explanation":"Definition: the proverbial\nBROADWAY* less its \"A\"s(\"not as\")"}
-{"Clue":"Region that's Spanish and American, inter alia (9)","Answer":"ANDALUSIA","Explanation":"Definition: Region that's Spanish\nAND + US in ALIA"}
-{"Clue":"Moment when these birds became extinct (4)","Answer":"MOAS","Explanation":"Definition: these birds became extinct\nMO AS"}
-{"Clue":"It's when to start, but nothing's on time (4,4)","Answer":"ZERO HOUR","Explanation":"Definition: It's when to start\nZERO + HOUR"}
-{"Clue":"Right to sue me, perhaps, so start again (6)","Answer":"RESUME","Explanation":"Definition: start again\nR + (SUE ME)"}
-{"Clue":"Thin and pale, we try a doctor (6)","Answer":"WATERY","Explanation":"Definition: Thin and pale\n(WE TRY A)"}
-{"Clue":"Value a quiet compliment (8)","Answer":"APPRAISE","Explanation":"Definition: Value\nA + P + PRAISE"}
-{"Clue":"Pretend to influence (6)","Answer":"AFFECT","Explanation":"Definition: Pretend\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Confusion that doesn't have one's head in a whirl (8)","Answer":"TAILSPIN","Explanation":"Definition: Confusion that doesn't have one's head in a whirl\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Prepared bean soup served by a court officer (8)","Answer":"SUBPOENA","Explanation":"Definition: served by a court officer\n(BEAN SOUP)"}
-{"Clue":"Saying when? (6)","Answer":"DATING","Explanation":"Definition: Saying when\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dilatory sort of hero worship (8)","Answer":"IDOLATRY","Explanation":"Definition: hero worship\nDILATORY"}
-{"Clue":"She's seen in a classy French resort at end of June (6)","Answer":"EUNICE","Explanation":"Definition: She\n[Jun]E + U (classy) + NICE"}
-{"Clue":"Motorway fury at illusory prospect of refreshment (6)","Answer":"MIRAGE","Explanation":"Definition: illusory prospect of refreshment\nM1 + RAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Result of having a crush on sugared almonds (8)","Answer":"MARZIPAN","Explanation":"Definition: Result of having a crush on sugared almonds\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"A complaint I'd not put in a guide (4)","Answer":"AGUE","Explanation":"Definition: A complaint\nA GUIDE less I'D"}
-{"Clue":"Play patience (9)","Answer":"TOLERANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Play\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Engagement ring from one who will care, naturally (5)","Answer":"ARENA","Explanation":"Definition: Engagement ring\nHidden in cARE NAturally, with a cryptic defintion \u2013 a ring where e.g. gladiators \"engage\""}
-{"Clue":"See a bishop's concern (7)","Answer":"DIOCESE","Explanation":"Definition: See\nDouble definition, or rather the same definition twice"}
-{"Clue":"Look round New York \u2014 it's crazy! (5)","Answer":"LOONY","Explanation":"Definition: crazy\nLO + O + NY"}
-{"Clue":"He may have to wait for his money (7)","Answer":"SERVANT","Explanation":"Definition: He may have to wait for his money\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"A drink knocked over ran away swiftly \u2014 wasted (9)","Answer":"ATROPHIED","Explanation":"Definition: wasted\nA + reverse of PORT + HIED"}
-{"Clue":"Forgets my sails may be badly rigged (7)","Answer":"MISLAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Forgets\n(MY SAILS)"}
-{"Clue":"Leave to enter guilty plea? (9)","Answer":"ADMISSION","Explanation":"Definition: Leave to enter\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Abandoned type petting outside university (9)","Answer":"FOUNDLING","Explanation":"Definition: Abandoned type\nU in FONDLING"}
-{"Clue":"Nursing management (9)","Answer":"TREATMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Nursing\nDouble definition (just about)"}
-{"Clue":"A drink or two on the quiet (4,3)","Answer":"PALE ALE","Explanation":"Definition: A drink\nP + ALE + ALE"}
-{"Clue":"Lamb, say, is perhaps unfathomable (7)","Answer":"ABYSMAL","Explanation":"Definition: unfathomable\n(LAMB SAY)"}
-{"Clue":"Stress? One isn't affected (7)","Answer":"TENSION","Explanation":"Definition: Stress\n(ONE ISN'T)"}
-{"Clue":"Fear head chopped off in mistake (5)","Answer":"ERROR","Explanation":"Definition: mistake\nTERROR less its first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Do impressive work as a huntsman? (5)","Answer":"CHASE","Explanation":"Definition: Do impressive work\nDefinition + a hint \u2013 to chase is to \"decorate metal by engraving\""}
-{"Clue":"Sally turned to married big shot (3,3)","Answer":"BON MOT","Explanation":"Definition: Sally\nReverse of TO M NOB"}
-{"Clue":"Largely tolerate flash woman (8)","Answer":"BEATRICE","Explanation":"Definition: woman\nBEA[R] + TRICE (a short time, a flash)"}
-{"Clue":"Lie about side causing bad feeling (8)","Answer":"FRICTION","Explanation":"Definition: bad feeling\nR (side \u2013 a bit vague!) in FICTION"}
-{"Clue":"Poor fellow you dumped \u2014 what's his name? (6)","Answer":"THINGY","Explanation":"Definition: what's his name\nTHIN + GUY less U"}
-{"Clue":"Forced Horse and Hound to act as host (2,3,7)","Answer":"DO THE HONOURS","Explanation":"Definition: act as host\n(HORSE HOUND TO)"}
-{"Clue":"Believe no one's keeping calm (4)","Answer":"EVEN","Explanation":"Definition: calm\nHidden in beliEVE No"}
-{"Clue":"Patsy's stolen surveyor's van \u2014 these should help with identification (8)","Answer":"MUGSHOTS","Explanation":"Definition: these should help with identification\nMUG'S (mug = stooge, patsy) + HOT (stolen) + S (leading letter or \"van\" of \"surveyor\")"}
-{"Clue":"Making an erotic compilation (8)","Answer":"CREATION","Explanation":"Definition: Making\n(AN EROTIC)"}
-{"Clue":"Look equal (4)","Answer":"PEER","Explanation":"Definition: Look\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Plan to go at sixty \u2014 regret abandoning first career (4,8)","Answer":"EXIT STRATEGY","Explanation":"Definition: Plan to go\n(AT SIXTY [R]EGRET)"}
-{"Clue":"Government's wrong about working \u2014 you're not, if you have to do this (4,2)","Answer":"SIGN ON","Explanation":"Definition: you're not, if you have to do this\nG in SIN + ON (working). For non-British solvers, to sign on is to register for the dole\/unemployment benefit\/Jobseeker's Allowance\/whatever comes next on the Euphemism Treadmill."}
-{"Clue":"Frozen 24 days before Christmas? (4,4)","Answer":"ICED OVER","Explanation":"Definition: Frozen\n24 days before Christmas is DEC 1, or ICED OVER"}
-{"Clue":"Things better after this run \u2014 terribly green beforehand (8)","Answer":"RECOVERY","Explanation":"Definition: Things better after this\nR[un] + ECO + VERY"}
-{"Clue":"Little boy's in the toilet (6)","Answer":"THRONE","Explanation":"Definition: toilet\nRON in THE"}
-{"Clue":"Blades trio Arsenal bound (4)","Answer":"OARS","Explanation":"Definition: Blades\nHidden in triO ARSenal"}
-{"Clue":"Madness holding church function in the country (9)","Answer":"MACEDONIA","Explanation":"Definition: country\nCE + DO in MANIA"}
-{"Clue":"Heartless but correct about age (6)","Answer":"THIRTY","Explanation":"Definition: age\nNearly had to give up on parsing this \u2013 but it's a reversal of Y[e]T RI[g]HT. \"Age\" is rather a vague definition."}
-{"Clue":"Defensive way of thinking rubbish \u2014 entitle army to go on manoeuvres (6,9)","Answer":"BUNKER MENTALITY","Explanation":"Definition: Defensive way of thinking\nBUNK + (ENTITLE ARMY)"}
-{"Clue":"While Henry's involved with singer, I don't like it (8)","Answer":"ALTHOUGH","Explanation":"Definition: While\nH in ALTO + UGH"}
-{"Clue":"Letter home contained money (5)","Answer":"RHINO","Explanation":"Definition: money\nIN in RHO. Rhino is slang, of uncertain origin, for money"}
-{"Clue":"Tabs kept by spooks conclusively spying on revolutionary individual like me (10)","Answer":"CIGARETTES","Explanation":"Definition: Tabs\n[spyin]G in CIA + reverse of SETTER. Tabs is slang for cigarettes: apparently mainly a Geordie (Newcastle area) thing \u2013 apparently from a brand name."}
-{"Clue":"Get too aroused by kiss with boob out, reportedly (10)","Answer":"OVEREXCITE","Explanation":"Definition: Get too aroused\nEX (homophone of X, a kiss) in OVERCITE \u2013 homophone of \"oversight\", a mistake or boob"}
-{"Clue":"Chance of us saving a bit of money \u2014 why hotel this time is cheaper (5,4)","Answer":"HAPPY HOUR","Explanation":"Definition: this time is cheaper\nP Y H in HAP OUR. Happy Hour is a time when pubs etc sell drinks at lower-than-usual prices"}
-{"Clue":"Prime Minister can upset European? Not very much! (8)","Answer":"PITTANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Not very much\nPITT + CAN* + E"}
-{"Clue":"Going down south, wanting to be respectable (6)","Answer":"DECENT","Explanation":"Definition: respectable\nDESCENT with S \"wanting\" or missing"}
-{"Clue":"Capturing no-good criminal to a T (5)","Answer":"TANGO","Explanation":"Definition: T\nNG in (TO A)"}
-{"Clue":"Picked up torch in Swiss city (4)","Answer":"BERN","Explanation":"Definition: Swiss city\nHomophone (at least in its anglicised pronunciation) of \"burn\""}
-{"Clue":"The very thing I do? (3,3,3,4)","Answer":"ONE\u00a0AND\u00a0THE\u00a0SAME","Explanation":"Definition: The very thing\nONE (I) + DO (ditto \u2013 the same)"}
-{"Clue":"What links husband with awfully pretty ex (9)","Answer":"HYPERTEXT","Explanation":"Definition: What links\nH + (PRETTY EX)"}
-{"Clue":"Reach deprived area with no hospital (3,2)","Answer":"GET TO","Explanation":"Definition: Reach\nGHETTO less H"}
-{"Clue":"What about political correctness around \"old age\"? (5)","Answer":"EPOCH","Explanation":"Definition: age\nO[ld] in PC in EH (\"what?\")"}
-{"Clue":"A regular swimmer's taken by to see the old king (9)","Answer":"ALEXANDER","Explanation":"Definition: old king\nA + X (by, as in multiplication) in LEANDER (who swam the Hellespont every night)"}
-{"Clue":"Least exciting airport to start from (7)","Answer":"DULLEST","Explanation":"Definition: Least exciting\nDULLES (airport serving Washington DC) + T[o]"}
-{"Clue":"Commander and navigator retired for shag? (7)","Answer":"TOBACCO","Explanation":"Definition: shag\nReverse of OC + CABOT"}
-{"Clue":"Complains noisily, if sweet potato gets immersed after two peelings (7)","Answer":"YAMMERS","Explanation":"Definition: Complains noisily\nYAM + [im]MERS[ed]. Technically Yam and Sweet Potato do not mean the same thing, except in some parts of the USA"}
-{"Clue":"How's your father to beat time as part of a circle? (7)","Answer":"SEXTANT","Explanation":"Definition: part of a circle\nSEX (\"how's your father\") + TAN + T"}
-{"Clue":"9 ate out after 6 in Asian capital (9)","Answer":"VIENTIANE","Explanation":"Definition: Asian capital\nVI + (NINE ATE)* \u2013 Vientiane is the unlikely-looking capital of Laos (its spelling is of French origin): useful to know for pub quizzes.."}
-{"Clue":"Exclude being served by rude baristas (5)","Answer":"DEBAR","Explanation":"Definition: Exclude\nHidden in ruDE BARistas"}
-{"Clue":"Darn it! Whipping time \u2014 poor bottom! (5)","Answer":"NADIR","Explanation":"Definition: bottom\n(DARN IT)* less (\"whipping\") T"}
-{"Clue":"Source of peace symbol appearing as repeated note by tenor in musical (5,4)","Answer":"OLIVE TREE","Explanation":"Definition: Source of peace symbol\nT in OLIVER + E E"}
-{"Clue":"Those keeping note of regnal number? (3,6,4)","Answer":"TWO LITTLE BOYS","Explanation":"Those keeping note of regnal number? (3,6,4)\nI have absolutely no idea what this is about \u2013 it's the title of the song made famous by Rolf Harris, so perhaps \"number\" is the definition, but otherwise\u2026*Thanks to Rullytully and JuneG for the explanation: the TWO LITTLE BOYS are Reg and Al, who are \"keeping\" a \"note\" (n) in Reg(n)Al"}
-{"Clue":"Don't worry, if some reported missing? (2,7)","Answer":"NO PROBLEM","Explanation":"Definition: Don't worry\nIf the \"sum\" is missing then there is \"no problem\""}
-{"Clue":"Oh no, that's horrible as Hagar (5)","Answer":"AARGH","Explanation":"Definition: Oh no\nHAGAR* \u2013 a reference to the cartoon strip \"Hagar the Horrible\" (which, I've just discovered, should have an umlaut on the first A)"}
-{"Clue":"Made in the mould of a Conservative rising at beginning of speech in parliament (3-4)","Answer":"DIE CAST","Explanation":"Definition: Made in the mould\nReverse of (A C) + S in DIET"}
-{"Clue":"Tricky place to put sexy bottom (3,4)","Answer":"HOT SEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Tricky place\nHOT (sexy) + SEAT (bottom)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 includes a short new blog about red light area? (6,3)","Answer":"SIGNAL BOX","Explanation":"Definition: red light area\n(A N BLOG)* in SIX (the clue number), with a quirky defintion \u2013 the signalman might set red lights"}
-{"Clue":"Quiet time, briefly, before playing duet (5)","Answer":"MUTED","Explanation":"Definition: Quiet\nM (minute, I suppose) + DUET"}
-{"Clue":"Badminton, say, for the long weekend? (5-3,5)","Answer":"THREE-DAY EVENT","Explanation":"Definition: Badminton\nDouble definition \u2013 the Badminton Horse Trials are a three-day event (in the technical horsey sense); and a long weekend might last three days"}
-{"Clue":"Boundary sign on border out here, perhaps (4-6,3)","Answer":"FOUR-POSTER BED","Explanation":"Definition: out here, perhaps\nFOUR (boundary, in cricket) + POSTER (sign) + BED (border, in a garden) \u2013 you might be \"out\", i.e. asleep, in one of these"}
-{"Clue":"Exam initially chosen for a type of college in the US (9)","Answer":"ELECTORAL","Explanation":"Definition: type of college in the US\nELECT (chosen \u2013 too close to the meaning of the full answer for my taste) + ORAL (exam)"}
-{"Clue":"Lament about surprisingly barren bush (9)","Answer":"CRANBERRY","Explanation":"Definition: bush\nBARREN* in CRY"}
-{"Clue":"It's key to adult having fun around Hull or Grimsby, say (7)","Answer":"SEAPORT","Explanation":"Definition: Hull or Grimsby, say\nE (key) + A in SPORT (fun)"}
-{"Clue":"Battered plaice's a dish not on the menu (7)","Answer":"SPECIAL","Explanation":"Definition: a dish not on the menu\nPLAICES* \u2013 specials are dishes served by pubs that are (usually) written on blackboards rather than the main menu"}
-{"Clue":"Leave from 19 down (5)","Answer":"ENDOW","Explanation":"Definition: Leave\nHidden in nineteEN DOWn"}
-{"Clue":"Dead small and born a fool (5)","Answer":"DWEEB","Explanation":"Definition: a fool\nD + WEE +B"}
-{"Clue":"Dispossess the people of power? Current duty is to enter revolt (9)","Answer":"PRIVATISE","Explanation":"Definition: Dispossess the people of\nP (power) + I (symbol for electric current) + VAT (duty) in RISE (revolt). The \"is\" in the clue is a (deliberate?) red herring, not corresponding to the IS in the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Skip round, eager to go outside (5)","Answer":"AVOID","Explanation":"Definition: Skip\nO (round) in AVID"}
-{"Clue":"Links with a displaced ally (5)","Answer":"CHINA","Explanation":"Definition: ally\nCHAIN with the A out of place. In rhyming slang, China = china plate = mate"}
-{"Clue":"18 area protects a liberal country (9)","Answer":"AUSTRALIA","Explanation":"Definition: country\nA L in AUSTRIA"}
-{"Clue":"He might run articles without hindrance (7)","Answer":"ATHLETE","Explanation":"Definition: He might run\nLET (hindrance) in A + THE"}
-{"Clue":"Concerned with complaint from spirit-drinking obsessive (7)","Answer":"ANGINAL","Explanation":"Definition: Concerned with complaint\nGIN in ANAL"}
-{"Clue":"18 society forged union along with English (5)","Answer":"SWEDE","Explanation":"Definition: 18\nS + WED + E"}
-{"Clue":"18 area, abandoned by country, shows 26 (3)","Answer":"IRE","Explanation":"Definition: 26\nIRE[LAND]"}
-{"Clue":"Public love 18 environmentalist (5)","Answer":"OVERT","Explanation":"Definition: Public\nO + VERT (French \"Green\"). I see that the French equivalent of the Green Party is Europe \u00c9cologie \u2013 Les Verts, formed in 2010; an interesting reversal of the way the Ecology Party in Britain became the Green Party in 1985."}
-{"Clue":"Unreliable British leader, scoundrel in charge (7)","Answer":"ERRATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Unreliable\nER (the Queen) + RAT + IC"}
-{"Clue":"Terrible blues, if amenable to union? (7)","Answer":"FUSIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: amenable to union\n(BLUES IF)"}
-{"Clue":"Bird's tail opens out in extravagant display (5,4)","Answer":"POPE\u2019S NOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Bird's tail\nOPENS* in POSE"}
-{"Clue":"A period to welcome 18 fellows, and time for emotional control (5,10)","Answer":"ANGER\u00a0MANAGEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: emotional control\nGERMAN in AN AGE + MEN + T"}
-{"Clue":"The 18 farewell? (5)","Answer":"LEAVE","Explanation":"Definition: The 18 farewell\nLE (French \"the\") AVE (Latin \"farewell), &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Johnson and Cameron, say, bringing in sadness primarily for 18s (9)","Answer":"ESTONIANS","Explanation":"Definition: 18s\nS[adness] in ETONIANS (Boris Johnson and David Cameron were contemporaries at Eton)"}
-{"Clue":"Apparently good to be in 18 community? That's great (4)","Answer":"EPIC","Explanation":"Definition: great\nPI (apparently good) in EC"}
-{"Clue":"End with 18 losing heart (6)","Answer":"FINISH","Explanation":"Definition: End\nFIN[N]ISH"}
-{"Clue":"French legend unknown by one 18 (6)","Answer":"ZIDANE","Explanation":"Definition: French legend\nZ (unknown) + I DANE \u2013 Zinedine Zidane, French footballer"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble, with divine Greek lady overwhelming married friend (8)","Answer":"MESSMATE","Explanation":"Definition: friend\nM in MESS (trouble) + ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Pretty loud shock in Hackney (4)","Answer":"FAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Pretty\nF + [h]AIR"}
-{"Clue":"18 area needing 18 state's leader (8)","Answer":"HOLLANDE","Explanation":"Definition: state's leader\nHOLLAND + E"}
-{"Clue":"What's in your head, if not entirely wide awake (4)","Answer":"IDEA","Explanation":"Definition: What's in your head\nHidden in wIDE Awake"}
-{"Clue":"Man maybe following a walkway (5)","Answer":"AISLE","Explanation":"Definition: walkway\nA + ISLE [of Man]"}
-{"Clue":"Government failed about 18 area \u2014 what will brighten things up? (5,5)","Answer":"GLOSS PAINT","Explanation":"Definition: what will brighten things up\nG + SPAIN in LOST"}
-{"Clue":"Unfinished second drink (5)","Answer":"LATTE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nLATTE[R]"}
-{"Clue":"Back continental way: tolerant, embracing a unionist (8)","Answer":"EUROPEAN","Explanation":"Definition: unionist\nReverse of RUE (French \"street\") + A in OPEN. \"European\" is used here in the sense of one favourable to European institutions, especially the EU, hence a \"unionist\""}
-{"Clue":"Cut off during oppressive days (8)","Answer":"INCLOSED","Explanation":"Definition: Cut off\nIN CLOSE D"}
-{"Clue":"Losing vote, joins cheers for 18 party (6)","Answer":"FIESTA","Explanation":"Definition: 18 party\nFIXES (joins) less X (vote) + TA (thanks, cheers)"}
-{"Clue":"Carry round goods for one who can't afford them (6)","Answer":"BEGGAR","Explanation":"Definition: one who can't afford them\nGG in BEAR"}
-{"Clue":"18 vote's announced (4)","Answer":"POLE","Explanation":"Definition: 18\nHomophone of \"poll\""}
-{"Clue":"God! Escalating crisis for Britain (4)","Answer":"SUEZ","Explanation":"Definition: crisis for Britain\nReverse of ZEUS"}
-{"Clue":"Quick to miss leader in uncertainty (4)","Answer":"RISK","Explanation":"Definition: uncertainty\n[B]RISK"}
-{"Clue":"Ebbing, a tide keeping down in California city (8)","Answer":"PASADENA","Explanation":"Definition: California city\nSAD in reverse of A NEAP"}
-{"Clue":"Male bodybuilder ostensibly starts to become a he-man (5)","Answer":"RAMBO","Explanation":"Definition: a he-man\nRAM + ~~B (first letter of \"body\", hence \"bodybuilder\") + O[stensibly]~~ first letters of Bodybuilder Ostensibly"}
-{"Clue":"Dandy bagging large turkey (4)","Answer":"FLOP","Explanation":"Definition: turkey\nL in FOP"}
-{"Clue":"Ground-to-air, false lift (5,5)","Answer":"RAISE ALOFT","Explanation":"Definition: lift\n(TO AIR FALSE)"}
-{"Clue":"Tricky time getting randy (6)","Answer":"THORNY","Explanation":"Definition: Tricky\nT + HORNY"}
-{"Clue":"Lad with eight shifts came to rest (8)","Answer":"ALIGHTED","Explanation":"Definition: came to rest\n(LAD EIGHT)"}
-{"Clue":"Old firing range is bandy and randy (7)","Answer":"BOWSHOT","Explanation":"Definition: Old firing range\nBOWS (is bandy, as in legs) + HOT. Bowshot is \"the distance to which a bow can send an arrow\""}
-{"Clue":"A wine inspiring us beyond love to get randy (7)","Answer":"AROUSED","Explanation":"Definition: randy\nO + US in A RED"}
-{"Clue":"Parcel is forced in vent (8)","Answer":"SPIRACLE","Explanation":"Definition: vent\n(PARCEL IS)* \u2013 spiracles are breathing holes found on some animals, including insects, so perhaps a missed opportunity to link to the next answer.."}
-{"Clue":"As a heretic, worshipping cricket, perhaps? (6)","Answer":"INSECT","Explanation":"Definition: cricket, perhaps\nA worshipping heretic might be IN [a] SECT"}
-{"Clue":"Condemn US complex with posh entrance that's not been taken down (10)","Answer":"UNCONSUMED","Explanation":"Definition: not been taken down\nU (posh) + (CONDEMN US)* \u2013 \"entrance\" tells us that the U comes first"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing between brandy and candy for travel writer (5,4)","Answer":"MARCO POLO","Explanation":"Definition: travel writer\nO between MARC (brandy) and POLO (mint)"}
-{"Clue":"Randy song about rear end of setter, Pasquale? (6-2)","Answer":"TURNED ON","Explanation":"Definition: Randy\n[sette]R in TUNE + DON"}
-{"Clue":"Party overcoming brute without a fuss (8)","Answer":"BALLYHOO","Explanation":"Definition: fuss\nBALL + YAHOO less A"}
-{"Clue":"22 across, toothed thing soaring over head of prey (4)","Answer":"WASP","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\nReverse of SAW + P[rey]"}
-{"Clue":"Handy underwear, longing to hold it up (6)","Answer":"NEARBY","Explanation":"Definition: Handy\nBRA in YEN, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Dandy, Stanley or Douglas, perhaps? (7)","Answer":"CAPITAL","Explanation":"Definition: Dandy\nDouble definition: \"dandy\" = \"capital\" as in \"excellent\", and Stanley and Douglas are examples of capitals (of the Falklands and the Isle of Man, respectively)"}
-{"Clue":"Native American landing place, more scary (8)","Answer":"CREEPIER","Explanation":"Definition: more scary\nCREE + PIER"}
-{"Clue":"Possibly one or two in hospital, or around university, in pants? (5,5)","Answer":"SMALL HOURS","Explanation":"Definition: Possibly one or two\nH + U in OR, in SMALLS"}
-{"Clue":"English couple after dandy candy (6)","Answer":"TOFFEE","Explanation":"Definition: candy\nTOFF (a dandy) + E E"}
-{"Clue":"Ever so sorry I invested in odd parts of rarest funds (10)","Answer":"RESERVOIRS","Explanation":"Definition: funds\n(EVER SO)* + I in R[a]R[e]S[t]"}
-{"Clue":"In company twice as exceptional, it's a special event (8)","Answer":"OCCASION","Explanation":"Definition: special event\n(IN CO CO AS)"}
-{"Clue":"Sit up to collect ring in dish (8)","Answer":"ESCALLOP","Explanation":"Definition: dish\nCALL in reverse of POSE \u2013 a variant of \"scallop\", or possibly of \"escalope\""}
-{"Clue":"22 across, stratum ignoring one little bit (7)","Answer":"TERMITE","Explanation":"Definition: 22 across\nTIER less I + MITE (little bit, as in the widow's mite)"}
-{"Clue":"A chart covering North America looking north \u2014 country further south? (6)","Answer":"PANAMA","Explanation":"Definition: country further south\nNA in A MAP, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Nation about right for Gandhi (6)","Answer":"INDIRA","Explanation":"Definition: Gandhi\nR in INDIA. Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India from 1980 until her assassination in 1984"}
-{"Clue":"US author Frost ultimately \u2014 this? (4)","Answer":"POET","Explanation":"Definition: this\n[Edgar Allan] Poe + T, referring to the poet Robert Frost"}
-{"Clue":"Steals fitting in error (15)","Answer":"MISAPPPROPRIATES","Explanation":"Definition: Steals\nAPPPROPRIATE in MISS"}
-{"Clue":"Be taunted about a young socialite (9)","Answer":"DEBUTANTE","Explanation":"Definition: a young socialite\n(BE TAUNTED)"}
-{"Clue":"Some find a bikini bizarre in Spanish resort (5)","Answer":"IBIZA","Explanation":"Definition: Spanish resort\nHidden in bikinI BIZArre"}
-{"Clue":"It's hard work imbibing rum cocktail in storm (7)","Answer":"TURMOIL","Explanation":"Definition: storm\nRUM* in TOIL"}
-{"Clue":"A summons? Nothing to us, being hardened (7)","Answer":"CALLOUS","Explanation":"Definition: hardened\nCALL + O + US"}
-{"Clue":"Part of the Weekend supplement? (3)","Answer":"EKE","Explanation":"Definition: supplement\nHidden in weEKEnd"}
-{"Clue":"Multiply without going forth (7)","Answer":"INBREED","Explanation":"Definition: Multiply without going forth\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"A parliamentary term? (7)","Answer":"SESSION","Explanation":"Definition: A parliamentary term\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Collects the rags for recycling (7)","Answer":"GATHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Collects\n(THE RAGS)"}
-{"Clue":"Poet that people come across (7)","Answer":"BRIDGES","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nDouble definition, the poet being Robert Bridges"}
-{"Clue":"Welcome return for a girl (3)","Answer":"EVA","Explanation":"Definition: girl\nReturn of AVE (Latin \"hail\" or \"welcome\")"}
-{"Clue":"Vocal stallholder (7)","Answer":"CHORIST","Explanation":"Definition: Vocal stallholder\nCryptic definition \u2013 one who sits in a choir stall"}
-{"Clue":"Thief starts right but gets wrong result (7)","Answer":"RUSTLER","Explanation":"Definition: Thief\nR + RESULT"}
-{"Clue":"Result of unseen incomplete \u2014 result to follow (5)","Answer":"ENSUE","Explanation":"Definition: to follow\nAnagram of UNSEE[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Blues, perhaps, at university, who never get a first (7-2)","Answer":"RUNNERS-UP","Explanation":"Definition: who never get a first\nRUNNERS \u2013 an example of sportspeople, who may be blues at Oxford and Cambridge (and elsewhere) \u2013 + UP (at university)"}
-{"Clue":"Formal protests about gifts (15)","Answer":"REPRESENTATIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Formal protests\nRE (about) + PRESENTATIONS (gifts)"}
-{"Clue":"Explained what spectacles did (4,6,5)","Answer":"MADE THINGS CLEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Explained\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Like a judge with robes in disarray (5)","Answer":"SOBER","Explanation":"Definition: Like a judge\nROBES* \u2013 referring to the expression \"sober as a judge\""}
-{"Clue":"Depression felt by motorists? (7)","Answer":"POTHOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Depression felt by motorists\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Annoyed when rating took the helm? (7)","Answer":"RANKLED","Explanation":"Definition: Annoyed\nRANK (rating) + LED"}
-{"Clue":"Goes into new recipes (7)","Answer":"PIERCES","Explanation":"Definition: Goes into\nRECIPES"}
-{"Clue":"They hang about in the cold (7)","Answer":"ICICLES","Explanation":"Definition: They hang about in the cold\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"They have to make cuts in this business (9)","Answer":"TAILORING","Explanation":"Definition: They have to make cuts in this business\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Spartan dress, it's becoming standard (5,3,7)","Answer":"STARS AND STRIPES","Explanation":"Definition: standard\n(SPARTAN DRESS ITS)"}
-{"Clue":"Last drink cheers (7,2)","Answer":"BOTTOMS UP","Explanation":"Definition: cheers\nBOTTOM (last) + SUP"}
-{"Clue":"Slip of a girl losing head on river (3)","Answer":"ERR","Explanation":"Definition: Slip\n[h]ER + R"}
-{"Clue":"One hasn't been taught to play by it (3)","Answer":"EAR","Explanation":"Definition: One hasn't been taught to play by it\nCryptic definition \u2013 untaught musicians play by ear"}
-{"Clue":"One taking a bad view of everything? (4,3)","Answer":"EVIL EYE","Explanation":"Definition: One taking a bad view of everything\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Loose dentures for nothing! (3,4)","Answer":"SET FREE","Explanation":"Definition: Loose\nSET (dentures) + FREE (for nothing)"}
-{"Clue":"Scholar raised voice \u2014 \"Sir!\" (7)","Answer":"BARONET","Explanation":"Definition: Sir\nBA (scholar) + reverse of TENOR"}
-{"Clue":"Study in group including, leading politician (7)","Answer":"INSPECT","Explanation":"Definition: Study\nIN + P (\"leading politician\") in SECT. The comma is presumably just a typo"}
-{"Clue":"Punters search distractedly for pickpocket (13)","Answer":"PURSE-SNATCHER","Explanation":"Definition: pickpocket\n(PUNTERS SEARCH)"}
-{"Clue":"When coming from behind old horse breaks bone (7)","Answer":"SCAPULA","Explanation":"Definition: bone\nCAPUL (old word for a horse) in reverse of AS (when)"}
-{"Clue":"Egg cell produced by ducks before due time in Scotland (5)","Answer":"OOTID","Explanation":"Definition: Egg cell\nO + O + TID (Scot. \"fit time or condition\")"}
-{"Clue":"Biblical apparatus (a large number or one) (7)","Answer":"MASSORA","Explanation":"Definition: Biblical apparatus\nMASS (large numnber) + OR A"}
-{"Clue":"Was frightened of consuming article only lightly touched (9)","Answer":"FEATHERED","Explanation":"Definition: only lightly touched\nTHE in FEARED"}
-{"Clue":"Historical land tax the Queen leaves to disperse (5)","Answer":"SCATT","Explanation":"Definition: Historical land tax\nSCATTER less ER. I guessed this word was essentially the same as \"scot\", as in the expression \"scot free\", but they seem to have different origins."}
-{"Clue":"Tantrum made public, ordered outside (7)","Answer":"BOUTADE","Explanation":"Definition: Tantrum\nOUT (made public) in BADE"}
-{"Clue":"Historian, chap confused with gen? Horror (13)","Answer":"CHRONOGRAPHER","Explanation":"Definition: Historian\n(CHAP GEN HORROR)"}
-{"Clue":"In a thin voice you'll need to rebuild with line not forte (7)","Answer":"REEDILY","Explanation":"Definition: In a thin voice\nRE-EDIFY (rebuild) with F replaced by L"}
-{"Clue":"Middle distance for Muscovite, run in singlet (5)","Answer":"VERST","Explanation":"Definition: Middle distance for Muscovite\nR in VEST \u2013 the Verst is an old Russian unit of length, about two-thirds of a mile."}
-{"Clue":"Religious teacher gets going about source of ecumenism (7)","Answer":"STARETS","Explanation":"Definition: Religious teacher\nE[cumenism] in STARTS"}
-{"Clue":"Strange guys having regular trim of matted locks (5)","Answer":"TAGGY","Explanation":"Definition: of matted locks\nAlternate letters of sTrAnGe GuYs"}
-{"Clue":"Darwinian unit, information held in rectangular compartment (7)","Answer":"PANGENE","Explanation":"Definition: Darwinian unit\nGEN in PANE"}
-{"Clue":"We'll be accepted by group the misguided term 'deep' or 'benign' (13)","Answer":"SWEET-TEMPERED","Explanation":"Definition: benign\nWE in SET + (TERM DEEP)"}
-{"Clue":"Tenderloin like this is bathed in juice when flipped (5)","Answer":"PSOAS","Explanation":"Definition: Tenderloin\nSO in reverse of SAP"}
-{"Clue":"Chariot: race that involves this etc (5)","Answer":"RATHA","Explanation":"Definition: Chariot\nComposite anagram: (RACE THAT)* = RATHA + ETC"}
-{"Clue":"Reel for denoting dramatically lyrical music (6)","Answer":"SPINTO","Explanation":"Definition: denoting dramatically lyrical music\nSPIN (reel) + TO (for)"}
-{"Clue":"Jock's artfully dextrous getting fish to rise (4)","Answer":"SLEE","Explanation":"Definition: Jock's artfully dextrous\nReverse of EELS \u2013 Scots form of \"sly\""}
-{"Clue":"Fervent until trapped by a girl (7)","Answer":"AMATORY","Explanation":"Definition: Fervent\nTO (until) in A MARY"}
-{"Clue":"Pooh accordingly delays bit of honey to the end (4)","Answer":"TUSH","Explanation":"Definition: Pooh\nTHUS with H[oney] moved to the end"}
-{"Clue":"Product of Tesco, it's added to and enlarges one like itself (5)","Answer":"COSET","Explanation":"Definition: it's added to and enlarges one like itself\nTESCO* \u2013 a coset is a concept in the theory of mathematical Groups, but the definition here mirrors the one given in Chambers: \"a set which when added to another set resuts in a larger set\", which is not particularly meaningful."}
-{"Clue":"Cheer up jumper overturned in ditch when one's thrown (6)","Answer":"HOORAH","Explanation":"Definition: Cheer up\nReverse of ROO (jumper) in HAH[A]. \"Up\" doesn't seem to make sense as part of the definition, but otherwise what is it there for? Is a roo an \"up jumper\"?"}
-{"Clue":"School book? Number left off study in the back (6)","Answer":"READER","Explanation":"Definition: School book\nDE[n] in REAR"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative, tho' with EU etc prepared for a bunk (9)","Answer":"COUCHETTE","Explanation":"Definition: a bunk\nC + (THO EU ETC)"}
-{"Clue":"Make early plans for speed ring, circuitous (9)","Answer":"PREDESIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Make early plans for\n(SPEED RING)"}
-{"Clue":"Mingling of vowels, key moment when 'i' becomes 'a' (6)","Answer":"CRASIS","Explanation":"Definition: Mingling of vowels\nCRISIS with the first I replaced by A"}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman losing head in service offering advice on parenting (6)","Answer":"RELATE","Explanation":"Definition: service offering advice on parenting\n[p]RELATE"}
-{"Clue":"Exercises outside, wind rising \u2013 woolly coat maybe needed (6)","Answer":"PELAGE","Explanation":"Definition: woolly coat maybe\nReverse of GALE in PE"}
-{"Clue":"It's performed doloroso, dreadful when a bit of giocoso intervenes (5)","Answer":"DIRGE","Explanation":"Definition: It's performed doloroso\nG[iocoso] in DIRE"}
-{"Clue":"I must rise for senior churchman's reception \u2013 that's understood (5)","Answer":"ROGER","Explanation":"Definition: that's understood\nReverse of EGO in RR"}
-{"Clue":"In contact with uppish maid, was flirting (5)","Answer":"TOYED","Explanation":"Definition: was flirting\nTO (in contact with) + reverse of DEY (a dairymaid)"}
-{"Clue":"District held by rebel troops (4)","Answer":"BELT","Explanation":"Definition: District\nHidden in reBEL Troops"}
-{"Clue":"Miners' truck? It's for aligning machine parts (4)","Answer":"TRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Miners' truck\nDouble definition (in the second sense, a short form of \"trammel\")"}
-{"Clue":"May's former position as the country's leader (7,7)","Answer":"ENGLAND CAPTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: May's former position\nReferring to the cricketer Peter May, who was captain of England from 1955 to 1961. I suppose this is a double definition, but it hardly qualifies in my opinion"}
-{"Clue":"Scribble leads to error in flyer \u2014 that's dangerous (9)","Answer":"DOODLEBUG","Explanation":"Definition: flyer \u2014 that's dangerous\nDOODLE (scribble) + BUG (error) \u2013 nickname for the V1 flying bomb used by the Germans in WW2"}
-{"Clue":"A figure of authority in plain clothes (5)","Answer":"MUFTI","Explanation":"Definition: A figure of authority\nDouble definition \u2013 \"an expounder of Muslim law\" and \"plain clothes\" , though the second meaning apparently derives from the first"}
-{"Clue":"One of the stars in the state, begin to work (5)","Answer":"RIGEL","Explanation":"Definition: One of the stars\nRI (Rhode Island) + GEL (begin to work)"}
-{"Clue":"Nag raved endlessly: nothing wrong in that (9)","Answer":"ROSINANTE","Explanation":"Definition: Nag\nO SIN in RANTE[D]. Rosinante (spelled Rocinante in the original) is Don Quixote's horse, or by extension any worn-out nag"}
-{"Clue":"May's predecessor, the well-known revolutionary meeting resistance (8)","Answer":"THATCHER","Explanation":"Definition: May's predecessor\nTHAT (the well-known) + CHE + R. Theresa May's predecessor, most specifically as a female PM"}
-{"Clue":"In window frame place prominent slogan (6)","Answer":"SPLASH","Explanation":"Definition: prominent slogan\nPL in SASH"}
-{"Clue":"May's not hard: a saint? (6)","Answer":"TERESA","Explanation":"Definition: a saint\nTHERESA less H"}
-{"Clue":"What's wrong with a sort of \"Right Hon\" for May? (8)","Answer":"HAWTHORN","Explanation":"Definition: May\nWHAT* + (R HON)"}
-{"Clue":"Marvellous exact opposite of May, perhaps \u2014 a bright star (9)","Answer":"SUPERNOVA","Explanation":"Definition: a bright star\nSUPER (marvellous) + NOV (6 months after May) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Serious start on galvanising party (5)","Answer":"GRAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Serious\nG + RAVE"}
-{"Clue":"Blue and put in lead, ultimately (5)","Answer":"ADULT","Explanation":"Definition: Blue\nHidden in leAD ULTimately \u2013 as in \"blue\/adult film\""}
-{"Clue":"Critical of lateness, I blow up (9)","Answer":"ESSENTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Critical\n(LATENESS I)"}
-{"Clue":"Assuming power, remarkably ardent, can head Westminster team (4,3,7)","Answer":"DEAN AND CHAPTER","Explanation":"Definition: Westminster team\nP in (ARDENT CAN HEAD)* \u2013 the governing body of Westminster Abbey, rather than anything to do with the Palace of Westminster"}
-{"Clue":"Bush, say (American chap) \u2014 and now Cameron? (5,9)","Answer":"ELDER STATESMAN","Explanation":"Definition: and now Cameron\nELDER (bush, say) + STATES MAN (American chap)"}
-{"Clue":"On fast track up, Osborne finally failed the country (7)","Answer":"GEORGIA","Explanation":"Definition: country\nGEORG[E] + reverse of A1 (road)"}
-{"Clue":"15 seconds to get simple cocktail dress on? (3,6)","Answer":"ALL BLACKS","Explanation":"Definition: 15\nALL BLACK (cocktail dress \u2013 \"little black number\") + S[econds], with just \"15\" (Rugby team) as definition"}
-{"Clue":"Prevented plot arising: fought, while heading off (8)","Answer":"DEBARRED","Explanation":"Definition: Prevented\nReverse of BED (plot) + [W]ARRED"}
-{"Clue":"Impressive eventual successor to May (6)","Answer":"AUGUST","Explanation":"Definition: Impressive\nDouble definition \u2013 August \"eventually\" succeeds May"}
-{"Clue":"Athenian turmoil is May's opportunity \u2014 new leaders wanted (5)","Answer":"TIMON","Explanation":"Definition: Athenian\nFirst letters of Turmoil Is May's Opportunity New, and referring to Shakespeare's Timon of Athens"}
-{"Clue":"High-status woman elected, taking fizzy drink (7)","Answer":"INFANTA","Explanation":"Definition: High-status woman\nIN (elected) + FANTA (fizzy orange drink("}
-{"Clue":"Failing opportunity, turn up to get university position (4-10)","Answer":"VICE-CHANCELLOR","Explanation":"Definition: university position\nVICE (failing) + CHANCE (opportunity) + reverse of ROLL"}
-{"Clue":"Southern Region has a name for plunging in dagger? No way (9)","Answer":"PATAGONIA","Explanation":"Definition: Southern Region\nA TAG in PONIARD (a dagger, I find) less RD"}
-{"Clue":"Veto our side employing a bitch, regularly vulgar (8)","Answer":"BANAUSIC","Explanation":"Definition: vulgar\nA in (\"employed by\") BAN (veto) + US (our side), + A [b]I[t]C[h]. A new word for me, from the Greek for an artisan"}
-{"Clue":"Put in new position in unexpected delight (7)","Answer":"RAPTURE","Explanation":"Definition: delight\nPUT* in RARE (unexpected)"}
-{"Clue":"Working with a parliament, making cuts (2,1,4)","Answer":"ON A DIET","Explanation":"Definition: making cuts\nON (working) + A DIET (parliament)"}
-{"Clue":"What May must do with naval leadership rival? (6)","Answer":"GOVERN","Explanation":"Definition: What May must do\nHer (unsuccessful) rival, if in the navy, would be [Michael] GOVE RN"}
-{"Clue":"Betray first sign of ruthlessness, a heavyweight (3,2)","Answer":"RAT ON","Explanation":"Definition: Betray\nR[uthlessness] + A TON"}
-{"Clue":"I am man gone to struggle (9)","Answer":"AGAMEMNON","Explanation":"Definition: I am man gone to struggle\n (AM MAN GONE)* \u2013 an &lit, as Agamemnon went off to the Trojan war"}
-{"Clue":"One driven off to break senior pilot (5)","Answer":"STEER","Explanation":"Definition: pilot\n TEE (which is \"driven off\") in SR"}
-{"Clue":"In style, velcro's singular reason for delay (5,8)","Answer":"LEVEL CROSSING","Explanation":"Definition: reason for delay\n Hidden in styLE, VELCRO'S SINGular \u2013 it took me a while to spot this, even after guessing the answer and trying various anagrams"}
-{"Clue":"Fiddle with air in tyre, of course (9)","Answer":"ITINERARY","Explanation":"Definition: course\n (AIR IN TYRE)"}
-{"Clue":"Charge to have a good time \u2014 it makes you cry! (4,3)","Answer":"TEAR GAS","Explanation":"Definition: it makes you cry\n TEAR (to charge) + GAS (good time, as in \"it's a gas\")"}
-{"Clue":"Tragedy turning to good day (7)","Answer":"OTHELLO","Explanation":"Definition: Tragedy\n Reverse of TO + HELLO"}
-{"Clue":"Cape Town's last bendy tree (5)","Answer":"PECAN","Explanation":"Definition: tree\n Anagram of CAPE [two]N"}
-{"Clue":"For one second and forever (3)","Answer":"SAY","Explanation":"Definition: For one\n S + AY"}
-{"Clue":"From delicatessen, a chocolate chip (5)","Answer":"NACHO","Explanation":"Definition: chip\n Hidden in delicatesseN, A CHOcolate"}
-{"Clue":"\"E\" is embarrassingly accurate (5,2,4)","Answer":"CLOSE TO HOME","Explanation":"Definition: embarrassingly accurate\n The letter E is the ending of, or \"close to\", \"home\""}
-{"Clue":"Put stamp on US officer's restraining order (7)","Answer":"FRANKED","Explanation":"Definition: Put stamp on\n RANK in FED[eral agent]"}
-{"Clue":"Measurement akin to leaking? (6,3)","Answer":"INSIDE LEG","Explanation":"Definition: Measurement\n In the word \"leaking\", \"akin\" is INSIDE LEG"}
-{"Clue":"Canine possibly loves being in dry hotel (5)","Answer":"TOOTH","Explanation":"Definition: Canine possibly\n OO in TT (teetoal) H"}
-{"Clue":"With joy, pig returns unopened truffles, perhaps (5)","Answer":"FUNGI","Explanation":"Definition: truffles, perhaps\n FUN + reverse of [P]IG"}
-{"Clue":"Seize the day pass camper's out to snaffle (5,4)","Answer":"CARPE DIEM","Explanation":"Definition: Seize the day\n DIE (to \"pass\") in CAMPER. I guessed this (it's from an ode by Horace) from the definition, and found it a bit hard to work out the surface reading"}
-{"Clue":"Queen in cast eagerly leaves (4,4)","Answer":"EARL GREY","Explanation":"Definition: leaves\n R in EAGERLY"}
-{"Clue":"Sage regrettably raised to limit sex (6)","Answer":"SALVIA","Explanation":"Definition: Sage\n VI (6 = sex in Latin) in reverse of ALAS"}
-{"Clue":"Failure of something in the bedroom carries no charge (10)","Answer":"NEGLIGENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Failure\n NC in NEGLIGEE"}
-{"Clue":"Rock can be kind on the ear (6)","Answer":"GNEISS","Explanation":"Definition: Rock\n Homophone of \"nice\""}
-{"Clue":"Abandoning East, not a fan of the rich element (8)","Answer":"ANTIMONY","Explanation":"Definition: element\n ANTI-MONEY less E"}
-{"Clue":"Major Victor's a lady (4)","Answer":"ASHE","Explanation":"Definition: Major Victor\n A SHE \u2013 Arthus Ashe, tennis champion"}
-{"Clue":"Mark (and others) on shortened beat of copper? (8)","Answer":"METALLIC","Explanation":"Definition: of copper\n M + ET AL + LIC[K]"}
-{"Clue":"Hitherto, picture frames matter (5)","Answer":"TOPIC","Explanation":"Definition: matter\n Hidden in hitherTO PICture"}
-{"Clue":"Woman's knickers (swapping never ends!) and where they're thrown? (3,7)","Answer":"HEN PARTIES","Explanation":"Definition: where they're thrown\n HEN (woman) + PANTIES with N replaced by R (the \"ends\" of NeveR) *Thanks to Eileen for pointing out that it's actually HER PANTIES with the N and R swapped)"}
-{"Clue":"Like an egg from duck, empty (5)","Answer":"OVOID","Explanation":"Definition: Like an egg\n O + VOID"}
-{"Clue":"One's tied up in Oxford (8)","Answer":"SHOELACE","Explanation":"Definition: One's tied up in Oxford\n Cryptic definition \u2013 Oxford is a style of man's laced shoe"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe it's a square number (6)","Answer":"FIGURE","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe it's a square\n Double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing in a kiln after throwing clay (6)","Answer":"KAOLIN","Explanation":"Definition: clay\n O in (A KILN)"}
-{"Clue":"Dodgy mo, with shaved head (4)","Answer":"IFFY","Explanation":"Definition: Dodgy\n [J]IFFY"}
-{"Clue":"Dead \u2014 their message is to weep (4)","Answer":"DRIP","Explanation":"Definition: to weep\n D + RIP (a \"message to the dead\")"}
-{"Clue":"Something to drink, not drinking out of cap (4)","Answer":"BEER","Explanation":"Definition: Something to drink\nBETTER (to cap) less TT (teetotal)"}
-{"Clue":"Fighter's back to the middle, hurt (3)","Answer":"AIL","Explanation":"Definition: hurt\n[Muhammad] ALI with the last letter moved to the middle"}
-{"Clue":"Laid-back character first to oppose man of strict judgments (5)","Answer":"DRACO","Explanation":"Definition: man of strict judgments\nReverse of CARD (\"he's a character\") + O[ppose]"}
-{"Clue":"You twice said killer is a poet (7)","Answer":"WHITMAN","Explanation":"Definition: a poet\nW (\"you said twice\") + HITMAN"}
-{"Clue":"Suspect couple bound to be uncertain, legally (2,5)","Answer":"IN DUBIO","Explanation":"Definition: uncertain, legally\n(II + BOUND)"}
-{"Clue":"Wet creature finds nucleus of fluid in dry feature (3,6)","Answer":"SEA URCHIN","Explanation":"Definition: Wet creature\n[fl]U[id] in SEAR CHIN"}
-{"Clue":"Lean on back of spade in wood (5)","Answer":"EBONY","Explanation":"Definition: wood\n[spad]E + BONY (slim, lean)"}
-{"Clue":"Pig for the compost heap? (6)","Answer":"ROTTER","Explanation":"Definition: Pig\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Monsters provided twisted tails (6)","Answer":"FIENDS","Explanation":"Definition: Monsters\nReverse of IF + ENDS"}
-{"Clue":"Seeds to eat when you are out of liqueur (5)","Answer":"CACAO","Explanation":"Definition: Seeds to eat\nCURACAO less U R"}
-{"Clue":"Planes must be so in war, or hit when failing scrutiny, ultimately (9)","Answer":"AIRWORTHY","Explanation":"Definition: Planes must be so\n(WAR OR HIT)* + [scutin]Y"}
-{"Clue":"More than one ridiculous work, it proves irksome (7)","Answer":"SATIRES","Explanation":"Definition: More than one ridiculous work\nSA (sex appeal, \"it\") + TIRES"}
-{"Clue":"Second not the sixth drink (5)","Answer":"LATTE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nLATTE[r]"}
-{"Clue":"Last of gravy in red sauce (4)","Answer":"MAYO","Explanation":"Definition: sauce\n[grav]Y in [Chairman] MAO"}
-{"Clue":"Forceful grabbing a round (7)","Answer":"PAUNCHY","Explanation":"Definition: round\nA in PUNCHY"}
-{"Clue":"Grass to throw, only two thirds (6)","Answer":"BAMBOO","Explanation":"Definition: Grass\nTwo-thirds of BAMBOOZLE"}
-{"Clue":"Pedestrian pursuit of Members of Parliament under Blair's leadership (5)","Answer":"BOWLS","Explanation":"Definition: Pedestrian pursuit\nB[lair] + OWLS (as in \"a parliament of owls\")"}
-{"Clue":"Shakespearean character with flash clothing, one in employment as empress (5,6)","Answer":"MARIE LOUISE","Explanation":"Definition: empress\nARIEL in MO + I in USE"}
-{"Clue":"US illustrator, reliable type with some skill (8)","Answer":"ROCKWELL","Explanation":"Definition: US illustrator\nROCK (a reliable type) + WELL (as in \"he does it well\/with skill\"). Norman Rockwell is the illustrator."}
-{"Clue":"Change around position in higher education (7)","Answer":"VARSITY","Explanation":"Definition: higher education\nSIT in VARY"}
-{"Clue":"Result of Republican fighters entering race? That'd be telling (9)","Answer":"NARRATION","Explanation":"Definition: telling\nR[epublican] + RA (Royal Artillery \u2013 fighters) in NATION"}
-{"Clue":"Healthy dessert \u2014 small piece of pineapple per person (5)","Answer":"PEACH","Explanation":"Definition: Healthy dessert\nP[ineapple] + EACH"}
-{"Clue":"Whopping six-footer in US army? (5)","Answer":"GIANT","Explanation":"Definition: Whopping\nThe six-footer is an insect, so a GI ANT"}
-{"Clue":"Bar snack 14 had? (9)","Answer":"CHOCOLATE","Explanation":"Definition: Bar snack\n\"Bar snack\" as in bar of chocolate, and a reference to *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"}
-{"Clue":"Nervous model heading off wearing jersey inside out (7)","Answer":"JITTERY","Explanation":"Definition: Nervous\n[S]ITTER in JerseY with its \"inside out\", i.e. removed"}
-{"Clue":"Chump or pork pie served after fish (7)","Answer":"CHARLIE","Explanation":"Definition: Chump\nCHAR (fish) + LIE (pork pie, rhyming slang)"}
-{"Clue":"Software for visual effects, unpleasant type (3)","Answer":"CAD","Explanation":"Definition: Software for visual effects\nDouble definition \u2013 the software is Computer Aided Design"}
-{"Clue":"Wavy line marking flow of water across lake (5)","Answer":"TILDE","Explanation":"Definition: Wavy line\nL in TIDE"}
-{"Clue":"Tipping back over edge, cat comes a cropper (5,2)","Answer":"SLIPS UP","Explanation":"Definition: comes a cropper\nLIP in reverse of PUSS"}
-{"Clue":"Apparently unknown constituent works (7)","Answer":"FACTORY","Explanation":"Definition: works\nFACTOR Y"}
-{"Clue":"Mobile traffic man's to cross 26 27's hero (9,2,3)","Answer":"FANTASTIC MR FOX","Explanation":"Definition: 26 27's hero\n(TRAFFIC MANS TO)* + X"}
-{"Clue":"One line written during course had repelled another 29 (5,4)","Answer":"ROALD DAHL","Explanation":"Definition: 29\nL in ROAD + reverse of HAD + L"}
-{"Clue":"Shilling put back in old accounts (5)","Answer":"TALES","Explanation":"Definition: accounts\nSTALE (old) with the S moved to the end"}
-{"Clue":"Weapon maker hasn't succeeded, another having mightier armoury (9)","Answer":"WORDSMITH","Explanation":"Definition: another having mightier armoury\nSWORDSMITH less its first S \u2013 the WORDSMITH has mightier armoury because \"the pen is mightier than the sword\""}
-{"Clue":"Hitch end of chain in sink (4)","Answer":"SNAG","Explanation":"Definition: Hitch\n[chai]N in SAG"}
-{"Clue":"Tub-thumper's cycling, always on the move (6)","Answer":"ERRANT","Explanation":"Definition: always on the move\nRANTER, with the last two letters moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"British PM briefly abolishes bills (6-4)","Answer":"BATTLE-AXES","Explanation":"Definition: bills\nB + ATTLE[E] + AXES. A bill or billhook is a type of battle-axe similar to a halberd"}
-{"Clue":"Uncharitable characterisation of a female setter? (6)","Answer":"BITCHY","Explanation":"Definition: Uncharitable characterisation of a female setter?\nCryptic definition \u2013 think of the setter as a type of dog"}
-{"Clue":"Insisted on backing church to stop closure (8)","Answer":"ENFORCED","Explanation":"Definition: Insisted on\nFOR (backing) CE in END"}
-{"Clue":"Workmate's potty, bouncing up and down (4)","Answer":"OPPO","Explanation":"Definition: Workmate\n\"Up and down\" versions of PO (chamberpot, potty)"}
-{"Clue":"Like to jump up without slowing down (8)","Answer":"PARALLEL","Explanation":"Definition: Like\nRALL (abbreviation of Rallentando, used in music to mean \"slowing down\") in reverse of LEAP"}
-{"Clue":"Saying \"scat!\", you put your foot in it (4)","Answer":"SHOE","Explanation":"Definition: you put your foot in it\nHomophone of \"shoo\""}
-{"Clue":"26 27's protagonist fixes housing shortage, ultimately (5)","Answer":"JAMES","Explanation":"Definition: 26 27's protagonist\n[shortag]E in JAMS"}
-{"Clue":"Supremely evil influence in Chartist reforms (10)","Answer":"ANTICHRIST","Explanation":"Definition: Supremely evil influence\n(IN CHARTIST)"}
-{"Clue":"Plaint on ousting enemy's mounted men (5)","Answer":"ELEGY","Explanation":"Definition: Plaint\nENEMY with NEM (\"mounted men\") replaced by LEG (the \"on\" side in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Genial father casually welcoming in Parisian (8)","Answer":"FRIENDLY","Explanation":"Definition: Genial\nFR + EN (French \"in\") in IDLY"}
-{"Clue":"Better public school's secured with foreign capital (4,4)","Answer":"CAPE TOWN","Explanation":"Definition: foreign capital\nCAP (to better) + W (with) in ETON \u2013 Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa (other cities are capitals for other functions)"}
-{"Clue":"Fluorine scare created problems (6)","Answer":"FACERS","Explanation":"Definition: problems\nF + SCARE"}
-{"Clue":"Middle Easterners like wives out of bounds (6)","Answer":"OMANIS","Explanation":"Definition: Middle Easterners\n[W]OMANIS[H]"}
-{"Clue":"Outdoor celebration in Tenerife terminated (4)","Answer":"FETE","Explanation":"Definition: Outdoor celebration\nHidden in teneriFE TErminated"}
-{"Clue":"Too large to fit into a small circle (4)","Answer":"ALSO","Explanation":"Definition: Too\nL in A S O"}
-{"Clue":"Renovator, one angling to get round former pope (one off) (9)","Answer":"FURBISHER","Explanation":"Definition: Renovator\nURB[AN] (former pope) in FISHER"}
-{"Clue":"Chum maybe slugs round in repetitive performance (8)","Answer":"ROOM-MATE","Explanation":"Definition: Chum maybe\nAMMO< in ROTE"}
-{"Clue":"It may catch you speeding round after bachelor party's over? (5)","Answer":"GATSO","Explanation":"Definition: It may catch you speeding\nSTAG< + O[ver]"}
-{"Clue":"Jock's bound to take tour away from his taxman (4)","Answer":"STEN","Explanation":"Definition: Jock's bound\nSTENTOUR (= stentmaster, \"a person who determines the amount of tax to be paid\", from Scots \"stent\"= a tax) less TOUR, and STEN (or stend) is Scots \"to bound\""}
-{"Clue":"What corrupt emporium conceals presto (7)","Answer":"UP-TEMPO","Explanation":"Definition: presto\nHidden in corrUPT EMPOrium \u2013 I don't think \"up tempo\" necessarily implies \"presto\", but I suppose it's close enough"}
-{"Clue":"Volume of added liquid robbing cordyline of energy finally (5)","Answer":"TITRE","Explanation":"Definition: Volume of added liquid\nTI TREE (a tree of the genus Cordyine) less its final E"}
-{"Clue":"Ecstasy and LSD distributed rarely in the past (4)","Answer":"SELD","Explanation":"Definition: rarely in the past\n(E LSD)* \u2013 a variant of \"seldom\""}
-{"Clue":"Old means of defence, one chaps installed in pile? (8)","Answer":"MINIMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Old means of defence\nI MEN in MINT (as in \"make a mint\", or a \"pile\" of money\")"}
-{"Clue":"Part of bone enters rump after it's minced (10)","Answer":"PRESTERNUM","Explanation":"Definition: Part of bone\n(ENTERS RUMP)"}
-{"Clue":"Dental gaps at aforementioned back, trapping chewed meat (10)","Answer":"DIASTEMATA","Explanation":"Definition: Dental gaps\nMEAT* in (AT SAID)<"}
-{"Clue":"One driving oxen gets road all snarled up (8)","Answer":"GOADSTER","Explanation":"Definition: One driving oxen\n(GETS ROAD)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl displaying cotton twill (4)","Answer":"JEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wild cat said to appear where coastal drives occur (5)","Answer":"LINKS","Explanation":"Definition: where coastal drives occur\nHomophone of \"lynx\" \u2013 a links is a seaside golf course"}
-{"Clue":"Collations like those consumed without footwear by travellers (7)","Answer":"REPASTS","Explanation":"Definition: Collations\nAS THOSE less HOSE (footware) in REPS (travelling salesmen)"}
-{"Clue":"Crowning this king involves pink toga (4)","Answer":"ATOP","Explanation":"Definition: Crowning\nATOP KING = (PINK TOGA)"}
-{"Clue":"Developer's constituent, one plenty backed (5)","Answer":"METOL","Explanation":"Definition: Developer's constituent\nME (one) + LOT<"}
-{"Clue":"Expert in herbal medicine has cut troublemaker on register (8)","Answer":"SIMPLIST","Explanation":"Definition: Expert in herbal medicine\n'S (has) + IMP + LIST"}
-{"Clue":"Soft coral that's supplanted centre of calcium compound (9)","Answer":"ALCYONIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Soft coral\nAnagram of CALCIUM wih the central C replaced by YON. Alcyonium is a genus of corals that includes the species called \"dead man's fingers\""}
-{"Clue":"Form of amnesia, forgetting eastern edible fish (4)","Answer":"FUGU","Explanation":"Definition: edible fish\nFUGU[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Sinuous tart took the initiative, getting one flustered (7)","Answer":"RATTLED","Explanation":"Definition: flustered\nTART* + LED"}
-{"Clue":"Value support (4)","Answer":"BASE","Explanation":"Definition: Value\nDouble definition \u2013 I'm not sure about the \"value\" part: perhaps as a base of logarithms or (e.g.) decimal notation; or it may be the result of a misreading of the Chambers definition: \"'low in place, value, estimation or principle;'\""}
-{"Clue":"Long-running serial and accordingly a mishmash (6)","Answer":"SOAPIE","Explanation":"Definition: Long-running serial\nSO A PIE"}
-{"Clue":"Constituent of ipecac to note for throwing up in the evening (7)","Answer":"EMETINE","Explanation":"Definition: Constituent of ipecac\nReverse of ITEM (\"to make a note of\") in ENE (variant of E'EN)"}
-{"Clue":"Masked image, thing with end obscured (5)","Answer":"MATTE","Explanation":"Definition: Masked image\nMATTER minus its last letter or end"}
-{"Clue":"Dwarf was famously one stout errant, working? (11)","Answer":"STERNUTATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Dwarf was famously one\n(STOUT ERRANT)* \u2013 the Dwarf in question is Sneezy, but Chambers only defines the word as \"a substance that causes sneezing\" as opposed to \"a sneezer\", as the clue would seem to require"}
-{"Clue":"An Italian vehicle, one with pains once getting doubled up inside (8)","Answer":"VENETIAN","Explanation":"Definition: An Italian\nReverse of I + TEEN ( = pains) in VAN"}
-{"Clue":"Frolic before number one marriage \u2013 Scotch drunk (11)","Answer":"CAPERNOITIE","Explanation":"Definition: Scotch drunk\nCAPER + NO 1 TIE. There's a note that this \"appears in earlier editions [of Chambers]\" \u2013 fortunately I'm still using the 11th edition"}
-{"Clue":"With which one views from afar endlessly frisky gypsy girl (8)","Answer":"SPYGLASS","Explanation":"Definition: With which one views from afar\nGYPS[y]* + LASS"}
-{"Clue":"Hawk seen from below perched on ancient seat (7)","Answer":"TASSELL","Explanation":"Definition: Hawk\nSAT< + SELL"}
-{"Clue":"Leading musicians, such as merit's rendered abnormal (7)","Answer":"MAESTRI","Explanation":"Definition: Leading musicians\n(AS MERIT)"}
-{"Clue":"Youngsters with yen for mini (6)","Answer":"TEENSY","Explanation":"Definition: mini\nTEENS + Y"}
-{"Clue":"Sense of hopelessness at getting lost in analysis (5)","Answer":"ANOMY","Explanation":"Definition: Sense of hopelessness\nAN[AT]OMY"}
-{"Clue":"Endless deception brought about Dido's end? Typical of Aeneas (5)","Answer":"TROIC","Explanation":"Definition: Typical of Aeneas\n[did]O in TRIC[k] \u2013 Troic = Trojan, and Aeneas was a Trojan hero"}
-{"Clue":"Without gravity, mature over a long time in space (4)","Answer":"AEON","Explanation":"Definition: a long time in space\nA[G]E + ON (over)"}
-{"Clue":"Meals? With each ignored I contrived to lose weight (4)","Answer":"SLIM","Explanation":"Definition: to lose weight\nAnagram of MEALS less EA[ch] + I"}
-{"Clue":"Terrible Harry Grout mostly with yours truly taking drugs (8)","Answer":"GRUESOME","Explanation":"Definition: Terrible\nES (drugs) in anagram (indicated by \"Harry\") of GROU[t] + ME (yours truly)"}
-{"Clue":"Exploited, took drugs (4)","Answer":"USED","Explanation":"Definition: Exploited\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cells turn to fix as drug dealt externally (10)","Answer":"GUARDROOMS","Explanation":"Definition: Cells\nReverse MOOR in (AS DRUG)"}
-{"Clue":"Welcoming back to prison, more angry one might cause disturbance at night? (6)","Answer":"SNORER","Explanation":"Definition: one might cause disturbance at night\nN (\"back to prisoN\") in SORER"}
-{"Clue":"Steal show outside, returning fruitless (8)","Answer":"ABORTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: fruitless\nReverse of ROB in EVITA"}
-{"Clue":"Turn old when locked up for comedy? On the contrary (7)","Answer":"TRAGEDY","Explanation":"Definition: comedy? On the contrary\nAGED (old) in TRY (turn)"}
-{"Clue":"Two characters giving one sound jab that's hit hard (7)","Answer":"DIGRAPH","Explanation":"Definition: Two characters giving one sound\nDIG (a jab) + RAP H \u2013 as Chambers points out, the PH in this word is an example of a digraph"}
-{"Clue":"One tends to nag youngster on frame (5-3)","Answer":"HORSE-BOY","Explanation":"Definition: One tends to nag\nHORSE (frame, e.g. clothes-horse) + BOY. A horse-boy tends the \"nags\" in his stables"}
-{"Clue":"Protection around grass (6)","Answer":"CASING","Explanation":"Definition: Protection\nCA (around) + SING (grass, tell on)"}
-{"Clue":"Predetermine Fed's choice of letter? American with it (10)","Answer":"FOREORDAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Predetermine\nF OR E OR D (choice of letters from FED) + A + IN (with it)"}
-{"Clue":"Choose to sleep around, caught making penetration (4)","Answer":"PICK","Explanation":"Definition: Choose\nC in reverse of KIP"}
-{"Clue":"Dry man inside with a foreign letter (5)","Answer":"THETA","Explanation":"Definition: foreign letter\nHE in TT (teetotaller) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Move back over after time without Norman Stanley Fletcher, initially (8)","Answer":"TRANSFER","Explanation":"Definition: Move\nT + NSF in reverse of REAR"}
-{"Clue":"Can resident regularly reveal porkies on TV show? (8)","Answer":"PRISONER","Explanation":"Definition: Can resident\nP[o]R[k]I[e]S + ON + E.R."}
-{"Clue":"Lights in HMP Slade out around one (9)","Answer":"HEADLAMPS","Explanation":"Definition: Lights\nA in (HMP SLADE)"}
-{"Clue":"One messes up Godber's pants (6)","Answer":"BODGER","Explanation":"Definition: One messes up\nGODBER"}
-{"Clue":"Escape? Never! (7)","Answer":"GETAWAY","Explanation":"Definition: Escape\nGET AWAY! = never!"}
-{"Clue":"Pleased to fiddle, dropping skirts and bloomers (8)","Answer":"GLADIOLI","Explanation":"Definition: bloomers\nGLAD + [v]IOLI[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Cheats and rogue start to make up stories (10)","Answer":"IMPOSTURES","Explanation":"Definition: Cheats\nAnagram (\"rogue\") of M[ake] + UP STORIES"}
-{"Clue":"He wrote because one needs second volume (6)","Answer":"ASIMOV","Explanation":"Definition: He wrote\nAS + I + MO + V"}
-{"Clue":"Noted deliveries, Porridge set twice cracked up (10,4)","Answer":"REGISTERED POST","Explanation":"Definition: Noted deliveries\n(PORRIDGE SET SET)* \u2013 the first of two very nice Porridge-related anagrams"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal chap beds with Mr Ronnie Barker (8,8)","Answer":"DOBERMAN PINSCHER","Explanation":"Definition: Barker\n(CHAP BEDS MR RONNIE)* \u2013 and another one"}
-{"Clue":"Line from old TV programme (7)","Answer":"DYNASTY","Explanation":"Definition: Line\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Content to shop or tour city (6)","Answer":"OPORTO","Explanation":"Definition: city\nHidden in shOP OR TOur. The Portuguese call this city just PORTO \u2013 the initial O is a definite article"}
-{"Clue":"Talk following Tory party lines? (6)","Answer":"CONGAS","Explanation":"Definition: party lines\nCON + GAS"}
-{"Clue":"Most adequate unit of current, just in case (7)","Answer":"AMPLEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most adequate\nAMP (unit of electric current) + LEST (just in case)"}
-{"Clue":"Base including second home (5)","Answer":"ROOST","Explanation":"Definition: Base\nS in ROOT"}
-{"Clue":"True to form, runner put on old coat, perhaps? (9)","Answer":"OUTERWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: coat, perhaps\nO + TRUE* + WEAR (river, runner)"}
-{"Clue":"A flavour eating donkey, part braised (1,2,9)","Answer":"A LA CASSEROLE","Explanation":"Definition: braised\nA + ASS in LACE (flavour, as in to lace a drink) + ROLE"}
-{"Clue":"8 unmasking red, risky operation still (6,6,7,3)","Answer":"TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY","Explanation":"Definition: 8\n(RED RISKY OPERATION STILL)* \u2013 very appropriately describing the plot of John le Carr\u00e9's thriller"}
-{"Clue":"One's despicable list (4)","Answer":"HEEL","Explanation":"Definition: One's despicable\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Well, what might have me beatified? (2,8)","Answer":"MY GOODNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Well\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One isn't a worker behind party issue (9)","Answer":"CONSONANT","Explanation":"Definition: One isn't a\nCON[servative] + SON (issue) + ANT (worker). The definition has to be read as \"One [example of a consonant] isn't A\""}
-{"Clue":"Mission accomplished, like another military operation on all fronts (5)","Answer":"ALAMO","Explanation":"Definition: Mission\nFirst letters of Accomplished Like Another Military Operation. The site of the famous battle was a Catholic mission"}
-{"Clue":"Both journeys on a return ticket to remote location (7)","Answer":"OUTBACK","Explanation":"Definition: remote location\nWhen you have a return ticket you go OUT and BACK"}
-{"Clue":"Factor when last in race, fast catching me (7)","Answer":"ELEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Factor\n[rac]E + ME in LENT (fast)"}
-{"Clue":"Barely covering the fundamentals of rules, insufficient for legal expert (6)","Answer":"JURIST","Explanation":"Definition: legal expert\nR[ules] I[nsufficient] in JUST"}
-{"Clue":"Nut pasta (6)","Answer":"NOODLE","Explanation":"Definition: Nut\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Baseball player shot due to rifle (10)","Answer":"OUTFIELDER","Explanation":"Definition: Baseball player\n(DUE TO RIFLE)"}
-{"Clue":"Bottom of charts, not very good track (5)","Answer":"SPOOR","Explanation":"Definition: track\n[chart]S + POOR"}
-{"Clue":"For the future then? Yours truly, for starters (9)","Answer":"ANTIPASTI","Explanation":"Definition: starters\nIf you're for the future you might be ANTI-PAST, plus I for \"yours truly\""}
-{"Clue":"Will official survive in the end, after old court restructured? (8)","Answer":"EXECUTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Will official\nEX (old) + [surviv]E + COURT"}
-{"Clue":"Tail of nuthatch in bird book (8)","Answer":"THRILLER","Explanation":"Definition: book\n[nuthatc]H in TRILLER"}
-{"Clue":"Flash speed not good enough (6-4)","Answer":"SECOND-RATE","Explanation":"Definition: not good enough\nSECOND (flash, short time) + RATE (speed)"}
-{"Clue":"Old vessel, ship under contract, originally transporting yarn swiftly (5,4)","Answer":"CUTTY SARK","Explanation":"Definition: Old vessel\nCUT (to contract) + T[ransporting] Y[arn] S[wiftly] + ARK"}
-{"Clue":"Irritating devil, perhaps, penning average score for 1960s' song (8,4)","Answer":"ITCHYCOO PARK","Explanation":"Definition: 1960s' song\nITCHY + PAR in COOK (devilling is a way of cooking) \u2013 a 1967 song by the Small Faces"}
-{"Clue":"Source of information in the Times about bird (8)","Answer":"INTERNET","Explanation":"Definition: Source of information\nIN + ERNE (bird) in T T"}
-{"Clue":"Be brave at first in bending the rule of law in advance notice of possible charges? (6,2,3,4)","Answer":"BEWARE OF THE BULL","Explanation":"Definition: advance notice of possible charges\nBE + B[rave] in (THE RULE OF LAW)* \u2013 it's a pity that OF and THE appear in both the anagram fodder and the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Lead key or bolt, ultimately (6)","Answer":"ESCORT","Explanation":"Definition: Lead\nESC[ape] + OR [bol]T"}
-{"Clue":"Soccer team from Louisiana, one beset by yobs (4,7)","Answer":"BOCA JUNIORS","Explanation":"Definition: Soccer team\nCAJUN (from Louisiana) + I in BOORS \u2013 it's an Argentinian football team"}
-{"Clue":"Get better phoning old explorer (7)","Answer":"RALEIGH","Explanation":"Definition: old explorer\nHomophone (\"phoning\") of \"rally\" \u2013 Sir Walter's surname is pronounced in various ways, but this one at least seems possible"}
-{"Clue":"Official: Domino's backing employee (7)","Answer":"STAFFER","Explanation":"Definition: employee\nReverse of REF (offical) + FATS (Domino, performer)"}
-{"Clue":"Unprecedented tax on fat man's in force here (3,8,4)","Answer":"NEW SCOTLAND YARD","Explanation":"Definition: force here\nNEW + SCOT (tax, as in \"scot-free\") + ANDY in LARD \u2013 the name of several buildings used by the Metropolitan Police"}
-{"Clue":"Get rid of old car that won't start (5)","Answer":"EXPEL","Explanation":"Definition: Get rid of\nEX + [O]PEL"}
-{"Clue":"Noisy protest extremely unchristian \u2014 head dished out a hundred lines (3,3,3)","Answer":"HUE AND CRY","Explanation":"Definition: Noisy protest\nAnagram of U[nchristia]N + HEAD, + C (100) + RY (railway = Iines) (I've just noticed that the letters of both UN and HEAD are in order in the \"anagram\", so perhaps that bit needs to be interpreted slightly differently)"}
-{"Clue":"Truly settled? I yearn to move out! (2,7)","Answer":"IN REALITY","Explanation":"Definition: Truly\nLIT (settled) in (I YEARN)"}
-{"Clue":"Thought of money spent (5)","Answer":"MUSED","Explanation":"Definition: Thought\nM + USED"}
-{"Clue":"Free \u2026 or the BBC's heading for extinction (5)","Answer":"UNTIE","Explanation":"Definition: Free\nAUNTIE (nickname of the BBC) with its first letter (\"heading\") becoming \"extinct\""}
-{"Clue":"Drinking straight from jugs (9)","Answer":"BREASTFED","Explanation":"Definition: Drinking straight from jugs\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Nurse gets to make short work of a repressed policeman (9)","Answer":"ENDEAVOUR","Explanation":"Definition: policeman\nE[nrolled] N[urse] + A in (\"repressed by\") DEVOUR \u2013 Endeavour is the first name of Inspector Morse"}
-{"Clue":"Turning in one's irritation increased (5)","Answer":"RISEN","Explanation":"Definition: increased\nHidden in reverse of oNE'S IRritation"}
-{"Clue":"I slapped Alice's bum \u2014 no good and not a logical way to win an argument (7,8)","Answer":"SPECIAL PLEADING","Explanation":"Definition: not a logical way to win an argument\n(I SLAPPED ALICE)* + NG"}
-{"Clue":"Country house like this cut rent, previously (7)","Answer":"LESOTHO","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nSO (like this) in LET (to rent) + HO (house)"}
-{"Clue":"Hearing again about shelter \u2014 time to turn over (7)","Answer":"RETRIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Hearing again\nRE (about) + reverse of LAIR + T"}
-{"Clue":"That is right \u2014 one that's managed at the top (7)","Answer":"RANIERI","Explanation":"Definition: That is right \u2014 one that's managed at the top\nRAN (managed) + I.E.R + I, &lit \u2013 Claudio Ranieri, former footballer and current manager of Leicester City, who famously won the 2015-16 Premier League"}
-{"Clue":"Result of depression whilst husband's away? Could be (3-12)","Answer":"LOW-SPIRITEDNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Result of depression whilst husband's away? Could be\n(DEPRESSION WHILST)* less H, and a sort of &lit definition"}
-{"Clue":"Current clue can't possibly impress (9)","Answer":"INCULCATE","Explanation":"Definition: impress\nI (electric current) + (CLUE CAN'T)"}
-{"Clue":"Couple in difficulty (5)","Answer":"HITCH","Explanation":"Definition: Couple\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fat tax mentioned \u2014 thin on top! (5,4)","Answer":"SPARE TYRE","Explanation":"Definition: Fat\nSPARE (thin) + homophone of \"tire\" (to tax)"}
-{"Clue":"Bill's fellow rider (3-2)","Answer":"ADD-ON","Explanation":"Definition: rider\nAD + DON"}
-{"Clue":"Animal lover from country's said nothing \u2014 beast is providing lifts outside (7,2,6)","Answer":"FRANCIS OF ASSISI","Explanation":"Definition: Animal lover\nHomophone of \"France's\" + O + ASS IS in reverse of IF (providing)"}
-{"Clue":"Turned another colour after swallowing tablet and looking upset (3-4)","Answer":"RED-EYED","Explanation":"Definition: looking upset\nE (ecstasy tablet) in REDYED"}
-{"Clue":"Embarrassing situation \u2014 knight pulled groin limbo dancing (9)","Answer":"IMBROGLIO","Explanation":"Definition: Embarrassing situation\n(GROIN LIMBO)* less N"}
-{"Clue":"Bad boy's crimes affected social worker (9)","Answer":"MISCREANT","Explanation":"Definition: Bad boy\nCRIMES* + ANT"}
-{"Clue":"Being useless, essentially without instrument (7)","Answer":"UTENSIL","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nENS (\"being or existence\") in [F]UTIL[E]"}
-{"Clue":"County female finished on top (7)","Answer":"DONEGAL","Explanation":"Definition: County\nDONE + GAL"}
-{"Clue":"Inclined to be a fool about left (5)","Answer":"ATILT","Explanation":"Definition: Inclined\nL in A TIT"}
-{"Clue":"Liberal dons feel sorry for king \u2026 and queen? (5)","Answer":"RULER","Explanation":"Definition: queen?\nL in (\"donned by\") RUE (feel sorry for) + R"}
-{"Clue":"Radiator provided by a hotelier (3,6)","Answer":"OIL HEATER","Explanation":"Definition: Radiator\n(A HOTELIER)"}
-{"Clue":"Showing no flaws, though I have a lot (5)","Answer":"IDEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Showing no flaws\nI + DEAL (as in \"a great deal\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fork out for trunk at university (5,2)","Answer":"STUMP UP","Explanation":"Definition: Fork out\nSTUMP (trunk \u2013 not sure how there are equivalent, perhaps as the trunk\/stump of a tree) + UP (at university)"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly late, yet sounding chivalrous (7)","Answer":"NIGHTLY","Explanation":"Definition: Regularly late\nHomophone of \"knightly\""}
-{"Clue":"Equestrian, it's clear, about to return (5)","Answer":"RIDER","Explanation":"Definition: Equestrian\nRID (clear) + reverse of RE"}
-{"Clue":"Accommodation for those not wishing to move when they retire (9)","Answer":"BEDSITTER","Explanation":"Definition: Accommodation for those not wishing to move when they retire\nCryptic definition \u2013 if you live in one you don't have far to go at bedtime.."}
-{"Clue":"Just the same, it can't be bettered (7,8)","Answer":"PERFECT LIKENESS","Explanation":"Definition: Just the same, it can't be bettered\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Salt recollected in sea song (9)","Answer":"SEASONING","Explanation":"Definition: Salt\n(IN SEA SONG)"}
-{"Clue":"Targets given by teachers for work (5)","Answer":"MARKS","Explanation":"Definition: Targets\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bad habit in which Tom gets dressed as a French aristocrat (7)","Answer":"VICOMTE","Explanation":"Definition: a French aristocrat\nTOM* in VICE"}
-{"Clue":"River of wine? (7)","Answer":"MADEIRA","Explanation":"Definition: River\nDouble definition \u2013 the river is a tributary of the Amazon"}
-{"Clue":"Famous composer? Hear, hear (5)","Answer":"LISZT","Explanation":"Definition: Famous composer\nHomophone of \"list\" (=hear)"}
-{"Clue":"Drowsy, left the cigar to go out (9)","Answer":"LETHARGIC","Explanation":"Definition: Drowsy\nL + (THE CIGAR)"}
-{"Clue":"They are forced into private service (10)","Answer":"CONSCRIPTS","Explanation":"Definition: They are forced into private service\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Swimmer appears to be thrashing about (8)","Answer":"FLOUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: Swimmer\nDouble definition (sort of \u2013 the \"thrashing about\" indicates the wrong part of speech)"}
-{"Clue":"Even when frayed, it should be kept (6)","Answer":"TEMPER","Explanation":"Definition: Even when frayed, it should be kept\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"A full one should give you a capital start (4)","Answer":"STOP","Explanation":"Definition: A full one should give you a capital start\nCryptic definition \u2013 after a full stop the next letter would be a capital"}
-{"Clue":"The crime of performing badly? (10)","Answer":"WRONGDOING","Explanation":"Definition: The crime\nWRONG + DOING"}
-{"Clue":"Close to fighting, call on support (8)","Answer":"RINGSIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Close to fighting\nRING (call) + SIDE (support, as in \"side with\")"}
-{"Clue":"Dismissive order to a drummer, perhaps (4,2)","Answer":"BEAT IT","Explanation":"Definition: Dismissive order to a drummer, perhaps\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"It's somebody's work, oddly enough (4)","Answer":"PLAY","Explanation":"Definition: It's somebody's work\nCryptic definition: a play is a playwright's work, but play is also the opposite of work"}
-{"Clue":"Painter's bill to cite rework (10)","Answer":"BOTTICELLI","Explanation":"Definition: Painter\n(BILL TO CITE)"}
-{"Clue":"Insects are developing immunity (10)","Answer":"RESISTANCE","Explanation":"Definition: immunity\n(INSECTS ARE)"}
-{"Clue":"An outrage otherwise concealed by ill-will (8)","Answer":"ENORMITY","Explanation":"Definition: An outrage\nOR in ENMITY"}
-{"Clue":"Grannies making money (8)","Answer":"EARNINGS","Explanation":"Definition: money\nGRANNIES"}
-{"Clue":"To make a charge is a county council practice (6)","Answer":"ACCUSE","Explanation":"Definition: To make a charge\nA + CC + USE"}
-{"Clue":"Old city of crazy artists (6)","Answer":"MADRAS","Explanation":"Definition: Old city\nMAD RAS (RA = Royal Academician). \"Old city\" because Madras is now know as Chennai"}
-{"Clue":"Evil, possibly depraved (4)","Answer":"VILE","Explanation":"Definition: depraved\nEVIL"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor to finish the game on board (4)","Answer":"MATE","Explanation":"Definition: Sailor\nDouble definition \u2013 the game is chess"}
-{"Clue":"Pill getting cold in a very hot sauce (7)","Answer":"TABASCO","Explanation":"Definition: hot sauce\nTAB (Pill) + C in A SO"}
-{"Clue":"Meteorological formation right in position (7)","Answer":"STRATUS","Explanation":"Definition: Meteorological formation\nR in STATUS \u2013 Stratus is a type of cloud"}
-{"Clue":"I drink when disheartened, as more aloof (5)","Answer":"ICIER","Explanation":"Definition: more aloof\nI + CI[D]ER"}
-{"Clue":"Some thinker, supporter kept in check by government department (9)","Answer":"FOREBRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Some thinker\nFO (Foreign Office) + BRA in REIN (check)"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle tours doubly popular around the middle of Basildon, area untouched by the sun (6,4)","Answer":"BIKINI LINE","Explanation":"Definition: area untouched by the sun\n[bas]IL[don] in IN IN, all in BIKE"}
-{"Clue":"Pretty light (4)","Answer":"FAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Pretty\nDouble definition \u2013 I confidently put VERY here as one of my first entries (a Very light is a distress flare), causing myself some trouble later"}
-{"Clue":"I don't know how I make money with debts (3,6,2)","Answer":"IT\u2019S BEYOND ME","Explanation":"Definition: I don't know\n(I MONEY DEBTS)"}
-{"Clue":"Middle Eastern nirvana in it's elapsed, somewhat in recession (11)","Answer":"PALESTINIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Middle Eastern\nHiden in reverse of nirvaNA IN IT'S ELAPsed"}
-{"Clue":"US singer-songwriter's notes, perhaps? (4)","Answer":"CASH","Explanation":"Definition: US singer-songwriter\nDouble definition \u2013 the singer being Johnny Cash"}
-{"Clue":"I end up struggling to catch winger, beginning to exhibit lack of skill (10)","Answer":"INEPTITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: lack of skill\nTIT (bird, winger) in (I END UP)* + E[xhibit]"}
-{"Clue":"Dog kennels in Germany, an architectural feature (3,6)","Answer":"BOW WINDOW","Explanation":"Definition: an architectural feature\nIN D in BOWWOW"}
-{"Clue":"Wet second and first (5)","Answer":"MOIST","Explanation":"Definition: Wet\nMO + 1ST"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit grew hot (7)","Answer":"ROSEHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nROSE (grew) + HIP (fashionable, hot)"}
-{"Clue":"Animal studied and highly-valued, it's said (3,4)","Answer":"RED DEER","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nHomophone of \"read + dear\""}
-{"Clue":"Short tweet getting through, it's felt (6)","Answer":"TRILBY","Explanation":"Definition: it's felt\nTRIL[L] + BY (through)"}
-{"Clue":"Elastic persisting, most flexible (10)","Answer":"SPRINGIEST","Explanation":"Definition: most flexible\nPERSISTING"}
-{"Clue":"King Lear's opening, rubbish (5)","Answer":"OFFAL","Explanation":"Definition: rubbish\nOFFA + L[ear]"}
-{"Clue":"Jaguar ultimately has spotted coat? Grab one that's plain (9)","Answer":"SERENGETI","Explanation":"Definition: plain\n[jagua]R in SEEN + GET I"}
-{"Clue":"Centre dismissed in game \u2014 red! (4)","Answer":"RUBY","Explanation":"Definition: red\nRU[G]BY"}
-{"Clue":"Trapped by bear, a tiger briefly leaves container (3,5)","Answer":"TEA CADDY","Explanation":"Definition: leaves container\nA CA[T] in TEDDY"}
-{"Clue":"Start to dig the salt of the earth, among other things, as possible building material (3-5,6)","Answer":"SUN-DRIED BRICKS","Explanation":"Definition: possible building material\nD[ig] + BRICK (salt of the earth) in SUNDRIES"}
-{"Clue":"Hot fashion in order around 2000, describing spectacles, perhaps (4-6)","Answer":"HORN-RIMMED","Explanation":"Definition: describing spectacles, perhaps\nH + MM in (IN ORDER)"}
-{"Clue":"Low-fat mayo, perhaps \u2014 dive in naked! (6-3)","Answer":"SKINNY-DIP","Explanation":"Definition: dive in naked\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Counter, on top of which room key (5,3)","Answer":"SPACE BAR","Explanation":"Definition: key\nSPACE (room) + BAR (counter)"}
-{"Clue":"Swop tailored clothing passion for sporty trousers (4,4)","Answer":"PLUS TWOS","Explanation":"Definition: sporty trousers\nLUST (passion) in SWOP* \u2013 like plus fours, only less so"}
-{"Clue":"Head in miniature, wee like a mouse (6)","Answer":"MURINE","Explanation":"Definition: like a mouse\nM[iniature] + URINE"}
-{"Clue":"Unrelenting influence of children, affectedly proper and sweet (6,5)","Answer":"PESTER POWER","Explanation":"Definition: Unrelenting influence of children\n(PROPER SWEET)* \u2013 as Chambers puts it, \"the ability of children to influence their parents' behaviour by making frequent requests\""}
-{"Clue":"Flying off (4)","Answer":"HIGH","Explanation":"Definition: Flying\nDouble definition \u2013 \"off\" as in food that has gone bad or \"high\""}
-{"Clue":"Alexander drinking hot drink (6)","Answer":"SHANDY","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nH in Sandy"}
-{"Clue":"Dye produced from male snake (6)","Answer":"MADDER","Explanation":"Definition: Dye\nM + ADDER \u2013 madder is a dye made from plants of the genus Rubia"}
-{"Clue":"Cannabis grown by extremely hirsute politician (4)","Answer":"HEMP","Explanation":"Definition: Cannabis\nH[irsut]E + MP"}
-{"Clue":"Priest with sorry tale meets good girl that's seen in shop window (5,5)","Answer":"PLATE GLASS","Explanation":"Definition: that's seen in shop window\nP + TALE* + G + LASS"}
-{"Clue":"English slang confused divine messengers (6)","Answer":"ANGELS","Explanation":"Definition: divine messengers\nE + SLANG"}
-{"Clue":"Retired editor and member dined with representative (8)","Answer":"DELEGATE","Explanation":"Definition: representative\nReverse of ED + LEG (member) + ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Follow someone round shopping centre for chit-chat (5,4)","Answer":"SMALL TALK","Explanation":"Definition: chit-chat\nMALL in STALK"}
-{"Clue":"Son yet to burst swelling (4)","Answer":"STYE","Explanation":"Definition: swelling\nS + YET"}
-{"Clue":"Rescue second bit of cork from wine (4)","Answer":"SAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Rescue\nSOAVE (Italian wine) less [c]O[rk]"}
-{"Clue":"South American admitting new crime over instrument (5,4)","Answer":"SNARE DRUM","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nN in SA + reverse of MURDER"}
-{"Clue":"Shell ruined her plans (8)","Answer":"SHRAPNEL","Explanation":"Definition: Shell\n(HER PLANS)* \u2013 I'm no military expert, but surely shrapnel is what a shell produces rather thean the shell itself"}
-{"Clue":"Mostly sell diamonds to Italian city (6)","Answer":"VENICE","Explanation":"Definition: Italian city\nVEN[D] + ICE"}
-{"Clue":"Handler of sea creatures mistreated his frogmen (10)","Answer":"FISHMONGER","Explanation":"Definition: Handler of sea creatures\n(HIS FROGMEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Called for part of ladder (4)","Answer":"RUNG","Explanation":"Definition: Called\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Navy twice entering part of ship where animals are kept (6)","Answer":"KENNEL","Explanation":"Definition: where animals are kept\nN twice in KEEL"}
-{"Clue":"Present leaders of synod display non-conformist belief (6)","Answer":"HERESY","Explanation":"Definition: non-conformist belief\nHERE (present) + SY[nod]"}
-{"Clue":"Strict master leaves relative a bone (7)","Answer":"STERNUM","Explanation":"Definition: bone\nSTERN + [M]UM"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit in bottom of skip covered by pale bananas (5)","Answer":"APPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit \n[SHI]P in PALE"}
-{"Clue":"Place for dopiest criminal? (7)","Answer":"DEPOSIT","Explanation":"Definition: Place\nDOPIEST"}
-{"Clue":"Pigmented circle of plant artist rejected (6)","Answer":"AREOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Pigmented circle\nReverse of ALOE + RA"}
-{"Clue":"Very happy to be blonde indeed! (9)","Answer":"DELIGHTED","Explanation":"Definition: Very happy\nLIGHT \"in DEED\""}
-{"Clue":"Prize claimed by retro setters (7)","Answer":"ROSETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Prize\nHidden in retRO SETTErs"}
-{"Clue":"Insect found by very tall parent? (5-4-4)","Answer":"DADDY-LONG-LEGS","Explanation":"Definition: Insect\nDouble definition \u2013 I believe this refers to a kind of spider in the US, but over here it's definitely an insect"}
-{"Clue":"Massive thing lit a haven development (9)","Answer":"LEVIATHAN","Explanation":"Definition: Massive thing\n(LIT A HAVEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Familiar routine in school getting mark of approval (7)","Answer":"SCHTICK","Explanation":"Definition: Familiar routine\nSCH + TICK \u2013 a Yiddish word (properly spelt \"shtik\") meaning \"a familiar routine\u2026 adopted by, and associated with, a comedian, etc\""}
-{"Clue":"Dreamy piece of music written by clergyman on lake (7)","Answer":"REVERIE","Explanation":"Definition: Dreamy piece of music\nREV + ERIE"}
-{"Clue":"Weird coincidence initially covered up by university childminder (7)","Answer":"UNCANNY","Explanation":"Definition: Weird\nC[oincidence] in U NANNY"}
-{"Clue":"One's agitated about small amount of sleep (6)","Answer":"SNOOZE","Explanation":"Definition: sleep\nOZ (ounce, small amount) in ONES"}
-{"Clue":"Thinner vegan eating sauce (5)","Answer":"NERVE","Explanation":"Definition: sauce\nHidden in thinNER VEgan. Sauce\/nerve in the sense of cheek"}
-{"Clue":"After church, longed to take a tea inside? Took certain steps (11)","Answer":"CHA-CHA-CHAED","Explanation":"Definition: Took certain steps\nCH + A CHA in ACHED"}
-{"Clue":"Sloppy work is accepted by roofing specialist (8)","Answer":"SLAISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Sloppy work\nIS in SLATER \u2013 a Scots\/Northern word for \"wet slovenly work\""}
-{"Clue":"Backing raps, go at a lick (5)","Answer":"SPANK","Explanation":"Definition: go at a lick\nReverse of KNAPS"}
-{"Clue":"Time in Scottish isle for a local spree (5)","Answer":"SKYTE","Explanation":"Definition: a local spree\nT in SKYE \u2013 another Scots word, related to \"skit\""}
-{"Clue":"Neck ornament from outfit that is reversed in greeting (7)","Answer":"HEITIKI","Explanation":"Definition: Neck ornament\nReverse of (KIT IE) in HI"}
-{"Clue":"Transformed bore's snorting cocaine, in the grove (6)","Answer":"SCROBE","Explanation":"Definition: grove\nC in BORES"}
-{"Clue":"Cheers when right gets in \u2013 outstanding (10)","Answer":"PROSILIENT","Explanation":"Definition: outstanding\nLIEN (legal right) in PROST (cheers!)"}
-{"Clue":"Enchantress bewitched mariner entering dingy hovel? (10)","Answer":"REIM-KENNAR","Explanation":"Definition: Enchantress\nKEN (\"a house, esp. a disreputable one\") in MARINER*; we have to read \"entering\" as \"inserting\""}
-{"Clue":"Injure the hooves of old brutes made to work (6)","Answer":"SURBET","Explanation":"Definition: Injure the hooves of old\nBRUTES"}
-{"Clue":"Hide on front of ancient shield (5)","Answer":"PELTA","Explanation":"Definition: shield\nPELT A[ncient]"}
-{"Clue":"North African location that's fresher according to taste (7)","Answer":"TANGIER","Explanation":"Definition: North African location\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Poke round centre of pus in swelling (5)","Answer":"PROUD","Explanation":"Definition: swelling\n[P]U[S] in PROD"}
-{"Clue":"Fusillade from religious campaigner (5)","Answer":"SALVO","Explanation":"Fusillade from religious campaigner (5)\nDouble definition \u2013 gunshots, and a member of the Salvation Army, hence \"religious *campaigner\"*, I suppose"}
-{"Clue":"Something like a porthole on side of cruise vessel, cosmetic (8)","Answer":"EYELINER","Explanation":"Definition: cosmetic\nEYE (\"a round hole or window\") + LINER"}
-{"Clue":"Reversal of shares in spec had failed, leaving one short (12)","Answer":"CASH-STRAPPED","Explanation":"Definition: short\nPARTS< in (SPEC HAD)"}
-{"Clue":"Therapy can transform this druggie with art (4)","Answer":"HYPE","Explanation":"Definition: druggie\nTHERAPY is an anagram of HYPE + ART"}
-{"Clue":"Leader of choir, one to separate its extreme members (6)","Answer":"CANTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Leader of choir\nAN TO in C[HOI]R"}
-{"Clue":"Confirmed boozer? His heart drops only a bit as doubles appear (5)","Answer":"ALIKE","Explanation":"Definition: as doubles appear\nALKIE (alcoholic) with the central letter K moved down one place"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal in a nick? Its contents are few (7)","Answer":"CANIKIN","Explanation":"Definition: Its contents are few\n(IN A NICK)* \u2013 it's a small can"}
-{"Clue":"Element of this synonym describing 'difficult' fit (5)","Answer":"HISSY","Explanation":"Definition: describing 'difficult' fit\nHidden in tHIS SYnonym"}
-{"Clue":"Policemen abroad, one facing a risk when rumbled? (6)","Answer":"ASKARI","Explanation":"Definition: Policemen abroad\nA + (A RISK)"}
-{"Clue":"Unruly youth had up with older female, one behind bars? (8)","Answer":"DETAINEE","Explanation":"Definition: one behind bars\nReverse of TED (Teddy Boy \u2013 unruly youth) + AINEE (femimine form of French \"older\")"}
-{"Clue":"Cures onset of twinge in bust? It's common among bathers (12)","Answer":"BREAST STROKE","Explanation":"Definition: It's common among bathers\nREASTS (smokes, cures) in BROKE"}
-{"Clue":"Seat missing head and leg making sort of slide? (7)","Answer":"HAIRPIN","Explanation":"Definition: sort of slide\n[C]HAIR + PIN (leg)"}
-{"Clue":"In which every early Irish lord ruled here (8)","Answer":"CHEVERYE","Explanation":"Definition: Irish lord ruled here\nHidden in whiCH EVERY Early, and perhaps a try at an &lit, but the wording is a bit unnatural"}
-{"Clue":"Caged creatures often having distorted leg and ribs (7)","Answer":"GERBILS","Explanation":"Definition: Caged creatures often\n(LEG RIBS)"}
-{"Clue":"Old verse form isn't reproduced in the main (7)","Answer":"SESTINA","Explanation":"Definition: Old verse form\nISNT* in SEA"}
-{"Clue":"Flat bracket as once seen in a funnel? (6)","Answer":"MUTULE","Explanation":"Definition: Flat bracket\nUT (old \"as\") in MULE \u2013 a funnel is a cross between a male horse and female donkey; a mule is usually the other way round but Chambers suggests that a looser interpretation is possible"}
-{"Clue":"Wild and woolly creature, girl in a state (6)","Answer":"ARGALI","Explanation":"Definition: Wild and woolly creature\nGAL in A R[hode] I[sland]"}
-{"Clue":"Wretched characters in drain, rock bottom (5)","Answer":"NADIR","Explanation":"Definition: rock bottom\nNADIR"}
-{"Clue":"Not properly burnt, unchanged with a bit of lotion applied (5)","Answer":"SAMEL","Explanation":"Definition: Not properly burnt\nSAME + L[otion] \u2013 used to describe an \"underburnt\" brick"}
-{"Clue":"Very little in press turned up? Not good (4)","Answer":"EVIL","Explanation":"Definition: Not good\nV in reverse of LIE (for which Chambers gives \"to press\")"}
-{"Clue":"One on mobile crashing Sierra seeing judge (9)","Answer":"APPRAISER","Explanation":"Definition: judge\nAPP (one on mobile) + SIERRA* \u2013 rather unfortunate that this comes so soon after the sentencing of a lorry driver who killed four people after being distracted by his phone"}
-{"Clue":"5 in 1, say (5)","Answer":"OPINE","Explanation":"Definition: say\nPI (Private Eye) in ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Love sex from behind hugging old singer's wife (4,3)","Answer":"YOKO ONO","Explanation":"Definition: singer's wife\nO in reverse of O (love) + NOOKY"}
-{"Clue":"New colour walls intense (7)","Answer":"VIOLENT","Explanation":"Definition: intense\nN in VIOLET"}
-{"Clue":"Had ring, got married around noon (5)","Answer":"OWNED","Explanation":"Definition: Had\nO (ring) + N in WED"}
-{"Clue":"Shot decent score in golf? Caddie regularly records ranking (3,6)","Answer":"HIT PARADE","Explanation":"Definition: records ranking\nHIT (shot) + PAR (golf score) + alternate letters of cAdDiE"}
-{"Clue":"Real teaser? Diane James (UKIP) news story torn out (4,1,4,4,2,6,2,4)","Answer":"MANY A TRUE WORD IS SPOKEN IN JEST","Explanation":"Definition: Real teaser\n(DIANE JAMES UKIP NEWS STORY TORN)*, but I don't really understand the definition, except as a vague allusion to the phrase. Diane James recently stood down after only 18 days as the leader of UKIP. As I've said before, I'm not keen on these long anagrams, however ingenious or apposite they may be. I guessed this one when I had the crossing letters for SPOKEN"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor and mother almost watch performance (9)","Answer":"RIGMAROLE","Explanation":"Definition: performance\nRIG (to doctor) + MA + ROLE[X]"}
-{"Clue":"Trinket in tea room (5)","Answer":"CHARM","Explanation":"Definition: Trinket\nCHA (tea) + RM"}
-{"Clue":"So, time up! Lie endlessly to get incentives (7)","Answer":"STIMULI","Explanation":"Definition: incentives\nSo TIMe Up LIe, with the last letters omitted"}
-{"Clue":"Chapter in play is an old piece (7)","Answer":"DRACHMA","Explanation":"Definition: an old piece\nCH in DRAMA"}
-{"Clue":"It could be butter on reflection? (5)","Answer":"MARGE","Explanation":"Definition: It could be butter on reflection\nReverse of EG (it could be) + RAM (a \"butter\"), &lit \u2013 taking us back to the old adverts that claimed that Stork, or some other margarine, tasted like butter"}
-{"Clue":"Paint can out, red is stirred (9)","Answer":"UNDERCOAT","Explanation":"Definition: Paint\n(CAN OUT RED)"}
-{"Clue":"Bobby Moore heartlessly playing with a teenager in the '60s? (4,6)","Answer":"BABY BOOMER","Explanation":"Definition: teenager in the '60s\nAnagram of BOBBY MO[O]RE + A. Baby boomers are those born between about 1946 and 1964, some of whom (including me) would have been teenagers in at least some of the 1960s"}
-{"Clue":"Me, by vodka shot (having skipped introductions), put on floor (6)","Answer":"KAYOED","Explanation":"Definition: put on floor\nAnagram of [m]E [b]Y [v]ODKA \u2013 this word, or variants of it, have been popular recently: KAYOS from Arachne and KAYO from Paul"}
-{"Clue":"Christmas box contains something given for playing loud music? (4)","Answer":"ASBO","Explanation":"Definition: something given for playing loud music\nHidden in christmAS BOx. For those that don't know this acronym, it's an Anti-social behaviour order \u2013 I see from the Wikipedia article that they no longer exist"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier to inspect magazine (7,3)","Answer":"PRIVATE EYE","Explanation":"Definition: magazine\nPRIVATE (soldier) + EYE (inspect)"}
-{"Clue":"State how Trump refers to race? Trouble follows (8)","Answer":"COLORADO","Explanation":"Definition: State\nCOLOR (American spelling of \"colour\", hence \"race\") + ADO"}
-{"Clue":"Pictures home with space around houses (6)","Answer":"CINEMA","Explanation":"Definition: Pictures\nIN + EM in CA (circa, about)"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet, as Mourinho gets sacked (10)","Answer":"HARMONIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\n(AS MOURINHO)"}
-{"Clue":"They help some do business course \u2014 learner filling in exams (5,5)","Answer":"EPSOM SALTS","Explanation":"Definition: They help some do business\nEPSOM (race course) + L in SATS"}
-{"Clue":"They reckon a conservative exploits nurses (8)","Answer":"ABACUSES","Explanation":"Definition: They reckon\nA C in ABUSES"}
-{"Clue":"Day airport doesn't open place for terminal departure? (5,3)","Answer":"DEATH ROW","Explanation":"Definition: place for terminal departure\nD + [H]EATHROW"}
-{"Clue":"Swelling: it stops blood (6)","Answer":"GOITRE","Explanation":"Definition: Swelling\nIT in GORE"}
-{"Clue":"Directors check broadcasts (6)","Answer":"CHAIRS","Explanation":"Definition: Directors\nCH + AIRS"}
-{"Clue":"A little sore when run is miles (4)","Answer":"SOME","Explanation":"Definition: A little\nSORE with R replaced by M"}
-{"Clue":"American guy failed English (4)","Answer":"DUDE","Explanation":"Definition: American guy\nDUD + E"}
-{"Clue":"Generous applause? A bit (8)","Answer":"HANDSOME","Explanation":"Definition: Generous\nHAND (applause) + SOME"}
-{"Clue":"Agree with right-wing scoundrel (6)","Answer":"CONCUR","Explanation":"Definition: Agree\nCON[servative] + CUR"}
-{"Clue":"Show appreciation of the hard stuff without hesitation (4,1,4)","Answer":"LIKE A SHOT","Explanation":"Definition: without hesitation\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Island of the Greeks, or of the Spanish (5)","Answer":"DELOS","Explanation":"Definition: Island of the Greeks\nDE LOS is Spanish for \"of the\""}
-{"Clue":"Orienteering involves partners in selfish behaviour (3-9)","Answer":"MAN\u2011SPREADING","Explanation":"Definition: selfish behaviour\nN S (partners in Bridge) in MAP READING \u2013 \"a neologism used to describe a man sitting in public transport with legs wide apart, thereby covering more than one seat\": a familiar sight, even if you don't know the expression"}
-{"Clue":"Hello, sailor! (4)","Answer":"AHOY","Explanation":"Definition: Hello, sailor\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Altering a single letter, strong grip secretary's taken on bureaucratic nightmare (10)","Answer":"PAPERCHASE","Explanation":"Definition: bureaucratic nightmare\nPA (secretary) + PURCHASE (strong grip) with the U changed to E"}
-{"Clue":"Water could flow and came thus from woodwork? (7,3)","Answer":"CRAWLED OUT","Explanation":"Definition: came thus from woodwork\n(WATER COULD)* \u2013 referring to the expression \"crawled out of the woodwork\""}
-{"Clue":"Lament singular country expressed? (4)","Answer":"WAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Lament\nHomophone of \"Wale\", a fanciful \"singular\" of \"Wales\""}
-{"Clue":"Run into tax on business producing hypocritical poster (7,5)","Answer":"CONCERN TROLL","Explanation":"Definition: hypocritical poster\nR in CONCERN (business) + TOLL (tax) \u2013 \"Someone who posts to an internet forum or newsgroup, claiming to share its goals while deliberately working against those goals, typically, by claiming \"concern\" about group plans to engage in productive activity, urging members instead to attempt some activity that would damage the group's credibility, or alternatively to give up on group projects entirely.\""}
-{"Clue":"A disguise said to be useful (5)","Answer":"AVAIL","Explanation":"Definition: to be useful\nHomophone of \"a veil\""}
-{"Clue":"Drunk, be taken over by hopeless inertia (9)","Answer":"INEBRIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Drunk\nBE in INERTIA"}
-{"Clue":"It's unavoidable when born a dame (4-2)","Answer":"NEED BE","Explanation":"Definition: It's unavoidable\nNEE (born) + DBE (standing for the full title \"Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\", female equivalent of the KBE)"}
-{"Clue":"A descendant tours one foreign capital (8)","Answer":"ASUNCION","Explanation":"Definition: foreign capital\nUN (French \"one\") in A SCION. Asunci\u00f3n is the capital of Paraguay"}
-{"Clue":"Success, covering top of lift shaft (4)","Answer":"HILT","Explanation":"Definition: shaft\nL[ift] in HIT"}
-{"Clue":"Viciously attack note on instrument (4)","Answer":"NUKE","Explanation":"Definition: Viciously attack\nN + UKE (ukulele)"}
-{"Clue":"Soviet leader chucked in a German camp (6)","Answer":"STALAG","Explanation":"Definition: camp\nSTALIN with IN \"chucked\" + A G"}
-{"Clue":"Leading pair in heretic group of mine almost converted Diana (2,7,3,1)","Answer":"MY HUSBAND AND I","Explanation":"Definition: Leading pair\nThis is the obscure one: Jan Hus was a Czech priest burned for heresy in 1415, so a \"heretic group of mine\" could be MY HUS BAND, followed by AND I, which is an anagram of DIAN[A]. It's a phrase associated with the Queen (hence \"leading pair\"), but in fact not used much, if at all, by her for many years; I suspect she may have been advised against it because it was widely lampooned"}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers move gleefully, clutching new weaponry (8)","Answer":"ORDNANCE","Explanation":"Definition: weaponry\nN in OR (other ranks \u2013 soldiers) DANCE"}
-{"Clue":"Appeal Lily put out to Doris: stop work (4,2,1,3)","Answer":"CALL IT A DAY","Explanation":"Definition: stop work\nIT (appeal) in CALLA (a type of lily) + [Doris] DAY (actress) \u2013 I had trouble parsing this as I was trying to make appeal = CALL"}
-{"Clue":"Bank stores finished letter with agreement but no will (10)","Answer":"RESIGNEDLY","Explanation":"Definition: with agreement but no will\nSIGNED (\"finished letter\") in RELY"}
-{"Clue":"Backs small numbers to receive mercy (5-8)","Answer":"THREE QUARTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Backs\nQUARTER (mercy) in THREES"}
-{"Clue":"Drinking tea, endlessly observing Albert (5,5)","Answer":"WATCH CHAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Albert\nCHA in WATCHIN[G] \u2013 a Prince Albert is a type of watch chain"}
-{"Clue":"theguardian.com is one no man made work (6,4)","Answer":"DOMAIN NAME","Explanation":"Definition: theguardian.com is one\nAnagram of I (one) + NO MAN MADE"}
-{"Clue":"Delight to beat American singing group (4,4)","Answer":"GLEE CLUB","Explanation":"Definition: American singing group\nGLEE + CLUB"}
-{"Clue":"Not good to throw around gold coin (6)","Answer":"FLORIN","Explanation":"Definition: coin\nOR in FLING less G"}
-{"Clue":"Using loose pad, I dry bed (4)","Answer":"WADI","Explanation":"Definition: bed\nWAD (loose pad) + I"}
-{"Clue":"Agog to see Wounded Knee (4)","Answer":"KEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Agog\nKNEE* \u2013 a very easy one to finish with"}
-{"Clue":"Allegorist's work written after deep reflection (5)","Answer":"AESOP","Explanation":"Definition: Allegorist\nReverse of SEA + OP"}
-{"Clue":"Most resentful, driven to extremes by Anglican priest (8)","Answer":"ANGRIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most resentful\nOuter letters of ANG[lican p]RIEST"}
-{"Clue":"Late cut imposed by government (11,3)","Answer":"INHERITANCE TAX","Explanation":"Definition: Late cut imposed by government\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaned up last of goo that's hung around (8)","Answer":"HOOVERED","Explanation":"Definition: Cleaned up\n[go]O in HOVERED"}
-{"Clue":"Church of England deacon's first in diocese to pull out (6)","Answer":"SECEDE","Explanation":"Definition: to pull out\nCD + D[eacon] in SEE"}
-{"Clue":"Delivers lectures after colleague's third one (9)","Answer":"LIBERATES","Explanation":"Definition: Delivers\n[co]L[league] + I (one) + BERATES"}
-{"Clue":"Needing a place to go, fellow's withdrawn (5)","Answer":"ALOOF","Explanation":"Definition: withdrawn\nA + ~~reverse of~~ LOO (toilet, place to go) + F"}
-{"Clue":"Don to test lines in fashion (3,2)","Answer":"TRY ON","Explanation":"Definition: Don to test\nRY (railway, lines) in TON (fashion) \u2013 to try something on is to don it as a test"}
-{"Clue":"Sue fell over bench here (9)","Answer":"COURTROOM","Explanation":"Definition: bench here\nCOURT (to sue) + reverse of MOOR (fell)"}
-{"Clue":"Source of milk for army medic in capital? (6)","Answer":"MOSCOW","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nThe source of milk is the MO'S COW"}
-{"Clue":"Hard evidence of life in realms of Neptune and Pluto (8)","Answer":"SEASHELL","Explanation":"Definition: Hard evidence of life\nSEAS (Neptune's realm in mythology) + HELL (Pluto's) \u2013 very nice"}
-{"Clue":"Sex party: beauty shot making historic record (6,8)","Answer":"BAYEUX TAPESTRY","Explanation":"Definition: historic record\n(SEX PARTY BEAUTY)* \u2013 the pictorial record of the Norman conquest in 1066, which is really an embroidery, not a tapestry, and was probably made in England, though it's now exhibited in Bayeux (I saw it there \u2013 eek! \u2013 nearly 50 years ago)"}
-{"Clue":"Transport back in family's favour (8)","Answer":"KINDNESS","Explanation":"Definition: favour\nReverse of SEND (to transport) in KIN'S"}
-{"Clue":"Vogue journalist didn't last (5)","Answer":"FADED","Explanation":"Definition: didn't last\nFAD (vogue) + ED"}
-{"Clue":"Great enjoyment from a superior type of dancing (1,4,3,4)","Answer":"A\u00a0HIGH\u00a0OLD\u00a0TIME","Explanation":"Definition: Great enjoyment\nA + HIGH (superior) + OLD-TIME (dance)"}
-{"Clue":"Youngster departs leaving trunk beside train (9)","Answer":"SCHOOLBOY","Explanation":"Definition: Youngster\nSCHOOL (to train) + BODY (trunk) less D"}
-{"Clue":"Remove press, under pressure (5)","Answer":"PURGE","Explanation":"Definition: Remove\nP + URGE"}
-{"Clue":"Genuine article received by BBC missing last chapter (9)","Answer":"AUTHENTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Genuine\nTHE in AUNTI[e] (BBC nickname) + C"}
-{"Clue":"On the way, I abandoned honour (4)","Answer":"GONG","Explanation":"Definition: honour\nGOING less I"}
-{"Clue":"Awkward adjustment to get in lane (9)","Answer":"INELEGANT","Explanation":"Definition: Awkward\n(GET IN LANE)"}
-{"Clue":"Fish glide on the surface (5)","Answer":"SKATE","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Minding your own business? (4-8)","Answer":"SELF-EMPLOYED","Explanation":"Definition: Minding your own business\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Deteriorate, as hungry hens might? (3,2,4)","Answer":"RUN TO SEED","Explanation":"Definition: Deteriorate\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Vessels crack up below neck (9)","Answer":"SAUCEPANS","Explanation":"Definition: Vessels\nSAUCE (insolence, neck) + reverse of SNAP"}
-{"Clue":"With nobody coming in, Cook stood alone (2,4,3)","Answer":"ON ONE\u2019S TOD","Explanation":"Definition: alone\nNONE in STOOD* \u2013 this expression is rhyming slang, from Tod Sloan"}
-{"Clue":"Language most extreme characters used in Westminster? (5)","Answer":"SWAZI","Explanation":"Definition: Language\nAZ in SW1 (Westminster postcode area)"}
-{"Clue":"Individual without husband on this? (5)","Answer":"SHELF","Explanation":"Definition: Individual without husband on this\nH in SELF, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Shaft cut, keeping close to well (4)","Answer":"AXLE","Explanation":"Definition: Shaft\n[wel]L in AXE"}
-{"Clue":"Party member left in the same place, one dumped (3-3)","Answer":"LIB-DEM","Explanation":"Definition: Party member\nL + IBIDEM (Latin for \"in the same place\", usually abbreviated to \"ibid.\") minus the second I"}
-{"Clue":"Appeal to protect tree by hospital power supply years ago (6,4)","Answer":"CALDER HALL","Explanation":"Definition: power supply years ago\nALDER + H in CALL \u2013 part of what is now Sellafield"}
-{"Clue":"In advance, give a sort of force to claim (10)","Answer":"PRETENSION","Explanation":"Definition: claim\nPRE + TENSION"}
-{"Clue":"Substitute powdering her nose, by the sound of it? (2,4)","Answer":"IN LIEU","Explanation":"Definition: Substitute\nHomophone of \"in loo\" \u2013 \"powdering my nose\" is a euphemism for going to the toilet"}
-{"Clue":"Right-wing bunch that was organised by one proverbially mad? (3,5)","Answer":"TEA PARTY","Explanation":"Definition: Right-wing bunch\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to the Mad Hatter's tea party in *Alice in Wonderland"}
-{"Clue":"Cold part in which fish is taken by one reptile (9)","Answer":"CROCODILE","Explanation":"Definition: reptile\nCOD I in C ROLE"}
-{"Clue":"Small piece of paper in sink (4)","Answer":"SLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Small piece of paper\nJust a double definition, I think, despite the misleading S"}
-{"Clue":"Education's No 1 place to the West? (4)","Answer":"YALE","Explanation":"Definition: Education's No 1 place to the West\nE[ducation] + LAY, reversed, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Colon now having a turn with obstruction (9)","Answer":"ASPINWALL","Explanation":"Definition: Colon now\nA SPIN (turn) + WALL \u2013 obstruction. A former name for the city of Col\u00f3n in Panama (as I did not know)"}
-{"Clue":"Condition is put into agreement for one seeking to avoid conflict (8)","Answer":"PACIFIST","Explanation":"Definition: one seeking to avoid conflict\nIF IS in PACT"}
-{"Clue":"Nude is forced to get minimal attire (6)","Answer":"UNDIES","Explanation":"Definition: minimal attire\n(NUDE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Group meeting this month, one absolutely fixed (3,2,5)","Answer":"SET IN STONE","Explanation":"Definition: absolutely fixed\nSET (group) + INST (this month) + ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Imprisoned in Exeter, a human demon (4)","Answer":"RAHU","Explanation":"Definition: demon\nHidden in exeteR A HUman : a demon in Hindu mythology"}
-{"Clue":"Lovers being brusque almost after social function (6)","Answer":"DOTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Lovers\nDO (party, social function) + TERS[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Confused situation created by men in service (6)","Answer":"MORASS","Explanation":"Definition: Confused situation\nOR (other ranks) in MASS (religious service)"}
-{"Clue":"American lyricist said to be someone still developing technique? (7)","Answer":"LEARNER","Explanation":"Definition: someone still developing technique\nHomophone of [Alan Jay] Lerner, lyricist of *My Fair Lady* etc"}
-{"Clue":"Hot dish served up in Italian party (5)","Answer":"BALTI","Explanation":"Definition: Hot dish\nReverse of IT + LAB[our]"}
-{"Clue":"Interpret old poet (7)","Answer":"EXPOUND","Explanation":"Definition: Interpret\nEX [Ezra] Pound"}
-{"Clue":"A writer enthralling mum, being transformative? (6)","Answer":"APEMAN","Explanation":"Definition: being transformative\nMA in A PEN \u2013 a \"transformative being\" or intermediate species"}
-{"Clue":"Profane girl lacking seriousness (9)","Answer":"DISHALLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Profane\nDI + SHALLOW \u2013 strange-looking word until you read it as dis-hallow, = to profane"}
-{"Clue":"Female in something underground before work that is well above ground level (7)","Answer":"ROOFTOP","Explanation":"Definition: that is well above ground level\nF in ROOT + OP[us]"}
-{"Clue":"I start life that's formed with tiny particle? (13)","Answer":"FERTILISATION","Explanation":"Definition: I start life that's formed with tiny particle\n(I START LIFE)* + ION, and a nice &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Stardust is evident in court \u2014 one believes everything has been planned (9)","Answer":"CALVINIST","Explanation":"Definition: one believes everything has been planned\nALVIN (Stardust, rock singer) + IS in CT"}
-{"Clue":"Long day in which one has little energy when books are balanced? (4,3)","Answer":"YEAR END","Explanation":"Definition: when books are balanced\nE in YEARN D"}
-{"Clue":"Routine changes where life develops (2,5)","Answer":"IN UTERO","Explanation":"Definition: where life develops\nROUTINE"}
-{"Clue":"Sediment outside back of the church drains (7)","Answer":"LEECHES","Explanation":"Definition: drains\n[th]E + CH in LEES"}
-{"Clue":"Mug takes stupid risks injecting drug (6)","Answer":"KISSER","Explanation":"Definition: Mug\nE in RISKS* \u2013 mug and kisser are both slang for the face"}
-{"Clue":"Fran\u00e7oise who played tennis, ace on grass (5)","Answer":"DURRA","Explanation":"Definition: grass\nFran\u00e7oise D\u00dcRR (a famous and highly successful tennis player I had never heard of) + A, to give another name (also new to me) for Sorghum"}
-{"Clue":"Hanky-panky king breaking bank, say? (6,8)","Answer":"MONKEY BUSINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Hanky-panky\nK in MONEY BUSINESS"}
-{"Clue":"Might one secure horse, or look to inhale dope? (5)","Answer":"LASSO","Explanation":"Definition: Might one secure horse\nASS (idiot, dope) in LO"}
-{"Clue":"Good Lord is merciful (8)","Answer":"GRACIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Good Lord\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"City where bird's docked after brief tack (7)","Answer":"NAIROBI","Explanation":"Definition: City\nNAI[L] + ROBI[N]"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaner artist succeeding, having wiped rear (7)","Answer":"KLEENEX","Explanation":"Definition: Cleaner\n[Paul] KLEE + NEX[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Dressing I love, head in lint, best bandages (5)","Answer":"AIOLI","Explanation":"Definition: Dressing\nI O + L[int] in A1 (best)"}
-{"Clue":"More likely to bounce back, more like May might you say? (9)","Answer":"SPRINGIER","Explanation":"Definition: More likely to bounce back\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Starter despatched, desserts fresh out of the oven in range of slugs (5,4)","Answer":"RIFLE SHOT","Explanation":"Definition: range of slugs\n[T]RIFLES + HOT"}
-{"Clue":"Marvellous computer screens generating interest, initially (5)","Answer":"MAGIC","Explanation":"Definition: Marvellous\nG[aining] I[nterest] in MAC (computer)"}
-{"Clue":"Tremendous battle, lost cause, never ends (7)","Answer":"MONSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Tremendous\nMONS (WW1 battle) + last letters of losT causE neveR"}
-{"Clue":"Architectural feature I see in European city (7)","Answer":"PORTICO","Explanation":"Definition: Architectural\nI C in PORTO (local name for what we call Oporto)"}
-{"Clue":"Swimming in state, contents of bath swallowed (8)","Answer":"NATATION","Explanation":"Definition: Swimming\n[b]AT[h] in NATION"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse drink, very strong (5)","Answer":"CHAFF","Explanation":"Definition: Refuse\nCHA (tea, drink) + FF (fortissimo, literally \"very strong\")"}
-{"Clue":"Capital turned over by Hollywood actor, hero getting cheers (6,1,7)","Answer":"THANKS A MILLION","Explanation":"Definition: cheers\nT[om] HANKS + reverse of LIMA + LION (hero)"}
-{"Clue":"Other half of worryingly immature plan? (7,5)","Answer":"MELANIA TRUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Other half\n(IMMATURE PLAN)* and an all-too-appropriate surface reading"}
-{"Clue":"Welcomed back by enemies, industrious Japanese American (5)","Answer":"NISEI","Explanation":"Definition: Japanese American\nHidden in reverse of enemIES INdustrious \u2013 \"an American or Canadian whose parents were immigrants from Japan\""}
-{"Clue":"Save someone nice, shelled in error (9)","Answer":"ECONOMISE","Explanation":"Definition: Save\nAnagram os SOMEONE [n]IC[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Villain escaping justice punched by Women's Institute, important people (7)","Answer":"BIGWIGS","Explanation":"Definition: important people\nWI in [Ronnie] BIGGS"}
-{"Clue":"Kiss money (7)","Answer":"SMACKER","Explanation":"Definition: Kiss\nDouble definition \u2013 slang word for a pound, I think more commonly used in the plural, as in \"five smackers\", or \"smackeroonies\""}
-{"Clue":"Knowing little, one impressed by church body (5)","Answer":"NAIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Knowing little\nI in NAVE"}
-{"Clue":"Involved in fraud, one in five not looking straight? (9)","Answer":"SQUINTING","Explanation":"Definition: looking straight\nQUIN (one of five) in STING (a con, fraud)"}
-{"Clue":"Sucker, one no longer in love with farm worker? (9,3)","Answer":"EXTRACTOR FAN","Explanation":"Definition: Sucker\nEX TRACTOR FAN"}
-{"Clue":"Romantic composer in many cases sounded ahead of baroque composer (9)","Answer":"OFFENBACH","Explanation":"Definition: Romantic composer\nHomophone of \"often\" + BACH"}
-{"Clue":"Digital manicure shaped tip of fingernail (9)","Answer":"NUMERICAL","Explanation":"Definition: Digital\nMANICURE* + [fingernai]L"}
-{"Clue":"Leading woman, Queen Sturgeon's back in Scottish team (3,4)","Answer":"HER NIBS","Explanation":"Definition: Leading woman\nER + [sturgeo]N in HIBS (Hibernian, football team)"}
-{"Clue":"Name of a place where Cruise, say, is about \u00a325 (7)","Answer":"TOPONYM","Explanation":"Definition: Name of a place\nPONY (slang for \u00a325) in TOM (Cruise, actor)"}
-{"Clue":"Ultimate in American wit, a funny author (5)","Answer":"TWAIN","Explanation":"Definition: author\nAnagram of [america]N + WIT + A"}
-{"Clue":"Porcelain from Hiroshima, right? (5)","Answer":"IMARI","Explanation":"Definition: Porcelain\nHidden in hirosIMA RI, and an apt surface as Imari is a kind of Japanese pottery"}
-{"Clue":"Scorer defining route for lexicographer (7)","Answer":"WEBSTER","Explanation":"Definition: lexicographer\nST (street, route) in [Carl Maria von] WEBER"}
-{"Clue":"Catchy thing, 16th incantation? (7)","Answer":"MANTRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Catchy thing\nIf the first incantation is Mantra A, the 16th is MANTRA P"}
-{"Clue":"Joker somewhat caustic, I'm occasionally contrary (5)","Answer":"COMIC","Explanation":"Definition: Joker\nHidden in reverse of caustiC, I'M OCcasionally"}
-{"Clue":"Rats dropping in, tenor distraught, one in a state? (9)","Answer":"VERMONTER","Explanation":"Definition: one in a state\nVERM[in] + TENOR"}
-{"Clue":"Film director requires great intellect to capture scene after evacuation (10)","Answer":"EISENSTEIN","Explanation":"Definition: Film director\nS[cen]E in EINSTEIN"}
-{"Clue":"President is cross (4)","Answer":"FORD","Explanation":"Definition: President\nDouble definition \u2013 there's also John Ford, who wrote music for some classic Westerns"}
-{"Clue":"As swine in decay, they can't fly (11)","Answer":"CASSOWARIES","Explanation":"Definition: they can't fly\nAS SOW in CARIES (dental decay)"}
-{"Clue":"Point to the new 19 and use new one of 5 down's (4,4,1,4,2,3,4)","Answer":"ONCE UP A TIME IN THE WEST","Explanation":"Definition: one of 5 down's\nAnagram of POINT TO THE NEW CINEMA + USE. As usual with these long anagrams, I admire the construction, and in this case particularly the reference to another answer, but probably wouldn't have bothered to work it out if I didn't have to explain it here"}
-{"Clue":"One of 5 down's is Jerusalem, with those people at the front (3,7)","Answer":"THE MISSION","Explanation":"Definition: One of 5 down's\nTHEM (those people) + IS SION"}
-{"Clue":"Being prepared, add last of sauce to sardines in a stew (9)","Answer":"READINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Being prepared\nSARDINES* + S"}
-{"Clue":"Chance rugby game won't start (5)","Answer":"EVENS","Explanation":"Definition: Chance\n[S]EVENS (type of Rugby)"}
-{"Clue":"Shame to shackle American bear (7)","Answer":"SUSTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: bear\nUS in STAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Good and bad (6)","Answer":"WICKED","Explanation":"Definition: Good\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Queen, perhaps, wrapping up problem puzzle (6)","Answer":"BEMUSE","Explanation":"Definition: puzzle\nReverse of SUM in BEE (which could be a queen)"}
-{"Clue":"Authority in control, he has contract for renegotiation (10)","Answer":"TECHNOCRAT","Explanation":"Definition: Authority in control\n(HE CONTRACT)"}
-{"Clue":"Pin I check under top of roof (5)","Answer":"RIVET","Explanation":"Definition: Pin\nR[oof] + I VET"}
-{"Clue":"Right image adopted by greater Italian scorer (9)","Answer":"MORRICONE","Explanation":"Definition: Italian scorer\nR ICON in MORE \u2013 Ennio Morricone, Italian composer who is probably most famous for his huge output of film music, some of which appears elsewhere in the puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Only off for 12 (4)","Answer":"NOON","Explanation":"Definition: 12\nIf you only have \"off\" then you have NO ON"}
-{"Clue":"Install new parts, strong girder finally put up over it (8)","Answer":"RETROFIT","Explanation":"Definition: Install new parts\nReverse of FORTE [girde]R + IT"}
-{"Clue":"Scorer sent in, as doubled up in torment (5-5)","Answer":"SAINT-SAENS","Explanation":"Definition: Scorer\n(SENT IN AS AS)* \u2013 music from *The Carnival of the Animals* was used in the film *Days of Heaven*, for which Morricone wrote most of the music"}
-{"Clue":"Most insignificant languages ultimately easiest to pick up (9)","Answer":"SLIGHTEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most insignificant\n[language]S + LIGHTEST"}
-{"Clue":"Pitch business with regret after turning up to see Brussels official (8)","Answer":"EUROCRAT","Explanation":"Definition: Brussels official\nReverse of TAR (pitch) CO (business) + RUE"}
-{"Clue":"Group meeting bending over to welcome Lutheran leader (8)","Answer":"CONCLAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Group meeting\nL[utheran] in CONCAVE"}
-{"Clue":"One of 5 down's ideas, a Roman pic for composition (6,8)","Answer":"CINEMA PARADISO","Explanation":"Definition: One of 5 down's\n(IDEAS A ROMAN PIC)"}
-{"Clue":"Agreement is working under alliance of nations (6)","Answer":"UNISON","Explanation":"Definition: Agreement\nUN + IS ON"}
-{"Clue":"Films to avoid, including Terminator for a start (5)","Answer":"MISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Films\nT[erminator] in MISS"}
-{"Clue":"Foul conclusion in contest, ugly (4)","Answer":"VILE","Explanation":"Definition: ugly\n[fou]L in VIE (to contest)"}
-{"Clue":"Liqueur isn't drunk in a British hospital (7)","Answer":"ABSINTH","Explanation":"Definition: Liqueur\nISNT* in A B H"}
-{"Clue":"Bother includes this for new parent \u2013 it's bottomless (5)","Answer":"ABYSM","Explanation":"Definition: it's bottomless\nThe new parent is \"baby's mother\", which leaves \"bother\" when you remove the ABYSM"}
-{"Clue":"Horseman in the wars, separated from gig, laughing wildly (5)","Answer":"UHLAN","Explanation":"Definition: Horseman in the wars\nAnagram of LAUGHING less the letters of GIG"}
-{"Clue":"Lad found wild vetch in trees (6)","Answer":"ALDERS","Explanation":"Definition: trees\nLAD* + ERS (\"the bitter vetch\")"}
-{"Clue":"US backwoods no longer on one's doorstep? Shows displeasure about that (7)","Answer":"BOONIES","Explanation":"Definition: US backwoods\nNIE (old form of \"nigh\") in BOOS \u2013 a shortened form of the perhaps more familiar \"boondocks\", meaning wild or remote country"}
-{"Clue":"Like a damp squib? Hate it going off cold afte 6th of November (8)","Answer":"BATHETIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like a damp squib\nB (sixth letter of november) + (HATE IT)*+ C, with a typo for \"after\""}
-{"Clue":"Navigational aid for planes created in Alberta (Canada) (5)","Answer":"TACAN","Explanation":"Definition: Navigational aid for planes\nHidden"}
-{"Clue":"Fine US novelist in a lather (5)","Answer":"FROTH","Explanation":"Definition: lather\nF + (Philip) ROTH"}
-{"Clue":"Server making erstwhile tennis star tense (5)","Answer":"ASHET","Explanation":"Definition: Server\n(Arthur) ASHE + T \u2013 it's a serving dish"}
-{"Clue":"Vessel for one \u2013 or none? Stick around (5)","Answer":"CANOE","Explanation":"Definition: Vessel for one\nO (zero) CANE"}
-{"Clue":"Scotsman's mean, sister admitting a rage when hard done by (8)","Answer":"NEAR-GAUN","Explanation":"Definition: Scotsman's mean\n(A RAGE)* in NUN"}
-{"Clue":"Small radius in two records, rarely separate (7)","Answer":"DISCERP","Explanation":"Definition: rarely separate\nR (radius) in DISC + EP (two types of record)"}
-{"Clue":"Australian enters wearing hat with patterned ornamentation (6)","Answer":"INLAID","Explanation":"Definition: with patterned ornamentation\nA in IN LID"}
-{"Clue":"Name of distinguished scientists I introduced to their priest? (5)","Answer":"CURIE","Explanation":"Definition: Name of distinguished scientists\nI in CUR&Eactute; (French priest)"}
-{"Clue":"Having a prominent belly (10)","Answer":"VENTRICOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Having a prominent belly\nThe competition word"}
-{"Clue":"Something like a moraine found in The Skerries (5)","Answer":"ESKER","Explanation":"Definition: Something like a moraine\nHidden"}
-{"Clue":"Self-conscious about comb reduced to fragments (7)","Answer":"SHREDDY","Explanation":"Definition: reduced to fragments\nREDD (to tidy, or comb) in SHY"}
-{"Clue":"Beat type, vagrant swapping portions (4)","Answer":"BOHO","Explanation":"Definition: Beat type\nHOBO with its two halves swapped \u2013 short for Bohemian, or \"beat type\"\/Beatnik"}
-{"Clue":"Poor soil, a mixture of chalk and so on (9)","Answer":"SOLONCHAK","Explanation":"Definition: Poor soil\n(CHALK SON ON)"}
-{"Clue":"Small fish I set before granny, good inside (6)","Answer":"INANGA","Explanation":"Definition: Small fish\nI + G in NANA"}
-{"Clue":"Energy spent, the harvest reveals Scot's traditional belief (6)","Answer":"THREAP","Explanation":"Definition: Scot's traditional belief\nTHE less E + REAP"}
-{"Clue":"Poet's vow to produce opening of elegy in a hurry (6)","Answer":"HEASTE","Explanation":"Definition: Poet's vow\nE[legy] in HASTE \u2013 Spenserian variant of \"hest\", itself also an archaic word for a vow, related to \"behest\""}
-{"Clue":"Left inside, the old carry on with proficiency (4)","Answer":"ABLY","Explanation":"Definition: with proficiency\nL in ABY (to continue)"}
-{"Clue":"Bed rug having slipped off, one's stirring (6)","Answer":"BUDGER","Explanation":"Definition: one's stirring\n(BED RUG)"}
-{"Clue":"Some Peruvian money restricting source of action, a sweetener (8)","Answer":"SORBITOL","Explanation":"Definition: a sweetener\nORBIT in SOL (Peruvian currency) \u2013 Chambers gives \"sphere of action\" for ORBIT, which I'm not sure is the same as \"source..\""}
-{"Clue":"Wee Scots birdie, she comes fluttering through (11)","Answer":"MOSS-CHEEPER","Explanation":"Definition: Wee Scots birdie\n(SHE COMES)* + PER"}
-{"Clue":"Real advances before almost headlong start of enfilade (11)","Answer":"SUBSTANTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Real\nSUBS (advance payments) + TANTIV[Y] + E[nfilade]"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk? Drunk having imbibed barrel \u2013 not good, right? (9)","Answer":"STONKERED","Explanation":"Definition: Drunk\nKE[G] + R in STONED"}
-{"Clue":"Roughly looks at housing senior service in old barracks (8)","Answer":"CASERNES","Explanation":"Definition: old barracks\nRN (Royal Navy, the senior service) in CA (about, roughly) + SEES"}
-{"Clue":"Worker losing openings for work after that political scandal (6)","Answer":"ERGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Worker\nWATERGATE less the first letters of Work After That"}
-{"Clue":"Worsted ribbon, most ungentlemanly? (6)","Answer":"CADDIS","Explanation":"Definition: Worsted ribbon\n\"Most\", i.e. almost, CADDIS[H] \u2013 apparently no connection with the Caddis fly"}
-{"Clue":"Vacate clubhouse couch (6)","Answer":"QUITCH","Explanation":"Definition: couch\nQUIT + CH \u2013 another name for couch grass"}
-{"Clue":"Tax, common custom added at foot of bill (6)","Answer":"ACCUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Tax\nACC (account, bill \u2013 a change from the more usual AC) + USE (common custom)"}
-{"Clue":"Celtic strip, exciting for the fans without ambient chant? (4)","Answer":"TIRR","Explanation":"Definition: Celtic strip\nSTIRRING (exciting for the fans \u2013 or anyone else!) less the surrounding SING"}
-{"Clue":"Mansion's closing? It's free to go round outside (4)","Answer":"RIND","Explanation":"Definition: outside\n[mansio]N in RID (free). Having just done the Everyman as a warm-up, I was primed for this from that puzzle's 26a: \"Clear about nitrogen outside\""}
-{"Clue":"No one in particular risking being run over? (3,2,3,6)","Answer":"MAN IN THE STREET","Explanation":"Definition: No one in particular\nDouble definition, with \"in the street\" meaning \"walking in the middle of the road\", I suppose, though it doesn't really have that connotation for me"}
-{"Clue":"Be editor of Independent, admitting wife is no friend of cyclists (4,4)","Answer":"HEAD WIND","Explanation":"Definition: no friend of cyclists\nW in HEAD IND"}
-{"Clue":"Small car to tour one's island, or islands (10)","Answer":"MICRONESIA","Explanation":"Definition: islands\nONE'S I in [Nissan] MICRA"}
-{"Clue":"Be hard to swallow, as snack in pub: conviction follows (6,6)","Answer":"BEGGAR BELIEF","Explanation":"Definition: Be hard to swallow\nEGG in BAR + BELIEF (conviction) \u2013 not keen on this, as BELIEF has pretty much the same meaning in the cryptic reading and the answer"}
-{"Clue":"They're the world's biggest: word does get round (8)","Answer":"REDWOODS","Explanation":"Definition: They're the world's biggest\n(WORD DOES)"}
-{"Clue":"Remarkable Edith Evans in the lead gets awarded part that can't be changed (3,3,2,4)","Answer":"THE DIE IS CAST","Explanation":"Definition: that can't be changed\nEDITH* + E[vans] + IS CAST (= gets a part) \u2013 from Julius Caesar's (alleged) phrase, Alea iacta est"}
-{"Clue":"Russian notes endless desire to take litre in hard liquor (4,4)","Answer":"SWAN LAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Russian notes\nWAN[T] + L in SAKE \u2013 ballet with music by Tchaikovsky, hence \"Russian notes\""}
-{"Clue":"Discredit popular girl I go out with (10)","Answer":"INVALIDATE","Explanation":"Definition: Discredit\nIN (popular) + VAL + I DATE"}
-{"Clue":"The situation: what a lot of whoppers our country tells! (3,3,4,4)","Answer":"HOW\u00a0THE\u00a0LAND\u00a0LIES","Explanation":"Definition: The situation\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Setter accepts a second opportunity: it opens out (8,6)","Answer":"CASEMENT\u00a0WINDOW","Explanation":"Definition: it opens out\nA S in CEMENT (a \"setter\") + WINDOW (opportunity)"}
-{"Clue":"Wicketkeeper quietly dropped for silly mistake (6)","Answer":"STUMER","Explanation":"Definition: silly mistake\nSTUMPER (as a wicketkeeper might be) less P \u2013 not sure whether I've seen this word before: it can mean a counterfeit note, a failure, or a horse sure to lose, as well as a silly mistake, as here"}
-{"Clue":"Virtually \u2014 gold? (2,4,2)","Answer":"AS GOOD AS","Explanation":"Definition: Virtually\nDefinition + hint"}
-{"Clue":"Fight to keep the NHS so? (4-3-3)","Answer":"FREE-FOR-ALL","Explanation":"Definition: Fight\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Old-fashioned bum paper (6,3,5)","Answer":"BEHIND THE TIMES","Explanation":"Definition: Old-fashioned\nBEHIND (bottom, bum) + THE TIMES"}
-{"Clue":"I want more from officer before coming round (6)","Answer":"ENCORE","Explanation":"Definition: I want more\nNCO in ERE (before)"}
-{"Clue":"Saviours of the planet like Kermit to have fun (5,5)","Answer":"GREEN PARTY","Explanation":"Definition: Saviours of the planet\nGREEN (like Kermit the Frog) + PARTY (have fun)"}
-{"Clue":"Thought: I don't run the paper on whisky! (8)","Answer":"IMAGINED","Explanation":"Definition: Thought\nI'M A GIN ED[itor]"}
-{"Clue":"Heartily destroy every memory (6)","Answer":"RECALL","Explanation":"Definition: memory\n[w]REC[k] + ALL"}
-{"Clue":"Sound of bouncing around tail of the plane (6)","Answer":"BOEING","Explanation":"Definition: plane\n[th]E in BOING"}
-{"Clue":"Exploit soundly-built farm girl (8)","Answer":"MILKMAID","Explanation":"Definition: farm girl\nMILK (to exploit) + homophone of \"made\" (built)"}
-{"Clue":"Set new record that's very demanding (5)","Answer":"STEEP","Explanation":"Definition: very demanding\nSET* + EP"}
-{"Clue":"Agreement to unit working the instrument (9)","Answer":"ACCORDION","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nACCORD + 1 (unit) + ON (working)"}
-{"Clue":"In which a boxer may drop his guard? (3,6)","Answer":"DOG KENNEL","Explanation":"Definition: In which a boxer may drop his guard\nCryptic definition, though I'm not entirely sure what Rufus is getting at here"}
-{"Clue":"Girl in New York taking speed (5)","Answer":"NYMPH","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nNY + M.P.H."}
-{"Clue":"No longer plentiful, for instance (7)","Answer":"EXAMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: instance\nEX + AMPLE"}
-{"Clue":"Sausage and veal cooked in sauce (7)","Answer":"SAVELOY","Explanation":"Definition: Sausage\nVEAL* in SOY"}
-{"Clue":"Statement of faith many repeat (5)","Answer":"CREDO","Explanation":"Definition: Statement of faith\nC (100) + REDO"}
-{"Clue":"The German returns depressed (3)","Answer":"SAD","Explanation":"Definition: depressed\nReverse of DAS, German \"the\" for neuter nouns"}
-{"Clue":"Clause added for a cyclist (5)","Answer":"RIDER","Explanation":"Definition: Clause added\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fifty snakes \u2014 and their partners (7)","Answer":"LADDERS","Explanation":"Definition: their partners\nL + ADDERS \u2013 I'm sure I've seen this, or something like it, a few times before"}
-{"Clue":"Unnecessary loss of a point irritates (7)","Answer":"NEEDLES","Explanation":"Definition: irritates\nNEEDLES[S] \u2013 .. and this one even more often"}
-{"Clue":"They are bound to look better and last longer (5)","Answer":"BOOKS","Explanation":"Definition: They are bound to look better and last longer\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Began by being made a member (9)","Answer":"INITIATED","Explanation":"Definition: Began\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"An old philosopher now in charge of dissecting? (9)","Answer":"ANATOMIST","Explanation":"Definition: now in charge of dissecting\nAN ATOMIST (proponent of the old philiosphy of atomism)"}
-{"Clue":"Bill gets free bitter (5)","Answer":"ACRID","Explanation":"Definition: bitter\nAC + RID"}
-{"Clue":"Accustomed to being exploited (4)","Answer":"USED","Explanation":"Definition: Accustomed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Large bed ordered? Capital! (8)","Answer":"BELGRADE","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\n(LARGE BED)"}
-{"Clue":"Handy fencing implement (4)","Answer":"EPEE","Explanation":"Definition: Handy fencing implement\nCryptic definition, though I'm not sure what \"handy\" is doing here: \u00e9p\u00e9es are held in the hand, but so are any fencing swords"}
-{"Clue":"Illegally transfers money from Arundel's refurbishment (8)","Answer":"LAUNDERS","Explanation":"Definition: Illegally transfers money\nARUNDEL'S"}
-{"Clue":"What most fish have to be weighed on (6)","Answer":"SCALES","Explanation":"Definition: What most fish have\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"New stars never cross (10)","Answer":"TRANSVERSE","Explanation":"Definition: cross\n(STARS NEVER)"}
-{"Clue":"Gloomy sergeant major has face put out (6)","Answer":"DISMAL","Explanation":"Definition: Gloomy\nSM in DIAL (face)"}
-{"Clue":"In certain charts it may indicate a mile (4)","Answer":"INCH","Explanation":"Definition: it may indicate a mile\nHidden in certaIN CHarts \u2013 it may represent a mile in e.g. the old \"one inch to one mile\" Ordnance Survey maps"}
-{"Clue":"Do well, taking about ninety fish (5)","Answer":"EXCEL","Explanation":"Definition: Do well\nXC in EEL"}
-{"Clue":"Calling for a statement (10)","Answer":"PROFESSION","Explanation":"Definition: Calling\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Measures the mast beams (5)","Answer":"YARDS","Explanation":"Definition: Measures\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"They fill much of their working days (8)","Answer":"DENTISTS","Explanation":"Definition: They fill much of their working days\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"After a cover up, politician is shilly-shallying (8)","Answer":"DILATORY","Explanation":"Definition: shilly-shallying\nReverse of LID + A TORY"}
-{"Clue":"God willing, it's all right to admit artist and composer (6)","Answer":"DVORAK","Explanation":"Definition: composer\nDV (Deo Volente, God willing) + RA in OK"}
-{"Clue":"Alcohol providing animation (6)","Answer":"SPIRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Alcohol\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cane provided by master (4)","Answer":"BEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Cane\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One on the front line in Russia? (4)","Answer":"IVAN","Explanation":"Definition: One\nI + VAN, with a bit of an overlap of definition and wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Mythological princess performed with nothing on (4)","Answer":"DIDO","Explanation":"Definition: Mythological princess\nDID + O"}
-{"Clue":"Think again about Welshman lagging behind on bend (8)","Answer":"REASSESS","Explanation":"Definition: Think again about\nI nearly had to give up on parsing this, but it's obvious (-ish) when you see it: ASS (behind) in (\"lagging\") REES (Welshman) + S (bend)"}
-{"Clue":"Foul what detective chief superintendent did (6)","Answer":"RANCID","Explanation":"Definition: Foul\nHe RAN the C.I.D."}
-{"Clue":"Stop calling on British \u2014 that's to do with success (5,3)","Answer":"BRING OFF","Explanation":"Definition: to do with success\nB + RING OFF"}
-{"Clue":"A lot of credit goes to a writer showing imagination (6)","Answer":"POETIC","Explanation":"Definition: imagination\n[Edgar Allan] POE + TIC[K] (credit)"}
-{"Clue":"Cowboy's mate a friend of Dorothy \u2014 point taken (5)","Answer":"TONTO","Explanation":"Definition: Cowboy's mate\nN[orth] in TOTO (Dorothy's dog in 'The Wizard of Oz'), giving the companion of the Lone Ranger (who wasn't strictly speaking a *cowboy*\u2026)"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow, bird \u2026 nothing to stop them? She might have done (9)","Answer":"CHAPERONE","Explanation":"Definition: She\nO in CHAP + ERNE"}
-{"Clue":"Getting frisky with 2 \u2014 claims such relationships are unsuitable (12)","Answer":"MISALLIANCES","Explanation":"Definition: such relationships are unsuitable\n(ALIENS CLAIMS)"}
-{"Clue":"Issue payments from here (3,4,2,3,3,3)","Answer":"THE BANK OF MUM AND DAD","Explanation":"Definition: Issue payments from here\nCryptic definition \u2013 where parents help out their issue (i.e. children) financially"}
-{"Clue":"Speaker's rejected point about suspensions (9)","Answer":"MORATORIA","Explanation":"Definition: suspensions\nORATOR in reverse of AIM (point)"}
-{"Clue":"Happening twice in 1770 (5)","Answer":"EVENT","Explanation":"Definition: Happening\nIt occurs twice in sEVENTeen-sEVENTy"}
-{"Clue":"Crime-fighter flying to each country in turn, initially (8)","Answer":"SUPERMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Crime-fighter flying\nUS (country) reversed + PER MAN (to each)"}
-{"Clue":"Grow old (gran finally going into home) (6)","Answer":"EXPAND","Explanation":"Definition: Grow\nEX (old) + [gra]N in PAD"}
-{"Clue":"Advised not to go swimming in lake, deep at one end (8)","Answer":"MENTORED","Explanation":"Definition: Advised\nNOT* in MERE + D[eep]"}
-{"Clue":"\"Run about looking lively!\" is instruction to players (6)","Answer":"RUBATO","Explanation":"Definition: instruction to players\nR + ABOUT* \u2013 Italian term referring to music that is not played in strict tempo. The literal meaning is \"robbed\", meaning that time is \"stolen\" from one part of the music and restored elsewhere"}
-{"Clue":"Life on other planets? One's right to start off sceptical (6)","Answer":"ALIENS","Explanation":"Definition: Life on other planets\nA + LIEN + S[ceptical]"}
-{"Clue":"Miss cue on air \u2014 sorry! (9)","Answer":"SIGNORINA","Explanation":"Definition: Miss\nSIGN (cue) + (ON AIR)"}
-{"Clue":"They're sure out of their minds, these criminals (4-8)","Answer":"SAFE-CRACKERS","Explanation":"Definition: criminals\nSAFE (sure) + CRACKERS (insane)"}
-{"Clue":"Unique all-rounder regularly missed (5)","Answer":"ALONE","Explanation":"Definition: Unique\nAlternate letters of AlL-rOuNdEr"}
-{"Clue":"Showing off count's diamonds failed to impress (3,2,3)","Answer":"CUT NO ICE","Explanation":"Definition: failed to impress\nCOUNT* + ICE (diamonds)"}
-{"Clue":"Press reduction (8)","Answer":"DECREASE","Explanation":"Definition: Press\nDouble definition \u2013 to press or iron something is to de-crease it"}
-{"Clue":"Need to go to France, you said? Maybe everyone requires accommodation (4,2,6)","Answer":"CALL OF NATURE","Explanation":"Definition: Need to go\nALL in (TO FRANCE U)"}
-{"Clue":"Recreation ground \u2014 men's team hosting United (9)","Answer":"AMUSEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Recreation\nU in (MEN'S TEAM)"}
-{"Clue":"Stop fighting egghead in glasses! (8)","Answer":"STEMWARE","Explanation":"Definition: glasses\nSTEM WAR + E[gg]"}
-{"Clue":"Ready? Most are told to hurry out (6,2)","Answer":"GEARED UP","Explanation":"Definition: Ready\nMost [of] AR[E] in GEED UP"}
-{"Clue":"Bowler's craft timeless (6)","Answer":"SEAMER","Explanation":"Definition: Bowler\nSTEAMER less T"}
-{"Clue":"High area of mountainside not safe for climbing (6)","Answer":"STONED","Explanation":"Definition: High\nHidden in reverse of mountainsiDE NOT Safe"}
-{"Clue":"School evicting privileged lady from land (5)","Answer":"TRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: School\nTERRAIN less E.R."}
-{"Clue":"Secretary \u2014 person with importance that tops the pile? (11)","Answer":"PAPERWEIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: that tops the pile\nPA + PER + WEIGHT"}
-{"Clue":"New classes seeing how films are recorded (7)","Answer":"INTAKES","Explanation":"Definition: New classes\nFilms are recorded IN TAKES, and INTAKES refers to new pupils (i.e. clases) at a school"}
-{"Clue":"Drive back suspect, like top-class fighter of old (7)","Answer":"SAMURAI","Explanation":"Definition: fighter of old\nReverse of RUM (odd, suspect) + AS (like) + A1"}
-{"Clue":"Freshly crowned leaders of Greece and Rome put down (9)","Answer":"GARLANDED","Explanation":"Definition: Freshly crowned\nG[reece] A[nd] R[ome] + LANDED (put down). \"Freshly\", I suppose, because garlands are (or originally were) made of freshly-picked leaves and flowers"}
-{"Clue":"Little devil that's caught cutting part of plant (5)","Answer":"BRACT","Explanation":"Definition: part of plant\nC in (cutting) BRAT"}
-{"Clue":"Cereal crop cut at end of season for nominal fee (10,4)","Answer":"PEPPERCORN RENT","Explanation":"Definition: nominal fee\nPEPPER (season) + CORN + RENT (cut)"}
-{"Clue":"Great sport with deer \u2014 sadly it'll set you back a bit (10,4)","Answer":"RETROGRADE STEP","Explanation":"Definition: it'll set you back a bit\n(GREAT SPORT DEER)"}
-{"Clue":"Poor journalist longing to get back outside (5)","Answer":"NEEDY","Explanation":"Definition: Poor\nED in reverse of YEN (desire, longing)"}
-{"Clue":"Muse as setter consumes exotic lemon pie I overlooked (9)","Answer":"MELPOMENE","Explanation":"Definition: Muse\nAnagram of LEMON PIE less I in ME \u2013 the Muse of Tragedy, who makes rather fewer appearances in crosswords than her sister Erato (and maybe Clio, Rhea and Calliope)"}
-{"Clue":"Eg Boris's message rejected by Scotsman (7)","Answer":"ETONIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Eg Boris\nReverse of NOTE + IAN (standard crossword Scotsman) \u2013 reference to Boris Johnson, the well-known Old Etonian and Leave campaign liar"}
-{"Clue":"Good place for reception where trouble may flare up? (3,4)","Answer":"HOT SPOT","Explanation":"Definition: Good place for reception\nDouble definition \u2013 the reception is for mobile phones, sometimes contrasted with a \"not spot\""}
-{"Clue":"Slips in field, perhaps, chasing cunning wingers (11)","Answer":"FLYCATCHERS","Explanation":"Definition: wingers\nFLY (cunning) + CATCHERS (as slips on the cricket field may be)"}
-{"Clue":"New Father Ted plot curtly condemned as child's work (5,3,3,4)","Answer":"PETER\u00a0AND\u00a0THE\u00a0WOLF","Explanation":"Definition: child's work\nAnagram of NEW FATHER TED PLO[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Authentic sound coming from cockle (5)","Answer":"PUKKA","Explanation":"Definition: Authentic\nHomophone of \"pucker\" (to cockle is to pucker, as I did not know)"}
-{"Clue":"Novelist's career to come to an end (7)","Answer":"RUSHDIE","Explanation":"Definition: Novelist\nRUSH (to career) + DIE"}
-{"Clue":"Chilled dessert served up after rest (5,2)","Answer":"EASED UP","Explanation":"Definition: Chilled\nEASE + reverse of PUD"}
-{"Clue":"Grouse, maybe, as valiant effort restricts runs (4,4)","Answer":"GAME BIRD","Explanation":"Definition: Grouse\nR in GAME BID"}
-{"Clue":"Eponymous man of Nazareth appearing randomly in records (6,2,3,4)","Answer":"TARZAN\u00a0OF\u00a0THE\u00a0APES","Explanation":"Definition: Eponymous man\n(OF NAZARETH)* in TAPES"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal deferring pint, impressed by police? (13)","Answer":"FINGERPRINTED","Explanation":"Definition: impressed by police\n(DEFERRING PINT)"}
-{"Clue":"In office, reasonably well placed (7,6)","Answer":"SITTING PRETTY","Explanation":"Definition: well placed\nSITTING (in office) + PRETTY (reasonably)"}
-{"Clue":"Cyclist skirting large metropolis, Rome perhaps (4,4)","Answer":"HOLY CITY","Explanation":"Definition: Rome perhaps\nL in (Sir Chris) HOY + CITY (metropolis)"}
-{"Clue":"One state's revolutionary broadcast blocked by another (7)","Answer":"ROMANIA","Explanation":"Definition: state\nOMAN (a state) in reverse of AIR (to broadcast)"}
-{"Clue":"First to last, benefit in backing police is hard to fathom (7)","Answer":"DELPHIC","Explanation":"Definition: hard to fathom\nHELP, with the first letter moved to the end, in reverse of CID"}
-{"Clue":"Bizarre public reaction, battle being lost (5)","Answer":"OUTRE","Explanation":"Definition: Bizarre\nOUT (public) + RE[action]"}
-{"Clue":"Cost of keeping a good woman (6)","Answer":"DAMAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Cost\nA G in DAME \u2013 cost as in \"what's the damage?\""}
-{"Clue":"Make clear term's known (5,3)","Answer":"SPELL OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Make clear\nSPELL (term,period of time) + OUT (known)"}
-{"Clue":"Having no drive, going under (6)","Answer":"OWNING","Explanation":"Definition: Having\nDROWNING less DR"}
-{"Clue":"Look back across road \u2014 that's a fast car (8)","Answer":"DRAGSTER","Explanation":"Definition: fast car\nST (road) in reverse of REGARD"}
-{"Clue":"Prospect of this isn't half depressing \u2014 could be better! (9,5)","Answer":"PRESIDENT TRUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Prospect of this isn't half depressing \u2014 could be better\n(ISNT + DEPRE[SSING])* + TRUMP (to better), and definitely &lit \u2013 just over a week to go till his finger is on the button.."}
-{"Clue":"Appeal I made certainly gets polite response (2,8)","Answer":"MY PLEASURE","Explanation":"Definition: polite response\nMY PLEA (appeal I made) + SURE"}
-{"Clue":"Look round three particular shows (4)","Answer":"PEER","Explanation":"Definition: Look\nHidden in reverse of thREE Particular"}
-{"Clue":"Planted, proved hard to avoid (4)","Answer":"SOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Planted\nSHOWN (proved) less H"}
-{"Clue":"Prepared in a little yard not at this location (2,3,5)","Answer":"AT THE READY","Explanation":"Definition: Prepared\nTHERE (not here) in A TAD Y"}
-{"Clue":"Ended with a polluter changing fuel (8, 6)","Answer":"UNLEADED PETROL","Explanation":"Definition: fuel\n(ENDED A POLLUTER)"}
-{"Clue":"Still time? Rushed old writer's one line short (8)","Answer":"TRANQUIL","Explanation":"Definition: Still\nT + RAN + QUIL[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Bill's after that woman from EastEnders (6)","Answer":"POSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Bill\nPOST (after) + 'ER"}
-{"Clue":"Lost boys set free fox? (8)","Answer":"SLYBOOTS","Explanation":"Definition: free fox\n(LOST BOYS)"}
-{"Clue":"Make up for going on TV (6)","Answer":"OFFSET","Explanation":"Definition: Make up for\nOFF (going) + SET (TV)"}
-{"Clue":"A number of Romans on the way to boat (4)","Answer":"DHOW","Explanation":"Definition: boat\nD (Roman 500) + HOW (\"the way\")"}
-{"Clue":"Worker raised weapon outside \u2014 positive danger to trespassers (7)","Answer":"MANTRAP","Explanation":"Definition: danger to trespassers\nANT in reverse of ARM + P"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal hiding note in comic (8)","Answer":"GANGSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Criminal\nN in GAGSTER"}
-{"Clue":"Sharing stripper? Nah, that's gross (11)","Answer":"PARTNERSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Sharing\n(STRIPPER NAH)"}
-{"Clue":"Scandal concerning the French envoy? (6)","Answer":"LEGATE","Explanation":"Definition: envoy\nLE-GATE, as in various -GATE scandals, originating from Watergate"}
-{"Clue":"Push out foolish doubter (7)","Answer":"OBTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Push out\nDOUBTER"}
-{"Clue":"Do nothing in endeavour to start with the right people (4,5)","Answer":"TORY PARTY","Explanation":"Definition: the right people\nO in TRY + PARTY (a do)"}
-{"Clue":"Gossip did this \u2014 her tongue's beginning to flow freely (4,3,4)","Answer":"DISH THE DIRT","Explanation":"Definition: Gossip\n(DID THIS HER T[ongue])* *thanks to Muffyword for correcting my original wrong parsing"}
-{"Clue":"Capital invested in model planes (9)","Answer":"MOSQUITOS","Explanation":"Definition: planes\nQUITO (capital of Ecuador) in [Kate] MOSS"}
-{"Clue":"Crooked gent reported a total loss (5-3)","Answer":"WRITE-OFF","Explanation":"Definition: total loss\nHomophone of \"wry toff\""}
-{"Clue":"Idiot's stolen a black jumper (7)","Answer":"WALLABY","Explanation":"Definition: jumper\nA B in WALLY"}
-{"Clue":"A disease one has contracted from rodents (7)","Answer":"AGOUTIS","Explanation":"Definition: rodents\nA + GOUT + 1'S"}
-{"Clue":"Spectre at the feast mentioned trouble at Lloyds (6)","Answer":"BANQUO","Explanation":"Definition: Spectre at the feast\nHomophone of \"bank woe\". Banquo's ghost appears to Macbeth at the feast in Act 3 Scene 4 of the Scottish Play."}
-{"Clue":"Almost late after hold-up \u2014 I'm annoyed (4)","Answer":"DRAT","Explanation":"Definition: I'm annoyed\nReverse of TARD[Y]"}
-{"Clue":"Circular spot on square (6)","Answer":"ADJUST","Explanation":"Definition: square\nAD (advertistment, circular) + JUST (spot on)"}
-{"Clue":"Provokes party leader to stop plots (6)","Answer":"SPITES","Explanation":"Definition: Provokes\nP[arty] in SITES. I'm not sure that spite = provoke"}
-{"Clue":"Bay with a sailing ship (4)","Answer":"BARK","Explanation":"Definition: Bay\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"bay\" is a dog's bark"}
-{"Clue":"A relatively complex document (6,4)","Answer":"FAMILY TREE","Explanation":"Definition: A relatively complex document\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Examiner reported to be a smoker (6)","Answer":"CENSER","Explanation":"Definition: a smoker\nHomophone of \"censor\". This could just as well work the other way round, and the crossing letters don't help"}
-{"Clue":"Rocket, key one, behind time (8)","Answer":"ESCALATE","Explanation":"Definition: Rocket\nESC[ape] (key) + A (one) + LATE"}
-{"Clue":"Assistant admits guilt, returns make up (9)","Answer":"REPLENISH","Explanation":"Definition: make up\nSIN in HELPER, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Fret about soldier's surprised expression (4)","Answer":"HAAR","Explanation":"Definition: Fret\nReverse of RA + AH \u2013 I learned this word for a sea-mist or fret from my Scottish stepfather"}
-{"Clue":"Lie back, following strike (4)","Answer":"BIFF","Explanation":"Definition: strike\nReverse of FIB + F[ollowing]"}
-{"Clue":"Daughter in week-long struggle to get information (9)","Answer":"KNOWLEDGE","Explanation":"Definition: information\nD in (WEEKLONG)"}
-{"Clue":"The Don is too much of a libertine (8)","Answer":"HEDONIST","Explanation":"Definition: a libertine\n~~(THE DON IS)* \u2013 \"too much\" as an anagram indicator?~~ Ignore that \u2013 I saw when solving that it's hidden in tHE DON IS Too, but forgot when writing up"}
-{"Clue":"Makes clean clothes for the theatre (6)","Answer":"SCRUBS","Explanation":"Definition: Makes clean\nDouble definition \u2013 scrubs are clothes worn by surgeons etc; the name presumably comes from \"scrubbing up\", which makes this rather a weak DD"}
-{"Clue":"Mercenary's arrival more certain, lacking capital (10)","Answer":"ADVENTURER","Explanation":"Definition: Mercenary\nADVENT (arrival) + [S]URER"}
-{"Clue":"Librarian stifles vocal outburst (4)","Answer":"ARIA","Explanation":"Definition: vocal outburst\nHidden in librARIAn"}
-{"Clue":"First Lady hates cooking meat loaf (6)","Answer":"HASLET","Explanation":"Definition: meat loaf\nAnagram of L[ady] + HATES"}
-{"Clue":"Scales initially costing an arm and a leg? (6)","Answer":"CLIMBS","Explanation":"Definition: Scales\nC[osting] + LIMBS"}
-{"Clue":"Scientists here made flexible card envelopes (7)","Answer":"ACADEME","Explanation":"Definition: Scientists here\nMADE* in ACE \u2013 often seen in the phrase \"groves of Academe\", which I learn comes originally from Horace: *silvas Academi"}
-{"Clue":"Boy's toilet (5)","Answer":"JAKES","Explanation":"Definition: Boy's\nDouble definition \u2013 old (Chambers says Shakepearian) slang for a toilet"}
-{"Clue":"Second slight reduction in expensive flavouring (7)","Answer":"SAFFRON","Explanation":"Definition: expensive flavouring\nS + AFFRON[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Approach bar, wanting last bitter (6)","Answer":"POLICY","Explanation":"Definition: Approach\nPOL[E] (bar) + ICY \u2013 \"approach\" as in \"My policy\/approach is to\u2026\""}
-{"Clue":"Shake it a little to create excitement (9)","Answer":"TITILLATE","Explanation":"Definition: to create excitement\n(IT A LITTLE)"}
-{"Clue":"Put up security (7)","Answer":"SHELTER","Explanation":"Definition: Put up\nDouble definition \u2013 put up as in accommodate, but again the two meanings are very close"}
-{"Clue":"They take others off ropes in a storm at sea (13)","Answer":"IMPERSONATORS","Explanation":"Definition: They take others off\n(ROPES IN A STORM)"}
-{"Clue":"Balls follows Labour Party (remains thereof) (9)","Answer":"LEFTOVERS","Explanation":"Definition: remains thereof\nLEFT (Labour) + OVERS (balls in cricket), with the surface referring to former MP Ed Balls"}
-{"Clue":"French stick the majority on range (7)","Answer":"BREADTH","Explanation":"Definition: range\nBREAD (French stick \u2013 a definition-by-example) + TH[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Left water spraying across sunlounger (7)","Answer":"WASTREL","Explanation":"Definition: lounger\nS[un] in (L WATER)"}
-{"Clue":"Catch spy hanging up a device (7)","Answer":"GUBBINS","Explanation":"Definition: a device\nSNIB (a catch on e.g. a lock) + BUG (spy), all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Advice given to middlemen \u2014 move quietly (6)","Answer":"TIPTOE","Explanation":"Definition: move quietly\nTIP (advice) + TO + E (middle letter of mEn)"}
-{"Clue":"Raise millions to provide new tanks, say (5)","Answer":"REARM","Explanation":"Definition: provide new tanks, say\nREAR + M"}
-{"Clue":"One offering praise, threshold of a sort in old-fashioned counter (10)","Answer":"COMPLIMENTER","Explanation":"Definition: One offering praise\nLIMEN (\"the threshold of consciousness\", as found in \"subliminal\") in COMPTER"}
-{"Clue":"Lecturer with distinctive character where anchorites gather (5)","Answer":"LAURA","Explanation":"Definition: where anchorites gather\nL + AURA \u2013 it's \"a group of recluses' cells\", from a Greek word (the girl's name comes from laurel, possibly via Laurence)"}
-{"Clue":"Short journey for droshky, first of vehicles formerly (5)","Answer":"VERST","Explanation":"Definition: Short journey for droshky\nV[ehicles] + ERST (formerly) \u2013 it's a Russian unit of length, just over 1 km"}
-{"Clue":"State-of-the-art auto dept. given a make-over (8)","Answer":"UP-TO-DATE","Explanation":"Definition: State-of-the-art\n(AUTO DEPT)"}
-{"Clue":"With OU first this fool becomes best (4)","Answer":"TWIT","Explanation":"Definition: fool\nIf you put OU before TWIT you get OUTWIT = to best"}
-{"Clue":"I'll get in a fury changing small advance in Maldivian money (7)","Answer":"RUFIYAA","Explanation":"Definition: Maldivian money\nI in (A FURY)* + A"}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman, one trapped in scam (5)","Answer":"CANON","Explanation":"Definition: Clergyman\nAN in CON"}
-{"Clue":"Priest has to criticize regressive standards? (6)","Answer":"PETALS","Explanation":"Definition: standards\nP + SLATE< \u2013 among many definitions of \"standard\", Chambers includes \"the uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower\""}
-{"Clue":"Timber tree planted in past succeeded for parts of zillah (8)","Answer":"PARGANAS","Explanation":"Definition: parts of zillah\nARGAN (Moroccan timer tree) in PA (abbreviation for past, in the grammatical sense, I guess) + S. A zillah is an administrative district in India, of which the pargana is a subdivision"}
-{"Clue":"Noseband: five kept in case puzzled lad (8)","Answer":"CAVESSON","Explanation":"Definition: Noseband\nV in CASE* + SON"}
-{"Clue":"Viv failing oral test initially \u2013 wild bird (6)","Answer":"AVOCET","Explanation":"Definition: wild bird\n[VIV]A VOCE + T[est]"}
-{"Clue":"Censure that gets to upmarket inn with a bug found crawling around (5)","Answer":"STROP","Explanation":"Definition: Censure\n~~[G]ASTROP[UB]~~ If you put GAUB (anag of A BUG) around STROP, you get a GASTROPUB"}
-{"Clue":"Trolleyman oiled left and right liberally (7)","Answer":"DOLLIER","Explanation":"Definition: Trolleyman\n(OILED L R)"}
-{"Clue":"One's regularly tapped litre in the shade? (4)","Answer":"HULE","Explanation":"Definition: One's regularly tapped\nL in HUE \u2013 variant of \"ule\", a rubber tree"}
-{"Clue":"What could be gloomier? Chemical substance formed of smaller units (8)","Answer":"OLIGOMER","Explanation":"Definition: Chemical substance formed of smaller units\nGLOOMIER"}
-{"Clue":"It's held firmly, even in grip of one who's given up? (5)","Answer":"TENET","Explanation":"Definition: It's held firmly\nENE in TT (teetotaller)"}
-{"Clue":"Once behind, right at back of field? (5)","Answer":"AREAR","Explanation":"Definition: Once behind\nAREA (field) + R"}
-{"Clue":"Land specially set aside requiring loan in cash for glorious show (12)","Answer":"RESPLENDENCE","Explanation":"Definition: glorious show\nRES ([Native American] reservation) + LEND in PENCE"}
-{"Clue":"Loose group to take firmly in hand (6)","Answer":"CLUTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Loose group\nDouble definition \u2013 \"loose\" because Chambers says \"(loosely) a number, group\""}
-{"Clue":"Rebel of old, part of a small group and unable to speak about it (6)","Answer":"MUTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Rebel of old\nIN in MUTE \u2013 old variant of mutiny or (as here) mutineer"}
-{"Clue":"Opening about to weaken? Later enrichment may change it (7)","Answer":"PROTORE","Explanation":"Definition: Later enrichment may change it\nROT in PORE \u2013 also spelt proto-ore"}
-{"Clue":"Ma lost to illness? She wore the trousers perhaps (4)","Answer":"LADY","Explanation":"Definition: She wore the trousers perhaps\n[MA]LADY \u2013 not sure why she might \"wear the trousers\", particularly"}
-{"Clue":"Salary, limitless, rising in computer unit (5)","Answer":"NEPIT","Explanation":"Definition: computer unit\n[S]TIPEN[D]< \u2013 it's short for Naperian digit, aka nat or nit, and more related to mathematical information theory than computers in particular"}
-{"Clue":"A try-on arranged for e.g. Cressida? (6)","Answer":"TROYAN","Explanation":"Definition: e.g. Cressida\n(A TRY-ON)"}
-{"Clue":"Help when investing in variety of laces on bustle (8)","Answer":"ESCALADO","Explanation":"Definition: Help when investing\nLACES* + ADO \u2013 using ladders to scale castle walls (investment = miitary blockade). It's also the name of a horse-racing game which I had as a child (it was rather disappointing)"}
-{"Clue":"Bank on support \u2013 instruct incoming bat (11)","Answer":"BARBASTELLE","Explanation":"Definition: bat\nBAR + TELL in BASE"}
-{"Clue":"Stone lifted with point inserted for sort of cement (5)","Answer":"TRASS","Explanation":"Definition: sort of cement\nRAS (point) in ST<"}
-{"Clue":"Mavourneen on the beach, dipping tip of toe in (7)","Answer":"ASTHORE","Explanation":"Definition: Mavourneen\nT in ASHORE (on the beach)"}
-{"Clue":"Trainee investigator on the up receiving bit of promotion (5)","Answer":"CADET","Explanation":"Definition: Trainee\nAD in reverse of TEC (detective, investigator)"}
-{"Clue":"Star group, aging but not dead, needing vehicles to get around (6)","Answer":"VOLANS","Explanation":"Definition: Star group\nOL[D] in VANS \u2013 Volans is a constellation of the southern hemisphere, depicting a flying fish"}
-{"Clue":"Plane staff, we hear, revealing whence stags secrete stuff (6)","Answer":"CRUMEN","Explanation":"Definition: whence stags secrete stuff\nHomophone of \"crewmen\""}
-{"Clue":"Wild spree? Bachelor's last occurs in this old-fashioned bar (6)","Answer":"SPERRE","Explanation":"Definition: old-fashioned bar\nR in SPREE"}
-{"Clue":"Old name? Uncle Epaminondas certainly has this (5)","Answer":"CLEEP","Explanation":"Definition: Old name\nHidden \u2013 related to the (possibly) better-known \"yclept\", meaning \"named\""}
-{"Clue":"'Go to work on \u2026', not good? At least it wasn't blasphemous (4)","Answer":"EGAD","Explanation":"Definition: At least it wasn't blasphemous\n\"EGG AD\" (of which \"Go to work on.. \" was the start of the slogan) less (one) G. Fay Weldon was involved in creating the campaign, though she denies coming up with the actual words \u2013 \"egad!\" is a minced oath, an evasion of \"oh God\" or similar"}
-{"Clue":"Fag chewed by German hounds (7)","Answer":"AFGHANS","Explanation":"Definition: hounds\nFAG* + HANS (stereotypical German name)"}
-{"Clue":"Using more TNT could cause trouble (7)","Answer":"TORMENT","Explanation":"Definition: trouble\n(MORE TNT)"}
-{"Clue":"Involved with swindle, right to get out hurriedly (5)","Answer":"SCRAM","Explanation":"Definition: to get out hurriedly\nR in SCAM"}
-{"Clue":"Performer who can tread about quietly? Not this one! (3,6)","Answer":"TAP DANCER","Explanation":"Definition: Performer who can tread about quietly? Not this one\nP in (CAN TREAD)*, and sort of &lit, though not quite, and the anagram doesn't really seem to be indicated"}
-{"Clue":"Money for the landlord after an earthquake? (6,4)","Answer":"GROUND RENT","Explanation":"Definition: Money for the landlord\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Desert one's post, though left in charge? (4)","Answer":"FLEE","Explanation":"Definition: Desert one's post\nL in FEE"}
-{"Clue":"It reduces the noise on some flights (5,6)","Answer":"STAIR CARPET","Explanation":"Definition: It reduces the noise on some flights\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Tenderising chopped-up cooking components (11)","Answer":"INGREDIENTS","Explanation":"Definition: Tenderising\nTENDERISING"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to eat quickly (4)","Answer":"FAST","Explanation":"Definition: Refuse to eat\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Strained, as Indian tea is? (3-7)","Answer":"FAR-FETCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Strained\nDouble definition, though the second seems very weak to me \u2013 Indian tea may be fetched from afar, but so are lots of things"}
-{"Clue":"Architect's plan for advancement (9)","Answer":"ELEVATION","Explanation":"Definition: Architect's plan\nDouble definition, though \"plan\" is usually used in contrast to \"elevation\""}
-{"Clue":"Record some inadvertent errors (5)","Answer":"ENTER","Explanation":"Definition: Record\nHidden in inadvertENT ERrors"}
-{"Clue":"Phil bumped into fellow swimmer (7)","Answer":"DOLPHIN","Explanation":"Definition: swimmer\nPHIL* in DON"}
-{"Clue":"Dug out old coloured cover for madam (7)","Answer":"EXHUMED","Explanation":"Definition: Dug out\nM[adam] in EX HUED"}
-{"Clue":"Fix a direction indicator (6)","Answer":"ASSIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Fix\nA + S + SIGN"}
-{"Clue":"She turned to stone (6)","Answer":"GORGON","Explanation":"Definition: She turned to stone\nA barely cryptic definition \u2013 more of a general knowledge question"}
-{"Clue":"Notice a government official's conduct (10)","Answer":"ADMINISTER","Explanation":"Definition: conduct\nAD (notice) + MINISTER"}
-{"Clue":"Wood spirit (5)","Answer":"SATYR","Explanation":"Definition: Wood spirit\nUnless I'm missing something, this seems to be a plain definition. Did Rufus forget to finish writing the clue? (I suppose it could be trying to make us think of wood alcohol)"}
-{"Clue":"I'd trap nun out in cricket game (3-3-3)","Answer":"TIP-AND-RUN","Explanation":"Definition: cricket game\n(I'D TRAP NUN)"}
-{"Clue":"Harvest a variety of rape (4)","Answer":"REAP","Explanation":"Definition: Harvest\nRAPE"}
-{"Clue":"Get out and look inside meat dish (8)","Answer":"ESCALOPE","Explanation":"Definition: meat dish\nLO in ESCAPE"}
-{"Clue":"Hill splits and falls, perhaps (8)","Answer":"TORRENTS","Explanation":"Definition: falls, perhaps\nTOR (hill) + RENTS (splits)"}
-{"Clue":"They may be in for supper but then out all night (5,5)","Answer":"FALSE TEETH","Explanation":"Definition: They may be in for supper but then out all night\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"I'm in a state of exhilaration (9)","Answer":"ANIMATION","Explanation":"Definition: exhilaration\nI'M in A NATION"}
-{"Clue":"Boring place but it makes lots of money! (8)","Answer":"OILFIELD","Explanation":"Definition: Boring place but it makes lots of money\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Food container originally produced in layers (8)","Answer":"EGGSHELL","Explanation":"Definition: Food container originally produced in layers (8)\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Beat in run to hospital, exploding myth (6)","Answer":"RHYTHM","Explanation":"Definition: Beat\nR + H + MYTH"}
-{"Clue":"Loved to see the dreadnought wrecked (6)","Answer":"ADORED","Explanation":"Definition: Loved\nAnagram of DREAD + O (nought)"}
-{"Clue":"This criminal may be cleared (5)","Answer":"FENCE","Explanation":"Definition: criminal\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"He wrote music for half the band and part of the orchestra (4)","Answer":"BACH","Explanation":"Definition: He wrote music\nBA[nd] + [or]CH[estra]"}
-{"Clue":"Without love, beast has to hurt, so droop faced? (6,9)","Answer":"WALRUS\u00a0MOUSTACHE","Explanation":"Definition: droop faced\nO in WALRUS MUST ACHE \u2013 rather weak clueing of the \"walrus\" part (though fortunately the expression is well known) and the definition doesn't indicate a noun phrase"}
-{"Clue":"Dessert knocked over, drunk has dried fruit (7)","Answer":"LOOFAHS","Explanation":"Definition: dried fruit\nFOOL< + ASH* \u2013 loofahs are made from the dried fibrous \"skeleton\" of a type of gourd"}
-{"Clue":"Male ensnared by a more dreadful lover (7)","Answer":"ADMIRER","Explanation":"Definition: lover\nM in A DIRER"}
-{"Clue":"Springboks not quite heard? (3)","Answer":"SPA","Explanation":"Definition: Spring\nMy last one in \u2013 it's almost all of SPAR (to box \u2013 sounds like \"boks\"), with a lift-and-separate definition"}
-{"Clue":"Suggestion of a fit body, not half! Lady Chatterley's Lover, possibly? (1,3,2,5)","Answer":"A BIT OF ROUGH","Explanation":"Definition: Lady Chatterley's Lover, possibly\nLady C's lover was Mellors, the gamekeeper, so he was her bit of rough, but I don't understand the rest \u2013 A BIT OF = suggestion, ROUGH = half of \"a fit body\"? *Thanks to Tom \u2013 A FIT BO[dy] is an anagram (\"rough\") of A BIT OF"}
-{"Clue":"Dealing with commercial arrangement (10)","Answer":"ADDRESSING","Explanation":"Definition: Dealing with\nAD + DRESSING"}
-{"Clue":"Combination locks, late '70s style? (4)","Answer":"PERM","Explanation":"Definition: Combination\nDouble definition \u2013 short for \"permutation\" (which, at least to mathematicians, isn't the same as a combination, bur not far off), and the hairstyle (not just from the late 70s, but perhaps particularly associated with footballers at the time)"}
-{"Clue":"Comic called in about exercise for writer (4,6)","Answer":"LEAD PENCIL","Explanation":"Definition: writer\nPE (exercise) in (CALLED IN)"}
-{"Clue":"Dante acts up, spoiling writer's moving technique (3,3,5)","Answer":"CUT AND PASTE","Explanation":"Definition: writer's moving technique\n(DANTE ACTS UP)* \u2013 writers might use it to move text around"}
-{"Clue":"He fought a wild animal \u2014 that's not on (3)","Answer":"ALI","Explanation":"Definition: He fought\nA LI[on] \u2013 referring to the boxer Muhammad Ali, of course"}
-{"Clue":"Asian leaves house in mid-Sicily after Corleone initially quits mob (3,4)","Answer":"PAK CHOI","Explanation":"Definition: Asian leaves\nPACK (mob) less C[orleone) + HO in [Si]CI[ly] \u2013 Pake choi is also known as Chinese cabbage, hence \"Asian leaves\""}
-{"Clue":"One Direction's festival season's ending (7)","Answer":"EASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: One Direction\nEASTER + N"}
-{"Clue":"I must remain serious, you're joking! (4,4,2,5)","Answer":"DON\u2019T MAKE ME LAUGH","Explanation":"Definition: I must remain serious, \nSomewhere between a crytpic and double definition \u2013 I wasn't very impressed by this one"}
-{"Clue":"No one remaining hairy in sports? Be careful what you say! (5,4,4)","Answer":"WALLS HAVE EARS","Explanation":"Definition: Be careful what you say\nALL SHAVE in WEARS (sports, as in \"sports a moustache\"). I think of this as a WW2 slogan, but it goes back a long way, and (at least according to this) may have come into English via a Hebrew expression"}
-{"Clue":"One of ten eaten up by fat cat (7)","Answer":"LEOTARD","Explanation":"Definition: cat\nA mistake here, I think \u2013 the online solution gives LEOTARD here \u2013 reverse of TOE (one of ten) in LARD, but the definition surely must be of LEOPARD. Is there an editor in the house?"}
-{"Clue":"Without knowing, white unicorn's heading up to god (8)","Answer":"UNAWARES","Explanation":"Definition: Without knowing\nReverse of WAN U[nicorn] + ARES (Greek god of war)"}
-{"Clue":"Tongue a degree pronounced, cut (5)","Answer":"MASAI","Explanation":"Definition: Tongue\nMA + SAI[D]"}
-{"Clue":"A round end is round, plain and simple (9)","Answer":"UNADORNED","Explanation":"Definition: plain and simple\n(A ROUND END)"}
-{"Clue":"Tone with which doctor plugs drain (6)","Answer":"TIMBRE","Explanation":"Definition: Tone\nMB in TIRE (to drain)"}
-{"Clue":"Party with two runners? (7)","Answer":"CAROUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Party\nTwo types of \"runner\": CAR (as the the used-car salesman's \"good runner\") + [river] OUSE"}
-{"Clue":"Our home is a hole in the ground (5)","Answer":"EARTH","Explanation":"Definition: Our home\nDouble definition \u2013 planet and fox's lair"}
-{"Clue":"Sucker has wee in lift during comedy routine (5,4)","Answer":"SHEEP TICK","Explanation":"Definition: Sucker\nReverse of PEE (= wee) in SHTICK"}
-{"Clue":"One in twelve boxes unsatisfactory, one tiny part (9)","Answer":"MILLIONTH","Explanation":"Definition: tiny part\nILL I in MONTH (one of 12)"}
-{"Clue":"Minister and earls surprisingly backing movement (8)","Answer":"REVERSAL","Explanation":"Definition: backing movement\nREV[erend] + EARLS"}
-{"Clue":"Queen binds princess up, then knight captured again (7)","Answer":"RETAKEN","Explanation":"Definition: captured again\nKATE [Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge] in ER, reversed + N (knight in chess)"}
-{"Clue":"Similar drinks brought together with classy French wine (7)","Answer":"CHATEAU","Explanation":"Definition: French wine\nCHA + TEA (similar drinks) + U (classy) \u2013 simple, but I liked it"}
-{"Clue":"Musical creation of Sullivan, The Mikado (6)","Answer":"ANTHEM","Explanation":"Definition: Musical creation\nHidden in sullivAN, THE Mikado"}
-{"Clue":"By which one might recognise a prize archer? (5)","Answer":"CUPID","Explanation":"Definition: archer\nIt's the ID of a CUP, or CUP ID"}
-{"Clue":"Power company after ultimate in riches (5)","Answer":"STEAM","Explanation":"Definition: Power\n[riche]S + TEAM"}
-{"Clue":"A hero netting brave header for England (6)","Answer":"ALBION","Explanation":"Definition: England\nB[rave] in A LION. Albion originally referred to the island of Great Britain, but is sometimes used for just England"}
-{"Clue":"Decay on Scottish isle to the west, one can tell (8)","Answer":"NARRATOR","Explanation":"Definition: one can tell\nROT ARRAN, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Holidaymaker in Canada, say, with nothing to lose? One stripping off (8)","Answer":"NATURIST","Explanation":"Definition: One stripping off\nN[orth] A[merican] TOURIST less O"}
-{"Clue":"American oath, therefore, lacking wonderful irritating thing? (11)","Answer":"SONOFABITCH","Explanation":"Definition: American oath\nSO (therefore) + NO (lacking) + FAB (wonderful) + ITCH (irritating thing). You might expect this to be separate words or hyphenated, but Chambers and others give it as a single word"}
-{"Clue":"Trespass where Canadian voters had faith, when short of gold (7)","Answer":"INTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Trespass\nIN TRUDEAU less AU \u2013 referring either to Pierre Trudeau (Prime Minister of Cananda 1968\u20131979 and 1980\u20131984) or his son Justin (2015\u2013)"}
-{"Clue":"What to do with mortar, so flatter to a great extent? (3,2,2,4,1,6)","Answer":"LAY IT ON WITH A TROWEL","Explanation":"Definition: flatter to a great extent\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Insect, horse too biting rear of wolf (8)","Answer":"HOVERFLY","Explanation":"Definition: Insect\nH (horse) + [wol]F in OVERLY"}
-{"Clue":"Notable cat reclining on rug (6)","Answer":"BIGWIG","Explanation":"Definition: Notable\nReverse of GIB (a tomcat) +WIG (rug). I didn't know this meaning of GIB, but BIGWIG was the only possible answer"}
-{"Clue":"One of two in Buenos Aires toasting a bloomer? (8)","Answer":"TANGOIST","Explanation":"Definition: One of two in Buenos Aires\nTOASTING* \u2013 the tango originated, and is still popular, in Argentina, and of course it takes two to tango. I don't particularly like 'a bloomer' as the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Key again removing both sides of lockbox before expertly rattled (2-4)","Answer":"RE-TYPE","Explanation":"Definition: Key again\nAnagram of EXPERTLY less the outer letters of LockboX"}
-{"Clue":"Not exactly like that, rise to one's feet at every entrance (4,2)","Answer":"SORT OF","Explanation":"Definition: Not exactly\nSO (like that) + initial letters of Rise To One's Feer"}
-{"Clue":"Every step up an Italian mountain the bounder has to climb \u2014 that's some trip! (10)","Answer":"TARANTELLA","Explanation":"Definition: trip\nReverse of ALL ETNA RAT (I suppose ALL ETNA is 'Every step up an Italian mountain'). The tarantella (supposed to have originated from the convulsive reaction to a spider's bite) is an energetic dance, or 'trip'"}
-{"Clue":"Anything within like desert allowing for passage of wind? (8)","Answer":"DRAUGHTY","Explanation":"Definition: allowing for passage of wind\nAUGHT in DRY"}
-{"Clue":"One's paid to take out another two nitwits with it (8)","Answer":"ASSASSIN","Explanation":"Definition: One's paid to take out another\nASS + ASS (two nitwits) + IN (with it, fashionable)"}
-{"Clue":"No change with this, as bird beset by plague (8)","Answer":"BANKNOTE","Explanation":"Definition: No change with this\nKNOT in BANE"}
-{"Clue":"Musical composition a strain, too baroque? (4,6)","Answer":"TRIO SONATA","Explanation":"Definition: Musical composition\n(A STRAIN TOO)"}
-{"Clue":"Book's accuracy needing no introduction (4)","Answer":"RUTH","Explanation":"Definition: Book\n[T]RUTH. I originally thought it might be [F]ACTS, but this works much better. Ruth is the eighth book of the Old Testament"}
-{"Clue":"Still excited? (10)","Answer":"BREATHLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Still\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Clandestine boarder observed circling tug, always (8)","Answer":"STOWAWAY","Explanation":"Definition: Clandestine boarder\nTOW in SAW (observed) + AY (always)"}
-{"Clue":"Fit dresses on a model's back, designed for a similar model (8)","Answer":"ANALOGUE","Explanation":"Definition: a similar model\nAnagram of ON A [mode]L in AGUE"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign Office suggesting this at least? (6,2)","Answer":"UPWARD OF","Explanation":"Definition: at least\nIn a down clue, FO is UPWARD OF"}
-{"Clue":"Criticised, flaming shackles hurt (6)","Answer":"RAILED","Explanation":"Definition: Criticised\nAIL (hurt) in RED (flaming)"}
-{"Clue":"Stab, an injection (4)","Answer":"SHOT","Explanation":"Definition: Stab\nDouble definition \u2013 shot=stab=attempt"}
-{"Clue":"Rising star, Shakespeare's local flower (4)","Answer":"AVON","Explanation":"Definition: Shakespeare's local flower\nReverse of NOVA \u2013 a very easy one to finish on"}
-{"Clue":"Dark pitch masking blemish (7)","Answer":"SWARTHY","Explanation":"Definition: Dark\nWART (blemish) in SHY (to throw, pitch)"}
-{"Clue":"Two low grades in remarkable performance as undergraduate? (7)","Answer":"STUDENT","Explanation":"Definition: undergraduate\nD and E (low grades in an exam) in STUNT"}
-{"Clue":"One by the side of the road, drinker boozily guzzles (4)","Answer":"KERB","Explanation":"Definition: One by the side of the road\nHidden in drinKER Boozily"}
-{"Clue":"Diet has the expected result, one overcome by expression of sorrow (10)","Answer":"PARLIAMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Diet\nPAR (expected result, as in golf) + I in LAMENT"}
-{"Clue":"Alien after map to find Earth, perhaps? (6)","Answer":"PLANET","Explanation":"Definition: Earth, perhaps\nPLAN + ET (alien)"}
-{"Clue":"Voice encapsulating almost everything as US author (8)","Answer":"SALINGER","Explanation":"Definition: US author\nAL[L] in SINGER \u2013 J D Salinger, author of *The Catcher in the Rye"}
-{"Clue":"Conclusion to Father Ted recalled by thespian critic (9)","Answer":"DETRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: critic\nReverse of ([Fathe]R TED) + ACTOR"}
-{"Clue":"Message for all to endorse in plump Christmas bird (5,5)","Answer":"ROUND ROBIN","Explanation":"Definition: Message for all to endorse\nROUND (plump) + ROBIN (bird associated with Christmas)"}
-{"Clue":"Sudden jerk, head on mattress touching springs (5)","Answer":"SPASM","Explanation":"Definition: Sudden jerk\nSPAS (springs) + M[attress]"}
-{"Clue":"Boring, excruciating test in filling? (9)","Answer":"DENTISTRY","Explanation":"Definition: Boring, excruciating test in filling\n(TEST IN)* in DRY (boring), &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Leave queen to scrub rear, splashing around in the tub (8)","Answer":"BEQUEATH","Explanation":"Definition: Leave\nAnagram of QUEE[N] in BATH"}
-{"Clue":"If cheap clothes on, I suspect, cops primarily sent out? (3,7,6)","Answer":"THE FASHION POLICE","Explanation":"Definition: If cheap clothes on, I suspect, cops primarily sent out\n(IF CHEAP CLOTHES ON I)* less C[ops], and an &littish definition"}
-{"Clue":"One in a suit, clobber for the association (4)","Answer":"CLUB","Explanation":"Definition: One in a suit\nThree definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Penalty shot to spare (7)","Answer":"APLENTY","Explanation":"Definition: to spare\nPENALTY"}
-{"Clue":"Out at sea (7)","Answer":"STUMPED","Explanation":"Definition: Out\nDouble defintion \u2013 a way of being out in cricket, and confused"}
-{"Clue":"Balancing act \u2014 sewiously? (7)","Answer":"WHEELIE","Explanation":"Definition: Balancing act\nVague homophone of 'really' with the R pronounced as W"}
-{"Clue":"Epic hat designed for livery? (7)","Answer":"HEPATIC","Explanation":"Definition: livery\n(EPIC HAT)* \u2013 livery as in 'relating to the liver'"}
-{"Clue":"Going round the twist prematurely, it's casually suggested? (6)","Answer":"TWIRLY","Explanation":"Definition: Going round the twist\nAnother slightly dodgy (indicated by 'casually') but amusing homophone, this time of 'too early'. Reminds me of the Christmas cracker joke: Why is 5am like a pig's tail?"}
-{"Clue":"Authorities swindle underdogs (9)","Answer":"DOMINIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Authorities\nDO + MINIONS"}
-{"Clue":"Senior lady cutting fabric (7)","Answer":"NANKEEN","Explanation":"Definition: fabric\nNAN (Grandmother = senior lady) + KEEN (cutting)"}
-{"Clue":"Bars in house however extremely loose: order locks (5,4,4)","Answer":"BRUSH ONE\u2019S HAIR","Explanation":"Definition: order locks\nAnagram of BARS IN HOUSE H[oweve]R"}
-{"Clue":"Again arrange upset boxes she jumbled up (9)","Answer":"RESHUFFLE","Explanation":"Definition: Again arrange\nSHE* in ('boxed by') RUFFLE (upset)"}
-{"Clue":"Is he about to prick cases in specialist bakery? (3,4)","Answer":"PIE SHOP","Explanation":"Definition: specialist bakery\n(IS HE)* in ('cased by') POP (to prick a balloon)"}
-{"Clue":"Bird underneath cup lifted in style overhead (7)","Answer":"TOPKNOT","Explanation":"Definition: style overhead\nReverse of POT + KNOT (bird)"}
-{"Clue":"Hermit \u2014 as regards one of these, solitude initially welcomed? (7)","Answer":"RECLUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Hermit\nS[olitude] in RE CLUE"}
-{"Clue":"Fishtails in sausage meat for dog (6)","Answer":"BASSET","Explanation":"Definition: dog\nBASS (fish) + last letters (tails) of sausagE meaT"}
-{"Clue":"Knock over pass, I'm not sure for the substitute (5)","Answer":"LOCUM","Explanation":"Definition: substitute\nReverse of COL + UM ('I'm not sure')"}
-{"Clue":"Elected fraud? Two leaders quit establishment (9)","Answer":"INCEPTION","Explanation":"Definition: establishment\nIN (elected) + [DE]CEPTION"}
-{"Clue":"He gets time, if he's crooked (5)","Answer":"THIEF","Explanation":"Definition: He gets time, if he's crooked\nT + (IF HE)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Rash caused by rough, dry loofah (9)","Answer":"FOOLHARDY","Explanation":"Definition: Rash\n(DRY LOOFAH)"}
-{"Clue":"Claim note is ready (5)","Answer":"DOUGH","Explanation":"Definition: ready\nHomophone (\"claim\") of \"doh\" (note, as in doh-re-mi) \u2013 dough and ready are both slang for money"}
-{"Clue":"I'm in agreement, being retired and over 50 :-) (6)","Answer":"SMILEY","Explanation":"Definition: :-)\nL in reverse of (I'M in YES)"}
-{"Clue":"They kick out online winners? (8)","Answer":"EVICTORS","Explanation":"Definition: They kick out\nE-VICTORS"}
-{"Clue":"False charges for Spooner's alcoholic rolls (3,4)","Answer":"BUM RAPS","Explanation":"Definition: False charges\nSpoonerism of \"rum baps\""}
-{"Clue":"Relish church tune played on Sunday \u2014 at last! (7)","Answer":"CHUTNEY","Explanation":"Definition: Relish\nCH + TUNE* + [Sunda]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Clown welcomes fun about ring with fire (3,5)","Answer":"CON FUOCO","Explanation":"Definition: with fire\nFUN* + O in COCO [the Clown]. *Con fuoco* is used in music to tell the performer to play \"with fire\""}
-{"Clue":"Fiddle made from metal by royal couple (6)","Answer":"TINKER","Explanation":"Definition: Fiddle\nTIN + two royals: K[ing] and E.R."}
-{"Clue":"With this, one might be out of special prison (5)","Answer":"SNICK","Explanation":"Definition: With this, one might be out\nS + NICK (prison) \u2013 in cricket, a snick is 'a glancing blow off the edge of the bat', which might lead to the batsman being caught out"}
-{"Clue":"They maintain in-flight safety (5,4)","Answer":"STAIR RODS","Explanation":"Definition: They maintain in-flight safety\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"In Paris, the Bill's the origin of security tips (5)","Answer":"LEADS","Explanation":"Definition: tips\nLE (French \"the\") + AD (bill) + S[ecurity]"}
-{"Clue":"Ten common outbursts? My lips are sealed (2,7)","Answer":"NO COMMENT","Explanation":"Definition: My lips are sealed\n(TEN COMMON)"}
-{"Clue":"About to experience the finale of William Tell (6)","Answer":"INFORM","Explanation":"Definition: Tell\nIN FOR + [Willia]M"}
-{"Clue":"Porous flour regularly kept in basement (8)","Answer":"CELLULAR","Explanation":"Definition: Porous\n[f]L[o]U[r] in CELLAR \u2013 Chambers gives \"porous\" as one of its definitions of CELLULAR"}
-{"Clue":"Chop up dates and finally enjoy being regular (6)","Answer":"STEADY","Explanation":"Definition: regular\nDATES* + [enjo]Y"}
-{"Clue":"17 double-crossed one about to return (7)","Answer":"SOLDIER","Explanation":"Definition: 17\nSOLD (double-crossed) + I + reverse of RE"}
-{"Clue":"Every other itchy European scratches head and neck (6)","Answer":"THROAT","Explanation":"Definition: neck\n[i]T[c]H[y] + [C]ROAT"}
-{"Clue":"Impoverish Russia symbolically over gulag being evacuated? (6)","Answer":"BEGGAR","Explanation":"Definition: Impoverish\nG[ula]G in BEAR (symbol of Russia)"}
-{"Clue":"Productive element in electric heater (4)","Answer":"RICH","Explanation":"Definition: Productive\nHidden in electRIC Heater"}
-{"Clue":"Have olives with nachos for starters (3)","Answer":"OWN","Explanation":"Definition: Have\nFirst letters of Olives With Nachos"}
-{"Clue":"Spot or mole? (3)","Answer":"SPY","Explanation":"Definition: Spot\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Programming language lacks a first qualification (3)","Answer":"BSC","Explanation":"Definition: qualification\nBASIC (programming language) less A and I (first \u2013 rather dubious, surely) \u2013 the (3) is perhaps a bit misleading, as this is (1,2) if anything, but abbreviations are often treated this way"}
-{"Clue":"A number under 1,000,000? Wow! (3)","Answer":"MAN","Explanation":"Definition: Wow\nM + A N"}
-{"Clue":"Possessing little money and no gold (4)","Answer":"POOR","Explanation":"Definition: Possessing little money and no gold\nP (penny, little money) + O + OR, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Time to get mixed up letters, but not advanced puzzles (8)","Answer":"TANGRAMS","Explanation":"Definition: puzzles\nT + AN[A]GRAMS \u2013 rather a vague indication to remove one of three As"}
-{"Clue":"Manage to be relaxed, enjoying books and reading (7)","Answer":"CONTROL","Explanation":"Definition: Manage\nNT + R (reading, as in the three Rs) in COOL (relaxed). Can \"enjoying\" indicate inclusion?"}
-{"Clue":"Squealed over getting tattooed (6)","Answer":"OINKED","Explanation":"Definition: Squealed\nO + INKED"}
-{"Clue":"Fine shopping area has river out front (6)","Answer":"FACADE","Explanation":"Definition: front\nF + A[R]CADE"}
-{"Clue":"Fleet's last crew member gets rid of small cutter (6)","Answer":"TAILOR","Explanation":"Definition: cutter\n[flee]T + SAILOR (crew member) less S"}
-{"Clue":"Close friend in Guardian piece (6)","Answer":"ENDING","Explanation":"Definition: Close\nHidden in friEND IN Guardian"}
-{"Clue":"Bill and Cyril worked to produce fibre (7)","Answer":"ACRYLIC","Explanation":"Definition: fibre\nAC (account, bill) + CYRIL"}
-{"Clue":"Wages and gratuity in post (7)","Answer":"STIPEND","Explanation":"Definition: Wages\nTIP in SEND"}
-{"Clue":"Fifty-one doctors appear to be members (5)","Answer":"LIMBS","Explanation":"Definition: members\nLI (51) + M.B.S"}
-{"Clue":"Article is made true to life (9)","Answer":"REALISTIC","Explanation":"Definition: true to life\n(ARTICLE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Certain to get drunk on Adam's ale (10)","Answer":"WATERTIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Certain\nWATER (Adam's Ale) + TIGHT (drunk)"}
-{"Clue":"Look on pound as an animal refuge (4)","Answer":"LAIR","Explanation":"Definition: animal refuge\nL (pound) + AIR = look (noun)"}
-{"Clue":"Sounds like narrow waters but don't be confused (3,8)","Answer":"SEE STRAIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: don't be confused\nHomophone of \"sea strait\""}
-{"Clue":"Breathing in irregularly when asleep in winter (11)","Answer":"HIBERNATING","Explanation":"Definition: asleep in winter\n(BREATHING IN)"}
-{"Clue":"Stagger back, deprived of one's wits (4)","Answer":"NUTS","Explanation":"Definition: deprived of one's wits\nReverse of STUN"}
-{"Clue":"It raises the spirit (10)","Answer":"DISTILLERY","Explanation":"Definition: It raises the spirit\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Courage perceived to be genuine (9)","Answer":"HEARTFELT","Explanation":"Definition: genuine\nHEART + FELT"}
-{"Clue":"Overshadow Snow White's friend (5)","Answer":"DWARF","Explanation":"Definition: Overshadow\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"This difficult sum recalled Panama, perhaps (7)","Answer":"ISTHMUS","Explanation":"Definition: Panama, perhaps\nTHIS* + reverse of SUM"}
-{"Clue":"Cruel fluctuation in pence and pound for composer (7)","Answer":"PURCELL","Explanation":"Definition: composer\nCRUEL in P + L (pound, again)"}
-{"Clue":"Grants permits (6)","Answer":"ALLOWS","Explanation":"Definition: Grants permits\nDouble definition (just about)"}
-{"Clue":"Distant meteor disintegrates (6)","Answer":"REMOTE","Explanation":"Definition: Distant\nMETEOR"}
-{"Clue":"No choice for this holiday destination? (4,6)","Answer":"LAST RESORT","Explanation":"Definition: No choice for this holiday destination\nCryptic defiinition, or perhaps defiinition + hint"}
-{"Clue":"Canine tooth one has right in the centre (5)","Answer":"CORGI","Explanation":"Definition: Canine\nR in the centre of COG I"}
-{"Clue":"You may wind up eating it (9)","Answer":"SPAGHETTI","Explanation":"Definition: You may wind up eating it\nCryptic definition, referring to the technique of winding spaghetti round a fork"}
-{"Clue":"Girl puts one over teacher being sent up (4)","Answer":"IRIS","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nI + reverse of SIR"}
-{"Clue":"Split up and set off with compass (8)","Answer":"ESTRANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Split up\nSET* + RANGE (compass)"}
-{"Clue":"Give one an order to paint? (8)","Answer":"DECORATE","Explanation":"Definition: Give one an order\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Powerless person in the air (4-6)","Answer":"HANG-GLIDER","Explanation":"Definition: Powerless person in the air\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"They may pass on what they know (9)","Answer":"EXAMINEES","Explanation":"Definition: They may pass on what they know\nCryptic definition (not EXAMINERS, as I carelessly put at first)"}
-{"Clue":"Take-away Chinese place? (8)","Answer":"SHANGHAI","Explanation":"Definition: Take-away\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Summary is merely theoretical (8)","Answer":"ABSTRACT","Explanation":"Definition: Summary\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Be up in time for a parliamentary occasion (6)","Answer":"DEBATE","Explanation":"Definition: a parliamentary occasion\nReverse of BE in DATE"}
-{"Clue":"Beauty that totally occupies the viewer (6)","Answer":"EYEFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Beauty\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Get child out of bed to do sums (3,2)","Answer":"TOTUP","Explanation":"Definition: to do sums\nThe TOT is UP"}
-{"Clue":"Stop! It's a hold-up! (4)","Answer":"STEM","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\nDouble definition \u2013 a stem holds up a flower of leaf"}
-{"Clue":"Wasps of a kind, see, reverse of troublesome? (6)","Answer":"CYNIPS","Explanation":"Definition: Wasps of a kind\nC + SNIPY<"}
-{"Clue":"Nursery stuff, lush, set back round yard (4)","Answer":"TOYS","Explanation":"Definition: Nursery stuff\nY in SOT<"}
-{"Clue":"Duck and every cut requiring no preparation before cooking (9)","Answer":"OVEN-READY","Explanation":"Definition: requiring no preparation before cooking\nO + (AND EVERY)"}
-{"Clue":"Highland cattle in the present time (4)","Answer":"NOWT","Explanation":"Definition: Highland cattle\nNOW + T \u2013 related to the more familiar 'neat' for cattle"}
-{"Clue":"Faux pas at the bridge club? It's made by vicar all right! (6)","Answer":"REVOKE","Explanation":"Definition: Faux pas at the bridge club\nREV + OKE. To revoke is to fail to follow suit in Bridge and similar games"}
-{"Clue":"Nominal codes unscrambled, completely grasped (8)","Answer":"SO-CALLED","Explanation":"Definition: Nominal\nALL in CODES"}
-{"Clue":"Wherein you'll see initials of Turks, usually grand royals actually (5)","Answer":"TUGRA","Explanation":"Definition: Wherein you'll see initials of Turks, usually grand royals actually\nFirst letters of Turks Usually Grand Royals Actually, &lit \u2013 it's 'the ornamental monogram of the Turkish Sultan'."}
-{"Clue":"China mug, eastern (5)","Answer":"SPODE","Explanation":"Definition: China\nSPOD ('a socially inept person') + E"}
-{"Clue":"Rube, dunce men ragged without hindrance (12)","Answer":"UNENCUMBERED","Explanation":"Definition: without hindrance\n(RUBE DUNCE MEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Rhone valley travellers may stay here \u2013 down payment required (5)","Answer":"ARLES","Explanation":"Definition: Rhone valley travellers may stay here\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"E.g. curtain fabric, barely old but needing end trimmed (5)","Answer":"SCRIM","Explanation":"Definition: E.g. curtain fabric\nSCRIMP (obsolete 'barely') less its last letter"}
-{"Clue":"One end for church: permit to deconsecrate? (8)","Answer":"UNHALLOW","Explanation":"Definition: to deconsecrate\nUN + [churc]H + ALLOW"}
-{"Clue":"One paid to keen, that is in the wake of Scottish spirit (6)","Answer":"SAULIE","Explanation":"Definition: One paid to keen\nSAUL (Scots 'soul') + I.E. giving a hired mourner"}
-{"Clue":"Border giving Dutch trouble (4)","Answer":"DADO","Explanation":"Definition: Border\nD + ADO"}
-{"Clue":"Navigation system that when faulty could make marine go north (9)","Answer":"OMNIRANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Navigation system\n(MARINE GO N)"}
-{"Clue":"Leader on the right board dismissed (4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: Leader\nSTAR[board]"}
-{"Clue":"Date's arranged with boy's latest regular (6)","Answer":"STEADY","Explanation":"Definition: regular\nDATES* + [bo]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Endless sign of problem with engines arising \u2013 before they do? (4)","Answer":"CONK","Explanation":"Definition: do\nReverse of KNOC[k] (engine noise indicating a problem) \u2013 I think I've only ever seen this in the phrase 'conk out', but Chambers seems to think it can appear on its own. There doesn't seem to be a definition here, except by implication: perhaps the clue could have said '\u2026before they do *this*'."}
-{"Clue":"Suspected terrorist, possibly, that is found clutching crumpled tenner (8)","Answer":"INTERNEE","Explanation":"Definition: Suspected terrorist, possibly\nTENNER* in I.E."}
-{"Clue":"Symbol in score all over the place in operas (not old) (5)","Answer":"PRESA","Explanation":"Definition: Symbol in score\nOPERAS* less O"}
-{"Clue":"Like infected blister, sore? Rule punt out (12)","Answer":"SEROPURULENT","Explanation":"Definition: Like infected blister\n(SORE RULE PUNT)"}
-{"Clue":"Bend in body and jerk gripping one \u2013 result of tumours (12)","Answer":"SARCOMATOSIS","Explanation":"Definition: result of tumours\nARC in SOMA + I in TOSS \u2013 so if you ever need two twelve-letter words for unpleasant medical conditions, you know where to come.."}
-{"Clue":"Let's have fish, roughly a pound \u2013 what do you think? (5)","Answer":"IDEAS","Explanation":"Definition: what do you think\nIDE (fish) + AS ('a Roman pound of 12 ounces'; 'roughly' seems redundant here)"}
-{"Clue":"Cockney vagrant maybe left old coin (4)","Answer":"OBOL","Explanation":"Definition: old coin\n[h]OBO + L"}
-{"Clue":"Kid lovey spoilt with ultimate in love, partner in wickedness once (9)","Answer":"YOKE-DEVIL","Explanation":"Definition: partner in wickedness once\n(KID LOVEY [lov]E)"}
-{"Clue":"Fully grown as one of the best players (6)","Answer":"SEEDED","Explanation":"Definition: Fully grown\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Buzz, possibly? A brutal nun squashes bee with one! (9)","Answer":"LUNARNAUT","Explanation":"Definition: Buzz, possibly\n(A BRUTAL NUN)* less B, the Lunarnaut in question being Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, second man on the moon"}
-{"Clue":"Most of crew in river swim brought up freshwater fish (8)","Answer":"PERCIDAE","Explanation":"Definition: freshwater fish\nCRE[w] in EA DIP, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"The old man makes something of short breaks (6)","Answer":"PAUSES","Explanation":"Definition: short breaks\nPA USES"}
-{"Clue":"Secret remedies college fed to a prince (6)","Answer":"ARCANA","Explanation":"Definition: Secret remedies\nC in A RANA"}
-{"Clue":"Sycophantic one superior to maiden in cunning (5)","Answer":"SLIMY","Explanation":"Definition: Sycophantic\nI + M in SLY"}
-{"Clue":"Singular excrescence, malignant (5)","Answer":"SWART","Explanation":"Definition: malignant\nS + WART"}
-{"Clue":"Restless bird, kind, getting end away (4)","Answer":"HUMA","Explanation":"Definition: Restless bird\nHUMA[n] \u2013 Chambers defines this as 'a fabulous restless bird' (from the Persian for phoenix), which doesn't leave me much the wiser. Wikipedia knows a bit more."}
-{"Clue":"Pleasure-loving Scots, full of love, energetic (4)","Answer":"GOEY","Explanation":"Definition: energetic\nO in GEY (Scots form of 'gay', in what is now the old-fashioned sense)"}
-{"Clue":"Once afloat, plan to tackle short wave (5)","Answer":"ASWIM","Explanation":"Definition: Once afloat\nSW in AIM \u2013 'once' because it's an archaic word"}
-{"Clue":"Black Prince returns? Nonsense (4)","Answer":"BLAH","Explanation":"Definition: Nonsense\nB + HAL<"}
-{"Clue":"Brainbox in cold bar with 100 records (6,5)","Answer":"CLEVER CLOGS","Explanation":"Definition: Brainbox\nC + LEVER + C + LOGS"}
-{"Clue":"Stand behind pet nocturnal mammal (5,4)","Answer":"HONEY BEAR","Explanation":"Definition: nocturnal mammal\nHONEY (pet \u2013 term of affection) + BEAR (to stand)"}
-{"Clue":"Second American audibly kissed person in dock (7)","Answer":"SUSPECT","Explanation":"Definition: person in dock\nS + US + 'pecked', though surely the person in the dock is the accused, not just a suspect"}
-{"Clue":"More than one landed property develops bar frontage (7)","Answer":"ESTATES","Explanation":"Definition: More than one landed property\nGESTATES less ('bar') its first letter or 'frontage'"}
-{"Clue":"Picks up European boxcar? (6)","Answer":"HEARSE","Explanation":"Definition: boxcar\nHEARS + E"}
-{"Clue":"This MEP, say, represented concerns (10)","Answer":"SYMPATHIES","Explanation":"Definition: concerns\n(THIS MEP SAY)"}
-{"Clue":"Mostly courteous Polish lifted old red cabinet (9)","Answer":"POLITBURO","Explanation":"Definition: red cabinet\nPOLIT[E] + RUB< + O"}
-{"Clue":"Most here in need of treatment? (4,4)","Answer":"REST HOME","Explanation":"Definition: Most here in need of treatment\n(MOST HERE)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Disqualification may follow this after SALT's disputed (5,5)","Answer":"FALSE START","Explanation":"Definition: Disqualification may follow this\n(AFTER SALTS)"}
-{"Clue":"Again join rock concert touring north-east (9)","Answer":"RECONNECT","Explanation":"Definition: Again join\nNE in CONCERT"}
-{"Clue":"Bush leaves for capital (8)","Answer":"ACANTHUS","Explanation":"Definition: Bush\nAcanthus leaves are depicted in the capitals of some classical architectural columns, so this is technically a double definition, though it hardly qualifies."}
-{"Clue":"In part from ancestral court (7)","Answer":"ROMANCE","Explanation":"Definition: court\nHidden fROM ANCEstral"}
-{"Clue":"Lie about providing effervescent tonic (7)","Answer":"FICTION","Explanation":"Definition: Lie\nReverse of IF ('providing') + TONIC"}
-{"Clue":"Advocate of trade holding back title (9)","Answer":"BARRISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Advocate\nReverse of SIR (title) in BARTER (trade)"}
-{"Clue":"Focus of Detective Frost? (5)","Answer":"CRIME","Explanation":"Definition: Focus of Detective Frost\nMiddle letter ('focus') of [dete]C[tive] + RIME (frost), &lit, with reference to the fictional and TV character Inspector Frost"}
-{"Clue":"Porky's tip on the radio (4)","Answer":"TALE","Explanation":"Definition: Porky\nHomophone of 'tail' (tip) \u2013 porky = pork pie = lie (rhyming sang)"}
-{"Clue":"R-rendition of Celtic air (Like a Long Tail Feather) (10)","Answer":"RECTRICIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Like a Long Tail Feather\nR + (CELTIC AIR)* \u2013 from 'rectrix', a bir's tail feather. My LOI, guessed from what seemed the most plausible arrangement of the anagram"}
-{"Clue":"Revulsion of empty hangar filled with gold, ornate ring tops (6)","Answer":"HORROR","Explanation":"Definition: Revulsion\nOR in H[anga]R, + first letters of Ornate Ring"}
-{"Clue":"Conductor wants date put off (7)","Answer":"RATTLED","Explanation":"Definition: put off\n[Sir Simon] RATTLE + D[ate]"}
-{"Clue":"Use a needle to wind back bird film? (7)","Answer":"WESTERN","Explanation":"Definition: film\nReverse of SEW + TERN"}
-{"Clue":"Notch almost circling rod, used in a certain style of walking (6)","Answer":"NORDIC","Explanation":"Definition: a certain style of walking\nROD* in NIC[k]"}
-{"Clue":"Universal misfit with loud mobile? (4,6)","Answer":"FILM STUDIO","Explanation":"Definition: Universal\n(MISFIT LOUD)* \u2013 this is a definition-by-example, so really needs a 'maybe' or something; the question mark might qualify, but it's a bit far from the 'definition'"}
-{"Clue":"\"Broadcast not fair!\": sweet, wrinkly thing (4)","Answer":"UGLI","Explanation":"Definition: sweet, wrinkly thing\nHomophone of 'ugly' (which is actually the source of the name of the fruit)"}
-{"Clue":"Gallery not good for Christ's sayings (5)","Answer":"LOGIA","Explanation":"Definition: Christ's sayings\nLOGGIA less G \u2013 another unfamiliar word, meaning sayings generally, especially those of Jesus. I'm not keen on the use of 'not good' to mean removing one of the two Gs"}
-{"Clue":"Fancies cultivated US soil in Louisiana's capital (9)","Answer":"ILLUSIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Fancies\nAnagram of US SOIL IN L[ouisiana]"}
-{"Clue":"United, king and queen stamp about \u2014 bizarre (7)","Answer":"SURREAL","Explanation":"Definition: bizarre\nU + R + R in SEAL"}
-{"Clue":"Moral sense against lost discipline (7)","Answer":"SCIENCE","Explanation":"Definition: discipline\nCONSCIENCE less CON (against)"}
-{"Clue":"Android's radical with boron implant? (5)","Answer":"ROBOT","Explanation":"Definition: Android\nB in ROOT"}
-{"Clue":"Look after extra large fruit (7)","Answer":"MORELLO","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nMORE (extra) + L + LO"}
-{"Clue":"Rather bleak form of iron (4)","Answer":"NOIR","Explanation":"Definition: Rather bleak\nIRON* \u2013 as in *film noir* etc"}
-{"Clue":"Go-getting internee, Pearl, tearing around the city (15)","Answer":"ENTREPRENEURIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Go-getting\nUR (ancient city) in (INTERNEE PEARL)"}
-{"Clue":"Basics of brewing Pilsner (cf spirit) (5,10)","Answer":"FIRST PRINCIPLES","Explanation":"Definition: Basics\n(PILSNER CF SPIRIT)"}
-{"Clue":"Account on agency model in essence is prepared Italian-style (10)","Answer":"CACCIATORE","Explanation":"Definition: prepared Italian-style\nAC + CIA + [model] T in CORE"}
-{"Clue":"\"First in Latin, almost\", I swaggered (7)","Answer":"INITIAL","Explanation":"Definition: First\nAnagram of IN LATI[n] I"}
-{"Clue":"Wound up like a compass? (7)","Answer":"NEEDLED","Explanation":"Definition: Wound up\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Appeared to gobble, er, lush spread \u2014 such a pity! (5,5)","Answer":"CRUEL SHAME","Explanation":"Definition: such a pity\n(ER LUSH)* in CAME (appeared)"}
-{"Clue":"Pads out batter cakes (7)","Answer":"WAFFLES","Explanation":"Definition: Pads out\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Last leg, erecting housing for three-year-old event (2,5)","Answer":"ST LEGER","Explanation":"Definition: three-year-old event\nHidden in laST LEG ERecting \u2013 the St Leger is a race for three-year-olds (horses, that is..)"}
-{"Clue":"Might describe toenail wax with local protection (7)","Answer":"INGROWN","Explanation":"Definition: Might describe toenail\nGROW (to wax) in INN (pub, local)"}
-{"Clue":"Baby problem? (5)","Answer":"ISSUE","Explanation":"Definition: Baby\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Like the Channel Islands, having cells for spores (4)","Answer":"ASCI","Explanation":"Definition: having cells for spores\nAS C.I. Asci are fungal cells containing spores"}
-{"Clue":"Short words on book, lines not clear (6)","Answer":"BLURRY","Explanation":"Definition: not clear\nBLUR[B] (words on book) + RY. I spent ages trying to justify LUR = short words.."}
-{"Clue":"Picture of old heavy drinker after time (6)","Answer":"TALKIE","Explanation":"Definition: Picture of old\nT + ALKIE"}
-{"Clue":"Is Best essentially keeping fit? (4)","Answer":"EGOS","Explanation":"Definition: Is\nGO (to fit) in [b]ES[t] \u2013 the definition is the plural of 'I'"}
-{"Clue":"Persistent complaints left by Chelsea wags (10)","Answer":"BELLYACHES","Explanation":"Definition: Persistent complaints\n(L BY CHELSEA)* \u2013 to fit the footballing theme, perhaps we could have had capitalised WAGs here"}
-{"Clue":"Force down extra large tablets before strong drinks (9)","Answer":"ESPRESSOS","Explanation":"Definition: strong drinks\nES (ecstasy tablets) + PRESS (force down) + OS"}
-{"Clue":"Five in the morning with quiet attractive girl (4)","Answer":"VAMP","Explanation":"Definition: attractive girl\nV + AM + P"}
-{"Clue":"Former Catholic entering United (4)","Answer":"ONCE","Explanation":"Definition: Former\nC in ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Go to sleep with this bimbo model (not about to split) (9)","Answer":"BARBITONE","Explanation":"Definition: Go to sleep with this\nReverse of NOT in BARBIE"}
-{"Clue":"Less sharp, bladdered, I put some bottles back (8)","Answer":"STUPIDER","Explanation":"Definition: Less sharp\nHidden in reverse of bladdeRED I PUT Some"}
-{"Clue":"\"Port's stolen\", boozer admitted (6)","Answer":"HOBART","Explanation":"Definition: Port\nBAR in HOT. Hobart is the capital of Tasmania"}
-{"Clue":"Almost down a shot, sporting great entering wild party (10)","Answer":"SATURNALIA","Explanation":"Definition: wild party\nTURN (shot) + ALI (sporting great) in SA[D] (down) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Turn around second leg (4)","Answer":"SPIN","Explanation":"Definition: Turn around\nS + PIN"}
-{"Clue":"Goes stretches dry \u2014 most affected (6)","Answer":"TWEEST","Explanation":"Definition: most affected\nWEES ('goes') in TT (teetotal) \u2013 a strange-looking word, but 'tweeest' would be even stranger"}
-{"Clue":"\"Round-on-way\" line (6)","Answer":"STRING","Explanation":"Definition: line\nST (street, way) + RING (a round)"}
-{"Clue":"Accept what's offered in cash \u2014 George Best cons bar when drunk (7,4,2,8)","Answer":"BEGGARS\u00a0CAN\u2019T BE\u00a0CHOOSERS","Explanation":"Definition: Accept what's offered\n(CASH GEORGE BEST CONS BAR)"}
-{"Clue":"Put out film collection (5)","Answer":"UPSET","Explanation":"Definition: Put out\nUP (film) + SET (collection) \u2013 I spent a lot of time trying to get an anagram of PUT into this.."}
-{"Clue":"Protection for an American series of games (7)","Answer":"RUBBERS","Explanation":"Definition: Protection for an American\nDouble definition \u2013 condoms ('chiefly N. Amer' says Chambers) and the term from Bridge. I think we need to read 'series' as a plural"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor on way, heroin injected carelessly (6)","Answer":"ANYHOW","Explanation":"Definition: carelessly\n(ON WAY H)"}
-{"Clue":"Gives up bitter? Get going! (4-5)","Answer":"KICK-START","Explanation":"Definition: Get going\nKICKS TART"}
-{"Clue":"Optic to discharge relief for bad spectator? (7)","Answer":"EYEDROP","Explanation":"Definition: relief for bad spectator\nEYE (optic) + DROP (discharge)"}
-{"Clue":"List of constituents each with large, smooth cut by Hannibal (9,4)","Answer":"ELECTORAL ROLL","Explanation":"Definition: List of constituents\nLECTOR in EA L ROLL (to smooth, e.g. a cricket pitch). LECTOR is intended to mean the *Silence of the Lambs* character, but he is actually Hannibal LectEr. Tramp has already apologised for the error in the comments on the Guardian site and elsewhere, but surely this is the sort of thing that should be picked up in the editing process. However the definition is a bit of a giveaway, so I don't think anyone would have been seriously held up by this"}
-{"Clue":"United captain first to fill double on recovery (9)","Answer":"RECAPTURE","Explanation":"Definition: recovery\nCAPT + U in RE RE ('on', doubled)"}
-{"Clue":"Wretch finished with model (7)","Answer":"OUTCAST","Explanation":"Definition: Wretch\nOUT + CAST (to model)"}
-{"Clue":"Past: pluck from memory (2,5)","Answer":"BY HEART","Explanation":"Definition: from memory\nBY (past) + HEART (pluck, courage)"}
-{"Clue":"Career over? Confess getting treatment (7)","Answer":"NURSING","Explanation":"Definition: treatment\nReverse of RUN + SING (confess)"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble with greed, perhaps around looker (6)","Answer":"ADONIS","Explanation":"Definition: looker\nADO + reverse of SIN (greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins)"}
-{"Clue":"Singers from US behind AC\/DC covers (5)","Answer":"BASSI","Explanation":"Definition: Singers\nASS (American 'behind') in BI[sexual]"}
-{"Clue":"Right outfit's pretentious on barman in theatre (10,5)","Answer":"REPUBLICAN\u00a0PARTY","Explanation":"Definition: Right outfit\nPUBLICAN in REP (repertory \u2013 theatre)+ ARTY (pretentious)"}
-{"Clue":"\"It's stifling in Post Office\", newspaperman snapped (7)","Answer":"PHOTOED","Explanation":"Definition: snapped\nHOT in PO + ED"}
-{"Clue":"What wine smuggler did to get rifle (7)","Answer":"RANSACK","Explanation":"Definition: rifle\nThe smuggler RAN SACK (wine)"}
-{"Clue":"Object in orbit letter's spoken of (3)","Answer":"EYE","Explanation":"Definition: Object in orbit\nHomophone of (the letter) I \u2013 the orbit is the eye socket"}
-{"Clue":"Time to stop women chatting up London's mayor (11)","Answer":"WHITTINGTON","Explanation":"Definition: London's mayor\nT in W + HITTING ON (chatting up) \u2013 Richard (Dick) Whittington, former Lord Mayor of London and pantomime hero"}
-{"Clue":"Day younger goddess admits a rampant desire (10)","Answer":"SATYRIASIS","Explanation":"Definition: rampant desire\nSAT[urday] + YR (younger) + A in ISIS"}
-{"Clue":"Like poems close to Leonardo DiCaprio's heart (4)","Answer":"ODIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like poems\nHidden (almost at the \"heart\") in leonardO DICaprio"}
-{"Clue":"Over 501 (4)","Answer":"DONE","Explanation":"Definition: Over\nD (500) + ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Digit's good, dividing number reportedly better (10)","Answer":"FOREFINGER","Explanation":"Definition: Digit\nG in \"Four\" + FINER"}
-{"Clue":"Bishop and pope occupying hotel rooms? One has a trek to town centre (11)","Answer":"SUBURBANITE","Explanation":"Definition: One has a trek to town centre\nB + URBAN (one of eight Popes) in SUITE"}
-{"Clue":"Lazy individual shedding pounds and blubber (3)","Answer":"SOB","Explanation":"Definition: blubber\nSLOB less L"}
-{"Clue":"Divine female has milkshakes (7)","Answer":"LAKSHMI","Explanation":"Definition: Divine female\n(HAS MILK)* \u2013 she is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity"}
-{"Clue":"Pirouetting in the raw, a nudist in the dark (7)","Answer":"UNAWARE","Explanation":"Definition: in the dark\nHidden reverse of thE RAW A NUdist"}
-{"Clue":"Poor Sky TV reception \u2014 right shambles! (7-8)","Answer":"POVERTY-STRICKEN","Explanation":"Definition: Poor\n(SKY TV RECEPTION R)"}
-{"Clue":"Hacks through grass that's kept down (9)","Answer":"REPRESSED","Explanation":"Definition: kept down\nPRESS (hacks) in REED"}
-{"Clue":"Person who's paid before international rally? (7)","Answer":"PROTEST","Explanation":"Definition: rally\nPRO (person who's paid) + TEST (an international match)"}
-{"Clue":"Man who's learned caution: leader of mob holding bank up (8)","Answer":"BOOKWORM","Explanation":"Definition: Man who's learned\nBOOK (to caution, as the police might do) + reverse of ROW + M[ob]"}
-{"Clue":"Primate of country in Asia nearly crossing river (5)","Answer":"INDRI","Explanation":"Definition: Primate\nR in INDI[A] \u2013 a type of Lemur"}
-{"Clue":"Offensive broadcast to stop working (9)","Answer":"AIRSTRIKE","Explanation":"Definition: Offensive\nAIR (broadcast) + STRIKE (stop working)"}
-{"Clue":"What cook uses, one eating popular Italian food (6)","Answer":"PANINI","Explanation":"Definition: Italian food\nIN (popular) in PAN I \u2013 some people get very upset at the use of panini as a singular, though it doesn't bother me; Picaroon avoids the issue by the use of the generic \"food\" here"}
-{"Clue":"Getting stick about high teas, having dressed down (7)","Answer":"ROASTED","Explanation":"Definition: dressed down\nTEAS* in ROD"}
-{"Clue":"It's foul running water in North America (5)","Answer":"YUKON","Explanation":"Definition: water in North America\nYUK (\"it's foul!\") + ON (running)"}
-{"Clue":"Lack of principles said to obstruct friendship (9)","Answer":"AMORALITY","Explanation":"Definition: Lack of principles\nORAL in AMITY"}
-{"Clue":"Cold cut of meat containing a seed from Cuba, say (9)","Answer":"CARIBBEAN","Explanation":"Definition: from Cuba, say\nA in C RIB + BEAN"}
-{"Clue":"Top select group, one defending art, perhaps (8)","Answer":"LITERATI","Explanation":"Definition: Top select group, one defending art, perhaps\nART* in [E]LITE + I, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Russian writer knocked back very fine port (7)","Answer":"NABOKOV","Explanation":"Definition: Russian writer\nReverse of V OK OBAN"}
-{"Clue":"Good question about old lady's wartime protection (3,4)","Answer":"GAS MASK","Explanation":"Definition: wartime protection\nMA'S in G ASK"}
-{"Clue":"Person parading topless, who might take a bow (6)","Answer":"ARCHER","Explanation":"Definition: who might take a bow\n[M]ARCHER"}
-{"Clue":"County's low quality food packaging area (5)","Answer":"SALOP","Explanation":"Definition: County\nA in SLOP \u2013 old name for Shropshire"}
-{"Clue":"Northerner's brief stay at a hotel in Paris? (5)","Answer":"INUIT","Explanation":"Definition: Northerner\n1 NUIT (French night)"}
-{"Clue":"Posh drinking place? Stick with round in dive? (6,3)","Answer":"LOUNGE BAR","Explanation":"Definition: Posh drinking place\nO in LUNGE (dive) + BAR (stick)"}
-{"Clue":"A bit isolated (5)","Answer":"APART","Explanation":"Definition: isolated\nA PART"}
-{"Clue":"Top character central to Special Branch (5)","Answer":"CLIMB","Explanation":"Definition: Top\n[spe]C[ial] LIMB"}
-{"Clue":"Irony and a flowing form of language (4-5)","Answer":"INDO-ARYAN","Explanation":"Definition: form of language\n(IRONY AND A)* \u2013 a family of languages that includes Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi"}
-{"Clue":"Musical books effective (7)","Answer":"OPERANT","Explanation":"Definition: effective\nOPERA (musical) + N[ew] T[estament]"}
-{"Clue":"Knocking On Heaven's Door, primarily about an experienced performer (3,4)","Answer":"OLD HAND","Explanation":"Definition: experienced performer\nOLD (knocking on) + AN in H[eaven's] D[oor]"}
-{"Clue":"Like Bob Dylan in this melody? (5)","Answer":"THEME","Explanation":"Definition: Like Bob Dylan in this\nDylan is the theme in this crossword"}
-{"Clue":"Record about old fool (3)","Answer":"COD","Explanation":"Definition: fool\nO in CD"}
-{"Clue":"Check sound's different at back (5)","Answer":"AUDIT","Explanation":"Definition: Check\nI think this is AUDIO with the O changed to the unspecified T \u2013 a bit unsatisfactory if so"}
-{"Clue":"Blues man mostly entertaining as well (7)","Answer":"CHELSEA","Explanation":"Definition: Blues\nELSE (as well) in CHA[P] \u2013 Chelsea (football team) are known as The Blues"}
-{"Clue":"Travelling, Dylan ultimately hired by musician (7)","Answer":"HENDRIX","Explanation":"Definition: musician\nAnagram of [Dyla]N + HIRED, + X (multiplied by)"}
-{"Clue":"Fan's short run to player (9)","Answer":"EXTRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Fan\nEXTR[A] (run in cricket) + ACTOR"}
-{"Clue":"Alas, old Bob Dylan cut short touring (5)","Answer":"SADLY","Explanation":"Definition: Alas\nS (shilling \u2013 bob) + anagram of DYLA[N]"}
-{"Clue":"Wild one with horn? (5)","Answer":"RHINO","Explanation":"Definition: Wild one with horn\n(I HORN) &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Play Milan and Lyon in an insignificant way (9)","Answer":"NOMINALLY","Explanation":"Definition: in an insignificant way\n(MILAN LYON)"}
-{"Clue":"Group pass bass around (4)","Answer":"BLOC","Explanation":"Definition: Group\nReverse of B[ass] + COL (mountain pass)"}
-{"Clue":"Ready for it? Tangled Up in Blue (6)","Answer":"NUBILE","Explanation":"Definition: Ready for it\n(IN BLUE) \u2013 clever use of a Dylan title"}
-{"Clue":"They may land in America with drummers: one gets laid first (10)","Answer":"EGGBEATERS","Explanation":"Definition: They may land in America\nEGG (one gets laid) + BEATERS (drummers) \u2013 American slang for helicopters"}
-{"Clue":"First set off Bob to list Answer's Blowin' In The Wind (6)","Answer":"OBOIST","Explanation":"Definition: Answer's Blowin' In The Wind\n[B]OB [T]O [L]IST"}
-{"Clue":"Supporter and daughter crossing city (8)","Answer":"BRADFORD","Explanation":"Definition: city\nBRA + D + FORD (river crossing)"}
-{"Clue":"American to talk about legend (4)","Answer":"SAGA","Explanation":"Definition: legend\nReverse of A + GAS"}
-{"Clue":"Record reviewed for college (4)","Answer":"ETON","Explanation":"Definition: college\nReverse of NOTE"}
-{"Clue":"Work on movement: it might have spirit (5)","Answer":"OPTIC","Explanation":"Definition: it might have spirit\nOP + TIC \u2013 an optic is the familiar device using for dispensing spirits in a pub"}
-{"Clue":"Identifying backing tune getting help in German (10)","Answer":"DIAGNOSING","Explanation":"Definition: Identifying\nReverse of SONG + AID, + IN G"}
-{"Clue":"Half-hearted diet \u2014 steer clear of drink? (5)","Answer":"DETOX","Explanation":"Definition: clear of drink\nD[I]ET + OX (steer)"}
-{"Clue":"Non-acoustic guy? Dylan to cut LP by 22 across (8,8)","Answer":"ELECTRIC LADYLAND","Explanation":"Definition: LP by 22 across\nDYLAN in ELECTRIC (non-acoustic) LAD (guy)"}
-{"Clue":"Freewheeling coach, final couple dropped off with singer (8)","Answer":"COASTING","Explanation":"Definition: Freewheeling\nCOA[ch] + STING (singer)"}
-{"Clue":"Has band to penetrate groups of women (6)","Answer":"HAREMS","Explanation":"Definition: groups of women\nREM (rock band) in HAS"}
-{"Clue":"You'll find a lot of holes in this cryptic puzzle (6)","Answer":"RIDDLE","Explanation":"Definition: You'll find a lot of holes in this\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Make listener put on number (4)","Answer":"EARN","Explanation":"Definition: Make\nEARN + N"}
-{"Clue":"Upset star and make-up people? (4)","Answer":"AVON","Explanation":"Definition: make-up people\nReverse of NOVA \u2013 Avon Cosmetics sell directly to consumers, hence their famous \"<ding dong> Avon calling!\" TV adverts"}
-{"Clue":"Toy boy, not British, going up repeatedly (2-2)","Answer":"YO-YO","Explanation":"Definition: Toy\n[B]OY, reversed, twice"}
-{"Clue":"Bitter admission to female doctor (6)","Answer":"HEALER","Explanation":"Definition: doctor\nALE (bitter) in HER"}
-{"Clue":"Union leader upset again about a creeper (6)","Answer":"IGUANA","Explanation":"Definition: creeper\n(U AGAIN)*, though the wording of the clue suggest it should be U + AGAIN"}
-{"Clue":"A bribe for Cork? (4)","Answer":"BUNG","Explanation":"Definition: A bribe\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Just now \u2014 or just Christmas? (7,3)","Answer":"PRESENT\u00a0DAY","Explanation":"Definition: Just now\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Others acquire their habits from him (6)","Answer":"TAILOR","Explanation":"Definition: Others acquire their habits from him\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Is able to sign for cage birds (8)","Answer":"CANARIES","Explanation":"Definition: cage birds\nCAN (is able) + ARIES (astrological sign)"}
-{"Clue":"Salesman, flier and maintenance worker (9)","Answer":"REPAIRMAN","Explanation":"Definition: maintenance worker\nREP (salesman) + AIRMAN"}
-{"Clue":"Hide away from the French and American tax service (4)","Answer":"LAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Hide\nLA + IR (Internal Revenue? \u2013 as far as I know the US tax authority is always known as the IRS)"}
-{"Clue":"Well-used footwear? (4)","Answer":"PUMP","Explanation":"Definition: footwear\nDouble definition \u2013 you might pump water out of a well"}
-{"Clue":"Followers stand here, confused (9)","Answer":"ADHERENTS","Explanation":"Definition: Followers\n(STAND HERE)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor is going to ask us about a dish we've eaten abroad (8)","Answer":"MOUSSAKA","Explanation":"Definition: dish we've eaten abroad\nMO + (ASK US)* + A \u2013 some of us have eaten moussaka at home (and perhaps never abroad)"}
-{"Clue":"Tempt French duke into a bishop's domain (6)","Answer":"SEDUCE","Explanation":"Definition: Tempt\nDUC in SEE"}
-{"Clue":"It's branches are of relative importance (6,4)","Answer":"FAMILY TREE","Explanation":"Definition: It's branches are of relative importance\nCryptic definition, with a wince at the incorrect \"it's\""}
-{"Clue":"Runner has zero energy (4)","Answer":"NILE","Explanation":"Definition: Runner\nNIL + E"}
-{"Clue":"Rules for clergymen (6)","Answer":"CANONS","Explanation":"Definition: Rules\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cold-blooded calculators? (6)","Answer":"ADDERS","Explanation":"Definition: Cold-blooded calculators\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Enter US city in a huge new kind of business (7)","Answer":"HAULAGE","Explanation":"Definition: kind of business\nLA (Los Angeles) in (A HUGE)"}
-{"Clue":"An ugly leg but a heavenly body! (5)","Answer":"ANGEL","Explanation":"Definition: a heavenly body\nAN + LEG* \u2013 do angels have bodies?"}
-{"Clue":"In pre-Rome constitution he was the ruler (7)","Answer":"EMPEROR","Explanation":"Definition: he was the ruler\n(PRE-ROME)"}
-{"Clue":"Political party on course (6)","Answer":"GREENS","Explanation":"Definition: Political party\nDouble definition, though surely greens would only ever be part of a course"}
-{"Clue":"Showing unusual talent, are to take turns (9)","Answer":"ALTERNATE","Explanation":"Definition: take turns\n(TALENT ARE)"}
-{"Clue":"He's not paid when taking a friend over the old city (7)","Answer":"AMATEUR","Explanation":"Definition: He's not paid\nA MATE + UR"}
-{"Clue":"Realise and convey how to act the part of a servant (5,3,5)","Answer":"FETCH AND CARRY","Explanation":"Definition: how to act the part of a servant\nFETCH (realise) AND CARRY (convey) \u2013 I'm not sure about the first part: Chambers gives reach or attain' and 'to be effective', which might just about cover it, but I'm not convinced"}
-{"Clue":"Entry to a commercial office (9)","Answer":"ADMISSION","Explanation":"Definition: Entry\nAD + MISSION"}
-{"Clue":"Boring publicity men I take into account (7)","Answer":"PROSAIC","Explanation":"Definition: Boring\nPROS (public relations officers) + I in AC"}
-{"Clue":"Upset at dense part of London (4,3)","Answer":"EAST END","Explanation":"Definition: part of London\n(AT DENSE)"}
-{"Clue":"They are made to lift up or to bring down (7)","Answer":"TACKLES","Explanation":"Definition: They are made to lift up\nTwo overlapping definitions \u2013 as in block-and-tackle and rugby tackles respectively"}
-{"Clue":"Grand study about some in deep depression (6)","Answer":"CANYON","Explanation":"Definition: depression\nANY (some) in CON (study). 'Grand' seems to be redundant"}
-{"Clue":"Five hundred bet on a poet (5)","Answer":"DANTE","Explanation":"Definition: poet\nD + ANTE, giving the Italian poet, as well as Rufus's alter ego in the FT"}
-{"Clue":"Depression over rotten clue (3-3)","Answer":"TIP-OFF","Explanation":"Definition: clue\nReverse of PIT (depression) + OFF"}
-{"Clue":"She opposes men on purpose (8)","Answer":"OBJECTOR","Explanation":"Definition: She opposes\nOBJECT (purpose) + OR ('other ranks', men), with an Arachne-style non-sexist \"she\""}
-{"Clue":"Charge almost certain to prove trying (6)","Answer":"SURTAX","Explanation":"Definition: Charge\nSUR[E] + TAX"}
-{"Clue":"People like Nelson meet up as arranged (8)","Answer":"AMPUTEES","Explanation":"Definition: People like Nelson\n(MEET UP AS)"}
-{"Clue":"Proceed unsteadily round bed, muffling soft sound (6-8)","Answer":"COPPER-BOTTOMED","Explanation":"Definition: sound\nP and BOTTOM (bed \u2013 as in sea-bed) in PROCEED"}
-{"Clue":"Old coach is last to leave, following after tea (4-6)","Answer":"POST-CHAISE","Explanation":"Definition: Old coach\nPOST (after) + CHA (tea) +IS + [leav]E"}
-{"Clue":"Manx side filled case (4)","Answer":"FLAN","Explanation":"Definition: filled case\nFLAN[K] \u2013 a side with no tail"}
-{"Clue":"This is not Long Island (4)","Answer":"INCH","Explanation":"Definition: This is not Long\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Note: wife's ignoring country custom to a great extent (3,3,4)","Answer":"FAR AND AWAY","Explanation":"Definition: to a great extent\nFA (note) + R[W]ANDA + WAY (custom)"}
-{"Clue":"Proprietor adds rent for skilled weaver (8,6)","Answer":"TRAPDOOR SPIDER","Explanation":"Definition: skilled weaver\n(PROPRIETOR ADDS)"}
-{"Clue":"Intimate clothing troubles holding one back in capital (8)","Answer":"BRASILIA","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nBRA + I in reverse of AILS"}
-{"Clue":"They say pop will die, having promised much (6)","Answer":"FIZZLE","Explanation":"Definition: die, having promised much\nHomophone of \"fizz'll\", where pop = fizz = fizzy drink"}
-{"Clue":"Motivate soldier in deceptively serene setting (8)","Answer":"ENERGISE","Explanation":"Definition: Motivate\nGI in SERENE"}
-{"Clue":"Pull gently on large plant (6)","Answer":"TEASEL","Explanation":"Definition: plant\nTEASE + L"}
-{"Clue":"Shot hit bull (4)","Answer":"TOSH","Explanation":"Definition: bull\nSHOT* \u2013 bull and tosh both mean nonsense"}
-{"Clue":"Dangerous source of infestation, briefly substandard? (7)","Answer":"PARLOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Dangerous\nPAR (standard) + LOUS[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Off-key band to assemble at home (4-4)","Answer":"FLAT-PACK","Explanation":"Definition: to assemble at home\nFLAT (off-key) + PACK (a group, band) \u2013 the definition needs to be read as an adjectival phrase"}
-{"Clue":"Scrounge child's food for theatre audiences (4,2,5)","Answer":"BUMS ON SEATS","Explanation":"Definition: theatre audiences\nBUM (scrounge) + SON'S EATS"}
-{"Clue":"Essex opener run out twice in fourth match (6)","Answer":"EQUATE","Explanation":"Definition: match\nE[ssex] + QUARTER (a fourth) less both its Rs"}
-{"Clue":"Current actor finally stops playing Hamlet (7)","Answer":"THERMAL","Explanation":"Definition: Current\nR in (\"stopping\") HAMLET"}
-{"Clue":"Official seat DIY centres supply, when temperature's dropped (9)","Answer":"RESIDENCY","Explanation":"Definition: Official seat\n(DIY CENTRES)* less T"}
-{"Clue":"Policy Americans go wild for (11)","Answer":"REAGANOMICS","Explanation":"Definition: Policy\n(AMERICANS GO)* \u2013 not quite &lit, but close"}
-{"Clue":"Record of suffering that can be glossed over? (9)","Answer":"PAINTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: that can be glossed over\nThe record is a PAIN TABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Special ingredient's moreish, but calorie-free! (8)","Answer":"ADDITIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Special ingredient\nADDICTIVE less C"}
-{"Clue":"Announcement in Daily Express leader elicits mockery (7)","Answer":"CHARADE","Explanation":"Definition: mockery\nAD in CHAR ('daily woman') + E"}
-{"Clue":"Cunning plans asthmatics produce? (7)","Answer":"WHEEZES","Explanation":"Definition: Cunning plans\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Neatening piece of frayed gingham? (6)","Answer":"EDGING","Explanation":"Definition: Neatening\nHidden in frayED GINGham"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative PM to go Liberal? (4)","Answer":"PEEL","Explanation":"Definition: Conservative PM\nPEE (to go) + L"}
-{"Clue":"Ornamental moulding: mine also rancho adapted (12)","Answer":"EGG-AND-ANCHOR","Explanation":"Definition: Ornamental moulding\nEGG (slang for a mine) + AND (also) + RANCHO"}
-{"Clue":"Sang like Julie, famously, leaf fluttering in sward (7)","Answer":"SOLFAED","Explanation":"Definition: Sang like Julie, famously\nLEAF* in SOD \u2013 think of Julie Andrews singing \"Doe, a deer\u2026\" in *The Sound of Music"}
-{"Clue":"Bird that's abandoned lake or \u2026 (4)","Answer":"OUSE","Explanation":"Bird that's abandoned lake or \u2026 (4)\nOUSEL less L, with the definition appearing as the first word the next clue"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 River, with river craft around, something attached to schooner? (5)","Answer":"PRUNT","Explanation":"Definition: something attached to schooner\nR in PUNT \u2013 the schooner here is a drinking glass (for sherry)"}
-{"Clue":"It's played in casinos, getting clubs on edge? Well! (6)","Answer":"CHEMMY","Explanation":"Definition: It's played in casinos\nC + HEM + MY \u2013 short form of the casino game chemin de fer"}
-{"Clue":"Old German dancer much employed (6)","Answer":"ALMAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Old German\nALMA (Egyptian dancer)+ IN (much employed, i.e. fashionable)"}
-{"Clue":"Like a pub with no beer that's captured attention? (6)","Answer":"DREARY","Explanation":"Definition: Like a pub with no beer that's captured attention\nEAR (attention) in DRY (like a pub with no beer), &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Part of garden I dug over and fed (5)","Answer":"DINED","Explanation":"Definition: fed\nHidden in reverse of garDEN I Dug"}
-{"Clue":"Body sees poorly \u2013 being so? (8)","Answer":"BOSS-EYED","Explanation":"Definition: so\n(BODY SEES)"}
-{"Clue":"Bough twosome including linnet initially, then sandpiper (8)","Answer":"DULE-TREE","Explanation":"Definition: Bough\nL[innet] in DUET + REE (aka reeve, a female sandpiper) \u2013 bough and dule-tree are both names for the gallows"}
-{"Clue":"Cheese sample, e.g., wrapped by Tesco operative (5)","Answer":"SCOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Cheese sample, e.g.\nHidden in teSCO OPerative"}
-{"Clue":"A sermon after church? One bracer after another! (6)","Answer":"CHASER","Explanation":"Definition: One bracer after another\nCH + A SER[mon]"}
-{"Clue":"Millions in trawler's catch, one following little hooks (6)","Answer":"HAMULI","Explanation":"Definition: little hooks\nM in HAUL + I"}
-{"Clue":"Webbing, soft, a priest put on behind (6)","Answer":"PALAMA","Explanation":"Definition: Webbing\nP + A LAMA \u2013 it's webbing as in a bird's foot"}
-{"Clue":"Special outfit for youngster (5)","Answer":"SPRIG","Explanation":"Definition: youngster\nSP. + RIG"}
-{"Clue":"Curse of Scotland, partly seen in England? (4)","Answer":"NINE","Explanation":"Definition: Curse of Scotland\nHidden in seeN IN England \u2013 the nine of diamonds is known as the Curse of Scotland (for uncertain reasons). Is just \"nine\" a bit vague for it?"}
-{"Clue":"Old records from a Roman centre of industry (7)","Answer":"ARCHIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Old records\nA RC (Roman [Catholic]) HIVE"}
-{"Clue":"Migrant worker, a brilliant one, cutting big tree in pieces (12)","Answer":"GASTARBEITER","Explanation":"Definition: Migrant worker\nA STAR in (BIG TREE)"}
-{"Clue":"I fancy roadkill \u2013 it's swell devouring monster (7)","Answer":"GORCROW","Explanation":"Definition: I fancy roadkill\nORC in GROW \u2013 the carrion crow"}
-{"Clue":"Gorge on energy, creating muscle (5)","Answer":"GLUTE","Explanation":"Definition: muscle\nGLUT + E"}
-{"Clue":"Earth in wild tundra of specified disposition (7)","Answer":"NATURED","Explanation":"Definition: of specified disposition\nE in TUNDRA"}
-{"Clue":"Blame milkmaid that's pinched almost half the cream (5)","Answer":"DECRY","Explanation":"Definition: Blame\nCR[eam] in DEY (dialect word for a dairymaid)"}
-{"Clue":"Old pointer adopted subservient posture, we hear? (5)","Answer":"NEELD","Explanation":"Definition: Old pointer\nHomophone of \"kneeled\" \u2013 obsolete form of \"needle\""}
-{"Clue":"Holding h-hand , played Acol, making contract? (9)","Answer":"COMMITTAL","Explanation":"Definition: contract\nM-MITT in ACOL"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow, in appearance elegant (6)","Answer":"HUMANE","Explanation":"Definition: elegant\nMAN in HUE"}
-{"Clue":"Son, self-assertive, admitting bad wrong, getting punishment in camp? (11)","Answer":"SPUD-BASHING","Explanation":"Definition: punishment in camp\nS + BAD* in PUSHING"}
-{"Clue":"Frame for drying cheese or fish (4)","Answer":"HAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Frame for drying cheese\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fool, headless chicken in court, in a stew (9)","Answer":"CASSOULET","Explanation":"Definition: stew\nASS + [P]OULET in CT"}
-{"Clue":"Bananas she iced burst open (7)","Answer":"DEHISCE","Explanation":"Definition: burst open\n(SHE ICED)"}
-{"Clue":"Herd mostly restricts greeting for US gum (7)","Answer":"BEEHIVE","Explanation":"Definition: US gum\nHI in BEEVE[S] (cattle) \u2013 gum is US dialect for a beehive, \"esp. one made from a hollow gum-tree\""}
-{"Clue":"Receivers of letters? From answers they can be found in (6)","Answer":"ROMANS","Explanation":"Definition: Receivers of letters\nHidden in fROM ANSwers \u2013 reference to Paul's Epistle to the Romans. The fourth hidden answer in this puzzle: is this a record?"}
-{"Clue":"Part of Bible oracle I mark beside patriarch's place (4)","Answer":"URIM","Explanation":"Definition: Part of Bible oracle\nUR (Abraham's city) + I M \u2013 Urim and Thummim are mentioned in Exodus 28:30 and are (unspecified) objects used in divination."}
-{"Clue":"Basin drying out regularly was situated in fort (5)","Answer":"PLAYA","Explanation":"Definition: Basin drying out regularly\nLAY in PA"}
-{"Clue":"Catholic row over bishop, calling for one to succeed him (5)","Answer":"COARB","Explanation":"Definition: one to succeed him\nOAR (row) in C B \u2013 \"an ecclesiastical successor\", from an Irish word"}
-{"Clue":"Spar? Broach boxing rule (5)","Answer":"SPRIT","Explanation":"Definition: Spar\nR in (\"boxed by\") SPIT"}
-{"Clue":"One to cut French daily drink (8)","Answer":"LEMONADE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nA in LE MONDE (French newspaper)"}
-{"Clue":"Many? Not so long and thanks for fish (5)","Answer":"MANTA","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nMAN[Y] + TA (thanks)"}
-{"Clue":"In the 1980s, perhaps, one picking up hitchhiker's guide to galaxy? (4,6)","Answer":"FORD\u00a0ESCORT","Explanation":"Definition: In the 1980s, perhaps, one picking up hitchhiker's guide to galaxy\nI think this is a kind of extended cryptic definition \u2013 the *Hitchhiker's Guide* character FORD Prefect might jave been given a lift or ESCORTed in one. Although the Escort was around in the 80s (the \"third-generation\" design came out in 1980) it goes back a lot further: I had driving lessons in one in 1970. This is perhaps an unusual case where some knowledge of the theme is helpful. The actual \"Hitchhiker's Guide\" was a book, but Ford Prefect acted as a kind of guide to Arthur Dent."}
-{"Clue":"Queen at start of race is changing jockey? (10)","Answer":"EQUESTRIAN","Explanation":"Definition: jockey\nAnagram of QUEEN AT R[ace] IS"}
-{"Clue":"Pen good section with feel for describing (6)","Answer":"PIGSTY","Explanation":"Definition: Pen\nG S in PITY"}
-{"Clue":"Selected by The X Factor, a person's story's entertaining from the beginning (2,6)","Answer":"AB INITIO","Explanation":"Definition: from the beginning\nIN (selected by) IT (the X factor) in A BIO"}
-{"Clue":"Prefect reversing in car outside (7)","Answer":"MONITOR","Explanation":"Definition: Prefect\nIN reversed in MOTOR"}
-{"Clue":"Find short Arthur Dent's stripped off (7)","Answer":"UNEARTH","Explanation":"Definition: Find\nAnagram of ARTHU[R] [D]EN[T] \u2013 \"short\" indicates dropping the last letter of ARTHUR, \"stripped\" the removal of the outer letters of DENT and \"off\" the anagram"}
-{"Clue":"Apes left pair of primates to go around island by Thailand (8)","Answer":"IMITATES","Explanation":"Definition: Apes\nI + T in [PR]IMATES"}
-{"Clue":"Drink, leaving head to settle (4,2)","Answer":"EVEN UP","Explanation":"Definition: settle\n[S]EVEN UP"}
-{"Clue":"Endlessly amusing for visitors, not old, like 25? (10)","Answer":"FUTURISTIC","Explanation":"Definition: like 25\nFU[N] + TOURISTIC less O"}
-{"Clue":"Some terrific stuff in retrospect: like Life, the Universe and Everything? (3-2)","Answer":"SCI-FI","Explanation":"Definition: like Life, the Universe and Everything\nHidden in reverse of terrIFIC Stuff"}
-{"Clue":"Flying first class, queen goes to island, briefly (8)","Answer":"AIRBORNE","Explanation":"Definition: Flying\nAI (first class) + R + BORNE[O]"}
-{"Clue":"Cheese and soft, green fruit regularly not out (8)","Answer":"PECORINO","Explanation":"Definition: Cheese\nP + ECO (green) + [F]R[U]I[T] + N.O."}
-{"Clue":"Or Adams short work, And Another Thing \u2026 Guides for hitchhikers? (4,4)","Answer":"ROAD MAPS","Explanation":"Definition: Guides for hitchhikers\nThis was a tricky one to parse \u2013 I initially thought it was a faulty anagram of OR ADAMS OP. Actually it's an anagram of OR ADAM[S] + PS (\"and another thing\")."}
-{"Clue":"US restaurant at end of universe with English lines for cover (6)","Answer":"EATERY","Explanation":"Definition: US restaurant\nAT + [univers]E in E RY"}
-{"Clue":"Country and its location left for study (7)","Answer":"PERUSAL","Explanation":"Definition: study\nPERU + S[outh] A[merica] + L"}
-{"Clue":"Lack job, love to go to the top (8)","Answer":"OMISSION","Explanation":"Definition: Lack\nO + MISSION"}
-{"Clue":"Big edition ran spread (10)","Answer":"INORDINATE","Explanation":"Definition: Big\n(EDITION RAN)"}
-{"Clue":"Adventure mostly harmless and dry (6)","Answer":"SAFARI","Explanation":"Definition: Adventure\nSAF[E] + ARI[D]"}
-{"Clue":"Is nautical tour to show island? (5,5)","Answer":"SAINT LUCIA","Explanation":"Definition: island\n(IS NAUTICAL)"}
-{"Clue":"Toes cracking? It's a problem with bone (8)","Answer":"OSTEITIS","Explanation":"Definition: a problem with bone\nTOES* + IT IS"}
-{"Clue":"Great time having sex (8)","Answer":"THUMPING","Explanation":"Definition: Great\nT + HUMPING"}
-{"Clue":"Camels go out here? Hot, missing covers (7)","Answer":"ASHTRAY","Explanation":"Definition: Camels go out here\nH in (covered by) ASTRAY \u2013 Camel is an American cigarette brand"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet American dear by the sounds of it? (6)","Answer":"MOUSSE","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nThe \"moose\" is an American \"deer\", so two homophones for the price of one (indicated by the plural \"sounds\")"}
-{"Clue":"Show behind heartless idiot (4)","Answer":"MOON","Explanation":"Definition: Show behind\nMO[R]ON"}
-{"Clue":"After love setback I stole freely \u2014 no getting cold feet on these (4,5)","Answer":"LINO TILES","Explanation":"Definition: no getting cold feet on these\nReverse of NIL + (I STOLE)"}
-{"Clue":"Drugs dropped at start of getaway car's last lark (5)","Answer":"CAPER","Explanation":"Definition: lark\n[ES]CAPE + [CA]R \u2013 a bit odd that this crosses with 5d, which has \"caper\" in its clue"}
-{"Clue":"Offer up newly scarce housing for one offender with another one (9)","Answer":"SACRIFICE","Explanation":"Definition: Offer up\nI (one) + F (the end of \"off\", or \"off ender\" \u2013 a nice trick) + I in SCARCE"}
-{"Clue":"One moves to lead in police patrols and gets involved in crime (5)","Answer":"ABETS","Explanation":"Definition: gets involved in crime\nBEATS (police patrols) with A moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"Informant in bank job (6)","Answer":"TELLER","Explanation":"Definition: Informant\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Persistent criminal put inside to get free food (8)","Answer":"LIFELONG","Explanation":"Definition: Persistent\nFELON in LIG. A lig (new to me) is \"a party with free refreshments\", or as a verb, as here, \"to be a freeloader, esp in the entertainment industry\""}
-{"Clue":"A cell where assault might lead (7)","Answer":"BATTERY","Explanation":"Definition: A cell\nDouble definition \u2013 electrical cell\/battery, and as in the phrase \"assault and battery\""}
-{"Clue":"Mishap for police officer capturing ringleader (7)","Answer":"CROPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Mishap\nR[ing] in COPPER"}
-{"Clue":"Look up to Scottish monarch, royal inside, one last European (8)","Answer":"STARGAZE","Explanation":"Definition: Look up\nR in STAG (the \"monarch of the glen\") + A + Z (last) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Consuming desire begins at home in middle age (6)","Answer":"DINING","Explanation":"Definition: Consuming\nD[esire] + IN (at home) + IN + [A]G[E]"}
-{"Clue":"It's a fashion to speak of criminals (5)","Answer":"CRAZE","Explanation":"Definition: It's a fashion\nHomophone of Krays"}
-{"Clue":"Means of oversight for every single police officer in the Home Counties (9)","Answer":"PERISCOPE","Explanation":"Definition: Means of oversight\nPER (for every) + I (single) + COP in SE (South-east England = Home Counties)"}
-{"Clue":"Article contains information by which force gets criminal (5)","Answer":"THIEF","Explanation":"Definition: criminal\nI in THE + F"}
-{"Clue":"Give clean interpretation of the Gospel (9)","Answer":"EVANGELIC","Explanation":"Definition: of the Gospel\n(GIVE CLEAN)"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman involved in crime gets coppers annoyed (6)","Answer":"PIRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman involved in crime\nP[ence] + IRATE \u2013 unusually there is only one mention of Boatman in the clues of this puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Clarification sought on fate of band of good-for-nothings (5,3)","Answer":"SORRY LOT","Explanation":"Definition: band of good-for-nothings\nSORRY (used to ask for clarification: \"sorry?\") + LOT (fate)"}
-{"Clue":"Commit crime, giving judge backchat! (6)","Answer":"PILFER","Explanation":"Definition: Commit crime\nReverse of REF[eree] LIP, though the reversal doesn't seem to be indicated, except possibly the \"back\" in \"backchat\", though this is already accounted for in backchat=lip, and anyway is in the wrong place"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal case led to clean up, resulting in loss of deposit (7)","Answer":"DESCALE","Explanation":"Definition: clean up, resulting in loss of deposit\n(CASE LED)"}
-{"Clue":"Caper gets student doctor locked up (6)","Answer":"GAMBOL","Explanation":"Definition: Caper\nMB in GAOL (i.e. locked up) \u2013 an MB isn't necessarily a *student* doctor, though"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps this is time for a criminal (8)","Answer":"SENTENCE","Explanation":"Definition: time for a criminal\nDouble definition \u2013 the clue itself is a sentence"}
-{"Clue":"As from any remote origins (4)","Answer":"AFAR","Explanation":"Definition: As from any remote origins\nFirst letters of As From Any Remote, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Government by one in outrageous yacht, Russian sins denied (8)","Answer":"AUTARCHY","Explanation":"Definition: Government by one\nAnagram of YACHT RUSSIAN, less SINS"}
-{"Clue":"Interpret what's set down regularly in freehand (4)","Answer":"READ","Explanation":"Definition: Interpret\nAlternate letters in fReEhAnD"}
-{"Clue":"Arrested after sidekick lost nerve (8)","Answer":"PANICKED","Explanation":"Definition: lost nerve\nPA (sidekick) + NICKED (arrested)"}
-{"Clue":"Detective lacks heart to present warrant (7)","Answer":"DESERVE","Explanation":"Definition: warrant\nD[etectiv]E + SERVE (present)"}
-{"Clue":"Police officer solving crossword puzzle \u2014 would CPS's letters get ignored? (6)","Answer":"ROZZER","Explanation":"Definition: Police officer\nAnagram of CROSSWORD PUZZLE, less WOULD CPS'S"}
-{"Clue":"Condescends to speak of northerners (6)","Answer":"DEIGNS","Explanation":"Definition: Condescends\nHomophone of \"Danes\" (northern Europeans)"}
-{"Clue":"Seize family at dinner \u2014 it's their cover (6)","Answer":"NAPKIN","Explanation":"Definition: it's their cover\nNAP (to seize) +KIN"}
-{"Clue":"Like to strip \u2014 backed out (6)","Answer":"ASLEEP","Explanation":"Definition: out\nAS (like) + reverse of PEEL"}
-{"Clue":"Popular dancer having taken to drink makes mistakes \u2014 bad ones (5-3)","Answer":"BALLS-UPS","Explanation":"Definition: mistakes \u2014 bad ones\nSUP in BALLS (Ed Balls, former politician who appeared on *Strictly Come Dancing*)"}
-{"Clue":"Shut up, Rocky appeared to be indifferent (8)","Answer":"SHRUGGED","Explanation":"Definition: appeared to be indifferent\nSH + RUGGED"}
-{"Clue":"Trust councillor's correct (6)","Answer":"CREDIT","Explanation":"Definition: Trust\nCR + EDIT"}
-{"Clue":"One wet area turned into somewhere drier (4)","Answer":"GOBI","Explanation":"Definition: somewhere drier\nReverse of (1 BOG)"}
-{"Clue":"Afterwards errancy's corrected with tough punishment \u2026 or maybe not (3,7,6)","Answer":"THE NAUGHTY CORNER","Explanation":"Definition: punishment \u2026 or maybe not\nTHEN (afterwards) + (ERRANCY TOUGH)"}
-{"Clue":"Those people outside bend the rule of God (8)","Answer":"THEARCHY","Explanation":"Definition: the rule of God\nARCH in THEY"}
-{"Clue":"Followers, once having changed sides, totally exposed (8)","Answer":"STARKERS","Explanation":"Definition: totally exposed\nSTALKERS with the L changed to R (the \"once\" means we don't also have to change the R)"}
-{"Clue":"Politically correct but pointless, OK? (6)","Answer":"RIGHTO","Explanation":"Definition: OK\nRIGHT-ON (politically correct) less N"}
-{"Clue":"Lead left separately working out what he expects to get (3,7)","Answer":"TOP BILLING","Explanation":"Definition: what he expects to get\nPB (chemical symbol for lead) and L (\"separately\" \u2013 i.e. they are not adjacent) in TOILING"}
-{"Clue":"Area of Ohio was home to some Americans (4)","Answer":"IOWA","Explanation":"Definition: home to some Americans\nHidden in ohIO WAs \u2013 there are *some* easy clues in this puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Goods stored in purple round food container (6)","Answer":"EGGCUP","Explanation":"Definition: food container\nReverse of (GG in PUCE)"}
-{"Clue":"Comedy family (rag-and-bone men) are caught inside (8)","Answer":"TROTTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Comedy family\nR (homophone of \"are\") in TOTTERS (rag-and-bone men) \u2013 the Trotters are Del Boy's family in Only Fools and Horses"}
-{"Clue":"Randiest when getting massage \u2014 that's awkward (8)","Answer":"STRAINED","Explanation":"Definition: awkward\nRANDIEST"}
-{"Clue":"Way to travel \u2014 walk (6)","Answer":"STRIDE","Explanation":"Definition: walk\nST + RIDE"}
-{"Clue":"Shared philosophy classes, frequently around at the same time (6,2,7)","Answer":"SCHOOL OF THOUGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Shared philosophy\nSCHOOL (classes) + THOUGH (at the same time) in OFT \u2013 the whole clue also works as a definition"}
-{"Clue":"Getting away \u2014 fancy day off (7)","Answer":"ELUSION","Explanation":"Definition: Getting away\n[D]ELUSION"}
-{"Clue":"Model here \u2014 get a paper to begin with (4,5)","Answer":"PAGE THREE","Explanation":"Definition: Model here \u2014 get a paper to begin with\nAnagram of HERE GET A P[aper], &lit, referring to the bare-breasted models who used to appear on page 3 of *The Sun"}
-{"Clue":"Treatment from top Eastern doctor accepted (3,4)","Answer":"BED REST","Explanation":"Definition: Treatment\nE DR in BEST"}
-{"Clue":"Carly's condemned loutish habit on roads (and pavements)? (5)","Answer":"LYCRA","Explanation":"Definition: loutish habit on roads (and pavements)\nCARLY* \u2013 reference to so-called \"lycra louts\""}
-{"Clue":"Trump's British counterpart's the woman for you \u2014 an old nag! (7)","Answer":"SHERGAR","Explanation":"Definition: an old nag\nSUGAR (Alan Sugar and Donald Trump appeared in the UK and US versions of *The Apprentice*) with U (\"you\") replaced by HER (\"that woman's\") \u2013 I nearly had to give up on this as I was trying to use \"that woman\" = SHE\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"\"Drinking one beer in there won't hurt\" \u2014 department have a wild night out (5,3,4,3)","Answer":"PAINT THE TOWN RED","Explanation":"Definition: have a wild night out\nA (one) \"drunk by\" PINT + WON'T* in THERE + D[epartment]"}
-{"Clue":"Shocking! George is rampaging round university (9)","Answer":"EGREGIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Shocking\nU in (GEORGE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"About to pick up Boris's book (7)","Answer":"REBECCA","Explanation":"Definition: book\nRE (about) + homophone of \"Becker\" (tennis player) \u2013 the book is by Daphne du Maurier, made in to a famous film by Alfred Hitchcock"}
-{"Clue":"Moved paper getting thrown around (7)","Answer":"SHIFTED","Explanation":"Definition: Moved\nFT (newspaper) in SHIED (thrown)"}
-{"Clue":"Sparkle in bed at end of evening (7)","Answer":"GLITTER","Explanation":"Definition: Sparkle\n[evenin]G + LITTER"}
-{"Clue":"Ladies under pressure at first in plant (5)","Answer":"LUPIN","Explanation":"Definition: plant\nFirst letters of Ladies Under Pressure + IN"}
-{"Clue":"Day trip? Quite the contrary (9)","Answer":"NIGHTFALL","Explanation":"Definition: Day trip? Quite the contrary\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"A period return to Wembley, say (5)","Answer":"ARENA","Explanation":"Definition: Wembley, say\nReverse of AN ERA"}
-{"Clue":"A returned high ball is hard to stop (7)","Answer":"ABOLISH","Explanation":"Definition: stop\nA + reverse of LOB + IS H"}
-{"Clue":"Liar not found out, when appearing in court (2,5)","Answer":"ON TRIAL","Explanation":"Definition: appearing in court\n(LIAR NOT)"}
-{"Clue":"Dirt, for example, seen back round edge (5)","Answer":"GRIME","Explanation":"Definition: Dirt\nRIM in reverse of EG"}
-{"Clue":"Cite other changes, being purely spec\u00adulative (9)","Answer":"THEORETIC","Explanation":"Cite other changes, being purely spec\u00adulative (9)\n(CITE OTHER)"}
-{"Clue":"Cherry and almond pie made by a writer (7,8)","Answer":"RAYMOND CHANDLER","Explanation":"Definition: writer\n(CHERRY AND ALMOND)"}
-{"Clue":"Kit for vicars and boxers? (3,6)","Answer":"DOG COLLAR","Explanation":"Definition: Kit for vicars\nAn overlapping double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Hole in bamboo boat (5)","Answer":"CANOE","Explanation":"Definition: boat\nO in CANE"}
-{"Clue":"Airs composed by priest, one living in Jerusalem? (7)","Answer":"ISRAELI","Explanation":"Definition: one living in Jerusalem\nAIRS* + ELI (Old Testament priest)"}
-{"Clue":"It may cause ill-feeling (7)","Answer":"AILMENT","Explanation":"Definition: It may cause ill-feeling\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Look after a bull for Daisy (2-3)","Answer":"OX-EYE","Explanation":"Definition: Daisy\nOX + EYE"}
-{"Clue":"Aim always, say, to try hard (9)","Answer":"ENDEAVOUR","Explanation":"Definition: try hard\nEND + homophone of \"ever\""}
-{"Clue":"Put in a difficult position and finished full of rage (10)","Answer":"ENDANGERED","Explanation":"Definition: Put in a difficult position\nANGER in ENDED"}
-{"Clue":"Go in \u2014 in my discomposure, shame (8)","Answer":"IGNOMINY","Explanation":"Definition: shame\n(GO IN IN MY)"}
-{"Clue":"Leader of the squad tried to change step (6)","Answer":"STRIDE","Explanation":"Definition: step\nS[quad] + TRIED"}
-{"Clue":"Reluctant to lose student showing promise (4)","Answer":"OATH","Explanation":"Definition: promise\n[L]OATH"}
-{"Clue":"Great hotel renovated completely (10)","Answer":"ALTOGETHER","Explanation":"Definition: completely\n(GREAT HOTEL)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of alibi that has not been forged (4-4)","Answer":"CAST-IRON","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of alibi\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Stop in a crooked side street (6)","Answer":"DESIST","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\nSIDE* + ST"}
-{"Clue":"Net gain from trawling? (4)","Answer":"HAUL","Explanation":"Definition: Net gain from trawling\nCryptic definition \u2013 the trawler's net brings up the haul of fish"}
-{"Clue":"Where to find alternating current (5,5)","Answer":"TIDAL RIVER","Explanation":"Definition: Where to find alternating current\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"They saw where fish comes in (10)","Answer":"CARPENTERS","Explanation":"Definition: They saw\nCARP + ENTERS"}
-{"Clue":"It registers miles motored, possibly around the Orient (8)","Answer":"ODOMETER","Explanation":"Definition: It registers miles\nE in MOTORED"}
-{"Clue":"Knight provides weapon to many (8)","Answer":"LANCELOT","Explanation":"Definition: Knight\nLANCE + LOT"}
-{"Clue":"Slip up in gunroom (6)","Answer":"GARRET","Explanation":"Definition: room\nReverse of ERR in GAT[ling gun], with a lift-and-separate definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wine store is a short distance in vehicle (6)","Answer":"CELLAR","Explanation":"Definition: Wine store\nELL (measure of length) in CAR"}
-{"Clue":"I'd look up to this hero (4)","Answer":"IDOL","Explanation":"Definition: hero\nID + reverse of LO"}
-{"Clue":"Helps in case of serious disease (4)","Answer":"AIDS","Explanation":"Definition: Helps\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Siamese, but not Thai food, here? (3,4)","Answer":"CAT CAFE","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps Siamese, but not Thai food, here\nApparently cat caf\u00e9s are, as they say, a thing. I think this is basically an extended cryptic definition, with reference to the Thai custom of eating dog meat (which you wouldn't get at a *cat* caf\u00e9)"}
-{"Clue":"Very wonderful edition, which can be folded (4,3)","Answer":"SOFA BED","Explanation":"Definition: which can be folded\nSO FAB ED"}
-{"Clue":"Backed at high price to cover kilometres on a slope (5)","Answer":"RAKED","Explanation":"Definition: on a slope\nK in reverse of DEAR \u2013 K (as opposed to km) for kilometres is often used by runners and cyclists"}
-{"Clue":"Took a break, having minor illness: sacked! (9)","Answer":"CHILLAXED","Explanation":"Definition: Took a break\nCHILL (minor illness) + AXED"}
-{"Clue":"Kicking me out, man un\u00adknown: his revenge? (9)","Answer":"MONTEZUMA","Explanation":"Definition: his\nAnagram of ME OUT MAN + Z \u2013 Montezuma's Revenge is a bad reaction to unfamiliar food"}
-{"Clue":"At first, railway invested in just sufficient rail (5)","Answer":"BARRE","Explanation":"Definition: rail\nR[ailway] in BARE"}
-{"Clue":"Cavern rent by large split (5)","Answer":"CLOVE","Explanation":"Definition: split\nL in COVE \u2013 clove is the past tense of cleave"}
-{"Clue":"Unprincipled position spoken in friendship (9)","Answer":"AMORALITY","Explanation":"Definition: Unprincipled position\nORAL in AMITY"}
-{"Clue":"Putting off the calming of excitement? (9)","Answer":"DEFERMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Putting off\nDE-FERMENT"}
-{"Clue":"Time after time, winning card one doesn't play (5)","Answer":"TACET","Explanation":"Definition: one doesn't play\nT + ACE + T"}
-{"Clue":"With dry wit, his life's said to be carefree (5)","Answer":"WRYLY","Explanation":"Definition: With dry wit\nHomophone of \"Riley\", as the proverbially carefree Life of Riley, a phrase whose origin seems to be unknown"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal broke into cart, a bloomer (4-5)","Answer":"WAKE\u2011ROBIN","Explanation":"Definition: a bloomer\nBROKE* in WAIN \u2013 a name for various flowers"}
-{"Clue":"Violent criminal, a sheep rustler? (3-6)","Answer":"RAM\u2011RAIDER","Explanation":"Definition: Violent criminal\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Precisely correct article about source of rice (5)","Answer":"PATNA","Explanation":"Definition: source of rice\nPAT (precisely correct, as in \"down pat\") + reverse of AN"}
-{"Clue":"Gasp \u2014 that woman not suitable for 1 across (7)","Answer":"PANTHER","Explanation":"Definition: not suitable for 1 across\nPANT + HER \u2013 presumably one wouldn't see a panther at a cat caf\u00e9"}
-{"Clue":"Small bottle gets rid of a torment (7)","Answer":"SCOURGE","Explanation":"Definition: torment\nS + COUR[A]GE"}
-{"Clue":"Cup perhaps parted from saucer amicably (7)","Answer":"CERAMIC","Explanation":"Definition: Cup perhaps\nHidden in sauCER AMICably"}
-{"Clue":"Aristo seizes a head of state in rising (6,3)","Answer":"TAKING\u00a0OFF","Explanation":"Definition: rising\nA KING in TOFF"}
-{"Clue":"Rotten way to ride, clear of sides (5)","Answer":"ADDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Rotten\nSIDESADDLE (a way to ride) less SIDES. Apparently addle can be used as an adjective"}
-{"Clue":"Stir up anger about stratagem that finally failed (9)","Answer":"ENCOURAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Stir up\nCOU[P] in ENRAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Nazi thugs arresting film star (5)","Answer":"SPICA","Explanation":"Definition: star\nPIC (film) in SA \u2013 the *Sturmabteilung*, the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi party, aka the Brownshirts. Spica is a star in the constellation Virgo \u2013 rather an obscure clue, I thought, though fortunately the unchecked letters only involve the familiar PIC"}
-{"Clue":"Putting in every effort, drunk at party (4,5)","Answer":"FULL BLAST","Explanation":"Definition: Putting in every effort\nFULL (drunk) + BLAST (party)"}
-{"Clue":"Underwear rebellion? (5)","Answer":"BOXER","Explanation":"Definition: Underwear\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Decrepit stranger has empty day to fill (7)","Answer":"DODDERY","Explanation":"Definition: Decrepit\nODDER (stranger) in D[a]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient city destination for one dismissed? (5,4)","Answer":"EARLY\u00a0BATH","Explanation":"Definition: destination for one dismissed\nEARLY (ancient) BATH (city) \u2013 a footballer who is sent of is said to be taking an early bath"}
-{"Clue":"Fringes dated on ladies' clothing (9)","Answer":"OUTSKIRTS","Explanation":"Definition: Fringes\nOUT (dated) + SKIRTS"}
-{"Clue":"Where Guantanamo's endlessly wrong \u2014 it holds a baby (9)","Answer":"INCUBATOR","Explanation":"Definition: it holds a baby\nIN CUBA (where Guantanamo is) + TOR[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Daughter spreading powder, a blob on the end of her nose? (7)","Answer":"DEWDROP","Explanation":"Definition: a blob on the end of her nose\nD + POWDER"}
-{"Clue":"Torment breaks character \u2014 how much can one bear? (7)","Answer":"TONNAGE","Explanation":"Definition: how much can one bear\nNAG (to torment) in TONE \u2013 the second \"torment\" in the clues, perhaps appropriately for this puzzle\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Subverting enemy country (5)","Answer":"YEMEN","Explanation":"Definition: country\nENEMY"}
-{"Clue":"American's teeth so much cleaner, they say, given dentist's request? (5)","Answer":"WIDER","Explanation":"Definition: dentist's request\nApproximated American pronunciation of \"whiter\""}
-{"Clue":"Such furniture needs a bit of care, probably (5)","Answer":"REPRO","Explanation":"Definition: furniture\nHidden in caRE PRObably, and perhaps &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit, now delivered (7)","Answer":"CURRANT","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nHomophone of \"current\" (=\"now\")"}
-{"Clue":"Copies of paper on Sunday (7)","Answer":"MIRRORS","Explanation":"Definition: Copies\n[Daily] MIRROR + S"}
-{"Clue":"It falls slowly to begin with, at this time (4)","Answer":"SNOW","Explanation":"Definition: It falls\nS[lowly] + NOW"}
-{"Clue":"Out-of-shape senator takes exercise, it's said (9)","Answer":"ESPERANTO","Explanation":"Definition: it's said\nPE in SENATOR"}
-{"Clue":"Snooker player breaks with end of cue (5)","Answer":"WHITE","Explanation":"Definition: Snooker player\nWITH* + E \u2013 Jimmy White, snooker player who, despite many successes, never won the World Championship, though he reached the final six times"}
-{"Clue":"From the east, say, royal Islamic leader to rise again (2-6)","Answer":"RE-EMERGE","Explanation":"Definition: rise again\nReverse of EG (say) + R + EMEER"}
-{"Clue":"As written, all the world is 80% male? (4)","Answer":"STAG","Explanation":"Definition: male\nAs Shakespeare wrote, \"All the world's a STAGE\", so take 80% of that\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Like a beer? Nothing left for adult, mildly drunk (5)","Answer":"HAPPY","Explanation":"Definition: mildly drunk\nHOPPY with O (nothing) replaced by A[dult]"}
-{"Clue":"Band of cloud (4)","Answer":"BLUR","Explanation":"Definition: Band\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Former VP endlessly accepts foreign money for Native Americans (8)","Answer":"CHEYENNE","Explanation":"Definition: Native Americans\nYEN in [Dick] CHENE[Y]"}
-{"Clue":"Look over 50? To begin with, please rest (5)","Answer":"SLEEP","Explanation":"Definition: rest\nL (50) in SEE + P[lease]"}
-{"Clue":"During exit, May's wrangling with European alarmist (9)","Answer":"DOOMSAYER","Explanation":"Definition: alarmist\nMAYS* + E in DOOR"}
-{"Clue":"Sports teacher's instruction for Charlie, perhaps? (4)","Answer":"DOPE","Explanation":"Definition: Charlie\nThe teacher tells us to DO P.E. \u2013 a Charlie is a fool"}
-{"Clue":"Stuntman wrestling a cobra \u2014 it's tense! (7)","Answer":"ACROBAT","Explanation":"Definition: Stuntman\n(A COBRA)* + T"}
-{"Clue":"Modest bachelor, somewhat shy, wants female with fabulous heart (7)","Answer":"BASHFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Modest\nBA + SH[Y] + F + [fab]UL[ous]"}
-{"Clue":"Go bird catching (4)","Answer":"TURN","Explanation":"Definition: Go\nHomophone (\"catching\") of \"tern\""}
-{"Clue":"English poet getting crisp? (8)","Answer":"BROWNING","Explanation":"Definition: English poet\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Small joints allegedly lead to explosion (6)","Answer":"SNEEZE","Explanation":"Definition: explosion\nS + homophone of \"knees\""}
-{"Clue":"Insect eats rice crackers and earth, wildly (8)","Answer":"FIERCELY","Explanation":"Definition: wildly\nRICE* + E in FLY"}
-{"Clue":"Ruler is extremely popular in church (6)","Answer":"PRINCE","Explanation":"Definition: Ruler\nP[opula]R IN CE"}
-{"Clue":"Not even 1 + 10 = 3 (4)","Answer":"TRIO","Explanation":"Definition: 3\nOdd letters of TeRn (1d) + 10"}
-{"Clue":"Father rejected frippery, upset over her fringe (9)","Answer":"PERIPHERY","Explanation":"Definition: fringe\nHER in anagram of FRIPPERY less FR"}
-{"Clue":"Ask question of speller (5)","Answer":"WITCH","Explanation":"Definition: speller\nHomophone (indicated by \"ask\" \u2013 not too sure about that..) of \"which\". The third homophone in the puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Good cut of meat (beef) (5)","Answer":"GRUMP","Explanation":"Definition: beef\nG + RUMP"}
-{"Clue":"Person snaring new skin of tigress? (8)","Answer":"HUNTSMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Person snaring new skin of tigress\nN + T[igres]S in HUMAN, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Around 500 bathers swim widths (8)","Answer":"BREADTHS","Explanation":"Definition: widths\nD in BATHERS"}
-{"Clue":"Ultimate in vanity? Henry wears two pairs of glasses to call for attention (3-3)","Answer":"YOOHOO","Explanation":"Definition: call for attention\n[vanit]Y + H in OO + OO"}
-{"Clue":"Heads of schools are worried, 20% might cry (6)","Answer":"SCREAM","Explanation":"Definition: cry\nSC[hools] + ARE* + M (20% of \"might\")"}
-{"Clue":"Weed at the waterfront (4)","Answer":"DOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Weed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Punch \u2014 drink up (4)","Answer":"PLUG","Explanation":"Definition: Punch\nReverse of GULP"}
-{"Clue":"Catch tense boy touring Norway (central region) (9)","Answer":"HEARTLAND","Explanation":"Definition: central region\nHEAR (catch) + T[ense] + N in LAD"}
-{"Clue":"Wee one blocks vessel close to shore (5)","Answer":"URINE","Explanation":"Definition: Wee\nI in URN + [shor]E"}
-{"Clue":"Oval cone not completely reshaped? (7)","Answer":"VOLCANO","Explanation":"Definition: Oval cone not completely reshaped\nAnagram of OVAL CON[e], &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Old instrument still in position after fire (7)","Answer":"SACKBUT","Explanation":"Definition: Old instrument\nSACK (to fire) + BUT (still) \u2013 the sackbut is an early form of the trombone"}
-{"Clue":"Man on board, occupant of crow's-nest? (4)","Answer":"ROOK","Explanation":"Definition: Man on board\nDouble definition \u2013 chess piece; and the rook is a member of the crow family"}
-{"Clue":"20 Polish in a rocky area (10)","Answer":"HISPANIOLA","Explanation":"Definition: 20\n(POLISH IN A)* + A[rea] \u2013 the name of the ship in Robert Louis Stevenson's *Treasure Island*, as well as the Caribbean island"}
-{"Clue":"Force to work in small space to free about 50 (7)","Answer":"ENSLAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Force to work\nL in EN (printer's space) + SAVE (to free)"}
-{"Clue":"He avoids the motive for crime (7)","Answer":"TREASON","Explanation":"Definition: crime\nTHE minus HE + REASON"}
-{"Clue":"Current point estimated to have moved around (10)","Answer":"ITINERATED","Explanation":"Definition: moved around\nI (symbol for electric current) + TINE (point) + RATED \u2013 an odd word, though obviously related to \"itinerant\""}
-{"Clue":"Principal sea area off Ireland, not large (4)","Answer":"MAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Principal\nMALIN (sea area in the Shipping Forecast) less L"}
-{"Clue":"Labour fails to suppress female PM (7)","Answer":"BALFOUR","Explanation":"Definition: PM\nF in LABOUR* \u2013 at the time of writing it's not clear whether this \"prediction\" will come true\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Bridge is beginning to hinder one means of communication (7)","Answer":"SPANISH","Explanation":"Definition: one means of communication\nSPAN (bridge) + IS + H[inder]"}
-{"Clue":"Top fruit variety (5)","Answer":"RANGE","Explanation":"Definition: variety\nORANGE, \"topped\""}
-{"Clue":"Foreign Office ordered to tackle Republican taboo (9)","Answer":"FORBIDDEN","Explanation":"Definition: taboo\nR in F.O. + BIDDEN"}
-{"Clue":"Irish member vets bogus oath (spoken in 1720, perhaps) (6,2,7)","Answer":"SHIVER ME TIMBERS","Explanation":"Definition: oath\n(IRISH MEMBER VETS)* \u2013 a traditional pirate's oath, maybe spoken in 1720, but more relevantly in the answers to 17d and 20d: TREASURE ISLAND"}
-{"Clue":"Old sailing ships vex Times (8)","Answer":"GALLEONS","Explanation":"Definition: Old sailing ships\nGALL + EONS"}
-{"Clue":"A river protects British on the defensive (2,3)","Answer":"AT BAY","Explanation":"Definition: on the defensive\nB in A TAY"}
-{"Clue":"Old queen makes love among ship's timbers (8)","Answer":"CAROLINE","Explanation":"Definition: Old queen\nO in CARLINE \u2013 Chambers defines this as \"a strong beam used for supporting the deck in a ship, etc\", so it's a timber rather than timbers. The echo of 1d is also perhaps a bit of a blemish. There have been various Queen Carolines, incuding the wives of George II and George IV: I don't know if any of them (or other Carolines) have particular pirate-y connections."}
-{"Clue":"Notice small boarding party? Makes sense (4,2)","Answer":"ADDS UP","Explanation":"Definition: Makes sense\nAD (notice) + S in DUP (political party in Northern Ireland)"}
-{"Clue":"I'd say young US man is able to pick up a Corsair (9)","Answer":"BUCCANEER","Explanation":"Definition: Corsair\nHomophone (-ish) of \"buck can hear\""}
-{"Clue":"Airline carries 16oz duck and port (6)","Answer":"BILBAO","Explanation":"Definition: port\n1 LB in BA + 0"}
-{"Clue":"Support wet crewman controlling aid (11,4)","Answer":"RESTRAINING\u00a0HAND","Explanation":"Definition: controlling aid\nREST (support) + RAINING (wet) + HAND (crewman)"}
-{"Clue":"Hesitate limiting English prisoner's energy source (4,5)","Answer":"WAVE POWER","Explanation":"Definition: energy source\nE POW in WAVER"}
-{"Clue":"Team leader to cheer up, having lost second prize (8)","Answer":"TREASURE","Explanation":"Definition: prize\nT + REASSURE minus one S"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps divers sidebars need editing (3,5)","Answer":"SEABIRDS","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps divers\nSIDEBARS"}
-{"Clue":"One's left with kitchen unit (6)","Answer":"ISLAND","Explanation":"Definition: kitchen unit\nI'S + L + AND (with)"}
-{"Clue":"A doctor provided time off course (6)","Answer":"ADRIFT","Explanation":"Definition: off course\nA + DR + IF (providing) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Goldsmith holds papers up in port (5)","Answer":"CADIZ","Explanation":"Definition: port\nReverse of ID in ZAC"}
-{"Clue":"Chasing a double century, I hit out and get this (7)","Answer":"ACCLAIM","Explanation":"Definition: this\nA + CC (Roman numerals) + I in LAM \u2013 the definition implies that the batsman would get acclaim for his 200"}
-{"Clue":"Redoing treatment for cut (7)","Answer":"IGNORED","Explanation":"Definition: cut\nREDOING"}
-{"Clue":"Surrounded, like European capital in defeat (5)","Answer":"BESET","Explanation":"Definition: Surrounded\nE in BEST (to defeat)"}
-{"Clue":"Recovers from River Tees flooding (9)","Answer":"RETRIEVES","Explanation":"Definition: Recovers\n(RIVER TEES)"}
-{"Clue":"Though possibly original, it is less than novel (5,5)","Answer":"SHORT STORY","Explanation":"Definition: Though possibly original, it is less than novel\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"About the church in former times (4)","Answer":"ONCE","Explanation":"Definition: in former times\nON C.E."}
-{"Clue":"Not a single mistake by a serviceman (6,5)","Answer":"DOUBLE\u00a0FAULT","Explanation":"Definition: Not a single mistake by a serviceman\nCryptic definition, with the 'serviceman' being a tennis player"}
-{"Clue":"Show how Devil and Saint rank in esteem (11)","Answer":"DEMONSTRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Show\nDEMON + ST + RATE"}
-{"Clue":"Bloomer in which a pupil is involved (4)","Answer":"IRIS","Explanation":"Definition: Bloomer\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Put away for safety? (10)","Answer":"IMPRISONED","Explanation":"Definition: Put away for safety\nCryptic definition (.. for the safety of potential victims, presumably)"}
-{"Clue":"Event idly arranged \u2014 obviously (9)","Answer":"EVIDENTLY","Explanation":"Definition: obviously\n(EVENT IDLY)"}
-{"Clue":"Instrument played in Twelfth Night (5)","Answer":"VIOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Instrument\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Private study (7)","Answer":"SANCTUM","Explanation":"Definition: Private study\nCryptic definition \u2013 barely cryptic perhaps, but slightly misleading; 'private study' was what we used to call free periods at my school. Chambers gives the defintion 'a (very) private room'"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign sailors find girl without transport (7)","Answer":"LASCARS","Explanation":"Definition: Foreign sailors\nCAR in LASS"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor girl with unmarried sisters in her care (6)","Answer":"ABBESS","Explanation":"Definition: unmarried sisters in her care\nAB + BESS"}
-{"Clue":"Oil wheel (6)","Answer":"CASTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Oil\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One drawing on his teacher's advice (3,7)","Answer":"ART STUDENT","Explanation":"Definition: One drawing on his teacher's advice\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Worth millions, weary \u2014 needing uplift (5)","Answer":"MERIT","Explanation":"Definition: Worth\nM + reverse of TIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Where Albania introduced prohibition \u2014 among other things (5,4)","Answer":"INTER ALIA","Explanation":"Definition: among other things\n'Albania' is BAN (prohibition) in ALIA, so the prohibition is INTER ALIA (I was trying to do something with the country code AL for a while)"}
-{"Clue":"File often found after this arrest (4)","Answer":"NAIL","Explanation":"Definition: arrest\n'Nail file'"}
-{"Clue":"Very hungry creature that flies round the States (8)","Answer":"RAVENOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Very hungry creature\nRAVEN + O (round) + US"}
-{"Clue":"Under pressure to turn up with sweets (8)","Answer":"DESSERTS","Explanation":"Definition: Under pressure\nA very familiar reversal of STRESSED"}
-{"Clue":"Actions against the defence (10)","Answer":"OFFENSIVES","Explanation":"Definition: Actions against the defence\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"The very last word in negotiations? (9)","Answer":"ULTIMATUM","Explanation":"Definition: The very last word in negotiations\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Errs amid wayward lovers (8)","Answer":"ADMIRERS","Explanation":"Definition: lovers\n(ERRS AMID)"}
-{"Clue":"End of drive? (8)","Answer":"AMBITION","Explanation":"Definition: End of drive\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Staggering along to a country in Africa (6)","Answer":"ANGOLA","Explanation":"Definition: country in Africa\nALONG* + A"}
-{"Clue":"Ladies in fashion or models (6)","Answer":"IDEALS","Explanation":"Definition: models\nLADIES"}
-{"Clue":"Sail with two little boys (5)","Answer":"ROYAL","Explanation":"Definition: Sail\nROY + AL \u2013 it wouldn't be Rufus without a nautical reference, here to this sail"}
-{"Clue":"An old joke? (4)","Answer":"JEST","Explanation":"Definition: An old joke\nJust a definition, really: 'jest' being a slightly old-fashioned word, not commonly used except in stock phrases such as 'surely you jest'"}
-{"Clue":"Pipe band's leader chasing sailors, wearing Chanel (7)","Answer":"CORNCOB","Explanation":"Definition: Pipe\nRN in COCO (Chanel) + B[and]"}
-{"Clue":"Rotate teepee (7)","Answer":"TWIDDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Rotate\nLift-and-separate: teepee = tee + pee = T + WIDDLE"}
-{"Clue":"Nancy's one swan is set free (5)","Answer":"UNPEN","Explanation":"Definition: set free\nUN ('one' in French, e.g. in Nancy) + PEN (female swan)"}
-{"Clue":"Bouncy, half-cut barman turns and departs for walk (9)","Answer":"BOULEVARD","Explanation":"Definition: walk\nBOU[ncy] + reverse of RAVEL (composer or 'bar-man') + D[eparts]"}
-{"Clue":"Gamble with a contraceptive method? A brainwave! (4,6)","Answer":"BETA RHYTHM","Explanation":"Definition: A brainwave\nBET + A + RHYTHM [method, as recommended by the Catholic church for contraception]"}
-{"Clue":"Every so often go crazy over pasta (4)","Answer":"ORZO","Explanation":"Definition: pasta\nAlternate letters of gO cRaZy, plus O. Orzo (Italian for barley) is a kind of pasta that looks like grains of rice"}
-{"Clue":"Cairo-born criminal ringing commercial dating agency (11)","Answer":"RADIOCARBON","Explanation":"Definition: dating agency\nAD in (CAIRO BORN)"}
-{"Clue":"Coppers slam heartless order to leave train (5,6)","Answer":"SMALL\u00a0CHANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Coppers\nS[la]M + ALL CHANGE (order to leave a train)"}
-{"Clue":"One ignored unspoken diplomacy (4)","Answer":"TACT","Explanation":"Definition: diplomacy\nTACIT less I \u2013 I think I've seen this contruction a few times"}
-{"Clue":"Cheating outrageously at ludo, Sue is probed by copper at last (10)","Answer":"ADULTEROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Cheating\n[coppe]R in (AT LUDO SUE)"}
-{"Clue":"Twisted and turned more than needed (9)","Answer":"REDUNDANT","Explanation":"Definition: more than needed\n(AND TURNED)"}
-{"Clue":"Either end of ancient American vessel (5)","Answer":"AORTA","Explanation":"Definition: vessel\nA OR T (either end of AncienT) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Struggling to evacuate county town of Cornwall, briefly (7)","Answer":"COSTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Struggling to evacuate\nCO[unty] + ST IVE[S] \u2013 it means 'constipated'"}
-{"Clue":"Having lost perp stupidly, poor copper's been blue (7)","Answer":"OBSCENE","Explanation":"Definition: blue\n(COPPER'S BEEN)* less PERP"}
-{"Clue":"Lord Copper edging closer to junior doctors (6)","Answer":"CRUMBS","Explanation":"Definition: Lord\nLast letter or \"closer\" of junioR in CU + MBS (doctors), with Lord! as an interjection as the definition. Not that it's relevant, but Lord Copper is the newspaper proprietor in Evelyn Waugh's *Scoop*, whose flunkeys never dare say no to him, just \"up to a point, Lord Copper\""}
-{"Clue":"Standing on couch with foot in bandage (6)","Answer":"REPUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Standing\nRE (on) + PUT (couch, meaning to put in particular words) + [bandag]E"}
-{"Clue":"Result of flying high over River Wye, reportedly in reverse direction (10)","Answer":"CONTRARILY","Explanation":"Definition: in reverse direction\nR in CONTRAIL (condensation trail \u2013 the cloud-like lines left by aircrat, and the subject of some mad conspiracy theories about how the government is poisoning us) + Y ('Wye')"}
-{"Clue":"Barnet lad discontented copper (5)","Answer":"BOBBY","Explanation":"Definition: copper\nBOB (hairstyle \u2013 rhyming slang Barnet [Fair]) + B[o]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Land or borough in Holland for Spooner (5,4)","Answer":"TOUCH DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Land\nSpoonerism of 'Dutch town'"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly nibble and kiss horny mountaineer (4)","Answer":"IBEX","Explanation":"Definition: horny mountaineer\nALternate letters of nIbBlE + X"}
-{"Clue":"Starts to denounce inequality and social division in rant (8)","Answer":"DIATRIBE","Explanation":"Definition: rant\nD[enounce] I[nequality] A[nd] + TRIBE"}
-{"Clue":"In row D? (3,2,3)","Answer":"END TO END","Explanation":"Definition: In row\nD is the last letter or, or END TO, END"}
-{"Clue":"Group including copper and bishop run down hill backwards (4,6)","Answer":"BASE METALS","Explanation":"Definition: Group including copper\nB + reverse of SLATE MESA"}
-{"Clue":"Dry-eyed husband angrily stifling curses (9)","Answer":"DEHYDRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Dry\nAnother lift-and-separate, though helped by the hyphen : DRAT (curses!) in (EYED H)"}
-{"Clue":"Obscure boozer between centre of Cleveleys and Morecambe? (8)","Answer":"ESOTERIC","Explanation":"Definition: Obscure\nSOT (drunkard, boozer) in [Clev]e[leys] + ERIC (Morecambe, entertainer)"}
-{"Clue":"Nipper picked up poems and scanned lines (8)","Answer":"BARCODES","Explanation":"Definition: scanned lines\nReverse of CRAB (nipper) + ODES"}
-{"Clue":"Crude paddles in dugout canoe (6)","Answer":"COARSE","Explanation":"Definition: Crude\nOARS in C[ano]E"}
-{"Clue":"Test a Tesla stock car (6)","Answer":"ESTATE","Explanation":"Definition: car\nHidden in (or part of the 'stock' of) tEST A TEsla"}
-{"Clue":"Club finally lost extremely tight game (5)","Answer":"LOTTO","Explanation":"Definition: game\nBLOTTO (very drunk, 'extremely tight') less [clu]B"}
-{"Clue":"Opposed to social worker removing kids from Sid (4)","Answer":"ANTI","Explanation":"Definition: Opposed to\nANT (social worker \u2013 this used to be a very common indication, but I don't remember seeing it lately) + SID less S[on] and D[aughter]"}
-{"Clue":"With a heave, that's covered pig's head and into the stove it goes (3,4)","Answer":"GAS PIPE","Explanation":"Definition: into the stove it goes\nGASP (heave) + P[ig] in I.E. (\"that is\"' \u2013 it's sometimes done in clues but I don't like the abbreviation to \"that's\" here)"}
-{"Clue":"Part of pig (no residue) gives cold shoulder (7)","Answer":"IGNORES","Explanation":"Definition: gives cold shoulder\nHidden in pIG NO RESidue \u2013 the online solution gives IGNORED, which is clearly incorrect"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman backs a worker resisting (4)","Answer":"ANTI","Explanation":"Definition: resisting\nANT (worker) + I (Boatman)"}
-{"Clue":"Without exception, ivy intertwines with tree tops, in my experience (5,4)","Answer":"EVERY TIME","Explanation":"Definition: Without exception\n(IVY TREE)* + \"tops\" of My Experience"}
-{"Clue":"Chew pig's tail with crackling (5)","Answer":"GRIND","Explanation":"Definition: Chew\n[pi]G + RIND (crackling)"}
-{"Clue":"Praise for Europe set down by one (it's about London) (8)","Answer":"EULOGISE","Explanation":"Definition: Praise\nEU + LOG (set down) + I (one) + SE (London is in the South-east, so the SE is \"about London\")"}
-{"Clue":"Pig's heart with good bit of chicken (4)","Answer":"WING","Explanation":"Definition: bit of chicken\n[s]WIN[e] + G"}
-{"Clue":"They'll sell you a porky scratching \u2014 it's first on bar back (5)","Answer":"LIARS","Explanation":"Definition: They'll sell you a porky\nReverse of RAIL + S[cratching] (\"it's\" first letter). Porky = pork pie = lie in rhyming slang"}
-{"Clue":"Might be in pigs' club (4)","Answer":"IRON","Explanation":"Definition: club\nDouble definition \u2013 iron might be found in the form of pigs, and an iron is a golf club"}
-{"Clue":"Invite trouble, if a stork flies (3,3,2)","Answer":"ASK FOR IT","Explanation":"Definition: Invite trouble\n(IF A STORK)"}
-{"Clue":"First among characters hailed in each fiefdom (5)","Answer":"CHIEF","Explanation":"Definition: First among characters hailed in each fiefdom\nFirst letters of Characters Hailed In Each Fiefdom, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Called for peace: change of heart by Katharine Viner (9)","Answer":"CLAMOURED","Explanation":"Definition: Called\nCALM (peace) with its \"heart\" changed, + OUR ED \u2013 Katharine Viner is the Guardian's Editor-in-chief"}
-{"Clue":"Gracious sigh in pig Latin (1,3)","Answer":"I SAY","Explanation":"Definition: Gracious\nHow you would say \"sigh\" in Igpay atinlay"}
-{"Clue":"Naughty hog intent on getting food! (7)","Answer":"YOGHURT","Explanation":"Definition: food\nHOG* in YURT (i.e. \"in tent\")"}
-{"Clue":"Swine on time for part of pig (7)","Answer":"TROTTER","Explanation":"Definition: part of pig\nT + ROTTER"}
-{"Clue":"Hock in pot with top tucked in (4)","Answer":"PAWN","Explanation":"Definition: Hock\nW[ith] in PAN"}
-{"Clue":"After a fight, lion pigs out (8)","Answer":"SPOILING","Explanation":"Definition: After a fight\n(LION PIGS)* \u2013 after as in \"looking for\""}
-{"Clue":"Sow spared being butchered (6)","Answer":"SPREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Sow\nSPARED* \u2013 sow as a verb, not a pig"}
-{"Clue":"Part of custard, say, has extremely greedy people losing face (3,5)","Answer":"EGG YOLKS","Explanation":"Definition: Part of custard\nE.G. (say) + G[reed]Y + [f]OLKS"}
-{"Clue":"Pigs' group said to lack interest (6)","Answer":"BORING","Explanation":"Definition: to lack interest\nHomophone of \"boar ring\""}
-{"Clue":"Apart from the top, where the solution goes \u2026 (4)","Answer":"HERE","Explanation":"Definition: where the solution goes\nWHERE less its first or top letter"}
-{"Clue":"What to add to number for when pigs fly till the cows come home (4,5)","Answer":"EVER AFTER","Explanation":"Definition: till the cows come home\nWhen pigs might fly is \"never\", which get by putting EVER AFTER N[umber]. \"Till the cows come home\" doesn't really mean \"for ever\", though, just a very long time"}
-{"Clue":"Prepares one to step down where lights are seen (5)","Answer":"GRIDS","Explanation":"Definition: where lights are seen\nGIRDS (prepares, as in \"gird one's loins\") with I (one) moved down.\"Lights\" are the entries in a crossword grid"}
-{"Clue":"Poke fun at pig (5)","Answer":"SCOFF","Explanation":"Definition: Poke fun\nDouble definition (pig = eat greedily)"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's left no longer stuffing fat pig (8)","Answer":"LARBOARD","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman's left no longer\nBOAR (pig) in LARD (fat) \u2013 obsolete term for left on a ship, replaced by \"port\""}
-{"Clue":"Bogus dietitian without a degree is no expert (8)","Answer":"INITIATE","Explanation":"Definition: no expert\nDIETITIAN* less D"}
-{"Clue":"Not to be deceived: eating cinders is showing off (6)","Answer":"FLASHY","Explanation":"Definition: showing off\nASH in FLY (not to be deceived)"}
-{"Clue":"Pig's ear made of sacred woods (6)","Answer":"CEDARS","Explanation":"Definition: woods\nSACRED"}
-{"Clue":"Part of pig \u2014 one, some say, that keeps hot (4)","Answer":"CHOP","Explanation":"Definition: Part of pig\nH in COP \u2013 pig is slang for a policeman"}
-{"Clue":"Palm fern, regularly used after prayer (4)","Answer":"AMEN","Explanation":"Definition: used after prayer\nAlternate letters of pAlM fErN"}
-{"Clue":"Man of strength holds information for painter (6)","Answer":"TITIAN","Explanation":"Definition: painter\nI[nformation] in TITAN"}
-{"Clue":"Singer given concession dashed round (7)","Answer":"SOPRANO","Explanation":"Definition: Singer\nSOP (concession) + RAN + O"}
-{"Clue":"About to enter aircraft carrier (9)","Answer":"FREIGHTER","Explanation":"Definition: carrier\nRE in FIGHTER"}
-{"Clue":"Old Bob kindly provides balloon (5)","Answer":"SWELL","Explanation":"Definition: balloon\nS (Shilling, old 'bob') + WELL (kindly)"}
-{"Clue":"Change a place in West London (5)","Answer":"ACTON","Explanation":"Definition: a place in West London\nTo ACT ON something can be to change it"}
-{"Clue":"Performing a poor role unfavourably (2,3,4)","Answer":"IN BAD PART","Explanation":"Definition: unfavourably\n'Performing a poor role' is to be IN a BAD PART"}
-{"Clue":"Hugo! Try exotic food (7)","Answer":"YOGHURT","Explanation":"Definition: food\n(HUGO TRY)"}
-{"Clue":"Chuck set about old clergyman? That's badly done! (6)","Answer":"SHODDY","Explanation":"Definition: badly done\nO DD in SHY (to throw, chuck)"}
-{"Clue":"Encourages catcalls around the street (6)","Answer":"BOOSTS","Explanation":"Definition: Encourages\nST in BOOS"}
-{"Clue":"Dicky fainted when challenging (7)","Answer":"DEFIANT","Explanation":"Definition: challenging\nFAINTED"}
-{"Clue":"In Spanish bar the French demonstrate vocal style (9)","Answer":"CANTILENA","Explanation":"Definition: vocal style\nLE in CANTINA"}
-{"Clue":"One getting up in the middle of a flight (5)","Answer":"RISER","Explanation":"Definition: One getting up\nDouble definition, the 'flight' being a staircase"}
-{"Clue":"Part of Boito's cast in opera (5)","Answer":"TOSCA","Explanation":"Definition: opera\nHidden in boiTO'S CAst. Arrigo Boito wrote the librettos for several of Verdi's operas, but not for Puccini's Tosca"}
-{"Clue":"Pushing for progress (9)","Answer":"PROMOTION","Explanation":"Definition: Pushing\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Composer's given the Queen the case for carrying a weapon (7)","Answer":"HOLSTER","Explanation":"Definition: the case for carrying a weapon\n[Gustav] HOLST + ER"}
-{"Clue":"Looking for a woody plant to train? Try elm (6)","Answer":"MYRTLE","Explanation":"Definition: woody plant\n(TRY ELM)"}
-{"Clue":"Argument with one US jeweller (7)","Answer":"TIFFANY","Explanation":"Definition: US jeweller\nTIFF + ANY"}
-{"Clue":"English flower Romeo found in temporary accommodation (5)","Answer":"TRENT","Explanation":"Definition: English flower\nR in TENT \u2013 three very familiar crossword elements here!"}
-{"Clue":"Sailors demolished angostura (9)","Answer":"ARGONAUTS","Explanation":"Definition: Sailors\nANGOSTURA"}
-{"Clue":"Nazi bodyguard about to plagiarise eastern writers (7)","Answer":"SCRIBES","Explanation":"Definition: writers\nCRIB E in SS"}
-{"Clue":"Sat and asked (5)","Answer":"POSED","Explanation":"Definition: Sat\nDouble definition ('asked' as in 'posed a question')"}
-{"Clue":"I left Egyptian city for a girl (9)","Answer":"ALEXANDRA","Explanation":"Definition: a girl\nALEXANDRIA less I"}
-{"Clue":"Recently Oscar got deflated by egghead (2,4)","Answer":"OF LATE","Explanation":"Definition: Recently\nO + FLAT + E[gg]"}
-{"Clue":"Hard to control soldier leaving (6)","Answer":"STRICT","Explanation":"Definition: Hard\nRESTRICT (control) less R[oyal] E[ngineer]"}
-{"Clue":"Plant the Spanish gardens first (9)","Answer":"GROUNDSEL","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nGROUNDS + EL"}
-{"Clue":"Tender right-winger makes charitable donations (9)","Answer":"OFFERTORY","Explanation":"Definition: charitable donations\nOFFER (to tender) + TORY"}
-{"Clue":"Society keener to get cleaner (7)","Answer":"SWEEPER","Explanation":"Definition: cleaner\nS + WEEPER (one who keens)"}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman receiving company of clergyman (6)","Answer":"DEACON","Explanation":"Definition: clergyman\nCO in DEAN"}
-{"Clue":"Dramatist has entree cooked with a tiny slice of chervil (7)","Answer":"TERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Dramatist\nAnagram of ENTREE + C, for the Roman playwright"}
-{"Clue":"Church supports tax for drink (6)","Answer":"SCOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nSCOT (tax \u2013 origin of the phrase \"scot free\") + CH"}
-{"Clue":"It's not appropriate to sleep in it (5)","Answer":"INAPT","Explanation":"Definition: not appropriate\nNAP in IT"}
-{"Clue":"Get ready for a boiled egg? One spills a lot (13)","Answer":"BUTTERFINGERS","Explanation":"Definition: One spills a lot\nYou might BUTTER some FINGERS of bread (also called soldiers by some) to dip into your boiled egg"}
-{"Clue":"Some sort of old weapon king sheathed, not required (6)","Answer":"SPARKE","Explanation":"Definition: Some sort of old weapon\nK in SPARE (not required) \u2013 \"a weapon of some kind\", says Chambers"}
-{"Clue":"Chill in Scots moor I experienced lacking plenty of clothing (5)","Answer":"OORIE","Explanation":"Definition: Chill in Scots\nHidden (\"lacking plenty of clothing\") in mOOR I Experienced"}
-{"Clue":"Wine (not cha) leading to special ecstasy (5)","Answer":"BLISS","Explanation":"Definition: ecstasy\n[CHA]BLIS + S"}
-{"Clue":"Early instrument? Nasty noise I extracted from it (7)","Answer":"RACKETT","Explanation":"Definition: Early instrument\nRACKET + [I]T \u2013 the name of the Rackett (aka the Sausage Bassoon) seems to be unrelated to the various meanings of \"racket\""}
-{"Clue":"Bubble from poet recreating wonder with lines (8)","Answer":"ROWNDELL","Explanation":"Definition: Bubble from poet\nWONDER* + LL \u2013 Spenserian form of \"roundel\", meaning a bubble"}
-{"Clue":"Old Frenchman: on more than half his land he digs in clay (7)","Answer":"GAULTER","Explanation":"Definition: he digs in clay\nGAUL + \"more than half\" of TER[RE] (French \"land\") \u2013 it's \"a person who digs gault\""}
-{"Clue":"Struggling along a marine has rounded cape, in mid-Atlantic? (13)","Answer":"ANGLO-AMERICAN","Explanation":"Definition: in mid-Atlantic\nC in (ALONG A MARINE)"}
-{"Clue":"Working together ultimately jockey often restrained frisky greys (7)","Answer":"SYNERGY","Explanation":"Definition: Working together\n[jocke]Y [ofte]N in GREYS"}
-{"Clue":"Cracks in the skin (8)","Answer":"RHAGADES","Explanation":"Definition: Cracks in the skin\nThe competition word"}
-{"Clue":"Bones, 50 found in a ruin restored, adult (7)","Answer":"ULNARIA","Explanation":"Definition: Bones\nL in (A RUIN)* + A"}
-{"Clue":"Heads for Lord's as many dedicated amateur players train here (5)","Answer":"LAMDA","Explanation":"Definition: players train here\nFirst letters of Lord's As Many Dedicated Amateur. LAMDA is the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, so a trainer of \"players\" in either the musical or theatrical sense, though I think mainly the latter"}
-{"Clue":"Chap going round clubs for a dark spot (little luminance in club) (5)","Answer":"MACLE","Explanation":"Definition: a dark spot\nC in MALE; or L[uminance] in MACE (club), with the definition in the middle"}
-{"Clue":"That lot's those likely to succeed after time (6)","Answer":"THEIRS","Explanation":"Definition: That lot's\nT + HEIRS"}
-{"Clue":"Need lass, wayward, in get-up showing extreme daring (13)","Answer":"DREADLESSNESS","Explanation":"Definition: extreme daring\n(NEED LASS)* in DRESS"}
-{"Clue":"What fiddler performs in pub, drunk \u2013 ouch! (5)","Answer":"UPBOW","Explanation":"Definition: What fiddler performs\nPUB* + OW"}
-{"Clue":"WG hit out with late boundary? (6)","Answer":"TALWEG","Explanation":"Definition: boundary\n(WG LATE)"}
-{"Clue":"Like tender runners, trimmed fore and aft, requiring rods for support (8)","Answer":"TRINGLES","Explanation":"Definition: rods for support\n[S]TRINGLES[S] (i.e. like young beans). Tringles are curtain rods"}
-{"Clue":"Pale green reeds growing wild over small acreage (6)","Answer":"RESEDA","Explanation":"Definition: Pale green\nA[creage] in REEDS"}
-{"Clue":"Roll up as leave cut by half (4)","Answer":"FURL","Explanation":"Definition: Roll up\nFURL[OUGH]"}
-{"Clue":"Early version of the Good Book buried in capital archives (5)","Answer":"ITALA","Explanation":"Definition: Early version of the Good Book\nHidden in capITAL Archives \u2013 an early Latin version of the bible, also called the Italic Version or Vetus Latina"}
-{"Clue":"Part of psalter to study when retiring and then go off (7)","Answer":"NOCTURN","Explanation":"Definition: Part of psalter\nCON< + TURN (e.g. to \"go off\" your current route)"}
-{"Clue":"Like guardsmen parading before evacuation of cantonment (5)","Answer":"ERECT","Explanation":"Definition: Like guardsmen parading\nERE (before) + C[antonmen]T"}
-{"Clue":"Justice? By the sound of it something regularly observed (4)","Answer":"RITE","Explanation":"Definition: something regularly observed\nHomophone of \"right\""}
-{"Clue":"Weed, a grass that's unusual in height (9)","Answer":"SARGASSUM","Explanation":"Definition: Weed\n(A GRASS)* in SUM \u2013 a type of seaweed that the Sargasso Sea is named after"}
-{"Clue":"Goblin on earth amid trees changing places among immortals (9)","Answer":"ETERNISES","Explanation":"Definition: places among immortals\nNIS (\"a friendly goblin\") + E[arth] in TREES"}
-{"Clue":"150 I nominate on new list (8)","Answer":"CLINAMEN","Explanation":"Definition: list\nCL + I NAME + N \u2013 it means \"inclination\""}
-{"Clue":"Legendary traitor, dead, bloodied, beneath layer of humus (7)","Answer":"MORDRED","Explanation":"Definition: Legendary traitor\nMOR (a layer of humus) + D + RED \u2013 Morded is a traitor in the legends of King Arthur"}
-{"Clue":"Praises set working, reverse of careless kept in (6)","Answer":"EXALTS","Explanation":"Definition: Praises\nLAX< in SET"}
-{"Clue":"Scottish ass regurgitated stuff to stop working (6)","Answer":"CUDDIE","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish ass\nCUD + DIE"}
-{"Clue":"At odds with Anglicanism for the moment? (5)","Answer":"NONCE","Explanation":"Definition: the moment\n\"NON-CE\""}
-{"Clue":"Pump supplying measure of liquid about right (5)","Answer":"GRILL","Explanation":"Definition: Pump\nR in GILL \u2013 pump\/grill as in interrogate"}
-{"Clue":"What drivers go through, lining up targets without tees (5)","Answer":"GEARS","Explanation":"Definition: What drivers go through\nAnagram of TARGETS less its Ts"}
-{"Clue":"A jaunt abandoned by king finally, involving a flapper? (4)","Answer":"ALAR","Explanation":"Definition: involving a flapper\nA + LAR[K] \u2013 the \"flapper\" is a wing"}
-{"Clue":"Rag offering dances for audience? (4)","Answer":"HAZE","Explanation":"Definition: Rag\nHomophone of \"heys\" or \"hays\". Chambers defines \"hey\" as \"a country dance\", though strictly speaking it's more of a dance move or figure, in which dancers weave in and out of each other (as in The Dashing White Sergeant, for example)"}
-{"Clue":"I entirely agree Daisy is wrong accepting French alternative gin's partner (3,4,2)","Answer":"YOU\u00a0SAID\u00a0IT","Explanation":"Definition: I entirely agree\nOU (French \"or\") in DAISY* + IT (as in \"gin and it\")"}
-{"Clue":"Juliet's predecessor: one needing first aid, on reflection (5)","Answer":"INDIA","Explanation":"Definition: Juliet's predecessor\nI + N[eeding] + reverse of AID. India precedes Juliet in the NATO phonetic alphabet, though I see that technically Juliet is spelt Juliett there, apparently to help French speakers"}
-{"Clue":"Delight on large troopship? (9)","Answer":"TRANSPORT","Explanation":"Definition: Delight\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wood nymph's uninspiring notice (5)","Answer":"DRYAD","Explanation":"Definition: Wood nymph\nDRY + AD"}
-{"Clue":"Endear fiancee regularly for a Guernsey lily, for example (6)","Answer":"NERINE","Explanation":"Definition: Guernsey lily, for example\nAlternate letters of eNdEaR fIaNcE. The Guernsey lily is *Nerine sarniensis"}
-{"Clue":"Defensive barrier, square, for rebel holding king (8)","Answer":"STOCKADE","Explanation":"Definition: Defensive barrier\nS[quare] + TO (for) + K in CADE, the famous rebel, who I don't think we've seen for a while"}
-{"Clue":"Leanest flying kites (7)","Answer":"ELANETS","Explanation":"Definition: kites\nLEANEST* \u2013 a genus of kites"}
-{"Clue":"Doc embraces member backing eastern chum (7)","Answer":"COMRADE","Explanation":"Definition: chum\nARM in DOC, reversed, + E. Doc is one of Maskarade's other pseudonyms"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character touring Crete, swimming and so forth (2,6)","Answer":"ET CETERA","Explanation":"Definition: so forth\nCRETE* in ETA"}
-{"Clue":"Initially, Alan the entrepreneur returns to Mediterranean island city (6)","Answer":"RAGUSA","Explanation":"Definition: Mediterranean island city\nReverse of A[lan] SUGAR. Ragusa is a city on Sicily"}
-{"Clue":"Teachers' pole (5)","Answer":"STAFF","Explanation":"Definition: Teachers\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Veteran officer in charge keeps unusual dope for local medication (9)","Answer":"OPODELDOC","Explanation":"Definition: local medication\nDOPE* in OLD O[fficer] C[ommanding] \u2013 it's a kind of liniment"}
-{"Clue":"River abroad (5)","Answer":"FORTH","Explanation":"Definition: River\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Price rush organised for millionaires' class (9)","Answer":"SUPERRICH","Explanation":"Definition: millionaires' class\n(PRICE RUSH)* \u2013 Chambers does give this as a single word, though only as an adjective. Looking online for the noun, as needed here, I found a mixture of \"the super rich\", \"the super-rich\" and \"the superrich\""}
-{"Clue":"Actress, who is no more, sadly (6)","Answer":"MONROE","Explanation":"Definition: Actress\n(NO MORE)*, and the whole clue is also a definition: Marilyn Monroe died almost 55 years ago, on 5 August 1962. I was too young at the time to know who she was, but I remember my mother being very upset at her suicide"}
-{"Clue":"Celts, leaving consultancies, organised capital (8)","Answer":"ASUNCION","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nAnagram of CONSULTANCIES less CELTS \u2013 it's the capital of Paraguay"}
-{"Clue":"Help mistress, partly upset and guileless (6)","Answer":"SIMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: guileless\nHidden in reverse of hELP MIStress"}
-{"Clue":"Sink or swim, for a start, maybe here in Scotland (7)","Answer":"KINROSS","Explanation":"Definition: here in Scotland\nAnagram of SINK OR S[wim]"}
-{"Clue":"Some Atlantean or K\u00e4ssbohrer would certainly interest him! (6)","Answer":"ANORAK","Explanation":"Definition: him\nThis is clearly mean to be a hidden answer, but it doesn't work \u2013 changing the clue to read \"AtlanteAN OR **A** K\u00e4ssbohrer\" would fix it. Atlanteans and K\u00e4ssbohrers are both types of bus, which a bus-spotting anorak might be keen on. Anorak is another of the setter's pseudonyms, as is Busman."}
-{"Clue":"Coarse Italian patriot, somewhat (6)","Answer":"RIBALD","Explanation":"Definition: Coarse\nPart of gaRIBALDi"}
-{"Clue":"Green cross on Mediterranean island (4)","Answer":"GOZO","Explanation":"Definition: Mediterranean island\nGO (green, as in traffic lights) + ZO, the crossword setter's favourite crossbreed, with lots of alternative spellings. Yet another pseudonym \u2013 today's FT crossword is set by Gozo: I haven't solved it yet so don't know if it has a birthday-related theme"}
-{"Clue":"Group topped ditch (1-2)","Answer":"A-HA","Explanation":"Definition: Group\nHA-HA (ditch) minus its first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Old prior, as hermit losing a wee amount (3)","Answer":"ERE","Explanation":"Definition: Old prior\nERE[mite] \u2013 prior = before"}
-{"Clue":"Dusky maiden? (3)","Answer":"EVE","Explanation":"Definition: maiden\nDouble\/cryptic definition \u2013 eve[ning]s may be dusky"}
-{"Clue":"Electrical discharge caused by car crash (3)","Answer":"ARC","Explanation":"Definition: Electrical discharge\nHidden in (\"caused by\") cAR Crash"}
-{"Clue":"Young Treherne appearing regularly (4)","Answer":"TEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Young\nAlternate letters of TrEhErNe"}
-{"Clue":"Customers who have taken vows? (8)","Answer":"REGULARS","Explanation":"Definition: Customers\nDouble definition \u2013 a regular can be a customer of a pub, or (new to me) \"a member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows\""}
-{"Clue":"Means to close entrance to labyrinth? (7)","Answer":"EARPLUG","Explanation":"Definition: Means to close entrance to labyrinth\nCryptic definition: the labyrinth being part of the inner ear"}
-{"Clue":"Display and make lace as well (6)","Answer":"TATTOO","Explanation":"Definition: Display\nTAT (make lace) + TOO"}
-{"Clue":"Decadent English\/French social function (6)","Answer":"EFFETE","Explanation":"Definition: Decadent\nE + F + FETE"}
-{"Clue":"Its partition was booked (3,3)","Answer":"RED SEA","Explanation":"Definition: Its partition was booked\nCryptic definition, referring to the parting of the Red Sea in (the book of) Exodus"}
-{"Clue":"Shelter for fine candlestick (6)","Answer":"SCONCE","Explanation":"Definition: Shelter\nThree definitions: a shelter or earth work; at Oxford University, a \"fine\" paid by drinking a large amount of ale; and a candlestick, usually mounted on a wall"}
-{"Clue":"Disclose what offers kept a reserve (4,3,5,3)","Answer":"TAKE THE WRAPS OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Disclose\n(WHAT OFFERS KEPT A)* \u2013 the anagram indicated by the letters being \"re-served\""}
-{"Clue":"I can't earn redress, as race won easily (2,1,6)","Answer":"IN A CANTER","Explanation":"Definition: as race won easily\n(I CAN'T EARN)* \u2013 I think \"at a canter\" is a more usual version of this phrase, but this version does seem to exist"}
-{"Clue":"Creature developing one horn (5)","Answer":"RHINO","Explanation":"Definition: Creature\n(I HORN)* , with an &littish surface"}
-{"Clue":"Continues to pay for the boy (5,2)","Answer":"KEEPS ON","Explanation":"Definition: Continues\nKEEP SON"}
-{"Clue":"Cruel animal brush, it should be thrown out (7)","Answer":"BRUTISH","Explanation":"Definition: Cruel\n(BRUSH IT)* \u2013 I read this as two definitions, with \"animal\" as an adjective"}
-{"Clue":"Language establishing an audible bond (3)","Answer":"TAI","Explanation":"Definition: Language\nHomophone of \"tie\" (bond): it's a variant form of \"Thai\" \u2013 I originally put TIE here, thinking the clue was faulty"}
-{"Clue":"He often resorts to a piece in colour (7)","Answer":"HABITU\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: He often resorts\nA BIT in HUE"}
-{"Clue":"Country with rain after winter's half gone (7)","Answer":"TERRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Country\n[win]TER + RAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Exclamation partygoers may make (7)","Answer":"WHOOPEE","Explanation":"Definition: Exclamation\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"American small change being found in school is dodgy (7)","Answer":"SUSPECT","Explanation":"Definition: dodgy\nUS + P (penny, small change) in SECT (school)"}
-{"Clue":"Some very early cereal (3)","Answer":"RYE","Explanation":"Definition: cereal\nHidden in veRY Early"}
-{"Clue":"Appear on stage again in a more entertaining way (7)","Answer":"REENTER","Explanation":"Definition: Appear on stage again\nHidden in moRE ENTERtaining"}
-{"Clue":"It may appear smart on the stern of a boat (7)","Answer":"TRANSOM","Explanation":"Definition: the stern of a boat\n(SMART ON)"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor died a dissolute man (5)","Answer":"DRAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Sailor\nD + RAKE"}
-{"Clue":"Clothes not a single woman will go out in (9)","Answer":"TROUSSEAU","Explanation":"Definition: Clothes not a single woman will go out in\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Say what you like, this right is not protected everywhere (7,2,6)","Answer":"FREEDOM OF SPEECH","Explanation":"Definition: Say what you like\nDouble definition (just about)"}
-{"Clue":"Love someone who left hot drink out (5,3,5,2)","Answer":"THINK THE WORLD OF","Explanation":"Definition: Love someone\n(WHO LEFT HOT DRINK)"}
-{"Clue":"Jack found in church, we hear (5)","Answer":"KNAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Jack\nHomophone of \"nave\""}
-{"Clue":"Passing through Turkish capital, changing trains (7)","Answer":"TRANSIT","Explanation":"Definition: Passing through\nT[urkish] + TRAINS"}
-{"Clue":"Understanding French (7)","Answer":"ENTENTE","Explanation":"Definition: Understanding French\nA barely-cryptic definition \u2013 'Entente' is French for 'understanding'"}
-{"Clue":"Unusual portion of toasted cheese (7)","Answer":"RAREBIT","Explanation":"Definition: toasted cheese\nRARE + BIT"}
-{"Clue":"It's one after another (7)","Answer":"PURSUER","Explanation":"Definition: It's one after another\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Start to speak without a single drink (9)","Answer":"ORIGINATE","Explanation":"Definition: Start\nI GIN in ORATE"}
-{"Clue":"Improvident way to eat (4,4,2,5)","Answer":"FROM HAND TO MOUTH","Explanation":"Definition: Improvident\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Exploded with fury, where there's commission to pay (9)","Answer":"BROKERAGE","Explanation":"Definition: where there's commission to pay\nBROKE + RAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Avail oneself of sheep, we hear (3)","Answer":"USE","Explanation":"Definition: Avail oneself of\nHomophone of ~~\"use\"~~ \"ewes\""}
-{"Clue":"Some of the musicians get the bird (3)","Answer":"EMU","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nHidden in thE MUsicians"}
-{"Clue":"Entrance for the colliery boss? (7)","Answer":"PITHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Entrance\nPIT + HEAD, again with an &littish surface"}
-{"Clue":"Singular mistake in Latin translation (7)","Answer":"ERRATUM","Explanation":"Definition: Singular mistake in Latin translation\nCryptic definition (again, barely)"}
-{"Clue":"Starts out and trips (4,3)","Answer":"SETS OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Starts out\nDouble definition (think of a bomb for the second)"}
-{"Clue":"Puts off one's retirement (5,2)","Answer":"STAYS UP","Explanation":"Definition: Puts off one's retirement\nCryptic definition, referring to a late bedtime"}
-{"Clue":"Setting for a confrontation? (5)","Answer":"SCENE","Explanation":"Definition: Setting\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Opposing party lines (8)","Answer":"CONVERSE","Explanation":"Definition: Opposing\nCON[servative] + VERSE (lines)"}
-{"Clue":"It's redolent of daisies, or umbrageous roses opening (5)","Answer":"ODOUR","Explanation":"Definition: It's redolent\nFirst letters of Of Daisies Or Umbrageous Roses"}
-{"Clue":"Detained three lads on a regular basis (4)","Answer":"HELD","Explanation":"Definition: Detained\nAlternate letters of tHrEe LaDs"}
-{"Clue":"Security company left to guard tower from rear (10)","Answer":"COLLATERAL","Explanation":"Definition: Security\nMy LOTP (last one to parse): reverse of ARE TALL (\"tower\") in CO L"}
-{"Clue":"In a bad way, failing to end pyloric spasms (6)","Answer":"ROPILY","Explanation":"Definition: In a bad way\nAnagram of PYLORI[c]"}
-{"Clue":"Demanding individual senior nurses apply light touch (8)","Answer":"STICKLER","Explanation":"Definition: Demanding individual\nTICKLE (apply light touch) \"nursed by\" SR"}
-{"Clue":"Make angry scene in Barking (7)","Answer":"INCENSE","Explanation":"Definition: Make\n(SCENE IN)"}
-{"Clue":"Sticks end of stair rod into heart (7)","Answer":"RHUBARB","Explanation":"Definition: Sticks\n[stai]R + BAR in HUB \u2013 my LOI (after getting 6d: I was fixated on \"heart\"=\"core\")"}
-{"Clue":"Second coffee and Senior Service for slob (8)","Answer":"SLATTERN","Explanation":"Definition: slob\nS + LATTE + RN (Royal Navy, the \"Senior Service\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow Lithuanian, perhaps, is blue (6)","Answer":"COBALT","Explanation":"Definition: blue\nThe fellow Lithuanian is a CO-BALT"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's baking disaster is warning to the complacent (4-2,4)","Answer":"WAKE-UP CALL","Explanation":"Definition: warning to the complacent\nSpoonerism of \"CAKE UP WALL\""}
-{"Clue":"Live with very discontented group (4)","Answer":"BEVY","Explanation":"Definition: group\nBE + V[er]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Sequence from Antonioni tear-jerker (5)","Answer":"ONION","Explanation":"Definition: tear-jerker\nHidden in antONIONi"}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish home team lacking player around start of extra time (8)","Answer":"TENEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Rubbish home\nE[xtra] in TEN MEN (a football or cricket team missing one player) + T \u2013 I'm not sure a tenement is necessarily a \"rubbish\" home"}
-{"Clue":"The third to rate this clue as \"moderate\" (4,4)","Answer":"TONE DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: moderate\nThird letter of raTe + ONE DOWN"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient linesman departs following 4-0 upset (4)","Answer":"OVID","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient linesman\nReverse of IV-0 + D"}
-{"Clue":"Expensive diamonds separating pair from last of money (6)","Answer":"PRICEY","Explanation":"Definition: Expensive\nICE (diamonds) in PR + [mone]Y"}
-{"Clue":"She has no illusions about top celebs (7)","Answer":"REALIST","Explanation":"Definition: She has no illusions\nRE A-LIST \u2013 the \"she\" here is an Arachne trademark"}
-{"Clue":"Old bloke seized by desire to be feminine (8)","Answer":"WOMANISH","Explanation":"Definition: feminine\nO MAN in WISH"}
-{"Clue":"Broken bed, a sorry conclusion to a boozy night out? (10)","Answer":"DONER KEBAB","Explanation":"Definition: conclusion to a boozy night out\n(BROKEN BED A)* \u2013 the enumeration should be (5,5)"}
-{"Clue":"Suave Turk removing clothes, source of annoyance (6)","Answer":"URBANE","Explanation":"Definition: Suave\n[t]UR[k] + BANE"}
-{"Clue":"Miners exit angrily, barely surviving (2,8)","Answer":"IN EXTREMIS","Explanation":"Definition: barely surviving\n(MINERS EXIT)"}
-{"Clue":"Tearful under small blanket (8)","Answer":"SWEEPING","Explanation":"Definition: blanket\nS + WEEPING \u2013 as in \"sweeping changes\""}
-{"Clue":"Material from inverted belly button collected by oddly repressed priest (8)","Answer":"RELEVANT","Explanation":"Definition: Material\nReverse of NAVEL in pRiEsT (omitting the odd letters) \u2013 another nice hidden indicator (see also 14a)"}
-{"Clue":"Find you near the harbour (7)","Answer":"UNEARTH","Explanation":"Definition: Find\nHidden (\"harboured\") in yoU NEAR THe"}
-{"Clue":"Get support from the French before long (4,2)","Answer":"LEAN ON","Explanation":"Definition: Get support from\nLE + ANON (soon, before long)"}
-{"Clue":"Part of waste disposal system close to gypsy settlement (6)","Answer":"COLONY","Explanation":"Definition: settlement\nCOLON (end of the alimentary canal) + [gyps]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Dud and Pete's initial prominence (4)","Answer":"BUMP","Explanation":"Definition: prominence\nBUM (dud) + P[ete] \u2013 reference (in an unusual order) to this pair, of course."}
-{"Clue":"Player added a bit of cream to hair (7)","Answer":"ACTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Player\nA + C[ream] + TRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Girl eats dace cooked in college (7)","Answer":"ACADEMY","Explanation":"Definition: college\nDACE* in AMY"}
-{"Clue":"South American seen in Dublin Castle (4)","Answer":"INCA","Explanation":"Definition: South American\nHidden in dublIN CAstle"}
-{"Clue":"\"I'm to enter a new arrangement\", articulated performer (10)","Answer":"MARIONETTE","Explanation":"Definition: articulated performer\n(I'M TO ENTER A)"}
-{"Clue":"Current fashion for scientist (6)","Answer":"NEWTON","Explanation":"Definition: scientist\nNEW (current) TON (fashion)"}
-{"Clue":"Plant encircles lake? No kidding! (8)","Answer":"HONESTLY","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nL in HONESTY (plant)"}
-{"Clue":"Latest news of holy woman's put down (4,5)","Answer":"STOP PRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Latest news\nST + OPPRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Prize for lad keeping books (5)","Answer":"BOOTY","Explanation":"Definition: Prize\nOT in BOY"}
-{"Clue":"Gives a drenching to drunkards (5)","Answer":"SOAKS","Explanation":"Definition: Gives a drenching\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Host attending the Queen (9)","Answer":"PRESENTER","Explanation":"Definition: Host\nPRESENT (attending) + ER"}
-{"Clue":"Finished with model? That's a bit dim! (8)","Answer":"OVERCAST","Explanation":"Definition: That's a bit dim\nOVER + CAST (model)"}
-{"Clue":"Rub Pat the wrong way? That's sudden! (6)","Answer":"ABRUPT","Explanation":"Definition: That's sudden\n(RUB PAT)"}
-{"Clue":"Scoundrels about to claim Oxford University is like death (10)","Answer":"CADAVEROUS","Explanation":"Definition: like death\nAVER OU in CADS"}
-{"Clue":"Dragging a piece of timber around Norwegian capital (4)","Answer":"LONG","Explanation":"Definition: Dragging\nN[orwegian] in LOG"}
-{"Clue":"A number embrace goddess? That's capital! (7)","Answer":"TEHERAN","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nHERA in TEN \u2013 capital of Iran, more usually written as Tehran these days"}
-{"Clue":"Woman in torment shows spirit (7)","Answer":"BANSHEE","Explanation":"Definition: spirit\nSHE on BANE"}
-{"Clue":"Question many on trial (7)","Answer":"CONTEST","Explanation":"Definition: Question\nC + ON TEST"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier's pretence of dissent (5)","Answer":"REACT","Explanation":"Definition: dissent\nRE + ACT (pretence, as in \"put on an act\"))"}
-{"Clue":"Study group in airmen's mess (7)","Answer":"SEMINAR","Explanation":"Definition: Study group\n(AIRMENS)"}
-{"Clue":"Creditor possesses coins (6)","Answer":"CROWNS","Explanation":"Definition: coins\nCR + OWNS"}
-{"Clue":"Trim blue carpet (5,4)","Answer":"DRESS DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: carpet\nDRESS (trim) + DOWN (blue = sad)"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor gives lashings in support of officer (7)","Answer":"MATELOT","Explanation":"Definition: Sailor\nMATE (ship's officer) + LOT"}
-{"Clue":"Arrangement for lecture about royal box (13)","Answer":"ORCHESTRATION","Explanation":"Definition: Arrangement\nR CHEST in ORATION"}
-{"Clue":"Cope with freak distribution? That gives nothing away! (5,4)","Answer":"POKER FACE","Explanation":"Definition: That gives nothing away\n(COPE FREAK)"}
-{"Clue":"Prevent honoured officer adopting the Roman way to tango (7)","Answer":"OBVIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Prevent\nVIA + T in OBE (an \"honoured officer\", when referring to the recipient, not the honour itself)"}
-{"Clue":"Birds for every one in Wales (7)","Answer":"SWANSEA","Explanation":"Definition: in Wales\nSWANS + EA[ch] \u2013 I don't like \"in Wales\" as the definition, but this is something of a Chifonie trademark"}
-{"Clue":"Range of vessels in river (7)","Answer":"EXPANSE","Explanation":"Definition: Range\nPANS in EXE"}
-{"Clue":"Optical device advanced artist (6)","Answer":"CAMERA","Explanation":"Definition: Optical device\nCAME (advanced) + RA"}
-{"Clue":"Registers car (5)","Answer":"ROLLS","Explanation":"Definition: Registers\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Silly me, sure a fiddle featured in opera (3,10)","Answer":"DIE\u00a0FLEDERMAUS","Explanation":"Definition: opera\n(ME SURE A FIDDLE)* \u2013 operetta by Johann Strauss II with a silly plot but lovely music"}
-{"Clue":"Cross capital, say, to give evidence (9)","Answer":"TESTIMONY","Explanation":"Definition: evidence\nHomophone of \"testy money\""}
-{"Clue":"Court summons gangster caught having sex earlier (5)","Answer":"CITAL","Explanation":"Definition: Court summons\nC[aught] + IT (sex) + AL (Capone) \u2013 as the clue says, cital (from \"cite\") is \"a summons to appear\""}
-{"Clue":"Strategy No 11 for an idiot (5)","Answer":"PLANK","Explanation":"Definition: an idiot\nPLAN (strategy) + K (11th letter of the alphabet)"}
-{"Clue":"Found one soldier in elaborately decorated housing (9)","Answer":"ORIGINATE","Explanation":"Definition: Found\nI GI in ORNATE"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor pays out to this examining body? (7)","Answer":"AUTOPSY","Explanation":"Definition: examining body\n(PAYS OUT)"}
-{"Clue":"Nuts about you, said film star (3,4)","Answer":"MAE WEST","Explanation":"Definition: film star\nEWE (homophone of \"you\") in MAST (nuts used as animal feed)"}
-{"Clue":"Heavenly choir's first seen after DIY mishap leads to bad back (7)","Answer":"IDYLLIC","Explanation":"Definition: Heavenly\nDIY* + reverse of ILL + C[hoir]"}
-{"Clue":"Provision for baby agreed during brief correspondence (7)","Answer":"LAYETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Provision for baby\nAY (yes, \"agreed\") in LETTE[R]"}
-{"Clue":"Absorbing content from singer-songwriter (9)","Answer":"INGESTING","Explanation":"Definition: Absorbing\nThe \"content\" of [s]INGE[r] + STING (songwriter \u2013 and also a singer, though this isn't used in the clue)"}
-{"Clue":"Tips off cruel schoolmaster? That's odd (5)","Answer":"QUEER","Explanation":"Definition: odd\n[s]QUEER[s] \u2013 Wackford Squeers is the cruel headmaster of *Nicholas Nickleby"}
-{"Clue":"Love rat often providing inspiration for poet (5)","Answer":"ERATO","Explanation":"Definition: inspiration for poet\nHidden in lovE RAT Often. Erato is the Muse of lyric poetry"}
-{"Clue":"A choreographer's entertaining friend that's French statesman (9)","Answer":"ALABAMIAN","Explanation":"Definition: statesman\nA + AMI (French \"friend\") in LABAN \u2013 Rudolf von Laban was a choreographer and dance theorist who developed a written notation for dance moves. Using the familiar trick of \"statesman\" = person from an American state"}
-{"Clue":"F\u00fchrer's edict ruined unknown opera (3,10)","Answer":"DER\u00a0FREISCH\u00dcTZ","Explanation":"Definition: opera\n(F\u00dcHRER'S EDICT)* + Z (an unknown, in algebra) for the opera by Weber, very popular in its time but (I think) not often performed nowadays. It's rather pleasing that, for once, the umlauted U appears in both the anagram fodder and the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Tiny Tim's first single, oddly playing around America right now (9)","Answer":"INSTANTLY","Explanation":"Definition: right now\nA (America \u2013 I'm not sure when this would be used, other than in USA, but Chambers gives it) in an anagram of TINY + T[im] + odd letters of SiNgLe"}
-{"Clue":"Where Puck gets a lot of stick, stalking female sculptor (5)","Answer":"FRINK","Explanation":"Definition: sculptor\nF[emale] + RINK (where an ice hockey puck gets hit around). \u2013 the sculptor is Elisabeth Frink"}
-{"Clue":"Saving money excited holding company (7)","Answer":"ECONOMY","Explanation":"Definition: Saving\nCO in MONEY"}
-{"Clue":"Muesli, a little yogurt, nuts \u2014 heaven! (7)","Answer":"ELYSIUM","Explanation":"Definition: heaven\nAnagram of (MUESLI + Y)"}
-{"Clue":"Plant herb, not rose, around ravine (9)","Answer":"MACHINERY","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nCHINE (a ravine) in [Rose]MARY. Nice misdirection on the definition"}
-{"Clue":"17 stuck halfway through Paul, Tramp, Vlad, even Rufus? Yes, initially (5)","Answer":"ULTRA","Explanation":"Definition: 17\nThe \"middle\" of paUL TRAmp, and the first letters of Vlad Even Rufus Yes give VERY, which could mean \"ultra, e.g. \"this is an ultra-clever clue\". This and 17d cross-reference each other, so there's no actual definition except in the answers"}
-{"Clue":"More work required on song that's included with German opera (6,7)","Answer":"UTOPIA LIMITED","Explanation":"Definition: opera\nUTOPIA (work by Sir Thomas More \u2013 a popular trick with setters) + MIT (German \"with\") in LIED (song \u2013 I'm not sure whether \"German\" in the clue is intended to apply to this as well as \"with\"). Utopia Limited is one of the lesser-known and less-successful works of Gilbert and Sullivan"}
-{"Clue":"Bass has warning about fish in opera (6,7)","Answer":"ALBERT HERRING","Explanation":"Definition: opera\nB[ass] in ALERT + HERRING \u2013 comic chamber opera by Benjamin Britten"}
-{"Clue":"Murder, with bad language beforehand (6,3)","Answer":"POLISH OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Murder\nPOLISH (language) + OFF (bad, as in rotten food)"}
-{"Clue":"Setter, I'm cross about 7 (9)","Answer":"EXTREMIST","Explanation":"Definition: 7\nAnagram of (SETTER I'M X)"}
-{"Clue":"A newly invented word, eg acoge? (7)","Answer":"COINAGE","Explanation":"Definition: A newly invented word\nA \"rebus\" clue \u2013 \"acoge\" (not a real English word, though it means \"[you] welcome\" in Spanish ) is CO IN AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Book by author with no energy blockages (7)","Answer":"LOGJAMS","Explanation":"Definition: blockages\nLOG (book) + JAMES less E \u2013 plenty of authors to choose from here: Henry, M.R., E.L. for example, not to mention James Joyce and many others"}
-{"Clue":"Brilliance of one of Elgar's Variations (5)","Answer":"GLARE","Explanation":"Definition: Brilliance\nELGAR"}
-{"Clue":"Having no starter, drink Scotch (5)","Answer":"QUASH","Explanation":"Definition: Scotch\n[s]QUASH"}
-{"Clue":"Pre-emptively raiding timber pile, one dry within (11)","Answer":"FIRST-ATTACK","Explanation":"Definition: Pre-emptively raiding\nA T[ee]T[otal] in FIR (timber) STACK \u2013 same concept as \"first-strike\""}
-{"Clue":"Plateau thrilled mates going round Spain (6)","Answer":"MESETA","Explanation":"Definition: Plateau\nE in MATES \u2013 diminutive of the more familiar Mesa, meaning a steep flat-topped mountain, ultimately from Latin \"mensa\" = table"}
-{"Clue":"E.g. orpiment from NZ, mined with care (6)","Answer":"ZARNEC","Explanation":"Definition: E.g. orpiment\n(NZ CARE)"}
-{"Clue":"River turns entering artificial lake \u2013 bridge now abandoned? (7)","Answer":"PLAFOND","Explanation":"Definition: bridge now abandoned\nReverse of FAL in POND. Chambers says that a pond is \"usually artificial\", which hadn't occurred to me before. I knew plafond as French for ceiling (confusingly not floor, as it sounds rather like \"platform\"), but it's also the name of an early (\"abandoned\") version of the game of Bridge"}
-{"Clue":"Court order: one like this restricts onset of bullying (4)","Answer":"ASBO","Explanation":"Definition: Court order\nB[ullying] in A SO \u2013 acronym for AntiSocial Behaviour Order, now obsolete as they were replaced in 2014"}
-{"Clue":"Glossy fabric lending special allure to one at secondary school? (6)","Answer":"SATEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Glossy fabric\nS[ex] A[ppeal] + TEEN"}
-{"Clue":"Law scrolls: one falling in fire's ruined (6)","Answer":"SIFREI","Explanation":"Definition: Law scrolls\nI in FIRES"}
-{"Clue":"Anatomical opening, vaguely bluish, seeping a bit of blood (5)","Answer":"HILUS","Explanation":"Definition: Anatomical opening\nAnagram of BLUISH, less B[lood]"}
-{"Clue":"Potter etc with arrangement round Chinese plants (8)","Answer":"CERAMIST","Explanation":"Definition: Potter\nRAMIS in ETC* \u2013 the Rami is a plant of the nettle family, used in fabrics"}
-{"Clue":"In short, an unknown quantity, neither one nor the other (8)","Answer":"INTERSEX","Explanation":"Definition: neither one nor the other\nIN + TERSE (short) + X"}
-{"Clue":"Fantastic course shows leader slipping to fourth place (5)","Answer":"OUTR\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: Fantastic\nROUTE, with the R moved to fourth place"}
-{"Clue":"Cold sore for a spell (6)","Answer":"SHIVER","Explanation":"Definition: Cold sore\nTwo rather obscure definitions \u2013 a cold sore (Scots dialect); and a splinter, which is also a definition of \"spell\""}
-{"Clue":"Bantu speakers back at home with gnus wandering round (6)","Answer":"NGUNIS","Explanation":"Definition: Bantu speakers\nReverse of IN in GNUS"}
-{"Clue":"Boy embraces love willingly (4)","Answer":"SOON","Explanation":"Definition: willingly\nO in SON"}
-{"Clue":"Narrow opening is piercing rocky fault (7)","Answer":"FISTULA","Explanation":"Definition: Narrow opening\nIS in FAULT"}
-{"Clue":"Get out onto platform, but missing right stop (6)","Answer":"DETAIN","Explanation":"Definition: stop\nDETRAIN less R"}
-{"Clue":"Bulge indicating large corporation round one's middle (6)","Answer":"STROUT","Explanation":"Definition: Bulge\nR (middle letter of corpoRation) in STOUT (having a large corporation)"}
-{"Clue":"What'll separate rowers from back end? Hard frames with man in (11)","Answer":"STERNSHEETS","Explanation":"Definition: What'll separate rowers from back end\nHE in STERN (hard) SETS. \"Set\" famously has a very large number of meanings: \"frame\" is one of them"}
-{"Clue":"Ardent male advance between two singles, one on date (11)","Answer":"IMPASSIONED","Explanation":"Definition: Ardent\nM[ale] PASS (advance) in I I, +ONE D"}
-{"Clue":"Describing fine mosaic rock, 'turned off-colour', we hear (6)","Answer":"FELSIC","Explanation":"Definition: Describing fine mosaic rock\nHomophone of \"fell sick\""}
-{"Clue":"Whistler 'Golden Maiden' getting a make-over? (6)","Answer":"REFORM","Explanation":"Definition: a make-over\nREF (referee, who might blow a whistle) + OR + M"}
-{"Clue":"Some additions to kerosene as fuel (5)","Answer":"STOKE","Explanation":"Definition: fuel\nHidden in additionS TO KErosene"}
-{"Clue":"Creatures clad in seaweed, with time extremely pungent (8)","Answer":"TANGIEST","Explanation":"Definition: extremely pungent\nTANGIES (\"Orcadian water spirit[s], appearing as a seahorse, or man covered in seaweed\") + T"}
-{"Clue":"Ceremonial staff, one from Siam (as was) \u2013 how nice! (6)","Answer":"TAIAHA","Explanation":"Definition: Ceremonial staff\nTAI (variant as \"Thai\") + AHA"}
-{"Clue":"Old granny providing crib for toddler? (4)","Answer":"TROT","Explanation":"Definition: Old granny\nMore obscure definitions: three this time: \"old woman, crone\", \"crib\" and \"a toddling child\""}
-{"Clue":"Perfect glance going wrong, one getting caught (7)","Answer":"ANGELIC","Explanation":"Definition: Perfect\nI in GLANCE"}
-{"Clue":"Coat in wax American cactus? Rescue works (6)","Answer":"CEREUS","Explanation":"Definition: cactus\nTwo lots of wordplay: CERE (coat in wax)+ US; and RESCUE*, with the definition in the middle"}
-{"Clue":"Tricks in groups of three are daunting (11)","Answer":"CONSTERNATE","Explanation":"Definition: are daunting\nCONS + TERNATE \u2013 not a familiar word, but obviously related to \"consternation\""}
-{"Clue":"Fairly new rule he's infringed cutting angle (8)","Answer":"FRESHISH","Explanation":"Definition: Fairly new\nR HES* in FISH (to angle)"}
-{"Clue":"Have a distinct feeling about lawyer in brief really losing head (7)","Answer":"ATTUITE","Explanation":"Definition: Have a distinct feeling about\nATT[orney] + [Q]UITE"}
-{"Clue":"Raised pistol to catch something small but valuable (6)","Answer":"NUGGET","Explanation":"Definition: something small but valuable\nReverse of GUN + GET"}
-{"Clue":"Pigment that's brown or black turning livid round stone (6)","Answer":"BISTRE","Explanation":"Definition: Pigment that's brown\nB[lack] + ST in IRE (\"turning livid\" -not sure about this, but I can just about believe it). Chambers labels the \"extremely angry\" definition of \"livid\" as \"informal\", which I find surprising as this is probably now its most common meaning"}
-{"Clue":"Thessalian ruler, jealous when roused, without justice (6)","Answer":"AEOLUS","Explanation":"Definition: Thessalian ruler\nJEALOUS* less J. There are several mythological characters called Aeolus \u2013 the ruler of Thessaly is (I think) this one \u2013 not the keeper of the winds who gave his name to the Aeolian mode and harp"}
-{"Clue":"Enjoys a cuppa when one's knocked off? More of it slows you down! (5)","Answer":"HASTE","Explanation":"Definition: More of it slows you down\nHAS TE[A] \u2013 \"more haste less speed\""}
-{"Clue":"Hard left when driving in UK (4)","Answer":"NEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Hard\nDouble definition \u2013 the left is the near side in the UK"}
-{"Clue":"Man on the make? (7)","Answer":"CREATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Man on the make\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Massachusetts' murderer brought back, a deranged person (6)","Answer":"MANIAC","Explanation":"Definition: a deranged person\nMA + reverse of CAIN (son of Adam & Eve, who killed his brother Abel)"}
-{"Clue":"Blunt criticism from decent chap to striker (8)","Answer":"BRICKBAT","Explanation":"Definition: Blunt criticism\nBRICK (decent chap) + BAT (striker)"}
-{"Clue":"Undertake challenge (4,2)","Answer":"TAKE ON","Explanation":"Definition: Undertake\nDouble definition \u2013 rather a weak clue, as the meanings are almost identical, and the repetiton of 'take' is unfortunate"}
-{"Clue":"When moved, mother and father may talk thus (4,3,5)","Answer":"FROM\u00a0THE\u00a0HEART","Explanation":"Definition: When moved, mother and father may talk thus\n(MOTHER FATHER)*, with an &littish definition"}
-{"Clue":"In one class where everything is the same (10)","Answer":"UNIFORMITY","Explanation":"Definition: In one class\nI think this is supposed to be a double definition, but again the two meanings are the same, and in any case \"in one class\" would define \"uniform\", so maybe it's a long cryptic def. *See comments: the consensus seems to be that it's actually FORM 1 or 1 FORM in UNITY (one), which makes it a better clue than I thought; but one of the Is seems be unaccounted for, unless FORM 1 = \"(unspecified) class (in a school)\" "}
-{"Clue":"Make a touching gesture as evidence of a person's entitlement (3)","Answer":"DUB","Explanation":"Definition: Make a touching gesture as evidence of a person's entitlement\nCryptic definition: Chambers defines it as \"to confer knighthood upon (from the ceremony of striking the shoulders with the flat of a sword)\""}
-{"Clue":"The number that was offered initially (3)","Answer":"TWO","Explanation":"Definition: number\nFirst letters of That Was Offered"}
-{"Clue":"It may provide accompaniment to Pinafore production (10)","Answer":"PIANOFORTE","Explanation":"Definition: It may provide accompaniment\n(TO PINAFORE)"}
-{"Clue":"More mature fruits used to make wine (12)","Answer":"ELDERBERRIES","Explanation":"Definition: used to make wine\nELDER (more mature) + BERRIES (fruit)"}
-{"Clue":"Capers used to make pickle (6)","Answer":"SCRAPE","Explanation":"Definition: pickle\nCAPERS"}
-{"Clue":"Watering's always in season (8)","Answer":"SPRAYING","Explanation":"Definition: Watering\nAY (always) in SPRING"}
-{"Clue":"A steed in not very frisky form (6)","Answer":"SEDATE","Explanation":"Definition: in not very frisky form\n(A STEED)* \u2013 the anagram doesn't seem to be indicated, unless we borrow \"frisky\" from the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Lease included in legal document removed (7)","Answer":"DELETED","Explanation":"Definition: removed\nLET (to lease) in DEED (legal document)"}
-{"Clue":"Island producing copper and barium (4)","Answer":"CUBA","Explanation":"Definition: Island\nCU + BA (chemical symbols for the elements)"}
-{"Clue":"Give out overtime (4)","Answer":"EMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Give out\nReverse (\"over\") of TIME"}
-{"Clue":"Become established down under? (4,4)","Answer":"TAKE ROOT","Explanation":"Definition: Become established down under\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"True figure is in this region (5)","Answer":"REALM","Explanation":"Definition: region\n~~L (Roman 50, so \"figure\") in REAL (true)~~ REAL + M (Roman 1000) *Thanks to Steve B for pointing out my careless error"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps a brave father put up with pain (6)","Answer":"APACHE","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps a brave\nReverse of PA + ACHE"}
-{"Clue":"Declares in a way they are from a chilly area (10)","Answer":"ICELANDERS","Explanation":"Definition: they are from a chilly area\n(DECLARES IN)* \u2013 \"in\" has to do double duty to get the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Policemen examine where the horses are kept (10)","Answer":"CONSTABLES","Explanation":"Definition: Policemen\nCON (study, examine) + STABLES (where horses are kept)"}
-{"Clue":"Turn pale when it comes in (6)","Answer":"WHITEN","Explanation":"Definition: Turn pale\nIT in WHEN"}
-{"Clue":"They strengthen walls but locks are also needed (10)","Answer":"BUTTRESSES","Explanation":"Definition: They strengthen walls\nBUT + TRESSES"}
-{"Clue":"In trouble, daughter is told what she must do (10)","Answer":"DISORDERED","Explanation":"Definition: In trouble\nD[aughter] IS ORDERED"}
-{"Clue":"Posted under protective cover (6)","Answer":"MAILED","Explanation":"Definition: Posted\nDouble definition \u2013 sent by post or wearing chain mail"}
-{"Clue":"Nevertheless, is not to be satisfied with just part (5,3)","Answer":"AFTER ALL","Explanation":"Definition: Nevertheless\nIf you're not satisfied with part then you might be AFTER ALL"}
-{"Clue":"Under treatment, impart personal depression (6)","Answer":"ARMPIT","Explanation":"Definition: personal depression\nIMPART"}
-{"Clue":"Fleet is quiet in attack (5)","Answer":"RAPID","Explanation":"Definition: Fleet\nP (piano \u2013 quite) in RAID"}
-{"Clue":"The hand is in the foot (4)","Answer":"FIST","Explanation":"Definition: The hand\nIS in FT"}
-{"Clue":"Being old, agreed about being dropped (4)","Answer":"AGED","Explanation":"Definition: old\nAGREED less RE (about)"}
-{"Clue":"Officer found with drug in empty shed is closely investigated (6)","Answer":"SCOPED","Explanation":"Definition: closely investigated\nCOP (police officer) in S[he]D"}
-{"Clue":"New price includes chemist's third formula (6)","Answer":"RECIPE","Explanation":"Definition: formula\n[ch]E[mist] in PRICE"}
-{"Clue":"Passionate Australian given new room with American (7)","Answer":"AMOROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Passionate\nA + ROOM* + US"}
-{"Clue":"Press agreement (7)","Answer":"COMPACT","Explanation":"Definition: Press\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Regimen is proven to generate a flower (7,8)","Answer":"EVENING PRIMROSE","Explanation":"Definition: a flower\n(REGIMEN IS PROVEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Play bagging nation's first award for acting (4)","Answer":"TONY","Explanation":"Definition: award for acting\nN[ation] in TOY (to play). The Tony awards are named after the actress and director Antoinette \"Tony\" Perry"}
-{"Clue":"People injured by throwaway matches? (10)","Answer":"CASUALTIES","Explanation":"Definition: People injured\nCASUAL TIES"}
-{"Clue":"Oven from Rio is reset differently (10)","Answer":"ROTISSERIE","Explanation":"Definition: Oven\n(RIO IS RESET)"}
-{"Clue":"Commotion caused by heads of state talking in riddles (4)","Answer":"STIR","Explanation":"Definition: Commotion\nFirst letters of State Talking In Riddles"}
-{"Clue":"Flying alien contrives to secure a spell in the army? (8,7)","Answer":"NATIONAL SERVICE","Explanation":"Definition: spell in the army\nA in (ALIEN CONTRIVES)"}
-{"Clue":"Revered former editor pinching a large journalist's bottom (7)","Answer":"EXALTED","Explanation":"Definition: Revered\nA L [journalis]T in EX-ED"}
-{"Clue":"Retired queen and retinue prepare for new job (7)","Answer":"RETRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: prepare for new job\nReverse of E.R. + TRAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Heavy drinking session sees new head of department drowning in ale (6)","Answer":"BENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Heavy drinking session\nN D[epartment] in BEER"}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary coming back to eat pub grub? (6)","Answer":"DINNER","Explanation":"Definition: grub\nINN (pub) in reverse of RED (communist, revolutionary)"}
-{"Clue":"Stop king and fool becoming united by social ties (5-4)","Answer":"CLOSE-KNIT","Explanation":"Definition: united by social ties\nCLOSE (stop) + K + NIT"}
-{"Clue":"Verbose expert hearing short musical phrases (6)","Answer":"PROLIX","Explanation":"Definition: Verbose\nPRO + homophone of \"licks\""}
-{"Clue":"Choose to throw giants' pants in river (9)","Answer":"DESIGNATE","Explanation":"Definition: Choose\nGIANTS* in [River] DEE"}
-{"Clue":"Bishop adopting star competitor (5)","Answer":"RACER","Explanation":"Definition: competitor\nACE in RR (Right Reverend)"}
-{"Clue":"Put in an appearance outside retro car plant (8)","Answer":"CAMOMILE","Explanation":"Definition: plant\nReverse of LIMO in CAME"}
-{"Clue":"Short coat given to old philosopher (5)","Answer":"PLATO","Explanation":"Definition: philosopher\nI think this is PLAT[E] (\"cover (a metal object) with a thin coating of a different metal\", which could mean to coat) + O"}
-{"Clue":"Herbicide makes a fellow a goner, unfortunately (5,6)","Answer":"AGENT ORANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Herbicide\n~~(A FELLOW A GONER)* oops!~~ A GENT + (A GONER)* \u2013 Agent Orange was used as a defoliant by the US military in the Vietnam war"}
-{"Clue":"Troy's first prophet turned up to encourage woodworker (4,7)","Answer":"TREE SURGEON","Explanation":"Definition: woodworker\nT + reverse of SEER + URGE ON"}
-{"Clue":"Without cover, nude run is rescheduled (9)","Answer":"UNINSURED","Explanation":"Definition: Without cover\n(NUDE RUN IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy popular gallery keeping racist leader in charge! (9)","Answer":"INTRICATE","Explanation":"Definition: Fancy\nR[acist] IC in IN (popular) TATE"}
-{"Clue":"Various roads set out (8)","Answer":"ASSORTED","Explanation":"Definition: Various\n(ROADS SET)"}
-{"Clue":"Brother returned short letter to someone from Brest? (6)","Answer":"BRETON","Explanation":"Definition: someone from Brest\nBR + reverse of NOTE"}
-{"Clue":"Sign made by team leader at sporting event (5)","Answer":"TRACE","Explanation":"Definition: Sign\nT[eam] + RACE. The online solution has \"trade\", which must be a mistake *(now corrected, I see)"}
-{"Clue":"Dared to wrestle a snake! (5)","Answer":"ADDER","Explanation":"Definition: a snake\n~~ADDER*~~ D'oh! \u2013 I mean DARED*, of course"}
-{"Clue":"First-class drug, working for a long time (4)","Answer":"AEON","Explanation":"Definition: a long time\nA + E (drug) + ON (working)"}
-{"Clue":"Tunes broadcast by soprano (4)","Answer":"AIRS","Explanation":"Definition: Tunes\nAIR (broadcast) + S"}
-{"Clue":"Bishop with a note left behind by Kate Bush's first nanny in Russia (8)","Answer":"BABUSHKA","Explanation":"Definition: nanny in Russia\nB + A + BUSH + KATE less TE (note), with \"nanny\" in the sense of grandmother"}
-{"Clue":"Pub run by Epstein's partner, going viral (4)","Answer":"BARR","Explanation":"Definition: Epstein's partner, going viral\nBAR + R \u2013 referring to the Epstein-Barr virus"}
-{"Clue":"Capital returns from chihuahua's siblings (6)","Answer":"BISSAU","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nHidden in reverse of chihuahUA'S SIBlings. Bissau is the capital of the west African country of Guinea-Bissau"}
-{"Clue":"Vivacity shown by Hungarian writer after change of heart (4)","Answer":"BRIO","Explanation":"Definition: Vivacity\nBIRO (pen, named after its inventor, the Hungarian Laszlo Biro) with the \"heart\" changed from IR to RI"}
-{"Clue":"Coming out of WC shortly after one on throne pinches me (8)","Answer":"EMERGENT","Explanation":"Definition: Coming out\nME in E.R. + GENT[S]"}
-{"Clue":"One of two Spice Girls in cooking area, with new decorated kitchen items (10)","Answer":"ENAMELWARE","Explanation":"Definition: kitchen items\nMEL (Mel B or Mel C of the Spice Girls) in (AREA NEW)"}
-{"Clue":"Elder twin brother from eastern half of 5 (4)","Answer":"ESAU","Explanation":"Definition: Elder twin brother\nE + [BIS]SAU \u2013 Jacob's elder brother in Genesis, he of the mess of pottage, and \"an hairy man\""}
-{"Clue":"Just the day before name's first given (4-6)","Answer":"EVEN-HANDED","Explanation":"Definition: Just\nEVE + N[ame] + HANDED (given)"}
-{"Clue":"Good headgear for Indian flight? (4)","Answer":"GHAT","Explanation":"Definition: Indian flight\nG + HAT \u2013 among other tings it's \"a landing-stair on a riverside\""}
-{"Clue":"Trick taking 30 minutes? Answer: 10 more needed (4)","Answer":"HOAX","Explanation":"Definition: Trick\nHO[ur] (i.e. half an hour) + A + X"}
-{"Clue":"Voluntary fee after working topless for one man-hour (10)","Answer":"HONORARIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Voluntary fee\nAnagram of [f]OR I MAN-HOUR"}
-{"Clue":"Moved very slowly, having wrongly taken piano away (6)","Answer":"INCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Moved very slowly\nPINCHED (stole) less P"}
-{"Clue":"Cancel home TV licence, when discontented with Aida production? (10)","Answer":"INVALIDATE","Explanation":"Definition: Cancel\nIN (home) + anagram of TV + L[ICENC]E + AIDA"}
-{"Clue":"Cry as doll is pierced with end of needle (4)","Answer":"KEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Cry\n[needl]E in KEN (Barbie's boyfriend)"}
-{"Clue":"Landlord, male, wearing hairstyle that might cause trouble at opening time (6,4)","Answer":"LETTER BOMB","Explanation":"Definition: that might cause trouble at opening time\nLETTER (landlord) + M in BOB"}
-{"Clue":"Rodent holding up two male animals (6)","Answer":"MARMOT","Explanation":"Definition: Rodent\nReverse of TOM [cat] + RAM"}
-{"Clue":"Academic books written by doctor (4)","Answer":"MOOT","Explanation":"Definition: Academic\nMO (Doctor) + OT (Old Testament)"}
-{"Clue":"Bananas the man will briefly put in fruit container (8)","Answer":"NUTSHELL","Explanation":"Definition: fruit container\nNUTS + HE'LL"}
-{"Clue":"Female artist talked of member in congress? (10)","Answer":"POLITICIAN","Explanation":"Definition: member in congress\nHomophone of \"Polly Titian\""}
-{"Clue":"Football club in Warwickshire, allegedly (4)","Answer":"REAL","Explanation":"Definition: Football club\nHidden in warwickshiRE ALlegedly \u2013 the club is Real Madrid"}
-{"Clue":"US law is somewhat eccentric, only found in two states (4)","Answer":"RICO","Explanation":"Definition: US law\nHidden eccentRIC Only. RICO is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act"}
-{"Clue":"Playing a lute wearing jeans? On the contrary, suited for the small screen (10)","Answer":"TELEVISUAL","Explanation":"Definition: suited for the small screen\nLEVIS in (A LUTE)"}
-{"Clue":"Finished with Hilary? End it with a falling-out (10)","Answer":"TERMINATED","Explanation":"Definition: Finished\nTERM (of which Hilary is an example, at Oxford University) + (END IT A)"}
-{"Clue":"Prayer time in church after row (6)","Answer":"TIERCE","Explanation":"Definition: Prayer time\nTIER + CE \u2013 a variant of Terce"}
-{"Clue":"Group of players wanting tennis's No 1 place Andy Murray finally won (4)","Answer":"TRIO","Explanation":"Definition: Group of players\nT + RIO. Andy Murray won a gold medal at the Rio olympics: I assume \"finally\" means he won the finals,"}
-{"Clue":"Among body of soldiers left in the dark (5)","Answer":"UNLIT","Explanation":"Definition: in the dark\nL in UNIT"}
-{"Clue":"Too fond of wife in Egyptian city going topless (very good topless) (8)","Answer":"UXORIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Too fond of wife\n[L]UXOR + [P]IOUS"}
-{"Clue":"Football club house criminal that's homeless (5)","Answer":"VILLA","Explanation":"Definition: Football club\nVILLAIN less IN (\"home\"), with two definitions (and the second \"football club\")"}
-{"Clue":"Go back? That's the right way out! (7)","Answer":"REGRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Go back\nR + EGRESS"}
-{"Clue":"He throws an earthenware vessel (7)","Answer":"PITCHER","Explanation":"Definition: He throws\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Tonic's taken in the right quantity (7)","Answer":"PORTION","Explanation":"Definition: quantity\nR in POTION (tonic)"}
-{"Clue":"Thomas, in retreat during action, gets lowered status (7)","Answer":"DEMOTED","Explanation":"Definition: lowered status\nReverse of TOM in DEED"}
-{"Clue":"Happen to exhale (9)","Answer":"TRANSPIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Happen\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Take in a bank somewhere in Germany (5)","Answer":"TRIER","Explanation":"Definition: somewhere in Germany\nR in TIER \u2013 I've criticised Chifonie in the past for using the construction \"in Germany\" in such clues, so glad to see hime doing it \"properly\" here with the \"somewhere\""}
-{"Clue":"Daughter hit hard and lived (5)","Answer":"DWELT","Explanation":"Definition: lived\nD + WELT \u2013 I didn't know that \"welt\" could be used as a verb, basically meaning \"to cause a welt\", i.e. to beat"}
-{"Clue":"Quick to adopt retreat with conviction (9)","Answer":"EARNESTLY","Explanation":"Definition: with conviction\nNEST (retreat) in EARLY"}
-{"Clue":"Treated fairly and informed about energy price (9)","Answer":"TOLERATED","Explanation":"Definition: Treated fairly\nE RATE in TOLD"}
-{"Clue":"Delightful meal without papa (5)","Answer":"SUPER","Explanation":"Definition: Delightful\nSUPPER less (one) P"}
-{"Clue":"Crooner has energy for a lot of drinking (5)","Answer":"BINGE","Explanation":"Definition: a lot of drinking\nBING [Crosby] + E \u2013 repeated use of E for Energy very close to 17A; we had the same with R for Right in 1 and 9"}
-{"Clue":"Trustworthy girl gets many promises of money (9)","Answer":"VERACIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Trustworthy\nVERA + C (100) + IOUS"}
-{"Clue":"Classical matricide finds drug in fashion stores (7)","Answer":"ORESTES","Explanation":"Definition: Classical matricide\nE (drug) in STORES* \u2013 in Greek myth Orestes kills his mother Clytemnestra, and is then tormented by the Furies"}
-{"Clue":"Romeo earned beaten backside (4,3)","Answer":"REAR END","Explanation":"Definition: backside\nR + EARNED"}
-{"Clue":"Enlightened philosopher managed European corruption (7)","Answer":"DIDEROT","Explanation":"Definition: Enlightened philosopher\nDID (managed) + E ROT \u2013 Denis Diderot, a prominent figure of the Enlightenment"}
-{"Clue":"Coppers brought about an act of self-punishment (7)","Answer":"PENANCE","Explanation":"Definition: act of self-punishment\nAN in PENCE (coppers)"}
-{"Clue":"Said to be set down in the grass (7)","Answer":"REPUTED","Explanation":"Definition: Said\nPUT in REED"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse clothing over time (7)","Answer":"GARBAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Refuse\nGARB + AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Charged over small transgressions (5)","Answer":"EVILS","Explanation":"Definition: transgressions\nReverse of LIVE (electrically charged) + S"}
-{"Clue":"Living without Mike? There's a thought! (9)","Answer":"SENTIMENT","Explanation":"Definition: a thought\nM in SENTIENT"}
-{"Clue":"Father seen before getting out of puff (5)","Answer":"PADRE","Explanation":"Definition: Father\nAD (puff) in PRE (before)"}
-{"Clue":"Stand-in gets lock for siren (9)","Answer":"TEMPTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: siren\nTEMP (stand-in) + TRESS (lock of hair)"}
-{"Clue":"Run into student, first of intended victims (3,4)","Answer":"HIT LIST","Explanation":"Definition: intended victims\nHIT (run into) + L (learner driver) + 1ST"}
-{"Clue":"Man in dreary assembly of old foreign forces (3,4)","Answer":"RED ARMY","Explanation":"Definition: old foreign forces\nM (man) in DREARY"}
-{"Clue":"Bully fell upon teacher (9)","Answer":"TORMENTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Bully\nTOR (hill, fell) + MENTOR"}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers bound to knock road safety device (5,4)","Answer":"RADAR\u00a0TRAP","Explanation":"Definition: road safety device\nRA (Royal Artillery) + DART (move quickly, bound) + RAP"}
-{"Clue":"Newspaper bill? See identification! (7)","Answer":"TABLOID","Explanation":"Definition: Newspaper\nTAB (bill) + LO ID"}
-{"Clue":"Type of oil processed in Leeds (7)","Answer":"LINSEED","Explanation":"Definition: Type of oil\n(IN LEEDS)"}
-{"Clue":"Sharpen tack outside radio programme (5-2)","Answer":"PHONE-IN","Explanation":"Definition: radio programme\nHONE in PIN"}
-{"Clue":"Odd desire to store uranium waste (7)","Answer":"RESIDUE","Explanation":"Definition: waste\nU in DESIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Six settle for excursion (5)","Answer":"VISIT","Explanation":"Definition: excursion\nVI + SIT"}
-{"Clue":"Length of string (5)","Answer":"CHAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Length\nDouble definition: the chain is an old measurement of 66 feet or 22 yards \u2013 the length of a cricket pitch"}
-{"Clue":"Faithful copy of old motor VIP's rejected (6)","Answer":"CARBON","Explanation":"Definition: Faithful copy of old\nCAR (motor) + reverse of NOB \u2013 \"old\" belongs to the definition because carbon paper is not (much) used any more"}
-{"Clue":"National lawmen on the move, keeping quiet (8)","Answer":"WELSHMAN","Explanation":"Definition: National\nSH in LAWMEN"}
-{"Clue":"Compositions needing correction, cutting or adapting (8)","Answer":"CONCERTI","Explanation":"Definition: Compositions\nAnagram of CORRECTION less OR"}
-{"Clue":"Current vote within dynasty for merger (6)","Answer":"MIXING","Explanation":"Definition: merger\nI (symbol for electric current) + X (vote) in MING (Chinese dynasty)"}
-{"Clue":"Tangled bit of elastic's a short-term liability (8,4)","Answer":"FLOATING DEBT","Explanation":"Definition: a short-term liability\n(TANGLED BIT OF)* \u2013 \"short-term debt that is regularly refinanced in order to fund a government's or company's continuing operations\""}
-{"Clue":"God's house in Tangier evacuated (4)","Answer":"THOR","Explanation":"Definition: God\nHO (house) in T[angie]R"}
-{"Clue":"New flag adopted by diocese without reservation (8)","Answer":"ENTIRELY","Explanation":"Definition: without reservation\nN + TIRE (to flag) in ELY"}
-{"Clue":"Veggie hors d'oeuvre \u2014 butcher cursed it! (8)","Answer":"CRUDIT\u00c9S","Explanation":"Definition: Veggie hors d'oeuvre\n(CURSED IT)"}
-{"Clue":"Brings in petitions Republican's left (4)","Answer":"PAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Brings in\nPRAYS less R; \"my job pays\/brings in \u00a3x a week\""}
-{"Clue":"On trip with mate, one stops Henry showing too much cheek (12)","Answer":"HONEYMOONING","Explanation":"Definition: On trip with mate\nONE in HY + MOONING (\"showing too much cheek\")"}
-{"Clue":"Light seat for two or more (6)","Answer":"SETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Light\nDouble definition \u2013 \"light\" as in \"alight\""}
-{"Clue":"Trouble bather gets into? (3,5)","Answer":"HOT WATER","Explanation":"Definition: Trouble\nDouble\/cryptic definition, the bather being someone having a bath rather than a swimmer"}
-{"Clue":"State old lady regretted, on reflection (8)","Answer":"GRANDEUR","Explanation":"Definition: State\nGRAN + reverse of RUED"}
-{"Clue":"Approve first of great escapes please (6)","Answer":"RATIFY","Explanation":"Definition: Approve\nGRATIFY (please) less G[reat]"}
-{"Clue":"Last drop of rain falling from isolated succulent (4)","Answer":"ALOE","Explanation":"Definition: succulent\nALONE less [rai]N"}
-{"Clue":"Announcement of player's dismissal had the wrong effect (9)","Answer":"BACKFIRED","Explanation":"Definition: had the wrong effect\nBACK (player, as in football etc) FIRED"}
-{"Clue":"Constrict end of iron bolt (6)","Answer":"NARROW","Explanation":"Definition: Constrict\n[iro]N + ARROW"}
-{"Clue":"Worthless hermit, criminal destined to hang? (9,6)","Answer":"WHISTLER\u2019S MOTHER","Explanation":"Definition: destined to hang\n(WORTHLESS HERMIT) \u2013 the painting officially called *Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1*. Perhaps \".. that's destined to hang\" would have been a more satisfactory definition"}
-{"Clue":"Hard-skinned alien creature seen from below (8)","Answer":"LAMINATE","Explanation":"Definition: Hard-skinned\nReverse of E.T. ANIMAL"}
-{"Clue":"Spellbound, consider snatching kiss (5)","Answer":"HEXED","Explanation":"Definition: Spellbound\nX (kiss) in HEED (consider)"}
-{"Clue":"Consort \u2014 for Henry the Second (4,6)","Answer":"ANNE BOLEYN","Explanation":"Definition: Consort \u2014 for Henry the Second\nJust an extended, slightly cryptic, definition \u2013 Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII's second wife, so \"for Henry, the second\""}
-{"Clue":"Old racing driver's less rash, nursing fractured toe (10)","Answer":"CHARIOTEER","Explanation":"Definition: Old racing driver\nTOE in CHARIER"}
-{"Clue":"Odious current guards backed up (9)","Answer":"REPUGNANT","Explanation":"Definition: Odious\nReverse of UP in REGNANT. Elizabeth II is the current\/regnant Queen, I suppose, but regnant is really in contrast to \"Queen consort\". However, I see that Chambers also gives regnant = prevalent."}
-{"Clue":"Did Frank ultimately change career? (8)","Answer":"STAMPEDE","Explanation":"Definition: career\nSTAMPED (did frank) + [chang]E"}
-{"Clue":"Bouncer dismissing England opener's a winner (6)","Answer":"VICTOR","Explanation":"Definition: winner\nEVICTOR less E[ngland]"}
-{"Clue":"Scoffed in ridicule at enemy (5)","Answer":"EATEN","Explanation":"Definition: Scoffed\nHidden in ridiculE AT ENemy"}
-{"Clue":"Penny added to mischief-maker's money (4)","Answer":"PELF","Explanation":"Definition: money\nP + ELF \u2013 a new word for me, though easy enough to guess from the clue (it seemed more likely than \"delf\"). Chambers says it's probably related to \"pilfer\""}
-{"Clue":"Funny swimmer? (9)","Answer":"CLOWNFISH","Explanation":"Definition: swimmer\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Daughters leave mottled fruit (5)","Answer":"APPLE","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nDAPPLED minus two Ds"}
-{"Clue":"Turning over, she finally sleeps in lace (5)","Answer":"SPIKE","Explanation":"Definition: lace\nReverse of [sh]E + KIPS \u2013 lace\/spike as in adding drugs to a drink"}
-{"Clue":"Talent show from America \u2014 edited, soulless and tired (9)","Answer":"KNACKERED","Explanation":"Definition: tired\nKNACK (talent) + ER (US TV show) + E[dite]D"}
-{"Clue":"Deer knocks back glitter (7)","Answer":"SPARKLE","Explanation":"Definition: glitter\nReverse of ELK + RAPS"}
-{"Clue":"Bet pound on leading filly, say (7)","Answer":"FLUTTER","Explanation":"Definition: Bet\n~~F[illy] + UTTER (say), and two definitions~~ *Thanks to baerchen for correction:* F[illy] + L (pound) + UTTER (say)"}
-{"Clue":"Unacceptable to only score 99? (3,2)","Answer":"NOT ON","Explanation":"Definition: Unacceptable\n99 is not quite 100, so NO TON"}
-{"Clue":"Quiet? Yes, quiet (3)","Answer":"SHY","Explanation":"Definition: quiet\nSH + Y[es]"}
-{"Clue":"Make Broad an extra batsman at the end (5)","Answer":"WIDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Make Broad\nWIDE (extra [run] in cricket) +[batsma]N"}
-{"Clue":"Before victory, South led amazing trick (7)","Answer":"SWINDLE","Explanation":"Definition: trick\nS + WIN + LED"}
-{"Clue":"Colourful old children's TV show? (7)","Answer":"RAINBOW","Explanation":"Definition: old children's TV show\nVague hint + definition"}
-{"Clue":"To suggest making love handle, rip apart! (9)","Answer":"PHILANDER","Explanation":"Definition: To suggest making love\n(HANDLE RIP)* \u2013 the definition seems a bit dubious, though Chambers does give \"flirt\", which might cover it"}
-{"Clue":"Reportedly want massage (5)","Answer":"KNEAD","Explanation":"Definition: massage\nHomophone of \"need\""}
-{"Clue":"Surrey town, for example, hot in the morning (5)","Answer":"EGHAM","Explanation":"Definition: Surrey town\nE.G. + H + AM"}
-{"Clue":"Stories about small mammal drawings (9)","Answer":"LOTTERIES","Explanation":"Definition: drawings\nOTTER in LIES"}
-{"Clue":"They're cold inside, that is, on top of stick (4)","Answer":"ICES","Explanation":"Definition: They're cold inside, that is, on top of stick\nC in I.E. + S[tick], &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Bareback rider? (6)","Answer":"GODIVA","Explanation":"Definition: Bareback rider\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Runabout conked out, requiring energy not taken into account (10)","Answer":"UNRECKONED","Explanation":"Definition: not taken into account\nRUN* (i.e. \"run about\") + E in CONKED"}
-{"Clue":"Finger food with black liquid centre (6)","Answer":"PINKIE","Explanation":"Definition: Finger\nINK in PIE"}
-{"Clue":"Pest breaking the law in France \u2014 \"why?\", they ask (5,3)","Answer":"WHEAT FLY","Explanation":"Definition: Pest\nF[rance] in (THE LAW)* + Y (homophone of \"why\") \u2013 the \"in\" seems the wrong way round, but you can just about read it as \"..(THE LAW)* [and] in [we have to put] F\""}
-{"Clue":"Rowling receives a first Christmas card (4)","Answer":"JACK","Explanation":"Definition: card\nA C[hristmas] in J K (Rowling, \"Harry Potter\" author)"}
-{"Clue":"Ran over dear pet \u2014 tragic! (8)","Answer":"OPERATED","Explanation":"Definition: Ran\n(O[ver] DEAR PET)"}
-{"Clue":"Drink made at sea (4)","Answer":"MEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\nMADE* \u2013 see 25d for a similiarly simple clue"}
-{"Clue":"Not even science is above society functions (5)","Answer":"SINES","Explanation":"Definition: functions\nOdd (not even) letters of ScIeNcE + S[ociety]"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character's upset with reading faulty Kindle \u2014 no lines? (10)","Answer":"UNWRINKLED","Explanation":"Definition: no lines\nReverse NU (Greek letter) + W[ith] R[eading] + KINDLE"}
-{"Clue":"Frenchman's wife to start again (5)","Answer":"RENEW","Explanation":"Definition: to start again\nRENE + W[ife]"}
-{"Clue":"Evening time on island, around 1:50 (8)","Answer":"TWILIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Evening\nT + I L (1, 50) in [Isle of] WIGHT"}
-{"Clue":"It delays working in a controlled way (8)","Answer":"STEADILY","Explanation":"Definition: in a controlled way\n(IT DELAYS)"}
-{"Clue":"It's unusual for the Queen's Trust to exclude the Church (6)","Answer":"RARITY","Explanation":"Definition: It's unusual\nR (Queen) + [CH]ARITY"}
-{"Clue":"Indian cigarette is close to the end (6)","Answer":"BEEDIE","Explanation":"Definition: Indian cigarette\nBE (= is, in dialect) + [th]E + DIE (end). New to me \u2013 a cheap Indian cigarette, also spelled \"bidi\" or \"beedi\""}
-{"Clue":"Dishes regularly spoiled with 25% salt (4)","Answer":"PIES","Explanation":"Definition: Dishes\nAlternate letters of sPoIlEd + S[alt] \u2013 a slight blemish that we've already had a pie in 4d"}
-{"Clue":"Mary served as host (4)","Answer":"ARMY","Explanation":"Definition: host\nMARY"}
-{"Clue":"Bolt had worried about start of sprint (4)","Answer":"DASH","Explanation":"Definition: Bolt\nS[print] in HAD*, with a misleading reference to the aptly-named sprinter Usain Bolt (whose name is famously an anagram of ABLUTIONS)"}
-{"Clue":"Hurry, if you want to use the weighing machine (4,2,2)","Answer":"STEP ON IT","Explanation":"Definition: Hurry\nDouble definition (sort of)"}
-{"Clue":"High-rise central block (6)","Answer":"MASSIF","Explanation":"Definition: High-rise central block\nCryptic-ish definition, referring to the Massif Central in France"}
-{"Clue":"It's put up for work on the outside (8)","Answer":"SCAFFOLD","Explanation":"Definition: It's put up for work on the outside\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Who's this first on TV? No, in Bond film (6)","Answer":"DOCTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Who's this first on TV\nDouble definition, referring to Doctor Who (the programme, not the character, for those who care deeply about the distinction) and Dr No"}
-{"Clue":"Girl's back to oriental island (5)","Answer":"ELSIE","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nReverse of E ISLE"}
-{"Clue":"It's only a rude version of song and dance (9)","Answer":"ROUNDELAY","Explanation":"Definition: song and dance\n(ONLY A RUDE)"}
-{"Clue":"The key part of a Houdini contract? (6,6)","Answer":"ESCAPE CLAUSE","Explanation":"Definition: The key part of a Houdini contract\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Far away \u2014 and not appearing to be distressed (6-6)","Answer":"ABSENT\u2011MINDED","Explanation":"Definition: Far away\nABSENT (not appearing) + MINDED (distressed \u2013 as in minding=objecting to? Not sure about this)"}
-{"Clue":"A device for catching people in the act? (6,3)","Answer":"SAFETY NET","Explanation":"Definition: A device for catching people in the act\nCryptic definition, the \"people in the act\" being trapeze artists etc"}
-{"Clue":"Alan's wrong to be nosy (5)","Answer":"NASAL","Explanation":"Definition: nosy\nALANS* \u2013 nosy as in \"pertaining to the nose\""}
-{"Clue":"Sailor, a Scotsman, is seen on the roads (6)","Answer":"TARMAC","Explanation":"Definition: seen on the roads\nTAR (sailor) + MAC (Scotsman)"}
-{"Clue":"Breaks in knee-length trousers, we hear (8)","Answer":"BREACHES","Explanation":"Definition: Breaks\nHomophone of \"breeches\" (breaks)"}
-{"Clue":"A method for dealing with traffic? (3-3)","Answer":"ONE-WAY","Explanation":"Definition: A method for dealing with traffic\nONE (a) + WAY (method); the whole clue is also the definition, but it doesn't qualify as &lit because the wordplay is only part of the clue"}
-{"Clue":"Stout friend, about 50, who shares digs (8)","Answer":"FLATMATE","Explanation":"Definition: who shares digs\nL in FAT MATE"}
-{"Clue":"Relationship between matron and nurse (6)","Answer":"SISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Relationship\nDouble definition \u2013 sister is (or was) intermediate in seniority between nurse and matron"}
-{"Clue":"Pass in English, overlooking slight error (6)","Answer":"ELAPSE","Explanation":"Definition: Pass\nE + LAPSE"}
-{"Clue":"Not on time, when trade is slack (3-6)","Answer":"OFF-SEASON","Explanation":"Definition: when trade is slack\nOFF (not on) + SEASON (time)"}
-{"Clue":"I shall receive therapy for abuse (3-9)","Answer":"ILL\u2011TREATMENT","Explanation":"Definition: abuse\nI'LL + TREATMENT"}
-{"Clue":"Stay clear when hungry prima donna turns up (5)","Answer":"AVOID","Explanation":"Definition: Stay clear\nThis is a reversal of DIVA with O, or 0 or nothing, inserted. And if there's nothing in you, you might be hungry. Not hard to solve, but rather too much indirection for my taste."}
-{"Clue":"Pay to take residence at university? (6,2)","Answer":"SETTLE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Pay\nSETTLE (take residence) + UP (at university, particularly Oxford or Cambridge)"}
-{"Clue":"They go from bank to bank to stay business (8)","Answer":"FERRYMEN","Explanation":"Definition: They go from bank to bank to stay business\nCryptic definition \u2013 presumably the clue should read \".. stay *in* business\""}
-{"Clue":"Turns up a real oddity \u2014 it's uncanny (12)","Answer":"SUPERNATURAL","Explanation":"Definition: uncanny\n(TURNS UP A REAL)"}
-{"Clue":"Plan to surprise carol singer, after extra rest (3,2,4)","Answer":"LIE IN WAIT","Explanation":"Definition: Plan to surprise\nLIE IN (an extra rest) + WAIT (carol-singer). Apparently carol-singers were called 'Waits' because they only sang on Christmas Eve, which was known as Waitnight or Watchnight, perhaps in reference to the shepherds who watched their flock by night"}
-{"Clue":"It sounds highly unnatural (8)","Answer":"FALSETTO","Explanation":"Definition: It sounds highly unnatural\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse CO agitating to send in troops (3,5)","Answer":"USE FORCE","Explanation":"Definition: to send in troops\n(REFUSE CO)"}
-{"Clue":"A way the head master initially receives a complaint (6)","Answer":"ASTHMA","Explanation":"Definition: complaint\nA + ST + HM + A"}
-{"Clue":"Place for a president to see twice (6)","Answer":"ELYSEE","Explanation":"Definition: Place for a president\nELY (ecclesiastical See) + SEE. The Elys\u00e9e Palace is the official residence of the President of France"}
-{"Clue":"Crown jewels? (5)","Answer":"TIARA","Explanation":"Definition: Crown jewels\nCryptic definition \u2013 a tiara is worn on the head, or crown"}
-{"Clue":"Regarding foregoing phrase, Chopin, right and left, played with (11)","Answer":"ANAPHORICAL","Explanation":"Definition: Regarding foregoing phrase\n(CHOPIN R L)* \u2013 it's often the case, as here, that the first answer has a lot of occurrences of the missing letter (and the same applies to 1d)"}
-{"Clue":"Camera man is captivated by extremes of excess (5)","Answer":"ZEISS","Explanation":"Definition: Camera man\nIS in E[xces]S"}
-{"Clue":"With fancy drawers, kitchen container, wee one, gets left dry inside (11)","Answer":"PANTALETTED","Explanation":"Definition: With fancy drawers\nL TT (teetotal,dry) in PAN + TAD"}
-{"Clue":"Essayist with name like Apollo (6)","Answer":"DELIAN","Explanation":"Definition: like Apollo\nELIA (nickname of Charles Lamb) + N. Apollo was born on the island of Delos"}
-{"Clue":"Stubbs, say, English academician coming back unexpectedly (7)","Answer":"UNAWARE","Explanation":"Definition: unexpectedly\nUNA (Stubbs, actress) + reverse of (E RA)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor on call dismissing several outsiders, often sarcastic (8)","Answer":"IRONICAL","Explanation":"Definition: often sarcastic\n[docto]R ON CAL[l]"}
-{"Clue":"Church forecourts worshipping God alone (6)","Answer":"LATRIA","Explanation":"Definition: worshipping God alone\nATRIA can be church forecourts as well as the more familiar entrance halls"}
-{"Clue":"Aero instrument adjusted rate divided by duration? (9)","Answer":"ALTIMETER","Explanation":"Definition: Aero instrument\nTIME in RATE"}
-{"Clue":"Borrower's bonds to put in statements expected to be valid (9)","Answer":"POST-OBITS","Explanation":"Definition: Borrower's bonds\nTO in POSITS"}
-{"Clue":"Sensitized photo equipment partly damaged in dual screen (9)","Answer":"DRY-PLATES","Explanation":"Definition: Sensitized photo equipment\nPARTLY* in DS"}
-{"Clue":"No pond plant's beginning to resist strong wind (9)","Answer":"NOR\u2019-EASTER","Explanation":"Definition: strong wind\nNO + REATE (water-crowfoot) + R[esist]"}
-{"Clue":"Bishop in act that's converted gallery (7)","Answer":"TERRACE","Explanation":"Definition: gallery\nRR in ACT"}
-{"Clue":"Tick off copy, last in catalogue (7)","Answer":"REPROVE","Explanation":"Definition: Tick off\nREPRO + [catalogu]E"}
-{"Clue":"Heroin bagged by secret police once \u2013 fuss in Glasgow (7)","Answer":"STASHIE","Explanation":"Definition: fuss in Glasgow\nH in STASI (secret police in East Germany)"}
-{"Clue":"Irish pop star (name like Katy), one supporting threesome (6)","Answer":"TRIONA","Explanation":"Definition: Irish pop star\nThis singer, whose name is a shortened form of Catriona, itself a variant of Catherine or Katy, so a double definition of the answer, with wordplay TRIO + A, though it seems to me that this would only work in a down clue"}
-{"Clue":"Star sensed vaguely not growing as big as one should (11)","Answer":"STUNTEDNESS","Explanation":"Definition: not growing as big as one should\nSUN + SENSED"}
-{"Clue":"Poet's very cold by reason of clutching glacier's edge (5)","Answer":"FRORY","Explanation":"Definition: Poet's very cold\n[glacie]R in FOR (by reason of) \u2013 Spenserian form of \"frozen\""}
-{"Clue":"Favours night furniture allowing room for love French-style (9)","Answer":"BEFRIENDS","Explanation":"Definition: Favours\nRIEN (French \"nothing\" = \"love\") in BEDS. By coincidence the RIEN device came up in a Philistine puzzle this week)"}
-{"Clue":"Breaking in misappropriated rent, pence in small coin (12)","Answer":"INTERCIPIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Breaking in\nRENT* + P in CENT"}
-{"Clue":"Man known for his dog, love shown following friend (6)","Answer":"PAVLOV","Explanation":"Definition: Man known for his dog\nPAL + O"}
-{"Clue":"Holds round thousand in old grain measures (7)","Answer":"HEMINAS","Explanation":"Definition: old grain measures\nM IN in HAS"}
-{"Clue":"Dullness in the work cited one's opened (7)","Answer":"OPACITY","Explanation":"Definition: Dullness\nA in OP CIT"}
-{"Clue":"Sincere Italian going round many US football clubs (6)","Answer":"INFELT","Explanation":"Definition: Sincere\nNFL (National Football League) in IT"}
-{"Clue":"News programme, first of those uncovering laxity in business centre (9)","Answer":"ACTUALITY","Explanation":"Definition: News programme\nFirst letters of Those Uncovering Laxity in CITY"}
-{"Clue":"More than one beetle is exhilarating (7)","Answer":"ELATERS","Explanation":"Definition: More than one beetle\nELATES = \"is exhilarating\". Elater is a genus of skipjack or click beetles"}
-{"Clue":"News agency one cheers, admitting skill (8)","Answer":"ITAR-TASS","Explanation":"Definition: News agency\nART in I TA. The Soviet news agency TASS was renamed ITAR-TASS in 1992, the name reverted to TASS in 2014"}
-{"Clue":"Conte: with it tester requires translation (9)","Answer":"STORIETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Conte\n(IT TESTER)"}
-{"Clue":"More than one holding weapons, various dates (10)","Answer":"FARMSTEADS","Explanation":"Definition: More than one holding\nARMS + DATES"}
-{"Clue":"Recast cool robot play about time embellished (10)","Answer":"COLORATURA","Explanation":"Definition: embellished\nCOOL* + T in R.U.R. (Karel ?apek's play about robots)"}
-{"Clue":"Nautical rope for hoisting? Rage about frayed lint (8)","Answer":"GIRTLINE","Explanation":"Definition: Nautical rope for hoisting\nLINT* in IRE \u2013 also called a gantline, \"a rope used in a single-block hoist\""}
-{"Clue":"Se\u00f1or managed none of Spanish ham? (7)","Answer":"SERRANO","Explanation":"Definition: of Spanish ham\nSR + RAN + O"}
-{"Clue":"One celebrating rest from work, Friday coming round (7)","Answer":"FEASTER","Explanation":"Definition: One celebrating\nEASE in FR"}
-{"Clue":"Having scurfy growth end of scraper peels off (7)","Answer":"LEPROSE","Explanation":"Definition: Having scurfy growth\nAnagram of [scrape]R + PEELS"}
-{"Clue":"Most of nice air stimulated compound in some drugs (7)","Answer":"ACRIDIN","Explanation":"Definition: compound in some drugs\n(NIC[e] AIR)"}
-{"Clue":"Not once involved in sin, one makes a living (6)","Answer":"EARNER","Explanation":"Definition: one makes a living\nNE (old form of \"not\") in ERR"}
-{"Clue":"Went up and down \u2013 nothing found in dictionary (6)","Answer":"YO-YOED","Explanation":"Definition: Went up and down\nO in OED"}
-{"Clue":"Sex for Roman philosopher is noble (7)","Answer":"VICOMTE","Explanation":"Definition: noble\nVI (=6, \"sex\" in Latin) + COMTE \u2013 I'd guess this is the least familiar philosopher in the puzzle to most people, so perhaps a little naughty not to mention that we're looking for a foreign nobleman.."}
-{"Clue":"Philosopher, one working a large amount (7)","Answer":"MILLION","Explanation":"Definition: a large amount\nMILL + I + ON (working)"}
-{"Clue":"This is a reminder to invest pounds (4)","Answer":"CLUE","Explanation":"Definition: This\nL in CUE \u2013 and the clue clues itself"}
-{"Clue":"Sanctimonious lines by philosopher, a junkie (4-6)","Answer":"PILL-POPPER","Explanation":"Definition: a junkie\nPI (sanctimonious) + L L + POPPER"}
-{"Clue":"Dance suggestively, in extremely giddy tempo (6)","Answer":"GYRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Dance suggestively\nG[idd]Y + RATE (tempo)"}
-{"Clue":"Philosopher concerned with small units (8)","Answer":"PLATOONS","Explanation":"Definition: units\nPLATO + ON (concerned with) + S"}
-{"Clue":"Clothing collection and tea picked up by philosopher (9)","Answer":"TROUSSEAU","Explanation":"Definition: Clothing collection\nT (\"tea\") + ROUSSEAU"}
-{"Clue":"King swallows drop of Lemsip, catching a chill (5)","Answer":"RELAX","Explanation":"Definition: chill\nL[emsip] + A in REX"}
-{"Clue":"Actress in Ultimo bra, gracefully twirling (5)","Answer":"GARBO","Explanation":"Definition: Actress\nHidden in reverse of ultimO BRA, Gracefully"}
-{"Clue":"A friend meets Mike using letters of introduction? (9)","Answer":"ACRONYMIC","Explanation":"Definition: using letters of introduction\nA + CRONY + MIC (abbreviation for microphone, also spelled \"mike\")"}
-{"Clue":"Supply me with dosh in search for pleasure (8)","Answer":"HEDONISM","Explanation":"Definition: search for pleasure\n(ME DOSH IN)* (supply = in a supple way)"}
-{"Clue":"Unearth erstwhile philosopher (6)","Answer":"EXHUME","Explanation":"Definition: Unearth\nEX + HUME"}
-{"Clue":"Roman philosopher running into virgin (4,6)","Answer":"MARK ANTONY","Explanation":"Definition: Roman\nKANT + ON (running) in [the Virgin] MARY"}
-{"Clue":"Expression of pleasure as tedium's cut short (4)","Answer":"GRIN","Explanation":"Definition: Expression of pleasure\nGRIN[d]"}
-{"Clue":"Finding court composer's given precedence (7)","Answer":"VERDICT","Explanation":"Definition: Finding\nVERDI + CT"}
-{"Clue":"Flatter hulk stripping off during a tryst (7)","Answer":"ADULATE","Explanation":"Definition: Flatter\n[h]UL[k] in A DATE"}
-{"Clue":"Hip liberal philosopher \u2014 his work is decorative (7)","Answer":"INLAYER","Explanation":"Definition: his work is decorative\nIN (fashionable, hip) + L + AYER"}
-{"Clue":"Head of Oundle has great final term (5)","Answer":"OMEGA","Explanation":"Definition: final term\nO[undle] + MEGA"}
-{"Clue":"Slept so badly in a state of deshabille (7)","Answer":"TOPLESS","Explanation":"Definition: in a state of deshabille\n(SLEPT SO)"}
-{"Clue":"Plain dancing? We're told why a ball may be so (2,4)","Answer":"IN PLAY","Explanation":"Definition: a ball may be so\nPLAIN* + Y (sounds like \"why\")"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor or sleepy nurses run kind of hospital (9)","Answer":"LEPROSERY","Explanation":"Definition: kind of hospital\nR[un] in (OR SLEEPY) \u2013 a hospital for lepers"}
-{"Clue":"A canoe travelling around one large group of islands (7)","Answer":"OCEANIA","Explanation":"Definition: large group of islands\nI in (A CANOE)"}
-{"Clue":"Acclaim actor lacking refinement in London park (7,6)","Answer":"CLAPHAM\u00a0COMMON","Explanation":"Definition: London park\nCLAP + HAM (actor) + COMMON (lacking refinement)"}
-{"Clue":"British philosopher welcomed by German and not hindered (9)","Answer":"UNBLOCKED","Explanation":"Definition: not hindered\nB + LOCKE in UND (German for \"and\")"}
-{"Clue":"Salt in wonderful starter of tabbouleh getting consumed (7)","Answer":"ACETATE","Explanation":"Definition: Salt\nACE (wonderful) + T[abbouleh) + ATE (consumed)"}
-{"Clue":"Look at cracking cryptic done like a Cyclops? (3-4)","Answer":"ONE-EYED","Explanation":"Definition: like a Cyclops\nEYE in DONE* \u2013 the Cyclops had a single eye in the middle of its forehead"}
-{"Clue":"One first rings a doctor, a specialist in feet (7)","Answer":"IAMBIST","Explanation":"Definition: a specialist in feet\nA MB in 1 1ST \u2013 an iamb is a poetical foot, with the rhythm di-DAH"}
-{"Clue":"Occasion to eat a piece of cake (6)","Answer":"PICNIC","Explanation":"Definition: Occasion to eat\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Man turned on philosopher (5)","Answer":"HEGEL","Explanation":"Definition: philosopher\nHE + reverse of LEG (the \"on\" side in cricket). This is the place where the philosopher is actually the answer, rather than just part of it"}
-{"Clue":"Fair to abolish Sabbath for good \u2026 er \u2026 god! (7)","Answer":"JUPITER","Explanation":"Definition: god\nJUST with S replaced by PI, + ER"}
-{"Clue":"A classic, right? Sun's back chasing topless figure (7)","Answer":"ODYSSEY","Explanation":"Definition: A classic\n[b]ODY + reverse of YES S[un]"}
-{"Clue":"President's son steals 500 old bricks \u2026 (6)","Answer":"ADOBES","Explanation":"Definition: bricks\nD (500) + O in ABE (Lincoln) S \u2013 a bullding material or brick made from dried mud"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 to cast magic over father's new crusade (8)","Answer":"CAMPAIGN","Explanation":"Definition: crusade\nPA in MAGIC* + N"}
-{"Clue":"Copy sample evenly (3)","Answer":"APE","Explanation":"Definition: Copy\nEven letters of sAmPlE"}
-{"Clue":"\"Massive\" British trip hop artist being difficult \u2026 (6)","Answer":"TRICKY","Explanation":"Definition: \"Massive\" British trip hop artist\nTwo definitions, the first of which is well outside my comfort zone. Tricky is a pioneer of trip hop music, and a former member of Massive Attack"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 in front of the microphone, a number like a rousing song (8)","Answer":"ANTHEMIC","Explanation":"Definition: like a rousing song\nA N + THE MIC"}
-{"Clue":"Drug ring back in Dorset town (5)","Answer":"POOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Dorset town\nReverse of E LOOP"}
-{"Clue":"Moon rocks left this forge as standing stones (9)","Answer":"MONOLITHS","Explanation":"Definition: standing stones\nMOON* + L + THIS* (\"forge\" as anagram indicator \u2013 a bit dodgy in my opinion)"}
-{"Clue":"After spinner's six deliveries, yorker initially provides breakthrough \u2026 (9)","Answer":"DISCOVERY","Explanation":"Definition: breakthrough\nDISC (record, which spins on a turntable) + OVER (six deliveries) + Y[orker]"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 in the '80s, Cook departs after knowing ball's caught (5)","Answer":"FLOYD","Explanation":"Definition: in the '80s, Cook\nO in FLY (knowing) + D. Keith Floyd, 1980s TV chef whose presentation style involved drinking a lot of wine"}
-{"Clue":"Stage device returning characters without skill (4,4)","Answer":"STAR TRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Stage device\nART in reverse of PARTS \u2013 it's a kind of stage trapdoor allowing the rapid appearance of a character"}
-{"Clue":"Archer who's on the fiddle (6)","Answer":"BOWMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Archer\nDouble definition \u2013 a fiddler (violinist) uses a bow, as does an archer"}
-{"Clue":"Prince shall be undressed (3)","Answer":"HAL","Explanation":"Definition: Prince\n[s]HAL[l]"}
-{"Clue":"Cryptically, three in existence? (3,5)","Answer":"OUT THERE","Explanation":"Definition: in existence\nA \"reverse\" anagram \u2013 \"out there\" is a cryptic indication of \"three\""}
-{"Clue":"Does comic admit working the cinemas? (6)","Answer":"ODEONS","Explanation":"Definition: cinema\nON (working) in DOES* \u2013 chain of cinemas"}
-{"Clue":"God's peach and raspberry slice (7)","Answer":"CHANDRA","Explanation":"Definition: God\nHidden in peaCH AND RAspberry . Chandra is a Hindu moon deity"}
-{"Clue":"Pop idol gains 1,000 pence by euro's collapse (7)","Answer":"IMPLODE","Explanation":"Definition: collapse\nM (1000) P in IDOL* + E[uro]"}
-{"Clue":"Become bankrupt, when parts are traded for experience (7)","Answer":"UNDERGO","Explanation":"Definition: experience\nGO UNDER with the two words interchaged"}
-{"Clue":"Stupid single honour for Croatian tennis player (9)","Answer":"IMBECILIC","Explanation":"Definition: Stupid\n1 MBE + CILIC \u2013 Croatian tennis player Marin ?ili?"}
-{"Clue":"Studies dissertations (6)","Answer":"ESSAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Studies\nDouble definition \u2013 though the two meanings are very close, and in fact Chambers defines essay as \"a written composition less elaborate than a dissertation or treatise\""}
-{"Clue":"Downgrading Germany's European proposal (8)","Answer":"DEMOTION","Explanation":"Definition: Downgrading\nD + E + MOTION"}
-{"Clue":"Gap sells pullovers and cardigans \u2014 even tops (5)","Answer":"SPACE","Explanation":"Definition: Gap\nFirst letters (tops) of Sells Pullovers And Cardigans Even"}
-{"Clue":"Play Nigel Short's hardest openings \u2014 such as this one? (7)","Answer":"ENGLISH","Explanation":"Definition: this one\nNIGEL + first letters of Short's Hardest. Nigel Short is a chess grandmaster, who might play the English Opening"}
-{"Clue":"Scientist works here with harpoon and cage? Not he (13)","Answer":"OCEANOGRAPHER","Explanation":"Definition: Scientist\nAnagram of HERE HARPOON CAGE, less HE, with an appropriate surface reading"}
-{"Clue":"It transfers rotations to wellie he'd thrown (4,5)","Answer":"IDLE WHEEL","Explanation":"Definition: It transfers rotations\n(WELLIE HE'D)"}
-{"Clue":"Manager's racing car problem: Tesla's been stolen (8)","Answer":"OVERSEER","Explanation":"Definition: Manager\nOVERSTEER less T (Tesla, unit of magnetic flux density, not the electric car)"}
-{"Clue":"Acquainted with molten tin? That hurts! (2,5)","Answer":"IN TOUCH","Explanation":"Definition: Acquainted\nTIN* + OUCH"}
-{"Clue":"Pined for salary received in Japan? (7)","Answer":"YEARNED","Explanation":"Definition: Pined\nY (yen) EARNED"}
-{"Clue":"Efflorescent answer by Orlando, perhaps (6)","Answer":"ABLOOM","Explanation":"Definition: Efflorescent\nA + BLOOM (Orlando Bloom, actor)"}
-{"Clue":"Betray no sailor in uprising (3,2)","Answer":"RAT ON","Explanation":"Definition: Betray\nReverse of NO TAR"}
-{"Clue":"Money boxes maintain returns, capital (7)","Answer":"YEREVAN","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nReverse of AVER (maintain) in YEN. Slightly dodgy grammar in the cryptic reading\u2026 Yerevan is the capital of Armenia"}
-{"Clue":"Key issue: no girl getting hot tea (7)","Answer":"HASHISH","Explanation":"Definition: tea\nHASH (the '#' key on a phone or computer keyboard, officially called the 'octothorpe') + IS[SUE] + H[ot]. Tea is slang for cannabis\/marijuana\/hashish"}
-{"Clue":"Design of Hitler, say, combed across the forehead, perhaps? (9)","Answer":"HAIRSTYLE","Explanation":"Definition: combed across the forehead, perhaps\n(HITLER SAY)*, with the whole clue referring to Hitler's actual hairstyle"}
-{"Clue":"Rocket could pull one crew into the air (5,5)","Answer":"STEAM TRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Rocket could pull one\nTEAM (crew) in STRAIN (tune, air) \u2013 referring to Stephenson's Rocket rather than a space vehicle, as the surface reading suggests"}
-{"Clue":"Price now for the country? (6)","Answer":"JORDAN","Explanation":"Definition: Price now\nDouble definition \u2013 model Katie Price, formerly known as Jordan, and the middle-eastern country"}
-{"Clue":"Spice Girl in rank underwear (8)","Answer":"LINGERIE","Explanation":"Definition: underwear\nGERI (Halliwell, Ginger Spice) in LINE"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk? Poor you, time to abstain (9)","Answer":"CRAPULENT","Explanation":"Definition: Drunk\nCRAP (bad, poor) + U + LENT (time to abstain)"}
-{"Clue":"Covered cloaks are lacking in a particular sense? (5-5)","Answer":"CLOTH-EARED","Explanation":"Definition: lacking in a particular sense\nARE in CLOTHED"}
-{"Clue":"Remaining bottles primarily noxious and potent, not initially fit for cooking (4-5)","Answer":"OVEN-READY","Explanation":"Definition: fit for cooking\nN[oxious] in OVER (remaining) + [h]EADY (potent)"}
-{"Clue":"Lord, criminal admitting leak (4,4)","Answer":"LIFE PEER","Explanation":"Definition: Lord\nPEE (leak) in LIFER (criminal serving a life sentence)"}
-{"Clue":"Supporter, revolutionary behind outstanding newspaper (6)","Answer":"RAFTER","Explanation":"Definition: Supporter\nFT in reverse of REAR"}
-{"Clue":"Parental role not substantial enough \u2014 that is absent in criminal being held (5,5)","Answer":"TOOTH FAIRY","Explanation":"Definition: Parental role\nTHIEF less I.E. in TOO AIRY"}
-{"Clue":"Bottle snatched by gorilla, I veer backwards (4)","Answer":"VIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Bottle\ngorilLA I Veer"}
-{"Clue":"Source of information, one of twelve rapidly emptied (7)","Answer":"LIBRARY","Explanation":"Definition: Source of information\nLIBRA (one of the twelve Zodiac signs) + R[apidl]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Climbers pocketing gold keys (7)","Answer":"IVORIES","Explanation":"Definition: keys\nOR in IVIES \u2013 the white keys on pianos were still sometimes made from ivory as recently as the early 1970s; of course they're all made of plastic now, but the phrase \"tickling the ivories\" (*not* 'tinkling', please!) is still used"}
-{"Clue":"Entrance way overseas welcoming country on the rise (7)","Answer":"ENAMOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Entrance\nOMAN in RUE (French \"street\"), all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Star's first opening scene having left club (7)","Answer":"ARSENAL","Explanation":"Definition: club\nS[tar] in ARENA + L"}
-{"Clue":"Seed of a fruit lacking moisture finally died (6)","Answer":"ALMOND","Explanation":"Definition: Seed\nA LEMON less [moistur]E + D"}
-{"Clue":"US author with 22 24 to follow, how might the story end, roughly speaking? (6,3)","Answer":"HARPER LEE","Explanation":"Definition: US author\nA real groaner: 22 24 is HEIFER RAFTER, which sounds a bit like \"ever after\", which people in a story live \"happily\", or (roughly) HARPER LEE"}
-{"Clue":"Mountain climber beginning to shiver, if not wearing pants, traditionally? (3,4)","Answer":"SKI LIFT","Explanation":"Definition: Mountain climber\nS[hiver] + IF \"in KILT\", referrng to the idea that nothing is worn under the kilt (\"not wearing pants\")"}
-{"Clue":"Gracious to unite around band with Italian maestro (4,1,5,3)","Answer":"WELL\u00a0I\u00a0NEVER\u00a0DID","Explanation":"Definition: Gracious\nLINE (band) + VERDI (Italian maestro) in WELD"}
-{"Clue":"Fabric cut up not long ago, a third off (9)","Answer":"POLYESTER","Explanation":"Definition: Fabric\nReverse of LOP + two thirds of YESTER[day]"}
-{"Clue":"Capital error over centre of Catholicism (7)","Answer":"TRIPOLI","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nTRIP (error) + [cath]OLI[cism] \u2013 probably a more familiar capital than 1 across"}
-{"Clue":"Looker, career soaring, very famous dancer (7)","Answer":"NUREYEV","Explanation":"Definition: famous dancer\nReverse of (EYE RUN) + V"}
-{"Clue":"Dude terribly worried when delivery expected (3,4)","Answer":"DUE DATE","Explanation":"Definition: when delivery expected\nDUDE* + ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Fire shot after male bovine (6)","Answer":"HEIFER","Explanation":"Definition: bovine\nHE + FIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Note minister provided, written up (5)","Answer":"FIVER","Explanation":"Definition: Note\nReverse of (REV IF)"}
-{"Clue":"Massage with 4 free? Why the hurry? It's \u2026 (6,3,4)","Answer":"WHERE\u2019S THE FIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Why the hurry\nAnagram of WITH SHEER (answer to 4d) FREE. The \"it's\u2026\" points us to the next clue \u2026"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 here \u2014 though there won't be any cheers from me! (7)","Answer":"INGRATE","Explanation":"Definition: there won't be any cheers from me\n\u2026 where for once the ellipsis has some meaning: the fire is IN [the] GRATE"}
-{"Clue":"Vermin Nick caught which can't be seen normally (7)","Answer":"MICROBE","Explanation":"Definition: which can't be seen normally\nROB (steal, nick) in MICE"}
-{"Clue":"Understood sensitivity speaking about independence (5)","Answer":"TACIT","Explanation":"Definition: Understood\nI in TACT. I wasn't sure about I = independence (as opposed to independent), but Chambers has it"}
-{"Clue":"Reasons to cut down on drink? (9)","Answer":"RATIONALE","Explanation":"Definition: Reasons\nRATION ALE \u2013 pretty sure I've seen this idea a few times"}
-{"Clue":"Pill to get one horny (5)","Answer":"ELAND","Explanation":"Definition: one horny\nE (Ecstasy) + LAND (to get), and elands have horns"}
-{"Clue":"Fight for settlement after criminal guilt's revealed (4,2,3)","Answer":"SLUG IT OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Fight for settlement\nGUILTS* + OUT (revealed)"}
-{"Clue":"Get this sent off! (5,4)","Answer":"EARLY BATH","Explanation":"Definition: Get this sent off\nCryptic definition \u2013 a footballer who is sent off is said to be going for an early bath"}
-{"Clue":"Band receiving money for hit (5)","Answer":"SMASH","Explanation":"Definition: hit\nM in SASH"}
-{"Clue":"Ultimately one run short (Chanderpaul built platform) (6,3)","Answer":"LAUNCH PAD","Explanation":"Definition: platform\nAnagram of CHANDERPAUL less [on]E R"}
-{"Clue":"God \u2014 picking up Ivy has worked out! (5)","Answer":"SHIVA","Explanation":"Definition: God\nAnagram of (IV (homophone of \"Ivy\") + HAS)"}
-{"Clue":"I object to boss \u2014 very offensive (7)","Answer":"NOISOME","Explanation":"Definition: offensive\nI struggled with parsing this one: it's NO 1 (boss) + SO (very) + ME (I as a grammatical object)"}
-{"Clue":"Require question for government to be slanted (7)","Answer":"OBLIQUE","Explanation":"Definition: slanted\nOBLIGE (require) with the G replaced by QU"}
-{"Clue":"Allow plug for new bestseller \u2014 it's fine writing (6,7)","Answer":"BELLES LETTRES","Explanation":"Definition: fine writing\nLET in (plugging) BESTSELLER"}
-{"Clue":"Said, greeting children: \"Look, you may eat in here\" (4,5)","Answer":"HIGH CHAIR","Explanation":"Definition: you may eat in here\nHIGH (homophone of \"hi\") + CH + AIR (a look)"}
-{"Clue":"Edit without day to respond (5)","Answer":"REACT","Explanation":"Definition: to respond\nREDACT less D"}
-{"Clue":"Pure woman? I need to think about that! (5)","Answer":"SHEER","Explanation":"Definition: Pure\nSHE (woman) + ER (hesitant sound)"}
-{"Clue":"In reality? (4,5)","Answer":"HOME TRUTH","Explanation":"Definition: In reality\nCryptic definition \u2013 the reality or truth you might have when you're at home, or \"in\""}
-{"Clue":"Drink port and punch \u2014 no beer at first (5)","Answer":"RIOJA","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\nRIO + JAB less B[eer]"}
-{"Clue":"Eighth client I shafted got very angry (3,3,7)","Answer":"HIT THE CEILING","Explanation":"Definition: got very angry\n(EIGHTH CLIENT I)"}
-{"Clue":"Say nothing about incident at hotel \u2014 a regular's claimed it's a delightful place (7,6)","Answer":"SEVENTH HEAVEN","Explanation":"Definition: it's a delightful place\nEVENT + H[otel] in SH (say nothing) + A in EVEN (regular)"}
-{"Clue":"Lad choosy about place of education (3,6)","Answer":"DAY SCHOOL","Explanation":"Definition: place of education\n(LAD CHOOSY)"}
-{"Clue":"Clarity of phrases Poles translated (9)","Answer":"SHARPNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Clarity\nAnagram of PHRASES NS"}
-{"Clue":"Old boy mounting naughty topless concubine (9)","Answer":"ODALISQUE","Explanation":"Definition: concubine\nO + reverse of LAD + [R]ISQU\u00c9"}
-{"Clue":"Hour in Eagle drinking the amber liquid? (5)","Answer":"URINE","Explanation":"Definition: the amber liquid\nHidden in hoUR IN Eagle"}
-{"Clue":"Flyer run over outside (5)","Answer":"DRONE","Explanation":"Definition: Flyer\nR in DONE (over)"}
-{"Clue":"Rent place in Europe by the sea (5)","Answer":"SPLIT","Explanation":"Definition: Rent\nDouble definition \u2013 Split is indeed by the sea, so that just extends the second definition"}
-{"Clue":"NCO arranged battle course (8)","Answer":"CONSOMM\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: course\nNCO* + SOMME (WW1 battle)"}
-{"Clue":"Speculation is in the wind about doctor (6)","Answer":"GAMBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Speculation\nMB (doctor) in GALE"}
-{"Clue":"More than one saw book of the Old Testament (8)","Answer":"PROVERBS","Explanation":"Definition: More than one saw\nDouble definition \u2013 well, just about, as the OT book *is* a collectoin of \"saws\""}
-{"Clue":"Doesn't fancy being drunk (6)","Answer":"STONED","Explanation":"Definition: drunk\nDOESNT"}
-{"Clue":"A sucker for old-fashioned treatment (5)","Answer":"LEECH","Explanation":"Definition: A sucker for old-fashioned treatment\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"It's clear to me, anyway, one will miss a deadline (4-5)","Answer":"LATE-COMER","Explanation":"Definition: one will miss a deadline\n(CLEAR TO ME)"}
-{"Clue":"What a game knight does when his coach is leaving? (5,2,5)","Answer":"JUMPS\u00a0ON\u00a0BOARD","Explanation":"Definition: What a game knight does\nDefinition + hint \u2013 a knight \"jumps\" on the chessboard"}
-{"Clue":"Where a marathon runner may eventually succeed? (2,3,4,3)","Answer":"IN\u00a0THE\u00a0LONG\u00a0RUN","Explanation":"Definition: Where a marathon runner may eventually succeed\nCryptic\/double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Down-at-heel illegal tenants (9)","Answer":"SQUATTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Down-at-heel\nHint + definition \u2013 someone squatting is literally down on his heels"}
-{"Clue":"Spell \"shape\" incorrectly (5)","Answer":"PHASE","Explanation":"Definition: Spell\nSHAPE"}
-{"Clue":"End of the beef soup? (6)","Answer":"OXTAIL","Explanation":"Definition: End of the beef\nAnother \"just about\" double definition (using \"beef\" to mean an ox)"}
-{"Clue":"Arrange for a mechanic (8)","Answer":"ENGINEER","Explanation":"Definition: Arrange\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Small number remove clothing and fall asleep (3,3)","Answer":"NOD OFF","Explanation":"Definition: fall asleep\nNO + DOFF"}
-{"Clue":"It's suitable in public (8)","Answer":"EXOTERIC","Explanation":"Definition: It's suitable in public\nI don't think I've ever come across this word before: it's the opposite of \"esoteric\". Chambers gives \"intelligible to the uninitiated\", so suitable for telling to the public, I suppose"}
-{"Clue":"Breaking up coal for the furnace (6)","Answer":"CUPOLA","Explanation":"Definition: furnace\n(UP COAL)* \u2013 cupola is more commonly used to mean part of a dome, but it can also be \"a furnace used in iron foundries\""}
-{"Clue":"Caught \u2014 so done for it (6)","Answer":"NOOSED","Explanation":"Definition: Caught\n(SO DONE)"}
-{"Clue":"It offers hospitality to all, but it's cold in winter (4,5)","Answer":"OPEN HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: It offers hospitality to all\nDouble definition \u2013 a house would get cold if left open in winter"}
-{"Clue":"Communications equipment used in Alabama? (6,6)","Answer":"MOBILE PHONES","Explanation":"Definition: Communications equipment\nExtended definition, referring to the city of Mobile, Alabama"}
-{"Clue":"Greek for \"upper room\" (5)","Answer":"ATTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Greek\nDouble definition \u2013 the Greek one is \"relating to Athens\""}
-{"Clue":"What a dogs likes with food is fertiliser (4,4)","Answer":"BONE MEAL","Explanation":"Definition: What a dogs likes with food\nDouble definition, with a typo of \"dogs\" for \"dog\""}
-{"Clue":"Adore old novel featuring a place of wealth and opportunity (2,6)","Answer":"ELDORADO","Explanation":"Definition: a place of wealth and opportunity\n(ADORE OLD)"}
-{"Clue":"A powerful comparison (6,2,2,2)","Answer":"STRONG\u00a0AS\u00a0AN\u00a0OX","Explanation":"Definition: A powerful comparison\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Plan to produce an indecent picture (9)","Answer":"BLUEPRINT","Explanation":"Definition: Plan\nBLUE (indecent) + PRINT"}
-{"Clue":"Dicky disowned, fades away (4,4)","Answer":"DIES DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: fades away\nDISOWNED"}
-{"Clue":"Took vain steps, having support (8)","Answer":"STRUTTED","Explanation":"Definition: Took vain steps\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Rush to find a vocation (6)","Answer":"CAREER","Explanation":"Definition: Rush\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"There's a point in this system (6)","Answer":"METRIC","Explanation":"Definition: There's a point in this system\nCryptic definition \u2013 measurements in the Metric system may have a decimal point"}
-{"Clue":"What he does is appropriate (5)","Answer":"THIEF","Explanation":"Definition: What he does is appropriate\nCryptic definition (with \"appropriate\" as a verb)"}
-{"Clue":"A child-killer commonly rejected love (5)","Answer":"ADORE","Explanation":"Definition: love\nA + reverse of [h]EROD \u2013 child-killer in the Massacre of the Innocents, as described in Matthew 2:16"}
-{"Clue":"Worry about work in America and Spain being complicated (9)","Answer":"ELABORATE","Explanation":"Definition: complicated\nLABOR (US spelling) in EAT (worry) + E (Spain)"}
-{"Clue":"Did without underclothing at home \u2014 that's supposedly logical (4,5)","Answer":"LEFT BRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: that's supposedly logical\nLEFT BRA IN. The left hemisphere of the brain is supposedly the \"logical\" side"}
-{"Clue":"Order the Chambers app? (5)","Answer":"EDICT","Explanation":"Definition: Order\nThe app would be an E-DICT[ionary]"}
-{"Clue":"Dressmaker Tom dies in agony (7)","Answer":"MODISTE","Explanation":"Definition: Dressmaker\n(TOM DIES)* \u2013 fancy dress shops sometimes have \"Modes\" as part of their name"}
-{"Clue":"Flyer's overalls not very messy (7)","Answer":"ROSELLA","Explanation":"Definition: Flyer\nOVERALLS* less V \u2013 the Rosella is a kind of parrot"}
-{"Clue":"Area that's wet and hot on planet (5)","Answer":"MARSH","Explanation":"Definition: Area that's wet\nMARS (*planet) + H"}
-{"Clue":"Impudence, sacking good-for-nothing? On the contrary (3)","Answer":"ALL","Explanation":"Definition: nothing? On the contrary\nGALL (cheek, impudence) with the G removed or \"sacked\". Almost a \"lift-and-separate\", in that the hyphens need to be removed"}
-{"Clue":"Hello \u2014 a toy (5)","Answer":"DOLLY","Explanation":"Definition: a toy\nA kind of double definition, if you regard the dash as a blank to be filled in, giving the name of the famous musical"}
-{"Clue":"A doctor grew up to be saint (7)","Answer":"AMBROSE","Explanation":"Definition: saint\nA + MB + ROSE \u2013 St Ambrose was a 4th century bishop of Milan"}
-{"Clue":"Erected missile site north in Europe, you say (7)","Answer":"UPSILON","Explanation":"Definition: you say\nUP (erected) + SILO + B, Upsilon is the Greek letter corresponding to U (\"you\")"}
-{"Clue":"Consultant drops notice in a flap (5)","Answer":"VISOR","Explanation":"Definition: a flap\nADVISOR less AD (notice)"}
-{"Clue":"To open self up, keep observing (9)","Answer":"BEHOLDING","Explanation":"Definition: observing\nHOLD (keep) in BEING (self)"}
-{"Clue":"I, say, come for vacation, say (9)","Answer":"PRONOUNCE","Explanation":"Definition: say\nPRONOUN (of which \"I\" is an example) + C[om]E \"vacated\""}
-{"Clue":"Smallholding in credit regularly (5)","Answer":"CROFT","Explanation":"Definition: Smallholding\nCR + OFT"}
-{"Clue":"Intelligent computer left in dining room (4)","Answer":"HALL","Explanation":"Definition: dining room\nHAL (computer from the film *2001, A Space Odyssey*) + L"}
-{"Clue":"One passing on secret award I'd received (8)","Answer":"CONFIDER","Explanation":"Definition: One passing on secret\nID in CONFER (to award)"}
-{"Clue":"Reverberate, for example, but not much (4)","Answer":"VERB","Explanation":"Definition: Reverberate, for example\nHidden in reVERBerate, and \"reverberate\" is itself an example of a verb"}
-{"Clue":"Out of uniform, mark down artist for head of state (2,6)","Answer":"DE VALERA","Explanation":"Definition: head of state\nDEVALUE less U + RA \u2013 \u00c9amon de Valera was both Taoiseach and President of Ireland at various times"}
-{"Clue":"Gather foreign station is accepting new recruits from the front (6)","Answer":"GARNER","Explanation":"Definition: Gather\nN in GARE (French for station) + R[ecruits]"}
-{"Clue":"Sedate type is troubled with bedsores (10)","Answer":"SOBERSIDES","Explanation":"Definition: Sedate type\n(IS BEDSORES)"}
-{"Clue":"Book up a little table in a diner (6)","Answer":"DANIEL","Explanation":"Definition: Book\nHidden in reverse of tabLE IN A Diner"}
-{"Clue":"Defeat good enemy? (4)","Answer":"BEST","Explanation":"Definition: Defeat\nDouble definition, from the saying \"the best [or sometimes the perfect] is the enemy of the good\""}
-{"Clue":"Parent's second novel not opened (5)","Answer":"MOMMA","Explanation":"Definition: Parent\nMO (moment, second) + [E]MMA (Jane Austen novel)"}
-{"Clue":"North African ladies, hard up, follow such regulars into place of learning (10)","Answer":"SCHOOLROOM","Explanation":"Definition: place of learning\nAlternate letters of SuCh, + reverse of MOOR (African) LOO (toilet, e.g. Ladies)"}
-{"Clue":"A line authentic Nazis put first (5)","Answer":"ARYAN","Explanation":"Definition: A line authentic Nazis put first\nA RY (railway, line) + A[uthentic] N[azis], &it"}
-{"Clue":"Howl perhaps that's horrible subsequently suppressed (8)","Answer":"LAUGHTER","Explanation":"Definition: Howl\nUGH (\"that's horrible!\") in (suppressed by) LATER"}
-{"Clue":"Bounce clumsily along holding a coin for sweet (8)","Answer":"LOLLIPOP","Explanation":"Definition: sweet\n1P in LOLLOP"}
-{"Clue":"Man's encore: to go on one leg (6)","Answer":"BISHOP","Explanation":"Definition: Man\nBIS (what the French say when we would say \"encore\") + HOP. A Bishop is a chessman"}
-{"Clue":"The tide may be heading away from part of duck's foot (6)","Answer":"EBBING","Explanation":"Definition: The tide may be\n[W]EBBING"}
-{"Clue":"Very intelligent creature to avoid cigarettes? (4)","Answer":"VAPE","Explanation":"Definition: to avoid cigarettes\nV + APE"}
-{"Clue":"Use tongue for a short musical phrase (4)","Answer":"LICK","Explanation":"Definition: Use tongue\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"So useful a person wasn't paid anything? (2-2)","Answer":"GO-TO","Explanation":"Definition: So useful a person\nSomeone who wasn't paid anything GOT 0"}
-{"Clue":"Hat left in shady spot (6)","Answer":"BOWLER","Explanation":"Definition: Hat\nL in BOWER"}
-{"Clue":"Man used badly by Norse explorer (8)","Answer":"AMUNDSEN","Explanation":"Definition: explorer\n(MAN USED)* + N"}
-{"Clue":"Accessory for many an artist attracts tax (6)","Answer":"CRAVAT","Explanation":"Definition: Accessory\nC (100, \"many\") + RA (artist) + VAT"}
-{"Clue":"Desperately want to keep grannie's promise (8)","Answer":"COVENANT","Explanation":"Definition: promise\nNAN in COVET"}
-{"Clue":"Check mail in print? That's capital! (5,6)","Answer":"BLOCK LETTER","Explanation":"Definition: in print? That's capital\nBLCK (to check) + LETTER (mail)"}
-{"Clue":"Hopes to keep husband in forces (7)","Answer":"THRUSTS","Explanation":"Definition: forces\nH in TRUSTS"}
-{"Clue":"Biscuit old actor gives Hazel (3,4)","Answer":"NUT TREE","Explanation":"Definition: Hazel\nNUT (biscuit, as in Ginger Nut) + [Herbert Beerbohm] TREE (actor) \u2013 a definition-by-example, so needs a question mark or \"maybe\""}
-{"Clue":"Blossom makes church official initially feel let down (11)","Answer":"ELDERFLOWER","Explanation":"Definition: Blossom\nELDER + F[eel] + LOWER (let down)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl gets merchandise inadvertently (8)","Answer":"UNAWARES","Explanation":"Definition: inadvertently\nUNA + WARES"}
-{"Clue":"I get so agitated no one should ignore me (6)","Answer":"EGOIST","Explanation":"Definition: no one should ignore me\n(I GET SO)"}
-{"Clue":"Isn't poet poorly? Hurry! (4,2,2)","Answer":"STEP ON IT","Explanation":"Definition: Hurry\n(ISN'T POET)"}
-{"Clue":"Groups of workmen embracing oriental sacred flower (6)","Answer":"GANGES","Explanation":"Definition: sacred flower\nE in GANGS. The Ganges is a sacred river of Hinduism"}
-{"Clue":"Comment on old currency (6)","Answer":"REMARK","Explanation":"Definition: Comment\nRE (on) + MARK (former currency of Germany, and elsewhere)"}
-{"Clue":"Trafficker retains a French solicitor (10)","Answer":"IMPORTUNER","Explanation":"Definition: solicitor\nUN in IMPORTER"}
-{"Clue":"Six-footer entertains soldier surreptitiously (2,6)","Answer":"IN SECRET","Explanation":"Definition: surreptitiously\nRE (Royal Engineer) in INSECT (six-footer)"}
-{"Clue":"Disparage defender's incisiveness (8)","Answer":"BACKBITE","Explanation":"Definition: Disparage\nBACK (defender in football etc) + BITE"}
-{"Clue":"Arms becoming tired carrying piano leg (8)","Answer":"WEAPONRY","Explanation":"Definition: Arms\nP[iano] + ON (leg side in cricket) in WEARY. A slight blemish that the word occurs in the clue to 20d"}
-{"Clue":"Lead is found in Costa Rica (4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: Lead\nHidden in coSTA Rica; star as in leading role"}
-{"Clue":"Heads out to lunch (4)","Answer":"NUTS","Explanation":"Definition: Heads\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"I see today's problem! Take your time! (4,4,2)","Answer":"EASY DOES IT","Explanation":"Definition: Take your time\n(I SEE TODAY'S)"}
-{"Clue":"Poet admitting to holding up branch (8)","Answer":"BROWNING","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nBR[anch] + OWNING (admitting to)"}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish put out? It rusted (8)","Answer":"DETRITUS","Explanation":"Definition: Rubbish\n(IT RUSTED)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl to betray furniture designer (8)","Answer":"SHERATON","Explanation":"Definition: furniture designer\nSHE + RAT ON"}
-{"Clue":"Record and preserve an impasse (6)","Answer":"LOGJAM","Explanation":"Definition: an impasse\nLOG (record) + JAM (preserve)"}
-{"Clue":"Comfortable about weaponry (4)","Answer":"GUNS","Explanation":"Definition: weaponry\nReverse of SNUG"}
-{"Clue":"Mark gets superb staff (4)","Answer":"MACE","Explanation":"Definition: staff\nM + ACE"}
-{"Clue":"As do commissioner, Senegalese and classic beauty? (5,4)","Answer":"COVER GIRL","Explanation":"Definition: beauty\nGIRLs of various kinds are 'COVERed' by comMISSioner, seneGALese and cLASSic"}
-{"Clue":"Resist male (4)","Answer":"BUCK","Explanation":"Definition: Resist\nDouble definition (the first as in 'buck the trend')"}
-{"Clue":"Cowardly old Italian PM wearing outfit the wrong way round (8)","Answer":"TIMOROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Cowardly\n [Aldo] MORO (Prime Minister of Italy in the 60s and 70s, kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades) in reverse of SUIT. *Thanks to Greensward and mynollo for correcting my original incorrect parsing"}
-{"Clue":"Worthless slime's parting bow (2-4)","Answer":"NO-GOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Worthless\nGOO (slime) 'parting' NOD (bow)"}
-{"Clue":"Unkindness in party needing sympathetic leaders (6)","Answer":"RAVENS","Explanation":"Definition: Unkindness\nRAVE + N[eeding] S[ympathetic] \u2013 unkindness is one of several names for a group of ravens"}
-{"Clue":"Scold male, splitting up hunk and husband (8)","Answer":"ADMONISH","Explanation":"Definition: Scold\nM in ADONIS + H[usband]"}
-{"Clue":"Bad quotes recalled, including one from Plato (6)","Answer":"SEPTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Bad\nP[lato] in reverse of CITES"}
-{"Clue":"Egypt's last king inspired by old queen's home cooking ingredient (8)","Answer":"TARRAGON","Explanation":"Definition: cooking ingredient\n[Egyp]T + R (king) in ARAGON (home of Henry VIII's first wife)"}
-{"Clue":"No regret for Piaf in smearing of alto from 1 down, say? (8)","Answer":"ORIENTAL","Explanation":"Definition: from 1 down, say\nRIEN (from the song *Non, je ne regrette rien*, as famously sung by Edith Piaf) in ALTO"}
-{"Clue":"Cut around page, newspaper's lead story (6)","Answer":"SPLASH","Explanation":"Definition: newspaper's lead story\nP in SLASH"}
-{"Clue":"Coalition charlatans, by the sound of it? (8)","Answer":"CHEETAHS","Explanation":"Definition: Coalition\nHomophone of 'cheaters'. Coalition is a collective term for cheetahs"}
-{"Clue":"Close school during breaks (6)","Answer":"FINISH","Explanation":"Definition: Close\nFISH (school \u2013 another collective) 'broken' by IN (during)"}
-{"Clue":"Interior alone ultimately in British parliament (6)","Answer":"BOWELS","Explanation":"Definition: Interior\n[alon]E in B + OWLS (parliament of \u2026)"}
-{"Clue":"Lead in pencil I gather erroneous \u2014 this the stuff? (8)","Answer":"GRAPHITE","Explanation":"Definition: this the stuff\nP (leading letter of pencil) in (I GATHER)* \u2013 the so-called lead in pencils is actually graphite"}
-{"Clue":"Combine equipment, including pole (4)","Answer":"KNIT","Explanation":"Definition: Combine\nN in KIT"}
-{"Clue":"Device used by police ending in convictions \u2014 not entirely shallow then, on reflection? (5,4)","Answer":"SPEED TRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Device used by police\n[conviction]S + reverse of PART DEEP ('not entirely shallow')"}
-{"Clue":"Punch a delicate thing (5)","Answer":"CHINA","Explanation":"Definition: delicate thing\nCHIN (to punch) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Wild flower containing nectar, primarily (7)","Answer":"VIOLENT","Explanation":"Definition: Wild\nN[ectar] in VIOLET"}
-{"Clue":"Building \u2014 criminals removing roof (5)","Answer":"ROOKS","Explanation":"Definition: Building\n[C]ROOKS \u2013 like their cousins the ravens (and crows \u2013 see 7d), rooks have several collective nouns, including 'building'"}
-{"Clue":"Second wind isn't always necessary then, initially (7)","Answer":"INSTANT","Explanation":"Definition: Second\nAnagram ('wind' to rhyme with 'bind') of ISNT , + first letters of Always Necessary Then"}
-{"Clue":"Recognisable features, with a thousand in exaltation (9)","Answer":"LANDMARKS","Explanation":"Definition: Recognisable features\nAND (with) M (1000) in LARKS (exaltation of..)"}
-{"Clue":"Plant, a big one that's monstrous (7)","Answer":"BEGONIA","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\n(A BIG ONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's chief murder weapons (9)","Answer":"CROSSBOWS","Explanation":"Definition: weapons\nSpoonerism of BOSS CROWS (murder of..)"}
-{"Clue":"Abhorrent jerks created like humans, say? (9)","Answer":"EARTHBORN","Explanation":"Definition: created like humans, say\nABHORRENT"}
-{"Clue":"Emotional relief, as Tom is obliged to admit stress-related injury (9)","Answer":"CATHARSIS","Explanation":"Definition: Emotional relief\nCAT + RSI (repetitive strain injury) in HAS (is obliged)"}
-{"Clue":"Part water, perhaps? (7)","Answer":"ELEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Part\nDouble definition, with water as one of the four classical elements"}
-{"Clue":"Food on Italian table, dip in way (7)","Answer":"LASAGNE","Explanation":"Definition: Food on Italian table\nSAG in LANE"}
-{"Clue":"One starting to miss a diner (7)","Answer":"LUNCHER","Explanation":"Definition: diner\nLAUNCHER less A"}
-{"Clue":"Union member translated duck's opening quack (5)","Answer":"FRAUD","Explanation":"Definition: quack\nFRAU (German for 'wife', a 'union member') + D[uck]"}
-{"Clue":"Lifting positions inspiring one exercise (3-2)","Answer":"SIT-UP","Explanation":"Definition: exercise\nI in reverse of PUTS (positions)"}
-{"Clue":"Joe wanders around lavish old city (7)","Answer":"JERICHO","Explanation":"Definition: old city\n RICH (lavish) in JOE"}
-{"Clue":"Swimmer to open Guinness bottles (7)","Answer":"PENGUIN","Explanation":"Definition: Swimmer\n Hidden in ('bottled' by) oPEN GUINness"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal act caught out after strong drink (5)","Answer":"FAGIN","Explanation":"Definition: Criminal\n F (forte, strong) + ACT less CT + GIN"}
-{"Clue":"Prior calculations of stars orbiting around Earth by the 100 (9)","Answer":"FORECASTS","Explanation":"Definition: Prior calculations\n E[arth] C (100) in (OF STARS)"}
-{"Clue":"\"Muslim leaders reject onion\" \u2014 sure that's the answer? (10)","Answer":"AYATOLLAHS","Explanation":"Definition: Muslim leaders\n Reverse of SHALLOT + AY (yes, sure) + A[nswer]"}
-{"Clue":"Team follows reserves by car (4)","Answer":"TAXI","Explanation":"Definition: car\n TA (Territorial Army \u2013 reserves) + XI (cricket or football team)"}
-{"Clue":"Indian flower scared to travel a great deal with us (6,5)","Answer":"SACRED\u00a0LOTUS","Explanation":"Definition: Indian flower\n SCARED* + LOT + US \u2013 this flower"}
-{"Clue":"Original one gave a mint to chew around lunchtime (11)","Answer":"IMAGINATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Original\n I (one) + I (1 pm, lunchtime) in (GAVE A MINT)"}
-{"Clue":"Disco suit (4)","Answer":"CLUB","Explanation":"Definition: Disco\n Double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Like a cup, Mr, of icy lacquer? Some sent back (10)","Answer":"CALYCIFORM","Explanation":"Definition: Like a cup\n Hidden in reverse of MR OF ICY LACquer \u2013 a generously easy clue for an obscure word: it's from \"calyx\", which is part of a plant, but also \"any cup-like structure in the body\""}
-{"Clue":"Maybe too much salt is dangerous (9)","Answer":"UNHEALTHY","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe too much salt is\n I think this is just a double definition, but a rather weak one if so"}
-{"Clue":"Cancel book \u2014 it's missing second page (5)","Answer":"ANNUL","Explanation":"Definition: Cancel\n This must be ANNUAL (book) less A, with the A as the second letter of pAge, but I'm not keen \u2013 \"second page\" doesn't mean \"second letter of page\", and there's no indication that only one of the As in ANNUAL is to be removed"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle reverses by king, queen and huntsman (7)","Answer":"TRACKER","Explanation":"Definition: huntsman\n Reverse of CART + K + ER"}
-{"Clue":"Short newspaper item on blown-up air-beds (7)","Answer":"SIDEBAR","Explanation":"Definition: Short newspaper item\n AIRBEDS"}
-{"Clue":"Great deliveries of oranges (6)","Answer":"JAFFAS","Explanation":"Definition: Great deliveries\n Double definition \u2013 a jaffa is a well-bowled ball in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Keen to pirouette over good music (6)","Answer":"REGGAE","Explanation":"Definition: music\n G in reverse of EAGER"}
-{"Clue":"\"Ban porn and chess!\", I raged (10)","Answer":"CENSORSHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Ban\n (PORN CHESS I)"}
-{"Clue":"US labour leader once blowing his top over large amount of waste (5)","Answer":"OFFAL","Explanation":"Definition: waste\n [Jimmy] HOFFA (US trade union leader) less his first letter + L[arge]"}
-{"Clue":"Father is cheater, surprisingly, but not at board game (9)","Answer":"PARCHEESI","Explanation":"Definition: board game\n PA + anagram of IS CHEATER less AT \u2013 Parcheesi is a board game (from Hindi 'pachisi') rather like Ludo"}
-{"Clue":"No 1 church in France? (4)","Answer":"NICE","Explanation":"Definition: in France\n N 1 CE \u2013 as I've often said, I don't like \"in France\" for \"a place in France\""}
-{"Clue":"Social climbers at college have quiche during the weekend (8)","Answer":"UPSTARTS","Explanation":"Definition: Social climbers\n UP (at college) + TART in S S (Saturday and Sunday)"}
-{"Clue":"Most awful new wine is French (8)","Answer":"NASTIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most awful\n N + ASTI + EST (\"is\" in French)"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble brewing not to get one group honour (4,6)","Answer":"BLUE RIBAND","Explanation":"Definition: honour\n Anagram of TROUBLE less TO + 1 BAND"}
-{"Clue":"Quality tea time during a competition run (9)","Answer":"CHARACTER","Explanation":"Definition: Quality\n CHA (tea) + T in RACE + R[un]"}
-{"Clue":"Noble's wayward cousin hugged by retired transvestite (8)","Answer":"VISCOUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Noble\n COUSIN* in reverse of TV"}
-{"Clue":"1980 pop song, sung to grandmother (8)","Answer":"BABUSHKA","Explanation":"Definition: grandmother\n Homophone (\"sung\") of Babooshka, 1980 Kate Bush song. Another one I'm not keen on,\n as the answer and homophone are just different spellings of the same word"}
-{"Clue":"To socialise, tramp hugs knight and bishop (6)","Answer":"HOBNOB","Explanation":"Definition: To socialise\n N (abbreviation for knight in chess) in HOBO + B"}
-{"Clue":"One walking, one talking without end (6)","Answer":"AMBLER","Explanation":"Definition: One walking\n I think this is RAMBLER, which can be a walker, or \"one talking without end\", less its first letter (end?) \u2013 but it all seems a bit vague and double-dutyish"}
-{"Clue":"Get up \u2014 finally Christmas! Too busy to play with toys (5)","Answer":"YOYOS","Explanation":"Definition: toys\n Last letters of christmaS toO busY tO plaY, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Poet not at home to have fun (4)","Answer":"LARK","Explanation":"Definition: to have fun\n [Philip] LARKIN less IN (at home)"}
-{"Clue":"Spiteful person \u2014 he will shortly act badly (7)","Answer":"HELLCAT","Explanation":"Definition: Spiteful person\nHE'LL + ACT"}
-{"Clue":"Two points about unusual Roman invaders of Britain (7)","Answer":"NORMANS","Explanation":"Definition: invaders of Britain\nROMAN in N S (compass points)"}
-{"Clue":"One of a dozen who swears (5)","Answer":"JUROR","Explanation":"Definition: One of a dozen who swears\nCryptic definition (it would read better for me as \"\u2026 who swear\")"}
-{"Clue":"Two scholars put into reform school (4,5)","Answer":"ALMA MATER","Explanation":"Definition: school\nMA MA in ALTER"}
-{"Clue":"Green plan to recycle (10)","Answer":"CHARTREUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Green\nCHART + RE-USE"}
-{"Clue":"Native American about to enter the Anglican Church (4)","Answer":"CREE","Explanation":"Definition: Native American\nRE in CE"}
-{"Clue":"Sold at auction or demolished (7,4)","Answer":"KNOCKED DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Sold at auction\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"A sitting target for disgruntled shareholders? (11)","Answer":"CHAIRPERSON","Explanation":"Definition: A sitting target for disgruntled shareholders\nJust a rather vague cryptic definition, as far as I can see"}
-{"Clue":"Expedition set off (4)","Answer":"TRIP","Explanation":"Definition: Expedition\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Brown's competence as a gardener (10)","Answer":"CAPABILITY","Explanation":"Definition: competence\nNot sure how to describe this \u2013 either a cryptic defintion, or a double, with one definition wrapped around the other. Anyway, it's reference to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown"}
-{"Clue":"Procrastinate when it's time to get up (9)","Answer":"TEMPORISE","Explanation":"Definition: Procrastinate\nTEMPO + RISE"}
-{"Clue":"Not suitable in a part (5)","Answer":"INAPT","Explanation":"Definition: Not suitable\nIN A PT"}
-{"Clue":"\"Yield\" as against \"surrender\" (7)","Answer":"CONCEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Yield\nCON (against) + CEDE (surrender)"}
-{"Clue":"Young creature to plead insanity (7)","Answer":"TADPOLE","Explanation":"Definition: Young creature\n(TO PLEAD)"}
-{"Clue":"Roughly appropriate greeting to a sailor (6)","Answer":"HIJACK","Explanation":"Definition: Roughly appropriate\nYou might say HI, JACK [Tar]! to a sailor"}
-{"Clue":"A trial leading to the noose? (6)","Answer":"LARIAT","Explanation":"Definition: noose\n(A TRIAL)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl held up by minders, those employed to look after her? (10)","Answer":"CARETAKERS","Explanation":"Definition: those employed to look after her\nReverse of KATE in CARERS"}
-{"Clue":"Draw a small amount (5)","Answer":"TRACE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"People of the same calling (9)","Answer":"NAMESAKES","Explanation":"Definition: People of the same calling\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Incline to drive quietly (4)","Answer":"RAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Incline\nRAM (to drive) + P"}
-{"Clue":"Near riot breaks out towards the front (8)","Answer":"ANTERIOR","Explanation":"Definition: towards the front\n(NEAR RIOT)"}
-{"Clue":"NCO set about constructing range (8)","Answer":"SERGEANT","Explanation":"Definition: NCO\nRANGE* in SET"}
-{"Clue":"Recognised a criminal perhaps but denied it, if found out (10)","Answer":"IDENTIFIED","Explanation":"Definition: Recognised a criminal perhaps\n(DENIED IT IF)"}
-{"Clue":"Skilled worker in force (9)","Answer":"OPERATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Skilled worker\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Enthusiastic, still supporting City (8)","Answer":"ECSTATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Enthusiastic\nEC (City of London postal area) + STATIC (still)"}
-{"Clue":"It may work wonders in Malta's new constitution (8)","Answer":"TALISMAN","Explanation":"Definition: It may work wonders\n(IN MALTAS)"}
-{"Clue":"Fuss after Kipling's work is turned into opera (6)","Answer":"MIKADO","Explanation":"Definition: opera\nReverse of KIM (novel by Rudyard Kipling) + ADO. To be picky, the opera is *The* Mikado"}
-{"Clue":"A number try out the French shrub (6)","Answer":"MYRTLE","Explanation":"Definition: shrub\nM (1000) + TRY* + LE"}
-{"Clue":"A male delegate? (5)","Answer":"AGENT","Explanation":"Definition: delegate\nA GENT"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow in a sheltered place (4)","Answer":"COVE","Explanation":"Definition: Fellow\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Arm mob with rifle after rioting (8)","Answer":"FORELIMB","Explanation":"Definition: Arm\n(MOB RIFLE)"}
-{"Clue":"Tax free investments started by southern California (6)","Answer":"FISCAL","Explanation":"Definition: Tax\nF[ree] I[nvestments] + S CAL \u2013 the definition uses \"tax\" as an adjective, as in \"tax year = fiscal year\""}
-{"Clue":"Scorn one who is against court (8)","Answer":"CONTEMPT","Explanation":"Definition: Scorn\nCON (one against) + TEMPT"}
-{"Clue":"Champ picked up some bits (4)","Answer":"BYTE","Explanation":"Definition: some bits\nHomophone of \"bite\", and a byte is (usually) eight bits"}
-{"Clue":"Is almost all poetry garbled like Dracula or The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3\/4? (10)","Answer":"EPISTOLARY","Explanation":"Definition: like Dracula or The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3\/4\nAnagram of IS AL[L] POETRY \u2013 I was going to complain that *Adrian Mole* isn't an epistolary novel (though *Dracula* is), but at least according to some sources the term can more apply more generally a novel told in various kinds of documents, e.g. a diary"}
-{"Clue":"What policeman says inside lets you become obedient (8)","Answer":"BEHAVING","Explanation":"Definition: obedient\nThe stereotypical policeman's remark is \"let's BE HAVING you\" (as in the old Christmas cracker joke \u2013 Where do policemen live? Letsby Avenue!)"}
-{"Clue":"Bananas are a type of edible fruit (4)","Answer":"NUTS","Explanation":"Definition: Bananas\nDouble definition. The \"are\" sits uncomfortably here: I think the clue might be better as \"Bananas: a type of edible fruit\""}
-{"Clue":"Supposing America brought back mysticism (4)","Answer":"SUFI","Explanation":"Definition: mysticism\nReverse of IF US"}
-{"Clue":"Commendation for fighter pilot capturing area in Arctic (8)","Answer":"ACCOLADE","Explanation":"Definition: Commendation\nA[rea] in COLD (Arctic), in ACE"}
-{"Clue":"How to allocate men's state benefits conclusively? (5,5)","Answer":"MEANS TESTS","Explanation":"Definition: How to allocate men's state benefits conclusively\nAnagram of MENS STATE [benefit]S, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Woman's love? (4)","Answer":"HERO","Explanation":"Definition: Woman's love\nHER + O, and another &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Receding hair, a hat, a muffler: disguise for spy (4,4)","Answer":"MATA HARI","Explanation":"Definition: spy\nHIdden in reverse of haIR A HAT A Muffler"}
-{"Clue":"On following a sinuous, unending river (6)","Answer":"AMAZON","Explanation":"Definition: river\nA MAZ[Y] (like a maze, sinuous) + ON"}
-{"Clue":"Rub in shampoo first on hair (6)","Answer":"STRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Rub in\nS[hampoo] + TRESS"}
-{"Clue":"In paradise, sugar merchant is toothless (8)","Answer":"EDENTATE","Explanation":"Definition: toothless\nEDEN + TATE (Henry Tate, as in Tate & Lyle, who also gave his name to the Tate Gallery)"}
-{"Clue":"Writer with title for monster with axes (5)","Answer":"ORCZY","Explanation":"Definition: Writer with title\nORC + ZY, axes (plural of axis) in coordinate geometry: XY is more common for this trick, and I don't think ZY works as well. Baroness [Emma] Orczy, creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel, is the titled writer"}
-{"Clue":"Discharge nitric oxide back into river on schedule (11)","Answer":"EXONERATION","Explanation":"Definition: Discharge\nReverse of NO in EXE + RATION (schedule?)"}
-{"Clue":"No time for audit that is not using cash (2,6)","Answer":"IN SPECIE","Explanation":"Definition: not using cash\nINSPECT (audit) less T + I.E. \u2013 it refers to \"the distribution of an asset in its present form, rather than selling it and distributing the cash proceeds\""}
-{"Clue":"Bucks fashion for Kashmiri debauching after aid stolen (15)","Answer":"BUCKINGHAMSHIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Bucks\nAnagram of KASHMIRI DEBAUCHING less AID"}
-{"Clue":"Limited punishment for stealing fortified wine (6)","Answer":"FINITE","Explanation":"Definition: Limited\nIT (Italian Vermouth) in FINE (punishment) \u2013 \"for\" is needed for the surface but rather spoils the cryptic reading"}
-{"Clue":"Assume odd characters withdrew petition (3)","Answer":"SUE","Explanation":"Definition: petition\nIf you remove (withdraw) the odd characters of AsSuMe you're left with SUE"}
-{"Clue":"Sucked up and praised at performance (9)","Answer":"ASPIRATED","Explanation":"Definition: Sucked up\n(PRAISED AT)"}
-{"Clue":"He seeks romance in a short suit (6,5)","Answer":"LONELY HEART","Explanation":"Definition: He seeks romance\nI suppose a single or \"lonely\" heart would be a \"short suit\""}
-{"Clue":"Sparkling beer and tuna cross in blender (9)","Answer":"EXUBERANT","Explanation":"Definition: Sparkling\n(BEER TUNA X)"}
-{"Clue":"Bladed boot kills Catherine (3-5)","Answer":"ICE-SKATE","Explanation":"Definition: Bladed boot\nICES (kills, as in e.g. US gangster slang) + KATE"}
-{"Clue":"Holy man shafts homeless people (6)","Answer":"STRAYS","Explanation":"Definition: homeless people\nST (saint) + RAYS (shafts of light)"}
-{"Clue":"Deposit of sulphur in ground (5)","Answer":"ROOST","Explanation":"Definition: Deposit\nS in ROOT"}
-{"Clue":"Scoffed at European capital (3)","Answer":"ATE","Explanation":"Definition: Scoffed\nAT + E[uropean]"}
-{"Clue":"Try harder to draw nose broken by punches before winning (4,4,5,2)","Answer":"PULL ONE\u2019S SOCKS UP","Explanation":"Definition: Try harder\nPULL (draw) + NOSE* + SOCKS (punches) + UP (winning)"}
-{"Clue":"Most smutty erotica's sadly loveless (7)","Answer":"RACIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most smutty\nEROTICAS* less O (love)"}
-{"Clue":"Article by monk, one deduced (1,6)","Answer":"A PRIORI","Explanation":"Definition: deduced\nA + PRIOR + I"}
-{"Clue":"Encountered some turbulent air (3)","Answer":"MET","Explanation":"Definition: Encountered\nThis is hidden in soME Turbulent, but I can't see an indication, unless \"some\" is doing double duty, in which case \"air\" is redundant"}
-{"Clue":"Paper round gets Puck into Telegraph? That's significant (11)","Answer":"APPRECIABLE","Explanation":"Definition: significant\nPAPER* + I in CABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Wave excessively, shortly before getting it on with a fresher (10)","Answer":"UNDULATION","Explanation":"Definition: Wave\nUNDUL[Y] + (IT ON A)"}
-{"Clue":"Book, the last written in a long time (4)","Answer":"EZRA","Explanation":"Definition: Book\nZ (\"the last written\") in ERA"}
-{"Clue":"Model to order online in great volume (4)","Answer":"TOME","Explanation":"Definition: great volume\nT (Ford Model T) + OM + E (prefix often meaning \"online\")"}
-{"Clue":"Pilot, one who ran over time getting to airport (6,4)","Answer":"GEORGE BEST","Explanation":"Definition: airport\nGEORGE (nickname for autopilot \u2013 see 16d) + reverse of SEB[astian Coe] + T[ime], giving the name of Belfast City airport"}
-{"Clue":"He sees Trump bad for women as a group (3,8)","Answer":"THE SUPREMES","Explanation":"Definition: women as a group\n(HE SEES TRUMP)"}
-{"Clue":"Bring to an end, removing the head! (3)","Answer":"TOP","Explanation":"Definition: Bring to an end, removing the head\nSTOP (bring to an end) minus its \"head\", and it's an &lit, with the whole clue describing execution by beheading"}
-{"Clue":"A 19's baby's toys (7)","Answer":"RATTLES","Explanation":"Definition: baby's toys\n[Conductor Sir Simon] RATTLE'S"}
-{"Clue":"Line gut with ale, missing last bits of speech (7)","Answer":"LINGUAL","Explanation":"Definition: of speech\nLIN[e] GU[t] AL[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Farm animals changed direction, with rain starting to hit area just south of London (11,4)","Answer":"STOCKBROKER BELT","Explanation":"Definition: area just south of London\nSTOCK (farm animals) BROKE (changed direction) + R[ain] + BELT (hit) \u2013 the Stockbroker Belt particularly refers to parts of Surrey, SW of London"}
-{"Clue":"Group filming soldier coming down hill (9)","Answer":"PARAMOUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Group filming\nPARA (\"soldier coming down\") + MOUNT"}
-{"Clue":"Found cold tea horrible (7)","Answer":"LOCATED","Explanation":"Definition: Found\n(COLD TEA)"}
-{"Clue":"Female, first of two ladies in extra large clothing (8)","Answer":"OVERALLS","Explanation":"Definition: clothing\nVERA (female) + L[ady] twice in OS"}
-{"Clue":"Finish your meal with some Costa espressos (3,2)","Answer":"EAT UP","Explanation":"Definition: Finish your meal\nEAT UP is TAE, which is hidden in cosTA Espressos"}
-{"Clue":"Actor's way-out and eccentric, so great when holding party (5,4)","Answer":"STAGE DOOR","Explanation":"Definition: Actor's way-out\nDO in (SO GREAT)"}
-{"Clue":"\"My soldiers, my companions\" (The Queen) (6)","Answer":"CORGIS","Explanation":"Definition: my companions\" (The Queen)\nCOR (my!) + GIS, giving the Queen's pets"}
-{"Clue":"\"Who is Zo\u00eb Ball?\" starts reverberating where she works (7)","Answer":"SHOWBIZ","Explanation":"Definition: where she works\nAnagram of WHO IS Z[oe] B[all]"}
-{"Clue":"Like 3, 13 and 17, in first of poems by Frost (5)","Answer":"PRIME","Explanation":"Definition: Like 3, 13 and 17\nP + RIME (frost) \u2013 3, 13 and 17 are prime numbers"}
-{"Clue":"Male who's on the up as a speculator (9)","Answer":"THEORISER","Explanation":"Definition: speculator\nTHEO + RISER"}
-{"Clue":"Air traffic controller that's first leaving 20? (9)","Answer":"AUTOPILOT","Explanation":"Definition: Air traffic controller\nCryptic\/double definition referring to GEORGE in 20a"}
-{"Clue":"Springer? He might add some spice (8)","Answer":"SEASONER","Explanation":"Definition: He might add some spice\nSpring is a season, so springer might be SEASONER"}
-{"Clue":"An excellent conductor of energy in a storm, perhaps (7)","Answer":"MAESTRO","Explanation":"Definition: An excellent conductor\nE in (A STORM)"}
-{"Clue":"Former prime minister's missing a head of uniformed force out (7)","Answer":"EXTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: force out\nEX + TRUDEAU less A U[niformed]"}
-{"Clue":"Boot the filth found by chance, we hear (6)","Answer":"MUKLUK","Explanation":"Definition: Boot\nHomophone of \"muck luck\" \u2013 this type of boot"}
-{"Clue":"Covers fish up (5)","Answer":"TARPS","Explanation":"Definition: Covers\nReverse of SPRAT"}
-{"Clue":"Short version of the greatest piece for former boy band member (5)","Answer":"MALIK","Explanation":"Definition: former boy band member\nM[uhammad] ALI (the greatest) + K (King, chess piece). Even I have heard of Zayn Malik, who famously left the boy band One Direction in 2015"}
-{"Clue":"Fasten strip across counter top (5)","Answer":"LATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Fasten\nC[ounter] in LATH (wooden strip)"}
-{"Clue":"Navy takes issue when commandeered by Shell staff (9)","Answer":"PERSONNEL","Explanation":"Definition: staff\nSON (issue) in RN, all in PEEL (to shell, as in peas etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Rushes to back of queue, showing false emotion (9,5)","Answer":"CROCODILE\u00a0TEARS","Explanation":"Definition: false emotion\nCROCODILE (a queue) + TEARS (to rhyme with 'bears': speeds, rushes)"}
-{"Clue":"Boat at sea in secure area of decomposing matter (4,3)","Answer":"PEATBOG","Explanation":"Definition: area of decomposing matter\nBOAT* in PEG (to secure)"}
-{"Clue":"Large, in bold: TREASURE (7)","Answer":"DARLING","Explanation":"Definition: TREASURE\nL in DARING"}
-{"Clue":"Backing down hollow (3)","Answer":"PAN","Explanation":"Definition: hollow\nReverse of NAP (\"downy covering\") \u2013 pan = hollow as a geographical feature"}
-{"Clue":"Rejected member that went unheard as a philosopher (5)","Answer":"HEGEL","Explanation":"Definition: philosopher\nReverse of LEG (member) + EH (\"I didn't hear that\")"}
-{"Clue":"Left the room scratched? (7)","Answer":"RETIRED","Explanation":"Definition: Left the room\nThis seems to be just a rather weak double definition, unless I'm missing something"}
-{"Clue":"Leader's liable to be entertained by relative killer (7)","Answer":"CAPTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Leader\nAPT in CAIN (who murdered his brother Abel in Genesis)"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian cuts honeydew fudge for children's home (5,5)","Answer":"WENDY HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: children's home\nUS (the Guardian) in HONEYDEW"}
-{"Clue":"Corrections to banish URL digital cleanser (9)","Answer":"NAILBRUSH","Explanation":"Definition: digital cleanser\n(BANISH URL)"}
-{"Clue":"Chemical secretion more flexible in mobile device? (9)","Answer":"PHEROMONE","Explanation":"Definition: Chemical secretion\nMORE* in PHONE (mobile device, possibly)"}
-{"Clue":"Hogarth cloistered courtyard erased on right of illuminated print (5)","Answer":"LITHO","Explanation":"Definition: print\nLIT (illuminated) + HOGARTH less GARTH (a cloistered courtyard)"}
-{"Clue":"Combination seal ultimately lacking (4)","Answer":"BLOC","Explanation":"Definition: Combination\nBLOCK (to seal) less its last letter"}
-{"Clue":"Fibrous connective tissues taking little time to rise in layers (8)","Answer":"STROMATA","Explanation":"Definition: Fibrous connective tissues\nReverse of MO (moment, short time) in STRATA"}
-{"Clue":"Wash without audio aid? Get away! (4)","Answer":"SHOO","Explanation":"Definition: Get away\nSHAMPOO less AMP (audio aid)"}
-{"Clue":"Season has ended \u2014 make an appearance, quickly! (6,2)","Answer":"SPRING UP","Explanation":"Definition: make an appearance, quickly\nSPRING (season) UP (ended \u2013 as in \"time's up\")"}
-{"Clue":"Cook might have done so around North China (6)","Answer":"FRIEND","Explanation":"Definition: China\nN in FRIED. In rhyming slang, China = china plate = mate"}
-{"Clue":"Service craft: Weightless Moth (6,4)","Answer":"MOTHER SHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Service craft\nI have no idea how this works, apart from the definition: no doubt I'm missing something obvious.. *Thanks to NormanLinFrance and Hedgehog: MOTHER SHIPTON is a kind of moth, from which you have to remove a TON"}
-{"Clue":"Night-time threats to females (two Brummies nursing new offspring) (6)","Answer":"INCUBI","Explanation":"Definition: Night-time threats to females\nN[ew] CUB in I (= Brummie) twice"}
-{"Clue":"Flag down Cook? (4,5)","Answer":"BLUE PETER","Explanation":"Definition: Flag\nBLUE (sad, down) + PETER (Peter Cook, comedian etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Roof's berry-smeared \u2014 pity (2,5,3)","Answer":"BE SORRY FOR","Explanation":"Definition: pity\n(ROOFS BERRY)"}
-{"Clue":"Old Greek physician: \"Wind precedes indigestion, ultimately\" (5)","Answer":"GALEN","Explanation":"Definition: Old Greek physician\nGALE + [indigestio]N"}
-{"Clue":"Anatomising includes particular kinds of atom (8)","Answer":"NUCLIDES","Explanation":"Definition: particular kinds of atom\nINCLUDES"}
-{"Clue":"Graphical user interface initially overlapping cross tip (8)","Answer":"GRATUITY","Explanation":"Definition: tip\nAn overlapping of GUI and RATTY (irritable, cross)"}
-{"Clue":"Naughty kid's fiddle (6)","Answer":"TINKER","Explanation":"Definition: Naughty kid\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary worker drowned in Wear (6)","Answer":"DANTON","Explanation":"Definition: Revolutionary\nANT in DON (put on, wear). Georges Danton was a prominent figure in the French Revolution"}
-{"Clue":"No head on Nick's mop (4)","Answer":"WIPE","Explanation":"Definition: mop\n[S]WIPE (nick = steal)"}
-{"Clue":"Inventor's three lives (4)","Answer":"BELL","Explanation":"Definition: Inventor\nBE (to live) + twice L (live \u2013 to rhyme with hive \u2013 as in an electric circuit). Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone (though some dispute his priority)"}
-{"Clue":"Catch wine circle substituting carbon (4)","Answer":"HOOK","Explanation":"Definition: Catch\nHOCK (wine) with O replacing C"}
-{"Clue":"Divination of a kind \u2013 look around, mood can change (10)","Answer":"SPODOMANCY","Explanation":"Definition: Divination of a kind\n(MOOD CAN)* in SPY"}
-{"Clue":"One condemned to hard labour, notwithstanding the lash? (6)","Answer":"FOR\u00c7AT","Explanation":"Definition: One condemned to hard labour\nFOR CAT \u2013 a French word, presumably related to \"force\", hence the cedilla to make the C sound as S"}
-{"Clue":"Flowering plant, a devil to prune? (6)","Answer":"ABELIA","Explanation":"Definition: Flowering plant\nA + BELIA[L]"}
-{"Clue":"From which printer prepares moulds, strong and extended (5)","Answer":"FLONG","Explanation":"Definition: From which printer prepares moulds\nF[orte] + LONG"}
-{"Clue":"Women in clan did part of housework (5)","Answer":"SWEPT","Explanation":"Definition: did part of housework\nW in SEPT (Irish clan)"}
-{"Clue":"Wing membrane: see one flap in a fly that bites (8)","Answer":"PATAGIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Wing membrane\nA TAG (flap) in PIUM (Brazilian biting fly)"}
-{"Clue":"Pure greed maybe \u2013 breakfast dish almost all polished off (7)","Answer":"SINCERE","Explanation":"Definition: Pure\nSIN (of which greed is an example) + CEREAL less AL[L]"}
-{"Clue":"One following conductor closely, cheerful type regardless of op (6)","Answer":"TIMIST","Explanation":"Definition: One following conductor closely\n[OP]TIMIST"}
-{"Clue":"Penultimate in over landing in long grass \u2013 one has a long hard look (6)","Answer":"STARER","Explanation":"Definition: one has a long hard look\n[ov]E[r] in STARR \u2013 starr, or starr grass, is the kind of grass found in sand dunes"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of old armour battles damaged (not the first) (6)","Answer":"TASLET","Explanation":"Definition: Bit of old armour\nAnagram of [B]ATTLES \u2013 a variant of \"tasse\". Not SALLET, also a piece of armour, which I carelessly entered first after miscounting the letters of the anagram"}
-{"Clue":"Gloss cast light on standard operating procedure retrospectively (6)","Answer":"POSTIL","Explanation":"Definition: Gloss\nReverse of LIT S.O.P."}
-{"Clue":"Beard left trimmed indicating areas of sovereignty (7)","Answer":"IMPERIA","Explanation":"Definition: areas of sovereignty\nIMPERIAL (kind of beard) less L"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy valve? You could make do with tranny (8)","Answer":"DYNATRON","Explanation":"Definition: Fancy valve\n(DO TRANNY)"}
-{"Clue":"Flight of steps formerly for one in litter? (5)","Answer":"GRICE","Explanation":"Definition: Flight of steps formerly\nDouble definition \u2013 a small pig, and one of many variants of \"grece\", meaning a flight of steps (related to \"grade\" and \"degree\")"}
-{"Clue":"Rebuffed Scot is shown cold one left in vomit? (5)","Answer":"SPULE","Explanation":"Definition: Rebuffed Scot is shown cold one\nL in SPUE, and SPULE is a Scots word for shoulder, a cold one of which is a rebuff"}
-{"Clue":"Fodder for cattle from Cumbria initially, R. Lune swirling round (6)","Answer":"LUCERN","Explanation":"Definition: Fodder for cattle\nC in (R LUNE)* \u2013 there is indeed a River Lune in Cumbria"}
-{"Clue":"Sailors lost at sea, master going first (6)","Answer":"MATLOS","Explanation":"Definition: Sailors\nMA + LOST"}
-{"Clue":"Creative evolutionist shifted bearings on being drawn in (10)","Answer":"BERGSONIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Creative evolutionist\nON in BEARINGS"}
-{"Clue":"What winds toff up like a thrill in a way that's disconcerting (12)","Answer":"OFF\u2011PUTTINGLY","Explanation":"Definition: in a way that's disconcerting\n(TOFF UP)* + TINGLY (like a thrill)"}
-{"Clue":"Compensations in law, very tardy mostly, reverse of ideal (7)","Answer":"SOLATIA","Explanation":"Definition: Compensations in law\nSO LAT[E] + reverse of A1"}
-{"Clue":"Love drug creating dudgeon, we hear? (5)","Answer":"DAGGA","Explanation":"Definition: Love drug\nHomophone (subject to the usual caveats\u2026) of \"dagger\", dudgeon being an archaic word for a small dagger. Nothing (I think) to do with \"looking daggers\", which was my initial assumption"}
-{"Clue":"Rearing water parsnips takes in half of water for Chilean shrubs (6)","Answer":"MAQUIS","Explanation":"Definition: Chilean shrubs\nAQ[ua] in reverse of SIUM (water parsnip). Maqui is from an indigenous South American language, and seems to be unrelated to Maquis, meaning shrubland, as used to describe French Resistance guerillas"}
-{"Clue":"Bulletin we scan nervously on street (8)","Answer":"NEWSCAST","Explanation":"Definition: Bulletin\n(WE SCAN)* + ST"}
-{"Clue":"First in class, getting prize? (6)","Answer":"CLEVER","Explanation":"Definition: First in class, getting prize\nC[lass] + LEVER (to prise or prize), &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Spot runs up, circling one, barks briefly \u2013 not what golfer wants (4)","Answer":"YIPS","Explanation":"Definition: barks briefly\nI in reverse of SPY (a bit of a blemish that SPY is also used in the wordplay of 2a, which intersects with this), and two definitions: short cries or barks, and \"a nervous twitching caused by tension before making a shot\""}
-{"Clue":"Fast shift to get round what careless actress loses \u2013 being protective? (12)","Answer":"FATHERLINESS","Explanation":"Definition: being protective\nHER LINES (what the careless actress loses) in FAST"}
-{"Clue":"Mixed drink? Idiot imbibes second (5)","Answer":"TWIST","Explanation":"Definition: Mixed drink\nS in TWIT"}
-{"Clue":"It's nicer, mostly less windy \u2013 yet muffler's required (8)","Answer":"SILENCER","Explanation":"Definition: muffler\nAnagram of NICER + LES[S]"}
-{"Clue":"As Caesar might say, 'I don't want to end up a ghost' (7)","Answer":"EIDOLON","Explanation":"Definition: ghost\nReverse (\"up\") of NOLO (Latin \"I don't want\" \u2013 the negative form of VOLO, as some may remember from school Latin) + DIE (end)"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of a bat, making 50 mid season? (6)","Answer":"SPLICE","Explanation":"Definition: A bit of a bat\nL in SPICE (season) \u2013 part of a cricket bat"}
-{"Clue":"Some foreign cash is tiny change (6)","Answer":"TIYINS","Explanation":"Definition: Some foreign cash\n(IS TINY)* \u2013 currency units in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The Izbek version is the least valuable coin in current circulation, so the wordplay is apt. (In fact it has dropped in value since that article was written, and is now about 10,800 to the UK penny)"}
-{"Clue":"Heathen, as of old, I am following heathen deity (5)","Answer":"PANIM","Explanation":"Definition: Heathen, as of old\nPAN + I'M"}
-{"Clue":"A plain yogurt? One's paying outrageously with this yeast (6)","Answer":"TORULA","Explanation":"Definition: yeast\nComposite anagram: (A PLAIN YOGURT)* = PAYING + TORULA"}
-{"Clue":"Fleece, essential for Arab as a nightshirt (5)","Answer":"BASAN","Explanation":"Definition: Fleece\nHidden in araB AS A Nightshirt"}
-{"Clue":"Had short massage? Pummel, more like (4)","Answer":"DRUB","Explanation":"Definition: Pummel\n'D (short for had, as in I'd) + RUB (massage)"}
-{"Clue":"Popular ideas, say, abandoned by centrists in particular (6)","Answer":"PRISSY","Explanation":"Definition: particular\nRemove the central letters from P[opula]R I[dea]S S[a]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Who's running to announce starters of steak and kidney pie? (7)","Answer":"ESCAPEE","Explanation":"Definition: Who's running\nHomophone of S K P \u2013 initial letters of Steak [and] Kidney Pie"}
-{"Clue":"Delight at me struggling with menus (9)","Answer":"AMUSEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Delight\n(AT ME MENUS)"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of blusher, without changing foundation (5)","Answer":"BASIS","Explanation":"Definition: foundation\nB[lusher] + AS-IS (without changing)"}
-{"Clue":"Standing by waterfront, a pensioner shelters (2,3)","Answer":"ON TAP","Explanation":"Definition: Standing by\nHidden in (sheltered by) waterfrONT A Pensioner"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's important pager, one working with constant buzz? (9)","Answer":"BEEKEEPER","Explanation":"Definition: one working with constant buzz\nSpoonerism of \"key beeper\""}
-{"Clue":"Monarchistic, seeing separation on the way (7)","Answer":"FORKING","Explanation":"Definition: separation on the way\nA monarchist is FOR [a] KING"}
-{"Clue":"Stress about money's a first (6)","Answer":"ACCENT","Explanation":"Definition: Stress\nA + C (circa, about) + CENT"}
-{"Clue":"Duck last couple of punches thrown by champ (6)","Answer":"ESCHEW","Explanation":"Definition: Duck\n[punch]ES + CHEW (to champ)"}
-{"Clue":"These ad breaks that pilot has? (7)","Answer":"HEADSET","Explanation":"Definition: that pilot has\n(THESE AD)"}
-{"Clue":"Irish sailors that'll take you to Bordeaux? (9)","Answer":"CORKSCREW","Explanation":"Definition: that'll take you to Bordeaux\nThe sailors might be CORK'S CREW"}
-{"Clue":"Fish and fruit, right to the end (5)","Answer":"GAPER","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nGRAPE with the R moved to the end. The Gaper is a rather ugly fish found off the Eastern coast of the US"}
-{"Clue":"Relative, once topped, that is buried (5)","Answer":"NIECE","Explanation":"Definition: Relative\nI.E. in [o]NCE"}
-{"Clue":"Like panic disorders, making you troubled (2,1,6)","Answer":"IN A PICKLE","Explanation":"Definition: troubled\n(LIKE PANIC)"}
-{"Clue":"Country discussed problem with hooters (7)","Answer":"CATARRH","Explanation":"Definition: problem with hooters\nHomophone of 'Qatar'. \"Hooter\" is old-fashioned slang for the nose (I particularly associate it with Tony Hancock and Sid James)"}
-{"Clue":"Likely to lead on 51 for 0 in Twenty20? (6)","Answer":"FLIRTY","Explanation":"Definition: Likely to lead on\nTwenty20 = 20 + 20 = FORTY, and change the O in that to LI"}
-{"Clue":"It might be used when you tie top of plastic sack (4-3)","Answer":"PLAY-OFF","Explanation":"Definition: It might be used when you tie\nP[lastic] + LAY OFF (to sack workers)"}
-{"Clue":"One night in Paris, being from colder climes (5)","Answer":"INUIT","Explanation":"Definition: being from colder climes\nI + NUIT (French 'night')"}
-{"Clue":"To make love, we let hips wiggle (5,4)","Answer":"SLEEP WITH","Explanation":"Definition: To make love\n(WE LET HIPS)* \u2013 it should really be \"make love to\" to make the definition accurate, though that would spoil the (excellent) surface reading, of course"}
-{"Clue":"More boxing seems regularly to go to points at the end (7)","Answer":"EXTREMA","Explanation":"Definition: points at the end\nAlternate letters of [s]E[e]Ms in EXTRA (more)"}
-{"Clue":"Guy about to propose, turning down starter (5)","Answer":"CABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Guy\nC (about \u2013 again!) + [t]ABLE. Table (as a verb) is a famous example of a word that has opposite meanings in UK and US usage \u2013 to propose, and to remove from consideration"}
-{"Clue":"Puts back mail criminal opens (9)","Answer":"POSTPONES","Explanation":"Definition: Puts back\nPOST (mail) + OPENS"}
-{"Clue":"Guarantee criticism, whipping off top (6)","Answer":"ENSURE","Explanation":"Definition: Guarantee\n[C]ENSURE"}
-{"Clue":"Brewer's brief career, with appropriate following (3,3)","Answer":"TEABAG","Explanation":"Definition: Brewer\nTEA[R] (to go fast, career + BAG (steal, appropriate)"}
-{"Clue":"When raving, regret sun rising again (9)","Answer":"RESURGENT","Explanation":"Definition: rising again\n(REGRET SUN)"}
-{"Clue":"Nearly attack over stream that's getting blacker (9)","Answer":"CHARGRILL","Explanation":"Definition: blacker\nCHARG[E] + RILL. I think the defintion is \"blacker\", as in \"thing that blackens\""}
-{"Clue":"Want to secure extension in pretty close (7)","Answer":"WARMISH","Explanation":"Definition: pretty close\nARM (extension) in WISH \u2013 close as in children's games: \"you're getting warmer\u2026\""}
-{"Clue":"Appeal when wicket's taken by Aussie, caught by bowler? (6)","Answer":"HOWZAT","Explanation":"Definition: Appeal\nW in OZ, in HAT"}
-{"Clue":"Restyle mobile without expansion (7)","Answer":"TERSELY","Explanation":"Definition: without expansion\nRESTYLE"}
-{"Clue":"Legendary medic on ice packs (6)","Answer":"ICONIC","Explanation":"Definition: Legendary\nHidden (packed) in medIC ON ICe. Describing something as iconic has become a much-overused clich\u00e9 in recent years"}
-{"Clue":"Promise from Sunday Sport (5)","Answer":"SWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Promise\nS + WEAR (to sport)"}
-{"Clue":"Hands in this sticker (5)","Answer":"POKER","Explanation":"Definition: Hands in this\nAs verbs, \"poke\" and \"stick\" can be roughly synonymous; by extension so are \"poker\" and \"sticker\". And of course you have hands in the game of Poker"}
-{"Clue":"Job description (7)","Answer":"PATIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Job description\nCryptic defintion, Job (Old Testament character) being proverbially patient"}
-{"Clue":"Fish's journey across rough water (4,3)","Answer":"TIDE RIP","Explanation":"Definition: rough water\nIDE (fish) in TRIP"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet face about to fall (7)","Answer":"GUMDROP","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nReverse of MUG (face) + DROP"}
-{"Clue":"Do like it when current partner's around (7)","Answer":"IMITATE","Explanation":"Definition: Do like\nIT in I (symbol for electric current) MATE"}
-{"Clue":"Where old conservationist was keeping department ignorant (2,3,4)","Answer":"IN THE DARK","Explanation":"Definition: ignorant\nD[epartment] in IN THE ARK (where Noah, an \"old conservationist\", was)"}
-{"Clue":"Why I 'ad to return (5)","Answer":"YIELD","Explanation":"Definition: to return\nY (why) + I + [h]ELD"}
-{"Clue":"Chap my boss made fun of (5)","Answer":"GUYED","Explanation":"Definition: made fun of\nGUY + ED (Vlad's boss)"}
-{"Clue":"Surveyed scans A&E produced over 5d (9)","Answer":"CANVASSED","Explanation":"Definition: Surveyed\nAnagram of SCANS + A&E + V (Roman 5) + D"}
-{"Clue":"Raises environment finally with Green politician (4,5)","Answer":"JACK STRAW","Explanation":"Definition: politician\nJACKS (raises) + [environmen]T + RAW (green)"}
-{"Clue":"Readily accept return of an immature creature (3,2)","Answer":"LAP UP","Explanation":"Definition: Readily accept\nReverse of PUPAL (relating to a pupa \u2013 nothing to do with pups!)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor's onto sickness in French port (5)","Answer":"MALMO","Explanation":"Definition: port\nMAL (sickness, in French) + MO (doctor), to give the *Swedish* port"}
-{"Clue":"Minder \u2014 Terry initially absent from start of story (9)","Answer":"CHAPERONE","Explanation":"Definition: Minder\nCHAPTER ONE (start of story) less T[erry]"}
-{"Clue":"Provided car with wing missing \u2014 dodgy in the extreme (7)","Answer":"IFFIEST","Explanation":"Definition: dodgy in the extreme\nIF (provided) + FIEST[A] (Ford car)"}
-{"Clue":"Game Boy's a throwback (7)","Answer":"TOMBOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Game\nTOM (boy) + reverse of A LOB"}
-{"Clue":"A scolded bishop ignored bubbly (7)","Answer":"AERATED","Explanation":"Definition: bubbly\nA + [B]ERATED"}
-{"Clue":"Opening with work in disorder (7)","Answer":"ENTROPY","Explanation":"Definition: disorder\nOP (work) in ENTRY"}
-{"Clue":"Springer regularly does it in a sticky situation (7)","Answer":"POGOING","Explanation":"Definition: Springer regularly does it in a sticky situation\nI think this is an extended definition, referring to someone \"springing\" on a Pogo Stick"}
-{"Clue":"In college upset your old man (7)","Answer":"TIMOTHY","Explanation":"Definition: man\nO in reverse of MIT (college) + THY"}
-{"Clue":"Scary country, Spain after revolution (5)","Answer":"EERIE","Explanation":"Definition: Scary\nReverse of EIRE + E"}
-{"Clue":"Entertainer? Time stripper got topless! (3,6)","Answer":"TAP DANCER","Explanation":"Definition: Entertainer\nT + [L]AP DANCER"}
-{"Clue":"Well in credit, Henry invested (5)","Answer":"THICK","Explanation":"Definition: Well in\nH in TICK (credit) \u2013 thick as in \"having a very close, friendly relationship\", or \"thick as thieves\""}
-{"Clue":"Alarmed half of Tory ladies, I fancy, including these? (5,4,7)","Answer":"DAILY\u00a0MAIL\u00a0READERS","Explanation":"Definition: these\nAnagram of ALARMED [to]RY LADIES I"}
-{"Clue":"Argued case for penny on petrol, sort of (7)","Answer":"PLEADED","Explanation":"Definition: Argued case\nP + LEADED"}
-{"Clue":"His doesn't work \u2014 it's bent (9)","Answer":"DISHONEST","Explanation":"Definition: bent\n(HIS DOESN'T)"}
-{"Clue":"Can one settle comfortably outside city? (9)","Answer":"NEWCASTLE","Explanation":"Definition: city\nWC (toilet, can) in NESTLE"}
-{"Clue":"Island's very good on the surface \u2014 stick around! (7)","Answer":"JAMAICA","Explanation":"Definition: Island\nA1 with JAM (stick) + CA (around) \"on the surface\""}
-{"Clue":"Conservative strongly backing demand (4,3)","Answer":"CALL FOR","Explanation":"Definition: demand\nC + ALL FOR (strongly backing)"}
-{"Clue":"Not requiring payment for singer (3,4)","Answer":"PRO BONO","Explanation":"Definition: Not requiring payment\nPRO (for) BONO (singer)"}
-{"Clue":"Priest and sweetheart like sexy underwear in church office (7)","Answer":"PRELACY","Explanation":"Definition: church office\nPRE + E (middle letter of swEet) + LACY"}
-{"Clue":"Speaking with sense is commended (5)","Answer":"CITED","Explanation":"Definition: commended\nHomophone (\"speaking\") of \"sighted\" (with the sense of sight)"}
-{"Clue":"System meant to hold up West Country tourist (5)","Answer":"EMMET","Explanation":"Definition: West Country tourist\nHidden in reverse of sysTEM MEant \u2013 Emmet is a Cornish nickname for a tourist"}
-{"Clue":"Animal in a shopping centre turned round (5)","Answer":"LLAMA","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nReverse of A MALL"}
-{"Clue":"Without preparation, extreme confusion surrounds Post Office (9)","Answer":"EXTEMPORE","Explanation":"Definition: Without preparation\nPO in EXTREME"}
-{"Clue":"Protection used before the French strike fundamentalist part of America (5,4)","Answer":"BIBLE BELT","Explanation":"Definition: fundamentalist part of America\nBIB (protection) + LE + BELT (to strike)"}
-{"Clue":"Relative enters sleepy land with person of no fixed abode (5)","Answer":"NOMAD","Explanation":"Definition: person of no fixed abode\nMA in NOD. In Genesis, Cain \"dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden\" after killing his brother Abel, but as a modern expression \"the land of Nod\" just means sleep"}
-{"Clue":"Polish punishments extremely severe! (7)","Answer":"FINESSE","Explanation":"Definition: Polish\nFINES + S[ever]E"}
-{"Clue":"Made box containing Europe's last old penny (7)","Answer":"CREATED","Explanation":"Definition: Made\nE in CRATE (box) + D (penny, as in LSD)"}
-{"Clue":"Loosely state preference (5)","Answer":"TASTE","Explanation":"Definition: preference\nSTATE"}
-{"Clue":"Returned rotten fish (3)","Answer":"DAB","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nReverse of BAD"}
-{"Clue":"Area of swamp drained by expert (5)","Answer":"SPACE","Explanation":"Definition: Area\nS[wam]P + ACE"}
-{"Clue":"Beans, maybe, grown from sticky stuff found in sediment (7)","Answer":"LEGUMES","Explanation":"Definition: Beans\nGUM in LEES (sediment in wine or beer making)"}
-{"Clue":"Spouse in hospital visited by American musicians (7)","Answer":"HUSBAND","Explanation":"Definition: Spouse\nH + U.S. BAND"}
-{"Clue":"Spot tail of largish New World mammal (5)","Answer":"SLOTH","Explanation":"Definition: New World mammal\nSLOT (= spot as in an appointment) + [largis]H"}
-{"Clue":"\"Satisfactory\" secondary school getting Ofsted's fifth X at beginning of term (9)","Answer":"COMPETENT","Explanation":"Definition: Satisfactory\nCOMP[rehensive] + fifth letter of ofstEd + TEN + T[erm]"}
-{"Clue":"Popular report's shocking treatment for great thinker (9)","Answer":"INTELLECT","Explanation":"Definition: great thinker\nIN + TELL (to report) + E[lectro] C[onvulsive] T[herapy]"}
-{"Clue":"Celebrity holding middle of musical instrument (5)","Answer":"SITAR","Explanation":"Definition: instrument\nMiddle letter of musIcal in STAR"}
-{"Clue":"Float up and down round large shapeless mass (4)","Answer":"BLOB","Explanation":"Definition: shapeless mass\nL in BOB"}
-{"Clue":"A new boss upset surgeon (8)","Answer":"SAWBONES","Explanation":"Definition: surgeon\n(A NEW BOSS)"}
-{"Clue":"Listened to chief with long hair (4)","Answer":"MANE","Explanation":"Definition: long hair\nHomophone of \"main\""}
-{"Clue":"Clergyman is always upset by \"RIP\" (8)","Answer":"REVEREND","Explanation":"Definition: Clergyman\nReverse of EVER + REND (to tear, rip)"}
-{"Clue":"Still using second strategy, not Conservative (6)","Answer":"STATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Still\nS + TA[C]TIC"}
-{"Clue":"??? (10)","Answer":"AMANUENSIS","Explanation":"??? (10)\n*See preamble*, as the saying goes"}
-{"Clue":"In favour of rug design (6)","Answer":"FORMAT","Explanation":"Definition: design\nFOR (in favour of) MAT"}
-{"Clue":"Bow out of second-rate finale (4)","Answer":"BEND","Explanation":"Definition: Bow\nB (send rate) + END"}
-{"Clue":"Lard deal (with 50% off) is disastrous (5)","Answer":"FATAL","Explanation":"Definition: disastrous\nFAT (lard) + half of deAL"}
-{"Clue":"Spanish and English troops heard cry by very large swimmer (5,5)","Answer":"SPERM\u00a0WHALE","Explanation":"Definition: very large swimmer\nSP + E + RM (Royal Marines) + homophone of \"wail\""}
-{"Clue":"First part of Dan Dare broadcast causing terror (5)","Answer":"DREAD","Explanation":"Definition: terror\nD[an] + DARE"}
-{"Clue":"Huge creature found in shell of bizarre male insect? (8)","Answer":"BEHEMOTH","Explanation":"Definition: Huge creature\nB[izarr]E + HE MOTH. It's the Old Testament again: Behemoth is mentioned once in the book of Job chapter 40, and is taken by some creationists (in the 11 across?) as evidence that dinosaurs lived at the same time human beings (and they also think Job is factual, instead of poetic fiction)"}
-{"Clue":"A tipsy mate restricting Rex to Italian liqueur (8)","Answer":"AMARETTO","Explanation":"Definition: Italian liqueur\nA + R in MATE* + TO"}
-{"Clue":"Animals eating farmer's last cereal product (6)","Answer":"GROATS","Explanation":"Definition: cereal product\n[farme]R in GOATS. I hadn't heard of this cereal product: the word is not related to the name of the old coin, but it is to grits, as eaten in the US"}
-{"Clue":"Private clubs hidden in trees, oddly (6)","Answer":"SECRET","Explanation":"Definition: Private\nC in TREES"}
-{"Clue":"Lose balance, upsetting lager (4)","Answer":"SLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Lose\nReverse of PILS"}
-{"Clue":"Lexicographer seeking to preserve minority language (4)","Answer":"ERSE","Explanation":"Definition: minority language\nHidden in lexicographER SEeking \u2013 an (old) alternative name for Irish, or sometimes Scottish Gaelic"}
-{"Clue":"Black stuff found on top of Turkish dessert (4)","Answer":"TART","Explanation":"Definition: dessert\nTAR + T[urkish]"}
-{"Clue":"In scientific study trip miss coach; pity! (6,7)","Answer":"ATOMIC PHYSICS","Explanation":"Definition: scientific study\n(MISS COACH PITY)* \u2013 this was obviously going to be an anagram, but I wasn't sure whether \"trip\" or \"pity\" was the indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Engineers new fabulous figures for property lists (4,5)","Answer":"RENT ROLLS","Explanation":"Definition: property lists\nRE (Royal Engineers) + N + TROLLS (figure of fable)"}
-{"Clue":"Old mnemonic device a joke at university (5)","Answer":"QUIPU","Explanation":"Definition: Old mnemonic device\nQUIP + U. The quipu is an Incan counting device made of knotted cords"}
-{"Clue":"Legume, very hot, to eat with the others \u2026 (5)","Answer":"VETCH","Explanation":"Definition: Legume\nETC in VH"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 guy has a way to avoid legume (9)","Answer":"MANGETOUT","Explanation":"Definition: legume\nMAN + GET-OUT (a way to avoid..)"}
-{"Clue":"Force that turns English out at a yard in town (7)","Answer":"TORQUAY","Explanation":"Definition: town\nTORQUE less E + A + Y"}
-{"Clue":"Where one may read the news, telling of traffic congestion (7)","Answer":"AUTOCUE","Explanation":"Definition: Where one may read the news\nHomophone of \"auto ~~cue~~ queue\". I originally thought this might be \"article\", sounding like artic-al, as a queue of lorries might be\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Led astray and misused a month back (7)","Answer":"SEDUCED","Explanation":"Definition: Led astray\nUSED* (\"mis-used\") + reverse of DEC[ember]"}
-{"Clue":"Time went fast, they say; it's sickening (4,3)","Answer":"BIRD FLU","Explanation":"Definition: it's sickening\nBIRD (prison sentence, time) + \"flew\""}
-{"Clue":"Cell for one on the staff, briefly, at Oxford college (9)","Answer":"CORPUSCLE","Explanation":"Definition: Cell\nCORPUS [Christi] CLE[F] (as found on a musical staff)"}
-{"Clue":"Needle, say, reversed to make lace (3,2)","Answer":"GET AT","Explanation":"Definition: Needle\nReverse of EG (say) + TAT (make lace)"}
-{"Clue":"Hesiod is truly entertaining poet (5)","Answer":"ODIST","Explanation":"Definition: poet\nHidden in hesiOD IS Truly. Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet \u2013 I could not tell you whether he was entertaining"}
-{"Clue":"Male deadlier when swinging the hammer here (6,3)","Answer":"MIDDLE EAR","Explanation":"Definition: the hammer here\n~~(MALE DEADLIER)*~~ M + DEADLIER* \u2013 the hammer or malleus is one of the three small bones of the middle ear"}
-{"Clue":"Chap in key wager collapses complex mathematical construction (10,3)","Answer":"MANDELBROT SET","Explanation":"Definition: complex mathematical construction\nMAN + ROTS in DEL (computer key) BET. By coincidence (and for reasons too complicated to explain) I was thinking about the Mandelbrot set while lying in bed last night, and perhaps as a result this was one of my first entries. It's a geometrical object of astonishing complexity and great beauty (and complex in another way, as its definition uses the so-called complex numbers)"}
-{"Clue":"Showing a slight tinge, metal smoked, keeping temperature well up (9)","Answer":"TINCTURED","Explanation":"Definition: Showing a slight tinge\nTIN + T in CURED. I suppose the \"well up\" just indicates that the T is near the beginning of CURED"}
-{"Clue":"Graphically transform most of pain relief (5)","Answer":"MORPH","Explanation":"Definition: Graphically transform\nMORPH[ine] \u2013 where, rather unsatisfactorily I think, \"most of\" means \"more than half\". I suppose it could also be a shortening of the more old-fashioned MORPHIA, but the same objection applies"}
-{"Clue":"Lying undisturbed at first in peaceful state (7)","Answer":"CALUMNY","Explanation":"Definition: Lying\nU in CALM + N[ew] Y[ork]"}
-{"Clue":"Cry of joy as overweight girl takes on husband (7)","Answer":"HOSANNA","Explanation":"Definition: Cry of joy\nH + OS (outsize) ANNA"}
-{"Clue":"Appropriate person looking for most prosperous area of the country? (9)","Answer":"SEQUESTER","Explanation":"Definition: Appropriate\nThe South-east is the most prosperous part of the UK, and someone looking for it might be an SE QUESTER"}
-{"Clue":"Punch hole in cloth (5)","Answer":"CHINO","Explanation":"Definition: cloth\nCHIN (to punch) + O (hole)"}
-{"Clue":"Grunt, adjusting corset \u2014 it's no business of the state! (7,6)","Answer":"PRIVATE SECTOR","Explanation":"Definition: it's no business of the state\nPRIVATE (grunt is slang for a menial worker or low-ranking soldier) + CORSET"}
-{"Clue":"\"Pooch! That sweet sauce!\", as Spooner might do well to say (3,3,7)","Answer":"CUT\u00a0THE\u00a0MUSTARD","Explanation":"Definition: do well\nSpoonerism of \"Mutt! The Custard\". The wordplay and definition are rather mixed up together in this clue, but I think it works"}
-{"Clue":"So great a number deprived of noble title? (9)","Answer":"UNCOUNTED","Explanation":"Definition: So great a number\nThe nobleman deprived of his title might be UN-COUNT-ED"}
-{"Clue":"This on table in diner on Level 5 (9)","Answer":"CAFETIERE","Explanation":"Definition: This on table\nCAFE (diner) + TIER E (fifth in the sequence Tier A, B, etc). I think the use of CAFE in the wordplay is rather weak, as it has essentially the same meaning as in the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Top of loft in the morning frozen up: that's beside the point (7)","Answer":"DECIMAL","Explanation":"Definition: that's beside the point\nReverse of L AM ICED"}
-{"Clue":"During drinking bout, large mixer (7)","Answer":"BLENDER","Explanation":"Definition: mixer\nL in BENDER (drinking bout)"}
-{"Clue":"India feeds pest with a cucumber preparation (5)","Answer":"RAITA","Explanation":"Definition: cucumber preparation\nI in RAT + A"}
-{"Clue":"Sow chews end of one waistcoat (5)","Answer":"GILET","Explanation":"Definition: waistcoat\n[on]E in GILT (new to me: a dialect word for \"a young sow\")"}
-{"Clue":"Check those printing religious tracts? (7)","Answer":"REPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Check\nAn R[eligious] E[ducation] PRESS might produce the tracts"}
-{"Clue":"Beaten revolutionary featured in flyer (7)","Answer":"BIRCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Beaten\nCHE [Guevara] in BIRD"}
-{"Clue":"How sugar can be used, if at all? (3,6)","Answer":"FOR TOFFEE","Explanation":"Definition: if at all\nDouble definition \u2013 Chambers defines \"for toffee\" as \"at all\", giving the example \"he can't dance for toffee\"; the \"if\" seems redundant for the cryptic reading"}
-{"Clue":"Chest protected by father's waterproof (5)","Answer":"PARKA","Explanation":"Definition: waterproof\nARK (a chest, as in the Ark of the Covenant) in PA"}
-{"Clue":"Brought books back on approval (4)","Answer":"TOOK","Explanation":"Definition: Brought\nReverse of O[ld] T[estament] + OK (approval)"}
-{"Clue":"Perseveres and catches a little bird (6,2,2)","Answer":"STICKS AT IT","Explanation":"Definition: Perseveres\nSTICKS (catches \u2013 in the meanings \"to jam\" or \"to be detained by an impediment\") + A TIT"}
-{"Clue":"Gulf national sounding full of cold (6)","Answer":"QATARI","Explanation":"Definition: Gulf national\nHomphone of \"catarrh-y\""}
-{"Clue":"Brexiteers asking for this defeat on polling day (7)","Answer":"OUTVOTE","Explanation":"Definition: defeat on polling day\nThe Brexiteers wanted (and unfortunately got) a VOTE for \"OUT\""}
-{"Clue":"Bear from America digging into soil (7)","Answer":"SUSTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Bear\nUS in STAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Most utter support after turning up (6)","Answer":"PUREST","Explanation":"Definition: Most utter\nReverse of UP + REST"}
-{"Clue":"Bloke gets the way things are done in small part of Cornwall (6,4)","Answer":"BODMIN MOOR","Explanation":"Definition: part of Cornwall\nBOD (bloke) + MO (modus operandi) in MINOR"}
-{"Clue":"Each individually at an advantage (5)","Answer":"AHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: at an advantage\nA HEAD (each) \u2013 I'm not sure what \"individually\" is doing here, as the surface works without it: does it just intensify \"each\"?"}
-{"Clue":"Sum up chapter cut from historic volume one's penned (9)","Answer":"EPITOMISE","Explanation":"Definition: Sum up chapter\nEPIC less C[hapter] + 1'S in TOME"}
-{"Clue":"Speeds up in speech, as ten strikes (7)","Answer":"HASTENS","Explanation":"Definition: Speeds up\nHidden in speecH, AS TEN Strikes \u2013 \"in speech\" might lead one to expect a homophone here"}
-{"Clue":"Oriental crane ultimately like seabird (7)","Answer":"EASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: Oriental\n[cran]E + AS TERN"}
-{"Clue":"Update troops before attack (5)","Answer":"REFIT","Explanation":"Definition: Update\nRE (Royal Engineers, troops) + FIT (an attack)"}
-{"Clue":"An account traveller set, up providing support for climbers (7)","Answer":"PERGOLA","Explanation":"Definition: support for climbers\nReverse of A LOG + REP (travelling salesman)"}
-{"Clue":"Liberal prone to adopting Conservative hairstyle (4,4)","Answer":"ETON CROP","Explanation":"Definition: hairstyle\nC in (PRONE TO)"}
-{"Clue":"Crowd security? (6,2,7)","Answer":"SAFETY IN NUMBERS","Explanation":"Definition: Crowd security\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Case based on word of chap, or chaps, before I'm involved (6,2,7)","Answer":"BREACH OF PROMISE","Explanation":"Definition: Case based on word of chap\n(OR CHAPS, BEFORE I'M)"}
-{"Clue":"Treasury theatre put on old romance with current investment (10)","Answer":"REPOSITORY","Explanation":"Definition: Treasury\nREP (theatre) + I (symbol for electric current) in O STORY"}
-{"Clue":"His friend has Hamlet's first speech abridged (7)","Answer":"HORATIO","Explanation":"Definition: His friend\nH[amlet] + ORATIO[n], and Horatio is Hamlet's friend in the play (\"there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio\u2026\")"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor gets a payment covering time he has to serve in US (7)","Answer":"DRAFTEE","Explanation":"Definition: he has to serve in US\nDR + T in A FEE"}
-{"Clue":"Tense liar added ridiculous nonsense (10)","Answer":"TARADIDDLE","Explanation":"Definition: nonsense\nT + (LIAR ADDED)"}
-{"Clue":"Rebellious graduates wash thoroughly one day a week (7)","Answer":"SABBATH","Explanation":"Definition: one day a week\nReverse of B.A.S + BATH"}
-{"Clue":"Injured Danes coming aboard in gloom (7)","Answer":"SADNESS","Explanation":"Definition: gloom\nDANES* in SS (in a ship, so \"aboard\") \u2013 perhaps a reference back to *Hamlet"}
-{"Clue":"Abject drunk lives without ever losing heart (7)","Answer":"SERVILE","Explanation":"Definition: Abject\nE[ve]R in LIVES"}
-{"Clue":"What diver may do with bill, on cutting pound (5)","Answer":"PREEN","Explanation":"Definition: What diver may do with bill\nRE (about, on) in PEN (animal cage, pound), and a diver (bird) preens its feathers with its bill"}
-{"Clue":"Employment from IT entrepreneur? (4)","Answer":"JOBS","Explanation":"Definition: Employment\nDouble definition, the second referring to the late Steve Jobs, co-founder of the Apple corporation"}
-{"Clue":"Something metallic covering behind or something 18 covering much more? (6)","Answer":"CAFTAN","Explanation":"Definition: something 18 covering much more\nAFT (behind) in CAN \u2013 the garment is more usually spelt with a K, but no doubt the C makes it easier to clue; see also 1d.."}
-{"Clue":"Acquaintance gets sealed deal? Not right (7)","Answer":"CONTACT","Explanation":"Definition: Acquaintance\nCONTRACT less R"}
-{"Clue":"Suit constrains part of belly (9)","Answer":"PINSTRIPE","Explanation":"Definition: Suit\nPINS (constrains) + TRIPE (cow's stomach, used as food)"}
-{"Clue":"Where some Brummies find home in Glastonbury (5)","Answer":"ASTON","Explanation":"Definition: Where some Brummies find home\nHidden in glASTONbury"}
-{"Clue":"Move furtively and quietly behind cowboy's enemy? (5)","Answer":"CREEP","Explanation":"Definition: Move furtively\nCREE (native American tribe, as in Cowboys and Indians) + P (piano, quietly)"}
-{"Clue":"Former type of exam: English composition (9)","Answer":"PASTORALE","Explanation":"Definition: composition\nPAST (former) + ORAL (exam) + E"}
-{"Clue":"What colonist will do, having captured a foreign city (7)","Answer":"SEATTLE","Explanation":"Definition: foreign city\nA in SETTLE (what a colonist does)"}
-{"Clue":"Meal with nasty smell, the thing to send back (6)","Answer":"TIFFIN","Explanation":"Definition: Meal\nReverse of NIFF + IT"}
-{"Clue":"Rev in moving circle? (6)","Answer":"CLERIC","Explanation":"Definition: Rev\nCIRCLE* \u2013 Rev as in Reverend"}
-{"Clue":"Little dog eats poet's works and causes trouble (5,2)","Answer":"PLAYS UP","Explanation":"Definition: causes trouble\nLAYS (poems) in PUP"}
-{"Clue":"Subsequently stifles one pet's noise, solution being found (4,5)","Answer":"LIME WATER","Explanation":"Definition: solution\n1 MEW in LATER \u2013 Lime water is \"a diluted solution of calcium hydroxide\" according to Wikipedia, but a \"suspension\", which I'm pretty sure is not the same thing, according to Chambers. Both give it as a single word rather than two"}
-{"Clue":"Indication of freezing time (5)","Answer":"TEMPO","Explanation":"Definition: time\nIf it's freezing then the TEMP[erature] is 0 [degrees] (Celsius \u2013 sorry, Americans)"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of senior officer leading army corps (5)","Answer":"GENRE","Explanation":"Definition: Kind\nGEN[eral] + R[oyal] E[ngineers]"}
-{"Clue":"Get your butts on the ground! (5,4)","Answer":"ORDER ARMS","Explanation":"Definition: Get your butts on the ground\nCryptic definition of the drill sergeant's order to \"hold a rifle with its butt on the ground close to one's right side\""}
-{"Clue":"After travelling, you finally stayed for 24 hours (7)","Answer":"TUESDAY","Explanation":"Definition: 24 hours\nAnagram of [yo]U + STAYED"}
-{"Clue":"Like a rogue child invading a railway (6)","Answer":"ARCHLY","Explanation":"Definition: Like a rogue\nCH in A RLY (railway \u2013 an alternative to the more familiar \"ry\")"}
-{"Clue":"Strikes briefly undermining firm making money (7)","Answer":"COPECKS","Explanation":"Definition: money\nCO (company, firm) PECKS (strikes briefly); one-hundredth of a rouble; more usually spelt with an initial K, which Pasquale could have used he'd had KAFTAN for 1a, but again the C makes the clueing easier"}
-{"Clue":"Crime, but not of one type of criminal (5)","Answer":"FENCE","Explanation":"Definition: one type of criminal\nOFFENCE less OF"}
-{"Clue":"Alexander the Great's regent rebelling against father? (9)","Answer":"ANTIPATER","Explanation":"Definition: Alexander the Great's regent\nANTI-PATER \u2013 he was indeed regent to Alexander the Great"}
-{"Clue":"One may shed some light, destroying secrets (7)","Answer":"CRESSET","Explanation":"Definition: One may shed some light\nSECRETS"}
-{"Clue":"Maoris hang around New Zealand writer (5,5)","Answer":"NGAIO\u00a0MARSH","Explanation":"Definition: New Zealand writer\n(MAORIS HANG)* \u2013 an appropriate anagram for the NZ branch of the 'Queens of Crime'. I wonder how well known she is today, in comparison to her near-contemporary Agatha Christie, for example"}
-{"Clue":"A curate is naughty? We understand the risks (9)","Answer":"ACTUARIES","Explanation":"Definition: We understand the risks\n(A CURATE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Mess about with difficult puzzle, not beginning (6)","Answer":"TINKER","Explanation":"Definition: Mess\n[S]TINKER \u2013 as an example. the Glasgow Herald has a crossword called the Wee Stinker, notorious for its difficult and highly non-Ximenean clueing"}
-{"Clue":"Extra money request when in need of a drink (6)","Answer":"TIPPLE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nTIP (extra money) + PLE[A]"}
-{"Clue":"In Parisian avenue, fellow would briefly dance (9)","Answer":"ALLEMANDE","Explanation":"Definition: dance\nMAN'D in ALLEE (you'd think a Parisian avenue would be an *avenue*, as in *Avenue des Champs-Elys\u00e9es*, but this is a valid alternative)"}
-{"Clue":"French brother endlessly drinking coffee is 11 (9)","Answer":"FLATTERER","Explanation":"Definition: 11\nLATTE (coffee \u2013 yes, I know the word is Italian for \"milk\", but it's well-estabished in English as a type of coffee) in FRER[E]. A flatterer may be a CREEP (11a)"}
-{"Clue":"Like some fabric in bed, fashionable (7)","Answer":"COTTONY","Explanation":"Definition: Like some fabric\nCOT (bed) + TONY \u2013 this meaning is listed under \"tone\" in Chambers (\"high-toned, fashionable\"), not \"ton\" (\"fashion, people of fashion\") as I expected"}
-{"Clue":"Remuneration restricts staff \u2014 it's a travesty (6)","Answer":"PARODY","Explanation":"Definition: a travesty\nROD (staff) in PAY"}
-{"Clue":"Collecting financial documents, work steadily and devotedly (7)","Answer":"PIOUSLY","Explanation":"Definition: devotedly\nIOUS in PLY"}
-{"Clue":"Escape from land after start of fighting (6)","Answer":"FLIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Escape\nF[ighting] + LIGHT (to alight, land)"}
-{"Clue":"Exercise in part of south-east England being reported (5)","Answer":"WIELD","Explanation":"Definition: Exercise\nHomophone of \"Weald\", an area of SE England between the North and South Downs"}
-{"Clue":"German sectarian in school, reverse of learned, following senior (13)","Answer":"SCHWENKFELDER","Explanation":"Definition: German sectarian\nSCH[ool] + KNEW< + F[ollowing] ELDER"}
-{"Clue":"Type of flagellate from domain that's obscure (10)","Answer":"MONADIFORM","Explanation":"Definition: Type of flagellate\n(FROM DOMAIN)"}
-{"Clue":"What's central to change is moving to end emergency? (5)","Answer":"ALERT","Explanation":"Definition: emergency\nALTER with the middle letter moved to the end"}
-{"Clue":"Extra noggin set before the assembled company (6)","Answer":"NO-BALL","Explanation":"Definition: Extra\nNOB + ALL, and a no-ball is an extra in the cricket sense"}
-{"Clue":"Nile low? (4)","Answer":"BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: Nile\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Tower up, like dish with recipe for stuffing (6)","Answer":"ASPIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Tower up\nAS + R[ecipe] in PIE, with a less usual meaning of 'aspire', which the OED says is influenced by the unrelated 'spire'"}
-{"Clue":"The old in retreat about say-so, uneasily indifferent (7)","Answer":"EASY-OSY","Explanation":"Definition: indifferent\nSAYSO* in YE< \u2013 apparently a Scots expession according to some sources, though C. doesn't mark it as such"}
-{"Clue":"Fairy dance, right round the family fire? (7)","Answer":"RINGLET","Explanation":"Definition: Fairy dance\nINGLE in RT"}
-{"Clue":"Keen on a selection of skin tones (4)","Answer":"INTO","Explanation":"Definition: Keen on\nHidden in skIN TOnes"}
-{"Clue":"Old Scotsman's deranged to compete at Klosters, one might suppose? (6)","Answer":"SKIVIE","Explanation":"Definition: Old Scotsman's deranged\nSKI VIE (compete) \u2013 Klosters is a ski resort"}
-{"Clue":"Eat cored and mashed yam roots (5)","Answer":"ETYMA","Explanation":"Definition: roots\nE[a]T + YAM* \u2013 plural of etymon, meaning the root meaning of a word"}
-{"Clue":"Some work round Mid-East, odd scene for what debs go through? (10)","Answer":"EMERGENCES","Explanation":"Definition: what debs go through\nME in ERG (unit of work) + SCENE*. Do debs still \"come out\", or would \"..went through..\" have been more accurate?"}
-{"Clue":"Shuffle back row organized to catch circling chaps (13)","Answer":"REARRANGEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Shuffle\nREAR (back [row]?) + RAN (organized) + MEN (chaps) in GET (catch). Rear can be \"the back\u2026 of an army\", which perhaps justifies \"back row\", or maybe I've misinterpreted this.."}
-{"Clue":"Meat coated in salt \u2013 it's hot and dry (6)","Answer":"SHAMAL","Explanation":"Definition: it's hot and dry\nHAM in SAL \u2013 variant of \"shimall\", a hot, dry wind in the Middle East"}
-{"Clue":"Company deficit is not special \u2013 these are huge (7)","Answer":"COLOSSI","Explanation":"Definition: these are huge\nCO + LOSS + IS less S[pecial]"}
-{"Clue":"\u2014\u2014, it's time to relax \u2013 does it involve getting hammered? (11)","Answer":"WORKING-OVER","Explanation":"Definition: does it involve getting hammered\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Guinness from the brewery needed for impatient Irelanders? (6)","Answer":"ENTIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Guinness from the brewery\nHidden in impatiENT IRElanders \u2013 \"port or stout as delivered from brewery\": surely this needs as indication that it's a definition-by-example?"}
-{"Clue":"Jock's personal Parisian manikin (4)","Answer":"NAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Jock's personal\nDouble definition \u2013 'nain' is French for 'dwarf', which is one of the definitions of 'manikin', which explains why the clue doesn't use the French spelling 'mannequin'"}
-{"Clue":"Arm (fin) to cover 'fair warrior' (6)","Answer":"FINLAY","Explanation":"Definition: fair warrior\nFIN + LAY. I was worried about lay (as opposed to lay on) for cover, by Chambers gives it. The \"Some first names\" section of C. says that this name probably means \"fair warrior\""}
-{"Clue":"Doctor uniquely curtailed on type of fibre (6)","Answer":"DRALON","Explanation":"Definition: type of fibre\nDR + ALON[E]"}
-{"Clue":"His life's carefree. Alpine, perhaps (5)","Answer":"RILEY","Explanation":"Definition: His life's carefree\nDouble definition \u2013 to \"live the life of Riley\" is to be carefree, and the Riley Motor company made a car called the Alpine Tourer"}
-{"Clue":"Veg diet is varied for processing food (9)","Answer":"DIGESTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: processing food\n(VEG DIET IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Man noted for his song, unaccompanied, this writer's French (7)","Answer":"SOLOMON","Explanation":"Definition: Man noted for his song\nSOLO + MON (French \"my\", i.e. \"this writer's\") \u2013 reference to the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament"}
-{"Clue":"Core coat in aquatint images (6)","Answer":"INTIMA","Explanation":"Definition: Core coat\nAnother hidden: aquatINT IMAges"}
-{"Clue":"Carriage pin found in old pot (6)","Answer":"TELEGA","Explanation":"Definition: Carriage\nLEG in TEA (marijuana, pot \u2013 Chambers says it's \"old US slang\")"}
-{"Clue":"Early flight for holiday destination, often (6)","Answer":"GREECE","Explanation":"Definition: Early flight\nDouble definition (an old word for a flight of stairs for the first)"}
-{"Clue":"Toil over painting e.g. eucalypt (6)","Answer":"TEWART","Explanation":"Definition: eucalypt\nTEW (to toil \u2013 not \"hew\" as I guessed) + ART (of which a painting is an example)"}
-{"Clue":"River, rapid roller near battlefield, one in spate? (5)","Answer":"RISER","Explanation":"Definition: one in spate\nR + ISER \u2013 variant spelling of the site of a WW1 battle, but I don't know what \"rapid roller\" is doing, unless it's an alternative indication, or two, of R, which seems unlikely"}
-{"Clue":"Ring of the bell? My hooter was lit, too (4)","Answer":"DONG","Explanation":"Definition: Ring of the bell\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to Edward Lear's \"The Dong with a [not 'the', as I was convinced the title went] Luminous Nose\", though I'm not sure what the \"too\" is doing"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely hairy Philistine reaches party in high spirits (5,2)","Answer":"HYPED UP","Explanation":"Definition: in high spirits\nH[air]Y P[hilistin]E + DUP (political party)"}
-{"Clue":"In 26 without, say, a type of hat (4,3)","Answer":"PORK PIE","Explanation":"Definition: a type of hat\nLIEGE without EG (say) is LIE, for which PORK PIE is rhyming slang; it's also a type of hat"}
-{"Clue":"Frenchman with money for second drink (5)","Answer":"JULEP","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nJULES with S[econd] replaced by P[ence]"}
-{"Clue":"Rake one chap used in occupation (9)","Answer":"LIBERTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Rake\nI BERT in LINE (occupation, as in \"What's My Line\")"}
-{"Clue":"Some lemon has HNO3 containing carbon instead of nitrogen (6,4)","Answer":"CITRIC ACID","Explanation":"Definition: Some lemon\nNITRIC ACID (HNO3) with C instead of N, though \"containing\" is a bit inaccurate"}
-{"Clue":"Party without a break (4)","Answer":"SNAP","Explanation":"Definition: break\nA in SNP (another political party)"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzling row about a cowshed (hint: suspect not English) (12)","Answer":"LABYRINTHINE","Explanation":"Definition: Puzzling\nA BYR[E] + HINT* in LINE (another line, though with a different indication here)"}
-{"Clue":"Making holy doctors snort cocaine (12)","Answer":"CONSECRATION","Explanation":"Definition: Making holy\n(SNORT COCAINE)"}
-{"Clue":"Broadcast fictions which give substance to soaps? (4)","Answer":"LYES","Explanation":"Definition: substance to soaps\nHomophone of \"lies\" (fictions)"}
-{"Clue":"My crime? Sat around, being crooked (10)","Answer":"ASYMMETRIC","Explanation":"Definition: crooked\n(MY CRIME SAT)"}
-{"Clue":"Journo backed definition that's undignified (9)","Answer":"DEMEANING","Explanation":"Definition: undignified\nReverse of ED + MEANING (definition)"}
-{"Clue":"Subject of story told by Georgia (5)","Answer":"LIEGE","Explanation":"Definition: Subject\nLIE (another one) + GE (code for the country, not the US state)"}
-{"Clue":"Problem getting old Times supplement? (7)","Answer":"SETBACK","Explanation":"Definition: Problem\nSET BACK is TES, abbreviation for the *Times Educational Supplement*, always known to teachers as the \"Times Ed\", which I see is now officially called just TES; no longer an actual supplement to the paper, hence the \"old\""}
-{"Clue":"Go wrong injecting soft enzyme (7)","Answer":"TRYPSIN","Explanation":"Definition: enzyme\nP (soft) in TRY (a go) SIN (wrong). Trypsin is secreted by the pancreas, and is involved in the digestion of proteins"}
-{"Clue":"\"Hello, sailor\" is appropriate, when moving (6)","Answer":"HIJACK","Explanation":"Definition: appropriate, when moving\nHello, sailor = HI, JACK"}
-{"Clue":"Devout former judge and governor (6)","Answer":"PILATE","Explanation":"Definition: judge and governor\nPI (devout) + LATE (former)"}
-{"Clue":"Copies potential partners, keeping mostly upbeat? (10)","Answer":"DUPLICATES","Explanation":"Definition: Copies\nUP + LIC[k] (to beat) in DATES"}
-{"Clue":"President leading a merry dance? (5)","Answer":"POLKA","Explanation":"Definition: merry dance\nPOLK (James K Polk, 11th president of the US) + A"}
-{"Clue":"\"Biopic strewn with lust, not love\" (Advertiser) (9)","Answer":"PUBLICIST","Explanation":"Definition: Advertiser\n(BIOPIC LUST)* less O"}
-{"Clue":"Thin artist reluctantly eating starters (4)","Answer":"RARE","Explanation":"Definition: Thin\nRA + R[eluctantly] E[ating]"}
-{"Clue":"Hook holding one black French dressing gown (8)","Answer":"PEIGNOIR","Explanation":"Definition: dressing gown\nI in PEG + NOIR"}
-{"Clue":"Spared once seduced, when short of time (8)","Answer":"EXEMPTED","Explanation":"Definition: Spared\nEX [T]EMPTED"}
-{"Clue":"City about right latitude for common sort of golf tournament (6,4)","Answer":"STROKE PLAY","Explanation":"Definition: common sort of golf tournament\nR in STOKE (Stoke on Trent, which was granted City status in 1925) + PLAY (latitude)"}
-{"Clue":"Standard measures for ale? That's right (9)","Answer":"YARDSTICK","Explanation":"Definition: Standard\nYARDS (measures of ale) + TICK (mark against a correct answer)"}
-{"Clue":"Stops only child Penny filling in part of crossword (8)","Answer":"OCCLUDES","Explanation":"Definition: Stops\nO.C. + D (old penny) in CLUES"}
-{"Clue":"Stop for a time in Bury, meeting male having sex (8)","Answer":"INTERMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Stop for a time\nINTER + M + IT (sex)"}
-{"Clue":"Topless match, with players from one side in shades (6)","Answer":"GREENS","Explanation":"Definition: shades\n[A]GREE + NS (partners in Bridge)"}
-{"Clue":"Blind test? (6)","Answer":"SCREEN","Explanation":"Definition: Blind\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"In power, May's tense (5)","Answer":"MIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: power\nMIGHT is the past tense of \"may\""}
-{"Clue":"Old man, twice party leader (4)","Answer":"PAPA","Explanation":"Definition: Old man\nI presume this is PA[rty] twice, though it's a bit of a stretch as (singular) \"party leader\". *A much better explanation from Larry et al: it's PA (old man) twice,\n with definition \"party leader\", which is P = PAPA in the NATO phonetic alphabet (or possibly Papa Doc Duvalier, though I'm less convinced by that)."}
-{"Clue":"Position at end of battle after officer's retreat (6)","Answer":"LOCATE","Explanation":"Definition: Position\nReverse of COL[onel] + AT + [battl]E"}
-{"Clue":"Radical replacing agnostic's in charge, having an official staff (8)","Answer":"SCEPTRED","Explanation":"Radical replacing agnostic's in charge, having an official staff (8)\nSCEPTIC (agnostic) with IC replaced by RED (a radical)"}
-{"Clue":"Second home of modest form, such as stoker uses (6)","Answer":"SHOVEL","Explanation":"Definition: such as stoker uses\nS + HOVEL"}
-{"Clue":"Noble short crusade given God's protection (8)","Answer":"MARQUESS","Explanation":"Definition: Noble\nQUES[T] in MARS"}
-{"Clue":"Wartime provision made by Disraeli \u2014 rather unorthodox (3-4,7)","Answer":"AIR-RAID SHELTER","Explanation":"Definition: Wartime provision\n(DISRAELI RATHER)"}
-{"Clue":"Pious argument repelled all on aboard, you might say (10)","Answer":"WORSHIPFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Pious\nReverse of ROW (argumen) + SHIPFUL (all [on] aboard) \u2013 I think this would read better without the \"on\", so I suspect a typo or faulty editing"}
-{"Clue":"Larva eats root (4)","Answer":"GRUB","Explanation":"Definition: Larva\nTriple defintion \u2013 I initially thought \"eats\" was redundant, but of course it's a slightly slangy word for \"food\""}
-{"Clue":"River \u2014 harmful water source (4)","Answer":"RILL","Explanation":"Definition: water source\nR + ILL"}
-{"Clue":"Decorative scrollwork details on limo (10)","Answer":"CARTOUCHES","Explanation":"Definition: Decorative scrollwork\nCAR (limo) + TOUCHES (details)"}
-{"Clue":"Finding success, mother and knight agreed to differ (6,3,5)","Answer":"MAKING THE GRADE","Explanation":"Definition: Finding success\nMA + (KNIGHT AGREED)"}
-{"Clue":"Leading couples refused to attend agency course (8)","Answer":"TENDENCY","Explanation":"Definition: course\n[at]TEND [ag]ENCY"}
-{"Clue":"Very game old soldier returning punch (6)","Answer":"VIGOUR","Explanation":"Definition: punch\nV + reverse of RU (Rugby Unon \u2013 game) +O + GI (soldier)"}
-{"Clue":"Deliberately furtive about online meeting? (8)","Answer":"SEDATELY","Explanation":"Definition: Deliberately\nE-DATE in SLY"}
-{"Clue":"Colleges of yore catering for all (6)","Answer":"UNISEX","Explanation":"Definition: catering for all\nUNIS + EX (former, \"of yore\")"}
-{"Clue":"Many turning tail never to be found (4)","Answer":"LOST","Explanation":"Definition: never to be found\nLOTS with the last two letters (\"tail\") reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Episcopal staff from down under featured in Herald (7)","Answer":"CROZIER","Explanation":"Definition: Episcopal staff\nOZ in CRIER"}
-{"Clue":"Divine government chief welcomed by people in general (8)","Answer":"THEARCHY","Explanation":"Definition: Divine government\nARCH (chief) in THEY (people in general)"}
-{"Clue":"Fireside repository of weird occult tales? (4,7)","Answer":"COAL SCUTTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Fireside repository\n(OCCULT TALES)"}
-{"Clue":"Sound made by little dogs is irritating (6)","Answer":"PIQUES","Explanation":"Definition: is irritating\nHomophone of \"pekes\""}
-{"Clue":"Tenant clutching bottle's last to come in again (2-5)","Answer":"RE-ENTER","Explanation":"Definition: come in again\n[bottl]E in RENTER (tenant)"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely desperate copyists giving marks out (9)","Answer":"DESCRIBES","Explanation":"Definition: marks out\nD[esperat]E + SCRIBES"}
-{"Clue":"Overlooking the very last pair, Nutmeg's almost useless (11)","Answer":"IMPRACTICAL","Explanation":"Definition: useless\nI'M (Nutmeg is) + PRACTICAL[LY] (almost)"}
-{"Clue":"Collaborators make worst bombs (9)","Answer":"WORKMATES","Explanation":"Definition: Collaborators\n(MAKE WORST)"}
-{"Clue":"Protective paper (8)","Answer":"GUARDIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Protective\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Compared with acquaintance in song (foreign) (7)","Answer":"LIKENED","Explanation":"Definition: Compared\nKEN (acquaintance) in LIED (German for \"song\")"}
-{"Clue":"Ghastly appeal for sanctuary has nothing in it (7)","Answer":"HIDEOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Ghastly\nO in HIDE US (as people might say when appealing for sanctuary)"}
-{"Clue":"Introduce trendy judge without filling court (6)","Answer":"INJECT","Explanation":"Definition: Introduce\nIN + J[udg]E + CT"}
-{"Clue":"Nonconformist church raised cross \u2014 what's the point? (4)","Answer":"CRUX","Explanation":"Definition: the point\nReverse of U[nited] R[eformed] C[hurch] + X (cross)"}
-{"Clue":"Cryptically, how she runs home (9)","Answer":"HOUSEWIFE","Explanation":"Definition: she runs home\nNot sure about this: I think the idea is that HOUSEWIFE is providing a cryptic indication of \"how\", but the best I can get is that it's HO and then you USE W[IFE]. I feel I must be missing something. (In Ximemes' book \"The Art of the Crossword\" he describes clueing HOUSEWIFE as an &lit: \"I have plenty of time to stitch, then I iron\" \u2013 HOU[R] + SEW + I FE \u2013 which is very clever, if rather showing its age.)*Thanks to Shirl: it's just that HOUSEWIFE = HOUSE + WIFE = HO + W = HOW."}
-{"Clue":"Bare land here (5)","Answer":"STRIP","Explanation":"Definition: Bare\nDouble definition; bare as a verb, and strip as in landing strip"}
-{"Clue":"Free to go through again, retaining key (7)","Answer":"RELIEVE","Explanation":"Definition: Free\nE (musical key) in RELIVE"}
-{"Clue":"Girl joining society left in first-class mess (7)","Answer":"DEBACLE","Explanation":"Definition: mess\nDEB (a girl \"joining society\") + L in ACE"}
-{"Clue":"Tip: fill the gaps between 7 (5)","Answer":"POINT","Explanation":"Definition: Tip\nDouble definition \u2013 for the second, to point is to \"fill the joints of (brickwork or masonry) with smoothly finished mortar\""}
-{"Clue":"Drool goes everywhere \u2014 he takes it on the chin (4,5)","Answer":"GOOD LOSER","Explanation":"Definition: he takes it on the chin\n(DROOL GOES)"}
-{"Clue":"Users get authors to change one of their sources (6,9)","Answer":"ROGET\u2019S\u00a0THESAURUS","Explanation":"Definition: one of their sources\n(USERS GET AUTHORS)"}
-{"Clue":"Yen increased, provided one invested and got smarter? (9)","Answer":"YUPPIFIED","Explanation":"Definition: got smarter\nIF (provided) + I in Y UPPED"}
-{"Clue":"He dresses Mother and Child (5)","Answer":"MASON","Explanation":"Definition: He dresses\nMA + SON; \"dress\" here is probably in the sense of \"smooth the surface of (stone)\", as a mason might do"}
-{"Clue":"Turner cherished small silver dish (7)","Answer":"LASAGNA","Explanation":"Definition: dish\nS AG in LANA (Turner, actress)"}
-{"Clue":"Did nurse prepare Mark for weariness? (7)","Answer":"BOREDOM","Explanation":"Definition: weariness\nBORE (nursed) + DO (prepare) + M"}
-{"Clue":"Fine chimney in Glasgow backs onto court (5)","Answer":"MULCT","Explanation":"Definition: Fine\nReverse of LUM (Scots word for chimney) +CT"}
-{"Clue":"Pass priest eating Northern Irish food (9)","Answer":"COLCANNON","Explanation":"Definition: Irish food\nCOL (mountain pass) + N in CANON"}
-{"Clue":"Insurance for Lib Dems? (5,5)","Answer":"THIRD PARTY","Explanation":"Definition: Insurance\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Mike secretly tackling the Italian racket in construction (8)","Answer":"BUILDING","Explanation":"Definition: construction\nIL (Italian \"the\") DIN in BUG (to put a microphone or \"mike\" on secretly)"}
-{"Clue":"Bond writer comes into a little money (6)","Answer":"CEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Bond\nME (\"the writer\") in CENT"}
-{"Clue":"Lost boring game? That's old hat (4)","Answer":"TILE","Explanation":"Definition: old hat\nL[ost] in TIE (football match etc) \u2013 tile is an old-fashioned word for hat (as in the song: \"Where did you get that hat, where did you get that tile?\")"}
-{"Clue":"Contest what bad pupils are told to do? (4-2-4)","Answer":"HEAD-TO-HEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Contest\nBad pupols might be sent to the headmaster, so told to HEAD TO [the] HEAD"}
-{"Clue":"Is Lincoln entirely standing up queen? (8)","Answer":"ISABELLA","Explanation":"Definition: queen\nIS ABE + reverse of ALL. There have been a few queens called Isabella: perhaps the most famous is Isabella I of Castile, patron of Christopher Columbus"}
-{"Clue":"Reliable types initially keen to crack emerging economies (6)","Answer":"BRICKS","Explanation":"Definition: Reliable types\nK[een] in BRICS, the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and (a recent addition the the group formerly known as BRIC) South Africa"}
-{"Clue":"Part of church, perhaps eastern section (4)","Answer":"APSE","Explanation":"Definition: Part of church\nHidden in perhAPS Eastern"}
-{"Clue":"Sack actor, high with cocaine, opening at the Abbey? (6,4)","Answer":"GOTHIC ARCH","Explanation":"Definition: opening at the Abbey\n(ACTOR HIGH C)"}
-{"Clue":"Bitterness to do with feeling one's ignored (10)","Answer":"RESENTMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Bitterness\nRE + SENTIMENT less I"}
-{"Clue":"What pushy drivers do to gain entrance to estate (8)","Answer":"TAILGATE","Explanation":"Definition: What pushy drivers do\nAnother one I'm not sure about \u2013 a gate can be the entrance to an estate, so I suppose you could \"tail\" it to gain entrance, but that doesn't seem a very satisfactory explanation. *Thanks to crypticsue: it's a reference to the tailgate as the rear door of an estate car"}
-{"Clue":"Local chairman's heading off (8)","Answer":"RESIDENT","Explanation":"Definition: Local\n[P]RESIDENT"}
-{"Clue":"It crushes steel forged under pressure (6)","Answer":"PESTLE","Explanation":"Definition: It crushes\nP + STEEL"}
-{"Clue":"Hawk carries this weapon (6)","Answer":"MORTAR","Explanation":"Definition: Hawk carries this\nDouble definition, with the hawk as the device used to carry plaster or mortar"}
-{"Clue":"Story about male constituent of 21 (4)","Answer":"LIME","Explanation":"Definition: constituent of 21\nM in LIE"}
-{"Clue":"Run off some cloth from old mill town on leaving (4)","Answer":"BOLT","Explanation":"Definition: Run off\nTwo definitions (a bolt can be a length of cloth), and BOLTON less ON. Colcannon is a dish of leftover potatoes and cabbage, similar (or identical) to what's called bubble-and-squeak on this side of the Irish Sea"}
-{"Clue":"Slowly movin' to conceal swindle, a part of Asia (9)","Answer":"INDOCHINA","Explanation":"Definition: part of Asia\nDO (to swindle) in INCHIN' + A"}
-{"Clue":"Old quarter, newer design (2,3)","Answer":"OP ART","Explanation":"Definition: newer design\nO[ld] PART (quarter). The term op art dates from 1964, so I suppose it's newer than some; otherwise \"newer\" seems to be there just as a contrast to \"old\" in the surface reading"}
-{"Clue":"A Rolling Stone introduces himself after good trick (7)","Answer":"GIMMICK","Explanation":"Definition: trick\nG + I'M MICK [Jagger]"}
-{"Clue":"Parasite not quite attaching to cows, due to motion (7)","Answer":"KINETIC","Explanation":"Definition: due to motion\nKINE (cows) + TIC[K] (parasite)"}
-{"Clue":"Straight part of routine a triumph (4)","Answer":"NEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Straight\nHidden in routiNE A Triumph. As in taking your whisky straight\/neat"}
-{"Clue":"In brief half-light, stop to catch first bit of warbling \u2014 like this? (4,6)","Answer":"DAWN CHORUS","Explanation":"Definition: this\nW[arbling] in ANCHOR (stop), in DUS[K]"}
-{"Clue":"With both flanks cleared, swap piece, drawing game (7)","Answer":"HANGMAN","Explanation":"Definition: drawing game\n[C]HANG[E] (swap) + MAN (piece in chess etc). Hangman is a game that involves drawing a gallows"}
-{"Clue":"Patience perhaps a virtue, having invested time in a girl, foolishly (5,5)","Answer":"LIGHT OPERA","Explanation":"Definition: Patience perhaps\nT in HOPE (a virtue) in (A GIRL)*. Patience is one of the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly appearing, exam days when school's out (4)","Answer":"XMAS","Explanation":"Definition: when school's out\nAlternate letters of eXaM dAyS"}
-{"Clue":"Bloke cut metre off plant from Australia (3,4)","Answer":"GUM TREE","Explanation":"Definition: plant from Australia\nGU[Y] + METRE"}
-{"Clue":"US city airport not closing with start of operations (7)","Answer":"ORLANDO","Explanation":"Definition: US city\nORL[Y] (Paris airport) AND (with) O[perations]"}
-{"Clue":"Hello \u2014 a greeting interpreted the wrong way (5)","Answer":"ALOHA","Explanation":"Definition: Hello\nReverse of A HOLA (Spanish greeting)"}
-{"Clue":"Pharaoh getting back scrubbed, hell amid gross depravity (9)","Answer":"TURPITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: depravity\nTUT (abbreviated version of Tutankhamun) less its last letter + PIT (hell) in RUDE (gross)"}
-{"Clue":"Tinge out, 0.001kg boxes? Message noted (7,8)","Answer":"SINGING\u00a0TELEGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Message noted\nTINGE* in (boxed by) SINGLE GRAM (0.001 kg). \"Noted\" as in \"with [musical] notes\""}
-{"Clue":"Where, perhaps, to buy a barrier for water (5,3)","Answer":"ADAM\u2019S ALE","Explanation":"Definition: water\nYou might buy it at A DAM SALE"}
-{"Clue":"Bitter cold in desert (5)","Answer":"ACRID","Explanation":"Definition: Bitter\nC in ARID"}
-{"Clue":"Punt with second payoff (8)","Answer":"KICKBACK","Explanation":"Definition: payoff\nKICK (a punt is a type of kick in Rugby etc) + BACK (to second, support)"}
-{"Clue":"Picnic, outdoor exercise (4,2,3,4)","Answer":"WALK\u00a0IN\u00a0THE\u00a0PARK","Explanation":"Definition: Picnic\nDouble definition, with picnic meaning something very easy (perhaps more often seen in the negative: \"it's no picnic\")"}
-{"Clue":"Nonsense, such extremes entertained by low figure (9)","Answer":"MOONSHINE","Explanation":"Definition: Nonsense\nS[uc]H in MOO (low) NINE"}
-{"Clue":"Quickish pace from China, knees gone might you say? (6)","Answer":"CANTER","Explanation":"Definition: Quickish pace\nHomophonically, \"Cantonese\" less \"knees\""}
-{"Clue":"Criticism wears down characters \u2014 but these really hurt? (6,3,6)","Answer":"STICKS\u00a0AND\u00a0STONES","Explanation":"Definition: these really hurt\nSTICK (criticism) SANDS TONES"}
-{"Clue":"Calibrate in a different way regarding micro-organisms (9)","Answer":"BACTERIAL","Explanation":"Definition: regarding micro-organisms\nCALIBRATE"}
-{"Clue":"Unprincipled behaviour of women, prince snaffling them all (8)","Answer":"HARLOTRY","Explanation":"Definition: Unprincipled behaviour of women\nLOT (all, as in \"the lot\") in HARRY"}
-{"Clue":"Force doctor and staff to join corporation (8)","Answer":"MOMENTUM","Explanation":"Definition: Force\nMO (doctor) + MEN (staff) + TUM (fat stomach, corporation). In physics, force and momentum are not the same thing, but words have common, non-technical, meanings too, and in that way it's a reasonable definition"}
-{"Clue":"Caper has doctor incarcerated? (6)","Answer":"GAMBOL","Explanation":"Definition: Caper\nMB in GAOL"}
-{"Clue":"Quite lovely (6)","Answer":"PRETTY","Explanation":"Definition: Quite\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Quite ugly (5)","Answer":"PLAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Quite\nDouble definition \u2013 a nice pair of double defs to end the puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Self altogether absorbing, on reflection (3)","Answer":"EGO","Explanation":"Definition: Self\nHidden in reverse of altOGEther"}
-{"Clue":"Regal horror actor is what one's demanding? (6,5)","Answer":"ASKING PRICE","Explanation":"Definition: what one's demanding\nAS KING (regal) + [Vincent] PRICE"}
-{"Clue":"Stop to catch a genre of music (7)","Answer":"D[IX]IELAND","Explanation":"Definition: a genre of music\nDIE (stop) + LAND (to catch, e.g. fish)"}
-{"Clue":"Ice melts with both micro-organisms used in this industrial research (7)","Answer":"BIOTECH","Explanation":"Definition: industrial research\n(ICE BOTH)"}
-{"Clue":"Little room to enter accommodation with no entrance, as accommodation blocked? (6)","Answer":"IGLOOS","Explanation":"Definition: accommodation blocked\nLOO (little room) in [D]IGS"}
-{"Clue":"Contrary part of a report introduced to the table, lacking a measure of resolution (7)","Answer":"MEGAP[IX]EL","Explanation":"Definition: measure of resolution\nReverse of PAGE in MEAL (the table) less A. \"Pel\" is sometimes used as an abbreviation of pixel, so arguably this also works as a straight clue"}
-{"Clue":"Squab's heart in nest (5)","Answer":"DUREY","Explanation":"Squab's heart in nest (5)\n[sq]U[ab] in DREY (squirrel's nest)"}
-{"Clue":"Like Bottom, like Paul! (3)","Answer":"ASI[NINE]","Explanation":"Definition: Like Bottom\nAS I \u2013 and Bottom was turned into an ass in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
-{"Clue":"Unlimited French composer, I see (5)","Answer":"AURIC","Explanation":"Unlimited French composer, I see (5)\n[F]AUR[\u00c9] + I C. Auric wrote music for a number of films, ranging from Cocteau's rather surreal *La Belle et la B\u00eate* to Ealing comedies such as *Passport to Pimlico"}
-{"Clue":"Endlessly carry in beer (7)","Answer":"MILHAUD","Explanation":"Endlessly carry in beer (7)\nHAU[L] in MILD. Milhaud wrote a huge amount of music, including the ballets *La cr\u00e9ation du monde* and *Le b\u0153uf sur le toit*, influenced respectively by jazz and Brazilian music, but he is perhaps best known these days (as they say) for his suite *Scaramouche* for two pianos, and particularly the final movement, Brasileira"}
-{"Clue":"Best reverse narcotic hell (3-3)","Answer":"TIP-TOP","Explanation":"Definition: Best\nReverse of POT (narcotic) + PIT (hell)"}
-{"Clue":"When messed up, I snort line \u2014 through here? (7)","Answer":"NOSTRIL","Explanation":"Definition: here\n(I SNORT L)"}
-{"Clue":"Having lost capital, person in the money shortly (7)","Answer":"POULENC","Explanation":"Having lost capital, person in the money shortly (7)\n[S]OUL in PENC[E] \u2013 probably the best-known composer of the group"}
-{"Clue":"Dog stray \u2014 feel terrible about it (11)","Answer":"TAILLEFERRE","Explanation":"Dog stray \u2014 feel terrible about it (11)\nTAIL + ERR in FEEL*. The only female member of *Les Six"}
-{"Clue":"Marker hit from behind (3)","Answer":"TAB","Explanation":"Definition: Marker\nReverse of BAT (to hit)"}
-{"Clue":"Old plucker, one treating a chicken? (5)","Answer":"HENDR[IX]","Explanation":"Definition: Old plucker\nHEN DR (doctor)"}
-{"Clue":"One disinclined to pass round wine, Women's Institute getting wasted (8)","Answer":"HONEGGER","Explanation":"One disinclined to pass round wine, Women's Institute getting wasted (8)\nWINE less WI in HOGGER (one who hogs the ball, i.e. is disinclined to pass, e.g. in football)"}
-{"Clue":"Pan, a vessel fed to small bird (8)","Answer":"LAVATORY","Explanation":"Definition: Pan\nA VAT in LORY"}
-{"Clue":"Vicious circles ending in heartbreak, lose control (4)","Answer":"SKID","Explanation":"Definition: lose control\n[heartbrea]K in SID (Sid Vicious, member of the Sex Pistols)"}
-{"Clue":"Disregard baker's produce flipped over (4)","Answer":"SNUB","Explanation":"Definition: Disregard\nReverse of BUNS"}
-{"Clue":"Revolt in Peru is revolutionary (4,2)","Answer":"RISE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Revolt\n(PERU IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Heady record in the cup, detailed (8)","Answer":"CEPHALIC","Explanation":"Definition: Heady\nEP in CHALIC[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Out to replace leader, that's the point! (5)","Answer":"PRONG","Explanation":"Definition: point\nWRONG (out) with the first letter changed. I'm not keen on clues like this where the replacement is not specified (maybe point is doing duty for P, but that's not in Chambers or anywhere else I can find as an abbreviation)"}
-{"Clue":"Grass with designs on getting high? (5)","Answer":"SWARD","Explanation":"Definition: Grass\nReverse of DRAWS (designs)"}
-{"Clue":"Tearful film about love (5)","Answer":"MOIST","Explanation":"Definition: Tearful\nO in MIST"}
-{"Clue":"Perfect hosts a horror ultimately, under party chief whip? (8)","Answer":"DOMINATR[IX]","Explanation":"Definition: chief whip\nDO (party) + A in MINT (perfect) + [horro]R. Somehow I can't help being reminded of the story of Norman Lamont and Miss Whiplash"}
-{"Clue":"Poor Paul requires some medical containers (8)","Answer":"AMPOULES","Explanation":"Definition: medical containers\n(PAUL SOME)"}
-{"Clue":"Force into burrow one's rear \u2014 there's little space (8)","Answer":"ROOMETTE","Explanation":"Definition: little space\nMET (police force) in ROOT (burrow) + [on]E"}
-{"Clue":"A threesome at cards, missing a spring? (5)","Answer":"APRIL","Explanation":"Definition: spring\nA + PRI[A]L. Prial is \"three cards of the same denomination\" in various games, so a \"threesome\", though not in the sense of three players, as the surface suggests"}
-{"Clue":"Southern island going down kitted up (5)","Answer":"SCUBA","Explanation":"Definition: going down kitted up\nS + CUBA"}
-{"Clue":"One way still to go \u2026 (4)","Answer":"LEFT","Explanation":"Definition: One way\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 that way for a drink (4)","Answer":"PORT","Explanation":"Definition: that way \nDouble definition \u2013 linked to the previous clue as port is the left side of a ship (when looking forward)"}
-{"Clue":"Socialist supporter securing a British isle (6)","Answer":"FABIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Socialist\nA B I in FAN"}
-{"Clue":"Good person keeps longing for container (6)","Answer":"SACHET","Explanation":"Definition: container\nACHE in S[ain]T"}
-{"Clue":"Landlady's army (4)","Answer":"HOST","Explanation":"Definition: Landlady\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Mineral cup \u2014 one dropped by academic before end of ceremony (10)","Answer":"CHALCEDONY","Explanation":"Definition: Mineral\nCHALICE (cup) less I + DON (academic) + [ceremon]Y. I knew this word, but I couldn't have said what it meant without looking it up. It's a type of quartz"}
-{"Clue":"Look hard, taking in 5, and go hungry (6)","Answer":"STARVE","Explanation":"Definition: go hungry\nV (5) in STARE"}
-{"Clue":"\"Drug arrest\" in dog Latin? (8)","Answer":"CANNABIS","Explanation":"Definition: Drug\nNAB in CANIS (Latin for dog)"}
-{"Clue":"Litigant's unsophisticated argument (9)","Answer":"PLAINTIFF","Explanation":"Definition: Litigant\nPLAIN + TIFF"}
-{"Clue":"Plant nothing in drink (4)","Answer":"ALOE","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nO in ALE"}
-{"Clue":"Reliable sort of music (4)","Answer":"ROCK","Explanation":"Definition: sort of music\nRocks are famously reliable, as in \"you are my rock\" and \"rock-steady\" *Correction (thanks to James): it's actually a pukka double definition: \"Reliable sort\" and \"rock\""}
-{"Clue":"Mark with sorrow, keeping Catholic back from crop protector (9)","Answer":"SCARECROW","Explanation":"Definition: crop protector\nSCAR (mark) + reverse of (RC in WOE)"}
-{"Clue":"Church painter, perhaps, or reformer (8)","Answer":"CHARTIST","Explanation":"Definition: reformer\nCH + ARTIST. The Chartists were 19th-century movement calling for universal suffrage (for men) and other parliamentary reforms"}
-{"Clue":"Have words with motorist of sorts, catching cold (6)","Answer":"BICKER","Explanation":"Definition: Have words\nC in BIKER (motorcycle rider)"}
-{"Clue":"Stupid stories about journalist's headmaster (10)","Answer":"DUMBLEDORE","Explanation":"Definition: headmaster\nDUMB + ED in LORE. Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter stories"}
-{"Clue":"Capital of 15, mostly, getting turban adjusted (4,5)","Answer":"ULAN BATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Capital\nAnagram of ALO[e] + TURBAN. It's the capital of Mongolia"}
-{"Clue":"Things discharged from cortege, startlingly (6)","Answer":"EGESTA","Explanation":"Definition: Things discharged\nHidden in cortEGE STArtlingly"}
-{"Clue":"Sound of instrument gives sign (6)","Answer":"SYMBOL","Explanation":"Definition: sign\nHomophone of \"cymbal\""}
-{"Clue":"Concerning anterior part of flat iron dropping one off (7)","Answer":"FRONTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Concerning anterior part\nAnagram of FLAT IRON less I"}
-{"Clue":"Old emmet's nice mess absorbed (7)","Answer":"ANCIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Old\nNICE* in ANT (emmet)"}
-{"Clue":"A headless whale keeping a number of secrets (6)","Answer":"ARCANA","Explanation":"Definition: secrets\nA, + A N in [O]RCA"}
-{"Clue":"Chair duly arranged to be driven by liquid (9)","Answer":"HYDRAULIC","Explanation":"Definition: driven by liquid\n(CHAIR DULY)"}
-{"Clue":"Part of roof covering spaces that may be stretched (7)","Answer":"TENSILE","Explanation":"Definition: that may be stretched\nENS (spaces in printing) in TILE"}
-{"Clue":"Hardening Muslim leader receiving 100 \u2014 one hundred \u2014 a hundred divided by one (13)","Answer":"CALCIFICATION","Explanation":"Definition: Hardening\nC in CALIF + I (one) C + I in A TON"}
-{"Clue":"Cop for fit that's beyond remedy (9)","Answer":"INCURABLE","Explanation":"Definition: beyond remedy\nINCUR (\"cop for\" \u2013 slang expression) + ABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Find new home for ambassador held up by wake (7)","Answer":"REHOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Find new home for\nReverse of H[is] E[xcellency] in ROUSE (wake)"}
-{"Clue":"Tough composer endlessly set in stone (7)","Answer":"RUBBERY","Explanation":"Definition: Tough\n[Alban] BER[G] in RUBY (stone)"}
-{"Clue":"Supreme general (7)","Answer":"OVERALL","Explanation":"Definition: general\nTo be supreme is to be OVER ALL"}
-{"Clue":"Strip joints given time (6)","Answer":"DIVEST","Explanation":"Definition: Strip\nDIVES (joints, as in dodgy bars etc) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Drink, in the old days, uplifted cartoonist (5)","Answer":"CRUMB","Explanation":"Definition: cartoonist\nRUM in reverse of BC (\"the old days\"). Cartoonist Robert Crumb, famous for Fritz the Cat and *Keep on Truckin'"}
-{"Clue":"Graft in turning around company \u2014 advanced without union (9)","Answer":"INOCULATE","Explanation":"Definition: Graft\nIN + U in reverse of CO + LATE (advanced)"}
-{"Clue":"Women, entering to perform main vocal part, avoid work (5,3,4)","Answer":"SWING THE LEAD","Explanation":"Definition: avoid work\nW in SING THE LEAD (to rhyme with \"heed\"). To swing the lead (rhymes with \"head\", i.e. the lead part) is to shirk duty or malinger"}
-{"Clue":"Cash's part of band? (5)","Answer":"BRASS","Explanation":"Definition: Cash\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Mixing short Cash record \u2014 round record? (9)","Answer":"SCORECARD","Explanation":"Definition: round record\nAnagram of CAS[h] RECORD. A scorecard may be the record of a round of golf"}
-{"Clue":"Sod all CDs interlaced with American and English covers (7)","Answer":"FACADES","Explanation":"Definition: covers\nFA ([Sweet] Fanny Adams = nothing = sod all) + CDS alternating with A and E"}
-{"Clue":"Instrument from a record hidden at either end? (7)","Answer":"ALPHORN","Explanation":"Definition: Instrument\nA LP + H OR N (either end of HiddeN)"}
-{"Clue":"Hire cycles and frame (5)","Answer":"EASEL","Explanation":"Definition: frame\nLEASE with the letters \"cycling\" around by one place"}
-{"Clue":"Tours' way? Currency brought back (3)","Answer":"RUE","Explanation":"Definition: Tours' way\nReverse of EUR (standard abbreviation of Euro) \u2013 a street in the French city of Tours for example"}
-{"Clue":"Start playing songs for concert (5)","Answer":"ONSET","Explanation":"Definition: Start\nON (playing) + SET (list of songs or pieces performed at a concert or other event)"}
-{"Clue":"Popeye's tip: his can supply contains it? (7)","Answer":"SPINACH","Explanation":"Definition: Popeye's tip: his can supply contains it\nP[opeye] in (HIS CAN)* &lit, where \"supply\" = \"in a supple way\""}
-{"Clue":"Big name taking British pop group right to US music producer (9)","Answer":"VIBRAHARP","Explanation":"Definition: US music producer\nBR+ A-HA (Norwegian pop group) + R in VIP. Vibraharp is another (american) name for the vibraphone. I wanted this to be Vibraslap but of course couldn't make it wirk"}
-{"Clue":"Took paper again, turning over to reveal a shocker (5)","Answer":"TASER","Explanation":"Definition: shocker\nReverse of RE-SAT"}
-{"Clue":"Provided a hit TV drama \u2014 one like this? (4,5)","Answer":"SOAP OPERA","Explanation":"Definition: this\nSO (provided) + A + POP (to hit) + E.R. (US TV series) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Go up, ignoring first branch (4)","Answer":"LIMB","Explanation":"Definition: branch\n[C]LIMB"}
-{"Clue":"Work in pieces \u2014 big one breaking microphone (6)","Answer":"MOSAIC","Explanation":"Definition: Work in pieces\nOS (outsize) A in MIC"}
-{"Clue":"Amazing Aldi's equal for food (10)","Answer":"QUESADILLA","Explanation":"Definition: food\n(ALDI'S EQUAL)"}
-{"Clue":"Girls with large bums in America (6)","Answer":"LASSES","Explanation":"Definition: Girls\nL[arge] + ASSES (American for bottoms)"}
-{"Clue":"Ring of Fire's on a television (8)","Answer":"RESONATE","Explanation":"Definition: Ring\nHidden in fiRE'S ON A TElevision"}
-{"Clue":"Key passage on the radio (4)","Answer":"ISLE","Explanation":"Definition: Key\nHomphone of \"aisle\""}
-{"Clue":"Avoids working with society rejects (8)","Answer":"DISAVOWS","Explanation":"Definition: rejects\nAVOIDS* + W[ith] S[ociety]"}
-{"Clue":"Old artist mostly upset (4)","Answer":"AGED","Explanation":"Definition: Old\nReverse of DEGA[S]"}
-{"Clue":"Releases Father and Son around Spain twice (5)","Answer":"FREES","Explanation":"Definition: Releases\nE twice in FR S"}
-{"Clue":"Bribe Johnny Cash (10,5)","Answer":"PROTECTION\u00a0MONEY","Explanation":"Definition: Bribe\nPROTECTION (Johnny \u2013 slang for a condom) + MONEY (cash)"}
-{"Clue":"Recorded piece of music has depth (5)","Answer":"NOTED","Explanation":"Definition: Recorded\nNOTE (piece of music) + D"}
-{"Clue":"Part of Man in Black stood out, as a collector (8)","Answer":"SHINBONE","Explanation":"Definition: Part of Man\nIN B \"collected by\" SHONE (stood out)"}
-{"Clue":"Note: one takes the late train (8)","Answer":"REHEARSE","Explanation":"Definition: train\nRE (note, as in do-re-mi) + HEARSE (which \"takes the late\")"}
-{"Clue":"Work in which musical? (3,3)","Answer":"TOP HAT","Explanation":"Definition: musical\nOP in THAT (which)"}
-{"Clue":"Turned out European heartlessly named girl inside (6)","Answer":"ENSUED","Explanation":"Definition: Turned out\nSUE in E[uropean] + N[ame]D, with a nod to the song *A Boy Named Sue*, made famous by Johnny Cash"}
-{"Clue":"Volume on speaker for siren (4)","Answer":"VAMP","Explanation":"Definition: siren\nV + AMP, though amplifier=speaker is a bit loose"}
-{"Clue":"Radical Winehouse left (4)","Answer":"AMYL","Explanation":"Definition: Radical\nAMY [Winehouse, singer) + L"}
-{"Clue":"Playing seconds from Johnny Cash: Cry! Cry! Cry! (4)","Answer":"ROAR","Explanation":"Definition: Cry\nAnagram of the second letters of jOhnny cAsh cRy cRy, with the third \"Cry!\" acting as the definition"}
-{"Clue":"S ign of cold weather, not special, teeth only ultimately chatter (5)","Answer":"FROTH","Explanation":"Definition: chatter\nFROST less S + [teet]H. The clue (at least in the PDF version) incorrectly has a space between the S and I of \"Sign\""}
-{"Clue":"Very complicated recipes (7)","Answer":"PRECISE","Explanation":"Definition: Very\nRECIPES. Chambers gives \"very, identical\" as one definition of precise; as in phrases such as \"the very\/precise thing\""}
-{"Clue":"All upset about tragic playing, requiring tranquillizer (9)","Answer":"LARGACTIL","Explanation":"Definition: tranquillizer\nTRAGIC* in ALL"}
-{"Clue":"I am in favour of verse that's ad-lib (6)","Answer":"IMPROV","Explanation":"Definition: ad-lib\nI'M PRO V[erse]"}
-{"Clue":"Gooey stuff, not fat, on rear of univalve (5)","Answer":"SLIME","Explanation":"Definition: Gooey stuff\nSLIM (not fat) + [univalv]E"}
-{"Clue":"Asian language, no good in north Welsh town (6)","Answer":"BANGLA","Explanation":"Definition: Asian language\nNG in BALA (town in Snowdonia) \u2013 an alternative for the Bengali language"}
-{"Clue":"Introductory musical section, one in a round (5)","Answer":"ALAAP","Explanation":"Definition: Introductory musical section\nA in A LAP \u2013 an introductory section to an Indian raga"}
-{"Clue":"Part of flower Her Madge stuck in bent hatpin (8)","Answer":"PERIANTH","Explanation":"Definition: Part of flower\nER (the Queen, informally \"Her Madge\") in HATPIN"}
-{"Clue":"Mayflies etc a rheometer revived with pep! (13)","Answer":"EPHEMEROPTERA","Explanation":"Definition: Mayflies etc\n(ETC A RHEOMETER PEP)"}
-{"Clue":"The Lord's concerned with court examination (8)","Answer":"RECTORAL","Explanation":"Definition: The Lord's\nRE + CT + ORAL \u2013 referring to the definition \"of God as a ruler\""}
-{"Clue":"Nothing in excess? Sulk as before (5)","Answer":"GLOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Sulk as before\nO in GLUT"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet turns allowed for a pair of sixes maybe (6)","Answer":"DUPLET","Explanation":"Definition: a pair of sixes maybe\nReverse of PUD (pudding, sweet) + LET \u2013 a duplet is \"a like throw of two dice\", e.g. a double six; I think the surface is suggesting scores in figure skating, etc, though I see that the system in which 6 was the maximum score in such events was superseded in 2005"}
-{"Clue":"Busy getting lance's head in, as in a joust? (5)","Answer":"ATILT","Explanation":"Definition: as in a joust\nL[ance] in AT IT (busy)"}
-{"Clue":"'Puckered' fabric? Piles machined round front of shirts (6)","Answer":"PLISS\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: 'Puckered' fabric\nS[hirts] in PILES"}
-{"Clue":"Version of memoirs penned by posh name initially? It's plummy (9)","Answer":"PERSIMMON","Explanation":"Definition: It's plummy\nMEMOIRS* in P[osh] N[ame]. The persimmon has (or is) a plum-like fruit"}
-{"Clue":"One who's agreed to meet in Coventry's terminus (7)","Answer":"TRYSTER","Explanation":"Definition: One who's agreed to meet\nHidden in CovenTRY'S TERminus"}
-{"Clue":"I'll draw off liquor, a dash of rum \u2013 stick around (5)","Answer":"CRANE","Explanation":"Definition: I'll draw off liquor\nR[um] in CANE \u2013 \"a bent pipe for drawing liquor out of a cask\", taking its name from the long-necked bird, I would presume"}
-{"Clue":"Workshop with British work unit occupying fixed floor (11)","Answer":"FLABBERGAST","Explanation":"Definition: floor\nLAB (workshop) + B + ERG (unit of work in the CGS system) in FAST (fixed)"}
-{"Clue":"Carmen, amateur, useless (4)","Answer":"RACA","Explanation":"Definition: useless\nRAC (Royal Automobile Club, so \"car men\") + A. This word (meaning \"worthless\", from Chaldean) appears once in the bible, in Matthew 5:22: \"But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.\" So, mind what you say to your brother\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Barrel lost dry seal (5)","Answer":"O-RING","Explanation":"Definition: seal\nBORING (dry) less B[arrel]. A failed O-ring seal was the cause of the *Challenger* Space Shuttle disaster in 1986"}
-{"Clue":"One in hospital set perchance (5)","Answer":"HAPLY","Explanation":"Definition: perchance\nA in H PLY"}
-{"Clue":"Tricky spot right inside shaft (6)","Answer":"SCRAPE","Explanation":"Definition: Tricky spot\nR in SCAPE"}
-{"Clue":"Plate e.g. duke nicked from club (5)","Answer":"RIVER","Explanation":"Definition: Plate e.g.\nDRIVER (golf club) less D"}
-{"Clue":"Merge short section of text that's overrunning? (7)","Answer":"COLLATE","Explanation":"Definition: Merge\nCOL[umn] + LATE"}
-{"Clue":"Outstanding capital features in Bernini aquatints (4)","Answer":"INIA","Explanation":"Definition: Outstanding capital features\nHidden in bernINI Aquatints \u2013 plural of \"inion\", \"the external occiptal protuberance\", i.e. the slight bulge you can feel half way down the back of your skull, so \"capital\" here means \"of the head\""}
-{"Clue":"What may cause traumas at sea? (7)","Answer":"SUMATRA","Explanation":"Definition: What may cause traumas at sea\nTRAUMAS* &lit \u2013 sumatra is a \"short violent squall\", named after the island"}
-{"Clue":"Cumbersome peahen trips catching end of bill on spike (11)","Answer":"ELEPHANTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Cumbersome\n[bil]L in PEAHEN* + TINE"}
-{"Clue":"Protective garb, taking everything into account (7)","Answer":"OVERALL","Explanation":"Definition: Protective garb\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Impure metal forming second shower of missiles (7)","Answer":"SPELTER","Explanation":"Definition: Impure metal\nS + PELTER"}
-{"Clue":"Bristles? Use half of them wrongly (7)","Answer":"SETULES","Explanation":"Definition: Bristles\nAnagram of USE + [bris]TLES"}
-{"Clue":"Over 50, belle getting on a bit (6)","Answer":"OLDISH","Explanation":"Definition: getting on a bit\nO[ver] L (50) + DISH (atttactive woman)"}
-{"Clue":"Currency unit, note about to increase over euro (5)","Answer":"RUPEE","Explanation":"Definition: Currency unit\nUP (to increase) in RE (note, as in do-re-mi) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Is in with climbing band of yesteryear (5)","Answer":"MUSIC","Explanation":"Definition: band of yesteryear\nReverse of IS in CUM (with): archaically used to refer to a band of musicians. This is the sense used in the title \"Master of the Queen's Music\""}
-{"Clue":"Professional theologian providing some useful emails (5)","Answer":"ULEMA","Explanation":"Definition: Professional theologian\nHidden in usefUL EMAils"}
-{"Clue":"Like lardy-cake, or what it's served on, without topping? (4)","Answer":"OILY","Explanation":"Definition: Like lardy-cake\nDOILY less its \"topping\""}
-{"Clue":"Former mate subject to senior officer in the Guards (4)","Answer":"EXON","Explanation":"Definition: senior officer in the Guards\nEX (former mate) + ON (subject to) \u2013 it's \"one of the four commanding officers of the Yeomen of the Guard\""}
-{"Clue":"Drivers get through distance that's unnatural (7)","Answer":"MIRACLE","Explanation":"Definition: that's unnatural\nRAC (Royal Automobile Club) in MILE"}
-{"Clue":"No peace till one's buried (7)","Answer":"HATCHET","Explanation":"Definition: No peace till one's buried\nCryptic definition, referring to the phrase \"burying the hatchet\", meaning making peace"}
-{"Clue":"Melon, rotten fruit (5)","Answer":"LEMON","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nMELON"}
-{"Clue":"Board wanted to get you on board (9)","Answer":"GANGPLANK","Explanation":"Definition: Board wanted to get you on board\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Her husband-to-be was a slippery customer (10)","Answer":"CINDERELLA","Explanation":"Definition: Her husband-to-be was a slippery customer\nCryptic definition, referring (rather vaguely) to Cinderella's glass slipper, which the Prince used to find her"}
-{"Clue":"Trunk not to be opened roughly (2,2)","Answer":"OR SO","Explanation":"Definition: roughly\n[T]ORSO"}
-{"Clue":"Resolute mob rioting is vexatious (11)","Answer":"TROUBLESOME","Explanation":"Definition: vexatious\n(RESOLUTE MOB)"}
-{"Clue":"Seeking computer technology is inviting trouble (6,3,2)","Answer":"ASKING FOR IT","Explanation":"Definition: inviting trouble\nASKING FOR (seeking) I[nformation] T[echnology]"}
-{"Clue":"Precious way to start a letter (4)","Answer":"DEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Precious\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Housecoat a stone's throw away? (10)","Answer":"PEBBLEDASH","Explanation":"Definition: Housecoat a stone's throw away\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Weed, crushed, smells oddly (9)","Answer":"GROUNDSEL","Explanation":"Definition: Weed\nGROUND (crushed) + odd letters of SmElLs"}
-{"Clue":"Schoolteacher's random call? (5)","Answer":"HEADS","Explanation":"Definition: Schoolteacher\nDouble definition \u2013 headmaster\/mistress and \"heads or tails\""}
-{"Clue":"Showing no emotion over divine corpse (7)","Answer":"DEADPAN","Explanation":"Definition: Showing no emotion\nThe divine corpse might be DEAD PAN"}
-{"Clue":"Commend phone function to roam (7)","Answer":"APPROVE","Explanation":"Definition: Commend\nAPP + ROVE"}
-{"Clue":"Out of spite, start to malign girl (6)","Answer":"MALICE","Explanation":"Definition: spite\nM[align] + ALICE"}
-{"Clue":"Make one think again (6)","Answer":"REMIND","Explanation":"Definition: Make one think again\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Competitor cannot broadcast about match (10)","Answer":"CONTESTANT","Explanation":"Definition: Competitor\nTEST (match) in CANNOT"}
-{"Clue":"Excellent performance on course for high-flyer (5)","Answer":"EAGLE","Explanation":"Definition: Excellent performance on course\nDouble definition \u2013 an eagle is a score of two under par in golf"}
-{"Clue":"Fragment of Messiah heard, part of a cycle (9)","Answer":"HANDLEBAR","Explanation":"Definition: part of a cycle\nHomophone of \"Handel bar\", which might be a fragment of his *Messiah"}
-{"Clue":"Get a peep inside binder (4)","Answer":"TAPE","Explanation":"Definition: binder\nHidden in geT A PEep"}
-{"Clue":"Top-level clearance (8)","Answer":"HEADROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Top-level clearance\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Assume control of Special K and overeat (4,4)","Answer":"TAKE OVER","Explanation":"Definition: Assume control of\nAnagram of K + OVEREAT"}
-{"Clue":"Be sacked \u2014 and guillotined? (3,3,4)","Answer":"GET THE CHOP","Explanation":"Definition: Be sacked\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Less popular time to be on shore, presumably, with boy (3,6)","Answer":"OFF SEASON","Explanation":"Definition: Less popular time\nOFF SEA (\"on shore\") + SON"}
-{"Clue":"Players got on, plastered (8)","Answer":"BANDAGED","Explanation":"Definition: plastered\nBAND AGED"}
-{"Clue":"Musical would be fine, if shortened (8)","Answer":"OKLAHOMA","Explanation":"Definition: Musical\nThe official abbreviation for the state is OK = fine. Strictly speaking the title of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical has an exclamation mark"}
-{"Clue":"Tries hard with a cereal (3,1,2)","Answer":"HAS A GO","Explanation":"Definition: Tries\nH + A SAGO"}
-{"Clue":"Restrained? Cheats appallingly (6)","Answer":"CHASTE","Explanation":"Definition: Restrained\nCHEATS"}
-{"Clue":"A block picked up is wood (5)","Answer":"BALSA","Explanation":"Definition: wood\nReverse of A SLAB"}
-{"Clue":"Very light haircut a bargain? (4)","Answer":"SNIP","Explanation":"Definition: Very light haircut\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fresh white loaf fed the start of bread production (5,2,5)","Answer":"FIELD OF WHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: the start of bread production\n(WHITE LOAF FED)"}
-{"Clue":"Brown bread for the Queen? (5)","Answer":"TOAST","Explanation":"Definition: Brown bread\nDouble definition \u2013 toast is literally \"brown bread\" , but it can also slangily mean dead (\"he is toast\") = brown bread (rhyming slang); and \"The Queen\" is a toast at a formal dinner"}
-{"Clue":"Milled grain for a bloomer, say (9)","Answer":"CORNFLOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Milled grain for a bloomer\nCORN (milled grain) + homophone of \"flower\", &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Round loaf with wild hazels (7)","Answer":"COBNUTS","Explanation":"Definition: hazels\nCOB (round loaf) + NUTS (crazy, wild)"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's back with a change of heading \u2014 the French in retreat, unchanging (7)","Answer":"ETERNAL","Explanation":"Definition: unchanging\nSTERN (\"boatman's back\") with the first letter changed to the (unspecified) E, + reverse of LA (French feminine \"the\")"}
-{"Clue":"Herb we eat with bliss, when cooked (5,5)","Answer":"SWEET BASIL","Explanation":"Definition: Herb\n(WE EAT BLISS)"}
-{"Clue":"Boy ran out of one type of bread (4)","Answer":"GARY","Explanation":"Definition: Boy\nGRANARY (type of bread \u2013 actually a registered trademark) less RAN"}
-{"Clue":"Surge observed in chapati \u2014 delicious! (4)","Answer":"TIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Surge\nHidden in chapaTI DE licious"}
-{"Clue":"Loaf produced by Chinese people burying one (4,6)","Answer":"HANG AROUND","Explanation":"Definition: Loaf \nA in HAN (Chinese people) + GROUND (produced?)"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty review about Beethoven's Ninth (3,4)","Answer":"NOT NICE","Explanation":"Definition: Nasty\nN (9th letter of Beethoven) in NOTICE (a review)"}
-{"Clue":"Bread is torn apart by gull? (7)","Answer":"SEABIRD","Explanation":"Definition: gull?\n(BREAD IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Quick butcher's got you turned around, say, and cut open (3-6)","Answer":"EYE-GLANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Quick butcher's\nReverse of YE (you) + EG (say) + LANCE (cut open). I didn't know this expression, but its meaning is obvious and it was clearly clued. Butcher's [hook] is rhyming slang for a look"}
-{"Clue":"Rustic bread ingredient specified in letters (5)","Answer":"SPELT","Explanation":"Definition: Rustic bread ingredient\nDouble definition: type of grain and \"spelled\""}
-{"Clue":"Elaborate sequel to Death Wish for now (7,5)","Answer":"PASSING FANCY","Explanation":"Definition: Wish for now\nPASSING (death) + FANCY (elaborate)"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's rascal ran off, getting damper in Australia? (9)","Answer":"FLATBREAD","Explanation":"Definition: damper in Australia\nSpoonerism of \"brat fled\". Damper is a kind of unleavened bread used by stockmen and others in Australia"}
-{"Clue":"Commends review of nurses taking temperature twice (8)","Answer":"ENTRUSTS","Explanation":"Definition: Commends\nTwo separate occurrences of T in NURSES"}
-{"Clue":"They're often seen swimming as a pair in a pool (5)","Answer":"DUCKS","Explanation":"Definition: They're often seen swimming\nI think the \"pair in a pool\" are the two Os or 0s (i.e. ducks, as in cricket) in pOOl"}
-{"Clue":"Looking ahead, is gene changed to give new finish to Irish loaf? (3-6)","Answer":"FAR-SEEING","Explanation":"Definition: Looking ahead\nFARL (Irish soda bread, though Chambers doesn't give this specific meaning) with the last letter replaced by (IS GENE)"}
-{"Clue":"Raised heated note out loud instead (6)","Answer":"HEFTED","Explanation":"Definition: Raised\nHEATED with A (note) replaced by F (forte, loud)"}
-{"Clue":"Trim a slice of bread or naan (5)","Answer":"ADORN","Explanation":"Definition: Trim\nHidden in breAD OR Naan \u2013 the second hidden answer involving an Indian bread"}
-{"Clue":"After French bread and jams (6)","Answer":"STICKS","Explanation":"Definition: jams\nWhen it goes after \"French\" it gives us \"French sticks\", a type of bread."}
-{"Clue":"By eating a small loaf with this, one may avoid getting damper (6)","Answer":"BROLLY","Explanation":"Definition: with this\nROLL in BY"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character, a bold man born at odds (9)","Answer":"AGAMEMNON","Explanation":"Definition: Greek character\nA + GAME (bold) + odd letters of MaN bOrN"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman displaces everyone, starting obliquely and cruelly (9)","Answer":"ABUSIVELY","Explanation":"Definition: cruelly\nALLUSIVELY (obliquely) with ALL (everyone) replaced by AB (sailor, boatman)"}
-{"Clue":"Interrupts holiday \u2014 that's wrong (6,2)","Answer":"BREAKS IN","Explanation":"Definition: Interrupts\nBREAK (holiday) + SIN (a wrong)"}
-{"Clue":"Soft bread, when legal (6)","Answer":"TENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Soft\nDouble definition, the second referring to \"legal tender\" for money = bread"}
-{"Clue":"Substitute rum, the central element in hot toddy (2,4)","Answer":"DO DUTY","Explanation":"Definition: Substitute\nU (middle letter of rUm) in TODDY"}
-{"Clue":"Handles sliced white, a lady's (6)","Answer":"WIELDS","Explanation":"Definition: Handles\nAlternate letters (indicated by \"sliced\") of WhItE a LaDy'S"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character that's undone embracing Echo (5)","Answer":"THETA","Explanation":"Definition: Greek character\nE (Echo in the NATO phonetic alphabet) in THAT*. The second \"Greek character\", in a different sense this time"}
-{"Clue":"Woman puts crust of loaf on place in cupboard (5)","Answer":"SHELF","Explanation":"Definition: place in cupboard\nSHE + L[oa]F"}
-{"Clue":"Primarily suppress flatulence? The French do (7)","Answer":"SWINDLE","Explanation":"Definition: do\nS[uppress] + WIND (flatulence) + LE (French \"the\")"}
-{"Clue":"Story of Dracula, say (7)","Answer":"ACCOUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Story\nHomophone of \"a count\""}
-{"Clue":"Mark's tense opening letter from Crete (6)","Answer":"STIGMA","Explanation":"Definition: Mark\nT in SIGMA (Greek letter)"}
-{"Clue":"Light up with Scottish smoker during one row (8)","Answer":"ILLUMINE","Explanation":"Definition: Light up\nLUM (Scots chimney) in I LINE"}
-{"Clue":"Adult with two 14s around? (3)","Answer":"DAD","Explanation":"Definition: Adult with two 14s around\nA between two D[aughters], &lit, with a question mark as not all dads have two daughters"}
-{"Clue":"Playing together with no hesitation in Jewish quarter (6)","Answer":"GHETTO","Explanation":"Definition: Jewish quarter\nAnagram of TOGETHER less ER (hestitation). The word ghetto comes from the name of an area of Venice that jews were restricted to until it was dissolved by Napoleon"}
-{"Clue":"Issue raised by the Guardian, not the Scotsman, surprisingly (8)","Answer":"DAUGHTER","Explanation":"Definition: Issue raised\nAnagram of THE GUARDIAN less IAN (scotsman)"}
-{"Clue":"One of three patriarchs from two different 5s (5)","Answer":"ISAAC","Explanation":"Definition: One of three patriarchs\nISA (tax-free savings account in the UK) + AC (another \"account\"). In Genesis, Isaac is the son of Abraham and father of Jacob"}
-{"Clue":"Smearing teacher, having deployed a bug outside home (9)","Answer":"BEDAUBING","Explanation":"Definition: Smearing\nB.ED. (Bachelor of Education) + IN (home) in (A BUG)"}
-{"Clue":"Apparently nobody's 12's brother died keeping goal (9)","Answer":"UNCLAIMED","Explanation":"Definition: Apparently nobody's\nAIM (goal) in UNCLE (Dad's brother) + D"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy about hotel swimming pool location (5)","Answer":"BATHS","Explanation":"Definition: swimming pool location\nH[otel] in BATS"}
-{"Clue":"Final appearance of US actress \u2014 good! (8)","Answer":"SWANSONG","Explanation":"Definition: Final appearance\n[Gloria] SWANSON + G"}
-{"Clue":"Tip from Antonio Conte about start of play (3,3)","Answer":"ACT ONE","Explanation":"Definition: start of play\nAnagram of A[ntonio] CONTE"}
-{"Clue":"Somewhat posh? A topper, perhaps (3)","Answer":"HAT","Explanation":"Definition: Somewhat posh? A topper, perhaps\nHidden in posH A Topper, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"So controlling! (8)","Answer":"DOMINANT","Explanation":"Definition: So\nDouble definition \u2013 music theory time: in tonic sol-fa, \"so\" is the fifth note of the scale, also known as the dominant"}
-{"Clue":"Trendy female confronts a setter's notoriety (6)","Answer":"INFAMY","Explanation":"Definition: notoriety\nIN + F + A + MY (setter's). I can't see this word without thinking of Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in *Carry on Cleo*: \"Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!\""}
-{"Clue":"Running nude not dead hard? Not tried yet (7)","Answer":"UNHEARD","Explanation":"Definition: Not tried yet\nAnagram of NU[d]E HARD"}
-{"Clue":"Sounding very windy, if one that'll fly through stormy night shortly (7)","Answer":"HOWLING","Explanation":"Definition: Sounding very windy\nOWL (one that'll fly) in anagram of NIGH[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Weird sisters pollarding birches, say (7)","Answer":"WITCHES","Explanation":"Definition: Weird sisters\nSWITCHES (sticks used for beating, e.g. birch) \"pollarded\", i.e. with its top removed. The Weird Sisters are the three witches in *Macbeth*. (I spent a while trying to justify this as a homophone of \"wyches\", meaning certain types of tree)"}
-{"Clue":"Nearly time to crash? (9)","Answer":"NIGHTFALL","Explanation":"Definition: Nearly time to crash\nNIGH + T + FALL, &lit \u2013 \"crash\" as in \"crash out\" = go to bed or sleep"}
-{"Clue":"Tempt one lad to stray (4,2)","Answer":"LEAD ON","Explanation":"Definition: Tempt\n(ONE LAD)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of office layout extremely unusual in a wine store (8)","Answer":"CELLULAR","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of office layout\nU[nusua]L in CELLAR. I don't think I've seen the word used in this sense \u2013 it's basically the opposite of open-plan"}
-{"Clue":"Sex appeal? A ton, when topless (5)","Answer":"OOMPH","Explanation":"Definition: Sex appeal\nA ton is 100 MPH, so remove the 1"}
-{"Clue":"Cry in support of kid's mother that's not big city material (7)","Answer":"NANKEEN","Explanation":"Definition: material\nNANNY (female goat) less NY + KEEN (to cry)"}
-{"Clue":"Wee condoms, perhaps, if emerging from Spooner's boxers (13)","Answer":"MIDDLEWEIGHTS","Explanation":"Definition: boxers\nSpoonerism of \"widdle\" (to urinate, wee) \"Mates\" (brand of condom, launched by Richard Branson)"}
-{"Clue":"Fine and dandy before return match you lost (9)","Answer":"BEAUTIFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Fine\nBEAU (dandy) + reverse of FIT match) + U (you) L[ost]"}
-{"Clue":"Slight hill some say is a monster (8)","Answer":"MINOTAUR","Explanation":"Definition: monster\nHomophone of \"minor tor\""}
-{"Clue":"12 embraces partners getting married \u2014 a regular occurrence (3,4)","Answer":"NEW MOON","Explanation":"Definition: a regular occurrence\nE W (partners in bridge) + M[arried] in NOON (12 o'clock)"}
-{"Clue":"Killer game (7)","Answer":"HANGMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Killer\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"City can get on top of old Mexican in New York? (6)","Answer":"LATINO","Explanation":"Definition: Mexican in New York\nLA (Los Angeles) + TIN (can) + O[ld]"}
-{"Clue":"Turning water green (5)","Answer":"NAIVE","Explanation":"Definition: green\nReverse of EVIAN (French mineral water)"}
-{"Clue":"Bawdy author's first mob, so to speak (8)","Answer":"RABELAIS","Explanation":"Definition: Bawdy author\nHomophone of \"Rabble A\", i.e. the \"first mob\""}
-{"Clue":"Kind of kitten or cat, one included in bill (6)","Answer":"ATOMIC","Explanation":"Definition: Kind of kitten\nTOM (cat) I in AC (account, bill). Reference to the girl group Atomic Kitten, which even I have heard of"}
-{"Clue":"Appear vaguely in room, where one goes mad unnoticed (4)","Answer":"LOOM","Explanation":"Definition: Appear vaguely\nLOO (room where one goes) + MAD less AD (notice)"}
-{"Clue":"Part of Atlantic's valuable reserve that's not yet exploited (6,4)","Answer":"VIRGIN SOIL","Explanation":"Definition: that's not yet exploited\nVIRGIN (as in Virgin Atlantic + S (from Atlantic'**s**) + OIL (valuable reserve)"}
-{"Clue":"Flowers return, fed with nitrogen, I detect (6)","Answer":"SENSOR","Explanation":"Definition: I detect\nN I in reverse of ROSES"}
-{"Clue":"Be proud of rhubarb that Mrs Grundy's bottled (8)","Answer":"PROTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Be proud\nROT (nonsense, rhubarb) in PRUDE. \"Proud\" in the sense of sticking out"}
-{"Clue":"Two blokes meeting pedlar (7)","Answer":"CHAPMAN","Explanation":"Definition: pedlar\nCHAP + MAN"}
-{"Clue":"What is in Washington? Start to explore and gape (7)","Answer":"DEHISCE","Explanation":"Definition: gape\nEH (what?) + IS in DC+ E[xplore]. In botany, to dehisce is \"to burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.\""}
-{"Clue":"He led miners from cliff to ravine (8)","Answer":"SCARGILL","Explanation":"Definition: He led miners\nSCAR (cliff) + GILL (ravine); Arthur Scargill, leader of the miners' union during the strike of 1984-85"}
-{"Clue":"I have no leisure \u2014 almost behind, for example, in verse (6)","Answer":"IAMBUS","Explanation":"Definition: behind, for example, in verse\nI AM BUS[y]. \"Behind\" is an example of an iambus"}
-{"Clue":"Huge old quantity halved in a sort of arithmetic (10)","Answer":"MONUMENTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Huge\nO NUM[ber] in MENTAL"}
-{"Clue":"Lied about being unemployed (4)","Answer":"IDLE","Explanation":"Definition: unemployed\nLIED* \u2013 a clue that seems strangely out of place by being so easy"}
-{"Clue":"For delivery to a force to be reckoned with (4,2)","Answer":"CARE OF","Explanation":"Definition: For delivery to\n(A FORCE)"}
-{"Clue":"Keeping wife and Jack working, makes index (3,5)","Answer":"DOW JONES","Explanation":"Definition: index\nW J ON in DOES (makes)"}
-{"Clue":"Pen a note: check boxes measuring small dimensions (8)","Answer":"NANOTECH","Explanation":"Definition: measuring small dimensions\nHidden in (\"boxed by\") peN A NOTE Check \u2013 there's surely more to nanotechnology than just measuring.."}
-{"Clue":"European misses out on a new beginning (4)","Answer":"GERM","Explanation":"Definition: beginning\nGERMAN less A N"}
-{"Clue":"Be undecided about one claim forgone (6)","Answer":"WAIVER","Explanation":"Definition: claim forgone\nI in WAVER"}
-{"Clue":"I make careless mistake in feeble poem, after change of heart (8)","Answer":"PALINODE","Explanation":"Definition: poem, after change of heart\nI NOD (make careless mistakes) in PALE. A palinode is \" an ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem.\" A new word to me, justified by its use in the theme."}
-{"Clue":"More than one firm Tory type rejecting Heath from tedium (10)","Answer":"CONSORTIUM","Explanation":"Definition: More than one firm\nCON SORT [Ted]IUM"}
-{"Clue":"Sympathised with one sort of public house under pressure (6)","Answer":"PITIED","Explanation":"Definition: Sympathised with\nP + I + TIED (as in \"tied house\", a pub that is under an agreement to buy all or most of its beer from a particular brewery)"}
-{"Clue":"In predicament, fight with energy (6)","Answer":"SCRAPE","Explanation":"Definition: In predicament\nSCRAP (fight) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Top-class con man? (5-5)","Answer":"SUPER-DUPER","Explanation":"Definition: Top-class\nDouble\/cryptic definition: a con man is one who dupes"}
-{"Clue":"Very inaccurate shot (where one saw it coming?) (1,4,3)","Answer":"A MILE OFF","Explanation":"Definition: where one saw it coming\nDouble definition \u2013 as in \"I saw it coming a mile off\")"}
-{"Clue":"Vineyard Frenchwoman runs with less compassion (8)","Answer":"CRUELLER","Explanation":"Definition: with less compassion\nCRU (vineyard) + ELLE + R"}
-{"Clue":"Some roofs are abused (6)","Answer":"SLATED","Explanation":"Definition: Some roofs are\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Church oversees exam for singers (6)","Answer":"CHORAL","Explanation":"Definition: for singers\nCH[urch] + ORAL (exam)"}
-{"Clue":"According to judges, sons are not consanguineous (2-4)","Answer":"IN-LAWS","Explanation":"Definition: not consanguineous\nIN LAW (according to judges) + S[ons]"}
-{"Clue":"King cobra kills every other Russian (4)","Answer":"IGOR","Explanation":"Definition: Russian\nAlternate letters of kInG cObRa"}
-{"Clue":"Space station with a name (7)","Answer":"MIRANDA","Explanation":"Definition: name\nMIR (Soviet\/Russian space station) AND (with) A. Sorry to get off to a critical start, but \"name\" seems a rather weak (if accurate) definition"}
-{"Clue":"Getting a partner rowing? (7)","Answer":"PULLING","Explanation":"Definition: Getting a partner\nDouble definition \u2013 a slang meaning of \"pull\" that some may be unfamiliar with is \"to succeed in forming a (sexual) relationship with\"; and it's rowing in the boating sense"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian nursing river country (5)","Answer":"URSUS","Explanation":"Guardian nursing river country (5)\nR in US (Guardian) + U[nited] S[tates]. Either there is no definition here, or it's an &lit that I don't understand. There's a minor character called Ursus who is a bodyguard (=\"nurse\"?) in the novel *Quo Vadis*, but that seems an unlikely explanation, to say the least"}
-{"Clue":"Case of drink (oil of rum) (9)","Answer":"PORTFOLIO","Explanation":"Definition: Case\nPORT + (OIL OF)"}
-{"Clue":"Pleasurable indulgence \u2014 sexed up element of Jane Austen work? (10)","Answer":"SENSUALITY","Explanation":"Definition: Pleasurable indulgence\nSensuality might be a \"sexed-up\" version of [Sense and] Sensibility"}
-{"Clue":"Linear DIY assistance that might be quickly withdrawn (4,7)","Answer":"TAPE MEASURE","Explanation":"Definition: Linear DIY assistance that might be quickly withdrawn\nCryptic definition, referring to those builders' metal tape measures that are pulled out of a case and can be retracted quickly"}
-{"Clue":"Published song by editor on the smaller side (11)","Answer":"OUTNUMBERED","Explanation":"Definition: on the smaller side\nOUT (published) + NUMBER (song) + ED"}
-{"Clue":"Sides removed from metal framework channel (4)","Answer":"RILL","Explanation":"Definition: channel\n[g]RILL[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Aged female impersonator reverses tide to pat tomcat (3,3,4)","Answer":"BIG BAD WOLF","Explanation":"Definition: Aged female impersonator\nReverse of FLOW (tide) DAB (to pat) GIB (tomcat). The definition is a reference to the wolf in *Little Red Riding Hood* and his impersonation of the grandmother, an \"aged female\""}
-{"Clue":"Hero cited fanciful four-syllable foot (9)","Answer":"DITROCHEE","Explanation":"Definition: four-syllable foot\n(HERO CITED)*. A trochee is a two-syllable metric foot, and this is two of them. Chambers gives the splendidly unhelpful definition of \"a trochaic dipody\""}
-{"Clue":"\"Drugs kill\" bar (5)","Answer":"ESTOP","Explanation":"Definition: bar\nES (plural of E[cstasy]) + TOP (kill)"}
-{"Clue":"One who concludes holding company is device to make text unreadable? (7)","Answer":"ENCODER","Explanation":"Definition: device to make text unreadable\nCO in ENDER"}
-{"Clue":"Model imitation houses set boundaries (7)","Answer":"DELIMIT","Explanation":"Definition: set boundaries\nHidden in (housed by) moDEL IMITation"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet timid sort welcomes sex (6)","Answer":"MOUSSE","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nS in MOUSE"}
-{"Clue":"Discovering it sends homeowner up the wall (6,4)","Answer":"RISING DAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Discovering it sends homeowner up the wall\nA rather vague cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Colourful climber throws tantrums crossing icy Ural peaks (10)","Answer":"NASTURTIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Colourful climber\nI[cy] U[rals] in TANTRUMS"}
-{"Clue":"Acting penfriend has no measure of dismay (5)","Answer":"APPAL","Explanation":"Definition: dismay\nA (acting) + PEN-PAL less EN (printer's measure)"}
-{"Clue":"Casual piece \u2014 watch? (4-5)","Answer":"PART-TIMER","Explanation":"Definition: Casual\nPART (piece) TIMER (watch). I think the definition is a bit inaccurate \u2013 a part-timer is not necessarily a casual [worker]"}
-{"Clue":"Provided the central of this sentence (4)","Answer":"LIFE","Explanation":"Definition: sentence\nThere seems to be a word missing from this clue \u2013 central part? \u2013 and as far as I can see the wordplay is just telling us that IF (provided) is the middle of the answer; the outside LE doesn't seem to be indicated"}
-{"Clue":"United's a member of football division (2,6)","Answer":"IN LEAGUE","Explanation":"Definition: United's\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"First two of irritating Pogues' wayward followers (8)","Answer":"GROUPIES","Explanation":"Definition: followers\nAnagram of IR[ritating] + POGUES"}
-{"Clue":"Walked like a confined prisoner in stockinged feet, which prevents self-harm (6,4)","Answer":"PADDED CELL","Explanation":"Definition: which prevents self-harm\nDouble definition \u2013 the prisoner might have padded [his] cell"}
-{"Clue":"Penguin's blueish ruffles breaking up pair? (9)","Answer":"PUBLISHER","Explanation":"Definition: Penguin\nBLUEISH* in PR. Nitpicking again, Penguin is a definition-by-example so really needs a \"maybe\" or something. And the surface reading is pretty meaningless"}
-{"Clue":"Dish of pork topping and gold hog's back (8)","Answer":"PORRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Dish\nP[ork] + OR + RIDGE (Hog's Back is a name given to some ridges, e.g. this one"}
-{"Clue":"Fit a line to break the involuntary response (8)","Answer":"ATHLETIC","Explanation":"Definition: Fit\nA + L in THE + TIC"}
-{"Clue":"Times cutting report base (6)","Answer":"BOTTOM","Explanation":"Definition: base\nTT in BOOM"}
-{"Clue":"Remembered exactly Dicky having stroke (3,3)","Answer":"OFF PAT","Explanation":"Definition: Remembered exactly\nOFF (dicky) + PAT (to stroke) \u2013 bit of a pity that we've already seen \"pat\" in the clue to 22a"}
-{"Clue":"Book scan reveals money (5)","Answer":"BREAD","Explanation":"Definition: money\nB + READ"}
-{"Clue":"Worthy attempt to use too much (4)","Answer":"GOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Worthy\nGO (atttempt) + OD (overdose)"}
-{"Clue":"Normal procedure at home, interrupting course (7)","Answer":"ROUTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Normal procedure\nIN (at home) in ROUTE"}
-{"Clue":"Horses from stud mostly fed with corn mash (7)","Answer":"BRONCOS","Explanation":"Definition: Horses\nCORN* in BOS[S] (stud)"}
-{"Clue":"Friend beginning to play the fool (5)","Answer":"CHUMP","Explanation":"Definition: fool\nCHUM + P[lay["}
-{"Clue":"Taking supporters back with cast (9)","Answer":"SNAFFLING","Explanation":"Definition: Taking\nReverse of FANS + FLING"}
-{"Clue":"At sea, eat no slugs as seafood (10)","Answer":"LANGOUSTES","Explanation":"Definition: seafood\n(EAT NO SLUGS)"}
-{"Clue":"Boat's destination in song that sounds blue (4)","Answer":"SKYE","Explanation":"Definition: Boat's destination in song\nHomophone of \"sky\", with reference to the Skye Boat Song (\"Speed, bonnie boat\" etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Head examiner is rating cool form (12)","Answer":"CRANIOLOGIST","Explanation":"Definition: Head examiner\n(IS RATING COOL)"}
-{"Clue":"Fully booked in mid-June and second half of July (12)","Answer":"UNRESERVEDLY","Explanation":"Definition: Fully\nRESERVED in [j]UN[e] + [ju]LY"}
-{"Clue":"Month not the first that may be triumphal (4)","Answer":"ARCH","Explanation":"Definition: that may be triumphal\n[M]ARCH. The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is a well-known example of a triumphal arch. There are triumphal marches too, e.g. the famous one in Verdi's *Aida"}
-{"Clue":"Unnecessary words? Not about bear (10)","Answer":"PADDINGTON","Explanation":"Definition: bear\nPADDING (unnecessary words) + reverse of NOT, giving us the famous fictional bear"}
-{"Clue":"Team, say, leading in America (9)","Answer":"STATESIDE","Explanation":"Definition: in America\nSTATE (say) + SIDE (team)"}
-{"Clue":"Grand filling for soldier's jacket (5)","Answer":"PARKA","Explanation":"Definition: jacket\nK (1000, a grand) in PARA"}
-{"Clue":"Pottery broken by remote conflict (7)","Answer":"WARFARE","Explanation":"Definition: conflict\nFAR (remote) in WARE (pottery, as in Delftware, Wedgwood ware)"}
-{"Clue":"A king involved in The French Connection (7)","Answer":"LINKAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Connection\n(A KING)* in LE"}
-{"Clue":"Remember to pay another visit (6)","Answer":"RECALL","Explanation":"Definition: Remember\nTo pay another visit is to RE-CALL"}
-{"Clue":"Abrupt changes of direction upset empty vessels (1-5)","Answer":"U-TURNS","Explanation":"Definition: Abrupt changes of direction\nU[pse]T + URNS"}
-{"Clue":"Going on to make entrance without expert (2,8)","Answer":"IN PROGRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Going on\nPRO (export) in INGRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Moderates get revolutionary to swallow arsenic (5)","Answer":"EASES","Explanation":"Definition: Moderates\nAS (symbol for Arsenic) in reverse of SEE (to get)"}
-{"Clue":"Cook is aware of audible college (9)","Answer":"BRASENOSE","Explanation":"Definition: college\nHomophone of \"braise\" (to cook) + \"knows\""}
-{"Clue":"Fish getting away from posh speaker? (4)","Answer":"ORFE","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nAnother homophone: the \"posh\" (and rather old-fashioned) pronunciation of \"off\" as \"orff\". ORFE is an alternative name for that other familiar crossword fish, the ide"}
-{"Clue":"Female writing line in smart gear (5,3)","Answer":"CHICK LIT","Explanation":"Definition: Female writing\nL in CHIC KIT"}
-{"Clue":"FBI agents entertained by Tess playing parts (8)","Answer":"SEGMENTS","Explanation":"Definition: parts\nG-MEN in TESS"}
-{"Clue":"Baker's aid is secure after turning on grill (7,3)","Answer":"ROLLING PIN","Explanation":"Definition: Baker's aid\n(ON GRILL)* + PIN (to secure)"}
-{"Clue":"Musical director finally hurried up? That's the story (9)","Answer":"NARRATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: story\nReverse of EVITA [directo]R RAN (hurried)"}
-{"Clue":"Bird dog? A small pig! (8)","Answer":"CURASSOW","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nCUR + A S SOW. The name is an anglicised version of Cura\u00e7ao"}
-{"Clue":"Restful location in which time-wasting matriarch unwound? (8)","Answer":"ARMCHAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Restful location\nAnagram of MATRIARCH less T"}
-{"Clue":"Bones in back start to ache (6)","Answer":"STERNA","Explanation":"Definition: Bones\nSTERN (back) + A[che]"}
-{"Clue":"Promise to participate (6)","Answer":"ENGAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Promise\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Live comfortably after introduction to duchess (5)","Answer":"DWELL","Explanation":"Definition: Live\nD[uchess] + WELL"}
-{"Clue":"Cheese for entr\u00e9es that's also for starters (4)","Answer":"FETA","Explanation":"Definition: Cheese\nFirst letters of For Entr\u00e9es That's Also"}
-{"Clue":"Screen cleaner we'll install like a flailing whip (8)","Answer":"WASH-WIPE","Explanation":"Definition: Screen cleaner\nAS (like) + WHIP* in WE. The redundant \"a\" seemed a minor blemish, but I suppose SHWI is \"a flailing whip\""}
-{"Clue":"Dud leader in financial paper (4)","Answer":"BUMF","Explanation":"Definition: paper\nBUM (dud) + F \u2013 originally meaning toilet paper, from \"bum-fodder\", later a derogatory term for official documents"}
-{"Clue":"Former compound in the parade-ground (5)","Answer":"HEPAR","Explanation":"Definition: Former compound\nHidden in tHE PARade-ground"}
-{"Clue":"Salt tax grand, a beauty (7)","Answer":"GABELLE","Explanation":"Definition: Salt tax\nG A BELLE"}
-{"Clue":"Fine dress material: eastern one's about right (8)","Answer":"\u00c9OLIENNE","Explanation":"Definition: Fine dress material\nLIEN in E ONE \u2013 a light silk material, from the same Greek origin as \"aeolian\"."}
-{"Clue":"Players may look up to these old coaches (5)","Answer":"FLIES","Explanation":"Definition: Players may look up to these\nDouble definition \u2013 flies in the theatre (players = actors) and fly=a horse drawn cart"}
-{"Clue":"Seabird follows way back after dropping cod's head (5)","Answer":"SKART","Explanation":"Definition: Seabird\nReverse of TRACKS (follows way) less C"}
-{"Clue":"Old-style wig, international line in China grass (7)","Answer":"RAMILIE","Explanation":"Definition: Old-style wig\nI L in RAMIE (plant known as China Grass)"}
-{"Clue":"Hush preceding absolute monarch, one finding speech difficult (9)","Answer":"STUTTERER","Explanation":"Definition: one finding speech difficult\nST (hush!) + UTTER (absolute) ER"}
-{"Clue":"Palm tree hem with coir matting (7)","Answer":"MORICHE","Explanation":"Definition: Palm tree\n(HEM COIR)"}
-{"Clue":"Shock amateur with mate, capturing pawn (5)","Answer":"APPAL","Explanation":"Definition: Shock\nA + P in PAL"}
-{"Clue":"Wild horse hit a truck's rear, galloping (5)","Answer":"TAKHI","Explanation":"Definition: Wild horse\nAnagram of HIT + A [truc]K"}
-{"Clue":"Very bright American requiring support at first clue? (8)","Answer":"BRAINIAC","Explanation":"Definition: Very bright American\nBRA IN 1 AC[ross]"}
-{"Clue":"Greeting collapse with intake of doctor's first anticoagulant (7)","Answer":"HIRUDIN","Explanation":"Definition: first anticoagulant\nHI + D[octor] in RUIN"}
-{"Clue":"Lost race having end of velskoen stuck in gutter (5)","Answer":"RONNE","Explanation":"Definition: Lost race\n[velskoe]N in RONE (Scots word for a gutter). Spenserian (i.e. old or \"lost\") form of \"run\" = \"to race\"; and in case you were wondering, velskoen is \"a shoe made of rawhide\""}
-{"Clue":"Close couple tie knots, getting married (4)","Answer":"ITEM","Explanation":"Definition: Close couple\nTIE* + M"}
-{"Clue":"They guide travellers \u2013 tops sway when it's windy (8)","Answer":"WAYPOSTS","Explanation":"Definition: They guide travellers\n(TOPS SWAY)* \u2013 though hardly an anagram at all (I did wonder briefly if WAYSTOPS might be a word)"}
-{"Clue":"Signal flag with number of sheets fastened together (5)","Answer":"WHEFT","Explanation":"Definition: Signal\nW[ith] + HEFT"}
-{"Clue":"Turning poorly, ate about nothing, variation depending on direction (10)","Answer":"AEOLOTROPY","Explanation":"Definition: variation depending on direction\nO in (POORLY ATE)"}
-{"Clue":"Youngsters turned up divided having landed in divorce? (7)","Answer":"SPLIT-UP","Explanation":"Definition: divorce\nLIT in PUPS<"}
-{"Clue":"Distort main point about what's central to differences (5)","Answer":"WREST","Explanation":"Definition: Distort\nR (middle letter of diffeRences) in WEST"}
-{"Clue":"Bypass transformed region (6)","Answer":"IGNORE","Explanation":"Definition: Bypass\nREGION* \u2013 another very easy anagram clue"}
-{"Clue":"Procurer providing pa with a bit of rumpy? (6)","Answer":"PANDAR","Explanation":"Definition: Procurer\nP AND A + R[umpy]"}
-{"Clue":"Anvil bone broken, nasty rick involved (8)","Answer":"BECK-IRON","Explanation":"Definition: Anvil\nRICK* in BONE"}
-{"Clue":"Edible seaweed available in plentiful variety (4)","Answer":"ULVA","Explanation":"Definition: Edible seaweed\nHidden in plentifUL VAriety"}
-{"Clue":"Rule introduced in public school is binding (7)","Answer":"FETTERS","Explanation":"Definition: is binding\nR in FETTES (Edinburgh public school, whose former pupils include cricketer Malcolm Jardine, composer Sir Michael Tippett, and Tony Blair)"}
-{"Clue":"Cock-a-hoop president has not become less formal, I held (10)","Answer":"TRIUMPHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Cock-a-hoop\nI in TRUMP (he gets everywhere!) + AN'T"}
-{"Clue":"Part of prosencephalon, one embedded in layer (8)","Answer":"STRIATUM","Explanation":"Definition: Part of prosencephalon\nI in STRATUM"}
-{"Clue":"Dimension embodied in form of ahimsa, what yoga can lead to (7)","Answer":"SAMADHI","Explanation":"Definition: what yoga can lead to\nD in AHIMSA"}
-{"Clue":"Beloved strips for old clowns (7)","Answer":"JOSKINS","Explanation":"Definition: old clowns\nJO (Scots beloved + SKINS"}
-{"Clue":"Strict law shut up regular feature of opera (6)","Answer":"SHARIA","Explanation":"Definition: Strict law\nSH (shut up!) + ARIA"}
-{"Clue":"Nervous excitement still rising about bronze (6)","Answer":"TETANY","Explanation":"Definition: Nervous excitement\nTAN in YET<"}
-{"Clue":"Sensation over positive pedigree (5)","Answer":"STIRP","Explanation":"Definition: pedigree\nSTIR + P"}
-{"Clue":"Takes big risks? Pointers are in these (5)","Answer":"DICES","Explanation":"Definition: Takes big risks\nPointers are INDICES"}
-{"Clue":"Climbing up sides of ridge, sheer (4)","Answer":"PURE","Explanation":"Definition: sheer\nPU< + R[idg]E"}
-{"Clue":"Become annoyingly amorous \u2014 we object going: \" ______ \" (3,1,4)","Answer":"GET A ROOM","Explanation":"Become annoyingly amorous \u2014 we object going: \" ______ \" (3,1,4)\nGET (become) + anagram of AMOROUS less US (\"we\" as the grammatical object), with a kind of &lit feeling for the absent definition"}
-{"Clue":"Singer's keeping last of home comforts (6)","Answer":"CHEERS","Explanation":"Definition: comforts\n[hom]E in CHER'S"}
-{"Clue":"Removed Dexter, retired hurt (8)","Answer":"DETACHED","Explanation":"Definition: Removed\nReverse of TED (Dexter, cricketer, b. 1935)"}
-{"Clue":"Eager to fight Rod and Henry in turn (4-2)","Answer":"GUNG-HO","Explanation":"Definition: Eager to fight\nGUN (\"rod\" in gangster slang) + H[enry] in GO (a turn)"}
-{"Clue":"Stop working in centre of Beaune \u2014 I'm getting outta here! (5)","Answer":"ADIEU","Explanation":"Definition: I'm getting outta here\nDIE in [be]AU[ne]"}
-{"Clue":"Eat in low spirits, extremely low spirits (9)","Answer":"MOODINESS","Explanation":"Definition: low spirits\nDINE (eat) in MOO (low) S[pirit]S"}
-{"Clue":"In replay, clatters dopy old wingers (12)","Answer":"PTERODACTYLS","Explanation":"Definition: old wingers\n(CLATTERS DOPY)"}
-{"Clue":"Criminal's old mate wrong \u2014 10 isn't being clobbered (12)","Answer":"EXTORTIONIST","Explanation":"Definition: Criminal\nEX (old mate) + TORT (a civil wrong) + IO (10) + ISN'T"}
-{"Clue":"Plan succeeded with huge cutting back (9)","Answer":"STRATAGEM","Explanation":"Definition: Plan\nS[ucceeded] + reverse of MEGA (huge) TART (cutting)"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's book is out around second half of the month (5)","Answer":"IBSEN","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nB in IS + reverse (\"around\") of [ju]NE"}
-{"Clue":"Flash Gordon, flyer (6)","Answer":"DRONGO","Explanation":"Definition: flyer\nGORDON* \u2013 the drongo is \"a songbird with glossy black plumage and typically a long forked tail and a crest, found in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia\", though the word is perhaps more familiar as Australian slang for a stupid person. Flash as in \"fancy\" for the nicely-appropriate anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Has new single out \u2014 it's dirty (8)","Answer":"UNWASHED","Explanation":"Definition: dirty\nHAS* in UNWED (single)"}
-{"Clue":"Open Dad's wine (6)","Answer":"PATENT","Explanation":"Definition: Open\nPA + TENT (Spanish red wine, from *vino tinto*), with \"open\" as an adjective for the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Best saying 12 at start? That's unexpected! (2,6)","Answer":"BY GEORGE","Explanation":"Definition: That's unexpected\nBY (homophone of \"bye\") + George (Best, footballer)"}
-{"Clue":"Blasted cat's bitten tot \u2014 that's upsetting (6)","Answer":"GODDAM","Explanation":"Definition: Blasted\nADD (tot [up]) in MOG, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Juicy piece of news \u2014 time it proved effective (6)","Answer":"TITBIT","Explanation":"Definition: Juicy piece of news\nT + IT + BIT"}
-{"Clue":"Narrator describes sport he wants you to join (9)","Answer":"RECRUITER","Explanation":"Definition: he wants you to join\nRU (sport) in RECITER"}
-{"Clue":"Again Emperor's given order \u2014 Congress won't be restricted by it (4,8)","Answer":"OPEN\u00a0MARRIAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Congress won't be restricted by it\n(AGAIN EMPEROR)*, with \"congress\" in the sexual sense for the definition"}
-{"Clue":"On top of one time beauty \u2014 she's fascinating (5)","Answer":"HOURI","Explanation":"Definition: beauty \u2014 she's fascinating\nHOUR (time) + I (one)"}
-{"Clue":"Sweetheart's a joy \u2014 short but a really good looker (5,3)","Answer":"EAGLE EYE","Explanation":"Definition: a really good looker\n[sw]E]et + A GLEE + YE[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Director Nick has succeeded in style, but not content (8)","Answer":"SCORSESE","Explanation":"Definition: Director\nS[ucceeded] in SCORE (nick) + S[tyl]E \u2013 pity about the repetition of S for succeeded (see 21a)"}
-{"Clue":"Hard cash? Yes and no (7,5)","Answer":"FOLDING MONEY","Explanation":"Definition: Hard cash? Yes and no\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Criticise cold wine scandal? (9)","Answer":"CASTIGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Criticise\nC + ASTI-GATE (generic suffix for a scandal, from Watergate)"}
-{"Clue":"Made a mistake \u2014 came clean after changing gender (6,2)","Answer":"MESSED UP","Explanation":"Definition: Made a mistake\nFESSED UP with F changed to M. It's just about possible to read this the other way round, but I think this is the most natural reading (and confirmed by the online solution)"}
-{"Clue":"Politicians here \u2014 most are reportedly not Labour (8)","Answer":"STORMONT","Explanation":"Definition: Politicians here\nAnagram (\"Labour\") + MOST R (homophone of \"ARE\") NOT. Stormont is (the site of) the Northern Ireland Assembly"}
-{"Clue":"Found in Waterstone's, the right book (6)","Answer":"ESTHER","Explanation":"Definition: book\nHidden in waterstonES THE Right. Esther is the 17th book of the Old Testament, one of two books that do not mention God (the other is the Song of Solomon)"}
-{"Clue":"Nervous performing at the Fringe? (2,4)","Answer":"ON EDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Nervous\nON (performing) + EDGE (fringe)"}
-{"Clue":"Cross, tense and nearly going nuts (5)","Answer":"TIGON","Explanation":"Definition: Cross\nT[ense] + anagram of GOIN[g]. A tigon is a cross between male tiger and a female lion"}
-{"Clue":"Old friends taking care of modern miss, including minister (9)","Answer":"COMPADRES","Explanation":"Definition: Old friends\nCO (care of) + PADRE in MS (modern \"miss\", or indeed \"Mrs\")"}
-{"Clue":"Senior officer taking academic stream in philosopher William's place (5)","Answer":"OCCAM","Explanation":"Definition: philosopher William's place\nO[fficer] C[ommanding] + CAM (Cambridge river) \u2013 reference to William of Occam (or Ockham, which, as I've only just discovered, is a village in Surrey, where he was born), famous for his philosophical \"razor\""}
-{"Clue":"Getting new gear? Sports official has it (5)","Answer":"REFIT","Explanation":"Definition: Getting new gear\nREF[eree] + IT"}
-{"Clue":"Hills not unusually having bird sounds around (9)","Answer":"QUANTOCKS","Explanation":"Definition: Hills\nNOT* in QUACKS"}
-{"Clue":"A party in difficulty (3)","Answer":"ADO","Explanation":"Definition: difficulty\nA + DO"}
-{"Clue":"Trees found by prince in a foreign country (11)","Answer":"PHILIPPINES","Explanation":"Definition: a foreign country\nPHILIP + PINES"}
-{"Clue":"Incident is placed on record \u2014 lines of celebration? (7)","Answer":"EPISODE","Explanation":"Definition: Incident\nEP (record) + IS + ODE (lines)"}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish blocking entrance \u2014 nasty bit of wire? (7)","Answer":"GAROTTE","Explanation":"Definition: nasty bit of wire\nROT in GATE \u2013 more correctly spelled \"garrote\", it was used for executions in Spain until as recently as 1974"}
-{"Clue":"Throw husband out \u2014 ancient fellow whose wife has cheated (7)","Answer":"CUCKOLD","Explanation":"Definition: fellow whose wife has cheated\nCHUCK less H + OLD"}
-{"Clue":"Disciple following evangelist, a man of many words (7)","Answer":"JOHNSON","Explanation":"Definition: a man of many words\nJOHN (evangelist) + SON (disciple) \u2013 reference to Samuel Johnson, who wrote a lot of words but more specifically I think to his famous Dictionary"}
-{"Clue":"Naughty act of sexpot, seen retrospectively (2,4,5)","Answer":"EX\u00a0POST\u00a0FACTO","Explanation":"Definition: seen retrospectively\n(ACT OF SEXPOT)"}
-{"Clue":"Boxer went down, with time running out (3)","Answer":"ALI","Explanation":"Definition: Boxer\nALIT (past tense of \"alight\", to get down from a train etc) less T"}
-{"Clue":"Maiden featured in special birthday poem (9)","Answer":"DITHYRAMB","Explanation":"Definition: poem\nM in BIRTHDAY* \u2013 the dithyramb was originally a hymn in honour of Dionysus, god of wine and fertility"}
-{"Clue":"Surprise article, something you may get lost in ? (5)","Answer":"AMAZE","Explanation":"Definition: Surprise\nA MAZE"}
-{"Clue":"Little women, never disheartened, about to begin again (5)","Answer":"RENEW","Explanation":"Definition: begin again\nAnagram of W + NE[v]ER"}
-{"Clue":"State number being brought to head, having taken drug repeatedly (9)","Answer":"TENNESSEE","Explanation":"Definition: State\nTEN + NESS (head) + E E"}
-{"Clue":"Body in vehicle \u2014 something for police to investigate? (7)","Answer":"CARCASE","Explanation":"Definition: Body\nCAR + CASE"}
-{"Clue":"Aims of criminal joining Italy's No 1 illegal gang (7)","Answer":"MAFIOSI","Explanation":"Definition: illegal gang\n(AIMS OF)* + I[taly]"}
-{"Clue":"Non-patriots in revolt \u2014 being negative, they are charged (11)","Answer":"ANTIPROTONS","Explanation":"Definition: being negative, they are charged\n(NON-PATRIOTS)* \u2013 the anti-matter equivalent of the proton, negatively charged"}
-{"Clue":"Reward soldiers fairly (7)","Answer":"REQUITE","Explanation":"Definition: Reward\nRE (Royal Engineers, soldiers) + QUITE (fairly, as in \"quite\/fairly good\") \u2013 a word that's more familiar in its negative form, in phrases such as \"unrequited love\""}
-{"Clue":"Submarine group very hot (7)","Answer":"SEARING","Explanation":"Definition: very hot\nSEA + RING"}
-{"Clue":"Plump and old, needing exercise? (3)","Answer":"OPT","Explanation":"Definition: Plump\nO + PT \u2013 as in \"to plump for..\""}
-{"Clue":"Clown organised teachers \u2014 fair target? (7)","Answer":"COCONUT","Explanation":"Definition: fair target\nCOCO (famous clown) + NUT (teachers' union) \u2013 reference to coconut shies at fairs"}
-{"Clue":"Small stone housed in French gallery \u2014 essential item for visitor (4-3)","Answer":"MUST-SEE","Explanation":"Definition: essential item for visitor\nST[one] in MUSEE (French museum or gallery, as in *Mus\u00e9e du Louvre*)"}
-{"Clue":"Rod deceased, having swallowed yellow chemical (11)","Answer":"PERCHLORATE","Explanation":"Definition: chemical\nPERCH (= rod, unit of measure) + OR (yellow in heraldry) in LATE"}
-{"Clue":"Theologian enthralled by church organ in Somerset village (7)","Answer":"CHEDDAR","Explanation":"Definition: Somerset village\nDD in CH + EAR"}
-{"Clue":"Skipper goes round southern island missing bit of ship's apparatus (7)","Answer":"CAPSTAN","Explanation":"Definition: bit of ship's apparatus\nS in CAPTAIN less I"}
-{"Clue":"Excellent worker \u2014 I'll get stuck in, resisting authority (7)","Answer":"DEFIANT","Explanation":"Definition: resisting authority\nI in DEF ANT, where DEF = excellent in hip-hop slang \u2013 a meaning I first learned from an Araucaria puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary member of Eastern religion eating loaf (7)","Answer":"JACOBIN","Explanation":"Definition: Revolutionary\nCOB (loaf) in JAIN (member of Jainism, an Indian religion). Not to be confused with the Jacobites, the Jacobins were an anti-royalist group in the French Revolution"}
-{"Clue":"Spiritualists giving phoney answer (7)","Answer":"SHAMANS","Explanation":"Definition: Spiritualists\nSHAM ANS \u2013 an appropriate description of spritualists' activities"}
-{"Clue":"Simplicity I have found in nature, abandoning old city (7)","Answer":"NAIVETE","Explanation":"Definition: Simplicity\nI'VE in NATURE less UR (ancient city, birthplace of Abraham in Genesis)"}
-{"Clue":"Tree in river, weak top to bottom (3)","Answer":"YEW","Explanation":"Definition: Tree\nWYE with the W moved to the bottom"}
-{"Clue":"With lead removed, massive like a trace metal? (5)","Answer":"OSMIC","Explanation":"Definition: like a trace metal\n[C]OSMIC \u2013 relating to the metallic element Osmium, which \"is found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.\""}
-{"Clue":"As may be an entrance at university, somewhere in Hampshire (2-3-4)","Answer":"UP AND OVER","Explanation":"Definition: As may be an entrance\nUP (at university) + ANDOVER (Hampshire town) \u2013 some garage doors are called \"up and over\""}
-{"Clue":"Nearest and dearest recollection of standard socialist leader once (4,6)","Answer":"KING ALFRED","Explanation":"Definition: leader once\nKIN (nearest and dearest) + reverse of FLAG + RED (socialist)"}
-{"Clue":"Party organiser's pretty funny \u2014 a reasonable chance (4,5,2,3,4)","Answer":"FAIR CRACK OF THE WHIP","Explanation":"Definition: a reasonable chance\nI think this is FAIR (pretty) CRACK (a joke, a funny) + OF THE WHIP (party organiser's)"}
-{"Clue":"Plots extremely pathetic and scenario is ludicrous (12)","Answer":"CONSPIRACIES","Explanation":"Definition: Plots\nAnagram of P[atheti]C + SCENARIO IS"}
-{"Clue":"Simple switch turned on to receive call (12)","Answer":"UNORNAMENTED","Explanation":"Definition: Simple\nNAME (call) in (TURNED ON)"}
-{"Clue":"Sham bribe to cross border, rubbish (10)","Answer":"CODSWALLOP","Explanation":"Definition: rubbish\nCOD (sham) + WALL in SOP"}
-{"Clue":"Singer, a delicate creature, going after bouncer (9)","Answer":"BALLADEER","Explanation":"Definition: Singer\nBALL (\"bouncer\") + A DEER"}
-{"Clue":"Record on piano, no way for music entrepreneur (7)","Answer":"EPSTEIN","Explanation":"Definition: music entrepreneur\nEP + STEIN[WAY] \u2013 Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles"}
-{"Clue":"Saucy proposition that's illegal for a hooker? (7,4)","Answer":"FORWARD PASS","Explanation":"Definition: that's illegal for a hooker\nFORWARD (saucy) + PASS (proposition, as in \"making a pass\"), with hooker being a player of Rugby, in which forward passes are not allowed"}
-{"Clue":"Call to hug tree, sounding rough (6)","Answer":"CROAKY","Explanation":"Definition: sounding rough\nOAK in CRY"}
-{"Clue":"Seed that's old removed from a loch (6)","Answer":"ALMOND","Explanation":"Definition: Seed\nA + LOMOND less its first I"}
-{"Clue":"Quit a golf game to wander idly (4,6)","Answer":"KICK AROUND","Explanation":"Definition: to wander idly\nKICK (quit, as in \"kick the habit\") + A ROUND (game of golf)"}
-{"Clue":"Down to make an error (5)","Answer":"FLUFF","Explanation":"Definition: Down\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Player, a giant with red dicky (9)","Answer":"TRAGEDIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Player\n(A GIANT RED)"}
-{"Clue":"Norse collection needed, say, regularly (4)","Answer":"EDDA","Explanation":"Definition: Norse collection\nAlternate letters of nEeDeD sAy"}
-{"Clue":"Become angry: prayer causing breach of faith, unfortunately (4,1,3)","Answer":"HAVE A FIT","Explanation":"Definition: Become angry\nAVE in (\"breaching\") FAITH"}
-{"Clue":"Woman carrying pig lacking tail and hair (8)","Answer":"PORTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Woman carrying\nPOR[K] + TRESS. It's strange how some -ess words seem relatively innocuous (e.g. waitress, actress, though even there things are changing), while others, such as this one, seem ludicrously contrived and dated"}
-{"Clue":"Flame flickering over Bela Lugosi say, villain (10)","Answer":"MALEFACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: villain\nFLAME* + ACTOR"}
-{"Clue":"Responsible, short advert written up in message (8)","Answer":"CULPABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Responsible\nReverse of PLU[g] (advert) in CABLE (message)"}
-{"Clue":"Panels only entertained by fools (8)","Answer":"CONSOLES","Explanation":"Definition: Panels\nSOLE in CONS"}
-{"Clue":"Wool top pulled up in the manner of pockets (6)","Answer":"ALPACA","Explanation":"Definition: Wool\nReverse of CAP (top) in A LA (in the manner of)"}
-{"Clue":"Saw catching top of thigh, hurt (6)","Answer":"SPITED","Explanation":"Definition: hurt\nT[high] in SPIED"}
-{"Clue":"Slave branded by one, the mark of a printer (5)","Answer":"SERIF","Explanation":"Definition: the mark of a printer\nI in SERF (slave)"}
-{"Clue":"Play totally dominant role, as might a cannibal at breakfast time? (4,7,2,5)","Answer":"HAVE SOMEONE ON TOAST","Explanation":"Definition: Play totally dominant role\nDouble definition \u2013 the metaphorical meaning is clear, but it's not an expression I was particularly familiar with. Not one of Paul's greatest clues, I thought, but making the best of a rather clunky phrase, I suppose"}
-{"Clue":"Musician's book is lacking support (6)","Answer":"ASSIST","Explanation":"Definition: support\nBASSIST less B[ook]"}
-{"Clue":"Advanced because fighting Germany (7)","Answer":"FORWARD","Explanation":"Definition: Advanced\nFOR (because) + WAR (fighting) + D (~~D~~Germany)"}
-{"Clue":"Data not in for Red Arrows display? (9)","Answer":"FORMATION","Explanation":"Definition: Red Arrows display\nINFORMATION less IN"}
-{"Clue":"Long-distance traveller needs to reach Everest's base (5)","Answer":"COMET","Explanation":"Definition: Long-distance traveller\nCOME + [everes]T, though \"reach\" is surely \"come to\", not just \"come\". Some might not like \"base\" for the last letter in an across clue, but I don't particularly object"}
-{"Clue":"One's exercise at 50? Get going! (5)","Answer":"IMPEL","Explanation":"Definition: Get going\nI'M (one's, i.e. one is) + PE + L"}
-{"Clue":"Effusive, improvised C sharp setting for Groom's Vow Rejected (9)","Answer":"RHAPSODIC","Explanation":"Definition: Effusive\nReverse of \"I DO\" (vow in some wedding ceremonies) in (C SHARP)"}
-{"Clue":"Barperson who has a sip (about a pint) (7)","Answer":"TAPSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Barperson\nP (pint) in TASTER"}
-{"Clue":"Caught in lie about old advocate's outfit (6)","Answer":"TACKLE","Explanation":"Definition: outfit\nSlight contorted grammar here: the old advocate is a K[ing's] C[ounsel], who is reversed (about) and \"caught\" be TALE (lie)"}
-{"Clue":"Speaker's position, bottom of heap \u2014 shame (6)","Answer":"PODIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Speaker's position\n[hea]P + ODIUM. Those who didn't like \"base\" in 10 might feel the same about \"bottom\" here"}
-{"Clue":"Weed brings illness and bereavement (7)","Answer":"BUGLOSS","Explanation":"Definition: Weed\nBUG (illness, as in \"suffering from a bug\") + LOSS \u2013 I didn't know the name (which comes from the Greek for \"ox-tongue\" \u2013 *bou..* for ox and *gloss..* for tongue), but I think I have some of it in my garden.."}
-{"Clue":"Lacking competition, large organisation sat after work (9)","Answer":"UNOPPOSED","Explanation":"Definition: Lacking competition\nUN (large organisation) + OP + POSED"}
-{"Clue":"Submit pill when temperature's taken (5)","Answer":"TABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Submit\nTABLET less the second T"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of fencing's noisy collapse (5)","Answer":"FEINT","Explanation":"Definition: Feature of fencing\nHomophone of \"faint\" (collapse) \u2013 fencing as in swordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Turn the screw left not right ultimately, to relax? (7,2)","Answer":"LIGHTEN\u00a0UP","Explanation":"Definition: to relax\nTIGHTEN UP with [righ]T replaced by L \u2013 nice misdirection to use the T where one might expect R"}
-{"Clue":"Play ten rounds as punishment (7)","Answer":"PENALTY","Explanation":"Definition: punishment\n(PLAY TEN)"}
-{"Clue":"Who might pierce inner ear, being vexed about Queen and Church (6)","Answer":"ARCHER","Explanation":"Definition: Who might pierce inner\nR + CH in EAR*. \"Inner\" is one of the sections of an archery target"}
-{"Clue":"Fact: if swimming round lake, that's trouble (7)","Answer":"AFFLICT","Explanation":"Definition: trouble\nL in (FACT IF)"}
-{"Clue":"Short cut round T-bar (5)","Answer":"STRIP","Explanation":"Definition: bar\nT in S[hort) RIP (cut) \u2013 the hyphen has to be ignored"}
-{"Clue":"Castrati failed to comprehend Latin composer (9)","Answer":"SCARLATTI","Explanation":"Definition: composer\nL in CASTRATI* \u2013 Alessandro Scarlatti or his son Domenico: the former is perhaps more appropriate, as he wrote a lot of operas, which would no doubt have featured castrati at the time"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet, affectionate article on collection of books (7)","Answer":"FONDANT","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nFOND + A + N[ew] T[estament]"}
-{"Clue":"Meeting different sorts of people (5)","Answer":"RACES","Explanation":"Definition: Meeting\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Jocular, mad, illogical centre for protected species (9)","Answer":"ARMADILLO","Explanation":"Definition: protected species\nCentral letters in joculAR MAD ILLOgical \u2013 \"protected\" refers to the armadillo's tough shell, rather than its legal status"}
-{"Clue":"To get unengaged, the chap had to take Kitty back (6)","Answer":"DETACH","Explanation":"Definition: To get unengaged\nReverse of CAT in HE'D"}
-{"Clue":"Spanish artist admits resistance against reverse driving aid (6)","Answer":"MIRROR","Explanation":"Definition: driving aid\nR in MIRO (Spanish artist) + R[everse]"}
-{"Clue":"Sales publicity for poet? (9)","Answer":"PROMOTION","Explanation":"Definition: Sales publicity\nPRO (for) + [Andrew] MOTION, former Poet :Laureate"}
-{"Clue":"Who thinks Rocky too tragic? (9)","Answer":"COGITATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Who thinks\n(TOO TRAGIC)"}
-{"Clue":"Avoid stage production broadcast: it might infringe the rules (7)","Answer":"MISPLAY","Explanation":"Definition: it might infringe the rules\nHomophone of \"miss play\""}
-{"Clue":"Rogue commanded galleons originally (3,3)","Answer":"BAD EGG","Explanation":"Definition: Rogue\nBADE + G[alleon] twice"}
-{"Clue":"Second one to cry \"Besom\"? (7)","Answer":"SWEEPER","Explanation":"Definition: Besom\nS + WEEPER \u2013 a besom is a broom made of twigs"}
-{"Clue":"Pound no good \u2014 raise (4,2)","Answer":"DUFF UP","Explanation":"Definition: Pound\nDUFF (no good) + UP (raise) \u2013 slang phrase (perhaps rather old-fashioned: I associate it with my schooldays 50 years ago) for \"beat up\""}
-{"Clue":"Feature of flower power: raised behind (5)","Answer":"PETAL","Explanation":"Definition: Feature of flower\nP[ower] + reverse of LATE"}
-{"Clue":"Sands (new for start of athletics) settle (5)","Answer":"BENCH","Explanation":"Definition: settle\nBEACH (sands) with A[thletics] replaced by N; a settle is a high-backed bench"}
-{"Clue":"Friend who cleans out the stables? (6)","Answer":"MUCKER","Explanation":"Definition: Friend\nDouble definition (thought I would have said the stable-cleaner was a mucker-out)"}
-{"Clue":"Reacts badly after Foreign Office prediction (8)","Answer":"FORECAST","Explanation":"Definition: prediction\nFO + REACTS"}
-{"Clue":"Precise pointer to north (6)","Answer":"NARROW","Explanation":"Definition: Precise\nN + ARROW"}
-{"Clue":"Mended and put back in stock room? (8)","Answer":"RESTORED","Explanation":"Definition: Mended\nRE-STORED"}
-{"Clue":"I lead the singers; I'm working with orchestra (11)","Answer":"CHOIRMASTER","Explanation":"Definition: I lead the singers\n(I'M ORCHESTRA)* \u2013 I'm sure I must have seen this nice anagram before, but don't remember it"}
-{"Clue":"Boy returning to study gets let in again (7)","Answer":"READMIT","Explanation":"Definition: let in again\nREAD (study) + reverse of TIM"}
-{"Clue":"Beryl is sometimes less than completely supple (7)","Answer":"LISSOME","Explanation":"Definition: supple\nHidden in beryL IS SOMEtimes"}
-{"Clue":"Computer program giving an instruction to bedmaker? (11)","Answer":"SPREADSHEET","Explanation":"Definition: Computer program\nThe bedmaker might be told to SPREAD the SHEET"}
-{"Clue":"Still revolutionary, having a role in American political movement (3,5)","Answer":"TEA PARTY","Explanation":"Definition: American political movement\nA PART (role) in reverse of YET (still)"}
-{"Clue":"This writer's left to provide meaning (6)","Answer":"IMPORT","Explanation":"Definition: meaning\nI'M (this writer is) + PORT (left)"}
-{"Clue":"Follower showing hot wrath against cricket side (6-2)","Answer":"HANGER-ON","Explanation":"Definition: Follower\nH + ANGER + ON (leg side in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Move rapidly in chosen profession? (6)","Answer":"CAREER","Explanation":"Definition: Move rapidly\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Brief note on Irish autobiography (6)","Answer":"MEMOIR","Explanation":"Definition: autobiography\nMEMO + IR"}
-{"Clue":"Mighty harmful, a plant (10)","Answer":"POTENTILLA","Explanation":"Definition: plant\nPOTENT + ILL + A"}
-{"Clue":"The acres translated into alternative units (8)","Answer":"HECTARES","Explanation":"Definition: alternative units\n(THE ACRES)* \u2013 another apposite anagram, as acres and hectares are \"alternative units\" for area"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow with one remedy giving cosmetic treatment (8)","Answer":"MANICURE","Explanation":"Definition: cosmetic treatment\nMAN + I CURE"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier describes one form of punishment (8)","Answer":"CORPORAL","Explanation":"Definition: Soldier\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"River song being heard (4)","Answer":"AIRE","Explanation":"Definition: River\nHomophone of \"air\" (song). The Aire is a river in Yorkshire (there are others in Switzerland and Australia)"}
-{"Clue":"Fuss not yet dealt with (2-2)","Answer":"TO-DO","Explanation":"Definition: Fuss\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Helping after silly late change (10)","Answer":"ALTERATION","Explanation":"Definition: change\nLATE* + RATION"}
-{"Clue":"Dawn return to one's dwelling (4,4)","Answer":"COME HOME","Explanation":"Definition: Dawn\nDouble definition, the first as it \"it dawned\/came home to me\""}
-{"Clue":"Try to get list set up as one with a succession policy? (8)","Answer":"TESTATOR","Explanation":"Definition: one with a succession policy\nTEST (try) + reverse of ROTA"}
-{"Clue":"Manual actions in service taking a long time (8)","Answer":"MASSAGES","Explanation":"Definition: Manual actions\nMASS (service) + AGES"}
-{"Clue":"Islander putting a dead bird in tin (6)","Answer":"SAMOAN","Explanation":"Definition: Islander\nA MOA (extinct bird) in SN (chemical symbol for Tin, from the Latin *Stannum*)"}
-{"Clue":"Children's game with children a bit of a pain (4)","Answer":"ITCH","Explanation":"Definition: a bit of a pain\nIT (game) + CH"}
-{"Clue":"Chief and the old woman at home (4)","Answer":"MAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Chief\nMA (mother, old woman) + IN"}
-{"Clue":"Figure needing support about weight (7)","Answer":"DIAGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Figure\nReverse of AID + GRAM"}
-{"Clue":"Cycling French novelist? Certainly not! (5)","Answer":"NEVER","Explanation":"Definition: Certainly not\n[Jules] VERNE with the letters \"cycling\" two positions to the right"}
-{"Clue":"Boss wanting a pipe and new shorts (10)","Answer":"LEDERHOSEN","Explanation":"Definition: shorts\nLEADER less (wanting) A + HOSE (pipe) + N"}
-{"Clue":"Smooth fellow, left-leaning priest (4)","Answer":"FILE","Explanation":"Definition: Smooth\nF[ellow] + reverse of ELI (priest in the OT)"}
-{"Clue":"Exciting star in music who might use a 27 12? (11)","Answer":"MANICURISTS","Explanation":"Definition: who might use a 27 12\n(STAR IN MUSIC)"}
-{"Clue":"Potentially dodgy stuff in the claret left lechers too sozzled (11)","Answer":"CHOLESTEROL","Explanation":"Definition: Potentially dodgy stuff in the claret\n(L LECHERS TOO)* \u2013 \"claret\" = blood"}
-{"Clue":"Part of footmark effaced in procession (4)","Answer":"ARCH","Explanation":"Definition: Part of foot\nA \"lift-and-separate\" clue, where \"footmark\" has to be split: MARCH less M[ark]"}
-{"Clue":"The fourteenth rule overturned wrong score in game (4,6)","Answer":"LAWN TENNIS","Explanation":"Definition: game\nLAW N (the 14th rule, after Law A, Law B etc) + reverse of SIN + NET (to score)"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe menu's split bananas with cereal in (5,4)","Answer":"PRICE LIST","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe menu\nRICE in SPLIT"}
-{"Clue":"Lack coordination to go 100% 27? (2,3,7,3,6)","Answer":"BE ALL FINGERS AND THUMBS","Explanation":"Definition: Lack coordination\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Like modern gadgets? Like everything, almost! (7)","Answer":"DIGITAL","Explanation":"Definition: Like modern gadgets\nDIG IT AL[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Experiences with one unenlightened sect (7)","Answer":"HASIDIM","Explanation":"Definition: sect\nHAS (experiences) + I + DIM \u2013 a sect of Judaism"}
-{"Clue":"Use 1 10 on tender jacket of lace (6)","Answer":"FONDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Use 1 10 on\nFOND (tender) + L[ac]E"}
-{"Clue":"Cameron's in an upset state (6)","Answer":"NEVADA","Explanation":"Definition: state\nDAVE in reverse of AN. Ah, David aka Dave Cameron; I wonder what happened to him. Nothing good, I hope"}
-{"Clue":"Sound device in better film, after something corny? (3,7)","Answer":"EAR TRUMPET","Explanation":"Definition: Sound device\nEAR (of corn) + TRUMP (better) + E.T."}
-{"Clue":"Military headgear from mum a big hit (5)","Answer":"SHAKO","Explanation":"Definition: Military headgear\nSH (be quiet; mum) + A KO (knockout) \u2013 the shako is a tall military cap, originally Hungarian *cs\u00e1k\u00f3"}
-{"Clue":"Daughters in drag come out, showing fair feature (6,3)","Answer":"DODGEM CAR","Explanation":"Definition: fair feature\nD in (DRAG COME)"}
-{"Clue":"A fling, one of the Shades of Grey? (4)","Answer":"ASHY","Explanation":"Definition: one of the Shades of Grey\nA + SHY (to fling)"}
-{"Clue":"Least usual alcohol, note, is in Champagne (8)","Answer":"RUMMIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Least usual\nRUM + MI + EST (\"is\" in French)"}
-{"Clue":"Widespread internet application, one aiding relaxation (8)","Answer":"MASSEUSE","Explanation":"Definition: one aiding relaxation\nMASS (widespread) E (common prefix for Internet) + USE (application)"}
-{"Clue":"Advance so far up, welcoming spin in vehicle (10)","Answer":"TROLLEYBUS","Explanation":"Definition: vehicle\nROLL (spin) in reverse of SUB (an advance of pay, etc) + YET"}
-{"Clue":"New linen hat worn by a man (9)","Answer":"NATHANIEL","Explanation":"Definition: man\nA in (LINEN HAT)"}
-{"Clue":"Lose sports day, having fought (8)","Answer":"SCRAPPED","Explanation":"Definition: fought\nSCRAP (lose) + PE (sports) + D"}
-{"Clue":"Concerned with using 1 10 (8)","Answer":"TOUCHING","Explanation":"Definition: Concerned with\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Where 1 10 are available (2,4)","Answer":"ON HAND","Explanation":"Definition: available\nPretty much a plain definition once you know what 1 10 is, though it worked the other way round for me: I guessed this first and 26,1,10 followed"}
-{"Clue":"Said why a poor area's accepted protection (6)","Answer":"ASYLUM","Explanation":"Definition: protection\nY (\"why\") in A SLUM"}
-{"Clue":"Nick's ruling out place of worship (5)","Answer":"NOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Nick\nNOT CH[urch]"}
-{"Clue":"Used 1 10 on fabric (4)","Answer":"FELT","Explanation":"Definition: Used 1 10 on\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Whence hydrocarbons are created? Snags awkwardly will include laboratory's closure (6)","Answer":"SYNGAS","Explanation":"Definition: Whence hydrocarbons are created\n[laborator]Y in SNAGS"}
-{"Clue":"Leather for glue-making (special short cut) (6)","Answer":"SPETCH","Explanation":"Definition: Leather for glue-making\nSP[ecial] (shortened) + ETCH (\"to cut or carve\")"}
-{"Clue":"Soft silky fabric (9)","Answer":"CHARMEUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Soft silky fabric\nThe competition word"}
-{"Clue":"Place for experiments I advanced in insect's facial parts (5)","Answer":"LABIA","Explanation":"Definition: insect's facial parts\nLAB + I + A (as in A[dvanced]-levels)"}
-{"Clue":"What sailors sing turning boat round? (4)","Answer":"YO-HO","Explanation":"Definition: What sailors sing\nReverse of HOY (boat) + O (round) \u2013 yo-ho can be \"a sailors' chant\")"}
-{"Clue":"Colourful bird releasing cry of wonder within Broadway stalls (7)","Answer":"PARQUET","Explanation":"Definition: Broadway stalls\nPAROQUET (bird \u2013 variant of parakeet) less O (cry of wonder)"}
-{"Clue":"Larval excreta frequently found on turnip (5)","Answer":"FRASS","Explanation":"Definition: Larval excreta\nFR + ASS (turnip = a fool)"}
-{"Clue":"Portion of unimportant refuse, or grot (5)","Answer":"ANTRE","Explanation":"Definition: grot\nHidden in unimportANT Refuse \u2013 it's a cave or grot(to)"}
-{"Clue":"Offered tar an adapted sailing vessel (12)","Answer":"FORE\u2011AND\u2011AFTER","Explanation":"Definition: sailing vessel\n(OFFERED TAR AN)"}
-{"Clue":"Rhubarb? Mix it with rolled oats in (12)","Answer":"MUSSITATIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Rhubarb\nMUSS IT (OATS IN)* \u2013 \"rhubarb\" as in the words mumbled by background actors"}
-{"Clue":"Once at sea, I was off course by miles (5)","Answer":"ASWIM","Explanation":"Definition: Once at sea\n(I WAS)* + M"}
-{"Clue":"Tail-ender moving to the front laps quickly (5)","Answer":"SLICK","Explanation":"Definition: quickly\nLICKS with the S moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"Retiring, it's start of pension with what counts as final salary (7)","Answer":"STIPEND","Explanation":"Definition: salary\nReverse of IT'S + P[ension] + END (what counts as final)"}
-{"Clue":"Small joint, one acquiring name for weakest spirits (4)","Answer":"JANN","Explanation":"Definition: weakest spirits\nJ + AN + N"}
-{"Clue":"Amateur artist near sheik's place? (5)","Answer":"ARABY","Explanation":"Definition: sheik's place\nA + RA + BY"}
-{"Clue":"Suggestive of formidable brigade, rebels uni sacked (9)","Answer":"BLUE-RINSE","Explanation":"Definition: Suggestive of formidable brigade\n(REBELS UNI)"}
-{"Clue":"Time inside, dreadful years, he'll survive (6)","Answer":"STAYER","Explanation":"Definition: he'll survive\nT in YEARS"}
-{"Clue":"A wee bittie s-scar (6)","Answer":"SCLIFF","Explanation":"Definition: A wee bittie\nS + CLIFF (scar)"}
-{"Clue":"Arrests more than one lock-keeper in person (4)","Answer":"NABS","Explanation":"Definition: Arrests\nDouble definition \u2013 a nab is \"a keeper of a door-lock\". I'm not sure what \"in person\" is doing here"}
-{"Clue":"First-time freshwater swimmers, oddly rig-less (7)","Answer":"GRILSES","Explanation":"Definition: First-time freshwater swimmers\nRIGLESS"}
-{"Clue":"Pile? Team could be set up with this (5)","Answer":"AMASS","Explanation":"Definition: Pile\nA very Azedian construction: if you take TEAM, and then have AM AS S (i.e. replace AM by S) you get TES, or \"set up\""}
-{"Clue":"Writer can, in the midst of watery meandering (12)","Answer":"SERPENTINOUS","Explanation":"Definition: meandering\nPEN TIN in SEROUS"}
-{"Clue":"Start of privatizing rail, cause of irritation once (5)","Answer":"PSORA","Explanation":"Definition: cause of irritation once\nP + SORA (a rail (bird)) \u2013 psora is an old word for scabies, source of the more familiar \"psoriasis\""}
-{"Clue":"What flies attract, all around river? (5)","Answer":"TROUT","Explanation":"Definition: What flies attract\nR in TOUT, with reference to the flies used by anglers"}
-{"Clue":"Consistency shown by college formerly, at this point limited (9)","Answer":"COHERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Consistency\nC + HERE in ONCE"}
-{"Clue":"Beak giving signal for end of work? (6)","Answer":"HOOTER","Explanation":"Definition: Beak\nDouble definition (beak and hooter are both slang for the nose)"}
-{"Clue":"Grub up \u2013 hand-reared lamb coming round, and there's a pastry case (9)","Answer":"CROUSTADE","Explanation":"Definition: a pastry case\nROUST (to \"rout out\": rout = to grub up) in CADE (a lamb raised by hand after being abandoned by its mother)"}
-{"Clue":"Typical of child mostly, one with runs internally, and worms (7)","Answer":"FILARIA","Explanation":"Definition: worms \nA + R in FILIA[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Mosque servant (female) admitting Jesuits (6)","Answer":"MASJID","Explanation":"Definition: Mosque\nSJ in MAID"}
-{"Clue":"One fixes eyes on ball, one hit high, cover finally caught (6)","Answer":"SKRYER","Explanation":"Definition: One fixes eyes on ball\n[cove]R in SKYER \u2013 a skryer is a crystal-ball gazer"}
-{"Clue":"Where actors wait to enter, number in costume accessories? (5)","Answer":"WINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Where actors wait to enter\nN in WIGS"}
-{"Clue":"Part among Midsummer leads, Oberon maybe? (5)","Answer":"MERLE","Explanation":"Definition: Oberon maybe\nHidden in midsumMER LEads \u2013 Merle Oberon, actress"}
-{"Clue":"Lead in screen trailer providing plug (5)","Answer":"SCART","Explanation":"Definition: plug\nS[creen] + CART"}
-{"Clue":"Path circling north and declining gradually (4)","Answer":"WANY","Explanation":"Definition: declining gradually\nN in WAY"}
-{"Clue":"Desperately wanting a 25% reduction in schoolwork (6)","Answer":"ACHING","Explanation":"Definition: Desperately wanting\n[TE]ACHING"}
-{"Clue":"Moon an afterthought, Tramp admitted (6)","Answer":"PHOBOS","Explanation":"Definition: Moon\nHOBO (tramp) in PS \u2013 Phobos is one of the two moons of Mars"}
-{"Clue":"Rewards of little value to the consumer (10,5)","Answer":"STARVATION WAGES","Explanation":"Definition: Rewards of little value to the consumer\nJust a (not particularly) cryptic definition, unless I'm missing something"}
-{"Clue":"Orange ladies include her (6)","Answer":"ANGELA","Explanation":"Definition: her\nHidden in orANGE LAdies"}
-{"Clue":"Constantly reproducing, much like anti-abortionists, I see (8)","Answer":"PROLIFIC","Explanation":"Definition: Constantly reproducing\nPRO-LIF[E] + I C"}
-{"Clue":"What those in authority earn? (3,5)","Answer":"TOP BRASS","Explanation":"Definition: those in authority\nDouble\/cryptic definition (brass = money)"}
-{"Clue":"Pop's rejected about 500 \u2014 these people are pathetic (6)","Answer":"SADDOS","Explanation":"Definition: these people are pathetic\nD (500) in reverse of SODA'S"}
-{"Clue":"No wild enthusiasm amongst sailors for Vlad? (8)","Answer":"ROMANIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Vlad\n0 MANIA in R[oyal] N[avy]. Depending on who you believe, Vlad the Impaler was born in either Wallachia or Transylvania, both parts of modern Romania, though he lived long before that country existed"}
-{"Clue":"Maintained an agent to guard stable (8)","Answer":"AFFIRMED","Explanation":"Definition: Maintained\nFIRM (stable) in A FED (FBI agent)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor has row about building material (6)","Answer":"TIMBER","Explanation":"Definition: building material\nM.B. in TIER"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit spread off your trolley? Question remains (9,6)","Answer":"BUTTERNUT SQUASH","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nBUTTER (spread) + NUTS (off your trolley, crazy) + QU + ASH (remains) \u2013 one of those cases where what is botanically a fruit is considered a vegetable for culinary purposes"}
-{"Clue":"Kissing isn't silent? No worries (6,6)","Answer":"TONSIL TENNIS","Explanation":"Definition: Kissing\n(ISN'T SILENT NO)* \u2013 slang for French kissing"}
-{"Clue":"American not in play at the Globe (Merchant of Venice) (7)","Answer":"ANTONIO","Explanation":"Definition: Merchant of Venice\nA[merican] + (NOT IN)* + O (globe) \u2013 as all good pub quizzers know, the eponymous merchant is Antonio, not Shylock as some suppose"}
-{"Clue":"Falls over a painter \u2014 get up! (7)","Answer":"NIAGARA","Explanation":"Definition: Falls\nReverse of A RA (artist, painter) GAIN (to get)"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to accommodate one woman over style not normally seen in public (9)","Answer":"BRAZILIAN","Explanation":"Definition: style not normally seen in public\nReverse of A LIZA in BRAN (refuse) \u2013 removal of pubic hair (usually by waxing) so a \"style not seen in public\"!"}
-{"Clue":"Particular place is affected (7)","Answer":"SPECIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Particular\n(PLACE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"That chap's very quiet round caged beasts (6)","Answer":"HIPPOS","Explanation":"Definition: beasts\nPP O in (\"caged\" by) HIS (that chap's)"}
-{"Clue":"Animals bred, in short, to run in sporting event (9,5,6)","Answer":"BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS","Explanation":"Definition: sporting event\n(ANIMALS BRED IN SHORT TO)* \u2013 knowing little of this event I guessed this might be a topical reference, but in fact the Trials took place at the beginning of May"}
-{"Clue":"Cheers about Queen's error \u2014 that's wrong (2,5)","Answer":"AT FAULT","Explanation":"Definition: wrong\nReverse of TA (thank you, cheers) + FAULT (an \"error\" I tennis \u2013 e.g. at the Queen's Club)"}
-{"Clue":"Weird when retiring perfectly fit fighters (7)","Answer":"SAMURAI","Explanation":"Definition: fighters\nReverse of RUM AS + A1 (perfectly fit, e.g. for military service)"}
-{"Clue":"Sporting legend about to get beat (3,3)","Answer":"RED RUM","Explanation":"Definition: Sporting legend\n~~Reverse of MURDER~~ *Thanks to cryptor for the correction: it's RE (about) + DRUM"}
-{"Clue":"Artist's model turned up in same shot (7)","Answer":"MATISSE","Explanation":"Definition: Artist\nReverse of SIT (model) in SAME"}
-{"Clue":"Don't they like to see people getting on? (7)","Answer":"AGEISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Don't they like to see people getting on\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Keen runner has easy run (5)","Answer":"MOURN","Explanation":"Definition: Keen\nMO [Farah, runner] + RUN"}
-{"Clue":"Cast her in lead? (9)","Answer":"HEADLINER","Explanation":"Definition: Cast her in lead\n(HER IN LEAD)* &lit (that is, the whole clue is the definition as well as the whole of the wordplay)"}
-{"Clue":"Mate ends this old duty husband introduced (5)","Answer":"CHESS","Explanation":"Definition: Mate ends this\nH in CESS (an old tax)"}
-{"Clue":"Runs large 21 down (7)","Answer":"LADDERS","Explanation":"Definition: Runs\nL + ADDERS (snakes)"}
-{"Clue":"Performance in hat likely to touch people (7)","Answer":"TACTILE","Explanation":"Definition: likely to touch people\nACT in TILE (hat)"}
-{"Clue":"Baffling old cases that can be hard to interpret (5)","Answer":"LINGO","Explanation":"Definition: that can be hard to interpret\nHidden in baffLING Old"}
-{"Clue":"Envoy to dine with English earl now and then (9)","Answer":"MESSENGER","Explanation":"Definition: Envoy\nMESS (to dine) + ENG + alternate letters of EaRl"}
-{"Clue":"Scores of cinemas include it, oddly ignoring echo (10,5)","Answer":"INCIDENTAL\u00a0MUSIC","Explanation":"Definition: Scores of cinemas include it\n(CINEMAS INCLUDE IT)* less one E (echo) \u2013 not quite an &lit, but the wordplay and definition do overlap"}
-{"Clue":"Posted over a pack for confirmation maybe (9)","Answer":"SACRAMENT","Explanation":"Definition: confirmation maybe\nA CRAM in SENT"}
-{"Clue":"Temptress wrong to restrict touching (5)","Answer":"SIREN","Explanation":"Definition: Temptress\nRE (about, touching) in ~~SENT~~ SIN"}
-{"Clue":"Arriving at airport, female leaves confinement (5-2)","Answer":"LYING-IN","Explanation":"Definition: confinement\nFLYING IN less F"}
-{"Clue":"Blackberry jam for one in authority (7)","Answer":"BRAMBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Blackberry\nBIBLE (authority) with I (one) replaced by RAM (to jam)"}
-{"Clue":"Passed round plank, first of twenty (5)","Answer":"DEALT","Explanation":"Definition: Passed round\nDEAL (wood, plank) +T[wenty]"}
-{"Clue":"Cashier collecting rabbi's fare (9)","Answer":"TRAVELLER","Explanation":"Definition: fare\nRAV (a rabbi) in TELLER (cashier in a bank etc). A fare is how a taxi-driver might describe a passenger, or traveller"}
-{"Clue":"Digital problem Bill fixed in series (10)","Answer":"CHILBLAINS","Explanation":"Definition: Digital problem\nBILL* in CHAINS"}
-{"Clue":"Cutting as printed describes a radical lecturer (8)","Answer":"SARDONIC","Explanation":"Definition: Cutting\nA R DON in SIC (\"as printed\")"}
-{"Clue":"Game could spread across Spain (6)","Answer":"CLUEDO","Explanation":"Definition: Game\nE (Spain) in COULD"}
-{"Clue":"Old newspaper put up charge (4)","Answer":"ONUS","Explanation":"Definition: charge\nO + reverse of SUN"}
-{"Clue":"Lutheran's one for his books, not me (10)","Answer":"PROTESTANT","Explanation":"Definition: Lutheran\nPRO (one [who is] for) + TESTAMENT less ME"}
-{"Clue":"Diamonds? Pick 99 maybe (3,5)","Answer":"ICE CREAM","Explanation":"Definition: 99 maybe\nICE (slang for diamonds) + CREAM (the pick)"}
-{"Clue":"Crude TV family close to top getting stitched up? (6)","Answer":"SEWING","Explanation":"Definition: getting stitched up\nEWINGS (the family in *Dallas*, who make their money from oil = crude) with S (the close) moved to the top"}
-{"Clue":"Feel sick to some extent, heaving, sailing here? (4)","Answer":"ISLE","Explanation":"Definition: here\nHidden in reverse of feEL Sick \u2013 another &littish clue"}
-{"Clue":"Capital hoards 1,000 bananas and legumes (6,4)","Answer":"MONKEY NUTS","Explanation":"Definition: legumes\nK (1000) in MONEY (capital) + NUTS (mad, bananas)"}
-{"Clue":"Royal courtesan condemned yarn spinners (10)","Answer":"RACONTEURS","Explanation":"Definition: yarn spinners\nR + COURTESAN"}
-{"Clue":"Daughter's unwell, losing energy, needing these? (8)","Answer":"DRAUGHTS","Explanation":"Definition: these\nDAUGHTERS* less E \u2013 draughts in the old sense of doses of medicine"}
-{"Clue":"Grub that is given to hoi polloi (8)","Answer":"SCRABBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Grub\nSC (scilicet \u2013 namely, that is) + RABBLE (hoi polloi)"}
-{"Clue":"This writer's one among 160 to reach peak (6)","Answer":"CLIMAX","Explanation":"Definition: peak\nI'M A in CLX (160 in Roman numerals)"}
-{"Clue":"Endless plain in central Russia generating winds (6)","Answer":"SNAKES","Explanation":"Definition: winds\nNAKE[D] (plain) in [ru]SS[ia] \u2013 winds to rhyme with minds"}
-{"Clue":"Game I play in Rome once (4)","Answer":"LUDO","Explanation":"Definition: Game\nLUDO is Latin for \"I play\" \u2013 also the origin of the name of the game"}
-{"Clue":"Brief supporter of games above and other game (4)","Answer":"BOAR","Explanation":"Definition: other game\nA truncation of BOARD \u2013 the \"supporter\" of the thematic games \"above\" (i.e. above this clue)"}
-{"Clue":"Stylish performer in form on Court One (5,3)","Answer":"CLASS ACT","Explanation":"Definition: Stylish performer\nCLASS (form), and \"Court One\" could be the A C[our]T"}
-{"Clue":"Korean port a short distance ahead (6)","Answer":"INCHON","Explanation":"Definition: Korean port\nINCH + ON \u2013 Inchon or Incheon was the site of a major battle of the Korean war"}
-{"Clue":"Not affected by team of stars (8)","Answer":"SIDEREAL","Explanation":"Definition: of stars\nSIDE (team) + REAL (genuine, not affected)"}
-{"Clue":"Wanting a woman in work, though not much of a catch (6)","Answer":"MINNOW","Explanation":"Definition: not much of a catch\n(A WOMAN IN)* less (\"wanting\") A"}
-{"Clue":"Admit it's a bit limp \u2014 unworthy of review (3,2)","Answer":"OWN UP","Explanation":"Definition: Admit\nHidden in reverse of limP UNWOrthy"}
-{"Clue":"Accommodation in Euston? Who's travelling? (4,5)","Answer":"TOWN HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Accommodation\n(EUSTON WHO)"}
-{"Clue":"Time to arrest every person racing cars here (7,5)","Answer":"DAYTONA BEACH","Explanation":"Definition: racing cars here\nDAY TO NAB EACH \u2013 city in Florida known for car racing"}
-{"Clue":"D's place out in the sticks (4,2,6)","Answer":"BACK\u00a0OF\u00a0BEYOND","Explanation":"Definition: out in the sticks\nD is the \"back\" (last letter) of beyonD"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor hated smack \u2014 it's a killer (5,4)","Answer":"DEATH BLOW","Explanation":"Definition: it's a killer\nHATED* + BLOW (smack \u2013 both blow and smack are slang terms for various drugs, but they don't overlap, so I think this is just in the sense of hitting)"}
-{"Clue":"He runs a large pub (5)","Answer":"RALPH","Explanation":"Definition: He\nR A L P[ublic] H[ouse]"}
-{"Clue":"Sandwich maybe for selling abroad (6)","Answer":"EXPORT","Explanation":"Definition: selling abroad\nSandwich was one of the Cinque Ports, so it's an EX-PORT"}
-{"Clue":"Uncomfortably hot relative's about to strip (8)","Answer":"UNCLOTHE","Explanation":"Definition: to strip\nHOT* in UNCLE"}
-{"Clue":"Turning it round is laborious (6)","Answer":"TIRING","Explanation":"Definition: laborious\nReverse of IT + RING (round)"}
-{"Clue":"Lower rent after Ray's moved (8)","Answer":"AYRSHIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Lower\nRAYS* + HIRE \u2013 referring to Ayrshire cattle"}
-{"Clue":"Twin's shy with men (6)","Answer":"CASTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Twin\nCAST (shy = throw) + OR (Other Ranks \u2013 men)"}
-{"Clue":"Third of Nottingham supports Forest with passion (6)","Answer":"ARDENT","Explanation":"Definition: with passion\nARDEN (Forest of Arden \u2013 an area of Warwickshire, and the fictional setting of *As You Like It*) + noTtingham"}
-{"Clue":"Catch Penny breaking down \u2014 love is torture (9)","Answer":"STRAPPADO","Explanation":"Definition: torture\nTRAP P in (\"breaking\") SAD (down) + O"}
-{"Clue":"Itchy? Tablets ordered that should prevent it (8,4)","Answer":"CHASTITY BELT","Explanation":"Definition: that should prevent it\n(ITCHY TABLETS)* \u2013 \"it\" = sex"}
-{"Clue":"Refusal reportedly straight from the horse's mouth? (5)","Answer":"NEIGH","Explanation":"Definition: straight from the horse's mouth\nHomophone of \"nay\""}
-{"Clue":"Band not repeating support for hard working American (8)","Answer":"HONDURAN","Explanation":"Definition: American\nH + ON (working) plus DURAN (a non-repetitive Duran Duran)"}
-{"Clue":"Naked woman picked up in capital (3,5)","Answer":"NEW DELHI","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nHomophone of \"nude Ellie\""}
-{"Clue":"Scores showing great sharpness (6-6)","Answer":"TWENTY\u2011TWENTY","Explanation":"Definition: great sharpness\nA score is TWENTY, and we have two of them. Contrary to popular belief, and the definition here, 20\/20 means \"normal\" visual acuity rather than anything particularly unusual"}
-{"Clue":"Finances prevent Kelvin getting really good car (9)","Answer":"BANKROLLS","Explanation":"Definition: Finances\nBAN + K + ROLLS (Rolls Royce)"}
-{"Clue":"Plot to replace queen in east, following orders (8)","Answer":"OBEDIENT","Explanation":"Definition: following orders\nORIENT with R replaced by BED"}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish for a fighter (8)","Answer":"SCRAPPER","Explanation":"Definition: fighter\nSCRAP + PER"}
-{"Clue":"I get Nuala regularly playing cheeky parts (6)","Answer":"GLUTEI","Explanation":"Definition: cheeky parts\nAnagram of I GET [n]U[a]L[a] \u2013 the Glutei are muscles in the buttocks"}
-{"Clue":"Gets relief from hearing joke (6)","Answer":"WHEEZE","Explanation":"Definition: joke\nThe third homophone in this puzzle, this time of \"wees\" (urinates, so \"gets relief\")"}
-{"Clue":"Drama over bagging royal bird (5)","Answer":"HERON","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nER (our favourite royal) in reverse of NOH (Japanese drama)"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaner fuel? Yes and no (8)","Answer":"CHARCOAL","Explanation":"Definition: Cleaner fuel? Yes and no\nCHAR (cleaner) + COAL, with a sort of &littishness, though I think charcoal is if anything a bit \"cleaner\" than coal"}
-{"Clue":"Uniform at school is vulgar stuff (6)","Answer":"KITSCH","Explanation":"Definition: vulgar stuff\nKIT + SCH"}
-{"Clue":"Take advantage of old bed one enters (7)","Answer":"EXPLOIT","Explanation":"Definition: Take advantage of\nI in EX-PLOT"}
-{"Clue":"Having pistol, loved to drill through card (7)","Answer":"SIDEARM","Explanation":"Definition: pistol\nDEAR (loved) in SIM (card in a mobile phone)"}
-{"Clue":"Sex goddess very exciting at first to students (5)","Answer":"VENUS","Explanation":"Definition: Sex goddess\nV[ery] E[xciting] + NUS (student union)"}
-{"Clue":"Thoroughly searched, managed to get fired (9)","Answer":"RANSACKED","Explanation":"Definition: Thoroughly searched\nRAN (managed) + SACKED (fired)"}
-{"Clue":"Artist can't get anyone to pose for this (4-8)","Answer":"SELF-PORTRAIT","Explanation":"Definition: Artist can't get anyone to pose for this\nCryptic defintion, though it would perhaps be more accurate to say \".. needn't get anyone\""}
-{"Clue":"Beating faulty machine tests (12)","Answer":"CHASTISEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Beating\n(MACHINE TESTS)"}
-{"Clue":"Taking pains to enjoy oneself (9)","Answer":"MASOCHISM","Explanation":"Definition: Taking pains to enjoy oneself\nCryptic defintion"}
-{"Clue":"Having much of the same quality? (5)","Answer":"EQUAL","Explanation":"Definition: Having much of the same quality\nHidden in samE QUALity, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Hear a heavyweight attempt to deceive (3,2,2)","Answer":"TRY IT ON","Explanation":"Definition: attempt to deceive\nTRY (to hear) + 1 TON"}
-{"Clue":"Moving north in earnest to be as close as possible (7)","Answer":"NEAREST","Explanation":"Definition: as close as possible\nAnagram of N in EARNEST"}
-{"Clue":"Sorry, failing to keep a Catholic devotion (6)","Answer":"ROSARY","Explanation":"Definition: Catholic devotion\nA in SORRY"}
-{"Clue":"Online factory work? (8)","Answer":"ASSEMBLY","Explanation":"Definition: Online factory work\nCryptic definition, referring to assembly lines"}
-{"Clue":"Chop\u2009stick? (6)","Answer":"CLEAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Chop\nDouble definition, using the two contradictory meanings of \"cleave\""}
-{"Clue":"A large tree, or a small plant (6)","Answer":"ALPINE","Explanation":"Definition: a small plant\nA L PINE"}
-{"Clue":"The high point of a sea voyage? (5,4)","Answer":"CROW\u2019S NEST","Explanation":"Definition: The high point of a sea voyage\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of seeking stylish clothes (5,1,7)","Answer":"AFTER A FASHION","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of\nAFTER (seeking) + A FASHION (stylish clothes). Or possibly AFTER A for \"seeking\" \u2013 the A doesn't fit comfortably either way"}
-{"Clue":"Cricket team Juliet follows on radio (5)","Answer":"INDIA","Explanation":"Definition: Cricket team\nDouble definition \u2013 Juliet follows India in the NATO phonetic alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"It may offer a sandwich course (5,3)","Answer":"SNACK BAR","Explanation":"Definition: It may offer a sandwich course\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Quietly sing one tune, losing heart in clammy conditions (8)","Answer":"HUMIDITY","Explanation":"Definition: clammy conditions\nHUM 1 DI[T]TY"}
-{"Clue":"In men's room, set out failings of the elderly (6,7)","Answer":"SENIOR\u00a0MOMENTS","Explanation":"Definition: failings of the elderly\n(IN MENS ROOM SET)"}
-{"Clue":"Youth's great need for excitement (6,3)","Answer":"TENDER AGE","Explanation":"Definition: Youth\n(GREAT NEED)"}
-{"Clue":"Cutter from the east (8)","Answer":"SCIMITAR","Explanation":"Definition: Cutter from the east\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"In trembling ecstasy, finally receive gems (4,4)","Answer":"CATS\u2019 EYES","Explanation":"Definition: gems\n[reciev]E in ECSTASY"}
-{"Clue":"Wonderful game Americans would play with owl (6)","Answer":"SUPERB","Explanation":"Definition: Wonderful game\nAmericans might play in the SUPERB[OWL]"}
-{"Clue":"Absolutely evenly (6)","Answer":"FLATLY","Explanation":"Definition: Absolutely\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Provide unusual trace (5)","Answer":"CATER","Explanation":"Definition: Provide\nTRACE"}
-{"Clue":"Old man injecting drug fix once ready (6)","Answer":"PESETA","Explanation":"Definition: once ready\nE[cstasy] + SET (fix) in PA \u2013 ready = cash, money, and the Peseta was the former currency of Spain"}
-{"Clue":"Date surely problematic for Cotswold town (7)","Answer":"DURSLEY","Explanation":"Definition: Cotswold town\nD + SURELY* \u2013 J K Rowling was born near Dursley, and used it as a name in the Harry Potter books; in particular Fiona Shaw played PETUNIA (Dursley)"}
-{"Clue":"Portrayer of women, after a fashion represented here (5,4)","Answer":"FIONA SHAW","Explanation":"Definition: Portrayer of women, after a fashion represented here\n(A FASHION)* + W, and I'll count it as an &lit (not just a portrayer of women: she played the title role in *Richard II*)"}
-{"Clue":"Director of British piece (5)","Answer":"BROOK","Explanation":"Definition: Director\nB + ROOK (chess piece) \u2013 Peter Brook, film and theatre director"}
-{"Clue":"Unattached detective's left Greek island (5)","Answer":"CRETE","Explanation":"Definition: Greek island\nDISCRETE less D[etective] I[nspector]'S"}
-{"Clue":"Supply 11, importing check fabric (9)","Answer":"VELVETEEN","Explanation":"Definition: fabric\nVET in ELEVEN"}
-{"Clue":"Less reliable fellow? That's right (7)","Answer":"DICKIER","Explanation":"Definition: Less reliable\nDICK (man, fellow) + I.E. (that is)"}
-{"Clue":"End of old EMI's empire (6)","Answer":"DEMISE","Explanation":"Definition: End\nHidden in olD EMI'S Empire"}
-{"Clue":"Thriller, first from Matthew Arnold (6)","Answer":"MARNIE","Explanation":"Definition: Thriller\nM[atthew] + ARNIE \u2013 book made into a Hitchcock film. Fiona Shaw played Marnie Stonebrook (see 2d and 10a) in the TV series *True Blood"}
-{"Clue":"As actor discontentedly simulated endless incest (7)","Answer":"ARSENIC","Explanation":"Definition: As\nA[cto]R + anagram (\"simulated\") of INCES[t] \u2013 As is the chemical symbol for Arsenic"}
-{"Clue":"Beginning in Nice, tip poorly (9)","Answer":"INCIPIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Beginning\n(IN NICE TIP)"}
-{"Clue":"The tragedy of some deaths (5)","Answer":"MEDEA","Explanation":"Definition: tragedy\nHidden in soME DEAths \u2013 Shaw played the title role"}
-{"Clue":"One way to score goal, say, with good skilful wing play (5,6)","Answer":"HEDDA\u00a0GABLER","Explanation":"Definition: play\nHomophone of \"header\" + G + ABLE + R (right \u2013 one of the wings in football etc) \u2013 as played by Fiona Shaw"}
-{"Clue":"Rolling Stones' second, then Radiohead? Flunkey wants Queen (9)","Answer":"TRUNDLING","Explanation":"Definition: Rolling\nSecond letter of sTones + first (head) of Radio + UNDERLING less ER"}
-{"Clue":"Bloomer affecting most of nuptial agreement, essentially (7)","Answer":"PETUNIA","Explanation":"Definition: Bloomer\nAnagram of NUPTIA[L] + [agre]E[ment]"}
-{"Clue":"A third pic of one daughter looking humourless (2-5)","Answer":"PO-FACED","Explanation":"Definition: looking humourless\nP (one-third of PIC) + OF + ACE + D"}
-{"Clue":"Rock and roller, in that context? (5)","Answer":"STONE","Explanation":"Definition: Rock\nDouble definition \u2013 I think \"in that context\" is because the Rolling Stones are a rock band"}
-{"Clue":"Actor from Turkey, old chap (9)","Answer":"TRAGEDIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Actor\nTR + AGED IAN"}
-{"Clue":"Old man went first, accepting wife moved slowly (7)","Answer":"DAWDLED","Explanation":"Definition: moved slowly\nW in DAD LED \u2013 the second time we've had \"Old man\" for father"}
-{"Clue":"21 breaking the law in foreign capital (5)","Answer":"RUBLE","Explanation":"Definition: foreign capital\nB (Bishop) in RULE"}
-{"Clue":"Witnesses gangster leaving beauty salon (7-2)","Answer":"LOOKERS-ON","Explanation":"Definition: Witnesses\nLOOKER (a beauty) + SALON less AL (Capone)"}
-{"Clue":"Joining together in greeting monarch (6)","Answer":"YOKING","Explanation":"Definition: Joining\nYO (greeting) + KING"}
-{"Clue":"Young lad? He'll not need this! (6)","Answer":"SHAVER","Explanation":"Definition: Young lad\nDouble definition \u2013 a shaver is young man, presumably an ironic description, as he wouldn't need a shaver.. so \"double\" is perhaps being generous"}
-{"Clue":"Grisly death? C-in-C took the risk (7,2)","Answer":"CHANCED IT","Explanation":"Definition: took the risk\n(DEATH C IN C)"}
-{"Clue":"Service mostly average? Press for example (4,5)","Answer":"MASS MEDIA","Explanation":"Definition: Press for example\nMASS (church service) + MEDIA[N]"}
-{"Clue":"Play in Claret & Blue's last game (7)","Answer":"ELECTRA","Explanation":"Definition: Play\nAnagram of CLARET+ [blu]E \u2013 another title role for Fiona Shaw"}
-{"Clue":"Behaves badly, having drink after do (4,2)","Answer":"ACTS UP","Explanation":"Definition: Behaves badly\nACT (do) + SUP"}
-{"Clue":"Golfer underclubs? Stupid mistake (7)","Answer":"CLANGER","Explanation":"Definition: Stupid mistake\nC + [Bernhard] LANGER"}
-{"Clue":"One's bound to support black man going on board (6)","Answer":"BISHOP","Explanation":"Definition: man going on board\nB + I'S + HOP (bound)"}
-{"Clue":"Initially named Wilson, actor recently playing rising swimmer (5)","Answer":"PRAWN","Explanation":"Definition: swimmer\nInitial letters of Named Wilson Actor Recently Playing, reversed. Shaw was born Fiona Wilson"}
-{"Clue":"Exercise? One needs a bit (5)","Answer":"DRILL","Explanation":"Definition: Exercise\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Monster bar ends being trashed, of course (12)","Answer":"BANDERSNATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Monster\n(BAR ENDS)* + NATCH (\"of course\"). The Bandersnatch made its first appearance in *Jabberwocky* \u2013 \"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!\/The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!\/Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun\/The frumious Bandersnatch!\" \u2013 and is also mentioned in *The Hunting of the Snark"}
-{"Clue":"Fuming acidic compound in volume that's not very unstable (5)","Answer":"OLEUM","Explanation":"Definition: Fuming acidic compound\nAnagram of VOLUME less V. Oleum is also know as \"fuming sulpuric acud\""}
-{"Clue":"One of a pair at loggerheads, during break or earlier (5)","Answer":"KOREA","Explanation":"Definition: One of a pair at loggerheads\nHidden in breaK OR EArlier"}
-{"Clue":"Wife in top hat bizarrely \u2013 it's surely not seen alongside Panama (7)","Answer":"TOWPATH","Explanation":"Definition: it's surely not seen alongside Panama\nW in (TOP HAT)* \u2013 presumably the Panama Canal doesn't have a towpath"}
-{"Clue":"Quarrel returning in pub, wrought among other things (6)","Answer":"INWORN","Explanation":"Definition: wrought among other things\nROW< in INN"}
-{"Clue":"Quiz one gets right in the end (5)","Answer":"TRAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Quiz\nR in TAIL. Chambers gives \"to quiz (informal)\" as one of the definitions of \"trail\""}
-{"Clue":"Make small hole in middle of gigot \u2013 it may show cooking time's over (4)","Answer":"PING","Explanation":"Definition: it may show cooking time's over\nPIN (\"to make a small hole in\") + [gi]G[ot]"}
-{"Clue":"Party with free eats? Bind \u2013 ate elsewhere (3)","Answer":"LIG","Explanation":"Definition: Party with free eats\nLIGATE less ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Source of dabs? Swimming organ disguised gender (9)","Answer":"FINGER-END","Explanation":"Definition: Source of dabs\nFIN + GENDER"}
-{"Clue":"Crackpot, name unknown, joining a sect that's crazy (7)","Answer":"NUTCASE","Explanation":"Definition: Crackpot\nNU (name unknown) + (A SECT)"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle I loaded with rubles and goods for secret society (9)","Answer":"CARBONARI","Explanation":"Definition: secret society\nR + BONA in CAR I"}
-{"Clue":"Potato store to bag for oneself (3)","Answer":"HOG","Explanation":"Definition: Potato store\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One leaving Asian country, heading east for a lark (4)","Answer":"JAPE","Explanation":"Definition: a lark\nJAPAN less AN + E"}
-{"Clue":"Weighing machine returned two quarters short (in different ways) (5)","Answer":"TRONE","Explanation":"Definition: Weighing machine\nReverse of E (short for East) + NORT[H]"}
-{"Clue":"Advanced money including pound for unscripted stuff (6)","Answer":"AD-LIBS","Explanation":"Definition: unscripted stuff\nA L in DIBS (money)"}
-{"Clue":"Where truth's initially revealed? Therein it lies \u2013 get weaving! (7)","Answer":"INTWINE","Explanation":"Definition: get weaving\n'T (it) in IN WINE \u2013 referring to the saying *in vino veritas"}
-{"Clue":"This with dud ha-has ruins hare and hounds \u2013 race discontinued (5)","Answer":"RONNE","Explanation":"Definition: race discontinued\nA composite anagram \u2013 (RONNE DUD HAHAS)* = HARE AND HOUNDS. This word \u2013 an old form of \"run\" \u2013 felt familiar, and indeed it appeared (with a different clue, of course) in Azed 2393"}
-{"Clue":"Pawns metal ore after screening (5)","Answer":"FINES","Explanation":"Definition: Pawns\nTwo definitions (both rather obscure)"}
-{"Clue":"Two eggs all whipped up with art typical of the common folk (12)","Answer":"RAGGLE\u2011TAGGLE","Explanation":"Definition: typical of the common folk\n(EGG EGG ALL ART)* \u2013 familiar to me from the folk song *The Raggle-taggle Gypsies"}
-{"Clue":"Simple means of measuring drifts \u2013 or wine list, possibly? (11)","Answer":"BOTTLE-CHART","Explanation":"Definition: Simple means of measuring drifts\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Coarse silk, pound off, I bagged (6)","Answer":"DUPION","Explanation":"Definition: Coarse silk\nI in POUND"}
-{"Clue":"Sprung trap must be given priority over it? (6)","Answer":"RAT-PIT","Explanation":"Definition: Sprung trap must be given priority over it\nTRAP* + IT, &lit \u2013 I thought this would be an old type of rat trap, but not quite: it's \"an enclosure where rats are worried by dogs\", as used in rat-baiting; so presumably the idea is that modern sprung traps are to be preferred to this"}
-{"Clue":"It's no good imbibing one Scotch once getting in the vicinity (5)","Answer":"NYING","Explanation":"Definition: once getting in the vicinity\nYIN (Scots \"one\") in NG"}
-{"Clue":"Wrote off a tractor? (5)","Answer":"TOWER","Explanation":"Definition: a tractor\nWROTE"}
-{"Clue":"Supply some microphones (4)","Answer":"CROP","Explanation":"Definition: Supply\nHidden in miCROPhones"}
-{"Clue":"E.g. Ajax, name for one of several in siege (5)","Answer":"HERON","Explanation":"Definition: one of several in siege\nHERO (Ajax is one) + N \u2013 siege is a collective noun for herons"}
-{"Clue":"Tailor denied thanks about ill-fitting cuirass (5)","Answer":"LORIC","Explanation":"Definition: cuirass\nAnagram of TAILOR less TA (thanks) + C (about) \u2013 at least I think so: the about=C seems to make it an indirect anagram; or does C mean \"ill-fitting\", with \"about\" indicating the anagram?"}
-{"Clue":"Small chestnut: prominent feature includes fashionable jockey's lid (9)","Answer":"CHINCAPIN","Explanation":"Definition: Small chestnut\nIN + CAP (jockey's hat or \"lid\") in CHIN"}
-{"Clue":"Resonant 'Hic!' gone after treatment (7)","Answer":"ECHOING","Explanation":"Definition: Resonant\n(HIC GONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Political theorist ranted wildly (6)","Answer":"ARENDT","Explanation":"Definition: Political theorist\nRANTED* \u2013 Hannah Arendt, philosopher and political theorist."}
-{"Clue":"Eavesdrop on women's gathering in outlandish gear (6)","Answer":"EARWIG","Explanation":"Definition: Eavesdrop on\nWI (Women's Institute) in GEAR"}
-{"Clue":"One poet's to tidy up another (5)","Answer":"DONNE","Explanation":"Definition: One poet's to tidy up\nDONNE is an infinitive form of \"do\", which can mean \"tidy up\" (as in \"can I do you now, sir?\"), used by Spenser, who is \"one poet\", and John Donne is the other"}
-{"Clue":"Democrat in a couple of states displaying passion for his country? (5)","Answer":"ARDOR","Explanation":"Definition: passion for his country\nD in AR[kansas] + OR[regon] \u2013 \"passion for his country\" indicates the American spelling"}
-{"Clue":"Reservation not OK? You might hear it from bouncer (5)","Answer":"BOING","Explanation":"Definition: You might hear it from bouncer\nBOOKING less OK"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of a twang, like one encountered in the Low Countries (5)","Answer":"NASAL","Explanation":"Definition: A bit of a twang\nAS A in NL (Netherlands) \u2013 \"nasal\" has to be read as a noun: \"a sound uttered through the nose\""}
-{"Clue":"Children leaving a lunch played around with part of chicken wing? (4)","Answer":"ULNA","Explanation":"Definition: part of chicken wing\nAnagram of A LUNCH less CH \u2013 familiar as a bone in the forearm, but it can also be in a bird's wing"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of gun in story by right bugger? (8)","Answer":"LISTENER","Explanation":"Definition: bugger\nSTEN (gun) in LIE (story) + R- the \"bugger\" being one who uses a bug or listening device"}
-{"Clue":"Journalist's rubbish papers English rejected (6)","Answer":"EDITOR","Explanation":"Definition: Journalist\nReverse of ROT + ID (papers) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Guardian with head of state, one on horse? (4)","Answer":"USER","Explanation":"Definition: one on horse\nUS (The Guardian) + ER (the Queen \u2013 head of state), with \"horse\" being slang for heroin"}
-{"Clue":"24 boy taken in by devil is wicked (3-7)","Answer":"ILL-ADVISED","Explanation":"Definition: 24\nLAD in (DEVIL IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Support many steady moves to cross road (3,3,8)","Answer":"TEA\u00a0AND\u00a0SYMPATHY","Explanation":"Definition: Support\nPATH in (MANY STEADY)"}
-{"Clue":"What Newgate is for Dickens (3,4)","Answer":"OLD NICK","Explanation":"Definition: What Newgate is\nDouble definition: Newgate is an old prison (\"nick\"), and both Old Nick and [the] Dickens are slang for the Devil. Not that it's relevant to the clue, but Newgate Prison is mentioned is several of Dickens's works"}
-{"Clue":"Inactive and without colour, having caught cold (7)","Answer":"EXTINCT","Explanation":"Definition: Inactive\nC in EX-TINT (without colour) \u2013 inactive as in an extinct volcano"}
-{"Clue":"A learner admitted to periodical study in Oxford college (8)","Answer":"MAGDALEN","Explanation":"Definition: Oxford college\nA L in MAG (periodical) DEN (study). Magadalen College, Oxford spells its name differently to Magdalene College, Cambridge, but both pronounce it \"Maudlin\""}
-{"Clue":"Two lots of gold rings extremely tough for creator (6)","Answer":"AUTHOR","Explanation":"Definition: creator\nT[oug]H in AU + OR (versions of \"gold\")"}
-{"Clue":"Small chap, following big road over the hill, ran badly (10)","Answer":"MISMANAGED","Explanation":"Definition: ran badly\nM1 (big road) + S MAN + AGED (over the fill)"}
-{"Clue":"Outbreak of terror as hostage's grabbed (4)","Answer":"RASH","Explanation":"Definition: Outbreak\nHidden in terroR AS Hostage"}
-{"Clue":"I appreciate that Hollywood actor wants the Order of Merit (6)","Answer":"THANKS","Explanation":"Definition: I appreciate that\nTOM HANKS less OM"}
-{"Clue":"Bow before short performance by American 2 (8)","Answer":"ARCTURUS","Explanation":"Definition: 2\nARC (bow) + TUR[N] + US \u2013 a star (2 down) in constellation Bo\u00f6tes"}
-{"Clue":"Neglect odd parts of poem, lines showing blunder with words (8)","Answer":"MISSPELL","Explanation":"Definition: blunder with words\nMISS (neglect) + odd letters of PoEm + LL"}
-{"Clue":"Ace intro for sales pitch (4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: Ace\nS[ales] + TAR (pitch)"}
-{"Clue":"For Les Bleus, a victory followed by day to chill out (6)","Answer":"UNWIND","Explanation":"Definition: to chill out\nun (\"a\" in French) + WIN + D \u2013 a nod to France's recent victory in the World Cup (the French team is known as *Les Bleus*)"}
-{"Clue":"Simple man's abandoned without pity (7)","Answer":"ARTLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Simple\nHEARTLESS less HE"}
-{"Clue":"Material for building awfully dreamy team up (5-3)","Answer":"READY-MIX","Explanation":"Definition: Material for building\nDREAMY* + reverse of XI (eleven \u2013 team in cricket or football)"}
-{"Clue":"Note celebrities eschewing ostentation (10)","Answer":"MINIMALIST","Explanation":"Definition: eschewing ostentation\nMINIM (musical note) + A-LIST"}
-{"Clue":"Saintly carpenter's record breaking banter (6)","Answer":"JOSEPH","Explanation":"Definition: Saintly carpenter\nEP in JOSH \u2013 I don't know if this name is relevant to the theme"}
-{"Clue":"Girl with old party skirt's accompaniment for date? (4,6)","Answer":"ANNO DOMINI","Explanation":"Definition: date\nANN + O + DO + MINI"}
-{"Clue":"Person taking land cut kind of irrigation, by the way (8)","Answer":"COLONIST","Explanation":"Definition: Person taking land\nCOLONI[c] (irrigation \u2013 quack therapy) + ST (street, way)"}
-{"Clue":"Strike through ball from the wing, like a striker (5,3)","Answer":"CROSS OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Strike through\nCROSS (a ball passed from the wing in football) + OUT (as someone on strike is). Note the \"ROSS\" hidden in this answer"}
-{"Clue":"Articles with weight showing what litotes is for TS Eliot? (7)","Answer":"ANAGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: what litotes is for TS Eliot\nAN + A + GRAM, with an example of an anagram as the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Settle a match, perhaps (6)","Answer":"ALIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Settle\nA + LIGHT (match \u2013 as in \"have you got a light?\")"}
-{"Clue":"10 to do arithmetic with new technology? (6)","Answer":"ADDICT","Explanation":"Definition: 10\nADD (do arithmetic) + ICT (Information and Communications Technology)"}
-{"Clue":"Thrash troublemaker's bottom in the open (4)","Answer":"ROUT","Explanation":"Definition: Thrash\n[troublemake]R + OUT (in the open)"}
-{"Clue":"Money problem for the shoe-dwelling old woman? (9)","Answer":"OVERISSUE","Explanation":"Definition: Money problem\nIn the nursery rhyme, the old woman who lived in a shoe \"had so many children she didn't know what to do\", so she could be said to have over-issue. The word also means an issue of shares, banknotes, etc in excess of demand or ability to pay"}
-{"Clue":"Siege in the style of Farah? (5)","Answer":"ALAMO","Explanation":"Definition: Siege\nA LA MO (Sir Mo Farah, athlete)"}
-{"Clue":"Bearing of player in the Iran-Contra affair (5)","Answer":"NORTH","Explanation":"Definition: Bearing\nDouble definition \u2013 the second referring to Oliver North"}
-{"Clue":"Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe! (9)","Answer":"CARNIVORE","Explanation":"Definition: Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe\nAnagram of R[hubarb] + NO I CRAVE, with a kind of &lit definition, though speaking as a carnivore myself I have no desire ever to eat tripe again after the one occasion on which I ate it"}
-{"Clue":"Green Goblin initially breaks into Number 10 \u2014 Spider-man's unaffected by this (7)","Answer":"VERTIGO","Explanation":"Definition: Spider-man's unaffected by this\nVERT (green) + G[oblin] in 10"}
-{"Clue":"Uri can't bend screen (7)","Answer":"CURTAIN","Explanation":"Definition: screen\n(URI CAN'T)"}
-{"Clue":"Grown out of Nick Park's 1993 trousers? (5)","Answer":"WRONG","Explanation":"Definition: Nick Park's 1993 trousers\nGROWN* \u2013 a helpfully explicit reference to The Wrong Trousers"}
-{"Clue":"Crew finally returns from Vietnam (3)","Answer":"MAN","Explanation":"Definition: Crew\nIt's reversed at the end (finally) of vietNAM"}
-{"Clue":"Country ignoring church, starting to descend into sin (5)","Answer":"GREED","Explanation":"Definition: sin\nGREECE less CE + D[escend]. Greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins"}
-{"Clue":"In the future city goes left, then sideways (7)","Answer":"LATERAL","Explanation":"Definition: sideways\nLATER (in the future) + L.A. (city) reversed, i.e. going \"left\""}
-{"Clue":"Stop fighting when armistice really starts (4-3)","Answer":"POST-WAR","Explanation":"Definition: when armistice really starts\nSTOP* + first letters of When Armistice Really, with the second part of the clue also providing the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble in bed? Politician's nail breaks (9)","Answer":"COMPLAINT","Explanation":"Definition: Trouble\nMP + NAIL* in COT"}
-{"Clue":"Continue with German sausage roll? Not I (5)","Answer":"RENEW","Explanation":"Definition: Continue\nReverse of WIENER, less I"}
-{"Clue":"Offers to capture rebel leader and those taking flight (5)","Answer":"BIRDS","Explanation":"Definition: those taking flight\nR[ebel] in BIDS"}
-{"Clue":"Infamous doughnuts, with holes on the outside, eaten in North America (9)","Answer":"NOTORIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Infamous\nTORI (\"dougnuts\") in O O (holes), all in N US"}
-{"Clue":"Ripped into eight or nine pieces (4)","Answer":"TORN","Explanation":"Definition: Ripped\nHidden in eighT OR Nine"}
-{"Clue":"One bringing up children behind the Queen (6)","Answer":"REARER","Explanation":"Definition: One bringing up children\nREAR (behind, as a noun) + ER"}
-{"Clue":"Griffin she turned into food (4,6)","Answer":"FISH\u00a0FINGER","Explanation":"Definition: food\n(GRIFFIN SHE)"}
-{"Clue":"Like Jack in The Shining: extremely scary \u2013 chop, chop! (6)","Answer":"PSYCHO","Explanation":"Definition: Like Jack in The Shining\nAnagram \u2013 indicated by the second \"chop\" \u2013 of S[car]Y + CHOP. I had some doubt about this parsing, as the CHO at the end is CHOP \"chopped\", but that doesn't account for the initial P, so I think I'm right. The reference is to the novel and film *The Shining* and the character Jack Torrance \u2013 played by Jack Nicholson in the film, handily"}
-{"Clue":"Fuel container Tom can't use, but ___? (8)","Answer":"JERRYCAN","Explanation":"Definition: Fuel container\nTom [cat] can't but JERRY [mouse] CAN"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle that carries regular team and another (4)","Answer":"TAXI","Explanation":"Definition: Vehicle\nAlternate letters of TeAm + XI (eleven \u2013 cricket or football team)"}
-{"Clue":"Spoil bag, so tea's stewed (8)","Answer":"SABOTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Spoil\n(BAG SO TEA)"}
-{"Clue":"Men's back exercise \u2014 skipping, say? (4)","Answer":"ROPE","Explanation":"Definition: skipping, say\nReverse of OR (Other Ranks, men) + PE (exercise)"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe I swear to overthrow the French (5)","Answer":"VOWEL","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe I\nVOW (swear) + reverse of LE. I is an example of a vowel"}
-{"Clue":"Officials arrest girls misbehaving without latitude (10)","Answer":"REGISTRARS","Explanation":"Definition: Officials\n(ARREST GIRLS)* less L"}
-{"Clue":"Bottom of messy drain (5)","Answer":"NADIR","Explanation":"Definition: Bottom\nDRAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Take for a ride via trams? (8)","Answer":"OUTSMART","Explanation":"Definition: Take for a ride\nA \"reverse cryptic\" \u2013 TRAMS is an anagram (\"out\") of SMART"}
-{"Clue":"Mmmm \u2026 I'm upset by large cats (8)","Answer":"MILLIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Mmmm\nReverse of I'M + L LIONS"}
-{"Clue":"Small European bird spotted in outskirts of Prague (6)","Answer":"PETITE","Explanation":"Definition: Small\nE TIT in P[ragu]E"}
-{"Clue":"Dowager welcomes knight's opening (6)","Answer":"WINDOW","Explanation":"Definition: opening\nN (symbol for knight in chess) in WIDOW"}
-{"Clue":"Young English 8? (4)","Answer":"CUBE","Explanation":"Definition: 8\nCUB + E \u2013 8 is the cube of 2"}
-{"Clue":"Craving for flour \u2014 is it regular? (4)","Answer":"LUST","Explanation":"Definition: Craving\nI think this is supposed to be alternate letters of fLoUr iS iT, but I don't think it quite works because two consecutive letters (r and i) are omitted"}
-{"Clue":"Direction to the Guardian's street (4)","Answer":"WEST","Explanation":"Definition: Direction\nWE (The Guardian) + ST"}
-{"Clue":"Fabric obtained from male sheep (7)","Answer":"BUCKRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Fabric\nBUCK (male) + RAM (sheep)"}
-{"Clue":"Mentally unbalanced setter joining most of staff in place to have a drink (7)","Answer":"BIPOLAR","Explanation":"Definition: Mentally unbalanced\nI (setter) + POL[E] in BAR. I suppose the definition is accurate, but it seems a bit insensitive to me"}
-{"Clue":"Rush meal by river (4)","Answer":"TEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Rush\nTEA + R"}
-{"Clue":"Long to get hold of narrow piece of cloth (9)","Answer":"PINSTRIPE","Explanation":"Definition: cloth\nSTRIP in PINE"}
-{"Clue":"Hard up family found in vacated squat (5)","Answer":"SKINT","Explanation":"Definition: Hard up\nKIN in S[qua]T"}
-{"Clue":"Prepared to look for a partner that's fashionable (2,2,4)","Answer":"UP TO DATE","Explanation":"Definition: fashionable\nUP (prepared) + TO + DATE (look for a partner)"}
-{"Clue":"Mine hard substance (4)","Answer":"PITH","Explanation":"Definition: substance\nPIT + H"}
-{"Clue":"Be inclined to adopt summer's latest fashion (5)","Answer":"TREND","Explanation":"Definition: fashion\n[summe]R in TEND"}
-{"Clue":"Gang found in Cheshire town, reportedly (4)","Answer":"CREW","Explanation":"Definition: Gang\nHomophone of \"Crewe\""}
-{"Clue":"Ten dimes sent as deposit (8)","Answer":"SEDIMENT","Explanation":"Definition: deposit\n(TEN DIMES)"}
-{"Clue":"Black stack of building material (5)","Answer":"BRICK","Explanation":"Definition: building material\nB + RICK (as in hayrick\/haystack)"}
-{"Clue":"University in conservative soap opera setting (9)","Answer":"CAMBRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: University\nC + AMBRIDGE \u2013 setting for The Archers"}
-{"Clue":"Money for parties at hospital (4)","Answer":"DOSH","Explanation":"Definition: Money\nDOS (plural of DO) + H"}
-{"Clue":"Bird eating a little green man? (7)","Answer":"MARTIAN","Explanation":"Definition: little green man\nA in MARTIN"}
-{"Clue":"Cathy's first to meet girl in charge of Wuthering Heights, say (7)","Answer":"CLASSIC","Explanation":"Definition: Wuthering Heights, say\nC[athy] + LASS + IC"}
-{"Clue":"Enormous shade screening top of garden (4)","Answer":"HUGE","Explanation":"Definition: Enormous\nG[arden] in HUE"}
-{"Clue":"Brawl as drink stops sergeant major getting his cocktail (8)","Answer":"SKIRMISH","Explanation":"Definition: Brawl\nKIR| (drink) in SM + HIS"}
-{"Clue":"Friend held up favourite brown moth (6)","Answer":"LAPPET","Explanation":"Definition: brown moth\nReverse of PAL + PET \u2013 an unfamiliar word, but very clearly clued"}
-{"Clue":"One on court in engagement with Djokovic initially is set down (8)","Answer":"DICTATED","Explanation":"Definition: set down\nI CT in DATE (engagement) + D[jokovic]"}
-{"Clue":"Rich source of opals found in new mine close to Witwatersrand (6)","Answer":"MONIED","Explanation":"Definition: Rich\nO[pals] in MINE* + [Witwatersran]D \u2013 a variant spelling of \"moneyed\": cf the similar \"monies\", which always looks very odd to me"}
-{"Clue":"Get on all right in audition (4)","Answer":"FARE","Explanation":"Definition: Get on\nHomophone of \"fair\" \u2013 my last one in, with the dreaded ?A?E pattern"}
-{"Clue":"Disgusted by new American at university not standing! (9)","Answer":"NAUSEATED","Explanation":"Definition: Disgusted\nN[ew] A[merican] U[niversity] + SEATED"}
-{"Clue":"Share of extremely substantial diamonds (5)","Answer":"SLICE","Explanation":"Definition: Share\nS[ubstantia]L + ICE (criminal slang for diamonds)"}
-{"Clue":"Time spent making slight modification (5)","Answer":"TWEAK","Explanation":"Definition: slight modification\nT + WEAK (spent)"}
-{"Clue":"Couple stop as way to end a game of tennis (8)","Answer":"TIEBREAK","Explanation":"Definition: way to end a game of tennis\nTIE (to couple) + BREAK (stop). Chambers only gives this as the hyphenated \"tie-break\"; strangely it then gives \"tiebreaker\" as unhyphenated"}
-{"Clue":"Almost cool meal suitable for infants (8)","Answer":"CHILDISH","Explanation":"Definition: suitable for infants\nCHIL[L] + DISH (meal)"}
-{"Clue":"Prisoner I meant to rescue (6)","Answer":"INMATE","Explanation":"Definition: Prisoner\n(I MEANT)"}
-{"Clue":"German car in which soundly to defeat the French (6)","Answer":"BEETLE","Explanation":"Definition: German car\nBEET (homophone of \"beat\") + LE"}
-{"Clue":"Geological deposit found in Jurassic layer (4)","Answer":"CLAY","Explanation":"Definition: Geological deposit\nHidden in jurassiC LAYer"}
-{"Clue":"Spain overcomes popular revolution (4)","Answer":"SPIN","Explanation":"Definition: revolution\nSP + IN (popular) \u2013 Chambers doesn't give SP as an abbreviation for Spain, but I found some sources online"}
-{"Clue":"Response to a monarch seizing territory down under (6)","Answer":"ANSWER","Explanation":"Definition: Response\nN[ew] S[outh] W[ales] in A ER (monarch)"}
-{"Clue":"Copper to escort dealer (6)","Answer":"PUSHER","Explanation":"Definition: dealer\nP (penny, copper) + USHER"}
-{"Clue":"Wife tastes portion of cheese (4)","Answer":"FETA","Explanation":"Definition: cheese\nHidden in wiFE TAstes"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor heating loo? That's divine! (10)","Answer":"THEOLOGIAN","Explanation":"Definition: divine\n(HEATING LOO)"}
-{"Clue":"Humour woman or perish (6)","Answer":"WITHER","Explanation":"Definition: perish\nWIT + HER"}
-{"Clue":"Set off and had a meal entertaining American (8)","Answer":"LAUNCHED","Explanation":"Definition: Set off\nA in LUNCHED"}
-{"Clue":"User could turn out to be naive (9)","Answer":"CREDULOUS","Explanation":"Definition: naive\n(USER COULD)"}
-{"Clue":"Gritty French writer \u2026 (4)","Answer":"SAND","Explanation":"Definition: French writer\nDefinition + hint, referring to the writer George Sand, the pseudonym of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1804-1876). I can't say I've ever read anything by her, but she's well-known to me as Chopin's lover"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 or German veteran (4)","Answer":"GOLD","Explanation":"Definition: or\nG + OLD, with a cunningly inconspicuous definition"}
-{"Clue":"Skinhead left Cliff's vehicle (6,3)","Answer":"SPORTSCAR","Explanation":"Definition: vehicle\nS[kin] + PORT (left) + SCAR (cliff)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl sees Changing of the Guard (8)","Answer":"DAUGHTER","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\n(THE GUARD)"}
-{"Clue":"Ceases to be interrupted by Romeo's fits of temper (6)","Answer":"STROPS","Explanation":"Definition: fits of temper\nR in STOPS"}
-{"Clue":"Drink supplier is more calm when absorbed by housework (10)","Answer":"DISTILLERY","Explanation":"Definition: Drink supplier\nSTILLER in DIY (\"housework\")"}
-{"Clue":"Overall to keep one trim (4)","Answer":"NEAT","Explanation":"Definition: trim\nA (one) in NET (overall)"}
-{"Clue":"Mounted detective appears in circus (6)","Answer":"RIDING","Explanation":"Definition: Mounted\nD[etective] I[nspector] in RING (circus)"}
-{"Clue":"Remove obstruction in river (6)","Answer":"DELETE","Explanation":"Definition: Remove\nLET (obstruction, as in \"let or hindrance\") in DEE"}
-{"Clue":"Had a snack with one reclining in the studio (7)","Answer":"ATELIER","Explanation":"Definition: studio\nATE + LIER (one lying or reclining)"}
-{"Clue":"Second stroke is lower (5)","Answer":"SLASH","Explanation":"Second stroke is lower (5)\nS + LASH \u2013 lower as in to slash\/lower prices, for example"}
-{"Clue":"Hypnotise student after Tehran explosion (7)","Answer":"ENTHRAL","Explanation":"Definition: Hypnotise\nTEHRAN + L (Learner driver, student)"}
-{"Clue":"Accent producing mutual confusion (6)","Answer":"UMLAUT","Explanation":"Definition: Accent\nMUTUAL"}
-{"Clue":"Superior found drunk with college girl (4-5)","Answer":"HIGH-CLASS","Explanation":"Definition: Superior\nHIGH (drunk) + C[ollege] + LASS"}
-{"Clue":"Bring up death in crash (4-3)","Answer":"REAR-END","Explanation":"Definition: crash\nREAR (bring up) + END (death)"}
-{"Clue":"Fit to consume wine, Teddy gets lots of encouragement (4-9)","Answer":"WELL\u2011SUPPORTED","Explanation":"Definition: lots of encouragement\nWELL (fit) + SUP PORT (consume wine) + ED; the definition seems grammatically inaccurate \u2013 adding the \"get\" doesn't help"}
-{"Clue":"Luminary in performance is euphoric (9)","Answer":"DELIGHTED","Explanation":"Definition: euphoric\nLIGHT in DEED"}
-{"Clue":"Worker is less industrious after final warning (7)","Answer":"GLAZIER","Explanation":"Definition: Worker\n[warnin]G + LAZIER"}
-{"Clue":"Stop and see flipping makeover (7)","Answer":"RESTYLE","Explanation":"Definition: makeover\nREST (stop) + reverse of ELY (diocese, see)"}
-{"Clue":"Placate primate hoarding vegetables (7)","Answer":"APPEASE","Explanation":"Definition: Placate\nPEAS in APE (primate)"}
-{"Clue":"Ill-gotten wrap's new (6)","Answer":"STOLEN","Explanation":"Definition: Ill-gotten\nSTOLE (a wrap) + N"}
-{"Clue":"Raving about new collection (5)","Answer":"RANGE","Explanation":"Definition: collection\nN (again!) in RAGE (raving, as a noun)"}
-{"Clue":"Wore thick pants, something Protestants have (4,5)","Answer":"WORK ETHIC","Explanation":"Definition: something Protestants have\n(WORE THICK)"}
-{"Clue":"Do parts of us smell? (5)","Answer":"ODOUR","Explanation":"Definition: smell\nDO in (\"parting\") OUR (of us)"}
-{"Clue":"Prime Suspect's original episode cut short (5)","Answer":"SEVEN","Explanation":"Definition: Prime\nS[uspect] + EVEN[t] \u2013 seven is a prme number"}
-{"Clue":"Asking RAF technicians about operation (4,5)","Answer":"SKIN GRAFT","Explanation":"Definition: operation\nHidden in aSKING RAF Technicians. As often seems to happen to me with hidden clues, this was one of my last ones in"}
-{"Clue":"According to Spooner, only that man Francis lives here (4,3)","Answer":"HOLY SEE","Explanation":"Definition: Francis lives here\nSpoonerism of \"solely he\", and a reference to Pope Francis"}
-{"Clue":"Well-oiled Indian bowling team (2,5)","Answer":"IN DRINK","Explanation":"Definition: Well-oiled\nIND. + RINK \u2013 Chambers gives \"2. A portion of a bowling green\u2026 allotted to one set of players; 3 A **division of a side** playing on such a portion\", which would make it part of a team rather than a team, but I am no expert"}
-{"Clue":"Dame Edna's initial career as terrible mother (5)","Answer":"MEDEA","Explanation":"Definition: terrible mother\nAnagram of DAME + E. In Greek mythology, Medea accidentally killed her children"}
-{"Clue":"Edges away from very pale woman (3)","Answer":"SHE","Explanation":"Definition: woman\n[a]SHE[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Art of jazz trumpeter Armstrong touched us magically at the start (5)","Answer":"TATUM","Explanation":"Definition: Art of jazz\nFirst letters of Trumpeter Armstrong Touched Us Magically \u2013 \"Art of jazz\" is the great jazz pianist Art Tatum"}
-{"Clue":"Prevented from winning, VIP wept (7)","Answer":"NOBBLED","Explanation":"Definition: Prevented from winning\nNOB (VIP) + BLED (wept)"}
-{"Clue":"Decent chap keeping member in trousers? (7)","Answer":"GARMENT","Explanation":"Definition: trousers?\nARM in GENT"}
-{"Clue":"Spill the beans and reveal one's unmarried (9)","Answer":"SINGLETON","Explanation":"Definition: one's unmarried\nSING (to let on, e.g. to confess or inform to the police) + LET ON"}
-{"Clue":"Spy provides this home phone number (5)","Answer":"INTEL","Explanation":"Definition: Spy provides this\nIN (home) + TEL (phone number, as shown on letterheads etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Pickle and cheese sandwiches start to niff (5)","Answer":"BRINE","Explanation":"Definition: Pickle\nN[iff] in BRIE"}
-{"Clue":"Gutless Amazon repellently exploit workers \u2014 they make you sick (9)","Answer":"NAUSEANTS","Explanation":"Definition: they make you sick\nReverse (\"repellently\") of A[mazo]N + USE ANTS"}
-{"Clue":"Cow moos, repeatedly expelling gas in Welsh valleys (4)","Answer":"CWMS","Explanation":"Definition: Welsh valleys\nCOW MOOS less every O (oxygen) \u2013 I know this word (related to English \"coombe\") from the 26-letter pangram *Cwm fjord bank glyphs vext quiz"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor left to collect Arachne's eyewash (6)","Answer":"DRIVEL","Explanation":"Definition: eyewash\nI'VE (Arachne's) in DR + L"}
-{"Clue":"Medical labs in Netherlands engaging retired bouncer (6,4)","Answer":"TENNIS BALL","Explanation":"Definition: bouncer\nHidden in reverse of medicaL LABS IN NETherlands"}
-{"Clue":"Virginal Conservative on speed (6)","Answer":"CHASTE","Explanation":"Definition: Virginal\nC + HASTE"}
-{"Clue":"One idiot about to go around and disperse depleted uranium, say (8)","Answer":"ACTINIDE","Explanation":"Definition: uranium, say\nQuite a complex parsing here: reverse (\"around\") of I NIT (idiot) CA (about) + D[ispers]E. The actinides are a group of elements that includes Uranium"}
-{"Clue":"Interminable sex act finally taking toll (4)","Answer":"BONG","Explanation":"Definition: toll\nBON[k] + [takin]G. Bong\/toll as in the sound of a bell"}
-{"Clue":"Fan of Elizabeth Taylor is eccentric (8)","Answer":"ROYALIST","Explanation":"Definition: Fan of Elizabeth\n(TAYLOR IS)* \u2013 Queen Elizabeth II, that is"}
-{"Clue":"Kid brother cheers up (4)","Answer":"BRAT","Explanation":"Definition: Kid\nBR + reverse of TA (thanks, cheers)"}
-{"Clue":"Vacuous, happy folk in Maidenhead (5)","Answer":"HYMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Maidenhead\nH[app]Y + MEN"}
-{"Clue":"Stubborn butcher met dire end (10)","Answer":"DETERMINED","Explanation":"Definition: Stubborn\n(MET DIRE END)"}
-{"Clue":"Well-groomed male observed guards (5)","Answer":"KEMPT","Explanation":"Definition: Well-groomed\nM in KEPT (observed, in the sense of carrying out or celebrating a practice). KEMPT, a variant of \"combed\" is usually found in its negative version \"unkempt\""}
-{"Clue":"Sophisticated editor backing British broadcasting (8)","Answer":"DEBONAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Sophisticated\nReverse of ED + B + ON AIR"}
-{"Clue":"Making dopey son search for love online (8)","Answer":"SEDATING","Explanation":"Definition: Making dopey\nS + E-DATING"}
-{"Clue":"Class describing imaginary number for Einstein? (6)","Answer":"GENIUS","Explanation":"Definition: Einstein?\nI (the \"imaginary\" square root of minus one) in GENUS"}
-{"Clue":"Surviving by hiding in a tent abroad (6)","Answer":"EXTANT","Explanation":"Definition: Surviving\nX (multiplication sign = by) in (A TENT)"}
-{"Clue":"Cries of old boy wearing socks inside out (4)","Answer":"SOBS","Explanation":"Definition: Cries\nOB in S[OCK]S"}
-{"Clue":"Lascivious look of Bluebeard oddly vanishing (4)","Answer":"LEER","Explanation":"Definition: Lascivious\nbLuEbEaRd with the odd letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Six excluded from Liberal whip (4)","Answer":"LASH","Explanation":"Definition: whip\nLAVISH less VI"}
-{"Clue":"Expert's light touch with cards (3,4)","Answer":"DAB HAND","Explanation":"Definition: Expert\nDAB (light touch) + HAND (cards)"}
-{"Clue":"Hilarious person inhales small quantity in fashionable club (3,4)","Answer":"HOT SPOT","Explanation":"Definition: fashionable club\nTSP (teaspoonful \u2013 small quantity) in HOOT (hilarious person \u2013 \"he's a hoot!\")"}
-{"Clue":"Very modest debtor might (5)","Answer":"POWER","Explanation":"Definition: might\nA modest debtor might be someone who owes a penny, so a P-OWER"}
-{"Clue":"In dons' room fitter installs minute security device (9)","Answer":"SCRAMBLER","Explanation":"Definition: security device\nSCR (Senior Common Room) + M in ABLER (fitter) \u2013 I'm not sure what the \"In\" is doing in the cryptic reading"}
-{"Clue":"What peripatetic philosopher does is obvious (6,2,6)","Answer":"STANDS TO REASON","Explanation":"Definition: is obvious\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Deplored coarse speaking (4)","Answer":"RUED","Explanation":"Definition: Deplored\nHomophone of \"rude\" (coarse)"}
-{"Clue":"Secure almost the best bottles shown initially here? (4,4)","Answer":"WINE LIST","Explanation":"Definition: here\nWIN (to secure) + S[hown] in (\"bottled by\") ELIT[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Abandon working at landing places, lacking energy (8)","Answer":"JETTISON","Explanation":"Definition: Abandon\nJETTI[E]S + ON (working)"}
-{"Clue":"Pope is up for review (4)","Answer":"PIUS","Explanation":"Definition: Pope\n(IS UP)* \u2013 name of twelve popes"}
-{"Clue":"Cheating a pair of zebras? (6-8)","Answer":"DOUBLE-CROSSING","Explanation":"Definition: Cheating\nDouble definition \u2013 anyone unfamiliar with the second meaning can find an explanation here"}
-{"Clue":"Artist, an apprehensive type? (9)","Answer":"CONSTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Artist\nDouble definition \u2013 John Constable, artist, and a policeman, who might apprehend people"}
-{"Clue":"One is admitting personnel in pilgrim garb (5)","Answer":"IHRAM","Explanation":"Definition: pilgrim garb\nHR (Human Resources, the department formerly known in businesses as Personnel) \u2013 a garment worn by Muslim pilgrims to Mecca"}
-{"Clue":"Risk loading silver on back of truck? There's no written record of it (4,3)","Answer":"DARK AGE","Explanation":"Definition: There's no written record of it\n[truc]K + AG (silver) in DARE"}
-{"Clue":"By main road, refuse collector about to leave north country (7)","Answer":"NAMIBIA","Explanation":"Definition: country\nReverse of A1 (main road) + BI[N] MAN"}
-{"Clue":"Information from page in browser (4)","Answer":"DOPE","Explanation":"Definition: Information\nP in DOE (deer, browsing animal)"}
-{"Clue":"Way in front, athlete 23 (3,6,6)","Answer":"BOW STREET RUNNER","Explanation":"Definition: 23\nSTREET (way) in BOW (front, in a ship) + RUNNER (athlete)"}
-{"Clue":"Twosome avoiding initial exposure (6)","Answer":"AIRING","Explanation":"Definition: exposure\n[P]AIRING"}
-{"Clue":"Neglect of French entertainer heartless (6)","Answer":"DISUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Neglect\nDISEUSE (French entertainer) less its middle letter"}
-{"Clue":"Man trained with choir for musical (8)","Answer":"HARMONIC","Explanation":"Definition: musical\n(MAN CHOIR)"}
-{"Clue":"Boy about to be put into cot made of wood (8)","Answer":"TIMBERED","Explanation":"Definition: made of wood\nTIM + RE (about) in BED"}
-{"Clue":"Albanian pirates tortured refugee (11,4)","Answer":"PALESTINIAN ARAB","Explanation":"Definition: refugee\n(ALBANIAN PIRATES)*. Is a Palestinian Arab necessarily a refugee?"}
-{"Clue":"Bad stuttering may show evidence of intelligent behaviour (6,4)","Answer":"TURING TEST","Explanation":"Definition: evidence of intelligent behaviour\nSTUTTERING* \u2013 the Turing Test was initially proposed by Alan Turing as a way of determining whether a machine could be said to think"}
-{"Clue":"Before month half over, Democrat killed racist? (10)","Answer":"PREJUDICED","Explanation":"Definition: racist?\nPRE (before) + JU[ne] or JU[ly] + D[emocrat] + ICED (killed)"}
-{"Clue":"Wildly impetuous, missing note (you shouldn't have!) in soprano role (8)","Answer":"VIOLETTA","Explanation":"Definition: soprano role\nVIOLE[N]T + TA (thanks, you shouldn't have). Violetta is the eponymous main character in Verdi's La Traviata"}
-{"Clue":"Powerful Catholic overwhelmed by weakness (8)","Answer":"FORCIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Powerful\nRC in FOIBLE"}
-{"Clue":"Only fellow not given a grave (6)","Answer":"SOLEMN","Explanation":"Definition: grave\nSOLE M[A]N"}
-{"Clue":"Expand very large element (6)","Answer":"OSMIUM","Explanation":"Definition: element\nOS (outsize) is the chemical symbol of the element Osmium, so it's \"expanded\" to give the full name"}
-{"Clue":"In poem, \"maid\" is \"girl\" (4)","Answer":"EMMA","Explanation":"Definition: girl\nHidden in poEM MAid"}
-{"Clue":"After a liaison's end, woman's heartache (6)","Answer":"ANGINA","Explanation":"Definition: heartache\nA + [liaiso]N + GINA"}
-{"Clue":"Person stealing beer wants second drink (8)","Answer":"PILLAGER","Explanation":"Definition: Person stealing\nPILS less (\"wanting\") S + LAGER"}
-{"Clue":"Split from sexually open-minded faction (6)","Answer":"BISECT","Explanation":"Definition: Split\nBI[-sexual] SECT"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of some wines, eight swallowed in bar (5,3)","Answer":"SCREW TOP","Explanation":"Definition: Feature of some wines\nCREW (as in a rowing eight) in STOP (to bar)"}
-{"Clue":"Tot learning it, one getting potty? (6-8)","Answer":"TOILET-TRAINING","Explanation":"Definition: Tot learning it, one getting potty\nAnagram of TOT LEARNING IT + I (one), &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Great structure broadcaster's right to include in romp (10)","Answer":"SKYSCRAPER","Explanation":"Definition: Great structure\nSKY'S (Sky TV etc) + R in CAPER"}
-{"Clue":"Mogul's capital of precious metal with Russia's banks (4)","Answer":"AGRA","Explanation":"Definition: Mogul's capital\nAG (silver, precious metal) + R[ussi]A. Agra (formerly Akbarab\u0101d) was capital of the Mogul (or Mughal) empire for various periods in the 16th and 17th centuries"}
-{"Clue":"Assist with half of letters? (4)","Answer":"ABET","Explanation":"Definition: Assist\nHalf of alphABET"}
-{"Clue":"One like Napoleon artist gets to pose (10)","Answer":"STRATEGIST","Explanation":"Definition: One like Napoleon\n(ARTIST GETS)"}
-{"Clue":"Danger's kept for one key war yarn (3,5,6)","Answer":"THE\u00a0GREAT\u00a0ESCAPE","Explanation":"Definition: war yarn\nE.G. (\"for one\") in THREAT + ESCAPE (key on computer keyboard)"}
-{"Clue":"Sue's books, one with a scandalous ending (8)","Answer":"LITIGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Sue\nLIT. (literature, books) + I + GATE (all-purpose suffix for a scandal, from Watergate)"}
-{"Clue":"Like film-maker's second try to knock out western (4,2)","Answer":"TAKE TO","Explanation":"Definition: Like\nTAKE TWO less W, with a nicely inconspicuous definition"}
-{"Clue":"Why outspoken opportunist's put before court (8)","Answer":"CHANCERY","Explanation":"Definition: court\nCHANCER + Y (homophone of \"why\")"}
-{"Clue":"Way a family member shows inactivity (6)","Answer":"STASIS","Explanation":"Definition: inactivity\nST + A SIS[ter]"}
-{"Clue":"Group's chiastic rhyme scheme (4)","Answer":"ABBA","Explanation":"Definition: Group\nDouble definition. Chiastic means \"like a cross\" (from the Greek letter chi), and its noun form chiasmus can mean the ABBA rhyme scheme (though I would have thought it would be more logical for it to mean ABAB)"}
-{"Clue":"Rabbit seen twice somewhere in France (7)","Answer":"GASCONY","Explanation":"Definition: somewhere in France\nGAS (slang for \"talk\", as is \"rabbit\") + CONY (an actual live rabbit)"}
-{"Clue":"Drink to fortify for embellish\u00adment (8)","Answer":"NECKLACE","Explanation":"Drink to fortify for embellish\u00adment (8)\nNECK (to drink) + LACE (fortify, e.g. a drink)"}
-{"Clue":"Mostly tinned pulp caterer put away (11)","Answer":"INCARCERATE","Explanation":"Definition: put away\nIN CA[n] (most of \"tinned\") + CATERER"}
-{"Clue":"False information by great German chemist (6)","Answer":"LIEBIG","Explanation":"Definition: German chemist\nLIE + BIG. Perhaps not the best-known of names, but Liebig is know as the founder of organic chemistry, among other achievements, and the clueing is clear"}
-{"Clue":"Motioning to leave EU? This is very revealing (1-6)","Answer":"G-STRING","Explanation":"Definition: This is very revealing\nGESTURING less E and U"}
-{"Clue":"Awful ruling blocked by leading revolutionary (9)","Answer":"REPUGNANT","Explanation":"Definition: Awful\nReverse of UP (leading) in REGNANT (ruling)"}
-{"Clue":"MC Hammer set to star without old lady (11)","Answer":"TOASTMASTER","Explanation":"Definition: MC\nMA (mother, old lady) in (SET TO STAR)"}
-{"Clue":"Poseur swots up about literary work (5,4)","Answer":"SMART ALEC","Explanation":"Definition: Poseur\nTALE in reverse of CRAMS"}
-{"Clue":"Liking what a songwriter may do (8)","Answer":"PENCHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Liking\nThe songwriter may PEN a CHANT"}
-{"Clue":"20 lady's plump for a queen giving a twirl (7)","Answer":"ELECTRA","Explanation":"Definition: 20 lady\nELECT (to plump for) + reverse of (A R)"}
-{"Clue":"Wow! Current ruler drops ecstasy (7)","Answer":"IMPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Wow\nI (symbol for electric current) + [E]MPRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Mail penned by jerk is depressing (6)","Answer":"TRAGIC","Explanation":"Definition: depressing\nRAG (newspaper, e.g. the *Daily Mail* \u2013 other rags are available) in TIC (an involuntary jerk)"}
-{"Clue":"M&S clothing very large for fashion star (4)","Answer":"MOSS","Explanation":"Definition: fashion star\nOS (very large) in MS, giving the model Kate Moss"}
-{"Clue":"Tree yielding fruit he regularly cropped (6)","Answer":"CERRIS","Explanation":"Definition: Tree\nCHERRIES less, separately, H and E \u2013 a similar construction is used in 22a"}
-{"Clue":"Launch hit like a rabbit punch (6)","Answer":"NUCHAL","Explanation":"Definition: like a rabbit punch\nLAUNCH* \u2013 nuchal is the adjectival form of nucha, meaning the nape of the neck, where a rabbit punch might be delivered"}
-{"Clue":"Confined to clinic? I provide antibiotic (5)","Answer":"CIPRO","Explanation":"Definition: antibiotic\nHidden in cliniC I PROvide"}
-{"Clue":"Pioneering gardener losing trade in short supply (5)","Answer":"SCANT","Explanation":"Definition: in short supply\n[TRADE]SCANT (John Tradescant the Elder, after whom the plant genus Tradescantia is named)"}
-{"Clue":"Inferior NFL team cancel (5)","Answer":"SCRUB","Explanation":"Definition: Inferior NFL team\nDouble definition: the first is \"a team of inferior players..\", though not necessarily in American Football, so this surely needs a \"maybe\" to avoid a definition-by-example"}
-{"Clue":"Marie's head a judicial warrant cut, for the mob? (5)","Answer":"MAFIA","Explanation":"Definition: the mob\nM[arie] + A FIA[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Those entering society releasing 50% in advance payments (5)","Answer":"ANTES","Explanation":"Definition: advance payments\nDEBUTANTES (who are, or were, \"entering society\")"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient tower Open University unearthed in pieces from town (5)","Answer":"BROGH","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient tower\nBOROUGH less OU separately or \"in pieces\". See also 9a"}
-{"Clue":"Like archetypal copper, not even interrupting screamer (8)","Answer":"PLODDING","Explanation":"Definition: Like archetypal copper\nODD in PLING (an exclamation mark, aka \"screamer\")"}
-{"Clue":"Language institute attended by stupid taking in nothing (5)","Answer":"IDIOM","Explanation":"Definition: Language\nI[nstitute] + O in DIM"}
-{"Clue":"The Seeds of Man, penned by Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e (5)","Answer":"SPERM","Explanation":"Definition: The Seeds of Man\nHidden in proSPER Merim\u00e9e"}
-{"Clue":"Esmeralda, say, number one in girly sex appeal \u2013 stories will follow (6)","Answer":"GITANA","Explanation":"Definition: Esmeralda, say\nG[irly] + IT (sex appeal) + ANA (stories). Presumably a reference to Esmerelda in *The Hunchback of Notre-Dame*, though she was kidnapped by gypsies rather than being born one"}
-{"Clue":"Old dotard pair, full of affection (6)","Answer":"PLOVER","Explanation":"Definition: Old dotard\nLOVE in PR"}
-{"Clue":"Matthew, for one, got all flustered on the Paris commuter service (12)","Answer":"TOLL-GATHERER","Explanation":"Definition: Matthew, for one\n(GOT ALL)* + THE + RER (the Parisian railway network R\u00e9seau Express R\u00e9gional \u2013 as the rubric says, this abbreviation is not in Chambers. The disciple Matthew is described as a \"publican\", meaning a tax-gatherer"}
-{"Clue":"Asian marsupial, stubborn creature copper captured (6)","Answer":"CUSCUS","Explanation":"Definition: Asian marsupial\nCU in CUSS"}
-{"Clue":"Some Angolan cash wife put into floral festoon (4)","Answer":"LWEI","Explanation":"Definition: Some Angolan cash\nW in LEI \u2013 a former subdivision of the Angolan kwanza"}
-{"Clue":"Endless dispute, endless concupiscence \u2013 bad news for the fishing industry (7)","Answer":"ARGULUS","Explanation":"Definition: bad news for the fishing industry\nARGU[E] + LUS[T] \u2013 a destructive fish louse"}
-{"Clue":"Assassination in Japan might be seen to involve one (5)","Answer":"NINJA","Explanation":"Definition: Assassination in Japan might be seen to involve one\nHidden in assassinatioN IN JApan, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Sorcery making one snigger audibly? (5)","Answer":"WICCA","Explanation":"Definition: Sorcery\nHomophone of \"whicker\" (meaning to snigger) \u2013 not of \"wicker\", as I initially tried in vain to justify. Anyone whose speech is Rhotic, or does not have the Whine-Wine Merger, might complain, but in the Slip for the recent Spoonerisms puzzle, Azed said \"RP needs to be the norm throughout, I think.\""}
-{"Clue":"Hush money, thanks you get in form of cash (8)","Answer":"CHANTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Hush money\nTA in CHANGE"}
-{"Clue":"Rope leading horse that's increasingly lame? (6)","Answer":"HALTER","Explanation":"Definition: Rope leading horse\nDouble definition: for the second, as in \"the halt and the lame\""}
-{"Clue":"Scot's drunk, an alcoholic tipple endlessly imbibed in town? (10)","Answer":"CAPERNOITY","Explanation":"Definition: Scot's drunk\nA PERNO[D] in CITY. I was pleased to find this was correct after working it out from the wordplay (and a few crossing letters)"}
-{"Clue":"Star group unrestrainedly enveloped in applause (10)","Answer":"CHARIOTEER","Explanation":"Definition: Star group\nARIOT in CHEER"}
-{"Clue":"Coals lit, noise inside brazier (8)","Answer":"SCALDINO","Explanation":"Definition: brazier\nDIN in COALS"}
-{"Clue":"It's very warm below prayer wall for this variety of spurge (7)","Answer":"MANIHOT","Explanation":"Definition: variety of spurge\nMANI (a prayer wall in Tibetan Buddhism) + HOT"}
-{"Clue":"Strong snuff for female not naturally cool? (7)","Answer":"FRAPPEE","Explanation":"Definition: not naturally cool\nF + RAPPEE (strong snuff)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of plug to work inside skewer (6)","Answer":"SPIGOT","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of plug\nGO in SPIT"}
-{"Clue":"Meat, a picnic requirement? (6)","Answer":"HAMPER","Explanation":"Definition: picnic requirement\nHAM (meat) + PER (\"a\"as in \"twice a\/per week\")"}
-{"Clue":"Figaro, say, one captivated by attractive girl (5)","Answer":"DO-ALL","Explanation":"Definition: Figaro, say\nA in DOLL. A literal translation of \"factotum\", as Figaro is in *The Barber of Seville*, and the famous aria"}
-{"Clue":"Atila's accountable for destruction of this Bible version (5)","Answer":"ITALA","Explanation":"Definition: Bible version\nATILA* \u2013 this rang a bell, and it turns out to be a bit of an Azed favourite: I found four previous occurrences of it as an answer in the archives. No doubt its vowels make it a useful grid-filler"}
-{"Clue":"Ophelia's tears maiden's shown in repentance? (4)","Answer":"RUME","Explanation":"Definition: Ophelia's tears\nM in RUE \u2013 Shakespearean form of \"rheum\", so as might be used by Ophelia in *Hamlet* (though it doesn't actually occur in the text, as far as I can see)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of cups found in auctions? (7)","Answer":"SADDLES","Explanation":"Sort of cups found in auctions? (7)\nDD (bra size, cups) in SALES"}
-{"Clue":"In the morning, Emma's left in plane (6)","Answer":"JACKET","Explanation":"In the morning, Emma's left in plane (6)\nACK EMMA (military slang for a.m.) less EMMA, in JET"}
-{"Clue":"Start of Eton's PE teaching (5)","Answer":"ONSET","Explanation":"Definition: Start\nHidden in (\"of\") etONS [P]E Teaching"}
-{"Clue":"Running second out of seven runs (9)","Answer":"ENVELOPES","Explanation":"Running second out of seven runs (9)\nAnagram of SEVEN with the S \"run out\", + LOPES (runs)"}
-{"Clue":"Turtle country (7)","Answer":"TERRAIN","Explanation":"Turtle country (7)\nTERRA[P]IN"}
-{"Clue":"American wearing new chinos (8)","Answer":"CUSHIONS","Explanation":"American wearing new chinos (8)\nUS in CHINOS* \u2013 are any cushions *not* padded?"}
-{"Clue":"Cans food (6,5)","Answer":"TOILET\u00a0SEATS","Explanation":"Cans food (6,5)\nTOILETS (cans) + EATS"}
-{"Clue":"Chaste organ playing (4,7)","Answer":"COAT\u00a0HANGERS","Explanation":"Chaste organ playing (4,7)\n(CHASTE ORGAN)"}
-{"Clue":"iPad's mobile platform (4)","Answer":"DAIS","Explanation":"Definition: platform\nAnagram of I[P]ADS"}
-{"Clue":"Young female given a clue by a place Paul wrote to (7)","Answer":"GALATIA","Explanation":"Definition: place Paul wrote to\nGAL + A TI[P] + A \u2013 as in St Paul's Epistle to the Galatians"}
-{"Clue":"Drive off after permission to leave fish in the sea (6,3)","Answer":"CONGER EEL","Explanation":"Definition: fish in the sea\nCONG\u00c9 (permission to leave) + RE[P]EL (to drive off)"}
-{"Clue":"Very happy journalist, after eating dish (6)","Answer":"ELATED","Explanation":"Definition: Very happy\n[P]LATE in ED"}
-{"Clue":"Pirate had not started out wearing a crown (7)","Answer":"TIARAED","Explanation":"Definition: wearing a crown\nAnagram (\"out\") of [P]IRATE + [h]AD (not started)"}
-{"Clue":"Goes across small river (6)","Answer":"SHORTS","Explanation":"Goes across small river (6)\nR (small river) in SHOTS (attempts, goes)"}
-{"Clue":"Purge to get rid of father? (6)","Answer":"DESIRE","Explanation":"Definition: urge\nTo get rid of a father might be to DE-SIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Give permission, please (3)","Answer":"LET","Explanation":"Definition: Give permission\nDouble definition ([P]LEASE being the second)"}
-{"Clue":"Back pass? (5)","Answer":"STERN","Explanation":"Definition: Back\nDouble definition (just about)"}
-{"Clue":"Turpin's 11 when young? Not half! (4)","Answer":"JUVE","Explanation":"Definition: Tur\nJUVE[nile]. Juve is slang for the football team Juventus, based in Turin. The \"11\u2033 refers to the size of the team and is not a cross-reference to \"terrain\""}
-{"Clue":"Instrument not originally orchestral (4)","Answer":"CELL","Explanation":"Instrument not originally orchestral (4)\nCELLO less O[rchestral]"}
-{"Clue":"Championing of stewed apples, when touring round America (8)","Answer":"ESPOUSAL","Explanation":"Definition: Championing\nO (round) US in anagram of APPLES less one of its Ps"}
-{"Clue":"Split from carpenter into sadomasochism (6)","Answer":"SCHISM","Explanation":"Definition: Split\nCHI[P]S (slang for a carpenter) in SM"}
-{"Clue":"Headingley, primarily a place for playing cricket (5)","Answer":"AITCH","Explanation":"Definition: Headingley, primarily\nA [P]ITCH"}
-{"Clue":"Discussed plot for outdoor event (4)","Answer":"FETE","Explanation":"Definition: outdoor event\nHomophone of \"fate\" = [p]lot"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly swims with friend, a Mexican rope-maker (5)","Answer":"SISAL","Explanation":"Definition: a Mexican rope-maker\nAlternate letters of SwImS + [P]AL"}
-{"Clue":"Tart in a photo, arrested by policemen? On the contrary (6)","Answer":"ACIDIC","Explanation":"Definition: Tart\nCID in A [P]IC"}
-{"Clue":"President of a country? (8)","Answer":"NATIONAL","Explanation":"Definition: resident\nA double definition (resident\/of a country), though again the two definitions are almost the same"}
-{"Clue":"Players plan to lose a stone (6)","Answer":"STRATA","Explanation":"Definition: layers\nSTRATAGEM less GEM"}
-{"Clue":"Farmer with time for a little sex (5)","Answer":"GILET","Explanation":"Farmer with time for a little sex (5)\nGILES (stereotypical farmer) with S[ex] changed to T"}
-{"Clue":"Somewhat flat 7up (4)","Answer":"VEST","Explanation":"Somewhat flat 7up (4)\nHidden in reverse of flaT SEVen"}
-{"Clue":"Chair a committee (9)","Answer":"HEADBOARD","Explanation":"Chair a committee (9)\nHEAD (to chair) + BOARD (committee)"}
-{"Clue":"Artist turned up in saloon? (3)","Answer":"BRA","Explanation":"Artist turned up in saloon? (3)\nBAR (saloon) with the RA reversed"}
-{"Clue":"The French story about working much less (3,5)","Answer":"LET ALONE","Explanation":"Definition: much less\nLE + ON (working) in TALE"}
-{"Clue":"2 great in coat, did you say? (6)","Answer":"PARKER","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nA homophone of \"parka\" for the first of the JAZZ greats, the saxophonist Charlie Parker"}
-{"Clue":"2 great understands sounds (4)","Answer":"GETZ","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nAnother homophone, of \"gets\" (understands), for Stan Getz, another saxophonist"}
-{"Clue":"2 great calls bird for Spooner? (5,5)","Answer":"MILES DAVIS","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nSpoonerism of \"dials mavis\", mavis being another name for the song thrush"}
-{"Clue":"Fuse blown at centre of bulb \u2014 that's handy (6)","Answer":"USEFUL","Explanation":"Definition: handy\nFUSE* in [b]UL[b]"}
-{"Clue":"No stomach for chase, vegans sabotaged hunt (8)","Answer":"SCAVENGE","Explanation":"Definition: hunt\nAnagram of C[has]E + VEGANS"}
-{"Clue":"Spot something warmer then? (6)","Answer":"NOTICE","Explanation":"Definition: Spot\nSomething warmer could be NOT ICE"}
-{"Clue":"Labour leader wearing retro styles rarely (6)","Answer":"SELDOM","Explanation":"Definition: rarely\nL[abour] in reverse of MODES"}
-{"Clue":"2 great, tall climbing plant for Spooner? (5,3)","Answer":"PEGGY LEE","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nWe don't often see two spoonerisms in a puzzle: this one is of \"leggy pea\", Peggy Lee's real name was Norma Deloris Egstrom"}
-{"Clue":"2 great into jamming, usually (6)","Answer":"MINGUS","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nHidden in jamMING Usually \u2013 Charlie Mingus, bassist and pianist"}
-{"Clue":"Those blowing hot and cold in Scottish town right to invade Outer Hebrides (10)","Answer":"HAIRDRIERS","Explanation":"Definition: Those blowing hot and cold\nAIRDRIE + R in the outer letters of HebrideS"}
-{"Clue":"Submissive man evidently embarrassing kids, initially (4)","Answer":"MEEK","Explanation":"Definition: Submissive\nInitial letters of Man Evidently Embarrassing Kids"}
-{"Clue":"Sheep almost swallowing large falcon (6)","Answer":"MERLIN","Explanation":"Definition: falcon\nL in MERIN[o]"}
-{"Clue":"Mug with method, his work instrumental? (8)","Answer":"STEINWAY","Explanation":"Definition: his work instrumental\nSTEIN (beer mug) + WAY for the famous manufacturer of pianos \u2013 as played by some of the \"2 greats\""}
-{"Clue":"2 great continues to fade? (8)","Answer":"PETERSON","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nPETERS ON \u2013 Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist"}
-{"Clue":"Stuff and nonsense noted? (4)","Answer":"JAZZ","Explanation":"Definition: Stuff\nTwo non-musical definitions of jazz from Chambers: \"to have sexual intercourse (with)\", which is also a slang meaning of \"stuff\"; and \"insincere or lying talk, nonsense (slang, esp. US)\", with \"noted\" to hint at the musical meaning. *Or maybe the \"stuff\" is, more innocently, as in \"all that jazz\"."}
-{"Clue":"Stiff examination encapsulating misery primarily, fellow gets over it (6)","Answer":"FORMAL","Explanation":"Definition: Stiff\nF + M[isery] in ORAL. This reminds me of the famous cryptic definition \"A stiff examination\" for POST MORTEM"}
-{"Clue":"Deserter, say, beneath a river (8)","Answer":"APOSTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Deserter\nA PO (river) STATE (say)"}
-{"Clue":"A dictator finally gone mad, end of world catastrophically? (10)","Answer":"ARMAGEDDON","Explanation":"Definition: end of world catastrophically\nA + [dictato]R + anagram of (GONE MAD [worl]D), with some overlap of wordplay and definition (or maybe an &lit, though I don't think it really works as one)"}
-{"Clue":"Inject 2 with energy using a needle (6)","Answer":"SEWING","Explanation":"Definition: using a needle\nE in SWING (jazz, perhaps a little loosely)"}
-{"Clue":"Over the way, priest welcoming new recruit (6)","Answer":"ENLIST","Explanation":"Definition: recruit\nN in ELI (priest in the book of Samuel) + ST"}
-{"Clue":"Character last seen breaking into improvisation of rag, lifted 2 great (10)","Answer":"FITZGERALD","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nZ (\"character last\") in (RAG LIFTED)* \u2013 singer Ella Fitzgerald"}
-{"Clue":"Horse galloped over line finally, to see 2 great (8)","Answer":"COLTRANE","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nCOLT + RAN + [lin]E. John Coltrane, another sax man"}
-{"Clue":"Flower given to head of promotions in Barking, IT director onto it? (5,3)","Answer":"MOUSE PAD","Explanation":"Definition: IT director onto it\nOUSE (river, \"flower\") + P in MAD (barking). A computer mouse might be described as an \"IT director\""}
-{"Clue":"Holiday bay (6)","Answer":"RECESS","Explanation":"Definition: Holiday\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"European title ending for rival, tough finish! (6)","Answer":"ENAMEL","Explanation":"Definition: tough finish\nE + NAME + [riva]L"}
-{"Clue":"Taken in the wrong direction, one sliding down the motorway? (6)","Answer":"MISLED","Explanation":"Definition: Taken in the wrong direction\nM1 SLED"}
-{"Clue":"2 great in prayer (4)","Answer":"MONK","Explanation":"Definition: 2 great\nDouble definition, the second to be read as pray-er, and we end the jazz greats with Thelonious Monk"}
-{"Clue":"Get ready, while attracting lots of viewers (5,4)","Answer":"PRIME TIME","Explanation":"Definition: attracting lots of viewers\nPRIME (get [something] ready) + TIME (while)"}
-{"Clue":"Pilgrimage of posh bloke ends in Andhra Pradesh (5)","Answer":"UMRAH","Explanation":"Definition: Pilgrimage\nU + MR + last letters of andhrA pradesH \u2013 a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca"}
-{"Clue":"Pretend one's cool, entering declining years (7)","Answer":"IMAGINE","Explanation":"Definition: Pretend\nI'M (one's) + IN (cool, fashionable) in AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Helping discontented barista around coffee counter (7)","Answer":"ABETTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Helping\nB[arist]A reversed (around) + :LATTE reversed (counter)"}
-{"Clue":"Time to abandon cabs for Central line (4)","Answer":"AXIS","Explanation":"Definition: Central line\n[T]AXIS"}
-{"Clue":"Quite attractive guards finally stop all disruptive conduct (10)","Answer":"COMPLETELY","Explanation":"Definition: Quite\nLast letters of stoP alL disruptivE conducT in COMELY"}
-{"Clue":"Short, slight Arab surrounded by water (7)","Answer":"INSULAR","Explanation":"Definition: surrounded by water\nShortened INSUL[T] + AR[ab]"}
-{"Clue":"Put up with some alterations to machines (7)","Answer":"STOMACH","Explanation":"Definition: Put up with\nHidden in alterationS TO MACHines"}
-{"Clue":"Raving angrily? It's cause of hoarseness (10)","Answer":"LARYNGITIS","Explanation":"Definition: cause of hoarseness\n(ANGRILY IT'S)"}
-{"Clue":"Women going into loft backwards to make deliveries (4)","Answer":"BOWL","Explanation":"Definition: to make deliveries\nW in reverse of LOB"}
-{"Clue":"Airily attacked Trump's revolutionary deeds on regular basis (7)","Answer":"STRAFED","Explanation":"Definition: Airily attacked\nReverse of FART'S (trump's) + alternate letters of dEeDs"}
-{"Clue":"Communist cobblers in extremely tremulous state (7)","Answer":"TROTSKY","Explanation":"Definition: Communist\nROT (nonsense, cobblers) in T[remulou]S + KY (Kentucky)"}
-{"Clue":"Old fellows always lacking manners? Rubbish! (5)","Answer":"OFFAL","Explanation":"Definition: Rubbish\nO FF + ALWAYS less WAYS (manners)"}
-{"Clue":"Development of gallstone gutted Victoria, for one (9)","Answer":"GESTATION","Explanation":"Definition: Development\nG[allston]E + STATION (of which Victoria is an example)"}
-{"Clue":"Over 100 Lilliputians sadly accepting love is mirage? (7,8)","Answer":"OPTICAL ILLUSION","Explanation":"Definition: mirage\nO (Over) + O (~~over~~love) in anagram of C (100) LILLIPUTIANS"}
-{"Clue":"Stellar couples sign book in advance (8)","Answer":"BINARIES","Explanation":"Definition: Stellar couples\nB IN ARIES \u2013 the definition is of binary stars"}
-{"Clue":"Hairy humanoid oddly ignoring my meat pie (4)","Answer":"YETI","Explanation":"Definition: Hairy humanoid\nAlternate letters of mY mEaT pIe"}
-{"Clue":"Exit half-cut Finn with scarlet jumper upside down (4,4)","Answer":"FIRE DOOR","Explanation":"Definition: Exit\nFI[nn] + RED + reverse of ROO"}
-{"Clue":"Mum returns quietly after month in Split (6)","Answer":"DECAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Split\nDEC[ember) + reverse of MA + P (quietly)"}
-{"Clue":"Leader of Greece pricking Europe's uneasy conscience (8)","Answer":"SUPEREGO","Explanation":"Definition: conscience\nG[reece] in EUROPES"}
-{"Clue":"Summons male to move sinuously (6)","Answer":"WRITHE","Explanation":"Definition: to move sinuously\nWRIT (summons) + HE"}
-{"Clue":"Awfully shy friend stopping Bob vacillating (6-9)","Answer":"SHILLY-SHALLYING","Explanation":"Definition: vacillating\nSHY* ALLY in SHILLING (bob)"}
-{"Clue":"Refuse to be buried (8)","Answer":"LANDFILL","Explanation":"Definition: Refuse to be buried\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Nervous sibling consumes pot, mostly, and heroin (8)","Answer":"SKITTISH","Explanation":"Definition: Nervous\nKITT[y] (pot, as in a collection of money) in SIS, + H"}
-{"Clue":"A magistrate disrobed after firstly cursing, out of hearing (8)","Answer":"ACOUSTIC","Explanation":"Definition: of hearing\nFirst letters of Cursing OUT in A [j]USTIC[e] (Justice of the Peace = magistrate)"}
-{"Clue":"Thin umpire in bit of sunshine (6)","Answer":"RAREFY","Explanation":"Definition: Thin\nREF in RAY"}
-{"Clue":"Violet's neighbour doing somersaults round island (6)","Answer":"INDIGO","Explanation":"Definition: Violet's neighbour\nI in DOING* \u2013 indigo is next to violet in the traditional list of colours of the rainbow"}
-{"Clue":"Using speech of Sadiq Khan, say, to oust PM (4)","Answer":"ORAL","Explanation":"Definition: Using speech\nMAYORAL (Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London) less [Theresa] MAY"}
-{"Clue":"Signal for lager \u2014 the cocktail requires a drop of Pilsner (9)","Answer":"TELEGRAPH","Explanation":"Definition: Signal\nP[ilsner] in (LAGER THE)"}
-{"Clue":"A pretty sharp accent (5)","Answer":"ACUTE","Explanation":"Definition: sharp\nA + CUTE (pretty), with two definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Respond to criminal racket, deporting 1,000 (5)","Answer":"REACT","Explanation":"Definition: Respond\nRACKET* less K (1000)"}
-{"Clue":"Lara Croft initially backflips with weapons and sirens (3,6)","Answer":"CAR ALARMS","Explanation":"Definition: sirens\nReverse of LARA C[roft] + ARMS"}
-{"Clue":"Note: new heart put in here (7)","Answer":"THEATRE","Explanation":"Definition: here\nHEART* in TE; a heart transplant would be done in an operating theatre"}
-{"Clue":"5 over 9 in, say, after 8? (7)","Answer":"EVENING","Explanation":"Definition: after 8\nV + reverse (\"over\") of NINE in E.G. (say)"}
-{"Clue":"To surrender beat, The Jam finally retire underground (5)","Answer":"METRO","Explanation":"Definition: underground\nLast letters of tO surrendeR beaT thE jaM, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Nice 1 follows Special 1 (3)","Answer":"SUN","Explanation":"Definition: 1\nS[pecial] + UN (\"one\" in French, e.g. in Nice). The second \"1\" links to STAR to give the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Puzzling out some jargon (5)","Answer":"LINGO","Explanation":"Definition: jargon\nHidden in puzzLING Out"}
-{"Clue":"Bird's main city (7)","Answer":"SWANSEA","Explanation":"Definition: city\nSWAN'S + SEA"}
-{"Clue":"Talk fast (7)","Answer":"EXPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Talk\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Old Norse style originally discovered between 1100 and 1100 (9)","Answer":"ICELANDIC","Explanation":"Definition: Old Norse\nELAN (style) + D[iscovered] between two instances on IC, i.e. 1 and 100 joined together"}
-{"Clue":"One studies figures (5)","Answer":"ICONS","Explanation":"Definition: figures\nI CONS"}
-{"Clue":"Greek work rejects independent, backing unknown cleaner (5)","Answer":"DAILY","Explanation":"Definition: cleaner\nReverse of [I]LIAD (Greek work) + Y (unknown)"}
-{"Clue":"Celebrity ignores upper class creep (9)","Answer":"REPTATION","Explanation":"Definition: creep\nREPUTATION less U \u2013 a new word for me, derived from \"reptile\", referring to the snake-like movement, or \"creep\", of some molecules. Read all about it"}
-{"Clue":"Leading lady first to depart flight (4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: Leading lady\nSTAIR (a rather old-fashioned way of referring to a flight of stairs) less I (first)"}
-{"Clue":"To entertain, spin record without difficulty (6)","Answer":"PLEASE","Explanation":"Definition: To entertain\nReverse of LP \"with EASE\", i.e. without difficulty"}
-{"Clue":"Troubles at giant rave around 10 on Saturday (10)","Answer":"AGITATIONS","Explanation":"Definition: Troubles\n10 in (AT GIANT)* + S[aturday]"}
-{"Clue":"Left in Paris? That's awkward (6)","Answer":"GAUCHE","Explanation":"Definition: Left in Paris\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Number 10 welcomes new American employee hugging Tory leader (8)","Answer":"THIRTEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Number\nT in HIREE (US word for a new employee) in TEN *Thanks to greensward for pointing out that this gives an extra E \u2013 it's just HIRE (as in \"new hire\")"}
-{"Clue":"He delivered letters (4)","Answer":"MAIL","Explanation":"Definition: letters\nHomophone (\"delivered\") of \"male\""}
-{"Clue":"Spanish football manager abandons old league \u2014 the end of Bayern's keeper? (8)","Answer":"GUARDIAN","Explanation":"Definition: keeper\nPep GUARDIOLA (current manager of Manchester City) less O L, plus [bayer]N"}
-{"Clue":"Do they examine old warhorses? (4)","Answer":"VETS","Explanation":"Definition: Do they examine\nA kind of mixed-up double definition, referring to veterinary surgeons and military veterans"}
-{"Clue":"B to C minus 1 returns X (5)","Answer":"TIMES","Explanation":"Definition: X\nReverse of SEMITONE (the interval between B and C) less ONE, with X as the symbol for multiplication"}
-{"Clue":"I'll place it round or roundish (10)","Answer":"ELLIPTICAL","Explanation":"Definition: roundish\n(I'll PLACE IT)"}
-{"Clue":"19 across good to get up on 19 across and shine (5)","Answer":"GLOSS","Explanation":"Definition: shine\nReverse of SOL (sun) + G on S (sun)"}
-{"Clue":"Exchanges are down \u2014 isn't everything volatile (6,2)","Answer":"TRADES IN","Explanation":"Definition: Exchanges\nAnagram of ARE D[own] ISN'T"}
-{"Clue":"Fixed flag (8)","Answer":"STANDARD","Explanation":"Definition: Fixed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"The key to a jailbreak? (6)","Answer":"ESCAPE","Explanation":"Definition: key\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"\"Arrivederci\" to xenophobe, holding up non-native (6)","Answer":"EXOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: non-native (6)\nHidden in reverse of arrivederCI TO XEnophobe"}
-{"Clue":"Front runner pulls out of wild motor race (4)","Answer":"INDY","Explanation":"Definition: motor race\n[W]INDY \u2013 nickname of the Indianapolis 500 car race, and also of the Independent newspaper (now only published online)"}
-{"Clue":"Organic group manufactured from clay \u2026 (4)","Answer":"ACYL","Explanation":"Definition: Organic group\nCLAY* \u2013 a component of some organic molecules"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 without science, regularly (4)","Answer":"SINE","Explanation":"Definition: without\nAlternate letters of ScIeNcE"}
-{"Clue":"Broadcast mocking animal eating grain as fodder (3,5)","Answer":"RYE GRASS","Explanation":"Definition: fodder\nGR in RYE (homophone of \"wry\" \u2013 mocking) + ASS (animal)"}
-{"Clue":"Fatty substances put Tory leader on edge (6)","Answer":"LIPIDS","Explanation":"Definition: Fatty substances\nLIP (edge) + IDS (Iain Duncan Smith, Tory leader 2001-2003)"}
-{"Clue":"Man going on board with female, in steady relationship at first (6)","Answer":"SURFER","Explanation":"Definition: Man going on board\nF in SURE + R[elationship]"}
-{"Clue":"Girl returned to look quickly through yearly publications (8)","Answer":"ALMANACS","Explanation":"Definition: yearly publications\nALMA (girl) + reverse of SCAN"}
-{"Clue":"Standard way of saying RAM must remain constant? (5,4,5,2,7,3)","Answer":"THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU","Explanation":"Definition: Standard\nThe faithful ram (male sheep, not to be confused with Random Access Memory, as the surface would have us believe) would say \"there will never be another ewe\". The song was written for a long-forgotten film, but lives on as a jazz standard."}
-{"Clue":"Badger runs through mown grass (5)","Answer":"HARRY","Explanation":"Definition: Badger\nR + R in HAY"}
-{"Clue":"Sting involving gin and rum drunk around Geordieland? (6,6)","Answer":"GORDON SUMNER","Explanation":"Definition: Sting\nGORDON'S (brand of gin) + N.E. (\"Geordieland\" is in the north-east of England) in RUM* . The ~~stage~~ real name of musician Sting, who was born in Wallsend, making at least the \"Geordie\" part relevant \u2013 I don't know about the gin and rum"}
-{"Clue":"A rook nested in smaller species' overcrowded area (6)","Answer":"WARREN","Explanation":"Definition: overcrowded area\nA + R in WREN (a smaller bird than a rook)"}
-{"Clue":"Car that only young owners treasure always starts (6)","Answer":"TOYOTA","Explanation":"Definition: Car\nFirst letters of That Only Young Owners Treasure Always"}
-{"Clue":"Southern river with very good crustaceans (6)","Answer":"SCAMPI","Explanation":"Definition: crustaceans\nS + CAM + PI (sanctimonious, so \"very good\", if hypocritically so)"}
-{"Clue":"Adult errs when drunk? Butts in here, perhaps (8)","Answer":"ASHTRAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Butts in here, perhaps\nA[dult] + SHTRAYS (drunken way of saying \"strays\")"}
-{"Clue":"Article with piece about female trainspotter (6)","Answer":"ANORAK","Explanation":"Definition: trainspotter\nNORA (female name) in A K[ing] (chess piece)"}
-{"Clue":"Piece of cake turned up? Keep mum on! (8)","Answer":"PUSHOVER","Explanation":"Definition: Piece of cake\nReverse of UP + SH (be quiet, keep mum) + OVER (on)"}
-{"Clue":"Some running of errands for dogsbody (5)","Answer":"GOFER","Explanation":"Definition: dogsbody\nHidden in runninG OF Errands. A gofer is a dogsbody who may be asked to \"go for\" things"}
-{"Clue":"Topless thin torso, sporting white bloomers (10)","Answer":"ARROWROOTS","Explanation":"Definition: white bloomers\n[N]ARROW + TORSO* \u2013 arrowroot, which the starch used for thickening in cooking comes from, has white flowers. The plural looks a bit odd but I suppose it's OK."}
-{"Clue":"Rogue with second name unknown (6)","Answer":"SCALLY","Explanation":"Definition: Rogue\nS + CALL + Y (unknown in equations etc)"}
-{"Clue":"One writing piece about male star (9)","Answer":"PENTAGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: star\nPEN + reverse of GAT (gun, piece) + RAM"}
-{"Clue":"Impractically theoretical medic taking round out to home by river (11)","Answer":"DOCTRINAIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Impractically theoretical\nDOCTOR (medic) less O + IN (home) + AIRE (river)"}
-{"Clue":"Crime committed against state senator? (4,7)","Answer":"HIGH TREASON","Explanation":"Definition: Crime committed against state\nIf TREASON is \"high\" it becomes SENATOR"}
-{"Clue":"Those wrongly taking clarinet solos, discontentedly playing (10)","Answer":"LARCENISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Those wrongly taking\nAnagram of CLARINET S[olo]S"}
-{"Clue":"Poet from Maidenhead almost set off in posh car (9)","Answer":"RHYMESTER","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nHYME[n] + SET* in R[olls] R[oyce]"}
-{"Clue":"Notes drink causing muddled confusion (4-2)","Answer":"MESS-UP","Explanation":"Definition: muddled confusion\nMES (plural of me, as in tonic sol-fa) + SUP"}
-{"Clue":"Essential for galop, metronome's rising speed (5)","Answer":"TEMPO","Explanation":"Definition: speed\nHidden in reverse of galOP METronome's"}
-{"Clue":"Computer keyboard's lead is waterproof (4)","Answer":"MACK","Explanation":"Definition: waterproof\nMAC (computer) + K[eyboard] \u2013 short form of mac[k]intosh, a coat named \u2013 often, as here, with an extra K \u2013 after its inventor."}
-{"Clue":"Blame shifted, after royal subject knocked over dearest possession (3-4)","Answer":"EWE-LAMB","Explanation":"Definition: dearest possession\nReverse of WE (\"royal subject\", as in the Royal We) + BLAME*. I see that the \"dearest possession\" sense has a biblical origin: in 2 Samuel 12 there is a story about \"[a] poor man [who] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.\" Spoiler alert: things don't turn out well for the ewe-lamb."}
-{"Clue":"Scots one grabs stocking left out, no matter who \/ is getting in wax, reddish (6, 6)","Answer":"ANYONE\/CERISE","Explanation":"Definition: no matter who\nNY[L]ON in ANE \/ IS in CERE"}
-{"Clue":"Clumsy lassie, cross with pastry, \/ is going wild with racy language (6, 6)","Answer":"TAUPIE\/SYRIAC","Explanation":"Definition: Clumsy lassie\nTAU + PIE \/ (IS RACY)"}
-{"Clue":"Like a pigeon that is dead, not twitching inside \/ mat \u2013 cheers me (6, 6)","Answer":"IN-TOED\/TATAMI","Explanation":"Definition: Like a pigeon\nNOT* in I.E. D \/ TATA + MI (= me as the third note of the scale, as in do-re-mi)"}
-{"Clue":"The old spot censer boiling \/ seafood dish from Spain wrapped in sort of mantle (6, 6)","Answer":"SCERNE\/PAELLA","Explanation":"Definition: The old spot\nCENSER* \u2013 old variant of discern \/ E in PALLA"}
-{"Clue":"Honouring saints, returning Catholic installed sort of crucifix \/ explosive priest clutching part of scripture sent back (6, 6)","Answer":"T-CROSS\/AMATOL","Explanation":"Definition: sort of crucifix\nReverse of RC in TO SS (I think the definition is inaccurate, as a crucifix includes the crucified body)\/ Reverse of (OT in LAMA)"}
-{"Clue":"Rolls over squashed by occupant of sty, causing distress \/ or turns in bloke supplying Jock's sty (6, 6)","Answer":"SORROW\/CROOVE","Explanation":"Definition: distress\nRR (Rolls-Royce) + O[ver] in SOW \/ Reverse of OR in COVE"}
-{"Clue":"One fish tolerates another \/ being immature, number wrapped in furled genoa (6, 6)","Answer":"HASSAR\/NONAGE","Explanation":"Definition: One fish\nHAS SAR \/ N in GENOA"}
-{"Clue":"Tay auk flexing light coat \/ gobbled maigre \u2013 one records pictures (6, 6)","Answer":"YUKATA\/IMAGER","Explanation":"Definition: light coat\n(TAY AUK)* \/ MAIGRE"}
-{"Clue":"Combustible pile requiring little gas or coal extract \/ fashions eyesores round centre of village (6, 6)","Answer":"PYRENE\/STYLES","Explanation":"Definition: coal extract\nPYRE + NE (neon) \/ [vil]L[age] in STYES"}
-{"Clue":"Suffers extremes of tummy rash \/ takin' part of muscular protein (5, 5)","Answer":"HASTY\/ACTIN","Explanation":"Definition: rash\nHAS (suffers \u2013 with a similarity to 16a) + T[umm]Y \/ ACTIN[g] (taking [a] part)"}
-{"Clue":"Adolescent canine savaged \/ antelope \u2013 part of destiny, alas (6, 6)","Answer":"NEANIC\/INYALA","Explanation":"Definition: Adolescent\nCANINE* \/ hidden in destINY ALA \u2013 not the (related) NYALAS, as I first thought"}
-{"Clue":"Choice groove in broken sherd \/ penned by martial poet, start of epode a tyrant ordered (8, 8)","Answer":"DRUTHERS\/TYRTAEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Choice\nRUT in SHERD* (from the US expression \"if I had my druthers\", derived from \"I'd rather..\") \/ anagram of E + A TYRANT"}
-{"Clue":"One 'awking footwear, sallow \/ chap, eastern, turning up, I treated as a friend (5, 5)","Answer":"OSIER\/EN AMI","Explanation":"Definition: sallow\n[h]OSIER; osier = willow = sallow) \/ E + reverse of MAN + I (this is the two-word answer mentioned in the instructions)"}
-{"Clue":"Performance that's authentic involving townie \/ is irritating, mostly gratuitous (7, 7)","Answer":"RECITAL\/NEEDLES","Explanation":"Definition: Performance\nCIT in REAL \/ NEEDLES[s] \u2013 a very familiar construction"}
-{"Clue":"Church offerings; \/ plan (8, 8)","Answer":"ALTARAGE\/PROPOSAL","Explanation":"Definition: Church offerings\nThe competition words"}
-{"Clue":"Salmon with cut veg, \/ labiate plant Cathy cooked in steamer (7, 7)","Answer":"PARSNIP\/STACHYS","Explanation":"Definition: veg\nPAR + SNIP \/ CATHY* in SS"}
-{"Clue":"Kick boxing set crazily imbibing narcotic stuff \/ ergo dizzy with close to round delivering massive belt? (6, 6)","Answer":"SAVATE\/OROGEN","Explanation":"Definition: Kick boxing\nAVA in SET* \/ ERGO* + ON (close to)"}
-{"Clue":"Offensive term for foreigner upsetting a Turk \/ ('smutty') that surprises me twice over (5, 5)","Answer":"KRAUT\/COOMY","Explanation":"Definition: Offensive term for foreigner\n(A TURK)* \/ COO + MY"}
-{"Clue":"Conditionally it was part of contract we reckoned \/ a monstrosity, combining short time and very long time (5, 5)","Answer":"\u2018TWERE\/TERAS","Explanation":"Definition: Conditionally it was\nHidden in contracT WE REckon \/ T + ERAS"}
-{"Clue":"Investigation after soldiers brand companion (8)","Answer":"RESEARCH","Explanation":"Definition: Investigation\nRE (Royal Engineers \u2013 soldiers) + SEAR (to brand) + CH (Companion of Honour)"}
-{"Clue":"Skilled worker's close relatives (5)","Answer":"MASON","Explanation":"Definition: Skilled worker\nMA + SON (two close relatives)"}
-{"Clue":"Oscar tucked into overcooked fish (4)","Answer":"DORY","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nO in DRY"}
-{"Clue":"Story about fellow can be forgiven (10)","Answer":"PARDONABLE","Explanation":"Definition: can be forgiven\nDON (fellow) in PARABLE \u2013 I don't much like the gramatically-inaccurate \"can be forgiven\" as the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Event to talk about endlessly (6)","Answer":"DISCUS","Explanation":"Definition: Event\nDISCUS[S]"}
-{"Clue":"Well read American volume's devoured (8)","Answer":"LITERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Well read\nLITER (US spelling of \"litre\") + ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Boy in distress becomes a champion (7)","Answer":"PALADIN","Explanation":"Definition: a champion\nLAD in PAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Senior churchman makes parson sympathise (7)","Answer":"PRELATE","Explanation":"Definition: Senior churchman\nP + RELATE \u2013 I can't find any justification for P=parson, though Chambers does give P = Pastor and Priest (either of which could have been used in the clue) which might justify it indirectly"}
-{"Clue":"Dot moans about old creature (8)","Answer":"MASTODON","Explanation":"Definition: old creature\n(DOT MOANS)"}
-{"Clue":"Drink very quietly with opposition leader in Syria (6)","Answer":"ALEPPO","Explanation":"Definition: in Syria\nALE (drink) + PP (pianissimo) + O[ppostion]. There seems to be a law that Chifonie has to include at least on example of \"in X\" = \"a place in X\" in every puzzle"}
-{"Clue":"Pipe disintegrating each summer (10)","Answer":"MEERSCHAUM","Explanation":"Definition: Pipe\n(EACH SUMMER)"}
-{"Clue":"Chop up hardwood? (4)","Answer":"HASH","Explanation":"Definition: Chop up\nH[ard] + ASH"}
-{"Clue":"Sniff at old Bob's foot sore? (5)","Answer":"SCORN","Explanation":"Definition: Sniff at\nS (shilling, bob) + CORN (sore place on the foot)"}
-{"Clue":"Cut train in error? It's withdrawn! (8)","Answer":"TACITURN","Explanation":"Definition: withdrawn\n(CUT TRAIN)"}
-{"Clue":"A lemon is prepared for dessert (8)","Answer":"SEMOLINA","Explanation":"Definition: dessert\n(A LEMON IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Contradict unknown understudy? (4)","Answer":"DENY","Explanation":"Definition: Contradict\nDEN (study) + Y (unknown) \u2013 a second \"lift and separate\" clue (after 24a)"}
-{"Clue":"Get high before big exams (6)","Answer":"TRIPOS","Explanation":"Definition: exams\nTRIP (to get high) + OS (outsize \u2013 big). Tripos is the name of exams at Cambridge University"}
-{"Clue":"Vocal in revolutionary hymn (7)","Answer":"CHORALE","Explanation":"Definition: hymn\nORAL in CHE (Guevara)"}
-{"Clue":"I'm Bill and I'm not what I seem (8)","Answer":"IMPOSTER","Explanation":"Definition: I'm not what I seem\nI'M POSTER"}
-{"Clue":"Footwear for English banker wearing suit (10)","Answer":"ESPADRILLE","Explanation":"Definition: Footwear\nE + RILL (\"banker\") in SPADE. I was worried about the suit being \"spade\" instead of \"spades\", but Bridge players talk about \"the spade suit\", so perhaps it's ok"}
-{"Clue":"Jewellery taken casually round port (6)","Answer":"ANKLET","Explanation":"Definition: Jewellery\nL (left, port) in TAKEN"}
-{"Clue":"Windbag caught milliner on TV (10)","Answer":"CHATTERBOX","Explanation":"Definition: Windbag\nC + HATTER + BOX"}
-{"Clue":"Church in request that's improper (8)","Answer":"INDECENT","Explanation":"Definition: improper\nCE in INDENT (request)"}
-{"Clue":"Records evaluate hanging (8)","Answer":"TAPESTRY","Explanation":"Definition: hanging\nTAPES + TRY"}
-{"Clue":"Joiner getting worker's point fairly slowly (7)","Answer":"ANDANTE","Explanation":"Definition: fairly slowly\nAND (\"joining word\") + ANT (worker) + E (compass point)"}
-{"Clue":"A flirt is carefree (2,4)","Answer":"AT EASE","Explanation":"Definition: carefree\nA TEASE"}
-{"Clue":"American chums adapted the same (2,4)","Answer":"AS MUCH","Explanation":"Definition: the same\nA + CHUMS"}
-{"Clue":"Shelter acceptable for some Rwandans (4)","Answer":"HUTU","Explanation":"Definition: some Rwandans\nHUT + U (as in \"U and non-U\")"}
-{"Clue":"Not many voters out in storm: it could ruin the night (5,9)","Answer":"LIGHT POLLUTION","Explanation":"Definition: it could ruin the night\nLIGHT POLL (\"not many voters\") + (OUT IN)"}
-{"Clue":"Satisfy a companion to S. Beauty? (5)","Answer":"SLAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Satisfy\nThe ballet S[wan] LAKE might be a companion to S[leeping] BEAUTY (both with music by Tchaikovsky)"}
-{"Clue":"Everything carried round is smashed (8)","Answer":"TOTALLED","Explanation":"Definition: smashed\nALL in TOTED"}
-{"Clue":"Groundbreaker I used in wharf (7)","Answer":"PIONEER","Explanation":"Definition: Groundbreaker\nONE (=I) in PIER"}
-{"Clue":"TV station securing opera about to broadcast (7)","Answer":"RADIATE","Explanation":"Definition: to broadcast\nReverse of AIDA in RTE (Irish broadcaster Raidi\u00f3 Teilif\u00eds \u00c9ireann)"}
-{"Clue":"Last piece of music recorded twice by a UN secretary-general? (5)","Answer":"OUTRO","Explanation":"Definition: Last piece of music\nAn \"indirect hidden\" from bOUTROs bOUTROs-Ghali. \"Outro\" is in contrast to \"intro\""}
-{"Clue":"Dispose of foolish nonsense in contrasting volumes (6,3)","Answer":"POLISH OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Dispose of\nFOOLISH* in P F (soft and loud in music)"}
-{"Clue":"Unmarked fruit kept in college is pulled out (9)","Answer":"ELONGATED","Explanation":"Definition: pulled out\nMELON less M[ark] + GATED (kept in college as a punishment)"}
-{"Clue":"Messenger's spoken, having lesson in two parts (5)","Answer":"BARER","Explanation":"Definition: lesson in two parts\nHomophone of \"bearer\", and to get the definition we have to split \"lesson\" into two parts, getting \"less on\""}
-{"Clue":"Over time, sailor gets trim (2,5)","Answer":"TO SPARE","Explanation":"Definition: Over\nT + OS (Ordinary Seaman) + PARE (to trim)"}
-{"Clue":"Power couple return to America as sex symbol (7)","Answer":"PRIAPUS","Explanation":"Definition: sex symbol\nP + reverse of PAIR + US"}
-{"Clue":"Think tooth \u2014 it chewed (8)","Answer":"COGITATE","Explanation":"Definition: Think\nCOG (tooth) + IT + ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Fail badly with a Japanese verse (5)","Answer":"TANKA","Explanation":"Definition: Japanese verse\nTANK (fail badly) + A. Tank (meaning \"short poem\") is a Japanese verse form with lines of 5, 7 ,5, 7 and 5 syllables (in contrast to haiku, which has 5,7,5)"}
-{"Clue":"Act superficially, ordering makeshift cures (4,3,7)","Answer":"SKIM\u00a0THE\u00a0SURFACE","Explanation":"Definition: Act superficially\n(MAKESHIFT CURES)"}
-{"Clue":"Repossessed house and office (4,8)","Answer":"LOST PROPERTY","Explanation":"Definition: office\nA repossessed house would be a \"lost property\" to its residents; railway stations etc may have a \"lost property office\", but plain \"office\" seems a bit weak as a definition"}
-{"Clue":"Working month taken up with fertiliser (5)","Answer":"GUANO","Explanation":"Definition: fertiliser\nReverse of ON AUG"}
-{"Clue":"That elementary particle finally revealing signature in air (5,4)","Answer":"THEME SONG","Explanation":"Definition: signature in air\nTHE MESON + [revealin]G"}
-{"Clue":"Produce more veg than what pokes out of the ground (7)","Answer":"OUTCROP","Explanation":"Definition: what pokes out of the ground\nTo \"out-crop\" your rival on the allotment is to \"produce more veg than\""}
-{"Clue":"Shoot dead, holding automatic at first in both hands (7)","Answer":"LATERAL","Explanation":"Definition: Shoot\nLATE (dead) + A[utomatic] in R & L"}
-{"Clue":"Worked in bathroom perhaps \u2014 it's over light (5)","Answer":"TILED","Explanation":"Definition: Worked in bathroom perhaps\nReverse of IT + L[ight] E[mitting] D[iode]"}
-{"Clue":"One attending Macbeth in poorer age made to suffer (9)","Answer":"OPERAGOER","Explanation":"Definition: One attending Macbeth\n(POORER AGE)* \u2013 this needs a \"maybe\" after \"Macbeth\" as the operagoer could be attending any number of operas. I would put a hyphen in the word, but dictionaries seem to disagree"}
-{"Clue":"Hurried up a stay in bed, worried for the NHS etc (7,5)","Answer":"WELFARE STATE","Explanation":"Definition: the NHS etc\nReverse of FLEW (hurried) + A REST + ATE (worried)"}
-{"Clue":"Assessed situation of a Hobbit clan (4,5)","Answer":"TOOK STOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Assessed situation\nThe Tooks are a family or clan of Hobbits in Tolkien's *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings*, so they are \"Took stock\""}
-{"Clue":"Sentimental actor in summertime is captivated by rambling rose (3,6)","Answer":"SOB SISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Sentimental actor\nIS in BST (British Summer Time), in ROSE"}
-{"Clue":"Bay where it all comes out? (3,4)","Answer":"THE WASH","Explanation":"Definition: Bay\nFrom the saying \"iIt all comes out in the wash\", and The Wash, a large bay in East Anglia"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly tempt to cut garment lower (7)","Answer":"DEPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: lower\n[t]E[m]P[t] in DRESS"}
-{"Clue":"A kiss lifts me in Paris, as a rule (5)","Answer":"AXIOM","Explanation":"Definition: a rule\nA + X + reverse of MOI"}
-{"Clue":"Letters from secretary, a Chinese native (5)","Answer":"PANDA","Explanation":"Definition: a Chinese native\nThe secretary is a PA, so the letters are P AND A"}
-{"Clue":"Final section of joint unfinished choral works (5)","Answer":"ROACH","Explanation":"Definition: Final section of joint\nAnagram of CHORA[L] \u2013 \"the butt of a marijuana cigarette [joint]\" as Chambers puts it"}
-{"Clue":"Old coin container in Pennsylvania high spot (9)","Answer":"ANNAPURNA","Explanation":"Definition: high spot\nANNA (former Indian coin) + URN in PA"}
-{"Clue":"Fixed dot, so company could not be moved (5,4)","Answer":"STOOD FIRM","Explanation":"Definition: could not be moved\n(DOT SO)* + FIRM (company)"}
-{"Clue":"Miles is after bear symbol (5)","Answer":"TOTEM","Explanation":"Definition: symbol\nTOTE (to bear) + M"}
-{"Clue":"Sheep hiding in ground cover, an airman's lifesaver (3,4)","Answer":"MAE WEST","Explanation":"Definition: an airman's lifesaver\nEWE in MAST (nuts & acorns, which I suppose could cover the ground). The Mae West was the nickname of a US airman's life-jacket, named after the buxom actress"}
-{"Clue":"Performing flea meets obstruction (a bit of foliage) (7)","Answer":"LEAFLET","Explanation":"Definition: a bit of foliage\nFLEA* + LET (obstruction)"}
-{"Clue":"Jack gets United to take on son Tom? (5)","Answer":"JONES","Explanation":"Definition: Tom?\nJ + ONE + S, with reference to the singer"}
-{"Clue":"Getting on Circle line with a large number (3)","Answer":"OLD","Explanation":"Definition: Getting on\nO + L + D (500 \u2013 large number?: well, it depends what you're counting)"}
-{"Clue":"Natural lining material wrapped round end of the contents of basket (5)","Answer":"MOSES","Explanation":"Definition: contents of basket\n~~E (last letter of the middle letters of bASKEt \u2013 a rather unusual construction) in MOSS~~ *Ignore that rubbish: it's \"end of thE\" in MOSS, and the infant Moses was found by hidden in an \"ark of bulrushes\", i.e. a basket, where he was found by Pharaoh's daughter"}
-{"Clue":"Mechanical orbit circling round and around (7)","Answer":"ROBOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Mechanical\nO (\"round\") in ORBIT* + C (circa, around)"}
-{"Clue":"Almost understand oddly clued \"shut off\" (7)","Answer":"SECLUDE","Explanation":"Definition: shut off\nSE[e] + CLUED"}
-{"Clue":"Lightweight worker in goods packing? (5)","Answer":"BOXER","Explanation":"Definition: Lightweight\nDouble definition (\"lightweight\" is a def-by-example \u2013 the question mark at the end of the clue may be intended to show this)"}
-{"Clue":"Heating and lighting, say, above school's entrance (9)","Answer":"OVERHEADS","Explanation":"Definition: Heating and lighting, say\nOVERHEAD (above) + S[chool]"}
-{"Clue":"Easily removable WC with false nuts round tip of base (5-4)","Answer":"LOOSE-LEAF","Explanation":"Definition: Easily removable\nLOO (toilet, WC) + [bas]E in FALSE"}
-{"Clue":"Ruby's shielded by firm belief (5)","Answer":"CREDO","Explanation":"Definition: belief\nRED in CO (company \u2013 we had this the other way round in 11a)"}
-{"Clue":"Means of defence gets hot with top off (4)","Answer":"ARMS","Explanation":"Definition: Means of defence\n[W]ARMS"}
-{"Clue":"Game to sleep with nothing on next to Trotsky? (8)","Answer":"NAPOLEON","Explanation":"Definition: Game\nNAP + 0 + LEON \u2013 perhaps the reference to Trotsky is a nod to the the theme, as is \"sleep with nothing on\", from the original 4th Commandment \"No animal shall sleep in a bed\", later surreptitiously modified to \"No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets\""}
-{"Clue":"Booted a bit of the pitch over the top of Hillsborough (4)","Answer":"SHOD","Explanation":"Definition: Booted\nH[illsborough] in SOD"}
-{"Clue":"Wait, or do shifts as a broadcaster (5,3)","Answer":"RADIO TWO","Explanation":"Definition: broadcaster\n(WAIT OR DO)* \u2013 Radio 2 is a BBC radio channel, the successor of the Light Programme"}
-{"Clue":"Barbarian lifting a thin plate of bone (6)","Answer":"ANIMAL","Explanation":"Definition: Barbarian\nReverse of LAMINA"}
-{"Clue":"Circle left to access champ hit badly about the eye (10)","Answer":"OPHTHALMIC","Explanation":"Definition: about the eye\nO (circle) + L in (CHAMP HIT)"}
-{"Clue":"Animal research facility about to introduce a tedious course (6)","Answer":"BRUTAL","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nRUT (tedious course) in reverse of LAB \u2013 perhaps a pity that \"animal\" appears here so close to 5d"}
-{"Clue":"Till first sign of five in the morning about right? (4)","Answer":"FARM","Explanation":"Definition: Till\nF[ive] + R in A.M."}
-{"Clue":"Stick around with Gold, an American student (5)","Answer":"MAJOR","Explanation":"Definition: an American student\nReverse of JAM (to stick) + OR \u2013 an American student may say \"I'm a physics major\""}
-{"Clue":"Yes, regatta activated sedentary duck (4,6)","Answer":"EASY\u00a0TARGET","Explanation":"Definition: sedentary duck\n(YES REGATTA)* \u2013 the definition is a (needless?) variant on \"sitting duck\""}
-{"Clue":"Art venue includes sex experience (5)","Answer":"TASTE","Explanation":"Definition: experience\nS in TATE [Gallery]"}
-{"Clue":"Sydney, if tarted up to present a trivial, cosy image to tourists (8)","Answer":"DISNEYFY","Explanation":"Definition: to present a trivial, cosy image to tourists\n(SYDNEY IF)* \u2013 an odd-looking spelling, but Chambers has it"}
-{"Clue":"Little pig's snitch (8)","Answer":"SQUEALER","Explanation":"Definition: Little pig\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Spa where males are heard to gain weight (6)","Answer":"BUXTON","Explanation":"Definition: Spa\nHomophone of \"bucks\" + TON"}
-{"Clue":"Hide bordering lake (you'll prosper in it) (6)","Answer":"CLOVER","Explanation":"Definition: you'll prosper in it\nL in COVER \u2013 if you're well off you're \"in clover\""}
-{"Clue":"Dance nut (4)","Answer":"BALL","Explanation":"Definition: Dance\nDouble definition \u2013 nut=ball=testicle"}
-{"Clue":"Artist lacks yen, in a way, for a joint (4)","Answer":"HOCK","Explanation":"Definition: a joint\n[David] HOCKNEY less YEN"}
-{"Clue":"Newscaster keeps neutral in broadcast (4)","Answer":"SNOW","Explanation":"Definition: Newscaster\nN in SOW \u2013 Jon Snow, long-running presenter of Channel 4 News"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of stone tool that is shortly to be redesigned (6)","Answer":"OOLITE","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of stone\nAnagram of TOOL + I.E."}
-{"Clue":"One immersed in pale blue liquor tank (8)","Answer":"AQUARIUM","Explanation":"Definition: tank\nI in AQUA RUM"}
-{"Clue":"Hairdressing course has a lot of dubious content but requires no skill initially (8)","Answer":"COIFFURE","Explanation":"Definition: Hairdressing\nIFF[y] (dubious) in COURSE less S[kill]"}
-{"Clue":"Record crowd causes hold-up (3,3)","Answer":"LOG JAM","Explanation":"Definition: hold-up\nLOG (record) + JAM (crowd)"}
-{"Clue":"Pretty short presidential message (4)","Answer":"TWEE","Explanation":"Definition: Pretty\nTWEE[t] \u2013 reference to Trump's Twitter habit"}
-{"Clue":"Restraint in dark times \u2013 a feature of the Stock Exchange? (5,5)","Answer":"SHARE INDEX","Explanation":"Definition: a feature of the Stock Exchange\nREIN in SHADE + X (multiplication sign \u2013 times)"}
-{"Clue":"Roman poet in love with 6d (4)","Answer":"OVID","Explanation":"Definition: Roman poet\nO + VI D \u2013 not a reference to 6 down"}
-{"Clue":"Respond to compound trace elements (5)","Answer":"REACT","Explanation":"Definition: Respond\nTRACE"}
-{"Clue":"Tasteless individual starts to collect hideous Arabian vases (4)","Answer":"CHAV","Explanation":"Definition: Tasteless individual\nFirst letters of Collect Hideous Arabian Vases"}
-{"Clue":"Breed of wildfowl that's been confused with 24ac (5,5)","Answer":"BRENT GEESE","Explanation":"Definition: Breed of wildfowl\nAnagram of BEEN + EGRETS (answer to 24ac)"}
-{"Clue":"Legal proviso: if Ulster joins the south, independence will follow (4)","Answer":"NISI","Explanation":"Definition: Legal proviso\nNI (Ulster \u2013 not strictly correct, as often discussed) + S + I. Nisi is Latin for \"unless\", as in decree nisi for example"}
-{"Clue":"Waders needed when East River gets turbulent (6)","Answer":"EGRETS","Explanation":"Definition: Waders\nAnagram (barely!) of E R GETS"}
-{"Clue":"Former German chancellor meets disheartened Jewish leader for a sort of 4d (8)","Answer":"KOHLRABI","Explanation":"Definition: a sort of 4d\n[Helmut] KOHL (German chancellor 1982 to 1998) + RA[B]BI"}
-{"Clue":"Bum goes round Liberal get-together to get a drink at the Fox & Roman perhaps (4,4)","Answer":"REAL BEER","Explanation":"Definition: a drink at the Fox & Roman perhaps\nL BEE (get-together) in REAR"}
-{"Clue":"First two boys to enter mile \u2013 silly clots! (6)","Answer":"EMBOLI","Explanation":"Definition: clots\nFirst two letters of BOys in MILE*. I'm not keen on the use \"first two\" meaning \"first two of\""}
-{"Clue":"Text: 'Why oh why has nothing been attached to this see-saw?' (4)","Answer":"YOYO","Explanation":"Definition: see-saw\nYOY (\"why oh why\" in textspeak) + O (nothing). Chambers has this hyphenated as YO-YO"}
-{"Clue":"Painting, an area of expertise that can provide a means of reducing friction. (8)","Answer":"OILFIELD","Explanation":"Definition: a means of reducing friction\nOIL (painting) + FIELD (area of expertise)"}
-{"Clue":"Critical appraisals received for variety shows (6)","Answer":"REVUES","Explanation":"Definition: variety shows\nHomophone of \"reviews\""}
-{"Clue":"Vegetable ingredient in cock-a-leekie soup (4)","Answer":"KALE","Explanation":"Definition: Vegetable\nHidden in cocK-A-LEekie \u2013 cock-a-leekie *is* a soup, so the last word is redundant both in the surface and in the cryptic reading"}
-{"Clue":"Be prone to wear twisted truss and get extremely bad-tempered (8)","Answer":"SURLIEST","Explanation":"Definition: extremely bad-tempered\nLIE (be prone) in TRUSS"}
-{"Clue":"Healthcare organisation involved in a local upset (4)","Answer":"BUPA","Explanation":"Definition: Healthcare organisation\nReverse of A PUB \u2013 this is the acronym mentioned in the preamble"}
-{"Clue":"Be uncertain about state following leader in Washington (5)","Answer":"WAVER","Explanation":"Definition: Be uncertain\nW[ashington] + AVER"}
-{"Clue":"Arachne's first puzzle will blow your mind (5)","Answer":"AMAZE","Explanation":"Definition: blow your mind\nA[rachne] + MAZE"}
-{"Clue":"Vote to conceal name in complex means tests (5)","Answer":"EXAMS","Explanation":"Definition: tests\nX (vote) replaces N in MEANS"}
-{"Clue":"Record the queen pursuing wild tigers (8)","Answer":"REGISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Record\nTIGERS* + ER"}
-{"Clue":"Compound used in ornamental engraving can make one ill (6)","Answer":"NIELLO","Explanation":"Definition: Compound used in ornamental engraving\n(ONE ILL)"}
-{"Clue":"Responses heard with ease by radio operators (6)","Answer":"ECHOES","Explanation":"Definition: Responses\n\"Ease\" is a homophone of \"E\"s, and echo is E in the NATO phonetic alphabet (as used by radio operators)"}
-{"Clue":"Dull player gets partial backing (4)","Answer":"GREY","Explanation":"Definition: Dull\nHidden in reverse of plaYER Gets"}
-{"Clue":"Church leader associated with far-reaching Enterprise (4)","Answer":"KIRK","Explanation":"Definition: Church\nDouble definition \u2013 Scottish church, and Captain Kirk of *Star Trek"}
-{"Clue":"Cry goes up: \"Let there be light!\" (4)","Answer":"BULB","Explanation":"Definition: light\nReverse of BLUB"}
-{"Clue":"Revealing backside reportedly, kiss partner first? (8)","Answer":"TELLTALE","Explanation":"Definition: Revealing\nTELL (kiss's \"partner\" in the expression \"kiss and tell\") + homophone of \"tail\" (backside)"}
-{"Clue":"Useless dad not taken seriously at first (5)","Answer":"PANTS","Explanation":"Definition: Useless\nPA + first letters of Not Taken Seriously"}
-{"Clue":"Pass over waste container (4)","Answer":"SKIP","Explanation":"Definition: Pass over\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wind far, all wrapped up in swelling burst of energy (5,5)","Answer":"SOLAR\u00a0FLARE","Explanation":"Definition: burst of energy\n(FAR ALL)* in SORE (a swelling)"}
-{"Clue":"Furniture item solver suggested? (6)","Answer":"SETTEE","Explanation":"Definition: Furniture item\nThis raised a smile \u2013 the solver is a sett**ee** as opposed to a sett**er"}
-{"Clue":"Penning notes on passing back, handyman defender (8)","Answer":"ANTIBODY","Explanation":"Definition: defender\nReverse of OBIT (\"notes on passing\") in ANDY \u2013 a (perhaps rather parochial) reference to Andy Kane, known as Handy Andy on the BBC's *Changing Rooms* (or perhaps Handy Andy is a generic nickname for a handyman?)"}
-{"Clue":"Deepest part of script in story likely to crumble (7)","Answer":"FRIABLE","Explanation":"Definition: likely to crumble\n[sc]RI[pt] in FABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Prowler, male part on parade, initially (7)","Answer":"PANTHER","Explanation":"Definition: Prowler\nP[arade] + ANTHER (male part of a flower)"}
-{"Clue":"Music in middle of performance, played at centre (8)","Answer":"ENTR\u2019ACTE","Explanation":"Definition: Music in middle of performance\n(AT CENTRE)"}
-{"Clue":"Drink carrier (6)","Answer":"PORTER","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Standard for Morgan perhaps, happy fellow (5,5)","Answer":"JOLLY\u00a0ROGER","Explanation":"Definition: Standard for Morgan perhaps\nJOLLY (happy) + ROGER (fellow), and a reference to the privateer Captain Henry Morgan"}
-{"Clue":"Gloria Gaynor's first and last gig? (8)","Answer":"SWANSONG","Explanation":"Definition: last gig\nSWANSON + G[aynor] \u2013 nice misdirection to the wrong Gloria"}
-{"Clue":"That's one place to go, briefly (2,3)","Answer":"ID EST","Explanation":"Definition: That's\n1 + DEST[ination]"}
-{"Clue":"Together in print and embossed (2,6)","Answer":"IN TANDEM","Explanation":"Definition: Together\nHidden in prINT AND EMbossed"}
-{"Clue":"Tie spoon on last (8)","Answer":"NECKWEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Tie\nNECK (kiss, spoon) + WEAR (to endure, last)"}
-{"Clue":"Cricketer in female underwear (4)","Answer":"SLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Cricketer\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Problem with smalls filling up well (6)","Answer":"HASSLE","Explanation":"Definition: Problem\nS S in HALE"}
-{"Clue":"Whip under the nether regions, as virago (7)","Answer":"HELLCAT","Explanation":"Definition: virago\nHELL (nether regions) + CAT (whip)"}
-{"Clue":"Treat Peter to a Trial by Jury, say? (8)","Answer":"OPERETTA","Explanation":"Definition: Trial by Jury, say\n(PETER TO A)* \u2013 TBJ was Gilbert and Sullivan's first collaboration, apart from *Thespis*, whose music is lost"}
-{"Clue":"Touring Berlin, take nipper (5-5)","Answer":"ANKLE-BITER","Explanation":"Definition: nipper\n(BERLIN LAKE)* \u2013 picturesque slang for a small child: Chambers tells me it's Australian, though this page traces it back to the US Harper's Magazine of the surprisingly early date of 1850"}
-{"Clue":"Girl riding without support (6)","Answer":"ASTRID","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nASTRID[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Server you rolled up, on which a source of milk and bread (3,7)","Answer":"TEA TROLLEY","Explanation":"Definition: Server\nTEAT (source of milk) + ROLL (bread) + reverse of YE"}
-{"Clue":"Cut tatting speed? (8)","Answer":"LACERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\nThe tatting speed is the LACE RATE"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign students having secured top grade, time for cheers (8)","Answer":"ELEVATES","Explanation":"Definition: cheers\nA (top grade) + T in ELEVES (French for pupils, students)"}
-{"Clue":"Publisher taking initiative originally in shooting writer? (7)","Answer":"PENGUIN","Explanation":"Definition: Publisher\nI[nitiative] in PEN GUN (a \"shooting writer\")"}
-{"Clue":"Knickers ultimately abandoned, sounds about right \u2014 for this? (6)","Answer":"NOOKIE","Explanation":"Definition: this\nOK (right) in NOI[S]E (sounds) with the last letter of knickerS removed"}
-{"Clue":"Individual opening individual correspondence (6)","Answer":"PARITY","Explanation":"Definition: correspondence\nI (individual) in PARTY (another individual, as in legal documents etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Virtuoso matador holds animals' bodies (6)","Answer":"SOMATA","Explanation":"Definition: animals' bodies\nHidden in virtuoSO MATAdor. The Som is name of the currencies of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan"}
-{"Clue":"French way to back bad actor, a union player? (8)","Answer":"EUROCRAT","Explanation":"Definition: a union player\nReverse of RUE (French for street, way) + ACTOR* \u2013 a Eurocrat might be a \"player\" in the European Union"}
-{"Clue":"Local rep may offer this pre-lunch drink (2-4)","Answer":"AM-DRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Local rep may offer this\nThe pre-lunch drink is a DRAM in the morning (A.M.). The definition seems a bit inaccurate: rep = repertory theatre is professional, though I suppose there are some theatres called \"the Rep\" that might put on amateur productions. The Dram if the currency of Armenia"}
-{"Clue":"Two British monarchs hosting posh nobility (8)","Answer":"GRANDEUR","Explanation":"Definition: nobility\nU (posh) in G.R. and E.R. \u2013 the EUR in the answer is a (deliberate?) red herring, as it's just the code for the Euro, not its name."}
-{"Clue":"Killed duelling, criminal's put on outfit oddly (11)","Answer":"GUILLOTINED","Explanation":"Definition: Killed\nAlternate letters of OuTfIt in DUELLING* \u2013 though surely \"put on\" suggests that OTI should be on the outside.. The Loti is the currency of Lesotho"}
-{"Clue":"A Liberal breaks rule to switch allegiance (7)","Answer":"REALIGN","Explanation":"Definition: switch allegiance\nA L in REIGN"}
-{"Clue":"Pen note about poet (7)","Answer":"IMPOUND","Explanation":"Definition: Pen\nReverse of MI (note, as in do-re-mi) + [Ezra] Pound"}
-{"Clue":"Concerned with the cloth of skirt tailor retails (11)","Answer":"MINISTERIAL","Explanation":"Definition: Concerned with the cloth\nMINI (skirt) + RETAILS"}
-{"Clue":"Ring road, one not for pedestrian (8)","Answer":"ORDINARY","Explanation":"Definition: pedestrian\nO + RD + I + NARY"}
-{"Clue":"Depression case from Kansas is trouble for the doctor (6)","Answer":"DALEKS","Explanation":"Definition: trouble for the doctor\nDALE (valley, depression) + the \"case\" of K[ansa]S. I'm sure Doctor Who purists would want The Doctor to be capitalised. The Lek is the currency of Albania"}
-{"Clue":"Poet's penning mock archaic article showing women on top (8)","Answer":"DOYENNES","Explanation":"Definition: women on top\nYE (\"mock archaic [definite] article\") in [John] DONNE'S"}
-{"Clue":"Dumplings not on, Edward's usual (6)","Answer":"WONTED","Explanation":"Definition: usual\nWON T[ON] + ED. Both North and South Korea have the Won as their currency (though it's not the same, er, one)"}
-{"Clue":"State capital built up last (2,4)","Answer":"ST PAUL","Explanation":"Definition: State capital\n(UP LAST)*. St Paul (which adjoins Minneapolis, making the \"Twin Cities\") is the state capital of Minnesota"}
-{"Clue":"Many a tender dog with sincere barking (in all across solutions here) (10)","Answer":"CURRENCIES","Explanation":"Definition: Many a tender\nCUR + SINCERE"}
-{"Clue":"Coordinated what soldiers did (6-2)","Answer":"JOINED-UP","Explanation":"Definition: Coordinated\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Stock complaint from canonised cricket commentator? (8)","Answer":"STAGGERS","Explanation":"Definition: Stock complaint\nS[ain]T + AGGERS, nickname of cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew. Staggers is a disease of cattle and sheep (\"stock\")"}
-{"Clue":"Most of city girl's old song (8)","Answer":"MADRIGAL","Explanation":"Definition: old song\nMADRI[D] + GAL"}
-{"Clue":"Victor snubbed in party dance (4)","Answer":"REEL","Explanation":"Definition: dance\nREVEL less V"}
-{"Clue":"Spell a word (4)","Answer":"TERM","Explanation":"Definition: Spell\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cryptic entertains, displaying groups of letters (10)","Answer":"TENANTRIES","Explanation":"Definition: groups of letters\nENTERTAINS"}
-{"Clue":"It could be true, mind shows undeveloped part (8)","Answer":"RUDIMENT","Explanation":"Definition: undeveloped part\n(TRUE MIND)"}
-{"Clue":"Respected papers covering party spreading lies (8)","Answer":"IDOLISED","Explanation":"Definition: Respected\nDO + LIES* in ID (papers)"}
-{"Clue":"Two lots of the writer's books at hand (8)","Answer":"IMMINENT","Explanation":"Definition: at hand\nI'M + MINE (two ways of saying \"the writer's\") + N[ew] T[estament]"}
-{"Clue":"Stripping off, never mind getting a measuring device (6)","Answer":"ETALON","Explanation":"Definition: a measuring device\nLET ALONE (\"never mind\"), minus its outer letters. (Not [G]ET ALON[G], which I was trying to justify to myself for a while) The etalon, used for measuring wavelengths of light, is also known as the Fabry\u2013P\u00e9rot interferometer"}
-{"Clue":"Gangster to take drugs, holding nothing back (4)","Answer":"HOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Gangster\nO (nothing) in DO H[eroin]"}
-{"Clue":"Avant-garde clothes taken from excited guy (4)","Answer":"EDGY","Explanation":"Definition: Avant-garde\nOuter letters (\"clothes\") of E[xcite]D G[u]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet porn model gets embarrassed (5,4)","Answer":"LEMON DROP","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\n(PORN MODEL)* \u2013 a nice easy one to get us started"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty bloke following with revolver (5)","Answer":"WHEEL","Explanation":"Definition: revolver\nW[ith] + HEEL (nasty person)"}
-{"Clue":"Band beginning to hire and fire (5)","Answer":"TORCH","Explanation":"Definition: fire\nTORC (a band worn on the neck or arm) + H[ire]"}
-{"Clue":"Set off breaking into old school (9)","Answer":"DETONATED","Explanation":"Definition: Set off\nETON in DATED. We have to read this as \"breaking into old [we have] school\" \u2013 there's a similar construction in 4d"}
-{"Clue":"Francis's responsibility under discussion \u2014 quite understand (4,3)","Answer":"HOLY SEE","Explanation":"Definition: Francis's responsibility\nHomophone of \"wholly see\", with Francis being the current pope"}
-{"Clue":"Vet belonging to cult keeps quiet (7)","Answer":"INSPECT","Explanation":"Definition: Vet\nP in IN SECT"}
-{"Clue":"Dishy fellow gets some crumpet, right? (5)","Answer":"PETRI","Explanation":"Definition: Dishy fellow\nHidden in crumPET RIght \u2013 Julius Petri is credited with inventing the Petri dish"}
-{"Clue":"Gulls and other birds (7)","Answer":"PIGEONS","Explanation":"Definition: Gulls\nDouble definition \u2013 gull and pigeon can both mean someone who is duped"}
-{"Clue":"Traveller's opening bag outside station (5)","Answer":"CASTE","Explanation":"Definition: station\nT[raveller] in CASE"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely rich Scottish banker \u2014 it's annoying (7)","Answer":"DEEPEST","Explanation":"Definition: Extremely rich\nDEE (Scottish river or \"banker\") + PEST \u2013 for rich=deep, think of singing voices"}
-{"Clue":"Son inclined to be awkward (7)","Answer":"STILTED","Explanation":"Definition: awkward\nS + TILTED"}
-{"Clue":"Food's tested! Hamburger's the \u2026 (9)","Answer":"PROVENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Food\nPROVEN (tested) + DER (German \"the\", as a person from Hamburg would say)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 best \u2014 care for a trip to McDonald's? (5)","Answer":"CREAM","Explanation":"Definition: best\nCARE* + M (the M-shaped \"golden arches\" symbolising McDonald's \"restaurants\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit and honey available (5)","Answer":"MELON","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nMEL (honey) + ON (available)"}
-{"Clue":"Grew frustrated with trial \u2014 very clear to see (4,5)","Answer":"WRIT LARGE","Explanation":"Definition: very clear to see\n(GREW TRIAL)"}
-{"Clue":"Losing to drunk is a disgrace (4)","Answer":"BLOT","Explanation":"Definition: a disgrace\nBLOTTO less TO"}
-{"Clue":"Monk upset about men lacking principle (6)","Answer":"AMORAL","Explanation":"Definition: lacking principle\nOR (Other Ranks \u2013 men) in reverse of LAMA"}
-{"Clue":"Check on unemployed brother (6)","Answer":"BRIDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Check\nBR + IDLE \u2013 another inverted construction \"on unemployed [, put] brother\""}
-{"Clue":"Showing Fury freaking out \u2014 nastiest pre-fight (8,8)","Answer":"SPITTING\u00a0FEATHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Showing Fury\n(NASTIEST PRE-FIGHT)"}
-{"Clue":"Writer doesn't have a double (4)","Answer":"TWIN","Explanation":"Definition: double\n[Mark] TWAIN less A"}
-{"Clue":"Trusted Henry's newspaper column (5)","Answer":"HOPED","Explanation":"Definition: Trusted\nH + OP-ED"}
-{"Clue":"\"Isn't good\", tattooed actor Christopher said in short (10)","Answer":"SUCCINCTLY","Explanation":"Definition: in short\nHomophone of \"sucks\" (isn't good) + \"inked\" (tattooed) + [Christopher] \"Lee\""}
-{"Clue":"Taking humour to begin with \u2014 Screw has it and Tramp (5)","Answer":"TREAD","Explanation":"Definition: Tramp\nTHREAD (what a screw has) less H[umour], with a nod to two of Vlad's fellow setters (though we haven't seen Screw for a while)"}
-{"Clue":"Strange! Half two in empty dockyard \u2014 where is everybody? (3,5,3,3,4)","Answer":"THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE","Explanation":"Definition: everybody\nAnagram of HALF TWO IN D[ockyar]D WHERE IS"}
-{"Clue":"Publicly criticises records (4,4)","Answer":"PUTS DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Publicly criticises\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Rule-breaking very accomplished but shameful (6)","Answer":"SORDID","Explanation":"Definition: shameful\nR[ule] in SO DID"}
-{"Clue":"View of Boris Johnson? He's divisive (6)","Answer":"THEORY","Explanation":"Definition: View\nHE in (\"dividing\") TORY"}
-{"Clue":"Leading politician well-informed about cause of inflation (4)","Answer":"PUMP","Explanation":"Definition: cause of inflation\nReverse of PM UP. I will refrain from political comment relating to our current PM or the divisive tory in the previous clue"}
-{"Clue":"Air base reported (4)","Answer":"MIEN","Explanation":"Definition: Air\nHomophone of \"mean\" (base)"}
-{"Clue":"Expression of surprise about a project for an airport (8)","Answer":"HEATHROW","Explanation":"Definition: airport\nReverse of EH (surprise) + A THROW"}
-{"Clue":"Striking effect of exotic lace on hem of petticoat (5)","Answer":"ECLAT","Explanation":"Definition: Striking effect\nLACE* + [petticoa]T"}
-{"Clue":"Rugby player runs into old man (4)","Answer":"PROP","Explanation":"Definition: Rugby player\nR in POP (father, old man)"}
-{"Clue":"Controversial killing of animal possessing unusual source of divine grace (6,4)","Answer":"BADGER CULL","Explanation":"Definition: Controversial killing\nAnagram of D[ivine] GRACE in BULL. Badgers are controversially culled because of the disputed belief that they spread bovine TB"}
-{"Clue":"Sail around shores of neglected land mass (6)","Answer":"ISLAND","Explanation":"Definition: land mass\nSAIL* + N[eglecte]D"}
-{"Clue":"Waste product generated by people tucking into bad diets (8)","Answer":"SEDIMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Waste product\nMEN in DIETS"}
-{"Clue":"Carton containing large piece of fabric (7)","Answer":"PLACKET","Explanation":"Definition: piece of fabric\nL in PACKET \u2013 I had to look this up to check: it is (among other meanings) \"an opening in a skirt, shirt, etc for a pocket, or at the fastening\""}
-{"Clue":"Supporter of dictator hiding dresses in vacant toilet (7)","Answer":"TSARIST","Explanation":"Definition: Supporter of dictator\nSARIS in T[oile]T"}
-{"Clue":"Anthea's contributions to magazine? (8)","Answer":"ARTICLES","Explanation":"Definition: contributions to magazine\n\"Anthea\" is made up of the articles AN, THE, A"}
-{"Clue":"Bad-tembered taxi driver crossing river (6)","Answer":"CRABBY","Explanation":"Definition: Bad-tembered\nR in CABBY"}
-{"Clue":"Award for recycled bronze pile (5,5)","Answer":"NOBEL PRIZE","Explanation":"Definition: Award\n(BRONZE PILE)"}
-{"Clue":"Bottom of target (4)","Answer":"BUTT","Explanation":"Definition: Bottom\nDouble definition \u2013 American slang for the bottom, and \"a mark or mound for archery or shotting practice\"; also figuratively an object or target of ridicule"}
-{"Clue":"French department covered by precise regulations (5)","Answer":"ISERE","Explanation":"Definition: French department\nHidden in precISE REgulations"}
-{"Clue":"Cook given SAE for picture (8)","Answer":"ENVISAGE","Explanation":"Definition: picture\n(GIVEN SAE)"}
-{"Clue":"Priest is stopping money as act of vengeance (8)","Answer":"REPRISAL","Explanation":"Definition: act of vengeance\nPR IS in REAL (currency of Brazil)"}
-{"Clue":"Discontinue concession over time (4)","Answer":"STOP","Explanation":"Definition: Discontinue\nT in SOP (concession)"}
-{"Clue":"Brother visiting mafiosi's final resting place is paid illegally (6)","Answer":"BRIBED","Explanation":"Definition: paid illegally\nBR + [mafios]I + BED"}
-{"Clue":"Head of Sheffield Wednesday is meeting Hillsborough's first Scandinavian (7)","Answer":"SWEDISH","Explanation":"Definition: Scandinavian\nS[heffield] + WED + IS + H[illsborough]"}
-{"Clue":"I sneered rudely seeing sea nymphs (8)","Answer":"NEREIDES","Explanation":"Definition: sea nymphs\n(I SNEERED)"}
-{"Clue":"Where cops may sit for a game of cards (5,5)","Answer":"BLACK MARIA","Explanation":"Definition: Where cops may sit\nDouble definition \u2013 police van, and the card game also known as Hearts"}
-{"Clue":"New undergarment is hot! (6)","Answer":"STOLEN","Explanation":"Definition: hot\nSTOLE + N \u2013 we have to read this as \"New under garment\""}
-{"Clue":"Leading setter's swapped seed for mathematician (10)","Answer":"ARCHIMEDES","Explanation":"Definition: mathematician\nARCH (leading) + I'M (setter is) + SEED"}
-{"Clue":"Hidden river flowing north around docks (8)","Answer":"ECLIPSED","Explanation":"Definition: Hidden\nCLIPS (docks) in reverse of DEE"}
-{"Clue":"Wise man protecting new boat from malicious damage (8)","Answer":"SABOTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: malicious damage\nBOAT* in SAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Old courts using Anglo-Saxon measurements (7)","Answer":"ASSIZES","Explanation":"Definition: Old courts\nA.S. + SIZES"}
-{"Clue":"Piece that is for someone new to the job (6)","Answer":"ROOKIE","Explanation":"Definition: someone new to the job\nROOK (chess piece) + I.E."}
-{"Clue":"Part of stick (6)","Answer":"CLEAVE","Explanation":"Definition: Part\nDouble definition of the famous auto-antonym"}
-{"Clue":"Clapped-out public transport's on time! (4)","Answer":"BUST","Explanation":"Definition: Clapped-out\nBUS + T"}
-{"Clue":"Pollock and other fish numbers returning (7)","Answer":"JACKSON","Explanation":"Definition: Pollock\nJACK (type of fish) + reverse of NOS, the definition referring to the American artist"}
-{"Clue":"Actor producing a cliche in a state (7,5)","Answer":"MICHAEL\u00a0CAINE","Explanation":"Definition: Actor\n(A CLICHE)* in MAINE"}
-{"Clue":"Since I wear layers, it's more cold (5)","Answer":"ICIER","Explanation":"Definition: more cold\nAlternate letters of sInCe I wEaR \u2013 \"layers\" seems a bit vague for this, but I suppose it's clear enough"}
-{"Clue":"Promenades that are out of this world (9)","Answer":"MOONWALKS","Explanation":"Definition: Promenades that are out of this world\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cable binds black line after home's impossible to conquer (10)","Answer":"INVINCIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: impossible to conquer\nIN (home) + B L in VINCE (Sir Vince Cable, UK politician), but the third I is unaccounted for (unless VC is known as Vincie to his friends, which I somehow doubt)"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing evil in short book? (4)","Answer":"OBAD","Explanation":"Definition: short book\n0 BAD \u2013 abbreviation of the the biblical book of Obadiah (the shortest book of the Old Testament)"}
-{"Clue":"Squeeze right into ship where hacks might be found (5,7)","Answer":"PRESS GALLERY","Explanation":"Definition: hacks might be found\nPRESS (squeeze) + R in GALLEY"}
-{"Clue":"Joy for old Benn is without end: people oust leader! (12)","Answer":"EXHILARATION","Explanation":"Definition: Joy\nEX (old) HILAR[Y] (BENN \u2013 another UK politician, son of the late Tony [Wedgwood] Benn) + [N]ATION"}
-{"Clue":"I career around, then collapse (4)","Answer":"RUIN","Explanation":"Definition: collapse\nI in RUN (to career)"}
-{"Clue":"Unorthodox final position of Humpty Dumpty? (3,3,4)","Answer":"OFF THE WALL","Explanation":"Definition: Unorthodox\nAs Humpty Dumpty was after his fall\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Spoiled cat: \"I loved the good life\" (5,4)","Answer":"DOLCE VITA","Explanation":"Definition: the good life\n(CAT I LOVED)"}
-{"Clue":"Always in favour of First Lady (Republican) (7)","Answer":"FOREVER","Explanation":"Definition: Always\nFOR (in favour of) EVE (\"first lady\") + R"}
-{"Clue":"Welcome tale from the past (7)","Answer":"HISTORY","Explanation":"Definition: the past\nHI (welcome!) + STORY"}
-{"Clue":"Legless man, one goes into pub to participate (4,2)","Answer":"JOIN IN","Explanation":"Definition: participate\nJO[e] + I in INN"}
-{"Clue":"Badger picks up virus No 5 within city limits (6)","Answer":"CHIVVY","Explanation":"Definition: Badger\nHIV (virus) + V (5) in C[it]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Season and turn Chinese food (6,4)","Answer":"SPRING ROLL","Explanation":"Definition: Chinese food\nSPRING (season) + ROLL (turn)"}
-{"Clue":"Clouds rising from Maghrib mines (5)","Answer":"NIMBI","Explanation":"Definition: Clouds\nHidden in reverse of maghrIB MINes"}
-{"Clue":"Film work on a second job (9)","Answer":"MOONLIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Film\nDouble definition \u2013 it's the title of an Oscar-winning film from 2016"}
-{"Clue":"Allegedly, media mogul's a hood (4)","Answer":"COWL","Explanation":"Definition: hood\nHomophone of [Simon] Cowell"}
-{"Clue":"Revised bible held by a theologian's all made up (2-6)","Answer":"AD-LIBBED","Explanation":"Definition: all made up\nBIBLE* in A DD"}
-{"Clue":"Armageddon might take a while? (4,4)","Answer":"LAST DAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Armageddon\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Prepare clues for Everyman to begin with, Sunday lights up (10)","Answer":"FLUORESCES","Explanation":"Definition: lights up\n(CLUES FOR)* + E[veryman] + S[unday]"}
-{"Clue":"Tailor cries over Trump becoming more untidy (9)","Answer":"SCRUFFIER","Explanation":"Definition: more untidy\nRUFF (to trump, in Bridge etc) in CRIES"}
-{"Clue":"Remove dish to fridge (3,3,2)","Answer":"GET RID OF","Explanation":"Definition: Remove\n(TO FRIDGE)"}
-{"Clue":"Time after time, I shall get the queen in sensational film (8)","Answer":"THRILLER","Explanation":"Definition: sensational film\nT[ime] + HR (hour, another \"time\") + I'LL + ER"}
-{"Clue":"Boxer carries cold, firm cloth (6)","Answer":"CALICO","Explanation":"Definition: cloth\nC + ALI (boxer) + CO (company, firm)"}
-{"Clue":"Feeling tired, Mole takes shelter (6)","Answer":"SLEEPY","Explanation":"Definition: Feeling tired\nLEE (shelter) in SPY (model)"}
-{"Clue":"Train tickets over 85% off per person (5)","Answer":"TEACH","Explanation":"Definition: Train\nT[ickets] (six-sevenths is between 85% and 86%) + EACH (per person)"}
-{"Clue":"Fuel stored in older vehicles (4)","Answer":"DERV","Explanation":"Definition: Fuel\nHidden in olDER Vehicles \u2013 DERV is an acronym for Diesel-Engined Road Vehicle, and by extension refers to the fuel itself"}
-{"Clue":"Cover put around album not working? It's beyond remedy (14)","Answer":"INSURMOUNTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: beyond remedy\n(ALBUM NOT)* in INSURE (to cover)"}
-{"Clue":"Behind blocking name of offensive broadcast (7)","Answer":"TRUMPET","Explanation":"Definition: broadcast\nRUMP (behind) in TET (famous offensive of the Vietnam war)"}
-{"Clue":"Things one has to discuss by phone (7)","Answer":"CHATTEL","Explanation":"Definition: Things one has\nCHAT + TEL. \u2013 shouldn't it be a singular \"thing\"?"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign royal smuggled drug repeatedly (5)","Answer":"RANEE","Explanation":"Definition: Foreign royal\nRAN (smuggled) + E(cstasy) twice"}
-{"Clue":"Mixture to decant into pan, covering for ravioli (9)","Answer":"POTPOURRI","Explanation":"Definition: Mixture\nPOUR (decant) in POT (pan) + the \"covering\" of R[aviol]I"}
-{"Clue":"Notice incompletely attired earl, one getting a talking-to? (9)","Answer":"ADDRESSEE","Explanation":"Definition: one getting a talking-to\nAD (notive) + DRESSE[D] E[arl]"}
-{"Clue":"Power of great city is ebbing (5)","Answer":"SINEW","Explanation":"Definition: Power\nReverse of WEN IS \u2013 from the description of London as the Great Wen"}
-{"Clue":"Some abstaining, others in bar (5)","Answer":"INGOT","Explanation":"Definition: bar\nHidden in abstainING OThers"}
-{"Clue":"Flee or fly in traveller's seat (9)","Answer":"SKEDADDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Flee\nKED (fly) in SADDLE"}
-{"Clue":"Frantically on the go, I see, like the Houses of Parliament (9)","Answer":"NEOGOTHIC","Explanation":"Definition: like the Houses of Parliament\n(ON THE GO)* + I C"}
-{"Clue":"Retrograde and the like in religious book group (5)","Answer":"OCTET","Explanation":"Definition: group \nReverse of ETC in O[ld] T[estament]"}
-{"Clue":"What mums do at night, bored by routine (7)","Answer":"LACTATE","Explanation":"Definition: What mums do\nACT (routine) in LATE (at night)"}
-{"Clue":"Time for fooling around carnival city, theoretically (1,6)","Answer":"A PRIORI","Explanation":"Definition: theoretically\nRIO (famous for its carnival) in APR 1 (April Fool's Day, time for fooling) \u2013 I was bit worried about the definition: *a priori* means \"from first principles\", but I suppose \"theoretically\" just about covers it"}
-{"Clue":"Thus drinking in break, one leaves wine cocktail (9,5)","Answer":"SINGAPORE SLING","Explanation":"Definition: cocktail\nIN GAP in SO (thus) + RIESLING (wine) less the first I"}
-{"Clue":"Hold reason for beheading number of revolutionaries (14)","Answer":"INTERNATIONALE","Explanation":"Definition: number of revolutionaries\nINTERN (hold) + [R]ATIONALE \u2013 *The Internationale* is an anthem of various left-wing and revolutionary groups"}
-{"Clue":"Turned down drive with little room to reverse (7)","Answer":"SPURNED","Explanation":"Definition: Turned down\nSPUR (drive) + reverse of DEN (little room)"}
-{"Clue":"Transported again after theatre show (9)","Answer":"REPRESENT","Explanation":"Definition: show\nREP (repertory theatre) + RE-SENT (transported again)"}
-{"Clue":"Main inhabitant has work after a month (7)","Answer":"OCTOPUS","Explanation":"Definition: Main inhabitant\nOCT[ober] + OPUS (work)"}
-{"Clue":"Gent's clothing down, on the game (7)","Answer":"NECKTIE","Explanation":"Definition: Gent's clothing\nNECK (to drink, down) + TIE (game of football etc, as in \"cup tie\")"}
-{"Clue":"Recalling medic for a mission (5)","Answer":"ALAMO","Explanation":"Definition: a mission\nRecalling or like a medic is A LA M.O."}
-{"Clue":"Charged after having departed Roman site (7)","Answer":"LATERAN","Explanation":"Definition: Roman site\nLATE (dead, departed) + RAN (charged)"}
-{"Clue":"Knackered wife to relax with swimmer's sport (3-2,9)","Answer":"ALL\u2011IN\u00a0WRESTLING","Explanation":"Definition: sport\nALL IN (knackered, tired) + W + REST + LING (fish, swimmer)"}
-{"Clue":"Rocky base affected roads in coastal regions (9)","Answer":"SEABOARDS","Explanation":"Definition: coastal regions\nBASE* + ROADS"}
-{"Clue":"Coaching cooking, tossing out a dish (7)","Answer":"GNOCCHI","Explanation":"Definition: dish\nAnagram of COACHING less A"}
-{"Clue":"Swimming, Phelps maintains top speed in hard journey (7)","Answer":"SCHLEPP","Explanation":"Definition: hard journey\nC (speed of light \u2013 top speed) in PHELPS*, with the surface referring to swimmer Michael Phelps"}
-{"Clue":"Put plainly, any number tucking into cake (2,5)","Answer":"EN CLAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Put plainly\nN (any number) in \u00c9CLAIR"}
-{"Clue":"Horseman and I went off to the north (7)","Answer":"DETTORI","Explanation":"Definition: Horseman\nReverse of I ROTTED (went off) \u2013 for those unfamiliar with the jockey (horseman), see Frankie Dettori"}
-{"Clue":"Primate called round to begin with (5)","Answer":"ORANG","Explanation":"Definition: Primate\nO (round) + RANG (called)"}
-{"Clue":"Ultimately joyless sex in retirement, tender embraces from behind prove unsettling (7)","Answer":"DISTURB","Explanation":"Definition: prove unsettling\nReverse of [joyles]S RUT (sex) in reverse of BID (a tender)"}
-{"Clue":"Country music performer pitiful to hear? (9)","Answer":"SINGAPORE","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nHomophone of \"singer\" + \"poor\" \u2013 slightly iffy, at least to me, as I don't sound the G in \"singer\" but do in \"Singapore\". Other accents are available, of course"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet to eat something fragrant (10)","Answer":"AFTERSHAVE","Explanation":"Definition: something fragrant\nAFTERS (sweet, pudding) + HAVE (to eat)"}
-{"Clue":"Fringe cut straight, precisely (4)","Answer":"BANG","Explanation":"Definition: Fringe cut straight\nNot sure about this: I it could be a truncated BANG[S] (a fringe), with two rather similar definitions, the second as in \"bang on\"; or is it singular BANG as a \"fringe cut straight\"? Chambers gives \"a fringe, hair cut straight across the brow (often in pl[ural])\", so I suppose this is more likely"}
-{"Clue":"Where scarecrows are doing a great job? (11,2,5,5)","Answer":"OUTSTANDING IN THEIR FIELD","Explanation":"Definition: doing a great job\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Setter cared to mess around? That's none of your business! (5,6)","Answer":"TRADE SECRET","Explanation":"Definition: That's none of your business\n(SETTER CARED)"}
-{"Clue":"Lump in throat, as computer giant in the hands of sinner? (5,5)","Answer":"ADAM\u2019S APPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Lump in throat\nADAM is the sinner and APPLE the computer giant"}
-{"Clue":"Not that great (9,4)","Answer":"SOMETHING ELSE","Explanation":"Definition: Not that\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Alluring lure, perfect individual served up (9)","Answer":"HONEYTRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Alluring lure\nHONE (to perfect) + reverse of PARTY (individual, as in legal documents), though only half the answer is a down, so \"served up\" is imprecise; a shame, as it's otherwise a nice clue that took me a while to parse"}
-{"Clue":"There's a point to this medical treatment (7)","Answer":"DECIMAL","Explanation":"Definition: There's a point to this\nMEDICAL"}
-{"Clue":"Back to steal a pilotless craft, old thief (7)","Answer":"LADRONE","Explanation":"Definition: old thief\n[stea]L + A DRONE \u2013 ladrone is an old Spanish word for a pirate or robber"}
-{"Clue":"Skilful wrapping each in foil (6)","Answer":"DEFEAT","Explanation":"Definition: foil\nEA in DEFT"}
-{"Clue":"Hot and moist, place cakes wearily at first on base of tray (6)","Answer":"SWEATY","Explanation":"Definition: Hot and moist\nW[earily] in (\"caked by\") SEAT (place) + [tra]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Hidden uranium has affected nerve cord (10)","Answer":"UNDERCOVER","Explanation":"Definition: Hidden\nU + (NERVE CORD)"}
-{"Clue":"A hundred bunk beds for artist (5)","Answer":"BOSCH","Explanation":"Definition: artist\nC (100) in BOSH (rubbish, bunk) \u2013 the artist is Hieronymus Bosch"}
-{"Clue":"Creative thinker in rock star's overcome (9)","Answer":"INNOVATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Creative thinker\nNOVA (star) in (overcome by) IN TOR"}
-{"Clue":"Asian in time standing for self-centredness (8)","Answer":"EGOMANIA","Explanation":"Definition: self-centredness\nOMANI in reverse of AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Link again on chains even, funny (2-6)","Answer":"RE-ENGAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Link again\nE'EN GAG (a joke, a funny) in (chained by) RE (on)"}
-{"Clue":"Novelty act had tune for single (10)","Answer":"UNATTACHED","Explanation":"Definition: single\n(ACT HAD TUNE)"}
-{"Clue":"Routine quavering made in warble (9)","Answer":"TREADMILL","Explanation":"Definition: Routine\nMADE* in TRILL"}
-{"Clue":"Last of rabbits with hare, say, in a stew (8)","Answer":"STRESSED","Explanation":"Definition: in a stew\n[rabbit]S + TRESSED (with hair)"}
-{"Clue":"Wood and silicate not entirely vinegary? (8)","Answer":"BALSAMIC","Explanation":"Definition: vinegary\nBALSA + MIC[A]"}
-{"Clue":"Prepared to embrace poet, no alternative (6)","Answer":"OPEN TO","Explanation":"Definition: Prepared to embrace\n(POET NO)* \u2013 an easy clue made hard by the wrong enumeration: (6) instead of (4,2)"}
-{"Clue":"Key once more accessing sleepy terrace from the basement? (6)","Answer":"RETYPE","Explanation":"Definition: Key once more\nHidden in reverse of sleEPY TERrace"}
-{"Clue":"Big cheese mound (5)","Answer":"MOGUL","Explanation":"Definition: Big cheese\nDouble definition \u2013 an important person and a mound of snow, as in mogul skiing"}
-{"Clue":"Basic unit 1-13 of 26? (4)","Answer":"ATOM","Explanation":"Definition: Basic unit\nA TO M \u2013 items 1 to 13 of the 26 letters of the alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"It's got to change to accommodate language, primarily (7)","Answer":"GLOTTIS","Explanation":"Definition: It's got to change to accommodate language, primarily\nL[anguage] in (IT'S GOT)*, &lit, as the glottis is involved in the production of speech"}
-{"Clue":"The Orient Express carried a lot of engineers (3,4)","Answer":"FAR EAST","Explanation":"Definition: The Orient\nA + R[oyal] E[ngineers] in FAST (express)"}
-{"Clue":"Top expert brings in millions (4)","Answer":"ACME","Explanation":"Definition: Top\nM in ACE (expert)"}
-{"Clue":"Cook stipulated chestnuts (10)","Answer":"PLATITUDES","Explanation":"Definition: chestnuts\nSTIPULATED"}
-{"Clue":"They usually enclose 9 estimates (6)","Answer":"QUOTES","Explanation":"Definition: They usually enclose\nI think this is a triple definition \u2013 for the first, quotes = quotation marks enclose what they are quoting"}
-{"Clue":"Cut short series about to be shown in gallery (8)","Answer":"TRUNCATE","Explanation":"Definition: Cut short\nRUN (series) + C (circa, about) in TATE"}
-{"Clue":"House officer working for Mark (9)","Answer":"SEMICOLON","Explanation":"Definition: Mark\nSEMI (house) + COL[onel] + ON (working)"}
-{"Clue":"Wander over island, one in NZ (5)","Answer":"MAORI","Explanation":"Definition: one in NZ\nReverse of ROAM + I"}
-{"Clue":"Crack small fruit I pinched (5)","Answer":"SOLVE","Explanation":"Definition: Crack\nS OLIVE with the I removed or \"pinched\""}
-{"Clue":"Transport people back out of condition (6,3)","Answer":"ESTATE CAR","Explanation":"Definition: Transport\nSTATE (condition) in reverse of RACE (people)"}
-{"Clue":"Not a good time to limit latest banter (8)","Answer":"BADINAGE","Explanation":"Definition: banter\nIN (latest, fashionable) in BAD AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Musical director withdraws case (6)","Answer":"DATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: case\nReverse of EVITA + D"}
-{"Clue":"Pat's blue uniform fitted in previously (5,2,3)","Answer":"RIGHT ON CUE","Explanation":"Definition: Pat\nRIGHT (blue \u2013 colour of the Tory part) + U in ONCE"}
-{"Clue":"Spanish runner featuring in outside broadcast (4)","Answer":"EBRO","Explanation":"Definition: Spanish runner\nHidden in outsidE BROadcast. The Ebro is a river in Spain"}
-{"Clue":"It soothes anyone at sea rounding Land's End (7)","Answer":"ANODYNE","Explanation":"Definition: It soothes\n[Lan]D in ANYONE"}
-{"Clue":"Criticise cast not taking sides, essentially (7)","Answer":"ASPERSE","Explanation":"Definition: Criticise\nAS (cASt without its \"sides\") + PER SE (essentially)"}
-{"Clue":"The priest in Paris saves time for talk (7)","Answer":"LECTURE","Explanation":"Definition: talk\nT in LE CUR\u00c9"}
-{"Clue":"Send messages in tiny dry bottles (5)","Answer":"TWEET","Explanation":"Definition: Send messages\nWEE in (bottled by) TT (teetotal, dry)"}
-{"Clue":"This writer's former old thick coat (7)","Answer":"IMPASTO","Explanation":"Definition: thick coat\nI'M (this writer is) + PAST (former) + O"}
-{"Clue":"Last words of two people hugging one? (6)","Answer":"ADIEUX","Explanation":"Definition: Last words\nI in A DEUX (of two people)"}
-{"Clue":"Articulate English sister spies tortoiseshell (9)","Answer":"ENUNCIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Articulate\nE + NUN + CIA + TE (the \"shell\" of TortoisE)"}
-{"Clue":"Support inserted in vessel or loudspeaker (7)","Answer":"STENTOR","Explanation":"Definition: loudspeaker\nSTENT (tube or support inserted into a blood vessel) + OR. Stentor is a loud-voiced character from Greek mythology, source of the adjective \"stentorian\""}
-{"Clue":"Eg articles a perfect shop's displayed (5,2,6)","Answer":"PARTS\u00a0OF\u00a0SPEECH","Explanation":"Definition: Eg articles\n(A PERFECT SHOP'S)"}
-{"Clue":"Did rail overrun, as some may say? (9)","Answer":"INVEIGHED","Explanation":"Definition: Did rail\nHomophone of \"invade\")"}
-{"Clue":"Bill deserts love for 2 (7)","Answer":"ORATION","Explanation":"Definition: 2\nADORATION (love) less AD (bill)"}
-{"Clue":"He abandons ornamental hat and tackle (7)","Answer":"ADDRESS","Explanation":"Definition: tackle\nHEADDRESS less HE"}
-{"Clue":"They qualify subtly and accurately, maybe (7)","Answer":"ADVERBS","Explanation":"Definition: They qualify\nAdverbs qualify a verb, and \"subtly\" and \"accurately\" are examples, so it's kind of a double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Polynesian bird once seen in clinic (6)","Answer":"SAMOAN","Explanation":"Definition: Polynesian\nMOA (extinct bird) in SAN (clinic)"}
-{"Clue":"This puzzle has one note around the edge (5)","Answer":"THEME","Explanation":"Definition: This puzzle has one\nHEM (edge) in TE (note, in sol-fa)"}
-{"Clue":"Give address on back cover, otherwise disappear (9)","Answer":"EVAPORATE","Explanation":"Definition: disappear\nReverse of PAVE (to cover) + ORATE (give an address);not sure what \"otherwise\" is doing"}
-{"Clue":"Art patron holding small aesthetic guide (5)","Answer":"TASTE","Explanation":"Definition: aesthetic guide\nS in TATE (Henry Tate, sugar magnate and founder of the Tate Gallery)"}
-{"Clue":"Scent you reportedly lost after crossing Atlantic? (5)","Answer":"ODOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Scent\nThe U (\"you, reportedly\") is lost in the American spelling, ODOR"}
-{"Clue":"Botanical expert with itemised qualifications of female scholar? (9)","Answer":"HERBALIST","Explanation":"Definition: Botanical expert\nHER B.A. LIST"}
-{"Clue":"Eg 10 and 28 transformations between parts of the middle row (7,2,5)","Answer":"CHANGES\u00a0OF\u00a0STATE","Explanation":"Definition: Eg 10 and 28\n10 (TASTE) and 28 (TESTA) are both anagrams of STATE, and in the middle row we have three states of matter in STEAM, ICE and WATER"}
-{"Clue":"Den rebuilt by wild animals in stage before mating, often (7)","Answer":"ENDGAME","Explanation":"Definition: stage before mating, often\nDEN* + GAME, with the definition referring to chess"}
-{"Clue":"Energy shown by second eleven (5)","Answer":"STEAM","Explanation":"Definition: Energy\nS + TEAM (eleven \u2013 football or cricket team)"}
-{"Clue":"Decorate things cooked in kitchen, with odd exceptions (3)","Answer":"ICE","Explanation":"Definition: Decorate things cooked\nkItChEn with the odd letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Tend to bed or what's in special kind of mattress (5)","Answer":"WATER","Explanation":"Definition: Tend to bed\nDouble definition \u2013 watering a garden (bed), and the mattress of a water bed"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor improperly uses pressure to get into suit, say (5,2)","Answer":"DRESS UP","Explanation":"Definition: get into suit, say\nDR + (USES P)"}
-{"Clue":"So to speak, inscribe 2nd Street on map in Far East? (9)","Answer":"RIGHTMOST","Explanation":"Definition: in Far East\nHomophone of \"write\" + MO (second \u2013 2nd) + ST \"rightmost\" because East is usually on the right in maps"}
-{"Clue":"A state briefly flipped, becoming another state (5)","Answer":"ASSAM","Explanation":"Definition: another state\nA + reverse of MASS[achusetts] \u2013 is the use of the thematic word \"state\" here a blemish or a helpful hint? See also 1d"}
-{"Clue":"Article on big game put in hard cover (5)","Answer":"TESTA","Explanation":"Definition: hard cover\nTEST (big game, as in test match) + A (article); testa is the hard shell of a seed"}
-{"Clue":"Garments I altered \u2014 they've had 13 across 22 across (9)","Answer":"EMIGRANTS","Explanation":"Definition: they've had 13 across 22 across\n(GARMENTS I)* \u2013 emigrants have moved to a new state"}
-{"Clue":"One state followed by another, note (4)","Answer":"MEMO","Explanation":"Definition: note\nME (Maine) + MO (Missouri) \u2013 another use of \"state\""}
-{"Clue":"Fare from India south, landing in Pacific islands (6)","Answer":"SAMOSA","Explanation":"Definition: Fare from India\nS in SAMOA"}
-{"Clue":"More bad gas circulated in draughts etc (5,5)","Answer":"BOARD GAMES","Explanation":"Definition: draughts etc\n(MORE BAD GAS)"}
-{"Clue":"Cuts components of air, for example, including hydrogen (6)","Answer":"GASHES","Explanation":"Definition: Cuts\nH in GASES"}
-{"Clue":"25 take part in crusade zealously, securing release (8)","Answer":"DEFREEZE","Explanation":"Definition: 25\nFREE (release) in [crusa]DE ZE[alously] \u2013 rather a vague indication of the \"part\", but clear enough"}
-{"Clue":"Mediterranean landmark visible in Estonia, oddly (4)","Answer":"ETNA","Explanation":"Definition: Mediterranean landmark\nOdd letters of EsToNiA"}
-{"Clue":"Showing ambition when I sound off about power (8)","Answer":"ASPIRANT","Explanation":"Definition: Showing ambition\nP in AS I RANT"}
-{"Clue":"Become emotional, having bumped into learner on inside (4)","Answer":"MELT","Explanation":"Definition: Become emotional\nL in MET (bumped into)"}
-{"Clue":"Fourth law suit, as viewed by robber, potentially (5)","Answer":"CASED","Explanation":"Definition: viewed by robber, potentially\nCASE D is the fourth law suit, after Cases A, B and C; reference to a robber \"casing the joint\""}
-{"Clue":"County's crewmen bringing one in on the ground floor, perhaps (10)","Answer":"DOWNSTAIRS","Explanation":"Definition: on the ground floor, perhaps\n[County] DOWN'S + I in TARS (sailors, crewmen)"}
-{"Clue":"Frightfully odd English upset part of the EU (5)","Answer":"EERIE","Explanation":"Definition: Frightfully odd\nE + reverse of EIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Invigorate loco engineers with no end of passion (8)","Answer":"ENERGISE","Explanation":"Definition: Invigorate\nAnagram of ENGINEERS less one N (end of passioN)"}
-{"Clue":"Short, spontaneous performance edited, so better (8)","Answer":"IMPROVED","Explanation":"Definition: better\nIMPROV[isation] + ED[ited]"}
-{"Clue":"Cunningly defeat without being heartless, having switched halves (6)","Answer":"OUTWIT","Explanation":"Definition: Cunningly defeat\nWIT[h]OUT with its two halves swapped"}
-{"Clue":"Good thing about name in form posted? OK (6)","Answer":"ASSENT","Explanation":"Definition: OK\nTwo cryptic indications here: N (name) in ASSET, and AS SENT (in the form posted)"}
-{"Clue":"Judges having reached conclusion, what comes next? Old-fashioned pity (4)","Answer":"RUTH","Explanation":"Definition: Old-fashioned pity\nThe book of Ruth follows Judges in the Old Testament"}
-{"Clue":"What must be modified to produce rapprochement (4)","Answer":"THAW","Explanation":"Definition: rapprochement\nWHAT"}
-{"Clue":"Result of condensation, being damp, without oxygen (4)","Answer":"MIST","Explanation":"Definition: Result of condensation\nMOIST less O"}
-{"Clue":"Vacant single bed inside for writer (6)","Answer":"SCRIBE","Explanation":"Definition: writer\nCRIB in S[ingl]E"}
-{"Clue":"Olympic event, for one, a master's city (8)","Answer":"DAMASCUS","Explanation":"Definition: city\nDISCUS (Olympic event) with I (one) replaced by A M.A."}
-{"Clue":"Baby wrap an omnishambles (6)","Answer":"AMNION","Explanation":"Definition: Baby wrap\nIt wouldn't be Philistine without a lift-and-separate: this is an anagam (\"shambles\") of AN OMNI. The amnion is \"membrane that closely covers the embryo when first formed\", perhaps more familiar in the adjectival form \"amniotic\""}
-{"Clue":"Picaroon's puzzle's not a stinger (8)","Answer":"SCORPION","Explanation":"Definition: stinger\nPICAROONS* less A"}
-{"Clue":"Complaint of junior doctor pocketing floppy disk has been uncovered (10,4)","Answer":"HOUSEMAID\u2019S\u00a0KNEE","Explanation":"Definition: Complaint\nDISK* in HOUSEMAN (junior doctor) + [b]EE[n]"}
-{"Clue":"Laments acknowledgement I put into trilogies (10)","Answer":"THRENODIES","Explanation":"Definition: Laments\nNOD I in THREES"}
-{"Clue":"Top copy (Times) (4)","Answer":"APEX","Explanation":"Definition: Top\nAPE (copy) + X (multiplied by, times)"}
-{"Clue":"Opening to examine innards of engine, a mate having reversed battery terminal (10)","Answer":"LAPAROTOMY","Explanation":"Definition: Opening to examine innards\nReverse of (MOTOR + A PAL) + the last letter (\"terminal\") of batterY"}
-{"Clue":"Straight instruction in this flat: coffee should be stirred (3,5,2,4)","Answer":"THE\u00a0FACTS\u00a0OF\u00a0LIFE","Explanation":"Definition: Straight instruction\n(~~IN~~ THIS FLAT COFFEE)"}
-{"Clue":"Reserved lease covering quote rejected (8)","Answer":"RETICENT","Explanation":"Definition: Reserved\nReverse of CITE in RENT"}
-{"Clue":"Sucker for cake (6)","Answer":"SPONGE","Explanation":"Definition: Sucker\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"An old friend \u2014 title and initials (8)","Answer":"ACRONYMS","Explanation":"Definition: initials\nA CRONY + MS (title)"}
-{"Clue":"Join the enemy of imperfection (6)","Answer":"DEFECT","Explanation":"Definition: Join the enemy\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Have sex with more than three on the French carpet (8)","Answer":"SHAGPILE","Explanation":"Definition: carpet\nSHAG (have sex with) + PI (3.14\u2026, more than 3) + LE"}
-{"Clue":"Franco urged to suppress resentment (7)","Answer":"RANCOUR","Explanation":"Definition: resentment\nHidden in fRANCO URged"}
-{"Clue":"Reading lines penned by Crosby (8)","Answer":"BROWSING","Explanation":"Definition: Reading\nROWS in BING"}
-{"Clue":"Islands wind up being held by corrupt rich OAP (11)","Answer":"ARCHIPELAGO","Explanation":"Definition: Islands\nRevere of GALE in (RICH OAP)"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character opposed to what might be ordered in 13 down (7)","Answer":"CHIANTI","Explanation":"Definition: what might be ordered in 13 down\nCHI + ANTI"}
-{"Clue":"From then till now, bank with honesty (9)","Answer":"SINCERELY","Explanation":"Definition: with honesty\nSINCE (from then till now) + RELY (to bank (on))"}
-{"Clue":"Radio and TV broadcast must include Home Is Where The Heart Is (11)","Answer":"MEDIASTINUM","Explanation":"Definition: Where The Heart Is\nMEDIA (radio & TV) + IN (home) in MUST* \u2013 probably the most obscure of the medical answers: it's \"a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs\" (so including the heart)"}
-{"Clue":"Display excessive skill over restaurant (9)","Answer":"TRATTORIA","Explanation":"Definition: restaurant\nReverse of AIR OTT ART"}
-{"Clue":"Fall of everybody climbing trees outside (8)","Answer":"COLLAPSE","Explanation":"Definition: Fall\nReverse of ALL in COPSE"}
-{"Clue":"See to car and jet crash \u2014 with this? (7,4)","Answer":"EJECTOR SEAT","Explanation":"Definition: See to car and jet crash \u2014 with this\n(SEE TO CAR JET)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Misdeed of criminal (7)","Answer":"OFFENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Misdeed\nOF FENCE"}
-{"Clue":"Bird flu affects little children, only not at first (6)","Answer":"FALCON","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nFirst letters of Flu Affects Little Children Only Not"}
-{"Clue":"Deviously help grand trickery involving energy and venting humour? (12)","Answer":"PHLEGMAGOGIC","Explanation":"Definition: venting humour\nHELP* + G + GO in MAGIC. Phlegm was one of the four humours of ancient and medieval medicine"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty Scot in Glasgow we found among personnel (4)","Answer":"HOOR","Explanation":"Definition: Nasty Scot\nOO (Scots \"we\") in HR (Human Resources, aka Personnel [department]) \u2013 hoor is a Scots variant of \"whore\", used to mean \"a difficult or unpleasant thing or person\""}
-{"Clue":"Excess reporting? Cut initial chapter (7)","Answer":"OVERAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Excess\nCOVERAGE less C"}
-{"Clue":"Rising like a bird that exercises a turn so (7)","Answer":"ROUSANT","Explanation":"Definition: Rising like a bird\n(A TURN SO)* \u2013 it's a heraldic term for \"rising as a bird\""}
-{"Clue":"Bits of breakfast roughage adding nourishment (4)","Answer":"BRAN","Explanation":"Definition: Bits of breakfast roughage adding nourishment\nFirst letters &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Appearing when option's selected, champers at an end (5)","Answer":"POP-UP","Explanation":"Definition: Appearing when option's selected\nPOP (slang for champagne) + UP (at an end)"}
-{"Clue":"Plot ryots worked (5)","Answer":"STORY","Explanation":"Definition: Plot\nRYOTS* \u2013 not that it matters for the clue, but a ryot is an Indian peasant or tenant farmer"}
-{"Clue":"Singer's first substandard track (5)","Answer":"SPOOR","Explanation":"Definition: track\nS[inger] + POOR"}
-{"Clue":"Balance is shown following ball in French team (9)","Answer":"EQUIPOISE","Explanation":"Definition: Balance\nO (ball) + IS in EQUIPE (French for \"team\")"}
-{"Clue":"Poodle treated by (US) vet producing type of liniment (9)","Answer":"OPODELDOC","Explanation":"Definition: type of liniment\nPOODLE* + DOC"}
-{"Clue":"Historical assembly learnt about them (5)","Answer":"GEMOT","Explanation":"Definition: Historical assembly\n'EM in GOT"}
-{"Clue":"Spare mobile's thrown into waste container often (5)","Answer":"SKIMP","Explanation":"Definition: Spare\nM (mobile, as m-banking) in SKIP (waste container)"}
-{"Clue":"What makes society wither and die in some parts (5)","Answer":"SWELT","Explanation":"Definition: die in some parts\nS + WELT (to wither). A dialect word meaning to die"}
-{"Clue":"Hall, type of expansion university welcomed (4)","Answer":"AULA","Explanation":"Definition: Hall\nU in ALA (\"a leafy expansion..\")"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of green belt behind schedule, not the first? About right (7)","Answer":"VERDURE","Explanation":"Definition: Feature of green belt\nR in [O]VERDUE"}
-{"Clue":"Blind cave-dweller erupts furiously, pierced by Odysseus initially (7)","Answer":"PROTEUS","Explanation":"Definition: Blind cave-dweller\nO[dysseus] in ERUPTS*. The cave-dweller is not the shape-shifting character from Greek mythology, but another name for the Olm, an aquatic salamander"}
-{"Clue":"It carries significance for Sikhs, knocking back strong drink (4)","Answer":"KARA","Explanation":"Definition: It carries significance for Sikhs\nReverse of ARAK"}
-{"Clue":"The old trees they varied with flower parts of differing length (12)","Answer":"HETEROSTYLED","Explanation":"Definition: with flower parts of differing length\n(OLD TREES THEY)* \u2013 the initial \"The\" seems redundant"}
-{"Clue":"Ah gosh! Rapper garbled cursive sequence (12)","Answer":"PHRASEOGRAPH","Explanation":"Definition: cursive sequence\n(AH GOSH RAPPER)"}
-{"Clue":"Moth took off in joint (7)","Answer":"HOOK-TIP","Explanation":"Definition: Moth\nTOOK* in HIP (joint)"}
-{"Clue":"Droop on fringes of university dance (4)","Answer":"LOUP","Explanation":"Definition: dance\nU in LOP (to hang down loosely, droop). Is U the \"fringes\" of University?"}
-{"Clue":"Like wine making one merry dipped into regularly by distinguished don (5)","Answer":"GRAPY","Explanation":"Definition: Like wine\nThe letters RP (Regius Professor \u2013 distinguished don) inserted separately into GAY"}
-{"Clue":"Radar system creating endless work \u2013 terribly solemn about it (9)","Answer":"MONOPULSE","Explanation":"Definition: Radar system\nOPU[S] in SOLEMN"}
-{"Clue":"Class benders (not classically proper!) (5)","Answer":"GENUS","Explanation":"Definition: Class\nPlural of GENU = knee = bender; the \"classically proper\" plural would be \"genua\""}
-{"Clue":"Outcry once dress comes into contact with grease (7)","Answer":"GARBOIL","Explanation":"Definition: Outcry\nGARB + OIL"}
-{"Clue":"Mild oath senior officer produces having lost pipe outside? (4)","Answer":"IGAD","Explanation":"Definition: Mild oath\nBRIGADIER less the outer BRIER (pipe)"}
-{"Clue":"Extract from pasture dock for nettle rash (5)","Answer":"UREDO","Explanation":"Definition: nettle rash\nHidden in pastURE DOck"}
-{"Clue":"Press lied freely displaying hubris? Far from it (9)","Answer":"PRIDELESS","Explanation":"Definition: displaying hubris? Far from it\n(PRESS LIED)"}
-{"Clue":"Damned old and cold cramped houses (5)","Answer":"POCKY","Explanation":"Definition: Damned old\nC in POKY"}
-{"Clue":"Stewed fruit with a dash of lemon in? It was intriguing (7)","Answer":"COMPLOT","Explanation":"Definition: It was intriguing\nL[emon] in COMPOT"}
-{"Clue":"Shift is taken up and nearly spoilt (7)","Answer":"SIMARRE","Explanation":"Definition: Shift\nReverse of IS + MARRE[D] \u2013 variant of \"cymar\", a coat, or undergarment (\"shift\")"}
-{"Clue":"Blast of air, tornado with no hush inside (5)","Answer":"TWIER","Explanation":"Definition: Blast of air\nTWISTER less ST (hush!). Chambers defines this as \"a nozzle for a blast of air\", rather than the blast itself, as the clue implies"}
-{"Clue":"Prop displaying bulge, routine with stone put on (5)","Answer":"STRUT","Explanation":"Definition: Prop\nST[one] + RUT (routine)"}
-{"Clue":"International practice formerly sanctioned by law (4)","Answer":"IURE","Explanation":"International practice formerly sanctioned by law (4)\nI + URE"}
-{"Clue":"Twain-like, showing what's universal in boy's upbringing (4)","Answer":"DUAL","Explanation":"Twain-like, showing what's universal in boy's upbringing (4)\nU in reverse of LAD, with a surface reference to Mark Twain's characters such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn"}
-{"Clue":"Period furniture schedule (9)","Answer":"TIMETABLE","Explanation":"Definition: schedule\nTIME (period) + TABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Tootsie's pay (4)","Answer":"FOOT","Explanation":"Definition: Tootsie\nDouble definition \u2013 I thought \"tootsie\" just a meant a toe, but Chambers says it can also mean a foot; also \"pay\" as in \"foot the bill\""}
-{"Clue":"Idle American Liberal supporter needs muzzle! (8)","Answer":"LALLYGAG","Explanation":"Definition: Idle American\nL[iberal] + ALLY + GAG \u2013 American word meaning to idle or loiter"}
-{"Clue":"Bar after C sharp (6)","Answer":"CLEVER","Explanation":"Definition: sharp\nC + LEVER"}
-{"Clue":"Townswoman on the outskirts of Los Angeles making records (6)","Answer":"ANNALS","Explanation":"Definition: records\nANNA (as, I presume, in Arnold Bennett's novel Anna of the Five Towns + L[os Angele]S"}
-{"Clue":"Stop runaway boar colliding with number of spectators (8)","Answer":"ABROGATE","Explanation":"Definition: Stop\nBOAR* + GATE (number of spectators)"}
-{"Clue":"Feeling smart? Make an offer (6)","Answer":"TENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Feeling smart\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Real sexist entertainer on the inside (8)","Answer":"EXISTENT","Explanation":"Definition: Real\nHidden in sEXIST ENTertainer"}
-{"Clue":"Passage from never-ending TV soap about bar (8)","Answer":"CORRIDOR","Explanation":"Definition: Passage\nCORRI[E] (nickname of Coronation Street) + reverse of ROD (bar)"}
-{"Clue":"Exotic insect is most particular (6)","Answer":"NICEST","Explanation":"Definition: most particular\nINSECT"}
-{"Clue":"Small person failed MOT \u2014 having to seek a lift (3,5)","Answer":"TOM THUMB","Explanation":"Definition: Small person\nMOT* + THUMB (to hitch-hike, seek a lift)"}
-{"Clue":"Takes an exam to include finished exercises (3-3)","Answer":"SIT-UPS","Explanation":"Definition: exercises\nUP (finished) in SITS (takes an exam)"}
-{"Clue":"Before extra time starts, Mark gets card (6)","Answer":"TICKET","Explanation":"Definition: card\nTICK (mark) + E[xtra] T[ime]"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor finally intervenes in chronic ailment, ending in death (8)","Answer":"TERMINAL","Explanation":"Definition: ending in death\n[docto]R in AILMENT"}
-{"Clue":"Takes back gun (4)","Answer":"STEN","Explanation":"Definition: gun\nReverse of NETS"}
-{"Clue":"In general, bustling court figure (9)","Answer":"RECTANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: figure\nCT in GENERAL"}
-{"Clue":"Aim to be an instructor (5)","Answer":"TRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Aim\nDouble definition \u2013 as in \"train one's sights\" for the first"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor eating every last bit, given a recipe for duck (7)","Answer":"MALLARD","Explanation":"Definition: duck\nALL (every last bit) + A R in M.D. The Mallard, as well as being a type of duck, was also the fastest ever steam locomotive"}
-{"Clue":"European flower market's ultimate sugar confection? No resistance! (5)","Answer":"TAGUS","Explanation":"Definition: European flower\n[marke]T + SUGAR* less R"}
-{"Clue":"Secure plum in cases (7)","Answer":"BAGGAGE","Explanation":"Definition: cases\nBAG + GAGE (plum)"}
-{"Clue":"Trip when dancing on cruise, having snatched a kiss (9)","Answer":"EXCURSION","Explanation":"Definition: Trip\nX (kiss) in (ON CRUISE)"}
-{"Clue":"Load carried by father figure (7)","Answer":"FREIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Load carried\nFR + EIGHT"}
-{"Clue":"Implicit quality of public units (9)","Answer":"OVERTONES","Explanation":"Definition: Implicit quality\nOVERT + ONES"}
-{"Clue":"Dismal scientist: \"Dynamite to incomes!\" (9)","Answer":"ECONOMIST","Explanation":"Definition: Dismal scientist\n(TO INCOMES)* \u2013 economics was described by Thomas Carlyle as \"the dismal science\" (in contrast to the \"gay science\" of song and verse writing)"}
-{"Clue":"Flag \u2014 Reuters wrong about dates (3,6)","Answer":"RED DUSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Flag\nD D (two Dates) in REUTERS \u2013 slang for the Red Ensign"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty tear on doll (snapped again?) (7)","Answer":"RETAKEN","Explanation":"Definition: snapped again\nTEAR* + KEN (doll \u2013 Barbie's boyfriend); \"snapped\" = \"taken\" as a photograph"}
-{"Clue":"Descriptive of K-9's pinch of the ear (7)","Answer":"ROBOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Descriptive of K-9\nROB (to steal, pinch) + OTIC (of the ear) \u2013 K-9 was a robot dog in *Doctor Who"}
-{"Clue":"Press piece's a bit of a plant? (7)","Answer":"CUTTING","Explanation":"Definition: Press piece\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"One's captivated by star-shaped feature of fluted column (5)","Answer":"STRIA","Explanation":"Definition: feature of fluted column\nI in STAR \u2013 a stria is \"one of the fillets [i.e. small spaces or bands] between the flutes of columns\", perhaps more familiar in the adjective \"striated\""}
-{"Clue":"Penny, dead dishy thing (5)","Answer":"PLATE","Explanation":"Definition: dishy thing\nP + LATE \u2013 a plate is a kind of dish, so a \"dishy thing\""}
-{"Clue":"Trump, perhaps, to slip up badly (8)","Answer":"POPULIST","Explanation":"Definition: Trump, perhaps\n(TO SLIP UP)* \u2013 the president continues to prove useful to setters\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Exerts heavy pressure on joint \u2014 shortly notices (6)","Answer":"KNEADS","Explanation":"Definition: Exerts heavy pressure on\nKNE[E] (joint) + ADS (notices)"}
-{"Clue":"House in miniature around back of Hyde Park (8)","Answer":"YOSEMITE","Explanation":"Definition: Park\nSEMI (semi-detached housed) in reverse of TOY, plus [Hyd]E"}
-{"Clue":"Haddock, part of it with bread (6)","Answer":"FINNAN","Explanation":"Definition: Haddock\nFIN (part of a fish) + NAN (bread)"}
-{"Clue":"King's ambassador fine, say, following commotion (4,2,5)","Answer":"HEAD\u00a0OF\u00a0STATE","Explanation":"Definition: King\nHE (His Excellency) + ADO (commotion) + F[ine] + STATE (say)"}
-{"Clue":"Gun, one produced on stage \u2026 (5)","Answer":"PIECE","Explanation":"Definition: Gun\nDouble definition \u2013 a stage play can be called a piece"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 an animal with no lines stars (9)","Answer":"ANDROMEDA","Explanation":"Definition: stars\nAN + DROMEDARY less RY (railway; lines). The Andromeda galaxy is relatively close to our own, at a mere 2.5 million light years away"}
-{"Clue":"A number shared meal (3,3,3)","Answer":"TEA\u00a0FOR\u00a0TWO","Explanation":"Definition: A number\nDouble definition \u2013 famous song (\"number\"), originally from the musical *No, No, Nanette*. Not particularly exciting as a DD, I must say"}
-{"Clue":"Foolish to eat a bit of radicchio leaf (5)","Answer":"FROND","Explanation":"Definition: leaf\nR[adicchio] in FOND (foolish)"}
-{"Clue":"Play, with this? (1,5,5)","Answer":"A\u00a0DOLL\u2019S\u00a0HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Play\nDouble definition \u2013 it's a play by Ibsen, and a doll's house can be played with"}
-{"Clue":"Chemist's position serious (6)","Answer":"LIEBIG","Explanation":"Definition: Chemist\nLIE (position) + BIG (serious). This German chemist came up in a Picaroon puzzle that I blogged last August"}
-{"Clue":"Forty-eight hours backchat that's boring? (4,4)","Answer":"YADA\u00a0YADA","Explanation":"Definition: chat that's boring\nReverse of A DAY twice. American expression for tedious talk. Chambers only gives it in the ~~36~~72-hour form as \"yada yada yada\""}
-{"Clue":"Representative comes out of bin cleaner (6)","Answer":"DUSTER","Explanation":"Definition: cleaner\nDUMPSTER less MP"}
-{"Clue":"Relax, supplying energy for one in grief (2-6)","Answer":"DE-STRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Relax\nDISTRESS with E replacing I"}
-{"Clue":"Film course for one with a problem (10)","Answer":"PSYCHOPATH","Explanation":"Definition: one with a problem\nPSYCHO (film) + PATH (course). Rather weakened, I think, by the fact the name of the film is just a shortening of the full word"}
-{"Clue":"Goodbye to the outside, going in to die in alley (10)","Answer":"PASSAGEWAY","Explanation":"Definition: alley\nThe \"outside\" of G[oodby]E in PASS AWAY (die)"}
-{"Clue":"Waiting period as posh car collects bachelor (5)","Answer":"LIMBO","Explanation":"Definition: Waiting period\nB in LIMO"}
-{"Clue":"One's group of rebels relaxed at first in comfort (12)","Answer":"SATISFACTION","Explanation":"Definition: comfort\nSAT (relaxed) + I'S (one's) + FACTION"}
-{"Clue":"Sounds of foxtrot that are heard in the wings (6,3)","Answer":"NOISES\u00a0OFF","Explanation":"Definition: that are heard in the wings\nNOISES OF F[oxtrot]. Again, I don't like the double use of \"noises\" in cryptic reading and definition"}
-{"Clue":"Family member is cow (not daughter) (4)","Answer":"AUNT","Explanation":"Definition: Family\nDAUNT less D"}
-{"Clue":"Suggesting Louis XIV collapsed? (4)","Answer":"SUNK","Explanation":"Definition: collapsed\nLouis XIV was known as *Le Roi Soleil* or SUN K[ing]"}
-{"Clue":"Fussy car rental (4,2,6)","Answer":"HARD\u00a0TO\u00a0PLEASE","Explanation":"Definition: Fussy\nHARD-TOP (car) + LEASE"}
-{"Clue":"Get people back into perpetual strife? Nothing in it (10)","Answer":"REPOPULATE","Explanation":"Definition: Get people back\nO in PERPETUAL"}
-{"Clue":"From barn, as horse led out, they steer (10)","Answer":"HANDLEBARS","Explanation":"Definition: they steer\nAnagram of BARN AS H[orse] LED"}
-{"Clue":"Judge's last case bringing back memories (9)","Answer":"EVOCATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: bringing back memories\n[judg]E + VOCATIVE (grammatical case)"}
-{"Clue":"Almost home, where this is? (5)","Answer":"HEART","Explanation":"Definition: where this is\nHEART[H], referring to the proverb \"home is where the heart is\""}
-{"Clue":"Succeeded with hat, lost it with feet? (4)","Answer":"SLID","Explanation":"Definition: lost it with feet\nS[ucceeded] + LID (hat). If you slide you could perhaps be said to lose it with your feet"}
-{"Clue":"Man's house and college spoken of (4)","Answer":"KEYS","Explanation":"Definition: Man's house\nGonville and Caius College, Cambridge, is usually known as just Caius, pronounced \"keys\". The House of Keys is part of the parliament of the Isle of Man. The intersection of this with LIEBIG in this rather isolated corner might cause a few problems, with three bits of \"general knowledge\" required"}
-{"Clue":"Beetle to traumatise backward scholar (6)","Answer":"SCARAB","Explanation":"Definition: Beetle\nSCAR (traumatise) + reverse of B.A."}
-{"Clue":"Make a mistake with commission (6)","Answer":"ERRAND","Explanation":"Definition: commission\nERR + AND (with)"}
-{"Clue":"Charlie inclines to abdominal pain (6)","Answer":"CRAMPS","Explanation":"Definition: abdominal pain\nC + RAMPS"}
-{"Clue":"Team cuts lease for occupier (8)","Answer":"RESIDENT","Explanation":"Definition: occupier\nSIDE (team) in RENT (lease)"}
-{"Clue":"Does one river meet another? (4)","Answer":"DEER","Explanation":"Definition: Does\nDEE (river) + R[iver]; does as in female deer"}
-{"Clue":"Thought to be against partiality of the left (10)","Answer":"CONSIDERED","Explanation":"Definition: Thought\nCON (against) + SIDE (partiality) + RED (of the left)"}
-{"Clue":"Wind down temper when the game is safe (5,6)","Answer":"CLOSE\u00a0SEASON","Explanation":"Definition: when the game is safe\nCLOSE (to wind down) + SEASON (to temper). Game animals are safe from hunters in the close season"}
-{"Clue":"Winger is an Oxford player with courage (10)","Answer":"BLUEBOTTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Winger\nBLUE (one playing a sport for (e.g.) Oxford University) + BOTTLE (courage)"}
-{"Clue":"Illicit drugs found in storage area (4)","Answer":"GEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Illicit drugs\nHidden (appropriately enough) in storaGE ARea"}
-{"Clue":"Writer is to wallow in drink (8)","Answer":"TROLLOPE","Explanation":"Definition: Writer\nROLL in TOPE (to drink)"}
-{"Clue":"Mean to entertain Indian poet (6)","Answer":"PINDAR","Explanation":"Definition: poet\nIND[ian] in PAR (average, mean). Pindar was a ancient Greek poet"}
-{"Clue":"Insecurity makes director fret (6)","Answer":"DANGER","Explanation":"Definition: Insecurity\nD[irector] + ANGER (Chambers has \"to vex or irritate\")"}
-{"Clue":"Wrongly aspire to approbation (6)","Answer":"PRAISE","Explanation":"Definition: approbation\nASPIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Something soothing uttered in royal retreat (8)","Answer":"BALMORAL","Explanation":"Definition: royal retreat\nBALM (something soothing)+ ORAL (spoken, uttered)"}
-{"Clue":"Prevents Bill making wine (6)","Answer":"BARSAC","Explanation":"Definition: wine\nBARS (prevents) + AC (account, bill)"}
-{"Clue":"Unfaithful lover is scared off (8)","Answer":"CRESSIDA","Explanation":"Definition: Unfaithful lover\n(IS SCARED)* \u2013 Cressida is an archetypal unfaithful lover, perhaps best known from Shakespeare's *Troilus and Cressida"}
-{"Clue":"Women confuse totter (6)","Answer":"WADDLE","Explanation":"Definition: totter\nW + ADDLE"}
-{"Clue":"Mortar used for levelling a long passage (6)","Answer":"SCREED","Explanation":"Definition: Mortar used for levelling\nDouble definition: \"A layer of mortar finishing off the surface of a floor\" and, perhaps more familiarly, \"A long passage, spoken or written\""}
-{"Clue":"Silly fool is to slip on island (6)","Answer":"DONKEY","Explanation":"Definition: Silly fool\nDON (to put on or slip on an item of clothing ) + KEY (island)"}
-{"Clue":"Nurse keeps Rex and me, an avant-gardist (11)","Answer":"TRENDSETTER","Explanation":"Definition: an avant-gardist\nR[ex] in TEND + SETTER (\"me\")"}
-{"Clue":"Being upset, Kitty's done with the night's billet (8)","Answer":"STOPOVER","Explanation":"Definition: the night's billet\nReverse of POT'S (kitty's) + OVER (done)"}
-{"Clue":"Ignored a change of material (8)","Answer":"ORGANDIE","Explanation":"Definition: material\n(IGNORED A)"}
-{"Clue":"Ruddy girl's relieved (6)","Answer":"FLORID","Explanation":"Definition: Ruddy\nFLO (girl's name) +RID (relieved [of])"}
-{"Clue":"Head eats a new type of savoury (6)","Answer":"CANAPE","Explanation":"Definition: type of savoury\nA N in CAPE (head[land])"}
-{"Clue":"Genial criminal in west London (6)","Answer":"EALING","Explanation":"Definition: in west London\nGENIAL"}
-{"Clue":"Great power of representative in republic (6)","Answer":"EMPIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Great power\nMP (Member of Parliament, representative) in EIRE (Republic of Ireland)"}
-{"Clue":"Dog or cat: favourite? (7)","Answer":"WHIPPET","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\nWHIP (cat) + PET (favourite)"}
-{"Clue":"Correct to travel from Sapporo (7)","Answer":"APROPOS","Explanation":"Definition: Correct\nSAPPORO"}
-{"Clue":"Stagger, seeing bank account emptied? (4,4,7)","Answer":"LOSE\u00a0ONE\u2019S\u00a0BALANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Stagger\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Chalk here as indicated (2,3)","Answer":"ON CUE","Explanation":"Definition: as indicated\nDouble definition, the first referring to the use of chalk on cues in snooker and billiards"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of story for solver (9)","Answer":"DETECTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of story\nJust about a double definition, or possibly a cryptic def"}
-{"Clue":"Plant could be soft and hairy (9)","Answer":"FORSYTHIA","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\n(SOFT HAIRY)"}
-{"Clue":"Unhealthy-looking pie (5)","Answer":"PASTY","Explanation":"Definition: Unhealthy-looking\nDouble definition (with two different pronunciations)"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of cheap, pleasant fruit (5)","Answer":"APPLE","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nHidden in cheAP PLEasant"}
-{"Clue":"Big country with no coffee (9)","Answer":"AMERICANO","Explanation":"Definition: coffee\nAMERICA + NO \u2013 pretty weak if you ask me"}
-{"Clue":"Newly sold place fell down (9)","Answer":"COLLAPSED","Explanation":"Definition: fell down\n(SOLD PLACE)"}
-{"Clue":"Old flame has stroke as worker abroad (5)","Answer":"EXPAT","Explanation":"Definition: worker abroad\nEX (old flame) + PAT (to stroke)"}
-{"Clue":"At which to keep questioning Labour gathering? (5,10)","Answer":"PRESS\u00a0CONFERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: At which to keep questioning Labour gathering\nPRESS (to keep questioning) + CONFERENCE (gathering \u2013 all the parties have their conferences, but Labour use the word a lot in motions and speeches at theirs), &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Refuel here \u2014 it goes into aircraft (3,4)","Answer":"PIT LANE","Explanation":"Definition: Refuel here\nIT in PLANE"}
-{"Clue":"Scripture factory produces new draft (7)","Answer":"REWORKS","Explanation":"Definition: produces new draft\nRE (Religious Education, formerly called \"scripture\") + WORKS (factory)"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty fellow, from the first filthy rich (4,3)","Answer":"WELL OFF","Explanation":"Definition: rich\nFELLOW* + F[ilthy]"}
-{"Clue":"Debugging tool? (6,9)","Answer":"INSECT REPELLENT","Explanation":"Definition: Debugging tool\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Convert badly-made polyester (9)","Answer":"PROSELYTE","Explanation":"Definition: Convert\nPOLYESTER*, with \"Convert\" to be read as a noun for the definition"}
-{"Clue":"From surface of tyre, study this? (5)","Answer":"TREAD","Explanation":"Definition: this\nT[yre] + READ with an &littish sort of definition"}
-{"Clue":"Settle dispute with some little tart I brashly picked up (9)","Answer":"ARBITRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Settle dispute\nHidden in reverse of littlE TART I BRAshly"}
-{"Clue":"Survival is regarded with reverence (5)","Answer":"RELIC","Explanation":"Definition: Survival\nDouble definition (sort of \u2013 religious relics may be regarded with reverence, but that part of the clue is using the wrong part of speech)"}
-{"Clue":"It gives more point to your writing (6,9)","Answer":"PENCIL SHARPENER","Explanation":"Definition: It gives more point to your writing\nCryptic definition. This felt very familiar, and I see we've had similar clues recently in the FT from Redshank and Tees, and elsewhere"}
-{"Clue":"Flats arranged for the cast (7)","Answer":"SCENERY","Explanation":"Definition: Flats arranged for the cast\nCryptic definition, referring to stage scenery"}
-{"Clue":"Man donates freely for memorial (9)","Answer":"HEADSTONE","Explanation":"Definition: memorial\n~~(MAN DONATES)* oops!~~ HE + DONATES"}
-{"Clue":"Raffle highly esteemed and new (5,4)","Answer":"PRIZE DRAW","Explanation":"Definition: Raffle\nPRIZED + RAW (new)"}
-{"Clue":"Entering a large store, parking drink (7)","Answer":"ALCOPOP","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nP[arking] in A L CO-OP"}
-{"Clue":"Allows to go free the wrong way round shops (7)","Answer":"OUTLETS","Explanation":"Definition: shops\nLETS OUT written \"the wrong way round\""}
-{"Clue":"Sailing east, moving over area (2,3)","Answer":"AT SEA","Explanation":"Definition: Sailing\nEAST* + A"}
-{"Clue":"Ruin portal, smashed by force (2,3)","Answer":"DO FOR","Explanation":"Definition: Ruin\nF in DOOR"}
-{"Clue":"A fivefold representation of the first person to become an artist (2,6)","Answer":"AI WEIWEI","Explanation":"Definition: an artist\nA + five first-person pronouns: I WE I WE I, for this Chinese artist. Hard to get if you don't know the name, even after understanding the cryptic structure, with ME and US as possible components as well as I and WE"}
-{"Clue":"Short song embraced by revolutionary had poetic quality? (6)","Answer":"RHYMED","Explanation":"Definition: had poetic quality\nHYM[N] in RED"}
-{"Clue":"Condense message about effectiveness of skin treatment? (4,4)","Answer":"BOIL DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Condense\nDouble definition: a skin treatment might encourage a boil to subside"}
-{"Clue":"Minister, one very celebrity-oriented type of preacher (10)","Answer":"REVIVALIST","Explanation":"Definition: type of preacher\nREV (minister) + I + V + A-LIST"}
-{"Clue":"Tiny tot's back needing a scratch? (6)","Answer":"TITCHY","Explanation":"Definition: Tiny\n[to]T + ITCHY"}
-{"Clue":"Losing weight using nice drug freely (8)","Answer":"REDUCING","Explanation":"Definition: Losing weight\n(NICE DRUG)"}
-{"Clue":"Marine creatures in line by rocks (3,4)","Answer":"SEA MICE","Explanation":"Definition: Marine creatures\nSEAM (line) + ICE (diamonds, rocks). Despite its name, the Sea Mouse is actually a type of worm"}
-{"Clue":"Unexpected spare time \u2014 yours truly is out for a walk (7)","Answer":"TRAIPSE","Explanation":"Definition: a walk\nAnagram of SPARE TIME less ME"}
-{"Clue":"Story about bad back inclined to go wrong (8)","Answer":"FALLIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: inclined to go wrong\nReverse of ILL in FABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Outlaw put a strain on Irish town (6)","Answer":"BANTRY","Explanation":"Definition: Irish town\nBAN (to outlaw) + TRY (put a strain on). Bantry is a town in County Cork"}
-{"Clue":"In literature, playwright Simon is one sort of writer (10)","Answer":"LIBRETTIST","Explanation":"Definition: one sort of writer\nBRETT IS in LIT. Simon Brett is probably best known as a writer of crime fiction, but he has also written some plays"}
-{"Clue":"Umpire's decision in game \u2014 a catch in the deep? (6)","Answer":"RULING","Explanation":"Definition: Umpire's decision\nR[ugby] U[nion] + LING (fish)"}
-{"Clue":"Sanctity of Hindu festival by Scottish water (8)","Answer":"HOLINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Sanctity\nHOLI (Hindu spring festical) + [Loch] NESS"}
-{"Clue":"Poison making one number \u2014 one going to bed, confined (8)","Answer":"NICOTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Poison\nI + COT in NINE"}
-{"Clue":"Words of commendation by no means rare (4,4)","Answer":"WELL DONE","Explanation":"Definition: Words of commendation\nDouble definition, with \"rare\" referring to the cooking of meat"}
-{"Clue":"Leading characters in key operation (6)","Answer":"QWERTY","Explanation":"Definition: Leading characters in key operation\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Amount of radiation that could make one restive (7)","Answer":"SIEVERT","Explanation":"Definition: Amount of radiation\nRESTIVE"}
-{"Clue":"Demonstrator concealing identity or one giving something away? (8)","Answer":"PROVIDER","Explanation":"Definition: one giving something away\nID in PROVER (one who demonstrates)"}
-{"Clue":"Candidate wants success in this, taking so long reading (2-8)","Answer":"BY-ELECTION","Explanation":"Definition: Candidate wants success in this\nBYE (goodbye, so long) + LECTION (reading)"}
-{"Clue":"Boards succeed when limiting costs ultimately (4,2)","Answer":"GETS ON","Explanation":"Definition: Boards\n[cost]S in GET ON (success)"}
-{"Clue":"Caravan about to disappear before wet weather (5,5)","Answer":"CAMEL\u00a0TRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Caravan\nCA (circa, about) + MELT + TRAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Naval right established by sailing father or son over time (8)","Answer":"CABOTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Naval right\nCABOT (John Cabot, 15th century explorer, or his son Sebastian) + AGE (time)."}
-{"Clue":"Scrap not ending with desire to be harridan-like (8)","Answer":"SHREWISH","Explanation":"Definition: harridan-like\nSHRE[D] + WISH"}
-{"Clue":"Place wrecked by heroic Joshua, originally (7)","Answer":"JERICHO","Explanation":"Definition: Place wrecked by heroic Joshua, originally\nAnagram of HEROIC + J[oshua], &lit, referring to Joshua's conquest of the city of Jericho by marching round the walls blowing trumpets. (\"And the walls came a-tumbling down\")"}
-{"Clue":"Like a couple crossing island vales (6)","Answer":"ADIEUX","Explanation":"Definition: vales\nI in A DEUX, with \"vales\" as the plural of \"vale\" = Latin \"farewell\""}
-{"Clue":"Courage in conflict \u2014 that's nothing for ace (6)","Answer":"BOTTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Courage\nBATTLE (conflict) with O (nothing) replacing A"}
-{"Clue":"Dash at a clip round horse, then old banger (9)","Answer":"CHIPOLATA","Explanation":"Definition: banger\nH[orse] and O[ld], separately, in (AT A CLIP)"}
-{"Clue":"Rebellious Gaul's broken end off daggers (5)","Answer":"OBELI","Explanation":"Definition: daggers\nOBELI[X] \u2013 Gaulish character in the Asterix books"}
-{"Clue":"Correct conclusion is to embrace yours truly (5)","Answer":"EMEND","Explanation":"Definition: Correct\nME (yours truly) in END (conclusion)"}
-{"Clue":"Externally graceful, gaining in love? (9)","Answer":"GLAMOROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Externally graceful, gaining in love\nG[racefu]L + AMOROUS, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Qualification from writing about movement in European arts (7)","Answer":"MASTER\u2019S","Explanation":"Definition: Qualification\n(E ARTS)* in MS (manuscript)"}
-{"Clue":"Place for tender date by houses (7)","Answer":"BEDSIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Place for tender\nThis took me a while to parse: it's D (date) in (housed by) BESIDE (by). The \"tender\" is a nurse or carer"}
-{"Clue":"Ferocious creature getting class finally to listen (5)","Answer":"SHARK","Explanation":"Definition: Ferocious creature\n[clas]S + HARK (listen)"}
-{"Clue":"Short fashion pro (3)","Answer":"FOR","Explanation":"Definition: pro\nA shortened FORM (to fashion)"}
-{"Clue":"Nautical equipment led sailor the wrong way (5)","Answer":"SONAR","Explanation":"Definition: Nautical equipment\nReverse of RAN (led, as in \"he ran\/led the company\") + OS (Ordinary Seaman)"}
-{"Clue":"Boxer to blunder around, cornered by Pole (7)","Answer":"SPARRER","Explanation":"Definition: Boxer\nReverse of ERR (to blunder) in SPAR (pole)"}
-{"Clue":"The bourgeoisie calling out for food (7)","Answer":"BURGERS","Explanation":"Definition: food\nHomophone of \"burghers\""}
-{"Clue":"Is one eager or excited to follow theatre event? (9)","Answer":"OPERAGOER","Explanation":"Definition: Is one eager or excited to follow theatre event\nOP (operation, a \"theatre event\") + (EAGER OR)*, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"One may be fired from public school in Hackney (5)","Answer":"ARROW","Explanation":"Definition: One may be fired\nCockney's pronunciation of HARROW"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of sex is taped live (5)","Answer":"EXIST","Explanation":"Definition: live\nHidden in sEX IS Taped \u2013 \"live\" rhymes with \"five\" in the surface reading and with \"give\" as the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dropping dress without doing wrong (5,4)","Answer":"GOING\u00a0DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Dropping\nDOING* in GOWN"}
-{"Clue":"What about back pain? (4)","Answer":"ACHE","Explanation":"Definition: pain\nReverse of EH (what?) + CA (circa, about)"}
-{"Clue":"Clips wings of ibis and dove flying around (6)","Answer":"VIDEOS","Explanation":"Definition: Clips\nAnagram of I[BI]S + DOVE"}
-{"Clue":"Powder, coke, rocks? It comes with a large bill! (10)","Answer":"WOODPECKER","Explanation":"Definition: It comes with a large bill\n(POWDER COKE)"}
-{"Clue":"Gush wildly after the Spanish female provides fun (6)","Answer":"LAUGHS","Explanation":"Definition: fun\nLA (Spanish feminine \"the\") + GUSH"}
-{"Clue":"Where to eat pasta twists with staff (5,3)","Answer":"TAPAS BAR","Explanation":"Definition: Where to eat\nPASTA* + BAR (staff)"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy for se\u00f1orita one may pull online (4)","Answer":"LOCO","Explanation":"Definition: Crazy for se\u00f1orita\nDouble definition \u2013 Spanish \"crazy\"; and a LOCO[motive] pulls a train on a railway line"}
-{"Clue":"Passion in a lot of 2 not broadcast (8)","Answer":"DEVOTION","Explanation":"Definition: Passion\nAnagram of VIDEO[S] NOT"}
-{"Clue":"Rick is severe, covering neck (4)","Answer":"KISS","Explanation":"Definition: neck\nHidden in ricK IS Severe"}
-{"Clue":"Entertains, wanting top source of inspiration (5)","Answer":"MUSES","Explanation":"Definition: source of inspiration\nAMUSES less its \"top\" letter"}
-{"Clue":"Lift painter's papers, with compass put out of place (10)","Answer":"DISARRANGE","Explanation":"Definition: put out of place\nReverse of RA'S ID, + RANGE (compass)"}
-{"Clue":"Teacher prone to lose heart, flipping besotted (5)","Answer":"\u00c9PRIS","Explanation":"Definition: besotted\nReverse of SIR (teacher) + P[ron]E \u2013 French word, I presume literally meaning \"taken out\" of oneself, hence in love, besotted"}
-{"Clue":"Impressive in school, a rebel means to be heard (8)","Answer":"ACADEMIC","Explanation":"Definition: Impressive in school\nA CADE (Jack Cade, 15th century rebel) + MIC (microphone, a means to be heard)"}
-{"Clue":"Leave coat down that's picked up (8)","Answer":"FURLOUGH","Explanation":"Definition: Leave\nFUR (coat) + homophone of \"low\""}
-{"Clue":"Cabaret setting from songwriter (6)","Answer":"BERLIN","Explanation":"Definition: Cabaret setting\nDouble definition \u2013 setting of the stage musical and film *Cabaret*, and Irving Berlin, songwriter"}
-{"Clue":"In ground, make fast kind of dash with cricketer (6)","Answer":"ENROOT","Explanation":"Definition: In ground, make fast\nEN (en-dash) + (Joe) ROOT (current captain of the England Test team)"}
-{"Clue":"Honest poet's entreaty to write? (4)","Answer":"OPEN","Explanation":"Definition: Honest\nThe poet might say \"O, PEN!\""}
-{"Clue":"Liking to draw, celebrate giving away page (4)","Answer":"ARTY","Explanation":"Definition: Liking to draw\nPARTY (to celebrate) less P"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe red grouse, by the sound of it (4)","Answer":"WINE","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe red\nHomophone of \"whine\" (to complain, grouse)"}
-{"Clue":"First of clues across clued as 'Irish salt-marsh' (7)","Answer":"CORCASS","Explanation":"Definition: Irish salt-marsh\nC[lues] + ACROSS"}
-{"Clue":"You may see me involved in much impishness (5)","Answer":"CHIMP","Explanation":"Definition: You may see me involved in much impishness\nHidden in miCH IMPishness &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Specific gravity gauge showing old measurement in jungly tree area (10)","Answer":"ARAEOMETER","Explanation":"Definition: Specific gravity gauge\nOM (\"Old Measurement\", says Chambers, capitalised, but without further elucidation as to what it means) in (TREE AREA)"}
-{"Clue":"One divining gold, unrefined stuff, from cane (5)","Answer":"AUGUR","Explanation":"Definition: One divining\nAU (gold) + GUR (Hindi word for an unrefined sugar)"}
-{"Clue":"Member of team reconditioning boiler (6)","Answer":"LIBERO","Explanation":"Definition: Member of team\nBOILER*. It's another word for a sweeper in football \u2013 a player who can move freely around the field"}
-{"Clue":"Ready for a serious fight, loaded gun held close (8)","Answer":"UNGLOVED","Explanation":"Definition: Ready for a serious fight\nGUN* + LOVED"}
-{"Clue":"Uniat spread, on replacing central mass (8)","Answer":"MARONITE","Explanation":"Definition: Uniat\nMARMITE (spread) with ON replacing the central M \u2013 a member of a particular Christian sect"}
-{"Clue":"Norman (say) coming over ousts leader of Britons in this country (5)","Answer":"TIBET","Explanation":"Definition: country\nReverse of (Norman) TEBBIT less (one) B[ritons]"}
-{"Clue":"Count, almost 100, without extras (5)","Answer":"BASIC","Explanation":"Definition: without extras\n(Count) BASI[E] (bandleader) + C (100)"}
-{"Clue":"Heart of heuch in remote, deserted Scotland's well-liked (5)","Answer":"FAURD","Explanation":"Definition: Scotland's well-liked\n[he]U[ch] in FAR + D[eserted] \u2013 Scots form of \"favoured\""}
-{"Clue":"Crisp entrecote only partly consumed (5)","Answer":"SPENT","Explanation":"Definition: consumed\nHidden in criSP ENTrecote"}
-{"Clue":"Yellowish cuckoo inert, frost-bound (8)","Answer":"ICTERINE","Explanation":"Definition: Yellowish\nINERT* in (bound by) ICE"}
-{"Clue":"Jellyfish making one jump, as before, in pain (8)","Answer":"ACALEPHE","Explanation":"Definition: Jellyfish\nA LEP in ACHE"}
-{"Clue":"Show to encourage girl that's lost heart in Hamlet? (6)","Answer":"DANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: Show to encourage\nG[ir]L in HAMLET (who was a Dane)"}
-{"Clue":"Barristers clearing every second character\u2013 they're upbeat (5)","Answer":"ARSES","Explanation":"Definition: they're upbeat\nAlternate letters of bArRiStErS \u2013 not what you might think, but the plural of \"arsis\", meaning an up-beat"}
-{"Clue":"As part of exposure, letters released (5)","Answer":"RELET","Explanation":"Definition: released\nHidden in exposuRE LETters, with released = re-leased"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow in oil's rolling, a Turkish dynast (7)","Answer":"OSMANLI","Explanation":"Definition: a Turkish dynast\nMAN in OILS"}
-{"Clue":"Cactus bursting out, and pain's involved with it (7)","Answer":"OPUNTIA","Explanation":"Definition: Cactus\n(OUT PAIN)"}
-{"Clue":"Rhythmical stuff, grand in south Asian piece (5)","Answer":"RAGGA","Explanation":"Definition: Rhythmical stuff\nG in RAGA (piece of Indian music) \u2013 Ragga is a type of rap derived from Reggae, but despite the similarity of the names it apparently comes from \"ragamuffin\""}
-{"Clue":"Sweet cake recipe \u2013 one reducing numbers restricts it (7)","Answer":"CRULLER","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet cake\nR[ecipe] in CULLER (one reducing numbers of e.g. deer)"}
-{"Clue":"Luminance being admitted rescues towering rainforests (6)","Answer":"SELVAS","Explanation":"Definition: rainforests\nL in reverse of SAVES"}
-{"Clue":"Sherry casks filling se\u00f1ora with local cheer (6)","Answer":"SOLERA","Explanation":"Definition: Sherry casks\nOLE (a Spanish cheer) in SRA (Se\u00f1ora \u2013 rather surprisingly, this abbreviation is not in Chambers)"}
-{"Clue":"Erstwhile black personification of youth, note (5)","Answer":"HEBEN","Explanation":"Definition: Erstwhile black\nHEBE + N \u2013 an old variant of \"ebony\""}
-{"Clue":"I strain to retain first of ingredients in list (7)","Answer":"ITEMISE","Explanation":"Definition: list\nI + I[ngredients] in TEMSE (a sieve or strainer)"}
-{"Clue":"Club, first in table, displaying worth (5)","Answer":"MERIT","Explanation":"Definition: worth\nMERI (club) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish etc churned out in the papers. Guardian may be one (11)","Answer":"PROTECTRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Guardian may be one\nROT + ETC* in PRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Critic in review anti, ruffled (11)","Answer":"FAULT\u2011FINDER","Explanation":"Definition: Critic\n(ANTI RUFFLED)"}
-{"Clue":"One of an isomeric pair saving an elderly person sine die (7)","Answer":"BUTANOL","Explanation":"Definition: One of an isomeric pair\nBUT (saving) + AN OLDIE without (\"sine\") DIE"}
-{"Clue":"Bird's bare patches more appropriate on centre of dial (7)","Answer":"APTERIA","Explanation":"Definition: Bird's bare patches\nAPTER + [d]IA[l]"}
-{"Clue":"The old withdraw from sin dodging place where it often occurs (7)","Answer":"INSHELL","Explanation":"Definition: The old withdraw\nSIN* + HELL"}
-{"Clue":"Decorator in company, type that's close to English (6)","Answer":"CICERO","Explanation":"Definition: type that's close to English\nICER (one who decorates a cake) in CO. Cicero is \"a measure of type between pica and English\" \u2013 see here for more"}
-{"Clue":"Adventurous fish one catches round middle of beach (6)","Answer":"ANABAS","Explanation":"Definition: Adventurous fish\n[be]A[ch] in A NABS \u2013 \"an East Indian fish that often leaves the water\""}
-{"Clue":"Chestnut, one in traditional hunt (5)","Answer":"CHACE","Explanation":"Definition: traditional hunt\nCH + ACE \u2013 variant of \"chase\". ~~CH = chestnut must be the abbreviation that Chanbers dosn't give, as mentioned in the rubric; I couldn't find any justification of it online, and I don't know if it's used in the context of trees, horses, or something else~~ *Ignore this \u2013 I looked again in Chambers and there it was. See 6d for the actual missing abbreviation."}
-{"Clue":"Without siblings, seeing one's first off, possibly? (5)","Answer":"EIGNE","Explanation":"Definition: Without siblings\nAnagram of [s]EEING \u2013 it means \"first-born\", so without siblings at least for a while"}
-{"Clue":"Big electronics company producing record issue (5)","Answer":"EPSON","Explanation":"Definition: Big electronics company\nEP (record) + SON (issue)"}
-{"Clue":"Salmonella primarily around raw chicken (6)","Answer":"SCARED","Explanation":"Definition: chicken\nS[almonella] + CA (circa, around) + RED (raw)"}
-{"Clue":"He tells cricketer to get runs (6)","Answer":"WARNER","Explanation":"Definition: He tells\n[Shane] WARNE + R"}
-{"Clue":"Friends say Tom indicates you must go out (9,6)","Answer":"SITUATION\u00a0COMEDY","Explanation":"Definition: Friends say\n(TOM INDICATES YOU)* \u2013 with the immensely successful *Friends* being an example of a sitcom"}
-{"Clue":"Tall actor removing line for hotel food (6)","Answer":"CHEESE","Explanation":"Definition: food\n[John] CLEESE (tall actor) with L[ine] replaced by H[otel] (In fact the family name was originally Cheese, but John C's father changed it to Cleese)"}
-{"Clue":"Stop with this playboy in bachelor flat? (5,3)","Answer":"BRAKE\u00a0PAD","Explanation":"Definition: Stop with this\nRAKE in B PAD"}
-{"Clue":"Tabloid workers filling in newspaper piece (8)","Answer":"FRAGMENT","Explanation":"Definition: piece\nRAG (tabloid newspaper) MEN (workers) in FT (Financial Times)"}
-{"Clue":"Pieces of music from guys on the radio (6)","Answer":"CHORDS","Explanation":"Definition: Pieces of music\nHomophone of \"cords\" (guys, as in guy ropes)"}
-{"Clue":"Caught a breath, lying back for rest (6)","Answer":"CATNAP","Explanation":"Definition: rest\nC A + reverse of PANT"}
-{"Clue":"Mix fuel source that's key to get energy (8)","Answer":"COALESCE","Explanation":"Definition: Mix\nCOAL + ESC (as found on a keyboard) + E[nergy]"}
-{"Clue":"Serious? You for French after German, religious studies and English (8)","Answer":"GRIEVOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Serious\nG + RI (Religious Instruction) + E[nglish] + VOUS (French \"you\")"}
-{"Clue":"Child that's left hospital: men criticise nurses (6)","Answer":"ORPHAN","Explanation":"Definition: Child that's left\nH in (nursed by) OR (Other Ranks = men) + PAN (criticise)"}
-{"Clue":"One blows things up in film, saying gang's sorry (10,5)","Answer":"MAGNIFYING\u00a0GLASS","Explanation":"Definition: One blows things up\n(FILM SAYING GANG'S)"}
-{"Clue":"Comes in and puts on record (6)","Answer":"ENTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Comes in\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble as married one dropped off lover (6)","Answer":"STRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Trouble\nMISTRESS (lover) less M I"}
-{"Clue":"Snake in hole there has shed its skin (7)","Answer":"SLITHER","Explanation":"Definition: Snake\nSLIT (hole) + [t]HER[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Serious wound for joiner in hospital department? (5)","Answer":"ACUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Serious\nCUT (wound) replacing & in A&E (hospital dept)"}
-{"Clue":"Last old male seduced by Olive? (7)","Answer":"EXTREME","Explanation":"Definition: Last\nEX (old) + M in TREE (e.g. olive)"}
-{"Clue":"Antique piece of furniture without Mr Chippendale's initial (7)","Answer":"ARCHAIC","Explanation":"Definition: Antique\nARMCHAIR less (separately) M and R, + C[hippendale]"}
-{"Clue":"Best single by group? (6,3)","Answer":"NUMBER\u00a0ONE","Explanation":"Definition: Best\nI'm not sure about this: all I can come up with is NUMBER = group (as in a number\/group of people) + ONE = single, with \"best\" as the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dismissal of place for meetings with daughter (3,4)","Answer":"RED\u00a0CARD","Explanation":"Definition: Dismissal\nREDCAR (site of race meetings) + D \u2013 dismissal as in football"}
-{"Clue":"Happen to order sandwiches and sweet (6)","Answer":"SORBET","Explanation":"Definition: sweet\nBE (happen) \"sandwiched by\") SORT (to [put in] order)"}
-{"Clue":"Mix egg in; turn to make biscuit (6,3)","Answer":"GINGER\u00a0NUT","Explanation":"Definition: biscuit\n(EGG IN TURN)"}
-{"Clue":"Military land here in area Serbia lost (3,4)","Answer":"AIR\u00a0BASE","Explanation":"Definition: Military land here\nA + SERBIA"}
-{"Clue":"Prince with sick queen to hold out (7)","Answer":"PROFFER","Explanation":"Definition: to hold out\nPR + OFF (sick) + ER"}
-{"Clue":"Profit from account, having turnover go up (4,2)","Answer":"CASH\u00a0IN","Explanation":"Definition: Profit\nCA (AC=account \"turned over\") + SHIN (to climb or go up, as in \"shin up a pole\")"}
-{"Clue":"Out of money \u2014 working in topless magazines with model (7)","Answer":"AMONGST","Explanation":"Definition: Out of\nM[oney] + ON (working) in [m]AGS + T (model, as in the early Ford car)"}
-{"Clue":"Body keeps appearing in crime drama on Sunday (7)","Answer":"CHASSIS","Explanation":"Definition: Body\nHAS (keeps) in CSI (TV crime drama) + S[unday"}
-{"Clue":"Beat United and regularly lose in games (5)","Answer":"PULSE","Explanation":"Definition: Beat\nU + L[o]S[e] in PE (Physical Education, games)"}
-{"Clue":"Withdraw from competition, having a slight injury (7)","Answer":"SCRATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Withdraw from competition\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Sheltered area where diesel is spilt at end of lane (3,4)","Answer":"LEE SIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Sheltered area\nDIESEL* + [LAN]E"}
-{"Clue":"Could be rasher returning no cab, it seems (4,5)","Answer":"BACK BACON","Explanation":"Definition: Could be rasher\nNO CAB is reversed or BACK BACON"}
-{"Clue":"Former church leader's beginning to be superior (5)","Answer":"EXCEL","Explanation":"Definition: to be superior\nEX + CE + L[eader]"}
-{"Clue":"Clumsy American baulks at first jump (4)","Answer":"LUTZ","Explanation":"Definition: jump\nKLUTZ (American slang for a clumsy person) less its first letter. The Lutz is a type of jump in figure-skating"}
-{"Clue":"Rambling around Corinth, seen topless (10)","Answer":"INCOHERENT","Explanation":"Definition: Rambling\nAnagram of CORINTH + [S]EEN"}
-{"Clue":"Mariner finally leaves golf spectators' boat (6)","Answer":"GALLEY","Explanation":"Definition: boat\nGALLERY (spectators at a game of golf) less [marine]R"}
-{"Clue":"Medical officer bags Aussie owls (7)","Answer":"MOPOKES","Explanation":"Definition: Aussie owls\nMO + POKES (bags, as in \"a pig n a poke\"). The Mopoke has a number of onomatopoeic names, representing its cuckoo-like call"}
-{"Clue":"Egyptian city's stone home in highway that's not deserted (7)","Answer":"ROSETTA","Explanation":"Definition: Egyptian city's stone\nSETT (badger's home) in ROAD less D \u2013 reference to the Rosetta Stone, whose discovery led to an understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs"}
-{"Clue":"Flying Gulf Air, one missed out having to use economy (6)","Answer":"FRUGAL","Explanation":"Definition: having to use economy\nAnagram of GULF AIR less I (one)"}
-{"Clue":"Rewrote scene or act? Bless! (10)","Answer":"CONSECRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Bless\n(SCENE OR ACT)"}
-{"Clue":"Some conservatoire backing debauchery (4)","Answer":"RIOT","Explanation":"Definition: debauchery\nHidden in reverse of conservaTOIRe"}
-{"Clue":"Man the pumps regularly, having finished the lot (3,2)","Answer":"ATE UP","Explanation":"Definition: finished the lot\nAlternate letters of mAn ThE pUmPs"}
-{"Clue":"Oceanarium, not posh, spilt coffee (9)","Answer":"AMERICANO","Explanation":"Definition: coffee\nAnagram of OCEANARIUM less U (posh, as in U and non-U)"}
-{"Clue":"Pasta course \u2014 dip into it! (7)","Answer":"LASAGNE","Explanation":"Definition: Pasta\nSAG (dip) in LANE (course)"}
-{"Clue":"Vest \u2014 and what finishes it off (7)","Answer":"SINGLET","Explanation":"Definition: Vest\nThe word vest ends in a SINGLE T. An example of a clue where it would be impossible to get the answer from the wordplay alone *On second thoughts, I take back the last sentence \u2013 I was confused by the fact that SINGLET also ends in a single T."}
-{"Clue":"Oracle is upset near the top side of lake (5)","Answer":"SIBYL","Explanation":"Definition: Oracle\nReverse of IS + BY (near) + L[ake]. For some reason the girl's name Sybil is usually spelt with the vowels interchanged"}
-{"Clue":"Cheese for girl in bed? On the contrary (7)","Answer":"RICOTTA","Explanation":"Definition: Cheese\nCOT in RITA (i.e. bed in girl)"}
-{"Clue":"Man and dog associated with jug (4)","Answer":"TOBY","Explanation":"Definition: Man\nA man's name, a traditional name for a dog (especially the dog I Punch and Judy) and a type of jug; technically three definitions, but very closely related"}
-{"Clue":"London Taxi: sorry horse (grey): in a race, nobbled (7,8)","Answer":"HACKNEY\u00a0CARRIAGE","Explanation":"Definition: London Taxi\nHACK (a poor or \"sorry\" horse) + (GREY IN A RACE)* \u2013 rather a giveaway definition"}
-{"Clue":"Anthem offering trade-offs with hymnal, possibly (4,2,2,7)","Answer":"LAND\u00a0OF\u00a0MY\u00a0FATHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Anthem\nAnagram of TRADE-OFFS + HYMNAL \u2013 the unofficial national anthem of Wales"}
-{"Clue":"Exam \u2014 this one makes twelve (6-4)","Answer":"ELEVEN-PLUS","Explanation":"Definition: Exam\n\"this one\" is ELEVEN PLUS ONE, which makes twelve"}
-{"Clue":"King under threat turns chicken \u2026 (2,5)","Answer":"IN CHECK","Explanation":"Definition: King under threat\nCHICKEN* \u2013 the definition should really be \"Like a king under threat\" or some such; as it is it leads to the wrong part of speech"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 early stone implements working the soil (7)","Answer":"EOLITHS","Explanation":"Definition: early stone implements\n(THE SOIL)* \u2013 the ellipsis between this clue and the previous one seems to make no sense"}
-{"Clue":"Sheet anchor? (7,3)","Answer":"CLOTHES\u00a0PEG","Explanation":"Definition: Sheet anchor\nCryptic definition \u2013 a clothes peg might be said to anchor a sheet to the washing line"}
-{"Clue":"Shipping area, which is proverbially steady on everything (7)","Answer":"ROCKALL","Explanation":"Definition: Shipping area\nROCK (\"steady as a rock\") + ALL"}
-{"Clue":"Boy at practice session getting lines! (7)","Answer":"SONNETS","Explanation":"Definition: lines\nSON + NETS (cricket practice) \u2013 the exclamation mark seems pretty redundant here"}
-{"Clue":"Old lady's maid is a sizeable American, one needing leading liposuctionist (7)","Answer":"ABIGAIL","Explanation":"Definition: Old lady's maid\nA BIG A[merican) + A +L[iposuctionist]. (I don't like \"leading [X]\" as \"first letter of [X]\") Traditional name for a lady's maid, perhaps originally from King David's wife Abigail in 1 Sam. 25:25, who describes herself as his handmaid when she first meets him; also the name of a character in the Jacobean comedy The Scornful Lady"}
-{"Clue":"Tutor rearranged piano quintet (5)","Answer":"TROUT","Explanation":"Definition: piano quintet\nTUTOR* \u2013 the fourth movement of Schubert's \"Trout\" quintet is a set of variations on the tune of his song of the same name"}
-{"Clue":"Regularly taking out cloisonn\u00e9 cat (4)","Answer":"LION","Explanation":"Definition: cat\nAlternate letters of cLoIsOnN\u00e9"}
-{"Clue":"Turn over realm's second most prominent magistrate (5)","Answer":"REEVE","Explanation":"Definition: most prominent magistrate\nReverse of VEER + second letter of rEalm. One of the meanings of REEVE is \"chief magistrate of a distict\". It also occurs in \"sheriff\" = \"shire-reeve\""}
-{"Clue":"A letter describing numbers having entered compound (9)","Answer":"ADENOSINE","Explanation":"Definition: compound\nNOS (numbers) + IN (having entered) in (described by) DEE (the letter D)"}
-{"Clue":"Perform other work, a piece for piano (9)","Answer":"MOONLIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Perform other work\nDouble definition, the second referring to Beethoven's so-called (not by him) \"Moonlight\" Sonata, Op. 27 No 2."}
-{"Clue":"A piece of Ireland bishop's kept in locker (5)","Answer":"KERRY","Explanation":"Definition: A piece of Ireland\nRR in KEY"}
-{"Clue":"Keeping time, women playing there who will give you the edge? (7)","Answer":"WHETTER","Explanation":"Definition: who will give you the edge\nT in W + THERE"}
-{"Clue":"With roll of fat for one of 27 2 23 (7)","Answer":"PROTEUS","Explanation":"Definition: one of 27 2 23\nPRO (with, as in \"are you with me or against me\") + reverse of SUET \u2013 Proteus is one of Shakespeare's *Two Gentlemen of Verona*, who might be described as \"a couple of Veronese swells\""}
-{"Clue":"A bit short of power for new member of the family (5)","Answer":"NIECE","Explanation":"Definition: member of the family\nN + [P]IECE"}
-{"Clue":"As endlessly inspired by hearties in resort? (3,3,3)","Answer":"THE SEA AIR","Explanation":"Definition: As endlessly inspired by hearties in resort\nA[s] in HEARTIES* &lit \u2013 the definite article is a bit odd as part of the phrase, but it comes in handy for some other clues"}
-{"Clue":"One of 18 13 down 29 26 across coal-fired fans (5,4)","Answer":"ALICE FORD","Explanation":"Definition: One of 18 13 down 29 26 across\nCOAL-FIRED* \u2013 the referenced clues give THE WINOS FORD VIEWS, and the last three are an anagram of WIVES OF WINDSOR, so we have *The Merry * (i.e. drunk) *Wives of Windsor*, in which Alice Ford is a character. Interesting that the answer itself provides fodder for the anagram"}
-{"Clue":"Mum missing let me think these females could be from flighty mistress (7)","Answer":"SISTERS","Explanation":"Definition: these females\nMISTRESS* less MUM without UM (\"let me think\")"}
-{"Clue":"7's 24 1 8 5 17 after 18, one hundred and ten? (7)","Answer":"ANTONIO","Explanation":"Definition: 7's 24 1 8 5 17 after 18\nAN (one) + TON (100) + IO (10) \u2013 the numbers give PIERRE'S SEA AIR FROM VERY BEAT-UP NIECE after THE, which is THE MER CHANT (\"sea song\/air\" in French + OF (from) + V[ery] + ENICE (anagram of NIECE). Antonio is the title character of *The Merchant of Venice* (not Shylock, as sometimes erroneously thought)."}
-{"Clue":"What climbers seek to contend with, rivals holding hands? (5)","Answer":"VIEWS","Explanation":"Definition: What climbers seek\nVIE + W S (two opponents in a game of Bridge, etc)"}
-{"Clue":"Song from Fred and Judy too, extra piece of brilliance by Delibes \u2014 fine soprano (1,6,2,6)","Answer":"A\u00a0COUPLE\u00a0OF\u00a0SWELLS","Explanation":"Definition: Song from Fred and Judy too\nA COUP (piece of brilliance) + LEO (Delibes) + SWELL (fine) + S[oprano] \u2013 this famous song"}
-{"Clue":"One of 27 2 23 somewhat prevalent in Eden (9)","Answer":"VALENTINE","Explanation":"Definition: One of 27 2 23\nHidden in preVALENT IN Eden, Valentine being the second Gentleman of Verona"}
-{"Clue":"What Blarney Stone and Midas give an actress? (5)","Answer":"GABOR","Explanation":"Definition: an actress\nThe Blarney Stone gives the gift of the GAB, and Midas turned everything to gold or OR. For the actress, take your pick from the sisters Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda"}
-{"Clue":"Out of class, suffering heart flutter (4)","Answer":"FROM","Explanation":"Definition: Out of\nFORM (class, in school) with its \"heart fluttering\""}
-{"Clue":"Poetry about a painter (8)","Answer":"VERONESE","Explanation":"Definition: a painter\nONE (a) in VERSE"}
-{"Clue":"Looking up 109 kg messenger, one of 18 13 down 29 26 across (8,4)","Answer":"MARGARET PAGE","Explanation":"Definition: one of 18 13 down 29 26 across\nReverse of TERAGRAM (1012 grams, or 109 kg) + PAGE (messenger). The original version didn't show the superscript, so it just read 109 kg, which was a bit confusing.. Another Merry Wife of Windsor"}
-{"Clue":"Worn out, but lively when cycling (4-2)","Answer":"BEAT-UP","Explanation":"Definition: Worn out\nUPBEAT with its two parts \"cycled\""}
-{"Clue":"The Elephants, Blue Horses etc, being ordered in 2s for ark (5,2,3)","Answer":"WORKS OF ART","Explanation":"Definition: The Elephants, Blue Horses etc\n(TWOS FOR ARK)* \u2013 \"The Elephants\" and \"Blue Horses\" are paintings by Salvador Dali and Franz Marc respectively"}
-{"Clue":"The Rock of Marseille in connection with south of quay (6)","Answer":"PIERRE","Explanation":"Definition: The Rock of Marseille\nPIER (quay) + RE (in connection with). Pierre is French for rock or stone"}
-{"Clue":"Fit, I agree (4,4)","Answer":"VERY WELL","Explanation":"Definition: Fit\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Prevail over 8 big drinkers (5)","Answer":"WINOS","Explanation":"Definition: drinkers\nWIN (prevail) + OS (outsize, \"very big\")"}
-{"Clue":"Their fathers naval officers? Changing times! (3,7)","Answer":"THE SEASONS","Explanation":"Definition: Changing times\nTHE SEA SONS"}
-{"Clue":"Deal with mounting problem for drivers on a course? (3,2)","Answer":"SEE TO","Explanation":"Definition: Deal with\nReverse of O (zero) TEES, which would be a problem for golfers"}
-{"Clue":"American in love? Dear me, no \u2014 how awful (8)","Answer":"ENAMORED","Explanation":"Definition: American in love\n(DEAR ME NO)*, with the definition pointing out the American spelling"}
-{"Clue":"In an emergency, belting female's jumping in bed with earls (2,4,2)","Answer":"IF NEED BE","Explanation":"Definition: In an emergency\nF in anagram of (IN BED + two E[arl]s)"}
-{"Clue":"65, or 54? (OAP's essential verbal test) (4)","Answer":"VIVA","Explanation":"Definition: verbal test\nVIV, which can be split as VI V = 6 5, or V IV = 5 4, + [O]A[P]. To be picky, a Viva is an *oral* (spoken) test, not verbal (using words)."}
-{"Clue":"Ordinary seaman's two sets of cards (8)","Answer":"DECKHAND","Explanation":"Definition: Ordinary seaman\nDECK (pack of cards) + HAND (cards held by a player)"}
-{"Clue":"Lighter to bump into (5)","Answer":"BARGE","Explanation":"Definition: Lighter\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Extent of some software amazing (4)","Answer":"AREA","Explanation":"Definition: Extent\nHidden in softwARE Amazing"}
-{"Clue":"Welcome s-success, to be admitted here (4,2,4)","Answer":"HALL\u00a0OF\u00a0FAME","Explanation":"Definition: here\nHALLO F-FAME"}
-{"Clue":"Runs after luggage round hotel (6)","Answer":"CHASES","Explanation":"Definition: Runs after\nH in CASES"}
-{"Clue":"Marines trained for a year in academy (8)","Answer":"SEMINARY","Explanation":"Definition: academy\nMARINES* + Y"}
-{"Clue":"Serious tennis played by European (7)","Answer":"INTENSE","Explanation":"Definition: Serious\nTENNIS* + E"}
-{"Clue":"Gangster catcalls heard in capital (7)","Answer":"ALGIERS","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nAL + homophone of \"jeers\""}
-{"Clue":"Competition one may have in the bag (4,4)","Answer":"SACK RACE","Explanation":"Definition: Competition one may have in the bag\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Holiday emergency! (6)","Answer":"MAYDAY","Explanation":"Definition: Holiday\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Such a gripping tale we hear (10)","Answer":"PREHENSILE","Explanation":"Definition: Such a gripping tale we hear\nA homophone in the clue itself, describing a prehensile \"tail\""}
-{"Clue":"Old British settler needed for 20? (4)","Answer":"JUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Old British settler\nDouble definition \u2013 sacks may be made of jute, and the Jutes (the name is probably related to the Danish peninsula Jutland) invaded Britain in the 4th century"}
-{"Clue":"Rear small bird (5)","Answer":"STERN","Explanation":"Definition: Rear\nS + TERN"}
-{"Clue":"150 of the Romans stand for disinfectant (8)","Answer":"CHLORINE","Explanation":"Definition: disinfectant\n150 is CL in Roman numerals, and Cl is the chemical symbol of, or stands for, Chlorine"}
-{"Clue":"Patience when abused may succeed in circling the world (4,4)","Answer":"WEAR THIN","Explanation":"Definition: Patience when abused may\nEARTH in WIN"}
-{"Clue":"Bird that sounds piercing (4)","Answer":"SKUA","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nHomophone of \"skewer\""}
-{"Clue":"Ways to secure love that inspires pity (6)","Answer":"PATHOS","Explanation":"Definition: that inspires pity\nO (zero, love) in PATHS"}
-{"Clue":"Look up to speaker's lazy eyes (7)","Answer":"IDOLISE","Explanation":"Definition: Look up to\nHomophone of \"idle eyes\""}
-{"Clue":"A British girl put on pounds: unusual? (8)","Answer":"ABNORMAL","Explanation":"Definition: unusual\nA + B + NORMAL + L (pounds, in the money sense)"}
-{"Clue":"Don't purify murky depth (10)","Answer":"PROFUNDITY","Explanation":"Definition: depth\n(DON'T PURIFY)"}
-{"Clue":"Before St David's Day the Guardian declares a republic (6)","Answer":"WEIMAR","Explanation":"Definition: a republic\nWE (the Guardian) + 1 MAR (St David's Day)"}
-{"Clue":"Petty criminal who tells on his accomplices? (5,5)","Answer":"SNEAK THIEF","Explanation":"Definition: Petty criminal\nDouble\/cryptic definition, relying on sneak = tell on"}
-{"Clue":"Only for men: old woman has time still (8)","Answer":"STAGNANT","Explanation":"Definition: still\nSTAG (for men only) + NAN (old woman) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Call about oven for cooking (8)","Answer":"ROASTING","Explanation":"Definition: cooking\nOAST (oven) in RIN (call)"}
-{"Clue":"Dog we held up in entrance (7)","Answer":"BEWITCH","Explanation":"Definition: entrance\nReverse of WE in BITCH"}
-{"Clue":"Stop thief! (6)","Answer":"ARREST","Explanation":"Definition: Stop thief\nArresting a thief would stop him, so it's a (rather weak) cryptic definition. A pity that \"thief\" appears in the clue so soon after 13d, where it's part of the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Mule is chewing cereal (6)","Answer":"MUESLI","Explanation":"Definition: cereal\n(MULE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Panel put into a box (4)","Answer":"JURY","Explanation":"Definition: Panel put into a box\nA barely cryptic definition \u2013 a jury sits in the jury box in a courtroom"}
-{"Clue":"Where crafty people meet Cathy's bolshie staff (5,4)","Answer":"YACHT CLUB","Explanation":"Definition: Where crafty people meet \nCATHY* + CLUB (staff)"}
-{"Clue":"Location of oral sense (4)","Answer":"SITE","Explanation":"Definition: Location\nHomophone of \"sight\" (one of the senses)"}
-{"Clue":"Prelude to a fever abroad? Don't worry (5,3)","Answer":"CHILL OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Don't worry\nA CHILL when you're OUT might be a sign of a coming fever"}
-{"Clue":"Tennis player's scoop? (6)","Answer":"SERVER","Explanation":"Definition: Tennis player\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Left in front of a large entrance (6)","Answer":"PORTAL","Explanation":"Definition: entrance\nPORT (left) + A L"}
-{"Clue":"Type of heating, I say, needing line and shot (3-5)","Answer":"OIL-FIRED","Explanation":"Definition: Type of heating\nOI (I say!) + L[ine] + FIRED (shot)"}
-{"Clue":"Rank shabby material in South America (6)","Answer":"STATUS","Explanation":"Definition: Rank\nTAT in S US"}
-{"Clue":"Ground gave in when roping a tense steer (8)","Answer":"NAVIGATE","Explanation":"Definition: steer\nA T in (GAVE IN)"}
-{"Clue":"Miles got into strange, bad habits (8)","Answer":"GARMENTS","Explanation":"Definition: habits\nM in STRANGE"}
-{"Clue":"Relishes getting round in that way (4,2)","Answer":"LIKE SO","Explanation":"Definition: in that way\nLIKES (relishes) + O (round)"}
-{"Clue":"It produces the latest novel: Second Opportunity (8)","Answer":"NEWSROOM","Explanation":"Definition: It produces the latest\nNEW (novel) + S + ROOM (opportunity)"}
-{"Clue":"In which items to be sent do better in a ring? (3,3)","Answer":"OUT BOX","Explanation":"Definition: In which items to be sent\nTo OUT-BOX is to do better than your opponent in a boxing ring"}
-{"Clue":"Scope of party chief (6)","Answer":"DOMAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Scope\nDO (party) + MAIN (chief)"}
-{"Clue":"Invent a top and await (3,5)","Answer":"LIE AHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: await\nLIE (invent) + A HEAD. I'm not entirely happy with the definition, but I suppose it's as in \"what troubles await us\""}
-{"Clue":"Advantage Mantel (though line is off) (4)","Answer":"EDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Advantage\nLEDGE (mantel) less L"}
-{"Clue":"Reprimand after cardinal walked over by VIPs (3,6)","Answer":"RED CARPET","Explanation":"Definition: walked over by VIPs\nRED (cardinal \u2013 from the colour a cardinal's cloak) + CARPET (to reprimand)"}
-{"Clue":"Grass up old love beast (5)","Answer":"YAHOO","Explanation":"Definition: beast\nReverse of HAY + O (old) + O (0, love in tennis) \u2013 one of the human-like creatures in *Gulliver's Travels"}
-{"Clue":"Flyer's fancy tie stuffed into gun (4,3)","Answer":"COLE TIT","Explanation":"Definition: Flyer\nTIE* in COLT. Variant spelling of the more usual \"coal tit\""}
-{"Clue":"Ill-tempered character of rector in charge (5)","Answer":"TROLL","Explanation":"Definition: Ill-tempered character\nR[ector] in TOLL (change)"}
-{"Clue":"Disappointed officer covers Estonia's premier with feathers (3,4)","Answer":"LET DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Disappointed\nE in LT (lieutenant, officer) + DOWN (feathers)"}
-{"Clue":"Mean to get even \u2014 'Water erosion of land stops here!' (4,5)","Answer":"BASE LEVEL","Explanation":"Definition: Water erosion of land stops here\nBASE (mean) + LEVEL (even) \u2013 in geology, base level is the lower limit for an erosion process"}
-{"Clue":"Going over the water, Channel-hopping? (7)","Answer":"SURFING","Explanation":"Definition: Going over the water\nDouble definition, with the channels being on a TV"}
-{"Clue":"Article on government branch by cabinet minister: \"Low point of misery!\" (3,6)","Answer":"THE DEPTHS","Explanation":"Definition: Low point of misery\nTHE (article) DEPT (department, branch of government) + HS (Home Secretary)"}
-{"Clue":"Figure transported to a prize day (9)","Answer":"TRAPEZOID","Explanation":"Definition: Figure\n(TO A PRIZE)* + D[ay]"}
-{"Clue":"Star needs relaxant \u2014 a timely drink (9)","Answer":"SUNDOWNER","Explanation":"Definition: timely drink\nSUN (star) + DOWNER"}
-{"Clue":"Word manipulation: replace A with E (7)","Answer":"MESSAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Word\nMASSAGE with the first A replaced by E"}
-{"Clue":"Had a taste of winter transport fitted with electrical unit (7)","Answer":"SAMPLED","Explanation":"Definition: Had a taste of\nAMP (ampere, unit of electric current) in SLED"}
-{"Clue":"Dressing up to pursue sailing vessel (7)","Answer":"KETCHUP","Explanation":"Definition: Dressing\nKETCH + UP"}
-{"Clue":"Head to be removed from fool, right? Put before a Salome? (5)","Answer":"OPERA","Explanation":"Definition: Salome?\n[D]OPE + R + A. Salome is an opera by Richard Strauss"}
-{"Clue":"Ring member for visually stimulating work (2,3)","Answer":"OP ART","Explanation":"Definition: visually stimulating work\nO + PART"}
-{"Clue":"Ring to cancel film (7)","Answer":"ANNULET","Explanation":"Definition: Ring\nANNUL (cancel) + E.T. (Spielberg film)"}
-{"Clue":"Exodus follows this for band (7)","Answer":"GENESIS","Explanation":"Definition: Exodus follows this\nDouble definition \u2013 the book of Exodus follows Genesis in the Old Testament"}
-{"Clue":"By that place outside auditorium (7)","Answer":"THEATRE","Explanation":"Definition: auditorium\nAT (by) with THERE (that place) \"outside\""}
-{"Clue":"Left backing, capturing rest of outstanding piece (7)","Answer":"RELIEVO","Explanation":"Definition: outstanding piece\nLIE (to rest) in reverse of OVER (left)"}
-{"Clue":"Films Marley's I Shot the Sheriff, primarily (5)","Answer":"MISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Films\nInitial letters of Marley's I Shot The Sheriff"}
-{"Clue":"Trailer, so entertaining TV show gets support (9)","Answer":"ADHERENCE","Explanation":"Definition: support\nAD (trailer) + E.R. (tv show) in HENCE (so)"}
-{"Clue":"Times with little light reading as plane crashes (9)","Answer":"EVENFALLS","Explanation":"Definition: Times with little light\nEVEN (plane, as in a plane surface) + FALLS (crashes) \u2013 I was unsure about the point of \"reading\", but I suppose it's saying \"you can read the answer as\u2026\". I didn't know this word, but its meaning is clear, by analogy with \"nightfall\""}
-{"Clue":"Big microphone comes from heavy metal (5)","Answer":"OSMIC","Explanation":"Definition: from heavy metal\nOS (outsize, big) + MIC \u2013 from the metal Osmium"}
-{"Clue":"Lovers single? Engagement over? (7)","Answer":"GIGOLOS","Explanation":"Definition: Lovers\nReverse of SOLO (single) + GIG (engagement)"}
-{"Clue":"Ex-Chancellor is one: robs poor to make investment (7)","Answer":"OSBORNE","Explanation":"Definition: Ex-Chancellor\nROBS* in ONE \u2013 George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer in David Cameron's government, now editor of the London Evening Standard"}
-{"Clue":"Milk teeth initially dropped out for similar ones (3,4)","Answer":"THE LIKE","Explanation":"Definition: similar ones\nAnagram of [M]ILK [T]EETH"}
-{"Clue":"Republican American is turning to one like Putin? (7)","Answer":"RUSSIAN","Explanation":"Definition: like Putin\nR + US + reverse of IS + AN"}
-{"Clue":"It bubbles in minutes: pasta cooking (4,8)","Answer":"ASTI SPUMANTE","Explanation":"Definition: It bubbles\n(MINUTES PASTA)"}
-{"Clue":"Fiddles money playing with legends (7)","Answer":"MONKEYS","Explanation":"Definition: Fiddles\nM (money) + ON (playing) + KEYS (legends, as in a diagram)"}
-{"Clue":"On the road, you might see them record behind Bob (1-6)","Answer":"L-PLATES","Explanation":"Definition: On the road, you might see them\nLP (record) + LATE (behind) + S (shilling = bob)"}
-{"Clue":"Month (Feb) starts off with everyone alert (2,3,4)","Answer":"ON THE BALL","Explanation":"Definition: alert\n[M]ONTH [F]EB + ALL"}
-{"Clue":"Listener describing empty stage for musician (5)","Answer":"ELGAR","Explanation":"Definition: musician\nL[E]G (leg = stage, e.g. of a sporting competion) in EAR (listener)"}
-{"Clue":"Incompetent musician taking note (7)","Answer":"BUNGLER","Explanation":"Definition: Incompetent\nN in BUGLER"}
-{"Clue":"Record lively set at home to show band's manager (7)","Answer":"EPSTEIN","Explanation":"Definition: band's manager\nE.P. (record) + SET* + IN (at home) \u2013 Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles 1962-67"}
-{"Clue":"Ring man's bird with number? (12)","Answer":"BANTAMWEIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Ring man\nBANTAM (bird) + W[ith] + EIGHT. \"Ring man\" = boxer"}
-{"Clue":"They hide the truth of kinky sex in order to escape mocking remark on return (12)","Answer":"SMOKESCREENS","Explanation":"Definition: They hide the truth\nS[&]M (kinky sex) + OK (in order) + ESC[ape] + reverse of SNEER"}
-{"Clue":"Chart man's got up to stuff (9)","Answer":"HISTOGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Chart\nHIS (man's) + reverse of TOG + RAM (to stuff)"}
-{"Clue":"Unusually, left stage at end of Three Little Birds (7)","Answer":"EAGLETS","Explanation":"Definition: Little Birds\n[stag]E + (L STAGE)*. *Three Little Birds* is a Bob Marley song"}
-{"Clue":"Gave way to current director (7)","Answer":"FELLINI","Explanation":"Definition: director\nFELL IN (gave way) + I (symbol for electric current)"}
-{"Clue":"One Love then Buffalo Soldier's final parts for singer (7)","Answer":"ORBISON","Explanation":"Definition: singer\nO ([one] love) + BISON (buffalo, as American bison are sometimes incorrectly named) \"parted by\" [soldie]R (i.e. \"Soldier's final\"). *One Love* and *Buffalo Soldier* are both Bob Marley songs"}
-{"Clue":"Spread butter around, small amount (7)","Answer":"MARMITE","Explanation":"Definition: Spread\nReverse of RAM (\"butter\", i.e. one that butts) + MITE (small amount)"}
-{"Clue":"High stone to go climbing (5)","Answer":"STEEP","Explanation":"Definition: High\nST[one] + reverse of PEE (to go). I thought \"steep\" for \"high\" seemed a little loose, but perhaps it's as in \"that's a bit steep\" describing a high price"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble began under sea \u2026 or lower? (8,5)","Answer":"ABERDEEN\u00a0ANGUS","Explanation":"Definition: lower\n(BEGAN UNDER SEA)*, with the definition \"lower\" meaning \"one that lows (moos)\""}
-{"Clue":"Twice I let suit run public services (9)","Answer":"UTILITIES","Explanation":"Definition: public services\nAnagram of I twice + LET SUIT"}
-{"Clue":"Little time for a gloomy type (5)","Answer":"MOPER","Explanation":"Definition: gloomy type\nMO (a little time) + PER (a, as in miles a second)"}
-{"Clue":"Nancy's lover is 21 on film (5)","Answer":"SIKES","Explanation":"Definition: Nancy's lover\nSI (IS reversed, or \"about face\") + KES (1969 film). Bill Sikes is Nancy's lover in *Oliver Twist"}
-{"Clue":"Mammal disconcerted eating Welshman (4,5)","Answer":"TREE SHREW","Explanation":"Definition: Mammal\nREES (Welsh name) in THREW (disconcerted)"}
-{"Clue":"Was a candidate returned? Consider recount (7)","Answer":"NARRATE","Explanation":"Definition: recount\nReverse of RAN (was a candidate \u2013 mostly an American usage, as in \"ran for office\"; in the UK we would usually say \"stood\") + RATE (consider)"}
-{"Clue":"'Fish good for us' (Nancy's friend) (7)","Answer":"GOURAMI","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nG + OUR (for us) + AMI (this Nancy is the French city)"}
-{"Clue":"Finishes posting, having succeeded at last (7)","Answer":"ENDINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Finishes\nSENDING (posting) with S[ucceeded] move to the end"}
-{"Clue":"Part company after rent increase (5,2)","Answer":"SPLIT UP","Explanation":"Definition: Part company\nSPLIT (rent) + UP (to increase)"}
-{"Clue":"'Answer attack with force' (one in US military command) (5,4)","Answer":"ABOUT FACE","Explanation":"Definition: US military command\nA[nswer] + BOUT (attack) + F[orce] + ACE (one)"}
-{"Clue":"About to have almost a month on island (5)","Answer":"CAPRI","Explanation":"Definition: island\nC (circa, about) + APRI[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Brute's associates in dramatic murder back on run, say (5)","Answer":"UTTER","Explanation":"Definition: say\nReverse of ET TU (words that precede, or are associated with, \"Brute\" in the famous line from *Julius Caesar*, just before his assassination, so a \"dramatic murder\". The definition is cleverly concealed in the inconspicuous \"say\""}
-{"Clue":"Travelling by rail, I missed getting seat (2,7)","Answer":"IN TRANSIT","Explanation":"Definition: Travelling\nIN TRAIN (by rail) less the second I, + SIT (seat)"}
-{"Clue":"Copying the example of fans at match (9,4)","Answer":"FOLLOWING\u00a0SUIT","Explanation":"Definition: Copying the example\nFOLLOWING (fans) + SUIT (match)"}
-{"Clue":"Narrow-minded and maybe retired? (9)","Answer":"BLINKERED","Explanation":"Definition: Narrow-minded\nAND (a \"linker\") \"in BED\" (retired)"}
-{"Clue":"Attacks are loud on a Tory leader, initially (5)","Answer":"RAIDS","Explanation":"Definition: Attacks\nR (homophone \u2013 \"loud\" \u2013 of \"are\") + A + IDS (Iain Duncan Smith, former tory leader)"}
-{"Clue":"Most impressive! Let's reread communication (7)","Answer":"EPISTLE","Explanation":"Definition: communication\n\"Most [of]\" EPI[C] (impressive) + LETS* (\"reread\" as a past participle, rhyming with \"bed\")"}
-{"Clue":"Fledgling gets encouraged to climb, having something to fall back on (4,3)","Answer":"NEST EGG","Explanation":"Definition: something to fall back on\nHidden in reverse of fledlinG GETS ENcouraged. I made unnecessarily heavy weather of this, trying to use fledgling = nestling, before seeing the obvious"}
-{"Clue":"Charlie no longer operating, welcomes doctors into country (9)","Answer":"NUMBSKULL","Explanation":"Definition: Charlie\nMBS (doctors) in UK (country), all in NULL (no longer operating)"}
-{"Clue":"Part of Oxford University course, right? (5)","Answer":"UPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Part of Oxford\nU[niversity] + PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) + R. PPE is indeed a course at Oxford University (and elsewhere), but for the definition here the Oxford is a shoe"}
-{"Clue":"Worth a trial? (8,5)","Answer":"NUISANCE\u00a0VALUE","Explanation":"Definition: Worth a trial\nCryptic definition, as in [his] worth [is] a trial, I suppose. Rather a weak one, I thought \u2013 I would have liked some additional wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"PM that is prepared to spin, getting credit (7,6)","Answer":"BROWNIE\u00a0POINTS","Explanation":"Definition: credit\n[Gordon] BROWN (former PM) + I.E + anagram (\"prepared\") of TO SPIN"}
-{"Clue":"One relative without uniform, another without clothes (2,7)","Answer":"AU NATUREL","Explanation":"Definition: without clothes\nA (one) with AUNT (relative) outside or \"without\" + U[niform] + REL (relative, as in grammar)"}
-{"Clue":"Fabulous body \u2014 one quietly captivated for starters (9)","Answer":"ANTIPASTI","Explanation":"Definition: starters\nI P (piano, quietly) in the contents or \"body\" of [F]ANTASTI[C]"}
-{"Clue":"Prospect of the drink running out \u2014 wives each getting stuck in (3,4)","Answer":"SEA VIEW","Explanation":"Definition: Prospect of the drink\nEA[ch] in WIVES* \u2013 I can't make much sense of \"running\" here: it doesn't seem fit in either the definition or the anagram indicator"}
-{"Clue":"Make more agreeable to repeatedly small number (7)","Answer":"SWEETEN","Explanation":"Definition: Make more agreeable\nS + WEE (two kinds of \"small\") + TEN (number)"}
-{"Clue":"Better be enough \u2014 dismissed previously (5)","Answer":"OUTDO","Explanation":"Definition: Better\nOUT (dismissed) + DO (be enough)"}
-{"Clue":"Grossly stupid councillor Trump's behind (5)","Answer":"CRASS","Explanation":"Definition: Grossly stupid\nC[ouncillo]R + ASS (American \"behind\")"}
-{"Clue":"American guy requiring doctor \u2013 it's potentially devastating (5)","Answer":"A-BOMB","Explanation":"Definition: it's potentially devastating\nA + BO + M.B."}
-{"Clue":"Goatish character, spirited \u2013 and what he advocates? (7)","Answer":"PANGAMY","Explanation":"Definition: what he advocates\nPAN (god of nature, depicted with the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat) + GAMY. Pangamy is \"random mating\", as Pan might advocate"}
-{"Clue":"Pair of sandpipers sheltered by edges of fjord like some wind? (8)","Answer":"FREE-REED","Explanation":"Definition: like some wind\nREE twice in F[jor]D \u2013 the \"wind\" refers to woodwind instuments"}
-{"Clue":"Some brachiopods? Try one coach is eating (13)","Answer":"TESTICARDINES","Explanation":"Definition: Some brachiopods\nTEST + I + CAR + DINES"}
-{"Clue":"They form distribution for car store (8)","Answer":"CREATORS","Explanation":"Definition: They form\n(CAR STORE)"}
-{"Clue":"Withdraw from judging playground practice (6)","Answer":"RECUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Withdraw from judging\nREC (recreation ground) + USE (practice)"}
-{"Clue":"Cause of disease in cattle? Tribe has groups replacing bone (6)","Answer":"TSETSE","Explanation":"Definition: Cause of disease in cattle\nTRIBE with SETS replacing RIB"}
-{"Clue":"See's neighbour in endless legal transaction (3)","Answer":"DEE","Explanation":"Definition: See's neighbour\nC (see) and D (dee) are adjacent letters in the alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Device for increasing thrust blasting the ear (6)","Answer":"REHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Device for increasing thrust\n(THE EAR)* \u2013 as a noun, reheat is \"a device to inject fuel \u2026 to obtain increased thrust\""}
-{"Clue":"Christmas entertainment, dancing not included in action (6)","Answer":"PANTOS","Explanation":"Definition: Christmas entertainment\nNOT* in PAS"}
-{"Clue":"Type of dropsy, one of the nose mostly, secreting sort of discharge (8)","Answer":"ANASARCA","Explanation":"Definition: Type of dropsy\nARC (electrical discharge) in A NASA[L]"}
-{"Clue":"I entwined net with snare \u2013 it aids adhesion of a kind (8)","Answer":"INTEGRIN","Explanation":"Definition: it aids adhesion of a kind\nI + NET* + GRIN (a snare)"}
-{"Clue":"Hit the target \u2013 none adrift in 200 by tourney's leader (7)","Answer":"CONNECT","Explanation":"Definition: Hit the target\nNONE* in CC (200) + T[ourney]"}
-{"Clue":"Refrain about English grammar (5)","Answer":"DONET","Explanation":"Definition: grammar\nE in DON'T \u2013 \"a grammar, a primer\""}
-{"Clue":"Growth following shocking time? Seeking drug (10)","Answer":"AFTERGRASS","Explanation":"Definition: Growth following shocking time\nAFTER (seeking) GRASS (drug). Aftergrass is grass that grows after mowing or reaping, and to shock is to set (hay etc) in stooks or sheaves"}
-{"Clue":"Patented screen held in stock in Scotland (7)","Answer":"BREVET\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: Patented\nVET (to screen) in BETE"}
-{"Clue":"Boundary in home test (4)","Answer":"METE","Explanation":"Definition: Boundary\nHidden in hoME TEst. Mete is a boundary or limit \u2013 not related to the word in \"mete out\""}
-{"Clue":"Carriage, former railway one, task for restoration (7)","Answer":"BRITSKA","Explanation":"Definition: Carriage\nBR + I + TASK"}
-{"Clue":"Was scouting in decline mostly round college? (6)","Answer":"RECCED","Explanation":"Definition: Was scouting\nC in RECED[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Peer over shimmering scene, in part lustrous (11)","Answer":"PEARLESCENT","Explanation":"Definition: lustrous\nEARL + SCENE* in PT"}
-{"Clue":"Tennis star's losing heart in Wimbledon \u2013 his lowest score? (4)","Answer":"NADA","Explanation":"Definition: his lowest score\n[Rafael] NADAL less the middle letter of wimbLedon"}
-{"Clue":"Legging it in frantic rage (6)","Answer":"GAITER","Explanation":"Definition: Legging\nIT in RAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Literary editor, one turning up I dispensed with (9)","Answer":"ANNOTATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Literary editor\nAN + reverse of ROTATION (turning) less I"}
-{"Clue":"Muslim bigwig always following leader in mosque (4)","Answer":"MEER","Explanation":"Definition: Muslim bigwig\nM[osque] + E'ER"}
-{"Clue":"Tax due? Mess sorted out in compliance (10)","Answer":"ASSESSMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Tax due\nMESS* in ASSENT"}
-{"Clue":"It sweetens bag with tea in (9)","Answer":"SACCHARIN","Explanation":"Definition: It sweetens\nSAC + CHAR IN"}
-{"Clue":"What's written up on an outhouse in ruins (7)","Answer":"SMASHED","Explanation":"Definition: in ruins\nReverse of A MS (manuscript) + SHED"}
-{"Clue":"I turn up in footwear for highland fling? (7)","Answer":"SHOOGIE","Explanation":"Definition: highland fling\nReverse of I GO in SHOE"}
-{"Clue":"Wandering about shaven for a month in the synagogue? (6)","Answer":"HESVAN","Explanation":"Definition: a month in the synagogue\nSHAVEN* \u2013 a month in the Jewish calendar"}
-{"Clue":"Stone ras erected showing calendar differences (6)","Answer":"EPACTS","Explanation":"Definition: calendar differences\nReverse of ST + CAPE"}
-{"Clue":"Notorious fiddler caught in headline robbery (4)","Answer":"NERO","Explanation":"Definition: Notorious fiddler\nHidden in headliNE RObbery \u2013 Nero supposedly \"fiddled as Rome burned\"; though he probably didn't, and anyway fiddles weren't invented until hundreds of years later"}
-{"Clue":"Monsieur's abandoned state, being plus ag\u00e9? (4)","Answer":"A\u00ceN\u00c9","Explanation":"Definition: plus ag\u00e9\nMAINE less M"}
-{"Clue":"What'll make jackdaw turn out litter? (4)","Answer":"KAGO","Explanation":"Definition: litter\nKA (jackdaw) + GO (turn out)"}
-{"Clue":"This food's indigestible \u2014 that's as much as a lady will admit? (8)","Answer":"ROUGHAGE","Explanation":"Definition: This food's indigestible\nThe lady will only admit her ROUGH AGE"}
-{"Clue":"With order originally maintained, author losing head as one joining the fray? (6)","Answer":"RIOTER","Explanation":"Definition: one joining the fray\nO[rder] in [W]RITER"}
-{"Clue":"In protest, I refused to move (4)","Answer":"STIR","Explanation":"Definition: to move\nHidden in proteST I Refuse"}
-{"Clue":"Behold peril initially in hurdles to negotiate \u2014 we're in trouble! (4,4,2)","Answer":"LORD\u00a0HELP\u00a0US","Explanation":"Definition: we're in trouble\nLO (behold) + P[eril] in HURDLES"}
-{"Clue":"Catching rear in mirror, a superstar appearing cooler (3,3)","Answer":"AIR CON","Explanation":"Definition: cooler\n[mirro]R in A ICON"}
-{"Clue":"Hoarder \u2014 gentleman collecting right and left (8)","Answer":"SQUIRREL","Explanation":"Definition: Hoarder\nR in SQUIRE + L"}
-{"Clue":"House done, clean the carpets (6)","Answer":"HOOVER","Explanation":"Definition: clean the carpets\nHO + OVER"}
-{"Clue":"Gas starts to inflate umpteen wheel surrounds (6)","Answer":"HELIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Gas\nI[nflate] U[mpteen] in HELM (wheel, as on a ship)"}
-{"Clue":"Previous charge in court bringing feeling of uncertainty (4,4)","Answer":"COLD FEET","Explanation":"Definition: feeling of uncertainty\nOLD FEE in CT"}
-{"Clue":"Bronze sculptures perhaps turned round to reveal mystical text (6)","Answer":"TANTRA","Explanation":"Definition: mystical text\nTAN (bronze-coloured) + reverse of ART"}
-{"Clue":"Fragile thing, problem leading to fault (3,7)","Answer":"TEA\u00a0SERVICE","Explanation":"Definition: Fragile thing\nTEASER (problem) + VICE (fault)"}
-{"Clue":"Party remains behind leader in bewilderment (4)","Answer":"BASH","Explanation":"Definition: Party\nB[ewilderment] + ASH (remains)"}
-{"Clue":"Small in two ways? (6)","Answer":"MODEST","Explanation":"Definition: Small\nMODE (a kind of way) + ST (street, another \"way\")"}
-{"Clue":"Lovely ovoid shape in spoiled egg, sour (8)","Answer":"GORGEOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Lovely\nO (ovoid shape) in (EGG SOUR)"}
-{"Clue":"Female with chequered history, supposedly maturing by now? (8)","Answer":"FORTYISH","Explanation":"Definition: supposedly maturing by now\nF + HISTORY"}
-{"Clue":"Prince, villain having ousted a king (4)","Answer":"IGOR","Explanation":"Definition: Prince\nIAGO less A, + R. From the prince of Borodin's opera, based on a story of a historical figure"}
-{"Clue":"Fish without a memory, hauled up (6)","Answer":"MARLIN","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nReverse of NIL RAM (random access memory, as used in computers)"}
-{"Clue":"Cinema gets you in the end (3,5)","Answer":"ART HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Cinema\nTHOU (you) in ARSE"}
-{"Clue":"Figure of a child dressed in rags, the mark of Trump's economics? (6,4)","Answer":"DOLLAR\u00a0SIGN","Explanation":"Definition: the mark of Trump's economics\nDOLL (\"figure of a child\") + (IN RAGS)"}
-{"Clue":"Worker wrapping up the whole puzzle (6)","Answer":"BEMUSE","Explanation":"Definition: puzzle\nReverse of SUM (the whole) in BEE"}
-{"Clue":"Leaving home, freeloading daughter made ungracious remarks, all concluding (6)","Answer":"EGRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Leaving\nLast letters of homE freeloadinG daughteR madE ungraciouS remarkS"}
-{"Clue":"Drop sprays in general \u2014 does it? (4,6)","Answer":"CROP\u00a0DUSTER","Explanation":"Definition: it\nDROP* in [General] CUSTER, and an &littish definition"}
-{"Clue":"Despise boss a certain amount (8)","Answer":"EXECRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Despise\nEXEC (executive, boss) + RATE (a certain amount)"}
-{"Clue":"Coming from North Africa, religious teaching in appropriate place? (8)","Answer":"MORESQUE","Explanation":"Definition: Coming from North Africa\nR.E. in MOSQUE \u2013 Moresque is a variant of \"Moorish\", used to describe some forms of art"}
-{"Clue":"Narrative about to chime with the conjecture of quantum physicists (6,6)","Answer":"STRING\u00a0THEORY","Explanation":"Definition: conjecture of quantum physicists\nRING (chime) + THE in STORY"}
-{"Clue":"Spirited king serious, on having lost crown (6)","Answer":"OBERON","Explanation":"Definition: Spirited king\nSOBER ON less its first letter. Oberon is king of the fairies (who might be spirits), particularly familiar from *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
-{"Clue":"Auntie showing up just the same? (4)","Answer":"BEEB","Explanation":"Definition: Auntie\n\"Auntie Beeb\" is a nickname of the BBC, and BEEB is a palindrome, so in a down clue it \"shows up just the same\""}
-{"Clue":"Varnish covering jacket of almanac (7)","Answer":"SHELLAC","Explanation":"Definition: Varnish\nSHELL (covering) + A[lmana]C"}
-{"Clue":"Rifle from the east protecting women during time of conflict (4,3)","Answer":"BOER WAR","Explanation":"Definition: conflict\nQuite complex parsing for this one: it's W in ERA (\"women during time\") in (protected by) reverse (from the East) of ROB (to rifle)"}
-{"Clue":"Potato initially excluded from list of fruit (4)","Answer":"SLOE","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nSLOPE (list) less P[otato]"}
-{"Clue":"Opening of cavity next to worn out bit of tooth (5)","Answer":"CROWN","Explanation":"Definition: bit of tooth\nC[avity] + WORN"}
-{"Clue":"Report of slug at home (8)","Answer":"BULLETIN","Explanation":"Definition: Report\nBULLETN (slug) + IN (at home)"}
-{"Clue":"Fabric lining small awnings? (4)","Answer":"LAWN","Explanation":"Definition: Fabric\nHidden in smalL AWNings"}
-{"Clue":"Insignificant conclusion to booklet in badly set type (5)","Answer":"PETTY","Explanation":"Definition: Insignificant\n[bookle]T in TYPE"}
-{"Clue":"Author married to his work \u2026 (4)","Answer":"POEM","Explanation":"Definition: his work\n[Edgar Allan] POE + M[arried], and Poe was indeed a poet"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 knocks back melted brie snack (5,3)","Answer":"SPARE RIB","Explanation":"Definition: snack\nReverse of RAPS (knocks) + BRIE"}
-{"Clue":"Camp next to large Swiss city (5)","Answer":"BASEL","Explanation":"Definition: Swiss city\nBASE (camp) + L[arge]"}
-{"Clue":"Corrupt Welsh FA is defended by unknown football club (9,9)","Answer":"SHEFFIELD\u00a0WEDNESDAY","Explanation":"Definition: football club\n(WELSH FA IS DEFENDED)* + Y (unknown, in algebra). The oddly-named football club started off as a cricket club that met on Wednesdays"}
-{"Clue":"Novel about crossing rook with another bird (4)","Answer":"WREN","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nR (rook) in reverse of NEW (novel)"}
-{"Clue":"Good insect drinking close to sunken well (7)","Answer":"BENEFIT","Explanation":"Definition: Good\n[sunke]N in BEE + FIT (well)"}
-{"Clue":"Earl Sandwich ordered to conceal recipe for a scientist (7,6)","Answer":"CHARLES\u00a0DARWIN","Explanation":"Definition: scientist\nR[ecipe] in (EARL SANDWICH)"}
-{"Clue":"Pulse found in fractured hallux (4)","Answer":"DHAL","Explanation":"Definition: Pulse\nHidden in fractureD HALlux"}
-{"Clue":"Mineral deposit down toilet? (4,4)","Answer":"BLUE JOHN","Explanation":"Definition: Mineral deposit\nBLUE (sad, down) + JOHN (slang for toilet). Blue John is a mineral found in a cave in the Peak District"}
-{"Clue":"Rope twisted into whip for slap and tickle? (8)","Answer":"FOREPLAY","Explanation":"Definition: slap and tickle\nROPE* in FLAY (whip)"}
-{"Clue":"Cooler fellow on saddle (6)","Answer":"FRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: Cooler\nF[ellow] + RIDGE (saddle, though I don't think they're the same thing at all)"}
-{"Clue":"Service vehicle lifted onto end of jetty (4)","Answer":"NAVY","Explanation":"Definition: Service\nReverse of VAN + [jett]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Resting, when standing on furniture, is controversial (9)","Answer":"DEBATABLE","Explanation":"Definition: controversial\nReverse of ABED + TABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Winner of set capturing hearts (5)","Answer":"CHAMP","Explanation":"Definition: Winner\nH[earts] in CAMP (set \u2013 perhaps in the sense of a political faction)"}
-{"Clue":"Model in independent trade (5)","Answer":"IDEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Model\nI[ndependent] + DEAL (trade)"}
-{"Clue":"Fuel made from palm fibres clipped into container (8)","Answer":"PARAFFIN","Explanation":"Definition: Fuel\nRAFFI[A] (palm fibres) in PAN (container)"}
-{"Clue":"Relatives given weapon with access code (8)","Answer":"PASSWORD","Explanation":"Definition: access code\nPAS (plural of Pa = father, relatives) + SWORD"}
-{"Clue":"Fish inside bloody wound (6)","Answer":"REELED","Explanation":"Definition: wound\nEEL in RED, with \"wound\" rhyming with \"sound\" as the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Pal had reincarnated spiritual leader \u2026 (6)","Answer":"BUDDHA","Explanation":"Definition: spiritual leader\nBUD (pal) + HAD"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 killed in a raft (4)","Answer":"SLEW","Explanation":"Definition: killed\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Vessel for liquids essential to brewery (4)","Answer":"EWER","Explanation":"Definition: Vessel for liquids\nHidden in brEWERy"}
-{"Clue":"Run rule over American big beast (6)","Answer":"WALRUS","Explanation":"Definition: big beast\nReverse of R LAW, + US"}
-{"Clue":"For sale (not united): can and mug (4,3)","Answer":"TOBY JUG","Explanation":"Definition: mug\nTO BUY less U, + JUG (slang for prison, as is \"can\")"}
-{"Clue":"Cautiously progressing petition about the end of hunting (9)","Answer":"TIPTOEING","Explanation":"Definition: Cautiously progressing\nPETITION* + [huntin]G"}
-{"Clue":"Silly argument over half a small pigeon (5)","Answer":"SQUAB","Explanation":"Definition: a small pigeon\nMore than half of SQUABble"}
-{"Clue":"Eventually find oneself in satire that's not succeeded (3,2)","Answer":"END UP","Explanation":"Definition: Eventually find oneself\nSEND UP less S[ucceeded]"}
-{"Clue":"A missile may be basic; it'll go off (9)","Answer":"BALLISTIC","Explanation":"Definition: A missile may be\n(BASIC IT'LL)"}
-{"Clue":"On board ship are people with non-PC views (7)","Answer":"SEXISTS","Explanation":"Definition: people with non-PC views\nEXIST (are) \"on board\", i.e. in SS (steamship)"}
-{"Clue":"Well woman visits teacher, missing a university (6)","Answer":"GUSHER","Explanation":"Definition: Well\nSHE (woman) in GURU less the second U (*a university)"}
-{"Clue":"Boy left in empty gallery with delight (6)","Answer":"GLADLY","Explanation":"Definition: with delight\nLAD L in G[aller]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Means arranged one day for comeback (7)","Answer":"DENOTES","Explanation":"Definition: Means\nReverse of SET ONE D"}
-{"Clue":"Depending on results, group of countries to be reduced by one state (9)","Answer":"EMPIRICAL","Explanation":"Definition: Depending on results\nEMPIR[E] + 1 CAL[ifornia]"}
-{"Clue":"Boy not force-fed fish (5)","Answer":"EDGAR","Explanation":"Definition: Boy\nFED less F (force) + GAR (fish)"}
-{"Clue":"Muscle holds back mafia killer (1-4)","Answer":"A-BOMB","Explanation":"Definition: killer\nReverse of MOB in AB (abdominal muscle)"}
-{"Clue":"Shape being mature, zip coming undone (9)","Answer":"TRAPEZIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Shape \n(MATURE ZIP)"}
-{"Clue":"Club gets tennis champion further (7)","Answer":"EVERTON","Explanation":"Definition: Club\n[Chris] EVERT (tennis champion of the 70s and 80s) + ON (further)"}
-{"Clue":"Dowdy female having only half the sex? (6)","Answer":"FRUMPY","Explanation":"Definition: Dowdy\nF + half of RUMPY-pumpy"}
-{"Clue":"Stupid Spectator has lies for news, primarily (7)","Answer":"WITLESS","Explanation":"Definition: Stupid\nWITNESS (spectator) with L[ies] replacing N[ews]"}
-{"Clue":"Fat: apparently good to be inside a covering (5)","Answer":"LIPID","Explanation":"Definition: Fat\nPI (apparenty good) in LID"}
-{"Clue":"Stew spooned up without demur (9)","Answer":"UNOPPOSED","Explanation":"Definition: without demur\n(SPOONED UP)"}
-{"Clue":"Without note, go with the others to make speech to Filipinos (7)","Answer":"TAGALOG","Explanation":"Definition: speech to Filipinos\nTAG ALONG (go with others) less N[ote]. Tagalog is the national language of the Philippines"}
-{"Clue":"A Nazi group interrupts sexually ambivalent singers (5)","Answer":"BASSI","Explanation":"Definition: singers\nA + SS (Nazi group) in BI[-sexual]"}
-{"Clue":"Most stylish relative I joke about (9)","Answer":"JAUNTIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most stylish\nAUNT I in JEST"}
-{"Clue":"Withdraw permission to pick up taxi after golf (2,4)","Answer":"GO BACK","Explanation":"Definition: Withdraw\nG (golf) reverse of CAB in OK (permission)"}
-{"Clue":"Students keep a little storage in the cloud (6)","Answer":"NIMBUS","Explanation":"Definition: cloud\n1 MB (a little [computer] storage, at least by today's standards) in NUS (National Union of Students)"}
-{"Clue":"Hammer this, or use axes to chop and polish (9)","Answer":"XYLOPHONE","Explanation":"Definition: Hammer this\nXY (axes, plural of axis, as in coordinate geometry) + LOP (chop) + HONE (polish)"}
-{"Clue":"Browsing the web, taken in by visionary poet (9)","Answer":"SONNETEER","Explanation":"Definition: poet\nON NET (\"browsing the web\") in SEER"}
-{"Clue":"Securing boat, ready for Chinese peninsula (7)","Answer":"YUCATAN","Explanation":"Definition: peninsula\nCAT[amaran] in YUAN (Chinese currency, hence \"ready [money] for Chinese\")"}
-{"Clue":"Buck up everyone in staff (6)","Answer":"DOLLAR","Explanation":"Definition: Buck\nReverse of ALL in ROD"}
-{"Clue":"Alcohol in pack, partly empty (7)","Answer":"SCRUMPY","Explanation":"Definition: Alcohol\nSCRUM (pack, as in Rugby) + P[artl]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Danger: people shot in court (6)","Answer":"MENACE","Explanation":"Definition: Danger\nMEN (people) + ACE (a service or shot in a tennis court)"}
-{"Clue":"Bravo, smashing the basis for one threatening your job? (5)","Answer":"ROBOT","Explanation":"Definition: one threatening your job\nB (Bravo) in ROOT (basis)"}
-{"Clue":"Serious about married brothers (5)","Answer":"GRIMM","Explanation":"Definition: brothers\nM in GRIM (serious). Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, famous for their collections of folk tales. Jacob is also remembered in linguistics for Grimm's Law"}
-{"Clue":"Sibyl follows bag painter (8)","Answer":"LANDSEER","Explanation":"Definition: painter\nLAND (to \"bag\", as in a prize or a fish) + SEER (Sibyl \u2013 oracle in GReek mythology)"}
-{"Clue":"Cool sort of record Henry and Tom cover (6)","Answer":"HEPCAT","Explanation":"Definition: Cool sort\nEP (a sort of record) in H (Henry) + CAT (could be a tom)"}
-{"Clue":"Ruth's mine and yours, at first (4)","Answer":"PITY","Explanation":"Definition: Ruth\nPIT (a mine) + Y[ours]"}
-{"Clue":"Sally's in class, penning Latin (10)","Answer":"PLEASANTRY","Explanation":"Definition: Sally\nL[atin] in PEASANTRY"}
-{"Clue":"Clingy type left Mike, taken by current favourite (6)","Answer":"LIMPET","Explanation":"Definition: Clingy type\nI (electric current) in L M + PET (favourite). \"Taken by\" would seem to indicate inclusion the other way round"}
-{"Clue":"Oscar regularly pulls in money for luxury (8)","Answer":"OPULENCE","Explanation":"Definition: luxury\nO[scar] + alternate letters of pUlLs in PENCE"}
-{"Clue":"For Dirk, pedant's out of line (7)","Answer":"STICKER","Explanation":"Definition: Dirk\nSTICKLER (pedant) less L. A dirk is a dagger, which I suppose you might stick someone with"}
-{"Clue":"What Victor will do, a bit charming (7)","Answer":"WINSOME","Explanation":"Definition: charming\nWIN (what victor will do) + SOME (a bit)"}
-{"Clue":"Track plugged by Kelvin that is more unsettling (8)","Answer":"SPOOKIER","Explanation":"Definition: more unsettling\nK[elvin] + I.E. (that is) in SPOOR (track or scent of an animal)"}
-{"Clue":"Norman's bird providing fake news (6)","Answer":"CANARD","Explanation":"Definition: Norman's bird\nDouble definition \u2013 canard is French (e.g. Norman) for duck. The origin of the \"fake news\" meaning seems uncertain, though it's probably from the \"duck\" sense \u2013 some ideas here"}
-{"Clue":"Amazed to play Viola, line's forgotten in Cliff's place (6,4)","Answer":"BOWLED\u00a0OVER","Explanation":"Definition: Amazed\nBOW (to play a viola, for example) + LINE less IN + DOVER (site of the famous white cliffs)"}
-{"Clue":"Grant's a court favourite, according to hearsay (4)","Answer":"CEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Grant\nHomophone of \"seed\", a favourite in (e.g.) tennis"}
-{"Clue":"One travelling late, a shade before Amber picked up yours truly (3-3)","Answer":"RED-EYE","Explanation":"Definition: One travelling late\nRED (a \"shade before amber\" in traffic lights) + EYE (homophone of \"I\" = yours truly)"}
-{"Clue":"Nancy's really with Carol, making a coiffure (8)","Answer":"TRESSING","Explanation":"Definition: making a coiffure\nTRES (French \"very\", as someone from Nancy might say) + SING (to carol)"}
-{"Clue":"One in dire straits could be Horace (8)","Answer":"SATIRIST","Explanation":"Definition: could be Horace\nI in STRAITS"}
-{"Clue":"Guy in spin (4)","Answer":"EDDY","Explanation":"Definition: Guy\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Two lots of Mary Jane's brewing equipment (6)","Answer":"TEAPOT","Explanation":"Definition: brewing equipment\nTEA + POT \u2013 both slang words for marijuana = Mary Jane"}
-{"Clue":"Harry Potter taking drug a high point for Rowan (7)","Answer":"TREETOP","Explanation":"Definition: a high point for Rowan\nE (drug) in POTTER*, with Rowan referring to the tree, aka Mountain Ash"}
-{"Clue":"Hit works about Jacob's relative with right vocabulary in these (8)","Answer":"THESAURI","Explanation":"Definition: vocabulary in these\nESAU (Jacob's brother in Genesis) + R in HIT"}
-{"Clue":"The main youth supporting Frank in free time (4,6)","Answer":"OPEN\u00a0SEASON","Explanation":"Definition: free time\nOPEN (rank) \"supported by\" SEA (main) + SON (youth)"}
-{"Clue":"Terry's very good fortune? Not half (6)","Answer":"FABRIC","Explanation":"Definition: Terry\nFAB (very good) + half of RIChes"}
-{"Clue":"Bull where Jack's found round rushes (4,2,4)","Answer":"PACK\u00a0OF\u00a0LIES","Explanation":"Definition: Bull\nPACK (.. of cards, which includes jacks) + O (round) + FLIES (rushes)"}
-{"Clue":"He should be in Nick's wild revel, one engaging cook (8)","Answer":"EVILDOER","Explanation":"Definition: He should be in Nick\nDO (to cook) in anagram of (REVEL + I). Nick = prison"}
-{"Clue":"Mary drops a name introducing artist and player (8)","Answer":"MARADONA","Explanation":"Definition: player\nRA in MADONNA less one N \u2013 this 'player', of course"}
-{"Clue":"Tommy's revealing little (7)","Answer":"PRIVATE","Explanation":"Definition: Tommy\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Guy in spin? That's correct (6)","Answer":"PROPER","Explanation":"Definition: correct\nROPE (guy) in PR (public relations, spin)"}
-{"Clue":"Morgan, say, and Paddy dress down (6)","Answer":"CARPET","Explanation":"Definition: dress down\nCAR (Morgan is an example) + PET (temper, paddy)"}
-{"Clue":"Chuck Norris finally punching Leo, for one (4)","Answer":"CAST","Explanation":"Definition: Chuck\n[Norri]S in CAT (e.g. Leo)"}
-{"Clue":"Lads grabbing twisted tabs securing lines (8)","Answer":"BOBSTAYS","Explanation":"Definition: securing lines\nTABS* in BOYS"}
-{"Clue":"Party William's cutting (4)","Answer":"SECT","Explanation":"Definition: Party\nDouble definition \u2013 the William here is Shakespeare, for whom SECT is \"a cutting\""}
-{"Clue":"Soft-rayed little fish: best cut pub's got in (9)","Answer":"TOPMINNOW","Explanation":"Definition: Soft-rayed little fish\nINN in TOP MOW"}
-{"Clue":"Bass doubling, creating some distortion on soundtrack (5)","Answer":"BLOOP","Explanation":"Definition: some distortion on soundtrack\nB[ass] + LOOP (\".. doubling in the shape or structure of anything\")"}
-{"Clue":"Twelve heading east \u2013 uninhabited spot contains \u2014\u2014? (5)","Answer":"NO-ONE","Explanation":"Definition: \u2014\u2014\nNOON (twelve o'clock) + E, with a \"fill in the blank\" definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fishes, oily, swimming round foreign sea (7)","Answer":"LYOMERI","Explanation":"Definition: Fishes\nMER (French \"sea\") in OILY"}
-{"Clue":"Aquatic umbellifer, red mostly, found in margin (7)","Answer":"SKIRRET","Explanation":"Definition: Aquatic umbellifer\nRE[D] in SKIRT \u2013 skirret is also known as the water-parsnip, a popular food in Tudor times. here's a story of an attempt at reviving it"}
-{"Clue":"Prepared in e.g. sewing group, tinted antique? (6)","Answer":"BEDIDE","Explanation":"Definition: tinted antique\nDID (prepared) in BEE (as in \"sewing bee\"); a Spenserian (\"antique\") form of \"dyed\""}
-{"Clue":"Getting a lift maybe 'Arry does this protein (5)","Answer":"OPSIN","Explanation":"Definition: protein\nCockney version of \"hops in\""}
-{"Clue":"Rotten bit of tangerine I found in sweet (5)","Answer":"PUTID","Explanation":"Definition: Rotten\nT[angerine] I in PUD (pudding, sweet) \u2013 presumably related to \"putrid\""}
-{"Clue":"Busts arranged round centre of belvedere, part of larger group together (6)","Answer":"SUBSET","Explanation":"Definition: part of larger group together\n[belv]E[dere] in BUSTS"}
-{"Clue":"Help! I eat terribly spicy kebab (7)","Answer":"SOSATIE","Explanation":"Definition: spicy kebab\nSOS (help!) + (I EAT)"}
-{"Clue":"A wisp, me? Wrong \u2013 OS-style, more like (7)","Answer":"MAPWISE","Explanation":"Definition: OS-style\n(A WISP ME)* \u2013 OS being the Ordnance Survey"}
-{"Clue":"Organic compound got from major artery in fish (5)","Answer":"IMIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Organic compound\nM1 (motorway, major artery) in IDE"}
-{"Clue":"Light ring on side of can releasing extinguisher's content? (5)","Answer":"HALON","Explanation":"Definition: extinguisher's content\nHALO (ring of light) + [ca]N"}
-{"Clue":"Office stuff, unavoidable (9)","Answer":"NECESSARY","Explanation":"Definition: Office\nThree definitions, one for each word of the clue: the first two are slang terms for toilet and money, both of which are meanings of \"necessary\", and the third is the obvious adjectival meaning"}
-{"Clue":"One learning in school label for type of rock (4)","Answer":"GLAM","Explanation":"Definition: type of rock\nL in GAM (school of whales)"}
-{"Clue":"End of race and lads dry off in stable room (8)","Answer":"SADDLERY","Explanation":"Definition: stable room\nAnagram of [rac]E + LADS DRY"}
-{"Clue":"I'm off drinking, the French party included \u2013 strong words from the vicar (12)","Answer":"BIBLE-BASHING","Explanation":"Definition: strong words from the vicar\nLE (French \"the\") + BASH (party) in IMBIBING less I'M"}
-{"Clue":"After regular dismissals, jovially unctuous (4)","Answer":"OILY","Explanation":"Definition: unctuous\nAlternate letters of jOvIaLlY"}
-{"Clue":"Particular stuff in the veins, look, strange occurring in the chest (9)","Answer":"BLOOD-DUST","Explanation":"Definition: Particular stuff in the veins\nLO ODD in BUST. Blood-dust is haemoconia, or \"small colourless granules in the blood\", so \"particular\" in the definition means \"consisting of particles\" (not explicitly given in Chambers)"}
-{"Clue":"Early jazz piece to plug? There's little money in it (5)","Answer":"STOMP","Explanation":"Definition: Early jazz piece\nM[oney] in STOP (to plug a hole, etc)"}
-{"Clue":"One cloth that's blue or bluish \u2013 it's uniquely excellent (6)","Answer":"A-PER-SE","Explanation":"Definition: it's uniquely excellent\nA + PERSE (blue cloth)"}
-{"Clue":"Punic struggles \u2013 be seated round for head's prominent feature (8)","Answer":"SINCIPUT","Explanation":"Punic struggles \u2013 be seated round for head's prominent feature (8)\nPUNIC* in SIT \u2013 the sinciput is part of the skull"}
-{"Clue":"Neat Scotch fellows upended (4)","Answer":"SNOD","Explanation":"Definition: Neat Scotch\nReverse of DONS"}
-{"Clue":"Akin (8)","Answer":"CONGENER","Explanation":"Definition: Akin\nThe competition word"}
-{"Clue":"Like a good looker, with parts amounting to XL? (12)","Answer":"TWENTY-TWENTY","Explanation":"Definition: Like a good looker\nTwenty plus twenty is 40, or XL in Roman numerals"}
-{"Clue":"Fair, I am brought up as one training to be an escort (5)","Answer":"MAIKO","Explanation":"Definition: one training to be an escort\nReverse of OK (fair) + I AM \u2013 maiko is a trainee geisha"}
-{"Clue":"Style of painting I exhibited in galleries bizarrely East rejected (9)","Answer":"GRISAILLE","Explanation":"Definition: Style of painting\nI in anagram of GALLERIES less E"}
-{"Clue":"Whack ancient S. Asian tree with foreign apple in it (8)","Answer":"BEPOMMEL","Explanation":"Definition: Whack\nPOMME (French \"apple\") in BEL (an Indian tree)"}
-{"Clue":"First to exploit indefinable quality in garment, leading figure in rag trade? (8)","Answer":"EDITRESS","Explanation":"Definition: leading figure in rag trade\nE[xploit] + IT (undefinable quality) in DRESS, with \"rag\" meaning a newspaper"}
-{"Clue":"In Maryland I'm estimating what can be spent there (5)","Answer":"DIME","Explanation":"Definition: what can be spent there\nHidden in marylanD I'M Estimating"}
-{"Clue":"Some EU members given a lift round Austria, arriving at upper house (6)","Answer":"SEANAD","Explanation":"Definition: upper house\nA (Austria) in reverse of DANES. The Seanad (\"Senate\") is the upper house of the Irish parliament"}
-{"Clue":"Local gutter to divert left (5)","Answer":"SWAYL","Explanation":"Definition: Local gutter\nSWAY (divert) + L \u2013 a dialect word meaning, among other things, to gutter (as a candle)"}
-{"Clue":"TV etc mostly coming up the same (4)","Answer":"IDEM","Explanation":"Definition: the same\nReverse of \"most of\" MEDIA"}
-{"Clue":"Cocktail or swig of Scotch clubs left out (4)","Answer":"SOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Cocktail\nSCOUR (Scots \"swig of liquor\") less C"}
-{"Clue":"Uncovering deceit? Not difficult! (9)","Answer":"DETECTION","Explanation":"Definition: Uncovering\n(DECEIT NOT)"}
-{"Clue":"Pottery expert drinks port (5)","Answer":"DELFT","Explanation":"Definition: Pottery\nL (left \u2013 port) in DEFT (expert)"}
-{"Clue":"Charlie's discourteous and rough (5)","Answer":"CRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: rough\nC + RUDE"}
-{"Clue":"Prepare sentence for when the audience is best (5,4)","Answer":"PRIME TIME","Explanation":"Definition: when the audience is best\nPRIME (prepare) + TIME (prison sentence)"}
-{"Clue":"Pit of despair (10)","Answer":"DEPRESSION","Explanation":"Definition: Pit\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Remains calm (4)","Answer":"REST","Explanation":"Definition: Remains\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Object endlessly to the French style (7)","Answer":"ENTITLE","Explanation":"Definition: style\nENTITY (object) less its last letter + LE (French \"the\")"}
-{"Clue":"Rascal learning to appeal (7)","Answer":"IMPLORE","Explanation":"Definition: to appeal\nIMP (rascal) + LORE (learning)"}
-{"Clue":"Score runs in a series (7)","Answer":"ARRANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Score\nR[uns] in A RANGE \u2013 to score\/arrange as in music"}
-{"Clue":"Push off about now in Arctic vehicle (7)","Answer":"SNOWCAT","Explanation":"Definition: Arctic vehicle\nNOW in SCAT. Chambers only gives the trade name Sno-cat, but this version is in Wikipedia as a generic name"}
-{"Clue":"Finest English drink (4)","Answer":"TOPE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nTOP + E"}
-{"Clue":"Donkey attendants in deer molestation (10)","Answer":"HARASSMENT","Explanation":"Definition: molestation\nASS MEN (\"donkey attendants\") in HART (deer)"}
-{"Clue":"Joy about English victory and promotion (9)","Answer":"ELEVATION","Explanation":"Definition: promotion\nE V in ELATION"}
-{"Clue":"Illuminated note in volume (5)","Answer":"LITRE","Explanation":"Definition: volume\nLIT + RE (note, as in do-re-mi)"}
-{"Clue":"Small border plant (5)","Answer":"SEDGE","Explanation":"Definition: plant\nS + EDGE"}
-{"Clue":"Book Ian's sheep for treatment (9)","Answer":"EPHESIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Book\n(IAN'S SHEEP)* \u2013 Ephesians is a book of the New Testament"}
-{"Clue":"Risked getting daughter murdered (5)","Answer":"DICED","Explanation":"Definition: Risked\nD + ICED (murdered)"}
-{"Clue":"Musician takes time over odd disciple (9)","Answer":"TRUMPETER","Explanation":"Definition: Musician\nT + RUM + PETER"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit makes mild alcoholic drink, but with no head (10)","Answer":"CLEMENTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nCLEMENT (mild) + [W]INE"}
-{"Clue":"Setter's old-fashioned? That's an insurmountable difficulty! (7)","Answer":"IMPASSE","Explanation":"Definition: That's an insurmountable difficulty\nI'M PASS\u00c9"}
-{"Clue":"New look with Japanese sash? That's capital! (7)","Answer":"NAIROBI","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nN + AIR + OBI (Japanese sash)"}
-{"Clue":"Deer takes one for a ride (4)","Answer":"DOES","Explanation":"Definition: Deer\nDouble definition, with two different pronunciations: female deer and swindles"}
-{"Clue":"Beliefs about current in river (5)","Answer":"LOIRE","Explanation":"Definition: river\nI (symbol for electric current) in LORE (beliefs \u2013 see also 15a)"}
-{"Clue":"Surprise people over time in therapy (9)","Answer":"TREATMENT","Explanation":"Definition: therapy\nTREAT (surprise) + MEN + T"}
-{"Clue":"Purgative stops meals being digested (5,5)","Answer":"EPSOM\u00a0SALTS","Explanation":"Definition: Purgative\n(STOPS MEALS)"}
-{"Clue":"Rigour of head supporting old enterprise (9)","Answer":"EXACTNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Rigour\nEX (old) ACT (enterprise) \"supported by\" NESS (geographical \"head\")"}
-{"Clue":"Artist holds up gold casket for the band (9)","Answer":"ORCHESTRA","Explanation":"Definition: the band\nOR (gold) + CHEST + RA"}
-{"Clue":"Vet fell over burrow (7)","Answer":"EXAMINE","Explanation":"Definition: Vet\nReverse of AXE (to fell) + MINE (burrow)"}
-{"Clue":"Loyal? Huns act badly! (7)","Answer":"STAUNCH","Explanation":"Definition: Loyal\n(HUNS ACT)"}
-{"Clue":"Pastor gets usher to beg (5)","Answer":"PLEAD","Explanation":"Definition: beg\nP[astor] + LEAD (to usher)"}
-{"Clue":"Emphasise cropped hair (5)","Answer":"TRESS","Explanation":"Definition: hair\n[S]TRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Penny has beer and pasty (4)","Answer":"PALE","Explanation":"Definition: pasty\nP + ALE"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of Trump and PM putting the Queen off (6)","Answer":"THATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Feature of Trump\n[Margaret] THATCHER less ER, and reference to the Donald's hairstyle"}
-{"Clue":"Takes apart splinter group in contemptuous talk (8)","Answer":"DISSECTS","Explanation":"Definition: Takes apart\nSECT in DISS (contemptuous talk)"}
-{"Clue":"Building block of wood, what's backed with board in port (6)","Answer":"ASHLAR","Explanation":"Definition: Building block\nASH (wood) + LAR \u2013 if you \"back it with board\" you get LARBOARD, another word the the nautical term \"port\""}
-{"Clue":"Able to move quickly for a take-off in an emergency (8)","Answer":"SCRAMBLE","Explanation":"Definition: take-off in an emergency\nABLE with A replaced by SCRAM (move quickly)"}
-{"Clue":"Old Testament book's terribly crude and emotional (14)","Answer":"DEUTERONOMICAL","Explanation":"Definition: Old Testament book's\n(CRUDE EMOTIONAL)*. The 's tells us that we want the adjectival form of the biblical book of Deuteronomy"}
-{"Clue":"Bother in big house having a plant with narcotic properties (10)","Answer":"MANDRAGORA","Explanation":"Definition: plant with narcotic properties\nDRAG (a bother) in MANOR + A. Another name for Mandrake"}
-{"Clue":"Worry when study is neglected in research establishment (4)","Answer":"CERN","Explanation":"Definition: research establishment\nCONCERN (worry) less CON (to study)"}
-{"Clue":"One of two Nobel physicists said to swank (4)","Answer":"BRAG","Explanation":"Definition: to swank\nHomophone of \"Bragg\" \u2013 the Nobel-winning father and son pair of William Henry and Willam Lawrence Bragg"}
-{"Clue":"Figures in trouble at sea, reportedly Germanic folk (10)","Answer":"RECTANGLES","Explanation":"Definition: Figures\nHomophone of \"wrecked\" (in trouble at sea) + ANGLES (Germanic people)"}
-{"Clue":"Disappoint others giving first instruction to unload the truck? (3,3,4,4)","Answer":"LET THE SIDE DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Disappoint others\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Sunday cruciverbalist, maybe, who has cutting edge? (8)","Answer":"SWORDMAN","Explanation":"Definition: who has cutting edge\nS + WORDMAN"}
-{"Clue":"Symphony offering racy stuff (not Beethoven's Fourth) (6)","Answer":"EROICA","Explanation":"Definition: Symphony\nEROTICA (racy stuff) less the fourth letter of beeThoven. And indeed the *Eroica* is not Beethoven's fourth symphony, but his third"}
-{"Clue":"Last thing you want in head and on collar? (8)","Answer":"DANDRUFF","Explanation":"Definition: Last thing you want in head and on collar\nLast letter of heaD + AND + RUFF (collar), &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Commercial to air in busy shopping season (6)","Answer":"ADVENT","Explanation":"Definition: busy shopping season\nAD (advert, commercial) + VENT (to air)"}
-{"Clue":"Person who is horrible, just a bit, about nothing (4)","Answer":"TOAD","Explanation":"Definition: Person who is horrible\nO (nothing) in TAD (a liitle)"}
-{"Clue":"A short song about aged Greek (7)","Answer":"ACHAEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Greek\nAE (aged, an abbreviation of Latin *aetatis*, \"of his age) in A CHAN[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow curtly abandoning diocese and ecclesiastical groups (8)","Answer":"CHAPTERS","Explanation":"Definition: ecclesiastical groups\nCHAP (fellow) + TERSELY less ELY (ecclesiastical see)"}
-{"Clue":"One caught entering square reprimanded, treated as trash? (11)","Answer":"INCINERATED","Explanation":"Definition: treated as trash\nI C in NINE (square number) + RATED (reprimanded)"}
-{"Clue":"Being obsequious would put Mrs May off (6)","Answer":"SMARMY","Explanation":"Definition: obsequious\n(MRS MAY)"}
-{"Clue":"Small room, not half brilliant for accommodating superior writer (7)","Answer":"CUBICLE","Explanation":"Definition: Small room\nU (upper-class, superior) + BIC (pen, writer) in half of CLE[ver]"}
-{"Clue":"Renders Happy Birthday, say, with nicely introduced bumps (9)","Answer":"SWELLINGS","Explanation":"Definition: bumps\nWELL (nicely) in SINGS"}
-{"Clue":"Untidy employees making a contribution to Warwickshire's coat of arms (6,5)","Answer":"RAGGED\u00a0STAFF","Explanation":"Definition: a contribution to Warwickshire's coat of arms\nRAGGED (untidy) + STAFF (employees). The coat of arms of Warwickshire features a bear chained to a ragged staff. Very weak clueing of the \"ragged\" part of the phrase, I'm afraid"}
-{"Clue":"Crowd is idle, wandering round, to be got going (9)","Answer":"MOBILISED","Explanation":"Definition: got going\nMOB (crowd) + (IS IDLE)"}
-{"Clue":"Lacking special apparel, knight is thrown out, not admired (8)","Answer":"UNADORED","Explanation":"Definition: not admired\nUNADORNED less N (knight, in chess)"}
-{"Clue":"What could play music in particular key, hard stuff (7)","Answer":"ALTHORN","Explanation":"Definition: What could play music\nALT (computer key) + HORN (hard stuff)"}
-{"Clue":"Towel I'd discarded, when lots of bits are dry (3,4)","Answer":"LOW TIDE","Explanation":"Definition: when lots of bits are dry\n(TOWEL I'D)"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of paper stuck on yellow garment worn by some women (6)","Answer":"CHADOR","Explanation":"Definition: garment worn by some women\nCHAD (piece of paper \u2013 remember the \"hanging chads\" of the 2000 US presidential elections) + OR (yellow)"}
-{"Clue":"Like school pupil sounding unrelaxed (4)","Answer":"TAUT","Explanation":"Definition: unrelaxed\nHomophone of \"taught\" (like a pupil)"}
-{"Clue":"Fluid that stops part of intestine becoming drier (4,5)","Answer":"BATH TOWEL","Explanation":"Definition: drier\nTHAT* in BOWEL"}
-{"Clue":"Liberal taken in by Polish subterfuge (5)","Answer":"BLUFF","Explanation":"Definition: subterfuge\nL in BUFF (to polish)"}
-{"Clue":"Copper knocking back a very soft drink (5)","Answer":"CUPPA","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nCU (copper) + reverse of (A PP)"}
-{"Clue":"Esteemed sappers scanned in shed (9)","Answer":"RESPECTED","Explanation":"Definition: Esteemed\nRE (Royal Engineers, sappers) + INSPECTED (scanned) with the IN \"shed\""}
-{"Clue":"Suitable place for child's drink (3)","Answer":"LAP","Explanation":"Definition: Suitable place for child\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Case of student in East dogging revered Christian leader (2,9)","Answer":"ST\u00a0AUGUSTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Christian leader\nS[tuden]T IN E containing or \"dogging\"(to dog = to worry, plague or **infest**) AUGUST (revered)"}
-{"Clue":"Royal spouse, criminal type (7)","Answer":"CONSORT","Explanation":"Definition: Royal spouse\nCON (criminal) + SORT"}
-{"Clue":"Pay them off, knowing how they feel (7)","Answer":"EMPATHY","Explanation":"Definition: knowing how they feel\n(PAY THEM)"}
-{"Clue":"Begin to sparkle, as smoker might? (5,2)","Answer":"LIGHT UP","Explanation":"Definition: Begin to sparkle\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cuts back gradually, limiting publicity for shows (7)","Answer":"PARADES","Explanation":"Definition: shows\nAD (publicity) in PARES (cuts back gradually)"}
-{"Clue":"Company member initially gives hope of settlements (11)","Answer":"COMPROMISES","Explanation":"Definition: settlements\nCO + M[ember] + PROMISES"}
-{"Clue":"In favour of US president sacking Democrat (3)","Answer":"FOR","Explanation":"Definition: In favour\n[Gerald] FORD less D"}
-{"Clue":"Sound in the Orkneys? It's pervaded by beat, loud and deep (5,4)","Answer":"SCAPA\u00a0FLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Sound in the Orkneys\nCAP (to exceed or beat) in SA (sex appeal, \"it\") + F (loud) + LOW (deep). Scapa Flow was a naval base in World Wars 1 and 2."}
-{"Clue":"Old American beans preserved thus? (5)","Answer":"INCAN","Explanation":"Definition: Old American\nBeans are preserved IN a CAN"}
-{"Clue":"Child expert's son has scar (5)","Answer":"SPOCK","Explanation":"Definition: Child expert\nS + POCK (mark \u2013 from which we get the old plural form \"pox\"). Benjamin Spock, aka Dr Spock, is famous for his 1946 book \"Baby and Child Care\""}
-{"Clue":"Scavenging insect disturbed deer and shortly bolted (3-6)","Answer":"DOR-BEETLE","Explanation":"Definition: Scavenging insect\nAnagram of DEER + BOLTE[D]. I spent some time trying to justify this as DOR + BEETLE[D], with beetle = to scurry or \"bolt\". The Dor \u2013 a new word for me \u2013 is a kind of dung beetle"}
-{"Clue":"No more leg on display at Wimbledon? (7)","Answer":"TOPSPIN","Explanation":"Definition: display at Wimbledon\nTOPS (no more, as in \"this crossword should take twenty minutes, tops\") + PIN (leg)"}
-{"Clue":"Haulier and partner sort bananas (11)","Answer":"TRANSPORTER","Explanation":"Definition: Haulier\n(PARTNER SORT)"}
-{"Clue":"Women's absolute authority (7)","Answer":"WARRANT","Explanation":"Definition: authority\nW + ARRANT"}
-{"Clue":"Way hosts give pasta? (7)","Answer":"LASAGNE","Explanation":"Definition: pasta\nSAG (to give) in (hosted by) LANE (way)"}
-{"Clue":"First of bells echoes buzzer (3)","Answer":"BEE","Explanation":"Definition: buzzer\nB[ells] + E= Echo twice"}
-{"Clue":"Nancy's a fool, grasping double hook to straighten (7)","Answer":"UNTWIST","Explanation":"Definition: to straighten\nUN (French \"a\", Nancy being the French city) + S (double hook) in TWIT (fool)"}
-{"Clue":"Aboard ferry on vacation I'd become restless (7)","Answer":"FIDGETY","Explanation":"Definition: restless\nI'D GET (become) in F[err]Y"}
-{"Clue":"News media first raised matter Nutmeg's aiming to cover up (11)","Answer":"SUPPRESSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: aiming to cover up\nReverse of PUS + PRESS (news media) + I'VE (Nutmeg has)"}
-{"Clue":"Ravenous pests, many seen outside clubs regularly (7)","Answer":"LOCUSTS","Explanation":"Definition: Ravenous pests\nAlternate letters of ClUbS in LOTS"}
-{"Clue":"A celebration after morning engaged in this country dance (7)","Answer":"GAMBADO","Explanation":"Definition: dance\nA.M. in G[reat] B[ritain] + A DO (party, celebration). I knew this word from Katisha's line in *The Mikado*: \"I'll spoil \u2026 your gay gambado\" (to rhyme with \"Mikado\", though she doesn't get to say the word)"}
-{"Clue":"Spotted exploitative manager turning key (7)","Answer":"PIMPLED","Explanation":"Definition: Spotted\nPIMP (exploitative manager) + reverse of DEL (computer key)"}
-{"Clue":"Job with gunners over when the fighting's ended (7)","Answer":"POSTWAR","Explanation":"Definition: when the fighting's ended\nPOST (job) + W[ith] + reverse of RA (Royal Artillery, gunners)"}
-{"Clue":"Shortfall bound to restrict Conservative leader, if mounting (7)","Answer":"DEFICIT","Explanation":"Definition: Shortfall\nC + IF in TIED, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Funny line forgotten in gag (7)","Answer":"STRANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Funny\nSTRANGLE less L"}
-{"Clue":"A British flyer at sea (3)","Answer":"AUK","Explanation":"Definition: flyer at sea\nA + UK"}
-{"Clue":"Cigarette covering to break away (5,3)","Answer":"SPLIT OFF","Explanation":"Definition: break away\nTO in SPLIFF"}
-{"Clue":"Come from a stream back-to-front (6)","Answer":"ARRIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Come\nA + RIVER with the last R moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"About to get tax break (6)","Answer":"RECESS","Explanation":"Definition: break\nRE (about) + CESS (tax \u2013 related to \"assess\" and \"excise\")"}
-{"Clue":"Seizing queen with kiss, her partner loses face (8)","Answer":"ANNEXING","Explanation":"Definition: Seizing\nANNE (queen) + X (kiss) + [K]ING"}
-{"Clue":"Female characters in the United Nations (4)","Answer":"EDNA","Explanation":"Definition: Female\nHidden \"characters\" in unitED NAtions"}
-{"Clue":"Flying in Hackney's hair-raising? (10)","Answer":"AIRLIFTING","Explanation":"Definition: Flying in\nHAIR with a Cockney dropped H + LIFTING, and a nicely accurate definition"}
-{"Clue":"Twirling arms and moving leg to show affection (7)","Answer":"SNUGGLE","Explanation":"Definition: to show affection\nReverse of GUNS (arms) + LEG"}
-{"Clue":"Inauspicious literary work by Bill (7)","Answer":"ADVERSE","Explanation":"Definition: Inauspicious\nAD (advert, bill) + VERSE (literary work)"}
-{"Clue":"Biblical event which is thought to be true (10)","Answer":"ASSUMPTION","Explanation":"Definition: Biblical event\nDouble definition; however the Assumption of Mary, which was adopted as a Catholic doctrine in 1950, is not described in the bible, except by some rather tortured exegesis"}
-{"Clue":"On which to sit, or stand nearly upright (4)","Answer":"REAR","Explanation":"Definition: On which to sit\nDouble definition: as a noun and then a verb (e.g. a rearing horse)"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier's bound to store paper in present place (4,4)","Answer":"GIFT SHOP","Explanation":"Definition: present place\nFT (Financial Times) in GI'S HOP. A gift shop is a place to buy presents"}
-{"Clue":"DIY nut working without order (6)","Answer":"UNTIDY","Explanation":"Definition: without order\n(DIY NUT)"}
-{"Clue":"Smelly plant leaves large on a fungus (6)","Answer":"AGARIC","Explanation":"Definition: fungus\nA + GARLIC less L[arge]"}
-{"Clue":"Beginning to solicit, these people pick up farm workers (8)","Answer":"SHEARERS","Explanation":"Definition: farm workers\nS[olicit] + HEARERS (people who \"pick up\")"}
-{"Clue":"Spear thrown over rocks to try new activities (6,4,5)","Answer":"SPREAD\u00a0ONE\u2019S\u00a0WINGS","Explanation":"Definition: to try new activities\nSPEAR* + DONE (over) + SWINGS (rocks). Not, as I suspected at first, an anagram of SPEAR THROWN OVER"}
-{"Clue":"Vigorously approve of crooks kidnapping French drunk (4,11)","Answer":"LIKE\u00a0GANGBUSTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Vigorously\nLIKE (approve of) + BU (French for \"drunk\" \u2013 past participle of \"boire\", as in *j'ai bu du vin*). Although I was familiar with this expression, I didn't know that it came from an American radio programme that ran from 1936 to 1957."}
-{"Clue":"Rubbish records about love by Wham! (10)","Answer":"CODSWALLOP","Explanation":"Definition: Rubbish\nO (love) in CDS + WALLOP (to \"wham\")"}
-{"Clue":"Flings with a couple of fellows affected behaviour (7)","Answer":"AFFAIRS","Explanation":"Definition: Flings\n~~F F in AIRS~~ *Thanks to Grantinfreo for pointing out that this should be A + F F + AIRS "}
-{"Clue":"Women clad in cooler colour (4)","Answer":"FAWN","Explanation":"Definition: colour\nW in FAN"}
-{"Clue":"Politician Brits execrate violently online (6,9)","Answer":"BREXIT\u00a0SECRETARY","Explanation":"Definition: Politician\n(BRITS EXECRATE)* + RY (line), with an &littish surface. The least said about the holders of this office (officially Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union) the better, if you ask me."}
-{"Clue":"Paper that's still popular and good quality (7,8)","Answer":"EVENING\u00a0STANDARD","Explanation":"Definition: Paper\nEVEN (still) + IN (popular) + G[ood] + STANDARD (quality). The Standard is a London evening paper, now given out free at stations etc, and edited by former Chancellor George Osborne"}
-{"Clue":"Agreements to work wearing prostheses (10)","Answer":"INDENTURES","Explanation":"Definition: Agreements to work\nIf you have prosthetic teeth you could be said to be IN DENTURES"}
-{"Clue":"Feeble desire to capture little monkey (7)","Answer":"WIMPISH","Explanation":"Definition: Feeble\nIMP (mischievous child, little monkey) in WISH"}
-{"Clue":"A white pawn (4)","Answer":"HOCK","Explanation":"Definition: A white\nDouble definition; a white wine, and to pawn (as in pawnbroker). A very neat one to finish."}
-{"Clue":"Remote location in loop, might you say? (9)","Answer":"BACKWATER","Explanation":"Definition: Remote location\nReversing \"loop\" gives us \"pool\", so it's \"BACK WATER\""}
-{"Clue":"Piece, central to, or on the far side of, banner (5)","Answer":"QUEEN","Explanation":"Definition: Piece\nThe word \"banner\" has ANNE in the middle and ER at the end: both queens"}
-{"Clue":"Time of special power, perhaps, in recollection of deviant criminal (9)","Answer":"DESPERADO","Explanation":"Definition: criminal\nESP ERA (\"time of special power\") in reverse of ODD"}
-{"Clue":"Time has no beginning \u2014 whoops! (3)","Answer":"EEK","Explanation":"Definition: whoops\n[W]EEK"}
-{"Clue":"Pair seen in Texas, perhaps \u2014 unqualified drug dealers? (6,5)","Answer":"COWBOY\u00a0BOOTS","Explanation":"Definition: Pair seen in Texas, perhaps\nCOWBOY (unqualified, as in cowboy builders) + BOOTS (chemists, drug dealers)"}
-{"Clue":"Aim to impress girl in skin-treatment establishment (7)","Answer":"TANNERY","Explanation":"Definition: skin-treatment establishment\nANNE \"impressed by\" TRY (aim). A shame we had a reference to ANNE so close to this in 9"}
-{"Clue":"To spare a net breaking, fold round it (7)","Answer":"APLENTY","Explanation":"Definition: To spare\nA + NET* in PLY"}
-{"Clue":"Fur tops taken off, freeze (5,2)","Answer":"FROST UP","Explanation":"Definition: freeze\n(FUR TOPS)"}
-{"Clue":"Pompous type, why the overweight appearance? (7,5)","Answer":"STUFFED\u00a0SHIRT","Explanation":"Definition: Pompous type\nHavig a stuffed shirt might give you an overweight appearance"}
-{"Clue":"Is one's engagement a head-turner? (7,4)","Answer":"REVERSE GEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Is one's engagement a head-turner\nCryptic definition: you might have to turn your head when reversing, i.e. after engaging reverse gear"}
-{"Clue":"Be in charge of career (3)","Answer":"RUN","Explanation":"Definition: Be in charge of\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Canvas items. I say, with salts at sea (9)","Answer":"STAYSAILS","Explanation":"Definition: Canvas items\n(I SAY SALTS)"}
-{"Clue":"Shame only valuable on the surface, we hear? (5)","Answer":"GUILT","Explanation":"Definition: Shame\nHomophone of \"gilt\" (covered in gold, so only valuable on the surface \u2013 depending on what's underneath, of course)"}
-{"Clue":"Turn out, on being missed by team (5)","Answer":"EVERT","Explanation":"Definition: Turn out\nEVERTON (football team) less ON"}
-{"Clue":"After conversion, 1 x 500 turned into currency (9)","Answer":"MONETISED","Explanation":"Definition: turned into currency\nAnagram of ONE TIMES D"}
-{"Clue":"One's left foot in bathtub, ask to remove right (7)","Answer":"BEQUEST","Explanation":"Definition: One's left\nLast letter or \"foot\" ot bathtuB + [R]EQUEST"}
-{"Clue":"Read aloud Prague's hotel register? (5,2)","Answer":"CHECK IN","Explanation":"Definition: register\nHomophone of \"Czech inn\""}
-{"Clue":"Cold in head spreading in January, perhaps \u2014 something needed to keep warm? (11)","Answer":"WINDCHEATER","Explanation":"Definition: something needed to keep warm\nC in HEAD*, all in WINTER (January, perhaps). Windcheater was what we called anorak-type jackets when I were a lad, but I don't think the word is used much nowadays"}
-{"Clue":"Moisture beneath one in river channel (7)","Answer":"TIDEWAY","Explanation":"Definition: channel\nI + DEW in TAY"}
-{"Clue":"Rash came up on legs and heads (7)","Answer":"ROSEOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Rash\nROSE (came up) + first letters of On Legs And"}
-{"Clue":"Novel abandoned, unfinished (3)","Answer":"SHE","Explanation":"Definition: Novel\nSHE[D] \u2013 novel by H Rider Haggard"}
-{"Clue":"American English lacking in proposal, zilch in shorthand? (7)","Answer":"IDAHOAN","Explanation":"Definition: American\nIDEA (proposal) less E + 0 in HAN[D]"}
-{"Clue":"Wrong coming up with blue for red (7)","Answer":"TROTSKY","Explanation":"Definition: red\nReverse of TORT (a civil wrong) + SKY (blue)"}
-{"Clue":"Place throw vertically over fitting, very straight (4,7)","Answer":"BOLT UPRIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: very straight\nReverse of PUT LOB (place throw) + RIGHT (fitting)"}
-{"Clue":"Expect number and letter on the phone? (7)","Answer":"FORESEE","Explanation":"Definition: Expect\nHomophone of \"four C\""}
-{"Clue":"Do away with cracks above it (7)","Answer":"OBVIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Do away\n(ABOVE IT)"}
-{"Clue":"Excellent injecting iodine in the months of pregnancy? (7)","Answer":"PREMIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Excellent\nI in PRE-MUM (as a pregnant woman might be described)"}
-{"Clue":"Hat collections being worn, including first of trilbies (7)","Answer":"STETSON","Explanation":"Definition: Hat\nT[rilbies] in SETS ON (collections being worn)"}
-{"Clue":"Time of life devoted to bonding? (7)","Answer":"FORTIES","Explanation":"Definition: Time of life\nFOR TIES"}
-{"Clue":"Loading heavy weight up, something to sign, marked (7)","Answer":"DENOTED","Explanation":"Definition: marked\nReverse of TON in DEED (legal document, something to sign)"}
-{"Clue":"Appearing in dungarees, Italian model (3)","Answer":"SIT","Explanation":"Definition: model\nHidden in dungareeS ITalian"}
-{"Clue":"Hated to move on to improvised way of settling match (6,5)","Answer":"SUDDEN\u00a0DEATH","Explanation":"Definition: way of settling match\nSUDDEN (improvised) + HATED. I'm not totally sure how sudden=improvised, but Chambers gives it"}
-{"Clue":"These incursions not cross-country? (7)","Answer":"INROADS","Explanation":"Definition: incursions\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Boards' arrangement of vessel to drink (7)","Answer":"SHIPLAP","Explanation":"Definition: Boards' arrangement\nSHIP (vessel) + LAP (to drink). Shiplap is a type of board used for cladding houses etc"}
-{"Clue":"One can't be forced to work (9)","Answer":"VOLUNTEER","Explanation":"Definition: One can't be forced to work\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"A fighter's old friend (5)","Answer":"AMIGO","Explanation":"Definition: friend\nA + MIG (fighter plane) + O"}
-{"Clue":"Could it make a lamb joint stretch? (4)","Answer":"RACK","Explanation":"Definition: lamb joint\nDouble\/cryptic definition, referring to the dish \"rack of lamb\" and the torture device"}
-{"Clue":"Such as would suit you down to the ground? Only half (4-6)","Answer":"KNEE-LENGTH","Explanation":"Definition: Such as would suit you down to the ground? Only half\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Evening game (10)","Answer":"EQUALISING","Explanation":"Definition: Evening game\nCryptic definition of \"making the game even\""}
-{"Clue":"Conflict taking month to heat up (4)","Answer":"WARM","Explanation":"Definition: to heat up\nWAR + M"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of love, no more malice (5)","Answer":"VENOM","Explanation":"Definition: malice\nHidden in loVE NO More"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of rule you can't look up? (9)","Answer":"UNWRITTEN","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of rule you can't look up\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Make a fuss about mass way to dispose of bodies (7)","Answer":"CREMATE","Explanation":"Definition: way to dispose of bodies\nM[ass] in CREATE (make a fuss), with a grammatical inaccuracy in the definition: a *way to dispose of bodies would be \"cremation\" or \"cremating\""}
-{"Clue":"It's only a tiny bit of work (7)","Answer":"EXCERPT","Explanation":"Definition: It's only a tiny bit of work\nYet another CD, though surely an excerpt doesn't have to be tiny"}
-{"Clue":"Lovers share tweets when travelling (11)","Answer":"SWEETHEARTS","Explanation":"Definition: Lovers\n(SHARE TWEETS)"}
-{"Clue":"Cast assuring silence for leading actor (3,4,8)","Answer":"SIR\u00a0ALEC\u00a0GUINNESS","Explanation":"Definition: leading actor\n(ASSURING SILENCE)"}
-{"Clue":"Pictured as tense (5)","Answer":"DRAWN","Explanation":"Definition: Pictured\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"From one direction, point to the back of the ship (7)","Answer":"EASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: From one direction\nE (compass point) + ASTERN (to the back of a ship)"}
-{"Clue":"Long for European girl (7)","Answer":"DESIREE","Explanation":"Definition: girl\nDESIRE + E"}
-{"Clue":"Worried by area \u2014 see it secured all round (8)","Answer":"AGITATED","Explanation":"Definition: Worried\nA[rea] + IT in GATED"}
-{"Clue":"They have you going in circles around the airport (7,8)","Answer":"HOLDING\u00a0PATTERNS","Explanation":"Definition: They have you going in circles around the airport\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Cutlery and a set of plates one may have at a banquet (6,7)","Answer":"SILVER\u00a0SERVICE","Explanation":"Definition: one may have at a banquet\nSILVER (cutlery) + SERVICE (set of plates, as in tea service)"}
-{"Clue":"The latest is the responsibility of very small people (2,2,3,6)","Answer":"UP\u00a0TO\u00a0THE\u00a0MINUTE","Explanation":"Definition: The latest\nUP TO (the responsibility of) + THE MINUTE (very small people)"}
-{"Clue":"Something for tea brought by pack mule (4,4)","Answer":"PLUM CAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Something for tea\n(PACK MULE)"}
-{"Clue":"Most peevish, so you say 'relax' (7)","Answer":"SOUREST","Explanation":"Definition: Most peevish\nSO + U (\"you\") + REST (relax)"}
-{"Clue":"Two presents can't be found? (7)","Answer":"NOWHERE","Explanation":"Definition: can't be found\nNOW + HERE (two kinds of \"present\")"}
-{"Clue":"Be liable for where a dog's dinner's gone? (5)","Answer":"INCUR","Explanation":"Definition: Be liable for\nThe dog's dinner is IN [the] CUR"}
-{"Clue":"Peter, initially Simon, a symbol suggesting strength? (4)","Answer":"SAFE","Explanation":"Definition: Peter\nS[imon] + A + FE (chemical symbol for iron, which suggests strength). Peter is slang for a safe."}
-{"Clue":"Factor causing mental pressure and some distress, ordinarily (8)","Answer":"STRESSOR","Explanation":"Definition: Factor causing mental pressure\nHidden in diSTRESS ORdinarily"}
-{"Clue":"Torturer's instrument causing confusion, reversal of volition, and damaged skin (10)","Answer":"PILLIWINKS","Explanation":"Definition: Torturer's instrument\nPI (confusion) + reverse of WILL + SKIN* \u2013 it's a kind of thumbscrew"}
-{"Clue":"Sabbath relaxation, socially acceptable in lax rev (4)","Answer":"ERUV","Explanation":"Definition: Sabbath relaxation\nU (socially acceptable) in REV"}
-{"Clue":"Highland search trapping adult falcon (5)","Answer":"SAKER","Explanation":"Definition: falcon\nA[dult] in SKER \u2013 see 29a for a strange duplication"}
-{"Clue":"Questionable reading (hasty perhaps), an oath, not dialectal (9)","Answer":"CURSENARY","Explanation":"Definition: Questionable reading (hasty perhaps)\nCURSE (oath) + NARY (not, in dialect) \u2013 cursenary (also seen as cursorary) is a questionable word in the original of *Henry V*, possibly intended to be \"cursitory\"=\"cursory\"=\"hasty\""}
-{"Clue":"Layer of e.g. bridge foundation, mass one encased in teak maybe (6)","Answer":"TREMIE","Explanation":"Definition: Layer of e.g. bridge foundation\nM 1 in TREE. A tremie lays \u2013 i.e. is a layer of \u2013 concrete"}
-{"Clue":"Fried meat dish, last piece dropped in large tub (4)","Answer":"KIEV","Explanation":"Definition: Fried meat dish\nKIEVE (a large tub) minus its last letter"}
-{"Clue":"Balloon: one rotates up in the air (8)","Answer":"AEROSTAT","Explanation":"Definition: Balloon\nA + ROTATES"}
-{"Clue":"Obstacles to troop movement, see, as of old including snare (8)","Answer":"CALTRAPS","Explanation":"Definition: Obstacles to troop movement\nC + TRAP in ALS (old form of \"as\")"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of a chanteuse, performing turn? I'm still active (4)","Answer":"ETNA","Explanation":"Definition: I'm still active\nHidden in reverse of chANTEuse. Mount Etna last erupted in December 2018"}
-{"Clue":"From church one hears chapels where mass is sung (9)","Answer":"CHANTRIES","Explanation":"Definition: chapels where mass is sung\nCH + AN + TRIES (hears, as in court)"}
-{"Clue":"Old, I'll get help reversing fungal stages (5)","Answer":"OIDIA","Explanation":"Definition: fungal stages\nO + I + reverse of AID"}
-{"Clue":"Dogs bringing up rear in Scottish hunt (4)","Answer":"SCUR","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish hunt\nCURS with the last letter moved to the front. This is a variant of SKER, as used in 13a"}
-{"Clue":"Former generation under regent mostly maltreated (10)","Answer":"ENGENDRURE","Explanation":"Definition: Former generation\nAnagram of (UNDER REGEN[T])"}
-{"Clue":"Ranks, first off, catching steamer departures (8)","Answer":"EGRESSES","Explanation":"Definition: departures\nSS (steamer) in [D]EGREES"}
-{"Clue":"Investigator about end of trail disappeared (4)","Answer":"FLED","Explanation":"Definition: disappeared\n[trai]L in FED (federal agent)"}
-{"Clue":"Watch muscle, getting into condition (8)","Answer":"SPECTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Watch\nPEC in STATE"}
-{"Clue":"Like jet engine, an article after breaking barrier mostly (12)","Answer":"AIR\u2011BREATHING","Explanation":"Definition: Like jet engine\nAnagram of BARRIE[R] + THING (article)"}
-{"Clue":"Terribly restful members of the wind section (7)","Answer":"FLUTERS","Explanation":"Definition: members of the wind section\nRESTFUL"}
-{"Clue":"Woman in old dress causing old-fashioned look (5)","Answer":"TWIRE","Explanation":"Definition: old-fashioned look\nW in TIRE (old form of \"attire\")"}
-{"Clue":"Old Norwegian manuscript turning up, penned by 'Karl', I translated (7)","Answer":"RIKSM\u00c5L","Explanation":"Definition: Old Norwegian\nReverse of MS in (KARL I)*. It's a written form of the Norwegian language, mostly superseded (as I understand it) by Bokm\u00e5l"}
-{"Clue":"The old follow European directions (a full set) (5)","Answer":"ENSEW","Explanation":"Definition: The old follow\nE + NSEW (all four of the cardinal points of the compass) \u2013 old form of \"ensue\" (follow)"}
-{"Clue":"One accompanying king in blue, dirty and unattractive (6)","Answer":"SKANKY","Explanation":"Definition: dirty and unattractive\nAN + K in SKY"}
-{"Clue":"Too much publicity proves rou\u00e9 deviously circling former partner (12)","Answer":"OVEREXPOSURE","Explanation":"Definition: Too much publicity\nEX in (PROVES ROUE)"}
-{"Clue":"Best on the pitch from international club? No thanks (4)","Answer":"RORY","Explanation":"Definition: Best on the pitch\nROTARY (club) less TA. Rory Best is a Rugby player from Northern Ireland, apparently not related to the footballer George"}
-{"Clue":"Once dressed in suit I've changed I twice discarded colour (8)","Answer":"VESTURED","Explanation":"Definition: Once dressed\nAnagram of SUIT I'VE, less both \"I\"s + RED"}
-{"Clue":"Start of trouble with damaged Sierra causing delays (7)","Answer":"TARRIES","Explanation":"Definition: delays\nT + SIERRA"}
-{"Clue":"Scots miser, one copper brought in, sheepish creature (7)","Answer":"CARACUL","Explanation":"Definition: sheepish creature\nA CU in CARL (Scots miser)"}
-{"Clue":"Made rapid progress in English, regarding part of tongue (6)","Answer":"RANINE","Explanation":"Definition: regarding part of tongue\nRAN IN E"}
-{"Clue":"Damage to these? Road test may reveal that (6)","Answer":"TREADS","Explanation":"Definition: these\nComposite anagram &lit: ROAD TEST is an anagram of TO TREADS"}
-{"Clue":"Dogs or deer (but not hens?) (5)","Answer":"STAGS","Explanation":"Definition: Dogs\nTriple definition \u2013 the first is from \"to follow,dog, shadow\", though I suspect this comes from deer-stalking, making it rather close to the second definition; the third is from stag and hen parties"}
-{"Clue":"It often accompanies steak, one served in feast? (5)","Answer":"DIANE","Explanation":"Definition: It often accompanies steak\nA in DINE, referring to the dish Steak Diane, described by Wikipedia as having become \"retro\""}
-{"Clue":"Manage local exchange (4)","Answer":"COPE","Explanation":"Definition: Manage\nDouble definition \u2013 to manage, and a dialect word for \"to barter or exchange\""}
-{"Clue":"They have become rich, goals being corrupted? (9)","Answer":"OLIGARCHS","Explanation":"Definition: They have become rich, goals being corrupted\n(RICH GOALS)* \u2013 the first of two \"anagram &lit\" clues in the puzzle, where the whole clue gives the definition"}
-{"Clue":"As which, Othello is less hard (5)","Answer":"OPERA","Explanation":"Definition: As which, Othello is less hard\nVerdi's opera based on the Shakespeare play is *Otello*, with no H (Hard)"}
-{"Clue":"Criticise bad service (5)","Answer":"FAULT","Explanation":"Definition: Criticise\nDouble definition (the bad service is in tennis)"}
-{"Clue":"One of OT people in one location holding unfortunate king back (9)","Answer":"ISRAELITE","Explanation":"Definition: One of OT people\nReverse of [King] LEAR in 1 SITE"}
-{"Clue":"Exploited, moving ahead \u2014 going west, then north (5,2)","Answer":"DRAWN\u00a0ON","Explanation":"Definition: Exploited\nONWARD \"going west\", or reversed, plus N"}
-{"Clue":"Line in book subject to typo, for example (7)","Answer":"BLUNDER","Explanation":"Definition: typo, for example\nL in B + UNDER (subject to)"}
-{"Clue":"20 Method for solving equivalent of 27 + 25 or 26 + 21 (5,3,5)","Answer":"TRIAL\u00a0AND\u00a0ERROR","Explanation":"Definition: Method for solving\n27+25 and 26+21 are TEST+SLIP and PILOT+MISTAKE, both of which are kinds of TRIAL AND ERROR"}
-{"Clue":"Silly makes it (7)","Answer":"MISTAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Silly makes it\n(MAKES IT)* \u2013 another anagram &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Speech Horatio Nelson cut short at both ends (7)","Answer":"ORATION","Explanation":"Definition: Speech\nHidden in hORATIO Nelson"}
-{"Clue":"Cheap alternative to gold ring for group of players (5,4)","Answer":"BRASS\u00a0BAND","Explanation":"Definition: group of players\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fly back to edge (5)","Answer":"PILOT","Explanation":"Definition: Fly\nReverse of TO LIP"}
-{"Clue":"Marks on text visible in strobe lighting (5)","Answer":"OBELI","Explanation":"Definition: Marks on text\nHidden in strOBE Lighting. Obeli (Latin for \"daggers\") are marks used to indicate footnotes etc, like this: \u2020"}
-{"Clue":"They accommodate some in church, as needier after conversion (9)","Answer":"DEANERIES","Explanation":"Definition: They accommodate some in church\n(AS NEEDIER)"}
-{"Clue":"Almost stop working, stupid (4)","Answer":"GOOF","Explanation":"Definition: stupid\nGO OF[F]. Goof can't be used an an adjective, so we have to read it and \"stupid\" as nouns"}
-{"Clue":"Part of skeleton is fit, but lab reaching no conclusions (6)","Answer":"FIBULA","Explanation":"Definition: Part of skeleton\nFI[t] BU[t] LA[b]"}
-{"Clue":"Eg in atlas misplaced a part of Britain (4,6)","Answer":"EAST\u00a0ANGLIA","Explanation":"Definition: part of Britain\n(EG IN ATLAS)* + A"}
-{"Clue":"Order to start shooting in battle (6)","Answer":"ACTION","Explanation":"Definition: Order to start shooting\nDouble definition, with the \"shooting\" being on a film set"}
-{"Clue":"Assigned in form of overlapping places to sleep (8)","Answer":"ASCRIBED","Explanation":"Definition: Assigned\nAS (in the form of) + CRIB and BED with the B overlapping"}
-{"Clue":"Put up with irritating person (4)","Answer":"BORE","Explanation":"Definition: Put up with\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Show less restraint in puzzle (8)","Answer":"BEWILDER","Explanation":"Definition: puzzle\nBE WILDER"}
-{"Clue":"Modern composer's arrangement of bars (4)","Answer":"CAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Modern composer\nDouble definition \u2013 John Cage (1912-1992) was an avant-garde composer, perhaps most famous for his \"silent\" piece *4\u2032 33\"*; and of curse a cage is made of bars"}
-{"Clue":"Bring about current stoppage without union, in fact (5)","Answer":"DATUM","Explanation":"Definition: fact\nTU (Trade Union) in DAM (to stop a river current)"}
-{"Clue":"Without precedent, appealed after a French test (10)","Answer":"UNEXAMPLED","Explanation":"Definition: Without precedent\nUN (French \"a\") + EXAM (test) + PLED (appealed)"}
-{"Clue":"Last parts of earlier game later you can show again (5)","Answer":"RERUN","Explanation":"Definition: show again\nLast letters of earlieR gamE lateR yoU caN"}
-{"Clue":"Emphatically at home with tools (2,6)","Answer":"IN\u00a0SPADES","Explanation":"Definition: Emphatically\nIN (at home) + SPADES (tools)"}
-{"Clue":"A European called up city down under (8)","Answer":"ADELAIDE","Explanation":"Definition: city down under\nA + reverse of (E DIALED)* , using the US spelling of \"dialled\""}
-{"Clue":"Harrowing experience in gold trade (6)","Answer":"ORDEAL","Explanation":"Definition: Harrowing experience\nOR (gold) + DEAL (trade)"}
-{"Clue":"Like decorative work that's not outstanding (6)","Answer":"INLAID","Explanation":"Definition: Like decorative work that's not outstanding\nA (not particularly) cryptic definition (or possibly a double definition)"}
-{"Clue":"Critically react to bishop making awful move, say (4)","Answer":"BOOB","Explanation":"Definition: awful move, say\nBOO (critically react) + B[ishop]"}
-{"Clue":"Cutting undergarment (4)","Answer":"SLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Cutting\nDouble definition \u2013 I thought the first was a slip of paper, as a newspaper cutting, but the word can also mean a cutting taken from a plant"}
-{"Clue":"Evacuate the street in dry run (4)","Answer":"TEST","Explanation":"Definition: dry run\nT[h]E S[tree]T"}
-{"Clue":"Burglar on college building covers everything (5-3)","Answer":"CATCH-ALL","Explanation":"Definition: covers everything\nCAT (burglar) + C[ollege] + HALL"}
-{"Clue":"Fancy duck the navy consumed (6)","Answer":"ORNATE","Explanation":"Definition: Fancy\nO (zero, duck) + RN + ATE"}
-{"Clue":"Examine fellow found hiding in hold (4)","Answer":"SIFT","Explanation":"Definition: Examine\nF in SIT (hold? Not sure how that works \u2013 perhaps to sit on something is to hold it)"}
-{"Clue":"Cat kept by defendant very much at home (10)","Answer":"ACCUSTOMED","Explanation":"Definition: very much at home\nTOM in ACCUSED"}
-{"Clue":"Cope with death on the river (6)","Answer":"ENDURE","Explanation":"Definition: Cope\nEND (death) + URE"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor I sedated made stable (8)","Answer":"STEADIED","Explanation":"Definition: made stable\n(I SEDATED)"}
-{"Clue":"Articles mentioned originally in religious work (6)","Answer":"ANTHEM","Explanation":"Definition: religious work\nAN + THE (grammatical articles) + M[entioned]"}
-{"Clue":"Think highly of poster on Slough (6)","Answer":"ADMIRE","Explanation":"Definition: Think highly of \nAD (poster) + MIRE (bog, slough)"}
-{"Clue":"Publicist arranged more port (8)","Answer":"PROMOTER","Explanation":"Definition: Publicist\n(MORE PORT)* The online solution gives PROMOTOR, which doesn't work with the anagram, though it is in Chambers, as \"a person who presents candidates for graduation in Scottish universities\""}
-{"Clue":"Turkish spirit used to be smart (6)","Answer":"RAKISH","Explanation":"Definition: smart\nRAKI (Turkish aniseed spirit) + SH (second-hand, used)"}
-{"Clue":"Earl in terrible hailstorm maintaining a temperature (10)","Answer":"ISOTHERMAL","Explanation":"Definition: maintaining a temperature\n[terribl]E in HAILSTORM"}
-{"Clue":"Egyptian in prison in France (4)","Answer":"CAEN","Explanation":"Definition: in France\nE in CAN (prison)* \u2013 using \"in France\" for \"somewhere in France\" is a characteristic Chifonie definition"}
-{"Clue":"Play in a small village (6)","Answer":"HAMLET","Explanation":"Definition: Play\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Learner involved in awful beating \u2014 that's evident (8)","Answer":"TANGIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: evident\nL in BEATING"}
-{"Clue":"I can head out for estate (8)","Answer":"HACIENDA","Explanation":"Definition: estate\n(I CAN HEAD)"}
-{"Clue":"Head of stable clipped tail (4)","Answer":"SCUT","Explanation":"Definition: tail\nS[table] + CUT \u2013 a scut is a short tail, as on rabbit or deer"}
-{"Clue":"Instal one in a sumptuous abode (6)","Answer":"PALACE","Explanation":"Definition: a sumptuous abode\nA (one) in PLACE (to install). I don't know if the unusual spelling \"instal\" has any special significance, or is just a typo."}
-{"Clue":"Beast's nut or butt (8)","Answer":"HOGSHEAD","Explanation":"Definition: butt\nHOG'S HEAD \u2013 butt and hogshead are barrels or quantities of beer etc"}
-{"Clue":"Where one might enjoy porridge that's healthy? (2,4,4)","Answer":"IN\u00a0GOOD\u00a0NICK","Explanation":"Definition: healthy\nNick is slang for a prison, as is porridge for prison time"}
-{"Clue":"Biddy introduced to one Greek goddess or another (6)","Answer":"ATHENE","Explanation":"Definition: another\nHEN (like biddy, a rather offensive term for a woman) in ATE Greek goddess of mischief)"}
-{"Clue":"Appetite overwhelms only child \u2014 a glutton (6)","Answer":"LOCUST","Explanation":"Definition: a glutton\nO[nly] C[hild] in LUST (appetite)"}
-{"Clue":"It's become posh in recent times to trap a boy, after all (10)","Answer":"ULTIMATELY","Explanation":"Definition: after all\nTIM in U (posh) LATELY"}
-{"Clue":"Request to dine in the lobby (8)","Answer":"ENTREATY","Explanation":"Definition: Request\nEAT in ENTRY"}
-{"Clue":"Quick and easy victory in gymnastics (6)","Answer":"PROMPT","Explanation":"Definition: Quick\nROMP (an easy win) in P.T."}
-{"Clue":"Scoundrel in opera scaled walls (6)","Answer":"RASCAL","Explanation":"Definition: Scoundrel\nHidden in opeRA SCALed"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier advanced? Give in! (6)","Answer":"RELENT","Explanation":"Definition: Give in\nR[oyal] E[ngineer] + LENT (loaned, advanced)"}
-{"Clue":"Nick is caught with a joint (4)","Answer":"CHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Nick\nC + HIP \u2013 nick=chip works best if you think of them as verbs meaning to cut"}
-{"Clue":"Throw drink over Labour leader after British PM's predecessor? (9)","Answer":"BAMBOOZLE","Explanation":"Definition: Throw\nB[ritish] + AM (predecessor of PM in time of day) + L[abour] in BOOZE, with the surface perhaps referring to the current trend of throwing milkshakes at politicians"}
-{"Clue":"Change reversed, having shaved my dog (4)","Answer":"FIDO","Explanation":"Definition: dog\nReverse of MODIFY, with MY \"shaved\" from the outside. Are any dogs called Fido these days?"}
-{"Clue":"Don't allow supporter to see player (8)","Answer":"BANJOIST","Explanation":"Definition: player\nBAN + JOIST"}
-{"Clue":"Old bones alongside black garment (6)","Answer":"BODICE","Explanation":"Definition: garment\nB[lack] + O DICE (bones)"}
-{"Clue":"Creator, one upset about Hades (6)","Answer":"EDISON","Explanation":"Definition: Creator\nDIS (hell, Hades) in ONE"}
-{"Clue":"First: last of course is later, however (8)","Answer":"EARLIEST","Explanation":"Definition: First\n[cours]E + (IS LATER)* \u2013 I don't remember seeing \"however\" as an anagram indicator before, but it's as reasonable as many"}
-{"Clue":"Throw a tantrum when baby eats plant (4,2)","Answer":"PLAY UP","Explanation":"Definition: Throw a tantrum\n~~LAP~~ LAY (to plant) in PUP"}
-{"Clue":"Sturdy case: more flexible parts sliding around (8)","Answer":"SLITHERY","Explanation":"Definition: sliding around\nLITHER in S[turd]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Hitler's offensive struggle with weight? (6,2,3,5)","Answer":"BATTLE\u00a0OF THE\u00a0BULGE","Explanation":"Definition: Hitler's offensive\nDouble definition \u2013 the Battle of the Bulge was a German counter-offensive starting in late 1944, and there's a film of the same name"}
-{"Clue":"Viable plan to trap pub rodent (6)","Answer":"GOPHER","Explanation":"Definition: rodent\nPH (Public House) in GOER (viable plan)"}
-{"Clue":"Vegetable issue inspiring panic at first, beetle reportedly beginning to nibble on one (6,5)","Answer":"SPRING\u00a0ONION","Explanation":"Definition: Vegetable\nP[anic] + RINGO (one of the Beatles) + N[ibble] + I in SON (issue)"}
-{"Clue":"Rotten muck in gesture (2-4)","Answer":"NO\u00a0GOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Rotten\nGOO in NOD"}
-{"Clue":"Something found in kitchen, one-legged pig hiding in empty cupboard (8,5)","Answer":"CHOPPING\u00a0BOARD","Explanation":"Definition: Something found in kitchen\nHOPPING BOAR (one-legged pig) in C[upboar]D. It seems a bit of a blemish that we have BOARD in the answer and, mostly unused, in the wordplay in \"cupboard\""}
-{"Clue":"Turn back on man while sleeping? (4)","Answer":"BEND","Explanation":"Definition: Turn\nLast letter (back) of maN in BED, i.e. \"while sleeping\""}
-{"Clue":"Worry about itinerant pal lacking support (9)","Answer":"STRAPLESS","Explanation":"Definition: lacking support\nPAL* in STRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Joke leader's assumed great power (7)","Answer":"MAJESTY","Explanation":"Definition: great power\nJEST in MAY (Theresa M, soon to be an ex-\"leader\" of the UK)"}
-{"Clue":"Spot, for the lady, some instruments (7)","Answer":"ZITHERS","Explanation":"Definition: some instruments\nZIT (spot) + HERS"}
-{"Clue":"Getting on, this setter is flipping barmy (9)","Answer":"EMBARKING","Explanation":"Definition: Getting on\nReverse of ME + BARKING (mad, barmy)"}
-{"Clue":"Join in search, interesting for a short while (7)","Answer":"FADDISH","Explanation":"Definition: interesting for a short while\nADD (to join) in FISH (search)"}
-{"Clue":"Style of drake, with cuss? (5,4)","Answer":"DUCK\u2019S ARSE","Explanation":"Definition: Style\n(DRAKE CUSS)*, with a kind of &lit definition, if you count \"arse\" as a \"cuss\""}
-{"Clue":"Vile profanities in opera lacking appeal (9)","Answer":"LOATHSOME","Explanation":"Definition: Vile\nOATHS (more swearing!) in SALOME (opera by Richard Strauss) less SA (Sex Appeal)"}
-{"Clue":"Some way through introductory pieces, music finally stops (9)","Answer":"PRECLUDES","Explanation":"Definition: stops\n[musi]C in PRELUDES"}
-{"Clue":"I appreciate that offer to cover characters central to plot in newspaper (7)","Answer":"TABLOID","Explanation":"Definition: newspaper\n[p]LO[t] in TA (thanks, I appreciate that) + BID (offer)"}
-{"Clue":"Processing of ferric oxide, ultimately more intense (7)","Answer":"FIERCER","Explanation":"Definition: more intense\nAnagram of FERRIC + [oxid]E"}
-{"Clue":"People making peanuts heading for insolvency in opening story (4,3)","Answer":"PORK PIE","Explanation":"Definition: story\nKP (brand of peanuts, often seen in pubs) + I[nsolvency] in PORE (opening). Pork pie is rhyming slang for \"lie\""}
-{"Clue":"Ship \u2014 that which you can bet on having capsized (5)","Answer":"SLOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Ship\nReverse of POOLS. The football pools were badly hit by the introduction of the National Lottery, but I see they still exist in a small way"}
-{"Clue":"Squares introduced to fashion, in essence (5)","Answer":"NINES","Explanation":"Definition: Squares\nHidden in fashioN IN ESsence. Nine is a square number"}
-{"Clue":"Deceive leaders of tournament on position of ball (3,2)","Answer":"LIE TO","Explanation":"Definition: Deceive\nLIE (position of ball) + TO[urnament]"}
-{"Clue":"Source of unreal grief \u2014 water hazard? (9)","Answer":"CROCODILE","Explanation":"Definition: Source of unreal grief\nDouble defintion, with a reference to crocodile tears, a sign of feigned grief"}
-{"Clue":"Sad and bored, I muffed a lot of shots (9)","Answer":"BROADSIDE","Explanation":"Definition: a lot of shots\n(SAD BORED I)"}
-{"Clue":"Leaves container for player's helper (5)","Answer":"CADDY","Explanation":"Definition: Leaves container\nDouble definition, the \"leaves\" being tea"}
-{"Clue":"Toy with one part of course that's excellent (3-4)","Answer":"TOP-HOLE","Explanation":"Definition: that's excellent\nTOP (toy) + HOLE (part of a golf course)"}
-{"Clue":"Shot they use as result of good lie? (4-3)","Answer":"SHUT-EYE","Explanation":"Definition: result of good lie\n(THEY USE)* \u2013 one of a couple of examples of a golfing term (\"lie\" here) being used in both a clue and an answer (9a)"}
-{"Clue":"Boxed in by obstacle on course, hard to get good score on hole (5)","Answer":"THREE","Explanation":"Definition: good score on hole\nH[ard] in TREE (possible obstacle in gold) \u2013 three would be at least a par score, and often better"}
-{"Clue":"Partly mishit a drive \u2014 small slice, say (3)","Answer":"TAD","Explanation":"Definition: small slice, say\nHidden in mishiT A Drive"}
-{"Clue":"Golfing action from second player on side (5)","Answer":"SWING","Explanation":"Definition: Golfing action\nS + WING"}
-{"Clue":"Contribute way to save a stroke? (5,2)","Answer":"PITCH IN","Explanation":"Definition: Contribute\nI'm not entirely sure of my golfing terminology here \u2013 as far as I can see, a pitch is a relatively short shot, usually onto the green; I suppose you would save a shot if it happened to land \"in\" the hole. Perhaps a golfer could elucidate?"}
-{"Clue":"Iron he's blasted not far from sand? (7)","Answer":"INSHORE","Explanation":"Definition: not far from sand\n(IRON HE'S)*, with the sand being on a beach"}
-{"Clue":"Place for putting party member (5)","Answer":"GREEN","Explanation":"Definition: Place for putting\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Undesirable neckwear having a bad result around club, right? (9)","Answer":"ALBATROSS","Explanation":"Definition: Undesirable neckwear\nBAT (club) + R in A LOSS; an albatross around one's neck is an unwelcome burden, though in golf an albatross is a good thing, being a score of three under par"}
-{"Clue":"Wild bear lived within range of single shot (9)","Answer":"DRIVEABLE","Explanation":"Definition: within range of single shot (9)\n(BEAR LIVED)"}
-{"Clue":"Keep off a green (5)","Answer":"AVERT","Explanation":"Definition: Keep off\nA + VERT (green, in heraldry for example)"}
-{"Clue":"Hit from youngster holding driver as beginner (4)","Answer":"CLUB","Explanation":"Definition: Hit\nL (learner driver) in CUB"}
-{"Clue":"Substandard, like three other solutions (5,3)","Answer":"BELOW PAR","Explanation":"Definition: Substandard\nReference to BIRDIE, EAGLE and ALBATROSS in other answers, all being under par scores; confusingly, being below par is good in golf and substandard elsewhere"}
-{"Clue":"US star endlessly in golf club (4)","Answer":"WOOD","Explanation":"Definition: golf club\n[Tiger] WOOD[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Stress I had internalised as result of driving badly? (8)","Answer":"ACCIDENT","Explanation":"Definition: result of driving badly?\nI'D in ACCENT (stress in speech or music)"}
-{"Clue":"Stupidly goes by bad parts of round (6)","Answer":"BOGEYS","Explanation":"Definition: bad parts of round\n(GOES BY)* \u2013 a bogey is one over par"}
-{"Clue":"Crowds in clubs where golf is played (10)","Answer":"CONCOURSES","Explanation":"Definition: Crowds\nC[lubs] + ON COURSES (where golf is played)"}
-{"Clue":"Two, perhaps, that you watch as shots are made (6)","Answer":"BIRDIE","Explanation":"Definition: Two\n\"Watch the birdie\", as photographers say; a birdie is one under par, so I think the definition is a reference to 2 down, though a score of 2 would also be a birdie on a par-3 hole"}
-{"Clue":"Put iron within 3ft, rising to challenge (4)","Answer":"DEFY","Explanation":"Definition: challenge\nReverse of FE (iron) in YD (yard)"}
-{"Clue":"Add final stroke, set up with nothing in it (3,2)","Answer":"TOT UP","Explanation":"Definition: Add\n0 in reverse of PUTT (usually the final shot of a hole)"}
-{"Clue":"Charitable ongoing event he had also included (4-6)","Answer":"OPEN\u2011HANDED","Explanation":"Definition: Charitable\nOPEN (the current European Open started yesterday) + AND (also) in HE'D"}
-{"Clue":"Head off one hunting creature or another (5)","Answer":"EAGLE","Explanation":"Definition: another\n[B]EAGLE \u2013 bird of prey and a score of two under par"}
-{"Clue":"Skilfully manoeuvred ball, made holes around start of round (8)","Answer":"DRIBBLED","Explanation":"Definition: Skilfully manoeuvred ball\nR[ound] in DIBBLED (made holes, e.g. in gardening)"}
-{"Clue":"Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs (4,4)","Answer":"IRON ORES","Explanation":"Definition: Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs\nI think this is just a cryptic definition, as some golf clubs are made of steel, which requires the refining of iron ore, but it seems a bit weak to me so maybe there's more to it"}
-{"Clue":"Abysmal position \u2014 out of it he pitches (3,3)","Answer":"THE PIT","Explanation":"Definition: Abysmal position\nHidden in iT HE PITches"}
-{"Clue":"Close finishes in Open absorb many, holding attention (6)","Answer":"NEARBY","Explanation":"Definition: Close\nEAR (attention) in last letters of opeN absorB manY \u2013 another double use, echoing \"Open\" in 14d"}
-{"Clue":"Golf crowds \u2014 taking sides in gallery (4)","Answer":"GODS","Explanation":"Definition: gallery\nThe \"sides\" of GO[lf crow]DS \u2013 The Gods is the gallery in a theatre"}
-{"Clue":"Hazard making some upset (4)","Answer":"TRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Hazard\nReverse of PART"}
-{"Clue":"Location, something that helps with shot, we hear (4)","Answer":"SITE","Explanation":"Definition: Location\nHomophone of \"sight\", which helps when shooting a gun"}
-{"Clue":"Ministers always in tears (9)","Answer":"REVERENDS","Explanation":"Definition: Ministers\nEVER (always) in RENDS (tears, as a verb, rhyming with bears)"}
-{"Clue":"I would follow nasty smell that's close (5)","Answer":"HUMID","Explanation":"Definition: close\nHUM (smell) + I'D"}
-{"Clue":"Impromptu test for measles? (4,5)","Answer":"SPOT\u00a0CHECK","Explanation":"Definition: Impromptu test\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Disreputable motor yacht on the water (5)","Answer":"SEAMY","Explanation":"Definition: Disreputable\nSEA (water) + M[otor] Y[acht]"}
-{"Clue":"One gets coverage in Mail (6)","Answer":"ARMOUR","Explanation":"Definition: One gets coverage in Mail\nCryptic definition, as in chain mail \u2013 Im not sure the wording really works here"}
-{"Clue":"Why repairer is called excessively (2,1,5)","Answer":"TO A FAULT","Explanation":"Definition: excessively\nDouble definition, though \"to a fault\" is surely not *why* a repairer is called"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of farm that stores electricity (7)","Answer":"BATTERY","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of farm\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Elegant writer's catalogue for pig farmer? (7)","Answer":"STYLIST","Explanation":"Definition: Elegant writer\nThe catalogue might be a list of sties, or STY LIST"}
-{"Clue":"Mad to cause vessel to leak? (8)","Answer":"CRACKPOT","Explanation":"Definition: Mad\nIf you CRACK a POT it might leak"}
-{"Clue":"Gives a false face (6)","Answer":"VISAGE","Explanation":"Definition: face\n(GIVES A)"}
-{"Clue":"Trim English bird (5)","Answer":"SNIPE","Explanation":"Definition: bird\nSNIP (to trim) + E"}
-{"Clue":"This boy is usually a girl (9)","Answer":"PRINCIPAL","Explanation":"Definition: This boy is usually a girl\nCryptic definition \u2013 the principal boy in a pantomime is usually played by a woman"}
-{"Clue":"One's arrival is a relief for the surgery (5)","Answer":"LOCUM","Explanation":"Definition: One's arrival is a relief for the surgery\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Compel to join group of journalists (5-4)","Answer":"PRESS\u2011GANG","Explanation":"Definition: Compel to join\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Pelt with dried berries (6)","Answer":"PEPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Pelt\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Vegetable better cooked \u2014 nothing old should be swallowed (8)","Answer":"BEETROOT","Explanation":"Definition: Vegetable\n0 O in BETTER"}
-{"Clue":"These regions are hell! (6)","Answer":"NETHER","Explanation":"Definition: These regions are hell\nCryptic definition \u2013 hell is sometimes called the nether regions"}
-{"Clue":"Bring up empty envelope? Gold coin is inside (7)","Answer":"EDUCATE","Explanation":"Definition: Bring up\nDUCAT (gold coin) in E[nvelop]E"}
-{"Clue":"I found it in Greece (6)","Answer":"EUREKA","Explanation":"Definition: I found it in Greece\nCryptic definition \u2013 Archimedes' cry as he leapt naked from the bath; more usually translated as \"I have found it\""}
-{"Clue":"Points collected on the fly (3,5)","Answer":"AIR MILES","Explanation":"Definition: Points collected on the fly\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Reportedly did well in exam for history (4)","Answer":"PAST","Explanation":"Definition: history\nHomophone of \"passed\" (did well, or at least adequately, in an exam)"}
-{"Clue":"Drama not rehearsed without planning (2,6)","Answer":"AT RANDOM","Explanation":"Definition: without planning\n(DRAMA NOT)"}
-{"Clue":"In seminar, open binder (4)","Answer":"ROPE","Explanation":"Definition: binder\nHidden in seminaR OPEn"}
-{"Clue":"An abundance of beatings (8)","Answer":"LASHINGS","Explanation":"Definition: An abundance\nDouble definition \u2013 the word brings to mind \"lashings of ginger beer\", supposedly often said by Enid Blyton's Famous Five, though in fact she never used it"}
-{"Clue":"Dish first cooked on railway (4-3)","Answer":"STIR-FRY","Explanation":"Definition: Dish\nFIRST* + RY"}
-{"Clue":"Avoid responsibility for police\u00adman being dismissed (3,3)","Answer":"COP OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Avoid responsibility\nCOP (policeman) + OUT (dismissed, e.g. in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle is hard to make disappear (6)","Answer":"VANISH","Explanation":"Definition: disappear\nVAN IS H"}
-{"Clue":"Old woman tied up in knots? (6)","Answer":"GRANNY","Explanation":"Definition: Old woman\nDefinition + a rather vague cryptic def."}
-{"Clue":"Healthy society shapes futurist (5)","Answer":"WELLS","Explanation":"Definition: futurist\nWELL + S \u2013 refence to H G Wells"}
-{"Clue":"Reading two articles about crime problem over coffee (9)","Answer":"AMERICANO","Explanation":"Definition: coffee\nCRIME* in A A, + O[ver]"}
-{"Clue":"Radiation in school's not right, doctors say (5,4)","Answer":"GAMMA\u00a0RAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Radiation\nGRAMMAR [school] less the first R + SAY"}
-{"Clue":"Bear or blackbird? (5)","Answer":"BROOK","Explanation":"Definition: Bear\nB[lack] + ROOK (bird)"}
-{"Clue":"Secret soldier (7)","Answer":"PRIVATE","Explanation":"Definition: Secret\nDouble definition \u2013 I think I've seen this a few times"}
-{"Clue":"Dear, dear! Tablet dropped by Heather (7)","Answer":"DARLING","Explanation":"Definition: Dear\nDEAR less E (Ecstasy tablet) + LING (heather genus)"}
-{"Clue":"Angry over spill (5)","Answer":"UPSET","Explanation":"Definition: Angry\nThree definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Look both ways (3)","Answer":"EYE","Explanation":"Definition: Look\nEYE is a palindrome"}
-{"Clue":"Prelude to main trombone part (5)","Answer":"INTRO","Explanation":"Definition: Prelude\nHidden in maIN TROmbone"}
-{"Clue":"Water plant or shrub vigorously about mid-July (7)","Answer":"BULRUSH","Explanation":"Definition: Water plant\n[j]UL[y] in SHRUB"}
-{"Clue":"Weight of silver in 1,000kg (7)","Answer":"TONNAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Weight\nAG in TONNE \u2013 not impressed by this clue, as the word comes directly from ton\/tonne"}
-{"Clue":"Cooked food really is excellent, deserves tips (5)","Answer":"FRIED","Explanation":"Definition: Cooked\nInitial letters of Food Really Is Excellent Deserves"}
-{"Clue":"Might they reserve fellow's prize? (3,6)","Answer":"MAN\u00a0BOOKER","Explanation":"Definition: prize\nSomeone who reserves a fellow might be a \"man-booker\"; not sure why the clue has \"they\", unless it refers to those running the famous literary prize, which I see is going to revert to being called the Booker Prize from next year"}
-{"Clue":"Tory disrobed in and around church ceremony (9)","Answer":"ORDINANCE","Explanation":"Definition: ceremony\n[t]OR[y] + (IN AND)* + CE. I didn't know the \"ceremony\" meaning: \"a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church\""}
-{"Clue":"Newspaper roaming all over the place? I'm lost (5)","Answer":"ORGAN","Explanation":"Definition: Newspaper\nROAMING* less I'M"}
-{"Clue":"The Yorkshire hairpiece? Get it! (4)","Answer":"TWIG","Explanation":"Definition: Get it\nT'WIG \u2013 supposed Yorkshire pronunciation of \"the wig\", with definite article reduction"}
-{"Clue":"Simply awful catching cold after 29 competition (8)","Answer":"OLYMPICS","Explanation":"Definition: competition\nO (ring) + C in SIMPLY"}
-{"Clue":"China is ascending here? (4)","Answer":"ASIA","Explanation":"Definition: China is ascending here\nHidden in reverse of chinA IS Ascending &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Secretary in ripped jeans grasps English language (8)","Answer":"JAPANESE","Explanation":"Definition: language\nPA in JEANS* + E; or for \"grasps\" to make more sense, E in (PA in JEANS*)"}
-{"Clue":"Stopped being quiet to break record (6)","Answer":"CEASED","Explanation":"Definition: Stopped\nEASE (quiet, as a noun) in CD (compact disc)"}
-{"Clue":"Liberating, free and paradoxically humorous (10)","Answer":"GILBERTIAN","Explanation":"Definition: paradoxically humorous\n(LIBERATING)* referring to W S Gilbert"}
-{"Clue":"Special artificial intelligence takes in hill for enlightenment (6)","Answer":"SATORI","Explanation":"Definition: enlightenment\nS + TOR in AI. Satori is a form of enlightenment in Buddhism. It was also the pseudonym used in the FT by the late Albie Fiore, who set in the Guardian as Taupi, though in his case it was from a Basque word for \"mole\""}
-{"Clue":"Prepare carbon monoxide at absolute zero (4)","Answer":"COOK","Explanation":"Definition: Prepare\nCO + 0 K (absolute zero is 0 on the Kelvin scale)"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit bat home? Not in, definitely out (5)","Answer":"PLUMB","Explanation":"Definition: definitely out\nThe fruit is a PLUM, then we have to read \"bat home\" as \"b at home\", and remove \"at home\" (\"in\") to be left with just the B. Hard work for single letter! The definition refers to an LBW decision in cricket where the balls hits the batsman's legs in front of the middle stump. It's from the sense of \"vertical\", as in a plumb line"}
-{"Clue":"A trap to steal pound loses penny? That's surprising (10)","Answer":"ASTOUNDING","Explanation":"Definition: surprising\n[p]OUND in A STING (trap)"}
-{"Clue":"Dwarf, for example, acquires second name after retiring (5)","Answer":"GNOME","Explanation":"Definition: Dwarf\nMO (moment, second) N in EG (for example), all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Old girlfriend inclined to be stretched (8)","Answer":"EXTENDED","Explanation":"Definition: stretched\nEX + TENDED"}
-{"Clue":"Follow progress of time by lines (8)","Answer":"TRACKAGE","Explanation":"Definition: lines\nTRACK + AGE \u2013 this has rather the same fault as 25a, I think, though to a lesser degree"}
-{"Clue":"Scottish nobles retreat down south (6)","Answer":"LAIRDS","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish nobles\nLAIR (a retreat) + D + S"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of piece, decorated with colour (6)","Answer":"HUMANE","Explanation":"Definition: Kind\nMAN (piece, in chess etc) in HUE"}
-{"Clue":"Limit of returned books (4)","Answer":"FOOT","Explanation":"Definition: Limit\nReverse of OF + O[ld] T[estament]"}
-{"Clue":"By wearing glasses, start to notice county briefly (4)","Answer":"OXON","Explanation":"Definition: county briefly\nX (by, as in multiplied by) in O O (pair of glasses) + N[otice]. Oxon is the standard abbreviation of Oxfordshire, from the Latin *Oxonium"}
-{"Clue":"Call round (4)","Answer":"RING","Explanation":"Definition: Call\nAnother familiar double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Colour in photo of catkin presenting dilemma (13)","Answer":"PREDICAMENTAL","Explanation":"Definition: presenting dilemma\nRED in PIC + AMENTAL (from amentum, a catkin)"}
-{"Clue":"One who's memorized major text has short, then champers (5)","Answer":"HAFIZ","Explanation":"Definition: One who's memorized major text\nHA[s] + FIZ (alternative spelling of \"fizz\" = Champagne). A hafiz is a Muslim who has memorised the Koran"}
-{"Clue":"Spot of Shakespeare? Had a glimpse, cut short (5)","Answer":"PEEPE","Explanation":"Definition: Spot of Shakespeare\nPEEPE[D] \u2013 Shakespearian form of \"pip\""}
-{"Clue":"Starfish I roasted alive? (8)","Answer":"ASTEROID","Explanation":"Definition: Starfish\n(I ROASTED)"}
-{"Clue":"Little old bird tom's sneakily trapped in trough (7)","Answer":"TITMOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Little old bird\nTOMS* in TIE (\"an enclosed trough for wasking ore\")"}
-{"Clue":"One records pictures from the marriage of Jemima and Gerald (6)","Answer":"IMAGER","Explanation":"Definition: One records pictures\nHidden in jemIMA GERald"}
-{"Clue":"Outspoken little book about cases (5)","Answer":"VOCAL","Explanation":"Definition: Outspoken\nCA in VOL"}
-{"Clue":"One making up jury changed last name (8)","Answer":"TALESMAN","Explanation":"Definition: One making up jury\n(LAST NAME)"}
-{"Clue":"Dainty old pieces from Etna after eruption, in a chain (8)","Answer":"CATENATE","Explanation":"Definition: in a chain\nCATE (archaic word for a dainty \u2013 related to \"cater\") + ETNA* \u2013 catenate is probably more familiar in the compound \"concatenate\" (chain together)"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of publicity from Dreamland? Golly! (5)","Answer":"BEDAD","Explanation":"Definition: Golly\nBED (\"dreamland\") + AD"}
-{"Clue":"Would-be abstainers, including marines, notice, in naval engagement (6)","Answer":"ARMADA","Explanation":"Definition: naval engagement\nRM + AD (again!) in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)"}
-{"Clue":"Tree, one featured in engraving (7)","Answer":"PLATANE","Explanation":"Definition: Tree\nAN in PLATE"}
-{"Clue":"Droop, vaguely atilt, like a missile (8)","Answer":"SAGITTAL","Explanation":"Definition: like a missile\nSAG + ATILT"}
-{"Clue":"Locust from Arabia tucked into core of maize (5)","Answer":"CAROB","Explanation":"Definition: Locust\nAR (Arab) in COB"}
-{"Clue":"What chippie once offered is wrapped in fish? (5)","Answer":"EISEL","Explanation":"Definition: What chippie once offered\nIS in EEL. Old word for vinegar"}
-{"Clue":"Genders smitten with insane loveability (13)","Answer":"ENDEARINGNESS","Explanation":"Definition: loveability\n(GENDERS INSANE)"}
-{"Clue":"Light unit installed in cheap hotels (4)","Answer":"PHOT","Explanation":"Definition: Light unit\nHidden in cheaP HOTels"}
-{"Clue":"Primitive sea creature: set rope for catching tailless number (11)","Answer":"RADIOLARIAN","Explanation":"Definition: Primitive sea creature\nRADIO (set) + LARIA[T] + N"}
-{"Clue":"Remove crew from island, damn disgruntled about it (6)","Answer":"DISMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Remove crew from\nIS in DAMN"}
-{"Clue":"Pompous company with old-style order where its heart should be (6)","Answer":"CHESTY","Explanation":"Definition: Pompous\nHEST (old word for command, order \u2013 cf \"behest\") replacing the middle of COMPANY"}
-{"Clue":"In Cape Town uncle set up institute, fine for locals (4)","Answer":"MOOI","Explanation":"Definition: fine for locals\nReverse of OOM (uncle in South Africa) + I"}
-{"Clue":"English school book, second mislaid in compound (6)","Answer":"EPIMER","Explanation":"Definition: compound\nE + PRIMER less its second letter"}
-{"Clue":"Fleece? Mine gets temperature hoisted (4)","Answer":"TEGG","Explanation":"Definition: Fleece? Mine gets temperature hoisted (4)\nT[emperature] + EGG (slang for a bomb or mine)"}
-{"Clue":"Panacea reps flogged? Many try to keep them up (11)","Answer":"APPEARANCES","Explanation":"Definition: Many try to keep them up\n(PANACEA REPS)"}
-{"Clue":"To make stuffing went first for sage (7)","Answer":"LEARNED","Explanation":"Definition: sage\nEARN (to make) in LED (went first)"}
-{"Clue":"Brooch from Paris, bent out of shape (9)","Answer":"BREASTPIN","Explanation":"Definition: Brooch\n(PARIS BENT)"}
-{"Clue":"Holiday for Stuart and Virginia to call off? Almost (7)","Answer":"VACANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Holiday for Stuart\nVA (state of Virginia) + CANCE[L]. Vacance (or its plural) is familiar as the French word for a holiday, but its also a Scots word for one, hence \"for Stuart\""}
-{"Clue":"Awards marks art school's come up with (6)","Answer":"MEDALS","Explanation":"Definition: Awards\nM (marks) + reverse of SLADE (art school, now part of UCL)"}
-{"Clue":"Conference \u2013 international one coming up includes expert (6)","Answer":"INDABA","Explanation":"Definition: Conference\nI + DAB (expert) in reverse of AN"}
-{"Clue":"Blend worn as material for overcoats (6)","Answer":"MELTON","Explanation":"Definition: material for overcoats\nMELT (blend) + ON (worn, as in clothes)"}
-{"Clue":"Keep fish in private room (6)","Answer":"DETAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Keep\nTAI (fish) in DEN"}
-{"Clue":"Once injured in play one's taken off, given up (4)","Answer":"MARD","Explanation":"Definition: Once injured\nReverse of DRAM[A]"}
-{"Clue":"Seaweed forming a festoon away from land (4)","Answer":"AGAR","Explanation":"Definition: Seaweed\nA GAR[LAND]"}
-{"Clue":"Lengths of cloth I cut from island 'label' (4)","Answer":"ELLS","Explanation":"Definition: Lengths of cloth\nELLIS (island, former site of immigration station in New York)"}
-{"Clue":"Barking Shadow-boxing College (5)","Answer":"KING\u2019S","Explanation":"Definition: College\nHidden (\"boxed\") in barKING Shadow. Take your pick of the colleges of Cambridge and London universities. I don't know if there's any significance in the capitalisation of Barking and College in the clue"}
-{"Clue":"A Hebrew pronunciation of 'Hankies out all over Arizona' (9)","Answer":"ASHKENAZI","Explanation":"Definition: A Hebrew pronunciation\nAZ in HANKIES* \u2013 as well as being one of a group of Jews, Ashkenazi is also \"the pronunciation of Hebrew used by them\""}
-{"Clue":"A useless fit can be prevented (9)","Answer":"AVOIDABLE","Explanation":"Definition: can be prevented\nA + VOID (useless) + ABLE (fit)"}
-{"Clue":"Seals' hair (5)","Answer":"LOCKS","Explanation":"Definition: Seals\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Unexpectedly attack son with net (7)","Answer":"SANDBAG","Explanation":"Definition: Unexpectedly attack\nS AND BAG"}
-{"Clue":"After Dante's Inferno, the heartless Sawlike (7)","Answer":"DENTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Sawlike\nDANTE* + T[H]E. Again I don't understand the capitalisation, and the surface doesn't make much sense"}
-{"Clue":"Arabian piece, almost crude externally? (5)","Answer":"OMANI","Explanation":"Definition: Arabian\nMAN (piece, I chess etc) in OI[L] (crude)"}
-{"Clue":"Pop group's stage features (5)","Answer":"WINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Pop group\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Workplace where deal may be cut (7)","Answer":"SAWMILL","Explanation":"Definition: Workplace where deal may be cut\nCryptic definition, deal being a type of timber"}
-{"Clue":"Old lady after skirt top (7)","Answer":"MAXIMUM","Explanation":"Definition: top\nMAXI (skirt) + MUM (\"old lady\" is slang for mother). Pretty weak, as the name of the skirt comes directly from \"maximum\""}
-{"Clue":"Camp wisecrack about ungainly legging tops (5)","Answer":"GULAG","Explanation":"Definition: Camp\nFirst letters of Ungainly Legging in GAG"}
-{"Clue":"Ex-president recruits writer who could assemble a cabinet? (9)","Answer":"CARPENTER","Explanation":"Definition: who could assemble a cabinet\nPEN in [Jimmy] CARTER"}
-{"Clue":"Alumnae so uneasy about grandiose tombs (9)","Answer":"MAUSOLEAN","Explanation":"Definition: about grandiose tombs\n(ALUMNAE SO)* \u2013 rather unusual adjectival form of the more familiar \"mausoleum\""}
-{"Clue":"Schooners possibly get cool in two seconds (5)","Answer":"SHIPS","Explanation":"Definition: Schooners possibly\nHIP (fashionable, cool) in S+S"}
-{"Clue":"A nation's uplifting seabird (4)","Answer":"SKUA","Explanation":"Definition: seabird\nReverse of A UK'S"}
-{"Clue":"An obstacle to successful retirement (8)","Answer":"INSOMNIA","Explanation":"Definition: An obstacle to successful retirement\nCryptic definition \u2013 appropriate to me as I was solving the puzzle at 5am after a bout of it"}
-{"Clue":"Soused, but not very exhausted (4)","Answer":"USED","Explanation":"Definition: exhausted\nSOUSED less SO (very)"}
-{"Clue":"Steals out-of-date vegetables (8)","Answer":"CABBAGES","Explanation":"Definition: Steals out-of-date\nDouble definition \u2013 it's archaic slang or \"cheats, steals or purloins\", etymologically unrelated to the vegetable"}
-{"Clue":"Cast fitted round limb opening as protection (6)","Answer":"SHIELD","Explanation":"Definition: protection\nL[imb] in SHIED (cast, threw)"}
-{"Clue":"Letter possibly closed with this: 'I saw Angel off with a kiss' (7,3)","Answer":"SEALING\u00a0WAX","Explanation":"Definition: Letter possibly closed with this\n(I SAW ANGEL)* + X"}
-{"Clue":"Mafia's casually giving up mob chief for college board (6)","Answer":"FASCIA","Explanation":"Definition: board\nAnagram of MAFIAS with M replaced by C[ollege]"}
-{"Clue":"Scoffs: 'Sanctimonious talk is empty!' (4)","Answer":"PIGS","Explanation":"Definition: Scoffs\nPI (sanctimonious) + G[a]S"}
-{"Clue":"Noisily scares off animals and trainers? (5)","Answer":"SHOES","Explanation":"Definition: trainers\nHomophone of \"shoos\""}
-{"Clue":"Overheated, I say 'Heather, both should swim outside' (7,3)","Answer":"BOILING\u00a0HOT","Explanation":"Definition: Overheated\nI + LING (type of heather) in BOTH"}
-{"Clue":"Streep: someone's heart races (5)","Answer":"EPSOM","Explanation":"Definition: races\nCentral letters of streEP SOMEone"}
-{"Clue":"Finding attractive maid rude on telephone (8)","Answer":"ADMIRING","Explanation":"Definition: Finding attractive\nMAID* + RING (to telephone) \u2013 not quite a thematic word, but '\"The night is fine,\" the Walrus said. \"Do you admire the view?\"'"}
-{"Clue":"Worm-like bends dominate (8)","Answer":"NEMATOID","Explanation":"Definition: Worm-like\nDOMINATE* \u2013 another slightly unusual adjective, from \"nematode\""}
-{"Clue":"Ungainly creature observed holding page locator up (6)","Answer":"WALRUS","Explanation":"Definition: Ungainly creature\nReverse of URL (web page locator) in SAW"}
-{"Clue":"Small case \u2014 its contents alien? (6)","Answer":"LOCKET","Explanation":"Definition: Small case\nLOCK (a locket might contain a lock of hearI + E[xtra] T[errestrial]"}
-{"Clue":"Halt contest (4)","Answer":"GAME","Explanation":"Definition: Halt\nDouble definition \u2013 \"halt\" = \"lame\" as in \"game leg\", often pronounced \"game\""}
-{"Clue":"Otherwise lies in parallel sections (4)","Answer":"ELSE","Explanation":"Definition: Otherwise\nHidden in parallEL Sections"}
-{"Clue":"Antarctic location \u2014 Diana needs drink! (4,3)","Answer":"ROSS SEA","Explanation":"Definition: Antarctic location\n[Diana] ROSS (singer) + SEA (main)"}
-{"Clue":"Some music on LP? Not a note (5,5,5)","Answer":"FIFTY\u00a0PENCE\u00a0PIECE","Explanation":"Definition: Not a note\nFIFTY (L=50) + PENCE (P) + PIECE (some music)"}
-{"Clue":"Wife of leader, a shade insular, briefly? (7)","Answer":"SULTANA","Explanation":"Definition: Wife of leader\nTAN (colour, shade) \"in SULA[r]\""}
-{"Clue":"Time to welcome revolutionary Chinese brood (7)","Answer":"AGONISE","Explanation":"Definition: brood\nReverse of SINO in AGE"}
-{"Clue":"A little angel, free spirit (3)","Answer":"ELF","Explanation":"Definition: spirit\nHidden in angEL Free"}
-{"Clue":"Person with load unsure about weight that's an ounce (4,7)","Answer":"SNOW LEOPARD","Explanation":"Definition: an ounce\nW in (PERSON LOAD)*. The Ounce often comes up in wordplay as \"cat\", but here's its full name"}
-{"Clue":"Faithful cat carrying on with a meal for him, shortly? (10)","Answer":"MONOGAMOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Faithful\nON in MOG + A MOUS[e] (possible meal for a cat)"}
-{"Clue":"One side not quite covering a page (4)","Answer":"LEAF","Explanation":"Definition: page\nA in LEF[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Cops stopping method by corruption, finally (4)","Answer":"NABS","Explanation":"Definition: Cops\n[corruptio]N + ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)"}
-{"Clue":"Mile covered by person propelling boat near Brighton? Type of cutter (5,5)","Answer":"HOVER MOWER","Explanation":"Definition: Type of cutter\nM in HOVE ROWER (one propelling a boat near Brighton)"}
-{"Clue":"Fraction on calculator opposite number (11)","Answer":"COUNTERPART","Explanation":"Definition: opposite number\nCOUNTER (calculator) + PART (fraction)"}
-{"Clue":"Little moo (3)","Answer":"LOW","Explanation":"Definition: Little\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dropping back, wander round country house in Russia (7)","Answer":"ROMANOV","Explanation":"Definition: house in Russia\nOMAN in ROV[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Leaving America, a poor beggar clutching cup's heading for a Moorish palace (7)","Answer":"ALCAZAR","Explanation":"Definition: Moorish palace\nC[up] in A LAZARUS (beggar in the parable in Luke 16) less US"}
-{"Clue":"Charles the Second marrying subject, harmony with CIIR restored (3,5,7)","Answer":"THE\u00a0MERRY\u00a0MONARCH","Explanation":"Definition: Charles the Second\nTHEME (subject) + (marrying) anagram of (HARMONY C RR), so CIIR means C and two Rs"}
-{"Clue":"Person catching extremists in Ferrari with tank (9)","Answer":"FISHERMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Person catching\nF[errar]I + SHERMAN"}
-{"Clue":"Coming up, vulgar features mainly lacking inspiration, initially, for cinephile (4,3)","Answer":"FILM FAN","Explanation":"Definition: cinephile\nReverse of M[ainly] L[acking] I[nspiration] in NAFF"}
-{"Clue":"Once upon a time, finish off gravy with a bit of corn starch (5,3)","Answer":"YEARS AGO","Explanation":"Definition: Once upon a time\n[grav]Y + EAR (bit of corn) + SAGO (starch)"}
-{"Clue":"Gobbled up by Lancelot, a really lovely lyrist (5)","Answer":"ERATO","Explanation":"Definition: lovely lyrist\nHidden in reverse of lancelOT A Really. Erato is the Muse of lyric poetry: I was going to question \"lyrist\" (=\"lyre player\") as the definition, as opposed to \"lyricist\", but Chambers tells me it can mean a lyric poet"}
-{"Clue":"Something turning up on female garment \u2014 unpleasant discovery there? (4,5)","Answer":"CRAB LOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: unpleasant discovery there\nReverse of ARC (\"something turning\") + BLOUSE"}
-{"Clue":"Bum parts outside of pants, moon! (6)","Answer":"PHOBOS","Explanation":"Definition: moon\nHOBO (tramp, bum) in P[ant]S. Phobos is one of the two moons of Mars"}
-{"Clue":"Remove hairs from bottom of hirsute old governor (7)","Answer":"EPILATE","Explanation":"Definition: Remove hairs from\n[hirsut]E + [Pontius] PILATE"}
-{"Clue":"Correct tip overwhelms this chap (5)","Answer":"EMEND","Explanation":"Definition: Correct\nME in END"}
-{"Clue":"Person proposing to install creation of iron that's more than a mile wide (4,5)","Answer":"MOON RIVER","Explanation":"Definition: that's more than a mile wide\nIRON* in MOVER (one proposing, e.g. a motion). As the song says, \"Moon River, wider than a mile..\""}
-{"Clue":"Texas city out to impress couple on tour, ultimately (4,5)","Answer":"FORT WORTH","Explanation":"Definition: Texas city\nTWO + [tou]R in FORTH (out)"}
-{"Clue":"Number a hundred I book up for a wink or a kiss, say? (8)","Answer":"EMOTICON","Explanation":"Definition: a wink or a kiss, say\nReverse of NO. C I TOME"}
-{"Clue":"Keeping mum suspiciously, French produce English citizen (7)","Answer":"BRUMMIE","Explanation":"Definition: English citizen\nMUM* in BRIE"}
-{"Clue":"Ride Disney duck, kicking tail (7)","Answer":"WALTZER","Explanation":"Definition: Ride\nWALT + ZER[o] (a duck \u2013 score in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Explosion of octane now (2,4)","Answer":"AT ONCE","Explanation":"Definition: now\nOCTANE"}
-{"Clue":"In trolley, a gold weight (5)","Answer":"CARAT","Explanation":"Definition: gold weight\nA in CART. As far as I can tell, the carat is a unit of weight for gems, but a measure of purity for gold, so the definition seems wrong here"}
-{"Clue":"Every other bit of Paul hairy: my fear! (5)","Answer":"ALARM","Explanation":"Definition: fear\nAlternate letters of pAuL hAiRy My"}
-{"Clue":"Drug case follows that of suicide (8)","Answer":"SEDATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Drug\nS[uicid]E + DATIVE (grammatical case)"}
-{"Clue":"Crawling fellow leaves cover outdoors (6)","Answer":"AWNING","Explanation":"Definition: cover outdoors\nFAWNING (crawling) less F"}
-{"Clue":"Intoxicating drink from the right prophet (4)","Answer":"AMOS","Explanation":"Definition: prophet\nReverse of SOMA, \"a ritual drink of importance among the early Indians\", giving the OT prophet"}
-{"Clue":"Time round Great Lake as the final thing (2,3,2,3)","Answer":"TO\u00a0CAP\u00a0IT\u00a0ALL","Explanation":"Definition: as the final thing\nT[ime] + O (round) + CAPITAL (great) + L[ake]"}
-{"Clue":"Rolling around in mud's a revealing practice (6)","Answer":"NUDISM","Explanation":"Definition: a revealing practice\n(IN MUDS)"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's wonderful company for social chats (8)","Answer":"GABFESTS","Explanation":"Definition: social chats\nSpoonerism of \"fab guests\""}
-{"Clue":"Bubbly's cold, getting cooler (7)","Answer":"CHIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Bubbly\nC + HIPPER (more fashionable, cooler). Chipper\/bubbly in the sense of cheerful"}
-{"Clue":"Compiler of heavenly catalogue that's less orderly (7)","Answer":"MESSIER","Explanation":"Definition: Compiler of heavenly catalogue\nDouble definition: Charles MESSIER created a catalogue of astronomical objects, still referenced today: M1 is the Crab nebula, for example"}
-{"Clue":"Person sitting on bench drank around warehouse (8)","Answer":"SUBDEPOT","Explanation":"Definition: warehouse\nSUB (substitute, in football etc) + reverse of TOPED. Chambers doesn't have this compound: I'm not totally convinced by the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Leaves to eat in French bar of ill-repute (6)","Answer":"ENDIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Leaves to eat\nEN (French \"in\") + DIVE (dodgy bar)"}
-{"Clue":"A letter for free (10)","Answer":"PERMISSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: free\nPER (each, a) + MISSIVE"}
-{"Clue":"People of intelligence love to have the last word (4)","Answer":"CIAO","Explanation":"Definition: the last word\nCIA (Central *Intelligence* Agency) + O. Ciao can mean hello or goodbye, so in the latter case would be \"the last word\""}
-{"Clue":"Dashing fellow who's caught up in traffic (6)","Answer":"RUNNER","Explanation":"Definition: Dashing fellow\nDouble definition: someone who dashes or runs, or a smuggler (trafficker)"}
-{"Clue":"This person attending dance is a bit of a dish (8)","Answer":"MEATBALL","Explanation":"Definition: a bit of a dish\nME (this person) AT BALL"}
-{"Clue":"Really brief speaker shows it (8)","Answer":"VERMOUTH","Explanation":"Definition: it\nVER[Y] (really) + MOUTH (speaker). \"It\" = Italian vermouth, as in \"gin and it\""}
-{"Clue":"I don't know what a poor student gets (4)","Answer":"PASS","Explanation":"Definition: I don't know\nDouble definition \u2013 \"I don't know\" as in quiz shows (originally from *Mastermind* I think), and a poor exam result, at least relatively: perhaps \"what a poor student may get\" would be better"}
-{"Clue":"Two boys one persecuted (6)","Answer":"VICTIM","Explanation":"Definition: one persecuted\nVIC + TIM"}
-{"Clue":"Bachelor, defended by two friends with energy, is possibly touched (8)","Answer":"PALPABLE","Explanation":"Definition: possibly touched\nB in PAL PAL + E"}
-{"Clue":"University course taken up by Poles with no accent (10)","Answer":"UNSTRESSED","Explanation":"Definition: with no accent\nU + N S (poles) + reverse of DESSERT"}
-{"Clue":"Talk with one criminal shedding ball and chain (6)","Answer":"ANKLET","Explanation":"Definition: chain\nAnagram of (TALK ONE) less O (\"ball\")"}
-{"Clue":"Cover of Elton composer put in bars (6)","Answer":"ENCAGE","Explanation":"Definition: put in bars\nE[lto]N + [John] CAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Check setter's trapped, without a little money (10)","Answer":"IMPEDIMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Check\nDIME in I'm PENT"}
-{"Clue":"Erstwhile show-off lowering level of European publicity (8)","Answer":"EXPOSURE","Explanation":"Definition: publicity\nEX-POSEUR with the second E \"lowered\" or moved to the bottom"}
-{"Clue":"Appealing sort of dash, like a 25 (8)","Answer":"ENVIABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Appealing\nEN (dash, in typography) + VIABLE \u2013 if something is viable then it can be described as a runner, though again Chambers doesn't seem to have this meaning"}
-{"Clue":"Navratilova triumphantly covering court (6)","Answer":"ATRIUM","Explanation":"Definition: court\nHidden in navratilovA TRIUMphantly"}
-{"Clue":"Finished milk dish that's on the turn (4,2)","Answer":"USED UP","Explanation":"Definition: Finished\nUSE (to milk) + reverse of PUD"}
-{"Clue":"One may take flight the day before clash (6)","Answer":"EVEJAR","Explanation":"Definition: One may take flight\nEVE (day before)+ JAR (to clash) \u2013 new to me, it's another name for the nightjar"}
-{"Clue":"Young animal on earth possibly eight (4)","Answer":"CUBE","Explanation":"Definition: possibly eight\nCUB + E, and 8 is the cube of 2"}
-{"Clue":"Dog had to be eaten by pig (6)","Answer":"SHADOW","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\nHAD in SOW"}
-{"Clue":"Impressive number invested in trophy (6)","Answer":"POTENT","Explanation":"Definition: Impressive\nTEN in POT"}
-{"Clue":"Good scope for manoeuvre (6)","Answer":"GAMBIT","Explanation":"Definition: manoeuvre\nG + AMBIT"}
-{"Clue":"Cheat collected energy in alternative measuring device (8)","Answer":"ODOMETER","Explanation":"Definition: measuring device\nDO (cheat) MET (collected, e.g. as a group of people) E in OR (other)"}
-{"Clue":"Fly high? Sounds painful! (4)","Answer":"SOAR","Explanation":"Definition: Fly high\nHomophone of \"sore\""}
-{"Clue":"Belittling of the French drawing (10)","Answer":"DETRACTION","Explanation":"Definition: Belittling\nDE (French \"of\" \u2013 not \"of the\", which would be *du*, *de la* or *des*) + TRACTION (drawing)."}
-{"Clue":"Come to understand rage's inconsequential (3,3,5)","Answer":"SEE\u00a0THE\u00a0LIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Come to understand\nSEETHE (to rage) + LIGHT (inconsequential)"}
-{"Clue":"The way a mug may be brought up (6,4)","Answer":"GARDEN\u00a0PATH","Explanation":"Definition: The way a mug may be brought up\nCryptic definition, referring to \"leading someone up he garden path\" meaning to fool them"}
-{"Clue":"Dramatic performance by America shows common sense (4)","Answer":"NOUS","Explanation":"Definition: common sense\nNO (Japanese drama) + US"}
-{"Clue":"The Saint becomes irresolute (8)","Answer":"HESITANT","Explanation":"Definition: irresolute\n(THE SAINT)"}
-{"Clue":"Soldier in a bad temper is tied up (6)","Answer":"MOORED","Explanation":"Definition: tied up\nRE (Royal Engineer) in MOOD"}
-{"Clue":"He bets foolishly in ancient Egypt (6)","Answer":"THEBES","Explanation":"Definition: in ancient Egypt\n(HE BETS)* \u2013 Chifonie is fond of using \"in X\" to mean \"somewhere in X\". There's another example of this in 14d"}
-{"Clue":"Holiday in a secluded spot (6)","Answer":"RECESS","Explanation":"Definition: Holiday\nDouble defnition"}
-{"Clue":"Press irritate Oriental in rally (8)","Answer":"JAMBOREE","Explanation":"Definition: rally\nJAM (to press) + BORE + E"}
-{"Clue":"Old Bob or Edward put right (6)","Answer":"SORTED","Explanation":"Definition: put right\nS (shilling, bob) + OR + TED"}
-{"Clue":"Entice one round summit of volcano (8)","Answer":"COTOPAXI","Explanation":"Definition: volcano\nTOP (summit) in COAX + I. Cotopaxi is a volcano in the Andes"}
-{"Clue":"Always in the right to go back (6)","Answer":"REVERT","Explanation":"Definition: to go back\nEVER in RT"}
-{"Clue":"Dosage ordered for a mariner (3,3)","Answer":"SEA DOG","Explanation":"Definition: a mariner\n(DOSAGE)"}
-{"Clue":"Romeo in Metro chaos is shaking (6)","Answer":"TREMOR","Explanation":"Definition: shaking\nR in METRO"}
-{"Clue":"Daring individual making do with shared expenses (6,5)","Answer":"BOTTLE\u00a0PARTY","Explanation":"Definition: do with shared expenses\nBOTTLE (courage, daring) + PARTY (individual)"}
-{"Clue":"Giant let loose in Cornwall (8)","Answer":"TINTAGEL","Explanation":"Definition: in Cornwall\n(GIANT LET)"}
-{"Clue":"Relinquish a penny to enter royal house (4,4)","Answer":"HAND OVER","Explanation":"Definition: Relinquish\nD (abbreviation for the pre-1971 penny, from Latin *denarius*) in HANOVER"}
-{"Clue":"Father's holiday accommodation is easily recognisable (6)","Answer":"PATENT","Explanation":"Definition: easily recognisable\nPA + TENT"}
-{"Clue":"Pressure has Don going round the bend (6)","Answer":"DURESS","Explanation":"Definition: Pressure\nU in DRESS. Don means to put [something] on \u2013 surely not the same as \"dress\""}
-{"Clue":"Foolishness of motorist changing hands (6)","Answer":"DRIVEL","Explanation":"Definition: Foolishness\nDRIVER with the second R changed to L (so shouldn't it be \"changing hand\"?)"}
-{"Clue":"Hold up basket (6)","Answer":"HAMPER","Explanation":"Definition: Hold up\nDouble defnition"}
-{"Clue":"CID's possibly back in trouble with this (7,4)","Answer":"SLIPPED DISC","Explanation":"Definition: back in trouble with this\n\"SLIPPED\" DISC, i.e. an anagram, could give you \"CID's\""}
-{"Clue":"Large 'astral' cast might be \u2026(3-4)","Answer":"ALL-STAR","Explanation":"Definition: Large 'astral' cast might be \u2026\nAnagram of L + ASTRAL, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 backing Scot, singer briefly appearing in African capital (7)","Answer":"NAIROBI","Explanation":"Definition: African capital\nReverse of IAN (stereotypical Scot) + a truncated ROBIN (bird, singer)"}
-{"Clue":"Element symbolised by O, oddly (9)","Answer":"ZIRCONIUM","Explanation":"Definition: Element\nThe chemical symbol for Zirconium is Zr, which we can get from the odd letters of ZeRo"}
-{"Clue":"Duck eaten by greedy duck (5)","Answer":"AVOID","Explanation":"Definition: duck\nO (another O for zero..) in AVID"}
-{"Clue":"Contents of clutch bag finally found in, say, front of skip (4)","Answer":"EGGS","Explanation":"Definition: Contents of clutch\nLast letter of baG in E.G. (say) + S[kip]"}
-{"Clue":"Voters potentially have online reader worried (10)","Answer":"ELECTORATE","Explanation":"Definition: Voters potentially\nE-LECTOR + ATE. \"Potentially\", I suppose, because you can be a member of the electorate but not actually vote"}
-{"Clue":"One might tear along this \u2026 (6,4)","Answer":"DOTTED LINE","Explanation":"Definition: One might tear along this\nCryptic-ish definition, referring to instructions on a form *As cryptor points out in comment 1, the ellipsis is a \"dotted line\", making this a double definition"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 bank enthusiastically \u2014 eventually fishing, initially for carp (4)","Answer":"BEEF","Explanation":"Definition: carp\nFirst letters of Bank Enthusiastically Eventually Fishing. Carp and beef both mean a complaint"}
-{"Clue":"Apart from 50% of OAPs, too lazy to go round foreign capital (5)","Answer":"ZLOTY","Explanation":"Definition: foreign capital\nAnagram of TOO LAZY less OA (half of OAPS). This time the \"foreign capital\" is currency \u2013 that of Poland. Strictly speaking the second letter is \u0141, with a stroke, pronounced rather like a W"}
-{"Clue":"Informed about hard right, she changed point of entry (9)","Answer":"THRESHOLD","Explanation":"Definition: point of entry\nH R SHE* in TOLD"}
-{"Clue":"Most attractive female consumed by sexual desire (7)","Answer":"LUSHEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most attractive\nSHE (agan!) in LUST"}
-{"Clue":"Charge American a pound, placed on account (7)","Answer":"ACCUSAL","Explanation":"Definition: Charge\nACC[ount] + US + A L (pound)"}
-{"Clue":"Chicken satay and tikka starters at lunchtime, current in the western US (11)","Answer":"YELLOWSTONE","Explanation":"Definition: current in the western US\nYELLOW (cowardly, chicken) + S[atay] + T[ikka] + ONE (o'clock, lunchtime). More familiar (to me, anyway) as the US national park, but it's named after the Yellowstone River (\"current\")"}
-{"Clue":"Condemned lifeless yoghurt in holier-than-thou fashion (4-11)","Answer":"SELF-RIGHTEOUSLY","Explanation":"Definition: in holier-than-thou fashion\n(LIFELESS YOGHURT)"}
-{"Clue":"Entry passage given coat by paint roller (5)","Answer":"INTRO","Explanation":"Definition: Entry passage\nHidden in paINT Roller"}
-{"Clue":"Someone adversarial, extremely biased (7)","Answer":"PARTIAL","Explanation":"Definition: biased\nLift and separate: someone = some one = PART I, plus the \"extreme\" letters of AdversariaL"}
-{"Clue":"Driving mounted policemen around a lot (7)","Answer":"DYNAMIC","Explanation":"Definition: Driving\nMANY in CID, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Somewhat contrary parrot, a timid parrot (8)","Answer":"IMITATOR","Explanation":"Definition: parrot\nHidden in reverse of parROT A TIMId"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet shade of brown hair product (9,6)","Answer":"CHOCOLATE\u00a0MOUSSE","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nCHOCOLATE (shade of brown) + MOUSSE. Rather weak, as the name of the colour comes from the food"}
-{"Clue":"Heading off, worn out, to laze around taking in unknown song from Chicago (6,6)","Answer":"RAZZLE DAZZLE","Explanation":"Definition: song from Chicago\n[F]RAZZLED (worn out) + Z (unknown) in LAZE. It's a song from the musical *Chicago"}
-{"Clue":"Do become confused, following female nonsense (6-6)","Answer":"FIDDLE-FADDLE","Explanation":"Definition: nonsense\nFIDDLE (to swindle, do) + F + ADDLE (become confused)"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of light source OK in the pink? (4,4)","Answer":"VERY WELL","Explanation":"Definition: in the pink\nVERY (source of light, as in the distress flare called a Very Light) + WELL (OK), again very similar meanings in wordplay and answer"}
-{"Clue":"Fool has broken child's toy in half? Be forgiving (3,2,2)","Answer":"LET IT GO","Explanation":"Definition: Be forgiving\nTIT (fool) in LEGO (exactly in the middle, hence \"in half\")"}
-{"Clue":"Opera covering polar opposites? Wisdom was famously one of them (7)","Answer":"NORMANS","Explanation":"Definition: Wisdom was famously one of them\nNORMA (opera by Bellini) + N S (poles)"}
-{"Clue":"Painting on plaster that's dry and firm (5)","Answer":"SECCO","Explanation":"Definition: Painting on plaster\nSEC (dry) + CO (company, firm). Again rather weak, as \"sec\" and \"secco\" are essentially the same word. Secco is a technique of painting on dry plaster, in contrast to fresco, where it's still wet, so the clue is an extended definition"}
-{"Clue":"Girl rejected love given by US lawyer (5)","Answer":"LINDA","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nReverse of NIL (nothing = love in tennis) + DA (District Attorney)"}
-{"Clue":"Former student and friend circumscribing university by degrees (9)","Answer":"GRADUALLY","Explanation":"Definition: by degrees\nU[niversity] in GRAD (graduate: a former student) + ALLY"}
-{"Clue":"Flower intimidates border (7)","Answer":"COWSLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Flower\nCOWS + LIP"}
-{"Clue":"Use it when swimming in couple of odd bits of water? (7)","Answer":"WETSUIT","Explanation":"Definition: Use it when swimming in couple of odd bits of water\n(USE IT)* in W T, which are the first two \"odd\" letters of WaTer"}
-{"Clue":"One may film cricket club receiving morning instruction (9)","Answer":"CAMCORDER","Explanation":"Definition: One may film\nAM in CC + ORDER"}
-{"Clue":"Funny person, though not initially the best (5)","Answer":"CREAM","Explanation":"Definition: the best\n[S]CREAM (\"he's a scream\")"}
-{"Clue":"Difficult problem: irrational number applied to gravitational measure (3)","Answer":"PIG","Explanation":"Definition: Difficult problem\nPI (or \u03c0 the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle, proved to be irrational by Johann Heinrich Lambert in the 1760s) + G (the gravitational constant)"}
-{"Clue":"Cloth grand to wrap drink and meat? On the contrary (7)","Answer":"GINGHAM","Explanation":"Definition: Cloth\nG (grand) in GIN + HAM"}
-{"Clue":"Key bill (3)","Answer":"TAB","Explanation":"Definition: Key\nDouble definition \u2013 the tab[ulator] key on a typewriter, and more recently on computer keyboards, and a bill, e.g. in a restaurant (mainly a US usage)"}
-{"Clue":"Reduction in growth around one flat region (5)","Answer":"PLAIN","Explanation":"Definition: flat region\nI in PLAN[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Engine part is not recalled in reminder (6,3)","Answer":"PISTON\u00a0ROD","Explanation":"Definition: Engine part\nIS + revert of NOTin PROD"}
-{"Clue":"Health centre with good serving, though not with pasta dish (4,3)","Answer":"SPAG BOL","Explanation":"Definition: pasta dish\nSPA + G + BO[W]L. British slang for spaghetti bolognese"}
-{"Clue":"Star of long ago abandoning Duke in European city (7)","Answer":"POLARIS","Explanation":"Definition: Star\nOLD (of long ago) less D in PARIS"}
-{"Clue":"Ring Cycle, say: unreasonably large, OTT, and ultimately lengthy (9)","Answer":"TETRALOGY","Explanation":"Definition: Ring Cycle, say\nAnagram of LARGE OTT [length]Y. Wagner's Ring cycle consists of four operas"}
-{"Clue":"Chip on a chop? Only partly (5)","Answer":"NACHO","Explanation":"Definition: Chip\nHidden in oN A CHOp"}
-{"Clue":"Bird, a sign of impending execution (8)","Answer":"BLACKCAP","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nDouble definition \u2013 judges used to put on the so-called black cap (actually just a square of material) when pronouncing a death sentence"}
-{"Clue":"Drink currently available in small formal event (8)","Answer":"SNOWBALL","Explanation":"Definition: Drink\nNOW in S BALL"}
-{"Clue":"Staffordshire town side lacking energy and value (8)","Answer":"TAMWORTH","Explanation":"Definition: Staffordshire town\nTEAM less E + WORTH"}
-{"Clue":"Infantryman seeing off first little guy (4)","Answer":"RUNT","Explanation":"Definition: little guy\n[g]RUNT"}
-{"Clue":"English city courts transported with glee (10)","Answer":"GLOUCESTER","Explanation":"Definition: English city\n(COURTS GLEE)"}
-{"Clue":"Limits to safety and support process (6)","Answer":"SYSTEM","Explanation":"Definition: process\nS[afet]Y + STEM (support, e.g. of a plant)"}
-{"Clue":"Looked astonished: leader of Greece to copy Germany (5)","Answer":"GAPED","Explanation":"Definition: Looked astonished\nG + APE + D"}
-{"Clue":"Anagram 'cat' possibly for name of governmental document (5,5)","Answer":"MAGNA\u00a0CARTA","Explanation":"Definition: name of governmental document\n(ANAGRAM CAT)"}
-{"Clue":"Instrument: agonised sound if couple of parts switched (5)","Answer":"ORGAN","Explanation":"Definition: Instrument\nGROAN with O and G swapped"}
-{"Clue":"Old doctor entering company group (5)","Answer":"COMBO","Explanation":"Definition: group\nO MB in CO"}
-{"Clue":"French leader: how he refuses accepting a person from another country (8)","Answer":"NAPOLEON","Explanation":"Definition: French leader\nA POLE in NON"}
-{"Clue":"Daughter participating in lad's dance in garage? (4,4)","Answer":"BODY SHOP","Explanation":"Definition: garage\nD in BOY'S HOP"}
-{"Clue":"Ready to invest in vegetable? Ready no longer (6)","Answer":"PESETA","Explanation":"Definition: Ready no longer\nSET in PEA. The Peseta was the currency of Spain before it adopted the Euro (other Pesetas are available), hence \"ready\" (money) \"no longer\""}
-{"Clue":"Weak agent restricting operation (5)","Answer":"SOPPY","Explanation":"Definition: Weak\nOP in SPY"}
-{"Clue":"Male Director leaving the rest of the Directors? (4)","Answer":"BOAR","Explanation":"Definition: Male\nBOARD less D"}
-{"Clue":"Secure network beginning to decay (4)","Answer":"LAND","Explanation":"Definition: Secure\nLAN + D[ecay]"}
-{"Clue":"What should be run by expert? (4)","Answer":"RACE","Explanation":"Definition: What should be run by expert\nR + ACE &lit"}
-{"Clue":"City announced part of coastal path (6)","Answer":"BEIRUT","Explanation":"Definition: City\nHomophone of \"bay route\""}
-{"Clue":"Complain of a foreign parent (6)","Answer":"MUTTER","Explanation":"Definition: Complain\nDouble defnition \u2013 Mutter is German for mother"}
-{"Clue":"Emma, born with appropriate gland (6)","Answer":"BOVARY","Explanation":"Definition: Emma\nB + OVARY (gland, appropiate for a woman)"}
-{"Clue":"I don't believe host is at party (2,4,2)","Answer":"IS THAT SO","Explanation":"Definition: I don't believe\n(HOST IS AT)* \u2013 a bit of a flaw that IS appears unchanged in the answer"}
-{"Clue":"Supposed political project at advanced stage taking in English (4)","Answer":"FEAR","Explanation":"Definition: Supposed political project\nE in FAR \u2013 referring to \"Project Fear\", a derisive term use to attack the Remain campaign in the 2016 UK referendum"}
-{"Clue":"Snack, not bad, fed to dogs (3,7)","Answer":"POT\u00a0NOODLES","Explanation":"Definition: Snack\nNOT* in POODLES"}
-{"Clue":"Easing unusual burden carried in ferry trip (3,8)","Answer":"SEA\u00a0CROSSING","Explanation":"Definition: ferry trip\nCROSS (a burden, as in \"a cross to bear\") in EASING"}
-{"Clue":"Meat typically offered in mess (4,6)","Answer":"DOG\u2019S\u00a0DINNER","Explanation":"Definition: mess\nDouble defnition"}
-{"Clue":"Proper time for a little music (4)","Answer":"DUET","Explanation":"Definition: a little music\nDUE + T"}
-{"Clue":"Method, say, in which to obtain backing for an artist (8)","Answer":"MANTEGNA","Explanation":"Definition: artist\nReverse of GET (obtain) in MANNA, a homophone of \"manner\" = method. The artist is Andrea Mantegna, 1431 \u2013 1506"}
-{"Clue":"French pupil's name and number (6)","Answer":"ELEVEN","Explanation":"Definition: number\n\u00c9L\u00c8VE (French for pupil \u2013 basically one \"brought up\", as in elevate) + N[ame]"}
-{"Clue":"Girl is turning brown (6)","Answer":"SIENNA","Explanation":"Definition: brown\nReverse of ANNE IS"}
-{"Clue":"An obstinate type last to manifest charm (6)","Answer":"AMULET","Explanation":"Definition: charm\nA + MULE + [manifes]T"}
-{"Clue":"Drop in crucial point in conflict (8)","Answer":"DISAGREE","Explanation":"Definition: conflict\nSAG (drop) in DIRE E (compass point)"}
-{"Clue":"Australian monster rabbit, gutted, very cheap (6)","Answer":"BUNYIP","Explanation":"Definition: Australian monster\nBUNNY less its middle letter, + 1P (one penny \u2013 very cheap). The bunyip is a monster is Australian aboriginal mythology"}
-{"Clue":"Shining with desire: ours is amazing (8)","Answer":"LUSTROUS","Explanation":"Definition: Shining\nLUST (desire) + OURS"}
-{"Clue":"By being executed, prophet died (2,4)","Answer":"AT HAND","Explanation":"Definition: By\nNATHAN, OT prophet (immortalised in the opening line of Handel's coronation anthem: \"Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet\u2026\"), \"beheaded\" + D"}
-{"Clue":"To jeer at items performed upset stars (6)","Answer":"BO\u00d6TES","Explanation":"Definition: stars\nBOO + reverse of SET (list of items performed by musicians\/entertainers). Bo\u00f6tes is a constellation whose name means herdsman or ploughman"}
-{"Clue":"Swiftly advances strategies to snare husband (6)","Answer":"RUSHES","Explanation":"Definition: Swiftly advances\nH in RUSES"}
-{"Clue":"One metre down, plant foolish hoax (8,3)","Answer":"PILTDOWN\u00a0MAN","Explanation":"Definition: hoax\nAnagram of 1M DOWN PLANT. This has the same flaw as 10a, with DOWN: perhaps a more serious case. See here for the story of the famuos hoax"}
-{"Clue":"Showing 11, caught what may be in one's ears (8)","Answer":"CRINGING","Explanation":"Definition: Showing 11\nC + RINGING"}
-{"Clue":"Hanged man whose eye is number one (3,5)","Answer":"NED KELLY","Explanation":"Definition: Hanged man\n\"KELLY's eye\" represents the number one in Bingo calls, though this doesn't seem to account for the NED part of the name of the famous Australian outlaw"}
-{"Clue":"Dangerous situation traps soldiers in great numbers (6)","Answer":"MORASS","Explanation":"Definition: Dangerous situation\nOR (other ranks, soldiers) in MASS"}
-{"Clue":"Man enters top command (6)","Answer":"BEHEST","Explanation":"Definition: command\nHE (man) in BEST (top)"}
-{"Clue":"Military account some units forward in the wrong direction (6)","Answer":"SITREP","Explanation":"Definition: Military account\nSI (Syst\u00e8me Internationale \u2013 system of units) + reverse of PERT. Military abbreviation of \"situation report\""}
-{"Clue":"Persian poet sounds affected by cold (6)","Answer":"RHEUMY","Explanation":"Definition: affected by cold\nHomophone of Rumi"}
-{"Clue":"Sign of ultimate judgment (in a word) for baked apple dish (8)","Answer":"BLACKCAP","Explanation":"Definition: baked apple dish\nThe \"sign of ultimate judgment\" is the BLACK CAP, formerly used by judges when pronouncing the death sentence. Azed helpfully (though I think unnecessarily) then tells us to write it as a single word, to get a baked apple dish, which I'd never heard of \u2013 recipe here (BLACKCAP is also a bird, which came up in a Phi puzzle that I blogged recently.)"}
-{"Clue":"Shiners? Against getting in help! (4)","Answer":"SOVS","Explanation":"Definition: Shiners\nV[ersus] in SOS (distress signal). Shiner and Sov are both slang for a sovereign (ths coin)"}
-{"Clue":"Outstanding NFL achievement? English record in risk (9)","Answer":"THREEPEAT","Explanation":"Definition: Outstanding NFL achievement\nE EP in THREAT \u2013 it's a portmanteau of three and repeat, referring to a triple success in US sport (e.g. American football, hence the NFL)"}
-{"Clue":"Pine historically planted in eastern empires (4)","Answer":"ERNE","Explanation":"Definition: Pine historically\nHidden in eastERN Empires. It's an old form of \"yearn\""}
-{"Clue":"Scrum lacking in energy? It'll require constructive work at home (8)","Answer":"FLATPACK","Explanation":"Definition: It'll require constructive work at home\nThe energy-less scrum is a FLAT PACK, giving the type of furniture sold by Ikea et al"}
-{"Clue":"One with more money than taste? Here's chapter and verse about one (4)","Answer":"CHAV","Explanation":"Definition: One with more money than taste\nA in CH + V. The definition is as per Chambers, though I associate the word more with the description in the Wikipedia article: \"a particular stereotype of anti-social youth dressed in sportswear\""}
-{"Clue":"Once robust old fence ends in total collapse (5)","Answer":"HAYLE","Explanation":"Definition: Once robust\nHAY (a fence or hedge) + last letters of totaL collapsE"}
-{"Clue":"Fit? Queen kept inside is chesty, poorly (9)","Answer":"HYSTERICS","Explanation":"Definition: Fit\nR in (IS CHESTY)"}
-{"Clue":"Being a religious disciple muddled Shia with constant aid around (9)","Answer":"CHELASHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Being a religious disciple\nSHIA* in C HELP"}
-{"Clue":"I dropped out of grammar term being grossly stupid (5)","Answer":"CRASS","Explanation":"Definition: being grossly stupid\nCRASIS less I. Crasis is the merging of two vowels into one, as for example in the French contraction of *de le into **du"}
-{"Clue":"Lively tune followed by tenor (4)","Answer":"CANT","Explanation":"Definition: Lively\nCAN + T. I'm not totally sure about this: Chambers gives can. as an abbreviation for the musical terms canon and canto: I think the latter \u2013 \"the part in a piece of music that carries the melody\" is the closest to \"tune\""}
-{"Clue":"Showing off heavy knife I had held wrong way round (8)","Answer":"PARADING","Explanation":"Definition: Showing off\nReverse of I'D in PARANG"}
-{"Clue":"Broadcast, I am shown with kiss in latter-day CinemaScope\u00ae? (4)","Answer":"IMAX","Explanation":"Definition: latter-day CinemaScope\u00ae\n(I AM) + X \u2013 like CinemaScope, a trade name for a type of cinema projection"}
-{"Clue":"Item mostly croc disposed off, having appetite (7)","Answer":"ORECTIC","Explanation":"Definition: having appetite\nAnagram of ITE[M] + CROC"}
-{"Clue":"Element of abstract algebra that converts 10p into 50! (9)","Answer":"NILPOTENT","Explanation":"Definition: Element of abstract algebra\nAnagram of IO P INTO L. I knew this mathematical term as an adjective, but don't remember coming across it as a noun, as defined here"}
-{"Clue":"Set that includes a Celtic speaker (4)","Answer":"GAEL","Explanation":"Definition: Celtic speaker\nA in GEL (to set)"}
-{"Clue":"Club working as initiator (8)","Answer":"PUTTER-ON","Explanation":"Definition: initiator\nPUTTER (golf club) + ON (working)"}
-{"Clue":"Footballer's foul play echo'd by misguided Catholic monarch (12)","Answer":"BODY\u2011CHECKING","Explanation":"Definition: Footballer's foul play\n(ECHO'D BY)* + C KING"}
-{"Clue":"Winter sports performance, reverse of fluid but bagging gold (4)","Answer":"LAUF","Explanation":"Definition: Winter sports performance\nAU (gild) in reverse of FL (fluid)"}
-{"Clue":"Old weapon gunners brought up \u2013 explosion follows (7)","Answer":"ARBLAST","Explanation":"Definition: Old weapon\nReverse of RA (Royal Artillery) + BLAST"}
-{"Clue":"Sermon based on version of The Book that's short of love \u2013 hard (7)","Answer":"KHOTBEH","Explanation":"Definition: Sermon\nAnagram of THE BOOK less one O, + H"}
-{"Clue":"Wrinkled traveller in Cyprus (5)","Answer":"CREPY","Explanation":"Definition: Wrinkled\nREP (travelling salesman) in CY \u2013 wrinkled like crepe"}
-{"Clue":"Chap crazy about European beauty (5)","Answer":"PEACH","Explanation":"Definition: beauty\nE in CHAP"}
-{"Clue":"Circular (rarely) one's taken round Edinburgh's capital, getting one just beyond there (5)","Answer":"O\u2019ERBY","Explanation":"Definition: just beyond there\nE[dinburgh] in ORBY (like an orb, so \"round\", labelled as rare by Chambers). O'erby is a Scots word for \"a little way over\", hence \"just beyond *there*\", i.e. in Edinburgh"}
-{"Clue":"Cook's essence? Nothing left \u2013 empty bags (8)","Answer":"VANILLIN","Explanation":"Definition: Cook's essence\nNIL L in VAIN (empty)"}
-{"Clue":"Projecting lantern that merges images? Reset differently to select image (12)","Answer":"STEREOPTICON","Explanation":"Definition: Projecting lantern that merges images\nRESET* + OPT + ICON"}
-{"Clue":"Socks worn with sandals I tucked under strap (4)","Answer":"TABI","Explanation":"Definition: Socks worn with sandals\nTAB (strap) + I"}
-{"Clue":"Build I harmed with yen for injection \u2013 it thins the blood (8)","Answer":"HYDREMIA","Explanation":"Definition: it thins the blood\nAnagram of I HARMED + Y[en]"}
-{"Clue":"Once extremely heated, careless drivers \u2014\u2014 bodywork (7)","Answer":"CANDENT","Explanation":"Definition: Once extremely heated\nA \"fill in the gap\" clue \u2013 careless drivers CAN DENT bodywork"}
-{"Clue":"Beggar hugging hot pipe in piping (7)","Answer":"CHANTER","Explanation":"Definition: pipe in piping\nH in CANTER (beggar). A chanter is the pipe attached to a set of bapipes that is used to play a tune, in contrast to the drones"}
-{"Clue":"Australian native seen regularly in emu brood (4)","Answer":"EURO","Explanation":"Definition: Australian native\nAlternate letters of EmU bRoOd. Euro another name for the Wallaroo"}
-{"Clue":"Grandparent's pyre, finally alight as before (5)","Answer":"AVALE","Explanation":"Definition: alight as before\nAVAL (relating to a grandparent) + [pyr]E \u2013 a Spenserian word, meaning to alight, in the sense of \"land\""}
-{"Clue":"Hot tonic, slushy stuff, one swallowed (5)","Answer":"SALOP","Explanation":"Definition: Hot tonic\nA in SLOP"}
-{"Clue":"The mark of an editor, leader in Courier given award once (5)","Answer":"CARET","Explanation":"Definition: The mark of an editor\nC[ourier] + ARET(obsolete word, to award)"}
-{"Clue":"In being found wanting, start up income support payment (4)","Answer":"GIRO","Explanation":"Definition: income support payment\nReverse of ORIGIN, less IN"}
-{"Clue":"Art thief: 'Am I not worried by consequences?' (9)","Answer":"AFTERMATH","Explanation":"Definition: consequences\nAnagram of ART THIEF AM less I"}
-{"Clue":"Team enters hard times over position in league? (5)","Answer":"SIXTH","Explanation":"Definition: position in league\nXI (eleven, football or cricket team) in H TS, all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Shakin' Stevens ignoring TV impression (5)","Answer":"SENSE","Explanation":"Definition: impression\nAnagram of STEVENS less TV"}
-{"Clue":"Nature's forecasters use brains to obtain current research and development (9)","Answer":"RAINBIRDS","Explanation":"Definition: Nature's forecasters\nI (electrical current) + R & D in BRAINS* \u2013 \"birds supposed to foretell rain\""}
-{"Clue":"Loss of money earned over players \u2014 100's missing (7)","Answer":"WASTAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Loss\nCAST less C (100) in WAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Bright sun, next to Mercury, orbits cool pair (7)","Answer":"SHINING","Explanation":"Definition: Bright\nS + IN IN (twice \"cool\", fashionable) in HG (Mercury)"}
-{"Clue":"Object of night shift (5)","Answer":"THING","Explanation":"Definition: Object\nNIGHT"}
-{"Clue":"Foot as party leader was somewhat untidy (3)","Answer":"PAW","Explanation":"Definition: Foot\nP[art] + \"anagram\" of WA[S]"}
-{"Clue":"Pleasure holding books, retiring to bed (5)","Answer":"FUTON","Explanation":"Definition: bed\nOT reversed in FUN"}
-{"Clue":"Succeeded in developing theory about the womb (7)","Answer":"HYSTERO","Explanation":"Definition: about the womb\nS[ucceeded] in THEORY. Hyster- or hystero- is a prefix for \"relating to the womb\", as seen in \"hysterectomy\", and also \"hysterics\", but not a word in its own right"}
-{"Clue":"Promotion involves salary increase for flatterer (7)","Answer":"PRAISER","Explanation":"Definition: flatterer\nRAISE in PR (public relations)"}
-{"Clue":"He let in English nationalist for celebration (9)","Answer":"HALLOWEEN","Explanation":"Definition: celebration\nALLOW in HE + E[nglish] N[ationalist]"}
-{"Clue":"Monsters? Turn back \u2014 no time to wait! (5)","Answer":"OGRES","Explanation":"Definition: Monsters\nReverse of GO (a turn) + RES[T]"}
-{"Clue":"Pierce Brosnan finally wears tie (5)","Answer":"LANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Pierce\n[Brosna]N in LACE"}
-{"Clue":"Fake Tory in Labour? Not our former PM (4,5)","Answer":"TONY BLAIR","Explanation":"Definition: former PM\nAnagram of TORY IN LABOUR less OUR. Clever construction, though I have a feeling I've seen something similar before"}
-{"Clue":"Judge saw criminal giving talks (4)","Answer":"JAWS","Explanation":"Definition: talks\nJ + SAW"}
-{"Clue":"Seconds includes Eton mess with seeds (6)","Answer":"STONES","Explanation":"Definition: seeds\nETON* in S S"}
-{"Clue":"New Age rock supports metal plants (5,5)","Answer":"GREEN\u00a0ALGAE","Explanation":"Definition: plants\nGREEN (new) + AL[uminium} + AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Girl's transport delivered (6)","Answer":"CARRIE","Explanation":"Definition: Girl\nHomophone of \"carry\" (to transport)"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative peer noticed tool (8)","Answer":"CHAINSAW","Explanation":"Definition: tool\nC + HAIN (Peter Hain, life peer) + SAW (noticed)"}
-{"Clue":"They rescue sick parrots, bandaging heads (4)","Answer":"RSPB","Explanation":"Definition: They rescue sick parrots, bandaging heads\nFirst letters of Rescue Sick Parrots Bandaging, and kind of &lit: parrots are probably not one of the RSPB's main concerns. The enumeration (4) instead of (1,1,1,1) may be controversial"}
-{"Clue":"One releasing those caught in possession? (8)","Answer":"EXORCIST","Explanation":"Definition: One releasing those caught in possession\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"So, today's not the 4th? (4)","Answer":"THUS","Explanation":"Definition: So\nTHURS less its 4th letter"}
-{"Clue":"After removing top, change into an enchantress (5)","Answer":"WITCH","Explanation":"Definition: enchantress\n[S]WITCH"}
-{"Clue":"Funny film about old vehicle reversing to happen in seaside resort (10)","Answer":"ILFRACOMBE","Explanation":"Definition: seaside resort\nReverse of O CAR in FILM* + BE (happen)"}
-{"Clue":"Toast and orange squash with afternoon off (5)","Answer":"GONER","Explanation":"Definition: Toast\nAnagram of ORANGE less A[fternoon] \u2013 \"he's a goner\"\/\"he's toast\" are slang for being dead"}
-{"Clue":"Playing tennis, keeping ball on line is rude (8)","Answer":"INSOLENT","Explanation":"Definition: rude\nO + L in TENNIS"}
-{"Clue":"Plans for launches (8)","Answer":"PROJECTS","Explanation":"Definition: Plans\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"At home I sleep, rising to make a sandwich (6)","Answer":"PANINI","Explanation":"Definition: a sandwich\nReverse of IN I NAP. Some people complain about Panini being used as a singular, but as far as I'm concerned it's a fully naturalised English word: I've never heard anyone claim we should say \"spaghetti are..\""}
-{"Clue":"Hilarious person in Sunday best (6)","Answer":"SCREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Hilarious person\nS + CREAM"}
-{"Clue":"Man will cause commotion \u2026 (4)","Answer":"HELL","Explanation":"Definition: commotion\nHE'LL"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 with 'female only' sign (4)","Answer":"OMEN","Explanation":"Definition: sign\nO (zero) MEN"}
-{"Clue":"Waves one off from plane (4)","Answer":"SURF","Explanation":"Definition: Waves\nSURFACE (plane) less ACE (one)"}
-{"Clue":"Traitor in Paris who has basic weapon (8)","Answer":"QUISLING","Explanation":"Definition: Traitor\nQUI (French \"who\") + SLING (primitive weapon). Vidkun Quisling was a puppet leader of Norway under Nazi occupation, and the name is used generally for a traitor"}
-{"Clue":"Not all in bureau re-invested coins (5)","Answer":"AUREI","Explanation":"Definition: coins\nHidden in bureAU REInvested \u2013 Roman coins, so a Latin word"}
-{"Clue":"Can containing one hundred bananas (4)","Answer":"LOCO","Explanation":"Definition: bananas\nC (100) in LOO (toilet, can) \u2013 Spanish word for \"mad\" \u2013 \"bananas\""}
-{"Clue":"Sixties' approach of westerners in pool: sit with kit off (10)","Answer":"OSTPOLITIK","Explanation":"Definition: Sixties' approach of westerners\n(POOL SIT KIT)* \u2013 German word describing the West's approach to Eastern Europe from the 1960s"}
-{"Clue":"Met radical in Congress, which is explosive (6)","Answer":"SEMTEX","Explanation":"Definition: explosive\nMET* in SEX (congress) \u2013 plastic explosive developed in Czechoslovakia"}
-{"Clue":"Follow fashion rule in women's clothing (8)","Answer":"TAILLEUR","Explanation":"Definition: women's clothing\nTAIL (follow) + RULE* (\"fashion\" indicating the anagram) \u2013 French"}
-{"Clue":"Italian footballers spoke vacuously amongst themselves (5,2)","Answer":"INTER SE","Explanation":"Definition: amongst themselves\nINTER (Inter Milan, football team) + S[pok]E \u2013 Latin for \"amongst themselves\""}
-{"Clue":"Plague overtakes woman, one likely to wail (7)","Answer":"BANSHEE","Explanation":"Definition: one likely to wail\nSHE in BANE \u2013 female spirit whose wail heralds a death in Irish mythology"}
-{"Clue":"West African church lacks good atmosphere (8)","Answer":"AMBIANCE","Explanation":"Definition: atmosphere\n[G]AMBIAN + CE \u2013 French word, usually written \"ambience\" in English"}
-{"Clue":"Appropriately placed university not very funny (2,4)","Answer":"IN SITU","Explanation":"Definition: Appropriately placed\nAnagram of UNIVERSITY less VERY \u2013 Latin for \"in place\""}
-{"Clue":"Very successful young person with sub-species? (10)","Answer":"WUNDERKIND","Explanation":"Definition: Very successful young person\nW (ith) + UNDER (sub) + KIND (species) \u2013 German word for a child prodigy"}
-{"Clue":"Settler right behind City institution (4)","Answer":"BOER","Explanation":"Definition: Settler\nBOE (Bank Of England) + R. Dutch for a farmer, used to describe settlers in South Africa"}
-{"Clue":"A Spanish female with appeal? This'll get hot (5)","Answer":"SAUNA","Explanation":"Definition: This'll get hot\nSA (Sex Appeal) + UNA (Spanish feminine \"one\"). Sauna (word and thing) is originally Finnish"}
-{"Clue":"Fear Gypsies dropping back a short distance (8)","Answer":"ANGSTROM","Explanation":"Definition: short distance\nANGST (fear) + ROM[A] \u2013 the Angstrom (one-tenth of a nanometer) is named after the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas \u00c5ngstr\u00f6m"}
-{"Clue":"Like the origin of all solutions here, maybe a pure one (8)","Answer":"EUROPEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Like the origin of all solutions here\n(A PURE ONE)* \u2013 the key to the theme. Not completely accurate, as this word is not particularly \"foreign\""}
-{"Clue":"Endless protest in capital (4)","Answer":"OSLO","Explanation":"Endless protest in capital (4)\nGO SLOW with its \"ends\" removed \u2013 Norwegian capital"}
-{"Clue":"Sexually fluid reporter not half cross to get trinkets (6)","Answer":"BIJOUX","Explanation":"Definition: trinkets\nBI[-sexual] + (I presume) half of JOUrno + X (cross) \u2013 French for jewels"}
-{"Clue":"Player's instruction is a grunt, rubbish on ball (7)","Answer":"AGITATO","Explanation":"Definition: Player's instruction\nA + GI (soldier, grunt) + TAT (rubbish) + O \u2013 Italian \"agitated\", used as an instruction in music"}
-{"Clue":"Officer, almost 51, about to provide pottery (8)","Answer":"MAJOLICA","Explanation":"Definition: pottery\nMAJO[r] + LI (51) + CA (circa, about). Type of pottery, from Italian, originally spelt Maiolica (old name of Majorca)"}
-{"Clue":"French writing experts start from bad track records (10)","Answer":"BRAILLISTS","Explanation":"Definition: French writing experts\nB[ad] + [T]RAIL [L]ISTS \u2013 experts in the writing system for the blind named after the Frenchman Louis Braille"}
-{"Clue":"Note fake news for all to see in context (6)","Answer":"MILIEU","Explanation":"Definition: context\nMI (note, as in do-re-m) + LIE (fake news) + U (film classification) \u2013 another French word"}
-{"Clue":"Film screened by Lean, director with odd post-war story (3,3,4)","Answer":"THE\u00a0TIN\u00a0DRUM","Explanation":"Definition: post-war story\nET (film) in THIN (lean) + D[irector] + RUM (odd). Novel (originally *Die Blechtrommel*) by the German writer G\u00fcnter Grass, set in the early 1950s"}
-{"Clue":"Performed musical works without opening drinks (8)","Answer":"SANGRIAS","Explanation":"Definition: drinks\nSANG [A]RIAS \u2013 Spanish drinks"}
-{"Clue":"Lose rent rebuilding mezzanine (8)","Answer":"ENTRESOL","Explanation":"Definition: mezzanine\n(LOSE RENT)* \u2013 French again"}
-{"Clue":"Kind of complex reference work, one on China (7)","Answer":"OEDIPAL","Explanation":"Definition: Kind of complex\nOED (Oxford English Dictionary) + I + PAL (china \u2013 rhyming slang: china plate = mate). From Greek myth"}
-{"Clue":"Sweet pout, maintaining smiles on the outside (6)","Answer":"MOUSSE","Explanation":"Definition: Sweet\nS[mile]S in MOUE (pout) \u2013 more French"}
-{"Clue":"Enjoying popularity, like old colour (6)","Answer":"INDIGO","Explanation":"Definition: colour\nIN (fashionable, enjoyong popularity) + DIG (to like) + O. Originally used in English as \"indico\", from Spanish, but it has been naturalised a long time, so a bit of a borderline case for the theme, I think"}
-{"Clue":"Character's whisker, as some say? (4)","Answer":"BETA","Explanation":"Definition: Character\nHomophone of \"beater\" (one who beats or whisks) \u2013 second letter of the Greek alpohabet"}
-{"Clue":"Tell story, say, about Belgian city (5)","Answer":"LIEGE","Explanation":"Definition: Belgian city\nLIE (tell story) + reverse of E.G. (say)"}
-{"Clue":"Usually working, affirm how old one is (2,7)","Answer":"ON AVERAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Usually\nON (working) + AVER AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Form splinter group for foreign holiday (5,4)","Answer":"BREAK AWAY","Explanation":"Definition: Form splinter group\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of day saved for, that is something of a come down (5)","Answer":"RAINY","Explanation":"Definition: Sort of day saved for\nJust about a double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Support the unusual seer (7)","Answer":"PROPHET","Explanation":"Definition: seer\nPROP (support) + THE"}
-{"Clue":"One away from hedge on tarmac, squashed by this inconsiderate type (4,3)","Answer":"ROAD HOG","Explanation":"Definition: inconsiderate type\nI'm afraid I can't work this out: presumably ROAD = tarmac; do the H and G of HOG come from \"hedge\"? No doubt I'm missing something obvious"}
-{"Clue":"Four regulars in pub having a joke (2,3)","Answer":"IN FUN","Explanation":"Definition: having a joke\nAlternate letters of FoUr in INN"}
-{"Clue":"Criticise rhythmic chanting (3)","Answer":"RAP","Explanation":"Definition: Criticise\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Scatter round record store (5)","Answer":"DEPOT","Explanation":"Definition: store\nE.P. in DOT"}
-{"Clue":"Non-acceptance of absurd earfuls (7)","Answer":"REFUSAL","Explanation":"Definition: Non-acceptance\nEARFULS"}
-{"Clue":"Stressful feelings that may be on the surface (7)","Answer":"TENSION","Explanation":"Definition: Stressful feelings\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to surface tension for the second"}
-{"Clue":"Small ringing sound is a pain (5)","Answer":"STING","Explanation":"Definition: a pain\nS + TING"}
-{"Clue":"Swimmer deploying green arms (9)","Answer":"MERGANSER","Explanation":"Definition: Swimmer\n(GREEN ARMS)* \u2013 the Mergansers are a genus of ducks"}
-{"Clue":"Tropical country's price has one fuming aloud (5,4)","Answer":"COSTA RICA","Explanation":"Definition: Tropical country\nCOST (price) + homophone of \"a reeker\" (one smoking)"}
-{"Clue":"A little animal taken in island (5)","Answer":"MALTA","Explanation":"Definition: island\nHidden in aniMAL TAken"}
-{"Clue":"Wonderful to maintain large rolls of flesh (4)","Answer":"FLAB","Explanation":"Definition: rolls of flesh\nL in FAB"}
-{"Clue":"Monster our team encounters upriver (8)","Answer":"WEREWOLF","Explanation":"Definition: Monster\nWE (our team) + reverse of FLOWER (i.e. an \"up river\")"}
-{"Clue":"Make coffee an extra benefit (4)","Answer":"PERK","Explanation":"Definition: Make coffee\nDouble definition \u2013 short for \"percolate\" for coffee-making"}
-{"Clue":"Having trouble in this sort of bottle (3,5)","Answer":"HOT WATER","Explanation":"Definition: Having trouble in this\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wife in bed: she may need briefs (6)","Answer":"LAWYER","Explanation":"Definition: she may need briefs\nW in LAYER"}
-{"Clue":"Disorderly scene may come to be arranged (4,6)","Answer":"BEAR\u00a0GARDEN","Explanation":"Definition: Disorderly scene\n(BE ARRANGED)"}
-{"Clue":"Like a loo to be luxurious? (6)","Answer":"LAVISH","Explanation":"Definition: luxurious\nLAV-ISH"}
-{"Clue":"Raise tax (4)","Answer":"LEVY","Explanation":"Definition: Raise\nDouble definition \u2013 though really just the same word as a verb and noun"}
-{"Clue":"Inquisitive-sounding monk (5)","Answer":"PRIOR","Explanation":"Definition: monk\nHomophone of \"pryer\" (one who pries)"}
-{"Clue":"Worker, striking, giving a wave (4,6)","Answer":"HAND\u00a0SIGNAL","Explanation":"Definition: a wave\nHAND (worker) + SIGNAL (unusual, striking)"}
-{"Clue":"Advance fare to board (3,2)","Answer":"GET ON","Explanation":"Definition: Advance\nTriple definition"}
-{"Clue":"Perpetual child's play (5,3)","Answer":"PETER PAN","Explanation":"Definition: Perpetual child\nDouble definition (just about), referring to the character and the play"}
-{"Clue":"A line of footwear (8)","Answer":"PLIMSOLL","Explanation":"Definition: line\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Thin female, horribly slimy (6)","Answer":"FLIMSY","Explanation":"Definition: Thin\nF + SLIMY"}
-{"Clue":"Awkward gait I had, it's clear (6)","Answer":"LIMPID","Explanation":"Definition: clear\nLIMP + I'D"}
-{"Clue":"Seeing old car kaput, initially one goes on foot (4)","Answer":"SOCK","Explanation":"Definition: one goes on foot\nFirst letters of Seeing Old Car Kaput"}
-{"Clue":"Top of bill, moi! (4)","Answer":"ACME","Explanation":"Definition: Top\nAC (account, bill) + ME"}
-{"Clue":"Phone from abroad: somewhere in Italy, say (4)","Answer":"ROAM","Explanation":"Definition: Phone from abroad\nHomophone of \"Rome\""}
-{"Clue":"King has a change of heart initially, having to trample over crusader (6,7)","Answer":"KNIGHT\u00a0TEMPLAR","Explanation":"Definition: crusader\nKING with its heart, i.e. middle letters, reversed, + first letters of Having To, + TRAMPLE"}
-{"Clue":"Frustrating skin defect in article (9)","Answer":"THWARTING","Explanation":"Definition: Frustrating\nWART in THING"}
-{"Clue":"Stand in line to hear writer die as such (5)","Answer":"CUBIC","Explanation":"Definition: die as such\nHomophone of \"queue\" plus BIC (pen, writer). A die is usually in the shape of a cube."}
-{"Clue":"Religion is a bit of a growth industry (5)","Answer":"HINDU","Explanation":"Definition: Religion\nHidden in growtH INDUstry. Chambers only defines Hindu as a follower of Hinduism, not the religion itself."}
-{"Clue":"Plenty in support of amalgamation (9)","Answer":"PROFUSION","Explanation":"Definition: Plenty\nPRO (for, in support of) FUSION"}
-{"Clue":"From the East, an aroma is emerging (7)","Answer":"NASCENT","Explanation":"Definition: emerging\nReverse of AN + SCENT"}
-{"Clue":"In France, you read Italian (6)","Answer":"TUSCAN","Explanation":"Definition: Italian\nTU (French \"you\") + SCAN (read)"}
-{"Clue":"Tour Iran, plus half the planet (6)","Answer":"URANUS","Explanation":"Definition: the planet\nThe last halves of toUR irAN plUS"}
-{"Clue":"Request tree-lined square borders (7)","Answer":"BESEECH","Explanation":"Definition: Request\nS[quar]E in BEECH \u2013 I'm not sure that \"tree-lined\" can mean \"contained in a tree\""}
-{"Clue":"They say solver had dinner late to lose strength (9)","Answer":"ATTENUATE","Explanation":"Definition: to lose strength\nHomophone of \"at ten you ate\""}
-{"Clue":"Turned up really loud, music essentially is pants (5)","Answer":"PUFFS","Explanation":"Definition: pants\nReverse of UP + FF (fortissimo, very loud) + [mu]S[ic]"}
-{"Clue":"A number are into computers (5)","Answer":"DIGIT","Explanation":"Definition: A number\nDIG (like, are into) + IT (Information Technology, computers)"}
-{"Clue":"Right fuss after outrageous speed: it's criminal (9)","Answer":"DESPERADO","Explanation":"Definition: criminal\nSPEED* + R + ADO"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely undemocratic to interrupt the development of nearly green power generation (7,6)","Answer":"NUCLEAR\u00a0ENERGY","Explanation":"Definition: power generation\nU[ndemocrati]C in (NEARLY POWER)"}
-{"Clue":"Keen to welcome both long and terribly grand plot for production (7,6)","Answer":"KITCHEN\u00a0GARDEN","Explanation":"Definition: plot for production\nITCH and GRAND* inserted into KEEN in different places"}
-{"Clue":"Here Ryde is an American (5)","Answer":"IOWAN","Explanation":"Definition: American\nIOW (Isle of Wight, where the town of Ryde is) + AN"}
-{"Clue":"Strong as Poirot? (9)","Answer":"HERCULEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Strong\nDouble definition \u2013 a very easy clue, as long as know Poirot's first name is Hercule"}
-{"Clue":"Vessel manoeuvre: starting to go about (7)","Answer":"TUGBOAT","Explanation":"Definition: Vessel\nAnagram of T[o] G[o] ABOUT"}
-{"Clue":"Once an island bird losing half its tail? (5)","Answer":"MACAU","Explanation":"Definition: Once an island\nMACAW (bird) with its final double-U becoming a single U. According to the Wikipedia article on Macau, 'The peninsula was originally a separate island with hilly terrain, which gradually became a tombolo as a connecting sandbar formed over time'."}
-{"Clue":"Car built to run on the ultimate in engine oil (9)","Answer":"LUBRICATE","Explanation":"Definition: oil\n(CAR BUILT)* + [engin]E"}
-{"Clue":"Isn't he wrong breaking into minister's residence not long ago? (6,7)","Answer":"RECENT\u00a0HISTORY","Explanation":"Definition: not long ago\n(ISN'T HE)* in RECTORY"}
-{"Clue":"Sticker permitted troublemaker to enter (6)","Answer":"LIMPET","Explanation":"Definition: Sticker\nIMP in LET"}
-{"Clue":"Calculated harm to banning e-cigarettes (9)","Answer":"STRATEGIC","Explanation":"Definition: Calculated\nAnagram of CIGARETTES less E"}
-{"Clue":"He sips any cocktail that's hard and fruitless (9)","Answer":"SISYPHEAN","Explanation":"Definition: hard and fruitless\n(HE SIPS ANY)* \u2013 from Sisyphus in Greek mythology, who was punished by having to push a huge boulder up a hill every day, only for it to fall down again at the end. I had to check which way round the I and Y came in the word."}
-{"Clue":"Speak ill of topless Lesbian? (7)","Answer":"SLANDER","Explanation":"Definition: Speak ill of\nISLANDER (of which a Lesbian \u2013 from the island of Lesbos \u2013 is an example), less its first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Bristol sounds like a French port (6)","Answer":"BREAST","Explanation":"Definition: Bristol\nHomophone of the French port Brest. Bristol (usually in the plural) is rhyming slang for breast, from \"Bristol City\""}
-{"Clue":"Inverting upside-down explosive (5)","Answer":"NITRE","Explanation":"Definition: explosive\nHidden in reverse of vERTINg \u2013 I got to this one late on, and was thinking I hadn't seen any of Philistine's trademark \"lift-and-separate\" clues.."}
-{"Clue":"Natural ability to pick up a distress signal (5)","Answer":"FLAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Natural ability\nHomophone of \"flare\""}
-{"Clue":"Predestined, as curate was (8)","Answer":"ORDAINED","Explanation":"Definition: Predestined\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Princess in the Emirates briefly inspiring sister (6)","Answer":"URANIA","Explanation":"Definition: inspiring sister\nRANI (Indian princess) in UA[E]. Urania was the Muse of astronomy, one of the (many) daughters of Zeus"}
-{"Clue":"Mawkishness from son in returning embrace (4)","Answer":"GUSH","Explanation":"Definition: Mawkishness\nS in reverse of HUG"}
-{"Clue":"Rich patron from Benin found by police in south of France (5,5)","Answer":"SUGAR\u00a0DADDY","Explanation":"Definition: Rich patron\nGARDA (Irish police) in SUD (French \"south\") + DY (code for Benin, formerly Dahomey)"}
-{"Clue":"Pop group lodged in Cotswold mansion (3,3)","Answer":"OLD MAN","Explanation":"Definition: Pop\nA \"group\" of letters hidden in cotswOLD MANsion, with the definition Pop = father"}
-{"Clue":"Old grottos bordering lake cut off areas of country (8)","Answer":"EXCLAVES","Explanation":"Definition: cut off areas of country\nL in EX CAVES"}
-{"Clue":"Very large card bringing comfort in hard times (6)","Answer":"SOLACE","Explanation":"Definition: comfort in hard times\nSO L[arge] + ACE"}
-{"Clue":"Unobtrusive moves by Liberal in party succeeded (6)","Answer":"SLIDES","Explanation":"Definition: Unobtrusive moves\nL in SIDE (party) + S[ucceeded]"}
-{"Clue":"Besides catching plenty, Evans ultimately conceded bye (6-2)","Answer":"TOODLE-OO","Explanation":"Definition: bye\nOODLES less the last letter of evanS, in TOO"}
-{"Clue":"Contrary forces rapidly covering a huge distance (6)","Answer":"PARSEC","Explanation":"Definition: a huge distance\nHidden in reverse of forCES RAPidly"}
-{"Clue":"Good-looking six-footer foolishly married short lady (3,7)","Answer":"RED\u00a0ADMIRAL","Explanation":"Definition: Good-looking six-footer\nAnagram of MARRIED LAD[y]. Six-footer for insect is a regular setter's trick"}
-{"Clue":"Britten primarily a children's composer? (4)","Answer":"BACH","Explanation":"Definition: composer\nB[ritten] + A CH[ildren]"}
-{"Clue":"A female halting, deeply aroused (6)","Answer":"AFLAME","Explanation":"Definition: deeply aroused\nA F LAME (halt = to limp or be lame)"}
-{"Clue":"Prominent Victorian dancing ladies, one entertaining Queen (8)","Answer":"DISRAELI","Explanation":"Definition: Prominent Victorian\nR in LADIES* + I"}
-{"Clue":"Pesters travellers on vacation touring Russian capital (8)","Answer":"TROUBLES","Explanation":"Definition: Pesters\nROUBLE (Russian money = \"capital\") in \"vacated\" T[raveller]S"}
-{"Clue":"Cruel Romeo's jilted Mary Jane (4)","Answer":"HASH","Explanation":"Definition: Mary Jane\nHARSH less R \u2013 Mary Jane is slang for marijuana"}
-{"Clue":"Blameless conduct arising under universal agreement? (6)","Answer":"UNISON","Explanation":"Definition: agreement\nU + reverse of NO SIN"}
-{"Clue":"RC burial conducted as per official rites (8)","Answer":"RUBRICAL","Explanation":"Definition: as per official rites\n(RC BURIAL)* \u2013 coincidentally following RUBRIC in yesterday's Imogen"}
-{"Clue":"Monk with smoother cloak, allegedly survivor of fire (10)","Answer":"SALAMANDER","Explanation":"Definition: allegedly survivor of fire\nLAMA (monk) in SANDER (a \"smoother\") \u2013 salamanders were once believed to be able to survive and extinguish fire"}
-{"Clue":"Overcharge to spend a penny (old currency not new) (6)","Answer":"DIDDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Overcharge\nPIDDLE (urinate, spend a penny) with the new penny P changed to the old D"}
-{"Clue":"Level for one river entering north-western estuary (6)","Answer":"DEGREE","Explanation":"Definition: Level\nEG (for one) + R in DEE (river & estuary in NW England)"}
-{"Clue":"Plays sensationalised madam's role perhaps (10)","Answer":"MELODRAMAS","Explanation":"Definition: Plays sensationalised\n(MADAM'S ROLE)"}
-{"Clue":"Mark boards to form a West Country speciality (5,3)","Answer":"CREAM TEA","Explanation":"Definition: West Country speciality\nM[ark] in (i.e. \"boarding\") CREATE A"}
-{"Clue":"Curb coterie from which specialised units develop (4,4)","Answer":"STEM CELL","Explanation":"Definition: from which specialised units develop\nSTEM (curb) + CELL (coterie)"}
-{"Clue":"Passionate little Dickensian changes ends (6)","Answer":"TORRID","Explanation":"Definition: Passionate\n[Little] DORRIT with the outer letters interchanged"}
-{"Clue":"Special person leaving? (3-3)","Answer":"ONE-OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Special\nONE (person) + OFF (leaving, as in \"I'm off\")"}
-{"Clue":"European buff (6)","Answer":"POLISH","Explanation":"Definition: European\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Drop live commercial (4)","Answer":"BEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Drop\nBE (to live) + AD"}
-{"Clue":"Scary witch characters regularly avoided \u2013 one may be bowed (5)","Answer":"CRWTH","Explanation":"Definition: one may be bowed\nAlternate letters of sCaRy WiTch \u2013 an easy clue for what would be an implausible spelling except for it being a Welsh word"}
-{"Clue":"Married CEO consuming high tea? (5)","Answer":"MATED","Explanation":"Definition: Married\nTEA* in MD (managing director \u2013 perhaps not exactly the same as a CEO, but close enough?)"}
-{"Clue":"Nurse with copper put in sticky stuff, medicinal resin (8)","Answer":"GUAIACUM","Explanation":"Definition: medicinal resin\nAIA (Indian nursemaid \u2013 more usually seen as \"ayah\") + CU in GUM"}
-{"Clue":"A cart \u2013 with it trundled around like steppe-dwellers (7)","Answer":"TATARIC","Explanation":"Definition: like steppe-dwellers\nAnagram of A CART + IT \u2013 the steppe-dwellers are Tatars"}
-{"Clue":"Chairman from Spain accepted by Fleet Street? (6)","Answer":"PRESES","Explanation":"Definition: Chairman\nE in PRESS \u2013 preses for chairman is related to \"preside\""}
-{"Clue":"College head admits out-and-out tendency to flip (9)","Answer":"CRANKNESS","Explanation":"Definition: tendency to flip\nRANK (out-and-out) in C[ollege] + NESS (head, geographically) \u2013 this is from crank (adj.) = \"liable to capsize\", so not, as I thought at first, a variant of \"crankiness\""}
-{"Clue":"It's central to one's policy, and nothing else (5)","Answer":"HINGE","Explanation":"Definition: It's central to one's policy\nCentral letters of notHIN GElse"}
-{"Clue":"Cast that's peevish given attention (8)","Answer":"CROSS-EYE","Explanation":"Definition: Cast\nCROSS + EYE"}
-{"Clue":"Moles deviously trapped in garden? That was sound (8)","Answer":"HOLESOME","Explanation":"Definition: That was sound\nMOLES* in HOE \u2013 Spenserian spelling of \"wholesome\""}
-{"Clue":"Jimmy given regular space to measure casual wear (5)","Answer":"JEANS","Explanation":"Definition: casual wear\nEN (space, in typography) inserted regularly into JAS (James = Jimmy)"}
-{"Clue":"Small bouncer showing huff in awkward matter (9)","Answer":"TRAMPETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Small bouncer\nPET (temper, huff) in MATTER. It's a small trampoline"}
-{"Clue":"Wine container can, almost open but not closed (6)","Answer":"TINAJA","Explanation":"Definition: Wine container\nTIN (can) + AJA[R]"}
-{"Clue":"Wider eddies circling running water lost energy (7)","Answer":"WEARIED","Explanation":"Definition: lost energy\nEA (a river( in WIDER"}
-{"Clue":"Roman Cato lambasted dismissing a Caesar maybe (8)","Answer":"MONOCRAT","Explanation":"Definition: Caesar maybe\nAnagram of ROMAN CATO less one A"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign script shown by a single vellum, but not on edging? (5)","Answer":"NESKI","Explanation":"Definition: Foreign script\n[O]NE SKI[N]"}
-{"Clue":"Any round stone one's turned over, aspiring to be creative (5)","Answer":"ARTSY","Explanation":"Definition: aspiring to be creative\nReverse of ST in ARY (any)"}
-{"Clue":"Caught lilting chant about old serf? It's played with hands (11)","Answer":"CATCH-THE-TEN","Explanation":"Definition: It's played with hands\nC + THETE (serf) in CHANT"}
-{"Clue":"Like enthusiastic Ibrox fans, sounding like a Stewart? (6)","Answer":"ROARIE","Explanation":"Definition: Like enthusiastic Ibrox fans\nHomophone of Rory [Stewart], formerly a Conservative MP, now independent since Boris Johnson's purge of 21 MPs who voted against the Government"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient curse dominating early part of Tannh\u00e4user (for Wagner's character) (5)","Answer":"WOTAN","Explanation":"Definition: Wagner's character\nWO (old form of woe = curse) + TAN \u2013 rather vague by Azed's standards for \"early part of Tannh\u00e4user\". Wotan (a German version of the name Odin) is the king of the gods in Wagner's Ring cycle"}
-{"Clue":"Small heraldic band having complexity round radius (7)","Answer":"TRANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: Small heraldic band\nR in TANGLE"}
-{"Clue":"Shakespearean director wanting RU team in Madrid? (6)","Answer":"QUINCE","Explanation":"Definition: Shakespearean director\nQUINCE is Spanish for 15, the number of players in a Rugby union team; and Peter Quince directs the Mechanicals' play in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
-{"Clue":"Club wastes away, cutting rates (4)","Answer":"MACE","Explanation":"Definition: Club\nMACE[RATES]"}
-{"Clue":"One over-keen on the drink has a swim with nothing on (5)","Answer":"DIPSO","Explanation":"Definition: One over-keen on the drink\nDIPS (swims) + O"}
-{"Clue":"Plant family, one with odd features of cherry (4)","Answer":"ACER","Explanation":"Definition: Plant family\nA + alternate letters of ChErRy. Acer is the Maple genus"}
-{"Clue":"Society in the US paraded unrestrainedly in Indian silk (6)","Answer":"TUSSEH","Explanation":"Definition: Indian silk\nS in (THE US)"}
-{"Clue":"Polish, weird, introducing former German currency shortly (5)","Answer":"EMERY","Explanation":"Definition: Polish\nM[ark] in EERY"}
-{"Clue":"Thus you may see dry seed slip all over the place (11)","Answer":"DISPERSEDLY","Explanation":"Definition: Thus you may see dry seed slip all over the place\n(DRY SEED SLIP)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Director modified set before run (7)","Answer":"STEERER","Explanation":"Definition: Director\nSET* + ERE R"}
-{"Clue":"Plains? Special follows just after the lot coming up (6)","Answer":"LLANOS","Explanation":"Definition: Plains\nReverse of S[pecial] ON (just after) + ALL (the lot)"}
-{"Clue":"Like victim of Heracles, one topped with shaggy mane (6)","Answer":"NEMEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Like victim of Heracles\nONE \"topped\", i.e. less its first letter + MANE*. I originally thought Azed had slipped up here, intending MANE* + AN. Killing the Nemean Lion was the first of the Labours of Heracles (aka Hercules)"}
-{"Clue":"Logs, number among chopped trees (6)","Answer":"ENTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Logs\nN in TREES"}
-{"Clue":"Corded bead: Jamie cuts one hollowed out (5)","Answer":"OJIME","Explanation":"Definition: Corded bead\nAnother \"ONE\", this time \"hollowed out\" and containing another variant of James, namely JIM"}
-{"Clue":"Spinach run out (short)? Cooks snip this maybe (5)","Answer":"ORACH","Explanation":"Definition: this\nComposite anagram &lit: (SNIP ORACH)* = SPINACH + RO (cricketing abbreviation for \"run out\"); orach is \"sometimes used as Spinach is"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk rolled over in a bit of a kip, leaning somewhat (5)","Answer":"ATILT","Explanation":"Definition: leaning somewhat\nReverse of LIT (drunk) in AT (Laotian money, one-hundredth of a kip)"}
-{"Clue":"Fill tank till spilling out for Scottish sheep-pen (4)","Answer":"FANK","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish sheep-pen\nFILL TANK less TILL*. I learned this word many years ago through my Scottish sheep-farming stepfather"}
-{"Clue":"Behind sound of Irish song, London initially put out (8)","Answer":"DERRIERE","Explanation":"Definition: Behind\nHomophone of \"[London]derry Air\""}
-{"Clue":"English are heard repeatedly admitting old mistake (5)","Answer":"ERROR","Explanation":"Definition: mistake\nE + O in 3 times R (homophone of \"are\")"}
-{"Clue":"Some industriousness is needed for today's theme, for instance (4)","Answer":"TRIO","Explanation":"Definition: today's theme, for instance\nHidden in indusTRIOusness"}
-{"Clue":"Interpreted, we hear, sign that woman's married? Misleading clue! (3,7)","Answer":"RED\u00a0HERRING","Explanation":"Definition: Misleading clue\nYet another homophone, of \"read\" (interpreted) + HER RING (which may show a woman is married)"}
-{"Clue":"Corrupt dealer has something worn at table hiding king and queen (6)","Answer":"BRIBER","Explanation":"Definition: Corrupt dealer\nR (king) in BIB + ER (the Queen)"}
-{"Clue":"School backed legal action \u2014 there's usually money in it (8)","Answer":"NOTECASE","Explanation":"Definition: there's usually money in it\nReverse of ETON (school) + CASE (legal action)"}
-{"Clue":"Tenacious pursuer's blunder, entering bank (7)","Answer":"TERRIER","Explanation":"Definition: Tenacious pursuer\nERR (to blunder) in TIER (bank)"}
-{"Clue":"Source of marble artists placed on vehicle (7)","Answer":"CARRARA","Explanation":"Definition: Source of marble\nCAR (vehicle) + twice RA (artist). Carrara is an Italian city famous for its marble"}
-{"Clue":"More stylish going over line, one who finishes nicely? (8)","Answer":"POLISHER","Explanation":"Definition: one who finishes nicely\nL I in POSHER"}
-{"Clue":"Use fan improperly, creating hazard (6)","Answer":"UNSAFE","Explanation":"Definition: creating hazard\n(USE FAN)"}
-{"Clue":"Reckoning that I must be involved with crime (10)","Answer":"ARITHMETIC","Explanation":"Definition: Reckoning\n(THAT I CRIME)"}
-{"Clue":"British educational foundation's reaction to freeze? (4)","Answer":"BRRR","Explanation":"Definition: reaction to freeze\nB + RRR (the 3 Rs, supposedly the foundation of education)"}
-{"Clue":"In summer are roasts not cooked as much? (5)","Answer":"RARER","Explanation":"Definition: not cooked as much\nHidden in summeR ARE Roasts"}
-{"Clue":"More like canal boat, quickly moved around with oar (8)","Answer":"NARROWER","Explanation":"Definition: More like canal boat\nReverse of RAN quicly moved) + ROWER (oar). Canal boats are often called narrowboats"}
-{"Clue":"Confused restorer turned back (8)","Answer":"RETRORSE","Explanation":"Definition: turned back\nRESTORER* \u2013 retrorse is used in biology to describe something bent backward or downward"}
-{"Clue":"Vigour from writer after change of heart (4)","Answer":"BRIO","Explanation":"Definition: Vigour\nBIRO (pen, writer) with its \"heart\" reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Dread it disappearing from territory no end (6)","Answer":"TERROR","Explanation":"Definition: Dread\nTERRITORY less IT and its last letter"}
-{"Clue":"Being a student in university city (7)","Answer":"READING","Explanation":"Definition: Being a student\nDouble definition, though in fact Reading (Berkshire) is not a city. There are several US cities called Reading, so by separating \"university\" and \"city\" you could read it as a triple definition"}
-{"Clue":"Detain me improperly, making problem for head (8)","Answer":"DEMENTIA","Explanation":"Definition: problem for head\n(DETAIN ME)"}
-{"Clue":"Eg tapes in advance piano note repeated on strings (3-7)","Answer":"PRE\u2011RECORDS","Explanation":"Definition: Eg tapes in advance\nP[iano] + RE + RE (notes) + CORDS (strings)"}
-{"Clue":"Managed university in America, part of the system we're in (6)","Answer":"URANUS","Explanation":"Definition: part of the system we're in\nRAN U in US. Uranus is part of the Solar System"}
-{"Clue":"Defenders sometimes put obstructions across street (10)","Answer":"BARRISTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Defenders sometimes\nST[reet] in BARRIERS"}
-{"Clue":"They yield short-term interest, showing edge in record time (8)","Answer":"EPHEMERA","Explanation":"Definition: They yield short-term interest\nHEM (edge) in EP (record) + ERA (time)"}
-{"Clue":"Concerning previous person trying to fix things (8)","Answer":"REFORMER","Explanation":"Definition: person trying to fix things\nRE (concerning) + FORMER (previous)"}
-{"Clue":"Making corrections in speech or text (7)","Answer":"WRITING","Explanation":"Definition: text\nHomophone of \"righting\""}
-{"Clue":"Unknown to mathematicians, supporting awful 9 in astronomical model (6)","Answer":"ORRERY","Explanation":"Definition: astronomical model\nAnagram of ERROR (answer to 9a) + Y (mathematical unknown). An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System"}
-{"Clue":"Open bottle containing a French port (6)","Answer":"UNCORK","Explanation":"Definition: Open bottle\nUN (French \"a\") + CORK (Irish port). \"Containing\" in the sense \"consisting of\""}
-{"Clue":"A piece of 4 or 19 youth's not completed satisfactorily (4)","Answer":"BOOK","Explanation":"Definition: A piece of 4 or 19\nAn uncompleted BO[y] + OK (satisfactorily, as in \"it worked OK\")"}
-{"Clue":"Travelling people after a bouquet (5)","Answer":"AROMA","Explanation":"Definition: bouquet\nA + ROMA"}
-{"Clue":"Sweat embarrassingly in a tuxedo? (9)","Answer":"EXUDATION","Explanation":"Definition: Sweat\n(IN A TUXEDO)"}
-{"Clue":"Conservative party member demanding vessel (9)","Answer":"HARDLINER","Explanation":"Definition: Conservative party member\nHARD (demanding) + LINER (vessel). The definition refers to a conservative member of a party rather than a member of the Conservative party"}
-{"Clue":"Mad freebooter relinquishing power (5)","Answer":"IRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Mad\nPIRATE less P"}
-{"Clue":"Mate in Sydney holding large hammer (7)","Answer":"CLOBBER","Explanation":"Definition: hammer\nL in COBBER. Do Australians still call each other \"cobber\"? Did they ever?"}
-{"Clue":"Stray has accommodation in which there's no time to relax (7)","Answer":"DIGRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Stray\nREST less T in DIGS"}
-{"Clue":"Pick up article in valley (5)","Answer":"GLEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Pick up\nA (indefinite article) in GLEN (valley, usually in Scotland)"}
-{"Clue":"Clutch component, say, coming closer (3)","Answer":"EGG","Explanation":"Definition: Clutch component\nE.G. (Say) + the \"closer\" of cominG"}
-{"Clue":"King of Mercia primarily laying waste (5)","Answer":"OFFAL","Explanation":"Definition: waste\nOFFA (King of Mercia 757-796, famous for his dyke) + L[aying]"}
-{"Clue":"Determination to complete the crossword again? (7)","Answer":"RESOLVE","Explanation":"Definition: Determination\nRE-SOLVE"}
-{"Clue":"Missionary position in middle of Wales (7)","Answer":"APOSTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Missionary\nPOST (position) in [w]ALE[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Fiddle with French car that's dropping back (5)","Answer":"FRAUD","Explanation":"Definition: Fiddle\nFR + AUD[I]"}
-{"Clue":"Beginners from Oxford University set off in boat (9)","Answer":"OUTRIGGER","Explanation":"Definition: boat\nFirst letters of Oxford University + TRIGGER (set off)"}
-{"Clue":"Cast is so grand for directors (4,5)","Answer":"ROAD SIGNS","Explanation":"Definition: directors\n(IS SO GRAND)"}
-{"Clue":"Attentive dealer taking part (5)","Answer":"ALERT","Explanation":"Definition: Attentive\nPart of, i.e. hidden in, deALER Taking"}
-{"Clue":"Party for 13 across (4)","Answer":"BASH","Explanation":"Definition: Party\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Golf match involving more of us (8)","Answer":"FOURSOME","Explanation":"Definition: Golf match\n(MORE OF US)"}
-{"Clue":"Fit, we hear, for a drop of the hard stuff? (4)","Answer":"HAIL","Explanation":"Definition: a drop of the hard stuff\nHomophone of \"hale\" (fit)"}
-{"Clue":"Ewe turns out to be supplier of milk (3,5)","Answer":"WET NURSE","Explanation":"Definition: supplier of milk\n(EWE TURNS)"}
-{"Clue":"Rotten place requiring short journey (6)","Answer":"PUTRID","Explanation":"Definition: Rotten\nPUT (to place) + RID[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Gung-ho gunners encircle country in Africa (6,2,2)","Answer":"RARING\u00a0TO\u00a0GO","Explanation":"Definition: Gung-ho\nRA (Royal Artillery, funners + RING + TOGO"}
-{"Clue":"Angry outburst from one stuck in traffic (6)","Answer":"TIRADE","Explanation":"Definition: Angry outburst\nI in TRADE"}
-{"Clue":"Old queen with no love for a new one (4)","Answer":"ANNE","Explanation":"Definition: Old queen\nA + N + ONE less O (zero, love)"}
-{"Clue":"26 down, say, holding Joe up in Havana? (5)","Answer":"CIGAR","Explanation":"Definition: Havana\nReverse of GI in CAR (of which a Ford is an example)"}
-{"Clue":"Land makes outlaw happy and he's reformed (10)","Answer":"BANGLADESH","Explanation":"Definition: Land\nBAN + GLAD + HES"}
-{"Clue":"3 for Roman healer (5)","Answer":"SALVE","Explanation":"Definition: 3 for Roman\nDouble definition \u2013 it's Latin for \"hail \" or \"welcome\""}
-{"Clue":"Titanic female at sea, as gent is (8)","Answer":"GIANTESS","Explanation":"Definition: Titanic female\n(AS GENT IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Corpulent guide, terribly weary (8)","Answer":"FATIGUED","Explanation":"Definition: weary\nFAT +GUIDE"}
-{"Clue":"Central bank supporting false medicine man (6)","Answer":"SHAMAN","Explanation":"Definition: medicine man\nSHAM (false) + [b]AN[k]"}
-{"Clue":"One hug, possibly as good as a feast? (6)","Answer":"ENOUGH","Explanation":"Definition: as good as a feast\n(ONE HUG)*, referring tp the saying \"enough is as good as a feast\""}
-{"Clue":"Where one goes from bank to bank to get a bit of dosh (4)","Answer":"FORD","Explanation":"Definition: Where one goes from bank to bank\nFOR (to get, as in \"I'm going to the shops for milk\") + D[osh]"}
-{"Clue":"My word is annoying you at first (1,3)","Answer":"I SAY","Explanation":"Definition: My word\nIS + first letters of Annoying You"}
-{"Clue":"Legal documents, reportedly, for Swiss hotelier (4)","Answer":"RITZ","Explanation":"Definition: Swiss hotelier\nHomophone if \"writs\". The Ritz hotels in Paris and London were set up by C\u00e9sar Ritz, who was born in Switzerland"}
-{"Clue":"Leafstalk trailing river duck (7)","Answer":"POCHARD","Explanation":"Definition: duck\nPO (Italian river) + CHARD (vegetable with edible stalks)"}
-{"Clue":"Self-important holy one's going after fair return (7)","Answer":"POMPOUS","Explanation":"Definition: Self-important\nReverse of MOP (dialect word for a hiring fair) + PIOUS less I"}
-{"Clue":"Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount? (3,2,4,4,5)","Answer":"GET ON ONE\u2019S HIGH HORSE","Explanation":"Definition: Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount\nJust a rather long-winded cryptic definition, I think"}
-{"Clue":"Motion was altered drastically to cover gold (9)","Answer":"LAUREATED","Explanation":"Definition: Motion was\nAU in ALTERED* \u2013 reference to Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate"}
-{"Clue":"Marker makes toenail red (10)","Answer":"DELINEATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Marker\n(TOENAIL RED)"}
-{"Clue":"Pepper restricted by winter's perseverance (11)","Answer":"INTERSPERSE","Explanation":"Definition: Pepper\nHidden in wINTER'S PERSEverance"}
-{"Clue":"One form of ancient hut not in tune with Sartre's philosophy? (11)","Answer":"INAUTHENTIC","Explanation":"Definition: not in tune with Sartre's philosophy\nI + (ANCIENT HUT)* \u2013 authenticity is the \"primary virtue\" of Existentialism, associated with Jean-Paul Sartre"}
-{"Clue":"Refusing to change opinion of university, Wayne Slob, a mess, drops round (10)","Answer":"UNSWAYABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Refusing to change opinion\nAnagram of U + WAYNE SLOB, less \"O\". For those not familiar with the name, Wayne Slob is a character portrayed by Harry Enfield"}
-{"Clue":"One supplying air when tennis player gets colour back (9)","Answer":"SERENADER","Explanation":"Definition: One supplying air\nSERENA (Williams) + reverse of RED, with the \"air\" being a song"}
-{"Clue":"Call up the day before about ball and whip (7)","Answer":"EVOCATE","Explanation":"Definition: Call up\nO (ball) + CAT (whip) in EVE"}
-{"Clue":"Case of senior overcome by auditorium (7)","Answer":"HOLDALL","Explanation":"Definition: Case\nOLD in HALL"}
-{"Clue":"A party opening up a temple (6)","Answer":"PAGODA","Explanation":"Definition: a temple\nReverse of A DO GAP"}
-{"Clue":"Swimmer dislodges top from sink (6)","Answer":"CUTTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Swimmer\n[S]CUTTLE \u2013 the creature (a mollusc) more commonly known as the cuttlefish, the source of both cuttlebone and the pigment sepia"}
-{"Clue":"Declare sadly a tunic's been appropriated by old queen (10)","Answer":"ANNUNCIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Declare\n(A TUNIC)* in [Queen] ANNE"}
-{"Clue":"Party line taken with state dish (5)","Answer":"DOLMA","Explanation":"Definition: dish\nDO + L + MA (Massachusetts). Dolma is a family of stuffed dishes, often seen (as Dolmades) in Greek cuisine as stuffed vine leaves"}
-{"Clue":"God starts to create really awful, terrifyingly rich man (9)","Answer":"PLUTOCRAT","Explanation":"Definition: rich man\nPLUTO (god) + first letters of Create Really Awful Terrifyingly"}
-{"Clue":"Look out, Emin! (4)","Answer":"MIEN","Explanation":"Definition: Look\nEMIN"}
-{"Clue":"Whipped a tycoon boxing king of 8 (8)","Answer":"OCTONARY","Explanation":"Definition: of 8\nR in (A TYCOON)* \u2013 itn means relating to the number eight, not a cross-reference to 8d"}
-{"Clue":"Dodge's wings and favoured elevation (8)","Answer":"SIDESTEP","Explanation":"Definition: Dodge\nSIDES (wings) + reverse of PET (favoured)"}
-{"Clue":"Happy with coral being destroyed without proper backing (10)","Answer":"APOCRYPHAL","Explanation":"Definition: without proper backing\n(HAPPY CORAL)"}
-{"Clue":"Draw with articulated flatline textile process (3-3-3)","Answer":"TIE-AND-DYE","Explanation":"Definition: textile process\nTIE (draw, in sports) + AND (with) + homophone of \"die\" (to flatline)"}
-{"Clue":"Be a tourist with sense to understand (8)","Answer":"SIGHTSEE","Explanation":"Definition: Be a tourist\nSIGHT (sense) + SEE (understand)"}
-{"Clue":"Go out with Anorak Joey? (8)","Answer":"KANGAROO","Explanation":"Definition: Joey\n(GO ANORAK)* \u2013 a joey is a young kangaroo"}
-{"Clue":"Peninsula of African country with no western boundary (6)","Answer":"IBERIA","Explanation":"Definition: Peninsula\nLIBERIA less its first or \"western\" letter. Some might complain that it's the northern boundary in a down clue"}
-{"Clue":"Tasteless Taming of Shrew (5)","Answer":"WERSH","Explanation":"Definition: Tasteless\nSHREW \u2013 Scots word for tasteless or insipid: probably unfamiliar to many, but \"it couldb't be anything else\""}
-{"Clue":"Classic book author's 12-month record about the rise of a Sussex town (4,6)","Answer":"ANNA SEWELL","Explanation":"Definition: Classic book author\nReverse of LEWES (Sussex town) in ANNAL. Naturally I spent some time looking for a book rather than its author (the book referred to is of course *Black Beauty *)"}
-{"Clue":"Radar not working to pin down one Aussie convoy (4,5)","Answer":"ROAD TRAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Aussie convoy\nI in (RADAR NOT)*. A road train consists of a number of trailers pulled by a single \"engine\", so I'm not sure it can really be described as a convoy, which consists of multiple vehicles"}
-{"Clue":"Fabulous bird takes hour to eat a fish (5)","Answer":"ROACH","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nA in ROC + H"}
-{"Clue":"Female? No! (4,3)","Answer":"IRON MAN","Explanation":"Definition: Female? No\nFemale = Fe + male = IRON (chimical symbol) + MAN, &lit (though women do take part in Ironman events)"}
-{"Clue":"They emphasise it's about a girl, mostly (7)","Answer":"ITALICS","Explanation":"Definition: They emphasise\nALIC[E] in IT'S"}
-{"Clue":"Manage to miss ex-PM turning back to wave (5)","Answer":"EVADE","Explanation":"Definition: Manage to miss\nReverse of DAVE (as David Cameron supposedly asked to be called) + the \"back\" letter of wavE"}
-{"Clue":"Stoutness of daughter one embraces after decline (9)","Answer":"ROTUNDITY","Explanation":"Definition: Stoutness\nROT (decine) + D in UNITY"}
-{"Clue":"One's drunk, awake: knowing one should drink less? (6-9)","Answer":"HEALTH\u2011CONSCIOUS","Explanation":"Definition: knowing one should drink less\nHEALTH (as in drink someone's health) + CONSCIOUS (awake)"}
-{"Clue":"In the event, where John Paul II might have been laid to rest? (4,5)","Answer":"POLE VAULT","Explanation":"Definition: event\nDouble definition \u2013 John Paul II was famously the \"Polish Pope\""}
-{"Clue":"In rubber, move stealthily, advancing quietly (5)","Answer":"CREPE","Explanation":"Definition: rubber\nCREEP with the P (piano, quietly) advanced, i.e. moved nearer the start"}
-{"Clue":"His marvellous royal eggs regularly sent over (7)","Answer":"FABERGE","Explanation":"Definition: His marvellous royal eggs regularly sent over\nFAB (marvellous) + ER (he Queen, a \"royal\") + reverse of EgGs, &lit, with reference to Faberg\u00e9 eggs"}
-{"Clue":"Ungenerous to be left in wretchedness (7)","Answer":"MISERLY","Explanation":"Definition: Ungenerous\nL in MISERY"}
-{"Clue":"Breakdown finally in short journey: getting AA (5)","Answer":"MILNE","Explanation":"Definition: AA\n[breakdow]N in MILE, to give the creator of Winne The Pooh et al"}
-{"Clue":"Reference works from which man copied wrongly (9)","Answer":"COMPENDIA","Explanation":"Definition: Reference works\n(MAN COPIED)"}
-{"Clue":"Pleasure craft, one that could launch a missile? (6,4)","Answer":"CRUISE SHIP","Explanation":"Definition: Pleasure craft\nDouble definition, with reference to Cruise missiles"}
-{"Clue":"Keep silent, then hurried up with a goodbye (8)","Answer":"SAYONARA","Explanation":"Definition: goodbye\nSAY 0 (keep silient) + reverse of RAN + A. Japanese word for goodbye, literally meaning \"if that's the way it is\""}
-{"Clue":"Block son taking my turn in match (6)","Answer":"STYMIE","Explanation":"Definition: Block\nS + reverse of MY in TIE (e.g. a football match, as in cup tie)"}
-{"Clue":"Man and wife accepted by god (4)","Answer":"PAWN","Explanation":"Definition: Man\nW in PAN"}
-{"Clue":"Vague hunch about policeman (10)","Answer":"INDISTINCT","Explanation":"Definition: Vague\nDI (Detective Inspector) in INSTINCT (hunch)"}
-{"Clue":"Work out anagram to get cold drink (8)","Answer":"ARMAGNAC","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nAnagram of ANAGRAM + C"}
-{"Clue":"Area gets diluted covering before I paste (6)","Answer":"TAHINI","Explanation":"Definition: paste\nA[rea] in THIN + I"}
-{"Clue":"Rich husband you seek? Look first for a Welshman (4)","Answer":"RHYS","Explanation":"Definition: Welshman\nFirst letters of Rich Husband You Seek"}
-{"Clue":"From sports ground, secured criminal is to break out again (10)","Answer":"RECRUDESCE","Explanation":"Definition: break out again\nREC (sports ground) + SECURED"}
-{"Clue":"In the past ate rye doubly cooked, grabbing seconds (10)","Answer":"YESTERYEAR","Explanation":"Definition: the past\nS in anagram of ATE RYE RYE"}
-{"Clue":"Overtax salaried man, not a landlord (8)","Answer":"TAVERNER","Explanation":"Definition: landlord\nReverse of VAT (\"over tax\") + EARNER less A \u2013 landlord in the sense of one who keeps a pub"}
-{"Clue":"Put aside exhausted horse (8)","Answer":"OVERRODE","Explanation":"Definition: Put aside\nIf you OVER-RODE a horse then you may have exhausted it"}
-{"Clue":"Unstable California city's anger (6)","Answer":"LABILE","Explanation":"Definition: Unstable\nL[os] A[ngeles] + BILE"}
-{"Clue":"Pamper commander's circle (6)","Answer":"COSSET","Explanation":"Definition: Pamper\nCO'S SET"}
-{"Clue":"In coal, say, endless money \u2014 and smoke (4)","Answer":"FUME","Explanation":"Definition: smoke\nM[oney] in endless FUE[L]"}
-{"Clue":"Selfish clamour that's passed non-genetically? (4)","Answer":"MEME","Explanation":"Definition: that's passed non-genetically\nThe selfish clamour is people crying \"me! me!\". The word meme was coined by Richard Dawkins to describe ideas etc passed between people in a way analogous to the transfer of genes"}
-{"Clue":"Part of foot stumped English player, initially batting first (6)","Answer":"INSTEP","Explanation":"Definition: Part of foot\nIN (batting) + ST[umped] + E + P[layer]"}
-{"Clue":"Judge film \u2014 British want something extremely dark (3,5)","Answer":"JET BLACK","Explanation":"Definition: extremely dark\nJ[udge] + ET (film) + B + LACK (want something)"}
-{"Clue":"Tail of this one concerning, going over back of body (8)","Answer":"SCORPION","Explanation":"Definition: Tail of this one concerning, going over back of body\nLast letter (tail) of thiS + CORPS (body) with its \"back\" replaced by I ON (concerning) &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Plant in America around spies (6)","Answer":"ACACIA","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nA + CA (corca, around) + CIA (spies)"}
-{"Clue":"Signs of growth in tax records (7,5)","Answer":"STRETCH MARKS","Explanation":"Definition: Signs of growth\nSTRETCH (to tax) + MARKS (records)"}
-{"Clue":"Ace place to go for Indian food (4)","Answer":"ALOO","Explanation":"Definition: Indian food\nA + LOO (toilet, a place to \"go\")"}
-{"Clue":"One is fired: character to get sack (3,5)","Answer":"AIR RIFLE","Explanation":"Definition: One is fired\nAIR (character) + RIFLE (to sack)"}
-{"Clue":"Large bunches of bananas over us (8)","Answer":"HANDSOME","Explanation":"Definition: Large\nHANDS (bunches of bananas) + O[ver] + ME (=us, as in \"give us a kiss\")"}
-{"Clue":"Prepare to leave group (4)","Answer":"PACK","Explanation":"Definition: Prepare to leave\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Try that Viagra, mostly while worried about sex (4,2,1,5)","Answer":"GIVE IT A WHIRL","Explanation":"Definition: Try that\nIT (sex) in anagram of VIAGR[a] WHILE"}
-{"Clue":"Measure and cook herb (6)","Answer":"DOSAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Measure\nDO (cook) SAGE"}
-{"Clue":"Salesperson returning city gentleman's payback (8)","Answer":"REPRISAL","Explanation":"Definition: payback\nREP (salesperson) + reverse of L[os] A[ngeles] + SIR"}
-{"Clue":"Harmful stuff when former footballer so drunk (8)","Answer":"ASBESTOS","Explanation":"Definition: Harmful stuff\nAS + [George] BEST + \"anagram\" of SO"}
-{"Clue":"Drop sign having changed hands (6)","Answer":"CANCEL","Explanation":"Definition: Drop\nCANCER (astrological sign) with R changed to L"}
-{"Clue":"Can do (4)","Answer":"NICK","Explanation":"Definition: Can\nDouble definition \u2013 nick=can=prison for the first; for the second, Chambers gives \"to defraud\" (i.e. to \"do\") as a meaning of NICK: perhaps slightly obscure, but it makes for a nicely terse clue"}
-{"Clue":"Dawn French very hot inside reserve (9)","Answer":"THRESHOLD","Explanation":"Definition: Dawn\nH[ot] in TRES (French \"very\") + HOLD (to reserve)"}
-{"Clue":"Morgan, when entertaining live, is a tool (6)","Answer":"PLIERS","Explanation":"Definition: a tool\nL (live) in PIERS (Morgan, journalist), with maybe some commentary in the surface.."}
-{"Clue":"Dad going out with hat, worn jeans and old jumper (8,7)","Answer":"JONATHAN\u00a0EDWARDS","Explanation":"Definition: old jumper\nAnagram of DAD HAT WORN JEANS, giving the former Olympic triple jumper"}
-{"Clue":"Long to run into class that's coming up? Do they? (8)","Answer":"TEACHERS","Explanation":"Definition: they\nACHE (to long) + R in reverse of SET, with an &littish definition"}
-{"Clue":"One male, totally revolting animal that might spit at you? (5)","Answer":"LLAMA","Explanation":"Definition: animal that might spit at you\nReverse of A M ALL"}
-{"Clue":"Release for women with it? Primarily kiss fellow with tongue (5,5)","Answer":"CHICK FLICK","Explanation":"Definition: Release for women\nCHIC (fashionable, with it) + K[iss] + F + LICK \u2013 \"release\" in the sense of a cinema release"}
-{"Clue":"Supply, eg oil? No, USA is rich in oil (10)","Answer":"OLEAGINOUS","Explanation":"Definition: rich in oil\n(EG OIL NO USA)* with \"supply\" meaning \"in a supple way\""}
-{"Clue":"Drive and change oil in sump (9)","Answer":"IMPULSION","Explanation":"Definition: Drive\n(OIL IN SUMP)"}
-{"Clue":"Support for member to pay balance (8)","Answer":"FOOTREST","Explanation":"Definition: Support for member\nFOOT (pay, as in foot the bill) + REST (balance, remainder)"}
-{"Clue":"Personal feature of writer covering current work (6)","Answer":"BIOPIC","Explanation":"Definition: Personal feature\nI (electric current) + OP (work) in BIC (pen, writer)"}
-{"Clue":"Bottoms of wee babies are turned over for wipe (5)","Answer":"ERASE","Explanation":"Definition: wipe\nReverse of [we]E [babie]S ARE"}
-{"Clue":"Drink up Earl Grey (4)","Answer":"PALE","Explanation":"Definition: Grey\nReverse of LAP + E[arl]"}
-{"Clue":"Pudding where we'd expect to see tea, it's said (6)","Answer":"AFTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Pudding\nWe have to take a homohone of \"tea\" to get the letter T, which comes AFTER S in the alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"What some solicitors do on hearing a charge (6)","Answer":"ACCOST","Explanation":"Definition: What some solicitors do\nHomophone of \"a cost\""}
-{"Clue":"Lady from Lisbon hears no evil (7)","Answer":"SENHORA","Explanation":"Definition: Lady from Lisbon\n(HEARS NO)"}
-{"Clue":"Most equable ladies regularly appearing in film (7)","Answer":"MILDEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most equable\nAlternate letters of LaDiEs in MIST (film)"}
-{"Clue":"Putting self-portrait on display, bashfully (7,4,4)","Answer":"HANGING\u00a0ONE\u2019S\u00a0HEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Putting self-portrait on display, bashfully\nCryptic\/double definition"}
-{"Clue":"Skip university in pursuit of love (4)","Answer":"OMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Skip\nO (zero, love) + MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)"}
-{"Clue":"Patriots withdrawing singular honour for Hollywood legend? (4,6)","Answer":"STAN LAUREL","Explanation":"Definition: Hollywood legend\nReverse of NATS (nationalists, patriots) + LAUREL (perhaps more often seen as a plural when referring to honours, as in \"rest one one's laurels\")"}
-{"Clue":"French madame and monsieur have words before ceremony (10)","Answer":"MARGUERITE","Explanation":"Definition: French madame\nM[onsieur] + ARGUE + RITE"}
-{"Clue":"Boat from south Jersey or Guernsey? (4)","Answer":"SCOW","Explanation":"Definition: Boat\nS + COW (Jersey and Guernsey are breeds of cattle)"}
-{"Clue":"Gather where beaver's seen and weather the storm (4,2,2,3,4)","Answer":"TAKE IT ON THE CHIN","Explanation":"Definition: weather the storm\nTAKE IT (to gather) + ON THE CHIN (a beaver is a beard \u2013 in this sense from from French *bavi\u00e8re* meaning a child's bib, not the animal)"}
-{"Clue":"Nurses treated current stabbing early in the day (7)","Answer":"SUNRISE","Explanation":"Definition: early in the day\nI (electric current) in NURSES* \u2013 perhaps slightly unfortunate wording in view of the recent events in London"}
-{"Clue":"Sailor looking fatigued aboard, running back and forth (7)","Answer":"ONWARDS","Explanation":"Definition: forth\nReverse of DRAWN (looking fatigued) in O[rdinary] S[eaman]"}
-{"Clue":"Playwright once releasing book to be grabbed by males ready for casting? (6)","Answer":"MOLTEN","Explanation":"Definition: ready for casting\n[B]OLT (Robert Bolt, whose plays include *A Man For All Seasons*) in MEN \u2013 the definition refers to the casting of metal"}
-{"Clue":"Judge from Spain comes across the wrong way (6)","Answer":"ESTEEM","Explanation":"Definition: Judge\nE (Spain) + reverse of MEETS (comes across)"}
-{"Clue":"One furnishes capital home with more elaborate fencing (9)","Answer":"FINANCIER","Explanation":"Definition: One furnishes capital\nIN ([at] home) in FANCIER"}
-{"Clue":"Allude to trapping beast coming up from foreign parts (6)","Answer":"EXOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: from foreign parts\nReverse of (OX in CITE)"}
-{"Clue":"Take out child, heading off after school on vacation (9)","Answer":"SLAUGHTER","Explanation":"Definition: Take out\nS[choo]L (i.e. \"vacated\") + [D]AUGHTER, with \"take out\" being slang for \"kill\""}
-{"Clue":"Democrat moving in to make changes for promoters (5)","Answer":"ADMEN","Explanation":"Definition: promoters\nAMEND (make change) with the D relocated; Chambers gives this as both a single word and hyphenated"}
-{"Clue":"Merry monarch's order for salad? (8)","Answer":"COLESLAW","Explanation":"Definition: salad\nCOLE'S (Old King Cole was a merry old soul) + LAW (order)"}
-{"Clue":"Countryman to consider keeping wife and daughter apart (5)","Answer":"SWEDE","Explanation":"Definition: Countryman\nW and D separately in SEE (consider)"}
-{"Clue":"Young peers happily sharing a mistress? (11)","Answer":"SCHOOLMATES","Explanation":"Definition: Young peers happily sharing a mistress\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Result of making mini bats for children's game? (11)","Answer":"TIDDLYWINKS","Explanation":"Definition: children's game\nBatting your eyelids leads to a wink, so if the bats were \"mini\" you might get TIDDLY (small) WINKS"}
-{"Clue":"Uneasy and unready to receive, getting out (3,2,4)","Answer":"NOT AT HOME","Explanation":"Definition: Uneasy\nI think this is a triple definition: to be at home with something is to be comfortable with it, so uneasy would be the opposite; the next two literally refer to being not at home"}
-{"Clue":"Careers madly round house for something to put shirt on? (9)","Answer":"RACEHORSE","Explanation":"Definition: something to put shirt on\nHO in CAREERS"}
-{"Clue":"Breed of dog, one lean aggressive type (8)","Answer":"PUGILIST","Explanation":"Definition: aggressive type\nPUG + I + LIST (to lean)"}
-{"Clue":"Bird going up rubbish heap gets very little to eat (6)","Answer":"PEEWIT","Explanation":"Definition: Bird\nReverse of WEE (very little) in TIP (rubbish heap)"}
-{"Clue":"Japanese art, complete with fine raised frame (5)","Answer":"KENDO","Explanation":"Definition: Japanese art\nEND (to complete) in reverse of OK (fine); Kendo is a Japanese martial art that uses bamboo swords"}
-{"Clue":"Eastern firm set up by an Indian, perhaps (5)","Answer":"OCEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Indian, perhaps\nReverse of (E CO) + AN"}
-{"Clue":"Does for college taking meals round (8)","Answer":"SCUPPERS","Explanation":"Definition: Does for\nC[ollege] in SUPPERS"}
-{"Clue":"What Jock would call humble, taking English in college (5)","Answer":"POLEY","Explanation":"Definition: What Jock would call humble\nE[nglish] in POLY (i.e. polytechnic, college \u2013 strange to have this twice in consecutive clues); poley and humble both mean \"hornless\" (of cattle), with humble being a Scotticism"}
-{"Clue":"Mixed up, so extra antidepressant required (7)","Answer":"SEROXAT","Explanation":"Definition: antidepressant\n(SO EXTRA)"}
-{"Clue":"Folds in damask curtains partly drawn back (5)","Answer":"RUCKS","Explanation":"Definition: Folds\nHidden in reverse of damaSK CURtains"}
-{"Clue":"Man e.g. given time inside showing fibre (5)","Answer":"ISTLE","Explanation":"Definition: fibre\nT in ISLE (of Man)"}
-{"Clue":"Like worthless demoiselle? One is clothed in purple (8)","Answer":"MAUVAISE","Explanation":"Definition: Like worthless demoiselle\nA IS in MAUVE \u2013 feminine version of the French word for bad, worthless"}
-{"Clue":"In a corner round piece of Hepplewhite is giving impression of depth (6)","Answer":"THREE-D","Explanation":"Definition: giving impression of depth\nH in TREED (cornered)"}
-{"Clue":"Alley pub attracting set round (6)","Answer":"GINNEL","Explanation":"Definition: Alley\nINN in GEL \u2013 meaning an alleyway between houses; one of those words that are highly region-dependent: alternatives are snicket and ennog"}
-{"Clue":"Mosquito maybe making one swerve a little way (8)","Answer":"WARPLANE","Explanation":"Definition: Mosquito maybe\nWARP (to swerve) + LANE (a \"little way\")"}
-{"Clue":"One landing fish in port wandering round Exeter once (8)","Answer":"PISCATOR","Explanation":"Definition: One landing fish\nISCA (Roman name for what is now Exeter, in full Isca Dumnoniorum) in PORT; ISCA and EXE are related names for the river, from an Celtic word for fish (also seen in Scottish Gaelic \"iasg\" and Irish \"iasc\")"}
-{"Clue":"Like yoked pair formerly attached to cart (6)","Answer":"ATWAIN","Explanation":"Definition: Like yoked pair formerly\nAT (attached to) WAIN (cart)"}
-{"Clue":"Laud is prelate? Let this become broadcast (6)","Answer":"PRAISE","Explanation":"Definition: Laud\nComposite anagram: (IS PRELATE)* = LET PRAISE"}
-{"Clue":"Rivet I removed from rolling stock, wrong if twisted? (8)","Answer":"TRANSFIX","Explanation":"Definition: Rivet\nTRAINS less Y + reverse of X (used to mark a wrong answer) + IF"}
-{"Clue":"Desirable companion to have in bed, in more ways than one! (5)","Answer":"HOTTY","Explanation":"Definition: Desirable companion to have in bed, in more ways than one\nTwo slang meanings: a hot-water bottle and a sexually-attractive person"}
-{"Clue":"Primer applied on a table, omitting outer parts (5)","Answer":"DONAT","Explanation":"Definition: Primer\nHidden in applieD ON A Table; the surface suggests paint, but this primer is actually a grammar book"}
-{"Clue":"Fencing specialist providing what indicates parking in modified site (7)","Answer":"EPEEIST","Explanation":"Definition: Fencing specialist\nPEE (a P indicates a place to park) in SITE"}
-{"Clue":"Caterpillar seen in a rainy start to October (5)","Answer":"AWETO","Explanation":"Definition: Caterpillar\nA + WET + O[ctober]; rather gruesomely, it's \"the body of [a] caterpillar filled with a parasitic fungus, used to obtain a pigment\" (and also as a traditional remedy)"}
-{"Clue":"Person that's brought round quantity of wood \u2013 he does go on so (8)","Answer":"PESTERER","Explanation":"Definition: he does go on so\nSTERE (measure of timber) in PER[son]"}
-{"Clue":"Dark days (12)","Answer":"SPRAT\u2011WEATHER","Explanation":"Definition: Dark days\nThe competition word, referring to \"the dark days of November and December\" (a good time for catching sprats, apparently)"}
-{"Clue":"Reclining in care of frisky nautch (8)","Answer":"COUCHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Reclining\nC\/O + NAUTCH*. In case you were wondering (as I was), nautch is \"a traditional Indian dance performed by professional dancing girls\""}
-{"Clue":"Unsound element in awful ceramics (5)","Answer":"ULCER","Explanation":"Definition: Unsound element\nHidden in awfUL CERamics"}
-{"Clue":"Dog receiving nothing for tea (5)","Answer":"PEKOE","Explanation":"Definition: tea\nO in PEKE"}
-{"Clue":"Matador from Spain with home in South America (6)","Answer":"ESPADA","Explanation":"Definition: Matador\nE (Spain) + PAD in SA"}
-{"Clue":"Shakespearean to oppose type of theatre, waving gun (6)","Answer":"REPUGN","Explanation":"Definition: Shakespearean to oppose\nREP (repertory theatre) + GUN"}
-{"Clue":"Noah, poorly, hospital admitted \u2013 praise be! (7)","Answer":"HOSANNA","Explanation":"Definition: praise be\nSAN (hospital) in NOAH"}
-{"Clue":"Squashed kiss can, in flirting etc (7)","Answer":"EXTINCT","Explanation":"Definition: Squashed\nX (kiss) + TIN (can) in ETC"}
-{"Clue":"What deprives one of feeling, losing yen for friends? (4)","Answer":"PALS","Explanation":"Definition: friends\nPALSY less Y[en]"}
-{"Clue":"Like Adam after Eve's arrival, in green mode of existence? (8)","Answer":"ECOSTATE","Explanation":"Definition: Like Adam after Eve's arrival\nECO STATE; ecostate means \"ribless\" (from e-, denoting a lack, + costa = rib), though Adam presumably still had most of his left after God \"took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof\" to make Eve (Genesis 2:21-22)"}
-{"Clue":"Use another rose on art? We're going crazy (7)","Answer":"REWATER","Explanation":"Definition: Use another rose on\n(ART WE'RE)* \u2013 to use another rose on your watering can would be to RE-WATER"}
-{"Clue":"Early colonist in place before Roman river (7)","Answer":"PLANTER","Explanation":"Definition: Early colonist\nPL[ace] + ANTE (Latin \"before\") + R"}
-{"Clue":"Soak being employed to tackle opening of fizz (6)","Answer":"INFUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Soak\nF[izz] in IN USE (being employed)"}
-{"Clue":"Journey skywards on board fine jets (6)","Answer":"SPIRTS","Explanation":"Definition: fine jets\nReverse of TRIP in SS (Steamship, so \"on board\")"}
-{"Clue":"J. Laurie's ardent one giving him orders at Walmington? (5)","Answer":"ALOWE","Explanation":"Definition: J. Laurie's ardent\nJ[ohn] Laurie played Private Frazer in *Dad's Army*, in which he would be given orders by Captain Mainwaring, played by A[rthur] LOWE. Alowe means \"ablaze\"; like Laurie\/Frazer, from Scotland"}
-{"Clue":"Late meal without starter? Pretty good shot (5)","Answer":"INNER","Explanation":"Definition: Pretty good shot\n[D]INNER \u2013 part of an archery target, or a shot that lands in it"}
-{"Clue":"Guy maybe \u2013 atop fire's a fit one lit (4)","Answer":"ROPE","Explanation":"Definition: Guy maybe\nAnother composite anagram: (ATOP FIRE)* = A FIT ROPE"}
-{"Clue":"German order for cab (6)","Answer":"HANSOM","Explanation":"Definition: cab\nHANS (German name) + O.M. (Order of Merit)"}
-{"Clue":"Hate to sack someone from the English cricket team? (6)","Answer":"DETEST","Explanation":"Definition: Hate\nTo sack someone from the English cricket team might be to DE-TEST them"}
-{"Clue":"Sleeping bag for curling up? (7)","Answer":"BEDROLL","Explanation":"Definition: Sleeping bag for curling up\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Rural infection almost a severe pain (7)","Answer":"BUCOLIC","Explanation":"Definition: Rural\nBU[G] (infection) + COLIC"}
-{"Clue":"Why climb Everest? Ice sheet's a brute to struggle with (7,3,5)","Answer":"BECAUSE IT\u2019S\u00a0THERE","Explanation":"Definition: Why climb Everest\n(ICE SHEET'S A BRUTE)* \u2013 the reply given by George Mallory when asked why he wanted to climb Everest"}
-{"Clue":"Radar image showing temporary deviation (4)","Answer":"BLIP","Explanation":"Definition: Radar image\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Their thing turned out to be justified (2,3,5)","Answer":"IN THE RIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: justified\n(THEIR THING)"}
-{"Clue":"Unusually, mob ran off \u2014 mate followed (10)","Answer":"ABNORMALLY","Explanation":"Definition: Unusually\n(MOB RAN)* + ALLY"}
-{"Clue":"Some item: man and woman (4)","Answer":"EMMA","Explanation":"Definition: woman\nHidden in itEM MAn"}
-{"Clue":"Retain barrister, but refuse to speak (4,4,7)","Answer":"KEEP\u00a0ONE\u2019S COUNSEL","Explanation":"Definition: Retain barrister\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Try to sell time travel (7)","Answer":"TOUTING","Explanation":"Definition: Try to sell\nT[ime] + OUTING (travel) \u2013 surely the definition should be \"Trying to sell\""}
-{"Clue":"A couple in our navy are obsolete (7)","Answer":"OUTWORN","Explanation":"Definition: obsolete\nTWO in OUR N[avy]"}
-{"Clue":"Remain a while, having nothing nasty to deal with (4,2)","Answer":"STAY ON","Explanation":"Definition: Remain a while\nAnagram of O (nothing) + NASTY"}
-{"Clue":"One unsuited as a colonist (6)","Answer":"NUDIST","Explanation":"Definition: One unsuited as a colonist\nCryptic definition \u2013 someone in a nudist colony would be lacking a suit"}
-{"Clue":"An inability to kick? (9)","Answer":"ADDICTION","Explanation":"Definition: An inability to kick\nCryptic definition \u2013 inability to kick a habit"}
-{"Clue":"Having injected a drug, grew fast (4,2)","Answer":"SHOT UP","Explanation":"Having injected a drug, grew fast (4,2)\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Young adult going short for a very long time (9)","Answer":"MILLENNIA","Explanation":"Definition: Young adult\nMILLENNIA[L] \u2013 millennials are the generation that came of age around the turn of the century, so it's perhaps a stretch to call them \"young adults\" now; also a very weak clue as both elements are from exactly the same source"}
-{"Clue":"Amount owed: one less makes no difference (5)","Answer":"DEBIT","Explanation":"Definition: Amount owed\nDEBIT and DEBT both mean an amount owed \u2013 in fact they are basically the same word"}
-{"Clue":"Picking up pet, I become reticent (8)","Answer":"TACITURN","Explanation":"Definition: reticent\nReverse of CAT + I TURN (become)"}
-{"Clue":"Crack very visible in bottom of shoe (5)","Answer":"SOLVE","Explanation":"Definition: Crack\nV[ery] in SOLE"}
-{"Clue":"First-day cover? (4,7)","Answer":"BABY BLANKET","Explanation":"Definition: First-day cover\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Dejected as ridge collapsed (11)","Answer":"CRESTFALLEN","Explanation":"Definition: Dejected\nCREST + FALLEN"}
-{"Clue":"Fail to complete coronation ceremony, needing old piece of silver (4-5)","Answer":"HALF-CROWN","Explanation":"Definition: old piece of silver\nCryptic definition + definition; for any millennials reading this, the half-crown was a coin in British pre-decimal currency"}
-{"Clue":"Lame displays of light entertainment (4,5)","Answer":"GAME SHOWS","Explanation":"Definition: light entertainment\nGAME (lame \u2013 pronounced \"gammy\" as in \"game leg\") + SHOWS (displays)"}
-{"Clue":"Importance of sex in monastery (8)","Answer":"PRIORITY","Explanation":"Definition: Importance\nIT (sex) in PRIORY"}
-{"Clue":"Raided by the police and broken (6)","Answer":"BUSTED","Explanation":"Definition: Raided by the police\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"How teeth are said to appear to explode (5)","Answer":"ERUPT","Explanation":"Definition: How teeth are said to appear\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"This on top of face is embarrassing? Offer encouragement! (3,2)","Answer":"EGG ON","Explanation":"Definition: Offer encouragement\nTo have EGG ON your face is to be embarrassed"}
-{"Clue":"Derby's filly, kicking out every second, is a lure (3,3)","Answer":"DRY FLY","Explanation":"Definition: a lure\nAlternate letters of DeRbY's FiLlY \u2013 as used in fly-fishing"}
-{"Clue":"Beat back rookie grabbing learner driver, maybe (4,4)","Answer":"GOLF CLUB","Explanation":"Definition: driver, maybe\nReverse of FLOG (beat) + L in CUB (rookie)"}
-{"Clue":"Share memory about old pots here (8)","Answer":"POOLROOM","Explanation":"Definition: pots here\nPOOL (to share) + O in ROM (computer memory); a place to play games such as pool, which involve potting balls"}
-{"Clue":"Offence beside goal reflected game (6)","Answer":"TENNIS","Explanation":"Definition: game\nReverse of SIN + NET (goal)"}
-{"Clue":"After renovation, their bars had a very tight margin \u2026 (5,7)","Answer":"HAIR\u2019S\u00a0BREADTH","Explanation":"Definition: a very tight margin\n(THEIR BARS HAD)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 such as this second person once (4)","Answer":"THOU","Explanation":"Definition: this\nDouble definition: one (a thousandth of an inch) coming from the previous clue"}
-{"Clue":"Staggering growth in illegal delivery style at Lord's (8)","Answer":"THROWING","Explanation":"Definition: illegal delivery style at Lord's\n(GROWTH IN)* \u2013 in cricket (played at Lord's), bowlers are not allowed to throw the ball"}
-{"Clue":"Official who's often up the pole? (8)","Answer":"LINESMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Official\nDouble definition: an official in tennis, football, etc, and \"a person employed for the repair and maintenance of telephone or electricity power lines\", who might have to climb poles"}
-{"Clue":"Current ball supporters (4)","Answer":"TEES","Explanation":"Definition: Current\nDouble definition: the River Tees, and as in golf"}
-{"Clue":"Pongy during hard slog, one's taking time off (12)","Answer":"HOLIDAYMAKER","Explanation":"Definition: one's taking time off\nOLID (smelly) in HAYMAKER (a powerful punch in boxing)"}
-{"Clue":"Card game to stimulate tense F1 driver (6)","Answer":"PIQUET","Explanation":"Definition: Card game\nPIQUE (stimulate) T +[ense], with two definitions (Nelson Piquet is the F1 driver)"}
-{"Clue":"It most often primarily takes suet that's put out (8)","Answer":"TITMOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: It most often primarily takes suet that's put out\nIT + M[ost] O[ften] in SUET*, &lit, referring to the balls of suet that people put out to feed birds in winter"}
-{"Clue":"Young openers show energy and horsepower (3,5)","Answer":"EGG TEETH","Explanation":"Definition: Young openers\nE[nergy] + GG (horse) + TEETH (power) \u2013 used by baby birds to crack the eggshell from the inside"}
-{"Clue":"Cook finished batter (2,4)","Answer":"DO OVER","Explanation":"Definition: batter\nDO (cook) + OVER (finisihed) \u2013 slang for \"beat up\""}
-{"Clue":"Bouncer initially tests England's captain (4)","Answer":"ROOT","Explanation":"Definition: England's captain\n[kanga]ROO (bouncer) + T[ests] \u2013 Joe ROOT is the current captain of the England cricket team"}
-{"Clue":"A big hand from capacity audience (4,5)","Answer":"FULL HOUSE","Explanation":"Definition: A big hand\nDouble definition \u2013 the first from the poker hand"}
-{"Clue":"Yankee vice ring infiltrated somewhere in Somerset (6)","Answer":"YEOVIL","Explanation":"Definition: somewhere in Somerset\nY[ankee] + O in EVIL"}
-{"Clue":"Plucky lot with rival finish on court (4,3,3,5)","Answer":"GAME,\u00a0SET AND\u00a0MATCH","Explanation":"Definition: finish on court\nGAME (plucky) SET (lot) + AND (with) MATCH (rival)"}
-{"Clue":"Learned Lima route overlooking home (8)","Answer":"LITERARY","Explanation":"Definition: Learned\nL[ima] (phonetic alphabet) + ITINERARY less IN (home)"}
-{"Clue":"Dance company never gets awards at first (5)","Answer":"CONGA","Explanation":"Definition: Dance\nCO + N[ever] G[ets] A[wards]"}
-{"Clue":"Fluky piece finished around noon (10)","Answer":"UNINTENDED","Explanation":"Definition: Fluky\nN[oon[ in UNIT (piece) ENDED"}
-{"Clue":"Article describes excellent case for sport (4,6)","Answer":"THAI BOXING","Explanation":"Definition: sport\nA1 (excellent) BOX (case) in THING (article)"}
-{"Clue":"Endless battle to accommodate river sport (5,4)","Answer":"WATER POLO","Explanation":"Definition: sport\nPO (Italian river) in WATERLO[O]"}
-{"Clue":"English medic and old PM almost ready for fight (8)","Answer":"EMBATTLE","Explanation":"Definition: ready for fight\nE + MB + ATTLE[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Cousins excelled at this, working at desk (6)","Answer":"SKATED","Explanation":"Definition: Cousins excelled at this\n(AT DESK)* \u2013 reference to the Olympic skater Robin Cousins, but surely the definition would give \"skating\"; perhaps \"Cousins did this\" would be better"}
-{"Clue":"Snowman? College erected it (5)","Answer":"INUIT","Explanation":"Definition: Snowman\nReverse of UNI[versity] + IT"}
-{"Clue":"Yell for one during tennis lesson (4)","Answer":"ISLE","Explanation":"Definition: Yell for one\nHidden in tennIS LEsson; YELL is the second largest of the Shetland Islands"}
-{"Clue":"Attend a soldier's party and make a run for it (4,1,7)","Answer":"BEAT\u00a0A\u00a0RETREAT","Explanation":"Definition: make a run for it\nBE AT (attend) + A RE (a soldier) + TREAT (party)"}
-{"Clue":"Taxidermist initially given rotting body part (5)","Answer":"THIGH","Explanation":"Definition: body part\nT[axidermist] + HIGH (rotting)"}
-{"Clue":"Giant mice to be dealt with? That's baffling! (9)","Answer":"ENIGMATIC","Explanation":"Definition: baffling\n(GIANT MICE)"}
-{"Clue":"Qualified as proficient in goal (7)","Answer":"ENABLED","Explanation":"Definition: Qualified\nABLE (proficient) in END (goal)"}
-{"Clue":"Composure of bishop getting a puncture (7)","Answer":"BALANCE","Explanation":"Definition: Composure\nB + A LANCE"}
-{"Clue":"Steel drain modified for rabbits (10)","Answer":"TAILENDERS","Explanation":"Definition: rabbits\n(STEEL DRAIN)* \u2013 I think the definition is a reference to cricket, where a rabbit is a poor player, who might be a tailender in the batting order"}
-{"Clue":"Holy man keeps Jerry in place (4)","Answer":"SPOT","Explanation":"Definition: place\nPO (chamber pot, jerry) in ST (saint)"}
-{"Clue":"Dutch painting is flash (4)","Answer":"DART","Explanation":"Definition: flash\nD + ART"}
-{"Clue":"An abstainer cut with stiletto when driving (2,3,5)","Answer":"AT THE WHEEL","Explanation":"Definition: when driving\nA + TT (teetotaller, abstainer) + HEW (cut) + HEEL (stiletto)"}
-{"Clue":"Rocky appearance of dated hairstyle (7)","Answer":"OUTCROP","Explanation":"Definition: Rocky appearance\nOUT (unfashionable, dated) + CROP (hairstyle, as in e.g. Eton crop))"}
-{"Clue":"Dodgy American parking in camp (7)","Answer":"SUSPECT","Explanation":"Definition: Dodgy\nUS + P in SECT (political or religious camp)"}
-{"Clue":"Nearly let loose for ever (9)","Answer":"ETERNALLY","Explanation":"Definition: for ever\n(NEARLY LET)"}
-{"Clue":"'oists part of the roof (5)","Answer":"EAVES","Explanation":"Definition: part of the roof\n[h]EAVES"}
-{"Clue":"Gold casket marked and scored (12)","Answer":"ORCHESTRATED","Explanation":"Definition: scored\nOR (gold) + CHEST (casket) + RATED (marked); \"scored\" in the musical sense"}
-{"Clue":"Senior officer to fix promotion during last stand (9)","Answer":"BRIGADIER","Explanation":"Definition: Senior officer\nRIG AD in BIER (stand for a coffin)"}
-{"Clue":"Pains gripping sick old Greek (8)","Answer":"ACHILLES","Explanation":"Definition: old Greek\nILL in ACHES"}
-{"Clue":"Mark tucks into a scotch \u2014 that's better (5)","Answer":"AMEND","Explanation":"Definition: better\nM in A END (to scotch)"}
-{"Clue":"Bride hung about in Scotland (9)","Answer":"EDINBURGH","Explanation":"Definition: in Scotland\n(BRIDE HUNG)* \u2013 it wouldn't be a Chifonie without the idiom of \"in X\" = \"place in X\""}
-{"Clue":"Representative in power in disorder (6)","Answer":"RUMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: disorder\nMP (representative) in RULE"}
-{"Clue":"Continue to play in London (5)","Answer":"ACTON","Explanation":"Definition: in London\nACT (play) ON \u2013 another one!"}
-{"Clue":"Stopped king interrupting a challenge (2,4)","Answer":"AT REST","Explanation":"Definition: Stopped\nR in A TEST"}
-{"Clue":"Go along with law restricting fungal growth (6)","Answer":"ACCEPT","Explanation":"Definition: Go along with\nCEP (fungus) in ACT (another ACT, but this time it's a law)"}
-{"Clue":"Get involved with priest's charity giving fruit trees (4,5)","Answer":"DATE PALMS","Explanation":"Definition: fruit trees\nDATE (get involved with) + P + ALMS"}
-{"Clue":"Maintained parking's booked (9)","Answer":"PRESERVED","Explanation":"Definition: Maintained\nP + RESERVED"}
-{"Clue":"Longs to inhabit street that's most exclusive (8)","Answer":"SWISHEST","Explanation":"Definition: most exclusive\nWISHES in ST \u2013 does \"swish\" really mean \"exclusive\"? Chambers defines it as \"smart, stylish\""}
-{"Clue":"Medic terminated farm worker (6)","Answer":"DROVER","Explanation":"Definition: farm worker\nDR + OVER"}
-{"Clue":"News of the French trial (6)","Answer":"LATEST","Explanation":"Definition: News\nLA (French \"the\") + TEST (trial \u2013 very close to its use in 7d)"}
-{"Clue":"Run into fish in Channel (6)","Answer":"TRENCH","Explanation":"Definition: Channel\nR in TENCH"}
-{"Clue":"His or her model beneficiary (5)","Answer":"THEIR","Explanation":"Definition: His or her\nT (model, as in the early Ford car) + HEIR \u2013 \"their\" as the possessive for of \"singular they\", used when the gender of the possessor is unknown or unimportant"}
-{"Clue":"More nervous to get pitcher (5)","Answer":"SHYER","Explanation":"Definition: More nervous\nDouble definition (pitch = shy = throw)"}
-{"Clue":"He obtains favours for doctor (8)","Answer":"PROCURER","Explanation":"Definition: He obtains favours\nPRO (for) CURER"}
-{"Clue":"In which to find a drop of red in eatery? (6)","Answer":"CARAFE","Explanation":"Definition: In which to find a drop of red in eatery\nA R[ed] in CAFE, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"What Syrinx refused to do, but Selene did, in hospital vessel (6)","Answer":"BEDPAN","Explanation":"Definition: hospital vessel\nIn Greek mythology, Syrinx was amorously pursued by Pan, but was transformed into hollow reeds before he could catch her. On the other hand, Pan was one of Selene's lovers, so she was happy to BED PAN"}
-{"Clue":"Sports event's reportedly why MK Dons land in Africa (8)","Answer":"GYMKHANA","Explanation":"Definition: Sports event\nY (why) + MK in (\"donning\") GHANA"}
-{"Clue":"Lack forerunner of lengthy winter in New York? (9)","Answer":"SHORTFALL","Explanation":"Definition: Lack\nA long American winter might be preceded by a SHORT FALL"}
-{"Clue":"Slip drug behind drinks (5)","Answer":"LAPSE","Explanation":"Definition: Slip\nLAPS (drinks) + E[cstasy]"}
-{"Clue":"Quibbler longed to displace editor (6)","Answer":"PEDANT","Explanation":"Definition: Quibbler\nPANTED (longed) with the ED displaced"}
-{"Clue":"Kids behind head of town crier may want one (6)","Answer":"TISSUE","Explanation":"Definition: crier may want one\nT[own] + ISSUE (children)"}
-{"Clue":"To some extent, resemble mathematical symbol (6)","Answer":"EMBLEM","Explanation":"Definition: symbol\nHidden in resEMBLE Mathematical"}
-{"Clue":"Old satellite TV company has party (6)","Answer":"SKYLAB","Explanation":"Definition: Old satellite\nSKY (TV company) + LAB[our]"}
-{"Clue":"Bitchy? Yes and no (5)","Answer":"CATTY","Explanation":"Definition: Bitchy? Yes and no\nSort of of double definition: to be catty is to be bitchy, but a cat is not like a bitch (female dog). I wondered about RATTY here, which almost works, for the same reasons; rather an unsatisfactory clue, I think, with only _A_T_ as crossers to help"}
-{"Clue":"Like the Barbican's kind of bubbly celebrities (9)","Answer":"BRUTALIST","Explanation":"Definition: Like the Barbican\nBRUT (type of champagne) + A-LIST (celebriries). The Barbican Centre in London is in the brutalist style"}
-{"Clue":"Feted song keeps touching lives (8)","Answer":"LIONISED","Explanation":"Definition: Feted\nON (touching) + IS (lives) in (kept by) LIED (song)"}
-{"Clue":"Foot in this person's vehicle (6)","Answer":"IAMBUS","Explanation":"Definition: Foot\nI AM (this person is) + BUS \u2013 the iambus is a metrical foot, as in e.g. iambic pentameter"}
-{"Clue":"Queen defends old extension (6)","Answer":"ANNEXE","Explanation":"Definition: extension\nEX (old) in ANNE"}
-{"Clue":"Payment's received over info for physicist (8)","Answer":"ROENTGEN","Explanation":"Definition: physicist\nO (over) in RENT (payment) + GEN (information). Wilhelm Roentgen gave his name to a unit of radiation"}
-{"Clue":"Port or whiskey (3)","Answer":"RYE","Explanation":"Definition: Port\nDouble definition \u2013 Rye is on of the Cinque Ports, and also a type of American whiskey"}
-{"Clue":"What Batman puts on Robin's head in jest (5)","Answer":"CAPER","Explanation":"Definition: jest\nCAPE (what Batman puts on) + R[obin]"}
-{"Clue":"Digit between numbers three and five? (4,6)","Answer":"RING FINGER","Explanation":"Definition: Digit between numbers three and five\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Wine and dine with what's on plate and beer (6)","Answer":"REGALE","Explanation":"Definition: Wine and dine\nREG (car registration, as on a numberplate) + ALE"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor upholds firm means of treating shock (4)","Answer":"COMB","Explanation":"Definition: means of treating shock\nCO (company, firm) + MB (doctor) \u2013 the \"shock\" is hair"}
-{"Clue":"Tries to interrupt Spanish team's practice (9)","Answer":"REHEARSAL","Explanation":"Definition: practice\nHEARS in REAL (Real Madrid, football team)"}
-{"Clue":"Lots of sweet powder in brandy's flavouring (5,6)","Answer":"FINES HERBES","Explanation":"Definition: flavouring\nSHERBE[t] (sweet powder) in FINE'S (Fine is a type of brandy)"}
-{"Clue":"Adding a dash of PR puff about hot country (11)","Answer":"HYPHENATION","Explanation":"Definition: Adding a dash\nH in HYPE + NATION"}
-{"Clue":"Choose snippet of film dialogue for demo (6,4)","Answer":"PICKET LINE","Explanation":"Definition: demo\nPICK (choose) + ET (film) + LINE (piece of dialogue)"}
-{"Clue":"One coming out of underground uprising captured by poet (9)","Answer":"DEBUTANTE","Explanation":"Definition: One coming out\nReverse of TUBE (London Underground) in DANTE"}
-{"Clue":"City worker rejected socialist realism, say (6)","Answer":"TRADER","Explanation":"Definition: City worker\nReverse of RED ART"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe borderline books with note written in (5)","Answer":"LIMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe borderline\nMI (note, as in do re mi) in LIT. (literature)"}
-{"Clue":"Court winner remains for hearing (4)","Answer":"ASHE","Explanation":"Definition: Court winner\nArthur Ashe, tennis champion, and a homophone of \"ash\" (remains)"}
-{"Clue":"Value of American English (3)","Answer":"USE","Explanation":"Definition: Value\nUS + E"}
-{"Clue":"Pause during race to turn top on damaged post (3,4)","Answer":"PIT STOP","Explanation":"Definition: Pause during race\nReverse of TIP (top) + POST"}
-{"Clue":"Dutch woman is Utrecht's ultimate 20th-century artist (7)","Answer":"DADAIST","Explanation":"Definition: 20th-century artist\nD[utch] + ADA + IS + [Utrech]T"}
-{"Clue":"Faulty satnav restricted parcel courier (5)","Answer":"SANTA","Explanation":"Definition: parcel courier\nAnagram of SATNA[v]"}
-{"Clue":"Time to request stuff for working party (4,5)","Answer":"TASK FORCE","Explanation":"Definition: working party\nT + ASK + FORCE (to stuff)"}
-{"Clue":"Ambassadors from Spain fail to spot sign (10)","Answer":"EMISSARIES","Explanation":"Definition: Ambassadors\nE (spain) + MISS (fail to spot) + ARIES (astrological sign)"}
-{"Clue":"Plant found mostly in decaying vegetable matter (3)","Answer":"PEA","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nMost of PEA[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Top people act differently to this prominent Mexican feature (12)","Answer":"POPOCATEPETL","Explanation":"Definition: prominent Mexican feature\n(TOP PEOPLE ACT)* \u2013 I knew this Mexican volcano, but getting the vowels in the right places was tricky: fortunately they could all be confirmed by crossing answers"}
-{"Clue":"Priest leaving church leader a true tale translated for Alfred, Lord Tennyson once (4,8)","Answer":"POET\u00a0LAUREATE","Explanation":"Definition: Alfred, Lord Tennyson once\nPOPE less P + (A TRUE TALE)* \u2013 the \"once\" indicates that this is a definition by example. Tennyson was Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892"}
-{"Clue":"Essentially miserable time? (3)","Answer":"ERA","Explanation":"Definition: time\nCentral letters of misERAble"}
-{"Clue":"Bones intended, it's said, for special religious ceremonies (10)","Answer":"SACRAMENTS","Explanation":"Definition: religious ceremonies\nSACRA (plural of sacrum, a bone of the lower spine) + MENT (homophone of \"meant\") + S (special)"}
-{"Clue":"Great and good tucked into alcoholic beverage found in grass (9)","Answer":"SWINGEING","Explanation":"Definition: Great\nG in WINE, all in SING (to grass, betray), Not the most obvious definition, but it can mean \"huge, immense\""}
-{"Clue":"Roman magistrate dismissing a French race (5)","Answer":"TRIBE","Explanation":"Definition: race\nTRIBUNE less UN (French \"a\")"}
-{"Clue":"Mafia boss hiding gun parts and drug in prison (7)","Answer":"DUNGEON","Explanation":"Definition: prison\nGUN* + E in DON (Mafia boss)"}
-{"Clue":"Male in nude dancing in the centre of wood (7)","Answer":"DURAMEN","Explanation":"Definition: centre of wood\nRAM (male) in NUDE* \u2013 duramen, also called heartwood, in contrast to sapwood, the growing part of a tree"}
-{"Clue":"Instagram contribution covering points for spiced drink (6)","Answer":"POSSET","Explanation":"Definition: spiced drink\nS E (compass points) in POST"}
-{"Clue":"Colour in comic book character (6)","Answer":"TINTIN","Explanation":"Definition: comic book character\nTINT + IN"}
-{"Clue":"Fox eating a waste product in fungi (10)","Answer":"TOADSTOOLS","Explanation":"Definition: fungi\nA in TOD (dialect name for a fox) + STOOLS (waste product)"}
-{"Clue":"Treasure about to be returned to safe (5)","Answer":"PETER","Explanation":"Definition: safe\nPET (treasure, affectionate name) + reverse of RE (about); peter is a slang name for a safe"}
-{"Clue":"Drastic extra power for Queen in court (9)","Answer":"DESPERATE","Explanation":"Definition: Drastic\nESP (an \"extra power\") + ER in DATE (to court)"}
-{"Clue":"Silly fashion upset head of textiles (4)","Answer":"DAFT","Explanation":"Definition: Silly\nReverse of FAD + T[extiles]"}
-{"Clue":"Republican rabble leaders put mobile into roadside bomb that's exploded (8)","Answer":"IRRUPTED","Explanation":"Definition: exploded\nFirst letters of Republican Rabble + PUT* in IED (improvised explosive device); irrupt is properly \"to enter suddenly or forcibly, to burst in, to break in\", but sometimes confused with \"erupt\", which would give the sense of \"explode\""}
-{"Clue":"Sit alone twiddling lower extremities (8)","Answer":"TOENAILS","Explanation":"Definition: lower extremities\n(SIT ALONE)"}
-{"Clue":"Exercise books on American tree rewritten as part of 18's work? (10)","Answer":"PENTAMETER","Explanation":"Definition: part of 18's work\nPE (exercise) + NT (books) + AM + TREE"}
-{"Clue":"University lecturer interrupting enthusiastic reception for part of cycle (9)","Answer":"OVULATION","Explanation":"Definition: part of cycle\nU L in OVATION"}
-{"Clue":"Animal full of vegetables died satisfied (8)","Answer":"APPEASED","Explanation":"Definition: satisfied\nPEAS in APE + D; a pity we've already had PEA as the answer to 12a"}
-{"Clue":"Arms trade leaders entertained by numerous delegates (8)","Answer":"LEGATION","Explanation":"Definition: delegates\nA[rms] T[rade] in LEGION (numerous)"}
-{"Clue":"Popular company's not in good shape (6)","Answer":"INFIRM","Explanation":"Definition: not in good shape\nIN + FIRM"}
-{"Clue":"New seat given to sailors behind (6)","Answer":"ASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: behind\nSEAT* + R[oyal] N[avy]"}
-{"Clue":"Inflexible soldier breaking free (5)","Answer":"RIGID","Explanation":"Definition: Inflexible\nGI (soldier) in RID (to free)"}
-{"Clue":"Sickness from epidemic 18 got rid of (4)","Answer":"AGUE","Explanation":"Definition: Sickness\nPLAGUE (epidemic) less P[oet] L[aureate]"}
-{"Clue":"Bone in a truss, tight, a girl's broken (10)","Answer":"ASTRAGALUS","Explanation":"Definition: Bone\nA GAL in (A TRUSS)*; googling the word mostly gives information about a plant, but it's also an alternative name for the talus bone in the foot"}
-{"Clue":"Identify with Corbynite strike vigorously (8)","Answer":"BELABOUR","Explanation":"Definition: strike vigorously\nBE [a member of the] LABOUR [party]"}
-{"Clue":"Shelled eggs in sauce, too liquid? (5)","Answer":"SOGGY","Explanation":"Definition: too liquid\n[e]GG[s] in SOY"}
-{"Clue":"Went for madame's article (5)","Answer":"CHOSE","Explanation":"Definition: Went for\nDouble definition \u2013 CHOSE is French for \"thing\", or \"article\""}
-{"Clue":"Lively little piece tutee played with behind library? (7)","Answer":"BLUETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Lively little piece\nB[ritish] L[ibrary] + TUTEE. Bluette is a French word meaning a spark or flash, and by extension a short playful piece of music. It doesn't seem to be related to the colour blue, or the Blues as in music, (though there's a jazz piece by Dave Brubeck that uses the name); it's actually from a root meaning \"white\", cognate to beluga (as in the white whale) and the first part of the name Belarus (= \"White Russia\")"}
-{"Clue":"River landing that's nearer when river's diverted (5)","Answer":"HITHE","Explanation":"Definition: River landing\nHITHER (nearer) less R. Found in placenames such as Rotherhithe"}
-{"Clue":"Aussie purloins small amounts when about to arrive in Paris (9)","Answer":"SOUVENIRS","Explanation":"Definition: Aussie purloins\nVENIR (French to come, arrive) in SOUS (small amounts: also French); to souvenir is Australian slang for purloin or steal"}
-{"Clue":"Geyser deposit consisting of sulphur to treat as landfill? (6)","Answer":"SINTER","Explanation":"Definition: Geyser deposit\nS + INTER (bury, treat as landfill)"}
-{"Clue":"Creature protected in India? Some sterilize bullocks (4)","Answer":"ZEBU","Explanation":"Definition: Creature protected in India\nHidden in steriliZE BUllocks \u2013 it's a kind of Asian cattle, so presumably treated as a sacred cow in India"}
-{"Clue":"Currency piece from Italy in basic decimal unit (4)","Answer":"TEIN","Explanation":"Definition: Currency piece\nI in TEN \u2013 minor currency unit of Kazakhstan"}
-{"Clue":"Delivery of a kind, a scare when batting (6)","Answer":"CAESAR","Explanation":"Definition: Delivery of a kind\n(A SCARE)* \u2013 as in Caesarean section"}
-{"Clue":"Driving force that gets pitman moving about a yard and a bit (9)","Answer":"IMPELLANT","Explanation":"Definition: Driving force\nELL (unit of length, about 45 inches) in PITMAN"}
-{"Clue":"Holiday wandering in Far East (not Arabia) (5)","Answer":"FESTA","Explanation":"Definition: Holiday\nAnagram of FAR EAST less AR. It seems a pity that the anagram is of FEAST, which is essentially the same word"}
-{"Clue":"Potential energy holding fungus back, from which plant growth starts (7)","Answer":"PLEROME","Explanation":"Definition: from which plant growth starts\nReverse of MOREL in PE"}
-{"Clue":"Bird population of a county, not trapped by children (5)","Answer":"ORNIS","Explanation":"Definition: Bird population\n[c]ORNIS[h]"}
-{"Clue":"Endless danger, tyre half gone from rear, no tread (5)","Answer":"RISER","Explanation":"Definition: no tread\nRIS[k] + reverse of [ty]RE \u2013 riser and tread are contrasting parts of a staircase"}
-{"Clue":"A pie of suet protected by solid form of inoculation (10)","Answer":"PASTEURISM","Explanation":"Definition: form of inoculation\nA + SUET* in PRISM"}
-{"Clue":"SA hoodlum cheers stretcher (7)","Answer":"SKOLLIE","Explanation":"Definition: SA hoodlum\nSKOL (toast \u2013 cheers) + TIE"}
-{"Clue":"Lizard skin half shed (4)","Answer":"TEGU","Explanation":"Definition: Lizard\nHalf of TEGUment"}
-{"Clue":"Early record from Queen brought up former romance (6)","Answer":"REGEST","Explanation":"Definition: Early record\nReverse of ER + GEST \u2013 Miltonian word for a register"}
-{"Clue":"Like a physical signal, a mixture of rage and lust (8)","Answer":"GESTURAL","Explanation":"Definition: Like a physical signal\n(RAGE LUST)"}
-{"Clue":"Dancer Ida dismissed by London theatre (4)","Answer":"ALME","Explanation":"Definition: Dancer\nALME[ida]"}
-{"Clue":"Legal negligence ending in funeral is painful (6)","Answer":"LACHES","Explanation":"Definition: Legal negligence\n[funera]L + ACHES"}
-{"Clue":"Muddy tootsies, dirtier than the rest (8)","Answer":"SOOTIEST","Explanation":"Definition: dirtier than the rest\nTOOTSIES"}
-{"Clue":"Drunk a little red (not opening barrels) (4)","Answer":"LUSH","Explanation":"Definition: Drunk\nBLUSH less B[arrels]"}
-{"Clue":"Foam bits're crumbling round square of discredited insulation (11)","Answer":"ASBESTIFORM","Explanation":"Definition: of discredited insulation\nS (square) in (FOAM BITS'RE)"}
-{"Clue":"Quick chat and drinks during break in card game (8)","Answer":"SNIP-SNAP","Explanation":"Definition: Quick chat\nNIPS (drinks) in SNAP (card game)"}
-{"Clue":"Head of finance in love is unusually articulate (8)","Answer":"VOCALISE","Explanation":"Definition: articulate\nCA (Chief Accountant) in (LOVE IS)"}
-{"Clue":"Coofs trapping French lady in brasseries (7)","Answer":"BAMMERS","Explanation":"Definition: Coofs\nMME (Madame) in BARS. Coof and bammer are both Scots words for a fool; bammer is a variant of bampot or barmpot"}
-{"Clue":"British girl swallowing last of pot in US rave-ups (6)","Answer":"BLASTS","Explanation":"Definition: US rave-ups\nB + [po]T in LASS"}
-{"Clue":"English name for Tr\u00e8ves: it's familiar to mountaineers (6)","Answer":"ETRIER","Explanation":"Definition: it's familiar to mountaineers\nE + TRIER (formerly known in English as Tr\u00e8ves); an etrier is a short rope ladder used in mpountaineering"}
-{"Clue":"Popular circus character, hard up (4)","Answer":"EROS","Explanation":"Definition: Popular circus character\nReverse of SORE (hard) \u2013 the \"circus character\" is the famous statue in Piccadilly Circus, usually called Eros, though it actually depicts his brother Anteros"}
-{"Clue":"Burnsian pie, still with a bit of pastry on it (4)","Answer":"PYET","Explanation":"Definition: Burnsian pie\nP[astry] + YET"}
-{"Clue":"One beyond the wall once lives well, having climbed up (4)","Answer":"OSSI","Explanation":"Definition: One beyond the wall once\nReverse of IS SO \u2013 slang for an East German"}
-{"Clue":"Herb Alpert's debut, one regularly covered by British Sign Language (5)","Answer":"BASIL","Explanation":"Definition: Herb\nA[lpert] and I (one) inserted regularly into BSL"}
-{"Clue":"Complex to explain (9)","Answer":"ELABORATE","Explanation":"Definition: Complex\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Passing time with artist playing tennis (9)","Answer":"TRANSIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Passing\nT RA (artist) + TENNIS"}
-{"Clue":"Catholic girl's lesson in style (5)","Answer":"CLASS","Explanation":"Definition: lesson\nC + LASS, and two definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Leader's a supporter of independence? (7)","Answer":"SKIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: Leader\nS (from Leader'S) + KIPPER (member of UKIP, supporter of so-called \"independence\")"}
-{"Clue":"Wow! Not even posh journalist suffered an attack of the giggles (7)","Answer":"CORPSED","Explanation":"Definition: suffered an attack of the giggles\nCOR (wow) + odd letters of PoSh + ED \u2013 to corpse is to laugh uncontrollably when on stage"}
-{"Clue":"'After dark' piece on the radio (5)","Answer":"NIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: After dark\nHomophone of \"knight\" (chess piece)"}
-{"Clue":"Slow boat merely capsized \u2026 (3)","Answer":"TUB","Explanation":"Definition: Slow boat\nReverse of BUT (merely, only); is \"capsized\" a valid reversal indicator for an across clue (cf yesterday's discussions\u2026)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 crew too heavy? Not half! (5)","Answer":"EIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: crew\nHalf of overwEIGHT \u2013 the crew of a rowing eight"}
-{"Clue":"Dishes a world away, fine for the Springboks? (7,6)","Answer":"WALDORF\u00a0SALADS","Explanation":"Definition: Dishes\n(A WORLD) + F[ine] + S.A. LADS (as the Springboks might be described)"}
-{"Clue":"Up-to-date creep keeps dashing out (2,5)","Answer":"IN TOUCH","Explanation":"Definition: Up-to-date\nOUT* in INCH (to creep)"}
-{"Clue":"Where to stay after golf? (5)","Answer":"HOTEL","Explanation":"Definition: Where to stay\nDouble definition \u2013 a place to stay, and Hotel comes after Golf in the NATO phonetic alphabet"}
-{"Clue":"Seducer of fifty-one sexy maidens (6,3)","Answer":"LADIES\u2019 MAN","Explanation":"Definition: Seducer\nL (50) + A (1) + MAIDENS"}
-{"Clue":"One should look thoroughly for trendy magazine wanting adult's clothing (9)","Answer":"INSPECTOR","Explanation":"Definition: One should look thoroughly\nIN (trendy) + SPECTATOR (magazine) less (wanting) the \"clothes\" of AdulT"}
-{"Clue":"Change shirt owned by real model (5)","Answer":"ALTER","Explanation":"Definition: Change\nT (shirt) in REAL"}
-{"Clue":"Help one gamble (4)","Answer":"ABET","Explanation":"Definition: Help\nA + BET"}
-{"Clue":"Paces about at home, close to staying, then getting away (8)","Answer":"ESCAPING","Explanation":"Definition: getting away\nPACES* + IN (at home) + [stayin]G"}
-{"Clue":"Luxurious and rich, 80%+ (4)","Answer":"PLUS","Explanation":"Definition: +\n80% of PLUSH"}
-{"Clue":"Rodent's sin: entering waste flow (5,3)","Answer":"SEWER RAT","Explanation":"Definition: Rodent\nERR in WASTE"}
-{"Clue":"Approach tailless urban feline from behind (6)","Answer":"TACTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Approach\nReverse of CIT[y] CAT"}
-{"Clue":"Accompanying dog into party about books (10)","Answer":"CONCURRENT","Explanation":"Definition: Accompanying\nCUR in CON (Conservative party) + RE (about) + NT (New Testament, books)"}
-{"Clue":"Looks up and down (4)","Answer":"SEES","Explanation":"Definition: Looks\nSEES is a palindrome"}
-{"Clue":"Power is rising by three quarters (5)","Answer":"SINEW","Explanation":"Definition: Power\nReverse of SI + N, E, W (compass points)"}
-{"Clue":"Anaesthetise small dog biting tot, else in trouble (3,2,5)","Answer":"PUT\u00a0TO\u00a0SLEEP","Explanation":"Definition: Anaesthetise\nTOT + ELSE* in PUP"}
-{"Clue":"Cockney wife's nationality \u2026 (5)","Answer":"DUTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Cockney wife\nDouble definition. Dutch for wife, as in the music-hall song \"My Old Dutch\" is a shortening of \"Duchess\"; but not, as sometimes claimed, rhyming slang from \"Duchess of Fife\" \u2013 see here for more"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 their old money, trading capital for a billion workers (8)","Answer":"BUILDERS","Explanation":"Definition: workers\nGUILDERS (old Dutch currency) with the first letter replaced by B[illion]"}
-{"Clue":"Most of bottle satisfied special connoisseurs (8)","Answer":"GOURMETS","Explanation":"Definition: connoisseurs\nGOUR[d] + MET (satisfied) + S[pecial]"}
-{"Clue":"Most recent Hollywood trial? (6)","Answer":"LATEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most recent\nLA (Los Angeles) TEST"}
-{"Clue":"Documents describe the end of government cuts (6)","Answer":"FILETS","Explanation":"Definition: cuts\n[governmen]T in FILES"}
-{"Clue":"Hydrogen gas shock (4)","Answer":"HAIR","Explanation":"Definition: shock\nH + AIR"}
-{"Clue":"Dash through Dixieland (4)","Answer":"ELAN","Explanation":"Definition: Dash\nHidden in dixiELANd"}
-{"Clue":"King managed to go up and annoy (4)","Answer":"NARK","Explanation":"Definition: annoy\nReverse of K RAN"}
-{"Clue":"Covert behaviour's appropriate, though heartless (7)","Answer":"STEALTH","Explanation":"Definition: Covert behaviour\nSTEAL (appropriate) + T[houg]H"}
-{"Clue":"Bail due for revision in hearing (7)","Answer":"AUDIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: in hearing\n(BAIL DUE)"}
-{"Clue":"Bare minimum of instructional books \u2014 effectively treat as one (2,3,10)","Answer":"IN\u00a0THE\u00a0ALTOGETHER","Explanation":"Definition: Bare\nI[nstructional] + NT (books) + HEAL TOGETHER"}
-{"Clue":"Gifts of pink and yellow roses to make up? (5,9)","Answer":"PEACE\u00a0OFFERINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Gifts of pink and yellow roses to make up\nI can't see this, except as a not-very-cryptic definition, perhaps involving the symbolism of rose colours"}
-{"Clue":"Reason address fails to start? One may be drunk (9)","Answer":"RATIONALE","Explanation":"Definition: Reason\n[O]RATION (speech, address) + ALE (which may be drunk)"}
-{"Clue":"Vestment about to be given extravagant lining (5)","Answer":"COTTA","Explanation":"Definition: Vestment\nOTT (extravagant) in CA (circa, about); a cotta is a kind of surplice"}
-{"Clue":"Gathering clamour breaks record (5)","Answer":"CROWD","Explanation":"Definition: Gathering\nROW (clamour) in CD"}
-{"Clue":"Powerful ray left sea bream floundering (5,4)","Answer":"LASER BEAM","Explanation":"Definition: Powerful ray\nL + (SEA BREAM)"}
-{"Clue":"Glimpses tenor in embrace of lovelorn soprano (9)","Answer":"SIGHTINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Glimpses\nT in SIGHING (loverlorn) + S"}
-{"Clue":"New acid revitalised battery (5)","Answer":"NICAD","Explanation":"Definition: battery\nN + ACID* \u2013 short for Nickel-Cadmium, as in some rechargeable batteries"}
-{"Clue":"A tyrannical male condemned food processor (10,5)","Answer":"ALIMENTARY\u00a0CANAL","Explanation":"Definition: food processor\n(A TYRANNICAL MALE)"}
-{"Clue":"Showcase clothing in general (7,7)","Answer":"KITCHEN\u00a0DRESSER","Explanation":"Definition: Showcase\nDRESS (clothing) in KITCHENER (WW1 general)"}
-{"Clue":"There's no end of unstable footwear (7)","Answer":"SLIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: footwear\nSLIPPER[y]"}
-{"Clue":"Particularly reliable source of cash among sweetshop's stock? (5,6,4)","Answer":"EXTRA STRONG MINT","Explanation":"Definition: among sweetshop's stock\nEXTRA STRONG (particularly reliable) + MINT (where cash is made)"}
-{"Clue":"Vassal's superior, grand persona sent up in song (5,4)","Answer":"LIEGE LORD","Explanation":"Definition: Vassal's superior\nG + reverse of ROLE (persona) in LIED (song)"}
-{"Clue":"Below-zero greeting? (5)","Answer":"HELLO","Explanation":"Definition: greeting\nHELLO (\"below\") + 0"}
-{"Clue":"Distance from a kid climbing headland (9)","Answer":"ALOOFNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Distance\nA + reverse of FOOL (to kid) + NESS (headland)"}
-{"Clue":"Bleak start for Doctor Foster (5)","Answer":"DREAR","Explanation":"Definition: Bleak\nD[octor] + REAR (to foster)"}
-{"Clue":"Like badly-synced dialogue offstage? (6,3,6)","Answer":"BEHIND\u00a0THE\u00a0SCENES","Explanation":"Definition: offstage\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Set up a route regularly crossing one continent or two (7)","Answer":"EURASIA","Explanation":"Definition: two\nReverse of A + alternate letters or RoUtE \"crossing\" or contaning I (one) SA (South America \u2013 one continent); Eurasia is geologically a single continent but historically regarded as two, so it would be nice to include \"one continent or\" in the definition, but that would mean the words were doing double duty"}
-{"Clue":"Favourite leader's lost weight where some US VIPs have gained stones (9)","Answer":"ARLINGTON","Explanation":"Definition: where some US VIPs have gained stones\nDARLING (favourite) less its \"leader\" + TON (weight); Arlingont National Cemetery, near Washington DC, is mainly for military personnel (not necessarily VIPs) killed in war, but presidents can also be buried there, as John F Kennedy was"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely little basis for appalling narrative (9)","Answer":"CHRONICLE","Explanation":"Definition: narrative\nCHRONIC (appaling) + L[ittl]E"}
-{"Clue":"Slavonic firms on fire (7)","Answer":"COSSACK","Explanation":"Definition: Slavonic\nCOS (companies, forms) + SACK (to fire)"}
-{"Clue":"A rum old collection assembled bit by bit (7)","Answer":"MODULAR","Explanation":"Definition: assembled bit by bit\n(A RUM OLD)"}
-{"Clue":"Sufficient power to operate choppers (5)","Answer":"TEETH","Explanation":"Definition: Sufficient power to operate\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Perceptive wife cleared out grate (5)","Answer":"SHRED","Explanation":"Definition: grate\nSHREWD less W"}
-{"Clue":"Alleged killer tan Her Majesty sports, with A&E, for once, not needed (5,8)","Answer":"JAMES\u00a0HANRATTY","Explanation":"Definition: Alleged killer\nAnagram of of TAN HER MAJESTY, with an extra A and less one of the Es. James Hanratty known as the A6 Murderer, was one of the last few people to be hanged in the UK. There was much controversy about the case though recent DNA evidence apparently points to his guilt"}
-{"Clue":"Bit left over is not even intended for broadcast (7)","Answer":"ODDMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Bit left over\nODD (not even) + MENT (homophone of \"meant\")"}
-{"Clue":"Most are recycling one sort of plastic (7)","Answer":"MAESTRO","Explanation":"Definition: one sort of plastic\n(MOST ARE)*; Maestro is a pre-paid debit card, hence a \"sort of plastic\""}
-{"Clue":"Bug? There's a small number in a place over the pond (5)","Answer":"ANNOY","Explanation":"Definition: Bug\nNO (number) in A NY"}
-{"Clue":"Now touring Channel Islands, knowing about things in advance (9)","Answer":"PRESCIENT","Explanation":"Definition: knowing about things in advance\nCI in PRESENT"}
-{"Clue":"Airdrie resident's more in need of liquid refreshment (5)","Answer":"DRIER","Explanation":"Definition: more in need of liquid refreshment\nHidden in airDRIE Resident, with the inclusion indicated by the possessive 's"}
-{"Clue":"Nice area street map's showing in red, with nothing cut out (4,5)","Answer":"COTE D\u2019AZUR","Explanation":"Definition: Nice area\nAZ (street map \u2013 the \"A to Z\") in anagram of RED O CUT. Nice is the main city of the C\u00f4te d'Azur or French Riviera"}
-{"Clue":"Old fellows in charge, one wearing glasses by virtue of current position (2,7)","Answer":"EX OFFICIO","Explanation":"Definition: by virtue of current position\nEX (old) + FF IC I in OO (glasses)"}
-{"Clue":"System for detecting characters involved in arson, repeatedly (5)","Answer":"SONAR","Explanation":"Definition: System for detecting\nHidden in arSON ARson; since SONAR and ARSON are anagrams, I think the clue would have worked without \"repeatedly\": no harm in it though"}
-{"Clue":"Tipping Point? It's where shoes may be fashionable pale yellow colour (4,5)","Answer":"LAST STRAW","Explanation":"Definition: Tipping Point\nLAST (where shoes are ~~made~~ fashioned \u2013 thanks to TheZed) + STRAW (pale yellow)"}
-{"Clue":"Novel written using small pen (5)","Answer":"SCOOP","Explanation":"Definition: Novel\nS + COOP \u2013 Evelyn Waugh's comic novel about overseas journalism"}
-{"Clue":"Possibly the last newspaper with adult material (7)","Answer":"ORGANZA","Explanation":"Definition: material\nThe last newspaper might be ORGAN Z, plus A"}
-{"Clue":"When drunk, mostly refuse gin shots (7)","Answer":"GUNFIRE","Explanation":"Definition: shots\nAnagram of REFU[se] GIN, with a rather vague use of \"mostly\""}
-{"Clue":"Honour tourist that's caught male killer (4,3,6)","Answer":"JACK\u00a0THE\u00a0RIPPER","Explanation":"Definition: killer\nJACK (honour, in card games) + HE in TRIPPER"}
-{"Clue":"Two articles about daughter into running quite slowly (9)","Answer":"ANDANTINO","Explanation":"Definition: quite slowly\nD in AN AN + INTO"}
-{"Clue":"An abrasive comedian (5)","Answer":"EMERY","Explanation":"Definition: An abrasive\nDouble definition: as in emery paper, used for smoothing, and comedian Dick Emery, who is likely to be unfamiliar to many younger solvers. We had EMERY PAPER in a Pasquale puzzle in December, clued as \"Old comic publication seen as abrasive (5,5)\""}
-{"Clue":"Agitated by appearance of some white hairs? (3,2)","Answer":"HET UP","Explanation":"Definition: Agitated\nHET is UP in whiTE Hairs"}
-{"Clue":"Deputy's short cut (6,3)","Answer":"NUMBER TWO","Explanation":"Definition: Deputy\nDouble definition: assistant and a short style of haircut"}
-{"Clue":"Some of the cell numbers American does care about (4,5)","Answer":"AREA CODES","Explanation":"Definition: Some of the cell numbers\nA + (DOES CARE)* \u2013 an area code might be part of a cellphone number, in US terminology"}
-{"Clue":"Hat-wearing model? That's right (5)","Answer":"TITLE","Explanation":"Definition: right\nT (model) in TILE (hat)"}
-{"Clue":"A Trump lie's non-malignant? It's a killer (6,7)","Answer":"DONALD\u00a0NEILSON","Explanation":"Definition: a killer\nDONALD (a Trump) + (LIES NON)*; Neilson was known as the Black Panther"}
-{"Clue":"Killer piano in Prince cover potentially, if you were to do this (6,7)","Answer":"DOCTOR\u00a0CRIPPEN","Explanation":"Definition: Killer\nIf you were to DOCTOR (i.e. anagram) CRIPPEN, you could get P[iano] in (\"covered by\") PRINCE"}
-{"Clue":"Dissident wanting official employment upset relatives (9)","Answer":"REFUSENIK","Explanation":"Definition: Dissident\nREF (referee, official) + USE + reverse of KIN"}
-{"Clue":"Spooner's music teacher? He's six feet under! (9)","Answer":"COCKROACH","Explanation":"Definition: He's six feet under\nSpoonerism of ROCK COACH; cockroaches are insects, so have six legs"}
-{"Clue":"Pigment? Unknown number to ring for its formula (4,5)","Answer":"ZINC OXIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Pigment\nThe chemical formula of Zinc Oxide is ZnO \u2013 Z (unknown) + n (number) + O (ring); it's used as a white pigment"}
-{"Clue":"Letter E missing: game is lost (5)","Answer":"SIGMA","Explanation":"Definition: Letter\nAnagram of (GAME IS) less E"}
-{"Clue":"Punt in which to practise going on river (5)","Answer":"WAGER","Explanation":"Definition: Punt\nWAGE (to practise, as in wage war) + R"}
-{"Clue":"What happens soon after Aurora raises matter involving a Parisian (5)","Answer":"SUNUP","Explanation":"Definition: What happens soon after Aurora\nUN (French \"a\") in reverse of PUS (matter); Aurora is the Roman goddess of dawn"}
-{"Clue":"Loud little boy turned modest (6)","Answer":"FLASHY","Explanation":"Definition: Loud\nReverse of ALF + SHY"}
-{"Clue":"Record playing in calm, calm water (8)","Answer":"MILLPOND","Explanation":"Definition: calm water\nLP (record) ON (playing) in MILD (calm)"}
-{"Clue":"Saint high on life, ultimately blessed, starts back in big city (8)","Answer":"ISTANBUL","Explanation":"Definition: big city\nSAINT* + reverse of the initial letters of Life Uttimately Blessed"}
-{"Clue":"Connect first of ropes and lift (6)","Answer":"RELATE","Explanation":"Definition: Connect\nR[opes] + ELATE (to life)"}
-{"Clue":"Article of faith I spoon-feed to fool with solemn declaration (12,4,2,6)","Answer":"PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE","Explanation":"Definition: solemn declaration\nA remarkable anagram, of ARTICLE OF FAITH I SPOON FEED"}
-{"Clue":"Writer's movement finished, author's right significantly advanced? (8)","Answer":"UPSTROKE","Explanation":"Definition: Writer's movement\nUP (finished) + [Bram] STOKER, with the R \"advanced\" to an earlier position: \"significantly\" because it moves quite a long way"}
-{"Clue":"Curtain level in hole (8)","Answer":"PORTIERE","Explanation":"Definition: Curtain\nTIER (level) in PORE (hole); a porti\u00e8re is \"a curtain hung over a door or doorway.\""}
-{"Clue":"Seeing return of predator, run! (4)","Answer":"FLOW","Explanation":"Definition: run\nReverse of WOLF"}
-{"Clue":"A political clown and jester initially slipping over in oil (6)","Answer":"JOJOBA","Explanation":"Definition: oil\nBOJO (nickname of Boris Johnson) in A[nd] J[ester], all reversed. This word always reminds me of Billy Connolly's joke: \"In Glasgow, Jojoba is the month before November\""}
-{"Clue":"Whatever Russian collected proving suspicious (1,7,4,4)","Answer":"I COULDN\u2019T CARE LESS","Explanation":"Definition: Whatever\n(RUSSIAN COLLECTED)* \u2013 another nice anagram"}
-{"Clue":"Old pianist, I say, shares playing (4,4)","Answer":"MYRA HESS","Explanation":"Definition: Old pianist\nMY (I say!) + SHARES; Myra Hess was famous for her lunchtime recitals during World War 2, and for her arrangement of Bach's *Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"}
-{"Clue":"Nut with piece of cake, but different starter (6)","Answer":"NODDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Nut\nDODDLE (something easy, a piece of cake) with the first letter changed to give a slang word for the head or \"nut\"; I'm not keen on clues like this that tell you to change a letter to something unspecified."}
-{"Clue":"Most elegant content of baby's nappies, terrifying! (9)","Answer":"SNAPPIEST","Explanation":"Definition: Most elegant\nHidden in baby'S NAPPIES Terrifying"}
-{"Clue":"Talk bringing decrease in fish up (6)","Answer":"YABBER","Explanation":"Definition: Talk\nEBB in RAY, reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Problem raised about outfield isn't surprising, given this many errors? (9,2,4)","Answer":"MULTITUDE OF SINS","Explanation":"Definition: many errors\n(OUTFIELD ISN'T)* in reverse of SUM"}
-{"Clue":"Giving great yawns, tedious chore ends (8)","Answer":"LARGESSE","Explanation":"Definition: Giving\nLARGE (great) + last letters of yawnS tediouS chorE"}
-{"Clue":"Driver having to edge skyward (5)","Answer":"PILOT","Explanation":"Definition: Driver\nReverse of TO LIP"}
-{"Clue":"Too unfunny hiding something up one's sleeve \u2014 I don't want it! (2,5,3)","Answer":"NO THANK YOU","Explanation":"Definition: I don't want it\nHANKY in (TOO UN)"}
-{"Clue":"Gold stolen by mischievous altar boy \u2014 might trial happen here? (10)","Answer":"LABORATORY","Explanation":"Definition: might trial happen here\nOR in (ALTAR BOY)"}
-{"Clue":"Wine bottles bloke endlessly passed round university, topped up again (9)","Answer":"REFUELLED","Explanation":"Definition: topped up again\nU in FELLE[r] (bloke), in RED (wine)"}
-{"Clue":"Adonis lowers bar (8)","Answer":"BEEFCAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Adonis\nBEEF (cattle \u2013 those that low) + CAKE (bar, as in soap)"}
-{"Clue":"Blue dressing is cut off (6)","Answer":"DISOWN","Explanation":"Definition: cut off\nIS in (\"dressed by\") DOWN (sad, blue)"}
-{"Clue":"I see nothing well after turning up for performance (3-2)","Answer":"HOO-HA","Explanation":"Definition: performance\nReverse of AH (\"I see\") O (nothing) OH (well)"}
-{"Clue":"Dye brown paper, cutting top and bottom (4)","Answer":"ANIL","Explanation":"Definition: Dye\nMANILA with the first and last letters removed"}
-{"Clue":"Boat on page in blue artist's notebook (6,3)","Answer":"SKETCH\u00a0PAD","Explanation":"Definition: artist's notebook\nKETCH (boat) + P[age] in SAD (blue)"}
-{"Clue":"Sticky stuff for catching birds in tree (4)","Answer":"LIME","Explanation":"Definition: Sticky stuff for catching birds\nDouble definition \u2013 birdlime is, or was, used to catch birds"}
-{"Clue":"Processed meat from old sheep given to setter (8)","Answer":"PASTRAMI","Explanation":"Definition: Processed meat\nPAST (old) + RAM (sheep) + I (the setter)"}
-{"Clue":"Slave travelling round island with small bag (6)","Answer":"VALISE","Explanation":"Definition: small bag\nI in SLAVE"}
-{"Clue":"Threat posed by fellow expert (6)","Answer":"MENACE","Explanation":"Definition: Threat\nMEN (fellow?) + ACE(expert); there seems to be a singular\/plural problem here"}
-{"Clue":"Soprano in Italian city runs over artist (8)","Answer":"PISSARRO","Explanation":"Definition: artist\nS in PISA + R[uns] O[ver] \u2013 the artist is the impressionist Camille Pissarro"}
-{"Clue":"Correct relative inhaling cannabis (4,2)","Answer":"SPOT ON","Explanation":"Definition: Correct\nPOT in SON"}
-{"Clue":"Ancient language in church (Latin) used by a senior cleric (8)","Answer":"CHALDEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Ancient language\nCH[urch] + A + L[atin] + DEAN (senior cleric); Today I Learnt that Chaldean is another name for the Aramaic language"}
-{"Clue":"Container broken by mad macho driver (8)","Answer":"COACHMAN","Explanation":"Definition: driver\nMACHO* in CAN"}
-{"Clue":"All one's possessions stored in highest ateliers (6)","Answer":"ESTATE","Explanation":"Definition: All one's possessions\nHidden in highEST ATEliers"}
-{"Clue":"Trees covering space by northern English hills (8)","Answer":"PENNINES","Explanation":"Definition: English hills\nEN (typographical space) + N in PINES"}
-{"Clue":"Nasty relative listened to row (6)","Answer":"MALIGN","Explanation":"Definition: Nasty\nMA (mother, relatie) + LIGN (homophone of \"line\")"}
-{"Clue":"Clever head of Apple taking on Doctor of New Technology (6)","Answer":"ADROIT","Explanation":"Definition: Clever\nA[pple] + DR + O' (short for \"of\") + IT (Information Technology); I think of adroit as meaning physically skilful rather than clever, but I suppose you can say \"clever with his hands\""}
-{"Clue":"Get rid of judge with jumbled notes about it returned (8)","Answer":"JETTISON","Explanation":"Definition: Get rid of\nJ[udge] + reverse of IT on NOTES"}
-{"Clue":"Piano tuner's first to leave punctually for concert (4)","Answer":"PROM","Explanation":"Definition: concert\nPROMPT (punctually) less P (piano) + first letter of Tuner"}
-{"Clue":"Writer holding Underground up for one making her first appearance (9)","Answer":"DEBUTANTE","Explanation":"Definition: one making her first appearance\nReverse of TUBE in DANTE; this really needs to be a down clue to work properly"}
-{"Clue":"Comment unfavourably on part of roof (5)","Answer":"SLATE","Explanation":"Definition: Comment unfavourably on\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Remove actor in crowd scene to join depleted cast (7)","Answer":"EXTRACT","Explanation":"Definition: Remove\nEXTRA + C[as]T"}
-{"Clue":"Pursue legal proceedings involving hospital (5)","Answer":"CHASE","Explanation":"Definition: Pursue\nH in CASE"}
-{"Clue":"Couple standing in picture concerned with male sexuality (7)","Answer":"PRIAPIC","Explanation":"Definition: concerned with male sexuality\nReverse or PAIR in PIC \u2013 from the Greek god Priapus"}
-{"Clue":"Prospective partner harbouring grudge, ultimately leading to huge waste (9)","Answer":"DEVASTATE","Explanation":"Definition: waste\n[grudg]E + VAST in DATE"}
-{"Clue":"Everyone held back by master, a 14th-century reformer (7)","Answer":"LOLLARD","Explanation":"Definition: a 14th-century reformer\nReverse of ALL in LORD \u2013 the Lollards were a religious reform movement of the 14th to 16th centuries"}
-{"Clue":"Villain's crimes upset social worker (9)","Answer":"MISCREANT","Explanation":"Definition: Villain\nCRIMES* + ANT \u2013 \"social worker\" for ANT (or sometimes BEE) used to be a common trick, but I don't think I've seen it for a while"}
-{"Clue":"Food for trader (9)","Answer":"PROVENDER","Explanation":"Definition: Food\nPRO (for) + VENDER (alternative spelling of \"vendor\")"}
-{"Clue":"Unusual net domain chosen (9)","Answer":"NOMINATED","Explanation":"Definition: chosen\n(NET DOMAIN)"}
-{"Clue":"Fit in with conservative class (7)","Answer":"CONFORM","Explanation":"Definition: Fit in\nCON + FORM (class, in a school)"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor Jones meeting old boy in surgery (7)","Answer":"NOSEJOB","Explanation":"Definition: surgery\nJONES* + OB \u2013 I would have expected this to be two words, or at least hyphenated"}
-{"Clue":"City with great watering hole (7)","Answer":"TALLINN","Explanation":"Definition: City\nTALL + INN \u2013 the capital of Estonia"}
-{"Clue":"Second tenor given central part of sketch in short piece of music (5)","Answer":"MOTET","Explanation":"Definition: short piece of music\nMO (short time, second) + T[enor] + the middle of skETch"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow leaving tree in swamp for wood (5)","Answer":"GROVE","Explanation":"Definition: wood\nMANGROVE (swamp) less MAN (another fellow, but the right number this time)"}
-{"Clue":"Flag-carrying soldier resolved to clear surgeon (6,8)","Answer":"COLOUR\u00a0SERGEANT","Explanation":"Definition: Flag-carrying soldier\n(TO CLEAR SURGEON)"}
-{"Clue":"Illicit affairs of spymaster running major industry (6,8)","Answer":"MONKEY\u00a0BUSINESS","Explanation":"Definition: Illicit affairs\nM (spymaster, in the James Bond stories) + ON (running) KEY BUSINESS"}
-{"Clue":"Rant and rave, as sacked gardener might? (4,3,4)","Answer":"LOSE THE PLOT","Explanation":"Definition: Rant and rave\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Grim time that husband's taken into consideration (7)","Answer":"THOUGHT","Explanation":"Definition: consideration\nH in TOUGH + T"}
-{"Clue":"Four breaking oath joined up (7)","Answer":"CURSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: joined up\nIV in CURSE (oath)"}
-{"Clue":"Fresh source of water first for annual purification? (6,5)","Answer":"SPRING\u00a0CLEAN","Explanation":"Definition: annual purification\nSPRING (source of water) + CLEAN (fresh)"}
-{"Clue":"Preposterous list often added to with conviction? (8,6)","Answer":"CRIMINAL\u00a0RECORD","Explanation":"Definition: often added to with conviction\nCRIMINAL (preposterous) + RECORD (list)"}
-{"Clue":"Long-haul workers from Manchester somehow getting the last word (8,6)","Answer":"MERCHANT\u00a0SEAMEN","Explanation":"Definition: Long-haul workers\nMANCHESTER* + AMEN (last word in a prayer)"}
-{"Clue":"Bright rising copper's temporarily given housing (6)","Answer":"LUCENT","Explanation":"Definition: Bright\nReverse of CU in (housed by) LENT (temporarily given)"}
-{"Clue":"Local runner joining army unit is no monarchist (10)","Answer":"REPUBLICAN","Explanation":"Definition: no monarchist\nRE (army unit) + PUBLICAN (one running a local)"}
-{"Clue":"A good outcome to queen's labour? Brilliant! (8)","Answer":"AGLITTER","Explanation":"Definition: Brilliant\nA G + LITTER (this queen is a female cat, and her labour is in giving birth)"}
-{"Clue":"Struggle across line to finish (8)","Answer":"COMPLETE","Explanation":"Definition: to finish\nL in COMPETE"}
-{"Clue":"Outsider is dying, feverish (4,4)","Answer":"LONG SHOT","Explanation":"Definition: Outsider\nLONGS (is dying [for something]) + HOT"}
-{"Clue":"Plotters regularly use such weapons (4)","Answer":"AXES","Explanation":"Definition: Plotters regularly use such\nDouble defiition, with two different pronunciations: the plurals of axis (as used by one plotting a graph) and axe (weapon)"}
-{"Clue":"Only the odd contrary characters suss out pitch (4)","Answer":"TOSS","Explanation":"Definition: pitch\nReverse of alternate letters of SuSs OuT"}
-{"Clue":"Name adopted by setter in a novel proves amusing (10)","Answer":"ENTERTAINS","Explanation":"Definition: proves amusing\nN in (SETTER IN A)"}
-{"Clue":"Naturalist may study this 22 23 at end of a sentence (4,4)","Answer":"LIFE FORM","Explanation":"Definition: Naturalist may study this\nLIFE (prison sentence) + FORM (criminal record)"}
-{"Clue":"Checked what monarch did, abandoning grand home (6,2)","Answer":"REINED IN","Explanation":"Definition: Checked\nREIGNED less G + IN (home)"}
-{"Clue":"Greenery, at first a modest innovation in late Georgian streets (8)","Answer":"GASLIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: innovation in late Georgian streets\nG[reenery] + A SLIGHT"}
-{"Clue":"Pronounced 'basic', as ship will be before sailing (6)","Answer":"CREWED","Explanation":"Definition: as ship will be before sailing\nHomophone of \"crude\" (basic)"}
-{"Clue":"Riff-raff making unpleasant film (4)","Answer":"SCUM","Explanation":"Definition: Riff-raff\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Storyteller's rung up (4)","Answer":"LIAR","Explanation":"Definition: Storyteller\nReverse of RAIL (e.g. a rung of a laader, which is a short rail)"}
-{"Clue":"Plot devising counterfeit degree (6)","Answer":"SHAMBA","Explanation":"Definition: Plot\nSHAM + B.A. \u2013 it's a Swahili word for a plot or smallholding"}
-{"Clue":"Plum creation with bits of sweet mango in part of orange? (6)","Answer":"PSMITH","Explanation":"Definition: Plum creation\nS[weet] M[ango] in PITH. Psmith (with a silent P) is a character created by P G Wodehouse, who was nicknamed \"Plum\", from his childhood pronunciation of his first name, Pelhem"}
-{"Clue":"Man receiving what a tailor's fashioned, divine (9)","Answer":"HARIOLATE","Explanation":"Definition: divine\n(A TAILOR)* in HE"}
-{"Clue":"A bit of enjoyment? Rest fitfully inside as treatment for sore back? (8)","Answer":"AFTERSUN","Explanation":"Definition: treatment for sore back\nREST* in A FUN, the sore back being a sunburnt one needing aftersun lotion"}
-{"Clue":"Range about a church (5)","Answer":"REACH","Explanation":"Definition: Range\nRE A CH"}
-{"Clue":"Group of dormant reptiles in e.g. Wookey Hole (5)","Answer":"ANTRE","Explanation":"Definition: e.g. Wookey Hole\nHidden in dormANT REptiles; it's a kind of cave, as is Wookey Hole (in Somerset)"}
-{"Clue":"Play casually in lea, mostly between two rivers (10)","Answer":"TWEEDLEDEE","Explanation":"Definition: Play casually\nLE[a] between the rivers TWEED and DEE. Chambers gives this as a variant of \"tweedle\", meaning to play casually on an instrument"}
-{"Clue":"Gull once died in grip of crab's 'pincers'? (4)","Answer":"COBB","Explanation":"Definition: Gull once\nOB (dies) in the outer letters of CraB; \"once\" because it's an archaic word"}
-{"Clue":"Old teacher favoured pupil circumventing grade of proficiency (6)","Answer":"PEDANT","Explanation":"Definition: Old teacher\nDAN (grade in martial arts) in [teacher's] PET"}
-{"Clue":"Great excitement, what one associates with Luton player missing second half (6)","Answer":"HOOP-LA","Explanation":"Definition: Great excitement\nHOO + PLA[yer]"}
-{"Clue":"Edible tuber fed to spoiled donkey (4)","Answer":"EDDO","Explanation":"Definition: Edible tuber\nHidden in spoilED DOnkey. Strangely, Chambers gives the plural \"eddoes\" as the main entry, with the singular form in brackets"}
-{"Clue":"Grand Italian gating fancy egress of luxuriant lawn? (10)","Answer":"GRASS-GREEN","Explanation":"Definition: of luxuriant lawn\nEGRESS* in GRAN (Italian for \"grand\")"}
-{"Clue":"Horse as alternative for antelope (5)","Answer":"NAGOR","Explanation":"Definition: antelope\nNAG + OR (as an alternative)"}
-{"Clue":"Town stocking ordinary food from the east (5)","Answer":"BOURG","Explanation":"Definition: Town\nReverse of (O in GRUB)"}
-{"Clue":"Some foreign cash that may be exchanged for Asian rug (8)","Answer":"GUARANIS","Explanation":"Definition: Some foreign cash\n(ASIAN RUG) \u2013 Guarani is the currency of Paraguay; also the name of an indigenous people, and their language"}
-{"Clue":"Indicate distinctly choppy sailing in Kent region? (9)","Answer":"SIGNALISE","Explanation":"Definition: Indicate distinctly\nSAILING* in SE"}
-{"Clue":"Tidy unit given a fresh coat of paint? (6)","Answer":"RE-DONE","Explanation":"Definition: given a fresh coat of paint\nRED (variant of redd, to tidy) + ONE"}
-{"Clue":"With good forecast, Tuesday, not always stormy, was blustery (6)","Answer":"GUSTED","Explanation":"Definition: was blustery\nG + anagram of TUESDAY less AY (always); quite appropriate in view of the recent storms"}
-{"Clue":"Dishonest dealer caught, imprisoned by snappish ultra-severe judge? (12)","Answer":"SHORT\u2011CHANGER","Explanation":"Definition: Dishonest dealer\nC in SHORT (snappish) + HANGER (severe judge)"}
-{"Clue":"Stained furniture material doubled around court (8)","Answer":"HAREWOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Stained furniture material\nWOO (to court) in HARED (went fast, doubled)"}
-{"Clue":"Source of ghee used in Peshawar naans (4)","Answer":"ARNA","Explanation":"Definition: Source of ghee\nYet another hidden answer, in peshawAR NAans; Arna is an Indian water-buffalo, whose milk might be used for ghee"}
-{"Clue":"Finely chop egg with a bit of chilli in (5)","Answer":"MINCE","Explanation":"Definition: Finely chop\nC[hilli] in MINE (the explosive device, nicknamed an egg)"}
-{"Clue":"Fodder plants: one flourished about Florida? The reverse (7)","Answer":"ALFALFA","Explanation":"Definition: Fodder plants\nReverse of A (one) + FL (*floruit*, flourished) + A (about) + FLA (Florida)"}
-{"Clue":"Belt loop shaped with the hand, concealing end (5)","Answer":"PATTE","Explanation":"Definition: Belt loop\nPATTE[d] \u2013 Chambers gives \"to shape by patting\" as one defintion of \"pat\""}
-{"Clue":"What the ravenous could eat, and 'ad gobbled once served? (7)","Answer":"STEADED","Explanation":"Definition: once served\n'AD in STEED (as in \"I could eat a horse\"); from an old sense of \"stead\", which is also the main element of the next answer\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Sin sporting with dodgy date in place of another (7)","Answer":"INSTEAD","Explanation":"Definition: in place of another\nSIN* + DATE"}
-{"Clue":"Outing in French city, endless (4)","Answer":"TOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Outing\nTOUR[S]"}
-{"Clue":"Ground wherein you'll observe Eton guy, deviously eloquent (12)","Answer":"HONEY\u2011TONGUED","Explanation":"Definition: eloquent\n(ETON GUY)* in HONED; I suppose to hone a blade is to grind it"}
-{"Clue":"Sinuous artifice being insufficiently exploited (8)","Answer":"UNDERUSE","Explanation":"Definition: being insufficiently exploited\nUNDE (wavy, in heraldry) + RUSE (artifice)"}
-{"Clue":"It's terrifying to northerners to haul trap uphill (7)","Answer":"BOGGARD","Explanation":"Definition: It's terrifying to northerners\nReverse of DRAG (haul) GOB (mouth, trap)"}
-{"Clue":"Family welcoming jaunty air for coalminers' bands, lustrous (7)","Answer":"CLARAIN","Explanation":"Definition: coalminers' bands, lustrous\nAIR* in CLAN \u2013 \"lustrous, brightly-coloured bands in coal\""}
-{"Clue":"Job abroad? Whiff about it's coming up (7)","Answer":"POSTING","Explanation":"Definition: Job abroad\nReverse of ITS in PONG (bad smell, whiff); a posting doesn't *have* to be abroad, hence the question mark"}
-{"Clue":"Char in French capuchin? (5)","Answer":"SINGE","Explanation":"Definition: Char\nDouble definition: singe is French for monkey, of which the capuchin (named for its resemblence to Capuchin friars) is an example"}
-{"Clue":"Upmarket transport delivering supplies from the bakery? (5)","Answer":"ROLLS","Explanation":"Definition: Upmarket transport\nAnother DD \u2013 Rolls Royce and bread"}
-{"Clue":"Former measure of cloth, a French one (for women?) (4)","Answer":"AUNE","Explanation":"Definition: Former measure of cloth\nA + UNE (feminine French \"one\")"}
-{"Clue":"Domestic appliance, a must-have for the community (4)","Answer":"UNIT","Explanation":"Definition: Domestic appliance\nHidden in commUNITy"}
-{"Clue":"(See special instructions) (7,6)","Answer":"COMPASS\u00a0POINTS","Explanation":"(See special instructions) (7,6)\nGiving the theme"}
-{"Clue":"Excited male briefly moans, making complaint (8)","Answer":"MELANOMA","Explanation":"Definition: complaint\nAnagram of MALE + MOAN[s]"}
-{"Clue":"What helps bowlers hit their mark? (4)","Answer":"BIAS","Explanation":"Definition: What helps bowlers hit their mark\nA bit of a stab in the dark: I think this refers to the bias in the balls in the game of bowls, which either helps or hinders hitting the jack, depending on the player's skill level. Not very helpful to have a rather vague crptic defnitiion whose last letter is crucial to the ambiguous 10a"}
-{"Clue":"Count on this to put muscle on since boxing copper (6)","Answer":"ABACUS","Explanation":"Definition: Count on this\nAB[dominal] + CU in AS (since)"}
-{"Clue":"Accommodation in camp protected by river (7)","Answer":"D\u00c9TENTE","Explanation":"Definition: Accommodation\nTENT in DEE"}
-{"Clue":"Set of six dogs out of bounds (4)","Answer":"OVER","Explanation":"Definition: Set of six\n[r]OVER[s]; Rover is (or was) a stereotypical dog's name, but this could do with a question mark as \"Rovers\" isn't really a definition of \"dogs\". The \"set of six\" is an over in cricket"}
-{"Clue":"Old preacher's lectern made from Wilde's cooler seat? (7,3)","Answer":"READING\u00a0PEW","Explanation":"Definition: Old preacher's lectern\nREADING (Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in Readin Gaol) + PEW (seat)"}
-{"Clue":"Behind and acting tough (6)","Answer":"ASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: Behind\nA[cting] + STERN"}
-{"Clue":"Rut results from this \u2014 it's the plain fact (5,5)","Answer":"NAKED\u00a0TRUTH","Explanation":"Definition: it's the plain fact\nIf you remove the \"clothes\" or outer letters of TRUTH then you get RUT"}
-{"Clue":"Missing the first cereal \u2014 gone \u2026 (3)","Answer":"AGO","Explanation":"Definition: gone\n[s]AGO"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 and not one of those here lacking finales (3)","Answer":"NOR","Explanation":"Definition: and not\nNORTH less its last two letters, \"those here\" being the compass points; an irrelevant bugbear of mine: as NOR does indeed mean \"and not\", it annoys me when people say or write \"and nor..\""}
-{"Clue":"Fence in field ignored at the outset after stable unfinished (8)","Answer":"SURROUND","Explanation":"Definition: Fence in\nSUR[e] + [g]ROUND"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe noisily and repeatedly engineer raved when given tripe (7)","Answer":"ADVERBS","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe noisily and repeatedly\nAnagram (indicated by \"engineer\") of RAVED + BS (bullshit, rubbish, tripe); noisily and repeatedly are examples of advebs"}
-{"Clue":"Plant gall (6)","Answer":"NETTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Note passed on to groom in the past (6)","Answer":"TIDIED","Explanation":"Definition: to groom in the past\nTI (not, in sol-fa) + DIED (passed on) \u2013 \"in the past\" indicating that the answer is the past tense of \"tidy\" (= groom)"}
-{"Clue":"Serving up \u2014 about to feed genetically modified root (4)","Answer":"GERM","Explanation":"Definition: root\nReverse of RE (about) in GM"}
-{"Clue":"Fish and calamari originally hard to see through glasses (4)","Answer":"COHO","Explanation":"Definition: Fish\nC[alamari] + H in OO (representing a pair of glasses); the coho is a type of salmon found in the Pacific"}
-{"Clue":"Houdini act \u2014 legend that will clear 22 down in 10 (6,3)","Answer":"ESCAPE KEY","Explanation":"Definition: that will clear 22 down in 10\nESCAPE (oudini act) + KEY (legend \u2013 the escape key on a computer keyboard can be used to clear a CELL in [Microsoft] EXCEL, at least while you're typing in it"}
-{"Clue":"Sounds like very big is better? (5)","Answer":"EXCEL","Explanation":"Definition: better\nHomphone of XL (extra large, as on clothes)"}
-{"Clue":"Houdini's act two recurrence \u2014 lethal ties loosened (7,5,7,4)","Answer":"CHINESE\u00a0WATER TORTURE\u00a0CELL","Explanation":"Definition: Houdini's act\nAnagram of TWO RECURRENCE LETHAL TIES"}
-{"Clue":"Stop! Time to get out without wearing straps (5)","Answer":"REINS","Explanation":"Definition: straps\nREST (stop) less T \"without\" (i.e. uotside of) IN (wearing)"}
-{"Clue":"Spot journalist and paper giving false hope (4,5)","Answer":"PIPE DREAM","Explanation":"Definition: false hope\nPIP (a spot) + ED + REAM (quantity of paper)"}
-{"Clue":"Simple Harry Houdini act with steps (15)","Answer":"UNSOPHISTICATED","Explanation":"Definition: Simple\nAnagram (indicated by \"Harry\") of HOUDINI ACT STEPS"}
-{"Clue":"Irregular pressure: expression of surprise in danger (9)","Answer":"HAPHAZARD","Explanation":"Definition: Irregular\nP[ressure] + HA (expression of surprise) in HAZARD"}
-{"Clue":"Reached top of cold water with arms at side (7)","Answer":"CLIMBED","Explanation":"Definition: Reached top of\nC (cold water, as on a tap) + LIMBED (i.e. with limbs); the surface might be a description of Houdini escaping from the Chinese Water Torture Cell"}
-{"Clue":"A long time after dropping cage (7)","Answer":"DUNGEON","Explanation":"Definition: cage\nDUNG (dropping) + EON"}
-{"Clue":"Fat conjuror ultimately saws woman in half (5)","Answer":"LARDY","Explanation":"Definition: Fat\n[conjuro]R in LADY"}
-{"Clue":"They let out zebras regularly to chase on fields (9)","Answer":"RELEASERS","Explanation":"Definition: They let out\nRE (about, on) + LEAS (fields) + alternate letters of zEbRaS"}
-{"Clue":"Clear to detect the lies (3-7)","Answer":"SEE-THROUGH","Explanation":"Definition: Clear\nDouble definition (without the hyphen for the second)"}
-{"Clue":"Scrambles signal, primarily reaching foreign dishes (8)","Answer":"SCURRIES","Explanation":"Definition: Scrambles\nS[ignal] + CURRIES"}
-{"Clue":"Rabbits run out of veg (6)","Answer":"SPOUTS","Explanation":"Definition: Rabbits\nSPROUTS less R \u2013 rabbits in the sense of talks"}
-{"Clue":"Air final part of Love Island (4)","Answer":"SKYE","Explanation":"Definition: Island\nSKY + [lov]E"}
-{"Clue":"NYPD case to get resolved having been shortened (10)","Answer":"SYNCOPATED","Explanation":"Definition: having been shortened\n(NYPD CASE TO)*; syncopate is most commonly seen as a musical term, but it can also mean \" to omit a sound or a letter from a word\""}
-{"Clue":"Regular exercise \u2014 shaving seconds off an Olympic record? (8)","Answer":"PERIODIC","Explanation":"Definition: Regular\nPE (exercise) + RIO (2016 Olympics venue) + DISC less S"}
-{"Clue":"First couple from Scotland seen on border with English map (6)","Answer":"SCHEME","Explanation":"Definition: map\nSC[otland] + HEM + E"}
-{"Clue":"Tone down adult clues for this? (4)","Answer":"BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: Tone\nTriple definition \u2013 colour; down=sad; as in \"blue movie\""}
-{"Clue":"Plays around with free 20 hand (10)","Answer":"PHILANDERS","Explanation":"Definition: Plays around\nAnagram of PLIERS HAND"}
-{"Clue":"Mrs needs no foreign currency (10)","Answer":"MODERNESS","Explanation":"Definition: currency\n(MRS NEEDS NO)"}
-{"Clue":"Pleasure-seekers find love in parking spaces by the roadside (8)","Answer":"PLAYBOYS","Explanation":"Definition: Pleasure-seekers\nO in P + LAY-BYS"}
-{"Clue":"Tied: one's left in that place locked up? (8)","Answer":"TETHERED","Explanation":"Definition: Tied: one's left in that place locked up\nTHERE (in that place) in TIED less I (one), and I think it's meant to be an &lit, though I'm not totally convinced"}
-{"Clue":"Stud could come out with these stories about royal? Prince goes first (6)","Answer":"PLIERS","Explanation":"Definition: Stud could come out with these\nP + R in LIES"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of magazine article with small piece making cover (4,2)","Answer":"WANT AD","Explanation":"Definition: Feature of magazine\nAN (artice) in W (with) TAD (small piece)"}
-{"Clue":"Artist buried alive, partially (4)","Answer":"DALI","Explanation":"Definition: Artist\nHidden in burieD ALIve"}
-{"Clue":"Trendy sultry Romeo's stripped (7)","Answer":"TOPICAL","Explanation":"Definition: Trendy\nTROPICAL less R[omeo]"}
-{"Clue":"CID managed with help from ambiguous source (7)","Answer":"DELPHIC","Explanation":"Definition: ambiguous source\nAnagram of CID + HELP. The Delphic Oracle was famous for giving ambiguous or misleading answers to questions"}
-{"Clue":"This writer's article abridged an old wives' tale (4)","Answer":"MYTH","Explanation":"Definition: an old wives' tale\nMY (the writer's) + TH[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Back plan to expand talent and charm (10)","Answer":"AMIABILITY","Explanation":"Definition: charm\nI presume ABILITY is from \"talent\", but I can't explain the AMI part. *Thanks to Shirl: it's reverse of AIM (plan) in ABILITY"}
-{"Clue":"Euphorbia's left out of ostentatious display (6)","Answer":"SPURGE","Explanation":"Definition: Euphorbia\nSPLURGE (ostentatious display) less L"}
-{"Clue":"Old Latin god saved unknown vessel for Greek traveller (8)","Answer":"ODYSSEUS","Explanation":"Definition: Greek traveller\nY (unknown) + SS (ship, vessel) in O DEUS (Latin for god)"}
-{"Clue":"French region's ageless tongue and revolutionary law (9)","Answer":"LANGUEDOC","Explanation":"Definition: French region\nLANGUAGE less AGE + reverse of CODE"}
-{"Clue":"Trees defining boundary of the Roman Empire (5)","Answer":"LIMES","Explanation":"Definition: Trees\nDouble definition: the Latin word Limes (related to \"limit\") can be used to describe to boundaries of the Roman empire, though it wasn't used in this sense by the Romans themselves. Perhaps a bit unfair to those who (like me) didn't know it, as PINES would fit just as well (and reminded me of Respighi's symphonic poem *Pines of Rome*)"}
-{"Clue":"She oversaw agriculture before entering civil service (5)","Answer":"CERES","Explanation":"Definition: She oversaw agriculture\nERE (before) in CS; Ceres was the Roman goddess of agriculture"}
-{"Clue":"Leave Scottish woman running temple (9)","Answer":"PARTHENON","Explanation":"Definition: temple\nPART (to leave) + HEN (Scots term for a woman) + ON (running)"}
-{"Clue":"Consequence of impact made by old ship's cat? (8)","Answer":"BACKLASH","Explanation":"Definition: Consequence\nThe cat o' nine tails was used to LASH the BACK of its unfortunate victims"}
-{"Clue":"Not quite the perfect ancient city (6)","Answer":"THEBES","Explanation":"Definition: ancient city\nTHE BES[t]"}
-{"Clue":"Essential function shortly to entertain queen (4,3,3)","Answer":"SINE QUA NON","Explanation":"Definition: Essential\nQU in SINE (trigonometric function) + ANON (soon, shortly)"}
-{"Clue":"Bought horse, one clad in black (4)","Answer":"GOTH","Explanation":"Definition: one clad in black\nGOT (bought) + H, with the definition referring to a member of the goth subculture"}
-{"Clue":"Jam in a city in Italy (7)","Answer":"MESSINA","Explanation":"Definition: city in Italy\nMESS + IN A"}
-{"Clue":"Former chemical business head's hostility (7)","Answer":"ICINESS","Explanation":"Definition: hostility\nICI (former chemical company) + NESS (geographical head)"}
-{"Clue":"I'm struggling with old play for London venue (7)","Answer":"OLYMPIA","Explanation":"Definition: London venue\nAnagram of I'M + OLD PLAY"}
-{"Clue":"Unlimited rich ore that filled ancient vessels (5)","Answer":"ICHOR","Explanation":"Definition: that filled ancient vessels\n[r]ICH OR[e]; it's \"the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods and\/or immortals.\""}
-{"Clue":"Plug English in top universities (7)","Answer":"ACADEME","Explanation":"Definition: universities\nAD (plug) + E in ACME (top)"}
-{"Clue":"Possible result of congress organised by Rome (6)","Answer":"EMBRYO","Explanation":"Definition: Possible result of congress\n(BY ROME)* \u2013 the congress being the sexual kind"}
-{"Clue":"Contested area in case pamphleteer comes round (9)","Answer":"PALESTINE","Explanation":"Definition: Contested area\nLEST (in case) in [Thomas] PAINE"}
-{"Clue":"Disturb cow in roundabout with no hesitation (7)","Answer":"INTRUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Disturb\nERMINTRUDE (the cow in The Magic Roundabout) less ERM; I think you need to be of a certain age to have a chance of parsing this,,,"}
-{"Clue":"Forget about plump female in new very big play (5,2,6)","Answer":"TIMON OF ATHENS","Explanation":"Definition: play\nReverse (\"about\") of OMIT (forget) + FAT HEN in N + OS (large)"}
-{"Clue":"Aegean islands perhaps make meandering patterns (5,4)","Answer":"GREEK KEYS","Explanation":"Definition: meandering patterns\nGREEKL (Aegean) + KEYS (Islands). A Greek Key is a meandering pattern used as a border."}
-{"Clue":"Roundabout very like one seen during the day before (7)","Answer":"EVASIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Roundabout\nV AS I in EVE (day before)"}
-{"Clue":"Stupendous upstanding citizen wins one bronze (7)","Answer":"TITANIC","Explanation":"Definition: Stupendous\nI TAN (bronze) in reverse of CIT[izen]"}
-{"Clue":"Ring about scenery put up for Euripides drama (7)","Answer":"ORESTES","Explanation":"Definition: Euripides drama\nO (ring) + RE (about) + reverse of SETS (theatrical scenery)"}
-{"Clue":"Probes go round it and go under it (6)","Answer":"SATURN","Explanation":"Definition: Probes go round it\nSA (Sex Appeal, \"it\") + TURN (a go)"}
-{"Clue":"River rises, overwhelming grand Scottish town (5)","Answer":"ELGIN","Explanation":"Definition: Scottish town\nG in reverse of NILE"}
-{"Clue":"Dramatic Brendan, hard to get head around (5)","Answer":"BEHAN","Explanation":"Definition: Dramatic Brendan\nH in BEAN (slang for head) \u2013 Brendan Behan was another Irish playwright"}
-{"Clue":"Heading for tenure? Too disorganised (2,5,2)","Answer":"EN ROUTE TO","Explanation":"Definition: Heading for\n(TENURE TOO)"}
-{"Clue":"Helpful software about transport, something that bears fruit in market (9)","Answer":"APPLECART","Explanation":"Definition: something that bears fruit in market\nCAR (transport) in APPLET (software)"}
-{"Clue":"Human with no end of hubris becoming dictator (5)","Answer":"PERON","Explanation":"Definition: dictator\nPERSON less [hubri]S"}
-{"Clue":"Repeatedly obstruct a 26 across on stage (7)","Answer":"BARBARA","Explanation":"Definition: 26 across on stage\nBAR twice + A; the definition referring to Shaw's *Major BarBara"}
-{"Clue":"Bond cut by M's predecessor? That's fair (7)","Answer":"CLEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: fair\nL (letter before M) in CEMENT"}
-{"Clue":"Like some booms, not quite as enjoyable (5)","Answer":"SONIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like some booms\nSO NIC[e]"}
-{"Clue":"Priest often in the limelight, delighting believers (3)","Answer":"ELI","Explanation":"Definition: Priest\nThe biblical priest is hidden in all three of limELIght, dELIghting and bELIevers *and also, as Greensward points out, in thE LImelight"}
-{"Clue":"One man and his dog coming to pass? (5,7)","Answer":"SAINT\u00a0BERNARD","Explanation":"Definition: One man\nJust about a triple definition, St Bernard is a man, a breed of dog and a mountain pass; though the definitions overlap, as the dog is named after the pass, which is named after the saint"}
-{"Clue":"Records including your old string players (7)","Answer":"LYRISTS","Explanation":"Definition: old string players\nYR in LISTS (records)"}
-{"Clue":"Tory leader's opposed to miner in speech (5)","Answer":"MAJOR","Explanation":"Definition: Tory leader\nSir John Major, former Tory leader and PM, and a contrast to the homophonic \"minor\""}
-{"Clue":"As 20, be turned into martyr (9)","Answer":"SEBASTIAN","Explanation":"Definition: martyr\nAnagram of AS SAINT (20a) BE. The unfortunate St Sebastian was eseentially martyred twice: first by arrows (which he miraculously survived) and then by being clubbed to death"}
-{"Clue":"Mythological sculptor producing a sign after less than minute (9)","Answer":"PYGMALION","Explanation":"Definition: Mythological sculptor\nSlightly less than PYGM[y] (minute, small) + A LION (zodiac sign)"}
-{"Clue":"Name enshrined in eternity as symbol of chastity (5)","Answer":"AGNES","Explanation":"Definition: symbol of chastity\nN in AGES; the name comes from a Greek word meaning pure or holy, and St Agnes is the patron saint of chastity. It's also the name of one of Shaw's elder sisters: she died of TB when he was 19."}
-{"Clue":"Rhyme scheme for group initially formed (4)","Answer":"ABBA","Explanation":"Definition: Rhyme scheme\nDouble definition: the Swedish group was named after the initial letters of its members names: Agnetha, Bj\u00f6rn, Benny and Anni-Frid"}
-{"Clue":"Escort's car phone broken (8)","Answer":"CHAPERON","Explanation":"Definition: Escort\n(CAR PHONE)"}
-{"Clue":"One-time ruler of style and manners, to some extent (4)","Answer":"ANNE","Explanation":"Definition: One-time ruler\nTwo (related) definitions: Queen ANNE is the one-time ruler, who gave her name to a style of furniture etc, and she is hidden in mANNErs"}
-{"Clue":"Different actor initially in role within grasp (8)","Answer":"SEPARATE","Explanation":"Definition: Different\nA in PART, all in SEE (to grasp)"}
-{"Clue":"Person watching play \u2014 could be endless pain in neck about it? (6)","Answer":"CRITIC","Explanation":"Definition: Person watching play\nIT in CRIC[k] (I originally guessed EROTIC as meaning \"about it\", but sadly it won't parse)"}
-{"Clue":"Have a drink with journalists or censor (10)","Answer":"SUPPRESSOR","Explanation":"Definition: censor\nSUP + PRESS + OR"}
-{"Clue":"King acted madly in theatre, executed patron (6)","Answer":"GEORGE","Explanation":"Definition: King acted madly in theatre\nThe King in Alan Bennett's *The Madness of George III*, and patron saint George, who was executed as a martyr"}
-{"Clue":"Old man's sweetheart portrayed as 20 by 28 (4)","Answer":"JOAN","Explanation":"Definition: Old man's sweetheart\nReferences to the stereotypical old couple Darby and Joan, and Shaw's play *Saint Joan*, about Joan of Arc"}
-{"Clue":"Name for boy, son protected by security (5)","Answer":"BASIL","Explanation":"Definition: Name for boy\nS in BAIL"}
-{"Clue":"Way in which reforms scare cad so (6,4)","Answer":"ACCESS ROAD","Explanation":"Definition: Way in\n(SCARE CAD SO)"}
-{"Clue":"Bore young child with Guardian leader, say (5)","Answer":"TOTED","Explanation":"Definition: Bore\nTOT (child) + ED[itor]"}
-{"Clue":"I am popular around place for wine drinking (8)","Answer":"IMBIBING","Explanation":"Definition: drinking\nBIN (where wine is stored) in I'm BIG"}
-{"Clue":"Eg Romeo and Juliet miscast in it, alas (8)","Answer":"ITALIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Eg Romeo and Juliet\n(IN IT ALAS)* \u2013 R & J is set in Verona"}
-{"Clue":"With respect to dances, provides new arrangement (6)","Answer":"REJIGS","Explanation":"Definition: provides new arrangement\nRE + JIGS"}
-{"Clue":"Family supporting relative briefly as singer (6)","Answer":"SISKIN","Explanation":"Definition: singer\nSIS[ter] + KIN"}
-{"Clue":"Help for travellers, representatives covering area (4)","Answer":"MAPS","Explanation":"Definition: Help for travellers\nA in MPS"}
-{"Clue":"Music critic consulted over Beethoven's Fifth (4)","Answer":"SHAW","Explanation":"Definition: Music critic\nFifth letter of beetHoven n SAW (consulted). GBS started off as a theatre and music critic"}
-{"Clue":"Curious final parts in addition to serious play (4)","Answer":"NOSY","Explanation":"Definition: Curious\nLast letters of additioN tO seriouS plaY"}
-{"Clue":"On stage, Bible not at first readable (7)","Answer":"LEGIBLE","Explanation":"Definition: readable\nLEG (stage, e.g. of a sporting contest) + [B]IBLE"}
-{"Clue":"From nightspot, ejects black cats (7)","Answer":"BOUNCES","Explanation":"Definition: From nightspot, ejects\nB[lack] + OUNCES (Snow Leopards \u2013 cats)"}
-{"Clue":"Troops in a body, almost (5)","Answer":"CORPS","Explanation":"Definition: Troops\nCORPS[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Policy for Twenty20 accident? (3-3-3)","Answer":"HIT-AND-RUN","Explanation":"Definition: accident\nTwenty20 is a shortened for of cricket where hit-and-run might be a good way to score runs quickly; it's also a road accident where the culprit flees the scene"}
-{"Clue":"Electronic device starts iron working (10)","Answer":"TRANSISTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Electronic device\n(STARTS IRON)"}
-{"Clue":"Left good books in pile for auction (3)","Answer":"LOT","Explanation":"Definition: pile for auction\nL + O[ld] T[estament]"}
-{"Clue":"Everything ready to forge glossy metals (3,7,2)","Answer":"ALL\u00a0SYSTEMS\u00a0GO","Explanation":"Definition: Everything ready\n(GLOSSY METALS)"}
-{"Clue":"Short of money, regularly taking stimulants? (2,4,6)","Answer":"ON\u00a0ONE\u2019S\u00a0UPPERS","Explanation":"Definition: Short of money\nDouble definition, uppers being stimulant drugs"}
-{"Clue":"It is dropped on the grass (3)","Answer":"DEW","Explanation":"Definition: It is dropped on the grass\nCryptic definition: dropped = consisting of drops"}
-{"Clue":"Its carriers are poles apart (5,5)","Answer":"SEDAN CHAIR","Explanation":"Definition: Its carriers are poles apart\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Aware when tin OK to recycle (2,3,4)","Answer":"IN THE KNOW","Explanation":"Definition: Aware\n(WHEN TIN OK)"}
-{"Clue":"Passage in a detached place (5)","Answer":"AISLE","Explanation":"Definition: Passage\nA + ISLE"}
-{"Clue":"In which conspirators are getting together (7)","Answer":"CAHOOTS","Explanation":"Definition: In which conspirators are getting together\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Star mark for tropical resort? (7)","Answer":"SUNSPOT","Explanation":"Definition: tropical resort\nSUN + SPOT"}
-{"Clue":"Find commanding officer getting in after time (6)","Answer":"LOCATE","Explanation":"Definition: Find\n~~CO~~ OC in LATE"}
-{"Clue":"Ranger managed to arrest European (6)","Answer":"GERMAN","Explanation":"Definition: European\n~~RANGER*~~ *Don't know where that came from: actually it's hidden in ranGER MANaged"}
-{"Clue":"Top salesman, hardly needed to shift this? (4,6)","Answer":"BEST SELLER","Explanation":"Definition: this\nA top salesman is a BEST SELLER, and BEST SELLERs (books) presumably don't need a salesman"}
-{"Clue":"Character of those whose energy is raised right up (5)","Answer":"ETHOS","Explanation":"Definition: Character\nTHOSE with E (energy) moved to the top"}
-{"Clue":"Last drink cheers (7,2)","Answer":"BOTTOMS UP","Explanation":"Definition: cheers\nBOTTOM (last) + SUP"}
-{"Clue":"Some fanciful name for part of the arm (4)","Answer":"ULNA","Explanation":"Definition: part of the arm\nHidden in fancifUL NAme"}
-{"Clue":"Negligent, not having transport round Spain (8)","Answer":"CARELESS","Explanation":"Definition: Negligent\nE (Spain) in CAR-LESS"}
-{"Clue":"Authority contains uprising (8)","Answer":"SANCTION","Explanation":"Definition: Authority\nCONTAINS"}
-{"Clue":"Fairy that's mischievous: clean her up (10)","Answer":"LEPRECHAUN","Explanation":"Definition: Fairy\n(CLEAN HER UP)"}
-{"Clue":"So swivel round when speaking for a glass of this? (9)","Answer":"SAUTERNES","Explanation":"Definition: this\nHomophone of \"so turn\""}
-{"Clue":"Token of success for heavy metal band? (4,4)","Answer":"GOLD DISC","Explanation":"Definition: Token of success\nGOLD is a heavy metal: not sure if a DISC is a band, or if this is just an extended cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Follow timepiece for two hours on duty (8)","Answer":"DOGWATCH","Explanation":"Definition: two hours on duty\nDOG (follow) + WATCH (timepiece)"}
-{"Clue":"Don't take opportunity to succeed at university (4,2)","Answer":"PASS UP","Explanation":"Definition: Don't take opportunity\nPASS (succeed in an exam) + UP (at university)"}
-{"Clue":"Find position in the east (6)","Answer":"ORIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Find position\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Formerly, a fascist symbol broken in half (2,3)","Answer":"AS WAS","Explanation":"Definition: Formerly\nA SWAS[tika]"}
-{"Clue":"He deserves woman's love (4)","Answer":"HERO","Explanation":"Definition: He deserves woman's love\nHER + O, and an extended definition"}
-{"Clue":"Intended heartlessly to follow United as a penance (9)","Answer":"ATONEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: penance\nAT ONE (united) + ME[a]NT"}
-{"Clue":"America, for example, backing employment (5)","Answer":"USAGE","Explanation":"Definition: employment\nUSA + reverse of E.G."}
-{"Clue":"Stray doctor provided the end of treatment (5)","Answer":"DRIFT","Explanation":"Definition: Stray\nDR + IF (provided) + [treatmen]T"}
-{"Clue":"Result of dental anaesthesia overdose? Idiot! (9)","Answer":"NUMBSKULL","Explanation":"Definition: Idiot\nToo much anaesthetic might give you a NUMB SKULL"}
-{"Clue":"In the middle of the red line (7)","Answer":"CENTRAL","Explanation":"Definition: In the middle\nDouble definition \u2013 the Central Line is red on the London Underground map"}
-{"Clue":"Title giving lad more trouble (7)","Answer":"EARLDOM","Explanation":"Definition: Title\n(LAD MORE)"}
-{"Clue":"Church chasing film vampire and bloodsucker (5)","Answer":"LEECH","Explanation":"Definition: bloodsucker\nLEE (Christopher Lee, who played Dracula in several films)"}
-{"Clue":"Annoying electronic sound endlessly made by buzzer (3)","Answer":"BEE","Explanation":"Definition: buzzer\nBEE[p]"}
-{"Clue":"Animal is a shy bear, by the sound of it (5)","Answer":"COYPU","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nCOY + homophone of [Winnie the] \"Pooh\""}
-{"Clue":"Number making heck of a racket in exam (7)","Answer":"ORDINAL","Explanation":"Definition: Number\nDIN in ORAL"}
-{"Clue":"Time for resolution as jury split by two different articles (7)","Answer":"JANUARY","Explanation":"Definition: Time for resolution\nAN and A separately, in JURY, with a reference to New Year's resolution"}
-{"Clue":"Strangely unrecognisable without being criminal (9)","Answer":"LARCENOUS","Explanation":"Definition: criminal\nUNRECOGNISABLE* less the letters of BEING"}
-{"Clue":"Useless computers holding writer back (5)","Answer":"INEPT","Explanation":"Definition: Useless\nReverse of PEN in IT (computers)"}
-{"Clue":"Not a street where things happen (5)","Answer":"VENUE","Explanation":"Definition: where things happen\nAVENUE (street) less A"}
-{"Clue":"Cockney pet mad about city (9)","Answer":"AMSTERDAM","Explanation":"Definition: city\n[h]AMSTER + reverse of MAD"}
-{"Clue":"What softens onion dhal, cooked with a tiny bit of turmeric (4,6)","Answer":"HAND LOTION","Explanation":"Definition: What softens\nAnagram of ONION DAHL + T[urmeric]"}
-{"Clue":"Gambler seen on top of tavern, he may be the finest yet (6,4,4)","Answer":"BETTER\u00a0THAN\u00a0EVER","Explanation":"Definition: the finest yet\nBETTER (gambler) + (TAVERN HE)"}
-{"Clue":"Boys back-to-back in the doghouse (6)","Answer":"KENNEL","Explanation":"Definition: doghouse\nKEN + reverse of LEN"}
-{"Clue":"Deep trouble following street in the morning rush (8)","Answer":"STAMPEDE","Explanation":"Definition: rush\nST + AM (in the morning) + DEEP"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy nightmare might be the case for Brazil (8)","Answer":"NUTSHELL","Explanation":"Definition: case for Brazil\nNUTS (crazy) HELL (nightmare)"}
-{"Clue":"Study Arabic, half drunk, for 24 hours (8)","Answer":"SATURDAY","Explanation":"Definition: 24 hours\nAnagram of STUDY + half of ARA[bic]"}
-{"Clue":"G'day! Swap taps for some strings (5)","Answer":"CELLO","Explanation":"Definition: some strings\nHELLO with H[ot] replaced by C[old]"}
-{"Clue":"Side and corner shot? Think again! (10)","Answer":"RECONSIDER","Explanation":"Definition: Think again\n(SIDE CORNER)"}
-{"Clue":"Quiet and timid, like Mickey, Jerry or Stuart? (5)","Answer":"MOUSY","Explanation":"Definition: Quiet and timid\nDouble definition \u2013 Mickey and Jerry are very well known mice, Stuart perhaps less obvious"}
-{"Clue":"Long-term, it's said you are in the finale (8)","Answer":"ENDURING","Explanation":"Definition: Long-term\nHomophone of \"you are\" in ENDING"}
-{"Clue":"Raise little dog just for one's holiday home? (8)","Answer":"BALMORAL","Explanation":"Definition: one's holiday home\nReverse of LAB[rador] MORAL (just); \"one's\" shows that it's the Queen's holiday home, though I think she stopped referring to herself as \"one\" some time ago, at least in public. I've always suspected this was because she was lampooned for it, as with her other catchphrase \"my husband and I\", which she also doesn't use any more"}
-{"Clue":"Fair, therefore bang on (4,2)","Answer":"JUST SO","Explanation":"Definition: bang on\nJUST (fair) + SO (therefore)"}
-{"Clue":"Schedule non-disclosure agree\u00adment after a long time (6)","Answer":"AGENDA","Explanation":"Definition: Schedule\nAGE + NDA"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing to be found between 13 down and 28 (4)","Answer":"LOVE","Explanation":"Definition: Nothing\n~~If you put O (zero, nothing) between 13d and 27a then we see ordina**L O VE**nue; it's not really an &lit (aka clue as definition), but that's the general idea~~ *Ignore that rubbish: it's hidden in celLO + VEnue \u2013 thanks wooden_tree"}
-{"Clue":"Volume of customers (4)","Answer":"TOME","Explanation":"Definition: Volume\nHidden in cusTOMErs"}
-{"Clue":"Hear simple story swapped on an aircraft (9)","Answer":"TAILPLANE","Explanation":"Definition: on an aircraft\nHomophone of \"plain tail\" with the elements interchanged. I don't like \"on an aircraft\" for \"part of an aircraft\": it's like my bugbear of \"in France\" for \"a place in France\""}
-{"Clue":"Man has trip, one in France (5)","Answer":"SHAUN","Explanation":"Definition: Man\nHAS* + UN (French for \"one\")"}
-{"Clue":"Saint even broke into two churches? Yes, that's risky (7)","Answer":"CHANCEY","Explanation":"Definition: risky\nEven letters of sAiNt in CH + CE, plus Y. A rather odd-looking spelling, but it's in the dictionaries"}
-{"Clue":"Touches margins, moving right towards the end (7)","Answer":"FINGERS","Explanation":"Definition: Touches\nFRINGES with the R moved almost to the end"}
-{"Clue":"Welsh party rejected holding hands with everyone (5)","Answer":"WORLD","Explanation":"Definition: everyone\nR[ight] and L[eft] in W + reverse of DO"}
-{"Clue":"Children's workspaces? Just the opposite (9)","Answer":"PLAYROOMS","Explanation":"Definition: Children's workspaces? Just the opposite\nThe best way I can find to parse this is that PLAY is \"Children's work\", plus ROOMS for \"spaces\", but it seems rather weak; maybe I'm missing something"}
-{"Clue":"Around court, Michael Corleone's worried, giving away no type of reaction (15)","Answer":"ELECTROCHEMICAL","Explanation":"Definition: type of reaction\nCT in anagram of MICHAEL CORLEONE, less NO"}
-{"Clue":"More clean than a mouse? (9)","Answer":"SQUEAKIER","Explanation":"Definition: More clean\ndouble\/cryptic definition, alluding to the expression \"squeaky clean\""}
-{"Clue":"Not better with sore bum (5)","Answer":"WORSE","Explanation":"Definition: Not better\nW[ith] + SORE"}
-{"Clue":"Amount of fancy stiff upper lip, for starters (7)","Answer":"FISTFUL","Explanation":"Definition: Amount\nSTIFF* + U[pper] L[ip]"}
-{"Clue":"Clubs and diamonds: bridge often going over these (7)","Answer":"DRIVERS","Explanation":"Definition: Clubs\nD[iamonds] + RIVERS (what some bridges go over)"}
-{"Clue":"Menageries house mass of flies (5)","Answer":"ZOOMS","Explanation":"Definition: flies\nM in ZOOS"}
-{"Clue":"Touring Panama, cooks get this food (9)","Answer":"SPAGHETTI","Explanation":"Definition: food\nPA in (GET THIS)"}
-{"Clue":"Small parasite sits on small bark of deciduous plants (10)","Answer":"STICKWEEDS","Explanation":"Definition: plants\nS + TICK (parasite) + WEE (small) + D[eciduou]S"}
-{"Clue":"Compile grid with ease? No way! (8)","Answer":"DISAGREE","Explanation":"Definition: No way\n(GRID EASE)*. The definition seems to be the wrong part of speech, but I suppose you could consider the answer as an exclamation, like \"no way!\""}
-{"Clue":"Arranged walk round Scotland's borders? On the contrary (6)","Answer":"SPACED","Explanation":"Definition: Arranged\nPACE in S[cotlan]D"}
-{"Clue":"Young horse born inside (4)","Answer":"BABY","Explanation":"Definition: Young\nB in BAY"}
-{"Clue":"Training note after he translated for old writer (3-7)","Answer":"PEN-FEATHER","Explanation":"Definition: old writer\nPE (training) + N + (AFTER HE)"}
-{"Clue":"Reynard's enemy is initially enjoying music over Ring cycle (8)","Answer":"ISENGRIM","Explanation":"Definition: Reynard's enemy\nIS + NGRI (\"cycled\" RING) in E[njoying] M[usic]. Isengrim is Reynard the Fox's uncle and enemy in the old fables"}
-{"Clue":"Greta trades her soul for unknown European summer house (6)","Answer":"GAZEBO","Explanation":"Definition: summer house\n[Greta] GARBO with the middle letter or \"soul\" replaced by Z (unknown) E[uropean]. The surface is presumably referring to Greta Thunberg"}
-{"Clue":"Finishes post from top to bottom (4)","Answer":"ENDS","Explanation":"Definition: Finishes\nSEND (post) with the S moved to the end, though \"from to to bottom\" doesn't really indicate this"}
-{"Clue":"Expert is left gambling on dollar with no gain (10)","Answer":"PROFITLESS","Explanation":"Definition: with no gain\nPRO + (IS LEFT)* + S (from the dollar sign, $)"}
-{"Clue":"Argentine's family has type of small white onion (10)","Answer":"SILVERSKIN","Explanation":"Definition: type of small white onion\nSILVER'S KIN \u2013 Argentine literally means \"silver\""}
-{"Clue":"Marine creature reportedly towed fellow by his pants (8)","Answer":"TOADFISH","Explanation":"Definition: Marine creature\n\"Towed\" + F + HIS* \u2013 an aptly named sea creature: also the nickname of a character in *Neighbours"}
-{"Clue":"Instrument, somewhat forgotten, rockets to the sky (8)","Answer":"CORNETTO","Explanation":"Definition: Instrument\nHidden in reverse of forgOTTEN ROCkets. As well as being a type of ice cream, the cornett or cornetto is an old musical instrument, not to be confused with the modern trumpet-like cornet"}
-{"Clue":"Result involved in hitting a six? (6)","Answer":"UPSHOT","Explanation":"Definition: Result\nA batsman might score a six as a result of a SHOT that goes UPwards"}
-{"Clue":"First flyer bearing straight (6)","Answer":"WRIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: First flyer\nW[est] (compass bearing) + RIGHT (straight); referring tp Wilbur Wright, though his was of course only the first *powered* flight"}
-{"Clue":"The Boys in Blue, or Blur? (4)","Answer":"FUZZ","Explanation":"Definition: The Boys in Blue\nDouble definition, \"the fuzz\" being slang (of uncertain origin \u2013 possibly from either \"fuss\" or \"force\") for the police (aka the boys in blue)"}
-{"Clue":"After injecting drug, parent is numb (4)","Answer":"DEAD","Explanation":"Definition: numb\nE[cstasy] in DAD"}
-{"Clue":"Grated cheese enveloping something in rank marinade (9)","Answer":"ESCABECHE","Explanation":"Definition: marinade\nCAB (taxi \u2013 found in a rank) in CHEESE"}
-{"Clue":"Dock unloaded citrus fruit and fish (4)","Answer":"SHAD","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nSHADDOCK (citrus fruit) less DOCK"}
-{"Clue":"Indian language? See this cant I'd translated for a dictionary (5)","Answer":"ORIYA","Explanation":"Definition: Indian language\nComposite anagram: (A DICTIONARY)* = ORIYA CANT I'D"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of money that's short in a payment for land measure (6)","Answer":"ARPENT","Explanation":"Definition: land measure\nP (abbreviation penny) in A RENT (payment); \"land\" could be attached to either \"payment for\" or \"measure\": I think \"land measure\" is the intended definition"}
-{"Clue":"Revels? Disorderly sort limiting lives (6)","Answer":"ROISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Revels\nIS (lives) in SORT"}
-{"Clue":"Mineral was smashed with end of sledge (7)","Answer":"G\u00d6THITE","Explanation":"Definition: Mineral\nGOT HIT + [sledg]E \u2013 an alternative spelling of the mineral Goethite, which is named after the poet Goethe"}
-{"Clue":"An Asian tree alongside English poplar (5)","Answer":"ABELE","Explanation":"Definition: poplar\nA BEL (Asian tree) + E"}
-{"Clue":"Ache being denied wine, making the old smirk (4)","Answer":"GREN","Explanation":"Definition: the old smirk\nGRENACHE (wine) less ACHE \u2013 old form of \"grin\""}
-{"Clue":"A gun cast in e.g. bronze, mature? See set of linguistic symbols (12)","Answer":"METALANGUAGE","Explanation":"Definition: set of linguistic symbols\n(A GUN)* in METAL + AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Clever? It shows dash when you do (4)","Answer":"CUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Clever\nIf you CUT the E from CUTE, you get CUT, one of whose definitions in Chambers is \"to dash, go quickly\" (as in \"cut along!\")"}
-{"Clue":"Points on the board, we hear? Low points (5)","Answer":"SCAWS","Explanation":"Definition: Low points\nHomophone (for non-rhotic speakers) of \"scores\"; a scaw is a low headland"}
-{"Clue":"You may see some lad excited by me (7)","Answer":"DAMOSEL","Explanation":"Definition: You may see some lad excited by me\n(SOME LAD)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Seed coverings air buffeted around badly (6)","Answer":"ARILLI","Explanation":"Definition: Seed coverings\nILL in AIR"}
-{"Clue":"Milton wrote this of marsh plants (6)","Answer":"REEDEN","Explanation":"Definition: of marsh plants\nMilton wrote RE (about) [the garden of] EDEN in *Paradise Lost"}
-{"Clue":"Its contents are arranged for printing, in the writer's opinion? (5)","Answer":"FORME","Explanation":"Definition: Its contents are arranged for printing\nFOR ME (in my opinion)"}
-{"Clue":"Sheila's irritable, still rebuffed about love (4)","Answer":"TOEY","Explanation":"Definition: Sheila's irritable\nO in reverse of YET (still) \u2013 Australian slang for \"irritable\""}
-{"Clue":"Local watercourse in Britain, one revealing pike-like fish (9)","Answer":"GREEN-BONE","Explanation":"Definition: pike-like fish\nREEN (dialect word for a ditch or watercourse) in GB + ONE"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit cocktail and sandwich (requiring short time to open it)? (5)","Answer":"SHRUB","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit cocktail\nHR (abbreviated \"hour\") in SUB (sandwich); this shrub is \"a mixed drink of lemon or other citrus fruit..\""}
-{"Clue":"Delay once getting under lid for pill (6)","Answer":"CAPLET","Explanation":"Definition: pill\nCAP (lid) + LET (delay, marked as \"archaic\", but in the same sense as found in \"let or hindrance\")"}
-{"Clue":"A stopper (4)","Answer":"BUNG","Explanation":"Definition: A stopper\nThe competition word, or what should have been\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Otic area pest, possibly a flea? (12)","Answer":"ECTOPARASITE","Explanation":"Definition: possibly a flea\n(OTIC AREA PEST)"}
-{"Clue":"Sydney harbour feature, note, in papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9? (12)","Answer":"CARTON\u2011PIERRE","Explanation":"Definition: papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9\nCARTON (Sydney, as in *A Tale of Two Cities*) + PIER (harbour feature)"}
-{"Clue":"Outsiders going for shoot that creates a carry-on (5)","Answer":"HOO-HA","Explanation":"Definition: carry-on\nsHOOt tHAt minus the outer letters of each word"}
-{"Clue":"What makes an Isis rite \u2013 i.e. in these being rattled? (6)","Answer":"SISTRA","Explanation":"Definition: What makes an Isis rite \u2013 i.e. in these being rattled\nAnother composite anagram, and also and &lit. (AN ISIS RITE)* = I.E. IN SISTRA; plural of \"sistrum\", which is \"an ancient Egyptian rattle, used in Isis-worship\""}
-{"Clue":"Bairn that's good, yet spoilt (4)","Answer":"GYTE","Explanation":"Definition: Bairn\nG + YET"}
-{"Clue":"Dread Shakespearean blather and tortured tenses (9)","Answer":"GASTNESSE","Explanation":"Definition: Dread Shakespearean\nGAS (blather) + TENSES"}
-{"Clue":"Dejected when damn rings puncture (7)","Answer":"DEFLATE","Explanation":"Definition: Dejected\nFLAT (a puncture) \"ringed by\" DEE (i.e. D, euphemism for \"damn\"), though the definition surely points to DEFLATED. *Thanks to Dansar for the correction: it's FLAT (dejected) in DEE, with \"puncture\" as the definition."}
-{"Clue":"What Baden Powell encouraged affected clubs, a large number (9)","Answer":"CAMPCRAFT","Explanation":"Definition: What Baden Powell encouraged\nCAMP (affected) + C[lubs] + RAFT (large number)"}
-{"Clue":"Hatch limitless wealth kept in pot (7)","Answer":"GUICHET","Explanation":"Definition: Hatch\n[r]ICHE[s] in GUT (pot[-belly]) \u2013 familiar as the French word for a ticket-office"}
-{"Clue":"One among heavenly bodies in flight (6)","Answer":"STAIRS","Explanation":"Definition: flight\nI in STARS"}
-{"Clue":"Nutritious fern, number fringing neglected road (6)","Answer":"NARDOO","Explanation":"Definition: Nutritious fern\nROAD in NO (number)"}
-{"Clue":"Idle Aussie, very nippy by the sound of it (5)","Answer":"POLER","Explanation":"Definition: Idle Aussie\nHomophone of \"polar\", very cold; Australian slang for a shirker"}
-{"Clue":"Eyesore? He admitted there's not so many in Scotland (5)","Answer":"WHEEN","Explanation":"Definition: not so many in Scotland\nHE in WEN (eyesore, as in \"The Great Wen\" for London); it's a Scots word for a few"}
-{"Clue":"Smur in Glasgow or Dundee coming up (4)","Answer":"DROW","Explanation":"Definition: Smur\nHidden in reverse of glasgoW OR Dundee; Chambers gives \"fine misty rain\" for \"smur\" and \" drizzling mist\" for DROW: there may be a subtle distinction between the two: in any case, both are familiar to those of us who regularly visit Scotland (for obvious reasons I have had to cancel my next visit, which was due in May)"}
-{"Clue":"Sprat (male) goes for this, a line that's loaded I cast (4)","Answer":"LEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Sprat (male) goes for this\n(A LINE)* less I, with a reference to the nursery rhyme: \"Jack Sprat would eat no fat\" (unlike his wife, hence the \"(male)\")"}
-{"Clue":"Time to attack endlessly unfair work conditions (4,4)","Answer":"ZERO HOUR","Explanation":"Definition: Time to attack\nA ZERO HOURS contract is where one is tied to an employer but with no guarantee of work; truncate that and you get the military expression"}
-{"Clue":"Express's quiet about Con\u00adservative power grab (6)","Answer":"PUTSCH","Explanation":"Definition: power grab\nPUT (express \u2013 as in \"put it this way\") + C in SH"}
-{"Clue":"They reward theatrics from the likes of Blair? (6)","Answer":"TONIES","Explanation":"Definition: They reward theatrics\nDouble definition \u2013 the Tony Awards (more often pluralised as Tonys, I think) are for excellence in live Broadway theatre"}
-{"Clue":"In charge in any pub, moving stock up frantically (5,3)","Answer":"PANIC BUY","Explanation":"Definition: stock up frantically\nIC in (ANY PUB)* \u2013 this clue is the nearest reference I've seen to the current situation in a daily puzzle: maybe just a coincidence, though there was some panic buying, particularly of toilet rolls, for some time before the lockdown"}
-{"Clue":"Put up with someone hard to put up with (4)","Answer":"BORE","Explanation":"Definition: Put up with\nDouble definition: I originally guessed BEAR, but the first \"put up\" in the clue is in the past tense"}
-{"Clue":"One in the balance on horse almost balances (10)","Answer":"EQUILIBRIA","Explanation":"Definition: balances\nEQUI[ne] *(or more likely EQUI[d])* (horse) + I in LIBRA (scales, balance)"}
-{"Clue":"Effortless adoption thus returned second sibling (7)","Answer":"OSMOSIS","Explanation":"Definition: Effortless adoption\nRevere of SO (thus) + MO (moment, second) + SIS"}
-{"Clue":"Hygiene issue not even in town (7)","Answer":"BOROUGH","Explanation":"Definition: town\nBO (body odour) + ROUGH (uneven)"}
-{"Clue":"Condition of lush sauces by Arab American (10)","Answer":"DIPSOMANIA","Explanation":"Definition: Condition of lush\nDIPS (sauces) + OMANI (Arab) + A[merican] \u2013 a lush is a drunkard"}
-{"Clue":"Desire heterosexual embraces (4)","Answer":"EROS","Explanation":"Definition: Desire\nHidden in hetEROSexual"}
-{"Clue":"Stylish and posh, favourite clothing brand (8)","Answer":"UPMARKET","Explanation":"Definition: Stylish\nU (upper-class, posh) + MARK (brand) in PET (favourite)"}
-{"Clue":"Setter and setter drinking drink and drink (6)","Answer":"IMBIBE","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nI (the setter) + BIB (drink) in ME (the setter again)"}
-{"Clue":"Deer's back, lassoed by worker's chain (6)","Answer":"ANKLET","Explanation":"Definition: chain\nReverse of ELK in ANT"}
-{"Clue":"Covers no more songs (8)","Answer":"OVERLAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Covers\nOVER (no more \u2013 as in \"trips to the pub are no more\") + LAYS (songs)"}
-{"Clue":"Adoring hip-hop singer in pieces without awful noise (4-11)","Answer":"HERO\u2011WORSHIPPING","Explanation":"Definition: Adoring\n~~Reverse of~~ ROW (noise) in (HIP HOP SINGER)"}
-{"Clue":"Bobby Charlton's header, running fast after cut back by reserve (6,9)","Answer":"POLICE\u00a0CONSTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Bobby\nThis took me a while to parse: it's POL (reverse of LOP, cut) + ICE (reserve) + C[harlton] + ON (running) + STABLE (fast, as in firm, fixed)"}
-{"Clue":"Disapproval for Mister Barking's promotional activity (10)","Answer":"BOOSTERISM","Explanation":"Definition: promotional activity\nBOOS + MISTER"}
-{"Clue":"One with no degree of theatre work in Tudor plays (7)","Answer":"DROPOUT","Explanation":"Definition: One with no degree\nOP (work in an operating theatre) in TUDOR"}
-{"Clue":"Paper bags quietly turned around (4)","Answer":"SPUN","Explanation":"Definition: turned around\nP in SUN (newspaper)"}
-{"Clue":"Where people are both in and out of capital? (11,4)","Answer":"STOCKBROKER\u00a0BELT","Explanation":"Definition: Where people are both in and out of capital\nDouble\/cryptic definition: the stockbroker belt is outside of London, and stockbrokers work in capital (i.e. money)"}
-{"Clue":"Moralising work of Corbyn is trashed with gusto (8,3,4)","Answer":"SCOUTING\u00a0FOR\u00a0BOYS","Explanation":"Definition: Moralising work\n(OF CORBYN IS GUSTO)"}
-{"Clue":"Appear with the greatest film doubles (10)","Answer":"LOOKALIKES","Explanation":"Definition: doubles\nLOOK (appear) + ALI (The Greatest) + KES (film)"}
-{"Clue":"Jack ejected from meeting for insincere emotion (7)","Answer":"UNCTION","Explanation":"Definition: insincere emotion\nJUNCTION (meeting) less J"}
-{"Clue":"Strip and remove shell of jet plane (4)","Answer":"KITE","Explanation":"Definition: plane\nKIT (strip \u2013 as in sportswear) + [j]E[t]"}
-{"Clue":"How bird might attack pig in London? (7)","Answer":"PECKHAM","Explanation":"Definition: in London\nPECK HAM"}
-{"Clue":"Where to worship American actress (6)","Answer":"TEMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Where to worship\nDouble definition: I took the actress to be child star Shirley Temple, but no doubt there are others to choose from"}
-{"Clue":"Figure skater's endlessly upset to hide Queen's disease from sheep (5,3)","Answer":"LIVER ROT","Explanation":"Definition: disease from sheep\nER in reverse of [Jayne] TORVIL[L]"}
-{"Clue":"He's a wizard craftsman (6)","Answer":"POTTER","Explanation":"Definition: He's a wizard\nDouble definition; no doubt about the name this time: it's Harry POTTER"}
-{"Clue":"Deregulation left big airlines in trouble (12)","Answer":"LIBERALISING","Explanation":"Definition: Deregulation\nL + (BIG AIRLINES)"}
-{"Clue":"Gerrard's dribbling around United's area for defensive players (10)","Answer":"REARGUARDS","Explanation":"Definition: defensive players\nU + A in (GERRARDS)"}
-{"Clue":"Unit expresses surprise with onset of march (3)","Answer":"OHM","Explanation":"Definition: Unit\nOH! (expression of surprise) + M[arch]. The ohm is the unit of electrical resistance"}
-{"Clue":"Goes without outer garments when it's this? (3)","Answer":"HOT","Explanation":"Definition: Goes without outer garments when it's this\nSHOTS (tries, goes) without its outer letters, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Ruthless king invades? Had a little trap recalled (4-6)","Answer":"HARD-BITTEN","Explanation":"Definition: Ruthless\nR (king) in HAD BIT + reverse of NET"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor: ' \u2026 er, you're still lacking determination' (12)","Answer":"IRRESOLUTELY","Explanation":"Definition: lacking determination\n(ER YOU'RE STILL)"}
-{"Clue":"Properties of 19 rivers (6)","Answer":"HOUSES","Explanation":"Definition: Properties\nH[ot] + OUSES; normally it would be odd to have a plural of a river name, but there are several OUSES in England"}
-{"Clue":"Crack, Viagra, injecting cocaine and ecstasy at church residence \u2026 (8)","Answer":"VICARAGE","Explanation":"Definition: church residence\nC[ocaine] in VIAGRA* + E[cstasy]"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 begging rector to quit coughing up (6)","Answer":"PAYING","Explanation":"Definition: coughing up\nPRAYING less R"}
-{"Clue":"Those searching find M is his and ____ (7)","Answer":"FISHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Those searching\nIn contrast to M[ale] is his, F[emale] IS HERS"}
-{"Clue":"European cry at a bullfight under pressure (4)","Answer":"POLE","Explanation":"Definition: European\nP[ressure] + OL\u00c9"}
-{"Clue":"50% off Royalist's wine (4)","Answer":"CAVA","Explanation":"Definition: wine\nHalf of CAVAlier"}
-{"Clue":"Husband's mistake at home? Gutting ginormous fish! (8)","Answer":"HERRINGS","Explanation":"Definition: fish\nH + ERR (to mistake) + IN (at home) + G[inormou]S"}
-{"Clue":"Sculptor, extraordinary inside? (5)","Answer":"MOORE","Explanation":"Definition: Sculptor\nThe answer (Henry Moore) was clear from the crossing letters, but the parsing to me a little longer: we have to \"lift-and-separate\" \"extraordinary\" to get MORE (extra) with O (ordinary) inside"}
-{"Clue":"Foreign state finally caps toxic waste (6)","Answer":"EXOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Foreign\n[stat]E + TOXIC"}
-{"Clue":"Cat tiptoes around in underwear (10)","Answer":"PETTICOATS","Explanation":"Definition: underwear\n(CAT TIPTOES)"}
-{"Clue":"Feeling of anger from pledge to marry? Run for good (10)","Answer":"ENRAGEMENT","Explanation":"Definition: Feeling of anger\nENGAGEMENT (pledge to marry) with G[ood] replaced by R[un]"}
-{"Clue":"Praised twin somersaulting over short boy (6)","Answer":"LAUDED","Explanation":"Definition: Praised\nReverse of DUAL (twin) + ED"}
-{"Clue":"Mischievous piece on man of the cloth (10)","Answer":"ARCHBISHOP","Explanation":"Mischievous piece on man of the cloth (10)\nARCH (mischievous) + BISHOP (chess piece)"}
-{"Clue":"Unable to toss buyer over river in Kent (10)","Answer":"CANTERBURY","Explanation":"Definition: in Kent\nCAN'T ([is] unable) + R[iver] in BUYER* \u2013 the second instance of using \"in X\" to mean \"a place in X\" \u2013 see also 1a: not my favourite device"}
-{"Clue":"Productive story needs no introduction (6)","Answer":"ARABLE","Explanation":"Definition: Productive\n[P]ARABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Maybe Venus shall aim poorly on first serve (8)","Answer":"WILLIAMS","Explanation":"Definition: Maybe Venus\nWILL (shall) + AIM* + S[erve] \u2013 the definition refers to the tennis player"}
-{"Clue":"Moving east, the navy is behind (6)","Answer":"ASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: behind\nEAST* + R[oyal] N[avy]"}
-{"Clue":"Article about one following crook (5)","Answer":"THIEF","Explanation":"Definition: crook\nI in THE + F[ollowing]"}
-{"Clue":"Feeble, energy dropping? Become animate (4)","Answer":"WAKE","Explanation":"Definition: Become animate\nWEAK with the E \"dropping\" to the end"}
-{"Clue":"During flights, we push back seats (4)","Answer":"PEWS","Explanation":"Definition: seats\nHidden in reverse of flightS, WE Push"}
-{"Clue":"Meet South African model returning before start of fashion year (7)","Answer":"SATISFY","Explanation":"Definition: Meet\nSA + reverse of SIT (to model) + F[ashion] + Y"}
-{"Clue":"Try getting place in athletic 23 (4,3)","Answer":"SHOT PUT","Explanation":"Definition: athletic 23\nSHOT (a try, as in \"give it a shot\") + PUT (to place)"}
-{"Clue":"Join university side, leaving in the morning (5)","Answer":"UNITE","Explanation":"Definition: Join\nUNI + TEAM less A.M."}
-{"Clue":"Charm hostage over a time (9)","Answer":"CAPTIVATE","Explanation":"Definition: Charm\nA T in CAPTIVE"}
-{"Clue":"Party has a politician that's informative (10)","Answer":"REVELATORY","Explanation":"Definition: informative\nREVEL (party) + A TORY"}
-{"Clue":"Heat black fossil fuel (4)","Answer":"BOIL","Explanation":"Definition: Heat\nB + OIL"}
-{"Clue":"Remaining excellent (11)","Answer":"OUTSTANDING","Explanation":"Definition: Remaining\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Firework in love story about foreign land (5,6)","Answer":"ROMAN\u00a0CANDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Firework\nLAND* in ROMANCE"}
-{"Clue":"Works a treat, reversing to include charge (4)","Answer":"TASK","Explanation":"Definition: charge\nHidden in reverse of worKS A Treat"}
-{"Clue":"No pay rise, as few agree arrange\u00adment before final letter to Europe (4,6)","Answer":"WAGE FREEZE","Explanation":"Definition: No pay rise\n(FEW AGREE)* + Z (final letter) + E[urope]"}
-{"Clue":"Feature sensible dinner service (9)","Answer":"CHINAWARE","Explanation":"Definition: dinner service\nCHIN (feature) + AWARE (sensible, in an older sense of the word)"}
-{"Clue":"Old first to be present (5)","Answer":"EXIST","Explanation":"Old first to be present (5)\nEX (old, former) + 1ST"}
-{"Clue":"Left top off groups of bananas as meals (7)","Answer":"LUNCHES","Explanation":"Definition: meals\nL + [B]UNCHES"}
-{"Clue":"Nominal time in strange ritual (7)","Answer":"TITULAR","Explanation":"Definition: Nominal\nT in RITUAL"}
-{"Clue":"True Conservative shape (6)","Answer":"SQUARE","Explanation":"Definition: True\nThree definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Pinch article about one empty vehicle (6)","Answer":"THIEVE","Explanation":"Definition: Pinch\nI (one) in THE (article) + V[ehicl]E"}
-{"Clue":"Entranced by time before spring (10)","Answer":"SPELLBOUND","Explanation":"Definition: Entranced\nSPELL (a time) + BOUND (to spring)"}
-{"Clue":"Leaders of yesteryear approach captain helming tourist vessel (5)","Answer":"YACHT","Explanation":"Definition: vessel\nFirst letters of Yesteryear Approach Captain Helming Tourist"}
-{"Clue":"Curtains put up across mantle regularly pulled apart (9)","Answer":"SEPARATED","Explanation":"Definition: pulled apart\nAlternate letters of mAnTlE in reverse of DRAPES"}
-{"Clue":"Notice of death from mosquito bite (4)","Answer":"OBIT","Explanation":"Definition: Notice of death\nHidden in mosquitO BITe"}
-{"Clue":"Non-physical complaint head of medicine dismissed wrongly (8)","Answer":"PLATONIC","Explanation":"Definition: Non-physical\nAnagram of COMPLAINT less M[edicine]"}
-{"Clue":"Old record those people keep for study of religion (8)","Answer":"THEOLOGY","Explanation":"Definition: study of religion\nO LOG in THEY"}
-{"Clue":"Tender name broadcast as expression of love (10)","Answer":"ENDEARMENT","Explanation":"Definition: expression of love\n(TENDER NAME)"}
-{"Clue":"Hooligans drop onto a path leading south (9)","Answer":"TEARAWAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Hooligans\nTEAR (rhyming with \"beer\" \u2013 a drop) + A WAY + S"}
-{"Clue":"Crazy mount rearing following quiet procedure (8)","Answer":"PROTOCOL","Explanation":"Definition: procedure\nP followed by reverse of LOCO (crazy) + TOR (hill, mount)"}
-{"Clue":"Love calling for exclusion (8)","Answer":"OMISSION","Explanation":"Definition: exclusion\nO (zero, love) + MISSION (calling)"}
-{"Clue":"Den raised after a bit of excitement in the air (6)","Answer":"AERIAL","Explanation":"Definition: in the air\nA + E[xcitement] + reverse of LAIR (den)"}
-{"Clue":"Fool rejects shuffling with no clubs (6)","Answer":"JESTER","Explanation":"Definition: Fool\nAnagram of REJECTS less C[lubs]"}
-{"Clue":"English opening race perhaps (5)","Answer":"EVENT","Explanation":"Definition: race perhaps\nE + VENT (opening)"}
-{"Clue":"Clean with volcanic dust (4)","Answer":"WASH","Explanation":"Definition: Clean\nW[ith] + ASH"}
-{"Clue":"Plant, during historical period, run inside spy organisation (9)","Answer":"CINERARIA","Explanation":"Definition: Plant\nIN ERA + R in CIA"}
-{"Clue":"Source of news heard in 1045 and 1115, for instance (5)","Answer":"TIMES","Explanation":"Definition: Source of news\nThe newspaper, and 1045 and 1115 can both be seen as times of day \u2013 \"heard\", I suppose, because you would expect some punctuation in them, as 10:45 and 11:15"}
-{"Clue":"They're out every year, you said, breaking records (7)","Answer":"ANNUALS","Explanation":"Definition: They're out every year\nU (\"you\") in ANNALS \u2013 the annuals could be either annual plants or books"}
-{"Clue":"Opening of games at Scottish town that got off to flying start in 1930 (7)","Answer":"GATWICK","Explanation":"Definition: that got off to flying start in 1930\nG[ames] AT WICK \u2013 according to Wikipedia. \"Gatwick opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920s; it has been in use for commercial flights since 1933\", but the official Gatwick website says that \"Gatwick Airport began life in 1930 as the Surrey Aero Club\""}
-{"Clue":"Noted runners from previous era hurrying back (5)","Answer":"HARES","Explanation":"Definition: Noted runners\nHidden in reverse of previouS ERA Hurrying"}
-{"Clue":"In 2001 he computed a bit less than 45 minutes? (3)","Answer":"HAL","Explanation":"Definition: In 2001 he computed\nThe name of the computer in the film *2001: A Space Odyssey* \u2013 I think the wordplay is a truncated HAL[f], referring to the 45 minutes of the halves of a game of football (\"a games of two halves\")"}
-{"Clue":"Agreement commemorated in 2015 revised as act (anagram) (5,5)","Answer":"MAGNA CARTA","Explanation":"Definition: Agreement commemorated in 2015\n(ACT ANAGRAM)"}
-{"Clue":"Lecherous racist misbehaving around end of century (7)","Answer":"SATYRIC","Explanation":"Definition: Lecherous\n[centur]Y in RACIST"}
-{"Clue":"From 2020, produces scores in sections over short time (7)","Answer":"BISECTS","Explanation":"Definition: From 2020, produces scores\nSEC[ond] in BITS (sections). If you bisect 2020 you get two 20s, or scores"}
-{"Clue":"Fun starting in 1913 irritated a lot left out (9)","Answer":"CROSSWORD","Explanation":"Definition: Fun starting in 1913\nCROSS (irritated) + WORLD (a lot) less L. The famous \"word-cross\" puzzle by Arthur Wynne was published in 1913"}
-{"Clue":"Dispersed in mass burial in 1666 (5,9)","Answer":"ANNUS\u00a0MIRABILIS","Explanation":"Definition: 1666\n(IN MASS BURIAL IN)*. Several years have been described as an *annus mirabilis*: 1666 was one which was particularly fruitful for Isaac Newton (while he was sheltering from the Great Plague)"}
-{"Clue":"MP in 1983, initially, he was recalled for 1984 (5)","Answer":"BLAIR","Explanation":"Definition: MP in 1983\nTony Blair was first elected as an MP in 1983, and Eric Blair, aka George Orwell, wrote 1984 (or, more accurately, *Nineteen Eighty-four*)"}
-{"Clue":"Eve of historic event in 1916, for which date's varying with year (6,3)","Answer":"EASTER DAY","Explanation":"Definition: Eve of historic event in 1916\nThe Irish Easter Rising began on Easter Monday, 1916; and the date of Easter varies from year to year *and more cleverly, as Lord Jim points out in the comments, it's an anagram of DATE'S + YEAR"}
-{"Clue":"Historical tax for one joining union in 1707 (4)","Answer":"SCOT","Explanation":"Definition: Historical tax\nScot is an old tax (as in \"scot free\"), and the union of Scotland (i.e. the SCOTs) and England took place in 1707"}
-{"Clue":"Call number set up, like a moment\u00adous step taken in 1969? (3-3)","Answer":"ONE-MAN","Explanation":"Definition: like a moment\u00adous step taken in 1969\nReverse of NAME NO, and a reference to Neil Armstrong's \"one small step for [a] man\", which could be described as a \"one-man step\""}
-{"Clue":"France's extremely dated monarch, unwelcome visitor (10)","Answer":"TRESPASSER","Explanation":"Definition: unwelcome visitor\nTRES (French \"very\", extremely) + PASS\u00c9 + R (king or queen, monarch)"}
-{"Clue":"Prepares for 2027 and 2029, for example (6)","Answer":"PRIMES","Explanation":"Definition: Prepares\nDouble definition: 2027 and 2029 are both prime numbers. A famous unsolved problem in number theory, the Twin Primes conjecture, is whether there are infinitely many pairs of primes that differ by 2"}
-{"Clue":"16th-century music distracted capital over half a century (8)","Answer":"MADRIGAL","Explanation":"Definition: 16th-century music\nMAD (distracted) + RIGA (capital of Latvia) + L (50, half of 100)"}
-{"Clue":"Article penned by second-century bishop, one undermining union (4)","Answer":"SCAB","Explanation":"Definition: one undermining union\nA in S + C + B. A scab is a strike-breaker"}
-{"Clue":"Military exercises that started to link two countries in 1988 (8)","Answer":"DRILLING","Explanation":"Definition: Military exercises\nDouble definition: construction of the Channel Tunnel began in 1988"}
-{"Clue":"Parts of every year produce confusion, so to speak (4)","Answer":"DAYS","Explanation":"Definition: Parts of every year\nHomophone of \"daze\""}
-{"Clue":"Since 1882, it marks success in tests for trees (5)","Answer":"ASHES","Explanation":"Definition: Since 1882, it marks success in tests\nDouble definition: reference to The Ashes"}
-{"Clue":"Properties split among people in 1117 (10)","Answer":"TIMESHARES","Explanation":"Definition: Properties split among people\nA cheeky of charade of two other answers from the puzzle: TIMES (11) + HARES (17)"}
-{"Clue":"Takes off a Romantic author (1795-1821) (5)","Answer":"KEATS","Explanation":"Definition: a Romantic author (1795-1821)\nTAKES* \u2013 this would be a perfectly acceptable clue without the dates, but they fit nicely with the theme"}
-{"Clue":"Like some numbers, within moderation always (8)","Answer":"RATIONAL","Explanation":"Definition: Like some numbers\nHidden in modeRATION ALways. Rational numbers are those that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers"}
-{"Clue":"Male, having no heart about middle of 60s, was intimidating (8)","Answer":"HECTORED","Explanation":"Definition: was intimidating\nHE (male) + middle letter of sixTies in CORED (\"having no heart\")"}
-{"Clue":"Like hundreds of dates accepted by male singer, American tough guy (6)","Answer":"BADASS","Explanation":"Definition: American tough guy\nA.D. (as hundreds, indeed thousands, of dates) in BASS"}
-{"Clue":"Preserve commercial area in country since 1867 (6)","Answer":"CANADA","Explanation":"Definition: country since 1867\nCAN (to preserve) + AD + A. Canada was created as a federal dominion in 1867: I was surprised to find this was so recent"}
-{"Clue":"Hint, having book set in 1728, say (4)","Answer":"CUBE","Explanation":"Definition: 1728, say\nB in CUE. 1728 is the cube of 12"}
-{"Clue":"Small rescue vessel, in 1945, lib\u00aderated part of the British Isles (4)","Answer":"SARK","Explanation":"Definition: in 1945, lib\u00aderated part of the British Isles\nS + ARK. Sark is one of the Channel Islands, liberated from Nazi occupation in 1945. (Geographically speaking the Channel Islands are not strictly part of the British Isles)"}
-{"Clue":"By the sound of it, a Channel Island providing oversea refuge in 1746 (4)","Answer":"SKYE","Explanation":"Definition: Island providing oversea refuge in 1746\nHomophone of SKY (TV channel), and a reference to Bonnie Prince Charlie going \"over the sea to Skye\""}
-{"Clue":"Typecast in play, initially hope for change (5,4)","Answer":"PETTY CASH","Explanation":"Definition: change\nTYPECAST* + H[ope]"}
-{"Clue":"Away from the borders, raid a hostile state (5)","Answer":"IDAHO","Explanation":"Definition: state\nHidden in raID A HOstile"}
-{"Clue":"Chair here (own Scots pine, for example) (7)","Answer":"AINTREE","Explanation":"Definition: Chair here\nAIN (Scots \"own\", as in \"my ain folk\") + TREE (e.g. a pine). The Chair is a famous fence at Aintree racecourse, jumped in the Grand National for example"}
-{"Clue":"Oversexed pair flopping with film (7)","Answer":"PRIAPIC","Explanation":"Definition: Oversexed\nPAIR* + PIC"}
-{"Clue":"Poet in old film (4)","Answer":"OVID","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nO + VID[eo]"}
-{"Clue":"One could get fleeced here in court \u2014 lawyers principally stick together (4,6)","Answer":"WOOL-STAPLE","Explanation":"Definition: One could get fleeced here\nWOO (to court) + L[awyers] + STAPLE (to stick together) \u2013 it's \"a market where wool is sold\" (given as two words in Chambers); \"staple\" here is related to \"stable\", meaning it was a fixed market"}
-{"Clue":"Careful of the short gap at end of runway (7)","Answer":"THRIFTY","Explanation":"Definition: Careful\nTH[e] + RIFT (gap) + [runwa]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Understand about opening heart in solemn procession (7)","Answer":"CORTEGE","Explanation":"Definition: solemn procession\nGET (to understand) reversed (about) in CORE (heart)"}
-{"Clue":"Team given extra exam (6-4)","Answer":"ELEVEN-PLUS","Explanation":"Definition: exam\nELEVEN (team, e.g. in football) + PLUS (extra)"}
-{"Clue":"Greta's short dress (4)","Answer":"GARB","Explanation":"Definition: dress\nGARB[o]"}
-{"Clue":"This thus inhibiting business graduate? (7)","Answer":"EMBARGO","Explanation":"Definition: This thus inhibiting business graduate\nMBA in ERGO (thus), with an &littish definition"}
-{"Clue":"Fish dish, head removed, filled with new parsley, perhaps (7)","Answer":"GARNISH","Explanation":"Definition: parsley, perhaps\nN in GAR (fish) + [d]ISH"}
-{"Clue":"Turned over papers by the light (5)","Answer":"IDLED","Explanation":"Definition: Turned over\nID (papers) + LED (light)"}
-{"Clue":"Around time of arrival of train, leap out (9)","Answer":"PERINATAL","Explanation":"Definition: Around time of arrival\n(TRAIN LEAP)"}
-{"Clue":"Festive polka he'd danced, an unexpected turn-up (5,2,3,5)","Answer":"SPEAK\u00a0OF\u00a0THE\u00a0DEVIL","Explanation":"Definition: an unexpected turn-up\n(FESTIVE POLKA HE'D)"}
-{"Clue":"Entering police speed trap, one gets nearer (8)","Answer":"STINGIER","Explanation":"Definition: nearer\nI in STINGER (device used to puncture the tyres of a car being pursued by the police)"}
-{"Clue":"Dreadful-sounding colourist (4)","Answer":"DYER","Explanation":"Definition: colourist\nHomophone of \"dire\""}
-{"Clue":"Type of sporting grey coat (8)","Answer":"CATEGORY","Explanation":"Definition: Type\n(GREY COAT)"}
-{"Clue":"Red line covers a page in centre of worship (6)","Answer":"CHAPEL","Explanation":"Definition: centre of worship\nA P[age] in CHE (Che Guevara, a \"red\") + L[ine]"}
-{"Clue":"Diplomat's car back shortly (8)","Answer":"MINISTER","Explanation":"Definition: Diplomat\nMINI (car) + STER[n] \u2013 I wasn't sure minister could mean a diplomat, but Chambers gives \"A diplomatic representative of a government in a foreign state, esp one ranking below an ambassador\""}
-{"Clue":"Male creature and baby get much more intense (4,2)","Answer":"RAMP UP","Explanation":"Definition: get much more intense\nRAM + PUP"}
-{"Clue":"Arrogant, having an IQ of 150? (3,6,2,4)","Answer":"TOO\u00a0CLEVER\u00a0BY\u00a0HALF","Explanation":"Definition: Arrogant\nDouble\/cryptic definition \u2013 the \"average\" IQ is 100, and 150 is half as much again"}
-{"Clue":"Non-contributory benefit for railway staff? (4,4)","Answer":"FREE RIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Non-contributory benefit for railway staff\nExtended definition \u2013 railway staff are usually able to travel free on trains. Not a particularly great clue if you ask me"}
-{"Clue":"Insistent solicitors are cold with people displaying emotion (8)","Answer":"CHUGGERS","Explanation":"Definition: Insistent solicitors\nC[old] + HUGGERS \u2013 chuggers is a portmanteau of \"charity muggers\", people who approach you in the street to encourage you (sometimes very persistently) to sign up for regular donations to a charity"}
-{"Clue":"Waste energy on coat I took in (8)","Answer":"EMACIATE","Explanation":"Definition: Waste\nE[nergy] + MAC (mackintosh, coat) + I + ATE (took in)"}
-{"Clue":"Blame for spilling marmalade, just having opened preserve (6)","Answer":"EMBALM","Explanation":"Definition: preserve\nM[armalade] in BLAME"}
-{"Clue":"Speed effortlessly through part, not needing this? (6)","Answer":"PROMPT","Explanation":"Definition: this\nROMP (speed effortlessly) in PT, and another &littish one: the \"part\" being a role in a play"}
-{"Clue":"Speaking plainly, not top level (4)","Answer":"RANK","Explanation":"Definition: level\n[F]RANK"}
-{"Clue":"Popularly priced and in vogue \u2014 load up (4,5)","Answer":"GOOD VALUE","Explanation":"Definition: Popularly priced\n(VOGUE LOAD)"}
-{"Clue":"One closes loop \u2014 how synergy begins, where people take the plunge (5)","Answer":"LIDOS","Explanation":"Definition: where people take the plunge\nLID (one that closes) + O (loop) + S[ynergy]"}
-{"Clue":"Arms for long distance backed by nonsense talk (9)","Answer":"FORELIMBS","Explanation":"Definition: Arms\nFOR + reverse of MILE + BS (bullshit, nonsense)"}
-{"Clue":"Push the envelope of danger: Boatman's following (5)","Answer":"DRIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Push\nThe \"envelope\" or outside letters of D[ange]R + I'VE (Boatman's)"}
-{"Clue":"Witness reported beggar, uncovered disposing of a spiky urchin (3,3)","Answer":"SEA EGG","Explanation":"Definition: spiky urchin\nSEA (homophone of \"see\", witness) + bEGGar less the outer letters and then the A"}
-{"Clue":"Out of repair, rig a technical means to supply water (8)","Answer":"IRRIGATE","Explanation":"Definition: to supply water\nHidden in repaIR RIG A TEchnical"}
-{"Clue":"Paradigm shift in poem: it has terminal consonance (7)","Answer":"EPITOME","Explanation":"Definition: Paradigm\n(POEM IT) + [consonanc]E"}
-{"Clue":"Run away from (rudely snub) Harlem Shuffle (7)","Answer":"SHAMBLE","Explanation":"Definition: Shuffle\nAnagram of SNUB HARLEM less RUN"}
-{"Clue":"One gets beneath the surface of cannabis, uncovering disease (8)","Answer":"POTHOLER","Explanation":"Definition: One gets beneath the surface\nPOT (cannabis) + [c]HOLER[a]"}
-{"Clue":"Following scrap, you say your leader is fit for heavy lifting? (6)","Answer":"MIGHTY","Explanation":"Definition: fit for heavy lifting\nMIGHT (homophone of \"mite\", a scrap) + \"leader\" of Your"}
-{"Clue":"Buzzword for one thing that bosses and workers all are (5)","Answer":"HUMAN","Explanation":"Definition: thing that bosses and workers all are\nI think this is HUM (\"buzz\") + AN (word for one)"}
-{"Clue":"Added volume in disrupted arterial transport mode (3,6)","Answer":"AIR TRAVEL","Explanation":"Definition: transport mode\nV in ARTERIAL"}
-{"Clue":"Cut hard at the end of the day (5)","Answer":"HEWED","Explanation":"Definition: Cut\nH[ard] + end of [th]E + WED[nesday]"}
-{"Clue":"Check places for funds again (9)","Answer":"REINVESTS","Explanation":"Definition: funds again\nREIN (check) + VESTS (places, as in \"vests authority in..\")"}
-{"Clue":"Pet with clothing, belly out, is comical (6)","Answer":"JOCOSE","Explanation":"Definition: comical\nJO (a beloved one, pet) + COSTUME (clothing) less TUM (belly)"}
-{"Clue":"DA then re-engineered fan (8)","Answer":"ADHERENT","Explanation":"Definition: fan\n(DA THEN RE)"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman's upper crust, bleeding edge, going forward (6)","Answer":"RATING","Explanation":"Definition: Boatman\nApart from the definition I can't see how this works."}
-{"Clue":"In your mouth, it's tender fruitless sweet spot (7)","Answer":"GUMBOIL","Explanation":"Definition: In your mouth, it's tender\nGUM (fruitless sweet, I suppose) + BOIL (spot, though this just repeats an element of the answer)"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps Betty Moon? Heads up for plant needed to get well (3,3)","Answer":"OIL RIG","Explanation":"Definition: plant needed to get well\nReverse of GIRL (e.g. Betty) + IO (moon of Jupiter). Betty Moon is a singer-songwriter, but only relevant to the surface reading"}
-{"Clue":"Dead unimportant (3,5)","Answer":"NOT VITAL","Explanation":"Definition: Dead\nDouble definition \u2013 a rather strange grid entry"}
-{"Clue":"Sly to reach out pointlessly (4)","Answer":"ARCH","Explanation":"Definition: Sly\nREACH* less E (compass point)"}
-{"Clue":"Not a ham, as ham might be supplied for immoral acts (8)","Answer":"PROCURED","Explanation":"Definition: supplied for immoral acts\nPRO (not a ham or amateur) + CURED (as ham might be0"}
-{"Clue":"My agile, lean thoughtful leadership could be moonshine (4)","Answer":"MALT","Explanation":"Definition: could be moonshine\nFirst letters of My Agile Lean Thoughtful"}
-{"Clue":"For big business leaders, change management's losing men (8)","Answer":"MAGNATES","Explanation":"Definition: big business leaders\nMANAGEMENTS* less MEN"}
-{"Clue":"Terrain reimagined for coach (7)","Answer":"TRAINER","Explanation":"Definition: coach\nTERRAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Core competency raised \u2014 leader embraces it, excited (6)","Answer":"HEATED","Explanation":"Definition: excited\nThe \"core\" of [comp]ET[ency], reversed, in HEAD"}
-{"Clue":"Insubordination in Spain's greatly outside the box (6)","Answer":"MUTINY","Explanation":"Definition: Insubordination\nTIN (box) in MUY (Spanish \"very\", \"greatly\")"}
-{"Clue":"Compact lunch, say, consumed by judge (6)","Answer":"TREATY","Explanation":"Definition: Compact\nEAT (e.g. to lunch) in TRY"}
-{"Clue":"Shallow watercourse, very warm in continent's extremes (5)","Answer":"CHOTT","Explanation":"Definition: Shallow watercourse\nHOT in C[ontinen]T"}
-{"Clue":"Lives with little to go round, requiring support (5)","Answer":"JOIST","Explanation":"Definition: support\nIS in JOT"}
-{"Clue":"Reptilian creature offering extra drinks after moderation (10)","Answer":"HOMORELAPS","Explanation":"Definition: Reptilian creature\nHO (cessation or moderation) + MORE LAPS"}
-{"Clue":"Beer mixed with rum in part of old helmet (7)","Answer":"UMBRERE","Explanation":"Definition: part of old helmet\n(BEER RUM)"}
-{"Clue":"Swellings, start of plague? What often precedes the word going round (5)","Answer":"MUMPS","Explanation":"Definition: Swellings\nP[lague] in MUM'S (as in \"mum's the word\")"}
-{"Clue":"River that is containing strong current (4)","Answer":"RIFE","Explanation":"Definition: current\nF (forte, strong) in R I.E."}
-{"Clue":"Midriff showing loss but no sign of age (4)","Answer":"WAST","Explanation":"Definition: Midriff\nWAST[AGE] \u2013 an old variant of \"waist\""}
-{"Clue":"Direct fan for repair \u2013 it's broken (9)","Answer":"INFRACTED","Explanation":"Definition: broken\n(DIRECT FAN)"}
-{"Clue":"Ill-natured female retaining right to desire (8)","Answer":"SHREWISH","Explanation":"Definition: Ill-natured\nR in SHE (female) + WISH"}
-{"Clue":"Like richly decorated chairs? I left pair in keep of one much admired (8)","Answer":"GILTWOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Like richly decorated chairs\nI L TWO in GOD"}
-{"Clue":"Hurricanes? Real pains when flying about (9)","Answer":"AIRPLANES","Explanation":"Definition: Hurricanes?\n(REAL PAINS)*, with the definition referring to the WW2 fighter aircraft \u2013 perhaps there should have been some indication that \"airplane\" is mainly a US term"}
-{"Clue":"Type of binding always backing pages (4)","Answer":"YAPP","Explanation":"Definition: Type of binding\nReverse of AY (always) + P P"}
-{"Clue":"What Troon gatecrashers do, showing contempt when shunned by clubs (4)","Answer":"SORN","Explanation":"Definition: What Troon gatecrashers do\nSCORN less C"}
-{"Clue":"Trendy gym accepting one that's unfit (5)","Answer":"INAPT","Explanation":"Definition: unfit\nA in IN PT"}
-{"Clue":"Liquidised? Such dry fruit did when pounded (7)","Answer":"SILIQUE","Explanation":"Definition: dry fruit\nLIQUIDISED is an anagram of SILIQUE + DID"}
-{"Clue":"After silence, brook head causing the opposite thereof? (10)","Answer":"SHRILLNESS","Explanation":"Definition: the opposite thereof\nSH (\"silence!\") + RILL (brook) + NESS (geographical head)"}
-{"Clue":"Turner cut short yard of wood strip (5)","Answer":"LATHY","Explanation":"Definition: of wood strip\nLATH[E]+ Y[ard] (This was wrongly listed as a duplicate 33 in the version I used)"}
-{"Clue":"Combines one agreement incorporating another (5)","Answer":"YOKES","Explanation":"Definition: Combines\nOK in YES"}
-{"Clue":"Sacred charm crafted from a rich nugget, half lost (8)","Answer":"CHURINGA","Explanation":"Definition: Sacred charm\nAnagram of A RICH NUG[get]"}
-{"Clue":"Maize porridge, plain, for consuming at home (6)","Answer":"HOMINY","Explanation":"Definition: Maize porridge\nIN (at home) in HOMY (plain) \u2013 I knew this from the longer \"hominy grits\": a particularly unappetising name, I always thnk"}
-{"Clue":"Content of storeroom for performer in ring (6)","Answer":"TORERO","Explanation":"Definition: performer in ring\nHidden in sTOREROom"}
-{"Clue":"Opening in a college (Oxford) coming up? Not on (5)","Answer":"TREMA","Explanation":"Definition: Opening\nReverse of A MERTON less ON \u2013 the \"trem-\" element is seen in the animal group Monotremes"}
-{"Clue":"Essential part of Trinity, one routine seen amid shimmering spires (12)","Answer":"PERICHORESIS","Explanation":"Definition: Essential part of Trinity\nI CHORE in SPIRES* \u2013 in spectacularly unhelpful fashion, Chambers defines this with the one word \"cirumincession\"; in turn is defined as \"the reciprocity of existence in one another of the three persons of the Trinity\", which still leaves me very little the wiser. I dare say people were burned at the stake for believing or not believing in it."}
-{"Clue":"I've affinity for negative charges and rile the police awfully? Not I (12)","Answer":"ELECTROPHILE","Explanation":"Definition: I've affinity for negative charges\n(RILE THE POLICE)* less one I"}
-{"Clue":"Cane yielding alternative to honey and source thereof (6)","Answer":"JAMBEE","Explanation":"Definition: Cane\nJAM (alternative to honey) + BEE"}
-{"Clue":"Given to faddish theory, I mostly relish accepting upsurge of it (7)","Answer":"ISMATIC","Explanation":"Definition: Given to faddish theory\nI + reverse of IT in SMAC[K] (relish)"}
-{"Clue":"Rotting snake found on island (6)","Answer":"SEPSIS","Explanation":"Definition: Rotting\nSEPS (\"a very venomous snake mentioned by classical writers\") + IS (island)"}
-{"Clue":"Two pairs from Towcester's line-up rarely thrown (4)","Answer":"TOST","Explanation":"Definition: rarely thrown\nTwo separate pairs of letters from TOwceSTer"}
-{"Clue":"Being so gauche shuns set (8)","Answer":"THUSNESS","Explanation":"Definition: Being so\n(SHUNS SET)"}
-{"Clue":"Plays subtly dividing feet \u2013 near-miss space-wise? (7)","Answer":"FLYPAST","Explanation":"Definition: near-miss space-wise\nPLAYS* in FT. I thought this might be an exception to the \"no hyphens\" feature, but Chambers only gives it as a single word"}
-{"Clue":"Whitebait substitute causing bad angina (6)","Answer":"INANGA","Explanation":"Definition: Whitebait substitute\nANGINA"}
-{"Clue":"Shot after victory? That's bleak (6)","Answer":"WINTRY","Explanation":"Definition: bleak\nWIN + TRY (a shot)"}
-{"Clue":"Company circulates just like at home in old dance hall (6)","Answer":"CASINO","Explanation":"Definition: old dance hall\nAS IN in CO \u2013 a less-familiar meaning of this word, originally from the Italian for \"little house\""}
-{"Clue":"What examiners do in university encapsulated by 'dark blue' (6)","Answer":"PERUSE","Explanation":"Definition: What examiners do\nU in PERSE(dark blue)"}
-{"Clue":"Idle year requiring cash, commonly (5)","Answer":"LOLLY","Explanation":"Definition: cash, commonly\nLOLL (to idle) + Y"}
-{"Clue":"E.g. McEwan's best, badly needed after end of austerity (4)","Answer":"YILL","Explanation":"Definition: E.g. McEwan's best\n[austerit]Y + ILL (badly) \u2013 a Scots form of \"ale\""}
-{"Clue":"Spell single word for Scrabble's elementary rule (8,3)","Answer":"PERIODIC\u00a0LAW","Explanation":"Definition: elementary rule\nPERIOD (a spell) + CLAW (to scrabble) \u2013 law governing the periodic table of the elements"}
-{"Clue":"Finish putting pickle away (4,3)","Answer":"HOLE OUT","Explanation":"Definition: Finish putting\nHOLE (pickle, difficult situation) + OUT (away), with \"putting\" in the golfing sense"}
-{"Clue":"Stack Beano at first with earlier back issue (7)","Answer":"LUMBAGO","Explanation":"Definition: back issue\nLUM (chimney \u2013 stack) + B[eano] + AGO (earlier)"}
-{"Clue":"First motion of club supports extension (9)","Answer":"BACKSWING","Explanation":"Definition: First motion of club\nBACKS (supports) + WING (extension of a house) \u2013 more golf!"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing cool for retirement? Chill naked (5)","Answer":"NIHIL","Explanation":"Definition: Nothing\nReverse of IN (fashionable, cool) + cHILl without its \"clothes\""}
-{"Clue":"American's a jerk (4)","Answer":"YANK","Explanation":"Definition: American\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Scared to charge a pound for eggs (7,3)","Answer":"CHICKEN\u00a0RUN","Explanation":"Definition: a pound for eggs\nCHICKEN (scared) + RUN (to charge)"}
-{"Clue":"Moneylenders mad at Rees-Mogg (10)","Answer":"MORTGAGEES","Explanation":"Definition: Moneylenders\n(AT REES MOGG)"}
-{"Clue":"Figure at a cost of millions (4)","Answer":"FORM","Explanation":"Definition: Figure\nFOR (at a cost of) + M"}
-{"Clue":"Curtail break and work to go over puzzle (5)","Answer":"POSER","Explanation":"Definition: puzzle\nReverse of RES[t] + OP (work)"}
-{"Clue":"Naive set off without good food (5,4)","Answer":"GREEN BEAN","Explanation":"Definition: food\nGREEN (naive) + BEGAN (set off) less G"}
-{"Clue":"Kept tiger, male, without fences, living close to ground (7)","Answer":"EPIGEAL","Explanation":"Definition: living close to ground\nInner letters of kEPt tIGEr mALe: helpful clueing for an obscure word"}
-{"Clue":"Pack short underwear that's wild (7)","Answer":"RAMPANT","Explanation":"Definition: wild\nRAM (to pack) + PANT[s]"}
-{"Clue":"Actor might wear this coat on musical (6,5)","Answer":"GREASE\u00a0PAINT","Explanation":"Definition: Actor might wear this\nGREASE (musical) + PAINT (coat)"}
-{"Clue":"One on the road can, on Spice Girls tours (7,8)","Answer":"PELICAN\u00a0CROSSING","Explanation":"Definition: One on the road\n(CAN ON SPICE GIRLS)* \u2013 for those who don't know, it's a type of pedestrian crossing, the name originally from PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing"}
-{"Clue":"Hoots from river, one owl prim\u00adarily hollowed-out trees (5)","Answer":"RIOTS","Explanation":"Definition: Hoots\nR + I + O[wl] + T[ree]S \u2013 something or someone very funny can be described as a hoot or a riot"}
-{"Clue":"Over time, ridiculous to bury head in sand like this? (7)","Answer":"OSTRICH","Explanation":"Definition: this\nS[and] in O[ver] T[ime] RICH (ridiculous, as in \"that's rich\"), with an &littish definition"}
-{"Clue":"Senselessness of sick needing oxygen getting rolled-up cigarette (7)","Answer":"ILLOGIC","Explanation":"Definition: Senselessness\nILL (sick) + O + reverse of CIG"}
-{"Clue":"After hugging guys, one has regret (8)","Answer":"LAMENTER","Explanation":"Definition: one has regret\nMEN in LATER (after)"}
-{"Clue":"Teacher trained with software, Outlook (7,8)","Answer":"WEATHER\u00a0FORECAST","Explanation":"Definition: Outlook\n(TEACHER SOFTWARE)"}
-{"Clue":"Buxom partner getting caught on top (6)","Answer":"CHUBBY","Explanation":"Definition: Buxom\nC + HUBBY (husband, partner)"}
-{"Clue":"Staff covering large garden at the back getting fertiliser (6)","Answer":"POLLEN","Explanation":"Definition: fertiliser\nL in POLE + [garde]N"}
-{"Clue":"Trouble with endless Viagra, get off tablet (8)","Answer":"AGGRIEVE","Explanation":"Definition: Trouble\nAnagram of (VIAGR[a] GE[t]) + E[cstasy]"}
-{"Clue":"Flash Power's a floor cleaner (6)","Answer":"MOPPER","Explanation":"Definition: cleaner\nMO (short time, flash) + P[ower] + PER (a, as in \"once a\/per day\")"}
-{"Clue":"Pop singer, mostly with guitarist Paul after good laughs (7)","Answer":"GIGGLES","Explanation":"Definition: laughs\nG + IGG[y] (Iggy Pop, singer) + LES (Les Paul, American guitarist, who also gave his name to particular guitar)"}
-{"Clue":"Ring doctor's surgery for treatment (3-4)","Answer":"EYE-DROP","Explanation":"Definition: treatment\nEYE (in the sense \"a wire loop or ring for a hook\") + DR + OP (operation, surgery)"}
-{"Clue":"Second home acquired by mum (6)","Answer":"MINUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Second\nIN (home) in MUTE (mum) \u2013 minute and second aren't the same, of course, but both can informally mean a short time"}
-{"Clue":"They might have rain in north \u2014 declaration after batting for both sides (5)","Answer":"NIMBI","Explanation":"Definition: They might have rain\nN + I'M BI \u2013 as a bisexual person (one who \"bats for both sides\") might say; nimbi are rain-clouds"}
-{"Clue":"There will be a charge in this case (9)","Answer":"CARTRIDGE","Explanation":"Definition: There will be a charge in this case\nCryptic definition \u2013 the \"charge\" is in a gun cartridge"}
-{"Clue":"Pay attention to what the Spectator does (5)","Answer":"WATCH","Explanation":"Definition: Pay attention to\n\"Double\" definition \u2013 \"Spectator\" is capitalised to make us think of the magazine, but otherwise it's essentially the same definition twice"}
-{"Clue":"Type of crime committed by a prisoner? (6,3)","Answer":"INSIDE JOB","Explanation":"Definition: Type of crime\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Bewitching girl that wails loudly (5)","Answer":"SIREN","Explanation":"Definition: Bewitching girl\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Queen contributed to cultural channel (6)","Answer":"ARTERY","Explanation":"Definition: channel\nER in ARTY"}
-{"Clue":"Trumpeter amazing the panel (8)","Answer":"ELEPHANT","Explanation":"Definition: Trumpeter\n(THE PANEL)"}
-{"Clue":"Succinct agreement that's put into handbag (7)","Answer":"COMPACT","Explanation":"Definition: Succinct\nThree definitions"}
-{"Clue":"Odds on racehorse are glittering (7)","Answer":"SPARKLE","Explanation":"Definition: are glittering\nSP (Starting price \u2013 odds) + ARKLE (racehorse, named after a mountain in NW Scotland)"}
-{"Clue":"Boxer so shattered? (3-5)","Answer":"DOG-TIRED","Explanation":"Definition: shattered\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Put down drink (6)","Answer":"SQUASH","Explanation":"Definition: Put down\nDouble definition (\"put down\" as in squashing a rebellion)"}
-{"Clue":"Pigment sounds more likely to ooze (5)","Answer":"SEPIA","Explanation":"Definition: Pigment\nHomophone of \"seepier\""}
-{"Clue":"Nice graph represented vicar's work (9)","Answer":"PREACHING","Explanation":"Definition: vicar's work\n(NICE GRAPH)"}
-{"Clue":"Deceived the French teacher (3,2)","Answer":"LED ON","Explanation":"Definition: Deceived\nLE + DON"}
-{"Clue":"Ocean waves go fast, as before (4,5)","Answer":"ONCE AGAIN","Explanation":"Definition: as before\nOCEAN* + GAIN (as in \"they're gaining on us\")"}
-{"Clue":"Style of plain title girl received (6)","Answer":"MANNER","Explanation":"Definition: Style\nANNE in MR (a \"plain title\")"}
-{"Clue":"Knock into the air and begin to play (6,2)","Answer":"STRIKE UP","Explanation":"Definition: Knock into the air\nDouble definition (\"strike up the band!\")"}
-{"Clue":"These London companies providing current to railway (6)","Answer":"LIVERY","Explanation":"Definition: London companies\nLIVE (providing current) + RY \u2013 see here to read about livery companies"}
-{"Clue":"Disregarded amendment for redoing (7)","Answer":"IGNORED","Explanation":"Definition: Disregarded\nREDOING"}
-{"Clue":"In plate, an accompaniment to coffee (6)","Answer":"DANISH","Explanation":"Definition: accompaniment to coffee\nAN in DISH \u2013 a Danish pastry"}
-{"Clue":"Loose rock needs new barrier (6)","Answer":"SCREEN","Explanation":"Definition: barrier\nSCREE (loose rock on a hillside) + N"}
-{"Clue":"Look before you take such a year (4)","Answer":"LEAP","Explanation":"Definition: such a year\nDouble\/cryptic definition \u2013 \"look before you leap\""}
-{"Clue":"Request contents of basket (3)","Answer":"ASK","Explanation":"Definition: Request\nHidden in bASKet"}
-{"Clue":"Draw something of the old school (3)","Answer":"TIE","Explanation":"Definition: Draw\nDouble definition, the second referring to \"the old school tie\""}
-{"Clue":"Not real fish (3)","Answer":"COD","Explanation":"Definition: Not real\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"This could be raised to part of mouth (3)","Answer":"MUG","Explanation":"Definition: This could be raised to part of mouth\nReverse of GUM (part of the mouth), and a MUG can be raised to the lips"}
-{"Clue":"It closes the port (4)","Answer":"CORK","Explanation":"Definition: It closes\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Unpleasant period having fibre to eat (8)","Answer":"ROUGHAGE","Explanation":"Definition: fibre to eat\nROUGH + AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Besotted with Gordian knot (7)","Answer":"ADORING","Explanation":"Definition: Besotted with\nGORDIAN"}
-{"Clue":"Key batsman (6)","Answer":"OPENER","Explanation":"Definition: Key\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Tinker's follower could suit you (6)","Answer":"TAILOR","Explanation":"Definition: Tinker's follower\nDouble definition \u2013 from the counting rhyme \"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor\", and a tailor could make you a suit"}
-{"Clue":"Was a rocker in leather, I gather (6)","Answer":"SWAYED","Explanation":"Definition: Was a rocker\nHomophone of \"suede\""}
-{"Clue":"Evil family are absorbed (4,2)","Answer":"SINK IN","Explanation":"Definition: are absorbed\nSIN (evil) + KIN"}
-{"Clue":"Blessed with strength to catch fish (9)","Answer":"FORTUNATE","Explanation":"Definition: Blessed\nTUNA in FORTE (\"my forte is..\")"}
-{"Clue":"Batty about following a high priest (5)","Answer":"AARON","Explanation":"Definition: high priest\nA + reverse of NORA (character in the long-running TV series *Last of the Summer Wine*) Aaron is Moses' brother and a high priest in Exodus"}
-{"Clue":"Angry young man briefly accom\u00adpanied returning book (7)","Answer":"REBECCA","Explanation":"Definition: book\nREBE[L] (angry young man) + reverse of ACC[ompanied] \u2013 book by Daphne du Maurier, made into a Hitchcock film"}
-{"Clue":"Sneak look at conductor ignoring new duo playing (7)","Answer":"PREVIEW","Explanation":"Definition: Sneak look\n[Andr\u00e9] PREVI[N] (conductor) + EW (East and West, bridge players). Previn, who died last year, appeared in a legendary Morecambe and Wise sketch, where he was addressed as \"Mr Preview\""}
-{"Clue":"Petulant refusal is the custom (4)","Answer":"WONT","Explanation":"Definition: custom\n[I] WON'T! is a petulant refusal"}
-{"Clue":"In court, argue against jail in speech (10)","Answer":"QUADRANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: court\nQUAD (slang for a jail, I think, though I can't see it in Chambers) + homophone of \"wrangle\" (argue) *Thanks to WordPlodder for pointing out that \"quod\" is slang for a prison, so both it's a homophone of both elements."}
-{"Clue":"Buy a three-pound mix that soothes infant (7)","Answer":"LULLABY","Explanation":"Definition: that soothes infant\nAnagram of BUY A + three times L (pound)"}
-{"Clue":"GP moves cautiously and cleans out bed (7)","Answer":"DREDGES","Explanation":"Definition: cleans out bed\nDR (doctor) + EDGES (moves cautiously)"}
-{"Clue":"Feeble commercial ban a few accept (10)","Answer":"THREADBARE","Explanation":"Definition: Feeble\nAD (commercial) + BAR (ban) in THREE (a few)"}
-{"Clue":"Greeting government agency circular (4)","Answer":"CIAO","Explanation":"Definition: Greeting\nCIA + O"}
-{"Clue":"I hear someone coming to check (7)","Answer":"AUDITOR","Explanation":"Definition: I hear\nDouble definition \u2013 an auditor is literally someone who hears, or one who checks company accounts"}
-{"Clue":"Country roads twisting, say, near the middle (7)","Answer":"SENEGAL","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nE.G. (say) in reverse of LANES"}
-{"Clue":"Fruit needing flood regularly eaten by half of us? (5)","Answer":"MELON","Explanation":"Definition: Fruit\nAlternate letters of [f]L[o]O[d] in MEN (about half of the human race)"}
-{"Clue":"Unlikely to go up, if turned over and put down (9)","Answer":"FIREPROOF","Explanation":"Definition: Unlikely to go up\nReverse of FI + REPROOF (a put-down)"}
-{"Clue":"Its subject: in messy warfare, male lost (1,8,2,4)","Answer":"A\u00a0FAREWELL TO\u00a0ARMS","Explanation":"Definition: Its subject: in messy warfare, male lost\n(WARFARE MALE LOST)*, and a \"synopsis\" of Ernest Hemingway's novel"}
-{"Clue":"Court case: what the Master of the Rolls may bring into it? (8)","Answer":"TRIBUNAL","Explanation":"Definition: Court\nBUN (what a \"master of rolls\" might provide) in TRIAL (case)"}
-{"Clue":"Chew meal, having changed starter (5)","Answer":"MUNCH","Explanation":"Definition: Chew\nLUNCH with the first letter changed. I'm not keen on clues that ask us to change a letter to something unspecified, especially when the replacement is unchecked, but it's fairly clear in this case"}
-{"Clue":"Country man dropped rope securing article (8)","Answer":"PARAGUAY","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nPARA (paratrooper \u2013 a \"man dropped\") + A in GUY (rope)"}
-{"Clue":"A number entered here \u2014 vital to move quietly (6)","Answer":"KEYPAD","Explanation":"Definition: A number entered here\nKEY (vital) + PAD (move quietly)"}
-{"Clue":"Torn material valued (9)","Answer":"LACERATED","Explanation":"Definition: Torn\nLACE RATED \u2013 I'm sure I've seen this construction a few times"}
-{"Clue":"Opening for visitor at last not initially residing in Berlin (6)","Answer":"IRVING","Explanation":"Definition: Berlin\nLast letter of visitoR in [L]IVING (residing), giving the famous, and long-lived, songwriter Irving Berlin"}
-{"Clue":"Restored health, but on borrowed time again? (1,3,5,2,4)","Answer":"A\u00a0NEW\u00a0LEASE OF\u00a0LIFE","Explanation":"Definition: Restored health\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"England almost besotted with it, a cold dish (9)","Answer":"GALANTINE","Explanation":"Definition: cold dish\nAnagram of ENGLAN[d] + IT A"}
-{"Clue":"In a city (not London) is nothing totally unimportant (8)","Answer":"DERISORY","Explanation":"Definition: totally unimportant\nIS O in DERRY (city, also called Londonderry, or \"Stroke City\" from \"Derry\/Londonderry\")"}
-{"Clue":"Sort of rate boy's bad behaviour (6-2)","Answer":"GOINGS-ON","Explanation":"Definition: bad behaviour\nGOING (\"the going rate\") + SON"}
-{"Clue":"Free, led to crack puzzle (6)","Answer":"RIDDLE","Explanation":"Definition: puzzle\nRID (to free) + LED"}
-{"Clue":"Deprived, be confident judge may intervene (6)","Answer":"BEREFT","Explanation":"Definition: Deprived\nREF (referee, judge) in BET (to be confident \u2013 \"I bet I can..\")"}
-{"Clue":"Trim end of toe in waders (5)","Answer":"SNIPE","Explanation":"Definition: waders\nSNIP + [to]E"}
-{"Clue":"Get rid of command, having lost time after time (9)","Answer":"ERADICATE","Explanation":"Definition: Get rid of\nERA (time) + DICTATE (command) less the first T"}
-{"Clue":"Every third Etonian studying shows dissatisfaction (5)","Answer":"ENNUI","Explanation":"Definition: dissatisfaction\nEvery third letter of EtoNiaN stUdyIng"}
-{"Clue":"The mace deployed as a weapon (7)","Answer":"MACHETE","Explanation":"Definition: a weapon\n(THE MACE)"}
-{"Clue":"Soft assonance heard in preparation (7)","Answer":"PRIMING","Explanation":"Definition: preparation\nP (soft) + homophone of \"rhyming\""}
-{"Clue":"Find record at an end (8)","Answer":"DISCOVER","Explanation":"Definition: Find\nDISC (record) + OVER (at and end)"}
-{"Clue":"Neat, polite and not totally Italian (10)","Answer":"NEAPOLITAN","Explanation":"Definition: Italian\nNot an anagram as it first appeared, but a truncation of the first three words of the clue: NEA[t] POLIT[e] AN[d]"}
-{"Clue":"Starting telly is depressing: it normally gives sad news (7)","Answer":"TIDINGS","Explanation":"Definition: news\nFirst letters of Telly Is Depressing: It Normally Gives Sad, with the surface reading perhaps linked to the Nina"}
-{"Clue":"Something from the florist, the ultimate in tulip arrangement for auntie (7)","Answer":"PETUNIA","Explanation":"Definition: Something from the florist\n[tuli]P + AUNTIE"}
-{"Clue":"Strange locations featuring intro to Cockney Rebel (10)","Answer":"ICONOCLAST","Explanation":"Definition: Rebel\nC[ockney] in LOCATIONS"}
-{"Clue":"They say massage before flu treatment is essential (7)","Answer":"NEEDFUL","Explanation":"Definition: essential\nHomophone of \"knead\" (massage) + FLU"}
-{"Clue":"Drop Arab leader's story (7)","Answer":"PARABLE","Explanation":"Definition: story\nHidden (indicated by the 's) in droP ARAB LEader"}
-{"Clue":"Articles from Le Monde and the Guardian secure coverage of both sides of the moon (5)","Answer":"LUNAR","Explanation":"Definition: of the moon\nUN (French indefinite article) + A (English ditto) in L R (\"both sides\")"}
-{"Clue":"Turning prude, I tut on seeing this (9)","Answer":"TURPITUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Turning prude, I tut on seeing this\n(PRUDE I TUT)* &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Married but misbehaving, with view to getting lost here? (7,8)","Answer":"BERMUDA TRIANGLE","Explanation":"Definition: getting lost here\n(MARRIED BUT)* + ANGLE (view)"}
-{"Clue":"Without religion? Possibly idealistic without it (8)","Answer":"LAICISED","Explanation":"Definition: Without religion\nAnagram of IDEALISTIC less IT"}
-{"Clue":"Top notch communist broadcast (5)","Answer":"AIRED","Explanation":"Definition: broadcast\nA1 + RED"}
-{"Clue":"Slipshod of the Spanish or French to intervene in stroke (8)","Answer":"CARELESS","Explanation":"Definition: Slipshod\nEither EL or LE (Spanish & French \"the\") in CARESS"}
-{"Clue":"Maintain important-sounding little dog? (4,2)","Answer":"KEEP UP","Explanation":"Definition: Maintain\nHomophone of \"key pup\""}
-{"Clue":"Make laws member's passed on (9)","Answer":"LEGISLATE","Explanation":"Definition: Make laws\nLEG (member) IS LATE (dead, passed on)"}
-{"Clue":"Home papers rejected by court charge (6)","Answer":"INDICT","Explanation":"Definition: charge\nIN (home) + reverse of ID (papers) + CT (court)"}
-{"Clue":"Snake catches Native American airing out before it can climb walls (8,7)","Answer":"VIRGINIA CREEPER","Explanation":"Definition: it can climb walls\nAIRING* + CREE in VIPER"}
-{"Clue":"Working blouse on either sex is doing very well (2,3,4)","Answer":"ON TOP FORM","Explanation":"Definition: doing very well\nON (working) + TOP (e.g. a blouse) + F OR M (either sex)"}
-{"Clue":"Travel essential for Dad's hobby (8)","Answer":"PASSPORT","Explanation":"Definition: Travel essential\nPA'S SPORT"}
-{"Clue":"Unbelievably bad bile, out in colour (4,4)","Answer":"NAVY BLUE","Explanation":"Definition: colour\nAnagram of UNBELIEVABLY less BILE"}
-{"Clue":"With 11, 12, 13 or 8 films as once directed (6)","Answer":"OCEAN\u2019S","Explanation":"Definition: With 11, 12, 13 or 8 films\n(AS ONCE)*, with the definition referring to the *Ocean's \u2026* series of films"}
-{"Clue":"Without covers, all told, vital novel (6)","Answer":"LOLITA","Explanation":"Definition: novel\nWith the outer letters or \"covers\" removed: aLl tOLd vITAl"}
-{"Clue":"Fresh air in vacated tenement property (5)","Answer":"TRAIT","Explanation":"Definition: property\nAIR* in T[enemen]T"}
-{"Clue":"Denies one's corking drinks (7)","Answer":"DISOWNS","Explanation":"Definition: Denies\nI'S (One's) in DOWNS (drinks)"}
-{"Clue":"Arrogantly ordered with knobs on? (6)","Answer":"BOSSED","Explanation":"Definition: Arrogantly ordered\nDouble definition, with 'boss' as a stud or knob for the second"}
-{"Clue":"Capital fellow taking on jerk like Lothario? (8)","Answer":"ROMANTIC","Explanation":"Definition: like Lothario\nROMAN (one who lives in Rome, a capital city) + TIC (jerk). I hadn't previously been aware that Lothario is a character in *Don Quixote* (in fact in a story within the novel)"}
-{"Clue":"Similar times? That's handy (6)","Answer":"NEARBY","Explanation":"Definition: handy\nNEAR (similar) + BY (times, as in arithmetic)"}
-{"Clue":"Lira \u2014 foreign currency in Guiana circulating as means of exchange (6,6)","Answer":"LINGUA\u00a0FRANCA","Explanation":"Definition: means of exchange\nL[ira] + FRANC in GUIANA"}
-{"Clue":"Buried treasure originally hidden by soldier at ground (4,2,4)","Answer":"LAID TO REST","Explanation":"Definition: Buried\nT[reasure] in (SOLDIER AT)* \u2013 a nicely, and appropriately, \"buried\" definition"}
-{"Clue":"Personalised picture of military display? (6)","Answer":"TATTOO","Explanation":"Definition: Personalised picture\nDouble definition: a tattoo is a picture on one's person"}
-{"Clue":"Trooper runs after retreating gents bitten by croc (10)","Answer":"CAVALRYMAN","Explanation":"Definition: Trooper\nReverse of LAV (lavatory: e.g. Gents) + R in CAYMAN (type of crocodile)"}
-{"Clue":"Having bargained for housing, old rogue coughed up (12)","Answer":"EXPECTORATED","Explanation":"Definition: coughed up\nO RAT in EXPECTED (bargained for). The comma has to be ignored"}
-{"Clue":"Edges of Estonian flag intact (6)","Answer":"ENTIRE","Explanation":"Definition: intact\nE[stonia]N + TIRE (to flag)"}
-{"Clue":"Police eager to resolve conflict (8)","Answer":"DISAGREE","Explanation":"Definition: conflict\nDIS (Detective Inspectors) + EAGER"}
-{"Clue":"Invective from first person caught in traffic (6)","Answer":"TIRADE","Explanation":"Definition: Invective\nI (first person, in grammar) in TRADE"}
-{"Clue":"Heads turned when English introduced weapon (4,3)","Answer":"STEN GUN","Explanation":"Definition: weapon\nENG in reverse of NUTS (heads)"}
-{"Clue":"Last of dead nettle one could be stuck with (4)","Answer":"DIRK","Explanation":"Definition: one could be stuck with\n[dea]D + IRK (to annoy, nettle) \u2013 \"stuck\" as in \"stabbed\""}
-{"Clue":"A little problem spoken of (4)","Answer":"SOME","Explanation":"Definition: A little\nHomophome of \"sum\""}
-{"Clue":"Books kept by suspect townie investigated (4,4)","Answer":"WENT INTO","Explanation":"Definition: investigated\nNT (New Testament, books) in TOWNIE"}
-{"Clue":"Music genre influential on election night? (5)","Answer":"SWING","Explanation":"Definition: Music genre\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Lines in support of love by female author (1,5)","Answer":"O HENRY","Explanation":"Definition: author\nO (zero, love) + HEN (female) + RY (railway, lines). O. Henry, real name William Sydney Porter, was an American (male) writer of short stories"}
-{"Clue":"May get out of prison sentence? (10)","Answer":"SPRINGTIME","Explanation":"Definition: May\nSPRING (to get [someone] out) + TIME (prison sentence)"}
-{"Clue":"Facility within plain car such as Bond might relish? (3,7)","Answer":"DRY MARTINI","Explanation":"Definition: such as Bond might relish\nART in DRY MINI"}
-{"Clue":"Greek character admitting a deep malaise (6)","Answer":"NAUSEA","Explanation":"Definition: malaise\nA in NU (Greek letter) + SEA (the deep)"}
-{"Clue":"Everybody's first cheers? (3,3,4)","Answer":"ALL THE BEST","Explanation":"Definition: Everybody's first\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Biblical sinner turned saint: person with time to reform (5,5)","Answer":"SIMON PETER","Explanation":"Definition: Biblical sinner turned saint\n(PERSON TIME)"}
-{"Clue":"Draw conclusion from About a Boy (6)","Answer":"REASON","Explanation":"Definition: Draw conclusion\nRE A SON (*About a Boy* is a novel by Nick Hornby, made into a film with Hugh Grant)"}
-{"Clue":"Compound legislature headed by a Republican (8)","Answer":"ARSENATE","Explanation":"Definition: Compound\nA R + SENATE \u2013 a compound containing Arsenic in a particular configuration (cf Sulphate, Carbonate)"}
-{"Clue":"Gained an advantage, being committed to staff (6)","Answer":"SCORED","Explanation":"Definition: Gained an advantage\nDouble definition \u2013 the second refers to the staff (or stave) lines in a musical score"}
-{"Clue":"Farewell drink I accepted served up (5)","Answer":"ADIOS","Explanation":"Definition: Farewell\nI in reverse of SODA"}
-{"Clue":"Bluff chap's first kid (4)","Answer":"CRAG","Explanation":"Definition: Bluff\nC[hap] + RAG (to tease, kid)"}
-{"Clue":"Dishonourable aim (4)","Answer":"MEAN","Explanation":"Definition: Dishonourable\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Jumper might go over this, missing tie (8,4)","Answer":"SKIPPING\u00a0ROPE","Explanation":"Definition: Jumper might go over this\nSKIPPING (missing) + ROPE (tie)"}
-{"Clue":"Pulls out of hospital procedure after doctor gives you bug (9)","Answer":"EAVESDROP","Explanation":"Definition: bug\nHEAVES (pulls) minus (out of) H + DR + OP"}
-{"Clue":"Time for contraception? Strip (7)","Answer":"PILLAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Strip\nThe age of the pill, or the PILL AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Weary race to the bottom? (3-4)","Answer":"RUN-DOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Weary\nA race to the bottom is a RUN DOWN"}
-{"Clue":"Perhaps rock and roll CD in US came out (5,5)","Answer":"DANCE MUSIC","Explanation":"Definition: Perhaps rock and roll\n(CD IN US CAME)"}
-{"Clue":"Sit on river and fish (4)","Answer":"RIDE","Explanation":"Definition: Sit on\nR + IDE (fish)"}
-{"Clue":"Suspect shot: unwind seeing crime dramas (10)","Answer":"WHODUNNITS","Explanation":"Definition: crime dramas\n(SHOT UNWIND)"}
-{"Clue":"Performing it, Dua Lipa got idea for recording (7,5,4)","Answer":"DIGITAL\u00a0AUDIO TAPE","Explanation":"Definition: recording\n(IT DUA LIPA GOT IDEA)* \u2013 I'm sorry to say this singer's name has completely passed me by (not that it matters for solving the clue)"}
-{"Clue":"Around centre of town, spilled milk here? (7)","Answer":"COWSHED","Explanation":"Around centre of town, spilled milk here? (7)\nC (circa, about) + [t]OW[n] + SHED (spilled)"}
-{"Clue":"English call on John Barnes, ultimately to lead dribbling (9)","Answer":"SLAVERING","Explanation":"Definition: dribbling\n[Barne]S + LAV (toilet, john) + E[nglish] + RING (call); \"to lead\" indicates that the S goes at the start"}
-{"Clue":"Group of drivers right to restrict parking out of consideration (5)","Answer":"APART","Explanation":"Definition: out of consideration\nP in AA (Automobile Association \u2013 group of drivers) + RT (right)"}
-{"Clue":"Serve sugarless cola without opening snacks (7,5)","Answer":"SAUSAGE ROLLS","Explanation":"Definition: snacks\nAnagram of SUGARLESS [C]OLA"}
-{"Clue":"Relegated team getting stuffed (9)","Answer":"SIDELINED","Explanation":"Definition: Relegated\nSIDE (team) + LINED (stuffed)"}
-{"Clue":"One piece of turf outside recently cut off (8)","Answer":"ISOLATED","Explanation":"Definition: cut off\nI + LATE (recently) in SOD"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of pastry on outside of cake (5)","Answer":"PIECE","Explanation":"Definition: Bit\nPIE (pastry) + C[ak]E"}
-{"Clue":"Forget it? Number always on memory (5,4)","Answer":"NEVER MIND","Explanation":"Definition: Forget it\nN + EVER + MIND (memory)"}
-{"Clue":"Object to nurse cutting break (6)","Answer":"RESENT","Explanation":"Definition: Object to\nEN (enrolled nurse) in REST (break) *thanks to muffin for pointing out a typo here"}
-{"Clue":"European side left with no goals (5)","Answer":"PORTO","Explanation":"Definition: European side\nPORT (left) + O (no goals, as in football scores such as 1-0)"}
-{"Clue":"Out-of-shape group of patients receiving exercise classes (6)","Answer":"WARPED","Explanation":"Definition: Out-of-shape\nPE (exercise classes) in WARD (group of patients in a hospital)"}
-{"Clue":"Cleaner bum (6)","Answer":"SPONGE","Explanation":"Definition: Cleaner\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Supporting being raised on farm (9)","Answer":"UPHOLDING","Explanation":"Definition: Supporting\nUP (raised) + HOLDING (farm)"}
-{"Clue":"Help to smuggle cocaine: tips for drug users (4,5)","Answer":"ACID HEADS","Explanation":"Definition: drug users\nC[ocaine] in AID + HEADS (tips)"}
-{"Clue":"Balloon with delivery following small present (8)","Answer":"SNOWBALL","Explanation":"Definition: Balloon\nS[mall] + NOW (present) + BALL (delivery, in cricket). Balloon and snowball can both mean to grow rapidly"}
-{"Clue":"Part of salad not left on a plate (6)","Answer":"RADISH","Explanation":"Definition: Part of salad\nR (right, not left) + A DISH"}
-{"Clue":"Relax with partner after endless sex (6)","Answer":"SEDATE","Explanation":"Definition: Relax\nSE[x] + DATE"}
-{"Clue":"Pure soprano voices (6)","Answer":"UTTERS","Explanation":"Definition: voices\nUTTER (pure) + S"}
-{"Clue":"Country harvest picked up (5)","Answer":"GHANA","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nHomophone (with the usual proviso about rhotic pronunciation) of \"garner\""}
-{"Clue":"One's rolled up with soldier upset in vehicle (5)","Answer":"CIGAR","Explanation":"Definition: One's rolled up\nReverse of GI (soldier) in CAR"}
-{"Clue":"Upper house abroad, not happy about English one (6)","Answer":"SEANAD","Explanation":"Definition: Upper house abroad\nE AN in SAD \u2013 the Irish Senate"}
-{"Clue":"Signs of discord? International lost has relevance (6)","Answer":"APPLES","Explanation":"Definition: Signs of discord\nAPPLIES less I, with a reference to the Apple of Discord"}
-{"Clue":"Panel irritated with sot, one who's needlessly verbose (8)","Answer":"PLEONAST","Explanation":"Definition: one who's needlessly verbose\n(PANEL SOT)"}
-{"Clue":"One dramatically educated to hold a lasso (5)","Answer":"RIATA","Explanation":"Definition: lasso\nA in RITA \u2013 from Willy Russell's play (and film) *Educating Rita"}
-{"Clue":"Needing a drink, son gets stuck into Triple X? (7)","Answer":"THIRSTY","Explanation":"Definition: Needing a drink\nS in THIRTY (three times ten, or X)"}
-{"Clue":"One carousing in Scotland, girl Reg led astray fed with narcotic stuff (10)","Answer":"GILRAVAGER","Explanation":"Definition: One carousing in Scotland\nAVA in (GIRL REG)"}
-{"Clue":"Book by US novelist, nourishing brew (5)","Answer":"BROTH","Explanation":"Definition: nourishing brew\nB + ROTH (Philip Roth, author of *Portnoy's Complaint* among many others"}
-{"Clue":"Old clothes folded in chest severally (5)","Answer":"VESTS","Explanation":"Definition: Old clothes\nHidden in reverse of cheST SEVerally; \"vests\" is a current word, of course, but the \"old\" tells us that it has an obsolete meaning of clothes generally"}
-{"Clue":"Like riverine creature seen in lake, quickly returning (5)","Answer":"LOTIC","Explanation":"Definition: Like riverine creature\nL + reverse of CITO (Latin \"fast\")"}
-{"Clue":"Wines and other alcoholic drink (not soft) (5)","Answer":"ASTIS","Explanation":"Definition: Wines\nPASTIS less P"}
-{"Clue":"Time to get going, about to burst a boundary in space (10)","Answer":"TROPOPAUSE","Explanation":"Definition: boundary in space\nPOP (burst) A in T (time) ROUSE (get going)"}
-{"Clue":"Handles changed sail in sea changing (7)","Answer":"ALIASES","Explanation":"Definition: Handles changed\nSAIL* in SEA"}
-{"Clue":"I had lizard with tail brought right forward as glove material? (7)","Answer":"KIDSKIN","Explanation":"Definition: glove material\nI'D SKINK with last letter moved to the beginning"}
-{"Clue":"Passage in book cut before point with page twice removed (5)","Answer":"LOCUS","Explanation":"Definition: Passage in book\nLOP (cut) + CUSP less both Ps"}
-{"Clue":"Harbours once providing periods of calm sheltering core of fleet (6)","Answer":"RESETS","Explanation":"Definition: Harbours once\n[fl]E[et] in RESTS \u2013 obsolete (Scots) word meaning to harbour, related to receive, receipt"}
-{"Clue":"Typical of country gent, tense and far from robust (6)","Answer":"TWEEDY","Explanation":"Definition: Typical of country gent\nT + WEEDY; fun fact \u2013 the name of the material tweed is the probably result of a mistake, from a misreading of \"tweel\" (twill); no connection to the River Tweed"}
-{"Clue":"Birdie at Troon, first of several, putting initially secure as of old (5)","Answer":"SPRUG","Explanation":"Definition: Birdie at Troon\nS[everal] P[utting] + RUG \u2013 Scots word for a sparrow"}
-{"Clue":"Observer missing maybe he lost here and there (5)","Answer":"NOTER","Explanation":"Definition: Observer\nI think this is NOT HERE (missing) with the letters of HE removed from non-adjacent positions (hence \"here and there\")"}
-{"Clue":"Obsessive shrink's work half ignored? (4)","Answer":"ANAL","Explanation":"Definition: Obsessive\nANAL[ysis]"}
-{"Clue":"Appointment? Four written in in case (6)","Answer":"DATIVE","Explanation":"Definition: case\nIV in DATE"}
-{"Clue":"Some potash largely fashioned masonry (6)","Answer":"ASHLAR","Explanation":"Definition: fashioned masonry\nHidden in potASH LARgely"}
-{"Clue":"Large Indian minority in grammar classes involving English (7)","Answer":"PARSEES","Explanation":"Definition: Large Indian minority\nE in PARSES \u2013 Chambers only gives \"parse\" as a verb, so I'm not sure how \"grammar classes\" works"}
-{"Clue":"Model of ineptitude breaking off shutter's opener? (5)","Answer":"LOSER","Explanation":"Definition: Model of ineptitude\n[C]LOSER"}
-{"Clue":"Shakespeare's woven together complex suits in what's recorded (12)","Answer":"ENTERTISSUED","Explanation":"Definition: Shakespeare's woven together\nSUITS* in ENTERED"}
-{"Clue":"Shot dominating point being withdrawn (7)","Answer":"SHYNESS","Explanation":"Definition: being withdrawn\nSHY + NESS"}
-{"Clue":"Niche that's followed by deerstalker (4)","Answer":"SLOT","Explanation":"Definition: Niche\nDouble definition \u2013 the second is from the meaning a deer's footprints"}
-{"Clue":"What's left in cup becoming increasingly cold (7)","Answer":"BLEAKER","Explanation":"Definition: increasingly cold\nL in BEAKER"}
-{"Clue":"Ties being knotted round head creates link for pedallers (7)","Answer":"TIRASSE","Explanation":"Definition: link for pedallers\nRAS in TIES* \u2013 the pedallers here are organists"}
-{"Clue":"It perks up old wine, substance including last in vat (4)","Answer":"STUM","Explanation":"Definition: It perks up old wine\n[va]T in SUM"}
-{"Clue":"Questions for the Scots about independence press for resolution (6)","Answer":"SPEIRS","Explanation":"Definition: Questions for the Scots\nI in PRESS"}
-{"Clue":"Cooking pot not once found in place (6)","Answer":"POSNET","Explanation":"Definition: Cooking pot\nNE (archaic \"not\") in POST"}
-{"Clue":"Rising deposit men dredged in coastal waters (5)","Answer":"TIDES","Explanation":"Definition: coastal waters\nReverse of SEDIMENT less MEN"}
-{"Clue":"Greek conflict with East in historical past (5)","Answer":"AGONE","Explanation":"Definition: historical past\nAGON + E"}
-{"Clue":"Drunken 'aye aye' (does one assume?) including sailor's first attempt (5)","Answer":"ESSAY","Explanation":"Definition: attempt\nS[ailor] in AYES"}
-{"Clue":"Sharp detectives returned fool to court (8)","Answer":"DISTINCT","Explanation":"Definition: Sharp\nDIS (Detective Inspectors) + reverse of NIT (fool) + CT"}
-{"Clue":"Resilience of black cat (6)","Answer":"BOUNCE","Explanation":"Definition: Resilience\nB + OUNCE (the Snow Leopard)"}
-{"Clue":"Prang rear end of jeep (4)","Answer":"BUMP","Explanation":"Definition: Prang\nBUM (bottom, rear) + [jee]P"}
-{"Clue":"Recent sex: cold, messy and unnecessary (10)","Answer":"EXCRESCENT","Explanation":"Definition: unnecessary\nAnagram of RECENT SEX C; the noun form \"excresence\" is perhaps more common \u2013 often used as an insult by Bertie Wooster"}
-{"Clue":"Mix up wet earth with roots of old laurel tree (6)","Answer":"MUDDLE","Explanation":"Definition: Mix up\nMUD (wet earth) + last letters (\"roots\") of olD laureL treE"}
-{"Clue":"Let raven free in wind from the east (8)","Answer":"LEVANTER","Explanation":"Definition: wind from the east\n(LET RAVEN)* \u2013 another less-common word, though easily gettable from the anagram and a few crossers"}
-{"Clue":"Powerful ballad captures Beatrice's heart (6)","Answer":"STRONG","Explanation":"Definition: Powerful\n[Bea]TR[ice] in SONG"}
-{"Clue":"Excessively craving grass after good year (6)","Answer":"GREEDY","Explanation":"Definition: Excessively craving\nG + REED (grass) + Y"}
-{"Clue":"First exam includes one trap (8)","Answer":"ORIGINAL","Explanation":"Definition: First\nI GIN (trap) in ORAL (exam0"}
-{"Clue":"Sample from tesla plant (6)","Answer":"TASTER","Explanation":"Definition: Sample\nT (tesla \u2013 unit of magnetic induction) + ASTER; I think the \"tesla\" in the clue would benefit from a capital T, as the surface is suggesting the car company"}
-{"Clue":"Caught milliner with case for windbag (10)","Answer":"CHATTERBOX","Explanation":"Definition: windbag\nC + HATTER + BOX"}
-{"Clue":"Verbally cross and discourteous (4)","Answer":"RUDE","Explanation":"Definition: discourteous\nHomophone of \"rood\" \u2013 old English name for a cross, supplanted by the Latin\/French word we now use"}
-{"Clue":"Creature fell finally during hostilities with America (6)","Answer":"WALRUS","Explanation":"Definition: Creature\n[fe]L in WAR + US"}
-{"Clue":"Affairs where cats entertain ladies regularly (8)","Answer":"LIAISONS","Explanation":"Definition: Affairs\nAlternate letters of lAiDiEs in LIONS"}
-{"Clue":"Left squire dancing, having consumed posh drinks (8)","Answer":"LIQUEURS","Explanation":"Definition: drinks\nU (posh) in anagram of L SQUIRE"}
-{"Clue":"Stamp stuck to envelope portrayed heads (4)","Answer":"STEP","Explanation":"Definition: Stamp\nFirst letters (\"heads\") of Stuck To Envelope Portrayed; I suppose a stamp is a sort of step.."}
-{"Clue":"Start to smoke joints audibly, showing sign of irritation (6)","Answer":"SNEEZE","Explanation":"Definition: sign of irritation\nS[moke] + homophone of \"knees\" (joints)"}
-{"Clue":"Old boy has computer paper (8)","Answer":"OBSERVER","Explanation":"Definition: paper\nOB + SERVER"}
-{"Clue":"Curse can be broken for pirates (10)","Answer":"BUCCANEERS","Explanation":"Definition: pirates\n(CURSE CAN BE)"}
-{"Clue":"Voices concerns about candlestick (6)","Answer":"SCONCE","Explanation":"Definition: candlestick\nHidden in voiceS CONCErn"}
-{"Clue":"Touch hat covering Charlie King (6)","Answer":"TICKLE","Explanation":"Definition: Touch\nC K in TILE (hat)"}
-{"Clue":"Embarrassed about own goal, a politician becomes offensive (10)","Answer":"DEROGATORY","Explanation":"Definition: offensive\nReverse of RED + O.G. + A TORY"}
-{"Clue":"Aroma around poles inside of tent is rubbish (8)","Answer":"NONSENSE","Explanation":"Definition: rubbish\nN S (poles) + [t]EN[t] in NOSE (aroma \u2013 as in wine)"}
-{"Clue":"Diligently ignoring timeline in order to be flexible (8)","Answer":"YIELDING","Explanation":"Definition: flexible\nAnagram of DILIGENTLY less T[ime] and L[ine]"}
-{"Clue":"Posh lass hiding fling with general (6)","Answer":"GLOBAL","Explanation":"Definition: general\nLOB (to throw, fling) in GAL (girl, as said by a toff)"}
-{"Clue":"Upset after woman rising to increase temperature again (6)","Answer":"REHEAT","Explanation":"Definition: increase temperature again\nReverse of HER + EAT (to worry, upset)"}
-{"Clue":"Volunteers mutant superhero to be one overseeing duty (6)","Answer":"TAXMAN","Explanation":"Definition: one overseeing duty\nTA (Territorial Army) + X-MAN (one of the X-Men)"}
-{"Clue":"Smooth surface partly turned over for race (4)","Answer":"RUSH","Explanation":"Definition: race\nHidden in reverse of smootH SURface"}
-{"Clue":"Managing to be top (6)","Answer":"COPING","Explanation":"Definition: Managing\nDouble definition \u2013 coping is a top layer of a brick wall, also seen in \"coping-stone\""}
-{"Clue":"Short garments \u2014 test out the cloth (8)","Answer":"MINISTRY","Explanation":"Definition: the cloth\nMINIS (miniskirts) + TRY (test out); cloth as in \"man of the cloth\""}
-{"Clue":"Greek character, sailor, about to cross river \u2014 the quickest route? (3,3)","Answer":"RAT RUN","Explanation":"Definition: the quickest route\nR[iver] in NU (Greek letter) + TAR (sailor), all reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Perplexing activity on the cricket field (8)","Answer":"STUMPING","Explanation":"Definition: Perplexing\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Support wickedness, bumping off one in proximity (11)","Answer":"PROPINQUITY","Explanation":"Definition: proximity\nPROP (support) + INIQUITY less the second I. The word reminds me of the quip \"nothing propinks like propinquity\", which (as I think I once knew but had forgotten) is said by Felix Leiter in the James Bond novel *Diamonds are Forever"}
-{"Clue":"Bar money in famous wedding location (7)","Answer":"CANTINA","Explanation":"Definition: Bar\nTIN (money) in CANA (site of the wedding where Jesus turns water into wine in John 2)"}
-{"Clue":"Perform inadequately as less fancied competitor? Not good (7)","Answer":"UNDERDO","Explanation":"Definition: Perform inadequately\nUNDERDOG less ~~D~~ G \u2013 not a common word, but easy to get from the wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Donkey isn't moving with energy \u2014 a hard problem (6,5)","Answer":"KIDNEY\u00a0STONE","Explanation":"Definition: a hard problem\n(DONKEY ISN'T)* + E"}
-{"Clue":"Messengers and companions wasting time (8)","Answer":"COURIERS","Explanation":"Definition: Messengers\nCOURTIERS less T"}
-{"Clue":"Smooth language (6)","Answer":"POLISH","Explanation":"Definition: Smooth\nAnother (very familiar) double definition"}
-{"Clue":"A gremlin up in the air is a malicious type (8)","Answer":"MALIGNER","Explanation":"Definition: a malicious type\n(A GREMLIN)* \u2013 I saw the anagram almost at once, but wasn't sure it was right, asking myself \"is there such a word as malig-ner?\" Of course it's actually one who maligns"}
-{"Clue":"Hooligans attempted to switch sides (6)","Answer":"TOUGHS","Explanation":"Definition: Hooligans\nSOUGHT (attempted) with the outer letters swapped"}
-{"Clue":"To cancel, one rings (6)","Answer":"ANNULI","Explanation":"Definition: rings\nANNUL + I"}
-{"Clue":"Broadcast from underworld with acclaim (10)","Answer":"DISTRIBUTE","Explanation":"Definition: Broadcast\nDIS (Roman underworld) + TRIBUTE"}
-{"Clue":"Demoralised, like the Tories with Theresa gone? (8)","Answer":"DISMAYED","Explanation":"Definition: Demoralised\nDIS-MAY-ED, as the Tories were when Theresa May ceased to be leader and PM"}
-{"Clue":"Get cover quickly behind vehicle (8)","Answer":"CARAPACE","Explanation":"Definition: cover\nCAR + APACE"}
-{"Clue":"Like a plant in difficulty \u2014 spots show this (3-5)","Answer":"POT-BOUND","Explanation":"Definition: Like a plant in difficulty\nPOT is \"bound\" in sPOTs"}
-{"Clue":"Namely, loveless idiot (4)","Answer":"TWIT","Explanation":"Definition: idiot\nTO WIT less O (love)"}
-{"Clue":"Immature adult \u2014 a Parisian lacking discipline (4)","Answer":"YOGA","Explanation":"Definition: discipline\nYOUNG A less UN (French \"a\")"}
-{"Clue":"When in Paris, stars will create difficult situations (10)","Answer":"QUANDARIES","Explanation":"Definition: difficult situations\nQUAND (French \"when\") + ARIES (constellation). Seems a bit strange to have Parisian\/in Paris in consecutive clues"}
-{"Clue":"Slobbering attracted Heather, it's said (8)","Answer":"DROOLING","Explanation":"Definition: Slobbering\nHomophone of \"drew ling\""}
-{"Clue":"Jewish historian to tease our sort, penning record (8)","Answer":"JOSEPHUS","Explanation":"Definition: Jewish historian\nEP (record) in JOSH US \u2013 this was easy for me from the definition, as I don't think I could name another Jewish historian"}
-{"Clue":"Oxford literary group in Cam\u00adbridge college, entertaining learner (8)","Answer":"INKLINGS","Explanation":"Definition: Oxford literary group\nL in IN KING'S. The Inklings included C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien"}
-{"Clue":"Boy that's 5? You've got it! (4,2)","Answer":"SPOT ON","Explanation":"Definition: You've got it\nPOT in SON. We have to read \"that's\" as \"that has\" for the cryptic meaning"}
-{"Clue":"Being heartless, get away with trick (4)","Answer":"SCAM","Explanation":"Definition: trick\nSCRAM less its middle letter"}
-{"Clue":"Good shot brings oppressor to premature end (4)","Answer":"BULL","Explanation":"Definition: Good shot\nBULL[Y]"}
-{"Clue":"Sign, say, over vehicle (6)","Answer":"GEMINI","Explanation":"Definition: Sign\nE.G. (\"say\") reversed + MINI (car), for the astrological \"sign\""}
-{"Clue":"Park employee called King Edward? (6)","Answer":"RANGER","Explanation":"Definition: Park employee\nRANG (called) + E.R."}
-{"Clue":"Work away, almost leisurely, to get a lot of money (4)","Answer":"SLOG","Explanation":"Definition: Work away\nSLO[W] (\"leisurely\") + G (grand, 1000 pounds or dollars)"}
-{"Clue":"Denouncer's unorthodox antics 'cool' (10)","Answer":"ICONOCLAST","Explanation":"Definition: Denouncer\n(ANTICS COOL)"}
-{"Clue":"Bit of a mishap: Grand Canal emptied and burning (6)","Answer":"GLITCH","Explanation":"Definition: Bit of a mishap\nG[rand cana]L + ITCH (burning). I spent a while trying to make this out of GC and LIT for \"burning\""}
-{"Clue":"Pull back, being a much-travelled character (8)","Answer":"GULLIVER","Explanation":"Definition: a much-travelled character\nLUG reversed + LIVER (one who lives, a being). Gulliver is a proposed European mission to collect samples from the Martian moon Deimos, so called because *Gulliver's Travels* describes the scientists of Laputa knowing of two moons orbiting Mars, over a century before they were actually found"}
-{"Clue":"Energy-packed NCO material (9)","Answer":"CORPOREAL","Explanation":"Definition: material\nE in CORPORAL"}
-{"Clue":"World title cracked by amateur (4)","Answer":"MARS","Explanation":"Definition: World\nA[mateur] in MRS (title)"}
-{"Clue":"Don Juan's undone and missing a godly partner (4)","Answer":"JUNO","Explanation":"Definition: a godly partner\nAnagram of DON JUAN minus AND. In Roman mythology, Juno is the wife of Jupiter"}
-{"Clue":"Qualifier, Jet, overwhelmed with advice (9)","Answer":"ADJECTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: Qualifier\n(JET ADVICE)"}
-{"Clue":"Trials take place here shortly \u2014 one has to be still (8)","Answer":"INACTIVE","Explanation":"Definition: still\nTrials taks place IN A C[our]T, + I'VE (I have = one has)"}
-{"Clue":"For example, Sebastian Drive, backing onto ancient city (not eastern) (6)","Answer":"MARTYR","Explanation":"Definition: For example, Sebastian\nReverse of RAM (to drive) + TYRE less E. St Sebastian was a third-century Christian martyr"}
-{"Clue":"Pioneer father secures source of hieroglyphic discovery (10)","Answer":"PATHFINDER","Explanation":"Definition: Pioneer\nH[ieroglyphic} + FIND (discovery) in PATER"}
-{"Clue":"Greens getting a conspicuous star (4)","Answer":"VEGA","Explanation":"Definition: conspicuous star\nVEG (vegetables, greens) + A"}
-{"Clue":"Roger, protected by criminal, arrives at low point (6)","Answer":"TROUGH","Explanation":"Definition: low point\nR[oger] in TOUGH (criminal)"}
-{"Clue":"Alarm \u2014 time to put on slip (6)","Answer":"TERROR","Explanation":"Definition: Alarm\nT + ERROR. The opposite construction (removing T from TERROR to give ERROR) has already appeared twice in FT puzzles this week, so I was primed for this one"}
-{"Clue":"Inquisition victim, young woman associated with international sign (7)","Answer":"GALILEO","Explanation":"Definition: Inquisition victim\nGAL (girl, young woman) + I[nternational] + LEO (another astrological sign)"}
-{"Clue":"Force could, possibly (5)","Answer":"MIGHT","Explanation":"Definition: Force\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"In no case loose the rein (7)","Answer":"NEITHER","Explanation":"Definition: In no case\n(THE REIN)"}
-{"Clue":"God represented by parrot wearing a ring (6)","Answer":"APOLLO","Explanation":"Definition: God\nPOLL (parrot) in A O"}
-{"Clue":"Impertinence shown by terrible old ruler \u2014 time to run around (9)","Answer":"GALLIVANT","Explanation":"Definition: to run around\nGALL (impertinence) + IVAN (the Terrible) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Artist, British actor and, finally, Francis Bacon (7)","Answer":"RASHERS","Explanation":"Definition: Bacon\nRA (artist) + SHER (Sir Antony Sher, actor) + [Franci]S"}
-{"Clue":"Crude hooligan, Desperate Dan, has cash (5,3,5)","Answer":"ROUGH\u00a0AND\u00a0READY","Explanation":"Definition: Crude\nROUGH (hooligan) + DAN* + READY (cash)"}
-{"Clue":"Obvious liar about to cut Chopin composition, Zeus's lover (9)","Answer":"PINOCCHIO","Explanation":"Definition: Obvious liar\nC (circa, about) in CHOPIN* + IO (Greek mythology this time \u2013 Io was a mortal lover of Zeus). Pinocchio was an \"obvious liar\" because of the nose-growing thing"}
-{"Clue":"Vessel on which folk duo member found objects of rubbish (4,3)","Answer":"JUNK ART","Explanation":"Definition: objects of rubbish\nJUNK (vessel) + ART (Garfunkel, as in Simon and..)"}
-{"Clue":"Term wasted with eel that's prone to disease (3,4)","Answer":"ELM TREE","Explanation":"Definition: that's prone to disease\n(TERM EEL)* \u2013 the British Elm population was devastated by Dutch Elm disease in the 1970s"}
-{"Clue":"Drake versus duck with a grey cast? (7)","Answer":"VOYAGER","Explanation":"Definition: Drake\nV[ersus] O (zero, duck) + (A GREY)* \u2013 as a definition-by-example this really needs a \"maybe\" after \"Drake\""}
-{"Clue":"Marauding type of short woman married to ruler (6)","Answer":"VIKING","Explanation":"Definition: Marauding type\nVI (woman's name, short for Violet) joined or \"married\" to KING (ruler). Perhaps a better definition than \"pirate\", as in Monday's Quiptic"}
-{"Clue":"Dog collar's hem old parson turned up? (5)","Answer":"ROVER","Explanation":"Definition: Dog\nLast letter or \"hem\" of collaR + O + reverse of REV. I wonder if any dogs are still called Rover (or Fido) these days"}
-{"Clue":"Bald eagle: fly off with cold chill around North (8,10)","Answer":"FOLLICLY\u00a0CHALLENGED","Explanation":"Definition: Bald\nAnagram of EAGLE FLY COLD CHILL N. This facetious or euphemistic phrase isn't in Chambers, but does appear in several online dictionaries"}
-{"Clue":"Teacher's to take one school to collect college books (6)","Answer":"SCOTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Teacher's to take one\nC[ollege] OT (Old Testament) in SCH; \"to take one\" means that Teacher's is an example of a Scotch whisky"}
-{"Clue":"Gangster stole one (8)","Answer":"SCARFACE","Explanation":"Definition: Gangster\nSCARF + ACE. Scarface was a nickname of Al Capone"}
-{"Clue":"Cry as body of collier found in coalface? (6)","Answer":"SCREAM","Explanation":"Definition: Cry\nC[ollie]R in SEAM (coalface). I'm not sure how \"body\" can mean the outer letters"}
-{"Clue":"A good sign for workers here (8)","Answer":"APIARIES","Explanation":"Definition: workers here\nA + PI (pious, good) + ARIES (astrological sign); the workers are bees"}
-{"Clue":"Spot politician going into mansion (6)","Answer":"PIMPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Spot\nMP in PILE"}
-{"Clue":"Bow tie mostly bent back before party: one might get fixed on entrance (10)","Answer":"ARCHITRAVE","Explanation":"Definition: one might get fixed on entrance\nARCH (bow) + reverse of TI[e] + RAVE (party)"}
-{"Clue":"Children's entertainer delivers party drink in these? (5,5)","Answer":"PUNCH BOWLS","Explanation":"Definition: party drink in these\nPUNCH (as in Punch and Judy) + BOWLS (delivers, e.g. in cricket)"}
-{"Clue":"Give up drugs with cocaine cut (6)","Answer":"ESCHEW","Explanation":"Definition: Give up\nES (drugs) + C[ocaine] + HEW (cut)"}
-{"Clue":"Soldiers with blanket, asleep, essentially woken by this? (8)","Answer":"REVEILLE","Explanation":"Definition: this\nRE (Royal Engineers, soldiers) + VEIL (blanket) + [as]LE[ep]"}
-{"Clue":"Rich one, Conservative joining club (6)","Answer":"IRONIC","Explanation":"Definition: Rich\nIRON (golf club) + I + C; as in \"that's a bit rich\""}
-{"Clue":"Troubles of computing stopping American businessman (8)","Answer":"AGITATES","Explanation":"Definition: Troubles\nIT (Information Technology) in A[merican] + [Bill] GATES"}
-{"Clue":"Spread out blind to get through (6)","Answer":"EFFUSE","Explanation":"Definition: Spread out\nEFF (as in effing and blinding) + USE (get through)"}
-{"Clue":"Grip hard racket the wrong way on advantage to American (8)","Answer":"ADHESION","Explanation":"Definition: Grip\nAD (abbreviation for advantage in tennis scoring: not in Chambers) + H + reverse of NOISE (racket)"}
-{"Clue":"Financial relief is calculated to a limited degree (6)","Answer":"FISCAL","Explanation":"Definition: Financial\nHidden in relieF IS CALculated"}
-{"Clue":"Opening shot at the crease (4-2)","Answer":"LEAD-IN","Explanation":"Definition: Opening\nLEAD (as in lead shot) + IN (batting, at the crease)"}
-{"Clue":"Wearing fashion to shop (6)","Answer":"INFORM","Explanation":"Definition: to shop\nIN (wearing) FORM (to make, fashion): to shop someone is to inform on them to the police"}
-{"Clue":"Change in this cabinet: Heath upset (6-4)","Answer":"LOCKER-ROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Change in this\nLOCKER (cabinet) + reverse of MOOR"}
-{"Clue":"Riders from celebrity on vacation: see notes (8)","Answer":"CYCLISTS","Explanation":"Definition: Riders\n\"Vacated\" C[elebrit]Y + C (see) + LISTS (notes)"}
-{"Clue":"No Oscar for 1993 film featuring special actor \u2026 (8)","Answer":"THESPIAN","Explanation":"Definition: actor\nS[pecial] in THE PIANO less O"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 drunk actor with case of Moselle wine (8)","Answer":"HAMMERED","Explanation":"Definition: drunk\nHAM (actor) + M[osell]E + RED"}
-{"Clue":"Liking small area at the front with parking (8)","Answer":"APPETITE","Explanation":"Definition: Liking\nA[rea] + P[arking] + PETITE"}
-{"Clue":"Nick run down on vacation (5,3)","Answer":"KNOCK OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Nick\nKNOCK (criticise, run down) + OFF (a more conventional meaning of \"on vacation\"). Nick and knock off are both slang for \"steal\""}
-{"Clue":"Tricks from 6? Little deceit to trap husband (8)","Answer":"WHEELIES","Explanation":"Definition: Tricks from 6\nH in WEE LIES"}
-{"Clue":"Focus on going after foreign money (6)","Answer":"CENTRE","Explanation":"Definition: Focus\nCENT + RE (about, on)"}
-{"Clue":"They're in behind tooth, primarily cutting gum with one (6)","Answer":"GLUTEI","Explanation":"Definition: They're in behind\nT[ooth] in GLUE (gum) + I. The glutei are muscles in the buttocks or \"behind\""}
-{"Clue":"Someone with a child (6)","Answer":"PERSON","Explanation":"Definition: Someone\nPER (each, a, as in \"ten a second\") SON"}
-{"Clue":"Senior on back end of dinosaur in TV show (8)","Answer":"DOCUSOAP","Explanation":"Definition: TV show\nThe second half or \"back end\" of diploDOCUS + OAP (Old Age Pensioner)"}
-{"Clue":"Winners detailed in ancient city (6)","Answer":"THEBES","Explanation":"Definition: ancient city\nTHE BEST less its \"tail\""}
-{"Clue":"Artist missing article in least satisfactory glossary (4,4)","Answer":"WORD LIST","Explanation":"Definition: glossary\n[Salvador] DALI less A in WORST"}
-{"Clue":"Good to shave hairy back, twisted or plaited, initially (10)","Answer":"DEPILATORY","Explanation":"Definition: Good to shave\n(OR PLAITED)* + [hair]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Just beaten \u2014 like apples? (6)","Answer":"PIPPED","Explanation":"Definition: Just beaten\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Headbutt PM in dark (3-5)","Answer":"NUT-BROWN","Explanation":"Definition: dark\nNUT (to headbutt) + BROWN (Gordon B, former prime minister)"}
-{"Clue":"Leaders in race on Arctic trek caught by your old husky (7)","Answer":"THROATY","Explanation":"Definition: husky\nFirst letters of Race On Arctic Trek in THY"}
-{"Clue":"Flipped ball catches me going the wrong way (4,3)","Answer":"GONE MAD","Explanation":"Definition: Flipped\nReverse of ME in GONAD (ball)"}
-{"Clue":"Waste container and lifting mechanism getting a nut turned round? (8)","Answer":"SKIPJACK","Explanation":"Definition: a nut turned round\nSKIP (waste container) + JACK (lifting mechanism); \"a nut turned round\" gives tuna, of which SKIPJACK is a type, so more of a second bit of wordplay than a definition"}
-{"Clue":"Able to bounce back well, like billionaires? (6-6)","Answer":"SPRING\u2011LOADED","Explanation":"Definition: Able to bounce back\nSPRING (well) + LOADED (very rich)"}
-{"Clue":"Back-stabbing braggart, son a sociopath controlling family (4,6)","Answer":"COSA NOSTRA","Explanation":"Definition: controlling family\nHidden in reverse of braggART SON A SOCiopath; Cosa Nostra is a name for the Sicilian Mafia"}
-{"Clue":"Goddess soon afterward in hospital department? (6)","Answer":"ATHENE","Explanation":"Definition: Goddess\nTHEN (soon after) in A&E"}
-{"Clue":"Rocked \u2014 Neptune's slayer, reportedly? (3-5)","Answer":"SEE-SAWED","Explanation":"Definition: Rocked\nNeptune is the Roman god of the sea, so it's a homophone of SEA SWORD"}
-{"Clue":"Block of stone in coalpit oddly disappearing in a few weeks (8)","Answer":"MONOLITH","Explanation":"Definition: Block of stone\ncOaLpIt with the odd letters removed, in MONTH (a few weeks)"}
-{"Clue":"Courtyard, where first of crew lost (4)","Answer":"QUAD","Explanation":"Definition: Courtyard\nSQUAD (crew) minus its first letter"}
-{"Clue":"Weapon on fire, launched in fight (8)","Answer":"STILETTO","Explanation":"Definition: Weapon\nLIT reversed (launched = \"sent up\") in SET TO"}
-{"Clue":"Certainly rare, yet tragic past (10)","Answer":"YESTERYEAR","Explanation":"Definition: past\nYES (certainly) + (RARE YET)"}
-{"Clue":"Drink for a man? Relative of Isaac, say (6)","Answer":"HEBREW","Explanation":"Definition: Relative of Isaac, say\nA drink for a man might be a he-brew. Isaac is the son of the Jewish patriarch Abraham in the book of Genesis"}
-{"Clue":"Competitor breaking record in mucky film? (4,6)","Answer":"POOL PLAYER","Explanation":"Definition: Competitor breaking\nLP (record) in POO LAYER (a \"mucky film\"); breaking as in \"breaking off\" at the start of a game"}
-{"Clue":"Cloth wiping head from below before massaging under nipple (3,5)","Answer":"TEA-TOWEL","Explanation":"Definition: Cloth\nTEAT (nipple) + anagram of [b]ELOW"}
-{"Clue":"Prayer used, gain converts (5,3)","Answer":"AGNUS DEI","Explanation":"Definition: Prayer\n(USED GAIN)"}
-{"Clue":"Girl filling empty shoes, slippers? (6)","Answer":"SKATES","Explanation":"Definition: slippers\nKATE in S[hoe]S"}
-{"Clue":"Tricky, describing wading bird? (6)","Answer":"KNOTTY","Explanation":"Definition: Tricky\nDouble definition; the knot is a kind of sandpiper"}
-{"Clue":"Just like that, a crimson rose (6)","Answer":"SOARED","Explanation":"Definition: rose\nSO (just like that) + A RED"}
-{"Clue":"Possible killer on board, clue so hot? (4,6)","Answer":"LEAD PIPING","Explanation":"Definition: Possible killer on board\nLEAD (clue) + PIPING (hot); lead piping is one of the murder weapons in the board game Cluedo"}
-{"Clue":"Behind so petite? Bum irrelevant (6,3,5)","Answer":"BESIDE\u00a0THE POINT","Explanation":"Definition: irrelevant\n(BEHIND SO PETITE)"}
-{"Clue":"Fellow leaves fruit (7)","Answer":"MANGOES","Explanation":"Definition: fruit\nMAN + GOES"}
-{"Clue":"Range of colours spread round holiday home (7)","Answer":"PALETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Range of colours\nLET (holiday home \u2013 rather loose, I think) in PAT\u00c9 (a spread)"}
-{"Clue":"Don't take away contents of meat can (3,2)","Answer":"EAT IN","Explanation":"Definition: Don't take away\nThe \"contents\" of mEAt + TIN (can)"}
-{"Clue":"Maintain flat surface not necessary (9)","Answer":"AVERTABLE","Explanation":"Definition: not necessary\nAVER (to maintain) + TABLE"}
-{"Clue":"Stone found in remarkably robust planes (9)","Answer":"TURBOJETS","Explanation":"Definition: planes\nJET (stone) in ROBUST"}
-{"Clue":"Run over (5)","Answer":"EXTRA","Explanation":"Definition: Run\nDouble defintiion: the \"run\" is in cricket, for a no-ball, wide etc"}
-{"Clue":"One with fixed views of large part of bible (5)","Answer":"BIGOT","Explanation":"Definition: One with fixed views\nBIG O[ld] T[estament]"}
-{"Clue":"One uncommitted as the riot breaks out (9)","Answer":"HESITATOR","Explanation":"Definition: One uncommitted\n(AS THE RIOT)"}
-{"Clue":"To be forced to feel was rational (4,5)","Answer":"MADE SENSE","Explanation":"Definition: was rational\nMADE (forced) + SENSE (feel)"}
-{"Clue":"Scrap book missing second article (5)","Answer":"ANNUL","Explanation":"Definition: Scrap\nANNUAL less its second A (indefinite article)"}
-{"Clue":"Compels to cough up old wrongs (7)","Answer":"EXTORTS","Explanation":"Definition: Compels to cough up\nEX (old) TORTS (civil wrongs)"}
-{"Clue":"Masters golf here as impressive adult (7)","Answer":"AUGUSTA","Explanation":"Definition: Masters golf here\nAUGUST (impressive) + A[dult]; the US Masters is held in Augusta, Georgia"}
-{"Clue":"Play a hit, newsletter mis\u00adrepresented (3,7,4)","Answer":"THE\u00a0WINTER\u2019S TALE","Explanation":"Definition: Play\n(A HIT NEWSLETTER)"}
-{"Clue":"Unable to move in the dodgems? (6-2-6)","Answer":"BUMPER\u2011TO\u2011BUMPER","Explanation":"Definition: Unable to move\nBumper cars is an alternative name (mostly US I think) for dodgems"}
-{"Clue":"Legislator's appalling treason (7)","Answer":"SENATOR","Explanation":"Definition: Legislator\nTREASON"}
-{"Clue":"Doctor accepts being dismissed, so stops being heard (6,3)","Answer":"DROWNS OUT","Explanation":"Definition: stops being heard\nDR + OWNS (accepts) + OUT (dismissed)"}
-{"Clue":"Raced round Bath, say, more than necessary (2,5)","Answer":"TO SPARE","Explanation":"Definition: more than necessary\nSPA (Bath is one) in TORE (raced)"}
-{"Clue":"Couch in train (7)","Answer":"EXPRESS","Explanation":"Definition: Couch\nDouble defintiion: couch is \"to express ideas in language of a particular kind\""}
-{"Clue":"Know lettings house a fly-by-night (5)","Answer":"OWLET","Explanation":"Definition: a fly-by-night\nHidden in knOW LETtings, and a mildly cryptic definition of the nocturnal bird"}
-{"Clue":"Model I stick up? No way (3,1,3)","Answer":"NOT A BIT","Explanation":"Definition: No way\nReverse of T (model, as in the Ford car) + I + BATON"}
-{"Clue":"Films may be on this amnesty (7,7)","Answer":"GENERAL RELEASE","Explanation":"Definition: Films may be on this\nDouble defintiion"}
-{"Clue":"Drives away from eastern mountains, finding way through (9)","Answer":"ESTRANGES","Explanation":"Definition: Drives away\nST (street, way) in E RANGES"}
-{"Clue":"Share game with continental (2,5)","Answer":"GO DUTCH","Explanation":"Definition: Share\nGO (board game) + DUTCH (European, continental)"}
-{"Clue":"Factory worker taking boy for such practical experience (5-2)","Answer":"HANDS-ON","Explanation":"Definition: such practical experience\nHAND + SON"}
-{"Clue":"Notice youngster at wedding making escape (7)","Answer":"SEEPAGE","Explanation":"Definition: escape\nSEE + PAGE (a child at a wedding might be on)"}
-{"Clue":"Country where one is raised tucking into fish (7)","Answer":"TUNISIA","Explanation":"Definition: Country\nI + reverse of IS in TUNA"}
-{"Clue":"Mouse-like creature playfully tamed? (5)","Answer":"SHREW","Explanation":"Definition: Mouse-like creature\nCryptic reference to *The Taming of the Shrew"}
-{"Clue":"Support police trap involving yarn or treacherous activity (12)","Answer":"BACKSTABBING","Explanation":"Definition: treacherous activity\nBACK (support) + ABB (yarn) in STING (~~device used by police to stop cars~~ police operation)"}
-{"Clue":"SE European as is common having leader replaced by British (6)","Answer":"BULGAR","Explanation":"Definition: SE European\nVULGAR with its first letter replaced by B"}
-{"Clue":"Floral decoration in pub a lout knocked over (7)","Answer":"BARBOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Floral decoration\nBAR (pub) + reverse of A LOB"}
-{"Clue":"Work in tea cropping advanced plantation (4)","Answer":"TOPE","Explanation":"Definition: plantation\nOP in TEA less A"}
-{"Clue":"Fashionable, arty works \u2013 one receives mail arriving first (6)","Answer":"IN-TRAY","Explanation":"Definition: one receives mail arriving first\nIN + ARTY"}
-{"Clue":"The old get anxious, it being missing from motorist's tools? (4)","Answer":"CARK","Explanation":"Definition: The old get anxious\nCAR KIT less IT"}
-{"Clue":"Poet's train is led astray about opening of poem (6)","Answer":"DISPLE","Explanation":"Definition: Poet's train\nP in (IS LED)* \u2013 Spenserian word for \"to discipline [presumably related], chastise\", which I suppose is a kind of training.."}
-{"Clue":"Botanist examines it minutely \u2013 dog romps excitedly round it locally (9)","Answer":"SPODOGRAM","Explanation":"Definition: Botanist examines it minutely\nA (dialect \"it\") in (DOG ROMPS)"}
-{"Clue":"Dreary pedant \u2013 one confined to study's working after small dram (9)","Answer":"DRYASDUST","Explanation":"Definition: Dreary pedant\nDR[am] + A in STUDYS* \u2013 Dryasdust is \"an imaginary and tediously thorough literary authority cited by Sir Walter Scott\" (not, as I guessed, from *Pilgrim's Progress* or Dickens or some such)"}
-{"Clue":"One of the anglers upright on sides of Dee (6)","Answer":"RODMAN","Explanation":"Definition: One of the anglers\nD (dee) with in ROMAN (upright type, as opposed to italic) around its \"sides\" \u2013 I was thinking \"sides\" was a typo for \"side\", but I think the explanation I give is better"}
-{"Clue":"Stump made of different metals (4)","Answer":"SNAG","Explanation":"Definition: Stump\nSN (tin) + AG (silver) \u2013 perhaps rather vague when there are so many metals to choose from, and the definition isn't much help (at least to me), so you can only guess it from the crossing letters and work backwards"}
-{"Clue":"With lack of good evidence thus lots're set free \u2013 as true felons? (6)","Answer":"UNSAFE","Explanation":"Definition: With lack of good evidence\nComposite anagram: (AS TRUE FELONS)* = UNSAGE + LOTS'RE \u2013 as in an \"unsafe conviction\""}
-{"Clue":"Means to drain measure of port? (4)","Answer":"PIPE","Explanation":"Definition: Means to drain\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Lichen yielding dye? Cut the lot back (7)","Answer":"PARELLA","Explanation":"Lichen yielding dye? Cut the lot back (7)\nPARE (cut) + reverse of ALL (the lot)"}
-{"Clue":"Cooking oil, one contained in nut tree (6)","Answer":"CANOLA","Explanation":"Definition: Cooking oil\nAN in COLA"}
-{"Clue":"Feature of coastline where imp goes ford seashell? (5)","Answer":"INLET","Explanation":"Definition: Feature of coastline\nThe letters \"imp\" go IN LET to give \"limpet\""}
-{"Clue":"Mothers etc with yen twice suffering what no husbands can undergo (12)","Answer":"HYSTERECTOMY","Explanation":"Definition: what no husbands can undergo\n(MOTHERS ETC Y Y)"}
-{"Clue":"Marmot that's died in overturned old carriage (5)","Answer":"BOBAC","Explanation":"Definition: Marmot\nOB (died) in reverse of CAB"}
-{"Clue":"Motor vehicle on old track, a passable country lane? (8)","Answer":"CART-ROAD","Explanation":"Definition: a passable country lane\nCAR + TROAD"}
-{"Clue":"Togs changed when operation's involved? Such a policy varies a lot (6)","Answer":"STOP-GO","Explanation":"Definition: Such a policy varies a lot\nOP in TOGS"}
-{"Clue":"Poet's ultimate rule with poem penning \u2013 does it facilitate meeting of minds? (7)","Answer":"TELERGY","Explanation":"Definition: does it facilitate meeting of minds\n[poe]T + R in ELEGY"}
-{"Clue":"Indian merchant? One favoured tree climbing (6)","Answer":"BUNNIA","Explanation":"Definition: Indian merchant\nReverse of A IN (popular, favoured) NUB (gallows, \"tree\")"}
-{"Clue":"Spots weak points in book \u2013 plenty (5)","Answer":"BLOTS","Explanation":"Definition: Spots\nB + LOTS"}
-{"Clue":"Sung prince, I succeed king (4)","Answer":"IGOR","Explanation":"Definition: Sung prince\nI GO R \u2013 from Borodin's opera *Prince Igor"}
-{"Clue":"Former monarch watches tons, duller than the rest (7)","Answer":"GREYEST","Explanation":"Definition: duller than the rest\nGR (King George, take your pick from any of I to VI) + EYES + T[ons]"}
-{"Clue":"Papa, on hair appearing in a new way: 'It's a sign of puberty'? (10)","Answer":"PARAPHONIA","Explanation":"Definition: It's a sign of puberty\n(PAPA ON HAIR)"}
-{"Clue":"A friend, one left out before dark? That can be explained (10)","Answer":"ANALYSABLE","Explanation":"Definition: That can be explained\nAN ALLY less one L + SABLE (black, dark)"}
-{"Clue":"Material for milady's shoes, range in hide once old (8)","Answer":"PRUNELLO","Explanation":"Definition: Material for milady's shoes\nRUN (range) in PELL (obs. word for skin or hide, related to \"pelt\") + O. Variant form of \"prunella\" \u2013 \"a strong silk or woollen material formerly used for .. women's shoes\""}
-{"Clue":"Crush, constant with race getting into school (7)","Answer":"SCRUNCH","Explanation":"Definition: Crush\nC + RUN (again!) in SCH"}
-{"Clue":"Storm: what'll one do about damaged map? (7)","Answer":"RAMPAGE","Explanation":"Definition: Storm\nMAP* in RAGE (what storms do)"}
-{"Clue":"Sound of guns, worrying rattle one with frequency apprehended (6)","Answer":"RAFALE","Explanation":"Definition: Sound of guns\nA F in RALE"}
-{"Clue":"Curve like this limits rising rent (6)","Answer":"SPIRIC","Explanation":"Definition: Curve\nReverse of RIP (rent) in SIC"}
-{"Clue":"Rock resident, ancient character brought up on principle of thrift (5)","Answer":"MAGOT","Explanation":"Definition: Rock resident\nReverse of OGAM (Pictish\/Celtic character) + T[hrift]. I briefly, though implausibly, suspected Azed of confusing \"principle\" and \"principal\", but Chambers gives \"a source, root, origin\" as its first definition of the former"}
-{"Clue":"Lecherous attempt aiming for lady's rear (5)","Answer":"GOATY","Explanation":"Definition: Lecherous\nGO (attempt) + AT (aiming for) + [LAD]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Indicating a complete lack of hospitals (4)","Answer":"SANS","Explanation":"Definition: Indicating a complete lack of\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Poor Joe B getting totally disheartened? Admiration often expressed for his opponent (2,5,1,5,3)","Answer":"I\u2019M DOING A GREAT JOB","Explanation":"Definition: often expressed for his opponent\nAnagram of JOE B G[ettin]G ADMIRATION. Often expressed *by* his opponent, surely, though of course, as in most cases, it's about himself. This was almost my last one in, perhaps because there's such a large collection of idiotic Trumpisms to choose from"}
-{"Clue":"Intelligence but not at the top? (7)","Answer":"LOWDOWN","Explanation":"Definition: Intelligence\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Government policy co-ordinator that's arguably not all there (4)","Answer":"TSAR","Explanation":"Definition: Government policy co-ordinator\nHidden in thaT'S ARguably \u2013 as in \"drugs tsar\" and similar titles"}
-{"Clue":"Taking unrealistic view of claims by agent and Adele? (10)","Answer":"IDEALISING","Explanation":"Definition: Taking unrealistic view\nThe agent might say I DEAL and Adele I SING"}
-{"Clue":"Scares female away, which one's entitled to (6)","Answer":"RIGHTS","Explanation":"Definition: which one's entitled to\nFRIGHTS less F"}
-{"Clue":"Elected idiot state's accommo\u00addated \u2014 there's no sense in it (8)","Answer":"INSANITY","Explanation":"Definition: there's no sense in it\nIN (elected) + NIT (idiot) in SAY (state)"}
-{"Clue":"Pained by return of crazy government? (5)","Answer":"STUNG","Explanation":"Definition: Pained\nReverse of NUTS + G"}
-{"Clue":"The last time doctor's coming round (5)","Answer":"OMEGA","Explanation":"Definition: The last\nReverse of AGE M.O."}
-{"Clue":"Soldier's new bride touring capital (9)","Answer":"BRIGADIER","Explanation":"Definition: Soldier\nRIGA in BRIDE"}
-{"Clue":"Where you learn fellow in charge intended to be taken seriously (8)","Answer":"UNIRONIC","Explanation":"Definition: intended to be taken seriously\nUNI[versity] + RON (man's name) + I.C."}
-{"Clue":"Married before the end of three months \u2014 she's in the club (6)","Answer":"MEMBER","Explanation":"Definition: she's in the club\nM[arried] + EMBER (ending of Sept, Nov and Dec)"}
-{"Clue":"Could be Chinese food mainly at the back (3,7)","Answer":"FAR EASTERN","Explanation":"Definition: Could be Chinese\nFARE (food) + ASTERN (at the back of a ship, hence \"mainly\"= at sea)"}
-{"Clue":"Lamented ignorant broadcast? (4)","Answer":"RUED","Explanation":"Definition: Lamented\nHomophone of \"rude\""}
-{"Clue":"Carry On Priests? Unlikely (7)","Answer":"PERSIST","Explanation":"Definition: Carry On\nPRIESTS"}
-{"Clue":"Quarantine on island long overdue (7)","Answer":"ISOLATE","Explanation":"Definition: Quarantine\nI[sland] + SO LATE, with \"Quarantine\" as a verb for the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Is to talk to police after money's disappeared (7)","Answer":"MISSING","Explanation":"Definition: disappeared\nM[oney] + IS + SING (talk to police, e.g. to betray an accomplice)"}
-{"Clue":"Wealthy American's brother keeping silent in turn (5)","Answer":"OPRAH","Explanation":"Definition: Wealthy American\nReverse of HARPO (who was silent in the Marx Brothers' films). Oprah Winfrey's wealth is close to $3 billion"}
-{"Clue":"Punch American \u2014 listen to riot outside (7)","Answer":"NAILSET","Explanation":"Definition: Punch\nA[merican] in LISTEN"}
-{"Clue":"Looking intelligent, like a Member of Parliament? (6)","Answer":"OWLISH","Explanation":"Definition: Looking intelligent\nDouble definition, referring to the collective term \"a parliament of owls\""}
-{"Clue":"Having division speak badly of West Ham? (9)","Answer":"DISUNITED","Explanation":"Definition: Having division\nDIS (speak badly of) UNITED (West Ham United, football team)"}
-{"Clue":"Inspirational leader isn't now failing \u2026 (7)","Answer":"WINSTON","Explanation":"Definition: Inspirational leader\n(ISN'T NOW)"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 in short, that is correct \u2014 I'm as dynamic as the very best governments? (13)","Answer":"MERITOCRACIES","Explanation":"Definition: the very best governments\nAnagram of I.E. (short for \"that is\") + CORRECT + I'M AS. Is meritocracy the best form of government? Discuss.. *See comments: meritocracy is \"government by the very best\""}
-{"Clue":"School agree head's showing great enthusiasm (9)","Answer":"EAGERNESS","Explanation":"Definition: great enthusiasm\nAnagram (\"school\") of AGREE + NESS (headland)"}
-{"Clue":"What gives couple authority? (7)","Answer":"MANDATE","Explanation":"Definition: authority\nA couple might consist of a MAN and his DATE. *See comments: a better parsing is that M AND ATE gives \"mate\", or couple"}
-{"Clue":"Boyish young ladies wearing sports skirts (7)","Answer":"GAMINES","Explanation":"Definition: Boyish young ladies\nIN (wearing) \"skirted by\" GAMES"}
-{"Clue":"Huge rear \u2014 about to slip into underwear, the biggest of its kind (7)","Answer":"EVEREST","Explanation":"Definition: the biggest of its kind\n[hug]E + RE (about) in VEST"}
-{"Clue":"Carol uplifted by one's spiritual awareness? (6)","Answer":"GNOSIS","Explanation":"Definition: spiritual awareness\nReverse of SONG (carol) + I'S"}
-{"Clue":"Man's timeless lesson (5)","Answer":"MORAL","Explanation":"Definition: lesson\nMORTAL less T"}
-{"Clue":"Change colour visibly from goitre \u2014 pain throbbing (7)","Answer":"REPAINT","Explanation":"Definition: Change colour visibly\nHidden in goitRE PAIN Throbbing"}
-{"Clue":"Tramps given clothes \u2014 about time (7)","Answer":"TOERAGS","Explanation":"Definition: Tramps\nERA (time) in TOGS (clothes)"}
-{"Clue":"This is reality: being ruthless to make time (5)","Answer":"TRUTH","Explanation":"Definition: reality\nIf you remove RUTH from TRUTH you get T = time"}
-{"Clue":"Composer working in orchestral movies cut lavish set pieces (9)","Answer":"MORRICONE","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\nAnagram of IN ORCHESTRAL MOVIES less (\"cut\") the letters of LAVISH SET. Ennio Morricone composed scores for many films, notably *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*; he died last month"}
-{"Clue":"Note what 10, 13 and 22 did: restored calm (10)","Answer":"RECOMPOSED","Explanation":"Definition: restored calm\nRE (note, as in do re mi) + COMPOSED. As the clues referred to all contain the word \"composer\" this was easy to solve first"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman goes on south to get sun? (4)","Answer":"STAR","Explanation":"Definition: sun\nS + TAR (sailor, boatman)"}
-{"Clue":"Boatman taken in, new to love and so on \u2014 about time (4,3,4)","Answer":"NONE\u00a0TOO\u00a0SOON","Explanation":"Definition: about time\nONE (I, referring to the setter) in N[ew] TO O + SO ON"}
-{"Clue":"Not really at all queer, I figure that's the same on all sides (11)","Answer":"EQUILATERAL","Explanation":"Definition: figure that's the same on all sides\n(AT ALL QUEER I)"}
-{"Clue":"Yearn for sleep? About time (4)","Answer":"PANT","Explanation":"Definition: Yearn\nReverse of NAP + T"}
-{"Clue":"Composer of music and player of it: so damn wild (4,6)","Answer":"FATS\u00a0DOMINO","Explanation":"Definition: Composer of music and player\n(OF IT SO DAMN)"}
-{"Clue":"Part of tent peg and rod lie around (5,4)","Answer":"RIDGE\u00a0POLE","Explanation":"Definition: Part of tent\n(PEG ROD LIE)"}
-{"Clue":"Declare time to head off (5)","Answer":"AVERT","Explanation":"Definition: to head off\nAVER (declare) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Liberal, easy, not into enforcing norms toward beginners (7)","Answer":"LENIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Liberal, easy, not into enforcing norms toward beginners\nInitial letters &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Unruly girl, out of time: liability inside bar, British (7)","Answer":"LADETTE","Explanation":"Definition: Unruly girl\nDEBT (liability) less (\"bar\") B in LATE (out of time)"}
-{"Clue":"About time, vessel determines to go back (6)","Answer":"RETURN","Explanation":"Definition: to go back\nRE + T + URN"}
-{"Clue":"At no time taken in by blow to belly (6)","Answer":"PAUNCH","Explanation":"Definition: belly\nAT less T in PUNCH (blow)"}
-{"Clue":"Cruelly using Indian's skin over colour, chiefly, they say (10)","Answer":"INHUMANELY","Explanation":"Definition: Cruelly\nThe \"skin\" of I[ndia]N + ~~HU[e] (\"chiefly\" meaning \"most of..\") + homophone of \"mainly\"~~ *simpler than that \u2013 homophone of \"hue mainly\""}
-{"Clue":"Work fulfilled? About time (5)","Answer":"TEMPO","Explanation":"Definition: time\nReverse of OP MET"}
-{"Clue":"Scourge of people between rock and hard place (9)","Answer":"TORMENTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Scourge\nMEN between two occurrences of TOR, which has the two (rather similar) meanings of \"rock\" and \"hard place\" (Chambers gives \"a hill, a rocky height\")"}
-{"Clue":"Throw out \u2014 time's up (4)","Answer":"EMIT","Explanation":"Definition: Throw out\nReverse of TIME"}
-{"Clue":"Acceptance of taking our time over choice (8)","Answer":"ADOPTION","Explanation":"Definition: Acceptance\nAD (Anno Domini, \"our time\", i.e. the era we live in) + OPTION (choice)"}
-{"Clue":"For poet, at no time stopping chorus of contempt (8)","Answer":"SNEERING","Explanation":"Definition: contempt\nNE'ER (poetic \"never\") in SING (to chorus)"}
-{"Clue":"Composer of old, once with movement about conflict (4,6)","Answer":"NOEL\u00a0COWARD","Explanation":"Definition: Composer\nWAR (conflict) in (OLD ONCE)"}
-{"Clue":"Besotted with clue to stun (4,5)","Answer":"NUTS\u00a0ABOUT","Explanation":"Definition: Besotted with\nNUTS ABOUT (i.e. reverse NUTS) could be a clue to STUN"}
-{"Clue":"Johnson returns with nothing in bungled alert \u2014 about time (8)","Answer":"TEMPORAL","Explanation":"Definition: about time\nReverse of PM + O in ALERT"}
-{"Clue":"Retired at fun run \u2014 lead didn't cut the odds (6,2)","Answer":"TURNED IN","Explanation":"Definition: Retired\nEven letters (i.e. we \"cut the odds\") of aT fUn RuN lEaD dIdN't"}
-{"Clue":"Terrible about time, to be frank (6)","Answer":"DIRECT","Explanation":"Definition: frank\nDIRE (terrible) + C (circa, about) + T"}
-{"Clue":"Centrally imposed overtime, holder of innumerable letters \u2014 one's job (6)","Answer":"POSTIE","Explanation":"Definition: letters \u2014 one's job\nCentral letters imPOSed + T (taking \"overtime\" as \"over time\") + the outer letters or \"holder\" of I[nnumerabl]E ~~, with an &littish definition~~ *Thanks to Lord Jim for clarifying the definition"}
-{"Clue":"Time to put letters in order (5)","Answer":"SPELL","Explanation":"Definition: Time\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Time out of time \u2014 it's simple (4)","Answer":"MERE","Explanation":"Definition: simple\nMETRE (musical time) less T"}
-{"Clue":"Reward staggering, but no end to poverty (6)","Answer":"BOUNTY","Explanation":"Definition: Reward\n(BUT NO)* + [povert]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Very brief dance around yard (6)","Answer":"FLYING","Explanation":"Definition: Very brief\nY in FLING"}
-{"Clue":"Old-time dance from theatre's top male surgeons? (3,7)","Answer":"THE LANCERS","Explanation":"Definition: Old-time dance\nT[heatre] + HE LANCERS (lancer is another name for a surgeon's lancet)"}
-{"Clue":"I didn't catch that release (6)","Answer":"PARDON","Explanation":"Definition: I didn't catch that\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"European match abandoned \u2014 accepted by Brown (8)","Answer":"DUTCHMAN","Explanation":"Definition: European\nMATCH* in DUN"}
-{"Clue":"Central company in theatre production (2,3,4)","Answer":"AT THE CORE","Explanation":"Definition: Central\nCO in THEATRE"}
-{"Clue":"Shrub came back to life \u2014 army mobilised! (8)","Answer":"ROSEMARY","Explanation":"Definition: Shrub\nROSE (came back to life) + ARMY"}
-{"Clue":"Stuffing knocked out of Lulu in break of service \u2014 retiring (9)","Answer":"RECLUSIVE","Explanation":"Definition: retiring\nL[ul]U in SERVICE"}
-{"Clue":"Secret drinker comes to earth in Morecambe? (8)","Answer":"ESOTERIC","Explanation":"Definition: Secret\nSOT + E[arth] in ERIC (Morecambe, comedian)"}
-{"Clue":"High Court division disposes of hollow ruby, making fortune (6)","Answer":"CHANCE","Explanation":"Definition: fortune\nCHANCERY less R[ub]Y"}
-{"Clue":"Take butterfly and name 'Bambi'? (10)","Answer":"COMMANDEER","Explanation":"Definition: Take\nCOMMA (type of butterfly) + N + DEER (e.g. Bambi)"}
-{"Clue":"Folk hero's bonnet (4)","Answer":"HOOD","Explanation":"Definition: Folk hero\nDouble definition \u2013 Robin Hood is the hero; I wondered whether a hood was the same as a bonnet, but of course as well as headgear they're also US and British names for part of a car"}
-{"Clue":"Musical token of affection cut short by opera house (6)","Answer":"KISMET","Explanation":"Definition: Musical\nKIS[S] + MET (the Metropolitan Opera House in New York)"}
-{"Clue":"Strong punch that would make you croak? (6,4)","Answer":"DEADLY BLOW","Explanation":"Definition: Strong punch that would make you croak\nJust a cryptic definition, I think, with the surface trying to bring the drink to mind: not very successfully if you ask me"}
-{"Clue":"Clanger: left out large fixed capital (7)","Answer":"BELFAST","Explanation":"Definition: capital\nBELL (clanger) less L[arge] + FAST (fixed)"}
-{"Clue":"Nothing outstanding, no ring, no spouse! (5)","Answer":"UNWED","Explanation":"Definition: no spouse\nUNOWED (\"nothing outstanding\") less O (ring-shaped letter)"}
-{"Clue":"Inca dances, led by bird, that didn't go down well (7)","Answer":"TITANIC","Explanation":"Definition: that didn't go down well\nTIT (bird) + INCA"}
-{"Clue":"Building's unprofitable, as well as lacking love (4-2)","Answer":"LEAN-TO","Explanation":"Definition: Building\nLEAN (unprofitable) + TOO (as well) less O"}
-{"Clue":"California-located, hilarious people working together (2,7)","Answer":"IN CAHOOTS","Explanation":"Definition: working together\nIN CA[lifornia] + HOOTS (as in \"he's a hoot!\")"}
-{"Clue":"Dress put on mature bull (7)","Answer":"GARBAGE","Explanation":"Definition: bull\nGARB + AGE"}
-{"Clue":"Showing an ironic sort of loving care, secret minder fiddled with electronic implant (6,7)","Answer":"TENDER MERCIES","Explanation":"Definition: an ironic sort of loving care\nE[lectronic] in (SECRET MINDER)"}
-{"Clue":"Compact newspaper? That's novel (4,5)","Answer":"HARD TIMES","Explanation":"Definition: novel\nHARD (compact) + TIMES"}
-{"Clue":"Got the wrong idea Adam is too kind at heart (7)","Answer":"MISTOOK","Explanation":"Definition: Got the wrong idea\nHidden in adaM IS TOO Kind"}
-{"Clue":"City relieving poor Uncle Remus of total raised (7)","Answer":"LUCERNE","Explanation":"Definition: City\nAnagram of UNCLE REMUS less the final MUS, which is the reverse of SUM (total)"}
-{"Clue":"Year after Hugo's first success (7)","Answer":"VICTORY","Explanation":"Definition: success\nVICTOR + Y"}
-{"Clue":"Sweep following round Peeler? (6)","Answer":"ORANGE","Explanation":"Definition: Peeler\nO (round) + RANGE (sweep)"}
-{"Clue":"Louse's elevated state kept under wraps (5)","Answer":"APHID","Explanation":"Definition: Louse\nReverse of PA (Pennsylvania) + HID"}
-{"Clue":"Stock answer about new and current Bullingdon Club members, say (8)","Answer":"OXONIANS","Explanation":"Definition: Bullingdon Club members, say\nN (new) + I (electric current) in ~~OX (part of the stock on a farm)~~ OXO (stock cube) + ANS. The Bullingdon is a posh drinking club at Oxford University, which famously once had David Cameron and Boris Johnson as members *(Thanks to Roger N for correction)"}
-{"Clue":"Problem in pirouettes after a bad feeling (6)","Answer":"ANIMUS","Explanation":"Definition: bad feeling\nA + reverse of SUM IN"}
-{"Clue":"After husband leaves, kicks ornaments (6)","Answer":"TRILLS","Explanation":"Definition: ornaments\nTHRILLS (kicks) less H. Trills are musical ornaments"}
-{"Clue":"Walk out with host, perhaps Oprah Winfrey once (4,4)","Answer":"TALK SHOW","Explanation":"Definition: perhaps Oprah Winfrey once\n(WALK HOST)* \u2013 \"perhaps\" because Oprah's show is an example of a talk show, and \"once\" because it ended in 2011"}
-{"Clue":"The way things stand in lawsuits, ignoring the odds (2,2)","Answer":"AS IS","Explanation":"Definition: The way things stand\nThe even letters of lAwSuItS"}
-{"Clue":"Without cuts in bread, dug in excitedly (10)","Answer":"UNABRIDGED","Explanation":"Definition: Without cuts\n(BREAD DUG IN)"}
-{"Clue":"Train outside of Eastbourne carrying coin (7)","Answer":"EDUCATE","Explanation":"Definition: Train\nDUCAT (coin) in the \"outside\" of E[astbourn]E"}
-{"Clue":"Stop calling drummer loudly (4,3)","Answer":"RING OFF","Explanation":"Definition: Stop calling\nRINGO + FF (fortissimo, very loudly)"}
-{"Clue":"Chagall's frame on the next page with plant-like design (10)","Answer":"CLOVERLEAF","Explanation":"Definition: plant-like design\nC[hagal]L + OVERLEAF (on the next page)"}
-{"Clue":"Figure who may inflame aching back (4)","Answer":"EROS","Explanation":"Definition: Figure who may inflame\nReverse of SORE"}
-{"Clue":"Reviled old rogue? (8)","Answer":"EVILDOER","Explanation":"Definition: Reviled old rogue\nAnagram of REVILED O, &lit"}
-{"Clue":"Person who hates games teacher, last in contest (6)","Answer":"RABBIT","Explanation":"Definition: Person who hates games\nRABBI + [contes]T"}
-{"Clue":"Primitive scourge is polished (6)","Answer":"URBANE","Explanation":"Definition: polished\nUR (original, primitive) + BANE (scourge)"}
-{"Clue":"Absent-minded copper's distinguishing feature (8)","Answer":"DISTRAIT","Explanation":"Definition: Absent-minded\nDI'S TRAIT"}
-{"Clue":"Articulate way of speaking is a plus in post (7,8)","Answer":"EXPRESS DELIVERY","Explanation":"Definition: a plus in post\nEXPRESS (to articulate) + DELIVERY (way of speaking)"}
-{"Clue":"Parliamentarians were on one side of this chair, swivelling around (7,5,3)","Answer":"ENGLISH CIVIL WAR","Explanation":"Definition: Parliamentarians were on one side of this\n(CHAIR SWIVELLING)* \u2013 the two sides in the English Civil War were the Parliamentarians and Royalists, or, as *1066 And All That* puts it, the Cavaliers (Wrong but Wromantic) and the Roundheads (Right but Repulsive)"}
-{"Clue":"Before ruler, fathers and sons have to meet the standard (4,6)","Answer":"PASS MUSTER","Explanation":"Definition: meet the standard\nPAS + S + MUST (have to) + ER (ruler)"}
-{"Clue":"Where butt is awfully hot, sat by sunlight (7)","Answer":"ASHTRAY","Explanation":"Definition: Where butt is\nAnagram of (H SAT)* + RAY"}
-{"Clue":"Sacred hearts not breaking any laws (8)","Answer":"HALLOWED","Explanation":"Definition: Sacred\nH[earts] + ALLOWED"}
-{"Clue":"Bachelor poet detailed superficial suffering (5-6,4)","Answer":"FIRST\u2011DEGREE BURNS","Explanation":"Definition: superficial suffering\nA Bachelor's is a FIRST DEGREE + (Robert) BURN[S]. First-degree burns only affect the outer layer of the skin"}
-{"Clue":"Blunder, as one may in Balmoral? (3,4,4,2,2)","Answer":"PUT ONE\u2019S FOOT IN IT","Explanation":"Definition: Blunder\nDouble definition \u2013 the Balmoral is type of shoe"}
-{"Clue":"Most unusual, smuggling dope in threatened area (10)","Answer":"RAINFOREST","Explanation":"Definition: threatened area\nINFO (dope) in RAREST"}
-{"Clue":"Pair of journos about to accept shocking rag's disgrace (7)","Answer":"DEGRADE","Explanation":"Definition: disgrace\nRAG* in ED reversed, twice"}
-{"Clue":"Advice unsuited to shy type attending fancy dress party (2,8)","Answer":"BE YOURSELF","Explanation":"Definition: Advice unsuited to shy type attending fancy dress party\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Chances of good kids getting half cut (4)","Answer":"ODDS","Explanation":"Definition: Chances\nThe second halves of goOD kiDS"}
-{"Clue":"Medical approach entailing silent treatment? (3,2,5)","Answer":"NIL BY MOUTH","Explanation":"Definition: Medical approach\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"European knocked over loses a necklace (4)","Answer":"TORC","Explanation":"Definition: necklace\nReverse of CROAT less A"}
-{"Clue":"Actor embodied outcome of Little Bighorn, according to Spooner (6,6)","Answer":"BUSTER\u00a0KEATON","Explanation":"Definition: Actor\nSpoonerism of \"Custer beaten\": rather nice, I thought, though the \"Custer\" part is easy to guess"}
-{"Clue":"Additional indicators (four in all) found in this puzzle (4,5)","Answer":"PLUS SIGNS","Explanation":"Definition: Additional indicators\nThe grid has four plus signs formed by black squares"}
-{"Clue":"Old house often mocked in the suburbs (5)","Answer":"TUDOR","Explanation":"Definition: Old house\nDouble definition: the House of Tudor, and a reference to the mock-Tudor style of houses found in suburbs"}
-{"Clue":"Serious award given to senior \u2026 (5)","Answer":"SOBER","Explanation":"Definition: Serious\nOBE in SR \u2013 \"given to\" is perhaps a slightly dodgy insertion indicator, but I suppose it makes sense; see also 1d"}
-{"Clue":"\u2026 evicted, with seller hiding underground (6,3)","Answer":"TURNED OUT","Explanation":"Definition: evicted\nUNDER* (i.e. under \"ground\") in TOUT (seller)"}
-{"Clue":"Engineer's rig somehow providing power again (2-10)","Answer":"RE\u2011ENERGISING","Explanation":"Definition: providing power again\n(ENGINEER'S RIG)"}
-{"Clue":"Something Blue gets an occasional Epsom run (4)","Answer":"PORN","Explanation":"Definition: Something Blue\nAlternate letters of ePsOm RuN (with the capitalisation suggesting that Something Blue is the name of a racehorse, as might run at Epsom \u2013 as apparently it is)"}
-{"Clue":"Cut line into heart? Funny story that (3,7)","Answer":"RIB TICKLER","Explanation":"Definition: Funny story\nRIB (a cut of meat) + L[ine] in TICKER (heart). Chambers only gives this as hyphenated rather than two words"}
-{"Clue":"Catch Euripides play on vacation (4)","Answer":"ESPY","Explanation":"Definition: Catch\nOuter letters of EuripideS PlaY \u2013 i.e. they are emptied or \"vacated\""}
-{"Clue":"Gorse and grass running wild \u2014 they will become belligerent (10)","Answer":"AGGRESSORS","Explanation":"Definition: they will become belligerent\n(GORSE GRASS)"}
-{"Clue":"Offer to acquire new tie (4)","Answer":"BIND","Explanation":"Definition: tie\nN[ew] in BID (offer) \u2013 again, \"acquire\" is unusual as an insertion indicator, but makes sense"}
-{"Clue":"Cry out for the old record format (4)","Answer":"YELP","Explanation":"Definition: Cry out\nYE (old \"the\", as in Ye Olde Gifte Shoppe \u2013 of course the Y should actually be a thorn) + LP (long-player)"}
-{"Clue":"Insult nurse in conversation \u2014 that's fine for you? (2,4,6)","Answer":"UP YOUR STREET","Explanation":"Definition: that's fine for you\nUP YOURS (an insult) + TREET (homophone of \"treat\", to nurse)"}
-{"Clue":"Small but perfectly formed animal (5)","Answer":"STOAT","Explanation":"Definition: animal\nS + TO A T \u2013 the \"but\" is needed to make the clich\u00e9, though it doesn't make much sense in the wordplay"}
-{"Clue":"Busy retailers rarely see one when they open (4,5)","Answer":"LATE RISER","Explanation":"Definition: rarely see one when they open\nRETAILERS* \u2013 if you're a late riser then you won't get to the shops until after they're open"}
-{"Clue":"Type of salesman providing non-stop transport service? (4-2-4)","Answer":"DOOR-TO-DOOR","Explanation":"Definition: Type of salesman\nDouble definition, though door-to-door transport needn't be non-stop: \"direct\" might have been better"}
-{"Clue":"Back rank is just not good enough (6-4)","Answer":"SECOND-RATE","Explanation":"Definition: just not good enough\nSECOND (back) + RATE (rank)"}
-{"Clue":"American marines sent here lack preparation (12)","Answer":"LEATHERNECKS","Explanation":"Definition: American marines\n(SENT HERE LACK)* \u2013 I didn't know this nickname for the US Marines: it probably comes from an old protective piece of their uniform"}
-{"Clue":"It's often abused by grocers dealing with multiples (10)","Answer":"APOSTROPHE","Explanation":"Definition: It's often abused by grocers dealing with multiples\nReference to the grocer's (or greengrocer's) apostrophe, as seen on signs such as \"apple's and pear's\""}
-{"Clue":"Purchase protection, but may get popped eventually! (6,4)","Answer":"BUBBLE WRAP","Explanation":"Definition: Purchase protection\nExtended definition \u2013 bubble wrap can protect your purchases, and you might want to pop it afterwards"}
-{"Clue":"Wins with standard moves (4,5)","Answer":"GETS GOING","Explanation":"Definition: moves\nGETS (wins) + GOING (standard \u2013 as in \"the going rate\", I suppose)"}
-{"Clue":"Very tasty piece raised spirit (5)","Answer":"SATYR","Explanation":"Definition: spirit\nHidden in reverse of veRY TASty"}
-{"Clue":"She inspired historians starting to chart life in Oxford (4)","Answer":"CLIO","Explanation":"Definition: She inspired historians\nInitial letters of Chart Life In Oxford \u2013 Clio is the Muse of History"}
-{"Clue":"Short text describing benefits (4)","Answer":"PROS","Explanation":"Definition: benefits\nPROS[E]"}
-{"Clue":"Random motion of particles when speed is altered (7)","Answer":"PEDESIS","Explanation":"Definition: Random motion of particles\n(SPEED IS)* \u2013 I didn't know this alternative name for Brownian motion"}
-{"Clue":"Punishment not supported, basically (7)","Answer":"HANGING","Explanation":"Definition: Punishment\nDouble definition \u2013 I'm not sure why \"basically\" is there, unless it's that something hanging is not supported at its base"}
-{"Clue":"Short story about not switching energy (5)","Answer":"CONTE","Explanation":"Definition: Short story\nC (circa, about) + NOT* + E"}
-{"Clue":"Computer entry a pundit corrected (time advanced) (5,4)","Answer":"INPUT DATA","Explanation":"Definition: Computer entry\n(A PUNDIT)* + T[ime] + A[dvanced]"}
-{"Clue":"One, following destruction of Reims, is close to death (2,8)","Answer":"IN EXTREMIS","Explanation":"Definition: close to death\nI NEXT (following) + REIMS"}
-{"Clue":"Extremely insensitive (4)","Answer":"DEAD","Explanation":"Definition: Extremely\nDouble definition \u2013 for the first, dead = very = extremely"}
-{"Clue":"Very early form of cocaine belonging to French? (5,2,4)","Answer":"CRACK\u00a0OF\u00a0DAWN","Explanation":"Definition: Very early form\nCRACK (form of cocaine) + OF DAWN (belonging to comedian D. French)"}
-{"Clue":"Street cred possibly involves a hush-hush manufacturing advantage (5,6)","Answer":"TRADE SECRET","Explanation":"Definition: hush-hush manufacturing advantage\nA in (STREET CRED)"}
-{"Clue":"Still, a reticent person needs a change of heart (4)","Answer":"CALM","Explanation":"Definition: Still\nCLAM (reticent person) with the middle letters reversed"}
-{"Clue":"Reverend's mistake: lovey-dovey type is married (10)","Answer":"SPOONERISM","Explanation":"Definition: Reverend's mistake\nSPOONER (one who spoons) + IS + M"}
-{"Clue":"Old Cicero's untidy file (9)","Answer":"CROCODILE","Explanation":"Definition: file\n(OLD CICERO)* \u2013 as in a file of walking children"}
-{"Clue":"Say backing away from offence is a shadowy area (5)","Answer":"UMBRA","Explanation":"Definition: shadowy area\nUMBRAGE (offence) less reverse of E.G. (say)"}
-{"Clue":"'Brummie King' breaks shower dish (7)","Answer":"RAMEKIN","Explanation":"Definition: dish\nME (the setter, Brummie) + K in RAIN"}
-{"Clue":"Plea from French criminal (7)","Answer":"DEFENCE","Explanation":"Definition: Plea\nDE (French of, from) + FENCE (criminal)"}
-{"Clue":"Excursion \u2014 choose to cut both ends off (6)","Answer":"PICNIC","Explanation":"Definition: Excursion\nPIC[k] (choose) + NIC[k] (cut)"}
-{"Clue":"Rough end absorbed by outstanding city (6)","Answer":"DUNDEE","Explanation":"Definition: city\nEND* in DUE (outstanding, as in a debt)"}
-{"Clue":"A better means of seeing the sights (10)","Answer":"SPECTACLES","Explanation":"Definition: A better means of seeing\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Do exceptionally well in cutting a Victorian adventure novel (5)","Answer":"SHINE","Explanation":"Definition: Do exceptionally well\nIN in SHE (novel by H Rider Haggard)"}
-{"Clue":"Seasonal worker's dance, a groundbreaker, about to get backing (3-6)","Answer":"HOP-PICKER","Explanation":"Definition: Seasonal worker\nHOP (dance) + PICK (\"groundbreaker\") + reverse of RE (about)"}
-{"Clue":"Shock over bananas (4)","Answer":"NUTS","Explanation":"Definition: bananas\nReverse of STUN \u2013 I've seen variations of this a few times\u2026"}
-{"Clue":"A Yardie's ground, supposedly (1,4,3)","Answer":"I DARE SAY","Explanation":"Definition: supposedly\n(A YARDIE'S)"}
-{"Clue":"Shielding us, having disposed of a large sum of cash (8)","Answer":"GUARDING","Explanation":"Definition: Shielding\nGUARDIAN (us) less the second A + G (a grand \u2013 \u00a31000)"}
-{"Clue":"Dicky, given article and box, improvised (3,3,4)","Answer":"OFF THE CUFF","Explanation":"Definition: improvised\nOFF (dicky \u2013 in poor condition) + THE (article) + CUFF (to box)"}
-{"Clue":"Revocation of a legacy, one associated with Piedmont organisation (9)","Answer":"ADEMPTION","Explanation":"Definition: Revocation of a legacy\nA + PIEDMONT* \u2013 another new word for me, from \"adeem\", which Chambers defines as \"to cancel (a bequest) by destruction or sale of the thing bequeathed\""}
-{"Clue":"Racer shares coach (5,3)","Answer":"STOCK CAR","Explanation":"Definition: Racer\nSTOCK (shares in a company) + CAR (coach, e.g. of a train)"}
-{"Clue":"Here are the ins and outs of a large office (8)","Answer":"MAILROOM","Explanation":"Definition: Here are the ins and outs of a large office\nCryptic definition"}
-{"Clue":"Historian, a big swinger (6)","Answer":"GIBBON","Explanation":"Definition: Historian\nDouble definition \u2013 Edward Gibbon of the *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"}
-{"Clue":"Run through one's barrier (6)","Answer":"IMPALE","Explanation":"Definition: Run through\nI'M (one is) + PALE (fence, barrier)"}
-{"Clue":"One and minus one, continuously (2,3)","Answer":"ON END","Explanation":"Definition: continuously\nONE + AND less A (one)"}
-{"Clue":"Diamond tip (4)","Answer":"ROCK","Explanation":"Definition: Diamond\nDouble definition, with tip=rock as verbs"}
-{"Clue":"Maps Congo randomly like this for small dinosaur (13)","Answer":"COMPSOGNATHUS","Explanation":"Definition: small dinosaur\n(MAPS CONGO)* + THUS"}
-{"Clue":"A group singing hearts out for The Sweet Flag (6)","Answer":"ACORUS","Explanation":"Definition: The Sweet Flag\nA CHORUS less H"}
-{"Clue":"Part of buckle, e.g. Sam Browne's end piece? (5)","Answer":"CHAPE","Explanation":"Definition: Part of buckle\nCHAP (Sam is an example of a man's name) + [Brown]E"}
-{"Clue":"Form of riata in leather, typical of steppe-dwellers? (8)","Answer":"TATARIAN","Explanation":"Definition: typical of steppe-dwellers\nRIATA* in TAN"}
-{"Clue":"Vehicle on end of tail \u2013 waits may give you this (5)","Answer":"CAROL","Explanation":"Definition: waits may give you this\nCAR + O (on) + [tai]L \u2013 waits are carol-singers"}
-{"Clue":"What may be shown by fancier fa-la isn't tremolo (8)","Answer":"FANTAILS","Explanation":"Definition: What may be shown by fancier\n(FA-LA ISN'T)"}
-{"Clue":"What's sacred to Hindus leaving its source in the Himalaya etc? (6)","Answer":"RANGES","Explanation":"Definition: the Himalaya etc\nR[iver] [G]ANGES"}
-{"Clue":"Tackle rings engineers dipped in solvent liquid (7)","Answer":"TERRETS","Explanation":"Definition: Tackle rings\nRE in TERTS (tetrachloroethylene, a solvent)"}
-{"Clue":"Natural amphitheatres created by state of affairs, we hear (7)","Answer":"CIRQUES","Explanation":"Definition: Natural amphitheatres\nHomophone of \"circs\", slang shortening of \"circumstances\"; when I've had cause to use this word (I'd be more likely to use the Gaelic-derived \"corrie\") I've pronounced it in French style as \"seerk\", but Chambers only gives the anglicised version"}
-{"Clue":"Mum has added salt with a spicy dish (6)","Answer":"MASALA","Explanation":"Definition: spicy dish\nMA + SAL + A"}
-{"Clue":"Decorated with distinction that's overdue when it's about waste conveyor (8)","Answer":"LAUREATE","Explanation":"Definition: Decorated with distinction\nUREA in LATE"}
-{"Clue":"Bony girls I fancy, odd ones being ignored (5)","Answer":"ILIAC","Explanation":"Definition: Bony\nEven letters of gIrLs I fAnCy"}
-{"Clue":"I look masculine in unit of light or dull brown (8)","Answer":"PHILOMOT","Explanation":"Definition: dull brown\nI + LO + M in PHOT \u2013 I got myself into trouble by carelessly entering PHILAMOT here, as it works equally well; both spellings are variants of \"filemot\", from French *feuillemorte* = dead leaf"}
-{"Clue":"Nursemaid, girl getting in a state (5)","Answer":"NANNY","Explanation":"Definition: Nursemaid\nANN in NY"}
-{"Clue":"Pineal shaped plant of upland regions (6)","Answer":"ALPINE","Explanation":"Definition: plant of upland regions\nPINEAL"}
-{"Clue":"Part of abdomen cradling hot rubbery bottle, portable (usually large) (13)","Answer":"GHETTO-BLASTER","Explanation":"Definition: portable (usually large)\nH + BOTTLE* in GASTER (part of an insect's abdomen)"}
-{"Clue":"Training with computers, very good for processing crude petroleum (11)","Answer":"CAT-CRACKING","Explanation":"Definition: processing crude petroleum\nCAT (Computer-Assisted Training) + CRACKING (very good)"}
-{"Clue":"Learns flying with this light plane \u2013 on thermals (4)","Answer":"MOTH","Explanation":"Definition: light plane\nComposite anagram: LEARNS + MOTH is an anagram of ON THERMALS"}
-{"Clue":"Blitz causing painful sensation round centre of Liverpool (5)","Answer":"PRANG","Explanation":"Definition: Blitz\n[Live]R[pool] in PANG"}
-{"Clue":"One browsing, gaining in confidence about folio (6)","Answer":"SURFER","Explanation":"Definition: One browsing\nF[olio] in SURER"}
-{"Clue":"It was a time of idleness, accepted behaviour with ten relaxing inside (7)","Answer":"NON-TERM","Explanation":"Definition: It was a time of idleness\nTEN* in NORM"}
-{"Clue":"Hat rim damaged? Jock's may make a twang (6)","Answer":"THAIRM","Explanation":"Definition: Jock's may make a twang\n(HAT RIM)"}
-{"Clue":"Powerful two-wheeler difficult daughter's abandoned on field (6)","Answer":"HARLEY","Explanation":"Definition: Powerful two-wheeler\nHARD less D + LEY"}
-{"Clue":"What makes the eccentric fret, artless? No crank, certainly (11)","Answer":"SELF-STARTER","Explanation":"Definition: No crank, certainly\n(FRET ARTLESS)"}
-{"Clue":"Intriguing group in California, not well after a ruin (9)","Answer":"CAMARILLA","Explanation":"Definition: Intriguing group\nA MAR (ruin) ILL in CA"}
-{"Clue":"Mail carrier landed up for it in place (9)","Answer":"POSTILION","Explanation":"Definition: Mail carrier\nPOSITION (place) with reverse of LIT replacing IT"}
-{"Clue":"Rag-and-bone man, last to get central position, plunging straight down (7)","Answer":"STEEP-TO","Explanation":"Definition: plunging straight down\nSTEPTOE with the last E moved to the middle"}
-{"Clue":"Whence silk producers emerge, embroidering REGINA (6)","Answer":"GRAINE","Explanation":"Definition: Whence silk producers emerge\nREGINA"}
-{"Clue":"English propeller e.g. on the Broads, device for gauging planetary movement (6)","Answer":"EQUANT","Explanation":"Definition: device for gauging planetary movement\nE + QUANT (punting pole)"}
-{"Clue":"Mater's mantle round Spain, producing archetypal local dish? (6)","Answer":"PAELLA","Explanation":"Definition: archetypal local dish\nE (Spain) in PALLA (a Roman woman's mantle \u2013 hence the \"mater\")"}
-{"Clue":"Seamen's clothes and bedding yielding old coppers (5)","Answer":"SLOPS","Explanation":"Definition: Seamen's clothes and bedding\nDouble definition: \"clothes and bedding issued to sailors\", and old slang for policemen (coppers). My mistake at 29a made me nearly give up on this when I couldn't make anything reasonable out of S?APS"}
-{"Clue":"In love, X scratched, mark in red (4)","Answer":"SMIT","Explanation":"Definition: mark in red\nSMITTEN (in love) less TEN (X)"}
-{"Clue":"Relic I discovered in a rooftop crater (8)","Answer":"ARCHAISM","Explanation":"Definition: Relic\nI in A + R[oof] + CHASM"}
-{"Clue":"Camp site oddly in the style of golf (6)","Answer":"STALAG","Explanation":"Definition: Camp\nOdd letters of SiTe + A LA G"}
-{"Clue":"Weapon caused the sad end of Robert the Bruce (9)","Answer":"TREBUCHET","Explanation":"Definition: Weapon\nAnagram of [Rober]T THE BRUCE"}
-{"Clue":"Little time lost amongst all that apprehension (5)","Answer":"ANGST","Explanation":"Definition: apprehension\nAMONGST less MO (moment)"}
-{"Clue":"Green art evolved first sort of nursery (12)","Answer":"KINDERGARTEN","Explanation":"Definition: nursery\nKIND (sort) + (GREEN ART)"}
-{"Clue":"Solo flight from German city is completed (4)","Answer":"OVER","Explanation":"Definition: completed\nHANOVER (German City) less HAN (Han Solo, character in the *Star Wars* films)"}
-{"Clue":"'e by gum, camping? Having covered skin (10)","Answer":"INTEGUMENT","Explanation":"Definition: skin\nE by (beside) GUM in (covered by) IN TENT (camping)"}
-{"Clue":"A ruse deployed by Ottoman retreat round a pickle (10)","Answer":"SAUERKRAUT","Explanation":"Definition: pickle\n(A RUSE)* + A in reverse of TURK (Ottoman)"}
-{"Clue":"Break item? (4,4)","Answer":"FREE TIME","Explanation":"Definition: Break\nA \"reverse anagram\": TIME \"freed\" gives you ITEM"}
-{"Clue":"Angry with contemporary conflicting tendency (12)","Answer":"CROSSCURRENT","Explanation":"Definition: conflicting tendency\nCROSS (angry) + CURRENT (contemporary) \u2013 Chambers only gives this as hyphenated cross-current, but other online sources have it as a single word"}
-{"Clue":"Appearing shocked by deficit in part of hospital (5)","Answer":"AGAPE","Explanation":"Definition: Appearing shocked\nGAP (deficit) in A[ccident and] E[mergency]"}
-{"Clue":"Wild flower from the Guardian is spotted in Leeds, perhaps (9)","Answer":"EDELWEISS","Explanation":"Definition: Wild flower\nWE (The Guardian) IS in LEEDS"}
-{"Clue":"Substitute for 'taser' may be 'tazer', essentially (6)","Answer":"ERSATZ","Explanation":"Definition: Substitute\nTASER* + [ta]Z[er]. \"Taser\" is actually an acronym: from \"Thomas A. Swift Electronic Rifle\""}
-{"Clue":"Greedily eating suet pudding? Nothing French in that! (8)","Answer":"ESURIENT","Explanation":"Definition: Greedily eating\nRIEN (French \"nothing\") in SUET"}
-{"Clue":"Fat cello playing? This is for viola! (4,4)","Answer":"ALTO CLEF","Explanation":"Definition: This is for viola\n(FAT CELLO)* \u2013 music for viola normally uses the alto clef"}
-{"Clue":"Mummy's God transformed Nubia's black dog (6)","Answer":"ANUBIS","Explanation":"Definition: Mummy's God\nNUBIAS* \u2013 Anubis is an ancient Egyptian god (hence \"Mummy's\"), depicted as a man with with a black canine head"}
-{"Clue":"Perverse pleasure in South African country having a dodgy referendum after scrapping borders (13)","Answer":"SCHADENFREUDE","Explanation":"Definition: Perverse pleasure\nS + CHAD (African country) + anagram of [r]EFERENDU[m]"}
-{"Clue":"The Alamo, USA, most of all a vital relay station (8)","Answer":"THALAMUS","Explanation":"Definition: vital relay station\nTH[e] ALAM[o] US[a} \u2013 the Thalamus is an area in the brain \"allowing hub-like exchanges of information.\""}
-{"Clue":"Girl has yet to travel a very long way (5,5)","Answer":"LIGHT YEARS","Explanation":"Definition: a very long way\n(GIRL HAS YET)* \u2013 I would hyphenate this: Chambers and other sources agree with me"}
-{"Clue":"Ravel, go away (3,7)","Answer":"GET KNOTTED","Explanation":"Definition: Ravel\nDouble definition"}
-{"Clue":"Next clue needs this for a diarist's age (5,8)","Answer":"THREE\u00a0QUARTERS","Explanation":"Definition: Next clue needs this for a diarist's age\nA reference to Sue Townsend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13\u00be, the next clue being 13"}
-{"Clue":"Devote one's car etc for recycling (10)","Answer":"CONSECRATE","Explanation":"Definition: Devote\n(ONE'S CAR ETC)"}
-{"Clue":"Bordeaux's appealing twice about a sweet top wine (10)","Answer":"BEAUJOLAIS","Explanation":"Definition: wine\nA in BEAU JOLI (two French words describing attractiveness) + S[weet]"}
-{"Clue":"Future is mine (8)","Answer":"PROSPECT","Explanation":"Definition: Future\nDouble definition \u2013 a noun and a verb"}
-{"Clue":"We rang about a rodent (6)","Answer":"GNAWER","Explanation":"Definition: a rodent\n(WE RANG)"}
-{"Clue":"Look here's ship entering port empty (4)","Answer":"PSST","Explanation":"Definition: Look here\nSS (Steam Ship) in P[or]T"}
-{"Clue":"Old queen's honest with diarist (4,5)","Answer":"ANNE FRANK","Explanation":"Definition: diarist\nANNE (old queen) + FRANK (honest)"}
-{"Clue":"Core of world back to front (5)","Answer":"HEART","Explanation":"Definition: Core\nEARTH with the last letter moved to the front"}
-{"Clue":"Poet recounts fifth item found on beach (7)","Answer":"SHELLEY","Explanation":"Definition: Poet\nHomophone (..ish) of SHELL E, which would be found after shell A, shell B, \u2026"}
-{"Clue":"Rolling Stone caught by Mr Big? Very! (7)","Answer":"MONSTER","Explanation":"Definition: Big? Very!\nSTONE* in MR"}
-{"Clue":"Reportedly, get lost pastry (5)","Answer":"CHOUX","Explanation":"Definition: pastry\nHomophone of \"shoo!\" (get lost!)"}
-{"Clue":"They're involved in father's Star Trek battle \u2014 once timeless (9)","Answer":"PARTAKERS","Explanation":"Definition: They're involved\nPA (father) + anagram of STAR TREK less one T (\"once timeless\")"}
-{"Clue":"Choose over Charlie or Michael involving a branch of science (15)","Answer":"ELECTROCHEMICAL","Explanation":"Definition: involving a branch of science\nELECT (choose) + anagram of (C OR MICHAEL)"}
-{"Clue":"Director left at the end holding hard part of shoe (5,4)","Answer":"SPIKE HEEL","Explanation":"Definition: part of shoe\nH[ard] in SPIKE LEE (director) with the L moved to the end \u2013 another name for a stiletto heel"}
-{"Clue":"Encounters aliens on Earth following Martian leader (5)","Answer":"MEETS","Explanation":"Definition: Encounters\nM + E[arth] + ETS (extra-terrestrials)"}
-{"Clue":"Revolutionary recalls loathing for large cat (7)","Answer":"CHEETAH","Explanation":"Definition: large cat\nCHE (Guevara) + reverse of HATE"}
-{"Clue":"Starts to smoke, eventually saw someone tranquillised (7)","Answer":"SEDATED","Explanation":"Definition: tranquillised\nFirst letters of S[moke] E[ventually] + DATED (saw someone)"}
-{"Clue":"Doubles taken from physicist's mug (5)","Answer":"STEIN","Explanation":"Definition: mug\nEINSTEIN less the first EIN, which is duplicated at the end"}
-{"Clue":"To ensure sufficient funds remain below interest (9)","Answer":"UNDERDRAW","Explanation":"Definition: To ensure sufficient funds remain\nUNDER (below) + DRAW (something interesting). Chambers only gives the definitions \"To draw or describe with moderation or reticence or short of the truth; To cover the underside of with boards or lath and plaster\", but online sources also define it as a kind of opposite of the more familiar \"overdraw\""}
-{"Clue":"Pillagers back up to eat snack prepared by Saxon's chief (10)","Answer":"RANSACKERS","Explanation":"Definition: Pillagers\nSNACK* in reverse of REAR (back) + S[axon]"}
-{"Clue":"Change 11p over old cover? (8)","Answer":"ENVELOPE","Explanation":"Definition: cover\nAnagram of ELEVEN P O[ver]"}
-{"Clue":"Alternative fuel overwhelms fellow with unknown discharge (6)","Answer":"EFFLUX","Explanation":"Definition: discharge\nF in FUEL* + X(unknown)"}
-{"Clue":"Woman to wed right away (4)","Answer":"MARY","Explanation":"Definition: Woman\nMARRY less one R"}
-{"Clue":"Heavens above! On another planet 2001 computer is law enforcer (3,7)","Answer":"SKY MARSHAL","Explanation":"Definition: law enforcer\nSKY (the heavens above) + MARS + HAL (computer in the film *2001: A Space Odyssey*)"}
-{"Clue":"Has tan spoiled in afternoon shadow? (8)","Answer":"PHANTASM","Explanation":"Definition: shadow\n(HAS TAN)* in P.M."}
-{"Clue":"Keep players on leg-side boundaries (6)","Answer":"CASTLE","Explanation":"Definition: Keep\nCAST (players) + the outer letters (\"boundaries\") of L[eg-sid]E"}
-{"Clue":"Teacher admits time in prison (4)","Answer":"STIR","Explanation":"Definition: prison\nT in SIR (teacher)"}
-{"Clue":"Titan unearthed in built-up Rome? The usual! (10)","Answer":"PROMETHEUS","Explanation":"Definition: Titan\nHidden in built-uP ROME THE USual"}
-{"Clue":"Climbing mountains with quiet descent on landing (10)","Answer":"SPLASHDOWN","Explanation":"Definition: landing\nReverse of ALPS + SH (quiet!) + DOWN (descent)"}
-{"Clue":"During Great Revolt, we English can be using social media (8)","Answer":"TWEETING","Explanation":"Definition: using social media\nWE E TIN in reverse of GT"}
-{"Clue":"Animal around and about, adult male's lost (8)","Answer":"CREATURE","Explanation":"Definition: Animal\nC (circa, around) + RE (about) + MATURE less M"}
-{"Clue":"Every so often big cheat began to drink (3,3)","Answer":"ICE TEA","Explanation":"Definition: drink\nAlternate letters of bIg ChEaT bEgAn"}
-{"Clue":"Up-to-date style worn by sailors (6)","Answer":"MODERN","Explanation":"Definition: Up-to-date\nMODE + RN (Royal Navy, sailors)"}
-{"Clue":"In court, large expense (4)","Answer":"COST","Explanation":"Definition: expense\nOS (outsize, large) in CT"}
-{"Clue":"Rising troubles with this kind of bread (4)","Answer":"SODA","Explanation":"Definition: kind of bread\nReverse of ADOS"}
-{"Clue":"Charlotte races about in this? (7,7)","Answer":"CHELSEA TRACTOR","Explanation":"Definition: Charlotte races about in this\n(CHARLOTTE RACES)* &lit \u2013 Chelsea tractors are the oversized cars stereotypically driven in some affluent areas"}