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Republican bound by agreement I term not quite feasible (9)
PRACTICAL
Republican bound by agreement I term not quite feasible (9) **R**(epublican) *bound by* **PACT** ("agreement") + **I CAL**(l) ("term", *not quite*)
Odd patrol behind rear of crowd making percussive sound (8)
DRUMBEAT
Odd patrol behind rear of crowd making percussive sound (8) **RUM** ("odd") + **BEAT** ("patrol") *behind* (crow)**D
Condition in Asian region, it's said, and European capital (8)
SYNDROME
Condition in Asian region, it's said, and European capital (8) Homophone of **SINDH** (province of Pakistan, so "Asian region") + **ROME** ("European capital")
Excuse accepted by couple amazingly (4)
PLEA
Excuse accepted by couple amazingly (4) Hidden in "cou**PLE** **A**mazingly"
Aim to be free of prejudice? (9)
OBJECTIVE
Aim to be free of prejudice? (9) Double definition
Doctor likes list I put out – showing range of abilities (5,3)
SKILLSET
Doctor likes list I put out – showing range of abilities (5,3) *(likes lst)
Idle sort has to carry gallon in half of Italian island (8)
SLUGGARD
Idle sort has to carry gallon in half of Italian island (8) **LUG** ("carry") + **G**(allon) *in* **SARD**(inia) ("half of Italian island")
English is excluded in long tale (4)
YARN
English is excluded in long tale (4) **Y**(e**)ARN **("long", *with* E(nglish) *excluded*)
Medical case in part of spacecraft (7)
CAPSULE
Medical case in part of spacecraft (7) Double definition
Arab arranged to tour Arizona in charitable fair (6)
BAZAAR
Arab arranged to tour Arizona in charitable fair (6) *(arab) *to tour* **AZ** ("Arizona")
Jeer abusively man, clerk that's awkward right away (6)
HECKLE
Jeer abusively man, clerk that's awkward right away (6) **HE** ("man") + *(clek) ("clerk" *with* R(ight) *away*)
Priest upset in excessive amount becomes tipsy (5)
OILED
Priest upset in excessive amount becomes tipsy (5) <=**ELI** (Old Testament "priest") *in* **OD** (overdose, so "excessive amount")
Formerly glorified, like second-class celebs? (5)
BLIST
Definition: Formerly glorified **B-LIST** ("second-class celebs") According to Chambers, blist is an archaic version of "blessed".
As of old rouses support among auxiliaries (7)
ABRAIDS
Definition: As of old rouses **BRA** ("support") *among* **AIDS** ("auxiliaries")
Sort of veggie left minutes before I ran out (9)
LACTARIAN
Definition: Sort of veggie L(eft) + ACTA ("minutes" of a meeting) +*(i ran) A lactarian or lactovegetarian is a vegetarian who eats dairy products.
Dig up Algernon's useful invention (not the first) (6)
UNBURY
Dig up Algernon's useful invention (not the first) (6) (b)**UNBURY**, Algernon's imaginary friend in Wilde's *The Importance of Being Earnest*, used as a ruse to get out of unpleasant social engagements.
Regular food past its best, soft inside (6)
STAPLE
Definition: Regular food **STALE** ("past its best") *with* P ("soft")* inside*.
Plant sheaths: gold, with tips of magenta and blue (7)
OCHREAE
Plant sheaths: gold, with tips of magenta and blue (7) **OCHRE** ("gold") + (magent)**A** and (blu)**E
Video to stimulate sales for a bit (5)
PROMO
Video to stimulate sales for a bit (5) **PRO** ("for") + **MO **("a bit")
Description of US pastoral simplicity in tidy landscapes (4)
IDYL
Definition: Description of US pastoral simplicity Hidden in "t**IDY L**andscapes"
Old land subletting scheme revealing acorns mice crunched (10)
CONACREISM
Definition: Old land subletting scheme *(acorns mice) Conacreism was a system in Ireland for letting out farmland for a season or for most of a year.
Unison singing of a kind? Factory accepts a measure (10)
PLAINCHANT
Definition: Unison singing of a kind **PLANT** ("factory") *accepts* **A INCH** ("a measure")
Snog, hot after dance (4)
PASH
Definition: Snog **H**(ot) *after* **PAS** ("dance") "Pash" is an Antipodean term for "kiss and cuddle".
Wee one, born one of a set in Carnoustie? (5)
BAIRN
Definition: Wee one **B**(orn) + **A IRN** (an iron in Scots (think Irn Bru), so "one of a set" (of golf clubs)). For an alternative parsing, see comment 2 below.
Soak brown one turned over in dyes (7)
ANATTOS
Definition: dyes <=**SOT TAN A** ("soak brown one", *turned over*)
Do-gooder returning bag and stick (6)
DORCAS
Definition: Do-gooder <=**SAC ROD** ("back" and "stick" *returning*)
Old hurt doctor binds as a temporary measure (6)
MAKE-DO
Old hurt doctor binds as a temporary measure (6) **AKED** (old "hurt") *bound by* **M.O.** (medical officer, so "doctor")
Round écus in a poor state, of unknown origin (9)
UNSOURCED
Definition: of unknown origin *(round ecus)
Early supper, dull one, including bit of both beef and veal? (7)
MEAT TEA
Definition: Early supper **MATTE A** ("dull one") *including* **E** (letter that both "beef" and "veal" have in common)
What'll damage seat, with cutting in? (5)
TAWSE
Definition: What'll damage seat, with cutting in *(seat) with **W**(ith) *cutting in* and &lit. A tawse, as I can testify from personal experience, was a leather belt used by teachers to punish schoolchildren in Scotland when corporal punishment was still allowed, although I don't remember my seat being whacked – it was always my hand as far as I can remember.
Light up to demonstrate greeting? (4)
BLUB
Definition: to demonstrate greeting <=**BULB** ("light", *up)* In Scotland, "to greet" is "to weep".
It was shot from man-of-war or galleon at sea (two rounds loosed) (7)
LANGREL
Definition: It was shot from man-of-war *(r gallen) ("or galleon" *with two Os loosed*) A langrel (or langrage or langridge) was shot used in naval warfare.
What revives stale wine? A dash of tonic in substance (4)
STUM
Definition: What revives stale wine **T**(onic) in** SUM** ("substance")
Sailor close to big fish (6)
TARPON
Definition: fish **TAR **("sailor") + **'PON **("close to")
Burrower twice shortened hidey-hole with one (8)
BISCACHA
Burrower twice shortened hidey-hole with one (8) **BIS** ("twice") + **CACH**(e) ("hidey-hole", *shortened*) + **A **("one") A viscacha or biscacha is a South American chichilla-like rodent.
I'll say part in opera (The Rheingold) (6)
RATHER
Definition: I'll say Hidden in "ope**RA THE R**heingold"
I'm on exercise plunge having to get round it as hindrance (10)
IMPEDITIVE
Definition: hindrance **I'M** + **P.E.** ("exercise") + **DIVE** ("plunge") *getting round* **IT
Pause and lock up, day over (5)
DELAY
Pause and lock up, day over (5) <=**YALE** ("lock" *up*) with **D**(ay) *over** *(ie. above)
Metalworker worked eastern metal, tin-coated (8)
STEELMAN
Definition: Metalworker *(e metal) *coated in* **Sn**. (chemical symbol of "tin")
Cerebral 'speech-maker', Oscar off form in poor one (10)
BROCA’S AREA
Definition: Cerebral 'speech-maker' *(oscar) in **BARE** ("poor") + **A** ("one") Broca's Area is the part of the brain responsible for speech.
One often accompanies Indian dad with reverse of abuse (8)
POPPADUM
Definition: One often accompanies Indian **POPPA** ("dad") + <=**MUD** (*reverse of* "abuse")
It often involves cradling from side to side in extremes of love (8)
LACROSSE
Definition: It often involves cradling **ACROSS** ("from side to side") *in* **L**(ov)**E** In lacrosse, "cradling" is the term for running with the ball in the net.
Pants once tested on board ship (7)
STRIDES
Definition: Pants **TRIDE** (once "tested") in **SS** ("on board ship")
Swimming gives you that tan repeatedly (6)
NATANT
Definition: Swimming *(tan) twice (I think!)
Gradation, look, in part of brass backing (6)
ABLAUT
Definition: Gradation **LA!** (look!) *in* <=**TUBA** ("part of brass" (section), *backing*)
Lizard that a Cockney's found in his old sock? (5)
ANOLE
Definition: Lizard **AN 'OLE** (Cockney version of "an hole")
Pods cooked all right with radish – take away meal (4)
OKRA
Definition: Pods cooked **OK** ("all right") + **RA**(dish)
Knot or bow on end of lace (4)
NODE
Definition: Knot **NOD** ("bow") + (lac)**E
Festive treat from black stag in mating season? (6,6)
BRANDY BUTTER
Festive treat from black stag in mating season? (6,6) **B**(lack) + **RANDY BUTTER **(a description of a "stag in mating season")
In France, a man runs free of clothes (7)
UNCOVER
In France, a man runs free of clothes (7) **UN** ("in France, a") + **COVE** ("man") + **R**(uns)
Glower as student group knocked over clock (7)
SUNLAMP
Glower as student group knocked over clock (7) <=**N.U.S.** (National Union of Students, so "student group", *knocked over*) + **LAMP** ("clock", i.e. punch or thump)
My cryptic hint for old port (7)
CORINTH
My cryptic hint for old port (7) **COR** ("my") + *(hint)
Stops king donning transvestite's jacket and skirt (7)
TERMINI
Stops king donning transvestite's jacket and skirt (7) **R** (rex, so "king") *donning* **T**(ransvestit)**E** and **MINI** ("skirt"), so **T-E(R)MINI
Base of trifle with less calorific cream (5)
ELITE
Base of trifle with less calorific cream (5) (trifl)**E** *with ***LITE **("less calorific")
Lying bum flogged modern houses (9)
RECUMBENT
Lying bum flogged modern houses (9) *(bum) *housed by* **RECENT** ("modern")
Clergies horrified about a deed such as this? (9)
SACRILEGE
Clergies horrified about a deed such as this? (9) *(clergies) *abou*t **A
Tuck in to sample a treat (5)
PLEAT
Tuck in to sample a treat (5) Hidden in "sam**PLE A T**reat"
Equids, one of them hidden by rambling rose (7)
ONAGERS
Equids, one of them hidden by rambling rose (7) **NAG** (a horse or equid, so "one of them") *hidden by* *(rose)
Smug fellow's not a boring tool, it's said (4-3)
KNOW-ALL
Smug fellow's not a boring tool, it's said (4-3) Homophone of **NO AWL** ("not a boring tool")
One's heavy, large and round, wearing clothes outside? (7)
KILOTON
One's heavy, large and round, wearing clothes outside? (7) **L**(arge) + **O** ("round") with **KIT ON** ("wearing clothes") *outside
Silly graduate abandons speaking naturally (7)
IDIOTIC
Silly graduate abandons speaking naturally (7) **IDIO**(ma)**TIC **("speaking naturally", without MA ("graduate"))
Faulty gasometer in a kind of household (6,1,5)
MENAGE A TROIS
Faulty gasometer in a kind of household (6,1,5) *(gasometer in a)
AC/DC covering a Christmas staple? That's rum (7)
BACARDI
AC/DC covering a Christmas staple? That's rum (7) **BI**(sexual)("AC/DC") *covering* **A CARD **("a Christmas staple")
A header from Vardy, cracking ball â€" come on! (7)
ADVANCE
A header from Vardy, cracking ball â€" come on! (7) **A** + **V**(ardy) *cracking* **DANCE** ("ball")
Unknown quantity of diamonds and heroin around vessel (4,5)
DARK HORSE
Unknown quantity of diamonds and heroin around vessel (4,5) **D**(iamonds) + **HORSE** ("heroin") *around* **ARK** ("vessel")
Hem in blouse's edging fixed (5)
BESET
Hem in blouse's edging fixed (5) **B**(lous)**E** + **SET** ("fixed")
Fit six-footer right in the middle (7)
TANTRUM
Fit six-footer right in the middle (7) **ANT** ("six-footer") + **R**(ight) *in* **TUM** ("middle")
Slippery, sinful indiv­idual steals credit card back (7)
EVASIVE
Slippery, sinful indiv­idual steals credit card back (7) **EVE** ("sinful individual") *steals* <=**VISA** ("credit card", *back*)
Look, with VAT rising, pop star trembled (8,4)
BUTCHER’S HOOK
Look, with VAT rising, pop star trembled (8,4) <=**TUB** ("vat", rising) + **CHER** ("pop star") + **SHOOK** ("trembled")
Stones hit bird, after suffering without milk (5,2,5)
PAINT IT BLACK
Stones hit bird, after suffering without milk (5,2,5) **TIT **("bird") *after ***PAIN** ("suffering"), + **BLACK **("without milk") *Paint It Black* was a No 1 hit for the Rolling Stones on both sides of the Atlantic in 1966.
European composer, in recital, has things to do (9)
CHECKLIST
European composer, in recital, has things to do (9) Homophone of **CZECH LISZT** ("European" and "composer"), indicated by *in recital
Overcook pork pie and coke (7)
CHARLIE
Overcook pork pie and coke (7) **CHAR** ("overcook") + **LIE** ("pork pie")
Reluctance to move home, rate changes entrapping one (7)
INERTIA
Reluctance to move home, rate changes entrapping one (7) **IN** ("home") + *(rate) *entrapping* **I** ("one")
Rider favouring protection for face when cut (7)
PROVISO
Rider favouring protection for face when cut (7) **PRO** ("favouring") + **VISO**(r) ("protection for face", *cut*)
Theologian and Darwin swapping tips for theorem (7)
ERASTUS
Theologian and Darwin swapping tips for theorem (7) **ERAS**(m)(**T**)**US **(Erasmus "Darwin" with one tip of "theorem" (M) swapped for the other tip (T)) *A fair amount of general knowledge required here, I'd suggest, as neither Erastus, not Erasmus Darwin, Charles's grandfather, are that well known.
Martial arts teacher's detailed wisdom (5)
SENSE
Martial arts teacher's detailed wisdom (5) **SENSE**(i) ("martial arts teacher", *detailed* (i.e. having its last letter (or tail) removed))
Crowd round in a crypt for Little Boy, maybe (4,4)
ATOM BOMB
Definition: Little Boy, maybe <=**MOB** ("crowd" *round*) in **A TOMB **("a crypt") *Little Boy* was the code name of the bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima in 1945.
Idiot Trump initiative world leaders can reverse (6)
NITWIT
Definition: Idiot <= **T I W NIT** (**T**rump **I**nitiative **W**orld *leaders* + **TIN** ("can"))
Extremely clear river emergency (6)
CRISIS
Definition: emergency **C**(lea)**R** + **ISIS** ("river", theThames at Oxford)
Small Spaniard may be husky (8)
SIBERIAN
Definition: husky **S**(mall) + **IBERIAN** ("Spaniard may be")
In the end flat, count out of turn (10)
EVENTUALLY
Definition: In the end **EVEN** ("flat") + **TALLY** ("count") *out*(side) *of* **U**(-turn)
Unintentionally discover where GI's were reported to be (8)
OVERHEAR
Definition: Unintentionally discover Homophone of **OVER HERE
Adjust section of Gatt unethically (6)
ATTUNE
Definition: Adjust Hidden in "G**ATT UNE**thically"
Roman Catholic bread broken for population all over Christmas (7)
RED CRAB
Definition: population all over Christmas *(RC bread) *Christmas Island red crab is a species of crab found unsurprisingly on Christmas Island.
Pet hate – Mrs "Fawlty" (7)
HAMSTER
Definition: Pet *(hate mrs)
Hope rage pursues poisoner (6)
ASPIRE
Definition: Hope **IRE** ("rage") *pursues ***ASP **("poisoner")
Count of 17? (3,3,4)
UNO DOS TRES
Definition: Count of 17 "One, two, three" in Spanish, the language of Barcelona (17dn)
Spooner's hunting assistant escaped delicate work (8)
FILIGREE
Definition: delicate work Spoonerism of **GILLIE FREE **("hunting assistant escaped")
A good way scrap may produce litter (6)
FARROW
Definition: litter **FAR** ("a good way") + **ROW** ("scrap")
Salt with main to follow (3,3)
SEA DOG
Definition: Salt **SEA** ("main") + **DOG** ("follow")
Old sound back in Irishman's pulse (4,4)
SOYA BEAN
Definition: pulse **O**(ld) + <=**BAY** ("sound" *back*) *in* **SEAN** ("Irishman")
Volunteers vicar to cut sileage crop (4,5)
TARE VETCH
Definition: sileage crop **TA** (Territorial Army, so "volunteers") + **REV** ("vicar") + **ETCH** ("cut") *Not sure about this, as I can't find the phrase "tare vetch" in any dictionary online or in my Chambers, which is the 2003 edition.
Lodger's degree an issue (5)
MASON
Definition: Lodger **M.A**. ("degree") + **SON** ("issue") *Think "masonic lodge"
Most cryptic rebus Scot solved (9)
OBSCUREST
Definition: Most cryptic *(rebus scot)
Herb farm essentially about support (7)
BASILAR
Definition: about support **BASIL** ("herb") + (f)**AR**(m)
Far from carrying weight, retired with honour (5)
NOBLY
Definition: with honour <=**Y (LB) ON **where **YON** = "far from" and** LB** = pound, so "weight" *Don't like YON = "far from"
Engine driver has support (9)
TURBOPROP
Definition: Engine **TURBO** ("driver") + **PROP** ("support")
Cross island at speed (5)
IRATE
Definition: Cross **I**(sland) + **RATE** ("speed")
Single mistake in a murder (9)
UNMARRIED
Definition: Single *(in a murder)
Pull just holding head of fragile insect (9)
DRAGONFLY
Definition: insect **DRAG** ("pull") + **ONLY** ("just") *holding ***F**(ragile)