Crosaire No 16779 by Crossheir – Saturday, October 20th, 2018

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 Inherited (CAME INTO MONEY) most of 13 across (most of ‘camel’ = CAME) from teachers (Irish National Teachers’ Organisation = INTO) and coppers (MONEY) (CAME INTO MONEY),

10 Looking for justice (AVENGER) in Geneva (Geneva = AVENGE-) going crazy (= anagram indicator) meeting resistance (-R) (AVENGER),

11 Mural of (mural of = FORMULA) revolutionary (= anagram indicator) with instructive set of words (FORMULA),

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12 Lose rag in garden’s (lose “rag” in “gardens” = dens = ENDS) borders (ENDS),

13 Beastly type (CAMEL) made an appearance (CAME-) and left (-L) (CAMEL),

15 Refer to (CITE) bit of Medici testament (bit of ‘Medici testament’ = CITE),

17 Any (any = NAY) problem (= anagram indicator) with the word coming out of opposition? (NAY),

19 Those on the margins (borders) lose the head (b) (‘borders’ without ‘b’ = ORDERS) with religious institutes (ORDERS),

21 Short jacket (BOLERO) in trunk (tree trunk = BOLE-) at end of corridor (end of ‘corridor’ = -R-) is old (-O) (BOLERO),

22 There’s a theory (OPINION) there’ll be tears over this (onion = O-NION) involving detective (-PI-) (OPINION),

23 Hotel (H-) vehicle (limo = -OMIL-) comes back (= reversal indicator) at the end of journey (at the end of ‘journey’ = -Y) (HOMILY) to father’s address (HOMILY),

25 Whiskey (W-) blows the head off (h) Hurt (‘harm’ without ‘h’ = -ARM-) with most of the (most of ‘the’ = -TH) (WARMTH) heat (WARMTH),

27 Thomas Hardy’s characters (‘Thomas Hardys’ characters = ASH) among The Woodlanders presumably? (ASH),

29 Old magazine (BELL) on both sides of Berlin Wall (on both sides of ‘Berlin Wall’ = BELL),

30 Back off (n) caddy (‘bin’ without ‘n’ = BI-) – he’s a relative (-SON) (BISON) of one of those beastly types (BISON),

31 Segment of the debacle from (segment of the ‘debacle from’ = CLEF) The Sound of Music perhaps (CLEF),

34 One (I-) serial (serial = -SRAELI) adaptation (= anagram indicator) (ISRAELI) of Living in the Middle East (ISRAELI),

35 Do wrong thing (-ERR-) in part of wedding cake (T-IER) (TERRIER) and ends up in the doghouse (TERRIER),

36 Showed up (CAME) on peculiar (= anagram indicator) boat (boat = TO A B-) and (and = -A- -ND) toured Germany (Germany domain = .de = -D E-) (CAME TO A BAD END) – a similar experience to Capt Ahab? (Captain Ahab from Moby Dick CAME TO A BAD END).

Down:

2 Did a rewrite on (AMENDED) Dead Men (dead men = AMENDED) Walking (= anagram indicator),

3 Some renowned genius (some ‘renowned genius’= EDGE) from The Fringe (EDGE),

4 Roman (Roman = NORMA-) drunk (= anagram indicator) third pint (third ‘pint’ = -N) (NORMAN) of Strongbow, for example (Strongbow, led the NORMAN invasion of Ireland),

5 Old (O-) party (Fianna Fáil = -FF-) solution (-KEY) (OFF-KEY) is not easy on the ear (OFF-KEY),

6 Rows (OARS) with co-authors losing touch (‘co-authors’ losing ‘touch’ = aors = OARS),

7 Cultured type (ERUDITE) booms out of bedroom suite (‘booms’ out of ‘bedroom suite’ = edruite = ERUDITE),

8 What the whistler on the range did (kettle on the range = CAME TO THE BOIL) to let off steam (CAME TO THE BOIL),

9 A Comte (a comte = CAME TO) salad (= anagram indicator) in that place (there = THE -RE) includes for starters, fried onions (for starters, ‘fried onions’ = FO-) (CAME TO THE FORE) that really stood out (CAME TO THE FORE),

14 Send Sam (send Sam = MADNESS) off (= anagram indicator) for utter stupidity (MADNESS),

16 Trollope dismissed Poe (“Trollope”’ dismissed “Poe” = troll = TROLL) as an ugly monster (TROLL),

18 Part of the garrison – a regiment (part of the ‘garrison – a regiment’ = SONAR) tracking subs (SONAR),

20 A gent (agent = SPY) consumed by Thomas Pynchon (consumed by ‘Thomas Pynchon’ = SPY),

21 Show your bald spot (BOW) to Bob? (bob/curtsy = BOW),

24 Music and lyrics opens (‘music and lyrics’ opens = MAL-) opera (-ARIA) (MALARIA) and, bitten by the bug, I’m in a feverish state (MALARIA),

26 Large number (MILLION) from factory (MILL-) will definitely be charged (-ION) (MILLION),

27 First-class (AI-) miner (“miner” = “minor” = -KID-) says (= homophone indicator) nothing (-O) (AIKIDO) as a form of self-defence (AIKIDO),

28 Nerve centre (hub = H- -UB) takes in far too much (over the top = -OT T-) (HOT TUB) from Bath (bath = HOT TUB),

32 Limits Ménière’s syndrome (limits/sides “Ménière’s syndrome” = MEME) going viral (MEME),

33 Brigades’ dismissed base (‘brigades’ dismissed ‘base’ = rigd = GRID) network (GRID).