Crosaire No 16866 by Crossheir – Saturday, February 2nd, 2019

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 Try to find (SEARCH) car parts (ENGINES) (SEARCH ENGINES) in the likes of chrome? (Google Chrome = SEARCH ENGINES),

10 Key (music key E-) to playing (= anagram indicator) Gaelic (Gaelic = -LEGIAC) (ELEGIAC) produced by mournful type, as the linesman (poet) sees it (ELEGIAC),

11 Problems (TROUBLE) for Car (Model T-) Capital (capital/money = Russian -ROUBLE) (TROUBLE),

12 Station (station/status = RANK) managed (RAN-) by keen beginner (‘keen’ beginner = -K) (RANK),

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13 Parody (MIMIC) of burlesque (MIMIC),

15 Amidst retiring (= reversal indicator) farewells (amidst ‘farewells’ = rewe = EWER) for The Libation Bearer (EWER),

17 Some agents (CIA) of the actors thrown out of Costa Rica (‘actors’ thrown out of ‘Costa Rica’ = ica = CIA),

19 A noble sort having an influence on The Speaker (noble gas HELIUM /squeaky voice) is a lightweight involved in The Rising (HELIUM is the lightest noble gas),

21 A job for the scouts (SEARCH) on all sides today (SEARCH on sides of today’s grid),

22 Instrument (BASSOON) for graduates (graduate’s = BA’s = BAS-) one of these days (-SOON) (BASSOON),

23 It’s said at mass meeting (at Mass meeting = Amen= A-MEN) about copper (-CU-) (ACUMEN) with common sense (ACUMEN),

25 Autopilots lost lots (‘autopilots’ lost ‘lots’ = autopi = UTOPIA) of more work? (Thomas More’s UTOPIA),

27 Sample of gumbo heating (sample of ‘gumbo heating’ = boh) up (= reversal indicator) (boh = HOB) on the cooker (HOB),

29 Tough (THUG) time (T-) to show affection (-HUG) (THUG),

30 Baritones disregard bias (‘baritones’ disregard ‘bias’ = rtone = TENOR) of male singer (TENOR),

31 Heath (MOOR) reviews (= reversal indicator) volume (room = MOOR),

34 Oriental (east = E-) reader (-LECTOR) (ELECTOR) gets to decide who goes to the park? (ELECTOR gets to decide who goes to The Park/presidency),

35 “Negotiators don’t include Gore” (‘negotiators’ don’t include ‘Gore’ = ntiatos = STATION) – RTE (STATION),

36 You’d expect them to come to someone’s rescue perhaps (SEARCH MISSION) meeting in the bar (session = SE- -SSION) about parade (march) not starting (m) (‘march’ without ‘m’ = -ARCH) on road (MI-) (SEARCH MISSION).

Down:

2 English (E-) learnt (learnt = -TERNAL) solution (= anagram indicator) (ETERNAL) is everlasting (ETERNAL),

3 Sample of Grand Cru incomparable (sample of ‘Grand Cru incomparable’ = RUIN) to scotch (scotch/wreck = RUIN),

4 Busy (HECTIC) architect gets rid of art (‘architect’ gets rid of ‘art’ = chiect = HECTIC),

5 Local crazy guy (NUT-) promotes academic research (Royal Irish Academy = -RIA) (NUTRIA) of river rat (NUTRIA),

6 Press (IRON) release from Sierra Leone? (‘release’ from ‘Sierra Leone’ = iron = IRON),

7 Mob were (mob were = EMBOWER) wrong (= anagram indicator) to give shelter according to the literati? (EMBOWER is a literary word for ‘shelter’),

8 They’re looking out for somebody (SEARCH PARTIES) in distress (SEAR-) at church (-CH) socials (PARTIES) (SEARCH PARTIES),

9 Toast (SEAR-) on top of coffee (top of ‘coffee’ = -C-) is hot (-H) to order (WARRANT) (SEARCH WARRANT) – those keen to locate the hot stuff need it (SEARCH WARRANT),

14 Simon is (Simon is = MISSION) rewriting (= anagram indicator) assignment (MISSION),

16 Turns up (= reversal indicator), it’s about (re = -ER) opposition (but = TUB-) (TUBER) to one of those in underground plot (TUBER),

18 Inventors dismissing iron (‘inventors’ dismissing ‘iron’ = nvets = VENTS), as it lets off steam (VENTS),

20 Some conundrum – a nuisance (some ‘conundrum – a nuisance’ = MAN) for one board member? (MAN on chessboard),

21 Central to the crowdsourcing (central to the ‘crowdsourcing’ = SOU) of old capital (old capital/money = SOU),

24 Across the sea (UK-), university (University of Limerick = -UL-) with the foreign (the = -EL-) engineer (-E) (UKULELE) is played by the musician (UKULELE),

26 Confirm (prove) clip (e) (‘prove’ without ‘e’ = PROV-) is (-IS-) of leading (‘of’ leading = -O) (PROVISO) rider (PROVISO),

27 Warm spot (HEARTH) for Central (HEART-) Hotel (-H) (HEARTH),

28 Upsets (= reversal indicator) elitist (snob = BONS-) to broadcast (air) clip (r) (‘air’ without ‘r’ = -AI) (BONSAI) from one little plant (BONSAI),

32 “Stewardess kicks out Swedes” (‘stewardess’ kicks out ‘Swedes’ = tars = STAR) – The Sun (STAR),

33 By no means lose money (‘by no means’ lose/without ‘money’ = bans = BANS) in bars (BANS).