Garry Gillard > crosswords > solutions > Guardian > 27652
The puzzle is here: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/27652.
Quite a few cryptic definitions (cd).
Definitions in italics.
Across
1 Fail in court recess (6) CLOSET - LOSE inside C(our)T
5 To sleep, say, on bed, one may lie on one's back (8) KNAPSACK - homophone for 'nap' + SACK = bed
9 Friendly hint (8) INTIMATE - dd
10 Protecting goalie's job (6) SAVING
11 Only interact corruptly? No way (9,3) CERTAINLY NOT - (only interact)*
13 Traffic lights always red? Not possible (2,2) NO GO - first part is a cd
14 Previously, but never again? (4,4) LAST TIME - dd
17 Invoice of a sort for working poor farm (3,5) PRO FORMA - (poor farm)*
18 Announce I own a place for spiritual retreats (4) IONA - homophone
20 A British division raised by the Romans (8,4) HADRIAN'S WALL - cd
23 Wife, the most beautiful girl in America? (6) MISS,US
24 A lordly brew? (4,4) EARL GREY - simple cd
25 Fashionable people get new mattress (5,3) SMART SET (mattress)*
26 Trendy humorist has success (4,2) WIT,H IT
Down
2 Using a little plunger, take a breather (4) LUNG
3 Lose concentration, so stop watching TV (6,3) SWITCH OFF - dd
4 Each in sequence for drink dispenser (3,3) TEA URN - EA inside TURN
5 Not concede one has to store spare bed linen (4,1,5,5) KEEP A CLEAN SHEET - in football, it means you prevent your opponent from scoring one goal (I had to google that) - dd
6 Does one deserve a lighter sentence? (8) ARSONIST - cd
7 Knowing, for example, about two volumes (5) SAVVY - VV inside SAY
8 Party getting together, not rebelling (10) CON,FORMING - CON(servative) Party etc.
12 Reporting for work (10) JOURNALISM - cd
15 A misfortune in constricted part of car (4,5) TAIL LIGHT - A ILL inside TIGHT
16 Part of the Union in a right state (8) A,R,KANSAS - a state in the union of the USA - two of them, in fact
19 Strict, requiring name on pointer (6) N,ARROW
21 Pipe up (5) RISER - cd
22 Some advise minister in the House (4) SEMI - incl.
KEY to abbreviations/terms/symbols which may have been used
(raga man)* = anagram of 'anagram'
cd = cryptic definition
dd = double definition
incl. = inclusive (hidden word)
def. = definition (synonym, literal)
rev. = reversed
anagind = anagram indicator
homophind = homophone indicator
surface - the apparent meaning of the clue, disguising what's really going on
&lit. - a clue in which the whole clue is the 'definition'
COD = clue of the day (imo); FOI, LOI, first/last one written in
Garry Gillard | New: 29 October, 2018 - solve 23:51, blogged 0936 WST | Now: 29 October, 2018