Cryptic Crossword 1-19

Theme: Thematic clues make use of synonyms for water

Solution Across

9 Instrument providing guarantee of no car in any pedestrian zone after 5pm (7)

Ocarina, instrument (def), providing (hidden), rest is fodder

10 Studio annoyed by storyteller in audition? (7)

Atelier, studio (def), ate (annoyed), liar (storyteller), in audition (homophone), Lier

is homophone of Liar

11 Backwater bird seen through storm door (7)

Postern, back (reversal of) sop (water), tern (bird), storm door (def)

12 I will point to trouble (7)

Illness, I’ll (I will), ness (point), trouble (def)

13 Soak the maid in endless waves (9)

Surcharge, soak (def), char (maid), in (insertion), surges (waves), endless (delete last

letter)

15 One-time nuisance developed into prosperous area outside the city (5)

Exurb, ex (one-time), developed (anagram of) rub (nuisance), rest is def

16 Boiled water becomes acceptable (7)

Churned, boiled (def), becomes (anagram of) drench (water) + U (acceptable)

19 Blacken around!! An order for enchilada? (7)

Schmear, smear (blacken), around (container), CH (order), enchilada (def)

20 Princely fashion that is popular (5)

Large, fashion (anagram of) regal (princely), popular (def)

21 Waterhole mostly providing narcotic (9)

Soporific, sop (water), orifice (hole), mostly (delete last letter), narcotic (def)

25 Windy state with recycled water (7)

Gaseous, windy (def), Ga (state), recycled (anagram of) souse (water)

26 Commit one towards love (7)

Passion, pass (commit), I (one), on (towards), love (def)

28 Crescent shaped stringed instrument without collar (7)

Lunette, crescent shaped (def), lute (stringed instrument), without (container), net

(collar)

29 Reportedly Indian, XL goblet (7)

Chalice, reportedly (homophone of) Indian (in Hindi), 40 (XL), goblet (def)

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1 Stiff community coming to grips with union (6)

Corpus, stiff (def), corps (community), coming to grips with (container), U (union)

2 … the rope was her problem (6)

Hawser, rope (def), problem (anagram of) was + her

3 Bond on pirate without the boat (4)

Size, bond (def), seize (pirate), without (deletion of) E (boat)

4 Jack to prohibit Republican opponents aboard (6)

Banner, Jack (def), ban (prohibit), R (Republican), NE (opponents), aboard (insertion)

5 Caution!! battle at home with beasts regularly (8)

Wariness, caution (def), war (battle), in (at home), ESS (beasts regularly i.e.,

alternate letters in beasts)

6 Trendsetter ale containing Lambert Lake water, on tap (10)

Bellwether, trendsetter (def), beer (ale), containing (container), L (Lambert), L (lake), wet (water), h (tap)

7 Customize penalty on accord (4-4)

Fine-tune, customize (def), fine (penalty), tune (accord)

8 Pinstripe cut mark (8)

Crossbar, pinstripe (def), cross (cut), bar (mark)

14 Hereafter cook the French duck (10)

Henceforth, hereafter (def), cook (anagram of) the + French + O (duck)

16 Roman emperor, or a confused sheriff in Latin America? (8)

Caligula, Roman emperor (def), confused (anagram of) alguacil (sheriff in Latin America)

17 Soaring outbreak (8)

Uprising, DD

18 Tragedy with princess’s plant with small white, pink, or purple flowers (8)

Disaster, tragedy (def), Di’s (princess’s), aster (plant with small white, …)

22 Father Charles Young from the office of the pope (6)

Papacy, papa (father), C (Charles), Y (Young), office of the pope (def)

23 Cold-blooded female married to a stiff (6)

Frigid, cold-blooded (def), F (female), married to (juxtaposition), rigid (stiff)

24 Some incense routinely burned in this during religious ceremonies (6)

Censer, some (hidden), rest is both def as well as fodder

27 Sit at the main bar (4)

Seat, sit (def), sea (main), T (bar)