Cryptic Crossword 1-29

Theme: None

Across Clues:

7 Beef for lunchtime in factory (6)

Plaint, beef (def), I (lunchtime), in (insertion), plant (factory)

8 Refresh after over-load (8)

Recharge, refresh (def), re (over), charge (load)

9 Palo Santo picked up as philosophy characterized by the belief in whole as opposed to

the parts (8)

Holistic, Holy stick (Palo Santo), picked up (homophone), rest is def.

10 Pick a trendy name (6)

Incite, pick (def), in (trendy), cite (name)

11 Drive to my place (8)

Corniche, drive (def), Cor (my!), niche (place)

12 Pride of state: Charlie Young (6)

Vanity, pride (def), VA (state), nit (Charlie), Y (young)

13 Wag disrobes in graphic novels (5,6)

Comic strips, comic (wag), strips (disrobes), graphic novels (def)

18 Snap and pets appear? (6)

Blowup, implicit meta, pets (target), snap (def), one way to get pets is via step (blow),

reversal (up)

20 Conspiracy at home on objective around Joe’s return (8)

Intrigue, conspiracy (def), in (at home), true (objective), around (container),

GI (Joe), return (reversal)

22 Former Asian politician, upon receiving extreme threats becomes inviolate (6)

Exempt, ex (former), E (Asian), MP (politician), T (extreme threats i.e. 1^st letter in),

inviolate (def)

23 Nazi tore the rebellious sign (8)

Notarize, rebellious (anagram of) Nazi + tore, sign (def)

24 Image of American airline’s lounge in disarray (8)

Analogue, image (def), AA (American airline), disarray (anagram of) AA + lounge

25 Story about Jenny the nymph (6)

Lassie, lie (story), about (container), ass (Jenny), nymph (def)

Down Clues:

1 Business house thoroughly embracing Dutch courage (7)

Alcohol, co (business), Ho (house), all (thoroughly), embracing (container),

Dutch courage (def)

2 Number one in colorful sweet peppers (8)

Pimiento, I (number one), me (number one), in (insertion), pinto (colorful), sweet peppers (def) yes I

should have given better indication of double insertion!!

3 Came last at iconic event 2 years ago, and now first in standing? (6)

Static, in (hidden), standing (def), rest is fodder

4 Have ordered rice for the he-man (8)

Achiever, ordered (anagram of) have + rice, he-man (def)

5 Dance for Tintin? (6)

Cancan, dance (def), can (tin) + can (tin)

6 A lunatic annoyed the jerk (7)

Agitate, a (a), git (lunatic), ate (annoyed), jerk (def)

8 Love cricket scene? it could be hard to understand (6,7)

Rocket science, could be (anagram of) O (love) + cricket + scene, hard to

understand (def)

14 Spook an alien with a stomach and skin infection (8)

Impetigo, imp (spook), ET (alien), I (a), go (stomach), skin infection (def)

15 How to retrieve guns from the hedgerow for example? (8)

Primrose, how to (meta), guns (target), hedgerow for example (def), one way to get

guns is via snug (prim) reversal (rose)

16 Running of the union body during the trial (7)

Fluxing, running (def), U (union), X (body), during (insertion), fling (trial)

17 Edward snoring at home next to the Greek character who calls for prayers (7)

Muezzin, E (Edward), ZZ (snoring), in (at home), next to (juxtaposition),

Mu (Greek character), who calls for prayers (def)

19 Woman losing head over plain headdress (6)

Wimple, W (woman), losing head over (deletion of 1^st letter in) simple (plain),

headdress (def)

21 Damn Trump! topping in headline (6)

Tittle, damn (def), T (Trump topping i.e. 1^st letter in), in (insertion), title (headline)