Cryptic Crossword 1-32

Theme: None

 Across:

1.   Bob managed to catch the student who bolted (8)

Shackled, S (Bob), hacked (managed), to catch (container), L (student), bolted (def)

6.   Support Jenny first (6)

      Assist, support (def), ass (Jenny), Ist (first)

9.   Pretty boy admitted relationship? That’s dumb!! (6)

      Stupid, stud (pretty boy), admitted (container), pi (relationship), dumb (def)

     10.  Readied for an issue in the plant (8)

            Seasoned, readied (def), a (an), son (issue), in (insertion), seed (plant)

     11.  Pay before returning without an answer from the home of golf (2,7)

St. Andrews, stand (pay), before (juxtaposition), returning (reversal of) without an (delete an) from answer, so reversal of (answer – an)

     13.  Wander by road in Panama (5)

            Derby, in (hidden), Panama (def), rest is fodder.

     15.  Fragment – fragment = thing? (6)

            Action, fraction (fragment), - fr (fragment), thing (def)

     17.  Do without gems for accessorizing, for e.g., one can use flowers instead (6)

Forego, do without (def), gems (hidden), rest is fodder.

     18.  Agent with a badge sent back the boy (6)

            Nipper, rep (agent), pin (badge), sent back (reversal), boy (def)

     19. Sponge plant of gourd family (6)

            Loofah, DD

     21. Learn the essence ... (5)

           Heart, hear (learn), t (the), essence (def)

     22. Female supporter joining the people in authority? That’s touching (9)

           Brassiere, female supporter (def), brass (people in authority), i.e. (that’s), re (touching)

     25. Regularly show income by cooking this Chinese dish (4,4)

           Chow mein, regularly (pick alternate letters in) show, cooking (anagram of) hw + income, Chinese dish (def)

     26. Crime partnership by the young and strong (6)

           Sinewy, sin (crime), EW (partnership), by (juxtaposition), Y (young), strong (def)

     28. Lively campus amid sunny shores (6)

           Sparky, lively (def), park (campus), amid (insertion), shores (1st and last letter in) sunny

     29. Tavern crowd on the Spanish railway (8)

            Hostelry, tavern (def), host (crowd), on (juxtaposition), El (the I Spanish), ry (railway)

Down:

2.   Popular hotel offering tasty starters (3)

Hot, popular (def), starters (first letters in) “hotel offering tasty.”

3.   Conservative reach of an American cable network (5)

CSPAN, C (conservative), span (reach), rest is def.

4.   Dancing on red heels and shorts (10)

Lederhosen, dancing (anagram of) on red heels, shorts (def)

      5.  Refuse comes in pile (6)

           Disown, refuse (def), is (comes), in (insertion), down (pile)

6.  Down with high class fashion? (4)

           Away, down (def), A (high class), way (fashion)

7.  Hears absolutely nothing as the note fades inordinately (5,4)

           Stone deaf, hears absolutely nothing (def), inordinately (anagram of) note fade

8.  Report Beth’s violent relative (11)

           Stepbrother, violent (anagram of) report Beth’s, relative (def)

     12. The lavish English boat liner provided on job learning opportunity (11)

           Traineeship, t (the), rain (lavish), E (English), E (boat), ship (liner), rest is def.

     14. Blockbuster’s business Destruction exercises (10)

           Colossuses, blockbusters (def), co (business), loss (destruction), uses (exercises)

     16. Raised the bonus pool for the best (3-6)

      Top-drawer, raised (reversal of) reward (bonus) + pot (pool), best (def)

20. Yank with hussy, seen around the river (6)

      Wrench, yank (def), wench (hussy), seen around (container), r (river)

23. Animated bear initially lacking the belly button? (5)

Innie, Winnie (animated bear as in Winnie the Pooh), initially lacking (delete the first letter), belly button (def)

24. Don’t include it to communicate the count (4)

      Rely, don’t include (delete) a (it) from relay (to communicate), count (def)

27. Return of bitter hostilities (3)

      War, return (reversal of) raw (bitter), hostilities (def)