Crosaire No 17040 by Crossheir – Saturday, August 24th, 2019

Blog explanations available at 10pm on the day of publication

Across:

1 To get out of The Joy (FEEL NO EMOTION) – I don’t find that moving! (FEEL NO EMOTION),

10 The least demanding (EASIEST) teases (teases = EAS-EST) model (= anagram indicator) about initial inquiry (initial ‘Inquiry’ = -I-) (EASIEST),

11 Lets art (lets art = STARTLE) building (= anagram indicator) with alarm (STARTLE),

12 Dry area (LAND) on both sides of lachrymal gland (on both sides of ‘LAchrymal glaND’  = LAND),

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13 Prima donna (DIVA-) is not the first (‘Not’ the first = -N) (DIVAN) from casting couch perhaps (DIVAN),

15 It’s a stroke (FEEL) by today’s four leaders (FEEL on all sides of today’s grid),

17 Fragment of videotaping (fragment of “videoTAPing” = TAP) from The Wire (wire/bug = TAP),

19 An assumption (THEORY) by several banks? The same old story! (several banks of ‘THE same old stORY’ = THEORY),

21 An individual (PERSON) soft (piano = P-) on Norse (Norse = -ERSON) criminal (=anagram indicator) (PERSON),

22 A German (a German = MANAGER) show-off (= anagram indicator) in charge of 6 down, for example (in charge of  ‘team’ = MANAGER),

23 Sweetheart (‘swEet’ heart = E-) meets (meets = -STEEM) up (= reversal indicator) (ESTEEM) for appreciation (ESTEEM),

25 Unfinished (t) old capital (‘punt’ without ‘t’ = PUN-) is the butt (-JAB) (PUNJAB) of Indian state (PUNJAB),

27 Cover up vulnerable area (cover up ‘vulnerabLE Area’ = LEA) of old pasture (LEA),

29 Couple (ITEM) in van from Vietnam (‘van’ from ‘Vietnam’ = ietm = ITEM),

30 Retiring (= reversal indicator) characters in Languedoc sidestepped (characters in ‘LanguedOC SIDestepped’ = ocsid = DISCO) the music hall (DISCO),

31 Obediently getting rid of Boleyn (‘obediently’ getting rid of ‘Boleyn’ = edit = EDIT) is correct (correct/revise = EDIT),

34 A medical condition got up someone’s nose perhaps (CATARRH) in nation (‘Qatar’ = ‘CATARRH’) state (= homophone indicator),

35 Racine (racine = CAR-INE) play (= anagram indicator) about a follower (-B- follows ‘a’) (CARBINE) of Heckler and Koch, for example (Heckler and Koch gun = CARBINE rifle),

36 Getting one’s feet under the table (FEELING AT HOME) or that’s the opinion of The House perhaps? (FEELING AT HOME).

Down:

2 Extract (ESSENCE) from city in Ruhr valley (ESSEN-) and Clare (-CE) (ESSENCE),

3 Ran away from Ireland (‘ran’ away from ‘Ireland’ = ield = LIED) and took to fiction (LIED),

4 One of those from dress shop (OUTFIT) is not in (is OUT-) Trim (trim = -FIT) (OUTFIT),

5 Graduate (M-A-) admits his (his = -ISH-) novel (= anagram indicator) has poor introduction (‘Poor’ introduction = -P) (MISHAP) and that’s an unlucky disaster (MISHAP),

6 At times it’s missing (‘at times’ ‘its’ missing = atme = TEAM) what the first eleven is capable of making (TEAM),

7 Drunk (= anagram indicator) stout (stout = OUT-TS) taking in the foreign (the = -LE-) (OUTLETS) markets (OUTLETS),

8 Isn’t insensitive (FEELS) to most of them (most of ‘them’ = THE) locally? Rob (rob/steal = PINCH) (FEELS THE PINCH) has suffered financial hardship! (FEELS THE PINCH),

9 Starting to recover (FEELING BETTER) sympathy, for example (FEELING), for what is more acceptable (BETTER) (FEELING BETTER),

14 Leaves (VACATES) Cava (Cava = VACA-), drunk (= anagram indicator) with local plonk (‘local’ plonk = set = -TES) served up (= reversal indicator) (VACATES),

16 Artist (RA = AR-) turns up (= reversal indicator) on Mediterranean (-MED) (ARMED) equipped (ARMED),

18 It’s the same old story (RERUN) – insurer is missing (‘insurer’ ‘is’ missing = nurer = RERUN),

20 Some dilemma year- (some ‘dilemMA Year’ = may = YAM) -round (= reversal indicator) in the plot (YAM),

21 Presumably this is the fizz (PEP) consumed by grape picker (consumed by ‘graPE Picker’ = PEP),

24 Tear the (tear the = THEATRE) dress (= anagram indicator) in the gate (The Gate THEATRE),

26 Belief (JUDAISM) of betrayer (Judas = JUDA-S-) overshadows second sight (second ‘sIght’ = -I-) from medium (-M) (JUDAISM),

27 Church (-CH-) in place (lie = LI-E-) that’s not on top (‘Not’ on top = -N) (LICHEN) of mossy growth (LICHEN),

28 Account (AC-) by a (-A-) group of spies (-CIA) (ACACIA) – one is a plant (ACACIA),

32 Pops off proposal (‘pops’ off ‘proposal’ = roal = ORAL), in a manner of speaking (ORAL),

33 One of those on foot (ARCH) took cue from Chaucer (took ‘cue’ from ‘Chaucer’ = hacr = ARCH).