HEARTACHE: Judge in the legal sense with an informal name for some facial hairĢ6a Blacksmith uses this in African village (5)ĪNVIL: The answer is hidden in the remainder of the clueĢ7a Awful doctor was in charge of hospital cut (7)ĭREADED: The abbreviation for doctor is followed by "was in charge of" minus the single letter for hospital (hospital cut)Ģ8a Resolution worse without wife for support (7)ĮNDORSE: Resolution or conclusion with WORSE from the clue minus the genealogical abbreviation for wife ( without wife)ġd Pedestrian bowled over with item of jewellery (6)īORING: The cricket abbreviations for bowled and for over are followed by a handy jewellery item HULLABALOO: A from the clue and a bear who appeared in a film of a Kipling book both come after ( east of, in an across clue) a city in YorkshireĢ5a Anguish from loving judge with facial hair (9) IRON: A word that can mean sarcasm has a letter used for a mathematical unknown deleted ( not unknown)Ģ2a Commotion from a bear in film east of city (10) INDEPENDENCE: An anagram ( novel) of ENDED NICE containing ( admitting) a writing instrument NOSY PARKER: An anagram ( new) of YORKER'S AN containing ( entertaining) the musical abbreviation for quiet or softĪRGO: An attempt or try follows both A from the clue and the map abbreviation for riverġ4a Like this clue about a lad's bicycle? (12)ĭECASYLLABIC: An anagram ( about) of A LAD'S BICYCLEġ8a Ended nice novel admitting writer's impartiality (12) The entire clue can serve as the definitionġ0a Noblewomen including board game in membership fee (9)ĭUCHESSES: A board game is inserted in another word for membership feeġ1a New Yorker's an entertaining quiet busybody (4,6) RULER: The wordplay leads us to the answer as the initial letters of ( primarily) REIGNING ULTIMATELY LIKE followed by the Latin abbreviation for Queen Elizabeth. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on.ġa Tight bra - it's a person who fills cups (7)īARISTA: An anagram ( tight, as in drunk) of BRA IT'S AĪBRIDGE: The second half of FA is followed by a card gameĩa Primarily reigning, ultimately like the Queen? (5) Clicking on a picture will enlarge it or display a bonus illustration and a hover (computer) or long press (mobile) might explain more about the picture. In some hints hyperlinks provide additional explanation or background. Clicking on the answer buttons will reveal the answers. In the hints below most indicators are italicized, and underlining identifies precise definitions and cryptic definitions. I look forward to reading what others thought of it. Today's puzzle began with a smile at 1a and the fun continued on from there. BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ****
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