Colgan's cryptic crossword
Across
2. Alert as listening device’s pointed out (5-5)
9. Possibly part of picnic hamper for cool county trips (7,6)
10. Hurt and, ignoring cold, stowed away (5)
11. Correct and true, but of little esteem (7)
12. Dawdler’s nightmare is a cat! (13)
14. Rape had falsely been claimed by her (7)
15. Tramps are waiting for him to return to trail (5)
17. Like requesting darkness inside for romance (6,2,5)
18. Mark’s sent with directions (10)
Down
1. Little time for tea and coffee! (5)
3. Even old lawn bowler contributes, beginning to end (5)
4. High flyers included old tennis champ and a group of old soldiers (13)
5. Charges past with pants-top missing (7)
6. Spooner’s 8, like a southpaw (5,7)
7. Party spends unevenly, having dispensed with accountability (5)
8. Spooner’s 6, like a magazine (5,7)
13. Time-worn crack affected address of Englishman (3,4)
14. Drags pants (5)
15. Lighting coordinator nearly makes a boo-boo (5)
16. Mint-like favourite of you and me? (5)
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Solution
Explanations
(C = cryptic part of clue + S = straight part of clue;
or S + S = clue holding answer twice with two different straight meanings;
or POW = play on words.)
Note that joining words may or may not be an integral part of the clue.
Punctuation and capital letters are irrelevant.
The art of the setter is to make it non-obvious how and where to split the clue,
and to mislead the solver along an irrelevant path.
Across
2. C: listening device (ear) pointed out (pricked, outside)
S: alert = prick-eared
9 C: cool (chic) county (Kent) trips (highs)
S: possibly part of picnic hamper = chicken thighs
10. C: ignoring cold, stowed away (cached, without ‘c’)
S: hurt = ached
11. C: correct and true (anagram of ‘and true’)
S: of little esteem = unrated
12. C: dawdler’s nightmare (tortoise’s hell)
S: cat = tortoiseshell
14. C: rape had falsely (anagram of ‘rape had’)
S: rape had falsely been claimed by her = Phaedra
15. C: return to trail (reverse ‘to dog’)
S: tramps are waiting for him = Godot
17. C: like (fancy) requesting darkness inside (‘light off’, inside)
S: romance = flight of fancy
18. C: mark (sign) sent (posted)
S: with directions = signposted
Down
1. C: little time (mo) tea (cha)
S: coffee = mocha
3. C: old lawn bowler, beginning to end (Drake, with ‘d’ moved to the end)
S: even = raked
4. C: high flyers (condors) included old tennis champ and a (‘Quist’ and ‘a’,
inside)
S: group of old soldiers = conquistadors
5. C: past (ex) pants-top missing (shorts, missing first ‘s’)
S: charges = exhorts
6. C: Spooner’s 8 (spoonerism of ‘light reading’)
S: like a southpaw = right leading
7. C: party (do) spends unevenly (s,e,d)
S: dispensed with accountability = dosed
8. C: Spooner’s 6 (spoonerism of ‘right leading’)
S: like a magazine = light reading
13. C: time-worn (old) crack (chap)
S: affected address of Englishman = old chap
14. S: drags = puffs
S: pants = puffs
15. C: lighting coordinator nearly (gaffer, but not quite)
S: boo-boo = gaffe
16. C: of you (thy) me (me)
S: mint-like favourite = thyme