August 29th Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Guest speaker's scuttlebutt (6) ROOMER
Homophone of RUMOUR

4 Expecting parliament's first ruling (8) PREGNANT
P(arliament) + REGNANT (ruling)

9 Takes out sticky fruit (5) DATES
Double Def.

10 Lawyer returned letter opener in trade (9) BARRISTER
SIR rev. inside TRADE

11 Ogled Der Alte swimming around end of June (6,2) LEERED AT
Anag. DER+ALTE

12 A survey covering startup of Hudson School in art history (6) ASHCAN
A SCAN around H(istory)

14 Require massage of the ears? (4) NEED
Homophone of KNEAD

15 Gets nosy about display area in western Canada (8) PRAIRIES
PRIES around AIR (display)

19 Villa in old city ready to get under way (2-6) UP ANCHOR
PANCHO (Villa) inside old city of UR

20 Drag racer uses mausoleum site in India (4) AGRA
Hidden

23 Have a nibble outside one Bavarian city (6) MUNICH
MUNCH around 1

25 Needle-dropper composed emergency treatment (5,3) FIRST AID
FIRS (drop their needles) + STAID (composed)

27 Frantic padres tee off (9) DESPERATE
Anag. of PADRES+TEE

28 Attempt to clear wine cellar (5) VAULT
Double def.

29 Heard you'll even break during December (8) YULETIDE
Homophone of YOU'LL TIED

30 Sounds like rescues stop (6) FREEZE
Homphone of FREES

DOWN

1 Fragrant European river rising fast (8) REDOLENT
ODER river rev. + LENT (a fast)

2 Nearly recovering shelled nut for dinner (2,3,4) ON THE MENU
ON THE MEN(-D) + inside of nUt

3 Europe's first flower festival (6) EASTER
E(urope) + ASTER flower

5 Bloody remarkable (4) RARE
Double def.

6 Denied winnings and support (8) GAINSAID
GAINS (winnings) + AID (support)

7 Ludicrous protestor beginning to cry (5) ANTIC
ANTI (protector) + C(ry) [not sure ANTIC=ludicrous, ludicrous behaviour maybe]

8 Despot in city ran Teamsters (6) TYRANT
Hidden

10 Snake bit oarsmen in competition (4,4) BOAT RACE
BOA + TRACE (a bit)

13 Candy coil unravelled on variety of pudding (8) LICORICE
Anag. COIL + RICE pudding

16 Distinguishing rising soldier's character (9) SIGNATURE
G.I.s rev. + NATURE

17 Fund bridges in western territory (3,5) WAR CHEST
ARCHES inside W(estern) T(erritory)

18 Aquatic mammal holds down person given orders (8) MANDATEES
MANATEES around D(own)

21 Filthy weird guy's MD (6) SMUDGY
Anag. GUYS+MD

22 Invariably a partition (2,4) AS EVER
A + SEVER

24 Rocket launchers atop large rhino? (5) NASAL
N.A.S.A. + L(arge), perpaining to the nose, rhino

26 Musical group not allowed in the auditorium (4) BAND
Homophone of BANNED

Today's Puzzle

CONTAINS SPOILERS!!

ACROSS

9 Does family hide? (7) DOESKIN
Anag. DOES+KIN (family)

10 Southern peninsula, part of Asia (7) SIBERIA
S(outh) + IBERIA

11 Georgia fixed reversed fence openings (5) GATES
GA (Georgia) + Fixed=SET (rev.)

12 Write Dr. Milky (4,1,4) DROP A LINE
DR. + OPALINE

13 Love Hellespont swimmer's ornamental shrubs (9) OLEANDER
O(ld) + LEANDER (of "Hero and Leander" who swam across the Hellepont to be with her)

15 Drive train behind rascal (5) IMPEL
EL (the famous Chicago train line) behind IMP (rascal)

17 Maligns cool city containing Iowa State University (7) DEFAMES
DEF (slang for cool) + AMES, Iowa

19 Somehow making wild one go to bed (3,4) LIE DOWN
Anag. of WILD+ONE

20 Myanmar once repelled a medium-sized difficulty (5) BURMA
Rev. of A+M(edium)+RUB (difficulty)

21 Chops stuffed with repulsive food additive and no melons (9) HONEYDEWS
HEWS (chops) around rev. of DYE+NO

24 Panel soon cooked custard pastries (9) NAPOLEONS
Anag of PANEL+SOON

26 Throw sticky stuff (5) PITCH
Double def.

27 Trained tenor is coming up (2,5) IN STORE
Anag. of TENOR+IS

28 Opposite Cleopatra's beau in a phone book listing? (7) ANOTONYM
Cleopatra's beau is Mark Antony, so in the phone book he'd be Antony, M.


DOWN

1 Slowly a soldier gets into trouble (6) ADAGIO
A+GI (soldier) inside ADO

2 Reluctantly accepted shabby test folder (7,3) SETTLED FOR
Anag. TEST+FOLDER

3 Runners gently touch, back to front (4) SKIS
KISS (gently touch) last letter moved to front for runners (skis)

4 Anxious group of imprisoned Germans (2,4) ON EDGE
Hidden

5 Support cream soup sale (8) ESPOUSAL
Anag. SOUP+SALE

6 Credit card returned in a British cathedral city in an irritating way (10) ABRASIVELY
VISA (credit card) rev. inside A + BR (British) + ELY (cathedral city)

7 Ravi snarled, "it's not faux" (4) VRAI
Anga. RAVI, French for true

8 Publication extension by an explorer (8) MAGELLAN
MAG (publication) + ELL (extension) + AN

14 Mythological beast, nasty large one, shown in advertising sign (6,4) NEMEAN LION
MEAN (nasty) + L(arge) + I (one) inside NEON

16 In favour of trying revolting activity? (10) PROTESTING
PRO (in favour) + TESTING (trying)

17 Elegant young socialite on parade (8) DEBONAIR
DEB (Young solcialite) + ON + AIR (parade)

18 Beer glass preferably filled by child (8) SCHOONER
CH(ild) inside SOONER (preferably)

22 Popular resort saunas refreshed (6) NASSAU
Anag. Saunas

23 Plot beginning to extend below South Carolina border (6) SCHEME
E(xtend) below SC (Sounth Carolina) + HEM (border)

25 Classy leaders seen in pictures of Stephen Harper (4) POSH
Leaders in P(ictures) + O(f) + S(tephen) + H(arper)

26 Cookware quit flipping over (4) POTS
Rev. stop

WARNING: Contains spoilers!!

ACROSS

1 Only fish in the sea (4) SOLE
double def.

3 Tell about fool speaking in an explosive way (10) SPUTTERING
SING (tell) around PUTTER (fool around/dawdle)

9 Slice of lemon beside impure liquid stirred less (7) LUMPIER
L(emon)-slice of word lemon + anag. Impure

11 Brass instrument behind in Asian festival (7) TRUMPET
RUMP (behind) inside TET (Asian festival)

12 Clotheshorse acquires alluring automobile accessory (3,4) FOG LAMP
FOP (clotheshorse) around GLAM (alluring)

13 Partly blame dear Jason's wife (5) MEDEA
Hidden

15 Debate topic is Johnny's boy (5) ISSUE
IS + SUE (allusion to Johnny Cash’s A Boy Named Sue)

16 Devil has hurt one guy who stopped to help (9) SAMARITAN
SATAN (devil) + MAR (hurt) + I (one)

18 Extremely conservative doctor behind duo (9) HIDEBOUND
Anag. BEHIND+DUO

21 Never announced expertise (5) NOHOW
Homophone of know-how

23 Sort of palm scarab, by the sound of it (5) BETEL
Homophone of Beetle

25 Short opera piece "a treat" I snarled (7) ARIETTA
Anag. of A+TREAT+I

27 Peg recalled about core nickname (7) EPITHET
TIE (rev.) around PITH (core)

28 Girl Scout emblem reference found in work (7) TREFOIL
TOIL (work) around REF(erence)

29 Where to see lions drink, keeping at a distance at
sanctuary (6,4) SAFARI PARK
SIP (drink) around AFAR (at a dist.) + ARK (sanctuary)

30 Version of poker, boss (4) STUD
Double def.

DOWN

1 Crazy fool interrupts petty 1927 aviation feat (4,6) SOLO FLIGHT
Anag of FOOL inside SLIGHT (petty)

2 French ceramics turn up among fruit trees (7) LIMOGES
GO (turn rev.) inside LIMES (fruit trees)

4 In French city, father raised us together (4,5) PARI PASSU
PARIS (French City) around [PA (father) +US rev.)]

5 Carry male symbol (5) TOTEM
TOTE (carry) + M(ale)

6 Gold turned up in strange decor somewhere in South America (7) ECUADOR
AU (gold rev.) inside anag. of DECOR

7 Fix bug after brat left (7) IMPLANT
ANT (bug) after IMP (brat) + L(eft)

8 Teutonic invader became husband (4) GOTH
GOT (became) + H(usband)

10 I'm a General Electric icon (5) IMAGE
IM+A+GE

14 Askew and Boswell grew (10) SNOWBALLED
Anag. AND+BOSWELL

17 Concern about a date with hot party host (3,6) MAD HATTER
MATTER (concern) around A+D(ate)+H(ot)

19 Fed up about cheese interview (7) DEBRIEF
FED (rev.) around BRIE (cheese)

20 Meat seller having a more masculine appearance (7) BUTCHER
Double def.

21 Easily duped Perrier rival from the south (5) NAÏVE
Reversal of EVIAN

22 Have a good laugh about frequently withdrawn prank (7) HOTFOOT
HOOT (good laugh) around OFT (rev.)

24 Illuminated tulip adapted (3,2) LIT UP
Anag. TULIP

26 Heard twit brewed beverages (4) TEAS
Homophone of TEASE