Times 28,181: Never Look A TGIF Horse In The Mouth
Way too straight-down-the-line for the first Friday of 2022, setting a dangerous precedent, but I did enjoy this, especially for the three Romance language answers - those GCSEs and A-levels were not entirely in vain. I liked the Doctor Who reference (it's going to be good again in 2023! Maybe) but my COD is... let's say 5ac for being an interesting word and a smooth yet strangely bathetic surface. Halting, Dvorak keyboard-impaired video solve available at the usual Twitch channel for those as are interested.
13dn makes me wonder if there is cryptic potential to the phrase "in-flight magazine" - answers on a postcard? In any case thanks to the setter and happy new year to everyone!
Definitions underlined in italics, (ABC)* indicating anagram of ABC, {} deletions and [] other indicators.
Across
1 Buzzer initially put in behind drawer in pub (4,4)
BEER PUMP - BEE + P{ut} in RUMP
5 Host swallowing wine gum (6)
MASTIC - eMCee "swallowing" top crossword wine ASTI
9 Contend with cold at seaside (8)
CONFRONT - C ON FRONT
10 Everything jolly presumably in yearly foreign hotel (6)
POSADA - 0 SAD in P.A.
12 Quiet grudge I held in fearful anticipation (12)
PRESENTIMENT - P RESENTMENT holding in I
15 Straight line’s drawn in a fine green (5)
LEAFY - LEY drawing in A F
16 Drops perhaps after this ritual exercise (4,5)
RAIN DANCE - cryptic def
18 Son, naughty boy, left school a dunce (9)
SIMPLETON - S IMP L ETON
19 Get on the wrong side of mule, say (5)
CROSS - double def
20 Tall cavalry displacing small dockers (12)
LONGSHOREMEN - LONG HORSEMEN, with the S displaced
24 Commanding officer painting racing vehicle (2-4)
GO-CART - G.O.C. ART. Never seen this CO before but it "had to be", yes?
25 Minor affair as pig squashes one dilapidated shed (8)
SIDESHOW - SOW "squashes" I (SHED*)
26 Sample of police kit Met finally accepted (6)
TASTER - TASER "accepting" {me}T
27 Moral primer replaced by satire (8)
BESTIARY - (BY SATIRE*)
Down
1 Resist responsibility often passed (4)
BUCK - double def. Buck the trend to pass the buck!
2 Ages of sailing ships halved (4)
EONS - {gall}EONS
3 Representation of power in speech gripping board (9)
PORTRAYAL - P ORAL "gripping" TRAY
4 In small way, limit care provision (12)
MINISTRATION - MINI ST. RATION
6 Oil processed into fine condiment (5)
AIOLI - (OIL*) in A1
7 Nothing to be gained by mixing untrained workers together (5,5)
TRADE UNION - 0 "gained" by (UNTRAINED*)
8 Recycling of map that monks produce (10)
CHARTREUSE - or CHART RE-USE
11 Old order from EEC remaining uncertain (6,6)
ANCIEN REGIME - (EEC REMAINING*)
13 In a journey, part of the eye that helps night vision (10)
FLASHLIGHT - in FLIGHT, LASH
14 No charisma needed to play these? (10)
HARMONICAS - (NO CHARISMA*), semi-&lit, a bit harsh
17 Activity during sleep contributes to fair amount lost (9)
DECREMENT - R.E.M. "contributing to" DECENT
21 South American native that’s on slippery slope (5)
SCREE - S CREE
22 Doctor comes to a halt (4)
WHOA - WHO + A
23 For example, accepting women’s influence (4)
SWAY - SAY "accepting" W
13dn makes me wonder if there is cryptic potential to the phrase "in-flight magazine" - answers on a postcard? In any case thanks to the setter and happy new year to everyone!
Definitions underlined in italics, (ABC)* indicating anagram of ABC, {} deletions and [] other indicators.
Across
1 Buzzer initially put in behind drawer in pub (4,4)
BEER PUMP - BEE + P{ut} in RUMP
5 Host swallowing wine gum (6)
MASTIC - eMCee "swallowing" top crossword wine ASTI
9 Contend with cold at seaside (8)
CONFRONT - C ON FRONT
10 Everything jolly presumably in yearly foreign hotel (6)
POSADA - 0 SAD in P.A.
12 Quiet grudge I held in fearful anticipation (12)
PRESENTIMENT - P RESENTMENT holding in I
15 Straight line’s drawn in a fine green (5)
LEAFY - LEY drawing in A F
16 Drops perhaps after this ritual exercise (4,5)
RAIN DANCE - cryptic def
18 Son, naughty boy, left school a dunce (9)
SIMPLETON - S IMP L ETON
19 Get on the wrong side of mule, say (5)
CROSS - double def
20 Tall cavalry displacing small dockers (12)
LONGSHOREMEN - LONG HORSEMEN, with the S displaced
24 Commanding officer painting racing vehicle (2-4)
GO-CART - G.O.C. ART. Never seen this CO before but it "had to be", yes?
25 Minor affair as pig squashes one dilapidated shed (8)
SIDESHOW - SOW "squashes" I (SHED*)
26 Sample of police kit Met finally accepted (6)
TASTER - TASER "accepting" {me}T
27 Moral primer replaced by satire (8)
BESTIARY - (BY SATIRE*)
Down
1 Resist responsibility often passed (4)
BUCK - double def. Buck the trend to pass the buck!
2 Ages of sailing ships halved (4)
EONS - {gall}EONS
3 Representation of power in speech gripping board (9)
PORTRAYAL - P ORAL "gripping" TRAY
4 In small way, limit care provision (12)
MINISTRATION - MINI ST. RATION
6 Oil processed into fine condiment (5)
AIOLI - (OIL*) in A1
7 Nothing to be gained by mixing untrained workers together (5,5)
TRADE UNION - 0 "gained" by (UNTRAINED*)
8 Recycling of map that monks produce (10)
CHARTREUSE - or CHART RE-USE
11 Old order from EEC remaining uncertain (6,6)
ANCIEN REGIME - (EEC REMAINING*)
13 In a journey, part of the eye that helps night vision (10)
FLASHLIGHT - in FLIGHT, LASH
14 No charisma needed to play these? (10)
HARMONICAS - (NO CHARISMA*), semi-&lit, a bit harsh
17 Activity during sleep contributes to fair amount lost (9)
DECREMENT - R.E.M. "contributing to" DECENT
21 South American native that’s on slippery slope (5)
SCREE - S CREE
22 Doctor comes to a halt (4)
WHOA - WHO + A
23 For example, accepting women’s influence (4)
SWAY - SAY "accepting" W