Sunday Times Crossword by Robert Price

Where goats go to escape
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Hi puzzlers. Trad. Sunday offering. Mr Price has never been hard to read, so difficulty rating "High" (Sorry Grandpa!

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DOWNBEAT
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I await the team's assault !
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3D is an obscure reference to me on this forum and an "actor" by the name of Wilfred Pickles. His wife was "Mabel at the Table". He was a Yorkshireman but shifted to the Management's part of the world where you flew a Red flag not a miserable White one.

I know a bit about heraldry. In fact I'd be rampant about it but have only two legs.
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4D. Get your anagram hat on. Been under their assistance for both general and local, quite a bit.
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Good morning. A promising start to the day.
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ANAESTHETIST
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VINE LEAF
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BILLY LIAR
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21A
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ANTIPASTO
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INURE
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IRONED
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Good morning hlvp (and any other crossword fan). Lovely start to the day. Clear skies.

I wrongly implied that Robert Price was an easy setter to read. He's up there with Dean Mayer and "the dreaded" proXimal. Not seen him for a bit.

Some posters on here need to be a bit more 14A
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LIGHT-HEARTED
Look backwards in the clue to get 10A. 5A
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18A
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UNDERSTUDIES
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Sunny after a hazy start. 19C

27A
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= consider
11D I think
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= mashed potato > "to a top" anagram + 'mashed' for cryptic
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ROSTRA
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SILLY
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= put aside
20D
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= tender
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= ducked
Not sure of parsing

22D
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= pleat > something to do with Plato?
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= ersatz
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19D Parse. Sounds like
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WHOLE
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POTSHOTS
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Globus wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:13 am 19D Parse. Sounds like
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Thanks, but 22D & 26Astill defeat me on parsing!
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:36 am
Globus wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:13 am 19D Parse. Sounds like
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Thanks, but 22D & 26Astill defeat me on parsing!
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PLAT(O) hugging thE
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hlvp wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:50 am
tabascoboy wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:36 am
Globus wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:13 am 19D Parse. Sounds like
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Thanks, but 22D & 26Astill defeat me on parsing!
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PLAT(O) hugging thE
Thanks, I hate that clueing though!

26A I suppose
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= (H)ertz with SA though I really don't get SA for appeal
Never really liked Robert Price's crosswords
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Good morning lads. Sorry I was no help. I pondered these all day, but couldn't get a single one. A couple, I kind of guessed right, but could never have figured out the parsings anyway. Tomorrow is another day.
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:54 am
hlvp wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:50 am
tabascoboy wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:36 am

Thanks, but 22D & 26Astill defeat me on parsing!
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PLAT(O) hugging thE
Thanks, I hate that clueing though!

26A I suppose
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= (H)ertz with SA though I really don't get SA for appeal
Never really liked Robert Price's crosswords
I agree with you! I blame Globus.
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OK.. so which is it?
Globus wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:55 pm 2D
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hlvp wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:38 pm 1D
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WANGLE
Thank you!
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