Ostriches are joined by dogs – and a pig or two – in our roundup of the cream of the cryptic clues
As we wait for Uma Thurman “to feel less angry”, a heartwarming image from Scorpion in the Independent:
1acClaimactress arranged to have head of casting dismissed (6)
[ anagram (‘arranged’) of ACTRESS without (‘dismissed’) first letter of (‘head of’) CASTING ]
[ ASSERTC without C ]
5dUS shooter backing renegade, rogue nation (9)
[ reversed (‘backing’) synonym for ‘renegade’, then anagram of (‘rogue’) NATION ]
[ RAT reversed, then ANTINO ]
9acStill involved in smoothmovement away from oppression (3,3)
[ (old) synonym for ‘still’ inside (‘involved in’) synonym for ‘smooth’ ]
[ AY inside GLIB ]
22acYouth in black, Essen’s outsiders, rejected food in European city (10)
[ youth black-wearing subculture + first and last letters (‘outsiders’) of ESSEN + reversed (‘rejected’) term for food ]
[ GOTH + EN + reversed GRUB ]
... is supposed to be due to the use of [‘the edible dog of China’] as food by poor Chinese.
Most misguided about wealthy lives, refusing to face reality (10)
[ anagram (‘misguided’) of MOST, surrounding synonym for ‘wealthy’ with synonym for “lives” ]
[ OSTM, surrounding RICH with IS ]