A sartorial history of French protesters and an unforgettable Norman Mailer reference in the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
As the Artist of the Deal contemplates his bad luck in seeing a sixth former associate indicted, he can still count on the loyalty of one constituency: crossword setters. Here he is, as part of the wordplay, in Qaos’s clue …
30acFigureTrump a bum to hug his outspoken easy one (9)
[ wordplay: anagram of (‘bum’) TRUMPA, surrounding (‘to hug’) American-accent soundalike of (‘his outspoken’) ‘easy’ with synonym for ‘one’ (if you’re posh) ]
[ TRAPUM surrounding EZ with I ]
[ definition: figure ]
1acTrump, perhaps, to slip up badly (8)
[ wordplay: anagram of (‘badly’) TOSLIPUP ]
[ definition: Trump, perhaps ]
26acUltimately crap citizen: Trump, perhaps (9)
[ wordplay: last letter of (‘ultimately’) CRAP + synonym for ‘citizen’ ]
[ P + RESIDENT ]
[ definition: Trump, perhaps ]
13acMob assembling – it’s a jungle, Elysées evacuated (6,6)
[ wordplay: anagram ‘(‘assembling’) of ITSAJUNGLE, then first and last letters of (‘evacuated’) ELYSEES ]
[ GILETSJAUN, then ES ]
[ definition: mob ]
7/20d They prevent issue in Norman Mailer’s writings? (6,7)
[ wordplay: synonym for ‘Norman’ + items that could be described as “‘mailer’s writings’ ]
[ definition: they prevent issue ]