Clues
Across
- 1 Surplus revenue initially held in English tax arrangement (5)
- 4 “British Bake-Off” dish (5)
- 7 Druggy mentalist takes pill, headed back (11)
- 8 Drunkenly keels over, clutching Oscar at viewing (4-3)
- 10 Hankering for money (3)
- 11 Yoga studio stages entertaining event (3)
- 12 Cubist movement including one that gets baked (7)
- 14 Inflexible, irrational figure in a noontide fiasco (11)
- 16 Never-ending bubbles from machine in shop (5)
- 17 Criticize “hollow, stringy” bloomer (5)
Down
- 1 Reject former student after training (5)
- 2 She’s a star seamstress, we hear, and fast-working too (6, 5)
- 3 Tree has fallen (3)
- 4 10A turns up in issue with offal (7)
- 5 Where one’s ancestral lineage once was severed? (5, 6)
- 6 Impose restrictions upon company’s imported meat (5)
- 9 Glorious green boat goes first (7)
- 11 Become large and make angry noises (5)
- 13 Present addressed for Doris, perhaps? (5)
- 15 Drop off pile of carpets (3)
Setter’s notes
There are quite a lot of “anagram with something inserted” clues in this one, so apologies for any sense of sameness — it’s just what seemed right at the time.
Across
- 1 The initial letter of “Revenue”, inside an anagram (“arrangement”) of “English” = E + TAX — EXTRA, “surplus”.
- 4 An anagram (“off”) of “British” = B + BAKE — KEBAB.
- 7 “Pill” = E + “headed” = LED, reversed (“back”), inside “mentalist” = PSYCHIC — PSYCHEDELIC.
- 8 An anagram (“drunkenly”) of KEELS + O, clutching “Oscar” = O — LOOK-SEE, a viewing.
- 10 Double definition: a hankering, and money — YEN.
- 11 Hidden in “yoGA Studio” — GAS, an entertaining event.
- 12 An anagram (“movement”) of CUBIST, including “one” = I — BISCUIT.
- 14 “Irrational figure” = PI, inside an anagram (“fiasco”) of A NOONTIDE — OPINIONATED, “inflexible”.
- 16 “Bubbles” = LATHER, never-ending — LATHE, a machine in a shop.
- 17 “Criticize” = PAN + “stringy”, hollowed out to SY — PANSY, a bloomer.
Down
- 1 “Former” = EX + “training” = PE + “student” = L — EXPEL, “reject”.
- 2 Sounds like (“we hear”) “seamstress” = TAILOR + “fast-working” = SWIFT — TAYLOR SWIFT.
- 3 An anagram (“fallen”) of HAS — ASH.
- 4 10 Across, YEN, turned up (NEY), inside “issue” = KIDS — KIDNEYS, offal.
- 5 Cryptic definition: where your umbilical cord was cut — BELLY BUTTON.
- 6 “Impose restrictions upon” = BAN, importing “company” = CO — BACON.
- 9 “Green” = LIME, with “boat” = SUB going first — SUBLIME, “glorious”.
- 11 “Become large” = GROW + L — GROWL, “make angry noises”.
- 13 “Addressed for” = TO + Doris DAY — TODAY, “present”.
- 15 Double definition: to drop off, and the pile of a carpet — NAP.