Hubble Crossword 56 - Annotated solution

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1 Rabbits try small drinks (7) GOSSIPS
Rabbits - GO (try) S (small) SIPS (drinks)

5 Soprano leaving lady of the night instrument (7) TRUMPET
instrument - from S (soprano) leaving sTRUMPET (lady of the night)

10 Inflammation exhausted tabby in Surrey say (4) STYE
Inflammation - from T Y (exhausted TabbY) inside SE (Surrey say=Southeast)

11 Lost for words as organ secured (6-4) TONGUE-TIED
Lost for words - TONGUE (organ) TIED (secured)

12 Middle Eastern soldiers following the old imperialist at first (6) YEMENI
Middle Eastern - MEN (soldiers) following YE (the old) at I (first)

13 I announced shelter for protection of viewer (8) EYESHADE
protection of viewer - from EYE (I announced) SHADE (shelter)

14 Devoted Tory enlisted (9) CONSIGNED
Devoted - CON (Tory) SIGNED (enlisted)

16 Gutless Taffy taking English cleric's toy (5) TEDDY
toy - T Y (Gutless TaffY) taking E (English) DD (cleric)

17 Get rid of green light in game (5) BINGO
game - from BIN (Get rid of) GO green light

19 Mesozoic flyer disguised as trouper (9) PTEROSAUR
Mesozoic flyer - from AS TROUPER* (disguised)

23 Employed Jack of all trades (8) FACTOTUM
DD - Employed and Jack of all trades

24 Dramatist placing drink before monarch (6) PINTER
Dramatist from placing PINT (drink) before ER (monarch)

26 Intended having hard time till move on board (10) FIANCHETTO
move on board - FIANCE (Intended) having H (hard) T (time) TO (till)

27 Poet saving son in stream (4)
stream - from BURN(s) (Poet) without (saving) S (son)

28 Coast said to stop fish (7) SEASIDE
Coast - from homphone (said) of CEASE (to stop) IDE (fish)

29 Well, form's unknown (7) HEALTHY
Well - from HEALTH (form) Y (unknown)

DOWN

2 Busy working before the move (2,3,2) ON THE GO
Busy - ON (working) before THE  GO (move)

3 Material broadcast had influence (5) SUEDE
Material - homphone (broadcast) of SWAYED (had influence)

4 Driving activity on green (7) PUTTING
DD Driving and activity on green

6 Provoked director supporting right over employment (6) ROUSED
Provoked - D (director) supporting R (right) O (over) USE (employment)

7 Incomparable, and unable to strike? (9) MATCHLESS
 Incomparable - and unable to strike without a match
 
8 Changed setter's involvement in over (7) EMENDED
Changed - ME (setter's involvement) in ENDED (over)

9 Look down on aunties termed revolting (13) UNDERESTIMATE
Look down on - AUNTIES TERMED* (revolting)

15 Glimpses topless rowing on board ship (9) SIGHTINGS
Glimpses -  (f)IGHTING (topless rowing) on board SS (ship)

18 Periodical on piano occasionally that's without picture (7) IMAGINE
picture - MAG (Periodical) on IN (pIaNo occasionally) IE(that's=that is) outside (without)

20 Slate agent over cruise (7) REPROVE
Slate - from REP (agent) over ROVE (cruise)

21 Reveal her tuna is cooked (7) UNEARTH
Reveal -  HER TUNA* (is cooked)
 
22 Got top removed and stamped (6) ETCHED
stamped - (f)ETCHED (Got top removed)

25 Why one may need to knock on door loudly for prize donor (5) NOBEL
Cryptic def - if there is no bell one would need to knock