Sam's Your Uncle (Solution)

by Ali Lloyd, Katie Steckles and Paul Taylor


Clues

Across

19. It's hard work turning limo (4)

21. Lout blotto after imbibing (3)

23. Just over a yard of ale knocked back, not one but fifty (3)

24. Bird brain, addled after double frontal removal (3)

25. It flows through the heart of boozer (4)

26. What the cow jumped over detailed this sound? (3)

27. Jock's conscientious one, accepted into paradise before time (6)

29. Man travelled by 'orse, reaching Germany worn out (6)

30. Highlights half of lion manes, oddly (5)

31. Essential to Balkan economy, leader entered currency (3)

32. Geek marginalised by neckbeard (4)

34. Request build at regular intervals (3)

35. Material restricted by blacklist sent back (4)

36. Before ultimate in master key, one broke out of jail (7)

40. Particle observer reportedly working (3)

42. Look at second base, then note number three (3)

43. More stretched RESNET backed up (6)

46. Caribbean music in Southern California eschews Latin underpinning (4)

48. Listening to Kenny, Warren, Ali, and Dario, for example, results in expression of annoyance (4)

49. Authorities not working in 2½ minutes, for Roman? (6)

50. Heartless skier put edgy beginner atop glacial ridge (5)

52. Grease carried by this Calhoun performance, with utterly hammy leads to setter (6)

53. Lance, one lap back, took drug - about a thousand (6)

55. Miss is audibly disappointed with Romney (4)

57. Turbulent? Orient with yardarms (6)

58. Gorilla head's monkey stare (4)

61. Archaeological mound discovered in Metelen (3)

62. Army standing down for back-up rally (5)

64. Woman's with German recluse (6)

67. Eg Tommy gun concealed for emissary (6)

70, 132. TT race rehearsal (3,3)

71. Administrative assistant embraces left wing (3)

72. Complex problem eliminated from Nagpur - wild Indian bison (4)

73. Female monster giant grows internally, takes drug but loses zero weight initially (6)

74. Thirds of book Sigmund Freud returned, a third of his psychic apparatus (3)

75. Seabass in aquarium regularly missing and not suitable for all ages, armband having been ripped apart (10)

76. Come to before funeral (4)

78. Cricket fielder long gone, regularly disappearing (4,2)

79. Welcome back Perón, for example (3)

82. Steal information from ThunderCats character (5)

83. 20 participant has 68 first instead of filling starter at this time (6)

85. 50 to zero, 101 Latin places (4)

87. Thematic figure's fake broadcast during airing of Verhoeven film gets policeman off the trail (10)

89. "Hey Ya" - year Outkast blew up? Agreed (4)

90. Fated four having been removed, disfigured foot featured this? (3)

91. Quietly skimmed top of lip in west coast airport, giving kiss of peace (3)

92. Caustic soda a likely story we hear (3)

93. Intern loses computer datum, to be paid for parochially (3)

95. Provoke Superdrug to go bust (4)

96. Buddhist laws - mark as confusing (6)

97. Japanese wrestler puts top three in reverse order - he is musical enthusiast (4)

99. Joyous exclamations at jovian satellites (3)

100. Falafel partner, from around North 147? (6)

102. I do karaoke for audiences - put on Cake (5)

105. Aria with no coda for male child (3)

106. Further along, as doctor might be? (6)

109. Rebound heard - switching sides of dartboard throwing line (4)

111. Juiced lemon's slew of succulence (10)

119. Variable eggs, unknown animal developed from egg (4)

120. Antelope stumbling a la ungainly nyala having been struck (6)

122. Foster child in the highlands wanted alternative housing (4)

124. Walker, perhaps, of the rovers (3)

125. Coin once used in Paris? Oui! (3)

127. After operating room schedule is returned, one might speak out (6)

130. Pairs of pants, 100 pairs ruined (6)

131. Two letters read out make moderate-length composition (5)

132. see 70

134. Spins, reverses, cuts up (5)

135. Indulge difficult part that concerns us - penny drops (6)

138. Vital cosmetic ingredient (4)

139. Frightfully testy about church secondary's appropriations of funds, in the past (6)

141. Interfere to get gold, reportedly (6)

142. Spanish beach, variable, becoming ultimate public space (5)

143. Theme park capital goes crazy for Indonesian product (6)

145. Horse-kick casualty back in rest and recuperation (4)

146. Education without working is not so great (4)

148. Well-connected actor hosts 50 on old verandah (6)

150. Not or nor, for Cicero, included in connectives (3)

152. Epoch references beginnings: a new time (3)

153. Lost hospital support for veteran (3,4)

157. She is South African research associate (4)

159. Party with a skip and jump (3)

161. Tedious in Scotland to prepare reed (4)

163. Irate, having lost at Frustration (3)

165. Villi exam regularly neglected sections of the intestine (4)

166. Austere bishop returning to the bosom of his diocese (6)

167. Cycling fraternity taken in by whopper (6)

168. Supporter at golf course stifles second half of giggle (3)

169. Italian has ankle bones (4)

170. Bow to audience from Bangkok (3)

171. She is limitlessly venal (3)

172. Spooner - pre-haze in church (3)

173. Home-phoner recalled ringing about branching structure (4)

Down

1. New diet influenced by attraction to heavenly body (4)

2. Sharpen fashion, lacking the French virtue (7)

3. Ate crumbly snack (3)

4. Uses fan to cook, 83 at first (7)

5. Fat man's empty bowls sent back (4)

6. To a northerner, butter-bur makes Spanglish noise? (5)

7. Regretted sounding insulting (4)

8. More upsetting to put snake head on snake (6)

9. One who provides words following Leo, for example (5)

10. They can be found in gym at school (4)

11. Developed vacant land, developed vacant land in file (8)

12. Makes furrows in cash registers (5)

13. Slog in cricket match, finally, by neanderthal (4)

14. Indeterminate part that's typical of setter (4)

15. Affirmatives? Not one? On the contrary (3)

16. Virus, with last of antidote gone, can be used as weapon (4)

17. Uncle once starting off meme (3)

18. Archaic contrivance is permissible in archaic article (4)

20. On loan for 40 days (4)

22. For example US tennis player, not for a second hesitant, picks up aluminium (7)

28. Audible static could come after pop (4)

33. Once more construct cryptic teaser without hint of answer (5)

37. Ms Black on blind date is after spade for herb (6)

38. Machine part is placed at bottom of machine when in reverse (3)

39. Ape goes crazy for vegetable (3)

41. Acting up or in film, perhaps (4)

44. Point to invade sea walls (5)

45. Fashionable teletubby is dangerous animal (5)

46. Treated stray goat-like creature (5)

47. Music for Airports artist played backwards Metallica song (3)

48. Joint to attach picture (4)

51. Kingly wings, aerodynamic head and braw tail - that's Scottish daw (4)

54. Powerful midfielder got a deuce on the rebound (4)

56. Very large storage unit - ace! (4)

58. Styles hair on return (3)

59. Maiden provides assistance (3)

60. Cheer NATO character (5)

62. Founding father loses capital to banks (4)

63. Power comes from mother, and grandmother to the same extent (4)

65. Teen almost returns to Maidenhead for rendezvous (4)

66. Charybdis lethally surrounded small archipelago (5)

68. For example goose's principal offering... (3)

69. ...goose first, then ducks, producing sickly sentimental stuff (3)

71. Topless demos outside McDonalds, perhaps (6)

77. It featured in Sahara skyline, going back a bit! (4)

80. High cards cap off the three below them? (4)

81. Multinational takes away poor people's money - that's disgusting! (4)

84. Hedges apparently in blossom (4)

85. Heartless Lenny hugging mouse, no use to author (6)

86. Procedure on Americans is important undertaking (4)

88, 159. Hercules, for example, in Homeric poem, doesn't want mom to get involved (4,4)

94. She is nothing without one (5)

98. Passable notes (2-2)

101. He got an album - one by the Beatles (4)

103. Endless silly mess of problems (4)

104. Gor blimey ultimately could mean bloody horrible (4)

107. Sarcastic coda to return of large quantity (3)

108. Court's beliefs based on flimsy evidence (3)

110. Hooray for bad weather! (4)

112. Child's Play a 15? Ridiculous! (4)

113. Conditions snowier; with no hint of interruption deteriorate further (6)

114. Members of the lower class sense revolution (5)

115. Shame to downscale initially, as Jack did to house (5)

116. 164 counterpart ejected number 1 from mound (3)  

117. Lettuce function (3)

118. Crustacean raw starter packed in ice (5)

121. Going north, for example, consuming average fruit (5)

123. Territorial Army recruitment may be seen hoofing through the Himalayas (4)

126. Mouthpiece, and where to find it (8)

128. Puzzle breakthrough moment leads to another hard-fought answer (3)

129. Bar regular, as he is in here? (7)

130. More appealing to skip surgery (5)

133. Add first to last fillers (3)

136. Honorific overwhelms worker, like they are capable of creating transformation (7)

137. Acquire vice, ere perversion (7)

140. Just a little grunge band (3)

142. Long distance adventuring capers (6)

144. Ireland, poetically, flanked by Northern Ireland from the east (4)

146. Loath, in Glasgow, to put strip of wood around one (5)

147. One put hat on one in country (5)

148. Altered Images perhaps belonging to Damon Albarn’s band (5)

149. Assist in the medical treatment of an animal, as one should not do to a neighbour's ox (5)

151. Swedish money trader opening German wine (4)

154. Readily inform falsely of tip off (4)

155. Trendy to gather a collection (4)

156. It might be dingley or use dongle (4)

157. Be blown away by report of low-price event (4)

158. Hails goalkeeper's effort, start to finish (4)

159. See 88

160. Shut up Charlie Brown vehicle, trashed down under (4)

162. Space station over a star of Cetus (4)

164. 116 counterpart would be bankrupt if involved in bet (3)

167. Crib sheet covers it (3)

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MOIL: limo [anag]

OAF: blottO AFter

ELL: ale [rev], -a + l

ANI: brain - br [anag]

OOZE: bOOZEr

MOO: moon detailed

EIDENT: i in eden before t

ERODED: ‘e rode + d

LIMNS: li + MaNeS

LEK: baLKan, e entered

NERD: NEckbeaRD

BID: BuIlD

SILK: tSILKcalb

ESCAPER: escape before r

ION: eye [homophone] + on

SEE: s + e + e

TENSER: resnet [rev]

SOCA: SoCal - l

JEEZ: Gs [homophone]

CLOUTS: out in CLS (150 seconds)

ESKER: e + SKiER

OILCAN: calhoun [anag], uh -> i

IMPALE: i + lap [rev] about m + e

OMIT: oh Mitt [homphone]

YEASTY: east + y at left & right

GAPE: g + ape

TEL: meTELen

DEMOB: demo B (as opposed to demo A)

HERMIT: her + mit

LEGATE: lee with gat inside

DRY RUN: dry + run

ALA: AA around l

GAUR: Nagpur - NP [anag]

OGRESS: os around grows - ow + e

EGO: boOk siGmund frEud [rev]

BARRAMUNDA: AqUaRiUm - u + armband [anag]

WAKE: double def

LONG ON: LONg GONe

EVA: ave [rev]

SNARF: double def

EASTER: lent participant = faster, egg first = e instead of f

LOCI: l + o + ci

ROCHAMBEAU: sham [homophone] in robocop - cop [homophone]

YEAH: hey ya - y [anag]

TOE: foot featured - fated four [anag], &lit

PAX: p for l in LAX

LYE: lie [homophone]

ERN: intern - int

SPUR: super - e [anag]

KARMAS: mark as [anag]

MUSO: sumo, sum [rev]

IOS: double def

TAHINI: haiti + n [anag]

ICING: i sing [homophone]

SON: song - g

ONWARD: on ward

ECHO: oche switching o & e

MELLOWNESS: lemon’s slew [anag]

ZOON: z + oo + n

NILGAU: a la ungainly - nyala [anag]

DALT: wanteD ALTernative

ROY: double def (Roy Walker, Roy of the rovers)

SOU: pariS OUi, &lit

ORATOR: OR + rota [rev]

CAPRIS: c + pairs [anag]

ESSAY: sa sounded out

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SNIPS: spins [rev]

HUMOUR: hump + our - p

TALC: viTAL Cosmetic, &lit

TYTHES: testy [anag] around h

MEDDLE: medal [homophone]

PLAZA: playa, y -> z

TEMPEH: theme + p [anag]

REAR: A & E [rev] in RR

LESS: lesson - on

BALCON: L in bacon

NEC: conNECtives

ERA: er + a

OLD HAND: hold hand - h

SARA: SA + RA

HOP: double def

DREE: reed [anag]

IRE: irate - at

ILEA: vIlLiExAm

SEVERE: rev [rev] in see

BIKING: kin in big

TEE: tee-hee - hee

TALI: iTALIan

TIE: thai [homophone]

ENA: vENAl

REV: he prays

TREE: ET [rev] ringing RE

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TIDE: diet [anag]

HONESTY: hone style - le

EAT: ate [anag]

AERATES: easter + a [anag]

SLOB: BOwLS [rev]

ELDIN: el din

RUED: rude [homophone]

SADDER: s + adder

SAYER: double def

MATS: gyM AT School, &lit

INFILLED: LanD in file [anag]

TILLS: double def

HOIK: h + oik

SOME: so me

YES: ayes - a

BOLA: ebola - e

EME: meme - m

YOKE: ok in ye

LENT: double def

FEDERAL: federer - er + al

IDOL: idle [homophone]

RESET: teaser - a [anag]

SCILLA: s + cilla

CAM: MAChine [rev]

PEA: ape [anag]

NOIR: or in [anag]

SEPTA: pt in sea

HIPPO: hip po

SATYR: stray [anag]

ONE: eno [rev]

JPEG: j + peg

KYAW: KinglY + a + w

LOUD: fieLder + duo [rev]

MEGA: meg + a

GEL: leg [rev]

AID: mAIDen

BRAVO: double def

DAMS: adams - a

MANA: ma + na(n)

MEET: m + tee [rev]

ISLET: charybdIS LEThally

EGG: eg + g

GOO: g + oo

ARCHES: marches - m

KSAR: enilyKS ARahas

ACES: faces - f

WART: walmart - lma

ROSE: rows [homophone]

LEMONY: LEnNY hugging mo

OPUS: op + us

EPIC HERO: homeric poem - mom [anag]

NADIA: nada around i

SOSO: so + so

HELP: he + lp

ILLS: SILLy [anag]

GORY: gor + y

NOT: ton [rev]

WOO: double def

HAIL: double def

EASY: a yes [anag]

WORSEN: snowier - i [anag]

ESNES: sense [rev]

BUILT: guilt g->b

UMP: hump - h

COS: double def

KRILL: r in kill

GRAPE: par in eg [rev]

TAHR: TA + HR

UNDERLIP: under lip

AHA: Another Hard-fought Answer

ROUNDER: he is “round er” in here

CUTER: cut ER

UMS: sum, s to the end

MANTRAS: mr around ant + as

RECEIVE: vice ere [anag]

TAD: double def

PARSEC: capers [anag]

ERIN: dnalERI Nrehtron

LAITH: lath around i

HAITI: i in hat on i

BLURS: blur’s

COVET: co-vet

SEKT: SEK + t

LIEF: lie + of - o

HEAP: a in hep

DELL: double def

SAIL: sale [homophone]

AVES: save, s to the end

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PENT: peanuts - aus

MIRA: mir + a

REF: would be bereft

BED: double def

Once filled, with perimeter clues entered in the appropriate places, the grid should look like this:

The solver could do two things at this point: a) notice that the perimeter clues can be answered differently from a British perspective, or b) attempt to deal with the ‘optional clues’. These are mutually confirming, in that doing a) leads to the formation of 71 new words, which are clued by the optional clues modulo a misprint in each clue:

New word

NOON

CAPRIC

NILGAI

ERE

YELLOWNESS

AVER

BEV

GAUD

LOCO

IMPALA

PES

RIDENT

SALT

GILLS

TRET

PAR

OVA

QUILT

KERMIT

OYE

OATS

RET

LIEU

PARSER

FOIL

LASTER

IOS

DELT

MANTRAP

JEEP

ROME

SOH

BLURB

HIPPY

DEMON

HAITH

GAYER

AIL

MIRE

ACING

ECHT

UNFILLED

ESCAPEE

RAT

NON

TEMPER

DRILL

TAHINA

BIKINI

LYTHES

AIDE

HEAT

FEAR

EGRESS

SNARL

BERATES

EMIT

BLOB

LOLA

COVEN

INWARD

UNDERLIE

ASSAY

SPUN

DOS

LAKE

SAIC

MUST

MOI

HERE

DEE

Clue with misprint

And of the morning

Arid

Asian luminant

Backyard, in time

Bares face displaying this?

Bear gut

Beep, for example, in the UK

Brad, perhaps

Buts

Can be block-faced

Characters from the west bask

Cheesy

Could be rock or tea

Cow gets air through this

Deduction that used to accompany tart

Expected snore

Female Celts

For keeping snag at night

From

Gerald's cry, maybe

Gross crops

Hump preparation

In this, something has chanced place

It recognises Claude, amongst other things

It creates list

It dares

It doesn't run your man, but it might run your mobile

It might fall out if you do a lot of press ups

It might share trespassers

It used to be overlaid

Italian capitol

Knowing when Waugh is appropriate

Lurk for a book purchase

Mend-alterer

Might live in hull

Mild spear in Scotland

More gappy

Mother

Mum or muck

Not a naval strongpoint

Now fake

Of a hacky sack with no beats

One in plight

One leaves a shop that's going under

Opposite of out

Palm in the face of frustration

Part of a word out

Pasta

People are often seen on one at the beach

Pillocks

Politician's kelp

Produced by file

Quade with this?

Quiz

Raved

Sells off

Set out

Shapeless dolour

She walked like a man

Tally of witches

To a canter

To be the cruse

Triad

Turned ground

Two in Dijon

Ural in Asia is one

Vessel fuelled by wine

Weed

Why me?

With boy, older dog

With tweet, she'll be in Paddy's Pub

Corrected

End of the morning

Acid

Asian ruminant

Backward, in time

Bart’s face displaying this?

Bear out

Beer, for example, in the UK

Bead, perhaps

Nuts

Can be black-faced

Characters from the west bank

Cheery

Could be rock or sea

Cod gets air through this

Deduction that used to accompany tare

Expected score

Female cells

For keeping snug at night

Frog

Herald's cry, maybe

Grass crops

Hemp preparation

In this, something has changed place

It recognises clause, amongst other things

It creates lift

It dures

It doesn't run your mac, but it might run your mobile

It might fill out if you do a lot of press ups

It might snare trespassers

It used to be Overland

Italian capital

Knowing when laugh is appropriate

Lure for a book purchase

Mind-alterer

Might live in hell

Mild swear in Scotland

More happy

bother

Mud or muck

Not a Nadal strongpoint

Not fake

Of a hacky sack with no beans

One in flight

One leaves a ship that's going under

Opposite of oui

Calm in the face of frustration

Part of a work out

Paste

People are often seen in one at the beach

Pollocks

Politician's help

Produced by fire

Quake with this?

Quit

Ravel

Tells off

Let out

Shapeless colour

She talked like a man

Rally of witches

To a center

To be the cause

Trial

Turned around

Two in Gijon

Aral in Asia is one

Vessel fuelled by wind

Need

Who me?

With boy, order dog

With sweet, she'll be in Paddy's Pub

Correct letter

E

C

R

W

T

O

R

E

N

A

N

R

S

D

E

C

L

U

G

H

A

E

G

S

F

U

C

I

N

N

A

L

E

I

E

W

H

B

D

D

T

N

F

I

I

C

K

E

I

O

H

R

K

T

L

T

L

C

T

R

E

A

L

A

G

A

D

N

O

R

S

Here are the answers to the clues from the US & GB perspectives:

Clue

Romantic composer born on 12/11 (7)

Slang for currency (4)

____ account, buy now pay later agreement (6)

Secret Millionaire S02 location (7)

They clear pencil marks (7)

Number of fluid ounces in a gill (4)

Mad (7)

Attach, rhymes with niche (5)

Played Kevin Ball in Shameless (5)

First name of actress who appeared on S01 of Celebrity Fit Club (3)

Nearest country to the south (6)

Belonging to leader with the dubious honour of being the first to have to resign (6)

Blow ___, to stand up (3)

Winner of I'm A Celebrity...(8)

Boss of The Office (5)

Pedestrian surface (8)

Winner of celebrity dancing competition (5)

Played Jenny in Cold Feet (6)

Elusive striped character (5)

Old school slang for a police vehicle (5)

US

Berlioz

Buck

Charge

Detroit

Erasers

Four

Furious

Hitch

Howey

Kim

Mexico

Nixon’s

Off

Phillips

Scott

Sidewalk

Smith

Spybey

Waldo

Zebra

GB

Borodin

Quid

Credit

Salford

Rubbers

Five

Lunatic

Leash

Kelly

Kay

France

North’s

Out

Thatcher

Brent

Pavement

Gough

Ripley

Wally

Panda

The new grid looks like this:

Looking at the corrected letters from the optional clues in clue order (had they been the normal clues), gives the message

    FOR FINALE GET ALL UNCHANGED LETTERS CLOCKWISE HITCH AND ANTI BUCK
    ANSWER GRID ORDER

Following this instruction in the order specified gives HERSHEYFAUCETHOOKYCURBLAWNS.

Replacing these with their (inferred) British equivalents gives a string of the same length, and looking again at the unchanged letters gives an anagram of YANKS:

HERSHEYFAUCETHOOKYCURBLAWNS
CADBURYTAPTRUANTKERBGARDENS

The letters can be read in the correct order from top to bottom in the original grid.