Yahoo News Annotated solutions for Genius 165
* Eight solutions (four being of two words) comprise two of a kind (6 across 29, which is clued without definition).
** Of the other clues, four across and four down contain superfluous words or phrases that provide either definitions or wordplay for the themed eight. The remaining eight definitions or wordplay are: board, deck games, fish, notes, religious image, song, supporter and World Cup winners.
Across
1* Jack Sprat [a picky eater + fish]
6,29 two of a kind T /AKIN(g/D)
9 bottle out B OUT [**Men]
10 ivied I VIED [**crossing]
11 Hestia IS THE (anag) + (nigell)A
13* hunt ball [a function of the countryside + 1966 World Cup finalists] ]
15 Reith Lectures ERIC THE RESULT (anag) [**European agreements]
19* pontoon bridge [crossing + deck (of cards) games]
21 Tunisian NUT(rev)/I N [**prime ministers]
23* patron [Men + supporter]
26* pieta [letters (Greek) + religious image]
27 dog kennel KEN in GOLDEN (anag)
30* Maggie May [prime ministers + song]
Down
1 job share B ARE after JO(y)
2 cut CUT)e) [**conductor]
3* Solti [conductor + notes]
4 room MOOR (rev) [**a function of the countryside]
5 tut-tutting T(o)UT/T(o)UT/TIN/G(ame)
6 twitterer T ITTERER
7* Ouija [European agreements + board]
8 fiddle anfiELD DIFficult (hidden rev)
12 skimp SKI P
14 memorandum ME/MO(ment)/R UM
16 handstand HAND/ST(reet)/AN/D(epartment)
17 Sodor SO/DO/R(ight) [Thomas the Tank Engine’s island base]
18 vernally (0)VER/N(ew)ALLY [**letters]
20 Utopia U P/A1(part rev)
22 naevi IV
24 Azeri A I [**a picky eater]
25 agog AGO/(buildin)G
28 Nam MAN (rev)
