Independent 6577/Dac
Posted by Colin Blackburn on November 14th, 2007
This one will have to be quick, so here goes…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CAPACITY — P.A. in CA CITY — Ca = California. |
| 10 | MARINE BIOLOGIST — cryptic def. — main = ocean. |
| 12 | OUTFITTER — OUT+FITTER — out = intent on getting. |
| 13 | UNHAND — UN HAND — not sure foreign worker is good enough here, surely many UN workers are British and may not work overseas. I’d have thought a question mark would have been in order here. Correction thanks to neildubya, UN= “a foreign” |
| 17 | HANGDOG — HANG+DOG — not a very nice image! |
| 18 | BONITO — I+NOB< + TO |
| 23 | EARTH — wEAR THick — my favourite clue. Simple, nice surface and a partial &lit quality if referring to Britain. |
| 24 | OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE — double def. |
| Down | |
| 2 | PARTHENON — PART+HEN+ON — I think the analysis here is correct. |
| 3 | CANADIAN DOLLARS — R in (A COLD ASIAN LAND)* — nice anagram… |
| 4 | TABLOID — TAB + “Lloyd” — ref. is to John Lloyd I think. |
| 6 | VIOLIN CONCERTOS — (CONTROLS VOICE IN)* — ..and again. |
| 8 | DETHRONE — DE(a)TH+R+ONE &lit — very clever. |
| 9 | POSTIE — (POET IS)* — another excellent but simple clue. |
| 16 | CHUCK OUT — CHUCK + OUT — I assume this is right though maybe another word fits the first part. |
| 19 | BUTCHER — BUTCHER(s) — butchers = butcher’s hook = look. |
November 14th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
13A – isn’t it “a foreign”=UN, worker=HAND?
November 14th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Yes, of course. I missed the “a”! I even looked back at the clue when I thought it unsound for Dac and still failed to spot the “a”. I blame it on my glasses.
November 14th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
I looked “CHUCK” up. Apparently, it’s US slang for food. Hence chuck out(side) = picnic.
November 14th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Double definitions invited for CHUCK, then.
November 14th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
In the cowboy films of my youth – late 1930s – the cowboys always awaited the arrival of the “chuck” wagon for their food.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Could someone please explain the BIOLOGIST in MARINE BIOLOGIST?
November 25th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Not got the puzzle now, maybe you could quote the clue – from memory as Colin says it was cryptic definition (main = sea = ocean) though the biologist was not specified, maybe there’s a MARINE something else, but crossing letters would have helped perhaps.
November 25th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I don’t have the clue available either but it suggested someone who studied to work in the main. I don’t think biologist was specified directly but the study aspect hinted at a scientist and, as nmsindy says, the checking letters left little choice.