Independent 6649/Nimrod
Posted by neildubya on 7th February 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | A BIT OF ALL RIGHT – OK being another word for ALL RIGHT. |
| 8 | LET THEM EAT CAKE |
| 9 | (SO ONE ENCHAINED)* – CHEESE AND ONION. The capital R in “Rolls” is not needed in the cryptic reading but adds a bit of deception at the surface level. |
| 10 | B,READ AND B,UTTER – I thought this was very cleverly done: “Ordinary con, say, registering at B&B”. |
| 14 | ENTERTAIN,MEN,ST (reversed) |
| 15 | (EYED MATERIALLY)* – TIME DELAY RELAY. |
| 19 | (BRIDAL COAT)*,LOTH – BROADTAIL CLOTH was new to me. |
| 21 | LEFT SPEECHLESS |
| Down | |
| 1 | APE[-x] |
| 2 | (HE LOST RESTRAINT)* – IN THE LAST RESORT |
| 4 | A,LEX,AND,RAP,A,LACE |
| 5 | LUTED – guessed this from the minstrel reference as I didn’t understand what “clay overcoat” was about. Turns out that lute is “a substance, such as dried clay or cement, used to pack and seal pipe joints and other connections or coat a porous surface in order to make it tight”. |
| 6 | (AT ALL IN ELECTION)* – I CANNOT TELL A LIE. The definition – “Does one fib? No” – was a bit tricky to spot |
| 7 | H?E ?O – couldn’t get this one; might be HIE TO but I don’t know why. Full clue: “Quickly head for digitally-reduced celebration, so to speak?” |
| 13 | R,IT,Z,Y |
| 16 | I’M B[-l]UE |
| 18 | hidden in “geneRAL PHilosophy” – this seems like a bizarre way of doing a hidden word clue: I can’t decide if the definition here is meant to be “His” or “I’m”. |
| 20 | T?S – couldn’t get this one either. Full clue: “Terriers paid renewed attention”. |
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