Guardian 24305/Paul – Stub
Posted by beermagnet on February 8th, 2008
I’m putting this short post in place to carry the chat requested by others elsewhere.
I, too, would like explanations for a few answers here.
I’ll remove this post on request.
[Additions made to this post about 15:35]
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ACCUSABLE A then CU’S inside CABLE |
| 6 | CUBED DD Mathematically raised to the 3rd power |
| 9 | BREAM (1 down)* |
| 10 | STRINGENT TRING in SENT |
| 11 | REACQUIRED C (many) QUIRE (sheets) in READ (study) |
| 12 | OKRA OK (fine) RA(in) drizzle without IN (popular). After getting the crossing K it had to be Okra, but decoding the clue took a while |
| 14 | SHEBANG The novel is the popular (in crosswords) “She” – again |
| 17 | TANGENT (w)ANGE(r) inside TNT. Another mathematical reference. |
| 20 | NEAT I don’t understand Holy Spirit reference. Full Clue: Smart to listen to Holy Spirit? (4) |
| 25 | CABALLERO CAB-ALLER-O Aller from French “to go” from “across the Pyrenees”. |
| 27 | LIMIT LIM-IT? I can’t see where LIM comes from. Full clue: Not entirely relaxed, it proving extreme (5) |
| Down | |
| 1 | AMBER Hidden in cAMBERwell. Amber is above Green on a traffic light. Marvellous clue. |
| 3 | SEMIQUAVER (REQUIEM AS V(ery))* Lovely clue |
| 5 | (f)EARLESS |
| 6 | CANE homophome CAIN |
| 8 | DOT MATRIX I think this is an anagram of MAD and TO plus the T from cruciverbalisT then Brian RIX is the “man of farce” |
| 14 | SATANICAL SAT-AN-I-CAL(ifornia) |
| 16/24 | GRAVEYARD SLOT Lovely CD : Is one reserved for the late programme scheduler? (9,4) |
| 18 | TRIREME Offers requested to decode this clue. Full clue: Virtually all old masters turned up, including Turner’s “Last Ship” (7) |
February 8th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
20A NEAT: sounds like wholly spirit, as in neat spirit (i.e. drink)
27A LIM as in not entirely LIMP + IT
8D anagram of TO MAD + T (last letter of cruciverbalist + RIX (referring to Brian Rix who wrote ‘Farce about Face’)
18D last letter of Turner, R in EMIRIT(us)
February 8th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
27 Ac Try LIM(p) IT
18 Dn Virtually all old masters = EMERIT(i) backwards around (Turne)R’s last
February 8th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Adding in the missing ones (apologies if they’re missed out for being “trivial” – I’m new to this and haven’t got the hang of what’s regarded as trivial or not).
Across
11 REACQUIRED REA[C QUIRE]D
12 OKRA OK (fine) RAIN – IN (popular)
14 SHEBANG SHE (novel) BANG (report, as in loud)
15 SPONGER S[P]ONG HER – H
19 BATEAUX BAT EAU X
20 (further explanation) sounds like “wholly spirit”, i.e. neat (vokda etc.)
22 WINGSPREAD (GAP WIDENS R)* – rail is a type of bird
25 CABALLERO CAB ALLER (French for to go) O
27 (further explanation) LIMp IT
28 EAST ENDER (I love this one!) hE hAS TENDER
Down
2 CAESAREAN (CASE)* AREA iN; I guess the use of “section” is intended to help as well
4, 26 BASKING SHARK B[AS[KINGS]H]ARK
7 BREAK Double def.
8 (I came up with the same analysis)
13 TOOTHPASTE TOO TH[PAST]E + cryptic def. reusing “filling”
14 SATANICAL SAT AN I CAL
16, 24 GRAVEYARD SLOT Cryptic def.
18 TRIREME (EMERI[turnerR]Ti)BUGLOSS Punnish cryptic def.
21 ALBUM White album & ALBUMen (egg white)
23 DAKAR Denmark AKA Russia
February 8th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Apologies for the slight error there – forgot to escape my “<”. Should be:
18 TRIREME (EMERI[turnerR]i)<
19 BUGLOSS Punning cryptic def.
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February 8th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Thanks for all that – that’s answered lots of my queries.
It took me ages to work out what “Brahms (and Liszt)” were doing in 3 down until I realised it was rhyming slang and an ingenious anagrind!
February 8th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Chris,
“Brahms and Liszt” is rhyming slang for what?
February 8th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Thanks for doing this, beermagnet (and Amnesiac). It was supposed to be me but I got the dates mixed up and thought I was doing today’s.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
“Brahms and Liszt” = “pissed” = “drunk” in UK English. Therefore, an anagram indicator!
Cheers,
Matthew
February 8th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Beermagnet – thanks for stepping in.
Amnesiac – it’s not a matter of what’s trivial or not. See the FAQ for an explanation as to why we don’t reveal all the answers in a puzzle (although it doesn’t apply to this particular post as it appeared after the solution).
February 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am
OK. Out of interest, do you have “house rules” on how many and which answers to leave out?
February 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am
OK. Out of interest, do you have “house rules” on how many and which answers to leave out?
February 9th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Nope. It’s at the discretion of each blogger.