Posted by manehi on 20th March 2008
Apologies for the brief blog, but a host of things came up and I’ve only just found time to solve this. It was quite tricky, and I haven’t the time to think some clues through or google them, so please correct me/ help me out. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by nmsindy on 20th March 2008
Nimrod’s puzzles have a very individual style, rarely more exemplified than here. Found it very hard, but got there in the end, but decided I’d better verify in some cases by using the new free ‘reveal’ facility which confirmed my answers.
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Posted by nmsindy on 20th March 2008
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Posted by tilsit on 20th March 2008
Solving time: 23 minutes
Apologies for the late hour of posting, but a long day of hospital treatment left me rather zonked. This was a typical enjoyable Dac puzzle with elegant surface readings and clever devices, although a couple of petty quibbles.
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Posted by diagacht on 20th March 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | DEMOCRATIC: DEMOCRAT (like Hillary Clinton) + IC (in charge) |
| 9 | OPAL: OP (work) + A L (a beginner) |
| 10 | FENESTRATE: anagram of ERNEST in FATE |
| 11 | STATUS: S US (South America) around TA T (thanks to time) |
| 12 | RENEGADE: anagram of ANGERED + E (end of truce) |
| 13 | DYNAMITE: MANY (reversed) in anagram of TIDE |
| 18 | BANISTER: &Lit |
| 22 | POIGNANT: PO (river) + IGNANT (ignorant without or) |
| 23 | REMEDY: hidden and reversed in buY DEMERara |
| 25 | PENICILLIN: anagram of NICE PILL IN |
| 27 | NAVY: VAN (reversed) + Y (yard) |
| 28 | YESTERDAYS: refers to Alice Rock a two piece band (not sure I see the cryptic bit unless it is purely &Lit) |
| Down | |
| 2 | EMPATHY: anagram of THEY MAP |
| 3 | OWLET: &Lit |
| 4 | REFUSNIK: REFUS (refuse cut short) + KIN reversed |
| 5 | TEN GREEN BOTTLES: &Lit |
| 6 | CASINO: A SIN (an evil) in CO (company) |
| 7 | EGREGIOUS: EG (for example) + REG (king) + IOUS (debts) |
| 14 | AMBIGUITY: BIG U (large university) in AMITY |
| 16 | ENTRANCE: anagram of CENTRE A N (new) |
| 18 | CHOLERA: HOLE in anagram of CAR |
| 21 | CAVITY: A V (a very) in CITY (finance centre) |
| 24 | MATED: as in to mate, to win a hand, and to win a game of chess |
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 20th March 2008
Here is Mudd in fine form. I found 16D difficult and still do not quite see how “go” is clued.
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