Posted by nmsindy on 27th March 2008
Slowed up by 7 down which was new to me and had to look for help even when I’d all the crossing letters and knew it was an anagram. Solving time, 25 mins.
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Posted by neildubya on 27th March 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | (TURN TAIL HOME VIA)* – ITALIAN VERMOUTH, otherwise known as IT as in “Gin and It”. But how can “orbital” be an anagram indicator? |
| 9 | RY in TON – not difficult given the definition “test clothes” but I didn’t understand why “style” was TON until I looked it up. |
| 10 | T,W (AFTER [-n]OO[-n])* – TWO FOR TEA. Mostly an &lit, although “no names” only works in the cryptic reading I think. |
| 11 | EQUUS – Peter Shaffer’s play about a boy who has “issues” with horses. |
| 12 | RUGBY BALL – the clue refers to 15 but it’s nothing to do with the answer at 15a as there are 15 players in an RU side. |
| 13 | (THIS GREY E)* – EYES RIGHT. |
| 15 | BOLUS – which is a “mass” but I don’t understand “heading for the pit”. |
| 18 | (VOICES DID)* – VIDEO DISC. |
| 24 | POT OF GOLD – got this from the definition as the wordplay is lost on me: “Rainbow’s end/coq-au-vin/corporation?” (setter’s italics). OR is “gold” but that’s all I can work out. Also, what happened to the idea of the surface reading of a clue making at least some sense? |
| 25 | BATIK – had to use the Reveal button to get this, another one I don’t get: “Dyed fabric article with which kitbag’s two thirds filled up”. |
| 26 | TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN – 24(a) is where you’ll find POT OF GOLD and 7(d) is ULTRA (“extremely”). |
| Down | |
| 1 | (I TEMPT NEON LIGHT)* – IN THE MELTING-POT. |
| 3 | INN IS FREE – a reference to the Yeats poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”. |
| 5 | (LEG AND TOE)* – ELONGATED. Why could “and” appear in the clue instead of “&”? |
| 7 | hidden in “adULT RAcy” |
| 16 | (TOILET VIM)* – LEITMOTIV. |
| 20 | SETAE – another one where I had to “Reveal” and which I don’t understand: “Stalks top-class babe, just looking at rear!”. |
| 22 | (HAD US)* – SADHU. |
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Posted by Colin Blackburn on 27th March 2008
A fairly straightforward puzzle with a small amount of word play en clair. There were a couple of tougher clues in here too. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by diagacht on 27th March 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | LAST WORD: &Lit |
| 5 | ABIDES: AB (sailor) + IDES (fateful date) |
| 9 | BUTTER UP: BUTTERcUP without the ‘c’ (top of carpel) |
| 10 | TISSUE: anagram of SUITES |
| 13 | DISCARDED: DISC + anagram of DREAD |
| 14 | MORSEL: MORSE (detective) + L |
| 16 | OKINAWA: O (duck) + KIN (family) + AWA (nearly away, as in left) |
| 18 | IN DEPTH: IN (trendy) + DEPT (department) + H (leading Hounslow) |
| 22 | ASCERTAIN: AS CERTAIN |
| 23 | TIGER: TIER (row) about G (first of games) |
| 24 | TURBOT: TURBO (boost) + T (time) |
| 25 | PALETOTS: PALE (anaemic) + TOTS (little kids) |
| 26 | RASCAL: hidden |
| 27 | ATOMISER: anagram of A MOISTER |
| Down | |
| 1 | LIBYAN: LIB (politician) + NAY (reversed) |
| 2 | SETTLE OLD SCORES: which is what one does when looking up Wisden |
| 4 | ROUNDEL: ROUND (patrol) + EL (the French, reversed) |
| 6 | BRIGADIER: anagram of BIG + RAIDER |
| 7 | DISADVANTAGEOUS: anagram of DAVIDS GOT NAUSEA |
| 8 | SPEEDWAY: &Lit |
| 11 | OSLO: hidden |
| 15 | SUPERNOVA: anagram of PROVE A SUN |
| 17 | PILASTER: PLASTER (screed) about I |
| 20 | CONTACT: CON (Tory) + TACT (diplomacy) |
| 21 | ERASER: ERAS (times) + ER (Queen) |
| 23 | THERM: hidden |
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 27th March 2008
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