Posted by tilsit on 28th March 2008
Solving time: 29 minutes
I found it quite a challenge today and a suitable warm-up for the new Listener due in a wee while. Am a bit baffled about parsing 9 down, my guess is shown, but I think I’m wide of the mark.
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Posted by neildubya on 28th March 2008
4/14 provided the theme for this enjoyable puzzle, which I found a bit tougher than usual for this setter. What’s a bit strange though is that I count 13 men’s names in the grid: LUKE, JOHN, EDDIE, NICHOLAS, BASIL, ANDREW, JAMES, GEORGE, DAVID, PAUL, PETER, LAWRENCE and MARK. Which makes me wonder if I’ve got one of them wrong…? [Edit: as eimi points out below, Eddie is not a thematic answer as the other twelve are all saints] Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by diagacht on 28th March 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | RIDICULE: CID (reversed) in RULE containing I |
| 9 | ANIMUS: NIM (old game) in AUS |
| 10 | AGATHA: AA aroung GATH (gun) |
| 11 | HIGH JUMP: a field event and what the doomed man is in for |
| 13 | MARASCHINO: anagram of O (old) + CHAIRS + MAN |
| 15 | REVAMPS: AVER (reversed) + MPS |
| 16 | TRIBADE: IB (I was expecting ‘ibid’) in TRADE |
| 18 | CHAUCERIAN: CHAN (as in Jackie Chan) around AIR + ECU (reversed); the ecu was a form of european currency |
| 19 | TOYS: being TOnYS without the N; reference is to the Antoinette Perry Awards for Theatre |
| 20 | ENTANGLE: E + NT (books) + ANGLE |
| 22 | BREWER: B (bishop) + RR (right revd, therefore bishop) around EWE |
| 23 | SELECT: SECT around EL (Chicago Elevated Train) |
| Down | |
| 1 | RINGS THE CHANGES: anagram of GINS GRETCHEN HAS |
| 2 | TINTINNABULATES: 1 part 1 is ring, the definition; TINTIN (cub reporter) + NATES (buttocks) around ABUL (as in ABdUL without the d, the heart). This was the last clue I filled in. |
| 3 | SUGAR MAPLE: MAGUS (reversed) around R + APLE (hollow ApPLE) |
| 4 | LECHERY: LEERY around CH (Order of the Companions of Honour) |
| 6 | SIR JOHN BETJEMAN: anagram of HM JESTER IN BANJO |
| 7 | SUMMONED BY BELLS: as in Betjeman’s autobiography and Pavlov’s experiment |
| 14 | SPINGBUCK: SPRING BUCK (more usually springbok) |
| 17 | DIVERSE: VID (reversed and shortened form of video) + ERSE (language of lowland Scots) |
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Posted by Hihoba on 28th March 2008
Excellent crossword! Quite testing and certainly fun, with enough continuous progress to keep you interested.
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Posted by petebiddlecombe on 28th March 2008
Just a quick reminder that some of us are gathering for another pub & grub session next Friday.
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