Posted by John on 4th April 2008
This took a little longer than usual because so far as I could see there were some rather unusual words and meanings, and I also got one answer wrong, which threw me for a while. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by neildubya on 4th April 2008
This seemed quite a bit easier than previous Scorpion puzzles but still provided lots to chew over. I liked 23a and the definition in 17d is excellent. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Colin Blackburn on 4th April 2008
A straightforward puzzle with, and I apoligise for becoming boring on this, too many cryptic definitions. Most of the omitted answers were, for me, common words with good word play but please do comment if you are stuck or baffled.
* = anagram
< = reversal
dd = double definition
cd = cryptic definition
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Posted by diagacht on 4th April 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NEEDLEWORK: NEEDLE (niggle) + WORK (operation) |
| 7 | COVE: most of a COVE(N) |
| 9 | CHIC: H (hotel) in CI (channel islands) + C (west of Cuba, i.e. first letter) |
| 10 | CASHIERING: anagram of CHARGE IS IN |
| 12 | REHEARSE: REHEARS (tries again, in court) + E (energy) |
| 13 | PLETHORA: THOR in PLEA |
| 17 | IBEX: BE (live) in XI (reversed, being a team) |
| 19 | INUNDATE: anagram of UNITED AN |
| 22 | WIND-DOWN: WIN (gain) + D (David began) + DOWN (as in down tools) |
| 23 | DEFINE: FINE (penalty) after DE (outside letters, case, of delicate) |
| 25 | MICROPHONE: PHONE after MICRO |
| 26 | NIGH: inside of KNIGHT (answer to 6dn) |
| 27 | AHOY: every second letter (i.e. regularly) of (e)A(c)H(b)O(d)Y |
| 28 | AUTOPILOTS: anagram of UP TO IT ALSO |
| Down | |
| 2 | ETHICAL: anagram of THE CIA L (left) |
| 3 | DACHA: hidden in switzerlanD A CHAlet |
| 4 | ESCARGOT: anagram of STORAGE C (Cold without ‘old’; thanks to Rishi for pointing this out). |
| 5 | OBSERVATION POST:&Lit |
| 7 | CURTAILED: TAILED (followed) after CUR |
| 8 | VENISON: VE (victory in Europe) + IS in NON (French refusal) |
| 14 | TAXIDERMY: TAXI + DER (German ‘the’) + MY (motorway borders) |
| 18 | BRITISH: anagram of BIRTH IS |
| 20 | TONIGHT: ON (working) in TIGHT |
| 21 | HOOP-LA: POOH (reversed) + LA (West coast city) |
| 24 | FINAL: FAL(l) (fall finishing early) around I N (1 November) |
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