Independent on Sunday 949 by Quixote (20 Apr 2008)
Posted by nmsindy on 24th April 2008
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Independent 6715/Eimi – Earning my Spurs
Posted by Ali on 24th April 2008
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Guardian 24,371 (Araucaria)
Posted by diagacht on 24th April 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | COPPER: double definition |
| 4 | CLEMATIS: M in CLEAT IS. Clematis Vitalba is a wild flower, also known as Old Man’s Beard |
| 9 | NORMA: hidden in londoN OR MAnchester. It’s a 19th Century opera by Bellini |
| 10 | WOMANKIND: WOMAN + KIND As Eileen points out this is an anagram of MAID KNOWN (kicking myself!) |
| 11,15 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: US State + Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan Williams) |
| 12,6 | GLASS MENAGERIE: G LASS (good girl) + MEN + AG + ERIE. A play by Tennessee Williams |
| 13 | PEARL FISHERS: PERISHERS (the lost) containing A (adult) and LF (low frequency). An opera by Bizet. |
| 17 | GOOD BREEDING: &Lit |
| 18 | ADULT: AD (poster) + ULT (last month) |
| 21 | ANDROCLES: AND + anagram of CLOSER. This was the chap who fixed up a wounded lion and domesticated the wild beast |
| 23 | STORM CONE: (MC (compere) + ON (performing)) in STORE |
| 25 | MANDRAKE: MAN + DRAKE |
| Down | |
| 1 | CENOTAPH: anagram of NOT CHEAP |
| 2 | PARENTAL: AREN’T (don’t exist) in PAL |
| 3 | ERASE: ERAS + E (entirely to start with) |
| 5 | LAMBETH BRIDGE: an actual bridge but also a reference to the Archbishop of Canterbury who living in Lambeth Palace is seen as a bridge to the various member churches of the Anglican Communion |
| 7 | TAIWAN: anagram of AIT + WAN |
| 8 | SADIST: hidden in iS A DISTinguishing |
| 10 | WEST INDIA DOCK: WE + STINK around (AID (reversed) + DOC) |
| 14 | LION TAMER: &Lit, although I may have missed something here. |
| 16 | EGGSHELL:an EGG’S HELL but also a very thin form of pottery china |
| 18 | RANSOM: ROM (read only memory) around ANS |
| 19 | SUBORN: attributes, according to the nursery rhyme, of the child born on a Sunday |
| 22 | OCHRE: CHORE rewritten so that it is led by the heart! An interesting break with the rules, but I like it. |
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Financial Times 12,740 by Mudd
Posted by Pete Maclean on 24th April 2008
This puzzle has no fewer than three clues that I lack a complete understanding of: 26A, 5D and 21D. My copy of the paper did not include the clue for 23D and I retrieved it from the FT web site.
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