Guardian 24,448 (Puck)
Posted by diagacht on 23rd July 2008
Apologies for a very late post!
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | QUOTATION MARKS: QUOTATION (estimate) + K in MARS (next door planet) |
| 11 | TOERAGS: TOE (digit) + RAGS (newspapers) |
| 12 | TRIPLEX: a kind of double definition |
| 13 | ORGAN: OR (men) + NAG (reversed) |
| 15 | DECAPODAL: A POD in DECAL (transfer) |
| 17 | MAELSTROM: anagram of MORE MALTS |
| 20 | RHEUM: first letter of Recurring Hourly Ending Up Monthly |
| 21 | RUN-OFFS: HE + A TRASH |
| 23 | STEWPOT: STEW (fix) + TOP (reversed) |
| 25 | CONCRETE: CON (tory) + CRETE |
| 27 | INVERTED COMMAS: anagram of VARIED COMMENTS |
| Down | |
| 1 | QUESTION MARK: anagram of MUSKET ON IRAQ |
| 2 | OF USE: F in OUSE (river) |
| 3 | ALL SAINTS: Cleary a girlie goup but although referring to the gospellers not sure that it could encapsulate ‘all saints’ |
| 4 | INFUSED: F (sex) in anagram of UNDIES |
| 5 | NILOTIC: pertaining to the river Nile. Nil-O + TI (half-time) + C (Charlie) |
| 6 | AIOLI: a garlic mayonnaise; every second letter of mAn Is OiL rIg |
| 7 | KNOWLEDGE: K + NOW + L + EDGE |
| 10 | EXCLAMATIONS: anagram of CAN A MOL(e) EXIST. Moles live underground so delete final ‘e’ |
| 14 | GREENHORN: GREEN + HORN(y) |
| 16 | PARLEYVOO/strong>: anagram of POLO and A VERY |
| 18 | RESPECT: PEC in REST |
| 19 | MISDEED: anagram of DID SEEM |
| 22 | FICHE: hidden in terriFIC HEroism |
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