Independent 6803 by Phi
Posted by nmsindy on August 5th, 2008
I found this quite an easy puzzle, solving time 14 mins. I spotted a Nina (i.e. a hidden message) in the grid. In case solvers wish to look again first, I refer to this after the clue explanations.
* = anagram < = reversed
ACROSS
1 SUS SEX
4 STUBBS “Stubs”
10 HEALTH INSURANCE Cryptic definition I got straightaway which helped.
11 MAY OR
12 M U L(a)TITUDE
13 PARSE C
15 EXISTS Sexist with the first s moved to the end.
16 ST AN CE
18 BU(r)YING
21 I R R IT ATE D
22 LEHAR Rachel< less c (about)
23 THIN ON THE GROUND I think this refers to an ad from way back for muscle building (Charles Atlas). Definition = rare
24 NERVES (Severn)< with the er not reversed, I think
25 SHRE(W)D
DOWN
1 S (C HEM) A
2 S (EA(r)LY) HAM TERRIER r = king
3 (c)ENTER
5 T U R(i)GIDITY
6 BAN QUETING HOUSE (question huge)*
7 SW (ED) EN news<
8 FIL(l) MIC
9 IS OLDE(n)
14 SUNSTROK E (trunks so)*
17 E STATE
18 BAD GER(m)
19 MI(L)T ON
20 E (ROD) ED Dee<
22 LURCH Double definition
NINA: look in sixth and tenth rows
August 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Please explain the wordplay for filmic. #8
Reduction in satisfaction over microphone used in cinema (6)
August 5th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I assumed it was satisfaction = fill (as in “had one’s fill”), reduced (by one letter), on top of mic = abbreviation for microphone, giving filmic, meaning cinematic
August 5th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
How pleasant to have a straightforward puzzle from a fellow-setter that lasted for exactly the time the bus took to take me three miles in the pouring rain to the centre of Oxford!
August 8th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Presumably all puzzles that you do, Quixote, are by a fellow-setter…