Posted by smiffy on 27th August 2008
A liberal smattering of general knowledge items (operas, chess players, Roman poets), of the type that one is either likely to know readily or have never heard of. I started off at a fair clip , but progress slowed to a crawl on the last two or three clues (particularly 17D).
PS: Belated apologies for absence from blogging last Friday. I carelessly forgot to remove myself from the roster before heading off on holiday.
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Posted by diagacht on 27th August 2008
| Across |
| 1 |
IGNITION KEY: & Lit |
| 9 |
OCTOBER: O + (TO BE in CR) |
| 10 |
ERASURE: ERA + anagram of USER |
| 11 |
WHIRLWIND: HIRL (sounds like ‘hurl’) in W-WIND |
| 12 |
SISAL: anagram of SAILS |
| 13 |
BEDS: double definition |
| 14 |
WHEEL CLAMP: anagram of CALM HELP WE |
| 16 |
DAY TRIPPER: (T in AYR) in DIPPER |
| 21 |
PANIC: a double definition of sorts |
| 22 |
UNHELPFUL: UN + HELP + anagram of FLU |
| 24 |
CLASSIC: CLASS +IC(e) |
| 26 |
EXPEDIENTLY: anagram of EXTEND I YELP |
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| Down |
| 1 |
IN THIS DAY AND AGE: & Lit |
| 2 |
NOBEL: N + O + BE + L |
| 3 |
TURKISH: double definition |
| 4 |
OVERDUE: OVER + DUE |
| 5 |
KNAPSACK: KNAP (sounds like ‘nap’) + FIRE (sack) |
| 6 |
YOURS FAITHFULLY: & Lit |
| 7 |
COBWEB: double definition (see A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
| 8 |
DEWLAP: another double defintion: a fold of skin and a means of marking cattle |
| 15 |
CRACKS UP: C + RACKS UP |
| 16 |
DEPICT: anagram of PC TIDE |
| 17 |
POUNCED: OUNCE in P (quiet) D (end of wooD) |
| 18 |
ENHANCE: EN (two points) + (c)HANCE (not 100) |
| 20 |
BALLAD: ALL in BAD |
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Posted by John on 27th August 2008
The usual excellent crossword from Dac, hard enough (it took a while to get started), but not too hard. Everything, apart from one answer, went in slowly but regularly. Read the rest of this entry »
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