Independent 6894/Dac
Posted by John on 19th November 2008
As always with Dac, clue after clue hits the button. Read the rest of this entry »
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Financial Times 12,929 by Satori
Posted by Gaufrid on 19th November 2008
Yes, it’s me again though this time back to my scheduled Wednesday spot.
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Guardian 24,550 (Araucaria)
Posted by diagacht on 19th November 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | DORIS DAY: DOR (as in d’or, of gold, golden) + IS (lives) + DAY (period); actress in Calamity Jane film of 1953 |
| 5 | SHUCKS: HUCK in SS |
| 9 | NUNEATON: NUN EAT ON. Town nine miles north of Coventryadcast) + G |
| 10 | ELAPSE: anagram of ASLEEP |
| 12,6 | BLACK HILLS: LACK in BH + ILLS. In Dakota./td> |
| 13 | ADAM SMITH: A DAM (mother) + SMITH (to forge); the chap who replaced Elgar on the new £20 note |
| 14 | SLASH-AND-BURN: SLASH (oblique) + anagram of UN BRAND |
| 18 | VAINGLORIOUS: anagram of LOG IN in VARIOUS |
| 21 | LOCH LOCHY: LOCH (water) + LOCH (water, making waters) + Y (your first) |
| 24 | THIEVE: anagram of HIT + EVE |
| 25 | VALUABLE: LAV (reversed) + anagram of A BLUE |
| 26 | DAKOTA: Referring to the war plane and to north and south Dakota |
| 27,23 | DEADWOOD STAGE: DEADWOOD (useless) + STAGE. Refers again to Calamity Jane |
| Down | |
| 1 | DANUBE: A NUB in DE (of French) |
| 2 | RUNWAY: RUNaWAY without the central ‘a’ |
| 3 | SPARK PLUG: SPARK (set off) + PLUG (publicity) |
| 4 | A WOMANS TOUCH: A song from Calamity Jane |
| 7 | CAPSICUM: CAP (cover) + SIC (that’s right) + UM (hesitation) |
| 8 | SEETHING: SEE THING |
| 11 | CALAMITY JANE: (AMITY (friendship) + JA) in CALNE (Wiltshire town) |
| 15 | DRUG SQUAD: D + RUGS + QUAD (kind of bike) |
| 16 | OVULATED: anagram of LOVAT DUE |
| 17 | MISCLICK: M (leader of mouse) + IS + CLICK (kind of beetle) |
| 19 | BAMBOO: I think this is BAMBOOzle (as in begin to cheat) with BAMBOO being a grass and BAMBOO curtain being the so called political barrier of Chinese communism |
| 20 | BEHEAD: HE in BEAD |
| 22 | LOVAT: LO (see, behold) + VAT |
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