Independent 6,918/Dac
Posted by Ali on December 17th, 2008
Nothing too difficult here, but absolutely nothing to complain about either. Lovely clues as ever from Dac, and a nice way to pass the time on the 73 bus between Angel and Euston (in moderate traffic!)
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SWEATERS – S,WEAT[-h]ERS |
| 6 | ALCOVE – AL (Capone),COVE |
| 9 | KNOB – K[nocks],NOB |
| 10/11 | CONGESTION CHARGE – CON,(AGGRO IN CHESTE[-r])* – Nice use of the word ‘scam’ here which some Londoners might argue could be part of the definition too! |
| 12 | OVERLAID – (LIVE RAD[-i]O)* |
| 13 | STATUTE – TU in STATE |
| 14 | DEPICT – Hidden in granD EPIC Tableau |
| 15 | BEGGAR – EGG in BAR |
| 17 | CROYDON – CRO[-n]Y,DON |
| 19 | PROMISER – PRO,MISER – ‘Someone close’ for MISER is very nice |
| 21/22 | LEADER OF THE HOUSE – (FOOLED E HEATH RUSE)* |
| 23 | HATE – Hidden in tHAT Enmity |
| 24 | VENETO – VEN,E,TO |
| 25 | ESSAYIST – SAY,IS in [-p]EST[-o] |
| Down | |
| 2 | WINCHESTER RIFLE – (WRESTLER-IN-CHIEF)* |
| 3 | ALBERTA – B in ALERT,A |
| 4 | EXCHEQUER – EX,CHEQUER[-s] |
| 5 | SAN JOSE – JO’S in SANE |
| 6 | ADELE – A,DELE |
| 7 | CAT FLAP – A ‘queen’ is an adult female cat |
| 8 | VIOLIN CONCERTOS |
| 14 | DROLLNESS – ROLL in SEND rev. – I like send-up for DNES |
| 16 | GYM SHOE – (MY GOSH)*,[-rac]E |
| 17 | CAROUSE – CAROUSE[-l] |
| 18 | DEATHLY – (THE LADY)* |
| 20 | SCHMO – SCH,MO |
December 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
If you were on the 73 bus around 9am, then I was a little way beneath you, just finishing this one off as my Northern Line train pulled into King’s Cross!
December 17th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I only really struggled on Veneto which, not being an expert on Italy, I thought might be Reveto. Ven, which is assume is short for venerable, didn’t leap to mind for cleric.
December 17th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
After the somewhat loose definitions in yesterday’s Guardian, where politicians’ promises were lies and the sounds in the House of Lords were ZZ, I was relieved that Dac didn’t define the congestion charge as a road toll scam.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
The usual excellent stuff from Dac, but I noticed two differences from the norm:
a) this was unusually easy (although having said that, I had REVETO for 24ac)
b) for the first time that I can remember Dac has been ever so slightly un-Ximenean, or at least un-Azedian: two of his clues (7dn, 8dn) are cryptic definitions (unusual for Dac I think but am not sure), and (in 14dn) he has ‘send-up’ as an anagram of ‘send’.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Outrageous. I call for Dac’s immediate reclassification.