Posted by Ciaran McNulty on 12th January 2009
I sometimes get psyched out when I can’t get 1A easily, so I took a little while to get started today. Ploughed through most of the puzzle once I got going but took a long time to finish off the top-left corner.
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Posted by NealH on 12th January 2009
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bored: ore in BD. |
| 4 | Games: Gas around ME. |
| 9 | Itchy: [T]itchy. |
| 10 | Solitaire: So I lit a [f]ire. |
| 11 | Scrabble: (BB + arcs)< + le. |
| 13 | Beetle: double definition. |
| 15 | Dimness: Didn’t follow this – “Untouchable’s introduction following Don’s initial stupidity.” I suppose the definition is stupidity and Don’s initial gives the D, but not sure about untouchable’s introduction. |
| 16 | Analyst: I can only suppose this is a hom of Anna Liszt, but the only Anna Liszt I can find was the mother of Franz Liszt and doesn’t seem to have been a historian. |
| 18 | Abandon: A band on. |
| 20 | Twister: Double definition. The second part is a reference to the Wizard of Oz, I think. |
| 22 | Goitre: Gore around it. |
| 23 | Prisoner: P R + is one r. Def is “one inside”. |
| 26 | Triumviri: Trium[ph] + V I + RI (vehicle registration for Indonesia). I’m not sure that the definition is technically correct. The triumviri is one of the three people sharing office, not all three. |
| 27 | Chess: C + Hess. |
| 28 | Ensue: EN + Sue. I think EN is short for Enrolled Nurse or something like that. |
| 29 | Dumps: Mud< + PS. |
| Down | |
| 1 | Buckram: Buck + ram. Not sure if the “sized” is part of the definition. |
| 2 | Ray: RA + last letter of photography. Reference to Man Ray, the artist, whose best known medium was photography, so could be seen as an &lit. |
| 3 | Disclosing: Di’s + closing. |
| 4 | Gala: Double definition. |
| 5 | Mathematics: Didn’t entirely follow this one – “a number of subjects to the contrary”. |
| 6 | Swiftly: Sweetly with EE replaced by if. |
| 7 | Airs: double def. |
| 8 | Deserter: (tres in reed)<. |
| 12 | Breadcrumbs: (A BBC Murder)* + s[tory]. |
| 14 | Mastermind: Master + mind. |
| 15 | Draughts: aught in DR’s. |
| 19 | Asinine: A sin in E. |
| 21 | Tenders: Double def. |
| 24 | Risk: is between R and K. |
| 25 | Life: Hidden. |
| 27 | Cam: Mac<. |
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