Independent 6963 by Glow-worm
Posted by NealH on 9th February 2009
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1,14 | Monday Morning Feeling: Mon + hom. “dame awning” + fee + ling. A perfect clue to sum up how I felt trying to struggle through this first thing Monday. |
| 9 | Perm: Double def. I think it must be referring to perm being used in expressions like “perm any two from four”. |
| 10 | Cloisonne: Conn[i]e around Lois. Connie Francis is an American singer and Lois Lane is Superman’s love interest. Not sure what a cloisonne is, but it seems to be something ornamental. |
| 11 | Bereft: ref in bet. |
| 13 | Llanelli: ([w]ell all in)* |
| 17 | Mediant: Didn’t understand this – the clue is “Old Iranian artefact ultimately given to me”. It looks like me + dian + last letter of artefact, but I’ve never heard of Dian as an Iranian and mediant is a musical term, so I can’t see what it’s got to do with the clue. |
| 18 | Diarist: hom. of dire wrist. |
| 20,28 | Leave No Stone Unturned: “Waste no opportunity to reverse every Roller?” I’m not entirely sure about this, but I think it might be a cryptic reference to the Rolling Stones. |
| 23 | Telemann: Teleman + n. George Philipp Telemann was a composer. I’m not sure about teleman for TV personality. Wouldn’t it be “telly man” ? |
| 24 | Teresa: Easter* (Mother Teresa of Calcutta). |
| 26 | Sterilise: I think this is an anagram of “tree s” + i l (first letters of in Latin) + is. |
| 27 | AWOL: Even letters of Larwood + l. |
| Down | |
| 2 | Oxeye: X in OE + ye[t]. |
| 3 | Dam: double def. |
| 4 | Yucatan: Cat in Yuan. |
| 5 | Otoole: Too in [r]ole – Peter O’toole |
| 6 | Nastase: (an asset)*. Ilie Nastase was a tennis player, hence court. |
| 7 | Non-believer: (Nobel I)* in never. |
| 8 | Bed linen: B.Ed. + line +n[ot]. |
| 12 | Enlargement: (Angler meant)* with a changed to e. |
| 15 | Epilepsy: Pile in EPs + y. |
| 16 | Gut: “String theory”. I presume this is a double def. String for gut seems reasonable, but I’m struggling a bit with theory. Perhaps it’s in the sense of “gut instinct”. |
| 17 | Mel: “One over the moon over a girl ?” It might be “One over the moon over” = Lem reversed, but I don’t know who or what Lem is. |
| 19 | Sea Lion: Seal + ion. I think it means cork as a verb i.e. if cork a bottle, you seal it. |
| 21 | Entreat: Entre[e] + [aspir]at[ional]. |
| 22 | In situ: Odd letters of “pianist in tour”. |
| 25 | Spoke: double def. It seems as if you can use rung to refer to the spoke of a wheel, although it’s more commonly associated with ladders. |
| 27 | Air: [Ma]ria<. |
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