Independent 7,025/Dac
Posted by Ali on April 22nd, 2009
A not-too-tricky-but-not-in-any-way-less-enjoyable-than-usual offering today. Nice stuff.
And apologies for the brief blog, I’ve been busy out enjoying the sun!
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | FAIR – F,AIR |
| 4 | ULTIMATELY – TIM in U,LATELY |
| 9 | MASTODON – (STOOD)* in MAN |
| 10 | CAPOTE – OT in CAPE |
| 11 | ERROR – Hidden reversal in juROR REluctantly |
| 12 | EXISTENT – 1′S in EXTENT |
| 13 | CEREMONY – CE,E,(MONEY)* |
| 14 | ENROBE – (BEER ON)* |
| 16 | STOGIE – (IT GOES)* |
| 18 | MOUNTIES – UNTIE,S[-uspects} on MO |
| 20 | CHARLADY - LAD in CAHRY |
| 22 | KILLS - K,ILLS |
| 23 | CLEAVE - Double def. |
| 24 | ROLLOVER - DOuble def., ref. the lottery and children's song |
| 25 | PARENTALLY - AREN'T in PALLY |
| 26 | FLAG - Double def. |
| Down | |
| 2 | AMAZEMENT - A,MAZE,"Meant" |
| 3 | RETIREE - R.E,TIREE |
| 4 | UNDERCOVER AGENT - Cryptic def. |
| 5 | TANNERY - ANNE in TRY |
| 6 | MACHINE GUN KELLY - (LIKE UGLY 'ENCHMAN)* |
| 7 | TAPSTER - P[-inot] in TASTER |
| 8 | LATIN – Hidden in scintilLATINg |
| 15 | BEERSHEBA – BEER + E in (BASH)* |
| 17 | GARBAGE – GARB,AGE |
| 18 | MAYORAL – MAY,ORAL |
| 19 | TOLD OFF – OLD in TOFF |
| 21 | HILDA – [-c]HIL,A – ‘Doffs hat’ is a nice way of removing the initial letter |
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Minor typo in 21: [-c]HILD,A
I failed on BEERSHEBA. I’d never heard of the place but I though I had come across other B???SHEBA places and so penciled in BATHSHEBA, drink != BATH. Turns out BATHSHEBA’s a biblical person (although it also turns out it’s a place in Barbados.)
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:51 pm
4dn. Undercover agent:
It’s not strictly a CD. There’s some nice wordplay here:
plant (as in spy) is the def.
answerable to = under
the man from Pru = cover agent