Independent 7,093 by Phi
Posted by Simon Harris on July 10th, 2009
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
Thankfully (from a blogger’s point of view!) a good deal easier than some we’ve seen this week, but good fun all the same.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | STOP – POTS<. |
| 4 | JUNTA – JAUNT with the A “turning up late”. I liked this one. |
| 7 | COPY – COY “about” P. |
| 9 | RITUAL – TU in LAIR<. |
| 10 | DOG-EARED – DO + GEAR + ED. |
| 11 | ALSO-RANS – SOLAR* + ANS. |
| 12 | LUMBER – [s]LUMBER. |
| 13 | CHARIOTS OF FIRE – (A HISTORIC OFFER)*. |
| 16 | WET ONE’S WHISTLE – (TOWEL WHITENESS)*. |
| 18 | ISOBAR – I SOAR “around” B. |
| 20 | GENOTYPE – (YET ONE GP)*. |
| 22 | GOLD MINE – GO + (LINE “holding” DM). |
| 23 | REALLY – E[ngland] in RALLY. |
| 24 | ARTY – [p]ARTY. |
| 25 | HATCH – dd. |
| 26 | EURO – [amat]EUR O[rganisation]. |
| Down | |
| 2 | TWILL – T + WILL. |
| 3 | PLUTOCRAT – PRAT “receiving” CLOUT*. |
| 4 | JULIAN OF NORWICH – (JOHN + IRONIC + AWFUL)*. |
| 5 | NUDISTS – NUTS “about” DIS[robing]. |
| 6 | ANGEL OF THE NORTH – (THEN FLOG ANOTHER)*. |
| 7 | CHASM – C + HAS + M. |
| 8 | PIECEMEAL – EPIC* + (LAME “gripping” [vi]E[wers]). |
| 14 | HAWKSMOOR – HAWKS + ROOM<. Nicholas Hawksmoor, architect of Christ Church Spitalfields among much else. |
| 15 | INSATIATE – 1 + ASTATINE*. |
| 17 | SEGMENT – ST “encircling” (EG MEN). |
| 19 | BUDDY – dd. |
| 21 | POLAR – PAR “around” (0 + L). |
July 10th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Thanks, Simon.
I thought it was a real pity to give such a clunky definition for THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH. Is it really so unfamiliar down south? I thought it was a great anagram but 16ac was rather odd!
July 10th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
If anything merits a clunky definition, it’s surely that…
Enjoyable puzzle, not too difficult.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I’ve just remembered that we were told last week that Phi lives in New Zealand.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Though he hails originally from not all that far from where that Angel is to be seen…
July 15th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
i was just pleased to have a crossword where i could make progress and indeed finish it. mordred, tyrus and nimrod in one week felt tough (and a bit dispiriting)
August 1st, 2009 at 10:20 am
In 8dn ‘LAME” is reversed (“turned” implausible).