Independent 7099/Phi
Posted by John on July 17th, 2009
What one always gets from Phi — sound clueing, much of it very pleasing, a few complete anagrams, and the occasional musical reference (actually only one I think, unusually few).
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 5 | A D JUST ABLE |
| 8 | theatricAL DAring — Alan Alda |
| 10 | {{punchlin}e}quip |
| 11 | BEATITUDES — beat it (due)* s |
| 12 | FEEDBACK — d{ance} e{vening} e{very} F{riday}, and (d e e F) is ‘feed’ back, very nice |
| 14 | HURDLE — hurled with d relocated |
| 15 | MAGNETIC FIELD — (deflecting aim)* |
| 17 | S(CR)EED |
| 18 | MILLIARD — (rail)rev. in mild |
| 20 | D(IS SON)ANCE |
| 22 | VEAL — e in (lav)rev. — perhaps the choice of ‘John’ as my pseudonym was less than the best, especially as there is someone else with that name who posts occasionally on the Crossword Centre Message Board |
| 23 | S(A G)O |
| 24 | ABSOLUTISM — (submit also)* |
| Down | |
| 1 | CU(S)PID |
| 2 | S(T)UB |
| 3 | DE{a}L {r}IGHTFUL |
| 4 | DA GUERRE — this chap |
| 6 | DEUS EX MACHINA — ex in (amused)* China |
| 7 | BLACK DIAMONDS — (minds bad coal {dar}k)* |
| 9 | DIE FLEDERMAUS — (surfed emailed)* |
| 13 | A BE(R)D ON IAN |
| 16 | GO({qu}EASY)ON |
| 19 | I(N V IT)E |
| 21 | {f}ELLA |
July 17th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Yes, very good puzzle, and FEEDBACK was my favourite too.