Independent 7151 by Dac
Posted by nmsindy on September 16th, 2009
Dac’s weekly crossword always looked forward to as a delight. This I found quite easy, solving time 16 mins.
* = anagram < = reversed
ACROSS
1 GI(GOT)S
4 MI XER TA P (extra)*
9 TONG UE EU<
10 S T RANGE R
12 ADVENT URE (alternate letters in curries)
13 DYLAN Thomas (poet) and Bob Dylan (singer)
14 DI’S TURBAN CE A rare post-1997 crossword outing for the Princess
18 P (A RISHI ONE) R (Irish)*
21 (g)RUNTS
23 NAN OMETRE (remote)*
24 ILL I NOIS(e)
25 A T WILL
26 G (ANGST) ER
27 BREE ZanY
DOWN
1 G (A TEA) U(y)
2 GE NEV A (Ven eg)<
3 TOUR NED OS
5 IN THE RUNNING double definition
6 chasE LAND
7 TAG ALO(N)G Lucky I’d met Tagalog (= Filipino) before in a puzzle. Definition: to join rest of group
8 PYRE NEES Seen<
11 QUESTION TIME (Ministe quote)* The q made this easy, solved on first run thro
15 BAR (O ME) TER barter = exchange
16 SPAR KING A chain of supermarkets.
17 F RANKLIN’ From Canterbury Tales, quite a few themed puzzles have been based on that.
19 STRIVE (rivets)*
20 RE (ALl)LY Amusing, topical, surface.
21 SI NUS (Sun is)<
September 16th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Lovely, impeccable clueing as always.
(The Indy is clearly way ahead of the Guardian in quality at the moment, I think.
Thanks, Eimi).
September 16th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
That’s very nice of you to say so, Ian. And I agree about the quality of Dac’s clueing.
September 16th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Agreed on all counts. The Indy is now my first port of call every day as I’m almost scared I’ll miss out on something good if I don’t!
Brilliant stuff once again from Dac.
September 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Thanks, Ali. For those who enjoy the Indy crossword online and would like to interact with some newsprint for a few weeks at minimal cost, they’re running a £1 a week trial offer at the moment:
https://www.bookshoppartnership.co.uk/poundaweek/
September 16th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Though I was intrigued to see that the 7 days a week (Monday to Sunday) option will not include The Independent on Sunday.
After much deliberation, I think I’ve worked it out…