Independent 7,153/Phi
Posted by Ali on September 18th, 2009
Apologies for the lateness and brevity. Busy day.
A fairly stiff challenge today I thought, with the NW corner proving a tough nut to crack. Excellent clueing as always from Phi.
| Across | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIRSHIP – AIRS,HIP | |
| 5 | PABULUM – B in PAUL + UM | |
| 9 | RADON – RAD,ON | |
| 10 | OCKHAMIST – C in (MATHS OK I)* | |
| 11 | GEOGRAPHY – GO rev. in (HER GAP)* + Y | |
| 12 | KUDOS – (SUDOK[-u])* | |
| 13 | TUTTI – TUT + IT rev. | |
| 15 | OFF-LIMITS – Not quite sure on the wordplay here – “Not allowed regarding house move? I’m blocking it” | |
| 18 | MORALISER – ORAL in MISER | |
| 19 | DELFT – L in DEFT | |
| 21 | COVET – CO.,VET | |
| 23 | ALPENHORN – AL[-l] + (HEN)* on PORN | |
| 25 | BARRACUDA – (CURAR[-e]) in BAD + A | |
| 26 | TAMAR – T.A.,MAR | |
| 27 | EMINENT – MINE in [-g]ENT | |
| 28 | ETHANOL – Hidden in morE THAN OLefin | |
| Down | ||
| 1 | ALRIGHT – GIRL rev. in THA[-t] rev. | |
| 2 | RADIO STAR – (I ADOR[-e] ARTS)* | |
| 3 | HONOR – H ON OR | |
| 4 | POOH-POOHS – O in HOOP + SHOP, all rev. | |
| 5 | POKEY – P(rison) O(fficers) + KEY | |
| 6 | BLACKBIRD – LACK BIRD added to B | |
| 7 | LAIRD – D(ead) on LAIR | |
| 8 | MITOSIS – M(utate) + (SO IT IS)* | |
| 14 | ILL-AT-EASE – TEASE on [-v]ILLA | |
| 16 | FIREPLACE – F(uel) I REPLACE | |
| 17 | ISLE OF MAN – (NO SEA FILM)* | |
| 18 | MACABRE – CAB in MARE | |
| 20 | TENDRIL – TEN,DRIL[-l] | |
| 22 | VERDI – Hidden in coVER DIsc | |
| 23 | ADULT – A + DUL[-l] + T(hing) | |
| 24 | NOTCH – NOT,CH | |
September 18th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Couldn’t spot Nina, but, just for a change, her Dad‘s there…
September 18th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
…Re:15ac, Ali.
I think it’s OF + FLITS including I’M (Def:Not Allowed)
September 18th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I’M in OF FLITS, I think. Excellent puzzle, really liked POOH-POOHS.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Excellent puzzle, which was doable in a reasonable amount of time without being a complete pushover. Having read the Wikipedia entry on Ockham, I was none the wiser as to why an Ockhamist should be an opponent of multiplication. But it seems to ba reference to Occam’s Razor, which is the principle that “entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily”.
September 18th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Good spot with the Nina, Ian – it took me a while to see that even after reading your post.
I wondered whether WILLY might be a kind of pottery (19ac, when it was _ _L_ _). It was a relief to see DELFT really.