Independent 7203 by Glow-worm
Posted by NealH on November 23rd, 2009
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Intellectual: Tell in (clue at n I)*. |
| 9 | Gyp: Hidden in “dodgy patella”. |
| 10 | Crenellate: Nell in Create. |
| 11 | Strand: Don’t really see what’s cryptic about this one. It looks like a direct definition, but I’m obviously missing some subtlety. |
| 12 | Tarrying: Tarring (= putting surface on) around [da]y. |
| 13 | Floorcloth: F loth around loo RC. |
| 15 | Heap: Initial letters of “Himalayas experiencing abnormal pressure”. |
| 16 | Envy: Odd letters of Edna + v + [pon]y. |
| 17 | Fuddy Duddy: F + [b]uddy [b]uddy around d. |
| 18 | In camera: American*. |
| 20 | Uneven: Hidden in “rerun event”. |
| 21 | Escarpment: Carp in (men set)*. | 22 | Oar: [b]oar[d]. |
| 23 | Satisfactory: SAT is f + actor + Y[eovil]. | Down |
| 2 | Night Blindness: (in l[a]bs things end)*. |
| 3 | Expiatory: Ex + PIA + tory. |
| 4 | Lucid: Rather unconvincing hom of “loose it”. |
| 5 | Chests of drawers: CD. |
| 6 | Unearthly: Une + art + H[en]l[e]y. |
| 7 | Lolly: Lo[CA]lly. |
| 8 | Standard Bearer: Didn’t entirely follow this – “Sinatra among singers – and one of his discs”. I suppose Sintra might be a standard bearer among singers and I can only assume that this must be a song or album of his, but not familiar with it. |
| 14 | Coffee pot: Hom of “cough” + EE + pot. |
| 15 | Housecoat: (UE + cahoots)*. |
| 19 | Amass: A + Mass. |
| 20 | Ultra: art[f]ul*. |
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:02 am
4d Homonym of loose + id = primitive energies, I think.
Sinatra’s songs can be regarded as ‘standards’, do a disc of them could be a standard bearer.
coastline or coast + line, sort of three definitions.
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:22 am
If 4d worked that way (loose) then it should be rein and not reign, surely? Or are we missing something?
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 am
I think 4dn must be a typo – the phrase should surely be ‘give rein to’, which would make the homonym work OK.
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I think 4d is a typo and should read ‘rein’. But ‘primitive energies’ refers to the id I think, so not a play on ‘lose it’ but ‘loose….id’
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Homer nodded. 4 Down should have said ‘rein’ – this was a replacement clue supplied by the setter and obviously I didn’t check it properly. Mea culpa.
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Unlike you, eimi.
Mind elsewhere?
Got something to celebrate?…
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
I woke up this morning and wasn’t sure whether I’d dreamed the football, but no, I can’t claim that it had any effect on my failing to spot the mistake, which would have happened last week. The online version is now corrected.
November 23rd, 2009 at 4:56 pm
The clue to ENVY had a relatively cunning subsidiary indication but a giveaway definition. Since ENVY is one of the ten deadly sins, using ‘sin’ as a definition would have been a more subtle idea. I did this one while waiting for my wife at the hospital (nothing serious). Romped thorugh without understanding a lot of it, but that’s often the way and it stops me remembering other setters’ clues and copying them!