Everyman 3340
Posted by Arthur on October 10th, 2010
Once I got going this was a pretty quick and enjoyable solve, but a few film names and references that may have thrown you if you’d never heard of them before.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | MANITOBA - M +ANITA around OB |
| 5 | ACROSS - A + CROSS &lit |
| 9 | MUSED - M + USED |
| 10 | RED DUSTER- RUDDERSET* |
| 12 | SOVEREIGN - SIGN around [OVER + E] |
| 13 | TURIN - TURN around I |
| 14 | LORD GREYSTOKE- [STORY + K(nowledgeabl)E + LODGER]* |
| 18 | DRESS DESIGNER - cd |
| 20 | MOPED - dd (with non-homophonic solutions) |
| 22 | INFIRMARY – “INFER” + MARY |
| 24 | RACONTEUR – RAN around CO + TRUE* |
| 25 | ASHEN – AN around SHE |
| 26 | BANGER – B + ANGER |
| 27 | TOMMYROT - ROT(e) after TOMMY |
| Down | |
| 1 | MIMOSA – SAM* around [I + MO] |
| 2 | NASHVILLE - NASH + V + ILL + E |
| 3 | TUDOR - TROD* around U |
| 4 | BURNING DESIRE - cd ref. A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 6 | COURTESAN - TEARS* in COUN(t) |
| 7 | OTTER – (r)OTTER |
| 8 | SPRINTER – S + PRINTER |
| 11 | DANTE’S INFERNO - FRIENDSON* around ANTE |
| 15 | RESIDENCE – ISCREENED* |
| 16 | OUR FATHER – HOURAFTER* |
| 17 | ADAM’S RIB - BARMAIDS* |
| 19 | CYGNET - “SIGNET” |
| 21 | PECAN - hidden in (Ca)PE CAN(averal) |
| 23 | REALM - REAL + M |
Common crossword abbreviations this week:
married = M
old boy = OB
English = E
one = I
company = CO
bishop = B
very = V
European = E
posh = U
Southern = S
miles = M
October 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Thanks for the blog, Arthur, though it doesn’t look as though it was necessary this week
A doable and entertaining Everyman, as always.
October 10th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Thank you for your blog. I’m still confused about 1 Down mimosa.
SAM* around [MO + S]. Shouldn’t this be SAM* around [I + MO]? Where does the MO come from?
Best wishes
October 10th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
You are right Susie, it is SAM* around [I + MO]. The MO is a second as in ‘just a mo’.
October 11th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Thanks Susie and Davy – you are both of course right. That will teach me to leave it until midnight to write this up having solved the puzzle a week before! It is an anagramof SAM around I (one) and MO (second – for the reason that Davy explains above). I have updated this in the blog now.