Azed 2007
Posted by ilancaron on November 21st, 2010
I note that I totally skipped Azed 2000 — I should probably take a look at it (I’ve been slightly busy). This one was done over a few days while waiting for long builds.
Across
| 1 | PETTY BAG – couldn’t find this in Chambers 2003. But wiktionary is happy: “a former department of the Court of Chancery…” |
| 7 | AMIS[s] – aka amice by our friend Spenser, a cloak. |
| 10 | WOOLLY,BUTT – yes it’s a kind of eucaplytus |
| 11 | WRIT,HE |
| 12 | THYRSI – shirty*. Yes they are brandished by maenads, who are followers of Bacchus. Latter-day ladettes? |
| 14 | KONK – rev(kno[c]k) – US spelling of conk which is bad for trees. |
| 17 | OMNIRANGE – (airmen go, n)* |
| 18 | O(VERB)Y – a v. Scots clue: OVERBY is Scots “step too far” and OY is a Scots grandchild thus bairn. |
| 19 | REP,EAT – EAT is the IVR for Tanzania. |
| 20 | PERM,IT – What am I going to say about this clue? Groan. |
| 23 | ASS,ORT – rot* |
| 25 | STEGNOTIC – (gins etc to)*, stegnosis is in Chambers = constipation |
| 27 | PRO,A – a Malay boat with an outrigger on one side. broad=PRO in the oldest occupation in the world sense. |
| 29 | C(E)RUSE – CRUSE is a pot and CERUSE is a pigment so it holds together magically. |
| 30 | MEDI,US – dime*. Your middle finger |
| 31 | LEI,SHMAN(I)A – I in shaman*. And it’s a protozoan. |
| 32 | EM,MA – not sure about this — looks like EMMA as in the Austen novel (is it fodder for textual critics?) – and it’s how MA, the higher degree, is pronounced — but I wonder if there’s something else going on? Indeed there is as the comments below indicate: it’s EG,MA (bowdlerized engima) |
| 33 | GENTILES – (other) nations. (the English – hh)* - |
Down
| 1 | PAW,K – Scots trick | |
| 2 | EPROUVETTE – (to vet puree)* – it’s a device for testing the strength of gunpowder and saucisse is a fuse (though you’d think it’d be something to eat. Oh well). | |
| 3 | TWIN(G)E | |
| 4 | YOHIMBINE – (I’m, b, in honey)* it’s a bark extract and bee=b | |
| 5 | B,LENNY – it’s a fish. But I’m at a lost as to why LENNY is “carried by Henry”. Brit pop culture? Brit history? Yep — Brit pop culture. Ref. Lenny Henry. Thanks! | |
| 6 | A,L(T)AIR – a star in the constellation Aquila=Eagle | |
| 7 | A,BYE – archaic (“as before”) endure and a BYE as in the result of a wicketkeeper’s fumble. | |
| 8 | M,URINE – ah, toilet humour — wee=URINE. And MURINE is a Scots mouse. | |
| 9 | S(TIL)ET,TO – rev(lit) in SET TO and a poniard is a sharp dagger. | |
| 13 | SUGARHO(US)E – US = unserviceable in (a hog sure)* | |
| 15 | P,RESI(DEN)T | |
| 16 | POP,SICLE – slice* and it’s a US lollipop. | |
| 21 | RET,RIM – RET is standard crosswordese for soak. | |
| 22 | TO,NEM,E – rev(men) and I suppose Chinese is well-known for being dependent on intonation. | |
| 23 | A(TA)MAN – MAN=soldier, TA= Territorial Army (more soldiers – this time, volunteeers) and ATAMAN is Cossack headman. | |
| 24 | OORIAL – headman. A skinny Himalayan type of sheep. | |
| 26 | M,USA – “land of the free”?? hmm… “land of the full body scans” more like it. Anyway, MUSA are bananas which come in “hands”. | |
| 29 | AS(K)S |
November 21st, 2010 at 3:22 am
Thanks for the blog Ilancaron. I had EGMA at 32A – what do you think? Had entered PARTIT instead of PERMIT at 20A until 2D fell into place. Assume K,USA at 26D is a typo?
Cheers…
November 21st, 2010 at 4:03 am
I assume 5dn is referring to Lenny Henry.
I think 32ac is supposed to be EGMA.
November 21st, 2010 at 9:54 am
32ac is definitely “egma”. Incidentally it is misfiled in Chambers 2003 before “EGM”, first time I’ve come across that.
November 21st, 2010 at 11:10 am
And”Petty bag” is in my Chambers 2003 on p.1125.
November 23rd, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for the corrections and clarifications: especially EGMA. I felt something was fishy. Also, surprised that I didn’t find PETTY BAG in C. Oh well… must buy finer-toothed comb.
November 25th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
… and the MUSA typo…