Independent on Sunday 1103 / Crosophile
Posted by Gaufrid on April 10th, 2011
I don’t know what’s happened to the scheduled blogger today but as he hasn’t turned up here is a quick analysis of the clues. As I solved this puzzle a week ago I don’t remember too much about it but the note on the top of my copy says “very easy”.
| Across | ||
| 1 | CATCH UP | double def. |
| 5 | GLASSES | G (good) LASSES (girls) |
| 9 | PRESIDENT | P (parking) RESIDENT (living in) |
| 10 | MEANS | E[nough] in MAN’S (man is) |
| 11 | COMPETITION | if PETIT (little French) I (one) is replaced by M (mass) you get COMMON (usual) |
| 13 | RYE | homophone of ‘wry’ (cross-grained) – Chambers defines both cross-grained and wry as “perverse” |
| 14 | TOIL | TOIL[e] (cheap material cut) |
| 16 | WITCHCRAFT | RAF (flying force) in W (women) C[a]T[s] around ITCH (burn) |
| 18 | CONSTRAINT | CONS (studies) RAIN (wet weather) in TT (dry) |
| 19 | VEND | V (very) END (last bit) |
| 22 | AIR | [p]AIR (twins shifting piano) |
| 23 | ICEBREAKERS | *(BEERIER CASK) |
| 25 | NIMBI | homophone of ‘nimby’ (not where I live, say) – Not In My Back Yard |
| 26 | SHIPSHAPE | SHIP SHAPE (resembling a cutter) |
| 27 | LASAGNE | SAG (dip) in LANE (course) |
| 28 | YIELDED | *([w]ILD-EYED) |
| Down | ||
| 1 | COPYCAT | P (soft) YC (Young Conservatives) in COAT (Burberry) |
| 2 | THERM | R (take) in THEM (those ones) – I was under the impression that convention dictates that the definition should be at the start or the end of the clue which is not the case here. Padding has been added before the definition to create the surface. |
| 3 | HEIFER | HE (this man) IF (providing) ER (emergency room) |
| 4 | PRECIPITATE | double def. |
| 5 | GUT | TUG (pull) reversed |
| 6 | ALMANACS | CAN (may) A (are) reversed in ALMS (charitable donations) |
| 7 | STAIRCASE | AIR in *(ECSTAS[y]) |
| 8 | SUSPECT | US (America) reversed SP (odds) ECT (shocking treatment) |
| 12 | INCONGRUITY | IN CO (company) *(TINY RUG) |
| 15 | IGNORAMUS | hidden in ‘bIG NOR AMUSing’ |
| 17 | STRIKING | double def. |
| 18 | CHANNEL | ANNE (a female) in CH (children) L (left) |
| 20 | DISTEND | *(I SENT) in DD (diamonds) |
| 21 | HASSLE | HAS (owns) SLE[d] (traditional snow-mobile that’s endless) |
| 24 | ELAND | ELAN (dash) [fiel]D |
| 26 | SUE | double def. |
April 10th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
apologies to all my internet connection has died.. Thanks to gaufrid for the cover. I knew i should have posted it earlier. Sent I hope from my phone so bear with me for any errors. Should be ok for wednesday.