Cyclops 440: Self-referential
Posted by jetdoc on April 11th, 2011
I thought this was a pretty straightforward Cyclops — solved in one easy session (not meaning to sound smug, of course). Clues that made me smile included 13a and 23a.
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| 1 | CYCLOPS | City emptied by Conservative cuts gets me C[it]Y; C = Conservative; LOPS = cuts |
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| 5 | SIX-PACK | Dicky swallows unknown quantity every year (evidence of well-developed male) SICK = dicky; X + unknown quantity; PA = every year (per annum) |
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| 10 | CENSORSHIP | Cutting procedure develops his penis — cor, I should go! *(h[i]s penis cor); ‘cutting procedure’ is the definition. |
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| 11 | NICK | Can Clegg … Double definition — ‘nick’ and ’can’ are both words for prison or custody cell; Nick Clegg. |
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| 12 | EDISON | … an inventive sort, move ‘onside’? *(onside) |
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| 13 | BAWLS OUT | Report of bollocks on display is very critical Sounds like “Balls out” |
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| 14 | SNOB | Superior type of prick, having opening replaced [k]NOB = prick; K replaced by S. Definition: superior type |
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| 16 | ROGERING | Shagging ‘goer’ stupid is welcomed by band *(goer); in RING = band |
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| 18 | FREELOAD | Leader of nuts, so wine and dine at others’ expense *(Leader of) |
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| 21 | YANK | American shaggy creature penetrated by penis, centrally YAK = shaggy creature; N = |
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| 23 | APRES SKI | Fancy a pisser hosting Kelvin’s Klosters entertainment? *(a pisser K). Klosters. Great anagram |
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| 24 | NO GOOD | Pisspoor Bob eats crud NOD = bob (move up and down); GOO = crud |
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| 26/25 | LORD GNOME | His organ is handled by many — God! A very small one! I sort of assumed the word play goes: LORD = God; GNOME = a very small [mythical sprite]. But I think I may have missed something more subtle. Lord Gnome’s organ is Private Eye itself. |
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| 27 | ON THE ROCKS | In difficulties? Not he, twirling balls *(not he); ROCKS = testicles (vulgar according to Chambers |
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| 28 | WEAR OFF | Become less intense when wife takes organ away W = wife; EAR = organ; OFF = away |
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| 29 | ENTENTE | Government enterprise stifles political understanding Hidden in ‘Government enterprise’ |
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| 2 | YIELDING | Bending end of fanny injured Di in leg *(Y Di in leg), where Y = end of fanny |
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| 3 | LISPS | Says “thin” not “sin”? Lost – then piss off! L = lost (presumably; can’t find it in Chambers; *(piss) |
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| 4 | PARTNER | Live-in lover? Boring idiot endlessly after a bit! PART = a bit; NER[d] = Boring idiot endlessly |
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| 6 | IN POWER | Prone to tangle with WI, Cameron would prefer to be completely so *(prone WI). Let’s just be grateful that Cameron isn’t completely so — things could be even worse! |
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| 7 | PENIS ENVY | Dick secretly in demand by women who have this? Why ‘secretly’? I suppose it’s not something you’d admit to. Personally, I have greenhouse envy. |
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| 8 | COCK-UP | Boner gets Willy out of bed According to Chambers, ‘boner’ can mean ‘a howler, a blunder’. |
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| 9 | THE BIG SOCIETY | Cameron’s ‘baby’ article on large group dismissed by Thatcher THE = article; BIG SOCIETY = large group. Aargh! |
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| 15 | BARTENDER | Pissed Brenda takes right honourable’s rear for a source of booze *(Brenda); RT = right; E = honourable’s rear |
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| 17 | IN POCKET | So, not at a loss as to where to put your balls, when at table? Double definition — when playing snooker, pool or billiards, you would aim to put the balls in the pockets. |
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| 19 | EASE OFF | Drug unavailable, reportedly, so relax Sounds like “E’s off” |
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| 20 | DUNGEON | Prison shit takes a long time DUNG = shit; EON = a long time |
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| 22 | OPPOSE | Function like Labour MPs in Westminster, mate, with sex curtailed OPPO = mate; SE[x] |
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They’re making a film about the life of the late Edward Stobart. It should be good, if the trailer’s anything to go by.
April 15th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Thanks for the blog, jetdoc. And of course thanks to cyclops for a nicely scatological solve, as usual. Yes I can’t parse 26, either.
Minor typo: 15d end of honorable is e, not t.
Does Norbert dentressangle (sp?) feature at all in the film? I’ve lived abroad for so long, I don’t know who’s who in uk lorry driving…and is he called “nobby” by his friends, so instantly becoming a ref for Cyclops?
April 17th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Thanks jetdoc.
3d – L = lost probably refers to football league tables:
W = no. of matches won, D = drawn & L = lost.
7d – I just took “secretly in demand” as a sort of definition for “envy”, although the grammar would be a bit dodgy.
April 17th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Thanks for pointing out the typo, Dreadnought. And I have always found the name Norbert Dentressangle fascinating.
Yes, Malc95, I also sort-of assumed L = ‘lost’. But Chambers doesn’t give it.
April 17th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Hi jetdoc
Nor does Collins but L=lost is in COED.