Independent on Sunday 1111 by Glow-worm
Posted by flashling on June 5th, 2011
Number 1111 but no obvious link I could see.
Across
| 1 | LABOUR OF LOVE | Labour (party) of (about) Love (nothing) |
| 10 | UNDATED | Wallflowers don’t go on dates |
| 11 | NIGERIA | [A(bo)rigine]* less the hide (B+O) of buffalo |
| 12 | TAROT | Hidden reversed in tomato ratatouille |
| 13 | HYMN BOOK | Not a HER book we hear… |
| 14 | NON-FICTION | [info on tin + C(arbon)]* |
| 16 | VEIN | Alternate letters in TV SET ISNT |
| 18 | TUBA | ABUT reversed |
| 20 | LEADERSHIP | First violin’s = LEADER’S + HIP |
| 22 | OUTFLOWS | [W(ife) TOO FLU]* + S(oon) |
| 24 | OLDEN | G (middle of age) from GOLDEN |
| 26 | ADMIRER | AD + MIRE + R(uth) |
| 27 | MORELLO | MORE + 2 x L(ine) + O(thello) |
| 28 | STANDING ROOM | Stand-in Groom |
| Down | ||
| 2 | ANDIRON | [RAID ON N(ew)]* |
| 3 | OUTSTRIP | OUTS + TRIP |
| 4 | RADA | RADA(r) |
| 5 | FANCY GOODS | CAN* + Y(ellow) G(rass) in FOODS |
| 6 | ORGAN | Hidden reversed in angiNA GROuses |
| 7 | EARLOBE | EARL + O.B.E. |
| 8 | MULTINATIONAL | [Million taunt(s)]* |
| 9 | RACK AND PINION | CD |
| 14 | OTHER WORLD | THE R(ector) in (old row)* |
| 17 | ARMOURER | I think, not sure about this. ARMOUR + E.R. |
| 19 | BETIMES | B(ird) + SEMITE rev |
| 21 | HIDALGO | No YIN in (holidaying}* |
| 23 | LORCA | No S and H in (scholar)* |
| 25 | AMEN | A.M. + EN(space = dash/hyphen) |
June 5th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
I’ve managed to type this without looking at the blog (just!)
For over 24 hours now I’ve been unable to access the Indy’s online Puzzles page, so I am keeping everything crossed that the gremlin is soon fixed.
In the meanwhile, I’m developing a serious case of Cold Turkey …
June 5th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Thanks flashling
I parsed 17dn as ARM (supply) OUR ER (Britain’s monarch) with ‘body protector’ as the definition since I don’t see that ‘supply’ can be equated with ‘armourer’.
June 5th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Thanks for the blog, flashling and thanks, Glow-worm, for what I thought was quite a tricky puzzle. I (eventually) saw ARMOURER as Gaufrid does at #2, it was my last answer. Esp liked the removal of YIN in HIDALGO, AMEN took me a long time to see too. Maybe it’s a question of terminology but I saw RACK AND PINION a just a little more than a CD with RACK and PINION defined in the wordplay part.
June 5th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
@superkiwigirl
I’m having the same problem. And the same pangs of withdrawal.
June 5th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
@Gaufrid & NMS I was/still am stumped by this. I saw it as the supplier being the armourer.
@SKG and Dorothy, the indy’s crossword site has refused to load for me for the last few months so can’t comment, have to do dead tree….
June 5th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Thanks flashling and Glowworm.
Re ARMOURER, I guess one could stretch it to mean that someone who provides the protection for your body could be considered a body protector.
Hi superkiwigirl@1 and DorothyS@4, I’ve had the same problem and had to resort to the Crossword Solver route to retrieve yesterday’s and today’s puzzles.
June 6th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Hi flashling, scchua, and DorothyS,
I’m delighted to say that “that which was lost has now been found”.
This was a really worrying situation for me, as living where I do (in deepest darkest France) I can’t even buy the Indy most days. Maybe I should consider relocating to the UK?