Independent on Sunday 1119 by Glow-worm
Posted by flashling on July 31st, 2011
Sunday afternoon means a pint (or two!) and the IOS crossword. So here’s Glow-worm from last week. Can anyone help with the wordplay for 14a ? thanks Sil
I see we have a treat for this week with Anax taking his bow in the IOS…
Across:
| 1 | SUMMERTIME | MUMS* + MITRE rev + (win)E |
| 6 | ITCH | (a)ITCH |
| 10 | INDIA | Hidden kremlIN DIAlogue |
| 11 | GERMANIUM | MARINE* in GUM |
| 12 | LOCK OUT | LOCK (rugby forward) + OUT (comatose) |
| 13 | LE HAVRE | LE(mon) + R(um) in HAVE |
| 14 | PORGY AND BESS | Wordplay has me beat here, sorry. Shiver spread by song in folk opera (5,3,4) |
| 18 | REINVIGORATE | REIN + V (playing) + IGOR (Stravinsky) + AT + (jun)E |
| 21 | RESIDES | RE (about) + SIDES (banks) |
| 22 | ACCEPTS | (CE + P) in ACTS |
| 24 | SERENGETI | [GREENEST]* + I(mpala) |
| 25 | ARROW | (b)ARROW |
| 26 | TUTU | Desmond, TrUsTfUl |
| 27 | STONEMASON | ONE + MA + SON after ST |
| Down: | ||
| 1 | SKI SLOPE | KIS(s) in S(pecial) LOPE |
| 2 | MEDICARE | [I(institute) + CREAMED]* |
| 3 | ERATO | Hidden in shERATOn |
| 4 | TIGHTEN ONES BELT | Hom of TITAN + 1’s BELT (hit) |
| 5 | MORAL OBLIGATION | [TO A BLOOMING LIAR]* |
| 7 | THIEVE | THI(ngs) + EVE |
| 8 | HAMLET | A small (bad) actor… |
| 9 | MACHISMO | MAC + HIS + MO |
| 15 | YIELDING | Fielding with Y(en) for F(emale) |
| 16 | RAMPARTS | RAM + PARTS |
| 17 | GERSHWIN | No O in H(o)W in SINGER* (see14) |
| 19 | PROSIT | PRO (for) + SIT for stand, (how does this sit – how does this stand) |
| 20 | ESPRIT | Alternate letters in mEsS uP aRtIsTs |
| 23 | CLAIM | I(ndependent) in CLAM |
July 31st, 2011 at 11:49 am
Hi flashling,
PORGY AND BESS is just a simple anagram of ‘spread by song’ ……
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July 31st, 2011 at 11:51 am
So it is, thanks Sil, brain dead today, I knew I should have written this up last week
July 31st, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Thanks, flashling.
It took me some moments to figure out the wordplay for 14a as well, although it was obvious once I saw it. It’s amazing how puzzling simple anagrams can be.
I hadn’t seen the wordplay in 8d before. I thought that was excellent.
All in all an easy puzzle. Thanks, Glow-worm, for the entertainment.
July 31st, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Thanks, Glow-worm and flashling. Yes, I enjoyed this too and found it fairly easy by Indy standards. My favourite clues were 8d as mentioned by caretman and 16d with its very amusing surface reading.