AZED No. 2,046 Plain
Posted by The Trafites on August 21st, 2011
Nick: Typical AZED this week, which I rate 6/10 on the ‘Azedian’ hardness scale.
Luckily no PD clues for me to fail on 
I have two queries; Why the MCG in 1dn, and what does the surface reading mean in 35ac?
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| 2. | Tatty condition, see, in coats reversed with endless skill (11) | ||
| SCRUFFINESS | (C[see] in (FURS<))+FINESS(e) | ||
| 10. | Go quickly round hospital adjoining university square (5) | ||
| UNHIP | (NIP around H) after U | ||
| 11. | Nameless person just after coming into some money (6) | ||
| ANONYM | (ON in ANY)+M | ||
| 13. | Those who bewail a sermon that’s rambling (7) | ||
| MOANERS | (A SERMON)* | ||
| 14. | Crack hookah, maybe, producing unpleasant smell, no good (4) | ||
| BONG | BO+NG | ||
| 15. | Bird, a second one’s flipped about (7) | ||
| TINAMOU | MO[a second] in (UNIT<) | ||
| 16. | Roux’s a bit scatty – pureed bananas indeed! (6) | ||
| EPERDU | (PUREED)* French word meaning ‘distracted’, hence the ref. to ‘Roux’ |
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| 18. | E.g. old scoffs like this may be boiled eggs, mashed (5) | ||
| GIBES | composite anagram; BOILED EGGS minus E.G. OLD = (BIEGS)* | ||
| 20. | Gossips in casual footwear (8) | ||
| SNEAKERS | cdd not really sure Chambers confims a ‘sneaker’ is a ‘gossip’ |
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| 22. | Greyish clothes turned soak down-at-heel (8) | ||
| SLATTERY | SLATY around (RET<) clever use of the word ‘clothes’ to mean ‘going around’ |
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| 25. | Sort of barbie party held by Jonathan and Gill together (5) | ||
| HANGI | hidden: jonatHAN GIll | ||
| 27. | Ericaceous shrub completely surrounded by surface layer of rock (6) | ||
| SALLAL | ALL in SAL(see ‘sial’) | ||
| 29. | Heads away from unpretentious knees-up supplying most of one’s needs? (7) | ||
| ONESTOP | (h)ONEST (h)OP | ||
| 31. | Allowance half cut – change in Riga (4) | ||
| LATI | LATI(tude)(see under ‘LAT²’) | ||
| 32. | How early church council’s described last of wine in Cana after transformation (7) | ||
| NICAEAN | ((win)E IN CANA)* | ||
| 33. | Long walk or run breaking records (6) | ||
| TRAPES | R in TAPES; alt. sp. to ‘traipse’ | ||
| 34. | Breather before start of extra horse training (5) | ||
| LUNGE | LUNG+E | ||
| 35. | Extract from Meyerbeer in Acacia Whirligig? (11, 2 words) | ||
| WATER BEETLE | (mey)ERBEE(r) in WATTLE;’whirligig’ being the definition not sure what the surface reading of this clue means? |
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| Down | |||
| 1. | Tail-end – boshter bowling – duck bagged: does it signal suspension of play at the MCG? (11) | ||
| BUMBERSHOOT | BUM+(O in BOSHTER*) not sure why Melborne Cricket Ground here, as ‘bumbershoot’ is US slang for an umbrella? |
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| 2. | One who’s this takes in new pair of spectacles? (6) | ||
| SNOOPY | N+OO[specs] in SPY; self referential type clue | ||
| 3. | Potato disease seen in some ignoring rotation (7, 2 words) | ||
| RING ROT | hidden: ingnoRING ROTation unusal as the hidden parts are complete words without a split |
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| 4. | United, formerly restricted, change dramatically (5) | ||
| UPEND | U+PEND | ||
| 5. | Air in e.g. Capri the old enjoyed through good luck (8) | ||
| FORTUNED | TUNE in FORD(capri!) | ||
| 6. | Tasty little fish fit, seasonal – number placed in oven (6) | ||
| INANGA | (IN[fit]+(N in AGA[oven]) | ||
| 7. | It suddenly brightens late period of year, start of autumn (4) | ||
| NOVA | NOV+A | ||
| 8. | Nurse Brown indicating colour code? (7, 2 words) | ||
| E NUMBER | EN+UMBER; Enrolled Nurse | ||
| 9. | Young product of sets, boys bursting with energy? (5) | ||
| SYBOE | (BOYS*)+E; set=bulb/tuber=onion | ||
| 12. | Love in confusion overturned very old claret glasses (11) | ||
| MOUSSELINES | (O in MUSS)+(SENILE<) | ||
| 17. | Weep, being blue about inscription on grave turning up (8) | ||
| PERSPIRE | PERSE around (R.I.P.<) | ||
| 19. | Wild cateran causes damage in plantation (7, 2 words) | ||
| CANE RAT | (CATERAN*) this clue shouts ‘anagram’ |
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| 21. | Ceremonial robe and headdress one put on as in Roman times (7) | ||
| KELLAUT | KELL+A+UT(Latin(Roman times) ‘as’) | ||
| 23. | Row of guns protecting fort brought up for capital cover commonly (6) | ||
| TITFER | (FT<) in TIER | ||
| 24. | Fodder, a remnant filling steeds’ middle (6) | ||
| EATAGE | (A TAG) in (st)EE(ds) | ||
| 26. | Drivers holding race up in paddocks (according to J. Stewart)? (5) | ||
| ANURA | (RUN<) in AA ‘paddock/puddock’ – Scottish word for frog/toad. hence ref. to Jackie Stewart |
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| 28. | Joint no longer in use, complete but with parts switched (5) | ||
| ANCLE | CLEAN with the ‘AN’ moved to the front I had ‘ancon’ pencilled in here for a while… |
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| 30. | Bleeding taxi’s omitted to turn up – slit in tyre (4) | ||
| SIPE | EPIS(taxis)< | ||
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August 21st, 2011 at 7:30 am
Thanks for that TT.
Can’t help with MCG, but Azed possibly assumed it was Oz (unless it is in the latest C).
ANONYM doesn’t work as you have it, I think it’s ON, just after, in ANY, some, Money.
August 21st, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Thanks, Nick.
I assumed AZED used MCG because ‘boshter’ is an Australian word (or so Chambers tells me).
I had dificulty confirming INANGA – is it in the new edition of Chambers?
I parsed ANONYM in the same manner as you.
August 21st, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Thanks Azed and Nick.
Jan @2: Chambers (2008, p.768) gives inanga = a small silvery Australasian fish whose young are caught as whitebait.
For 11ac (ANONYM) I agree with sidey @1. M = money has the authority of Chambers (2008, p.914).
August 21st, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Yes, 11ac. Reading my notes, I had ‘anonmy’ written down, so parsed the clue wrongly in the blog
. I have corrected the above, as the solution I had there was utter nonsense.
Nick
August 22nd, 2011 at 9:03 am
Re 1d, I too am puzzled by the reference to the MCG and also to suspension of play. I have been living in Australia for 35 years and have never heard the word “boshter” used in conversation or seen it in writing. In fact, I had to look it up to see what it meant. Perhaps someone can enlighten us.
August 24th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Maybe MCG could have as well been Lords or The Oval, i.e. where play might normally be suspended when the ‘bumbershoots’ go up…?