Monday Prize Crossword number 14,039 by Crux
I found this considerably trickier than my previous Crux for some reason. My last FT blog for now as Sil has now returned and I now return to the subs bench. Well this month has been my first foray into FT monday crosswords, I don’t know if it is deliberate but the multitude of DD and weakish CD type clues really don’t suit me and I spent ages thinking there must be more to this. Anyway I’ll be back I’m sure.
Across:
| 1 | WALLCHART | LARCH* in WALT (Disney), World may be displayed here |
| 6 | DOGMA | Afghan DOG + M.A. |
| 9 | ROMAN | No church in ROMAN(ce) |
| 10 | REEXAMINE | EXAM in REINE should this be hyphenated, most dictionaries said yes but not all |
| 11 | SUPPERTIME | P in SUPER TIME |
| 12. 14 | UGLY SISTERS | Not very CD for characters in 3 (Cinderella) |
| 15 | LEGIBLE | BIG rev in 2 * LE |
| 17 | NESTLED | L(i)STENED* |
| 19 | TWOSOME | TWOS ‘OME dropping the H cockney style |
| 20 | SPIN | NIPS rev |
| 22 | ESKIMO ROLL | Cryptic Definition |
| 25 | EASY TERMS | C Double D |
| 26 | IRISH | IRIS (flag) + (englis)H |
| 27 | TREAD | Hidden in theaTRE A Doddle |
| 28 | SPECTATOR | Double definition |
| Down: | ||
| 1 | WARTS | STRAW (poll) rev see 12, 14 |
| 2 | LAMPPOSTS | CD Setter=dog |
| 3 | CINDERELLA | [RECALLED IN]* |
| 4 | AERATES | A + E(ntertainer) + RATES |
| 5 | THERMAL | THE + Right + MAL(e) |
| 6 | DRAM | DRAM(a) |
| 7 | GOING | GO IN + G(ates) |
| 8 | ACETYLENE | [YET CLEAN E(nergy)]* |
| 13 | AGRONOMIST | [A GROOM ISNT]* |
| 16 | BIOLOGIST | CD |
| 18 | DESERTS | DD |
| 19 | TRIESTE | TRIES + TE(quila) |
| 21 | ISSUE | DD |
| 23 | LEHAR | H in (king) LEAR |
| 24 | STUD | DD |
flashling
Re your comment at 10a. I would expect ‘re-examine’ to be hyphenated. When the letter after re- is again an ‘e’, the hyphen becomes necessary, in my opinion. I don’t go with the thinking that giving the enu as (2-7) would be a dead giveaway.
I couldn’t get
4d,6d
23d Didn’t know the composer
26a I was not aware that an iris is a flag -part of the eye or flower but not a flag.
For 20a while I got it right I still don’t see why nips =steals.
I stole a loaf of bread but I didn’t nip it.
Hi Bamberger nip means steal according to my dictionary but it’s not an everyday usage for me, A flag is just a type of the flower Iris, just one of those to remember.
14d missing from the blog: SON G(SHE)ET
Oops indeed sorry I seem to have missed that in the write up, that’s the way I got it – thanks.