Everyman No. 3434 (29th July)
Posted by The Trafites on August 5th, 2012
Lorraine: Good morning to you all,
Well what can I say, I flew through last weeks offering with ease, but this week I struggled and needed Nick’s help. Perhaps it is because I feel slightly under pressure, who knows?
Big thank you to everyman for a most enjoyable puzzle.
| Across | |||
| 1. | Black, old smuggler’s hat (6) | ||
| BOWLER | B+OWLER ‘OWLER’ is an old word for a smuggler, especially of sheep or wool |
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| 4. | Bad fire in branch (8) | ||
| OFFSHOOT | OFF+SHOOT | ||
| 10. | Fixation of old boys at meeting (9) | ||
| OBSESSION | OB+SESSION | ||
| 11. | Follow lawsuit involving hospital (5) | ||
| CHASE | CASE around H | ||
| 12. | By exit, dull submissive type (7) | ||
| DOORMAT | DOOR(exit)+MAT | ||
| 13. | Some camphor, aromatic in jar (7) | ||
| AMPHORA | hidden: cAMPHOR Aromatic | ||
| 14. | Master let coach horse about (13) | ||
| SCHOOLTEACHER | (LET COACH HORSE)* | ||
| 17. | What a photographer may use in a nudist colony? (8,5) | ||
| EXPOSURE METER | cryptic pun – HANDHELD FLASH fits this clue too! | ||
| 21. | Weapon I raise is grabbed by Field Marshal (7) | ||
| FIREARM | (I REAR) in FM | ||
| 22. | Insincere, each person in revue (7) | ||
| SHALLOW | ALL in SHOW | ||
| 24. | A minor prize (5) | ||
| AWARD | A+WARD | ||
| 25. | Suddenly, everyone agreed about Charlie (3,2,4) | ||
| ALL AT ONCE | ALL+(AT ONE around C) | ||
| 26. | A typical human being may never, sadly (8) | ||
| EVERYMAN | (MAY NEVER)* | ||
| 27. | Very dry American, one associated with a conspiracy long ago (6) | ||
| BRUTUS | BRUT(dry, as in wine)+US | ||
| Down | |||
| 1. | Introspective family close to bankruptcy (6) | ||
| BROODY | BROOD+(bankruptc)Y | ||
| 2. | Point, riding smashing horse in resort (6-5-4) | ||
| WESTON-SUPER-MARE | WEST+ON+SUPER+MARE | ||
| 3. | Racecourse record’s very good over mile (5) | ||
| EPSOM | EP+SO+M | ||
| 5. | Sweet affectionate worker (7) | ||
| FONDANT | FOND+ANT | ||
| 6. | Toady, extremely smarmy chap, not replaced (9) | ||
| SYCOPHANT | S(marm)Y+(CHAP, NOT*) | ||
| 7. | Flying separately, leader of team, not in touch with reality? (2,7,6) | ||
| ON ANOTHER PLANET | ON ANOTHER PLANE+T | ||
| 8. | A hirsute comic in reference books (8) | ||
| THESAURI | (A HIRSUTE)* | ||
| 9. | Writer outside smart empty restaurant (6) | ||
| BISTRO | BIRO around S(mar)T | ||
| 15. | Farming economy (9) | ||
| HUSBANDRY | dd | ||
| 16. | Very muscular men may make complaint coming to bar (8) | ||
| BEEFCAKE | BEEF+CAKE Bradford’s gives ‘CAKE’ under the word ‘BAR’, but I cannot seem to confirm the relationship in Chambers dictionary – perhaps maybe like a cake of soap/bar of soap? |
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| 18. | Dessert produced by graduate after dance (3,4) | ||
| RUM BABA | BA after RUMBA | ||
| 19. | 1000 cryptic clues might (6) | ||
| MUSCLE | M(1000)+(CLUES*) | ||
| 20. | Clothes found in River Severn, originally (6) | ||
| TWEEDS | TWEED+S(evern) | ||
| 23. | Player in element? Not initially (5) | ||
| ACTOR | (f)ACTOR | ||
| …………………………………….. | |||
August 5th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
I think the parsing for 1 down should be BROOD + (bankruptc)Y
August 5th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Yes thank you John my mistake.
August 5th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Thank you, Everyman and Lorraine! I only finished this puzzle Friday evening because I’ve been so busy watching the Olympics on TV this past week. Last to go in was 2 Down. Even with all the crossing letters I couldn’t get it so I resorted to looking up “resort” in Chambers Crossword Dictionary. Upon seeing the answer I realized that I should’ve been able to figure it out from the cryptic charade, but alas, I did not. I especially enjoyed 5 Down, 23 Down and 27 Across. It was also fun learning the new word “owler,” though I don’t imagine it’ll be popping up in many conversations! As for 16 Down, my mom always used to refer to a bar of soap as a cake of soap, so I’m wondering if this is more of an American usage. Wishing you all a great week and enjoy the rest of the Olympics, which the regrettable Mr. Romney notwithstanding, seem superlatively well-organized and a wonderful showcase for a wonderful way of life with a rich history (not to mention health care!) “See” you next Sunday!
August 5th, 2012 at 7:18 pm
Thanks, Lorraine.
Another fine Sunday morning puzzle from Everyman. He keeps on providing us with clear but clever clues like TWEEDS and EXPOSURE METER, so I think he’s allowed a bit of self-referential stuff at 26ac.
I took BEEFCAKE the same way as you and Donna did.
You have a tiny typo in the answer to 6dn, btw.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:11 am
Thank you K’s Dad
typo sorted.