Independent on Sunday 1,180/Poins
Posted by Ali on October 7th, 2012
Not sure I’ve had the pleasure of blogging a Poins before, but this was good stuff. I managed this in one sitting and there was nothing too tough, but also nothing to query or complain about, which is how it should be!
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SCRIBE – S(econd) + RIB in C(of)E |
| 4 | APPARENT – RAP rev. in P.E, all in ANT |
| 9 | PIG OUT – G.I rev. in POUT |
| 10 | FIREWALL – FIRE (passion) + WALL (defenders) |
| 12 | RESERVED – RESERVE (book) + D (Germany) |
| 13 | PARSON – PAR + No.s rev. |
| 15 | TIER – IT rev. + E.R |
| 16 | TROUBLE – T (model+ + ROUBLE |
| 20 | CONTENT – Double def. |
| 21 | ONCE – C(lubs) in ONE |
| 25 | HITHER – HIT + HER |
| 26 | DECADENT – A D(utch) in DECENT |
| 28 | ACADEMIC – (ACC[-l[ibellous]AIMED)* |
| 29 | VIENNA – ANNE + IV rev. |
| 30 | HEADLOCK – Spoonerism of “LEAD HOCK” |
| 31 | TELL ON – TELL (order) + ON (in advance) |
| Down | |
| 1 | SEPARATE – PARA + T(ime) in SEE |
| 2 | REGISTER – (REGRET IS)* |
| 3 | BLURRY – BLU[-e] + R in RY (lines) |
| 5 | PAID – Hidden reversal in meDIA People |
| 6 | AMENABLE – MEN in [-c(aught)]ABLE |
| 7 | ELAPSE – (PLEASE)* |
| 8 | TALENT – TALE + N(ew) + [-abou]T |
| 11 | SECRETE – [-an]SE[-lm] in CRETE |
| 14 | TURNKEY – TURN KEY! |
| 17 | FORETELL – [-septembe]R in (TOLL FEE)* |
| 18 | INFERNAL – REF rev. in INN + [-tr]AL[-ee] |
| 19 | RESTRAIN – (TEARS)* + R(ex) + IN (at home) |
| 22 | THRASH – H(aiti) in TRASH |
| 23 | STRATA – S(pades) + (TAR)* + T.A |
| 24 | MALICE – AL in MICE |
| 27 | DISC – DISC[-o(undle's] |
October 7th, 2012 at 6:50 pm
I think I would query 26a in equating ‘symbolist’ with ‘decadent’, although I can see the connection. Otherwise I’d agrre that there was nothing too tough, but also nothing to query or complain about.
Thanks, Poins and Ali
October 7th, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Decadent (with cap) is close enough to Symbolist, isn’t it?
October 7th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
None of these answers fit with any of the answers I filled in last week, and I now see that last week in the paper I had, they reprinted crossword 1177 and as that originally appeared the weekend I got back from holiday, I’d not had time to look at it and didn’t recognise the reprint.
Was this mentioned anywhere in here? I didn’t spot it.
October 7th, 2012 at 11:42 pm
Paul B @2: Point taken. I should have looked in Chambers rather than Collins!
October 8th, 2012 at 12:03 am
Collins has it at decadent under Noun 4.