Independent 6710/Phi – Fifteensquared

The usual sound and enjoyable stuff from Phi – there don’t seem to be many novels here and I wonder if I’m missing anything.

Across
9	TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, one of the four 20s
10	REP LET (sal)E
11	REBECCA – rebe(l) acc(rev.), the second 20
12	TUDOR – d in rout(rev.)
13	T(A RANT)AR A
15	THE SHIPPING NEWS – the third 20
18	AN TIP AS TO
20	NOVEL – I don’t understand this. New OK, but the rest of it?
22	TH(e) ROUGH
24	EARPLUG – (Elgar up)*
26	COLD COM(FORT FAR)M – the fourth 20


Down
1	STAR(kers). I think the ‘possibly’ goes with ‘actress’, since a male actor can also be a star.
2	STU(PI)D(y)
3	RE(SE)AR CH
4	VIDEOTAPES – (pose TV idea)*
5	THOR(n) – I think this is it, although a thorn is arguably not a sore point but a point that makes one sore, which isn’t quite the same thing.
6	THE BAN
7	PUR(CHA)SE
8	MET A TAR’S AL(l)
12	TETRASTICH – (that cries)* about (poe)t. Not a word I use every day, but easy enough once there are some checking letters.
14	RHINOCEROS – (horn is core)*
16	(g)ENT(IRE)LY I think.
17	GENE RATE
19	P(A)UNCH
21	V U L G(athering) A(ctual) R(ecords)
23	HUM P
25	GAME – 2 mngs I think

5 comments on “Independent 6710/Phi”

nmsindy

#1 - Fri 18th Apr 08, 11:35

NOVEL I think it’s NO VE(I)L. I agree with you about GAME. Excellent from Phi as usual

Testy

#2 - Fri 18th Apr 08, 12:32

I think that you could argue that a THORN is a “sore point”, as in something that annoys. I also agree with your interpretations of 1, 16 and 25. Being a bit of a heathen I struggled with the novels and had to wait until I had nearly all the checking letters. But an enjoyable solve. I particularly liked 18 and 25.