Great pangrammatic puzzle from the Bulletprooof one. Not sure about 2 and 3 though. I think they’re both right but I can’t say why.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | H in WORKSOP – I think the wordplay is actually “Midland town housing Henry’s”. |
| 5 | SP,HERE [THEATRE with TAT removed] – took me a while to get my head around this one and I eventually solved it backwards. I had ?P?E?E filled in so SPHERE seemed obvious. After that it was just a case of seeing what was left after removing HERE from THEATRE. |
| 12 | [-d]EXTRA[-l] |
| 13 | P,OTT in AVARI[-cious] – amusing but accurate definition, he really was “affectionately known” by that name. Google it if you don’t believe me. |
| 14 | FIRST READING – when a Bill is introduced in Parliament the FIRST READING is the formal introduction without debate. |
| 18 | RIGHT-ON in BROCK – PC in this case is Politically Correct as opposed to the other two. |
| 21 | T,E,MAZE,PAM |
| 24 | (GAELIC N)* – ANGLICE was a new word to me so I had to wait for all of the checking letters before guessing this. |
| 26 | last letters of “everY sO ofteN reacheD thE snookeR” |
| Down | |
| 1 | (ANDREW)* – WARDEN. Excellent clue with a great definition: “Nick’s manager”. |
| 2 | REBATE – not sure if this is right as I don’t understand “that’s groovy”. |
| 3 | SQUEAMISH – not sure about this either. AMISH explains “Mennonite” but I can’t see how “about to be cut free from helmet” works. |
| 4 | OEDIPUS COMPLEX – which could be the wordplay for “opus dei”. |
| 6 | PAGE,R |
| 9 | OLIVER C,ROM,WELL – “memory” is ROM (Read Only Memory) as in CD-ROM. |
| 16 | OBITUARY – I liked this cryptic def a bit more than the one at 8. |
| 17 | (JENNIE,GM)* – NIJMEGEN. One of the last few to go in as I’d never heard of the town and had to Google it to confirm. |
| 19 | LAD,IDA |
| 20 | hidden reversed in “internET A DESktop” |
2D A rebate is a groove in woodwork
I had a questionmark against 3D too.
CASQUE with CA (circa) removed.