| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | HOARSE: A in HORSE |
| 4 | PASTIME: PA’S TIME |
| 9 | DEDICATED: DE (half dead) + CAT in DIED |
| 10 | IMPEL: MP in IE (that is) + L |
| 11 | OLDIE: (s)OLDIE(r) |
| 12 | ISINGLASS: I SING (tell all) + LASS. Something to do with sturgeon’s bladders, I understand. |
| 13 | KNOW-ALL: K + NO WALL |
| 15 | GAUCHO: GO around (AU + CH) |
| 17 | TIDY UP: anagram of DIY PUT |
| 19 | LADY DAY: March 25, the feast of the annunciation of the Virgin |
| 22 | POISONOUS: anagram of SOUP I SOON |
| 24 | RANGE: N (mathematicians shorthand for any number) in RAGE |
| 27 | PERMITTED: PERM IT TED! |
| 28 | DREISER: anagram of DESIRE + R. Refers to Theodore Dreiser the author of ‘An American Tradegy’ |
| 29 | MESHED: ME + SHED |
| Down | |
| 1 | HADDOCK: HAD + DOCK |
| 2 | ADDED: ADDE(r) replacing the ‘r’ with a ‘D’ |
| 3 | SECRETARY: SECRET + A RY |
| 4 | PUDDING: double definition |
| 5 | STING: ITS (reversed) + NG |
| 6 | IMPEACHED: DEMI (reversed) around PEACH |
| 7 | ENLIST: hidden in womEN LISTeners |
| 8 | IT GIRL: Italian’s daughter = IT GIRL |
| 14 | ORIGINATE: ORATE around (I GIN) |
| 16 | UNDERMINE: UNDER (controlled) + MINE |
| 18 | PROSPER: from Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, PROSPER(o) loses nothing |
| 19 | LUSTRE: ST in LURE |
| 20 | YIELDED: anagram of EYELID + D |
| 21 | SPREAD: double definition |
9 comments on “Guardian 24,388 (Logodaedalus)”
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27ac was enjoyable.
28ac thanks for confirming the author, I’d not heard of him.
12 ISINGLASS is used as a fining in beer. It acts to clear the beer by carrying the yeast to the bottom of the container.
My quickest solve ever, I think!
I know ‘ISINGLASS’ from the curtains of the surrey with the fringe on top [‘Oklahoma!’]. I think it’s also used to pickle eggs.
I wasn’t altogether happy with 8dn: there didn’t seem to be a definition – unless it can be called an &lit?
What’s going on with 25dn? The online version has the clue as “W has a degree? I’m not a child!” and the answer seems to be NOTCH, with very obvious wordplay, but I don’t see the definition. Is there a misprint or am I missing something obvious?
8dn – it looks rather as if “daughter” is doing double duty as part of both wordplay and definition; otherwise the def is just “thought to have charisma etc..” which is less than totally satisfactory.
I also made quick work of this one, after struggling more than usual with both Rufus and Araucaria so far this week.
Looking at 25dn more closely it’s actually “Whas a degree? …”, which makes it even more of a mystery.
Andrew, 25D must have a small typo, the paper has
What’s a degree? I’m not a child! (5)
As you say, the wordplay is obvious, I took it to be that a “notch” is a degree on a scale.
Thanks, Beermagnet, that makes sense.
27ac made me laugh
1ac I thought might be HEARSE – tenuously transport for ‘out of date’ people
19dn – wasn’t happy with the definition ‘honour’
Some iffy clues in this puzzle –
8dn IT GIRL: I don’t get it
19dn LUSTRE: I can’t see ‘honour’ as the defn either Smutchin
28ac DREISER: a bit obscure for a daily puzzle
1999 edition of COED has a definition for lustre: glory or distinction. I’d say that equates to honour.