Another fairly easy outing from Cyclops, particularly in comparison to his Saturday Prize Guardian Brummie (24-Jan) which I struggled with just before tackling this one, so I may be over-judging how easy this was. Nevertheless, with the Private Eye puzzle being more accessible of late, it is the ideal time for anyone unfamiliar with it to have a go.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | EPITAPH EP (old record) IT (sex) APH (25% of aphrodisiacs) We still have EPs don’t we? I suppose they are CD-EPs now |
| 5 | PASS OFF PA’S (State’s, PA=Pennsylvania) S[pending] OFF (in a bad way) Last to go in |
| 9/21 | KAMA SUTRA ([Barrac]K [Obam]A TRAUMAS)* AInd: juggling |
| 10 | MELBOURNE (MOB RULE)* NE (Tyneside) AInd: engineered Him: Viscount Melbourne |
| 12 | FLIPPANT FLIP (Go nuts) PANT (a bit of heavy breathing) |
| 13 | GET OFF Hidden budGET OF Fool |
| 14/25 | SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD (FAVOURITE HOWLER [s]OD)* Ref to last month’s hilarious slip of the brain by GB: Super Gordo |
| 18/26 | WELL-OILED DD |
| 20 | RASPBERRY DD |
| 23 | SEA-DOG (A DOSE)* G[ood] AInd: screwed |
| 27 | HOT POTATO HOT-POT (dish) A TO[ry] |
| 28/17 | LOOPHOLE (POO)< inside (HELLO)* AInd: possibly |
| 29 | STUDENT STUD (“sex machine”) ENT[ertainment] The clue hardly needs a question mark, after all student productions are known as College Ents |
| 30 | OFF-DAYS OFF (dicky) D[ied] (SAY)* AInd: screwed |
| Down | |
| 2 | PHALLUS HAL (Henry) inside PLUS (as well as) |
| 3 | TRAMP (PM ART)< |
| 4 | POMPADOUR POMP (Show) A DOUR (sullen) Her: Madame de P |
| 6 | AMONG Hidden suitably! in creAM ON Goolies |
| 7 | STRETCHER (REST)* AInd: uneasy,[tha]TCHER |
| 8 | FRETFUL FR (Friar) (LEFT)* AInd: pissed, around U[rinal] |
| 11 | LATER LATE (dead) [labou]R |
| 15 | VALIDATED (DAVID ET AL)* AInd: bonkers |
| 16 | FOBBED OFF BED (shag) inside FOB OFF (chain removed from watch) |
| 19 | EYE-SHOT EYES (mags) HOT (sexy) |
| 22 | YELLOWY YELL (cry) OW (that hurt) [thing]Y |
| 24 | GROIN R[ight] inside GO IN (gain access) |
Thanks beermagnet. I did this before Saturday’s Brummie and found it very straightforward. I’d also encourage anyone to have a go, it’s laugh out loud funny. Where else would you find groin as member’s area?