Lorraine says: This week was fairly straight forward and enjoyable. 🙂
Nick says: Lorraine would not let me do it this week – good job too, it took me 7 hours to do AZED today 🙁
Legend to solution comments:
* = anagram.
< = word reversed.
| Across | ||
| 1. | SET ASIDE | SET + A SIDE |
| 5. | MESS UP | MESS + UP |
| 9. | ARUM LILY | A + RUM + LILY |
| 10. | GREECE | homophone grease |
| 11. | COVER CHARGE | C + OVERCHARGE (or is it a cd?) |
| 15. | MARDI GRAS | MAR + (RA in DIGS) |
| 16. | INLET | IN + LET |
| 17. | RESIN | S in REIN |
| 18. | MELODRAMA | homophone mellow + DRAMA |
| 19. | BROBDINGNAG | cd ref: Gulliver’s travels |
| 23. | BORING | O in BRING |
| 24. | LET ALONE | LET + AL + ONE |
| 25. | ESTEEM | House of ESTE + ME<; |
| 26. | STITCHES | (CHEST SIT)* |
| Down | ||
| 1. | STAR | STAR(tled) |
| 2. | TOUT | T + OUT |
| 3. | SELECTION | S + ELECTION |
| 4. | DELIVERYMAN | LIVERY in NAMED< |
| 6. | EARTH | T in (HARE)* |
| 7. | STEER CLEAR | STEER + CLEAR |
| 8. | PRESENT DAY | (PARTY NEEDS)* |
| 12. | RESPLENDENT |
(PRETEND LENS)* |
| 13. | IMPROBABLE | IMP + ROB + ABLE |
| 14. | ARISTOCRAT | (ACTORS I)* in ART |
| 16. | INDIGNANT | DIG in INN + ANT |
| 20. | DANTE | D + ANTE |
| 21. | POSH | PO’S + H |
| 22. | LESS | hidden napLES Smoke |
You know, 20 down would have been a lot easier if ‘STAKE’ wasn’t also an anagram of ‘KEATS’. Sigh.
Hi Sally, I also put Keats in which buggered me up for a wee while also, thank god for tippex.
Lorraine.