Lorraine: Another nice easy plod this week with plenty of anagrams which I enjoy doing. Comments would be welcome on 11 across as I could not think of what else it could possibly be.
Legend to solution comments:
* = anagram.
< = word reversed.
| Across | |||
| 1. | SANCHO-PEDRO | (NO HOPE + CARDS)* | |
| 7. | SHOTGUN | c.d. | |
| 8. | NONSTOP | N + ON + ST + OP | |
| 10. | CHEW THE FAT | (THAT CHEF WE)* | |
| 11. | FIVE SIDE |
?; I am not to sure on this clue; full clue: ‘English TV channel‘; grid entry = _I_E See comment no. 3 |
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| 13. | NOTCH | C in NO(r)TH | |
| 14. | SEPULCHRE | L in (CHEERS UP)* | |
| 15. | CLEARANCE | d.d. | |
| 17. | MY HAT | (A MYTH)* | |
| 19. | ACHE | ACE around H | |
| 20. | ASTRONOMER | (STAR MOON with ER)* | |
| 23. | SUCCOUR | homophone SUCKER | |
| 24. | EMIGRES | (SEE GRIM)* | |
| 25. | LET OFF STEAM | LET OFF + (S + TEAM) | |
| Down | |||
| 1. | SOONEST | (NOSE)* in SOT | |
| 2. | NIGHTSHIRT | (THING TRISH)* | |
| 3. | HENCE | hidden: strengtHEN CEiling | |
| 4. | PINEAPPLE | (PIE PEN PAL)* | |
| 5. | DONE | D + ONE | |
| 6. | OSTRICH | (SORT)* + I + CH | |
| 7. | SECOND-CLASS | cd. | |
| 9. | PRESENT ARMS | PRESENT + ARMS | |
| 12. | CLEMENTINE | CLEMENT + (IE around N) | |
| 14. | SANS SERIF | S + ANS’S + (FIRE)< | |
| 16. | ETHICAL | (CHALET I)* | |
| 18. | HUMDRUM | HUM + DRUM; drum is slang for a house | |
| 21. | REEDS | homophone of READS | |
| 22. | LOOT | sort of d.d.; a Joe Orton play is called loot | |
I thought 11a was SIDE as in football side and change side, but you may be right
I went with FIVE as well but not entirely sure why!
11 Across
SIDE – two mngs
a) American usage of English, meaning spin (side) imparted on a snooker/pool ball
b) TV channel, as in “what side are you watching?”
Thanks Everyman. Nice, as always, to get setter feedback.
Thanks to everyone for your comments, Nick and I were torn between side and five and eventually plumped for five.
Nick: Doh! I didn’t think to look up English in Chambers, I just used Bradford’s which doesn’t have ‘side’ listed under the English entry ~ it does now though, in pencil 🙂
Double Doh! Bradford’s does list ‘side’ under ‘English’ – I do not know how I missed that! 🙁
I understand TV channel = side, but North American billiards terminology? You are all forgiven, shurely.
Re 11ac. “Side” meaning spin imparted to a snooker/billiard ball is perfectly good UK English too.
It is, but ‘English’ isn’t used in UK at all for side, so I would guess not many solvers understood it. It doesn’t matter what the dictionary says.