We polished this one off in the Bridge in Topsham, with pints of Branoc and hot pasties. What a wonderful afternoon. Found this easier than the previous puzzle, the vocab in this puzzle was more up our street.
ACROSS
1. (e)DWAR(d) F
4. C A STING
8. OUTMODED (dodo mute)*
9. RAN KIN
10. S(H)OW
11. PHILANDERS (Ralph dines)*
13. DENSITOMETER (to determine S)* &lit
16. IN ARTIC U LATE
19. WINGSPREAD cryptic definition
21. C(ON)Y
22. S(POT)ON
24. MILLI(e)(h)ARD
25. DAMOSEL (some lad)*
26.( j)AUNTY
DOWN
1. D(AUGHT)ER
2. ARM-TWISTING cryptic definition
3. F E DUP
4. CAD M(I)UM
5. SARCATIC (crass act I)*
6. I(c)ON
7. GO(IT)RE
12. D(ERE L)ICTION
14. TRAP PINGS ‘part’ reversed before ‘pings’
15. STINGRAY (it’s angry)*
17. THE RM AL(l) not sure why the group are allegedly being told lies? ‘The group allegedly being told lies – it’s almost all hot air’
18. PIPPED dd
20. DELIA ‘ailed'<
23. TAM ‘mat'<
Hi Handel
In 17dn I think the RM is Royal Marines and the ‘lies’ reference relates to the response ‘tell that to the marines’ when one doesn’t believe what someone is saying.
Thanks Gaufrid, we thought that RM would be Royal Marines but had not heard that phrase.
I think it’s not the first time Quixote has used that marines idea, I remember the saying from way back tho not in recent times.
I had TIPPED rather than PIPPED for 18 down, but obviously don’t know which is right – I’d also picked it as my clue of the puzzle. It read “Rewarded or dumped?”
I think it’s definitely tipped as in dump.Pipped refers to dumped.How? Finished it in 50 mins.Delighted!