An unusual Thursday appearance for Dac, caused by the jiggling necessary to fit in Virgilius’s St Patrick’s Day crossword on Wednesday, so this must be one of the gentler Thursday offerings; but surely as good as any.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | B OUNCE |
| 4 | QUI P{o}STER |
| 9 | C{upid} OME(0)N — nice &lit. |
| 10 | JO(HAN{d})NES |
| 11 | DIVER GENT — this is easy enough, but I went down the wrong path by thinking that various led to divers |
| 13 | T RICE — Sir Tim |
| 14 | WENT TO PIECES — 2 defs — the pieces are chessmen |
| 18 | MADEMOISELLE — is in (male model)*, e{vent} |
| 21 | RANGE — 2 defs |
| 22 | SAFETY PIN — (yes if pant{s})* |
| 24 | STEGODON — (n(o dog)et’s)rev. |
| 25 | ON LINE — (El Nino)* — I was surprised that it is given as two words — surely the surface refers to the internet |
| 26 | S(IDE D IS)H |
| 27 | DR AGON{y} |
| Down | |
| 1 | BACK DOWN — 2 defs |
| 2 | UNMOVING — 2 defs — if something fails to move you it doesn’t move you to tears |
| 3 | CH O{rgan}(1)R{ecital} |
| 5 | UP ON THE ROOF — ref. Fiddler on the Roof and also the song Up on the Roof |
| 6 | PEAR TREES — (Repartee’s)* |
| 7 | TINT IN |
| 8 | RU SHE’D — the game is very often rugby union |
| 12 | EXPRESSIONS — 2 defs |
| 15 | TRAPEZOID — trap (d(1)oze)rev. |
| 16 | S(L)IPPING |
| 17 | SEAN PENN — “shorn pen” |
| 19 | CR IS IS |
| 20 | IN T{HE} END |
| 23 | thaT ONE Regularly — hidden |
Thank you John.
As good as always, and pangrammatic too…
Super puzzle as always from Dac, which I spoiled by putting SEAN BEAN in for 17dn. Memo to self: read the clue, as this normally leads to the correct answer.
Yes, this was good as always from Dac, not too hard, TRAPEZOID and STEGODON (new word to me that I got from the wordplay) were my last answers.
Enjoyable as always from Dac. Favourites 13 across and 17 down.
Liked 13A – Right and side easier than left.
Please can someone explain:
1A See black feline jump = bounce
and
26A Mum = SH (now i see the answer I understand “ide D is”, but did not complete as I had not heard of the fish)
Merlyn,
1ac. B (black) + Ounce (a type of wild cat) = Bounce (jump).
26ac. SH (Be Quiet = “Keep Mum”).
Excellent puzzle. Once I realised the grid was likely to be pangrammatic I knew my last two answers had to feature Z and J respectively.
13ac was easy but probably my favourite.
Merlyn: IDE is a popular fish with crossword setters. It fills many a gap.
Colin
Ian – many thanks – it seems ‘obsure fauna’ is a reference book that I need to look into!
Excellent puzzle.Really like Dac crosswords!