Well, it seems that I’m the blogger that gets saddled with all the EVs involving jumbled entries! There are twenty extra words in clues to be discovered, paired and jumbled to form the unclued entries and an (presumably the) author. The remaining sixteen answers are to be jumbled.
I found this fairly slow-going, mainly because my head was swimming with a heavy cold, probably picked up on an easyjet flight back from Mallorca. Luckily, most of the clues were fairly straightforward, although I got the unclued entries TYNE COAL, FIREWOOD and IRONWARE without twigging the theme. It was only when I got COASTER that my primary school poetry came flooding back. The unclued entries were all keywords from the third verse of John Masefield’s Cargoes, written in 1902:
Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack,
Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,
With a cargo of Tyne coal,
Road-rails, pig lead,
Firewood, ironware, and cheap tin trays.
How this contrasts with the first two verses: exotic woods, creatures and wine from the Middle East, and precious stones, spices and gold coins from the tropics. At least it’s fairly sunny, albeit windy, as I write this blog.
So, the extra words:
| DRY (37ac) | + | IT (36dn) | = | DIRTY (27dn) |
| THIS (15ac) | + | RIB (10dn) | = | BRITISH (16ac) |
| ROSE (25ac) | + | ACT (31ac) | = | COASTER (33ac) |
| ONLY (11ac) | + | CATE (32dn) | = | TYNE COAL (5ac) |
| RADAR (24dn) | + | LOIS (29dn) | = | ROAD-RAILS (18dn) |
| IDLE (8dn) | + | GAP (30dn) | = | PIG LEAD (19ac) |
| DOOR (4ac) | + | WIFE (1dn) | = | FIREWOOD (39ac) |
| OWNER (1ac) | + | AIR (28dn) | = | IRONWARE (21dn) |
| TAPESTRY (17ac) | + | CHINA (5dn) | = | CHEAP TIN TRAYS (22ac) |
If you look online, there seem to be variations on the hyphenation of some of these words, but the version used here corresponds to what is given in the ODQ.
The final two extra words reveal: SEA (20ac) + FILMED (34ac) = MASEFIELD, and is highlighted in the third row of the grid. Finally, the title can be read as MOTOR WORKS, ie CAR GOES.
Solving time: a bit slow on this one, probably 2½+ hours, with lots of dips in and out between tissues and Daynurse! Nonetheless a really enjoyable puzzle, with reminiscences of a childhood long gone.
Legend:
ABC* = anagram
ABC< = reversal
abCDef = hidden
XYZ = extra words
| ACROSS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DROIL | OWNER | drudge formerly: in hyDRO ILl-treated |
| 5 | TYNE COAL | thematic: jumble of ONLY (11ac) and CATE (32dn) | |
| 11 | ESCHEW | ONLY | abstain from: W (Whiskey) after CHEESE* – E (end of saucE) |
| 12 | SAVAGES entered as SASEGVA |
enraged horses: (GAVE ASS)* | |
| 14 | ALLIED IELDLA |
joined: ALL (everyone) + InEeD (I nEeD regularly) | |
| 15 | OBERON | THIS | king: OBE (honour) + R (king) + O (old) + N (Norse) |
| 16 | BRITISH | thematic: jumble of THIS (15ac) and RIB (10dn) | |
| 17 | TRITE | TAPESTRY | worn-out: [PRETTILY – PLY (strand)]*; I think split strand might make it a better clue, but it was totally solvable as it stood |
| 19 | PIG LEAD | thematic: jumble of IDLE (8dn) and GAP (30dn) | |
| 20 | FIORD | SEA | rock-bound inlet: I (one) in FORD (to wade across) |
| 22 | CHEAP TIN TRAYS | thematic: jumble of TAPESTRY (17ac) and CHINA (5dn) | |
| 25 | DETER | ROSE | prevent: DEER (cervid) eating T (top of Tree) |
| 26 | COODLED CDLDODE |
cooked eggs: COD (fish) + D (tip from Delia) + LED (showed the way) | |
| 31 | ENROL | ACT | record: initials of Each Novelty Recording On List |
| 33 | COASTER | thematic: jumble of ROSE (25ac) and ACT (31ac) | |
| 34 | COWARD | FILMED | Noel perhaps: CARD (comical person) embracing O (old) W (woman) |
| 35 | STROKE ESROTK |
that’s a blow: [ROCKETS – C (Cuba)]* | |
| 37 | ESTUARY | DRY | part of river: (TAY URE’S)* |
| 38 | LARDER EARLDR |
food-store: LA (the, French) + R (start to Ransack) + DER (the, German) | |
| 39 | FIREWOOD | thematic: jumble of DOOR (4ac) and WIFE (1dn) | |
| 40 | PESTS | DOOR | troublesome people: STEPS* |
| DOWN | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEMOTIC | WIFE | popular: (MEDOC IT)* |
| 2 | SOCIETIES entered as OCSEIIETS |
corporate bodies: SO (special order) + CIE (company, French abbreviation) + TIES (bonds) | |
| 3 | HERITAGE IHERTGAE |
children of God: HERMITAGE (secluded abode) – M (leader of Monks) | |
| 4 | ELF LEF |
mischievous child: SELF (personality) – S (beginning to Show) | |
| 5 | TWINGE | CHINA | pinch: in lefT-WING Embassy |
| 6 | NORLAND NALRODN |
coming from Yorkshire, perhaps: (LORN AND)* | |
| 7 | WIDES ESDIW |
penalty runs: (W INDIES – IN<) | |
| 8 | CELTS | IDLE | 2 meanings: prehistoric implements & people from Wales, maybe |
| 9 | TRAVESTY AVTSTRYE |
disguise: TRY (attempt) including A VEST (waistcoat, US) | |
| 10 | LASHED | RIB | used a whip: (HELD AS)* |
| 12 | BEARS SEBRA |
carries: E (last of alE) in BARS (public houses) | |
| 13 | BAR ABR |
2 meanings: the legal profession & joke, in Scotland | |
| 18 | ROAD-RAILS | thematic: jumble of RADAR (24dn) and LOIS (29dn) | |
| 19 | PESHITTO PHETOTSI |
translation of Bible: THEIST* in PO (post offive) | |
| 21 | IRONWARE | thematic: jumble of OWNER (1ac) and AIR (21dn) | |
| 23 | CHEROOT TCHEORO |
cigar: HERO (brave man) in COT (bed) | |
| 24 | SOLDERS | RADAR | patches up: OLDER (more antiquated) in SS (ship) |
| 25 | FACADE DACAEF |
front of building: [D (beginning to Decorate) A CAFE]* | |
| 27 | DIRTY | thematic: jumble of DRY (37ac) and IT (36dn) | |
| 28 | LACKED | AIR | needed: C (caught) in LAKE (expanse of water) + D (beginning to Drown) |
| 29 | ISSUE | LOIS | to come out: IS + SUE (girl) |
| 30 | STRAW | GAP | something to drink through: [HOGWART’S (Potter’s academy) – HOG (greedy person)]< |
| 32 | ORB | CATE | globe: B (Blanchett’s heading) after OR (gold) |
| 36 | TAP | IT | 2 meanings: source of water & knock gently |
Thanks Dave,
Sorry there isn’t any thank you’s so ‘thank-you’ for posting answers. I did do this puzzle but the PDM dropped rather quick, and a flash look in the ODQ6 allowed me to find where the thematic part lived in the grid. After the PDM and entries in place I found it to be a bit of a laborious task to go over what I already knew – So I started the Listener.
A great crossword tough, it could have been bettered somewhat I think. PDM made it too easy, then ‘oh, now I have to dig out what I have already found’.
May be just me, from doing the crossword back to front?