Everyman 3342

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Having posted fortnightly for almost exactly 18 months, and with various other commitments coming to the fore, I won’t be posting on here any more, and so, unless there is no forthcoming replacement blogger, this is likely to be my last post (for the time being anyway). And a nice, gentle send-off it was too. I had to check ‘ordinary’ had a heraldic meaning and confirm Nervo was one of The Crazy Gang, but otherwise all very straightforward. Thanks to everyone who has commented (and put me right when I headed off course!) and to Everyman for his crosswords. I will, of course, continue to solve them when I get a free Sunday.

Across
1 ANTHEM – ANT + HEM
5 UNABLE – UNA +B + LE
10 SEVEN-YEAR ITCH – THEYVEARSENIC*
12 CHEVRON – RON after CHE (Guevara) + V(illa). In heraldry an ordinary is a term for any one of a group of standard shapes used on shields.
13 USELESS – cd. “Use less!”
14 REHEARSAL – HEARS in REAL
16 AVERS – AVERS(e)
18 DATED – hidden in (cupboar)D AT ED(die’s)
19 PASO DOBLE – PALSBOOED*
21 EMPEROR – [REP in ROME]<
23 NERVOUS – NERVO + U.S. Jimmy Nervo was one of The Crazy Gang; a group of British entertainers, formed in the early 1930s.
25 MARSH MARIGOLD – HARMS* + MARIGOLD
26 RELATE – (p)RELATE
27 ENTIRE – NT (= New Testament) in EIRE
Down
2 NISSEN HUT – THENSUNIS*
3 HOVER – H + OVER
4 MAN AND SUPERMAN – [SPURNEDMAMA + NAN]*. Man and Superman is a George Bernard Shaw play.
6 NURSEMAID – INARMSDUE*
7 BATHE – BATH + (seasid)E
8 EPHESUS – SHEEP* + US
9 TEQUILA SUNRISE – QUALITIESNURSE*
11 SCAR – S + CAR
15 ALDERSHOT – ALDERS + HOT
17 EMBROIDER – BRIDEMORE*
18 DREAMER – DREAR around ME ref. Walter Mitty
20 EAST – (f)EAST
22 PERIL – PIER* + L
24 ROOST – ROOT around (Tigri)S

Common crossword abbreviations this week:

British = B
the French / the Parisian = LE
Henry = H
small = S
female = F
50 = L
very = V
European = E
posh = U
Southern = S
miles = M

4 comments on “Everyman 3342”

  1. Thanks Arthur,

    Sorry to hear that you are leaving and good luck for the future. Thanks for all your analysis.

    Lots of good clues in this puzzle and I particularly liked USELESS, DATED (very good surface), NISSEN HUT (another excellent surface), NURSEMAID, and TEQUILA SUNRISE (great anagram).

    Thanks Everyman.

  2. Thanks Arthur, and don’t worry about the blog, there’s a couple of us taking over.

    This was a pretty straightforward but enjoyable solve, with some lovely surfaces – 10ac. made me :D, and 9d. evoked a pleasant image, too. Like you, my only doubts related to 12 and 23across.

    Thanks Everyman; on to today’s puzzle

  4. As usual, you learn a couple of things with Everyman: this week it was CHEVRON and MAN AND SUPERMAN. I too liked TEQUILA SUNRISE.

    Many thanks for your blogs, Arthur. When I started lurking here eighteen months ago, just as you were starting blogging, I guess, the Everyman blog was the one I always came to. I could usually finish it, but often without fully understanding everything. So your explanations, and those of other Everyman bloggers, have been very helpful.

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