FT Monday Prize Crossword of 25 April 2011
Pretty straightforward, but the clues were concise and pleasing. 13 down was a new word for me, which I had to guess at by playing around with the anagram fodder. Favourite clue was the &lit. at 15 down.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | OVERCAST OVER (responsible for) CAST (actors) |
| 5 | WITH IT WIT (intelligence) HIT (strike) |
| 9 | FRICTION R (king) in FICTION (false story) |
| 10 | ECLAIR CLAIRE (girl) with the last letter (E) moved to first position |
| 11 | LOOK INTO KIN (family) in LOOT (play) O (first from Orton) “Loot” is a play by Joe Orton, so it was a nice touch to use his name in the wordplay (although it is his third, not first, play). |
| 12 | DEBRIS *(BRIDE) + S (bit of sex) |
| 14 | BRAINSTORM B (leader in boat) RAINSTORM (squall) |
| 18 | ON THE WAGON *(WHAT ONE) + NO G[ood], reversed |
| 22 | ALL-OUT ALL (everyone) OUT (on strike) |
| 23 | INTIMATE dd |
| 24 | IN TOTO IN (at home) TOT (small child) O (love) |
| 25 | OLEANDER O (circle) + N (northern) in LEADER (newspaper article) |
| 26 | APOLLO A POLL (count) O (old) |
| 27 | GOLD DUST GO (leave) + DD (theologian) in LUST (desire) |
| Down | |
| 1 | OFFALY OFFAL (waste) Y (unknown amount) |
| 2 | EDISON D (onset of dotage) IS in *(ONE) |
| 3 | CUTS IT CUT (trim) SIT (model) |
| 4 | SHORTBREAD SHORT (lacking) BREAD (money) |
| 6 | INCREASE IN CREASE (fold) |
| 7 | HEADROOM HEAD (boss) ROOM (range) |
| 8 | TIRESOME *(MORE TIES) |
| 13 | RITORNELLO *(ROLLER INTO) |
| 15 | MONA LISA *(A MAN + OILS) an &lit. clue |
| 16 | STILETTO LIT (drunk) reversed in SET-TO (fight) |
| 17 | REBUTTAL BUTT (mark) in REAL (genuine) |
| 19 | WIZARD W (western) IZARD (chamois) |
| 20 | LANDAU LAND (acquire) AU (gold) |
| 21 | FERRET dd |
Many thanks Agentzero. This was very good.
RITORNELLO and OFFALY were new to me and I doubted if there could be any place with such an Awfully silly name but there really was. I must not underestimate my Irish ancestors.
Otherwise perfectly straightforward.
Thanks Falcon.
I also failed on Ritornello & Offaly but also didn’t know Izard was a chamois.
Thanks for clarifying.