Nick: Typical AZED this week, which I rate 6/10 on the ‘Azedian’ hardness scale.
Luckily no PD clues for me to fail on 😉
I have two queries; Why the MCG in 1dn, and what does the surface reading mean in 35ac?
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| 2. | Tatty condition, see, in coats reversed with endless skill (11) | ||
| SCRUFFINESS | (C[see] in (FURS<))+FINESS(e) | ||
| 10. | Go quickly round hospital adjoining university square (5) | ||
| UNHIP | (NIP around H) after U | ||
| 11. | Nameless person just after coming into some money (6) | ||
| ANONYM | (ON in ANY)+M | ||
| 13. | Those who bewail a sermon that’s rambling (7) | ||
| MOANERS | (A SERMON)* | ||
| 14. | Crack hookah, maybe, producing unpleasant smell, no good (4) | ||
| BONG | BO+NG | ||
| 15. | Bird, a second one’s flipped about (7) | ||
| TINAMOU | MO[a second] in (UNIT<) | ||
| 16. | Roux’s a bit scatty – pureed bananas indeed! (6) | ||
| EPERDU | (PUREED)* French word meaning ‘distracted’, hence the ref. to ‘Roux’ |
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| 18. | E.g. old scoffs like this may be boiled eggs, mashed (5) | ||
| GIBES | composite anagram; BOILED EGGS minus E.G. OLD = (BIEGS)* | ||
| 20. | Gossips in casual footwear (8) | ||
| SNEAKERS | cdd not really sure Chambers confims a ‘sneaker’ is a ‘gossip’ |
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| 22. | Greyish clothes turned soak down-at-heel (8) | ||
| SLATTERY | SLATY around (RET<) clever use of the word ‘clothes’ to mean ‘going around’ |
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| 25. | Sort of barbie party held by Jonathan and Gill together (5) | ||
| HANGI | hidden: jonatHAN GIll | ||
| 27. | Ericaceous shrub completely surrounded by surface layer of rock (6) | ||
| SALLAL | ALL in SAL(see ‘sial’) | ||
| 29. | Heads away from unpretentious knees-up supplying most of one’s needs? (7) | ||
| ONESTOP | (h)ONEST (h)OP | ||
| 31. | Allowance half cut – change in Riga (4) | ||
| LATI | LATI(tude)(see under ‘LAT²’) | ||
| 32. | How early church council’s described last of wine in Cana after transformation (7) | ||
| NICAEAN | ((win)E IN CANA)* | ||
| 33. | Long walk or run breaking records (6) | ||
| TRAPES | R in TAPES; alt. sp. to ‘traipse’ | ||
| 34. | Breather before start of extra horse training (5) | ||
| LUNGE | LUNG+E | ||
| 35. | Extract from Meyerbeer in Acacia Whirligig? (11, 2 words) | ||
| WATER BEETLE | (mey)ERBEE(r) in WATTLE;’whirligig’ being the definition not sure what the surface reading of this clue means? |
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| 1. | Tail-end – boshter bowling – duck bagged: does it signal suspension of play at the MCG? (11) | ||
| BUMBERSHOOT | BUM+(O in BOSHTER*) not sure why Melborne Cricket Ground here, as ‘bumbershoot’ is US slang for an umbrella? |
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| 2. | One who’s this takes in new pair of spectacles? (6) | ||
| SNOOPY | N+OO[specs] in SPY; self referential type clue | ||
| 3. | Potato disease seen in some ignoring rotation (7, 2 words) | ||
| RING ROT | hidden: ingnoRING ROTation unusal as the hidden parts are complete words without a split |
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| 4. | United, formerly restricted, change dramatically (5) | ||
| UPEND | U+PEND | ||
| 5. | Air in e.g. Capri the old enjoyed through good luck (8) | ||
| FORTUNED | TUNE in FORD(capri!) | ||
| 6. | Tasty little fish fit, seasonal – number placed in oven (6) | ||
| INANGA | (IN[fit]+(N in AGA[oven]) | ||
| 7. | It suddenly brightens late period of year, start of autumn (4) | ||
| NOVA | NOV+A | ||
| 8. | Nurse Brown indicating colour code? (7, 2 words) | ||
| E NUMBER | EN+UMBER; Enrolled Nurse | ||
| 9. | Young product of sets, boys bursting with energy? (5) | ||
| SYBOE | (BOYS*)+E; set=bulb/tuber=onion | ||
| 12. | Love in confusion overturned very old claret glasses (11) | ||
| MOUSSELINES | (O in MUSS)+(SENILE<) | ||
| 17. | Weep, being blue about inscription on grave turning up (8) | ||
| PERSPIRE | PERSE around (R.I.P.<) | ||
| 19. | Wild cateran causes damage in plantation (7, 2 words) | ||
| CANE RAT | (CATERAN*) this clue shouts ‘anagram’ |
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| 21. | Ceremonial robe and headdress one put on as in Roman times (7) | ||
| KELLAUT | KELL+A+UT(Latin(Roman times) ‘as’) | ||
| 23. | Row of guns protecting fort brought up for capital cover commonly (6) | ||
| TITFER | (FT<) in TIER | ||
| 24. | Fodder, a remnant filling steeds’ middle (6) | ||
| EATAGE | (A TAG) in (st)EE(ds) | ||
| 26. | Drivers holding race up in paddocks (according to J. Stewart)? (5) | ||
| ANURA | (RUN<) in AA ‘paddock/puddock’ – Scottish word for frog/toad. hence ref. to Jackie Stewart |
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| 28. | Joint no longer in use, complete but with parts switched (5) | ||
| ANCLE | CLEAN with the ‘AN’ moved to the front I had ‘ancon’ pencilled in here for a while… |
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| 30. | Bleeding taxi’s omitted to turn up – slit in tyre (4) | ||
| SIPE | EPIS(taxis)< | ||
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Thanks for that TT.
Can’t help with MCG, but Azed possibly assumed it was Oz (unless it is in the latest C).
ANONYM doesn’t work as you have it, I think it’s ON, just after, in ANY, some, Money.
Thanks, Nick.
I assumed AZED used MCG because ‘boshter’ is an Australian word (or so Chambers tells me).
I had dificulty confirming INANGA – is it in the new edition of Chambers?
I parsed ANONYM in the same manner as you.
Thanks Azed and Nick.
Jan @2: Chambers (2008, p.768) gives inanga = a small silvery Australasian fish whose young are caught as whitebait.
For 11ac (ANONYM) I agree with sidey @1. M = money has the authority of Chambers (2008, p.914).
Yes, 11ac. Reading my notes, I had ‘anonmy’ written down, so parsed the clue wrongly in the blog :). I have corrected the above, as the solution I had there was utter nonsense.
Nick
Re 1d, I too am puzzled by the reference to the MCG and also to suspension of play. I have been living in Australia for 35 years and have never heard the word “boshter” used in conversation or seen it in writing. In fact, I had to look it up to see what it meant. Perhaps someone can enlighten us.
Maybe MCG could have as well been Lords or The Oval, i.e. where play might normally be suspended when the ‘bumbershoots’ go up…?