Lorraine: Merry Christmas to you all,
This weeks offering took me slightly longer than usual to complete. 9dn took me quite a while to solve, but all in all a most enjoyable puzzle.
Thank you Everyman.
| Across | |||
| 1. | Lying down in middle of boulevard after drink (6) | ||
| SUPINE | (IN+(boul)E(vard)) after SUP | ||
| 4. | In which one may see Odette boast about the French leading English (4,4) | ||
| SWAN LAKE | (LA in SWANK)+E | ||
| 10. | Girl cuddling boy in a state (9) | ||
| LOUISIANA | LOUISA around IAN | ||
| 11. | Clear away thatch aloft (3,2) | ||
| MOP UP | MOP(hair, thatch)+UP | ||
| 12. | Cat, say, brought back after search (7) | ||
| SCOURGE | (EG<) after SCOUR | ||
| 13. | Hornblower’s short speech after end of clash (7) | ||
| HORATIO | (clas)H+ORATIO Horatio Hornblower |
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| 14. | Suspicious transaction with him, a republican? (14) | ||
| ANTIMONARCHIST | (TRANSACTION+HIM*) | ||
| 17. | Said of a gunslinger pulling a fast one? (5,2,3,4) | ||
| QUICK ON THE DRAW | cd | ||
| 21. | Drank one given by doctor, one by bunk (7) | ||
| IMBIBED | I+MB+I+BED | ||
| 22. | Court finally presented with motive for act of betrayal (7) | ||
| TREASON | (cour)T+REASON | ||
| 24. | Fuss about a single step in a series (5) | ||
| STAIR | STIR around A | ||
| 25. | Complete change of opinion concerning fellow expert (5-4) | ||
| ABOUT-FACE | ABOUT+F+ACE | ||
| 26. | Provide forceful evidence against the Italian, Italian arrested by pair (8) | ||
| MILITATE | (IL+IT) in MATE | ||
| 27. | Is worried about small son getting pet (6) | ||
| CARESS | CARES around S(on) | ||
| … | |||
| Down | |||
| 1. | Willy Loman? Name lass involved (8) | ||
| SALESMAN | (NAME+LASS*) | ||
| 2. | Roman god in place, cast out (5) | ||
| PLUTO | PL+(OUT*) | ||
| 3. | Quack remedy in no way unusual (7) | ||
| NOSTRUM | NO+ST+RUM | ||
| 5. | Around northern tip of region, one state with a new meteorological facility (7,7) | ||
| WEATHER STATION | R in (ONE STATE WITH A*) a bit convoluted |
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| 6. | Chief magistrate upset about demo (7) | ||
| NOMARCH | (ON<)+MARCH | ||
| 7. | Inordinate praise about favourite hors d’oeuvre (9) | ||
| APPETISER | (PRAISE*) around PET | ||
| 8. | Use Forster device? (6) | ||
| EMPLOY | EM(forster)+PLOY clever misleading clue |
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| 9. | Respond humorously to fool getting comfortable role? (4,2,4,4) | ||
| TAKE IN GOOD PART | TAKE IN(to fool)+GOOD+PART | ||
| 15. | Computer image of distressed lamb in hut (9) | ||
| THUMBNAIL | (LAMB IN HUT*) | ||
| 16. | Trendy types, carollers surrounding wife (8) | ||
| SWINGERS | SINGERS around W | ||
| 18. | Jazz fan about to reveal what goes on in nightclub? (7) | ||
| CABARET | CAT around BARE &lit, perhaps | ||
| 19. | Choose artist showing a complex character (7) | ||
| ELECTRA | ELECT+RA | ||
| 20. | Turn down quantity of Chinese food (3,3) | ||
| DIM SUM | DIM+SUM | ||
| 23. | Small girl gets fish (5) | ||
| SKATE | S+KATE | ||
| …. | |||
Surely Pluto is a Greek god, with Pater Dis as the Roman equivalent??
Thanks Lorraine,
The usual excellent surfaces from Everyman. I’ve ticked quite a few clues but particular favourites were SCOURGE, NOSTRUM and DIM SUM.
1d, 4a & 13a were easy if you knew who Willy Loman ,Odette & Hornblower were. If you didn’t you had to wait until you had a few checkers unless you wanted to google. For that reason I didn’t really like those clues.
Otherwise ok.
Thanks for the blog.
Thanks Lorraine and Happy Christmas to you.
In Liverpool a Nomarch is a disreputable person……
It seems strange sitting down after Sunday lunch today without an Everyman crossword to beguile me. Thank you Everyman for your weekly entertainment throughout the year.
Thanks, Lorraine.
I missed Everyman on Sunday too. My favourites in this one were ANTIMONARCHIST and DIM SUM – both elegant but accessible clues, as always in this puzzle.