Everyman N° 3,481

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The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/everyman/3481.

It’s business as usual at Everyman – nothing that I found too difficult, in concise and smooth clues.

Across
1. Assign new tasks to dyer, Pole, at work (8)
REDEPLOY An anagram (‘at work’) of ‘dyer, Pole’.
5. A model island, in the existing circumstances (2,2,2)
AS IT IS A charade of ‘a’ plus SIT (‘model’) plus IS (‘island’).
9. Woodland plant’s unusual name, distinct from all others (7)
ANEMONE A charade of ANEM, an anagram (‘unusual’) of ‘name’ plus ONE (‘distinct from all others’).
10. Country hotels, new and old (7)
LESOTHO A charade of LESOTH, an anagram (‘new’) of ‘hotels’ plus O (‘old’).
11. Item of furniture in friendly professor’s office (4,5)
EASY CHAIR A charade of EASY (‘friendly’) plus CHAIR (‘professor’s office’).
12. Sing version with new opening (5)
YODEL MODEL (‘version’) with its first letter changed (new opening’).
13. Show good girls old harmonica (7,7)
MUSICAL GLASSES A charade of MUSICAL (‘show’) plus G (‘good’) plus LASSES (‘girls’).
17. According to the circumstances at sea, became shy, or otherwise (2,3,4,3,2)
AS THE CASE MAY BE An anagram (‘or otherwise’) of ‘at sea became shy’.
19. Friend wearing very large gems (5)
OPALS An envelope (‘wearing’) of PAL (‘friend’) in OS (outsize, or oversize ‘very large’).
22. This person can’t sleep – I can son, I’m drunk! (9)
INSOMNIAC An anagram (‘drunk’) of ‘I can son I’m’.
23. Impress English party (7)
ENGRAVE A charade of ENG (‘English’) plus RAVE (‘party’),
24. Old boy’s remedy, not easily understood (7)
OBSCURE A charade of OB’S (‘old boy’s’) plus CURE (‘remedy’).
25. Bark and fight close to doghouse (6)
SCRAPE A charade of SCRAP (‘fight’) plus R (‘close to doghousE‘).
26. Wise having been involved with best places to visit online (8)
WEBSITES An anagram (‘having been involved’) of ‘wise’ plus ‘best’.
Down
1. Lecturer from Linacre, a dermatologist (6)
READER A hidden answer (‘from’) in ‘LinacRE A DERmatologist’.
2. Slip into clubs, perhaps, in formal gear (5,4)
DRESS SUIT A charade of DRESS (‘slip into’) plus SUIT (‘clubs, perhaps’).
3. Ban professional writer (9)
PROSCRIBE A charade of PRO (‘professional’) plus SCRIBE (‘writer’).
4. How a week passes without planning ahead? (3,3,2,1,4)
ONE DAY AT A TIME’ Double definition.
6. Impertinent, fool entering empty study (5)
SASSY An envelope (‘entering’) of ASS (‘fool’) in SY (’empty StudY‘).
7. Carried child, daughter, following onset of exhaustion (5)
TOTED A charade of TOT (‘child’) plus E (‘onset of Exhaustion’) plus D ‘daughter’).
8. Very clean, showing no sign of acne? (8)
SPOTLESS Definition and literal interpretation.
10. Tarzan in story old Greek translated (4,9)
LORD GREYSTOKE An anagram (‘translated’) of ‘story old Greek’.
14. Scaremongers unfortunately describing end of horror film (9)
ALARMISTS An envelope (‘describing’) of R (‘end of horroR‘) plus MIST (‘film’) in ALAS (‘unfortunately’).
15. Nickname: bore quits, upset (9)
SOBRIQUET An anagram (‘upset’) of ‘bore quits’.
16. Aristocrat – save one on steamship (8)
BARONESS A charade of BAR ONE (‘save one’) plus SS (‘steamship’).
18. Admission made by expert touring about with small son (6)
ACCESS An envelope (‘touring’) of C (circa, ‘about’) in ACE (‘expert’) plus S (‘snall’) plus S (‘son’).
20. Foreman blowing top in rage (5)
ANGER A subtraction: [g]ANGER (‘foreman’) without its first letter (‘blowing top’).
21. Rascal has most of large prawns (5)
SCAMP A subtraction SCAMP[i] (‘large prawns’) nearly complete (‘most of’).

10 comments on “Everyman N° 3,481”

  1. I found this puzzle enjoyable and quite straightfoward, except for 17a which I took a very long time to solve.

    My favourite clues were 10d & 10a.

    I was unable to parse 20d.

    Thanks for the blog, PeterO.

  2. Off topic but not exactly off topic –

    An earlier Everyman crossword in which ‘Ghandi’ was part of an anagram fodder appeared in an Indian publication today.

    Bloggers on that crossword were quite charitable.

    One person wrote:

    “…Firstly, there is no reference in the clue to Mahatma or MK, so it need not be Gandhiji being referred to.

    Secondly, there is a surname Ghandi that is used, so it could be anybody.

    Thirdly, native names do get lost in transliteration. In fact, Feroze was usually ref. to as Ghandi.

    …it is only anagram fodder. For eg: Rama may be used as anagram fodder, but need not necessarily be taken as a ref. to Lord Rama, since it also used as a first name.”

  3. Thank you, PeterO.
    Like Michelle, I couldn’t parse 20d. It was because I’d never heard the word “ganger”. The rest was pretty straightforward.

  4. I couldn’t get 20d -got hung up on g affer which was clearly incorrect and 23a where I assumed English was e and not eng.

  5. Thanks, Peter (and also, belatedly, for your Grauniad blog this week, where you kindly provided the link to the puzzle which the G website had omitted to upload).

    ‘Business as usual’ is the right description, and also a compliment. I’m still recommending Everyman to friends who want to get into cryptics: always an accessible puzzle and always well-constructed surfaces (I would cite 10ac in this one) and a variety of clue types.

    Rishi, I remember the ‘Ghandi’ puzzle you mention. If memory serves, I think Everyman dropped in to apologise, and I sympathised, since GANDHI is one of my spelling blackspots.

  7. Kathryn’s Dad @5 – I had trouble with Gandhi (?) until I realised it’s three consecutive letters – G and H, I.

    HTH!

  8. Again a very enjoyable crossword. In New Zealand we are a tad behind you, being published here 27th July.

    I too, tell my friends to try it.

    I got “musical glasses”, but failed to see the connection.

  9. Also from NZ where I look forward to Saturday crosswords and I really enjoy reading the responses. When I think I have a correct answer I research it on google and this week found that musical glasses were an ancient form of harmonica where the glasses (cups or vessels with differing levels of fluid) were arranged in series to emit a differing series of notes. Does Everyman have a Scottish connection I wonder?

  10. Margie says
    Another kiwi who enjoys the challenge of this crossword.Saturdays are the highlight of my week! Thanks, Ian, for the explanation of 17a. I had it written in but didn’t get the connection.

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