Azed 2167

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What we get every time with Azed — sound clues and a lot of wading through Chambers. They are always soluble in the end, although 1dn defeats me. I’m sure if this was a competition crossword and I was prepared to agonise over it for days then it would become clear, but being lazy I prefer to leave it to you, dear reader, to tell me.

Sorry, no clues with this one. I’m having to use the old format because of computer problems.

Across
1 TUTTI-FRUTTI — (fir)* in tut tut ti — tut = piecework
12 ALE-DRAPER — drap in (a leer) — but Chambers gives drap as the Scots form of drop, and the fact that it is wee only appears with ‘drappie’, so am I missing something?
13 CHUCK — 2 defs
14 ORTHO — hidden in pORTHOle — orthochromatic, as opposed to panchromatic, film is not sensitive to all wavelengths
15 KASHRUT — (Ask Ruth)*
16 SURBED — {lighte}r in (debus)rev. — but Chambers says edge whereas Azed says end — the same?
17 ONEYER — one ye{a}r
18 ROSY LEE — Ro(s)yle E — the Royle Family
19 BAR — bar{king}
22 AWN — a w{hiskeriness} {chi}n
24 ORTHIAN — (to Rihanna – a n)*
26 HARLOT — har{d} lot
27 VAKASS — V (asks)* round a — this is the word that Azed tells us isn’t in the latest Chambers but is elsewhere — unfortunately I don’t possess the others but the word is indeed in some dictionaries, such as Collins — anyway I’m sure it’s this because the wordplay is so clear
29 GATEAUS — G(ate)aus — a Madeleine is a plain sponge cake, not so rich as its cousin the gateau
31 AMISH — famish minus f{ast}
32 FELLA — fell a
33 TAXI(RANK)S — the ‘once’ refers to the Greek army division
34 MAIN-TOPSAIL — (ma oil paints)*
 
Down
1 TACK — although it could equally likely be TICK or TOCK or TUCK — I’m afraid I’m quite lost here and don’t understand any of it [Some sound of movement from part of rear, but not seen] Thanks AR at 2 — you’re of course right — (but)tock.  I did in fact learn this from Hypnos at the Sloggers and Betters gathering yesterday, but too late.
2 TOUSER — to [= along with in some sense that I can’t immediately think of] user
3 TACHYPHASIA — (a ship a yacht)*
4 FLOURY — f(lo)ury
5 RESTRINGENT — (Sterne)* around (Tri{m} ng) — there was a Corporal Trim in Sterne
6 UDOS — {k}udos
7 TROUSE — hidden in lusTROUS Emerald
8 TARRY BREEKS — tarry b reeks
9 TE-HEE — te(HE)e
10 ERODENT — rod in (teen)*
11 CHANA — hidden in whiCH AN Appetiser
17 OBOVATE — obo(vat)e
20 TISHRI — I think this is h{ou}r in (I sit)rev.
21 WHACKO — 2 defs
22 ALALIA — (all)* in aia
23 WOULD — w (ludo)* — nothing to do with Shakespeare
25 RAMAL — {d}rama L{ondon}
28 SWAN — swan{king}
30 SAUL — SA {b}ul{l} — ref Saul Bellow

4 comments on “Azed 2167”

  1. but being lazy I prefer to leave it to you, dear reader, to tell me.

    Tsk, there was me being too lazy and expecting the blogger to sort it out. The clue, for those who may have forgotten it: 1d Some sound of movement from part of rear, but not seen (4)

    I suspect either tick or tock, both being sounds from ‘movements’ or clocks.

  4. Thanks Azed for the puzzle and John for the blog.

    11dn: After some thought, I have come to the conclusion that the “hiding” indicator is all of “in … in served”. The alternative would mean redundant words in a “hidden” clue, which I would not expect from Azed.

    23dn/30dn: Two delightful illustrations of the best way of hiding a capital letter, by putting the relevant word at the start of a sentence.

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