(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) The usual Tuesday fare from Neo. Thanks Neo. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Across
1 Player died hungry – bananas are rancid (5,9)
DAVID CARRADINE : D(abbrev. for “died”) + AVID(hungry;keen for) + anagram of(bananas) ARE RANCID.
Answer: American actor.
10 Record minutes, being on the case of course (5)
EPSOM : EP(abbrev. for an extended play record, a sound recording with fewer tracks than a longplay album, but more than a single) + [ M(abbrev. for “minutes” in time notation) placed after(being on, in an across clue) SO(as in “that being so;the case”) ] .
Answer: The racecourse in Surrey, England.
11 Brothers around Cork endangered swimmers (4,5)
MONK SEALS : MONKS(brothers in a religious order) containing(around) SEAL(a type of which is a cork, for a bottle).
Answer: Any of the Hawaiian or Mediterranean endangered species of aquatic seals.
12 Sheltered terrace with girl outside (7)
VERANDA : AND(with;plus) contained in(… outside) VERA(a girl’s name).
13 Giving free services for Irish singer (3,4)
PRO BONO : PRO(for;in support of) + BONO(stage name for Irish singer, frontman for the rock band U2).
Answer: Services done without charge, for the public good.
14 See 21
16, 9 Personal communications network gets one agitated (1,6,2,6)
A BUNDLE OF NERVES : Cryptic defn: Reference to one’s bodily network through which stimuli and impulses are relayed to and from the brain and other parts of the central nervous system.
19 Game show contestant‘s rowdy male – one reptile devours (9)
GLADIATOR : [ LAD(a rowdy male, often seen in gangs) + I(Roman numeral for “one”) ] contained in(… devours) GATOR(short for the reptile, the alligator).
Defn: A participant in armed contests for the entertainment of the audience in Ancient Rome. Though there is a TV game show named after those ancient contestants, but with no lethal events involved.
20 Scientist returned vehicle to policeman (5)
DIRAC : Reversal of(returned) CAR(a engine-driven vehicle) placed after(to, in an across clue) DI(abbrev. for a detective inspector).
Answer: Paul, English scientist, a leading figure in the field of particle physics, specifically quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.
22 Level with promoted teams (7)
UPSIDES : UP(promoted up the organisation) SIDES(teams in a contest).
Answer: As in “came upsides with the leader”, in horse racing.
25 See writer’s Swift having name for Lilliput’s leader (7)
IMAGINE : I’M(contraction of “I am” as is “writer’s” a contraction of “writer is”, and “I” is the self-referential pronoun for the writer) + “agile”(swift;quick in movement) with “n”(abbrev. for “name”) replacing(having … for) the 1st letter of(…’s leader) “Lilliput“.
Defn: … in one’s mind.
27 Row in church about infighting among Provos (9)
CHARIVARI : CH(abbrev. for “church”) + reversal of(about) [ I.R.A.(abbrev. for the Provisional Irish Republican Army aka the Provos) V(abbrev. for “versus”;fighting against) I.R.A.](… infighting) .
Answer: A din, from the discordant mock serenade played on pots and pans as a joke on newly-weds.
28 Flesh revealed by Duke to Queen Mother (5)
DERMA : D(abbrev. for “Duke”) plus(to) ER(abbrev. for “Elizabeth Regina”, the Queen) + MA(term for one’s mother). Answer: Beef or fowl intestine used as a casing for certain dishes, or, the thick layer of skin beneath the epidermis.
29 Promising band? (10,4)
ENGAGEMENT RING : Cryptic defn: A band around the finger, indicating a promise to marry. The one through the nose comes later.
Down
2 Extremists from atoll entering one country or another (9)
AUSTRALIA : 1st and last letters of(Extremists from) “atoll ” contained in(entering) AUSTRIA(a country).
Defn: … country.
3 Maybe seeing Douglas Humphries was his fame (5)
INMAN : [IN MAN](in the Isle of Man, perhaps in Douglas, its main town).
Answer: John, British actor famous for his portrayal of Mr. Humphries in the TV series “Are You Being Served?”.
4 Cricketer in unconscious state plays on here – he’s some fighter (9)
COMBATANT : BAT(short for a batsman in cricket) containing(in) COMA(an unconscious state) + NT(abbrev. for the National Theatre, where plays are put on).
5 Single over shows bowler’s approach (3-2)
RUN-UP : RUN(a single score in cricket) + UP(over;finished, as in “the game’s up”).
6 Sleeping around, non-European supporter took French leave (9)
ABSCONDED : ABED(in bed sleeping) containing(around) “second”(a supporter, especially in a duel) minus(non-) “E”(abbrev. for European).
7 Shakespearean ensign impresses maiden as idealised figure (5)
IMAGO : IAGO(ensign to Othello, Shakespearean Moor) containing(impresses) M(abbrev. for “maiden”, eg. in cricket).
Answer: An idealised image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and carried in the unconscious through later life.
8 Reduce th pressur we hear? (4,3)
EASE OFF : Homophone of(we hear) “E’s off”(to get from “the pressure” to “th pressur”).
Answer: To reduce, especially, the pressure on something.
9 See 16
15 Daughter Heather, holding breath, getting weaker (9)
DWINDLING : D(abbrev. for “daughter”) + LING(the heather growing on open land) containing(holding) WIND(breath, especially in respiration or talk, as in “had the wind knocked out of you”).
17 Bad weather over Britain visits Scotsman and Slav (9)
UKRAINIAN : [UK RAIN](bad weather in the UK) plus(visits) IAN(a typical Scotsman’s name).
18 Recast in role under consideration quite recently (7,2)
EARLIER ON : Anagram of(Recast) IN ROLE placed below(under, in a down clue) EAR(consideration;attention, as in “give an ear to”).
19 Go to university with desire for work (7)
GOUACHE : GO plus(to) U(abbrev. for “university”) plus(with) ACHE(to desire;to long for so much it hurts).
Answer: A work of art done by painting with opaque watercolours mixed with a gum preparation.
21,14 Dictator raised as extrovert man leaves meal (6,5)
CAESAR SALAD : CAESAR(Julius, dictator of Rome) + reversal of(raised, in a down clue) AS + LAD(an extrovert man, especially in “a bit of a lad”).
Answer: A dish mainly of lettuce leaves tossed with anchovies, croutons, etc.
23 Undignified speech from Spain’s premier film director (5)
SLANG : 1st letter of(…’s premier) “Spain” + LANG(Fritz, film director, best known for “Metropolis” and “M”).
24 Find insect population, as did butterfly in crossing river? (5)
SWARM : SWAM(did perhaps the butterfly stroke to swim across, perhaps, a river) containing(crossing) R(abbrev. for “river”).
26 Sliding calculator? (5)
ADDER : Cryptic defn: Reference to the creature that slides leglessly or slithers.
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The pictures below have unidentified links to the crossword (for the last picture, there’s another answer besides SWARM).
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Thanks scchua,
Is Pic 4 a reference to IMAGO and pic 5 to SWARM?
Hi Muffyword,
Pic 4: The play’s the thing. Pic5: Not quite.
Hi Muffyword, the answers:
Pic4 – In Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” (portrayed by Olivier and Leigh in the pic), she says, at the end of Act 1:
“My SALAD days,
When I was green in judgment: cold in blood,
…..”, speaking of what she had with Julius CAESAR.
Pic 5 – They are GLADIATOR bugs (order Mantophasmatodea), also called African rock crawlers or heelwalkers.
Thanks scchua – I was nowhere near!