(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) This was an enjoyable offering from Paul, with lots of fun teasing out the answers. Thanks Paul. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Across
1 Gun torture for fun remains for downed British companions (7,3,4)
BANGERS AND MASH : BANGER(something that makes a bang, say, a gun) + [S AND M](S&M;abbrev. for “sadomasochism”, the infliction or reception of pain or humiliation;to its practitioners, torture for fun) + ASH(remains after burning).
Defn: The 2 main components of a food dish downed by many in the UK,.
8 Felon primarily after article, one getting nicked? (5)
THIEF : The 1st letter of(primarily) “Felon ” placed after(after, in an across clue) [ THE(the definite article) containing(… getting nicked) I(Roman numeral for one) ]. A WIWD (wordplay intertwined with definition) clue.
9 Useless gaffe that’s faced by pubertal boys? (8)
BUMFLUFF : BUM(useless, as in “bum advice”) + FLUFF(a gaffe;a blunder).
Defn: The soft and fluffy first growth of hair on the faces of pubertal boys.
11 Do kill (7)
EXECUTE : Double defn.
12 Albert distanced from royal muse confused for royal spouse (7)
SEYMOUR : Anagram of(confused) “royal muse ” minus(… distanced from) “Al”(short for the name Albert).
Defn: …, one of King Henry VIII’s.
13 No girl, not entirely — the reverse, a boy (5)
SIMON : Reversal of(the reverse) [NO + “miss”(a young girl) minus its last letter(not entirely)].
15 Tubes out of shape, I go beyond circle (9)
OESOPHAGI : Anagram of(out of) SHAPE, I GO placed after(beyond) O(letter representing a circle).
D0 Plural of the tube connecting the pharynx to the stomach;the gullet.
17 Improving on subject, need less stuffing (2,3,4)
ON THE MEND : ON + THEME(a subject;a topic) + “need ” minus its 2 inner letters(less stuffing).
20 Very big heads in our bankrupt economy spoiling everything (5)
OBESE : The 1st letters, respectively, of(heads in) “our bankrupt economy spoiling everything ”
21 Cat — or shark, by the sound of it? (7)
CHEETAH : Homophone of(by the sound of it) “cheater”(a shark, figuratively)
23 Ring the companion of an inventor, we hear? (7)
GROMMET : Homophone of(we hear) “Gromit”(the doggy companion of Wallace, inventor in the cartoon series and films).
Defn: … to reinforce an eyelet.
25 Wee-wee, then sound of explosion dropping rear for baby’s amusement (8)
PEEKABOO : PEE(to urinate;wee-wee in baby language) plus(then) “kaboom”(imitative of the sound of an explosion) minus its last letter(dropping rear).
26 Red queen hearts? On the contrary (5)
HENNA : Reversal of(On the contrary) [ANNE(former English queen) + H(abbrev. for suit of hearts in card games) ].
Defn: … dye.
27 False prophet’s decree, something said, looking back (8,6)
REPORTED SPEECH : Anagram of(False) PROPHET’S DECREE.
Down
1 Fudge-coated voices, premier of choirs is sweet (12)
BUTTERSCOTCH : BOTCH(to fudge;to falsify) containing(coated) [ UTTERS(voices) + the 1st letter of(premier of) “choirs ” ].
2 Green brought over into blue via navy (5)
NAIVE : Reversal of(brought over) and hidden in(into) “blue via navy “.
3 Blind partner and uncle dancing merengue ultimately is filth (9)
EFFLUENCE : EFF(as in “eff and blind”;to use obscene language) plus(and) anagram of(dancing) UNCLE + the last letter of(… ultimately) “merengue “.
Defn: Waste product.
4 Unknown quantity in terribly sore bum, almost freezing (3-4)
SUB-ZERO : Z(symbol for an unknown quantity in algebra) contained in(in) anagram of(terribly) “sore bum ” minus its last letter(almost).
Answer: … temperatures.
5 Flipping source of life is plague (7)
NEMESIS : Reversal of(Flipping, in a down clue) SEMEN(the source of life, strictly, the liquid medium for one half of the source of life, or is that being too technical) + IS.
Answer: Any agency of retribution, like what the plague was once considered to be.
6 Fish in weed (5)
MOLLY : Double defn: 1st: A species of fish; and 2nd: Slang in the US for pure MDMA, the chemical component of the drug ecstasy, mixed into marijuana;weed, by some users. The equivalent British slang is “Mandy”.
7 Kill rowing team from Ipswich, say? (9)
SUFFOCATE : Homophone of(say) “Suffolk eight”(competitive team of 8 rowers from the county of which Ipswich is the county town).
10 Path rather difficult claiming benefits in the end for poor Americans (7,5)
TRAILER TRASH : TRAIL(a path) + anagram of(difficult) RATHER containing(claiming) the last letter of(… in the end) “benefits “.
Defn: … derogatively, derived from the trailer parks they live in.
14 In memo there’s extremely infantile language (9)
MOTHERESE : Hidden in(In) “memo there’s extremely “.
16 Under leader in paper, ring round rubbish as features editor (9)
PHOTOSHOP : 1st letter of(leader in) “paper ” placed above(Under …., …, in a down clue) HOOP(a ring) containing(round) TOSH(rubbish;nonsense).
Defn: Software to edit the features of a digital image. Nicely misdirecting definition.
18 Old clip seen after middle of this show (7)
EXHIBIT : EX-(prefix denoting “old”;former) + [ BIT(a clip;a little part that is cut off) placed below(seen after, in a down clue) the 2 middle letters of(middle of) “this ” ].
19 Tree as source of bark? (7)
DOGWOOD : Cryptic defn.
22 Capital overly protecting the state (5)
TOKYO : TOO(overly;in excess) containing(protecting) KY(abbrev. for the US state of Kentucky).
24 Day trip eventually starts in game (5)
MONTE : MON(abbrev. for “Monday”) + the 1st letters, respectively of(… starts) “trip eventually “.
Defn: … played with cards.
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The following pictures have unidentified links to the puzzle.
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The chimp in the last picture was called CHEETAH.
Peter Sellars and Sophia Loren in “The millionairess”, but I don’t see the connection.
Does the first one show PHOTOSHOP windows/tools?
Sellers and Loren sang “Bangers and Mash”: “Give us a bash at the bangers and mash that me muvvah used ta make.”
scchua –
Sorry I am not taking part in the quiz. But may I say that in the right of the two pics under PHOTOSHOP, I do see some enhancement.
Peter Sellers did a series of commercials as Monty (sounds like MONTE) Casino. Or else there’s a connection between BANGERS or PEEKABOO[m] and Boom Biddy Boom.
The screenshot is of Apple OS X Aqua Theme (ON THEME ND).
Is one bocer the NEMESIS of the other?
And apparently GROMMET is a term for a young surfer.
And (finally), I deduce from the name of the second picture that it is from a Hungarian winery, where they undoubtedly make Tokay, which shares many letters in common with TOKYO.
#2 – the waiter is serving the wine from a “wine thief” – which is more usually used to sample wine from a barrel.
#3 – not an expert but is that Muhammad Ali (aka Cassius Clay) with Joe Frazier – said to have been his nemesis.
Boxers are Sony Liston and Floyd Patterson – Liston beat Patterson twice, does that make him Floyd’s NEMESIS?
I was hoping that pic 1 was an Android OS with the silly name of BUTTERSCOTCH (like “Jelly Bean” and “Kitkat”) but apparently not. Shame.
Hi muffin, Ian Payn, Ian SW3, Jolly Swagman, and Shirl, right with:
Pic2: A wine THIEF being used flamboyantly,
Pic4: BANGERS AND MASH, a followup to their boom biddy boom song, a link to listen to it again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPYdnkK9Fqc
Pic5: A GROMMET,
Pic6: Tarzan’s chimp (in the movies anyway) is CHEETA.
Hints – Pic1: Note the task bar at the bottom, and Pic3: It’s Paterson and Liston, long before Ali and his “float like a butterfly…”
Must admit to googling rather than prior knowledge, but Pic 3 you say is Floyd Patterson v Sonny Liston (1962) and the former apparently used a peek-a-boo stance, whereas the latter used an orthodox one.
Yes, Paterson used a PEEKABOO boxing style.
Pic1: There was a series of versions of the Mac OS X that were named after the big cats, including CHEETAH, leopard, and tiger. Ian SW3 and Shirl, you almost got it.