Lorraine: Good morning,
I enjoyed this weeks offering immensely until I got to 11ac and 20dn, needed Nick’s help to solve those two. Thanks Nick.
I found it took me slightly longer than usual to solve this puzzle which is a good thing as solving a puzzle should be taxing so as to exercise the brain. 🙂
Big thank you to Everyman for the brain workout.
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| 7. | To depart, follow green light (4,5) | ||
| TAKE LEAVE | sort of cdd | ||
| 9. | Good opportunity in school (5) | ||
| GROOM | G+ROOM | ||
| 11. | Grand Prix track, circuit in Lima rebuilt (5) | ||
| IMOLA i | O in (LIMA*) | ||
| 12. | Those who assault strikers? (9) | ||
| ATTACKERS | CDD in football, attackers are also called strikers |
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| 13. | Not quick to grasp what the pro is with a golf club? (4,2,3,6) | ||
| SLOW ON THE UPTAKE | pun on a golf stroke that requires gently bently swinging of the club | ||
| 14. | Large centrepiece required – English salesman returned with duff gen (7) | ||
| EPERGNE i | E+(REP<)+(GEN*) | ||
| 16. | Home Counties gave up, withdrew (7) | ||
| SECEDED | SE+CEDED | ||
| 18. | How a tot in a high chair eats, in poverty? (4,4,2,5) | ||
| FROM HAND TO MOUTH | cdd | ||
| 22. | Sci-fi film in register, reviewed after another (9) | ||
| ALIENATOR | ALIEN(sci-fi film)+(ROTA<) | ||
| 23. | Willow, very large one about to be cut back? (5) | ||
| OSIER i | OS+I+(RE<) | ||
| 24. | Study child actress (5) | ||
| DENCH | DEN+CH Judie, I presume |
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| 25. | Introduces new members (9) | ||
| INITIATES | dd | ||
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| 1. | Moral principles in middle of sixteenth century put down in this (6) | ||
| ETHICS | (sixt)E(enth)+(C in THIS) | ||
| 2. | Covering the entire distance, from the beginning (3,5) | ||
| ALL ALONG | cdd | ||
| 3. | Scholar in a goods vehicle in street (6) | ||
| SAVANT | (A VAN) in ST | ||
| 4. | They may be used by a camper, foreign gent with pets (4,4) | ||
| TENT PEGS | (GENT+PETS)* | ||
| 5. | Urge to get prize piece of tableware (3,3) | ||
| EGG CUP | EGG+CUP | ||
| 6. | Major duel – one it bothered in play (5,3,6) | ||
| ROMEO AND JULIET | (MAJOR DUEL – ONE IT)* | ||
| 8. | Be an authority on tear-jerkers? (4,4,6) | ||
| KNOW ONES ONIONS | dd pun | ||
| 10. | Give the wrong impression being crazy about Skye, perhaps (7) | ||
| MISLEAD | MAD around ISLE | ||
| 14. | Antelope crossing fine line in enchanted placed (7) | ||
| ELFLAND | ELAND around F | ||
| 15. | A German beer mug for a renowned scientist (8) | ||
| EINSTEIN | EIN+STEIN (I typed this next week) |
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| 17. | US agency holding a married bloke in Asian country (8) | ||
| CAMBODIA | CIA around (A+M+BOD) | ||
| 19. | Some pythons, huge in part of Japan (6) | ||
| HONSHU i | hidden: pytHONS, HUge | ||
| 20. | Disordered routine, back tender (6) | ||
| TURBID | (RUT<)+BID | ||
| 21. | Unorthodox religious opinion at this place on the outskirts of Shrewsbury (6) | ||
| HERESY | HERE+S(hrewsbur)Y | ||
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Thank you, Lorraine. Another fine puzzle from Everyman.
There is a little seasonal message for us across the top and bottom rows.
Many thanks, Lorraine. I didn’t get 22a because I know nothing about sci-fi films. But, given the wordplay, surely, the word “rota” backwards should be placed round the word “alien”, not after it?
Crosser, if you remove the comma, it makes sense. Rota reviewed after another sci-fi film ‘alien’.
Not too difficult this one, finished quickly. All straightforward and no groaners this week!
Don’t get the golf reference; and why does BO = bloke?
This puzzle felt slightly more difficult than Everyman’s usual puzzles, but it was still a pleasant solve. ALIENATOR was my LOI.
@4 – BO doesn’t equal bloke, it is an obvious typo in the blog and should read BOD. As far as the parsing of 13ac is concerned, if you imagine a golf pro demonstrating how a shot should be made it is usually done in slow motion. Although I would usually use “upswing” for the action of raising the club I think “uptake” is probably acceptable as an alternative. The first definition of it in my Chambers is “the act of lifting up”.
Thanks Everyman & Lorraine.
I agree with Andy B that this seemed to be a bit more difficult than normal. For 7, after ‘follow green light’ I was expecting amber. I can’t say that ALIENATOR is a very well known film. I was expecting ET to be in there somewhere.
Robi@6: Don’t usually do the Everyman but last week I was at the British National Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow and Sunday night a fried found a discarded newspaper with the crossword not done so we worked our way through it. 22ac was our last one in, we’d never heard of it. We’d been working along the ET line as well. Asking around the next day, it seems that no-one else had heard of it. Definitely not well known.
Robi
The film is ‘Alien’, a very well-known film directed by Ridley Scott with ‘rota’ (=register) tagged on.
I feel a little embarrassed posting this as I entered ‘Alienated’ because of the ET connection which meant I didn’t get TURBID.
Which is again embarrassing because even after reading the blog it has taken a while for the penny to drop about rut = routine.
Well, not everyone is a crossword whizzkid…
Thanks, Everyman and Trafites
Robi
Apologies for the above post which is completely unnecessary. I have just re-read the clue. Clearly ALIENATOR is the definition and I agree it is not a well-known film – never heard of it personally
Thanks, almw3, @3. I see what you mean.
dormouse@7: I was at Satellite 4 too, and agree that the film clued is really obscure – perhaps Dave Lally might have heard of it?
Didn’t think to ask him, Peter. 🙂
Good crossword, TURBID was the only one that I missed:-/
ALIENATOR and TURBID were my stumbling blocks.
Explanation for 22A is more complete as ALIEN (another sci-fi film)+(ROTA<).
Thanks for all notes.
A note of dissent from Down Under. Some poor clues here. Take Leave and All Along I found rather feeble and the sort of clues where you think “is that it?” once you get what you think is the answer. Sorry this was just a bit of a slog with not much in the way of slow smiles and aha moments.
I thought ‘ know ones onions ‘ was good…
9a was my “really” ?? this week. Turbid got me, otherwise an enjoyable Saturday solve
I usually give myself till Wednesday to see if I can get the last few but decided to throw in the towel early. Having seen the answers I’m glad I did; the SW corner had me stumped although I should have worked out 24a. I’ve since consulted Manguel and Guadalupi’s ‘Dictionary of Imaginary Places’ and confirmed my suspicion that ELFLAND is not a real place..