(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Thanks to Daedalus for an enjoyable puzzle, just a bit tricky in parts. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Across
1 King Edward prepared? Too apt! (6,6)
MASHED POTATO : Reverse clue: Anagram of(MASHED) POTATO = Too apt.
Defn: A preparation you could get using a King Edward potato.
9 Prince Oscar is all about getting things just so (9)
PRECISION : Anagram of(… all about) [ PRINCE + O(letter represented by “Oscar” in the phonetic alphabet) + IS ].
10 Sacred word such as amen‘s first and last (5)
OMEGA : OM(in Hinduism and Buddhism, a sacred syllable used as a mantra) + EG(abbrev. for “exempli gratia”;for example;such as) + the 1st letter of(…’s first) “amen“.
Defn: … of a series.
11 Spot lion and unicorn heading inside to make deal (4,3)
DOLE OUT : DOT(a spot) + LEO(from Latin, the name for a lion, as used in children’s tales, fables, etc.) containing(… inside) the 1st letter of(… heading) “unicorn “.
Defn: To give out shares;to distribute.
12 At first you’re all nervous, giving the Zulu elder a flower (7)
YANGTZE : The 1st letters, respectively, of(At first) “you’re all nervous, giving the Zulu elder “.
Defn: Flow-er;river.
13 Feverish convulsion stopped by shock treatment (6)
HECTIC : HIC(representation of the sound of a hiccup, caused by a spasm;a convulsion of the diaphragm) containing(stopped by;plugged by) ECT(abbrev. for “electroconvulsive therapy”;electric shock treatment).
14 Caught erstwhile setter’s fancy (8)
CONCEIVE : C(abbrev. for “caught”, as in cricket scores) + ONCE(erstwhile;at a time before) + I’VE(“I have” used self-referentially, for “setter has;setter’s”).
Defn: To imagine.
17 Pains besetting ailing hero at Troy (8)
ACHILLES : ACHES(pains) contained in(besetting) ILL(ailing;sick).
18 Teddy maybe comes back to life? (6)
UNDIES : [ UN-(prefix expressing a reversal of an action) DIES ](comes back to life).
Defn: A woman’s one-piece undergarment.
20 Astronomer terribly ill with old age (7)
GALILEO : Anagram of(terribly) [ ILL plus(with) O(abbrev. for “old”) + AGE].
22 Leave rag-ends, keeping what’s modish? (7)
AVERAGE : Hidden in(…, keeping) “Leave rag-ends “.
Cryptic defn: Mode(in statistics, the most frequently occurring value in a set of quantities, and a value that is representative of a set of quantities). -ish(suffix to represent a nearness to;approximately and/or having the characteristics of). Hence “modish”.
Answer: The arithmetic mean of a set of quantities, which could approximate the mode, and like the latter, be representative of a set of quantities.
24 One leaves injured maiden getting better (5)
AMEND : “I”(Roman numeral for “one”) deleted from(leaves) anagram of(injured) “maiden “.
Defn: …, as a verb.
25 A way to understand things during class (9)
INTUITION : IN(during) TUITION(class;the period when a group of students are being tutored).
26 With hollow smile, take silver spear and apprehend immediately (3,2,1,6)
SEE AT A GLANCE : The 1st and last letters of(hollow)”smile” + EAT(to take food) + AG(chemical symbol for the element, silver) + LANCE(a spear).
Down
1 Vehicle idled (5)
MOPED : Double defn: 1st: A motor scooter; and 2nd: To move or act in an aimless way.
2 I investigate the underworld or Hell – shocks me appallingly (8,6)
SHERLOCK HOLMES : Anagram of(… appallingly) OR HELL – SHOCKS ME.
Defn: … of criminals.
3 Study old-time retired leader (9)
EDITORIAL : Reversal of(… retired, in a down clue) [ LAIR(a place to retire to;a study) + O(abbrev. for “old”) + TIDE(used in combination to represent a time or season, as in Christmastide) ].
Defn: The leading article in a newspaper that expresses the opinion of its editor or publishers.
4 Python lacking a python’s core support (6)
PLINTH : “Palin”(Michael, a member of the Monty Python team) minus(lacking) “a ” + the middle 2 letters of(…’s core) “python“.
Defn: The slab supporting a pedestal, column or statue.
5 Sport broadcast just after poet (8)
TENNYSON : Homophone of(… broadcast) “tennis”(a sport) + ON(just;immediately after an event, as in “on arrival, they checked in at the desk”)
6 Letter written long ago with quill? (5)
THORN : Double defn: 1st: A Germanic runic letter used in Old and Middle English, and Old Norse.
7 Invading yuppies infect compound with rigatoni (14)
GENTRIFICATION : Anagram of(… compound …) [INFECT plus(with) RIGATONI].
Defn: The process by which yuppies take over a traditionally working-class area in a city.
8 Dodgy leases in empty buildings with no foundations (8)
BASELESS : Anagram of(Dodgy) LEASES contained in(in) the 1st letter and last letters of(empty) “buildings “.
13 Principal effects of nightcap? (8)
HEADGEAR : HEAD(principal) + GEAR(one’s personal effects, including clothing).
15 Leave to go, having settled up in good humour (9)
CONGENIAL : CONGE(formal permission;leave to depart) + reversal of(… up, in a down clue) LAIN(having settled on;stretched on).
16 In Romeo’s home I start to collect speedwell (8)
VERONICA : VERONA(home of Shakespeare’s Romeo) containing(In …) [I + the 1st letter of(start to) “collect “].
19 Danger failing to finish chant (6)
MANTRA : “mantrap”(a danger to trespassers, poachers, or males) minus
its last letter(failing to finish).
21 Spooner‘s boy left Spain (5)
LADLE : LAD(a boy) + L(abbrev. for “left”) + E(the International Vehicle Registration code for Spain).
Cryptic defn: Something to spoon with, and not the Reverend with the speech idiosyncrasy.
23 I pick winners for Bert’s mate (5)
ERNIE : Double defn: 1st: Acronym for “Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment”, the machine that picks the winning numbers of Premium Bonds in the UK; and 2nd: … in Sesame Street, the children’s educational TV series.
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The following pictures have unidentified links to the puzzle.
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.)
Hi scchua
I just happened to notice this (I don’t do the Independent crossword).
Pic #8 is from Monty Python – they recorded a tribute to the YANGTZE river (by English football goalkeepers!)
Pic #6 includes Candice Bergen. One of her films was The sand pebbles, which was set on the YANDTZE river.
In fact Pic 6 is a still from The Sand Pebbles, set on the YANGTZE.
Pic #4 includs Rupert Everett, who played SHERLOCK HOLMES in a TV production “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking”.
Pic 3, nothing to do with “Galileo’s ship” I suppose, “Salviati’s” experimtnt?
Pic 3, OMEGA 3 for example, oil from fish?
pic 7 is Kristina Rihannoff and Ben Cohen on “Strictly” (thanks Professor Google!). They are dancing the rumba
the MASHED POTATO is also a dance (best I can come up with!)
Long shot. Spike Milligan (pic #2) wanted “I said I was ill” on his gravestone, but the church wouldn’t allow it – an EDITORIAL decision?
Pic 5 looks like the New Customshouse in Dusseldorf, but…
Pic 2: Milligan played Count “Jim” Moriarty, named after the villain in SHERLOCK HOLMES stories
… in the Goon Show, which Milligan (mainly) wrote
pic 1: THORN EMI were mixed up in British telly, both manufacturing TVs and also in ITV companies
Spike, pic 2 = THORN I’d’ve thought
pic 1 looks like a Jack in the box, can’t see a link
Pic 8: I see that the dictionary definition of MANTRA is “a statement or slogan repeated frequently”. Would this apply to “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!”
Pic 7, “Strictly” is a synonym for PRECISely, with PRECISION…
Hi all
Well done for:
Pic1 THORN EMI were big in TV broadcasting
Pic2 Spike Milligan played Count Moriarty, which was the name of SHERLOCK HOLMES’ arch enemy
Pic3 Herrings are a source of OMEGA-3 oils
Pic6 Steve McQueen and Candice Bergen were in The Sand Pebbles, set in the YANGTZE river
Pic7 The MASHED POTATO was a dance in the 60s.
That leaves 3 which are linked to 2 crossword answers.
Rupert Everett (pic 4) appeared as Oscar Wilde in The Judas Kiss; the play also featured a character called GALILEO Masconi.
P&c 8, GALILEO was kept under house arrest until his death after being tried by the Roman Catholic Inquisition for his support of heliocentrism.
Brilliant, Cookie!
I hope this helps someone- pic 4 features the rather uncomfortable Colin Firth, Caterino Murino and Rupert Everett, promoting the “St Trinians” film
Hang on a minute – Firth and Everett appeared in the film of “The Importance of being Earnest” – does this link to ERNIE?
Pic 5:- is this building part of the GENTRIFICATION of the harbour area of Dusseldorf?
Right! GALILEO was done for by the Roman Inquisition, and Colin Firth and Rupert Everett were in The Importance of Being Earnest, with the former playing Jack, masquerading as Ernest, the diminutive of which is ERNIE.
…………so we just have the Frank Gehry building to link to a solution?
I have found a Galileo Burohaus in Dusseldorf – I think it means office block
Another archiitect was Ern? Goldfinger – ERNie? – although his buildings wew brutally square, not wonky
Frank Gehry designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra, of which ERNEST Fleischmann was the longtime leader (a bit far fetched)
Frank Gehry used random numbers to calculate his curves for his building projects, ERNIE
The actual software he used was 3-D CATIA.
Pic5: It’s the posture of the buildings that’s the clue.
the buildings have been described as leaning towers. Galileo performed experiments about gravity by dropping balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Thanks for the puzzle, scchua.
Thanks scchua
Right. It was from the leaning tower of Pisa that GALILEO dropped his balls as an experiment.
And that wraps it up.
Thanks scchua for the fun. I think this is the first time for a while that all the answers to the Quiz have been found!
Thanks scchua
Thanks to all
I could not have gotten the last one without the earlier comments and the hint from scchua @31
Am I cheating in attempting to do the picture puzzle without doing the crossword?
Kevin @37, I don’t think so, yesterday I did not have time to complete the crossword (and probably not the ability). I do not do the Indy every day, usually only on Fridays since Phi often puts a nina in his. Muffin does not do the Indy he says. The more people that join in, the better. Once I was the only person (in the FT), it must be very disappointing for scchua when that happens, he invests a lot of trouble and time in the Quiz.