Well here’s a rare visitor to our shores. Nitsy has been an Indy setter for many years but somewhat infrequent. I’ve been blogging here for thirteen years and this is the first time we’ve crossed.
A fun, light puzzle with some cracking long anagrams, thanks Nitsy
S(quare) inside VAT – tank. Did struggle to see S meaning square might just be me, but did find RMS – root mean square
Well PANDAs certainly like bamboo shoots & CA(lifornia) & R(ight)
You need to remove R(esting) from say (r)ODIN then it’s an extraordinary [(r)ODIN CARVED A LION]*
C(lubs) & K(ing) trapped inside [TEACH ME]* about
L(arge) & OAF, lump, fool
T(ense) & I & most of MO(w) & THY – old English for your. Timothy Grass is common throughout most of Europe
SPAR to box & S(mall) & E – the mathematical natural logarithm base
ANNE – an English queen & X – cross & end of (palac)E
RE- about & VERSE – poetry
Sounds like SEED or the genesis of something
Most of BUS(t) – bankrupt reversed & SCRIBE – writer
A misrepresented [LEON REGRETS CV IT]*
Most of THRE(e) in a BREN gun
Most of STUD(y) – work
A wild LOVE* & CITY e.g. Bristol, def by example. Surface implying something else …
S – S(tar)’s top letter & TONE – sound quality
A & D(aughter) & DRESS – bandage
A rocked [VOCALIST EVADED]*
CANVAS – a fabric & half of (loo)SER
R(uns) & AID – charity
A corrupt [RACKETEERS HARM]* well some businesses anyway
I(ndependent) & A – article all in DRY – dull
MAN – chap & OEUVRE – one’s body of work
Alternate letters of DeEr & CEASED – stopped
C(old) inside ESSENE – ascetic jew
B(ass) inside a fishing REEL
IN from the clue & EP – a record & T(ime)
S(on) & C(aught) & A & B(lack)
As flashling says, this was light and fun.
S = square is in Chambers.
Many thanks to Nitsy and to flashling.
Very enjoyable accessible puzzle, I invariably enjoy this setter’s Tuesday puzzles elsewhere.
My only beef is that for me the surface read in 11a isn’t grammatically correct. I liked DEVILS ADVOCATE, CEDE& TIMOTHY but my standout favourite was VELOCITY.
Forgot to thank Nitsy and flashing!
Liked ADDRESS. It seemed to flow nicely to the solution, and STUD. Thanks flashling and Nitsy.
Lovely Monday puzzle. My particular favourites were 3 and 9 down.
Thanks to Nitsy and Flashling
A gentle and enjoyable start to the week, so thanks Nitsy and Flashling. Didn’t know TIMOTHY as a grass but may well have it in my garden, where I’m following advice to let it go wild: the grass is now hip high and clearly includes several varieties!
nho TIMOTHY grass and wondered if there was a biblical rat other than Judas. Yes, a gentle Monday puzzle and I’d agree with StephenL’s nomination of VELOCITY as stand out clue.
Thanks Nitsy and Flashling.
Enjoyed this. Thanks, Nitsy and flashling. I was staring at 3a for ages before the penny dropped with a resounding clang. Very good!
Most enjoyable. We had no problems with the long anagrams but we took ages to get CEDE as our LOI. Favourites were TIMOTHY, SUBSCRIBE, BRETHREN and VELOCITY.
Thanks, Nitsy and flashling.
Thanks Nitsy. I’m a first time solver of a Nitsy crossword and I thoroughly enjoyed this. I failed with PANDA CAR — I was not familiar with that term — but all else fell into place without problem. I particularly liked LEONARDO DA VINCI, DEVILS ADVOCATE, and INEPT. Thanks flashling for the blog.