We’re blogging another Filbert!
Bert’s blog this time. Another puzzle that seemed slightly more straightforward than his previous offerings – are we getting into his wavelength, or is he easing off a bit? Still a very enjoyable solve with the expected smooth surfaces and one or two ingenious definitions.
REPRO (copying an older style) OF
KISH (how someone who is drunk might say ‘kiss’) after or ‘on’ MAW (mouth)
F (first letter or ‘beginning’ of ‘fall’) + an anagram (‘tumbled’) of MEANT MIR
A reversal (‘over’) of A MOG (cat) + D (dead)
Hidden (‘group’ – of letters) in anGER Management
DIS (Detective Inspectors – ‘police officers’) HEAR (catch) + a reversal (‘over’) of NET
An anagram (‘converted’) of POPE IN CALAIS
ATE (fed) RING (band) in or ‘sandwiched’ by WHOLE (uncut)
FALL (reduction) IN GOUT (disease)
DON (put on) Tv (missing the ‘v’ – five in Roman numerals)
An anagram (‘flaps’) of GIANT
A clue-as-definition: A (answer) YEA YES (two affirmatives) I (one) R (last letter or ‘back’ of officer)
R (resistance) in or ‘occupying’ EA (each) LYON (French city)
Y (Yankee in the phonetic alphabet) + plus alternate letters (‘skipping odd bits’) of dOoDlE aLlEgRo – a US singer because American English omits one of the ‘l’s in ‘yodeller’ – how it should be spelt!
Cryptic definition
PORT (landing place) + I (island) in or ‘covered by’ RAT (grass – as in informer)
PAL (friend) after or ‘on’ O (ring)
An anagram (‘fancy’) of SEE FILE and PM
Double definition
WAG (comedian) GAGA (crazy) round WAG (girlfriend)
An anagram (‘misbehaving’) of ANyTIME missing or ‘scrubbing’ the ‘y’ (yard)
Double definition
SCRAP (waste) Y (year) round or ‘boxing’ IN GB (Britain)
LEI (‘flowers round your neck’ – a garland in Hawaii) SURELY (bound to be)
LOSS (failure) in or ‘cutting’ COAL (carbon)
cLaRe (alternate or ‘regular’ letters) round or ‘detaining’ an anagram (‘new’) of CUTE RE
EFF (‘curse associated with blind – as in in ‘effing and blinding’) ACE (pilot)
Hidden (‘somewhat’) in usefUL STERling
G (first letter or ‘start’ of gather) RAIN (wet)
A homophone (‘lecturer’s’ – 17d’s) of DIED (gone)
Slightly more straightforward. I agree. REFUGEE is a CD. Thanks for that. Good clue. I went on a wild goose chase with ‘fugue’ from the Latin fuga, meaning “flight.” If you’re in a fugue state, you’re fleeing from your own identity. Apparently. Couldn’t parse EFFACE either having only a vague recollection of ‘effing and blinding’ possibly from TV in the late sixties. My favourites are FEE SIMPLE (because it sounds cool) and WAGGA WAGGA on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River. Thanks.
“in FEE SIMPLE” – knew the phrase but not the precise meaning:
‘(law) – The private ownership of property (real estate) in which the owner has the right to control, use, and transfer the property at will.’
“…If Marx were living today | He’d be rolling around in his grave…” – Randy Newman – The World Isn’t Fair
25A had to be ANTI-G but I struggled to parse it as all the online references seemed at first to relate to an antibody found in blood; then a long way down came references to the one experienced by pilots (and paragliders apparently). Very nice, so thanks Filbert and B&J.
A shade more accessible than normal but still a fine opening for the day
Thanks bert and Filbert.
Late to this today but a typically ingenious puzzle from Filbert. I didn’t get EFFACE but it’s entirely my bad. FIRMAMENT, GERM, DISHEARTEN, AYE AYE SIR and COLOSSAL were my favourites, along with MATCH which I think I have seen before.
Thanks Filbert and B&J