Independent on Sunday 1804 Tees

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Thank you to Tees. Definitions are underlined in the clues.

Across
7. Get her this novel where Waterstones might be (4,6)
HIGH STREET :  Anagram of(… novel) GET HER THIS.
Defn: The main street of a town, traditionally where most businesses, such as Waterstones, the bookshop, might be found.

9. See 10

10/9. Work man used to be in races with antelope (3,5,4)
THE WASTE LAND :  [HE(pronoun for that man) + WAS(used to be/formerly) ] contained in(in) TT(abbrev. for the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle races) plus(with) ELAND(African antelope).
Defn: Literary …/poem by T.S. Eliot.

11. Pen a volume in fury? That’s Harry! (6)
RAVAGE :  [ A + V(abbrev. for “volume”) ] contained in(Pen … in) RAGE(fury/anger).
Defn: …/persistently carry out attacks on.
And … of the “heir and spare”, the latter being the title of his memoir.

13. 31 entered in pad an aid to spelling (4)
WAND :  N(abbrev. for “note”/solution to 31 across) contained in(entered in) WAD(a pad/clump of material for stuffing/padding).
Defn: …, as used by a witch or wizard, say.

14. Yacht is at sea in old Black Sea region (7)
SCYTHIA :  Anagram of(… at sea) YACHT IS.

16. Go with current meaning (5)
DRIFT :  Double defn: 1st: Go wherever the current (of air or water) carries you; and 2nd: The general meaning of someone’s remarks, as “Catch my drift?”

19. Old-hat Bond possibly less than sensational (5-3-7)
BLOOD-AND-THUNDER :  Anagram of(… possibly) OLD-HAT BOND + UNDER(less than/lower than a specified quantum).

22. Idea from Met about to seize heroin and ecstasy (5)
THEME :  Reversal of(… about) MET containing(to seize) [ H(abbrev. for “heroin”) plus(and) E(abbrev. for the drug, Ecstasy) ].
Defn: … that recurs in a piece of art or literature.

24. Husband losing way — something fishy here! (7)
HERRING :  H(abbrev. for “husband”) + ERRING(losing way/straying from the straight and narrow).

26. Advantage trimming front from bushy boundary (4)
EDGE :  1st letter deleted from(trimming front from) “hedge”(a bushy – made of buses – boundary separating parcels of land).

28. Sewer, lake and river back in northeast (6)
NEEDLE :  Reversal of(… back) [ L(abbrev. for “lake”) plus(and) DEE(river in Northeast Scotland) ] contained in(in) NE(abbrev. for “northeast”).
Defn: …/an implement that sews.

29. On screen newspaper article becomes hit (8)
WALLOPED :  WALL(a structure that screens/blocks) plus(On) OP-ED(a newspaper article expressing the writer’s opinion on a particular issue, short for “opposite the editorial page”, refering to the practice of placing such an article opposite the editorial page).

31. Significant hint in Arbuthnot epistle (4)
NOTE : Hidden in(in) “Arbuthnot epistle”.
Defn: …/a particular quality or tone indicating one’s mood or attitude, as in “there was a note of derision in his reply”. And “Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot” is a satirical poem by Alexander Pope.

32. English into battered kebabs and tinned food (5,5)
BAKED BEANS :  E(abbrev. for “English”) contained in(into) anagram of(battered) KEBABS AND.

Down
1. Drunken son in mummy’s leggings? (6)
TIGHTS :  TIGHT(drunken) + S(abbrev. for “son”).
Defn: Not the embalmed mummy.

2. Regretting miss? Ball put over! (4)
OTIS :  O(letter shaped like a 2-dimensional ball) + reversal of(.. over) SIT(to put/to cause someone to be placed on something, as in “I’d like to sit you on my lap”.
Defn: This miss:

3. Rebel woman’s European protégé cut down in kidnap? (8,3,4)
HEREWARD THE WAKE :  HER(possessive pronoun for that woman) + E(abbrev. for “European”) + WARD(protégé/one guided and supported by an older and more experienced person) + [ HEW(to cut/chop down) contained in(in ) TAKE(to snatch/to kidnap someone).
Defn: … against the Norman Conquest of England.

4. Letters from schoolmaster not like Snape? (5)
STERN :  Hidden in(Letters from) “schoolmaster not”.
Defn: …, ie. Severus Snape, who became headmaster of Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter series of novels.

5. Monkey died in tree (8)
TAMARIND :  TAMARIN(a monkey species) + D(abbrev. for “died”).

Its fruit:

6. Risk coming over river (9)
ADVENTURE :  ADVENT(the coming/arrival of a notable person or thing) + URE(river in North Yorkshire).
Defn: To …/to engage in daring or risky activity.

8. Why dodo collapsed in hole (5-2)
HOWDY-DO :  Anagram of(… collapsed) WHY DODO.
Defn: Americanism for an awkward or unfortunate situation/a hole/predicament.

12. Throw in Candide every so often (3)
ADD :  2nd, 4th and 6th letters of(… every so often) “Candide”.

15. Warm through hearts and enjoy meal (4)
HEAT :  H(abbrev. for the suit of hearts in a deck of playing cards) plus(and) EAT(to enjoy a meal).

17. Metal splits away on the wagon (9)
ABSTINENT :  TIN(a metallic chemical element) contained in(splits) ABSENT(away/not present at a specified place).
Defn: …/abstaining from alcohol.

18. Hammer-thrower in village rendered powerless (4)
THOR :  “thorp”(a village or hamlet) minus(rendered …less) “p”(symbol for “power” in physics).
Defn: Hammer-wielding god in Norse mythology.

20. Doctor to repeat work in theatre (8)
OPERETTA :  Anagram of(Doctor) TO REPEAT.

21. Physician upset in racket harmful to health (7)
NOISOME :  Reversal of(… upset, in a down clue) MO(abbrev. for “medical officer”/a physician) contained in(in) NOISE(a racket/din).

23. After beheading handle slippery thing (3)
EEL :  1st letter deleted from(After beheading) “feel”(to handle/hold in one’s hands).

25. Writer‘s place for putting in speech (6)
GREENE :  Homophone of(… in speech) “green”(place on a golf course for putting/hitting the ball into the hole).
Answer: Graham …, English novelist.

27. Socialist raised close to county town (5)
DERBY :  Reversal of(… raised, in a down clue) RED(a socialist) + BY(close to/beside).

30. Where one sees bathing cap — Ondine’s topper? (4)
LIDO :  LID(a cap/a cover) + 1st letter of(…’s topper, in a down clue) “Ondine”.

8 comments on “Independent on Sunday 1804 Tees”

  1. Thanks tees and scchua. This was a bit of a curate’s egg for me. I saw Hereward the Wake early and loved the clue; but other clues left me a bit cold. The mini theme Greene Eliot Poe was not noticed till end but I wonder if there are more

  2. I am smiling, having the read the blog, realising a mistake I made that resulted in correct answer from incorrect parse. I am not aware of the American meaning of HOWDY-DO – but knew we needed an anagram of ‘why dodo’. I persuaded myself that ‘hole’ was a greeting in another language: I was clearly – or not clearly – thinking of ‘hola’ but it did give me my definition as a greeting! BLOOD AND THUNDER, STERN and BAKED BEANS are my podium today amongst some very succinct clues.

    Thanks Tees and scchua

  3. 31a NOTE – Saw the “Significant hint” in “Arbuthnot epistle”, but Googled it anyway, to find it was by Alexander Pope.
    And, as we all know, ‘He wrote The Ancient Mariner (6)’. 😉
    Also looked up 30d LIDO‘s “Ondine” and found out about her Curse on her unfaithful husband …

  5. Good puzzle. No gimmicks to worry about, just solid clues, many of which raised a smile. I think BLOOD AND THUNDER is my favourite, but there were plenty of candidates for the laurels.

    Also, I’m pretty sure HOWDY-DO is British. There are spelling variations of it, and obviously howdy is US, but the dictionaries that I use say Brit.

    Thanks both.

  6. Seems a while since I’ve done a Tees, but that’s possibly cos I don’t often look for the setter in the online app thing.. agree that Hereward the Wake was a good clue and took me back to huddling by a radiator during history lessons, n making tracings of Saxon brooches.. I enjoyed the rest, sometimes fooled by the simplicity eg 1d n the tree, but a steady Sunday morning solve.. the inclusion of THEME in the grid encourages one to at least look, but I’m not aware of a novel by Gertrude Stern on the subject of Hereward… but that’s probably just my schooling..
    Thanks Tees n scchua

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