Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 6, 2017
I finished this puzzle in a few minutes. My clue of the week is 4dn (PORTHOLE) and I also like 5dn (WEATHER FORECAST).
| Across | ||
| 1 | HORSEPOWER | Strength shown by prisoner rescued by extraordinary heroes before end of war (10) |
| POW (prisoner) in anagram of HEROES + [wa]R | ||
| 7 | FATE | Fortune in very large inheritance, ultimately (4) |
| FAT (very large) + [inheritanc]E | ||
| 9 | FINN | Scandinavian somewhat off in Norway? (4) |
| Hidden word | ||
| 10 | REAR WINDOW | Film in right lughole, might you say? (4,6) |
| R (right) + EAR (lug) + WINDOW (hole) | ||
| 11 | DANISH | Scandinavian was forced to admit error after volte-face (6) |
| SIN (error) in HAD (was forced) together backwards (after volte-face) | ||
| 12 | HONEYPOT | Dope after sweetheart, attractive thing (8) |
| HONEY (sweetheart) + POT (dope) | ||
| 13 | CIRCULAR | Something sent round (8) |
| Double definition and a rather weak one, I think, as the whole clue is very plausible as a straight definition | ||
| 15 | OXEN | Gas bypassing heart in strong animals (4) |
| OX[yg]EN (gas bypassing heart) | ||
| 17 | AMEN | Crew after a word of agreement (4) |
| A (a) + MEN (crew) | ||
| 19 | ON THE SLY | Negotiate honestly in secret (2,3,3) |
| Anagram (negotiate) of HONESTLY | ||
| 22 | SEMITONE | Interval required to reverse X and 1 (8) |
| TIMES (X) backwards (to reverse) + ONE (1) | ||
| 23 | ENDEAR | Heading off, nurse clutching a charm (6) |
| A (a) in (clutching) [t]ENDER (heading off, nurse) | ||
| 25 | REDECORATE | Again paint crimson and green with speed (10) |
| RED (crimson) + ECO (green) + RATE (speed) | ||
| 26 | OAHU | Central part of tour takes in a hot island (4) |
| A (a) + H (hot) together in [t]OU[r] | ||
| 27 | STET | Let It Be, Beatles hit, the best by all conclusions (4) |
| [beatle]S [hi]T [th]E [bes]T | ||
| 28 | TETRAHEDRA | Three-D art, perhaps, last seen in Giza – The Pyramids (10) |
| Anagram (perhaps) of THREE D ART + [giz]A | ||
| Down | ||
| 2 | ORIGAMI | Start to cut around article on masculine eastern art (7) |
| A (a) + M (masculine) together in ORIGI[n] (start to cut) | ||
| 3 | SINAI | Nonagenarian, I sense, only partially climbing mountain (5) |
| Reverse hidden word | ||
| 4 | PORTHOLE | Opening that may be on the starboard side, however? (8) |
| Cryptic definition | ||
| 5 | WEATHER FORECAST | Predicton a farce, other winds going in a particular direction (7,8) |
| Anagram (winds) of A FARCE OTHER in WEST (a particular direction). There is, presumably, a typo in the clue and the first word should be prediction. | ||
| 6 | ROWING | In boxing arena, I’ve taken a painful blow for sport! (6) |
| OW (I’ve taken a painful blow) in RING (boxing arena) | ||
| 7 | FUNNY BONE | Spooner’s communications device in a warren? That’s a sensitive place (5,4) |
| Spoonerization of “bunny phone” | ||
| 8 | TWOSOME | Couple with female turning up in book (7) |
| SOW (female) backwards (turning up) in TOME (book) | ||
| 14 | CONTINENT | Europe, say, on the money, in the money! (9) |
| ON (on) + TIN (money) together in CENT (the money) | ||
| 16 | ETCETERA | Film the Church time and time again, and the rest (2,6) |
| ET (film) + CE (church) + T (time) + ERA (time again) | ||
| 18 | MAE WEST | Pole rescuing female, a lifesaver (3,4) |
| EWE (female) in MAST (pole) | ||
| 20 | LEATHER | Hide drug in foam (7) |
| E (drug) in LATHER (foam) | ||
| 21 | COP OUT | Bobby revealed an unsatisfactory alibi? (3-3) |
| COP (bobby) + OUT (revealed) | ||
| 24 | DRONE | Unmanned aircraft finished touring Russian capital (5) |
| R[ussian] in (touring) DONE (finished) | ||
Thanks Pete and Mudd.
Sometimes, one has to remember the corresponding Guardian prize (Brummie – you can see my comment there) to recall how one felt about FT’s…just saying…don’t get me wrong!
Yes, this was a breeze. I too liked 4d and 5d; and also REAR WINDOW!
Yes I managed to finish this one. The first Mudd for a few weeks though. Only took a week………….
Thanks Mudd and Pete
Didn’t find this one easy at all, taking well over an hour in a couple of sittings to get it out – maybe because it was my first day in a new contract when I did it and was wading through my compliance training to disrupt me.
Anyway, finally got it finished – ending up in the SW corner with COP OUT (took a while to see that definition of it) and SEMITONE (quite simple in retrospect, but took an age to see).
Finally finished it. I’d never heard of Rear Window so took a while to sort. Thank you Mudd and Pete.
Katy, Thanks for commenting. Being a film buff I can easily forget that some people might not know a work such as Rear Window. I will endeavour to remember to say something more in the blog about films that come up.