Guardian Quiptic 1095 Pasquale

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

Across

7. Put out of action on account of dreadfully bad lies (7)

DISABLE : Anagram of(dreadfully) BAD LIES.

8. Wasted time and faded away, having embraced everyone (7)

DALLIED : DIED(faded away/disappeared gradually) containing(having embraced) ALL(everyone/every man jack).

9, 22. What’s stupidly loaded on to ship — it yields no profit (4,4)

DEAD LOSS : Anagram of(What’s stupidly) LOADED plus(on to) SS(abbrev. for “steamship”, as used in such ships’ names).

10. Break outside school, as a sort of discipline (9)

RESTRAINT : REST(a break/a pause from activity) containing(outside) TRAIN(to school/to teach).

Defn: … one would exercise.

12. Note something that is supposed to make you feel better (5)

TONIC : Double defn: 1st: The keynote in a musical piece; and 2nd:  … – no supposition if you add gin.

… if it worked with Moses …

13. Mother’s suffering — residence ultimately needed? (4,4)

REST HOME : Anagram of(… suffering) MOTHER’S + last letter of(… ultimately) “residence“.

Defn: Where a suffering mother might need to be placed ultimately.

A WIWD (wordplay intertwined with definition) clue.

15, 17. Supply dealt with? I applaud you! (4,4)

WELL DONE! : WELL(a supply/a source) + DONE(dealt with/got a matter over and done with).

16. Pile of stones allowing Adam’s son to cross river (5)

CAIRN : CAIN(the Biblical Adam’s son) containing(to cross) R(abbrev. for “river”).

17. See 15

18. Season half gone — sing, as one doing business (8)

MERCHANT : “summer”(one of the 4 seasons) minus its 1st 3 letters(half gone) + CHANT(to sing).

20. Organ having an audience — introduction to recital (5)

LIVER : LIVE(describing a performance in front of/having an audience) + 1st letter of(introduction to) “recital“.

21. Worship with water coming in? That’s completely stupid (9)

BRAINLESS : BLESS(to worship/to glorify) containing(with … coming in) RAIN(water dropping from the heavens).

22. See 9

24. Extreme coldness of nice sis changed for the worse (7)

ICINESS : Anagram of(… changed for the worse) NICE SIS.

25. There will be wind one day before long (7)

MONSOON : MON(abbrev. for Monday, one day in the week) + SOON(before long/imminent).

Down

1, 23. Newspaper facing doom for a limited period (4,4)

TIME SLOT : TIMES(the UK daily newspaper) plus(facing) LOT(destiny, one of the paths of which is doom/ruin).

Defn: … allotted.

2. Woman trapped by lustful Roman Catholic priest (8)

CARDINAL : DI(diminutive for Diana, a woman’s name) contained in(trapped by) CARNAL(lustful/lascivious).

No comment re the clue’s surface.

3. Participating in miracle, rich minister of religion (6)

CLERIC : Hidden in(Participating in) “miracle, rich“.

4. Member of Shadows performing as member of Beatles (8)

HARRISON : HARRIS(Jet, a member of the Shadows, backing group for Cliff Richard, for some time) + ON(performing, on the stage, say, as in “Who’s on next?”)

Answer: George, a member of the Beatles.

5. Report of murder in vehicle (6)

SLEIGH : Homophone of(Report of) “slay”(to murder/kill).

Using reindeer power:   and oxen power:

6, 21. Didn’t get rid of footballer given fewer opportunities than some? (4,4)

KEPT BACK : KEPT(didn’t get rid of/did not dispose of) + BACK(a footballer playing as a back/a defending position in the team).

Defn: …/not allowed to progress, compared to others.

11. Piece of linen in street I’ve recycled (9)

SERVIETTE : Anagram of(… recycled) STREET I’VE.

12. Those people taking English as a subject (5)

THEME : THEM(those people, as opposed to us people) plus(taking) E(abbrev. for “English”).

Defn: … of, say, a talk, a piece of writing or music, etc.

14. Young person, one who might work underground, would you say? (5)

MINOR : Homophone of(…, would you say) “miner”(one who might work underground, in a, well, mine).

Defn: … under the age of full legal responsibility.

16. Like an exclusive group in confrontation outside pub after upset (8)

CLANNISH : CLASH(a confrontation/a violent conflict) containing(outside) reversal of(… after upset) INN(a pub/an establishment serving drinks, mainly).

17. Cunning good-looker, wicked inside (8)

DEVILISH : DISH(a good-looking and sexually attractive person) containing(…, … inside) EVIL(wicked).

19. Restrictions Charles imposed outside home (6)

CHAINS : CHAS(an alternative form of the name Charles) containing(imposed outside) IN(at home/not out).

20. The Parisian boy gets a bit of instruction (6)

LESSON : LES(the article “the” in French as spoken by a Parisian) + SON(used as a form of address for a boy/a young man).

21. See 6

23. See 1

 

20 comments on “Guardian Quiptic 1095 Pasquale”

  2. Good puzzle. Did not get DEAD LOSS and had trouble parsing a few especially CARDINAL.

    Particularly liked CAIRN my FOI.

    Thanks for the blog scchua and to Pasquale

  3. I liked CLANNISH, MONSOON
    NEW: Jet Harris as member of the Shadows (found this thanks to google).

    Thanks S+P

  4. Pasquale really can do anything. From an Azed to a quiptic (I dare say he does some Quicks as well), and this was one of the tidiest Quiptics we’ve had in a while.

    I didn’t fully parse CARDINAL (my LOI, purely from the crossers), and enjoyed TIME SLOT and DEAD LOSS.

    Thanks for the blog, Scchua.

  7. Thanks Pasquale and scchua

    Not faultless, in my opinion. HARRISON is not a very fair clue, as Jet Harris was a member of the Shadows for only a small fraction of their existence, and it was over 50 years ago. “residence” is doing double duty in 13a.

    Otherwise, rather hard for a Quiptic.

  8. A nice mix of difficulty, so thanks Pasquale, though I’d echo muffin@7’s reservations about the Harris gk, and also felt that HELD BACK fitted as well as KEPT BACK for 6,21, though I of course realised that was wrong when 10’s answer didn’t fit. Thanks to scchua for the blog too.

  9. Apart from minor quibbles (Is a cardinal a priest? Is bless the same as worship?) I thought this was a well-judged Quiptic. There were only four Beatles so Harrison is eminently guessable without remembering Jet. [MINOR reminded me of the old French joke about the farmer who put a fence up to stop people working at the pit taking a short cut across his land but was arrested for detournement de mineurs.]

  10. Petert @9

    Yes, there’s no problem guessing HARRISON from the crossers, but the parsing is impossible unless you remember that rather sad character who left the Shadows in 1962 after a dispute with the other members.

  11. As copmus @1 said, a pleasant surprise to see Pasquale in the Quiptic slot. I sailed through it with unexpected ease only to have my final ‘check all’ show that my too hastily entered LEFT BACK wasn’t the answer to 6, 21. There were a few unnecessary words in a couple of clues (‘on account of’ in 7a and ‘There will be’ in 25a), but otherwise nice and smooth. I had no problem with the WIWD clue for REST HOME, but I enjoy this sort of clue and can understand that others may not. Thanks to Pasquale and scchua.

  12. A very pleasant Quiptic.  Pasquale can indeed produce great puzzles at all levels.

    In 1, 23 TIME SLOT, I think it’s not that doom meaning ruin can be one of the paths of destiny, but that doom can itself more generally mean destiny or LOT.

    Many thanks both.  (Nice illustrations scchua.)

  13. Enjoyable crossword. I can see how HARRISON might be thought a little unfair, but as Petert points out, there are only four Beatles, so easily gettable. [There are innumerable “fifth Beatle” candidates, but that needn’t detain us.] Thanks Pasquale.

    [Thanks also to Petert @9 for the French joke.]

  14. A very fair quiptic with nice clear clue indicators – really good for a beginner. 25a I’d associate Monsoon with rain rather than wind , but clear from the crossers.

    Thanks

  15. Petert @9

    A priest may not be a cardinal, but a cardinal must be a priest. I agree that “bless” meaning “worship” is a stretch, though it could perhaps be argued that “worship” is its meaning in “bless the Lord, my soul” (a Taizé chant) and numerous similar examples.

  16. So, CARL (with DINA) wasn’t the lustful Roman after all (didn’t sound much like it!)

    Well balanced Quiptic, I thought.

    I liked the clue for CLANNISH.

    Thanks Pasquale and scchua.

  17. Bless/worship raised a brow for me too… as did “having an audience”=live (a movie in a theater has an audience… is it “live”?). But otherwise found this a fine Quiptic.

    Took 13a as full blown w=d (wplay equals defn) not just w>d (wplay contains defn), with “mother’s suffering” explaining why a REST HOME is “needed”.

    WELL DONE to our setter, blogger, and commenters!

  18. Jet Harris is widely known to anyone with a knowledge of the sixties music scene. I think it’s a perfectly valid bit of GK and makes a change from all the Greek mythology so beloved by setters.

     

  19. Sorry, didn’t have time until today. Thought this was perfect, so thank you Pasquale and scchua. I do wish there was a way to encourage more new people who are looking at the site to use this as well as the cryptic.

  20. Jeremy Nicholas @18

    I think you are defining a pretty small electorate. I remember Jet Harris and Tony Meehan’s “Diamonds”, but, then, I am pretty old.

    I’ve just rewatched the BBC4 programme “The Shadows at Sixty” – a really lovely programme, they all seem so nice!

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