Enigmatic Variations No. 1517 Pseudonym by 29

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21 clues with an extra letter give an example of a false pseudonym. Then four entries to be amended adding a word of four letters to make non-words. these give the real pseudonym – Blimey.

The clues, as ever, were the place to start. The additional letters spelling out CATCH FIRE and DENNIS HOPPER. 29ac proving to be ALAN SMITHEE, for which I required google to inform me that this is the name used on ‘disowned’ films by their directors. Catch Fire by Dennis Hopper being one example.

The modifications:

  • ‘ala’ from 3d replaced by KILO
  • ‘nsm’ from 24ac replaced by COLT
  • ‘ith’ from 17ac replaced by ISLE
  • ee from 7dn replaced by TONS

The abbreviations yielding the compiler KCIT.

A novel idea and good fun, thanks Kcit  – not one to disown certainly. Merry Christmas all.

Key Rev. reversed, * anagram, DD double definition, underline defintion

 

ACROSS
1 Chard seller, confusing users with sketch (11)
C 1 Hard seller, confusing users with sketch (11)
(users + sketch)* = HUCKSTERESS
9 Recalled a regret about church aisle displaying marine creatures (7)
A 9 Recalled a regret about church isle displaying marine creatures (7)
Rev. a rue (regret) about ch(church) + i (isle)
10 Response from champion in game (4)
eo (game) around ch (champion) = ECHO
11 Tart linked to the Spanish murder victim (4)
T 11 Tar linked to the Spanish murder victim (4)
AB (tar) + el (the spanish) = ABEL
12 Chat recalled by Henry is about old Stone Age implement (6)
C 12 Hat recalled by Henry is about old Stone Age implement (6)
Rev h(henry) + tile(hat) about o (old) = EOLITH
13 One thrill, when playing, is to involve men in orchestral passage (10)
H 13 One trill, when playing, is to involve men in orchestral passage (10)
(one trill)* around or (men) = RITORNELLO
15 Fair of the writer, putting name at end (4)
F 15 Air of the writer, putting name at end (4)
mine (of the writer) moving n (name) to the end = MIEN
17 I’m hesitant disseminating secular viewpoint (11)
(Im hesitant)* = ANTITHEISM entered as ANTISLEEISM
19 Feeling no note will identify dubious Shakespearean term (4)
sense (feeling) – n(note) = SESE
24 Rancher, perhaps, herded animals in confines of pen (10)
(animals)* in pn (confines of pen) = PLAINSMAN entered as PLAICOLTAN
25 Computer’s latest peripheral? (6)
r(Computer’s latest) + outer (peripheral) = ROUTER
26 Recalled a male alias for god of death (4)
I 26 Recalled a male alias for god of death (4)
Rev. a m(male) + ay (alas) = YAMA
27 Rector and I going round Japan to see Japanese garden design (4)
R 27 Recto and I going round Japan to see Japanese garden design (4)
Ro (recto) + i around j (japan) = ROJI
28 Detective keeping a seat free for file (7, two words)
E 28 Detective keeping a sat free for file (7, two words)
det (detective) around (a sat)* = DATA SET
29 See preamble (11, two words)
ALAN SMITHEE
DOWN
1 Word of mouth: no longer fenced round quantities of cereal (7)
D 1 Word of mouth: no longer fence round quantities of cereal (7)
hay (fence) around ears (quantities of cereal) = HEARSAY
2 Check the mead for character (5)
E 2 Check the mad for character (5)
ch (check) + (the)* = CHETH
3 Orchard chemical offering a lot of anxiety (5)
alarm (anxiety) – m = ALAR entered as KILOR
4 Runs badly with sonar not initiating? Now light dawns (7)
N 4 Runs badly with soar not initiating? Now light dawns (7)
(runs)* + rise (soar) – r (not starting) = SUNRISE
5 Finnish chasing sources of the raging wind (5)
N 5 Finish chasing sources of the raging wind (5)
end (finish) after t r (sources of the raging) = TREND
6 Victoria’s brother perhaps not assumed to skip a resit (6)
I 6 Victoria’s brother perhaps not assumed to skip a rest (6)
real (not assumed) – a + lie (rest) = RELLIE
7 Newspaper ready to accept something explosive (7)
set (ready) around he (something explosive) = SHEET entered as SHTONST
8 Swell house for computer market (4)
S 8 Well house for computer market (4)
so (well) + ho(house) = SOHO
14 Unwind in American lido around noon (7)
us(american) around n(noon) + pool(lido) = UNSPOOL
15 Italian-American composer not appearing in time, sadly (7)
(time)* around not = MENOTTI
16 Therm used up – worried what radiator may do? (7)
H 16 Term used up – worried what radiator may do? (7)
Rev. name (term used) + ate (worried) = EMANATE
18 Something used to colour olives on a can (6)
O 18 Something used to colour lives on a can (6)
is (lives) + a tin (can) = ISATIN
20 Spun stuff? Get away! (5)
P 20 Sun stuff? Get away! (5)
s (sun) + cram (stuff) = SCRAM
21 Attack staple holding end of essay (5, two words)
P 21 Attack stale holding end of essay (5, two words)
Flat (stale) Around y (end of essay) = FLY AT
22 Stone residue, quite old (5)
E 22 Stone residue, quit old (5)
st (stone) + ash (residue) = STASH
23 Sandy’s left Rover in car – Rover’s upset (4)
R 23 Sandy’s left over in car – Rover’s upset (4)
Rev. hidden cAR ROver = ORRA

 

4 comments on “Enigmatic Variations No. 1517 Pseudonym by 29”

  2. A fun solve, with an interesting theme I hadn’t heard of before. The device for revealing the setter was a neat one and didn’t yield itself up until the very end. Thanks to twencelas for the blog and especially explaining 6 down, which I couldn’t parse (as ever, with hindsight, I can’t see why) and to Kcit for the entertainment.
    Merry Christmas to all.

  4. I broke into the theme only when most of the grid was filled. I had solved ANTITHEISM and SHEET and at last saw how they were treated by reference to the last two segments of 29, ITH and EE, giving me the 4-letter words ISLE (probably) and TONS (definitely). COLT and KILO more easily followed after that. In the correct order, the four words gave me K C I T, a name I knew!

    I had to look up Dennis Hopper and ‘catch fire’ to find Alan Smithee – a name that was new to me.

    The clues were excellent.

    Thanks to Kcit (for it is he) and to twencelas.

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