A plain Azed that relies less on Scots and archaic terms than I’ve become used to.
I think this would be a good puzzle for solvers looking to make the leap into barred crosswords. There are enough “normal” words to give the solver an “in”, and then using a crossword finishing tool, the inexperienced solver could complete the rest of the gris. Parsing may not be as simple, but I think I’ve managed to parse all of the clues.
Thanks, Azed.
| ACROSS | ||
| 1 | CAPUCHIN CROSS |
See a punch I swung, angry ? My arm-ends are balled (13, 2 words)
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| C (see) *(a punch i) [anag:swung] + CROSS (“angry”)
The arms of a capuchin cross end in balls. |
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| 10 | APOCRINE |
Re gland, see two adjacent parts transposed in a pig’s (8)
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| A PO(RC)INE (“a pig’s”) with two adjacent parts transposed would become A PO(CR)INE | ||
| 13 | MORA |
Jam may result in this content of plum or apricot (4)
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| Hidden in [content of] “pluM OR Apricot”
A mora is a delay, and a (traffic) jam may result in such. |
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| 14 | GALANGA |
Aromatic rhizome left on dipping in dippy (7)
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| L (left) + AN (a form of “on”) dipping in GAGA (“dippy”)
Galanga (aka galingale) is the aromatic rootstock of certain ginger plants. |
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| 15 | ANTE UP |
Peanuts, singularly wretched pay (6, 2 words)
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| *(peanut) [anag:wretched] where PEANUT is PEANUTs [singularly] | ||
| 16 | ALODIAL |
Look within a visage ? it’s lacking presence of feudal lord (7)
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| LO (“look”) within A DIAL (“a visage”) | ||
| 17 | STETTIN |
Restore revenue in Polish city (7)
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| STET (“restore” in proofr3eading) + TIN (money, so “revenue”)
Stettin is an alternative name for Szczecin, a city in Poland. |
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| 18 | ETNA |
Alcohol burns within this wheeling part of flagrant experiment (4)
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| Hidden backwards in [wheeling part of] “flagrANT Experiment” | ||
| 19 | RARE EARTH |
Metallic element in measure of land, rather scattered around (9, 2 words)
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| *(rather) [anag:scattered] around ARE (“measure of land”) | ||
| 23 | COHO |
Salmon in small boat, heated, trimmed in the same way (4)
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| CO(g) (“small boat”) + HO(t) (“heated”) [trimmed in the same way] | ||
| 25 | UPCLOSE |
Remove intervening spaces, being intimate (7)
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| UP CLOSE = “intimate” | ||
| 27 | ANOESES |
Denials in the main rebuffed inexplicable feelings (7)
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| NOES (“denials”) in <=SEA (“the main”, rebuffed) | ||
| 29 | ELAPSE |
Losing heart she goes after bloodless turns, passing (6)
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| [losing heart] S(h)E goes after <=PALE (“bloodless”, turns)
According to Chambers. elapse and passing are synonymous nouns. |
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| 30 | LEUCOMA |
Eye condition, form of macule round front of optic (7)
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| *(macule) [anag:form of] round [front of] O(ptic)
Leucoma is a white opacity of the cornea. |
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| 31 | ATOP |
Crowning vegetable to cut back (4)
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| [to cut] <=POTA(to) (“vegetable”) [back] | ||
| 32 | PHOSGENE |
One pegs out inhaling hot toxic gas (8)
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| *(one pegs) [anag:out] inhaling H (hot)
aka carbonyl chloride |
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| 33 | SWEET-TEMPERED |
Amiable Sandy’s idle, having met pet playing inside (13)
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| SWEERED (Scots word for slothful, so “Sandy’s idle”) having *(met pet) [anag:playing] inside | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | CAMASS |
American plant seen in two states briefly (6)
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| CA (California) + Mass. (Massachusetts), so “two states, briefly” | ||
| 2 | PORTERHOUSE |
Eaterie, reverse of old-style ? soup he ordered is taken outside (11)
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| *(soup he) [anag:ordered] is taken outside [reverse of] <=RETRO (“old-style”) | ||
| 3 | CROUT |
German dish, accompaniment for soup, not available? (5)
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| CROUT(on) (“accompaniment for soup”), not ON (“available”) | ||
| 4 | HIPPIE |
What’ll sell takeaway (no starter) for dropout? (6)
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| (c)HIPPIE (“what’ll sell takeaway”) with no starter | ||
| 5 | NEALS |
Toughens a lens that’s cracked (5)
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| *(a lens) [anag:that’s cracked]
Neal is a shortened version of anneal. |
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| 6 | COLOUR |
Paint company surmounting gloomy appearance (6)
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| Co. (company) surmounting LOUR (“gloomy appearance”) | ||
| 7 | ROAD |
Took part in boat race in sound course (4)
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| Homophone [in sound] of ROWED (“took part in boat race”) | ||
| 8 | ORNITHOPTER |
The rotor pin goes wrong in unlikely flyer (11)
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| *(the rotor pin) [anag:goes wrong] | ||
| 9 | SCALA |
Ear canal, one below top of head mostly (5)
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| A (one) below SCAL(p) (“top of head”, mostly) | ||
| 11 | PONTOONER |
Bridge builder restructured one pronto (9)
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| *(one pronto) [anag:restructured] | ||
| 12 | OGANESSON |
Newcomer joining table turned up in vain taking in a point (9)
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| [turned up] <=NO GO (“in vain”) taking in A NESS (“a point”)
Oganesson (atomic number 118) is a recent addition to the periodic table, hence “newcomer joining table”. |
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| 20 | RESORT |
Make a new arrangement for holiday destination? (6)
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| Double definition | ||
| 21 | APEDOM |
Primates as a group apparently leading way heavenward (6)
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| Ap. (apparently) leading <=MODE (“way”, heavenward, i.e, up) | ||
| 22 | BEEPED |
Water rising in channel sounded warning? (6)
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| [rising] PEE (“water”) in BED (“channel”) | ||
| 23 | CALMS |
Times of repose or constant relief (5)
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| C (constant) + ALMS (“relief”) | ||
| 24 | TEMPT |
Time to drain all but last incline (5)
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| T (time) + EMPT(y) [all but last] | ||
| 26 | CLASP |
Couple finally changing places in sign of approval embrace (5)
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| [final couple (of letters) changing places in] CLA(PS) (“approval”) becomes CLA(SP) | ||
| 28 | ECHE |
Fine chefs will include this traditional supplement (4)
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| Hidden in “finE CHEfs” [will include]
Eche is an old form of eke. |
Nice job on the blog. As noted, this was not super-hard, but I thought I was going to get stuck on my LOI OGANESSON. Fortunately, there were enough crossers for me to validate my guess on Google.
Thanks for the blog, we sometimes get these easier plain puzzles with fewer obscurities and fairly friendly long words to get started . On the Sunday I alerted the Everyman blog and a few people may have had a go.
I thought OGANESSON was a very good definition, it is very familiar to viewers of Pointless along with three others.
I had a question mark against the clue for MORA. This is flagged by Chambers as a legal term, although I can only (dimly) recall it from my law degree many years ago – I don’t think it’s in use nowadays. But my understanding is that it refers to the sort of delay for which there is no good excuse, such as a failure to bring a case within the limitation period. Being held up by traffic is not the same thing.
Re MORA: my Chambers (98) says “delay, esp unjustifiable” (law). I suppose the jam could be a logjam of court cases, rather than a traffic jam. As Roz@2 says, OGANESSON is familiar from Pointless – nice to see some cross-pollination between two of my pastimes 🙂
Hello!
Thanks to Azed and loonapick. I vaguely remember doing this pretty quickly with a few dictionary dips. I do occasionally watch Pointless but had never met OGANESSON though Azed’s usual limpid clueing made all clear. I cannot imagine using a completer. Is that snobbery?
Glad we’re getting back to normal on the Slip.