Independent 11,403 by Phi

11 comments on “Independent 11,403 by Phi”

1. 

   Stephen L.

   #1 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 07:40

   
   

   Very enjoyable though I have to record a DNF as I bunged in FURNISH for 7d without bothering to parse it fully. Not keen on sex for bed in 12a though it can probably be justified.
   I particularly liked ON STRIKE, TRIVIA, BROWBEAT, BIOMASS & SIMPER but my standout favourite was PROVISO.
   Many thanks to Phi and twencelas

2. 

   KVa

   #2 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 07:50

   
   

   Thanks, Phi and twencelas!
   Liked ON STRIKE, ORDINAND, MAKE-BELIEVE and BIOMASS.

3. 

   Phi

   #3 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 08:07

   
   

   This was simply to revisit my discovery of a few years ago that the Parisian theatre where I saw a splendid Dialogues des Carmelites and St Francois d’Assise does indeed anagram to PARIETAL LOBES. Beat that, Covent Garden!

4. 

   Hovis

   #4 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 08:19

   
   

   I admit to slightly raising an eyebrow for ‘iom’ = ‘Man’ in short, both being 3 letters but it is an abbreviation so it does kind of work. Effectively, you have to expand it to ‘Isle of Man’ then contract it.

5. 

   Sofamore

   #5 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 08:39

   
   

   A gentle Phi when the one scientific term in the grid is BIOMASS which however, I failed to parse correctly. I never remember the Isle of Man in clues even in its abbreviated form. Maybe I will hereafter. I liked the anagrams a lot and they were helpful and I discovered a new word – ORDINAND – which I will probably forget soon. But thanks (both). It was a fun Saturday morning solve.

6. 

   PostMark

   #6 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 08:54

   
   

   I share Stephen L’s raised eyebrow at ‘sex’ = ‘bed’ but not Hovis’s for IOM which I thought was very neat. ‘Bish’ is nho and I am not well enough versed in matters of the cloth to have thought of ORDINAND until every crosser was in place. Call me curmudgeonly but I found REREADING and DAY LABOURER slightly disappointing constructions.

   (Rare) whinges out of the way, plenty of likes including the splendid ON STRIKE with its natural surface, an anagram as good as the fabulous PARIETAL LOBES in ADMIRALTY ARCH and another almost as neat in TROCADERO (it was clearly a Parisian visit that left an impression). CLOTH, TRIVIA, SIMPER and CHAPARRAL were my other faves – it was only a week or so ago that, in another puzzle, I discovered that CHAPARRAL actually means thicket, without which I would have been miles away.

   Covent Garden may not be able to provide quite such a sweet anagram as Opera Bastille but ‘garcon vented’ and ‘converted nag’ both have promise.

   Thanks Phi and twencelas

7. 

   Xmac

   #7 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 10:16

   
   

   Lots of learning for me today, all enjoyable.

   I went for well built = BUSTY at 11a and encountered Stratford-Upon-Avon Parkway (STY) Ah well.

   Thanks both

8. 

   TFO

   #8 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 13:37

   
   

   Thanks both. A few unknowns, so I needed a little assistance. Not seen ‘rly’ for railway before, and Google didn’t quickly confirm it, so BURLY took longer than it should. My often inadequate dictionary does not include ‘bish’ which was needed in FURBISH and I am another unconvinced by ‘bed’ for sex (I might have phrased that better)

9. 

   geeker

   #9 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 15:45

   
   

   Thanks to Phi. Some tough clues, but solvable. Regrettably I failed to get ORDINAND, never having seen the word, but it’s a good and reasonable clue.

10. 

    Petert

    #10 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 16:30

    
    

    I shall be wary of bed and breakfast in future. I’m glad I learnt from Crosophile not long ago that a CHAPARRAL is a thicket.

11. 

    Dormouse

    #11 - Sat 29th Apr 23, 18:08

    
    

    I had no problem with BED meaning sex, and it is a definition of BED in Chambers, I see.

    My first ever visit to Paris was just after the Opera Bastille opened in 1990. They were staging The Trojans, but I didn’t go, but five years ago I did see Benvenuto Cellini there.

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