Independent 11,410 by Filbert

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Oh good, another Filbert only seems like yesterday, well last Sunday, I did one of his here and on he was on Thursday too.

Dunno about you but I made heavy weather of some of this, not helped by putting a wrong answer in 8d initially. Still not fully convinced over some of the parsing so over to you for ideas. Thanks Filbert.

picture of the completed grid

ACROSS
1. Japanese film idol’s worse on the radio (8)
GODZILLA

Sounds like GOD’S ILLER

5. Camilla finally waves too (2,4)
AS WELL

(camill)A finally & SWELL – waves

9. Most fancy golden buns buttery in the middle (8)
ORNATEST

OR – golden & NATES – buttocks, buns informally & middle of (but)T(ery)

10. Easygoing American state holding the country back (6)
CASUAL

USA reversed inside CAL(ifornia)

12. Result of wrestling without the ring (3)
SUM

SUM(o) – wrestling without O – ring

13. Window half open left by agreement (11)
OPPORTUNITY

half of OP(en) & PORT – left & UNITY – agreement

14. Follow indomitable US newshound going around jails (5)
ENSUE

Hidden – jailed by – reversed – going around in indomitablE US NEwshound

15. Lobes very wrinkly on the side you can see (9)
OBVERSELY

[LOBES VERY]* wrinkly

18. Fellow books place in hospital, receiving new warning of fragility (2,3,4)
DO NOT BEND

DON – fellow & O(ld) T(estament) – books & N(ew) in BED – place in hospital

20. Get to work in IT (5)
DEBUG

Cryptic def.

22. Slowing down on land and later at sea (11)
RALLENTANDO

[ON LAND LATER]* all at sea

24. Capital of Peru implying Lima; … (3)
SOL

Peruvian currency, SO – implied by & L(ima)

25. … capital of Chile the same? Wrong conclusion (6)
CLIMAX

C – capital letter of Chile & LIMA – the capital of Chile & X – wrong as opposed to tick – right

26. Amuse police officer with wiles around court (8)
DISTRACT

D.I. police inspector & ARTS – wiles reversed & C(our)T

27. More extravagant slice (6)
RASHER

Double definition

28. Ask sir curiously about empty local comprehensive (3-5)
ALL RISKS

Def about insurance I think, empty L(ocal)L inside curiously [ASK SIR]*

DOWN
1. All the best cargo leaked (4-5)
GOOD SPEED

GOODS – cargo & PEED – leaked

2. Generators turning such a lot died (7)
DYNAMOS

SO MANY – such a lot & D(ied) all reversed

3. Nomad wearing dry clothes, the reflective type (9)
INTROVERT

IN – wearing & TT – dry, non drinker – clothing or around ROVER – nomad

4. League sorry to report spy found things (4,8)
LOST PROPERTY

L(eague) & a sorry [TO REPORT SPY]*

6. United supporters turned up in disarray (5)
SNAFU

Situation Normal All Fouled* Up. U(nited) & FANS – supporters all reversed

 

*Other versions of this are more likely

7. Scholarly university dons tried out Ecstasy (7)
ERUDITE

U(ni) inside TRIED* out & E(cstacy)

8. Money that’s funnyish? (5)
LOLLY

UK slang for money & it’s a bit LOL-LY laugh out loud. Did try LOONY initially as the LOONY is the Canadian dollar.

11. Lucky golfer perhaps, playing against twin with no clubs (12)
PROVIDENTIAL

PRO golfer (as opposed to AM(ateur)) & V(erses) & C(lubs) removed from IDENTI(c)AL. At least that’s my best guess.

16. Space transmitter starts to relay rubbish including ‘So long and thanks …’ (5,4)
RADIO STAR

ADIOS – so long & TA – thanks – all in the starts of R(elay) R(ubbish)

17. Flexible goal as yet for exercise regime (9)
YOGALATES

[GOAL AS YET]* flexibly. Yeah a new one on me too. I guessed and a quick internet search proved right it’s a mix up of yoga & pilates

19. Fools in flannel lie still (7)
NELLIES

Hidden in flanNEL LE Still

21. Roll over and die, a retiree’s expectation? (3,4)
BUS PASS

In the UK at least retired folks get a bus pass for free/subsidised travel. SUB – type of roll reversed & PASS – die

22. King and queen between them having one bicycle (5)
RACER

ACE – one inside R & R or King and Queen, Rex & Regina

23. Avoid capsizing in English Channel (5)
EVADE

Non UK solvers may struggle here, E(nglish) & DAVE – a TV channel showing mostly repeats of mainstream channel programmes reversed, capsized

15 comments on “Independent 11,410 by Filbert”

  1. Thanks, Filbert and flashling!

    CLIMAX
    A minor correction
    C (Capital of Chile)+LIMA (the same -taken from the previous clue)+X (wrong)

    My parsings match flashling’s in other cases.

  2. DEBUG
    get to (as in get to someone)=bug, but could not progress to DEBUG with further wordplay.
    Do we read it as ‘work with (a/the) bug in IT?’ to make it work as a cryptic def?

  3. Thanks to Filbert and flashling!

    We took DEBUG as meaning “to take a computer program that doesn’t work and get it to work”, which we think works well.

    In PROVIDENTIAL, we assume that there is a typo and V = versus – on that basis we agree with the blog.

    Thanks again!

  5. I have a picture of the setter as an erudite Godzilla doing yogalates rallentando. Maybe not. Such a tough and at the same time rewarding crossword. Loi was a fitting CLIMAX after getting the currency for Peru. Particularly enjoyed the reversals – SNAFU, EVADE (Dave channel has been here before) and DYNAMO or Dinah Moe Hum as Frank Zappa might say. I parsed the clues as has the blog and the comments so far except for LOLLY which is brilliant. I thought I rembered DEBUG from earlier this year but it was part of Doodlebug in a Bluth in February. Thanks for blog and muchas gracias to Filbert.

  6. Thanks both. I had the same uncertainty about DEBUG but will vote with DavidO@3. I remain unconvinced about CLIMAX in terms of which part of the previous clue it is directing us to, but at least realised Santiago is the capital of Chile

  7. Regarding climax, Lima is the capital of Peru, hence the reference to the previous clue.

  9. Unusually, I found this on the gentle side for Filbert, though the NW corner took some teasing out. Grateful for that and to Flashling for the blog.

  10. Another excellent puzzle from the prolific Filbert. My favourites were the two South American capital clues for which the ellipses really were required. I agree with DavidO @3 about DEBUG. I wasn’t sure what ALL RISKS stood for, but the explanation that it has something to do with an insurance policy sounds plausible. I’d never heard of it before, but I don’t plan to take up YOGALATES any time soon.

    Thanks to Filbert and flashling

  11. Happy to see Filbert’s byline any/every day of the week. As per Sofamore, I found it tricky but rewarding. Far too many great clues to pick a favourite but LOLLY did make me LOL.

    Thanks, F&F.

  12. I’m pretty much with widders’ comments @11 today. Filbert does keep the standard up whilst, as flashling and WP point out, producing a goodly number of puzzles. This was certainly more approachable than the last one here, though equal pleasure from each.

    Thanks both

  13. Sorry for some faux pas in the blog. I blame early morning insomnia and a total inability to proofread.

  14. I had RACER as CR and ER ( Charles Rex and Elizabeth Regina) with A for one. Wasn’t sure why the CR was reversed thogh.

  15. Completed this without too many problems, which is not always the case with Filbert, but I did have to check YOGALATES.

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