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A fun challenge from GUY this Friday.
FF: 9 DD: 9
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| 1 | FOGLAMP |
Bright light for short stay in well- equipped tent (7)
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FOr ( short i.e. without last letter ) GLAMP ( stay in well-equipped tent ) |
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| 5 | DEJECT |
2 daughters use emergency escape on plane (6)
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D ( daughters ) EJECT ( use emergency escape on plane ) – 2d is get down |
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| 8 | IN THE CLUB |
Messy lunch, I bet, with child (2,3,4)
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[ LUNCH I BET ]* |
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| 9 | ILIAD |
Epic hip bones and head on diplodocus (5)
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ILIA ( hip bones ) D ( Diplodocus, first letter ) |
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| 11 | AWOKE |
Came to dread eating kosher (5)
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AWE ( dread ) containing OK ( kosher ) |
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| 12 | INNSBRUCK |
British brawl behind pubs in Austrian town (9)
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INNS ( pub ) B ( british ) RUCK ( brawl ) |
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| 13 | DYNAMITE |
Person at dinner heard small child, banging sticks? (8)
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DYNA ( sounds like DINER – person at dinner ) MITE ( small child ) |
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| 15 | LETS GO |
We should split sacks (4,2)
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double def |
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| 17 | QATARI |
Arab supplier of high-tech gadgets and retro computer (6)
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Q ( supplier of high tech gadgets, james bond connection ) ATARI ( retro computer ) |
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| 19 | TALK SHOW |
Programme follows game that doesn’t start, using what? (4,4)
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sTALKS ( follows game, as in hunting ) HOW ( using what ?) |
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| 22 | AFFLUENCE |
Plenty back in China answer evasively about virus (9)
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A ( chinA, last letter ) [ FENCE ( answer evasively ) around FLU ( virus ) ] |
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| 23 | CUT IN |
Copper can break dance (3,2)
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CU ( copper ) TIN ( can ) ; learnt that this was from the 1930's dance scene |
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| 24 | EXAMS |
Sex parties entertaining in the morning papers (5)
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[ SEX ]* containing AM ( morning ) |
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| 25 | GINORMOUS |
Titanic mooring off America (9)
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[ MOORING ]* US ( america ) |
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| 26 | CYGNET |
Grey pen? (6)
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somewhat cryptic def |
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| 27 | TROTTER |
An extremity of that pig (7)
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cryptic def |
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| DOWN | ||
| 1 | FAIR AND SQUARE |
Just like a blonde conservative? (4-3-6)
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cryptic def; FAIR ( blonde ) SQUARE ( conservative ) |
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| 2 | GET DOWN |
Dog went out to have a groovy time (3,4)
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[ DOG WENT ]* |
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| 3 | ADELE |
Persuade Letterman to host singer on 19 (5)
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hidden in "..persuADE LEtterman.." |
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| 4 | PALLIATE |
Temper friend had, biting lip briefly (8)
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[ PAL ( friend ) ATE ( had ) ] containing LIp ( briefly, without last letter ) |
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| 5 | DEBUNK |
Explain the rubbish in empty double bed (6)
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DE ( DoublE, empty i.e. without the inner letters ) BUNK ( bed ) |
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| 6 | JAILBREAK |
Escape judge with trouble then run into magistrate (9)
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J ( judge ) AIL ( trouble ) [ R ( run ) in BEAK ( magistrate ) ] |
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| 7 | CHIN-UPS |
Arms quickly knackered by these children I spun around (4-3)
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CH ( children ) I NUPS ( reverse of SPUN ) |
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| 10 | DUKE OF WINDSOR |
Edward VIII disowned UK for romps (4,2,7)
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[ DISOWNED UK FOR ]* |
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| 14 | MARQUESAN |
Polynesian car makes man less masculine (9)
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MARQUES ( car makes ) mAN ( less masculine i.e. without M ) |
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| 16 | CABERNET |
Wine in Scot’s trunk and bag (8)
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CABER ( scot's trunk, used in the scottish game of caber toss ) NET ( bag ) |
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| 18 | TIFFANY |
American jeweller spat some (7)
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TIFF ( spat ) ANY ( some ) |
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| 20 | HOTFOOT |
Hurriedly cooked 27? (7)
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cryptic def; 27a is trotter which is the foot of a pig thats cooked. HOTFOOT also mean to hurry or hasten, not sure if i can directly indicate hurriedly as a def as well. |
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| 21 | KNIGHT |
Make sir think up good parts (6)
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[ reverse of THINK ] containing G ( good ) |
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| 23 | CURIO |
Dog on moon, something rarely seen (5)
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CUR ( god ) IO ( moon ) |
TROTTER
There is a WP as well
An extremity of that=T (one of the two ts)+pig=ROTTER
HOTFOOT
Chambers says
in haste
Collins says
quickly
(among other meanings)
So ‘Hurriedly’ is the def.
Great fun, although an error in the SW made that corner take longer than the rest
I particularly liked 27a and the Scot’s trunk in 16d
Thanks to both Guy and Turbolegs
I haven’t solved a weekday Guy puzzle before but, after his August News puzzle, I decided that I might have been missing something – and I was right.
A thoroughly enjoyable puzzle, packed with ingenious and witty clues. My first entry, IN THE CLUB, put a smile on my face and gave me a great start. I also loved the surface of the clever anagram DUKE OF WINDSOR.
Ticks, too, for INNSBRUCK, LETS GO, GINORMOUS, CYGNET, JAILBREAK, CABERNET and KNIGHT.
In 11ac, I think the definition is ‘came to’.
Many thanks to Guy for the fun (I look forward to the next one!) and Turbolegs for a fine blog.
Agree with KVa@1&2 on 27a TROTTER and 20d HOTFOOT. And Eileen@4 on 11a AWOKE
For 5d DEBUNK, the definition needs the “in” — Let’s DEBUNK astrology = Let’s “Explain the rubbish in” astrology.
Thanks G&T
I enjoyed that. Nice surfaces, a few novel clues and a good amount of variety. I am not sure why but the SW corner seemed to take as much time as the rest of the puzzle combined.
Favourites were AWOKE, CUT IN, HOTFOOT (nice misdirection), EXAMS, FAIR AND SQUARE (when I eventually got it).
For a few clues, the answer presented itself readily but the parsing took some time. I needed the blog to understand DEJECT (which I parsed but then could not work out the straight bit of the clue).
I agree with FrankieG@7.
Thanks Guy and Turbolegs
We needed help for MARQUESAN, having forgotten about the Marquesas Islands. A bit of a hold-up too with 17ac till we realised the initial Q was without its attendant U; elsewhere we needed the dictionary definition of CHIN-UPS to understand the wordplay. Nevertheless an enjoyable solve with DYNAMITE and CABERNET our favourites.
Thanks, Guy and Turbolegs.
A good enjoyable solve although MARQUESAN had me stumped. Thx Guy and Turbolegs
Thanks Guy for an expertly crafted crossword. I loved the definitions in DYNAMITE, CUT IN, DEBUNK, and KNIGHT, the surface in DUKE OF WINDSOR, the anagram in GINORMOUS, and the wordplay in FOGLAMP. All the clues were easy to read but not necessarily easy to solve, my benchmark for good setting. Thanks Turbolegs for the blog.
Too late for anyone to see, but I had to put in my vote for clue of the week for 10d DUKE OF WINDSOR – great surface, excellent anagram and a most apropos anagrind.
Thanks Guy for the fun and Turbolegs for the very helpful blog.