Azed 2072/taken abaft

I was held up rather badly by the SW corner — all because I hastily opted for ABAFT instead of ABACK (25D).  As a result, the mostly full grid lay fallow on my desk at work all week — until I remembered the blog this morning (Saturday) – quick trip to the office to retrieve grid to the surprise of the security guard since I was dressed in full weekend regalia (shorts, sandals and unshaven).   As per usual, the BRB proved a rather useful prop.

Across
1 J(IPYA)PA  – palm leaves used in panama hats.  (I pay)* in J=joint (the kind you smoke), A=advance. Matthew points out the wordplay is actually:  J=joint (the kind you smoke),  (I pay)* with PA=Panama preceding and of course definition is just: palm leaves used in hats.
6 WE(A,M)B – archaic belly.
10 OXYNTIC – (tiny cox)* – acid-secreting.
11 PROO[f] – Scots call for horse to stop (thus Jock and “pull up”).
12 CAT,A,CLAS(I)S – deformation of rocks by crushing.  CAT=caterpillar (tractor)
14 SANGAREE – (AA, Greens)* – Indian sangria.
15 TROTS – ref. Trotsky.  Also, “toddling child” and for Shak. an old woman
17 GROPER – grouper or bass and also someone groping around without a clue (in the dark e.g.).
20 STAGER,Y – greats*,Y[ear]
22 [m]ELO[n],CUT,E – pompously hold forth.
24 M(ANOA)O – a shrub and ANOA is a wild ox.
26 ASCOT – two meanings.
28 BORDELLO – (doorbell)* and kip is an Irish brothel.
30 IN,DI(A,N PO)KE – US buttercup (hellebore).  (A,pon[d]*) in DIKE=ditch.
31 NE(W[as])T – my last solved clue.  Amazingly swift is archaically a newt – it was emotionally very hard for me to abandon speed and/or birds.
32 DISFAME – archaic evil reputation. (fades, I’m)*
33 G(R)EEK – another late clue.  Feels somewhat politically incorrect nowadays for a GREEK to be a “cunning rogue” — but it’s indeed archaic.    Our “eccentric” one is a GEEK.  Guilty as charged.
34 S,TERNAL – implants are in a bit of disfavour now due to the French scandal.

Down
1 JO(IS)T
2 IXIA – I in rev(axi[ng]).  S. African iris indeed.
3 PYCNOGONID – (doing poncy)*.  Spider with lots of legs.
4 ATT,ASK – to take to task (rebuke: hypothetical since possibly but doubtful Shak.)
5 P(I)ARIS,T – ref. Joseph Calasanza religious congregation.
6 W(ALE)R – Aust. horse for export.  Ref. New South Wales.
7 EPAG,OGE,S – induction.  rev(ego=I, gape=fail to meet)
8 MO(ID)ERS – id in morse*.  Dialect for confuses.
9 BO(S,TRY)X –  “cymose inflorescence in which each lateral axis arises on the same side (cyclically) of its parent axis.” So there.
13 SUPERCLEAN – (scruple, e, a)*
16 ‘T,ACONITE – low-grade ore.  And ACONITE is monkshood (poisonous plant).
18 K(EMP)ING – Scots “striving for mastery”.
19 PLA(N,N)E,[yea]R – N,N=names in leap*.
21 T(EAR,P)IT
23 VA(DO)SE – of underground water…
25 AB,[h]ACK – I misled myself into thinking this was AB,[h]AFT.  Oh well.  Ref. ‘ired ‘ack = cab.
27 TO,W,EL – ref. roller towel and EL=L=start of lunch.
29 LIMA – hidden

8 comments on “Azed 2072/taken abaft”

  1. Matthew

    Thanks for the blog, ilancaron.

    Even though Panama could be part of the definition in 1ac, I think we need PA=Panama with ‘in advance’ indicating the next part comes first.


  2. matthew: of course you’re right — i was a bit hasty — “in advance” is part of the cryptic grammar indeed.

  3. Norman Hall

    27 down Cryptic
    I couldn’t see why ‘start of lunch’ was ‘EL’, which is now obvious from the blog.
    ESS for ‘S’ and SEE for ‘C’ don’t catch me out.

    So I thought perhaps it was TO + W + EL[EVENSES], having read that lunch used to mean a light meal at any time of day (Chambers), with a question mark because it is no longer used that way.

  4. RCWhiting

    Thanks all
    I thought the lower half was comparatively easy but I struggled a bit with the NE corner.
    I cannot find any reference in Chambers to s = succeeded (9d).


  5. It’s there all right – in 5th entry (S) on p 1368.

  6. RCWhiting

    Thanks nm.
    Mine is 2008 and 1368 is in ‘R’.
    Also there are no numbered entries for ‘s’or ‘S’.
    You must have the 2011 ed., which seems to have made a lot of changes.
    Maybe one of my daughters will come good for my birthday.


  7. Re comment #6, yes, I was looking at the latest (2011) 12th edition – however in my 11th edition (2008) it is also there (on exactly the same page 1368)! Don’t fully understand the reference to ‘numbered entries’ – my reference to 5th was just counting down the individual entries under ‘S’ to make it easier to find, I had hoped…

  8. RCWhiting

    Yes,my error. I was looking in my 10th ed.
    I have now found it in my 11th.
    Still hoping for a new one!

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