Independent on Sunday 1,151 by Raich

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Looks like Raich has drawn me again this week. No complaints from me though, as this was an enjoyable solve.

Relatively rarely for a Sunday, we have a theme here, being the films of James Dean. I wasn’t familiar with one of them, but Raich’s scrupulous clueing meant that this was not a problem. The actor himself appears as a Nina in the unchecked squares around the North and East sides of the grid.

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.

Across
6 WOULD-BE – W + DOUBLE*.
7 GIANT – G.I. + ANT. Not a movie that I was aware of, but seemingly a 1956 film also starring Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor, so certainly not obscure..
9/28/31 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE – (AT BAIL OUT RESCUE WHE[n])*. The 1955 classic.
10 ENSLAVED – ENS + LAVED.
12 TYPESETTER – (PERTEST YET)*.
16 TOTE – T[o]O[k] T[h]E, and I think &lit.
17 BATS – STAB<.
20 ACRID – R in ACID.
21 AREA – RE in AA.
23 GATE – [j]ET AG[e]<.
24 EAST OF EDEN – (DONATE FEES)*. The 1995 film based on John Steinbeck’s book of the same name.
32 MARIA – M + ARIA.
33 EMPATHY – (THEM PAY)*.
Down
1 JUMBLE – JUMB[o] + LE.
2 ADULTERATE – AD + U + L[i]TERATE.
3 MERE – dd.
4 EGGS – E.G. + G + S.
5 SAMANTHA – [see]S A MAN THA[i].
6 WORDY – ROW< + D[ynast]Y.
8 THEATRE – THE + A + TR + E.
11 NEE – NE + E.
13 POT – dd.
14 TORUS – TOR + U.S.
15 RADIOSCOPY – (DIARY SCOOP)*.
18 ATAVISM – A + VAT< + IS + M[eant].
19 SHEPHERD – SH + PE< + HE + RD.
22 RED – from REF, but with F (France) replaced by D (Germany) .
25 ACT – A[ddress] + CT.
26 EQUITY – (QUIET[l]Y)*.
27 EVERY – EVE + RY.
29 UTAH – [burea]U + TA + H.
30 APEX – PA< + EX.

4 comments on “Independent on Sunday 1,151 by Raich”

  1. flashling
    @1
    March 18, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    Didn’t spot the Nina, oops, but a fair puzzle regardless, thanks Raich/NMS.

  2. Superkiwigirl
    @2
    March 18, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    Thanks for an enjoyable solve, Raich, and for your helpful blog, Simon.

    Sorry to be a pain, but I still can’t parse the ENS part of ENSLAVED (the LAVED I get). If you return Simon could you please clarify this?

  3. Gaufrid
    @3
    March 18, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    Hi Superkiwigirl
    From Chambers:

    ens /enz/ (philosophy)
    noun (pl entia /en’shi-a/)
    1. Being or existence
    2. An entity, as opposed to an attribute
    ORIGIN: LL ens, prp of L esse to be

  4. Superkiwigirl
    @4
    March 19, 2012 at 7:24 am

    Hi Gaufrid,

    Thank you for the explanation – I really must invest in a Chambers!

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