The usual thing from Azed: utterly sound clueing and lots of wading through Chambers in search of words you have never heard of, which is quite fun, once you’re used to it.
As usual I haven’t bothered to define many of these difficult words. If you’re doing Azed you’ll have the clues to hand and also a copy of Chambers.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | UP JET — to upjet is to spout upwards |
| 6 | ASS OTT |
| 11 | NHANDU — unhand with the head moved to the tail |
| 12 | A T(S)EA — Congo is a type of tea |
| 13 | G(ARGAN)TUAN — an argan is a Moroccan timber tree |
| 14 | FAIRNESS — n in (is safer)* |
| 15 | GOONDAS — go on (sad)rev. |
| 16 | recondiTE IDeas — hidden rev. |
| 19 | ENCRADLE — a Spenserian word, hence ‘no more’ — ({ve}le{ta} dancer)* |
| 22 | VENETIAN — (event)* i(A)n |
| 23 | E MIR |
| 25 | S PAD GER — the tit of titling to rhyme with bit |
| 27 | ROOMETTE — (to {th}e Metro)* |
| 29 | R(E POUSS{in})OI R — Poussin being French, his king is a roi |
| 30 | SEGNO — g in (ones)rev. — the musical bars |
| 31 | RIEN ZI{on} — the French love is rien — I don’t quite understand the exclam: it’s a good clue, but is it all that remarkable in any way? I shouldn’t have thought so. |
| 32 | TROTYL — {parliamen}t (tyro)* l |
| 33 | C(R)E ED |
| Down | |
| 1 | UNGAG — Gunga [Gunga Din] with the G moved to the end |
| 2 | P HAT — a sailor is a type of hat |
| 3 | JAR GOON |
| 4 | ENG ENDE{a}RMENT |
| 5 | PUNANI — (up)rev. nan I{ndian} — I knew this word from Ali G, but find that it can also mean women generally, although it’s apparently ‘vulgar slang, originally W. Indies‘, and crumpet is I should have thought rather vulgar and derogatory, although Chambers doesn’t say so |
| 6 | ANTIS — (sat in)* — ‘groups untidily’ is the anagram indicator |
| 7 | SAURY — (ru)rev. in say |
| 8 | STANDARDISER — (dad’s trainers)* — a standardiser can’t be doing with rogues, or rogue items |
| 9 | TEASELS — as in (sleet)rev. |
| 10 | TA(P)STER |
| 17 | EVEREST — rest after eve — Sir George Everest gave his name to the mountain, so it’s named after him, not for him as in the link |
| 18 | R(‘EM)OVER — I thought I was going to need to know some famous Blackburn player of old, but it’s simply Blackburn Rovers |
| 20 | C(APT)URE |
| 21 | DOGGONE — the dog has gone |
| 24 | SEPOY — (So{war} yep)* — a Sowar and a sepoy seem to be much the same thing, so this is an &lit. |
| 25 | STOOL — (loots)rev. — a minor meaning is a piece of wood to which is attached a bird, used in hunting |
| 26 | torpoR OR IDleness |
| 28 | PIZE — “pies” |
5 down is punaani rather than punani.