Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 16
As one may expect from Falcon, an “ultrasound” crossword which can be found here .
Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate.
| Across | ||
| 1 | PILEDRIVER | Forceful shot earns fortune at golf club (10) |
| PILE (fortune) + DRIVER (golf club) | ||
| 7 | JUST | Only fair? Quite (4) |
| Triple definition | ||
| 9 | STAG | Male’s short leg (4) |
| STAGE (leg) minus the E at the end (‘short’) | ||
| 10 | RESOLUTION | Analysis concerning explanation (10) |
| RE (concerning) + SOLUTION (explanation) | ||
| 11 | SUPERB | Splendid salesman aboard coach heading west (6) |
| Reversal (‘heading west’) of {REP (salesman) inside BUS (coach)} | ||
| 12 | TINCTURE | Trace element, cobalt, finally detected in preserve (8) |
| TIN (element) + {[cobal]T inside CURE (preserve)} | ||
| 13 | RED BARON | Read, surprisingly, about British king on German flying ace (3,5) |
| {(READ)* around B[ritish]} + R (king, rex) + ON | ||
| 15 | EVEN | Level in game cut short (4) |
| EVENT (game) the T at the end (‘cut short’) | ||
| 17 | LOGO | Gain access to computer without using name and symbol (4) |
| LOG ON (gain access to computer) minus N (name) | ||
| 19 | FOREMOST | First and second entering wooded area (8) |
| MO (second) inside FOREST (wooded area) | ||
| 22 | LONDONER | Introvert must entertain fellow city dweller (8) |
| LONER (introvert) around DON (fellow) | ||
| 23 | DESIGN | Condescend to accept second plan (6) |
| DEIGN (condescend) around S (second) | ||
| 25 | SUPERHUMAN | Divine drink, a rum he ordered at noon (10) |
| SUP (drink) + (A RUM HE)* | ||
| 26 | BRED | Raised money, reportedly (4) |
| Homophone (‘reportedly’) of BREAD (money) | ||
| 27 | ADEN | A cave in a Yemeni port (4) |
| A + DEN (cave) | ||
| 28 | WINCEYETTE | Fabric shrink? Up to the present time, both ends of tie! (10) |
| WINCE (shrink) + YET (up to the present time) + T[iE | ||
| Down | ||
| 2 | INTRUDE | At home, head of table’s impolite to butt in (7) |
| IN (at home) + T[able] + RUDE (impolite) | ||
| 3 | EAGLE | Gold coin found in area, gleaming (5) |
| Hidden solution: [ar]EA GLE[aming] | ||
| 4 | RARE BIRD | Exceptional thing, the talking point of twitchers? (4,4) |
| Double definition, the second one cryptic (punning on birdwatchers) | ||
| 5 | VISITING FIREMEN | Out-of-state stokers, ones to be lavishly entertained at the White House? (8,7) |
| VISITING (out-of-state, from another state) + FIREMEN (stokers) – the definition is an informal US expression, hence ‘at the White House?’ | ||
| 6 | RULING | Feeling regret about Left being in power (6) |
| RUING (feeling regret) around L (left) | ||
| 7 | JET STREAM | Strong westerlies flow behind aircraft (3,6) |
| Double definition | ||
| 8 | SCOURGE | Well up about care of cat (7) |
| SURGE (well up, as a verb) around CO (care of) – the definition is ‘cat’ in its meaning of ‘whip’ | ||
| 14 | BROAD BEAN | Coarse, the head in plant (5,4) |
| BROAD (coarse) + BEAN (the head) | ||
| 16 | PRUDENCE | Caution girl (8) |
| Double definition | ||
| 18 | OROTUND | Pompous golfer’s second round (7) |
| [g]O[lfer] + ROTUND (round) | ||
| 20 | SEGMENT | Separate FBI agents in series (7) |
| G-MEN (FBI agents) insede SET (series) | ||
| 21 | AND HOW | Certainly an Arab vessel (3,3) |
| AN + DHOW (Arab vessel) | ||
| 24 | SABRE | Irregular bears a sword (5) |
| (BEARS)* | ||
Failed on 8d and 12a and while 5d couldn’t be anything else, I’d never come across this expression. Does it mean roughly freeloaders?