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A solid outing in this issue. Nothing to moan about. Nothing to praise to the rafters perhaps but tight clueing leading to certain answers. I solved this quite swiftly (approx. 1 pint) but I can’t bring myself to class it as an easy example of the oeuvre – I was in a good mood for solving.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 8 | IN THE BAG (BATHING)* AInd: screwed around [mat]E |
| 9 | BRUNEI RUNE inside BI |
| 11 | HOARD Homophone “Whored” |
| 12 | LOUDMOUTH LOUD (flashy) MOUTH (kisser) |
| 13 | TIEPOLO TIE (get knotted) POLO (sweet) This artist has appeared elsewhere recently |
| 14 | PUDENDA (END UP AD)* AInd: about |
| 16 | UP-THE-SKIRT-SHOTS CD More usually “up-skirt shots” surely |
| 19 | BOUNDER DD I liked this one as it somehow reminded me of Monty Python’s “Bruce” sketch: Description of native Australian’s arse? (7) |
| 21 | GIELGUD (lugged)* AInd: smashed around I[ndependent] Slightly held up here, or rather with the crossing “Dispinsary”, until I discover I can’t spell “Geilgud” |
| 23 | LOCK HORNS HORN inside LOCKS |
| 25 | SARAH SA RA [mic]H[eal] More Palinanity. Looks like she will last longer in crosswords than politics – here’s hoping. |
| 27 | FATIMA FAT I’M A |
| 29 | HEIRLOOM LOO (ladies, say) inside (HIM ER)* AInd: lost |
| Down | |
| 1/10 | HIGH JUMP DD The second def. “bollocking” as in “he’s for the high jump” |
| 2 | STRAFE (FASTER)* AInd: pissed |
| 3 | HEAD-TO-HEAD HEAD (sex act) T[urn] O[ver] HEAD (sex act) |
| 4 | BALLCOCK Two Defs – Two bits of genitalia |
| 6 | INNUENDO (DI, NO NUN E[cstasy])* AInd: philandering Nice Anagrind, somehow the surface reading stops it from being a top clue. |
| 7 | TIGHT-ARSED TIGHT (pissed) ARSE (rat) D[ate] Had to think about the wordplay here as the Def. (mean) could just mean tight. |
| 13 | THUMB A LIFT (TIT BUM HALF)* AInd: shaking |
| 15 | DISPENSARY PENS (small containers) inside DIARY (log) |
| 17 | TRUNCATE T[ime] RUN (hurry) CATE (Blanchett) |
| 18 | REGISTER R[ex] E[rotically] G[yrate] (TRIES)* AInd: out |
| 20 | RARE Hidden in urethRA REflex |
| 22 | GORDON RD inside GOON |
| 24/5/26 | HOME FROM HOME H[ot] (HOOFER MOM)* AInd: playing then ME |
19a An arse is a bounder so was the word play “an aborigine down under” = bo-under? Was my last one in and don’t understand it. Is an aborigien a bo?
Anon, a kangaroo is a “native Australian”, and is a “bounder”!
>Anon Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
19a An arse is a bounder so was the word play “an aborigine down under” = bo-under? Was my last one in and don’t understand it. Is an aborigien a bo?<
As I understand it, an Aborigine is an “abo”.
Fred