Independent 6460 (30-06-07)/Nimrod - Not cobblers!
Posted by neildubya on 6th July 2007
Quite often, when I’m solving a puzzle that I’ll be blogging later on, I fill in answers which I’m reasonably sure are right and then think, “I’ll work out the wordplay when I write up my blog”. This doesn’t always work with Nimrod though - I managed to complete the grid but there were a few bits and pieces that I didn’t understand when I was solving and still don’t get now I’m blogging. If anyone can help with 1/9A, 10A, 13A (maybe), 3D, that would be much appreciated.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1/9 | (LICENSEE BANS NONE)* - if “old lords” is the definition, what is the “getting last order” bit about? |
| 5 | hidden in “establishinG LINKAge” - nicely done I thought. I knew the composer somehow but couldn’t name any of his compositions. |
| 10 | SKATES - the definition is easy enough to spot (a ref to the phrase “put your skates on”) but what on earth does “WI music’s educated issue” mean? |
| 12 | I,LO,PILLAG(e)< - GALLIPOLI looks like it might have lots of clueing options and I like what Nimrod has done with it here. |
| 13 | PROEM - which means an introduction or preface but I can’t see the wordplay here. Faldo and Tarbuck would form a PRO-AM golf team so “vocal variation” must mean changing the A to an E? Or maybe just pronouncing it differently? |
| 18 | TROUSER-PRESS - amusing, but not taxing, cryptic definition. |
| 21 | NIM,BI - excellent clue. “We signal unfair conditions” is a great definition for the plural of Nimbus (a type of cloud). NIM is an old game and “batting for both sides” is slang for BI(sexual). |
| 25/27 | (ONES MISREAD A PART)* - “nervous” as an anagram indicator? Not sure about that. |
| 26 | (EYES)* in G,R - not the most convincing surface reading you’ll ever come across. |
| Down | |
| 1 | NAG in ALE - a fairly obscure word I think but the wordplay isn’t too tricky. That said, I did spend some time thinking that “horse” might be GG. |
| 2 | COBBLE(rs) - a “paver” can mean a stone you pave with, not just somebody who paves. |
| 3 | ELEMI - I don’t understand the “pharmaceutical description of pure honey” bit here. |
| 4 | NO-SCORE DRAWS - which would be written as 0-0 and which might be said to look like a pair of spectacles. |
| 6 | EP in KO in (STEAL)< - the LAKE POETS were Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey. |
| 11 | (TRUE BORN)* in WINE |
| 16/17 | STANDING ROOM ONLY - a STAND IN GROOM might be a bride’s second choice. |
| 19 | NOT,TUM (going up) - as in “mutton dressed as lamb”. |
| 20 | JESS,I,E - I got this from the definition and without really understanding how JESS came into it but the dictionary explains it. |
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