Independent 6479 by Tees
Posted by bensand on July 23rd, 2007
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | LOTHARIO - T + HARI in LOO |
| 10 | COMIC - COSMIC minus S (close to tears) |
| 11 | SEA URCHIN - SEA(U)RCH + IN |
| 16 | DONKEY - DON + KEY |
| 26 | ENNUI - “LENNON PUT IT” with odd letters removed |
| 27 | EVEN SO - stEVENSOn |
| 28 | MASTERLY - MAST + EARLY without the A for are. A is short for are, the metric land measure. Seems like an abbreviation that would be more at home in the advanced cryptics than the weekday crosswords to me |
| Down | |
| 2 | TAMIL - TA(M)IL |
| 6 | BARGAIN BASEMENT - Seller is homophone for cellar, this clue made me laugh although it was fairly easy |
| 7 | ASHMOLEAN - (HAS)* + MO + LEAN |
| 17 | IDENTITY - I DEITY around NT |
| 19 | DUNCAN - King from Macbeth and a dun is a horse of that colour |
| 20 | LORETTA - (ARISTOTLE)* without IS |
| 21 | TSETSE - transmitter is part of the definition so it’s SETS in T(RE)E |
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:46 pm
SEA URCHIN (11A)
Why is this a creature under test?
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_urchin