Independent 6577/Dac
Posted by Colin Blackburn on 14th November 2007
This one will have to be quick, so here goes…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CAPACITY — P.A. in CA CITY — Ca = California. |
| 10 | MARINE BIOLOGIST — cryptic def. — main = ocean. |
| 12 | OUTFITTER — OUT+FITTER — out = intent on getting. |
| 13 | UNHAND — UN HAND — not sure foreign worker is good enough here, surely many UN workers are British and may not work overseas. I’d have thought a question mark would have been in order here. Correction thanks to neildubya, UN= “a foreign” |
| 17 | HANGDOG — HANG+DOG — not a very nice image! |
| 18 | BONITO — I+NOB< + TO |
| 23 | EARTH — wEAR THick — my favourite clue. Simple, nice surface and a partial &lit quality if referring to Britain. |
| 24 | OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE — double def. |
| Down | |
| 2 | PARTHENON — PART+HEN+ON — I think the analysis here is correct. |
| 3 | CANADIAN DOLLARS — R in (A COLD ASIAN LAND)* — nice anagram… |
| 4 | TABLOID — TAB + “Lloyd” — ref. is to John Lloyd I think. |
| 6 | VIOLIN CONCERTOS — (CONTROLS VOICE IN)* — ..and again. |
| 8 | DETHRONE — DE(a)TH+R+ONE &lit — very clever. |
| 9 | POSTIE — (POET IS)* — another excellent but simple clue. |
| 16 | CHUCK OUT — CHUCK + OUT — I assume this is right though maybe another word fits the first part. |
| 19 | BUTCHER — BUTCHER(s) — butchers = butcher’s hook = look. |
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