Posted by beermagnet on 8th February 2008
I’m putting this short post in place to carry the chat requested by others elsewhere.
I, too, would like explanations for a few answers here.
I’ll remove this post on request.
[Additions made to this post about 15:35]
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ACCUSABLE A then CU’S inside CABLE |
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CUBED DD Mathematically raised to the 3rd power |
| 9 |
BREAM (1 down)* |
| 10 |
STRINGENT TRING in SENT |
| 11 |
REACQUIRED C (many) QUIRE (sheets) in READ (study) |
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OKRA OK (fine) RA(in) drizzle without IN (popular). After getting the crossing K it had to be Okra, but decoding the clue took a while |
| 14 |
SHEBANG The novel is the popular (in crosswords) “She” - again |
| 17 |
TANGENT (w)ANGE(r) inside TNT. Another mathematical reference. |
| 20 |
NEAT I don’t understand Holy Spirit reference. Full Clue:
Smart to listen to Holy Spirit? (4) |
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CABALLERO CAB-ALLER-O Aller from French “to go” from “across the Pyrenees”. |
| 27 |
LIMIT LIM-IT? I can’t see where LIM comes from. Full clue:
Not entirely relaxed, it proving extreme (5) |
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AMBER Hidden in cAMBERwell. Amber is above Green on a traffic light. Marvellous clue. |
| 3 |
SEMIQUAVER (REQUIEM AS V(ery))* Lovely clue |
| 5 |
(f)EARLESS |
| 6 |
CANE homophome CAIN |
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DOT MATRIX I think this is an anagram of MAD and TO plus the T from cruciverbalisT then Brian RIX is the “man of farce” |
| 14 |
SATANICAL SAT-AN-I-CAL(ifornia) |
| 16/24 |
GRAVEYARD SLOT Lovely CD :
Is one reserved for the late programme scheduler? (9,4) |
| 18 |
TRIREME Offers requested to decode this clue. Full clue:
Virtually all old masters turned up, including Turner’s “Last Ship” (7) |
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Posted by neildubya on 8th February 2008
| Across |
| 8 |
FAST FOOD - I think this could be considered an oxymoron because fasting means not eating at all. |
| 9 |
NET,(LET)* - “stingy” is made all the more deceiving because of the money reference in “tax deducted”. |
| 10 |
W,HIP - in Parliament, a WHIP is a note sent to MPs requesting their attendance to vote on a particular issue. The definition in the clue - “Persuade MPs” - suggests that it can also be used as a verb. |
| 11 |
FRIEDMAN - first name Milton, and an economist, like J.M.Keynes. |
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SNITCH - for those who have managed to avoid the books and films, Harry Potter plays a game called Quidditch; one of the objects of the game is to capture a small flying gold-coloured ball called the SNITCH. Doing so ends the game, I believe. |
| 14 |
ARNI[-e],CA - Good clue, with a great surface reading. |
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WAS A BI |
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MORPH in (ATOMISES)* - METAMORPHOSIS. One of our Australian readers told me recently that the Independent crossword is syndicated to his state paper but with one detail missing - they don’t publish the name of the setter. So the “me” in this clue won’t mean much to him (or people solving the clue online) but it’s a common enough word and the wordplay is straightforward so hopefully it wouldn’t have stopped anyone from solving the clue. |
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EGOS - I liked this one a lot: “When they clash, you’ll ‘ear either ____ or I go!” EGOS sounds like “‘e goes”. |
| 4 |
UNDER THE WEA(THE)R - this is very nicely done: “ill fitting” looks like the definition but it’s actually definition plus a key wordplay element. |
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BUTS (reversed) |
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(MAY DREAD)* - DAYDREAM. |
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(BOW OAR T)* - ROWBOAT. “All found at sea” seems to be doing double-duty as the anagram indicator and definition, unless I’m missing something. |
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BACCHUS - “back us”. |
| 20 |
A,DON,IS - the previous clue had “God, he’s drunk” for the definition and this one has “God, he’s gorgeous…” |
| 22 |
LOC[-k],UM |
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Posted by diagacht on 8th February 2008
| Across |
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GAINSBOROUGH: the town profits; the borough gains |
| 8 |
IBERIAN:(l)IBERIAN, African country without left (l) |
| 9 |
BEARS UP: E in BAR + SUP |
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DONNISH: IN NOD (reversed) + SH |
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NADAL: N (new) + A + LAD (reversed) |
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RESONATES: SONAT(a) in REES |
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SERVIETTE: VIE in anagram of STREET |
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MABEL: M (beginning of malign) + ABEL (biblical character) |
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ESSAYER: anagram of YES (i)DEAS, where (i)deas is ideas without the disowned ‘i’ |
| 23 |
PERUGIA: GI between PERU and A |
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SATSUMA: SA (appeal) + A MUST (reversed) |
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ORIGAMI: O (old) + RIG + AMI |
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NOTHING DOING: NOTHING DO + IN + G |
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GLEANED: LEANED in GED (a kind of fish) |
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INITIAL: I (island) + I (one) in LATIN (reversed) |
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SANDHURST: &Lit |
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ORBIT: R in OBIT |
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OVATION: (inn)OVATION |
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GO SHORT: OR in GOSH (as in goodness me) and T (first letter of truth) |
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FIND ONES LEGS: anagram of DESIGN OF LENS |
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PENNSYLVANIA: referring to American Presidential election, I think |
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SHEEPFOLD: Jacob is a breed of sheep |
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RISOTTO: SIR (reversed) + OTTO |
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IVY BUSH: IVY + BUS + H (hotel) |
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MARTINI: ART in MINI |
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DRAIN: RA in DIN |
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Posted by ilancaron on 8th February 2008
A pretty easy and pedestrian puzzle. I had to look up the Tuesday ref in 2D and there were a couple of weak clues in my opinion — unless I missed some subtlety.
Across
| 1 |
UPRIGHT - two meanings |
| 5 |
RUN RIOT - is this just two meanings? if so, aren’t they both the same: “Raise hell and act unrestrainedly”? |
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SHOW JUMPER - my fav clue - though frankly I’d have thought her bare top would be what she’d SHOW us under her JUMPER. |
| 12 |
PA’S,TEL |
| 13 |
T(ASTI)EST - ASTI is a v. popular wine on the cryptic menu. |
| 14 |
RED, CARPET |
| 17 |
SCORE - two meanings (where “the way things are” is a slightly cryptic definition, as in, the current state of play). |
| 19 |
ARM,STRONG - though strictly speaking he was actually on the moon. |
| 23 |
FRE(EDOM)S - ref(mode) in ref(serf) |
| 24 |
EYEFUL=”Eiffel” |
| 27 |
T,WIN |
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O(ST)RICH - ST in choir* (ref. hiding one’s head in the sand). |
Down
| 2 |
PANCAKE - two meanings: I only understood the make-up ref and had to look up the Shrove Tuesday (aka PANCAKE Tuesday) ref. |
| 3 |
I(NEP=rev(pen))T |
| 4 |
HUSTLE=sleuth*,R[ex] |
| 8 |
O,VERSE,A - “one” can be A in “The Guardian” but I wonder about singular OVERSEA for “from abroad”? |
| 9 |
FOR THE PRESENT |
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CARP,ENTER - “chips” is Brit slang for a CARPENTER. |
| 18 |
CORNERS - Interestingly if the clue had read “Hideaways for football players?” it would have been truly transatlantic since CORNER is an American Football player position. |
| 20 |
SPENDER - ref. Stephen the poet. |
| 21 |
NOURISH=(in hours)* |
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MOSAIC=(coma is)* |
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EX,TRA=rev(art=craft) - Ref. background EXTRAs in a crowd scene only understood the wordplay later. |
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Posted by nmsindy on 8th February 2008
I found this easier than usual, solving time 10 mins
< = reversed * = anagram
ACROSS
1 SP (A R) RING PARTNE R entrap< r =right
9 SP (L) IT L = latitude
10 HERE TI (C) AL lait(y)< C = Church’s leader (1st letter)
14 (t)EAS T END tend = nurse
16 SCEP TIC pecs<
17 HUM(p)
18 TH (E VERY) ID E A each single = every a = article
22 S(l)IGHT L = lecturer
DOWN
1 WALL(y)
3 IN THE END Never played bowls but an ‘end’ is part of the pitch, I think.
7 SISTINE CHAPEL (se in this place)* In the Vatican
12 A SS I’M (I) LATE Nice use of ‘board’ to mislead initially.
15 (g)ENT (IRE) LY
19 E (LE) VEN (t)
22 GIDE (E dig)<
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