Archive for March 19th, 2008

Guardian 24340/Araucaria

Posted by Colin Blackburn on 19th March 2008

As ever a few liberties taken here and there by Araucaria but on the whole a fair puzzle.


Across
1	PSALMS	S in PALM+S	the Sunday before Easter is Palm Sunday. The implied Sunday has to be abbreviated for this to work.
4	APERIENT	APE + INTER*	took me a while to see this one as you need to read it as inter changed. 26!
10	PRINTING	?	not sure about this one. PG = lodger (paying guest) though I had to look that up. How is RINTIN “Alsatian largely”? Full clue is, “Lodger keeps Alsatian largely to make an impression (8)”
11	FISH OUT OF WATER	dd	to fish out of water!
13	GOOSE LIVER	GOO + REVILES<	1 is PATE but in true crossword sense can be read as PATE.
14	PERILUNE	PERIL+UNE	cf perigee. As is normal with Araucaria when a word is split over two lights each light is a distinct word.
18	SHEEPISHLY	SHE+EPIS+H(o)LY	“begins episcopate” leads to EPIS, a bit of a liberty…
25	LANDLADY	N in LAD + LAD + Y	…and another. Can Y = York without being part of NY?

Down
2	AMERIGO	ER in AMIGO	the explorer who gave his name to America.
3	MISCHIEF	M IS CHIEF	21 is MON(K)EY BUSINESS. “M” is James Bond’s boss.
5	PURPOSELESS	O.S.E in PURPLE+SS	the E here is the start of eleven = XI.
8	TIGER LILY	(GRILL YET I)*	nice surface with (flower) bed well hidden.
12	UNINHABITED	UNI(o)N+HABITED	not sure about the surface here, at least the “…is desert” bit, but I like HABITED for “being dressed like a nun”.
13	GOLD MEDAL	OLD+ME+D in GAL	ME = the setter.
15	LIONS DEN	ON in D(a)NIELS* &lit	very nice.
17	NONAGON	NAG in NOON	12 = NOON (not UNINHABITED!)