Posted by Colin Blackburn on 1st May 2008
* = anagram
< = reversal
dd = double definition
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| Across |
| 9 |
RODIN |
(e)RODIN(g) |
good to see ‘endlessly’ refer to both ends creating a nice surface.
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| 10 |
WARMONGER |
RM+ON in WAGER |
another very good surface.
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| 11 |
SANDERLING |
SANDER+LING |
rubber = SANDER, LING is a crossword cliché but here ‘plant’ rather than Heather, say, nicely fits with the deceptive ‘rubber’. A SANDERLING is a small wading bird often found on beaches.
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| 22 |
CHAMBERTIN |
CHAMBER+T+IN |
my first thought was yet another anagram of ‘orchestra’ with T added. Instead it is a straightforward charade leading to a wine from Burgundy.
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| 25 |
EPISCOPAL |
(SPOIL CAPE)* |
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| 26 |
AWING |
A+WING |
this one threw me as I tried to find a fly fitting -I-G. It didn’t help that the verb ‘awe’ didn’t spring to mind.
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| 27 |
LATENCY |
TEN+C in LAY |
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| 28 |
ABETTER |
A+BETTER |
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| Down |
| 3 |
WINDERMERE |
WINDER+M+ERE |
nice allusion but is ‘in Lakeland’ a reasonable definition for WINDERMERE?
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| 4 |
NEWEL |
fiNE WELl-designed |
the online version doesn’t have a hyphen in ‘well-designed’.
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| 5 |
SERENGETI |
(GREEN SITE)* |
nice surface that following 3 suggests a park in the UK rather than Tanzania.
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| 6 |
MOOR |
dd |
‘fell’ is a northern English word for a hill or upland tract of land, including moorland.
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| 7 |
TOGETHER |
TO+GET+HER |
I’m sure the device has been used before but ‘in concert’ helps create a nice surface.
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| 13 |
OPEN SESAME |
O+PENS+E+SAME |
excellent word play.
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| 15 |
SLAP HAPPY |
PALS< + HAPPY |
HAPPY is one of the Seven Dwarfs, now name the other 6 without using wikipedia.
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| 16 |
CROMWELL |
ROM+WELL after C |
C= contralto, ROM = Romans (bible).
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| 17 |
PSALMIST |
S in PALMIST |
I guess David wrote some Psalms.
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| 19 |
STRICT |
(di)STRICT |
DI = detective inspector, a UK police rank. |
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Posted by neildubya on 1st May 2008
I found this reasonably easy (for a Nimrod) although I couldn’t get 26 and didn’t fancy guessing it either. I spotted the Nina with the grid half full though so filling in the missing letters made the rest of the puzzle that little bit easier.
| Across |
| 4 |
(BE STUCK)* in RUT - RUSTBUCKET. |
| 9 |
N,(AGE)* in NONE (reversed) - an ENNEAGON is a nine-sided polygon (or nonagon). |
| 12 |
TE,R in A,LEGO - “Lawrence” is often TE or DH in crosswords. |
| 17 |
APEMEN in (SECT)* - the ESCAPEMENT is the mechanism in a clock or warch which connects the moving parts to the balance, it says here. |
| 21 |
(P READ AND)* - RED PANDA. |
| 23 |
(LIME US)* - MUESLI. “-style” seems superfluous here. |
| 26 |
LANDRAIL - had to Reveal this one and I still don’t understand it. A LANDRAIL is a bird and “both sides” could be L AND R but that leaves AIL. |
| 28 |
[-s]HOES |
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| Down |
| 2 |
(GET ANY Z)* - YANGTZE. If sleep is ZZZ then “a little” must be Z, right? |
| 4 |
GI,RAM (going up) in ROLE |
| 5 |
SINBAD THE SAILOR - “specific rating ” is THE SAILOR and SIN,BAD are two types of evil but I don’t really see why the (a) and (b) stuff was necessary. Am I missing something super-subtle? |
| 7 |
E in (LAWS RACY)* - CLEARWAYS. |
| 8 |
NAVE (going up), GEL |
| 14 |
EH (going up),PH on A DONE - HEADPHONE. “Cans” is a slang word for “headphones” although it’s not in Chambers Online and I don’t think I’ve ever seen in used in the singular form. No reason why it shouldn’t be though I guess. |
| 16 |
(IN MEETS AT)* - ESTAMINET. |
| 18 |
SLEEPER - the very long definition (the whole clue minus the last word) caught me out here. |
| 20 |
hidden reversed in “thEM IT’LL Arouse” |
| 22 |
NOT UP - a TON is a 100 but I can’t see how that works in the answer. |
| 24 |
hidden in “wEAR THe” - with “trousers” as the indicator, which I rather like. |
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Posted by nmsindy on 1st May 2008
I found this very easy, solving time 12 mins
* = anagram < = reversed
ACROSS
1 POLISH Double definition
4 ACC R EDIT
9 ERR AND S
11 (C) UMBRIAN
12 GO (U) D A dog<
13 ANTENATAL Cryptic definition, if not the most cryptic ever. ‘like’ indicating the adjective
14 BE A T A RE TREAT
18 HOUSEBREAKER (hero rebukes)*
21 S (HATTER) ED
23 RALPH Hidden
24 MAESTRI (Smartie)*
25 DRAWERS Double definition
26 N A T(o) URIST
27 A STE (R) N
DOWN
1 P LEDGE &lit.
2 L A RRUP (purr a L)<
3 SINHALESE (He’s an isle)*
5 COUNTER MAN DE(e)D
6 RO BIN (OR)< Other Ranks
7 D (RIFT) NET nurse = tend<
8 TONALITY (not laity)*
10 SCATTER BRAINS (in bars)* as ’scatter’ could serve as an anagram indicator
15 THE BROADS Chris Broad and his son Stuart
16 CHESSMEN Well crafted hidden Definition is ‘king and queen - maybe’
17 BUD APE ST
19 FLEECE Double definition
20 CH OSEN (nose)*
21 TU TOR rot<
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 1st May 2008
An easy puzzle from Cincinnus with a few typically brilliant clues (1A, 13A, 18A, 5D).
Across
1. BEANS ON TOAST - anagram of NOT A SNOBS TEA. And a wonderfully English &lit to boot.
10. REEL OFF - double definition
11. EMIRATE - EMI (record company) + RATE (esteem)
12. CATCH - double definition
13. FLAGSHIP - FLAGS (ensigns) + HIP (with it)
15. PLAYTHINGS - double/cryptic definition
16. FAIR - F (fluorine) + AIR (mixture of gases)
18. TOPS - anagram of POST
20. SALAD CREAM - A (a) + LAD (young man) in SCREAM (something very funny)
22. TRUMPETS - E[legan]T in TRUMPS (best suit)
24. TRAIN - double definition
26. ORIOLES - RI (Rhode Island) in anagram of LOOSE. The Baltimore Orioles are a major-league baseball team. I am no sports fan but I know of the Orioles thanks to a friend who lives near Baltimore.
27. SATSUMA - A (a) + MUST (necessity) + AS (when) all backwards
28. GREENFINCHES - GREEN (inexperienced) + F (fellow) + INCHES (measures)
Down
2. ELECTRA - ELECT (chosen) + RA (artist). I did not know that Electra was Agamemnon’s daughter!
3. NEOPHYTE - anagram of THEY OPEN
4. ORFE - hidden word. The orfe is a freshwater fish found across northern Europe and Asia. It occurs in larger rivers, ponds, and lakes, typically in schools. (As I determined from Wikipedia.)
5. THEOLOGIAN - anagram of HOTEL IN GOA
6. AGING - A (a) + GIN (trap) + G (good)
7. TRACHEA - RAC (motoring organisation) in THE + A (articles)
8. PRECIPITATION - double definition
9. TEMPERAMENTAL - TEMPERA (paint) + MENTAL (up the wall!)
14. BIPARTISAN - I (one) in BP (oil company) + ARTISAN (skilled worker)
17. ECSTATIC - E[ton] C[ollege] + STATIC (still)
19. POURING - POUR (for French) + IN (in) + [avi]G[non]
21. ERASURE - ER (queen) + A (a) + SURE (certain)
23. PULSE - double definition
25. ASTI - hidden word
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