Independent 6727/Mordred
Posted by neildubya on May 8th, 2008
I found this very tough, despite a quick start. Still not sure about 8 and 11 though.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | MUGGLE in S,D - in the Harry Potter books, a MUGGLE is someone who isn’t a wizard. |
| 9 | MIT,RE BOX - “they” being RE from the previous clue. A MITRE BOX is a tool for guiding handsaws. |
| 10 | TON[-y],IN,G - not sure how the missing Y is indicated by “term cut”. |
| 14 | (IN OHIO DUKE’LL)* - UNLIKELIHOOD, and an unlikely set of letters for an anagram. |
| 18 | E in PHOTON,GRAVE |
| 21 | A in IM ON(reversed) |
| 22 | REM, IS in (NICE)* - REM is the “rock group”. |
| 24 | [H for W]EIGHT |
| 25 | STAND[-h]ARD |
| 26 | (CHAPEL)* - PLEACH was a new word to me so this was a guess and one of the last words to go in. |
| Down | |
| 2 | (TURN)* EU (going up) |
| 4 | (YOUR LOVE AINT)* - EVOLUTIONARY. |
| 6 | PRO,K(OF)IEV |
| 8 | RAG TRADE - “fashion industry” is the definition but I don’t understand the rest of the clue. |
| 11 | TELEPROMPTER - don’t understand this one either. |
| 15 | (ONE)*,LITHIC |
| 17 | COLON,IS,E |
| 20 | WE,ED(going up) in DD |
| 23 | NO(N)ES |
May 8th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
8 DART up in RAGE (fashion).
A great puzzle with some original clues.
And a dedication, I think - 2nd column and, perhaps, first 4 of row 10.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
10ac: re missing ‘y’ (”term cut”). Probably a reference to y (like x, a, b, etc.) being an algebraic term.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
AND HEIDI in column 12.
I can’t quite see 11D either unless it’s TELE being the TV and PROMPTER being a on screen symbol but this doesn’t seem very satisfactory to me?
I thouhgt that the LITHIC bit of 15d could have been clued in a way that was a bit more cryptic and a bit less like its meaning in the answer.
Otherwise a good puzzle.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Re 8d: RAGTRADE
It is rev. of DART (run up) in RAGE (fashion). ‘Fashion’ seems to do double duty as part of wordplay and def.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I thought “term cut” just meant take off the last letter ‘y’ with ‘term’ equivalent to ‘end’
May 8th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Another enjoyable puzzle froma fine setter.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Despite the explanation given, I’m still in the dark about the answer,definition and wordplay of #20.
Balls up between two democrats supporting partners of union (6)
wedded?
Can someone clarify this?
May 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
It’s a tricky one, Barbara Balls up = ED (Balls) politician upwards between two Democrats (two Ds) “supporting” partners = bridge partners WE with ’supporting’ meaning put the DDED under the WE. Definition is “of union”.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Thanks, Nmsindy. Now I get it.
The blog wasn’t very clear.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
10 across Tony has term cut y = year
Who are Michael Ella and Heidi?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
MICHAEL AND HEIDI are my eldest son and his wife. ELLA just crept in. Many thanks for all the feedback. Mordred
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:36 am
any ideas for 19 down?
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:02 am
You’ll need to remind me what the clue was…
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 am
19D Key N. Atlantic state for the locals? (6) ISLAND
Double Def. Key is an island as in Florida Keys, and Island is the local spelling for Iceland.