… of the one-armed pedant
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | KOWTOW K[ens] O[ffice] WOW around T[ime] 1 Across is last to go in again. I think it must be that my brain cell is not warmed up when I start then I get convinced I can’t get the answer to that first clue. |
| 5 | BUNGALOW BUNG, AL[l]OW |
| 9 | HECTORER (H CORE T[ense])* ER Anagrind “Kinky”. Odd word I felt |
| 10 | CHESTY DD Naughty capitalisation again: Hawking Ref. chesty coughs. The other def. comes from e.g. Chesty Morgan (though I suspect DD was an underestimate for her) |
| 11 | ARSE [he]ARSE |
| 12 | COUNTED OUT COUNT (DUE TO)* Anagrind “shakes” |
| 14 | ESTATE AGENTS E STATE A GENTS |
| 17 | KNEE-TREMBLER (BERK ELEMENT)* R[esistance] Anagrind “stirred” |
| 19 | LEBENSRAUM (NUMERABLE [Anschlus]S)* Anagrind “moves” |
| 20 | SHAG DD What would we do without that cormorant. Nice concise DD. Favourite clue: Roger’s bird (4) |
| 21 | BARSAC BAR,SAC[k] |
| 23 | GET A LIFE Hmm. Cherie’s book is not called “A life” so I suppose it is simply referring to the fact that it is an autobiography – or am I missing something? Full clue: Buy Cherie’s book? Don’t be a nerd! (3,1,4) |
| 24 | ST GEORGE Ref. George Brown the bespectacled labour Foreign Minister in Harold Wislon’s time. |
| 25 | RATTLE RAT (LET)* Anagrind “out” Ref. Simon of that ilk, now rattling out tunes with the Berlin Phil. |
| Down | |
| 2 | ONE-ARMED ([c]AMERON)* ED Anagrind “screwed up” |
| 3 | TITHE TIT HE |
| 4 | WIRE-CUTTERS CD I suspect you need chunkier tools than wire-cutters to strip lead. An empty house nearby has had all lead and copper removed – the resulting damage shows that crowbars, picks and sledgehammers were the tools of choice. |
| 5 | BERMUDA TRIANGLE (A BUM RED)* Anagrind “with agitation” There’s been a marked disappearance of stories about the Bermuda Triangle lately … |
| 6 | NBC NB,C I found this really hard for a 3-letter word though I suppose if it had been enumerated (1,1,1) it would have been too obvious. I needed both crossing letters (the C was a long time coming) and then an alphabet trawl to spot it. |
| 7 | ANECDOTAL (CODE)*, t[echnique’s] inside AN-AL Anagrind “breaking” Anecdotal evidence isn’t that unreliable so I’ve heard … |
| 8 | ON TOUR (TURN O O)* Anagrind “somersaults” The two Os from Balls |
| 13 | THERMOMETER (MOTHER)* MET ER Anagrind “turned” |
| 15 | TENNESSEE TEN,NESS,E[ast] E[uropean] Ref No.10 Downing St., and Eliot Ness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Ness |
| 16 | DREADFUL (DEFRA DU[a]L)* Anagrind “reorganisation” |
| 18 | PEDANT DAN inside PET No! ED inside PANT |
| 20 | SPLIT L in SPIT |
| 22 | CUR CUR[e] |
18D is ED inside PANT, no?
You’re right Steve. I saw Dan as the bloke then incorrectly justified PET as in “heavy petting” for the rest, then stopped thinking.
4D – I thought ‘lead’ as in ‘wire’ – not sure though.
21A and 18D stumped me this time.