Azed 1889
Posted by petebiddlecombe on 17th August 2008
Solving time 43:08, Chambers used when grid about half full - but one probable wrong answer.
A fairly straightforward puzzle I think - took about half as long as Mephisto. In my current xwd-slowed post-operative condition this felt like a pretty good effort - and/or an easier puzzle. Wordplay query at 28, answer query at 18.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ARB = arbitrageur - hidden in ‘bear, bull’ |
| 4 | SCRUNCHIE - (chic nurse)* |
| 11 | BEER-HALL - here* in ball |
| 13 | SIDHA - hidden word |
| 14 | ME(AND)ER - as I guessed, meer is an alternative spelling for mere |
| 16 | STERN - 2 defs, ‘inflexible’ and ‘extremist gang’ - the Stern gang who wanted us out of Israel |
| 17 | NIGH,TATTIRE = tattier with last two letters swapped |
| 19 | TaRtUfE |
| 21 | GALL,US - gallus = a variant spelling of gallows = ‘tree’ |
| 22 | MAN,EGE=gee* |
| 23 | EAST = (T,sae) rev. |
| 24 | DETER MINIS = ‘encourage larger cars’,M< |
| 26 | N,IFFY |
| 30 | DAREFUL = R in (feudal)* |
| 31 | SPU=(ups) rev.,R.N. |
| 32 | FRAUTAGE = (fear, a tug)* |
| 33 | DISDAINED - ‘in’ in daddies* |
| 34 | GOY - (synagogues - s a genus)* |
| Down | |
| 1 | ABSENT-MINDED - sent=ecstatic in (Ben did MA)* |
| 2 | REIKI - (a tired skin - stand)* |
| 3 | BEDU (= bedouin) - hidden word |
| 5 | CHAN(ThAt)GE |
| 6 | R(AMP)AGE |
| 7 | ULE=crude rubber,X=wrong |
| 8 | CANTI(LE)NA |
| 9 | HIDE = heid with E moved to bottom |
| 10 | EARNEST-MONEY - (see men, notary)* |
| 12 | CEREUS - ere=’till once’ replacing the act in cactus |
| 15 | SHEET=these*,FEED=paid - note that ’supply’ is NOT a Times-style anag-indicator here. |
| 18 | “TAX-ISSUE” is what I put, equating tax with ‘covering’ by confusion with pay = cover with tar. But TAX-ISSUE is not in C, and neither is TAR-ISSUE. Short of cheating with the CD-Rom version, I’m stumped - the checked letters TA?I?SUE look bullet-proof. |
| 20 | RA,DIAL |
| 21 | GAMELAN - another hidden word |
| 25 | SORGO = (O,GROS(s)) rev. |
| 27 | FRIS(son) - the fats part of a Csardas |
| 28 | PURI -Indian fried bread (Prawn Puri is one of my favourite Indian restaurant starters), but I can’t see wordplay |
| 29 | QUA,G |
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