FT 12,969 by Orense. 8 January 2009
Posted by Octofem on January 8th, 2009
KATZENJAMMER or GUEULE DE BOIS - A hangover in any language from this alcoholic puzzle with drinks
from many lands. At least it ended with a coffee! Only 20A was a new word for me and there were no bones of contention as far as I could see.
ACROSS
1. ADAM’S ALE - (a-dam -sale )
5. SCOTCH -(s-cot-ch)
10. CIDER - ( d within *rice)
11. SMALL BEER - ( dd)
12. SHORT LIST - ( cd)
13. STEIN -( st - ein (German for ‘a’ masc.)
14. SYPHON - ( sAYING -yES-phonE)-
15. COOPERS - (’o’ within ‘copers’, people who manage. Craftsmen who make barrels).
18. CLEAN UP - (dd)
20. PULQUE - (<up-l-que ( Spanish for ‘what?’ Memories of Manuel!) A Mexican alcoholic drink, made from fermented fruit juice.)
22. PUMPS - (ps around u-mp)
24. SOMMELIER - ( somme-l-i-er. Continuing the drinks theme, a wine steward.)
25. RACKETEER - ( racket-eer)
26. INANE - (hidden in ‘in an eMERGENCY’)
27. SHANDY - ( s-handy)
28. STAGGERS - ( dd)
DOWN
1. ACCOST. ( a-c-cost - to do something at great cost)
2. ANDROGYNE -( *Donna Grey - a person of ambiguous gender)
3. SCRATCH ONE’S HEAD -( dd)
4. LESBIAN - ( le-*banis - Sappho was born in Lesbos)
6. COLD SHOULDERING - ( cold-shoulder-in-g. cd.)
7. THEME - ( t-hem-e)
8. HARDNESS - ( ‘d’EFENDERS within ‘harness’)
9. MASTIC - ( ma’s ticK)
16. ELUCIDATE - ( *clue-i-date)
17. SCEPTRES - ( *secrets with p-RESSURE)
19. POSSET- ( pos-se-t. A hot drink usually made with milk heated with wine)
20. POMFRET - ( pom-fret. various species of fish from North Atlantic and Pacific. Australians refer to Brits as Poms,usually of the whingeing variety.)
21. ORDERS - B-orders)
23. MOCHA - (mo-cha)
January 8th, 2009 at 10:50 am
20a was new to me too - I worked it out but hesitated to fill it in because it sounded wrong.
A neat, well-crafted puzzle with some clever clues. Is it wrong to admit I enjoyed the booze theme?
January 9th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Re 20dn explanation : there’s still a fair smattering of the word ‘pom’ about but there’s very little ‘whingeing’ attached anymore except for references to that particular stereotype. That all came out of the ’50s - a long time ago.
Wait until The Ashes - someone will surely bring it out of retirement (much like Warney needs to do).