Yesterday Cinephile, today Bradman – it’s been an interesting couple of days. Some rather odd words in here!
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 9 | BALALAIKA: BALA (Welsh Lake) + LAIKA (dog breed) |
| 10 | SCHWA: SA (salvation army) around CH (church) + W (women). Not a word I knew but guessed from Hebrew ‘Shewa’ |
| 11 | ACCLAIM: CCL (250) in A AIM (to train a weapon) |
| 12 | TEARFUL: T(he) EARFUL when he emerges |
| 14 | VACCINATION: C IN (cold at home) in VACATION |
| 17 | ABYSS: ASS around BY |
| 19 | NUDGE: EG (as, for example) + DUN (to perster), all reversed |
| 21 | HEADDRESSES: HE ADDRESSES |
| 23 | ADO: I don’t suppose the calendar includes AD 0! |
| 25 | REFUSES: REF USES |
| 27 | HOWBEIT: anagram of H BOW TIE |
| 28 | NOISE: I in NOSE (informer) |
| 29 | OVERLADEN: LOVER with first letter at finish + ADEN (port) |
| Down | |
| 1 | ABRADE: sounds like ‘a braid’ |
| 2 | ALACRITY: AL + R (runs) in A CITY |
| 3 | ILL-ADVISED: LAD in anagram of DEVIL IS |
| 4 | FILM: FI(r)M with right changing to left (L) |
| 5 | PART-TIMERS: anagram of TRAMP I REST |
| 7 | SHUFTI: F (bit of fish) in SHUT I. This took a while. Butchers, here, is to look around. |
| 8 | PARLANCE: PAR (standard) + LANCE |
| 15 | COFFEE SHOP: OF FEES in CHOP |
| 16 | ANNA SEWELL: ANNAS (old indian coins) + EWELL (London suburb) |
| 17 | ADHERENT: HE in anagram of ARDENT |
| 20 | DEAD ENDS: anagram of SADDENED |
| 22 | AFFAIR: A F (a female) + FAIR |
| 24 | OUTING: clever double definition |
| 27 | HEEL: another double definition |
Many thanks. LAIKA was the name of the first animal (a Russian dog) in space — seems (almost!) like yesterday.
I got Laika but didn’t realise Bala was a Welsh lake.
But is Ewell a London suburb? I think that it is in Surrey.
And 26 down please? And what organisation of friends is FOE?
Friends of the Earth, presumably?
They’ve been around longer than most eco-types; I seem to recall them from at least the early 90’s, when David Icke went all Messianic and enviro-nutty.
I think that, technically speaking, you’re correct on Ewell/Surrey. But it struck me as a fair enough approximation in this particular context.