Independent 7,093 by Phi – Fifteensquared

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.

Thankfully (from a blogger’s point of view!) a good deal easier than some we’ve seen this week, but good fun all the same.

Across
1	STOP – POTS<.
4	JUNTA – JAUNT with the A “turning up late”. I liked this one.
7	COPY – COY “about” P.
9	RITUAL – TU in LAIR<.
10	DOG-EARED – DO + GEAR + ED.
11	ALSO-RANS – SOLAR* + ANS.
12	LUMBER – [s]LUMBER.
13	CHARIOTS OF FIRE – (A HISTORIC OFFER)*.
16	WET ONE’S WHISTLE – (TOWEL WHITENESS)*.
18	ISOBAR – I SOAR “around” B.
20	GENOTYPE – (YET ONE GP)*.
22	GOLD MINE – GO + (LINE “holding” DM).
23	REALLY – E[ngland] in RALLY.
24	ARTY – [p]ARTY.
25	HATCH – dd.
26	EURO – [amat]EUR O[rganisation].

Down
2	TWILL – T + WILL.
3	PLUTOCRAT – PRAT “receiving” CLOUT*.
4	JULIAN OF NORWICH – (JOHN + IRONIC + AWFUL)*.
5	NUDISTS – NUTS “about” DIS[robing].
6	ANGEL OF THE NORTH – (THEN FLOG ANOTHER)*.
7	CHASM – C + HAS + M.
8	PIECEMEAL – EPIC* + (LAME “gripping” [vi]E[wers]).
14	HAWKSMOOR – HAWKS + ROOM<. Nicholas Hawksmoor, architect of Christ Church Spitalfields among much else.
15	INSATIATE – 1 + ASTATINE*.
17	SEGMENT – ST “encircling” (EG MEN).
19	BUDDY – dd.
21	POLAR – PAR “around” (0 + L).

6 comments on “Independent 7,093 by Phi”

Eileen

#1 - Fri 10th Jul 09, 14:06

Thanks, Simon.

I thought it was a real pity to give such a clunky definition for THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH. Is it really so unfamiliar down south? I thought it was a great anagram but 16ac was rather odd!

nmsindy

#2 - Fri 10th Jul 09, 14:29

If anything merits a clunky definition, it’s surely that…
Enjoyable puzzle, not too difficult.

Eileen

#3 - Fri 10th Jul 09, 14:47

I’ve just remembered that we were told last week that Phi lives in New Zealand.

nmsindy

#4 - Fri 10th Jul 09, 15:04

Though he hails originally from not all that far from where that Angel is to be seen…

pennes

#5 - Wed 15th Jul 09, 12:11

i was just pleased to have a crossword where i could make progress and indeed finish it. mordred, tyrus and nimrod in one week felt tough (and a bit dispiriting)

GWEP

#6 - Sat 1st Aug 09, 10:20

In 8dn ‘LAME” is reversed (“turned” implausible).

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