Gemelo 33

5 comments on “Gemelo 33”

1. 

   Ernie

   #1 - Sun 17th May 26, 22:42

   
   

   2d is perhaps IN (Stylish) I (institute) HAT (covering) all reversed (up).

2. 

   Roz

   #2 - Mon 18th May 26, 05:58

   
   

   Thanks for the blog , always welcome whenever it appears .
   Another very good , solid Plain puzzle with some excellent clues .
   HAS a very neat subtraction and CARAFE was clever .
   Sext from SPINTEXT is not in Chambers93 , I had not heard of it but then in crosswords twice in a week .
   Good to see GLUON , it is in Chambers93 and they nearly get the definition correct .
   I agree with Ernie@1 for TAHINI but is it Asian ?

3. 

   Matthew

   #3 - Mon 18th May 26, 06:28

   
   

   I felt like this mostly wasn’t too hard but I didn’t really know the meanings of SUCCUSS, SPIN-TEXT, LICKPENNY and RYBATS and had to guess them from the wordplay and I also didn’t know the meaning of ‘mohawk’ for FIGURE SKATER. I got stuck at the end because I didn’t know CACOMIXL or PURLIEUS and I couldn’t think of MIX or PURL for the wordplay, so I had to hunt for these answers in Chambers. I didn’t appreciate that 12a had four definition before I looked in Chambers,

   I had 2d the same as Ernie@1.
   In 33a, I think ‘export’ is EX and ‘discarded’ indicated that CESS is obsolete.
   For 3d, the blog is missing ‘over’ giving the second O.
   In 10d, ‘Anglice’ means ‘in English’, so ‘in’ isn’t just a linking word.
   For 24d, I think the answer is actually DOLCE, with the ‘cut of ox meat’ being CLOD and ‘energy’ for E.

   Thanks, Andrew and Gemelo.

4. 

   Dormouse

   #4 - Mon 18th May 26, 08:55

   
   

   I was getting worried yesterday morning when there was no blog.

   Finished this quite quickly. One quibble is that manga is Japanese for drawing, not writing, hence now a comic book. Hokusai produced a collection of sketches called manga. I have enough friends into manga to know this.

5. 

   MunroMaiden

   #5 - Mon 18th May 26, 10:45

   
   

   I agree with Matthew about 24d being DOLCE and with his parsing of other clues. I also agree with Dormouse about MANGA not being writing; I thought at first the writing part might be Kanji (the name for the Chinese-style characters) or Kana (though I couldn’t think of a two-letter abbreviation for German).
   As for 2dn: I agree with above remarks about the parsing, but I wouldn’t call tahini either Asian or a condiment! In my old Chambers, it’s defined simply as an oily paste made from sesame seeds. It’s Middle Eastern (the name comes from an Arabic word) and I suppose the Middle East is technically in Asia, but it’s also popular in Mediterranean countries that are in Europe. The Chambers definition of condiment is seasoning, such as salt or pepper, and tahini is definitely more than that; it can be eaten on its own. Perhaps Gemelo was confusing it with tamari?

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