Gemelo 36

NEMESES (things that cannot be achieved; impossible goals)

Anagram of (struggling) SEE ME contained in (between) (N [North Pole] and S [South Pole])

N (EMESE*) S

YARR (dialect word [for some] for the corn spurrey, a type of weed)

YAR (international vehicle registration for Yemen) + R (first letter of [originally] Regulated)

YAR R

JOHN CANOE (West Indian [WI] celebrations including a dance of the same name)

JOHN (toilet; the ladies, for example) + CANOE (travel by a boat of the same name)

JOHN CANOE

STOW (put, lodge or place)

SOW (broadcast) containing (covering) T (tense)

S (T) OW

PARABLE (a fable or story told to illustrate some doctrine or moral point; narrative)

(ELBA [an island from which Napoleon Bonaparte {1769 – 1821} escaped in February 1815] + RAP [strike]) all reversed (back)

(PAR ABLE)<

TILLER (a sapling)

TILLER (one who cultivates the land)  double definition

TILLER

EMAIL (many EMAILs end up in one’s spam folder)

(LIE [don’t tell the truth] containing [about] ‘AM [a common pronunciation of hAM [pig meat] excluding the H]) all reversed (backtracking)

(E (MA) IL)<

ADIEU (final word before leaving)

A + DIE (depart this world) + U (university)

A DIE U

RANSOM (price of redemption or reclamation)

tRANSOM (crossbeam) excluding (when short of) T

RANSOM

QUAOD (so far as)

O (character representing zero [love score at tennis]) contained in (goes in) QUAD (a courtyard or court)

QUA (O) D

ELITE (choice; pick)

In cryptic crossword terms, an E LITE [low in calories] drug might be considered a healthy alternative to a standard ecstasy tablet (drug)

E LITE

IN SYNC (matching)

IN SYNC (hidden word in [not entirely] maintaINS Y/N Criteria)

IN SYNC

RUNIC (Ancient Scandinavian)

RELIC [entry at 8 down) with the EL (the Spanish word for the definite article) replaced by (for another)  UN (the French word for the indefinite article) to form RUNIC – changing European article.

RUNIC

AURAE (the peculiar sensations [character?] that precede an attack of epilepsy, hysteria, or certain other ailments)

Anagram of (off) gRAdUAtE excluding characters 1, 4 and 7 [regularly] G, D and E

AURAE*

SOLIVE (a joist or beam of secondary importance; support for a house / home)

SO (that will do) + LIVE (alive; stirring)

SO LIVE 

TRUMEAU (a piece of wall or pillar between two openings)

(M [deutschmarks; marks] contained in [found in] TRUE [straight]) + AU (chemical symbol for gold)

TRU (M) E AU

ODIC (of an ode; of a poem)

bODICe (an item of clothing [feature] often seen in costume dramas) excluding the outer letters B and E [that’s eliminated extremes])

ODIC

QUICKLIME (calcium oxide, a chemical that is highly alkaline with an ability to neutralise acids; what makes acid drop)

QUICK (clever; bright) + LIME (shade of green)

QUICK LIME

SANE (rational)

SA (sex appeal; it) + N (number) + E (base of natural logarithms, an irrational number)

SA N E

MACHREE (Anglo-Irish term for an affectionate form of address, my dear, my love)

Anagram of (bananas) REACH ME

MACHREE*

NESTOR (an old man)

(ROTS [goes off] + EN [Enrolled Nurse]) all reversed (getting up; down entry)

(NE STOR)<

ESTIVAL (American [Los Angeles] spelling of aestival [of summer])

fESTIVAL (celebration) omitting the first letter (late starting) F

ESTIVAL

MJÖLLNIR (Thor’s terrible hammer; Thor prop)

M (initial letter of [at first] Marvel) + JOLLy (happy) excluding the final letter (mostly) Y + IN reversed (overturned) + R (recipe; Latin for take)

M JOLL NI< R

SHRED (fragment; a bit)

SH (quiet!) + RE (with reference to; about) + D (date)

SH RE D

EN PRIMEUR (of tasting, buying or investing in wine, when the wine is new; before ageing)

Anagram of (badly) RUN EMPIRE

EN PRIMEUR*

PAREU (a wraparound skirt worn by men and women in Polynesia)

PARE (trim) + U (last letter of [bottom of] bijoU)

PARE U

YNAMBUS (very large tinamous [South American partridge-ground-dwelling are primarily ground dwelling but can fly weakly; poor fliers in South America)

(SUB [lend] + MANY [millions]) all reversed (to come back)

(YNAM BUS)<

RELIC (in Roman Catholicism, any personal memorial of a saint, held in reverence as an incentive to faith and piety. A saint’s bone, for example)

ELI (the crossword world’s favourite priest) contained in (breaks) RC (Roman Catholic)

R (ELI) C

REELED (was staggering)

RED (colour of a signal directing vehicles to stop) containing (catching) EEL (fish)

R (EEL) ED

PENINSULA (a spit of land jutting out into water)

PEN (write; compose) + INSULt (taunt) excluding the final letter (short) + A

PEN INSUL A

JOYRIDER (one who takes a drive taken for pleasure, especially if reckless or surreptitious and in a stolen car; bad driver)

Anagram of (work) JERRY and I DO

JOYRIDER*

STEAMIE (Scottish public laundry [where kit could be washed].  Celtic Football Club is based in Glasgow)

S (second) + TEAM (match) + IE (id est; that is)

S TEAM IE

ANDVILE (Edmund Spenser’s [1552 – 1599], Elizabethan writer] word for anvil [a hard block of iron])

AND (also) + VILE (very unpleasant)

AND VILE

ELATES (raises the spirits; cheers)

prELATES (clergyman) excluding (sending out) PR (press release)

ELATES

CRECHE (a model representing the scene of Christ’s nativity)

(RE [Religious education; religious lesson] + CH [children]) all contained in (into) CE (Church of England)

C (RE CH) E

BURQA (a loose garment, with veiled eyeholes, covering the whole body, worn in public by Muslim women)

RUB (difficulty) reversed (rising; down entry) + QA (Quality Assurance)

BUR< QA

REECH (smell; stink)

RE-ECHo (resound) excluding the final letter (endlessly) O

REECH

IONIC (descriptive of a metrical foot of two long and two short syllables)

bIONIC (superhuman) excluding (losing) the first letter (top) B

IONIC