BOBCAT kicks off the week…
Greetings from Philadelphia… I’m here for the football, and I can only apologise for some of the parsings as I’m a bit jet-lagged. I don’t get 25ac at the moment, though I’m certain one of you fine folk will clarify… I’ve done my best. Otherwise a rather tricky but fun puzzle, and, as one hopes for, a feline Nina.
Thanks BOBCAT!
CO (company) + OR (men) + (IN boring DATE (meeting))
FI (motor racing) + L[e] M[ans] (starts in)
“boss crones” = CROSSBONES (to control coven “spooners”)
“loo” = LIEU (john “in profession”)
I’m not really sure about this one
20 x 3 (three full scores) and 18 (90pc of another 20 (score))
(EC TR[a]DE ( without reference to A (America) IN E (energy))* (*developing)
LUR[e] (enticement, brief) to be enthralled by B B (books) &lit
(LAS VE[gas] (short of GAS (fuel))* (*going around)
Double definition
(RICHTER [w]A[s] (essentially) TOPS)* (*in performance) &lit
T[riumvirate] (beginning) + [m]ASK (cover up, to oust leader)
IN (at home) + GOOD (G) & TIME (T) maybe (sorry, I’m really not sure about this)
RU (game, Rugby Union) + D[ebacl]E (ends in)
BELLE (beauty) ties up (Y (Yankee) + DAN (dude who’s desperate, Desperate Dan) + C[raving] (initially))
C (caught) + [l]OCA[l] (pub, L L (students) leaving)
BO (hum) being inspired by [n]O[t]E[S] (regularly selected)
(AND THE DESIRE)* (*to be stimulated)
O (nothing) picked up by NOSE (informer)
(EAT (upset) + M (maiden)) found in TRENT (river)
I’m not sure about this
ICING (freezing) + (RAGUS)< (Italian sauces, <tipped over)
MOUNT (horse) underwritten by E BANK (online fund)
(DIM B[oozers] (primarily) FEEL NEED)* (*to get drunk)
Double (cryptic) definition
(IDEALISTIC)* (*novel)
[set]TENCE (reduced by almost half) after [s]EXIS[m] (discrimination, exposed)
A TOLL (what one may pay)
L[ampter] (first) cracking KIN (family)
FEE (charge) includes “tea” = T (“for the audience”)
LIEU
Parsed it as in the blog.
In LIEU of=in place of. The def seems all right.
LOO in profession (when professed) —The blog says the same thing, I think.
TREATMENT
Parsed it as in the blog.
upset/worry=EAT —I can’t see any problem with this.
IN GOOD TIME
IN (at home)
G is GOOD and T is Time, but how does ‘in order’ clue G&T as GOOD TIME
is not clear so far.
I find that GT is an internet slang for GOOD TIME
G&T in order—->GT, I guess (G followed by T)
Not sure tho