Enigmatic Variations No. 1758 – 1, 2,3… Go! by Charybdis

“Some people (2 words) haven’t a clue and should take the advice of the also-clueless 24 (“1, 2, 3… GO!”), leaving real words in the final grid. 24 attributed this advice (regarding the appropriately numbered receptacles in the grid) to 7 Down’s Greek tutee. Wordplay in most clues leads to a redundant letter revealing unwanted consequences (selected from a variety of translations). Earliest consequences (3 words, 15 cells) must be highlighted. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”

I’m not going to link to the thematic material as there does not appear to be a standard version of it. It’s by the poet Eubulus (or Euboulos in the grid) and it’s about how much wine WISE GUESTS should (and shouldn’t) drink.

In short, it’s three KRATERS. I’ve seen kraters, and drinking three full ones sounds like a terrible idea to me, but what do I know?

The first one is meant to give HEALTH. The second one is demurely referred to as LOVE in the grid, but SEX AND PLEASURE is more like it (those naughty Greeks!). The third? SLEEP.

If you foolishly keep going, you’ll get:

4. HYBRIS (outrage)
5. UPROAR (arguments)
6. (Drunken) REVELS
7. BLACK EYES
8. (Legal) SUMMONS
9. ANGER
10. MANIA (although I prefer “madness that makes people throw things”)

I was out at a work do on Friday. I left after maybe a krater and a half because I prefer to get my sleep at home. One or two others seemed on course for six, if not seven.

I enjoyed this one. I rate it a solid three kraters. How about you?

Notation
Definition word
Indicator [word]
Anagram WORD*
Reversal <WORD
Homophone “WORD”
Extra letter HL

As always, please let me know if anything isn’t clear.

Across
3
[Both SULK (mope) and CUSS (swear) endlessly] creating a rift (6)
SULCUS
H 7 Apparently prosperous SEEK (look for) HL (the House of Lords) [in interior] (5) SLEEK
Y 11 {ONLY AmErIcaN [regularly]}* [in a flap] caused by wind (7) AEOLIAN
B 12 Foreign gentleman SIGN (to make a mark) [on] ORB (world) (6) SIGNOR
R 13 With a staff drives off STR (strong) AVES (birds) (6) STAVES
I 14 OILY (Fat) [running through] KM (kilometres), A Siberian river (6) KOLYMA
S 15 STY (Pen) LESS (not so much) [abridged] manner of writing (5) STYLE
U 17 Maybe Palladium MENU (set list) [in] <[retro-]TELE(TV)? (7) ELEMENT
P 18 PLIGHTS (Fixes) illumination (6) LIGHTS
R 20 Actual {N (new) SERIES}* [in production] (6, 2 words) IN ESSE
O 22 Fabric CLOTHO (thread held by her) (5) CLOTH
A 23 ATE (Had chow) [with] A CHER (treasured) mentor (7) TEACHER
R 26 The sound of bells – PEARL (a prized example) (4) PEAL
R 27 LO (Observe) CURVES (bending lines) [‘VE (have briefly) erased] line made by rule (5) LOCUS
E 28 Miss ATLASES (books of maps) [after A T (time)] (4) LASS
V 30 Fillets, [a bit of] ROAST VEG (spuds, peas etc?) LET (Service falling short) [on] S (Sabbath) (7) REGLETS
E 32 BE LAST (Come in end of race?) Damn! (5) BLAST
L 34 ELUL (Last month in Haifa) ATE (took in) clear water, say (6) ELUATE
S 36 O (Old) MASTERS [topped] Western pictures (6) OATERS
B 37 BS (Bahamas) – WEE (little) RED (ginger) Morag’s lazy (7) SWEERED
L 38 Fruit [picked out of] SoutherN ARAL Sea (5) NARAS
A 40 [Cook] {SET SAIL}* for lands of Polynesia, say (6) ISLETS
C 41 Envoy LEG (member), A (academician) <ETC (and so on) [returned] (6) LEGATE
K 43 {MONK SET}* [about] Viking settlers (6) OSSMEN
E 44 Flintstones LITHE (moving supply) [in] dEpOtS, [regularly ignored] (7) EOLITHS
Y 45 <MISERY (Woe) [with no heading] [back] – N (new) anime perhaps? (5) RESIN
E 46 Like a bear [half-]SEEN [in] URINE (water) (6) URSINE
Down
1 Hound HAS SLEEP (drifts off) [when there’s no] EP (extreme pressure) (6) HASSLE
2 A girl‘s LETT (N. European) ICE (diamonds) (7) LETTICE
3 Small sheep? SO (Well), AY (yes) (4) SOAY
S 4 I [enrolled in] LSE (a capital school) to be incumbent (3) LIE
S 5 [With C HOT (two taps) on outside],ASSESS (evaluate) [docked] short-range missile (8) CASESHOT
U 6 UP (Completely) [on] T (time) [siloed] NUKE (nuclear weapon) dispatched (6) UNKEPT
M 7 Tutor of big drinker SN (poles) [apart by] MILE (some distance) (5) SILEN
M 8 To net something MEN (chaps) [pressed on] ME SH (“Be quiet!”) (6) ENMESH
O 9 Dawn’s EN (little space) [to house] OrAtOr [now and again] (4) EOAN
N 10 I (A thousand) RANTERS (people in rave) [going on] vessels (7) KRATERS
S 16 Braveheart’s intent SETTLE (to come to an agreement) (5) ETTLE
A 19 [A bit of] alcoHOL À L’Abandon, a resounding shout (5) HOLLA
N 21 CLAN (Family group) [enters] ET (Nancy’s and) there’s applause (5) ECLAT
24 See preamble EUBOULOS
G 25 A (American) SLANG (street talk) and The Lion King (5) ASLAN
E 26 PRESS (Papers) [covering] ORE (source of minerals) making BP rise (7) PRESSOR
R 29 Caledonia’s wide valleys and STR (straight) RATHS (old hill forts) (7) STRATHS
M 31 SER (Series) [includes] {MUD (slander) [on] S (Square)} – EastEnders? (6) SUDSER
A 33 Judge ALICE [finally] [separates] ASS ASS (identical fools) (6) ASSESS
N 35 TN (Tradename) <NE’ER (at no time contracted) [over] wooden ware (5) TREEN
I 39 Price IRATE (up in arms) (4) RATE
A 42 Old priest and< {I ALE (drink)} [up] (3) ELI

 

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S T A V E S K O L Y M A A
S T Y L E E E L E M E N T
L I G H T S P I N E S S E
E C L O T H T E A C H E R
P E A L L O C U S L A S S
R E G L E T S B L A S T A
E L U A T E U O A T E R S
S W E E R E D U N A R A S
S I S L E T S L E G A T E
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Initial grid

 

H L S U L C U S S L E E K
A E O L I A N S I G N O R
S T A V E S K O L Y M A A
S T Y L E E E L E M E N T
L I G H T S P I N E S S E
E C L O T H T E A C H E R
P E A L L O C U S L A S S
R E L E T S B L A S T A
E L A T E U O A T E R S
S E R E D U N A R A S
S L E T S L E G A T E
O M E N E O L I T H S
R I N U R S I N E S S

Final grid

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