Subject: Cryptic Crosswords (2)
Posted by: moonraker2
Date: May 02 17
Rather than continue to hi-jack Jolana's thread during her temporary absence, I will post further cryptic crosswords clues here until she returns and wishes to take back the reins!
Posted by: moonraker2
Date: May 02 17
Rather than continue to hi-jack Jolana's thread during her temporary absence, I will post further cryptic crosswords clues here until she returns and wishes to take back the reins!
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15A Single performer as reported is supported by group as = so group = lot + is SOLOIST (seems awfully contrived...any better ideas?) Reply #5921. May 09 20, 12:37 AM |
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 http://www.australiancrosswords.com.au/SticklerW/SticklerWtIvx.htmlReply #5922. May 09 20, 12:38 AM |
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20D Broadcaster's beginning and end was terribly upsetting stuff Broadcaster's beginning = b anagram "end was" BAD NEWS Reply #5923. May 09 20, 12:42 AM |
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23A Substance of sLUR, IDeally, should be sensational Reply #5924. May 09 20, 12:44 AM |
windrush
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I agree that it has to be soloist, Chris, but can't find a better wordplay. Reply #5925. May 09 20, 5:25 AM |
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13a Pastry missing an item from the kitchen (4) Pastry = danish, missing an = DISH (item from the kitchen) Reply #5926. May 09 20, 5:37 AM |
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16d Decline fortune divided up by academic person with negotiating skills (8) Decline = dip + lot (fortune) around ma (academic) = DIPLOMAT (person with negotiating skills) Reply #5927. May 09 20, 5:40 AM |
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26a Ice, say, coped with meat the pieman ordered (15) coped with = met + ham (meat) + anagram of 'the pieman' = METHAMPHETAMINE (Ice?) Reply #5928. May 09 20, 5:46 AM |
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23D Stupid boy pruned woody climbing plant Boy pruned =bo climbing plant = vine BOVINE Reply #5929. May 10 20, 7:07 AM |
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28A A family member heading to exhibition match turned around, IMO A family member = sis heading exhibition = e match = tie; turned around eit AS I SEE IT (IMO) Reply #5930. May 10 20, 7:11 AM |
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I'm thinking that 17D Repeated measure described in new fangled diet might be ITERATED. Measure = RATE inside an anagram of DIET Reply #5931. May 13 20, 6:29 PM |
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27A It turned, stayed low, and straightened Could this be TIDIED? IT backwards plus stayed low - maybe DIED would fit? I dunno. Incidentally, Ivor, I believe William Golding was once your English teacher. His name was taken in vain on our national broadcaster last night. It seems there is a book which references a group of boys who were marooned on a tropical island decades ago, and not discovered for over a year. Unlike Ralph, Piggy and co., these boys survived harmoniously - and it is a true story! The book is 'Humankind" by Rutger Bregman, and he has a much less dystopian view of human nature, it would seem. Reply #5932. May 13 20, 6:40 PM |
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14d Direcy forms of communication, in time, stuffed up IMMEDIATE forms of communication = MEDIA inside anagram of TIME 18a Constriction is so developed around swimmer's heart ISTHMUS. IS + so = THUS + middle of swiimer = M Reply #5933. May 13 20, 9:09 PM |
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Yes Sue, William Golding was once my English teacher, but as I may have mentioned previously was not really suited to teaching. He appeared to be in a distant world of his own much of the time, and spent much of the time simply reading works of Shakespeare to us. Whilst I know the general narrative of "Lord of the Flies," it's not a book I've ever wished to read owing perhaps to it's subject matter, although conversely I quite happily waded through Orwell's "1984" recently. Here's a link to an interesting article on the Rutger Bregman book: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/12/humankind-a-hopeful-history-by-rutger-bregman-reviewReply #5934. May 14 20, 5:51 AM |
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24a Abnormal nodes get through medical probe (9) Anagram of nodes + cope (get through) = ENDOSCOPE (medical probe) Reply #5935. May 14 20, 5:58 AM |
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Yes, I read "Lord of the Flies" as a young woman, and it made me feel physically ill. The story disturbed my dreams for some time. It's good to know that a handful of youngsters could manage to thrive as a group without adult supervision. I watched a couple of interviews with the person who found the boys after 15 months, and also with a couple of the boys, now grown men. The rescuer was allowed to set up a fishing business in the region and subsequently employed and became friends with a couple of the lads. I found it an encouraging idea in these sad times. Reply #5936. May 14 20, 8:07 PM |
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19A Experienced climber perhaps worked without pressure Anagram perhaps, omitting one "P" SHERPA Reply #5937. May 15 20, 6:43 AM |
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Naughty of me, but I just put the last two in. I know they're correct because the flag came up. 22d Governor, for example given marginal support by faction. REGENT. (Governor), for example = EG + RENT ? 25D Small computers uploaded fraudulent activities SCAMS Computers MACS uploaded is SCAM + S for small Reply #5938. May 16 20, 7:10 AM |
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