A chewier puzzle this week that required close attention at times
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SANGS – SANG-S(hanghai); SANG=celebrated; mouth organ in Macau; |
| 5 | COEVALS – CO-(SLAVE reversed); Colombia=CO; contemporaries; |
| 10 | ACARPOUS – A-CA(RPO)US(e); RPO=Royal Philarmonic; legal action=cause; fruitless; |
| 12 | SCOP – SCOP(e); old minstrel; |
| 13 | MANURANCE – MAN-U-RANCE; bar=RANCE (used mainly in Scotland); old word for working; |
| 15 | ORDS – (w)ORDS; weight=w; old word for beginnings; |
| 16 | TENREC – NET reversed – REC; hedgehog; |
| 17 | TONISH – TO(NI)SH; cobblers=rubbish=TOSH; N1=Islington, where I was born; |
| 18 | MUSTELIDAE – MUSE surrounds (detail)*; badgers; |
| 20 | SNICKASNEE – hidden (Angu)S-NICK-AS-NEE(ded); old knife; |
| 24 | NOT-OUT – N-O-TOUT; Norway=N; still in is definition; |
| 25 | ISOPOD – I-SO-POD; |
| 26 | GIEN – G(I)EN; imparted in Inverness; |
| 29 | LIGHTENER – LIGHT-(reen)*; “reen” from “green” without “g”; a cosmetic; |
| 30 | NEEM – NE(w-Jerusal)EM; |
| 31 | SPOONEYS – SPOON-(yes)*; |
| 32 | ADDISON – ADD(I’S)ON; Joseph Addison 1672-1719 co-founder of the Spectator; |
| 33 | KEDGE – s(K)y-EDGE; two definitions 1=lively 2=anchor; |
| Down | |
| 1 | SAMITIS – SIT-IMA(m)S reversed; workers committees; |
| 2 | NANA – NA-NA; not in Nairn = NA; two definitions 1=nut 2=nit; |
| 3 | GRU-GRU – sounds like grew-grew; |
| 4 | SPRY – S(treet)-PRY; |
| 5 | COARCTATE – COTE surrounds A-(trac)*; narrow; |
| 6 | ESCROL – LOSE reversed surrounds CR; |
| 7 | ACARID – A(C-A)RID; see=C; |
| 8 | LOADSAMONEY – (a man oodles)*-(comed)Y; |
| 9 | SPOSH – HOPS reversed surrounds S=South; slush in Seattle; |
| 11 | CAPERNOITED – CA-PERNOD surrounds (tie)*; irritable in Invergarry; |
| 14 | CTESIPHON – (phonetics)*; old capital of Persia on the Tigris; |
| 19 | ENDORSE – END-(sore)*; |
| 21 | ITEMED – ITEM-ED; |
| 22 | KUMISS – K(ing)-U-MISS; fermented liquer; |
| 23 | EOCENE – E-(once)*-E; |
| 24 | NGANA – (infectio)N-(A-NAG reversed); horse desease spread by tsetse fly; |
| 27 | ATOK – A-T(o)OK; skunk; |
| 28 | SNED – DENS reversed; |
24ac is shown as two words (no hyphen) in Chambers.