Mephisto 2898 by Don Manley – Lindi St Clair’s Landlord Remembered

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on Categories Mephisto
Another on of those grids that seem to produce four mini-puzzles. Nothing to over frighten the horses here, pretty standard fare

One small problem at 20A where the word “one” appears to be missing from the clue: “Parliament rejected one nameless….” would work

Across
1 ABVOLT – A-B(V)OLT; velocity=V; volts measure electrical potential and ABVOLT is a very small voltage;
5 PESADE – PE(SAD)E; dressage feature;
10 LOIPE – LO(I)PE; sort of track;
12 TEAM – TEA-M; string of birds=TEAM;
13 BISTER – B(L)ISTER; spot on leaf=blister; brownish-yellow;
14 TRANSE – TRANSE(pt); point=pt; a passage;
16 LITHS – (hurts+oil-our)*; old joints;
17 DETRACTORY – CARTED reversed – TORY;
19 AKINESIS – A-KINE-SIS; neat=cattle=KINE; sister=SIS; difficulty with movement;
20 PHILAMOT – HP reversed-I-LAMO(n)T; (Houses of) Parliament=HP; Norman Lamont was Chancellor 1990-93 and famously let his flat to Lindi St Clair (Miss Whiplash); the “I” appears not to be clued; “possibly brown” is definition (colour of a dead leaf);
23 REVANCHIST – (servant)* surrounds CHI; seeker of revenge;
25 TOWER – TOW(S)ER;
28 SUBMIT – SU(BM)IT;
29 ROMANY – RO(MAN)Y;
30 AGMA – hidden (fl)AG-MA(gnificently); a symbol;
31 SERON – SER(M)ON; an old crate;
32 THENAR – T(HEN)AR; bird (HEN) covered in TAR as per Torrey Canyon et al; the sole;
33 MENYIE – MEN-YIE(ld); a crowd in Cowcaddens;
 
Down
1 ALBEDO – A-L(BED)O; a measure of light reflected;
2 VISITE – VI(SIT)E; old garment;
3 OPTER – OP-TER(m);
4 LEEP – PEEL reversed; Robert Peel PM 1834-35 and 1841-46 who created the police force;
5 PETITIONARY – PETIT-IONA-RY; as a prayer;
6 EORL – (role)*; old spelling of Earl;
7 STAIRED – (a stride)*; flighty might one say;
8 DAS,HEISST – (sadist he’s)*; in der Regel gezeigt, wie “d.h”;
9 EMESIS – (seems I)*; vomit;
11 WRECK,MASTER – (crews market)*; somebody taking charge of a damaged ship;
15 BE,THROUGH – BETH-ROUGH;
18 GLEEMAN – (E lang E + m)*; lit=anagrind; m from m(agic); a minstrel;
20 PET-SAT – TA-STEP reversed; TA=Territorial Army;
21 VIVARY – V(I-V)ARY; old animal compound;
22 STAYNE – STAY-NE; new born=NE; old word for stain;
24 HYMEN – HYM(E)N; ancient god of marriage;
26 RIMA – RIM-(austri)A;
27 TOSE – E-SOT reversed; to card;

4 comments on “Mephisto 2898 by Don Manley – Lindi St Clair’s Landlord Remembered”

  1. Yes “one nameless” it should have been at 20A, and was in the original clue, but I changed something else and mistakenly dropped this word in the process.
  2. I only just got around to finishing this, although it was fairly straightforward. I wondered about 20ac.

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