I managed to get about half of this done while doodling at the pub, so I don’t think it was on the difficult side. A couple of pieces of tricky wordplay, and as opposed to last week, a 90-degree symmetry grid with very generous checking, so I’m surprised at the low number of obscure words.
Australia is walloping up on New Zealand in the cricketball, so I’m in a good mood!
Away we go…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
DIATESSARON: a long reversal of NO, |
| 11 | PRIEST: PREST(ready) surrounding I |
| 12 | PULWAR: PULL missing the end and WAR |
| 13 | RETRO: reversal of SORTER without S |
| 14 | IN RE: N in IRE(wax, fit of anger) |
| 15 | AMMETERS: A MM(small length) then (TREES)* |
| 16 | SULTANAS: double definition |
| 18 | 0,LEO |
| 20 | OKINAWA: OK IN A WAY missing the Y |
| 22 | NAMIBIA: BIM(West Indian) inside NAIA |
| 24 | DAMS: AM in DS(Detective Sergeant) – fifth meaning in Chambers |
| 27 | SERIEMAS: SERIES surrounding AM(IVR code for Morocco) |
| 28 | OPORICES: anagram of PRICES,TOO missing T |
| 31 |
UEYS: U-turns – U |
| 32 |
BASIN: BIN(can) containing A(advanced), |
| 33 | SELINA: ANILE(imbecile),S all reversed |
| 34 |
NURHAG: anagram of |
| 35 | NEOSTIGMINE: (IM,NOT,SEEING)* |
| Down | |
| 2 | IREFUL: anagram of FAILURE without A |
| 3 | AITS: alternating letters in mAcInToSh |
| 4 | TERATOID: ERATO(muse) inside TID(ter in die – three times a day) |
| 5 | STAMNOI: anagram of ROMANIST missing R |
| 6 | SPAM: S,PAM(Jack of clubs) |
| 7 | AUXESIS: AE(one) containing UX(wife), then SIS |
| 8 | OWNED: W(women) in ONE(first),D |
| 9 | NARROW: double definition |
| 10 | TRES,PASSING |
| 11 | PRISON HOUSE: PR, IS then ON THE HOUSE without THE |
| 17 | UNDER,ARM: a tennis serve |
| 19 | OB,SIGNS |
| 21 | KARENNI: INNER,AK all reversed |
| 23 | A,L,PEEN |
| 25 | MAGIAN: MAG, then NA(not available), and I(indeed) reversed |
| 26 | FOYLE: Sounds like FOIL – apparently from a show called “Foyle’s War” I was not familiar with |
| 29 | C,HAT |
| 30 | TSHI: THIS* |
No reason you should know of FOYLE George – very UK-centic reference to a series perhaps best known for high quality acting performance by Michael Kitchen as FOYLE