An interesting puzzle with poor old Michael Fish making a guest appearance whilst the wind howls across the UK. A good mix of anagrinds here and some Aussie slang. Nothing to frighten experienced solvers and a good test for newer participants.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | WONGIED – (g wide)* surrounds ON; shot=anagrind; prattle in Perth; |
| 6 | CUTTO – CUT-TO; nick=CUT; against=TO; large knife; |
| 10 | IDEA – I’-DEA(l); “in” short=I’; board=DEA(l); plan; |
| 11 | ONDATRAS – (and dot – d)*-RAS; harry=anagrind; head=RAS; rodents; |
| 12 | NIFF-NAFFY – NIFF(NAFF)Y; |
| 15 | VLEI – (live)*; fish=ransack=anagrind; a swamp in Seattle; |
| 16 | SAPEGO – SAP-EGO; old word for serpigo; |
| 17 | EASELS – EASE-L(eg)S; |
| 18 | ESTRANGELO – E(STRANGE)LO(re); old script; |
| 20 | PEELGARLIC – (clip)* surrounds EEL-RAG(e) reversed; wretched person; the capital F on Fish is a reference to Michael Fish MBE infamous weather forcaster who in 1987 said “hurricane – what hurricane?” hours before one struck southern England killing 19 people; |
| 24 | FANTOD – FAN-TO-D; D=Germany; anxiety; |
| 25 | HABOOB – BOO-BAH reversed; sandstorm; |
| 26 | OTTO – (m)OTTO; |
| 29 | TURRIBANT – TUR(n)-RIB-ANT; a turban; |
| 30 | LIMINESS – LI(MINES)S(t); desire=list; |
| 31 | INGE – IN-GE; Georgia=GE; namen der Frau akin to Inga and Ingrid; |
| 32 | EMBOG – GOB-ME(t); Stapleton’s fate near Baskerville Hall; |
| 33 | DEPOSER – DE(POS)ER; chamber (pot)=po; |
| Down | |
| 1 | WINESAP – WINE-SAP; muscat=wine (DBE); juice=SAP; a winter apple; |
| 2 | NEFS – NE(F)S(t); table decorations; |
| 3 | GAFFES – better=gaffer then change “r” to “s”; |
| 4 | IONA – I-ON-A(rgyll); nice clue; |
| 5 | ENAMORADO – OD(A-ROMAN)E all reversed; old word for lover; |
| 6 | CAFTAN – CAN surrounds (fat)*; bum=anagrind; |
| 7 | TRALEE – T(LAR reversed)EE; Libya=LAR; County Town of County Kerry in Eire (created 6th December1922); |
| 8 | TABELLION – (not liable)*; Roman scrivener; |
| 9 | OSSIS – OS-SIS; Secret Intelligence Service=SIS; people from old East Germany, opposite of Wessis; |
| 13 | HAVE-AT-HIM – sounds like “have a Tim”; old fencing parlance; |
| 14 | REARHORSE – whimsical definition, bay=horse (DBE); the preying mantis; |
| 19 | ORBITER – O(R)BITER; |
| 21 | ENTOMB – (boatmen – a)*; about=a; |
| 22 | GO,BUNG – GOB-UN-G; US sailor=GOB; a=UN; German=G; fail in Freemantle; |
| 23 | IBIBIO – I-BIB-IO; indeed=I; expression of joy=IO; Nigerian people; |
| 24 | FOGLE – F-OGLE; silk handkerchief; |
| 27 | LISP – agenda=list then change “t”=time to “p”=pressure; |
| 28 | SANS – two meanings 1=without 2=sanitoriums; |
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