My first crossword after a Spanish holiday during which I was too busy catching up with old friends to do any solving – so not as quick as I might otherwise have been. There should be no major problems here for experienced solvers.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ACERS – (def)ACERS; wicked=def; |
| 6 | PRATIE – P(TAR reversed)IE; should the clue wording be “one on ship turning back”?; |
| 10 | SEA,POACHER – (echoes para)*; |
| 11 | ECOSTATE – ECO-STATE; two meanings 1=whimsical “green group” 2=without ribs; |
| 13 | SKEIGH – (his keg)*; skittish in Scotland; |
| 14 | SMORE – SM-ORE; SM=samarium; |
| 16 | ENTERON – two meanings 1=ENTER ON = begin 2=entrails; |
| 17 | ADHERE – AD-HERE; |
| 18 | SANITY – SA(NIT)Y; soft=fool=NIT; |
| 20 | CHIAUS – CHI(AU)S; is=S; fleece is definition; |
| 23 | CENSOR – C(ENS)OR; |
| 25 | SAMSHOO – SAM(e)-SHOO; |
| 27 | UTILE – UT(IL)E; American nation=UTE; Israel=IL; |
| 28 | TOASTY – T(O)ASTY; O from (Paisan)O; oblique reference to tapas – delicious; |
| 29 | MAY,BLOOM – MAY-B-LOO-M; bonnibell=MAY; book=B; can=LOO; mark=M; flower is definition; |
| 30 | GREENCLOTH – (longer tech)*; course is anagrind; ER=Queen Elizabeth; |
| 31 | ELAPSE – E-L-APSE; L from (chape)L; |
| 32 | TIRED – TI(R)ED; |
| Down | |
| 1 | AVESTA – A-VEST-A; dialect for they=A; VEST=drape an altar; holy text; |
| 2 | COCKED,HAT – COCKED-HATS; pile=COCK; cloche eg=HAT; a navigational triangle; |
| 3 | RESIN – RE-SIN; |
| 4 | SAT,GURU – SAT-(RUG reversed)-U; pressed=SAT; major=wig=RUG; |
| 5 | SPAHEE – S(PA)HEE(r); past=PA; a cavalryman; |
| 6 | POTINS – PO-(SNIT reversed); SNIT=sulking in the Sunset State; an old alloy; |
| 7 | ACUMEN – A-CU-MEN; Christian Union=CU; |
| 8 | THEORIST – THE-(a)ORIST; academy=a; |
| 9 | ERVEN – E(R)VEN; |
| 12 | PROTOSTOME – (to stop more)*; |
| 15 | CHIMINEA – (machine I)*; |
| 19 | AEROBOT – AE-ROBOT; aged=AE; welder,say=ROBOT (reference automated production line); |
| 21 | ASLEEP – A-S-LEE-P; area=A; is=S; old euphamism for dead; |
| 22 | SOLACE – SO-LACE; very good=SO; thrash=LACE; |
| 23 | COTYLE – CO-TYLE(r); lodge as in masonics; |
| 24 | RHYMED – curse and verse rhyme; |
| 25 | SURGE – sounds like “serge”; |
| 26 | BALTI – B-ALT-I; British=B; old word for rest=ALT; genuine curry invented in Leicester; |
Edited at 2015-06-14 10:30 pm (UTC)