There’s a bit of tricky stuff in here and one very interesting piece of wordplay, but I don’t think this will cause regular Mephisto solvers a lot of trouble.
Sorry I’m a little later than usual in getting this written up, I was on an unexpected writing assignment yesterday that worked out very well. Now if only I can find my notes.
Away we go…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SPEECH(talk) THERAPY(treatment): and a cryptic definition based on after therapy, one would say “sick” rather than “thick”. Anyone else read “Me Talk Pretty One Day”? |
| 12 |
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| 13 | CAME,0 |
| 14 | YORKSHIRE: (SORRY,HIKE)* with donnat being a Yorkshire term |
| 16 | SCOTICAN: CITO(quickly, Latin), reversed in SCAN |
| 17 | NIB(point),LICK(beat) – my first set of golf clubs had one of these but it was a 9 |
| 18 | NOSING: SIN in NOG(peg) |
| 19 | TSETSE: replace H(hosptial) in THE with SETS |
| 21 | SCH,L,EP |
| 24 | HOSELS: take the middle out of HOSTELS |
| 27 | IN,F,LAME: GAME = LAME was new to me |
| 29 | EXTRACTS: EXTRA,C then ST reversed |
| 31 | WATER DROP: (TOP DRAWER)* |
| 32 | ADIOS: AD(bill),1 then SO reversed |
| 33 | DO-ALL: A in DOLL |
| 34 | BEARDED COLLIE: (CODDLE)* in BEAR,LIE |
| Down | |
| 1 | SPY IN THE CAB: anagram of PAYS,BENCH and IT |
| 2 | POORIS: POORISH without H |
| 3 | ENROBE: BORNE reversed, then E – the BORNE meaning narrow-minded has an accent on the E |
| 4 | C’EST,I |
| 5 | HO,HS: HO is Hostilities Only, HS is Hoc Sensu |
| 6 | THICK-WITTED: HICK in TWITTED |
| 7 | HERO,NS |
| 8 | RAKISHLY: A KISH(slurred version of A KISS) in RLY |
| 9 | AM,ICI |
| 10 | PECAN: N,P about ACE all reversed |
| 11 | YOUNG PEOPLE: (GENE,POOL,YUP)* |
| 15 | ULTERIOR: (OUTLIER)*, then R |
| 20 |
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| 22 | LABRAL: LAB then LAR(a domestic god) reversed |
| 23 | EMBOLI: ME reversed then B,(OIL)* |
| 25 | OX, |
| 26 | STR,I(upright character),A |
| 28 | APPROPRIATE(for),DO(finish) |
| 30 | SEAC: anagram of CASE |
Which was the interesting bit of wordplay, George?