Solving Time: I didn’t find this hard, c44 minutes in all in two sessions. It is up to the usual high standard with no real quibbles
cd = cryptic definition, dd = double definition, rev = reversed, homophones are written in quotes, anagrams as *(–)
ODO = Oxford Dictionaries Online, OED = Oxford Dictionary, etc.
Across |
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1 |
sesquioxide – Q( |
7 |
hob – HOB( |
9 | kopasetic – put out = KO + PA, + calls = CITES rev. Not a word I was familiar with. It is an Americanism of obscure origin |
10 | coxib – by = times by = X + I in horse = COB |
11 |
zanjero – a duck = ZERO, containing (I guess) ( |
12 |
stamnoi – STAM( |
13 | mug up – vessel = MUG + UP (…before the judge) |
15 |
klezmorim – squeeze = MILK containing ( |
17 |
eudialyte – *(YULETIDE + ( |
19 | ghaut – throuGH A U-Turn |
20 |
simurgh – MUR( |
22 |
tressel – LESSER + ( |
24 | ihram – welcome = HI rev., + sign = Aries = RAM |
25 |
laevulose – SOL( |
27 |
loy – L( |
28 | nodding duck – signing agreement = NODDING + drop = DUCK; I would not say these last were synonymous, but the OED has “To make a sudden descent or dive, not under water” for duck, which I guess is close enough |
Down |
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1 | suk – cd. Because Scotland and NI are N UK, so not S UK… I would spell it souk, or souq, but words translated from a different alphabet are often subject to various spellings |
2 | sapan – juice = SAP + A + N. |
3 | upsweep – I think it’s PUP’S WEE, with the first P dropped below the lower one.. or two. As to why an upsweep would be contrary, I suppose it means, contrary to the movement of the P |
4 | outjockey – U in OT, + about = C in JOKEY |
5 |
incus – suffers = INCU( |
6 | encharm – Gallic host = FRENCH ARMY, with the FRY removed.. |
7 | hexandria – R in HEX AND I A. Class 6 of the plant kingdom, according to Linnaean taxonomy |
8 |
babbit metal – struggled at first to parse this one. It is club = BAT containing *(ITEM) + B( |
11 |
zum beispiel – *(SUBLIME PIE + ( |
14 | god-a-mercy – zip = GO + posh car = MERC in time = DAY. Lawks |
16 |
eleutheri – Another trick parsing job. It is religious reformer (and extreme racist) Martin LUTHER, containing E( |
18 | Ahriman – *(IHRAM) + AN. A Zoroastrian baddie, opposed by Ormuzd |
19 | geebung – GEE + sweetener = bribe = BUNG |
21 | halo’d – notes = DO + LAH, rev. my last one in because of a delay in interpreting “circled overhead” .. kept picturing kites, kestrels etc. |
23 | shoyu – sounds like “show you.” Upmarket soy sauce |
26 |
erk – ( |
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