This is a very straightforward puzzle that barely required a Chambers for solving.
Today The Times carries a tribute to Mike Laws. There are three of his old puzzles plus a special tribute puzzle composed jointly by Tim Moorey and Paul McKenna. Blogs for the old puzzles will appear during the week as time permits and the special tribute puzzle blog will be posted next Sunday.
It would be fitting if the tribute puzzle attracted a bumper entry.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | LAMEDUCK – L-A-MED(e)-UCK; absent=A; famously Herbert Hoover end 1932 – start 1933 as FDR refused to cooperate; |
| 7 | OWLS – (c)OWLS; c=cocaine (slang); |
| 10 | AMOROSA – A-MOROS(e)-A; one=A; |
| 12 | BELOW – BE-LOW; |
| 13 | WELCHER – (CLEW reversed)-HER; fix up = CLEW; |
| 15 | OF,LATE – (s)OF(t)-LATE(x); |
| 16 | AT,HEART – AT-HEAR-T; appropriate technology=AT; Tango=T (phonetic alphabet); |
| 17 | BRAWN – B-RAWN; bass=B; fish roe=RAWN; I prefer spam; |
| 19 | DADDOCK – pickaxe=MADDOCK then change the tip=M to D=dead; the centre of a rotten tree; |
| 20 | COKED,UP – C(OKED)UP; |
| 23 | YEXES – Y(EX)ES; executive=EX; hiccups; |
| 25 | STOPGAP – ST-OP-GAP; |
| 27 | RIVLIN – R(ustic)-I-V-LIN(e);I=I; see=V; Scot’s shoe; |
| 29 | SLAIRGS – S-L(aud)-AIR-GS; succeeded=S; dollops=balls; |
| 30 | IDANT – I’D-ANT; on it once = ANT; it’s all in the chromosomes; |
| 31 | FANATIC – (in fact a)*; |
| 32 | COSS – COS-S(wing); because=COS; about 1.75 miles in India; |
| 33 | YENGLISH – YEN-G-L-I(t)S-H; desire=YEN; good=G; Latin=L; hard=H; |
| Down | |
| 1 | LABLAB – BALL reversed contains A-B=black; ball-1=clog; |
| 2 | MOLA – M-OL(l)A; decorative panel in a blouse in Panama; |
| 3 | EROSE – E-ROSE; jagged; |
| 4 | DOWN-AND-DIRTY – (didn’t any word)*; coarse; |
| 5 | USWARD – USW-A-RD; |
| 6 | KILFUD-YOKING – (guid kinfolk + y=yard)*; a fight in the home such as the Campbell abuse of hospitality at Glen Coe; |
| 7 | OCCLUDE – (unconcealed – anne)*; |
| 8 | WO,HA,HO – W/O=without; HA=hesitation; HO=cessation; |
| 9 | SCREAK – SCR-EA-(mas)K; senior common room=SCR; each=EA; term=end of; |
| 11 | CETACEAN – C-E(TACE)AN; cold=C; silence=TACE; bear=give birth to=EAN; whales, dolphins, etc; |
| 14 | STROBILE – ST(ROB)ILE; upright member of panel=STILE; syrup=ROB; |
| 18 | WELLIES – WE-L-LIES; you and I=WE; left=L; remains=LIES; uniform of folk who also wear Captain Pugwash caps when sailing; |
| 20 | CORSAC – C-OR-SAC; coloured=C; gold=OR; the Asian Fox; |
| 21 | KAVASS – KAVAS-S; drinks=KAVAS; |
| 22 | PTISAN – PT-IS-AN; port=PT; |
| 24 | SPETCH – address=speech then covert second “e” into t=tense; |
| 26 | PEDAL – sounds like peddle=trifle; |
| 28 | ZATI – hidden (speciali)ZATI(on); the bonnet monkey; |
Unfortunately I read the full definition of BROWN in Chambers to convince myself it was the answer to 17. Add another to the utterly unappealing foods whose existence I know of due to Mephistos.