Another good Mephisto of around average difficulty but with two excellent clues. At 10A the use of Casement and the other wording to evoke thoughts of the 1916 Dublin uprising during WW1 is very clever. At 20A we have an excellent clue for the world’s favourite sleuth. One difficulty at 15D where I can’t find the cryptic – all suggestions gratefully received.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ASEPTATE – A-S(EP)TATE; old record=EP=1950s record to snog to; state=STATE!!; unpartitioned fungi cells; |
| 7 | PEAG – PE(A)G; PEG=cricket stump=target; native american shell money; ; |
| 10 | CHAMBRANLE – (harmed + clan + b=British but – D=Germany)*; not Sir Roger but a window embellishment – great clue; |
| 11 | DEPOSAL – DE(POS)AL; chamber (pot)=PO; large quantity=a (great) DEAL; from “depose”; |
| 13 | LEGO – LEG-(fl)O(or); on=LEG (cricket); construction toy – my kids used to love Lego Land near Windsor; |
| 14 | CODLIN – (N(I)L-DOC all reversed); Netherlands=NL; |
| 15 | UPSEE – (B)U(dweiser)-(pees)*; old word for “in the manner of”; |
| 16 | OMNIANA – (animation – IT)*; |
| 18 | LUDERICK – LU(DER-I)CK(y); Queensland fish; |
| 20 | SHERLOCK – S(HE)R-LOCK; the man=HE; case of S(laughte)R=SR; strand=LOCK (of hair); reference Holmes – brilliant clue; |
| 23 | TENABLE – T(EN)ABLE; sort of rule=EN; |
| 26 | PUDOR – (ROD-UP all reversed); see pudency – sense of shame; |
| 27 | IASTIC – (acis)*-surrounds TI=note; |
| 28 | LINY – consort=lady then change a-d=a day into IN=(at) home; |
| 30 | FEE,TAIL – FEET-AIL; pads=FEET; legal device that leaves land owners asset rich but cash poor; |
| 31 | KINCHINLAY – K(INCH)IN-LAY; catty (Chinese weight)=KIN-2; island=INCH-2; set (down)=LAY (down); stealing from children; |
| 32 | SEGS – S-EG-S; son=S; for example=EG; Sweden=S; |
| 33 | ATTENDEE – AT-TEN-DEE; river=DEE; reference News At Ten, ITV flagship news programme; “one coming” is definition; |
| Down | |
| 1 | AWDL – (w=Welsh+lad)*; poem in Welsh; |
| 2 | SHEEPSHEAD – SHEEP’S-HE-AD; lamb is=SHEEP’S; male=HE; active duty=AD; james=jemmy-1=a sheep’s head; |
| 3 | PHOOEY – P-HOOEY; prince=P; |
| 4 | TASSELL – T(ASS)ELL: count=TELL; behind=arse=ASS; |
| 5 | AMADOU – A-MAD-OU; man from Cape Town=OU; tinder from fungus used as a styptic; |
| 6 | ERGON – (orange – a)*; mobile is anagrind; Greek for work – gives rise to the erg (CGS unit of work); |
| 7 | PARDI – PARD-I; PARD=pardner=partner; old word for “assuredly”; |
| 8 | EN,CLAIR – ENCL-AIR; uncoded; |
| 9 | GENNAKER – GEN-NAKE(d)-R; almost stripped=NAKE(d); little Jennifer=Gen; Roger=R=received and understood; racing sail; |
| 12 | CINCHONISE – CINCH-ON(IS)E; quinine comes from the bark of the chinona tree; |
| 15 | UP,STICKS – UP(S-TICK)S – I think; I have “move” as the definition; I can’t quite see the cryptic other than “salary initially”=S and “restricted increases”=contained within UPS, which leaves “tick” unclued; has the word “work”=tick been accidentaly omitted?; |
| 17 | MENSING – MEN-SING; to set off something in Scotland; |
| 19 | EKPWELE – (we keep l=bit of luck)*; currency of Equitorial Guinea; |
| 21 | CEMENT – (etc)* surrounds MEN; |
| 22 | PULTAN – (NAT-L-UP all reversed); natural=NAT; line=L; Indian infantry; |
| 24 | ATOCS – ATOC-S(uspect); ATOC=Association of Train Operating Companies; skunks; |
| 25 | BIGHA – BIG-HA(t); Indian land measure; |
| 29 | YLKE – E(K)LY reversed; king=K; old spelling of “ilk”; |
My kids enjoyed Legoland too, Jimbo, but I certainly didn’t and will not be returning. A more efficient mechanism for parting a father from his money has yet to be devised. Although I haven’t been to Disneyland…