Another on the easy side with almost no need to consult Chambers. Mephisto 2777 is missing from the Club Site this morning.
Across | |
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1 | THINGUMMYBOB – THIN-GUMMY-BOB; |
10 | AIZOON – (iona)* surrounds ZO; hybrid=ZO; a plant; |
11 | IMARI – hidden (pr)IMARI(ly); Japenese porcelain; |
12 | WANTHILL – WAN-TH(r)ILL: chez mole; |
14 | HOOTANANNY – HOOT-A-NANNY; show support for OAP picket line?; |
15 | STARK – S(T)ARK; |
18 | TINY – TIN(n)Y; shed=get rid of; |
19 | CORNI – sounds like “corny”; brass musical instruments; |
20 | REN – (bar)REN; old word for hurry; |
21 | ART – A-RT; ART is an abbreviation for “article”; |
23 | CANON – two meanings; |
24 | MERI – MERI(t); a club; |
26 | JATOS – JA(TO)S; quick upward movements; |
28 | APTERYGOTA – A-(r type)*-GOT-A; rock=AA; insects; |
31 | FAIRINGS – F(AIR)INGS; things in Tooting=FINGS; |
32 | MY,EYE – MY-EYE; detective=(private) EYE; |
33 | STATIM – personnel=staff then change “ff” to “tim”; |
34 | ASTROPHYSICS – (cosy starship)*; |
Down | |
1 | TAWS – two meanings; |
2 | HIANT – H(ole)-I(A)NT; gaping; |
3 | NOTORYCTES – (notes tory c)*; another mole; |
4 | UNITIONS – (m)UNITIONS; |
5 | MOLA – MO-LA; sunfish; |
6 | MILNE – MI(L)NE; author; |
7 | BANNERET – B(A-N-N)ERET; knight=N (chess); |
8 | ORANGE – O-RANGE; brand name of mobile phone network; |
9 | BIRYANIS – (is by rani)*; beginner’s curry; |
13 | GALIMATIAS – GAL(IT-AMI all reversed)AS; havers; |
15 | STALAGMA – STALAG-MA; product of dripping; |
16 | ANTITHET – AN(TITHE)T; |
17 | DROOGISH – (ba)D-(ogrish + o)*; term=end of; “o” from (y)O(b); nice clue; |
22 | REPAYS – REP-(say)*; |
25 | ORFEO – (goes for – g-s)*; opera character; |
27 | ORGIC – C-I-GRO(w) all reversed; become=grow (into); |
29 | YAWP – P-WAY all reversed; |
30 | ISMS – I-SMS; |
On a purely practical basis, an e-mail to puzzle.feedback@sunday-times.co.uk is probably a quicker route than going through other channels, if there’s a problem like this.
Article=a + short right=rt and definition =whole sentence rather
than just ‘article’. So not really double duty but certainly punching above its weight 🙂
Rgds
Paul
I think ART is an accepted abbreviation for “article” and that is what the “and lit” refers to