I did this in a number of bits and pieces sessions, since I wasn’t in town when it first appeared. I thought it was going to be a walk in the park after a number of the longer answers went straight in, but fiddly small answers took a bit of poking and dictionary hunting. I didn’t help myself by initially putting in REDDEN for 17 across, which rendered 9 and 15 down unsolveable.
My other mistake was not checking to see if all the clues printed on one page – I set the Mephisto to print on one page, since usually all or all bar one or two clues fit on one page. This time around my printout had three missing clues, two of which were write down answers.
And away we go…
Across | |
---|---|
1 | SHRED-PIE: anagram of (HE’S+PRIDE) |
7 | EDDA: ADDE |
10 | TRAIN(tail),DOWN(feathers) |
12 | A,LT,HORN(gore) |
13 | ADOPT: DO(rob) inside APT |
14 | PYET: Y(yard) in PET – a magpie and hence chatterer |
16 | ORD(beginning),A1,N |
17 | REDDLE: DD(designated driver),L(left) in REE |
18 | ODONTALGIAS: (OIL,AND,GAS,TO)& |
20 | NO,OK,SHOTTEN(worthless) |
23 | A(are),DV(deo volente),ICE |
24 | CARATS: A(before) in CARTS |
27 | BOWL: LOB reversed over W – fine clue, and right now I’m loving the cricket, watching the beginning of Day 4 in the First Ashes Test in Brisbane |
29 | UNKET: JUNKET without the J |
30 | ILK,ADA,Y(short for YMCA) |
31 | RAISE,CAIN |
32 | GREE |
33 | RURALISM: URALIS in RM |
Down | |
1 | SOAP: A in S.O.P. |
2 | HOLY-ROODS: 0 in HOLY RODS |
3 | RAT,ED |
4 | DR,O(on),PIN(a peak) |
5 | PARENT,HE |
6 | ENAMEL: NAME in EL |
7 |
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8 | DO-OR-DIE: or DOOR DIE |
9 | ANTHESIS: take IT out of ANTITHESIS |
11 | INTRAOCULAR: (RURAL,ACTION)* |
15 | SLANTWAYS: WAY(journey) in SLANTS(breezes) |
16 | OSNABURG: reversal(signaled by “preposterous”) of GRUB,AN(one),SO(provided) |
19 | DOVEKIE: E,K in (VIDEO)* |
21 | SCOTER: SCOOTER (iceboat) with one O |
22 | TANKIA: TANK(thrash) then take the middle out of ITA (palm) |
25 | AO DAI: A ODA(room in a harem) then I(AYE) |
26 | MES(master),E |
28 | LYAM: hidden in wrinkLY AMericans |
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