Mephisto 2779 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on Categories Mephisto
I found this one on the easier side of Mephistos, but more because the wordplay was extremely clear, and one of the across answers was an Australian dessert that was one of my favorites growing up. So there were several question marks for “check this is really a work later on” but I didn’t end up with any scribble, so it looks like I got lucky on the first time.

I’m going to post this a little early so I can get comfortable and enjoy the cricket tonight.

Away we go…

Across
1 E,VINCE: I can’t remember why I’d heard of Vince Cable but for some reason the name came to mind – he’s on twitter
5 WARSLE: W(with) then L in ARSE
9 MELODRAMATIC: anagram of (ADMIRABLE,CAMELOT) minus ABLE
11 ENVELOPS: OPS(works) after an anagram of (e)LEVEN
12 ATTIC,A
13 ENGIRT: anagram of RINGLET minus (skil)L
14 FAR,S(outhern),I(ran)
17 TOILINETS: IN(fine, as in “that’s in”) in TOILETS
18 (f)LAMING,(e)TON: mmm, chocolate and coconut coated sponge cake
22 COINS: remove the L from COLIN’S – COLIN DEXTER is the author of the Inspector Morse novels, and even if you’ve never read one (I haven’t), you won’t get far in barred puzzles without a passing familiarity
23 BIN-BAG: NB(note),A(alto) in BIG(loud)
24 LAWNED: (LAND,WE)*
26 ENTANGLE: anagram of ELEGANT+N
27 GUARDIANSHIP: or GUARDIAN’S HIP
28 SALLET: ALL(on each side) in SET
29 REESTY: E in REST(reserve fund),Y
 
Down
1 (st)EMMA
2 VENT,A,N,A,S(oftware)
3 NOMISTIC: sounds like NO MYSTIC
4 ERNANI: R in INANE reversed – Verdi Opera
5 WAVELL: A,V in WELL – I didn’t know of Archibald Wavell, but the wordplay is very direct here
6 AMENE: take the first letters away from DAME ONE
7 STOITERING: O,ITE(m) in STRING(series)
8 EC,STASIS
10 ATRAMENTAL: A(academic) MENTAL(ridiculous) holding ART reversed
14 FILIBEGS: sounds like FILLY BEGS
15 IN NO WISE: (WINE,IS,ON)*
16 STONE PIT: change the A in PATIENTS to an O and anagram
19 GIG,GIT: a phrase making a return thanks to “Family Guy“
20 TELL,A,R
21 MANDE: MAN(fellow) then DEPARTS without PARTS
25 DOPY: DO(behave), then the end of NURSERY with P(ee) inside

3 comments on “Mephisto 2779 – Tim Moorey”

  1. I have to agree – very easy one much like today’s offering. Like you George I finished with no doodles or workings-out

    I must query “menswear” at 14D. Women also wear kilts and C makes no mention of “men only” in its definition so “Highland wear” would be the correct definition.

  2. I found this reasonably straightforward, but I remember being stuck on a few for a while. SALLET, for instance, where the “on each side” definition for “all” caused me problems.
    George you have a typo in 5ac – should be WARSLE.
  3. I read this as the definition being “fine cloths” – I don’t quite get the example given of “in” equating to “fine”?

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