Im staying somewhere without wireless and im not quite up to posting a full report from my phone so the mephisto write up will be early monday am uk time. Feel free to discuss and question and the hive mind will oblige.
And now it is the time aforementioned and here we go – nothing too too tricky here, clear definitions and solid wordplay for some unusual words.
Away we go…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | EATANSWILL: EAT(upset),A(American),WILL(desire) containing N, S |
| 10 | C,H,ON(forward) |
| 11 | AUROREAN: RAN containing ORE(money) with AU at the front |
| 12 | B,ARTISANS |
| 15 | MAGE: take the middle out of MANAGE |
| 16 | L,AMAZE |
| 17 | ASANAS: AN,A(one) in ASS |
| 18 | TYRANT: TT(Trinidad and Tobago) containing NARY reversed |
| 19 | TRY,ST: not often you see this noun form of TRY |
| 21 | ROOSE: sounds like ROOST |
| 23 | DALASI: 1,SALAD reversed |
| 25 | ALVINE: anagram(Labour) of LEAVING minus G |
| 27 | C |
| 28 | GLOP: L in GOP |
| 31 | MACINTOSH: anagram(kicked) og IN,STOMACH |
| 32 | SHAM, |
| 33 | ALE,W |
| 34 | BELLARMINE: BELLE surrounding ARM,IN(wearing) |
| Down | |
| 1 | EC,BOLE |
| 2 | TORE: T for M in MORE |
| 3 | ANTIARS: anagram of SINATRA |
| 4 | N |
| 5 | SUSPENDER: US in SPENDER |
| 6 |
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| 7 | LEMAN: NAME(well known),L all reversed |
| 8 | PARGASITES: PAR,SITES containing GA |
| 9 | IN,FEST |
| 13 | AYATOLLAHS: AYAHS surrounding ATOLL |
| 14 | MATACHINA: MAT,CHINA containing A |
| 20 | RAMSTAM: I think this is meant to be RAM,STAM(p) but there may be a better option for “breed” |
| 21 | RAGUSA: A,SUGAR(heroin) reversed |
| 22 | ENTAIL: double definition |
| 24 | LECHWE: C in (WHEEL)* |
| 26 | VOCAB: first letters of Very Original Cover On A British |
| 29 | KNAR: RANK reversed |
| 30 | HOLI: HOI containing L |
19 ac: I think it’s an adjectival form of try = choice (per Chambers). And the Jersey – is it in the US or the CI, do you know?
6 d: agree with you that Conservative = Unionist but my Chambers only has it under Union (1), second section Unionism. I don’t have a definition number 3. My Ch is 12th edition.
20 d: I thought the parsing might be sheep = rams + breed = tam(e)?
26 d: I think it’s the first letters of very and original (as indicated by cover) + a B(ritish)?
Again – many thanks for your time!
In 19 I didn’t think of the adjective, I guess it works either way. That definition of TRYST in Chambers is given as “primarily Scot” so it’s most likely CI.
I should have been clearer on UNIONIST – it’s the third definition given for UNIONIST, not definition number 3 of UNION. When I’m typing I often use the electronic version of Chambers that has some extra numbering
I thought of TAM(e) but couldn’t justify it from the Chambers definition.
26 is an all-in-one, the wordplay is also the definition, so you need the first letter of “cover” to be part of the wordplay.