Reasonably entertaining puzzle of average difficulty with SNP and Salmond both used to indicate words from the land of the haggis with a wee dram or three.
I can’t parse 3D so all suggestions welcome please.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SWAYED – SWA(YE)D; local lout=SWAD; |
| 6 | CHOOSE – CH(O)OSE; thing in court=legal term for “thing”=CHOSE; |
| 11 | PARONYMOUS – P(AR)ONY-MOUS(y) – a word having the same root as another; |
| 12 | NAFF,ALL – FAN reversed – FALL; cool=FAN; pitch=FALL; euphemistic slang for nothing; |
| 14 | ALOFT – ALO(F)T; |
| 15 | SEROSA – SE(ROS(y))A; cell lining; |
| 16 | TEAL – TEA-L(ame); |
| 17 | HAVE-NOT – HAVEN-(TO reversed); reference “poor as a church mouse”; |
| 20 | EO,NOMINE – E(xtorter)-ON-O-MINE; just after=ON; “on that claim” is definition; |
| 22 | BONS,MOTS – BO(N-SM)OTS; |
| 25 | OUTSIDE – OUT-SIDE and (tedious)*; blooming=OUT; soliloquy=SIDE; “unlikely” is definition; |
| 27 | OGAM – O-(MAG reversed); on=O; MAG=magazine taken by boys, girls, men and women!; “old character” is defintion; |
| 28 | USANCE – U-SAN(C)E; college=C; time to pay overseas bills of exchange; |
| 30 | RITZY – precious=ditzy then d=daughter becomes R=right; elegant; |
| 31 | COALPIT – CO(ALP)IT; arse in Oz=COIT; ALP=australian Labor Party; mine is definition; |
| 32 | STIRRUP,CUP – STIR-R(UP-CU)P; can=prison=STIR; RP=received pronunciation; top=UP; copper=CU; leaving drink; |
| 33 | EIDENT – (IE reversed)-DENT; working hard in Wigtown (SNP=Scot Nats signals a scots word); |
| 34 | EASSEL – (LESS-AE all reversed); to the East in Edinburgh; |
| Down | |
| 1 | SONATA – SON-(TA reversed)-A; disciple=SON; much obliged=TA; |
| 2 | WHALE,LOUSE – (all who sue)*-E; reference socio-economic group E, those dependant upon state benefits; |
| 3 | YAFFLE – Y-AFFLE presumably; Y=unknown; YAFFLE=woodpecker; don’t see the rest of it; |
| 4 | ERATHEM – ERA-THEM; strata; |
| 5 | DOLLHOOD – DOLL-HOOD; hurdle used as barrier=DOLL; tough=Edward G=HOOD; reference Barbie Doll; |
| 7 | HYLE – hidden (aesc)HYLE(an); pericope=extract of; material; |
| 8 | OMBRE – two meanings; |
| 9 | OOGONIA – (o o in goa)*; |
| 10 | ESTATE – (som)E(one)-STATE; |
| 13 | ISONIAZIDE – I-(zone aid is)*; drug used to combat TB; |
| 18 | ANTELOPE – ANTE-LOPE; |
| 19 | ANTACID – ANTA-CID; upright=ANTA; hero=(El) CID; |
| 21 | OSTRACA – A-CART-SO all reversed; tiles written on to vote for ostracism in ancient Greece; |
| 22 | BOURSE – BO-(rues)*; |
| 23 | POILUS – P(OIL)US; Tommy Atkins in Aubagne; |
| 24 | AMYTAL – AMY-TAL(l); reference Amy Winehouse song “Rehab”; a calming drug; |
| 26 | SNORE – SN-O-RE; tin=SN; round=O; about=RE; something which is boring; |
| 29 | CURN – CUR-(camero)N; smaik=CUR; a little in Leith (Salmond=SNP MP); |
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