Apologies to the seven and a half regular Mephisto readers. I appear to have gotten very drunk in Boston and will not be posting the solution until mid-Sunday afternoon. If you have a query, please feel free to post here for the hive mind. Otherwise, catch you soon!
And we’re back – there’s a bit of wordplay head-scratching going on here but all the definitions are sound. I’m at a conference in a large city which means there are receptions to visit and libations to be enjoyed. Seafood nibblies don’t just eat themselves. Ahoy mate!
Is there something phunny going on in the top row?
Away we go…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CHALK: CALK(snooze, nap) surrounding H |
| 5 | ALLOWED: or ALL OWED |
| 11 | ORSEILLE: LIES(remains) reversed in ORLE(heraldic border) |
| 12 | ANTA: take the F away from FANTA which was huge in Australia in the 70s and seems to be making a comeback in the US as a Coca Cola brand |
| 13 | BAD BOY: YOB(raw recruit) and DAB(expert) all reversed. What’cha gonna do when we come after you? |
| 14 | LOUNGE: LOUN(quietly) then GE |
| 15 | AVESTA: VESTA(match) with A |
| 16 | MUTTONHEADED: (DUDE,MEANT,HOT)* |
| 18 | TITLERS: got this from the definition, but the wordplay is eluding me – I see TIER and S for special, which means we need TL from the rest – TTL appears to be a light measuring system but that doesn’t quite fit with ranking. Hmmm |
| 21 | NEWSMEN: from the definition, but I’m utterly clueless as to the wordplay. Oooh, is that pizza with pear and gorgonzola? Yes, please! |
| 25 | FLOWER-DELUCE: anagram of FOR,WE,LED then LUCE(pike) |
| 26 | RATITE: oh dear it’s not my wordplay day – the definition is clear (like flightless birds) but I’m stuck again |
| 28 | URANIA: RAN in U,I,A(about) |
| 29 | ATONAL: (AN,ALTO)* |
| 30 | TIRR: hidden in corrupT IRRegularly |
| 31 | LEG, |
| 32 | IDLESSE: IDE containing LESS |
| 33 | MYNAS: ANY reversed in MS(IVR code for Mauritius) |
| Down | |
| 1 | COALMAN: CON(learn) about ALMA(soul) |
| 2 | ASTUTE: A,UTE containing ST |
| 3 | LEANTO: hidden in simpLE ANTOnyms |
| 4 | KING OF METALS: anagram of (GLEAMS,IF and NOT) under K(karat) |
| 5 | AL DENTE: ALE(festival) containing DENT |
| 6 | LEAVE THE ROOM: anagram of HOME,LOVER and EAT |
| 7 | ORDEAL: O(ring) then D in REAL |
| 8 | WEBS: SEW reversed containing B |
| 9 | ESOTERIC: TOSE(card) reversed, then ERIC(fine) |
| 10 | DRY,AD |
| 17 | UNELATED: UNRELATED less R |
| 19 | INDULGE: IN and then a reversal of EG and LUD |
| 20 | SWEARDS: DS(document signed) with SWEAR(blind – as in curse) first |
| 22 | SWINGE: W in SINGE |
| 23 | FLATLY: FLY surrounding LAT |
| 24 | Z,UNI, |
| 25 | FRATI: FR, AT I |
| 27 | TOIL |
One I can see is 21A which is NEW-S(M)EN; resumed=NEW; without=SEN; money=M
I’ll try to look at the others
And 26 is It in rate?
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