Mephisto 2880 by Don Manley

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Nothing to frighten regular solvers here and I would have thought a fair test for the less experienced

Across
1 MAIDEN,BATTLE – (timetabled + a)* surrounds N=knight (chess);
9 ALMERIES – ALM(ERIE)S;
11 DWAMS – D(W)AMS;
13 TELLIMA – TEL-LIMA; hill=TEL;
14 REGULI – I-LUGER reversed;
15 NOUS – S(U)ON reversed;
17 AHIMSA – A(HIM)SA; ASA=king of Judah;
18 PENSEE – PEN-SEE;
19 ICHED – I(t)CHED; old word for spun out;
21 ORGIC – dog=CORGI then move C to give ORGIC;
24 AFFORD – A-F(a-st)-FORD; “tearing up”=deletion indicator;
27 RENVOI – hidden (child)REN-VOI(ce);
30 OYES – O-YES;
31 CUFFED – CU(FF)ED;
32 TATTLER – TA(T(i)TLE)R; book=title;
33 DERIG – D(RE reversed)IG;
34 PRODROME – PROD-ROME;
35 CANDLEWASTER – (lets care dawn)*;
 
Down
1 MADREPORITE – (tom repaired)*; a perforated plate;
2 IMAGING – I-MA(GIN)G; independent=I;
3 DEMURS – DEMUR(e)-S;
4 NITID – NIT-ID;
5 BEENAH – BEE-NAH; no=NAH;
6 TOLUIC – (oil cut)*;
7 TUISM – TU-IS-M;
8 LAMASERY – LA(MASER)Y; electronic device=MASER;
10 SALAD,DODGER – ‘S-A-L(ADD)OGER; in short is=’S;
12 SLEE – SLEE(p); sly in Sutherland;
16 SERENATA – (near east)*;
20 HOOFROT – HOO(for)*T; Jersey=cow;
22 IVYTOD – DOTY-VI reversed; decaying=DOTY;
23 MISERE – M-ISERE; French Department=ISERE; bid in whist to deliberately lose every trick;
25 FOUD – FOU(n)D; officer in Oban;
26 FIFERS – two meanings 1=supposedly cranky types 2=who play instruments;
28 NOT,ON – NO-TON;
29 SCROW – SC-ROW;

4 comments on “Mephisto 2880 by Don Manley”

  2. I did this on a train from Paris to Dijon en route for Beaune: my version of a pilgrimage. I found it pretty straightforward but there were three I couldn’t parse:
    – 24ac where I missed the meaning of ‘tearing up’
    – 32ac, which I didn’t understand at all, and I still struggle with ‘one exuding’ as an instruction to remove I
    – 26dn where I didn’t understand how a FIFER is a ‘supposedly cranky type’… and I still don’t!
    1. 26d from Chambers: under “fife: FIFER – a fife-player; under “Fifish: cranky – FIFERS – people from Fife

      This generalisation about Fife is quite well known and goes with all the other generalisations about Yorkshire, Belgium, Canada, et al

      1. Thanks: that’s a new one on me! I probably would have seen this if I had been using the printed Chambers, but when I searched for FIFER on my iPhone edition it didn’t show up. Funnily enough if I search for FIFERS it does show up, because the definition of FIFISH says ‘supposed qualities of Fifers, inhabitants of Fife‘.
        P.S. Not sure what generalisation about Canada you’re thinking of but I won’t tell my wife!

        Edited at 2015-11-15 12:12 pm (UTC)

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