Standard middle of the road puzzle with no queries or hold-ups or (amazingly) Scottish words
Across | |
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1 | CHAMB – CH-A-MB; check=CH (chess); abbreviation of Chamberlain; |
5 | FI,DONC – FI-DON-C; cocaine=C; Latin tag for “shame”; |
11 | HAANEPOOT – (onto a heap)*; a grape from SA; |
12 | RASTRUM – hidden (orchest)RA’S-TRUM(peter); |
13 | FRET – two meanings 1=ridge on guitar neck 2=worry; |
14 | BIREME – BI(g)-REME; |
15 | STYRE – S-TYRE; old word for “stir”; |
16 | HADARIM – HAD-A-RIM; religious schools (see cheder in C); |
17 | ARIMASP – (pairs)* surrounds MA; mythical one-eyed people who had lots of fights over gold; |
21 | PERTUSE – PER(T)USE; boxing=containment indicator; punched; |
23 | SNORKEL – (onlookers – o-o)*; |
24 | AESIR – RISE-A(delphi); Norse gods; |
26 | ODD-MAN – O(D-D)MAN; Man Friday; |
27 | SHOE – sounds like “shoo”; |
29 | THEBANS – THE-BAN(n)S; |
30 | IN,SPECIAL – (a nice slip)*; old phrase for particularly (see “special” in C); |
31 | GESTES – GE-S(i)TES; GE=General Electric; old word for exploits; |
32 | RANDY – (affai)R-ANDY; |
Down | |
1 | CORF – COR-F(ish); my!=COR; a cage for fish; |
2 | HEARTRENDING – HEAR(TREND)ING; |
3 | ABSEY – A-B(S)EY; children’s book (see ABC in C); |
4 | BARBE – BARBE(d); French religious teacher; |
5 | FAUGHS – FA-UGHS; expressions of disgust=UGHS and FAUGHS; |
6 | DECIDER – DE(CID)ER; |
7 | OPERANT – OPERA-N(o)T; “not” after vacation=NT; |
8 | NOTERS – (tenor + s)*; s=soprano; |
9 | COMMISSIONED – CO(M-MISSION)ED; M from (ter)M; |
10 | ATTEMPER – ATTEMP(t)-ER; moderate; |
15 | SASSOLIN – SAS(SOL)IN; solution=SOL; Indian antelope=SASIN; an acid; |
18 | MORMOPS – MOR (sounds like “more”)-MOPS; shocks=hair=MOPS; bats; |
19 | ALKANET – (talk)* contains A-N-E; red dye; |
20 | NODOSE – NO(D)OSE; bit of D(ifficulty)=D; having nodes; |
22 | ELCHIS – (chile)*-S; Sweden=S; ambassadors; |
24 | ANEAR – AN-EAR; |
25 | SHARN – cut=shorn then change “o” to “a”; mucker’s business=cow dung=SHARN; |
28 | ESKY – (p)ESKY; |
It is a challenge, though, and I am starting to prefer it to the regular puzzles. Last night, I had Saturday, Sunday, and Mephisto to do, and tackled Mephisto.