New format, and I for one welcome our new Mephisto formatting overlords, as this one printed automatically on one sheet of paper. Woohoo! For many years I’ve been loading the grid and adjusting the print size between 60-70% until it would fit on one sheet of US letter paper. Now, looky-here, one single file that can be automatically adjusted for printing with clues in two columns.
I only see two question marks in my grid, so I assume this one was fairly straightforward on the mephisto scale of difficulty. I may have been too blown away by the new print capabilities to be taking careful notes.
Away we go…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
PARMACITIE: PARMA and then CITIE |
| 11 | ERINGO: ERGO(therefore) outside IN |
| 12 | TINCAL: hidden in piT IN CALifornia |
| 13 | BIGA: BIG(very important), A(leading character) for a two-horse chariot |
| 14 | KRAAL: LARK reversed containing A |
| 15 | IDOCRASE: ID(identity) then an anagram of COARSE |
| 17 | BASHER: SHE in BAR |
| 18 | EYRA: alternating letters in vErY gReAt |
| 19 | SOUCHONG: SONG(and dance, fuss) around OUCH |
| 20 | SESTERCE: anagram of CREST in SEE |
| 23 | EPHA: EP(record) and HA(hectare) |
| 25 | TAGINE: reversal of EAT containing GIN |
| 28 | FRAMPOLD: RAM(tup), P in FOLD(sheep pen) |
| 30 | I,BEAM |
| 31 | MI,LO |
| 32 | AORTAS: anagram of NARROW BOATS minus BROWN |
| 33 | RETROD: reversal of DORTER |
| 34 | TELEOSTEAN: anagram of EAT,EELS,NOT |
| Down | |
| 2 | ARIDLY: A, then Nicholas RIDLEY(a martyr) missing E |
| 3 | RIGOR: RIG(trick), OR(soldiers) |
| 4 | AGO,RAS |
| 5 | CON AMORE: anagram of ROMANCE containing O |
| 6 | ITAS: two forms for attraction – IT and then SA reversed |
| 7 | INRUSHES: or IN RUSHES |
| 8 | ECAD: a species – DACE reversed |
| 9 |
SAANEN: SA |
| 10 |
ALLARGANDO: anagram(smashing) of A,LAD,GNARL then |
| 13 | BIMESTRIAL: anagram of IT’S,BALMIER |
| 16 | FATIGATE: FAT(overweight), I(one), GATE(spectators) |
| 17 | BUCKAYRO: BUCKO(swaggering chap) containing AYR(Scottish town) |
| 21 | EARBOB: anagram of A,ROBBER missing R |
| 22 |
EMMIES: |
| 24 |
HOLLOA: HOLLO |
| 26 | MOIRE: double definition |
| 27 | VERT: remove O(duck) from OVERT |
| 29 | RISE: hidden in setteR IS Eager |
As to new format, when you reach my age George you may not be quite so keen on clues you struggle to read and answer squares that are too small for ones hands to cope with
But I’m ready to try again!