This is the first Mike Laws Memorial Puzzle that appeared in the paper last Sunday 5th June. It originally appeared as puzzle number 1894.
I do hope that those of you who have solved Mike’s puzzles over the years have completed the special tribute puzzle 2649 set by Tim Moorey and Paul McKenna.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BUTTERFLYNUT – B(left turn + y=yard)*UT; only=BUT; |
| 10 | RURALLY – RU-RALLY; game=rugby=RU; |
| 12 | LIMO – (a)LIMO(ny); |
| 13 | CLARION – CLA(RIO)N: |
| 14 | ARTIC – AR(c)TIC; I don’t understand the definition; see explanation in comment from Peter B; |
| 16 | EFFENDI – E-F-FEND-I; Spain=E; France=F; provide=FEND; |
| 17 | SCOLECOID – (soccer idol – r=right)*; like a tapeworm with suckers on its head; |
| 18 | KEN – NEK reversed; pass=col=NEK; range (of expertise)=KEN; |
| 19 | TAMING – TA(MI)NG; ring=TANG; me=MI; |
| 24 | BEENAH – BEEN-A-H; strange form of marriage; |
| 25 | LAT – LAT(he); historical division of Kent=lathe; an isolated pillar=LAT-4; |
| 27 | MELISMATA – (a smile)* surrounds MAT=dull; songs; |
| 28 | OPSONIN – OP(SON)IN(ion); constituent of blood; |
| 29 | SEBUM – hidden (goo)SE BUM(ps); |
| 30 | UNALIST – (latin + us)*; |
| 31 | ONLY – (want)ONLY; |
| 32 | SHUTEYE – (they use)*; |
| 33 | HAIR,RESTORER – H(AIR-REST-OR)ER; expose=AIR; lie=REST; what Wayne needed?; |
| Down | |
| 1 | BREASTPLOUGH – (bar to push + leg)*; |
| 2 | TRITOMA – TRI(TO)M-A; the torch lily; |
| 3 | TAMILIC – C(I)LIMAT(e) reversed; |
| 4 | ELO – OLE reversed; rating system used in chess; |
| 5 | FYLFOT – TOF(LY)F where LY=L(ad)Y all reversed; a non-Natzi swastika (see comment from Peter B); |
| 6 | LEAFINESS – LEA(FINES)S; |
| 7 | YDRED – DY reversed – RED; Benin=DY (was Dahomey); old word for dread; |
| 8 | URODELA – ALE-DO-RU all reversed; |
| 9 | TUNINGHAMMER – (r=right + minute + (notti)ngham)*; |
| 11 | WINK – WIN-(boo)K; |
| 15 | CENTENIER – CENTE(r)-(REIN reversed); Jersey policeman; |
| 20 | ACAPNIA – A-(panic)*-A; absolute=A; about=A; lack of carbon dioxide; |
| 21 | MEMENTO – ME(MEN)TO; pieces=MEN (chess); |
| 22 | ENABLER – (rebel)* surrounds AN reversed; |
| 23 | PLISSE – P(e)LISSE; woman’s cloak=pelisse; European=E; gathered material; |
| 26 | TSAR – RAST(a) reversed; |
| 27 | MOLAR – two meanings 1=to do with mass (see mole-4); 2=of teeth; |
| 31 | OUT – two meanings 1=possibly caught (cricket) 2=in error; |
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