Solving time: 61:57
I probably should have been quicker as, looking at it now, there doesn’t seem to be anything to tricky here. But, as is usually the case when I have to solve late at night for blogging purposes, I was too tired to give it my full attention.
Some good enjoyable stuff here. I liked 5d the best, for entertainment purposes, and 13 was clever. I thought we might be heading for a pangram, but no W or X.
cd = cryptic def., dd = double def., rev = reversal, homophones are written in quotes, anagrams as (–)*, and removals like this
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | S(L)OUGH – One of my last in, from the definition alone. I’m not familiar with ‘SOUGH’ meaning a sighing sound made by the wind, but I think I have come across it before. Well disguised definition ‘shed covering’ |
| 5 | PRO(CL + AI |
| 9 | GOSSAMER = GOER about MASS rev |
| 10 | ZIPPER – dd, the second of which is ‘pulled closer’ where closer should be read as an agent noun rather than an adjective. My LOI. |
| 11 | T(HER)ANKS |
| 12 | PATINA = (PAINT)* about A |
| 13 | APIARIST = A DIARIST (Pepys) or A PIANIST (Paderewski) each with one letter changed |
| 15 | BEAM – dd |
| 17 | BECK – dd |
| 19 | ODE TO JOY = “OWED TO JOY” – Originally a poem by Friedrich Schiller, but most people know it set to music as part of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Try this interesting interpretation |
| 20 | FRIDAY – cd – a reference to Man Friday who Robinson Crusoe rescues from cannibals on the island upon which he is marooned. |
| 21 | HO(USE + TO)P – a reference to ‘proclaiming from the rooftops’ |
| 22 | GAELIC = LEA in CIG all rev |
| 23 | NAN + B + READ – another well-disguised definition |
| 24 | TITANESS = (NASTIEST)* |
| 25 | DR(E)AM + |
| Down | |
| 2 | LO(OK + HE)RE |
| 3 | UPSTREAM = (PUTS)* + REAM |
| 4 | HUMANKIND = HUM + (KIN in A + N + D |
| 5 | PORK SCRATCHINGS = (HOG CRISPS CAN’T + R |
| 6 | C(LIP)ART |
| 7 | APPL(IQ + U |
| 8 | MUR(MAN’S)K |
| 14 | SOJOURNED = (R |
| 15 | BUNFIGHT = (FUN)* in BIGHT – I only know bight from the Heligoland Bight which forms part of the North Sea, and features in the Diplomacy board game. |
| 16 | A + CC + I + DENT |
| 17 | BY GEORGE – dd |
| 18 | CO + C(OP)ALM |
| 19 |
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