Solving time : 22:05 on the club timer but I cannot tell a lie - after about 5 minutes considering SKIPDAW, SLIPDAW and SKIDDAW for 8 down I ended up looking up the three words to find out which of them was really a mountain. Not sure I liked the clue in the end, since all three of those fit the possibility and with a proper noun (maybe it is very well known) there shouldn't be ambiguity in the wordplay. I should note I am not a crossword editor but I play one on blog from time to time.
There seems to be a lot of K's in the grid.
Away we go!
There seems to be a lot of K's in the grid.
Away we go!
Across | |
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1 | SUMMONED BY BELLS: got this from the definition but the wordplay is a long charade - SUM(the whole),MON(day),ED(journalist),BY(times),BELLS(rings) |
9 | BORN-AGAIN: BA(graduate) containing OR,NAG(plague), then IN |
10 | ADUKI: hidden - I have always seen this referred to as ADZUKI |
11 | IN,DIG(like),O |
12 | MAN OF GOD: MAN(staff) then G in (FOOD)* |
13 | TOMATO: MAT in TOO |
15 | DICKY BOW: opposites of strong (DICKY) and nautical stern (BOW) |
18 | PUT ON ICE: PUT ON is stage, and then top off (kill/ICE) |
19 | A |
21 | OVERHAUL: O, then REV reversed, HAUL(spoils, as in spoils of war) |
23 | ACUMEN: UM in ACE, |
26 | ET,HER |
27 | TOLL(number of death),BOOTH(assassin of Lincoln) |
28 | BUNKER MENTALITY: anagram of (LIBERTY,MEANT,N,UK) |
Down | |
1 | SUBS,1ST |
2 | MI(musical note),RED |
3 | ORANG-UTAN: odd clue - "EU trade" here means take the E in ORANGE TAN and replace it with a U |
4 | EDAM: or E-DAM |
5 | BENJAMIN: N(note),J(judge) in BEAMIN |
6 | BEANO: or BE A NO |
7 | LOUNGE BAR: double def |
8 | SKIDDAW: SKID then WAD(roll, as in of money) reversed |
14 | MOTHER HEN: anagram of RENT,HOME and |
16 | KING,COB,RA |
17 | ACCUS |
18 | PROVERB: PROVER(demonstrator) then BEATEN without EATEN |
20 | MONTHLY: MON(the day that follows Sun) then L in THY |
22 | HORDE: sounds like HOARD |
24 | MAORI: a choice of MA OR I |
25 | CLAN: remove E from CLEAN |