Solving time : 9:26 on the club timer, so that stinker I predicted yesterday did not come today. I suspect there will be faster times than mine, as I didn't see a few of the longer entries immediately, and there were some places and people I got from wordplay alone that might be write-ins for the more Euro-savvy than me.
TOLD appears in the unches in the middle of the puzzle. I think that's an completely circumstantial, however I'm notoriously terrible at spotting nina's, so if there's something else going on I could have missed it.
Away we go...
TOLD appears in the unches in the middle of the puzzle. I think that's an completely circumstantial, however I'm notoriously terrible at spotting nina's, so if there's something else going on I could have missed it.
Away we go...
Across | |
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1 | RABBI(teacher),TED(young delinquent) |
6 | F,RAISE(hike): got this from the wordplay, I guess it's a type of strawberry brandy, if such a drink needed to exist |
9 | LUNATIC FRINGE: (FRANTIC)*,1 in LUNGE |
10 | ON EDGE: ONE and then alternating letters in DaGgEr |
11 | MENSWEAR: ME then S |
13 | PECCADILLO: PEC |
15 | DUD, |
16 | THAI: first letters of Teaching Hasn't Always Impressed |
18 | WANDERINGS: RING(group) in W,ANDES |
21 | UNDERCUT: double definition, one cryptic |
22 | FIGURE: double definition |
23 | ACCOMMODATION: DA |
25 | PEWTER: W in PETER |
26 | FIL |
Down | |
2 | ALLENDE: the Salvadorian president is hidden in whitehALL ENDEavouring |
3 | BENEDICTINE: BE NINE containing EDICT. I'll take it over FRAISE anyday |
4 | TITLE: I think this is a triple definition - Mr by example a right, and what anyone playing sport may be after (that it says "sportswoman" specifically gives me a hint which setter may be responsible for this offering) |
5 | DECIMAL: (CLAIMED)* |
6 | FARANDOLE: (AN,OLD,FEAR)* |
7 | A,N,N |
8 | STEW, |
12 | WEDDING RING: this was my favorite clue of the day, WE, |
14 | DOWNCOMER: M(minute) in (WORD,ONCE)* not a term I'm familiar with (it isn't in Chambers, and Collins appears to be down right now) so I got it from wordplay and checking letters. Searching online it appears to be what I would call a downspout? |
17 | HEN,BAN,E |
19 | NUTLOAF: NUT and LOAF can both mean head |
20 | GIRONDE: Andre GIDE surrounding R,ON. I knew this as a dance, didn't know it was a region |
22 | FL,AIL: the abbreviation comes from FLORUIT |
24 | COT: take the A out of COAT |