I found this one considerably more difficult than the last few, and there are a few that complete understanding of is eluding me, but hopefully once I start writing this up all will become clearish.
Turns out most of what I'm missing is stuff from the telly. Remember when "celebrity chef" was an oxymoron?
Away we go...
Turns out most of what I'm missing is stuff from the telly. Remember when "celebrity chef" was an oxymoron?
Away we go...
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ANTIAR: RAITA reversed with N inside |
| 8 | OGPU: GP inside OU(man) |
| 11 | TROPARION: PAR,I in TROON |
| 12 | EDAM: the entry for the cheese in Chambers confirms the village. One that I didn't see the wordplay for immediately, but now I see it's RED(wine) JAM(press) with both first letters missing |
| 13 | LYCEUM: anagram of MY CLUE |
| 14 | NIGELLA: I presume Nigella Lawson? NIL surrounding shaving GEL, than A |
| 16 | ARED: FARED missing |
| 17 | TANIST: NIS(old form of IS NOT) inside TAT(touch) |
| 18 | GALLANTRY: ALL(quite) inside GANTRY(bridge) |
| 21 | LATESCENT: LAT instead of D in DESCENT |
| 24 | LAPITH: LAH(note) containing PIT(nick as in prison) |
| 25 | PROA: PRO(for) and then the regular character in pAnAmA is A |
| 28 | EPIGONS: anagram of PIGEONS |
| 29 | ANARCH: AN(one) then MARCH(demo) missing the start |
| 30 | UNCI: C in UNI |
| 31 | DALLIANCE: ALLIANCE(union) with D |
| 32 | SHOE: sounds like SHOO(on yer bike!) |
| 33 | KHALSA: anagram of LASH in K |
| Down | |
| 1 | AMENAGE: AME(soul), NAG(harry) and the last letter in |
| 2 | NADIR: This one had a big question mark - clearly it was this from the definition (Rock Bottom). In writing up the blog I googled "Nadir" and business and found out a little about Asil Nadir who I guess is out figitive businessman? |
| 3 | TRAGELAPH: anagram of AT,LARGE, then P |
| 4 | ARALIA: |
| 5 | ROLL IN THE HAY: what Uncle Yap would call a tichy double definition |
| 6 | SPLATTERPUNK: SPUNK containing LATTER,P |
| 7 | GAYDAR: GAY(fairly) and then DAR |
| 8 | OR,C,A |
| 9 | POUSSIN: anagram of SOUPS then IN |
| 10 | UNMET: ME in HUNT missing the H |
| 15 | PIPERONAL: PI then PERSONAL missing S |
| 19 | ALANNAH: ALAN Sugar (who if we follow precedence should now run for British Prime Minister), then NAH |
| 20 | STASIMA: STA(station) on AM,IS reversed |
| 22 | ATOC,I,A |
| 23 | SMIRCH: RIM(skirt) reversed in SCH |
| 24 | LOADS: sounds like LODES |
| 26 | ONCUS: ON(close to),US containing C |
| 27 | ARLE: the inside of BARLEY |