Apologies for the late post - I'm in a new play, Prairie Fire, by Ryan Madden (a local playwright) and it has been taking up a significant chunk of time, especially Saturday afternoons when I would usually write up the Mephisto blog.
I did this while proctoring an exam on Tuesday and I found it very difficult - though once I got a start in the right hand side of the grid, the answers knitted together pretty readily. There is also a pun in the top row, this time for SYMPATHISE
Away we go...
I did this while proctoring an exam on Tuesday and I found it very difficult - though once I got a start in the right hand side of the grid, the answers knitted together pretty readily. There is also a pun in the top row, this time for SYMPATHISE
Away we go...
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SIMPER: PER(a) next to (on), SIM(smart card) |
| 6 | THIGHS: 'T, HIGHS |
| 11 | AME DAMNEE: anagram of MAN,MADE then EE (Early English) |
| 12 | UPDO: hidden in coUP D'Oeil |
| 13 | FAN BASE: FAN(kindle), BASE(support) |
| 14 | TRIAL: T(tenor) and L with AIR reversed inside - rather specific term for a singing actor |
| 17 | TONSOR: SO(just) inside an anagram of SORT |
| 18 | NEROLI: Sophia LOREN reversed, I |
| 19 | CYBERNAUT: CUT(wound) surrounding an anagram of NEARBY |
| 21 | DISORIENT: ISO(isolated relplay - place for reviewing film), RI(religious instruction) inside DENT(negative effect) |
| 25 | OTITIS: O, TIT(nag), IS |
| 27 | ZONARY: ZO(hybrid), NARY - I wasn't aware NARY was primarily a US usage |
| 29 | TAPIR: TAP(bug, like "tap ones phone"), I, R |
| 30 | MINICAB: reverse of BAC |
| 31 | BENI: Needed to google this one to understand it - BENI is sesame (source of Oil), and the wordplay is B(barrels), ENI(an energy company based in Italy) |
| 32 | ACUMINOUS: NOUS(intellect), after CU inside AMI |
| 33 | NYSSAS: N.Y. then SASS reversed |
| 34 | X RATED: X(kiss) then ATE inside R.D. |
| Down | |
| 1 | SMUTTY: S&M, then |
| 2 | IMPROBITY: IMP(rogue), ROB(mug), IT, |
| 3 | MEDINAS: ED inside MINAS |
| 4 | EMPLOY: 'EM, P(ride) on LOY(Irish spade) |
| 5 | REFURBISH: RE(on), FUR(crust in kettles), BISH(bloomer) |
| 7 | HANKER: H then sounds like ANCHOR |
| 8 | IMBAR: remove the first letter from MIMBAR |
| 9 | GNAT: TANG reversed |
| 10 | SEE FIT: SIT outside FEE(terms) reversed |
| 15 | SNEEZE BOX: SNEEZE(explosive issue), BOX(punch) |
| 20 | ANAPEST: ANA(anecdotes), PEST(trial) - though I doubt the current president has ever used the term |
| 21 | DODMAN: DOD(haircut), MAN |
| 22 | RICCIA: RIC |
| 23 | NOTOUR: or NOT OUR |
| 24 | MYRIAD: or MY RIAD |
| 26 | TRIMS: I by TR then M&S |
| 28 | ONUS: or ON US |