Solving time 25 minutes
Perhaps a little harder than of late but still not a really difficult one. The cell may cause some problems I guess. All in all a reasonable puzzle.
Perhaps a little harder than of late but still not a really difficult one. The cell may cause some problems I guess. All in all a reasonable puzzle.
Across | |
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1 | GANYMEDE - G(ANY)MEDE; satellite of Jupiter, largest moon in our system (oh - and as this is The Times - Zeus's lover); |
5 | TUAREG - TU(ARE)G; the Berbers of North Africa; |
9 | AGA - (p)AGA(n); as in Khan not cooker; |
10 | CONSTRAINED - CO(N-STRAIN-E)D; E from (tumbl)E; |
12 | COAT,OF,ARMS - (a from ascot)*; posh badge; |
13 | PLEA - P(au)L-E(mm)A; grisly clue; |
15 | PATHOS - PATH-OS; OS=Ordinary Seaman; one of Aristotle's rhetorics; |
16 | CHATTER - C-HATTER; about=circa=C; HATTER makes hats (probably in Luton); |
18 | CLANGER - CLAN-GER(man); reference slang phrase "drop a clanger" - old fashioned management-speak; ; |
20 | NELSON - two meanings 1=Admiral who has his own square 2=wrestling hold; |
23 | TRAP - (s)TRAP; |
24 | GET-UP-AND-GO - (gag done)* surrounds TUP; "mate with ewe" a bit of a giveaway!; |
26 | MERCHANDISE - (medicare + nhs)*; |
27 | EAR - (b)EAR; |
28 | NUMBER - NUMB-ER; ER=Edward Rex; |
29 | AGITATED - AG(TATI reversed)E-D; D=departs (train timetables); |
Down | |
1 | GLANCE - G-LANCE; arm=weapon; |
2 | NIAGARA - (AGAIN reversed)-RA; falls is well hidden definition; |
3 | MACROPHAGE - MAC-ROP(HAG)E; son of in Gaelic=MAC; type of cell found in blood vessels; |
4 | DENTAL,SURGEON - (also need grunt)*; |
6 | URAL - hidden reversed (tin)U-RAL(ucsavoidrac); |
7 | RINGLET - R(INGLE)T; as worn by proper girls of the wandering kind; |
8 | GOD'S,ACRE - (AS-DOG reversed)-C-RE; reference "man's best friend"; caught=C (cricket); on=RE; a boneyard; |
11 | TIME-CONSUMING - cryptic definition; |
14 | PARLIAMENT - PAR(LIAM)ENT; the Diet is Japanese Parliament; |
17 | SCOTSMAN - S(COTS-M)AN; William Wallace 1270-1305, with Andrew Moray, hero of Stirling Bridge; |
19 | ANAGRAM - "meatballs" is well known anagram of "stale lamb"; |
21 | ODDMENT - O(DD-MEN)T; |
22 | CONRAD - C(ON-R)AD; Joseph Conrad 1857-1924; Pole who didn't become a plumber; |
25 | SHOE - S-HOE; S=spades (cards); a last is a tool used by a cobbler; |