Apologies for the lateness of this post - a weekend away without a computer is to blame.
I don't recall any particular issues with this one, apart from 8D where I may be missing something.
If the gentleman I met at Old Trafford over the weekend reads this - welcome to the blog and I hope you find something of interest.
I don't recall any particular issues with this one, apart from 8D where I may be missing something.
If the gentleman I met at Old Trafford over the weekend reads this - welcome to the blog and I hope you find something of interest.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 NIGHTCLUB - nigh = nearly, TUB = bath, around CL = one hundred and fifty | |
| 6 FOUR-POSTER - F(ollowing), OUR POST = the mail we get, ER = RE = on, reversed | |
| 12 HARPOON - HARP ON = speak tediously, around O(ld) | |
| 13 OWL PARROT - (h)OWL = cry, PARROT = repeat mechanically | |
| 14 REACH - (b)REACH | |
| 16 OVEREXPOSURE - OVER = some deliveries (cricket), EXPO = show, SURE = certain | |
| 17 WAGON TRAIN - (WARNING TO A)* | |
| 19 APPREHENSIVELY - (EVERY PLANE, SHIP)* | |
| 22 WHISKERY - WHISKEY = old-fashioned ingredient, around R(ight) | |
| 24 IGNORE - I = one, GORE = blood, around N = knight | |
| 25 NEGATIVISM - (A TIME SAVING)* | |
| 26 HIPPO - HIP = cool, PO = river | |
| 29 ELAN - N(ew), ALE = beer, reversed | |
| 30 SUPPOSED - SUP = drink, POSED = assumed an attitude | |
| 32 GASTROPUB - (A STOP, GRUB)* | |
| 34 APPARATUS - APT = suitable, around PARA = airborne soldier, U.S. = American | |
| 35 BESTIARY BEST = finest, (d)IARY = record of life | |
| 36 DEAR - DE(b)AR = keep out | |
| 39 STERN - (we)STERN = Brokeback Mountain, perhaps | |
| 40 POLITICIAN - (IN CAPITOL I)* | |
| 42 OOLONG - O,O = a couple of rounds | |
| 44 REDEEMER - RED = blood, E(uropean), EMER = R.E.M.E = engineers, reversed | |
| 46 QUINTESSENTIAL - (INQUESTS ENTAIL)* | |
| 48 LETTERHEAD - LETTER = landlord, HEAD = boss | |
| 49 MISSTATEMENT - MISS = overlook, TATE = art gallery, MEN = workers, T(endency) | |
| 53 ANNIE - central letters in infAnts juveNiles aNd agIng mEn | |
| 54 INTERFERE - FRET = worry, in IN ERE = home before | |
| 55 INTEGER - INTER = bury, around G(rav)E. The definition is "One perhaps" | |
| 56 KETTLEDRUM - KETTLED = confined by police, RUM = suspect. Is kettled just a UK term? | |
| 57 EYESTRAIN - EYES = surveys, TRAIN = school | |
| Down | |
| 1 NERVE - NERV(a) = Roman emperor, E(astern). Had to check the emperor, as Nero seemed to give the right beginning to the solution | |
| 2 GOOSEBERRY - (ORGY, ROB, SEE)* | |
| 3 TONE POEM - ONE = unified, in TEMPO* | |
| 4 LYONS - hidden in (Neuil)LY-ON-S(eine) | |
| 5 BELGRAVIA - BELGRA(no) = ship sunk near Falklands, VIA | |
| 6 FEAT - FEA(s)T = lots of food | |
| 7 UNREAL - alternate letters in tUrNeR dEtAiLs | |
| 8 PETROCHEMISTRY - I am not entirely sure of the reference to popes. I assume it refers to Principi Apostolorum PETRO, leaving CHEMISTRY = personal relationship. PETRO- as a prefix means related to rocks. | |
| 9 STRATOSPHERE - (TO STARS)*, P(ressure), HERE = in this place | |
| 10 EMANATE - EMANA = A NAME = a title, reversed, TE(xt) | |
| 11 SHOOT A LINE - HOOT = siren's noise, in SALINE = as the ocean is | |
| 15 HONEYCOMB - HONEY = love, COMB = prepare wool | |
| 18 PLEIADES - two cryptic definitions | |
| 20 PINEAPPLE - PINE = long, ALE = drink, around PP = very soft | |
| 21 SHEEPISHLY - SLY = knowing, around HEEP = Dickensian clerk I = one, SH = quiet | |
| 23 PILGRIMAGE - GRIM = forbidding, AG = silver in PILE = hoard | |
| 27 PEPPERONI - PEP = go, PERON = dictator, I(nspect) | |
| 28 MULTIPLE-CHOICE - cryptic definition | |
| 31 SABOTEUR - SEUR = RUES = regrets, reversed, around BOAT* | |
| 33 PRINCE REGENT - PR = pair, (s)INCERE = genuine, GENT = chap | |
| 34 AUSTRALIA - AU = gold, LIA = AIL = trouble, reversed, around STRA = ARTS = skills, reversed | |
| 37 REGULATORY - REGUL = LUGER = pistol, A TORY = a politician | |
| 38 POINSETTIA - POINS = friend of Hal (in Shakespeare), ETA = ATE = worried, around TI = IT reversed | |
| 41 CENTIPEDE - CENT = sounds like sent = dispatched, I(m)PEDE | |
| 43 ESCAPIST - (ITS SPACE)* | |
| 45 DETENTE - DEE(m) = think, around TENT = wine | |
| 47 CANTOR - hidden in (Ameri)CAN TOR(ch) | |
| 50 SCENE - (ob)SCENE | |
| 51 EGG ON - E.G. = for example, G(ood), ON = running | |
| 52 PRIM - PRIM(e) = chief | |