I found this one a little more tricky than recent offerings. Still unsure of one or two of the wordplays, but hopefully they will come as I write this up. As usual, Paul McKenna has me trawling the outer reaches of Chambers for wordplay elements.
Nope there's still one unexplained. And I'mm off to a vaudeville/burlesque show so there might be a bit ofa lag before I can update, so check comments!
Away we go...
Nope there's still one unexplained. And I'mm off to a vaudeville/burlesque show so there might be a bit ofa lag before I can update, so check comments!
Away we go...
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | PSCHENT: SCH in PENT(abbreviation for PENTECOST) |
| 7 | F,ACTS(book of the Bible after John) |
| 11 | SCORDATO: (CAR,STOOD)* |
| 12 | ATROPA: A,PORT,A all reversed |
| 13 | DIAN: 1 in Desperate DAN |
| 14 | DART(plan),RE |
| 15 | MNEMON: M(noon, midi) then NO,MEN reversed |
| 16 | SPECIFIC NAME: (CF,MINCE,PIES)* |
| 18 | PASH(infatuation),TUN |
| 22 | NAPPERS: A(acceleration),P,P(Pedals in music),ER(show of hesitation) in N(new),S(series). I rather like these "letter by letter breakdown" clues, and recently submitted one to a clue-writing competition... watch it not do very well |
| 24 | STEP ON THE GAS: STEP ON for rung just after, then THE GAS for informal chat |
| 26 | IMPALA: I think this is IMP for the emperor and then A LA for a French "Before"Well I had it part right - A for BEFORE then LA is THE in French... Paul McKenna has caught me out once with the A for before |
| 27 | FINITE: IT(je ne sais quoi) in FINE(brandy) |
| 29 | THAW: ref John THAW |
| 30 | ALSO,ON |
| 31 | EAGLE(lectern), EYE(sounds like "aye") |
| 32 | DREST: D is the part of the snooker table (the chalk D), then REST for remain |
| 33 | DISMAYS: MAY in DISS(a Norfolk market town) |
| Down | |
| 1 | PR,ADS |
| 2 | SET APRT: PATE'S reversed on ART(method) |
| 3 | CUR,R: if you're doing barred crosswords, get used to R=take(Recipe) |
| 4 | HOOTCH: HOOT(care, as in "give a"),C(about),H(hard) |
| 5 | ESPRIT FOLLET: anagram of FT,EPISTOLER and |
| 6 | TORMINA: TO(before),RM(service), IN,A |
| 7 | FRANCOPHILES: anagram of S(sabbath),IN,CHAPEL,FOR |
| 8 | ADDEND: before END, A(academician),DD(give as gift - dono dedit) |
| 9 | CAIMAN: AIM(mean) in CAN |
| 10 | SONNETS: S,TENNOS reversed |
| 17 | MORA |
| 18 | POSITED: SITE in POD |
| 19 | UNNAMED: not sure I completely understand this one - is it a double definition? See comments, it's a triple! |
| 20 | CEPAGE: APE reversed in CGE |
| 21 | SPA,W,L,S |
| 23 | PEN(stall),SUM |
| 24 | SENAS: SANE(all there),'S(is) all reversed |
| 28 | I,O,TA |