Solving time : 20:32 on the club timer with more than half of it unraveling that bottom left hand side, mostly held up by the honking great cryptic definition of a word I'd never heard of at 22 across. At the finish I had to go check and it is in both Collins and Chambers, but to me it's a word too obscure to clue using a cryptic definition.
I was also caught out by one of the older tricks in the book at 15 down and was kicking myself there. At the end of things I was second on the leaderboard, so I suspect I am not going to be the only one pulled in to the tricks of the setter.
Away we go...
I was also caught out by one of the older tricks in the book at 15 down and was kicking myself there. At the end of things I was second on the leaderboard, so I suspect I am not going to be the only one pulled in to the tricks of the setter.
Away we go...
Across | |
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1 | REPAST: PA in REST |
4 | WREATHES: (WEATHERS)* |
10 | AMARYLLIS: A MARY, then SILL reversed |
11 | TON(fashion),ER(head lady, the Queen) |
12 | LOO |
13 | ON THE SQUARE: double definition, which reminded me of "Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life" |
14 | TIPCAT: 1,PC in T |
16 | TEACH-IN: EACH in TIN |
19 | ALMANAC: MAN(chap) in AL(gangster),AC(bill) |
20 | BUYOUT: YOU in BUT |
22 | PETRODOLLAR: cryptic definition |
25 | E,GO: GO was very popular amongst students at Melbourne Uni in the late 80s |
26 | GENOA: double definition (it's also a type of salami) |
27 | |
28 | ROAD TEST: (TREATS,DO)* |
29 | INFEST: sounds like INN, then FEAST without the A |
Down | |
1 | REALLY: E in RALLY - as an expression of sarcasm |
2 | PLATONISM: TO in PLAN, then IS, M |
3 | SAY-SO: hidden |
5 | RESPECT,ABILITY |
6 | ANTIQUARY: A,(QUAINT)*,RY |
7 | HENNA: HEN(layer, of eggs), over N |
8 | SERGE,ANT |
9 | PLATE TECTONICS: 1 in (LATEST,CONCEPT)* |
15 | CONSONANT: since I is not a consonant, it's a vowel |
17 | HOUSEMATE: (MOUSE)* in HATE |
18 | RAMPAGER: RAGER grabbing A,MP |
21 | HOLD IT: OLD in HIT |
23 | TANKA: sounds like TANKER |
24 | REGAN: take the A out of REAGAN for Lear's daughter |