Ooh la la! A real tough one which I'm thinking won't please everyone. In case you can't find it here's the link:
http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140715/211/
I'm still working on why some of the answers are the answers but don't have time as I'm away (en France) and need to get going. Hopefully the regulars will cover any errors/misses.
Definitions underlined.
Bonne chance!
http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140715/211/
I'm still working on why some of the answers are the answers but don't have time as I'm away (en France) and need to get going. Hopefully the regulars will cover any errors/misses.
Definitions underlined.
Bonne chance!
| Across | |
| 7 Tolerate bad-mannered fellow (4) | |
| BEAR - First out of the hat and I'm not familiar with bad manners and a bear being linked except for 'a bear with a sore head' but that's a bit of a step to bad-mannered fellow. | |
| 8 Enormous place where the Times is produced, it’s said (8) | |
| WHOPPING - Homophone (it's said) of Wapping. | |
| 9 Very little money to cover son’s climb (6) | |
| ASCENT - Very little money (A CENT) around (to cover) son's (S). | |
| 10 Period of prosperity embracing abstinent weaver (6) | |
| BOTTOM - Period of prosperity (boom) around (embracing) abstinent (teetotal TT). I vaguely remember a character in a play/book being a weaver (Midsummer night's dream?). | |
| 11 It has legal force, whichever way you look at it (4) | |
| DEED - Reads both backwards and forwards - legal document. | |
| 12 Insect: one unknown in Hebe’s recollection (5,3) | |
| HONEY BEE - One (ONE) and unknown (Y) in and anagram (recollection) of HEBE. | |
| 15 Irish island group served by neat vessel (8) | |
| TRIMARAN - Irish Island group (ARAN) after neat (TRIM). I knew of ARRAN which is in the Firth of Clyde, this group is in Galway. | |
| 17 Ordered to be naughty, some say? (4) | |
| BADE - really not sure about this one - can't think offhand of a homophone (some say) of bade. Maybe it could be the opposite of obeyed i.e. Beyed in an archaic sense (?) or maybe it's naughty (BAD) with the E from some of say (e.g. = E). If it is one of these it doesn't belong anywhere near a Quickie so I am probably off the mark. Help! | |
| 18 Household attendant from the old sultanate (6) | |
| YEOMAN - The old (YE) sultanate (OMAN). Couldn't get off Batman for a while. | |
| 21 Cross about doctor being so gloomy? (6) | |
| SOMBRE - Cross (SORE) about doctor (MB). | |
| 22 Unforgettable article going into country pursuit (8) | |
| HAUNTING - Article (A) going into country pursuit (HUNTING). | |
| 23 Donkey loses head in whirlpool (4) | |
| EDDY - Donkey (nEDDY) without the first letter. Well, I think neddy means donkey - maybe a childish use? | |
| Down | |
| 1 Clothing valets vow to get together (8) | |
| MENSWEAR - Valets (MEN) as in 'my man', vow (SWEAR) getting together. | |
| 2 Society member cooked outside rear of canteen (6) | |
| FRIEND - Coooked (FRIED) outside last letter of canteeN. From friendly societies? | |
| 3 Nervous person in a hide, perhaps? (8) | |
| TWITCHER - Cryptic definition I think - a nervous person may twitch so is therefore a twitcher and a bird watcher sits in a hide and is a twitcher. | |
| 4 Search forgroom? (4) | |
| GROOM - Double definition - search for = comb the surrounding area, groom = comb the hair. | |
| 5 First of schoolboys, crazy and covered in zits (6) | |
| SPOTTY - Frist of schoolboys (S), crazy (POTTY). | |
| 6 Ruin university don originally in Japanese drama (4) | |
| UNDO - Hold onto your hats! University (U) and first letter of Don (D) in Japanese drama (NO). Had no idea and I guess many others won't either so here you go: Noh (能, Nō), or Nogaku (能楽, Nōgaku)—derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent"—is a major form of classical Japanese musical dramas. Just checking, this IS the Quickie isn't it? | |
| 13 Failure to employ socially unacceptable pundit (3-5) | |
| NONUSAGE - Socially unacceptable (NON-U) pundit (SAGE). Well, if you still think pundits are wise after the World Cup then good luck to you! | |
| 14 Odd lore circulating around a place of riches (2,6) | |
| ELDORADO - Anagram (circulating) of ODD LORE around A. | |
| 16 Importance blokes recognised in vehicle test (6) | |
| MOMENT - Blokes (MEN) recognised (this is just as in 'seen in') vehicle test (MOT). | |
| 17 Unusually largecar part (6) | |
| BUMPER - Double definition. | |
| 19 Made-up name for dairy product (4) | |
| EDAM - Anagram (up) of MADE is a name for a dairy product - a bit tricksy but I quite liked this one. | |
| 20 Fixer we have at our fingertips? (4) | |
| NAIL - We have nails at our fingertips - maybe not many German football fans do now though? | |