DHC8251

Deccan Herald Crossword

Crossword Challenge 8251 22-March-2010 01 S     02 S     03 C         04 T   H 05 R   U 06 S   H 07 K   O   H   L   R   A   B   I       U       I       I       O       A         08 A 09 S   S   E   N   T 10 T 11 H   U 12 M   B     13 B   R   A   E       G     14 S   I   T   E     15 O   R   A   L     16 P   E   G       T     17 D 18 A   L   I     19 U 20 S   E   R             21 C   A   R   E   T 22 A   K   E   R             23 C   A   L   M     24 T   W   I   N     25 T     26 N   A   P     27 I 28 D   E   A     29 S 30 T   O 31 P       N     32 D   E   A   N     33 B   E   A   N   O 34 N   U   D   I   S   T                   M       I       T       C     35 E   X   T   R   E   M   E   S 36 D   E   C   K   E   D                   Y       E 13A21D23-0105-A

Cryptic Clues

Across 04 It can give us (and be given) a song (6) 07 A blow to his head for Blair, possibly, of consuming interest to vegetarians (8) 08 The agreement as forwarded (6) 10 Tom, joint holder of some small article (5) 13 Wild bear found in Scotland (4) 14 Suitable place to knot ties (4) 15 Such vaccines are spoken of (4) 16 She'll score at cribbage (3) 17 He could have painted a lid cleverly (4) 19 Wearer of long trousers (4) 21 Is his job supposed to worry him? (9) 23 Some fiscal measures have a pacifying effect (4) 24 Person of one's own age, relatively (4) 26 A refreshing extract of senna pods (3) 27 One thinks it's always liable to occur (4) 29 The point at which to make an arrest? (4) 32 A college fellow such as Christopher or James! (4) 33 A bone can provide plenty to eat! (5) 34 Colonist with a barely natural appearance? (6) 35 Going to them can be simply too far (8) 36 Ornamented piece of rock, indeed! (6) Down 01 Sketches of the equipment in a vessel (5) 02 Cry out after a bit of a hush (5) 03 Credit a seaman with something caught (4) 04 It's up to an artist to make something beautiful (5) 05 Trick cunningly employed by '19 across' (4) 06 Vocalist whose badness leads to many leaving Germany? (6) 09 Sail erratically around the kingdom with a dog (6) 11 Paul Whiteman's success? (3) 12 A gong that may merely jingle a bit (5) 13 Benjamin, alliterative author of 'Simple Symphony' (7) 15 Enthusiastic cry that means nothing to the French (3) 16 For each childless person (3) 18 Hosts upset by a miser (6) 20 Is it common among horses? (5) 21 It goes to one's head, possibly at night (3) 22 Off North of the border from Bulaway0 (3) 23 Is able to take a turn at half term, as ruler (6) 25 Possibly not a weight? (3) 28 Like the old-fashioned fellow one went out with (5) 30 Familiar headgear (5) 31 The pose I'm in shows aplomb (5) 32 Detective possibly spotted (4) 33 Young lady in Holloway? (4)

Solutions Across # Solution Annotation Type Explanation 04 THRUSH   Double Definition THRUSH = a bird which sings or a woman who sings 07 KOHLRABI [KO][H][LRABI] Cryptic Def: of consuming interest to vegetarians; blow = KO (Knock Out); his head=H; Blair possibly = anagram of BLAIR= LRABI; Kohlrabi is a plant eaten as a vegetable 08 ASSENT [AS][SENT] Cryptic Def:agreement; as forwarded = AS+SENT = ASSENT = agreement 10 THUMB   Cryptic + Double definition Tom=Tom [THUMB]; A THUMB is also used as a joint holder (along with the index finger) of small articles 13 BRAE   Anagram Def:found in Scotland; wild bear=anagram of Bear=BRAE=a place in Scotland 14 SITE   Anagram Def:suitable place; knot ties = anagram of ties = SITE = suitable place 15 ORAL   Cryptic Def:spoken; such vaccines = types of vaccine = oral vaccine = ORAL = spoken 16 PEG   Cryptic Definition Def:She; cribbage is a card game for from two to four players in which the score is kept by inserting small pegs ([PEG])into holes arranged in rows on a small board. 17 DALI   Anagram Def:he could have painted (painter); a lid cleverly = anagram of 'a lid' = DALI = painter 19 USER tro[USER]s Hidden Def:Wearer; 21 CARETAKER   Cryptic Definition 23 CALM fis[CAL M]easures Hidden Def:pacifying effect 24 TWIN   Cryptic Definition 26 NAP sen[NA P]ods Hidden Def:refreshing 27 IDEA   Cryptic Definition 29 STOP   Cryptic Definition 32 DEAN   No idea 33 BEANO   Not sure 34 NUDIST   Cryptic Definition 35 EXTREMES   Cryptic Definition 36 DECKED [DE[CK]ED] Def:ornamented; in deed = insert into [DEED]; piece of rock = [CK]; [CK] in [DEED] = [DE[CK]ED] = DECKED = ornamented Down # Solution Annotation Type Explanation 01 SKITS [S[KIT]S] Cryptic Def:sketches; equipment = KIT; vessel=SS; equipment in vessel = [S[KIT]S] = SKITS = sketches 02 SHOUT [SH][OUT] Cryptic Def:cry; OUT after a bit of a huSH = [SH][OUT] = SHOUT = cry 03 CRAB [CR][AB] Cryptic Def:something caught; credit = CR; seaman = AB; [CR]+[AB] = CRAB = something caught 04 TIARA [TI]<-[A][RA] Cryptic Def:something beautiful; it's up=TI<-; an artist =[A]+[RA]; [TI]+[A]+[RA] = TIARA = something beautiful 05 RUSE   Cryptic 06 SINGER [SIN][GER]-many Cryptic Def:singer; badness = SIN; many to leave Germany = [GER]-many = GER; SIN+GER = SINGER = vocalist; 09 SALUKI [SAL[UK]I] Cryptic Def:dog; sail erratically = anagram of sail = SALI; kingdom = UK; SALI around UK = [SAL[UK]I] = SALUKI = dog; 11 HIT w[HIT]eman hidden Def:success 12 MEDAL   Cryptic definition 13 BRITTEN   Cryptic Definition The Simple Symphony is a work for string orchestra by Benjamin Britten. It was written as a piece for string orchestra and received its first performance in (1934) in Norwich, with Britten conducting an amateur orchestra. 15 OLE [O][LE] Cryptic Def:enthusiastic cry; nothing = [O]; the French = [LE]; [O]+[LE] = OLE = enthusiastic cry 16 PER [PER]-son Cryptic + Hidden Def:each; childless (without SON) person = [PERSON]-[SON]=PER=each 18 ARMIES   Anagram Def:hosts; upset by a miser = anagram of 'a miser' = ARMIES = hosts 20 SENSE   horse sense; common sense; Not sure 21 CAP   22 AWA   23 CANUTE [CAN][U][TE] Cryptic Def:ruler; is able = CAN; turn = U; half term = TE; CAN+U+TE = ruler (6) 25 TON   Def:weight; possibly not = anagram of not = TON = a weight 28 DATED   Double definition old-fashioned fellow = DATED = one went out with 30 TAMMY   31 POISE [PO[I]SE] Cryptic Def:aplomb; pose I'm in = [PO[I]SE] = aplomb 32 DICK   33