I hope that you will have a long, healthy and happy retirement. Please allow me to belatedly thank him today for his very helpful, informative and enjoyable explanations during the time I have been lurking on the blog. The answer was obvious but I was doing all sorts of contortions trying to incorporate ‘of’, in the clue, into hot water, H OO.Īs I was out and about on trains yesterday, I was unable to thank Tilsit in a timely fashion. My thanks to the setter and special thanks, again, to Senf, especially for explaining 9a. Not just today’s best clue but the best for many a year. I was very close, after hours of numerous permutations, combinations and head scratching, to running up the white flag on 1a.īut I sensed it had to be a very special clue so I persevered and persevered. I know thinking can be dangerous, but, in the middle of the week, I had a thought ‘out of nowhere’ and the result is, from 1969, the opening sequence of The Italian Job, without the titles overlay, but with the dulcet tones of Matt Monro: If you don’t understand, or don’t wish to comply with, the conventions for commenting on weekend prize puzzles then save yourself a lot of trouble and don’t leave a comment. In all cases the administrator’s decision is final. Offending comments may be redacted or, in extreme cases, deleted. Please read these instructions carefully – they are not subject to debate or discussion. Yet another double definition – the first is a form of surrender.Ĭould new readers please read the Welcome post and the FAQ before posting comments or asking questions about the site.Īs this is a Prize crossword, please don’t put any ANSWERS, whether WHOLE, PARTIAL or INCORRECT, or any ALTERNATIVE CLUES OR HINTS in your comment. The letter that represents nothing inserted into (in) an anagram (when spread) of PASTE’S OK.Ī synonym of hit (with the hand) followed by (gets) a synonym of criticism.Ģ4a Sneeze: and what I need for it when heard? (7)Ī homophone (when heard) of a (1,6) term for what is needed for a sneeze.Ģ7a Country music player in Terence animated old show (3,3,5)Ī Middle Eastern (Persian Gulf) country and the abbreviated form of a (human) music player all inserted into (in) the familiar or informal form of Terence.Ģd Refurbishment of loos etc, most sophisticated (7)Ī double definition – the first is illustrated.ħd Brief during political campaign the pits, slow unfortunately (7-4)Īn anagram (unfortunately) of THE PITS, SLOW.ġ1d A little regular cash kept economy moving (6,5)Ī double definition – the first is a female sovereign and the second is a dried fruit.Ī double definition(?) – the second could be a sculptor (in Dada’s personal thesaurus!). Written as (3,4) a descriptive phrase that can be applied to a part of the body after stepping into boiling water.ġ5a Nothing in paste’s OK when spread, as it were (2,2,5) Synonyms of mark and comedian plus assistance from the illustration.ĩa Result of stepping into boiling water in haste (7) Another useful page is Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, which features words with meanings that are not always immediately obvious.Ī full review of this puzzle will be published after the closing date for submissions. Where the hint describes a construct as “usual” this means that more help can be found in The Usual Suspects, which gives a number of the elements commonly used in the wordplay. Most of the terms used in these hints are explained in the Glossary and examples are available by clicking on the entry under “See also”. Ours is next weekend.įor me, a friendly anagram fest from Dada with 8 of them (3 partials), no lurkers, and one homophone in a symmetric 28 clues with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.Ĭandidates for favourite – 9a, 20a, 24a, 26a, 16d, and 23d.Īs is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, a number of the more difficult clues have been selected and hints provided for them.ĭon’t forget to follow BD’s instructions in RED at the bottom of the hints! With the end of BST, I hope all the UK residents enjoyed their extra hour of sleep. Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3184 (Hints) Hints and tips by SenfĪ very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where on Monday with 30mm plus of, thankfully, rainfall from our first Colorado Low of this Autumn/Winter season, and with two months of the year left, 2022 became the wettest year on record with a total, so far, of 740mm.
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