Crosswords

[bluehillside Retd.]

No problem Susan (and yes I have!)

PS And I think it should be "driers", not "dries"...

PPS Possibly knowing the chemical symbol for Sulphur may help you too 

[SusanDoris]

No problem Susan (and yes I have!)

PS And I think it should be "driers", not "dries"...

You are right - I have just turned on CCTV and peered more closely and there is that extra r! I realised the answer yesterday evening - oasts - and thought to myself , that's funny, I don't thinkI have ever in my life thought of oast as a verb!  That extra r makes all the difference.

PPS Possibly knowing the chemical symbol for Sulphur may help you too 

Yes I knew that S was sulphur but to begin with I was trying to add it to the letters in crop.

Just a few spaces now, so I would like to fill in the following, please!
One’s trapping in river areas (5) A blank R blank S

Cabinet perhaps goes off to the Left –- maturity comes later? (7)S blank T blank A blank E
The T could be wrong, but I don’t think so.

There are a few other empty squares, but I don’t care!!! 

I think I’ll give myself a rest today and print off tomorrow’s – and of course the answers for those will be available on Friday.

[SteveH]

I don't usually do crosswords, but I like a good cryptic clue, e.g. "She has copper wire, thin but very strong (9)". The ones mentioned earlier are just ridiculous.

[SusanDoris]

I don't usually do crosswords, but I like a good cryptic clue, e.g. "She has copper wire, thin but very strong (9)". The ones mentioned earlier are just ridiculous.

Answer to that clue,  please, or at least a letter or two!!

[SteveH]

Herculean.

[SusanDoris]

Herculean.

Thank you, and now I know this, I bet the clue won't reappear for ages!

[Nearly Sane]

My friend's father is a crossword setter for the Herald and this is a nice wee article about him.


http://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/16103970.Clued_up__the_fiendish_mind_behind_The_Herald_s_Wee_Stinker_crossword/

[SusanDoris]

My friend's father is a crossword setter for the Herald and this is a nice wee article about him.


http://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/16103970.Clued_up__the_fiendish_mind_behind_The_Herald_s_Wee_Stinker_crossword/

Very good article - thank you for posting the link. He and his wife sound like a lovely couple and would be most interesting to meet.

[bluehillside Retd.]

SteveH,

I don't usually do crosswords, but I like a good cryptic clue, e.g. "She has copper wire, thin but very strong (9)". The ones mentioned earlier are just ridiculous.

The "wire" is redundant. "She meets copper, thin...etc" say would be better. "She"and "her" aren't synonyms either - the perfect clue has to be exact and every word should punch its weight. Something like, "Britney Spears confused religious folk (13)" perhaps.

[Nearly Sane]

SteveH,

The "wire" is redundant. "She meets copper, thin...etc" say would be better. "She"and "her" aren't synonyms either - the perfect clue has to be exact and every word should punch its weight. Something like, "Britney Spears confused religious folk (13)" perhaps.

Ah my favourite anagram

[bluehillside Retd.]

NS,

Ah my favourite anagram

Mine too, though I like ones that by co-incidence could have have connections too (married/admirer, silent/listen, deductions/discounted, angered/enraged). Carthorse/orchestra is an oldie but a goody as well.

[bluehillside Retd.]

By way of a coda, "Eleven plus two/Twelve plus one" being anagrams and having the same answer has a certain appeal.

Oh, and "public relations" rather pleasingly produces, "lies built on crap" too.

[Nearly Sane]

I was at a quiz when the question was asked which ten letter word can you type from the top alphabet line of a qwerty keyboard. We came up with an answer which was right but wasn't the one appropriate one that the quizmaster was looking for. Another team came up with a third. The appropriate one is fun though

[SusanDoris]

SteveH,

The "wire" is redundant. "She meets copper, thin...etc" say would be better. "She"and "her" aren't synonyms either - the perfect clue has to be exact and every word should punch its weight. Something like, "Britney Spears confused religious folk (13)" perhaps.

I'm going to play the *blind card* here and do a bit of special pleading - it is going to take me too long to do that, so please may I have the answerstraight away? Thank you.
ETA: And may I beg for answers to clues mentioned a few posts back, please?

[bluehillside Retd.]

NS,

I was at a quiz when the question was asked which ten letter word can you type from the top alphabet line of a qwerty keyboard. We came up with an answer which was right but wasn't the one appropriate one that the quizmaster was looking for. Another team came up with a third. The appropriate one is fun though

The pleasing answer is TYPEWRITER, but there is a longer one than that...

[Nearly Sane]

NS,

The pleasing answer is TYPEWRITER, but there is a longer one than that...

More than one but the question both freed and restricted people. So one longer word is very obvious if you come up with a specific 10 letter word. Yet the team didn't

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

I'm going to play the *blind card* here and do a bit of special pleading - it is going to take me too long to do that, so please may I have the answerstraight away? Thank you.

PRESBYTERIANS (anagram of BRITNEY SPEARS).

ETA: And may I beg for answers to clues mentioned a few posts back, please?

Sorry, I missed them before. OK:

One’s trapping in river areas (5)

ACRES - synonym is “areas”. “One’s is “ACE’S” that “traps” a river, ie “R”.

Cabinet perhaps goes off to the Left –- maturity comes later? (7). The T could be wrong, but I don’t think so.

I’m not liking that “T” there I’m afraid. The answer is STORAGE. A cabinet perhaps is for storage. “Goes off” is ROTS but it’s reversed (“to the left” in an across clue). “Maturity” is AGE, that “comes later” – ie, after the first bit.

[bluehillside Retd.]

PS Susan,

What's the clue that's given you an answer with a "T" in the wrong place by the way?

[Nearly Sane]

And Presbyterians and Britney Spears are also anagrams of Nearby Priests - my hat is doffed to bhs for this point made some time ago

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

PRESBYTERIANS (anagram of BRITNEY SPEARS).

Sorry, I missed them before. OK:

ACRES - synonym is “areas”. “One’s is “ACE’S” that “traps” a river, ie “R”.

I’m not liking that “T” there I’m afraid. The answer is STORAGE. A cabinet perhaps is for storage. “Goes off” is ROTS but it’s reversed (“to the left” in an across clue). “Maturity” is AGE, that “comes later” – ie, after the first bit.

Thank you very much. TheACRES one I would never have worked out!
I thought it was age at the end, but I must remember to try reversing things when I see right or Left in future!

The down clue which now ends in O is:After artist died, half of score is set to be heard(5)  begins with R (from afterwards). The third letter I wasn’t sure of because it belongs to one of the words I’m not bothered about!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you very much. TheACRES one I would never have worked out!
I thought it was age at the end, but I must remember to try reversing things when I see right or Left in future!

No problem, and I'm sure you'd have got it anyway 

The down clue which now ends in O is:After artist died, half of score is set to be heard(5)  begins with R (from afterwards). The third letter I wasn’t sure of because it belongs to one of the words I’m not bothered about!

Try RADIO. A radio is “a set to be heard”. The artist is Royal Academician (“RA”) followed by “D” (“died”) and the “IO” looks like the number 10, which is half a score.   

Quite a convoluted clue!

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

No problem, and I'm sure you'd have got it anyway 

Try RADIO. A radio is “a set to be heard”. The artist is Royal Academician (“RA”) followed by “D” (“died”) and the “IO” looks like the number 10, which is half a score.   

Quite a convoluted clue!

Thank you. 

[bluehillside Retd.]

Thank you.

No problem Susan. What was the word you weren't "bothered about" by the way?!

[SusanDoris]

No problem Susan. What was the word you weren't "bothered about" by the way?!

Okay, here are the remaining clues for which I have odd letters but not answers! This is quite good exercise toofor both mind and body , as I have the CCTV in the front room and the computer in the back, soI hop up from here, read the clue, memorise it, come and post it  and repeat until finished!

9 across: Take and squander? (5) S blank E blank D  but since the D is from radio , I now assume the word is SPEND.
21 across: ,... following grasping half-idle mum (7) s blank L blank N bank E
The L might be wrong.
This clue  follows another ending in ... :  Lose heart, having endless need to accommodate dad ... ( DESPAIR

28 across: King being shown in reduced one's rank, having stripes (5) S blank U blank K

[bluehillside Retd.]

Blimey Susan, am I getting paid for this? 

OK:

Okay, here are the remaing clues for which I have odd letters but not answers! This is quite good exercise toofor both mind and body , as I have the CCTV in the front room and the computer in the back, soI hope up from here, read the clue, memorise it, come and thpe it  and repeat until finished!

9 across: Take and squander? (5) S blank E blank D  but since the D is from radio , I now assume the word is SPEND.

Yes it is. SPEND can have either meaning.

21 across: ,... following grasping half-idle mum (7) s blank L blank N bank E
The L might be wrong.
This clue  follows another ending in ... :  Lose heart, having endless need to accommodate dad ... ( DESPAIR

Bit confused by this (is this one clue or two?) but the answer is SILENCE (so the "L" isn't wrong). To keep Mum is silence, so that’s the synonym. “Following” gives you “SINCE”, which “grasps” (ie, wraps around) half of “idLE”, ie the LE in the middle.

28 across: King being shown in reduced one's rank, having stripes (5) S blank U blank K

SKUNK. “King” is “K” which is “shown” in “reduced” – ie, SUNK. The skunk is the resulting stripey critter.