Irish Times Crossword (Crosaire)

Spike440 · 01-08-2008 2:57pm

SilverHeron wrote: »

28D Could it be something related to senior sound? em....?

EMBOSS?

SilverHeron · 01-08-2008 2:58pm

Spike440 wrote: »

EMBOSS?

Could be, or

EMBOLD?

senior? The first one seems more likely

Spike440 · 01-08-2008 3:02pm

11a - Is hybrid a reference to an anagram? I've been playing with BE+AT+RE(about) ...

SilverHeron · 01-08-2008 3:15pm

Spike440 wrote: »

11a - Is hybrid a reference to an anagram? I've been playing with BE+AT+RE(about) ...

It could be, I took 'be at' to mean 'beat'. What's charming refering to?

SilverHeron · 01-08-2008 3:18pm

23D

SEMITES

Spike440 · 01-08-2008 3:37pm

35a -

ASSERTION

??

SilverHeron · 01-08-2008 3:38pm

Spike440 wrote: »

35a -
ASSERTION
??

28D - Must end in a T then?.. .

bothyhead · 01-08-2008 9:03pm

14a

EL + BE = ELBE ... a German river

29d

OR + i + GIN

33a

The Reign

9a

Liffey

bothyhead · 01-08-2008 9:12pm

22d =

Ague - One of the characters in the Twelfth night was Sir Andrew Aguecheek - thanks to Wikipedia!)

bothyhead · 02-08-2008 12:39pm

How charming to be at about a hybrid = Amulet
Nice!, very nice

He sounds deep, by the sound of it = Abase
I don't get it. Ok, it sounds like abyss, but where does the 'he'
part come in (abe, abba?), and there's no straight definition.

spurious · 02-08-2008 10:09pm

bothyhead wrote: »

I don't get it. Ok, it sounds like abyss, but where does the 'he'
part come in (abe, abba?), and there's no straight definition.

A bass (pronounced 'base') voice is a male voice.

bothyhead · 03-08-2008 6:03pm

spurious wrote: »

A bass (pronounced 'base') voice is a male voice.

Damn, that was so obvious. Let's just say that I'm abased

Thanks!

bothyhead · 03-08-2008 6:15pm

Nothing too difficult in yesterday's. The common word in the four perimeter clues was

class

The only one I'm not too sure about is 12a: Pinches one's back, but not it seems for the spout (4)

SPIN (nips - aka pinches - reversed)

fits the checked letters; however, I'm not sure how this relates to spout.

spurious · 04-08-2008 3:48pm

The opposite of out is in.
Sp - out
Sp - in

bothyhead · 04-08-2008 8:41pm

spurious wrote: »

The opposite of out is in.
Sp - out
Sp - in

Ah! I see - very subtle. Thanks again.

bothyhead · 05-08-2008 9:22am

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bothyhead · 05-08-2008 11:54am

10a

saturnine

11a

assisi

21a

oil

27a

overtake(?)

.. I can't decide on the last letter

4d

innate

15d

scrambled

17d

ado

22d

inverse

bothyhead · 05-08-2008 11:57am

19a possibly

orchard

SilverHeron · 05-08-2008 12:05pm

17A

ASH

18D

HCL

31A

DESTITUTE

25D

PAST IT

23A

HEARTS

20A

CONSOLE??

7D

ALLIGATOR

10A Nice work there - I was struggling with insatiate!!

SilverHeron · 05-08-2008 12:07pm

1A

FOUR KINGS?

5D

GENDERS

2D

ORATOR??? relating to oration I'd say

28A

UNBEND

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 12:13pm

1a -

FOUR KINGS

5d -

GENDERS

29a -

FREE STATE

I had HEARTEN for 20a but it must be wrong.

SilverHeron · 05-08-2008 12:15pm

Spike440 wrote: »

1a -
FOUR KINGS
5d -
GENDERS
29a -
FREE STATE

I had HEARTEN for 20a but it must be wrong.

29A - Good one, didn't get that

8D

FRUIT TREE

14D

FOXHOUNDS

What do you think?? 2 words or one, it fits..

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 12:15pm

3d -

ROUTED

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 12:17pm

12a -

SEVENTEEN

??

SilverHeron · 05-08-2008 12:19pm

Spike440 wrote: »

12a -
SEVENTEEN
??

What have you for 2D

ORATOR

??[/quote]

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 12:21pm

SilverHeron wrote: »

What have you for 2D
ORATOR
??

[/QUOTE]

2d

ORATED

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 12:22pm

No wait: 12a -

SEVENTIES

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 12:24pm

14d -

FOXHOUNDS

I don't get 18d (

HCL

)!!

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 12:31pm

24d -

PRIEST

26d -

SEXTET

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 1:14pm

So I'm only missing 9a, 13a, 30a, 6d and 16d

A could guess that 30 is

DRESSY?

And maybe 16 starts with

PAST - no future?

bothyhead · 05-08-2008 2:10pm

I don't get 18d XXX !!

Nice one! I was stuck with this one, but your answer makes perfect sense.

HCL = Hydrochloric Acid (a CID)

Spike440 · 05-08-2008 2:13pm

I don't think there will ever come the day when I don't get the answer before understanding why it's right and feel like Crozier has gotten the better of me again!

stepinnman · 05-08-2008 7:13pm

Spike440 wrote: »

So I'm only missing 9a, 13a, 30a, 6d and 16d

A could guess that 30 is
DRESSY?
And maybe 16 starts with
PAST - no future?

I think I can only help you out with 30 a. and even at that i'm not too sure -

Dressy

Spike440 · 06-08-2008 11:52am

1a -

BUBBLE

9a -

HAVING

12a -

LILAC

13a -

NERVELESS

15a -

HAT

16a -

ENEMA

22a -

SKETCH

1d -

BY HALVES

2d -

BIVALVES

3d -

LONG CHALK

5d -

ENTER

14d -

VIM

30d -

EVENT

stepinnman · 06-08-2008 1:58pm

25d -

impair

stepinnman · 06-08-2008 1:59pm

28 a -

Muskateer "must get here"!!

Spike440 · 06-08-2008 2:46pm

6d -

AMPLE

8d -

DIGEST

11d -

INTACT

18d -

OTHERS

23d -

EAT

4a -

DECANTED

17a -

ATOMIC

24a -

TENSE

??
27a -

EVE

34a -

RESPECTS

32a -

AVERAGES

??

19d -

INTER _ _ _ _ - inter > bury > berry

Maybe

INTERRUPT - fire > erupt?

stepinnman · 06-08-2008 4:19pm

32 a

anenomes

Spike440 · 06-08-2008 4:26pm

...making 29d -

ABOVE

and 26d -

ISLETS

Spike440 · 06-08-2008 4:38pm

Here are three that don't seem quite right but I can't think of anything else:

31a -

RAPID

10a -

STOPPING / STEPPING

7d -

TOILET

20d -

anagram of CANTBEEG ?

bothyhead · 07-08-2008 11:04am

Thankfully it's not like yesterdays!

1a

captali(zs)e

6a

talc

15a

schools

27a

untangled

28a

occur

1d

call

7d

angel

16d

ornament

23d

satan

bothyhead · 07-08-2008 11:07am

Did anyone figure out how toilet = doing one's hair yet?

bothyhead · 07-08-2008 11:13am

22a might be

epsom as in epsom salts

Spike440 · 07-08-2008 11:41am

bothyhead wrote: »

Did anyone figure out how toilet = doing one's hair yet?

No idea. I got it from the cryptic part : Renting about one = To Let + I.

Spike440 · 07-08-2008 11:46am

1a -

CAPITALISE

10a -

LATER

11a -

GOOD SIGHT

12a -

PRESENTS

13a -

ALLAH

17a -

SCIATIC

21a -

TOMFOOL

2d -

PETERSHAM

3d -

TERMS

4d -

LEGENDS

5d -

SPOUSES

8d -

CATCH A COLD

9d -

ESCAPISM

18d (Clue of the day IMO) -

TOOTHACHE

Spike440 · 07-08-2008 11:56am

14d

ESTATE something

19a -

ALMONRY / ALMONER

bothyhead · 07-08-2008 11:57am

18d (Clue of the day IMO)

Yeah, I've just got it now. It's very good wordplay.

Though, I'm still chuckling at a clue that came up about a month ago:

"Mine's a guinness, so I'll bring it in" = importer

Spike440 · 07-08-2008 11:59am

Very good.

bothyhead · 07-08-2008 12:13pm

Regarding the toilet clue. I was poking around and came up with this:

Toilet (noun): the act of dressing and preparing yourself; "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"

Must check it up in Chambers tonight.

Spike440 · 07-08-2008 12:19pm

14d -

ESTATE DUTY

20d -

RATTLES

21d -

TREADLE

25d -

IRONS

26d -

TROT

24a -

THE RIGHT

29a -

YANK

30a -

ASSESSMENT

And we're done. That was quick today. What am I supposed to do for the afternoon?

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