Irish Times Crossword (Crosaire)

stepinnman

34a.

rationed

32a. Possibly

The Press

so 25d. was

Grater

by my reckoning (19d!!) there's 3 left to get - 1 d., 2 d. and 9 a. - any ideas

Spike440

1a -

MILDEW

9a -

NEUTER

1d -

MANTILLA

2d -

LOUD PEAL

stepinnman

1 a -

Mildew

??? How does this work - I can't make it out at all??

Spike440

stepinnman wrote: »

1 a -

Mildew

??? How does this work - I can't make it out at all??

I'll put it all in

fun with Gus = fungus >> the direct part of the clue

we go back = ew >> last two letters

The long-suffering part has me stumped TBH. I may be wrong but might it be a reference to Jew -> Dew? i.e. the Jewish people are described as long-suffering. If this was it I would expect him to also say "by the sound of it" like with the Israel clue yesterday.

Any thoughts?

SilverHeron

Spike440 wrote: »

I'll put it all in

fun with Gus = fungus >> the direct part of the clue

we go back = ew >> last two letters

The long-suffering part has me stumped TBH. I may be wrong but might it be a reference to Jew -> Dew? i.e. the Jewish people are described as long-suffering. If this was it I would expect him to also say "by the sound of it" like with the Israel clue yesterday.

Any thoughts?

How many letters had you in 1A when you got that?. Fair play

Spike440

I had cracked the fungus bit when I first read it, and I had the EW from getting 3d. I was guessing at the L in 2d and then it came to me.

bothyhead

Spike440 wrote: »

I had cracked the fungus bit when I first read it, and I had the EW from getting 3d. I was guessing at the L in 2d and then it came to me.

I still don't know how managed to make sense of the cryptic bit, but it turns out that you were correct - fair play to you!

Also for getting 'Neuter'.

Spike440

This made me laugh.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2008/0814/1218477548131.html

I didn't do Saturday's. Did anyone get this one?

bothyhead

Spike440 wrote: »

I didn't do Saturday's. Did anyone get this one?

Yeah, I got it - though I had spelled it as "rhododendron" and got stuck completing SE corner

The common word for Saturday's 4 long clues was a homonym of 'road'

road / rode / rhode / and the one above ...

Spike440

6a -

STAR

11a -

ENERGETIC

13a -

ARENA

19a -

UNEATEN

21a -

CONNOTE

28a -

LORDS

30a -

STARGAZERS

4d -

OPENERS

7d -

TITLE

8d -

RECTANGLES

9d -

AGRARIAN

16d -

INTENDED

18d -

IRON NERVE

20d -

NEAREST

21 -

COARSER

25d -

DELTA

26d -

ISIS

Two that I'm not sure about:

23d -

OLIVE - As in Dickens' Oliver Twist - I don't get the organ bit though

, and ...

24a -

AMANDINE - Like an fish amandine (almond sauce)? The only thing I'm going on is that it sounds like "a man dying" i.e. hanging around. Tenuous I know, but the only other word I can think of to fit the letters is AWARDING (which makes even less sense)

SilverHeron

1A

SMALL HOUSE

10A

NIGHT

Spike440

1d -

SING

2d -

AGGREGATE

3d -

LATIN

5d -

SCEPTIC

12a -

RE-ENLIST

Spike440

15a -

SEALING

17a -

CEILING

27a -

REVIEWERS

29a -

HORN

14d -

ISSUE FORTH

23d -

LIVER

That's it unless anyone have any thoughts on 24a?

hellmaniac12

How do i blur out the clues like you do so as not to spoil it ???

hellmaniac12

hello ????

SilverHeron

Spike440 wrote: »

15a -

SEALING

17a -

CEILING

27a -

REVIEWERS

29a -

HORN

14d -

ISSUE FORTH

23d -

LIVER

That's it unless anyone have any thoughts on 24a?

24A

STANDING

?????

SilverHeron

hellmaniac12 wrote: »

hello ????

Highlight the word you want to censor & click on the spoiler icon, a black rectangle in the text toolbar.. .

hellmaniac12

24d - maybe spoiler -

I think that the organ part of the clue is the liver in oliver as you already have the o in the clue

SilverHeron

You got it, both the spoiler & the clue.. .

hellmaniac12

sorry 23d

hellmaniac12

yep thanks

Spike440

I thought we were done for today. Did I leave something out?

The only remaining issue is 24a, which has the letters

A _ A _ D _ N _ - so it's either AMANDINE or AWARDING as far as I can see.

hellmaniac12

22a

felon

SilverHeron

25D may not be

DELTA

I think

Spike440

Why not? Thank you =

TA

and

DELTA is a greek letter

Spike440

No I stand corrected. 25d is

THETA

.

SilverHeron

Spike440 wrote: »

Why not? Thank you =

TA

and

DELTA is a greek letter

24A

AWAITING

would work? Leave 25D beginning with T?

28A

EARLS

Spike440

So 24a is

AWAITING

and 28 is

EARLS

.

Ah the sweet feeling of completion!

SilverHeron

quite

stepinnman

I'm getting a quick chance to look before work for a change!!

13d.

apex

17d.

camped out

19d.

noontide

20.

exalt

29d.

melons

25d. might be

Easter

hang on - it is

15a.

spell

18.

annexer

24a.

protea

32.

detest

30.

also

- I think