RTE Guide Christmas Crossword

jmbkay

Has anyone tackled this yet? Compared to other years, I think it's tricky. have most clues sorted but not all.

dxhound2005

I sent mine away a couple of weeks back. Give the clues and any letters you have already.

Westie123

Hi .

Any help with this one please. 50D Down with the price! I have -D-S. The only word I can fit is odds. Not sure why it would be the answer. Maybe odds as in betting? Still don't see the connection.

dxhound2005

Westie123 wrote: »

Hi .

Any help with this one please. 50D Down with the price! I have -D-S. The only word I can fit is odds. Not sure why it would be the answer. Maybe odds as in betting? Still don't see the connection.

All of the threads here where it was asked came up with Odds but nobody can explain why.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/search/?q1=down+with+the+price

jmbkay

I had another look and came up with a few more answers. I have odds for 50D too. Really stuck on 33 across, But in such an area may lie the poet.
52D, you know what to do if you don't ask, is it task?

chutney50

jmbkay. I think the answer to 52D is pass (as in Mastermind, if you don't know the question). By filling other clues, I came up with Gray for 33 across (gray area, Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"), so you need gray, not grey.

Can anyone help me with 25 across "So cast as kind" --pe?. I thought it might be "rope" but it seems a bit tenuous. Please explain answer too. Hmm, concensus on the net is that it's "type". as in typecast

Also, I have put "run" for 61D "bound for batsman, each and every one", just because it sounds like a cricketing term, but I don't understand it really.
Thanks

jmbkay

33A But in such an area may lie the poet, yes I see it now, it'sgrey, as in grey area the e in grey fits in with 22d, brief reset which is terse.

25A is type, as in typecast, and type means the same as kind.

jmbkay

61D is run. I don't know enough about cricket to explain.

How about 48A/10D he-he-he here again? Shudder to think of it!

jmbkay

Got that one above. It's the big freeze!

chutney50

You're right about gray being grey, I realised later. Thomas Gray will be spinning in his grave! All ready to post now, good luck!

beglee

When are the answers printed in an RTE guide?

Cant remember what the deadline date for entry was, but i think Jan 6 or 9.

So presumably theyll have the answers for it in an issue soon after that?

jmbkay

It has to be in by Jan 5. 2 days! They usually print the results 2-3 weeks later. What have you all got for 58D, there is no clue, just a v in the middle, and the second last letter is r, is it lovers? And 72A, is it crushed? Need to get this in the post!

dxhound2005

jmbkay wrote: »

It has to be in by Jan 5. 2 days! They usually print the results 2-3 weeks later. What have you all got for 58D, there is no clue, just a v in the middle, and the second last letter is r, is it lovers? And 72A, is it crushed? Need to get this in the post!

Lovers is correct L over S. Give the clue for 72a please.

jmbkay

73A, decreased under duress? I think I see it now, dressed?
Cheers

dxhound2005

Pressed as in trouser press removing creases.

beglee

anyone know if the answers are out in an rte guide for this crossword yet? or have i missed the issue with em

jmbkay

Haven't been printed yet. Might be this week. Good luck.

vinpaul

Almost finished this years Xmas crossword, but have a few left
57ac. ..what may come in one day, may also go by with the night.(4) SH??
64ac. For this inventor, is the question you hear the answer in question? (4) looks like WATT
71ac. A slap on the wrist can really hit the bone. (4) U???
57dn. Between 63 and 70 you've got this darned well done and dusted... (4,2) SEWN UP I think
58dn. ...and resolute at some point entering (6) ??????

brian_t

vinpaul wrote: »

Almost finished this years Xmas crossword, but have a few left

Gosh! I didn't know the Christmas edition was in the shops yet.

It will be a day or two before I get around to it.

vinpaul

brian_t wrote: »

Gosh! I didn't know the Christmas edition was in the shops yet.

It will be a day or two before I get around to it.

Will share solutions if you need any.

Tiercel Dave

71ac. A slap on the wrist can really hit the bone. (4) U???

Ulna?

Tiercel Dave

57ac. ..what may come in one day, may also go by with the night.(4) SH??

Ship?

jmbkay

Watt is good

jmbkay

Ship

jmbkay

71 across
Ulna

jmbkay

57 down: All sewn up
58 down Intent?

jmbkay

6 across doing my head in!
Get close in time at your arrangement.

brian_t

jmbkay wrote: »

6 across doing my head in!
Get close in time at your arrangement.

Get close - (Clue)

in time at

your arrangement - (suggests anagram)

intimate

vinpaul

brian_t wrote: »

Get close - (Clue)

in time at

your arrangement - (suggests anagram)

intimate

INTIMATE

jmbkay

All sorted if anyone needs anything. Give the clue first.

guardianangel

Could anyone help please?
RTÉ crossword
37 down: How little Hiawatha huffed and puffed on sending them off to santa (5-7)
41 across: A star-gazer is identified by rapid eye movement read out.

dxhound2005

Smoke Signals.

Dreamer.

jmbkay

+1

guardianangel

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Smoke Signals.

Dreamer.

Thanks dxhound2005

guardianangel

Can anyone help with 17down: a shakespearean story for the season that's in it (7,4)
45down: what should be numbered between twelve and twenty simply doesn't figure (7)
please

dxhound2005

Winter's Tale.
Umpteen.

brian_t

guardianangel wrote: »

Can anyone help with 17down: a shakespearean story for the season that's in it (7,4)
45down: what should be numbered between twelve and twenty simply doesn't figure (7)
please

17d. Winters Tale

45d. Umpteen

guardianangel

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Winter's Tale.
Umpteen.

Thanks again,i'm still trying to complete it but i know i'm running out of time !!!

brian_t

guardianangel wrote: »

Thanks again,i'm still trying to complete it but i know i'm running out of time !!!

If you post it by Wednesday you'll be grand.

morgsin

Stuck on a few here that ye might help with...
24a how terribly wrong i would be making waves like this! (6) r _ _ _ n _
32a eros loses head about wat pointers (6) _ r _ o _ s
5d one night will initially reveal what is in flight... (2,3,4) on _ h _ _ _ n _
29a she still hits the high notes, as he did as a kid (7) s _ p _ a _ o

Thanks!!

dxhound2005

Rowing
Arrows (war not wat in that clue?)
On the wing
Soprano

AG54

Stuck on the last one here, 27a anyone have a clue?!
A stage may intimidate, we hear (5)
_H_S_

Cute Hoor

AG54 wrote: »

Stuck on the last one here, 27a anyone have a clue?!
A stage may intimidate, we hear (5)
_H_S_

PHASE

AG54

Great!! Thanks a million!