Crossword Clues Part 2

[SusanDoris]

Don't think the A in 6 Down is correct
And don't think the L in 7 down is correct

Thank you very much. I'll try and sort that out ...

[SusanDoris]

The A and L come from:

5 across: One in form maybe always allowd outside (7)
Letters: L - - - - - T

LET= allowed and so E must be second or sixth letter.

I hoped it was LEAFLET butwould be grateful for a hint, please.

[Nearly Sane]

The A and L come from:

5 across: One in form maybe always allowd outside (7)
Letters: L - - - - - T

LET= allowed and so E must be second or sixth letter.

I hoped it was LEAFLET butwould be grateful for a hint, please.

You are mostly there but tye 4 letters other than Let come from a word associated, not quite a synonym, with always

[SusanDoris]

You are mostly there but tye 4 letters other than Let come from a word associated, not quite a synonym, with always

Thank you. So that means it is LEVERET and I suppose  - and have checked - that form is the word for hare's den.

[SusanDoris]

6 down: VALE

7 down: READY MIC  It has to be MIC  because of the clue, but having written it, I vaguely remember it coming up once before and I'd never heard it before.

Thank you.

[Nearly Sane]

6 down: VALE

7 down: READY MIC  It has to be MIC  because of the clue, but having written it, I vaguely remember it coming up once before and I'd never heard it before.

Thank you.

It's not MIC, MI is right  but think of concrete

[SusanDoris]

It's not MIC, MI is right  but think of concrete

Well, I don't often think of concrete!! But since you mention it, it has to be MIX! 
Thank you.

[SusanDoris]

Now that my daughter-in-law has phoned to say that my son is awake, I can try and concentrate a bhit on the crossword. May I have a yes/no please for:

1 across: Don't promote record, our era (10)

Is the answer PRESENTDAY?

[Nearly Sane]

Now that my daughter-in-law has phoned to say that my son is awake, I can try and concentrate a bhit on the crossword. May I have a yes/no please for:

1 across: Don't promote record, our era (10)

Is the answer PRESENTDAY?

No

[SusanDoris]

No

Thank you. It's DISCOURAGE! As soon as I had the D (from synonym of hurry, 1 down) it was fairly easy. Not concentrating as well though, as I keep thinking about my son of course.

[SusanDoris]

Crossword completed except for one clue. I am sure the letters are right and the only word that seems to make any sense at all is BARDRILL, which is apparently a place name. I assume B to start, a primate being a Bishop as well as a member of the ape family. A yes/no, or a hint would be much appreciated.

12 across: Primate, person taking exercise (
Letters: - A - D - I - L

[Aruntraveller]

No.

Forget the bishop bit. It is simpler than that.

[SusanDoris]

No.

Forget the bishop bit. It is simpler than that.

Many thanks. I replaced BAR with MAN and then googled 'definition mandrill' and I se it's a baboon. I suppose that's another word I must try to remember!

[SusanDoris]

If I'm at a bit of loose end mid-week, I print off the Tuesday cryptic crossword on a Wednesday, plus the Tuesday answers, and don't mind if I hav a peek at the answers at times! Recently, these Tuesday cryptics appear to have been set by my favourite person and I haven't needed the answers much.

This week, there is one clue for which I got the first word WATER, as I had the W and the T, but would not have guessed the second,  BOATMAN. The clue is:

18 across: Strangely Abraham went to no hospital for bug (5,7)

Partly anagram of 'went to no' but I don't see where Abrraham comes in and would be interested to know how the clue works, please if any readers of this thread could exxplain.

[Nearly Sane]

As you note it's an anagram. We get that from the 'strangely'.

It's an anagram of 'Abraham went to' but with the h from Abraham removed because of the 'no' and h being short for 'hospital'. And a water boatman is a type of bug.

[SusanDoris]

As you note it's an anagram. We get that from the 'strangely'.

It's an anagram of 'Abraham went to' but with the h from Abraham removed because of the 'no' and h being short for 'hospital'. And a water boatman is a type of bug.

Ah, I see ... many thanks.

[SusanDoris]

This Saturday's setter of the cryptic crossword is the one who, in my opinion!, sits back and thinks, 'Did you notice how very clever and ingenious I am?' Yes, I know that's not fair, but I'm afraid I've had to google several answers and some of the ones I have got right appear to be too remote from the clue. Hmmm. My concentration has been slipping a bit and of coursse I have an excuse for that, with my son having the heart attack and triple by-pass surgery plus a stent in fourth artery, but that isn't really fair on the setter either!

Anyway, here is an example of one of the setter's clues:

9 across is: Sofa, not posh, with more Space to sit? (6)
Letters: L N E

I had thought of 'lounger' and presumably the U is removed, but I haven't the remotest idea why.  A brief explanation would be much appreciated.

Edited: I've found the reason - leave out the U for upper class. I suppose I should have realised! *sigh!*

[Aruntraveller]

I think the "u" is missing as a result of "not posh" as in "U or non-u" a term used around English usage. The "U" stands for Upper class.

* I see you've found out why!

[SusanDoris]

I think the "u" is missing as a result of "not posh" as in "U or non-u" a term used around English usage. The "U" stands for Upper class.

* I see you've found out why!

Thank you for your help and apologies for not seeing this post before I modified mine.

I've ended up with a letter in every square but I think a few are incorrect!

[SusanDoris]

This week, I cheated on one clue - the answer was PLASTERED

ETA: I intended to delete that, but forgot! Anyway, I think I have reached the stage where I don't mind cheating on one or two answers as I am fairly confident that I can work out most of them. And that, of course, is thanks to the help received here over the past few years.

[SusanDoris]

This Saturday's is quite hard, but the answer to

1 across: Relative with a universal set of books (4)

is AUNT, but I can't work out why a set of books is NT.

Could anyone helpl me out here, please?

[Aruntraveller]

This Saturday's is quite hard, but the answer to

1 across: Relative with a universal set of books (4)

is AUNT, but I can't work out why a set of books is NT.

Could anyone helpl me out here, please?

New Testament maybe?

[SusanDoris]

New Testament maybe?

Oh yes, of course! Thank you. I should really have thought of that.

I am not trying to complete this crossword quickly – well, I know I couldn't  and I have a lot of empty time this week – but would really like to do so without looking up answers, so may I please ask for answers to the ‘why’ question for the following:

7 down: Expecting to start late exercising power (7)
Letters: R – M – A – T

Answer I think is RAMPART.
Amp > power
Art > the last three letters of ‘start’
But that’s as far as I can get.

20 down: Partly harmful, certainly that’s sore (5)
Letters: I – C – R

INCUR If the letters are right, I don’t know what else it could be … or why of course.

[Nearly Sane]

Oh yes, of course! Thank you. I should really have thought of that.

I am not trying to complete this crossword quickly – well, I know I couldn't  and I have a lot of empty time this week – but would really like to do so without looking up answers, so may I please ask for answers to the ‘why’ question for the following:

7 down: Expecting to start late exercising power (7)
Letters: R – M – A – T

Answer I think is RAMPART.
Amp > power
Art > the last three letters of ‘start’
But that’s as far as I can get.

20 down: Partly harmful, certainly that’s sore (5)
Letters: I – C – R

INCUR If the letters are right, I don’t know what else it could be … or why of course.

Don't like the M in 7 down nor the I in 20 down

[SusanDoris]

Don't like the M in 7 down nor the I in 20 down

Many thanks. I should have said 17, not 7. 19 across I think must be AQUALUNG not  AQUARIUM, which is where the M came from. With a G instead, I have R - G - A - T
20 down becomes U - C - R

How about REGNANT  and ULCER?
Ulcer makes sense, but can't work out 17 down.



noAQUARIUM and the M in 17 det


aqarium,