Crossword Clues Part 2

[SusanDoris]

What? Too hard? How about

Anagram of asterne from the East (7)

Or

Elizabethan boat going backwards in the Orient (7)

I'd like your clues in a Quick crossword!

I have three-quarters finished the cryptic. <thums-up>

[bluehillside Retd.]

Susan,

I'd like your clues in a Quick crossword!

I have three-quarters finished the cryptic. <thumbs-up>

Keep going girl - I've got every faith in you!

[SusanDoris]

Susan,

Keep going girl - I've got every faith in you!

Thank you! Just 8 letters to go.

Nothing to cap flier's romantically demonstrative partner ( L blank blank E blank I blank bank blank
and the clue which has the same last letter is
Chicken-hearted eccentric's  official warning (6,4) YELLOW then blank A blank blank

I've had two hours on trains today (to Dorchester and back) and was thinking about them, but failed to come up with an answer.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you! Just 8 letters to go.

Nothing to cap flier's romantically demonstrative partner ( L blank blank E blank I blank bank blank
and the clue which has the same last letter is
Chicken-hearted eccentric's  official warning (6,4) YELLOW then blank A blank blank

I've had two hours on trains today (to Dorchester and back) and was thinking about them, but failed to come up with an answer.

Glad you made it home ok. Are you after the answers or some more clues to get you there?

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Glad you made it home ok. Are you after the answers or some more clues to get you there?

I wasn't sure when I wrote the post, but I think clues, please,  would be better.

I have assumed that the first four letters of the first clue I  mentioned are LOVE

[bluehillside Retd.]

Ok Susan,

Yes re tennis. Now just add a four letter flier to follow...

For the other one, think football and what happens for a misdemeanour...

[SusanDoris]

Ok Susan,

Yes re tennis. Now just add a four letter flier to follow...

For the other one, think football and what happens for a misdemeanour...

Thank you. So now I have LOVEBIRD and YELLOW CARD.
Where does the word 'cap' come into the former?
And I think 'CARD' is a little too far away from being a synonym of an ECCENTRIC'!  Hmmm.
However, I will forgive the setter those since those two clues were the bottom right hand corner edges! And I obviously tune in to the style.

As that's finished, I'll try today's cryptic for which, of course, answers will be available tomorrow, i.e. not so challenging!

Edited about ten minutes later: I suppose it is because the letters L. I and D appear in the clue but that doesn't really explain ... ...

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you. So now I have LOVEBIRD and YELLOW CARD.
Where does the word 'cap' come into the former?
And I think 'CARD' is a little too far away from being a synonym of an ECCENTRIC'!  Hmmm.
However, I will forgive the setter those since those two clues were the bottom right hand corner edges! And I obviously tune in to the style.

As that's finished, I'll try today's cryptic for which, of course, answers will be available tomorrow, i.e. not so challenging!

Edited about ten minutes later: I suppose it is because the letters L. I and D appear in the clue but that doesn't really explain ... ...

No problem. No, I think that "cap" just means "follow" - is in "to cap it all" referring to a final event that follows the previous ones. 

[SusanDoris]

I would appreciate a bit of help with yesterday's cryptic. I have done quite a few clues - and the setter seems to be quite similar to the  one whose style seems to suit me - but a couple of longer answers would much assist.

For this one, a clue would help, please.
7 down: Break down seeing detective's meeting with hood (9) D-S-A----
20 across is: Insect following grouse (4) and if that is RANT, then the last letter of 7 down is A.
For this one, may I have an answer, please.
9 down: Green, blue and red school flag (7,7)

I shall, of corse, persever!

[Rhiannon]

I'm rubbish at this, Susan, but I wondered if the last one could be primary colours?

[SusanDoris]

I'm rubbish at this, Susan, but I wondered if the last one could be primary colours?

Thank you for reply - I did wonder about that, but green I don't think is a primary colour because it can be made by mixing blue and yellow!

ETA Ah, but of course, primary = primary school! And I looked at how PRIMARY COLOURS would sit with other clues, and it looks very promising!


So thank you, Rhiannon!

Not quite sure why the word 'flag' though......

[Rhiannon]

Thank you for reply - I did wonder about that, but green I don't think is a primary colour because it can be made by mixing blue and yellow!

ETA Ah, but of course, primary = primary school! And I looked at how PRIMARY COLOURS would sit with other clues, and it looks very promising!


So thank you, Rhiannon!

Not quite sure why the word 'flag' though......

"Colour" is a name for regimental flags. I agree with you about green, though, made me doubt it too.

[SusanDoris]

"Colour" is a name for regimental flags. I agree with you about green, though, made me doubt it too.

It seems that for cryptic crosswords, one has to have a synonyms  reference page available all the time!  colours = flag   etc
And, of course, it was only after I'd posted that I thought of googling the answer about primary colours!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

I would appreciate a bit of help with yesterday's cryptic. I have done quite a few clues - and the setter seems to be quite similar to the  one whose style seems to suit me - but a couple of longer answers would much assist.

For this one, a clue would help, please.
7 down: Break down seeing detective's meeting with hood (9) D-S-A----

The detective is a Detective Inspector, and the rest is a synonym for “hood”, the whole word meaning to take apart (“break down”).

20 across is: Insect following grouse (4) and if that is RANT, then the last letter of 7 down is A.

It isn’t! (Sorry). The answer is a synonym for “grouse” (as in “complaint”), and the word begins with an insect and ends with an abbreviation for “following”.

For this one, may I have an answer, please.

9 down: Green, blue and red school flag (7,7)

Rhi got there before me 

[SusanDoris]

,The detective is a Detective Inspector, and the rest is a synonym for “hood”, the whole word meaning to take apart (“break down”).

Thank you - in that case I assume it must  be DISMANTLE - which I had tentatively written in but couldn't see why hood and mantle were synonyms or where the meeting came in!.

It isn’t! (Sorry). The answer is a synonym for “grouse” (as in “complaint”), and the word begins with an insect and ends with an abbreviation for “following”.

Right - so  that's BEEF.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Susan,

Thank you - in that case I assume it must  be DISMANTLE - which I had tentatively written in but couldn't see why hood and mantle were synonyms or where the meeting came in!.

Bingo! A mantle is a hood, and the "meeting" just means the two parts of the answer (DIS and MANTLE) "met" - ie, came together. 

Right - so  that's BEEF.

Yes indeed.

[SusanDoris]

Thank you - actually, I think this is quite a difficult puzzle!

4 down: Saudis all over debs - to a large extent that's forbidden (10)

It begins with D and I'm fairly sure the third letter is S and I presume it is an anagram of Saudis debs, but there are too many S's. The only word I can come up with is DISABUSED, but that's no good.

I might just have to give up on this one ... ...!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you - actually, I think this is quite a difficult puzzle!

4 down: Saudis all over debs - to a large extent that's forbidden (10)

It begins with D and I'm fairly sure the third letter is S and I presume it is an anagram of Saudis debs, but there are too many S's. The only word I can come up with is DISABUSED, but that's no good.

I might just have to give up on this one ... ...!

Are you sure about the clue? It looks like it should be DISALLOWED to me because it’s a portmanteau word (ie it's hidden in the clue) but it doesn’t quite work with the clue you’ve posted. “Saudis all owe debts” perhaps?

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Are you sure about the clue? It looks like it should be DISALLOWED to me because it’s a portmanteau word (ie it's hidden in the clue) but it doesn’t quite work with the clue you’ve posted. “Saudis all owe debts” perhaps?

Ah, yes - increased magnification  shows that it is 'owe'. There are times when having to concentrate on peripheral vision  is very annoying!

Anyway, :I've managed five mnore clues, so I shall have to carry on!
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[SusanDoris]

Here we are - Saturday again. I've done the Quick, and a few clues of the Cryptic. I've given up on last Saturday's cryptic - too many obscure clues. However, there is one that I would be interested to know the answer to:

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Pickled eel sandwiches German city backed for humour (7)

Picled eel - well there's not much you can do with E, E, and L!
sandwiches - sarnis? No, probably not!
German - G or D?
city- no idea
back - reverse a word?
for humour - answer is synonymn for humour?

[ad_orientem]

Still don't get cryptic clues. How do they work?

[SusanDoris]

Still don't get cryptic clues. How do they work?

The book 'Pretty girl in crimson rose' by Sandy Balfour certainly goes quite a way towards explaining. Interesting info about his and his girlfriend's travels too. It must be quite a short book - only four braille volumes!!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Here we are - Saturday again. I've done the Quick, and a few clues of the Cryptic. I've given up on last Saturday's cryptic - too many obscure clues. However, there is one that I would be interested to know the answer to:

c
Pickled eel sandwiches German city backed for humour (7)

Picled eel - well there's not much you can do with E, E, and L!
sandwiches - sarnis? No, probably not!
German - G or D?
city- no idea
back - reverse a word?
for humour - answer is synonymn for humour?

I think I know the answer, but I don’t think the last word of the clue is “humour”- it should be “honour” I if I’m right. Subject to that…

“Pickled” tells you that “Eel” will be an anagram, and the “sandwiches” tells you that it’ll be wrapped around something else. Bonn is a German city, but you need to reverse it (hence “backed”). All of which gives you a synonym for “honour”, namely ENNOBLE.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,
 

I think I know the answer, but I don’t think the last word of the clue is “humour”- it should be “honour” I if I’m right. Subject to that…

“Pickled” tells you that “Eel” will be an anagram, and the “sandwiches” tells you that it’ll be wrapped around something else. Bonn is a German city, but you need to reverse it (hence “backed”). All of which gives you a synonym for “honour”, namely ENNOBLE.

Ah, right. Thank you.  I was thinking that a sandwich would mean EEL(or LEE or ELE!!) being both sides of a sandwich, but of course that didn't make any sense at all.!

[SusanDoris]

May I request an answer, please:

Short literary work Fitzgerald produced after a month (7)

The grid is looking a bit empty! I don't think it is the setter I like, but it is not as obscure as some.