Crossword Clues Part 2

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Toda's seter is one of those who sometimes needs three lines for the clue, so b the time I've read through to the end, I've half-forgotten the beginning! Eleven answers so far.

A hint would be much appreciated for:

6 across: Bow beau reviews revues there - they're what distinguishes them? (9)

Homophone springs to mind, but no room for an S on that, and in any case, I am fairly certain the third letter is E.

You’re right that they’re homophones, but you’re over thinking it. What distinguishes one homophone from another is the way each is…

...and the plural of that is ….

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

You’re right that they’re homophones, but you’re over thinking it. What distinguishes one homophone from another is the way each is…

...and the plural of that is ….

Thank you. In fact, since writing the above, I have acquired a few more letters - L-N-S, so I was going to post to say that I was wondering whether it was anything to do with LINKS, but it must be spellings.
that's enough for today - I'll see whether my brain does any subconscious thinking for some of the other clues by tomorrow morning.

Must remember not to do the over-thinking bit!!

P.S. I have corrected typos in previous post"

[SusanDoris]

13:00 Cryptic completed – well, except for three letters.   I quibble a bit at some of the answers, but since I wouldn’t even know where to begin, I will not be challenging any of the setters! 

The three letters are missing from 20 down. I have – O – I – N
Clue:: Thought rising weight should accompany one getting on (6)
5th letter presumably O
If the weight is rising, then presumably it has to be at least two letters, so gram won’t do, oz could mean first letter Z but that doesn’t work.

Info will be as usual much appreciated.

Also, how about this one::
12 down: Old-fashioned, perhaps, painting over oil – and it runs (11)
T – A - I – I-N - - so TRADITIONAL, but why?!!
Old-fashioned – no problem, but the rest?
I can see that the letters for oil are not together, so ‘over’
Trail or rail– for runs?  Bit dodgy, that!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hiya Susan,

13:00 Cryptic completed – well, except for three letters.   I quibble a bit at some of the answers, but since I wouldn’t even know where to begin, I will not be challenging any of the setters! 

The three letters are missing from 20 down. I have – O – I – N
Clue:: Thought rising weight should accompany one getting on (6)
5th letter presumably O
If the weight is rising, then presumably it has to be at least two letters, so gram won’t do, oz could mean first letter Z but that doesn’t work.

Info will be as usual much appreciated.

Well, the synonym is for the “thought” bit I think. The “one getting on” gives you the last three letters, so for the first three all you need is a synonym for a “weight” that’s “rising” (ie, reversed as it's a down clue).

Also, how about this one::
12 down: Old-fashioned, perhaps, painting over oil – and it runs (11)
T – A - I – I-N - - so TRADITIONAL, but why?!!
Old-fashioned – no problem, but the rest?
I can see that the letters for oil are not together, so ‘over’
Trail or rail– for runs?  Bit dodgy, that!

Yes, TRADITIONAL looks good to me. It starts with “painting” – ie, ART – that’s “over”, so you reverse it to give you TRA. Then you have “oil – and it” that “runs”, ie it’s an anagram of those words. Et voilà!

[SusanDoris]

Hiya Susan,

Well, the synonym is for the “thought” bit I think. The “one getting on” gives you the last three letters, so for the first three all you need is a synonym for a “weight” that’s “rising” (ie, reversed as it's a down clue).

Oh, yes, of corse - notion!

Yes, TRADITIONAL looks good to me. It starts with “painting” – ie, ART – that’s “over”, so you reverse it to give you TRA. Then you have “oil – and it” that “runs”, ie it’s an anagram of those words. Et voilà!

Ah, yes, I hadn't seen the TRA as reverse of ART.

Many thanks, as always.

[SusanDoris]

It took me until about 3:0 p.m. to do the Quick today, and I'mafraid to say I have only done five of the Cryptic answers. I had to go out for a while this morning and have spent some time starting an audio book, but I don't think that is a good excuse!

I printed the Tuesday Cryptic and worked on that, although not with any real enthusiasm and decided to do a bbit of guessing at answers ... ... however, was amused to see that they were mostly correct!

[SusanDoris]

Completed 12 answers before switching off yesterday. May I please have a hint  for:
13 across: Celebration of moving conflict between two dynasties (5-7)
-   - U – S/- - - M – N –
I hope the letters are right and I'm sort of assuming MENT for the last four?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Completed 12 answers before switching off yesterday. May I please have a hint  for:
13 across: Celebration of moving conflict between two dynasties (5-7)
-   - U – S/- - - M – N –
I hope the letters are right and I'm sort of assuming MENT for the last four?

Of course. When people move they often have a party to celebrate, called a…

For the cryptic part you need a synonym for “conflict” that you put between two other words, each referring to a type of dynasty.

Good luck!   

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Of course. When people move they often have a party to celebrate, called a…

For the cryptic part you need a synonym for “conflict” that you put between two other words, each referring to a type of dynasty.

Good luck!

Thank you - much appreciated as always. I shall have to have a think about that!

[SusanDoris]

Oh dear, silly of me! I was, of course, putting the moving with the conflict - no comma in between so not separating the words! You'd think I'd have remembered that by now!

I had thought of war though!

So that's HOUSE/WARMING

[SusanDoris]

The lower left-hand corner has five intersecting answers which are presenting difficulty. Googling synonyms hasn’t helped, I'm afraid! Not quite sure which to ask for hint for but as the following seems to be a chess-related one and as I know very little about the game, I would be grateful for one here.
15 down: A queen needing husband in inferior play (3,5)
Third letter of second word – R.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan.

Took me a while this one. The synonym is for a play that did very well recently. For the cryptic part, you need a synonym for “inferior” with three additional letters inside. The A is given to you, so you just need one each for “queen” and for “husband” too.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan.

Took me a while this one. The synonym is for a play that did very well recently. For the cryptic part, you need a synonym for “inferior” with three additional letters inside. The A is given to you, so you just need one each for “queen” and for “husband” too.

Thank you for your reply. However, I think that I shall have to give up on that and request an answer, please! I've no idea what plays run locally, let alone in London! I suggest R and H for the letters for queen and husband? But even then I do not know what the word will be.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you for your reply. However, I think that I shall have to give up on that and request an answer, please! I've no idea what plays run locally, let alone in London! I suggest R and H for the letters for queen and husband? But even then I do not know what the word will be.

No problem: WARHORSE. A is given to you, queen is R (Regina) and husband is H. ARH is "in" a synonym for "inferior" (WORSE), which gives you the name of the hit play.   

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

No problem: WARHORSE. A is given to you, queen is R (Regina) and husband is H. ARH is "in" a synonym for "inferior" (WORSE), which gives you the name of the hit play.

Thank you - I'd never have got that. That has supplied letters for the other two remaining clues, the answers to which I'd still like to have a small quibble with the setter about!

Chuck aunt and uncle finally avoiding relations. CHASTE
I had to work that one out alphabetically and only after coming up with the only available choice did I remember that Chuck could be Chas. So the T and the E are the last letters of aunt and uncle.

This person overwhelmed by small amount of money gets stick. CEMENT
Okay cent, but since 'this person' is singular, I didn't think of 'men'. I googled it! It still doesn't make sense - how can cement be an answer to 'gets stick', for goodness sake?!?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you - I'd never have got that. That has supplied letters for the other two remaining clues, the answers to which I'd still like to have a small quibble with the setter about!

Chuck aunt and uncle finally avoiding relations. CHASTE
I had to work that one out alphabetically and only after coming up with the only available choice did I remember that Chuck could be Chas. So the T and the E are the last letters of aunt and uncle.

This person overwhelmed by small amount of money gets stick. CEMENT
Okay cent, but since 'this person' is singular, I didn't think of 'men'. I googled it! It still doesn't make sense - how can cement be an answer to 'gets stick', for goodness sake?!?

Yup, CHASTE is correct.

For the second one, CEMENT is a verb as well as a noun – you can cement (ie, stick together) a relationship or the parts of an Airfix kit as examples. “This person” is ME (not MEN), and ME in (ie, “overwhelmed by”) CENT (the “small amount of money”) gives you the CEMENT. 

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Yup, CHASTE is correct.

For the second one, CEMENT is a verb as well as a noun – you can cement (ie, stick together) a relationship or the parts of an Airfix kit as examples. “This person” is ME (not MEN), and ME in (ie, “overwhelmed by”) CENT (the “small amount of money”) gives you the CEMENT.

Many thanks! Actually, I'm going to blame Synthetic Dave who can only pronounce words like 'cement' in one way, which I suppose is the more common. No doubt future versions of SuperNova will have context pronunciation ironed out too!

ETA: Ah, no, that won't work, will it?! 'cement' is pronounced the same in both contexts... ...

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hey Susan,

Many thanks! Actually, I'm going to blame Synthetic Dave who can only pronounce words like 'cement' in one way, which I suppose is the more common. No doubt future versions of SuperNova will have context pronunciation ironed out too!

ETA: Ah, no, that won't work, will it?! 'cement' is pronounced the same in both contexts... ...

Yes it is, but there could be a problem in other examples - in crosswords "flower" for example often rhymes with "mower" rather than "hour", and points to the name of a river rather than to a daffodil!

[SusanDoris]

Finished the Quick, but have only done one clue to the Cryptic so far.  this is just not good enough!

I'll have to concentrate harder tomorrow!

[SusanDoris]

This morning I did most of the top left-hand corner and have made some progress elsewhere, but it is not one of the easier ones.
Could you tell me, please, if the last letter of the answer to the following clue is an O? The fourth letter is C.
Lions perhaps face to face, caged in so disconnectedly (

The clues are very wordy - so much so that there are three across clues on a second page!

ETA Just remembered, the lions face to face is something to do with heraldry, isn't it?

[bluehillside Retd.]

How many letters Susan?

[SusanDoris]

How many letters Susan?

Thank you for reply. There are 8.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

OK. What kind if animal is a lion? It's "lions" plural though, and you need two of them and to reverse one of them to make them "face to face". Then you need to "cage" them inside "so", and you have a synonym for "disconnectedly". I agree that it's a tricky clue though.     

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

OK. What kind if animal is a lion? It's "lions" plural though, and you need two of them and to reverse one of them to make them "face to face". Then you need to "cage" them inside "so", and you have a synonym for "disconnectedly". I agree that it's a tricky clue though.   

Thank you for your help. STACCATO  I was thinking the word would have to be CATS which would make too many S's, and no space left to cage them in something!

I've managed about half of it now, but there are still far too many empty squares.. at this end of Sunday.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you for your help. STACCATO  I was thinking the word would have to be CATS which would make too many S's, and no space left to cage them in something!

I've managed about half of it now, but there are still far too many empty squares.. at this end of Sunday.

No worries (and keep going - I'm rooting for you!)