Crossword Clues Part 2

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Two clues remain stubbornly unanswered.
7 down: Arab stopping Mona's obsessive single-mindedness (9)
Letters: M - N - S - - - A

16 across: Wise for instance feeding one to sea eagle (5)
Letters: E - - - E

3rd letter of 16 across = 7th of 7 down

Both clues have appeared before, but I'm afraid I have not come up with the answers, so a strong hint for both will be much appreciated. Thank you.

No problem.

For the first one, the S is wrong I’m afraid. The MONA is given to you, so you need to insert (“stopping”) a four-letter synonym for “Arab” to give you the synonym for “obsessive single-mindedness”.

For the second, the answer is a famous Wise! You need an obscure term for “Sea eagle” (often used by crossword compilers), and then put an i insde it (“feeding one”).

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

No problem.

For the first one, the S is wrong I’m afraid. The MONA is given to you, so you need to insert (“stopping”) a four-letter synonym for “Arab” to give you the synonym for “obsessive single-mindedness”.

For the second, the answer is a famous Wise! You need an obscure term for “Sea eagle” (often used by crossword compilers), and then put an i insde it (“feeding one”).

Thank you . 7 down must be MONAMANIA.I had thought of that, but had spelt it in my head as MONO.... but thought it was wrong anyway because of the S.
that S comes from:
12across: General's son the one she loves? (7)
Letters: S - E - - - N
and I thought the answer from the previous occasion it occurred was STEPSON but it must be SHERMAN

The 16 across is ERNIE then. Yes, now I remember!

Thank you. This week's crosswords will have to wait to be printed until Monday when tech chap comes because the printer needs a new ink cartridge.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you . 7 down must be MONAMANIA.I had thought of that, but had spelt it in my head as MONO.... but thought it was wrong anyway because of the S.
that S comes from:
12across: General's son the one she loves? (7)
Letters: S - E - - - N
and I thought the answer from the previous occasion it occurred was STEPSON but it must be SHERMAN

The 16 across is ERNIE then. Yes, now I remember!

Thank you. This week's crosswords will have to wait to be printed until Monday when tech chap comes because the printer needs a new ink cartridge.

No problem. Can I suggest something though? I wouldn't try to remember individual clues if I were you - there are too many possibles (and variations on possibles too) ever to have a mental library. Rather you might be better remembering the various tropes the setters use: "jumbled", "confused"etc for an anagram; "about", "rewind" etc for turning something backward; the first word of the clue being used to hide the capital of a proper noun or name (like Wise); homonyms ("flower" rhyming both with "flour" as in daisy, and with "grower" as in Thames); double meanings ("butter" as in a dairy product and as in a goat) etc.

Good luck!

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you . 7 down must be MONAMANIA.I had thought of that, but had spelt it in my head as MONO.... but thought it was wrong anyway because of the S.
that S comes from:
12across: General's son the one she loves? (7)
Letters: S - E - - - N
and I thought the answer from the previous occasion it occurred was STEPSON but it must be SHERMAN

The 16 across is ERNIE then. Yes, now I remember!

Thank you. This week's crosswords will have to wait to be printed until Monday when tech chap comes because the printer needs a new ink cartridge.

It is MONO. The Mona in the first three letters and last letter, with Omani , the Arab, inserted

[SusanDoris]

It is MONO. The Mona in the first three letters and last letter, with Omani , the Arab, inserted

Thank you for the proper explanation of the composition of the word.

Yesterda I did manage to print the crossword. The previous week, there must have been a glitch in the printer because it gets used so very seldom, but I knew the cartridge wasn't that old, so crossed my fingers and, yes, it worked!

bluehillside

Your reminder about the just about unlimited words for anagrams has helped. Clue:
4 across: Mr Toad an eccentric lacking definite plan (2,6)

It took me until this morning to think, oh yes, 'eccentric' = anagram.
Answer: AT RANDOM

[SusanDoris]

Still something not quite right with the printer - although it could be the light or my eyes! Anyway,
3 across is: Edinburgh's river (5)

Well, that's CLYDE, isn't it? but the letters I have are - O - T - and Google said Water of life' is the river!

May I have a hint or answer, please?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Still something not quite right with the printer - although it could be the light or my eyes! Anyway,
3 across is: Edinburgh's river (5)

Well, that's CLYDE, isn't it? but the letters I have are - O - T - and Google said Water of life' is the river!

May I have a hint or answer, please?

You're gong to upset a few Scotsmen I know around here. The Clyde is Glasgow I think...

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

You're gong to upset a few Scotsmen I know around here. The Clyde is Glasgow I think...

Thank you but they will have to blame Google for confirming 'Clyde! I hope I can assume the O and T are right, as you did not mention them..
I think the compiler is probably the one I like, as all the clues fit on one page!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you but they will have to blame Google for confirming 'Clyde! I hope I can assume the O and T are right, as you did not mention them..
I think the compiler is probably the one I like, as all the clues fit on one page!

No problem Susan, and yes they're right. I'm sure you'll get it, if not after the third or the fifth attempt then maybe, say, somewhere in between?

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

No problem Susan, and yes they're right. I'm sure you'll get it, if not after the third or the fifth attempt then maybe, say, somewhere in between?

Yes, I think I've got it!!

[SusanDoris]

At the moment, my CCTV is not working properly. I thought a couple of weeks ago that the bulb needed replacing, but the Tech chap from Optelec, from what he was hearing about what was on the screen, did not think so. However, the light keeps fading and making it difficult to see the grid and clues easily, so I shall appreciate help with some of them, please.

9 across: Unusual question - not to one that sparkles? (6)
Letters: - E - - - N

3 down: Come up against an objection (4)
Begins with A and third letter is fourth of 9 across.

19 across: Connoisseurs one hundred with terrible congestion (11)
Letters: - O - N - S - E - - -

Thank you.

[Nearly Sane]

At the moment, my CCTV is not working properly. I thought a couple of weeks ago that the bulb needed replacing, but the Tech chap from Optelec, from what he was hearing about what was on the screen, did not think so. However, the light keeps fading and making it difficult to see the grid and clues easily, so I shall appreciate help with some of them, please.

9 across: Unusual question - not to one that sparkles? (6)
Letters: - E - - - N

3 down: Come up against an objection (4)
Begins with A and third letter is fourth of 9 across.

19 across: Connoisseurs one hundred with terrible congestion (11)
Letters: - O - N - S - E - - -

Thank you.

9 across is something that sparkles, used a lot on Strictly, made up on 6 letters from the word question.


If you get that I'll leave3 down as the third letter should help.


19 across is a synonym for connoisseurs. It's another forein word and is an anagram of congestion with an added letter signifying one hundred.

[Steve H]

Out of interest, what ever happened to 'Crossword Clues Part 1'?

[Nearly Sane]

Out of interest, what ever happened to 'Crossword Clues Part 1'?

At some stage it dropped off the first page so SusanDoris started this one. In part that is why this one is 'stickied'.

[SusanDoris]

9 across is something that sparkles, used a lot on Strictly, made up on 6 letters from the word question.


If you get that I'll leave3 down as the third letter should help.

19 across is a synonym for connoisseurs. It's another forein word and is an anagram of congestion with an added letter signifying one hundred.

Many thanks for your reply.  I am pleased to say that I had thought the answers were probably anagrams of 'question' and 'congestion' + C, so I will work on those now.

Actually, my reader has been here (reading some more of 'Gentry' by Adam Nicolson - a fantastic book) and I asked her what colour the crosswerds (Quick and Cryptic) were. She said that the grids were orange and the clues pink - so no wonder the CCTV is finding it difficult to show them! I shall e-mail the happy-lapppy Tech chap again and see if he can send me instructions as to how I can tell the printer to sort itself out.

[SusanDoris]

SEQUIN, ABUT and COGNOSCENTI

Thank you NS - I would not have got the 'sequin' without the hint of using only six letters of 'question'.

Four more to go...

[SusanDoris]

Last post this week: Last clues completed!  I'll try and get the printer working properly before the next one!

[SusanDoris]

Finished the Tuesday Cryptic except for 5 across: Cancel a British language, but not initially (7)
Letters: A - I - I - H

May I have the answer, please.

I'll have to print off today's too, otherwise tine is going to really drag!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Try replacing that first I with an O. You’ll get it straight away then.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Try replacing that first I with an O. You’ll get it straight away then.

Ah, yes, thank you - ABOLISH, which makes 6 down OUCH  not ITCH!

[SusanDoris]

I'm not at all sure I shall persevere with this Saturday's Cryptic; many of the clues are long, with three or four-letter answers.

3 down is: Mike's misery over Persian's remark? (4)
Letters: - E - -
I have just googled the answer and it is MEOW. Okay, I thought there might be a cat involved but I'd never have got the rest.

22 down: Turkish commander edges away from heathen (3)
Taking the edges away fromn heathen gives ATH, but that doesn't make sense, does it?

I have done about a quarter of it and most of those were reasonably easy.  At least I have far too many hours to fill this week!

[Nearly Sane]

I'm not at all sure I shall persevere with this Saturday's Cryptic; many of the clues are long, with three or four-letter answers.

3 down is: Mike's misery over Persian's remark? (4)
Letters: - E - -
I have just googled the answer and it is MEOW. Okay, I thought there might be a cat involved but I'd never have got the rest.

22 down: Turkish commander edges away from heathen (3)
Taking the edges away fromn heathen gives ATH, but that doesn't make sense, does it?

I have done about a quarter of it and most of those were reasonably easy.  At least I have far too many hours to fill this week!

Ath is wrong. Think cooker.

[Nearly Sane]

And I don't like the Meow clue but Abyssinian is a type of cat

[SusanDoris]

Ath is wrong. Think cooker.

Thank you for your replies. The only three-letter word I can think of in connection with 'cooker' is 'hob', but no idea how that fits in. If that is wrong, could you tell me the answer, please?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you for your replies. The only three-letter word I can think of in connection with 'cooker' is 'hob', but no idea how that fits in. If that is wrong, could you tell me the answer, please?

AGA