Crossword Clues Part 2

[Udayana]

Quick completed yesterday morning. Reasonable start made on Cryptic. However,

1 across is: Notice one in tirade incandescent (7)

I thought it was an A in an anagram of 'tirade' and produced RADIATE, but when I checked with wordplay, I see it is RADIANT.  so I would appreciate the reason for that. Okay, AN   instead of A, or is it N for notice?

Seems to be an AD and an I inside a RANT ?

[SusanDoris]

Seems to be an AD and an I inside a RANT ?

Oh, I see - thank you, much appreciated. /so, I am dealing with a compiler who's too clever by half!

[SusanDoris]

I'm afraid I'm not doing very well this week, and I'm not sure whether I shall manage it by Friday, but I look at it throughout the day an did manage four more clues yesterday - which still leaves acres of empty squares!

May I have a hint, please, for

 12 across: One has agents sorting out party mess (9)
Letters: - - - - A - T - T(?)

I know this clue has come up before and I have an idea it was an anagram of 'party mess' but I just can't se that.

[Nearly Sane]

I'm afraid I'm not doing very well this week, and I'm not sure whether I shall manage it by Friday, but I look at it throughout the day an did manage four more clues yesterday - which still leaves acres of empty squares!

May I have a hint, please, for

 12 across: One has agents sorting out party mess (9)
Letters: - - - - A - T - T(?)

I know this clue has come up before and I have an idea it was an anagram of 'party mess' but I just can't se that.

The last t is wrong, I think. It is an anagram of party mess. For the agents we are in the world of 007

[SusanDoris]

The last t is wrong, I think. It is an anagram of party mess. For the agents we are in the world of 007

Thank you - yes, I thought that last T was dodgy. I'll work on that anagram...

[SusanDoris]

It has taken me over an hour (including a few minutes here and there just closing my eyes!) !) to work it out but I have it: SPYMASTER

[Nearly Sane]

It has taken me over an hour (including a few minutes here and there just closing my eyes!) !) to work it out but I have it: SPYMASTER

Yep, it's a nice anagram but the clue itself seems a bit light.

[SusanDoris]

Yep, it's a nice anagram but the clue itself seems a bit light.

Thank you. May I ask for your opinion of the two clues and answers - which I have just googled after spending all week trying to sort them out?

16 down: Keeping quiet, initiated in slaughter (9)
Letters: - - O - - - h - d   AnswerBLOODSHED

16 across: From here one may observe second-rate flat (5)
Letters: - - I - P  Answer: BLIMP

For quiet, I had thought of SH but not of its position, and there was obviously an E between H and D, but I really can't work out the answer. Yes, 'bloodshed' is slaughter, and I suppose I should have looked up synonyms of 'slaughter', but even if I'd seen 'bloodshed', I wouldn't have seen why.
And as for BLIMP, wellllll why?!!

[Udayana]

Thank you. May I ask for your opinion of the two clues and answers - which I have just googled after spending all week trying to sort them out?

16 down: Keeping quiet, initiated in slaughter (9)
Letters: - - O - - - h - d   AnswerBLOODSHED

16 across: From here one may observe second-rate flat (5)
Letters: - - I - P  Answer: BLIMP

For quiet, I had thought of SH but not of its position, and there was obviously an E between H and D, but I really can't work out the answer. Yes, 'bloodshed' is slaughter, and I suppose I should have looked up synonyms of 'slaughter', but even if I'd seen 'bloodshed', I wouldn't have seen why.
And as for BLIMP, wellllll why?!!

Very hard.

BLOODED = Initiated

and

B = second-rate, LIMP = flat (as in balloon?)
 

[SusanDoris]

Very hard.

BLOODED = Initiated

and

B = second-rate, LIMP = flat (as in balloon?)

Thank you - much appreciated. If this compiler set all the Saturday cryptics, I think I'd let my subscription lapse!

[SusanDoris]

As I do not like to leave a grid incomplete if possible, I’ve googled wordplay for two more answers which enabled me to fill in another two, which leaves this clue

27 across: Man on the lookout when old boy leaves (7)
Letters: - - - - a – t  Answer from wordplay: SERVANT
As you might notice, I do not have the first or third letters, which means that the clues containing them also remain incomplete, but I suppose I’ll have to do them before Saturday. I would be grateful for reasons for ‘servant’.

It doesn’t help, of course, not being able to see even short words all at once!

ETA May I ask one last question on this one?
Clue: Wicked Zulu warriors going over house contents.
Answer: IMPIOUS which is the only one that fits the letters I - P - O - S


But I can only half make sense of it.

ETA At 2:30 a.m. I happened to wake up and the answer to the IMPIOUS question fell into place! the OUS is the contents of the word' house'.  I had assumed that IMP was the wicked and PI the warriors.

[Udayana]

From the Telegraph's crossword compiler, apparently:

STAY ALERT; CONTROL THE VIRUS; SAVE LIVES ...

is an anagram of

EASILY SURVIVES TRAVEL NORTH TO CASTLE

[SusanDoris]

From the Telegraph's crossword compiler, apparently:

STAY ALERT; CONTROL THE VIRUS; SAVE LIVES ...

is an anagram of

EASILY SURVIVES TRAVEL NORTH TO CASTLE

I love it!

Actually, ;I was just going to post and say: In case anyone is reading this, I completed Saturday's Cryptic on Sunday  without any help, and only had to seek one synonym!
With too much time to spare, I printed Tuesday's cryptic and today have nearly completed it - I think it is the same compiler.

Thank you for reading!! ;

[SusanDoris]

I do not much like this Saturday's Cryptic! It is one of the compilers who likes long clues with four-letter answers. The answers I have done were not particularly hard, but I have googled a few, including:

13 down: Musical work, having name for ship at sea (3,8)

I thought of SEA SYMPHONY, but there's no link to 'having name'. The answer is HMS PINAFORE.
I think that is unfair! Why is HMS considered to be a three-letter word? Shouldn't it have been (1,1,1,8)?

At least I can keep up my daily up and down the Close laps in this lovely weather.

Ah, wwell, I'll keep it on the CCTV and plod on.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

I do not much like this Saturday's Cryptic! It is one of the compilers who likes long clues with four-letter answers. The answers I have done were not particularly hard, but I have googled a few, including:

13 down: Musical work, having name for ship at sea (3,8)

I thought of SEA SYMPHONY, but there's no link to 'having name'. The answer is HMS PINAFORE.
I think that is unfair! Why is HMS considered to be a three-letter word? Shouldn't it have been (1,1,1,8)?

At least I can keep up my daily up and down the Close laps in this lovely weather.

Ah, wwell, I'll keep it on the CCTV and plod on.

Showing the abbreviations ("MP" for example) as one word is the convention I'm afraid. Incidentally, you probably spotted it anyway but "name for ship" is an anagram ("at sea") of HMS Pinafore by the way.     

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Showing the abbreviations ("MP" for example) as one word is the convention I'm afraid. Incidentally, you probably spotted it anyway but "name for ship" is an anagram ("at sea") of HMS Pinafore by the way.   

Thank you for explaining. Actually, no I hadn't noticed that anagram. From the way the clue was written I thought there ought to be one but couldn't see11 letters to form it - not surprising though, obviously!

I must say that I don't know how I'd have filled some of the time during these isolation weeks if it hadn't been for the crosswords and knowing that I have become reasonably able to do them.

[SusanDoris]

19 across: Giant blunder on pitch disheartened Royle (4)
Last letter E

This is one of the wordy clues with a four-letter answer. I don't see how the answer can be ROLE, i.e. Royle without the centre, but may I have a hint, please.  this might help me to see a bit more how the compiler is working, although I have to say, I am somewhat doubtful!

[SusanDoris]

Having abandoned all hope of getting anywhere near completing this one without more than a little assistance, I started this morning by googling 1 across, 'Bad mistake, error ousting old Labour leader (4,7). Answer: KEIR STARMER) I can see approximately how this is achieved, but carrying on, I googled some of the four-letter down answers. One of them is: Religious words just audible. Letters R - T -, so the answer had to be RITE and I googled it to check, but I cannot work out why.

I wonder whether they have put an 'extra difficult' cryptic in place of the usual Saturday Prize 'cryptic!

[Outrider]

Having abandoned all hope of getting anywhere near completing this one without more than a little assistance, I started this morning by googling 1 across, 'Bad mistake, error ousting old Labour leader (4,7). Answer: KEIR STARMER) I can see approximately how this is achieved, but carrying on, I googled some of the four-letter down answers. One of them is: Religious words just audible. Letters R - T -, so the answer had to be RITE and I googled it to check, but I cannot work out why.

I wonder whether they have put an 'extra difficult' cryptic in place of the usual Saturday Prize 'cryptic!

Religious words are a 'rite'.  Just is 'right', which is a homonyn of rite, so it's just, audibl(y).

O.

[SusanDoris]

Religious words are a 'rite'.  Just is 'right', which is a homonyn of rite, so it's just, audibl(y).

O.

Oh, I se; thank you - much appreciated.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

19 across: Giant blunder on pitch disheartened Royle (4)
Last letter E

This is one of the wordy clues with a four-letter answer. I don't see how the answer can be ROLE, i.e. Royle without the centre, but may I have a hint, please.  this might help me to see a bit more how the compiler is working, although I have to say, I am somewhat doubtful!

The synonym is “Giant”, and a “blunder on pitch” is when you accidentally score in your own net – commonly abbreviated to two letters.

Having abandoned all hope of getting anywhere near completing this one without more than a little assistance, I started this morning by googling 1 across, 'Bad mistake, error ousting old Labour leader (4,7). Answer: KEIR STARMER) I can see approximately how this is achieved, but carrying on…

Just to say that KEIR STARMER is an anagram (“bad”) of “mistake, error” with the letter O removed (“ousting old”).

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

The synonym is “Giant”, and a “blunder on pitch” is when you accidentaly score in your own net – commonly abbreviated to two letters.

I had thought of OGRE  and now see where the OG comes from and the RE from first and last letters of Royle.

Just to say that KEIR STARMER is an anagram (“bad”) of “mistake, error” with the letter O removed (“ousting old”).

Many thanks for help - much appreciated. I had realised that an O should be removed, but I couldn't see where from. I've been looking at the large number of remaining clues in an attempt to find a few which will help, but although I have managed two answers, and I'll keep looking at it, I think that's about it for this one. There seems to be an extra gap left between most clues and their answers which you can bridge, but I can't!

[flower girl]

Sorry to interrupt.  I do my local crossword puzzle everyday.  I'm so jealous.     (Interruption over)

[SusanDoris]

Sorry to interrupt.  I do my local crossword puzzle everyday.  I'm so jealous.     (Interruption over)

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No problem - glad you joined in! Just over two years ago I really needed an extra hobby I could actually do at home and the Tech chap organised my subscription to the DT crossword puzzles. This enabled me to print them - the Cryptic can be printed on to an A4 sheet and there are usually a few clues which go on to a second sheet. I also print the Quick. I decided on the Saturday one because the answers are not available for 9 days - and it takes me the best part of the Saturday to read (on my CCTV) the clues. I then raised the subject here and fortunately there are several crossword experts who have really helped me improve my ability to tackle them with a greater degree of success.

[SusanDoris]

As I did not do well last week, I have done a training exercise this week by doing the Tuesday Cryptic! I googled some answers and also checked  a few others, but did nearly all of it so hope my brain is geared up for tomorrow!