Crossword Clues Part 2

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Of course. It’s MINESTRONE.

The clue is: “Starter motor finally found in quarry, apparently”.

“Starter” gives you the synonym. “motor finally” gives you the R (that’s the clever bit – “starter” and “motor” are normally connected, but in this case they’re not). The R is surrounded by (“found in”) MINE STONE, which is the “quarry, apparently” part.   

Many thanks - that's way beyond my cryptic crossword
competence level! I would never have got it.

I will now try to complete the down clues but I'm not sure about those either!

[SusanDoris]

Thought I'd put this here: Saw Ophthalmologist, and had Cardiologist phone call yesterday! Back of eye appears to be unchanged, so lights and lessening of peripheral area still somewhat unexplained; increase mg of one of the pills which should when necessary keep occasional angina down and my heart going a while longer.
So - a bit of readjustment, and a continuation of endeavours to keep the bits that work well continuing to do so! 

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thought I'd put this here: Saw Ophthalmologist, and had Cardiologist phone call yesterday! Back of eye appears to be unchanged, so lights and lessening of peripheral area still somewhat unexplained; increase mg of one of the pills which should when necessary keep occasional angina down and my heart going a while longer.
So - a bit of readjustment, and a continuation of endeavours to keep the bits that work well continuing to do so! 

Thanks for the update. No bad news is good news I suppose, so it could have been a lot worse! What's more, now you have no excuse not to keep doing the crossword too... 

All best wishes to you and yours.   

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Thanks for the update. No bad news is good news I suppose, so it could have been a lot worse! What's more, now you have no excuse not to keep doing the crossword too... 

All best wishes to you and yours.

Thank you. Yes, I'll plod on, as I do not like to give up something I've started!

Turned on IE - have to log in - no idea why. Went to Chrome, okay, logged in already. Followed the usual procedure … and found they had "improved!?? the site, so when I clicked on 'print', it came up with a preview and it took me several tries, each time starting again from scratch, to work out where 'print' was.  *sighs*!

[SusanDoris]

I'm afraid it is going to be quite a bit harder from now on; with an anagram, for instance, I put the letters on the back of the sheet of paper, vowels and consonants, one above the other. I find I can see only a few of them at a time and certainly less than I did before. More work for the memory!
This is a good excuse for asking, please, for an answer to

1 across: Rabbit by pan said to be a fabulous monster (10)

This will give me a start for a lot of down clues.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

I’ll you’re sure...

I got as far as JABBERWOCKY, looked that up and sure enough there’s a JABBERWOCK too. Looks right to me!

[Nearly Sane]

Hi Susan,

I’ll you’re sure...

I got as far as JABBERWOCKY, looked that up and sure enough there’s a JABBERWOCK too. Looks right to me!

Jabberwocky is the name of the poem, the monster itself is the Jabberwock.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

I’ll you’re sure...

I got as far as JABBERWOCKY, looked that up and sure enough there’s a JABBERWOCK too. Looks right to me!

Yes, quite sure! And many thanks because I'd never have got that anyway!


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NS

Thank you for the extra info. I was just going to ask where does the 'pan' come from, but  I suppose it is the wock … not something I use!

[bluehillside Retd.]

NS,

Jabberwocky is the name of the poem, the monster itself is the Jabberwock.

So I discovered - thank you.

[SusanDoris]

Thanks to the JABBERWOCK answer, and a few others I did yesterday, I have now completed just about three-quarters of the Cryptic, so I am quite pleased.
It is definitely more difficult - nose a bit closer to the screen, seeing clues more slowly, but it's nice to know I can!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thanks to the JABBERWOCK answer, and a few others I did yesterday, I have now completed just about three-quarters of the Cryptic, so I am quite pleased.
It is definitely more difficult - nose a bit closer to the screen, seeing clues more slowly, but it's nice to know I can!

That's really nice to hear - lots more crossword chat to come then. Excellent!

Re Jabberwock by the way, for some reason I got stuck on "Natterjack" to begin with so it took me a while to back out of that cul-de-sac. 

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

That's really nice to hear - lots more crossword chat to come then. Excellent!

Re Jabberwock by the way, for some reason I got stuck on "Natterjack" to begin with so it took me a while to back out of that cul-de-sac.

I'm glad you did - thank you. I thought I was going to be stuck on 15 down but have just tried Chrome for 'synonyms sacrifice' and with some difficulty found HETACOMB so that completed two answers.
13  down is: Turned out too late? (9)
Letters: O V E - S - - - T

OVERSHOOT fits - could I have a yesno please?

[Nearly Sane]

I'm glad you did - thank you. I thought I was going to be stuck on 15 down but have just tried Chrome for 'synonyms sacrifice' and with some difficulty found HETACOMB so that completed two answers.
13  down is: Turned out too late? (9)
Letters: O V E - S - - - T

OVERSHOOT fits - could I have a yesno please?

No

[SusanDoris]

No

Thank you. It's now just after 8:30and having been running through letter combinations, I've arrived at OVERSLEPT, which helped to get ZEPPELIN and  WEAPON.  Cryptic complete!

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you. It's now just after 8:30and having been running through letter combinations, I've arrived at OVERSLEPT, which helped to get ZEPPELIN and  WEAPON.  Cryptic complete!

Hurrah

[SusanDoris]

Quick complete and I have read all the Cryptic cllues, and answered two. One of these is 18 down which begins with an O, which is the sixth letter of:

17 across: Force joins battle group (7)

PLATOON fits nicely, but may I have a Yes/No, please?!

[Nearly Sane]

Quick complete and I have read all the Cryptic cllues, and answered two. One of these is 18 down which begins with an O, which is the sixth letter of:

17 across: Force joins battle group (7)

PLATOON fits nicely, but may I have a Yes/No, please?!

No

[SusanDoris]

No

Thank you. Letters now: - A - T - O -

Is it FACTION?  If so, could you please say where the battle is?

It seems my brain needs a night's sleep to start thinking of answers!

ETA I suppose it's 'action', but I think 'battle' is a bit too strong as a synonym for 'action' maybe ...

[SusanDoris]

May I have a hint for this one please:

12 down: Gains control over temper - it's very important (11)
Letters: C - R - - - - T - O(?) -

I keep thinking CORRELATION, but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with the clue.

If it's an anagram, I can't work out what of, and I think the synonym must be for 'gains'?

[Nearly Sane]

May I have a hint for this one please:

12 down: Gains control over temper - it's very important (11)
Letters: C - R - - - - T - O(?) -

I keep thinking CORRELATION, but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with the clue.

If it's an anagram, I can't work out what of, and I think the synonym must be for 'gains'?

It's not Correlation. The O as the second last letter is wrong. It's a known which is synonymous with very important usually to a plan or argument but is a building term originally

[SusanDoris]

It's not Correlation. The O as the second last letter is wrong. It's a known which is synonymous with very important usually to a plan or argument but is a building term originally

Thank you - much appreciated. I have managed to do 26 across which has given N for the tenth letter, so is it CORRELATING?

If not, am I getting close?!

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you - much appreciated. I have managed to do 26 across which has given N for the tenth letter, so is it CORRELATING?

If not, am I getting close?!

Not much - predictive text screwed up my last post where I meant to write it's a noun, and it came out as 'known'! But N is correct as the 10th letter.

[SusanDoris]

Not much - predictive text screwed up my last post where I meant to write it's a noun, and it came out as 'known'! But N is correct as the 10th letter.

Thank you. Actually, I did realise it was 'noun', but then forgot! I suppose that makes the ending TENT, TINE or TINY.  I'll see if I can do 20 across which would give me another letter.EN

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you. Actually, I did realise it was 'noun', but then forgot! I suppose that makes the ending TENT, TINE or TINY.  I'll see if I can do 20 across which would give me another letter.EN

It's none of those endings. Again think what might be an ending from the building trade.

[SusanDoris]

It's none of those endings. Again think what might be an ending from the building trade.

Thank you. I might need another night's sleep first!

I have just been outside, up and down the close and down the road into town some way practising with a sweep stick with the help of a Sensory Support team member who is the one I've known since I first lost sight. I had been thinking about it and indeed found it much easier than I thought I would and she said I'd taken to it like a duck to water. My personal one will arrive soon.