Crossword Clues Part 2

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Yep - the NT look after "piles" (ie, big houses), and RUST is the synonym for corruption.

I'm very impressed by the 19 laps by the way - you put me to shame!

I hasten to point out that a lap is about 180 steps and the time taken this morning was 52  minutes.
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[SusanDoris]

Three-quarters done, but a hint for the following will be much appreciated.

12 down: E.g. Hamlet on TV provides diversion (11)
Letters: S - O - E - - - - - T(?)

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Three-quarters done, but a hint for the following will be much appreciated.

12 down: E.g. Hamlet on TV provides diversion (11)
Letters: S - O - E - - - - - T(?)

“Hamlet” is (or was) a brand of cigar. And lit cigars produce…

(I don’t like the T at the end by the way.)

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

“Hamlet” is (or was) a brand of cigar. And lit cigars produce…

(I don’t like the T at the end by the way.)

Ah, right, thank you for the hint, I had forgotten the Hamlet cigar ads, so that makes it SMOKESCREEN
I think ING will be replacing the ATE for the across clue.

*****
A why question:
2 down is: COMPOUNDS
The clue is: More than onecamp friend of Clegg coming to North Dakota in North ~America.
Letters: c - m - o n -

DK in Us so with the M there, COMPOUNDS  is the only choice, but I can't see the whole connection with the clue and will be interested to know more please.
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[Nearly Sane]

Ah, right, thank you for the hint, I had forgotten the Hamlet cigar ads, so that makes it SMOKESCREEN
I think ING will be replacing the ATE for the across clue.

*****
A why question:
2 down is: COMPOUNDS
The clue is: More than onecamp friend of Clegg coming to North Dakota in North ~America.
Letters: c - m - o n -

DK in Us so with the M there, COMPOUNDS  is the only choice, but I can't see the whole connection with the clue and will be interested to know more please.

Compo and Clegg were characters (and friends)in Last of The Summer Wine. A compound is in one meaning a synonym for Camp

[SusanDoris]

Compo and Clegg were characters (and friends)in Last of The Summer Wine. A compound is in one meaning a synonym for Camp

Thank you - something else I'd forgotten about TV , but I'll try and remember both parts of the why for future clue answers.

[SusanDoris]

Just three incomplete answers to go.
24 across is: Boasting about American support (
Letters: B - - - S - E -

The word BRAGSTER sounds sort of right, but a yes/no would be appreciated, please, and if it is right, a why answer!!

[Nearly Sane]

Just three incomplete answers to go.
24 across is: Boasting about American support (
Letters: B - - - S - E -

The word BRAGSTER sounds sort of right, but a yes/no would be appreciated, please, and if it is right, a why answer!!

Not right

[SusanDoris]

Not right

Thank you, much appreciated. Actually, I went back to the crossword, found that 22 down must be ATLAS, but before I had time to do a quick modify, I had to restart the computer, as Synthetic Dave does what it does occasionally i.e. started growling, and this time much worse than it has done before. A restart puts it back to normal! Anyway, that makes the third letter L, so I'll have another think.

[SusanDoris]

BALUSTER A word I do not like - I think someone misheard the word 'banister'

Last one: 21 across: Talk about end of Gunpoweder Plot (5)
Letters: C - A - R

The only words I can think of are CLAIR or CHAIR, but does either make sense?   

[Nearly Sane]

BALUSTER A word I do not like - I think someone misheard the word 'banister'

Last one: 21 across: Talk about end of Gunpoweder Plot (5)
Letters: C - A - R

The only words I can think of are CLAIR or CHAIR, but does either make sense?

Yep, Baluster is right.

ETA - the mishearing was the other way round. Baluster is the older term, and banister has come to mean a set of balusters and handrail on stairs. Not on stairs, then a set of balusters and a top is a balustrade.


Not keen on the R for 21 across

[SusanDoris]

Yep, Baluster is right.

ETA - the mishearing was the other way round. Baluster is the older term, and banister has come to mean a set of balusters and handrail on stairs. Not on stairs, then a set of balusters and a top is a balustrade.

Thank you - I should have looked up the definition!
 

Not keen on the R for 21 across

thank you  - I had another look and actually that square had been corrected several times and in fact I see that the letter is T (from ARTISAN, where I'd written PARTISA before running out of squares and trying again!)

Can't think of it straight away, but I'm turning off computer now, so will have a think.

[SusanDoris]

Just dropping in to say I got it as soon as I turned off the computer!
CHART - CHAT round the last letter of Gunpowder and synonym of plot.

[SusanDoris]

Today's Cryptic is about the same level of difficulty as last week's I think. 5 down has a (4-11) answer and answers to a couple of questions would be much appreciated.

5down: Film director ad-libs the moves around set (4-11)
Third letter L

Q 1: Is it, as I think it must be, an anagram? yes/no
Q 2: 'director ad-libs' has 15 letters, but I  just don't think that's right! Are they the right words? yes/no

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Today's Cryptic is about the same level of difficulty as last week's I think. 5 down has a (4-11) answer and answers to a couple of questions would be much appreciated.

5down: Film director ad-libs the moves around set (4-11)
Third letter L

Q 1: Is it, as I think it must be, an anagram? yes/no
Q 2: 'director ad-libs' has 15 letters, but I  just don't think that's right! Are they the right words? yes/no

1. Partly.

2. No.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

1. Partly.

2. No.

thank you. I'll have to try and get a few more letters from across clues.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hey Susan,

thank you. I'll have to try and get a few more letters from across clues.

No problem. Maybe start with a famous film director, then the anagram for the rest...

[SusanDoris]

Oh dear, because I can see so little of the grid at any one time, I forgot that in fact I do hav quite a few letters, so I hav

- - L - / - - T - - - I - H - -

May I have another yes/no for whether these letters are right, please?

And at a guess, I'd say the last few letters are IGHTS ...

So I wonder if it ends with IGHT?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Susan,

Oh dear, because I can see so little of the grid at any one time, I forgot that in fact I do hav quite a few letters, so I hav

- - L - / - - T - - - I - H - -

May I have another yes/no for whether these letters are right, please?

And at a guess, I'd say the last few letters are IGHTS ...

So I wonder if it ends with IGHT?

1. Yes.

2. No.

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you. I thinnk the 11-letter part must be ESTABLISHES but I'll have to leave my subconscious to work on the first part.

Last letter is wrong

[SusanDoris]

Last letter is wrong

Thank you - and as soon as I'd posted that I realised it must be WELL-ESTABLISHED, although I don't quite see entirely how it fits the clue. Fortunately it will assist with a lot of across clues.

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you - and as soon as I'd posted that I realised it must be WELL-ESTABLISHED, although I don't quite see entirely how it fits the clue. Fortunately it will assist with a lot of across clues.

Welles, as in Orson, is the film director. The rest is anagram of 'ad-libs the'.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Susan,

Thank you - and as soon as I'd posted that I realised it must be WELL-ESTABLISHED, although I don't quite see entirely how it fits the clue. Fortunately it will assist with a lot of across clues.

WELLES = film director

TABLISHED = anagram of “ad-libs the”

WELL-ESTABLISHED is a synonym for “set”.

[SusanDoris]

Welles, as in Orson, is the film director. The rest is anagram of 'ad-libs the'.

Many thanks. I have never really followed films or directors etc so I'd certainy be useless in any quiz involving them!

[SusanDoris]

Top left-hand corner is tricky. May I have some hint help with the following, please:

1 across: Weak sense about black and white's last piece (
Letters: None, I'm afraid.

3 down: Look kills (
Third letter: T

I've been thinking WATCHER but that only fits the first half of the clue. If correct, then the fourth letter of 1 across is W.