Crossword Clues Part 2

[SusanDoris]

Drunk means mixed up here  and an anagram of 'on a charge' is mixed up. Anchorage is an Alaskan port.

Thank you too for  your help - and I really should have remembered that 'drunk' is another anagram indicator.

I think I was over-thinking it - Clever Clogs being the compiler, but no, that's no excuse!!

[SusanDoris]

Couldn't resist just dropping in to say that I have done 1 across and 1 down, plus about six others todayall by myself!! In a couple of years I might catch up with this Clever Clogs compiler chap.

[SusanDoris]

16 across is:Unit employed with rocks to lug round area (5)
Letters: C - R - S

So it has to be CARTS  but I would appreciate a why answer, please!

I suppose TARS could be rocks, and A a unit, and 'lug' is CART but to make such a complicated clue ...well ... why?!

Edited to add:
17 across is: Conscientious consumer for example stops goods vehicle (5)
Letters: B - G - N

So it has to be BEGIN.  For example> e.g., vehicle > GIN\/? But what about the conscientious consumer? I give up!!

[Nearly Sane]

16 across is:Unit employed with rocks to lug round area (5)
Letters: C - R - S

So it has to be CARTS  but I would appreciate a why answer, please!

I suppose TARS could be rocks, and A a unit, and 'lug' is CART but to make such a complicated clue ...well ... why?!

Edited to add:
17 across is: Conscientious consumer for example stops goods vehicle (5)
Letters: B - G - N

So it has to be BEGIN.  For example> e.g., vehicle > GIN\/? But what about the conscientious consumer? I give up!!

I think some of your letters are wrong.

I don't think S is the last letter in 16 across.

And I don't think B is the first letter in 17across

[SusanDoris]

I think some of your letters are wrong.

I don't think S is the last letter in 16 across.

And I don't think B is the first letter in 17across

Thank you very much - back to square one!!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Further to NS’s post re wrong letters…

16 across is:Unit employed with rocks to lug round area (5)
Letters: C - R – S

Diamonds are sometime referred to as “rocks”.

17 across is: Conscientious consumer for example stops goods vehicle (5)
Letters: B - G - N

Possibly a “conscientious consumer” is someone who avoids animal-based foods?

[SusanDoris]

Well, back to square No. 17 to be precise! With E as the second  letter, the only other answer that makes sense is VEGAN I think.

17 down is: Bad lover pens heartlless gag for on line contributor (7)
Letters: V - - - g - R

heartless gag > GG
so that  has to be followed by ER and I thought the answer was BLOGGER

The only word I can think of which fits with V to start is VInIGAR, but that doesn't make sense as far as I can see!

May I have a hint, please?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Well, back to square No. 17 to be precise! With E as the second  letter, the only other answer that makes sense is VEGAN I think.

Spot on.

17 down is: Bad lover pens heartlless gag for on line contributor (7)
Letters: V - - - g - R

heartless gag > GG
so that  has to be followed by ER and I thought the answer was BLOGGER

The only word I can think of which fits with V to start is VInIGAR, but that doesn't make sense as far as I can see!

May I have a hint, please?

Someone who posts videos online is called something like a blogger, but with a different first letter. 

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Further to NS’s post re wrong letters…

Diamonds are sometime referred to as “rocks”.

Possibly a “conscientious consumer” is someone who avoids animal-based foods?

Thank you - I'm afraid I  didn't see this before my last post.

Re the diamonds: is it CARAT? CART around A for area?
Yes, I think it must be.

That still leaves seven more to do, including 17 down.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Spot on.

Someone who posts videos online is called something like a blogger, but with a different first letter.

Ah, so it's one of these new-fangled computer words, is it? Huh! Let's see ... ... surely it can't be VLOGGER!  I wince visibly!

[bluehillside Retd.]

 

[SusanDoris]

With magnifyng x10 that appears to be a big grin!!!!

[Nearly Sane]

Ah, so it's one of these new-fangled computer words, is it? Huh! Let's see ... ... surely it can't be VLOGGER!  I wince visibly!

I love that language  is this adaptable. The term itself is 16 years old

[SusanDoris]

I love that language  is this adaptable. The term itself is 16 years old

Just goes to show, I suppose, that I'm about twenty years behind the times!!

Still a few tricky clues to answer and may I have a hint, please, for:

8 down: Satanic sort, very French, about to ensnare writer (7)
Letters: S - R - E - T

This has come up before I think but my mind obviously did not record it well enough. I've been trying various letters in the spaces and to include tres=very in French (can't put grave accent in) but nothing has worked.

The few answers I managed yesterday includied one where I almost had to stand on my head as well as squint sideways to make it fit the clue!
It was: Weapon returned to court causing bleed? (5)
Answer: EXACT
I suppose you can exact a confession, but bleed?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

1. Think of a word for a snake.

2. If you “exact”, say, money from someone you “bleed” them for it.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

1. Think of a word for a snake.

2. If you “exact”, say, money from someone you “bleed” them for it.

Many thanks, so that's SERPENT ...and I should have picked out the P and the N when working through the alphabet! I'm glad I got the tres for very right though.

I think I'll be back later with hint requests for the last few ...

[SusanDoris]

21 down is: Irish with a question for an Arab (5)
Letters: I - A - I
So it has to be IRANI, or IRAQI. I can see that 'ran I' could be a question but it could also be IRAQI with IRA and Q, Which is right, please?

I would really appreciate a hint for the following:

24 down is: In the beginning, Adam mentioned temptation as moderate (5)
Letters: A - A - -

Then that will leave only two incomplete answers.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

21 down is: Irish with a question for an Arab (5)
Letters: I - A - I
So it has to be IRANI, or IRAQI. I can see that 'ran I' could be a question but it could also be IRAQI with IRA and Q, Which is right, please?

IRAQI I think.

IR = Irish

AQ = a question

I = an

I would really appreciate a hint for the following:

24 down is: In the beginning, Adam mentioned temptation as moderate (5)
Letters: A - A - -

Then that will leave only two incomplete answers.

The “beginning” of Adam you have already, so now you need something that sounds like (“mentioned”) a temptation – what would tempt a fish maybe?

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

IRAQI I think. IR = Irish

AQ = a question

I = an

Thank you. I wonder if the compiler gave himself a pat on the back for that!

The “beginning” of Adam you have already, so now you need something that sounds like (“mentioned”) a temptation – what would tempt a fish maybe?

Thank you for help. I thought it would be AD for the first two letters. Can't think of the rest just at this moment, so willl have to think ...

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you. I wonder if the compiler gave himself a pat on the back for that! Thank you for help. I thought it would be AD for the first two letters. Can't think of the rest just at this moment, so willl have to think ...

It is just A not AD

[SusanDoris]

It is just A not AD

Thank you. Yes, I have just realised that this might be the case and have come back to the computer to check!

Light not dawning yet though ...

The two remaining clues are:

22 down: Run, step up and go over again (5)
Letters: R - C - -

RACER? RACED? 

28 across: Lead and quietly withdraw(7)
Letters:- - E - - - E

First is last of 22down and fifth is last of 24 down.

rather than ask for answers, perhaps a hint for 28 across will achieve a final success?

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you. Yes, I have just realised that this might be the case and have come back to the computer to check!

Light not dawning yet though ...

The two remaining clues are:

22 down: Run, step up and go over again (5)
Letters: R - C - -

RACER? RACED? 

28 across: Lead and quietly withdraw(7)
Letters:- - E - - - E

First is last of 22down and fifth is last of 24 down.

rather than ask for answers, perhaps a hint for 28 across will achieve a final success?

28 across is a synonym for leads in the sense of happening before. If you remove the first letter then you have a word for something withdrawing into the distance

22 down is a synonym for go over again as in an argument

[SusanDoris]

28 across is a synonym for leads in the sense of happening before. If you remove the first letter then you have a word for something withdrawing into the distance

22 down is a synonym for go over again as in an argument

Many thanks. I'l tryand come back with the answers later.

[SusanDoris]

22 down - RECAP, although I can't see where 'Run' comes in ...

28 across - PRECEDE

I would never have got those two without the hints, so thank you for the hints that enable!

I give up on the Adam clue - may I have the answer please?

I do so appreciate the help given, especially as some of theselatest have been assessed as more like 'toughies'.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

22 down - RECAP, although I can't see where 'Run' comes in ...

“Run” is R, and PACE “up” gives you the ECAP part.

I give up on the Adam clue - may I have the answer please?

You’ll kick yourself – it’s ABATE. “BATE” sounds like “bait”, which is the temptation part.