Crossword Clues Part 2

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan – hope you’re nice and warm today.

Yes, thank you! I piled on layrs with my water and windproof jacket on top and did ten laps of the Close - must keep the lungs breathing properly!

Spot on.

Scientist = “researcher”. I is “one” that “goes into” SCENT (the “trail of evidence”). IS is given to you (“is”), and “right at last” is the T. 

Many thanks. I had realised that an I had to go in somewhere but certainly didn't see 'scent', and I had thought the last letter would be R.

“Harshly censure fashionable adult” is SLAM IN A. Reverse it (“in review”) and you get ANIMALS.

Again - many thanks. However. I'm still not quite clear. 'harshly censure' > yes, I can see that would be SLAM, and the A for 'adult' and the 'in' is there, but the 'fashionable' seems unnecessary ... especially as the first word of the clue was quite sufficient on its own!!

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Again - many thanks. However. I'm still not quite clear. 'harshly censure' > yes, I can see that would be SLAM, and the A for 'adult' and the 'in' is there, but the 'fashionable' seems unnecessary ... especially as the first word of the clue was quite sufficient on its own!!

Not quite. If something is fashionable then it's "in" - that's where the IN comes from.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Not quite. If something is fashionable then it's "in" - that's where the IN comes from.

Ah, yes, of course - thank you. All that being 'in' or not never bothered or affected me - I was too busy just getting on with real life and teaching!

[SusanDoris]

Printing off the Cryptic (and Quick) crossword is something I usually do first, but yesterday there werea few such interesting posts to respond to on the GH, that I didn't do that until later afternoon!
It will take a few days, but at least I have the first across clue done and quite a few others.

May I have a yes/no for whether the letters are correct, please, for

2 down In run, be a tenth on a winning streak? (
Letters: U N(?) B - R - - -

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Printing off the Cryptic (and Quick) crossword is something I usually do first, but yesterday there werea few such interesting posts to respond to on the GH, that I didn't do that until later afternoon!
It will take a few days, but at least I have the first across clue done and quite a few others.

May I have a yes/no for whether the letters are correct, please, for

2 down In run, be a tenth on a winning streak? (
Letters: U N(?) B - R - - -

Not the R I’m afraid. The answer is visibly right in front of you, but I guess not if you hear it rather than see it?

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Not the R I’m afraid. The answer is visibly right in front of you, but I guess not if you hear it rather than see it?

thank you  very much. On the CCTV I cam see the printed version (white on black) ) andI have to considerably magnify it. I am very accustomed to using the peripheral vision of course but I can only actually see four or five letters at a time* and have to move the paper along to read the whole thing. I would not have seen the word unless you had said it was there, but I can now see that it is UNBEATEN.

About  half the clues completed so far ...
Edit: * I can 'see' peripherally that the rest are there, but the 'focus' can only be on four or five l.etters.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hey Susan,

thank you  very much. On the CCTV I cam see the printed version (white on black) ) andI have to considerably magnify it. I am very accustomed to using the peripheral vision of course but I can only actually see four or five letters at a time and have to move the paper along to read the whole thing. I would not have seen the word unless you had said it was there, but I can now see that it is UNBEATEN.

About  half the clues completed so far ...

No problem, and spot on!

[SusanDoris]

Hey Susan,

No problem, and spot on!

While you're there ... another question please!
22 across is: Order at all times to seize for military use (10)
I thought at first it would be an anagram of 'at all times' but it is COMMANDEER.

|Order - command but where does 'at all times' fit in?

P.S. see edit of previous post

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

While you're there ... another question please!
22 across is: Order at all times to seize for military use (10)
I thought at first it would be an anagram of 'at all times' but it is COMMANDEER.

|Order - command but where does 'at all times' fit in?

P.S. see edit of previous post

Yes: “e’er” is an old-fashioned way of saying “at all times” (short for “ever”).

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

Yes: “e’er” is an old-fashioned way of saying “at all times” (short for “ever”).

Ah, yes, of corse. Thank you. Aninvisible apostrophe!

[SusanDoris]

Finished, but only by being just about to ask a question about 7 down! By the time I'd written the question and the letters available, I had remembered that 'bed' is 'cot', and that the answer is COTERIE.
7 down: Secret group's bed on lake (7)

I cannot claim not to have cheated though, as there are two clues for whichh I did look up answers, one of which I should have got and ther other I wouldn't have.

[SusanDoris]

I started off thinking, as I read through the clues, I can't do any of them! However, I have done almost half by allowing the brain to think cryptically.
A yes/no answer for the following two questions would be much appreciated.

Are the letters right?
Is the answer an anagram of 'trie', and 'as all'?

16 down: Patience tried endlessly as all wasted (9)
Letters: - - L - A - I - -

[Nearly Sane]

I started off thinking, as I read throgh thec clues, I can't do any of them! However, I have done almost half by allowing the brain to think cryptically.
A yes/no answer for the following two question woud be much appreciated.

Are the letters right?
Is the answer an anagram of 'trie', and 'as all'?

16 down: Patience tried endlessly as all wasted (9)
Letters: - - L - A - I - -

Could All be Oil?

[SusanDoris]

Could All be Oil?

Oh dear, yes it is! Thank you for noticing.  I'll have another go at it and post again asap.

[SusanDoris]

 The oil makes it much easier! it is SOLITAIRE. That makes 23 across, which I'd had as ANGER, TIGER instead.

thank you for your help.

[SusanDoris]

I think I might allow myself a small pat on the back! I have finished it. However, there is one answer I was not sure of, so  googled the answer just now.

The clue is: Seconds served with fish and flower head (5)
Letters: S - I - E

I decided to put SLICE, but the answer is SPIKE. I should have known, because it has come up before, and I can see that S for 'seconds' and PIKE for fish, but could you please say where the flower head comes in?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

I think I might allow myself a small pat on the back! I have finished it. However, there is one answer I was not sure of, so  googled the answer just now.

The clue is: Seconds served with fish and flower head (5)
Letters: S - I - E

I decided to put SLICE, but the answer is SPIKE. I should have known, because it has come up before, and I can see that S for 'seconds' and PIKE for fish, but could you please say where the flower head comes in?

I'm no gardener, but I'm fairly sure that when plants have stems with flowers growing along them they're called "spikes" - gladioli for example.   

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

I'm no gardener, but I'm fairly sure that when plants have stems with flowers growing along them they're called "spikes" - gladioli for example.   

Thank you. I'll have to print  tomorrow's cryptic for  practice to fill some of this week's twiddling thumbs time.

[SusanDoris]

Starting off as usual with the, 'Well, ;I can't do any of that one!', but dismissing that as not so applicable nowadays, I have made a reasonable start. However, a yes/no answer for the first question and a hint for the second would be appreciated for the following:

1 across is: Rush head teach limiting right for extended time off (6,5)

The second word had to be 'break' or 'leave' and it is BREAK, But is the first word longer?

1 down is: Arrange 70 per cent of security (7)
May I have a hint, please?

[bluehillside Retd.]

Afternoon Susan - hope all’s well.

Starting off as usual with the, 'Well, ;I can't do any of that one!', but dismissing that as not so applicable nowadays, I have made a reasonable start. However, a yes/no answer for the first question and a hint for the second would be appreciated for the following:

1 across is: Rush head teach limiting right for extended time off (6,5)

The second word had to be 'break' or 'leave' and it is BREAK, But is the first word longer?

BREAK is good. For the first word, you need a synonym for “rush”.     

1 down is: Arrange 70 per cent of security (7)
May I have a hint, please?

Took me agas this one (I managed to mow the lawn between seeing it and working it out!). The “70 per cent” tells you that the seven letters of the answer need another three added to give you a synonym for “security” (think of a financial security here). The answer is a synonym for “arrange”, as in organise or bring things together.

Hope that helps!   

[SusanDoris]

Afternoon Susan - hope all’s well.

BREAK is good. For the first word, you need a synonym for “rush”.     

Took me agas this one (I managed to mow the lawn between seeing it and working it out!). The “70 per cent” tells you that the seven letters of the answer need another three added to give you a synonym for “security” (think of a financial security here). The answer is a synonym for “arrange”, as in organise or bring things together.

Hope that helps!   

Many thanks. If I can't think of a synonym for 'rush' myself, I'll google one.

But if you had time to mow the lawn while working out1 down, then it could well take me a week or more! I did think of 'security' having too many letters for picking out 70% and it wasn't much help to add in the 'if' to make 10 letters. LXI doesn't help either.

I'll work on it this afternoon.   

[SusanDoris]

Having done a few clues this morning, I thought I was getting somewhere, but this is going to take longer I'm afraid.

No luck yet with the 1 down, but the only word that seems it might fit in 1 across is TRAVEL, which comes up as half of a phrase synonymous with 'rush' , but could you please say if it is right?

I looked up reeds and rushes too, but that didn't help.

ETA a few more clues solved so it looks somewhat less empty.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Having done a few clues this morning, I thought I was getting somewhere, but this is going to take longer I'm afraid.

No luck yet with the 1 down, but the only word that seems it might fit in 1 across is TRAVEL, which comes up as half of a phrase synonymous with 'rush' , but could you please say if it is right?

I looked up reeds and rushes too, but that didn't help.

ETA a few more clues solved so it looks somewhat less empty.

I’m afraid it isn’t correct - think of something charging along out of control (a car for example), but the same word also means a job someone has for a long time.   

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

I’m afraid it isn’t correct - think of something charging along out of control (a car for example), but the same word also means a job someone has for a long time.

It seems I turned off the computer just a bit too early yesterday! I read this about 7:30 a.m. and have at last got it  - CAREER

Many thanks.  Now I'll see what I can do with 1 down.

ETA Is 1 down COLLECT(ion)? I think that is more likely than CAPITAL(ise) from what you said above and I think it fits with 7 across .

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

It seems I turned off the computer just a bit too early yesterday! I read this about 7:30 a.m. and have at last got it  - CAREER

Many thanks.  Now I'll see what I can do with 1 down.

ETA Is 1 down COLLECT(ion)? I think that is more likely than CAPITAL(ise) from what you said above and I think it fits with 7 across .

Spot on for CAREER BREAK.

Re 1d though, not COLLECT I'm afraid. The first four letters are correct though!