Author Topic: Crossword Clues Part 2 (Read 150574 times)

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1975 on:** May 22, 2021, 07:18:43 PM »

Nearly correct I think, just the last word needs rethinking to form a phrase that is more commonly used.

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1976 on:** May 23, 2021, 06:59:34 AM »

Quote from: Trentvoyager on May 22, 2021, 07:18:43 PM

Nearly correct I think, just the last word needs rethinking to form a phrase that is more commonly used.

Thank you for reply. In that case, I suppose it has to be LIMITS but that makes one of the a cross answers end in I which is always a bit tricky and might need a further hint!

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1977 on:** May 23, 2021, 07:56:37 AM »

Not limits. Think of a specific measurement. Perhaps in swimming?

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1978 on:** May 23, 2021, 08:03:07 AM »

Quote from: Trentvoyager on May 23, 2021, 07:56:37 AM

Not limits. Think of a specific measurement. Perhaps in swimming?

Thank you - is it LENGTH

Yes, it must be because that makes 24 across HAT TRICK

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1979 on:** May 23, 2021, 08:16:37 AM »

You got it!

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1980 on:** May 23, 2021, 02:16:31 PM »

Quote from: Trentvoyager on May 23, 2021, 08:16:37 AM

You got it!

Thank you. Plodding through, at the rate of about one clue an hour or slower, I have about six more to answer

18 down is: Unusually kind to accept most of fee cut? (6)
Letters: K - - - E -

KIDNEY fits and the anagram of kind is there, and key is cut, but I can't see how it works.
Is it right, please?

bluehillside Retd. · « **Reply #1981 on:** May 23, 2021, 04:10:17 PM »

Hi Susan,

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Thank you. Plodding through, at the rate of about one clue an hour or slower, I have about six more to answer

18 down is: Unusually kind to accept most of fee cut? (6)
Letters: K - - - E -

KIDNEY fits and the anagram of kind is there, and key is cut, but I can't see how it works.
Is it right, please?

Sorry, no. The “unusually” tells you you have an anagram of “kind”, and the “accept” means it goes around something else. “…most of fee” tells you that the bit in the middle could be most of the word “fee”, and he answer must therefore be a synonym for “cut”.

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1982 on:** May 23, 2021, 04:20:30 PM »

Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on May 23, 2021, 04:10:17 PM

Hi Susan,

Sorry, no. The “unusually” tells you you have an anagram of “kind”, and the “accept” means it goes around something else. “…most of fee” tells you that the bit in the middle could be most of the word “fee”, and he answer must therefore be a synonym for “cut”.

Thank you for your help. I'll have to have a think about that. However, I have managed the other clues so it and the word across which contains the third letter are all that's left now

ETA: Ah, not quite so hard after all! Wrote down KNI and so it has to be KNIFED.

... and the across word is SNEAKING

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1983 on:** May 30, 2021, 08:56:34 AM »

Slow but steady sort of cryptic this weekend. Three corners almost done, but a hint would be much appreciated for:

13 across: Social occasion of leading lady and gentry essentially (5)
First letter L and third possibly E but not sure.

bluehillside Retd. · « **Reply #1984 on:** May 30, 2021, 09:22:02 AM »

Morning Susan,

Think of the “leading” (ie, first) lady in the Bible, plus the central letters of “gentry” (ie, the “essential” parts of that word) and you’ll have a social occasion.

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1985 on:** May 30, 2021, 02:23:02 PM »

Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on May 30, 2021, 09:22:02 AM

Morning Susan,

Think of the “leading” (ie, first) lady in the Bible, plus the central letters of “gentry” (ie, the “essential” parts of that word) and you’ll have a social occasion.

Thank you. EVEnt was my first choice, but that meant the first letter is not L. I had looked several times and knew the answer to 1 down wasTRUFFLE, but looking again now, I realised I'd spelt it EL at the end. I know why, too, I must have been confusing it with the name of a teacher I used to know whose surname was Trusselll! And that's daft of course!
Delay in response - because I've had both granddaughters, one with Reuben, 16 months now, and the other with partner and baby due in November!

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1986 on:** May 30, 2021, 04:16:49 PM »

Slowly finding answers but I'n not keen on some of them. Anyway, just five to go. May I please have a hint for:

7 down: Coward takes advantage of work (7)
Letters|: M - - - S - P

bluehillside Retd. · « **Reply #1987 on:** May 30, 2021, 05:07:02 PM »

Hi Susan,

Extracting liquid from a cow is a synonym for “taking advantage of”, and a “work” is often abbreviated to two letters...

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1988 on:** May 30, 2021, 05:15:25 PM »

Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on May 30, 2021, 05:07:02 PM

Hi Susan,

Extracting liquid from a cow is a synonym for “taking advantage of”, and a “work” is often abbreviated to two letters...

Many thanks for your help. MILKSOP I wouldn't have got that.

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1989 on:** May 30, 2021, 06:11:13 PM »

Just finished it. I have had quite a few of the answers all day but couldn't see why they worked, but fortunately they have gradually sunk in. One answer was ANNULAR, a word I assumed I knew, but checked and found that I didn't! (Cancel a Republican circular)

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1990 on:** June 05, 2021, 01:00:14 PM »

This week's Prize Cryptic crossword is fairly straightforward so far but I wonder if the compiler has been given a book called 'the compendiumn of joke clues for cryptic crosswords'!!

13 down is: Give it everything, O frong! (2,3, 5)

The answer would appear to be GO FOR CROAK!

The two Os fit but not sure about the K. May I have a yes/no, please.

bluehillside Retd. · « **Reply #1991 on:** June 05, 2021, 03:53:05 PM »

Hi Susan,

Not quite. GO FOR is good, but the third word that only rhymes with CROAK...

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1992 on:** June 05, 2021, 05:08:55 PM »

Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on June 05, 2021, 03:53:05 PM

Hi Susan,

Not quite. GO FOR is good, but the third word that only rhymes with CROAK...

Thank you, so it's GO FOR BROKE. But then, I wonder what the point was in putting'O frog!' Or was it that, by using the word frog, it meant that croak was not the word to use! Fortunately the E at the end of BROKE is more useful than a K.

bluehillside Retd. · « **Reply #1993 on:** June 05, 2021, 05:21:02 PM »

Hi Susan,

Quote

Thank you, so it's GO FOR BROKE. But then, I wonder what the point was in putting'O frog!' Or was it that, by using the word frog, it meant that croak was not the word to use! Fortunately the E at the end of BROKE is more useful than a K.

Look at the clue again: "Give it everything, O frog!".

"Go for" is an anagram of "O frog" - in other words, "O frog" is GO FOR anagrammatised (ie, "broke").

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1994 on:** June 06, 2021, 06:58:33 AM »

Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on June 05, 2021, 05:21:02 PM

Hi Susan,

Look at the clue again: "Give it everything, O frog!".

"Go for" is an anagram of "O frog" - in other words, "O frog" is GO FOR anagrammatised (ie, "broke").

Many thanks. I don't think I'd ever have got that! In fact, I've just finished it, but even though the answers have to be what they are, it has been necessary to tie myself in knots to work out the why for quite a few!

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1995 on:** June 13, 2021, 05:57:19 AM »

Yesterday's Cryptic crossword was so straightforward that I'd finished it by mid-afternoon. Some clues needed plenty of thinking, but none needed hints.

It is, however, always comfortingly reassuring to know that this topic is here.

The 'show new posts' link showed only one this morning, so I wonder whether the fine weather and the dramatic events in Denmark kept people away?

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1996 on:** June 19, 2021, 04:55:34 PM »

I know I should know this one, but a little hint would be much appreciated for:

7 down: To be one, this administrator mmust have two others (

/fifth letter M

I checked definition of GTRIUMVIR in case I could shorten TRIUMVIRATE, but no luck!

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1997 on:** June 19, 2021, 05:59:23 PM »

Quote from: SusanDoris on June 19, 2021, 04:55:34 PM

I know I should know this one, but a little hint would be much appreciated for:

7 down: To be one, this administrator mmust have two others (
/fifth letter M

I checked definition of GTRIUMVIR in case I could shorten TRIUMVIRATE, but no luck!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triumvir

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1998 on:** June 19, 2021, 06:14:04 PM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on June 19, 2021, 05:59:23 PM

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triumvir

Many thanks - google search turned TRIUMVIR into TRIUMVIRATE - i should have trusted my judgement I suppose!

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1999 on:** June 20, 2021, 10:13:43 AM »

Four unfinished answers.

11 down is:Breach in border intended to be announced (12)
Letters: - N - R - N - E - - - T

I think it is INFRINGEMENT. The MENT to sound like 'meant', i.e. announced?

May I have a yes/no, please?

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Author Topic: Crossword Clues Part 2 (Read 150574 times)