![]() being “saved” by) an anagram (indicated by “new”) of GOALIE, like so: E(U)LOGIA.ġ8. ![]() Solution is U (a recognised abbreviation of “United”) placed in (i.e. New goalie saving United getting lots of praise (7)Īnswer: EULOGIA (i.e. “actress, favourite of royal”) wrapped around (i.e. Solution is Nell GWYN, an actress and mistress of Charles II (i.e. Familiar visiting actress, favourite of royal film producer (7)Īnswer: Samuel GOLDWYN (i.e. I get that ELEC is a short cele put back, but how TRO or ORT has been worked into this is beyond me and my assorted dictionaries. Take this one with a pinch of salt as the setter has pretty much lost me here. Plate borne back by short celebrity (7)Īnswer: ELECTRO, an informal abbreviation of “electroplate” (i.e. “note”, as in do-ray-me etc) “packing” A CHIN (i.e. ![]() Solution is E (a recognised abbreviation of “energy”) “put…into” SWING (i.e. Singer maybe putting energy into jazz note, packing a punch (6,7)Īnswer: SEWING MACHINE (i.e. Solution is an anagram of TEST, A, N (a recognised abbreviation of “new”) and III (i.e. Anyway, getting off my high horse…) “Unusually” indicates an anagram. Most people would never construct a sentence along the lines of “Kay does blood Jay”, they would say “Kay bloods Jay”. I suspect the setter had all sorts of bother trying to conjure up a grammatically sound clue for this and eventually said, “fuck it, that’ll do”. “does blood” – to blood someone is to initiate them. Does blood test – a new one, three times, unusually (9)Īnswer: INITIATES (i.e. to “kid” someone – this is the first of several weak – or at best tenuous – wordplays employed by the setter in this puzzle) and then O (a recognised abbreviation for “old”), like so: PA-PA-RAZZ-O.ġ3. Twice a year, kid meets old photographer (9)Īnswer: PAPARAZZO (i.e. the word “abide” with the final letter removed) followed by JAN (i.e. “African port”, the first of several place names used by the setter to get the job done – geographers rejoice! The rest of us…). Put up with endless few weeks in African port (7)Īnswer: ABIDJAN (i.e. “blunder by defender”, specifically an Own Goal), like so: B(OG)US.Ĥ. Mock coach admitting blunder by defender (5)Īnswer: BOGUS (i.e. I have a grid for you, but, before we get on with the show, if you’re the kind of person who seeks trigger warnings, I should point out that this post contains a sprinkling of naughty words and the general air of someone who perhaps ought to readjust their perspective on what’s important in the world.Įven so, just look at some of the crap dotted around this puzzle. Still, you can’t keep a partially-talented crossword nerd down. Or at least something that rhymes with that. I went back out on the beers, for instance, which was an eminently more sensible idea given the horrors lying in wait here. What can be better than to settle down on the sofa and launch into a crisp, clean jumbo cryptic crossword? Well, as it happens, quite a lot. That most wonderful time of the year when the sporting calendar resumes and one’s body finally begins to digest all the lager, food, lager, sweets, lager and lager feasted upon the day before.
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