Monthly Archives: November 2012

Across: 1 Long-legged bird (IBIS) gets one (I-) encore (encore = repeat in music = -BIS) (IBIS), 4 I’m (IM-) ahead of the media (-PRESS-) I’ve (-IVE) (IMPRESSIVE) produced to be magnificent (IMPRESSIVE), 9 Miserable article (the = -ETH-) Napoleon …

Across: 1 Turns up, young reporter (‘cub’ reporter = BUC-) can (-CAN-) find undisciplined fortune-teller (seer = -EERS) (BUCCANEERS) with pirates (BUCCANEERS), 6 Obscure (BLUR) lawyer (BL-) takes on old city (-UR) (BLUR), 10 Gangster (Al Capone = AL-) in …

Across: 1 I’m (I’m = MI-) going back, as (-AS-) close to Massachusetts (-MA) (MIASMA) it doesn’t smell right (MIASMA), 4 Keeps an eye on everything for owner (GUIDE DOG) at signpost (GUIDE) with God (god = DOG) coming back …

Across: 8 Holy cow! (OH DEAR!) Head Office (HO = OH) sent back to open letter (open letter = DEAR … ) (OH DEAR), 9 Philosopher (PLATO-) finds Ulster (Northern Ireland = -NI-) cold (-C) (PLATONIC) without real desire (PLATONIC), …

Across: 8 Korean leader (Kim = MIK-) comes back to a (-A-) party (-DO) (MIKADO) for Japanese emperor (MIKADO), 9 Small (S-) draw (-TOW-) on holiday (-AWAY) (STOWAWAY) provides one with free transport (STOWAWAY), 10 Check out (DIE-) before tea …

Across: 1 Know what to do (LEARN THE ROPES) to get knowledge of cords (LEARN THE ROPES), 10 Rank (EARLDOM) makes me a lord (me a lord = EARLDOM), 11 Well-fed (REPLETE) representative (REP-) let (-LET-) go to Spain (-E) …

Across: 1 Locally, it’s full of uncertainty (IFFY) with one (I-) very loud (-FF-) unknown quantity = -Y) (IFFY), 4 Father in plane (HIGH PRIEST) with cult leader (HIGH PRIEST), 9 Wales leaves rope walkers (rope walkers without ‘Wales’ = …

Across: 1 Babe (BAB-E) admits law graduate (-BL-) (BABBLE) is not making sense when talking (BABBLE), 4 Never out of bounds (KANGAROO) in this court (KANGAROO court), 9 Credit (TICK-) the French (the = -LE) (TICKLE) with irritation (TICKLE), 10 …

Across: 1 Turned height (HT = TH-) with audible whack (whack = -WACK) (THWACK) for loud blow (THWACK), 4 Generation (AGE) against ceiling (LIMIT) (AGE LIMIT) for the over sixty-fives (AGE LIMIT), 9 Open up (UNLOCK) foreign article (un = …

Across: 8 Couple of stars (GEMINI) with twins (GEMINI), 9 Give Michelle a nudge (nudge/move/EGG Michelle = SHELL) (EGG SHELL) with colour finish (EGGSHELL), 10 Avant-garde (EDGY) provides art from tragedy (tragedy without ‘art’ = gedy = EDGY), 11 Sounds …

Across: 8 Work stoppage (BREAK-) at this time (-AGE) (BREAKAGE) will not keep everything together (BREAKAGE), 9 It’s about (RE-) venomous type (adder) missing note (music note ‘d’ = d) (adder missing ‘d’ = -ADER) (READER) found in bookshop (READER), …

Across: 1 Person consumed by job (lost in the job = LOST IN THE POST) gets dead letter (dead letter = undeliverable and nonreturnable = LOST IN POST), 10 Letter is all Greek for mid-teen (15TH Greek letter = OMICRON) …

 Across: 1 Muslim leader (EMIR) gets engineer (E-) to go to space station (-MIR) (EMIR), 4 Get the people out (DEPOPULATE) of crumbling Aleppo with duet in a mess (Aleppo + duet = DEPOPULATE), 9 Open bottle (UNCORK) in a …

Across: 1 Lodge in (OCCUPY) with copper (-CU-) caught in mysterious fraud (copy = OC-PY) (OCCUPY), 4 Sounds like piece of bird (thigh = THAI-) gets to fall (fall = -LAND) (THAILAND) in Asia (THAILAND), 9 By oneself (LONELY) yell …

Across: 1 Backbiter perhaps on farm (GADFLY bites farm animals) is annoying person (GADFLY). 4 By accident, father (father = dad = ADD-) gets to finish (finish = end = -END-) expressing hesitation (-UM) (ADDENDUM) for what’s been added to …

Across: 8 See the world (TRAVEL) with tango (T-) composer (-RAVEL) (TRAVEL), 9 At last, turns up Basque movement (ETA = -ATE) gets it (it = -TI-) in (in = -NI) one (I = I-) (INITIATE) to start the ball …

Across: 8 Make note of (LOG-) solider (-GI-) with bomb (Atom Bomb = A-Bomb = -A) (LOGGIA) in house with view of garden (LOGGIA), 9 Those left (the REST) with solution (CURE) (REST CURE) want nothing to make things better …

Across: 1 Nice guide (Nice guide = FRENCH TEACHER) fries (FRENCH fries) mistress (mistress = TEACHER) (FRENCH TEACHER), 10 Knight (Sir = RIS-) comes back for name of German (-OTTO) (RISOTTO) food (RISOTTO), 11 Slow tyre (FLAT-) on vehicle (-CAR) …

Across: 1 Sound recording (DISC) of dance (disco) without orchestra leader (leader of Orchestra = o) (disco without ‘o’ = DISC), 4 Hopeful (OPTIMISTIC) to find one (-I-) topic (topic = OPT-IC) containing cloud (cloud = -MIST-) (OPTIMISTIC), 9 School …

Across: 1 It’s awful (TRASHY) to make an attempt (TR-Y) to cover up a (-A-) call for silence (-SH-) (TRASHY), 4 Carol (S-ING) about dry white wine from Germany (-HOCK-) (SHOCKING) is horrifying (SHOCKING), 9 Took a look at broken …

Across: 1 Doctor Foster (foster = FOREST) in the jungle (jungle = FOREST), 4 Protest (DEMO-) against a follower (‘b follows ‘a’ = -B-) going to bed (-BED) (DEMOBBED) without a fight (DEMOBBED), 9 Negligent (REMISS) with regard (RE-) to …

Across: 8 Facial contortion (PUCKER) leads to Irish fairground king (PUCK-) going to hospital (-ER) (PUCKER), 9 Sounds like a bee (HUM-) or (-OR-) duck (-O-) you and me (-US) (HUMOROUS) find amusing (HUMOROUS), 10 Free agent missing green (free …

Across: 8 A (A-) father (-DA-) to fighting man (-GI-) finds love (-O) (ADAGIO) for slow movement (ADAGIO), 9 Craft (AIRLINER) takes off (AIRLINER), 10 Raced (TORE) to (TO-) get about (-RE) (TORE), 11 Disturb the composure of (DISCONCERT) Sidney …

Across: 1 It’s not very warm (WINTER) to get break (HOLIDAY) (WINTER HOLIDAY) in Canaries in January (WINTER HOLIDAY), 10 Funny looking half wit (half wit = idiot = -DIOTI-) in in charge (In Charge = I-C) (IDIOTIC) is ridiculous …

Across: 1 Gemstone (OPAL) nothing (O-) to do with friend (-PAL) (OPAL), 4 9, 8, 7, 6, 5  (numbers read from NINE TO FIVE) is all in a day’s work (NINE TO FIVE), 9 Is (IS-) on the ground (-LAND) …

Across: 1 Make sense (DEDUCE) of the French (of the = DE-) going to Italian leader (-DUCE) (DEDUCE), 4 Inquest (PROB-E) uncovers a (-A-) lawyer (-BL-) (PROBABLE) most likely (PROBABLE), 9 West Indies (WI-) call for (-SENT) (WISENT) European bison …