Irish Times Crossword (Crosaire)

jhayden

26 down :

Bearer

??

Spike440

Yep that's it

Bearer bonds

.

That makes 31a

UNDERPART

.

hivizman

Well done - I agree the answers, except for 12A, which I think is

LIVE ON AIR

. Groaned at 11A and 21A (basically the same idea - it would have been better if Crosaire had used this only once in a single puzzle). 3D seems to be a cryptic indication only, with no obvious definition.

Yesterday's 10A turned out to be HOPPER. I guess that the clue was a double definition, with "bounds" meaning "jumps". But I see that Bothyhead had the same idea last night.

Didn't 4D and 12A appear in puzzles last week, with similar clues?

Spike440

He repeats some clues with regularity. I'm raging I didn't spot the reworked LIVE ON AIR, especially after getting it last week.

The answer for 23a was CASSIS. Now I had CASSIA which fits the "blooming yellow" definition and is an anagram of ASS and CIA. So what is CIS?

hivizman

Spike440 wrote: »

The answer for 23a was CASSIS. Now I had CASSIA which fits the "blooming yellow" definition and is an anagram of ASS and CIA. So what is CIS?

I had no doubt that 23A was CASSIA, which in both its botanical versions has yellow flowers, and fits the cryptic indication exactly. Perhaps the typesetter hit the "S" key instead of the adjacent "A" key when preparing the solution?

No time to look at the puzzle today until late afternoon, alas.

Spike440

Good luck with today's. I've hit a wall after 11.5 clues.

Spike440

This is a mess:

1a -

UNSAFE

9a -

CURARE

12a -

SPOIL

15a -

ILL

16a -

LYING

24a -

PLACE

28a -

INNOCENCE

31a -

NEVER

32a -

LEAVENED

33a -

FIANCE

34a -

THE ASHES

35a -

LESSOR

1d -

UNCOSTLY

2d -

SARDONIC

3d -

FIRE LIGHT

18d -

ANSWER

19d -

EXPENSIVE

20d -

CARVINGS

21d -

DEAR DEAR

25d -

FILLET

26d -

IN CASE

29d -

CHESS

30d -

NIECE

hivizman

4A -

AFFRIGHT

10A - don't know
13A -

EXTREMELY

17A -

LEADER

22A -

STATES

I think
27A - don't know

5D -

FLEET

6D -

RIFLE

7D -

GRATES

8D -

THE EYE

11D -

PELLET

14D -

RED

23D - don't know

Spike440

23d -

ARE

10a -

SELFSAME

??

27a -

WEE

hivizman

Yes, I can see that 23D is defined by "more than one is". And I've finally worked out how the rest of the clue also give this - I'd started by looking for something sounding like the letter "e" ("end of the queue"), but it's really "after the queue"!

I agree 10A. Still no inspiration on 27A.

jhayden

I was thinking "r" was after the "q" but the answer is a bit obscure for me anyway. There can't be to many options for 27 a "a" "e" "o" or "y" are the obvious ones but again can't really fit the answer to the clue.

Spike440

Type "soldiers are we" into google.

hivizman

Spike440 wrote: »

Type "soldiers are we" into google.

**Striking forehead with fist and saying "d'oh"**

WEE

was the first answer to come into my mind, but I just didn't make the connection with the song. But it's quite a typical Crosaire indirect punning definition once you look at it.

And another one bites the dust.

Spike440

1a -

OUT OF PRINT

6a -

ACME

10a -

CHEWA

11a -

CAUGHT OUT

13a -

NADIR

15a -

PANTING

17a -

SKILFUL

21a -

LEGATEE

22a -

BORES

27a -

UNDRESSED

28a -

ELUDE

29a -

DARK

30a -

ADDRESSEES

1d -

ONCE

3d -

FEAST

4d -

ROCKING

5d -

NOUGHTS

7d -

CLOUD

8d -

ENTHRALLED

9d -

THINKING

14d -

SPELLBOUND

18d -

FIT FOR USE

20d -

GROUSED

21d -

LEANDER

23d -

RIDER

25d -

PRESS

26d -

SEAS

hivizman

I think 10A is actually

CHINA - "jaw a" = "chin a"

. Then 2D is

THICKENED

and 12A is

SKITTISH

.

16D is

IN ISSUES

, and 19A is

LADLING - what you do with a ladle = lad + ling

. Finally, 24A is

ON A SPOON - "so up" should be read as "soup"

.

Spike440

I hate when he uses the "beast" element of clues because it's such a broad category.

hivizman

Too busy today to do more than glance at the puzzle, but here are a few answers:

9A -

MALLOW

11A -

COTTON

12A -

DELETE

14A -

ERIN

15A -

RARER

16A -

REFILL

21A -

HEATHER

24A -

FATHER

30A -

VEST - I liked this clue, which plays on two meanings of "warm": "in vest" helps to make you warm in a physical sense, and "invest" helps to make you "warm" in a financial sense

34A -

CHEATS

6D -

MALONE

7D -

FLATFISH

8D -

SWINDLERS

11D -

CIRCE

13D -

TARA

19D -

SATIATED

20D -

GORES

22D -

ANNA

23D -

PATIENT

25D -

EVENTS

Now I'm off home for the weekend.

frecklier

I normally print off the crossaire from the website. On the bus this morning, all ready to settle into Friday's, only to realise I had Thursdays...again. It seems that from time to time they forget to update the online one, and you still get the one from the day before. This is the second time this has happened me.
And now that I think of it, I've always been able to access it online through work, but it's only since it became free for everyone that this has started happening.
Just wondering if it's me doing something wrong, or if anyone else has noticed this.
(only good thing was that being forced to look at Thursday's again for the whole bus journey, I got a good few more answers!)

Laurent

Hello, anybody out there? I know that some of the "regular" experts are having to work hard for the next couple of weeks. So just to let you all know that you are missed.

bothyhead

1a -

(way?) better

11a -

cohere

15a -

sidle. I like the verb / noun word play here

18a -

fingers

21a -

stagger

24a -

cut-out. tout = solicitor. The length should really have been indicated as (3-3)

26a -

earls

31a -

esteem

32a -

unused

34a -

supper

3d -

brutes

8d -

dysentery. I love his definition for this one

11d -

carot

17d -

off course

19d -

no trumps. trump = top = not the bottom = bottom+less?

20d -

rated

22d -

awls

25d -

uneven

27d -

regime

29d -

lenten

Laurent

Welcome back! Some how I think there were a few deja vu clues today, 8 D and 11 D sound very familiar !

bothyhead

Yeah, 8d came up 5 or 6 weeks ago.

10a -

grounded

11a - I had a spelling mistake, it should be

carat

I've hit the wall with the rest of them.

bothyhead

30a might be

neat

, though I'm not too happy with it.

A neat whiskey = without water?

Laurent

I thought that

newt

was possible.

FruitLover

Just getting around to yesterday's now...

Laurent wrote: »

I thought that

newt

was possible.

Definitely

newt

.

'Fresh' = new, plus 'T', and a newt is a water-dwelling creature.

stepinnman

I´m currently on holidays and after spending a ridiclulous 3.75 on the Times today I thought I might as well make it worthwhile by finishing the Crosaire - I´m missing a few though so any help would be appreciated as always!


1a.

goods train

6a.

star

11a.

insolvent

12a.

sureties

13a.

broke

15a.

sobbing

17a.

sherbet

19a.

arrange

21a.

western

22a.

edict

??
24a.

presents

28a.

inner

29a.

yard

2d.

odd number

3d.

style

4d.

raining

5d.

insists

??
7d.

tie to

8d.

retreating

14d.

estate duty

18d.

bleatings

20d.

expired

21d.

wheedle

25d.

exits

26d.

arid

SilverHeron

22A

ETHIC

16D

INNOCENT

Laurent

Good to see that we are getting back on "air" I have a problem with 27 A "unmanured" does the word exist? Also find it hard to reconsile it with the clue. you Commie =ured, but the beginning is beyond me!

FruitLover

Yeah, I didn't like this one either. I suppose you could find a loose connection between 'un-man' and an animal of some sort, and cow ties in with manure, but it's pretty iffy.

stepinnman

8a.

methinks

9a.

pieces

10a.

pronto

11a.

esoteric

12a.

heifer

13a.

dressing

15a.

so-so

17a.

applies

19a.

anchors

22a.

line

24a.

solution

27a.

utters

29a.

hurdlers

31a.

fennel

32a.

existing

1d.

hearse

2d.

thankful

3d.

on course

4d.

ascends

5d.

oppose

6d.

severs

7d.

beginner

14d.

roan

16d.

oslo

18d.

procured

20d.

neurotic

21d.

hitherto

25d.

undone

26d.

ideals

28d.

refine

The only one I don't have is 23d - any ideas??

stepinnman

I had one wrong yesterday which threw me off the Aniseed answer - d'oh!

Not such a good day today but I have a few. Is there anybody else out there??

1a.

half baked

9a.

breath

11a.

skates

13a

protea

20a.

reglaze

??
23a.

nights

29a.

statesman

30.

enemas

?? Strange clue if this is the answer!

6d.

brokerage

7d.

last straw

8d.

the states

14d.

abandoned

15d.

re-ignited

16d. I think it's

editorial

although that's throwing me off for 19a which I thought might be

Broaden

?
22d.

elastic

26d.

canals

yaledo

You got much further than I did on my own, but when I wrote in the ones you got, I was able to start making connections...

A
12

could be SARCASTIC - but I don't see where SAR comes from

17

SHE

19

BREADTH

20

REGLAZE

21

YEA

27

PANAMA HAT

28

OSIERS

31

SCENTLESS

though I think the clue is a bit queer.

D
4

ATTEST

5

ENGLISH ???

17

SHY

18

ERA

24

CANTON

25

VASSAL

26

CANALS

stepinnman

It Looks like the majority of our resident experts have retired or are at least on hiatus.

Here's were I'm at for today anyway:

Across
1.

Plaintiff

9.

became

10.

Sproket

11.

goring

12.

potion

14.

exam

15.

cigar

16.

meaner

18.

odyssey

24.

course

30.

enow

31.

strain

32.

sagged

34.

easter

35.

mendicant

Down
2.

Laptop

3.

Ironic

4.

Taking

5.

Fathers

6.

become

7.

Patience

8.

Beggaring

11.

gamma

13.

Oils

17.

Concussed

19.

Youngest

20.

emend

22.

East

25.

Seemed

27.

Ostend

28.

erotic

I can't figure out 21a at all - I think it has to be something concerning the

Aegean

?

Laurent

Great to see that the x-worders are returning to the fold. I got worried when I thought we were being relegated to page 2 !

Laurent

22D

last

21A

Galleon

Laurent

Stuck on 23 D and 26 A. Otherwise all done !

stepinnman

Have you got 29D??

I imagine 23D has to be

Rawhide

or

cowhide

jhayden

Some suggestions for 2 of the clues. I didn't see the answers.
33 A.

Identity

29 D.

Kitten

TX123

i made up some clues in the style of crosaire. see if you can solve them.
1 He sort of takes this fish(5)
7 The poem of adoration is mystic cal(4)
9 Inside a type of, EM, EM ,causes shock(6)
10 Let let let him rest(6)
11 Mr thumb sailed merrily or dreamily
14 What am i doing here?(7,1,7
16 Sounds as if his tail is out of bird(4)
17 Sounds as if he is silly in the middle but is he 50, i think so
18 Id prefer not to be tricked today,what else is there, 'e said to the 31 witches(5)
19 'er lets have a liquid lunch(6)

DOWN
2 Go quickly stop long(6,6)
3 What goes a round comes back a round(6)
4 Short for morning seafood with an element of Chlorine(4)
6 Remove those small insects, not how it sounds
8 She died from the kings Mother
12 Trust me and i gave you the answer(5)
13 'E about six done now!(5)
14 Presently i won the pain from her, deer
15 Not the last greek(5)

i left some letter number clues out so there not too easy. hope you enjoy

stepinnman

It looks like the thread could be on the way out but I'll keep posting the odd solution to see if we can get it going again!

Across:

1.

Tomato Soup

- very good!!
6.

Used

17.

Yankees

19.

Fly-half

22.

Rumba

24.

Returned

27.

Overdrawn

29.

Easy

30.

Reassessed

Down:

2.

Mandatory

5.

Usually

14.

Ask for more

16.

Tea caddy

20.

Furnace

21.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Matings

stopped_clock

Might try to revive this thread! I managed to get some today:

Across:
4:

Nuptials ("LATIN" roughly)

9:

Better ("TT" with a round of "BEER")

16:

Ochre (ana of Chore - Yellow)

27:

Tea ("U" follows "T" in the alphabet)

28:

One Minute? (Not sure about this - Minute = Tiny; I guessed it from 33 across)

32:

Gets Even (Get Seven).

33:

Honour ("ON" in "HOUR" = 60 minutes)

Down:
2:

Put Right

14:

Nun

18:

Easter (Is there an Easter flower?)

19:

Tenacious (Hanging On = TEN (X) with AC IO (10 = X) with US

23:

Inn (I = One, NN = North at the double)

24:

Is this an anagram of OTHING?

26:

Pestle (As in Pestle and Mortar, Nuisance = PEST with LE)

30:

Use up.

stepinnman

Crosaire 13,703

Across

1.

Marshy

4.

Tricycle

9.

Native

10.

Override

12.

crows

13.

Centre Nut or bit

15.

eve

16.

train

17.

Nobody

22.

lessor

27.

Arm

28.

occuring

31.

alarm

34.

yuletide

Down.

1.

Manx cats

2.

rational

3.

have sense

5.

raven

6.

curer

8.

events

11.

scents

14.

too

18.

borage

23.

sir

26.

scrawl

Spike440

1a -

DESCRIBING

6a -

THOU

10a -

CHILD

11a -

NOT WANTED

12a -

ASTONISH

13a -

RISER

15a -

CROWING

17a -

SMALLER

?
19a -

TILLERS

21a -

STEERED

22a -

ALIBI

24a -

LARGESSE

27a -

GREEK CITY

28a -

HAIRY

29a -

EAST

30a -

MENDICANTS

1d -

DOCK

2d -

SWISS ROLL

3d -

RADIO

4d -

BANKING

5d -

NOTCHES

7d -

HATES

8d -

UNDERGRADS

9d -

MARRIAGE

14d -

ACUTE ANGLE

16d -

ICE RINKS

20d -

SALTIRE

21d -

SPRAYED

23d -

IDEAS

25d -

ETHIC

26d -

EYES

Glad to see the thread is still here. Stuck on 18d. Not sure about 17a.

frecklier

This is quite off-topic, but didn't think it was worth starting a whole new thread. A friend and I have got the Phoenix Magazine Christmas Crossword down to one final clue. The clue is:
"sounds as though one chooses to put host in it".
And the letters are _y_
Should be obvious, have considered every possible answer, and just can't get one to fit. Any ideas would be welcomed.

yaledo

frecklier wrote: »

"sounds as though one chooses to put host in it".
And the letters are _y_

Only obvious if you know the word PYX

KatCookie

Can i've a bit of help?
Farmer Journal Crossword 457
13A Baubles that might be commercials (5) possibly B_a_s
19D Army coverage? (6) _a_e_e

hivizman

13A is

BEADS - BE + ADS

19D: are you certain that the second letter is "a"? The answer that came to mind was

SLEEVE

.

KatCookie

Thanks, yes the answers to them both are correct! i was wrong about the a in 19D, it was an L, thanks very much! theres nothing like the satisfaction of finishing a crossword!

hivizman

KatCookie wrote: »

Thanks, yes the answers to them both are correct! i was wrong about the a in 19D, it was an L, thanks very much! theres nothing like the satisfaction of finishing a crossword!

Glad to be of assistance - yes, it's always a good feeling to complete a crossword.

FruitLover

KatCookie wrote: »

thanks very much! theres nothing like the satisfaction of finishing a crossword!

More satisfying if you finish it yourself though.