Irish Times Crossword (Crosaire)

Spike440

1a -

FOUR KINGS

5d -

GENDERS

29a -

FREE STATE

I had HEARTEN for 20a but it must be wrong.

SilverHeron

Spike440 wrote: »

1a -

FOUR KINGS

5d -

GENDERS

29a -

FREE STATE

I had HEARTEN for 20a but it must be wrong.

29A - Good one, didn't get that

8D

FRUIT TREE

14D

FOXHOUNDS

What do you think?? 2 words or one, it fits..

Spike440

3d -

ROUTED

Spike440

12a -

SEVENTEEN

??

SilverHeron

Spike440 wrote: »

12a -

SEVENTEEN

??

What have you for 2D

ORATOR

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Spike440

SilverHeron wrote: »

What have you for 2D

ORATOR

??

[/QUOTE]

2d

ORATED

Spike440

No wait: 12a -

SEVENTIES

Spike440

14d -

FOXHOUNDS

I don't get 18d (

HCL

)!!

Spike440

24d -

PRIEST

26d -

SEXTET

Spike440

So I'm only missing 9a, 13a, 30a, 6d and 16d

A could guess that 30 is

DRESSY?

And maybe 16 starts with

PAST - no future?

bothyhead

I don't get 18d XXX !!

Nice one! I was stuck with this one, but your answer makes perfect sense.

HCL = Hydrochloric Acid (a CID)

Spike440

I don't think there will ever come the day when I don't get the answer before understanding why it's right and feel like Crozier has gotten the better of me again!

stepinnman

Spike440 wrote: »

So I'm only missing 9a, 13a, 30a, 6d and 16d

A could guess that 30 is

DRESSY?

And maybe 16 starts with

PAST - no future?

I think I can only help you out with 30 a. and even at that i'm not too sure -

Dressy

Spike440

1a -

BUBBLE

9a -

HAVING

12a -

LILAC

13a -

NERVELESS

15a -

HAT

16a -

ENEMA

22a -

SKETCH

1d -

BY HALVES

2d -

BIVALVES

3d -

LONG CHALK

5d -

ENTER

14d -

VIM

30d -

EVENT

stepinnman

25d -

impair

stepinnman

28 a -

Muskateer "must get here"!!

Spike440

6d -

AMPLE

8d -

DIGEST

11d -

INTACT

18d -

OTHERS

23d -

EAT

4a -

DECANTED

17a -

ATOMIC

24a -

TENSE

??
27a -

EVE

34a -

RESPECTS

32a -

AVERAGES

??

19d -

INTER _ _ _ _ - inter > bury > berry

Maybe

INTERRUPT - fire > erupt?

stepinnman

32 a

anenomes

Spike440

...making 29d -

ABOVE

and 26d -

ISLETS

Spike440

Here are three that don't seem quite right but I can't think of anything else:

31a -

RAPID

10a -

STOPPING / STEPPING

7d -

TOILET

20d -

anagram of CANTBEEG ?

bothyhead

Thankfully it's not like yesterdays!

1a

captali(zs)e

6a

talc

15a

schools

27a

untangled

28a

occur

1d

call

7d

angel

16d

ornament

23d

satan

bothyhead

Did anyone figure out how toilet = doing one's hair yet?

bothyhead

22a might be

epsom as in epsom salts

Spike440

bothyhead wrote: »

Did anyone figure out how toilet = doing one's hair yet?

No idea. I got it from the cryptic part : Renting about one = To Let + I.

Spike440

1a -

CAPITALISE

10a -

LATER

11a -

GOOD SIGHT

12a -

PRESENTS

13a -

ALLAH

17a -

SCIATIC

21a -

TOMFOOL

2d -

PETERSHAM

3d -

TERMS

4d -

LEGENDS

5d -

SPOUSES

8d -

CATCH A COLD

9d -

ESCAPISM

18d (Clue of the day IMO) -

TOOTHACHE

Spike440

14d

ESTATE something

19a -

ALMONRY / ALMONER

bothyhead

18d (Clue of the day IMO)

Yeah, I've just got it now. It's very good wordplay.

Though, I'm still chuckling at a clue that came up about a month ago:

"Mine's a guinness, so I'll bring it in" = importer

Spike440

Very good.

bothyhead

Regarding the toilet clue. I was poking around and came up with this:

Toilet (noun): the act of dressing and preparing yourself; "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"

Must check it up in Chambers tonight.

Spike440

14d -

ESTATE DUTY

20d -

RATTLES

21d -

TREADLE

25d -

IRONS

26d -

TROT

24a -

THE RIGHT

29a -

YANK

30a -

ASSESSMENT

And we're done. That was quick today. What am I supposed to do for the afternoon?