Bouts of laughter around intimate creative expression (4,4) FINE ARTSįITS = “Bouts of laughter” around NEAR = “intimate” Definition: “creative expression” DownĢ, 24. Something added by queen that’s wrong, leader in error (6) ANNEXEĪNNE = “queen” + X = “that’s wrong” + E = “leader in error” Definition: “Something added”Ģ9. Hidden in C AS AN OVA – “Not entirely” is the hidden answer indicator Definition: “stud”Ģ8. Not entirely elliptic, as an oval stud (8) CASANOVA “NO THANKS” to the French – “Merci” is the French for “thanks” Definition: “Cruel”Ģ5. Stick poster on this page? (6) ADHEREĪD = “poster” + HERE + “on this page” Definition: “Stick”Ĭ = “Caught” + ROOK = “man” Definition: The whole clue – it’s clever &litĢ2. This should be read as CHER-Y being “like Cher” (I worry a bit about the extra R here) Definition: “Fruity thing”ġ9. Fruity thing, like a US pop diva? (6) CHERRY GE = “Content to leave grand-niece” + MINI = “baby” Definition: “twins”ġ8. Content to leave grand-niece with baby twins (6) GEMINI OTT (Over The Top) = “too far” + AWA (away) = “out” in Scots Definition: “Capital” (Ottawa is the capital of Canada)ġ7.
Capital too far out in Scotland (6) OTTAWA PEELS = “shaves” reversed Definition: “Ballet dancer” referring to Wayne Sleepġ5. (THING)* (“Noxious” is the anagram indicator) + MARE = “beastly girl” Definition: “stinker” Noxious thing, beastly girl, stinker (9) NIGHTMARE an actor, referring to Tom Hanks) Definition: “rejection”ġ1. Never a player for rejection (2,6) NO THANKS Sounds like “brooch” or “ornament in conversation?” Definition: “Mention” (as in “to broach a subject”)ġ0. Mention ornament in conversation? (6) BROACH P (“piano”) = “softly” by MISHA = “Russian” (a short form of Mikhail) Definition: “Brick dropped”, I guess, though it seems like an unindicated definition-by-exampleĩ. Brick dropped softly onto Russian (6) MISHAP Fine in country bordering sea, balmy (8) PERFUMEDį = “Fine” in PERU = “country” beside MED = “sea” Definition: “balmy”Ħ. The stand-out clues for me were THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK and CROOK for very different reasons! Acrossġ. It’s hard for me to assess how hard these are these days as I’m definitely getting less smart, but I thought this was on the easy end of prize puzzles. A nice fun puzzle from Paul with his usual mix of wit and cunning.
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