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1. ANAGRAM
Pilot read about equipment to keep landing strips tidy (4,6) pilot read - fodder about - anagram indicator equipment to keep landing strips tidy - definition (landing strips are particular design of pubic hair) (DEPILATOR*) 2. CHARADE Large blouse in which one may see some juggling? (3,3) large - big blouse - top in which one may see some juggling? - definition (circus) (BIG)(TOP) 3. SURROUND Break America after success touring Australia (6) break - definition america - US (abbreviation) after - positional indicator success - HIT touring - surround indicator australia - A (abbreviation) (HI(A)T)(US) 4. CRYPTIC DEFINITION What the dailies set up to support the press? (7,6) Misdirect to an organization the daily papers set up to back the newsprint media. Answer is IRONING BOARDS - dailies are domestic helpers and the press is a term for ironing - ironing boards support the press and are set up by domestic helpers. 5. DOUBLE DEFINITION Town tart heading into the sunset? (8,2) town - Westward Ho (town in Devon) tart heading into the sunset? - whimsical def - a ho is a prostitute or tart, if he is heading into the sunset he must be traveling westward. 6. HIDDEN Drop in dosage (3) drop - definition in - hidden indicator dosage - fodder (-do(SAG)-e) 7. HOMPOHONE Peeping Tom's said to be a man of the cloth (5) peeping tom - pryer [i]'s said - homophone indicator to be - definition link a man of the cloth - defintion "PRIOR" |
8. INITIALISM
Leaders to dissolve into terrific chortles - ha ha-ha (5) leaders to - initial letters indicator dissolve - D into - I terrific - T chortles - C ha - H ha-ha - definition (a sunken ditch) (D)(I)(T)(C)(H) 9. LETTER EXCHANGE Cool chick at US college prefers Latin to English (4) cool - definition chick at US college - coed prefers - letter exchange indicator latin - L (abbreviation) to - 2nd part of exchange indicator english - E (abbreviation) (CO(-e+L)D) 10. ODD/EVEN Stimulant taken by every other toe rag (3) stimulant - definition taken by - wordplay link every other - odd/even indicator toe rag - fodder (T)o(E)r(A)g 11. REVERSAL Gossip about nasty old woman (3) gossip - gab about - reversal indicator nasty old woman - definition (BAG<) 12. SUBTRACTION Senior joiner doesn't employ women (5) senior - definition joiner - welder doesn't employ - subtraction/non-inclusion indicator women - W (abbreviation) (-w(ELDER) 13. &LIT The validating theory of doing a runner? (4,2,5,7,3) The validating theory of - fodder doing a runner - anagram indicator ? - for the slightly stretchy anagram indicator (LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY) So, how did you do? Good, bad, indifferent? Either or anyway why not check out the solving tips in the next section to help hone your spanking-new crossword-solving mind. |