SunWeb6 by Athos

Good morning and welcome to Tommy's Space. Here is your mind puzzler for today. Enjoy.

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ACROSS
8 With a crate of ale you can go on the tear (8)
9 The coolest cat to come without the South (6)
10 You cannot do any more than this (6)
11 This seller is about the ends of the end (8)
12 Woe is this, is the ebb and flow (6)
13 This flowering plant needs drainage (8)
15 No writer, not closed (4)
17 A nice ode, coined in the East, will dull the pain (7)
19 Sounds like we have the track ‘ere, for a breather (7)
22 This keeper has been topped and tailed by a sword (4)
24 Lies by the Lee, we can do it (8)
27 I, am not insincere, in the cinema (6)
29 Is Edward back over the trot, after a drink from this (8)
30 Rutabaga with the North, and in the weeds (6)
31 Sounds like you got it wrong eight times, how refreshing (6)
32 This is no grand threesome, to stretch your shoes on (8)


DOWN
1 No toper in the bale, but still a fight (6)
2 No detective in the gene, what a slaughter (8)
3 All worshipping here, around for the fry up (8)
4 Gaze at a long time, and see a noble group (7)
5 Around about when you expect to arrive, on the head, of the river (6)
6 If you gorge like this, how can you fit through such a narrow place (6)
7 The river is around the Forth after the numbers, it seems is in a sharp decline (4-4)
14 Your mother’s sister was here before, I hear (4)
16 D’ye ken this huntsman, even before he took off his skin (4)
18 Hard to dream like this, you see (4-4)
20 Alternatively, after it is in the rest, it might reduce your current outgoings (8)
21 These eight, about five sail fast to protect (8)
23 This lady of 4 down, ships east after the harbour wall, I hear (7)
25 This holy beetle in denial, sounds like. A wound mark on a sailor (6)
26 The bar about the man in the water (6)
28 One side, before noon (6)

Full Solution



ACROSS
8 lacerate.
CRATE + ALE [anagram]
9 ocelot.
COOLE [S] T [anagram without the S]
10 utmost.
UTMOST
11 retailer.
RE + TAIL + ER
12 betide.
BE + TIDE
13 gardenia.
DRAINAGE[anagram]
15 open.
O + PEN
17 codeine.
NICE + ODE [anagram] or COINED + E [anagram]
19 trachea.
TRACHEA
22 épée.
[K] + EEPE + [R] [anagram lose the K and the R]
24 feasible.
Lies = FIBS + LEE [anagram]
27 screen.
S + [I] + NCERE [anagram without I]
29 decanter.
DE + CANTER
30 Sweden.
SWEDE(rutabaga)+ N and N + WEEDS [anagram]
31 aerate.
AER (err) + ATE (eight)
32 shoetree.
THREESO + [M] + E [anagram without M = 1000= grand]

DOWN

1 battle.
BA + TT(no toper = teatotaller) + LE
2 genocide.
GEN + O + CID + E
3 pantheon.
PAN + THE + ON
4 peerage.
Gaze= PEER + AGE = a long time
5 boater.
Around = ORB +ETA =arrival time [ anagram ] a type of hat
6 defile.
Gorge = DEFILE
7 nose-dive.
NOS + ED + IV +E
14 ante.
Aunty sound like ANTE
16 peel.
D’ye ken John PEEL
18 open-eyed.
OPEN EYED
20 resistor.
RES + IS + T + OR
21 corvette.
OCTET + RE + V [anagram]
23 peeress.
Pier sound like PEER + E + SS
25 scarab.
SCAR + AB
26 bather.
THE + BAR [anagram]
28 eleven.
ELEVEN

Solved Grid

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SunWeb5 by Athos

In Bill's absence, and without his expert proofing before publishing, I will try to publish SunWeb5 and just see how it goes.

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ACROSS
1 Our truce with me, give some fashionable clothes (9)
9 We cannot go to Virginia, there is nothing there (6)
10 At the ranch with the French, what a con-man (9)
11 Can you gamble here? In Dublin? (6)
12 Two faced, could this be a fetid clue (9)
13 Having eaten with this for a stand-in (6)
17 Drive off from it, or drink it, it seems (3)
19 London and Dublin have one, impolitic has lost it! (7)
20 Hay Tim, is this a grass (7)
21 Was this joint your old family name, I hear (3)
23 Literary conclusion, 3.147, not Id, left around. (6)
27 Robert in bishop, in Dublin North (9)
28 One is in ER, like a horse (6)
29 ET can, be assigned to another (9)
30 From the French core in the States (6)
31 At the front in The War, this is where you would be (2,1,6)

DOWN
2 Earthy chores, these shades (6)
3 Leave nothing out of the torture, high place (6)
4 Dublin meets Venice over the Grand Canal (6)
5 It’s on the cards, you, I and the first lady, have been saved from danger (7)
6 This ruler translates as ”Ocean Teacher” (5,4)
7 Often states the aims of a party (9)
8 These counsels tell a neat story (9)
14 This type of pecan, can give an old craving (9)
15 Transporters for everyone (9)
16 Its a German chorus, of fifty-fifty, right to the orient (9)
17 It is not back, yet it sounds like a wait (3)
18 When I have eaten, I will come around for a cuppa (3)
22 Guevara at Christmas, get back in line (7)
24 We had beans with tea; you missed it (6)
25 Seaboard, not so. Scour it anyway (6)
26 If you have a hundred or fifty, you can play (6)





Full Solution


ACROSS
1 couturier.
OUR + TRUCE + I [anagram]
9 vacant.
VA [Virginia] + CANT
10 charlatan.
AT + RANCH + LA [anagram]
11 MARINO.
The Casino in MARINO.
12 deceitful.
FETID + CLUE [anagram]
13 altern.
ALTERN ate
17 tea.
TEA
19 Pimlico.
IMPOL+ [IT] + IC [less the IT, anagram]
20 timothy.
TIMOTHY = a type of grass grown for hay.
21 née.
NEE sound like KNEE
23 epilog.
PI + EGO +L [anagram]
27 PHIBSBORO.
ROB + BISHOP [anagram]
28 equine.
I + QUEEN [anagram]
29 alienable.
ALIEN + ABLE
30 creole.
LE + CORE [anagram]
31 IN A TRENCH.
IN A TRENCH

DOWN
2 OCHRES.
CHORES [anagram]
3 turret.
T + [O] +RTURE [anagram without the O]
4 Rialto.
RIALTO bridge.
5 evacuee.
U + ACE + EVE [anagram]
6 Dalai Lama.
DALAI LAMA
7 manifesto.
OFTEN + AIMS [anagram]
8 attorneys.
NEAT STORY [anargram]
14 appetency.
TYPE PECAN [anagram]
15 omnibuses.
OMNIBUSES
16 ritornell.
L + L + R + ORIENT [anagram]
17 ton.
TON
18 ate.
ATE
22 echelon.
CHE + NOEL [anagram]
24 absent.
BEANS +T [anagram]
25 abrade.
[S] + EAB +[O] + ARD [anagram after removing SO]
26 frolic.
IF + C + OR + L [anagram]

Solved Grid

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SunWeb4 by Athos

Welcome to SunWeb4

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Clues
ACROSS
8 Discover the surgeon in the East, how giving (8)
9 This student loses fifty to make money (6)
10 The French bird gets cozy here (6)
11 This unit is exposed to ten rays (8)
12 Sleep here in Oz with a honey maker, and spread it around (6)
13 This isn’t charged Alan, it’s imaginary (8)
15 What style, beer up North (4)
17 Soon she will not be amiss (7)
19 Make a mistake in this row, with a little dog (7)
22 Identify with this cup, in Greece, around an English flower (4)
24 Seeds about about about, excrete (8)
27 Could 22 across be found in public relations, on the seashore (6)
29 Can the current on horseback get them running wildly (8)
30 Run around with this fish, to let it out (6)
31 I, am in the way out, but only half a mated pair (6)
32 If you were missing here, its sounds like you were doing nothing (2,6)

DOWN
1 Set the flat in the river, and erase it (6)
2 Hold back and get hurt again (8)
3 Hive dweller (8)
4 Her husband used to rule the Urals, while she wore tiaras in the north (7)
5 This adjective minus a four can demoralise (6)
6 Will you find the German man each way after the Greek initially, in a cave (6)
7 This herb around the jug, is a waste matter (8)
14 The Lone Ranger’s partner had had no drink, to be on top of it (4)
16 Fifty is always the way to bring the fish back (4)
18 It ceased with these cool drinks (4,4)
20 The French with a partner, getting engaged (8)
21 Tie up the ship around with speed, for the price of an overnight stay (4,4)
23 A priest and the Queen that is, it must be a dream (7)
25 Don’t boil it, around two thousand your Highness (6)
26 The Hollies, ten in the island to the East (6)
28 ‘arry said ‘es arrived at present (3,3)

Full SolutionACROSS
8 generous.
SURGEON + E [anagram]
9 earner.
[ L ] + EARNER
10 nestle.
NEST + LE
11 Roentgen.
Ten Rays = X Rays, unit of exposure = ROENTGEN
12 bedaub.
BED + AU + B
13 notional.
NOT + ION + AL
15 élan.
ALE + N [ anagram ]
17 After the engagement she will be a Misses, not A Miss,i.e. fiancée.
FIANCEE
19 terrier.
T + ERR + IER, ERR in TIER
22 Eros.
Cup + Id = God of love = Greek EROS = ROSE [anagram]
24 perspire.
PIPS + RE + RE =PERSPIRE
27 plover.
LOVE in PR
29 stampede.
AMP + STEED [anagram]
30 unreel.
UNR + EEL
31 gamete.
GA + ME + TE
32 in action.
IN + ACTION
DOWN
1 delete.
DE + LET + E
2 restrain.
RE + STRAIN
3 honeybee.

4 tsarina.
TIARAS + N [anagram]
5 deject.
[A] DJECT[IV]E [anagram without A and IV]
6 grotto.
GR + OTTO
7 sewerage.
S + EWER + AGE
14 onto.
[T] ONTO
16 leer.
L + E’ER
18 iced teas.
IT CEASED [anagram] = ICED TEAS
20 espousal.
LA + SPOUSE [anagram]
21 room rate.
ROOM [Moor back] + RATE
23 reverie.
REV + ER + IE
25 simmer.
SI + MM + ER = MM in SIRE
26 ilexes.
X in ISLE + E
28 erenow.
‘ERE + NOW

Solved Grid

SunWeb3 by Athos

Welcome to SunWeb3

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Clues
ACROSS
1 A fruit field, or a hundred is not easy. (7)
5 Father about in a clenched hand, he folllows the craze. (7)
9 English Susan is this result, in short. (5)
10 Yellow alloy, that is about female support. (9)
11 Edible matter like bad steaks, I hear. (9)
13 Not again, about the cravat, I hear. (5)
14 Devised hell, having bad hair day. (11)
16 A shake of the head back to Mr. Corleone. (3)
17 Knock back, all the same. (3)
18 A gift of limbs, on the parade ground. (7,4)
20 A hundred or an American soldier, a fitting pet for ‘er. (5)
22 A mark in the soft leather with no East end, without a break. (9)
24 This stuffing is a push for animal flesh. (9)
26 After tea is it warm about, it’s all Greek to me this bar in the round. (5)
27 Dial 999 or 112, for the locals down south. (4,1.1.1.)
28 Greet the firm, on a sad walk. (7)

DOWN
1 Too well nourished, above the central banking system of America. (7)
2 The Godfather’s partner, a hundred poor sons. (9)
3 This saver solemnly declares. (5)
4 This flounder, is no good around. (3)
5 A real fuss in the marsh, such cowardice. (11)
6 Sidney is back, not in the red an made to look bad. (9)
7 The writer is in it, how clumsy. (5)
8 That is on it, this place in a weight. (7)
12 Employ LSNS, the quality of not being practical. (11)
15 Have these pine stems met in the vacuum. (9)
16 Was this how Satan achieved the downfall of Man. Father’s around, the first lady. (9)
17 If I see after, back on ahead, then I will be in deep water. (7)
19 Facades, not wearing a happy one. (3,4)
21 Are you or, I hear, with the French back in the country, (5)
23 Are they up and about, without even a spoon. (5)
25 Bought on credit, a regular facemaker. (3)

Full Solution

ACROSS
1 orchard.
OR + C [hundred] + HARD [not easy]
5 faddist.
F + ADD [DAD about] + IST [ in fist]
9 ensue.
EN [short English] + SUE [short Susan]
10 brassiere.
BRASS + IE + RE
11 foodstuff.
FOOD + STUFF.
13 retie.
KNOT AGAIN = RETIE = RE + TIE
14 dishevelled.
DEVISED + HELL [angagram].
16 don.
NOD back = DON
17 par.
PAR = RAP [back]
18 present arms.
PRESENT + ARMS
20 CORGI.
C + OR + GI [‘er Queen Elisabeth’s pet]
22 sustained.
SU +STAIN +ED [E] =STAIN in SUEDE wih the final E removed
24 FORCEMEAT.
FORCE [PUSH] + MEAT [ANIMAL FLESH]
26 theta.
T + HEAT [anagram] = THETA looks like a circle with horizontal bar.
27 CALLSOS.
CALL + SOS
28 CORTEGE.
CO [firm] + RTEGE [Greet anagram]

DOWN
1 overfed.
OVER [above] + FED [Federal Reserve]
2 cosponsor.
C + POOR + SONS [Anagram], Godfather = SPONSOR
3 avers.
SAVERS [anagram]
4 dab.
BAD [around] = DAB
5 fearfulness.
REAL FUSS FEN [anagram]
6 discredit.
DIS + CREDIT
7 inept.
I + PEN + T [ PEN in IT anagram] = INEPT
8 thereon.
T + HERE + ON
12 uselessness.
USE + L + ESS + N + ESS
15 emptiness.
PINE + STEMS [anagram]
16 DARINGEVE.
DA [father] + RING [ a round] + EVE [The first lady]
17 pacific.
PAC [ CAP back] + IF + I + C [see]
19 SAD FACE.
FACADES [anagram] = SAD FACE
21 rural.
RU [are you, sounds like] + R [ or, sounds like] + AL [La back}
23 astir.
ASTIR
25 tic.
TIC

Solved Grid