Sunday, July 25, 2010

SunWeb40 by Athos

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ACROSS

8 See this agent before going to sea (8)
9 Arouse the Scotsman by telling him to leave, I hear (6)
10 Its about a can, I see (6)
11 Its close when the sun is furthest away (8)
12 It's about the Ulster one hundred, in a cultural way (6)
13 This bloomer has no identification in the sky (8)
15 Una has about fifty, below her elbow (4)
17 And Santa came around to see who killed the hound (7)
19 Has a unique horn, I hear (7)
22 I will be wet all around (4)
24 You and me on the road to get the wine there (8)
27 So you wager I am dim (6)
29 The French desire to be like the stars (8)
30 First class fish, not good? (6)
31 Pure cheats (6)
32 Edward was on the oceans and spiced things up (8)

DOWN

1 About that menace (6)
2 A gin is in this badge (8)
3 A well defined decrease for the Sea King (5-3)
4 The holy man in the train, loved his uncles bride (7)
5 Lose the lot in a wager, for a dance (6)
6 Tear around after a degree for some back-chat (6)
7 This wise guy, Melville, he sings with a crazy group (8)
14 He took the Dublin tram back to Damascus (4)
16 No fowl in this den (4)
18 Yes, I can see eight (8)
20 Rare gas at Albert's during infancy (8)
21 A small bed I will lie on heard after the ball (8)
23 Can a bad eye with a tilt, sort stresses (7)
25 Set about twice and fly to sleep (6)
26 Tom rounds up the long one, for an American dish (6)
28 After the weekend Kenneth was wet (6)

Full Solution

ACROSS
8 chandler.
C + HANDLER
9 awaken.
AWA[Y] KEN
10 retina.
RE A TIN anagram
11 solstice.
ITS CLOSE anagram
12 ethnic.
ETH + NI + C
13 asteroid.
ASTER + O + ID
15 ulna.
U[L]NA
17 Setanta.
S [ET =and] ANTA
19 unicorn.
UNICORN
22 isle.
ISLE
24 Westport.
WE + ST + PORT
27 obtuse.
SO U BET anagram
29 sidereal.
LA DESIRE anagram
30 ailing.
AI + LING
31 chaste.
CHEATS anagram
32 seasoned.
SEAS + ON + ED

DOWN

1 threat.
RE THAT anagram
2 insignia.
A GIN IS IN anagram
3 clear-cut.
C + LEAR-CUT
4 Tristan.
ST TRAIN anagram
5 ballet.
B [ALL]ET
6 banter.
BA + RENT anagram
7 Melchior.
MEL + CHIOR
14 Saul.
SAUL
16 lair.
LAIR
18 eyesight.
YES EIGHT anagram
20 neonatal.
NEON + AT + AL
21 cotilion.
COT+ I'LL+ I + ON
23 stylist.
STY + LIST
25 tsetse.
TSETSE
26 omelet.
OM [ ELE] T
28 sunken.
SUN + KE

Solved Grid

Saturday, July 17, 2010

SunWeb39 by Athos

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ACROSS
1 Leaks after a bee, I hear in the midlands (9)
9 The coalman lost his tail and found his dog (6)
10 Where the ale goes may not be the most appealing (4,5)
11 Speak softly on course (6)
12 Very old Ulster army, with little brother Edward in the cattle farm after dark (3,6)
13 Adapt this fair father back (6)
17 After fifty you are not on time (3)
19 Toe-nail bliss (7)
20 Moves about clumsily to sleep (7)
21 It radiates always, like a little bird (3)
23 No tubes in this, stupid (6)
27 Our little city in our capital, beside the end of the ring (9)
28 Bristle, there's plenty for a jump (6)
29 Repeat about the French, for revenge (9)
30 His vocation is that he cares about the Orient (6)
31 This anger, sounds like it could be channelled into a form of painting (9)



DOWN
2 Sounds, like a sword in the ale or after the page (6)
3 Maybe not French freeborn, but put your clothes on (6)
4 The long one's route back to tolerance (6)
5 With 49, 51 and 100 it is unlawful (7)
6 Jailbird with one French snare, there's a riddle (9)
7 Awkwardly count without your fingers (3,6)
8 Retry the case of the clerical assistant (9)
14 No acorn seen with this timber, I hear (9)
15 180 on this, is as good as it gets (9)
16 Sidney dispatched back about a protester (9)
17 Sounds like a relative (3)
18 It is Latin (3)
22 Do you think he is one (7)
24 A north diagonal in the end (6)
25 One gives thanks back for the drink in this chamber (6)
26 Was the bandage like this (6)



Full Solution

ACROSS
   1  Abbeyleix.
       Abbey leix sounds like 'a bee leaks'
   9  collie.
       COLLIE[R]
10  beer belly.
       BEER BELLY
11  putter.
       P + UTTER
12  Red Branch.
       R [ ED + BR ] ANCH knights
13  adjust.
       AD + JUST
17  ate.
       [L] ATE
19  elation.
       ELATION anagram
20  slumber.
       LUMBERS anagram
21  tit.
       Spells IT from centre outwards all ways, forward and backwards
23  obtuse.
       O + TUBES anagram
27  Irishtown.
       IRISH + TOWN, beside Ringsend
28  abound.
       A BOUND
29  retaliate.
       ITERATE + LA anagram
30  career.
       CARE +[E] + R
31  distemper.
       DIS{this} TEMPER{anger}

DOWN
   2  beeper.
       BE [EPee] ER = page+r, and it sounds, too
   3  enrobe.
       [FR]EEBORN anagram
   4  leeway.
       EEL back LEE + WAY
   5  illicit.
       IL + LI + C + IT
   6  conundrum.
       CON + UN + DRUM
   7  all thumbs.
       ALL THUMBS
   8  secretary.
       RETRY CASE anagram
14  resonance.
       ACORN SEEN anagram
15  dartboard.
       DARTBOARD maximum score 180
16  dissenter.
       DIS SENT ER
17  ant.
       A[U]NT
18  est.
       EST
22  Israeli.
       ISRAELI
24  aslant.
       A N LAST anagram
25  atrium.
       AT + R[I]UM
26  swathe.
       WAS THE anagram


Solved Grid

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

SunWeb38 by Athos

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ACROSS

8 This e-mail can soothe an itch (8)

9 A sailor on foreign highway (6)

10 I would dive in to make a split (6)

11 One golden insect in court (8)

12 Not a fall, in the pink (6)

13 Covert Eastern infusion protects the fleet (8)

15 Glance over the gossip before the young man returns (4)

17 The last month with comfort in the end (7)

19 Twelve o'clock around north Dublin (7)

22 D'you hear the French come back for a fight (4)

24 The old salt is about like an oracle from a great distance (8)

27 Harem guard of old? (6)

29 Leave stranded around or about some chewy cookie (8)

30 Get back in that grand bus, it looks like rain (6)

31 A follower before Oz. caught on the hop (6)

32 Menus are used to gain access online (8)

DOWN

1 Cross wit Andrew for losing fifty (6)

2 Spoil once the business of 24 across (8)

3 Eternal, not as much as the end of 2 down (8)

4 Reproduction caliper (7)

5 Trap in the bar for some repartee (6)

6 A second class rascal in a manner of speaking (6)

7 Attractive magic X about (8)

14 Not of ten (4)

16 Give up a hundred before the turn in the river (4)

18 Travel around the Orient to climb on this (8)

20 Spanish delight and the Queen of England, blooming deadly (8)

21 Rub it in before the little car comes back before Easter is over (8)

23 You foresee an atomic explosion with this brain box (7)

25 If she comes back and forth for the party (6)

26 Too red to be standing still (6)

28 Of such poor quality it made mother weep (6)

Full Solution
 
ACROSS


8 calamine.

EMAIL CAN [anagram]

9 abroad.

AB + ROAD

10 divide.

ID DIVE [anagram]

11 litigant.

I GILT ANT [anagram]

12 cerise.

CE RISE

13 corvette.

COVERT + E + T

15 scan.

SCAN [DAL]

17 decease.

DEC EASE

19 Coolock.

O O'CLOCK [anagram]

22 duel.

D U EL

24 seafarer.

SE [AFAR] ER

27 eunuch.

EUNUCH

29 macaroon.

MA [CA] ROON

30 nimbus.

NI M BUS

31 bounce.

B + OUNCE

32 username.

MENUS ARE [anagram]


DOWN

1 satire.

SA [L] TIRE

2 maritime.

MAR I TIME

3 timeless.

TIME LESS

4 replica.

CALIPER [anagram]

5 banter.

NET BAR [anagram]

6 brogue.

B + ROGUE

7 magnetic.

MAGIC TEN [anagram]

14 once.

ONCE

16 cede.

C DEE [anagram]

18 elevator.

TRAVEL O E [anagram]

20 oleander.

OLE AND ER

21 liniment.

L [IN I M ] ENT

23 uranium.

U [C]RANIUM

25 Fianna.

FI ANNA

26 rooted.

TOO RED [anagram]

28 crummy.

MUM CRY [anagram]

Solved Grid
 

Friday, April 23, 2010

SunWeb37 by Athos

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ACROSS


1 Harps with wisdom between the poles for a skillful blade (13)

10 Edward published it with charge (7)

11 My French friend went nuts about the big wave (7)

12 Hawk it in here (4)

13 Is not in the holiest place to stay (5)

15 Thought about an assistant? (4)

17 Grumble about the drink in here (3)

19 Boulevard where the event took place (6)

21 The French boor wore a short jacket (6)

22 This sidewinder is back up around fifty on the dry (7)

23 No sleeping with him, your boy is about to make a mistake (6)

25 Sounds like we argue about the lure (6)

27 With the end around on this turf it is drenched (3)

29 Oh my god, he had an eye for wisdom, but very quietly (4)

30 Sounds like you got acquainted again (5)

31 I hurt myself, said the cat (4)

34 Adjournal, he had one, I hear (7)

35 Metering, but not on a grand scale, yields one of these (7)

36 Poetic justice, how you might meet your demise (3,2,3,5)


DOWN

2 Wilt she blow? (7)

3 Whoa in the wet, I hear (4)

4 Elder but no tree (6)

5 Song of praise, with an insect on edge (6)

6 Cast out the ancient Germans (4)

7 In the picture, think about it (7)

8 Feeble father's rapiers bypass computer security (4,9)

9 Swear to donate a single weapon (5,3'1,4)

14 Chew it Sean, I hear, for teaching (7)

16 Its about the well strained Indian money (5)

18 Just a little drop around the unrefined, of course (5)

20 Gained with Edward, at last (3)

21 Sleep here with the roses (3)

24 Or, did 7 down nearly all come back up in creases on the pages (7)

26 Reginald came up north after the greeting, to get his own back (7)

27 Not one over the eight with this group (6)

28 Make your D+N+I+M (6)

32 With nothing added it dances into oblivion (4)

33 You and I came back to the street, of course (4)

Full Solution

ACROSS


1 swordsmanship.

HARPS WISDOM NS [anagram]

10 edition.

ED IT ION

11 tsunami.

NUTS AMI [anagram]

12 kite.

K + IT + E

13 hotel.

HOL [I] E [S] T [deletion anagram]

15 aide.

IDEA [anagram]

17 rum.

RUM

19 avenue.

A + VENUE

21 bolero.

LE BOOR [anagram]

22 rattler.

REAR + TT + L [anagram]

23 snorer.

SON + ERR [anagram]

25 debate.

THE BAIT [phononym DEBATE]

27 sod.

SOD + DEN

29 Odin.

O + DIN

30 renew.

RENEW

31 meow.

ME OW

34 diarist.

DIARIST

35 integer.

[M] ETERING [deletion anagram]

36 die by the sword.

DIE BY THE SWORD


DOWN

2 whistle.

WILT SHE [anagram]

3 rain.

RAIN [phononym REIN]

4 senior.

SENIOR

5 anthem.

ANT + HEM

6 shun.

HUNS [anagram]

7 imagine.

IMAG [ IN ] E

8 weak passwords.

WEAK PA'S SWORDS

9 give ones word.

GIVE ONE' S WORD

14 tuition.

TU IT ION

16 puree.

RUPEE [anagram]

18 morel.

M [ORE] L

20 ear.

EAR [NED]

21 bed.

BED

24 origami.

OR + IGAMI

26 avenger.

AVE + N + GER

27 septet.

SEPTET

28 decide.

DECIDE [make mind up]

32 limb.

LIMB [O]

33 stew.

ST + EW


Solved Grid

Monday, March 29, 2010

SunWeb36 by Athos

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ACROSS
1 Go north in twos to an empty place (5,4)
9 Expose to fresh air with a small battery in a tree (6)
10 Auburn toxic bloomer with small drop of water (8)
11 Lark about with tax or a hundred (6)
12 That's me in the foliage, she said (6)
14 Plum! Um! No second best (4)
15 Was the French lad born with a silver one? (5)
16 Rails against the periodical out east (6)
18 Fifty one peels, but not quite round (7)
21 A stand-in for the king has got the chemistry right (7)
24 Rein me in my Royal fur (6)
26 Quiet charitable offerings about an old holy verse (5)
30 Appear to sound like this, Sir (4)
31 Billed, but with no charge (6)
32 Grass like 16 across, I hear (6)
33 A response to creation (8)
34 This steamer does not open the letters; it carries them (6)
35 Don't adore this toiletry (9)

DOWN
2 Oriented, father is around in this regard (6)
3 No oils equals this (6)
4 Nathan came back before Edward, like hide (6)
5 Second class elm and yew play there in London (7)
6 Ten years for the bounder in the river (6)
7 Came around in a limo to take some tea (8)
8 Yet I flirt with such prolificacy (9)
11 Thrown into a class system, by the sounds of it (5)
13 Quiet charitable offering around an old light (4)
17 Select Edgar Allan as a magnifier (9)
19 Fifty mice can irk in the West (8)
20 An advantageous purchase sounds hard (5)
22 The conductor was competent despite losing his head (4)
23 An ostentatious display using leg and spur (7)
25 Ne'er 'ad been so close (6)
27 A plank on the ship (6)
28 Oh, you should not be in the mortuary, because you have died (6)
29 Complain, doctor about the legume (6)


Full Solution

ACROSS
1 ghost town.
TWOS NTH GO [anagram]
9 aerate.
AA TREE [anagram]
10 laburnum.
AUBURN + ML [anagram]
11 cavort.
VAT OR C [anagram]
12 female.
FEMALE
14 lead.
LEAD [PLUMBUM = Pb = metallic lead]
15 ladle.
LAD + LE
16 serial.
RAILS E [anagram]
18 ellipse.
LI + PEELS [anagram]
21 reagent.
A REGENT [anagram]
24 ermine.
REIN ME [anagram]
26 psalm.
P ALMS [anagram]
30 earl.
EARL [PEER]
31 beaked.
BEAKED
32 cereal.
CEREAL
33 reaction.
CREATION [anagram]
34 packet.
PACKET
35 deodorant.
DONT ADORE [anagram]

DOWN

2 headed.
HEED + DA [anagram]
3 squeal.
EQUALS [anagram]
4 tanned.
NAT NED [anagram]
5 Wembley.
B ELM YEW [anagram]
6 decade.
DE [CAD] E
7 camomile.
CAMOMILE
8 fertility.
YET I FLIRT [anagram]
11 caste.
CASTE
13 lamp.
LAMP
17 telescope.
SELECT POE [anagram]
19 Limerick.
L MICE IRK [anagram]
20 steal.
STEAL
22 able.
[C] ABLE
23 splurge.
LEG SPUR [anagram]
25 neared.
NEER AD [anagram]
27 aboard.
A BOARD
28 martyr.
M [O] RT [U] ARY [deletion anagram]
29 bemoan.
MO BEAN [anagram]

Solved Grid

Monday, March 8, 2010

SunWeb35 by Athos

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ACROSS
1 Tough Greek prays for a hypotenuse (10)
6 The elderly managed without him (4)
10 Yours worn around the East (5)
11 Sounds like we have been seen by them, in our favourite wordbook (9)
12 Not in print after this (8)
13 Inverse, with me at last (5)
15 Och this bun has French cheese on the outside (7)
17 Call up your boys around you in small measure (7)
19 Grasp a little digit to get a small advantage for future progress (3-4)
21 Around the sternum down south here (7)
22 Expect it to sound heavy (5)
24 This Royalist is all alone (8)
27 Can put up with this lore in the table (9)
28 Look out after counsel (5)
29 County, not up in the North (4)
30 Depend on the cleric being back around ten, with respect (10)
DOWN
1 Whichever way you look at this deck, it is at the back (4)
2 Fruit eaten with a grin (9)
3 Pungent loss of current around a cardiac case (5)
4 Draught here on paper by the sound of it (7)
5 Sparingly (7)
7 Sounds like a bloody mess on the east coast (5)
8 Prissy dean comes to the clinic (10)
9 He is no milkmaid (8)
14 Removed like a bad scatter (10)
16 It was not a good Friday for the Norsemen here (8)
18 Not in about the least (9)
20 Five hundred can incapcitate (7)
21 Sounds like I'll cross the Mediterranean (7)
23 Everybody hurts, I hear, let it be (5)
25 State of culture (5)
26 Cathy lost a hundred in Kildare (4)



Full Solution
ACROSS
1 Pythagorus.
TOUGH PRAYS [anagram]
6 aged.
[MAN] AGED [deletion]
10 owner.
WORN + E [anagram]
11 thesaurus.
THESAURUS
12 deadline.
DEADLINE
13 rhyme.
RHY ME
15 brioche.
BRI + OCH + E
17 summons.
S + U + MM + ONS
19 toe-hold.
TOE HOLD
21 Munster.
STERNUM [anagram]]
22 await.
AWAIT
24 solitary.
ROYALIST [anagram]
27 tolerable.
T [OLER] ABLE [anagram]
28 scout.
SC + OUT
29 down.
DOWN
30 reverently.
RE + VER + ENT + LY
DOWN
1 poop.
POOP
2 tangerine.
TANGERINE [anagram]
3 acrid.
[CA] RDIAC [anagram]
4 outline.
OUTLINE
5 useless.
USELESS
7 Gorey.
GOREY
8 dispensary.
PRISSY DEAN [anagram]
9 dairyman.
DAIRYMAN
14 abstracted.
BAD SCATTER [anagram]
16 Clontarf.
CLONTARF
18 outermost.
OUTERMOST
20 disable.
D + IS + ABLE
21 Maltese.
MALTESE
23 allow.
ALL +OW
25 taste.
STATE [anagram]
26 Athy.
[C] ATHY [deletion]

Solved Grid

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

SunWeb34 by Athos

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ACROSS

8 An impelling force from Mother to me around the North (8)

9 High Tension chat on the old roof (6)

10 Elfish tune makes things worse (6)

11 You and I in line in a queue, that's crooked (8)

12 This cutter takes the edge out of chemistry (6)

13 Unclear what shade the ground is (4,4)

15 For music, it's not in a bootie (4)

17 She sounds high (7)

19 Not an affordable rod around, though genial (7)

22 Airs without the graces around for this dress (4)

24 My father is a saint, though very remote (8)

27 She called New York to tie her knot (6)

29 Sounds like a door can be endearing (8)

30 Reviews the capers gone wrong (6)

31 Not on the end will hurt one (6)

32 Set the line north and watch out (8)



DOWN

1 Antacid (6)

2 Sounds like Edward came back after a ride-out to get the bottle (8)

3 Invite the medical man around for tea, and serve him this fish (8)

4 Mob rage stops trade! (7)

5 Adjust by bringing the headcase around for tea (6)

6 The French bell sounds around for the Spanish dish (6)

7 This liberator is on the main road here (8)

14 It is rare to find it behind you (4)

16 Cries about the leader (4)

18 The setting for a switch, not regularly (2,3,3)

20 I went through gunfire for an Oscar (8)

21 Can a chair be lawless? (8)

23 Disbelief that math is East (7)

25 Aim to blind the beast here (6)

26 Personify the rabble in colour (6)

28 He is not nice around the East (6)



ACROSS


8 momentum.

MUM TO ME N [anagram]

9 thatch.

HT CHAT [anagram]

10 impair.

IMP + AIR

11 aquiline.

A Q U I LINE [anagram]

12 scythe.

CHE [MI] ST [R] Y [deletion anagram]

13 grey area.

GREY AREA

15 oboe.

BOO [TI] E [deletion anagram]

17 soprano.

SOPRANO

19 affable.

AFF [ORD] ABLE [deletion]

22 sari.

AIRS [anagram]

24 farthest.

FATHER ST [anagram]

27 granny.

RANG NY [anagram]

29 adorable.

A DOR ABLE [phononym]

30 recaps.

CAPERS [anagram]

31 offend.

OFF + END

32 sentinel.

SET LINE N [anagram]


DOWN

1 formic.

FORMIC

2 decanter.

ED + CANTER

3 sturgeon.

S [T] URGEON

4 embargo.

MOB RAGE [anagram]

5 attune.

NUT TEA [anagram]

6 paella.

LA PEAL [anagram]

7 O'Connell.

O'CONNELL

14 rear.

RARE [anagram]

16 boss.

SOBS [anagram]

18 on and off.

ON AND OFF

20 figurine.

I GUNFIRE [anagram]

21 anarchic.

CAN CHAIR [anagram]

23 atheism.

MATH IS E [anagram]

25 target.

TARGET

26 embody.

MOB DYE

28 nephew.

NEPHEW




Sunday, January 17, 2010

SunWeb33 by Athos

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ACROSS
1 On balance, on the bar it is not light (7-6)
10 Very thorough, hinted page (2-5)
11 A bastion in another dialect (7)
12 This French headgear is dry, old fellow (4)
13 A French one is single at mid-week (5)
15 Show show knee, I skip back but not to Delhi (4)
17 After tea, sounds like another attachment (3)
19 A swimmer in a grand salon? (6)
21 No artist in the push-cart for this takeover (6)
22 Rages at the crowd to disperse it (4-3)
23 Used to be witty, with electricity in the feet (6)
25 A tailor in Dublin (6)
27 He would give you old money (3)
29 I owe a little thanks to the Greeks (4)
30 Rival type of illness (5)
31 Shop around to be stylish (4)
34 Bearing SE ahead, directly into the waves (4,3)
35 A grand million for us (7)
36 The melancholy musical score of 8 down (5,3,5)

DOWN
2 No even dance for this geek (7)
3 No springtide around the scruff (4)
4 A Scottish lord 'e, like the end of 22 across (6)
5 Sounds an evil game (6)
6 Enter this and get involved (4)
7 Its hard son, to have particles like these about (7)
8 Old money, Senor, five and three or two and six (6,2,5)
9 Mostly no thumbs, like magic (7-2-4)
14 Soldier with invisible rays in the arrow (7)
16 Non-drinker in the water closet, bingo (5)
18 Add 101 back for harmony (5)
20 She used to be called this, even back before she got married (3)
21 One better than a bogey (3)
24 Don't pry into patriarchy for ancient European sect (7)
26 Leonard IX, like one having pride (7)
27 I see the barb, so father this is your nickname (6)
28 Get a cut above the rest in his chair (6)
32 She has a Book, this queen of Persia in short (4)
33 Due to take them to the skies (2,2)



Full Solution
ACROSS
1 counter-weight.
COUNTER WEIGHT
10 in-depth.
HINTED P [anagram]
11 citadel.
DIALECT [anagram]
12 chap.
CHAP[EAU]
13 unwed.
UN + WED
15 Hopi.
HOP + I
17 eat.
[T] EAT
19 salmon.
SAL [M] ON
21 putsch.
PUSHC [AR] T
22 tear-gas.
RAGES AT [anagram]
23 facete.
AC + FEET [anagram]
25 Rialto.
TAILOR [anagram]
27 bob.
BOB [ a shilling]
29 iota.
I O TA
30 viral.
RIVAL [anagram]
31 posh.
POSH
34 head sea.
SE AHEAD [anagram]
35 billion.
BILLION [ = 1000 million in America]
36 eight bar blues.
EIGHT BAR BLUES


DOWN
2 oddball.
ODD BALL
3 nape.
NEAP [anagram]
4 ethane.
E THANE
5 wicket.
WICKET
6 into.
INTO
7 hadrons.
HARD SON [anagram]
8 pieces of eight.
PIECES OF EIGHT
9 sleight-of-hand.
SL + EIGHT OF HAND
14 warrior.
IR + ARROW [anagram]
16 lotto.
LO [ TT ] O
18 music.
CI SUM
20 née.
NEE
21 par.
PAR
24 Cathari.
[P] ATRIA [R] CH [Y]
26 leonine.
LEO + NINE
27 bicarb.
IC BARB [anagram]
28 barber.
BARBER
32 Esth.
ESTH
33 El Al.
EL AL

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

SunWeb32 by Athos

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ACROSS
1 Not a long suit for paper transport (9)
9 Up in the air in the beer (6)
10 Me and the barmen on the sheet (8)
11 Limb before the charge of this military unit (6)
12 Well-being with fifty in Hampstead (6)
14 Fire fodder (4)
15 This royal eastern county (5)
16 The clue is to get the water away (6)
18 Damn icy and not so still (7)
21 This grannie ran away from Fionn, with Diarmuid (7)
24 Go up the glen for a dip (6)
26 Rouse yourself to spend a few (5)
30 The artist has forty nine on track (4)
31 Little sister with me and 'im are getting sick (6)
32 This type of face, around tea relates to a body cavity (6)
33 The Vikings fled from here at nearly a quarter past ten (8)
34 WIth this score 10-0, he sang up (6)
35 Misjudge about red tuna (9)
DOWN
2 This joint is partly underwater (6)
3 Listen Mummy, if I am back for my degree at 9:50 (6)
4 Ha ha and a millilitre, for a dance (3-3)
5 Engrave in the sky, but not the full picture (7)
6 Fifty reels will flog it again (6)
7 I nail up after 104 though I am no soldier (8)
8 Give this incompetent lender the rub (9)
11 The earl's optical device (5)
13 Swarm the side, I hear (4)
17 Father Pat is around and can make these changes (9)
19 Sounds like a new tree, no smaller than 22 down (8)
20 This is how I start the game, if it suits (5)
22 A little one but not n to z (4)
23 Flies with a €500 note in place (7)
25 Serious fifty with rasping sound (6)
27 Unlikely meteor (6)
28 Which part of the corset is in the round (6)
29 A tiger with a tall feather (6)



Full Solution
ACROSS
1 briefcase.
BRIEF + CASE
9 aerial.
AIR + ALE [anagram]
10 membrane.
ME + BARMEN [anagram]
11 legion.
LEG + ION
12 health.
HEA [L] TH
14 coal.
COAL
15 Meath.
MEATH
16 sluice.
CLUE + IS [anagram]
18 dynamic.
DAMN + ICY [anagram]
21 Gráinne.
GRANNIE [anagram]
24 plunge.
UP GLEN [anagram]
26 euros.
ROUSE [anagram]
30 rail.
RA + IL
31 emesis.
SIS + ME + E [anagram]
32 atrial.
A [T] RIAL
33 CLONTARF.
CLONTARF [ battle of 1014]
34 linnet.
LIN- NET [ = TEN-NIL backwards]
35 underrate.
RE + RED + TUNA [anagram]
DOWN
2 reefer.
REEF + ER
3 embalm.
EM + BA + LM
4 cha-cha.
HA HA CC [anagram]
5 sketchy.
SK + ETCH + Y
6 resell.
REELS + L [anagram]
7 civilian.
CIV I LIAN
8 blunderer.
LENDER + RUB [anagram]
11 laser.
EARLS [anagram]
13 teem.
TEEM
17 adaptable.
DA PAT ABLE [anagram]
19 neutrino.
NEU TRI NO
20 ideal.
I DEAL
22 atom.
A TO M
23 pelican.
IN PLACE [anagram, flies=bird, €500 note=large bill]
25 gravel.
GRAVE + L
27 remote.
METEOR [anagram]
28 sector.
CORSET [anagram]
29 aigret.
A TIGER [anagram]

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