Tuesday, February 2, 2010

SunWeb34 by Athos

Welcome to SunWeb34


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solution and explanations on two following pages.
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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




1 comment:

Bill Butler said...

Hi Tommy,

Nice puzzle, which I managed to get through in just under one (admittedly huge) mug of Barry's finest blend. A great way to start the day :) You had a couple of particularly brilliant clues today, I thought (FORMIC, NEPHEW) along with a plethora of other quality offerings.

My notes along the way:
MOMENTUM: PhysiClue!
IMPAIR: Nice, tight clue.
SCYTHE: The Deletion of the Day!
FORMIC: Smile of the Day!
O'CONNELL: Inventive way to throw in the Irish touch.
TARGET: I assume the idea here is that you aim at "the bull"?
NEPHEW: Clue of the Day! Brilliant!

Thanks for finding time to set another crossword for us, Tommy. I always look forward to my SunWeb :)