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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
5 comments:
Hi Tommy,
I am proud to report a Tomtara today, not without a little struggle at the, end but I got there just within my goal of a large of Barry's finest.
I've said it before, and I hope I get to say it again, your crosswords are almost indistinguishable from Crosaire puzzles. In fact, they are the same style, without the frustration of "partial" clues, my least favorite feature of Mr. Crozier's offerings. Please take that as a compliment!
My notes along the way:
AGED: a clue that reads very well ... something I always appreciate.
THESAURUS ... smile!
DEADLINE: my second to last answer.
RHYME: very clever.
MUNSTER: "sternum", a well-spotted anagram!
TANGERINE: lovely anagram, and a clue that reads nicely.
GOREY (and ATHY): memories of summer holidays as a kid!
CLONTARF: my last. Ashamed to say I had forgotten about the Good Friday connection!
DISABLE: Clue of the Day! Short, sweet and precise (although there is a minor typo in the clue!).
Great stuff, Tommy. Glad to see you're back. I hope you find the time to keep it up.
Hi Tommy and Bill
Ah the sweet smell of success....though I'm sure it took me a lot longer than the largest cup of Barry's finest...imbibed in slow motion!!!
I nearly met my Waterloo in the NW...once I had the initial 'P' for 1d...I slotted in PEEP...which sent me completely awry, leaving the WORN + E anagram for 10a starting with 'E'...once I twigged OWNER I backtracked and vaguely remembered the POOP/SHIP connection (on mature reflection, it made more sense than PEEP anyway!).
Then with one to go, I almost tripped myself up again...HEADLINE came to me first...but fortunately it didn't really make sense so a little further rummaging in the recesses of my brain got me to the DEADLINE!
You find great anagramatic words Tommy....and then roll them out in clues that read really nicely...STERNUM/MUNSTER, ROYALIST/SOLITARY, STATE/TASTE.....
In addition to Bill's list, I liked
BRIOCHE...in the blink of an eye, I was transported from the highlands of Scotland to a sunny deck in Brittany, perusing Ouest France over freshly brewed coffee and (still warm) baguette...God I wish it was summer!
TOE HOLD!
SCOUT...nice and spare
THEYSAWRUS...loved the accent Tommy!
GOREY....location, location, location...like Bill, lots of summer holidays in Wexford!
ABSTRACTED...saw it was an anagram right away...but the unravelling of it had me DISTRACTED!
Lovely puzzle Tommy...many thanks....I hope you'll find time to post another soon!
Liz
Hi Tommy,
Glad to say I got to the finish line after a few hiccups.
I marvel at your cruciverbalist skills as I do Bill's and the great man himself.
DEADLINE was my last after I'd got THESAURUS and RHYME.
My favourites were REVERENTLY & DISABLE.
My one quibbble was the spelling of 1Ac, thought it should be PYTHAGORAS.
Very well done and I'll also check out some of your previous crosswords.
Mike
Mike, Tommy, Liz ...
That Pythagoras/Pythagorus switch was well spotted. I would never have seen that. I tend to think of him (wrongly) as Roman (with a -US) instead of Greek (with an -AS).
We learn something new every day ...
Hi Bill, Liz and Mike,
thank you all so much for your comments, it is very encouraging to receive them.
I am delighted and honoured to be labelled Crosaire-ish. Thank you Bill. I do enjoy the setting as much as the solving of these puzzles and hope to get back to more regular setting.
Yes, Mike I accept PYTHAGORAS as the more correct form and after 33 years of teaching it my way, I will change it. Who said teachers never learn?
Tommy
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