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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
1 comment:
Tommy,
For a Tommy puzzle (which often defeats me, or takes a while) I fairly zipped through this one. I got through in about 20 minutes, just under the mug of tea "target". The biggest help of course, was the Saturday Crosaire design. I picked up three of the four them answers at the beginning, and then worked inwards.
But, excellent puzzle. Even with a some unique Tommyisms, this was the most Crosiare-like puzzle I've seen yet (which I hope you take as a compliment!).
Notes along the way:
SWORD THEME: I liked the use of SWORD as "WORD" in the E-W answers, a unique twist on Crosaire's methodology.
KITE: partial clue (unless I missed something) ... very Crosaire
AIDE: perfect! Very efficient clue with a classic structure.
AVENUE: same again, perfect clue with a classic structure
RATTLER: fortunately I've spent enough time in the desert to known what a sidewinder is, as I needed to see your explanation to unravel the rest of the clue
DEBATE: made me smile. You'd only get away with DE-BATE sounding like "the bait" in an Irish puzzle, and a Dublin one "at dat" :)
MEOW: smiley face!
SHUN: guessed at SHUN from the clue, and only just spotted the "huns" anagram as i am writing this!
WEAK PASSWORDS: very contemporary, Crosaire of the 21st century :)
PUREE: couldn't tell if the answer was PUREE or RUPEE, until I got the RATTLER
MOREL: my last. Had to use the ML and the ORE to get there, as I didn't make the leap from "course" to MOREL until the last minute
DECIDE: Clue of the Day ... I do like some clever word puzzles!
LIMB: another smiley face :)
Great job, Tommy, I'd say. Spot on!
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