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

Welcome to SunWeb37


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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