1 - Page one, suggestive of plagiarism (6) - {P}{I}{RACY}
4 - Swindle rascal detailed (4) - SCAM
8 - Guildhall and gutted tollhouse building in a London street (7,4) - {LUDGA(TE) HILL*}
10 - Firmly fixed, including a dicky red rear lamp (4,5) - {T{A}{IL L}IGHT}
11 - Member brought in beer, more than enough (5) - {A{MP}LE}
13 - Worker about to bury 50 in a remote country region (10) - {H{INTER}{L}AND}
16 - Drunk, he hints elf is actually present! (2,3,5) - IN THE FLESH*
17 - Catch that female pinching article (4) - {HE{A}R}
19 - Small haven inside amphitheatre (5) - HITHE [T]
20 - House members, ordinary people (9) - COMMONERS [DD]
21 - Geyser - veteran's getting close (3,8) - {OLD} {FAITHFUL}
22 - Forward's second goal (4) - {S}{END}
23 - Split a piece of rubber in outhouse (6) - {SH{A}{R}ED}
DOWN
1 - If cutting classes, schools may be turned into these occasionally (7,8) - POLLING STATIONS [CD]
2 - Problem with sieve (6) - RIDDLE [DD]
3 - Greek poorly after fish from barbecue (9) - {CHAR}{GR}{ILL}
5 - Check competitiveness once opener's dismissed, and gentlemanliness (8) - {CH}{
6 - I'll keep silent in Emerald Isle, say, troubled about power (2,4,3,6) - {MY LI{P}S ARE SEALED*}
7 - Crooked wager involving knight (4) - {BE{N}T}
9/10 - Nervously signed thirteenth novel (6,2,3,5) - TENDER IS THE NIGHT*
14 - International's trial marriage? (4,5) - {TEST} {MATCH}
15 - Labour politician about to stop close to elite public school (8) - {BEN{END}{E}N} Had to cheat on this
18 - Chest gets tender after cold (6) - {C}{OFFER}
20 - Fish for tea (4) - CHAR [DD]
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ReplyDeleteMissed on 8a and 15d. Noted, however, that Grill is sandwiched between two CHARs.
Deeepak’s Eureka yesterday reminded me of some Graeco Roman puzzles:
Firstly from Cicero; this works very similarly to our crossword clues:
MITTO TIBI NAVEM PRORA PVPPIQVE CARENTEM
I am a ship without a bow or a stern, NAVEM being the Latin word for ship, the word which lead to Navy. The answer to this is at the end of this post.
Secondly, HOC EST SEPULCHRUM INTUS CADAVER NON HABENS. HOC EST CADAVER SEPULCHRUM EXTRA NON HABENS SED CADAVER. IDEM EST ET SEPULCHRUM SIBI.
This is a tomb that has no body in it. This is a body that has no tomb round it. But body and tomb are the same.
Well, this is a puzzle for which a lot has been written (including by Jung), inconclusively.
Thirdly, Quantum materiæ materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
This one has a popular English translation too and in the US, even a day named after the protagonist.
Well, the answer to the first puzzle is the Latin version of the first word of this post.
ship without S & P? Guessed it before reading the last line of your mail,which confirmed it.
ReplyDeleteIs the second one a departed soul?
ReplyDelete8A & 15D-no way we can guess them without help of Google uncle- as Kishore once put it?
ReplyDeleteBravo, Paddy, but that is my English answer. As mentioned in my last line, I am looking for a Latin answer. Ergo hoc propter hoc.
ReplyDeleteClock running dead slow today, still in single digits. Einstein was right, time is relative, especially on a Sunday.
ReplyDeletePaddy, it requires some more determination from your side.
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