ACROSS
1 Translate Korea's anthem? I'm not sure of that one (3,2,7) ASK ME ANOTHER*
10 Rosalind's lover is somewhere in Florida (7) ORLANDO [DD]
11 File with misrepresented dates disguising a tryst at first (4,3) DATA SET {DATES}* over {A}{T
12 Women's Institute introducing politicians as 'namby-pambys' (5) WIMPS {W}{I
13 Starter missing final touch, brunch with half missing: dig in! (8) ENTRENCH {ENTRE
15 Not qualified, installing kitchen unit, eternally buoyant (10) UNSINKABLE {UN{SINK}ABLE}
16 Head toppled, it's a Russian leader? (4) TSAR {
18 Enjoys accommodation (4) DIGS [DD]
20 According to Welsh woman, jazz fan is hairy beast (7,3) PERSIAN CAT {PER}{SIAN}{CAT}
22 Monarch reserving no time (repeatedly) for tying things up (8) KNOTTING {K{NO}{T}{T}ING}
24 Term of endearment that sounds the same as 'dear' when uttered (5) HEART (~hart)
26 GM-free cargo in dingy (7) ORGANIC*
27 I might get boring here: do this to your bicycle chain (3,4) OIL WELL [DD]
28 Worst thing a crossword setter could say? Beats me (1,6,1,4) I HAVENT A CLUE [C&DD]
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2 Age-old battle for spicy sausages (7) SALAMIS [DD]
3 Work out, in sum, a number (5,3) MINUS ONE {IN+SUM}*{ONE}
4 It's auctioned often (1,3) A LOT [DD]
5 Kind of sheepdog's tongue (3,7) OLD ENGLISH [CD]
6 One with spite and broken heart (5) HATER*
7 Begrudges accommodation costs outside Home Counties (7) RESENTS {RE{SE}NTS}
8 In dialogue, ex-chancellor and nationalist leader? Yes? No? Dunno (3,5,1,4) HOW WOULD I KNOW (~howe wood aye no)
9 That ill-sorted muddle suggests things are tricky to anticipate (3,4,2,4) ITS HARD TO TELL*
14 A celebrant converted in temple (10) TABERNACLE*
17 Broad baby's complaint about knitted hat (8) CATHOLIC {C{HAT*}OLIC}
19 Scrambled egg containing coddled roe I will serve king (6,1) GEORGE I {G{ROE*}GE*}{I}
21 French cat finds French drink where French drink is produced (7) CHATEAU {CHAT}{EAU}
23 Silver not returning to far-off island state (5) TONGA {AG}{NOT}<=
Reference List
Women = W, Time = T, A = ONE, Home Counties = SE, Yes = AYE, French Cat = CHAT, Silver = AG
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In my father's library in the late 1950s there was this paperback quiz book titled Ask Me Another by Hubert Philips. I remember thumbing through that book.
ReplyDeleteHe was a British economist, journalist, broadcaster, bridge player and organiser, composer of puzzles and quizzes (Wikipedia).
If you successfully answer a question in a club quiz show, you can proudly say "Ask me another." Or, if you're stumped by a question, you can sheepishly say the same thing.
Do you still have that book or remember its title and author?
ReplyDeleteEither way, it is surprising!
In today's quiz- Easy like Sunday Morning- the word 'Bibliomania' is quizzed about.
ReplyDeleteSay bibliophilia !
DeleteNo, I don't have that book or another similar slender volume by the same author. I also remember that it was a Ptarmigan imprint from the publisher Penguin. English dictionaries, grammar books,. standard English and English usage books were aplenty.
ReplyDeleteBlogged by Col. well in advance of his retreat?!
ReplyDeleteYes, as TH Sunday crossword is behind by some seven or eight weeks from the original, he is steps ahead in blogging this particular crossword.
Delete13Ac Entree popularly is understood as main course (despite its classical French meaning).
ReplyDeleteWe used to joke ourselves: we are designated start-up but are called middleman (entre:in between, preneur:take(ing) Part.
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