If you’ve been brave enough to try out my themed cryptic, you’ll find the answers in the comments section of this post.
Enjoy!
If you’ve been brave enough to try out my themed cryptic, you’ll find the answers in the comments section of this post.
Enjoy!
Starred clues are those with the ESPANOL bent.
ACROSS
* 1. MOAN MOAN A whirlwind = MANO A MANO = duel
* 6. He Answers, Suppose That Albert leads = HASTA = until
9. link INTEL with RUDE = INTERLUDE = break
* 10. CA R TA = CARTA = menu
* 11. FIES TA = FIESTA = do
12. P RE LATE = PRELATE = clergyman
* 14. AU LA = AULA = lecture theatre
15. PRO dancing IN SODAS = PROSODIANS = poets
18. flagrantly MISUSE LIFE = EMULSIFIES = Makes mayonnaise, say
* 20. CA SA = CASA = home
* 23. drops a S, LOSES unexpectedly and takes PAN to heart = ESPANOL = Portuguese neighbour
* 24. EC backed NOTE = CENOTE = waterhole
26. faces of Saucy Erotica’s RUM = SERUM = bloody extract
27. PAR SIMONY = PARSIMONY = frugality
* 28. A splits MESS = MESAS = tables
29. G AS FIELD S = GAS FIELDS = energy sources
DOWN
1. MAIN FRAME = MAINFRAME = complex computer
2. NUT to be stripped of middling MEDAL = NUTMEAL = fruit powder
3. fAcE cReAm leads to Terrific Effect = AERATE = pass wind through
* 4. QUA A priority = AQUA = water (was irrigate in initial version of the crossword, since updated)
5. OVERS and gets PASSE = OVERPASSES = goes beyond
* 6. Hector HAD A NICE = HACIENDA = large estate
* 7. SIRI ANA = SIRIANA = Syrian
* 8. GA in AVE = AGAVE = alcohol ingredient
13. T RUFFLE PI tailing smuG = TRUFFLE PIG = fungus finder
16. E post SNAKE YES = SNAKE EYES = one doubled
17. crazy SUITS holding MAN up = TSUNAMIS = waves grandly
19. UM inSPIRE lost in rewrite = UMPIRES = judges
* 21. A throwback LOX TO reverse evoLution’s fourth = AXOLOTL = amphibian
22. IN hItchcock second after GEM = GEMINI = sign
23. EPS OM = EPSOM = salt
* 25. I revolutionary SIR = IRIS = coloured band