Report on this week’s, and now that I’m back in Melbourne, the crossword might just be uploaded to boot.
Update: And here’s the uploaded crossword!
This one I thought was a ripper. And I must say I was mighty pleased to see that DA included a clue with a reference to Indonesia especially for my return from Jakarta.
Mmm. Tough, certainly ….. but I wouldn’t award it “ripper” status. Several dodgy clues, I thought. I found the top left particularly tough. My last four solved were 10A, 4D, 9A, and last of all 2D. Won’t give anything away yet. 21A was a really good clue, I thought. I have one discombobulation so I’ll post it in that section.
All bar 2 completed, mainly as a result of misspelling tesla coil as telsa coil!! I thought 24D was pretty good, and 21A I’d second as a very nicely worked clue.
Yes, I enjoyed 24D too. But I thought it might only appeal to old codgers like me!
I’m a sucker for Spoonerisms, so 11A is my highlight.
And RB, the order that I completed the last of the clues pretty much followed yours, although DA confused me well with 20D.
An enjoyable crossword, although I missed a few. Very sneaky using the word ‘hearing’ for an anagram.
I wonder if the irony of using merlot for Mildred was intentional. Didn’t the actress (Yootha Joyce) die of an alcohol related illness?
Clicking on the Google logo today (10 July) I find it is Nikola Tesla’s birthday. So DA jumped the gun by a week.