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Answers and Wordplay
Across
1.CATCHER IN THE RYE
JDS (J D Salinger) slip (catcher) in the rye (meadow)
9.UPSET
Top (up) band (set)
10. ALB
Old GB (Albion) minus charge (ion)
11.BADGE
Brock (badger) minus right (R)
12.ERR
Mistake (error) minus gold (or) – as in “to err is human”
13. BANQUET
Encourage noise (ban quiet) minus I
14. VANESSA
The red admiral is a butterfly of the genus Vanessa – I didn’t know this before!
15.N.R.A
No real Argument initially as in National Rifle Association – a weak attempt to make a minor
political point!
17. READING
A double definition
19. PROGRAM
Support (pro) metric unit (gram)
21.EGO
Therefore (ergo) minus right (r)
23. SEA KING
A double definition where chopper equates to helicopter
25. LOBSTER
An anagram of bolster
27.OAK
As in “Heart of oak are our ships” – stirring stuff I sang at primary school!
28.SCORE
A double definition
29.BEL
Ringer (bell) losing left (l) to give the scientific unit
30.AVERT
Notice (advert) minus 500 (D)
31.SADOMASOCHISTIC
An anagram of “so is stomach acid” – I confess to a little plagiarism here in “one who may be
strapped for cash” but it made me smile originally and still does!
Down
1.CRUCIVERBALISTS
Vintage (cru) Sark perhaps (CI[Channel Island]) people skilled with words (verbalists)
2.TASMANIA
As in the Tasmanian Devil
3.HOTELS
Its hot elsewhere with a knowledge of Monopoly required
4.The back (rear) line (range) with a link to the anagram in 31a
5.NABOB
Arrest (nab) former pupil (OB[old boy])
6. HABANERO
The chilli named originally from Habana (Havana) a.k.a The Scotch Bonnet – a hat north of the
border
7.RADIUM
Royal Academy (RA) gives Ra, the symbol for radium
8.ELECTROMAGNETIC
Choose (elect) backward men (OR reversed to RO) Pole (magnetic) – according to Wickipaedia the
Earth’s magnetic pole is moving away from Canada as we speak
16.APOSTOLIC
An anagram of “coal pits” plus “o” (nothing)
18.ISOTHERM
An anagram of “short time” minus time (t)
20.REINVEST
Curb (rein) grant (vest)
22.ABROAD
A(a) river lake (broad)
24.ALKALI
A solution, not sharp (i.e. not acidic) having a pH>7 i.e. an alkali – sorry, I used to teach chemistry!
26.REBUS
A double definition for Ian Rankin fans