OCONNELL – O (old) + CONNEBE (medal) reversedīe preoccupied and worried following difficulty (6)įIXATE – ATE (worried) after FIX (difficulty) Irish nationalist of old, briefly deceived by Liberals (8) In a prime position in the Spanish Open for one hour (8)ĮLEVENTH – EL (the Spanish) + EVENT (Open for one) + H (hour) Getting away using key - map is involved also (8) TRESPASSER – TRÈS PASSÉ (very old hat, in French) + R (king) One maybe poaching very old hat from French king (10) ![]() High point is meeting of Mirror and Times (4) “Noggin”: word that’s contrived to cause offence (10) I was fooled by this hidden, yes even despite UEFA in the clue. Simple life at sea, with recreational vehicle in coastal area abroad (7)ĪLGARVE – ALGAE (simple life at sea) around RV (recreational vehicle)Ĭomparatively obscure UEFA intermediary rounds (7)įAINTER – hidden (clued by ’rounds’) in UEFA INTERMEDIARY Investing euros originally, Welshman’s money is soon spent! (10)ĮVANESCENT – first letter of EUROS in EVAN’S CENT (Welshman’s money) Look that’s direct, yet at once cold, somehow (3,7)ĮYE CONTACT – anagram of YET AT ONCE C (cold)Ĭlues like this, when I see _ E _ D and have no idea of the answer, fill me with dread. ![]() Of course I wanted ‘hoax’ to be CON, but NRA really gave the answer away. ORBITING – OR (an alternative) + BITING (what satire is)Ī delightful clue, though the surface doesn’t make a lot of sense.Īuthor’s hoax involving gun lobbyists (6)ĬONRAD – COD (hoax) around NRA (gun lobbyists) Hunter’s neat house with outside pool (8)įOXHOUND – OX (neat) + HO (house) in FUND (pool)īiffed this one of ‘neat’ = OX and I was off to the races, or so I thought.Īs an alternative, what satire is doing the rounds? (8) (When an alphabet trawl reveals nothing, you know you’re in trouble.) However, the clues were brilliant throughout. If only I could think about these clues for more than a few seconds without being interrupted, I kept saying to myself.Īs for the puzzle itself, I found it fairly straightforward, with only one clue causing any real difficulty. ![]() 30:32, a time which in no way reflects the difficulty of this puzzle, but rather the difficulty of trying to solve the puzzle while tending to my children who kept getting out of bed.
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