Monday 11 June 2012

No 10485, Monday 11 Jun 12, Mover

ACROSS
1   - Indicate close friend (8) - INTIMATE [DD]
5   - Feels sad losing head for birds (6) - EGRETS rEGRETS
9   - They perform sporadic moves in the bullring (8) - PICADORS*
10 - Roman tragedian is a Iroquois tribe member - (6) - SENECA [DD]
12 - Ditch worker is cutting - TRENCHANT {TRENCH}{ANT}
13 - Negative sound from an Arab, perhaps (5) - NEIGH (~nay)
14 - Doubly present Egyptian goddess (4) - ISIS {IS}{IS}
16 - Progressive degree-holder meets highclass gangster (7) - GRADUAL {GRAD}{U}{AL}
19 - Marsupials cut up chiropterans (7) - WOMBATS {WOM<-}{BATS}
21 - Keep out pesky little dog (4) - PEKE*
24 - Compact unusual trees (5) - TERSE*
25 - Costume is done and everything is ready (3,4,2) - ALL SEWN UP [DD]
27 - Policemen hired to find partly concealed old monumental stone (6) - MENHIR [T]
28 - I dabbled around and spoke ex tempore (2-6) - AD-LIBBED*
29 - Is this a more impetuous bit of pork? (6) - RASHER [DD]
30 - Informers on foot (8) - SNEAKERS [DD]
DOWN
1   - Suggestions for crashing Sputnik losing tailpiece (6) - INPUTS SPUTNIk*
2   - Diplomacy in speech changed direction (6) - TACKED (~tact)
3   - Bordeaux wine for myself and the medical practitioner (5) - MEDIC {ME}{DIC} (Correction - MEDOC {ME}{DOC} - See comments}
4   - Series of messages used while sewing (7) - THREADS [DD]
6   - Fresh support for the U.S. dollar? (9) - GREENBACK {GREEN}{BACK}
7   - Bore going back among birds is an old professor (8) - EMERITUS {EM{ERIT<-}US}
8   - She'll follow tailless seal - it might wash up ashore (8) - SEASHELL {SEAl}{SHE'LL}
11 - Revolutionary firearms for a men only party (4) - STAG <-
15 - At health resort, go to sleep - result is excess fat! (5,4) - SPARE TIRE {SPA}{RE TIRE}
17 - Maybe a dual-mode ticker is not to be trusted (8) - TWOTIMER {TWO)(TIMER}
18 - Embosses one making first audio of rock star? (8) - IMPRINTS {I}{M}{PRINTS} (Addendum - {1}{M}{PRINTS}(~prince) - See comments)
20 - Foreign automaker overthrew South African headman (4) - SAAB <-
21 - Champion boy in distress (7) - PALADIN {PA{LAD}IN}
22 - Carved baleen could supply power? (6) - ENABLE*
23 - Clumsily passed some cards (6) - SPADES*
26 - Hidden sister I called Heather (5) - ERICA [T]




8 comments:

  1. 3 - Bordeaux wine for myself and the medical practitioner (5) - MEDIC {ME}{DIC}

    I put this as {ME}{DOC}

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  2. 18 - Embosses one making first audio of rock star? (8) - IMPRINTS {I}{M}{PRINTS}

    {I}{M}{PRINTS(~Prince)}

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  3. Compact unusual trees (5) - TERSE*
    how?

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    1. I got it it's an anagram of trees, but how do you know it's an anagram?

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    2. Unusual - anagram indicator (anagrind)

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