Tuesday 24 February 2015

No 11326, Tuesday 24 Feb 2015, Skulldugger


Move over Holmes, Bond's here.

ACROSS
1   16's speciality: primarily Stolichnaya, Perrier, finally Tanquerary gin. Stir. (6) SPYING {St...a}{Pe...r}}{Ta...y}{GIN*}
4   An abundance of what the Iron Lady was made of? (6) GALORE {GAL}{ORE} Not sure of anno
9   Man's nose, magpie's mouth (4) BEAK [DD]
10 Cash and coin for 16's boss's 13 (10) MONEYPENNY {MONEY}{PENNY}
11 Forest enchanting but has a terrible smell (6) STENCH [T]
12 STD setup rubbish (8) CLAPTRAP {CLAP}{TRAP}
13 Private lair even unknown to PA (9) SECRETARY {SECRET}{lAiR}{Y}
15 16 baddie reportedly a Chinese cult figure (4) JAWS (~joss)
16 Contract Fleming's secret agent (4) BOND [DD]
17 Cow-worshipper's psyche lean (9) ANIMALISM {ANIMAL}{ISM} Semi&lit (Addendum - ANIMALIST {ANIMA}{LIST} - See comments)
21 Unusually cool vans? They might explode! (8) VOLCANOS*
22 Cheap whisky for night flight (6) REDEYE [DD]
24 Strange denominations set out in our time (4,6) ANNO DOMINI DeNOMINAtIONs*
25 Self-promotion for honey liquor? (4) MEAD {ME}{AD}
26 Japanese theatre society president abandoned drama finally and had a snack (6) NOSHER Anno pending (Addendum - NOSHED {NO}{S}{HEaD} - See comments)
27 Committed nurse wore large dress (6) DIRNDL {DI{RN}D}{L}

DOWN
1   16 nemesis that might come back to haunt him? (7) SPECTRE [DD]
2   Canadian flower that's found around the United Kingdom (5) YUKON {Y{UK}ON}
3   Extremely naughty congresswoman got the man spent finally - could be 16 girl (7) NYMPHET {Na...tY}MPHET Anno pending (Addendum - {Na...tY}{MP}{HE}{spenT} - See comments)
5   In spite of everything, finds a new method to describe happy ending (6) ANYWAY {A}{N}{h...Y}{WAY}
6   Anybody can join shambolic English platoon: Labour leader (4,2,3) OPEN TO ALL {OPEN TO AL*}{La...r}
7   Groups of nine men on mead beheaded on Sabbath (7) ENNEADS {mEN}{mEAD}{S}
8   Non-archaic, it's possibly ahead of its time! (13) ANACHRONISTIC*
14 Chance upon Arun out of sorts and cantankerous (3,6) RUN ACROSS {RUN A*}{CROSS}
16 16 player's brother's father's mother? (7) BROSNAN {BROS}{NAN}
18 Aston Martin interior stocked with 16's tipple (7) MARTINI [T]
19 16 outing featuring flaky manoeuvre in the outskirts of Senegal (7) SKYFALL {Sene{FLAKY*}gaL}
20 Novelist downing final quarter, becomes besotted (2,4) IN LOVE NOVELIst*
23 Villain Dr. No apprehended operative, ultimately upended (5) DEMON {D{Ev...o}M}{ON}<=

GRID

23 comments:

  1. Extremely naughty congresswoman got the man spent finally - could be 16 girl (7) NYMPHET {Na...tY}MPHET Anno pending

    I think the anno is a simple charade, except that the word 'congresswoman' has momentarily put a spoke in the wheel.
    NY MP HE T
    That's all!
    For MP the setter uses 'congresswoman' because the person she is set to catch is a 'he'.
    How she got the man 'spent' (tired) I can't tell.

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  2. 17A - I had it as Anima + List

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  3. I want to ask that KYE columnist a sort of question his readers ask him frequently.

    How do you pronounce 'dirndl'?

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    1. As per Freedictionary, it's pronounced the way it has been written (dir-n-dl)

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  4. 4A - I think is a CD . an iron lady made of girl ore

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  5. For a Skulldugger puzzle, I should say I bonded well

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  6. WRT 4a

    Where the fellow and the girl are made of iron? (9)

    Jus' kidding!

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    1. Not if he was spent finally :)

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    2. Is it still called that or has the name changed?

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  7. 23 Villain Dr. No apprehended operative, ultimately upended (5) DEMON {D{Ev...o}M}{ON

    I think the wordplay is not in the order to get the anno. Reversal could be for the whole fodder or for N(E)O. How does E land up inside D..M?

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  8. Is 4A a ref. to Bond girl Pussy Galore?

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    1. Bond characters come with wickedly saucy names. Another is Plenty O’Toole.
      (From the Internet after some research.)

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    2. Amongst other synonyms !! Psst !! Censor Board will get another word for proscription !!

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  10. Nice one. 13a is a themeword too, imo

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  11. nice Skulldugger...great way to bond :)

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  12. Samosas after dinner for me today. Persistence pays.

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