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Across
CAROUSEL
OIL RIG
FLUTES
BRISBANE
SCARLET BUGLERS
VAMP
SWORD
SPIT
LEAD-FREE PETROL
OSTOMIES
RAPIDS
BOFFIN
BUSTARDS
Down
BALL
PORTER
CLUB
DOSING
CLOBBERS
PIANISSIMO
SESTETS
CHARLESTON
BROKE
PLAY-OFFS
DEPARTS
FRIEND
TOP HAT
SABU
DUDE
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Can you please explain parsing for 1 down, 2 down and 4 down? I was stuck with the NW corner because I had sonnets for 4 down, and it still makes more sense to me. Also I had considered dosing for 4 down but why? Thanks.
Welcome, Joy – thanks for your interesting questions!
1 Have such a one for a good time, though it’s partly over (4). In the game of cricket, an ‘over’ is a set of 6 deliveries. Each delivery bowled (ie ‘part’ of an over) is a BALL. And if you’re having a ball you’re having fun. So it’s really a double definition clue.
2 One carrying ale into bars, where his output went (6). A tricky triple definition. PORTER is someone who carries, and also a type of beer. It’s also a reference to Cole Porter the composer – a play on words since his ‘output’ was written down in ‘bars’ on a musical manuscript. A bit far-fetched perhaps 🙂
4 The strip that caused much apprehension among boxers – doing without succeeded! (6). The letters of ‘DOING’ are placed around (‘without’) the letter S. The definition part refers to the dosing strip which councils used to set up for medicating dogs to prevent parasites. ‘Boxers’ are a type of dogs. Again, a bit far-fetched – I’m not sure how apprehensive the dogs were (as opposed to their owners). See https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dosing-strip.
Re Sonnets: You mean 8 Down” (Carcassonne’s heart is in Paris: set out to write some stanzas). If so, “sonnets’ fits the definition but the rest of the clue doesn’t really fit. Carcassonne’s heart (middle letter) is S. ‘Is in Paris’ means the word ‘is’ translated into French – EST. ‘Set out’ means an anagram of ‘set’. Another tricky clue this week!
I hope this is helpful…
Thanks for those. Wow. Some really obscure clueing there. I had thought of porter , for carrier and ale, but couldn’t account for the output part. And I completely missed the cricket reference for ball. And for 8 down I spent a long time trying to make Paris plus s plus set into something useful – did not pick up on Paris meaning French. Still I’m pleased with myself for being able to almost complete a Kropotkin these days.
Keep it up, you’ll be mastering them in no time!