A drink for the road | before starting the last delivery (3,2,2)
[ONE TO GO] = [ONE TO GO]
Double definition.
Housing divisions | usually name individuals to settle | initially (5)
[UNITS] = [Usually Name Individuals To Settle] [initials]
Digits' theft | disturbed | miser's manner (11)
[DIGITS THEFT] [anagram] = [TIGHTFISTED]
Solver's | ex, Sandy, saw | something out of sight (2,3,2)
[X'S AND Y'S] = [eX SANDY Saw] [hidden]
"Solvers" is possessive in the surface sentence, but plural to get the direct definition from it.
Miscellaneous | remark made as Alexander the Great dismissively faced the Gordian Dilemma | ? (7)
[WHATNOT] = ["WHAT KNOT?"] [pun]
I have been known to treat riddle clues as &Lit!s, with no separate direct. This time I was nicer and had a straight definition added to the riddle.
 LAT |  Seattle Times 7/6/14 sNYT |
Today's Cryptic clues include anagram, charade, container, riddle/pun, reversal, and one type used a couple times.
Two from LAT:
Pitcher of curdled milk served by Saint Amos (6)
Obit for asp victim: _____ & Hearse? (4)
Three from Seattle Times:
Discomfited abashment: lost bet to witch doctor (6)
Foreboding mood, in retrospect (4)
Tailless Taft was in sane Southwestern city (5,2)
LAT1: This is the only one I'm puzzled about. I get the pitcher and Saint Amos link (which actually seems too simple); but what is the curdled milk about?
ReplyDeleteLAT2: Cute? Yessss!!!
ST1: Sort of second level, but clear enough. No shame 'n that..
ST2: Straightforward, Straightbackward
ST3: Nice insertion without reorganization. Nice place, too.
NC
LAT1: Frequent TV commercials for a curdled milk product (described a tad differently) are the reference here.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Here are mine. Different from yours today, crossword choice not specified.
ReplyDeleteCountry lacks rain-organizer (5).
Country place-name (7).
Old country lacks return of graceful fool (3).
Country ends strategy training (5).
God’s country misses Cuban president (3).
NC
NC: Your 4th one [EGYPT] = [last letters] [stratEGY] [P.T. {Physical Therapy training?}].
ReplyDeleteI can guess the three-letter ones, but no idea how you arrived at any of them.