John | is going to | New York | to catch some | tunes with bugs in them (5)
[LOO] [+] [NY] [=] [LOONY {Tunes, featuring Bugs Bunny}]
Greeks | taking | measurements (4)
[PSIS] [=] [Pounds per Square Inch plural]
Blot | up | some hip hop music | with a | damaged reputation (3,3)
[DAB] [reversed] [RAP] [=] [BAD RAP]
Difference of an | ounce | at the right time (2,3)
[anagram] [OUNCE] = [ON CUE]
In a bookstore, to look | above the eye level | for recordings (6)
[BROWSE] = [BROWS] [homophone]
 LAT |  Seattle Times sNYT |
Clicking on the grids will give you a more legible image.
I want to acknowledge thanks to William Ernest "Bill" Butler. His daily crossword blogs (the WEB ones in the link list right) are the source for the grids I post here daily.
Today's Cryptic clues include acrostic, anagram, charade, hidden, and ?.
Two from LAT:
Arkansas can be fertile (6)
Even retroaction can be an inspiration (5)
Three from Seattle Times:
Champ hangs unsteadily (5)
Cleaning volcanic minerals which the tide brings in (7,6)
Amounts the lenses disclose could produce a natural spectacle (5,2,6)
The only feedback I got on including the answers hidden yesterday was negative, so for now that's dead.
LAT1: Nice switch of can/able.
ReplyDeleteLAT2: I think it must be Erato, but don’t see how to get there.
ST1: Nice distraction for anag.
ST2: I was looking for flotsam and jetsam, but settled for laundry charade.
ST3: Not the best hidden of hidden clues. Should have been (5,3,4)
NC
NC: Thanks for your analysis. It does help when I get feedback!
ReplyDeleteThe trick used in L2 is one I've seen so often before it's old hat to me, but guess you're used to different techniques.
Judging by your comments, you got S3 and maybe S2 wrong. I can't imagine what you thought they were, but that numeration of (5,2,6) is correct, tho some might show it as (5,2.,6).