Scandinavian in New Orleans, Louisiana 5 (4)
No evil left from garnish in a martini (5)
Rode out to fix things (4)
Two more from LAT:
Something fashionable possibly repeated while chucking a baby's chin (5)
Son wasn't quite able (4)
Two more from ST:
Something fashionable Hervé Villechaize would say on seeing a paddle drift to shore (4)
Mom could have been a cryptogram for her before nightfall (3)
Solutions to these clues are in the grids below.
 LAT |  Seattle Times (NYT 9/8/14) |
Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Delay | to | shop in a bazaar (5)
[STALL] [=] [STALL]
From cherry on whip cream | into pit of frustration | with concealment (3,2,3)
[TOP IT OFF] = [inTO PIT OF Frustration] [hidden]
Parts | rearranged | for | multipurpose sheets (5)
[PARTS] [anagram] [=] [TARPS]
Alternatives | for | the heart of a | horse (3)
[OSR] [=] [middle letters] [hORSe]
Flightless bird | south of | South America | in the Pacific (5)
[MOA] [after] [S.A.] = [SAMOA]
If you are only reading the main entries on this blog, you're only reading part of it! The comments are often more interesting and informative than the main entries, so check them out even if you don't plan to add one yourself! Please post comments, guesses, questions, partial answers, rationales, alternative clues, or anything even marginally related.
LAT1: Scandinavian in New Orleans, Louisiana 5 (4)
ReplyDeleteAnd not just any Scandinavian. Nice charade, number notwithstanding. Not clear how the “new” fits though.
LAT2: No evil left from garnish in a martini (5)
OK. Nice charade reversal.
LAT3: Rode out to fix things (4)
Anag. Like my back yard sprinklers.
LAT4: Something fashionable possibly repeated while chucking a baby's chin (5)
I’m done diaperin’ and kissing babies. But got the answer without knowing the usage of chucking, before checking it out. Never seen the word spelt that way though. Graphical User Interface? Does possibly = “c”? Circa, around, approximately, maybe. Still, nice contruction.
LAT5: Son wasn't quite able (4)
Able was I ere I saw this slight anag.
ST1 Something fashionable Hervé Villechaize would say on seeing a paddle drift to shore (4)
I mistakenly went very thoroughly through LAT, gave up, and then realized I was looking in the wrong place. Having done my research on HV, I then saw the answer immediately. De-plane, deplane! Or something less Pagan.
ST2: Mom could have been a cryptogram for her before nightfall (3)
And there she was, roamin’ in the gloamin’.
4/4 indeed.
ReplyDeleteTownshend composition and outcome! (7,3,5)
I recognize (Pete) Townshend as a big-name rocker, so probably also songwriter, but not familiar with his work. -- Looking it up, I find SQUEEZE BOX. So together with SCORE, you have a direct, but where's the cryptic (or vice versa)? This is why I don't do clues for tricky theme entries. Without the gimmick to explain them, they can only be clued as gibberish.
This one was just irresistible, and Britocentric. It was pushing the limits of allowable sexual innuendo in the 1970s, and so sounds rather school-botish now. You would have to know the band (The Who), their sense of humor and the song, in which case you might deduce that Squeeze Box is a euphemism for “breasts”. And I assumed “score” had the same meaning of “sexual conquest” over here. I will say no more, just give you first and last verses/chorus and refrain:
She goes, squeeze me, come on and squeeze me
Come on and tease me like you do
I'm so in love with you
Mama's got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
'Cause she's playing all night
And the music's all right
Mama's got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
Wife may assist in matrimonial duty (8).
So simple charade it's closer to a double definition.
Yes, it was going to be cruder, but I thought maybe enough for one day
Organized after exile’s return and drove off (8)
Led back a leper, eh? Nice.
Thanks
British idiot lost a second colored ring (6).
Shouldn't that arsehole have lost an hour, also? It's a euphemistic spelling anywhere, I think, but maybe less vulgar to a Brit?
Bugger, bugger, bugger. You’re right of course. This one could have been cruder too but I restrained myself. Pity about the error – well caught, sir!
A few for your amusement:
ReplyDeleteLAT6: Mount outstanding offense (5)
LAT7: Fugitive holds key to relief (7)
ST3: Adorable as a man and third President (5)
ST4: Two alternatives, one surrounded by filth in the society of women … (8)
ST5: … the other to make a fuss and include them for the whole journey (4,2,4)
Got all 5 directs, but only part of the cryptic on 3 of them, so only 2 complete.
ReplyDeleteLAT6: Mount outstanding offense (5)
Mount would be Sinai, and sin would do for offense, but how outstanding gives AI, or flips it to the end, I don't see.
LAT7: Fugitive holds key to relief (7)
The direct is plain, and the key could be either esc or escape, but the tail end seems to be left off either way.
ST3: Adorable as a man and third President (5)
Every 3rd letter was a good cover! I spent some time trying to fit Jefferson into 5 letters, and our third VICE president was AARON Burr, which also had me chasing wild gooses (sic).
ST4: Two alternatives, one surrounded by filth in the society of women … (8)
OR OR 1 STY, very good!
ST5: … the other to make a fuss and include them for the whole journey (4,2,4)
I can see how the whole trip includes a to-do, not so clear on where the dooror gets included, since the or-or is only in the previous clue, and would need to be repeated to be in this one also.