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Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
At first, altitude-craving mountain explorers sometimes | reach | peaks (5)
[initials] [Altitude Craving Mountain Explorers Sometimes] [=] [ACMES]
The hunter was ignoring his hound | because of | a defective arrow shaft (7,3,5)
[MISSING THE {dog's} POINT] [=] [MISSING THE {arrow} POINT]
The initial step | fits bears | in the wild (5,4)
[FIRST BASE] = [FITS BEARS] [anagram]
Dislike | hearing about | an exam with a poor grade (6)
[DETEST] = [homophone] [D {grade} TEST]
Check on tires | before | hairpin curves, | for certain (8)
[PRESSURE] = [PRE] [S] [SURE]
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I hope you feel better soon. In the meantime, here are some clues from today's crosswords, with a common theme. And no toilet humor.
ReplyDeleteLAT1: Rail against the truth? (4)
LAT2: Space for Othello’s return? (4)
LAT3: Eleven’s back and loses five (3)
ST1: Supervised mountain’s return to table-top status? (6)
ST2: Told it’s a choice of pan-down or bow-down (6).
ST3: An afterthought is slithering up to a snake (3).
ST4: Am I the sweetheart of Wisconsin, or is it back to the Archipelago? (7)
ST5: On reflection, I certainly would provide weapons to a talk-show medium (2,5)
NC: Thanks for filling in. I'm a bit better, but no guarantee it will carry over to tomorrow morning. You really like reversals today, don't you?
ReplyDeleteLAT1: Rail against the truth? (4)
Against seems to be part of both the reversal and the direct, but either one would be fine.
LAT2: Space for Othello’s return? (4)
Nice reversal.
LAT3: Eleven’s back and loses five (3)
This time it's the "eleven" that's part of both direct and wordplay. "Eleven's back" is good, and "eleven loses five" would be good, but telescoping them together isn't (at least in American cryptics, and I didn't think British did either).
ST1: Supervised mountain’s return to table-top status? (6)
Charade reversed, good.
ST2: Told it’s a choice of pan-down or bow-down (6).
I see pan-up and bow-down, but not the rest.
ST3: An afterthought is slithering up to a snake (3).
Okay partial reversal.
ST4: Am I the sweetheart of Wisconsin, or is it back to the Archipelago? (7)
This one may be in an archipelago, but it's not a collective name for it. Change it to island or battle, and this one is good to go. The charade is very good!
ST5: On reflection, I certainly would provide weapons to a talk-show medium (2,5)
The order is a little messed up, but the pieces are all there and good.