Three from LAT:
He messes up getting wooden shoe to Europe (8)
A train with a name is a gloss to floss (6)
Bright Scotty uses it to transport Kirk up to the ship? (4,4)
Two from ST:
Your slangy steroid regulates your metabolism (7)
High-strung guy taught acoustics (4)
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Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
At | one German | place, didn't dine al fresco (3,2)
[AT] [EIN] = [ATE IN]
Ban video-taker that grew up in the heart of Georgia (5)
[NO] [CAM] [reverse upward] = [MACON]
The heart of Georgia is Macon's nickname, being in the center of the state.
What might Shakespeare's Dick the Butcher call hanging 2 out of 3 lawyers? (3,2,1,4,5)
[OFF TO A GOOD START] / [OFF TWO, A GOOD START]
This was the clue treated as an &Lit!, that is with the entire clue being one piece instead of the usual split into two distinct parts. Dick the Butcher was the character in Henry VI, Part 2 who had the line "the first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers".
Inserted LED is one source of electric light (6)
[hidden] [lED IS ONe] = [EDISON]
Conspiracies influence America's primary intelligence agency (3)
[Conspiracies Influence Americas] [initials] = [CIA]
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LAT1: He messes up | getting wooden shoe to Europe (8)
ReplyDeleteI had actually never heard of that name for a wooden shoe. Your French is improving!
LAT2: A train with a name | is a gloss to floss (6)
I suppose “A train without [=outside] name” would be more precise.
LAT3: Bright | Scotty uses it to transport Kirk up to the ship? (4,4)
I see that “Brights” plural is a definition for the answer, but don’t see "Bright”. The “high” part is only vaguely defined in the cryptic.
ST1: Your slangy steroid | regulates your metabolism (7)
I never heard of that contraction for steroid, but will take thy word for it.
ST2: High-strung | guy | taught acoustics (4)
As I’m sure you know, you have a floating noun in order to make a sentence - tough when you are making a verb/adjective homophone.
“Firm taught acoustics” (?).
My selection:
ReplyDeleteLAT1: Fruit lacks nothing in variety (5)
LAT2: Radio P, it’s your tree! (6)
LAT3: Supernatural creature with possessive, inverted knee-joint.
ST1: No thanks to the dance outfit (3)
ST2: Direction to hang loose in California (7)
ST3: Encode L for Last (4,3)
SABOT is crosswordese - one of those words that shows up often in puzzles but hardly ever in normal conversations.
ReplyDeleteI hate without! It can be used to mean either outside of (as you are doing) or minus (as I prefer); with then meaning just the opposite. Some constructors go one way, some the other, and some both, though not at the same time.
I should think the "ship" being in orbit would make any further need to clarify "high" superfluous! Brights are the devices (generally in pairs, though a motorcycle would only have one), bright is the single beam they team up to produce.
You've never heard of 'roid rage?
A guy wire holding up a utility pole or radio tower needs to be tight to be useful, so it's a definition by usage. I don't know if there might be other uses of guys that don't require tension, so high-strung seemed a prudent add.
!@#$%^&* I posted this 12 hours and now it's gone! Good thing I've got an add-on that archives my comments so I can recover!
For a long time, it looked like I was going to get nothing. But it seeped in and I finally got I think 3, and have an inkling of the 4th.
ReplyDeleteLAT1: Fruit lacks nothing in | variety (5)
Nice subtraction.
LAT2: Radio P, it’s your | tree! (6)
Do you have a typo here? Was P supposed to be something more daddy-ish? Anyway, you're developing a fruity theme.
LAT3: Supernatural creature with possessive, inverted knee-joint.
Nope, you got me.
ST1: No thanks to the dance outfit (3)
Got me again.
ST2: Direction to hang loose in California (7)
I can see 2 or 3 places that very broadly fit direction + hang loose, but nothing for Calif that would narrow it down.
ST3: Encode L for Last (4,3)
I'd say off rather than out. But I think you left something out again.