Don't repeat | the motif (7)
[REFRAIN] = [REFRAIN]
Getting a liquor license owner | to begin | serving | a domestic wine (5)
[Getting A Liquor License Owner] [initials] [=] [GALLO]
A group of astrologers | returning | game | enfolded in three quarters of | this (3,4)
[THE MAGI] = [reverse] [GAME] [inside] [3/4 of] [TH^Is]
Legends differ on whether there were 3 or 12 Magi, but their following a star definitely points to astrology as their magical specialty.
What unbalanced, disheartened | teetotalers | do before one totters (7)
[remove off-center interior] [TEETotalERS] = [TEETERS]
And if you were sharp-eyed enough, you might have noticed the last one was in both puzzles!:
Thing | with | a crawdad's tail | and | a doodlebug's head (6)
[DOODAD] [=] [crawDAD] [+] [DOOdlebug]
Tail and head here do double duty in saying where the parts end up, as well as where they came from.
 LAT |  Seattle Times 7/21/14 sNYT |
Today's Cryptic clues include acrostic, anagram, charade, and others.
Three from LAT:
High station results in treason when corrupted (7)
I'm available in perilous emergency (3,2)
The French have six words for a Semite family (4)
Two from ST:
Hectic mornings for brothel managers (6)
A real Hindu arranges the openings to enlightenment (5)
OwenGL
ReplyDeleteNice set. Pretty straightforward. I offer some comment/clues and an alternative, whimsical clue in parentheses.
LAT1: High station results in treason when corrupted (7)
Possibly related to Michael? “Boxer-On-The-Hill, for example”
LAT2: I'm available in perilous emergency (3,2)
Sounds like a rather masochist phrase to me. “American Linguistic Unit to encourage sadism”
LAT3: The French have six words for a Semite family (4)
Allez les Bleus! “Crazed, evil, biblical family”
ST1: Hectic mornings for brothel managers (6)
There is a house,…. “Mother, to hell with southern women!”
ST2: A real Hindu arranges the openings to enlightenment (5)
Not a word I knew, so thanks for the acrostic. “Hardhat loses high definition but gains spiritual illumination”
NC
Owen
ReplyDeleteP.S. Are there still lurkers out there? I've not seen a single post since the first couple of days. Your actual blog page looks rather busy. Perhaps you should just show today's crosswords/clues, yesterday's solutions (no crossword); and give a more positive/friendly invitation-link to participate (It is currently a small link saying "No comments").
NC
Not sure I get all of your clue for LAT1 (no cryptic, but a reasonable direct that could be broken into 2 directs for the same definition), and for ST1 yours leads to madamns, but the rest look good, LAT3 better than mine probably. BTW, is parenthesis a British term for what Americans call quote marks? Or was that just a slip of typing fingers?
ReplyDeleteOn the PS, our highest day so far was 98 viewers, but most days look like 20-30. I'm not just bad at PR, I discovered over many years and projects that I'm a positive jinx on it, so all help gladly welcome! I don't think I can get rid of the "no comments", but I can add to it if you have a suggestion.