Three from LAT:
Resorts of backwards Stooges (4)
Monk was with dancing can-can friars outside of Arkansas (10)
Sitcom islander was a stone, bouncing on the water (7)
Two from ST:
Hardy fellow is not pre-recorded or outside (6)
Measure precisely from several seconds to a light year (8)
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Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Spiel | to sell | a share of Mum's (5)
[homophone] [PEDDLE] = [PETAL]
In the surface sentence, the capitalized Mum's seems to mean Mother's, but in the cryptic, the capitalization is ignored and mum's is chrysanthemum's.
Went | and got | hired | right away (4)
[HIED] [=] [HIrED] [minus R{ight}]
Deny | sun-god | return | to | ancient Iranian (5)
[NAY] [RA] [reversed] [=] [ARYAN]
Team-up | with | Peruvian | is lots of fun (2,7)
[IN CAHOOTS] [=] [INCA] [HOOTS]
Make fun of his | toupee | on the floor of the House (3,3)
[RAG] [RUG] = [RAG RUG]
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In re yesterday's first clue , I was fooled again by the homophone. PEDDLE and PETAL are not close homophones in Brit-speak, where we pronounce our "Ts" as in Tea; closer among most U.S. speakers, but still distinct.
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I got today's clues OK. I liked your misdirection with "Hardy". In the final clue, your definition is asking for a verb rather than an adverb (the answer is the latter). I think it should have begun (or ended) with, "With great attention to detail….." or some such.
NC
5 new clues. 3 from LAT, 2 from ST
ReplyDeletePenniless Englishman swaps sides (5)
Englishmen in cowboy gear? (5)
Englishman arrested while shaving? (6)
Englishman’s suit is corrected and cornered (5)
Avuncular record label sees English musician switching from alternative to hard (5)
NC
NC: Just posted some comments to you on yesterday's entry.
ReplyDeleteOn "measure precisely", you are correct, and I worried about that. Using a phrase instead of a word made it grammatically complex enough I wasn't certain if I had agreement or not, but I think you're right.
Now on to your challenge to me today!
3-1/2, I think, out of 5. First three at least I'm pretty sure of.
ReplyDeletePenniless Englishman swaps sides (5)
Right and left, nice cloak.
Englishmen in cowboy gear? (5)
Easy enough double definition.
Englishman arrested while shaving? (6)
Another d.d., this time a bit of Brit-speak that's not common in the US, but not unheard of either. (British mysteries are popular, so police/perp slang is more recognizable I guess.)
Englishman’s suit is corrected and cornered (5)
I assume your weeds or threads are tweeds, but don't see any indication of what correction was performed, so can't be sure of your base.
Avuncular record label sees English musician switching from alternative to hard (5)
I think it's my ignorance of musical knowledge rather than either your or my cryptic facility that's keeping me from seeing this one. Probably the only thing I'm weaker at is sports. (My LW would probably add "women".)
Yes, 3 1/2 out of 5.
ReplyDeleteThe base for #4 is TWEED. "Corrected" served double duty: for "changing" and Wrong to Right. Hence => TREED = cornered.
For #5, I don't know how obscure this is, but there is an Uncle Howie Records (rap artists, I'm afraid). Then Howie => Bowie [alternative = (plan B); Hard].
NC
Here are a few more, in case you are bored. 2 more English, one transpondal, and a bunch of cockneys.
ReplyDeleteKnighted English actor casts off singular Dickensian role (6)
They are determined to place English author in the dock, but must finally accept greatly reduced sentence (3-5).
Money-raisers may rhyme with Vlad’s or Veld's antelopes.
Sharpen cockney singularity.
Cockney predicament follows regulation for captive’s release (6).
Cockney fastballs consumers (6)
Cockney says ‘e butchers sheep.
Conjunction of a 4-inch cockney? (3)
Did he inspire cockney pronunciation? (4)
Cockney basketball? My bad! (5)
Cockney Tart St.?
Cockneys argue persistently for the over 50’s
NC
Sorry, missed a few numbers. Here is the complete corrected set again
ReplyDeleteKnighted English actor casts off singular Dickensian role (6)
They are determined to place English author in the dock, but must finally accept greatly reduced sentence (3-5).
Money-raisers rhyme with Vlad’s or Veld's antelopes (5)
Sharpen cockney singularity (3)
Cockney predicament follows regulation for captive’s release (6).
Cockney fastballs consumers (6)
Cockney says ‘e butchers sheep (4)
Conjunction of a 4-inch Cockney? (3)
Did he inspire Cockney pronunciation? (4)
Cockney basketball? My bad! (5)
Cockney Tart St.? (3)
Cockneys argue persistently for the over 50’s (4)
NC
Sorry NC, but without either any prompting of letters from crossword perps nor circumscribed range of possibilities from the grids, and an assurance that most are British-ism I'm highly unlikely to even have in my vocabulary, I have no way to even start figuring out anything in that last batch of yours.
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