Three from LAT:
Paul Gustave, the artist, goes to Michigan for money (2-2-2)
Charge back from Michigan with a piece of fruit (7)
Grant player, inside, was nervous (5)
Two from ST:
Laze with doll, initially reduced to 10% (4)
Wrap the mummy in a strip of cloth, and see it cut through a strip of land (6)
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Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Eunuchs | talked about | operating programs (4)
[EUNUCHS] [homophone] = [UNIX]
Faulty | seam | geographically located in Arizona (4)
[anagram] [SEAM] = [MESA]
Credit | a tree | to | die (5)
[CR.] [OAK] [=] [CROAK]
It's a dark world | when | people let unknowns take over | primacy (5)
[PLUTO] [=] [People Let Unknowns Take Over] [initials]
In | late June, | the last name | isn't as certain (6)
[inside] [jUN^E] [SUR{name}] = [UNSURE]
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LAT1: Paul Gustave, the artist, goes to Michigan for money (2-2-2)
ReplyDeleteWas unaware of that (French) artist, so had to Google it to check. I have never heard this phrase used for money. I guess it’s the dough with reference to me. Is this more than just crosswordese?
LAT2: Charge back from Michigan with a piece of fruit (7)
Ah, Michigan agin. Oh, a whole fruit. Nice play with definition and cryptic at “charge back”.
LAT3: Grant player, inside, was nervous (5)
I got the answer since it was a hidden clue, but had to Google it to check – it meant nothing to me. Lou Grant player might have helped.
Laze with doll, initially reduced to 10% (4)
Nice bit of Roman arithmetic. Answer very close to cryptic start.
Wrap the mummy in a strip of cloth, and see it cut through a strip of land (6)
Easy enough double definition for me as the –e ending/pronunciation is preferred by Brits. It’s interesting to compare the pronunciation of “WRATH”, which is “RATH” in the U.S. but “ROTH” in Brit-speak (although there is no spelling difference).
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There are so many slang terms for money, I don't know how you'd rate them, but AFAIK this is a common one. Grant was supposed to be misleading, implying a scholarship type grant, but I couldn't get it phrased right. I don't know about England, but in my US dictionary WRATH and WROTH are two separate words, wrath primarily as noun, wroth as an adjective, both meaning angry.
ReplyDeleteOK thanks. Do-Re-Mi - a learning moment. It's not in my standard dictionary.
ReplyDeleteWROTH (adj.) is listed as archaic in my dictionary.
My point was that WRATH (noun) is always pronounced as "RATH" in the U.S. but usually as "ROTH" in the U.K. I had never seen or heard "WROTH" before.
A few from me:
ReplyDeleteLAT: Wisconsin soon back in Minnesota (6).
LAT: Evacuating hotel is rough without a crossword puzzle (1,6,3,1,4)
LAT: A band and a half is mother to all (5,3)
ST: Doctor will be caught in three dimensions (7)
Only 3 out of 4 today.
ReplyDeleteLAT: Wisconsin soon back in Minnesota (6).
Nice charade/reversal with geography instead of biography.
LAT: Evacuating hotel is rough without a crossword puzzle (1,6,3,1,4)
Wow, good surface with an interesting anagram!
LAT: A band and a half is mother to all (5,3)
Beegees took a while, music's not one of my strengths, but good clue.
ST: Doctor will be caught in three dimensions (7)
SPATIAL seems a good fit for a direct, but I can't see any doctor or trap or anagram.