Spiel to sell a share of Mum's (5)
Went and got hired right away (4)
Deny sun-god return to ancient Iranian (5)
Team-up with Peruvian is lots of fun (2,7)
Make fun of his toupee on the floor of the House (3,3)
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Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Got drunk again | when | arrangements were made for growth (8)
[REPOTTED] [=] [REPOTTED]
One of two pairs of double definitions in this set.
Holy man | on horseback | could also | walk (6)
[ST.] [RIDE] [=] [STRIDE]
A sponge, e.g., | masquerades as | a cute eraser (3,8)
[SEA CREATURE] = [anagram] [A CUTE ERASER]
Tense, Potts | listened to | Hamilton's bills (3,5)
[TENSE POTTS] [homophone] = [TEN SPOTS]
King to Goethe | and | king to Schubert (3)
[ERL] [=] [ERL]
As you may have noticed, this was in both puzzles. In LAT it was clued as "Goethe's The ___-King", in ST it was clued as "Schubert's The ___ King". Considering the richness of the English language, it amazes me how often this happens in crosswords. And this pair wasn't even in English!
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Got'em all except the first one.
ReplyDeleteIDEAL is my best guess - sounds like "sell shares". But Mum's? IDEAL Chrysanthemums?
Turn chaos into collusion (2,7)
ReplyDeleteEastern teacher begins to cut sugar, and returns to cover floor (3,3).
Nary a Nuremburg trial contains an object of Nazi ideology (5)
Diehard lost his way but regrouped and ran fast (5)
Ah, glad that you're back. I was worrying you had jumped ship here. And once again, the website didn't show me your postings for hours. They weren't there when I checked about 2AM, but were at 5AM after tomorrow's entry was posted.
ReplyDeleteI got three out of four.
Turn | chaos into | collusion (2,7)
Nice anagram!
Eastern teacher begins | to cut su|gar, | and returns | to cover floor (3,3).
Ah, GURU! Took me a bit because I thought you were going to do something more with the "cut su-".
N|ary a N|uremburg trial | contains | an object of Nazi ideology (5)
Nice hidden. Too bad you didn't get rid of that extraneous "trial".
Diehard lost his way but regrouped and ran fast (5)
No idea.