Three from LAT:
Even in jail, singing even (5)
They parent, clean up, provide a home (3,3,4)
Where did the mischief-maker say? (4)
Two from ST:
Killed a bunch (4)
Driving dog has fur on the floor (6)
 L.A. Times |  Seattle Times 7/24/14 sNYT |
Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Drawings briefly | cursed in the New Testament (4)
[FIGureS] [abbreviated] = [FIGS]
Jesus only cursed one fig tree, but that extended to all the tree's fruit, too.
Animal spirits | off noisily | to Thames (6)
[TOTEMS] = [homophone] [TO THAMES]
Russian novelist Nikolai | gets | nothing | for | an awful lots (6)
[GOGOL] [+] [0] [=] [GOOGOL]
Therapeutic salts | move from | Mass | to | Nova Scotia | for | electronics (6)
[EPSOM] [replace] [M {physics symbol}] [with] [NS] [=] [EPSONS]
Resigned | investigation questions usage in tech | start-ups (1,4)
[I QUIT] = [Investigations Question Usage In Tech] [initials]
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Even in jail, singing even (5)
ReplyDeleteVery clever clue. I guessed the answer but it took me a while to figure the cryptic.
They parent, clean up, provide a home (3,3,4)
Nice anag. with logical flow.
Where did the mischief-maker say? (4)
THIS MUST BE A MISTAKE. I see an obvious answer in the sNYT, in the northwest block, but nothing in LAT.
Two from ST:
Killed a bunch (4)
This is a double definition, not a homophone.
Driving dog has fur on the floor (6)
This dog says “rug, rug!!”.
NC
#3 is correct. It's the homophone, #4 is the technique I purposely skipped in the intro, you're correct on that. That British accent of yours probably got in the way again, although the words are directly from Latin & Norse.
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