High station | results in | treason | when corrupted (7)
[SENATOR] [=] [TREASON] [anagram]
This anagram was an unsettling discovery!
I'm available | in | perilous emergency (3,2)
[USE ME] = [inside] [periloUS EMErgency]
I considered using in the heart of because the target was centered in the two word phrase, but decided that that would be overdoing it.
The French | have | six | words for | a Semite family (4)
[LE] [+] [VI] [=] [LEVI]
The plural words refers to the two parts, not the singular tribe name.
Hectic | mornings | for | brothel managers (6)
[MAD] [A.M.S] [=] [MADAMS]
A real Hindu arranges the openings to enlightenment (5)
[A Real Hindu Arranges The] [initials] [=] [ARHAT]
 LAT |  Seattle Times 7/22/14 sNYT |
Cryptic clues for today include anagram, charade, dissection, hidden, reversal, and other.
Three from LAT:
Heartless videogamer depicted in toponym of poem about the Bell of Justice (4)
Frightening situation of potter in song (5)
Boom scatters coins (5)
Two from ST:
Desiring to escape DWI? Shin guards are the answer (7)
Bone up on retrospective of 2001 movie about Artificial Intelligence bit (5)
OwenKL
ReplyDeleteMy LAT1 was a straight double definition. The “for example” might have been placed closer to Boxer, I suppose, but the clue is still logical. Given that this is the LA Times crossword, a Californian Senator seemed appropriate.
ST1: It seems you are correct. While the OED allows ‘dam’ as an alternative for ‘damn”, Merriam-Webster does not.
BTW, is parenthesis a British term for what Americans call quote marks? . Whoops, that was a slip of the pen. I meant to write “in quotation marks”, or “in quotes”.
BTW, Brits usually say “in brackets” rather than “in parenthesis”, although they might say parenthetically in related contexts.
NC
On the PS, well I would suggest you lead your blog with today’s clues rather than yesterday’s answers (which can go as a footnote or link). And that you have a major heading, followed by invitation to post (with link) ANYTHING; and then solve the first clue as an example :
ReplyDelete“TODAY’S CRYPTIC CLUES. (The answers are in the grids below)
Please post comments, answers, guesses, partial answers, rationales, alternative clues, etc., using THIS LINK.
P.S I have given you the answer and rationale for the first one to get you going
My comment and alternative cluing:
ReplyDeleteLAT1: Heartless videogamer depicted in toponym of poem about the Bell of Justice (4)
Can ….. be used in the sense videogamer, when it is a supplier of videogames?
My clue: “Longfellow’s bell removes doubt from the heart”.
LAT2: Frightening situation of potter in song (5)
Wow, this one illustrates a major difference in pronunciation between Brit and US. They are not homophones at all in Brit-speak, but this is US crossword, so we can’t complain.
My clue: “One hears her suit is dicey (5).”
LAT3: Boom scatters coins (5)
A nice simple anag to end.
My clue: “Does Johnnie Cash’s heart provide alternate source of speed?” (5)
ST1: Desiring to escape DWI? Shin guards are the answer (7)
I like the use of “escape” in this context. No idea what DWI is, but the answer does not require this knowledge.
My clue “Fly a roundabout well, for example?” (7)
Bone up on retrospective of 2001 movie about Artificial Intelligence bit (5) )
The answer is clear. But it seems it could have been clued without the central part:
Bone up on Artificial Intelligence bit (5)
My clue: “Bone-up one first-class segment (5).”
NC
Sorry, I rushed that last clue. Here is a revised (XXX) version:
ReplyDelete"First-class bisexual teenager's head turns for a bone (5)"
NC