Three from LAT:
What dogs do in front of the entrance (3)
Mother of high-impact sound has animal sex (6)
Iron-Man's alter-ego is luminary with potassium (5)
Two from ST:
Prying brown dog (6)
Man-cave was Ned's retreat (3)
 LAT |  Seattle Times 8/12/14 NYT |
Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
In the sound | a decommissioned destroyer | is | a sacrilege (4,7)
[homophone] [IDLE WARSHIP] [=] [IDOL WORSHIP]
Personal | plane to Sweden | assembled on | truncated mountains (5)
[ME] [S.A.S.] [charade] = [MESAS]
At noon, I | bumbled into | a paper hoax (5)
[NOON I] [anagram] = [{the} ONION {satire tabloid}]
Get | cat chow | at last, cooked to 90º (5,2)
[CATCH ON] = [CAT CHOW] [last letter changed from West to North]
New | northern | lights (4)
[NEO] [N] = [NEON]
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LAT1: What dogs do in front of the entrance (3)
ReplyDelete“Do” is serving a dual purpose here, but to repeat it would give the answer away. In fact, I have only seen it in compounds
LAT2: Mother of high-impact sound has animal sex (6)
A gratuitously risqué clue, me ol’ mate. I like it! Not sure the sound is “high impact”, though, more “sharp, ringing”.
LAT3: Iron-Man's alter-ego is luminary with potassium (5)
Did not know Iron Man or his alter-ego, but at least the answer was Klean (Klear as Kalium), and Konfirmed by Google.
ST1: Prying brown dog (6)
Scooby-doo’s alter ego? Nearly the same location in the grid, too.
ST2: Man-cave was Ned's retreat (3)
Mine’s the GAR variety.
My set
ReplyDeleteLAT1: Hummingbird has flame-red parts but not the female (7)
LAT2: Set up part of the U.K. facility (5)
ST1: Sport lacks Eastern purity (5)
ST2: Personal average with third party affirmation (1,4,2)
LAT1: Hummingbird has flame-red parts but not the female (7)
ReplyDeleteSubtraction-anagram, good.
LAT2: Set up part of the U.K. facility (5)
No idea.
ST1: Sport lacks Eastern purity (5)
No idea.
ST2: Personal average with third party affirmation (1,4,2)
I got this one, really!