Three from LAT:
Take the bottle top off the hooch and watch it flow (4)
Shepherd voiced looming concern (4)
Cold dice should be shaken (4)
Two from ST:
Proud hobbit removed his dragon's heart (4)
Plant vibrating, harmless toys (4)
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Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Resorts | of | backwards | Stooges (4)
[SPAS] [=] [reverse] [SAPS]
Monk | was with | dancing | can-can friars | outside of Arkansas (10)
[FRANCISCAN] [=] [anagram] [CAN CAN FRIarS] [minus AR]
Sitcom islander | was | a stone, bouncing on the water (7)
[{Gilligan's Island} SKIPPER] [=] [SKIPPER]
Hardy fellow | is not pre-recorded | or | outside (6)
[OLIVER {Hardy}] = [LIVE] [O^R] [container]
Measure precisely | from | several seconds | to a | light year (8)
[MINUTELY] [=] [MINUTE] [+] [L.Y.]
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Take the bottle top off the hooch and watch it flow (4)
ReplyDeleteEASY ONE
Shepherd voiced looming concern (4)
TOOK ME A LONG TIME - GERMAN SHEPHERD! MY WIFE PRONOUNCES THOSE TWO WORDS THE SAME. NOT ME.
Cold dice should be shaken (4)
EASY ONE, NOT STIRRED.
Two from ST:
Proud hobbit removed his dragon's heart (4)
I GOT THE ANSWER BUT THE CLUE SEEMS SCREWY. "PROUD WHEN TOLKIEN'S DRAGON LOSES HEART" ??
Plant vibrating, harmless toys (4)
MY CURRENT GUESS IS OLEG - VIBRATE BECOMES LEGO - TOYS BUT I CANNOT PARSE THE PLANT.
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Here are the answers to yesterday’s collection. They were all in the grids. Sorry I should have given some further pointers.
ReplyDeleteKnighted English actor casts off singular Dickensian role (6)
(Sir Laurence) OLIVIER – I => OLIVER
They are determined to place English author in the dock, but must finally accept greatly reduced sentence (3-5).
TRY-HARDS. TRY HARDY – change Year to Second.
Money-raisers rhyme with Vlad’s or Veld's antelopes (5)
GALAS. Rhymes with Vlad's the IMPALER's or the Veld IMPALAs depending on where you come from.
“Cockney” here means “remove the first “h”.
Sharpen cockney singularity (3)
(H)ONE => ONE
Cockney predicament follows regulation for captive’s release (6).
PAR – (H)OLE => PAROLE
Cockney fastballs consumers (6)
(H)EATERS
Cockney says ‘e butchers sheep (4)
(H)EWES
Conjunction of a 4-inch Cockney? (3)
(H)AND
Did he inspire Cockney pronunciation? (4)
NO-A-H = NOAH – a bit of a stretch.
Cockney basketball? My bad! (5)
(H)OOPS
Cockney Tart St.? (3)
(WH)ORE
Cockneys argue persistently for the over 50’s (4)
(H)AARP
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