Three from LAT:
Singer and actress Thomas, who lost her head (4)
Crashed? Hire tow to get car moving (3,4)
A possible explanation for the whore eyes was voiced (8)
Two from ST:
At the West End, daring endeavors earned Drake a title (4)
In parts of Spain, rumbas quell clandestine groupings (6)
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Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Salute | and | behold, | in | a moment of discovery (5)
[ALOHA] [=] [LO] [inside] [A^HA]
Gambol | thru the middle of a | cue (4)
[ROMP] = [inside] [pROMPt]
Spread | and | circle | a lion (4)
[OLEO] [=] [O] [LEO]
These first three were all in both puzzles yesterday. The two puzzles have different editors who presumably don't collude. At what point do coincidences graduate to Fortean phenomena?
Swindles | birds (5)
[ROOKS] = [ROOKS]
For a fictional character's | residual, add interest | disclosure (7)
[ALADDIN] = [residuAL ADD INterest] [hidden]
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LAT1: Singer and actress Thomas, who lost her head (4)
ReplyDeleteDid not know the actress, but searched and found her to confirm the singer.
LAT2: Crashed? Hire tow to get car moving (3,4)
“moving” rather than “started” I presume is a misdirect to the anagram indicator. The answer is normally (3-4) or even (7).
LAT3: A possible explanation for the whore eyes was voiced (8)
Amusing; but homophone’s link to “the” is clumsy. Also, your definition points to a noun, not a verb.
ST1: At the West End, daring endeavors earned Drake a title (4)
Very nicely constructed acrostic.
ST2: In parts of Spain, rumbas quell clandestine groupings (6)
Maybe “part” of Spain, as it is a single defined region. If the Scots vote yes on independence tomorrow, Catalonia and the Xxxxxxs may be next.
Here are a few, all from LA Times
ReplyDeleteTemporally challenged but speaks from beyond the grave? (2,4)
Mildly disapprove of bisexual lover's return to the tribe (6)
Tedious drill (5)
Tolkien’s king forgoes the right to locate Henry’s first wife (6)
Quietly exposed? Quite the opposite! (7)
Kojak’s need for fast-food? (5)
Eastern dog set first man on the moon (5)
Did a Greater Mind invent trench warfare, for example? (4,7)
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ReplyDeleteI got 7 out of 8. Maybe 8, but it would be a stretch.
ReplyDeleteTemporally challenged but speaks from beyond the grave? (2,4)
Simple double definition.
Mildly disapprove of bisexual lover's return to the tribe (6)
Back to your charade-reverse, but still fine.
Tedious drill (5)
Another simple dd.
Tolkien’s king forgoes the right to locate Henry’s first wife (6)
Fairly obvious subtraction, good.
Quietly exposed? Quite the opposite! (7)
Nice surface sentence!
Kojak’s need for fast-food? (5)
The fast-food seems obvious, but I can't figure out how Kojak fits in. Maybe that the character was bald?
Eastern dog set first man on the moon (5)
Snoopy would be proud of this dissection.
Did a Greater Mind invent trench warfare, for example? (4,7)
A 'grater' anagram.
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ReplyDelete7.5/8. Kojak's baldness was the key. COMBO => COMB-O, i.e. comb nothing. "Kojak's time-saving fast food?" might have been better.
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