Five from LAT (I haven't gotten ST done yet):
Delay to shop in a bazaar (5)
From cherry on whip cream into pit of frustration with concealment (3,2,3)
Parts rearranged for multipurpose sheets (5)
Alternatives for the heart of a horse (3)
Flightless bird south of South America in the Pacific (5)
Solutions to these clues are in the grids below.
 LAT | Seattle Times (NYT 9/7/14) |
Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Sun-rooms | host | musical sound | and | song (7)
[SOLARIA] [=] [SOL] [+] [ARIA]
Opening | for | gelatin brand | switches opening for | hole's opening (5)
[HELLO] [=] [jELL-O] [first letters switched with] [H{ole}]
It's absorbing | to consider being | avenged | in return (6)
[DIAPER] [=] [REPAID] [reversed]
Is boy's club oath | symbolized mnemonically by the | pin Keys wear? (10)
[PINKY SWEAR] [=] [homophone] [PIN KEYS WEAR]
Masterpiece | role for Sellek: | a blooming penguin (6,4)
[MAGNUM OPUS] = [MAGNUM {p.i.}] [{bloom county's} OPUS]
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LAT1: Delay to shop in a bazaar (5)
ReplyDeleteDD. Bazaar seems rather bizarre – might be deemed a misdirection. Any open market would do.
LAT2: From cherry on whip cream into pit of frustration with concealment (3,2,3)
Lots of tops in this clue, but turned out be a (well-)hidden clue.
LAT3: Parts rearranged for multipurpose sheets (5)
Straightforward anag.
LAT4: Alternatives for the heart of a horse (3)
Simple hidden clue, but well constructed.
LAT5: Flightless bird south of South America in the Pacific (5)
Simple charade but flows well.
Here are 4:
ReplyDeleteTownshend composition and outcome! (7,3,5)
Wife may assist in matrimonial duty (8).
Organized after exile’s return and drove off (8)
British idiot lost a second colored ring (6).
A day late on this, but I did get 4 for 4 once I did.
ReplyDeleteTownshend composition and outcome! (7,3,5)
I recognize (Pete) Townshend as a big-name rocker, so probably also songwriter, but not familiar with his work. -- Looking it up, I find SQUEEZE BOX. So together with SCORE, you have a direct, but where's the cryptic (or vice versa)? This is why I don't do clues for tricky theme entries. Without the gimmick to explain them, they can only be clued as gibberish.
Wife may assist in matrimonial duty (8).
So simple charade it's closer to a double definition.
Organized after exile’s return and drove off (8)
Led back a leper, eh? Nice.
British idiot lost a second colored ring (6).
Shouldn't that arsehole have lost an hour, also? It's a euphemistic spelling anywhere, I think, but maybe less vulgar to a Brit?
From yesterday:
ReplyDelete4/4 indeed.
Townshend composition and outcome! (7,3,5)
I recognize (Pete) Townshend as a big-name rocker, so probably also songwriter, but not familiar with his work. -- Looking it up, I find SQUEEZE BOX. So together with SCORE, you have a direct, but where's the cryptic (or vice versa)? This is why I don't do clues for tricky theme entries. Without the gimmick to explain them, they can only be clued as gibberish.
This one was just irresistible, even if very Britocentric. It was pushing the allowable limits of sexual innuendo in the early 70s, so sounds a bit school-boyish now. You would need to know the band (The Who), their sense of humor and the song, in which case you might deduce that Squeeze Box is a euphemism for “breasts”. And I do not know how prevalent the slang usage of "score" is for "sexual conquest" in the U.S. I will say no more, just give you the first and last verses and chorus:
"Squeeze Box"
Mama's got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
She goes, squeeze me, come on and squeeze me
Come on and tease me like you do
I'm so in love with you
Mama's got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
'Cause she's playing all night
And the music's all right
Mama's got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
Wife may assist in matrimonial duty (8).
So simple charade it's closer to a double definition.
Yes, it was going to be cruder, but I thought maybe enough for one day
Organized after exile’s return and drove off (8)
Led back a leper, eh? Nice.
Thanks
British idiot lost a second colored ring (6).
Shouldn't that arsehole have lost an hour, also? It's a euphemistic spelling anywhere, I think, but maybe less vulgar to a Brit?
Bugger, bugger, bugger. You’re right of course. This one could have been cruder too but I restrained myself. Pity about the error – well caught, sir!