Three from LAT:
Unled palm sap flows and courses through the veins (6)
Disparages kitchenware (4)
Only so much, otherwise I'm lit like a firecracker (5)
Two from ST:
Union Station changes sound (5)
Unadorned, mast was a neutral color (7)
 LAT |  Seattle Times 8/27/14 NYT |
Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
<b>Spliced screen | outtakes | are | often vented </b>(6)
[SPLiced scrEEN] [outsides] [=] [SPLEEN]
<b>Dissembling | sly fool | will | wing it unassisted </b>(3,4)
[anagram] [SLY FOOL] [=] [FLY SOLO]
<b>Tattler's threat | to an | ailing bowman </b>(3,4)
[I'LL TELL] [=] [ILL] [{william} TELL]
<b>Almost sounds like | an effort to bring together | instead of | a way of splitting apart </b>(4)
[rough homophone] [LAISE] [=] [LASE]
<b>A protozoan | stooge | replaced one member of | a Swedish pop music group </b>(6)
[AMOEBA] = [MOE] [in place of one B in] [A
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Just me again. Still to takers then.
ReplyDeleteLAT1: Unled palm sap flows and courses through the veins (6)
Nice anagram subtraction for a multi-meaning word.
LAT2: Disparages kitchenware (4)
Straightforward DD. Might have had a panoramic effect, too.
LAT3: Only so much, otherwise I'm lit like a firecracker (5)
Nearly half the dalmatian count again, this time with German origin.
ST1: Union Station changes sound (5)
So they go all the way to Florida. But the cryptic should not be in 3rd person. “Change sound” could actually be read either way, as a homophone or a second straight definition. You could use the infinitive: “Union Station to change sound”.
ST2: Unadorned, mast was a neutral color (7)
A simple but elegant charade. No boxing or yards this time.
NC
Just 3 from LAT:
ReplyDeleteAnd others arrange hair to blow up oral contrivance (7,5)
A sort of parasol lens provides space propulsion system (5,6).
Conceals ‘ow a cockney cuts ‘is own ‘air, reportedly (8).
I'm working a day or maybe even two behind you. Got all 3 easily in this batch.
ReplyDeleteAnd others arrange hair to blow up oral contrivance (7,5)
ET AL+PLAIT+RAP as a down instead of across.
A sort of parasol lens provides space propulsion system (5,6).
Straightforward anagram, but I don't think they're used as propulsion yet, just power. Sunjammers, they were/will be called in science fiction.
Conceals ‘ow a cockney cuts ‘is own ‘air, reportedly (8).
Nice pun!