UNIT The name for a military detachment is found by taking the abbreviation for upper class and adding something meaning an idiot.īONBON A word for a type of sweet is found by a slang word for head, doubling it and reversing it (turned).ģd One from Dakar perhaps seen buffeted by winds close to village (10) LIEGE A word, often used in Shakespeare, denoting how you would address a vassal is found by taking the word for which a pork pie refers in East London and placing it around an abbreviation for ‘say’, as in citing an example. ON AVERAGE An expression meaning normally is found by putting an anagram (wrong) of A GRAVE inside ONE.Ģ8a Vassal for example tucking into pork pie (5) IMAGINE The abbreviation for one and the name for a bush of hair goes cover / surrounds a way of saying an American soldier to reveal a way of saying to see (mentally).Ģ7a Normally one admits a grave wrong (2,7) Look carefully and you’ll spot the name of a kingdom from Africa.Ģ5a See one US soldier covered in hair (7) ROGER A man’s name that is how you say things are ok or understood in radio communication.Ģ3a Carlyle so thought to contain kingdom (7) HERBAL TEA A type of hot drink is an anagram (mixed) of leather going around the abbreviation for a university graduate.ġ6a Mashed potato father had just like that (2,3,4,2,1,3)ĪT THE DROP OF A HAT An expression meaning impromptu or ‘just like that’ is revealed by rearranging (mashed) POTATO FATHER HADĬONCEITED Someone who is vain may be said to be this and you find it by taking the abbreviation for a Tory (or one of the words for study!) and adding a homophone of a word describing someone in a chair. At first, I thought there was a mistake and it should have been a word for fathers around torn, but the clueing here is quite precise and correct.ĬONGA The name of a party dance is found by taking one of the standard words found in crosswords for study and adding the abbreviation for Georgia.ġ4a Graduate in leather mixed drink (6,3) PARENTS A suffix denoting a negative in French goes around something meaning torn to give you a name for mum and dad. TABLEAU A name for a scene depicting an event is found by taking a letter of the Greek alphabet (the 19 th) and wrapping it around a word meaning powerful.ġ2a Mum and dad, not in Paris, touring Split (7) You are looking for a word for a stone found alongside a road, which is how you would say it’s a distance to Northumberland.ġ1a Greek character embodying powerful scene (7) MILESTONE This is almost one of those rebus-type clues. NIOBE We start with an anagram of BONE around the numeral for one, which gives you someone from mythology famous for her tears.ġ0a Roadside pillar indicating Northumberland far away? (9) Another useful page is Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, which features words with meanings that are not always immediately obvious.ĩa Ancient blubber and unusual bone enthralling one (5) Where the hint describes a construct as “usual” this means that more help can be found in The Usual Suspects, which gives a number of the elements commonly used in the wordplay. Most of the terms used in these hints are explained in the Glossary and examples are available by clicking on the entry under “See also”. However today I couldn’t see anything too troubling, although for a short moment, I had the wrong expression at 16, but when I actually read the clue properly, I realised the error of my ways. I rather enjoyed this and suspect it’s the work of the Naughty Canine that’s contributed to the blog recently. I have been out of my flat twice in the last seven days once for leg dressings with my nurse and the other for a click and collect shop that I’d booked almost four weeks ago!Īnyway, here we go with today’s challenge and once again it’s a ‘normal’ blog rather than the official Saturday hints and tips. I hope you are all coping well and staying infection-free. It’s the Bank Holiday weekend and I guess this is probably going to be the hardest period of the lockdown. Greetings from Lockdown Central in Warrington. Until the Telegraph resumes the award of prizes for the Saturday puzzles, this post, and tomorrow’s, will be just like the Monday to Friday posts, with hints for every clue and revealable answers. BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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