Listener Crossword 4065: Solution Notes
X by Pilcrow
Puzzle explanation
The corrected misprints in the clues defined X as “perfect symmetry”. The 90-degree rotational symmetry of the grid was shared by the actual entries, each clue answer appearing four times, appropriately oriented. The clue answers and corrected misprints are shown in the table below.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Correction | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Clues | ||
| UNCHARACTERISTIC | (CHARACTER + I) in UNSTIC(k) | |
| (P)ieces | BERLIOZ | OZ after LIBRE(tto) |
| rod(E) | RAID | RD about AI |
| Ma(R)k | SMIT | MIST * |
| (F)our | UNISON | U(mpire) + (NO + SIN) < |
| s(E)e | UNNOTICING | UN + NOT ICING |
| In(C)ite | HOY | H + OY |
| (T)ail | ANOUROUS | (URANUS + OO) * |
| pa(S)t | CONODONT | CO + NOT about (DON) |
| b(Y) | THIS | (mus)T + HIS(t) |
| Sa(M)i’s | REIN | Two definitions; Sami = Lapp, rein = reindeer |
| Slu(M)p | SLOUCH | (SOUC(hong) + H) about L(oudly) |
| p(E)rson | TIN GOD | (spou)TING + OD |
| (T)ake | IONIZE | E-ZIN(e) < after IO |
| (R)evere | ICON | I(njuries) + CON |
| slipper(Y) | SNOW | MONS, reversed and upside-down |
| ZIZZING | (ZING with ZZ at start) about I | |