Listener Crossword 4100: Solution Notes
Table-turning by Kea
Puzzle explanation
Clue answers are shown in the table below. The removed/added letters and initials spelt “Cut in three along grid lines; connect as new oblong”. The grid was to be cut and reassembled as shown in the solution grid (not available here). The perimeter of the new grid contains the second line of “Our meddling intellect / Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect” from Wordsworth’s The Tables Turned, as well as the poet’s surname.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Letter/ |
Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clues | |||
| 16ac | +C: CIRSNAKE | RAKES IN | C + IRS + NAKE(d) |
| 7dn | −U: HORS | HORUS | HORS(e) |
| 13ac | (T) | JONAH | JAH about ON |
| 31ac | +I: TIUU | UTU | UU after IT < |
| 14ac | (N) | OZEKI | Hidden reversed |
| 20dn | −T: NIMILOR | MIRLITON | MILOR after IN < |
| 17ac | (H) | WHEY | H in WEY |
| 12ac | +R: RAREHWYL | WHALERY | (RWY + L) about (A + REH) |
| 4dn | −E: IWRAM | WEIMAR | WR in 1 AM |
| 3dn | +E: EEKY | KEY | EE + KY |
| 38ac | −A: OSMROO | AMOROSO | OS + M + ROO |
| 1dn | (L) | TROWS | WORST * |
| 9dn | −O: ENA | EOAN | Two definitions; Ena is short for Eugenia |
| 10dn | (N) | SAKERS | SHAKERS − H [200] |
| 37ac | −G: SLANIHTF | FANLIGHTS | HT in FINALS < |
| 21ac | (G) | STROMB | STROMB(oli) |
| 36ac | +R: SUNROOFE | OF NO USE | SUE about (NR + OOF) |
| 24ac | (I) | DUELLER | DULLER about (exasperat)E |
| 33dn | −D: TRA | TRAD | ART < (Tatum, jazz pianist) |
| 34ac | +L: SOLST | TOSS | SOLSTICE − ICE |
| 29ac | −I: STLOCK | LOCKIST | (K(ant) + COLTS) < |
| 28dn | +N: HOGN | HOG | G in HON [Honey] |
| 15dn | (E) | IDOLS | SOLID * |
| 5ac | +S: SSHAPEST | SPATHES | SA about SH + PEST; reference plant arum |
| 32ac | −C: OCTODEIN | DECOCTION | EIN [German] after (DOT CO(m)) < |
| 8dn | (O) | PONK | ON in PK |
| 1ac | −N: TIGEMI | ITEMING | TIG + EMI |
| 26dn | +N: SCHNO | COSH | NO after SCH |
| 22dn | −E: BRLIST | BRISTLE | BR + LIST |
| 25ac | +C: ESCIMS | SEISM | SCI in EMS |
| 11dn | (T) | THEBE | T + HEBE; rhino = money |
| 23ac | +A: VAOGIRE | VOGIER | Hidden reversed |
| 19dn | (S) | TOCKS | BUT + answer = behind |
| 18ac | −N: DALEST | SLANTED | D(ogm)A + LEST |
| 27dn | +E: AUTEO | AUTO | A + UTE + O |
| 21dn | (W) | SULCAL | CALLUS * |
| 30dn | −O: TESH | ETHOS | Hidden |
| 24dn | (B) | DROWS | SWORD < |
| 6dn | +L: SLIEVE | SIEVE | VEILS < + E |
| 31dn | (O) | TOOM | TOO + M |
| 35ac | −N: WARGI | RAWING | WAR + GI |
| 2dn | +G: GREETER | RETREE | Two definitions |