Listener Crossword 4112: Solution Notes
Girl by Xanthippe
Puzzle explanation
One set of letters from the extra words in clues spelt “fold over two dashed lines; cut along thick lines”. Numbers in the grid indicated the dashed line positions. Folds should then have been made so that the northwest quadrant was TOPSIDE and the northeast quadrant LOWEST. Cutting through the thick lines visible on the northwest quadrant resulted in 16 cells becoming detached from the puzzle. These letters were to be arranged to give “a penny drop moment” and the grid submitted with six holes. Letters from extra words not used in the instruction gave a definition for a penny, ie, “formerly a two hundred and fortieth of one pound”.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Extra | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| (F)un(F)air | TISRI | (ten)T IS RI(otous) |
| (O)ct(O)genarian | AVAL | AVAIL − I |
| (R)ec(L)use | OLEA | O + LEA(n) |
| (D)al(M)atian | MORE | MOROSE − OS |
| (E)xp(O)sed | PLACER | PR around (L + ACE) |
| (V)ag(R)ant | BREW | HEBREW − HE |
| (L)ak(E)s | SOLE | 2 meanings |
| (Y)ea(R) | APOGEE | (O + PA) < + GEE |
| (T)en(A)nts’ | IMARI | I + MAR + I’ |
| (W)ai(T)ers | CRESS | R in CHESS − (t)H(e) |
| (O)ut(W)orker | DEN | DEN(y) |
| (O)we(D) | DROPLET | D(ocke)T around P in ROLE |
| (A)rc(H)itect | ENTERTAINS | (INAN(e) STREET) * |
| (S)co(U)ts’ | BEER GARDEN | E in (DRAB GREEN) * |
| (N)ot(H)ing | YORE | YORK with E for K |
| (D)ev(E)loped | ECOLOGIC | E + GO < in COLIC |
| (R)ea(D) | AD REM | PADRE − P + M |
| (E)xp(L)oded | SACK | 2 meanings |
| (D)iv(I)ded | KAMPONG | KG around (A + MP + ON) |
| (A)ge(N)t | IRAN | AIR * + N |
| (E)ve(N)ly | TENON | NONET < |
| (S)tu(D)io | GLOSSIER | GLOSSER around I |
| Down | ||
| (F)ar(C)ical | TOPSIDE | (O(f) + P + SIDE) after T(itle) |
| (O)cc(U)pant | ILL-OMENED | I + (DEN + E + MOLL) < |
| (R)es(T)ored | SEALANT | SET around (AL + A + (pa)N(els)) |
| (A)us(T)ralian | RACER | R(eddish) + ACER |
| (I)ta(L)ian | DORP | DOUR − U + P |
| (E)xp(O)sed | ARBOR | (BARROW − W) * |
| (T)hi(N) | VERGE | 2 meanings |
| (G)ot(H)ic | LOWEST | LOWESTOFT − OFT |
| (T)al(O)ns | GEESE | SEE < in G(abl)E |
| (F)as(H)ionable | COTANGENTS | (AGENT around N after COST) with S moved to the end |
| (O)rd(I)nary | LIDOCAINE | L(ocal) I(njected) + MAINE with DOC for M(olar) |
| (C)ha(N)ging | ERE | homophone of AIR |
| (K)it(E) | SNEAKING | SNAKING around (lin)E |
| (P)ul(L)ed | BREAK-IN | BEAK around (d)R(ivers) + IN |
| (O)bl(I)quely | GNOMONS | MONG < + ON + S(undial) |
| (N)at(U)re | FORMAL | FOR + MAL |
| (E)co(N)omic | RECTOR | REC + ROT < |
| (S)tu(D)ent | DARG | GRAD < |