Listener Crossword 4119: Solution Notes
Mass Production by Hedge-sparrow
Puzzle explanation
Letters dropped from jumbled entries gave the name “Large Hadron Collider” for the machine represented by the grid. This is the particle collider located in Geneva at the “European Laboratory for Particle Physics”, or CERN; these alternative location names appear in the outer ring. The products in the third ring are subatomic particles, including “anti-electron” (as the positron was formerly known). The fifth ring has a pair of “proton beams” counter-rotating and colliding, which is the essential process occurring in the collider. The longed-for end-product is the currently hypothetical “Higgs boson”, whose discovery would help to explain the origin of mass in the universe.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Radials | ||
| 1 | RENAME | RENE around (A + M) |
| 2 | AMY(L)ENE | ENAMEL * around Y(ellow) |
| 3 | BEFO(A)MS | FO in BEAMS |
| 4 | EMBRYO | E + M + ORB < around (pla)Y |
| 5 | SALTER | (p)SALTER(y) |
| 6 | SCALPE(R) | CLEARS * around P |
| 7 | SEA LE(G)S | EG in SEALS |
| 8 | RILLES | ILL in RES |
| 9 | ABSENT | AB + SENT |
| 10 | BAILI(E)S | BAIL + I’ + (Clyd)ES(dale) |
| 11 | CATENA | CAT + (p)ANE(l) < |
| 12 | C(H)ANNEL | CHANCEL with N for C |
| 13 | SEA BO(A)T | SEA BAT around O |
| 14 | PINTOS | INTO in P(asture)S |
| 15 | GHOSTE(D) | G + HOSTED |
| 16 | STOURY | S + TOUR + (journe)Y |
| 17 | AORTAS | OARS * around (T(umble) + A) |
| 18 | WA(R)RIOR | OR after ARR in WI |
| 19 | C(O)RDOBA | (R(e)D + OBA) after CO |
| 20 | SUNDRA | SUNDRY − Y + A |
| 21 | EPIGON | PIGEON * |
| 22 | PI(N)GLER | INGLE in PR |
| 23 | EQUIPE | QUIP in (E + E) |
| 24 | POLICE | POL + ICE |
| 25 | TRANCE | CANTER * |
| 26 | UNTRA(C)E | UN + TRACE |
| 27 | R(O)LLOUT | OUT after ROLL |
| 28 | OCELOT | (TO + LE + CO) < |
| 29 | CHAP(L)ET | CHAP + LET |
| 30 | ESTATE | 2 meanings |
| 31 | ZE(L)ATOR | ZEALOT * + R |
| 32 | EOZOON | OOZE * + ON |
| 33 | LANOL(I)N | L + AN + O + LODGER + IN − (ER DOG) * |
| 34 | ANNONA | AN + ANON < |
| 35 | ABSORB | (A + ORB) around (B + S) |
| 36 | ABOUN(D)S | A(rboraceous) + BOUNDS |
| 37 | TR(E)MBLE | M in TREBLE |
| 38 | ANKLET | ANKH − H(umanities) + LET |
| 39 | TALANT | TNT around ALA |
| 40 | TOOLBA(R) | (GRAB + LOOT − G) < |
| RING 3 | ||
| a | KAON | ON after KA |
| b | ELECTRON | ELECTION with R(equired) for I |
| c | MUON | MON around U(nicorn) |
| d | GLUON | NOG < around (p)LU(m) |
| e | ANTI-ELECTRON | (ELECT + R(adio) + ON(e)) after AIN’T * |
| f | NEUTRON | (UT + R(avine)) in NEON |