Listener Crossword 4150: Solution Notes
Garden Scraps by Colleague
Puzzle explanation
The protagonists are LANCASTER and YORK on either side of the DALES and PENNINES in the central column. The “clashes” are TEWKESBURY and BLORE HEATH, two battles from the Wars of the Roses. Diagonal lines through them join up with rotated Ds in the corners to make a representation of the Ordnance Survey symbol for a battlesite.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer | Explanation with [extra letter] |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| 2 | SLANT | LANT after S(hearing) |
| 6 | DAY ONE | (A DOYEN) * |
| 11 | COERCE | COE + R + CE |
| 12 | SKREEN | KR in SEEN |
| 14 | OUTSAIL | OUT + SAIL |
| 15 | KRABS | homophone of CRABS; ref. Mt Aspiring |
| 16 | THE ONE | (ATHENE − A) around O(wl) |
| 18 | FOLIAR | FO + LIAR |
| 20 | TEAN | T(h)E + AN |
| 21 | DSO | (o)DSO |
| 22 | OSSIA | OS + AIS < |
| 24 | ENLINK | E + N + LINKS − S |
| 25 | DREAMLESSNESS | SENDS * around (REAM + LESS) |
| 30 | SACHEM | SCHEMA with A moving back |
| 33 | RANEE | RAN + E + E(mirates) |
| 34 | ENS | (ob)E(se)N(es)S |
| 36 | TUPI | (I PUT) < |
| 37 | ORIANA | O’ + RIANT − T + A |
| 39 | INSURE | INSURGENT − GENT + (polic)E |
| 40 | STRAD | ST + RAD |
| 41 | NACARAT | (TARA + CAN) < |
| 43 | NHANDU | (HAND + U) after (autum)N |
| 44 | SCRAYE | (CRY SEA) * |
| 45 | CLAMPS | C + L + A + MP’S |
| 46 | HEYSE | (Sout)HEY’S E(legies) |
| Down | ||
| 1 | SCOUTED AROUND | (A COURT SOUNDED) * |
| 2 | SOU | S + OU |
| 3 | LETHAL | (HATE * after L) + L |
| 4 | ARSENIATE | (ASIAN TREE) * |
| 5 | TEIND | (priva)TE IND(ustry) |
| 6 | SNIDE | SN + I’D + E(xtracted) |
| ENPLANES | EN + PLANE + S | |
| 7 | ASK FOR | (S in KA) < + FOR |
| 8 | ORAL | ORVAL − V |
| 9 | NEBISH | NE + BISH |
| 10 | UNTRANSMITTED | (T + STUNTMEN + RADI(o)) * |
| 13 | KROONS | SNOOK < around R(ye) |
| 17 | OWN | (t)OWN(y) |
| 19 | AILS | (w)AILS |
| 23 | SANCTUARY | (NC + TUA(n) + R(esiding)) in SAY |
| 26 | REAR | R + EARL − L |
| 27 | MAENAD | (MAN + AD) around E |
| 28 | UNITAL | U + LATIN < |
| 29 | HEAD UP | HE + A + PUD < |
| 31 | ABS | 2 meanings |
| 32 | HURRAS | RAS after ARTHUR − ART |
| 35 | SNASH | SN + HAS * |
| 38 | ARNA | CARNAUBA − CUBA |
| 42 | AYE | AY + E |