Listener Crossword 4166: Solution Notes
Brief Appearances by Schadenfreude
Puzzle explanation
Letters removed from answers before anagramming spelt “nine film titles; director”. Altering nine letters to make new words and filling the barred-off cells appropriately enabled HITCHCOCK, who made brief appearances in most of his films, to “appear” in the nine titles that run diagonally upwards in the grid, one through each letter of his name.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Grid entry | Answer (removed letter) | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 2 | ROAD HOGS | (A + DROOGS + H) * | |
| 7 | SEA DUST | (SUDAN < − N) in SET | |
| 12 | ZYMOTIC | (CITO + MY + Z(it)) < | |
| 14 | OFTEN | (OF + EN) around T | |
| 15 | HOLOSTEI | HOLSTEI(n) around O | |
| 17 | ’TWEEN | TWEE + N | |
| 18 | LUNA | A(N)NUL | ANNULAR − AR |
| 20 | OCTA | COAT(I) | (COT around A) + I |
| 21 | POGO | PO(N)GO | ’PON + GO |
| 22 | SNATHE | ’S + (EH + TAN) < | |
| 23 | LOBS | BOL(E)S | BONES with L for N |
| 25 | PUTT | 2 meanings | |
| 26 | TOSS | SO(F)TS | SO + FT + S(candal) |
| 28 | DARRE | RAD < + RE | |
| 30 | CABRIES | (CABRÉ around I) + S | |
| 33 | PIANOS | S(I)NOPIA | SIN + O + PIA |
| 35 | LADIFY | (F + DAILY) * | |
| 37 | SCUPPER | 2 meanings | |
| 39 | RAWNS | RAS around (W + ’N’) | |
| 40 | EATS | STA(L)E | ST + ALE |
| 43 | TAPS | STA(M)P | SCAMP with (suppor)T for C |
| 45 | LOIN | LIN around O | |
| 46 | CAYUSE | C + A + Y + USE | |
| 48 | RUTS | S(T)RUT | STR + UT |
| 50 | ELMY | L(I)MEY | LIME + (jett)Y |
| 52 | LOKI | LO(o)K + I | |
| 54 | TRY-ON | YON after RT < | |
| 55 | OBSCURER | O + (S + CURÉ) in BR | |
| 56 | EASTS | (T)ASSET | TA’S + SET |
| 57 | PHASE IN | SHAPE * + IN | |
| 59 | REDDEST | EST after REDD | |
| 60 | CONNOLLY | (CON + Y) around NOLL | |
| Down | |||
| 1 | ARM | A + RM | |
| 2 | EMISSARIES | E + MISS + ARIES | |
| 3 | GREAT BEAR | GEAR * + T + BEAR | |
| 4 | OUTSCORN | CONSU(L)TOR | CONSUL + TO + R |
| 5 | VOID | VID(E)O | (ID + E) in VO |
| 6 | PELTA | ’T in PELA | |
| 7 | TATOUAYS | (OUTSTAY + A) * | |
| 8 | WHATNA | W + HAT + N + A | |
| 9 | DEWITT | TWI(S)TED | TED around WITS * |
| 10 | NIEFS | FIEN(D)S | FRIENDS − R |
| 11 | TONG | T(I)GON | GO in TIN |
| 13 | POTOO | POTOROO − O(u)R | |
| 16 | SUBTEND | BUT * in (S + END) | |
| 19 | EOAN | EAN around O | |
| 24 | WASP | WAS + P | |
| 27 | CORNELIANS | (ONCE + R) * + SNAIL < | |
| 29 | NOCTUID | INDUCTO(R) | DUCT in (I + NOR) |
| 31 | RYND | N(E)RDY | (R + D) in YEN < |
| 32 | OVERLORDS | O’ + V + (SOLDIER + R) * − I | |
| 34 | RICK-RACK | RICK + RACK | |
| 36 | NIRAMIAI | (IRA + AIM <) in NI | |
| 38 | ETUI | (C)UTIE | CUP-TIE − P |
| 41 | DARCYS | DAYS around RC | |
| 42 | HALTED | (HAL + EDWARD − WARD) around T | |
| 44 | STABS | S + TABS | |
| 47 | STOSS | SOSS around T’ | |
| 49 | LASES | SLA(T)ES | LATE in SS |
| 51 | ONST | SN(O)OT | (NOT + SO) * |
| 53 | ECHO | CHO(R)E | CORE around H |
| 58 | BYE | BYRE − R | |