Listener Crossword 4187: Solution Notes
Prize and Prize-winner by Dysart
Puzzle explanation
The NE-SW diagonal contained HARUKI MURAKAMI, who was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2006. The grid also contained FRANZ KAFKA in row 10, and KYOTO, Murakami’s birthplace. The novel Dance, Dance, Dance was represented by 3 REELS in the grid, Norwegian Wood by NOR OAK and Kafka on the Shore by KAFKA above SHORE. The fourth title, The Elephant Vanishes, was represented by the removal of JUMBO.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| 1 | DIRKS | SKID < around (fou)R |
| 6 | ANAGRAM | ARMAGNA(c) * |
| 12 | LYTTA | ((f)ATTY L(igament)) < |
| 13 | NILGAI | (A + GLIN(t)) < + I |
| 14 | WOES | WO(lv)ES |
| 15 | ANURAN | NU in (A + RAN) |
| 16 | LEEP | PEEL < |
| 17 | TONGUING | TONING around GU |
| 18 | OUST | JOUST − J |
| 19 | KENTE | NT in KEE(p) |
| 21 | NOMAS | NO MAS |
| 23 | VISIONS | VIS + IS around ON |
| 26 | IMBUES | (SUBLIME − L) * |
| 27 | GOTHAM | GOT + HAM(let) |
| 29 | SAILOR | TAILOR with different initial |
| 30 | EERILY | E + RILEY with E moved to the front |
| 32 | DEERLET | homophone of DEAR + LET |
| 34 | IAMBS | (A + MB) in I’S |
| 35 | INFRA | (rejo)IN FRA(ntic) |
| 39 | KAES | (du)K(e’s) A(pp)E(ti)S(er) |
| 41 | LOOK-SEES | K in LOOSE + (duk)E’S |
| 42 | HORE | (c)HORE(s) |
| 43 | GLACIS | (LAC + IS) after (Cherbour)G |
| 45 | NOTE | NOT E; ref. marketing classifications A-E |
| 46 | AMMANS | (A + MAN’S) around M |
| 47 | STALK | TALKS with S moved forward |
| 48 | LYDGATE | (L(a)Y + GATE) around D |
| 49 | YESES | ((part)Y + SEE) * + (Torie)S |
| Down | ||
| 1 | DOW-JONES | (DO + W + SEN <) around (J + O) |
| 2 | IROQUOIAN | (O + QU + O’ + I) in IRAN |
| 3 | REELS | (S + LEER) < |
| 4 | SYRENS | SYENS around R |
| 5 | STOPOVER | STOP OVER could be wordplay for POTS |
| 6 | ATE | 2 meanings |
| 7 | NAPOO | NAP + O + O’ |
| 8 | ANANA | (b)ANANA; taking “top banana” as an instruction |
| 9 | GINGKO | GIN + (w)O(od) after GK |
| 10 | AGRIN | CHAGRIN − CH |
| 11 | HINGES | H + INGEST − T |
| 17 | TRISUL | (TRISUL + A LOT) * = (ALL TO STIR + U) * |
| 20 | ENTIA | (ess)ENTIA(l) |
| 22 | ABLER | (f)ABLER |
| 24 | SMEEKS | S(hip)S around MEEK |
| 25 | MAY BEETLE | MAYBE + ET + LE; ref. Le Figaro |
| 27 | GET AHEAD | GET A HEAD |
| 28 | MISSTEPS | PETS < in MISS |
| 31 | GILGAI | GIRL − R + GAI(n) |
| 33 | EASING | PLEASING − PL |
| 34 | IF ONLY | (FON + L(et)) in I(tal)Y |
| 36 | FOAMY | OF < + AMY |
| 37 | NESSA | NA around ESS |
| 38 | ZEIST | SIZE * + T |
| 40 | AEONS | (A + PUNCHEONS) − PUNCH |
| 44 | UTE | MUTE − M |