Listener Crossword 4237: Solution Notes
Restitution by Schadenfreude
Puzzle explanation
The reordered corrections to misprints spelt out “Czolgosz, Guiteau, Booth, Oswald”, the names of the respective assassins of US presidents McKinley, Garfield, Lincoln and Kennedy (unproven). The decoded instruction was “Use blue shading for the most recent and only Democrat victim”, meaning that KENNEDY was to be shaded blue (the Democratic Party’s colour).
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| woo(D) | ASH | GASH − G |
| b(O)ther | BADGERED | BAD + GE(t) + RED |
| s(H)ine | BEAM | BAM around E |
| Main(Z) | BERLIN | (LINER + B(oston)) * |
| (S)ound | BLOOPED | B + POODLE * |
| (C)over | BRA | B + RA |
| BUNTAL | BUNT + AL(l) | |
| (L)ead | CAMES | M in CASE * |
| (O)ut | EDUCE | E + DU + C + E(limination) |
| spo(O)k | EERIER | (RE around EIRE) < |
| thro(W) | ELANCE | CLEAN * + (Fr)E(ya) |
| J(U)dy | ELLIE | LIE after EL |
| EMOTED | TED after (M in E O) | |
| ERGO | ERGOT − T | |
| (S)ight | EYE | EYAS with E for (A + S) |
| IMPED | I’M + PLEASED − LEAS | |
| b(L)ooms | INULAS | IN + LA in US |
| gra(Z)ing | LEA | LEA(d) |
| MALTHUS | SHUT * after MAL | |
| NAIR | A in (N + IR) | |
| fo(O)ls | NANAS | AS after NAN |
| NEED | DEE < after N | |
| (B)and | OBI | OBIIT − IT |
| l(A)mp | OCULAR | O’ + CU + LAR(d) |
| s(T)are | OGLE | BOGLE − B |
| sp(O)re | RACEME | REME around (A + C) |
| sh(I)p’s | RATE | R + ATE |
| RICKEY | R + E in ICKY | |
| ra(G)s | SHREDS | (a)R(e) in SHED + S |
| lin(E)s | SIXAINES | SIXES around (A + IN) |
| d(A)zes | STUNS | UN in (ST + S) |
| THERIA | (e)THERIA(l) | |
| fa(G) | TOKE | T + OKE |
| sta(T)e | TRAUMA | U in TRAM + A |
| URAL | RURAL − (sailo)R | |
| S(U)re | YES | (e)YES |