Listener Crossword 4254: Solution Notes
Political Correctness Gone Mad by Waterloo
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Modified word | Answer [male part] | Explanation [female part] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Across | ||||
| 1 | RE[SON]ANT | RE[DAUGHTER]ANT: (REDE + RANT) around AUGHT | ||
| 9 | OLOGY | OY around LOG | ||
| 11 | A-LEVEL | A + LEVEL | ||
| 13 | [MASC]ARA | [FEM]ARA: (A FRAME) * | ||
| 15 | TRUE | TUE around (butte)R | ||
| 16 | OLEA | A after OLÉ | ||
| 17 | ALTHORN | (RN after ALTHOUGH) − UGH | ||
| 19 | cob (pen) | CLENCH | C(ob) + NC in (L + EH) | |
| 22 | ASPINE | AS + PINE | ||
| 24 | RULE | RUMBLE − MB | ||
| 25 | ARE | (Caes)AR E(tc) | ||
| 26 | SITTIN[G ROOM] | SITTIN[BRIDE]: (IT ISN’T) * + BRIDGE − G | ||
| 27 | sire/n (dam/n) | EEL | STEEL − S(qua)T | |
| 28 | CAPO | CA + PO | ||
| 29 | SOLANO | AN in SOLO | ||
| 30 | gib/ing (queen/ing) | SNEERY | YENS < around ER | |
| 34 | WRESTLE | WARES − A + TILE − I | ||
| 36 | bull/er (cow/er) | LINN | (N + NIL) < | |
| 37 | URDU | (abs)URD U(zbek) | ||
| 38 | EATING | (b)EATING | ||
| 40 | EGESTA | EG + ES + TA(t) | ||
| 41 | beau (belle) | MEDAU | M + (b)EAU around D(ance) | |
| 42 | THREE-[MASTER] | THREE[MISTRESS]: (REMITS THE) * + R + ESS | ||
| Down | ||||
| 1 | RO[MAN]ESQUE | RO[WOMAN]ESQUE: ROW + O’ + MANES + QUE | ||
| 2 | ELF | SELF − (hubri)S | ||
| 3 | [BUCK]ET | [DOE]ET: DO + TEE <; ref. Inspector Bucket in Bleak House | ||
| 4 | AGMAS | AGM + AS | ||
| 5 | [BOY]LE | [GIRL]LE: GIGGLE with (R + L) for (G + G) | ||
| 6 | TASH | AS in TH(e) | ||
| 7 | ruff/led (ree/led) | RETREE | RETRIEVE − I(nking) − V | |
| 8 | NEUK | NE + UK | ||
| 10 | [PATER]NOSTER | [MATER]NOSTER: REMONSTRATE * | ||
| 12 | LEC[HERO]US | LEC[HEROINE]US: (FUR ELISE ONCE) * with H for F | ||
| 14 | [GUY]-ROPE | [DOLL]ROPE: R in DOLLOP + (mak)E | ||
| 17 | gander (goose) | [UNCLE]ARED | [AUNT]ARED: (GANDER ABOUT) * − BOG * | |
| 18 | ESSEN | (K)NESSE(t) < | ||
| 20 | NADA | CANADA − CA | ||
| 21 | CRENA | (A + N + REC(ord) *) < | ||
| 23 | PILE | 2 meanings | ||
| 28 | CERUSE | CERISE with U for I | ||
| 29 | SA[LAD] | SA[LASS]: AL(l) in SASS | ||
| 31 | FLIER | RELIEF * − E(mbarrassment) | ||
| 32 | [STAG]E | [HIND]E: HINDE(r) | ||
| 33 | ARGH | ARIGHT − I − T | ||
| 35 | SHAM | HAM after (Paralympic)S | ||
| 39 | pa/in (ma/in) | GAS | G(rain) A(nd) S(ugar) | |