Listener Crossword 4255: Solution Notes
On the Rocks by Dipper
Puzzle explanation
Each rock occupies four cells and breaks up grid entries into smaller segments. The five different shapes are the only ones that can be made from four squares. Any representation of rocks in the correct cells was accepted, eg, shading, drawing or even groups of four letters.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Expe(R)t | ACE | ACE(r) |
| APLASIA | (LA + S) in APIA | |
| BAIL | BL around AI | |
| BLENDER | BENDER around L(eather) | |
| par(E) | CHIP | CHI + P |
| CLERIC | ERIC after (C(ongregation) + L) | |
| ÉCLAT | (restorativ)E + TALC < | |
| EDITS | T(ongue) in SIDE * | |
| EKKA | EA around (K + K) | |
| ELITE | LIT in E(astbourn)E | |
| ELKS | WHELKS − W − H | |
| mo(N)th | ELUL | E(mbrocation) + LUL(l) |
| END-ALL | (A LENDL) * | |
| ENOMOTY | ((d)E(f)Y (e)N(e)M(y) O(f) T(r)O(y)) * | |
| GRISSINI | G + ROSSINI with I for O | |
| HARLOTS | HA(wks) + R(oosted) + LOTS | |
| ICING | homophone of I SING | |
| (S)ick | ILL | (L + LI) < |
| IMIDE | (TR around IMIDE) = TIMIDER | |
| IMPS | (p)IMPS | |
| INHARMONIOUS | (HONOUR IS MAIN) * | |
| LATENT | TENT after LA | |
| MERLIN | MERSE − SE + LIN | |
| M(E)rry | NITID | NIT + DI < |
| (G)lowing | NOCTILUCENT | N + OCT + I + LUCE + N(avigate) T(hames) |
| ONIONS | O’ + NI + ONS | |
| OOR | (m)OOR(s) | |
| PERSONALISM | (MINOR + LAPSES) | |
| PIONS | PONS around I | |
| PRIM | PRIM(p) | |
| RAKI | (Dvořá)K in RAI | |
| REDEMPTORIST | RE + (DEIST around PROMPT * − P(rotestant)) | |
| co(I)n | STATER | ’S + TATER |
| SYMBOLE | SY(camore) + M + BOLE | |
| TENREC | (ERNE in CT) < | |
| TINEA | IN in TEA(l) | |
| TITI | TI(n)TI(n) | |
| UTIS | (j)UTIS(h) |