Listener Crossword 4257: Solution Notes
A Short Entertainment by Ferret
Puzzle explanation
The omitted letters (including the E of LEG from 8dn), appropriately placed outside the grid’s border, spelt One Leg Too Few, a sketch about a one-legged actor, and Beyond the Fringe, the name of the revue in which Peter Cook and Dudley Moore performed it.
Entries without highlighting of MOORE were accepted as correct.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer (omissions) | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| 1 | SC(H)OLASTICAL | (CLASSIC ALTO) * |
| 11 | IN(F)ERNALLY | IN + E + RN + ALLY |
| 12 | RE(T)RO | REPRO − P |
| 13 | EASTE(R)NE(R) | TEN in EASE |
| 14 | BEGRIME(D) | BEE around GRIM |
| 16 | IRRATIO(N)ALIST | IR + RATIO + A + LIST |
| 18 | A(I)LERON | A + LE + R + NO < |
| 20 | DE(O)DARS | D(endrologist) + READS * |
| 22 | ASTROD(Y)NAMICS | (COMSAT’S NADIR) * |
| 24 | CA(N)TATAS | (A + T + A) in CATS |
| 25 | (E)CLOSING | CLOSING |
| 26 | (G)RIPE | RIPE |
| 27 | EM(B)OSSMENT | SOME < + (MEN in ST) |
| 28 | BR(E)ATHL(E)SSN(E)SS | BRAT + H(ospitals) + (f)L(u)S(h) S(i)N(u)S(e)S |
| Down | ||
| 2 | CHEERI(N)ESS | CH + EERIE + S + ’S |
| 3 | OV(E)RGR(EE)N(E)D | O + V + R(esearch) + GRIND − I |
| 4 | ANTIT(E)RRORIST | (TRAITORS IN + TR) * |
| 5 | SEEMIN(G) | MIN after SEE(d) |
| 6 | INSTALLATI(O)NS | IN + (ALL in STATINS) |
| 7 | CATAL(O)ES | CAT + ALES |
| 8 | AL(LEG)ES | ALES |
| 9 | EYE(W)ITNESSES | (SEE YETI) * around NESS |
| 10 | F(O)RBIDDANCES | FR + BID + DANCES |
| 15 | M(E)SOSCAPH(E)S | (CHASMS + POS(ition)) * |
| 17 | C(L)ARISSA | (Madagas)CAR IS SA(tirical) |
| 19 | (F)RUITION | (IT < + O’) in RUIN |
| 21 | (T)IN(T)AGEL | EALING * |