Listener Crossword 4271: Solution Notes
Extreme Behaviour by Nudd
Puzzle explanation
Extra letters from wordplay spelt “In my beginning is my end” (T. S. Eliot) and “In my end is my beginning” (Mary, Queen of Scots, identified as M. Stuart). Accordingly, each answer had the first or last letter moved to between the two letters at the other end.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer | Explanation [extra letter] |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| 1 | ULNAE | UAE around L[I]N(e) |
| 6 | ACTION | ACTON around I[N] |
| 11 | COLLECT | C[M] in COLLET |
| 12 | SETTS | SS around [Y]ETT |
| 14 | PIASTRE | ([B]EAR PITS) * |
| 15 | SALLET | SALL[E]E + (let)T(uce) |
| 16 | LEME | LE[G]MEN − N |
| 17 | JEUNE | UN[I] in JEE |
| 18 | ROUILLE | ROUE[N] around ILL |
| 19 | COPSING | CO[N]ING around P(oplar)S |
| 25 | NILOTES | ET[I]OLIN < + S |
| 26 | TURFIER | (REF + TURI[N]) * |
| 28 | INANE | [G]IN + ANE |
| 30 | ALGA | TARSALG[I]A − TARS |
| 31 | TIFOSO | TI + FO[S]SOR − R |
| 33 | HAIRPIN | PRI[M]A < in HIN |
| 34 | PRAMS | P[Y]RAMIDS − ID |
| 35 | SEASURE | SURE around EAS[E] |
| 36 | TENTER | TEN + TER[N] |
| 37 | KERNE | K[D] + ERNE |
| Down | ||
| 1 | SLOPE | POL[I]S < + E |
| 2 | SALTANT | SALT + [N]ANT(z) |
| 3 | FUEL | EL after FU[M] |
| 4 | NECKLET | NET around (C + K[Y]LE) |
| 5 | PACE | P[E]ACE |
| 6 | GATEAUS | EAU in G[N]ATS |
| 7 | NIXIE | NIX + I[D]E |
| 8 | CALLET | CA[I]LLE + T |
| 9 | ITERATIONS | [S]ITE RATIONS |
| 10 | ORMERS | [M]OR + MERS(e) |
| 13 | SUPERGIANT | SUPER G + IT around AN[Y] |
| 20 | CITHERN | CIT + HER[B] + N |
| 21 | SPINOSE | SPI[E] + NOSE |
| 22 | INFERNO | INFER + NO[G] |
| 23 | CLARET | CLARE + [I]T |
| 24 | DAPPER | DAP + PER[N] |
| 27 | FISTY | FI[N]S + T(witch)Y |
| 29 | ÉPÉES | (SEE + P[I]E) < |
| 31 | TARN | TA[N] + RN |
| 32 | IURE | (f)I[G]URE |