Listener Crossword 4285: Solution Notes
Now You See It by Mr E
Puzzle explanation
A section of FISHING-TACKLE is jumbled to show INSIGHT; the other four jumbled answers make compounds when placed “in sight”, as follows: LETTER → streetlight, HAWSE → sash weight, LINNET → Silent Night, GRATE → stage right. PHOTO can be jumbled in TASTE (a different sense) to give “toothpaste”. Highlighting of DARN was also accepted, for “hand-rearing” (in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary).
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer | Explanation [misprint] |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| 1 | ASSWAGE | ASS + WAGE |
| 6 | MYRIAD | A in (MY + RID(e)) |
| 10 | SEVILLE ORANGE | LOVELIES * + RANGE |
| 11 | HEFT | 2 meanings |
| 12 | POSTDOC | COD < after POST |
| 14 | PHOTO | HOT in PO |
| 17 | EPHEMERAL | (AMPLE HERE) * |
| 18 | DARN | (R + AND) * |
| 22 | DOORMAT | DO + OR + MAT |
| 23 | ATOLLS | A + TOLLS |
| 24 | LETTER | 2 meanings (sin = Hebrew letter) |
| 25 | LAMPERN | LAM + PER + N |
| 27 | STEM | 2 meanings |
| 28 | NEAR POINT | NET around (A + PRION *) |
| 32 | RALLY | LL in RAY |
| 34 | AQUINAS | A + QU + IN + A + S |
| 35 | SLOG | S(ocial) + LOG |
| 36 | FISHING-TACKLE | (THINGS * + A) in FICKLE |
| 37 | FESCUE | (’S + CU(t)) in FEE |
| 38 | MONIKER | NIKE in ROM < |
| Down | ||
| 1 | HAWSE | H + A + WISE − I |
| 2 | SEED POTATO | (DOES EAT TOP) * |
| 3 | WITHER | WIT + HER |
| 4 | ALTO | AL(l) + TO |
| 5 | GLUTEUS | (playin)G LUTE US(e) |
| 6 | MOOI | MOO + I |
| 7 | RATS | STAR < |
| 8 | INDIAMEN | (MADE IN + NI) * |
| 9 | DECENTLY | DEC + ENTIRELY − IRE |
| 13 | SPLORE | POLS * + ’RE |
| 15 | ORDINAR | OR + DINAR |
| 16 | PRATINCOLE | (P(eruse) + ARTICLE ON) * |
| 19 | FALSTAFF | FAL(l) + STAFF |
| 20 | HOME RUNS | ROME * in HUNS |
| 21 | LINNET | TEN-NIL < |
| 24 | TARANTO | TA + RAN TO |
| 26 | VOLSCI | CLOVIS * |
| 29 | GRATE | homophone of GREAT |
| 30 | DISC | DISC + OVER = DISCOVER |
| 31 | SAGE | STAGE − T |
| 33 | LOAN | LORAN − R(equired) |