Listener Crossword 4300: Solution Notes
22 Across by Calmac
Puzzle explanation
The puzzle marked the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip, beside the River Miljacka in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Corrections to clue misprints spelt "event occurred near riverside; highlight twenty-two cells symbolically", referring to the symbolic cross formed in the grid. The title also refers to these 22 cells forming "a cross".
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 1 | Wad(E)s | FORDS | FOR + D(une)S |
| 5 | (V)olts | TASER | RATES * |
| 9 | N(E)ck | CRAIG | RA in CIG |
| 12 | rai(N) | WEEP | WEE + P(irate) |
| 13 | (T)alk | ORATE | O + RATE |
| 14 | t(O)re | RENT | (pa)RENT(s) |
| 15 | (C)lan | AKIN | (t)AKIN(g) |
| 16 | (C)ity | RURAL | RUR + AL |
| 18 | l(U)sting | PERV | PER + V |
| 19 | Ne(R)d | NANA | NA + NA |
| 20 | Pi(R)ate’s | SOMALIA | (AIL + AMOS) < |
| 21 | s(E)t | EWER | SEWER − S |
| 22 | re(D) | VERMIL | VEIL around RM |
| 24 | pla(N)e | ACK-ACK | KACK after AC |
| 26 | (E)nd | FINIS | (SIN + IF) < |
| 29 | f(A)rm | DOERS | ROSE * after D |
| 30 | sta(R) | ALGOL | ALL around GO |
| 32 | (R)arely | INNOVATES | (VAT IN ONE’S) * |
| 33 | d(I)sh | RAITA | TIARA * |
| 36 | bra(V)e | SCALP | (ra)SCAL P(inched) |
| 37 | al(E) | DRANK | RAN in DK |
| 38 | spo(R)t | HABIT | H(urts) + A BIT |
| 40 | A(S)ian | TATAR | T(aunt) A(quarian) T(ype) A(fter) R(ow) |
| 43 | str(I)pped | NUDE | E after DUN < |
| 45 | (D)eath’s | BANSHEE | (HAS BEEN) * |
| 48 | p(E)rson’s | TEEN | TEE + (ordinatio)N |
| 50 | c(H)in | AMATI | A + MAT + I |
| 51 | F(I)rm | TENET | (intrica)TE NET(work) |
| 52 | (G)rown | SUMAC | CAMUS < |
| 53 | (H)oly | SAINT | SAT around IN |
| 54 | fa(L)l | DROP | OP after DR |
| 55 | B(I)g | EURASIA | U in (SEA AIR) * |
| 56 | ma(G) | PULP | PULPIT − IT |
| Down | |||
| 2 | (H)orse | REIN | 2 meanings |
| 3 | bi(T)s | DENARII | (DEAR IN) * + I |
| 4 | (T)ic | SPASM | SPA + S(ummer) + M |
| 5 | (W)inding | TOROID | TO + DIOR < |
| 6 | fl(E)shy | ARUM | A + RUM |
| 7 | A(N)d | ET AL | LATE < |
| 8 | (T)imes | RELICS | SLICER * |
| 9 | Squeak(Y) | CREAK | C(ute) R(ather) E(ndearing) A(s) K(ittens) |
| 10 | Retrac(T)s | REPEALS | (A LEPER’S) * |
| 11 | Ne(W)ly | ANEW | AN + (E + W) |
| 17 | (O)ut | RAJ | JAR < |
| 22 | (C)ages | VIVARIUMS | V + IV + ARIUS around M |
| 23 | Spong(E) | LOOFAH | LOO + F(lower) A(lways) H(as) |
| 24 | (L)and | ARABIA | AA around RABI |
| 25 | (L)eaf | KOALA BEAR | KO + A + LAB + EAR |
| 27 | In(S)ect | NAIAD | (Chen)NAI AD(dicts) |
| 28 | (S)eps | SNAKEBITE | (KNEES A BIT) * |
| 30 | t(Y)pe | AESTHESIA | ESTHE(r) in ASIA |
| 31 | E(M)it | GRATE | R in GATE |
| 34 | (B)ody’s | SHIATSU | S + HIATUS with last letters reversed |
| 35 | m(O)re | STRETTI | TITTERS * |
| 39 | gul(L) | BOS’N | (B + N) around OS |
| 41 | F(I)x | SET-UP | SP around ETU(i) |
| 42 | Sti(C)k | STUMP | (fir)ST UMP(ire) |
| 44 | p(A)inters | DADO | D + ADO |
| 46 | C(L)ose | NEAR | N + EAR |
| 47 | (L)ay | HENS | (wit)H EN S(uite) |
| 49 | Speed(Y) | EMEU | (stol)E (fro)M (whit)E (subar)U |