Listener Crossword 4319: Solution Notes
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Puzzle explanation
The filled grid with bars marked is shown here. The circled cells contain the letters of “origami”. Extra letters in down clues spelt out “cut along diagonals” and “staircase”; those from across clues gave “valley fold dashes, mountain fold dots”. The grid could thus be folded into a model of the Silver Sandal nightclub’s staircase, up which Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers danced in the 1936 musical Swing Time.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Answer | Explanation [extra letter] |
|---|---|
| Across | |
| SARABAND | BAND after [V]ARAS < |
| OKRAS | SAR[A] < after OK |
| IDEAL | A[L]LIED * |
| EVER | C[L]EVER − C |
| TSUBA | (CUB − C + [E]ATS) * |
| ALAR | AL + RA[Y] < |
| URINAL | [F]URL around (IN + A) |
| INLY | [O]NLY after I |
| VET | VA[L]ET − A |
| IMPLANTS | [D]IM + PLANTS |
| GATS | GA[D] around ST < |
| EATS | ([A]T SEA) * |
| TEGG | (E + G) in [S]TG |
| ALOO | [H]ALO + O |
| TITIS | TI + TI[E]S |
| ORDERS | OR + DRE[S]S * |
| ASWING | [M]A’S + WING |
| TIMER | TIER around M[O] |
| SAIS | [U]S + AIS |
| GEES | G + SEE[N] < |
| OLEA | [T]EA after OL(d) |
| CLAD | (A + D) after C[A]L |
| DISMASKS | MAID’S * + SK[I]S |
| RAN | RANDA[N] − DA |
| EBON | BE[F] < + ON |
| PANINI | PANI[O]NI(c) |
| NIGH | ([L]ASHING − AS) * |
| ALNUS | (UNLOA[D]S − O) * |
| RANI | [D]INAR < |
| WONGA | W[O]O + (AG + ’N’) < |
| TEEMS | TES[T] around ME < |
| GINGAL | GIN + LAG[S] < |
| Down | |
| SILVER | RELI[C]S < around V |
| REALIST | [U]REA + LIST |
| ALARMIST | MIST after [T]ALAR |
| ANDVILES | VAND[A]LISE * |
| ORAL | [L]OR(e) + A + L |
| RUING | RUIN + G[O] |
| ABLATOR | LAB * + [N]/A + TO + R |
| SAY-SO | AY in [G]OSS < |
| ERUPTING | (PIG TURNE[D]) * |
| TSETSE | T[I]E around SETS |
| TEAT | ET < + A + T[A] |
| AGO | AGO[G] |
| GRISSINI | (SI + SIGN[O]RI) * |
| ALEE | [N]ÉE after LA < |
| IWIS | [A]I + W(allaba) + IS |
| SALABLE | SABLE around A[L]L |
| GEM | ([S]M + EG) < |
| TEAING | EA[S]ING after T |
| MISKNOWN | WONKS < in MIN[T] |
| REAR | [A]REA + R |
| SANDAL | SAN + LA[I]D < |
| SCEAT | SCAT around [R]E |
| ADIEUS | (I [C]AUSED) * |
| LOGGING | L[A]G around OGGIN |
| DONNÉ | (N + [S]) in DONE |
| PARS | PARS[E] |