Listener Crossword 4375: Solution Notes
Five One-time Pads by Poat
Puzzle explanation
The encoded entries are HILBY, BURGE, LEANP, NTMAC and SSBLU, which can be ordered to form four members of the Cambridge Spy Ring: Burgess, Blunt, Maclean, Philby. The alleged fifth man, Cairncross, is represented in the 11th row by BARP (a cairn) and CATTABU (a cross). Their recruiter was Arnold Deutsch, anagrammed at 1ac as “hunt old cadres”.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| 10 | ACCEND | ACCEN(t) + D |
| 11 | MISNAME | MAINS * + ME |
| 12 | RACY | O + RACY = ORACY |
| 14 | OPING | (bo)O + PING |
| 15 | ULEMA | M in (ro)ULEA(ux) |
| 16 | LIMA | LIMAX − X |
| 17 | APPROOF | AP-PROOF (ie, proof against AP) |
| 20 | RIBSTONES | (BRIT’S NOSE) * |
| 22 | GLOOM | G + LOOM |
| 25 | CONCREWED | CON + (s)CREW + ED |
| 29 | ZAMARRA | RAM < in ZARA(goza) |
| 30 | ISN’T | I(n)S(a)N(i)T(y) |
| 33 | CARP | PRAC(tice) < |
| 34 | CATTABU | CAT + TABU |
| 35 | CHA-CHA | CHA(r) + CHA(r) |
| 36 | YELLS | PATSY + YELLS = OFFER using addition as for the one-time pads |
| 37 | ONLY THE LONELY | ON + LYTHE + LONE + L(emon)Y |
| Down | ||
| 1 | HOMOLOG | HOMO + LOG |
| 2 | NASIM | (Ni)NA SIM(one) |
| 3 | TONNAG | CANNOT < with G for C |
| 4 | LEMURINE | LINE with LE MUR for the first letter |
| 5 | CARE | (s)CARE(d) |
| 6 | À COMPTE | A + CO + MP + TE |
| 7 | READ-ONLY | (NEARLY DO) * |
| 8 | JÄGER | JAG + ER |
| 9 | JELAB | J + BALE < |
| 13 | COOEYS | (CONEYS − N) around O |
| 18 | CLOACA | C + A in LOCA(l) |
| 19 | NON-MORAL | NO + NORMAL with M moved up |
| 21 | SPENDALL | S + PEND + ALL |
| 23 | MR RIGHT | MIGHT around RR |
| 24 | CITRUSY | RUS in CITY |
| 26 | WATCH | W + AT CH |
| 27 | DUSTY | DURING − RING + T(our) in SY |
| 28 | LISTEN | L IS TEN multiplied by five (50 = 10 × 5) |
| 29 | ZOCCO | OZ < + CC + O |
| 31 | SCALE | CAL in SE |
| 32 | MWAH | M + W + A + H |