Listener Crossword 4402: Solution Notes
Right and Wrong by tnap
Puzzle explanation
Corrections to clue misprints spelt “Hear, all ye learned, and read me this riddle”, a quotation that continues “How the wrong part wrote Scott, and the right part wrote Liddell”, referring to Henry Liddell’s ascribing poor usages in their Greek-English Lexicon to his co-author Robert Scott. The grid misprints in clue order replaced the letters of SCOTT (seven times) with those of LIDDELL (five times).
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 1 | s(H)owy | SCHMELZES | SCHEME − E + LAZES − A |
| 7 | scor(E) | ACED | (f)ACED |
| 11 | CAPRICORN | CORN after CAPRI | |
| 12 | P(A)tent | OVERT | COVERT − C |
| 15 | inse(R)t | LET IN | LE + TIN |
| 16 | H(A)d | LEANT | A in LENT |
| 17 | (L)ight | F-STOP | FOP around ST |
| 18 | hea(L)ed | CURABLE | UR in CABLE |
| 19 | l(Y)ric | ODE | (Go)OD E(lastic) |
| 21 | fir(E) | TEAD | TEAS with D for S |
| 22 | fee(L)ing | ANGST | (A STRANGER) * = (ANGST + RARE) * |
| 23 | R(E)d | PRAESIDIUMS | (PURISM IDEAS) * |
| 28 | r(A)ce | CARIB | I in CARB |
| 30 | CLUE | 2 meanings | |
| 32 | Sauce(R) | UFO | (ADD + UFO + RICH) * = CHAUDFROID * |
| 33 | so(N) | UTRILLO | OUT * around RILL |
| 34 | W(E)lsh | TUDOR | DO in TUR(n) |
| 37 | ta(D)s | IOTAS | ((fitting)S A TOI(let)) < |
| 40 | TEIND | (ra)TE IND(icator) | |
| 41 | b(A)ne | CONIA | (AN ICO(n)) * |
| 42 | Pla(N)ts | OCOTILLOS | (COILS + TOOL) * |
| 43 | cor(D) | NETE | ETEN < |
| 44 | f(R)ame | OSTEOLOGY | ASTROMETEOROLOGY * = (A TREMOR + OSTEOLOGY) * |
| Down | |||
| 1 | LADYFLY | FLY after LADY | |
| 2 | CAVEL | CAVE + L | |
| 3 | R(E)d | MARS | 2 meanings |
| 4 | D(A)ggers | CREESES | SEE < in CRES |
| 5 | ban(D) | ZONA | Z + ON + A |
| 6 | (M)ad | ECONUT | TUNE < around CO |
| 7 | ch(E)w | ARECA-NUT | (E + CAN) in (A + RUT) |
| 8 | INDY | (keir)IN DY(namically) | |
| 9 | ma(T)ters | SKILLS | SS around KILL |
| 10 | (H)oofed | DANCED | C in (D + DEAN *) |
| 13 | EATER | CHEATER − CH | |
| 14 | p(I)th | TOPI | POINT * − N |
| 15 | (S)un | TERAI | ERA in TI(n) |
| 20 | (R)esignation | PATIENCE | (A + TI) in PENCE |
| 24 | (I)ran’s | EBLIS | (fe)EBLIS(h) |
| 25 | DUPABLE | (DUPABLE + CRETIN) * = UNPREDICTABLE * | |
| 26 | bo(D)y | MUCIN | MUC(k) + I’ + (confusio)N |
| 27 | ALREADY | (LAY A RED) * | |
| 28 | EUSTON | (US + TO) in EN | |
| 29 | ALLEGE | LEG in (m)ALE | |
| 30 | CLOOTS | ’S after (C + LOOT) | |
| 31 | ba(D) | OLID | O + LID |
| 35 | OWING | ROWING − R | |
| 36 | dai(L)y | TIDE | EDIT < |
| 38 | TEIL | (LIE + ’T) < | |
| 39 | nos(E) | ROOT | 2 meanings |