Listener Crossword 4459: Solution Notes
Shock Therapy by Serpent
Puzzle explanation
Initially, the top row of the grid contained ANDROGENIC ALOPECIA, starting in column 12. After changing the first letters of down entries, it became WIG TOUPÉE HAIRPIECE.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Extra word (modified entry) | Answer | Explanation [extra letter] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 19 | hurried (10 HARED) | STELLAR | RAS < around TELL |
| 20 | woman (17 CINDY) | EMAILED | ’EM + AILED |
| 21 | Eulogy (7 PEAN) | AVERRED | AV + ERRED |
| 22 | Eddies (1 WEILS) | SNAILED | S + DELIAN < |
| 23 | pass (18 ELAPSE) | VEERING | (NEVER + I(n) G(oal)) * |
| 24 | figure (15 IMAGE) | PLEADER | PER around LEAD |
| 25 | Implement (4 TEDDER) | STERNER | STEER around RN |
| 27 | judgements (11 ARRÊTS) | TENSELY | TEE around N(urse)S + L(egitimac)Y |
| 31 | legend (3 GREAT) | CANING | CANNING − (Tow)N |
| 35 | willow (5 OSIER) | PRESET | TREES * after P(ark) |
| 39 | advising (13 REDING) | ATTUNES | ENTHUSIAST * − HIS * |
| 43 | simple (16 EASY) | EMULATE | EMU + (ET AL) < |
| 45 | vainest (2 IDLEST) | CRACKER | CRACK + (v)ER(y) |
| 46 | fish (8 ELVER) | AEROBIC | A + (m)ICROBE(s) * |
| 47 | flap (9 ELEVON) | TURNKEY | TURN + KEY |
| 48 | Labourers (14 NOSED) | WREATHE | WEATHER with (Olive)R moved |
| 49 | river (12 ISÈRE) | ACID DYE | DECAY * around ID |
| 50 | reversal (6 U-TURN) | DROOLED | (ODD ROLE) * |
| Upper down | |||
| 1 | (NEILS) | LINES | 2 meanings |
| 2 | (IDLEST) | LISTED | LID around STE |
| 3 | (CREAT) | TRACE | T + RACE |
| 4 | (AEDDER) | DEADER | (b)A(n)D in DEER |
| 5 | (LSIER) | RILES | (RELIES − E) * |
| 6 | (OTURN) | RUN TO | RUNT + O |
| 7 | (PEAN) | PANE | homophone of PAIN |
| 8 | (ELVER) | REVEL | REVEAL − A |
| 9 | (CLEVON) | CLOVEN | COVEN around L |
| 10 | (IARED) | AIRED | RE in AID |
| 11 | (ARRETS) | ARREST | RES in ART |
| 12 | (ASERE) | SAREE | RE in SAE |
| 13 | (NEDING) | ENDING | (p)ENDING |
| 14 | (DEONS) | NOSED | NOOSED − O(rkney) |
| 15 | (RMAGE) | GAMER | GERMA(n) * |
| 16 | (OASY) | SOYA | (mi)SO YA(kitori) |
| 17 | (GINDY) | DINGY | DIN + (upsettin)G (everybod)Y |
| 18 | (ELAPSE) | PLEASE | homophone of PLEAS |
| Lower down | |||
| 26 | ENTRY | TRY after [P]EN | |
| 28 | LEMME | LE M[Ê]ME | |
| 29 | TARTS | T(hin) + [W]ARTS | |
| 30 | ZEBRA | ZA[G]REB * | |
| 31 | COCK | CO[O]K around C | |
| 32 | ITCHY | H[E] in CITY * | |
| 33 | GNAWS | WAS[H]ING * − I | |
| 34 | ASKED | A + SK[I] + E(nsure) D(elivery) | |
| 35 | PART | PO[P] ART − O | |
| 36 | SUAVE | A[C] in SUV + E- | |
| 37 | TOUT | (h)[I]T OUT | |
| 38 | ZINC | NC after ZI[T] | |
| 39 | AGED | AG[U]ED | |
| 40 | URGE | UR + GE[E] | |
| 41 | ECRU | (hir)E C[A]R U(pholstery) | |
| 42 | DEAR | D[R]EAR | |
| 43 | ECHO | H[I] in ECO | |
| 44 | LEAD | ADEL[E] * | |