Listener Crossword 4581: Solution Notes
Transformers by Yorick
Puzzle explanation
The extra letters in wordplay described entry methods applied to whole answers, including the orientation of their letters: “east-west flip” (reflection in a vertical axis), “rotation” (by 180 degrees), “north-south flip” (reflection in a horizontal axis) and “normal”. The lower-case misprints in Groups 2, 3 and 4 demonstrated the transformation for answers in those groups.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Misprint | Answer | Explanation [extra letter] |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1 (normal) | ||
| CHIANTI | [E]THNIC * around (Adr)IA(tic) | |
| CONI | CON + [A]I | |
| CYAN | (NC around [S]AY) < | |
| DANTIST | PENDANT − PEN + IS + T[T] | |
| ENVOY | ENVY around [W]O | |
| GET AHEAD | (EAT A HEDG[E]) * | |
| HIVE | HIVE[S] | |
| INSIGHT | [T]IN + SIGHT | |
| LANAIS | [F]LANS around (h)AI(r) | |
| LOINS | LONE[L]INESS * − SEEN * | |
| MAI TAI | (T)A(h)I(t)[I] after MAÎTRE D’ − RED | |
| TITANIA | (S)T(r)I(c)T (n)A(n)N(y) + [P]IA | |
| Group 2 (north-south flip) | ||
| CHOICE | CHO[R]IC + E | |
| FORNENST | FOR [O]NE + N + ST | |
| HEATED | HESI[T]ATE + D − SI | |
| INS | (med)I[A]N + S | |
| OLEIN | (NOL[T]E − N) + IN | |
| PLEON | ON after PL[I]É | |
| REINS | (SIRE + N[O](t)) * | |
| (b)acking; p = b | SMEIK | SME + KI[N] < |
| Group 2 (east-west flip) | ||
| AGITATO | [N]AG + (d)I(s)T(r)A(c)T(i)O(n) | |
| ARMORS | A [O]R M OR S | |
| GASCON | GA[R]ÇON around S | |
| HITTITE | ([T]IT + TIT) in (HEBREW − BREW) | |
| NEON | [H]E in NON | |
| OINTS | (TOS[S] IN) * | |
| OUTWIT | T[O] WIT after (s)OU(p) | |
| OYS | B[U]OYS − B | |
| SENNIT | NIT after SEN[T] | |
| TONY | (Brigh)TON [H]Y(drotherapy) | |
| TUTORAGE | TU[F]T + OR + AGE | |
| (b)ad; d = b | VIEW | VI[L]E + W |
| WIGEON | WIG + [I]E + ON | |
| WIGHT | W[P] + EIGHT − E | |
| Group 2 (rotation) | ||
| LIONS | LI[N]O + N-S | |
| NOMINA | (A + N + I + MO[O]N) < | |
| NONILLIONS | NO[R]N + IL + LIONS | |
| NOSTOC | CON < around [M]OST | |
| RHINO | (H[A]IR ON) * | |
| Hea(d)s; p = d | TIDIES | T(rees) I(ncluding) [L](arches) + DIES |