Listener Crossword 4604: Solution Notes
Tour de Force by Kea
Puzzle explanation
Ring 5 contained CENTRIFUGE USING SCRABBLE VALUES FOR MASS, so the letters of the radial entries were sorted by their values in Scrabble, but otherwise kept in order. The title refers to centrifugal force exerted by rotation (one of the meanings of “tour” in French).
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Radials | ||
| 1 | TICKLE | (ELK + CIT) < |
| 2 | TILTED | TIED around LT |
| 3 | TAIMEN | TAI MEN |
| 4 | TAPIST | TAPIS + T |
| 5 | UPTEAR | PTE in UAR |
| 6 | PUTELI | (I LET UP) < |
| 7 | FU YUNG | FUNG around YU |
| 8 | UBUNTU | UTU around (B + UN) |
| 9 | GREIGE | (mai)GRE I GE(t) |
| 10 | REXINE | REE around NIX < |
| 11 | RAMEAU | RAM + EAU |
| 12 | RAVENS | S after RAVEN |
| 13 | NOETIC | NOTICE with last letter moved forward |
| 14 | NO MEAN | A in NOMEN |
| 15 | NURHAG | HAG after NUR |
| 16 | KNURLS | RL in SUNK < |
| 17 | LOCUMS | LO + CU + MS |
| 18 | LOUVAR | VALOUR * |
| 19 | LUCINA | (hal)LUCINA(tions) |
| 20 | BLUISH | I in BLUSH |
| 21 | BHOONA | (ON HOB) * + A |
| 22 | ZOONAL | ZONAL around O |
| 23 | JOELLE | JODELLED − D − D |
| 24 | VOXELS | (SOV around LEX) < |
| 25 | ONAGRA | ON + AGRA |
| 26 | ONFALL | ONE-ALL with F for E |
| 27 | OSTIUM | O + SUM around TI |
| 28 | COSTAE | (EATS + OC) < |
| 29 | SWEARS | SEARS around W(edding) |
| 30 | SEA FOX | SHEAF − H + OX |
| 31 | SUBITO | SURBITO(n) − R |
| 32 | SQUIRR | SQUIRR(el) |
| 33 | FENMAN | F + NAME < around N |
| 34 | ZENANA | ZEN ANA |
| 35 | HELLAS | HELL + AS |
| 36 | WELLES | WE + SELL < |
| Ring 4 | ||
| 37 | TENANT | TEN + ANT |
| 38 | SANSA | SWANSEA − W − E |
| 39 | LIAR | RAIL < |
| 40 | AEETES | A (r)E(l)E(n)T(l)E(s)S |