Listener Crossword 4605: Solution Notes
Times Listener by Artix
Puzzle explanation
The theme was the song Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season), written by Pete Seeger and most famously released by The Byrds in 1965. Its lyrics were almost entirely taken from Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verses 1-8.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Thematic word | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| TRACHEOTOMY | (ACHE + MOTO <) in TRY | |
| Love | OMEGA | O + MEGA |
| APORT | PATRO(l) * | |
| refrain | MODERATE | MODE + RATE |
| ACER | ACERB − B | |
| born | EVENED | EVE + NÉ + D |
| UNDEAD | UNDÉ + ’AD | |
| War | SORIN | (SO + IN) around (Wa)R |
| MANGA | MANGANESE − homophone of KNEES | |
| kill | ATIVAN | TIV in AA + N |
| lose | CHIP IN | CHI + PI + NU − (yo)U |
| TIGE | TIGER − (putte)R | |
| embrace | BOUNDED | BED around (h)OUND(s) |
| REAROUSE | REAR + OUSE | |
| gather | UREA | (q)UA(d) around RE |
| laugh | NAPA | NAPALM − (L(augh) M(assaging)) |
| UTTERERS | (REUTERS with RE moved later) around T | |
| MOTLIER | OLD-TIMER * − D | |
| ASSETS | SET in ASS | |
| die | DOSSED | DOSS + DIE < − I |
| Down | ||
| HOME MOVE | HOME(r) + MOVE | |
| REDESIGN | (E + SIGN) after RED | |
| AGEN | AGE + N | |
| CARER | C(ole) + A + R + (Wat)ER(man) | |
| HEADING | HEARING with D for R | |
| weep | OPENS | (OPENS + W,E) * = SON WEEP |
| peace | TOADY | TODAY with (pe)A(ce) moved up |
| Heal | ORCEIN | (CHLORINE − H(ea)L) * |
| plant | YARDLAND | YARD + LAND |
| dance | TURNABOUT | BARON * in TUTU * |
| Stones | ANGIE | (b)ANGE(r) around I |
| build | SATURNIA | (AIN + RUT + SA) < |
| hate | OVERRATE | OVER + R(elationship) + HATE − H |
| COSTED | STE(p) in COD | |
| INURNS | (B)UR(y) in INNS | |
| break | I-BEAMS | (E + A) in IBM’S |
| DRESS | DR-ESS | |
| cast | POULT | MOULT with P for M |
| ERSE | MERSEY − (outer) MY | |
| ASH | ASH(molean) | |