Listener Crossword 4665: Solution Notes
Nostimous by Sabre
Puzzle explanation
The omissions from down entries in the grid were the names of Greek letters. The unclued, encoded across entries were Greek dishes: keftedes, avgolemono, spanakopita, taramasalata, souvlakia, meze. The puzzle’s title is an anglicised form of the Greek nostimos, meaning “tasty”.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer (omitted letters) | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| 8 | CRIA | C + AIR < |
| 12 | CONGERIES | RECOGNISE * |
| 13 | GOT | O in GT |
| 15 | TEADE | TEA’D + E(xoticism) |
| 21 | OPINIONATORS | (A + IN PRISON TOO) * |
| 23 | ANABAPTISES | A + NAB + APT + (m)I(s)S(t)E(p)S |
| 25 | SOGER | (R + GOES) * |
| 29 | TEE | TE + (t)E(nor) |
| 32 | PRINCESSLY | P(ilaste)R + IN + CE’S + SLY |
| 33 | BESHIELD | (EEL DISH) * after B |
| Down | ||
| 1 | NACAB | (i)N + A + CAB |
| 2 | (MU)SROL | SRO + (Apri)L |
| 3 | MONAR(CHI)ZING | R in (MONA + ZING) |
| 4 | CURING | CUR + IN + G(enerators) |
| 5 | S(OMEGA)TE | (wa)STE(d) |
| 6 | RAJA | AJAR < |
| 7 | SPINNETS | SPIN + NET + S |
| 8 | SECT | ’S + ECT |
| 9 | GUR | G(n)U + R |
| 10 | CREDITOR | C + R + (m)EDI(a) + (s)TOR(m) |
| 11 | AFTE(R HO)URS | A + FT + EUR + S |
| 14 | BIRDS | BIS around RD |
| 16 | ACROSS-(THE-TA)BLE | ABLE around CROSS |
| 17 | PROPAGES | PROP + AG + E(lvi)S |
| 18 | BROAD(PI)ECE | BARCODE * + E(tched) |
| 19 | GRA(PHI)TE | GRATE |
| 20 | COE(XI)STED | COE + S + TED |
| 22 | TIB(IOTA)RSI | SIT * around RIB * |
| 24 | ARDAS | (dieh)ARD AS(cetic) |
| 26 | EN(NU)IS | SINE < |
| 27 | MO(PSI)ES | SOME * |
| 28 | CHYL(OMICRON) | (stret)CHY L(eggings) |
| 30 | PER | (RE + P) < |
| 31 | AHS | A + H(otel)S |