Listener Crossword 4692: Solution Notes
Whodunnit? by Kruger
Puzzle explanation
In order of the grid entries, the corrections to misprints spelt out “actors to replace ’tecs”. The surnames of four TV detectives were replaced by those of the actors who played them: Bacchus = (Lee) Ingleby, Taggart = (Mark) McManus, Frost = (David) Jason and Wycliffe = (Jack) Shepherd.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| AIDE | A + (d)I(d)D(l)E(d) | |
| (C)atch | ALDER | ALER(t) around (a)D(vice) |
| ALTER | homophone of ALTAR | |
| AMARETTO | AM + ARE + OTT < | |
| BACCHUS | (AC + CH) in BUS | |
| BARRET | BT around RARE * | |
| St(A)ffs | BATONS | BATS around ON |
| BRIDAL | ID in (BR + AL(l)) | |
| CAPO | 2 meanings | |
| CELLS | CELLARS − AR(e) | |
| (C)oach | CHARA | CA around HAR(d) |
| CONGER | CONGER(ies) | |
| CRICK | C(ompound) + RICK | |
| (R)eels | DANCES | D + SEANC(e) * |
| DAY CARERS | (CARS READY) * | |
| DRAG | GARDA < − A | |
| (A)rab | DUAR | A in DUR |
| EDHS | SHED * | |
| ÉIRE | IRE after (tax-fre)E | |
| (T)rick | ENGINE | (IN GREEN) * − R |
| FARING | A in FRING(e) | |
| Fo(O)d | FAST | 2 meanings |
| FROST | ’FRO + ’ST | |
| mi(L)d | GENTLE | GENTILE − I |
| IDENTITY | (IN + E + DITTY) * | |
| IDRIS | D in IRIS(h) | |
| KNIGHT | homophone of NIGHT | |
| LATENT | TALENT * | |
| MANIOC | O(riginality) in MANIC | |
| (C)oat | MAXI | MAXI(m) |
| Re(S)ort | NEST | S in NET |
| OTTOS | OTTOMAN − MAN + S | |
| pe(E)ls | PARER | ((spi)RE RAP(idly)) < |
| RARE | RA + RE | |
| n(E)w | RECENT | RE + CEN + T |
| REPLETING | REP + LET(t)ING | |
| RIGOUR | RIG + OU + R(ecommend) | |
| ROAN | RAN around O (most common letter in Goodwood) | |
| S(E)tting | SITE | homophone of SIGHT |
| min(T)s | STAMPS | S + TAMP + S |
| TAGGART | GART after GAT < | |
| s(T)un | TASER | TAR around S(uitcas)E |
| Bi(R)d | TEWHIT | WET < + H + IT |
| THERMOS | MOTHER * + S(uperior) | |
| TITOIST | (IT IS TO) * + (discredi)T | |
| Pe(S)ter | TORMENT | T(heban) + ORNAMENT − NA(pe) |
| (P)ain | ULCER | ULE around C + R |
| URINE | (yo)UR INE(xcusable) | |
| B(O)at | WHERRY | WHY around ERR |
| WYCLIFFE | CLIFF in WYE | |
| YALE | 2 meanings |