Listener Crossword 4701: Solution Notes
T Maker by KevGar
Puzzle explanation
Coins or monetary units were added to or removed from answers to make the real-word grid entries that were defined by other clues’ extra words. The title, similarly treated, was T(ROUBLE)MAKER.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Extra word: defined entry | Answer (unentered letters) | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 10 | magpie: 19dn [PYA]T | AFARA | AFAR + A |
| 11 | weight: 16dn UNCE | MONTANE | MONKEY − KEY + ETNA * |
| 13 | SAMARAS | MARA in SAS(h) | |
| 14 | goats: 1dn [MARK]HORS | KOTWAL | TWAL after KO |
| 15 | CD | C(lou)D | |
| 19 | PANT | PAN + T(his) | |
| 21 | Dance: 5dn HORA | OGEN | O’ + GEN |
| 22 | broom: 35ac BE[SOM] | IRONY | 2 meanings |
| 24 | Boring: 20dn TIRE[SOM]E | CAIRD | AIR in CD |
| 25 | ACER | ACE + R | |
| 26 | SWEE(RED) | (SWEDE + RE) with D moved to the end | |
| 28 | people: 23dn BEINGS | FOIST | O in FIST |
| 30 | swing: 26ac SWEE | ABIDES | (use)D in ABIES |
| 32 | pipe: 9d REED | WOORALI | WO + ORAL + I’ |
| 34 | man: 33dn LEN | EGG PLUM | PLUM after EGG |
| 35 | BE | 2 meanings | |
| 36 | vex: 28dn FRET | TASSEL-GENTLE | (EG TALENTLESS) * |
| Down | |||
| 1 | HORS | HOURS − U | |
| 2 | deseeded: 15ac C[ORE]D | NASTY | N(aseberry) + AY around ST |
| 3 | (SOL)ERA | SOLE + RA(y) | |
| 4 | disease: 11dn MA[LARI]A | YAMA | (A + MAY) < |
| 5 | (SEN)HORA | HORN * in SEA | |
| 6 | ANACONDA | (ON ADA CAN) * | |
| 7 | years: 3dn ERA | GARRAN | RAN after GAR |
| 8 | Pigeon: 12dn [WON]GA-[WON]GA | ENGENDERED | NEED * around GENDER |
| 9 | RE(SUM)ED | SURE * + MED | |
| 11 | MAA | M(any) A(frican) A(nimals) | |
| 12 | GAGA | 2 meanings | |
| 16 | UN(A VO)CE | UN + AVOCE(t) | |
| 17 | DIASTOLE | (ATE SOLID) * | |
| 18 | FARM | RAF < + M | |
| 19 | T | (cen)T(ury) | |
| 20 | TIREE | I in TREE | |
| 23 | BE(AT)INGS | B + EATING + S(talemate) | |
| 27 | ODIST | (eisteddf)OD IS T(he) | |
| 28 | F(LEU)RET | FLEET around UR | |
| 29 | FOUL | FOU + L | |
| 31 | Prepare: 18dn F[ORE]ARM | BABE | (k)EBAB < |
| 33 | L(AT)EN | (N + ET AL) < | |