Listener Crossword 4755: Solution Notes
Self-contained by Woracle
Puzzle explanation
The extra words in clues, suitably joined together, read “peruse contents seeking directions”. The overlong answers were parsed as descriptions of their non-word grid entries: 14ac TAIL back → LIAT, 36ac BIL in GUAL → GUBILAL, 44ac WELL round ED → WEEDLL, 5dn HERE about S → HESRE, 8dn OVER turns → REVO, 11dn MIS under STOOD → STOODMIS, 16dn PHLOGI S to N (south to north) → IGOLHP, 35dn PYR amid AL → APYRL, 38dn CART wheels → TRAC.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Extra word | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 1 | SPAN | NAPS < | |
| 4 | per | ABHORRER | (HERO RAB) * + R |
| 12 | ARROBA | (st)AR(ch) (f)RO(m) (Bar)BA(dos) | |
| 13 | EVET | (w)E’VE T(o) | |
| 14 | TAILBACK | I in (TALK around CAB <) | |
| 15 | OSSA | (A + S(imply) + SO) < | |
| 17 | OGRE | ERGO < | |
| 18 | OLIO | FOLIO − F | |
| 19 | TSIGANE | SEATING * | |
| 20 | use | EASED | (c)EASED |
| 22 | DYSODIL | D(eplo)Y + SOLID * | |
| 24 | ESTEEM | ES + TEE + M | |
| 25 | BELL-BOTTOMS | BELLS around BOTTOM | |
| 29 | con | RICHER | (Cle)RIC HER(e) |
| 31 | PHONICS | PHONES with IC for E | |
| 34 | KALPA | (jac)KAL PA(ck) | |
| 36 | BILINGUAL | (CLUB AILING − C(ompassion)) * | |
| 37 | SPIT | 2 meanings | |
| 39 | HELE | HELE(n) | |
| 41 | tents | LATH | LATH(i) |
| 42 | BROO | ORB < + O | |
| 43 | ARIA | (M)ARIA(n) | |
| 44 | WELL-ROUNDED | (RULE LED DOWN) * | |
| 45 | LACTATED | LATE around ACT + DRAG − RAG | |
| 46 | USED | ABUSED − AB | |
| Down | |||
| 1 | SALT | SALTATORY − (A TORY) | |
| 2 | PRISSY | PRY around ISS | |
| 3 | ARABISE | (IS A BEAR) * | |
| 4 | ABROAD | A + B-ROAD | |
| 5 | HEREABOUTS | HE + SABOTEUR * | |
| 6 | OSSELET | OS + TELES < | |
| 7 | see | REALEST | REST around ALE |
| 8 | OVERTURNS | OVERT + URNS | |
| 9 | EVULSE | REPULSIVE * − RIP * | |
| 10 | RÉGIE | REGIME − M(onopoly) | |
| 11 | MISUNDERSTOOD | (MODERN STUDIOS) * | |
| 16 | PHLOGISTON | (LOST HOPING) * | |
| 21 | King | ATONIC | A + TONIC |
| 22 | direct | DARK STAR | TRAD(em)ARKS * |
| 23 | LOP | 2 meanings | |
| 26 | LEAFLET | FELT * after ALE * | |
| 27 | BRUHAHA | homophone of BROO + HA-HA | |
| 28 | MILORDS | ORD in MILS | |
| 30 | CLIVIA | CLIV + I(rises) A(nd) | |
| 32 | OBEYED | OBE + YE(s) + D | |
| 33 | CAJOLE | CABLE with JO(b) for B | |
| 35 | PYRAMIDAL | (A(nything) + L + MAY DRIP) * | |
| 36 | ions | GET AT | EG < + TAT |
| 38 | CARTWHEELS | C + ART + W + HEELS | |
| 40 | BOLD | homophone of BOWLED | |