Listener Crossword 4798: Solution Notes
Elevation by Franc
Puzzle explanation
The corrections to misprints were a jumble of Catch Me If You Can, the title of the autobiography (and its Spielberg film adaptation in 2002) of Frank William ABAGNALE, a thief and fraudster who eventually became a security consultant, ie a POACHER turned GAMEKEEPER.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| ARGON | (f)AR GON(e) | |
| Pal(M) | ATTAP | AT + TAP |
| AWFUL | LAWFUL − L | |
| CIVIC | C + I + V + I/C | |
| DAH | (H + AD) < | |
| (H)allowed | DIVINE | IN in DIVE |
| he(A)ring | EAR | EA + R |
| (N)eed | EGENCE | EG + EN + CE |
| secret(E) | ENCAVE | EN(d) + CAVE |
| EPHA | (el)EPHA(nt) | |
| m(O)th | ERMINE | M in ERNIE * |
| ESCALADO | CASELOAD * | |
| lo(C)al | EWEST | NEWEST − N |
| GENRE | GEN + RE | |
| GENT | GEN + T | |
| ro(C)ks | GEOLOGY | GEO + LOGY |
| GREBE | REB in GE | |
| GURN | GUN around R | |
| c(A)pe | HOE | (wit)H (jumb)O (puzzl)E |
| IN PACE | PANIC * + (r)E(flection) | |
| IRONER | (RE + NORI) < | |
| LUNAR | LUNA + R | |
| NEPER | NE’ER around P | |
| E(F)t | NEWT | N(o) E(vil-smelling) W(hite) T(ofu) |
| OFF-COMER | F in OFCOM + ER | |
| (C)ry | OLÉ | ELO < |
| PERPIGNAN | PER + PIG + NAN | |
| PUT | 2 meanings | |
| RACINESS | SCAR < around INES | |
| RAISA | RA + IS + A | |
| RANT | (weathe)R ANT(arctic) | |
| SELECT | SECT around EL | |
| SERPIGO | SER + PI + GO | |
| SWA(Y) | SWALE | WALES * |
| dr(U)m | TABRET | RET after TAB |
| TALC | (nea)T ALC(ohol) | |
| Ran(T) | TIRADE | I in TRADE |
| TORULIN | T(omat)O + L in RUIN | |
| TRONES | TENORS * | |
| St(I)ll | YET | TEY < |