Listener Crossword 4801: Solution Notes
Homework by Nudd
Puzzle explanation
The corrections to misprints in clues spelt “Sweeping up the Heart / And putting Love away; Emily Dickinson”. The treated answers were symmetrically placed and had either their inner letters reversed (upward — underlined below) or a synonym for “love” removed to make the word for grid entry. The poem’s title, The Bustle in a House, was represented by highlighting TO-DO in YORK in the central column.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 1 | dance(S) | PASPIES | ASP in PIES |
| 6 | (W)ork | SKIVER | SKI + VER(y) |
| 11 | p(E)st | YAKKED | YAK + KED |
| 13 | Cron(E) | EWE | WEE with letters cycled |
| 15 | (P)ast | SE(NIL)ITY | PITY with LINES < for the first letter |
| 16 | m(I)st | STE(AMI)ER | TEAM in SIERRA − RA |
| 17 | Tur(N) | OBVERT | B in OVERT |
| 18 | (G)arbled | ONTARIO | ORATION * |
| 19 | c(U)rved | SABRE | BEARS * |
| 21 | (P)arking | ET AL | PETAL − P |
| 22 | i(T)ch | SYEN | S + YEN |
| 24 | (H)oney | MELON | MEL + ON |
| 26 | win(E)s | ROSÉS | LOSES with R for L |
| 29 | wit(H) | LANDE | L + AND + (sav)E |
| 31 | (E)ast | SEERS | SEE + RS |
| 33 | Sn(A)res | NETS | NEST * |
| 35 | revolve(R) | IRON | (armcha)IR ON(ly) |
| 36 | (T)usk | GAMER | GAM + ER |
| 39 | bl(A)bbing | TATTLER | TALER around TT |
| 41 | (N)ote | ANDINE | A(rgentina) + N + DINE |
| 43 | ma(D) | CH(ANGEL)ESS | (CHELSEA SIGN) * − I |
| 44 | (P)ost | (ZIP) CODES | (COP SIZED) * |
| 45 | s(U)it | GEE | G(e)E(s)E |
| 46 | (T)rust | RELY ON | (tarta)RE LYON(naise) |
| 47 | fac(T)s | EVENTS | EVETS around N |
| 48 | f(I)x | FREEMEN | F + RE + EMEN(d) |
| Down | |||
| 1 | fro(N)ts | POSES | POSSE with S moved down |
| 2 | Chica(G)o’s | AMEBAE | (EA + BEMA) < |
| 3 | (L)ollard | SPIV | SPI(n) + V |
| 4 | t(O)n | PETAR | PEAR around T |
| 5 | ri(V)ers | EASTERN | TERN after EAS |
| 7 | m(E)an | KETTLES | ETTLE in KS |
| 8 | (A)ims | IDEAS | ASIDE * |
| 9 | (W)ind | VEER | EVER * |
| 10 | b(A)tter | REJONE(ADORE)S | (O’ + ROANS JEERED) * |
| 12 | Pla(Y) | KYOTO | TOY < in (K + O’) |
| 14 | Pip(E) | WRIER | (BRIER − B) after W |
| 20 | (M)onkey | BOLT | L in BOT |
| 23 | p(I)le | YELM | ELM after Y |
| 24 | fil(L)er | (BEAU)MONTAGE | (ONE TEABAG) * around UM |
| 25 | screw(Y) | NAIL SET | (IN SLATE) * |
| 27 | Reforme(D) | SENATOR | ORATES * around N |
| 28 | St(I)ll | PEACE | PE + ACE |
| 30 | (C)lot | DORKY | DORY around K(eel) |
| 32 | bar(K)ing | RENEGE | GREEN * + E |
| 34 | Ta(I)l | STERN | (S, N) around TER |
| 37 | Co(N)’s | ABODE | DO < in ABE |
| 38 | (S)aint | RISEN | RIEN around S |
| 40 | (O)n | THEE | THEME − M |
| 42 | (N)ursed | IDEM | (a)IDE-M(emoire) |