Listener Crossword 4807: Solution Notes
Rejection by Aedites
Puzzle explanation
The extra letters in wordplay spelt out “(There is) more food in a pennyworth of bread than in a gallon of (ale)”, from the Malt Liquor Lecture given to a Preston Temperance Society meeting in 1833 by campaigner JOSEPH LIVESEY (highlighted in the diagonal; entries with just LIVESEY highlighted were accepted). The same meeting was where Richard Turner gave a speech describing his “tee-total” abstinence, after which the word was adopted by the movement. Six answers containing an alcoholic drink had it removed to make a real word for the grid entry.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer (drink) | Explanation [extra letter] |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| 1 | JOINT-FIR | JOINT + FIR[M] |
| 7 | (MALT)-HOUSE | L[O]ATH * in MOUSE |
| 11 | DONAH | HAND < around O[R] |
| 12 | OUTTURN | OUT + TURN[E](r) |
| 13 | HEATSPOTS | [F]EATS in (H + STOP <) |
| 15 | SITE | S(et) [O](ut) I(n) T(he) E(leventh) |
| 16 | SUMMITEER | SUM[O] + MÉTIER * |
| 17 | ATRIP | A[D] + TRIP |
| 19 | GRANT | GRA[I]N + (harves)T |
| 21 | ANGORAS | (N/A after SARO[N]G) < |
| 23 | ACCOST | CA < + CO[A]ST |
| 25 | BLOOD S(PORT) | (BDS + PORT) around LOO[P] |
| 27 | LOW TIDE | L(e)O W(en)T I(nsid)[E] D(un)E |
| 31 | TWIST | S(hipmen)T after TWI[N] |
| 33 | VENUE | UNEVE[N] * |
| 34 | GERMINATE | (TIN[Y] + MEAGRE) * |
| 35 | EDEN | S[W]EDEN − S |
| 36 | RATTENING | RATTING around [O]NE < |
| 37 | UNITERS | UNIT + ER[R]S |
| 38 | EVOES | ((film)SE[T] OVE(racting)) < |
| 39 | S(PURL)INGS | [H]URL in SPRINGS − R |
| 40 | MORDANCY | C[O]Y after RANDOM * |
| Down | ||
| 2 | OOLITE | (LI[F]E TOO) * |
| 3 | INSTRUCT | INSTRUMENT with C[B] for MEN |
| 4 | THESPIS | SP in THEI[R]S |
| 5 | FLAUGHT | F[E]LT around (A + UGH) |
| 6 | RUSMA | [A]SARUM * |
| 7 | HOP-(SACK)ING | [D]OPS in HACKING |
| 8 | ORTHOTONE | [T]ORT + HOT + ONE |
| 9 | UTTER | (c)UT T[H]E R(equirement) |
| 10 | ENGROSSMENTS | (SM[A]RTNESS GONE) * |
| 11 | DISANALOGOUS | (UNDO LOSS AGAI[N]) * |
| 14 | SEPAD | D after SEP[I]A |
| 18 | ISOLATING | LATIN in (I + SO[N]G) |
| 20 | RÂLES | LE[A] in RAS |
| 22 | ROUNDS ON | [G]ROUNDS + ON |
| 24 | COW(PUNCH)ER | COWER around P[A]UNCH |
| 25 | BITTIER | (no)B[L](es) (w)IT(h) (bou)TI(que) (fin)ER(ies) |
| 26 | LIVENED | (DIVE NEL[L]) |
| 28 | TWITES | TW[O] + KITES − (haw)K |
| 29 | QUEBEC | QUE + BE[N]C(h) |
| 30 | BR(IT)AIN | BRI[O] + TA + IN |
| 32 | INERM | [F]IRM around NE |