Listener Crossword 4892: Solution Notes
Tell Me What … by Kea
Puzzle explanation
The only bars to be drawn were the ones that were not unattached singles, forming YEAH YEAH YEAH, the refrain from the Beatles’ 1963 hit SHE LOVES YOU completed by filling the barred-off cells. The letters in these cells could also be arranged to complete the puzzle’s title as Tell Me What You See, a Beatles song from 1965.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|
| CERCOPITHECID | CE + R + COP IT + HE + CID |
| HAIRLESS | (RELISH AS) * |
| KOORI | (I + ROOK) < |
| IGNOBLY | LOBBYING * − B |
| VUGS | V + US around G |
| BALLSY | BY around ALL’S |
| LANAI | (externa)L (verand)A (i)N (Kon)A (Hawai)I |
| FÖHN | FO + H(armatta)N |
| YEX | Y + EX |
| TIMON | T + I’M ON |
| GRAIL | G + RAIL |
| SORRA | ROARS * |
| CAPIZ | CA + PIZ(zas) |
| GIO | (Re)GIO(n) |
| PAUA | P(l)A(n)U(l)A(e) |
| USERS | SER in US |
| YCLEPT | (c)YCLE + PT |
| DOGE | DO + G(enoes)E |
| QUARREL | ARR in QUEL(l) |
| ALEUT | (Midv)ALE UT(ah) |
| MISDIGHT | (IS + D) in MIGHT |
| RADIOACTIVELY | (ACID OVER ITALY) * |
| CHIVVY | CHIV + V(iolentl)Y |
| RINGS | 2 meanings |
| CROSSTIE | COSIEST * around (jou)R(ney) |
| PELHAM | HAM after PEL(t) |
| TSUBA | (A + BUST) < |
| EORL | E OR L |
| COULOIR | (t)RICOLOU(r) * |
| IRISH BRIDGE | (IRIS + B + RIDGE) around H |
| DIGYNIA | DIG + (p)AYIN(g) * |
| GUBERNACULA | BUG < + (v)ERNACULA(r) |
| FAINS I | F + SINAI * |
| NOVAE | A(r)E after NOV |
| ILLUPI | ILL + UP + I’ |
| POZIDRIV | ((RD + I + ZO) in VIP) < |
| GAP YEAR | PAY * in GEAR |
| AVULSED | UVA < + LSD around E |
| PROUST | STUPOR * |
| OWELTY | O + WELTY |
| STOMA | ATOMS * |
| PORGE | PORRIDGE − RID |
| ÉTUI | (w)ET(s)UI(t) |