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Update (14th Apr 2014): Annotations added.
1. Guardian 26101 (Enigmatist): Cook's been able to do this once on time (common gender question posed by society!) (6,3,5) RETAIN THE ASHES
Annotation:RE (on) T (time) AIN'T HE A SHE (common gender question) S (society); definition: (Alistair) Cook's been able to do this once.
2. FT 14373 (Cinephile): Rhyme for rhyme for carriage makes stalemate (8) DEADLOCK
Annotation:rhyme for carriage: marriage = wedlock: rhyme for DEADLOCK; definition: stalemate.
3. Times 25649: Evil doctor in Emergency Room — victim of farmer's wife's thumping (8) ENORMOUS
Annotation:NO (evil doctor) in ER (Emergency Room), MOUS (victim of farmer's wife - MOUSE with its tail cut off, as in Three Blind Mice); definition: thumping.
4. Times 25695: Boy, there's some warbling around about the place close to memorial! (5,6,4) ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Annotation:ROY (boy i.e. a boy's name) + LA-LA-LA (some warbling) reversed, about BERTH (place) + L (close to 'memoriaL'); &lit for a concert hall in London, which is close to the Albert Memorial.
5. Guardian 26206 (Philistine): Therapist of the nose? Pay attention to include wise report about that (13) PSYCHOANALYST
Annotation:CHOANAL (of the nose) in YY ("wise" report i.e. a homophone) in PSST (pay attention); definition: therapist.
6. Times 25733: Lake that's divided as expanse has contracted (4,3) ARAL SEA
Annotation:L (lake) "that's divided" i.e. in AS, contracted by i.e. contained in AREA (expanse); &lit for the shrinking and division of the Aral Sea.
7. Guardian 26183 (Orlando): Grow up with short story collection (6) SPROUT
Annotation:"collection" i.e. anagram of UP and STOR[y]; definition: grow up.
8. FT 14581 (Gozo): Rough on the seabed, holding nothing, containers missing (7) UNKEMPT
Annotation:SUNK (on the seabed) + EMPTY (holding nothing), with containers missing i.e. [s]UNK EMPT[y]. definition: rough.
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1.Re(on)+T(time)+Aint He a She (common gender question)+S(society)
ReplyDelete"Lake that's divided as expanse has contracted (4,3) ARAL SEA"
ReplyDeleteExpanse = Area
Lake = L (doing double duty)
{AR(A(L)S)EA}
Boy, there's some warbling around about the place close to memorial! (5,6,4) ROYAL ALBERT HALL
ReplyDeleteBOY = ROY
WARBLING = LA LA LA <= (ABOUT)
PLACE - BERTH
CLOSE TO MEMORIAL = L
Lake that's divided as expanse has contracted (4,3) ARAL SEA
ReplyDeleteEXPANSE = AREA
LAKE = L ( doing double duty)
{AR(A{L}S)EA}
1. RETAIN THE ASHES: RE + T + AIN’ T + HE + A + SHE + S
ReplyDeleteRE = On. T = Time. AIN’T HE A SHE? = Common gender question. S = Society
3. ENORMOUS: dr NO in E R. E(NO)R + MOUS –e. Tail cut off by farmer’s wife in Nursery rhyme.
4. ROYAL ALBERT HALL: ROY + AL AL(BERT H)AL <= + L.[ & Lit]
ROY = Boy, LA LA LA = Warbling. BERTH = the place. LA LA LA reversed around BERTH. L = close to memoriaL
5. PSYCHOANALYST: PS [Y (CHOANAL) Y] ST.
PSST = Pay attention to. Around Ys = YY ~ Wise. CHOANAL : disease of the nose.
6.ARAL SEA: AR [ A(L) S] EA
Lake dividing as= A(L)S. Contracted expanse = AREA around A(L)S
7. SPROUT : UP + STOR –y Anagram
8. UNKEMPT: UNK EMPT.
On seabed: JUNK. Nothing: EMPTY. Containers missing: j (UNK EMPT) y
Marvellously, the first clue conceals AIN'T HE A SHE, but I can't work out the link between RETS and society.
ReplyDeleteClue 3 is evil Dr NO in ER, followed by a MOUSE with its tail cut off (per Three Blind Mice).
7 is an anagram of UP and STOR (short story).
1. (I had to look up what on Earth retaining ashes meant-- there's no cricket in the US!)
ReplyDeleteOn: RE
Time: T
Gender question: AIN'T HE A SHE?
By society: next to S
(Alastair) Cook's been able to do this once: def
2. Rhyme for carriage=marriage=wedlock
rhyme for wedlock=deadlock
Stalemate=def
3. Evil doctor: Dr. NO (007)
in ER: E{NO}R
Victim of farmer's wife: MOUS(e) whose tail was cut off with a carving knife
is
Thumping: def
4. Boy: ROY
Warbling (turned) around: LALALA<-
About the place: ALAL{BERTH}AL
Close to memorial: (memoria)L
&lit
6. Expanse has contracted lake that's divided "as": AREA takes L with AS around it; AR{A[L]S}EA
&lit
7. UP with curtailed STOR(y)
Collection ie organization of UP,STOR: {SPROUT*}
Grow: def
8. On the seabed, holding nothing: SUNK,EMPTY
Containers missing: (s)UNKEMPT(y)
Rough: def
Hi
ReplyDeleteI'm new here...
Trying annotations for the first time...
Have got only 2...
Will wait to see the answers for the rest
1. RETAIN THE ASHES: Cook being the captain of the English team has been able to retain the cup twice...
3. ENORMOUS: Evil Dr= NO inside Emergency Room = ER victim of farmer's wife whose tail got cut off = MOUS(-E)
8. UNKEMPT: SUNK + EMPTY - B and Y (containers)
Shachii
1. def = Cook's (England cricket captain) been able to do this once
ReplyDeleteon time = RE T
common gender question = AIN'T HE A SHE?
society = S
2.def = stalemate
rhyme for carriage = marriage
marriage = wedlock
rhyme for wedlock = DEADLOCK
3. def = evil
doctor in Emergency Room = NO in ER = E(NO)R
victim of farmer's wife's thumping = MOUS(-e) [ref: three blind mice, whose tails were cut off by the farmer's wife]
--> E(NO)R MOUS(-e)
5. def = therapist
pay attention = PSST
wise report = YY (~Y's)
of the nose = CHOANAL
--> YY inside PSST, about CHOANAL = PS(Y(CHOANAL)Y)ST
6. expanse = AREA
lake = L
lake dividing as = A(L)S
the above is contracted by expanse --> AR(A(L)S)EA
semi-&lit?
7. def = grow
short story = STOR
collection = anagrind
(UP + STOR)* = SPROUT
8. def = rough
seabed, holding nothing = BUNK EMPTY
containers missing --> -B -Y
==> UNK EMPT
could not anno 4
@Prashanth Sai: Right on!
ReplyDelete@Shrikanth: You got the trickiest one - #4. In #6, the double-duty of L is fair since it's an &lit.
@Raghunath: Almost all right! You have a point there - on the seabed, divers find more junk than treasure ;-)
@Chris Philpot: re #1 - Marvellous indeed.
@Michael: Well done!
ReplyDelete@Shachii: Welcome here. On #1, I thought Cook retained the cup once?
@mohsin: Nicely anno-ed! I'd say #6 is a proper &lit, and #8 has a slightly different parsing.
Answers added to the main post.