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keithlard

Cryptic Crossword No. 2 set by keithlard

Sep 12, 2008 11:56

Well thousands of you solved the previous crossword so it is obviously too easy! I have made a special fiendish extra-difficult one! Again expect spoilers in the comments.

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Comments 15

flexagon September 12 2008, 11:59:06 UTC

Oh, excellent! We do cryptics all the time and look forward to trying this one. Are you going to post the answers at some point?

keithlard September 12 2008, 12:43:57 UTC

Have you finished No. 1 yet?

chickenfeet2003 September 12 2008, 19:55:03 UTC

That's not bad at all! I thought it was comparable in difficulty to an average grauniad midweek cryptic.

keithlard September 12 2008, 21:28:08 UTC

That is the highest praise I could hope for :D

keithlard September 16 2008, 15:52:22 UTC

Could you post your solution then as inquiring minds want to know, also, you could win a fabulous prize!

chickenfeet2003 September 16 2008, 15:57:50 UTC

This would involve me remembering my solution! I'll see what I can do.

mutster101 September 16 2008, 15:41:55 UTC

My Mum was unable to complete it and is asking for a full solution.

keithlard September 17 2008, 08:09:51 UTC

chickenfeet2003 has posted one which is nearly right, maybe your Mum got the missing bit!

mutster101 September 17 2008, 10:06:07 UTC

1 down should be Yapping, 9 across should be Pacemaker. are those the only two that weren't right?

we missed out 10 across (which i should have got, but Maths was a long time ago)
17 across, 18 down, 19 down and 27 across. also got 13 wrong.

keithlard September 17 2008, 10:27:25 UTC

Yes that is right, so well done!

Solution? chickenfeet2003 September 16 2008, 17:19:13 UTC

Acros

1. Yellow
4. Arbiter
9. Lockmaker (??)
10. Surds
11. Ileum
12. Translate
13. Grifter
15. Labial
17. Retype
19. Eidetic
22. Abatement
24. In Rep
26. Cadge
27. Adaptable
28. Accidie
29. Angled

Down
1. Yelping
2. Lucre
3. Osmometry
4. Airmail
5. Basis
6. Termagant
7. Rasher
8. Skater
14. Icelandic
16. Badminton
18. Elevate
19. Entrap
20. Cepheid?
21. Fascia
23. Emend
25. Rebel

Re: Solution? keithlard September 17 2008, 08:05:26 UTC

Yes that is orl korrect except for 1 down and 9 across.

Re: Solution? chickenfeet2003 September 17 2008, 10:55:37 UTC

Doh!

I got those right first time, now I look at it again.

Yapping & Pacemaker

corlimey December 17 2008, 05:52:42 UTC

Where have you gone?!

keithlard December 17 2008, 11:16:56 UTC

I'm still here! Mostly on Twitter.

But I'm plotting a secret Xmas prize crossword!