You can make the case for all of these, and none of them even really warrant a mini-MER, but the overall impression I am left with is that the puzzle could have been tauter. Col for depression, for example, or Tangelo being sour (they are not really sour – sometimes quite tart, but then so are lemons), or even Another for not the same (how about identical twins – the second is definitely “another” child as far as the parents are concerned).

WILD – Homophone of ‘Wilde’ (Oscar).Ī pleasant enough solve – 12 minutes for me – but I felt some of the clues were a bit loose. Uncultivated - but you might pick up Oscar? (4)

LENGTH – First letters of Look Elsewhere Not Getting The Hoped. Starts to look elsewhere, not getting the hoped-for distance (6) MUSIC BOX – MUS (slightly dodgy plural of MU, the Greek letter, so ‘letters from abroad’) + IC (in charge) + BOX (fight).īYE-BYE – A bye is an extra in cricket. Producer of notes and letters from abroad in charge of fight (5,3) TAHITIAN – TA (Territorial Army – the British volunteer reserve, so ‘volunteers’) + HIT (to strike) + IAN (standard Scot). Pacific islander volunteers to strike Scotsman perhaps (8) “Hamper” seems like a bit of an understatement for “hogtie”, but if you were hogtied, you’d definitely be hampered. HOGTIE – HOG (greedy person) + TIE (cup match). Greedy person at cup match producing hamper (6) Horn”.Ĭlue man’s worked out for “ America” (5,3) MARGINAL – Anagrams of ALARMING.īlack bird crossing a cape to find Polish city (6)ĬRACOW – CROW (black bird) containing A C.Ĭ for Cape as seen on maps, as in “C. I think I’ve seen them at my local farmers’ market: will make a point to try one and report back.Īlarming manoeuvres along the borders (8) The name comes from “tangerine” and “pomelo”. TANGELO – Anagram of GOAL NET.Ī tangelo is (apparently) a cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine. Goal net being moved: that leaves a sour taste (7) Which puts a whole different slant on the entire story, I feel. In a factoid that I’ve only just discovered, apparently Harrison attended the wedding of Clapton and Boyd, 2 years after he and Boyd were divorced. Famously inspired by Eric Clapton’s love for George Harrison’s wife, Pattie Boyd. I knew the song, of course, but couldn’t have told you whether it was from the sixties or the seventies. I almost included a reference to Villa last week when I had to explain ASTONISHED, but refrained. Sometimes a clue just makes you go “d’oh” when the penny finally drops.įootball club has rushed in European currency (5)įRANC – FC (as in Aston Villa FC) with RAN inside (rushed in). WHEATEN – EAT (to consume), with WHEN outside. Sort of bread to consume, when outside (7) Not a word I’m familiar with – I thought it was “helpmeets”, but the anagram indicator was pretty strong. Tree from the Spanish arboretum, at the far end (3)ĮLM – EL (the, in Spanish) + M NIGHT OWLS – NIGH (close) + TO + Wa Le S. People staying up late, close to Wales, oddly (5,4) So while often quite high, from the point of view of the peaks, the col is a depression. GOING – I (one) surrounded by GONG (medal).ĭepression: it is a medical condition (7)Ī col is a pass between two peaks. NOOSE – Reversed hidden “gam E SO ONe-sided”.

One used to hang back in game so one-sided (5)

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