OUNCE – Remove the first letter (not opening) from the sort of spring that a cat may make on a mouse.Ĥd Agonising hard over stick for shooting in golf (9) SNOWDROP – Put together abbreviations for Western and ‘doctor’, then wrap a word for ‘nose’ or ‘pry’ around the result.ĮXPORT – A shortened form of the word for a trade show, followed by an abbreviation for ‘right’.
IRKING – The even-numbered letters (oddly ignored) of l Ia Rs, followed by a male monarch.įRISEE – An abbreviation for ‘father’ used in writing the form of address to a priest, followed by a phrase (1,3) for ‘I follow’ or ‘I understand’, producing some salad leaves.Ģ6a Plant western doctor inserted in nose (8) TRENCHER – A cut in the ground followed by the inside letters (paring edges) of h ERe, giving us an old word for a board or platter.Ģ3a Unity in company hour before commotion returned (8)ĬOHESION – Put together an abbreviation for ‘company’, an abbreviation for ‘hour’, and the reverse (returned) of a word for ‘commotion’.Ģ4a Annoying liars oddly ignored by monarch (6) WHINGE – The letter represented by Whiskey in the NATO alphabet, followed by a type of joint which allows the joined pieces to move relative to each other. Then add A (from the clue) and a word for ‘yellowish-brown’. MULLIGATAWNY – Reverse (turning) a word for ‘sickly’ and put it inside a large cup. IDIOSYNCRASY – anagram (roused) of NOISY CRY AS I’D.ġ6a Turning sickly in cup, a yellowish-brown soup (12) MELLOW – Remove the ON from a type of large fruit, then add a word for ‘common’ or ‘base’.ġ3a Peculiarity of noisy cry as I’d roused (12) GRUESOME – Anagram (revolutionary) of URGE followed by another word for ‘several’. INEXPERT – Put together the Roman numeral for ten and school exercise classes, then insert the result into a word for ‘sluggish’.ġ1a Revolutionary urge with several revolting (8) Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.īE MOTHER – An alcoholic drink wrapped round a flying insect, producing a colloquial phrase for being in charge of the teapot.ĭEPUTY – A job or task wrapped round an abbreviation for a type of gramophone record.ĩa One beginning gallop energetically, but not all (6)ġ0a Clumsy and sluggish tackling ten exercise classes (8) The answers are hidden under the ANSWER buttons, so don’t click if you don’t want to see them. In the hints below, the definitions are underlined.
One or two less common words slowed me up somewhat in finishing today’s crossword, but all of them could be worked out from the checkers.
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