The word for a military attack minus its first letterĤ Upwardly-mobile Mensa editor is full of these brainwaves (5)ĥ Dodgy casino in Cos rearranged events (9)Īn anagram of CASINO inside an anagram of COS.Ħ Superfluous sunscreen goes off over a year (11)Īn anagram of SUNSCREEN goes over A, and then add one of the abbreviations for year.ġ2 Period in America perhaps that’s overlooked by lazy writers (11) The lines that go from north to south on a map.Ģ5 Build up series, with Spain knocking out Italy next (10)Ī word for a series of items swaps the abbreviation for Spain with that of Italy, add a word meanin next or subsequent.Ī word for an idiot goes round the abbreviation for King.
MILITARY WARLIKE CROSSWORD PLUS
The abbreviation for exercise plus the non-odd characters of WARLIKE give something motivational. What always comes first or last in a crossword clue is an anagram of IF NOT INSIDEġ8 Obvious schools should ban independent pop? (11)Ī verb meaning schools, loses the letter I (for Independent) adding the what a pop can be.Ģ1 Two exercises, warlike - oddly avoided being shot in the arm (3,4) Take the odd characters in three of the words.ġ4 Solvers look for them first or last - if not inside, unusually (11) The abbreviation for Her Majesty plus a name for a foreign coin both go inside the name for a royal attendant.ġ1 Odd characters in sect ruin POTUS - many are employed in Hollywood! (7) Another useful page is Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, which features words with meanings that are not always immediately obvious.Ī full review of this puzzle will be published after the closing date for submissions.Ī word that sounds like to rock is something that means authentic.ġ0 Queen Elizabeth coin occupying her attendant’s interest (10) Where the hint describes a construct as “usual” this means that more help can be found in The Usual Suspects, which gives a number of the elements commonly used in the wordplay. Most of the terms used in these hints are explained in the Glossary and examples are available by clicking on the entry under “See also”. But we can’t.Īs is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them. I could probably have given hints to most of the clues. Maybe that’s why I found this a bit of a challenge. Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29879 (Hints) The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by Tilsit)Ī very quick blog today as I am working and feeling a bit under the weather.
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