No. 141 The Trusty Servant
TS 141 Crossword
The Trusty Servant is pleased to provide its second crossword in this column, again compiled by Seneca. They will again offer a prize for the clue judged by Seneca to be the best. Submit your clue along with completed puzzle to Winchester College Society( see the back page) before Leave-out in Short Half( Friday 16 th October).
Nine clues are undefined, including the completely unclued 18D; these form a cohesive set. Submit a clue for 18D( with or without a definition) along with a completed grid to enter our competition.
ACROSS 1 Irregularly began releases of affability( 13) 10 Alive, I eat man alive( 7) 11 Tyler for one has time to get old, gaining power( 7) 12 Hangs shelves( 8) 14 Prayer for those who have gone among lawyers( 6) 16 Aboard meagre yacht( 4) 17 Shot and beer knocked back between whiskies( 8) 21 Crushes newspaper covering the French College ' s game( 8) 22 Notion of setter would maybe last only the first of attacks( 4) 25 Where students are working, just as high as one another( 6) 27 Forbearance in tumultu et in pace( 8) 29 Quick, legal or fancy( 7) 30 Someone you might know in an irritating bubble( 7) 31 Awfully generous burst( 7-6)
DOWN 2 Walk a yard or so to go around Regina ' s province( 9) 3 Raised spirits after the appropriate time, taking off black( 6) 4 Abandon core of, say, VAT and capital gains( 3) 5 Originally, leaders of Wykehamical extraction( 4) 6 They certify and sign after brief observation( 8) 7 Bit off the top a key part of fiscal policy( 5)
8 Old man ' s wise way( 7) 9 Left-hand page with point for old poetry( 5) 13 Take out queen for opiate, perhaps( 6) 15 Alleged bearer of complaint made redundant in theory( 6) 18 *( 9) 19 Alien to Shakespeare, word introducing address replaces one more forceful( 8)
Solution to TS 140 crossword:
Across 1. Toyes 4. Maple Leaf 9. Adaptor 10. Inverse 11. Tango 12. Last Stand 13. Beloes 15. Sparkle 18. Hoppers 19. Facade 21. Watershed 24. On Cue 26. Evinced 27. Idahoan 28. Sleepwalk 29. Eases
Down 1. Trants 2. Yearn 3. Sotto Voce 4. Moralists 5. Phils 6. Eaves 7. Earmarked 8. Freddies 14. Empathise 15. Soft Drink 16. Anchorage 17. Chawkers 20. Kennys 22. Recap 23. Hydra 25. Cooks
20 Races, races around, around about, about( 7) 23 Scuttled across middle of esplanade( 5) 24 Scene of Homeric character overwhelming last of defence, after Ilium abandoned prematurely( 6) 26 Small opening for the audience is key( 5) 28 Who ordered the end of Kingsgate( 4) 30 Move up and down, up and down( 3)
Furley’ s was the missing house, for which the winning clue: Anger’ s making loveable exterior was provided by Richard Udale( Coll, 60-65)
Prox Acc: Treat yourself, leaving nothing out! from Jamie Sutherland( H, 05-10)
Hon Ment: Don’ t look back in anger? The Spanish doing so at border of Salamanca. From an ineligible( non-Wykehamical) submitter!
A £ 25 P & G Wells voucher is on its way to Richard Udale.
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