The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3565.
Unusually for Everyman, there was an unfamiliar word at 18D LORGNON – and no films, and the only geographical reference the crossword-friendly ADEN in 23A. However, the tight constructions and excellent surfaces aplenty are here as usual for Everyman.
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| 1 | PALACE |
Living quarters round a royal residence (6)
An envelope (’round’) of ‘a’ in PLACE (‘living quarters’ as in “My place or yours?”).
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| 4 | BAGPIPER |
Musician having grand spot close to microphone in pub (8)
An envelope (‘in’) of G (‘grand’) plus PIP (‘spot’ eg. on a playing card) plus E (‘close to microphonE‘) in BAR (‘pub’).
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| 10 | ROSENTHAL |
Playwright‘s role hasn’t changed (9)
An anagram (‘changed’) of ‘role hasn’t’, for Jack Rosenthal.
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| 11 | PANDA |
Raccoon-like animal in Japan, dangerous (5)
A hidden answer in ‘JaPAN DAngerous’. Everyman probably had the red panda in mind.
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| 12 | CROQUE-MONSIEUR |
A toasted sandwich and rice our mosque unexpectedly produced around noon (6-8)
An envelope (‘around’) of N (‘noon’) in CROQUEMOSIEUR, an anagram (‘unexpectedly’) of ‘rice our mosque’.
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| 14 | LUCRE |
Conservative entering draw for money (5)
An envelope (‘entering’) of C (‘Conservative’) in LURE (‘draw’).
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| 16 | GODFATHER |
Sponsor of daughter university rejected, surprisingly (9)
An anagram (‘surprisingly’) of ‘of da[u]ghter’ without the U (‘university rejected’).
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| 17 | IN FULL CRY |
Hotly pursuing filly, run unwisely having caught cold (2,4,3)
An envelope (‘having caught’) of C (‘cold’) in INFULLRY, an anagram (‘unwisely’) of ‘filly run’.
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| 19 | STREW |
Sprinkle right into casserole (5)
An envelope (‘into’) of R (‘right’) in STEW (‘casserole’).
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| 20 | REAR-VIEW MIRROR |
Use this when driving off at first? (4-4,6)
Cryptic definition.
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| 23 | LADEN |
Loaded in large Yemeni port (5)
A charade of L (‘large’) plus ADEN (‘Yemeni port’).
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| 24 | CURTAILED |
Troubled by brief that’s limited (9)
A charade of CURT (‘brief’) plus AILED (‘troubled’).
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| 25 | REMINDER |
Aide-memoire concerning bodyguard (8)
A charade of RE (‘concerning’) plus MINDER (‘bodyguard’).
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| 26 | CHARGE |
Terrible rage after child makes accusation (6)
A charade of CH (‘child’) plus ARGE, an anagram (‘terrible’) of ‘rage’.
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| 1 | PORTCULLIS |
Seen from 13, perhaps, in harbour, copper is checking lines (10)
An envbelope (‘checking’) of LL (‘lines’) in PORT (‘harbour’) plus CU (chemical symbol, ‘copper’) plus ‘is’.
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| 2 | LASSO |
Rope in young woman, opposed at first (5)
A charade of LASS (‘young woman’) plus O (‘Opposed at first’).
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| 3 | CONSUME |
Eat whole amount in wafer (7)
An envelope (‘in’) of SUM (‘whole amount’) in CONE (‘wafer’ eg. for ice cream).
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| 5 | ALL IN A DAY’S WORK |
Everyone amazed, reportedly, over effort accepted as part of normal routine (3,2,1,4,4)
A charade of ALL (‘everyone’) plus IN A DAY’S, a homophone (‘reportedly’) of IN A DAZE (‘amazed’) plus WORK (‘effort’).
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| 6 | PAPRIKA |
A hot spice dad and I got in park abroad (7)
A charade of PA (‘dad’) plus an envelope (‘got in’) of ‘I’ in PRKA, an anagram (‘abroad’) of ‘park’.
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| 7 | PENPUSHER |
Clerk in stall with drug dealer (9)
A charade of PEN (‘stall’) plus PUSHER (‘drug dealer’).
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| 8 | READ |
Not quite willing to study (4)
READ[y] (‘willing’) cut short (‘not quite’).
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| 9 | THE MAGIC CIRCLE |
Article on wonderful revolution in British society (3,5,6)
A charade of THE (definite ‘article’) plus MAGIC (‘wonderful’) plus CIRCLE (‘revolution’).
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| 13 | DRAWBRIDGE |
To tie game this may have been deployed in defence (10)
A charade of DRAW (‘tie’) plus BRIDGE (‘game’), with a nicely misleading surface.
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| 15 | COFFERDAM |
Record, a minute about proposal made to get a watertight structure (9)
An envelope (‘about’) of OFFER (‘proposal’) in CD (‘record’) plus ‘a’ plus M (‘minute’).
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| 18 | LORGNON |
Spectacles – girl has lost a good number inside (7)
An envelope (‘inside’) of G (‘good’) plus NO (‘number’) in LORN[a] (‘girl’) without the A (‘has lost a’). I only knew the diminutive lorgnette.
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| 19 | SPINACH |
Go round, check about a vegetable (7)
An envelope (‘about’) of ‘a’ in SPIN (‘go round’) plus CH (‘check’).
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| 21 | RULER |
King, say – one responsible for a line? (5)
Double definition.
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| 22 | BLUR |
Short publisher’s puff leaves a confused impression (4)
BLUR[b] (‘publisher’s puff’) curtailed (‘short’).
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Many thanks PeterO and Everyman
This was very enjoyable – as always – but …
I failed to get LORGNON which was new to me.
I shall now try to find my French Dictionary before I attempt today’s offering.
I knew lorgnon but cofferdam was unknown to me.
I guessed panpiper for 4a. Pip for spot is hard I think .
Is there anyone who really likes bagpipe music ? It sounds like a squealing cat to me.
I thought this was a little trickier than Everyman’s usual offerings. I was glad I had the GK for CROQUE-MONSIEUR because I wouldn’t have liked to work it out from the anagram fodder, I didn’t know LORGNON but built it from the wordplay and knowledge of “lorgnette”, whenever I have heard COFFERDAM I have imagined it as two words but I am happy to be enlightened, and I needed all the checkers before I got ROSENTHAL.
As far as Bamberger@2’s comment about bagpipe music is concerned, and I speak as an Englishman rather than a defensive Scotsman, I have always loved the sound of the massed pipes at the Edinburgh Tattoo.
Thanks Everyman and PeterO,
A most enjoyable puzzle. The only thing that really stumped me was PIP in BAGPIPER, and I had to Google ROSENTHAL. Last in was READ, I always have trouble with the short words.
I liked DRAWBRIDGE, PORTCULLIS and PENPUSHER among others.
Bamberger @6, I think bagpipe music has to be heard at a distance. I love it. When I was a child we lived on the top of a hill overlooking the Botanical Gardens in Wellington (NZ), and every weekend there was a concert played in the bandstand which could be heard in our garden. Nostalgic memories.
That should have been Bamberger @2 of course. I should think panpipes would be much more appropriate in a pub, BAGPIPES would really give one the PIP.
Thanks Peter,
Another enjoyable Everyman and like others, I didn’t know CROQUE MONSIEUR or LORGNON. In the latter, I thought at first that the girl’s name was Lauren and so ended up with LURGNEN which just doesn’t sound right but got there in the end. I liked PENPUSHER, LORGNON and RULER.
The bagpipes are a great sound and certainly the sound of Scotland…but don’t get too close to them as they are incredibly loud.
Thanks to Everyman.
Thanks Everyman, a bit more difficult than usual, I thought, but none the less for it.
Thanks PeterO; like many others, I knew lorgnette but not LORGNON, and the parsing was a tad tricky. I also didn’t know COFFERDAM.
At first, I thought 20 would involve a signal but the crossers put paid to that.
I liked CROQUE MONSIERUR and ALL IN A DAY’S WORK.
It was late in the day that I was able to get started on the fun event of the weekend (for me)-it would appear that my fellow cruciverbalists from this neck of the woods are entertaining themselves elsewhere-there is a lot going on! I knew lorgnette and worked lorgnon from my dictiionary but it was a new word to me as was 12a which I was able to work out from the anagram. Thanks for the explanation of 16a which I got without fully appreciating the elegance of the clue. My loi was 20a I was in two minds with the first tee in the mix as well as the car! And of course I love the sound of bagpipes echoing through hills and valleys.
Many thanks as usual to Everyman and PeterO.
Cofferdam?
Croque Monsieur?
Lorgnon?
Stupidly missed the anag in 16a (well, the ‘of’ part)
Everything else good. Thanks all.
8:30 p.m.
Put the time today as it usually looks as if I’m doing this in the early hours.,
I didn’t start till late either Ian, after a disastrous day at bowls. This was a pleasant way to relax and watch the cricket sort of simultaneously. Needed to check Lorgnon, and cofferdam which were new words to me, but luckily once had a Croque Madame in Paris, which is like a Croque Monsieur but with two eggs.
Great puzzle. Thanks everyone. Now back to watch Pakistan probably defeat South Africa!
Well there is nothing to say that hasn’t been said. You have had the razmataz of the politicians today Ian and as Mangawhai is close to Waipu, bagpipes would not be unfamiliar to you.i like puzzles such as this one as there is a mixture of easy to lure you into a confident state and then stinkers like portcullis and lorgnon and croque monsieur pop up which once again makes you realise that you don’t know what you don’t know!
Thought Lorgnon was a really contrived clue and even now i still dont really get it.
Rest though was great I really enjoyed it.
Funny…. when i have limited or no access to resources to check those curly ones, I often do better than when fully resourced.. have no idea why that is, perhaps i dont usually give myself enough credit -i just like the crutch of google but can prove to myself i dont always need.
love bagpipes ( in moderation)……
vanessa @12
I’m not surprised that you had difficulty with 18D LORGNON. I see that there is a typo in my explanation which no-one has commented on – it is NO (‘number’), not N. For the sake of the archives I will correct it.
This was way too difficult for me. Now I want a ham and gruyere toasted sandwich with bechamel sauce (croque Monsieur), I really croked, but its all in a day’s work.
Needed a bit of assistance. Had a mental block with LURE for draw. Ended up having to Thesaurus it and then managed to get the remainder of the South East. Well got the letters but couldn’t figure out LORGNON. Also didn’t crack CROQUE MONSIEUR.
Sorry, I meant South West 🙂
Completed in one sitting – apart from 18D which I would never have got!