Everyman 3,573

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The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3573.

A very literary Everyman, amounting to a definite theme – the four long lights are novels more or less; three are well known as films, the fourth, the Waverley novels, a series with several films based on individual books , and thrown in there are two other films and novels (Falstaff is an alternate title of the film Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles, and a novel by Robert Nye; Sayonara is a film of Joshua Logan, based on the novel by James Michener).

completed grid
Across
1 SO LONG
Phrase used on leaving single northern girl, initially (2,4)

A charade of SOLO (‘single’) plus N (‘northern’) plus G (‘Girl initially’).
5 DARWIN
Draw strangely fashionable Australian port (6)

A charade of DARW, an anagram (‘strangely’) of ‘draw’ plus IN (‘fashionable’).
11 ADIOS
A short record about love, then it’s arrivederci (5)

An envelope (‘about’) of O (‘love’) in ‘a’ plis DIS[c] (‘record’) without its last letter (‘short’).
12 ON A STRING
Under control? No, ratings out of control (2,1,6)

An anagram (‘out of control’) of ‘no ratings’.
13 SALSA
Saucy dance? (5)

Not quite a double definition, but none the worse for that.
14 BEE KEEPER
Apiarist, perhaps bitter about English preserve (9)

An evelope (‘about’) of E (‘English’) plus KEEP (‘preserve’) in BEER (‘perhaps bitter’).
15 A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Wrote ‘False Alarm’, staggering novel (1,8,2,4)

An anagram (‘staggering’) of ‘wrote false alarm’, for Hemmingway’s novel.
18 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Film of Surrey, one Loy made, unknown (3,4,4,4)

A charade of FORYOUREYESONL, an anagram (‘made’) of ‘of Surrey one Loy’, plus Y (‘unknown’), with a surface reference to Myrna Loy. The James Bond film draws on stories from Ian Fleming’s collection of the same title.
21 PISTACHIO
His topic, a strange nut (9)

An anagram (‘strange’) of ‘his topic a’.
22 AGAIN
A win once more (5)

A charade of ‘a’ plus GAIN (‘win’).
24 CRAB APPLE
Bar, place abroad stocking soft fruit (4,5)

An envelope (‘stocking’) of P (piano, ‘soft’) in CRABAPLE, an anagram (‘abroad’) of ‘bar place’.
25 PRIOR
Previous abbot’s deputy (5)

Double definition.
26 SEESAW
Watch cutter swing (6)

A charade of SEE (‘watch’) plus SAW (‘cutter’).
27 SET OUT
Leader of expedition brought in beer to begin journey (3,3)

An envelope (‘brought in’; the wordplay has to be read as ‘with leader of expedition brought in, beer’) of E (‘leader of Expedition’) in STOUT (‘beer’).
Down
2 ORIEL
Newly-built Loire college (5)

Anagram (‘newly-built’) of ‘Loire’.The Oxford College is  hardly newly-built – it was establisheded in 1324.
3 ON STAGE
Performing animal put inside one (2,5)

An envelope (‘put inside’) of STAG (‘animal’) in ‘one’.
4 GOODBYE MR CHIPS
Groomed by eccentric carpenter in novella (7,2,5)

A charade of GOODBYEMR, an anagram (‘eccentric’) of ‘groomed by’ plus CHIPS (‘carpenter’). The novella by James Hilton is also known in several adaptations, perhaps the best known being the 1939 film directed by Sam Wood, for which Robert Donat won an Oscar.
6 ART DECO
Traced odd circular letter revealing design style (3,4)

A charade of ARTDEC, an anagram (‘odd’) of ‘traced’ plus O (‘circular letter’).
7 WHIPPER-IN
Wife more trendy, fashionable, a huntsman’s assistant (7-2)

A charade of W (‘wife’) plus HIPPER (‘more trendy’) plus IN (‘fashionable’). A whipper-in assists a huntsman by controlling the hounds.
8 NIGER
Reign nervously in an African country (5)

An anagram (‘nervously’) of ‘reign’.
9 FALSTAFF
Opera, Parsifal, staffer includes (8)

A hidden answer (‘includes’) in ‘ParsiFAL STAFfer’. The best-known opera of this title is Verdi’s swan song.
10 WAVERLEY NOVELS
Every wall oven’s shown differently in a series of books (8,6)

An anagram (‘shown differently’) of ‘every wall ovens’. The Waverley novels are by Sir Walter Scott.
16 AEROSPACE
Rose incredibly swiftly across the Earth’s atmosphere and beyond (9)

An envelope (‘across’) of EROS, an anagram (‘incredibly’) of ‘rose’ in APACE (‘swiftly’).
17 SAYONARA
For example, on air, I ignored a closing remark (8)

A charade of SAY (‘for example’) plus ‘on’ plus A[i]R (‘air I ignored’) plus ‘a’.
19 O CANADA
Anthem can, carried by old girl (1,6)

An envelope (‘carried by’) of ‘can’ in O (‘old’) plus ADA (‘girl’) for (what else?) the Canadian national anthem.
20 STAY PUT
Don’t move prop, fixed (4,3)

A charade of STAY (‘prop’) plus PUT (‘fixed’).
21 PACES
Experts, after start of polka, showing steps (5)

A charade of P (‘start of Polka’) plus ACES (‘experts’).
23 ADIEU
Cheerio to the French about to depart (5)

An envelope (‘about’) of DIE (‘depart’) in AU (‘to the French’ i.e. a word which may translate into French ‘to the’ in some contexts), with an extended definition.
*anagram

16 comments on “Everyman 3,573”

  3. Thanks Everyman and PeterO.

    The outstanding theme for me was the one Cyborg @1 mentions. I also listed WAVE, though perhaps it does not really belong, and SET OUT and STAY PUT seem to be related to it.

  5. This took me much longer than usual. I wasn’t familiar with SAYONARA, either as a word or a novel.

    ADIOS had me puzzled with the Italian ending to the clue whereas 23ac (ADIEU) clearly pointed to a French connection.

    I didn’t realise that Everyman was Don Manley – is this correct?

  7. I am glad to see Don Manley is not retiring, he and Allan Scott are close in age. I am not getting on with today’s Everyman, been looking at it for ages and only entered a few answers. Probably just me, but could it be a new setter? Do hope not.

  9. Good Everyman, I had to check WHIPPER-IN and WAVERLEY NOVELS.

    Thanks PeterO; I liked CRAB APPLE, SAYONARA and my LOI, AEROSPACE.

    Thanks Gaufrid, I wondered why the ‘Don’ had slipped in here.

  11. Looks like I’m the first Kiwi today. Enjoyable puzzle once again. Had to look up Waverley Novels and Whipper In, but no real problems this week, and I didn’t mind the themes. I agree with those who felt the theme was the goodbye words, even in the film and book titles.
    Off to see “Singing in the Rain” tonight. Saw the film years ago with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds.

  12. This kept me interested and got it right out, except for adios, I had amiss (a short letter). I missed the goodbye theme. Apiarist was not cryptic for beekeeper, really. O Canada was last in. I quite liked Art Deco and seesaw.

  13. After last weekend’s toughie this was plain sailing. Finished it in one sit down with my cup of peppermint tea. 🙂

    No real favourite clues as they were all quite simple. Till next weekend! Hopefully we get something not as easy as today’s and not as hard as last weekend’s.

  14. My wife and I have recently acquired a beehive hence 14a was about the quickest I’ve ever answered an Everyman clue! We had a meeting today so the puzzle was produced and solved at any possible break-lunch etc-I found it as interesting and as stimulating as ever with 19d my final answer. I’d religious anthems clouding the issue although I could see Canada as a possible answer and then Google revealed that it was a National anthem!!

    Thanks as ever to Everyman and PeterO. In common with several others I also enjoyed the Hasta La Vista theme-I’m curious as to whether Barrie is of a similar vein?

  15. Am usually too occupied trying to make sense of any puzzle to notice a theme but well done to those who can pick themes…I thought a few too many anagrams this week, or is it just me, are there usually that many? I think anagrams can be clever but they are a bit of a cop out i think.
    Surprised myself but finishing before end of the weekend….
    but of the non anagram clues there were some goodies…. picky pikcy sayoonara is not a closing remark but a final farewell and usually means good bye for the short term anyway, and in romanised english would have an extra ‘o’ to ensure correct prononciation…

    (since our english friends get quite pedantic on certain subject i thought i would too just this once, for fun)

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