Guardian Quiptic 1,391 by Pangakupu – test

Testing adding coding to a Quiptic

test only

ACROSS
1	Answer PRESENCE OF MIND	Appearance of Bond’s boss in Germany shows quick thinking (8,2,4)
		Parsing charade of PRESENCE (appearance) + M (Bond’s boss) + IN (from the clue) + D (Germany – IVR plates)
9	Answer EXISTENCE	Life perturbed sixteen attending church (9)
		Parsing anagram (perturbed) of (SIXTEEN)* followed by (attending) CE (church – Church of England)
10	Answer THREE	In the Bible, you will accept King or triumvirate (5)
		Parsing insertion of R (king) into THEE (you in the Bible) and in parts of Yorkshire, it’s just old English.
11	Answer IDIOM	Way of speaking I’d associated with Man? (5)
		Parsing charade of ID (from the clue) + IOM (Isle of Man abbreviation)
12	Answer OVERHEARD	Picked up source of reek entering near the ceiling? (9)
		Parsing insertion of R (source of Reek) inserted into (entering) OVERHEAD (near the ceiling?)
13	Answer UNSUBTLE	Blunt? Use ‘blunt’ to anagram this answer (8)
		Parsing anagram (to anagram this answer) of (USE BLUNT)* – I’m not commenting on the subtlety of this clue,
14	Answer SOLEMN	Glum, single fellow losing heart (6)
		Parsing charade of SOLE (single) + MN (MaN – fellow losing heart)
17	Answer MEDLEY	By the sound of it, inclined to interfere in the mix (6)
		Parsing quirky double definition – a mix is a MEDLEY – and someone inclined to interfere could be “meddle-y”
19	Answer LITERACY	On fire and sexy, absorbing English writing skill? (8)
		Parsing charade of LIT (on fire) + RACY (sexy) around E (absorbing English)
22	Answer TALL ORDER	Monks requiring long robes, a difficult request (4,5)
		Parsing double definition–ish monks required long robes are tall, so together are a TALL ORDER
24	Answer TERSE	Short extract from Easter service (5)
		Parsing hidden (extract from) in EasTER SErvice
25	Answer LEVEL	Flat party needing change of direction at the outset (5)
		Parsing change of first letter – rEVEL (party) with r becoming L (change of direction) at the start (at the outset)
26	Answer ESPERANTO	No repeats after translating language (9)
		Parsing anagram (after translating) of (NO REPEATS)* – for an invented language which I was surprised to learn is still much used.
27	Answer CRASH-TEST DUMMY	Vehicle experimenter’s tool wrecked the cars way before misleading move (5-4,5)
		Parsing anagram (wrecked) of (THE CARS)* to give CRASH TE + ST (way) + DUMMY (misleading move)
DOWN
1	Answer PRECIOUS METALS	One probing clumpiest ores dug up gold, silver, etc. (8,6)
		Parsing anagram (dug up) of (CLUMPIEST ORES) with A (one probing)
2	Answer ELICITS	Extracts what’s allowed between bridge opponents? (7)
		Parsing LICIT (what’s allowed) between E & S (bridge opponents). Bridge partners are N & S and W & E, so opponents are N and W or E or S and W or E.
3	Answer ESTIMABLE	Excellent meals with bite, possibly (9)
		Parsing anagram (possibly) of (MEALS + BITE)*
4	Answer CANOODLE	Surrounded by low light, loves to snog (8)
		Parsing insertion (surrounded by) of OO (loves – love = O, loves = OO) into CANDLE (low light)
5	Answer OPENER	I bat first – training at school brought in single run (6)
		Parsing insertion (brought into) PE (training at school) inserted into (brought into) ONE R (single run – R for run from cricket) – all cricket terminology this one
6	Answer MATCH	Striker in soccer game? (5)
		Parsing double definition
7	Answer NARRATE	Hurried up, supported by judge, to tell story (7)
		Parsing reversal of RAN < (hurried up) + RATE (judge) – underneath in a down clue (supported by)
8	Answer READ-ONLY MEMORY	Rely on army demo to spoil computer data (4-4,6)
		Parsing anagram (to spoil) of (RELY ON ARMY DEMO)*
15	Answer OVERTIRED	Clear anger shown by daughter – exhausted? (9)
		Parsing charade of OVERT (clear) + IRE (anger) + D (daughter – from genealogy)
16	Answer DISRUPTS	Puts out? Duke puts Sir out (8)
		Parsing anagram (out) of (D PUTS SIR)* using the abbreviation of D for Duke
18	Answer DELIVER	Work as postman? Hated getting up (7)
		Parsing reversal – (getting up in a down clue) of REVILED < (hated)
20	Answer ACRONYM	A Member bringing in friend for quango, for example (7)
		Parsing insertion (bringing in) – A M (A Member) around CRONY (friend)
21	Answer ADVENT	Be emotional after promotional item in Church season (6)
		Parsing charade of VENT (be emotional) after (ordering instruction) AD (promotional item)
23	Answer OGLES	Looks longingly at bit of ginger in battered sole (5)
		Parsing anagram (battered) (SOLE)* around G (bit of Ginger) – in crosswordland, a bit of is uually the first letter