New Zealand Listener – August 10, 2019

94 LISTENER AUGUST 10 2019

Solution 1531 Across: 1 Rectangular, 8 The Ritz, 9 Veldt, 10/11 Tony
Bennett, 12 Leo, 13 Orca, 15 East, 17 Tar, 19 Goulash, 20 Scut, 23 Clara,
24 Florida, 25 Bugsy Malone. Down: 1 Ratite, 2 Clean, 3 Asia, 4 Gazebo,
5  Lavender, 6 Rollers, 7 Potato, 12 Lana Lang, 14 Rhubarb, 16 Egg cup,
17  The Fly, 18 Strafe, 21 Cairo, 22 Bola.

QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker CROSSWORD by David Tossman

Puzzle No 1532 Puzzle No 1141

DIVERSIONS

Solution No 1140

For explanations of previous

cryptic crosswords, see David

Tossman’s blog at http://www.noted.

co.nz/distractions/quiz

Clues across

5. Hamper is right inside tents
   (5)


6. Finished circuit of the track
   in some common ground (7)


7. Not bad looking with
   assistance, more or less (8)


8. Call for the very thing in a
   different vein (6)


9. Dietary fibre appears right
   during prohibition (4)


10. A nun cries out for cover (9)


11. I am shortly, sad to say,
    going back for sausage (6)


12. Certainty about rat being
    removed makes a subtle
    difference (6)


13. I urge rude arrangement as
    obligatory (2,7)


14. Pavlova’s little wrapping
    tripped up trade union
    leaders (4)


15. A paying guest, I hear, is
    always on edge (6)


16. Plumbers’ friends they drop
    into the water (8)


17. Drunk embraces Clark
    Kent’s girlfriend, a singular
    performer (7)

Clues across

1. “Look like th’innocent
   flower, But be the serpent
   under’t” is from which play
   by William Shakespeare? (7)


2. What is an assembly of
   witches? (5)
   7/8 In 2001, palaeontologist
   Scott D Sampson named a
   dinosaur after which British
   singer-songwriter-guitarist?
   (4,8)


3. Of the tuba family, which
   large brass instrument
   was made in 1893 for
   the composer of many
   American military marches?
   (10)
   12/13. Who was nicknamed
   “Iron Butterfly” and “Marie
   Antoinette, with shoes”?
   (6,6)


4. In 1653, Britain’s first free
   public reference library
   opened in which city? (10)


5. What denotes postsecondary
   education, especially study
   at a college or university? (8)


6. What fish are kept for
   decorative purposes in
   outdoor koi ponds in Japan?
   (4)


7. In 1954, what did American
   VL Smithers name his water
   absorbent foam, still used by
   florists today? (5)


8. What is to shorten a book,
   film, speech, without losing
   the sense? (7)

Clues down

1. Which viral disease got its
   name from an old word
   meaning grimace? (5)


2. The song You’ll Never Walk
   Alone, Liverpool Football
   Club’s anthem, originated in
   which 1945 musical? (8)


3. What is the largest of the four
   main islands of Japan? (6)


4. What city has a famous
   Little Mermaid statue? (10)


5. What small, burrowing, mouse-
   like rodent is sometimes
   called a meadow mouse? (4)


6. Led by William the
   Conqueror, who invaded
   England in 1066? (7)


7. Who was dressmaker for
   Queen Elizabeth II, from her
   accession to the throne in
   1952 until his retirement in
   1989? (5,5)


8. In 2018, where were 22
   million trees planted as
   part of a push to tackle the
   climate emergency? (8)


9. Describing a biological
   process made to occur in a
   laboratory vessel, what is
   literally “in glass”? (2,5)


10. What frothy reddish-brown
    lava is ejected from a
    volcano? (6)


11. What is the monetary unit
    of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
    Nepal? (5)


12. In Greek mythology, who is
    goddess of the rainbow? (4)
    27. It isn’t washed? Dry it
    anyway (5)
    Clues down
    
    
    1. Flowering shrub requiring a
       peculiar sort of drainage (8)
    
    
    2. Horse I’m cooking is so
       delicious you will want
       further helpings (7)
    
    
    3. Henry leaves an Indian city
       food retailer (4)
    
    
    4. The Spanish,
       notwithstanding, produce a
       cricket team (6)
    
    
    5. Sit here to have tea on
       Inland Revenue (5)
    
    
    6. CIB officer is inside showing
       what the caterer was doing
       (9)
    
    
    7. Someone at doctor without
       complaint (7)
    
    
    8. Boisterous childish frolic
       yields an evasive response
       (3,6)
    
    
    9. A royal couple join you and
       me testing one’s endurance
       (7)
    
    
    10. Cargo yet to be sorted for
        class (8)
    
    
    11. Regardless of speed it is let
        loose (7)
    
    
    12. Puzzle as rightwing leader
        replaces moderate leader of
        the centre (6)
    
    
    13. Thanks on way on fourth of
        July, a bit late (5)
    
    
    14. Part of share in it gives
        control of the horse (4)
    
    
    
    



 



  

   



   

  

 

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