New Zealand Listener – June 08, 2019

60 LISTENER JUNE 8 2019

Solution 1522 Across: 1 Mona Lisa, 7 Italy, 8 Lotteries, 9 Owl, 10 Hilt,
11  Zephyr, 13 Wesley, 14 Euchre, 17/18 Jethro Tull, 20 Tau, 22 Euphrates,
23 Eiger, 24 Bassinet. Down: 1 Mulch, 2 Nettles, 3 Lues, 4 Spider, 5 Razor,
6 Cyclone, 7 Isthmus, 12 Leather, 13/15 Whitney Houston, 16 Grappa,
17 Judge, 19 Liszt, 21 Eros.

QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker CROSSWORD by David Tossman

Puzzle No 1523 Puzzle No 1132

DIVERSIONS

Solution No 1131

For explanations of previous

cryptic crosswords, see David

Tossman’s blog at http://www.noted.

co.nz/distractions/quiz

Clues across

1. Lived with only the bare
   necessities and a slapdash
   pre-publication job (7,2)


2. Binding with tiny knot on
   pig’s tail (5)


3. New barcode required for
   fancy fabric (7)


4. A name is mistakenly
   forgotten? Here’s the reason (7)


5. What the moving crew do to be
   available 24 hours a day (5,4)


6. Dimensions used by a
   spokesperson? (5)


7. Great serpent eats Aotearoa (5)


8. Nasty cold nurse, one who
   treats people poorly (9)


9. Take money out of the bank
   before noon, being retired (9)


10. Some sport in Tauranga
    mesmerised (5)


11. Use or otherwise display
    Continental notes (5)


12. A-team bent out of shape in
    reduced circumstances (9)


13. Work with heads of
    occupational therapy in Kai
    Iwi then in BOP (7)


14. Owning up to still thinking
    about you initially when no

Clues across

1. What relationship connects
   country singers Loretta Lynn
   and Crystal Gale? (7)


2. Which record label signed
   Elvis Costello and Ian Dury
   in the 70s and Madness and
   The Pogues in the 80s? (5)


3. Which New Zealand tree
   was formerly known as a red
   pine? (4)


4. Which orchestral and jazz
   instrument shares its name
   with the French word for
   paperclip? (8)


5. What is the state capital of
   Vermont? (10)


6. What decorative glassware is
   associated with a Venetian
   island? (6)


7. What is a succession of
   similar items or events, such
   as burglaries? (6)


8. What name was given to
   NZL 32, the America’s Cup
   yacht that won in 1995?
   (5,5)


9. Which prison, opened in
   1852, became the largest
   women’s prison in western
   Europe? (8)


10. Petrol shortages as a result of
    the Suez Crisis in 1956 were
    a factor in the launch of
    which car in 1959? (4)


11. What thick woollen fabric
    is an icon of traditional
    Scottish and Irish clothing?
    (5)
    21. Which childhood disease is
    caused by severe vitamin D
    deficiency? (7)

Clues down

1. What crouching formation
   of players restarts play in
   rugby? (5)


2. What is a training college for
   ministers, priests or rabbis?
   (8)


3. What is a roll of paper or
   parchment with writing on
   it? (6)


4. “Your daddy’s rich and your
   ma is good-lookin’” is from
   which song? (10)


5. Chicken liver, pumpkin
   seeds and oysters are rich in
   what? (4)


6. Which Alexander discovered
   penicillin? (7)


7. Medulla spinalis is the Latin
   name for what in the body?
   (6,4)


8. Used to describe early
   paintings, what expression
   then referred to cigarettes
   from 1939, then beds? (4-4)


9. What is a photograph of a
   person’s face made for police
   records? (7)


10. What is a cream-filled
    choux pastry topped with
    chocolate? (6)


11. What are made in a mint?
    (5)


12. In snooker, which ball is
    worth five points? (4)

longer welcome (7)

27. Cheap and shabby part of my
    habitat, typically (5)


28. Organised incompetently,
    appearing to be pretentious (9)

Clues down

1. A pictorial puzzle showing
   the Queen going back on
   public transport (5)


2. Idealist cut piano arrangement
   when caught out (7)


3. Handle art clumsily where
   arterials meet in the country?
   (9)


4. Attributable to Simon and
   Garfunkel perhaps and the
   orchestra leader (3,2)


5. Find one part of the record
   on the blink (5,4)


6. Note: accuracy required from
   this worker when pulling
   strings (5)


7. Red is on the rise under fash-
   ionable person in the know (7)


8. Delighted with Louis
   represented as a flower (9)


9. Severely censured about lewd
   composition (6,3)


10. Sing about England at a great
    distance when sailing (9)


11. National leader chosen to
    restrain force is ignored (9)


12. Banish tutu for dancing (4,3)


13. A virtuoso at morse code (7)


14. Spook goes around at home
    like a hedgehog (5)


15. Smell almost completely
    amoral when rising (5)


16. A term in prison announced
    for a herb (5)





 

  

   

    

 

 

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