Cryptic Crossword 1-10
Solution
Solution
Sam's Cryptic Crossword #1-10 Solution
Sam Gulve
Theme: All thematic clues contain a reference to a US president, as indicated by “#nn” where nn is a number, it represents a US president for example #46 refer to Biden (the 46th president of US)
Theme: All thematic clues refer to a famous composer
Across:
1 Warhol, "Post ... Holland" (fodder), contributed (hidden), rest is def
5 Fade away, Fad (fashion), ea (each), way (system), peter out (def)
9 Analogue, Chinese copy (def), an (a), Di (princess), who left (deletion of Di from) Dialogue (conference)
10 Entice, E (English), NT (book), on (position), ice (murder)
11 Entrepreneur, NE (Durham area), turned (anagram of) NE + tree pruner, distributor (def)
13 Husa, "Which ... was" (fodder), secretly (hidden), rest is def
14 In camera, secretly (def), m (mark), era (the period), after (position), Inca (South American empire)
17 Chadwick, American composer George (def), chick (bambino), swallowing (container), mushy (anagram of) wad
18 Link, Identify (def), L (the first Lincoln), ink (autograph)
20 Irving Berlin, Multiple academy award winning composer for best original song (def), disorder (anagram of), living + in + BER (heart of Siberia i.e., middle letters) + r (rare)
23 Barber, DD as in stylist and as in multiple Pulitzer Prize winning composer
24 Ionizers, Air purifiers say (def), built (anagram of) n (unlimited numbers) + ii (1s) + zeros (0s)
25 Idleness, I'd (I would), ness (point), about (container), Le (the French), inaction (def)
26 Avison, Baroque era English composer (def), Is (island), in (insertion), Avon (river ... since the composer is English, look for river in England)
Down:
2 Arne, Classical era English composer (def), appears in (hidden), rest is fodder
3 Hildegard, L (Liberal), in (insertion), hide (disguise), guard (guardian), said to be (homophone), gard is homophone of guard, rest is def
4 Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian avant-garde composer (def), appears in (hidden), rest is fodder
5 Frederick Delius, English composer who was sent to Florida (def), craftily (anagram of) decried + E (Asian) + flu + risk
6 Dietrich, Diet (fast), rich (muscular), rest is def
7 Aston, English composer of early Tudor period (def), Aston Martin (Bond's iconic car), half of this is Aston
8 Accoutring, Acing (serving in unreturnable manner), admitting (container), breaking of (anagram of) court, furnishing (def)
12 Sutherland, Sugar Land (city near Houston, TX), Not GA (delete GA), welcoming (container), the (the), rest is def
15 Milanuzzi, Milan (city in Lombardy region of Italy), i (Island), accommodating (container), U (socially acceptable), ZZ (sound of snoring), rest is def
16 Disgorge, Spew (def), dirge (lament), about (container), SGO (odd letters in signor)
19 Glinka, Fountainhead of Russian classical music (def), link (associate) in (insertion), GA (Georgia)
21 Imbue, Invest (def), initially in (first letters of) "International mineral business" i.e., IMB, u (superior), e (energy)
22 Orto, Franco-Flemish composer (def), of (hidden), return (reverse scan), rest is fodder