Cryptic Crossword 1-21
Solution
Solution
Sam's Cryptic Crossword #1-21 Solution
Sam Gulve
Across:
9 Per capita, all (def), secretly (hidden), rest is fodder
10 Omega, last letter (def), om (from latter half), revolutionary (reversal of) age (era)
11 Tensile, kind of strength to handle stress (def), at sea (anagram of) T (model) + silence - c (missing cape)
12 Bonfire, Bond (famous spy), endless (delete last letter), fire (passion), arson (def)
13 Elude, stay clear of (def), El (the in Spanish), ude (alternative letters in undies)
14 Dungarees, dung (dropping), synthetic (anagram of) saree, rest is def
16 Self-disciplined, acrobatic (anagram of) did + flips + silence, rest is def
19 Silver oak, soak (alcoholic), hiding (container), bad (anagram of) liver, tree (def)
21 Decal, laced (embossed), round (reversal), sticker (def)
22 Stetson, st (silence), ET (alien), son (issue), overseas cap (def)
23 Parlous, unhealthy (def), par (standard), lousy (pitiful), most (delete last letter)
24 Again, more (def), of (hidden), over (reverse scan), rest is fodder
25 Excelsior, C (first city i.e., 1st letter in), wild (anagram of) c + sexier + lo (look), NYC motto (def).
Down:
1 Apotheosis, a (an), po (Italian banker), thesis (theory), about (container), o (nothing), classic (def)
2 Tranquil, play (anagram of) quaint + LR (hands), together (def)
3 Facile, il (the in Italian), in (insertion), face (front), ready (def)
4 Wipe, mop (def), beginners (acrostic), rest is fodder
5 Carbon sink, carbon (double), sink (dip), rest is def
6 Downfall, D (Germany), own (rejoices in), fall (surrender), ruin (def)
7 Senile, doddering (def), SE (London area), Nile (river)
8 Maze, amaze (rock), without (deletion of) a, beat (def)
14 Disjoined, sadly (anagram of) did + jones + I, divorced (def)
15 Saddle-sore, sad (pathetic), d (damn), les (them in French), or (or), E (English), rest is def
17 Dressing, promoting (def), Dre’s (the rap doctor’s), sing (carol)
18 Necrosis, disease (def), affecting (anagram of) c (many) + seniors
20 Leeway, yaw (sheer), eel (swimmer), raised (reversal), space (def)
21 Darkly, maltreated (anagram of) lady, entertaining (container), R (royal), K (Knight), glumly (def)
22 Soap, DD
23 Pick, DD