![]() NIGHTLY: A homophone (sounding) of a synonym of chivalrous or gallant.ĥd Madame going through rubbish finds ring (7) Add the abbreviation for HOuse.Ĥd Sounding chivalrous when vampires prowl? (7) HEIGH-HO: Start with an adjective that could describe someone on a (drug induced) trip and insert the abbreviation for English. The question mark indicates a definition by example.ģd Weary expression on trip taking in English house (5-2) RULER: An item we use for measuring length could also describe the role of (King) Charles. PITHECANTHROPUS: Anagram (irritated) of the preceding three words. SECURITY DEPOSIT: Anagram (out) of YOU DISRESPECT plus IT.ġd Up north, pastiche irritated primitive sort (15) POSED: Cryptic definition, the shot being a reference to a photograph.ĪESTHETIC: Remove A plus the abbreviation for Note from the front of a number or something that numbs.ģ0a Payment to landlord you disrespect? Out with it! (8,7) MARINER: Place the abbreviation for Runs into a word for the sea and add the outside (extremely) letters of EageR. We need to remove the abbreviation for Parking.Ģ6a Sailor runs into sea, extremely eager (7) ![]() REGNANT: In the club here is a reference to carrying an unborn baby. TRAILER: Cryptic definition with a play on the word “pulled” meaning either withdrawn or towed.Ģ2a Carnivore and tailless mammoth in strong embrace (4,3)īEAR HUG: A large carnivorous mammal and a synonym of mammoth (not the animal!) without its last letter.Ģ4a Name dropped by fair lady in garden (3)ĮVE: Remove the abbreviation for Name from a synonym of fair.Ģ5a Ruling in the club? Parking banned (7) TIMPANI: Anagram (getting mixed) of the preceding two words.ġ9a Advertisement that’s likely to be pulled? (7) The pork pie is cockney rhyming slangġ4a Romantic morning with a Conservative (7)ĪMATORY: Piece together the usual two-letter Latin abbreviation for the morning, A from the clue and an informal word for a Conservative. LIE: Remove the tips (wingless) from some insects. Smooth and clever.ġ3a Wingless insects finding pork pie? (3) MOROCCO: Insert a three-letter mythical bird and the abbreviation for Caught into the sound a cow makes (low). The catching is a reference to hearing.ġ2a Mythical bird caught in low country (7) Very clever.ġ1a Frisky horse at catching distance? (7)ĮARSHOT: Anagram (frisky) of the following two words. The second is a reference to how this particular animal is able to sleep (out) whilst hanging from a tree. TALKING TO: I think this is a double definition, one a noun, the other a verb.ġ0a Deadly sin - animal out on a limb? (5) The solution is the development of an embryo from an unfertilised egg.ĩa What lecture might be addressing (7-2) ![]() ![]() PARTHENOGENESIS: Anagram (excited) of the preceding two words. Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.ġa Eighteen parsons excited - is it virgin birth? (15) However there’s a lot of clever stuff in there too though it’s a little anagram heavy. Today’s setter (I’m pretty sure it’s the work of our former Tuesday blogger) has given us an entertaining puzzle in which most of the difficulty for me came from one or two unusual words. Good morning all from a beautifully sunny South Devon coast. Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30315 Hints and tips by StephenLīD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***/****
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