![]() ![]() REGISTER – My oath these surfaces are good! So something on a plate is a REG (number) followed by an anagram (cook, verb) of TRIES. Maybe roll cook tries after something on a plate (8) B(lack) SCOTTIe dog (with no tail) eats I (one). Sweet treats one fed to black dog with no tail (8)īISCOTTI – Those funny little hard baked bready biscuits you get served with coffee in Costa. In an account book, LEDGER, you’d assume a brief note would be a single LINE. Tenors tend to get a bit nervous if there are more than two above in the tenor clef. LEDGER LINE – A ledger line in music is the little line above or below the five stave lines to hang notes on. TOLL – Directed is TO, then you have multiple (well, two) L(iberals).īrief note on account book showing addition to staff (6,4) PAUCITY – This person is I “blocking” an “unfortunate” anagram of CUT, the assembly placed in PAY for income Want this person to block unfortunate cut in income (7) Adzes are still used where modern tools are not available, and as an easy score in Scrabble™įoolish like figure saving face in imbroglio (7)ĪSININE – AS from like, the random figure is NINE, and the face in I(mbroglio) is saved therein. Radio’s means of marketing woodcutter’s tool (4)ĪDZE – Means of marketing are AD(vert)S, as heard on the radio. SPEED CHESS – Whimsical definition, met by talks: SPEECHES around D(aughter) and S(on) ![]() Talks about daughter and son’s rapid search for mates (5,5) Rating is AB, in this way SO, and the required instrument a LUTE. Rank or rating in this way given to instrument (8)ĪBSOLUTE – Rank as in rank outsider. For once, you don’t need to know what an espalier is, but since it’s a latticework on which to train trees, the clue’s surface is pretty smooth.įunky reggae covers popular for displaying harmony (8)ĪGREEING – An anagram (funky) of REGGAE covering IN for popular. NO LONGER – So working is ON, which is reversed (around), then LONG for pine and the outside (frame) of EspalieR. Not still working around pine frame of espalier (2,6) Not perhaps the first word you’d think of for get rid of, but it does mean rescind, or withdraw a law or contract. Get rid of tea bag, going to pot filled by men the wrong way (8)ĪBROGATE – Anagram (going to pot) of TEA BAG with a filling of OR (Other Ranks defined by men) reversed, the wrong way. Can’t complain, but if you must…ĭefinitions in underlined italics. No cricket, no birds, no shrubs and only one antelope. It’s balanced by the Liberals in trouble at 21a, though if memory serves they’re currently the party with fewer such issues. There’s a nod in the direction of the stereotypical incompetent male who can’t even make a decent pot of tea, and a very timely bit of political commentary at 6d. This one is distinguished by a collection of immaculate surfaces and, to my eye, no vocab to frighten the nervous. I managed this in 21.09, just maintaining the record of getting quicker every day this week. ![]()
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