Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2477 – Hints
Selected hints by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
For the weekend prize crosswords I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them. A full analysis of this puzzle will be available at 12.00 next Thursday, 2nd April.
Some hints to get you started:
Across
7a Wrote back “The material was misleading” (7)
This corded material allegedly told fibs, and was answered
19a The way to pronounce “demesne” (6)
It’s pronounced “manor”!
25a “Fish pie? Pish, fie!” he said! (7)
The transposition of initial sounds of spoken words, as here, is attributed to this former Warden of New College, Oxford
Down
1d Again take up painting after a break (7)
To begin again, just put painting after sitting down for a break
3d Champ at the bit, about to go away (4,2)
Champ your food inside this bit, and tell someone to go away
4d Give her a turn – a bad scare – in the investigation (8)
This was my clue of the day – turn HER around an anagram of SCARE for a scientific investigation
6d Smuggle the king through in nun disguise? Forget it! (7)
This was a close second – Shakespeare’s most famous king is smuggled inside an anagram of NUN
24d Animal fur must be declared (4)
This fur that this animal sounds like is hair
Don’t forget the full review next Thursday.