Sunday Toughie 227 (Hints)

Sunday Toughie No 227

by Beam

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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A generous 32 clues from Beam today, all the trademarks are here. I have hinted at 17 clues, so I can give a nudge if needed.

I went a bit 2d OTT with The Who today, but feel free to ignore some or all of the music links.

I was hoping to match Senf’s image of John Halpern/Dada with one of Ray Terrell/Beam but I have failed to find a pic. Maybe you can help.

 

Here we go, Folks…

As it is a Prize puzzle I can only hint at a few and hope that will give you the checkers and inspiration to go further. I’ll return with the full review blog just after the closing date. Don’t forget to follow BD’s instructions in RED at the bottom of the hints!

Most of the terms used in these hints are explained in the Glossary and examples are available by clicking on the entry under “See also” Where the hint describes a construct as “usual” this means that more help can be found in The Usual Suspects, which gives a number of the elements commonly used in the wordplay. Another useful page is Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, which features words with meanings that are not always immediately obvious. Don’t forget the Mine of Useful information that Big Dave and his son Richard so meticulously prepared for us.

A full review of this puzzle will be published after the closing date for submissions. Some hints follow: Remember the site rules and play nicely.   

Across

1a          Bearing sweetheart, tight in hard embrace (9)

A synonym of tight (with money) in the embrace of hard or determined. But don’t forget to include the Beam™ heart of sweet

11a        Pill, taken periodically, stops sickness bug (9)

A sickness takes periodic letters of pill, to bug or annoy

13a        Queen over cattishness providing breather (7)

Another Beam™, our late queen’s regnal cipher is reversed (over) some cattishness

14a        Approach open river (8)

A synonym of open and the tributary of the Ouse that doesn’t give its name to the Wensleydale valley it runs through

16a        Violin top conceals dull interior (5)

An alphanumeric indication of top  or best, around (conceals) a dull interior

25a        Last in band, more offbeat musician (7)

A comparative for more offbeat follows the last in band

 

28a        Support supporter with crew, occasionally (5)

Beam’s™ supporter and occasional letters of crew

30a        Ignores train times circling barrier (9)

Another lurker (circling) in the first three words of the clue

 

Down

1d          Reckless party carries rage leading America (9)

An informal party around (carries) some rage and one of our usual Americas

3d          Heretic cheers over robbery (7)

An informal greeting is reversed (over) a robbery

7d          Destroy energy beam keeping constant (9)

E for energy and to beam out in all directions, which contains the constant that Einstein used to represent the speed of light

15d       Elaborate couturier rising in glowing form? (9)

A French couturier is reversed (rising in a down clue)in the glowing remains of a fire

18d       Virtue is giving my word! (8)

A virtue that, with ******** me! is used to express surprise

23d       French director concerned with film style (6)

One of our usual ons or concerned withs, and a film style characterised by moody black and white photography. The son of the Impressionist painter, here he is painted by his father Pierre-Auguste

And a scene from one of his films;

26d       One wound up seeing vibrant metropolis (5)

The Roman one and to wound or injure are reversed (up) for a colourful city

Compiler

Beam

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Zac Starkey is not quite as offbeat as Keith Moon

This is pretty good, but probably not as good as Live at Leeds