STRATOSPHERE – Anagram (‘erupting’) of HEAR PROTESTS Hear protests erupting somewhere far away (12) GARMENT – GENT (‘Chap’) containing (‘carrying’) ARM (‘weapon’)Īs in 15a, the question mark to indicate the definition is an example of the answerįollowand make certain Republican is booted out (5)ĮNSUE – ENSU RE (‘make certain’) with deletion of R (‘Republican is booted out’) STATIN – Hidden in (‘concealing’) in Chemi ST AT INquest ![]() SIRE – SIRE N (‘enchantress with no name’=SIREN with N (‘name’) deleted) OMINOUS – OMI (‘On reflection I think’=reversal of IMO (in my opinion)) NO (‘no’) US (‘American’) On reflection I think no American is threatening(7) HIT SINGLE – Anagram (‘going wild’) of ENGLISH containing (‘about’) IT (‘it’)ĬLEAR – C (‘Charlie’ in NATO alphabet) LEAR (‘a tragic figure’ = King Lear) Top of the Pops? English going wild about it (3,6) TYPIST – Hidden (‘tucking into’) in ‘sal TY PISTachios’Īgain different parts of speech for the two definitions, the first definition being one of our canine friends. Office workertucking into salty pistachios (6) Maybe electoral college = voting college? The def and answer mean the same thing, but I’m having trouble substituting one for the other. I found this anagram hard to spot and I only saw it after entering the answer. ![]() ![]() Votingto recall delegate, ultimately corrupt (9)ĮLECTORAL – Anagram (‘corrupt’) of TO RECALL and E (‘delegate, ultimately’=last letter of ‘delegatE’) GREASE – Homophone (‘by the sound of it’) of GREECE (‘country’)Ĭard player a brute, knocking bishop out (4)ĮAST – BEAST (‘a brute, knocking bishop out’= BEAST with B deleted)įirst definition as verb, second as a nounĮxactly how I was beginning to feel as I sat staring at 3d!
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