![]() ![]() Fresh in my mind as I was playing cricket in the Borders on Saturday.Ģ7 ISINGLASS – IS IN GLASS = “partly fills schooner” possibly a bit loose?Ĥ INRO – in MoulIN ROuge” – a lacquered Japanese box for medicines, perfumes etc.Ĩ DESTROYER – (restored y)* where Y is the last letter of “navy”ġ3 TORTELLINI – TOR(TELL)IN(o)-1 – Torino being the Italian name for Turin, of course.ġ4 SWARAJIST – S(WAR-A-J-IS)T – a political party in India which advocated self-government, or a supporter of sameġ 7 PROFANE – PRO-FANE – a fane is an obscure word for a temple, from the Latin fanum, a place dedicated to a deity. Compass North South East West Retro Design Sailing Gift Jigsaw Puzzle. I had never heard the word SWARAJIST before, but for those interetsted in India’s history, this may have been an easy enough word.ġ AWAKENING – A W(A-KEN)ING – most houses I have lived in don’t have wings, so the pedant in me may have expected some qualification of the word “house” in the clue (grand house, say)ĩ GET YOUR BEARINGS – the only answer that fits, but I’m not sure if there is anything particularly cryptic about the clue, but then I am probably missing something?ġ0 TENT – that ubiquitous wine of Crosswordland, cleverly clued here.ġ8 TOTALISER – (is a lotter)* – the Totaliser (or Tote) is a form of betting on horse-racing which takes the sum of all money bet and divides it among the winners.Ģ1 AGOG – the even letters of “hAnG tOuGh” (ie ignoring the odds)Ģ5 IN ALL DIRECTIONS – INA(LL-DIRE)CTION’SĢ6 TWEED – as in the river Tweed, forming part of the border between England and Scotland. Green Compass and Flowers Pattern Jigsaw Puzzle. In my mind, while solving this puzzle, I was thinking that this preamble would say how easy this crossword was, then I came across a word I didn’t know, but was able to guess from the wordplay, so I suppose “easy” is not the appropriate word.
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