Monday 31 May 2010

Tangle of weeds in the vegetable garden (5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

General meaning ⇒

"Tangle of weeds" ⇒

Answer ⇒ swede

Sunday 30 May 2010

It may be moving, possibly astir (5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"Possibly astir" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ stair

Saturday 29 May 2010

New models thus produced are of rare quality (6)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"New models" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ seldom

Friday 28 May 2010

Standard boy with time to get a place of residence (9)

(Source: Metro.co.uk)

General meaning ⇒

"standard" ⇒

"boy" ⇒

"time" ⇒

Answer ⇒ parsonage

Thursday 27 May 2010

Forbid a bachelor to have a bit of fun (3)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"a bachelor" ⇒

"a bit of fun" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ ban

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Disagree over some nuclear issue (4, 3)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

An answer with two meanings:

1. To disagree with someone

2. A nuclear issue

Answer ⇒ fall out

Tuesday 25 May 2010

Not all photos are steamy (3)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"Not all photos" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ hot

Monday 24 May 2010

Well placed to distribute dope around the islands (6)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"islands" ⇒

"distribute dope" ⇒

"around" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ poised

Sunday 23 May 2010

Produce pottery of doubtful worth? (5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

General meaning ⇒

"doubtful worth" ⇒

Answer ⇒ throw

Saturday 22 May 2010

She sounds a duck (3)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"she" ⇒

"sounds a duck" ⇒

Answer ⇒ Ida

Friday 21 May 2010

Send away for a new basin for the hotel (6)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"a new basin" ⇒

"hotel" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ banish

Thursday 20 May 2010

Dairy product kept by a writer (5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"dairy product" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ diary

Wednesday 19 May 2010

Eats badly so as to glut (4)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"eats badly" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ sate

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Worry about going stern-first into a waterfall (4)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"into a waterfall" ⇒

"going stern-first" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ fret

Monday 17 May 2010

She makes the minister cross! (4)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"cross" ⇒

"minister" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ minx

Sunday 16 May 2010

He's got the knack (3)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"he" ⇒

"knack" ⇒

Answer ⇒ art

Saturday 15 May 2010

An inedible cake? (4)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"inedible cake" ⇒

Answer ⇒ soap

Friday 14 May 2010

Jimmy's cue ball (5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"cue ball" ⇒

"Jimmy" ⇒

Answer ⇒ white

Thursday 13 May 2010

Seemed to be editor on a paper of some kind (8)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"a paper of some kind" ⇒

"editor" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ appeared

Wednesday 12 May 2010

I went off key in it and that's a pain! (6)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"I went off" ⇒

"key" ⇒

"in it" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ twinge

Tuesday 11 May 2010

Northern dialect most Scots use (6)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"most Scots" ⇒

"use" ⇒

General meaning ⇒

Answer ⇒ Scouse

Monday 10 May 2010

Important person you play roulette with (3, 5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

A clue with two meanings:

1 ⇒

2 ⇒

Answer ⇒ big wheel

Sunday 9 May 2010

Back on the dole, silly twit! (6)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"!" denotes a familiar or slang expression

"back on" ⇒ "no"

"dole, silly" ⇒ anagram of "dole" ⇒ e.g. "odle"

"no" + "odle"

Slang term, also meaning a twit

"noodle"

Saturday 8 May 2010

The one restful thing a discotheque has (3)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"thing a discotheque has" ⇒ subset of the word "discotheque"

Something restful

"cot"

Friday 7 May 2010

It's customary for us to be on time (5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"us to be on time" ⇒ "us" + a word meaning "time" ⇒ e.g. "us" + "age"

Meaning customary

"usage"

Thursday 6 May 2010

Near Johannesburg, it's so rainy at mid-October (6)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"rainy" ⇒ also "wet"

"mid-October" ⇒ middle letter or letters of "October" ⇒ e.g. "o"

"so" + "wet" + "o"

Something near Johannesburg (South Africa)

"soweto"

Wednesday 5 May 2010

They hang from trees, and pack a change of kit in metal boxes (7)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"a change of kit" ⇒ anagram of "kit" ⇒ e.g. "tki"

"metal boxes" ⇒ also "cans"

"tki" inside "cans"

Something that hangs from trees ⇒ possibly a leaf or a seed pod

"catkins"

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Deceptive position for the ball? (3)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

Word is something deceptive

Also means the position of a ball ⇒ e.g. in golf the "lie" of a ball

"lie"

Monday 3 May 2010

Tailless hornet possibly seen in flight! (5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"tailless hornet" ⇒ "hornet" with letter or letters removed from the end ⇒ "horne"

"horne" possibly ⇒ anagram of "horne"

Something seen in flight ⇒ e.g. a name of a bird

"heron"

Sunday 2 May 2010

Praise a former disorderly lot (5)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"former" ⇒ also "ex"

"disorderly lot" ⇒ anagram of "lot" ⇒ e.g. "tol"

Meaning "praise"

"extol"

Saturday 1 May 2010

The boys, thus, get contradictory directions (4)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"thus" ⇒ also "so"

"contradictory directions" ⇒ e.g. on a compass, North and South ⇒ "ns"

Meaning boys

"sons"
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