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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Cryptic Crossword 3 Answers


Answers to Cryptic Crossword 3 below the break.



ACROSS

5. One of the Men in Black leaps from alien dock at fish (3)
    anagram (dock) - K
7. Ocean creatures' scattered ashes surround wilting rose (9)
    anagram (ashe[rose]s) 
9. Knight's most notable feature is protected by templar morals (5)
    container (templar morals)
10. Angry and distraught, devil trades her heart for his heart (5)
    anagram (devil) - e + i
11. Weightlifter's purchase from Staples (5)
    double definition
14. Left place, for example, in costume (3-2)
    reversal (put eg)
15. Infinite monkeys' output: "Enlivened speaker has energy" (11)
    anagram (speaker) + e
17. Rodeo has no limits--that's dedication (3)
    r(ode)o
19. Swindle part up into malfunctioning mechanism (11)
    con + reversal (part) + anagram (into)
20. Slippery critter's uncle wrote school finals (3)
    last letters (uncle wrote school)
21. Salvation in reverse: strange, endless séance with hated democrat (11)
    reversal (anagram (eanc) + revile + D)
24. Computer left amidst festive art makes wreath (5)
    anagram (AI + art)
25. Upon crashing, driver's head will ache (5)
    anagram (upon) + d
28. Fainthearted ones took DMT? Preposterous (5)
    anagram (ii + DMT)
29. Review pacemaker that lost form, melted (5)
    anagram (pacemaker - make)
30. Elderly hire brings girl to the forefront at a time when thinkers achieve great things (6,3)
    old en(g)age 
31. Pinnacle of turf or rock! (3)
    first letters (turf or rock)

DOWN

1. Inner peace, before hit shakes summit (6)
    zen + anagram (hit)
2. Get lesser therapist (6)
    double definition
3. Cops stop vice word said to get a person’s attention (4)
    container (cops stop)
4. Sports channel shows person being tackled (or escaping) (4)
    anagram (person) - or
5. Allegation will scorch General Electric (6)
    char + GE
6. Degradation trial to start with ego, add nothing, and adjourn at last (8)
    demo + t + I + o + n
8. Bit of liquid, pinch of dust, sprinkling of petrol (7)
    d + anagram (petrol)
12. Movement is like Don Giovanni meets Tio Juan finale (9)
    opera + Tio + n
13. African fly found in two disparate sets (6)
    anagram (set set)
16. That woman’s after an informer for former CBS newsman (6)
    rat + her
18. Bring back, or put away again? (7)
    double definition
19. Nucleus of particle arc utterly definitive (5-3)
    container (particle arc utterly)
21. Stylish building - congressional abode? (6)
    reversal (rep pad)
22. Classifies order signal (6)
    anagram (signal)
23. Wince at ruined CGI, absurd without dangerous automotive stunt (6)
    anagram (ruined CGI) - DUI
26. Paramour gets around--that's what you want (4)
    container (Paramour gets)
27. Badly informed fool (4)
    anagram (told)

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