I'll Put It on the Calendar: 5/25

ACROSS

1A ||"minor celebrity" = B-LISTER.||

6A ||anag. CANE after "bit of fishy" = FIN||

7A ||anag. BUN + anag. TURN||

8A ||Hidden in "chaSTE AMERican"||

DOWN

1D ||anag. BLOUSE + fail = F||

2D || I + anag. BELONG ||

3D ||reversal of TAPS ("drums") + alternate letters in nUcLeAr||

4D ||bronze = TAN; belly = TUM containing right = R||

5D ||tenant = RENTER containing drug = E (i.e. ecstasy)||

I made a minor edit in 6A to improve the surface reading.  "A bit of fishy accountancy" becomes "A fishy bit of accountancy".

Thank you for the explanations. Even after solving the puzzle I'm often wondering about the second mechanism. These explanations will help me look for mechanisms in future cryptic puzzles.

Cryptic 7x7 #5 by tuber

Comments