London Quik(ish)Crypt #10

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Little William met greatest of all time nibbler at the farm (5,4)

Orizzontali

1A
Little William met greatest of all time nibbler at the farm (5,4)
7A
Old Vlad lost himself and turned white (5)
8A
This Simon says save a prayer, the good French way (2,3)
9A
Famous British rule places mythical god and Jesus succintly together (3)
11A
Lost and confused bats eat without limits (2,3)
12A
101, back and forth, circled villain for an important duty (5)
15A
Whining horse fit for the knacker's yard? (3)
17A
Iconic but singularly clueless style of architecture (5)
18A
Seaweed, kind of a large mess without relief (5)
20A
Notice audible shun after x rated red stripper performs first (9)

Verticali

1D
Ducky's nose, one is able to say, is like an Aussie boiling pot (8)
2D
A balanced type reads in the library (5)
3D
Informal Americans pull your chain repeatedly! (5)
4D
Musical browser? (5)
5D
Battery recovery service? (2)
6D
Headline text leads distended recount in summary (4)
10D
Nemesis of Tom capable of containing gas (8)
12D
Trainee astronaut had no room to spare before partial calcium detox (5)
13D
Five signals disease is gone results in triumphant gesture (1,4)
14D
A&E blocked cyanide cocktail for singer who just wants to have fun (5)
16D
Silverback repeatedly goes crazy (4)
19D
Empire's four legged walker loses two so fails sticky part of attack (2)

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John h 30:32 · 13 giorni fa

Some of these were rough for me, but I really enjoyed figuring out 20A and 16D!

Rolly costruttore · 13 giorni fa
Thank you John - appreciate your feedback and glad you had fun with some of them!
sammisamsam 🤓11:55 · 12 giorni fa
Could you explain those? I was able to work them out but can't get all the pieces to fit. Same with 12D
- Rolly costruttore · 11 giorni fa
  Hi Sam - certainly. Click on the blacked out text for the answers.
  
  12D: Trainee astronaut had no room to spare before partial calcium detox
  
  The definition in the clue is 'Trainee astronaut', which is another way of saying 'Space cadet', but I was a little sneaky in only using half of that phrase as an answer. The wordplay 'had no room to spare before' means lose the first word, 'space', from your answer. The wordplay 'partial calcium detox' tells you to take some of the letters - ca and det - to get the answer. I admit, this clue bent the rules a bit.
  
  16D: Silverback repeatedly goes crazy
  
  The definition is 'crazy'. Silverback misdirects you to think of gorillas. But split the word in two and it's telling you to reverse a word for silver - or in this case its chemical symbol Ag. 'Repeatedly' means put it twice, so you get the answer 'gaga'.
  
  20A: Notice audible shun after x rated red stripper performs first
  
  A tough one! The definition is 'Notice' as a noun, and the answer is 'Attention'. The wordplay is in three parts - one for each syllable - but in reverse order. First 'audible shun' tells you to say shun out loud. This sounds likes sion (as in tension) or tion (as in action). This comes 'after' x - which is the Roman numeral for 'ten'. And finally 'rated red stripper' tells you to strip the letters r e d from rated, leaving you 'at', which performs (goes) first. AT TEN TION!
  - sammisamsam 🤓11:55 · 11 giorni fa
    Oh, okay! these were clever, with both 20A and 12D I got most of the answer but couldn't quite work the whole clue in. 16D I was way off on, but I love using silverback like that!
    - Rolly costruttore · 11 giorni fa
      Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed

London Quik(ish)Crypt #10

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