Solving time 20 minutes
About average level of difficulty with no real obscurities. 5D is strange and I can't help feeling I'm missing something subtle. I also don't really understand the cryptic to 8D
The end of June 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of my learning to program the ICL 1301 computer, which was when I learned about Alan Turing. June 23rd was the 100th anniversary of his birth and I can't let it pass without an acknowledgement to him and his immeasurable contribution to our lives without which this blog would not be possible
About average level of difficulty with no real obscurities. 5D is strange and I can't help feeling I'm missing something subtle. I also don't really understand the cryptic to 8D
The end of June 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of my learning to program the ICL 1301 computer, which was when I learned about Alan Turing. June 23rd was the 100th anniversary of his birth and I can't let it pass without an acknowledgement to him and his immeasurable contribution to our lives without which this blog would not be possible
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CANNES - sounds like "can" to the French; Nice in France; |
| 5 | WHISTLER - (the swirl)*; James Whistler 1834-1903 who painted pieces of music and mothers; |
| 9 | OLD,WINDSOR - (lord)* surrounds WINDS-O; over=O (cricket - what else?); Thames-side village near Windsor; |
| 10 | FOIL - F-OIL; fine=F; sun lotion (perhaps!)=OIL; fencers cavort on a piste; |
| 11 | STRATEGY - STY surrounds (great)*; does the Euro Area have one?; |
| 12 | GEYSER - GREY-SE then move R=queen to the rear; as featured in Yellowstone National Park; |
| 13 | JACK - two meanings 1=sailor; 2=small ball used as a target in bowls; |
| 15 | ULTERIOR - UL(s)TE(RIO)R; the most interesting motive; |
| 18 | REST,HOME - REST-HO(M)E; (the) excess=(the) REST; not where I want to end up; |
| 19 | BOAR - BOA-(freeze)R; Tamworth no doubt; |
| 21 | ENAMEL - LE(MAN)E all reversed; what the hygenist cleans; |
| 23 | EQUALISE - cryptic definition; park=slang for football pitch; |
| 25 | UNDO - hidden (Ness)UN-DO(rma); |
| 26 | GREGARIOUS - GR(I-RAGE reversed)OUS(e); bitch=moan=grouse; |
| 27 | ASSIGNEE - ASS-GI reversed-NEE; charlie=slang for fool; |
| 28 | EL,NINO - (l)E(y)L(a)N(d)I(i)-NO; quinquennial movement in the South Pacific; |
| Down | |
| 2 | ALLOT - (sh)ALLOT; |
| 3 | NEWMARKET - NEW-MARKET; also a famous centre for horse racing; |
| 4 | SINGER - SIN-(pon)G-E-R; Isaac Merritt Singer 1811-1875 who invented the Singer Sewing Machine; |
| 5 | WISH,YOU,WERE,HERE - insincere message people sent before texting was invented; |
| 6 | IRRIGATE - (b)IR(d)-R(e)IGATE; |
| 7 | TUFTY - TU(F)T-Y(oga); following=F; road safety conscious squirrel; |
| 8 | EMILE,ZOLA - ALO(Z)E-LIME; what is an aloe-lime?; French writer and saviour of Dreyfus; |
| 14 | APENNINES - A-PENNI(N)ES; N from (woma)N; |
| 16 | REBELLION - (beer)*-ILL reversed-ON; last resort of slaves, peasants and poll-tax payers; |
| 17 | HOOLIGAN - HO(OLI)GAN; OLI from (s)OLI(d); golfer Ben Hogan 1912-1997; idiotic follower of football; |
| 20 | CURATE - two meanings 1=pastor 2=manager of museum; |
| 22 | MAORI - I-ROAM reversed; author=I(?); |
| 24 | SPURN - S-PU(R)N; |
Comments
Not much fun, but my fault, I think, not the setter's.
CoD to UNDO - it appealed to my apparent need for simplicity.