10.14.12 — Cryptically Yours

 
 
 
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
 
Cryptic Crossword by Rosalie Moscovitch / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Forefather featured in romance story (8), ANCESTOR; 5. Isaac swimming around end of Trout Lake in Minnesota (6), ITASCA; 9. Full of vigor and picking up one friend (8), ANIMATED; 10. A large vagrant’s records (6), ALBUMS; 12 Start to embellish handle and hollow counter with a glossy surface (9), ENAMELLED; 13. Broadcast commercial in Rio (5), RADIO; 14. Cautious means “having resistance” (4), WARY; 16. Grease protects any piece of rope (7), LANYARD; 19. Peas all over top of dishwasher after train went by (7), ELAPSED; 21. Even current in the sound (4), TIED; 24. Cult’s leader upset Igor’s dog (5), CORGI; 25. Genius keeps running convent … (9), MONASTERY; 27. … while Ray follows tribe’s chief on the wrong path (6), ASTRAY; 28. Guy in front of drawer with a scarf (8), MANTILLA; 29. Agreement to have food brought in to sample, TREATY; 30. Ma brought back a torte prepared with almond liqueur (8), AMARETTO.
 
Down — 1. Eva gave some bears plants (6), AGAVES; 2. Jail guards point to large reptile (6), CAIMAN; 3. Balance plate of fish? (5), SCALE; 4. Love song about reverend returning blanket (7), OVERLAY; 6. Ole enters brown study with stamina (9), TOLERANCE; 7. Police vehicle Mark used to secure university area (5,3), SQUAD CAR; 8. Bacon’s ruined; disheartened, Dolores runs away to hide (8), ABSCONDS; 11. Popular performer still heard (4), IDOL; 15. Attacker agitated Alsatians (9), ASSAILANT; 17. Bent charm found under piano (8), PENCHANT; 18. Hair clip Rex almost dropped into nutty batter (8), BARRETTE; 20. Make me a roof (4), DOME; 21. Cat gets close to part of record player (7), TONEARM; 22. New motel imports red wine (6), MERLOT; 23. Energetic person working Monday (6), DYNAMO; 26. Principal takes one lute (5), SITAR.

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6 comments:

  1. Edward N.October 15, 2012 at 1:13 AM

    ...for ENAMELLED, where does the "LLED" come from? Utterly befuddled me.

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  2. DONALDOctober 15, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    E = start to “embellish”, handle = name; reverse of “dell” (as in Sleepy Hollow)…

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  3. heatherOctober 21, 2012 at 10:49 AM

    And can you explain how O + LAY equates to love song in 4 down? I get that reverend returning is VER but don't get the rest.

    Thanks!

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  4. DONALDOctober 21, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    O (love) + ver (reversal) + lay (song)

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  5. AnonymousNovember 5, 2012 at 3:40 AM

    I got them from all the other letters, but I am totally frozen trying to work out the CAIMAN (2D) and MONASTERY (23A) clues. (Strange because all the rest fell into place!)

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  6. AnonymousNovember 5, 2012 at 3:43 AM

    Oops! Never mind the Caiman one - I see it's AIM guarded by CAN. Silly me. Monastery is still stumping me though. Thanks in advance ;)

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