Thursday, April 22, 2010

Daily Nation Complex Crossword Of Thursday, April 22, 2010.Solution 10.
By Edwin Korir. Eldoret, Kenya.


Across

1. Exhausted MEP’s upset relationship with leader of Denmark (7) EMPTIED
An anagram of MEP (upset) followed by TIE (relationship) and the first letter (leader) of D(enmark) is an adjective that can mean all gone.

5. Attacked son with belt next to sea (7) SLAMMED
The answer is revealed by taking S (son) and following it with LAM (belt) and then MED the shortened form of a European sea.

9. Children poorly — with this perhaps (5) CHILL
CH An abbreviation for children followed by ILL another word for being sick.

10. Opinions stick (9) CRITICISM
A double definition. Judgement or to find fault with.

11. Say — isn’t fig revolting? On the contrary (10) SATISFYING
An anagram (revolting) of SAY ISNT FIG for a word that can be the opposite of revolting.

12. Heads back for a jar (4) STUN
Reverse (back) NUTS an informal word for heads ito get a stupefying blow.

14. Running company (12) ORGANISATION
Another double definition.

18. Health laws (12) CONSTITUTION
Yet another double definition, a persons state of health, or the fundamental law of the United States for example.

21. Group of witches not cold — one might be very warm (4) OVEN
Take COVEN a term for a group of witches, then remove C (cold) and you have an enclosed heated compartment.

22. They reveal the steps to a crime (10) FOOTPRINTS
A cryptic definition? An indentation and indication that something or someone was present…

25. Joy about even 50% rise (9)
Put ELATION (joy) around VE half of (50%) even for a height.

26. Partly hurt rib entering race (5)TRIBE
A hidden word can be found in hurT RIB Entering and once found is a class or a set of people.

27. Doctor urges Ray to leave a consulting room (7) SURGERY
Take an anagram (doctor) of URGES and RAY, without (to leave) the A and you should have another word for a consulting room.

28. Distrust school of opinion about American power (7) SUSPECT
To find a word meaning that you believe someone could be guilty, put SECT a school of opinion usually associated with religion around US (American) and P (power).

Down

1. Forgive former partner with drug when copper’s involved (6) EXCUSE
A former partner is an EX, the drug is E (ecstasy) and then put CU the chemical symbol for copper plus S in between (involved).

2. Stop in various places (6) POINTS
An anagram (various) of STOP IN produces places.

3. I will shortly use tart after cooking show (10) ILLUSTRATE
Take ILL the shortened form of I will, and then add (after) an anagram (after cooking) of USE TART and you should have a word that means to demonstrate or show clearly.

4. First of dentists starts to examine cavity as you’ve this? (5) DECAY
The first letter of dentists, and then the first (starts to) letters of examine, cavity, as and you’ve.

5. Insect — it’s dissected by one? (9) SCIENTIST
An anagram (dissected) of INSECT ITS could be a person who specialises in studying living organisms.

6. Australia is a wonderful continent (4) ASIA
An anagram of AS Australia and IS A.

7. Preserve important one in container (8) MAINTAIN
Take MAIN an adjective for important and then add A (one) inside TIN (container) and you have a word meaning preserve or keep in existence.

8. Major fifth (8) DOMINANT
Another double definition, this time prevailing, and the fifth above the tonic (from music).

13. Picks out five bars to be rewritten, with no hint of bass (10) FAVOURITES
An anagram (to be rewritten) of OUT FIVE BARS with the B removed (no hint of bass) are also persons or things that are regarded with special preference.

15. Power shown by writer — shame page is missing (9) AUTHORITY
Another word for power, comes from AUTHOR another word for writer, followed by (p)ITY, another word for shame with the P (page) removed (missing).

16. Cost rose radically for toys (8) SCOOTERS
An anagram (radically) of COST ROSE defines toys.

17. Labyrinth in which you’ll find vestibule (5,3) INNER EAR
A cryptic clue.

19. Not the same as in Luke, after translation (6) UNLIKE
An anagram (after translation) of IN LUKE is not the same as.

20. View criminal tapes implicating Conservative (6) ASPECT
Another anagram (criminal) of TAPES with (implicating) C (Conservative) is a view in a specific direction.

23. Reservoirs were very smelly, top to bottom (5) TANKS
Take STANK a word for were very smelly, and then move the first letter from the beginning (top) and place it at the end (bottom) and you should have another word for large basins or cisterns.

24. Scoffed following daughter’s engagement (4) DATE
Place ATE (scoffed) after D (daughter).