Colgan’s Cryptic Crossword
Across
1. Jibe, to release a missile (4,1,8)
8 . Bizarre sect sues medic over an important but unpopular
achievement (6,1'6)
9. Leader of the pack identified by a damaging leak (5)
10. Try to succeed against river (5)
11. Cycle broken by little creeps (6,7)
13. Backing horse to go over again (5)
14. He painted champ (5)
17. Lead singer's leaving after kid creates optical effect (6,2,5)
18. With the highest frequency piano, composer created "Trains and
Boats and Planes" (5,2,6)
Down
1. Among those attacking a prophet (5)
2. Drug producer. He's spent time at court. (5)
3. A capital murder squad? (8,5)
4. To be free from taunts, I clear up content of lecture (8-5)
5. To carry nothing in cover on stroller is better (6,7)
6. Pay Security for facilitating urgent flight departure (7)
7. They accepted blame for treatment (7)
11. A fit colour for an instrument, but not the favourite (7)
12. Carried up to bed, toplessly dressed (7)
15. Agave genus's back in the desert (5)
6. Vietnamese uncle raised rent for accommodation (5)
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Solution
Explanations (C = cryptic part of clue + S = straight part of
clue;
or S + S = clue holding answer twice with two different straight
meanings;
or POW = play on words.)
Note that joining words may or may not be an integral part of the
clue.
Punctuation and capital letters are irrelevant.
The art of the setter is to make it non-obvious how and where to
split the clue,
and to mislead the solver along an irrelevant path.
Across
1. S: jibe = hurl a brickbat
S: release a missile = hurl a brickbat
8 C: bizarre sect sues medic (anagram of “sect sues medic”)
S: important but unpopular achievement = succes d’estime
9. C: a (a) damaging leak (anagram of “leak”)
S: leader of the pack = akela
10. C: try (go) to succeed against (after “con”)
S: river = Congo
11. C: cycle (treadly) broken by little (containing “slight”)
S: creeps = treads lightly
13. C: backing horse (pacer, backwards)
S: to go over again = recap
14. S: he painted = Munch
S: champ = munch
17. C: lead singer (Bono) leaving (flight) after kid (after “rib”)
S: optical effect = ribbon of light
18. C: the highest frequency (mode, as in statistics) piano (soft,
as in music) composer (Ravel)
S: trains and boats and planes = modes of travel
Down
1. C: among those attacking (inside “those attacking”)
S: a prophet = Hosea
2. S: Drug producer = Roche
S: he’s spent time at court = Roche (Tony Roche, tennis player and
coach)
3. C: a capital (Adelaide) murder (group of crows)
S: squad = Adelaide Crows
4. C: I (I) clear up (“lucid” upwards) content of lecture (inside
“reproof”)
S: to be free from taunts = ridicule-proof
5. C: to carry nothing in cover (“o” in “casing”) stroller (ambler)
S: better = casino gambler
6. C: pay security = bail out
S: urgent flight departure = bailout
7. C: they (they) accepted blame (included “rap”)
S: treatment = therapy
11. C: colour (tan) instrument but not the favourite “(trumpet”
without “pet”)
S: fit = tantrum
12. C: carried up (“borne” upwards) bed, toplessly (ed)
S: dressed = enrobed
15. C: agave genus’s back in (inside “agave genus” backwards)
S: desert = Negev
16. C: Vietnamese uncle (ho, from “Uncle Ho = Ho Chi Minh) raised
rent (“let” upwards)
S: accommodation = hotel