Colgan's Cryptic Crossword
Across
1. Type of bed-roll (7)
5. Must expressly manipulate by pressing and stretching (5)
8. Anne Rice plans rosy novel (8,5)
9. Seethe, with top of cultivator bent after removal of dirt
(5,8)
10. School musical instrument became clear for the very
sophisticated (6,7)
12. "Song of Norway" in a state? (5,8)
15. European helping is going in to cover house-rent (7,6)
16. Payment for roadside parking spot? (3-2)
17. Song, perhaps, is extremely dirty and offensive (7)
Down
1. Sample missing from embroidery strips (5)
2. Flat tool. A lot of it was created in Europe (6,7)
3. Hit on the rocks when turning around a fraction (7)
4. Dies early, in distress, engulfing everyone at hand (6,7)
5. US trains losing time
when climbing is an inevitable
consequence (5)
6. Happy limbo dancing line, say, seen on grounds (7,6)
7. Overwhelmed by ear-splitting action (7)
10. Composer accepts small gift (7)
11. Submarine operative holds away FBI agent (7)
13. Frightening like King
Kong (5)
14. Pretentiously cultured youth leader’s underlying skills (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: type of bed = trundle
S: roll = trundle
5. C: must expressly (homonym of “need”)
S: manipulate by pressing and stretching =
knead
8. C: rice plans rosy novel (anagram of “rice
plans rosy”)
S: Anne = Princess Royal
9. C: seethe (steam) top of cultivator (c) bent (leaning)
S: removal of dirt = steam cleaning
10. C: school (high) musical instrument (lyre) became clear
(fined)
S: very sophisticated = highly refined
12. C: song of Norway (north carol) in (in) a (a)
S: state = North Carolina
15. C: is going in to cover house-rent (“is” inside “span home
let”)
S: European helping = Spanish omelet
16. S: payment = lay-by
S: roadside parking spot = lay-by
17. C: extremely dirty (d,y) offensive (nasty)
S: Song, perhaps = dynasty
Down
1. C: sample missing from embroidery (“try” missing
from “tapestry”)
S: strips = tapes
2. C: flat (unit) tool (edger) a lot of (many)
S: it was created in Europe = United
Germany
3. C: hit (lam) on the rocks (iced) turning around (reversed)
S: a fraction = decimal
4. C: dies early, in distress (anagram of “dies early”) engulfing
everyone (around “each”)
S: at hand = easily reached
5. C: US trains (AMTRAK) losing time (without “t”) climbing
(reversed)
S: inevitable consequence = karma
6. C: dancing line say (anagram of “line say”) grounds (fields)
S: happy limbo = Elysian fields
7. C: ear splitting action (“lug” inside “deed”)
S: overwhelmed = deluged
10. C: composer (Handel) accepts small (contains “s”)
S: gift = handsel
11. C: away (fro) FBI agent (G-man)
S: submarine operative = frogman
13. S: frightening = hairy
S: like King Kong = hairy
14. C: youth leader (y) underlying skills (under “arts”)
S: pretentiously cultured = artsy