Colgan's Cryptic Crossword
Across
1. Ignore siding (4-2)
4. Omen attached to a house (5)
9. Must coordinate cerebra to get body support (8,5)
10. Doctor, for example, makes claim (5)
11. Contributions from Mary and Don Chandler, perhaps (7)
12. Committee Head’s supporting issue after much thought (13)
13. "The one most likely to succeed" has defeat after defeat, one not small (4,3)
14. Coordinate units into divisions (5)
16. No other choice but stealth, perhaps (3,4,6)
17. Firm lost right to examine (5)
18. Large lean to port (6)
Down
1. Suggest maximum holding is raised (5)
2. Quickly decisive way to have Turkish coffee (5,3,5)
3. Fast mover in council is one revealing information to the public (8,5)
5. Dance with aid of lasers. Remarkable things! (5-8)
6. Harsh laws for end of LSD and/or cocaine production (9,4)
7. Change direction and speed around "the back of Bourke" heading east (11)
8. Reduce sensitivity, almost preventing advancement (6)
12. Ancient vessel had 300 pieces of copper (5)
15. Verbally ordered to appear and put in one’s place (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. C: ignore (pass by)
S: siding = pass-by
4. C: omen (bode) attached to a (joined to “a”)
S: house = abode
9. C: must (should) coordinate cerebra (anagram of
cerebra)
S: body support = shoulder brace
10. S: Doctor, for example = title
S: claim = title
11. C: contributions from Mary and Don (anagram of MaryDon)
S: Chandler, perhaps = Raymond
12. C: committee head (c) supporting (onside) issue
after (ration, afterwards)
S: much thought = consideration
13. C: defeat after defeat (best best) one not small (remove
one “s”)
S: the one most likely to succeed = best
bet
14. C: coordinate (Z) units (ones)
S: divisions = zones
16. C: stealth, perhaps (“the last”, resort)
S: no other choice = the last resort
17. C: firm (sturdy) lost right (remove “r”)
S: examine = study
18. C: large (OS) lean (tend)
S: port = Ostend
Down
1. C: maximum holding is (“top” around “is”) raised
(inverted)
S: suggest = posit
2. S: quickly decisive = short and sweet
S: way to have Turkish coffee = short and sweet
3. C: fast mover (bullet) in (in) council (board)
S: one revealing information to the public
= bulletin board
5. C: dance (bob) with aid of (by) lasers (dazzlers)
S: remarkable things = bobby-dazzlers
6. C: end of LSD (D) and/or cocaine production (anagram of
andorcocaine)
S: harsh laws = Draconian code
7. C: speed (rate) around the back of Bourke heading east (around
“e” before “orient”)
S: change direction = reorientate
8. C: almost preventing advancement (almost “dead-end”)
S: reduce sensitivity = deaden
12. C: pieces of copper (Cu bits)
S: ancient vessel had 300 = cubits
15. C: verbally ordered to appear (homonym of “cited”)
S: put in one’s place = sited
Solutions for Aprils crossword can be found here.