Here we have the sixth issue of the Puzzle Section, which features an excellent and unobtrusive cryptic themer inspired by last year’s events.
Download issue six and get solving.
And if your cryptic career is just starting or you want to come to the answers faster, you can get your cryptic indicators and instructions underlined in issue six’s Courteous Cryptic edition.
Here’s what it looks like:
Some devious clues here, including a couple where the parsing escapes me. And not sure I’ve the right answer for 4d.
Are you the Anto that sets the Guardian Quiptic?
4D is a toughie — think of an Australian poet and how else a Parisian river might be spelt.
Let me know if you need any more hints.
I’m not the Guardian Anto — I had never heard of him. I might need to christen myself with a new nickname. How odd!
Ah! Missed the homophone indicator for the Parisian river.
I think the only other one I can’t parse is 25d, and I’m only assuming I’ve got the right answer because it fits the def.
Didn’t quite get the AFL reference in 29a but decided it was either a quirky def or there were something about AFL I didn’t know, (Which is very possible)
The quiptic is the Guardian’s weekly beginners puzzle. Their Anto is rather unconventional and more difficult than most in that slot. I was thinking yours was even more unconventional than his!
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/quiptic/954
25D has a few things going on. In that one, the more politically correct version of AD is placed after a chopped herb.
For 29A, an AFL forward often runs towards his teammate with the ball further up the field, and that skill — the timing, the speed, the direction — is known as the answer.
And I’ll definitely give an Anto quiptic a go. Should be fun!
D’oh. Obvious when someone explains it to you. 🙂 Thanks
And thanks for an interesting and different puzzle.