Spectator 1847

[greyfox]

Copied from my earlier plea down the page:

Question Author
Thank you all for your helpful replies - but not quite helpful enough for this dimwit on his return from a hard day at the office.

Four of the unclued lights have(?!) to be diviner, after, symbol and analyse but I'm blowed if I can make the connection. Another little clue before I admit defeat and ask outright!

Thanks.

gf

[midazolam]

use an anagram solver on the internet and find one of the words in the grid that has at least 8 anagrams

the 8 words which need filling in are synonyms of these different anagrams.

the one im stuck on is one down though but have the rest

[cruciverbali]

http://beta.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzle s/Crosswords/Question509060.html

[cruciverbali]

http://beta.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzle s/Crosswords/Question509060.html

[greyfox]

Thanks cruci'. Am I right in thinking it's Pears=apres=after?!

Still don't see it though. Diviner is an anagram from the letters in Vin Ordinaire? Or am I barking up the wrong cryptic tree?

I'll kick myself if/when the penny drops!

[midazolam]

yes to the first

forget vin ordinaire as it is not a full anagram

diviner is a synonym for another anagram. similar to the first

[cruciverbali]

Try using Chambers Word Wizard to establish the possible anagrams, then match them to the unclued lights you already have.

[cruciverbali]

Try using Chambers Word Wizard to establish the possible anagrams, then match them to the unclued lights you already have.

[greyfox]

Thanks again cruci' Where would we be without the Word Wizard? Alas 1dn and 8dn are still defeating me!

[pjwillcox]

In Bradfords, the most straightforward word that fits 1 d is listed as possibly "indicating an anagram". think 8 d is clip as a synonym of 40 a. But I'm stumped on 12 d (?U?RT? - quartz, quarto??) and I'm blowed if I can make that connection.
Cheers

[greyfox]

Thanks all. I think you're right pj with CLIP as the answer for 8dn but not for the reason you give. Clip is a synonym of pare which is another anagram of the shaded light referred to. Hence 12dn is QUARTZ(PRASE is the anagram).

Presumably you mean 'Distracted' for 1dn - your explanation seems plausible but I can't make a connection with10 dn as the preamble seems to suggest.

[slaney]

Cruciverbalist's posts seem to have vanished. I can only sign in to the beta AB site so not sure if this will get through. For 8d I have COIN. PARES (plural) I thought went with the name of the crossword.

[greyfox]

Why COIN slaney? I still think CLIP makes more sense for the reason above. Are you any the wiser re. 1dn?

cruciverbali's posts have indeed vanished. Oo er...spooky!

[slaney]

COIN,I thought went with the anagram ASPER.

[greyfox]

I'm convinced! Thanks slaney. 1dn?

[midazolam]

dont like to be too blatant but this should clear it up

1d distracted = spare
8d coin = asper
if it was clip then it should be pare not pares
12d quartz = prase

[midazolam]

pears and reaps would go with the title of the crossword being prunes

[midazolam]

sorry that should be pares

[greyfox]

I guess you'd had enough of my ramblings midazolam. Many thanks anyway.

gf

[cruciverbali]

This site is driving me SPARE today !

C

[cruciverbali]

This site is driving me SPARE today ! C