ev 769

[Physicsgirl]

I only have 4 squares to complete and despite best efforts cannot do it! Missing clues: 1d NOL?
31a S?AI?
24d ?A?E?T
possibilities are NOLL, NOLO etc. but cannot find definitions for these things, so are my letters wrong? Also SCAIN, PALEST? Really annoyed at having to ask for help so maybe just a hint would do.
Also, is "EMPLONGE" a word?! I'm assuming that OLPE is a greek ewer. Many thanks

[cruciverbali]

1d Noll Def 8

C

[cruciverbali]

Emplonge is a word

(Don't forget http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/wordg ames/word_wizards/wwizards.py/main !!)

[cruciverbali]

This is a useful site for checking definitions if you don't have Chambers with you: http://www.onelook.com/

(It gives noll but not emplonge)

[cruciverbali]

Olpe

[cruciverbali]

31a: I think indisposition = ail (throb ---> throw)

[cruciverbali]

24d:

Man = Robert

Jests ------> Tests

C

[Physicsgirl]

24d is Lustless (or rather listless) and heartless Shakespearean boy ?A?E?T, I think you gave me 26d
thanks for the others - I WILL complete on my own one of these weeks, still, okay for a 3rd timer. Really enjoyed it this week and didn't feel quite so bamboozled

[Physicsgirl]

that last post was directed at cruciverbali - by the way, what is cruciverbali please?

[Physicsgirl]

is it something to do with a book called cruciverbalism?

[novalis]

24d is jacent

[Physicsgirl]

thanks, Novalis. Does that mean that 31a is SCAIL, SCAIN, or neither? I though scain as it has IAN in it but also the other has AIL as C pointed out in an earlier post.
What is JACENT?

[cruciverbali]

Sorry PhysicsGirl , I did give you 26d: in error. I wonder if 24d could be jacent ?

C

[novalis]

scail is right s.c. + ail
jacent means lying flat or sluggish
Hope you can get it in the post and that the strikes don't delay it.

[cruciverbali]

31a: "for Ian" indicates that scail is a Scottish word (all men in Scotland are called Ian apparently !)

Cruciverbalist (Answerbank wouldn't accept the 'st' when I registered - my close frieds call me Crux)

[novalis]

Sorrry -- should have added that a reference to Ian ( a Scottish name ) often means that you are looking for a Scottish word. Scail ( can be skail but clue yields "c" ) is a Scottish word meaning disperse, scatter or spill.

[cruciverbali]

C

[Physicsgirl]

well, you live and learn! Wondered about the Ian thing. Could either of you explain some of the clues to me?

Why is nomination "mating"? I'm assuming
NO MINION A T
is the cryptic bit.

What about the Jean's (Sean's?) bit in 29d - and "new promotion" - I'm guessing KEEN was the "sharp" bit, but where did the S come from?

18a - KAMSIN - KAM is somehow linked to Will, but how? Is it another reference similar to Ian meaning Scottish?

30a - EMURE - I know the URE is a river, but the following seam part perplexes me. Did Willias pen a poem with "emure in it"
2d - don't get this at all (EMPLONGE) except it means sink and has the word LONG in it.
Also don't really get 17d (EARPIECE) and 12d (PAVANE) but I got pavane because I'm musical and knew it by definition.

Don't mean to be a pain but any explanations thankfully received.
PG (No Einstein, unfortunately)

[novalis]

nomination is arranged mating for horses.
kam is a Shakespearean word for awry + sin to give kamsin.
emure - odd parts of seam could be either first and third letlers or in this case second and fourth em+ure.
Pa(st)+vane for pavane.

[Physicsgirl]

you enlighten me once again - thank you, Novalis

[novalis]

Sorry should have added skene is s ( abbreviation of is ) + kene with n = new promoted i.e moved up one position in the word.
An earpiece is a square box for an advert in a newspaper
ear + attention + piece = article.
Still not fully worked out emplonge but clue should read long ago sink and long is part of the definition of answer - i.e. it's an old ( long ago )word.
Hope thatt helps a bit.