Puzzle 7 Recipes revealed I
For the next six puzzles, you have the advantage of knowing which formula each clue uses. But even knowing that, will you intuit the answer?
1 Notices measles (5) [double definition]
4 Prevents 1-across spreading (5) [anagram]
8 Accountant to head bench (4-7) [charade]
9 Choice meat to satisfy alien (6) [charade]
10 Turn tots around (4) [reversal]
11 Briefly learn poker variety (4) [deletion]
12 Cold stretch extending police capacity? (6) [hidden]
13 Cocktail jumper (11) [double definition]
15 Derelict acre’s cow (5) [anagram]
16 So-called snake box (5) [homophone]
DOWN
2 Hip rector is surprisingly old (11) [anagram]
3 Taste guided Rapunzel movie (7) [charade]
5 Oddly tie in X (3) [alternation]
6 Fix absolutely divine clothing (11) [container]
7 Loudly battled 14-down for two weeks (9) [homophone x 2]
10 Overnight carriage for dark horse? (7) [double definition]
14 Galahad perhaps smiles into romantic faces (3) [code]
A hybrid clue is lurking in this one. Will you have the combo mojo?
5 Small cart section on ‘Jolene’ singer (5,6) [charade]
7 Terrible pill abuse can be believed (9) [anagram]
8 Discovered Dante caters for echidnas? (9) [deletion]
10 Picked up, bored with cows, say? (9) [charade/homophone]
11 Maori cousin turned bitter (11) [anagram]
DOWN
1 Fuss is fair game (4-2) [double definition]
2 Dispel tensions at rare Chile conflict (5,3,3) [anagram]
3 Awkward butcher to price lamb (11) [anagram] 4 One individual on radio (4) [homophone]
6 Nut, oats, chip I crunch (9) [anagram]
9 Element of skinhead hatred (6) [charade]
10 Top fell off sofa—that hurt! (4) [deletion]
What—no anagram?! Tough, but you should thrive.
1 Quoted trim couple (4) [homophone]
4 Thai region as Opiate Central? (4) [charade]
7 Touch wicked to retreat (3) [reversal]
9 Grub to feed Parthenon supporter? (11) [charade]
10 Dad’s stabbing some odd jerk (5) [container/alternation]
11 Old language elating insiders (5) [hidden]
12 Triumphant cry, even on reflection (3) [reversal]
13 Initially terse, small-time message? (5) [charade]
14 Record raised funds (5) [homophone]
16 CO144ME? (5,6) [rebus]
18 Name kids’ game (3) [double definition]
19 Increased writing, head down (4) [deletion]
20 Initial bloke to reject crazy airhead (4) [reversal]
DOWN
1 Gently kisses chest muscles, say (5) [homophone]
2 Quaint raven ousted screens of an ER tube? (11) [hidden]
3 Exploit dance style (3) [double definition]
5 Go back twinkling (5,6) [double definition x 2]
6 For an outer kitchen garment (5) [container]
7 Beckett maybe shot at first (9) [charade]
8 Charge a water pipe connecting waterhole (9) [charade]
13 Cat steps with agility, leaving ground in seconds (5) [code]
15 Imagine weir swamping 19-across’s tips (5) [container]
17 I get article on novelist Rankin (3) [charade]
Classically, when Cockneys head for home, they ’ead for ’ome. That ’abit will ’elp you with 5-down.
1 Excel to hold up bakery? (4,3,4) [pun]
7 Dug retro material (5) [reversal]
8 Ratbag and French apprentice (5) [charade]
9 It protects bar’s pet straying behind the clock (11) [anagram/charade]
11 Relics sit in quite a mess (11) [anagram]
12 Called one to cover Greek character? (5) [homophone]
14 Beethoven’s last symphony began in the series (5) [hidden]
16 Web-handlers mishandling Euro kingdom (11) [charade/anagram]
DOWN
1 Small portion cheers Democrat (3) [charade]
2 Gentlest family destined to lose half (7) [charade/deletion]
3 NYC’s own X2? (5,6) [rebus]
4 Special translation of a pet lexicon (11) [anagram]
5 Cockney assistant, a joiner? (3) [deletion]
6 Skipping starts, gent frees starters (7) [deletion]
9 Beck ran feral in fernery (7) [anagram]
10 Idiot travelled north, after touring via French city (7) [reversal/anagram]
13 Stone quarry (3) [double definition]
15 Gets laughter? (3) [double definition]
A bit of bilingualism required in this puzzle. Bon chance!
1 Flier injured arm (5) [anagram]
4 Painter Pablo ‘so’ ditching print measures (5) [deletion]
7 Ponder prisoner attending church at breaks (11) [charade/container]
8 Outstanding pair in Rome (3) [double definition—one in Italian!]
9 A mate might start radar, perhaps (7] [charade]
10 Some cold wind levels slide (7) [hidden]
11 Sort of dog circuit? (3) [double definition]
13 Vulnerable one gives session nothing (7,4) [charade]
14 Wander right into stop (5) [container]
15 Snobs kept off space capsule (5) [hidden]
DOWN
1 Guillotine found bolted (5) [deletion]
2 Spooner to sense fitter as indecisive person (5-6) [spoonerism]
3 Melt a dry-ice mixture in Oz destination (7,4) [anagram]
4 Quiet mimic heard to hang around desk item (11) [charade/homophone]
5 Ride the remote waterway waves? (7-4) [pun]
6 Send the electricity across, matching leads for power source (5) [code]
10 Deer swallow small intakes (5) [container]
12 Keeps wild dogs (5) [anagram]
What series is complete without a themed puzzle? And a scary one to boot. This is your toughest challenge to date, so be kind to yourself.
1 Custom to decline during cure, occasionally (5) [container/alternation]
4 Fleet satirist (5) [double definition]
8 Backstage may rate lousy 2-down creation (3,8) [reversal/anagram]
9 Goes outside, seizing 10-across for spirits (6) [container]
10 Multitude run the show (4) [double definition]
11 Catch horses, tail-first (4) [manipulation]
13 Killer US poet Walt starting off (6) [deletion]
15 Tired star is rejoining UK band (4,7) [anagram]
16 Spy needs years to reach central frontier (5) [charade]
17 Bear to mention 2-down novel (5) [homophone]
DOWN
2 Writer presents layer after layer to sovereign (7,4) [charade]
3 2-down’s readers’ responses perhaps linking back to snakes (5) [charade]
5 Vigil needing ticker? (5) [pun]
6 Kinky trait refers to 2-down’s book (11) [anagram]
7 Cryptically this arises, like many of 2-down’s books (5,4) [partial rebus]
12 Information about lines describing 2-down’s mile (5) [container]
14 Partly graffiti Arabic crown (5) [hidden]