Saturday, November 27, 2010 - Held Together with Duct Tape

Introduction

Today's puzzle by Cox and Rathvon might well have been created by Canadian television character Red Green, well known as a champion of duct tape ("the handyman's secret weapon").

Today's Errata

14a Duct tape U.N. distributed is marked? (5,5)

I would suggest that the numeration might more appropriately be given as (5,1'4).

Today's Glossary

Selected abbreviations, people, places, words and expressions appearing in today's puzzle

Appearing in Solutions:

yard - noun 1 North American the garden of a house (for the benefit of our British visitors)

For the benefit of North Americans who may be confused by the above definition taken from a British dictionary, the words yard and garden have somewhat different meanings in North America and Britain.

Solution to Today's Puzzle

Legend:	"*" anagram; "~" sounds like; "<" letters reversed
	"( )" letters inserted; "_" letters deleted

Across

1a CAPITULATED* - anagram (unravelling) of DUCT TAPE ALL

9a LOT|USES - LOT (Abraham's nephew) + USES (takes advantage of)

10a C(OWS)LIP - CLIP (piece of film) containing (capturing) OWS (hurt expressions)

11a SUMATRA* - anagram (new) of TRAUMAS

12a LOESSER~ - sounds like (listened to) LESSER (minor) [songwriter Frank Loesser]

13a Y(A)RD - {Y (yellow) + RD (road)} containing A

14a {COUPS D'ETAT}* - anagram (fixed) of SO DUCT TAPE

18a PUNCTUATED* - anagram (distributed) of DUCT TAPE UN

19a C(L)UB - CUB (kid) containing (holding) L (large)

22a ARSENAL* - anagram (distributed) of NRA SALE [NRA: National Rifle Association]

25a {G(ENER)AL}< - reversal (back) of {LAG (delay) containing (holding) RENE (Russo; actress Rene Russo)}

26a ME(MO P)AD - MOP (wipe) contained in (inside of) MEAD (noted anthropologist; Margaret Mead)

27a OR|LAND|O - OR + LAND (country) + O (band)

28a {CUT-AND-PASTE}* - anagram (unusual) of DUCT TAPES AN

Down -
1d C(A|TAM)AR|AN - {CAR (auto) + AN (one)} containing {A + TAM (hat)}

2d PE(SET)A - SET (collection) contained in (in) PEA (green)

3d TUSC|ARORA - sounds like (heard) {TUSK (canine) + AURORA (dawn)}

4d LOCAL - double definition; "neighbourhood" and "diet" (lo-cal)

5d TOWHEADS* - anagram (eccentric) of WHO DATES

6d _DE|LIS_ - hidden in (includes) arcaDE LISting

7d FL(ASH)Y - ASH (residue) contained in (eaten by) FLY (winged insect)

8d SPIRIT~ - sounds like (in the ear) SPEAR IT (jab it)

15d {PEER GROUP}* - anagram (radical) of EG OR UPPER

16d T(OLE)RANCE - OLE (cheer) contained in (in) TRANCE (ecstasy); [Note: the setters have used an inverted sentence structure]

17d ST(AND) PAT - ST PAT (March honoree; i.e., St. Patrick) containing (around) AND

18d P(S)ALMS - PALMS (what a fortune teller reads) containing S (second)

20d B(A|L)LOT - {A (one) + L (left)} contained in (with ... on the outside) BLOT (messy mark)

21d ANGLES - double definition; "old Brits" and "viewpoints"

23d SUMAC< - reversal (returned) of CAMUS (existentialist author; Albert Camus)

24d LA|DEN - LA (Los Angeles) + DEN (study)

Signing off for today - Falcon