Saturday, August 27, 2011 - On a First Name Basis

Introduction

Today's puzzle by Cox and Rathvon does not appear to have any particular theme - unless I have overlooked something.













Today's Glossary

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

[An asterisk beside an entry merely indicates that it has been taken it from a Cumulative Glossary of entries which have previously appeared, in either this blog or its companion blog, the Ottawa Citizen Cryptic Crossword Forum.]

Appearing in Solutions:

amp - [Collins English Dictionary] verb Australian informal to excite or become excited See also amp up

amp up - [Collins English Dictionary] verb informal 3. to excite, arouse, or work up (a person, emotions, etc.)

Archimedes - (circa 287–212 bc ), Greek mathematician and inventor, of Syracuse. He is famous for his discovery of Archimedes‘ principle (legend has it that he made this discovery while taking a bath, and ran through the streets shouting 'Eureka!'); among his mathematical discoveries are the ratio of the radius of a circle to its circumference, and formulas for the surface area and volume of a sphere and of a cylinder.

Ares - Greek Mythology the Greek war god, son of Zeus and Hera.

el - Spanish the

Irving [Berlin] - (1888–1989), Russian-born American songwriter; born Israel Baline. Notable works : the songs ‘God Bless America’ (1939) and ‘White Christmas’ (1942) and the score for Annie Get Your Gun (stage, 1946; film, 1950).

seis - Spanish six

signorina - Italian young woman

Susan [Sontag] - (1933–2004), American writer and critic. She established her reputation as a radical intellectual with Against Interpretation (essays, 1966). Other notable works: On Photography (1976) and Illness as Metaphor (1979).

Isaac Stern - (1920–2001), US violinist; born in Russia. He made his New York debut in 1937 at Town Hall. In 1956, he was the first American to perform in Russia after World War II, and he was invited to China in 1979. He served as president of Carnegie Hall from 1960.

Solution to Today's Puzzle

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

Across

1a   AM|PED - AM (in the morning) + PED (pedestrian)

4a   SHE|L|LACKED - SHE (the ship; it is traditional to give women's names to ships and refer to them as female) + L (left) + (and) LACKED (was missing)

9a   LOCUS|T - LOCUS (place) + (and) T (time)

10a   INDUS|TRIAL - INDUS (river important to Pakistan) + TRIAL (test)

11a   TENDER - double definition; "sensitive" & "offer of money"

12a   MARSEILLES* - anagram (in disarray) of MESSIER ALL

16a   REINS~ - sounds like (announced) RAINS (showers)

17a   CA(R)VE - R (right) contained in (inside) CAVE (grotto)

18a   HONDA* - anagram (convertible) of HAD NO

19a   NIGH|T - NIGH (near) + T {the edge of T(own)}

22a   CHART|REUSE - CHART (keep track of) + (and) REUSE (recycle)

26a   {MORE SO}* - anagram (shaken) of ROMEOS

27a   TRIPLICATE* - anagram (busted) of PARTICLE IT

28a   _D|ANCES_ - hidden in (embraced by) venerateD ANCESters

29a   RETROGRESS* - anagram (mixed up) of GETS ERRORS

30a   S(US)AN - {S (small) + AN (article)} containing US

Down

1d   A(DOLE)SCENT - DOLE (welfare) contained in (in) ASCENT (process of going up)

2d   PL|UNDERAGE - PL {pair of pliers; i.e., first two letters of PL(iers)} + UNDERAGE (not old enough)

3d   DETER|GENTS - DETER (check) + GENTS (men's)

4d   SEIS|M - SEIS (Mexico's #6; i.e., the Spanish word for 'six') + M (male)

5d   ENDUR*|E (or E|NDURE*) - anagram (bananas) of UNDER + (by) E (error)

6d   LESSEN - sounds like (of the voice) LESSON (exercise)

7d   CORAL* - anagram (turned) of CAROL

8d   EL|ATE - EL (the Mexican; i.e., the Spanish word for 'the') + ATE (dined)

13d   AR(CHIMED)ES - CHIMED (rung) contained in (gripped by) ARES (war-like immortal)

14d   SIGNORINAS* - anagram (distressed) of RAISING SON

15d   {ISAAC STERN}* - anagram (shot) of ACTRESS IN A

20d   I|RVING - I ([Roman numeral for] one) + RVING (travelling in a motorhome; rv-ing)

21d   HU(MAN)E - MAN (fellow) contained in (found in) HUE (shade)

23d   HORSE - sounds like (sounding) HOARSE (laryngitic)

24d   _ROPER - [P]ROPER (right) with the first letter deleted (after the start)

25d   EVENS* - anagram (different) of SEVEN

Signing off for today - Falcon