Saturday, September 10, 2011 - Singers & Songwriters

Introduction

In today's puzzle by Cox and Rathvon, we are entertained by a number of singers and songwriters.














Solution to Today's Puzzle

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

Across

1a   {BUSH PILOT}* - anagram (novel) of TO PUBLISH

6a   SIT|K|A - SIT (relax) + (with) K (kay) + (at) A

9a   SEVEN< - reversal (return of) NEVES (Ms. Campbell's; i.e., Neve's)

Neve Campbell - Canadian actress

10a   CHAP(LAIN)S - LAIN (rested) contained in (among) CHAPS (blokes)

11a   LOGGERS~ - sounds like (announced) LAGERS (beers)

12a   OR(DIN)AL - ORAL (exam) containing (covering) DIN (racket)

13a   {ROBERT GOULET}* - anagram (wrong) of GOT OUR TREBLE

Robert Goulet - Canadian American singer and actor

18a   {LEONARD COHEN}* - anagram (changed) of RODEO CHANNEL

Leonard Cohen - Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist

21a   PA(LAD)IN - LAD (boy) contained in (in) PAIN

23a   L(ATTIC)E - ATTIC (room) contained in (inside) LE (the French; i.e., French word meaning 'the')

24a   REP(ELL)ENT - REPENT (feel contrite) containing (about) ELL (wing)

25a   E(AS)EL - AS contained in (amid) EEL (fish)

26a   PLEAT* - anagram (crookedly) of A PELT

27a   ST(EVE N)ASH - EVEN (uniform) contained in (in) STASH (store)

Steve Nash - Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Down

1d   BUSTLE - double definition; "fuss" and "old-fashioned skirt feature"

2d   SAV(AG)E - SAVE (hoard) contains AG ([chemical symbol for] silver)

3d   POND|EROS|A - POND (small lake) + EROS (love) + (by) A

4d   LOCKS~ - sounds like (from the sound) LOX (salmon)

5d   {TEA FOR TWO}~ - sounds like (heard) {TEE (peg [used in golf]) + FOUR (quartet) + TOO (also)}

6d   SO|LID - SO (very) + LID (top piece)

7d   TRIANGLE* - anagram (plastic) of ALTERING

8d   ABSOLUTE* - anagram (dancing) of TO A BLUES

14d   END(ANGER)S - ANGER (ire) in ENDS (finales)

15d   OVER T|HERE - OVERT (plain) + HERE (at present)

George M. Cohan - (1878 – 1942), American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, and producer.

16d   CL|APT|RAP - CL (pair of clowns; i.e., the first two letters of the 'CLowns') + APT (inclined) + RAP (to talk nonsense)

17d   COL(LAPS)E - LAPS (drinks [like a cat]) contained in (consumed by) COLE (Porter)

Cole Porter - (1891 – 1964), American composer and songwriter

19d   SIES|TA< - reversal (on the way back) of AT SEIS (6:00 in Juarez)

seis - Spanish six

20d   WEALTH* - anagram (breaking) THE LAW

22d   DE(L)FT - L (left) contained in (in the possession of) DEFT (expert)

23d   _L|ATTE_ - hidden in (required by) hospitaL ATTEndant

Signing off for today - Falcon Signing off for the moment - Falcon