Saturday, September 3, 2011 - Working Nine to Five

Introduction

It looks like we will have put in a full day of work by the time we have completed today's puzzle from Cox and Rathvon. Having spent much of the day marshalling at a golf course, I felt rather sheepish when the elusive wordplay to 24d finally fell into place.





Solution to Today's Puzzle

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

Across

1a   {NINE L}<|IVES - reversal (turned) of LENIN (top communist) + IVES (composer)

6a   {TYPE A}~ - sounds like (you might say) TAIPEI (Taiwan's capital)

9a   TELEGRAPH* - anagram (radical) of HELP GREAT

10a   K(EY<) IN - KIN (family) containing (holding) {reversal (back) of YE (you)}

11a   SING|E - SING (confess) + E (error; baseball term)

12a   SED__ENTARY - SEDIMENTARY (like some rock) with IM deleted (except I'm)

13a   PERSONNEL* - anagram (changing) of PENNS ROLE

16a   OF|TEN - OF TEN (decimal)

17a   POS(I)T - POST (mail) contains I (one)

18a   _T|ASK| FOR|CE_ - hidden in (in) effecT ASK FOR CEntral

19a   REORDERED* - anagram (silly) of DEED ERROR

22a   C(H)ART - H (first [letter] of Hay) contained in (in) CART (wagon)

25a   LIKEN~ - sounds like (in the ear) LICHEN (fungal growth)

26a   FEUDALISM* - anagram (in a novel way) of USED A FILM

27a   PAD|DY< - PAD (digs; a hippy's living accommodation) + reversal (turning) of YD (yard)

28a   {T(AK)ES FIVE}* - anagram (dancing) of FESTIVE containing AK (Alaska)

Note: the definition is "is relaxing" (third person singular, present tense).

Down
1d   {NO|TES}< - reversal (from the rear) of SET ON (attack)

2d   NYLO*|N - anagram (confused) of ONLY + N (nation's leader; i.e., leading letter of "Nation")

3d   LOGGED OUT - double definition; "signed out" (from a computer) & "having no more timber" (it having all been harvested)

4d   VI(A|L)S - {A + L (litre)} contained in (put in) {VI (six; Roman numeral) + S (small)}

5d   SCHEDULES* - anagram (subject to change) of CHESS DUELS

6d   TO|KEN - TO (intended for) + KEN (Kenneth)

7d   PAYMASTER* - anagram (all over) of STAMP YEAR

8d   ANNOYANCE* - anagram (upset) of ANYONE CAN

13d   P(APER) C|LIP - {PC (computer) + LIP (kisser)} containing APER (copier)

14d   REST(O|CK)ED - RESTED (refreshed) containing (receiving) {O (mid-October; i.e., the middle letter of OctOber) + CK (check)}

15d   {NET PROFIT}* - anagram (shifting) of TIP TEN FOR

16d   OF|FI(CIA)LS - OF (from) + {CIA (spy agency) contained in (received by) FILS (son in France; i.e., a French word meaning "son")}

• of - preposition 6 indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured: a paint made from a natural resin
• from - preposition 8 indicating the material or substance constituting something: [i] the house was built of bricks; [ii] walls of stone

20d   D|INKY - D (bit of Delta; i.e., first letter of "Delta") + INKY (jet)

• jet² - noun (also jet black) a glossy black colour: [as modifier] her jet-black hair

21d   D(R)UNK - DUNK (stuff; as a basketball, for example) containing (around) R (Vancouver's terminal; i.e., the terminal letter of "VancouveR")

23d   ALI|BI_ - ALI (boxing legend [Muhammad Ali]) + BI (bio almost; all but the last letter of "BIo")

• out - noun 1 informal a way of escaping from a problem or dilemma: he was desperately looking for an out

24d   TE(MP)E - MP (legislator; Member of Parliament) contained in TEE (beginning of a hole; each hole on a golf course begins at a tee and ends at a green)

Signing off for today - Falcon