Saturday, June 11, 2011 - Let's Go Exploring

Introduction

Today's puzzle from Cox and Rathvon presents four prominent explorers of the territory that was to become Canada.












Solution to Today's Puzzle

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

Across

1a   B|O|SWELL - B (British) + O (love) + SWELL (nice)

5a   IS|TH(M)US - IS + THUS (hence) containing (accommodating) M (1000)

9a   CHAMP|LAIN - CHAMP (titleholder) + LAIN (rested)

10a   R|ICED - R (last of flouR) + ICED (chilled)

11a   INFER|NO - INFER (conclude) + NO (I won't)

12a   SATIRIC* - anagram (snarled) of RACIST I

13a   GAB|ON - GAB (chat) + ON (about)

15a   F(ROB)ISHER - FISHER (angler) containing ROB (stick up)

17a   VAN|CO(U)VER - U (up) contained in (in) {VAN (truck) + COVER (shelter)}

20a   S|PRIG - S (small) + PRIG (self-righteous sort)

22a   B(AWL) OUT - AWL (puncher) contained in (in) BOUT (boxing match)

24a   B|A|SEMAN< - reversal (the wrong way) of NAMES (calls) + A + B (ball)

26a   AR(GO)T - GO (run) contained in (into) ART (painting)

27a   MAC(K)E|NZ|IE - {MACE (club) + (linked with) NZ + IE (that is)} containing (hosting) K (king)

28a   {TUNE|D IN}~ - sounds like (voiced) {TOON (animated film) + DIN (commotion)}

29a   NE(T)W|_ORK - T (time) contained in (in) {NEW + yORK (York, after the premiere; i.e., with the first letter deleted)}

Down

1d   BA(C|KIN)G - {C (100) + KIN (relatives)} contained in (in) BAG (avocation)

2d   SNARF< - reversal (retrospective) of FRANS ([Frans] Hals)

3d   ESPERANTO* - anagram (foreign) of TENOR APES

4d   LEA|DOFF - LEA (where sheep may graze) + DOFF (remove)

5d   I(ONE)S|CO - {IS + CO (conscientious objector)} containing (about) ONE (single thing)

6d   T(A)ROT - TROT (run) containing (carrying) A

7d   _MA|CART|HUR_ - hidden in (riding in) lamMA CART HURt

8d   SIDECAR* - anagram (prepared) of CIDER AS

14d   B|AND|WAG|ON - B (bishop) + AND + WAG (joker) + ON (aboard)

16d   IN(SIS)TENT - INTENT (purpose) containing (about) SIS (member of the fam)

17d   V|I|BRANT - V (bunch of geese) + (ahead of) I ([Roman numeral for] one) + BRANT (Arctic goose)

18d   VITAMIN* - anagram (mixing) of IN VAT IM

19d   RUB|ICON - RUB (polish) + ICON (symbol)

21d   GUN (DEC)K - DEC (December) contained in (covered with) GUNK (sludge)

23d   OP(T)ED - OP ED (newspaper section) containing T (theatre, at first; i.e., first letter of Theatre )

25d   {MEZ|ZO}~ - sounds like (audible) {MET (Metropolitan Opera House) + SO (quite)}

Signing off for the moment - Falcon