Saturday, July 23, 2011 - Italian on the Menu

Introduction

In today's puzzle from Cox and Rathvon, the setters drop in to an Italian deli for soup, cheese, pasta and dessert - all purchased on credit.












Solution to Today's Puzzle

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

Across

1a   SCAM< - reversal (sent back) of MACS (Apple products)

3a   MAS|CARP|ONE - MAS (Mom's) + CARP (gripe) + (with) ONE

9a   C(A|R)AMEL - CAMEL (ungulate) containing (eating) {A + R (piece of rock; i.e., first letter of Rock)}

11a   IGNITED* - anagram (rum) of DIETING

 rum² - adjective British informal, dated odd; peculiar: it's a rum business, certainly

12a   MINE|ST(R)ONE - MINE (dig) + {STONE (pit) containing (about) R (right)}

13a   TIER - double definition; "grade" & "someone making macrame" (i.e., someone tying knots)

15a   RE|D A(RM)Y - RE ([musical] note) + {DAY (date) containing (holding) RM (room)}

16a   IVANHOE* - anagram (dress) of I HAVE ON

dress - verb 3 treat or prepare (something) in a certain way

18a   SO|LO(I)NG - SO LONG (I'll see you) containing (about) I (one)

21a   PICADOR~ - sounds like (for hearing) PICK A DOOR (choose an opening)

23a   TONY - double definition; "stylish" & "theatre award"

24a   TOR(TELL|IN)I - {TELL (report) + IN} contained in (interrupting) TORI (doughnuts)

torus - noun (plural tori or toruses) 1 Geometry [a] a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut). [b] a ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research.

26a   P(LAST)IC - LAST (at the end) contained in (in) PIC (movie)

A store clerk's question "Paper or plastic" might mean 'cash or credit [card]'.

27a   HI T|HERE - HIT (attacked) + HERE (present)

28a   Z(A|BAG|L|I)ONE - {A + BAG (sack) + L (left) + I (one)} contained in (wearing) ZONE (belt)

29a   ON|US - ON (upon) + US (Canada's neighbour)

Down

1d   S(YCAM<)ORES - SORES (wounds) containing (keeping) {a reversal (back) of MACY (Fargo actor)}

William H. Macy - American actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo.

2d   A|PRONE|D - {PRONE (lying) + D (down)} following (behind) A (one)

4d   ALLERGY* - anagram (corrected) of LARGELY

5d   CHI|ANTI - CHI (Greek character) + ANTI (opposed to)

6d   RUNG - double definition; "called up" & "part of a ladder"

7d   O|ST|RICH - O (circle) + ST (stone [British unit of weight]) + RICH (flush)

8d   EIDER - anagram (shot) of DEER I

10d   MIST|RAIN - MIST and RAIN are each a 'forecast for wet weather'

14d   LANCELOT - LOT (fortune [in the sense of 'fate']) following (going after) LANCE (jousting weapon)

17d   EAR(LINES)S - EARS (some corn) containing (having) LINES (rows)

19d   LINEAR B - hidden in (found in) deLI NEAR Beef

20d   GNOCCHI* - anagram (clumsy) of {CHICaGOaN, i.e., CHICAGOAN with the two A's deleted (twice dropping A) }

21d   PIT|CH IN - PIT (depression) + (with) CHIN (talk)

22d   D(RIVE) IN - DIN (noise) containing (surrounding) RIVE (split)

23d   TOP|AZ - TOP (most prominent) + AZ (Arizona)

25d   STAG< - reversal (sent back) of GATS (pistols)

Signing off for today - Falcon