Listener Crossword 4197: Solution Notes
Duet for One by Bandmaster
Puzzle explanation
Solvers were to construct a secondary grid as shown, with black squares where the original grid contained letters N to Z and the rest filled using the supplied plain definitions. The diagonals of the secondary grid read “Buy one, get one free” and its acronym, BOGOF, was to be highlighted in the diagonal of the original grid.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| Extra word (answer in secondary grid) | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Across | ||
| reform | BLACK | BACK around L |
| diagram | ACES | CE in AS |
| Clearing | LAKE | LEAK * |
| cells | LOFTER | (tai)L OF TER(errier) |
| containing | ASTIR | ASTI + R |
| atom [A to M] | EGGHEAD | EG + HE in GAD |
| simultaneously | BABY | BY after BA |
| darkening | UNEVEN | EN after VENU(s) < |
| remainder | DEAL | LEAD with its ends exchanged |
| resolve [re-solve] | FRECKLIER | RECK in FLIER |
| using | ENTASIS | (SEA ISN’T) * |
| these | ERGO | (dapp)ER GO(rgeous) |
| definitions | CLASHED | C(hambers) + LASH + ED |
| Deceiving (BLUFFING) | OLPE | (p)EOPL(e) * |
| Opening (PORE) | REVERSI | (IS + EVER) < around (yea)R |
| Bolts (THUNDERSTORM) | PLACE CARD | PLACARD around CE |
| king (HENRY) | ALGA | GALA * |
| Discrimination (AGEISM) | SERINS | S + ERIN + ’S |
| friends (ALLIES) | UDAL | ADUL(t) * |
| followed (OBEYED) | DECIMAL | MEDICAL * |
| Shooter (GUNNER) | PISTE | IS in PTE |
| outsized (OBESE) | NERITE | NEE around RIT |
| braced (STRENGTHENED) | HA-HA | (H + A) + (H + A) |
| network (GRID) | SHED | SH + ED |
| glittering (STARLIKE) | DICED | (D + D) around ICE |
| Down | ||
| group (BATCH) | BLEEDS | B(irmingham) + LEEDS |
| reversal (U-TURN) | LOG-REEL | (LEG ROLE) * |
| commando (FEDAYEE) | AFGHANI | (ASIAN FIGHT) * − IT’S * |
| French (NORMAN) | KEEL | 2 meanings |
| outline (PROFILE) | ARAR | A + RAR(e) |
| recalls (REMEMBERS) | ESAU | (Mose)S in EAU |
| Lauder (EULOGISER) | STINKWEED | (IN TWEEDS) * around K |
| Disregarded (IGNORED) | LIBELED | LIED around BEL |
| Monk (BROTHER) | À RAVIR | (R(eveals) + AV) in AIR |
| Smart (BRIGHT) | KIBE | BIKE * |
| boredom (ENNUI) | SYNROC | (CORNY + S(adly)) < |
| Don (ENDUE) | HOLT | L in HOT |
| find | DEISEAL | (E + LADIES) * |
| slant | FALSENESS | (LENSES + SAF(e)) * |
| Wise | HOPS UP | H + OPS + UP |
| expression | CECILIA | EC in CILIA |
| submit | ISLAMIC | (I CLAIMS) * |
| original | MIGRATE | MIG + RATE |
| barred | PARAPH | HARP * after PA |
| Numberless | RANI | (I)RANI(an) |
| grid | SAILED | LADIES * |
| highlighting | EDDA | ADDE(r) < |
| five | SITH | IT’S * + H |
| aligned | ZEND | ZEN + ’D |
| letters | ICED | (Goth)IC ED(ition) |