Listener Crossword 4144: Solution Notes
Location, Location, Location by Shackleton
Puzzle explanation
This puzzle commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of Ernest Hemingway on 2 July 1961. Corrections to misprints in the definitions spelt out “Sloppy Joe’s Bar, Key West; The Ritz Bar, Paris; El Floridita, Havana”, all bars famously frequented by Hemingway. This hinted that Hemingway was to be found in the bars of the grid. The central cell was required to be split in two by a diagonal bar to give the N of heMINgWay and the separator between 7 down and 31 down. The year 1961 also appeared in the grid, with the same bars used for the 19 and the I and g of heMINgWay. The isolated cells had to be filled to complete the “resonant” title For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 1 | cap(S)tans | TAPE TRANSPORT | (caps)TANS around PETRA + PORT |
| 13 | (L)ocation | ATELIER | ATE + LIER |
| 14 | r(O)le | ORFEO | (ROMEO with F for M) * |
| 15 | (P)ole | ROD | GROUND − letters of GUN |
| 16 | (P)iece | ARIA | (M)ARIA |
| 17 | thing(Y) | DOOFER | DOER around OF |
| 18 | (J)et | ANI | ANIMAL − MAL |
| 20 | (O)pposite | ANGSTS | ANG + ST + S(pring) |
| 24 | gen(E)s | MEMES | E in MMES’ |
| 25 | (S)eed | SOW | 2 meanings |
| 26 | (B)it | MO | 2 meanings |
| 27 | L(A)st | AMENS | MENSA with A moved to front |
| 28 | po(R)t | ERIE | (Col)ERI(dge) + E |
| 29 | shrin(K) | DARE | RACED * − C |
| 30 | m(E)ssage | SENDER | REDNES(s) < |
| 32 | grav(Y) | NAIRAS | (IN A) * + RAS |
| 34 | (W)ager | ANTE | homophone of ANTI |
| 35 | mal(E) | STAG | T for W in SWAG |
| 36 | (S)ell | SCALP | S + C + ALP |
| 37 | (T)hanks | TA | (me)AT < |
| 38 | En(T)ity | ENS | E + SN < |
| 39 | Boc(H)e | HANSA | (HAS + A + N) * |
| 40 | b(E)ats | REDOWA | REDO + W + A |
| 42 | sco(R)e | TEN | EATEN − EA |
| 43 | r(I)de | TIVOLI | VIT(r)IOL * |
| 46 | Proper(T)y | LAND | (p)LAN D(etached) |
| 48 | do(Z)e | INN | IN + N |
| 49 | (B)elt | ATOLL | TO in ALL |
| 50 | Gre(A)t | INTENSE | INT + ESNE with S and N swapped |
| 51 | (R)ep | SALES ENGINEER | (A SERENE SINGLE) * |
| Down | |||
| 1 | (P)astes | TARAMASALATAS | (A + MASALA) in TART + AS |
| 2 | m(A)ke | ATONEMENTS | AMENTS around (NOT < + E) |
| 3 | c(R)owning | PEDIMENTAL | ((custar)D + PIE) * + MENTAL |
| 4 | P(I)tch | E-LA | EL + A |
| 5 | This(S) | TIRASSE | T’ + (RAISE + (fund)S) * |
| 6 | plac(E)d | REINSERTED | REIN + DETERS * |
| 7 | (L)ead | ARAGORN | R in ARAGON; ref. Catherine of Aragon |
| 8 | (F)ire | SOOT | (TO + OS) < |
| 9 | (L)ine | PROSODICAL | PRO + SO + C in DIAL |
| 10 | (O)n | OFF | (t)OFF |
| 11 | (R)uff | REE | E’ER < |
| 12 | F(I)x | TORQUE SPANNER | (EQUESTRIAN SPORTSMAN) * − (AS MIST) * |
| 19 | (D)efined | GENDER ROLE | (’D + ERROL) in GENE |
| 21 | Per(I)od | SWING-SWANG | SWING + GNAWS < |
| 22 | plan(T) | AMARANTINE | (MA + RANT) in AINE |
| 23 | W(A)y | MORAL SENSE | (ORAL’S + ENS) in ME |
| 31 | s(H)eep | LANOLIN | (LA + LIN) around NO |
| 33 | r(A)ce | ASHANTI | A + SHAN’T + I(mport) |
| 41 | mo(V)ers | ELLS | SELL with first letter last |
| 44 | f(A)n-shaped | ITA | ITALIAN − LIAN(a) |
| 45 | patter(N) | VOL | VOLLEY − LEY |
| 47 | p(A)st | DEN | 2 meanings |