Listener Crossword 4160: Solution Notes
Stress Gauges by Calmac
Puzzle explanation
Correct letters for misprinted clues provided the hint “five clues are to be regarded as exemplary”. The remaining clues exemplified different metrical feet, whose names were to be entered in the grid in place of the clues’ answers.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 1 | (F)illers | STOPGAPS | STOP + G(uns) A(s) P(eople) S(catter) |
| 7 | Wh(I)t | SNAP | PANS < |
| 10 | inter(V)al | LULL | LL around U(unseemly) L(outishness) |
| 11 | ELEMENTS | cryptic definition (As = arsenic, I = iodine) | |
| 12 | val(E) | ADIEU | DIE in AU |
| 13 | pri(C)k | SPINOSE | NOSE after SPI(n) |
| 15 | cand(L)es | CHANDLER | HANDLE in CR |
| 16 | TROUBLES | ROUBLES after T | |
| 20 | gr(U)bbing | EELWORM | OWL < in MERE * |
| 21 | c(E)ntred | ULTRA | (foye)R in (U + LTA) |
| 22 | (S)ettles | RESTS | (c)RESTS |
| 24 | r(A)g | GINGHAM | (GOING − O) + HAM |
| 26 | a(R)m | FORELIMB | MILER < in FOB |
| 28 | Pol(E) | WHITE SEA | (WITH + EASE) * |
| 32 | DACOITY | DAY around (CO + IT) | |
| 33 | ne(T)s | TRAPS | (SP + ART ) < |
| 34 | (O)z | ADELAIDE | LAID in (A + DEE) |
| 35 | a(B)ility | ABLE | B(eguine) in ALE |
| 36 | po(E)t | MESE | (so)ME SE(nd) |
| 37 | SPONSORS | (PRO’S SONS) * | |
| Down | |||
| 1 | Di(R)ty | SLATTERN | RATTLES * + N |
| 2 | W(E)lsh | TUDOR | UT < + DOR(m) |
| 3 | char(G)es | PLEA | PLEA(sure) |
| 4 | p(A)nts | GAUCHOS | GAUC(y) + HOST − T |
| 5 | Si(R)e | PAPA | PA + PA |
| 6 | Ri(D)e | SPIN | P in SIN |
| 7 | sho(E) | SANDAL | SAND + AL(e) |
| 8 | (D)ate | NEOLITHIC | (INTO CHILE) * |
| 9 | s(A)le | ASSES | ASSES(s) |
| 14 | (S)un’s | SOLSTICES | SICES around LOST * |
| 17 | H(E)nce | ERGO | (ste)ER GO(ndola) |
| 18 | Re(X) | EMIR | (c)RIME(s) < |
| 19 | REMEDIES | REME + DIES | |
| 21 | l(E)ft | UNEATEN | U(pwards) + NEATEN |
| 23 | e(M)it | TATTLE | (Clemen)T ATTLE(e) |
| 25 | (P)ass | SHADE | HEADS * |
| 27 | (L)eaves | MAPLE | PL in MAE |
| 29 | (A)vian | EYAS | (SAY + E) < |
| 30 | E(R)r | SLIP | S + LIP |
| 31 | T(Y)pe | BRAD | BRA + (woo)D |