Listener Crossword 4918: Solution Notes
Common Assault by Awinger
Puzzle explanation
The first letters of extra words in clues spelt out “not a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day”, a slogan used in the General Strike of May 1926. The striking groups MINERS, DOCKERS and PRINTERS were erased from the grid. The erasure removed P from (ie, took a penny off) THE PAY and left A MINUTE on THE DAY. Those cells were highlighted, along with Stanley BALDWIN, who was the prime minister at the time.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Extra word | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across | |||
| 1 | now | LUNANAUT | (f)LU NANA UT(tered) |
| 7 | Oenophile | SNIBS | (S + BINS) < |
| 11 | throng | MINERS | MINE + R(ooftop)S |
| 12 | ENWRAP | NEW * + RAP | |
| 13 | Arboretum | DOCKERS | DOCK + ERS |
| 14 | LANKLY | LAY around ((pi)NK + L) | |
| 15 | Port | GAELS | GAS around EL |
| 19 | embassy | SET | SEAT − A |
| 21 | name | KNOWN | K + N + OWN |
| 23 | Nonchalant | RATHE | RAT + HE |
| 24 | Yukon | PAY IN | P(ioneers) + (l)AYIN(g) |
| 25 | DIVA | AVID < | |
| 28 | officer | SENT | N in SET |
| 30 | famous | MAILE | MAILE(d) |
| 31 | fun | SISTS | LISTS with S for L |
| 34 | ASCOT | A + SCOT | |
| 35 | tiny | NEF | (O)NE F(ork) |
| 40 | hit | KIRRI | RI after KIR |
| 41 | enjoys | GAMINE | IN in GAME |
| 42 | UTERINE | UTE around ERIN | |
| 43 | pen | HITHER | HIT + HER |
| 44 | ambiguities | DAYANS | ANS after DAY |
| 45 | Yarra | TREES | R(ow) in TEES |
| 46 | SELECTED | (SEE + D) around LECT | |
| Down | |||
| 1 | national | LEDGER | EDGE in (L + R) |
| 2 | of | NICEST | NIC(k) + S in ET |
| 3 | troopers | ANKLE | (l)ANKL(y) + E |
| 4 | ARRIS | IS after (A + R(afte)R) | |
| 5 | adored | USSR | SS in UR |
| 6 | TELETYPE | ((cre)EPY TELET(hon)) < | |
| 7 | manager | SNARKIEST | SNA(p) + STRIKE * |
| 8 | Irish | IRKSOME | KRI(s) < + SO + ME |
| 9 | novel | BALD | L in BAD |
| 10 | uncle | SPYING | SP + Y + IN + G |
| 16 | tax | AVAILS | AILS after AV |
| 17 | even | INNS | INS around N |
| 18 | GELATINES | GEES around LATIN | |
| 20 | obscure | EAGLE | E + AGE around L |
| 22 | Nile | WINTER | WIN + RET < |
| 24 | PRINTERS | SPRINTER with S moved to the end | |
| 26 | thief | VICOMTE | VITE around COM |
| 27 | howls | AMOK | A + MO + K(id) |
| 29 | Eve | CAUGHT | UGH in CAT |
| 32 | SPRINT | SPRIT around N | |
| 33 | data | SHIELD | S + HELD around I |
| 36 | attack | FATAL | AL after FAT |
| 37 | young | DIRAC | ARID < + C |
| 38 | FAIR | (de)F(y b)A(d v)I(ce)R(oy) | |
| 39 | RUDE | (p)RUDE(s) | |