Answers 14 September 2014
Across
7. Guard of Honour – Means ceremonial event. Screen – guard. Osborne and Faumuina initially = of. Carter = Honor (as in Honor Carter) turn = u
8. Decadent – Means base. Debussy’s first = d. energy = e. rhythmic = cadent
9. Lens – Means contact (contact lens). One not straight = les (short of lesbian). Point = n
10. Sheared – means fleeced. Restlessly means take “rest” out. Anagram of “he’s arrested” with “rest” taken out
12. Swarm – Means drove. Sweden = S. Nice = warm
14. Dacha – A country house (in Russia). Put “c” in “had” then reverse. a = a
16 Bagpipe – May be heard in the Highlands. Bag = battle-axe (as in unpleasant woman). Four refers to four down = chute = pipe
19. Sync – Means match. Sounds like sink = decline
20. Theremin – A musical instrument. The + anagram of miner
22. Senior citizen – Means Grandma (sort of). Anagram of “Erin cites Zion”
Down
1. Dune – The name of a novel. Dun = horse. bareback = e
2. Errata – Means blues (as in mistakes). Anagram of “are”. Central Districts = r. r goes in anagram of “are”. Northern Territory = T. Australia = A
3. Rolexes – Watches. Barker = Lex (Lex Barker is an actor who played Tarzan). Lex goes in anagram of “rose”
4. Chute – Means pipe. Nermal is cat from the Garfield comic known for being cute. His head = h. Put “h” in “cute”
5. Inflow – Means arrival. Fowl is in the letters of flow
6. Runner-up – Means second. Flower (as in river, not the plant) = runner. Arisen = up
11. Heavyset – Means fat. Anagram of “They save”
13. Valerie – A woman. Little John = lav (short for lavatory). Lake = Erie
15. Hectic – Means wild. Anagram of “Cheshire cat” with “hares” removed
17. Poetic – Like daffodils (which is a poem). Flower (as in river) = Po. Along with others = etc. Put i in etc
18. Store – Means Supply. Farmers is a store. Sulphur = s. bone = t. mineral = ore
21. Item – Means article. I + met going backwards