Across
1. Senseless talk – blah! Sad disruption around the German. (10)
6, 5 dn. Bare the buttocks and excel? That’s rubbish. (9)
10. Aquatic organism genus
with nae glue required. (7)
11. To imbue, poetically,
I’m earlier than Grace Nichols. (7)
12. Bishopric in
Rome…yes, it’s kinda in the hole! (4,3)
13. It’s said that I
bathe – what nonsense! (3-4)
14. Irritated it’s in
the April edition. (5)
15. British soldier king to come back for tripe.
(5-3)
19. Walks like a duck from
the junction to give silly talks. (8)
21. Decapitate group that
monopolizes production and form Russian workers’ guild. (5)
23. Uses measurement to
get game maneuvers. (7)
26.
Temporary expedient to
halt around golfing group. (7)
27. Sort of test that
shows North Korea is given one first, ending with disgrace. (3-4)
28. Ear ring used as a
kind of brush. (7)
29, 20 dn. Circuit caught
in freak flood – Ed, this is foolishness! (10)
30. Fish has endless bird
power? It makes no sense! (10)
Down
1. Gossips allow the woman to be involved in deceptive humbug, shortly.
(8)
2. Imperfection in the law – disoriented gal fell – aw! (5,4)
3. Scottish marshland captured by English duke starts rising above the
surface of the water. (7)
4. Describing a peculiar manner of speaking with marked face and dynamic
éclat. (10)
5. See 6 ac.
7. Random egalitarianism has some Greek content. (5)
8. Three of them make a third, back in New Testament high school. (6)
9. Quick appearance of French up in Scottish river. (6)
16. Unfair treatments of
Gloria Estefan and Miss USA…they’re upset! (9)
17. Numerical notation
system about classic struggle – it’s like a sign to stop. (9)
18. South Korean
singer-songwriter has fitting music genre? Flashy, empty words! (8)
20. See 29 ac.
21. Stomachs blood types
to get Mexican cooking dough. (7)
22. Exist with unhappy
life and have faith. (6)
24. Mischievous sprite,
one hears, has a thoroughly good outcome. (5)
25. African language used
in calypso, thoughtfully. (5)
Notes
E-mail your solutions of The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 331 by the closing date of 4 p.m. (EST) on Friday, Aug. 23, to johnnolan755@gmail.com and include your name, postal address and your choice of a Strip T’s shirt***, should you be the drawn winner. Please include a second choice (design number and size) just in case we are out of stock of your favorite T-shirt. The items on Café Press are not in our stock and thus are not available as prizes.
Solutions can also be mailed to John Nolan, 27 River Road, Farmington, NH, 03835.
Most
answers, except proper names, appear in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
Dictionary tenth edition and/or The Chamber’s Dictionary. A couple of answers
may need to be confirmed via Google. In this "British-style"
crossword, punctuation marks in clues are best ignored, as a rule.
The
solution to The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 331, along with the name of the
winner, and everyone else submitting correct solutions, will be published on
this site towards the end of Aug.
***P.S. The cost of mailing one T-shirt overseas has quadrupled in recent years and is now almost $23 a pop, effectively killing the trade of small businesses like Strip T’s. Thus, the prize now offered to winning puzzlers from outside the U.S. will be a signed Stephanie cartoon rather than a T-shirt.
And the drawn winner, this month, is Derek Harrison of Bedlington, England, to whom we will mail out a cartoon just as soon as this infernal, paralyzing heat subsides ...
A score of entries came in for TVLPP 330, with only one of 'em going a bit astray in the lower half.
Correct solutions were received from (in addition to Derek), Eddie Looby of Longbridge, Bill Stewart of Leicester, David Simmonds of Crayford, Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, Brian Dungate of Brighton, and (welcome aboard) Peter Cole of St. Michaels, all in England; Gron Roberts of Neath, Wales; Keith & Hugette Simmonds and Annie & Norbert Bonnet of Rodez, France; Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali; Randy Taylor, Julie Lindsay, Jim & Joanne Gray, and Larry Reynolds of Rochester, Anne & Bruce Smith, and Chris Rogers of Farmington, all baking in Strafford County, NH; Rich Pardoe of Houston and Pat Miga of Colleyville, Texas, were folks bake six months of the year; John F. Gecik of Sheffield Lake, Ohio. Current Mainers Carolyn Williams, Trudy Metzger and Laura Bradford, who came north from Florida to escape the heat (oops) were going flawlessly in the top half of the puzzle but the air came out of their instruments in the lower half.
Never mind...today is a brand new puzzle day, so I hope you all have fun with TVLPP 331, above.
LINK
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No. 179 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
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No. 182 - Madeleine Dupierre of Rodez, France.
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No. 197 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No. 198 - Condell Lovell Simmons of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
No. 199 - Trudy Metzger, Caroline Williams, Laura Bradford of Westport I., Maine, USA
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No. 201 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA
No. 202 - Paul Noack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA
No. 203 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
No. 204 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 205 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 206 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 207 - Wayne Maricheau of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
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No. 210 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No. 211 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 212 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA
No. 213 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 214 - Keith Simmonds of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
No. 215 - Ian Laming, Chippingham, Wiltshire, England
No. 216 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
No. 217 - Jim Siirola of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (technically a non-competitor)
No. 218 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, England
No. 219 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France
No. 220 - Veronique Bonnet, Limoges, France
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No. 223 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
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No. 225 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
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No. 229 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No. 230 - Condell Lovell Simmons of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
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No. 257 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 258 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France
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No. 260 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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No. 263 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
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No. 265 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 266 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 267 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA
No. 268 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
No. 269 - David Simmonds of Crayford, Dartford, England
No. 270 - Nancy Mooney Hebert, Alton Bay, New Hampshire, USA
No. 271 - Trudy Metzger on an island in Maine, USA
No. 272 - Pat Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA
No. 273 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 274 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA
No. 275 - Huguette R.-M. Simmonds, Rodez, France
No. 276 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, Winchester, England
No. 277 - Veronique Bonnet, Rodez, France
No. 278 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
No. 279 - Nancy Mooney Hebert, Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 280 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 281 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, Winchester, England
No. 282 - Caroline Williams, Topsham, Maine, USA
No. 283 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No. 284 - Jane Carville/Samantha Warren, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA
No. 285 - Larry Reynolds, East Rochester, NH, USA
No. 286 - Rich Pardoe, San Francisco Bay, Calif., USA
No. 287 - Randy Taylor, Rochester, NH, USA
No. 288 - Anne & Bruce Smith, Strafford, NH, USA
No. 289 - Pat Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA
No. 290 - Bonnie & Kevin Bergeron, Rochester, NH, USA
No. 291 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France
No. 292 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 293 - Julie Lindsay of Rochester NH, USA
No. 294 - Joanne Gray of Rochester, NH, USA
No. 295 - Pat Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA
No. 296 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
No. 297 - Barbara Trow, Dover, NH, USA
No. 298 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 299 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA
No. 300 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
No. 301 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA
No. 302 - Clara Bonnet of Rodez, France
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No. 304 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 305 - Nancy Mooney Hebert, Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 306 - Laura Bradford, Venice, Florida, USA
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No. 310 - Jane Carville, Wolfeboro, NH, USA
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No. 315 - Randy Taylor, Rochester, NH, USA
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No. 323 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA
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No. 325 - Brian Dungate of Brighton, England
No. 326 - Anne & Bruce Smith, Strafford, NH, USA
No. 327 - Mark Roberts of Hostert, Luxembourg
No. 328 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 329 - John F. Gecik, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, USA
No. 330 - Derek Harrison, Bedlington, Northumberland, England
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