Across
1. Listen, nip round to support a U.S. department store. (3,4,4,4)
9. Sung in a style suggestive of speech? That may be paternal! (8)
11.
Good girl…why it’s said these eyes are expressionless. (6)
12.
Low spirits caused by eating soft feathers, perhaps. (4,2,3,5)
16.
Equestrian discipline features a time for clothing. (8)
19.
Father not doing well, plays the banjo. (6)
20.
In the manner of a musical style, but not quite the result of a gut reaction.
(6)
21.
Point to George Gershwin – he notices intellectuals. (8)
23.
See 30 dn.
28.
Bit of poetry with a couple of points to retain. (6)
29.
Suck out of a cavity like a marauder. (8)
31.
Just attracted to one person – I start this and you end it for a song.
(4,4,4,3)
Down
2. Four-legged reptile loses head for a goat. (5)
3, 15 dn. It’s a forbidden area in some sports, so let the blow be
reconsidered. (5,3,4)
4, 29 dn. Is able to mimic the hors d’oeuvre. (6)
5. Nicodemus has a poem. (3)
6. Appreciate a Glenlivet, it’s got what it takes to delight a golfer.
(5)
7. Alter tape over a change into vapour. (9)
8. What refugees hope to get…a high-backed bench in a bright colour.
(9)
10.
See 25 dn.
13,
22 dn. Mountain nymphs of Romania everyone initially notices. (6)
14.
I am past the final stage of insect’s development. (5)
15.
See 3 dn.
17.
Unrefined -- when it can be this! (5-4)
18.
An old sailor, perhaps, ready for the ocean. (9)
19.
Tofu? Guess it’s partly an amnesic flight from reality..(5)
22.
See 13 dn.
24.
Drop-like ornament made of milky latex? (5)
25,
10 dn. Gives birth to “X”. Don’t dawdle. (6)
26.
Up sir, to Romania, and get a kind of gold lace. (5)
27.
Height of poetic inspiration is present in the best romances. (5)
29.
See 4 dn.
30,
23 ac. Before getting Gogol’s short story, agitated harpy ought to be charged
an exorbitant price. (3,7,3,4)
Notes
E-mail your solutions of The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 335 by the closing date of 4 p.m. (EST) on Friday, Dec. 20, 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. 335, along with the name of the
winner, and everyone else submitting correct solutions, will be published on
this site towards the end of December.
***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.
Apologetic note
Spellcheck, on our computer, went quietly bananas, recently, and took it upon itself to "correct" the spellings of several past winners' names on the list below. Rich Pardoe became Rich Pardon and Pat Miga was Pat Mega, and perhaps the most malevolent change of all was Huguette Simmonds becoming Hugest Simmonds. Profound apologies to all, and hopefully good order has been restored.
We have a winner...
And the drawn winner is Mark Nichols of Rugby, England, who, I see from poring over the past winners' list has been stuck in the Hat for almost three years. Congratulations, Mark, and we'll get a Cartoon prize off to you before Thanksgiving holiday chaos descends upon this land.
Also solving TVLPP No. 334 were, from good old New Hampshire as winter closes in, Barbara Beirwieler (Ossipee), Anne & Bruce Smith (Strafford), Larry Reynolds (East Rochester) who has been lovingly or grudgingly sharing garden vegetables with a family of woodchucks, Jane Carville (Wolfeboro), Chris Rogers (Farmington), Jim & Joanne Gray, Julie Lindsay and Randy Taylor (Rochester); from Texas, Rich Pardoe (Houston) and Pat Miga (Colleyville); from Ohio, John F. Gecik (Sheffield Lake); from Florida, Laura Bradford & Gertrude Metzger, along with, from Maine, Carolyn Williams; from a glorious 90F pool in Bali, Calfan Dary; from France, Annie & Norbert Bonnet and Keith & Huguette Simmonds (Rodez); from Luxembourg, Mark Roberts (Hostert); from Wales, Gron Roberts (Neath); from England, the healthy contingent of Keith Williams (Kings Worthy), Eddie Looby (Longbridge), David Nash (Coleford), Bill Stewart (Leicester), David Simmonds (Crayford), Derek Harrison (now of Pegswood), and, after too long an absence and a winner from 10 years ago, Ian Laming (Chippenham); and finally, a muckle warm welcome for the first ever solver from my native Scotland, Ian Simpson (Edinburgh). Welcome aboard, Ian!
Thank you all for your entries, and now, please have fun with TVLPP No. 335, above.
LINKS
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The last 18 years of winners
No. 115 - Andy Knap of London, SW20, England
No. 116 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 117 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 118 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA
No. 119 - Karen Muller of Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand
No. 120 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 121 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA
No. 122 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA
No. 123 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 124 - Karen Muller of Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand
No. 125 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA
No. 126 - Joan Bittrolff, Somersworth, New Hampshire, USA
No. 127 - Not posted due to the stress and pressure of vacation
No. 128 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 129 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 130 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA
No. 131 - Joan Bittrolff, Alford, Florida, USA
No. 132 - Slipped through cracks due to computer crisis
No. 133 - Karen Muller of Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand
No. 134 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 135 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA
No. 136 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA
No. 137 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA
No. 138 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA
No. 139 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 140 - Bonnie & Kevin Bergeron, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 141 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 142 - Karen Cleary of St. Johns Park, Auckland, New Zealand
No. 143 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 144 - Veronique Bonnet, Rodez, France
No. 145 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA
No. 146 - Huguette R.-M. Simmonds of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
No. 147 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 148 - Pierre Gaillard, Olemps, France
No. 149 - Reynir Axelsson, Mosfellsbaer, Iceland
No. 150 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA
No. 151 - Régine Privet, Naucelle, France
No. 152 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA
No. 153 - Barbara Winter, Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 154 - Joan Bittrolff, Alford, Florida, USA
No. 155 - Condell Lovell Simmons of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
No. 156 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 157 - Karen Cleary of St. Johns Park, Auckland, New Zealand
No. 158 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 159 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA
No. 160 - Sylvie Chauchard of Belmont Sur Rance, Belmont, France
No. 161 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA
No. 162 - Yvette Gaillard of Olemps, Rodez, France
No. 163 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 164 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 165 - Keith Simmonds of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
No. 166 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 167 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA
No. 168 - Betty Bardy of Albi, France
No. 169 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 170 - Bonnie & Kevin Bergeron, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 171 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA
No. 172 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 173 - Barbara Winter of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 174 - Nancy Moony Hebert of Alton, New Hampshire, USA (in summer)
No. 175 - Jim Gaudet of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 176 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, England
No, 177 - Karen Cleary of St. Johns Park, Auckland, New Zealand
No. 178 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 179 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
No. 180 - David Simmonds of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
No. 181 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 182 - Madeleine Dupierre of Rodez, France.
No. 183 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA
No. 184 - Jim Siirola of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
No. 185 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
No. 186 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 187 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA
No. 188 - Natalie Ryder, Bremen, Georgia, USA
No. 189 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 190 - Héloïse Bonnet of Rodez, France
No. 191 - Jim Gaudet of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 192 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 193 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, England
No. 194 - Hugutte R.-M. Simmonds, Tunapuna, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
No. 195 - Terry Towle, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
No. 196 - Vidya Singh of Sidcup, Kent, England
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
No. 200 - Norbert Bonnet of Rodez, France
No. 201 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA
No. 202 - Paul Nyack 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
No. 208 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
No. 209 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, England
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, Images, France
No. 221 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 222 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 223 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 224 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
No. 225 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 226 - Hugest R.-M. Simmonds, Tunapuna, Trinidad & Tobago
No. 227 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA
No. 228 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
No. 229 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No. 230 - Condell Lovell Simmons of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
No. 231 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA
No. 232 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 233 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 234 - Trudy Metzger and Laura Bradford of Topsham, Maine, USA
No. 235 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 236 - Jim Siirola of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (technically a non-competitor)
No. 237 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, England
No. 238 - Philippe Bonnet of Rodez, France
No. 239 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 240 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
No. 241 - David Simmonds of Crawford, Dart ford, England
No. 242 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 243 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 244 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No. 245 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA
No. 246 - Pat Mathews of Berwick, Maine, USA
No. 247 - Veronique Bonnet, Rodez, France
No. 248 - Paul Nyack, Rochester Hills, Minnesota, USA
No. 249 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
No. 250 - Nigel Crowley of Cooks bridge, East Sussex, England
No. 251 - Keith Simmonds of Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
No. 252 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 253 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA
No. 254 - Trudy Metzger, Carol Williams and Laura Bradford of Maine or Florida, USA
No. 255 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 256 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA
No. 257 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
No. 258 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France
No. 259 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, England
No. 260 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No. 261 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
No. 262 - Jim Siirola of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (technically a non-competitor)
No. 263 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
No. 264 - Jeanine Bonnet of Images, France
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 Crawford, Dart ford, England
No. 270 - Nancy Mooney Hebert, Alton Bay, New Hampshire, USA
No. 271 - Trudy Metzger on an island in Maine, USA
No. 272 - Pat Mega of Colleyville, Texas, USA
No. 273 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 274 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA
No. 275 - Hugest 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 - Carolyn Williams, Topsham, Maine, USA
No. 283 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No. 284 - Jane Cornville/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
No. 303 - Gron Roberts, Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales
No. 304 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 305 - Nancy Mooney Hebert, Palm Bay, Florida, USA
No. 306 - Laura Bradford, Venice, Florida, USA
No. 307 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, Winchester, England
No. 308 - Derek Harrison, Bedlington, Northumberland, England
No. 309 - Larry Reynolds, East Rochester, NH, USA
No. 310 - Jane Cornville, Wolfeboro, NH, USA
No. 311 - John F. Gecik, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, USA
No. 312 - Keith Simmonds, Tunapuna, Trinidad & Tobago
No. 313 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 314 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
No. 315 - Randy Taylor, Rochester, NH, USA
No. 316 - Jim/Joanne Gray, Rochester, NH, USA
No. 317 - Patricia Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA
No. 318 - David Simmonds, Crayford, England
No. 319 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, Winchester, England
No, 320 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 321 - Gron Roberts, Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales
No. 322 - Julie Lindsay of Rochester, NH, USA
No. 323 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA
No. 324 - Trudy Metzger of Titusville, Florida, USA
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
No. 331 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
No. 332 - Bill Stewart of Leicester, England
No. 333 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France
No. 334 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England
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