Across
1.
Insect gone in Scotland to see Manx ogre. (7)
5. Heather follows wee Gilbert to find Norse giant. (7)
9. Asian river segment takes little fork in an indecent way. (9)
10. Trim – that is the
description of an endearing person! (5)
11. Drink the health of
one who’s doomed. (5)
12. All
of the tugs came up alongside,
They towed us from the ----- and out to sea,
With half the crew just puking o’er the ship side,
And the bloody row that started sickened me.
(5)
13. Tapeworm larva disease
sounds good in Glasgow! (3)
14. See 27 ac.
15. Falcon brings booze to
king. (5)
17. Mischief given a poor
trial, but it’s fair. (9)
20. One who attaches the
reins and rears hens, in a way. (9)
23. Thrashing may prompt
interested party to ask “What’s this?” (5)
26. A strain? Yes, it’s
bad. (3)
27, 14 ac. Plot reveals
poor newspaper on point. (6)
28. For
the ----- was tint, the besom was deen,
The barra widna
row its leen,
An' siccan a soss
it never was seen
At the muckin' o'
Geordie's byre. (5)
30. Ruffle fine little
stream. (5)
31. Fuss ere Barack Obama
makes Filipino dish. (5)
32. It’s a giant black
hole… (9)
33. …and this giant can
give it pause! (7)
34. Yes, in Madrid, rotten
cheat creates tribe of giants. (2-2-3)
Down
1. Charlotte is one of those giant Cyclopses. (7)
2. Child’s gay bird gives expression of surprise and is a bit awkward.
(7)
3. Accomplice makes a wager on rising decay. (7)
4. Alpine plant inspires show tune. (9)
5. Icelandic giantess is not the 800-pound type, one hears... (5)
6. …but an old match for the devil. (7)
7. Tailing reveals incised
carvings. (7)
8. Decapitated ogre (no devil, at first) on the wing, becomes an
Anglo-Saxon demon. (7)
16. Some Kleenex needed
for this evening. (3)
18. Sweats, changes, rips
into Shimon. (9)
19. Chinese way to raise
grain. (3)
20. Legendary giant may
cause pain to Muhammad. (7)
21. Purge or go purer are
examples of such an instruction. (7)
22. With little education,
wee George, going to University of Texas, will beat someone by a narrow margin.
(4,3)
23. Fed up with Tina,
rebellious and obstinate. (7)
24. I’m involved in
wedding vow with a jerk! It makes no sense. (7)
25. Giant is Germanic
tribe member about to have trouble coming up. (7)
29. Many-eyed Greek giant
can transmogrify into something sweet. (5)
Notes
E-mail
your solutions of The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 318 by the closing date of 4
p.m. (EST) on Friday, July 20, 2018 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.
All
answers, except certain names (try Wikipedia), appear in Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate Dictionary tenth edition and/or The Chamber’s Dictionary. In this
"British-style" crossword, punctuation marks in clues are best
ignored, as a rule. The answer to 20 dn. is an alternative spelling.
The
solution to The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 318, along with the name of the
winner, and everyone else submitting correct solutions, will be published on
this site towards the end of July.
***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 ... Patricia Miga of
Colleyville, Texas. Let us know, Pat, what you would like as a prize -- a
T-shirt (which design and size) or a cartoon by Stephanie (what genre), and
email your postal address.
Also
solving TVLPP 317 puzzle were Calfan Dary of Bali (temporarily ensconsed in the
plush chair of a London club); Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas; J.F. Gecik of
Sheffield Lake, Ohio; Laura Bradfor of Florida and her solving friends Trudy
Metzger and Caroline Williams in somewhat cooler Maine; Julie Lindsay, Anne
& Bruce Smith, Jim & Joanne Gray, Chris Rogers, Larry Reynolds and Randy
Taylor, dotted over northern Strafford County, NH; Barbara Bierweiler and Jane
Carville of Carroll County, NH (a special thumbs-up goes to Jane, whose digit is
currently in a plaster cast.); Gron Roberts of South Wales; David Nash of
Coleford (almost in Wales), Keith Williams of southern England; Derek Harrison
of northern England, and Eddie Looby and Mark Nichols from the midlands of
England.
Coming
very close, but stumbling over one of the pesky British idioms (alternative
version, at that) were the French connection of Keith & Huguette Simmonds
and Annie & Norbert Bonnet of Rodez, plus David Simmonds of Dartford,
England.
My
apologies to any other puzzlers who were challenged by the idioms in 317, after
the prediction that it was an easier crossword. I did not fully take into
account the transatlantic differences in expression -- beat a dead horse, cat on
a hot tin roof, get one's goat, etc.
Anyway, thank you, everyone,
for the entries, and please big fun with TVLPP 318, above, which may require a
squint or two at Wikipedia, as well as the traditional reference books.
LINK
www.crossword.org.uk/
A gateway to British puzzledom and Derek Harrison's own extensive contributions
including an ever-interesting monthly newsletter .
The
last 16+ years of winners
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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 Noack
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 Noack
of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA
No. 151 - Régine Privat, 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 Noack
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 Noack 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 Noack 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 - Huguette 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 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
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, Limoges, 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 - Huguette 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 Crayford, Dartford,
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 Noack, Rochester Hills,
Minnesota, USA
No. 249 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
No. 250 - Nigel Cowley of Cooksbridge, 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 Limoges, 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 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
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 Carville, 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 - Pat Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA
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