Across
1. Before U.S. ski town got fashionable with good turns and dominant air
flows … (10,5)
9. …at this particular moment, it was of no surprise! (2,2,3)
10.
Operate it where? In Paris - showing tribal spirit. (7)
11.
Despicable person to kick the ball back out of the scrum. (4)
13.
Whirling column travelling over dry country (Dutch) with standard malevolence.
(4,5)
15.
Ear bone is not classified under skeleton to begin with. (5)
18.
Princess’s guide book, for mass removal from office. (9)
21.
Organ tests where one can legally gamble to have units of mass. (9)
24.
British special forces unit has Northern Ireland backing to get antelope. (5)
26.
Recorder of pressure to make harbor gap. (9)
28.
Abundantly supplied and fertile. (4)
31.
Let go, or take under contract again? (7)
32.
Re: interstellar gas cloud - it could be unreal with British component. (7)
33.
Rotating storm over warm water with twisted central coil! Copy? (8,7)
Down
1,
30 dn. Where to find a game bird in December? (4,4)
2. Portray feelings theatrically, using French word in early English. (5)
3. A number has local area network coming up with record of events in
year. (5)
4. Calmed down and led upheaval. (7)
5. Greek goddess seems in lively form. (7)
6. Declined to be married, holding a name. (5)
7. They favour original inhabitants over immigrants…it’s in vast
divergence… (9)
8. … to second Scottish lass taking in all fifty … a storm producer,
but quickly passing. (6,4)
12.
A bird from Chemung [Note: Farmington, NH’s original name.] (3)
14.
R. Crumb is to modify damaging downdraft. (10)
16.
1980s rebel lieutenant has nothing to give low-voiced woman. (9)
17.
Toe plate or finger callus. (3)
19.
Mainstream Sunni Islam firstly raised as distinctive doctrine. (3)
20.
Outs companion – an awful sin! (3)
22.
Alabama has poorly made tree-lined walk... (7)
23.
… wedge-shaped, but almost scenic around soil measurement. (7)
25.
Friend in Asia Minor. (3)
27.
Starting out, good heavens, first to last, I am a slayer of infidels. (5)
28.
It’s the right note to half-beckon for medieval instrument... (5)
29.
… a stringed instrument for monk’s abode (with sign of surprise.) (5)
30.
See 1 dn.
Notes
E-mail
your solutions of The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 351 by the closing date of 4
p.m. (EST) on Friday, April 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. In this
"British-style" crossword, punctuation marks in clues are best
ignored, as a rule.
The
solution to The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 351, along with the name of the
winner, and everyone else submitting correct solutions, will be published on
this site towards the end of April.
***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. (and within if preferred) will be a signed Stephanie cartoon rather than a
T-shirt.
The drawn winner (by top drawer Stephanie, this evening) is Bill Stewart from Leicester, UK. We'll get a cartoon prize in the mail, probably on Monday, Bill, as we go for our second round of Covid jabs, tomorrow, and Farmington Post Office opens late and closes early on a Saturday.
Also in the Hat, this month, were Randy Taylor, Julie Lindsay, Barbara Trow, Joanne & Jim Gray and Larry Reynolds, all of Rochester. Nice thematic envelope collage, Larry, complete with Shakespeare freezing his winter's tail off. From elsewhere in NH were Chris Roger of Farmington, Anne & Bruce Smith of Strafford and Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee; and from elsewhere in the U.S. were J.F. Gecik of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, Rich Pardoe of Houston and Pat Miga of Southlake, both in Texas, and the Florida snowbirds Laura Bradford, Carolyn Williams and Trudy Metzger. In the Hat from jolly old England were Keith Williams of Kingsworthy, Mark Nichols from Rugby, David Nash of Coleford, Eddie Looby of Longbridge, Ian Laming of Chippenham, Ann Holme of Salsibury and an oak tree of the crossword world, Derek Harrison of Pegswood. Then there was Mark Roberts of Hostert, Luxembourg and, as I type, swimming in an 85F pool 'neath tropical skies, Calfan Dary of Bali.
Once again, thank you all for your entries, and may you have fun weathering TVLPP 351, above.
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No. 116 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
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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
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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
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No. 134 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
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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 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 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 Crayford, 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 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 - 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
No. 335 - Patricia Miga of Southlake, Texas, USA
No. 336 - Jim/Joanne Gray, Rochester, NH, USA
No. 337 - Ian Laming, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
No. 338 - Ian Simpson, Edinburgh, Scotland
No. 339 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, Winchester, England
No. 340 - Barbara Trow, Rochester, NH, USA
No. 341 - Julie Lindsay of Rochester, NH, USA
No, 342 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England
No. 343 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia
No. 344 - Laura Bradford, somewhere in Maine USA
No. 345 - Randy Taylor, Rochester, NH, USA
No. 346 - Mark Roberts of Hostert, Luxembourg
No. 347 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA
No. 348 - Ann Holme of Salisbury, England
No. 349 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA
No. 350 - Bill Stewart of Leicester, England
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