Across
1. Simple truth is miscalled this. (10)
6. See 31 across.
10. Wooden part to a kennel. (5)
11. Midler and Davis, for example, have run in with brown-haired women. (9)
12. Worldly-minded person is certainly not from Mars or Venus. (9)
14. A bit of Jolly Roger’s brain casing. (5)
15. Delaware trial of hate. (6)
17. Fragrant cat! Or am I out of order? (8)
19. Point nine! Baseballer Cobb receives point nine to show famous route and sonnet. (5-3)
21. Like to finish, one hears, and head on up. (6)
25. Spirit alternatively is a bit of gossip. (5)
26. Take up and hold by chemical forces with the revolutionary mob, sir – stir it up! (9)
29. Manhattan skyline, for instance, or messy sty in unstable icecap. (9)
30. Sign of a Southern constellation. (5)
31, 6 across. Gloomy, but with sufficient space for picture development. (8)
32. Maiden Virtue is rudely this. (10)
Down
1, 28 down. Get drugs and daily meals – it displays the result. (5,5)
2. God the manufacturer. (5)
3. Crazy uncle is involved with Sam Houston, and eats around noon. (7)
4. Note Hoffman drives a taxi. (6)
5. The work of a brutal ruffian starts Thursday, with poor Greg given a fork.(8)
7. Do a better job than the other guy deceiving you French with the soul tormented. (9)
8. Gilded Honor is shamefully this.(9)
9. Planes ere morning may bob along on the waves. (6)
13. Drink may go with hearty Cockney. (3)
15. Right Perfection is wrongfully this. (9)
16. Dole the King follows that which can be hailed and employed by 4. (9)
18. Mode of transport with a superior manner. (Note: it floats on water.) (8)
20. A tyre’s changed…its most easily maneuvered. (6)
22. Wooden board type to dispatch with circuit. (7)
23. Easter with such a precedent can be a bit of a blow. (3)
24. Mesh foundation for lace is used by astronomers … (6)
27. … and is alternatively part of celestial body’s path. (5)
28. See 1 down.
Notes
E-mail your solutions of The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 257 by the closing date of 4 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, June 19 to stephaniepiro@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 consequently are not available as prizes.
Solutions can also be faxed, if you prefer, to USA code 1-603-755-2926, or mailed to John Nolan, 27 River Road, Farmington, NH, 03835.
All 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. 257, along with the name of the winner, and everyone else submitting correct solutions, will be published on this site towards the end of June.
And the drawn winner, this month, is Barbara Trow of nearby Dover, NH. Congratulations, Barbara, and we'll get a T-shirt in the mail after we get back from a couple of days on Cape Cod.
Other solvers of TVLPP No. 256 were the French-English based (this month) combo of Keith, Huguette and David Simmonds, and Annie, Jeanine and Veronique Bonnet, along with Jim Sempsrott on NC, Jim Siirola of Utah, Keith Williams, Eddie Looby and Mark Nichols from various bits of England, Chris Rogers, Nancy Hebert and Randy Taylor of New Hampshire, and Calfan Dary from the tropical island of Bali.
Thank you all, from still chilly NH, for the entries. Please enjoy TVLPP No. 257 above...
