So taken aback about turning up for work (4)Īnswer: OPUS (i.e.I still maintain that obscure general knowledge solutions getting clued up as anagrams is about as helpful as offering a drowning man a nice cup of tea, but at least in this case the phrase was something interesting and the clue cleverly constructed. The solution therefore satisfies the clue as a whole but is also an anagram (indicated by “after being trounced”) of IT’S REPLIES RECALLED. Over to Chambers to define this tiresomely overused English phrase: “thinking of an apt or witty retort after the opportunity of making it is past”.
It’s replies recalled after being trounced? (7,2,9)Īnswer: L’ESPRIT DE L’ESCALIER.“history”) once its first letter has been removed (indicated by “not starting”), like so: AS(SAUL)T. “biblical character”) placed “in” PAST (i.e. Biblical character in history not starting attack (7)Īnswer: ASSAULT (i.e.“US state” abbreviation of Virginia), like so: M(OLD)O-VA. Solution is MO (a recognised abbreviation of “month”) wrapped “round” OLD (i.e. Month to go round historic US state or European state (7)Īnswer: MOLDOVA (i.e.the last letter of “editor”) reversed (indicated by “turning”) and placed “in” FABLE (i.e. One editor finally turning in story ready to break? (7)Īnswer: FRIABLE (i.e.Solution is an anagram of CURRENT ARIA IS. Current aria is repositioned as first item (7-6)Īnswer: CURTAIN-RAISER (i.e.“studies” as a verb – an archaic definition) followed by TABLE (i.e. Artist studies put up for discussion (9)Īnswer: John CONSTABLE (i.e.“high award”, in this case the Order of Merit), like so: C(OM)IC. “military leader”, specifically a Commander-In-Chief) wrapped around or “accepting” OM (i.e. Military leader accepting high award for amusement (5)Īnswer: COMIC (i.e.While both my Chambers and Oxford dictionaries spell this with an “Œ” short vowel, my Collins Concise backs the setter up. “travel”), then CO (a recognised abbreviation of “company”) and EUR (ditto “European”). “about”, specifically a recognised abbreviation of “circa”) followed by RIDE (i.e. “intense complaint” – over to Chambers for this common-or-garden English phrase: “a cry from the heart, a heartfelt, passionate entreaty, complaint or reproach”). Intense complaint about travel company, European (3,2,5)Īnswer: CRI DE COEUR (i.e.“soldiers repeatedly”, specifically the Other Ranks of the British Army), like so: T-(OR-(P)-OR). the first letter of “tension”) followed by P (a recognised abbreviation of “pressure”) once placed “in” between OR and OR (i.e. Onset of tension and pressure in soldiers repeatedly producing lethargy (6)Īnswer: TORPOR (i.e.
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