Thursday, 10 September 2020

Solution to In The Chair by Phylax

 Solution to In The Chair by Phylax

Crossword Centre Prize Puzzle August 2020


The theme of the puzzle is the BBC quiz show Mastermind. The eight modified entries must have a word meaning 'pass' removed:  SH(UTTER)ED, S(HAND)EAN, ER(EMIT)IC, SHE(CHIT)A, AR(GO)SY, S(WEAR)ING, S(COL)LOP and T(REACH)OURS. The eight unnumbered entries can all be prefixed to 'point': TRIG, VIEW, NEAR, STAND, POWER, COVER, SORE and NEEDLE. The five-word phrase is therefore EIGHT POINTS AND NO PASSES.



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3 comments:

  1. Keeper25 September 2020 at 07:41

    Couldn't SORE also be FORE? (FOREPOINT is in Chambers.)

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  2. Phylax26 September 2020 at 13:25

    No, the clue for SORE is 'hard posers - saving skin, slips', the definition being 'hard' and the wordplay indicating an anagram of (p)OSER(s). This clue doesn't work for FORE.

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  3. Keeper27 September 2020 at 04:15

    Of course. Somewhere along the way I lost track of the fact that the thematic entries were clued in the narrative. Ugh.

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