Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Solution to Current Affairs by Hedge-sparrow

 Current Affairs by Hedge-sparrow - Solution

The theme (given by letters retained at clashes) is WIND; the phrasing of the preamble is intended to suggest that names of four different winds must be entered at the unclued entries in their appropriate directions.  The winds to be highlighted by solvers are similarly thematically directed in the grid.

No.

Derivation

Answer/Entry

 

 

 

1

(E SIR)<

RISE

6

 

ZEPHYR

11

LIT in SHOE<

EOLITHS

12

AONI(a)*

NAOI

13

WROTE*

TWOER

14

(l)OUVRE around E

[Musée = “Museum in France”]

OEUVRE

15

US< in TARS

TAESUS

17

U OAR<

URAO

18

PICNIC (sounds like “pick nick”)

PICNIC

20

ASS in SARGO

SARGASSO

21

(LOST ITEM)*

TIME SLOT

25

LATES(t) around K

LATKES

27

(lab)ORAT(ory)

TARO

29

ASSAI S

ASSAIS

32

E(mporium) I SELL

EISELL

33

I in (BOG (brok)E)

BOGIE

34

LAG< A

GALA

35

(A R AGAIN)<

NIAGARA

36

 

LEVANT/TNAVEL

37

(K SS) around I

KISS

 

 

 

1

 

AUSTER/RETSUA

2

O(il) in ITA

IOTA

3

NAGS< around ((be)L(ls) O)

SLOGAN

4

A in STRES(s)

STRAES

5

((discree)T (graceful)L (undergarment)S) around HERMA

THERMALS

7

E(ntering) M(arathon) E(nds) U(p)

EMEU

8

HEAVEN - E

HAVEN

9

(YOK around R) HIS*

YORKISH

10

R EMI(t)*

RIEM

15

TOPE KA

TOPEKA

16

SCAT T S

SCATTS

18

PRO LAMIN(a)

PROLAMIN

19

DIN around ARIA

DIARIAN

22

TRIAL around B

TRIBAL

23

AILING*

NILGAI

24

 

BOREAS

26

TESLA (double def.)

TESLA

28

PENT (double def.)

PENT

30

SLOE (= LOSE with S brough up)

SLOE

31

BIRD (sounds like “burred”)

BIRD