Another
Game of 1 by Glow-worm, this time, was based on Hunt the Slipper. In this game
the solver was IT and had to hunt the slipper hidden by a group of children. In
the perimeter appeared a quotation from Elizabeth Barrett Browning – “Producing
what? A pair of slippers, Sir, to put on when you’re weary.” Misprints in clues
gave a partial quotation from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable –
“some… physical contact even if decorous.” Eight clues were unusual in that the
definition of the entry was accompanied by the word SLIPPER in (22) PLAIN VIEW,
interrupted by anagrams of two children. Gregson has indicated the anagrams by
underlining them. The initial letters gave the other title to this puzzle, describing
Glow-worm, SLIPPERY CUSTOMER. This had to be written under the grid and then
the word SLIPPER (a pair of slippers) could be located twice in the grid
forming a cross in the region of 32 across. In Gregson’s opinion this was all
great fun.
Misprinted
letters in clues are shown in bold.
ACROSS
8 SAS encircles ancient city cell (6)
NEURON UR in NEON (gas)
9 Account incorporates where in Paris I stowed meat (7)
BOUILLI (stewed meat) OÙ (where in French) in BILL + I
11 See preamble IT
13 Detective goes to Kelso, as Philip Daly's in Perth (5)
MORSE SOPHIA LINDSAY
16 Bed for small mouse (3)
COT 2 definitions (bed/house)
17 Peg turns and chases developer in - that's enlivening! (9, two words)
SOUPING UP SOUP (photographic developer) + IN + PUG (reversed)
18 Up to the end of June, Penny's left without imbrication (7)
UNTILED
19 Franciscans from Ruislip mailed primer so peremptorily
requested (6)
MINORS (Franciscans) IMELDA PRIMROSE
20 Reply, after Harry, "Stop 'er shaking" (6)
REPOST (after parry) Anagram STOP ‘ER
23 Tyne can be heard here in Scotland (3)
AYR Homophone AIR (tune)
24 Assortment of posies, one section escaping public view (4)
OPEN Anagram PONIES less I + S (section)
26 Race in which Neil's deployed ability (6)
TALENT Anagram NEAL in TT (race)
27 Observation on what goes with muesli, pet? Nice apples - the perfect
combination (6)
ESPIAL PATIENCE ELSPETH
29 Ingredients of sauce secretly given to this tribe (4)
UTES Hidden SA(UTE S)ECRETLY
31 Add ingredients to Pa's ale for liquidity (3, abbrev)
PSL (private sector
liquidity) Odd letters Pa’S aLe
33 Enable front-runners from last exercise to get incredibly trim (6)
PERMIT PE (first letters of Past Exercise) + Anagram TRIM
34 Cad holding a tin smashed pot of sweets (6)
PINATA Anagram A TIN in PA (dad)
36 Shoal of bass and barbel in port (7, two words)
SANDBAR Hidden (in part)
37 Half of Nev's dessert I tasted is in refuse (9)
REPUDIATE RE(v’s) + PUD I ATE
39 Sot gets some cruel treatment (3)
ELT (sow) Hidden
40 Western Turkey beckons Leo - army's rippin', say mercenaries
(5)
IONIA ROSEMARY YASMIN
41 Good wishes for Maggie, getting married off (2)
TO TOM (moggie) less M
42 Logic finally ready to return to "Scotsman" periodical (7)
ETESIAN E (last letter of logie) + SET (reversed) + IAN
43 Friend hitched back with tattle (6)
DEWLAP (wattle) PAL WED reversed
DOWN
1 See preamble HUNT THE
SLIPPER
2 Run in girl's hose (4)
ARMY (host) R (run) in AMY
3 Goodbye to last of leylandii, lopped and shaved (9)
TOODLE-PIP Anagram To + I (last letter) + LOPPED
4 Poe's getting zero payment around 3rd of February - and March (9, two words)
PASO DOBLE PA’S (pop’s) + O (zero)+ B in DOLE
5 Lincoln sees lip and scar, as per usual, redden (3)
ABE CASSANDRA URSULA
6 Slip leads to Nan's near arrest (5, two
words)
RUN IN RUN + first letters Ian Near
7 Bill - a tenor - crushed under paving-stone during the war (14, two words)
FLAGRANTE BELLO
10 Pay no attention to Italian faking shilling (6)
IGNORE SIGNORE less (taking) S (shilling)
12 Noisy and reckless mode shown by dude throwing off clothing (5)
TON-UP
14 Pet's ill sadly, and short of lire, in lazaretto (6)
15 Baulks at a sensible sea-trip; perhaps at work? (4)
BUSY SEBASTIAN TERESA
21 Ruby maybe has son well in - I'm a copper (9)
STAR-STONE OLWEN MONICA
22 See preamble PLAIN VIEW
25 Cath and I packing - out of touch (6)
HAPTIC Anagram CATH + I P (parking)
28 Pop's in shoddy portraits (6)
PINUPS Anagram PUP’S IN
30 Praise European unknown's "art" (5)
EXALT E + X (unknown) + ALT
32 Vomit obscures line on map - plane grid erased (4)
SPEW EAMONN REGINALD
35 Avoid dork somewhat when climbing 3? (5)
ADDIO Hidden reversed AVOID DARK
38 Nurse was given raise - and cut (4)
SAWN N (Norse) + WAS (reversed)
40 Sub's winning regularly (3)
INN (pub) even letters wInNiNg