Crossword 809 solution
Oh dear. Another blunder. PILAU (9 across) is not Spanish. At least it’s based on a broth, if not actually a broth itself. I was of course thinking of paella.
Pilau, also known as pilaf, peleau and plov, is a dish of Persian origin. It consists, Wikipedia tells me, of rice cooked in a broth along with various other ingredients. Wikipedia deals with it extensively but prefers to call it pilaf.
I do hope it’s as well known as paella.
I imagine and of course hope that this clue, even with the false lead, was not too hard. Nevertheless and naturally it carries my sincere and humble apologies. In the shadow of it I feel extremely disinclined to pontificate on any other matters cruciverbal this week. No appetite for it.
| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | IN BLACK AND WHITE | |
| “Fifty Shades of Grey” could not be printed thus with Iceland bank collapse (2,5,3,5) | Anagram of WITH ICELAND BANK | |
| 9 | PILAU | |
| A Spanish broth made in Mississippi, laughably (5) | Hidden word, Mississip PI LAU ghable | |
| 10 | NEEDLING | |
| Being a goad when wanting to hug learner (8) | wanting = NEEDING, learner = L | |
| 11 | QUICK FIX | |
| Expedient work by the manicurist? (5,3) | Double definition | |
| 14 | SHEATH | |
| Hat she designed as a place to hide a knife (6) | Anagram of HAT SHE | |
| 16 | SEMITRANSPARENT | |
| Masters in disguise, mother or father � it’s not entirely clear (15) | Anagram of MASTERS IN + PARENT | |
| 20 | MARSHALL ISLANDS | |
| Smallish lads ran wild in a Pacific archipelago (8,7) | Anagram of SMALLISH LADS RAN | |
| 23 | EL NINO | |
| Work out on-line to find an occasional weather pattern (2,4) | Anagram of ON-LINE | |
| 25 | AT ANCHOR | |
| Moored in Yucatan. Chorizos available (2,6) | Hidden word in Yuc ATAN CHOR izos | |
| 28 | INSIGHTS | |
| Stirs up, say, feelings of understanding (8) | Homophone, stirs up = incites | |
| 29 | BRAWL | |
| Bellow about the right to be free for all (5) | Bellow = BAWL, right = R | |
| 30 | RICHARD THE THIRD. | |
| Lacking energy, Thatcher hired out tax collectors in what could be a Shakespearian tragedy (7,3,5) | Anagram of THATCHER HIRED lacking energy = E + tax collectors = IRD. | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | NEPTUNE | |
| Write up melody for a Roman deity (7) | Write = PEN, up = reversal indicator = NEP, melody = TUNE | |
| 3 | LILAC | |
| Phone up about one for a decorative shrub (5) | Phone = CALL, up = reversal indicator, one = I | |
| 4 | CHUFF | |
| A bottom to please? (5) | Double definition | |
| 5 | ANNEX | |
| Grab territory from princess with kiss (5) | princess = ANNE, kiss = X | |
| 6 | DRESS UP | |
| Put on special clothes to see Dr English turn over the kitty (5,2) | Dr English = DRE, turn over = reversal indicator + the kitty = PUSS reversed = SSUP | |
| 7 | HALVE | |
| Divide into two equal portions in a lethal verdict (5) | Hidden word (with a not-so-subtle reference to the most famous judgement of Solomon) | |
| 8 | EGG WHITES | |
| Pavlova ingredients for the gigs we organised (3,6) | Anagram of THE GIGS WE | |
| 12 | KETCH | |
| A drawing, topless � one of those two masters so I hear (5) | Deletion, a drawng = S KETCH. (Ketches have two masts so can be termed “two-masters”) | |
| 13 | IN ALL | |
| Everything considered inside nominally (19 to the contrary) (2,3) | Hidden word in nom IN ALL y | |
| 15 | ATE IN | |
| Dined at home from a can containing vitamin (3,2) | a can = A TIN, vitamin = E | |
| 16 | SOMMELIER | |
| The waiter who pours more slime out (9) | Anagram of MORE SLIME | |
| 17 | MORON | |
| Half-wit rides first in a satellite (5) | rides first = R, satellite = MOON | |
| 18 | SHIFT | |
| A typing key used in case of change? On the contrary (5) | case of change on the contrary = change of case | |
| 19 | ALL IN | |
| Ready to drop everybody at home (3,2) | everybody = ALL, at home = IN | |
| 21 | ANOTHER | |
| One more doctor on Earth (7) | Anagram of ON EARTH | |
| 22 | DOODLER | |
| She did aimless scribbles and drooled dementedly … (7) | Anagram of DROOLED | |
| 24 | IRISH | |
| … like someone from Cork in the Mangatawhiri shops (5) | Hidden word in Mangatawh IRI SH ops | |
| 25 | ASSET | |
| Whilst jelled it is a good thing to have (5) | Whilst = AS, jelled = SET | |
| 26 | AMBLE | |
| Walk slowly to find the heart of a pokie enthusiast (5) | a pokie enthusiast = gAMBLEr | |
| 27 | COACH. | |
| Bus or train (5) | Double definition. |
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