![]() MOUSE (I’ve discovered today that my computer mouse is a peripheral) + a reversal (return) of PART (role)ġ2 Scrap pile somewhere in London (5) SHARDġ3 Topless experience in bar is heavily criticised (7) ROASTEDġ5 Setter’s construction is most succinct (7) TERSESTġ7 Nerve of pilot changing direction (5) STEEL I shall be going out fairly soon for the day and so I shan’t be able to make alterations to the blog until this evening.ĩ This lot managed 18 around Hoylake on vacation (5) THESEĪn anagram (managed) of SET (18ac) round HEġ0 Management of Real Betis is most unfocused (9) BLEARIESTġ1 A peripheral role in return game (5,4) MOUSE TRAP I had two parsing problems – at 11ac, where I did a little research and discovered something new, and 7dn, which I haven’t managed to resolve. Just one niggle: it’s a pity about the practically identical anagram indicators in the first two clues. Other favourites were 18ac SET, 27ac CHILD-FREE, 30ac OUTGOINGS, 6dn PRESCRIBED and 14dn TELEVISION. Over to you!Īpart from that, I enjoyed this puzzle: there’s a nice variety of clue types, with half a dozen or more ‘lift and separates’, which always go down well with me and several smiles along the way, too, notably at 25ac FIDGETY, 21ac CLEAR OFF and 5dn SEXPOT. ![]() There are other sporting references throughout the puzzle but I haven’t managed to make them cohere into a theme, though I have a nagging feeling that there is one. My heart sank, therefore, when I saw the first two clues: I recognised Hoylake from news bulletins as the venue for the recent golf competition and Real Betis turned out, as expected, to be a football team. The previous puzzles were heavily themed: the first celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of a classic album and the second included an impressive list of Derby winners, going back to 1820. My first blog of a Brockwell puzzle: this is only his third appearance and the first two were in the Prize slot.
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