Crossword 38

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Correction to 'writers'

Please download the crossword again as one of the clues has been corrected.
Apologies for the mistake.
Jay.

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Writers' Block

Congratulations to all who submitted the answers to "movies" crossword.
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All of them can proceed with the 3rd in the series.

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There will be a lesser prize for which they can qualify if they take part in at least 6 crossword challenges and get correct answers.

Here is the 3rd in the series , the theme for which is writers.

Jay

"Movies" Answers

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Answer Explanation to “Movies”

1A Crazy Disney lion adopts a goat oddly

Crazy = mad

Disney lion = scar ( from Lion King )

Adopts is a container indicator

A goat ‘oddly’ = a g a ( disregard the even letters of ‘goat’ )

So, Mad   Scar  adopts  A G A

MAD   AGA   SCAR

Answer : Madagascar

5 A Daisy-chained, it keeps you cool

Daisy-chained is indicator for stacking up the word repeatedly

It keeps you cool is an AIR-CON

When we write AIRCON repeatedly , we have

AIRCONAIRCONAIRCONAIRCONAIRCON

And inside we can recognize the movie called Conair

Answer : Conair

7A May she who gave her name to it suppress inverted desire

May is the name of the month. The name was derived from MAIA

Suppress is a container indicator

Inverted is a reverse indicator

Desire = Long which when inverted becomes GNOL

With Maia suppressing ‘gnol’ we have MA      GNOL   IA

Answer : Magnolia

9A Wholly with Mason-Dixon and Jonah, say

Mason-Dixon is a Line

Jonah is an example of a Sinker

The answer with line and sinker means ‘wholly’

Answer : Hook

10A Like one stuck in the past

Like one = as i

Stuck in is the insertion indicator

The past = BC

As I ‘stuck in’ bc gives us  B  AS  I  C

Answer : Basic

11A Cinematic master of suspense gives up the swagger

Cinematic master of suspense is Hitchcock

Gives up is deletion indicator

Swagger = cock

Hitchcock without cock gives us Hitch

Answer : Hitch

2D Girl a toad bamboozles

Bamboozles is an anagram indicator and refers to ‘girl a toad’

Re-arranging the letters of ‘girl a toad’ gives us GLADIATOR

Answer : Gladiator

3D “Sounds like the Italian Premier League?” “Nahh!”

Italian premier league is SERIE A which ‘sounds’ like SYRIA

Nahh sounds like NA

Answer : Syriana

4D In a mirror, Polyhymnia without false halo

Mirror is reverse indicator for IN A which becomes ANI

Polyhymnia is a Muse

‘without’ is a container indicator and means that MUSE is outside false halo

False is anagram indicator and applies to HALO

So we have ANI   M  AL HO  USE

Answer : Animal House

5D They’re off the charts …but just within limits!

They’re off the charts means that some letters are taken out of CHARTS

Which ones? Those just within the limits.

C h AR t S ( h and t are those just within limits )

Answer : CARS

6D Incomplete track – loud if played inside

Incomplete track  = TRAC

Loud = F ( as in Forte )

IF played = FI ( ‘played’ is an anagram indicator )

‘Inside’ means that F FI are to be put in TRAC

Answer : Traffic

8D Such a course implies surviving hard knocks

 Hard knocks are associated with crashes.

So a crash course seems to be implying that we take it to survive hard knocks.

Answer : Crash

9D A parting of the waves

‘Parting of’ implies that A will part THE

Waves is an anagram indicator for THE giving us HET

Hence we have HE  A  T when A parts HET

Answer : Heat

Jay

Clue Correction

4 D is not an 11 lettered clue . its two words (6,5).

Latest update on pop up window: in some systems it does not come on. In others it will.

So please make sure that the answer fits the question perfectly.

Jay.

Pop Up Box

There was a setting in the crossword compiler which was overlooked. This caused the pop up window (which comes on when the crossword is completely filled) to be inconsistent. The oversight has been rectified and now the pop up window will only come on when the answers are all correct.

So, for those who have already submitted their answers, please do so again.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Jay.