I was wondering where the sun-kissed shores of Pât might be.īritish way - choosing actors for TV business (12)īROADCASTING – B(ritish) ROAD (way) CASTING (choosing actors)Ĭandidate not backing away, this writer’s choice in the end (7) One living abroad, formerly linked to French island (5)ĮXILE -EX (formerly) linked to ILE (French word for island). New cola? Right: that is item of interest to slimmers (7)ĬALORIE – New COLA, R(ight) I.E. Go over main points again as horse is backed? (5)Īn attempt at home - eager at heart to become permanent (7)ĪBIDING – A (an) BID (attempt) IN (at home) G (eaGer “at heart”) SECOND – double definition, the first as a verb. MINERAL – double definition: the first as in a (dated?) term for a soft drink the second as in “vegetable, animal or mineral”Įxclaim woman’s wearing this bright colour (6)ĬHERRY – CRY (exclaim) that HER (woman) is wearing / is in INCENSE – I (one) N(ote) and an unfortunate SCENE Greatly enrage one, note - unfortunate scene (7) Prepared for conflict having worked land, though not initially (5)ĪRMED – fARMED (having worked land), “though not initially”

With no crops cut, aunt lived unhappily (12) Those and some other bits ushered me along to a breezy 6.01 in an otherwise poor solving week, so many thanks to Hurley!

And BID (at 19ac) was still stuck in my head (as an incorrect synonym for “offer” in yesterday’s 12ac in the 15×15). I forget which puzzle it was, but it meant the horse at 17ac went straight in from wordplay more than the helpful definition.

About average difficulty, but I felt like I was helped along by a few bits and pieces still fresh from recent puzzles.

Synanim armed conflict definition