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1ed.pendragon
Not strictly speaking cryptic, but certainly the clues and answers appear to have been well hidden!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/news-of-the-world-crossword
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/news-of-the-world-crossword
3ed.pendragon
Redtop's alright, surrounded by male siblings. (6)
5ed.pendragon
Proprietor getting away with murder, hurt round bent copper. (6, 7) Not very elegant, but it just about sums it up.
6dtw42
How about:
Publisher's later torn to pieces all round the country, following fresh wrongdoing (4, 13)
Publisher's later torn to pieces all round the country, following fresh wrongdoing (4, 13)
7ed.pendragon
Tainted force goes underground, civil around Italian city in uproar to a degree. (12, 6)
8dtw42
Um, you've gone past my solving level with that one, I'm afraid :^P
(For the benefit of anyone else happening upon this thread, the earlier ones were 2. Rebekah, 3. Brooks, 5. Rupert Murdoch, 6. News International)
(For the benefit of anyone else happening upon this thread, the earlier ones were 2. Rebekah, 3. Brooks, 5. Rupert Murdoch, 6. News International)
9ed.pendragon
>7 ed.pendragon:. Metropolitan Police (METRO + POLITE around NAPOLI + Celsius/Centigrade).
>8 dtw42:. Some senior figures in the Met are suspected of lack of detailed investigation into past allegations of NOTW phone hacking, perhaps due to a former NOTW deputy editor who, coincidentally, was appointed to an advisory role to those same senior figures. But I suspect you all know that, having followed the daily revelations.
>8 dtw42:. Some senior figures in the Met are suspected of lack of detailed investigation into past allegations of NOTW phone hacking, perhaps due to a former NOTW deputy editor who, coincidentally, was appointed to an advisory role to those same senior figures. But I suspect you all know that, having followed the daily revelations.
10dtw42
Ah, as is so often the case when shown the answer, there comes a feeling of "aw, should've got that". Although the indirect anagram of finding the right Italian city and then anagramming it might have been a step beyond the norm. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
13dtw42
Can't resist an anagram, me. Glad to see this wasn't just me and ed.p talking among ourselves :^D
15ed.pendragon
Right, Rebekah Brooks and Sir Paul Stephenson have gone, Rupert Murdoch is teetering, who's next? Curriculum includes video drama in crisis, reveals leader (5, 7).
16dtw42
I can see a partial anagram there with 'video drama' but, if it's who I think it is, can't see where to get a C (from curriculum?) and N from. At any rate, he's probably safe, despite association with One who edited short column on Sunday (4, 7).
17dtw42
Oh, completely off topic, I couldn't resist another anagram from elsewhere in the news:
PS: berk chav name here (6, 5, 7)
PS: berk chav name here (6, 5, 7)
18ed.pendragon
NC=National Curriculum. Sorry, education-speak; old habits die hard.
4, 7 Brilliant! Much, much better than Chief demolishes shanty--poor Joe! (4, 5)
4, 7 Brilliant! Much, much better than Chief demolishes shanty--poor Joe! (4, 5)
19dtw42
NC=National Curriculum.
Ah, so it does, of course. Well, I think we've pretty much covered everyone involved now! :^)
20dtw42
Just to resurrect the whole dreary saga, one of the setters in the i newspaper this week seemed to be channelling this thread:


21ed.pendragon
>20 dtw42:
Love 24 across as a standalone, but, yes, pretty ingenious. Would never have got 7 down, though: Glomeruli? Sounds like a dwarf from LOTR.
Love 24 across as a standalone, but, yes, pretty ingenious. Would never have got 7 down, though: Glomeruli? Sounds like a dwarf from LOTR.
23dtw42
>21 ed.pendragon:: And their clue for Brooks was a bit Private-Eyeish for a daily. No, I must admit I only got 7 down after doing a search on G?O?E?U?I – I'd never heard of it either.
>22 SKYANN:: Of course you are. And if you only spell his surname right, he might be your boyfriend right back.
>22 SKYANN:: Of course you are. And if you only spell his surname right, he might be your boyfriend right back.
24ed.pendragon
>22 SKYANN:
Good to see your library, SKYANN, and those five out of six titles dedicated to Justin. Guessing you just haven't got round to adding those crossword compilations yet.
>23 dtw42:
Yes, agree about the Brooks clue. Presumably Anarche, as well as being a bit of a maverick, also has it in for victims (Anarche also being an anagram for spider).
Good to see your library, SKYANN, and those five out of six titles dedicated to Justin. Guessing you just haven't got round to adding those crossword compilations yet.
>23 dtw42:
Yes, agree about the Brooks clue. Presumably Anarche, as well as being a bit of a maverick, also has it in for victims (Anarche also being an anagram for spider).