Sam's Your Uncle (Solution)
by Ali Lloyd, Katie Steckles and Paul Taylor
Clues
Across 19. It's hard work turning limo (4) 21. Lout blotto after imbibing (3) 23. Just over a yard of ale knocked back, not one but fifty (3) 24. Bird brain, addled after double frontal removal (3) 25. It flows through the heart of boozer (4) 26. What the cow jumped over detailed this sound? (3) 27. Jock's conscientious one, accepted into paradise before time (6) 29. Man travelled by 'orse, reaching Germany worn out (6) 30. Highlights half of lion manes, oddly (5) 31. Essential to Balkan economy, leader entered currency (3) 32. Geek marginalised by neckbeard (4) 34. Request build at regular intervals (3) 35. Material restricted by blacklist sent back (4) 36. Before ultimate in master key, one broke out of jail (7) 40. Particle observer reportedly working (3) 42. Look at second base, then note number three (3) 43. More stretched RESNET backed up (6) 46. Caribbean music in Southern California eschews Latin underpinning (4) 48. Listening to Kenny, Warren, Ali, and Dario, for example, results in expression of annoyance (4) 49. Authorities not working in 2½ minutes, for Roman? (6) 50. Heartless skier put edgy beginner atop glacial ridge (5) 52. Grease carried by this Calhoun performance, with utterly hammy leads to setter (6) 53. Lance, one lap back, took drug - about a thousand (6) 55. Miss is audibly disappointed with Romney (4) 57. Turbulent? Orient with yardarms (6) 58. Gorilla head's monkey stare (4) 61. Archaeological mound discovered in Metelen (3) 62. Army standing down for back-up rally (5) 64. Woman's with German recluse (6) 67. Eg Tommy gun concealed for emissary (6) 70, 132. TT race rehearsal (3,3) 71. Administrative assistant embraces left wing (3) 72. Complex problem eliminated from Nagpur - wild Indian bison (4) 73. Female monster giant grows internally, takes drug but loses zero weight initially (6) 74. Thirds of book Sigmund Freud returned, a third of his psychic apparatus (3) 75. Seabass in aquarium regularly missing and not suitable for all ages, armband having been ripped apart (10) 76. Come to before funeral (4) 78. Cricket fielder long gone, regularly disappearing (4,2) 79. Welcome back Perón, for example (3) 82. Steal information from ThunderCats character (5) 83. 20 participant has 68 first instead of filling starter at this time (6) 85. 50 to zero, 101 Latin places (4) 87. Thematic figure's fake broadcast during airing of Verhoeven film gets policeman off the trail (10) 89. "Hey Ya" - year Outkast blew up? Agreed (4) 90. Fated four having been removed, disfigured foot featured this? (3) 91. Quietly skimmed top of lip in west coast airport, giving kiss of peace (3) 92. Caustic soda a likely story we hear (3) 93. Intern loses computer datum, to be paid for parochially (3) 95. Provoke Superdrug to go bust (4) 96. Buddhist laws - mark as confusing (6) 97. Japanese wrestler puts top three in reverse order - he is musical enthusiast (4) 99. Joyous exclamations at jovian satellites (3) 100. Falafel partner, from around North 147? (6) 102. I do karaoke for audiences - put on Cake (5) 105. Aria with no coda for male child (3) 106. Further along, as doctor might be? (6) 109. Rebound heard - switching sides of dartboard throwing line (4) 111. Juiced lemon's slew of succulence (10) 119. Variable eggs, unknown animal developed from egg (4) 120. Antelope stumbling a la ungainly nyala having been struck (6) 122. Foster child in the highlands wanted alternative housing (4) 124. Walker, perhaps, of the rovers (3) 125. Coin once used in Paris? Oui! (3) 127. After operating room schedule is returned, one might speak out (6) 130. Pairs of pants, 100 pairs ruined (6) 131. Two letters read out make moderate-length composition (5) 132. see 70 134. Spins, reverses, cuts up (5) 135. Indulge difficult part that concerns us - penny drops (6) 138. Vital cosmetic ingredient (4) 139. Frightfully testy about church secondary's appropriations of funds, in the past (6) 141. Interfere to get gold, reportedly (6) 142. Spanish beach, variable, becoming ultimate public space (5) 143. Theme park capital goes crazy for Indonesian product (6) 145. Horse-kick casualty back in rest and recuperation (4) 146. Education without working is not so great (4) 148. Well-connected actor hosts 50 on old verandah (6) 150. Not or nor, for Cicero, included in connectives (3) 152. Epoch references beginnings: a new time (3) 153. Lost hospital support for veteran (3,4) 157. She is South African research associate (4) 159. Party with a skip and jump (3) 161. Tedious in Scotland to prepare reed (4) 163. Irate, having lost at Frustration (3) 165. Villi exam regularly neglected sections of the intestine (4) 166. Austere bishop returning to the bosom of his diocese (6) 167. Cycling fraternity taken in by whopper (6) 168. Supporter at golf course stifles second half of giggle (3) 169. Italian has ankle bones (4) 170. Bow to audience from Bangkok (3) 171. She is limitlessly venal (3) 172. Spooner - pre-haze in church (3) 173. Home-phoner recalled ringing about branching structure (4) Down 1. New diet influenced by attraction to heavenly body (4) 2. Sharpen fashion, lacking the French virtue (7) 3. Ate crumbly snack (3) 4. Uses fan to cook, 83 at first (7) 5. Fat man's empty bowls sent back (4) 6. To a northerner, butter-bur makes Spanglish noise? (5) 7. Regretted sounding insulting (4) 8. More upsetting to put snake head on snake (6) 9. One who provides words following Leo, for example (5) 10. They can be found in gym at school (4) 11. Developed vacant land, developed vacant land in file (8) 12. Makes furrows in cash registers (5) 13. Slog in cricket match, finally, by neanderthal (4) 14. Indeterminate part that's typical of setter (4) 15. Affirmatives? Not one? On the contrary (3) 16. Virus, with last of antidote gone, can be used as weapon (4) 17. Uncle once starting off meme (3) 18. Archaic contrivance is permissible in archaic article (4) 20. On loan for 40 days (4) 22. For example US tennis player, not for a second hesitant, picks up aluminium (7) 28. Audible static could come after pop (4) 33. Once more construct cryptic teaser without hint of answer (5) 37. Ms Black on blind date is after spade for herb (6) 38. Machine part is placed at bottom of machine when in reverse (3) 39. Ape goes crazy for vegetable (3) 41. Acting up or in film, perhaps (4) 44. Point to invade sea walls (5) 45. Fashionable teletubby is dangerous animal (5) 46. Treated stray goat-like creature (5) 47. Music for Airports artist played backwards Metallica song (3) 48. Joint to attach picture (4) 51. Kingly wings, aerodynamic head and braw tail - that's Scottish daw (4) 54. Powerful midfielder got a deuce on the rebound (4) 56. Very large storage unit - ace! (4) 58. Styles hair on return (3) 59. Maiden provides assistance (3) 60. Cheer NATO character (5) 62. Founding father loses capital to banks (4) 63. Power comes from mother, and grandmother to the same extent (4) 65. Teen almost returns to Maidenhead for rendezvous (4) 66. Charybdis lethally surrounded small archipelago (5) 68. For example goose's principal offering... (3) 69. ...goose first, then ducks, producing sickly sentimental stuff (3) 71. Topless demos outside McDonalds, perhaps (6) 77. It featured in Sahara skyline, going back a bit! (4) 80. High cards cap off the three below them? (4) 81. Multinational takes away poor people's money - that's disgusting! (4) 84. Hedges apparently in blossom (4) 85. Heartless Lenny hugging mouse, no use to author (6) 86. Procedure on Americans is important undertaking (4) 88, 159. Hercules, for example, in Homeric poem, doesn't want mom to get involved (4,4) 94. She is nothing without one (5) 98. Passable notes (2-2) 101. He got an album - one by the Beatles (4) 103. Endless silly mess of problems (4) 104. Gor blimey ultimately could mean bloody horrible (4) 107. Sarcastic coda to return of large quantity (3) 108. Court's beliefs based on flimsy evidence (3) 110. Hooray for bad weather! (4) 112. Child's Play a 15? Ridiculous! (4) 113. Conditions snowier; with no hint of interruption deteriorate further (6) 114. Members of the lower class sense revolution (5) 115. Shame to downscale initially, as Jack did to house (5) 116. 164 counterpart ejected number 1 from mound (3) 117. Lettuce function (3) 118. Crustacean raw starter packed in ice (5) 121. Going north, for example, consuming average fruit (5) 123. Territorial Army recruitment may be seen hoofing through the Himalayas (4) 126. Mouthpiece, and where to find it (8) 128. Puzzle breakthrough moment leads to another hard-fought answer (3) 129. Bar regular, as he is in here? (7) 130. More appealing to skip surgery (5) 133. Add first to last fillers (3) 136. Honorific overwhelms worker, like they are capable of creating transformation (7) 137. Acquire vice, ere perversion (7) 140. Just a little grunge band (3) 142. Long distance adventuring capers (6) 144. Ireland, poetically, flanked by Northern Ireland from the east (4) 146. Loath, in Glasgow, to put strip of wood around one (5) 147. One put hat on one in country (5) 148. Altered Images perhaps belonging to Damon Albarn’s band (5) 149. Assist in the medical treatment of an animal, as one should not do to a neighbour's ox (5) 151. Swedish money trader opening German wine (4) 154. Readily inform falsely of tip off (4) 155. Trendy to gather a collection (4) 156. It might be dingley or use dongle (4) 157. Be blown away by report of low-price event (4) 158. Hails goalkeeper's effort, start to finish (4) 159. See 88 160. Shut up Charlie Brown vehicle, trashed down under (4) 162. Space station over a star of Cetus (4) 164. 116 counterpart would be bankrupt if involved in bet (3) 167. Crib sheet covers it (3) |
- MOIL: limo [anag] OAF: blottO AFter ELL: ale [rev], -a + l ANI: brain - br [anag] OOZE: bOOZEr MOO: moon detailed EIDENT: i in eden before t ERODED: ‘e rode + d LIMNS: li + MaNeS LEK: baLKan, e entered NERD: NEckbeaRD BID: BuIlD SILK: tSILKcalb ESCAPER: escape before r ION: eye [homophone] + on SEE: s + e + e TENSER: resnet [rev] SOCA: SoCal - l JEEZ: Gs [homophone] CLOUTS: out in CLS (150 seconds) ESKER: e + SKiER OILCAN: calhoun [anag], uh -> i IMPALE: i + lap [rev] about m + e OMIT: oh Mitt [homphone] YEASTY: east + y at left & right GAPE: g + ape TEL: meTELen DEMOB: demo B (as opposed to demo A) HERMIT: her + mit LEGATE: lee with gat inside DRY RUN: dry + run ALA: AA around l GAUR: Nagpur - NP [anag] OGRESS: os around grows - ow + e EGO: boOk siGmund frEud [rev] BARRAMUNDA: AqUaRiUm - u + armband [anag] WAKE: double def LONG ON: LONg GONe EVA: ave [rev] SNARF: double def EASTER: lent participant = faster, egg first = e instead of f LOCI: l + o + ci ROCHAMBEAU: sham [homophone] in robocop - cop [homophone] YEAH: hey ya - y [anag] TOE: foot featured - fated four [anag], &lit PAX: p for l in LAX LYE: lie [homophone] ERN: intern - int SPUR: super - e [anag] KARMAS: mark as [anag] MUSO: sumo, sum [rev] IOS: double def TAHINI: haiti + n [anag] ICING: i sing [homophone] SON: song - g ONWARD: on ward ECHO: oche switching o & e MELLOWNESS: lemon’s slew [anag] ZOON: z + oo + n NILGAU: a la ungainly - nyala [anag] DALT: wanteD ALTernative ROY: double def (Roy Walker, Roy of the rovers) SOU: pariS OUi, &lit ORATOR: OR + rota [rev] CAPRIS: c + pairs [anag] ESSAY: sa sounded out - SNIPS: spins [rev] HUMOUR: hump + our - p TALC: viTAL Cosmetic, &lit TYTHES: testy [anag] around h MEDDLE: medal [homophone] PLAZA: playa, y -> z TEMPEH: theme + p [anag] REAR: A & E [rev] in RR LESS: lesson - on BALCON: L in bacon NEC: conNECtives ERA: er + a OLD HAND: hold hand - h SARA: SA + RA HOP: double def DREE: reed [anag] IRE: irate - at ILEA: vIlLiExAm SEVERE: rev [rev] in see BIKING: kin in big TEE: tee-hee - hee TALI: iTALIan TIE: thai [homophone] ENA: vENAl REV: he prays TREE: ET [rev] ringing RE - TIDE: diet [anag] HONESTY: hone style - le EAT: ate [anag] AERATES: easter + a [anag] SLOB: BOwLS [rev] ELDIN: el din RUED: rude [homophone] SADDER: s + adder SAYER: double def MATS: gyM AT School, &lit INFILLED: LanD in file [anag] TILLS: double def HOIK: h + oik SOME: so me YES: ayes - a BOLA: ebola - e EME: meme - m YOKE: ok in ye LENT: double def FEDERAL: federer - er + al IDOL: idle [homophone] RESET: teaser - a [anag] SCILLA: s + cilla CAM: MAChine [rev] PEA: ape [anag] NOIR: or in [anag] SEPTA: pt in sea HIPPO: hip po SATYR: stray [anag] ONE: eno [rev] JPEG: j + peg KYAW: KinglY + a + w LOUD: fieLder + duo [rev] MEGA: meg + a GEL: leg [rev] AID: mAIDen BRAVO: double def DAMS: adams - a MANA: ma + na(n) MEET: m + tee [rev] ISLET: charybdIS LEThally EGG: eg + g GOO: g + oo ARCHES: marches - m KSAR: enilyKS ARahas ACES: faces - f WART: walmart - lma ROSE: rows [homophone] LEMONY: LEnNY hugging mo OPUS: op + us EPIC HERO: homeric poem - mom [anag] NADIA: nada around i SOSO: so + so HELP: he + lp ILLS: SILLy [anag] GORY: gor + y NOT: ton [rev] WOO: double def HAIL: double def EASY: a yes [anag] WORSEN: snowier - i [anag] ESNES: sense [rev] BUILT: guilt g->b UMP: hump - h COS: double def KRILL: r in kill GRAPE: par in eg [rev] TAHR: TA + HR UNDERLIP: under lip AHA: Another Hard-fought Answer ROUNDER: he is “round er” in here CUTER: cut ER UMS: sum, s to the end MANTRAS: mr around ant + as RECEIVE: vice ere [anag] TAD: double def PARSEC: capers [anag] ERIN: dnalERI Nrehtron LAITH: lath around i HAITI: i in hat on i BLURS: blur’s COVET: co-vet SEKT: SEK + t LIEF: lie + of - o HEAP: a in hep DELL: double def SAIL: sale [homophone] AVES: save, s to the end - PENT: peanuts - aus MIRA: mir + a REF: would be bereft BED: double def |
Once filled, with perimeter clues entered in the appropriate places, the grid should look like this:
The solver could do two things at this point: a) notice that the perimeter clues can be answered differently from a British perspective, or b) attempt to deal with the ‘optional clues’. These are mutually confirming, in that doing a) leads to the formation of 71 new words, which are clued by the optional clues modulo a misprint in each clue:
New word
NOON CAPRIC NILGAI ERE YELLOWNESS AVER BEV GAUD LOCO IMPALA PES RIDENT SALT GILLS TRET
PAR OVA QUILT KERMIT OYE OATS RET LIEU
PARSER
FOIL LASTER IOS
DELT
MANTRAP JEEP ROME SOH
BLURB HIPPY DEMON HAITH GAYER AIL MIRE ACING ECHT UNFILLED ESCAPEE RAT
NON TEMPER DRILL TAHINA BIKINI
LYTHES AIDE HEAT FEAR EGRESS SNARL BERATES EMIT BLOB LOLA COVEN INWARD UNDERLIE ASSAY SPUN DOS LAKE SAIC MUST MOI HERE DEE
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Clue with misprint
And of the morning Arid Asian luminant Backyard, in time Bares face displaying this? Bear gut Beep, for example, in the UK Brad, perhaps Buts Can be block-faced Characters from the west bask Cheesy Could be rock or tea Cow gets air through this Deduction that used to accompany tart Expected snore Female Celts For keeping snag at night From Gerald's cry, maybe Gross crops Hump preparation In this, something has chanced place It recognises Claude, amongst other things It creates list It dares It doesn't run your man, but it might run your mobile It might fall out if you do a lot of press ups It might share trespassers It used to be overlaid Italian capitol Knowing when Waugh is appropriate Lurk for a book purchase Mend-alterer Might live in hull Mild spear in Scotland More gappy Mother Mum or muck Not a naval strongpoint Now fake Of a hacky sack with no beats One in plight One leaves a shop that's going under Opposite of out Palm in the face of frustration Part of a word out Pasta People are often seen on one at the beach Pillocks Politician's kelp Produced by file Quade with this? Quiz Raved Sells off Set out Shapeless dolour She walked like a man Tally of witches To a canter To be the cruse Triad Turned ground Two in Dijon Ural in Asia is one Vessel fuelled by wine Weed Why me? With boy, older dog With tweet, she'll be in Paddy's Pub
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Corrected
End of the morning Acid Asian ruminant Backward, in time Bart’s face displaying this? Bear out Beer, for example, in the UK Bead, perhaps Nuts Can be black-faced Characters from the west bank Cheery Could be rock or sea Cod gets air through this Deduction that used to accompany tare Expected score Female cells For keeping snug at night Frog Herald's cry, maybe Grass crops Hemp preparation In this, something has changed place It recognises clause, amongst other things It creates lift It dures It doesn't run your mac, but it might run your mobile It might fill out if you do a lot of press ups It might snare trespassers It used to be Overland Italian capital Knowing when laugh is appropriate Lure for a book purchase Mind-alterer Might live in hell Mild swear in Scotland More happy bother Mud or muck Not a Nadal strongpoint Not fake Of a hacky sack with no beans One in flight One leaves a ship that's going under Opposite of oui Calm in the face of frustration Part of a work out Paste People are often seen in one at the beach Pollocks Politician's help Produced by fire Quake with this? Quit Ravel Tells off Let out Shapeless colour She talked like a man Rally of witches To a center To be the cause Trial Turned around Two in Gijon Aral in Asia is one Vessel fuelled by wind Need Who me? With boy, order dog With sweet, she'll be in Paddy's Pub
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Correct letter
E C R W T O R E N A N R S D E
C L U G H A E G
S
F U C
I
N N A L
E I E W H B D D T N F I
I C K E I
O H R K T L T L C T R E A L A G A D N O R S
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Here are the answers to the clues from the US & GB perspectives:
Clue Romantic composer born on 12/11 (7) Slang for currency (4) ____ account, buy now pay later agreement (6) Secret Millionaire S02 location (7) They clear pencil marks (7) Number of fluid ounces in a gill (4) Mad (7) Attach, rhymes with niche (5) Played Kevin Ball in Shameless (5) First name of actress who appeared on S01 of Celebrity Fit Club (3) Nearest country to the south (6) Belonging to leader with the dubious honour of being the first to have to resign (6) Blow ___, to stand up (3) Winner of I'm A Celebrity...(8) Boss of The Office (5) Pedestrian surface (8) Winner of celebrity dancing competition (5) Played Jenny in Cold Feet (6) Elusive striped character (5) Old school slang for a police vehicle (5) |
US Berlioz Buck Charge Detroit Erasers Four Furious Hitch Howey Kim
Mexico Nixon’s
Off Phillips Scott Sidewalk Smith Spybey Waldo Zebra |
GB Borodin Quid Credit Salford Rubbers Five Lunatic Leash Kelly Kay
France North’s
Out Thatcher Brent Pavement Gough Ripley Wally Panda |
The new grid looks like this:
Looking at the corrected letters from the optional clues in clue order (had they been the normal clues), gives the message
FOR FINALE GET ALL UNCHANGED LETTERS CLOCKWISE HITCH AND ANTI BUCK ANSWER GRID ORDER
Following this instruction in the order specified gives HERSHEYFAUCETHOOKYCURBLAWNS.
Replacing these with their (inferred) British equivalents gives a string of the same length, and looking again at the unchanged letters gives an anagram of YANKS:
HERSHEYFAUCETHOOKYCURBLAWNS CADBURYTAPTRUANTKERBGARDENS
The letters can be read in the correct order from top to bottom in the original grid.