Wigan Peers Cryptic Crosswords 18-9-19

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:00 pm

A very good Wednesday night to all you Wigan Peers Crossworders.
Have a bash at these bafflingly bewildering brainteasers.

GOOD LUCK

WIGAN PEERS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES 18-9-19

1) Climbed to the top and cleaned fish (6) S _ _ _ _ D
An easy one to start us off.
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

2) Light from Beth’s Rings shimmering. (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
An anagram (shimmering) of BETH’S RINGS.

3) Mr Seinfeld, able to supply gasoline container. (5, 3) J _ _ _ _ _ _ _
No help.

4) Very bad, like a candle? (6 W _ _ _ _ D
A double definition which relies on clever wordplay, by using different pronunciations of the same word.

5) Autumn leaves may do this, if touched by King Midas.[/u] (4, 2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
No help.

6) Visible in Finland Estonian mountain range. (5) _ _ _ _ _
In consecutive letters within the clue

7) By the sound of it, ancient Briton chosen (6) P _ _ _ _ _
The homophone (by the sound of it) of an ancient Briton.

8 ) Ball player demonstrating great skill, one salivating?. (8 ) D _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

9) Item handed down by extremely humble Irish weaver (8 ) H _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The outer letters of HUMBLE (extremely), followed by the abbreviation for IRISH, and the machine used by a weaver.

10) Red alert activated about posh chap messing around? (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A fina anagram (activated) of RED ALERT containing (about) the single letter used to represent posh or upper crust.
Messing around in this case means playing away!!!!!!

by Maureen Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:08 pm

1 Scaled
2 Brightness
3 Jerry can
4 Wicked
5 Turn to gold
6 Andes
7 Picked
8 Dribbling
9 Heirloom

by Maureen Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:09 pm

10 Adulterer.

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:12 pm

Maureen wrote:1 Scaled
2 Brightness
3 Jerry can
4 Wicked
5 Turn to gold
6 Andes
7 Picked
8 Dribbler
9 Heirloom

Evening Mo.

Just brilliant crosswording, I can't believe how fast you've solved them, well done.

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:13 pm

Maureen wrote:10 Adulterer.

Yay!!!!!!

by Maureen Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:17 pm

Thanks again Ray for another belter..I think they just fell right for me tonight.

by gassey Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:19 pm

ramiejamie wrote:A very good Wednesday night to all you Wigan Peers Crossworders.
Have a bash at these bafflingly bewildering brainteasers.

GOOD LUCK

WIGAN PEERS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES 18-9-19

1) Climbed to the top and cleaned fish (6) SCALED
An easy one to start us off.
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

2) Light from Beth’s Rings shimmering. (10) BRIGHTNESS
An anagram (shimmering) of BETH’S RINGS.

3) Mr Seinfeld, able to supply gasoline container. (5, 3) JERRY CAN
No help.

4) Very bad, like a candle? (6 WICKED
A double definition which relies on clever wordplay, by using different pronunciations of the same word.

5) Autumn leaves may do this, if touched by King Midas.[/u] (4, 2, 4) TURN TO GOLD
No help.

6) Visible in Finland Estonian mountain range. (5) ANDES
In consecutive letters within the clue

7) By the sound of it, ancient Briton chosen (6) PICKED
The homophone (by the sound of it) of an ancient Briton.

8 ) Ball player demonstrating great skill, one salivating?. (8 ) DRIBBLER
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

9) Item handed down by extremely humble Irish weaver (8 ) HEIRLOOM
The outer letters of HUMBLE (extremely), followed by the abbreviation for IRISH, and the machine used by a weaver.

10) Red alert activated about posh chap messing around? (9) ADULTERER
A fina anagram (activated) of RED ALERT containing (about) the single letter used to represent posh or upper crust.
Messing around in this case means playing away!!!!!!

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:20 pm

Maureen wrote:Thanks again Ray for another belter..I think they just fell right for me tonight.

You're very welcome Mo.

I think I'm going to have to 'raise the bar'!!!!!! LOL, you're too good.

Very well played tonight.

by Lolly Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:35 pm

ramiejamie wrote:A very good Wednesday night to all you Wigan Peers Crossworders.
Have a bash at these bafflingly bewildering brainteasers.

GOOD LUCK

WIGAN PEERS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES 18-9-19

1) Climbed to the top and cleaned fish (6) S _ _ _ _ D....scaled
An easy one to start us off.
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

2) Light from Beth’s Rings shimmering. (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
An anagram (shimmering) of BETH’S RINGS.

3) Mr Seinfeld, able to supply gasoline container. (5, 3) J _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Jerry Can
No help.

4) Very bad, like a candle? (6 W _ _ _ _ D....Wicked
A double definition which relies on clever wordplay, by using different pronunciations of the same word.

5) Autumn leaves may do this, if touched by King Midas.[/u] (4, 2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....Turn to gold
No help.

6) Visible in Finland Estonian mountain range. (5) _ _ _ _ _....Andes
In consecutive letters within the clue

7) By the sound of it, ancient Briton chosen (6) P _ _ _ _ _...Picked
The homophone (by the sound of it) of an ancient Briton.

8 ) Ball player demonstrating great skill, one salivating?. (8 ) D _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Dribbler
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

9) Item handed down by extremely humble Irish weaver (8 ) H _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The outer letters of HUMBLE (extremely), followed by the abbreviation for IRISH, and the machine used by a weaver.

10) Red alert activated about posh chap messing around? (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A fina anagram (activated) of RED ALERT containing (about) the single letter used to represent posh or upper crust.
Messing around in this case means playing away!!!!!!

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:39 pm

gassey wrote:
ramiejamie wrote:A very good Wednesday night to all you Wigan Peers Crossworders.
Have a bash at these bafflingly bewildering brainteasers.

GOOD LUCK

WIGAN PEERS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES 18-9-19

1) Climbed to the top and cleaned fish (6) SCALED
An easy one to start us off.
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

2) Light from Beth’s Rings shimmering. (10) BRIGHTNESS
An anagram (shimmering) of BETH’S RINGS.

3) Mr Seinfeld, able to supply gasoline container. (5, 3) JERRY CAN
No help.

4) Very bad, like a candle? (6 WICKED
A double definition which relies on clever wordplay, by using different pronunciations of the same word.

5) Autumn leaves may do this, if touched by King Midas.[/u] (4, 2, 4) TURN TO GOLD
No help.

6) Visible in Finland Estonian mountain range. (5) ANDES
In consecutive letters within the clue

7) By the sound of it, ancient Briton chosen (6) PICKED
The homophone (by the sound of it) of an ancient Briton.

8 ) Ball player demonstrating great skill, one salivating?. (8 ) DRIBBLER
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

9) Item handed down by extremely humble Irish weaver (8 ) HEIRLOOM
The outer letters of HUMBLE (extremely), followed by the abbreviation for IRISH, and the machine used by a weaver.

10) Red alert activated about posh chap messing around? (9) ADULTERER
A fina anagram (activated) of RED ALERT containing (about) the single letter used to represent posh or upper crust.
Messing around in this case means playing away!!!!!!

Evening Gassey.

Really super croswording as ever, well done.

by Tommytee Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:41 pm

ramiejamie wrote:A very good Wednesday night to all you Wigan Peers Crossworders.
Have a bash at these bafflingly bewildering brainteasers.

GOOD LUCK

WIGAN PEERS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES 18-9-19

1) Climbed to the top and cleaned fish (6) S _ _ _ _ D
An easy one to start us off.
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

2) Light from Beth’s Rings shimmering. (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
An anagram (shimmering) of BETH’S RINGS.

3) Mr Seinfeld, able to supply gasoline container. (5, 3) J _ _ _ _ _ _ _
No help. jerry can

4) Very bad, like a candle? (6 W _ _ _ _ D
A double definition which relies on clever wordplay, by using different pronunciations of the same word.

5) Autumn leaves may do this, if touched by King Midas.[/u] (4, 2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
No help.

6) Visible in Finland Estonian mountain range. (5) _ _ _ _ _
In consecutive letters within the clue Andes

7) By the sound of it, ancient Briton chosen (6) P _ _ _ _ _
The homophone (by the sound of it) of an ancient Briton.

8 ) Ball player demonstrating great skill, one salivating?. (8 ) D _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

9) Item handed down by extremely humble Irish weaver (8 ) H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Heirloom
The outer letters of HUMBLE (extremely), followed by the abbreviation for IRISH, and the machine used by a weaver.

10) Red alert activated about posh chap messing around? (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A fina anagram (activated) of RED ALERT containing (about) the single letter used to represent posh or upper crust.
Messing around in this case means playing away!!!!!!

I think I got a few. I could get used to this

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:48 pm

Tommytee wrote:
ramiejamie wrote:A very good Wednesday night to all you Wigan Peers Crossworders.
Have a bash at these bafflingly bewildering brainteasers.

GOOD LUCK

WIGAN PEERS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES 18-9-19

1) Climbed to the top and cleaned fish (6) S _ _ _ _ D
An easy one to start us off.
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

2) Light from Beth’s Rings shimmering. (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
An anagram (shimmering) of BETH’S RINGS.

3) Mr Seinfeld, able to supply gasoline container. (5, 3) J _ _ _ _ _ _ _
No help. jerry can

4) Very bad, like a candle? (6 W _ _ _ _ D
A double definition which relies on clever wordplay, by using different pronunciations of the same word.

5) Autumn leaves may do this, if touched by King Midas.[/u] (4, 2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
No help.

6) Visible in Finland Estonian mountain range. (5) _ _ _ _ _
In consecutive letters within the clue Andes

7) By the sound of it, ancient Briton chosen (6) P _ _ _ _ _
The homophone (by the sound of it) of an ancient Briton.

8 ) Ball player demonstrating great skill, one salivating?. (8 ) D _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

9) Item handed down by extremely humble Irish weaver (8 ) H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Heirloom
The outer letters of HUMBLE (extremely), followed by the abbreviation for IRISH, and the machine used by a weaver.

10) Red alert activated about posh chap messing around? (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A fina anagram (activated) of RED ALERT containing (about) the single letter used to represent posh or upper crust.
Messing around in this case means playing away!!!!!!

I think I got a few. I could get used to this

Evening Tommytee.

Very well played indeed.

You can only get better each week.

Handy hints,
Clue 3 is Seinfields first name, then a word for ABLE.
Clue 8 is what a footballer may be called, think fancy footwork..

by gassey Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:55 pm

Evening Ray , good to see the cryptics night well
into the swing again , thanks as ever for compiling
these Ray Here's to you

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:55 pm

Lolly wrote:
ramiejamie wrote:A very good Wednesday night to all you Wigan Peers Crossworders.
Have a bash at these bafflingly bewildering brainteasers.

GOOD LUCK

WIGAN PEERS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES 18-9-19

1) Climbed to the top and cleaned fish (6) S _ _ _ _ D....scaled
An easy one to start us off.
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

2) Light from Beth’s Rings shimmering. (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
An anagram (shimmering) of BETH’S RINGS.

3) Mr Seinfeld, able to supply gasoline container. (5, 3) J _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Jerry Can
No help.

4) Very bad, like a candle? (6 W _ _ _ _ D....Wicked
A double definition which relies on clever wordplay, by using different pronunciations of the same word.

5) Autumn leaves may do this, if touched by King Midas.[/u] (4, 2, 4) Turn to gold
No help.

6) Visible in Finland Estonian mountain range. (5) _ _ _ _ _....Andes
In consecutive letters within the clue

7) By the sound of it, ancient Briton chosen (6) P _ _ _ _ _...Picked
The homophone (by the sound of it) of an ancient Briton.

8 ) Ball player demonstrating great skill, one salivating?. (8 ) D _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Dribbler
A double definition.
Can you suss it?

9) Item handed down by extremely humble Irish weaver (8 ) H _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The outer letters of HUMBLE (extremely), followed by the abbreviation for IRISH, and the machine used by a weaver.

10) Red alert activated about posh chap messing around? (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A fina anagram (activated) of RED ALERT containing (about) the single letter used to represent posh or upper crust.
Messing around in this case means playing away!!!!!!

Evening Lolly.

Really excellent crosswording, well done you.

I marked your answers ages ago, but for some reason they never posted.

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 8:57 pm

gassey wrote: Evening Ray , good to see the cryptics night well
into the swing again , thanks as ever for compiling
these Ray

Thanks Gassey, glad you enjoyed.

You played a blinder.

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 10:04 pm

It seems we are missing Jo Anne tonight.
At this time of year she could be on holiday of course.

Very well played to all tonight's crossworders.

WIGAN PEERS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES SOLUTIONS 18-9-19

1) Climbed to the top and cleaned fish (6)
SCALED

2) Light from Beth’s Rings shimmering. (10)
BRIGHTNESS

3) Mr Seinfeld, able to supply gasoline container. (5, 3)
JERRY CAN

4) Very bad, like a candle? (6
WICKED

5) Autumn leaves may do this, if touched by King Midas.[/u] (4, 2, 4)
TURN TO GOLD

6) Visible in Finland Estonian mountain range. (5)
ANDES

7) By the sound of it, ancient Briton chosen (6)
PICKED

8 ) Ball player demonstrating great skill, one salivating?. (8 )
DRIBBLER

9) Item handed down by extremely humble Irish weaver (8 )
HEIRLOOM

10) Red alert activated about posh chap messing around? (9)
ADULTERER

by Lolly Wed 18 Sep 2019, 10:15 pm

Thanks RMJ Enjoy the rest of your breakaway. Female thumbs up

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 10:26 pm

Lolly wrote:Thanks RMJ Enjoy the rest of your breakaway.

Thank you Lolly, will do.

You played a cracker tonight, well done.

by jo anne Wed 18 Sep 2019, 11:22 pm

Thanks for these, Ray Smile

1) scaled
2) brightness

4) wicked
5) turn to gold
6) Andes
7) picked
8 ) dribbler
9) heirloom
10) adulterer

by ramiejamie Wed 18 Sep 2019, 11:29 pm

jo anne wrote:Thanks for these, Ray
1) scaled
2) brightness

4) wicked
5) turn to gold
6) Andes
7) picked ::
8 ) dribbler
9) heirloom
10) adulterer

Evening Jo Anne.

I nearly sent a search party out for you LOL!!!!!!

A really excellent solid bit of crosswording from you, well done.

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