Clue contest No 20
Thu 1 Aug 2024, set byFlush
Introduction
With a nod to my adopted home, for this month’s clue I thought we’d go with ANTIPODES. Good luck everyone!
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ANTIPODES
Results
# | Setter | Clue | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boring long range forecast: essentially hot Down Under (9) Inside (boring) ANDES (long range), TIP (forecast) & (essentially) hOt / def. DOWN UNDER | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | ||
| 2 | The other side of the world pointed out between covers of atlas (9) POINTED* (out) in A[tla]S (covers of) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Points defined by polar distance, not arc length around (9) semi &lit [POLAR DISTANCE - (ARC + L)]* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 4 | Rock band Oasis kept credit releasing fantastic B-side track “Half the World Away” (9) Def: “Half the World Away”; rock [anagrind] (BANDOASISKEPTCREDIT)* releasing [deleting] (BSIDETRACK)* fantastic [anagrind] | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | Doctor constipated but caught short down under (9) cONSTIPAtED* (doctor) without CT (caught short) = down under | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Does a pint seem strange in Oz? (9) anag (does a pint) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Paul Robinson gutted Toadie's abandoned Australian neighbourhood? (9) abandoned*P[aul robinso]NTOADIES. Definition=the broad geographic neighbourhood containing Australia. Paul and Toadie are from Neighbours | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | They're in opposition against Post Office's heartless drive towards introduction of software (9) def They're in opposition; ANTI (against) + PO (Post Office) + D[riv]E + S[oftware] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Frisky ladies on top after going without love length down under! (9) *LADIESONTOP going without O + L. Even more Carry On, sorry. But at least it’s a little shorter.. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Smuggled iPad on set where 'I'm a Celebrity...' filmed (9) Def. Where 'I'm a Celebrity...' filmed; *[IPAD ON SET] | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Opposites attract, at first - criminal to dine with police sergeant (9) Def - opposites ... A-ttract + (TO DINE PS)* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 12 | European and Australian points, primarily, diametrically positioned? (9) Def: &lit. Anagram (positioned) of E (European) + A (Australian) + POINTS + first letter (primarily) of Diametrically | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 13 | "Land Down Under" coming from MP3 player between stakes (9) [IPOD] around [ANTES]. "Land Down Under" is a song and also the definition | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Painted so badly on the other side of the world (9) Def: on the other side of the world. Anagram (badly) of SO PAINTED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Absurdly adopting endless points which are diametrically opposite (9) Definition: which are diametrically opposite; (ADOPTIN[g])* (absurdly) + E + S | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Something contrary pointed out about square circles (9) Something contrary = def (dictionaries permit use as singular); A+S circles POINTED* (out) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 17 | A new school tie's put on the counter (9) A + N + POD in TIE'S | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 18 | Rivals of Lech Walesa's people find their number increased tenfold in opposition (9) Anti-Poles with L (50) becoming D (500); def =opposition | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 19 | Extremely decisive in travelling to Spain, Perth and Bermuda? (9) D(ecisiv)E in *TOSPAIN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 20 | A point, roughly down near earth's extremes. (9) &lit. Anag. ('roughly') of A POINT + D ('down') + ES (the extremes of "earth's") | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Relative recited poems about taste of peeled kiwis? (9) Def = kiwis? ANTI (Aunty homophone) ODES (poems) containing [P]eeled | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Fosters does a pint from here (9) Anag. (fosters) of DOES A PINT, semi &lit. Yes, I know true Aussies would never be seen dead drinking it | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 23 | An opposite end, perhaps? Nope, sadly not: it's a pair of them! (9) ANOPPOSITEEND* minus NOPE* = def. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Arnhem (Northern Territory) - Ipswich - Perth - Orange - Davenport - Edwardstown - Sydney? Begin here! (9) Initial letters (begin). '?' indicating DBE: other Antipodean towns/cities are available. Here = def. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Opposite side’s soldiers sieze rights to lyrics (9) [IP (rights) + ODE (lyrics)] inside ANTS (soldiers); def: opposite side | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Chile and China, perhaps Australia and New Zealand (9) dd: "Chile and China" are an example (perhaps) of Antipodes; "Australia and New Zealand" are known as the antipodes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Contrary bet about the media player placed by Jobs eventually (9) Contrary (Definition), Bet - Ante, Media player - iPod, Jobs eventually - S, ANT(IPOD)E(S) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Used Italian family car entering mountain ranges down under (9) (Fiat) TIPO entering(insertion) mountain ranges>ANDES def:down under | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 29 | A festy deposit down under (9) AN ('a') + (DEPOSIT)* ('festy', Aus. slang for filthy). Def: 'down under' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |