Clue contest No 26
Sat 1 Feb 2025, set byFlush
Introduction
2nd of February is Groundhog Day, so when writing this month’s clue, don’t get stuck on REPEAT! Good luck!
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Results
# | Setter | Clue | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heartless parakeet tormented parrot (6) PAR[ak]EET* | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21 | ||
| 2 | Play part, beginning to end, twice (6) (PART + E[nd] E[nd])* &lit (whole clue is the literal meaning of the musical direction 'repeat') | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Dine after theatre's second showing (6) EAT after REP forms (read the contraction as "is") the solution (definition: 'second showing) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Concerning deposit found in bog again! (6) RE (concerning) PEAT (deposit found in bog); def: again (as an imperative) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Again show people regularly taken in by one of the Traitors? (6) Regular letters of PEOPLE inside RAT | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 6 | Peer at crazy parrot (6) Def: Parrot// PEER AT* (crazy)=Repeat | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Double burp (6) Double Definition, Double = repeat (double it = repeat it), Burp = repeat (belch). | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Mix essential parts of complex early Steely Dan title Do It Again (6) (comPlex eaRly stEEly dAn tiTle)* Def: Do It Again | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 9 | Reviewed Peter Andre's first show again (6) Anagram: PETER+A*. Def: show again = air a programme that has been on before | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Re-tape broadcast for rerun (6) RETAPE* = def. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | No bullshit salesman beats quote (6) REP BEATS minus BS. def quote | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 12 | Endless red tape, complex forms to duplicate (6) RE(D) + TAPE*; wp "forms" def: "to duplicate" | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 13 | A returning swallow and parrot (6) Def: parrot, PER<- + EAT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 14 | What's on Dave Grohl's second record — counterfeit death metal, essentially (6) Def: What's on Dave / gRohl + EP + countErfeit deAth meTal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 15 | Agent with ending of centre. Agent with ending of centre. (6) REP [centr]E A[gen]T / &lit definition by example | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 16 | What might you do with food after an upset? (6) &Lit. EAT (what you might do with food) after PER (an) reversed (upset) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 17 | Unknown ejected from Flying Trapeze show again (6) z=unknown, etc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Show proof of endless interest in lead-free mineral fuel (6) [O]RE+PEAT. Presumably, the BBC et al wouldn’t air repeat[s] of Only Fools and HorsesZzz every Christmas, etc, if there wasn’t ongoing/endless interest. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 19 | Over the top costume drama that finally gets shown on Dave? (6) [ove]R [th]E [to]P [costum]E [dram]A [tha]T (finally) DBE - shown on Dave? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Eternal piece, regularly broadcast (6) .T.R.A.P.E.E* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 21 | Departee endlessly meandering again (6) Def: again, (EPARTE)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 22 | Bring up a fresh taste - without silence! (6) &lit. Reversal of ('bring up') PER ('a') + anag. ('fresh') TASTE* 'without' ST ('silence') | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Bring back up some dire pea terrine (6) Definition: Bring back up / Wordplay: Hidden diRE PEA Terrine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Put member on naked teats again (6) Def: again, member = rep, on (t)EAT(s) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Go over and install another bog (6) DD with the 2nd def being whimsically reading RE-PEAT as putting peat back to creat a bog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Say that again about fossil fuel (6) (6) Say that again = "repeat" about ="re" fossil fuel "peat" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Salesman ate shapeshifting parrot (6) parrot = definition; salesman = REP; shapeshifting = anagram indicator; ate = anagram of EAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Once again edit tape and start over (6) RE- , PEAT* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Go over the top, finally, following regiment's breakfast (6) def: go over; E P after R + EAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Duplicate exercises limited by tear needing repair (6) REAT (anagram of TEAR) containing PE (exercises) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Exhausted people tear up boxes again (6) TEAR* (up) around (boxes) P[eopl]E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Reduce reflection to limit echo (echo) (6) Def: echo. Reversal (reflection) of TAPER (Reduce) containing (to limit) E (echo) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Remedy : passing wind? Swallow burp (6) Remedy=repair passing(expulsion) wind=air>REP + swallow=EAT def: burp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Energy put into opposing decline of parrot (6) E in REPAT (opposing decline) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Pass on rumour about Townshend (6) Homophone (rumour) of RE PETE (Townshend); def = pass on | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Echo concerning Townshend in concert (6) RE + homophone of PETE; def = echo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Parrot on a dog, perhaps, outside (6) Def: parrot. RE PE(A)T | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Come again? Concerning personal assistant smothers employee’s head? Top talk! (6) Def: “Come again?” to repeat || would: (concerning) RE (personal assistant smothers) P_A {letters surround, P_A} (employee’s head) E {first of ‘employee’ PEA} (Top talk!) T | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |