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Genius Crossword N0 255 By Soup
Good evening, a Soup offering that looks interesting as far as discovering anagrams is concerned. Help with the following would certainly help me to know if I’m on the right track. Many thanks in advance!
( PREAMBLE: Competition submissions should give grid entries, each of which is an anagram of the solution to its corresponding clue. )
12a Fairytale girl’s half in tattered dress, almost cut away (9) : ????????O
16a After run-in, Relate is giving support (7) : S??????
25a Planning with the aim of reducing unfortunate girl’s acne (9) : E???S????
28a Creepy-crawly shuns river and trees (8) : ???R????
15d Set one down first immediately, instantly, first of all (9) : U???E???S
18d With the most gravy - or the most salt (8) : ???A???A
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Matakari, I was going to send you a message this morning - saying that with almost 40 anagrams to find, you might be very happy! (The bad news was that you'd need to solve around 30 clues first.)
You have quite a few mistakes. As the puzzle is so new (and so good), I will attempt hints...
12. Your O is wrong. You need a very famous fairytale girl, some of her name, plus an anagram (tattered) of most of 'dress'.
16. The answer to the clue has a four-letter everyday word for 'relate', give an account, add an R for Run and add Is, in the clue. This will give you the (common) 'support' - only then will your S be correct.
Good morning, thanks, NACW and Newmodarmy for the hints. Yes, I had RESCALING for 25a – anagram of the last two words in the clue- but went astray with 20d which I thought was CUED.
Hints for the other three ( 28a, 15d, 18d ) would be appreciated.
And before proceeding any further, I seek confirmation for the following: 14a:GULL, 21a: GOAT, 24a: TRADE, 29a: ELAPSE, 11d: DOES, 26d: SIREN
Many thanks, jj109, for confirming these answers to the clues! And, NACW, I’m far from done, having trouble with the appropriate anagrammed input of several clued answers. For example, how do I know which anagrammed input must be used for this one?
26d Father meets new, fascinating woman (5 ) SIREN ( REINS, RESIN, RINES, RINSE, RISEN, SERIN )