Sunday Times Cryptic 4795 Sunday April 22Nd 2018

[herbage]

19d where one might find nine in a confused state(2,3) is at sea, I think. Anag of state. Also at sea means in a confused state. But why nine?

[herbage]

Sorry just realised it refers to the seafarer in 9a

[Neveracrossword]

Check the answer to clue 9 - it ties together.

[JJ109]

Presumably it relates to either 9a or 9d

[dannyk13]

What is the clue for 9 ?

[Gill55]

I was just about to ask the same Danny. You always beat me to it!

[fiction-factory]

at sea is not an nagram of state anyway

[dannyk13]

Soz. :-)

[Gill55]

Only joking. Have given up trying to match your level of knowledge:-)

[herbage]

9a was : refer to more balanced broadcast for one on board(8) answer seafarer

[dannyk13]

So at sea refers to seafarer.

[Togo]

Yes Danny.....See Fairer.

[fiction-factory]

Yes, I think the penny dropped for herbage at 13:32 yesterday

[MCC]

But what about fiction-factory’a observation that ‘at sea’ is not an anagram of ‘state’? Surely the clue implies that it should be? Are we looking at a dodgy clue here?

[pixie374]

"Confused state" is the definition, not an anagram indicator.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think so, no.

where one might find a seafarer - at sea

in a confused state - at sea

[Captain2]

where one might find nine (seafarer) = AT SEA
In a confused state = (all) AT SEA

[MCC]

Yes, I think, on reflection, you’re all right. I was too anxious to justify my initial impression about ‘confused state’ being a pointer to an anagram. Would have been a good one though - if only the spelling had worked!

[herbage]

I am the guilty one for wrongly seeing an anagram but thanks for all your contributions