I'd heard the expression lumme! but never seen it spelt (I'd have guessed LUMMY!) Flummery is an oat based dessert but can also mean humbug language.Ĭoarse show embodying extremes of evil (10) FRY = cook, LUMME! an old expression or exclamation = goodness!. Mastermind questions I don't know.įLUMMERY - Well, it took me a while to decipher why this is what it is. Having taken some hemp as smuggler, search me! (4) German chap who wrote Carmina Burana etc. WASSAILING - WAS AILING = suffered, insert S = last of pubs.Ĭomposer put line in short song: riff not requiring one (4,4)ĬARL ORFF - CARO(L) a short song insert L (line) add R(I)FF.
STUN - the SUN in a way is a very hot ball, insert T for test opener.ĭrinking suffered, last of pubs boarded up (10) REAR LAMP - RAMP (inclined plane) insert EARL.īowl over, with very hot ball trapping opener in test (4) Light plane that's inclined to transport dignitary (4,4) Ship ready to be launched possibly in US port (6)
I hate all musicals so have never heard it, but had vaguely heard of it. RENOWN - Apparently there is a musical called RENT which is loosely based on La Bohème, (which I do like). GOLF CLUB - FLOG (hit) back, CLUB (hit) not back.Ĭelebrity currently featuring in musical, not finished (6)
It's a pity we're covid-struck I was intending to make it to the George this year. Good luck to those attempting the TCC on Saturday I'll take a run at the puzzles at leisure but I can't be tempted to be in a hurry. There is a mix of easy or familiar clues, with some oblique definitions and unusual words - 19a and 15d for example. This took me well over an hour and I'm still wondering about how 2d works.