Annotated solutions for Genius 239
NEWS | 14 May 2025
Each clue prefaced by a number in square brackets provides a cryptic indication of a word (minus a single letter) from a well-known poem (not further defined). Its solution was to be entered without this letter. The missing letters in numbered order give the name of the author: THOMAS GRAY Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Words: solemn, complain, solitary, anthem, current, tyrant, Cromwell, noiseless, brushing, approach. Across 1 abated A(ce) + BAT(t)ED 5 calash C
ASH 9 unaired double def 10 revel REVE(a)L 11 photon P
TON 12 execrate (River) EXE/CRATE 13 n[O/3]iseless ISLE (anag) in (Loch) NESS 15 onyx NY in OX 17 Gaul GA
L 19 agnostic ACTING SO (anag) 23 space age cryptic def 24 grooms G(rand)/ROOMS 26 antem[H/2] MEANT (anag) 27 Cro[M/4]well ORC (rev) + WELL 28 Sharon NORAH’S (rev) 29 tenant TEN
T Down 2 brushin[G/7] B
IN 3 t[Y/10]rant T
T 4 daringly DA(RING/1)ILY 5 curren[T/1] CUR + (child)REN 6 liverwort EVIL (rev) + WORT(h) 7 solit[A/5]ry SOLI + TRY [plural of SOLO] 8 idlers RELIS[H(igh)E(xplosive)]D (anag) 14 solicitor SOL/ICI/TOR 16 long-lost LONG + LOTS (anag) 18 app[R/8]oach AP
ACH(e) 20 Greece GREE(n) + C(hurch of)E(ngland) 21 compl[A/9]in COMPLIN(e) 22 barman B
AN 25 [S/6]olemn O
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