Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
No | Modified word | Answer [male part] | Explanation [female part] | |
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Across | ||||
1 | RE[SON]ANT | RE[DAUGHTER]ANT: (REDE + RANT) around AUGHT | ||
9 | OLOGY | OY around LOG | ||
11 | A-LEVEL | A + LEVEL | ||
13 | [MASC]ARA | [FEM]ARA: (A FRAME) * | ||
15 | TRUE | TUE around (butte)R | ||
16 | OLEA | A after OLÉ | ||
17 | ALTHORN | (RN after ALTHOUGH) − UGH | ||
19 | cob (pen) | CLENCH | C(ob) + NC in (L + EH) | |
22 | ASPINE | AS + PINE | ||
24 | RULE | RUMBLE − MB | ||
25 | ARE | (Caes)AR E(tc) | ||
26 | SITTIN[G ROOM] | SITTIN[BRIDE]: (IT ISN’T) * + BRIDGE − G | ||
27 | sire/n (dam/n) | EEL | STEEL − S(qua)T | |
28 | CAPO | CA + PO | ||
29 | SOLANO | AN in SOLO | ||
30 | gib/ing (queen/ing) | SNEERY | YENS < around ER | |
34 | WRESTLE | WARES − A + TILE − I | ||
36 | bull/er (cow/er) | LINN | (N + NIL) < | |
37 | URDU | (abs)URD U(zbek) | ||
38 | EATING | (b)EATING | ||
40 | EGESTA | EG + ES + TA(t) | ||
41 | beau (belle) | MEDAU | M + (b)EAU around D(ance) | |
42 | THREE-[MASTER] | THREE[MISTRESS]: (REMITS THE) * + R + ESS | ||
Down | ||||
1 | RO[MAN]ESQUE | RO[WOMAN]ESQUE: ROW + O’ + MANES + QUE | ||
2 | ELF | SELF − (hubri)S | ||
3 | [BUCK]ET | [DOE]ET: DO + TEE <; ref. Inspector Bucket in Bleak House | ||
4 | AGMAS | AGM + AS | ||
5 | [BOY]LE | [GIRL]LE: GIGGLE with (R + L) for (G + G) | ||
6 | TASH | AS in TH(e) | ||
7 | ruff/led (ree/led) | RETREE | RETRIEVE − I(nking) − V | |
8 | NEUK | NE + UK | ||
10 | [PATER]NOSTER | [MATER]NOSTER: REMONSTRATE * | ||
12 | LEC[HERO]US | LEC[HEROINE]US: (FUR ELISE ONCE) * with H for F | ||
14 | [GUY]-ROPE | [DOLL]ROPE: R in DOLLOP + (mak)E | ||
17 | gander (goose) | [UNCLE]ARED | [AUNT]ARED: (GANDER ABOUT) * − BOG * | |
18 | ESSEN | (K)NESSE(t) < | ||
20 | NADA | CANADA − CA | ||
21 | CRENA | (A + N + REC(ord) *) < | ||
23 | PILE | 2 meanings | ||
28 | CERUSE | CERISE with U for I | ||
29 | SA[LAD] | SA[LASS]: AL(l) in SASS | ||
31 | FLIER | RELIEF * − E(mbarrassment) | ||
32 | [STAG]E | [HIND]E: HINDE(r) | ||
33 | ARGH | ARIGHT − I − T | ||
35 | SHAM | HAM after (Paralympic)S | ||
39 | pa/in (ma/in) | GAS | G(rain) A(nd) S(ugar) |