We fail to find the origin of ‘jalopy’, but do find the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
Do you solve on your commute? If you travel by train, presumably you have had to move to the Azed/Listener end of deeply hard puzzles in order to fill the time. Here is a clue from Silvanus to put a smile or a sneer on the face of a weary Independent solver ...
16dTrain operator’s 10-hour disruption after beginning of strike (8)
[anagram (‘disruption’) of TENHOUR after first letter (‘beginning’) of STRIKE ]
8d‘Don is masterly when aroused’ – actress (6,7)
[ anagram (‘when aroused’) of DONISMASTERLY ]
23acCarcut into bird (6)
[synonym for ‘cut’ inside (‘into’) a kind of bird]
[ety. unknown; ? Sp.; echoic of the car’s unsteady progress]
1acI did it all right— but it felt wrong enjoying it (6,8)
[ what ‘I did it’ might be an example of + synonym for ‘all right’ ]
[ GUILTY PLEA + SURE ]