A women’s peace camp, a screen idol and some old ice skaters in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
Here’s Rosa Klebb in a FT prize puzzle:
21dBoring old Conservative rebelling over Europeanplot (7)
[ wordplay: synonym for ‘boring’ & abbrev.s for ‘old’ and ‘Conservative’, all reversed (‘rebelling’) on top of (in a down clue, ‘over’) abbrev. for ‘European’ ]
[ DULL & O & C, reversed over E ]
[ definition: plot ]
11ac Fresh meat widely available in peace camp (8,6)
[ wordplay: synonym for ‘fresh’ + a kind of meat + synonym for ‘widely available’ ]
[ GREEN + HAM + COMMON ]
[ definition: peace camp ]
11acClumsy American baulks at firstjump (4)
[ wordplay: US term for clumsy person, losing first letter (‘baulks at first’) ]
[ KLUTZ losing first letter ]
[ definition: jump ]
probably < name of Gustave Lussi (1898–), Swiss figure skater, who invented it.
Poss Gustave Lussi of Switzerland (1898-1993) the first exponent
Also notable for their important contributions to the sport of figure skating are Axel Paulsen, Ulrich Salchow, and Alois Lutz. Each man created a jump that is now named after him. […] Lutz, an Austrian, invented his jump (the “lutz”) in 1913.
29a V. Lake’s frequent co-star wearing light rubber?
[ wordplay: ALANLADD (frequent co-star of Veronica Lake) with name abbrev’d to match + synonym for ‘wearing’ ]
[ ALADD + IN ]
[ definition: light rubber? ]