The Oldie magazine - August 2021 issue (403)

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Genius crossword 403 el sereno Across 1 Bags of pasta with no topping (6) 5 Rebuke from doctor when going in behind schedule (8) 9 Laid-back approach to date with personal defeat (8) 10 Apple runs American group (6) 11 Much admired character making both rather confused (10) 12 Cut back end of term test (4) 13 Film of events of senior European in post (8) 16 Due for a change, employing fool – agreed! (6) 17 Hooligan in Paris may see primate outside a church (6) 19 Desperate to survive when visiting doctor (4,4) 21 A short holiday going west for a drink (4) 22 Help people elected to cover area plans, showing highs and lows (6,4) 25 Keeping quiet, as is head of psychology (6) 26 Millions resist changing to follow a group of stars (8) 27 Recognise food unknown in part of the USA (8) 28 Frustrated and numb on the way back, keeping quiet (6)

Down 2 Gas found in Australia once carbon is extracted (5) 3 Hang around with no good way of going overseas (5) 4 Staff’s secret moves to hold onto power (7) 5 Unimaginative side recruiting international for area (7) 6 Spoil a session, finishing early to get a flyer (7) 7 Responding to a call after fresh news (9) 8 Young people – not dim in disagreement, possibly (9) 14 Stress European rate in the existing circumstances beginning to ease (9) 15 State capital losing love for religious ritual (9) 18 Unpredictable rodent trapped in shifting rice (7) 19 Song from quiet period with infant dropping head (7) 20 Got wind of South American money suppressing editor (7) 23 Additional source of security for customs (5) 24 One way into exercise – that’s a slippery slope (5)

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Moron crossword 403 Across 1 Group (political) (5) 4 Part of flower (5) 10 Assuage (7) 11 Chassis; set up (5) 12 Leg bone (5) 13 Irritated (7) 15 Spanish artist (b.1746) (4) 17 Shrink (5) 19 Layabout (5) 22 Competently (4) 25 Adorable (7) 27 Low point (5) 29 Trunk; body (5) 30 Term; period (7) 31 Fringe benefits (5) 32 Kinds, sorts (5)

Genius 401 solution Down 2 Off-the-cuff (2-3) 3 Adolescent (7) 5 Small and delicate (5) 6 Examine; break down (7) 7 Veracity (5) 8 To rot (5) 9 Prepared (5) 14 Pin down (4) 16 Spoken (4) 18 Head side of coin (7) 20 Ruling family (7) 21 The select few (5) 23 Monster (5) 24 Incorrect (5) 26 Stream; endure (5) 28 Motivation (5)

Winner: Gerald Usher, Woodcote, Reading, Berkshire Runners-up: Pauline Harkness, Cockermouth, Cumbria; Michael Hands, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Moron 401 solution Across: 1 Reversed, 7 Hicks (River Styx), 8 Hot potato, 9 Rye, 10 Byre, 11 Deploy, 13 Tannoy, 14 En bloc, 17 Adages, 18 Jabs, 20 Dim, 22 Cast aside, 23 Crepe, 24 Triangle. Down: 1 Rehab, 2 Veteran, 3 Riot, 4 Enamel, 5 Scary, 6 Ascetic, 7 Howling, 12 Romance, 13 Traduce, 15 Leading, 16 Geyser, 17 Amber, 19 Suede, 21 Cava. The Oldie August 2021 89


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Ask Virginia Ironside

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pages 98-100

Crossword

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pages 89-90

On the Road: Roy Strong

4min
pages 86-88

Taking a Walk: Strolling by Old Father Thames

3min
page 85

The Middle Kingdom: the splendours of Meath

7min
pages 80-81

Overlooked Britain: The New House, near Tunbridge Wells,

4min
pages 82-84

Drink Bill Knott

5min
page 71

Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu

2min
pages 67-68

Golden Oldies John Stoker

4min
page 66

Music Richard Osborne

3min
page 65

Television Roger Lewis

5min
page 64

Film: Now, Voyager

3min
page 62

History

4min
page 61

The Paper Palace, by Miranda Cowley Heller Alex Clark

4min
pages 55-56

Media Matters

4min
page 57

Borges and Me: An Encounter, by Jay Parini

5min
pages 51-52

Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse, by Dave Goulson

5min
pages 49-50

Prisoners of Time: Prussians Germans and Other Humans, by Christopher Clark

3min
pages 53-54

The Making of Oliver Cromwell, by Ronald Hutton

3min
pages 45-46

The Doctor’s Surgery

10min
pages 39-41

Autograph obsessive

6min
pages 28-29

Country Mouse

4min
page 31

I hate fussy food Ray Connolly

4min
pages 32-34

Small World

4min
page 35

Bob, the gallant, Scottish

6min
pages 22-24

The genius of Alec Guinness

5min
pages 26-27

Town Mouse

4min
page 30

My gossip days are over

4min
page 19

The super Mini Cooper

4min
page 13

Gyles Brandreth’s Diary

4min
page 9

Felicity Kendal, still living the good life at 75 Simon Hemelryk

3min
page 11

Postcards from the Edge

4min
pages 20-21

Bliss on Toast Prue Leith

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pages 7-8

Grumpy Oldie Man

4min
page 10

The Old Un’s Notes

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pages 5-6
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