Update (17th March 2011): Annotations added.
1. Times 24658: Fit in nurses with opening of sanatorium (8) HANDSOME
Annotation: HOME (in) nurses i.e. contains AND (with) + S[anatorium]; definition: fit.
2. Guardian 25165 (Brendan): Annoyance concealed by German repeatedly (5) ANGER
Annotation: ANGER is hidden in "GermAN GERman"; definition: annoyance.
3. Times 24520: Particular person, on reflection briefly, short and plump for a queen (9) NITPICKER
Annotation: TIN[y] (briefly, short) reversed, PICK (plump for i.e. choose) ER (a queen); definition: particular person.
4. Guardian 25228: Miniature person getting from A to B in the end (9) THUMBNAIL
Annotation: HUMAN (person) – A + B, inside TAIL (the end); definition: miniature.
5. Times 24776: Troops, new to work (8) COMMANDO
Annotation: COMMA (,) N (new) DO (work); definition: troops. Look up how to interpret punctuation in clues for more examples of punctuation as wordplay.
6. FT 13637 (Cinephile): Art spy with orders (6) PRIEST
Annotation: [thou] art spy = [thou] priest, based on "pry"; definition: …with orders. An adjectival phrase to define a noun is not Ximenean but FT does allow the liberty on occasion.
7. Guardian 25242 (Paul): A hospital with a few recovered, feeding three times, no more (2,3,4) AT THE MOST
Annotation: A, H (hospital) + SOME (a few) reversed, in TTT (three times); definition: no more.
8. Times 24777: Henry, out of practice, comes in second: unfair! (1,3,5) A BIT THICK
Annotation: H (Henry) taken out of HABIT (practice) and moved into TICK (second); definition: unfair.
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Interesting clues. Thanks for the post.
1. WITH (and) + S (opening of sanatorium) in HOME (in) to give HANDSOME (fit)
2. GERM (AN GER) MAN - Hidden
3. (-y)NIT (Small, on reflection, briefly) + PICK (plump for) + ER (Elizabeth Regina, Queen)
4. HUM(-a+B)N (person) in TAIL (end)
5. COMMA + N + DO
6. No clue
7. A + H (hospital) EMOS (few recovered) in TTT (3 times)
8. Henry (H) out of (H)ABIT (practice) + H (Henry) in TICK (second)
1. Fit in nurses with opening of sanatorium (8) HANDSOME
H{AND}{S}OME
3. Particular person, on reflection briefly, short and plump for a queen (9) NITPICKER
{(-y)NIT<-}{PICK}{ER}
4. Miniature person getting from A to B in the end (9) THUMBNAIL
T{HUM(-a){+B}N}AIL
5. Troops, new to work (8) COMMANDO
{COMMA}{N}{DO} :)
7. A hospital with a few recovered, feeding three times, no more (2,3,4) AT THE MOST
{A}{T} {T}{H}{E MOS<-}{T}
8. Henry, out of practice, comes in second: unfair! (1,3,5) A BIT THICK
{(-h)A BIT} T{=H}ICK}
Blimey these are hard Suchi! I managed to crack number 2,
Annoyance concealed by German repeatedly (5) - the solution is germAN GERman
I'll, er, let others have a go at the rest!
Wicked collection Shuchi. To be honest, I had seen some of them before and had therefore spent time, so:
1. Times 24658: Fit in nurses with opening of sanatorium (8) H(AND)(S)OME
Fit = Handsome
In = Home
Nurses = c/c indicator
with = And
opening of Sanatorium = S
2. Guardian 25165 (Brendan): Annoyance concealed by German repeatedly (5) (germ-)ANGER(-man)
Annoyance = Anger
German repeatedly = Germ(an Ger)man
3. Times 24520: Particular person, on reflection briefly, short and plump for a queen (9) (y-)NIT<-(PICK)(ER)
Particular person = Nitpicker
Briefly = Tiny
Plump for = Pick (as in support)
Queen = er
4. Guardian 25228: Miniature person getting from A to B in the end (9) T(HUM(+B)(-a)N)AIL
Miniature = Thumbnail
Person = Human
A to B = Humbn
End = Tail
5. Times 24776: Troops, new to work (8) (COMMA)(N)(DO)
I remember reading a discussion about this one somewhere, probably in DIY
Troops = Commando
, = Comma
New = N
Work = Do
6. FT 13637 (Cinephile): Art spy with orders (6) PRIEST
Not yet !
7. Guardian 25242 (Paul): A hospital with a few recovered, feeding three times, no more (2,3,4) A T,T(H)(E,MOS<-)T
No more = At the most
A Hospital = A H
Few = Some
Three times = T T T
Feeding = c/c indicator
8. Times 24777: Henry, out of practice, comes in second: unfair! (1,3,5) [(h-)A, BIT,][T(+H)ICK]
Unfair = A bit thick
Henry = H
Practie = Habit
Second = Tick
First pass:
2. Telescopic in “German German” ie, German repeatedly, annoyance=def
7. (A)(T) (T)(H)(E MOS<-)(T) i.e. A+Hospital+three Ts+ SOME recovered
Others partial, require more emanciated monarch.
I've got one more
Particular person, on reflection briefly, short and plump for a queen (9) NITPICKER
Def: particular person
on reflection briefly, short: TIN(y)>
plump for: PICK
a queen: ER
I love the COMMANDO one but read the explanation elsewhere so won't pretend I was able to solve it!
1. Fit = definition, in = home, nurses = container indicator, with opening = and s
2. Annoyance = definition, hidden in German German
4. Miniature = definition, human in tail with b replacing a
5. Troops = definition, , = comma, new to work = n do
7. No more = definition, a = a, hospital with few recovered = h (some)< , feeding = insert indicator, three times = ttt
8. Unfair = definition, [h]abit + h in tick?
Really great set!! Good fun!!
No answers for #6 so far. A hint: think of Shakespearean English.
Comments hidden for one more day. To all who could parse any of these - bravo!
3. Particular person = definition, on reflection briefly short = (tin[y])<, plump= pick (British), queen = ER
6. Is it a form of pry as in pri'est? Though not sure what definition is... Art?
2. When German is repeated, we see GermANGERman.
5.COMMA(,)N(New)DO(work)
8. H taken out of HABIT & entered into TICK (second as in clock/watch)
1.H{(AND)(S)}OME. IN= Home,nurses indicates With (AND) & S come inside IN.
2.GERM{AN GER}MAN.
3.{(-y)NIT<-} (PICK)(ER) Pick: Plump.Short: TINY
4. T{HUM(-A)(+B)N}AIL.
5. Come And Do ~ COMMANDO. New: Homonym ind?
6. P(RI)EST. Spy = trouble = PEST. Orders=Religious Instructions (RI).[When trouble comes, they come not in single spies but in batallions., from Macbeth][I can't figure out the definition of PRIEST?]
7. A [T, T{(H(E, MOS<-)}T].
8. {(-H)A,BIT},T(+H)ICK TICK: Second.
Without the answers I could not have solved even a single clue.
For number 6 I can get 'art spy' as 'pries' and 'orders' must relate to holy orders... but that's not really a definition and what about the T?
Stumped.
@Meghna Agarwal: Welcome to my blog. That was fast work, I'm impressed.
@dram: You bet they are hard! Congrats to you and @samhelmet for getting the toughest one PRIEST almost right.
@raghunath: Fantastic try with #6, didn't know that line from Macbeth! Great solving with the other clues.
@SandhyaP, @Bhavan, @Kishore, @Sunnyside: Well played!
Explanations updated in the post.
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