Hi all
Thank you for participating. I made a mistake with LAMASERY (Word did not underline it in red. Because it was in capitals? I certainly did underline it in lower-case.
When I tries to post my apology and parsing last evening, I could not post to the site. Every time tried I got "you cannot post to this site" or words to this effect. I emailed Ash/Norah and they've done a tweak (it's to do with the recent invading rats). Hopefully this will post.
See you next week.
J
1. short US apartment = condo (from Chambers condo = condominium; kind of – not all US apartments are condos); people = nation; CONDONATION = forgiveness (Chambers def).
2. foreign nursemaid e.g., = ayah; toll = ring; a = a; ay(a + toll)ah = AYATOLLAH = (loosely) an ideological policy maker (Chambers def, including “loosely”).
3. anag (for repair) of “renovated dhow in” = OVER AND DONE WITH = completely finished. {a bit of misleading choice here, eh?}
4. strike = lam; as = in the manner of (Chambers def); first aerial = a; y = railway; lam + as + a + ry = LAMASARY = monastery.
This should be LAMASERY, therefore this clue is void. Sorry!
5. keep = fort; border = hem; anag (active) of “post” = ostp; craft = art; yielding:- fort + hem + ostp + art = FOR THE MOST PART = in the main (Chambers def).