TVLPP 390

Across

  1. Malware failures on stage. (5)

  4. Old sailor has light racing boat to help. (9)

  9. Zero somehow snared pike-perch. (7)

10. Not familiar with United Kingdom restraining Norway currently? No? (7)

11. Canadian province holding a shield is accurate. (2,6)

12. They may be turned into 19,15 with a shilling for song lyrics. (6)

14. See 22 dn.

15. See 19 ac.

16. It may be used in warfare and can be exciting. (3)

18, 20. Greek god passed away and got slapped. (7)

19, 15. What constellation has in common with 12, prior being modified? (6,6)

20. See 18 ac.

23. Not broken into world body’s big golf tourney. (6)

25. Although abused in disturbance, shows no prejudice. (8)

27. Not allowed to be sick in charge of information technology. (7)

28. See 29 ac.

29, 28. Cooked veg pie (one each) can become a hit in 1969. (4,5,1, 6)

30. See 18 dn.

Down

  1. Crude wind instrument may serve as rocket launcher. (7)

  2. Ballistic missile the likes of Paul Revere. (9)

  3. Starting price, to the listeners, for asparagus stalks. (6)

  4. Robin’s sibling in religious society? (10)

  5. Small case that is coming up, round about Tuesday. (4)

  6. Fond of sage? Ditto. (8)

  7. A Spanish Muslim, it’s said, is a loved one? (5)

  8. Biblical cows get sister to show movement under stimulus. (7)

13. Turn over a big garden and pillage. (10)

16. Sliding fingers o’er the strings causes crazy signals to act. (9)

17. Amphetamine capture is not the usual arrest for this officer. (5,3)

18, 30 ac. Perhaps the result of a 3 dn, conversion, removing anything surplus to fishing tackle. (7,5)

21. We’re the D-Day ------- way off in Italy,

      Always on the vino, always on the spree… (7)

22, 14 ac.  …… …. scroungers and their tanks,

      We live in Rome, among the Yanks… (6,4)

24. Learned man from Ireland is spotted in the school lavatory! (5)

26. When it’s active, the result is far from neat. (4)

Notes

E-mail your solutions of The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 390 by the closing date of 4 p.m. (EST) on Friday, July 19, 2024, to mailto:johnnolan755@gmail.comjohnnolan755@gmail.com and include your name, postal address and your choice of a Strip T’s shirt***, should you be the drawn winner. Please include a second choice (design number and size) just in case we are out of stock of your favorite T-shirt. The items on Café Press are not in our stock and thus are not available as prizes.

Solutions can also be mailed to John Nolan, 27 River Road, Farmington, NH, 03835.

Most answers, except proper names, appear in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary tenth edition and/or The Chamber’s Dictionary. In this "British-style" crossword, punctuation marks in clues are best ignored, as a rule.

The solution to The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 390, along with the name of the winner, and everyone else submitting correct solutions, will be published on this site towards the end of July.

***P.S. The cost of mailing one T-shirt overseas has quadrupled in recent years and is now over $24 a pop, effectively killing the trade of small businesses like Strip T’s. Thus, the prize now offered to winning puzzlers from outside the U.S. (and within if preferred) will be a signed Stephanie cartoon rather than a T-shirt.


The drawn winner of TVLPP 389 is Tamara Brenner of Elmhurst, Illinois, USA. Congratulations! We'll get a cartoon off to you in a day or two, Tamara, and I assume you are still at the same address as 18 months ago.

Also solving this puzzle (the last on the old site) were Jim & Joanne Gray, Randy Taylor, Julie Lindsay and Larry Reynolds all of Rochester, NH. Interesting Cougar stamps on the envelop, Larry, in the absence of watchful nuns. Nearby solvers included Anne & Bruce Smith of Strafford, NH and Chris Rogers of Farmington. From a bit further afield were Laura Bradford of Florida plus Trudy Merger & Carol Williams who went to Maine to escape the heat (Ha!), Tom Wilson of South Williamsport, Penn., Jay Miller of Pasadena, Calif., and Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas.

Neighbours in the Hat were Calfan Dary of Bali, Indonesia via Seville, Spain, Mark Roberts of Hostert, Luxembourg, Ian Simpson of Edinburgh, Scotland and from up and down England - Derek Harrison of Pegswood, Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, Mark Nichols of Rugby, Bill Stewart of Leicester, and Chris Chatwin of Kenilworth.

Thank you all very much for your entries, and please enjoy TVLPP  390, which once again has a theme. Topical, at that!


The last 23 years of winners

No. 115 - Andy Knap of London, SW20, England

No. 116 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 117 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 118 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA

No. 119 - Karen Muller of Kohimarama, Auckland, NZ

No. 120 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 121 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA

No. 122 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA

No. 123 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 124 - Karen Muller of Kohimarama, Auckland, NZ

No. 125 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA

No. 126 - Joan Bittrolff, Somersworth, New Hampshire, USA

No. 127 - Not posted (stress and pressure of vacation)

No. 128 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA 

No. 129 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 130 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA

No. 131 - Joan Bittrolff, Alford, Florida, USA

No. 132 - Slipped through cracks due to computer crisis

No. 133 - Karen Muller of Meadowbank, Auckland, NZ

No. 134 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 135 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA

No. 136 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA

No. 137 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA

No. 138 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA 

No. 139 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 140 - Bonnie & Kevin Bergeron, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 141 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 142 - Karen Cleary of St. Johns Park, Auckland, NZ

No. 143 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 144 - Veronique Bonnet, Rodez, France 

No. 145 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA

No. 146 - Huguette Simmonds of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 147 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 148 - Pierre Gaillard, Olemps, France

No. 149 - Reynir Axelsson, Mosfellsbaer, Iceland

No. 150 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA

No. 151 - Régine Privet, Naucelle, France

No. 152 - Don Parent of Hanover, Maine, USA

No. 153 - Barbara Winter, Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 154 - Joan Bittrolff, Alford, Florida, USA

No. 155 - Condell Lovell Simmons of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 156 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 157 - Karen Cleary of St. Johns Park, Auckland, NZ

No. 158 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 159 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA

No. 160 - Sylvie Chauchard of Belmont Sur Rance, , France

No. 161 - Carl E. Damuth of Wells, Maine, USA

No. 162 - Yvette Gaillard of Olemps, Rodez, France

No. 163 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 164 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 165 - Keith Simmonds of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 166 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 167 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA    

No. 168 - Betty Bardy of Albi, France

No. 169 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 170 - Bonnie & Kevin Bergeron, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 171 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA

No. 172 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 173 - Barbara Winter of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 174 - Nancy Moony Hebert of Alton, NH, USA

No. 175 - Jim Gaudet of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 176 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, England

No, 177 - Karen Cleary of St. Johns Park, Auckland, NZ

No. 178 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 179 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, NH, USA

No. 180 - David Simmonds of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 181 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 182 - Madeleine Dupierre of Rodez, France.

No. 183 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA

No. 184 - Jim Siirola of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

No. 185 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, New HH, USA

No. 186 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 187 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA    

No. 188 - Natalie Ryder, Bremen, Georgia, USA

No. 189 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 190 - Héloïse Bonnet of Rodez, France

No. 191 - Jim Gaudet of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 192 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 193 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, England

No. 194 - Hugutte R.-M. Simmonds, Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 195 - Terry Towle, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

No. 196 - Vidya Singh of Sidcup, Kent, England

No. 197 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

No. 198 - Condell Lovell Simmons of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 199 – T. Metzger, C. Williams, L. Bradford, Westport Maine

No. 200 - Norbert Bonnet of Rodez, France

No. 201 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA

No. 202 - Paul Nyack of West Broomfield, Michigan, USA

No. 203 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, NH, USA

No. 204 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 205 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 206 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 207 - Wayne Maricheau of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 208 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England

No. 209 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, England

No. 210 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

No. 211 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 212 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA

No. 213 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 214 - Keith Simmonds of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 215 - Ian Laming, Chippingham, Wiltshire, England

No. 216 - James O. Horrigan, Portsmouth, NH, USA

No. 217 - Jim Siirola of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

No. 218 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, England

No. 219 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France

No. 220 - Veronique Bonnet, Images, France

No. 221 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 222 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 223 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 224 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England

No. 225 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 226 - Hugest Simmonds, Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 227 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA

No. 228 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

No. 229 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

No. 230 - Condell L. Simmons of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 231 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA

No. 232 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 233 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 234 – T. Metzger/L. Bradford of Topsham, Maine, USA

No. 235 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 236 - Jim Siirola of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

No. 237 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, England

No. 238 - Philippe Bonnet of Rodez, France

No. 239 - Nancy Mooney Hebert of Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 240 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England

No. 241 - David Simmonds of Crawford, Dart ford, England

No. 242 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 243 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 244 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

No. 245 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA

No. 246 - Pat Mathews of Berwick, Maine, USA

No. 247 - Veronique Bonnet, Rodez, France

No. 248 - Paul Nyack, Rochester Hills, Minnesota, USA

No. 249 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

No. 250 - Nigel Cowley, Cooksbridge, East Sussex, England

No. 251 - Keith Simmonds of Tunapuna, West Indies

No. 252 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 253 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA

No. 254 – T. Metzger, C. Williams, L. Bradford, Maine USA

No. 255 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 256 - Barbara Trow of Dover, New Hampshire, USA

No. 257 - Randy Taylor of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

No. 258 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France

No. 259 - Keith Williams of Kings Worthy, England

No. 260 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

No. 261 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England

No. 262 - Jim Siirola of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

No. 263 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England

No. 264 - Jeanine Bonnet of Images, France

No. 265 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 266 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 267 - Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Florida, USA

No. 268 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

No. 269 - David Simmonds of Crayford, Dart ford, England

No. 270 - Nancy Mooney Hebert, Alton Bay, NH, USA

No. 271 - Trudy Metzger on an island in Maine, USA

No. 272 - Pat Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA

No. 273 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 274 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA

No. 275 - Huguette R.-M. Simmonds, Rodez, France

No. 276 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, Winchester, England

No. 277 - Veronique Bonnet, Rodez, France

No. 278 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England

No. 279 - Nancy Mooney Hebert, Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 280 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 281 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, Winchester, England

No. 282 - Carolyn Williams, Topsham, Maine, USA

No. 283 - Jim Sempsrott, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

No. 284 - Jane Cornville, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA

No. 285 - Larry Reynolds, East Rochester, NH, USA

No. 286 - Rich Pardoe, San Francisco Bay, Calif., USA

No. 287 - Randy Taylor, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 288 - Anne & Bruce Smith, Strafford, NH, USA

No. 289 - Pat Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA

No. 290 - Bonnie & Kevin Bergeron, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 291 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France

No. 292 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 293 - Julie Lindsay of Rochester NH, USA

No. 294 - Joanne Gray of Rochester, NH, USA

No. 295 - Pat Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA

No. 296 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

No. 297 - Barbara Trow, Dover, NH, USA

No. 298 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 299 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA

No. 300 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England

No. 301 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA

No. 302 - Clara Bonnet of Rodez, France

No. 303 - Gron Roberts, Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales

No. 304 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 305 - Nancy Mooney Hebert, Palm Bay, Florida, USA

No. 306 - Laura Bradford, Venice, Florida, USA

No. 307 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, Winchester, England

No. 308 - Derek Harrison, Bedlington, England

No. 309 - Larry Reynolds, East Rochester, NH, USA

No. 310 - Jane Carville, Wolfeboro, NH, USA

No. 311 - John F. Gecik, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, USA

No. 312 - Keith Simmonds, Tunapuna, Trinidad & Tobago

No. 313 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 314 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

No. 315 - Randy Taylor, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 316 - Jim/Joanne Gray, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 317 - Patricia Miga of Colleyville, Texas, USA

No. 318 - David Simmonds, Crayford, England

No. 319 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, England 

No, 320 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 321 - Gron Roberts, Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales

No. 322 - Julie Lindsay of Rochester, NH, USA

No. 323 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA

No. 324 - Trudy Metzger of Titusville, Florida, USA

No. 325 - Brian Dungate of Brighton, England

No. 326 - Anne & Bruce Smith, Strafford, NH, USA

No. 327 - Mark Roberts of Hostert, Luxembourg

No. 328 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 329 - John F. Gecik, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, USA

No. 330 - Derek Harrison, Bedlington, England

No. 331 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 332 - Bill Stewart of Leicester, England

No. 333 - Annie Bonnet of Rodez, France

No. 334 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, Warwickshire, England

No. 335 - Patricia Miga of Southlake, Texas, USA

No. 336 - Jim/Joanne Gray, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 337 - Ian Laming, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

No. 338 - Ian Simpson, Edinburgh, Scotland

No. 339 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy,  England 

No. 340 - Barbara Trow, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 341 - Julie Lindsay of Rochester, NH, USA

No, 342 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 343 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 344 - Laura Bradford, somewhere in Maine USA

No. 345 - Randy Taylor, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 346 - Mark Roberts of Hostert, Luxembourg

No. 347 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA

No. 348 - Ann Holme of Salisbury, England

No. 349 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA

No. 350 - Bill Stewart of Leicester, England

No. 351 - Ian Simpson, Edinburgh, Scotland

No. 352 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 353 - Larry Reynolds, East Rochester, NH, USA

No. 354 - David Nash, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

No. 355 - Derek Harrison, Pegswood, England

No. 356 - John F. Gecik, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, USA

No. 357 - Mark Roberts of Hostert, Luxembourg

No. 358 - Anne & Bruce Smith, Strafford, NH, USA

No, 359 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, England

No. 360 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, England 

No. 361 - Matt Mitchell of Glenside, Penn. USA

No. 362 - Julie Lindsay of Rochester, NH, USA

No. 363 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA 

No. 364 - Stephen Wortley, Tooting, London, England

No. 365 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA

No. 366 - Calfan Dary of Anggabaya, Bali, Indonesia

No. 367 - Randy Taylor, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 368 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 369 - Jay Miller, Pasadena, Calif., USA

No. 370 - Jim/Joanne Gray, Rochester, NH, USA

No. 371 - Tamara Brenner, Elmhurst, Illinois, USA  

No. 372 - Derek Harrison, Pegswood, Northumberland, England

No. 373 - Ian Simpson, Edinburgh, Scotland

No. 374 - Chris Rogers of Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

No. 375 - Bill Stewart of Leicester, England

No, 376 - Mark Nichols of Rugby, England

No. 377 - Laura Bradford of Maine or Florida, USA

No. 378 - Larry Reynolds, East Rochester, NH, USA

No, 379 - Mark Roberts of Hostert, Luxembourg

No. 380 - Barbara Trow of Rochester, NH, USA

No. 381 - Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH, USA

No. 382 - Keith Williams, Kings Worthy, England 

No. 383 - Julie Lindsay of Rochester, NH, USA

No. 384 - Tom Wilson of So. Williamsport, Penn. USA

No. 385 - Anne & Bruce Smith, Strafford, NH, USA

No. 386 - Eddie Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham, England

No. 387 - Garth Higginbotham of Llandudno, Wales
          No. 388 - Rich Pardoe of Houston, Texas, USA 

No.389 - Tamara Brenner, Elmhurst, Illinois, USA  

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