ACROSS
8 - Grab a bunch of eggs (6) - CLUTCH [DD]
9 - Set back after lying outright (8) - POSTPONE {POST}{PrONE}
10 - Expressed ire about rank superficial item (8) - EYELINER (~ire){EYE{LINE}R}
11 - August: only month not somehow hot (6) - SOLEMN {SOLE}{MoNth*}
12 - Consider tic-tac-toe a non-U.K. recreation (4,4,7) - TAKE INTO ACCOUNT*
14 - Dislike a museum? Good to skip ahead then (7) - ALLERGY (-g)ALLER(+g)GY
22 - Spread the word before a church (6) - PREACH {PRE}{A}{CH}
24 - Associate welcomed company’s revolutionary move (8) - RELOCATE {REL{OC<-}ATE}
25 - Show admiration for the learned? Me too (8) - LIKEWISE {LIKE}{WISE}
26 - Cures provided by multipurpose rum shops (6) - SERUMS [T]
DOWN
1 - Agree to take part in soccer perhaps (4,4) - PLAY BALL [DD]
2 - Statesman, a teetotaller outside beer? On the contrary, takes
Ecstasy (6) - ATTLEE {A{TT}LE}{E}
3 - Insane hang-gliding stunt (10) - SHENANIGAN*
4 - One flier in two arguments (7) - SPARROW {SPAR}{ROW}
6 - Make clear littering pollutes (5,3) - SPELL OUT [DD] (Addendum - SPELL OUT* - See comments)
7 - He’s single (3-3) - ONE-MAN [CD]
13 - Big-time operator. IST may be (10) - CAPITALIST {CAPITAL}{IST}
15 - Took to assembled miracle beds heartily (8) - EMBRACED {assEMBled}{miRACle}{bEDs}
17 - With rat, fast termination is a possibility (2,2,4) - IN NO TIME tErMINaTION* (See comments)
18 - Conservative approach to envy (2,5) - GO GREEN [DD]
20 - Nifty run out breaks opening (6) - ADROIT {AD{RO}IT}
21 - History book (6) - RECORD [DD]
16 - Special unit arranged final check for satellite (7) - SPUTNIK {SP}{UNIT*}{K}
ReplyDeleteRemembered the mag, which along with Span were the only colour mags at one time.
2 - Statesman, a teetotaller outside beer? On the contrary, takes Ecstasy (6) - ATTLEE {A{TT}LE}{E}
Was he clement in his approach to Indian independence?
couldn't solve clutch, eye liner , adroit, attlee. rest were ok. :)
ReplyDelete25 - Show admiration for the learned? Me too (8) - LIKEWISE
ReplyDeleteReminded me of an anecdote where the US prez was supposed to visit the oldest citizen, who was coached to ask "How do you do?", expect a reply of "Fine. How do you do?" from the prez to be responded with "Likewise". Memory, however, played games and the o.c. responded with "wiseguy".
Wiseguy? I don't think I get it.
DeleteAnother excellent crossword. Thanks Buzzer
ReplyDelete6D - Make clear littering pollutes (5,3) is not [DD]. Its POLLUTES* = SPELL OUT
ReplyDeleteAgree
DeleteYou are right Meherish, Thanks.
DeleteGood one. EMBRACED sort of emerged from the crossings, but for the life of me did not figure out the parsing.
ReplyDeleteGiven that Buzzer is capable of such adroit wordplay, why not some smoother surfaces, say for eg 15D, 17D, which don't seem to mean much on plain reading
Bhala, 15D, I agree could have been better. 17D on the other hand, the definition is "fast" and not "a possibility" as indicated here.
DeleteTrue Bhavan, but then is it not further reinforcement of the point?! Strange that the definition should be somewhere in the middle, elimination of rat distanced from the fodder, and the whole clue not rolling off the tongue quite so convincingly?
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