ACROSS
1 Answer in pamphlet makes one carry on (8) TRANSACT {TR{ANS}ACT}
5 Watches a woman's first swing (6) SEESAW {SEES}{A}{W}
9 Asset for forward having extra yard (8) PROPERTY {PRO}{PERT}{Y}
10 Group of stars interrupted by a bad-tempered woman (6) VIRAGO {VIR{A}GO}
11 A Highlander in a cravat (5) ASCOT {A}{SCOT}
14 Prostitute's toms, carnal we suspect (7,5) SCARLET WOMAN*
18 Girl phones about empty shop in a town down under (5,7) ALICE SPRINGS {ALICE} {S
21 Parliamentarian's stout leader (9) ROUNDHEAD {ROUND}{HEAD}
23 Snare large deer (name for male) (5) NOOSE (-m+n)NOOSE
24 Uniform worn by soldier, and sailor with axe (6) GUITAR {G{U}I}{TAR}{
26 Place containing small back room (6) LEEWAY {L{EEW<=}AY}
27 Humiliating blunder made by fool getting fine in front of everybody (8) PRATFALL {PRAT}{F}{ALL}
DOWN
1 Lead in this getting Oscar? Fine film (3,3) TOP HAT {T}{O}{P HAT}
2 Immediately pay the penalty, catching cold (2,4) AT ONCE {AT ON{C}E}
3 Select cap randomly from display (9) SPECTACLE*
4 Tosca part he turned into a disaster (11) CATASTROPHE*
6 Choice of the Spanish, Italian, and English (5) ELITE {EL}{IT}{E}
7 Order changed for cashmere? I haven't a clue (6,2) SEARCH ME*
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Idea: Rishi; drawing: Rishi and his
granddaughter Sharanya
Done on iPad using Doodle Buddy
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13 Find me working in food game (6,2,3) CHEMIN DE FER {CHE{MIN DE F}*ER}
15 They may be provided for the rest of the train's passengers (6-3) WAGONS-LIT [GK]
16 Admiral at sea penning good song (8) MADRIGAL {MADRI{G}AL*}
17 Statuette, popular in price (8) FIGURINE {FIGUR{IN}E}
19 Person takes long time going round wine shop (6) BODEGA {BOD}{EGA<=}
20 Season the Italian vegetable (6) LENTIL {LENT}{IL}
22 Tipple before a play (5) DRAMA {DRAM}{A}
Special today at 10:30 by The Battosai
ReplyDeleteAlice Springs reminds me of a novel by Nevil Shute "A town like Alice"
ReplyDelete19D reminded of a similar word BODMAS, the mnemonic for original order of operations, which stood for Brackets, Over, Division,Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.co.in/search?output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=bodmas&btnG=#
21a reminded me of The Children of the New Forest
ReplyDelete12a read with 14a reminded me of the riddle:
ReplyDeleteWhat is at the front of a woman and at the back of a cow?
The letter W
ReplyDeletePerfectly correct, and you should look at the answers I usually get from the pervs...
DeleteThe follow up riddle for the above, of course, is:
ReplyDeleteWhat does a man do standing up, a woman sitting down and a dog on three legs? (a bit archaic though)
Shaking hands, of course!
DeleteMy response to this has already been given at 1129 above.
DeleteIsn't it a pity that there are few bloggers on this crossword of Sundays in the Hindu? Must provoke some incentives to appear as regular -- why not? How about spacing this and the Special a few hours apart?
ReplyDeletePRATFALL-- A nice one for proud ones and braggarts.
CHEMIN DE FER--- sounds so feminine and yummy , though its a card game !!
I love the The French cuisine which is as tasty as their words !!
GUITAR : where is the reference to this instrument in the clue, which reads: Uniform worn by soldier, and sailor with axe (6)- though the parsing seems ok? U--GI--TAR .
ReplyDeleteRaju,
DeleteSee the link in the main post. That guitar in the image is an axe bass guitar which is shaped like an axe