Sunday 27 July 2014

No 2801, Sunday 27 Jul 2014


ACROSS
1   What the grower will sell is brought out of wood, cut by Charlie (4,4) CASH CROP {C{ASH} {C}ROP} Anno not clear (Addendum - {C}{ASH} {CROP} - See comments)
5   Leader of Blackadders in court case concerning clan (6) TRIBAL {TRI{B}AL}
10 Floating voter atop passenger boat (9) VAPORETTO*
11 Letter from Greece from male in dry area (5) THETA {T{HE}T}{A}
12 Little boy bitten by Dorothy's dog in place on Lake Ontario (7) TORONTO {TO{RON}TO}
13 One taking beer, tucking into variety of feta (3,4) TEA LEAF {TE{A-LE}AF*} Cockney rhyming slang for 'Thief'
14 To hear all the soccer players on the pitch at once is a frustrating situation, fully (5-6-3) CATCH-TWENTY-TWO {CATCH}-{TWENTY-TWO} My COD
17 Guards cursed - skunk let out (14) KNUCKLEDUSTERS*
21 Shakespearean merchant showing giant onions at the centre (7) ANTONIO [T]
22 What tireless seamstresses do, we hear, for a despicable type? (2-3-2) SO-AND-SO  (~ sow and sow) (Addendum - (~ sew and sew) - See comments)
24 Willow, more healthy-looking right away (5) OSIER rOSIER
25 Huge robin perplexed one next door (9) NEIGHBOUR*
26 Commander about to complete programme (6) AGENDA {AG{END}A}
27 Access for transport (8) ENTRANCE [DD]

DOWN
1   Guinea pig fed it in space (6) CAVITY {CAV{IT}Y}
2   Excellent management, but lacking foresight (5) SUPER SUPERvision
3   Very bad record the Parisian released (7) CHRONIC CHRONICle
4   Aiming to get the nobleman KO'd (3,3,3,5) OUT FOR THE COUNT [DD]
6   Take back religious education pamphlet (7) RETRACT {RE}{TRACT}
7   Yeoman, no vegetarian it would appear (9) BEEFEATER [DD]
8   Game of par golf, surprisingly, including eagle at last (8) LEAPFROG {L{eaglE}APFROG*}
9   Propose father, on the quiet, somehow engages son (3,3,8) POP THE QUESTION {POP} {THE} {QUIET+SON8}
15 A home in a somewhat historical region of France (9) AQUITAINE {A}{QUIT{A}{IN}E}
16 Fine spiritual leader describing house in a state (8) OKLAHOMA {OK}{LA{HO}MA}
18 Similar type, socialist (7) KINDRED {KIND}{RED}
19 Tutor in pain during most of period (7) TEACHER {TE{ACHE}Rm}
20 Beginning to add gravy, say (6) SOURCE (~ sauce)
23 River in NI county in flood (5) DROWN {D{R}OWN}

11 comments:

  1. I'm out for the day to attend a FIAT meet. Enjoy the DaVinci special at 10:30

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  2. 1 What the grower will sell is brought out of wood, cut by Charlie (4,4) CASH CROP {C{ASH} {C}ROP}

    I put it as {C}{ASH} {CROP}

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  3. 22A What tireless seamstresses do, we hear, for a despicable type? (2-3-2) SO-AND-SO (~ sow and sow)

    Could be an oversight in the Fiat rush.

    I guess it should be (~ sew and sew) as 'sew' is pronounced 'so'.

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  4. TYPO in 22A - It should be (~Sew and Sew)

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    1. Thanks for 'second'ment... -)

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    2. A friend can fall asleep anytime he wants. We call him सो-ing machine.

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  5. Thanks Richard & Sandhya,

    Thought I would peep in just before leaving.

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  6. Cracking tough nuts (not doughnuts) for breakfast.
    Waiting for the (Da Vinci) code.

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  7. aDA DA... Paddy, It will Veni, you will vidi and will WIN SEE....!!!

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  8. Have a good day Deepak.

    Would say 4d is a charade, and 7d is a CD.

    15d is such a beautifully constructed clue with no connectors

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  9. 15D - I think 'historical' should also be in bold.

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