Another drive through today
ACROSS
1 - Witty aspects of personality cover up promise to pay (9) - FACET{IOU}S
5 - Where Freemasons may meet (5) - LODGE [CD]
8 - A new missile is slender (6) - {N}{ARROW}
9 - Such a union is not necessarily without love (8) - ARRANGED [CD]
11 - Point made by decapitating an animal (4) - (-b)EAST
12 - Manure to treat sterile fir (10) - FERTILISER*
14 - She went after peach for a dessert (5) - MELBA [DD]
15 - Used in fishing, it is a predetermined course of action (7) - {SET}{LINE}
16 - A spear to catch a jackass against all odds (7) - ASSAGAI [T]
17 - Joint on which a door may close (5) - HINGE [CD]
19 - Born saints are distressed, they refuse to vote (10) - A{B}STAINERS*
20 - A song of praise for that man, one hears (4) - HYMN(~him)
22 - What battleships may engage in (3,5) - SEA FIGHT [CD]
23 - Dairy product used on top of bread, say (6) - {B}UTTER
24 - Evade 5 Ac, changing first (5) - (-l+d)DODGE
25 - You can’t expect a full day’s work from him (4-5) - PART TIMER [CD]
DOWN
1 - Part of a glove or of a muff in Germany (6) - FINGER [T]
2 - Australian territory, a rich landmass: it’s fantastic! (9,6) - CHRISTMAS ISLAND*
3 - Move fast to reverse a wrongful act (4) - TROT <- )Appeared a few days ago as 'an extreme left winger'
4 - Part of the atmosphere that poses threat, right? Awful (12) - STRATOSPHE{R}E*
5 - Distributing information sheets and turning the pages, suppressing obstacle (10) - LEAF{LET}ING Never knew that such a word could be used
6 - It plays a vital, absorbing role for everyone (9,6) - DIGESTIVE SYSTEM [CD]
7 - Recommend some vendors eminently reliable (7) - ENDORSE [T]
10 - A kinsman’s following current fashions for a bond (12) - RELATIONS{HIP}
13 - Commit intellectual piracy (10) - PLAGIARISE [CD]
16 - The same Das, provoked, made a pile (7) - AMASSED*
18 - A ‘sound’ sleeper perhaps (6) - SNORER [CD]
21 - Break a piece of sculpture (4) - BUST [DD]
The italicised parts of your blog are all definitions for words req'd. Most of the defs. are the first word or the first few words of the clue.
ReplyDeleteNow an indea strikes me!
Tomorrow I am going to cover the latter half of the clue sets with a sheet of paper and try and solve the puzzle as much as possible with the first word or words and the enu (which is important, esp. for phrasal lights) - as if it's a straightforward xwd.
Let me see how far I can go.
That will not be easy as there are so many synonyms for each word
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