ACROSS
1 - Victory sign for President Albert in the capital of Morocco (4) - {P}{AL}{M} Palm for V sign?
9 - Resume writing on a course of study Evita designed (10,5) - {CURRICULUM} VITAE*
10 - Draw a bridge (4) - PULL [DD]
11 - Almost all see each of the herbs (5) - {AL(-l}{C}{EA}
12 - Woman has an alternative to initially keep the product (4) - {W}{OR}{K}
13 - Overlapping plate on a weighing machine (5) - SCALE [DD]
14 - The French have a single passageway on the warship (7) - {FR}{I}{GATE}
16 - Lake can surround one in a resort (7) - CA{SP{I}A}N
18 - Annual plant for a headless leader (5) - (-m)ASTER
22 - Mark that is on an arab (4) - SC{AR} Anno for SC pending
23 - King has one fifty one bits of motifs on the rug (5) - {K}{I}{LI}{M}
24 - Completely follow the head cardiologist’s official visit (4) - {C}{ALL}
25 - Swindler is fine in a moment he is out on a condition of pretrial release (4,11) - HOME {CON}{FINE}MENT*
26 - Soldier’s hard waistband (4) - {SAS}{H}
DOWN
2 - Paint the stretched lycra I see (7) - ACRYL*{I}{C}
3 - Measure each lac skin jobs done without the bit of back side of the popstar (7,7) - {M}ICHAEL JACKSON(-bs)*
4 - Standing in line to question you about the leaders of the European Union game at last (5) - {Q}{U}{EU}{E}
5 - Drop-off the debris (5) - SLACK [DD]
6 - German soldier bitten by smart, bare men in rage by troublesome events (14) - EMBARRA{SS}MENTS
7 - Important person has a large hair piece (6) - {BIG}{WIG}
8 - Separate pieces covering the side bald patch of talking birds (7) - PAR{R}{O}TS
15 - A nocturnal carnivore (7) - RACCOON [E]
17 - Potter around the castle without a peg of beer (6) - PO{R}TER(-t)*
19 - Can five stubborn politicians stay in temporary shelters? (7) - {E}{NCA*}{MPS}
20 - Not subtle to pound up the Ulster Freedom Fighters (5) - {BL<-}{U}{F}{F}
21 - It is done to exercise your eyes (5) - BLINK [E]
GRID
In ancient times a leaf of the palm tree was carried as a token of rejoicing or of victory.
ReplyDeletesc stands for that is to say. Short for scilicet. Source Oxford Dictionary of English
ReplyDeleteI am not able to understand E in ENCAMPS for the five there ?
ReplyDeleteWhere did remove of t in PORTER come from peg ?
Well Ramna, maybe because e is the 5th letter of the alphabet
ReplyDeleteRegarding T I have heard of T pins and T Squares. Maybe NJ is equating pin to peg
Suresh,
ReplyDeleteYou anticipated my post by just a few secs. I too was wondering about E and like you I conjectured that the clue-writer, who obviously knows A to Z, was probably referring to the fifth letter in the alphabet. As medieval Roman numeral (which convention this clue-writer occasionally uses), E is 250.
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ReplyDeleteThank you
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Ramna,
T does stand for Peg, we have a Tee in golf which is a small peg to hold up the ball
Thanks Colonel. Of course T is tee.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Chaturvasi for drawing attn to Medeival Roman Numerals. I have been wondering for a long time how y = 150. I have now found the answer.
What is the meaning of the series of numbers after your post
Hi Suresh,
ReplyDeleteI thought you would have caught on. The numbers are nothing but the names spelled out using the number corresponding to the alphabets with A being 1.
Ah. Now we have our own blog code
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3 Down - Measure each lac skin jobs done without the bit of back side of the popstar (7,7) - {M}ICHAEL JACKSON(-bs)
ReplyDeleteIn Indlish, the word 'backside' is heard or read very often, although it is used unwittingly or innocuously. The word represents the posterior or the rear part of the human anatomy.
I feel that expressions like 'the back of the building' or even 'the rear side of the building' are good enough and 'backside' is eminently avoidable in any context.
I remember reading a ludicrously outrageous sign in front of an office under renovation somewhere: "The front entrance is from the backside".
What do the experts say?
Richard
Hi Richard,
ReplyDeletePoint conceded but it will have no effect on NJ
Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMissed mentioning another point.
10 Across - Draw a bridge (4) - PULL [DD]
Did not know 'pull' is another word for bridge. Coincidentally, a bridge or a flyover is called a 'pull' in Hindi too. Any comment?
Richard
I did see the posts yesterday but did not think that they needed any response as the point made was a well conceded one.
ReplyDeleteYes, 'backside' means one's derrière but it is only one of the meanings and also an informal meaning at that.
'Backside' also undoubtedly means the back or rear side or part of anything.
There is no gainsaying the fact that one could talk, say, of a backside of a camera or backside of the garden but avoid saying the 'backside of so-and-so', however formidable it may be.
There is also the matter of whether you're taking of 'backside' or 'back side'.
I must add that I am not squeamish of talking of the back side of the garden or building. However, I would NOT say "On the back side of Mr So and So, there was a huge poster of N___ (put in the name of any actress)".
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