ACROSS
1 - Opportunity to spin, backing chief minister (10) – {CHANCE}{LLOR<-} )
6 - Author, almost out of order (4) – AMIS(-s)
9 - First to actually tax an island (5) – {A}{TOLL}
10 - Ace fare it cooked? (9) – CAFETARIA* What is the definition here?
12 - Lose heart as pride injured (7) – DESPAIR*
13 - Broadcaster's aid, line reportedly written next to character (3,4) – (~queue){CUE} CARD Anno pending for CARD
14 - Ancient game, nim? No merriness involved (4,4,6) – NINE MENS MORRIS*
17 - Such dealings may result in doing time - dash back to stop call (7,7) – {INSIDE}{R {TRAD<-}ING}
21 - Two vehicles boxing in a mobile home (7) – {CAR}{A}{VAN}
23 - Swine holding queue back is an unusually tall person (7) – GO{LIAT<-}H<-
24 - Carriage entrance (9) – TRANSPORT [DD] Nice one
25 - Composer's regal composition (5) – ELGAR*
26 - Measure rodent? Mouse's tail (4) – {RAT}{E}
27 - Soft drinks best therefore when daughter enters (5,5) – {CREAM} {SO{D}AS}
DOWN
1 - Boy gives praise in church (6) – C{LAUD}E
2 - The study of sound could make one so caustic (9) – ACOUSTICS*
3 - Birds caught on odd videos I released (8,5) – {COLLARED} {DOVES(-i)*}
4 - Lake plant (7) – LUCERNE [DD]
5 - Cold in Fife, so affected business premises (7) – OFFI{C}ES*
7 - Start of Mame song, or one from another musical (5) – {M}{ARIA}
8 - Messy hit-and-run? (8) – {SLAP}{DASH}
11 - Savoy opera song ('lied' to her abroad) (3,10) – THE GONDOLIERS*
15 - Manage newspaper - good editor exhausted (3,6) – {RUN} {RAG}{G}{ED}
16 - Angler given apricots at sea (8) – PISCATOR* New word for me
18 - Bitterness coming out in private, we hear (7) – RANCOUR (~ranker)
19 - Great at swimming event at the seaside (7) – REGATTA*
20 - Part of a song about Egyptian god (6) – {C}{HORUS}
22 - Turn after river close to village - take it (5) – {R}{E}{ACT}
1 - Opportunity to spin, backing chief minister (10) – {CHANCE}{LLOR<-} )
6 - Author, almost out of order (4) – AMIS(-s)
9 - First to actually tax an island (5) – {A}{TOLL}
10 - Ace fare it cooked? (9) – CAFETARIA* What is the definition here?
12 - Lose heart as pride injured (7) – DESPAIR*
13 - Broadcaster's aid, line reportedly written next to character (3,4) – (~queue){CUE} CARD Anno pending for CARD
14 - Ancient game, nim? No merriness involved (4,4,6) – NINE MENS MORRIS*
17 - Such dealings may result in doing time - dash back to stop call (7,7) – {INSIDE}{R {TRAD<-}ING}
21 - Two vehicles boxing in a mobile home (7) – {CAR}{A}{VAN}
23 - Swine holding queue back is an unusually tall person (7) – GO{LIAT<-}H<-
24 - Carriage entrance (9) – TRANSPORT [DD] Nice one
25 - Composer's regal composition (5) – ELGAR*
26 - Measure rodent? Mouse's tail (4) – {RAT}{E}
27 - Soft drinks best therefore when daughter enters (5,5) – {CREAM} {SO{D}AS}
DOWN
1 - Boy gives praise in church (6) – C{LAUD}E
2 - The study of sound could make one so caustic (9) – ACOUSTICS*
3 - Birds caught on odd videos I released (8,5) – {COLLARED} {DOVES(-i)*}
4 - Lake plant (7) – LUCERNE [DD]
5 - Cold in Fife, so affected business premises (7) – OFFI{C}ES*
7 - Start of Mame song, or one from another musical (5) – {M}{ARIA}
8 - Messy hit-and-run? (8) – {SLAP}{DASH}
11 - Savoy opera song ('lied' to her abroad) (3,10) – THE GONDOLIERS*
15 - Manage newspaper - good editor exhausted (3,6) – {RUN} {RAG}{G}{ED}
16 - Angler given apricots at sea (8) – PISCATOR* New word for me
18 - Bitterness coming out in private, we hear (7) – RANCOUR (~ranker)
19 - Great at swimming event at the seaside (7) – REGATTA*
20 - Part of a song about Egyptian god (6) – {C}{HORUS}
22 - Turn after river close to village - take it (5) – {R}{E}{ACT}
Read 10ac clue as a whole for the def. The clue type is known as &lit, for 'and literally'. Some call it "all in one".
ReplyDeleteThanks Chaturvasi
ReplyDelete'piscator' must be related to Pisces, the class of fishes. The fem. form is 'piscatrix'. Do you know of any female anglers? Purely in the sense of those who catch fish.
ReplyDeleteFor 'card' please see the Orkut community: The Hindu Crossword Solutions where I have given the anno voluntarily.
ReplyDeleteBad that I did not immediately get the first half of 27ac.
ReplyDeleteAs a college student one of my most favourite drinks was Spencers' icecream soda.
Later I missed it because the company withdrew the product before it closed down the soft drink business as a whole.
In taste it was something like Sprite or 7Up, I think.
Does anyone else have memories of the Spencer product?
I think 'Vincents' in Coimbatore also made something like icecream soda
ReplyDelete@Chaturvasi. I remember Spencer's lemonade, which I used to like. Can't thin of any present day lemonade with such a good taste
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteLogging in late today. Lot of fizz ! Ooh la la !
Richard