ACROSS
1 - Dizzy blonde? (5-6) - LIGHT-HEADED [DD]
9 - Film, hidden from view on occasion (5,4) - {BLIND} {DATE}
10 - Caricature of girl in opera, lead in Carmen (5) - {MIMI}{C}
11 - Essayist is overwhelmed by extra charge (7) - ADD{IS}ON
12 - Abstemious - tea user, possibly (7) - AUSTERE*
13 - Gloomy day - sail out across mouth of Mersey (6) - {D}{IS{M}AL}
14,17 - Pretty girls using extortion in plant (4-4-8) - {LOVE-LIES} {BLEEDING} Guessed from crossings and this was the last one I got.
18 - A dry heat out East, all things considered (2,4) - {A}{T T}{H(-e)AT}
21 - Master in pain through most of term (7) - TE{ACHE}R(-m)
23 - Firm not persuaded (7) - UNMOVED [DD]
24 - After hours, a lecturer was wearing (3,2) - {H}{A}{D ON}
25 - He, say, must stand in front of church to make an announcement (9) - PRONOUN{CE}
26 - Argue in protest about WW1 battle charge after commencement of truce (11) – {RE}{MONS}{T}{RATE}
DOWN
1 - Servant, 13, with day off (5,4) - L{ADY*}S MAID*
2 - Old woman, awfully angry, penning note (6) - GRA{N}NY*
3 - Lawrence of Arabia’s birthplace - Democrat misdirected (8) - TERMADOC* Had to google this
4 - Girl’s TV awards (5) - EMMY'S [DD]
5 - Golden Globe winning actress may make heaviest demand (4,5,5) - DAME EDITH EVANS*
6 - The Lord of the Flies novelist? (7) - D?C?E?S Lord of the flies novelist is Golding, but that does not fit here!
7 - A plank on a ship, perhaps (6) - {A}{BOARD}
8 - Uncommonly splendid manure required? Don’t despair (3,11) - NIL DESPERANDUM*
15 - Ad lib from retired English politician in shot (9) - {EX}{T{E}{MP}ORE}
16 - Warehouse, one pretty nearly bust (8) - ENTREPOT(-y)*
17 - Killer, hideous brute grabbing child (7) - BUT{CH}ER*
19 - Row about Diane being neater (6) - TI{DI}ER
20 - Copper getting a cut climbing dome (6) - {CU}{POL<-}{A} )
22 - Tennis champion served up nine after holding initially (5) – {H}{ENIN} Hard luck to her, she lost to Serena in the Australian open finals yesterday.
GRID
Hi everybody
ReplyDeleteCol, when you are back from Hosur, please receive my sincere thanks for getting me out of the mindset that the Sunday Hindu c/ws are pretty tough. Your blog has done wonders.
6D - The Lord of the Flies novelist? (7) - D?C?E?S Lord of the flies novelist is Golding, but that does not fit here!
Could be a goof-up here. GOLDING is the correct answer. But only DICKENS fits in.
Richard
6DOWN: DICKENS
ReplyDeleteFound out from googling that Lord of the Flies means DEVIL. DICKENS also means DEVIL (What the dickens/devil!)
6 down: forgot to add: D1ckens - the novelist
ReplyDeletesorry that was DICKENS
ReplyDeleteI haven't done this but came to say that I wrote to the readers' editor and also sundaypost about mistake in numbering but they have ignored them.
ReplyDeleteOf course, it doesn't alter the crosswords but careless subs making carelses mistakes are getting away with it while people of an older generation in older setups would have squirmed and lost sleep over such editorial mistakes.
Good research, Sandhya, on the Lord of the Flies. Had never heard of the devil being known so. No wonder the household flies are so devilish!
ReplyDeleteBTW, your post and mine on DICKENS came almost together. I was a minute earlier.
Richard
Richard
@ CV
ReplyDeleteRe: crossword serial numbering error
The logic is simple. Few like this blog's visitors might know about the error. An apology from them would have thrown it to public domain.
Richard
Richard
ReplyDeleteIt's early morning and, honest, I have't touched any drink. But I am seeing double, man.
google everyman 3297 and you have it
ReplyDelete@ CV
ReplyDeleteI guess you are referring to my name typed twice in one of the posts above. I did realize it at once, but was a wee bit lazy to delete and re-post.
Richard
Somebody please explain the anno of 1 down
ReplyDeleteA lady's maid is a female personal attendant who waits on the lady of the house.
ReplyDelete13 across - DISMAL
DISMAL DAY IS THE ANAGRAM FOR L(ADY)S MAID
@Sunila: Thanks a ton. Didn't connect it to 13 across.
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