ACROSS
1 - Having too little money _ or too much (13) - EMBARRASSMENT [DD]
8 - Scared I became travelling in this? (7) - SIDECAR*
1 - Having too little money _ or too much (13) - EMBARRASSMENT [DD]
8 - Scared I became travelling in this? (7) - SIDECAR*
9 - Spoke right through and seemed surprised (7) - STA{R}TED
11 - An awful sort of mail, really beastly (6) - {AN}{IMAL*}
13 - Hold back if others fall (8) - {REST}{RAIN}
15 - This antelope the last on earth? (5) - {E}{LAND}
11 - An awful sort of mail, really beastly (6) - {AN}{IMAL*}
13 - Hold back if others fall (8) - {REST}{RAIN}
15 - This antelope the last on earth? (5) - {E}{LAND}
16 - So be exercising the dog in the dark (7) - OBS{CUR}E*
18 - Italian boy has a silly notion (7) - {A}{NTONIO*}
19 - Gnarled roots and trunk (5) - TORSO*
21 - Good, steady walkers, but they’re ready to take risks (8) - {G}{AMBLERS}
23 - Praying mantis moved (6) - MATINS* New word for me
25 - Not a good night out in the hospital (7) - THEATRE ?
26 - Listeners are in the grass, according to rumour (7) - H{EARS}AY
28 - Not in gear! (6,7) - STREET TOOTHED ?(Addendum - STREET CLOTHES - Thanks to Suresh)
18 - Italian boy has a silly notion (7) - {A}{NTONIO*}
19 - Gnarled roots and trunk (5) - TORSO*
21 - Good, steady walkers, but they’re ready to take risks (8) - {G}{AMBLERS}
23 - Praying mantis moved (6) - MATINS* New word for me
25 - Not a good night out in the hospital (7) - THEATRE ?
26 - Listeners are in the grass, according to rumour (7) - H{EARS}AY
28 - Not in gear! (6,7) - STREET TOOTHED ?(Addendum - STREET CLOTHES - Thanks to Suresh)
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2 - Wine manufactured by terrorist organisation (7) - {MADE}{IRA}
3 - Car crashes on taking a curve (3) - ARC*
4 - Seldom encountered rear production (4) - RARE*
5 - Suspect retirement pay will lead to temporary lay off (10) - {SUS}{PENSION}
6 - Denoted it was deliberate (5) - MEANT [DD]
7 - It’s a bean pod, you lunatic! (3,4) - NUT CASE [DD]
8 - Alarm in front of house? (5,6) - STAGE FRIGHT [CD] Nice clue
10 - Live so hazardously and your legs collapse! (11) - DANGEROUSLY* Nice anagram
12 - Examine and officially verify a statement of account (5) - AUDIT [E]
14 - Books to chew over at the end of the back row (6,4) - {CORNER S}{EAT} Nice one
17 - Like difficult radicals at heart (5) - ULTRA [T]
18 - A branch in support of chairperson (7) - {ARM}{REST}
20 - Sue to rise in order to give out supplies again (7) - REISSUE*
22 - Hit the French around to listen (5) - L{ITH*}E ? (See Suresh's comments)
24 - He may be considered a lover (4) - ?H?O (Addendum - PHIL - Thanks to Sembhayya)
27 - Get Tom around to perform (3) - ACT*
2 - Wine manufactured by terrorist organisation (7) - {MADE}{IRA}
3 - Car crashes on taking a curve (3) - ARC*
4 - Seldom encountered rear production (4) - RARE*
5 - Suspect retirement pay will lead to temporary lay off (10) - {SUS}{PENSION}
6 - Denoted it was deliberate (5) - MEANT [DD]
7 - It’s a bean pod, you lunatic! (3,4) - NUT CASE [DD]
8 - Alarm in front of house? (5,6) - STAGE FRIGHT [CD] Nice clue
10 - Live so hazardously and your legs collapse! (11) - DANGEROUSLY* Nice anagram
12 - Examine and officially verify a statement of account (5) - AUDIT [E]
14 - Books to chew over at the end of the back row (6,4) - {CORNER S}{EAT} Nice one
17 - Like difficult radicals at heart (5) - ULTRA [T]
18 - A branch in support of chairperson (7) - {ARM}{REST}
20 - Sue to rise in order to give out supplies again (7) - REISSUE*
22 - Hit the French around to listen (5) - L{ITH*}E ? (See Suresh's comments)
24 - He may be considered a lover (4) - ?H?O (Addendum - PHIL - Thanks to Sembhayya)
27 - Get Tom around to perform (3) - ACT*
28A. Probably STREET CLOTHES. Don't know what is 24D
ReplyDeleteI think STREET CLOTHES is correct. With this answer, 24D can be PHIL
ReplyDelete18D - How Chairperson and Armrest are related?
ReplyDelete22D See http://dictionary.die.net/lithe which gives meaning of lithe as listen
ReplyDeleteYes. Sembhayya 24D is Phil. Philos meaning love
ReplyDelete18D
ReplyDeleterelating the clue to the answer requires some imagination. An armrest branches out of a chair to help the person sitting on the chair support his arm
Thanks Suresh. I think part of the question or hint is part of the answer for 18D. I don't recall what this kind of clue is called in cryptic crosswords...
ReplyDeleteCan someone please elaborate on 8D too?
ReplyDeleteA house would be a theatre or auditorium. Hence Stage Fright
ReplyDeleteThanks again Suresh! 8D makes sense now. Whay am I not thinking house as a theatre/auditorium??? :-)
ReplyDelete@Suresh & Sembhayya,
ReplyDeleteDid you'll shout 'EUREKA'? Well done. I did think of street clothes but settled for 'TOOTHED' thinking of a gear train but then STREET TOOTHED makes no sense, so it is STREET CLOTHES
No eureka today. There are plenty of clues I did not get like lithe and corner seat. I think I need to take a back bench and listen a little
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