Note: P means the same wherever it appears in this puzzle
ACROSS
1 - Revolutionary's right to imprison the awful grouch (a devotee) (10) - {CH{URCHGO*}E}{R}
6 - Flower king plucked out for sun goddess (4) - I(-r+s)SIS
10 - Give water to the late revolutionary getting admitted here somehow (9) - {REH{YDRAT<-}E*} )
11 - Native American language spoken by party in church recital (5) - (~cree){CRE}{DO}
12 - Stuck-up in harbour covered by knotted filaments (4-9) - {SELF-IM{PORT}ANT*}
14 - Letter on ethical problem the Spanish censored (5) - AITCH(
15 - Mean to train in unpopular time (3,6) - {LOW} {SEASON}
17 - Briefcase left for incompletely returned bribe (9) - {PORT}{FO(
21 - Lead wire (5) - CABLE [DD]
22 - Flag holder on the platform? (13) - STATIONMASTER [CD]
24 - Saying that yielded a surprise exclamation in retrospective (5) - {A}{DAGE<-} )
25 - Lab nuance at fault for lack of equilibrium (9) - UNBALANCE*
26 - Red blossom extract (4) - LOSS [T]
27 - Fired IOC receptionists adapted, being determined (10) - PERSISTENT(
DOWN
1 - Jokers embracing astute professional cheaters (4,6) - CARD {SHARP}S
2 - Hurt Poles working to build a sofa, say (9) - UPHOLSTER*
3 - North Atlantic trawler catch component (7) - CODFISH [E]
4 - Earplug adjusted for P (7) - GRAUPEL* New word for me
5 - Scrutinize the tip of a kind of pencil (7) - {EYE}{BROW}
7 - P to hassle Ethiopian in hiding (5) - SLEET [T]
8 - Fictional investigative reporter's pet, not unknown to P (4) - SNOW(-y)
9 - Fix the Mexican shawl and cape for the Oriental (6) - ?C?A?E (Addendum - S(-e+c)CRAPE - Thanks to Suresh - see comments)
16 - Opinion about failing USB kernel (9) - S{UBS*}TANCE
18 - Chips and some breakfast cereals for P (6) - FLAKES [CD]
19 - General besieging island to the Spanish south in free time (7) - LE{ISUR}E
20 - Passenger vehicle collection (7) - OMNIBUS [DD]
21 - Tea on counter window frame fabric (7) - {CHA}{LLIS<-} )
22 - Crushing blows delivered by nerds in audition (5) - SWATS(~swots)
23 - American leaves Time for P (4) - HAIL Anno pending (Addendum - FALL [CD] - See Suresh's comments)
Thanks to everyone for holding your horses. Reason for delay I have given above.
ReplyDelete@Kishore,
This is the first time this has happened since I started this blog, unfortunately I got in late last night and I didn't know the cut was from 6 to 9, else I would have put the laptop on charge last night.
@ Col: Good to have you back. Please see my 943 post under Indefinite delay.
ReplyDeleteAlso, anno for 6a Irises (flowers) - er (king plucked out) = isis
@ Col: Your anno for 6a is better, flower being singular.
ReplyDeleteFor 9d, I though of serape, but then credo is faultless
ReplyDelete9D is SCRAPE Kishore gave me the anno. S(-E+C)RAPE
ReplyDeleteWelcome home, Deepak. We had a field day here.
ReplyDelete9d- fix=scrape?
ReplyDeleteFor 23d, I too put in HAIL as it matches the crossing and is a type of p=precipitation, but the best anno (in absence of something better)I could think of is American name=Laith, leaves time = -t, anagrammed is Hail
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pokemyname.com/firstname_31525_laith.htm
@Sumitra.
ReplyDeleteTo get into a fix or get into a scrape would mean the same
I did think of Scrape but the anno was eluding me so I left it at that
ReplyDelete@Kishore,
ReplyDeleteI saw all the posts under the delayed post header
Actually Deepak the credit for the anno for scrape goes largely to Kishore
ReplyDelete23 D - fall - school session
ReplyDelete@RB,
ReplyDeleteFALL will also fit as part of RAINFALL though and not school session, however HAIL or FALL can be decided only once we get the annotation
what does P mean .......... not clear..
ReplyDeleteFALL is the time when the leaves fall in America. So 23 D would be FALL I think
ReplyDeleteP for Precipitation
ReplyDelete@Pavitra P means Precipitation
ReplyDeleteBingo Suresh
ReplyDeleteDeepak, your visitors' tally has just crossed 120,000. Another landmark. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't know if you have noticed it. The Clustrmap countrywise breakup chart has remained static since April 11. Any glitch, as you may have known?
Thanks Richard,
ReplyDeleteNo idea about the custrmap hold up.
Why, statistics have been updated on April 25.
ReplyDeleteThe country totals on the panel below right and the map with red dots get updated at periodic intervals, I think.
But the last two lines in black bold at left get updated every 24 hrs, if my observation is correct.
American leaves Time for P (4) - HAIL Anno pending
ReplyDeleteI think Suresh has nailed it ; It has got to be FALL
time for leaves : autumn , which, in American terms is FALL ;
As such, even "American leaves Time" would be a perfectly valid cryptic definition clue. The 'for P' is just an addendum to help with the theme, I feel!
Fall should be correct with Suresh's anno. After all fall (as in rainfall) is also precipitation.
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