1 - Fruit's pungent - one could get peppered with it (9) – {GRAPES}{HOT}
6 - Fellow drinking last of Soave, good value (5) – {CH{E}AP}
9 - The sort of seat that may suit a lazy professor? (4,5) – EASY CHAIR
10 - Start of number trio's playing? (5) – {I{N}TRO}
11 - Look after a number accompanied by daughter (4) – {TEN}{D}
12 - Avoid bullock? Sure (5,5) – {STEER} {CLEAR}
13 - More than one Dalmatian follows behind coach (8,4) – {CARRIAGE} {DOGS} Nice clue
21 - Primate burying Saint in recess of church (4) – {AP{S}E}
23 - Hunting dog dropping black bird (5) –
25 - Prevent a check pinning rook (5) – {A}{VE{R}T}
26 - Holly, say, always jealous (9) – {EVER}{GREEN}
DOWN
1 - Got the shakes in run-down part of town (6) – GHETTO*
2 - A bishop posted elsewhere (6) – {A}{B}{SENT}
3 - Every single one kept in by schoolteacher (4) – EACH [T]
4 - Compassion shown by family after interval in play (10,5) – {HEART}{BREAK} {HOUSE}
5 - Ignored what Nelson did? (6,1,5,3) – TURNED A BLIND EYE [CD]
6 - Critic he upset going round cold Welsh resort (9) – {CRIC{C}IETH*}What a name had to Google search this
7 - Skipping rope kept in fancy tent in warehouse (8) – ENTREPOT*
8 - Headway made by pair chased by wicked witch (8) – {PR}{OGRESS}
14 - Royal Navy chaps put in a spot of decking (9) – {A}{DO{RN}{MEN}T}
15 - Object of loathing and hate a man exploited (8) – ANATHEMA*
16 - Odd having left in choke (8) – {STRANG{L}E}
18 - Brave, old man in pain? (6) – {A{PA}CHE}
19 - Composer in carriage in capital city (6) – {BERL}{IN}
(Correction to anno - BERLIN - This is a triple definition see comments below)
22 - Former politician may be hot wearing toupee (4) – {W{H}IG}
HI
ReplyDeleteHEARTBREAK HOUSE to be Googled after putting down Heartbreak. So also CRICCIETH (maybe a walkover for the Brits, but we Indians would know much about those odd souding and even more oddly spelt Welsh places). A-DO-RN-MEN-T , CH-E-AP, PR-OGRESS, EASY CHAIR, ENT-REPO-T, UNETHICAL*, EVER-GREEN,A-VE(R)T, GRAPES-HOT, AP(S)E, and A-PA-CHE were nice. NOT FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA was superb. CARRIAGE DOGS had to be confirmed by Google. STEER CLEAR was good punning.
19a Not sure of the role of 'carriage'. Could not find a composer called BERL, though found one called ERL. If that is correct, how does B-erl-IN fit in with carriage, any thoughts?
ReplyDelete19 - Composer in carriage in capital city (6) – {BERL}{IN} .
ReplyDeleteCan it be MERLIN since Merlin is a composer.
@Kishore,
ReplyDeleteI made a mistake in the annotation actually it is a triple
See BERLIN as composer
See BERLIN CARRIAGE
and of course capital city
19d: Incidently Berlin in also a type of carriage....
ReplyDeleteBingo, Colonel. My 909 seems to have crossed with your 908
ReplyDeleteCriccieth had to be googled.Carriage dogs was found in the dictionary. Otherwise easy.
ReplyDeleteRhyming style of STEER CLEAR reminded of COLD BEER SOLD HERE
ReplyDeleteDeepak
ReplyDeleteRe 10a
I don't agree with your anno.
I had an occasion to comment:
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Re the clue 10a Start of number trio’s playing? (5) INTRO
This can be simply seen as (NTRIO)*, that is, anagram (‘playing’ as the AInd) of N (number) and TRIO. In which case, ’start’ is the def.
However, this does not take into account the question mark at the end of the clue. So the revised anno is: Anagram (playing) of N (start of ‘number’) and TRIO. For definition we have to reread the clue as a whole.
Since ‘intro’ is the ’start’ or the opening passage of any musical piece, not necessarily one that a trio is playing, the question mark gains added significance.
I have no doubt that this is the setter’s intention.
The use of words ‘number’, ‘trio’ and ‘playing’ in a clue for which the solution is a musical term is quite pleasing.
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The suggested anno was confirmed by the setter himself.
Hi everyone
ReplyDeleteWas out for some time in the morning.Logged in late.
Interesting comments. How come no one has said anything about today's pics? The cartoonist who drew the Dalmatian one was at his mischievous best!
CV@10:18,
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with my annotation that you do not agree? I have just indicated that N has been included in the jumbled TRIO. Start obviously is doing double duty here.
Your anno may be what the setter intended but I have explained the way I see it.
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ReplyDeleteThe point to make is that it is not a c/c clue but rather an anagram of N and TRIO.
ReplyDeleteN is from 'start of number'. It, with TRIO, 'is playing'.
If N is from number, then 'start' may be taken as the def. But that is not the case.
For def, we have to reread the clue as a whole.
Well, that is my take.
ReplyDeleteOf course you are quite entitled to see it as you do.
My apologies if I am making too fine a point.
10A: So could we say it's CD (+(I(N}TRO*})
ReplyDelete@ Col: Yesterday you gave an illustration for 21d and it appeared as 3d Grave letters that bring a tear (3) RIP in ET ! Sounds like one more than three vision ? (9) Or double vision twice?
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ReplyDelete10A Start of number trio's playing? (5)
ReplyDeleteI see it as
(N[umber] + TRIO)* &lit.
It isn't just "start" doing double-duty (which I would call weak clueing) but the whole clue standing as definition for INTRO, which is pretty neat.