1 - Long for high praise (6) - ASPIRE*
4 - In a state, vicious hook having caught the Parisienne mother (8) - {OK{LA}HO}{MA}
9 - Is to go ashore in Tasmania, perhaps (6) - {IS}{LAND}
10 - Hit man when given cheek at home (8) - {AS}{SASS}{IN}
11 - First to test new footwear in musical (3,3,3) - {T}{EA FOR TWO*}
13 - Live with wife in small wooded hollow (5) - {D{W}ELL}
14 - Fascinating period knitting together (12) - {SPELL}{BINDING}
18 - City in Maine has poster showing lighthouse location (8,4) - {PORTLAND} {BILL} Had to cheat on this
22 - Bananas in a hot pie for an African national (9) - ETHIOPIAN*
24 - Culinary herb used in Spanish province, mostly (8) - TARRAGON
26 - Tentative, male model visiting social worker (8) - {HE}{SIT}{ANT}
27 - At which one may have served before returning? (6) - TENNIS [CD]
DOWN
1 - A rigorous appraisal dictates changes (4,4) - ACID TEST*
3 - Call round for drummer (5) - {RING}{O}
5 - Sign of betrayal with fatal consequences? (4,2,5) - KISS OF DEATH [CD]
6 - Left group, one used in commercial (9) - {A{BAND}{ONE}D}
7 - Involved story about eastern native (6) - {OYST{E}R}
12 - A mass of feathery seeds, lots the wind scattered (11) - THISTLEDOWN*
16 - Discord in military unit (8) - DIVISION [DD]
17 - Battlefield - force touches down without hesitation (8) - {F}{LAND{ER}S}
19 - A short stop (6) - SCOTCH [CD]
20 - Bride's lost in wreckage (6) - DEBRIS*
23 - Express an opinion in shop in Ely (5) - OPINE [T]
Remembered a ditty:
ReplyDeleteTea for two and two for tea,
Me for you and you for me.
Or was it:
Two for tea and tea for two,
You for me and me for you.
Got stuck in the SW corner because I put down CARDAMOM for 24 across. Was unable to get 7 down too - native - OYSTER.
ReplyDelete@Kishore: There is a song too:
ReplyDelete'Oh honey
Picture me upon your knee,
With tea for two and two for tea,
Just me for you and you for me, alone!
Nobody near us, to see us or hear us,
No friends or relations
on weekend vacations
We won't have it known, dear,
That we own a telephone, dear...'
The first two stanzas of the song TEA FOR TWO are:
ReplyDeleteI'm discontented with homes that I've rented
So I have invented my own.
Darling, this place is lovely oasis
Where life's weary taste is unknown
Far from the crowded city
Where flowers pretty caress the stream
Cozy to hide in, to live side by side in,
Don't let it apart in my dream
And it goes on...
Day will break, you'll wake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take for all the boys to see
We will raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Can't you see how happy we would be
It fits to a T.
ReplyDeleteSundays are quiet as usual. Does it mean that we have all the time in the world on weekdays and very busy on Sundays?
ReplyDeleteSuresh,
ReplyDeleteWe have all the time on weekdays and are very lazy on Sundays, at least that's true in my case!
a posteriori, yes. (sounds like we are talking of a stern, doesn't it :-) )
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