ACROSS
1 - Flier, a burden for the Ancient Mariner (9) - ALBATROSS [DD]
5 - Provide food? React oddly (5) - CATER*
8 - Prohibition covering every tree (6) - {B{ANY}AN}
9 - Surgical procedure on sailor, possibly Italian, having swallowed ring (8) - {AB}{LATI{O}N}
11 - One troubled by a bit of lassitude at Xmas (4) - {NOE*}{L}
12 - Of which Zia-ul-Haq was an ‘imposing' leader (7,3) - MARTIAL LAW [CD]
14 - Made a picture around one back to front — uncanny (5) - {WE{I}RD<-}
15 - Weepy eyed (7) - TEARFUL [E]
16 - Reduce the scope of a failing brigade (7) - ABRIDGE*
17 - One in diplomacy is silent (5) - {TAC{I}T}
19 - Display of article of evidence in court, the first to be returned (10) - {EXHIBIT}{ION<-}
20 - Hard blow from a bit of loss in gamble (4) - {BE{L}T}
22 - Gambling game requires acceptance of obstruction in a way (8) - {ROU{LET}TE}
23 - Tenant, good, older sort… (6) - LOD(G)ER*
24 - … lived almost prosperously in a small district (5) - {D{WELl}T}
25 - Good luck charm for racers! (9) - HORSESHOE [DD]
DOWN
1 - Lack of pigment in a lion, born different (6) - AL(B)INO*
2 - Where does abound, oddly, is a place for storing goods without discharging duty (6,9) - BONDED WAREHOUSE*
3 - A duck among effete aliens (4) - TEAL [T]
4 - Replacement as may be done in football games (12) - SUBSTITUTION [E]
5 - Coaches can bar cash distribution (10) - CHARABANCS*
6 - A test of political backing as may be played out in a legislature (5,2,8) - TRIAL OF STRENGTH [E]
7 - It is a periodical requirement to keep the subscription alive (7) - RENEWAL [CD]
10 - Needlework that makes good man in the seat crave something (6,6) - {SADDLE} {ST}{ITCH}
13 - Antelope, surely not a tame one, by the sound of it (10) - WILDEBEEST(~wild beast)
16 - Made a statement upsetting Virginia and went wrong (7) - {AV<-}{ERRED}
18 - A reportedly severe and strict author (6) - STERNE (~stern)
21 - Somewhat long poem on rock containing ore (4) - {L}{ODE}
1 - Flier, a burden for the Ancient Mariner (9) - ALBATROSS [DD]
8 - Prohibition covering every tree (6) - {B{ANY}AN}
11 - One troubled by a bit of lassitude at Xmas (4) - {NOE*}{L}
12 - Of which Zia-ul-Haq was an ‘imposing' leader (7,3) - MARTIAL LAW [CD]
15 - Weepy eyed (7) - TEARFUL [E]
16 - Reduce the scope of a failing brigade (7) - ABRIDGE*
17 - One in diplomacy is silent (5) - {TAC{I}T}
19 - Display of article of evidence in court, the first to be returned (10) - {EXHIBIT}{ION<-}
20 - Hard blow from a bit of loss in gamble (4) - {BE{L}T}
22 - Gambling game requires acceptance of obstruction in a way (8) - {ROU{LET}TE}
24 - … lived almost prosperously in a small district (5) - {D{WEL
25 - Good luck charm for racers! (9) - HORSESHOE [DD]
DOWN
1 - Lack of pigment in a lion, born different (6) - AL(B)INO*
3 - A duck among effete aliens (4) - TEAL [T]
5 - Coaches can bar cash distribution (10) - CHARABANCS*
7 - It is a periodical requirement to keep the subscription alive (7) - RENEWAL [CD]
10 - Needlework that makes good man in the seat crave something (6,6) - {SADDLE} {ST}{ITCH}
18 - A reportedly severe and strict author (6) - STERNE (~stern)
21 - Somewhat long poem on rock containing ore (4) - {L}{ODE}
i am so pleased - i got almost all of them, and in less than fifteen minutes. only averred and sterne eluded me. thank you, sankalak.
ReplyDeleteWell done Sandhya
ReplyDeleteSterne was the last one to fall for me.
ReplyDeleteS&B III
ReplyDeleteDate: Mon, Feb 21 (confirmed by Bhavan)
Time: 6-30 p.m. onwards
Venue: Hotel New Woodlands, next to Savera, Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai 600004
Please try to assemble between 6 and 6-30 p.m. so that introductions and greetings can be done before we adjourn to the table at the restaurant, Krishna, which is adjacent to the Reception hall where the check-in counter is.
Participants
Myself
Bhavan (visitor to Madras)
Bhargav
Vijay
Padmanabhan
Sankalak (now on a visit to Madras)
Hari
S. Aravind (known as Arav or Navin Radha)
Pankajam
Sumitra
Navneeth
***Contact: chaturvasi(at)yahoo(dot)com
Ph: Chennai 28352341 or 42106353
Was able to do it fast barring a few and enjoyed it all the way.Learned 2 new words-charabancs (could not do it in spite of it being an anagram) & wildebeest.Felt very happy and satisfied.Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning
ReplyDeleteA perfect complete for me...Thats y i love Sankalak...Sterne was the last one to fall. 13 D is my COD...
Mathu.
Thank you Sankalak.You have once again done the simple things well.Felt a great deal of satisfaction in solving today's puzzle.
ReplyDeleteMy COD 10D
Chaturvasi, do you mean Vrindhavan (the restaurant)? :)
ReplyDeleteNo, that's a different one.
ReplyDeleteI mean the main one which you enter from the front door which faces the car park.
Frankly, though I go the NW often, I have not stepped into Vrindhavan.
This too has access from within the building from the reception but one might come out and then turn into the Krishna restaurant through the door I mentioned above.
BTW, my wedding reception was in the lawns of the hotel. (Over the past 10 years here and more so in the Orkut community and in other international crossword/wordplay forums I have revealed so much of myself that it would seem I interviewed myself.)
As you enter the premises and turn right, the first door (with doorman) is that of the restaurant I am talking about and the next two-flap door leads to the reception hall.
ReplyDeleteOf course, as you live close by and would have gone there, you would know.
Oh, okay. Got it.
ReplyDeleteYou mean Krishna is outside Vrindavan?
ReplyDelete