Too many of you know what !!
ACROSS
1 - Flat one held (4,9) - {SELF} {CONTAINED}
8 - Well read, as one found out (7) - LEARNED [DD]
9 - A lady's maid providing a large beer, you say? (7) - {A}{BIG}{AIL}(~ale)
11 - Wind up article giving lead (6) - {GALE}{NA<-}
13 - It relates to narrow structure connecting two large areas (8) - ISTHMIAN [CD]
15 - Person belonging to later life (5) - ELDER [CD]
16 - Angst is a male disturbance (7) - MALAISE*
18 - Reforms are then of central importance in Iran (7) - TEHERAN*
19 - Fabulous fellow striking a pose (5) - AESOP*
21 - The scaremonger does stir mum and Al around (8) - {AL}{(A)R(M)IST*}
23 - Sign of twins (6) - GEMINI [CD]
25 - One can wish Ali develops Bantu tongue in E Africa (7) - SWAHILI*
26 - Age certain to rub out video recording (7) - {ERA}{SURE}
28 - Made out and became famous (13) - DISTINGUISHED [DD]
DOWN
2 - Made possible to give authority (7) - ENABLED [DD]
3 - Play a hoax as amusement (3) - FUN [DD]
4 - Chances for scraps (4) - ODDS [DD]
5 - I left carriages by the factory, having had a change of heart (10) - {TRAiNS}{PLANT}
6 - A Celtic language (5) - IRISH [E]
7 - Inspect an old cavity in the earth (7) - {EX}{A}{MINE}
8 - Lumberjacks' overseers at it, quarrelling? (11) - {LOGGER}{HEADS}
10 - Capital lions going by air? (6,5) - {LONDON} {PRIDE}
12 - Direction for getting out of Cape Town or thereabouts (5) - NORTH [T]
14 - Taking off the stamp (10) - IMPRESSION [DD]
17 - Statue produced one minute before time (5) - {I}{M}{AGE}
18 - Aim to halt assembling at inner chambers of ancient Greece (7) - THALAMI*
20 - Attack and capture (7) - SEIZURE [DD]
22 - A most damp and humid place (5) - {MO(I)ST} Where's the AInd or c/c Ind?
24 - A list of options on the computer screen (4) - MENU [CD]
27 - Stupid fellow (3) - ASS [CD]
ACROSS
1 - Flat one held (4,9) - {SELF} {CONTAINED}
8 - Well read, as one found out (7) - LEARNED [DD]
9 - A lady's maid providing a large beer, you say? (7) - {A}{BIG}{AIL}(~ale)
11 - Wind up article giving lead (6) - {GALE}{NA<-}
13 - It relates to narrow structure connecting two large areas (8) - ISTHMIAN [CD]
15 - Person belonging to later life (5) - ELDER [CD]
16 - Angst is a male disturbance (7) - MALAISE*
18 - Reforms are then of central importance in Iran (7) - TEHERAN*
19 - Fabulous fellow striking a pose (5) - AESOP*
21 - The scaremonger does stir mum and Al around (8) - {AL}{(A)R(M)IST*}
26 - Age certain to rub out video recording (7) - {ERA}{SURE}
28 - Made out and became famous (13) - DISTINGUISHED [DD]
DOWN
2 - Made possible to give authority (7) - ENABLED [DD]
3 - Play a hoax as amusement (3) - FUN [DD]
4 - Chances for scraps (4) - ODDS [DD]
5 - I left carriages by the factory, having had a change of heart (10) - {TRA
6 - A Celtic language (5) - IRISH [E]
7 - Inspect an old cavity in the earth (7) - {EX}{A}{MINE}
8 - Lumberjacks' overseers at it, quarrelling? (11) - {LOGGER}{HEADS}
10 - Capital lions going by air? (6,5) - {LONDON} {PRIDE}
12 - Direction for getting out of Cape Town or thereabouts (5) - NORTH [T]
14 - Taking off the stamp (10) - IMPRESSION [DD]
17 - Statue produced one minute before time (5) - {I}{M}{AGE}
18 - Aim to halt assembling at inner chambers of ancient Greece (7) - THALAMI*
20 - Attack and capture (7) - SEIZURE [DD]
22 - A most damp and humid place (5) - {MO(I)ST} Where's the AInd or c/c Ind?
24 - A list of options on the computer screen (4) - MENU [CD]
27 - Stupid fellow (3) - ASS [CD]
Yet to do the THC, just got the paper.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, I give you something that made me chuckle (from today's Telegraph)
14 Member of extended family and husband among brawnier lot getting drunk (7-2-3)
Most will put say the answer is an anagram. But some might even add &lit based on their individual experiences.
After the song by a Coward, look at another wartime song (sung on the same tune as Colonel Bogey March, popularised by The Bridge on the River Kwai):
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Some decent clues. 8D is my COD
ReplyDeleteNice one.
ReplyDelete5D is my COD
MATHU
11 Wind up article giving lead (6) GALE NA<-
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of sounding pedantic, how appropriate is it to use 'up' as a reversal indicator for an across clue ?
Quite a few good DDs though, 20D is my CoD
Excellent crossie today and some very good clues.
ReplyDeleteliked 9A 8D 5D AND 14D
A lot of very good clues. Enjoyed.21A is my COD.
ReplyDeleteCol's picture of GEMINI made me "collar up"
Finer details have been neglected in several places.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I like Sunday crosswords. They're very neat and consistent unlike the weekday puzzles.
9 A - The clue format here is Def providing WORDPLAY. Shouldn't it have been the other way?
16 A - `disturbance' is an inadequate anagrind in my opinion. It would make logical sense only when it's accompanied by a link like `of'. For ex: disturbance of *fodder*
21 A - Indirect anagram. Expecting the solver to replace mum with ma for getting the anagram fodder is unfair.
26 A - Padding. `One can' is superfluous.
12 D - Not a neat hidden clue.
17 D - Clue is in the format Def produced WORDPLAY. Again, it should have been the other way.
18 D - `to' is intrusive.
22 D - Very bad clue. Expecting a solver to replace A with I is unfair. And not to mention, there's no indicator of any sort.
Meghna has a cup of woes again.
ReplyDeleteI do not have a problem with 9A or 17D. The surface is smooth and leads to the answer.
Other than 22D and perhaps 21A the CW is of acceptable standard, IMO.
Whoa! Such a large number of complaints! You do seem to be a reincarnation of Ximenes, Meghna. That was a compliment, by the way. I would suggest you be selective of TH setters and migrate to British crosswords in the meantime.
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