ACROSS
1 - Block Somerset's foremost spinner (4) - {S}{TOP}
4 - Way in which ginger's used? (3,4) - CAT FLAP [CD]
9 - Heavenly girl seen round about, heading for arcade (8) - {ETHE{RE}{A}L}
10 - Some favour banking in town (5) - URBAN [T]
11 - Financial agency vacating property (8,5) - {CLEARING} {HOUSE}
13 - Up against it, adult within points out (2,1,4) - {IN {A} SPOT*}
15 - Beast making awful noises on lake (7) - {L}{IONESS*}
17 - Excited seeing small band (7) - {GENESI*}{S}
19 - Fundamentalist spoke about Conservative (7) - {RADI{C}AL}
20 - Hear about soldiers with TA stuck inside a drainage basin (9,4) - {CATCH}{MEN}{T A}REAAnno pending. Does drainage basin refer to River Rea? (Addendum - {CATCH}{MEN}{T A}{RE}{A} - See comments)
22 - First sign of tooth decay - canine needs to be extracted (5) -cARIES
23 - Cheat to secure point in card game (8) - {CRIB}{BAG}{E}
24 - Clothes got grey, unfortunately (7) - TOGGERY*
25 - Singer in musical, Tormé (4) - ALTO [T]
DOWN
2 - Article on extremely memorable subject (5) - {THE}{M)(E}
3 - Clown, I report, is funny (7) - PIERROT*
4 - Army officer is in the central part, we hear (7) - COLONEL(~kernel)
5 - Better golf club, hopefully (5,4) - {TOUCH} {WOOD}
6 - Work switch in job centre (6,8) - {LABOUR} {EXCHANGE}
7 - Coppers shut in church (5) - {PEN}{CE}
8 - Go from job to job to ruthlessly pursue one's aim? (5,2,7) - STICK AT NOTHING [DD]
12 - Phone engineer around noon (4) - {RI{N}G}
14 - Has to step off as quickly as possible (9) - POSTHASTE*
16 - The Italian entering well of storage chamber (4) - {S{IL}O}
18 - Incomplete drawing by unknown character (7) - {SKETCH}{Y}
19 - Greek wine - what could be nastier? (7) - RETSINA*
20 - Talk about front of relief map (5) - {CHA{R}T}
21 - Machine that's programmed to drill almost overturned (5) - {eROB}{OT} <-
1 - Block Somerset's foremost spinner (4) - {S}{TOP}
4 - Way in which ginger's used? (3,4) - CAT FLAP [CD]
10 - Some favour banking in town (5) - URBAN [T]
11 - Financial agency vacating property (8,5) - {CLEARING} {HOUSE}
13 - Up against it, adult within points out (2,1,4) - {IN {A} SPOT*}
15 - Beast making awful noises on lake (7) - {L}{IONESS*}
17 - Excited seeing small band (7) - {GENESI*}{S}
19 - Fundamentalist spoke about Conservative (7) - {RADI{C}AL}
20 - Hear about soldiers with TA stuck inside a drainage basin (9,4) - {CATCH}{MEN}{T A}REA
22 - First sign of tooth decay - canine needs to be extracted (5) -
23 - Cheat to secure point in card game (8) - {CRIB}{BAG}{E}
24 - Clothes got grey, unfortunately (7) - TOGGERY*
25 - Singer in musical, Tormé (4) - ALTO [T]
DOWN
2 - Article on extremely memorable subject (5) - {THE}{M)(E}
3 - Clown, I report, is funny (7) - PIERROT*
4 - Army officer is in the central part, we hear (7) - COLONEL(~kernel)
5 - Better golf club, hopefully (5,4) - {TOUCH} {WOOD}
6 - Work switch in job centre (6,8) - {LABOUR} {EXCHANGE}
7 - Coppers shut in church (5) - {PEN}{CE}
8 - Go from job to job to ruthlessly pursue one's aim? (5,2,7) - STICK AT NOTHING [DD]
12 - Phone engineer around noon (4) - {RI{N}G}
14 - Has to step off as quickly as possible (9) - POSTHASTE*
16 - The Italian entering well of storage chamber (4) - {S{IL}O}
18 - Incomplete drawing by unknown character (7) - {SKETCH}{Y}
19 - Greek wine - what could be nastier? (7) - RETSINA*
20 - Talk about front of relief map (5) - {CHA{R}T}
21 - Machine that's programmed to drill almost overturned (5) - {
20 - Hear about soldiers with TA stuck inside a drainage basin (9,4) - {CATCH}{MEN}{T A}REA Anno pending. Does drainage basin refer to River Rea?
ReplyDeleteI thought the REA came from about and a:
Hear=Catch
about=re
soliders=men
TA=ta
stuck inside=AInd
a=a
drainage basin=def
20 - Hear about soldiers with TA stuck inside a drainage basin (9,4) - {CATCH}{MEN}{T A}REA Anno pending.
ReplyDelete{soldiers(MEN) + TA} stuck in {hear (CATCH) + about (RE)} + A = CATCHMENT AREA (drainage basin)
Thanks Kishore and Venkatesh,
ReplyDeleteI must have been daydreaming when trying to annotate that, I totally forgot about the definition part of the clue
Missed out on CAT FLAP not thinking of Ginger as a cat. Otherwise plain sailing.
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable today. CAT FLAP was a bit of guesswork, given the crossings -- I am still not able to make the clue fit precisely, even allowing for Ginger being a cat!
ReplyDeleteBhala,
ReplyDeleteRead the clue as 'Way in which Ginger has used'
What a relief from a strssful NJ's letter-jugglery.!
ReplyDeleteThere could be a slight variation in the annotation of CATCHMENT area
Hear: CATCH
About :RE
Soldiers :MEN
TA
RE in two As.(and not one !)
Again, CUT FLAP is a new one for me in my several years of solving cryptics. One never stops learning, eh?
Again PENCE: is a bit off- PEN-SHUT_- ?
RAJU UMAMAHESWAR