ACROSS
1 - Right to go after bankrupt agent (6) - {BROKE}{R}
4 - Calmed down sailor on disastrous date (6) - {AB}{ATED*}
8 - Musical drama in which she (Greta Garbo) performed, receiving extremes of praise (3,7,5) - THE BEGGAR'S O(PE)RA*
11 - Additional passage from book court ignored (5) - EXTRAct
12 - Five in tug and ten lost in pontoon (5-2-2) - (V)INGT-ET-UN*
13 - A Peebles spread cheese (3,5) - BEL PAESE*
14 - Fish, black when small (4) - {B}{AS}{S}
17 - Fish, a freak, thrown back (4) - {TUN}{A}<-
18 - Forward subbed (8) - ADVANCED [DD]
21 - Discover arsenic? Sure (9) - {AS}{CERTAIN}
22 - No power in golf club, say (5) -pUTTER
24 - Soldier's operation, not the NHS's concern (7,8) - {PRIVATE} {PRACTICE}
25 - The person to give one a hand (6) - DEALER [CD]
26 - Mineral's exhausted, for the most part, in the Beaver State (6) - {ORE}{GONe}
DOWN
1 - Intensely cold beer (6) - BITTER [DD]
2 - Clear above top of tower (5) - {OVER}{T}
3 - Stares at the old globes after end of lecture (8) - {E}{YE}{BALLS} Remember the discussion on 'the old' a few months ago?
5 - Helplessly drunk, bishop before game (6) - {B}{LOTTO}
6 - London street that nerds vandalised (3,6) - THE STRAND*
7 - Identify San Diego criminal (8) - DIAGNOSE*
9 - Fair exchange of repartee after somehow evading capture (4,3,4) - {GIVE AND*} {TAKE}
10 - Phones harsh critic for a box wrench? (4,7) - {RING S}{PANNER}
13 - Steal mate's porcelain (4,5) - {BONE} {CHINA}
15 - Son caught and punished (8) - {S}{TRAPPED}
16 - Act up during search for reconnaissance vehicle (5,3) - {SCOU{T CA<-}R}
19 - Understood by few, British composer seen round about (6) - {AR{CA}NE}
20 - Encourage operator to appear topless (4,2) -sURGE ON
23 - Fine German object (5) - {THIN}{G}
1 - Right to go after bankrupt agent (6) - {BROKE}{R}
4 - Calmed down sailor on disastrous date (6) - {AB}{ATED*}
8 - Musical drama in which she (Greta Garbo) performed, receiving extremes of praise (3,7,5) - THE BEGGAR'S O(PE)RA*
11 - Additional passage from book court ignored (5) - EXTRA
12 - Five in tug and ten lost in pontoon (5-2-2) - (V)INGT-ET-UN*
13 - A Peebles spread cheese (3,5) - BEL PAESE*
14 - Fish, black when small (4) - {B}{AS}{S}
21 - Discover arsenic? Sure (9) - {AS}{CERTAIN}
22 - No power in golf club, say (5) -
24 - Soldier's operation, not the NHS's concern (7,8) - {PRIVATE} {PRACTICE}
25 - The person to give one a hand (6) - DEALER [CD]
26 - Mineral's exhausted, for the most part, in the Beaver State (6) - {ORE}{GON
DOWN
1 - Intensely cold beer (6) - BITTER [DD]
2 - Clear above top of tower (5) - {OVER}{T}
3 - Stares at the old globes after end of lecture (8) - {E}{YE}{BALLS} Remember the discussion on 'the old' a few months ago?
5 - Helplessly drunk, bishop before game (6) - {B}{LOTTO}
6 - London street that nerds vandalised (3,6) - THE STRAND*
7 - Identify San Diego criminal (8) - DIAGNOSE*
9 - Fair exchange of repartee after somehow evading capture (4,3,4) - {GIVE AND*} {TAKE}
10 - Phones harsh critic for a box wrench? (4,7) - {RING S}{PANNER}
15 - Son caught and punished (8) - {S}{TRAPPED}
16 - Act up during search for reconnaissance vehicle (5,3) - {SCOU{T CA<-}R}
19 - Understood by few, British composer seen round about (6) - {AR{CA}NE}
20 - Encourage operator to appear topless (4,2) -
23 - Fine German object (5) - {THIN}{G}
What a whopper of a Tuna, Deepak. This one appears to be from SL. One is advised at present to avoid eating such large fish from the Arabian Sea. A chance in a trillion, that on opening it up, one might find OBL's 3d in it ;-)
ReplyDelete20 D is very nicely worded and misleading too,being topless!
ReplyDeleteThough I understand that bone china is porcelain, I am not able to get the connection to stale mate.can you pl. explain Col.?
@P - cockney rhyming slang for mate is china plate. Hence "china" for "mate".
ReplyDeleteHi Padmanabhan,
ReplyDelete13 - Steal mate's porcelain (4,5) - {BONE} {CHINA}
From free dict
Bone
5. Brit a slang word for steal See also bone up
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bone)
China
Brit and South African informal a friend or companion
[originally Cockney rhyming slang: china plate, mate]
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/China)
Thank you Veer & Ajeesh.
ReplyDeletecan someone explain 3 down
ReplyDelete3D End of lecture = E
ReplyDeletethe old = YE (archaic form of 'the')
globes = BALLS
Stares is the def.
Coming in very late, but a lovely enjoyable one today
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