Neyartha is in his usual elements with this puzzle. I'm leaving the theme as a guessing game for visitors.
ACROSS
1 Constable to guard the dignitary (6,7) POLICE, OFFICER
9 Sacred time lost in drunken velitation (9) INVIOLATE VELITA(-t)ION*
10 Refugee's former partner taking out bachelor with bad temper (5) EXILE (EX)(-b)ILE
11 The terrible penalty is more than enough (7) APLENTY PENALTY*
13 Licence to counter harsh cry (7) WARRANT RAW<- RANT
14 Ties … (5) EVENS (CD)
15 … some Zanzibar tendergreens for the drink mixer (9) BARTENDER (T)
17 Mindless followers gather for the pen (9) SHEEPFOLD (SHEEP)(FOLD)
18 On return, he'd embraced physical training with seriousness (5) DEPTH HE'D<- around PT
20 Adam's son shelters the fit skipper (7) CAPTAIN C(APT)AIN
22 Rank of the militant in audition (7) MARSHAL (~MARTIAL)
23 Fielder's position in the ditch (5) GULLY (DD)
24 Being apathetic, risks taking in a promissory note (9) INCURIOUS INCUR(IOU)S
26 Nature of some charitable donations? (3-10) TAX-DEDUCTIBLE (CD)
DOWN
1 Quiet gunner (7) PRIVATE (DD)
2 Forced Valerie to protect the gangster's jewelled pendant (9) LAVALIERE VALERIE* round AL
3 Murmur to show displeasure when Charlie dismisses Bishop (3) COO (+C)(-b)OO
4 Lithium removed from an olive-shaped gland (5) OVARY O(-li)VARY
5 Released tungsten and gold inductance internally to the non-Communist states (4,5) FREE,WORLD FREE, (W)(OR)(L)(D)Not sure where the D is coming from. See comments
6 An IPL entertainer's first century? (11) CHEERLEADER First century = C = Leader of cheer?
7 Samurai tasting concealed Indian side dish (5) RAITA (T)
8 Rot from the good man in the middle of a raised ridge (6) FESTER ST in REEF<-
12 Cavity behind the mouth (11) NASOPHARYNX (CD)
15 Crib owner preparing unpolished grain (5,4) BROWN,RICE (CRIB OWNER)*
16 Department's smaller version of a nuclear weapon, an anti-submarine device (5,4) DEPTH,BOMB DEPT.(H-BOMB)
17 Damaged cargoes sent right away to get the land tenure (6) SOCAGE CA(-r)GOES*
19 Watch, sound in every respect at first, found in the Vatican (4,3) HOLY,SEE (~WHOLLY), SEE
21 Start off with spoilt egg dropped down by the guide (5) PILOT (s-)P(-o)IL(+O)T
22 Gold found under a northbound river in the Chinese region (5) MACAU CAM<-AU
25 One amongst the initial followers of the Pied Piper? (3) RAT (CD)
ACROSS
1 Constable to guard the dignitary (6,7) POLICE, OFFICER
9 Sacred time lost in drunken velitation (9) INVIOLATE VELITA(-t)ION*
10 Refugee's former partner taking out bachelor with bad temper (5) EXILE (EX)(-b)ILE
11 The terrible penalty is more than enough (7) APLENTY PENALTY*
13 Licence to counter harsh cry (7) WARRANT RAW<- RANT
14 Ties … (5) EVENS (CD)
15 … some Zanzibar tendergreens for the drink mixer (9) BARTENDER (T)
17 Mindless followers gather for the pen (9) SHEEPFOLD (SHEEP)(FOLD)
18 On return, he'd embraced physical training with seriousness (5) DEPTH HE'D<- around PT
20 Adam's son shelters the fit skipper (7) CAPTAIN C(APT)AIN
22 Rank of the militant in audition (7) MARSHAL (~MARTIAL)
23 Fielder's position in the ditch (5) GULLY (DD)
24 Being apathetic, risks taking in a promissory note (9) INCURIOUS INCUR(IOU)S
26 Nature of some charitable donations? (3-10) TAX-DEDUCTIBLE (CD)
DOWN
1 Quiet gunner (7) PRIVATE (DD)
2 Forced Valerie to protect the gangster's jewelled pendant (9) LAVALIERE VALERIE* round AL
3 Murmur to show displeasure when Charlie dismisses Bishop (3) COO (+C)(-b)OO
4 Lithium removed from an olive-shaped gland (5) OVARY O(-li)VARY
5 Released tungsten and gold inductance internally to the non-Communist states (4,5) FREE,WORLD FREE, (W)(OR)(L)(D)
6 An IPL entertainer's first century? (11) CHEERLEADER First century = C = Leader of cheer?
7 Samurai tasting concealed Indian side dish (5) RAITA (T)
8 Rot from the good man in the middle of a raised ridge (6) FESTER ST in REEF<-
12 Cavity behind the mouth (11) NASOPHARYNX (CD)
15 Crib owner preparing unpolished grain (5,4) BROWN,RICE (CRIB OWNER)*
16 Department's smaller version of a nuclear weapon, an anti-submarine device (5,4) DEPTH,BOMB DEPT.(H-BOMB)
17 Damaged cargoes sent right away to get the land tenure (6) SOCAGE CA(-r)GOES*
19 Watch, sound in every respect at first, found in the Vatican (4,3) HOLY,SEE (~WHOLLY), SEE
21 Start off with spoilt egg dropped down by the guide (5) PILOT (s-)P(-o)IL(+O)T
22 Gold found under a northbound river in the Chinese region (5) MACAU CAM<-AU
25 One amongst the initial followers of the Pied Piper? (3) RAT (CD)
5 Released tungsten and gold inductance internally to the non-Communist states (4,5) FREE,WORLD FREE, (W)(OR)(L)(D) Not sure where the D is coming from.
ReplyDeleteReleased - FREED
{FREE(W)(OR)(L)D}
Thanks SR, for some reason I was equating released to free and not freed.
ReplyDelete'L' for inductance may also be difficult to some.I could not use it here in spite of being in the electrical line and knowing well about it,probably because I did not get 'freed'.
ReplyDeleteOn the whole,I found it a little tough with a few new words,but enjoyable after knowing the solution.
No guesses for the theme?
Law and order, Police, security forces theme
ReplyDeleteBhavan,
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for standing in for me.
Back after a long drive to the airport and back followed by a trip to the RTO's office to get my b-i-l's driving licence renewed. Lot of new rules at the RTO office nowadays, only Govt Doc can sign med cert, so had to go hunting for one and now the renewed licence will be sent by post only, one cannot collect it by hand. The local docs and touts must be cursing.
Maybe Neyartha is sending a message with 24 & 25A to file our taxes on time :)
ReplyDeleteBhavan, why so blue?
ReplyDelete;-)
12D Nasopharynx
ReplyDeleteLooks like a simple/straight/'E'clue.
There is nothing cryptic about it.
My COD is 6D CHEERLEADER (d&cd) where, as Bhavan pointed out, the solution and second part result in the same letter CHEERLEADER = C = first century.
ReplyDeleteL for inductance: The symbol L for inductance was chosen to honor Heinrich Lenz, whose pioneering work in electromagnetic induction led to the development of the final theory.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it is questionable whether this is an accepted Crossword abbreviation (like R for resistance).
Colonel @12:36 No problem.
ReplyDeleteNavneeth @15:21 let's say to signify the once in a blue moon posts from me : )
SR @21.16 : It is an accepted abbreviation - at least in Chambers XWD dictionary.